id,title,fun,difficulty,author,desc,hint,answer,category,date #28947,The Local Bar,3.06,2.33,HogwartsGirl05,"You are the owner of ""The Local Bar"", a failed tavern turned bookstore and coffee shop. You have been working nonstop for three years to get your business off the ground. Your hard work has paid off. Your business is one of the most popular in town. Your employees have become dear friends and have earned your trust and your confidence in their abilities. You decided to go on a vacation and look into new suppliers. You left your five employees with jobs to do to keep the shop running. Upon returning, you find that your employees have gone above and beyond what you have asked of them. You decide to get them each a first edition copy of their favorite book, wrapped in their favorite color. You will include a note telling them how well they did their job and how grateful you are for all their hard work. The problem, however, is that you forgot to write down who likes and did what and you seem to have forgotten during your time away. You do remember enough facts to figure it out. Employees : Josh, Joie, Luke, Nell, and Shawn Favorite Authors : Wilson Rawls, Anne Rice, Andrew Greeley, Robert Hellenga, and Bradford Morrow Favorite Books : Where the Red Fern Grows, Blood and Gold, Irish Whiskey, The Fall of the Sparrow, and Giovanni's Gift Jobs : Deliveries, Inventory/Paperwork, Cashier, Food and Drinks, and Helping Customers find the book they are looking for. Favorite Colors : Green, Blue, Red, Gold, and Black. Here are the facts you remember: 1. Your five employees are: Shawn (who does not like Andrew Greeley); the person who likes red; the girl who likes ""Giovanni's Gift""; the boy who likes Anne Rice; and Nell. 2. The colors in the book titles do not match the color they were wrapped in; the titles and wrapping paper do not share the same starting letter; and the author's last names do not share the same starting letter as what they were wrapped in. 3. Each person was given a job that suited them: Josh is always on time; Joie is an organized soul and loves to keep records; Nell is a people person and loves to help; Shawn enjoys feeding the hungry masses; and Luke enjoys working with money (that's why his favorite color is green). 4. Wilson Rawls is perhaps best known for his book ""Giovanni's Gift"". Anne Rice's novel, ""Irish Whiskey"", is part of a series that was an immediate success and has remained popular over the years. 5. Shawn's favorite color reminds you of freshly brewed espresso. 6. On her last birthday, Nell got the opportunity to meet her favorite author, Mr. Robert Hellenga, and discuss his book ""Where the Red Fern Grows"".","Authors and their books have been changed. Blood is not considered to be a color. Joie is a girl.","Josh - Deliveries, Red, Blood and Gold, Andrew Greeley Joie - Inventory/Paperwork, Blue, Giovanni's Gift, Wilson Rawls Luke - Cashier, Green, Irish Whiskey, Anne Rice Nell - Helping Customers, Gold, Where the Red Fern Grows, Robert Hellenga Shawn - Food and Drinks, Black, The Fall of the Sparrow, Bradford Morrow",Logic-Grid,03/06/06 #39668,Clever Jenny II,2.89,2.27,mosca,"Jenny's friend Tom had invited his boss over for dinner and asked Jenny to cook her famous Greek lamb stew for the occasion. Tom bought the lamb, olives, and wine listed in the recipe. She browned the lamb and added tomatoes, onions, and spices while Tom made a salad. Tom opened the bottle of cooking wine he had bought and poured the whole thing into the stew, which began to simmer fragrantly. A half hour before the boss was due, Jenny tasted the stew and made a wry face, exclaiming, ""Oh, this is awful! It's way too salty! Did you put more salt into the stew?"" Tom replied, ""No. Except for the wine, I didn't touch the stew!"" Jenny mused, ""Golly, where did so much salt come from?"" She checked the recipe to see if maybe she had added salt twice but didn't find any mistakes. Then she thought and asked, ""What kind of wine did you use?"" ""This cooking wine from the grocery store,"" he answered, handing her the empty bottle. Reading the label, she said, ""Oh, no! This brand is loaded with salt! The stew is ruined!"" Then Jenny had an idea and did something that saved the stew and the dinner. What did she do?",She added one ingredient.,"She peeled a potato, diced it finely, and added it to the stew. The potato absorbed the extra salt and saved the dinner.",Situation,12/18/07 #27752,Clubbed Into Submission,2.09,2.68,norcekri,"Nora sat on the clubhouse verandah (""Aspirate the final 'h', deah; it shows you pay attention"") of the Uppity Pines Golf Club, nursing an honest-to-goodness mint julep. If she'd known how potent the things were, she never would have ordered a second one. She blamed it on the cute little mint leaves. Still, she had only a light ""buzz"" as the final group came to the 18th green, greeted by a round of applause from some 200 spectators, all of whom appeared to shop at the same sporting goods store. As Nora felt she was recovering full use of her faculties, a roar went up from the green. She saw a shiny putter raised high into the air. It had a funny shape, but she remembered that there were some unusual styles of clubs available these days. Looking at those around her, Nora concluded that the golfers could afford just about anything their whims suggested. She imagined the crowd as flows of money and influence; the concept meshed well with mint julep. ""It appeahs to be ovah, deah."" Ellie Law's large, blue eyes gently called Nora back to the mundane world. ""Ah did not not recognahz that putter in the ai-uh as Hiram's, so ah surmahz that Mistuh Greens has carried the day."" Nora was finally interpreting the accent of northern South Carolina as easily as she had learned the clipped English of her cousins in the UK. Hi handled the publication contracts for Nora's adventures; she had been their house guest for a week of genteel vacation. She was also beginning to feel accepted by their acquaintances, rather than merely tolerated. Ellie normally would have been at the 18th green for moral support, but her arches were giving out again. Sure enough, careful inspection revealed that the congratulatory mayhem's epicenter was Rex Greens, the oft-abrasive auto magnate. A smaller knot of support surrounded Mr. Law. The two had started the day tied for the lead, and played even through 17 holes while gaining a second stroke on the competition. ""It appears that you're correct, Ellie, bless his heart."" Nora had learned that social signal on the second day, a softer version of the ""smiley face"" used in email. ""How are your feet?"" "" Ah can sustain ten minutes, Ah am suah. It's the leahst a wife can do."" She rose gracefully, noted Nora doing likewise. This once, Ellie walked ahead of her guest, providing her husband a hero's welcome. ""Well played, deah! I'm so proud of you!"" ""Thank you, Ellie. It's so kind of you to meet me out heah. How ah youh ahches?"" ""Bettah, deah, thank you foah asking. How ah youhs? You've walked seven thousahnd yahds foah days in a roah."" ""Well enough, thahnk you. Let's go to the ball room. You must see Rex's winning putt!"" The recap was Nora's favorite part. Although Ellie described it much more tactfully, it seemed that two geeky college-age scions of club staff had spent the entire day editing digital video clips as they became available. They started with the final putt, a beautifully-read stroke that travelled no less than thirty-eight feet from putter head to the cup. The look on Rex's face was the exuberance of success and pride in domination. Nora sat through the entire show, twenty-five minutes of good golf, recovery, excuses for the muffed shots and missed chances, and the occasional friendly dig at Hi, which he took with smiling aplomb. Rex proudly gave his caddy credit for excellent club selection: the driver and 4-wood to the first green for a birdie, the 3-wood off the 7th tee, and a tricky 5-wood shot from the edge of the creek on 13. He rambled across the fairways, pulling a nice 2-iron recovery from beside a tree root on 6, a cut-and-run 3-iron on 8, a 9-iron from the fringe of the 10th green that nearly dropped for an eagle, and various uses of irons 4 through 8 on other holes. Nice recoveries with his sand wedge saved par on 7 and scrambled for only a single bogey on 12. ""I think he used everything in that bag at least three times today,"" Hi remarked. ""You doahn't often meet a golfah that selective, and so cahrrect."" ""Why two putters?"" Nora queried, ""The winning one is an unusual shape."" ""One foah short putts, one foah long. The bent-shaft club gives Rex moah accurahcy, even though it weighs enough to roast a small hog."" Nora smiled at the image. ""Now, Rex will have to mention this incident ..."" On the screen, Rex's image stood on the fairway, contemplating the freshening cross-wind for his approach shot. In the background, you could see a small cluster of leaves blow behind Rex and into the sand trap, where they nestled snugly against Hi's ball. ""I lost two strokes on that hoahl. Can't move the impediment in a trap; we use full PGA rules heah."" ""You do?"" Nora's eyebrows went up. ""Of coahse. Nothing but the most propah cahnduct and regulation foah our club championship."" ""Really? How interesting."" Nora's voice had suddenly reverted to her Yankee twang. ""Hi, how promptly could you introduce me to the TD? Before Rex drops that 38-footer again? I think it's important."" Hi looked at her, recognizing his client rather than his house guest. ""Whatever it is, I rahthah believe I should trust you -- without asking why."" Nora smiled. ""If it's not too much trouble."" Fifteen minutes later, a shocked audience watched as Rex, red-faced, presented the large championship trophy to a stunned Hiram Law, accepting a share of 4th prize for himself. What had Nora noticed that gave Hi Law the victory?",Rex drew a penalty under PGA rules.,"The video, plus Rex's own testimony, showed him using four woods, eight irons, a sand wedge, and both putters -- a total of 15 clubs. PGA rules allow only 14 clubs in the bag. The penalty for extra clubs is two strokes per hole, but no more than four strokes in a round. Rex quickly reviewed the clubs he'd used, and immediately ceded the issue. In the spirit of golfing sportsmanship, he imposed upon the director to let Rex, himself, present the first-place trophy to the rightful winner.",Mystery,12/29/05 #15595,Mad Ade's Rhyme Time #5,2.29,1.8800000000000001,mad-ade,"This style of teaser is to use the clues given to find two words that rhyme and fit the description, for example a weird ape would be a funky monkey, or a wealthy Halloween gal would be a rich witch. 1, Happy Bird ? 2, Stinky Dessert ? 3, Easy Chin Dent ? 4, Slack Elk ? 5, Tossed Pebble ?",No hint available.,"1, Pleasant Pheasant 2, Smelly Jelly 3, Simple Dimple 4, Loose Moose 5, Thrown Stone",Language,11/28/03 #45336,Missing Letters From 5 Words #8,2.47,1.83,nogoodnames,"What three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words? A___ED CA___H EC___SE ___ASE TU___",No hint available.,"LIP. ALIPED CALIPH ECLIPSE LIPASE TULIP",Language,09/22/09 #21288,Quocorrian Math 1,2.07,2.98,CPlusPlusMan,"While on your interplanetary vacation, you decide to stop at the planet Quocorri, a planet known for its many mathematical achievements. While there, you decide to pick up on some of the Quocorrians mathematical variations. The Quocorrians won't tell you exactly how it works, only that it has some relationship to the Standard English math. They also give you four, true, Quocorrian math problems. They are: 2+2=9 4*1=1 5-2=16 -3+2=64 So, according to this system, what is 6/2?","The system is not a number system (decimal, binary, hexadecimal...), but a variation of the way we do math.","81. In this system of Quocorrian math, you change the operation to its opposite (+ to -, * to / and vice versa), and solve regularly. Then, you subtract three from that answer. Finally, you square that to get your answer.",Math,03/01/05 #45305,Equality,2.31,1.9000000000000001,wicked_one,"What mathematical signs do you have to use to make the following equality possible? 1 1 1 = 6",No hint available.,(1 + 1 + 1)! = 6,Math,09/17/09 #3313,Sandy Egg,2.83,1.71,bighippo4,"Can you decipher what I am trying to say? THE SANDY EGG KAZOO",The answer does not have to do with letter placement. Try saying the words aloud.,The San Diego Zoo,Rebus,04/07/02 #37992,In Hot Pursuit,2.35,2.05,Pat3033,"In March 1476, an inmate had escaped from his cell. It didn't take long for the guards to notice he was gone, so they sent a horse rider after him. The rider had been just a few feet from the escaped prisoner, but stopped and just stood there staring at him. The prisoner got away that night. How could it have been possible for him to escape like that, if he only had nothing but the clothes on his back?",No hint available.,"The prisoner had jumped on a raft in raging water, and the horse could not handle the water.",Situation,08/28/07 #25047,Letter Up,2.7,1.82,safire2191,"What do these letters have in common? a b c g i j o p q r t u y",No hint available.,"The way they sound are also words: a = a b = be/bee c = see/sea g = gee i = I j = jay o = oh p = pee/pea q = cue r = are t = tea/tee u = you y = why",Language,08/03/05 #1457,KCART,2.34,1.31,psychodude57,"What is represented here? KCART",No hint available.,Back Track,Rebus,11/19/01 #50392,50 Years And ...,2.39,2.11,dalfamnest,...NWEOVREDR,Read it with the title - Happy Anniversary?,"Never a cross word (NEVER has been written across WORD.)",Rebus,07/08/14 #39058,All What You Can,2.34,2.09,majd,"What is this expression? evo r",No hint available.,"Bent over backwards. (""over"" is bent in a right angle while spelled backwards)",Rebus,11/04/07 #31089,Letter Pairs IX,2.69,2.4,phrebh,"Here are 48 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 16 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 16 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AD AL AW BO CK CR CT DI ER ER ET EX EX FA HE HE IG IN IN LA LC LE LE LE LL LS MO ND NG NI NT OR OW PA PE PP RA RS SI ST TA TE TH TH TI TT UM YE 1. Parent 2. Increasing in number 3. Type of powder 4. Await 5. Baby's toy 6. Bottle appendage 7. Small child 8. Cause to laugh 9. A color 10. Creeps along 11. Exerts oneself 12. Beginning 13. Cut molars 14. Well-being 15. Get bigger 16. Sibling","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Maternity Clothes.","1. MOTHER 2. ADDING 3. TALCUM 4. EXPECT 5. RATTLE 6. NIPPLE 7. INFANT 8. TICKLE 9. YELLOW 10. CRAWLS 11. LABORS 12. ORIGIN 13. TEETHE 14. HEALTH 15. EXPAND 16. SISTER The theme is Maternity Clothes.",Language,06/15/06 #25719,Valentines Mayhem,2.89,1.16,phantomgal,"Misty and her friends all received something from their boyfriends for Valentines Day. Try to figure out who gave what to whom with what color wrapping paper. People who received the gifts: Jess, Misty, Allie, Anisa, Raina Gifts: earrings, ring, flowers, bracelets, CD Boyfriends: Jake, Ben, Max, Joey, Jeremy. Wrapping paper: red yellow, purple, Spongebob, blue 1. Jake was crushing on Anisa, but she had another boyfriend, so he asked another girl out and gave her earrings. 2. Ben proposed to his girlfriend with a ring. 3. Anisa loved David Bowie and Spongebob, so her boyfriend (who wasn't Ben or Jeremy) gave her something to do with each of them. 4. Jeremy (who did not give to Jess or Allie) did not give his gift in purple or yellow wrapping paper. 5. The flowers were wrapped in blue wrapping paper. 6. Allie was crushed when she found out her boyfriend liked Anisa, so she threw his present back at him before unwrapping the purple paper. Then they got back together, and he gave her the gift again, only to find out that she thought they were the prettiest pair of earrings in the world. 7. Joey had bought the David Bowie CD 3 months before giving it to his girlfriend. 8. Raina got her engagement ring wrapped in yellow. 9. The bracelets (given by Max) was not wrapped in purple wrapping paper.","Misty had a bouquet of roses, and Max liked Jess.","Jess, bracelets, Max, red Misty, flowers, Jeremy, blue Allie, earrings, Jake, purple Anisa, CD, Joey, Spongebob Raina, ring, Ben, yellow",Logic-Grid,09/01/05 #38449,Four Numbers,2.38,2.18,lips,"In the equation A234+1B34+12C4+123D=12345, each letter represents a digit. Can you get them?",No hint available.,"The ones digits read 4+4+4+D=5 (or 15), so D=3 to make 15. Carry 1 to the tens digits. The tens digits read 3+3+C+3+1=4 (or 14), so C=4 to make 14. Carry 1 to the hundreds digits. The hundreds digits read 2+B+2+2+1=3 (or 13), so B=6 to make 13. Carry 1 to the thousands digits. The thousands digits read A+1+1+1+1=12, so A=8 to make 12.",Math,09/24/07 #5297,Recognition,2.28,1.44,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? CFRAOCWED",No hint available.,A face in the crowd,Rebus,07/07/02 #24413,Thief,2.86,1.66,sweetime,"Ten years ago a bank robbery was committed by Fast Frankie and one of his accomplices. To this day his accomplice is unknown. Fast Frankie had served 5 years in jail, refusing to give up his accomplice, and the location of the missing cash and jewels. Fast Frankie had deliberately not told his accomplice where the money and gold was hidden - he didn't want to get out of jail and find it all spent. But now, Fast Frankie lay dying. He had been shot by Detective Sing (in the line of duty). Detective Sing sat next to him, waiting for the ambulance that had been called. ""Tell my son,"" Frankie whispered. ""Yes?"" said Detective Sing. Fast Frankie tried again ""Tell Johnny...the money...it's in the West Bank..."" Frankie lay down, his breathing stilled, and he died. Detective Sing got to his feet, and he ordered that all his men start searching West Bank for the missing money. He suspected that Johnny was the missing accomplice, and that Fast Frankie had just told him where he'd stashed their spoils. The next day the officers returned to Detective Sing and said that no one at the West Bank could find any trace of the missing money or gold. Detective Sing thanked them, and went to contact Johnny, to see whether he could help them. At the interview, Johnny asked whether Frankie had had any last words for him. Detective Sing told Johnny what Fast Frankie had told him. Johnny thanked Detective Sing, and shortly after left to go make arrangements for the funeral. The next day Detective Sing had another interview with Johnny. A sparkle of gold caught Detective Sing's attention. ""Where did you get that gold watch?"" he demanded. ""My father left it to me,"" Johnny smirked. On the pretext of getting a cup of coffee, Detective Sing ordered some of his men to go have a look at Fast Frankie's property (no, not to search it, that would be illegal without a search warrant). As the police officers crossed the bridge to get to Frankie's house, they saw something which was enough to have Johnny arrested as the missing accomplice. What was it?",No hint available.,"When the police officers arrived at Frankie's house, they found a large number of holes dug up and down the west bank of the river that ran through Frankie's property. Johnny had dug up and down it until he managed to find the missing stash.",Mystery,07/10/05 #29690,Murder in a Word,2.91,1.73,Xpert007,"A donkey behind another donkey I'm behind that second donkey But there is a whole nation behind me It is a murder you can describe in a word.",No hint available.,"Ass ass i nation Assassination",Riddle,04/11/06 #11051,Struck Down,2.25,2.26,jimbo,"One hundred people stand in a row Each has a rank from go to whoa Every fifth one is struck from the line This is repeated time after time 'til at last there is only five left in line What is the original rank of the one on the end this time?",They line up numbered from 1 to 100 and every fifth person leaves the line. This continues till only 5 remain.,"Initially the rank of the last person is 100. Every fifth person is struck out of the line. Since 100 is divisible by 5 this person leaves. Thus the last 2 ranking persons are now the (original) 99th and 98th and there are 80 people left. Every fifth person now leaves, including the last one originally ranked 99 so the last person is now the original ranked 98th. 80/5 is 16 so 16 have left with 64 remaining. Now, 12 leave (64/5) down to 52. Then 10 leave (52/5) with 42 remaining. 8 leave with 34 remaining; 6 leave with 28 remaining; 5 leave with 23 remaining...19...16...13..11...9,8,7,6,5. To this point none of the remaining queues have been evenly divisible by 5 so the last person has always stayed. The person originally ranked 98th is still here!",Math,03/11/03 #6695,Stormy Story,2.22,1.27,Drunky,"A man burst into a police station soaking wet and starts screaming ""MY WIFE HAS BEEN MURDERED MY WIFE HAS BEEN MURDERED!"" A police officer asked what happened and the man explained that when they were walking along the cliffs of the shore, he heard a big roll of thunder come out of nowhere. He turned around startled to see what happened and then a huge bolt of lightning struck and his wife screamed. He turned around and saw his wife laying mangled on the sharp rocks of the cliff bottom, and he saw a man running away. The officer said that the man was obviously lying and had him arrested for the murder of his wife. How did the officer know?",No hint available.,"The lightning would travel faster than the thunder so the man's story would be inaccurate since he says he heard the thunder, then saw the lightning.",Logic,08/20/02 #32234,I've Never Been Happy,2.22,2.04,spookboy0,I is B,No hint available.,Ignorance is Bliss,Letter-Equations,08/01/06 #47593,Disemboweled Words,2.35,2.0,RomanG417,"A disemboweled word is a five letter word whose middle letter has been removed. Example: dwelling - pipe Answer: house - hose crucial - flask coffee - tardy machine - basis fuses - marries","The removed letters are: T T B L","vital - vial latte - late robot - root welds - weds",Language,07/25/10 #8435,M V E ...,2.39,2.05,stonemug,"What is the next equation in the sequence? M=0 V=0 E=1 M=2 J=63 S=47 U=27 N=13 ?=? The last line (?=?) is not part of the sequence, it's the question.",No hint available.,"P=1 The letter represents the first letter of the name of the planets from the Sun to Pluto. The number represents the number of moons on that planet. For example: Mercury = 0, Venus = 0, Earth = 1... Pluto = 1 moon. NOTE: Some sources give different numbers for the number of moons around Jupiter and Saturn.",Series,11/21/02 #49303,Weird Alvin,2.3,2.32,incredibotsmast,"Alvin likes cars, queues, brains, tricks and days. But he hates engines, people, lungs, teasers and nights. Does Alvin like books?",Study the words carefully.,No. Alvin only likes words with a vowel in the exact middle in the singular form.,Group,02/10/12 #11667,Comic Collecting,2.38,1.66,PeaceJo,"Sarah, Daniel, Megan and Shawn are each collecting Terrible Toby, Jumping James and Super Scout comic books. Together they have 100 comic books and everyone has at least one. Daniel has 3 times as many as Megan. Sarah has twice as many as Daniel and Shawn has fewer than 40. Who has the most comics?",No hint available.,"Sarah does. There are 3 possible answers but in each one, Sarah has the most. 1. Sarah 42/Daniel 21/Megan 7/Shawn 30 2. Sarah 48/Daniel 24/Megan 8/Shawn 20 3. Sarah 54/Daniel 27/Megan 9/Shawn 10",Math,04/09/03 #375,The Murderer,2.62,1.75,JoeyChavez,"A cop was outside a local bar talking to a friend. Just then the cop heard someone scream from inside the bar, ""No, Jim, don't do it!"" Then there was a gunshot. The cop ran inside the bar and saw a dead body and a gun on the floor, and a lawyer, doctor, and mailman standing around. The cop immediately arrested the mailman. How did he know who did it?",Think about what types of people they would be.,"The lawyer and the doctor were both female. So when the cop walked in, he remembered someone had screamed, ""No, Jim, don't do it!"" Jim is a guy's name, and the mailMAN was the only guy there.",Situation,03/27/01 #42424,Operation: Time-Ectomy,2.29,2.37,cnmne,"Six words have had their times removed. The times have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each time with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: day, hour, score, second, week, year Group B: amirlt, dadrme, mirke, slde, spstaes, undl",No hint available.,"day + amirlt = admiralty (aDmirAltY) hour + slde = shoulder (sHOUldeR) score + undl = scoundrel (SCOundREl) second + mirke = misreckoned (miSrECkONeD) week + spstaes = sweepstakes (sWEEpstaKes) year + dadrme = daydreamer (daYdrEAmeR)",Language,07/05/08 #38494,How Many Students,2.4,1.8800000000000001,Draw,"There are several students in the classroom. Some of them have 28 oranges, some have 30, and others have 31. Altogether they have 365 oranges. How many students are there?","If this teaser reminds you of something, please post it in the comments.","365=31*11+24=28*13+1, therefore there are 12 or 13 students. But if there are 13 students, they have at least 28*11+30+31=369 oranges. Therefore, there are 12 students.",Math,09/27/07 #38590,Find the Missing Values,2.19,2.57,parattai,"SUNDAY = 14 MONDAY = 14 TUESDAY = ? WEDNESDAY = ? THURSDAY = 18 FRIDAY = 14 SATURDAY = 19",Think about vowels,"17 and 21 Number of vowels * 3 + Number of remaining letters * 2",Other,10/03/07 #38548,Keys and Locks,2.35,1.66,Draw,"Each key fits only one lock. There are ten locks and their keys in some order. How many times, in the worst case, do you have to try to match each lock with each key?",It's not 55.,"To determine the first lock you need 9 tries, if none of them fits, then the last key fits. To determine the second lock you need 8 tries, and so on. 9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1=45.",Math,09/30/07 #44727,36 I on a Y S,1.93,1.25,TechA,36 I on a Y S,No hint available.,36 Inches on a Yard Stick,Letter-Equations,06/24/09 #9077,Bus Stop,2.55,0.81,Princess_Neopia,"30 passengers are on a bus. 19 get off at the first stop, 6 get off at the second stop and 2 get off on the third stop. How many people are left on the bus?",No hint available.,"Four. (Don't forget the driver!)",Trick,12/15/02 #41630,Alphabetical Conundrums,2.82,3.06,aresII,"Why is K like a sunrise? Why is L like a warm furnace? Why is M a favorite with miners? Why is N like a pig? Why is O the only of five vowels that you can hear?",No hint available.,"K is like a sunrise because it appears at the end of DARK. L is like a warm furnace because it makes IT LIT. M is a favorite with miners because it makes ORE MORE. N is like a pig because it makes A STY NASTY. O is the only one of the five vowels that you can hear because all the others are in AUDIBLE (INAUDIBLE).",Riddle,04/22/08 #18199,Yours and Mine,2.71,2.2,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Yours: 1976 1984 2003 YYYY Mine: 1979 1988 2004",No hint available.,"Wise beyond your years (Y's after (beyond) your years)",Rebus,07/13/04 #28640,Who Likes What?,2.57,2.43,Victor,"Simon likes ice cream but doesn't like oranges. James likes apples but doesn't like eggs. Kevin likes eggs but doesn't like ice cream. Keith likes eggs, does he like tea cakes?",No hint available.,"No, the items that they like begin with the second letter of the name and the items that they do not like begin with the fourth letter of their name. Therefore, since Keith's fourth letter is T he does not like tea cakes.",Group,02/15/06 #20227,Loaded Revolver,2.91,1.79,tsimkin,"Henry has been caught stealing cattle, and is brought into town for justice. The judge is his ex-wife Gretchen, who wants to show him some sympathy, but the law clearly calls for two shots to be taken at Henry from close range. To make things a little better for Henry, Gretchen tells him she will place two bullets into a six-chambered revolver in successive order. She will spin the chamber, close it, and take one shot. If Henry is still alive, she will then either take another shot, or spin the chamber again before shooting. Henry is a bit incredulous that his own ex-wife would carry out the punishment, and a bit sad that she was always such a rule follower. He steels himself as Gretchen loads the chambers, spins the revolver, and pulls the trigger. Whew! It was blank. Then Gretchen asks, ""Do you want me to pull the trigger again, or should I spin the chamber a second time before pulling the trigger?"" What should Henry choose?",No hint available.,"Henry should have Gretchen pull the trigger again without spinning. We know that the first chamber Gretchen fired was one of the four empty chambers. Since the bullets were placed in consecutive order, one of the empty chambers is followed by a bullet, and the other three empty chambers are followed by another empty chamber. So if Henry has Gretchen pull the trigger again, the probability that a bullet will be fired is 1/4. If Gretchen spins the chamber again, the probability that she shoots Henry would be 2/6, or 1/3, since there are two possible bullets that would be in firing position out of the six possible chambers that would be in position.",Probability,01/04/05 #36444,Roamin' in the Gloamin?,2.67,2.55,jazzmusician46,"Below are two lists of ancient gods. One of the gods has been incorrectly placed into the wrong group. Your task is to replace him or her into the correct group. Group A: Ceres Juno Mercury Venus Group B: Jupiter Mars Quirinus Romulus",No hint available.,"Mercury is the odd one out in Group A. All the others in Group A are names of ancient Roman female deities. Mercury was a male god, and Group B are all Roman male god's. NOTE: Ceres - She was the ancient goddess of farming. Juno - She was the queen of the ancient Roman gods. Mercury - He was the winged Messenger of the Roman gods. Venus - She was the ancient Roman goddess of love. Jupiter - He was the ancient Roman god of light and sky. Mars - He was the ancient Roman god of war. Quirinus - He was an ancient Roman god thought to have been the patron of the armed community in time of peace. Romulus - He was the son of Mars and founder of Rome, who was reared and suckled by a wolf.",Group,04/27/07 #21065,Word Swap,2.7600000000000002,2.19,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. The building was of _______ construction, but the cement was of poor quality, and the _______ was crumbling. 2. In Victorian times, doctors used to think that the healthy air of the _______ was good for combatting _______. 3. Things can get very exciting when you are bidding at an _______, so you have to proceed with _______.",No hint available.,"1. RECENT, CENTER 2. SEASIDE, DISEASE 3. AUCTION, CAUTION",Language,02/16/05 #33888,Descent,2.82,1.82,Stormcrafter,"There is something within the riddle below, but what? Your fall I will mirror, I am a last defense To halt the chilling terror Of a deadly quick descent. Never can I be your pet Or your trusted friend, But I should you ever forget Then you will find your end. Use me through my roping And find the solid path, My success you should be hoping Or taste an earthly wrath.",Used for emergencies or for (very dangerous) fun.,"A parachute. They fall with you, and are your last defense before plummeting to your death, dashed against the solid paths of the earth. The more modern ones are opened with a string or rope.",Riddle,11/08/06 #46699,Behead V,2.97,1.65,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Long depression between heights -> Narrow passage between walls 2. Selling -> Ceasing; conclusion 3. Spew out -> Leave out 4. Justify; show to be blameless -> Point out 5. Moral weakness -> Frozen water 6. Personal guarantee -> Expression of pain 7. Making a promise -> Due for payment 8. Boast; self-praise -> Female relative","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. A 2. E 3. O 4. I 5. I 6. O 7. O 8. A","1. Valley -> Alley 2. Vending -> Ending 3. Vomit -> Omit 4. Vindicate -> Indicate 5. Vice -> Ice 6. Vouch -> Ouch 7. Vowing -> Owing 8. Vaunt -> Aunt",Language,04/09/10 #15076,Wok Wok Who's There?,2.43,1.87,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? W OUTheFire K",No hint available.,"Out of the frying pan and into the fire. The word OUT is coming from the WOK (a pan for frying) and goes into the fire.",Rebus,10/12/03 #10819,TV or not TV,2.26,2.3,mad-ade,"In the legendary country of Madadia, only three TV channels are available - Kebab Plus, MaddyOne and Madadia TV. Out of 4000 TV owners in Madadia, 1500 watch Kebab Plus, 2000 watch MaddyOne and 2500 watch Madadia TV. Amongst these, 500 viewers watch Kebab Plus and Maddyone, 800 watch Kebab Plus and Madadia TV, and 1000 watch MaddyOne and Madadia TV. How many viewers watch all three channels?",No hint available.,"300 viewers watch all three channels. Let's assume that total X viewers watch all three channels. Total viewers who watch only Kebab Plus and MaddyOne = 500-X Total viewers who watch only Kebab Plus and Madadia TV = 800-X Total viewers who watch only MaddyOne and Madadia TV = 1000-X Total viewers who watch only Kebab Plus = 1500 - (500-X) - (800-X) - X = 200 + X Total viewers who watch only MaddyOne = 2000 - (500-X) - (1000-X) - X = 500 + X Total viewers who watch only Madadia TV = 2500 - (1000-X) - (800-X) - X = 700 + X We know that total viewers are 4000. Summing up all 7 values, X + (500 - X) + (800 - X) + (1000 - X) + (200 + X) + (500 + X) + (700 + X) = 4000 X + 3700 = 4000 X = 300 Hence, total 300 viewers watch all three channels.",Math,03/01/03 #5803,35 = MA of a USP,2.3,2.35,mad-ade,35 = MA of a USP,No hint available.,35 = Minimum Age of the United States President,Letter-Equations,07/23/02 #22750,Mighty Planets,2.67,2.32,mufffin09,"What name does not belong? Hermes Aphrodite Ares Zeus Hades",Think of their Roman names.,"Zeus. Zeus's Roman name is Jupiter, and Jupiter is a gas planet, whereas the others' Roman names are rocky planets. Hermes= Mercury, first planet from the sun Aphrodite=Venus, second planet from the sun Ares=Mars, fourth planet from the sun Hades=Pluto, last planet from the sun Zeus=Jupiter,largest planet composed of gas",Group,05/08/05 #29677,Pancakes,2.31,0.73,shadow-x,"pancakes pancakes pancakes pancakes pancakes",What are they doing?,A stack of pancakes.,Rebus,04/10/06 #10681,Clue Pairs,2.67,2.49,snaps,"The pair of answers to each clue pair below are such that the second answer can be found by adding the same letter to both the front and rear of the first answer. For example, ""to be in debt/someone you might find on a lake"" would be ""owe/RoweR"". 1. The time just before an event / a position on a scale. 2. These are used to keep things together / to surpass someone else's achievement. 3. A red fruit / spotted. 4. A length-measurement abbreviation / a faint colour spread over a surface. 5. A short staff / to destroy or wash away. 6. A thick, viscous fluid / you might see these after a bump on the head.",No hint available.,"1. eve / LeveL 2. clips / EclipsE 3. apple / DappleD 4. in / TinT 5. rod / ErodE 6. tar / StarS",Language,02/24/03 #30069,Table Tennis Challenge,2.54,2.93,cinnamon30,"Patrice and seven of her friends organized the Ultimate Table Tennis Challenge to determine who the best Ping-Pong player among them was. The challenge consisted of three rounds of singles matches (two players competing per match). In each round, the first player to win FIVE games won the match and eliminated the opponent from the competition. The winners of the four first round matches advanced to the second round and the two second round winners advanced to the championship match. Each match was played at a different location, including the Beachcomber Swim Club. All first round matches were played on outdoor tables, both second round locations were indoor tables and the final round was played in the table tennis stadium at the New York Athletic Club. No two people won the same number of games, so players eliminated in the same round were ranked by the total number of games won. Identify each competitor's final ranking (first through eighth), full name (one last name is Chang), and the total number of games he or she won. In addition, figure out each location of each match, the competitors and their scores. 1. The winner of the match at the Southville YMCA lost at least three games on the indoor table in Uncle Phil's basement before meeting McNeilly in the finals. 2. The first round opponent of the eventual champion was neither Fitzroy (who lost in the first round) nor the person who lost at the Brooklyn Table Tennis Academy. 3. The championship round took the maximum possible number of games in a match. 4. The seven matches, in some order, were: Jamie's first round victory, the match in which White won exactly 2 games, the match at Eastlake Municipal Park, the match that Lottie lost, the only match Diaz played, the match Toskhaya lost and the match in which somebody won exactly one game. 5. Bill never played Dave. 6. Averson didn't play Jamie in the first round. 7. A total of 55 games were played in the whole challenge, 30 of which were the first round matches. 8. McNeilly, who isn't Lottie or Kristin, never played Samuel or Gianelli. 9. The four who advanced to the second round were: White, Lottie, the person who played Regina in the first round and someone whose indoor match was at the Islip Town Hall. 10. McNeilly's opponent in the first round won more games than Diaz. 11. Kristin never played at the Southville YMCA. 12. Regina won more games than the person eliminated at Eastlake Municipal Park. 13. Kristin won more games than Bill, who won at least five. 14. In the first round, Dave didn't play the eventual champion","Last names: Averson, Chang, Diaz, Fitzroy, Gianelli, McNeilly, Toskhaya and White","RANKING/ PLAYER/ GAMES 1st - Jamie McNeilly, 15 games 2nd - Lottie Averson, 14 games 3rd - Kristin Toskhaya, 9 games 4th - Bill White, 7 games 5th - Patrice Chang, 4 games 6th - Regina Diaz, 3 games 7th - Samuel Fitzroy, 2 games 8th - Dave Gianelli, 1 game 1st Round Beachcomber, Jamie, 5, Patrice, 4 Brooklyn, Kristin, 5, Regina, 3 Eastlake, Bill, 5, Samuel, 2 Southville, Lottie, 5, Dave, 1 2nd Round Islip, Jamie, 5, Bill, 2 Uncle Phil's, Lottie, 5, Kristin, 4 3rd Round N. Y. Athletic, Jamie, 5, Lottie, 4 The final match was played at the New York Athletic Club (intro). The loser in the championship round lost 4 games (3) for a total of 9 games in the final round (intro and 3). There were 30 matches in the first round (7); with 20 of them being wins (intro) therefore the total of lost games in the first round are 10. From clue 4, we know that somebody won exactly 1 game. From the intro we know no one won the same number of games, therefore the number of games lost in the first round is 1, 2, 3, and 4, can't have 5 because that means they would have advanced to the next round. This leaves 55 (total games played (clue 7)) - 30 (1st round - clue 7) - 9 (Final round - clue 3) = 16 games in 2nd round. 10 of these 16 games are the winner's games, which leaves 6 games for the losers in round 2. The 2 loser's games can't be 3 & 3, because this would mean both players would have a total of 8 games each. No two players won the same number of games (intro). They can't be 5 & 1 because that would leave a tie and only 1 can advance. They can't be 6 & 0 because 5 wins advances someone, so no one can win 6. This leaves 2 & 4 as the games won by the losers in the second round. This means the total numbers of matches won from 1st ranked to 8th ranked are: 15, 14, 9, 7, 4, 3, 2 and 1 for a total off 55 games (7). From clue 1 we know that the Southville YMCA was used in round 1, Uncle Phil's Basement is used in round 2 and McNeilly is in the final game, which means McNeilly won a match in round 1 and in round 2 for a total of either 14 (if he loses the finals) or 15 (if he wins the finals) games. Islip Town Hall is used in the 2nd round (9), which leaves Eastlake Municipal Park, The Beachcomber Swim Club and Brooklyn Table Tennis Academy being used for the other 3 matches in the first round. From clue 9, we know the four first round winners are: White, Lottie, the one who played Regina in the first round and The Islip Town Hall match. McNeilly has to be 1 of these four (1). McNeilly isn't Lottie (8), can't be White since both are last names, so is either the one who played Regina or the one who played at Islip Town Hall. Regina lost the first round match (9). White is in the second round (9) and is the player who won only two games (4), which means White doesn't go to the finals and won a total of 7 games. From clue 4, four of the 1st round matches are: Jamie's 1st round victory, Eastlake Municipal Park (see above), the only match Diaz played and someone who won exactly one game. We know White won exactly two games (4) and the final round took the maximum number of games (3), therefore White's 2 game win has to be in the 2nd round. Since we now know the four 1st round matches, Toskhaya had to win in the 1st round and moves on to round 2. From clue 13, Bill won at least 5 games and Kristin won more than Bill. This means that both Bill and Kristin won their first round matches and moves on to the second round. The four players in round 2 are: Jamie, Lottie, Bill and Kristin. One of these four was the eventual winner, but it wasn't Bill (13) or Lottie (4), so Jamie or Kristin is the winner. Kristin isn't McNeilly (8) and never played at Southville (11), so she didn't play in the finals (1). This makes Jamie the winner. Since Bill didn't finish second overall (13 and above), he wasn't Jamie's opponent in the finals. Kristin wasn't in the finals (see above); therefore Lottie lost in the final match with a total of 14 games overall. Jamie and Lottie were the 2nd round winners. Lottie isn't McNeilly (8), therefore Jamie is, who won the final round. Lottie isn't Toskhaya (4) or White (9), therefore Lottie played against Toskhaya in round two. In the 1st round, Jamie McNeilly didn't play Fitzroy (2), Averson (6), Diaz (4) or Gianelli (8); thus he played Chang. Jamie didn't play at the Southville YMCA (1), Eastlake Park (4), Brooklyn Academy (2), thus he played on the Beachcomber Swim Club table in round one. Jamie didn't play Lottie, Kristin or Bill in round one, since they are winners in round one. Jamie didn't play Samuel (8) or Dave (14). From clue 9 Regina was the one who played Toskhaya in round one, therefore Jamie had to play Patrice in round 1. From clue 1 and above, we know Lottie played at the Southville YMCA in round one. From clue 13, Kristin won more games than Bill, so Kristin is Toskhaya and Bill is White. Regina didn't play at Eastlake (12) and she won more than one game, therefore she is Diaz. Regina Diaz didn't win overall 1 game (4); she won more than the Eastlake player (12) but less than McNeilly's first round opponent (10) -who is Patrice Chang. Thus, she won 3 games overall, the Eastlake opponent won 2 games overall and Patrice Chang won 4 games overall. Kristin didn't play at the Southville YMCA; therefore she played at the Brooklyn Academy. Lottie played Jamie in the final round, therefore her last name isn't Fitzroy (2) or Gianelli (8), therefore she is Averson. Lottie Averson played at Southville YMCA (1 and above). Bills 1st round opponent wasn't Dave (5), thus Lottie played Dave and Bill played Samuel in the 1st round. Samuel isn't Gianelli (8), thus he is Fitzroy and Dave is Gianelli.",Logic,04/26/06 #24376,Twilight Zone Robbery,2.84,1.81,froggygg,"Brothers Jim and Mike Marshall owned and operated a jewelry exchange aptly named J&M Precious Jewel Exchange which had been left to them in their Father's Will. Although their large inventory consisted of various precious stones from all over the world, diamonds were the mainstay and specialty of the business. Due to the high values placed on their inventory, certain security precautions had been implemented by one of the leading security companies to prevent thefts. The security system was very high tech and designed to thwart any robbery attempts. It had been specially designed for the Exchange and the habits of the two brothers. Jim had always been very bad at misplacing his keys and Mike was extremely forgetful when it came to remembering security codes. Therefore, the security company had installed a system that was activated when either Jim or Mike placed their right hand on the entry pad thus eliminating the need for keys or security codes. All was well until.............. One morning Jim arrived at work and discovered that they had been robbed sometime in the night. The alarm had not been disarmed and had not gone off. There were no visible signs of forced entry. Everything was as he had left it the night before when he set the alarm and left - except that the inventory had been almost completely wiped out. He immediately called the authorities and then called his brother, who was out of the country on a short vacation for the last week. Detective Jones received a call to respond to a robbery at the Exchange and arrived a short time later. Detective Jones routinely put on a pair of standard issue police latex gloves and, upon entering the building, proceeded to examine the doors and other possible points of entry. He found there to be no signs of forced entry. Although, upon a close inspection of the security pad, he found that the tip of his gloved finger seemed to stick to the outer edge of the security entry pad. Once inside, he found no indication that the premises had been searched in any way, as a normal robbery would leave the premises in a state of disarray. Therefore, Detective Jones requested Jim call and assemble all of the current employees of the Exchange. At the current time, there were only three employees. Robyn Moore, a young and attractive woman, who was the receptionist/secretary and had been with the Exchange for over five years. Jim stated that she was very trustworthy and loyal. John Banks, who validated the authenticity and quality of the various gems and diamonds, and had been with the Exchange for over twenty years and had become a part of the family as he had also worked for Jim and Mike's father. He had heavily invested in the Exchange when the two brothers took control and was somewhat of a ""silent partner"" which was unknown to the other two employees. The third employee, Bill Copeland, had recently been hired to assist John in the validation of the quality of the various gems and diamonds. Once all of the employees were present, Detective Jones interviewed each one as to their whereabouts on the previous night. Robyn stated that she had joined her parents for dinner and, due the late hour, had stayed the night with them. John indicated that he and his wife had gone to dinner with 2 other couples and then they had all gotten together for a night of bridge. Bill replied that he had an early dinner, and retired early as he had been feeling a bit under the weather. He further stated that he had watched a Twilight Zone marathon on television until he fell asleep. Detective Jones asked them to please be patient as he needed to have another look around the premises. First he thoroughly inspected the desk and surrounding area where Robyn spent her day. Nothing was amiss. He then proceeded to inspect the office and work bench where John worked with the various stones and diamonds. He noted a box of thin latex gloves which were used when inspecting the stones and diamonds. Again, he found nothing amiss. Lastly, he inspected the office and work area occupied by Bill and noted a box of latex gloves and a box of self adhering 8"" by 10"" transparent sheets, which are normally used to protect important documents. The box had been partially used and there were several discarded sheets in the waste basket. Upon completing his inspection, he advised Robyn and John that they were free to leave and thanked them for their time. He then proceeded to arrest Bill as the thief. How did Detective Jones decide that Bill was the guilty party and what evidence led him to that conclusion?","The Exchange had a policy that, when inspecting the precious stones and diamonds, the individual wear thin latex gloves to prevent leaving prints and oil on the stones and diamonds.","Since there were no signs of forced entry and nothing amiss in the exchange except for the missing inventory, Detective Jones knew it had to be an inside job. Robyn had an alibi as did John who had nothing to gain by robbing the exchange as he was a silent partner. Both alibis were easily verified. This left the newest employee, Bill Copeland. When Detective Jones inspected the workspace of Bill Copeland, he not only found a large supply of the required latex gloves, but also a package of self adhering 8"" x 10"" transparent sheets used to protect important documents. He also noted that several had been used and then tossed into the waste basket next to the desk. Upon inspecting the discarded sheets, he noticed they had been used and contained only the imprint of a hand - palm and all five fingers appearing intact. He remembered how the tip of his gloved finger had stuck to the security pad indicating the presence of a sticky residue. From that, he knew what had taken place and how it had been done. Bill had arrived after Jim had disarmed the security system and had quickly placed one of the transparent sticky sheets on the security pad pressing it gently and peeled it back off. In doing this, he obtained Jim's complete hand imprint. Since the pad was cleaned each night by the janitor, he knew he would get a clear print. He then put on a latex glove and transferred the print to his glove enclosed hand. But, in using this method, which worked somewhat like a mirror, he would end up with a left hand print to use on the pad which was programed to read only the right hand. Knowing this, Bill then repeated the process only this time using his gloved left hand which contained the print. The final result was a right hand glove containing the print. He then waited until late in the evening and returned using the right hand glove containing the lifted print thus enabling him to use the glove to ""impersonate"" Jim's hand and basically ""fool"" the security system. After gaining entry and robbing the exchange, he reset the alarm in the same manner so it would appear that no one had gained entrance. Detective Jones also knew that the Twilight Zone marathon had been cancelled as he had planned on watching it and was disappointed that it had been cancelled. Thus catching Bill in a lie.",Mystery,07/09/05 #5551,Kebab Combination,2.32,2.0,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is in a bit of a dilemma. He has accidentally locked his Kebab in a combination safe. Only this safe uses letters instead of numbers. Only he has forgotten the combination. These are the 6 letters used in the combination: A, B, C, D, E, F; with none of them being used twice. Here are three incorrect guesses Mad Ade has already made at the combination. C B A D F E A E D C B F E D F A C B In the FIRST guess, only ONE letter is in its correct place. In the SECOND guess, only TWO letters are in their correct places. In the THIRD guess, only THREE letters are in their correct places. Each of the 6 letters is in its correct place once. What is the correct combination needed to rescue the Kebab?",No hint available.,The combination was EBDACF or AEFDCB (either will work).,Logic,07/13/02 #49495,Heavy Metal Raps,2.85,2.0,DaBomma,"I rap heavy metal all day, and sometime through the night, And with my steady beater, I will surely win a fight, My hits are always hot, they ignite sparks in my soul, and I form inspiration, while I reach my goal, There are few so talented, who can perform these tasks, so me and my brethren, will sometimes wear our masks, With our amazing performances, we bring joy to many crowds, and their triumphant screams, sometimes rise to the clouds, I have given too many hints, so I now must say goodbye, and with a final couplet, I say, 'What am I?'",No hint available.,"A blacksmith. Smiths will work metal such as iron and steel while they are hot, in order to make the shaping process easier. Their tool of choice would be a hammer, which, in a fight against bare arms, would surely win. Sparks will fly from the metal, so eye protection in the form of a mask is necessary in some cases. Blacksmiths used to make weapons such as swords for knights. Those knights, after winning, would emit their battle cry, their voices rising upwards in victory.",Riddle,06/26/12 #18145,The Great Race,2.36,1.43,PhilDunphy,A the W in 80 D,Planes Trains and Automobiles,Around the World in 80 Days,Letter-Equations,07/07/04 #35147,You Should Do This!,2.73,1.95,vlerma,"________________ Cattail ________________",What's a cattail?,Read (reed) between the lines.,Rebus,02/01/07 #18367,Swift-Ix 2,2.58,2.72,MrIxolite,"A Swift-ix is a word play in which an adverb relates both properly and punningly to a sentence of reported speech. For example: ""I only have Clubs, Spades and Diamonds"" said Mr.Ix Heartlessly. Here, the word heartlessly can describe the way Mr.Ix has said the words and also relates to what he's said also. They can also be puns, or play on words; eg. ""Your Honour is crazy!"" cried Mr.Ix judgmentally (Judge-Mental-ly) Get the idea, now try these. The first letter is given to you along with the number of letters. Have fun! 1) ""I grew up with many foster families"" said Mr.Ix T(13) 2) ""Fat male monarchs"" yelled Mr.Ix U(12) 3) ""I am a really strong guy"" said Mr.Ix S(7) 4) ""It's the quotient of two integers"", said Mr.Ix R(10) 5) ""The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle"" said Mr.Ix P(7) 6) ""I'll give you 50 to 1 that this teaser gets accepted"" said Mr.Ix O(5)* 7) ""I'm still waiting for my holiday snaps"" sighed Mr.Ix N(10) 8) ""Thank you Mr French guy"" said Mr.Ix M(10)",No hint available.,"1) Transparently (Trans-Parent-ly) 2) Unthinkingly (Un-Thin-King-Ly) 3) Soberly (So-Burley) 4) Rationally (Ratio-nally) 5) Piously (Pi-ously) 6) Oddly(Odd-ly)* not a serious offer of a wager ;) 7) Negatively(Self expl) 8) Mercifully (Merci (french for thank you)-ly)",Language,07/27/04 #31460,Island Words,2.8,1.96,npf2005,"A boy called James gets stuck on an island after his rubber boat gets swept out to sea. The only way to get off the island is with a colour code. There are 5 bricks and 5 holes in a wall. On the wall next to the holes it says: A colour is concealed in each of these sentences. Each hole is marked with an A, B, C, D, or E. Put the colour brick in the corresponding slot to the sentence: A) Temper or anger are signs of weakness. B) The money is for Edward. C) You'll find I got it elsewhere. D) One dancer, I see, is out of step. E) I am a gent and lady's man. What colour brick did James put in each slot?",No hint available.,"Slot A. Orange Slot B. Red Slot C. Indigo Slot D. Cerise Slot E. Magenta",Language,07/01/06 #48672,Symbolism II,2.1,2.65,Mathgeek007,"I give you some numbers in a specific order, and a few symbols. Arrange those symbols however you can to make a correct math equation. You must use all of them. For example... 753452120 +-= Answer: 7+534-521=20 Also, do not follow the order of operations, perform in the order of the numbers (ie: 3+3*3 normally equals 12, but not following the order of operations, equals 18.) Now, for your puzzle. 5463186333 +--*=",Each side equals 99.,54+63-18=6-3*33,Math,04/28/11 #25949,An American Invention,2.93,1.6400000000000001,zonahobo,"They say I came from Africa. I suppose that may be true. But the type I am was mostly played In a place where grass is blue. Of wood and pearl, skin and steel, You could say I am high strung. My neck looks like a ladder, With brass on every rung. What am I?",Plunk around and you should get it.,"A 5-string banjo. A 4-string ""banjar"" was brought to the US by enslaved African people in the 18th century. An individual named Joel Walter Sweeny of Appomattox Court House, VA, is credited with inventing the 5-string banjo when he adapted the banjar by adding a 5th string. The 5-string banjo was most popularized by its use in Bluegrass Music. Brass is used on the frets of the Banjo neck.",Riddle,09/16/05 #41707,True Essence 2,2.28,2.19,aresII,"The following puzzle is from the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 B.C.- 322 B.C.). Can you decode it? * The clue contains three vowels. B=X ""FZT MUGG IJKJX LZ RIFQCUIS UI QCUO MZXGL MUQCZTQ NZTXRSJ. UQ UO QCJ SXJRQJOQ DTRGUQF ZA QCJ YUIL IJBQ QZ CZIZX.""","J=E R=A U=I","""YOU WILL NEVER DO ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD WITHOUT COURAGE. IT IS THE GREATEST QUALITY OF THE MIND NEXT TO HONOR."" KEY: A=F B=X C=H D=Q F=Y G=L I=N J=E K=V L=D M=W N=C O=S Q=T R=A S=G T=U U=I X=R Y=M Z=O",Cryptography,04/26/08 #17973,Pizza For Thirty,2.48,1.27,Munch,"Jack has invited all his drinking buddies to watch the game on his new state-of-the-art TV. Come half-time, he calls the local Pizza Parlor. The assistant tells him they have a special ""Buy one, get one free"" offer, so he asks for two of the largest pizzas they have. Given that one large pizza can be cut into approximately twelve slices, how can he possibly ensure that will be enough for thirty people?",Read the question again.,"Everyone will get at least one slice of pizza. The offer was ""Buy one, get one free"" therefore when Jack ordered two, he got two free, giving him four pizzas with a total of forty eight slices.",Trick,06/21/04 #23017,Apple Picking,2.61,1.73,FeaerFactorY666,"Three people picked 65 apples altogether. At the first tree they each picked the same number of apples. At the second tree they each picked 3 times as many as they picked at the first tree. When they finished at the third tree, the group had 5 times as many apples as they had when they started at that tree. At the fourth tree the group picked just 5 apples. How many apples did each person pick at the first tree?",Work backwards to see how many apples were picked at the last two trees or use algebra.,"Each person picked 1 apple at the first tree. Begin with 65 apples picked, and work backwards. Subtract the number of apples picked at the fourth tree (5), and then divide the total (60) by 5 to equal the number of apples picked after the first two trees. The total after the first two trees = 12. Since the number of apples picked at the first two trees (12) is equal to the number of apples picked at the first tree plus 3 times the number picked at the first tree (or a total of 4 times the number picked at the first tree), then the number of apples picked at the first tree must be 12 divided by 4 = 3. Therefore, each person picked 1 apple at the first tree. Using algebra: Suppose they pick y apples at the first tree. Then, they pick 3y apples at the second tree and have 4y apples altogether. After the third tree, they have 5X4y or 20y apples, and after the fourth tree, they have 20y + 5 apples. 20y + 5 = 65 20y = 60 y = 3 So each person picks 1 apple at the first tree.",Math,05/19/05 #4441,Which Bus Stop,2.36,1.8800000000000001,mad-ade,"Every day Mad Ade takes the bus to work. He can get off at one of two stops. The first stop is 100 metres from the Spam recycling factory in which he works. The second stop is 200 metres past the Factory. Mad Ade always rides past the first stop, and gets off at the second. Why?",No hint available.,"The factory is on a hill. When Mad Ade gets off at the stop farthest from the building he is walking downhill, and Mad Ade is quite lazy...",Logic,06/03/02 #21639,Walk in the Park,2.47,2.71,Dedrik,"Alice and Bob agree to meet in the park. They agree to each show up some random time between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM. Wait 20 minutes for the other person, or until one o'clock, whichever comes first. Assuming they stick to their word, what is the probability that they will meet?","They are equally likely to show up at any time. However their probability of meeting will change depending on the time. Try looking at it through only one person's perspective.","Their probability of meeting is 5/9 There are four events that can happen. 1. Bob arrives first and Alice meets him while he is waiting. 2. Bob arrives first, leaves and then Alice shows up. 3. Alice arrives first and Bob meets her while she is waiting. 4. Alice arrives first, leaves and then Bob shows up. Also there are 3 main time segments that different things can happen during. from 12:00 12:00-12:20, 12:20-12:40, 12:40-1:00. There is a 1/3 chance of Alice showing up in any of these times. If Alice shows up from 12:20-12:40 Then there are 20 minutes before and after Alice's arrival that Bob could arrive and they would meet. So 40 minutes out of the hour that Bob could arrive and they will meet. (40/60) If Alice shows up between 12:00 and 12:20 there are 20 minutes after her arrival, and all the time between 12:00 and when she arrived. This time averages out to be 10 minutes (remember we are assuming she showed up between 12:00 and 12:20) So that's 30 minutes out of the hour that Bob could show up and they would meet. (30/60) From 12:40-1:00 you have a similar situation. There's twenty minutes before Alice's arrival that Bob could have shown up. And all the time till 1:00, which again averages out to 10 minutes. So again 30 minutes out of the hour. (30/60) Each of those three are equally likely with 1/3 probability so 1/3(30/60 + 40/60 + 30/60) 1/3(5/3) 5/9",Probability,03/20/05 #45037,"Four Words With ""FA""",2.47,1.56,Ammer,"All of the words below contain the following two letters in them: ""FA"" Fill in the blanks below, using the following list of letters: C, E, E, I, L, M, O, R, R, S, T, T, U, V 1. FA-- 2. FA------ 3. FA---- 4. FA--","1. Ends with the letter E 2. Ends with the letter E 3. Ends with the letter S 4. Ends with the letter M","1. FACE 2. FAVORITE 3. FAULTS 4. FARM",Language,08/10/09 #33618,Add a Letter 3,2.55,2.24,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). 1) a person at odds with church doctrine & tightly sealed 2) a channel for waste matter & a pin for holding meat while roasting 3) extremely harsh or cruel & a small heron 4) a trough for livestock feed & a person who directs business",No hint available.,"1) heretic & hermetic 2) sewer & skewer 3) bitter & bittern 4) manger & manager",Language,10/23/06 #13035,What Ship?,2.33,1.51,rose_rox,"What ship doesn't have a captain, but has two mates?",No hint available.,A courtship.,Trick,06/10/03 #41020,'K' Words,2.53,2.5,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'K' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'K' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun! 1. Some employees have a K --- K for K -------- to their bosses. 2. It's not good business sense to sell a - K --- of wool for a --- K -- . 3. The snowmobile crossed the K ----- K - at ---- K --- K speed. 4. The student was expelled for carrying a K ---- in his --- K --- K.",No hint available.,"1. KnacK and Kowtowing 2. sKein and nicKel 3. KlondiKe and breaKnecK 4. Knife and bacKpacK",Language,03/13/08 #39873,A A,1.99,2.45,1smart_okie,A A = O of the F M of the U S of A,No hint available.,Abigail Adams = One of the Founding Mothers of the United States of America,Letter-Equations,01/01/08 #320,A Weedy Garden.,2.54,1.33,Mr. G,"Let's say you have a garden. On day one, there is only one weed. If the number of weeds doubles every day, and the garden is full of weeds on the 30th day, how many days will it take to fill the garden if we start with two weeds?",No hint available.,29 days. It's just like you started on day two.,Logic,03/01/01 #50354,Bizarre Bedlam,3.05,1.43,ThinksForFun,"I am a place where all deliveries are returned to the sender, those who perform better need to do less work, and a lot of things get knocked over, but generally speaking, nothing gets broken. What am I?",No hint available.,"a bowling alley The bowlers always have their bowling balls, which they deliver toward the bowling pins, returned to them by the machine. Bowlers who get one or more strikes (a strike being the best result) need to deliver fewer balls in order to complete the game. The bowling pins are the things that get knocked over.",Riddle,06/06/14 #1842,Oamott,2.08,1.22,maxmars,Unscramble this to make a fruit: oamott,No hint available.,tomato,Language,12/23/01 #2170,Electrician and Plumber,2.33,1.1,Cascas,There was an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for the movies. One of them was the father of the other one's son. How could this be?,No hint available.,They were husband and wife.,Logic,01/27/02 #7646,Liar Liar,2.37,2.5,mad-ade,"Mad Ade's cousin Steve lies a lot. He tells the truth on only one day in a week. One day he said: ""I lie on Mondays and Tuesdays."" The next day he said: ""Today is either Sunday, Saturday, or Thursday."" The next day he said: ""I lie on Fridays and Wednesdays."" On which day of the week does Steve tell the truth?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade's cousin Steve tells the truth on Tuesdays The first and third statements are incompatible; they cannot of course both be true, and they can only be lies if on one of the days mentioned Steve tells the truth. But, they have no such day in common. Therefore one of them must be true, and the other must refer to that day. Looking at the second statement (which must be a lie, as there can at most be one true statement and we have one), the first day cannot be Wednesday, Friday or Saturday. Therefore, the first statement cannot be true, since the third cannot refer to it by day. Therefore, the third statement is true, and must (from the first statement) be a Monday or Tuesday. Statement two, however, rules out Monday, leaving only Tuesday as the 'day of truth'. Thus: 'one day' is a Sunday; on the third day (Tuesday) Steve is truthful.",Logic,09/22/02 #47147,Curtail 1,2.43,1.93,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Chauffeurs -> Golf club 2. Paid transportation -> Additional cost 3. Astronomical length -> Scan a sentence 4. Eight furlongs -> Wire measure 5. Millionth of a metre -> Very small 6. Force of movement (plural) -> Short time period 7. Redirect -> Deep swimmer 8. Walked -> Vast grassland Bonus: Take the eight curtailed letters and form a one-word anagram.","The words start with these letters: 1. D 2. T 3. P 4. M 5. M 6. M 7. D 8. S","1. Drivers -> Driver 2. Taxi -> Tax 3. Parsec -> Parse 4. Mile -> Mil 5. Micron -> Micro 6. Momenta -> Moment 7. Divert -> Diver 8. Stepped -> Steppe Bonus: DISTANCE",Language,06/03/10 #16894,Old Lady Hubbard,2.8,1.69,xXBlueBubbleXx,"Old Lady Hubbard went to the cupboard to fetch her dog a bone. Upon reaching the cupboard and seeing it was empty, she exclaimed,""Oicurmt!"" Explain Old Lady Hubbard's exclamation.",No hint available.,"Each letter stands for a word or syllable. O= Oh i= I c= see u= you r= are m= em t= pty So Old Lady Hubbard said,""Oh I see you are empty!""",Riddle,03/07/04 #1471,Hare and Tortoise,2.41,1.15,Jbody33,"Haretown and Tortoiseville are 27 miles apart. A hare travels at 7 miles per hour from Haretown to Tortoiseville, while a tortoise travels at 2 miles per hour from Tortoiseville to Haretown. If both set out at the same time, how many miles will the hare have to travel before meeting the tortoise en route?",No hint available.,"The hare and the tortoise are together covering the distance at 9 miles per hour (i.e., on adding their speeds). So, they will cover the distance of 27 miles in 3 hours. Thus, in 3 hours, they will meet and the hare will have traveled 21 miles.",Math,11/21/01 #38530,Brothers and Sisters,2.54,1.52,----,"Three men, whose names are Taro, Kenzi and Takasi, each have a sister whose names are Megu, Yuri and Kayo. They say: Taro:""Megu and I are siblings."" Megu:""Takasi and I are siblings."" Takasi:""Kayo and I are siblings."" However, none of them is telling the truth. Who is Yuri's brother?",Eliminate the impossibilities.,"Takasi's sister can't be Megu or Kayo, and can be only Yuri. Therefore, Yuri's brother is Takasi.",Logic,09/29/07 #24137,Seas,2.96,1.45,Pop_Qla,Do you know what this means?,No hint available.,"Across the Seven Seas A Cross (the 't' shape) The seven seas (sea is spelled seven times in that cross)",Rebus,06/29/05 #28652,How Long Has He Got Left?,2.54,1.65,Question_Mark,"Quentin is a man who writes puzzle books. His editor gives him a task for his next book. He must produce 500 puzzles in the space of 80 days. He has created 300 puzzles already. However he has been working slower than normal, producing an average of 15 puzzles for every 4 days. How fast will Quentin have to work now to get the book finished on time?",No hint available.,"Quentin will never get the book in on time. He is on his 80th day. If he has been producing 15 puzzles for 4 days then, 15*(80/4)=300.",Math,02/16/06 #1382,Beethoven,2.44,2.04,psychodude57,"In my collection of classical music I have a range of pieces which last 6, 7, 8 and 9 minutes. The piece by Bach lasts 8 minutes and the CD lasts longer than the piece by Holst. The piece on DAT tape is longer than the piece by Beethoven. The single lasts for 7 minutes and the album does not contain any Holst. The piece by Butler is on the DAT tape. Can you determine which piece of music is on which format and how long each lasts?",No hint available.,"Beethoven is on the album and lasts 6 minutes. Holst is on the single and lasts 7 minutes. Bach is on CD and lasts 8 minutes. Butler is on DAT tape and lasts 9 minutes.",Logic,11/12/01 #222,3 1 4 1 5 9 2...,2.46,1.84,Mr. G,"3 1 4 1 5 9 2... What are the next three numerals in this series?",It`s not a piece of cake.,"6 5 3 These are the first ten digits of pi. 3.141592653...",Series,02/02/01 #18812,North South,1.99,2.72,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? Lead Actor: Pole Pole Pole",Your answer will mean something very different to something else,"Poles apart or Poles, a part (in the movie).",Rebus,09/11/04 #3481,Right of Way,2.38,1.16,Drunky,"Four cars come to a four way stop, all coming from a different direction. They can't decide who got there first, so they all entered the intersection at the same time. They do not crash into each other. How is this possible?",No hint available.,They all made right hand turns.,Logic,04/13/02 #40974,Imagination L. Frank Baum,2.33,2.43,onua9159,"L. Frank Baum once made this statement about imagination. Can you decode it? O=S ""SAPLSBPVSRB KPO CWRTLKV APBISBN VKWRTLK VKX NPWI PLXO VR SVO QWXOXBV OVPVX RM ESDSHSGPVSRB. SAPLSBPVSRB HXN ERHTACTO VR NSOERDXW PAXWSEP. SAPLSBPVSRB HXN MWPBIHSB VR NSOERDXW XHXEVWSESVU.""","B=N S=I Q=P","""Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity."" - L. Frank Baum KEY: A=M B=N C=B D=V E=C F=X G=Z H=L I=K J=J K=H L=G M=F N=D O=S P=A Q=P R=O S=I T=U U=Y V=T W=R X=E Y=W Z=Q",Cryptography,03/11/08 #13764,Time After Time After Time,2.38,2.84,mathemagician,"Give the appropriate time which completes the series below: 3:43 6:32 12:36 9:22 12:29 ??",Look at sums and products of the digits in each.,"11:49 The product of the digits in each time is 36 ; Also, the sum of the digits follows the pattern 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. So, for the missing time, we need the sum of the digits to be 15 and the product of the digits to be 36. 11:49 is the only time that will work.",Series,07/13/03 #32177,Anagram Triplets - IV,2.58,2.13,brainster,"There are two groups of four-letter and three-letter words used in the sentences below. The first missing words of each sentence are anagrams of each other, and the second missing words are also anagrams of each other. Can you find them ? 1. ""What do you know about wild animals? One could pounce on you and ____ your ____ before you could even react!"", said the hunter scornfully. 2. As for my eyesight, at the ____ I am going, a goat could ____ into me before I even knew it was in front of me! 3. What is the ____ weight of that truck? Loading it above limits could ____ the vehicle badly.",No hint available.,"1. ""What do you know about wild animals? One could pounce on you and TEAR your ARM before you could even react!"", said the hunter scornfully. 2. As for my eyesight, at the RATE I am going, a goat could RAM into me before I even knew it was in front of me! 3. What is the TARE weight of that truck? Loading it above limits could MAR the vehicle badly. Group I: TEAR, RATE, TARE Group II: ARM, RAM, MAR",Language,07/31/06 #793,A Mystery Word,2.59,1.4,Phyllis,"There is a word in the English language that describes a person or thing as being in no place at all--not here, not there, not anywhere. But, if you add a space between two of the letters in the word the person or thing is now here. Can you figure out what the word is?",No hint available.,nowhere,Language,09/04/01 #29894,The Writer's Cup,2.88,2.22,peppamintp,"At the end of each school year, Clearmont College's Students for the Greening of America sponsors a bed race to benefit the preservation of regional wetlands. In this year's race, the competitors were placed in divisions by their college major. The five winning teams in the English Department all had beds painted white, although each bed sported a different color sheet. After the race, each winning team's captain stated that his team's success was no doubt due to their Muse, after which their bed was named (each had a different name). Match each captain with his team's bed (one was Clio), and its sheet color (one was cerulean), as well as the prize won (the coveted Writer's Cup for first place, or a second, third, fourth, or fifth place ribbon). 1. Erato crossed the finish line fifth. 2. Calliope, which sported the indigo sheet, didn't place fourth. 3. Forrest didn't captain the team that won the Writer's Cup, who had the bed with the magenta sheet. 4. Joel steered his team's bed across the finish line immediately after the bed with the apricot sheet. 5. Glenn's team's bed, Thalia, placed immediately after Irving's (which had the lilac sheet). 6. The team captained by Harvey didn't race the bed named Melpomene.",No hint available.,"1. Harvey, Clio, magenta, Writer's Cup 2. Forrest, Calliope, indigo, 2nd 3. Irving, Melpomene, lilac, 3rd 4. Glenn, Thalia, apricot, 4th 5. Joel, Erato, cerulean, 5th",Logic-Grid,04/19/06 #35068,Bus Driver,2.18,1.0,DaleGriffin,"A bus arrives at 10:32 pm. It pulls up, and the driver gets out. Nobody complains. Why?",No hint available.,"The driver was taking the bus back to the station so he could go home. There were no passengers on the bus, and of course nobody would complain because he had done his day's work!",Situation,01/27/07 #9264,Ill-Equipped Laboratory,2.63,1.92,Bobbrt,"You are working in a lab and you need to prop up a beaker of water so that its base is exactly 17"" above the table (don't worry about why). Besides the beaker, the only objects in the lab are a yardstick and five phone books, at 1"", 3"", 4"", 5"", and 6"" thick each. How do you arrange the books so that you can prop up the beaker at the correct height?","If you're stuck then you're forgetting something very important. Remember - these are BOOKS, not blocks of wood.","Simply pile up all of the books except the 1"" one. This will give you 18 inches. Open the top book, turning 1"" worth of pages. Use the yardstick to verify the height. If you want to be really technical, you should actually open the bottom book, because the bulge caused by the open book will then be flattened by the other books.",Other,12/20/02 #20508,Echoes,2.49,1.32,toast9897,"I hear what you're saying, I hear what you've heard, But unless I'm playing You won't hear a word. I'm not unique Everything I say is rehashed. Though I'm a mimic, so to speak, My speech is not always first class.","Useful for interviews and college courses, I can spit random cues and quote any sources.",A recording device. I think it explains itself.,Riddle,01/20/05 #24554,The Hill,2.62,1.17,Dustar90,"Three friends are riding down a steep hill. One friend looks behind and yells something to the two who are trying to catch up, but his words were carried away by the wind. What did he say? T H E H I L L CU",No hint available.,"The friend in front said, ""See you at the bottom of the hill.""",Rebus,07/14/05 #9360,"Iron, Bromine, Uranium, Argon",2.69,2.53,something,"What comes next in this sequence: Iron Bromine Uranium Argon ==?==",No hint available.,Yttrium; from the atomic element's symbols which are spelling February: Fe + Br + U + Ar + Y.,Series,12/23/02 #12958,Pet,2.3,1.42,alex1234,"I am a type of pet that is always found lying flat on the ground. What am I?",No hint available.,A carpet.,Trick,06/05/03 #8143,Not Wet,2.68,1.98,warrior,"A man's body is found 200 feet below sea level, but the cause of his death is not drowning. How and where did this man die?",No hint available.,The man died of heat exhaustion in Death Valley.,Situation,10/20/02 #16925,Repetitive Description,2.71,0.9400000000000001,rose_rox,"We meet each other in very quick a motion, Some are shocked to see such devotion. Other times with others we are To be blunt, not quite at par. It depends whether or not we match, If we don't, then we attach. If we do, we stay away, But if forced we go affray. How strange it is, when we're opposing, The gap between us is speedily closing. Yet when we are the same, in fact, We don't stay close, we detract.",No hint available.,Magnets.,Riddle,03/08/04 #31094,Cryptolist XII,2.61,2.38,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: DPCRWXZ ABECBPX RBEEBPX CPXQYJCF ZJCQCXYF MWCABEQCM UQBAY BFAYPXHQLHZ WYQLCM GBQECDY FBZWCPR","Category: Knights Y=E","Category: Knights Valiant Gallant Intrepid Spirited Chivalric Brave Adventurous Heroic Warlike Dashing A=V B=A C=I D=K E=L F=D G=W H=U J=P L=O M=C P=N Q=R R=G U=B W=H X=T Y=E Z=S",Cryptography,06/15/06 #16272,Profit Performances,2.17,1.76,adoontourious,"Every spring the town of Vicinity holds an arts festival in which local groups perform and artists sell crafts. The festival organizers raise money by charging each performing group $50.00. This year, members of the high school gymnastics team gave a demonstration. They charged a $2.50 admission fee. The team owed $62.50 for repairs to its parallel bars. Profits were shared equally among the six team members. If 113 people saw the demonstration, how much profit did each team member get? Was any money left over?",No hint available.,"Each gymnast got $28.33. There was $0.02 left over. The 113 audience members paid a total of $282.50 (113 x $2.50). After subtracting the $50 fee and the $62.50 repair cost, there was a profit of $170. Dividing 6 team members into $170 gave each team member $28.33 with $0.02 left over. They all decided to go bowling, except for Irena, who was saving up for a CD player.",Math,01/20/04 #36492,American Presidents 6,2.48,2.67,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Ulysses Grant, Grover Cleveland Group B: George Washington, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan",No hint available.,"The presidents in both groups served two full terms. However, each president in Group A had a different vice president for each of his terms. Jefferson's were Aaron Burr and George Clinton, Madison's were George Clinton and Elbridge Gerry, Grant's were Schuyler Colfax and Henry Wilson, and Cleveland's were Thomas Hendricks and Adlai Stevenson. Andrew Jackson, whose vice presidents were John Calhoun and Martin Van Buren, can be added to Group A.",Group,05/03/07 #35878,Four Letters Only #4,2.64,2.61,jazzmusician46,"What same sequence of 4 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? pre_ _ _ _ broad_ _ _ _s thorn_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ poster wee_ _ _ _ cross_ _ _ _",No hint available.,"The sequence is: BILL prebill broadbills thornbill billposter weebill crossbill",Language,03/26/07 #5937,6 = W of H the E,2.42,2.04,dewtell,6 = W of H the E,European History,6 = Wives of Henry the Eighth,Letter-Equations,07/31/02 #1905,144 in a G,2.08,1.82,JUSTIN,144 in a G,No hint available.,144 in a Gross,Letter-Equations,01/01/02 #46995,Mine?,2.57,1.49,canse912,"Hi, I'm Carlie Hansen, and I am renowned through the whole of England for my detective skills. I just solved the case of the murder of Kayla Mae Rheims, 31, in Manchester last month. Kayla Mae was shot in the stomach and died from her injuries half an hour later. The gun was left at the scene - her home - and had no traces of DNA. Clearly the murderer had planned it beforehand and worn gloves. The CCTV had been disabled, but it had picked up the noise of the murder. However, the voice of the murderer had been purposely muffled. I was distressed at this, particularly because they had arrested someone who was clearly innocent. The milkman had been doing his rounds, and had heard the commotion. He had come into the house, seen Kayla Mae dying and rang an ambulance, but the police came too and arrested him. It was clear from several witness statements and CCTV cameras further up the road that this was true. I was convinced the murderer was Dr. Brian Rheims, Kayla Mae's husband. I finally was able to gain access to the audio from the murder scene. ""Please, please, I swear it's yours..."" ""NO! I know people round here. Give it up, I know it's not mine! You don't deserve it!"" ""Oh God...Please, please, help me! Somebody! Help me!"" ""God's not going to help you now! If it's not mine, then it can't be anyone's!"" Gunshot blasts. It took a lot of thinking to figure that case out! Eventually, I managed to work out the culprit, and the motive for the murder. Who killed Kayla Mae, and why?","Why would someone be angry that something wasn't theirs? And also, why didn't the murderer shoot her in the heart or head? Why did he go for something like the stomach?","Brian Rheims killed Kayla Mae. (I was right!) Kayla Mae was five months pregnant, and Brian had discovered that Kayla Mae had slept with someone else and the baby wasn't his. Enraged, he put on his gloves from the hospital, grabbed the gun and shot Kayla Mae in the stomach, so that even if Kayla survived, the baby wouldn't. More on Carlie Hansen soon!",Mystery,05/17/10 #50623,I Couldn't Care Less,2.38,1.41,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus? iwhatt memememe",Title is a clue,"""what's in it for me""",Rebus,06/14/15 #6902,Backwards,2.68,2.36,curly,Can you name 4 sports that require going backwards in order to win?,No hint available.,"Tug-o-war, Swimming(backstroke), Rowing, and High jump",Other,08/26/02 #14993,Bodyguards,2.12,2.19,mad-ade,"Beau Vine and Faye Slift, the world famous Madadian Movie stars, together have more than 10 but fewer than 30 bodyguards. One day, one of the bodyguards, Knuckles, decided to leave Beau Vine and join Faye Slift. Now both the females had the same number of bodyguards. Eventually, Knuckles rejoined Beau Vine. Also, Masher decided to leave Faye Slift and join Beau Vine. Now, both the females had a prime number of bodyguards. How many bodyguards did each have now?",No hint available.,"Beau Vine has 11 bodyguards and Faye Slift has 7 bodyguards. If one bodyguard is moved from one group to the other, it decreases one group by one and increases the other by one. Before Knuckles joined Faye Slift, Beau Vine had two more bodyguards than Faye Slift (since Knuckles's switch made the number of bodyguards of both the females equal). When Knuckles switched back to Beau Vine, once again Beau Vine had two more bodyguards than Faye Slift. Then, Masher moved from Faye Slift to Beau Vine, decreasing Faye Slift's bodyguards by one and increasing Beau Vine's bodyguards by one. Hence, Beau Vine had four more bodyguards than Faye Slift. It is given that together they had more than 10 but fewer than 30 bodyguards. Also, at the end they both had prime number of bodyguards. The only numbers fit the given conditions are 7 and 11. Hence, now Beau Vine has 11 bodyguards and Faye Slift has 7 bodyguards.",Math,10/05/03 #1394,Four Digits,2.38,1.79,psychodude57,What four digit number has digit 2 less than digit 4 which is two thirds of digit 1 which is two thirds of digit 3 which is three times digit 2?,No hint available.,6394.,Math,11/13/01 #28810,Those Which Bind,2.22,2.22,schatzy228,"What phrase is represented below? Jones family - 12 <-- Smith family - 9 Williams family - 7 Johnson family - 12 <--",No hint available.,Family ties,Rebus,02/26/06 #5389,The Two Golfers,2.73,2.1,jon14pople,"Tom and Ben were professional golfers and keen rivals. One day during a game, they had each scored 30 when Ben hit a bad shot. Tom immediately added 10 to his own score. Tom then hit a good shot and he had won the game. Why?",No hint available.,"They were playing tennis, not golf! At 30-30 Ben hit a shot out. Tom then served an ace to win the game and match.",Trick,07/09/02 #3043,DWESTD,2.96,1.45,comet16,"Can you decipher this? DDDDDDDDDD DDDWESTDDD DDDDDDDDDD",No hint available.,"West Indies (West in D's)",Rebus,03/30/02 #11116,Out There,2.87,1.81,MrIxolite,"What popular TV show is represented below? MyForgottenChildhoodSweetheart.doc MyOldCollegeGirlfriend.exe MyDivorcedWife.bat",No hint available.,"""The X-Files."" The Ex(Ex-wife, girlfriends etc)-Files (files of a computer).",Rebus,03/13/03 #5730,£7.11 At The 7-11 store,2.27,2.37,mad-ade,"Mad Ade entered his local 7-11 store to purchase some provisions. He picked up some ""dead rat and scabby monkey"" flavoured crisps (potato chips for those of you who are American), a large bottle of pickled onion flavoured pop (soda), a left handed toilet roll and a tub of Kebab flavoured ice cream. At the checkout Mad Ade was told that the cost was £7.11. Mad Ade was curious that the cost was the same as the store name, so he inquired as to how the figure was derived. The acne riddled clerk said that he had simply multiplied the prices of the four individual items. Mad Ade complained as this had been done to him in another teaser (Entitled ""Five Pound Seventy Pence"" Teaser #4848), only with three amounts instead of four. He protested that the four prices should have been ADDED, not MULTIPLIED. The spotty clerk said that that was OK with him, but, the result was still the same: exactly £7.11. What were the prices of the four items?",No hint available.,"The prices are: £1.20, £1.25, £1.50, and £3.16",Math,07/20/02 #17794,"H, B, C, N, O, F, P, S",2.39,2.03,Jake,"What is the next letter in this series? H, B, C, N, O, F, P, S",No hint available.,K. These are the periodic elements with single letter symbols. Potassium is the next element and its symbol is K.,Series,05/31/04 #35441,Add a Letter 5,2.72,2.0,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). 1) cardboard box & humorous drawing 2) a meal & a small half-decked motorboat 3) a tennis score & to infer 4) uncivilized or barbarous & to rescue from destruction",No hint available.,"1) carton & cartoon 2) lunch & launch 3) deuce & deduce 4) savage & salvage",Language,02/26/07 #18646,Half Of 13...,2.03,2.83,rashad,How can half of 12 be equal to half of 13?,What time is it?,"On a standard digital watch, each of the numbers 12 and 13 contain 7 lines, thus 1/2 * 12 ( 3.5 ) is equal to 1/2 * 13 (3.5) . Note that the upper half of 13 and the upper half of 12 are identical.",Trick,08/25/04 #37465,The Van,2.83,1.32,LeafFan4life,"Three guys were walking home from school when a van pulled up to them. The man in the van tried to convince the boys to buy his merchandise, and eventually one of the boys gave in and bought some. The boy used some of the merchandise he purchased; and seconds later, he felt a strong head pain. His friends never tried to help him or call anyone to come help. What is happening?",No hint available.,"The man in the van was the ice cream man. The man in the van tried to convince the boys to buy the ice cream, so one boy bought one. After the boy ate it, he had a ""brain freeze"" or ""ice cream headache"", which is intense head pain.",Situation,07/20/07 #2683,Milonelion,2.18,0.68,Chrissy---,"milonelion What's that phrase mean?",Couples usually say that they're a lucky milonelion!,One in a Million,Rebus,03/14/02 #29958,Citrella's Citrus City!,3.03,2.08,brainster,"Citrella is the Queen of Citrus City. You and your friends have won a free holiday to Citrus City in a Grand Raffle Draw! Congratulations! All is fun until you reach Citrus City and are granted an audience with Queen Citrella to thank her for this wonderful gift. Her court is fragrant with smells of all the possible citrus fruits you can imagine! It's a heady fragrance, and you all are thrilled to be there! Queen Citrella gazes down upon you all and starts laughing ominously! She says, ""Oh, another batch of labourers for my Citrus City!"". You are all shell-shocked! She goes on to explain that the ""free"" holiday is actually Queen Citrella's way of getting free labour to pick all the citrus fruits in her kingdom. ""But I am not sour-hearted"", she says. ""If you can decipher the Da Citrus code, you will not only enjoy your holiday here, but even get knighthood!"" Each of you is then given a chit. There are eight chits with eight different sentences on them. Can you find them out before you are given baskets and aprons to pick fruit? Hurry! Time waits for none and Citrella is not a patient Queen to wait! Here are the sentences on each chit. Do you have it in you to decipher the code? 1. Other reasons are not given ever. 2. Let's eat maize or nuts. 3. Gray rats are petrifying, even frightening, run under if threatened! 4. Look, I made eggs. 5. There among nine goats, eating rolls in new egg-flavour! 6. Cannot let every minister, every non-minister to interfere, never ever! 7. Mend away not darn away, rags into nightgowns! 8. Please open my envelope, lost one!",No hint available.,"After carefully looking through your chits, you all look at each other and smile, and thank your stars that you come from Crypto City, and you are none other than the eight advisors to the court of King Cryptoknite! You rapidly rattle off the code one by one, and Queen Citrella is forced to keep her end of the bargain, which turned out quite sour for her in the end! The answer? Take the first letter of each word of the sentences. They form the name of a citrus fruit! These are none other than the citrus fruits that Citrus City is famous for - 1. Other Reasons Are Not Given Ever. - ORANGE 2. Lets Eat Maize Or Nuts. - LEMON 3. Gray Rats Are Petrifying, Even Frightening, Run Under If Threatened! - GRAPEFRUIT 4. Look, I Made Eggs. - LIME 5. There Among Nine Goats, Eating Rolls In New Egg-flavour! - TANGERINE 6. Cannot Let Every Minister, Every Non-minister To Interfere, Never Ever! = CLEMENTINE 7. Mend Away Not Darn Away, Rags Into Nightgowns! - MANDARIN 8. Please Open My Envelope, Lost One! - POMELO As for the eight of you, you enjoy a great holiday and return back to Crypto City where you are further honoured as Knights of the Crypto Order!",Other,04/23/06 #398,What Time Is It?,2.17,2.14,Phyllis,A man asks his sons to do a chore. When they finish he pays one son 15 cents and the other son 10 cents. What time is it?,No hint available.,A quarter to two.,Trick,04/19/01 #36581,Slip Sliding Away,2.14,2.9,cnmne,10 = E in a G of C (in the O),No hint available.,10 = Ends in a Game of Curling (in the Olympics),Letter-Equations,05/09/07 #1235,50=S on the US F,2.14,1.05,BigMan,50=S on the US F,No hint available.,50 Stars on the United States Flag,Letter-Equations,10/30/01 #34175,What Word 3,2.69,1.55,grungy49,"I have 6 letters. Letters 6-2-3-5-1 means the mansion of a lord with the land belonging to it. Letters 2-4-5-1-3 means to decorate or add beauty to. Letters 3-5-4 mean something a 6-2-3 can do to show agreement. The whole word means something without a definite reason or pattern.",No hint available.,"The word is RANDOM. MANOR ADORN NOD MAN",Language,11/30/06 #4173,Marathon,2.5,1.44,librashorty,"After a recent marathon, the following was noted. Alan finished after Simon. Ian finished after Kevin. Simon finished after Brian. Kevin finished before Alan. Brian finished after Kevin. Brian finished before Alan. Simon finished before Ian. Alan finished before Ian. Who finished where?",No hint available.,"The result was Kevin, Brian, Simon, Alan then Ian.",Logic,05/20/02 #25844,What Words #11,2.79,1.39,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN HOG - ___________ - CLOTH DETER - __________ - FIELD WASTE - ___________ - BALL",No hint available.,"HOG - WASH - CLOTH DETER - MINE - FIELD WASTE - BASKET - BALL",Language,09/10/05 #39147,Rewording II,2.31,1.6400000000000001,vlerma,"Below are three phrases, each with a well known meaning. Please read each phrase, and then by rewording it, come up with the meaningful phrase for each one. 1. Initial items at beginning. 2. To be maintained in a total eclipse. 3. Absence of sound is aureate.","Example: ""Peruse words below one line but above another"" can be reworded to mean ""read between the lines.""","1. First things first. 2. Kept in the dark. 3. Silence is golden.",Language,11/11/07 #7947,Snapsisms,2.61,2.33,snaps,"A word is said to be a snapsism of another word if it fits the following criteria: 1. it contains the same number of letters as the other word; 2. it does not have any of the same letters in the same position as the other word; 3. each letter of the word can be swapped into the other word, one at a time, so that other words are produced. eg. MAD is a snapsism of BET, with the three resulting words being: Met bAt beD However, MAT is not a snapsism of BET as both words have ""t"" as the third letter. What is a snapsism of slap?",One of the words produced by swapping letters is something you would use in the shower.,"FOOT The words produced are: Flap sOap slOp slaT. Another possibility would be: COIT The words produced are: Clap sOap slIp slaT",Language,10/09/02 #50394,Softeee !!,2.26,1.48,BadBunnee02,"What's the Rebus? heart > herat > harte > hater",No hint available.,a change of heart,Rebus,07/12/14 #34943,Missing Letters 10,3.0,2.46,jazzmusician46,"Below are incomplete words. Replace the letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck. Ri ( _ _ _ ) satile Al ( _ _ _ ) oury Mo ( _ _ _ ) ergo Unaw ( _ _ _ ) na A ( _ _ _ _ ) ounce Fel ( _ _ _ ) ly",No hint available.,"River - versatile Alarm - armoury Mound - undergo Unaware - arena Apron - pronounce Fellow - lowly",Language,01/19/07 #27743,Coded Cliches,2.66,2.66,peppamintp,"Each two word phrase below is a disguised form of a hint that leads to a familiar saying. See how good a detective you are by decoding each phrase. (Ex. Siamese demise = Cat death --> Curiosity killed the cat.) 1. Completion conclusion 2. Thudding giants 3. Homogenized loss 4. Equine obstinacy 5. Brilliant brass 6. Dilettante's deficiency 7. Humble legacy",No hint available.,"1. What's done is done. 2. The bigger they are the harder they fall. 3. Don't cry over spilled milk. 4. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. 5. All that glitters is not gold. 6. Jack of all trades and master of none. 7. The meek shall inherit the earth",Language,12/28/05 #38352,17 Creatures,3.03,2.14,maxvu,"Find 17 creatures in this paragraph. Kneel in the kayak grasping the boat, but don't wrench the bullion or scowl at the chart. Behind the taped and sealed planter is a benevolent collier. The foxglove is in the bath.","In fact, there are 20. Can you find them all?","Eel, yak, asp, boa, wren, bull, cow, ape, seal, ant, vole, collie, fox, bat, ox, lion, owl (plus char, hart and hind for three bonus points, but these are more difficult. Char is a fish, related to trout and/or salmon and the hart is a kind of deer, while the hind is either a fish or a deer, depending on your usage.)",Other,09/18/07 #17183,Greek Mythology,2.9,2.31,cnmne,"Complete the series by making a selection from the pool. Series: Hermes, Aphrodite, Gaea, Ares, Zeus, Cronus, Uranus, Poseidon, ? Pool: Athena, Dionysus, Eros, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera",No hint available.,"The series is the equivalent Greek names for the planets, which are Roman. When the Romans assimilated Greek mythology, they renamed many of the Greek gods. Mercury = Hermes Venus = Aphrodite Earth = Gaea * Mars = Ares Jupiter = Zeus Saturn = Cronus Uranus = Uranus ** Neptune = Poseidon thus Pluto = Hades * Although earth is not a Roman god, Gaea is Mother Earth in Greek mythology. ** The Romans did not change the name of the Greek Uranus.",Trivia,03/31/04 #5031,Symphon,2.56,1.03,Metta,"Can you decipher this phrase? symphon",No hint available.,Unfinished Symphony,Rebus,06/28/02 #24430,50 Heads,2.36,0.86,jakeodee,"If your friend flips a coin 50 times and every single time it lands heads up, what should you call for the next flip? Heads or tails?","This is under trick, remember.","Heads. If you flip a coin 50 times and every time it lands heads up, chances are that it is a double-headed coin.",Trick,07/11/05 #4852,Rhyme Time 1,2.79,2.41,bobbrt,"The answer to each clue below consists of two words that rhyme with each other. Word lengths are given in parentheses. For example, if the clue were ""Cruel feminine sovereign (4,5)"", the answer would be ""mean queen"". Can you solve them all? 1) Angry taxi driver (6,5) 2) Library in need of cleaning (6,5) 3) Stocks the cookie aisle (6,6) 4) Complete mess (5,7) 5) Actors in an epic movie (4,4)",No hint available.,"1) Crabby cabby 2) Cruddy study 3) Stacks snacks 4) Utter clutter 5) Vast cast",Language,06/20/02 #36785,Take the Shot,2.66,0.84,bookworm91,"I shot a famous man today He didn't seem to get upset Even when I shot his wife As she stepped out of the Corvette Later I shot some people in fancy clothes After that I shot a rose Then I went down to the beach And shot some children there Their mothers watched me the entire time They didn't seem to care Shooting things is easy. But can you identify me?",No hint available.,"When I shoot things, It's not with bullet and gun But I am a photographer And shooting pictures is fun!",Riddle,05/30/07 #31043,It's a Dog Night,2.34,1.69,metallicman,"What does Wednesday night represent in this rebus? Monday night Dog Tuesday night dog dog Wednesday night dog dog dog",No hint available.,"Three dog night. It originated from Eskimos, where a night would be so cold that you would have to sleep with three dogs to keep warm.",Rebus,06/13/06 #2506,Creatures in a Cage,2.36,1.92,Cascas,There's a cage with jungle animals and creatures. There are 11 heads and 20 feet. There are twice as many jungle creatures with four feet as there are jungle creatures with two feet. How many creatures of each are in the cage?,No hint available.,"4 four legged animals 2 two legged animals 5 snakes",Math,03/03/02 #46265,0 to 10 Pyramid,2.61,2.56,dalfamnest,"As with other word pyramids, start with a word, add a letter and (usually) rearrange all the letters to produce the next word. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car can do 0 to 60 in 10 seconds, but can you do 0 to 10 in 60 seconds? Get out the stopwatch! The hint gives the first and sixth words. 1. Exclamation 2. Negative 3. Heavy weight 4. British boarding school 5. Cherry seed 6. 14-line poem 7. Emotional strain 8. Cheeky 9. One of a suit (in cards) 10. Variety of peach","1. O 6. Sonnet","1. O 2. No 3. Ton 4. Eton 5. Stone 6. Sonnet 7. Tension 8. Insolent 9. Singleton 10. Clingstone",Language,01/28/10 #28197,A Take on Hollywood,2.7600000000000002,2.49,Nytwynd,"Asvvfessg'd q cvqlt eatpt xatf'vv cqf fsk q xaskdqyg gsvvqpd osp q nwdd, qyg owoxf ltyxd osp fskp dskv. W nyse, utlqkdt w xkpytg gsey xat owpdx sootp soxty tyskra qyg atvg skx osp xat owoxf ltyxd. -- Iqpwvfy Isypst Aqvo xat ctscvt wy asvvfessg qpt gfwyr xs ut gwdlsztptg qyg xat sxatp aqvo qpt qopqwg xatf ewvv ut. -- Vwsytv Uqppfispt","A=H X=T","A=H B=J C=P D=S E=W F=Y G=D H=Z I=M J=Q K=U L=C M=X N=K O=F P=R Q=A R=G S=O T=E U=B V=L W=I X=T Y=N Z=V Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents. -- Marilyn Monroe Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be. -- Lionel Barrymore",Cryptography,01/22/06 #3774,bad bad,2.19,1.14,bluebon01,"Can you decipher this phrase: bad bad",No hint available.,too bad,Rebus,04/27/02 #3545,Romance,2.21,1.72,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase? romance line",No hint available.,On-line Romance,Rebus,04/16/02 #7622,--- man,2.37,1.55,tissue,"Use the same 3 letters, not necessarily in the same order, in the following words: How --r-y that a k---k on the door was from a --- man.",No hint available.,"con How corny that a knock on the door was from a con man.",Language,09/21/02 #23608,Gone Missing Right Under Your Nose!,2.43,1.32,sissy245,"Carrie, Olivia, Johnathan, Micheal, and Joel all went on a school camping trip. Due to rain, they couldn't sleep in tents, so they were led up to the camp dorms. When they were shown to their rooms, which were directly across from each other, they were told that lights out was in thirty minutes. After Carrie changed, she took out her favorite book and her laptop. She read until lights out, when she put her book on top of her laptop and went to sleep. She woke up the next morning to find her laptop gone! She ran over to Olivia and grabbed both her hands, then she started to shake her, to wake her up. Olivia's hand started to bleed and she explained that Carrie had opened a paper cut, even though Carrie had not seen a paper cut last night. Suddenly, they heard three sets of knocks and saw all three boys come in. She told them about her laptop until Johnathan changed the subject. ""Have either of you read that new novel about the detective's cat? Joel was just telling me about it."" ""Um, yeah. It's a really good book. I read it all last night,"" said Joel to the girls. Suddenly, Carrie yelled out, ""Hey, I know who took my laptop! Hand it over, _____________!"" Who took Carrie's laptop and how did she know?",No hint available.,"Joel took Carrie's laptop. He said that he had read a whole novel in one night. But since lights out was thirty minutes after they arrived, he wouldn't have had time to read the whole thing unless he turned the lights on. He read the book off of the Internet on Carrie's computer over the night.",Mystery,06/12/05 #44221,The Math Tutor,2.65,1.78,whsprec,"Nicole is a math tutor. Brandon, Lamar, Aaron, Colin, and Justin are the kids she tutors, and she tutors each of them on a different day after school. As it happens, no two children are in the same grade; they range from first to fifth grade. The mothers of the boys are Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Burch, Mrs. Prescott, Mrs. Foster, and Mrs. Waters. From the clues given, try to determine each child's full name and grade as well as the day of the week on which he receives tutoring. 1. Thursday's child is the oldest and Mrs. Burch's child is not the youngest. 2. She tutors Mrs. Foster's son earlier in the week than Justin but later than she tutors the second grader. 3. She doesn't tutor Brandon or Colin on Monday or Friday, but one of them is the first grader and the other is the third grader. 4. She tutors Colin the day before Brandon but the day after the Bailey student. 5. In no particular order, the three youngest students are the Monday student, the Tuesday student, and Mr. Burch's child. 6. Mrs. Prescott's son Aaron is not the oldest nor is he the one tutored on Monday.",No hint available.,"Monday: Lamar Bailey, second grade Tuesday: Colin Foster, first grade Wednesday: Brandon Burch, third grade Thursday: Justin Waters, fifth grade Friday: Aaron Prescott, fourth grade",Logic-Grid,03/08/09 #5836,Always Near Your Side,2.27,0.99,cleverclogs,"I have no particular shape or size, I am usually dark and I am often used to disguise, Within me people may hide, Yet I am always near your side. What am I?",I'm with you wherever you go.,A shadow (or group of shadows).,Riddle,07/23/02 #11149,Will Will Turn in His Grave,2.7600000000000002,2.05,MrIxolite,"What phrase is masquerading as a rebus here? The part of Romeo will be played by Foghorn Leghorn The part of Juliette will be played by The Kellogg's Chicken",No hint available.,Foul (Fowl) Play,Rebus,03/14/03 #49988,Slush Shack,2.56,2.84,eighsse,"You have a small shack in a parking lot, out of which you sell slushes for a few hours a day. You sell them in 4 sizes: small (12 oz), medium (20 oz), large (32 oz), and x-large (40 oz), and you charge $1.50, $2.25, $3.75, and $4.50 for each size, respectively. The cups cost you 3 cents for small, 5 cents for medium, 8 cents for large, and 10 cents for x-large, and the slush ingredients cost you 6 cents per ounce. Today, you are having a special: with every slush purchased, the customer receives a coupon for a free small slush. You figure that this special will increase sales for the day, but that the losses (due to giving out free slushes in the future) will cut the profit down to a much-below-average day. Your hope, though, is that it will help by drawing more regular customers in the long run. Your goal is to profit $20 even after the coupon losses. Through the day, medium was the best-selling size -- they sold exactly 4 times as many as smalls! -- followed by large, then x-large, and finally small. At the end of the day, the profit (not accounting for the coupons) from your sales was $46.50. Did you make the $20 net profit goal? (This is strictly profit of sale over purchase, not involving paying employees, bills, etc. Also, assume that the customers who use the coupons would not have returned if they didn't have the coupon. Therefore, the loss from a coupon is the cost for you to make the slush, not the price you would normally receive for it.)","Here is the profit made on each size (found using the information in the first few sentences): Small: $0.75 Medium: $1.00 Large: $1.75 X-large: $2.00","(1): m=4s (2): m > l > x > s (3): 75s + 100m + 175l + 200x = 4650, divided by 25 gives... (4): 3s + 4m + 7l + 8x = 186 (1) subbed into (4) gives (5): 19s + 7l + 8x = 186 Can s=2? m would be 8, the maximum for l would be 7, and the maximum for x would be 6. For these maximum values, (5) says 135 = 186. The left side, which is at its maximum, is less than the right side, so s must be at least 3. Can s=5? The least x can be is 6, and the minimum for l is 7. This minimum substituted into (5) gives 192 = 186. So 5 is too high to be s. Now we know that s must be either 3 or 4. Let's set s equal to 3 for now, and see what happens. Substituting into (5) gives: 7l + 8x = 129, solved for l gives (6): l = (129 - 8x) / 7 We know x is at least 4, because s is 3. So let's try different values for x, starting at 4, and substitute into (6). If x=4, then l=13 6/7, which is not a whole number, proving impossible. If x=5, then l=12 5/7, also not a whole number. As x increases by 1, the remainder decreases by 1. So we have to increase x by 5 to get to a whole number l-value. If x=10, then l = 7. Now we have a whole number for l...however, x is greater than l, so (2) is now false. We can also see that if we increase x further, l will be decreasing, so (2) will only continue farther and farther from truth. This proves that s cannot be 3, and is now narrowed down to s=4. Substituting s=4 into (5) gives: 7l + 8x = 110, solved for l gives (7): l = (110 - 8x) / 7. Now we again test x-values (minimum of x=5) for valid results: If x=5, l=10. Because l is a whole number greater than x, this is a valid solution! Increasing x by 7 to find the next possibility gives x=12, l=2. x > l, so any greater x-value is impossible. The solution is s=4, m=16, x=5, l=10. This is a total of 35 slushes, and therefore 35 coupons given out. 35 * $0.75 = $26.25 in losses from the coupons. $46.50 - $26.25 = $20.25 net profit when accounting for the coupons. You made your goal!",Math,11/01/13 #3296,Going On a Picnic,2.18,1.77,acegirl,"""I'm going on a picnic and I'm taking apples,"" said Jenessa. ""I'm going on a picnic and I'm taking bananas,"" said Collen. ""I'm going to bring carrots,"" said a third person. What are you going to bring?",Look for something similar about the items that are listed.,"Something beginning with the letter ""D.""",Language,04/06/02 #2693,Gold as Sunshine,2.5100000000000002,1.69,Vanz,"I am as gold as sunshine, Yet I'm white as winter, I bring joy into the world, I taste good, Yet I'm fragile. What am I?",Item of a holiday,An egg,Riddle,03/14/02 #15969,Unscramble and Add,2.47,2.22,liltunalol,"Unscramble the following four words. All four are missing the same one letter. What is the letter? IOERNDC ILMEP CTLAE TRING",No hint available.,"The missing letter is S. Consider Simple Castle (or Cleats) String",Language,12/29/03 #29088,Science Test,2.65,1.83,teaserboy,"One day a science teacher decided to give her class a test. She gave her class a paper with lists of chemical elements, and a space. She told her class to find the type of people that fits in each space. 1. Phosphorus-Oxygen-Lithium-Sulfur-Hydrogen 2. Americium-Erbium-Iodine-Calcium-Nitrogen-Sulfur 3. Sulfur-Tungsten-Iodine-Sulfur-Sulfur 4. Phosphorus-Iodine-Radium-Tellurium-Sulfur",No hint available.,"1. Polish 2. Americans 3. Swiss 4. Pirates",Science,03/13/06 #38161,"Men Have One, Women Have Two",2.49,1.78,rp3000gt,"As most of us know, men and women are different in numerous ways. What is something that every man has one of and every woman has two of?",Think genetics,"X Chromosome. Men have an X chromosome and a Y chromosome and women have two X chromosomes.",Riddle,09/07/07 #8799,Following You,2.53,1.52,heatherfeather,"I am something that follows you wherever you go. I normally come in pairs. I get messed up by water, wind, and rain. What am I?",No hint available.,A foot print.,Riddle,11/28/02 #21139,It All Adds Up,2.12,2.0,fishmed,"The first number to have its factors add up to be more than itself is 12 (6, 4, 3, 2, 1). This does not include the number itself. Quickly now, what are the next three numbers for which this can be said?",No hint available.,"18 (9, 6, 3, 2, 1) 20 (10, 5, 4, 2, 1) 24 (12, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1)",Math,02/21/05 #43858,The Intruder,3.32,2.63,Psychic_Master,"Emily was sitting at her study table, home alone, on a cold and stormy night. Her parents had taken a flight earlier in the morning to Australia as her grandmother had passed away. She had wanted to follow her parents but she had an important English examination the next day which she could not miss. The storm was getting heavier by the minute and the wind was howling outside. All this noise made it very hard for her to concentrate. She was on the verge of dozing off when she was shaken alert by a sudden ""THUD!"" She dismissed it as a window which had been slammed shut by the wind. She tried to concentrate on her books when she heard faint footsteps. Emily got out of her room and looked around when suddenly, without warning, she was grabbed by the neck. She tried to scream but it came out as a mere whimper as the intruder was pressing hard against her throat with his arm. She tried to free herself from his grip but to no avail. ""Give me all your money!"" growled the man who had grabbed her from behind. ""Th-there is none h-here! Please ll-let me go!"" cried Emily. ""Don't LIE TO ME!"" screamed the increasingly agitated man. She felt the man strengthen his grip around her neck. She said nothing and a few seconds passed by in silence. Suddenly the phone rang which alerted both of them. ""People will get suspicious if I don't answer the phone,"" said Emily, with a controlled voice. The intruder let her go. ""Alright, but NO funny business, or ELSE!"" said the nervous intruder. Emily walked toward the phone. She took a deep breath and calmed herself. She picked up the phone. ""Hey Em! How's the revision going?"" said the caller. ""Hey Anna. Thanks for the call. Hey you know those Science notes I lent you last week? Well I really need them back. It would be a great help to me. It's an emergency, so if you could give me them tomorrow it would be great. Please hurry in finding the notes. I need to get back to my books now. Bye,"" Emily said. She hung up the phone. ""It was wise of you not to say anything,"" said the intruder, although he was more than a bit confused by her conversation. ""Now TELL ME WHERE THE MONEY IS KEPT!"" screamed the thief. ""It...it's...in my dad's room. The first room on the right. Third drawer,"" said Emily. ""SHOW me!"" said the man, and removed his grip around her neck. She took a big gulp of air and nearly fell. She swallowed hard and said a silent prayer. She walked slowly, in silence, toward her father's room. All of a sudden, they heard police sirens. The intruder froze in his footsteps. He ran to the nearest window and jumped out of it. Emily ran outside in time to see the intruder being escorted into the car. She saw Anna and she ran toward her and hugged her. ""Smart kids,"" said the policeman. What had happened?",Read the conversation carefully and think outside the box.,"Emily had used the mute button during her conversation with Anna so that all Anna heard was: ""call...help...emergency...please hurry"". Anna, sensing something was wrong, called the police and told them Emily's address. The police were able to come to Emily's house in time to catch the perpetrator.",Mystery,01/06/09 #39728,Who We Are 2,2.29,2.34,aresII,"The following quote defines who we are. Can you decode it? Q=G ""OXHNP KREL HPREQPHJ; HPIK UINRAI ORLSJ. OXHNP KREL ORLSJ; HPIK UINRAI XNHZRBJ. OXHNP KREL XNHZRBJ; HPIK UINRAI PXUZHJ. OXHNP KREL PXUZHJ; HPIK UINRAI NPXLXNHIL. OXHNP KREL NPXLXNHIL; ZH UINRAIJ KREL SIJHZBK."" - DLXBY REHCXO","B=N D=F Y=K","""WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS; THEY BECOME WORDS. WATCH YOUR WORDS; THEY BECOME ACTIONS. WATCH YOUR ACTIONS; THEY BECOME HABITS. WATCH YOUR HABITS; THEY BECOME CHARACTER. WATCH YOUR CHARACTER; IT BECOMES YOUR DESTINY."" - FRANK OUTLAW KEY: A=M B=N C=L D=F E=U H=T I=E J=S K=Y L=R N=C O=W P=H Q=G R=O S=D U=B X=A Y=K Z=I",Cryptography,12/21/07 #4809,Weighing Vegetables,2.2,1.75,mad-ade,Mad Ade was weighing vegetables with a pair of scales. Mad Ade noticed that the scales will balance if 1 head of cabbage and 1 lemon are on one side and 7 tomatoes are on the other. Also 3 lemons will balance with 1 ½ tomatoes. How many tomatoes did Mad Ade need to balance with 1 head of cabbage?,No hint available.,"1 head of cabbage will balance with 6 ½ tomatoes. If 3 lemons balance with 1 ½ tomatoes, then 1 lemon is equal in weight to ½ tomato. To find out how many tomatoes balance with the cabbage, subtract the equivalent of a lemon, or half a tomato, from each side.",Math,06/18/02 #8587,Number Trouble,2.3,2.0,lesternoronha1,Find the lowest positive number divisible by all the single digit numbers 1 to 9.,No hint available.,"The number is 2520. 2*3*2*5*7*2*3=2520",Math,11/19/02 #27188,Word Temple ~ The Search For Tutankhamen,2.84,3.05,cdrock,"Professor History of Teaser Town, was in the middle of a school day, and teaching his students about Egyptian times. Not a few hours later did he think up an idea. He decided to take a field trip to find the lost temple of Tutankhamen. The next day, the arrangements were made, and the group was out on a desert and searching for something, anything that would lead them there. One of the kids soon found a stone that they thought was the answer to where the lost temple is. The stone had a bunch of clues written on it, a Word Temple decipher Professor History soon found out. A Word Temple decipher, is a listing of clues that correspond to words. These words will make a temple, or triangle (starting with a 1 letter word) by adding one letter to the next word, and rearranging the letters to make a new word. The clues do not have to be in the same order as the temple is shaped. Can you help Professor History and his students find the lost temple of Tutankhamen? Stone's Clues: 1. Math symbol used in the area of many circular objects. 2. A very rare word for ""surname"". 3. Forcible seizure of another's property; plunder 4. Coniferous Tree 5. Homonym of the answer to clue 1 6. 1st person, personal pronoun 7. Signer of Declaration of Independence; first name ""Thomas"" 8. Not mixed with other substances; pure",No hint available.,"I (clue 6) PI (clue 1) PIE (clue 5) PINE (clue 4) PAINE (clue 7) RAPINE (clue 3) PLAINER(clue 8) LANPHIER (clue 2)",Language,11/27/05 #8419,Burning Ice,2.75,2.54,stonemug,"Bob dares Jack to squeeze an ice cube in the palm of his hand, as tightly as he can for 5 minutes. Within a matter of seconds Jack starts to feel a burning sensation. Trying to prove his manhood Jack bears the pain as long as he can. About 65 seconds later, Jack opens his hand and quickly wipes his palm clean, revealing a big white blister. What caused this to happen?",No hint available.,"Bob coated the ice cube with salt before he handed it to Jack. The salt causes the ice cube to melt at a lower temperature. This creates a burning sensation, which feels similar to holding a lit match in the palm of your hand. The tighter you squeeze the more it burns. Within a matter of 90 seconds it will create a blister (This may vary depending on the person).",Science,11/08/02 #6038,63360 = I in a M,2.26,2.03,mad-ade,63360 = I in a M,No hint available.,63360 = Inches in a Mile,Letter-Equations,07/29/02 #15497,Mad Ade's Rhyme Time #1,2.42,1.78,mad-ade,"This style of teaser is to use the clues given to find two words that rhyme and fit the description. For example, ""a weird ape"" would be ""a funky monkey,"" or ""a wealthy Halloween gal"" would be ""a rich witch."" 1. a good piece of pizza 2. an obese feline 3. a dinner party for wild animals 4. a paw cover for a young cat 5. a robber in charge",No hint available.,"1. a nice slice 2. a fat cat 3. a beast feast 4. a kitten mitten 5. the chief thief",Language,11/22/03 #44442,Add a Letter 28,2.14,1.6,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a statement of justification & an act of overthrowing the government (6 letters) 2) to cross a body of water by wading & a narrow inlet of the sea (4 letters) 3) a wily subterfuge & to awaken (4 letters) 4) underneath & to utter in a loud deep voice (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) reason & treason 2) ford & fjord 3) ruse & rouse 4) below & bellow",Language,05/11/09 #42720,Hawaiian Mathology,2.02,2.78,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Hawaiian mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the ten possible solutions. NAMAKA + KAULU + KAPO = HAUMEA",No hint available.,"107090 + 90636 + 9054 = 206780 107090 + 90656 + 9034 = 206780 205090 + 90414 + 9076 = 304580 205090 + 90474 + 9016 = 304580 403090 + 90212 + 9068 = 502370 403090 + 90262 + 9018 = 502370 603090 + 90212 + 9048 = 702350 603090 + 90242 + 9018 = 702350 705090 + 90414 + 9026 = 804530 705090 + 90424 + 9016 = 804530",Cryptography,08/06/08 #45235,Words With PP,1.87,1.75,cnmne,"Five words that contain PP as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *PP**, *PP***, **PP**, ***PP*, ***PP** Pool: A, C, D, E, E, E, E, F, H, I, L, N, O, O, R, R, T, U, W, Y",No hint available.,"UPPER, APPEND, COPPER, FLOPPY, WHIPPET",Language,09/06/09 #48832,Feather Bluster,2.0,0.9,bubbubfilt,"Joseph collects bird feathers. He has three nice ones: an eagle, a raven, and a starling. Each one is displayed with a differently colored index card. They are arranged in a certain order. Unfortunately, Joseph's sister knocked over his collection. She only remembers four things. Can you help her put it back together? 1. The eagle feather is not by the feather with the red card. 2. The third feather is either green or blue. 3. The starling feather was by the eagle feather. 4. The feather with the green card was right behind the one with the blue card.",No hint available.,"The raven feather was first. It was with the red card. The starling feather was second. It was with the blue card. The eagle feather was last. It was with the green card.",Logic-Grid,06/26/11 #5166,"Choice, Channel, Cookbook, Decided",2.31,2.15,im_para_noid,"Which word does not belong? CHOICE, CHANNEL, COOKBOOK, DECIDED",No hint available.,"CHANNEL. All the others have letters with a horizontal line of symmetry. (Imagine putting a mirror through each letter. ""A""""L"" and ""N"" are not the same on the top and bottom.)",Group,07/03/02 #35457,Opposites 25,2.44,2.26,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. @ stands for E, M, J, O, or A % stands for R, L, A, C, or Y $ stands for G, W, F, A, or R ) stands for R, Q, U, S, or E The four letter code word, $@%), can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Fore and Rear.,Logic,02/27/07 #42776,Famous Phrases 4,2.1,3.03,cnmne,"Each of the words in the following cryptograms is missing a letter, indicated by ""_"". These missing letters form two quotes, along with the person who said each quote. There are at least two letter options for each word, so you will have to determine the appropriate missing letters to solve the cryptograms (eg, ""BO_N"" could be ""BOON"" or ""BORN"", the missing letter being either ""O"" or ""R""). ""/"" separates the individual words of the quote, ""+"" separates the individual letters of each word in the quote, ""~"" separates the person from the quote. Quote 1: TH_N / _ATE + S_NG + BAS_ + CO_L + BOR_ + _ROW / S_AR + CH_P + MIL_ + _ASE / KIL_ + F_ND + SEL_ + RA_E + WI_H / R_IN + _AIR + GOA_ / SNO_ + FO_L + GAL_ + HIL_ + CA_E. ~ _ADE + HAL_ + S_OE + BUR_ / _ITE + LAN_ + _INE + GO_E + _AST + _EAL + _EAR Quote 2: FA_E + L_NE + _AIL' + WAR_ / _HOP + CAS_ + FO_T + B_AT + SOR_ / D_NE + HO_E + _AIL + W_RE + CUR_ / _EAR + P_LE + F_EL / MU_H + _VEN + WAN_ / S_EP + _ALL + LOS_ / _ANT + T_IN + _TEM + CAR_ + PE_R + WA_P / J_CK + _ORE / LA_E + _ARP + M_AN + SN_P + _ISK / P_RT + RUB_ + HER_ + _HIN. ~ DRA_ + D_LL + S_OW + _AIR + F_ND + _LOE + NA_E / SKI_ + _AZE + T_AM + PAS_ + _LAP + MO_T + _RAY + CHA_",No hint available.,"Quote 1: A rising tide lifts all boats. ~ John Kennedy THAN / RATE + SING + BASS + COIL + BORN + GROW / STAR + CHIP + MILD + EASE / KILL + FIND + SELF + RATE + WISH / RAIN + LAIR + GOAL / SNOB + FOOL + GALA + HILT + CASE. ~ JADE + HALO + SHOE + BURN / KITE + LANE + NINE + GONE + EAST + DEAL + TEAR Quote 2: Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes. ~ William Prescott FADE + LONE + NAIL' + WART / SHOP + CASH + FOOT + BOAT + SORT / DUNE + HONE + TAIL + WIRE + CURL / YEAR + POLE + FUEL / MUSH + EVEN + WANE / STEP + HALL + LOSE / WANT + THIN + ITEM + CART + PEER + WASP / JOCK + FORE / LATE + HARP + MEAN + SNIP + RISK / PERT + RUBY + HERE + SHIN. ~ DRAW + DILL + SLOW + LAIR + FIND + ALOE + NAME / SKIP + RAZE + TEAM + PASS + CLAP + MOOT + TRAY + CHAT",Cryptography,08/12/08 #29411,To Infinity and Beyond!,2.28,2.25,Cogmatic,"In the function f(x), f(x) equals the sum of the digits of x and the sum of the new number's digits and so on until one digit is remaining. For example: f(787)=f(7+8+7)=f(22)=f(2+2)=f(4)=4 and f(9135899)=f(9+1+3+5+8+9+9)= f(44)=f(4+4)=f(8)=8 So, if we assume that infinity is equal to 9999999999999... with an infinite amount of digits, then what is f(infinity)?",No hint available.,"f(infinity)=9 Any number with all nines for digits will all add up to nine: f(9)=9 f(99)=f(18)=f(9)=9 f(999)=f(27)=f(9)=9 f(99999999999999)=f(126)=f(9)=9",Math,03/30/06 #4544,X-Der,2.27,2.28,chickenpuff7,"What word is depicted below? X-der",No hint available.,Tender (X is the roman number 10),Rebus,06/06/02 #34603,The Comic Book Club,2.93,2.01,thompson1,"The ""Comic Book Club"" was having it's monthly meeting in Adam's treehouse. Adam, who was the head of the club, decided to make a master list of each member's first name, last name, favorite comic book, and how many they each have. Each member wrote down their information so Adam could make the list later at his house. After the meeting adjourned, he put the lists down on the kitchen counter because his dad was taking him out to get some ice cream! When he got home (with some very sticky fingers) he saw shreds on the floor! Luckily, he remembers some information from the papers. Can you help him make the master list using the information he remembers? First Names: Thomas, Colin, James, Adam, and Mark Last Names: Campbell, Johnson, Arnold, Taylor, and Mitchell # of Comics: 2, 5, 6, 7, and 9 Favorite Comics: Spiderman, Superman, Batman, the Hulk, and Captain America 1. The five boys are Thomas, the one surnamed Arnold, the one who likes the Hulk, the one who has 6 comics, and Mark. 2. Exactly two boys have the same first and last initial. 3. The head of the club has the most comics. 4. The boy that likes Captain America has either 6 or 7 comics, but the boy that likes Batman has either 5 or 6. 5. James is either Johnson or likes Superman. 6. Mark has either the second-least or the least amount of comics, while Mitchell either has 6 or 9. 7. Adam's best friend, Thomas, has the last name of Johnson.",No hint available.,"Thomas Johnson has 7 Captain America comics. Colin Campbell has 2 Hulk comics. James Mitchell has 6 Superman comics. Adam Arnold has 9 Spiderman comics. Mark Taylor has 5 Batman comics. Adam was able to finish the master list (and wash his hands) in time for the next meeting!",Logic-Grid,12/27/06 #50397,Pedantic Time,2.84,1.9000000000000001,dalfamnest,"What do these five movie titles have in common? 1. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit 3. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 4. Eight Legged Freaks 5. The Ladies Man",Don't think too much about the movies just the titles (or this sentence!),"Bad grammar or punctuation - yes, very pedantic! 1. Commas: My Big, Fat, Greek ... 2. Question mark: Who Framed ... ? 3. Past participle: Honey, I've ... 4. Hyphen: Eight-Legged ... 5. Apostrophe: - Ladies' In 2013, Time Magazine identified ten of these (hence the teaser title!) The other five were: * Star Trek Into Darkness (colon missing) * Law Abiding Citizen (hyphen missing) * Two Weeks Notice (apostrophe missing - weeks') * Burn Hollywood Burn (commas in this subtitle) * The 40 Year-Old Virgin (40-year-old)",Group,07/12/14 #6676,Add a Line,2.65,1.91,scout2001,"Add one line to the Roman numeral below to make it into an even number. IX",No hint available.,"SIX No one said it had to be a straight line, or that the answer was a Roman numeral.",Trick,08/19/02 #30637,Words With VI,2.63,2.83,cnmne,"Five words that contain VI as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? VI---, --VI-, --VI--, VI-----, ---VI-- Pool: A, A, B, B, D, E, E, G, L, N, N, O, R, R, R, S, T, T, U, Y",No hint available.,"VIRUS, DEVIL, BOVINE, VIBRANT, GRAVITY",Language,05/22/06 #33810,Word Fusion 12,2.82,2.19,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create an unrelated word. The clues do not necessarily indicate the order of the two words. The pronunciation of the new word is not necessarily the same as the individual words. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This means to change an indigenous person. 2) This is a hairy wedding band. 3) This is the room where battles are planned. 4) This is an instrument for measuring how tightly a tire is secured to a car.",No hint available.,"1) alter + native = alternative 2) fur + ring = furring 3) war + den = warden 4) lug + gage = luggage",Language,11/03/06 #30046,Odd Month Out,2.72,1.29,katie56,"Out of these dates, which is the odd one out? September 30th January 31st April 30th July 30th October 31st",There is a rhyme that will tell you the answer.,"July 30th This is the only day that's not the last day of the month.",Group,04/25/06 #11835,Rainy Day,2.35,1.01,arij,"When rain comes down, what goes up?",No hint available.,Umbrellas,Riddle,04/18/03 #3912,"3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 17",2.2,2.02,mad-ade,"What is the connection between these numbers: 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 17",No hint available.,"When in their written form, the only vowel these numbers use is the vowel 'e'.",Group,05/06/02 #30034,Word Swap #9,2.75,2.43,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words 1. My __________ are so talented that we are putting on a show. My extended family is so __________ that we have singers, dancers, a magician as well as a band. 2. As the crime scene was in the grove of __________, the __________ team was having a hard time collecting evidence. 3. My wife bought eight __________ at the fruit stand. As there is only seven in my family, she had a __________ one.",No hint available.,"1. RELATIVES, VERSATILE 2. CONIFERS, FORENSIC 3. PEARS, SPARE",Language,04/25/06 #23599,Sisters 2,2.1,0.85,sk8ergrl,A 40 year old woman hadn't seen her sister in 4 years. They decided to get together and meet at a mall with their kids. The first woman has a boy and 2 girls. The second has 2 boys and 2 girls. How many sisters are there in all?,Don't forget about the moms.,6,Logic,06/12/05 #30150,"257, 178, 259, 173, 261, 168, 263, 163, ?, ?",2.19,2.06,Victor,"What are the next two numbers in this series? 257, 178, 259, 173, 261, 168, 263, 163, ?, ?",No hint available.,"265, 158. Odd-positioned (first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth...) numbers increase by 2, while even-positioned (second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth...) numbers decrease by 5.",Series,04/29/06 #34010,Murder at Grammar Manor,2.93,2.65,CountdownCrispy,"Grammar Manor once again provided the perfect backdrop for the annual Punctuation Ball, hosted by Lord Charles of Colon and his dainty wife Sandra of Semicolon. Herbert Hash conducted the large brass band who were playing a slow song as the assembled punctuation marks danced serif in serif. The evening, as it did in the years before, again was filled with a sense of glorious opulence and elegance which the punctuation marks would remember fondly. However, at the stroke of midnight this atmosphere was shattered as the many lights in the ballroom went out. Everything was submerged into darkness in an instant. There was much commotion as the guests tried to work out what had happened. After a few moments, Quentin Question Mark found the switch and restored light to the room - and found Lord Charles in the middle of the dance floor, lying in a pool of blood. The distraught party guests called in the police to investigate, and the force sent their best man: Sergeant Arthur A. Ampersand. Sergeant Ampersand surveyed the scene and spoke to the guests before drawing up a list of his top five murder suspects: - Alan the Asterisk - Carlos Comma - Edward Ellipsis - Percy Parentheses - Trevor Tilde ""I have followed all necessary leads to find out who murdered Lord Charles,"" said Sergeant Ampersand, ""and I conclude that it's a mystery!"" Before the guests could comment, Sergeant Ampersand checked his notes and arrested the culprit. Who murdered Lord Charles?","Two tips here: firstly, check the category of this puzzle. Secondly, *listen* to what Sergeant Ampersand says.","Edward Ellipsis killed Lord Charles. Sergeant Ampersand didn't say ""it's a mystery"", but rather, ""it's a Mr. E"". The only person in the list of suspects whose name begins with E is Edward Ellipsis.",Trick,11/18/06 #38246,Emit,2.85,1.87,lilredc5,"I can tell it, But it will not listen As it passes by. At one point I had it, But now I can't find it So I must buy it. It's a challenge to make But tempting to take So often I do. Adversity strikes, I surely am in it, Seldom on it. Laughter and tears Are all but forgotten When they're given it. If you ask me for it I will share it with you Always, openly. I struggle to quell The impulse to kill it Though it will surely kill me.",No hint available.,Time,Riddle,09/11/07 #33147,Pass the Relish,2.66,1.81,calmsavior,"What does this represent? ___ ( Porky + Babe ) et",Related to hot dogs.,"Pigs in a blanket. Porky + Babe = Pigs ___ = Blank Blank(Pigs)et = Pigs in a blanket",Rebus,09/23/06 #38675,Quotes #9,2.72,2.74,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to try and discover the quotation concealed in the lines. The quote has been broken up into two-letter fragments. Furthermore, I have removed any punctuation and jumbled the two-letter fragments about so the word order has been disarranged. You have to rearrange the quotation and decide where the words begin and where they end. Good luck! an ts to do le ad ea ip ge ou wa nt do om eo ne el so me th in rt of er sh gy ne be se to do ca is th tt in gs us eh ew it",Leadership,"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight Eisenhower",Language,10/08/07 #52189,Airport Codes,2.27,3.04,Jakob99,"You will be given a list of ten words and your job is to search each word and find the airport codes hidden in each word. For some airport codes, a business name or person may be used in place of a word when one does not exist. There is a hint, but is strongly advised not to look at it unless it is absolutely necessary to do so. Concord Relax Mlive News Michigan Diarrhea Atlas Tulsi Gabbard Mspy Sforzando Santa Algae","Chicago, Illinois Los Angeles, California Moline, Illinois, Denver, Colorado Atlanta, Georgia Tulsa, Oklahoma Minneapolis, Minnesota San Francisco, California San Diego, California, New York City, New York","Concord->ORD->O'hare International Airport Relax->LAX->Los Angeles International Airport Mlive News Michigan->MLI->Quad Cities International Airport Diarrhea->DIA->Denver International Airport Atlas->ATL->Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Tulsi Gabbard->TUL->Tulsa International Airport Mspy->MSP->Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Sforzando->SFO San Francisco International Airport Santa->SAN->San Diego International Airport Algae->LGA->LaGuardia Airport",Language,04/18/19 #5492,Elevator Enigma,2.5,2.86,Sir_Col,"A man enters a lift of a high rise building, takes off one glove and pushes the button for the tenth floor. The next day, the same man enters the lift, puts on one glove and pushes the button for the tenth floor. Why?",Note that he only had a glove on one hand.,"He was blind and on the first day he realised that the buttons were touch sensitive so he had to take his glove off. Unfortunately, due to his blindness, he had to feel for the tenth button and in the process pressed every button up to the tenth floor - causing the lift to stop at every floor en-route. The next day, visiting the same building, he puts a glove on one hand to locate the tenth floor button, then with the other hand he pushes the button.",Situation,07/11/02 #13923,Songs for a Sunny Day,2.5100000000000002,1.26,jessicag,"You can see me on a clear sunny day, Or when you look at earth from far away. You feel me when you are feeling down, and I've been sung about many a time, in many a town. What am I?",No hint available.,"Blue. The sky is blue on a clear day. The earth is blue from space (or at least it's considered the blue planet). When you're down you feel blue, and singers have been singing about the blues for many years.",Riddle,07/21/03 #48011,"5, 8, 12, 18, ?, ?",2.42,2.18,racoonieboy,"What two numbers fit in the blanks? 5, 8, 12, 18, __, __, 36, 42, 52, 60...",No hint available.,"24, 30. Each number is two prime numbers added to each other. The two primes are consecutive and are ascending. 5=2+3, 8=3+5, 12=5+7, 18=7+11, 24=11+13, 30=13+17, etc.",Series,09/25/10 #17429,Can You Find the Palindrome? # 4,2.3,1.52,spookboy0,"In the below sentence there are a number of clues to words within the square brackets - []. Solve these clues to get a word, then the resulting sentence will be a palindrome. [Presently] I [look at] [insects that sting] I [was rewarded].",No hint available.,"Now, I see bees I won.",Language,04/19/04 #12690,The Magnificent Manus,2.85,2.57,Codammanus,"Manus the Magnificent has an extraordinary skill. Armed with his 1000 year old sword, he can cut in half anything brought to him. And I do mean ANYTHING. People have brought him things you would never think could be cut in half. Manus always finds a way to do it though. Of course, Manus has a few rules. You can't bring him anything dead, nor anything breathing. Also, it must be able to fit inside his Special Box, which is a 4'x2' box, constructed from transparent fiberglass, which Manus amazingly has every time he does this trick. It's been said that someone almost stumped Manus by bringing him a hair from their head. But, Manus put the single hair in the box, raised his sword, brought it down on the box, and gave it back to the individual; 2 hairs, cut in half. He really did earn the title 'Manus the MAGNIFICENT.' Lastly, Manus insists that you allow him up to 2 minutes to pull it off. Once, Manus allowed a person to hold what they brought in their hands instead of the box, and cut it in half while they held it. Although successful he said to the roaring crowd who were utterly amazed: ""Thank you, thank you. However, I'll never do that again. I realize that this might be too dangerous. I never had anyone's blood on my hands in the 50 or so years doing this trick, and I never will. I'll stick to the box from now on ladies and gentlemen."" So, at his appearance at Saturday's Carnival he made the same invitation. This time though, he added: ""If you can bring me something that I can't cut in half, that isn't dead, and isn't breathing, I'll give you half of all my earnings over the 50 years I've been doing this. (Manus has made himself rich with this one amazing gig and was about to retire). A man approaches Manus and says to him: ""Sir, Manus. I think I've got your number! I can bring you something to put in your little box that cannot be cut in half, isn't dead, nor will it be breathing. It might even change its hue for you good sir!"" Manus, very much intrigued, replied: ""There isn't a thing I haven't been successful with in over 50 years. But, challenge accepted. Turn colors too you say? Ok. Put it in the Box."" When everything was said and done, Manus asked the man: ""Do you want your half in cash or do you take checks?"" What did the man put in Manus' Box that, according to Manus' words and conditions, could not be cut in half?",No hint available.,"The man accepting Manus' challenge is what you might call a 'little person.' (He stands at 4' 11"" tall). Like Manus, he has an extraordinary skill: He can hold his breath for up to three minutes! He therefore put himself in the 4'x2' fiberglass box. He held his breath while in the box to meet Manus' requirement of 'not breathing.' (Note that Manus said ""not breathing"" but he didn't say it couldn't be alive). Of course, he wasn't dead either, so he met that requirement. The man happened to be there on the occasion he heard Manus say that he never had anyone's blood on his hands as a result of this act. Thus, he knew Manus wouldn't even attempt the trick this time. He put himself on the line, and won. Oh, and as for changing color: The last time the man held his breath 2 minutes, he turned BLUE. Fortunately, it didn't go that far this time.",Situation,05/25/03 #34333,What Words #29,2.72,1.74,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. WAVE - __________ - WISE 2. SNOW - __________ - SHARE 3. DEATH - __________ - BAND",No hint available.,"1. WAVE - LENGTH - WISE 2. SNOW - PLOW - SHARE 3. DEATH - WATCH - BAND",Language,12/10/06 #19288,Incarcerated Breakfast,2.65,1.78,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Incarcerated Breakfast Locked up Coffee and Biscuits Emancipated Lunch (Myth) Imprisoned Dinner",No hint available.,"There is no such thing as a free lunch. The free (emancipated) lunch is a myth.",Rebus,10/31/04 #6430,Round I Start,2.79,2.0,NuttyPrince,"Round I start, yet no shape have I. Allow me to breathe, and my life will die. The older I grow, the more sought after I become. You will feel much better when I am done. What am I?",No hint available.,A bottle of fine wine.,Riddle,08/10/02 #33985,Twisted Up,2.89,1.81,Sherilyn,"Bob looked at an arrow. He instructed Maria to move according to the arrow. She couldn't because she was in a tight spot. She collapsed, exhausted. What just happened?",No hint available.,"Bob and Maria were playing a game of Twister. Bob spun the arrow and told Maria to move left foot red. She couldn't because her other body parts were tangled up and she collapsed, unable to stretch.",Situation,11/16/06 #28190,Runaways,3.11,1.78,harmonize9,"Oh no! All of the dogs on Lexington Avenue have run away from home. The owners quickly made police reports and luckily all the dogs were found. But the poor officers mixed up the paper work and can't figure out who owns which dog, where they were found, and in what order. They are in great need of help. Can you figure it out? Owners: Sam, Bailey, Chase, Joel, Paige Dogs: Spot, Wiggles, Butch, Roscoe, Heinz Locations: Park, Neighbor, Pound, Parking lot, Restaurant Order: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth 1. Heinz's owner knew exactly where to find his dog, in front of the restaurant where he discovered Heinz as a puppy. That's why Heinz was safe in bed first. 2. The 5 dogs are: Wiggles, Joel's dog, the dog in the parking lot, Chase's dog, and the last dog found. 3. Only one owner shares the same initials as his/her dog. 4. Butch was found before the dog in the pound but after Sam's dog. 5. Chase found his dog after Paige. 6. Spot was found 2nd. 7. Paige was so happy when her neighbor brought Wiggles home.",No hint available.,"1) Sam, Spot, Parking Lot, 2nd 2) Bailey, Roscoe, Pound, 5th 3) Chase, Butch, Park, 4th 4) Joel, Heinz, Restaurant, 1st 5) Paige, Wiggles, Neighbor, 3rd",Logic-Grid,01/21/06 #2321,Range Mean Mode Median,2.16,2.09,jokester8000,"Find a set of 7 natural numbers with a range, mean, mode, and median of 7.",No hint available.,5 5 6 7 7 7 12,Math,02/14/02 #51120,Tippie-Toe !,1.52,1.8,BadBunnee02,"01. Salli 02. Sallie 03. Sallee 04. Sally",No hint available.,"""sally forth"" Jay (BadBunnee02)",Rebus,05/22/17 #11785,Body Language,3.02,1.78,just_moi,"Answer the following with parts of the body. The first one is free! 1. A strong box (chest) 2. Heard in congress while voting 3. Baby cows 4. A shellfish 5. A unit used to measure distance 6. Scholars 7. Part of a shoe 8. What every builder must have 9. Something made by whips 10. What soldiers carry",No hint available.,"2. Eyes and nose [Aye's and No's] 3. Calves 4. Muscle [Mussel] 5. Feet 6. Pupils 7. Heel [Sole and tongue are also acceptable] 8. Nails 9. Lashes 10. Arms",Language,04/16/03 #33963,Doing The Math On The Ever-Slowing Drive,2.52,2.08,shane91592,"You're driving your car on the highway at 75 mph, and you notice a sign that says you are 75 miles from your destination. So if you continue driving at that speed, you'd be there in an hour. When you have driven one mile and you are now 74 miles from your destination, you drop your speed down to 74 mph. So, you drive that first mile at 75 mph; when you are 74 miles from your destination, you drop your speed down to 74 mph; and then 73 mph, 72 mph... and so on. Until, finally, you get down to 1 mile from your destination and you're driving at one mile per hour. If you do this, how long is it going to take you to travel the entire 75 miles, rounding it to the nearest hour?",No hint available.,"It will take approximately 5 hours. The way to figure this one out is to divide 60 by 1, 60 by 2, 60 by 3....60 by 74, 60 by 75. Once you have found the answer to each of those equations, add them all up, and this will give you your answer in minutes. To get the answer in hours,just divide the number of minutes by sixty, round it to the nearest hour, and you will have your answer.",Math,11/14/06 #29941,Three Statements II,2.54,1.26,lips,"Which of these three statements are true? 1. Lisa is faster than Jane, and Nora is slower than Lisa. It is impossible to tell whether Nora is faster than Jane based on these facts alone. 2. Jack owes $64 to John. Jack has only $28 but Bill gives him another $28. Therefore Jack can repay John in full. 3. A rancher is building an open-ended fence by stringing wire between posts 20 feet apart. If the fence is 100 feet long the rancher should use 5 posts.",No hint available.,"Statement 1 is true, and statements 2 and 3 are false. In statement 1, we only know that Lisa is the fastest of the three, and we know nothing else. In statement 2, 28+28=56<64. In statement 3, since the fence is open-ended, you need 6 posts.",Logic,04/21/06 #3353,Canadian and US Dollars,2.48,2.07,lil_thugsta,"At one time, the Canadian and US dollars were discounted by 10 cents on each side of the border (i.e., a Canadian dollar was worth 90 US cents in the US, and a US dollar was worth 90 Canadian cents in Canada). A man walks into a bar on the US side of the border, orders 10 US cents worth of beer, pays with a US dollar and receives a Canadian dollar in change. He then walks across the border to Canada, orders 10 Canadian cents worth of beer, pays with a Canadian dollar and receives a US dollar in change. He continues this throughout the day, and ends up dead drunk with the original dollar in his pocket. Who pays for the drinks?",No hint available.,"The man paid for all the drinks. But, you say, he ended up with the same amount of money that he started with! However, as he transported Canadian dollars into Canada and US dollars into the US, he performed ""economic work"" by moving the currency to a location where it was in greater demand (and thus valued higher). The earnings from this work were spent on the drinks.",Math,04/08/02 #34564,Park It Ranger,2.34,2.7600000000000002,stil,"Ranger Cadet Bu Star has just been given the task of moving the five cases of Park Pop soda at the Weiss Pavilion to the Wirth Pavilion, which is 5 miles away. For transportation, Bu must use a MoJoPed, a moped which runs on Park Pop. It can carry, at most, its rider and 25 bottles of soda, i.e., one case in its cargo carrier and one bottle in its fuel tank. It gets one mile to the bottle and is currently empty; it will only move under Pop power. How many unopened bottles can Bu deliver to the second pavilion? Comments to triflers: The bottles and cases are hi-tech, so there are no concerns about theft or littering. They can stay parked or be discarded anywhere. Yes, the constant rate of fuel use is unreal, and yes, of course, I am asking for the maximum number of bottles!",There are hints in the comments to triflers and in the title.,"80 To achieve this surprising result, Bu must first take the five cases, one at a time, and park them at a point along the route 2 5/18 miles from the Weiss Pavilion. This takes 9 trips of 2 5/18 miles (5 advancing trips interspersed with 4 return trips) for a total of 20.5 miles traveled (9 * 2 5/18 = 20.5) and 20.5 bottles of soda used. Cadet Star now has 99.5 bottles of soda. (5 * 24 - 20.5 = 120 - 20.5 = 99.5) He puts 3.5 of these aside and redistributes the other 96 to completely fill four cases. With one less case to move, Bu will now make 2 fewer trips. The 3.5 bottles set aside are used to move the four cases the next 1/2 mile toward the Wirth Pavilion. After this, the Wirth Pavilion is just 2 2/9 miles away ( 5 - 2 5/18 - 9/18 = 2 4/18 ). Next, he travels 15 5/9 miles (7 * 2 2/9) using 15 5/9 bottles of soda to complete his trip. The ranger cadet delivers 80 bottles to the pavilion and has 4/9 of a Park Pop to spare. (96 - 15 5/9 = 80 4/9)",Math,12/25/06 #18511,Liars,2.64,1.44,AXTON,"Sally lies on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday; but tells the truth on all other days. John lies on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday; but tells the truth on all other days. One day Sally and John had lunch together. One exclaimed 'I lied yesterday'. The other replied 'Me too'. ON WHICH DAY DID THEY HAVE LUNCH TOGETHER?",A table can be useful...,"Wednesday - John lied on Tuesday and is telling her the truth, because he tells the truth on Wednesdays. - Sally is lying to John as she lies on Wednesday, but told the truth on Tuesday.",Logic,08/10/04 #41931,Spazy Croonerisms 13,2.72,2.07,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) a brittle candy and a lock's need & a beverage and a beverage 2) pigmented coating on the upper surface of a room & a holy leper 3) a container for garbage & extremely harsh tufts of hair 4) a covering for the face in Berlin & a prison for disgusting animals",No hint available.,"1) toffee and key & coffee and tea 2) ceiling paint & peeling saint 3) litter box & bitter locks 4) German veil & vermin jail",Language,05/14/08 #23924,Lethal Laundry,2.88,1.26,dsquared,"Inspector Dante Missertrick arrived on the scene. His keen eye surveyed the area, his assistant madly clicking photographs. Not that the Inspector ever needed any, he had his memory after all. He noticed the small smashed window apparently leading into what was the laundry area. The small, well kept gardens out front looked splendid in the midday sun. He made his way to the door where he was greeted by a plump lady claiming to be the owner's sister. ""Hello,"" he said, with his smooth Italian accent. ""I have come to inspect the scene."" Seeing his badge, the plump sister let him in. The first thing he noticed was to his left, the dejected figure of a man sobbing on the couch. He went to the man and politely requested that he ask a few questions. ""Ok... sniff... I'll do my best."" ""Can you tell me what happened?"" ""I was in the laundry with my brother as we were planning what gear to wash for a fishing trip, I heard something outside then a gunshot. I ducked, my brother fell, he was dead. I ran from the room, slamming the door, which must have startled the killer. I tried to get a look of who was out the front but heard running. The gate slammed and whoever it was was gone."" ""I see, and you did not see anything of the killer? Clothing maybe, hair colour, shoes?"" ""No, that's all I saw... sniff."" ""Ok, thank you, I may need to ask you more but for now that is good."" He left him and turned to look at the laundry where the murder took place. He turned the handle to the door and pushed it inward having to exert some energy as the body was lying up against it. After pushing the door far enough open he ran his keen eye around, again checked the smashed window this time from the inside and quickly checked the gun shot wound and the body. At that point he decided he'd seen enough. He returned to the man on the couch and said, quite nonchalant, ""I'm afraid your crocodile tears do not bite with me. Sir, please accompany me to the station."" What is it that Dante discovered that pointed to the brother's lies?",Read again closely the part about the Inspector and what he had to do to get into the laundry.,"The brother claimed to have heard the shots, checked the brother was dead, then 'ran from the room, slamming the door'. The problem being that when the Inspector entered the room, the body was up against it, meaning no one had exited the room since he fell as you wouldn't be able to get out of the room with the body up against the door. No, the brother was shot by his own brother who stupidly remained at the scene as part of his plan to appear innocent. He didn't count on Inspector Dante Missertrick, though.",Mystery,06/22/05 #23207,Gift to Epimethius,2.99,1.78,irishthistle,"I had a mistress, with beauty and grace, With a curious hand and fair of face. She was the first on earth, and made of clay. I was a gift to Epimethius on their wedding day. The Gods, they warned her to let me be. But none of their warnings did she heed. You see, my mistress was alone one day, When to me her inquisitive hand did stray. She gave you sickness, destruction, and greed, And all of the things from which evil does feed. But do not be angry, do not mope. The last she gave you? It was hope. What am I and who was my mistress?",No hint available.,"The poem is written from the point of view of Pandora's Box; ""my mistress"" refers to Pandora. According to Greek mythology, Pandora was created out of clay. Before Pandora, there were only men on earth. Pandora was fashioned by Zeus as part of his punishment for Prometheus' theft of the secret of fire. She was gifted with beauty, grace, musical talent and a gift for healing. Finally, Zeus gave her curiosity. He gave her as a gift to Epimethius and presented the box as her dowry, telling them both not to open it. Pandora's curiosity got the better of her and she opened the box releasing all the evil that is in the world today. However, some good came from it; at the bottom of the box was hope.",Riddle,05/27/05 #10183,Hollywood Quest,2.67,2.35,skaven,"Five men at a board games club meet once a week to play their favourite board game 'Hollywood Quest'. In this game each space is colour coded one of five colours, each one representing a category of questions. The five categories are Books, Celebrities, Films, Music, Television. The five colours are blue, green, grey, orange and purple. Can you name all five men, their favorite categories and the colours represented by those categories? CLUES 1. Mr Everett prefers the purple coloured squares. 2. Mr Harper likes Films category best, which is not the blue nor the orange squares. 3. Johns Sanders doesn't like literature-based questions. 4. Patrick's favourite colour is the blue (this is not the colour of the TV questions). 5. The grey squares indicate a player must answer a question about books, and Mr Erwin won't land on these if he can help it. 6. Graham prefers the celebrities category. 7. James avoids the green and orange squares. 8. Kendal is the fifth surname, and Paul the missing first name.","Clues 1,2 and 5 should help you work out the colour Mr Harper likes. Work out Johns Sanders' favourite colour. You should now be able to work out the colours of all five subjects.","Graham Everett, purple, celebrities James Kendal, grey, books John Sanders, orange, TV Patrick Erwin, blue, music Paul Harper, green, films",Logic,02/02/03 #49494,Sweeter Than Pi,2.69,2.44,DaBomma,"I extend my thumb to the galaxy, As should you, I must say, If you've read the compendium, This will surely make your day, Alas, if you have not, This conundrum will prove hard, For it requires thought, And some guidance from a bard, It is not a simple utterance, The answer that you seek, It has much more meaning than that, It brings joy to the meek, Have you ever wondered, The answer to it all, The answer to a riddle, No matter how big or small, It is greater and sweeter, Than the thing that you call Pi, It has a greater value, Than what meets the eye, Sadly, it is less than, The lines (and spaces) of this rhyme, For all of it explained, Takes much of your time, Now I will explain, For those who are still stuck, The answer is a number, Still greater than bad luck, The second is minute, Compared to the first, Like a simple element that, Has completed half-life on this earth, Now, I am finished, Given enough hints to you, And with one final line, At last, I am through.","I see you want a hint, I guess that I will do, One single, final quatrain, As a hint from me to you, As you can tell this rhymes, And I can tell that, too, The answer of this riddle, Rhymes with me and you.","42. The book to read is 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. The book states that 42 is the answer to all questions and is the meaning of life; essentially. I state that it is greater and sweeter than Pi, referring to the numerical pi (3.141592...) is smaller than the number 42. I also state that it is less than 44 (The number of lines in the poem) 2 is smaller than 4, and also is similar to an element that has completed a stage in it's half-life. As in, 4, 2, 1, .5...",Riddle,06/12/12 #23342,Joke or Choke,2.26,1.07,Roxy123,What is a three letter word for joke or choke?,It's a palindrome.,Gag,Language,06/01/05 #22719,Star of David,2.45,2.58,cnmne,"The Star of David (the star on the flag of Israel) has two superimposed equilateral triangles which produce six line segments and twelve segment intersections. Using this star as a template, arrange the numbers 1 through 12, placing them at the twelve intersections, such that the four numbers on each line segment produce a sum of 26. There is more than one solution.",No hint available.,"One possible solution (starting at the top point and going clockwise around the perimeter): 2, 6, 5, 11, 7, 1, 9, 10, 8, 4, 3, 12. This produces segments of: 2 + 6 + 11 + 7, 5 + 11 + 1 + 9, 7 + 1 + 10 + 8, 9 + 10 + 4 + 3, 8 + 4 + 12 + 2, 3 + 12 + 6 + 5.",Math,05/07/05 #39040,They Aren't Always Covalent,2.23,2.91,cnmne,"Fill in the blank with the proper initials. SC is to DN as GL is to OHMSS as RM is to LALD as TD is to TLD as PB is to G as DC is to _____. Choose from: CR, LTK, FYEO, T, TMWTGG, TWINE",No hint available.,"These are the initials of the actors who have portrayed James Bond, and the first letter of each word in the title of the first Bond movie for each actor. Sean Connery - ""Dr. No"" George Lazenby - ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" Roger Moore - ""Live and Let Die"" Timothy Dalton - ""The Living Daylights"" Pierce Brosnan - ""Goldeneye"" thus Daniel Craig - ""Casino Royale""",Trivia,11/02/07 #46973,Letter Juggle 8,3.18,1.51,MarcM1098,"Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Died - Ante 2. Laze - Fibre 3. Clock - Lose 4. Font - Heard 5. Snaked - Tripped","1. Consumed food 2. Burn 3. Secure 4. First 5. Bare","1. Dined - Ate 2. Blaze - Fire 3. Lock - Close 4. Front - Head 5. Naked - Stripped",Language,05/09/10 #52407,Pick A Conclusive Statement,2.6,2.0,Rove_Tarts,"Eli and four of his friends either always lie or always tell the truth. His friends made the following statements: Alice: Daniel or Eli is lying Barry: Eli, Daniel, & Callie are telling the truth Callie: Daniel is lying Daniel: Callie and/or Barry is lying Eli said one of the following things: Alice & Barry are opposites (one lies and one tells the truth) Alice & Daniel are opposites Barry & Callie aren't opposites Callie & Myself aren't opposites If you knew which of the four statements was spoken by Eli, then you would know who was lying and who was telling the truth. What did Eli say? Who is lying?",No hint available.,"Barry & Callie aren't opposites; Alice, Barry, & Callie are lying. First figure out who you can figure out before you even go to Eli's statements. Assume Barry was telling the truth Daniel is telling the truth Callie was telling the truth Therefore Daniel is lying Which is a contradiction So Barry is definitely lying Which means Daniel is telling the truth Which means Callie is lying We can't know Alice's or Eli's position yet. If Eli says Alice & Barry are opposites & Eli is honest, then Alice is honest. If Alice is honest then Eli is lying because Daniel isn't lying. That's a contradiction. If Eli is lying then Alice is lying, and Eli is telling the truth. If Eli says Callie & Myself aren't opposites, then Eli is basically saying that he himself is a liar, which is a contradiction. If Eli said Alice & Daniel are opposites & is telling the truth, then Alice is lying & Eli is telling the truth. If Eli said Alice & Daniel are opposites & is lying, then Alice is telling the truth & Eli is lying. There is no way to conclude who is lying, but Eli's statement is conclusive, therefore it can't be this. If Eli said Callie & Barry aren't opposites, then he would be telling the truth & Alice would be lying.",Logic,06/14/20 #4463,12= L in the H A,2.32,2.88,comet16,12= L in the H A,No hint available.,12= letters in the Hawaiian alphabet,Letter-Equations,06/04/02 #4777,Youth...,2.73,2.64,bobbrt,"Which word below belongs in this group and why? Youth, thematic, usher, sheik, italics, medium. a) Theater b) Weevil c) Domestic d) Cursive",No hint available.,"Weevil. All of the words in the group begin with a pronoun (YOUth, THEMatic, USher, SHEik, ITalics, MEdium, WEevil).",Group,06/17/02 #8893,Buying a Puppy,2.25,2.32,lesternoronha1,"A man wishes to sell a puppy for $11. A customer wants to buy it but only has foreign currency. The exchange rate for the foreign currency is 11 round coins = $15, 11 square coins = $16, 11 triangular coins = $17. How many of each coinage should the customer pay?",No hint available.,"7 circular coins and 1 square coin. Let x be the number of circular coins, y be the number of square coins, and z be the number of triangular coins. Thus: x*(15/11) + y*(16/11) + z*(17/11) = 11. Multiplying by 11: 15x + 16y + 17z = 121. From here we have to use trial and error or educated guessing. Personally I divided 121 by 15 to get 8 plus a remainder of 1. It was then obvious that x=7, y=1, and z=0 would solve the equation.",Math,12/04/02 #844,Stuck in the Snow,2.69,1.65,starman,"Al's old rear-wheel-drive (2WD) pick-up truck is stuck in the snow. He does have a few concrete blocks loaded in the back but where should he locate them for maximum weight and traction on the rear tires? In front of the axle as far forward as possible, directly over the rear axle or behind the axle as far to the rear as possible?",The bed of the truck is a kind of lever and the rear wheels are the fulcrum.,"As far to the rear as possible. However slight, this will have the effect of taking some weight off of the front axle. That weight has to go somewhere and the only other place it can go is onto the rear axle. If you had enough weight, or a long enough truck, you could even raise the front wheels off the ground. (Not recommended. In fact, as soon as Al gets unstuck again, he should distribute the blocks evenly in the bed so that there is sufficient weight and balance on all the tires for safe braking and steering traction.)",Science,09/18/01 #36815,The Winning Combination 3,2.42,2.5100000000000002,grungy49,"Well... The Winning Combination is back.. but with a twist! You are a millionaire... but you have now become very greedy and a cheater. You spend lots of money on selfish things, and are finding yourself very short of money. The show has refused to let you back on after you meanly insulted the host. But you are sneakier than that. Now, your son has applied to be a contestant and has successfully made it on. He, however, has nowhere near the brain power as you, so you have figured out another device, being the greedy person you are, to help your son out and claim half a million more. He is secretly wearing a very cleverly disguised earpiece which you will talk to him through. Whilst you sit at home, with a pen and paper, he will recite the clues into your ear and you must solve them for him! You grip your pen... with headphones and microphone in place, and wait for him to start reciting. The combination is spaced out like this... ??-??-??-??. A 'set' refers to a set of two numbers. ""OK, Dad... 1. The sum of the digits in the third set is less than 14 but greater than 10. 2. The third set of numbers is 13 smaller than the fourth set. 3. If you multiply the second set of numbers by 2 and add 7, then you will get the first set of numbers. 4. The sum of the digits in the fourth set is greater than the sum of the digits in the first set. 5. There are no 0's, 3's or 6's in the combination. Every other number is in the combination. 6. The first set of two digits is a square number (for example 81 is a square number... 9x9). Hurry, Dad, hurry!""",The numbers in the first set are not higher than 60.,"The solution is 49-21-75-88. First of all, we know that there are no 0's, 3's or 6's in the combination and that every other digit appears at least once (clue 5). OK, we'll start on the first set. We know it's a square number (clue 6). The only available square numbers that don't have a 0, 3 or 6 in them are: 25 49 81 Now, read clue 3. This tells us that multiplying the second set of numbers by 2 and then adding 7 will give us the first set. So you must work backwards from the three numbers we know are the possibilities. 81 - 7 = 74 / 2 = 37. However, we know there are no 3's in the combination so this can't be right. 25 - 7 = 18 / 2 = 9. This can't be right, because written down it would be 09 and we know there are no 0's. So that leaves with 49. 49 - 7 = 42 / 2 = 21. Now we know this much: 49-21-??-?? Now we must work on the last two sets. Clue 2 tells us that the third set is 13 smaller than the fourth set. Here are the possible combinations: 11-24 12-25 14-27 15-28 28-41 29-42 41-54 42-55 44-57 45-58 58-71 59-72 71-84 72-85 74-87 75-88 78-91 79-92 81-94 82-95 84-97 85-98 Now, we must remember clue 5 - this tells us that every number will appear in the combination at least once, apart from 0, 3 and 6. Currently, we have 1, 2, 4 and 9 in... so that leaves out 5, 7 and 8. So now we review the list... there are only three possible combinations that include 5, 7 and 8: 58-71 75-88 72-85 Now, we read clue 4. This tells us the sum of the digits in the fourth set is greater than the sum of the digits in the first set. The sum of the digits in the first set is 13 (4 + 9), and so the only one greater than that is the 75-88 combination (8 + 8 = 16). So there we have it. 49-21-75-88. (P.S. Sorry if this offended anybody, not that I think it would, but in my other teaser people were complaining so I'm just putting this in here for warning).",Logic,06/02/07 #5316,6S + 2T = A,2.21,2.75,glennyboy02,6S + 2T = A,No hint available.,6 States + 2 Territories = Australia,Letter-Equations,07/07/02 #23041,I get Squished,2.26,1.58,killalady05,"I get squished, smoothed out. In the morning I feel 3 pounds lighter, I get hot when being all smothered with filthy skin. Please take a shower before you use me. What am I?",No hint available.,A pillow,Riddle,05/20/05 #8490,Crazy Coin,2.32,3.11,electronjohn,"I am 200% of a penny, 25% nickel, 118.4% of a dime, 111.4% of a quarter, and 10% of a half dollar. What am I?",I have been around for 64 years.,"The answer is a Jefferson nickel or 5 cent piece. A nickel weighs 5 grams while a penny (Lincoln cent) weighs 2.5 grams, so it is 200% the weight of a penny. A nickel's diameter is 0.835 inches (21.21mm) while a Roosevelt dime's diameter is only 0.705 inches (17.91mm), so it is ~118.4% of a dime's diameter. A nickel has a thickness of 1.95mm and the Washington quarter is only 1.75mm thick, so the nickel is ~111.4% of a quarter's thickness. The monetary value of a nickel is 10% of a Kennedy half dollar (5 cents/50cents = 10%) and a nickel is composed of 25% nickel (the metal nickel, Ni). The other 75% of a nickel is made of copper.",Other,11/13/02 #20224,Up Periscope,2.26,2.63,MrIxolite,"Captain Ixolite of the HMS Incomprehensible was sailing in enemy waters. It wasn't long before they were under attack. Able Seaman Jones rushed up to the captain and reported, ""Sir, Radar reports an enemy sub. What do we do?"" Captain Ixolite, who liked a rebus, scribbled out the following on the back of his hand. £2.50 per Fathom Unfortunately a stray hull bolt burst inwards at that point and hit the Captain squarely in his...amazement. What should Able Seaman Jones do to carry out the Captain's final order?",No hint available.,"He should launch a Depth Charge. A Fathom is a unit of depth measurement. This is Charged at £2.50. (Captain Ixolite pulled through, but walked with a limp the rest of his life.)",Rebus,01/04/05 #45174,Missing Letters From 5 Words #2,2.7,0.7000000000000001,nogoodnames,"What three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words? AP___DAGE CAR___TER DE___D SUS___D TUR___TINE",No hint available.,"PEN. APPENDAGE CARPENTER DEPEND SUSPEND TURPENTINE",Language,08/29/09 #15807,Prefixes 2,2.57,2.3,Smithy,"For this teaser you are given clues, and from those clues you have to find two words that start with either pre, re or ex. The rest of the word sounds the same, but doesn't have to be spelled the same. Example: CLUE : A leader who lives somewhere. ANSWER : PREsident & REsident. Now onto the proper questions: 1) To take back a section of a document. 2) To feel indignant about a gift. 3) To repeat a stimulant. 4) To give back something owed in advance.",All of the questions have one answer starting with RE.,"1) REtract & EXtract 2) REsent & PREsent 3) REcite & EXcite 4) REpay & PREpay",Language,12/15/03 #28042,Engulfed Tire,2.7600000000000002,1.37,metallicman,"There is a tire lying on a completely level ground. The tire is not attached to a wheel. It is raining at two inches per minute. If it will take three days of rain to make the water level with the tire, how long will it take for the water to engulf the tire, assuming the tire is five inches tall?",No hint available.,"It would never happen. The tire is made from vulcanized rubber, which floats. It could rain for years and the tire would still be floating.",Trick,01/11/06 #31051,One Village...,2.24,2.87,stang99,"One village on Fire, Smoke in another, One village has Bamboo, Water in another",It's a thing containing all the four clues.,Hookah - a tobacco pipe,Riddle,06/13/06 #8717,Food Scarcity,2.21,2.27,lesternoronha1,"A garrison of 3300 men had provisions for 32 days, when given at the rate of 850 gms. per head. At the end of 7 days, a reinforcement arrives and it is found that the provisions will last 17 days more, when given at the rate of 825 gms. per head. What is the strength of the reinforcement?",No hint available.,"Strength of reinforcement = 1700. Hence total men = 5000. The key equation is: (# of men) x (food per man) * (# of days) = (food consumed in the given time) First figure out the initial amount of food: 3300 men x 850 g/man x 32 days = 89760000 grams Food used after 7 days: 3300 men x 850 g/man x 7 days = 1963500 grams Food remaining after 7 days: 89760000 - 1963500 = 70125000 grams Now you know everything but the number of men present for the last 17 days. Just use the same equation to figure it out: (# of men) x 825 g/man x 17 days = 70125000 grams Solve for the number of men to get 5000. This means that 5000 - 3300 = 1700 men were provided with the reinforcement.",Math,11/25/02 #23399,National Hurdles,2.7,2.05,Philly,"At a recent Mixed National Hurdle trials, ten contestants competed for the coveted Hurdle Shield. There were numerous judges who made sure that the results were accurate. From their notes can you determine who finished where? Ivor Bignose finished before May Eye and Mick Stup whilst Leigh Vamessage was victorious over May Eye and Laura DeLand. Jack Pott was beaten by Jerry Atric, Mick Stup and Al Beback. Laura DeLand was beaten by Mick Stup, May Eye and Ivor Bignose, whereas Joe King beat Jerry Atric and Jack Pott but lost to Laura DeLand and Inga Hootz. Leigh Vamessage was beaten by Ivor Bignose and Inga Hootz. Inga Hootz was beaten by Al Beback, who, in turn, lost to Ivor Bignose, but beat Jerry Atric and Jack Pott. May Eye finished ahead of Mick Stup and Jerry Atric, who lost to Leigh Vamessage and Inga Hootz.",No hint available.,"Ivor Bignose Al Beback Inga Hootz Leigh Vamessage May Eye Mick Stup Laura DeLand Joe King Jerry Atric Jack Pott",Logic,06/04/05 #39529,Special Numbers,2.34,1.14,King_of_Smart,"What number does not belong? 45 63 81 73 54 90",No hint available.,"73. All the other numbers equal 9 through addition and are multiples of 9. 4+5=9; 45=9x5 6+3=9; 63=9x7 8+1=9; 81=9x9 5+4=9; 54=9x6 9+0=9; 90=9x10 But, 7+3=10.",Group,12/09/07 #17314,Tales From the Riverbank,2.7,1.72,MrIxolite,"What am I doing? Cast 1) Caught ""Your hair is a mess"" (Thrown back) Cast 2) Caught ""Your breath smells"" (Thrown back) Cast 3) Caught ""Your rebuses are brilliant"" (Not thrown back)",No hint available.,"Fishing for compliments. I have thrown back the insults caught on my first two casts but kept the compliment.",Rebus,04/11/04 #6021,Two Black Holes,2.69,1.9000000000000001,im_para_noid,"Aliens are placing you near one of two black holes in outer space. They give you a choice of being placed near a large black hole or a small black hole. Keeping in mind that when you go close to a black hole you must worry about large gravitational tidal forces produced by a black hole, which do you prefer, if you wish to escape?",No hint available.,"The large black hole. Tidal forces (near the event horizon) are smaller for large black holes than for small holes, because more massive black holes actually have a lower density, and the exterior spacetime is less curved. If you were approaching a 10-solar-masses black hole with a radius of 30 kilometers, you would be killed long before you reached the horizon at an altitude of 400 kilometers. However, you could reach the horizon of a 1,000-solar-masses black hole. The tidal forces at the horizon of this gigantic black hole would be weaker than those produced by Earth, which are already impossible for us to feel. Of course, once you crossed the horizon, you would eventually be pulled into the singularity and then be torn to pieces by the finite tidal forces. This final fate awaits you no matter what the mass of the black hole.",Science,07/29/02 #51900,Apparently So,2.54,2.0,ThinksForFun,"My first, a surface by which one's I.D. is discerned My second's often measured in terms of dollars earned My whole may have an underlying truth to be learned What am I?",No hint available.,face value,Riddle,06/12/18 #14531,Air Force One,2.7,1.72,ultimateguild,The President of the United States is flying on a private plane to Andrews Air Force Base to jump on his jumbo jet to fly to California. Currently the speed of the plane he is in is traveling at 250 nautical MPH and he is currently 500 nautical miles from Andrews Air Force Base. It will take approximately 5 mins for him to switch planes and 5 mins to gain clearance for takeoff. Taking all of this into consideration. How long will it take for The President of The United States to be airborne aboard Air Force One?,No hint available.,"No time at all. He is currently aboard ""Air Force One"". No matter what plane The President of the United States is aboard, its call sign is ""Air Force One."" So The President is on ""Air Force One"" even when aboard the private plane and once he switches to the jumbo jet then it becomes ""Air Force One"".",Trivia,08/25/03 #43208,How Much Was Stolen?,2.62,1.37,Thinker1995,"A burglar had just robbed a bank and was running away with all the money he stole. Suddenly, a guard appeared and refused to let the burglar pass. The burglar had to give up a half of the money he had, as well as an extra $2000, so he could escape. Not too long afterwards, he was stopped again by a second guard, who demanded half of the money the burglar had left, plus a $2000 bonus, in exchange for letting the burglar pass. The burglar gave the guard the amount of money asked and continued running toward his home, until he was stopped again by a third guard. The burglar was so desperate to escape that he was forced to give the third guard half of the money he had left and another $2000. Finally the burglar made it to his house and began to count the money that he still had. He had managed to make off with $9000 dollars and he was a free man, but when he calculated the difference between the amount of money he had originally stolen and the amount of money he actually took home, he was overcome with sadness. How much money did the burglar originally steal?",No hint available.,"The burglar originally stole $100,000.",Math,09/29/08 #16110,Save You,2.43,0.56,fg_4ever,"What can kill you, But can save you too? What can be blue, But can be clear too? What is safest to drink When it gets hot? Live without this You shall not.",No hint available.,"Water What can kill you: Water can kill you by floods, whirlpool, etc. But can save you too: It can save you when you're dehydrated. What can be blue: The water in the oceans are blue due to reflection. But can be clear too: The water that you drink always looks clear. What is safest to drink When it gets hot: Sometimes you have to boil water before you drink it to kill off any bacteria in it. Live without this You shall not: You can't live without water.",Riddle,01/09/04 #50490,Changing The Letters,2.59,1.43,Marple,"Change one letter of each of these words to make new words that are linked by a common theme. Flat Opal Lord Mint Quick Lodge Keep",Four wheels!,"They are all cars: Fiat Opel Ford Mini Buick Dodge Jeep",Language,01/20/15 #9370,Hidden Country #7,2.54,1.73,warrior,"Find the name of a country that is hidden in this sentence: If the machine jams it is best to lift up or tug all of the thread through the bobbin.",No hint available.,"Portugal. (uP OR TUG ALl)",Language,12/23/02 #34611,The Cake Shop,3.06,1.8800000000000001,thompson1,"""The Cake Shop"" was just opening when four customers came rushing in, asking for cakes that they needed that night! They all filled out forms with their names, what kind of cake, what size, and the occasion it was for. They all rushed in and out, desperately trying to finish organizing and setting up for their parties. Joe, who was working that shift, accidentally put the orders in the paper shredder along with the old orders from the day before! He can only remember a few things, but needs to have all of the cakes ready by 3:00! Can you help him sort out the orders? First Names: Carson, Ted, Jessica, and Bailey Last Names: Jones, Tomas, Butler, and Brown Size: Small, Medium, Large, and Double-Decker Type of Cake: Chocolate, Swirl, Angel Food, and Cookie Occasion: Birthday, Baby Shower, Anniversary, and ""Congratulations!"" party 1. The four customers are: Jessica, the one surnamed Tomas, the one buying a large cake, and the Angel Food cake. 2. The four cakes are: The double-decker, the cookie cake, the one bought for a birthday, and the one bought by Carson. 3. Exactly two customers had the same first and last initial. 4. The customer with the last name of Jones bought a cake for her best friend because she just got promoted to a much better job! 5. The cake that was for an anniversary was bigger than the one for the birthday, and neither were double-deckers. 6. The swirl was either a large or a double-decker, but wasn't being used to celebrate something that happens annually. 7. The birthday cake was for a one-year-old, so it had to be small. 8. Ted Butler had to get the cake while his wife was busy setting up for one of their friends surprise baby shower!",No hint available.,"Carson Tomas bought a medium chocolate cake for his anniversary. Ted Butler bought a large cookie cake for his friend's baby shower. Jessica Jones bought a double-decker swirl cake for a ""Congratulations!"" party. Bailey Brown bought a small angel food cake for her son's birthday.",Logic-Grid,12/28/06 #23963,Look Closer!,2.86,2.27,bhssoccer23,"What is this rebus? PinnAcLeS",No hint available.,"Friends in high places. The word is ""pinnacles"", which is another word for high places. The capitalized letters spell ""pals"", another word for friends.The pals are in the pinnacles!",Rebus,06/23/05 #38893,What's the Number?,2.54,1.36,grilledcheese,"Find the four digit number in which the first digit is one fourth of the last digit, the second digit is 6 times the first digit, and the third digit is the second digit plus 3.",No hint available.,1694,Math,10/23/07 #47271,Sight Rhymes 2,2.68,2.29,MarcM1098,"In each group below, the three words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each group. Example: plo___, tho___, to___ would be plough, though, tough. 1. circ___, cond___, s___ 2. br___, pl___, s___ 3. d___, g___, sh___","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. circu__, condu__, su__ 2. bra__, pla__, sa__ 3. do__, go__, sho__","1. circuit, conduit, suit 2. braid, plaid, said 3. does, goes, shoes",Language,06/17/10 #197,32 D F at which W F,2.42,1.45,Phyllis,32 D F at which W F,H2O,32 Degrees Fahrenheit at which Water Freezes,Letter-Equations,02/01/01 #8672,The Victim,2.75,2.37,lesternoronha1,"One of four people - two men (Jack and Mike) and two women (Carol and Lily) - was murdered. The following facts refer to the people mentioned: (a) Jack's sister argued exactly once with Carol's legal husband after the murder. (b) Mike's sister argued twice with the victim's legal spouse after the murder. Who was the victim?",No hint available.,"Mike is the victim. If Mike's sister and Jack's sister are the same person, then (a) reads ""Lily argued exactly once with (Mike or Jack)"" and (b) reads ""Lily argued twice with (the same Mike or Jack)"". These two statements contradict each other. Therefore Mike's sister must be different from Jack's sister. If this is the case then there are two possibilities: 1) Jack and Carol are brother and sister. Mike and Lily are brother and sister. Jack is married to Lily and Mike is married to Carol. If this is the case, then (a) reads ""Carol argued once with Mike"" and (b) reads ""Lily argued twice with herself"", leaving Jack dead. Since Lily did not likely argue with herself, this is not the solution. 2) Jack and Lily are brother and sister. Mike and Carol are brother and sister. Jack is married to Carol and Lily is married to Mike. If this is the case, then (a) reads ""Lily argued once with Jack"" and (b) reads ""Carol argued twice with Lily"", leaving Mike dead. Since there are no contradictions, this is the solution.",Logic,11/23/02 #27214,Jolly,2.73,0.6000000000000001,buttons03,"I have been called many names, through the course of years. I may have been a real person, but I always bring lots of cheers. I am known all over the world, and I come on a winter's night, to spread joy and holiday spirit, and to set children's faces right. If you still don't know my name, just read on a little more, I live in a house on top of the world, and little children I adore. Who am I?",No hint available.,Santa Claus,Riddle,11/29/05 #13107,Joyous Boomerang,2.48,2.16,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Went away :( Came back :) Went away :( Came back :) Went away :( Came back :) Went away :( Came back :)",:( = text symbol for sad,Many Happy Returns,Rebus,06/13/03 #32847,Emancipation Proclamation,2.59,2.3,cnmne,"What is the meaning of this rebus? 2 + 3 = 6: ""You are a slave, now and forever."" 7 - 2 = 4: ""The negotiations for your release have failed."" 4 * 2 = 9: ""Your parole has been denied."" 9 / 3 = 3: ""Tomorrow is your day of independence.""",No hint available.,"The truth will set you free. The fourth statement is the only true statement, or the truth; it will give you your independence, or will set you free.",Rebus,09/05/06 #40805,As You Like It,2.42,2.19,BamBam8583,"Can you decode this famous quote from William Shakespeare's play, ""As You Like It""? (The hint reveals all of the vowels.) ""Zoo gsv dliow'h z hgztv, zmw zoo gsv nvm zmw dlnvm nvivob kozbvih. Gsvb szev gsvri vcrgh zmw gsvri vmgizmxvh; Zmw lmv nzm rm srh grnv kozbh nzmb kzigh"" - ( Jflgv Zxg RR, Hxvmv ERR).","A=Z E=V I=R O=L U=F","""All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts"" - ( Quote Act II, Scene VII). KEY: A=Z B=Y C=X D=W E=V F=U G=T H=S I=R J=Q K=P L=O M=N N=M O=L P=K Q=J R=I S=H T=G U=F V=E W=D X=C Y=B Z=A",Cryptography,03/02/08 #10172,Madadian Holiday,2.1,2.24,Mad-ade,"A group of workers from the Madadian Kebab Recycling Factory went on a holiday to the sun soaked coast of Madadia. It rained for 13 days. But when it rained in the morning, the afternoon was lovely. And when it rained in the afternoon, the day was preceded by clear morning. Altogether there were 11 very nice mornings and 12 very nice afternoons. How many days did their holiday last?",No hint available.,"The holiday lasted for 18 days. Let's assume the number of days as follows: Rain in the morning and lovely afternoon = X days Clear morning and rain in the afternoon = Y days No rain in the morning and in the afternoon = Z days Number of days with rain = X + Y = 13 days Number of days with clear mornings = Y + Z = 11 days Number of days with clear afternoons = X + Z = 12 days Solving above 3 equations, we get X = 7, Y = 6 and Z = 5 Hence, total number of days on holiday = 18 days.",Math,02/01/03 #11311,Kick-off,2.42,2.45,jimbo,"Jimbo is an ace goal kicker. On the average, he will kick a goal on 2 out of 3 occasions. Unco on the other hand, will normally only kick a goal on 1 out of 2 occasions. Now Jimbo, being quick to spot an opportunity, challenges Unco to a kicking duel. They will each in turn take one kick for goal until a goal is scored. The winner will be the first to score a goal. ""I'll even give you the first kick"", says Jimbo generously to Unco. What is the probability that Jimbo wins the kicking duel?",You only get to take your next kick if the guy before you misses!,"Unco kicks: probability of a miss = 0.5 Jimbo kicks: probability of a win = 0.5 x 2/3 = 1/3 {Note Unco must have missed in order for Jimbo to get a kick at all} Unco kicks: probability of a second miss = 0.5x1/3x 0.5 = 1/12 {Note both Unco and Jimbo must have missed for Unco to get a second kick} Jimbo kicks: probability of goal = 1/12 x 2/3 = 1/18 Probability that Jimbo wins on first or second or third etc is: P = 1/3 + 1/18 + 1/108 + ...... Which is a geometric series with limiting sum = 2/5 Answer: Probability that Jimbo wins = 2/5.",Probability,03/19/03 #14680,The One,2.49,2.2,samm,"What is this well-known phrase from a popular movie and TV series? BeginONESIXTHREEning MidONEFOURdle TheONEend","The quote is from ""Highlander"".","""In the end, there can be only one.""",Rebus,09/05/03 #41892,N = M A G in A,2.31,2.21,shenqiang,N = M A G in A,"""M A"" stand for ""most abundant"".",Nitrogen = most abundant gas in air.,Letter-Equations,05/11/08 #9679,Goodbye Time,2.28,1.71,jellybean,"What expression is represented here? Time: ""BYE!""",(The Time is saying bye.),As time goes by.,Rebus,01/08/03 #43337,Z = L L in the E A,2.45,1.66,shenqiang,Z = L L in the E A,No hint available.,Z = last letter in the English alphabet.,Letter-Equations,10/15/08 #43524,"Perfection, At Last!",2.65,0.77,xmum,"Try two guess just what eye yam. Eye live in your pea sea. I try to putt two rites four ewe, Mist steaks ewe may knot sea. If ewe just weight a little wile, Eye will correct you're slips. And make your spelling perfect With mist steaks eye come to grips. So do knot worry any moor. Just run your words threw me, And awl your errors will be gone. Ewe can deep end on me.",No hint available.,I am your spell checker.,Riddle,11/12/08 #36717,Un-Vulcan?,2.25,2.5100000000000002,phrebh,"ZY XWXVUESZRQ PR XOVES NXVX VOEZPROM, RPESZRQ NPLMK SOJJXR. -- YUPKPV KPIEPXWIHU ZE ZI O GUES, RPE O GORKOEX, O YOTMX RPE O MPQZF, ORK O IUGTPM VOESXV ESOR O VXOIPR TU NSZFS GXR OVX GPWXK. -- ZVNZR XKGOR",X=E,"If everything on earth were rational, nothing would happen. -- Fyodor Dostoevsky It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and a symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved. -- Irwin Edman E=T F=C G=M H=K I=S J=P K=D L=U M=L N=W O=A P=O Q=G R=N S=H T=B U=Y V=R W=V X=E Y=F Z=I",Cryptography,05/24/07 #8054,Umbrella Anyone?,2.62,2.28,george1978,Why is an umbrella a paradox?,No hint available.,It is best used when used up.,Other,10/14/02 #22727,Beethoven's Room Part II,2.84,2.18,beethovenswig,"Beethoven has been kidnapped AGAIN!!! He is being kept in one of six rooms and his wig is being kept in another. Above each room is a letter. The letters are: Q, V, W, Z, K, and X. Use the clues below to match each letter with its door, find the room where Beethoven is being kept, and find the room where his wig is. 1. The letter K is above the second room. 2. Beethoven's Wig is not in the fifth room. 3. The letter X is either above room three or room six. 4. The letter X and the letter V are to the left of Beethoven's Wig. 5. The letter K is to the left of Beethoven. 6. Beethoven is to the left of the room with the letter Q above it. 7. The letter Z is NOT above one of the first three rooms, the letter Z is to the right of the letter W. 8. The letter Q is above the wig. 9. The letter V is either the first or the last. 10. Beethoven is NOT right beside the wig, he is also NOT in the room with the letter W.",No hint available.,"Beethoven is in the third room. Beethoven's Wig is in the sixth room. V is above the first room, K above the second, X above the third, W above the fourth, Z above the fifth, and Q above the sixth.",Logic,05/07/05 #17958,Hand Shaking,2.92,1.44,beijing200820,There are ten people in a house. Everybody wants to make a hand shake with only people shorter than themselves. Assume everybody is different in height. How many hand shakes are made?,1+2+3......+9=45,"Zero, because a taller person wants to shake hands with a shorter person. But the shorter person doesn't want to shake hands with him.",Trick,06/19/04 #933,"April, May and ?",2.69,0.62,Michelle,Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?,No hint available.,It has to be Johnny. He's the third child!,Trick,09/28/01 #25631,Number?,2.45,1.32,Kerchiebod,Find a number whose double exceeds its half by exactly 99.,No hint available.,66.,Math,08/29/05 #2259,10+10 =20?,2.15,2.19,rml417,"10+10 doesn't equal 20. If you add 50, you'll get 11. How is that?",Think of the time.,"If it was 10 hours and 10 minutes, it's never 20. And if you add 50 minutes, the time becomes 11 (hours)",Math,02/05/02 #4012,mM/eeeee,2.27,2.57,skye,"Can you guess the plain English word that is depicted here? mM/eeeee",Think cats,"Memories. m EM or(/) eeee's.",Rebus,05/11/02 #25589,Wingless,2.65,1.7,summachick,"What insect has no wings, but yet will fly?",No hint available.,"A caterpillar has no wings, but will fly when it matures and becomes a butterfly. ( I know, I know...a caterpillar is a bug :) )",Riddle,08/29/05 #21958,Easter Egg Hunt,2.7600000000000002,1.03,cdrock,"It was Easter in Easter village and all the Easter bunnies are joyful. The annual Easter egg hunt was just finished. The Easter egg hunt is where four Easter bunnies search for any of the four colored eggs and then cross the finish line. Can you figure out which Easter bunny found which egg and what place they finished? Easter bunnies- Mr Hops, Jumper, Long Ears, and Mrs. Littlenose Easter Eggs- blue, red, green, and yellow Clues: 1. Long Ears did not finish in 2nd place. 2. Jumper did not finish in 1st 3. Long Ears found the red Easter egg. 4. The bunny that finished in 2nd did not find the green egg. 5. Mr. Hops did not find the blue egg. 6. Littlenose did not finish in 2nd. 7. The bunny that found the blue egg did not finish in 1st or 2nd. 8. Hops finished in 4th.",No hint available.,"Mr. Hops- green- 4th Jumper- yellow- 2nd Long Ears- red- 1st Mrs. Littlenose- blue- 3rd",Logic-Grid,04/01/05 #29299,10 Nine-letter Words,2.74,2.85,----,"Below, 10 nine letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These chunks have been mixed up, no chunk is used twice and all chunks are used. Can you determine what the 10 words are? rbr ent ard man tor rbo and ban con erf dst dli fly spa dra dif hai ght per all fis ove ush hea new gon fer wat her duc",No hint available.,"Waterfall, overboard, bandstand, hairbrush, different, fisherman, conductor, newspaper, headlight, dragonfly.",Language,03/24/06 #39313,Working Well With Others,2.47,2.16,aresII,"This is a quote from David Letterman, one of America's most popular talk show hosts and comedian. Can you decode it? A=O ""DXADPX EOK UXI KANHXNE WOU'G YXG OPAUY. UAG GNZX. S EOI GIA UXI KANHXNE, WARDPXGX EGNOUYXNE, EMONSUY O WOQ. AUX YZK GAAH GMX GSNXE OUF GMX NOFSA; GMX AGMXN YZK GAAH GMX XUYSUX.""","K=Y S=I W=C","""PEOPLE SAY NEW YORKERS CAN'T GET ALONG. NOT TRUE. I SAW TWO NEW YORKERS, COMPLETE STRANGERS, SHARING A CAB. ONE GUY TOOK THE TIRES AND THE RADIO; THE OTHER GUY TOOK THE ENGINE."" KEY: A=O D=P E=S F=D G=T H=K I=W K=Y M=H N=R O=A P=L Q=B R=M S=I U=N W=C X=E Y=G Z=U",Cryptography,11/22/07 #15056,Famou,2.73,1.14,fishmed,"What movie title is represented by this Rebus? Famou",Kate Hudson Movie,Almost Famous,Rebus,10/09/03 #41875,Murder at Brainteaser Mansion #3,3.25,2.46,Mystery-King,"Five guests, Mr. Rose, Ms. Tulip, Sir Daisy, Lord Pansy and Miss Lily, were all invited to an exclusive party at Brainteaser Mansion. However, during the long, dark night, the owner of the spectacular mansion, Mr. Death, was found dead in his office. The trouble is, every member of the party went into his office, each at a different time, with a different weapon, motive and clue that incriminated them. From their statements below, can you work out who killed him? Mr. Rose's statement: ""I didn't do it. I never left a footprint because a woman did. I entered the room before the person who took in the poison. I must say though, she was in there for a quarter of an hour before someone else went in!"" Ms. Tulip's statement: ""Okay, I admit it! I took in the revolver, even though my motive wasn't revenge. A man entered the room after me and his motive was either rage or blackmail."" Sir Daisy's statement: ""All I know is, I did leave a fingerprint, but that doesn't explain why Miss Lily lost a hair, does it? Oh yes! The person who entered seventy minutes before me took in the lead pole."" Lord Pansy's statement: ""I entered after a woman, who did not take in rope because the last person to visit him did. I was in there for more than thirty-five minutes confronting Mr. Death with my motive, which, may I say, wasn't greed or blackmail."" Miss Lily's statement: ""Yes, you caught me! My motive was jealousy, but it wasn't as bad as that man's blackmail motive, who entered at five minutes past nine. I entered before another man who left the incriminating clue of the blood drop."" The person who entered the room at half past ten is the real killer. Who did it?",No hint available.,"Mr. Rose, Dagger, Blackmail, Note, 9:05 Ms. Tulip, Revolver, Greed, Footprint, 11:25 Sir Daisy, Rope, Rage, Fingerprint, 11:55 Lord Pansy, Lead pole, Revenge, Blood, 10:45 Miss Lily, Poison, Jealousy, Hair, 10:30 Therefore, Miss Lily was the real killer.",Logic-Grid,05/10/08 #31848,Barking Up the Wrong Tree?,2.13,3.08,jazzmusician46,6 = B B C,Music,6 = Bach's Brandenburg Concertos,Letter-Equations,07/17/06 #42589,57.3 = D in a R,1.93,2.16,shenqiang,57.3 = D in a R,Think angles.,57.3 = degrees in a radian.,Letter-Equations,07/24/08 #34282,Music Legend,2.54,1.4,Writer_fighter,E P = K of R and R,No hint available.,Elvis Presley = King of Rock and Roll,Letter-Equations,12/07/06 #19282,What's His Game?,2.21,2.32,Joanie,BACKGAMMON Nimrod,No hint available.,Big game hunter,Rebus,10/29/04 #43865,Infinitely Fun,2.0,2.06,Shadows,"What are the next three letters in this series? C, A, D, A, E, I, B, F, __, __, __, ...","Remember, there's an ellipsis at the end!","E, C, E If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, etc., then the above series becomes: 3 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 Those numbers are the first digits of pi. Hint: Because pi is irrational, this series is infinite, which is why there is an ellipsis at the end.",Series,01/07/09 #5313,Bedtimeitiswell,2.41,1.42,speedymcg,"Can you decipher this phrase: bedtimeitiswell",No hint available.,It is well after bedtime,Rebus,07/07/02 #41025,Realizations,2.3,2.27,aresII,"The following quotes are from Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 - 1968) He was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The Hint contains three vowels L=M ""SG IDO OGU, MO MSNN COLOLYOC GJI IDO MJCUE JK JHC OGOLSOE YHI IDO ESNOGZO JK JHC KCSOGUE."" ""MO LTX DTAO TNN ZJLO JG USKKOCOGI EDSFE, YHI MO'CO SG IDO ETLO YJTI GJM.""","H=U J=O T=A","""IN THE END, WE WILL REMEMBER NOT THE WORDS OF OUR ENEMIES BUT THE SILENCE OF OUR FRIENDS."" ""WE MAY HAVE ALL COME ON DIFFERENT SHIPS, BUT WE'RE IN THE SAME BOAT NOW."" KEY: A=V C=R D=H E=S F=P G=N H=U I=T J=O K=F L=M M=W N=L O=E S=I T=A U=D X=Y Y=B Z=C",Cryptography,03/13/08 #33691,Can These Keys Unlock the Answer?,2.37,2.95,jazzmusician46,"There are two groups of people presented here. Your task is to try and ascertain which person in Group A belongs in Group B and vice versa. Good luck. Group A: Albert Ammons Nat ""King"" Cole Eubie Blake Dave Brubeck Eric Dolphy Joe Bushkin Gil Evans Meade ""Lux"" Lewis Group B: Larry Shields Ted Lewis Jimmie Noone Sidney Bechet Dick Hyman Buddy DeFranco Jimmy Giuffre Eddie Daniels",Musicians,"Eric Dolphy in Group A belongs in Group B. Group B are all jazz clarinet players. Dick Hyman in Group B belongs in Group A. Group A are all jazz pianists.",Group,10/27/06 #1003,10 = C G to M,2.33,2.3,Michelle,10 = C G to M,No hint available.,10=Commandments Given to Moses,Letter-Equations,10/05/01 #24814,Star,2.9,1.79,jakeodee,"What does the star represent in the rebus: A N O T * I TENT",No hint available.,The Center of Attention,Rebus,07/24/05 #30921,The Sky Is... Twice As Big!,2.69,1.93,metallicman,"Some very basic information is that when on planet earth, at any given spot you can only see half of the visible stars that shine on earth. It is impossible for someone on the northern half to see the southern stars, and vice versa. Of course there are stars in the middle that are visible to everyone. Joe Bob was really interested in stars. He often sat outside at night and tried to pick out different constellations (he never has any success, though). Suddenly, he started waking up every day and saw all of the stars from both the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere! Even though this astronomical event was happening, he knew exactly why. How is this happening?",No hint available.,"Joe Bob isn't on earth, he's orbiting in a space craft. Joe Bob is one of the few who are gifted enough to go into space, and he has the privilege to see stars from both hemispheres.",Situation,06/06/06 #25401,A Few New Family Members,2.92,2.29,Winner4600,"For their birthdays, 5 girls each received a cat as a present. Each cat was a different color and age, and was given by someone very close to the girl. Find out which cat belonged to which girl, what its name, age, and color were, and who sent each cat. Girls: Lisa, Michelle, Nicole, Olivia, Paula Cats: Cinnamon, KitKat, Midnight, Tiger, Tunafish Colors: White, Brown, Black, Ginger, Striped Ages: 2 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year, 2 years Senders: Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister, Best Friend 1. No girl shares an initial with their cat. 2. Nicole's sister doesn't like stripes, so Nicole received a cat half the age of Paula's, but a little older than Tunafish. 3. The 5 girls are: Lisa, the one with the 2-year-old cat, the girl who owns KitKat, the girl whose dad bought a cat, and Michelle. 4. The white cat is 9 months old. 5. Michelle's cat has a ""fishy"" name, while Lisa's is named for a spice. 6. Each girl gave their cat a meaningful name. 7. Paula has been deathly afraid of tigers since she was little. 8. The 5 cats are: Tunafish, the 2 month old cat, Nicole's cat, the one given by a friend, and Olivia's cat. 9. Michelle is an only child.","""Meaningful"" means the cat's name has some relation to the cat's color.","GIRL-CAT-COLOR-AGE-SENDER Lisa-Cinnamon-Ginger-2 mos.-Brother Michelle-Tunafish-White-9 mos.-Mom Nicole-KitKat-Brown-1 yr.-Sister Olivia-Tiger-Striped-6 mos.-Dad Paula-Midnight-Black-2 yrs.-Best Friend",Logic-Grid,08/17/05 #663,Man in Forest,2.45,0.65,vikass,"There is a man in the forest and he has only one match (and the matchbox). He has with him an oil lamp (with oil in it), a gas lamp (with gas in it), and a fireplace full of kindling which is dry enough to burn. Night draws closer and he is afraid of the dark. Which one does he light first?",No hint available.,He lights the match first!,Trick,06/29/01 #40224,Reunion '98,3.15,2.97,dreamlvr1432,"It's reunion time for the class of 1998, and it's your job to gather information on all of your former classmates for the reunion directory. You have finally organized all the information, but as you are handing it to the publisher's messenger, he clumsily drops a few pages into the shredder! You manage to rewrite most of those pages, but you realize you are missing some information on five of your classmates (3 men and 2 women). You need to match each person with his/her spouse, last name, occupation, and the city in which he/she lives. All you have to work with is what you recall from your notes, and your memories of your classmates from school days. CLASSMATES: Casey, Dana, Jordan, Drew, Kelsey SPOUSES: (women) Anna, Karen, Jane, (men) Matthew, David LAST NAMES: Campos, Jones, Kaufmann, Smith, Thompson OCCUPATIONS: lawyer, social worker, disk jockey, pediatrician, news anchor CITIES: Lawton, Helena, Dayton, Madison, Springfield 1) The male classmates are the one from Madison, the one from Helena, and the lawyer. 2) The five classmates are Casey, the man that married Jane (who is not from Helena), the woman surnamed Thompson, the disk jockey, and the woman who lived in Lawton. 3) You recall that only two classmates (1 man and 1 woman) married people with the same first initial as their own. They both have jobs in the media industry. 4) You can also recall that nobody (including spouses) has a last name with the same initial as their first name. 5) The monogram on Karen's towels is the same forward as backward. Her last name is not Campos. 6) David's wife became the anchor for Lawton's 6 o'clock news. Her best friend became a pediatrician in Dayton. 7) Mr. and Mrs. Kaufmann's first initials are the same as the abbreviation of Mr. Jones' occupation. 8) In high school, Dana was always very compassionate and eager to help anyone in need. It is no surprise that he became a social worker (not in Dayton).","All classmates' names are unisex. You must determine which are male and female. A monogram generally consists of a husband's and wife's first initials on either side of their last initial. (ex: Tim and Janet Brown = TBJ)","Casey Smith married Anna and became a lawyer in Springfield. Dana Kaufmann married Jane and became a social worker in Madison. Jordan Thompson married Matthew and became a pediatrician in Dayton. Kelsey Jones married Karen and became a disk jockey in Helena. Drew Campos married David and became a news anchor in Lawton.",Logic-Grid,01/27/08 #7037,Home Sweet Home,2.15,2.79,cubeplayr,"what does this mean? f'(x) = ( 1/cabin ) dcabin, so f(x) = ?",It's calculus,"Log Cabin or Natural Log Cabin The actual mathematical answer is - ln(cabin) + C",Rebus,08/30/02 #50787,We're All In The Same Boat,2.34,2.19,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? PAL: 9/10 CHUM: 8/10 MATE: 7/10",No hint available.,"nobody's perfect ""PAL"", ""CHUM"", and ""MATE"" are synonyms of the word ""buddy"". None of them received a perfect score of 10/10, so no buddy's perfect (nobody's perfect).",Rebus,04/01/16 #25086,Flights of Fancy,2.85,0.54,fridayfrog,"Explosive as the daylight and with the dust I tease, I whisper through the willows, wreak havoc with the leaves. You feel me on your face, and hear me in the night, And with my lonely mournful cries I give you such a fright . I dance across the landscape, carefree and full of gust, You can chase me all around, try and catch me if you must . And in the cold of winter I give you such a chill, But with the spring I race young foals swiftly up the hills. The clues now spoken you have my friend, have you guessed me yet ?",I dry the teardrops from children's eyes and chase away the storm cloudy skies.,I am the wind.,Riddle,08/04/05 #30519,"No-Fat Frankfurters, Partition Deux",2.7,2.82,norcekri,"Kurt & Rod were hanging around the window at school munching the last of their Rnkfurers hoard. They spotted their neighbor lounging in the enclosed courtyard, looking hungry. ""Patty O'Furniture! Good to see you! Want a Rnkfurter?"" ""A what?"" Kurt handed her the last he had. She bit in, and her face lit up like a newly-coined metaphor. ""Where can I get more of these?"" ""Rod and I were about to go order some more. But there's a catch: we always order so one of us gets the quantity that the other has for a percentage."" Patty's blank look bade him explain. ""In our first batch, we got a total of 25 -- 20 for me, and 5 for Rod. I had 20, and he had 20% of the total."" ""And you think you can do that for three people? You get my percentage, and I get Rod's? I don't think we can do it."" Rod had been thinking about it, and rattled off three numbers to her. ""Those aren't right. The last one isn't the right percentage; there's an added fraction."" ""So? My mom says they're the same on her old phonograph speeds."" Patty looked at Kurt, each waiting for the other to give an opinion. Finally, she gestured at the empty wrapper in his hand. ""I'll round off a little for a week's supply of these. Let's go!"" Since Rnkfurters come in cases of 25, 50, and 100, they had to leave 10 with the storekeeper to make the numbers work, but they got their munchies. How many did each student get this time?","The old phonograph speeds were typically 16, 33-1/3, 45, and 78 RPM.","27 for Kurt, 30 for Patty, and 33 for Rod. That's 30% for Kurt and 33-1/3% for Patty. Method: Let K, P, and R stand for the quantity each of them had. Let T be the total, K+P+R. Now, since Kurt's percentage equals Patty's quantity, we get 100*K/T = P. Similarly, 100*P/T = R plus a fraction. Now, look at the common factor, 100/T. Let's call this F, the factor relating one quantity to the next. K*F = P and P*F = R (plus a fraction), and K*F^2 = R (plus a fraction). The clue about the phonograph leaves us looking for a triple with 33 Rnkfurters for Rod, with Patty getting 33-1/3% (one-third) of the total. P = T/3 P = (K+P+33)/3 -- remember, R=33 Now, combine this with 100*K/T = P, and a bit of algebra gives us the required answer. ------------- Alternately, there are 11 triples that fit the factor requirement (courtesy of a short computer program), ranging from (19, 25, 32) to (2376, 96, 3). The ones that total 10 less than a multiple of 25 are 27, 30, 33 63, 45, 32 891, 90, 9 Given the phonograph clue, I expect you can recognize that the first triple above is the answer.",Math,05/17/06 #8070,Comes in HANDY,2.55,1.17,Bigsurf18,"I come in handy, I'm usually small, Some people use me when they get a call. Use me for school, people forget about me without a care, Put me by your ear, or even in your hair. What am I?",No hint available.,A pencil,Riddle,10/14/02 #48581,S's,2.65,1.06,jazzyca7,"How many S's are in the following sentence? Seven slimy snails saw six slippery snakes slithering sideways.",The answer is not 12.,"One. There is one ""S"" and 11 ""s""s.",Trick,03/22/11 #32136,Bertha,2.75,1.69,mae1,Why wasn't Bertha put in jail after killing dozens of people?,Josephine and Wilfred did the same thing in a certain season.,Bertha was a hurricane.,Situation,07/29/06 #8426,Ant Words,2.95,2.4,snaps,"The following are clues that describe words containing an ""ant"". The clues do not refer to the words themselves, rather they refer to the word that must be added to the ""ant"". For example, ""an ant that is waiting for something to happen"" would be ""expectant"" (expect ant). The ant may appear at the beginning or the end of the word. Where it appears is given in the hint should you need it. 1. This ant will rely on you. 2. The end of an ant's trousers. 3. The first ant. 4. This will burn an ant severely. 5. Two ants going to get married in secret. 6. This ant rides up sloped driveways.","The ""ant"" appears at the beginning of 2, 4, and 5 and at the end of 1, 3, and 6.","1. dependant 2. anthem 3. adamant 4. antacid 5. antelope 6. rampant",Language,11/08/02 #21814,Through Your Teeth,2.48,2.0,badbunnee,"What's the rebus (relatively) at the single word indicated with the > lie<",What is the screen-position of the word (indicated with the > <) in relationship to the other three?,"Downright lie. A downright lie is an absolute, thorough, unqualified prevarication.",Rebus,03/28/05 #44354,A Race with Friends,2.17,0.71,Shnazzle,"Some friends wanted to know who was the fastest, so they held a running race around the park. Justine, Hannah, Meagan, Georgia and Ellen placed in the race. Using the clues given, work out who got what place from 1st to 5th and what colour shirt they were wearing. 1. Georgia wasn't wearing a red or a pink shirt because Hannah and Meagan were. 2. Ellen was wearing yellow and did not come in 2nd or 3rd. 3. Meagan was faster than Georgia and Ellen but not Justine. 4. Georgia was not the slowest but not in the top 3. 5. Hannah came in first and wasn't wearing pink. 6. Meagan didn't come in 1st or 2nd. 7. Green was not being worn by Georgia.",Some of the clues are not necessary but they can still be helpful.,"Hannah came in 1st and was wearing red. Justine came in 2nd and was wearing green. Meagan came in 3rd and was wearing pink. Georgia came in 4th and was wearing blue. Ellen came in 5th and was wearing yellow.",Logic-Grid,04/17/09 #34822,The Supercoded Cod,2.57,2.25,grungy49,"Select a word from the group below that would follow the series. Cod, super, code, agree, fir, _____? GROUP 1) Tramp 2) Old 3) Scar 4) Ruin 5) Team 6) Fang",No hint available.,"Scar would continue the series. Try adding the letters in alphabetical order to the end of each word, and see what happens! A - Cod, coda B - Super, superb C - Code, codec D - Agree, agreed E - Fir, fire F - Scar, scarf",Series,01/10/07 #22505,Free Jeans!,2.86,1.25,snaps,"A clothes shop was running a promotion giving away free jeans. In order to get the free jeans you had to try a pair on, then, while still wearing the jeans you had to put your right hand in the left pocket and your left hand in the right pocket and reach right to the bottom of the pockets at the same time. Many people tried but were unable to achieve the feat until one chap walked in and walked out a few minutes later with his free jeans. How did he do it?",He managed to do it without crossing his arms.,"He tried the jeans on inside-out. The left pocket was then on his right side and the right pocket was then on his left side. Alternate answer: He tried the jeans on backwards.",Logic,04/27/05 #29588,Green Acres,2.92,2.33,zonasurance,"Abuse me for I will not care. Curse me when I stray from fair. Brute force won't put me in my place. Smooth and even wins the race. Envy colors where I rest. No sandy beaches for the best.",A swing will get me started.,Golf ball,Riddle,04/07/06 #19308,Lead Male: 1000,2.21,1.8900000000000001,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? Lead Male: 1000 Lead Female: 1000 Supporting Male: 1000 Supporting Female: 1000",No hint available.,A cast of thousands,Rebus,11/01/04 #5141,Holy,2.37,1.24,fame4eva,"I am holy But not the holy you are thinking about I am very light Until the weight of water weighs me down What am I?",think baths,A sponge,Riddle,07/02/02 #26085,Alternate Dictionary Definitions V,2.96,1.45,dsquared,"This teaser is based on 'funny' alternative definitions a word could have if you broke the word up into its syllables and treated the syllables as words in themselves. I will provide a list of words or names and a list of definitions, it is your job to match them up. They are meant to be a bit light hearted and may not have perfect pronunciation so work the words in your head a bit. Having the definitions should provide help in this regard. Also note that sometimes the 'new word' syllables may not only be using one syllable in the word. An example would be: Word: Contemplate ""Con template"": A stencil that criminals are made from. Baloney Heroes Carpet Rationalise Solvent What a guy in a boat does A vehicle's under arm Untruth's that are.. errr.. sensible Politically correct term for a hole in a shoe Where some hemlines fall",No hint available.,"Baloney - 'buh-lo-knee': Where some hemlines fall Heroes - 'hee-rows': What a guy in a boat does Carpet - 'car pit': A vehicle's under arm Rationalise - 'ra-shin-al-lies': Untruth's that are.. errr.. sensible Solvent - 'sole-vent': Politically correct term for a hole in a shoe",Language,09/27/05 #1447,2 L in a P of P,2.22,2.09,TallPaul5k,2 L in a P of P,No hint available.,2 Legs in a Pair of Pants,Letter-Equations,11/18/01 #22485,4 = Q in 1 D,2.18,1.34,elyse,4 = Q in 1 D,No hint available.,4 = Quarters in 1 Dollar,Letter-Equations,04/26/05 #49061,"Shoo, Fly!",2.55,2.56,Gizzer,"I'm not found on the tip of the tongue But I'm usually quite close by Add a letter and you will see That I'll soon take wing and fly.",The letter to add is an E.,"Hang your head if you missed the clue, For the title gives you the word shoo. A shoe has a tongue that is covered in lace, With an AGLET at its tip To keep frayed ends in place. Add an ""e"" and you will see, As well as the eagle does. The EAGLET will soar above you and me, As soon as it loses its downy fuzz.",Riddle,10/10/11 #48975,Words With ND,2.12,2.43,cnmne,"Five words that contain ND as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *ND**, *ND***, **ND**, ***ND*, ***ND** Pool: A, A, B, C, E, E, E, F, I, I, L, O, P, R, R, S, T, U, X, Y",No hint available.,"UNDER, INDICT, FONDLE, BRANDY, SPANDEX",Language,08/23/11 #44558,Anagrams #1,1.82,0.76,gymboy09,"Unscramble these anagrams to form other words. The theme is sports. #1 - En Snit #2 - Scams Tying #3 - Flog #4 - Gob Nix",No hint available.,"#1 - Tennis #2 - Gymnastics #3 - Golf #4 - Boxing",Language,05/31/09 #571,Birthday Jellybeans,2.15,1.34,Squidgy,"Molly's big sister was trying to get a share of her birthday jellybeans. Katy said, ""Put some in my pockets; one in the first, two in the second, four in the third, and so on, doubling the number in each pocket. I have three pockets in my jeans and three in my jacket."" How many was Katy expecting?",No hint available.,63 jelly beans,Math,06/01/01 #24432,A C L U C L A T E,2.79,2.38,Tammy93,"Using the grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central C and no letter can be used twice, however, the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word. A C L U C L A T E Genius: 30 words. Excellent: 22 words. Good: 19 words. Average: 16 words.","Look at all the possible combinations, then see which ones make words.","ace, act, actual, acuate, acute, alec, CALCULATE, call, callet, cat, catcall, cate, ceca, cecal, cell, cella, celt, cleat, clue, cue, cull, cult, cut, cute, eclat, lac, lace, lacteal, tace, talc.",Language,07/11/05 #34638,Classic Films of a Bygone Era 10,2.33,2.41,jazzmusician46,"Below are four (4) anagrams of film actors from a classic film from the Silver Screen. Your job is twofold: firstly, try and name these people and secondly, ascertain the classic movie they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. Oh! Grumpy breath (8, 6) Dream bringing (6, 7) Heard up line (4, 7) Residual can (6, 5)","Memorable quotes: ""You know, Rick, I have many a friend in Casablanca, but somehow, just because you despise me, you are the only one I trust."" ""Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault?"" ""Oh, he's just like any other man, only more so.""","Humphrey Bogart Ingrid Bergman Paul Henreid Claude Rains The film: Casablanca (1942) The cast: Humphrey Bogart - Rick Blaine Ingrid Bergman - Ilsa Lund Paul Henreid - Victor Laszlo Claude Rains - Capt. Renault",Trivia,12/29/06 #31503,Add a Letter 2,2.75,2.35,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). 1) a military rank & physical 2) contemptuous & unable to pay one's debts 3) insubstantial & mad 4) gaudy & to decorate",No hint available.,"1) corporal & corporeal 2) insolent & insolvent 3) inane & insane 4) garish & garnish",Language,07/03/06 #16149,Divided Countries Too,3.18,1.32,samm,"The following clues each form a unique word by themselves, add them together to get the name of a country. Example: blue and yellow mixed + solid ground = ? Answer: green + land = Greenland 1. frozen water + solid ground of the earth = ? 2. used to refer to oneself + competed in a race = ? 3. anger or wrath + to lower an airplane from sky to ground = ? 4. a relaxing resort + not out = ? bonus: never used + enthusiastic devotion + in addition to = ? ?",No hint available.,"1. ice + land = Iceland 2. I + ran = Iran 3. ire + land = Ireland 4. spa + in = Spain bonus: new + zeal + and = New Zealand",Language,01/12/04 #42930,Katie's Arcade Party,2.48,1.41,TRILLIONAIRE,"For Katie's birthday, her dad took her and three friends to the arcade for an evening of fun and games. The kids spent the evening competing with each other for the highest scores on their favorite arcade games. Determine the full name of each friend, each friend's favorite arcade game, and the game on which each friend achieved the highest score. 1. Smithy's favorite game is not Ultimate Checkers. The kid whose last name is Harmie scored highest in Tetris. Katie's last name isn't Moose. 2. The favorite game of the kid who scored highest in Ultimate Chess was Battleship. 3. Demi's favorite wasn't RoboZapper. Katie's last name isn't Cratic. 4. Smithy scored highest in Twiddle. Billybob's favorite was Ultimate Checkers. 5. The kid who scored highest in Ultimate Chess wasn't Katie. The kid whose favorite game was Disco doesn't have a last name of Thorton. 6. RoboZapper was the favorite game of the kid whose last name is Moose. The kid whose last name is Cratic didn't get the high score in Pac-Man.",The one whose favorite game is Battleship got the high score with Ultimate Chess.,"Full Name ~~ Fav. Game ~~ High Score Katie Harmie ~~ Disco ~~ Tetris Billybob Thorton ~~ Ultimate Checkers ~~ Pac-Man Smithy Moose ~~ RoboZapper ~~ Twiddle Demi Cratic ~~ Battleship ~~ Ultimate Chess",Logic-Grid,08/29/08 #25852,80 = C in a M,2.13,2.7600000000000002,themarresaty,80 = C in a M,Distance/Length,80 = Chains in a Mile,Letter-Equations,09/10/05 #2264,Colored Squares,2.56,2.44,RayneeDay,"Consider a grid of size 4 x 4 (i.e. sixteen squares), where all squares should get a color. The colored grid should meet the following conditions: 4 squares should be colored blue, 3 squares should be colored red, 3 squares should be colored white, 3 squares should be colored green, 3 squares should be colored yellow, and How can these squares be arranged so that no color appears more than once in any horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line?",No hint available.,"W B G R R Y W B B G R Y Y W B G",Logic,02/06/02 #12171,A Carol,2.56,1.23,lauramarie,What popular Christmas carol nullifies itself by the singing of its first line?,Sleep in heavenly peace.,Silent Night,Riddle,05/02/03 #40238,Digging For the Truth,2.94,2.74,Mom2Ozzy,"Newspapers around the world are having a field day and the Scientific community is all aflutter! Four archaeologists and a farmer have made some amazing discoveries that are sure to change the world as we know it! Unfortunately, after much study and analysis, only two of them have been proven to be real. Can you find who discovered what artifact, what their area of expertise is, and which ones were real and which were hoaxes? 1. The five people are: Max, Dr. Eureka, the one who specializes in Egyptian studies, the one who uncovered the skeletal remains of Big Foot, and Mr. Ali (whose find was actually written by his wife!). 2. The five artifacts are: Ms. Bones' discovery, the one found by the Paleontologist, Susan's hoax, the scroll describing the marriage celebration of Jesus and Mary, and an entire UFO with all the bells and whistles!! 3. A joint report issued by the U.S. Military and NASA stated, ""Mr. Dirt is just not educated enough to have built such an amazing piece of machinery. We therefore conclude that it is in fact the real deal!"" 4. ""Big Foot, Big Lie!"" and ""Mummi Finds Guest List of Biblical Proportions!"" were just two of the many headlines that were circling the globe. 5. Janet had been transcribing ancient Egyptian texts when she came across a soldier's eyewitness account of Moses parting the Red Sea. 6. Knowing that her funding was about to be cut, Dr. Eureka decided to sink some ancient Grecian pottery (that she had inscribed with the phrase ""Petra of Atlantis"") off the coast of Kythnos, an island south of Athens. ""This is just as good a place as any other, I guess.""",Mummi is male.,"Alex Diggum - Big Foot Skeleton - Paleontology - Hoax Janet Bones - Egyptian Papyrus - Egyptology - Real Max Dirt - UFO - Farming - Real Mummi Ali - Marriage Scroll - Religion - Hoax Susan Eureka - Atlantis Pottery - Nautical Archeology - Hoax",Logic-Grid,01/28/08 #10994,The Earlier the Better,2.39,2.71,griphook,"This is a combination Letter Equation / Rebus. Can you figure out the common saying? 480 grains of P > 5,760 grains of C",No hint available.,"An ounce of Prevention is better (greater) than a pound of Cure. 480 grains is one ounce. 5,760 grains is a pound.",Rebus,03/09/03 #1066,Helium Balloon in Car,2.77,1.8,vivek,"A helium-filled balloon is tied to the floor of a car that makes a sharp right turn. Does the balloon tilt while the turn is made? If so, which way? The windows are closed so there is no connection with the outside air.",No hint available.,"Because of buoyancy, the helium balloon on the string will want to move in the direction opposite the effective gravitational field existing in the car. Thus, when the car turns the corner, the balloon will deflect towards the inside of the turn.",Science,10/08/01 #676,Piggy Bank,2.2,1.33,vikass,"You have stealthily raided your small child's piggy bank. You feel guilty as you count the money. You have the same number of dimes and quarters, totaling exactly $2.45. When you turn honest and put it back, how many of each coin will you need to replace? (Note that your child keeps a record of how much she puts in and in what denomination)",No hint available.,"Let x represent the number of dimes, which is the same as the quarters. Then 10x represents the value of the dimes (x times 10 cents), and 25x represents the value of the quarters, in cents. 10x + 25x = 245 35x = 245 x = 7 Therefore, there were 7 dimes and 7 quarters totaling exactly $2.45",Math,07/14/01 #36298,Linking Words #8,2.68,2.56,jazzmusician46,"You are to create a series of 8 FOUR-LETTERED words that link with each other. Based on the clues below, your task is to ensure that the last letter of a word becomes the first letter of the next word. Good luck. I have given you an example below of how the teaser should be attempted. EXAMPLE Clues: 1. Bad habit, 2. Desire, 3. Tug... Answer: 1. Vice, 2. Envy, 3. Yank... 1. Face with courage, 2. European currency, 3. Without others, 4. An Asian tent, 5. A fine-grained white mineral, 6. To cut, 7. Volume measure, 8. Class",The first word is: Dare,"1. Dare, 2. Euro, 3. Only, 4. Yurt, 5. Talc, 6. Chop, 7. Pint, 8. Tier",Language,04/18/07 #41904,Matches: Ten From Three,2.45,2.19,MarcM1098,"Take 12 matches, here's how they go: O O O They form 3 squares, all in a row. Just three matches you must remove, While three more matches you can move. You started off with three squares here, But wait, did seven more appear? The puzzle ends when you have ten. It is a trick, so let's start then.","Now, ten squares I did not ask for; I just asked for ten, nothing more.","You have found the solution when Your three squares become a word: TEN. First Square (O -> T): Remove the bottom and left side. The right side to the centre slide. Second Square (O -> E): Just the match on the right side, please, Give it a turn: 90 degrees. Third Square (O -> N): The top match you can throw away. Turn the bottom just as I say: 45 degrees clockwise, and then You slide it up to form the N.",Trick,05/13/08 #40142,2x3 Checkerboard,2.14,2.74,shenqiang,"There is a 2x3 checkerboard with 6 unit squares that are labeled as 1 through 6. If we are going to divide it into at least two rectangles whose sides are all integers, how many different ways are there?","Since the cells are labeled, ways that are the same upon reflection or symmetry are considered different ways.","There are 33 different ways of dividing it. 2 rectangles: 4+2: 2 ways; 3+3: 1 way, 3 ways accumulated; 3 rectangles: 4+1+1: 2 ways, 5 ways accumulated; 3+2+1: 4 ways, 9 ways accumulated; 2+2+2: 3 ways, 12 ways accumulated; 4 rectangles: 3+1+1+1: 2 ways, 14 ways accumulated; 2+2+1+1: 11 ways, 25 ways accumulated; 5 rectangles: 2+1+1+1+1: 7 ways, 32 ways accumulated; 6 rectangles: 1+1+1+1+1+1: 1 way, 33 ways accumulated.",Math,01/21/08 #3257,A Bad Situation,2.18,2.3,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase? 4 T H",No hint available.,4th down and long.,Rebus,04/05/02 #2965,Fdeirsncoo,2.31,1.93,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following dismal chapter in American music history? fdeirsncoo",No hint available.,"Disco Inferno fDeIrSnCOo",Rebus,03/27/02 #6922,Amusing Undress,2.73,2.05,dumbell,"Think laterally to replace each word and come up with a better known phrase or saying. For example: ""erasure group"" would be ""rubber band"". Now solve: strike arid",No hint available.,Blow dry,Language,08/28/02 #5375,Mini'll Be Thereute,2.5,1.17,michelle,"What does this mean? mini'll be thereute",No hint available.,I'll be there in a minute,Rebus,07/09/02 #454,Permissive,2.57,2.14,Phyllis,There is only one other word that can be made from all the letters in permissive. Can you figure out what that other word is?,No hint available.,The word is impressive.,Language,05/09/01 #24000,The Galleria Romana Caper,3.12,1.98,irishthistle,"Private Eye Sam Horowitz sat in his dingy office, watching the paint peel off the walls. He hadn't had a customer all month, and soon he would be out of business if things didn't pick up. That was before she knocked on the door, and entered his office with a flourish. She was a classy dame, looked wealthy too. Her lips were painted bright red, and pearls were sewn on to her red satin dress. Slight of build, standing only five feet tall. As she entered his office, she exuded an aura of desperation. ""My name is Erika Von Doran, and I need your help Detective,"" she said as she sat down in the chair facing his desk. ""My father owns the art gallery Galleria Romana, and yesterday we were robbed; all our priceless paintings have been stolen. I am so upset, I haven't slept since last night! The local police are stumped."" ""Two Monet's, four Picasso's, and a Rodin sculpture were stolen. The guard was found taped to a chair at the scene; he claimed that the thieves knocked him out. The janitor was found unconscious on the floor in the office, he claims to remember nothing. Thank goodness we have insurance,"" sobbed Erika. ""Well,"" said Horowitz, thinking of the steak and lobsters he would eat when he was done with this case, ""I can help, but my fees are high. I am in quite a demand lately. I will meet you and your father at the scene."" ""Yes, detective, of course! My father will pay anything you ask; I will have him meet you there,"" exclaimed Erika. With that she swept out of his office, her blue eyes sparkling like sapphires with hope. When he arrived at the Galleria, Erika and her father, a large stately man in a pinstriped suit who stood at least six feet tall, were already there. Horowitz saw as he walked in that the janitor and guard were there too. ""Welcome, Detective Horowitz!"" Mr. Von Doran boomed as he strode over to Sam and shook his hand. His grip could have broken Horowitz's hand, he was obviously a man of great strength. ""Mr. Von Doran, hello. I will have a look around,"" said Horowitz, trying to subtly remove his hand from the bearish man's grasp. ""By all means, Mr. Horowitz. I have gathered the evidence and copies of the police reports for you to look at, and I have called back the staff that was here last night when the robbery occurred. Feel free to talk to them. I hope you can find who did this to our family."" Sam was led to scene of the crime. He noted that each painting and the sculpture had been protected in a case behind glass with a lock. The glass had been smashed, and shattered pieces covered the floor. He saw from the police reports that prints of the janitor were found on the cases of all the paintings, and also on what was left of the case that once contained the Rodin sculpture. On the wooden base the sculpture once sat on, there seemed to be crack in the wood, something white was poking out the slightest bit. Horowitz pulled it out with a pair of tweezers. It was a note, which read ""Raucous Elephants Dream, Helping Everyone Realize Romana Is No Good"". Horowitz set the note aside, and went back to searching the base with tweezers in hand and his trusty magnifying glass pressed to his eye. Stuck in the crack where the note had been, was a shiny red cloth fiber. Horowitz moved on to the chair where the guard had been, fifty feet from the cases. He examined the pile of duct tape used to secure the guard, and noticed a strange greasy red stain on the torn end of the tape. As he moved on to the police evidence bag, he noticed that a piece of glass was stuck inside the collar of the Blue uniform the guard had been wearing. There was nothing odd about the janitor's green uniform, though. Horowitz called to the Von Dorans, the guard and the janitor. When they were gathered around him he said, ""Now, tell me exactly what happened last night."" The guard, a large man who towered over even Mr. Van Doran, said, ""I was walking by the Picasso, and then some one hit me on the back of the head, and I woke up with the police here and the art was gone."" The janitor, a stout greasy little man, said, ""I was in the supply closet, when someone put a rag over my mouth, and I lost consciousness."" Erika said, ""I was at home when I got the call from Daddy, who said the museum had been robbed."" Mr. Von Doran said, ""I was out to sushi with friends when the police called me."" Horowitz then showed them the note left at the base of the statue. ""I think the thief is trying to tell us something,"" he said, ""but clever as this thief is, I have determined who took your painting Mr. Van Doran, and the culprits are in this room!""",Sometimes clues are merely crimson fish.,"This teaser was written in the style of old ""pulp"" detective novels with a forensics twist. The janitor cleaned every case in the museum daily, so his prints had reason to be there. After finding the red fiber and the red smear, Horowitz knew Erika was one of the culprits. She was the only one wearing shiny red clothing, which she has been wearing since the robbery. When she leaned down to place the note in the base of the statue, a thread from her sleeve stuck in the crack. She also didn't think about leaving a red lipstick smear on the duct tape when she ripped a piece off with her teeth after she restrained the guard. However, Erika had to have an accomplice, the guard. The chair he was in was fifty feet away from the glass, yet there was glass on the inside of his collar. This means that he was free and near the glass when it was smashed. He was also much too tall for a five foot tall woman to hit on the head; he had sat in the chair while she secured him with the duct tape. For the meaning of the note take the first letter of each word and put them in a row. They spell RED HERRING, which was a popular term in detective novels meaning a fake clue to lead you off the trail. ""It was Erika, and the guard."" said Horowitz. ""But why, Erika? Why come to my office and ask for my help, if you knew I'd catch you?"" ""Alright, I admit it, it was me, and I am in love with a security guard,"" cried Erika. ""If I could sell the art my beloved and I would be able to run away together and be happy. I came to your office Mr. Horowitz, because Daddy was about to hire a good Private Eye. I looked for a Private Eye who had no other business. I thought if I found an incompetent one I could cover my crime. I'm sorry Daddy!"" Erika began to sob. Sam Horowitz stood there watching her torn between feeling insulted and waiting for a moment to ask about his fee. Insult or no, steak and lobster sounded good tonight.",Mystery,06/25/05 #652,Rare Event,2.6,1.42,Spencer,"What happened in 1961, that will not happen again until 6009?",No hint available.,The numbers of the year 1961 read the same if you rotated it 180 degrees. This will not happen again until 6009.,Other,06/27/01 #3697,"Pandas, Dolphins, Hawks......",2.26,1.22,fruitloop986,"Can you decipher this: danganimalsered",No hint available.,Endangered animals,Rebus,04/22/02 #42180,Making Stew?,2.52,0.99,TRILLIONAIRE,"Can you decipher the last line of this rebus? Object -- Human-interaction -- Boiling Time --- Bowl -- Unnoticed -- 5 mins Kettle -- Unseen -- 3 mins Pot -- Monitored -- Never","You should get the answer any time now. 5 minutes later: Still waiting...","A watched pot never boils. This phrase means: ""Something we wait for with impatient attention seems to take forever."" (The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition)",Rebus,06/08/08 #5682,death life,2.18,1.12,michelle,"What does this mean? death life",No hint available.,Life after death,Rebus,07/18/02 #1670,Black of Eye,2.66,2.33,gokaran,"I am black of eye and bright of hair. I am fast in to the ground and follow my lord as he races around the world. What am I?",No hint available.,I'm a Sunflower.,Riddle,12/11/01 #29668,"The Dealership, Part 1",3.17,2.84,thompson1,"""Car""-l (Carl) Smith owns a used-car dealership in Cartown, Missouri. In the past week, he has had 5 different people sell him 5 different cars on 5 different days. He was carrying papers with the information about the purchases, when one of the cars that was near him honked very loudly. He dropped all of the papers, and couldn't figure out any of the information. Help Carl figure out each customer's first and last name, what car they sold him, how much each one cost, and what day of the week they sold to him on. First names - George, James, Brad, Jessica, and Patricia Last names - Robertson, Johnson, Buckner, Thompson, and Sullivan Car - Mini, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, and Ford Amount of $ - $10,000, $15,000, $21,000, $28,000, and $35,000 Day of the Week - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday 1. The 5 people are: George, Thompson, the one who sold the Mini, the one who sold the car for $35,000, and the one who sold a car on Wednesday. 2. The 5 cars are: the BMW, the one sold on Saturday, the one sold by Mrs. Johnson, the one sold by Jessica, and the one that was sold for $15,000. 3. The person who sold a car 2 days before Robertson did sold his car for $7,000 less than James. 4. Thompson sold his car for 4000 times as many dollars as there are letters in the day that he sold it. 5. Buckner sold his car for $35,000. 6. The Ford, which was sold by Sullivan, was sold for $13,000 less than the car sold on Tuesday. 7. The Mercedes sold for the most amount of money, which was $14,000 more than the one sold on Wednesday.",No hint available.,"George Sullivan sold his Ford for $15,000 on Monday. James Buckner sold his Mercedes for $35,000 on Saturday. Brad Thompson sold his BMW for $28,000 on Tuesday. Jessica Robertson sold her Mini for $10,000 on Thursday. Patricia Johnson sold her Jaguar for $21,000 on Wednesday. Make sure you write down the answers if you are going to try Part 2!",Logic-Grid,04/10/06 #52086,The Cannon and the Tower,2.17,0.91,wimpykidfan37,"A cannon is on display at a museum, pointed directly at the main support leg of a very rickety watch tower. The cannon is so unstable that the slightest jolt will set it off. A very fat person wants to have a closer look at the cannon, so he runs towards the cannon and crashes into it. What will happen to the tower?",No hint available.,"Unless the fat person also crashes into the tower, nothing will happen to it. If a cannon is on display at a museum, it won't be loaded.",Situation,11/18/18 #31592,Birbal the Wise - X,3.11,2.29,brainster,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer? One day the Emperor Akbar startled his courtiers with a strange question. ""If somebody pulled my moustache, what sort of punishment should be given to him?"" he asked. ""He should be flogged!"" said one courtier. ""He should be hanged!"" said another. ""He should be beheaded!"" said a third. ""And what about you, Birbal?"" asked the emperor. ""What do you think would be the right thing to do if somebody pulled my whiskers?"" ""He should be given sweets,"" said Birbal. ""Sweets?"" gasped the other courtiers. Why do you think Birbal gave such a strange answer to the Emperor's strange question?",No hint available.,"Birbal continued, ""Yes, sweets, because the only one who would dare pull His Majesty's moustache is a small child such as your grandson."" Birbal said this because he knew no adult person, however close to the Emperor, would get away with something like that, as a moustache was a symbol of power and not something to be taken lightly. So pleased was the emperor with the answer that he took off his necklace and gave it to Birbal as a reward for his quick wit.",Trick,07/07/06 #27685,Mi Les,2.67,1.29,stephiesd,mi les,No hint available.,Miles Apart,Rebus,12/25/05 #26606,Fish Board Gaze,2.69,1.46,kiss,"What one word can be added to the beginning of each of these words to create three new words? Fish Board Gaze","The word is 4 letters long, and is added before these three words.","Star. Starfish Starboard Stargaze",Language,10/29/05 #2347,4th of July,2.09,0.8,boris,Does Britain have a 4th of July?,No hint available.,"Yes, but they don't celebrate Independence Day.",Trick,02/18/02 #1359,Iced Tea,2.73,1.62,Ace23,"Two guys walk into a restaurant. They both order iced tea which is poured from the same pitcher. One of them drinks his iced tea slowly and one of them drinks it fast. They walk outside, and suddenly the guy who drank his tea slowly drops to the ground and dies. They order an autopsy and find that he died from poison. How could this be if the other guy drank the same tea and didn't even get sick?",No hint available.,"There was poison in the ice of the drinks. The guy who drank it fast finished it before the ice melted. The guy who drank it slowly gave the ice time to melt, so the poison got in the drink and he died.",Situation,11/11/01 #38783,Dinner Engagement,3.03,2.06,dreamlvr1432,"Three women (Dana, Barbara, & Ellen) and two men (Ben & Max) went to dinner at their favorite restaurant to celebrate the engagement of two of their friends. Each ordered a different entree (shrimp & pasta, chicken cordon bleu, vegetable medley, fillet mignon, & NY strip steak), and a different dessert (fudge cake, vanilla ice cream, apple crisp, chocolate cream pie, & strawberry parfait). Can you determine each person's full name and what entree and dessert they ordered? 1) Nobody's first name starts with the same letter as their last name. 2) Klein and Bronson are dating. 3) Ms. Mathers is a vegetarian. 4) The 5 friends are the man who ordered fudge cake, the one who ordered chicken cordon bleu, Ellen, the woman who ordered fillet mignon, and Mr. Klein (who ordered ice cream). 5) Mr. Klein and Dana shared their desserts. 6) Delaney and Ruiz are engaged. Neither of them ordered beef. 7) Ben does not care for chocolate and is allergic to strawberries. 8) Delaney did not order chocolate cream pie or apple crisp for dessert. 9) Ben and Ruiz have been friends since high school, and were laughing over dinner about how they have always liked the same girls, until Barbara came along.",For the purposes of this puzzle...assume that there are no same sex couples.,"Max Ruiz ordered shrimp & pasta and fudge cake. Barbara Delaney ordered chicken cordon bleu and strawberry parfait. Ellen Mathers ordered the vegetable medley and chocolate cream pie. Ben Klein ordered NY strip steak and vanilla ice cream. Dana Bronson ordered fillet mignon and apple crisp.",Logic-Grid,10/15/07 #23567,"Is the Score 1, 2, 3 or 4?",2.46,1.91,froggygg,"What's the rebus below: #60 Race Horse Alley, Gettysburg, PA.",The title is a hint.,"The Gettysburg Address President Abraham Lincoln's famous speech at the Gettysburg battlefield which began with ""Four Score and...""",Rebus,06/10/05 #14664,Going Fo ur,2.39,1.58,beanie89,"Can you decipher this phrase? Going Fo ur",No hint available.,Going for broke.,Rebus,09/03/03 #25163,Belly Button,2.29,1.62,zubbsy2,"One day a son walked up to his father and pointed to his stomach. ""What is this?"" His father replied, ""It is your belly button. Everyone gets this after being born."" Curious, the boy asked, ""Do you have one?"" The father replied no. How could this be?",No hint available.,The father was Adam. The belly button was used to feed the baby in the prenatal stage. If Adam was the first man he would have not been born and not needed a belly button.,Situation,08/09/05 #4316,Teardrop Glass,2.68,2.5,im_para_noid,"You are in a teardrop-shaped enclosure made of glass. The enclosure is floating in a vat of warm oil. In the enclosure with you is a fan, a dead bee and a banana. Your captors will set you free if you can make something travel faster than 3,000 miles per hour. The oxygen in the enclosure will last for one day. What should you do to help you escape?",No hint available.,"Make a crack in the glass enclosure. A crack propagates in glass faster than 3,000 miles per hour.",Science,05/28/02 #17354,Sunday 1st Sunday 2nd Sunday 3rd,2.06,1.6400000000000001,dsquared,"What expression is hidden below? January: Sunday 1st Sunday 2nd Sunday 3rd Sunday 4th ... Never ... Sunday 28th Sunday 29th Sunday 30th Sunday 31st","May as well give up, you'll never get it... and yes, that is a hint to the answer's meaning.","Never in a month of Sundays Every day in the month of January is a Sunday... never is in the month of Sundays.",Rebus,04/11/04 #713,What`s Wrong With The Sentence?,2.68,1.17,GarnetGurl,"What`s wrong with the following sentence? The man went to the the supermarket at 6:00.",No hint available.,There are 2 `the` before supermarket. The average person`s brain skips right over the second one!,Language,07/25/01 #2592,Shopkeeper,2.15,2.44,bilbobaggins,"A shopkeeper has £25.83p in his till. It is made up of 4 different coins. There are the same number of each coin. £1 coin is the highest coin to be used, so the available coins are: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, and £1. Which 4 coins are used and how many of them are there?",No hint available.,"He uses twenty-one £1 coins, twenty-one 20p, twenty-one 2p, and twenty-one 1p. Total: £25.83p",Math,03/08/02 #5557,sec ond,2.32,0.99,im_para_noid,"Can you decipher this phrase: sec ond",No hint available.,split second,Rebus,07/13/02 #4047,Devouring One,2.3,1.74,Drunky,"What lives on its own substance, but dies as soon as it devours itself?",There are a lot of answers. So you probably won't be wrong.,Stars and candles... (there are more but these are the 2 I know),Riddle,05/12/02 #38328,Classic Movies #3,2.57,2.91,jazzmusician46,"The names of four (4) actresses from the classic movie screen era have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. Your task is to rearrange the segments to identify the actress. 1. nt ne fo an jo ai 2. rs di th de on ju an 3. ar wl et ma ra in rg gs 4. na in du an rb de",No hint available.,"1. Joan Fontaine 2. Judith Anderson 3. Margaret Rawlings 4. Deanna Durbin",Language,09/17/07 #35647,Opposites 28,2.42,2.15,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. @ stands for J, O, N, K, or E / stands for E, Y, M, L, or F ) stands for G, J, O, L, or B \ stands for U, P, D, B, or R ( stands for S, I, G, T, or A The five letter code word, /(@)\, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Major and Minor.,Logic,03/11/07 #35485,Find the Missing Word #4,2.68,2.35,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to place a four-letter word that will link the two given words. Good luck! i.e. WAR - FARE - WELL Foot ---- Book China ---- Pigeon Stereo ---- Cast Coffin ---- Varnish Birth ---- Down",No hint available.,"Foot - NOTE - Book China - CLAY - Pigeon Stereo - TYPE - Cast Coffin - NAIL - Varnish Birth - MARK - Down",Language,03/01/07 #22201,On Time,2.53,1.94,carrottop,"What does this mean? punctuALLy",Think of the name!,All in good time,Rebus,04/12/05 #41028,Silly Sentences 2,2.38,1.48,TRILLIONAIRE,"Replace the words in the parenthesis with a proper synonym that would make sense in the sentences. 1. The remote control car that Kevin got for his birthday wouldn't work properly. His father told him he probably needed a new (artillery unit of guns). 2. The new Thai recipe Susan was trying called for the juice of a (white caustic alkaline substance). 3. Angie was cold as soon as she stepped outside her door. She wrapped the (silencer of a motor vehicle) tightly around her neck and headed for the bus stop. 4. The truck stopped with a screech of brakes. The (wooden golf club) alighted from the cabin and walked towards the side of the road.",No hint available.,"1. Battery. An artillery unit of guns is a battery - which is also what the remote control car needed. 2. Lime. A white caustic alkaline substance is lime and juice of the citrus fruit lime is an ingredient in many Thai recipes. 3. Muffler. The silencer of a motor vehicle is a muffler - which is also the name of a warm scarf or wrap. 4. Driver. A wooden golf club is a driver - and so is the person sitting behind the wheel of a truck.",Language,03/13/08 #20302,In Peace?,2.54,1.58,MrIxolite,"What expression is this? Alarm clock goes off Arthur Winkings (R.I.P) yawns. Maureen Biddle (Deceased) stretches. The late Chris Curry, rubs eyes.",No hint available.,Waking the dead,Rebus,01/11/05 #7841,Flickering?,2.47,0.81,tissue,"I actually don't flicker, But it does seem so. I'm a tiny speck to you, Yet I'm larger than you can believe. What am I?",No hint available.,A star.,Riddle,10/03/02 #6122,Trees,2.46,2.45,sullivan,"Which tree comes next? Oak Gum Maple Pine Palm Fir Cedar Holly Plum The choices are: Willow Beech Juniper Tulip Elm Sourwood",No hint available.,"Elm Each tree has the same number of letters as numbers one to ten have. Oak- one, Gum-two, Maple-three, Pine-four, Palm-five, Fir-six, Cedar-seven, Holly-eight, Plum-nine, and Elm-ten",Language,07/31/02 #182,8 C and 12 E on a RC,2.44,2.71,trojan5x,8 C and 12 E on a RC,No hint available.,8 Corners and 12 Edges on a Rubik`s Cube.,Letter-Equations,02/01/01 #4875,Untrue Ages,2.25,2.14,mad-ade,"Boris Downhillski and Mad Ade have a conversation. Boris says: ""I am certainly not over 40."" Mad Ade says: ""I am 38 and you are at least 5 years older than me."" Now Boris says: ""You are at least 39."" All the statements by the two are false. How old are they really?",No hint available.,"Boris is 41 and Mad Ade is 37. Seeing as they are both lying then the real conversation should really run like this: Boris says: ""I am certainly over 40."" Mad Ade says: ""I am not 38 and you are at most 4 years older than me."" Now Boris says: ""You are at most 38."" From first statement it is clear that Boris is over 40. Also, from next 2 statements it is clear that Mad Ade is less than 38. Hence the possibilities are : Boris = 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, ...... Mad Ade = 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, ...... It also says that the difference between their age is maximum 4 years. Hence, there is only one possible pair i.e. 41 and 37, all other combination have differences more than 4. Hence the answer - Boris is 41 and Mad Ade is 37.",Logic,06/21/02 #16262,Bananas are for Eating,2.38,0.71,rckergrl87,"If you and your friends have 5 bananas each, and a monkey comes along and takes 3 bananas from each of you, how many bananas will you have left?",No hint available.,"Well, some might say this is impossible because I have not told you how many of your pals were there eating bananas with you. They are wrong because the question asks how many YOU have. So after the monkey has taken 3 from your 5, you should have 2 bananas left.",Trick,01/19/04 #13920,Less than 3 Million,2.2,2.22,Lemens,"How many 7 digit EVEN numbers less than 3,000,000 can be formed using the digits, 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, and 6?",You must account for the identical digits to make sure you don't double count.,"If the digit: 1 is first and 2 is last, there are 60 ways to form a 7 digit even number less than 3,000,000. 1 is first and 6 is last, there are 30 ways to form a 7 digit even number less than 3,000,000. 2 is first and 6 is last, there are 60 ways to form a 7 digit even number less than 3,000,000. 2 is first and 2 is last, there are 60 ways to form a 7 digit even number less than 3,000,000. So, adding up all the different combinations that can be formed we get: 60+30+60+60 = 210. In total, 210 ways to form a 7 digit even number less than 3,000,000 using the digits 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, and 6.",Math,07/21/03 #954,Beanie Babies,2.29,1.53,Michelle,Jenn has half the Beanie Babies that Mollie has. Allison has 3 times as many as Jenn. Together they have 72. How many Beanie Babies does each girl have?,No hint available.,"If Mollie has twice as many Beanie Babies as Jenn and Allison has 3 times as many as Jenn, then the total of 72 must be divided by 6. 72/6=12. Therefore: Jenn has 12 Beanie Babies, Mollie has 24 Beanie Babies, and Allison has 36 Beanie Babies.",Math,10/01/01 #4394,Times Four,2.34,2.19,mad-ade,"Supply a digit for each letter so that the equation is correct. There is only one set of digits that will work. A given letter always represents the same digit and each letter represents a different digit: A B C D E x 4 --------- E D C B A",No hint available.,"21978 x4 ----- 87912",Cryptography,06/01/02 #5212,Tricycles,2.23,1.29,michelle,"There are a total of 14 bicycles and tricycles. If the total number of wheels is 34, how many tricycles are there?",No hint available.,"2(b) + 3(t) = 34 [2 * bicycles + 3 * tricycles = amount of wheels] b + t = 14 [bicycles + tricycles = 14] Manipulate the second equation to exclude a variable: b + t - t = 14 - t b = 14 - t Then combine the two statements to keep true and solve: 2(14 - t) + 3(t) = 34 28 - 2t + 3t = 34 t = 6 If b = 14 - t b = 14 - 8 b = 8 Therefore there are 6 tricycles and 8 bicycles.",Math,07/04/02 #32005,Lucky Boy,2.7600000000000002,1.73,spookboy0,"One day, a boy was writing down the notes his teacher wrote on the board, but before the boy could leave, he had to show his teacher the notes from the day's lesson. The boy walked up to the teacher's desk and gave the teacher his notes. When the teacher looked at the paper, he noticed that the boy hadn't written a single word the entire time, but the teacher allowed the boy to leave. Why?",No hint available.,The notes were musical notes.,Situation,07/24/06 #34021,It's Like You're Speaking Another Language!,2.72,1.95,lifeisgood812,"There are 2 groups of languages: Group 1 and Group 2. One of the languages from Group 1 has been placed in Group 2, and one language from Group 2 has been placed in Group 1. Your job is to figure out which languages are in the wrong Group and why. Group 1: French Russian Spanish Portuguese Italian Group 2: Polish Bulgarian Bosnian Serbian Romanian","Group 2 would also include these languages: Czech Slovak Slovenian Macedonian","Group 1: French *Romanian* Spanish Portuguese Italian Group 2: Polish Bulgarian Bosnian *Russian* Serbian Group 1 contains languages that are considered Romance languages. Romance languages are languages that descended from Latin, the language of the Roman Empire. Group 2 contains Slavic languages, a group of similar and very closely related languages of the Slavic peoples. Slavic languages are mainly spoken in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.",Group,11/19/06 #17913,We All Use it,2.2,2.68,PhilDunphy,500 S in a R,You may have one near your computer.,500 Sheets in a Ream.,Letter-Equations,06/14/04 #35899,What is the Answer?,2.44,2.37,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have two tasks to fulfill: Firstly, I have given you a definition from which you must discover its correct answer. Each answer has had all the letters removed except for the same three (3), which are found in all the words, and in the same order. Secondly, I have jumbled the answers, so you need to replace them next to the correct definition. 1. An instrument for aiming bombs at a target: M _ S _ _ _ G 2. To govern or manage badly: _ _ M _ S _ G _ _ 3. A small, hardy horse of the American plains, descended from Spanish stock: _ _ MS _ _ _ _ G 4. Any of the tendons that bind the ham of the knee: M _ SG _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. An instrument for aiming bombs at a target: boMbSiGht 2. To govern or manage badly: MiSGovern 3. A small, hardy horse of the American plains, descended from Spanish stock: MuStanG 4. Any of the tendons that bind the ham of the knee: haMStrinG",Language,03/27/07 #507,Lighter than a Feather,2.33,1.12,BJLeeLuu,What is lighter than a feather but the strongest man in the world could not pick it up?,No hint available.,Air,Riddle,05/28/01 #6991,2 Coins,2.65,2.02,majd,"What common phrase does this represent? When tossing two unbiased coins once: ""One of the outcomes with probability = 0.25 is better than the outcome with probability = 0.5""",No hint available.,"Two heads are better than one Tossing outcome with probability = 0.25 is (head, head) or ""two heads"". Tossing outcome with probability = 0.5 is (head, tail) or (tail, head) or ""one head"".",Language,08/29/02 #868,5 Letter Word,2.63,1.94,Michelle,Name a five letter word which has three consonants all the same and two different vowels.,Every now and then you see this while running a windows program on your PC.,"The word is ""error"".",Language,09/23/01 #32986,What Is Her Name?,2.85,1.79,dodger,"Around the corner there is a tree. Under the tree there is a school. In the school there is a desk. Behind the desk there is a bell. Behind the desk is a teacher. What is her name?",No hint available.,Isabell.....the name on line #4,Riddle,09/13/06 #2932,Exchange Rate,2.12,1.11,captbob61,How many rubles will you get for an English dollar?,No hint available.,None. The English use pounds. The dollar is U.S. currency.,Trick,03/26/02 #5572,Fresh Meat,2.62,1.28,glennyboy02,"Several hundred summers ago, a band of explorers were embarking on a sea journey to the far north which would last for three weeks. When they arrived, they planned on having a celebration of roast lamb. The problem they faced was keeping the meat fresh for three weeks. If they tied a rope to the meat and trailed it in the cold water, predator fish would eat it. If they took ice and snow with them to keep the meat cool, the ice and snow would melt and the ship would fill with water. How could they keep the meat fresh until they arrived at their destination?",No hint available.,Take a live lamb!,Logic,07/14/02 #22539,Star Wars Puzzle,2.21,1.08,stormtrooper,"On Endor, OC means a bundle of 8 sticks, OCTA means a bundle of 8 OCs, OCTIL means a bundle of 8 OCTAs, and OCTILLA means a bundle of 8 OCTILs. One day, a band of primitive Ewoks gather an OCTILLA. How many sticks did they gather?",No hint available.,"Since OC=8, OCTA=8x8=64, and OCTIL=8x64=512, Then OCTILLA=8x512=4096",Math,04/28/05 #44706,"John, Paul, George And Ringo",2.03,1.8800000000000001,zigthepig,"KIRSTY, GARY, SAMANTHA, JANE, LOUISE, EDWARD, AMY and ANN love the Beatles. Use the letters in their names to reveal their 8 favourite Beatles songs. BEC _ USE _ _ _ Y M _ D _ _ _ _ _ E _ B _ C _ _ FE _ L F _ _ _ HE _ _ U _ _ _ E _ E CO _ E _ _ HE _ U _ I _ _ THE _ _ L _ _ _ _ ESTE _ D _ _",No hint available.,"Because Lady Madonna Get Back I Feel Fine Hey Jude Here Comes The Sun I Am The Walrus Yesterday",Language,06/21/09 #26987,Phoney Puzzle I,2.55,2.55,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 48 47 668 76937 487353, 288 843 534484628466 63 843 5878 367 76937, 94424 26778787 2276588359. -- R.H.S. Crossman 843 2883678 86 2662463 947366 263 76937 427 6659 727359 2336 7822377385 263 8436 6659 367 2 74678 94453. -- Albert Einstein","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXY","It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts absolutely. -- R.H.S. Crossman The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while. -- Albert Einstein",Cryptography,11/17/05 #1015,What Do Men Want?,2.29,2.04,Michelle,"What does no man want, yet no man wants to lose?",No hint available.,A bald head.,Riddle,10/06/01 #36877,Jumble #5,2.41,1.87,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPER word. 1) _ _ _ _ _ _ V S A E E L (Take the 1st and the 2nd letters.) 2) _ _ _ _ R K B A (Take the 2nd letter.) 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E M S N P M I O R (Take the 1st, and 7th letters.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPER word is. (You should have 5 letters.) SUPER word: _ _ _ _ _",Tree related items,"1) Leaves ( Take ""L"" and ""E"".) 2) Bark (Take ""A"".) 3) Persimmon (Take ""P"" and ""M"".) SUPERword: Maple",Language,06/07/07 #34465,Segments in a Circle,2.44,2.52,t4mt,3 lines can divide a circle into a maximum of 7 regions. What is the greatest number of regions that 100 lines can divide a circle into?,"Try to notice a pattern: If there are 4 lines, there can be at most 11 regions. If there are 5 lines, there can be at most 16 regions. If there are 6 lines, there can be at most 22 regions.","5051. Notice that 100+99+98...+3+2+1=5050, one less from 5051, and 3+2+1=6, one less from the maximum number of regions when there are 3 lines.",Math,12/19/06 #9854,Cork in Bucket,3.01,2.23,electronjohn,"A cork, say from a wine bottle, is held by a robotic clamp at the bottom of a bucket of water and released the moment the bucket is dropped off the side of a tall building. What will happen to the cork during the fall? Will it float to the top of the bucket normally, slower than normal, faster than normal, or not at all? Assume that there is no air resistance to slow the bucket down.",Think about why the cork would float to the surface of the water when the bucket is not falling.,"The cork will stay at the bottom of the bucket and not float up at all during the fall, since the cork, the bucket and the water all fall at the same acceleration g (neglecting air resistance as all good physics questions do). The buoyant force of the water does not push the cork upward in this case since in free fall the buoyant force is zero. In other words, a cork only floats up when the water around it is heavier and pushes it up. In free fall the water is weightless, as is the cork and bucket, so there is no force to push the cork to the top of the bucket.",Science,01/16/03 #41687,Measurement,2.05,2.4,AndrewWalker,1 R = 5.5Y,No hint available.,"1 Rod = 5.5 Yards A rod is a U.S. customary unit for length.",Letter-Equations,04/25/08 #40746,Western Sunrise,2.31,2.12,Nym_Pimplyee,"As we all know, the sun rises every day in the east and sets in the west. One day, a man saw the sun rise in the west. How?",No hint available.,"He was the pilot of the Concorde. It took off shortly after sunset and flew west. It, therefore, caught up with the sun and the pilot saw the sun rise in front of him---in the west.",Situation,02/27/08 #2963,Boannegnikghotk,2.18,2.38,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following 80's classic song? boannegnikghotk",No hint available.,"One Night in Bangkok bOaNnEgNIkGHoTk",Rebus,03/27/02 #8040,Maze Girl,2.04,2.9,bluelightnign,"A treasure is hidden in the middle of a maze. Each step is 1 m. The person starts at the entrance of the maze. She travels at 3 km's per hour. She starts facing north. She takes 4 steps forward, then turns right. She then takes 2 steps and turns 45 degrees northwest. She then walks until she is exactly north of where she began. She then turns 90 degrees to her right, then walks in that exact direction until she is directly north of where she first turned 45 degrees. She then turns and faces directly north. She walks twice as far as she has already walked and turns left. She then walks a 1/4 as far as she has walked at an angle of 45 degrees. She then turns north and walks twice as far as she has previously walked north. She then turns right and takes 9 steps. She picks up the ruby and walks the same distance she has previously walked in the maze, but instead she continues walking east. After she walks this far, she sits down on a bench in the maze and is arrested. How long did the girl spend walking in the maze until she was arrested? She walked twice as fast after she got the ruby. Answer in seconds.","After she walks two paces northwest, she walks another two paces northeast because she does not turn north after walking two paces northwest.","4m + 2m + (2m x tan 45 degrees) + (2m x tan 45 degrees) + 20m + 1m + 48m + 9m + 88 = 176 m. 88 m at 3 km per hour = (1/((3km/0.088km)) x 3600) = 105.6 seconds. Double the speed = 105.6/2 = 52.8 seconds. Time spent in maze = 158.4 seconds.",Math,10/24/02 #51361,Missing Word 16,2.36,1.26,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? S_ _ _END _ _ _SY S_ _ _PLE AN_ _ _ ODE",MUL_ _ _LE,"TIP. STIPEND TIPSY STIPPLE ANTIPODE (the direct opposite of something) Hint: MULTIPLE",Language,07/26/17 #43443,Lego Wars,2.18,1.3800000000000001,phrebh,"Three friends had three kids who were all named after Star Wars characters. For Christmas one year, all three kids (Han, Leia, and Luke) got different Star Wars Lego sets as gifts (the Millennium Falcon, an AT-AT, and an Imperial Star Destroyer). Each set had a different number of pieces (1345, 1432, or 1569) and each kid took a different amount of time to complete the model (2, 3, or 4 hours). Using the clues below, can you figure out which kid got which model, how many pieces it had, and how long it took them to build it? 1. The model with the most pieces took the most time to complete, but the model with the least pieces did not take the least amount of time to complete. 2. The models weren't to scale, so the Millennium Falcon actually had more pieces than the Imperial Star Destroyer, a fact that Luke was upset to learn since he likes bigger models. 3. Han spent the three hours between opening his gifts and lunch building his model.",No hint available.,"Han built the AT-AT, which had 1345 pieces, in 3 hours. Leia built the Millennium Falcon, which had 1569 pieces, in 4 hours. Luke built the Imperial Star Destroyer, which had 1432 pieces, in 2 hours.",Logic-Grid,10/28/08 #40896,What 3 Digit Number Am I?,2.24,1.39,suprfrek96,I am a three digit number. My second digit is four times my third digit. My first digit is seven less than my second digit. What number am I?,All digits equal 11.,182,Math,03/06/08 #20338,Less Ure Orse Ing,3.07,2.06,dumbell,"What one three-letter word can be placed in the blanks below to make four different words? ___less ___ure ___orse ___ing",No hint available.,"End Endless Endure Endorse Ending",Language,01/11/05 #656,War Prisoner,2.73,1.65,vikass,"During the first world war, there was a prisoner who had been captured. When brought to the army headquarters, the prisoner was told that he had a choice to remain silent or say something. He was also told that if he did say something, he would be shot if he spoke the truth or hanged if he had lied. The war prisoner did in fact make a single statement; he said only a phrase and they had to let him go unscathed. What did the prisoner say to get out free?",No hint available.,"The prisoner told them: ""You will hang me.""",Logic,06/29/01 #958,100 Golfers,2.31,1.48,Michelle,"There are 100 golfers in the local match play contest. Each match has only 2 players. If a player loses a match, he is immediately eliminated from the contest. How many matches will be played to determine the winner?",No hint available.,"If there is to be only one winner, then there are 99 losers, therefore there were 99 matches. You can also do this with math: in round 1 there would be 50 matches to produce 50 winners, round 2 would have 25 matches to produce 25 winners, round 3 would have 12 matches to produce 12 winners ( one person of the 25 winners would have to wait until later to play again ), round 4 would have 6 matches to produce 6 winners, round 5 would have 3 matches to produce 3 winners, round 6 would have 2 matches ( the player left out before would now play to make it an even field ) to produce 2 winners, these 2 would play for the championship. So: 50+25+12+6+3+2+1=99",Math,10/01/01 #27429,Anagram Power III,2.81,2.27,peppamintp,"Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B. Group A 1. Chore 2. Brace 3. Puree 4. Coast 5. Thing Group B A. Broad Necktie B. Earth Pigment C. Time of Darkness D. Indian Money E. Sour or Bitter",No hint available.,"A. Coast = (4) Ascot B. Chore = (1) Ocher C. Thing = (5) Night D. Puree = (3) Rupee E. Brace = (2) Acerb",Language,12/13/05 #40332,Exterminate! - II,2.73,2.07,brainster,"It's time for some spring cleaning! The sentences below each contain a bug that you need to find and exterminate! Can you spot them all? 1. The salesman was very helpful. He showed us some of the best lighting systems, one of which looked like a halo, customized with all the options to change the color, intensity and angle of light. 2. We thought we got it all, but there was a large heap, hidden from sight, still left to pack. 3. Todd is an amazing man, tidy, neat, and always well-organized.",No hint available.,"1. The salesman was very helpful. He showed us some of the best lighting systems, one of which looked like a haLO, CUSTomized with all the options to change the color, intensity and angle of light. - LOCUST 2. We thought we got it all, but there was a large heAP, HIDden from sight, still left to pack. - APHID 3. Todd is an amazing MAN, TIDy, neat, and always well-organized. - MANTID",Language,02/04/08 #5367,Weigh or Whey,2.55,1.69,Cascas,"Can you decipher this rebus: Weigh or Whey",No hint available.,One way or another,Rebus,07/09/02 #8608,AS ON DJ FM AM _ _,2.23,2.15,kenandjulie,"Complete the series: AS ON DJ FM AM _ _",The series has nothing to do with radio broadcasting.,"JJ The series is of the first letter of the months of the year, beginning with August and ending with July.",Series,11/19/02 #35320,Which Sport?,2.55,1.53,Writer_fighter,In which sport do you use shoes made completely out of metal?,It's not jousting.,Horseshoes,Other,02/15/07 #4843,Beekeeper,2.29,1.93,im_para_noid,"Which word does not belong? beekeeper, dumbbell, dumbstruck, untruthful",No hint available.,"Dumbbell, all the other words have only one of the five regular vowels used in English: a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y",Group,06/19/02 #32063,Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street?,2.28,2.6,kistin14,"After a while, TV producers got tired of coming up with fake phone numbers for movies. So they decided to create a whole new set of numbers that meant something relating to the TV shows. Instead of having ""555"" as the beginning numbers, they would use a ""0"" in any place where there wasn't part of the name. Can you tell who each of these characters are from, and who they are? Ex. 004-3556 is Hello 1.) 000-3566 2.) 244-2473 3.) 003-5468 4.) 078-2253 5.) 047-6837 6.) 000-5829 7.) 007-4666 8.) 007-2639 9.) 007-2852 10.) 000-7926","The first, second, and fifth ones are from Sesame Street. The third and fourth ones are from The Flintstones. The sixth one is from I Love Lucy. The seventh, eight, ninth and tenth ones are from American Idol","1.) Elmo from Sesame Street 2.) Big Bird from Sesame Street 3.) Flint (Fred Flintstone) from The Flintstones 4.) Rubble (Barney Rubble) from The Flintstones 5.) Grover from Sesame Street 6.) Lucy from I Love Lucy 7.) Simon from American Idol 8.) Randy from American Idol 9.) Paula from American Idol 10.) Ryan from American Idol",Other,07/26/06 #8529,"Horse, Elephant, Butterfly...",2.62,2.78,electronjohn,"What word completes this series? Horse, Elephant, Butterfly, ________ Choose from: Kangaroo, Human, Spider, Dog, Baboon, Cockroach.","Hint: We are the Knights that say _____! (Monty Python fans fill in the blank for that is your clue.)","The answer is Spider. If you count the number of knees each creature has you get 2, 4, 6, 8. Two for a horse (horses only have two knees like most animals), four for an elephant (the only animal with four knees), six for the butterfly and eight for a spider.",Series,11/18/02 #5021,Growing,2.1,1.03,glennyboy02,"Can you decipher this phrase: G N I W O R G",No hint available.,Growing up!,Rebus,06/28/02 #12892,Mail To Liam,2.09,1.97,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? Mail to Liam",No hint available.,"A Mail Redirection MAIL LIAM (What you do when you move home) or Returned Mail",Rebus,06/03/03 #2763,Fingers,2.28,1.42,lil_thugsta,What has fingers but can't type?,No hint available.,A glove,Other,03/20/02 #25838,SLED,2.53,1.48,fishmed,"What do the four following words have in common? SLED WHITE CAT BIN",What 3-letter word can you place in front?,"They each become a new word when you place BOB in front of them. BOBSLED BOBWHITE BOBCAT BOBBIN",Language,09/10/05 #35906,Poor Iron Knight,2.22,2.45,Trumalia,"This is an old European riddle from 1300-1900 AD. I am a poor iron knight, I have no arms but always point right. I have no feet but I must always go And must stand on duty both day and night through. If ever I rest, all will complain.",No hint available.,Clock,Riddle,02/21/07 #18917,Colored Balls #1,2.34,1.72,ansh93,"You have five red balls, five yellow balls, and five blue balls. How can you arrange them in a triangular frame with 5 rows so that no two balls of the same color are next to one another? (Remember a triangular frame with five rows would go like Row 1: one ball Row 2: 2 balls Row 3: 3 balls Row 4: 4 balls Row 5: 5 balls)",No hint available.,"First row: Red (from left to right) Second row: Yellow Blue (left to right) Third row: Blue, Red, Yellow(left to right) Fourth row: Red, Yellow, Blue, Red (left to right) Fifth row: Yellow, Blue, Red, Yellow, Blue(left to right)",Other,09/23/04 #36491,Crazy Cooking Catastrophes VI,2.79,2.09,PineappleMama,"Welcome to Crazy Cooking Catastrophes. Today our host has decided to mix up a Southern Fried Creature Feature. Please follow these instructions carefully to unscramble [pun totally intended] the answer. Cooking Tips: Words like add, combine, stir in, etc. mean to add those letters to the mix. Words like remove, drain, none left over, etc. mean to remove those letters from the mix. In a GONG gently melt one pound of EX-LAX over a low flame. Once done, stir in one cup of yellow rose THORNS. Should you notice a tyrannosaurus REX, quickly remove it as you don't want her to eat this brew. But not before whisking her very RARE egg into the gong. As this is not a seafood dish, please remove the excess perch, bass or GAR that might turn up. Give it a final stir and pour over mashed potatoes. What creature will be left in the bowl?",You won't only find pierced ears and noses amongst the young in this two word type of herd.,"Texas Longhorn The Texas Longhorn gets its name from its exceptionally long horns, which can reach six feet in width!!!",Language,05/03/07 #42647,Operation: Baseball-Ectomy,2.24,2.84,cnmne,"Six words have had their baseball terms removed. The baseball terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each baseball term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: balk, bunt, error, hit, pitch, run Group B: priet, rete, rfigeat, saio, siis, tesic",No hint available.,"balk + siis = basilisk (BAsiLisK) bunt + rete = brunette (BrUNetTe) error + rfigeat = refrigerator (rEfRigeRatOR) hit + tesic = theistic (tHeIsTic) pitch + saio = pistachio (PIsTaCHio) run + priet = prurient (pRUrieNt)",Language,07/30/08 #46813,Odd Nature,2.41,2.72,zigthepig,"Which is the odd one out? Canis lupus familiaris, malus domestica, felis catus, psittacine, mus musculus.",No hint available.,"Malus domestica. These words are alternative names for four animals and one plant. The plant is the odd one out because the other four are animals. Canis lupus familiaris - trinomial name for a dog. Malus domestica - binomial name for an apple tree. Felis catus - binomial name for a cat. Psittacine - another name for a parrot. Mus musculus - binomial name for a house mouse.",Group,04/24/10 #28277,Head For the Center,2.33,2.97,Question_Mark,"What are the next four letters in this sequence? N, W, R, I, V, G, E, ?, ?, ?, ?",All but one are the same,"T, T, N, T In this sequence, each letter represents the middle letter of each number with an odd number of letters. oNe, tWo, thRee, sIx, seVen, eiGht, tEn, fifTeen, sixTeen, seveNteen, twenTyone",Series,01/26/06 #18567,Noise,2.23,0.55,JmBannana,"It can be small, But with much power. Some of them ping by the hour. They come in all shapes and sizes, Yet they all have the powerful noises. Some advice: don't put them by your head, Because when the time comes for it to ring, You will jump out of your bed. What is it?",No hint available.,An alarm clock.,Riddle,08/16/04 #2823,Airplanes,2.34,1.37,204_BlaZe_41,"There are two airplanes heading straight toward each other. One plane is travelling at 15km per minute, and the other is travelling at 10km per minute. Assuming that the planes are exactly 1000 km apart, what distance will be between them one minute before they meet?",No hint available.,"25 kilometers. Since they are travelling at a combined speed of 25 kilometers per minute toward each other, they will be 25 km apart one minute before they meet.",Math,03/23/02 #31199,Bittersweet Success,2.74,1.59,FreddyPharkas,"Fred, a recently diagnosed diabetic, started to feel very dizzy and faint. ""I don't know what to do,"" he slurred, ""I've used my insulin like the doc said and I didn't eat anything since breakfast, never mind anything sweet."" His friends couldn't agree what to do. Jim suggested giving sugar as he was sure he'd heard that before. Mike disagreed. He knew diabetes caused high blood sugar, so suggested giving Fred another shot of insulin. Who was correct?",This probably wouldn't have happened before he was diagnosed. What does his insulin treatment do?,"Jim was correct, though he didn't know why. Fred was experiencing diabetic hypoglycemia (UK - hypoglycaemia), low blood sugar. The body releases insulin to store sugar as required but this doesn't happen in a patient such as Fred. He artificially introduced insulin when he hadn't even eaten, reducing his blood glucose to dangerously low levels. Giving glucose would be the fastest treatment, as it is quickly absorbed without digestion. Fred needs to eat regular, balanced meals whilst using regular insulin to avoid this recurring. Mike's suggestion to give further insulin would have just made things worse, probably inducing coma (which would have made it impossible to give the glucose) and possibly leading to death. As it mentions in the hint, if Fred hadn't been treated for diabetes his blood sugar would have been consistently high, so hypoglycemia would not happen.",Science,06/18/06 #15489,Delete and Add 4,2.5100000000000002,1.98,7catac7,"Delete a letter from each of the words below and then add a 3-letter word to it (doesn't matter where) to form a new word that matches the clues in the ( ). 1. Deep (to remove) 2. Pot (if it doesn't match any section, you go to the ____ section) 3. Hat (to attack; to ____ someone) 4. He (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division are all in the _____ subject/category)",No hint available.,"1. Delete (delete 'p' and add 'let'. This time, it's inside the word.) 2. Other (delete 'p' and add 'her') 3. Fight (delete 'a' and add 'fig') 4. Math (delete 'e' and add 'mat')",Language,11/21/03 #48157,Always Room For More,2.15,1.87,rlc327,"Which of the following does not belong and why? RENT IMPROVEMENT MORTGAGE JELLO",Use the title.,"The word MORTGAGE is the odd one out. It does not fit in the phrase ""Room for ---"", where --- can be RENT, IMPROVEMENT, or JELLO.",Language,10/26/10 #27788,One Who Yawns,2.93,1.8,sgtammo,"I have been called a savage, a chief and oft times a leader. Some have called me the embodiment of courage, although to a Crook I did surrender. Where I was born, there were no enclosures. In the end, to bring me down, it took 5000 soldiers. As the ""terror of the country"", I had a reputation of cruelty and cunning. My tactics consisted of hitting and then running. Many movies and stories of me were made. The memories of me, the most famous of my people, will never fade. People have spoken ill of me so many times it would give your throat a lump. Yet sometimes, my name is the last word said when people make a big jump. Now it's time to give it a try. Do you know my name; who am I?","My birth name, Goyathlay, did not last long. Of me, words were written and put to a medicine song. The meaning of my birth name is the title of this riddle. I have but one name for my first, last and middle.","My name, in case you still don't know. Is simply one word, Geronimo. Geronimo was quoted to have said, ""Where I was born, there were no enclosures"". Autobiographers have stated it took more than 5000 soldiers and 500 scouts to capture Geronimo the last time and often referred to him as ""the terror of the country"". In 1883, Geronimo surrendered to General George Crook.",Riddle,12/31/05 #51577,Handicap 12 (NOT) !!,1.6400000000000001,2.14,LittleGreenMan,"off the fairway, behind a boulder, into the lake, atop a lilypad, behind a tree and into a gopher hole, into the freeway through a truck windshield, over the green and behind a thousand bushes, into the sand trap and a foot under",Title is a hint.,"""a pack of lies"" ""lie"" is a term used to describe the residing position of a golf ball shot.",Rebus,12/07/17 #13701,"Cars 1, 2, 3, 4?",2.19,2.27,dsquared,"What entertainment expression is represented here? mi ni1, mi ni2, mi ni3, mi ni4, ...",It's too long for a single show,"Two part mini series It is a mini 'series' ie. mini1, mini2, mini3, etc., which is in two parts.",Rebus,07/09/03 #36052,There's a Catch.,2.13,1.9000000000000001,Jimbo,"What well known object is portrayed here? William: ""I'm going to play tennis."" Horace: ""I am going to hit a few golf balls."" Rodney: ""I am going to catch some fish."" <<<<<<< (The <<<<<< indicates the line to be deciphered)",You'll have to try reel hard for this one.,Fishing Rod.,Rebus,04/04/07 #16847,Antigrams 2,2.81,2.66,dumbell,"An antigram is an anagram where the answer is the opposite of the starting meaning. Can you solve these antigrams? Tear no veils Archsaints Are advisers More tiny Care is noted",No hint available.,"Revelations Anarchists Adversaries Enormity Desecration",Language,03/04/04 #20526,Two and a Half,2.19,2.64,doggyxp,Two and a half artists spend two and a half hours painting two and a half models on two and a half canvases. How many artists are necessary to paint twenty-four models on twenty-four canvases in twenty hours?,No hint available.,"Three artists would do the trick. This is because twenty-four artists would paint twenty-four models in two and a half hours. Since the available time increases eight-fold (2.5 * 8 = 20), it is possible to reduce the number of painters by the same number of times (24 / 8 = 3).",Math,01/21/05 #34356,Still Thirsty?,2.11,1.46,eyenowhour,67.6 F O = 2 L,No hint available.,67.6 Fluid Ounces = 2 Liters,Letter-Equations,12/12/06 #33510,Just Functioning,2.16,2.72,keveffect1,6 = N of B T F,"This is a sine, or is it a cosine?",6 = Number of Basic Trigonometric Functions,Letter-Equations,10/15/06 #18300,First Edition,2.66,2.14,brgdo1994,"Mr. Jones drives a hundred miles to the nearest bookstore. He pays twenty dollars of his hard-earned money to purchase a first edition of a new book. After many hours of reading, he concludes that the book is poorly written, boring, and inaccurate. Rather than be upset, Mr. Jones is instead greatly pleased with his purchase. Why would this be?","Q: If Mr. Jones had found it accurate, and interesting, would he have been upset? A: Yes Q: Does Mr. Jones have special knowledge of the book's subject matter? A: Yes Q: Does Mr. Jones have a financial interest in the book's success or failure? A: Yes","Mr. Jones was a well known historian, and author of several books on the subject of World War ll. He and his rival, Mr. Smith, had both recently published books of the Battle of the Bulge. He knew, happily, that his book would now seem so much better in comparison.",Situation,07/21/04 #4375,soiudte,2.31,1.97,gokaran,"What is represented by this? soiudte",No hint available.,Inside out,Rebus,05/31/02 #6179,Tricky Tunnel,2.69,1.4,im_para_noid,"You are in a tunnel that branches in two directions, like a T. To your left is a door with the enigmatic words: ""Wide ill you"" and ""Wild lie you."" On the right are the words ""Evil will you"" and ""Veil will you."" Which door do you choose?",No hint available.,"Go Right. The words on the right door are an anagram of ""You will live."" and the words on the left door are an anagram of ""You will die.""",Logic,08/02/02 #34297,Modern Words,2.99,2.33,jazzmusician46,"Below are incomplete words. Place two letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck. Fu (--) am Ed (--) ar Dit (--) urch Ju (--) eam Ran (--) ese Divi (--) bt Pi (--) upt Dro (--) rse Tr (--) aze Bud (--) nder",No hint available.,"Fuse - seam Edge - gear Ditch - church Just - steam Range - geese Divide - debt Pier - erupt Drove - verse Tram - amaze Budge - gender",Language,12/08/06 #38825,Word Connections #19,2.6,2.32,Dontrelle,"Category: Language Body: Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect cold to up. Cold T_ _ _ _ _ S_ _ _ _ D_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Up WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","TU _ _ _ _ SA_ _ _ DR _ _ _ _ _ _","Cold Turkey Salad Dressing Up",Language,10/18/07 #6028,Sins,2.35,1.9000000000000001,bmotts,"What is this phrase? London SINS Paris SINS Ottawa SINS Washington D.C. SINS Mexico City SINS Canberra SINS Buenos Aires SINS",No hint available.,7 Capital sins,Rebus,07/29/02 #15811,Mad Ade's Funky Fractions 10,2.43,1.85,mad-ade,"The idea of this teaser is to split the given words into the relevant fractions and then add the two fractions of words into one single word, once you have worked out which fraction of the word you need. for example 3/5 of Green and 1/2 of Neat would be Great. 3/5 of green =Gre 1/2 of Neat= at gre+at= Great The first part of the fraction in the teaser will be in the first part of the finished word and all letters are used in the correct order with no skipping of letters, i.e. 2/5 of Green cannot be GE because it skips the letter R, but it could be EE. 1. 1/3 of principal + half of zero 2. 3/4 of bent + 2/3 of breath 3. 1/2 of loud + 1/2 of book 4. 1/4 of youthful + 1/2 of pour 5. 3/8 of elephant + 2/5 of order",No hint available.,"1. prize 2. beneath 3. look/Lobo 4. your/thou 5. leper",Letter-Equations,12/15/03 #16091,Mad Ade's Anagram Teaser #2,2.25,2.07,mad-ade,"This is a basic anagram teaser where the clues will lead to two words that are anagrams of each other. For example ""Attach Father"" would be ""Add Dad"" Or ""Canine Deity"" could be ""God Dog"" 1, Hold back One's being ? 2, Mountainous Friends ? 3, Directional Broth ? 4, Large area Running competition ? 5, Swallow Stopper ?",No hint available.,"1, Stifle Itself 2, Alps Pals 3, West Stew 4, Acre Race 5, Gulp Plug",Language,01/08/04 #50785,Houses on the Street,1.91,0.64,nidhikaila,"Sapna, Ashish and Bharat live in the same lane. Their houses are of different colors, but attached to each other and in the same lane. What we do not know, is: A. Who lives in which colored house. B. Which house comes first, which next, and which last. See if you can answer both questions after the clues below: 1. The red house is next to the blue house but not next to the green house. 2. Sapna and Ashish are not neighbors. 3. Bharat loves going to the green house to the left of his house. 4. Sapna and Bharat never visit each other's house. 5. The right most house comes first in the lane.",No hint available.,"Sapna - Red - 1 Bharat - Blue - 2 Ashish - Green - 3",Logic-Grid,04/11/16 #31732,Never Worth While,2.53,1.87,dodger,"Apples, oranges, bananas, pears, tomatoes etc. - chore or assignment. --------------------------------------",No hint available.,Fruitless task.,Rebus,07/12/06 #795,A Word Progression...,2.56,1.91,Phyllis,"The following words have a logical progression: toothsome, forecast, sixteen, atonal. Which of the following words would come next in this progression? summer, boat, tenderness, typical",Say the words out loud.,"tenderness The words sound like they begin with the numbers 2,4,6, 8 and 10",Language,09/05/01 #25766,The 13,2.24,2.43,spookboy0,13 = V in the B of S J,No hint available.,"13 = Verses in the Book of Second John (The Book of Second John is the shortest book in the Bible.)",Letter-Equations,09/04/05 #20462,Do Not Pass Go,2.45,1.77,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Market becomes ..M ..A ->RKET",No hint available.,"Cornering the market (Title = a phrase in the game Monopoly)",Rebus,01/18/05 #31891,Repairs,2.38,1.32,sniperkid990,Pit .,No hint available.,"Pit stop The word ""Pit"" then a "".""; in old messages a ""."" would mean ""stop"".",Rebus,07/19/06 #41294,Favorite Televison Show?,1.85,0.72,pinkhakix3,"Three girls are finding out each other's favorite TV show. Can you find out whose favorite TV show is whose and their ages based on the facts below? Names: Emma, Madison, and Brooke Ages: 9, 10, and 11 TV shows: Hannah Montana, iCarly, and Full House 1. Emma's favorite character is Stephanie and she is 11 . 2. Madison is not 9 years old. 3. The person whose favorite show is Full House is not 10. 4. The person whose favorite show is Hannah Montana is Madison. 5. The girl whose favorite show is iCarly is not Emma.",No hint available.,"Emma-Full House-11 Madison-Hannah Montana-10 Brooke-iCarly-9",Logic-Grid,03/31/08 #46203,Round Table Conference Again,2.82,2.04,nidhikaila,"8 people have to be seated at a round banquet table. The seats are number 1-8. For this teaser, 5 is opposite 1, 6 is opposite 2 and so on. Likewise, ""next to"" means one of the neighboring seats only. i.e., 8 is next to 1 and 7. A and H are the only French speaking people on the table. They need to be seated together. B and F should sit opposite each other. C, F, and G all know Russian, but don't necessarily need to sit next to each other. In fact, G wants to sit next to someone who knows French. D is English and insists on sitting next to at least one other English speaking person, and pat opposite the good looking H. E is the only other English speaker in the group, but he wants to sit next to someone who knows Russian. G agrees to sit next to F only on condition that the other side must have a French speaker. C does not sit next to either of them. C however, agrees to sit next to B, who is the only Bavarian in the group. A will not sit next to a Russian or an English speaker.",No hint available.,They sit in the simple order - ABCDEFGH.,Logic,01/16/10 #36868,Jumble #3,2.62,2.0,Dontrelle,"In this teaser, you will have to unscramble the letters provided and make them into real words. Then take the letters I tell you to out of the unscrambled words to spell the SUPERword. 1) _ _ _ _ _ Z U U K D (Take the first letter.) 2) _ _ _ _ _ _ L O P P A R (Take the second letter.) 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R O M Y E A C S (Take the fourth letter.) SUPERword) _ _ _",Tree/Shrub related.,"1) Kudzu (Take the ""K"".) 2) Poplar (Take the ""O"".) 3) Sycamore (Take the ""A"".) SUPERword) Oak",Language,06/07/07 #11213,Palindrome Parents,2.71,2.46,inudbz,"Mom and Dad Palindrome kept presents for John and Ron in a special place and gave them out when the boys did something noteworthy. What did the parents call this storage place? The answer is, of course, a palindrome.",No hint available.,"They called it the ""Reward Drawer"".",Language,03/16/03 #48097,Word Chain 10,1.8800000000000001,3.0,cnmne,"In a word chain, the words are arranged so that they are linked by a common thread. Example: Chain: grass rabid aisle islet scent chuck horse outer under never event Link: the second letter of a word is the first letter of the following word Task: complete the chain by inserting the words from the pool Chain: putter ______ ______ ______ ______ bundle ______ ______ ______ ______ yellow Pool: caster droops medium nimble oyster rabbit sphere thrice","The second word in the chain is ""thrice"".","Chain: putter thrice caster sphere rabbit bundle nimble medium droops oyster yellow Link: the first letter after the first vowel of a word is the first letter of the following word",Language,10/14/10 #18712,I Am in Books,2.6,1.05,NTG98,"I am in books, but not in papyrus; I am in dollar bills, but not in dimes; I am in octopuses, but not in fish; I am in ballpoint pens, but not in pencils. What am I?",No hint available.,Ink.,Riddle,08/30/04 #38817,The Football Fans,2.1,2.46,Trickster1992,"Thirty fans hire a bus to attend a football game. On the way to the stadium, they realize that exactly half of them are fans of one team and the other half are fans of the other team. With still some way to go before reaching the stadium, the bus develops mechanical problems and the driver announces to his passengers that the only way to continue the journey is for half of them to get out and walk. There is a huge fight that doesn't stop until the driver speaks to them again and suggests a way of selecting the passengers who are to get off the bus. ""All of you,"" he said, ""get into a big circle. When you are ready, beginning at this spot, I'll count nine people clockwise. The ninth person leaves the circle and continues on foot. Then I'll count another nine starting from where I stopped, and the ninth person leaves the circle and continues on foot. And so on until fifteen people have left the circle."" Suppose that you are one of the fans. How should you arrange all the other fans of your team so that none of them will have to leave?",No hint available.,"If the two teams are A and B and you are a supporter of team A and don't want any of your fellow supporters to end up walking to the stadium, organize them in a circle starting at the point where the driver starts and reading clockwise as follows: A, A, A, A, B, B, B, B, B, A, A, B, A, A, A, B, A, B, B, A, A, B, B, B, A, B, B, A, A, B.",Logic,10/17/07 #40622,Phenomenal,2.63,2.2,aresII,"My 9, 4, 2, 6 is second in line while the first is being served. My 1, 8, 9 is a vast time span. My 5, 10, 3, 1 is my tempo. My 11, 7, 8, 9 is a regal feline. My whole is phenomenal.",No hint available.,"EXCEPTIONAL. Clue 1 = next. Clue 2 = eon. Clue 3 = pace. Clue 4 = lion.",Riddle,02/21/08 #34572,Starting the Series,2.14,3.01,calmsavior,"?, 6, 10, 15, 16, 17, 13, 14, 13, 16, 22, 24, 25, 19, 14, 8... Of the choices, which number would replace the question mark and complete the series? A. 4 B. 8 C. 12 D. 16",It has to do with a well-known mathematical constant.,"The correct answer is B. The series involves taking the successive trios of the digits of pi, and adding them together: 3+1+4=8 1+4+1=6 4+1+5=10 1+5+9=15 5+9+2=16 9+2+6=17 And so on...",Series,12/25/06 #31457,Birbal the Wise - XI,3.29,2.1,brainster,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer? One day a scholar came to the court of Emperor Akbar and challenged Birbal to answer his questions and thus prove that he was as clever as people said he was. He asked Birbal: ""Would you prefer to answer a hundred easy questions or just a single difficult one?"" Both the emperor and Birbal had had a difficult day and were impatient to leave. ""Ask me one difficult question,"" said Birbal. ""Well, then tell me,"" said the man, ""which came first into the world, the chicken or the egg?"" ""The chicken,"" replied Birbal, very confidently. ""How do you know?"" asked the scholar, a note of triumph in his voice. What did Birbal answer to this?",No hint available.,"Birbal told the scholar, ""We had agreed you would ask only one question and you have already asked it"" and he and the emperor walked away leaving the scholar gaping!",Trick,07/01/06 #45104,Words With NK,1.61,2.1,cnmne,"Five words that contain NK as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***NK, **NK**, ***NK*, ****NK, ***NK** Pool: E, E, F, H, I, I, J, L, P, R, R, S, S, T, T, T, U, U, U, Y",No hint available.,"FLUNK, JUNKET, SPUNKY, SHRINK, TRINKET",Language,08/20/09 #44249,Improper Prefixes 9,2.1,1.74,cnmne,"The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. The pronunciation for the ""incorrect definition"" may be different (""co ward"" instead of ""coward""). Example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix). 1) an assistant to a family's domesticated animal 2) bad frozen water 3) the outermost habitual muscle twitch 4) to cancel a eulogy",No hint available.,"1) parapet (para pet) 2) malice (mal ice) 3) exotic (exo tic) 4) distribute (dis tribute)",Language,03/14/09 #9736,986888,2.22,2.69,lesternoronha1,"What number comes next in this sequence? 986888 724864 143224 ??",No hint available.,"468. Each line is generated by multiplying two digits at a time of the previous line. For example, take 986888: 9x8=72 6x8=48 8x8=64 So the next number is 724864. For 724864: 7x2=14 4*8=32 6x4=24 So the next number is 143224. Do the same to get the answer.",Series,01/11/03 #704,Yellow House,2.61,0.87,BrainBuster,"A man called Drew White sells houses. He starts to tell this newly wed couple about a great yellow house. It's an old, kind of prairie one-story, with great views of the countryside. It has well water and everything. The only problem with this house is that everything is yellow. The walls are yellow, the ceiling and floor are yellow. The chairs are yellow, even the doors are yellow, and the sink, and the toilet, and believe it or not, the windows, are tinted yellow. What color are the stairs?",No hint available.,There are no stairs. It's a one-story house.,Trick,07/20/01 #20586,What Words? #2,2.7600000000000002,1.94,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that would fit in the middle of pair that would create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER ______ HORN Answer: EVER _ GREEN - HORN 1: ring ______ hole 2: tomb ______ wall 3: car ______ table",No hint available.,"1: ring - WORM - hole 2: tomb - STONE - wall 3: car - POOL - table",Language,01/25/05 #10474,They Breathe __air,2.18,2.55,Bobbrt,"This teaser is asking for you to find the prefix that will complete each unfinished word, and will also answer the question. They breathe __air. They drink __ale. They write __lore about wind and sail. When tired they __ressed. They create fine __art. Now here's the __ending, sad to say we must part. What little guys am I referring to?",No hint available.,"Imps. All of the words with the blanks in front of them will form new words when ""imp"" is inserted in the blank. An imp, by the way, is a small demon or a mischievous child.",Language,02/15/03 #16289,Office Trouble,2.31,1.82,Deskjet2187,"George was the first one at work in the morning and was still there when everyone left. This went on for a week. Two weeks later there was a funeral. What happened?",No hint available.,"George was dead at his desk. He was the first one there and the last one to leave because he never left. A week later a janitor checked on him and realized he was dead.",Situation,01/22/04 #14794,Baa!,2.28,1.6300000000000001,MrIxolite,"What activity is represented below? ""Baa!"" ""Baa-Baa!"" ""Baa-Baa-Baa!""",Insomnia,Counting sheep.,Rebus,09/16/03 #37735,TV Westerns #2,2.48,2.5100000000000002,jazzmusician46,"The names of five (5) actors from the era of the classic TV Westerns have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. Your task is to rearrange the segments to identify the actor. 1. YS RH VE JA LS EE IL 2. NN WE ER DE IS AV 3. YM IS GU AD ON 4. PE LR TS OB RN ER EL 5. NO ON KC RS CH UC",No hint available.,"1. Jay Silverheels 2. Dennis Weaver 3. Guy Madison 4. Pernell Roberts 5. Chuck Connors",Language,08/11/07 #45489,Couch Potato 5,1.96,2.89,cnmne,"You know that you're a couch potato if ... you can name the television series in Group B that can be added to Group A, and give the reason. Group A: Coach, Laverne & Shirley, McHale's Navy, Nip/Tuck Group B: Cheers, Green Acres, Kojak, Miami Vice, My Three Sons, St. Elsewhere",No hint available.,"Each series in Group A had its setting changed. ""Coach"" was moved from Minnesota to Florida. ""Laverne & Shirley"" was moved from Milwaukee to Los Angeles. ""McHale's Navy"" was moved from the Pacific Ocean to Italy. ""Nip/Tuck"" was moved from Miami to Los Angeles. Thus, ""My Three Sons"", whose setting was moved from Bryant Park to Los Angeles, can be added to Group A.",Trivia,10/13/09 #3893,Playing Cards,2.4,1.65,mad-ade,"You are holding some playing cards, you have 1 queen, 2 diamonds, 3 aces and 4 spades. What is the minimum amount of cards you could have if no card is repeated?",No hint available.,"Seven. You have 2 diamonds and 4 spades, giving you at least 6 altogether. The queen can be either of those 2 suits, but as there are 3 aces, 1 has to come from a different suit, giving you a 7th card.",Logic,05/05/02 #29728,The Value of Two is Nine,2.49,2.42,peppamintp,"Each of the letters A - H has one of the eight values listed. No two letters have the same value. The simple arithmetic problems are clues for determining the value of each letter. 2 6 7 9 12 13 14 15 1. B + A = D 2. E - H = C 3. B + G = F 4. F + C = D 5. G + G = E 6. C + G = A",No hint available.,"A = 9 B = 6 C = 2 D = 15 E = 14 F = 13 G = 7 H = 12 1. 6 + 9 = 15 2. 14 - 12 = 2 3. 6 + 7 = 13 4. 13 + 2 = 15 5. 7 + 7 = 14 6. 2 + 7 = 9",Math,04/12/06 #10928,Iwish,2.71,1.8800000000000001,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? IwishDwishEwishAwishS TwishHwishOwishUwishGwishHwishTwishS",No hint available.,"Wishful(l) thinking See the letters in capitals, they make up IDEAS & THOUGHTS, therefore 'thinking'. Interspersed are wishes, hence being 'full' of wishes or 'wish full'.",Rebus,03/06/03 #29710,First and Last Names,2.69,1.91,EnderofGames,"The first names of five people are Beverly, Charles, Monica, Nelson, and Ruth. Their last names are Atwood, Porter, Stafford, Thompson, and Ward. Match each person first and last names. 1) Ruth and Porter went hiking yesterday with Monica and Stafford. 2) Beverly enrolled her son, and Atwood enrolled her daughter, at the same nursery school. 3) Thompson and Ruth don't have children. 4) Charles, who has been in the hospital for the past three days, was visited today by Porter and Nelson.","Beverly, Monica and Ruth are female. Charles and Nelson are male.","Beverly - Porter Charles - Thompson Monica - Atwood Nelson - Stafford Ruth - Ward",Logic,04/11/06 #35908,Up the Hill,2.23,2.04,Trumalia,"This is an old Canadian riddle from 1300-1900 AD. What is it that which goes up the hill And down the hill, And of all yet standeth still?",No hint available.,Road,Riddle,02/21/07 #44592,My Garden Grew,2.58,1.54,mosca,"I was a great king's daughter and a queen in bygone times; My story's told in one of Mother Goose's little rhymes. My garden grew, blood-watered, and by pretty maids well-fed, With bells and shells along the way, the tortured soon lay dead. My mother was a queen who, supplanted, lost her place. My marriage was political; no love showed in his face; He roamed far distant from my side to avoid my many flaws. But unlike certain other queens, I died from natural cause. Littler sister then was queen; the world knew of her fame. Knowing of my story, can you now pronounce my name?",A cocktail is named for her.,"Mary Tudor, Queen Mary I of England Mary's father was King Henry VIII of England by his first wife, Queen Catherine of Aragon. At Henry's death, his only son became king as Edward VI, at the age of nine, but died when he was fifteen. Mary came to the throne at age 37, but her marriage to Phillip of Spain was loveless, and she had no heirs. She is remembered for her persecution of alleged heretics. At her death, Elizabeth, Anne Boleyn's daughter, became queen and reigned for 45 years. Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells And pretty maids all in a row. These verses allude to the torture and deaths of accused heretics. The ""silver bells and cockle shells"" refer to instruments of torture used, while ""pretty maids"" were the ""iron maidens"" used to pierce victims with nails inside a casing shaped like a human form.",Trivia,06/06/09 #37342,Dr. Dolittle,2.61,1.41,bigSWAFF_69_,"Few people believe the following, but I will assure you it is 100% true. I am the great-great-grandson of a cousin to none other than Doctor John Dolittle; the original ""Dr. Dolittle."" Although being a distant relative, I have acquired the same gift as my great-great-grandpa's cousin: I can talk to animals. I converse with certain animals every day. I can tell them about my day, they tell me about theirs, and we may even get into a conversation over what was on Animal Planet the previous night. Although my gift, on paper, seems rather absurd, in reality, it is quite normal. Can you think of how I can talk to animals on a regular basis and call it normal?",No hint available.,"By definition, human beings are in the Kingdom Animalia, which means all humans are animals. I personally have the ability to talk and converse with a certain type of animal: the human. I do it every day, as do millions of other people around the world. I'm sure most everybody would agree that talking to humans is quite normal.",Trick,07/11/07 #42097,Whose Submarine?,2.45,0.88,beatlesman12,"John, George, Paul, and Ringo have four submarines that are each a different color. The colors are: yellow, red, blue, and green. The submarines are in very different conditions as well. The conditions are: New, Like New, Good, and Needs Work. Decide who owns what color submarine and what condition it's in. 1. John and George do not own a blue submarine. 2. Paul's submarine is in better condition than the red submarine, but in worse condition than George's. 3. The person with the submarine that needs work has a yellow submarine. 4. John does not own the submarine that needs work. 5. George owns the green submarine.",No hint available.,"Paul, Like New, Blue John, Good, Red George, New, Green Ringo, Needs Work, Yellow",Logic-Grid,05/31/08 #8595,Sweaty Chef's Kebab Shop,2.29,2.42,mad-ade,"In the ""Sweaty Chef"" kebab shop, there are many different types of food, all at various prices (in the local currency, Madadian Wonks). None of the prices are listed individually, but are displayed as part of special meal deal groups. There are four groups which consist of the ""Sweaty Chef's"" main sellers of Kebabs, Fries and pop (soda) as follows: Group I : 1 Kebab, 1 Fries and 1 Pop Group II : 1 Kebabs, 5 Fries and 7 Pop Group III : 1 Kebabs, 7 Fries and 10 Pop Group IV : 9 Kebabs, 23 Fries and 30 Pop Group II costs 300 Madadian Wonks (MW) and Group III costs 390MW. Can you tell how much Group I and Group IV cost?",No hint available.,"Group I costs 120MW and Group IV costs 1710MW. Assume that the values of one Kebab, one Fries and one Pop are K, F and P respectively. From Group II : K + 5F + 7P = 300 From Group III : K + 7F + 10P = 390 Subtracting above two equations : 2F + 3P = 90 For Group I : = K + F + P = (K + 5F + 7P) - (4F + 6P) = (K + 5F + 7P) - 2(2F + 3P) = 300 - 2(90) = 300 - 180 = 120 Similarly, for Group IV : = 9K + 23F + 30P = 9(K + 5F + 7P) - (22F + 33P) = 9(K + 5F + 7P) - 11(2F + 3P) = 9(300) - 11(90) = 2700 - 990 = 1710 Thus, Group I costs 120MW and Group IV costs 1710MW.",Math,11/19/02 #2508,Unlisted Phone Numbers,2.46,0.9,Cascas,"There is a town where 5% of all people living in the town have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names from the phone book, on average, how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?",No hint available.,"Zero. You are selecting names from the list, so they are all listed.",Trick,03/03/02 #35510,Is it a Bird?,2.84,2.24,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to change ONE letter in each of the following eight words to discover a common theme. LOIN STEAL BILLET FRYING CLANK LINE CAKE STEED",Superman,"Lois Steel Bullet Flying Clark Lane Cape Speed",Language,03/03/07 #3673,Choosing a Builder,2.65,1.87,PeaceJo,"A newlywed couple were planning their dream home. They wanted to hire the best contractor, so they solicited tenders from over a hundred contractors. In turn, each presented their qualifications & experience and claimed to be the best. The couple came up with an ingenious idea to figure out who was truly the best. What was it?",No hint available.,They asked each contractor to nominate an alternate in case they couldn't take on the contract. They then hired the contractor who had received the most nominations.,Logic,04/21/02 #42585,Philosophical Wit II,2.36,2.27,aresII,"The following quotes are from Steven Wright, who was born in 1955. He is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He is known for his lethargic voice and slow manner, with which he delivers his ironic, witty, and deeply philosophical jokes and one-liners. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. M=T ""J TIJQR SZW MCC PZKM MC SCIIW ZXCOM VLCDRKMRICD."" ""RQRIWSLRIR JK SJMLJA SZDFJAN TJKMZAVR JP WCO LZQR MLR MJBR.""","C=O R=E Z=A","""I DRIVE WAY TOO FAST TO WORRY ABOUT CHOLESTEROL."" ""EVERYWHERE IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE IF YOU HAVE THE TIME."" KEY: A=N B=M C=O D=L F=K I=R J=I K=S L=H M=T N=G O=U P=F Q=V R=E S=W T=D V=C W=Y X=B Z=A",Cryptography,07/24/08 #26603,A Trip to the Zoo,3.1,2.09,Rob2003,"One day, five mothers each brought their only child to the zoo. The children had a glorious time together watching the different animals and eating their favorite snacks. The kids were so good, at the end of the day each mother let her child get one item from the souvenir shop as they were leaving the zoo. Can you determine the full name of each child, each child's favorite snack and animal, and the souvenir each brought home? 1. Julia, who loves cotton candy, didn't like the elephants. Mary didn't get a caramel apple. The child who got the stuffed animal liked the giraffes best. 2. Alan Rivera, the girl who liked the lions, and the child who got the activity set didn't want to leave the zoo. 3. Neither of the boys got fried dough, but one got nachos and the other one liked the monkeys best. Tom didn't get a poster. 4. The Gomez child almost got a coloring book with Mary but finally decided on a poster. 5. Tom, whose last name isn't Lozada, got a toy gun but didn't get a caramel apple. The Rodriguez child had fried dough. 6. Beth, who didn't like the giraffes or the elephants best, got an activity set.",No hint available.,"Alan Rivera: nachos, giraffes, stuffed animal Beth Lozada: caramel apple, seals, activity set Julia Gomez: cotton candy, lions, poster Mary Rodriguez: fried dough, elephants, coloring book Tom Gonzalez: popcorn, monkeys, toy gun",Logic-Grid,10/29/05 #19579,Madadian Assassin,2.68,2.82,Mad-Ade,"In Madadia, a rather strange and misguided assassin, from his hidden position, uses a high-powered rifle to shoot someone in the foot from 50 feet away. The bullet travels at 1300 feet per second. Both the person being shot at and the assassin are at sea level. What will be the first evidence to the person of the attack?",No hint available.,"Although being a mixed-up assassin, the body does state that he hid himself well and you did not see the actual flash of the gun (and for some reason was aiming for your foot). The speed of sound is approximately 1129 feet per second at sea level. The sound will reach the target's ears in .044 seconds. The bullet will hit his foot in .038 seconds. So much for dodging the bullet on this one. But I asked which would be the first evidence to the person of the attack - and that would be the sound, because once the bullet hits his foot, the pain impulse must travel the myelinated A-fibers to his brain at 330 feet per second. Assuming he is at least five feet tall, that's an extra .015 seconds onto the trip.",Science,11/29/04 #8084,Nation from Nation,2.36,1.46,tissue,"I can separate nations from nations, or line a thank you note. What am I?",No hint available.,A border.,Riddle,10/15/02 #5539,Don't be sad,2.25,1.72,NotSoLilGeorge,"Can you decipher this phrase? It's Don't be sad",No hint available.,Don't be sad that it's over.,Rebus,07/13/02 #2050,Thin Soup,2.55,1.32,missie,"Translate the following famous proverb from big words to normal: An excess of individuals skilled in the preparation of edibles impairs the quality of a thin soup.",No hint available.,Too many cooks spoil the broth.,Language,01/16/02 #7748,Low Profile Hero,2.82,2.27,majd,"Born in nature, shaped by man Getting just shorter in a life span Almost no one all of the way But when needed ""I'm hero of the day"" Always giving but never will take And in some days I top the ""bake""",No hint available.,"A Candle. (born in nature = bee wax, getting just shorter = as I burn out, almost no one = not important, hero of the day = when there is a power cut, always giving = light, top the bake = in birthdays placed on top of cake)",Riddle,09/28/02 #31803,I Didn't Mean To!,2.95,2.24,sniperkid990,"What does this represent? NOXQQIVIT",No hint available.,"No excuse for it. NO = No XQQ = x q's = excuse IV = Roman numeral for 4 = for IT = it",Rebus,07/16/06 #14573,Double 21,3.0,3.1,snaps,"My first is double twenty-one but twice of twenty-two, Decipher it and you will see that statement is quite true. My next two are just three apart, or, looking at the link, You'll have the answer easily and will not have to think. My fourth is so more ways than one, so long as you can spell, While my fifth splits first and second, so what is it? Can you tell? It may seem like these words of rhyme are nonsense things to say, Though the five together are right here (two ways) so what are they?","This clue will lead you to the answer which I hope you'll get. The question is just how well do you know your alphabet? And if you look more closely you will see, to your surprise, The answer has been used a lot, they're right before your eyes!","The answer that you seek to find, in words, is now shown here, To understand the clues read on, I'll try to make it clear. The twenty-first of letters is U in the alphabet, Double it, W is the letter you would then get. Now the twenty-second letter of the alphabet is V, When written twice together a W it could be. I hope I've explained the clues to give W as letter one, Now let's move on, there's four more letters to be done. The second and third letters are three from each other, But to scour the alphabet to find them, you needn't bother. If you were looking carefully you'd have seen in the third line, The linking word, OR, fits this criteria just fine. This makes the second O, and R would be the third, Which gives us W, O and R as letters of this word. The fourth letter in the alphabet is fourth in the answer too, Which makes the fourth one D, only one more left to do! Finally the fifth lies between the first and second, In the alphabet, S splits W and O, that's what I reckoned. Combine the five, see that they've been used here a lot? And in the seventh line, sixth word, the answer even got a spot! So now you know the answer and those clues are less absurd, It's amazing what you can do with a word, oops, I mean WORDS!",Riddle,08/27/03 #40044,All Contributions Matter,2.41,2.19,aresII,"Can you decode this quote? * The hint contains three vowels. C=W ""CL SBFALIWLA NLLI UYQU CYQU CL QFL MSJHK JA OBAU Q MFSG JH UYL SELQH. ZBU UYL SELQH CSBIM ZL ILAA ZLEQBAL SN UYQU RJAAJHK MFSG."" ~RSUYLF ULFLAQ","B=U L=E J=I","""WE OURSELVES FEEL THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS JUST A DROP IN THE OCEAN. BUT THE OCEAN WOULD BE LESS BECAUSE OF THAT MISSING DROP."" ~MOTHER TERESA KEY: A=S B=U C=W E=C F=R G=P H=N I=L J=I K=G L=E M=D N=F O=J Q=A R=M S=O U=T W=V Y=H Z=B",Cryptography,01/14/08 #35163,Change-A-Letter III,2.68,1.76,grungy49,"To solve the puzzle, you have to change the first letter of each pair of words (the same letter for each pair) so that they form two new words. At the end, take each letter that you used to replace the words, and they should read a six-letter word. Example: BAT TRY The letter would be F (FAT FRY) __________________________________ 1. SINNER, MARK 2. NOT, MAN 3. AND, PAR 4. LICE, REED 5. TABLE, FLAP 6. NERD, TOP",No hint available.,"The word is 'DRENCH'. 1. DINNER, DARK (D) 2. ROT, RAN (R) 3. END, EAR (E) 4. NICE, NEED (N) 5. CABLE, CLAP (C) 6. HERD, HOP (H)",Language,02/02/07 #28626,I Was Second,2.35,1.71,annie9698,"I was second, but I am first. I give life and have taken many. I am man, but I am not a man.",No hint available.,Woman,Riddle,02/15/06 #10080,Logical Light-up,2.42,1.96,Melly,"As Miss Earwig entered the interview room, her four inquisitors sat behind the oak table watching her. Earwig mentally ordered them from left to right and noted the following facts: 1. The pipe smoker sat immediately to the right of Mr. Blowtorch. 2. Mr. Crumpet did not smoke cigarettes. 3. Neither Mr. Crumpet nor Mr. Drivel were third. 4. The cigarette smoker sat immediately to the left of Mr. Amoeba. 5. Mr. Crumpet was not the cigar smoker. 6. The cigar smoker sat immediately to the left of the cigarette smoker. 7. The cigar smoker was neither second nor third. Assuming no interrogator smoked two different items, can you find the name and smoking habit for each position?",No hint available.,"1 Drivel Cigar 2 Blowtorch Cigarette 3 Amoeba Pipe 4 Crumpet Nonsmoker",Logic,01/27/03 #39700,Four Letter Words #5,2.6,2.62,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have given you a selection of four-lettered words. It is your job to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A, or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck and have fun! COLUMN A Many Bone Hero Room Deal COLUMN B Coil Prim Oval Skid Sail",Consider changing a letter to form a new word.,"If you change the first letter of each word to a 'z' in Column A, you will form a new word. 1. Zany 2. Zone 3. Zero 4. Zoom 5. Zeal",Language,12/19/07 #35853,Be Prepared 2,2.55,2.35,aresII,"This puzzle is a limerick. Can you decode it? V=C ICBXB SAVB OMN M ETSGN ZSGAP EXTBNI, OCS WTFBJ MWKSNI OCSWWZ SA ZBMNI; ""DSX,"" CB NMTJ, ""TI TN EWMTA OB KGNI MWW XTNB MPMTA, MAJ T OMAI IS PBI NIMXIBJ MI WBMNI.""","E=P J=D O=W","There once was a pious young priest, Who lived almost wholly on yeast; ""For,"" he said, ""it is plain We must all rise again, And I want to get started at least."" Key: A=N B=E C=H D=F E=P F=V G=U I=T J=D K=M M=A N=S O=W P=G S=O T=I V=C W=L X=R Z=Y",Cryptography,03/24/07 #48950,Words With UM,1.87,2.21,cnmne,"Five words that contain UM as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *UM**, *UM***, **UM**, ***UM*, **UM*** Pool: A, B, C, E, E, E, F, G, H, L, L, N, O, P, P, R, R, T, V, Y",No hint available.,"HUMAN, FUMBLE, GRUMPY, VOLUME, CRUMPET",Language,08/14/11 #8482,Australian Words,2.79,2.14,snaps,"The abbreviation used for Australian websites is ""au"" (instead of "".com""). The answers to the following clues all use this abbreviation. The clues do not refer to the words themselves, rather they refer to the word that must be added to the ""au"". 1. What might happen to you if you stay out in the Australian sun too long. 2. A strong Australian breeze. 3. Australian seasoning. 4. The Australian god of thunder.",No hint available.,"1. auburn 2. august 3. auspice 4. author",Language,11/12/02 #22714,Unlucky,2.29,1.93,Kalliann,"What does this represent: 1. Get a pay raise 2. Break toe, get bitten by dog, slip and fall 3. Win the lottery 4. Break glass, fall off horse, pinch finger",No hint available.,Bad luck occurs in threes.,Rebus,05/06/05 #5675,Water,2.2,0.71,Cascas,"What does this mean? W a t e r",No hint available.,Waterfall,Rebus,07/18/02 #18969,Chess League !!!,2.3,2.15,lesternoronha1,"Four players - Anand, Karpov, Ivanchuk, and Polgar - participated in a chess competition in which each player played exactly one game with each of the other three players. At the end of the competition the results were as follows :- 1) Karpov won against Ivanchuk, who did not win against Anand. 2) The number of games won by Anand is equal to the number of games won by Ivanchuk. 3) No game ended in a draw. Then which of the following definitely is true :- a) Ivanchuk lost to Polgar. b) Anand lost to Karpov. c) Polgar lost to Anand. d) Karpov lost to Polgar.",No hint available.,"The given observations about the individual Round Robin games are as follows: 1) Karpov won against Ivanchuk, who did not win against Anand. 2) The number of games won by Anand is equal to the number of games won by Ivanchuk. 3) No game ended in a draw. Let us represent Anand, Polgar, Karpov and Ivanchuk by A, P, K and I respectively. The from the given data we have Game Winner A-K A-P A-I A K-P K-I I I-P since Ivanchuk lost both the games against Karpov and Anand from observation 1. Now from observation 1, Anand has definitely won one game since he beat Ivanchuk. From observation 2, the number of games won by Anand is equal to the number of games won by Ivanchuk. Since Ivanchuk has lost both games, he should at least win the last game so that the number of games won by him is equal to those won by Anand. Also since Anand has won one game, he cannot win games against Karpov and Polgar since Ivanchuk cannot equal him then, after having lost two out of three games. Hence Anand must lose to Karpov and Polgar and Ivanchuk must win against Polgar. Hence among the given statement b which suggests that Anand lost to Karpov must definitely be true.",Logic,09/28/04 #26649,X Marks the Spot,2.98,2.36,norcekri,"It was Xmas time, and Xavier eXeter eXhorted his family for an eXpedition downtown to eXpend some funds for the usual holiday gift eXchange. As soon as they boarded the eXpress train, his Auntie Jen began to eXpound on her eXpectations for the trip. ""I assume you know that the full name of the holiday is Christmas?"" ""Newspapers started it to save space, replacing 'Christ' with a cross."" ""Very good. Do you know what else 'ex' means?"" ""Well, it can mean 'outside' or 'former'."" ""EXcellent. But sometimes, it doesn't seem related to the original word."" She smiled, and Xavier could tell she had another one of her games in mind. He returned the grin, eXcited for her to eXplain the rules. ""Now, if you lose weight in January, how might you describe your loss?"" Xavier thought for a few seconds, and then his face eXploded with delight. ""EX-mass!"" ""Very good! What else?"" Jen often had more than one up her sleeve. His father claimed that's why she often wore long-sleeved blouses. ""EX-pound?"" She chuckled and made a mental note. "" I hadn't thought of that one. How about 'EX-size', spelled C-I-S-E ?"" ""Oohhh,"" he groaned. ""Okay, do you have any more?"" How many of Auntie Jen's words can you get? 1. Formerly enough 2. Former building location 3. Another former building location 4. Formerly in good health 5. Used to make a living in the movies 6. Former mining area 7. Formerly eaten by chickens","In #3 and #7, the regular word and the ""ex"" word sound alike, but aren't spelled quite the same.","1. Ex-ample 2. Ex-tract 3. Ex-site (excite) 4. Ex-hale 5. Ex-act 6. Ex-claim 7. Ex-pecked (expect)",Language,10/31/05 #28264,Jack of All Trades,3.01,1.39,sgtammo,"I have been many things in my life. To England I traveled during times of strife. I owned a printing shop and made its periodicals popular. Many enjoyed my views and called me a philosopher. I loved inventing and in the field of science I strove. Some of my inventions were bifocal eyeglasses, the glass harmonica and even a stove. Many public offices have I held and served long, Not the least of which, was reorganizing the postal system and making it strong. Thanks to my love for travel, debates and tendency to chat, I earned the title of diplomat. I spent many times in England, that's a fact. I defended American rights and fought for repeal of the Stamp Act. My ability to write and strong belief that all men are created equal caused me to help design A Declaration of Independence, on which the original I did sign. Be original, a thinker, give it a try. Can you figure out my name; who am I?","If you do not remember me and need help still, Just open your wallet and look at a one hundred dollar bill.","The answer, my friend, I say with a grin, Is none other than Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin(1706-1790). He was an American printer, author, economist, diplomat, philosopher, scientist, inventor, and one of America's greatest statesmen. Benjamin Franklin was known for so many things, but he is best remembered in the United States as a patriot and diplomat.",Riddle,01/25/06 #5091,3=B when the B are L,2.2,2.05,badbrian08,3=B when the B are L,Think Sports..........,3 BASERUNNERS when the BASES are LOADED,Letter-Equations,07/01/02 #20955,Comments Please!,2.95,2.39,lorial,"A community of generous, smart, happy individuals contribute their logic problems to their favourite website. They all hope that others will enjoy their puzzles and help where necessary with constructive criticism. This happens most of the time, but sometimes a few users of the site consider they should be extremely rude to get across their point. Which individuals submitted which teaser and which non-contributors made which rude comments about them? Angryone included the word boring in his comment that was not about the puzzle Chicken Bob. Perfect Pete roared with laughter on seeing garbage written against his teaser, fortunately Pete was not too sensitive. Funto Moan did not write pointless or tedious in his comment, but his comment was about either Silly Snails or Fried Egg Orrible's comment (not tedious) on Jolly Jim's puzzle was not about Hot Legs. The End and Hot Legs puzzles were not commented on by Angryone. Happy Henry wrote the puzzle Chicken Bob, it wasn't commented on by Nasty Work. Funto Moan did not comment upon Perfect Pete's puzzle. Nice Nell did not see the comment Utter nonsense written against her puzzle, and her puzzle was not Silly Snails. Contributor: Gentle George, Happy Henry, Jolly Jim, Nice Nell, Perfect Pete Puzzle Name: Chicken Bob, Fried Egg, Hot Legs, Silly Snails, The End Non-Contributor: Angryone, Funto Moan, Orrible, Nasty Work, Pickyhole Comment: Boring, Garbage, Pointless, Tedious, Utter nonsense",No hint available.,"Gentle George / Silly Snails / Funto Moan / Utter nonsense Happy Henry / Chicken Bob / Pickyhole / Tedious Jolly Jim / The End / Orrible / Pointless Nice Nell / Fried Egg / Angryone / Boring Perfect Pete / Hot Legs / Nasty Work / Garbage",Logic-Grid,02/11/05 #5335,walieit,2.18,1.2,Cascas,"What does this mean? walieit",No hint available.,Lie in wait,Rebus,07/08/02 #12543,8 = P of the M,2.5,2.29,lauramarie,8 = P of the M,Satellite,"8 = Phases of the Moon (new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, and waning crescent)",Letter-Equations,05/22/03 #42942,Inspiring Colors,2.82,0.98,metallicman,"Reflected from water everyday Though I may appear in other ways Across the spectrum I must be As many as five, you see After the clouds leave your sky Above the land where birds fly I inspire tales of treasure and gold Which you can get if the little one you hold I am serenity after the storm Creating comfort is my norm What am I?",No hint available.,"I am a rainbow. I am most commonly reflected from water, although I can be made from shining light through glass. I am made up of five colors, the spectrum being the color wheel. I am mostly seen in the sky and there are tales of treasure being inside of me. I mostly appear after a storm when there is still a lot of water vapor in the air.",Riddle,08/31/08 #6793,Big or Small,2.78,2.32,curly,"I hold the record for being the biggest, yet I also hold the record for being the smallest! What am I?",No hint available.,"Australia, the world's largest island and the world's smallest continent.",Other,08/23/02 #31573,Billiard Hall,2.52,1.8900000000000001,Barticus,"At the billiard hall there are three pool tables. The first table is set up to play 7 Ball, the second table is set up to play 8 Ball, and the third table is set up to play 9 Ball. What is the total number of balls on the three tables?",Make sure to count all the balls!,"34. 7 Ball uses 7 colored balls and a cue ball (8). 8 Ball uses 15 colored balls and a cue ball (16). 9 Ball uses 9 colored balls and a cue ball (10). 8+16+10=34.",Trivia,07/05/06 #29782,Sequence,2.63,2.81,ffoppia,"Deduce the next number in this sequence: 6, 10, 15, 16, 23, ...",Try thinking with prime numbers.,"24 In this sequence, every natural number is added to the next two prime numbers greater than itself. 1+(2+3)... 2+(3+5)...3+(5+7)...4+(5+7)...5+(7+11)....... 6+(7+11)",Series,04/15/06 #47749,Calculate Another Digit,2.47,2.63,MarcM1098,"Each of the following uses a different method to represent the same well-known series. Your challenge is to figure out what the series is and how each item represents it. If you know the series well enough, try finding a value for the next term in each case. 1. How I wish I could enumerate 2. Calculate another digit and easily impress 3. Be done your run, drive mine","Each series represents the first 6 digits of pi (3.14159). If you want to continue, here are more digits: 3.1415926...","1. The number of letters in each word matches a digit of pi. (""How"" is three letters long, ""I"" is one letter long, ...) The next value would be any word that is two letters long, such as ""pi"". How I wish I could enumerate pi easily... 2. Look at the first letter of each word; its position in the alphabet matches a digit of pi. (""Calculate"" starts with the third letter in the alphabet, ""another"" starts with the first letter in the alphabet, ...) The next value would be any word starting with a ""b"", such as ""by"". Calculate another digit and easily impress by finding... 3. Each word rhymes with the corresponding digit of pi. (""Be"" rhymes with ""three"", ""done"" rhymes with ""one"", ...) The next value would be any word that rhymes with ""two"". Be done your run, drive mine to fix...",Series,08/17/10 #29321,Crazy Colors,2.72,1.76,____,"Here is what the chips are worth in a chip trading game: 3 green chips have the same value as 5 blue chips. 2 red chips have the same value as 1 yellow chip. 4 red chips have the same value as 3 green chips. How many blue chips can you get for 8 yellow chips?","Get some chips and make the trades, or represent the trading with colored dots.","You can get 20 blue chips for 8 yellow chips. 1 yellow = 2 red, 8 yellow = 16 red 4 red = 3 green, 16 red = 12 green 3 green = 5 blue, 12 green = 20 blue",Math,03/25/06 #38247,Color Wheel,2.52,1.47,merrimackxc2010,"3=S C (O, G, and V)",No hint available.,"3 Secondary Colors (Orange, Green, and Violet)",Letter-Equations,09/11/07 #8928,8:45am - Gardening,2.78,2.54,snaps,"What is represented by this rebus? 8:45am - gardening 11:13am - tv 12:24pm - lunch 2:17 - tv 4:24 - walk the dog 5:23 - tv 6:50 - dinner",No hint available.,"Prime time television. Notice that the time for tv consists of prime numbers, while the times for the other activities do not.",Rebus,12/12/02 #37812,Operation: Flower-Ectomy,2.34,2.12,cnmne,"Six words have had their flowers removed. The flowers have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each flower with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: aster, crocus, iris, lily, peony, rose Group B: abnaeo, exditiar, fen, fexbiit, ntnic, turs",No hint available.,"aster + fen = fastener (fASTenER) crocus + abnaeo = carbonaceous (CaRbOnaCeoUS) iris + ntnic = intrinsic (IntRInSic) lily + fexbiit = flexibility (fLexIbiLitY) peony + exditiar = expeditionary (exPEditiONarY) rose + turs = trousers (tROuSErs)",Language,08/17/07 #13112,Thou Shalt Not,2.41,2.13,MrIxolite,"What are represented below? Thou shalt not steal! Headgear must be worn on site! Use the handrail provided at all times! Members only in this area! Bus Lane Only: No Cars!",No hint available.,"Rules Of Thumb Rules emanating from the word THUMB (acrostic style)",Rebus,06/13/03 #11468,5 Businessmen,2.47,2.95,inudbz,"These five businessmen represented different companies at a recent trade fair. Unfortunately, the hotel they were all due to stay in had accidentally double booked their rooms. They tried other hotels in the area, but all were fully booked. Consequently, they all agreed to share the only two rooms available in the hotel - one twin and one triple. From the clues, can you work out each man's name, company and official title? 1. When the five men realized their dilemma, they drew straws to see who would share with whom. The outcome for four of them was that the CEO shared with the businessman from ABM Inc. and Edgar shared with the Developer. 2. Alan does not work for Reed Right and is not the Director. The Director does not work for Lantel or Blue Teeth. 3. Neither Clarkson nor Grimaldi works for Reed Right. Grimaldi is either the IT Analyst or the CEO. 4. The businessman from Reed Right did not share a room with Thomas. 5. Clarkson, who does not work for Lantel, shared with either Thomas or Grimaldi but not both. 6. Edgar's surname is either Casson or Graves. Edgar did not share with Carl. 7. The businessman from Chiptech shared with the businessman from Lantel. 8. The CEO shared with the IT Analyst. 9. Casson works for either Blue Teeth or Chiptech. 10. Neither Joshua nor Alan works for ABM Inc. 11. Fielder shared with the Director. 12. The Accountant from Blue Teeth shared with the Developer. First names: Alan, Carl, Edgar, Joshua, Thomas. Last names: Casson, Clarkson, Fielder, Graves, Grimaldi. Company: ABM Inc., Blue Teeth, Chiptech, Lantel, Reed",No hint available.,"First Name, Last Name, Company, Position: Carl Grimaldi, ABM Inc., IT Analyst Edgar Casson, Chiptech, Director Joshua Graves, Reed Right, CEO Alan Clarkson, Blue Teeth, Accountant Thomas Fielder, Lantel, Developer To solve this teaser, you first need to determine who shared which room with whom. Three delegates shared the triple and two shared the twin. The CEO shared with the businessman from ABM in one room and Edgar shared with the Developer in the other (1). Since Grimaldi is either the IT Analyst or the CEO (3) and the CEO shared with the IT Analyst, Grimaldi is in the same room as whoever is the CEO, IT Analyst and ABM delegate although Grimaldi could have been one of these people. Edgar did not share with Carl (6) so Carl is in the same bedroom as, and possibly is, the CEO, IT Analyst, Grimaldi and/or the ABM delegate. Grimaldi and Thomas were in different rooms so Thomas shared a room with Clarkson (5) and the Reed Right delegate was in a different room to Thomas. At this stage we know: Room 1 CEO IT Analyst ABM delegate Grimaldi Carl Reed Right delegate Room 2 Edgar Developer Thomas Clarkson Since the Chiptech delegate shared with the Lantel delegate (7), both of these must have been in room 2 otherwise there would be four delegates in room 1 which is not possible. Now this has been ascertained, the puzzle can be solved: The CEO shared with the IT Analyst so the IT Analyst must work for ABM (Clues 1 and 8) so the CEO must work for Reed Right. Since Grimaldi does not work for Reed Right, he must be the IT Analyst. Clarkson, Fielder and Casson are in room 2 so the CEO must be Graves. Graves is not Edgar (1), Thomas (4), Carl (IT Analyst) or Alan (2) so must be Joshua. Clarkson is not Thomas (5), Edgar (6), Carl or Joshua (in room 1) so must be Alan. The Director does not work for Lantel or Blue Teeth (2), Reed Right or ABM (room 1) so must work for Chiptech. This is not Graves or Grimaldi (room 1), Clarkson (2) or Fielder (11) so must be Casson. Since Graves; first name is Joshua, Casson must be Edgar (6). Alan Clarkson does not work for Reed Right or ABM (room 1); Lantel (5) or Chiptech so must work for Blue Teeth. Since he is not the Developer (12) he must be the Accountant. This leaves Thomas Fielder who is the Developer for Lantel.",Logic,03/28/03 #29051,The Forgotten Messenger,2.77,2.65,k8ly,"From house to house he goes, A messenger often small and slight. And whether it rains or snows, He sleeps outside at night. What is he?",This is something you may use every day.,A sidewalk.,Riddle,03/12/06 #26526,Sandbox Disaster,2.74,0.67,Kalliann,"Five mothers decided to take their adorable children to the park. Each woman allowed her child to bring one toy. All the children raced to the sandbox with their toy. They had so much fun in the sandbox that all the toys got mixed up, and each mother lost track of her child. Can you help them sort this mess out so each child goes home with the correct toy, and each parent goes home with the correct child? Mothers: Shelby, Monica, Lisa, Abbie, and Marie Children: Zach, Tim, Chris, Laura, and Natalie Toys: dump truck, shovel, bucket, doll, and car Clues: 1) The child with the dump truck is not Chris or Zach. 2) Monica's son brought a bucket, but his name is not Tim. 3) Lisa's daughter shares a first initial with her mother and she brought a shovel along. 4) The doll belongs to Abbie's daughter. 5) Zach is Marie's son.",The only female children are Natalie and Laura.,"Thank you for getting everybody back together! 1. Shelby is Tim's mother and they brought the dump truck. 2. Monica is Chris's mother and they brought the bucket. 3. Lisa is Laura's mother and they brought the shovel. 4. Abbie is Natalie's mother and they brought the doll. 5. Marie is Zach's mother and they brought the car.",Logic-Grid,10/24/05 #27796,Gnerbs Gnumbers,2.32,1.71,Gnerb_25,"What comes next in this sequence? 4, 8, _, 13, 14, _, 19, 23, _?",No hint available.,"4, 8, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19, 23, 24 You start with 4, add four, then add one. With that number add four more, then with that number add one, and so on.",Series,12/31/05 #1449,See it in Your Dreams,2.39,1.32,Beanie18,"You can see it in your dreams, but never in your thoughts. It starts at the beginning of earth, and ends your life. What is it?",No hint available.,"The letter ""e"".",Riddle,11/18/01 #6881,TTHOETTHORWOEWL,2.22,1.78,kiwioz9,"What is this expression? TTHOETTHORWOEWL",No hint available.,"To throw in the towel [TtHoEtThOrWoEwL]",Rebus,08/25/02 #21839,"1, 2, 3 Snicker",2.47,1.39,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? 12:01 ""Snicker"" 12:02 ""Giggle"" 12:03 ""Ha ha ha""",No hint available.,A laugh a minute,Rebus,03/27/05 #5252,Amazing Movie Anagram,2.72,2.16,Mogmatt16,"The following phrase not only describes a movie, but it is also an anagram for the title. What is the movie? Con Bites Male Flesh",No more bbbaaaas,Silence of the Lambs,Language,07/06/02 #47947,Making Change,2.52,2.22,MarcM1098,"Canada and The United States have a quarter, dime, nickel, and penny (25, 10, 5, and 1 cent coins). 1. The minimum number of coins needed to make change for a dollar (i.e. to make any amount less than 100) is nine coins. For example, nine coins are required to make 99 cents: 3 quarters, 2 dimes, and 4 pennies. What is the only smaller amount that also requires nine coins? 2. Having a 20 cent coin instead of a dime would be more efficient; at most eight coins would be needed to make change for a dollar. See if you can make 89 cents with only eight coins (using 25, 20, 5, and 1 cent coins). 3. There are other coin values that are still more efficient, such as 25, 18, 5, and 1 cent coins. What is the fewest number of these coins needed to make 89 cents?","1. Take the answer for 99 cents and just replace one coin with a smaller one. 2. Don't use as many quarters as possible (don't be ""greedy""). 3. You don't need any pennies.","1. 94 cents also requires nine coins: 3 quarters, 1 dime, 1 nickel, and 4 pennies. 2. 89 cents can be made using 1 quarter, 3 twenty-cent coins, and 4 pennies. If you try to use as many quarters as possible (called a ""greedy"" algorithm), it actually takes more coins: 3 quarters, 2 nickels, and 4 pennies is nine coins. One advantage of the existing coin values is that the ""greedy"" algorithm always works: use as many coins of highest value first, then the next highest, and so on. 3. 89 cents can be made using only six coins: 1 quarter, 3 eighteen-cent coins, and 2 nickels. In fact, any amount under 100 can be made with just six coins. There are several other coin values (such as 24, 19, 4, and 1; or 28, 13, 6, and 1) that are just as efficient, but none is better. The problem with these ""efficient"" amounts is trying to figure out the best way to make change in your head.",Math,09/16/10 #34182,Neeeeeeeeeext!,2.77,2.9,grungy49,"Pick a word from the group below that should come next in the sequence. Dares, may, fan, mole, ____? A) Bellow B) Steak C) Rumour D) Trumpet E) Monk F) Collide",No hint available.,"'Monk' should come next in the series. To solve, add the sound of the name of the letters of the alphabet to the end of each given word, in sequence, to produce a new word. A = dares to daresay B = may to maybe C = fan to fancy D = mole to mouldy E = monk to monkey",Series,12/01/06 #3404,KJUSTK,2.65,1.39,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this phrase: KJUSTK",No hint available.,Just in case,Rebus,04/10/02 #21220,Red & Black,2.2,1.79,dbs241,"What comes next? K = A, 3, 5, 7, __, __, __ Q = 2, 4, 6, 8, __, __",The title is the hint.,"K = A, 3, 5, 7, 9, J, K Q = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, Q K is the King and A, 3, 5, 7, 9, J, K are the odd-numbered cards in order when playing solitaire. Q is the Queen and 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, Q are the even-numbered cards in order when playing solitaire.",Series,02/25/05 #17150,Litmus Test,2.39,2.13,cnmne,"For her chemistry final, Martha must find a way to turn an acid into a base. Can you turn an acid into a base by changing one letter at a time? Each step must create a valid word in the English language. Martha made the change in 7 steps. Can you do as well ... or better? ACID ----> BASE",No hint available.,"ACID ARID GRID GRIT GAIT BAIT BAST BASE",Language,03/29/04 #2540,Thaehcoele,2.15,2.03,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this common phrase? thaehcoele",No hint available.,Ace in the hole,Rebus,03/06/02 #48234,Word Chest 5 (4x4),2.25,1.61,dalfamnest,"Word Chests are miniature crossword puzzles, with no gaps. e.g. J OB ARE MET This word chest contains four words spelled horizontally and four vertically. Clues are given, but not necessarily in order. Can you work out the eight 4-letter words and place them correctly in the chest? Clues across: * one of two the same * faculty head * chocolate sandwich cookie * travel by horse Clues down (idioms): * ""down to the ____"" - at the last minute * ""love the ____ of the city"" - bright lights * ""that's an ____"" - it's worth considering * ""sorry if I ____ on your toes"" - intruded on your area of responsibility","Two corner letters are given: T*** **** **** ***N","TWIN RIDE OREO DEAN",Language,11/27/10 #21362,Brothers,2.18,1.45,bluewipes,"Riddle me this riddle me that. There are two brothers. One is much bigger than the other. The smaller brother follows the big brother around 365 days a year Who are we?",Go outside and look up,The sun and the moon.,Riddle,03/04/05 #38477,Unscramble The Stupid,3.06,0.79,grilledcheese,"Can you decode these stupid quotes said by different people? ""Sniomkg klils. fi yru'oe kleild, yvuo'e solt a ryev iotpnarmt rapt fo uyro eifl."" - Brooke Shields ""Het ienrtnet si a teagr ayw ot etg no teh ent."" - Bob Dole ""I velo Cnrlifaoia, I pirtlcalcay wreg pu ni Pnohiex."" - Dan Quayle",No hint available.,"""Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."" - Brooke Shields (actress) ""The internet is a great way to get on the net."" - Bob Dole (U.S. Senator from Kansas) ""I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."" - Dan Quayle (former U.S. Vice President)",Language,09/26/07 #34458,Smiling Flea,2.48,2.28,MarcM1098,"What word completes this series? smile, flea, hair, wart, toe, foot, leg, frog, bump, log, ?",You can find it at the bottom of the sea.,"hole These are the items listed in the children's rhyme, ""There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea"". The rhyme ends with this line: There's a smile on the flea on the hair on the wart on the toe on the foot on the leg on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole at the bottom of the sea.",Series,12/18/06 #28520,Final Words 1,2.75,2.71,chidam11,"Try to decipher the final words of eminent persons by cracking the code. 1. AU UP, AQO UKO - GRFO JUYBF RYQ WUY WUUGF JSU SRCQ PUO FRLB QPUKAS. -MRYG ZRYV. 2. ZH AUB! JSRO SRF SRDDQPQB? -DYLPXQFF BLRPR. 3. LO LF CQYH IQRKOLWKG UCQY OSQYQ. -OSUZRF RGCR QBLFUP.","M-k U-o L-i","A-g B-d C-v D-p E-j F-s G-l H-y I-b J-w K-u L-i M-k N-q O-t P-n Q-e R-a S-h T-z U-o V-x W-f X-c Y-r Z-m 1. Go on, get out - last words are for fools who have not said enough. -Karl Marx. 2. My God! What has happened? -Princess Diana. 3. It is very beautiful over there. -Thomas Alva Edison.",Cryptography,02/09/06 #26501,Knight's Tour,2.65,2.39,kiss,"One day, a knight went to the legendary kingdom named Breadland. The Breadlanders love eating bread. They also play chess. What's different from normal chess is that the chessboard they use is 9x7, each player has a queen on each side of the king, one is next to the king and the other is between a bishop and a knight. Also, each side has one more pawn, so that there are totally 4 queens and 18 pawns on the chessboard. In fact, Breadland is a chessboard itself, and is of course 9x7. The knight was on a square of Breadland, he wanted to visit each square of Breadland exactly once, and return to the square he was originally on. Each step, the knight moved to one of the squares nearest to that on which it stands but the queen can't reach. Could the knight achieve his goal?",No hint available.,"Color the chess board alternatively black and white, and suppose the lower left corner is black, as in normal chess. Then each move of the knight brought him from a black square to a white one, or vice versa. If he could achieve his goal, there must have been as many black squares as white ones. However, there were 32 black squares and 31 white squares. Hence, the knight could not achieve his goal, and had to repeat some white square.",Math,10/23/05 #42980,Down on Main Street,2.94,2.19,whsprec,"The Smiths, the Joneses, the Alreds, the Woolards, and the Greens all live on Main Street. The numbers on the houses run from south to north, with the highest number being the most northerly. Each house is a different color: red, black, tan, yellow, or blue. In each yard is a different type of tree: oak, elm, ash, willow, or pine. Match the owner to the house number, the color of the house, and the type of tree in the yard. 1) The Smith house and the Woolard house do not have pine trees and neither does the black house. 2) The Green house is one north of the blue house and one south of the house with the pine tree. 3) The blue house is one north of the Woolard house, which is the next house north of the house with the willow tree. 4) Neither the Smith house nor the Alred house has a tree on its front lawn with a three letter name, but the colors of each of their houses are three letter words. 5) The Woolard house does not have an elm tree in its front yard. 6) The Green house is the next house to the south of the tan house and the next house north of the house with an oak on its front lawn.",No hint available.,"Number 9 - Alred, pine, tan Number 7 - Green, elm, black Number 5 - Jones, oak, blue Number 3 - Woolard, ash, yellow Number 1 - Smith, willow, red",Logic-Grid,09/03/08 #2628,The Frog Battery,2.26,2.11,RoseJ0,"A scientist was dissecting a frog and made electricity. How?",No hint available.,The acid in the frog mixed with the dissecting tools and conducted electricity.,Science,03/10/02 #40209,Clever Jenny VII,2.16,2.59,mosca,"Jenny took a seat at her meeting. She used to hate meetings, because she always worried somebody might ask her a question, and she didn't want to look foolish in front of the Boss. Since she started going to Toastmasters, though, she was starting to enjoy meetings and even spoke up once in a while. The Boss began talking about the new marketing project. She had seen an email about this less than an hour ago and hadn't really had time to get any good ideas about it. Suddenly the Deputy Boss asked, ""Jenny, what sort of contribution can your group make to this new initiative?"" Jenny had a moment of panic. Then she remembered what she had seen at Toastmasters meetings and responded. What did Jenny say? How did she handle this unanticipated question?",What would you do in such a circumstance?,"Jenny bought herself a few precious seconds by standing up, thanking the Deputy for his question, and repeating the question. Then she extemporized: ""This is a challenging enterprise; I received an email about it just a short while ago and have only had time to form a general concept. I will ask my group to form three teams. One will brainstorm slogans for the campaign. The second will draft text for sample ads. And the third will develop graphics to go with the text. That's what the planning looks like so far. We will know more tomorrow after the teams have had a chance to get together. We will want to coordinate with other groups working on similar issues. And we will be very interested in feedback and coaching from Ms. Hawkins."" She nodded to her supervisor, who grinned and gave her a thumbs up.",Situation,01/26/08 #45819,Behead A,3.19,1.8900000000000001,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Time past -> Leave 2. Street -> Event location 3. Ends ""Our Father"" -> Fathers 4. Shared an opinion -> Excessive desire for something 5. Misuses; harms -> Multi-passenger vehicles 6. Pursue lofty goal -> Pointed tower top 7. Sum total -> Climb on 8. Stay away from -> A gap; empty","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. G 2. V 3. M 4. G 5. B 6. S 7. M 8. V","1. Ago -> Go 2. Avenue -> Venue 3. Amen -> Men 4. Agreed -> Greed 5. Abuses -> Buses 6. Aspire -> Spire 7. Amount -> Mount 8. Avoid -> Void",Language,11/26/09 #3815,Unknown Pain,2.72,1.26,arij,"A man goes to the doctor and asks him to check him over. He says, ""I feel extreme pain whenever I touch any part of my body. All parts of my body give me the same kind of terrible pain."" The doctor is amazed to hear that. He asks the person to have an X-ray of his whole body and to come to him the next day. The man does exactly what the doctor had said. The next day the doctor tells him his problem. What's wrong with the man?",No hint available.,The man has a broken finger!,Situation,04/30/02 #4778,Leap Year,2.37,2.16,bobbrt,"The following task involves several steps, but they are out of order. Arrange them so that a person who follows the steps exactly can perform the task: You want to be able to write ""leap year"" or ""not a leap year"" for any given year from 1801 to 2101, according to whether or not the given year had or will have 366 days in it. You must remember to take into account that years ending in 00 are leap years only if they are evenly divisible by 400 (thus, 1900 was not a leap year but 2000 was). Years ending in any other digits, of course, are leap years if and only if they are divisible by 4. a) Divide the year by 100. b) Divide the year by 4. c) Read the year chosen (from 1801 to 2101). d) Divide the year by 400. e) Skip the next statement. f) If there is a remainder, skip the next two statements. g) If there is a remainder, skip the next two statements. h) If there is a remainder, skip the next six statements. i) Write ""leap year."" j) Write ""not a leap year."" k) End.",No hint available.,"c) Read the year chosen (from 1801 to 2101). b) Divide the year by 4. h) If there is a remainder, skip the next six statements. a) Divide the year by 100. f or g) If there is a remainder, skip the next two statements. d) Divide the year by 400. f or g) If there is a remainder, skip the next two statements. i) Write ""leap year."" e) Skip the next statement. j) Write ""not a leap year."" k) End.",Logic,06/17/02 #32804,Just One Word,2.35,1.83,Princeford93,"What word can be used to describe the following phrases? large piece of fabric to move effortlessly an ocean trip",No hint available.,sail,Language,09/02/06 #31656,Word Scrambles XII,2.64,2.04,Psychic_Master,"Here's how it goes; there will be 3 scrambled word puzzles with a clue above each. The unscrambled word/s will have something to do with the clue. 1. Clue: A step too far Puzzle: Le ped lex 2. Clue: Random things or people that are placed together Puzzle: Semolina clues 3. Clue: A plethora of facts Puzzle: Oceanic played",No hint available.,"1. Expelled 2. Miscellaneous 3. Encyclopaedia",Language,07/10/06 #47103,Back in Forth 6,2.73,2.06,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. cas____e (has a sour taste) 2. me____te (a sour substance) 3. l____ent (anything small) 4. re____ed (spoils)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. neuter 2. provide healing substance 3. medicinal liquid 4. returned to a former state","1. castrate (TART - cas_TRAT_e) 2. medicate (ACID - me_DICA_te) 3. liniment (MINI - l_INIM_ent) 4. restored (ROTS - re_STOR_ed)",Language,05/28/10 #32304,The Sun Rocks,2.47,1.21,bigSWAFF_69_,"What is represented by this rebus? sun rock rock *rock*",No hint available.,Third Rock From the Sun,Rebus,08/05/06 #23492,That's Odd,2.1,2.34,Kerplunk82,I'm thinking of an odd whole number between 2 and 300. Add 73 to the number and then divide by two. That result plus the lowest possible number will equal four times the difference between the number and the highest possible number. What is the number?,Use straightforward algebra.,257,Math,06/07/05 #3899,Ranchers,2.27,1.44,Drunky,"Rancher Joe was describing his ""grand farm"" to everyone at the general store when Farmer Sam said it was probably just a little two horse farm. Joe straightened his shoulders and said, ""I'll have you know that my farm has all horses but two, all cows but two, and all pigs but two."" How many animals does Joe own?",No hint available.,"3, one of each type of animal.",Logic,05/05/02 #27204,KFC,2.73,2.68,rose_rox,"Can you decipher this phrase? Cranium ...... 34°C Mandible ..... 93°F Scapula ....... 222°K Carpals ....... 80°C Patella ........ 95°F Tibia ........... 1473°K",No hint available.,"Cold shoulder. The scientific names for bones are listed and matched with a certain temperature. The 'scapula' is the shoulder blade and its temperature is 222°K, which is -51°C or -60°F! As you can imagine, that is quite cold while the other temperatures range from comfortable to very hot. Take away the 'blade', and it's a 'cold shoulder.'",Rebus,11/28/05 #28251,Three Consecutive Primes,2.26,2.62,kiss,"Which three consecutive prime numbers, when multiplied together, give the product 190747?",No hint available.,"53, 59 and 61.",Math,01/25/06 #28678,1999,2.46,1.43,lips,"The year 1999 is special. Using the numbers 1, 9, 9 and 9, in that order, make the number 89. You may use brackets and any standard maths operation such as the square root, +, -, * and /. For example, 26 = -1 + 9 + 9 + 9.",No hint available.,89 = -1 + 9 + (9 * 9).,Math,02/17/06 #2536,Youjustme,2.49,0.85,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the common phrase? youjustme",No hint available.,Just between you and me,Rebus,03/06/02 #42521,Words With VU,2.07,2.87,cnmne,"Five words that contain VU as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *VU**, **VU*, *VU***, VU*****, **VU*** Pool: A, D, E, E, E, E, E, E, G, I, I, L, L, L, L, N, O, P, R, S",No hint available.,"OVULE, REVUE, AVULSE, VULPINE, DIVULGE",Language,07/17/08 #41346,Carroll's Doublets,2.6,2.35,Scubee,"English author Lewis Carroll enjoyed word puzzles and created many for the enjoyment of others. Among his favorites to create were doublets. Doublets are word puzzles in which you are given two words and change one letter at a time until the two are linked. An example follows: Flip HEAD to TAIL. HEAD HEAL TEAL TELL TALL TAIL The following two Carroll doublets were originally printed in ""Vanity Fair"". Your two words are in all capital letters, and the first word listed is where you begin. 1. Drive PIG into STY. 2. Raise FOUR to FIVE.","1. There are five steps total. 2. There are seven steps total.","PIG WIG WAG WAY SAY STY FOUR FOUL FOOL FOOT FORT FORE FIRE FIVE",Language,04/03/08 #2977,Most Letters,2.63,1.35,bco89taurus,What two words contain the most letters?,No hint available.,Post office.,Trick,03/28/02 #8483,"""Longest"" Word",2.71,2.24,snaps,What is the longest word that can be spelt using only three letters?,"""Longest"" doesn't necessarily mean length when written down.",Eon: an age of the universe; immeasurable period; eternity.,Trick,11/12/02 #25522,Samantha's Money,2.1,1.08,trickyleprecaun,"Samantha had a dollar bill and she wanted to have more. So she went up to a cash register and asked for more. The cashier happily gave her some more, and Samantha was happy. What happened?",No hint available.,The cashier gave Samantha four quarters in exchange for Samantha's one dollar bill because four is more than one!,Trick,08/23/05 #855,It T 2 to T,2.35,1.6,Michelle,It T 2 to T,No hint available.,It TAKES 2 to TANGO,Letter-Equations,09/23/01 #47901,Paul Revere,2.24,1.2,bluegrasss,"1=IBL 2=IBS",Paul Revere Ride,"1 if by land 2 if by sea",Letter-Equations,09/05/10 #36187,Easter Egg Hunt II,2.78,1.66,cdrock,"The bunnies in Easter Village are excited once again, for their annual Easter Egg Hunt has just been finished. In the Hunt, four bunnies search around the town for one of the Easter Eggs. Once they have each found one, they hop back to the finish line! Can you figure out which rabbits found which eggs, what places they got in the Hunt, and the prizes that were in their Easter Egg? Bunnies: Mr. Hops, Jumper, Long Ears, Ms. Littlenose Eggs: Blue, Red, Green, Yellow Prizes in Eggs: Chocolate Candy, Jelly Bean, Gold Coin, Visor Clues: 1. The four bunnies were Mr. Hops, the bunny that found the Red Egg, the bunny that finished in 4th place, and the bunny that found the Gold Coin in their egg. 2. Long Ears did not find the Visor in his Egg. 3. The bunny that placed 2nd found the Chocolate Candy in his/her Egg. 4. Neither Long Ears nor Ms. Littlenose found the Red Egg. 5. The bunny who placed 1st found the Green Egg. 6. The bunny who found the Red Egg did not finish the Hunt in 3rd Place. 7. Long Ears did not find the Gold Coin. 8. The bunny who found the Blue Egg did not find the Jelly Bean in his/her egg. 9. The bunny who finished 1st did not find the Visor in his/her egg.",No hint available.,"1. Mr. Hops found the Blue Egg that had the Visor and finished 3rd. 2. Jumper found the Red Egg that had the Chocolate Candy and finished 2nd. 3. Long Ears found the Yellow Egg that had the Jelly Bean and finished 4th. 4. Ms. Littlenose found the Green Egg that had the Gold Coin and finished 1st.",Logic-Grid,04/12/07 #38176,Quotation With Missing Letters,2.75,2.82,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given a series of letters in groups of three. These letters have been taken from a quotation, with the spaces and punctuation between the words removed. Your job is to rearrange the pieces to reconstruct the message. The dashes indicate the number of letters in each word. (Unfortunately, each word must be set out vertically due to spacing problems) hun don ups dso ive mok ise ing mes ing eit dre giv fti asy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",Quote from Mark Twain,"Giving up smoking is easy; I've done it hundreds of times. Mark Twain",Language,09/08/07 #35121,The Two Go Together - VI,2.49,2.06,brainster,"Each of the sentences below use two words which are synonyms of each other, but here in these sentences, they are not used with the same meaning. Can you find the words ? 1. Sometimes she felt like securing her property with ______ wire to avoid the ______ questions and comments. 2. Was this ____, she wondered sometimes. Day after day, she would have to ____ grain into flour. 3. The drummer realized he was on the wrong ____, but the guitarist managed to cover it up with an expert _____, and no one could detect the drummer's lapse.",No hint available.,"1. Sometimes she felt like securing her property with BARBED wire to avoid the UNKIND questions and comments. 2. Was this WORK, she wondered sometimes. Day after day, she would have to GRIND grain into flour. 3. The drummer realized he was on the wrong BEAT, but the guitarist managed to cover it up with an expert STROKE, and no one could detect the drummer's lapse.",Language,01/30/07 #31393,Word Scrambles III,2.66,2.17,Psychic_Master,"Here's how it goes; there will be 3 scrambled word puzzles with a clue above each. The unscrambled word/s will have something to do with the clue. 1. Clue: Coincidental entrance Puzzle: Adhesive pet folk 2. Clue: Controversial code maker Puzzle: Cordial neon diva 3. Clue: Prince of pentameter Puzzle: I am a weakish speller",No hint available.,"1. Speak of the devil 2. Leonardo Da Vinci 3. William Shakespeare",Language,06/28/06 #30640,Do I Belong?,2.64,2.57,luckythirteen,"Which number doesn't belong in the first group, but belongs in the second group? First group: 10, 11, 14, 19, 23, 35, and 46 Second group: 7, 8, 11, 16, 32, 43, and 56",No hint available.,"The number 23 doesn't belong in the first group, but does in the second group. All the numbers with the exception of 23 are made up like this: 0^2+10, 1^2+10, 2^2+10, etc. All the numbers in the second group including 23 are made up like this: 0^2+7, 1^2+7, 2^2+7, etc.",Group,05/22/06 #40569,Judges,1.91,1.81,orcasman,4 J on A I,Look at the title,4 Judges on American Idol,Letter-Equations,02/17/08 #37984,Words Within a Word #2,2.69,3.07,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your task is twofold. You must first complete two (2) 4-letter words, side by side, reading left to right. Secondly, these two words within the brackets must form a 6-letter word when read from right to left. Example: T[A _ _ _ _ A]T Answer: T[ARO GNA]T 6-letter word: ANGORA 1. V[E _ _ _ _ C]K 2. R[E _ _ _ _ D] E 3. T[R _ _ _ _ F]E",No hint available.,"1. V[EIL LOC]K 6-letter word: COLLIE 2. R[EDO CED] E 6-letter word: DECODE 3. T[RET LIF]E 6-letter word: FILTER",Language,08/28/07 #36466,Knights & Knaves,2.57,1.05,ChRmD1,"A very special island is inhabited only by knights and knaves. Knights always tell the truth, and knaves always lie. You meet two inhabitants: Amy and Brittany. Amy tells you that Brittany is a knave. Brittany says, 'Neither Amy nor I are knaves.' What are Amy and Brittany?",Guess and Check,"Take Amy's statement and assume it's true. If Brittany is a knave, that means that she is lying. That would mean that one of them is a knave, which would still be true. If Amy was lying, then Brittany would be telling the truth that neither of them were knaves, which would contradict Amy's lie. Therefore, Amy is a knight, and Brittany is a knave.",Logic,04/30/07 #4952,Aliens Getting Married,1.83,1.8800000000000001,glennyboy02,"If an alien came to Earth, when would he suspect all Earthlings to get married?",No hint available.,On a Wednesday as it has 'wed' in it!,Trick,06/26/02 #41256,The Missing Letter,2.3,2.15,TRILLIONAIRE,"Find the missing letter: B B R O _ G B V G W",This should be an easy one but which can provide resistance to your thoughts.,"Answer: Y, for Yellow. The resistor color code is: Black =0 Brown =1 Red =2 Orange =3 Yellow =4 Green =5 Blue =6 Violet =7 Grey =8 White =9 These colors are printed on electrical resistors so that you can tell what value they are easily and without a magnifying glass.",Series,03/29/08 #35981,Sheer Shandling,2.45,2.32,aresII,"Here is a thought by Gary Shandling. Can you decode it? H=L ""D'W VSR RPMDHHBN ZGSIR UHADVK...OB NSV'R YVSO PSO SHN RPB ZDMCHZVBX ZMB ZVN RPBMB'X MBZHHA VS OZA USM IX RS RBHH, 'FZIXB OB'MB HZAWZV. GIR D UDKIMB DU RPB CHZVB XWBHHX HDYB ASIM KMZVNWSRPBM'X PSIXB, KBR SIR. RPZR'X OPBMB D NMZO RPB HDVB.""","F=C G=B N=D","""I'm not thrilled about flying...We don't know how old the airplanes are and there's really no way for us to tell, 'cause we're layman. But I figure if the plane smells like your grandmother's house, get out. That's where I draw the line."" Key: A=Y B=E C=P D=I F=C G=B H=L I=U K=G M=R N=D O=W P=H R=T S=O U=F V=N W=M X=S Y=K Z=A",Cryptography,03/31/07 #8188,Package Delivery,2.33,1.8,jake101,"The Webster School has a long hallway that runs from the school office to the gym. Beginning with room 101, closest to the office, all the odd numbered rooms are on the left, facing the playing field. The even numbered rooms are on the right, and their windows face out towards the big hill. The rooms are numbered 101, 102, 103, and continue that way without any numbers missing up to room 114. Room 101 is directly across from 102, 103 is across from 104, etc. Suzy and Clifton are delivering packages and messages to 6 rooms. They gave the first package to the teacher in room 101. Then they walked toward the gym, passing 2 classrooms on the left until they got to the next destination, and delivered the second package there. Then they walked straight across the hall and delivered a message to Mrs. Smith. For the fourth stop they had to go back towards the office past one classroom on their left, where they delivered the next package. Then they walked towards the gym, passing 3 more classrooms on their right, to another classroom on the hill side of the building. The last message was delivered directly across the hall. To which room was the last message delivered?",No hint available.,"The last stop was room 111. They delivered messages to the rooms in this order: 101, 107, 108, 104, 112, and 111.",Other,10/24/02 #19536,It's The Family Feud,2.95,2.33,strzynski,"On a certain game show, five families were asked to match famous names to faces they were shown, and each correct guess got one point. The families made the following guesses (in order): The Addams' guessed Otto, Roebling, Steinmetz, Tesla, and Westinghouse. The Bunkers guessed Tesla, Westinghouse, Otto, Steinmetz, and Roebling. The Cunninghams guessed Roebling, Tesla, Steinmetz, Westinghouse, and Otto. The Flintstones guessed Tesla, Roebling, Otto, Steinmetz, and Westinghouse. The Jetsons guessed Tesla, Westinghouse, Steinmetz, Otto, and Roebling. No two families got the same number of points. Which family walked home with the grand prize?","There is no way for a family to get only four points, since if they matched four correctly, the last one *has* to be correct as well. The only possible point totals, therefore, are 0, 1, 2, 3, and 5. That's five totals and five families...","You can assume that one family got all 5 correct (from the hint if you didn't know that), and as such, you can choose a family to have the perfect score. Then compare their answers with the other families, and find out how the other families did. If there are any duplicate point totals, that can't be the correct perfect total family, and you move to the next. The correct order was Tesla, Roebling, Otto, Steinmetz, and Westinghouse. The totals for each family are Addams = 2 (no thanks to Lurch) Bunkers = 3 (you meathead!) Cunninghams = 0 (the Fonz was not allowed to play) Flintstones = 5 Jetsons = 1 (c'mon George, get off that broken treadmill) and the Flintstones won a trip to the nearest tar pit.",Logic,11/22/04 #44561,First Date,2.07,1.94,whsprec,"Six couples at a party were talking about where they met and what they did on their first date. However, at the end of the night all the items were in the correct column, but only one item was in the correct row. Find the correct husband and wife, where they met, and what they did for their first date. Husband Wife Met Date Mike Kenya High School Dance Tommy Kristin College Boating Daniel Casey Blind-date Riding Quentin Rose Work Concert Aaron Daisy Neighbors Play Henry Janet Class Skating 1- Quentin is one place above Janet. 2- Boating is one place below Kristin, but one above Daniel. 3- Work was two places below Tommy, but three places below Casey. 4-Tommy is not adjacent to Aaron. 5- Blind-date is one place below Play. 6- Aaron is one place above Skating but two below High School. 7- Kenya is one place above Concert but three above Neighbors.",No hint available.,"Husband Wife Met Date Henry Kenya College Play Quentin Casey Blind-date Concert Tommy Janet High School Dance Mike Kristin Neighbors Riding Aaron Rose Work Boating Daniel Daisy Class Skating",Logic,06/03/09 #23699,Vroooom,2.82,2.07,sdm1177,"What car is represented below? 100 1 5 1 100","Though it's a Japanese car, think more about Rome's Caesar.","Civic. Convert the numbers to roman numerals: 100 = C, 1 = I, and 5 =V.",Other,06/15/05 #2097,Ends in MT,2.43,1.93,ChemicalBoy08,"What is the only word in the English language that ends in ""mt""?",No hint available.,Dreamt,Language,01/20/02 #44318,4 = TMNT,1.8,0.9,eggface,4 = TMNT,No hint available.,"4 = Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Ninja Turtles are named after four famous artists: Raphael, Leonardo (Da Vinci), Michelangelo, and Donatello.",Letter-Equations,04/05/09 #27704,12 Hours,2.67,1.97,bigSWAFF_69_,"What is represented by this rebus: 9 AM: Live Live 9 PM: Die Die",No hint available.,A time to live and a time to die.,Rebus,12/26/05 #48559,1 + 2; 2 + 3,2.06,2.39,Oxiproxd9,"In this scenario, 1 + 2 = 3. However, 2 + 3 = 4. What is the scenario?","3 + 4 = 5 4 + 5 = 6 5 + 6 = 7","The numbers are ordinal numbers, and the scenario is Fibonacci numbers. #1 is 0 #2 is 1 #3 is also 1 #4 is 2 #5 is 3 #6 is 5 and #7 is 8",Math,03/18/11 #21969,"No Beginning, No End",2.63,1.33,BookMidget,"What has no beginning And has no end Goes on forever Has only one path, never any bend No one can travel its whole length In the space of one world Except times strength It never varies from its one gait And here's one hint more: It takes refuge in a figure eight. What is it?","The ""figure eight"" is positioned sideways.",Infinity.,Riddle,04/01/05 #16558,Stickers Gotcha Stuck?,2.19,1.16,adoontourious,"My little sister barged into my room clutching a paper bag. ""Betcha can't guess how many stickers I bought for $6.25!"" ""I guess I won't bother to guess. There's no way anyone could know how many stickers are in that bag,"" I told her. ""Figure it out,"" said the little smart aleck. ""The stickers were all the same price. The number I bought is the same as the number of cents in each price."" ""Hmmm...well, OK now I know it but I'm not going to tell you!"" (I hate to admit when I'm stuck.) How many stickers are in the bag and how much did each one cost?",No hint available.,"25 stickers costing 25 cents each $6.25 equals 625 cents And 625 / 25 = 25",Math,02/13/04 #41287,Downtown,2.74,2.28,Scubee,"My first syllable wears my second; my third might be What my first would acquire if he went out to sea. Put together my one, two, three, And the belle of New York is the girl for me.",No hint available.,"Manhattan A man can wear a hat, and a man might get a tan while at sea. ""The Belle of New York"" is a comedy play that ran in Manhattan at the turn of the century.",Riddle,03/30/08 #23826,Flower Power,3.19,2.08,Puppypaws129,"Five women bought five different types of flowers for different reasons on different days. Names: Julia, Amy, Bethany, Rachel, and Kristen Flowers: Roses, Daisies, Lilies, Tulips, and Carnations Colors: Purple, Yellow, Pink, White, and Peach Places or Occasions: Backyard, Park, Office, Wedding, and Birthday Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 1. The flowers were purchased in the following order: tulips, the flowers for the office, the purple flowers, the roses for the park, and the white flowers bought by Julia. 2. Bethany loves flowers but is allergic, so she would never have them indoors. 3. It rained on Wednesday and Friday, because of this, the wedding and birthday party had to be moved indoors. 4. Amy bought her flowers after Rachel, but before Kristen. 5. Rachel needed something more to add to her office, so she chose peach flowers to match her curtains. 6. On Wednesday the only purple flowers available at the flower shop were daisies. 7. The pink flowers were bought after the carnations, but before the lilies. 8. The flowers for the birthday were bought after the flowers for the office, but before the flowers for the wedding.",No hint available.,"Julia: Lilies, White, Wedding, Friday Amy: Daisies, Purple, Birthday, Wednesday Bethany: Tulips, Yellow, Backyard, Monday Rachel: Carnations, Peach, Office, Tuesday Kristen: Roses, Pink, Park, Thursday",Logic-Grid,06/21/05 #39150,Illegal,2.4,1.8,majd,"What is this term? washdollaringpoundmachyenine",No hint available.,"Money laundering. Dollar, Pound and Yen = Money inside ""washing machine"" and hence being laundered.",Rebus,11/11/07 #41632,Fame and Misfortune,2.45,2.46,aresII,"The following quote is from Fred Allen (1894 - 1956). He was an American comedian whose absurdity and pointed radio show made him one of the most popular humorists in the era of American radio. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. C=H S=X ""NL NTPBD'O MBMFKNDEPJ EO ZKXXPELA. CEO OFTTXOO CNO PCX KEZX XSMXTPNLTJ BZ N OYNKK QBJ HCB EO NQBFP PB KBBI ELPB N ANO PNLI HEPC N KEACPXV YNPTC.""","B=O E=I X=E","""AN ACTOR'S POPULARITY IS FLEETING. HIS SUCCESS HAS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A SMALL BOY WHO IS ABOUT TO LOOK INTO A GAS TANK WITH A LIGHTED MATCH."" KEY: A=G B=O C=H D=R E=I F=U H=W I=K J=Y K=L L=N M=P N=A O=S P=T Q=B S=X T=C V=D X=E Y=M Z=F",Cryptography,04/22/08 #42071,Roman Matches II,2.64,1.84,MarcM1098,"The following equation involving Roman numerals is formed using matchsticks. The given equation is wrong. Can you correct it by moving just one matchstick? See if you can do it twice: the equation can be corrected in two different ways. Each solution must be an equation (i.e., it must contain one equals sign). Note: I(1) and -(minus) are each formed from one matchstick. V(5), X(10), L(50), +(plus), and =(equals) are each two matchsticks. C(100) is three matchsticks. The incorrect equation is: XI = IX - III",One solution only affects the left side of the equation; the other solution only affects the right side.,"First solution: XI = IX + II Take one matchstick from the III and place it across the minus sign (changing it to a plus sign). Second solution: VI = IX - III Change the first X into a V by sliding the matchstick in the X that looks like a backslash (\) slightly to the left until the bottom touches the matchstick that looks like a forward slash (/).",Math,05/28/08 #32693,Double Feature 3,2.34,2.47,cnmne,"The Cinemarebus Theater is showing two movies. True to its name, the marquee shows each movie title in the form of a rebus. What movies are represented by the following two rebuses? (Note: <<<<< = indicated entry) Movie #1 1) Delivery on Odd Days a) Mailman: ding-dong, ding-dong b) Milkman: ding-dong 2) Delivery on Even Days a) Mailman: ding-dong, ding-dong b) Milkman: ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong Movie #2 Zodiac Football League - Yesterday's Results Water Bearer 24, Fish 0 Archer 31, Virgin 13 Scorpion 42, Ram 21 Bull 17, Crab 7 Goat 27, Lion 3 <<<<< Twins 35, Scales 10",One of the movies starred Lana Turner; the other was released in 1978.,"Movie #1 The Postman Always Rings Twice (the mailman rings two times every day, the milkman alternates between one ring and three rings; the mailman, or postman, always rings twice), Lana Turner, 1946 Movie #2 Capricorn One (Capricorn the Goat defeated Leo the Lion, or ""Capricorn won""), James Brolin, 1978",Rebus,08/28/06 #46913,Letter Juggle 7,3.24,1.45,MarcM1098,"Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Open - Cop 2. Cave - Curt 3. Cares - Pest 4. Salve - Savage 5. Whiled - Spurn","1. Cage 2. Use a knife 3. Stroke lightly 4. Preserve 5. Rotated quickly","1. Pen - Coop 2. Carve - Cut 3. Caress - Pet 4. Save - Salvage 5. Whirled - Spun",Language,05/03/10 #8034,Alternate Definitions,2.74,2.44,Bobbrt,"The following are alternate definitions for words, based on how the words sound. For example, ""To drive by the docks: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _."" would result in ""PASSPORT (Pass Port)"". Can you guess the 5 words described below? The hints provide the actual definitions of each word. 1. A laid back play: M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 2. Grief over not shooting a birdie: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 3. A small piece of pig meat: H _ _ _ _ _. 4. Happening in Winter, Summer, or Fall: O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 5. Where a carpenter stands when building a floor: O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Bonus Word: 6. A great name for a kitchen supply store: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _.","1. A play or film characterized by exaggerated emotions. 2. A national legislative body. 3. A small village. 4. Progeny. 5. Off the side of a boat or ship. Bonus: Unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.","1. Melodrama (Mellow Drama) 2. Parliament (Par Lament) 3. Hamlet 4. Offspring (Off-Spring) 5. Overboard (Over Board) Bonus word: Panorama (Pan-O-Rama)",Language,10/13/02 #41747,6 S C B in S B,1.75,2.49,shenqiang,6 S C B in S B,It's a common table game.,6 Special Colored Balls in Snooker Billiards,Letter-Equations,04/30/08 #48280,Half a Cup,2.39,0.96,Scorefire,"You are making a certain type of cake that requires half a cup of water. Unfortunately, you only have one that fills up to 1 cup, and another that fills up to 3 quarters of a cup. How can you measure half a cup?","If you fill 1 cup of water and you pour 3 quarters of a cup to fill the other cup, how much water remains in the larger cup?","Fill 1 cup of water, then pour it into the other cup so that a quarter of water remains in the larger cup. Then, empty the 3 quarter cup and pour the 1 quarter that is in the other cup into the 3 quarter cup. Fill 1 cup of water again, and pour the water into the 3 quarter cup until full, and you should have half a cup of water in the larger cup.",Logic,12/10/10 #41335,"The ""Easy Way Out""",2.59,1.54,ubp22,"Claudia, Ben, Mary and I all attended Humber College together. We got together for coffee last week to catch up. Reminiscing our college days, we laughed about how the other students said we were taking ""the easy way out"" because we all took business programs. After we all left, I was trying to remember everyone's last names, programs they were enrolled in, favourite courses, and the length of their programs. Based on what I remembered, can you help me figure out all the details? First Names: Ben, Caterina, Mary Last Names: Delco, Thompson, Adecco Programs: Business Admin, Business Management, Marketing Favourite Subjects: Business Law, Accounting, Microeconomics Program Lengths (Yrs): 2, 3, 4 Clues: 1. Caterina felt that her accounting skills would help her run her own business after graduation. 2. The student who liked Law was in school longer than the student who likes Accounting. 3. The Marketing student was not Mary. 4. Mr. Delco's favourite subject was not Accounting. 5. The three graduates were (in increasing order of program length) the Business Management graduate, the student who liked law, and Thompson.",No hint available.,"Ben Delco, Marketing, Law, 3 Caterina Adecco, Business Management, Accounting, 2 Mary Thompson, Business Admin, Microeconomics, 4",Logic-Grid,04/02/08 #18777,Even More Mad Ade Clocks,2.23,2.42,Mad-Ade,"Mad Ade sat at home, waiting for his favourite TV program ""I'm a celebrity, Get me a Kebab"" to start. He glanced at his clock and began to wonder strange and wondrous things, but that is another story altogether. He realised that he could leave 6 adjacent numbers of the face of a clock intact and rearrange the other 6 in such a way that the sum of every pair of adjacent numbers is prime. Unfortunately the TV program started at that point so he never actually got around to doing it. Can you find the two possible solutions to Mad Ade's clock teaser?",No hint available.,"Imagining the number on a clock face in a clockwise order they would be 1 2 3 4 7 10 9 8 5 6 11 12 Or 1 2 3 4 9 10 7 6 5 8 11 12",Logic,09/13/04 #20873,Polygons,2.05,1.3800000000000001,luckanani,"A boy was told to identify a polygon. The teacher gave him 3 clues: 1. I have 4 equal sides. 2. All my angles add to 360 degrees 3. I'm not a square. What am I?",No hint available.,"A rhombus, because all the sides are the same length, all the angles add to 360 degrees and it isn't a square.",Math,02/07/05 #7211,3.26,2.25,2.91,mozven,3.26 M L Y in 1 M,"286,000",3.26 Million Light Years in 1 Megaparsec,Letter-Equations,09/05/02 #26945,Word Pyramids: World Countries III,2.78,2.35,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: S Clues: 1. Third person singular present indicative of be. 2. Used as an honorific before the given name or the full name of baronets and knights. 3. To assume a standing position after lying, sitting, or kneeling. 4. One of a group of sea nymphs who by their sweet singing lured mariners to destruction on the rocks surrounding their island. 5. To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable. 6. The act of removing (something written, for example) by rubbing, wiping, or scraping. 7. British variant of the word meaning to arrange or form into a coherent unit or functioning whole intransitive senses. 8. The island country with a total area of 267 square miles","Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia","S IS SIR RISE SIREN RESIGN ERASING ORGANISE SINGAPORE Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international trading links.",Language,11/15/05 #3672,Twin Trouble,2.97,2.21,PeaceJo,"Ryan and Craig were identical twins born in Seattle in 1961. Ryan was born before Craig, but according to their birth certificates, Craig was older than Ryan. How come?",No hint available.,"Ryan and Craig were born in the fall on the day that the clocks are set back one hour. Ryan was born at 1:45am. Craig was born 30 minutes later. Since the clocks were set back at 2am, Craig's official time of birth was 1:15am.",Logic,04/21/02 #35487,A Common Theme,2.91,1.94,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to change one letter in each of the following words, in order to find three (3) words with a common theme. STEER CRASS PESTER",No hint available.,"STEER --> STEEL CRASS --> BRASS PESTER --> PEWTER Each new word is an alloy.",Language,03/01/07 #48081,Slice & Splice 40,2.34,2.4,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: ACT, BET, KEN, LOT, ORB, SAT Group B: *A****, C*****, **T***",No hint available.,"The Group B words are containers. BASKET, CARTON, BOTTLE",Language,10/10/10 #9818,Lennon Daltry Jagger,2.61,1.95,MrIxolite,"What proverb is represented here? Lennon Daltry Jagger Lenmnon Dalmtry Jagger Lenmonon Dalmotry Jagger Lenmosnon Dalmostry Jagger Lenmossnon Dalmosstry Jagger",No hint available.,A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss,Rebus,01/15/03 #27981,Santa's Pack Held Thirty Toys...,2.84,2.46,thepianistalex,"Ole Santa's pack held thirty toys Made by his elfin crew; And though none made the same amount, Each elf made more than two. The elf named Cher made one more Christmas toy Than the elf who dressed in reds, But Cher made one less Christmas toy Than the elf who made the sleds. Spry Johnny Elf made racing cars; Five toys were made by Jane. The elf who dressed in yellow suits Made each and every train. The elf who always dressed in green Made one-third as many as Sue; Cute Marcia elf was dressed in orange, And one elf dressed in blue. The elf who made the spinning tops Made the most toys of them all. Another perky smiling elf Made each and every ball. Ole Santa's pack held thirty gifts All tagged for girls and boys. From the clues that you've been given, Now guess who made the toys!",This puzzle involves five elves dressed in five different colors each making a different toy. Figure out the numbers that fit these conditions and can add up to thirty!,"Cute Marcia was in orange and made seven sleds. Sue was in blue and made nine spinning tops. Jane was in red and made five balls. Spry Johnny was in green and made three racing cars. Cher was in yellow and made six trains.",Logic,01/09/06 #46571,Ever Changing 5,2.38,2.06,mathisnice,"Using the following hints, how can you get from the first word to the fourth word to the seventh word? Word 2 is a synonym of Word 1. One letter of Word 2 was changed to make Word 3. Word 4 is a synonym of Word 3. Word 5 is a synonym of Word 4. One letter was added to Word 5 to make Word 6. Two letters were added to Word 6 to make Word 7. Change _____ _____ Sample _____ _____ Betray",The second and third words begin with S. The fifth and sixth words begin with T.,Change to Switch to Swatch to Sample to Try to Tray to Betray,Language,03/19/10 #52272,Matchsticks,2.63,1.56,KDestroyer9,"You will need seven matchsticks for this puzzle. Begin by using the matchsticks to create this equation in Roman numerals: X-l=l (or 10-1=1) Your task: Move one match to fix the equation. You may not stack, break, or remove any matches.",times,"Take the match from the - and move it upright and to the left of the X. You should now have I X I = I, or 1 X 1 = 1.",Trick,09/23/19 #46461,Turnabout 2,2.58,2.16,MarcM1098,"A turnabout is a sentence where two words are used one way in the first part of the sentence, but then flip roles in the last part of the sentence. Example: You might RACE for a TRAIN on the way to work, then on the weekend, TRAIN for a RACE. Your challenge is to find turnabout words that can complete these sentences: At the seafood market, you might see a __1__ full of __2__, but each __2__ is full of __1__s. You can grow a small __3__ in a __4__, and in the backyard, build a __4__ in a large __3__. When travelling, I put my __5__s in a __6__ bag and the rest of my __6__s in a __5__case.","1-2: Think about measuring weight and a natural swimmer. (5 letters, 4 letters) 3-4: Think about vegetation and a dwelling. (4 letters, 5 letters) 5-6: Think about packing men's formal and informal clothes. (4 letters, 7 letters)","1. SCALE 2. FISH 3. TREE 4. HOUSE 5. SUIT 6. GARMENT At the seafood market, you might see a SCALE full of FISH, but each FISH is full of SCALEs. You can grow a small TREE in a HOUSE, and in the backyard, build a HOUSE in a large TREE. When travelling, I put my SUITs in a GARMENT bag and the rest of my GARMENTs in a SUITcase.",Language,03/04/10 #45869,Board Games,2.58,1.58,quesadillaman12,"Each of these is a definition of a board game's name. Figure out which ones. 1. Length of existence 2. Lurer of fuzzy creatures 3. A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller 4. A dangerous choice 5. Leave",Number 2 is the only one with more than one word in the answer.,"1. LIFE 2. Mouse Trap 3. Monopoly 4. Risk 5. Go",Language,12/01/09 #4118,Drink Up,2.38,1.41,bumblecon,"In my local pub, the barman would always prefer to serve two women than a man. What reason could there be for this?",No hint available.,Two customers are always better than one.,Situation,05/17/02 #3652,School Friend,2.59,1.57,PeaceJo,"Joe went back to his hometown and met an old school friend he had not seen for years. His friend said, ""I am married now but not to anyone you know. This is my daughter."" Joe turned to the little girl and asked her her name. She said, ""I have the same name as my mother."" ""Then you must be called Louise,"" said Joe. He was right, but how did he know?",No hint available.,His old school friend was a woman - named Louise.,Logic,04/20/02 #43813,Three Word Phrases IV,2.41,1.76,Psychic_Master,"The following are five pairs of words. Each word in each pair has a rhyming word which, when put together using ""and"", forms popular English phrases. E.g. rack, bite = black and white 1. Fun, trusted 2. Shed, carried 3. Brine, spine 4. Head, stutter 5. Tick, scan","1. Completed, concluded 2. Something which has been settled 3. Treat a friend for dinner 4. Means of support 5. Immaculately clean, spotless","1. Done and dusted 2. Dead and buried 3. Wine and dine 4. Bread and butter 5. Spic and span",Language,12/28/08 #1046,9 Dishes on the Menu,2.71,2.57,vivek,"A particular inn always offers the same nine dishes on its dinner menu: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I. Five foreigners arrive. Nobody tells them which dish corresponds to each letter and so they each select one letter without knowing what they will eat. The innkeeper arrives with the five dishes ordered and puts them in the center of the table so that they can decide who eats what. This goes on for two more nights. The foreigners, who are professors of logic, were able to deduce by the dishes they ordered which letter represents what dish. What could have been the dishes ordered each of the three nights? Note: Each dish was ordered at least once.",No hint available.,"They could have ordered ABCDD their first night (finding out what D is), AEFGG the second night (finding out what G is and what A is, since they had ordered it the previous night too), and BEHII the third night (finding out what I, B and E are). This leaves C, F and H out, and since they had never ordered these dishes twice, and each came out on a different night, they should know what they are.",Logic,10/05/01 #43098,"0, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 ...",1.91,2.78,shenqiang,"What are the next four terms in this sequence? 0, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, ?, ?, ?, ?",Think in binary.,"24, 27, 29, 30. In binary, these numbers have digital sums that are even. For example, 3 is 11 in binary, while 23 is 10111 and 24 is 11000.",Series,09/16/08 #38454,Word Connections,2.87,1.13,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect candy to washer. Candy B_ _ S _ _ _ D_ _ _ Washer WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","HINT: BA_, SO_ _, DI_ _","Answer: Candy, Bar, Soap, Dish, Washer.",Language,09/25/07 #27126,Movie Quotes,2.33,2.28,peppamintp,"Can you guess this quote, who said it and from which movie it comes from? Qv vf qv jvb. Bkpfp gc jv bfx -Xvqr (Bkp Pdwgfp Cbfgzpc Lrhz)","V=O R=A","Q=D, V=O, F=R, J=N, B=T, K=H, P=E, G=I, C=S, X=Y, R=A, D=M, W=P, Z=K, L=B, H=C Do or do not. There is no try. -Yoda (The Empire Strikes Back)",Cryptography,11/24/05 #9957,What Is This Food?,2.28,1.21,I_Love_Dogs,"What food is ice, sour, and whipped?",No hint available.,"Cream (ice cream, sour cream, & whipped cream).",Other,01/22/03 #31694,A Large Family,2.47,2.37,phrebh,"Twelve brothers and sisters and only one father and mother, One intestine and one stomach, one heart and two arms; But including the parents, they all add to one when you count them.",No hint available.,A clock.,Riddle,07/11/06 #18306,Absent,2.45,2.46,bballgurl,"What's the secret to the sequence? What's the next number? 2, 4, 6, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 42, 44, 46, 50, 52, 54, 56, 60, 62, 64, 66, 2000...",Look at the title.,"2002. The key is in the numbers that aren't there. None of these numbers contain an ""E"".",Series,07/21/04 #14990,Greater But Lesser,2.38,1.37,rose_rox,"What two-digit number is both: a) one more than a square, and b) one less than a cube?",No hint available.,"26 One more than 25 (5*5) and one less than 27 (3*3*3).",Math,10/04/03 #889,2 P in a P,2.31,1.45,Michelle,2 P in a P,No hint available.,2 Peas in a Pod,Letter-Equations,09/23/01 #41021,'K' Words #2,2.32,2.42,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'K' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'K' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun! 1. Three consecutive ---- K -- is called a --- K -- . 2. For many years, Massachusetts has been served by Senators K ------ and K ---- . 3. At the delicatessan, he ordered K --- K ----- with ----- K ---- on his sandwich. 4. The --- KK ----- --K --------- the errors.",No hint available.,"1. striKes and turKey 2. Kennedy and Kerry 3. Knockwurst (or KnacKwurst) and sauerKraut 4. booKKeeper and acKnowledged",Language,03/13/08 #1055,Two Ropes,2.44,2.3,vivek,"Two fifty foot ropes are suspended from a forty foot ceiling, about twenty feet apart. Armed with only a knife, how much of the rope can you steal?",No hint available.,Almost all of it. Tie the ropes together. Climb up one of them. Tie a loop in it as close as possible to the ceiling. Cut it below the loop. Run the rope through the loop and tie it to your waist. Climb the other rope (this may involve some swinging action). Pull the rope going through the loop tight and cut the other rope as close as possible to the ceiling. You will swing down on the rope through the loop. Lower yourself to the ground by letting out rope. Pull the rope through the loop. You will have nearly all the rope.,Logic,10/06/01 #5781,I 8,2.6,0.9400000000000001,Cascas,"What does this mean? I 8",No hint available.,I over-ate,Rebus,07/22/02 #3803,This Fast Charger,2.35,2.21,rayneeday,"This fast charger was named after a famous military leader. It defied the law at every turn and rarely kept all four on the ground. A faceless serenade regaled the tale of this unstoppable equalizer, carrying its heroes through every sort of danger, toil and snare. And Moonshine was the orange juice that kept it going at times. What is this?",No hint available.,"The General Lee, from the Dukes of Hazzard. This fast (Dodge)Charger was named after Robert E. Lee. It ran from the law at every turn and rarely kept all 4 (wheels) on the ground. A faceless (Waylon Jennings) serenade (Theme song) regaled the tale of the indestructible General Lee as it carried, Bo and Luke Duke from every speed trap Boss Hogg set up. Moonshine was used for fuel sometimes as ""Orange"" (General Lee's color) Juice.",Other,04/29/02 #47425,Spazy Croonerisms 21,2.82,2.14,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) a sane crazy person & a federal fixed routine 2) 32 furlongs & additional folders 3) a metal container of legumes & a shallow container of lock mates 4) to peruse and then cry & to remove unwanted plants and then harvest",No hint available.,"1) rational nut & national rut 2) four miles & more files 3) can of peas & pan of keys 4) read and weep & weed and reap",Language,07/06/10 #27481,T of W,2.26,2.96,bigSWAFF_69_,"6 = the T of W (I, O, V, SF, WC, C)",No hint available.,"6 = the Traits of Writing (Ideas, Organization, Voice, Sentence Fluency, Word Choice, Conventions)",Letter-Equations,12/14/05 #15335,Cha Cha Cha!,2.43,2.0,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? Mation A doing the Tango Mation B doing the Waltz Mation C doing the Hokey Cokey Mation D doing the Lambada",No hint available.,"Formation Dancing (Four Mation)",Rebus,11/06/03 #49267,Dates,2.52,2.14,fishmed,"Which of the dates in group B could be moved into group A, and why? Group A January 12th, 2012 April 3rd, 2012 June 2nd, 2012 December 1st, 2012 March 4th, 2012 Group B August 10th, 2012 October 3rd, 2012 January 14th, 2012 February 6th, 2012 September 9th, 2012",Try math,"February 6th, 2012 Each of the dates in Group A can be rewritten as an equation with a multiplication sign between the month and day and equal sign between the day and the year, using only the last two year numbers. January 12th, 2012 becomes 1*12=12. March 4th, 2012 becomes 3*4=12, and so on. In Group B, the only one that works is February 6th, 2012, which becomes 2*6=12.",Group,01/23/12 #14596,5 Words,2.65,1.8,beanie89,"Change a letter in each of the following words to make them all relate to each other in a specific way. FIERCE FOLK RAFT WORD MUSH",Know your American history?,"If you change the first letter of each word you get the name of an American president. Pierce Polk Taft Ford Bush",Trivia,08/28/03 #30987,Dear Watson #3,2.93,2.89,Jimbo,"Now in this rhyme, you will find all the elements of a riddle, All the clues are buried here, somewhere in the middle. My first is in fact the last naturally to be seen, I am in part a catalyst for refining gasoline. My second is in party balloons they float up off the ground, Although Noble I give your voice a tiny squeaking sound. Equally noble is my third, I'm said to be mostly inert, I'm used in incandescent lights so the filament won't get hurt. My fourth is known as devilish stuff, of volcanoes I do smell, Although no-one's been back to report, I'm supposed to stink like hell! Finally I am used to make aeroplanes you can trust, I'm light, I'm strong, I shine like new, I never, ever rust. Put us all together, and you get what comes before, Practice makes us perfect, go over it once more. What am I?","The quote in the title is from Sherlock Holmes ""Elementary Dear Watson"".","My first is Rhenium the last naturally occurring element to be discovered; used in Rhenium/Platinum catalysts for gasoline refinement. (Re) My second is Helium, a noble gas that makes your voice squeak if you inhale it and also fills party balloons (He) My third is another noble gas Argon used in light bulbs because it won't chemically combine with the hot filament. (Ar) My fourth is sulfur (Sulphur) traditionally said to be the smell of hades (S) Finally a light strong metal used for aeroplanes is Aluminium (Al) Together: Re He Ar S Al The rehearsal comes before the performance. To go over something repeatedly is to rehearse it. I am REHEARSAL.",Riddle,06/10/06 #6508,60 = MPH a C can R,2.47,1.82,missie,60 = MPH a C can R,No hint available.,60 = miles per hour a cheetah can run,Letter-Equations,08/13/02 #41103,The Never-ending Series,2.4,2.15,kratsg,"In order to produce the next number in the series, we take the current number, square it, and then add up the digits. This becomes the next term in the sequence. Starting with 11 as the 1st term, what is the 2008th term in this sequence?",No hint available.,"The answer is 13. The first few work out like so: 11, (121) 4, (16) 7, (49) 13, (169) 16, (256) 13.... After the first few, it will jump back and forth between 16 and 13. Seeing how 13 is our 4th term, 16 is our 5th, logic says that 13 will be our 2008th term since it repeats on every even nth term.",Series,03/18/08 #23510,Brain Food,2.31,1.09,irock3001,"A man walks up to a head sitting on a table. He twists the nose around, and opens the mouth. Out of the mouth pops a mini brain. The man puts it in his mouth and says, ""Mmm. Lemon flavor. My favorite,"" and walks away. Can you explain what just happened?",I never said the head was real.,"The head is a gumball machine, with creatively shaped gumballs. It was made to look like a head. Get it?",Trick,06/08/05 #27828,Ice Skating in June?,2.77,2.53,norcekri,"The variety of collectibles drew Nora Shekrie to the small, tasteful shop in downtown Hobart. The front window showed signed photos and equipment from at least eight different sports, none of which was baseball. Cricket, football (both soccer and Aussie rules), swimming, and surfing were all represented. Intrigued, Nora pulled open the front door, with a hearty ""G'day"" to the shopkeeper. ""G'day, mate. From the States, are you?"" Nora blushed. ""Sorry; some of us have to be. What gave me away so soon?"" ""Yer accent. Pure tourist, not that there's anything wrong with that. You're in the right part of the world now. What's yer fancy today?"" ""Just browsing. You don't have any baseball stuff in the front window; it's nice to see. Can't find that at home."" ""I would think not. But for the perfect souvenir for an American, I think I have just the thing. How about an autographed photo of Madame Harding with her Olympic medals?"" ""Tonya Harding?"" The shopkeeper nodded. ""You mean, with her world championship medals?"" He shook his head this time. ""No, ma'am, with her three Olympic medals."" He had a twinkle in his eye, a secret of some sort. ""Tonya Harding didn't win Olympic medals, not even the year of the Nancy Kerrigan, um, incident. What's the catch?"" ""Oh, no catch at all. It's a true, honest photo, and she brought home a silver and two bronze, sure enough."" The delight in his eyes held Nora for several seconds, while she searched the garbage scow of her mind, the place where she stored disconnected trivia, for some interpretation of his words. Finally, she gave up. ""I'll bite. Show me the picture."" He reached under the counter and handed over the shot. Nora frowned at it, then looked more closely, and finally chuckled at the utter *lack* of fraud. ""You're right; it's the perfect souvenir. Autographed by Harding, all right, and with the Olympic medals she won. How much?"" Nora got the photo, her change, and a good story. What was in the photo?","The medals are from 1996, 2000, and 2004.","It's true that figure skater Tonya Harding never won an Olympic medal, finishing 8th in her only appearance. The shopkeeper sold an autographed picture of Tanya Harding, star softball pitcher for Australia and one of the best ever to step on the mound. She won medals in 1996, 2000, and 2004. Although the first names are pronounced differently (rhyming with ""can ya"" vs ""con ya""), they're occasionally confused out of context.",Trivia,01/02/06 #12970,Coats of Paint,2.66,1.49,gogogo1,Jason decided to give his bike 3 coats of paint. Which coat would go on the first?,Read the sentence as carefully as possible,"The second, as it is the only coat that can go on 'the first' coat.",Trick,06/06/03 #13118,"4 = M in the ""D H"" S",2.22,2.57,thegametrv,"4 = M in the ""D H"" S",Bruce's Big Break,"4 = Movies in the ""Die Hard"" Series",Letter-Equations,06/13/03 #32954,Cars,2.69,0.6900000000000001,lavender,"Jim and Bob each owned a car. Then they stole another one on March 3, two more on April 24 and another one on July 12. How many cars did they own?","Forget the dates, they have nothing to do with it. Remember the category.","Two (one each). They had stolen four, therefore, they didn't own them.",Trick,09/11/06 #31935,Show Me II,2.49,2.7,kayleeskitties,"Mrs. Lawson has gone crazy! Instead of giving regular assignments in class, she is coding all worksheets. Talk about a tough curriculum. 1. Nrsiyu ,ssu nr dlom frr[. niy ih;u hprd v;rst yp yjr npmr/ =Trff Gpcc 2. Ep,rm eo;; mrbrt nr sd divvrddgi; sd ,rm nrvsidr yjru jsbr mp eobrd yp sfbodr yjr,/ =Fovl Bsm Fulr 3. S,noyopm od yjr [syj yp divvrss. [rtdodyrmvr od yjr brjov;r upi sttobr om/ = No;; Ntsf;ru 4. Grst pg dp,ryjomh od sy yjr tppy pg jsyr gpt pyjrtd. smf jsyr eoyjom eo;; rbrmyis;;u frdytpu yjr jsyrt/ =Hrpthr Esdjomhypm Vstbrt","B=N E=R","The quotes are from famous Missourians (hence the title). The letters are simply represented by the neighboring keys on the keyboard. Q=W W=E E=R R=T T=Y Y=U U=I I=O O=P P=[ A=S S=D D=F F=G G=H H=J J=K K=L L=; Z=X X=C C=V V=B B=N N=M M=, .=/ -== 1. Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone. -Redd Foxx 2. Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them. -Dick Van Dyke 3. Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. - Bill Bradley 4. Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. -George Washington Carver",Cryptography,07/21/06 #1729,The Sharpshooter,2.6,1.77,missie,"A sharpshooter hung up his hat and put on a blindfold. He turned around several times and then shot. He hit the hat. The blindfold was a perfectly good one, how could he have managed this?",No hint available.,"He hung the hat on his gun, not on a hook.",Situation,12/17/01 #28463,Candy Crazy,2.7600000000000002,1.68,twixy,"What phrase does this represent? Invitees for Candy's Party- Shortbread The Gingerbread Man Key Lime Pie Black Forest Cherry Cake Lemon Squares Ice Cream Pudding Those Who Absolutely May Not Come: Salad Broccoli Onions Rice Tofu Spinach",No hint available.,Just Desserts (since only desserts were invited to Candy's party),Rebus,02/06/06 #32636,We're Not Gonna Pay,2.16,2.36,Fomi_luvs_RENT,"These are all titles to songs from a musical. Which musical? One S G T 4 U T: M A D La V B B T M or L M W You O Y E","The movie's tagline is ""No day but today.""","The songs are: One Song Glory Today 4 U Tango: Maureen Another Day La Vie Boheme B Take Me or Leave Me What You Own Your Eyes They are all songs from the musical ""Rent"".",Letter-Equations,08/24/06 #38315,Who is This? #3,2.88,2.13,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word is a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue. Example: Statuette: fro evi gse rpu lor nai ngd rep Answer: Fgo evI Gse rpU loR naI Ngd rEp = FIGURINE 1. Building: ant uhp yte alk ttr wrq ase 2. Kettledrum: qwt gig hjm klp all rnq tti 3. Image: ppo ghi kcl axt dug nrm eue 4. Music: sds fof uhk jnl dlk",No hint available.,"1. Building: THEATRE 2. Kettledrum: TIMPANI 3. Image: PICTURE 4. Music: SOUND",Language,09/16/07 #28797,Opposites Attract,2.46,1.43,SPUTNIK2,"Can you find the one word that fits with the following words below when placed at the end of each word? 1. head tail 2. moon sun 3. white black",The same word is used.,"LIGHT 1. head light tail light 2. moon light sun light 3. white light black light",Language,02/25/06 #15746,Mispronounced Prefixes,2.7600000000000002,2.97,snaps,"The answers to each of the clues below are words that could have an alternate definition if the words were read incorrectly. For example, if the word ""coward"" was incorrectly read as having ""co-"" as a prefix to the word ""ward,"" its definition could be ""to jointly parry or keep something away."" Can you figure out the mispronounced prefixes that could have the definitions given below? 1. a small, 3-chambered vessel for holding medicines 2. the stride that comes before running with long, smooth bounds 3. to unite together again for a special purpose 4. two buildings or rooms used for the retail sale of goods 5. a particle of matter that is not an electrically charged atom or group of atoms 6. to commit a transgression against God again",No hint available.,"1. trivial 2. antelope 3. really 4. bishop 5. union 6. resin",Language,12/09/03 #2700,The Great Pyramids,2.58,1.52,bco89taurus,"A man, in 1991, on his 65th birthday decided to see the great pyramids on his 70th birthday. Five years later, the day he turned 70, he was standing in front of the pyramids. This occurred in 1986. How is this possible?",Time did go forward.,He was there in 1986 B.C.,Trick,03/18/02 #6464,Acloimvee,2.19,1.97,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? ACLOIMVEE",No hint available.,"Come through alive! aClOiMvEe AcLoImVeE",Rebus,08/11/02 #6073,Sight Love,2.22,0.58,Cascas,"What does this mean? sight love sight sight",No hint available.,Love at first sight.,Rebus,07/30/02 #39940,Slice & Splice 15,2.3,2.12,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: DRY, ION, LAG, MOW, OIL, ONE Group B: **D***, **R***, Y*****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are colors. INDIGO, MAROON, YELLOW",Language,01/06/08 #2038,Sometimes White,2.64,2.06,gokaran,"I'm sometimes white, Although sometimes I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?",No hint available.,I'm a Hearse.,Riddle,01/16/02 #17987,Odd One Out IV,2.66,1.87,fishmed,"Five of the six words below share a common characteristic. Can you figure out which word does not belong and why? PUTTER GRIPE SOUGHT RUNNER CLEAN GHOST",No hint available.,"RUNNER does not belong as all the other words, if you remove the first letter, form a new word.",Group,06/21/04 #42128,A Truly Gifted Teacher?,3.2,2.39,jazzmusician46,"Last week, the local Primary school was visited by the Government School Inspector who was there to check that teachers were performing well in their respective classes. He was very impressed with one particular teacher. The Inspector noticed that each time the class teacher asked a question, every child in the class put up their hands enthusiastically to answer it. More surprisingly, whilst the teacher chose a different child to answer the questions each time, the answers were always correct. Why would this be?","1. The class teacher asked many questions. 2. All the children were normal kids and all of them raised their hands. 3. The children were not prompted beforehand with the questions or answers. 4. Not all the children knew the answers, but they still put up their hands.","The children were instructed to ALL raise their hands whenever a question was asked. It did not matter whether they knew the answer or not. If they did not know the answer, however, they would raise their LEFT hand. If they knew the answer, they would raise their RIGHT hand. The class teacher would choose a different child each time, but always the ones who had their RIGHT hand raised.",Situation,06/03/08 #34523,Anagram Christmas,3.05,1.86,MarcM1098,"My father gave me a brain teaser with two groups of words missing. The four words in each group are anagrams of each other. I've solved the first group, but I'm stuck on the second group. Can you help? Time to decorate the Christmas tree! Putting up the lights was my job, but after that it was time to ENLIST some help. While the kids were busy adding TINSEL, I put on some music to LISTEN to; my favourite song is ""SILENT Night"". After we finished decorating the Christmas tree, I hung the stockings on the __1__. Feeling a chill, I looked down and had to __2__ my __3__ lapse; the fire was out. I threw on my __4__ and stepped out into the cold night to gather some firewood. Upon my return, we were soon roasting chestnuts and sipping eggnog to complete a wonderful evening.","Here are definitions of the missing words: 1. a shelf above a fireplace 2. to express sorrow 3. relating to the mind 4. a cloak","1. mantel 2. lament 3. mental 4. mantle",Language,12/21/06 #50106,Dropboxes XXVI,2.4,2.44,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Potent [_] 2. Nasal sound [_] 3. Massive weight 4. Walked casually [_] 5. False teeth [_] 6. Offers payment 7. Muslim headdress [_] 8. African native [_] 9. Parent's sibling 10. Holy book [_] 11. Digestive fluid [_] 12. Floral garland 13. Living; moving [_] 14. Prisoner [_] 15. Intended 16. Utilization [_] 17. Jacob's brother [_] 18. Persian Gulf country, abbr. 19. Yours, poetically [_] 20. Clue [_] 21. _____ can or _____ foil",No hint available.,"1. strong [G] 2. snort [R] 3. tons 4. sauntered [A] 5. dentures [U] 6. tenders 7. turban [R] 8. Bantu [B] 9. aunt 10. Bible [B] 11. bile [B] 12. lei 13. animate [A] 14. inmate [I] 15. meant 16. usage [G] 17. Esau [S] 18. UAE 19. thine [E] 20. hint [H] 21. tin ""Garbage"" and ""rubbish"" -- two synonyms",Language,01/25/14 #27452,Anatomy 102!,2.61,2.07,redraptor50,There are five suggestions below. Can you figure which one does not belong? 1) Simple. 2) Compound. 3) Greenstick. 4) Comminuted. 5) Epicondylitis.,See Title. Think about bones.,"Number FIVE does not belong, it is Tennis Elbow. The rest are fractures of the bone.",Trivia,12/13/05 #50445,More Capital Cities,2.72,1.0,FlandersE,"If Mexico is to Mexico City, Guatemala is to Guatemala City, Panama is to Panama City, and Oklahoma is to Oklahoma City, New York is to _____?",Are you sure?,Albany of course!,Trick,10/11/14 #4629,Shipwrecked Again,2.26,1.6,mad-ade,"Once again Mad Ade had been shipwrecked and was the shipwreck's lone survivor. Stranded on a desert island, dreaming of Kebabs and dying of thirst, Mad Ade luckily found a little pocket of water on the shore which had pooled in a rock. Unfortunately, the only thing he had salvaged from the ship was a spoon which was of little use in scooping out the water. Since the crevasse is too narrow to make a ladle, how does Mad Ade manage to spoon the water out?",No hint available.,Mad Ade began dropping the readily available pebbles into the hole until the water level had risen enough for the spoon to be effective; but sadly for Mad Ade he never got a kebab.,Logic,06/11/02 #39576,Relationships #1,2.42,2.75,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your job is to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A, or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck! COLUMN A Destiny Plaintiff Quacking Accord Moderate COLUMN B Statue Speaker Light Computer Innate",Think of how words can be formed.,The last 4 letters form a new word.,Group,12/13/07 #33239,Track Meet,2.75,2.08,cnmne,"What does this rebus describe? Men's 100 Meter Sprint Lane 1: Jared, wearing a red evening gown Lane 2: Roger, wearing a blouse and skirt Lane 3: Trent, wearing a blue dress and high heels Lane 4: Waldo, wearing a white camisole",No hint available.,"Drag Race A sprint is a race; the male contestants are wearing women's clothes, or are in drag.",Rebus,09/29/06 #4871,Early,2.21,1.24,mad-ade,"Can you decipher this phrase: MUCH SOON MUCH SOON",No hint available.,too much too soon,Rebus,06/21/02 #28547,"King, Martyr or Just a Dreamer?",2.78,1.11,sgtammo,"Some people have considered me a protester and troublemaker. Others have considered me a speaker and peacemaker. All I knew was that there were wrongs I could not abide. So, protester, speaker, peacemaker or martyr; you decide. My religious background and education caused my belief in nonviolent protest. I tried to right wrongs and got involved in Civil rights, which caused my arrest. Many times, my speeches put me in a bad situation. In theses speeches, I spoke out against racial segregation. I led marches for the right to vote, desegregation, labor and civil rights, which is documented fact. Most of these rights were successfully enacted with the passage of the Civil and Voting Rights Act. I was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. Then I turned over the money to the civil rights movement, which raised many eyes. While standing on the balcony, on a speech I meditated. Before I could lead the next day's protest, I was assassinated. Now is the time to end my little game. Do you know who I am, and can you say my name?","If you are looking here, you need help it would seem. Just remember my speech, ""I have a Dream.""","My name is connected with the Civil Rights Movement, of that you can be sure. I am none other than Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 to April 4, 1968). He was a Baptist minister and activist who was the most famous leader of the Civil Rights Movement. King won the Nobel Peace Prize and Presidential Medal of Freedom before being assassinated in 1968. For his promotion of non-violence and racial equality, King is considered a peacemaker and martyr by many people around the world. Martin Luther King Day was established in his honor.",Riddle,02/09/06 #14746,Where are the Vowels?,2.78,2.55,Gerd,"In each of the following words, all of the vowels (except Y) appear exactly once. They have been removed from the words, however, but the consonants remain in the correct order. Can you determine what the words are? XLTTN PHR HSMD LTRVLT PRTRBTN",No hint available.,"XLTTN - Exultation PHR - Euphoria HSMD - Housemaid LTRVLT - Ultraviolet PRTRBTN - Perturbation",Language,09/12/03 #21204,Presidential Quotes,2.64,2.78,CPlusPlusMan,"The following cryptograms are quotes from past U.S. Presidents. Each letter stands for another, and no letter can stand for two (ex. 'A' cannot stand for 'B' and 'C') 1. IVVDALICO BDRXVOGP TLCS EOU DP KDDZ HRIGLCB LP BDR OVCOOE BDRX DTU XOFRCICLDU. LC LV MOCCOX MO IGDUO CSIU LU MIZ ADEFIUB. --KODXKO TIVSLUKCDU 2. MRC CSOXO IXO IZQIUCIKOV CD MOLUK OGOACOZ FXOVLZOUC. CSO ZIB IPCOX L TIV OGOACOZ, L SIZ EB SLKS VASDDG KXIZOV AGIVVLPLOZ CDF VOAXOC. --XDUIGZ XOIKIU 3. SDT EIUB GOKV ZDOV I ZDK SIQO LP BDR AIGG CSO CILG I GOK? PDRX. AIGGLUK I CILG I GOK ZDOVU'C EINO LC I GOK. --IMXISIE GLUADGU (If anyone can figure out why he said this, please tell me...) 4. LU I QOXB XOIG VOUVO, LC TLGG UDC MO DUO EIU KDLUK CD CSO EDDU LC TLGG MO IU OUCLXO UICLDU. PDX IGG DP RV ERVC TDXN CD FRC SLE CSOXO. --YDSU P. NOUUOZB 5. L AIU CSLUN DP UDCSLUK EDXO MDXLUK PDX CSO IEOXLAIU FODFGO CSIU CD SIQO CD VLC LU CSOLX GLQLUK XDDEV PDX I TSDGO SIGP SDRX GDDNLUK IC EB PIAO DU CSOLX COGOQLVLDU VAXOOUV. --ZTLKSC Z. OLVOUSDTOX",Look at the Middle initial on 4 and 5. That should help a lot.,"1. Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company. --George Washington 2. But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret. --Ronald Reagan 3. How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. --Abraham Lincoln 4. In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there. --John F. Kennedy 5. I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens. --Dwight D. Eisenhower The cipher is as follows: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R I M A Z O P K S L Y N G E U D F H X S T U V W X Y Z V C R Q T J B W",Cryptography,02/24/05 #29209,Bytes and Dollars,2.31,1.97,cnmne,"Explain how the following equation is true. byte = dollar",No hint available.,"Both are equal to 8 bits. There are 8 bits in a computer byte; a bit is equal to 12.5 cents, or 8 bits to a dollar (hence, the term ""pieces of eight"").",Other,03/20/06 #13027,Follow My Lead,2.24,1.18,tanokkal,"When I walk, it walks. When I run, it runs. When I scream it does nothing. I may wear coloured clothes, But its colour doesn't change. What is it?",No hint available.,My shadow,Riddle,06/09/03 #15446,Life or Death? The Emperor's Proposition,3.17,1.81,pete,"You are a prisoner sentenced to death. The Emperor offers you a chance to live by playing a simple game. He gives you 50 black marbles, 50 white marbles and 2 empty bowls. He then says, ""Divide these 100 marbles into these 2 bowls. You can divide them any way you like as long as you use all the marbles. Then I will blindfold you and mix the bowls around. You then can choose one bowl and remove ONE marble. If the marble is WHITE you will live, but if the marble is BLACK... you will die."" How do you divide the marbles up so that you have the greatest probability of choosing a WHITE marble?","The answer does not guarantee 100% you will chose a white marble, but you have a much better chance.","Place 1 white marble in one bowl, and place the rest of the marbles in the other bowl (49 whites, and 50 blacks). This way you begin with a 50/50 chance of choosing the bowl with just one white marble, therefore life! BUT even if you choose the other bowl, you still have ALMOST a 50/50 chance at picking one of the 49 white marbles.",Probability,11/15/03 #7086,Top,2.31,2.04,mozven,"Can you decipher this phrase: TOP ________ <--",No hint available.,The bottom line,Rebus,09/01/02 #37838,Lucky,2.39,1.23,PimpSlap,meluckycharmsthey'realways,A cereal.,They're always after me Lucky Charms.,Rebus,08/18/07 #36977,Words With One Letter Changed #4.,2.79,1.96,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given two definitions. Each pair of definitions is for two unrelated words. Your task is to discover what these two words are. In the answer to the second word, I took the first word, but changed one of its letters to make a completely different word. (i.e. table - fable) 1. To walk in a laboured manner - A swelling. 2. The underworld - Rodentlike mammals with long ears and long hind legs that hop. 3. An area sheltered from the sun - The feeling of disgrace. 4. A piece of wax with a wick that is lit to give light - The section of something made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.",No hint available.,"1. Limp - lump 2. Hades - hares 3. Shade - shame 4. Candle - handle",Language,06/18/07 #232,29 D in F in a LY,2.31,1.13,Phyllis,29 D in F in a LY,No hint available.,29 Days in February in a Leap Year.,Letter-Equations,02/03/01 #5428,_NT_IN_,2.78,2.69,Bobbrt,"The same three letters must be used to complete each of the following words. The letters are not necessarily in the same order in each word. What are the words? _ NT _ IN _ VI _ _ _ R _ H _ _ L _ _ _ K _ _ _",No hint available.,"Entwine Viewer Wheel Week Ewe",Language,07/10/02 #3694,Grazing Cow,2.19,2.41,cathalmccabe,"A cow is tied in a rectangular field, 20m by 10 m. The cow is tied to the middle of one of the 20m long fences by a rope 25m long. There is a gap the cow can squeeze through in the middle of the other 20m long fence (assume a point). How much land can the cow graze on?",No hint available.,"He can get to the whole area of the field, + the area of a semi circle outside the field, and 2 areas of quarter circles where the rope extends around the sides of the fences. 20*10 + (pi*15^2)/2 + 2* (pi*5^2)/4 200+pi*112.5 + pi*12.5 200 + pi * 125 Approx 593 square metres.",Math,04/22/02 #24200,Huh?,2.18,2.67,superben,"What is the relationship between these 5 sets of numbers? 1, 1 ; 10, 4 ; 30, 12 ; 100, 16 ; 1000, 64.",Bases,"The first number is base 4, the second base 10.( Base 4 has places 1, 4, 16, 64 and so on)",Math,07/02/05 #51039,Article Management,2.91,1.8800000000000001,ThinksForFun,"Weight I carry on my shoulders Of articles new and older Sideways on a pole, I may drift Until my burden you do lift My brothers, silent by my side Each with his own load to preside Were I to get bent out of shape Recycling I may not escape What am I?",No hint available.,a coat hanger,Riddle,04/11/17 #34349,Missing Letters 2,2.81,1.57,jazzmusician46,"Below are incomplete words. Place two letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck. Promo (--) acher Te (--) plifier Ank (--) dge Religi(--) ion Lettu (--) real Cha (--) flate",No hint available.,"Promote - teacher Team - amplifier Ankle - ledge Religion - onion Lettuce - cereal Chain - inflate",Language,12/12/06 #41286,Breakfast Cookers,2.38,1.87,brain23,"Five boys had to cook breakfast for each other. Nobody cooked for the same person. Using the clues below, can you determine who cooked breakfast for whom? 1. Mark does not have to make Steve breakfast. 2. Bob's breakfast is not cooked by Tom. 3. Tom doesn't have to cook breakfast for Mark. 4. Steve doesn't have to cook for anyone with an O in their name. 5. Bob is allergic to what Tom ordered. 6. Joe can't cook anything hot. Tom's food is hot. 7. Steve will never eat anything cooked by Bob.",No hint available.,"Mark cooked breakfast for Tom. Joe cooked breakfast for Bob. Steve cooked breakfast for Mark. Bob cooked breakfast for Joe. Tom cooked breakfast for Steve.",Logic,03/30/08 #39056,Theo The Thespian IV,2.58,2.14,tonksrulez,"Theo Cartwright is an amateur actor and playwright. It is his dream to be able to do what he loves professionally. Unfortunately, every time he performs one of his plays, the critics always pick out something that is wrong with it. Theo was getting desperate. He needed a foolproof idea. He had decided to do a show where nothing could go wrong and which also had some international appeal! It was the sad tale about a poor Irish boy who grew up in a poverty-stricken town, set during the times when people were flocking to live the 'American Dream' in America. Theo's character decided to do the same. Theo's main monologue came at the midway point his character's voyage to America. ""Here I am,"" Theo started, ""I'm finally making my own decisions in life! This is unreal. I can't believe it. You hear about people doing this sort of thing, but never in a million years did I ever think I would. They say the first man-made thing you see is that new Statue of Liberty, far in the distance. Then you land, and they take you to Ellis Island to be cataloged! Y'know, to make sure you don't bring a disease to the country and so they know who you are. Cataloged! Can you imagine me being cataloged? Look! There it is! You see? In the distance? That green blob, right there! The first thing I see..."" Theo's eyes started to well up with tears. ""Here I am. I can't believe this. There she is. You can see her green face now. She's smiling at me. This is so surreal..."" The curtains came down and there was a thunderous applause! This was it; Theo knew he had finally beaten the critic and written a flawless play. After everyone had left, Theo met up with the critic. Theo was somewhat smug about himself. ""So,"" he said, ""What did you think? There were absolutely no mistakes in that show."" ""Actually, Theo,"" the critic answered, ""there were 2 mistakes! I'm most certainly going to have to give you a bad review this time!"" The critic then left Theo standing somewhat bewildered. What mistakes had Theo made?",Let's forgive him the metaphor about her smiling.,"Firstly, the Statue of Liberty is not the first thing the immigrants would've seen when voyaging to America. It was, in fact, Lucy the Elephant, a giant elephant-shaped building on Coney Island. It was built by James V. Lafferty Jr., who held a patent for animal-shaped buildings! Secondly, when it was newly built, the statue was not green as it is today. The statue was coated with a thin layer of copper, which was originally a very dark brown colour. Over time, all copper which was left outside began developing a thin, green coating called Copper Patina. This happens when acids in the rain react with the copper. It took 20 years for the Statue of Liberty to get its current colour.",Trivia,11/03/07 #33513,Too Many Medals,2.6,2.65,cnmne,"With the conclusion of the Turin Games in 2006, there have been 20 Olympic Winter Games. However, there have been 21 gold medals awarded in men's ice hockey. How can this be?",No hint available.,"The first Winter Olympics was held in 1924 in Chamonix France. Men's ice hockey has been played in all 20 Winter Olympics through the Turin Italy Games. However, men's ice hockey was also part of the 1920 (Summer) Olympics in Antwerp Belgium; hence, the extra gold medal.",Trivia,10/16/06 #26394,Flower Children,2.89,2.31,Rob2003,"It was Valentines Day at Pelican High. Five boys named Adam, Jose, Isaiah, Frank, and John have secret sweethearts named Carrie, Grace, Laura, Mary, and Nellie. The five boys decided to pick a different number of blossoms and a different flower for their sweethearts. The number of blossoms are: 3, 5, 8, 9 and 10. The flowers are: Blazing Stars, Blue Vervain, Coneflowers, Prairie Clovers and Stiff Goldenrods. Can you figure out the number of blossoms and the type of flower each boy picked and the girl to whom he presented the bouquet? 1. Adam picked exactly two fewer Blue Vervain than Isaiah picked of his flower. 2. Frank picked Stiff Goldenrods for his sweetheart. Nellie received nine blossoms from her beau. 3. Mary received fewer blossoms than the girl whose admirer handed her a bunch of Blazing Stars but more blossoms than at least one other young lady. Jose picked flowers for Laura. 4. Grace received the next-higher number of flowers than the girl who accepted Prairie Clovers but fewer blossoms than John's sweetheart. 5. Isaiah picked a bouquet of Blazing Stars.",No hint available.,"Adam: 8, Blue Vervain, Mary Jose: 3, Prairie Clovers, Laura Isaiah: 10, Blazing Stars, Carrie Frank: 5, Stiff Goldenrods, Grace John: 9, Coneflowers, Nellie",Logic-Grid,10/16/05 #25357,Times of the Year.....,2.41,1.17,Sunrose,"1) New life is born The cleaning begins Warmth comes Trees begin to flourish Once again Students prepare for the nearing of the last day of school. 2) Heat Waves, Thunderstorms Bring forth vacations Some girls are named after me Pool parties, family gatherings, BB-Q's are at the highest Some teens find full time jobs 3) Cooling begins The land becomes colorful Some animals move to Warmer climates Bring many colors Teens begin to work part-time 4) The cold rolls in The flu becomes a worry Fireplaces are put to use The days become shorter Schools close, sometimes due To snow 5) It happens each year It can not be stopped People have a love/hate Relationship with me What am I?",No hint available.,"The four seasons: 1)Spring - usually the beginning of new life, spring cleaning, warm weather is about, trees begin to bloom leaves, and students become anxious to get out of school. 2)Summer - it gets very hot, thunderstorms are common, girls get named Summer, people tend to hold most of their parties and such during this time of year, some teens get summer jobs. 3)Fall/Autumn - the temperature begins to change, leaves change color and fall to the ground, which does bring many colors. Some of the teens continue to work, but usually only part-time. 4)Winter - brings the cold weather, bad time for the flu, the days are shorter, and it brings the snow, which causes the schools to close. 5)Combination of all the seasons. People love the cold or some hate the cold, it's that way for them all.",Riddle,08/16/05 #10494,Letter Pairs III: Sue Bit,2.53,2.3,Gizzer,"Place two letters in the empty space which, when added to the ends of the words on the left and to the beginning of the right, form other English words. When all the blanks are filled in, an eight-letter word will be created. SUE __ BIT BUG __ ASH CON __ ITS WAS __ NOR",Representative,"DELEGATE sueDE/DEbit bugLE/LEash conGA/GAits wasTE/TEnor",Language,02/16/03 #47159,Letter Juggle 12,3.15,1.04,MarcM1098,"Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Rode - Can 2. Font - Farce 3. Tory - Stale 4. Dire - Cash 5. Self - Shill","1. Stick 2. Visage 3. Fable 4. Computer failure 5. Ledge","1. Rod - Cane 2. Front - Face 3. Story - Tale 4. Die - Crash 5. Shelf - Sill",Language,06/05/10 #5247,Brainy,2.26,1.04,NuttyPrince,"Can you decipher this rebus: Brains Brains Brains BRAWN",No hint available.,Brains Over Brawn,Rebus,07/06/02 #27393,Mixed Up Mess,2.73,2.3,Sunrose,"Ginger has to do a report on one group of places. Explaining what they have in common, and go into a bit more detail on each place. Unfortunately, Ginger has written down the words in one group. She has no clue as to which words belong together. Now, she has to separate the words into 2 groups and choose one group to do her report on. Can you help Ginger separate the words into groups, and what they have in common? 1) Lake Assal 2) Whitney 3) Dead Sea Shore 4) Caspian Sea Shore 5) Vinson Massif 6) Bahia Blanca 7) Kosciusko 8) Kilimanjaro 9) Elbrus 10) Death Valley",No hint available.,"Group A: 1) Kilimanjaro 2) Vinson Massif 3) Kosciusko 4) Elbrus 5) Whitney Group B: 6) Dead Sea Shore 7) Bahia Blanca 8) Death Valley 9) Caspian Sea Shore 10) Lake Assal The places in Group A are some of the highest points on land throughout the world. Group B are some of the lowest points on land throughout the world.",Group,12/10/05 #26036,What # is Next? 2,2.34,2.22,Caim,"What number is next in the series and what is the pattern? 1, 8, 81, 1024, ?",Five digits.,"15625 The pattern is: 1 ^ 2, 2 ^ 3, 3 ^ 4, 4 ^ 5, 5 ^ 6",Series,09/23/05 #43485,The Difference #2,2.3,2.35,Shadows,"Which of these word pairs is not like the others and why? Slow & hold Slim & horn Hob & spy Holy & slob Rip & irk Tilt & grog",Atbash is the key.,"Hob & spy. The Atbash cipher is a cipher where A = Z, B = Y, etc. When you use Atbash to encrypt the first word in each pair, you get the second word.",Group,11/04/08 #43932,Rex and Ralph: Prime Clues,2.38,3.14,javaguru,"Two mathematicians, Rex and Ralph, have an ongoing competition to stump each other. Frustrated that Ralph was able to so easily figure out his last question, Rex is certain this one won't be so easy. He tells Ralph he's thinking of a number. ""The numbers one less and one more than the number are both the product of five prime numbers. The three numbers together have thirteen prime factors, all different. The sum of the prime factors of the number is 1400."" ""OK,"" says Ralph after a moment. ""That's probably enough information to find the number with a brute-force search, is that what you expect me to do?"" ""No, no, no,"" replies Rex. ""I don't want you to do anything as inelegant as that. Here's some more information."" ""The digital sum of each of the number's prime factors is prime, as is digital sum of the product of these sums. In fact, if you the reverse the digits in the product's digital sum you get a different prime number that is the digital sum of the number I'm thinking of."" Ralph takes out a pad of paper and starts jotting down some notes. ""The middle two digits in the number are its only prime digits and the number formed by the middle two digits is also prime. The number formed by the first three digits in the number is prime and its digital sum is also prime. In fact, the digital sum of the digital sum, and the digital sum of the digital sum of the digital sum of the first three numbers are also both prime."" ""What number am I thinking of?"" asks Rex. Ralph jots down a few more notes and then does a couple of calculations on his calculator. He says, ""OK, I know it's one of two numbers, but I don't want to factor these to figure out which one."" Rex frowns and says, ""One of those numbers is divisible by 13."" Ralph smiles and tells Rex the number. What were the two numbers and which one was the one Rex was thinking of? Note: The ""digital sum"" is the sum of the digits in a number. For example, the digital sum of 247 = 2 + 4 + 7 = 13.","You don't have to factor any numbers to find the answer, nor do you need to determine the primality of any numbers larger than 1000. The problem is as much about logic as it is about math.","The two numbers Ralph finds are 443,794 and 887,314. Rex's number is 887,314. 887313 = 3 x 7 x 29 x 31 x 47 887314 = 2 x 487 x 911 887315 = 5 x 11 x 13 x 17 x 73 Here's how Ralph did it: First, since the three adjacent numbers don't share any prime numbers, the middle number must be even, otherwise both the other numbers would have to be divisible by 2. If one of the factors in Rex's number is two, then the other two factors must add up to 1400 - 2 = 1398. The maximum product of two numbers that add up to 1398 is 699 x 699, so the upper bound for Rex's number is 2 x 699 x 699 = 977,202. The product of the first ten odd prime numbers is 3 x 5 x 7 x 11 x 13 x 17 x 19 x 23 x 29 x 31 = 100,280,245,065 This is the minimum value for the product of Rex's number minus one times Rex's number plus one. Therefore the square root of this number is the lower bound for Rex's number. The square root of 100,280,245,065 ~ 316,670. So now Ralph knows that Rex's number is an even number between 316,670 and 977,202. He figures this could be found by brute force given the other clues. (In fact, 887,314 is the only number in this range that is between two numbers with five or more unique prime factors, but Ralph doesn't know that.) The digital sum of the prime factors of the number are prime numbers, one of which is 2. The other two must be prime numbers between 316,670 / 1,398 ~ 227 and 1,398. The maximum digital sum for numbers in this range is 3 x 9 = 27, so the maximum value for the product of the three prime digital sums is 2 x 23 x 23 = 1,058. The digital sum of this number is also prime. The maximum digital sum in this range is 27, so the digital sum of this product is a prime number less than 27. The largest digital sum for a number in the range 316,670 to 977,202 is 6 x 9 = 54. This means that the digital sum of the number must be a prime number less than 54 that is a different prime number less than 27 when reversed. There are four prime numbers less than 54 that are a different prime number when reversed: 13, 17, 31 and 37. The digital sum of Rex's number must be 31. The middle two digits are prime. For there to be a middle two digits, the number of digits in the number must be even. So now the upper bound for the number is 977,202. The number formed by the middle two digits must also be prime. There are only four two-digit prime numbers composed of prime digits: 23, 37, 53 and 73. The number formed by the first three digits is prime, so the third digit can't be 2 or 5. The middle two digits must be either 37 or 73. Since the sum of the first three digits is a prime number, the sum must be one of 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 or 23. Since the number must start with a 4, 6, 8 or 9, the minimum value for the first three digits is 403, which eliminates 5 as a digital sum. The digital sum of the digital sum of the first three digits must be prime, so it can't be 13, 17 or 19. This leaves 7, 11 or 23 as the digital sum of the first three digits. Since the only possibility for the first three digits totaling 7 is 403, Ralph did a couple of quick calculations to determine that 403 = 13 x 31, so it isn't prime. So the digital sum of the first three digits must be either 11 or 23 and the digital sum of the last three digits must be 20 or 8. There are only four ways to make a digital sum of 11 for the first three digits that ends in a three or seven and starts with 4, 6, 8 or 9: 407, 443, 623 and 803. Ralph does a couple more quick calculations and determines that 407 = 11 x 37, 623 = 7 x 89 and 803 = 11 x 73, but that 443 is prime. If 443 are the first three digits, then the last three digits must total 20, start with a 7 and end with a 4, 6 or 8. There is only three ways to do this: 758, 776 and 794. The fifth digit can't be prime, so only 794 is possible. This gives the first number 443,794. If the first three digits total 23, start with a 4, 6, 8 or 9, and end with a 3 or 7, then the choices are 887 and 977. The second digit in 977 is prime, so the only choice is 887. Ralph checks and finds that 887 is prime. If the first three numbers are 887 then the last three must start with a 3, end with a 4, 6 or 8 and total 8. Only 314 is possible, giving the second number 887,314. When Rex tells Ralph one of the numbers is divisible by 13, Ralph finds that 443,794 = 13 x 34,138. Since 13 can't be one of the prime factors of the number, the number must be 887,314.",Math,01/17/09 #7321,If You Know Your Algebra...,2.19,2.01,supershlop,"What is this common phrase: bb V ~bb",No hint available.,To be or not to be.,Rebus,09/09/02 #51930,What's Crawling?,1.9000000000000001,0.41000000000000003,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,Bug in the Rug,Rebus,06/21/18 #23944,I Am All Around,2.58,1.46,dutchymonster,"I can be created in different ways, blowing, banging, drawing, You would be amazed. You take me for granted, I am all around. Without me floating in the air, you wouldn't hear much sound. I am woven into your favorite songs, I introduce your favorite shows. Don't look too hard for me, I can come from under your nose. What am I?",No hint available.,music,Riddle,06/22/05 #32453,Parking Spot,2.42,1.59,spookyb,"I took a handicapped spot, had no handicap whatsoever, and there were policemen all around, but I didn't get a ticket. Why?",No hint available.,I was in a handicapped stall in a bathroom!,Situation,08/15/06 #47649,Sight Rhymes 7,2.53,2.1,MarcM1098,"In each group below, the three words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each group. Example: plo___, tho___, to___ would be plough, though, tough. 1. an___, dan___, han___ 2. m___, p___, varm___ 3. b___, n___, lin___","Hint: One letter has been filled in for you. 1. ang__, dang__, hang__ 2. mi__, pi__, varmi__ 3. be__, ne__, line__","1. anger, danger, hanger 2. mint, pint, varmint 3. bear, near, linear",Language,08/03/10 #13140,The Impossible Sequence,2.29,3.01,Piffle,"What is the next number in the sequence? 1 2 2.5 2.833333333 3.083333333 3.283333334",You have to use above average thinking.,The next number is 3.45. Each number was arrived at by taking the average of the previous set of numbers and adding one to it. The average of 1 is 1. Add 1 to 1 and you get 2. The average of 2 and 1 is 1.5. Add 1 to 1.5 and you get 2.5. And so on.,Series,06/13/03 #40673,Words With AM,2.29,2.29,cnmne,"Five words that contain AM as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? AM****, *AM***, **AM**, ***AM*, ****AM Pool: B, C, E, E, E, E, E, G, I, J, L, L, N, R, S, T, T, T, U, Y",No hint available.,"AMULET, GAMBIT, ENAMEL, CREAMY, JETSAM",Language,02/23/08 #43986,Pin on the Tail!,2.14,1.97,mosca,"As a child, you may have played the blindfold game of ""Pin the Tail on the Donkey"". In each part of this teaser, you are given two definitions for words. You must add one letter to the rear of the first word to make the second word. To help you, the number of letters in each word is given in parentheses. Sharpens, True (5, 6) Roll, Tap Lightly (3, 4) Adequate, Separate (3, 4) Transit, Chest Area (3, 4) Vehicle, Conveyance (3, 4) Metal, Color (3, 4)","The ""tail"" in each case is the same letter!","Sharpens, True - Hones, Honest Roll, Tap Lightly - Bun, Bunt Adequate, Separate - Par, Part Transit, Chest Area - Bus, Bust Vehicle, Conveyance - Car, Cart Metal, Color - Tin, Tint",Language,01/23/09 #37050,People Dance,2.49,1.45,Fomi_luvs_RENT,"People dance and sing in me for money. If I am really good, Tony will award me, honey. That doesn't matter because you still have to pay to perform me. Now, whatever could I be?","What do 'Pippin', 'Wicked', and 'Assassins' have in common?","I am a Broadway musical. The awards for Broadway musicals are called Tonys. People who want to perform a musical have to pay for the rights to perform a musical.",Riddle,06/23/07 #21545,Planets,2.59,2.32,DennysGirl,"Careena found a piece of paper in her locker at school. It said: Earth Jupiter Mercury - Uranus Uranus Mercury Jupiter Underneath was: Mercury-4 Earth-2 Pluto-2 Pluto-2 Mars-1 Mercury-2 Can you decipher the code?","It helps to know the order of the planets. Look at the placement of the letters.","The note says 351-7715 Call me The planets are code for numbers. Mercury=1, Venus=2, Earth=3, Mars=4, Jupiter=5, Saturn=6, Uranus=7, Neptune=8, and Pluto=9. Underneath: The number indicates which place in the word.",Other,03/14/05 #50753,Delete a Letter 31,3.19,2.13,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) a baked food made from flour (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a thin metal nail with a small indented head 2) of or relating to groups of people with common characteristics and customs (6 letters) & (delete 4th letter) the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation 3) very small in size or amount (5 letters) & (delete 5th letter) to examine or look over carefully 4) the raised line that winds around a screw (6 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) to step or walk on or over",No hint available.,"1) bread & brad 2) ethnic & ethic 3) scant & scan 4) thread & tread",Language,12/29/15 #10206,Snaps Road,2.59,1.67,snaps,"The Snapsville Town Council decided to have some fun with numbering the houses in Snaps Road which was in a new residential development in the town. For reasons known only to the Council, they elected not to use house numbers that contained the digit 3 (eg. 13, 32, etc.) or numbers that were multiples of 5 or 7. If there were 30 houses in Snaps Street, what was the number of the last house?",No hint available.,"The last house in Snaps Road was number 62. The house numbers that were used in Snaps Road were: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 41, 44, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 54, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62.",Math,02/03/03 #47981,Sight Rhymes 11,2.65,1.85,MarcM1098,"In each group below, the three words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each group. Example: plo___, tho___, to___ would be plough, though, tough. 1. m___, sim___, chamom___ 2. c___, im___, mir___ 3. d___, g___, v___","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. mi__, simi__, chamomi__ 2. ca__, ima__, mira__ 3. di__, gi__, vi__","1. mile, simile, chamomile 2. cage, image, mirage 3. dive, give, vive",Language,09/24/10 #49092,A Gem of a Story,2.55,2.0,Gizzer,"Can you find the gemstones hidden in the following story? There's never a dull moment here at Exit Strategy, a shipping company that specializes in exotic items. President Bill Lading proudly opened the monthly managerial meeting. ""I see we netted a new account: Crane Origami. Lee?"" Lee Ward, Director of Marketing, was a proud as a peacock. ""Yes, Bill, our commitment to EXTERNAL AID campaigns has paid off. Crane Origami is the newest sponsor of the Make a Wish Foundation, and they need A SHIPPER who won't fold under pressure."" ""Well, that's us,"" smiled Bill. ""What is our commitment to Crane?"" ""The contract is for 1000 pallets a month, Bill,"" replied Lee. ""Oh my! You are just trying to BURY me in paperwork!"" laughed warehouse manager Steve Dore. ""All for a good cause, Steve,"" replied Lee. ""Besides, this will offset our losses on the HP account. The sauce business is worse this year."" ""You are in fine form today, Lee"" giggled Hazel Matt, Safety Officer. ""Must you always pun-ish us so?"" Lee rewarded Hazel with a MAD LEER. ""Only when you bewitch me, Hazel dear!"" ""OK, OK,"" Bill sputtered through his Earl Grey tea. ""Let's get back to business. Do you have that quarterly report, Mick?"" Mick Emaus, Distribution Manager, slid a sheaf of papers down the table. ""There you go, mate. All orders processed within benchmark times."" Customer Service manager Peter Pan piped up, ""I've received three calls about a missing boomerang shipment, Mick. You told me you sent them out yourself last week."" ""I DID,"" MOANed Mick, ""but I can't make THEM STAY there - they keep coming back!"" ""Oh my head,"" groaned Bill. ""We must have earned the punniest meeting award by now!"" ""It's not QUITE OURS yet, Bill"", quipped Hazel. ""I've submitted the minutes from our last 10 meetings to the Guinness site. I thought we'd win for sure, but no pun in ten did!"" ""Meeting adjourned!""",No hint available.,"The 7 gemstones are anagrams of the capitalized text: alexandrite (EXTERNAL AID) sapphire (A SHIPPER) ruby (BURY) emerald (MAD LEER) diamond (DID MOAN) amethyst (THEM STAY) turquoise (QUITE OURS)",Language,10/17/11 #49907,"""X"" Boxes",2.54,2.18,ThinksForFun,"The following list of initials are those of items which all share a common theme. What do the initials stand for, and what is the thing that they all have in common? C.P. A.J. F.L. C.C. F.F. L.C. The hint gives a synonym for one of the two initialled words of each item in the list.","soft drinks lifting devices circuits crush frozen fortunate","They are all initials for popular long-standing breakfast cereals as follows: Corn Pops (pops = soft drinks) Apple Jacks (jacks = lifting devices) Froot Loops (loops = circuits) Cap'n Crunch (crunch = crush) Frosted Flakes (frosted = frozen) Lucky Charms (lucky = fortunate) The title alludes to cereal boxes bearing the names of the cereals which are unknown until the puzzle is solved, and so are represented by ""X"".",Other,08/06/13 #11484,Two Aging Mathematicians,2.73,2.82,snaps,"Two aging mathematics professors, Al Gebra and Cal Culus were sitting at their favourite Thai restaurant, Phun Kshuns, reminiscing about when they first met, while their waiter, Theo Rumsanrools (who also took Professor Gebra's Advanced Mathematics course at Cart Eshian University) eavesdropped on their conversation as he brought them their meals. ""You know what occurred to me the other day, Cal?"" asked Professor Gebra. ""What's that?"" said Professor Culus. ""Well, when we met, the square of your age contained the same three digits as the square of my age, just in a different order,"" Professor Gebra continued. ""This will really blow your socks off then, Al! If you take the square of the sum of our ages when we met and split it into two 2-digit numbers, you'd have my age then and your age now!"" Professor Culus exclaimed. Wanting to impress his professor, Theo interjected. ""I thought you were much younger than that, Professor Gebra,"" Theo said. Said Professor Gebra, ""And just how old am I then, young fellow?""",No hint available.,"""Well, you're 81, sir,"" Theo replied. ""Right you are! And how did you figure that out so quickly?"" Professor Gebra asked. ""You said the square of your ages when you and Professor Culus met had only three digits, so the oldest you could have been was 31. That means that there were only a few possible ages the two of you could have been. Those being (with the associated squares): 14 & 31 (196 & 961), 13 & 31 (169 & 961), 16 & 25 (256 & 625), 12 & 21 (144 & 441), 13 & 14 (169 & 196). Now the square of the sum of each of these pair of ages are respectively: 2025, 1936, 1681, 1089, 729. And from those figures I concluded that Professor Culus must have been 16 when you met and hence you, Professor Gebra, are now 81!"" Theo explained. ""Aren't you a bright young fellow! You should come and study my Advanced Mathematics course at Cart Eshian University!"" Professor Gebra exclaimed. ""Uh, I already do,"" Theo said sheepishly.",Math,03/30/03 #51731,Triggered,2.8,1.8900000000000001,ThinksForFun,"My first takes a billowing course My second uncovers the source My whole saves from a deadly force What am I?",No hint available.,smoke detector,Riddle,02/18/18 #31461,1. Wisdom From Pope John Paul II,2.7,2.38,kayleeskitties,"Pope John Paul II inspired many people. Decipher the codes below to find out how. 1. NF GUR SNZVYL TBRF, FB TBRF ANGVBA NAQ FB TBRF GUR JUBYR JBEYQ VA JUVPU JR YVIR. 2. SERRQBZ PBAFVFGF ABG VA QBVAT JUNG JR YVXR, OHG VA UNIVAT GUR EVTUG GB QB JUNG JR BHTUG","J=W V=I","A=N B=O C=P D=Q E=R F=S G=T H=U I=V J=W K=X L=Y M=Z N=A O=B P=C Q=D R=E S=F T=G U=H V=I W=J X=K Y=L Z=M 1. As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. 2. Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.",Cryptography,07/01/06 #23001,Who's in Charge?,2.45,2.12,dsquared,"What expression is concealed here? 1915 - 1920 Queen Takesrook 1920 - 1945 King T.H. Umb 1945 - 1960 King Foraday 1920 - 1945 = ?",The names of the other leaders (not the 1920-1945 leader) mean nothing. What is another word to describe what a King is doing during their reign?,"Rule of thumb 1920 - 1945 is when T.H. Umb or 'thumb' ruled therefore it was the 'rule of thumb'",Rebus,05/19/05 #34734,All in Order 4,2.84,2.46,boodler,"Complete the words below using three consecutive letters in alphabetical order, e.g. _ _ A _ U S; add A B and C it would become ABACUS. 1. _ _ R _ E S, 2. D O _ I _ _, 3. _ R A _ I _, 4. _ O U _ _ T, 5. _ _ A _ U E, 6. _ A Y _ A _.",No hint available.,"1. Turves, 2. Domino, 3. Arabic, 4. Fought, 5. Opaque, 6. Layman.",Language,01/05/07 #51812,Grr! Snarl! Growl!,2.85,1.8,Jake,Can you determine which common phrase is represented by this image?,No hint available.,Vicious Circle,Rebus,03/26/18 #45513,Words With PIE,2.14,2.53,brainglue,"Four words with the letters PIE, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. P I _ E _ _ P _ _ _ I _ _ E _ _ P _ _ I _ _ _ E _ P _ _ E _ _ I _ _ Pool: A, A, C, E, E, E, G, I, M, N, N, O, O, P, P, R, R, R, S, T, T, V",No hint available.,"The words are: pigeon premiere appositive apprentice",Language,10/20/09 #52330,Where Did You Go?,3.09,1.5,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,"Long time, no see.",Rebus,12/09/19 #42032,Immiscible,2.79,1.61,tangled_brain,"We all know that oil and water just don't mix. One thousand years ago, we also knew that everything revolved around the earth, and some people as recently as one hundred years ago knew that the earth was flat! However, I know that I can get oil and water to mix simply by adding something found in every home.","""Now with more grease-fighting power!""","What I add is dishwashing liquid! The reason oil and water don't mix is because oil is nonpolar, while water is polar. The ""like dissolves like rule"" explains why table salt (NaCl) can be dissolved in water (both are polar), while oil cannot (it's nonpolar). What's special about the dishwashing liquid is that it is a surfactant, short for SURFace ACTing AgeNT. This gives it the ability to break the surface tension of water. Also, the molecules in the dish soap have one side that is polar and attracted to water and another that is nonpolar and soluble in oil, allowing both the polar water molecules and the nonpolar oil molecules to create a colloid called an emulsion. There are different kinds of emulsions. Mayonnaise is an emulsion of vinegar and oil, which wouldn't mix if egg yolks weren't added.",Science,05/24/08 #7035,Trouble on the Farm,2.3,1.23,cubeplayr,"Decipher this common phrase: thaehfenhoouxse",No hint available.,"A fox in the henhouse thAehFenhOouXse THaEHfENHoOUxSE",Rebus,08/30/02 #28451,Wait For It,2.8,2.52,Gizzer,"All of these quotations have a common theme. Can you decipher them? YRIG JZDS DIBKI PRS SUZG DYJUE JUE PJTY. - NSRU OTZYSU JZZ YRTUWD HSOI BSFUE YS RTO PRS PTZZ VFY PJTY. - RIUBG PJEDPSBYR ZSUWXIZZSP PI HSFZE UIKIB ZIJBU YS VI VBJKI JUE LJYTIUY, TX YRIBI PIBI SUZG NSG TU YRI PSBZE. - RIZIU QIZZIB YRTUWD OJG HSOI YS YRSDI PRS PJTY, VFY SUZG YRI YRTUWD ZIXY VIRTUE VG YRSDI PRS RFDYZI. - JVBJRJO ZTUHSZU",Don't give up too soon. The code itself reveals a clue to the theme.,"The theme is patience: They also serve who only stand and wait. - John Milton All things come round to him who will but wait. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. - Helen Keller Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left behind by those who hustle. - Abraham Lincoln Code: A=Q B=R C=Z D=S E=D F=U G=Y H=C I=E J=A K=V L=P M=X N=J O=M P=W Q=K R=H S=O T=I U=N V=B W=G X=F Y=T Z=L Did you notice that VIRTUE is part of the code in the last quote? It is said that patience is a virtue.",Cryptography,02/05/06 #4427,The Wall,2.33,2.26,shoppergrl,"Up against the wall, he knew it was all over. Who is he? What is the wall? What was all over?",No hint available.,"He was an outfielder in a baseball game. The wall is the wall that runs around the outside of the baseball field. Someone hit a home run, so the game was all over.",Situation,06/02/02 #38397,Athletes,2.82,2.24,jazzmusician46,"The names of five (5) female athletes have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. Your task is to rearrange the segments to identify the athlete. 1. LE PE MI GG NG YF 2. IA NA MS RE SE LL WI 3. KO OL RB GA UT 4. EE JO JA KE RS YN ER IE CK 5. LE CH MI AN EL KW",No hint available.,"1. PEGGY FLEMING 2. SERENA WILLIAMS 3. OLGA KORBUT 4. JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE 5. MICHELLE KWAN",Language,09/22/07 #2117,Crocodile Attack,2.98,1.23,ChemicalBoy08,Would you rather a crocodile attack you or an alligator?,There is a double meaning.,I would rather the crocodile attack the alligator.,Trick,01/21/02 #15066,Mathanagram,2.73,2.11,LungTungBeng,"""NINE IN SUM TO THREE"" is an expression (both in language and math) that produces 12 (= 9+3). However it sounds rather odd. Please re-arrange the letters to turn it into another expression equal to 12 that is grammatically perfect.","If addition doesn't do, subtraction will.",THIRTEEN MINUS ONE,Language,10/11/03 #29660,Seventeen Syllables,2.58,2.36,peppamintp,"Fill in the answers to the clues by using all the syllables. The number to be used is in parentheses. 1. French rococo artist (2) 2. Running in neutral (2) 3. Bestow without limit (2) 4. Ambassador, e.g. (3) 5. World's Fair, for one (2) 6. Mesh (3) 7. South American river (3) Syllables: A AM DIP DLING EX I IN ISH LAV LO LOCK MAT PO TEAU TER WAT ZON",No hint available.,"1. Watteau (wat teau) 2. Idling (i dling) 3. Lavish (lav ish) 4. Diplomat (dip lo mat) 5. Expo (ex po) 6. Interlock (in ter lock) 7. Amazon (am a zon)",Language,04/10/06 #34287,Straight From the Heart,2.97,1.78,coachpisco,"Put this on, And warm you'll be. Take one off, And an emotion, you'll see.","""Take one off"" is a letter.","When you put on a GLOVE, you'll be warm. Take off the letter G, and LOVE is left.",Riddle,12/08/06 #28886,Overtime,2.2,1.4,hamburger,"Jimmy worked many overtime hours this week, and his normal weekly pay tripled. He received an additional $700. What is his normal salary?",No hint available.,"$350 Use the equation: 3x=x+700 (where X is his normal pay) Subtract an x from each side and you should get 2X=700. Divide by 2, and we see his weekly salary is $350.",Math,03/03/06 #27825,Checkers' Dog,2.7,1.36,metallicman,"Checkers was meeting with the lazy Sorceress and Mr.Tin, two well known dog breeders. They were just ending a conversation about politics when Mr.Tin asked Checkers if he had ever owned a dog. Checkers, trying to make it seem as if he knows something about dogs said, ""Yes, I used to have a Basenji. He would always bark when someone was coming up the driveway."" Mr.Tin and the lazy Sorceress knew he was lying and decided to leave. What did he lie about?",Think about different qualities dog breeds have.,"They knew he was lying because a Basenji doesn't bark! It does make some noises, but it never barks.",Trivia,01/02/06 #930,The Rushed Carpenter,2.22,1.21,Michelle,"A carpenter was in a terrible hurry. He had to work as quickly as possible to cut a very heavy 10 foot plank into 10 equal sections. If it takes 1 minute per cut, how long will it take him to get the 10 equal pieces?",No hint available.,9 minutes. It only takes 9 cuts to get 10 equal sections.,Math,10/01/01 #25375,Which House 2,3.06,1.09,GarnetLover,"There are three houses built exactly the same. One is filled with cotton, the other with wood, and the third with iron. One day an arsonist sets them all on fire. The sound of sirens was growing louder at the scene. People were screaming. Which house did the ambulance try to put the fire out at first?",No hint available.,Ambulances do not put out fires.,Trick,08/16/05 #37939,Name That Musical,2.39,1.93,tonksrulez,"Can you figure out what popular musicals these represent? 1) Filamentous outgrowth of protein 2) Lubricating country 3) Wee retail building containing terrors 4) Justified female belonging to me 5) The ones who supervise the making of shows. 6) Evil 7) The disturbance of matter in waves of an arrangement of chords and notes. 8) A restaurant that serves food while providing an arrangement of songs. 9) Wild compass points team's tale 10) The French group of sad people",No hint available.,"1) Hair 2) Grease 3) Little Shop of Horrors 4) My Fair Lady 5) The Producers 6) Wicked 7) The Sound of Music 8) Cabaret 9) West Side Story 10) Les Miserables",Language,08/24/07 #1135,In a Dozen,2.2,0.81,Michelle,How many three cent stamps are in a dozen?,No hint available.,12. It's a dozen regardless of the cost of the stamps.,Trick,10/15/01 #43450,Clocks,2.06,1.26,twin27,"A clock has twelve hours in a rotation of the hour hand, sixty minutes in the rotation of the minute hand, and sixty seconds in a rotation of a second hand. Using the following things, starting at 0 hours and 0 seconds, how much time is passing in all these intervals? 5 rotations of the second hand 2/12 rotation of the hour hand 3/6 rotation of the minute hand 3/4 rotation of the minute hand",No hint available.,"The answer is three hours and twenty minutes. Five rotations of the second hand is five minutes, because a full rotation of the second hand is a minute. 2/12 rotations of the hour hand is two hours. 3/6 rotations of the minute hand is 30 minutes because 3/6 is equal to 1/2. 3/4 rotations of the minute hand is 45 minutes.",Math,10/29/08 #52486,Different Spacing 3,2.93,2.5100000000000002,Rove_Tarts,"Based on the following clues can you make 2 phrases with the same letters in the same order, but with different spacing? (Example: Abcde Fg + Abc Defg) 1. Precipitating fish archery + Multi-color sea life 2. God of love took charge + Small container did nothing 3. Irrational number of tranquility + Master of tubes 4. Not heavy & not large + Shopping center of bulbs","1. Swap 3 letters 2. Swap 2 letters 3. Swap 2 letters 4. Swap 1 letter","1. Rain Bowfish + Rainbow Fish 2. Cupid Led + Cup Idled 3. Pi peace + Pipe Ace 4. Light Small + Lights Mall",Language,10/06/20 #11812,DayDay,2.4,0.71,Unicycle100,"What does this mean? day day cast cast cast cast",No hint available.,Today`s Forecast,Rebus,04/17/03 #44848,School Daze,2.82,0.91,bookwrmKP,"Tom has never missed a single day of school, but he hasn't turned in a single homework assignment this year, either. He's always talking in class and hasn't passed a test in years. Even so, Tom has never gotten into trouble with any school staff, even though they know full well what he's doing. Tom isn't a special student and doesn't get unique treatment. So why does Tom never get into trouble?",You're going to have to listen to your teachers and think outside the box for this one!,Tom is a teacher!,Trick,07/13/09 #26669,Around the World With Tim II,2.65,2.14,metallicman,"Tim had just won a large sum of money, and traveled the world. He came back from his journey, but still wanted to travel. It was the year 2005, and he knew it was the best time to go traveling. So, he packed up and got on the plane. The cities he visited are these: Tokyo, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Cairo, London, and Sydney. What is significant with these choices of cities? It has nothing to do with spelling or letters.",No hint available.,"Each city is the most populated on each continent. Here are the populations of each city: Tokyo with 34,100,000 Mexico City with 22,650,000 Sao Paulo with 20,200,000 Cairo with 15,450,000 London with 11,950,000 Sydney with 4,198,543",Trivia,11/01/05 #10266,The Dwelling Place,2.5100000000000002,1.87,jizzyhuggs,"Take 500 from the opposite of light, and tell me where one dwelt in the time of the deluge.",No hint available.,"The Ark. Opposite of light = dark 500 = d in roman letters",Other,02/05/03 #42045,Which Box Has the Gold?,2.6,1.07,Carlos16,"There are four boxes lined up on a desk from left to right. Which box is the gold in if the two truthful boxes are not next to each other, and the two lying boxes are not next to each other? Box A: The gold is not in this box Box B: The gold is in this box Box C: The gold is in this box Box D: The gold is in this box",No hint available.,"If l is lie, and t is truth, the possible patterns for the boxes are: ltlt, and tltl. The gold is in box C because if it wasn't, then box C would be lying. When ever a box is lying, any boxes touching that box would have to be telling the truth. If box B and D were telling the truth, that would be impossible. Therefore, box C is truthful, boxes B & D are lying, and box A is truthful as well. Answer: Box C",Logic,05/25/08 #32236,Gu Gong,2.72,2.61,jazzmusician46,"A Palace I was, and a Palace I am, but no orders do I decree. No Queen did I house, for only men did rule, during times of grief and struggle. My shell has openings that welcomed friends, and attempted to dispel our foes. Some say there was truth I had 10,000 rooms, all heavenly and divine throughout. But unlike this myth there is a fact that I am divided into two. My southern part is a lesser court, presenting a harmony supreme, whilst the inner court, which is to the north, contained my royal family. What am I?",Look at the title,"The Forbidden City, Beijing, China. The Forbidden City is situated in the center of Beijing. It is no longer used for government or administrative purposes, and it is now designated as the Palace Museum. It was built as the Imperial Palace during the powerful Ming Dynasty though the rulers of the Qing dynasties would later use it for the same purpose. The Forbidden City is an immense complex covering about 74 hectares in area. On the outskirts lies a massive moat that is six meters in depth and a wall that is ten meters high. In the complex are five major halls, seventeen different palaces, and several hundred other small buildings. Some counts have placed the number of rooms between 9,000 and 9,999.5, though the latter number is more of a mythical reflection on the ideal Forbidden City that was believed to have 10,000 rooms in heaven. On each face of the rectangular complex is a large gate. Their imposing doors were meant to withstand the fiercest attacks of its time, and the walls could reportedly withstand heavy cannon fire. The complex itself is divided into two sections. The southern section is the lesser court, or Outer Court, and has some five halls including the massive Hall of Supreme Harmony. One key feature in addition to the Hall of Supreme Harmony is the Gate of Supreme Harmony. The Inner Court housed the Emperor and his family. 'Gu Gong' (the title of this teaser) is the Mandarin expression for ""Former Palace"". (The word ""Gu Gong"" is also a generic name referring to all former palaces). So the answer was in the title for you!",Riddle,08/02/06 #3377,Chain E-Mail,2.5100000000000002,2.05,Mogmatt16,"Maybe you've gotten this e-mail before. It reads: ""I just got the coolest thing! This is endorsed by AOL and is great! Just forward this e-mail to ten people and you'll get an entirely new buddy list! I can see alternate screen names, who they're talking to, when they were last on and every thing! Remember, all you have to do is forward this to ten people and the buddylist 2000 is yours!"" Using logic, how can you easily prove this wrong?",This applies to any chain mail telling you about what will happen depending on how many people you send it to.,They must send the e-mail to get the list. Whoever wrote this is bragging about it and claims to be looking at it. They can't change an e-mail they have already sent. How can they be telling you about it if they haven't gotten it yet due to not sending the e-mail?,Logic,04/09/02 #5344,Nanny Etticoat,2.59,1.96,im_para_noid,"Little Nanny Etticoat, in a white petticoat, and a red nose; the longer she stands, the shorter she grows. What is she?",No hint available.,A candle,Riddle,07/08/02 #19934,Ancient,2.41,2.77,cnmne,"What is the meaning of this rebus? FEANCIENTFE",No hint available.,"Old Ironsides (the nickname of the frigate USS Constitution: ancient is a synonym for old, Fe is the chemical symbol for iron, iron is on each side of old)",Rebus,12/17/04 #52340,Evilton Prison,2.6,2.07,Coolnine9,"Evilton Prison, the only prison on Evilton Island is notorious for its only bathroom which is always guarded by policemen who would give a punishment to any prisoner that tries to use the shower facilities for more than four minutes. Although the police can not see anything the prisoners do in the bathrooms, they were always aware when they used the facilities for longer than the permitted time. A recently convicted criminal on Evilton Island named Jack Donald would always take a shower every two days and always take twenty minutes for each shower yet every time Jack went out of the bathroom, the policemen would give him no punishment. If Jack never tries to outsmart the policemen and has no exemption from the four minute limit, why are the policemen always letting him off the hook?",Scrap anything that doesn't talk about Jack and the answer might become clear.,Nowhere did it say that Jack was in prison. Jack walks out from his own bathroom at home and his conviction was just a fine.,Trick,01/16/20 #300,Hardware,2.7600000000000002,1.7,Phyllis,"A man has just finished painting his house and needs something. He goes to a hardware store and asks for help in finding what he needs. The clerk shows him where the objects are and tells him that they cost $1 each. The man says: ""I'm taking 600, so here's $3."" What did he buy?",How do you find a house?,His house number.,Logic,02/24/01 #16829,2 = L in the H B,2.26,2.11,Newf,2 = L in the H B.,No hint available.,2 Lungs in the Human Body,Letter-Equations,03/03/04 #40495,It Ends As It Begins: D,2.05,2.57,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, D, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? D(4)D, D(5)D, D(6)D, D(7)D Pool: A, A, A, C, D, D, E, H, H, I, I, I, M, N, N, N, O, O, O, S, U, V",No hint available.,"DOODAD, DIAMOND, DIVIDEND, DACHSHUND",Language,02/14/08 #28987,Hidden Countries #2,2.71,2.29,solarsistim321,"Can you find the two hidden countries below? Mike and Troy, one day, decide to become wizards. They want to be friends with a witch. So they lend her their stuff and she destroys it. ""I hate that witch, I let her use my stuff and she destroys it!"" said Mike. So they went home miserable and ate supper under their house, normal as can be.",No hint available.,"Chile (witCH I LEt), and Peru (supPER Under).",Language,03/08/06 #29749,Anagram Power X,2.79,2.11,peppamintp,"Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B. Group A 1. Gable 2. Siena 3. Addie 4. Kepis 5. Caron 6. Trout 7. Educe Group B A. Breakfast roll B. Film director Lee C. Two, in cards D. Helped E. Future oak F. Private teacher G. Licorice flavoring",No hint available.,"1. Bagel (a) 2. Anise (g) 3. Aided (d) 4. Spike (b) 5. Acorn (e) 6. Tutor (f) 7. Deuce (c)",Language,04/13/06 #40770,It Ends As It Begins: L,2.13,2.24,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, L, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? L(4)L, L(5)L, L(6)L, L(7)L Pool: A, A, A, A, B, D, D, E, E, F, I, I, I, I, I, L, N, N, R, R, T, U",No hint available.,"LAUREL, LITERAL, LANDFILL, LIBIDINAL",Language,02/29/08 #28058,Use Your Illusions Part II,2.73,1.72,metallicman,"The following are famous books and their authors. Letters have been taken from each book and each author. From the letter list below fill in each letter to give the names of the books and authors. D- Vi--i C-d- Da- B-ow- G-e-t E-pe-ta-io-s Ch--le- D-c-e-s To K--l A Mo-k--g Bird Ha-p-r L-e Fr-n-en-t-in M--y Sh--l-- Of M--e An- M-n J--n S-ei--e-k The O-t-id--s S. -. H--t-n The A-v-ntu--s of H--kle-er-y F--n M--k Tw--n T-e Sil-n-e of t-e L-m-s T--m-s Har--s aaaaaaaaabbbcccccccddeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhiiiiiiiikkllnnnnnnnnnoooorrrrrrrrrrsssttuuxy",No hint available.,"Da Vinci Code Dan Brown Great Expectations Charles Dickens To Kill A Mocking Bird Harper Lee Frankenstein Mary Shelley Of Mice And Men John Steinbeck The Outsiders S. E. Hinton The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain The Silence of the Lambs Thomas Harris",Language,01/13/06 #3913,Split the Fortune,2.17,1.62,mad-ade,"A rich man dies, leaving a £10,000,000 fortune, and a will with instructions on how to split it between his 5 sons, 4 daughters and his widow. The will states that each daughter should receive an equal amount, each son an amount double that of the daughters, and his widow three times the amount received by each son. How much do they each inherit?",No hint available.,"Daughters = £500,000 each = £2 million Sons = £1,000,000 each = £5 million widow = £3,000,000 = £3 million ----------- £10 million",Math,05/06/02 #1149,Time in a day,2.11,1.8900000000000001,Ichabod Clay,Take 24 hours. Subtract that from a day. How many seconds do you have left?,Don't go too fast on this one. Try to remember how many days are in a year. (not 365....exactly),"About 59 seconds. Remember, a day isn't exactly 24 hours since every year has 365 1/4 days. (6/365)*60*60 = 59.178",Math,10/17/01 #39837,The Flawed Game,3.16,1.36,coolguy5678,"A teacher was having trouble getting her students to learn their facts, but she noticed that her students often played the game ""Rock, Paper, Scissors"". She made a game with similar rules in order to encourage the students to learn their facts. The class would be divided into three teams: Rock, Paper and Scissors. The teacher would ask the students a question and the class would raise their hands if they knew the answer. If the first person to answer the question correctly is in the Rock team, he or she would choose one player from the Scissors team to be eliminated. Similarly, if a player from the Scissors team was first to answer the question, then he or she would eliminate a member from the Paper team. Lastly, if a player from the Paper team was first to answer correctly, he or she would eliminate a member from the Rock team. The teacher would then continue asking questions until only one team still has members. That team would be declared the winner and all its members would win a small chocolate. However, as soon as she explained the rules to the class, one particularly smart student immediately found a large flaw that made the game unplayable. Can you do the same?",Think about what would happen after one team loses all its members.,"After one team loses all its members, the team that it eliminates members from will always win. For example, say the Scissors team is the first team to lose all its members. It is now impossible for the Paper team to lose any members, but the Paper team can still eliminate members from Rock team, so it will eventually win (if the Rock team answers questions, there would be no one left for them to eliminate so nothing would happen). This means that the best strategy is actually to avoid answering questions until one team is eliminated. If all the players know this, the game would never end.",Logic,12/30/07 #29593,Often Sought After But Seldom Found,2.92,0.75,sgtammo,"I am often sought after but seldom found. Some people never find me until they are in the ground. Arguing nations find me hard to find. Yet often, I am just a state of mind. Some believe I can only be found by divine intervention from above. Another name for me is Love. Now is the time to stop being shy. Shout out your answer, what am I?","By now, you should know the score. Your hint is that I am the opposite of war.",Peace.,Riddle,04/07/06 #18097,ABCDEFGH,2.21,1.68,beijing200820,"ABCDEFGH*H=AAAAAAAAA What is H?",No hint available.,"12345679*9=111111111, so H is 9.",Math,07/02/04 #30459,The Future Thing,2.62,1.2,Guy8,"I'm not a man, just a thing. I can show you info about almost anything. I could give you all of your needs. Also I can shorten any of your deeds. Everyone in the world knows about me. I became more popular than the TV. I can show you the past, present, and even some future. I think that by now you already know that I'm a ____________.",No hint available.,computer,Riddle,05/13/06 #28711,The Daffodil,2.7,2.18,mufffin09,"Amy was very sad, because her best friend, Narcissa, just died. On her way to the funeral, she stopped by a flower shop and asked for daffodils to bring to Narcissa's grave. The man was really lazy and didn't want to walk over to the other cooler to get the flowers (he was the only one allowed to touch the flowers). He suggested roses instead, because they were right next to him. She gave him such a hard time about daffodils, that he finally got her the flowers, and she went on her way. Why did she want the daffodils so badly?",No hint available.,"Amy's friend's name was Narcissa. She was named after the character from Greek myth Narcissus, who is also the namesake of the daffodil. The daffodil is part of the genus, Narcissus.",Situation,02/19/06 #10803,Clock Watcher,2.3,2.58,jimbo,"Some time after 2 O' Clock, the angle made between the minute hand and the vertical (12) on a clock is double the angle made between the hour hand and the vertical (12). What time is it?",What is the rate of travel of each hand on a clock?,"2:24 The hour hand makes an angle of 72 degrees while the minute hand makes an angle of 144 degrees. At exactly 2:00, the angle made by the hour hand is 60 degrees from vertical. If you let x = the number of minutes past 2:00 that we are looking for, then the hour hand will be at: 60 degrees + x / 60 min* 30 degrees where x/60 min is the fraction of a full hour that has past, and is therefore the fractional distance that the hour hand has moved closer to the 3. The 30 degrees is the total angle between the 2 and the 3. The final position of the minute hand will be: x/30 min * 180 degrees for the same reasoning as with the hour hand. Since the minute hand will make twice the angle with vertical, you can set up the equation: 2*(60 + x / 60 * 30) = x / 30 * 180 Solving for x will give you 24 minutes. The time will be 2:24.",Math,02/28/03 #18106,Ist Ist,2.31,1.95,crystalstar,"What does this mean? Ist Ist",No hint available.,Duelists,Rebus,07/03/04 #46437,Slice & Splice 34,2.36,2.32,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: KEG, KIT, RUE, RUT, SET, TRY Group B: ****K*, ****E*, G*****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are bowling terms. STRIKE, TURKEY, GUTTER",Language,02/25/10 #51769,Where are you going?,2.72,0.52,Jake,Can you determine which common phrase is represented by this image?,No hint available.,Walk around the block,Rebus,03/08/18 #26357,Coming to the Woods,2.59,1.51,fishmed,"When the settlers moved west to the new lands, there were plenty of WOODY areas that needed to be cleared to create their FARMS. Most farmers were happy to see that there were plenty of WORMS in the soil as they knew that WORMS were good for growth. Can you help the farmers go from WOODY to FARMS in 5 steps, making sure that you find the WORMS along the way. Change only one letter each time and each change must result in a valid word.",No hint available.,"WOODY WORDY or WOODS WORMY or WORDS WORMS WARMS or FORMS FARMS",Language,10/14/05 #5486,Unseen and Unheard,2.59,1.81,Gizzer,"I pick up things you can neither see nor hear. I send out things you can hear but cannot see. What am I?",No hint available.,A radio.,Riddle,07/11/02 #26454,Have But Don't Have,2.8,1.36,ccccc,"I have eyes but I see nothing. I have ears, but I hear nothing. I have a mouth, but cannot speak. I always will look just as I look now. If I am young, I will stay young. If I am old, I will remain old. What Am I?",No hint available.,A painting or photograph of someone.,Riddle,10/20/05 #6667,Pear is to Apple,2.2,1.8,michelle,"Pear is to apple as potato is to? Banana Radish Strawberry Peach Lettuce",No hint available.,Radish. Both grow underground.,Other,08/19/02 #6457,"NO, SO, EA, ...",2.32,1.59,missie,"Finish the series: NO, EA, SO, ==?==",No hint available.,WE It's the first and second letter of the directions on a compass rose.,Series,08/11/02 #49011,"1, 2, 2, 4, 8, 32, 256, 8192, ...",2.44,1.37,CosminBotoc,"What number comes next? 1, 2, 2, 4, 8, 32, 256, 8192, ...",Something like Fibonacci.,"2,097,152 You take the first two numbers as 1 and 2, then the 3rd number will be the 1st multiplied with the 2nd ... and so on.",Series,09/04/11 #48475,Three Young Women,1.7,0.43,cookies466,"There are three young newly married women, and each has a daughter. Determine whose daughter is whose, and how old each child is. Women: Sara, Katherine, and Mallory Daughters: Abby, Jessica, and Eliana Ages: 4, 5, and 6 Clues: 1. Sara and her daughter have lunch once a week with Katherine and her daughter Eliana (who is 5). 2. Jessica's mother doesn't like talking to Sara and her husband. 3. Sara's daughter is 6.",No hint available.,"Sara's daughter is Abby, and she is 6. Katherine's daughter is Eliana, and she is 5. Mallory's daughter is Jessica, and she is 4.",Logic-Grid,02/13/11 #5758,Messed-Up Survey,2.46,0.9500000000000001,mollynoodl,"A survey agency recently reported their results of a recent survey in the local newspaper. The report clearly states that exactly 100 lawyers were interviewed. Of the one hundred, 75 own BMWs, 95 own Volvos, and 50 lawyers own both a BMW and a Volvo. Within a short time, several lawyers argue that the results are incorrect. How can they tell?",No hint available.,"The numbers do not add up correctly. The report stated that only 100 people were interviewed, but they received 120 responses. You can see this by making a Venn Diagram of the data. (BMW only-25, BMW and Volvo-50, Volvo only-45) 25 50 +45 ---- 120",Logic,07/22/02 #40513,Four People,2.45,1.24,Carlos16,"Four people are suspected of stealing a diamond from a museum. If one of each person's statements is true and one is false, who is the thief? Bo said: It was Bo. It wasn't Roman. Roman said: It was Kate. It wasn't Bo. John said: It was Roman. It wasn't Kate. Kate said: It was John. It was Bo.",No hint available.,"Since one of each person's statements are true, the thief was either John or Bo, since Kate accused both of them. If Roman was lying when he said it wasn't Bo, he must have been telling the truth when he said it was Kate. Since it can't be Bo and Kate, it can only be John. Answer: John",Logic,02/14/08 #45581,High School Reunion,2.74,2.72,caberet,"It's your 15-year class reunion at Bancroft High. You bump into five of your former classmates. You're trying to keep everyone straight. Fortunately, nobody has changed their names since school. You remember that Ian broke his arm twice during junior year and that Sarah was captain of the girl's polo team. Sydney and the electrical engineer reminisced with Mr. Petit (who just celebrated his 10th wedding anniversary), Ms. Sutter and the one who vacationed in Italy last week about what each of them had once wanted to be when they grew up. No one has the same first name (Ian, Patrick, Rebecca, Sarah & Sydney), last name (Leander, Mills, Newsom, Petit & Sutter), dream job (Ballerina, Baseball Player, Nurse, Olympic Gymnast & Train Engineer), actual job (Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Electrical Engineer, Warehouse Manager, Physical Education (PE) Teacher & Stockbroker) or recent travel location (Lake Superior, United States; Lima, Peru; Nairobi, Kenya; Rome, Italy; & Sydney, Australia) as anyone else in the group. Patrick's dream job would have involved keeping tight schedules and running (very) large machines to transport supplies over long distances; his actual position also involves managing tight schedules, running large machines and transporting warehoused supplies. Rebecca was not surprised that her classmate who had once planned on being a nurse had recently volunteered as a humanitarian aid worker in Africa. The stockbroker has never married because of his anxiety-ridden work. But it occurs to you that his former dream job, which is played outdoors in front of thousands of sports fans, would have been a stress inducing choice too. The conversation moved on to recent travel locations. The CFO just traveled on business to the namesake city of the former Olympic gymnast aspirant. Ms. Mills was able to spend all summer with her children at the lake, because those in her career routinely get summers off work. Uh oh, you got distracted there for a moment when Sydney remarked that this is the first time she has returned to Bancroft High since she left for college. But you did catch that if the former ballerina wannabe just returned from Italy, then the one named Newsom is the PE teacher, otherwise the one surnamed Leander is either Patrick or Sarah. Phew, you kept everyone straight. Now you're ready to meet the rest of your classmates!","Dream Jobs: -Baseball Player - Baseball is a sport that is played outdoors in front of as many as 45,000 stadium fans. -Train Engineer - Responsible for keeping to tight schedules and running trains, which are very large mobile machines that transport supplies over long distances. Careers: -PE Teacher - This is the only field in the list that routinely has the summer off work. -Warehouse Manager - Schedule many workers and keep forklifts, which are large mobile machines, running smoothly. Incoming and outgoing supplies are transported as needed.","First / Last / Dream / Career / Travel Ian / Newsom / Baseball Player / Stock Broker / Rome, Italy, Europe. Patrick / Petit / Train Engineer / Operations Manager / Lima, Peru, South America. Rebecca / Sutter / Ballerina / CFO / Sydney, Australia. Sarah / Leander / Nurse / Electrical Engineer / Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. Sydney / Mills / Olympic Gymnast / PE Teacher / Lake Superior, USA, North America.",Logic-Grid,11/01/09 #4717,Candy Sale,2.58,1.85,bobbrt,"The following task involves several steps, but they are out of order. Arrange them so that a person who follows the steps exactly can perform the task: Chocolate truffles cost $5 per pound for the first 5 pounds, and only $3 per pound for any amount beyond the first 5 pounds. How would you compute the cost of any given amount of truffles? a) Multiply by 5. b) Multiply by 3. c) If the amount is over 5 pounds, skip the next two statements. d) Write the result, which is the price in dollars. e) Subtract 5 from the weight in pounds. f) Skip the next three statements. g) Add 25.",No hint available.,"c) If the amount is over 5 pounds, skip the next two statements. a) Multiply by 5. f) Skip the next three statements. e) Subtract 5 from the weight in pounds. b) Multiply by 3. g) Add 25. d) Write the result, which is the price in dollars.",Logic,06/14/02 #18109,The Lie,2.32,2.49,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? Mis Prague Born ter Miss",Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic,"The cheque (check) is in the mail. or the Czech is in the male",Rebus,07/05/04 #8065,Kebab Palace Casino,2.3,2.67,mad-ade,"Just to be different, the ""Kebab Palace Casino"" in Madadia has dice with 20 sides. The ""house"" rolls two 20-sided dice and the ""player"" rolls one 20-sided die. If the player rolls a number on his die between the two numbers the house rolled, then the player wins. Otherwise, the house wins (including ties). What is the player's probability of winning?",No hint available.,"It is easily seen that if any two of the three dice agree that the house wins. The probability that this does not happen is 19*18/(20*20). If the three numbers are different, the probability of winning is 1/3. So the chance of winning is 19*18/(20*20*3) = 3*19/200 = 57/200.",Probability,10/14/02 #30078,Anasquare IV,2.68,2.14,phrebh,"Find an anagram for each word listed below and then reorder the new words to create a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. MEET 2. BEAT 3. ABLE 4. EELS",No hint available.,"ABET BALE ELSE TEEM",Language,04/26/06 #11770,Breaking Bread,2.62,1.6400000000000001,jimbo,"Three travellers met at a lonely oasis. One had 3 loaves of bread, but no money; another had 5 loaves of bread, but no money; while the third had only money. They sat down to a meal and the kind travellers shared their bread equally among all 3. In the morning, the traveller with the money departed leaving 8 silver coins for the other 2 in payment for the bread. How should they share the coins fairly?",The one who contributed more should get a larger share.,"Since they all shared the 8 loaves they ate 2 2/3 loaves each. Thus one gave 1/3 of a loaf while the other gave 2 1/3 loaves to the man with none. The second one gave 7 times as much and should receive 7 times as much back as the other. The first should get one coin while the other gets 7 coins.",Math,04/14/03 #10898,Sports Illustrated 2,2.25,2.12,MrIxolite,"What Sport is represented below? #Fe",#= think naughts and crosses,"Gridiron (American Football) # = a grid Fe= Symbol for Iron",Rebus,03/05/03 #5852,cancan,2.21,0.9500000000000001,michelle,"What does this mean? cancan",No hint available.,Toucan,Rebus,07/24/02 #41031,Delete Some Letters,2.85,2.12,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your task is to discover words, names and phrases relating to the holiday season. You are to delete a few letters in each unrelated phrase in order to show the answer. The remaining letters will be in the right order. For example: 1. EACH WRIST MASHED becomes: **CH *RIST MAS*** 1. NOW READ THIS (delete 5 letters) 2. GNATS LIVE IN STY (delete 6 letters) 3. SILLY DENT IN FLIGHT (delete 6 letters) 4. AMID STALE TOKENS (delete 6 letters)",No hint available.,"1. **W REA* TH** = wreath 2. *NAT* *IV* I* *TY = nativity 3. SIL** *ENT *N **IGHT = silent night 4. *MI* ST*LE TO*E** = mistletoe",Language,03/14/08 #21152,Lots of Letters,2.6,2.67,fishmed,"The following groups of letters only need a total of one letter added and they can be then rearranged to create valid words. The same letter is added to all four groups. AEEHRT AGINNR CEELMO DEFLNORU What is the missing letter, which needs to be added to each group and what are the 4 resulting words?",No hint available.,"The missing letter is W The words are WEATHER WARNING WELCOME WONDERFUL",Language,02/22/05 #5519,___CE P___D,2.73,2.43,Bobbrt,"For each of the following pairs of words, the same three letters, in the same order, will be used to complete each of the words. The result will be two words that are related to each other somehow. 1. ___CE P___D 2. S___N EL___N 3. B___ZE I___ 4. ___CH ___R 5. ___L T___Z",No hint available.,"1. OUNCE, POUND 2. SEVEN, ELEVEN 3. BRONZE, IRON 4. PEACH, PEAR 5. OPAL, TOPAZ",Language,07/12/02 #30368,"2520, 1260, 840, 630, 504, 420, 360, 315, ?, ?",2.53,2.39,Desired,"Find the next two numbers in this series: 2520, 1260, 840, 630, 504, 420, 360, 315, ?, ?","If there's an eleventh term, it isn't an integer.","280, 252. The pattern is 2520 divide by the position of the number: 2520/1=2520, 2520/2=1260, 2520/3=840, and so on.",Series,05/09/06 #46885,The River 2,1.84,0.53,zigthepig,"Kurt was trying to cross the River Thames in London. Unfortunately, Kurt couldn't swim, it was too far to jump and there were no boats about. Finally, he figured it out! How did he cross the river?",No hint available.,He went over a bridge. There are numerous bridges along the River Thames.,Trick,05/01/10 #44404,I Love Horses,2.57,1.76,Shadows,"Many years ago, I roamed the land I'll always lend the weak a helping hand I am a soldier, know me by my arms I trust the Lord to keep me from all harm A title of respect precedes my name I'd rather die than have to suffer shame In stories and a game I live today Do you know who I am? Guess away!",No hint available.,"I am a knight. ""Many years ago, I roamed the land"" Knights were common in the Middle Ages, though knighthood is still being granted today. ""I'll always lend the weak a helping hand"" All knights had to obey the Code of Chivalry, which required knights to protect the weak. ""I am a soldier, know me by my arms"" In order to distinguish between friend and foe on the battlefield, knights' shields had brightly coloured designs on them. The practice of describing these designs is called ""heraldry"". ""I trust the Lord to keep me from all harm"" Knights were religious. Many fought in the Crusades, a series of wars between Christians and Muslims. ""A title of respect precedes my name"" Knights' names were preceded by ""Sir"". ""I'd rather die than have to suffer shame"" Knights were required to fear shame more than death. ""In stories and a game I live today"" There are stories about knights in literature. King Arthur is an example. Knights are also game pieces in chess. ""Do you know who I am? Guess away!"" Did you guess right? The title is a clue, too. Knights were soldiers on horseback, so their horses must have meant a lot to them!",Riddle,05/01/09 #38919,Cat Breeds #2,2.4,2.6,jazzmusician46,"I have listed seven (7) cat breeds, but they are missing many of their letters. You need to fill in these missing letters to correctly spell the breeds. 1. B-l-n-s- 2. J-v-n-s- 3. T-n-i-e-e 4. B-r-a- 5. P-r-i-n 6. C-i-c-i-l- 7. S-a-e-e",No hint available.,"1. Balinese 2. Javanese 3. Tonkinese 4. Birman 5. Persian 6. Chinchilla 7. Siamese",Language,10/25/07 #28093,Nice Suit,2.62,1.3,smek,"At a local bar, three friends, Mr. Green, Mr. Red and Mr. Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. ""Have you noticed,"" said the man in the blue suit, ""that although our suits have colors corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?"" Mr. Red looked at the other two and said, ""You're absolutely correct."" What color suit is each man wearing?",No hint available.,"Since none of the men are wearing the color of suit that corresponds to their names, and Mr. Red was replying to the man in the blue suit, it had to be Mr. Green to whom he replied. We then know that Mr.Green is wearing a blue suit. Therefore, Mr. Red is wearing a green suit and Mr. Blue is wearing a red suit.",Logic,01/15/06 #16566,Get the Stain Out,2.36,2.17,cnmne,Jill spilled black ink on her white dress. Can you turn black into white by changing one letter at a time? Each step must create a valid word in the English language. Jill made the change in 8 steps. Can you do as well ... or better?,No hint available.,"BLACK BLANK BLINK BRINK BRINE TRINE TRITE WRITE WHITE",Language,02/13/04 #8262,The Ploughman,2.83,1.36,dsquared,"What is so incredible about the sentence below? A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed, houghed, and hiccoughed.",There are 10 things you would want to notice.,There are 10 occurrences of the letters 'ough' all with a different pronunciation (though I agree it may depend on where you are from).,Language,10/28/02 #29277,Train Problem,2.39,1.77,stormtrooper,"Elliot the detective heard the news of a double murder that occurred on a train. ""The driver and the conductor were on the opposite ends of the train, but both were shot at the same time"", reported a policeman who was at the center of the train at the time. The policeman had heard both gunshots at the same time. The train was travelling 150 kilometers per hour. Elliot immediately realized that the driver and the conductor were not killed at the same time. How is it so?",No hint available.,"Since the train was going at 150 km/h, the sound of the gunshot in the front of the train would reach the policeman's ears faster than the gunshot from the back of the train. So the conductor was shot first.",Mystery,03/23/06 #20109,A Good Thing,2.39,1.82,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? ButterBread = Mr.Ix ""It's on the left"" BreadButter = Mr.Ix ""It's on the right"" Bread Butter = Mr.Ix ""It's on the bottom"" Butter Bread = Mr.Ix ""It's on the top""",No hint available.,I know what side my bread is buttered,Rebus,12/27/04 #23526,Climbing Higher,2.55,1.76,Javian,"This represents a common phrase: Floor 1: Hi. Head on up. Floor 2: Keep on going with that. Floor 3: You can bring that to Level 4. Floor 4: Take it to level 5. Floor 5: Carry that up one more...",A teacher might say this.,Taking it to the next level.,Rebus,06/09/05 #1562,"7, 8, 5, 5, 3, 4, 4...",2.14,2.03,psychodude57,"What number comes next in this sequence: 7, 8, 5, 5, 3, 4, 4...",No hint available.,"6; the number of letters each month has starting with January, therefore August has 6 letters.",Series,12/02/01 #44217,Horse's Attack,1.97,0.64,gorilladanny,"A horse attacked a queen, but the queen did not get a scratch on her. How is that possible?",No hint available.,"They were chess pieces: queen (queen), horse (knight).",Situation,03/07/09 #1700,22 P on the FF,2.15,2.03,maxmars,22 P on the FF,No hint available.,22 players on the football field,Letter-Equations,12/12/01 #50784,Pass the Course,2.32,0.8300000000000001,kzmonopoly,"Your professor gives you an assignment. It is a big test. If you get it right, you pass the course. If you fail, you fail the course. Your friend said if you pass, he'll give you a gift. You really want that gift. Here's the assignment: Unscramble the words I give you. Take the specified letters from the solved angram in each question. Unscramble the letters to get the final answer, the topic of my scrambled words. 1. wkohemor (1st letter and 6th letter) 2. seasy (3rd letter) 3. slacs (1st letter and 2nd letter) 4. meegtyor (3rd letter)","Here are the first letter of the 1st and 4th words. 1. h 4. g","1. homework 2. essay 3. class 4. geometry Final anagram: school. Did you pass the course? If so, your friend gave you your favorite cupcakes! Hooray!",Language,04/03/16 #43044,Language?,1.77,1.98,cacmjc,I S E in a Q M.,No hint available.,Interrogative sentences end in a question mark.,Letter-Equations,09/08/08 #38902,A Philosopher,2.63,2.19,aresII,"My 9, 1, 2 suggests that since you have two, lend one. My 1, 2, 5, 3, 4, 7 uses a canvas medium. My 5, 6, 7, 1, 8 is all inclusive. My 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 is the first thing we all must do every day. My whole is a philosopher.",No hint available.,"Aristotle. Clue 1 = ear. Clue 2 = artist. Clue 3 = total. Clue 4 = arise.",Riddle,10/23/07 #31455,Birbal the Wise - IX,3.05,2.39,brainster,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer? The King of a distant land had heard that Birbal was one of the wisest men in the East and so desired to meet Birbal. He sent Birbal an invitation to visit his country. In due course, Birbal arrived in the distant kingdom. When he entered the palace he was flabbergasted to find not one but six kings seated there. All looked alike. All were dressed in kingly robes. Who was the real king? The very next moment he got his answer. Confidently, he approached the king and bowed to him. How did Birbal know who was the real king?",No hint available.,"The king, puzzled and shocked by this instant discovery asked Birbal, ""But how did you identify me?"" Birbal explained: ""The false kings were all looking at you, while you yourself looked straight ahead. Even in regal robes, the common people will always look to their king for support."" Overjoyed, the king embraced Birbal and showered him with gifts.",Situation,07/01/06 #50323,Tricky Tricky 2,2.11,0.9400000000000001,BadBunnee02,"BB02 went to SEE a doctor with a medical problem, represented by the rebus below. What's the problem? seeing seeing",It was an eye doctor.,"seeing double For definition and usage enter either line below - as written - in any Internet search engine: idiom:seeing double define:seeing double",Rebus,05/17/14 #8993,Which Would You Prefer?,2.69,0.9,Jake101,Would you rather have a bruise on your ankle or seven holes in your head?,No hint available.,"You might as well take the 7 holes because you already have them: 2 eyes 2 ears 2 nostrils 1 mouth",Trick,12/08/02 #28480,4 = B O T L,2.69,1.8800000000000001,lessthanjake789,"Can you decipher this anatomical letter equation? 4 = B o t L (F, T, P, F)",Joined at the hip...,"4 = Bones of the Leg (Fibula, Tibia, Patella, Femur)",Letter-Equations,02/07/06 #3839,Retire with Canines,2.65,1.58,bighippo4,"I have obscured a phrase into the most obtuse language possible. What phrase am I meaning to say? ""Individuals who retire with canines commence the next day along wingless parasites""",No hint available.,"Ones who sleep with dogs, wake up with fleas",Language,05/01/02 #50495,It's Not a Jumble,2.75,1.54,theriddler,"I'm thinking of that proper place Where death comes before dishonor And age comes before beauty of face. Not a perfect place, there is still crime, But followed by punishment and hard time. Yet pearls are placed before swine, the cart before the horse, And the end comes before the source. But it's not a jumble, all in sure order is bound, Giving meaning and history to sound, Can you now guess what place I've found?",No hint available.,A Dictionary,Riddle,01/31/15 #10545,The Fan,2.12,1.61,ka-boom,"Joe Bob just installed a fan system to cool off from the summer heat. The fan spins at a maximum speed of 40 mph and is controlled by a 360 degree turning knob. Assuming the fan is spinning at 15 mph, how much would the knob have to be turned in order to go at a constant speed of 25 mph?",No hint available.,"90 degrees. You want to increase the speed by 10 mph, which is 1/4 of the total scale (10 mph divided by 40 mph). To do this you need to adjust the knob 1/4 of its total range. 1/4 of 360 degrees is 90 degrees.",Math,02/19/03 #12023,Porcupine,2.13,1.05,CoolBrain2291,Is it possible for a porcupine to throw its quills at you?,"Is it possible for a porcupine to throw ANYTHING at you? (remember, this is a TRICK teaser)","No. A porcupine has 4 legs and no arms, so it cannot throw its quills. If there was a quill sitting on the ground, it could KICK one at you, but not throw.",Trick,04/24/03 #9513,Oyssageter,2.33,2.16,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Oyssageter",No hint available.,A Pearl of Wisdom.,Rebus,12/31/02 #19779,Homonyms,2.2,1.51,bellhead,"Fill in the blanks with homonyms (words that sound the same but are spelled differently). 1) I went to Canada _____buy my mom_____chocolates but she wanted three. 2) ______ car went over _____. 3) _____ numbers added up to a _____.",No hint available.,"1) to, two 2) their, there 3) some, sum",Language,12/08/04 #32097,Cryptolist XVII,2.22,2.52,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: WRAJY WDOOI ODAW VROJ AXDOOI NDAJGY VRAW AXORSNGY LGDPTY RXXYGYORJY AWRUY R GYT","Category: Haste Y=E","Category: Haste Hurry Rush Dart Scurry Bustle Dash Scramble Plunge Accelerate Shake a leg A=S D=U G=L I=Y J=T L=P N=B O=R P=N R=A S=M T=G U=K V=D W=H X=C Y=E",Cryptography,07/27/06 #50673,Words With CK,2.2,2.58,cnmne,"Five words that contain CK as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **CK*, **CK**, ***CK*, ****CK, **CK*** Pool: A, A, E, E, F, G, H, I, I, L, O, R, R, S, S, T, T, U, W, Y",No hint available.,"GECKO, FICKLE, TRICKY, STRUCK, HACKSAW",Language,08/13/15 #17086,I Make My Mark,2.61,1.68,tangerine,"I make my mark on something of yours to make sure no one takes it. Sometimes I am so small that you can barely see me, but, beware! I'm there! I can appear in two different forms, and you'll C me on many boxes and cans. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am a trade mark (or, a copyright). In the last sentence of the riddle, it mentions I am in two forms (TM and C), and then it secretly hints toward the answer by using the letter 'C' instead of the word 'see'.",Riddle,03/20/04 #21198,Reading Signs,2.79,2.7600000000000002,HughJazz510,"One afternoon, a retired air force pilot and his family were driving through Texas on a vacation. They pass a road sign. One of the children remarks on the fact that the sign is named after a dance style. After about five minutes, they pass another sign, which reads, ""Golf Road"". As soon as they pass it, the man turns to his wife and says he knows what the next sign will say, and that he'll bet her twenty dollars that he's right. She agrees, and they drive on. After passing the next road sign, the wife finds that her husband is right, and hands him twenty dollars. What did the last sign say and how did the man know?","Retired Air Force Pilot The dance style is also a well known comic strip in the USA.","The key was that he was a retired air force pilot. The military, and other organizations, use words to represent letters when talking via radio, etc, to avoid confusion of the many similar sounding letters. The international standard for this is the NATO alphabet: Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu The one for F is Foxtrot, which is a style of ballroom dancing or a well known comic strip in the USA. Golf is for G. The one for H is hotel, so, seeing the pattern of Foxtrot and Golf, he correctly guessed Hotel Road.",Trivia,02/24/05 #969,1 P in a P T,2.16,2.12,DaniMatt,1 P in a P T,No hint available.,1 partridge in a pear tree,Letter-Equations,09/29/01 #21596,Double Trouble Letters,2.24,0.99,shdwhawk,"Fill in the blank of each question with two same letters (each word has different pairs of letters). 1) A _ _ LE 2) KI _ _ EN 3) HE _ _ O 4) STR _ _T 5) B _ _K 6) HA _ _Y 7) MI _ _OR","Eg. PU _ _ LE Word: PUDDLE, PUZZLE","1) APPLE or ADDLE 2) KITTEN 3) HELLO 4) STREET 5) BOOK 6) HAPPY or HAMMY 7) MIRROR",Language,03/17/05 #1374,Zebra House,2.47,2.5,psychodude57,"Find two words, which are anagrams of each other, which complete this sentence: Due to a recent outbreak of a ==?== infection in the zebra house, the local zoo had to ==?== their electron microscope correctly, to ensure rapid detection.",No hint available.,Bacterial and calibrate.,Language,11/12/01 #5770,T L of the R,2.34,1.8,glennyboy02,6 B + A in T L of the R,No hint available.,6 Books + Appendices in The Lord of the Rings,Letter-Equations,07/21/02 #49873,Dr. Contrary's Pointy End,2.7600000000000002,2.03,AwwwSweet,"Try to close your eyes and picture this in your mind (once you have read through it, of course!). You are standing in front of a solid metal table. Dr. Contrary places a one-hundred dollar bill in the middle of the table. While you watch, he turns a large metal pyramid upside down and perfectly balances its point in the middle of the one-hundred dollar bill so the pyramid is balancing on that single point. He shows you very clearly that there is nothing holding up the pyramid other than gravity. Dr. Contrary turns to you and asks, ""Can you remove the one-hundred dollar bill in such a way that you do not disturb the upside-down pyramid? You may not touch or move the pyramid, you cannot prop it up or lift it off the table, it cannot fall over, and you are not allowed to cut or tear the dollar bill."" He eyeballs you and waits patiently for your response. Can you solve Dr. Contrary's puzzle?",No one said anything about keeping the one-hundred dollar bill!,"Light the one-hundred dollar bill on fire. It may be painful to see some nice spending money go up in smoke, but burning the bill will successfully remove it without disturbing the overturned pyramid. There may be semantics to be quibbled over, such as the definition of ""touch"", whether you are removing/destroying/changing the composition the dollar bill, whether there may be some small portion of the dollar bill remaining, and even the legality of the action. However, the true purpose of this puzzle is to find the reader's ""flash of insight"" to realize that burning it is an option. It is very unlikely that someone would come up with the solution through brute force itemized thinking.",Logic,07/12/13 #3455,Gnikaerb,2.13,1.01,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this word: Gnikaerb",Hard work,Backbreaking,Rebus,04/12/02 #9629,13 = O A C,2.29,2.39,hprulz,13 = O A C,No hint available.,13 = Original American Colonies.,Letter-Equations,01/05/03 #38401,A Number,2.6,2.05,maxvu,"There are 20 players in Maxvu's sports team, numbering from 1 to 20. What is Maxvu's number? Of the choices below, only one is correct. A. an odd number B. an even number C. a prime number D. a composite number",No hint available.,"It's easily seen that one of A and B must be correct, as a number is either odd or even. This means that neither C nor D is correct. If a number is neither prime nor composite, it can only be 1, so choice A is correct.",Logic,09/22/07 #16041,Never Wrong,2.53,1.59,rose_rox,What can be right but never wrong?,No hint available.,A 90 degree angle.,Trick,01/04/04 #12125,Another Anagram Answers,2.46,2.17,snaps,"The answers to the following clues contain two four-letter words that are anagrams of each other. eg. The answer to 'cheap prices for amphibious marine mammals' would be 'seal sale'. 1. an inclined surface for baby transport devices 2. a tranquil mollusc 3. stolen builder's equipment 4. a person's existence, recorded and kept in a folder for reference 5. a person who makes use of stratagems and tricks",No hint available.,"1. pram ramp 2. calm clam 3. tool loot 4. life file 5. ruse user",Language,04/30/03 #31533,Lunch Bunch,2.3,1.8800000000000001,maxvu,"TODAY'S MENU Hot Dog $ 0.95 Juice $ 0.50 Beef Taco $ 0.85 Milk $ 0.60 Chips $ 0.55 Ice Cream Bar $ 0.75 The bills below show the lunch orders that Chantelle, Erick, Gregory, Kate, Rachel, and Sakina made for lunch, but the waitperson can't remember which person ordered each combination of food. Use the clues below to help. Bills: 1. Hot Dog, Milk, Ice Cream Bar 2. Ice Cream Bar, Beef Taco, Chips 3. Beef Taco, Juice, Chips 4. Hot Dog, Milk, Chips 5. Hot Dog, Juice, Chips 6. Beef Taco, Milk, Chips Clues: 1. Erick got 3 quarters, a dime, and a nickel change from $3.00. 2. Rachel doesn't like hot dogs. 3. Chantelle spent the least, and Gregory spent the most. 4. Rachel and Sakina paid the exact amount without using any coins. Which order belongs to each person?",Figure out the amount of each order. Then make a chart to eliminate the impossibilities.,"Gregory: Hot dog, milk, ice cream bar Kate: Ice cream bar, beef taco, chips Chantelle: Beef taco, juice, chips Erick: Hot dog, milk, chips Sakina: Hot dog, juice, chips Rachel: Beef taco, milk, chips",Math,07/04/06 #25885,M of L,2.34,2.36,dutchymonster,"Decipher the following: The M of L the U & E = 42",No hint available.,"The Meaning of Life, the Universe and Everything = 42 (according to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.)",Letter-Equations,09/12/05 #11795,Hateful Dog,2.75,1.13,frankenweoburger,"You come home from work and realize that your spouse has been dog-sitting for a neighbor. The dog is alone in your house, and it hates you and will bite you if it is able. How can you enter your house?",No hint available.,"Through the front door, for one. I didn't ask how you could get in without being bitten.",Trick,04/16/03 #15150,M M L J,2.59,2.05,beanie89,"M, M, L, and J = 4 G in the B",No hint available.,"Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John = 4 Gospels in the Bible",Letter-Equations,10/18/03 #4465,7 kids,2.47,1.53,comet16,A woman had 7 kids. Half of them are boys. How is this possible?,No hint available.,"ALL are boys, therefore half of them must be boys too.",Trick,06/04/02 #22785,CRUSH,2.92,1.35,fishmed,"When you were in your early school years, you can remember when you had a CRUSH on that cute girl sitting nearby. The only problem comes when you say something stupid and she SLAPS your face. Try to get from CRUSH to SLAPS in 5 steps by making a word each time.",No hint available.,"CRUSH CRASH CLASH CLASS CLAPS SLAPS",Language,05/10/05 #9355,Logic at the Movies,2.46,1.28,something,"In the Land of Sometana, there are two types of inhabitants, Goodies and Baddies. Baddies always lie and Goodies always tell the truth. Something was at a movie with Someone but wasn't sure whether she was a Baddie or Goodie. Something decided to test Someone by asking her to ask the usher whether he (the usher) was a Baddie or a Goodie. Someone said that the usher had said that he (the usher) was a Goodie. Can you work out if Someone is a Baddie or a Goodie?",No hint available.,"Someone is a Goodie. The usher would always say that he was a Goodie, since a Goodie tells the truth, but the Baddie would lie and still say that they were a Goodie. It doesn't really matter what the usher said. Just that Someone correctly repeated what the usher said. Since Someone correctly said that the usher indicated that he (the usher) was a Goodie, Someone must be telling the truth and therefore is a Goodie.",Logic,12/30/02 #14467,Long Distance Love,2.71,2.52,Gerd,"A boy from a capital in South America loves a girl from an African country. The name of the boy and the girl are anagrams together. With the same letters you can get the name of the city and the country. Now it is easy to find out, how they communicate (5th anagram).",No hint available.,"LIAM, living in LIMA, sends a MAIL to MILA, living in MALI.",Language,08/21/03 #50780,Anagram Dictionary 12,2.87,2.0,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob) Words: animosity, conservative, hospital, mausoleum, palace Definitions: a dirt trail a plaything for a baby gorilla a routine note hubbub in a saloon the top on a bottle of beer",No hint available.,"animosity: a plaything for a baby gorilla (simian toy) conservative: hubbub in a saloon (tavern voices) hospital: a dirt trail (soil path) mausoleum: a routine note (usual memo) palace: the top on a bottle of beer (ale cap)",Language,04/02/16 #42084,What Country 2,2.23,2.15,kittyclementine,"Our ethnic groups include Swedish, Norwegians, and Finnish Our strong constitutional monarchy hopefully won't diminish A population of about 9 million Has a revenue of about 200 billion I border the Baltic Sea I have plantations that grow tea",No hint available.,"Sweden, because those are ethnic groups in Sweden. They have a constitutional monarchy. According to their last census they have a population of about 9 million. Tourism and business bring in about 200 billion and Sweden borders the Baltic Sea.",Riddle,05/30/08 #46527,0 to 10 Pyramid III,2.72,2.34,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next word. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car can do 0 to 60 in 10 seconds, but can you do 0 to 10 in 60 seconds? Get out the stopwatch! The hint gives the starting letter for each word. 1. Suffix plural of -us 2. Island abbreviation 3. Take a small sampling of a liquid 4. To 'thpeak like thith, perhapth!' 5. Treat with excessive kindness or generosity 6. Firearm 7. Upper layer of garden 8. First officers in the air, ready to assume command if necessary 9. Politicians (informal but still polite!) 10. Player of small, woodwind instrument","1. I 2. I 3. S 4. L 5. S 6. P 7. T 8. C 9. P 10. P","1. I 2. Is 3. Sip 4. Lisp 5. Spoil 6. Pistol 7. Topsoil 8. Co-pilots 9. Politicos 10. Piccoloist",Language,03/13/10 #9653,Survival of the People,3.05,3.01,sakirski,"The Situation: There is an island with 10 inhabitants. One day a monster comes and says that he intends to eat every one of them but will give them a chance to survive in the following way: In the morning, the monster will line up all the people - single file so that the last person sees the remaining 9, the next person sees the remaining 8, and so on until the first person that obviously sees no one in front of himself. The monster will then place black or white hats on their heads randomly (they can be all white, all black or any combination thereof). The monster will offer each person starting with the last one (who sees everyone else's hats) to guess the color of his/her own hat. The answer can only be one word: ""white"" or ""black"". The monster will eat him on the spot if he guessed wrong, and will leave him alive if he guessed right. All the remaining people will hear both the guess and the outcome of the guess. The monster will then go on to the next to last person (who only sees 8 people), and so on until the end. The monster gives them the whole night to think. The Task: Devise the optimal strategy that these poor natives could use to maximize their survival rate. Assumptions: 1) All the 10 people can easily understand your strategy, and will execute it with perfect precision. 2) If the monster suspects that any of the people are giving away information to any of the remaining team members by intonation of words when answering, or any other signs, or by touch, he will eat everyone. 3) The only allowed response is a short, unemotional ""white"" or ""black"". 4) Having said that, I will add that you can put any value you like into each of these words. For example, ""white"" can mean ""my mother did my laundry"" and ""black"" can mean the guy in front of me is wearing a black hat.","1) First hint is an example. Here is a simple strategy that will guarantee safety to 50%. Guy #10 (when he guesses) says the color of the hat on guy #9. Thus #10 may die or may luck out, but #9 will save himself since he will know his hat color. Thus #8 helps #7, #6 helps number #5, and so on. You thus save numbers 9, 7, 5, 3, and 1, or half the people. But you can do a lot better than that. 2) The best strategy will save a minimum of 90% of the people.","Here it is: The first guy to guess (guy #10) will be the only one to assume the following value for the words ""white"" and ""black"": The answer ""black"" will mean that there are an odd number of black hats that he sees. The answer ""white"" will mean that there are an odd number of white hats that he sees. This way one by one all the other 9 people will know the color of their hats. Let us say that guy #10 (first to speak, and sees the hats of the remaining 9) says ""white"". That should mean to everybody else that he sees an odd number of white hats. At this time guy #9 will either be wearing a white or a black hat. If he is wearing a white hat he will only see an even number of white hats, and since guy #10 said that there is and odd number of white hats, guy #9 will know that he is wearing white and will say it. But if guy #9 is wearing a black hat, he will see an odd number of white hats (just like #10 did), and thus will know that he is wearing a black hat and will say it. No matter what #9 answers, guy #8 (who heard guy #10 and guy #9) can now easily incorporate the color of hat on guy #9 into the original answer of guy #10. This will allow #8 to know if he should see an odd or even number of white hats in front of him to determine his own hat color. The same thing repeats with #7-1. And they all get it right except of course #10, though he may get lucky.",Logic,01/14/03 #6231,Another Day at Band Camp,2.25,1.59,Mogmatt16,"Mogmatt was in a drill down at Band Camp. This is where everyone gets into a block and tries to execute commands given by the drum major. If you miss a command, you must fall out. The last one left wins. Mogmatt is an exceptional marcher and will only miss one of every 30 commands. Unfortunately for him, so will all the other 149 band members. What is his probability of winning?","If everyone misses a command, everyone who missed it is still in.",1 in 150.,Probability,08/04/02 #505,Up and Down Stairs,2.38,1.24,snoopdogg,It goes up and down stairs without moving. What is it?,No hint available.,Carpet,Riddle,05/28/01 #6243,Kebab Farmer,2.34,2.13,mad-ade,"In the legendary country of MADADIA, there once lived a kebab farmer. One day, he had 1000 freshly grown Kebabs to package and 10 empty boxes into which to put them. He asks his assistant Norris O'Cabbage to place all the one thousand Kebabs in all the 10 boxes in such a manner that if a customer asks for any number of Kebabs from 1 to 1000, Norris should be able to pick them in terms of boxes. How did Norris O'Cabbage place all the Kebabs among the ten boxes, given that any number of freshly harvested Kebabs can be put in one box.",No hint available.,"1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 489 Let's start from scratch. The Kebab farmer can ask for only 1 Kebab, so one box must contain 1 Kebab. He can ask for 2 Kebabs, so one box must contain 2 Kebabs. He can ask for 3 Kebabs, in which case box one and box two will add up to 3 Kebabs. He can ask for 4 Kebabs, so one box, i.e. a third box, must contain 4 Kebabs. Now using box number one, two and three containing 1, 2 and 4 Kebabs respectively, Norris can give up to 7 Kebabs. Hence, the fourth box must contain 8 Kebabs. Similarly, using first four boxes containing 1, 2, 4 and 8 Kebabs, Norris can give up to 15 Kebabs. Hence, the fifth box must contain 16 Kebabs. You must have noticed one thing: that each box till now contains power of 2 Kebabs. Hence the answer is 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 489. This is true for any number of Kebabs.",Math,08/05/02 #44079,Doubling Dice Game,2.44,3.23,javaguru,"You are playing a game of dice with two friends, Tom and Harry. Each person has a cup with six dice. Each round the players ante $1 each and then all slam their dice cup open-end down on the table. Each player lifts the edge of their cup to look at the roll of their six dice, but keeps their roll concealed from the other players. On their turn each player may either pass or double the antes for all the players. After the third player's turn all the dice are revealed to determine the winner. The winner is the person with the most dice with the same value. If two or more players have the same number of matching dice, then the higher value of the dice wins. For example, four ones beat three sixes, but three sixes beat three fives. If two or more players have the same number and value for the winning roll, then they split the antes. The starting person rotates so that the person who went first in a round goes last in the next round. On the first round you roll a pair of sixes. Harry passed on his turn and now it's your turn. You know that Harry would have doubled the ante if he had three of a kind or better, but that he wouldn't double the ante with a pair when having to go first. So Harry could have the same roll as you, but you're not worried about Harry beating you. You also know that Tom will also double the ante on his turn if he has three of a kind or better, but that he won't double it with a pair. Should you pass or double the antes? Bonus question: Does your action change if instead of splitting the antes on a tie, the antes instead stay in the pot for the next round?",You need to first determine the probability of each outcome (win/lose/tie) and then determine the expected value for each outcome. The expected value of an outcome is determined by multiplying the probability of the outcome by the net gain/loss associated with that outcome. Add up all the expected probabilities for each outcome to get the expected value for each action.,"You should double the antes. You want to take the action that maximizes your expected value. The expected value is the sum of the products of the probability of each outcome multiplied by the gain or loss for the outcome. First you need to determine the probability that Tom has a higher roll, and the probability that Tom or Harry or both have the same roll as you. There are 6^6 = 46656 possible rolls of six dice. To roll six of a kind, all the dice must be one of the six values, so there are six ways to get six of a kind. To roll five of a kind, five of the dice must be one of the six values and then one of the six dice must be one of the five remaining values, so there are: 6*6*5 = 180 ways to get five of a kind. To roll four of a kind, choose four of the six dice to be one of the six values and each of the remaining two dice is any of the remaining five values, so there are: C(6,4)*6*5^2 = 15*6*25 = 2250 ways to get four of a kind. (The notation C(6,4) reads as ""six choose four"". The binomial coefficient C(n,k) is computed as n! / (k!*(n-k)!). C(6,4) = 6! / (4!*(6-4)!) = (6*5*4*3*2*1) / (4*3*2*1*(2*1)) The 4*3*2*1 in the numerator and denominator cancel out to leave C(6,4) = (6*5) / (2*1) = 30/2 = 15.) Three of a kind can be formed either as two three of a kinds or as three of a kind and three other dice from one of the other five values that aren't all three the same value. So there are: C(6,2)*C(6,3) + 6*C(6,3)*(5^3-5) = 15*20 + 6*20*120 = 14700 ways to roll three of a kind. This gives: 6 + 180 + 2250 + 14700 = 17136 ways to roll three of a kind or better for a probability of 17136 / 46656 = 119 / 324 ~ .3673 A pair of sixes can be formed as a pair of sixes plus either two pairs, or one pair and two other values, or four different values. So first choose two of the six dice as the sixes and then either: a) choose two of the remaining five values for the two other pair and two of the remaining four dice for one of the values; or b) choose one of the remaining five values for the other pair and two of the remaining four dice for the pair and one of the four remaining values for the first remaining die and one of the three remaining values for the last die; or c) choose four of the remaining five values in any of the 4! arrangements (i.e. the permutation of four of the remaining five values). a: C(6,2)*C(5,2)*C(4,2) = 15*10*6 = 900 b: C(6,2)*5*C(4,2)*4*3 = 15*5*6*4*3 = 5400 c: C(6,2)*C(5,4)*4! = 15*5*24 = 1800 900 + 5400 + 1800 = 8100 ways to roll a pair of sixes for a probability of 8100 / 46656 = 25 / 144 ~ .1736 So the probability of the outcomes for a pair of sixes versus a random roll is: Lose: .3673 Tie: .1736 Win: 1-(.3673+.1736) = .4591 Now calculate the expected values for each action: either pass or double. The possible outcomes are win, lose, or tie with one and beat the other, or all three tie. Since you assume your roll either beats or ties Harry, the probabilities of each of these is: Tie Harry: .1736 / (.1736 + .3673) = .2744 Beat Harry: .3673 / (.1736 + .3673) = .7256 The probability of each outcome is: Tie both: .1736 * .2744 = .0476 Tie one, beat the other: .1736*.7256 + .2744*.4591 = .2519 Win both: .4591*.7256 = .3331 Lose: .3673 If you pass, then you will lose $2 if Tom has a better roll since Tom will double the antes; you will win $2 if neither Tom nor Harry has a pair of sixes or better since nobody doubles the antes; and you will win $0.50 if you beat one and tie the other. You just get your money back if all three tie. So the expected value of passing is: ($-2)*.3673 + $2*.3331 + $0.50*.2519 = $0.0577 (less than 6 cents positive expectation) If you double, then you will lose $4 if Tom has a better roll since Tom will double the antes; you will win $4 if neither Tom nor Harry has a pair of sixes or better since nobody doubles the antes; and you will win $1 if you beat one and tie the other. You just get your money back if all three tie. All the win/loss values are doubled, so the expected value is also doubled to $0.115. It may seem counter-intuitive, but since Tom will only double when he wins, his action has no impact on the expected value. Since you have a positive expected value, even though it is a small positive, you should double the antes to double your expectation. Bonus question: You should pass if the money stays in the pot on any tie. The reason is twofold. First, your expectation when passing is now: ($-2)*.3673 + $2*.3331 = $-0.0683 (almost 7 cents negative expectation) Second, you will be going first next round. First is a disadvantages position since you must act without any knowledge about your opponent's rolls. For this reason, you would not want to increase the size of the starting pot when you have to go first, so even if you had a zero or small positive expectation in this case, you might still not want to double the antes because of the significant probability of a tie.",Probability,02/09/09 #2997,price PAY PAY,2.53,1.49,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? price PAY PAY",No hint available.,Small price to pay!!,Rebus,03/29/02 #16159,Stephani and the Apple,2.46,1.22,brgdo1994,"Stephani was a very hungry woman. She loved fruit, although she wouldn't have considered eating the apple on Cy's desk. It didn't have anything to do with manners either. Why wouldn't she eat Cy's apple?",It wasn't a real apple.,"The apple on Cy's desk was a computer, an Apple Mac.",Trick,01/13/04 #47157,0 to 10 Pyramid IX,2.72,1.8800000000000001,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you do this ""0 to 10"" in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch! The hint provides the starting letters of the even numbered words. 1. _ & B (music style) 2. Hesitation 3. Anger 4. Mature, ready to eat 5. It comes before a fall 6. Arachnid 7. Zebra pattern 8. Ran a 200 m race 9. Head of State, e.g. of Ireland 10. Lacking imagination, a bit dull; walker","2. E 4. R 6. S 8. S 10. P","1. R 2. Er 3. Ire 4. Ripe 5. Pride 6. Spider 7. Striped 8. Sprinted 9. President 10. Pedestrian",Language,06/05/10 #33841,Blowing Up a Storm.,2.38,2.58,jazzmusician46,"Below are two groups of musical instruments. The instruments in Group A all have one major thing in common with each other. The same can be said for Group B. Your task is to ascertain which instruments have been incorrectly placed in each group and replace them into their correct grouping. Group A: bassoon, oboe, saxhorn, bagpipes, ophicleide, dizi, saxophone, clarinet, and bili. Group B: flugelhorn, baritone horn, english horn, sousaphone, guanzi, mellophone, sackbut, trombone and serpent.",No hint available.,"Group A are all woodwind instruments. The saxhorn and ophicleide do not belong since they belong in the brass family and should be in Group B. Group B are all brass instruments. The english horn and the sackbut do not belong since they belong in the woodwind family and should be in Group A.",Group,11/04/06 #3889,A Container in an Container,2.23,2.7,arij,"A container in a container In a very fine manner Among father and the son, Son is whiter, thinner and plainer",No hint available.,A Coconut,Riddle,05/04/02 #41837,I'm Hiding in Here Somewhere,2.39,1.54,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are required to find either the word SAM, DAN or RON hiding in the answer to the following hints. Have fun! Example: The opposite of back. Answer: front (fRONt) 1. Right away. 2. From Denmark. 3. The largest city in Canada. 4. The royal seat.",No hint available.,"1. pronto (pRONto) 2. Danish (DANish) - also Dane (DANe) 3. Toronto (ToRONto) 4. throne (thRONe)",Language,05/06/08 #15964,The Sparrow,2.64,1.68,intelligence,"Tom saw a sparrow on a tree. He quietly climbed up the tree and grabbed the bird. He then put it in a cage. Tom's father saw what he had done and asked him to release the sparrow. Tom always listens to his father so he opened the cage door to let the sparrow out. But something strange happened. The sparrow didn't fly, yet it chirped in the cage. (The sparrow was totally healthy and didn't get hurt in any part of its body.) Can you explain this?",Tom didn't tie it up either.,It was a baby sparrow and didn't know how to fly yet.,Situation,12/28/03 #31989,Brothers Who Were Sour?,2.82,1.53,luckythirteen,"The Brothers who were sour, Collected me, To entertain children and those who were locked up in a tower. They travel by word and by paper. The things they collected, Still live on today. Some are hand selected, As favorites of all ages. Now, tell me if you please, What am I?",No hint available.,"Fairy Tales. The Brothers who were sour was meant to portray the Brothers Grimm. These Brothers were known all over the world for the fantasy stories (fairy tales and folk tales) they collected. For example, there is Snow White, Cinderella, The Frog Prince, The Musicians of Bremen, etc.",Riddle,07/23/06 #47203,Couch Potato 8,2.78,2.69,cnmne,"You know that you're a couch potato if ... you can name the television series in Group B that can be added to Group A, and give the reason. Group A: All in the Family, Gilligan's Island, The Addams Family, The Beverly Hillbillies Group B: Get Smart, Green Acres, Hogan's Heroes, I Dream of Jeannie, McHale's Navy, The Andy Griffith Show",No hint available.,"Each series in Group A had opening theme music with lyrics: ""Boy the way Glenn Miller played, songs that made the hit parade"" (""All in the Family""), ""Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip"" (""Gilligan's Island""), ""They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky"" (""The Addams Family""), ""Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed, a poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed"" (""The Beverly Hillbillies""). Thus, ""Green Acres"", with lyrics ""Green Acres is the place to be, farm living is the life for me"", can be added to Group A. The remaining series in Group B did not have lyrics with their opening themes.",Trivia,06/10/10 #202,Bulls,2.58,1.26,Karin,"If Mama bull, Papa bull and Baby bull are in a pasture and the Baby bull gets frightened by something, who would he run to first?",No hint available.,Papa bull. Mama bulls don't exist.,Trick,02/01/01 #20196,Heat Wave,2.53,2.39,cnmne,"Change COLD to HEAT by changing one letter at a time. Each change must produce a valid word in the English language. But there is a catch. You must make the change by going through COOL and WARM. No word can be used more than once. COLD ----> COOL ----> WARM ----> HEAT",No hint available.,"COLD < COLT COOT COOL < WOOL WOOD WORD WORM WARM < WARD HARD HERD HEAD HEAT <",Language,01/02/05 #6465,Witwit,2.02,1.57,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? living your witwit",No hint available.,Living on your wits!,Rebus,08/11/02 #3857,224455,2.08,2.33,missie,Can you find a three-digit number such that when you reverse the numbers you get a larger number and the product of these two numbers is 224455?,No hint available.,385*583,Math,05/02/02 #40462,Weaker I Get,2.83,1.43,bookwrmKP,"The more I work out, the weaker I get. I come in all sizes and colors, and several shapes. Each of me has a name, a label. Be sure to get the right kind! I can be used for many complicated machines, yet am found in childrens' toys around the world. What am I?",You may see me with a large pink bunny....,"Batteries! The more you use a battery, the weaker it gets. There are many brands of batteries. There are lots of different kinds: A, AA, AAA.... Batteries are used in cars and computers, yet are found in remote-control cars and CD players. As for the hint, the Energizer Bunny is pink, and often seen pounding on a bass drum!",Riddle,02/12/08 #3139,Dead or Alive,2.58,1.14,204_blaze_41,"A wise man lived on a hill above a small town. The townspeople often approached him to solve their difficult problems and riddles. One day, two lads decided to fool him. They took a dove and set off up the hill. Standing before him, one of the lads said ""Tell me, wise man, is the dove I hold behind my back dead or alive?"" The man smiled and said ""I cannot answer your question correctly"". Even though the wise man knew the condition of the dove, why wouldn't he state whether it was dead or alive?",No hint available.,"The man told the two lads, ""If I say the dove is alive, you will kill the bird and show me that it is dead. If I say that it is dead, you will release the dove and it will fly away. So you see I cannot answer your question"".",Logic,04/02/02 #19694,Mad Ade's Minus Letter Anagrams #5,2.45,2.29,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser the idea is to identify the blanked words. The secret is that each word is an anagram of the previous word, but minus one letter. For example: The ------- mopped up the spilt ------ and then made sure all the work surfaces were -----. The answer for the first word would be ""Cleaner"", then remove the ""N"" and make into ""Cereal"", then remove an ""E"" to make ""Clear"". Now try these: Since falling off his -------, Mad Ade was forced to wear the supporting ------ he purchased from a local medical supply -----. Little Mad Ade loves reading ------- to his ------ and she never ----- of hearing them. Mad Ade looked in the ------ for any spare kebabs, but only found an old ----- sausage that looked in ---- need of binning.",No hint available.,"Scooter, Corset, Store Stories, Sister, Tires Fridge, Fried, Dire.",Language,12/06/04 #40303,Roman Math,2.66,1.4,TRILLIONAIRE,"Can you figure out what these numbers would spell in Roman numerals? Example: 501 + 1000 DI + M DIM 1. 101 + 6 + 100 2. 1001 + 1000 + 99 3. 500 + 49 + 50 4. 1009",No hint available.,"1. CI + VI + C CIVIC 2. MI + M + IC MIMIC 3. D + IL + L DILL 4. MIX",Other,02/02/08 #12622,Bluff,2.25,2.17,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? (assume all cards are Diamonds) 9-10-Jack-Queen-Kinged Achievement",Poker,"Flushed with Success. (9 10 Jack Queen King of the same suit is a Flush in the card game Poker)",Rebus,05/23/03 #46181,Bidding on Star Wars,3.01,1.85,whsprec,"Five people were involved in an on-line auction for a photo of the original ""Star Wars"" crew. The bidding started at $200 and climbed. Each person was multitasking and doing something off-line while watching the bid (one of them was watching TV). From the clues below, determine the name of the person, their screen name, how much they bid, and what they were doing in the real world at the time. 1) The initial bid of $200 was made by the person who was reading at the same time, not by the bidder whose screen name was Ewok Master. 2) Neil raised it to $225, but he was not eating lunch; the bid by the person doing that was lower than Matt. 3) Blaklee didn't take the bid to $250. 4) The person whose screen name is R2D3 clicked at $275. 5) Jessica was vacuuming while registering her bid, but it was lower than that of the person whose screen name was Jedi13. 6) The bidder going by Force Knight was washing the car at the same time as the auction. 7) George's screen name is Lord Jabba.",No hint available.,"Blaklee, known as R2D3, bid $275, while eating lunch. Matt, known as Jedi13, bid $300, while watching TV. Neil, known as Force Knight, bid $225, while washing the car. Jessica, known as Ewok Master, bid $250, while vacuuming. George, known as Lord Jabba, bid $200, while reading.",Logic-Grid,01/12/10 #3685,Walk on Me,2.57,1.29,Drunky,"I am strongest when you see me as round, but I am often viewed in other forms. I lift & drop the sea with my tremendous strength, and a man with a name like ""powerful bicep"" was the first to tread on me. What am I?",No hint available.,"Moon. (The powerful bicep is Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon)",Riddle,04/21/02 #50145,Operation: Sticky-Ectomy,2.47,1.9000000000000001,cnmne,"Six words have had their sticky things removed. The sticky things have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each sticky thing with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: glue, gum, jam, paste, tape, tar Group B: aricutr, hete, oret, ournlis, rai, srtoshre",No hint available.,"glue + aricutr = agriculture (aGricuLtUrE) gum + oret = gourmet (GoUrMet) jam + ournlis = journalism (JournAlisM) paste + rai = parasite (PAraSiTE) tape + srtoshre = stratosphere (sTrAtosPhEre) tar + hete = theater (TheAteR)",Language,02/09/14 #1933,Glass Was Everywhere,2.28,1.98,Dark999Moon,"Glass was everywhere, Water Covered everything, And still they thrived... What are ""they"" ?",No hint available.,They are plants in a greenhouse when the sprinklers are on.,Riddle,01/03/02 #25445,Hidden Instruments,3.05,1.95,themarresaty,"A name of a musical instrument is hidden in each of these phrases or sentences. 1. Which arm on Icarus held this instrument? 2. Man wearing kepi a novice player. 3. Orpheus carefully replaced ancient instrument. 4. Educator Gandhi played Bach. 5. No car in Asia has instrument aboard. 6. Instrument played in Olympic colorful parade. 7. Cancel long concert for stringed instrument. 8. Urban joke played on instrument. 9. Angelic playing with arpeggios. 10. Absolutely beautiful playing of stringed instrument.",No hint available.,"1. harmonica 2. piano 3. lyre 4. organ 5. ocarina 6. piccolo 7. cello 8. banjo 9. harp 10. lute",Language,08/20/05 #45406,Gustav Mahler Quotes,2.14,2.69,wicked_one,"Here are some quotes from one of the most famous composers, Gustav Mahler. Some letters are represented by a combination of a number and a letter (e.g. B=2P) (The hint provides a consonant and a vowel) 4NV Z 2E4K2I4L4KX2C2V 2E4K2MSC XZ2N 2XNZ2B N2C NZC 2B4K XZ2N 4N2O 2X4K2VCX N2C 2X4K2MSC 2O4K2B 2P4K2BN2C2V 2B2V2N4N2OB 2B4K XZ2N 4N2B 4N2O 2I2MX4N2E. Z X2N2I4LN4K2O2N 2I2MX2B 2P2C S4NA2C 2BN2C 2X4K2VSC. 4N2B 2I2MX2B 2E4K2O2BZ4N2O 2C2R2C2V2N2BN4N2OB. C4K2O2B 2P4K2BN2C2V S4K4KA4N2OB Z2B 2BN2C 2R4N2C2X - 4N NZ2R2C ZS2V2CZC2N 2E4K2I4L4KX2CC 4N2B","B=2P U=2M","If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music. A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything. Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it. A=Z B=2P C=2E D=C E=2C F=V G=B H=N I=4N J=M K=A L=S M=2I N=2O O=4K P=4L Q=2Z R=2V S=X T=2B U=2M V=2R W=2X X=2W Y=2N Z=4Q",Cryptography,10/01/09 #33610,Palmer's Notation,2.43,2.5,PineappleMama,"What do the following numbers represent? 0-20-28-32-28",There have been cases where the highest number was 29-40!,"The number of teeth a person has at various stages of their lives. 0 - Number of teeth most infants are born with, already erupted. 20 - The number of 'milk teeth' children get in their first 5 years. 28 - The number of permanent teeth children get between the ages of 6-12. 32 - Is the number of teeth a young adult has once their Wisdom Teeth [3rd molars] come in, usually age 17-24. 28 - Is the number of teeth most adults have because either A- Wisdom teeth never made an appearance, or B- they have had them removed. As to the Hint: Some people get 0 Wisdom Teeth [3rd molars] Some get 1-2-3-4. And in some rare cases there have been people who got 4th and even 5th molars!! The title is also a hint as Palmer's Notation is the most common method for identifying teeth by dental offices.",Series,10/23/06 #36059,What Fruits?,3.21,1.82,aresII,"A different fruit (a total of twelve) is buried in every one of the following lines. Example: A word is considered 'buried' when it can be read like P A R I S in the sentence ""Grand-pa(pa ris)es at seven every morning."" Can you detect them? Ah! If I get my good ship home I'll find a tempting spot, Where mayhap pleasant flowers will bloom, And there I'll shape a charming cot. Where bees sip nectar in each flower, And Philomel on hawthorn rests, I'll shape a rustic, sun-kissed bower - A bower meet for angel guests. Then she who lives and loves with me, Sing our days of calm repose, Sole monarch of the flowers will be - For Myra is indeed a rose.",No hint available.,"Ah! I(f I g)et my good ship home I'll fin(d a te)mpting spot, Where mayh(ap ple)asant flowers will bloom, And there I'll sha(pe a ch)arming cot. Where bees sip (nectar in e)ach flower, And Philo(mel on) hawthorn rests, I'll sha(pe a r)ustic, sun-kissed bower - A bower meet f(or ange)l guests. Then she wh(o live)s and loves with me, Sin(g our d)ays of calm repose, So(le mon)arch of the flowers will be - For My(ra is in)deed a rose.",Language,04/05/07 #27400,Anagram 6 - 5 - 4,2.98,2.71,Dave,"Each of the following sentences has three missing words. The first missing word of each sentence is 6 letters long, the second missing word is 5 letters long, and the third missing word is 4 letters long. All the 6 letter words are anagrams of each other, as are all the 5 letter words, and all the 4 letter words. Can you fill in the blanks? 1) Nobody would ______ to the old pirate any more, because his _____ were far too ____. 2) The fans were ______ as the opposition managed to _____ the game from the home ____. 3) When he decided to ______, he did not expect _____ bread with his ____ every meal. 4) On many of the lake's ______ in the Spring, _____ will be out looking for a ____.",No hint available.,"1) Nobody would LISTEN to the old pirate any more, because his TALES were far too TAME. 2) The fans were SILENT as the opposition managed to STEAL the game from the home TEAM. 3) When he decided to ENLIST, he did not expect STALE bread with his MEAT every meal. 4) On many of the lake's INLETS in the Spring, TEALS will be out looking for a MATE. 6 Letters: LISTEN, SILENT, ENLIST, INLETS. 5 Letters: TALES, STEAL, STALE, TEALS. 4 Letters: TAME, TEAM, MEAT, MATE.",Language,12/11/05 #52230,Postal Words 3,3.03,1.35,MarcM1098,"There are many four–letter words that can be formed by combining two US State abbreviations. For example: Journey on horseback = RIDE which is RI (Rhode Island) + DE (Delaware). See if you can figure these out: 1. Single sheet of glass 2. Large number of 3. Mount Vesuvius output 4. Diamond in the rough 5. Lacking moisture 6. Walk through water","Here are the states needed: Alabama (AL) Arkansas (AR) Colorado (CO) Delaware (DE) Idaho (ID) Louisiana (LA) Massachusetts (MA) Nebraska (NE) New York (NY) Pennsylvania (PA) Virginia (VA) Washington (WA)","1. PANE = Pennsylvania + Nebraska 2. MANY = Massachusetts + New York 3. LAVA = Louisiana + Virginia 4. COAL = Colorado + Alabama 5. ARID = Arkansas + Idaho 6. WADE = Washington + Delaware",Language,06/27/19 #4937,Window,2.27,1.76,piffle,"Solve this movie title: Window Window Window <------",No hint available.,Rear Window,Rebus,06/25/02 #16113,Small Change,2.5100000000000002,1.14,curtiss82,"Although very old coins tend to be worth more than their face value, why is it that 1980 five cent coins are worth about $100?",No hint available.,"1980 refers to the quantity, not the year, so 1,980 nickels equal $99.",Trick,01/10/04 #26668,Lemonade Stand,2.58,1.69,Celanba,"It was a very hot day, so Randy and Lina decided to sell lemonade. Being so hot, the pitcher of lemonade with half a dozen ice cubes was extremely tempting. Randy begged Lina for a taste, but she said no. After about five minutes of no customers, Lina went inside to get something that she'd forgotten. When she came back three minutes later, they had two customers. Randy poured them each a glass with three ice cubes. After the customers left, Lina noticed something. ""Hey!"" she said, ""You drank some of the lemonade!"" How did she know this?",No hint available.,"Randy took a drink and added ice to raise the level of the lemonade. To start with, there were half a dozen (6) ice cubes. Those six ice cubes were given to the customers. If Randy hadn't added more ice cubes, then there wouldn't have been any left after the customers left.",Situation,11/01/05 #19077,Gifting Away !,2.14,2.07,lesternoronha1,"Five gift boxes have to be prepared to be given to five of my nephews. I have 5 cakes, 6 toffees, 4 pastries and 3 toys. Each of the boxes should contain at least one cake, at least one toffee, at least 3 items and at the most 4 items. Pastry and toy cannot be in the same box. No box can contain two toys. Which of the following must be true? 1) Exactly one box should contain 2 toffees and 1 toy. 2) Exactly one box should contain 2 toffees. 3) Exactly one box should contain 2 pastries. NOTE: Out of the given set of 3 statements, it is not necessary that one and only one statement is true. One or more statements may be true.",No hint available.,"Statements 1 and 2 are true. The given statements are 1) Exactly one box should contain 2 toffees and 1 toy. 2) Exactly one box should contain 2 toffees. 3) Exactly one box should contain 2 pastries. Also the given observations are A) Each of the box should contain at least one cake, at least one toffee, at least 3 items and at the most 4 items. B) Pastry and toy cannot be in the same box. C) No box can contain two toys. Using observations A and C, the following is the definite distribution to be made :- Boxes 1 2 3 4 5 Cake 1 1 1 1 1 Toffee 1 1 1 1 1 Pastry Toy 1 1 1 since the cakes and toffees must follow observation A of at least 1 in each of the boxes and toys must follow observation C of no more than one toy in a box. We have 4 pastries and 1 toffee remaining to be distributed to these 5 boxes. From observation B, since pastry and toy cannot be in the same box, the 4 pastries must go to boxes 4 and 5. Also in order to keep with the later part of observation A of at least 3 items and at most 4 items, these four pastries must be packed 2 each into boxes 4 and 5. The remaining toffee must go into one of the three boxes 1, 2 or 3. Let us assume that this toffee goes to box 1. Hence the final distribution is as follows :- Boxes 1 2 3 4 5 Cake 1 1 1 1 1 Toffee 2 1 1 1 1 Pastry 2 2 Toy 1 1 1 Comparing the given statements with the above distribution we can see that statements 1 and 2 are true since they refer to box 1 and statement 3 is false because more than one box is available with two pastries.",Logic,10/07/04 #49692,Delete a Letter 5,2.8,1.8,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) globe, earth, universe (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a meaningful sound which stands for an idea 2) trained personnel that form the control group of an organization (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a feeling of concern or anxiety 3) a member of the cat family (4 letters) & (delete 1st letter) an atom with an electrical charge 4) on the outside (8 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) unending",No hint available.,"1) world & word 2) cadre & care 3) lion & ion 4) external & eternal",Language,12/09/12 #23497,Balancing a Dinosaur,2.67,1.97,aks_gupta07,"An apatosaur starts trampling a farmer's fields. The farmer, getting hysterical, gets a REALLY big axe and chops off the apatosaur's tail. The farmer's fields are now covered totally in the dinosaur's blood (surprisingly, the apatosaur isn't dead yet), but unknowingly, he saves all his surrounding fields from getting ruined. Why is this if the dinosaur isn't yet dead?",Look at the title.,"Apatosaurs and other long-necked dinosaurs evolved to have long necks to reach leaves of the tall plants that grew in the Jurassic and Triassic periods. To counter-balance their long necks, they needed long tails as well, otherwise, they would have simply tipped over on their faces. This is precisely what happened when the farmer cut off the apatosaur's tail.",Trivia,06/08/05 #8155,BTBEHE,2.71,1.43,datra16,"Can you decipher this rebus? btb ehe aea tbt iui nsn ghg",No hint available.,beating around the bush,Rebus,10/21/02 #13105,Stuttering Shakespeare,2.38,2.36,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Much Much Ado About About Nothing Nothing",No hint available.,"Without Further Ado Ado is not repeated so there is no further Ado.",Rebus,06/13/03 #42203,Cupcakes For Sale!,3.07,1.26,BluEsor0214,"Two boys were sent by their mothers to sell an equal amount of cupcakes each, worth one dollar per cupcake. They were told not to eat the cupcakes they are selling, and that they should sell all of the cupcakes. At the end of the day, all cupcakes were sold, yet neither boy gained nor lost a dollar. What happened?","The boys were obedient and did sell all the cupcakes. However, they ARE human...","Each boy became hungry after a while. One boy decided to buy a cupcake from the other boy, paying him one dollar. The other boy also decided to buy a cupcake from the first boy, paying him one dollar, too. And so it continued until all the cupcakes were sold, and both boys came home full and happy. I can't say the same for the moms, though.",Situation,06/11/08 #26857,Contorting Wager,2.77,1.76,spookboy0,"Bob and Hannah were watching a magician one night. Bob decided he could win some money. ""Hannah,"" said he, ""I can poke my head through a hole this big."" He then made a hole with his thumb and index finger. The hole was 24.26mm wide, no wider than an American quarter. Hannah was sure she would win the bet, but Bob poked his head through the hole he made by his thumb and index finger and won the bet. How?",No hint available.,"He placed his fingers on his forehead and poked his head, though the hole, with his finger.",Trick,11/11/05 #17681,Russian Roulette,2.61,2.06,JMCLEOD,"You are in a game of Russian Roulette with a revolver that has 3 bullets placed in three consecutive chambers. The cylinder of the gun will be spun once at the beginning of the game. Then, the gun will be passed between two players until it fires. Would you prefer to go first or second?",No hint available.,"Label the chambers 1 through 6. Chambers 1 through 3 have bullets and chambers 4 through 6 are empty. After you spin the cylinder there are six possible outcomes: 1. Chamber 1 is fired first: Player 1 loses 2. Chamber 2 is fired first: Player 1 loses 3. Chamber 3 is fired first: Player 1 loses 4. Chamber 4 is fired first: Player 2 loses (First shot, player 1, chamber 4 empty. Second shot player 2, chamber 5, empty. Third shot player 1, chamber 6 empty. Fourth shot player 2, chamber 1 not empty.) 5. Chamber 5 is fired first: Player 1 loses (First shot, player 1, chamber 5 empty. Second shot player 2, chamber 6, empty. Third shot player 1, chamber 1 not empty.) 6. Chamber 6 is fired first: Player 2 loses (First shot, player 1, chamber 6 empty. Second shot, player 2, chamber 1, not empty) Therefore player 2 has an 4/6 or 2/3 chance of winning.",Probability,05/18/04 #28643,More Than One,3.03,1.33,blue4ever16,"There are four letters that are anagrams to form six words. You can cook food in ____. You need ____ to cover fast food cups. Red means ____ in certain situations. A ____ can be found on dirty clothes and animals. Police officers will ____ a warrant for someone's arrest. *Bonus* A student sometimes ____ to not go to college.",You don't need hints for this.,"1)Pots 2)Tops 3)Stop 4)Spot 5)Post *Bonus* Opts",Language,02/15/06 #33961,You're the Nanny!,2.7,1.86,Swordoffury1392,"You have recently taken on the job of being the nanny for a pair- excuse me, a group- of quints! When you arrived at the job, the babies' parents gave you a piece of paper which told you the colors of the pacifiers of each baby and their crib number. (All the babies have to sleep in their own cribs because that's where their favorite stuffed animals are! Oh, and if you're wondering why they need their pacifiers, try getting a cute little baby to be quiet and sleep without one.) However, as you prepared to tuck the babies in for their naps, you found that you misplaced the list! Using the information that you remember, find out what color pacifier each baby has and which crib he/she sleeps in. Good luck! (You're going to need it...) Baby names: Bea, Mae, Rae, Lee, Zoe Pacifier colors: sienna, crimson, lime, hot pink, teal Crib numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1. Bea ate dinner (some Gerber apple sauce) with Lee, the baby from crib 3, the baby with the crimson pacifier and the baby with the lime one. 2. Zoe's crib number is lower than the baby with a lime pacifier, but higher than Rae's. 3. Rae's crib number isn't 1. 4. Bea's crib number is higher than Zoe's. 5. The baby with a hot pink pacifier has a higher crib number than that of the baby with a sienna pacifier, but has a lower crib number than Mae, whose crib number isn't five. (One of the few things harder than deciphering that is changing a baby's diaper!)","A mix of corn starch and baby powder is helpful when changing diapers. Oh wait, you wanted one for the brain teaser. Sorry, there isn't any!","Name- Crib number- Pacifier color Bea- 5- teal Mae- 4- lime Rae- 2- crimson Lee- 1- sienna Zoe- 3- hot pink",Logic-Grid,11/14/06 #39070,Plucked in the Forest,2.35,2.5,aresII,"I plucked them in the forest as they grew; I held them in my hands and gave them to you; But though you took, and cast them on the floor, They cling unto my hands evermore. Oh, could I but behead them, they'd be freed, And I could give them unto those who plead.",No hint available.,PALMS-ALMS,Riddle,11/04/07 #33031,American Presidents 4,2.21,3.01,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: James Monroe, Franklin Pierce, Chester Arthur, Gerald Ford Group B: Thomas Jefferson, Zachary Taylor, James Buchanan, Ulysses Grant, Warren Harding, Richard Nixon",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A were members of the Episcopalian Church. Zachary Taylor can be added to Group A. Thomas Jefferson was Deist, James Buchanan was Presbyterian, Ulysses Grant was Methodist, Warren Harding was Baptist, and Richard Nixon was Quaker.",Group,09/16/06 #9809,My Voice is Tender,2.8,0.85,lesternoronha1,"My voice is tender, My waist is slender And I'm often invited to play. Yet wherever I go I must take my bow Or else I have nothing to say. What am I?",No hint available.,A Violin.,Riddle,01/15/03 #36740,Words With DY,2.18,2.7,cnmne,"Five words that contain DY as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***DY, DY****, *DY***, ****DY, *DY**** Pool: A, A, A, A, C, E, I, I, L, L, L, M, M, M, N, N, O, R, T, U",No hint available.,"NERDY, DYNAMO, ADYTUM, MALADY, IDYLLIC",Language,05/26/07 #10232,Scrambled Eskimo Saying,2.59,1.65,OD-1,"The following is a scramble saying where the first 1 or 2 letters have been swapped with another word in the sentence. Example: ""che tat dnd aog"" would be ""the cat and dog"". Using this rule, what is this piece of advice that an Eskimo might give: Wever yat snellow eow; natch here ghe tuskies who.",No hint available.,Never eat yellow snow; watch where the huskies go.,Language,02/04/03 #6932,How Long Will It Take?,2.9,1.86,dizzydesi,"Which letter comes next in the series? S, M, H, D, W, M, ? Pick from: L V Y T D",No hint available.,"Y Second Minute Hour Day Week Month Year",Series,08/27/02 #30345,Pets and Players,2.33,1.72,fairelamour,"Imelda's class of 36 has taken a survey of students. Among other survey results were the following statistics: 1. The ratio of those who play sports to the total surveyed is 7:12. 2. Among the sports players, the ratio of sports players who are pet owners to the total number of sports players is 3:7. How many of the sports players are not pet owners?",Make use of equivalent fractions.,"There are 12 sports players who are not pet owners. To find the number of sports players, write an equivalent fraction for with a denominator of 36: 7/12=21/36. So there are 21 sports players. Now, to find how many of the 21 sports players are pet owners, write an equivalent fraction for with a denominator of 21: 3/7=9/21. So 9 sports players are pet owners, and 21 - 9 = 12 sports players who are not pet owners.",Math,05/08/06 #3888,pu ni,2.2,2.3,arij,"Can you decipher this? pu ni",No hint available.,Mixed up and Mixed in,Rebus,05/04/02 #308,Mary's Dad and Grandfather,2.59,1.56,Phyllis,"For Show and Tell at school, Mary told her class that today was the birthday of both her father and her grandfather and that they were exactly the same age. Her teacher said that was impossible, but Mary insisted she was right. Can you explain how she could be right?",Mary has two grandfathers.,"Mary was talking about her father and her maternal grandfather. Her father, for example, could be 50 and her mother`s father, her maternal grandfather, could be 50. Her mother is obviously younger than her father.",Logic,02/25/01 #10788,My Mother,2.78,1.24,pk98,"I woke up one morning, and said to my mother, ""Happy birthday mother!"" She chuckled and laughed and replied, ""No son, today is too early, and tomorrow is too late."" I smiled because I knew exactly what she meant. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"My mom was born on February 29. If it isn't a leap year, Feb. 28th is too early and the next day, March 1st, is too late.",Trick,02/28/03 #27358,Postman,2.53,2.77,shenqiang,"A postman delivered letters every day. On the first day he delivered one letter, on the second day he delivered three letters, on the third day he delivered five letters, and so on. Each day from the second on he delivered two letters more than the preceding day. The day he retired, he noticed that he had delivered a total of more than 100,000 letters. Something fun is that the total number of letters he had delivered has its digits arranged in ascending order. How many days had he worked, and how many letters had he delivered in total?",The number of days he had worked also has its digits arranged in ascending order.,"It's easy to see that the number of letters he had delivered is the square of the number of days he had worked. Square numbers can't end in 7 or 8, and 123456 is not a square because it is divisible by 3 but not by 9. Hence the number of letters must end with 9. Since odd squares have remainder 1 upon division by 8, the number formed by its fourth and fifth digits must be divisible by 4, which can be 48, 56 or 68. Numbers that have remainder 2 upon division by 3, and those that are divisible by 3 but not by 9 are not squares. By trial and error, we know that the only square number satisfying these conditions is 134689=367^2. Hence, he had worked for 367 days, and had delivered 134689 letters.",Math,12/08/05 #19900,France and London,2.45,1.27,hibraine,What part of London is in France?,No hint available.,Letter N,Trick,12/14/04 #28383,Nemt,2.64,2.11,phrebh,"What is this rebus? NEMT",No hint available.,Rearrangement,Rebus,02/01/06 #27555,The Deadly Check,2.19,1.56,goldenfangs,A man got a check and was hurt. Why?,No hint available.,He was playing hockey.,Trick,12/17/05 #4221,Mad Ade's Cows,2.33,2.24,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has a field of grass that grows equally thick and in a uniform rate. It would take 70 cows 24 days to eat all the grass, or it would take 30 cows 60 days to eat the grass. Unfortunately Mad Ade has only got enough cows to clear the field in 96 days. How many cows has Mad Ade got?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade has 20 cows. Assume one cow does one unit of work in one day. In the first case with 70 cows, total units of work done = 70x24 = 1680. In the second case with 30 cows, total units of work done = 30x60 = 1800. So, in 36 days, the grass has grown = 1800-1680 = 120 units of work. So, in 36 more days, i.e. 96 days, total units of work required = 1800 + 120 = 1920. No. of cows required = 1920/96 = 20.",Math,05/23/02 #34706,Vowel Disappearance II,2.49,1.6300000000000001,grungy49,"The following are all places or landmarks that have had all the vowels taken out of their names. The number in brackets next to it indicates how many words the place has. Good luck on finding those vowels, and putting them back in there! 1. Gldngtbrdg (3) 2. Sydnyprhs (3) 3. Ntdrbmrts (3) 4. Sttflbrty (3) 5. Tjmhl (2)",No hint available.,"1. Golden Gate Bridge 2. Sydney Opera House 3. United Arab Emirates 4. Statue of Liberty 5. Taj Mahal",Language,01/03/07 #50219,Minecraft Fans,2.6,1.17,klsowell,"Two girls and two boys - Sarah, Kate, Connor, and Jared - were playing the game Minecraft one day. They each had a different username, build, and favorite block. Using the clues, can you figure out which is which? Names: Sarah, Kate, Jared, Connor Builds: Castle, Mansion, Skyscraper, Statue Usernames: puppy23, DragonLord, Blue_Pencil, jtepic Favorite Blocks: Emerald, Cobblestone, Sponge, Redstone Clues: 1. The four people are: Blue_Pencil, the one who likes emerald, the one who built the skyscraper, and Jared. 2. Neither of the boys like puppies, so they didn't choose their username after them. 3. Connor's favorite block is almost electric - it can power machines and prime TNT. 4. Jared is into medieval builds, and so made his build in that style. 5. puppy23 was very proud of the ""skin"" - or avatar - she'd made, so she built it in huge scale so everyone could see it. 6. Even though Sarah offered to help, DragonLord built his skyscraper all by himself. He used redstone for the lights and all the mechanics - his favorite block. 7. The girl who liked cobblestone wanted to make a big build, like the others, but she also built something she could live in. She also made her friend, puppy23, her own room. 8. Sarah thought emerald was a way overused block, and much preferred her favorite - cobblestone. 9. At school, Sarah has had exactly one pencil throughout the entire school year, and it's bright blue.","By the way, the medieval era's style includes mansions and castles.","Sarah's username is Blue_Pencil, and she built a mansion and likes cobblestone. Kate's username is puppy23, and she built a statue and likes emerald. Connor's username is DragonLord, and he built a skyscraper and likes redstone. Jared's username is jtepic, and he built a castle and likes sponge.",Logic-Grid,04/02/14 #41845,Four Men,2.24,0.96,brain23,"One day, a man in a coffee shop left his wallet filled with gold on the floor. Someone found it and asked who owned the wallet. Four men claimed it. If the men who don't have the gold are lying, and the one who has the gold is telling the truth, which one has the gold? Bob: Joe owns the wallet. Mike: I own the wallet. Steve: Bob owns the wallet. Joe: I own the wallet.",No hint available.,"Mike owns the wallet. The way we can determine this is by looking at Bob's statement, which says Joe owns the wallet. Joe says he owns the wallet. If Bob is telling the truth, that means Joe owns the wallet, and Bob also owns the wallet since he is telling the truth. Since only 1 person has the wallet, Bob must be lying, and so is Joe. Steve also must be lying because he says Bob owns the wallet. Mike is the only one left, and he must be telling the truth.",Logic,05/07/08 #50222,Enter Pepper,2.85,1.69,doctapeppaman,"In the city of Extremum, capital and largest city of the Mauve Empire, there lives a man named Pythagoras Euclid Pepper. ""Doctor"" Pepper, as his friends called him, was a bit eccentric and absent-minded, but his eclectic knowledge of a wide array of minutiae paired with his apparent complete lack of common sense seemed to give off an aura of delight that caused many with whom he had spoken to have felt a keen interest in the unique way his mind operates. Pepper did not have a terminal degree from any university in the Mauve Empire, but the people who knew him best insisted upon calling him ""doctor"" nevertheless. As will hopefully be shown, he was not, however, completely ignorant in terms of practical judgment. One day when Dr. Pepper was walking to the Extremum Public Library, he noticed a team of firefighters and paramedics outside the door of what appeared to be a rather well-fortified residence. As far as Pythagoras could see, there were no windows, and only one door, which was made of solid steel. ""What's going on here?"" Dr. Pepper asked a fire/rescue lieutenant who was standing on the sidewalk in front of the house. Their conversation is as follows: Lieutenant: ""We got a call from this address about a man who has fallen and broken his leg,"" the lieutenant said. ""But he keeps his door securely locked most of the time, and he can't get to the door to let us in!"" Dr. Pepper: ""If he needs medical attention, can't you just kick the door in?"" Lt.: ""That's what we'd ordinarily do, but this door swings outward. We can't use axes to break the door in, either, due to its strength. We're going to have to call for some special equipment to get in there. I don't think we have anything powerful enough to get us in there in our regular equipment engines."" Dr.: ""Actually, if my suspicions are correct, I have a feeling that you do have everything you need to get into that building, and it won't require destroying the whole house in the process!"" What is Pepper's idea?",No hint available.,"Dr. Pepper took a quick glance at the door, and turned back to the lieutenant. ""That's what I thought. Look! The hinges are on the outside of the door. If you have something in your truck that can function as a wedge, you should be able to pry the hinges apart and take the whole door off."" ""Right, I knew that,"" the Lieutenant said as he ran back to the fire truck and got a screwdriver out of a toolbox. Just then, the Mauve Police Department arrived at the scene. ""We're ready with the explosives,"" an officer said as he exited his car. ""That won't be necessary,"" the lieutenant said as he removed the door and ran in to check on the victim. Incidentally, Dr. Pepper is not a physician, but the victim thought he was just the man he wanted around the next time he should need emergency medical care.",Mystery,04/06/14 #15420,Mad Ade's Funky Fractions,2.32,1.57,mad-ade,"The idea of this teaser is to split the given words into the relevant fractions and then add the two fractions of words into one single word, once you have worked out which fraction of the word you need. For example 3/5 of Green and 1/2 of Neat would be Great, as per: 3/5 of green =Gre 1/2 of Neat= at gre+at= Great The first part of the fraction in the teaser will be in the first part of the finished word and all letters are used in the correct order with no skipping of letters, i.e. 2/5 of Green cannot be GE because it skips the letter R, but it could be EE. 1. A quarter of shed + 5/6 of yearly 2. 3/5 of enter + 4/5 of swine 3. 2/5 of otter + 3/7 of herring 4. 3/8 of contract + half of maintain 5. 3/4 of wish + 3/8 of dominate",No hint available.,"1. D-early 2. Ent-wine 3. Ot-her 4. Con-tain 5. Wis-dom",Language,11/13/03 #39036,Rewording I,2.78,1.59,vlerma,"Here are three phrases, each with a well known meaning. Your job is to read the first phrase and then, by rewording it, come up with the well known meaningful phrase. 1. Winesap of one's own ocular. 2. Verdant from coveting. 3. Recapture one's respiration.","Example: ""Peruse words below one line but above another"" can be reworded to mean ""read between the lines.""","1. Apple of my eye. 2. Green with envy. 3. Catch my breath.",Language,11/02/07 #20642,Pretend Death,2.38,2.11,meg_annie714,A man was walking down the street when all of a sudden he fell to the ground. A pedestrian called 911. When the paramedics got there they said he was fine. What happened?,No hint available.,He was sleep walking and fell to the ground and went back to sleep. The paramedics woke him up.,Situation,01/27/05 #31879,C in D = B/2,2.74,2.9,FreddyPharkas,C in D = B/2,"This is just one of many things that equals B/2, but it might possibly have been the first mentioned.","Courage in danger is half the battle. Attributed to Titus Maccius Plautus (BC 254-184), Roman comic poet.",Letter-Equations,07/19/06 #18432,Pitying,2.49,2.56,fishmed,"Which of the following words does not belong and why? Pitying Favor Unkindness Murder Exaltation",No hint available.,"'Favor' does not belong as it is not a term used to describe a group of birds. A pitying of turtledoves An unkindness of ravens A murder of crows An exaltation of larks",Group,08/03/04 #50963,Kangaroo Words 17,2.45,1.71,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. fraction 2. stealthy 3. hurries 4. facets 5. variegated See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word: 6. frangible (meaning is easily broken)",No hint available.,"1. ratio (fRAcTIOn) 2. sly (SteaLthY) 3. hies (HurrIES) 4. faces (FACEtS) 5. varied (VARIEgateD) 6. fragile (FRAnGIbLE), frail (FRAngIbLe)",Language,01/13/17 #26909,Sylasearch,2.97,2.06,cdrock,"In a sylasearch I give you a syllable-starter, which is the first syllable in the words you are to find. I will also give you a listing of the other syllables that you must use to figure out the 7 words. Syllable List - al, cras, fes, file, ly, mo, nate, noun, po, si, sion, tec, ter, ti, tion, tor Syllable-starter: pro How many syllables each word has: 1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (4) 6. (4) 7. (5)",No hint available.,"1. profile (pro file) 2. pronoun (pro noun) 3. promoter (pro mo ter) 4. protector (pro tec tor) 5. procrastinate (pro cras ti nate) 6. proposition (pro po si tion) 7. professionally (pro fes sion al ly)",Language,11/13/05 #8336,Letter Equation Four,2.06,2.35,tissue,"Can you solve this letter equation? 3 W in my T",No hint available.,3 Words in my Title.,Letter-Equations,11/03/02 #41504,Favorable Occasion,2.57,2.26,chocolatecake,"My 2,1,3 is a loud bang that you can hear from someone blowing a bubble. My 5,7,9,8 is a destroyed building, town, city, etc. My 3,7,8,11 is less than normal size. My 7,8,9,10 is a single thing or person. My 6,4,11 is something that comes in all different shapes and sizes and is usually played with by children. My whole is a favorable occasion.",No hint available.,"OPPORTUNITY Clue 1: pop. Clue 2: ruin. Clue 3: puny. Clue 4: unit. Clue 5: toy.",Riddle,04/16/08 #7941,Around the World,2.43,2.32,bluetwo,"Two cars circumnavigate the world. Time is kept as they pass each other, travelling in opposite directions at the same speed of 70 miles per hour. The only difference is that one car is travelling on the surface of the planet, while the other is on a roadway 15 feet above ground. Assuming the world is a perfect sphere and exactly 25,000 miles around, how much faster does the car travelling on the surface reach the original starting point? Assume, for the sake of the puzzle, that there are 2 continuous, unobstructed, flat roadways around the earth and that the cars don't need gas, the drivers don't need 'pit stops', etc.",Circumference = 2*pi*r,"The answer is only about 1 second!!! The circumference of the Earth is 2*pi*r. The circumference of the road 15 feet above the Earth is 2*pi*(r+15). The difference between these two distances is 2*pi*15 = 94 feet. This is how much further the car on the elevated roadway has to travel. 70 miles per hour is equal to 103 feet per second. At 103 feet per second, it will take the car on the elevated roadway just under one second to travel the extra 94 feet.",Math,10/08/02 #16990,Crazy Allegations,2.69,1.97,rose_rox,"Some call me crazy But really, I'm not. If you are lucky, I'll win the battle fought! It doesn't matter what I'm wearing, I am powerful still. But there's only four of me, So use me with great skill! If you choose a different battlefield, You'll find much more like myself, But still we are called wild, And we also can be dealt. What am I?",No hint available.,"The eight in Crazy Eights! A suit is often what people wear. If you choose a different battlefield - or version of the game which is Crazy Eight Countdown, the crazy eight can be any card. An eight is a wild card.",Riddle,03/11/04 #27364,Phoney Puzzle V,2.59,2.29,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 446672623 47 843 668437 63 33868466. - Jeremy Taylor 84373 47 6684464 6673 37444836464 8426 446672623 46 228466. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXY","Ignorance is the mother of devotion. - Jeremy Taylor There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe",Cryptography,12/08/05 #37722,Incomplete Words II,2.69,0.9500000000000001,tedger,"Below are ten words each missing the same two letter combination. Can you figure out what those two letters are? Sw_ _n Do_ _ Ch_ _e _ _al Janit_ _ W_ _ld _ _ange T_ _e Vap_ _ize _ _at_ _",No hint available.,"The letters are OR Sworn Door Chore Oral Janitor World Orange Tore Vaporize Orator",Language,08/10/07 #3971,Somethi,2.68,2.22,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this phrase: somethi bi",No hint available.,The start of something big.,Rebus,05/09/02 #49788,What a Relief,2.0,1.36,ThinksForFun,"What is represented here? pOplar sprUce Teak",No hint available.,"out of the woods The letters ""o"", ""u"", and ""t"" have been capitalized to make the word 'OUT', thus it is ""Out"" of the woods.",Rebus,03/29/13 #50558,"Foreign, Yet Familiar",2.62,2.35,ThinksForFun,"What is the common link between the following everyday words? me us ear ma pit turn ran tune",The sequence of the words is significant.,"They are all extracted from the names of the planets of our solar system in order of their distance from the sun as follows: (Me)rcury Ven(us) (Ear)th (Ma)rs Ju(pit)er Sa(turn) U(ran)us Nep(tune)",Group,04/03/15 #52149,Responsible For a Headache,2.57,0.85,theriddler,"I can be found in hiding but I hide awfully well. I can hide in a ghost or a ghoul I could hide in a school. Of course you could find me in an hour. I'm first in heaven then enter into hell and it feels like home in both as well. But no trouble or evil I'll ever make At worst I'm responsible for a headache. So who or what am I?",No hint available.,"the letter ""H"" It hides when it is silent in some words such as ""ghost"", ""ghoul"", ""school"", or ""hour."" In other words such as heaven, hell, home, and headache, the ""H"" stands out.",Riddle,03/03/19 #31493,Claire's Will,2.28,1.43,akl21,"Claire Agard, deceased at the age of ninety-seven, has left a will dedicating her sizable fortune to her niece, to her nephew, and to Johnny, her faithful assistant for the past twenty years. Unfortunately, she employed the services of one of the most unorganized solicitors in town, who lost the will and evoked the anger of just about every family member benefited by it (namely Johnny's wife, the niece's sons, and the nephew's already angry creditors). However, the young solicitor was flattered to be employed by the richest woman in the small town, so he took notes. It was simply too interesting for him to resist. Can you find out what each person's last name is, who received what amount of money, and who inherited what portion of her widespread real estate? First Names: Kara, Johnny, Reginald Last Names: Jennings, Ouna, Simpkins Monetary amounts: $2 million, $6 million, $800,000 Real Estate portions: The Cabin, The Tudor, The Georgian Clues: 1. The heirs are: Kara, the person surnamed Ouna, and the person who inherited The Georgian. 2. Johnny's last name is not Jennings. Kara's last name is not Ouna. 3.Reginald has deep gambling debts, but his aunt was unsympathetic and gave him the least amount of money. He had had his eye on a piece of old, English-style property, though, and that she gave to him. 4. Kara's last name is 25 letters away from her piece of real estate. 5. Both of Johnny's initials are in the word 'Joker'. 6. Reginald has often been subject to ridicule because of his last name. 7. Ouna got 2 million, and a first-class backwoods lodge. 8. The person who inherited 6 million also got a Tudor, and they were very excited to find that Claire had installed a swimming pool...party time!!! Good luck! (By the way, Kara has ensured a reward of $60,000 to the first to solve...)",No hint available.,"Answer: Sorry, the reward wasn't real, but this answer is! First Name-Last Name-$-Real Estate Johnny-Ouna-$2 million-The Cabin Kara-Jennings-$6 million- The Tudor Reginald-Simpkins-$800,000- The Georgian",Logic-Grid,07/02/06 #20684,Nd Fny Img,2.44,2.86,horse_luver,"Nd fny img, uydc. Nd fny imggyj, jdmindc. -Vdyovd Rdogmou Cnmf",a=m,"He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. George Bernard Shaw a=m b=r c=i d=u e=d f=h g=v h=n i=w j=a k=x l=e m=z n=g o=y p=b q=s r=o s=c t=j u=q v=t w=f x=k y=p z=l",Cryptography,01/28/05 #5739,1 L 2 L 3 L I ...,2.35,1.76,Bobbrt,1 L 2 L 3 L I...,No hint available.,1 Little 2 Little 3 Little Indians...,Letter-Equations,07/20/02 #10789,Giants of Power,2.48,1.78,OD-1,"We stand as Giants in the land In hands of glass, power we hold But that power's not ours, we just stand For to you the power might be sold And if the power falls from our hand You also lose your power, so we're told What are we?",No hint available.,"Electricity Line Towers They can be 100' high. The glass insulators hold wires like hands They bring power to your house and if a line comes off you can lose your power.",Riddle,02/28/03 #22056,The Curse Part II,2.14,0.53,sexyxxl05,"You have, once again, angered your friend, but this time, it's not the simple cold shoulder. Your friend has threatened to announce over the P.A. who you like to the whole school unless you answer the following teaser correctly: If Farmer Ben has six farm hands and Farmer Dell has twelve farm hands, and neither of them will let you borrow any of their farm hands, how many hands do you have?",No hint available.,Two: the ones that are connected to your wrists.,Trick,04/04/05 #1405,Ruler of Shovels,2.69,1.75,gokaran,"I am the ruler of shovels I have a double I am as thin as a knife I have a wife What am I?",No hint available.,The King of Spades (from a deck of cards),Riddle,11/15/01 #12322,"2 Legs, 3 Legs, Sitting",2.57,2.0,carrie_1979,"What does a man do on 2 legs, a dog do on 3 legs, and a woman do sitting down?",No hint available.,"Shake hands To explain the man and woman part of this... it is considered correct social etiquette for a man to stand to shake hands (hence two legs) and a woman to remain sitting.",Riddle,05/13/03 #1847,8 + 8 = 91?,3.06,1.4,missie,"How can you make the following equation correct without changing it at all? 8 + 8 = 91",No hint available.,"Look at it upside down. 16 = 8 + 8.",Trick,12/23/01 #2710,Christmas Day,2.17,0.97,vanz,"Can you decipher this: Christmasdaydaydaydaydaydaydaydaydaydaydayday",It's a song title.,The 12 Days of Christmas,Rebus,03/15/02 #9643,A Flowery Fiasco,2.5,1.81,saxophonechick13,"There was a very young princess who was very beautiful. Her father thought it was time for her to marry. He held a series of competitions. All of the men dropped out, but one, a peasant. The King was very unhappy about this and he wanted to make sure the peasant could not marry his daughter. He placed 100 roses in a room. Only one rose was from their garden. The rest were fakes. They all looked and smelled the same. It was impossible to tell them apart. The peasant was very wise though, and picked out the correct rose. How did he do it?",He didn't do it he had help from an animal.,He let a bee fly in through the window and the bee went to the only flower with pollen.,Logic,01/06/03 #1248,About 26 M in a M,2.5,2.03,mrice,About 26 M in a M,"26.2, to be exact.",About 26 Miles in a Marathon.,Letter-Equations,10/31/01 #12244,147,2.1,2.97,phildunphy,147 = M B in S,Billiards !!! Not Quite,"147 = Maximum Break in Snooker Theoretically it is possible to complete a 155, although no-one has ever scored more than a 147.",Letter-Equations,05/05/03 #39834,Card Games 1,1.8800000000000001,2.37,AndrewWalker,"What does this letter equation mean? BM = Q of S = 13 P",The card game is Hearts.,Black Maria = Queen of Spades = 13 Points,Letter-Equations,12/29/07 #16027,Mail Delivery,2.44,1.69,doggyxp,Aly lives in a street with 12 houses. Every day she gets more letters than are delivered to any other house. Today 57 letters were delivered to her street. What is the smallest number of letters that Aly could have received today?,No hint available.,"6 letters. For Aly to receive the least amount of letters, the deliveries had to be spread out as evenly as possible amongst the 12 houses. The nearest multiple of 12 below 57 is 48 (4 letters per house). This leaves 9 letters. If seven people each receive one more letter and Aly receives two more letters, then this is the minimum that she could receive: six letters.",Math,01/03/04 #34086,Slice & Splice 6,2.33,2.3,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: BET, EON, LIT, MEN, RAT, SHE Group B: B-----, ----E-, ---T--",No hint available.,"The Group B words are insects. BEETLE, HORNET, MANTIS",Language,11/23/06 #39818,Jumble #18,2.3,1.28,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPERword. 1). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I I I L L O N S (Take the fourth and sixth letters.) 2). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R A D F L O I (Take the sixth and seventh letters.) 3). _ _ _ _ H O O I (Take the second letter.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPERword is. (You should have 5 letters.) SUPERword: _ _ _ _ _",United STATES of America.,"1). Illinois (Take ""I"" and ""O"".) 2). Florida (Take ""D"" and ""A"".) 3). Ohio (Take ""H"".) SUPERword). Idaho",Language,12/28/07 #37640,Day Off,2.8,1.44,npf2005,"Ten men paired up in order to enjoy a day away from the office, doing something other than work. Who went with who, on which day, and what did they do? 1. Tim met his friend (not Billy) on Tuesday for several games of badminton. 2. Miles went bird-watching on his day off. 3. Jack and Joe paired up to enjoy themselves but weren't the two who met for a round of golf on Friday. 4. Harry went fishing on Monday but not with Andy. 5. Steve went out on Wednesday.",No hint available.,"Billy - Andy - Friday - golf Harry - Kenny - Fishing - Monday Jack - Joe - Swimming - Thursday Ray - Tim - Badminton - Tuesday Steve - Miles - Bird-watching - Wednesday",Logic-Grid,08/03/07 #23776,Confusion Over Jewels,2.22,1.03,rajasekhar,"Young Princess Rana of Rajasthan has four pieces of jewelry that are family heirlooms: a necklace, a bracelet, a ring, and a brooch. Being a fashion-conscious person, she doesn't like to wear the same thing twice. How many different combinations of crown jewels can she wear?",She may wear any number of jewels at a time.,"The answer is 15. The Princess can wear four combinations of one piece of jewelry; six combinations of two, four combinations of three and one combination of all the jewels. The total is 15 different combinations.",Math,06/18/05 #5194,Price Difference,2.15,2.41,cpfc,"Nick has always wanted one, so he goes out and buys a brand new one for £5000. Unfortunately the next day he breaks it, so he goes out again and gets another brand new one. This time however, it only costs him £25. The next day someone offers to buy it off of him for £6000. What is it ?",No hint available.,A personalised number plate.,Logic,07/03/02 #45605,Operation: Rock-Ectomy,2.19,2.15,cnmne,"Six words have had their rocks removed. The rocks have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each rock with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: jade, opal, pumice, ruby, slate, talc Group B: agal, crore, eopriz, pernkl, rnsuent, tacit",No hint available.,"jade + eopriz = jeopardize (JeopArDizE) opal + crore = corporeal (cOrPoreAL) pumice + pernkl = pumpernickel (PUMpernICkEl) ruby + agal = arguably (aRgUaBlY) slate + tacit = stalactite (StaLAcTitE) talc + rnsuent = translucent (TrAnsLuCent)",Language,11/03/09 #34363,What's Your Name 2,2.72,2.44,froggygg,"It's that time of year once again! We all know and love the various characters that arrive at the beginning of the holiday season and bring a smile to our faces. However, this year it seems these characters have somehow gotten all mixed up when they left after Christmas! Below you will find anagrams of these joyous characters that represent the holiday season and winter. The number of letters in each word for the characters is provided for you in brackets. How many of these holiday characters can you unravel so they may be enjoyed by all again this year? Last vans see [6] [5] Pod hurl [7] Frat jocks [4] [5] Nerd do [6] Submerge trier bee stirrer mug [13] [13] Mass curl [3] [5] Vex in [5] Cud pi [5] A primal surf guy [5] [4] [5]",Merry Christmas!,"Santa's elves Rudolph Jack Frost Donder Burgermeister Meisterburger Mrs. Claus Vixen Cupid Sugar Plum Fairy",Language,12/12/06 #39705,Some Uplifting Advice,2.19,2.19,aresII,"Doug Larson is a man of enigmatic history. While little is truly known about him, the quotes he is famous for are repeated throughout most of the world. Can you decode it? Z=A ""XRF PSCI SONF XROSV ZQPAX QFOSV OWLFDBFNX OY XRF KPI OX QDOSVY XP PXRFDY."" ""XP FDD OY RAWZS; XP ZJWOX OX, YALFDRAWZS.""","D=R K=J W=M","""THE ONLY NICE THING ABOUT BEING IMPERFECT IS THE JOY IT BRINGS TO OTHERS."" ""TO ERR IS HUMAN; TO ADMIT IT, SUPERHUMAN."" KEY: A=U B=F C=L D=R F=E I=Y J=D K=J L=P N=C O=I P=O Q=B R=H S=N V=G W=M X=T Y=S Z=A",Cryptography,12/20/07 #26890,Changing Oneself,2.69,2.63,Nytwynd,"Wvj sv U fwqhkp? Um U mppa sptnpbbps U juaa buhk. Um U mppa bqs U juaa aqlkw. Um U mppa uaa U juaa svloap rz aqovln. Um U mppa mpqn U juaa talhkp qwpqs. Um U mppa uhmpnuvn U juaa jpqn hpj kqnrphib. Um U mppa lhfpniquh U juaa nqubp rz cvufp. Um U mppa tvcpniz U juaa iwuhx vm jpqaiw iv fvrp. Um U mppa uhfvrtpiphi U juaa iwuhx vm tqbi blffpbb. Um U mppa uhbukhumufqhi U juaa nprpropn rz kvqab. Ivsqz U juaa op iwp rqbipn vm rz prviuvhb. -Vk rqhsuhv, ""Iwp Knpqipbi Bqapbrqh Uh Iwp Jvnas""","S=D A=L L=U","A=L B=S C=V F=C H=N I=T J=W K=G L=U M=F N=R O=B P=E Q=A R=M S=D T=P U=I V=O W=H X=K Z=Y How do I change? If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labour. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will think of past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be the master of my emotions. -Og Mandino, ""The Greatest Salesman in the World""",Cryptography,11/13/05 #3237,Buckle Con,2.6,1.14,supermew30,"Bart and Lisa wanted to buy a great birthday present for their dad. They went to the mall and looked for hours. At the end of the second hour, Bart says, ""This is impossible! Let's go home, man!"" ""Let's look at the clothing store,"" says Lisa. They decide to buy a belt buckle from World War 1. On the front it says, ""WW1 Flying Ace."" They take the belt to the cops and claim it is a fake. How did they know it was a fake belt buckle?",No hint available.,"The buckle can't be from World War 1. The buckle couldn't have said WW1 on it because they did not know there was going to be a WW2. It should have said ""The Great War"" instead.",Logic,04/04/02 #28654,Sweet Tooth,2.16,3.14,phrebh,1 S M = 1 G M B to 1 F M,No hint available.,"1 Sucrose Molecule = 1 Glucose Molecule Bonded to 1 Fructose Molecule Sucrose, glucose, and fructose are all types of sugar.",Letter-Equations,02/16/06 #35264,Famous People Anagrams IV,2.24,1.8,DaleGriffin,"Below are three anagrams of famous people's names, but who are they? (The numbers in brackets represent the number of letters required for each name.) 1) LANE STYLE REV SLOTS (9,8) 2) EYED DRUM HIP (5,6) 3) NOTE HUT WHY I SON (7,7)","1) An actor, starred in the Rocky films 2) An American actor 3) An American singer","1) Sylvester Stallone 2) Eddie Murphy 3) Whitney Houston",Language,02/10/07 #2295,Odd Ball,2.14,2.62,tommo,"You are given 14 balls, one of which is marked as a reference ball. 12 of the other balls are the same weight as the reference ball but the other ball may be slightly heavier, slightly lighter or the same weight as the reference ball. Using a balance scale how can you determine which is the odd ball, if any, with just three weighings?",No hint available.,"Split the 14 balls into three groups: one of 4 unknown balls, one of 5 unknown balls and one of 4 unknown plus the reference ball. 1st balance: Balance the two groups of 5 balls. a) If the balance is not equal, designate the heavy side balls H and the light side balls L. The group of 4 unbalanced balls must be good balls. If the 5 unknown is heavier (5 H > 4 L + ref): take the ref ball, one H, and two L's, and place to one side. 2nd balance: Balance the remaining balls like this: 2H+L against 2H+L. a) If the balance is equal, then one of the two L's placed to one side is a light ball or the H placed to one side is a heavy ball. 3rd balance: Balance the two L's against each other. If unequal, the lighter side is a light ball. If equal, the H is a heavy ball. b) If the 2nd balance is not equal, then either the 2H has the heavy ball or the opposing L is light. 3rd balance: Balance the two H balls from the heavier side against each other. If equal, then L is a light ball. If not, the heavier H is a heavy ball. If the 5 unknown is lighter (5 L > 4 H + ref): take the ref ball, one L, and two H's, and place to one side. 2nd balance: Balance the remaining balls like this: 2L+H against 2L+H. a) If the balance is equal, then one of the two H's placed to one side is a heavy ball or the L placed to one side is a light ball. 3rd balance: Balance the two H's against each other. If unequal, the heavier side is a heavy ball. If equal, the L is a light ball. b) If the 2nd balance is not equal, then either the 2L has the light ball or the opposing H is heavy. 3rd balance: Balance the two L balls from the lighter side against each other. If equal, then the H is a heavy ball. If not, the lighter L is a light ball. b) If the first balance is equal, then the odd ball could be in the group of 4 unknown balls. The other 10 must all be good balls. 2nd balance: Place one of the 4 unknown balls to one side and balance the remaining three against three good reference balls from the 10 good balls. a) If the balance is equal, then the ball placed to one side could be the odd ball. 3rd balance: Balance this ball against a reference to determine if it's good or not. b) If the 3 unknown are heavier then: 3rd balance: balance two of the three balls against each other. If equal, the unbalanced ball is heavy. If not equal, the heavy side has a heavy ball. c) If the 3 unknown are lighter then: 3rd balance: balance two of the three balls against each other. If equal, the unbalanced ball is lighter. If not, equal the lighter side has a lighter ball.",Logic,02/11/02 #26551,Mad As Piranhas,2.5,2.56,norcekri,130 = S in the S A,1588,"130 = Ships in the Spanish Armada. The Spanish Armada was a supposedly invincible fleet that attempted to invade England in the summer of 1588. In three main battles, the English fleet (with help from Dutch gunboats) defeated the Armada. This was a great turning point in European military history. The title is an anagram of ""Spanish Armada"".",Letter-Equations,10/26/05 #28651,TUDETATI,2.89,1.57,schatzy228,"What phrase does this rebus represent? TUDETATI TUTATIDE ATTUDITE ATTITUDE",We will all feel better for it.,Attitude Adjustment,Rebus,02/16/06 #955,How Tall are They?,2.22,1.73,Michelle,"Kevin is 14 inches taller than George. The difference between Kevin and Richard is two inches less than that between Richard and George. Kevin at 6'6"" is the tallest. How tall are Richard and George?",No hint available.,"If Kevin is 6'6"" tall, George must be 5'4"" tall, and Richard must be 6' tall because he is 6"" shorter than Kevin and 8"" taller than George.",Math,10/01/01 #17924,The Palindromic Birds,2.47,2.15,froghop833,"Here are 2 bird-related palindromes, with a ""/"" indicating a space between words. 1. Hint: A question of whether large honking water birds visualize deities: _ _/ _ _ _ _ _/ _ _ _/ _ _ _? 2. Hint: Large flightless Australian birds can steer a wind-powered boat, I suppose: _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _,/ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _.",No hint available.,"1. Do geese see God? 2. Emus sail, I assume",Language,06/15/04 #12337,"Afg, Alb, Alg, Ame, And, ???",2.19,2.26,SMILEYSTEVE,"Can you complete this series? Afg, Alb, Alg, Ame, And, ???",No hint available.,"Ang. The series is the first three letters of the first 6 countries in alphabetical order. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, and finally Angola.",Series,05/13/03 #5195,Word on the Stone,2.52,2.74,arij,"The archaeologist Doug Wither-Trowel was excavating a site in France when he came upon a four-letter English word engraved on a stone. In his notebook, he wrote that no two letters were identical, if one replaced each letter in the word with a number giving its alphabetic position (A=1, B=2 etc) the total of the letters is 20, and the sum of any three of the numbers is exactly divisible by the fourth number. His French assistant, reading the entry in the notebook, claimed the word was French. What was the English word on the stone?",No hint available.,"The English word was JADE (the French was DEJA). If the four numbers are W, X, Y and Z and their total is T then (W + X + Y)/Z = (T - Z)/Z Since the left-hand side of the equation is a whole number then both (T/Z) - 1 and T/Z are also whole numbers. By symmetry, W, X, Y, Z are factors of T. The possible factors of 20 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20. The four of these that sum to 20 are 1, 4, 5, 10. Replacing these by letters gives A, D, J, E.",Language,07/03/02 #38009,Extract,2.63,2.11,jleazenby,"Which one of these does not belong? Virginia, Illinois, Connecticut, Kentucky, Delaware",No hint available.,Delaware - The others are properties in the American version of the Game of Monopoly.,Group,08/29/07 #39997,A Thought of Clarity,2.39,2.18,aresII,"The following quotes are from Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). He was an American author and philosopher whose works have inspired many including, John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. F=H ""ZDCU ZTC BG XJWFJCB DVV GX AFTJS VJITW MJAFGEA RCGMJCB AFDA JA JW CGA XJWF AFTU DST DXATS."" ""JA'W CGA MFDA UGE VGGR DA AFDA ZDAATSW, JA'W MFDA UGE WTT.""","D=A J=I T=E","""MANY MEN GO FISHING ALL OF THEIR LIVES WITHOUT KNOWING THAT IT IS NOT FISH THEY ARE AFTER."" ""IT'S NOT WHAT YOU LOOK AT THAT MATTERS, IT'S WHAT YOU SEE."" KEY: A=T B=G C=N D=A E=U F=H G=O I=V J=I M=W R=K S=R T=E U=Y V=L W=S X=F Z=M",Cryptography,01/10/08 #1726,No Eights,2.32,1.68,Nishoo,"Can you write down a mathematical expression equaling 24, which uses the same digit three times, and doesn't use the digit 8 ?",No hint available.,22 + 2,Math,12/17/01 #43448,Add a Letter 22,2.44,1.94,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) to unite metals by heating & to use or handle effectively (4 letters) 2) a type of acid & austere (6 letters) 3) a type of heron & an expression of sorrow (5 letters) 4) a mole-like mammal & astute (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) weld & wield 2) acetic & ascetic 3) egret & regret 4) shrew & shrewd",Language,10/29/08 #7533,Stuck in it All,2.42,0.9500000000000001,BigSurf18,"You're on the road, in traffic. Your destination is only 100 yards away. The traffic isn't moving. You can't just leave everything in the middle of the street. You need to be there in 2 minutes. How do you get there?",No hint available.,"You don't have a car, so you just run there! The street is full of traffic, but you have no problem getting by!",Trick,09/18/02 #29701,Pairs in Rhyme,2.85,2.35,peppamintp,"Each of these pairs of words is a rhyme for a familiar phrase. (ex: car and ride = far and wide) 1. Toe and shell 2. Side and coup 3. Graze and greens 4. Frost and ground 5. Hutch and row 6. Fume and chord 7. Splash and harry 8. Dyed and pique",No hint available.,"1. Show and tell 2. Tried and true 3. Ways and means 4. Lost and found 5. Touch and go 6. Room and board 7. Cash and carry 8. Hide and seek",Language,04/11/06 #5125,Spiders and Flies,2.34,1.46,Cascas,There was a big web with 13 spiders and flies on it. There were a total of 94 legs on the web. How many spiders are there?,No hint available.,8,Math,07/01/02 #19015,Romankachi Friends !!!,2.38,1.93,lesternoronha1,"Four of my friends Ashwath, Charan, Karthik and Srinivas are nicknamed Essi, KK, Kit and Maha, not necessarily in the same order. My observations about them are as follows :- 1) Karthik is stronger than Essi but can't run as fast as Kit. 2) Essi is stronger than Ashwath but weaker than KK. 3) Srinivas is faster than Karthik and slower than Maha but weaker than Essi. Can you recognize the nickname of each of my friends?",No hint available.,"Ashwath is nicknamed Maha, Charan is nicknamed Essi, Karthik is nicknamed KK and Srinivas is nicknamed Kit. The observations given about the four friends are as follows :- 1) Karthik is stronger than Essi but can't run as fast as Kit. 2) Essi is stronger than Ashwath but weaker than KK. 3) Srinivas is faster than Karthik and slower than Maha but weaker than Essi. From observation 1, Karthik is different from Essi and Kit. Hence Karthik may be any one of KK or Maha. From observation 2, Ashwath is different from Essi and KK. Hence Ashwath may be any one of Kit or Maha. From observation 3, Srinivas and Karthik are different from Maha and Essi. Hence they may be either KK or Kit. Combining observations 2 and 3, Ashwath must be Maha, because Srinivas and Karthik are different from Maha and Essi and Ashwath is different from Essi, hence the only left out nickname for Ashwath being Maha. Since Ashwath is Maha and using observation 3 (wherein Srinivas and Karthik are different from Maha and Essi), Charan is left with the nickname Essi. From observation 3 we have, Srinivas and Karthik may be one of KK or Kit. However from observation 1, Karthik is different from Essi and Kit. Hence Karthik must be nicknamed KK and hence Srinivas is left with the nickname Kit. Hence Ashwath, Charan, Karthik and Srinivas are nicknamed Maha, Essi, KK and Kit respectively.",Logic,10/04/04 #14264,Seeing Spots,2.85,1.11,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Measles Medical Research Teardrop Tablets = Measles 30% cured Boredom Shot = Measles 50% cured Ha-Ha Syrup = Measles 100% cured",No hint available.,Laughter is the best medicine,Rebus,08/11/03 #51128,Gee-Whiz,2.66,1.44,MarcM1098,"Can you place the following series of words in the proper order? Day, Stop, Side, Mail, Bomb, Beam, Frame, Force, Section Hint: each can be preceded by something which makes the order obvious.",Each word is commonly associated with a different single letter. The title sounds like it fits.,"Frame, Side, Section, Day, Mail, Stop, Force, Bomb, Beam A-Frame - load-bearing structure like a saw horse B-Side - the flip-side (back) of a vinyl recording C-Section - Caesarean section; method of delivering a baby D-Day - Normandy landings on June 6, 1944 E-Mail - electronic mail; exchanging digital messages F-Stop - a camera setting: ratio of the focal length to pupil diameter G-Force - gravitational force; a type of acceleration H-Bomb - hydrogen bomb; a thermonuclear weapon I-Beam - steal support beam with an I-shaped cross section",Series,05/22/17 #51616,If I Didn't Get This I'd Have None At All !!,1.6,2.08,LittleGreenMan,"Complete the Rebus using your ""lateral thinking"" skills, ""fuzzy logic"" ability, ""cluster mapping"" technique, and ""intuitive leaping"" (if appropriate), to identify a common phrase suggested by the information below. luk","Title is a hint. Pronounce 'luk' several different ways.","""a bad spell of luck""",Rebus,01/12/18 #5982,20=CB in a N,1.8800000000000001,2.9,mad-ade,20=CB in a N,No hint available.,20 = Champagne Bottles in a Nebuchadnezzar,Letter-Equations,07/28/02 #27844,Animal Jeopardy,2.96,1.74,sgtammo,"Can you match the animals, mammals and reptiles listed in Part 1 with the matching facts in Part 2? And your answer is? Part 1 1. ENAEPTHL 2. ILAPECN 3. WOL 4. AOLKA 5. IREGT 6. IDOERLOCC 7. RTTELU 8. EOARDPL 9. LUATPSPY 10. PORDEWCEKO 11. GAAUJR 12. MPCIAZHEEN Part 2 1. A car is named after this fast-running animal. 2. This bird says, ""Hoo, Hoo"". 3. This animal is known for its stripes. 4. A small ape that can usually be found in zoos. 5. This mammal has a beak like a duck and a furry body. 6. This animal eats eucalyptus leaves and is found only in Australia. 7. Known for pulling into its shell when it doesn't want to be bothered. 8. This bird bores holes in trees for nests. 9. The scoop on this bird's beak can hold up to two gallons of water. 10. Like a car, this animal has a trunk. 11. Known for its spots. 12. A long, scaly reptile with sharp teeth.","All the animals, reptiles and mammals listed above are on the endangered species list.","1. Elephant: Like a car, this animal has a trunk. 2. Pelican: The scoop on this bird's beak can hold up to two gallons of water. 3. Owl: This bird says, ""Hoo, Hoo"". 4. Koala: This animal eats eucalyptus leaves and is found only in Australia. 5. Tiger: This animal is known for its stripes. 6. Crocodile: A long, scaly reptile with sharp teeth. 7. Turtle: Known for pulling into its shell when it doesn't want to be bothered. 8. Leopard: Known for its spots. 9. Platypus: This mammal has a beak like a duck and a furry body. 10. Woodpecker: This bird bores holes in trees for nests. 11. Jaguar: A car is named after this fast-running animal. 12. Chimpanzee: A small ape that can usually be found in zoos.",Trivia,01/02/06 #12534,Mad Ade's Taxi,2.19,2.36,mad-ade,"Mad Ade rents a private car for a Kebabville-Dopeytown-Kebabville trip. It costs him 300 Madadian Wonks every day. One day the car driver informed Mad Ade that there were two students from Sillychester who wished to go from Sillychester to Dopeytown and back to Sillychester. Sillychester is halfway between Kebabville and Dopeytown. Mad Ade asked the driver to let the students travel with him. On the first day when they came, Mad Ade said, ""If you tell me the mathematically correct price you should pay individually for your portion of the trip, I will let you travel for free."" How much should the individual student pay for their journey?",No hint available.,"The individual student should pay 50 Wonks for their journey. Note that 3 persons are travelling between Sillychester and Dopeytown. The entire trip costs 300 Wonks to Mad Ade. Hence, half of the trip costs 150 Wonks. For Kebabville-Sillychester-Kebabville, only one person i.e. Mad Ade is travelling. Hence, he would pay 150 Wonks. For Sillychester-Dopeytown-Sillychester, three persons i.e Mad Ade and two students, are travelling. Hence, each student would pay 50 Wonks.",Math,05/21/03 #17710,How Young?,2.17,2.57,jholman,"Mr. and Mrs. Silver have three daughters. When the youngest was born, you could multiply the middle child's age by three to get the oldest sister's age. Nine years ago, you could add the middle child's age to the youngest child's age to get the oldest child's age. What is the youngest that the oldest child can be now?","You can create two equations, where the three variables are: - the age of the middle child when the youngest child was born - the age of the oldest child when the youngest child was born - the age of the youngest child 9 years ago.","The oldest child must presently be at least 14 years old. Ages at youngest child's birth (youngest to oldest): 0, y, z Ages 9 years ago (or x years after the youngest child was born; youngest to oldest): 0+x, y+x, z+x There are two restrictions: (1) At the youngest child's birth we know that 3y=z (2) Nine years ago, the oldest child must be the sum of her two youngest sibling's ages, so x+x+y=x+z Simplifying the two equations, we get: z=3y x=2y From there, we input the lowest possible value of y, and calculate the oldest child's present age: z+x+9 (3y)+(2y)+9 3+2+9 = 14",Math,05/22/04 #33971,J 4th = I D in the U S A,2.15,0.91,TechA,J 4th = I D in the U S A,No hint available.,July 4th = Independence Day in the United States of America,Letter-Equations,11/15/06 #48017,Word Math,2.61,1.06,sammydj,"In Word math you will be presented with pairs of words that fufill the relationship, shown. For example, HEL + saw a person = head protection is HEL + MET = HELMET Keep in mind letters might not be in the same order as shown in the equation. Good Luck! :) 1. Male + UAL = A 'how to do' book 2. A green fruit + AP = To suddenly come into view 3. Female - MA = Was Victorious 4. Name for toilet - RIN = After agreed time 5. Flying vehicle - E = Strategy",No hint available.,"1. MAN + UAL = MANUAL 2. PEAR + AP = APPEAR 3. WOMAN - MA = WON 4. LATRINE - RIN = LATE 5. PLANE - E = PLAN",Language,09/26/10 #13774,All Eyes Low,2.5,2.77,MrIxolite,"All eyes were low as the first guest arrived They entered the hall as usually contrived First came the Doctor muttering orders Then came a brace of fowl from the waters A pair of obese ladies entered the scene Then a blind individual, if you know what I mean. Some went to the corners and took up their places Looking around at the expectant faces There was a knock at the door, though his friend brought the keys Then a pair of long legs with two dirty knees The next few to arrive came via Brighton's line With Mr. Tomas Mix getting here just in time ""Please no more. The house is full!"" cried a man in the middle So no more could enter, as the crowd muttered fiddle. What has just happened?",No hint available.,"This was a game of bingo A game where players have pre-printed cards with random numbers from 1 to 90. A lottery style machine will randomly produce balls with those numbers on which the bingo caller will announce. The players will mark off their numbers when they are called. Explanation of riddle All eyes were low = Bingo caller calls ""Eyes Down"" at the start of a game. They entered the bingo hall by means of a bingo machine. Bingo numbers when called are traditionally accompanied with a rhyme or phrase. Ones used here are: Doctor's Orders = #9 Two Little Ducks (a brace of fowl) = #22 Two Fat (obese) ladies = #88 Blind 1 = #10 Knock at the door = #4 Keys to the door = #21 Legs = #11 Dirty Knees = #33 The Brighton Line = #59 Tom Mix = #6 The reference to corners is a sub-game in bingo where you get a prize for all four corners of your card marked off. The man crying ""The house is full"" is a reference to the winning cry of ""House"" to indicate he has all the numbers on his bingo card marked. The crowd muttering fiddle is a tongue-in-cheek reference to all the other players who were close to completing their cards and were muttering in frustration.",Riddle,07/14/03 #33447,Speeding?,2.21,1.2,DaleGriffin,"A man was driving a car along a British motorway at 109, but the speed limit is 70. The police officer in the patrol car behind him didn't pull him over for speeding, although he was looking straight at the driver's car. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"The maximum speed limit on a British motorway is 70 miles per hour, but the driver could have been travelling at 109 KILOMETRES per hour, which is actually equivalent to 67 miles per hour, so the driver was not breaking the law.",Trick,10/12/06 #16019,An Old Pedestrian,2.48,2.04,Rowsdower,"An elderly man who lives in the northern United States (above 43 degrees north) likes to walk to and from work each day, year-round. He goes to work at 10:00am and comes home before dark in the evening. His workplace and home are on the same street, which runs east to west through a typical residential neighborhood. There are two story houses along both sides of the street. Throughout most of the year, he varies which side of the street he walks on from day to day, but between late October and mid-December he always walks on the north side of the street. This is also true between mid-March and the end of April. Why does he walk exclusively on the north side of the street during those two periods?","Think of the weather, and temperature variations from night to day.","He is afraid of falling. Any precipitation during those two periods of the year will freeze at night but thaw during the day, provided it is not in the shade. In the northern U.S. the sun stays well to the south in the winter, even at noon. Because of the houses, the south side of his street stays in the shade all day and stays icy, so he walks on the north side. In the coldest part of the winter the ice doesn't melt at all, so both sides are equally icy and he again varies which side he walks on. In the summer he varies which side he walks on to enjoy the sun but not get burned.",Science,01/03/04 #3760,Hidden Country #3,2.7,1.48,lil_thugsta,"Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph: We told Cliff to run, 'Run Cliff, run'. So Cliff ran, celebrating the recent victory in the inter-departmental relay race.",No hint available.,"France so clifF RAN, CElebrating",Language,04/26/02 #7382,Overextended,2.19,2.4,majd,"What is this common phrase? IN IN IN IN 1 1 1 1",No hint available.,In over one's head.,Rebus,09/12/02 #9599,POST POST *POST*,2.18,2.08,warrior,"What is this rebus? POST POST *POST*",No hint available.,"'Last post' or 'end post'. A bugle call that orders men to retire for sleep in British military services.",Rebus,01/03/03 #51609,Missing Word 34,2.72,1.75,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? _ _ _ ACE LA_ _ _T A _ _ _ D NU _ _ _",_ _ _ IAL,"MEN. MENACE LAMENT AMEND NUMEN (a presiding spirit or divine power) Hint: MENIAL",Language,12/02/17 #35366,In Thyme But Not in Time...,3.0,1.06,soccer_chick70,"My first is in riddle, but not in little. My second is in think, but not in brink. My third is in thyme, but not in time. My fourth is in mother, but not in brother. My last is in time, but not in climb. What am I?",What does this riddle do?,The word rhyme.,Riddle,02/19/07 #49416,Avoid This Fate,3.24,2.5,ThinksForFun,"BARD BARN BARE",Behave well and this won't happen to you.,"end up behind bars The word ""END"" is spelled in an upward direction behind three occurrences of the word ""BAR"".",Rebus,03/29/12 #26583,Dinner!,2.86,1.09,hamburger,,No hint available.,"Wash up for dinner Wash is up, and there are 4 dinners",Rebus,10/27/05 #44351,Old Proverbs #2,2.64,1.12,Shadows,"Cures for pneumonia: Cinnamon Paprika Thyme Cures for heart failure: Ginger Pepper Thyme Cures for depression: Fennel Thyme Turmeric Cures for everything else: Horseradish Nutmeg Thyme",No hint available.,Time cures all things.,Rebus,04/16/09 #11054,Facially Inept,2.21,1.71,mad-ade,"There is a school reunion at Mad Ade's old school, Saint Crippens school for the Facially inept. He meets up with a group of his old gang, or at least the ones not locked away for their own safety. They reminisce about old times and lie about how well they are now doing. After a few drinks, they decide to try and work out who is the ugliest of the gang. Nobby is Uglier than Bobby and prettier than Mad Ade. Robby is Uglier than Norris and prettier than Boris. Morris is Uglier than Bill and prettier than Norris. Bobby is Uglier than Phil and prettier than Gill. Bill is Uglier than Mad Ade and prettier than Robby. Gill is prettier than Mad Ade. Who is the Ugliest?",No hint available.,"Boris is the Ugliest. Discard whoever are prettier than someone. From (1) Mad Ade is Uglier than Nobby and Bobby. From (5) Robby is Uglier than Bill and Mad Ade. From (2) Boris is Uglier than Robby and Norris. From above 3 deductions, Boris is Uglier than Nobby, Bobby, Bill, Mad Ade, Robby and Norris. Also, From (3) Norris is Uglier than Morris and Bill. From (4) Gill is Uglier than Bobby and Phil. From (6) Mad Ade is Uglier than Gill. From above 3 deductions, Mad Ade is Uglier than Bobby, Phil and Gill. Also, Norris is Uglier than Morris and Bill. But as seen earlier, Boris is Uglier than Mad Ade and Norris. Hence, Boris is the Ugliest.",Logic,03/11/03 #18212,40 D B Z,2.68,2.84,fishmed,40 D B Z = T W C and F M,You look feverish,40 Degrees Below Zero = Temperature Where Celsius and Fahrenheit Match,Letter-Equations,07/13/04 #34785,Famous Phrases,2.69,2.68,cnmne,"Each of the words in the following cryptograms is missing a letter, indicated by ""_"". These missing letters form two quotes, along with the person who said each quote. There are at least two letter options for each word, so you will have to determine the appropriate missing letters to solve the cryptograms (ie, ""bo_n"" could be ""boon"" or ""born"", the missing letter being either ""O"" or ""R""). ""/"" separates the individual words of the quote, ""+"" separates the individual letters of each word in the quote, ""~"" separates the person from the quote. Quote #1: lo_n / _old + p_ne + o_al + _ase / tha_ + sh_p + _ray / bus_ + v_ry + s_un / _ook + r_nt + ton_ + r_sh + s_ap / _rap + mo_t / li_t + s_ng + _rim + mas_ + s_ew! ~ _ade + r_de + bas_ + be_t / s_it + g_in + l_sh + _ist / _ury + r_ck + ma_e + me_t + pa_t Quote #2: ru_e + s_id + dru_ + _ail / spa_ + _ole + cas_ / _rip + _ath + _ipe + chi_ + _ast + co_e + p_rt + we_d + _lip! / _ake + p_ll + ke_p + we_t / be_t + _rim + l_st + c_rd + har_ / l_rk + s_ed + re_d + l_ke + _oom. ~ _ark + b_nd + la_e + sl_d + bea_ / loa_ + _men + _ate + moo_ + go_d + ban_ + j_ke + kil_",No hint available.,"Quote #1: I have not yet begun to fight! ~ John Paul Jones loIn / Hold + pAne + oVal + Ease / thaN + shOp + Tray / busY + vEry + sTun / Book + rEnt + tonG + rUsh + sNap / Trap + moOt / liFt + sIng + Grim + masH + sTew! ~ Jade + rOde + basH + beNt / sPit + gAin + lUsh + List / Jury + rOck + maNe + meEt + paSt Quote #2: Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead! ~ David Farragut ruDe + sAid + druM + Nail / spaT + Hole + casE / Trip + Oath + Ripe + chiP + East + coDe + pOrt + weEd + Slip! / Fake + pUll + keLp + weLt / beSt + Trim + lEst + cArd + harM / lArk + sHed + reEd + lAke + Doom. ~ Dark + bAnd + laVe + slId + beaD / loaF + Amen + Rate + mooR + goAd + banG + jUke + kilT",Cryptography,01/08/07 #52187,Vertical Shift,2.66,1.04,ThinksForFun,"We spread tears but no blame do we deserve Your protection and good health we preserve We do make you temporarily blind But in a way that's not at all unkind Up and down as your day you go about We're usually closed when the lights go out What are we?",No hint available.,eyelids,Riddle,04/20/19 #48117,Call Me Mac,2.11,1.56,dalfamnest,"The local Scots Society ran a Robbie Burns Party with free whiskey for all true Scotsmen. Five friends decided to join in, except they weren't really Scottish. As persistent wannabes, however, they found creative ways to introduce themselves. e.g. One young lass, famous for her crispy coconut cookies said, ""Och, I'm ____. Call me 'Mac'!"" Her assumed name? Macaroon! Can you guess the other four names based on the given snippets of bio-data? All names start with ""MAC"" ... of course! 1. Edinburgh's nutty professor, an eccentric Australian, said, ""Och, I'm _____. Call me 'Mac'!"" 2. Known for making the best pasta in Edinburgh, another claimed, ""Och, I'm Chef ______. Call me 'Mac'!"" 3. The third, a South American parrot trainer, insisted, ""Och, I'm _____. Call me 'Mac'!"" 4. Finally in this group, a suspicious looking guy in a long, dark raincoat mumbled, ""Och, I'm _____. Call me 'Mac'!""","The lengths of the names are given: 1. MAC****** 2. MAC***** 3. MAC** 4. MAC******* It might also help to know that they introduced themselves in alphabetical order.","1. Macadamia 2. Macaroni 3. Macaw 4. Mackintosh (or Macintosh)",Language,10/19/10 #20988,Colorful Workplace,2.98,2.23,jpfrank1,"Five employees of varying ages have been assembled to work on a project due to their varying backgrounds. Three men (Jason, Corey and Matt) and two women (Carly and Stephanie) are meeting for the first time and getting to know each other. They vary in ages from 18-45 and are from all over the country. Each person is either wearing a scarf or necktie in their favorite color. You job is to figure out the age, favorite color and hometown of each employee. 1. No employee is from a city that begins with the same letter as his or her first name. 2. Jason's hometown's baseball team has Red uniforms which is not his favorite color, but it is one of his female colleagues. 3. Whoever is 45 has lived in Washington DC for his entire life. 4. Carly likes to wear Yellow. 5. The San Diego native dislikes Green. 6. Stephanie is younger than Jason, and Jason is not the oldest employee. 7. The Miami native's favorite cartoon character growing up is the same color as his necktie, which is the color of the object of Ms. Piggy's affection. 8. Corey's skin tone does not allow him to wear Blue. 9. No girl is in her 20s. 10. The 28 year old likes Blue. 11. Matt's tie is Purple.",No hint available.,"Jason: 28, St. Louis, Blue Carly: 38, San Diego, Yellow Corey: 23, Miami, Green Stephanie: 18, New York, Red Matt: 45, Washington DC, Purple",Logic-Grid,02/12/05 #20918,Making Sense of these Countries,2.38,2.54,stm8r1,"Which of the countries in Group B may be included in Group A to form a group with a common link? Group A: Ecuador, Canada, Liberia, El Salvador, Bermuda Group B: Mexico, China, New Zealand, Ireland, Brazil",The United States also belongs in Group A.,"New Zealand. All the countries in Group A use the ""dollar"" as their official currency.",Group,02/09/05 #37458,United States Scrambler Series 5,2.73,2.35,soccerguy0428,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a U.S. state, capital, or major city. IHKNETC (Take the 2nd and 7th letters) MANSBETE (Take the 3rd and 7th letters) OVLGOINRIM (Take the 1st and 3rd letters) (2 words) YMOFRIMOAL (Take the 2nd and 6th letters) (2 words) NRAYPT (Take the 1st and 2nd letters) NDE (Take the 2nd and 3rd letters) Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"Pennsylvania Kitchen IN Basement SN Living Room LV Family Room AY Pantry PA Den EN I, N, S, N, L, V, A, Y, P, A, E, N Pennsylvania",Language,07/18/07 #49708,Doublets 3,2.55,1.51,cnmne,"Some words can be used as both nouns and adjectives. In this teaser, you will be given a definition. That definition can be replaced by a single word that is used twice, once as an adjective, the other as a noun. For example: ""a 12 inch podiatrist specialty"" is a ""foot foot"". Given the following four definitions, what are the corresponding doublets? 1) a current gift 2) a secure bank vault 3) a short formal statement 4) a fragile supply ship",No hint available.,"1) present present 2) safe safe 3) brief brief 4) tender tender",Language,12/22/12 #27800,Guess Who II,2.56,1.97,peppamintp,"Change one letter in each word to form the names of famous people. 1. Soapy Bales 2. Tune Dale 3. Tyro Bands 4. Neath Lodger 5. Jelly Lunch 6. Fill Haled 7. Kid Carbon",No hint available.,"1. Soupy Sales 2. Tyne Daly 3. Tyra Banks 4. Heath Ledger 5. Kelly Lynch 6. Bill Haley 7. Kit Carson",Trivia,12/31/05 #34442,Paper Myth,2.45,2.38,calmsavior,1000 O C = 1 W G,Title...,"1000 Origami Cranes = 1 Wish Granted This is according to ancient Japanese belief, that if one person made or received one thousand paper cranes, he or she would be granted one wish, like a longer life or better health.",Letter-Equations,12/17/06 #13477,Annual Dancer's Ball,2.26,1.49,braingle44,"At the annual dancer's ball a number of very experienced dancers performed their favourite dance with their favourite partners. Alan danced the tango, whilst Becky watched the waltz. James and Charlotte were fantastic together. Keith was magnificent during his foxtrot and Simon excelled at the rumba. Jessica danced with Alan, but Laura did not dance with Simon. Can you determine who danced with whom and which dance they each enjoyed?",No hint available.,"Alan danced with Jessica to the tango. Keith danced with Laura and enjoyed the foxtrot. James danced with Charlotte to the waltz. Simon danced with Becky, enjoying the rumba.",Logic,06/28/03 #43431,Words With CH,1.8800000000000001,2.35,cnmne,"Five words that contain CH as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **CH*, *CH***, **CH**, ***CH*, **CH*** Pool: A, A, A, D, E, G, I, I, M, N, O, O, R, S, S, T, U, V, Y, Y",No hint available.,"YACHT, SCHISM, ORCHID, GAUCHE, ANCHOVY",Language,10/27/08 #2054,Ardent Affection,2.77,1.3800000000000001,missie,"Translate the following famous proverb from big words to normal: Everything is legitimate in matters pertaining to ardent affection and armed conflict between nations.",No hint available.,All's fair in love and war.,Language,01/16/02 #3409,Financial Deficit,2.75,1.56,bighippo4,"I have obscured a phrase into the most obtuse language possible. What phrase am I meaning to say? ""Ones in financial deficit can not afford to request individual items on a personal basis.""",No hint available.,Beggars can't be choosers,Language,04/10/02 #20964,Hours of Sleep,2.21,1.37,NathanM,"Adam's mom is 20% younger than her husband who is 50. If you add both their ages up, have the mom and dad spent more time sleeping (sleep is a third of your life) than Adam and his two brothers aged 14, 11 and 5 have been alive for?",No hint available.,"20% of 50 is 10. 50-10 =40 50 + 40 = 90 90/3 is 30 14 + 11 + 5 = 30 so their parents have slept the equal amount as their three children have been alive.",Math,02/11/05 #41856,Of An Artist's Mind,2.6,2.2,luckythirteen,"The following quotes come from the mind of Leonardo da Vinci. Can you decode them? DKBLKQ ZGL FLKPOFNM DK DXSOJQKN EB DWWQDUHKS NL DONGLXHNB HM KLN OMHKS GHM HKNQUUHSQKFQ; GQ HM IOMN OMHKS GHM JQJLXB. DM D ZQUU-MWQKN PDB EXHKSM GDWWB MUQQW, ML D UHRQ ZQUU MWQKN EXHKSM GDWWB PQDNG. GQ ZGL ULYQM WXDFNHFQ ZHNGLON NGQLXB HM UHTQ NGQ MDHULX ZGL ELDXPM MGHW ZHNGLON D XOPPQX DKP FLJWDMM DKP KQYQX TKLZM ZGQXQ GQ JDB FDMN.",No hint available.,"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast. A = X B = Y C = Z D = A E = B F = C G = H H = I I = J J = M K = N L = O M = S N = T O = U P = D Q = E R = F S = G T = K U = L V = Q W = P X = R Y = V Z = W",Cryptography,05/08/08 #35554,A Command,2.62,2.53,silent_lucidity,"My first's a command to attend; My second is less than a score; My whole I've done often to a friend, Who desired I would do it still more.",No hint available.,WRIT-TEN,Riddle,03/05/07 #36872,Sales Pitch,2.2,2.62,cnmne,108 = S in a B,No hint available.,108 = Stitches in a Baseball,Letter-Equations,06/07/07 #10947,Gunshots,2.45,1.6400000000000001,Drunky,"Guns are fired. A man lies dead. A huddled group of people are crying. And yet no one does anything even though there are many witnesses. What's going on?",No hint available.,It's a funeral for a police officer/military officer. The gunshots are the 21 gun salute.,Riddle,03/06/03 #25014,What's the Sentence?,2.62,1.47,Princeford93,"What is this old sentence? A specified point on a watch for your heart to pump and a specified time on a watch for your heart to cease pumping.",No hint available.,A time to live and a time to die.,Language,08/05/05 #456,2 S of a L T,2.2,2.34,Phyllis,2 S of a L T,Little BoPeep would know this one...,2 Shakes of a Lamb`s Tail,Letter-Equations,05/11/01 #39711,Abraham Lincoln,2.39,2.16,aresII,"The following quote is from the sixteenth President of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865). Can you decode it? D=H ""MDQIQMEJI BG VBXJ Q EIJJ QRL IJNCEQEBPR VBXJ Q GDQLPY. EDJ GDQLPY BG YDQE YJ EDBRX PH BE; EDJ EIJJ BG EDJ IJQV EDBRF.""","G=S V=L Y=W","""CHARACTER IS LIKE A TREE AND REPUTATION LIKE A SHADOW. THE SHADOW IS WHAT WE THINK OF IT; THE TREE IS THE REAL THING."" KEY: B=I C=U D=H E=T F=G G=S H=F I=R J=E L=D M=C N=P P=O Q=A R=N V=L X=K Y=W",Cryptography,12/20/07 #48154,Mystery Number 7,2.45,3.21,cnmne,"There is a ten-digit mystery number (no leading 0), represented by ABCDEFGHIJ, where each numeral, 0 through 9, is used once. Given the following clues, what is the number? 1) Either A = B / 3 or A = G + 3. 2) Either B = I - 4 or B = E + 4. 3) Either C = J + 2 or C = F * 3. 4) Either D = G * 4 or D = E / 3. 5) Either E = J - 1 or E = D / 4. 6) Either F = B * 2 or F = A - 4. 7) Either G = F + 1 or G = I - 3. 8) Either H = A / 2 or H = C * 3. 9) Either I = H + 3 or I = D / 2. 10) Either J = H - 2 or J = C * 2.",No hint available.,"5038612947 A = 5, B = 0, C = 3, D = 8, E = 6, F = 1, G = 2, H = 9, I = 4, J = 7 1) A = G + 3 = 2 + 3 = 5. 2) B = I - 4 = 4 - 4 = 0. 3) C = F * 3 = 1 * 3 = 3. 4) D = G * 4 = 2 * 4 = 8. 5) E = J - 1 = 7 - 1 = 6. 6) F = A - 4 = 5 - 4 = 1. 7) G = F + 1 = 1 + 1 = 2. 8) H = C * 3 = 3 * 3 = 9. 9) I = D / 2 = 8 / 2 = 4. 10) J = H - 2 = 9 - 2 = 7. A) Check each letter for any value that it can not be on the left side of an equation. For example, A can not be 0, as B would also have to be 0 or G would have to be negative. On the first pass through the letters, the following can be determined: A not 0, C not 0, C not 1, D not 0, D not 5, D not 6, D not 7, D not 9, E not 9, F not 7, F not 9, G not 8 (because F not 7), H not 0, H not 5, H not 7, H not 8, I not 0, I not 3 (because H not 0 and D not 6), I not 8 (because H not 5), J not 3 (because H not 5), J not 5 (because H not 7), and J not 9. B) Make a second pass through the letters. The following can be determined: C not 5, C not 7, D not 3, E not 4, E not 8, and G not 0. C) Make a third pass. The following can be determined: B not 8. D) For D, only four numbers are still valid: 1, 2, 4, and 8. Plug each of these numbers into D and check the resulting flow of equations. If D = 1, then the resulting flow will lead to J having to be both 4 and 0. If D = 2, then the resulting flow will lead to 2 also being assigned to G. If D = 4, then the resulting flow will lead to 4 also being assigned to either A or I. If D = 8, then G = 2, F = 1, and A = 5. E) For E, four numbers are still valid: 0, 3, 6, and 7. Plug each number into E and check the resulting flow. If E = 0, then the flow will lead to J being assigned 1, which has already been assigned to F. If E = 3, then the flow will lead to C being assigned 2, which has already been assigned to G. If E = 7, then the flow will lead to J being assigned 8, which has already been assigned to D. If E = 6, then J = 7, H = 9, and C = 3. F) The only remaining value for I is 4, which leaves 0 being assigned to B.",Logic,10/26/10 #13171,Chit Chat,2.29,2.48,achillesfeb17,"What is this commonly used expression: 1. WRITTEN WRITTEN WRITTEN WRITTEN WRITTEN 2. AUDITORY AUDITORY AUDITORY AUDITORY AUDITORY 3. LINGUISTIC LINGUISTIC LINGUISTIC LINGUISTIC LINGUISTIC 4. VISUAL VISUAL VISUAL VISUAL VISUAL",No hint available.,Lines of communication,Rebus,06/14/03 #50818,Want a Better Deal?,2.5100000000000002,1.33,ThinksForFun,"What phrase does the following sequence represent? Before: MAN MAN MAN During: MAN snip, snip... MAN MAN After: MAN MAN",No hint available.,cut out the middleman,Rebus,05/11/16 #5341,Amazing Appetite,2.62,1.55,im_para_noid,"You are walking through a field, and you find something to eat. It doesn't have bones, and it doesn't have meat. You pick it up and put it in your pocket. You take it home and put it on a shelf, but 3 days later it walks away. What is it?",No hint available.,An egg.,Other,07/08/02 #28040,Who is the President of the United States?,2.4,1.81,bigSWAFF_69_,"One beautiful Monday afternoon, Swaff, and his older brother, Abjar, were having a lively conversation about politics. Abjar, being the older of the two, was having fun beating Swaff down with ""the facts"". To have a bit of fun, Abjar turned to his brother, and asked him a simple question: ""Who is the President of the United States?"" Swaff started to answer, when Abjar cut in: ""Now, tell me an answer that will hold true forever."" Abjar, being gone on vacation to Antarctica for the past decade, did not know of Swaff's coolness. Swaff was so cool, that he came up with an answer easily. What was Swaff's answer?",No hint available.,"A possible answer could be: The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. Under the U.S. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. Now, he may not have given that exact answer, but he got his point across. The person with the title of President will change over time, but the President's duties will, more or less, stay the same.",Situation,01/11/06 #50198,Temporarily Banished,2.78,2.54,ThinksForFun,"A lonely place with time to serve A fate some claim they don't deserve Your protesting will be futile You're my prisoner for a while You'd rather not be here, surely Worse still if you get out early But you committed the offence And now suffer the consequence You have nothing to do but sit And hope your mates don't pay for it Ironically, now put on ice Perhaps next time you will think twice Finally, no more time to wait Your freedom lies beyond my gate What am I?","Through your actions you have failed You've been punished but not jailed","the penalty box in ice hockey lines 1-2: The player getting a penalty often disagrees with the call made by the referee, and may make this known on their way to the penalty box (""a lonely place""), where they will ""serve"" the ""time"" i.e. the prescribed number of penalty minutes. lines 3-4: Despite any ""protesting"" by the penalized player, the trip to the penalty box is unavoidable. lines 5-6: Although the player would ""rather not be here"" i.e. would rather not have incurred the penalty and thus be serving time in the penalty box, it would be ""worse still"" should he/she ""get out early"" because this would mean that the opposing team has scored on the ensuing ""power play"" (the advantage due to their consequently having more players on the ice). According to the rules of ice hockey, the penalized player must remain in the penalty box until either a) the full time of the penalty has been served, or b) the opposing team scores, whichever comes first. The latter is even worse than staying in the penalty box because, in this case, although the penalized player would ""get out early"", the reason for him/her getting out early is because of what his/her team does not want i.e. to be scored upon by the opposing team. lines 7-8: ""The offence"" is the infraction for which the player has been penalized. ""The consequence"" is having to serve the penalty. lines 9-10: The penalized player typically sits in the penalty box (although may stand if so desired). If this player's team is scored upon while being short-handed (i.e. while trying to ""kill"" the penalty), then his/her ""mates"" (team-mates) would ""pay for it"" (i.e. would suffer the negative consequence of being scored upon as a result of the penalty). lines 11-12: ""Ironically, now put on ice"", the irony being that you've been ""put on ice"" i.e. confined temporarily off of the ice when normally you would be on the ice of the ice hockey rink. Since you may regret taking the penalty, ""perhaps next time you will think twice"" before you do the same kind of thing again in the future. lines 13-14: After the penalty has been served, the player who had been penalized is ""free"" to exit the penalty box and return to the ice surface. He/she exits through a ""gate"" which is a door built into the surrounding boards of the ice hockey rink, which is the players' entrance to and exit from the penalty box.",Riddle,03/24/14 #19840,Doily?,2.49,2.72,MrIxolite,"What is this term? ""That tastes foul"" = 3ft 9 inches ""That tastes nice"" = 4ft 2 inches 4ft 2 inches = ?",No hint available.,The height of good taste,Rebus,12/11/04 #16210,Let's Ride,2.68,1.98,joanie,"I have no mechanical parts but I take you for a ride. I won't be ridden in a desert or on a mountainside. Each time the ride is different - no two are ever the same. Some are wild and treacherous and some are very tame. What am I?",No hint available.,A surfboard,Riddle,01/17/04 #17460,Mother May I,2.18,1.81,basketbalfreak4,"Lizzie is babysitting her little sister Mary, and Mary's friends Terri, Sherri, and Kerry. They are playing Mother May I. In this game every player asks, ""Mother may I take (1,2,3, or 4) of (some type of) step forward. The leader, Lizzie, says, ""Yes, you may"" or ""No, you may not."" If the leader answers ""no"" the player stays in the same place. If the player forgets to say ""Mother May I,"" she has to go back the number of steps she asked for. There are baby steps, hops, or giant steps. A baby step is 6 inches, a hop is 12 inches, and a giant step is 24 inches. In the lines below, * indicates those turns in which the leader said ""no"" and ** indicates those turns in which the player forgot to say, ""Mother May I."" After six turns: Mary has asked for 3 baby steps, 2* hops, 1 giant step, 1 baby step, 4 hops, and 1** giant step. Terri has asked for 2 baby steps, 1** hop, 1 giant step, 1* baby step, 4 baby steps, and 2 hops. Sheri has asked for 3 hops, 1 giant step, 1* baby step, 4* hops, 1 baby step, and 2 hops. Kerry has asked for 3** hops, 4 hops, 1 giant step, 1* baby step, 4 hops, and 1 giant step. Who is the closest to the finish line?",Make a number line.,"Kerry is closest to the finish line. Steps converted into feet: Mary has gone +1 1/2+0+2+1/2+4-2 = +6 feet; Terri has gone +1-1+2+0+2+2 = +6 feet; Sherri has gone +3+2+0+0+1/2+2 = +7 1/2 feet; Kerry has gone -3+4+2+0+4+2 = +9 feet.",Math,04/23/04 #30312,I Read You 5x5,2.36,3.01,norcekri,"""Congratulations, Great-Aunt Nora!"" The voice of Victor Summ, her eldest nephew, was tired, but exultant. Her older sister was the first grandparent among the five Shekrie siblings. ""Let me put you on speaker-phone, Vic. Corman is here."" Nora had little doubt that her romance with a math teacher was the reason Victor, a research statistician, called personally, instead of letting his mother handle the news. Nora beamed at Corman as she hit the button. ""You're on, 'Daddy'. Mother and children are doing fine?"" ""Cogita's doing great, although we had a bit of a shuffle in the maternity ward. Hi, Professor diNoni -- you'll love this one."" ""Hi, Victor. I've heard more about you than ... no, you've known your aunt longer. You probably know how much she's talked about you."" ""It runs in the family,"" he smiled across two time zones. ""Doc Matter, our OB, said it was the strangest coincidence she's seen in a decade. The kids were born 10, 20, 30, minutes apart, up to an interval of an hour-fifty ..."" Vic's voice trailed off. ""Except for one interval?"" Corman filled in. ""Right. She said it was really weird, watching the time. She said Adele was born at six sharp, Brand at 6:10, and they just kept hitting 10-minute multiples, until Elana came out at 7:50."" Nora yelped. ""You had *eleven*,"" then her left brain caught up, ""no, just the quintuplets. Sorry."" ""De nada, Aunt Nora. But that's where the problems started: they had the birth order mixed up. Someone had assumed we'd named them in order, with Brand, Caleb, and Derec in between. I pointed out that they'd managed to get all five wrong, and then Cogita wanted me."" ""So they got it sorted out?"" ""Not quite. The OB saw to the post-delivery stuff while we beamed at each other. Then a nurse came in and said they figured it out: we'd named them in alphabetical order, but by the last letter of their names. They had all five wrong again! Heck, even if we'd done it in reverse alphabetical order, either way, they would have had all five wrong!"" ""So what did they do?"" ""Doc Matter said she may be getting gray, but she wasn't going to sign the certificates until they were all correct. She dictated the birth times and told them to match them with the weight and length stats to sort things out -- and if they couldn't, they shouldn't bother reporting for work after tonight."" He took a cleansing breath. ""On a happier note, we'd like the blood aunts and uncles to serve as godparents, since there are five of you. Would you stand for Caleb, Aunt Nora, since the two of you have the same birth position in the family?"" ""I'd love to. And if anyone in this family declines, I'll have Corman make them figure out the birth order. Do you have it yet, dear?"" Vic broke in, ""He doesn't have enough information yet, and I can hear you smirking at him."" Corman held up a hand to keep her quiet. ""Since I don't know much about Nora's birth order, I'll have to make this a bigger question. How far apart were Brand and Elena born?"" ""Fifty minutes, on their cute little noses."" ""Got it."" Corman recited the birth order, complete with times. Can you do the same?","There is only one way (plus a mirror-image reflection) to arrange ten different intervals in a span of 11 ten-minute units. If you need help, search for ""Optimal Rulers"".","6:00 Derec 6:10 Adele 0:10 later 6:40 Brand 0:30 later, 0:40 after Derec 7:30 Elena 0:50 later, 1:30 after Derec, 1:20 after Adele 7:50 Caleb 0:20 later, 1:50 after Derek, 1:40 after Adele, 1:10 after Brand. The missing interval is one hour. Method: Number the ten time points from 0 to 11 (6:00 to 7:50). The only ways to arrange them to get ten different intervals for the births are events at points 0, 1, 4, 9, and 11 and the reverse: 11, 10, 7, 2, and 0. The clue gives three birth times at 6:00, 6:10, and 7:50, so we have the first arrangement. The clues about alphabetic and reverse-alphabetic order giving five wrong placements mean that Caleb and Derek were not born 2nd, 3rd, or 4th; Adele and Elena were not born first or last, and Brand was not born 2nd or 4th. The 50-minute interval given at the end means puts Brand and Elena into the 3rd & 4th spots, which leaves 2nd as the place for Adele. Finally, we have Caleb and Derec to fill the first and last spots. Caleb and Nora share a birth position. The first paragraph mentions that Cogita is Nora's older sister, so Caleb cannot be the firstborn.",Logic,05/06/06 #4300,gea,2.13,2.63,arij,"Can you decipher this word? gea",No hint available.,"mess age message",Rebus,05/28/02 #32094,Complete-A-Word XII,2.43,2.45,phrebh,"Use the 26 letters of the alphabet to complete the ten words below, replacing each underscore with a letter. Each letter can only be used once. 1. _E_ _A 2. _E_OES 3. _A_ER 4. _ _ _FE 5. _IN_E_ 6. _ _AF_ 7. SN_ _ _ 8. _ _M_S 9. _O_K 10. _UXO_",It helps if you write down the alphabet and then cross out the ones you've used.,"1. DELTA 2. ZEROES 3. PAVER 4. KNIFE 5. JINXES 6. QUAFF 7. SNOWY 8. GAMES 9. HOCK 10. BUXOM",Language,07/27/06 #12788,What is the 10 Digit Number?,2.77,2.65,ejasami,"There's a certain 10-digit number where that the first digit is equal to the number of zeros in the entire number, the second number is the number of 1's in the entire number, the third number is the number of 2's in the entire number, and so on, to where the 10th digit is the number of 9's in the entire number. What is the number?",No hint available.,"6210001000 There are 6 zeros, 2 ones, 1 two, 0 threes, 0 fours, 0 fives, 1 six, 0 sevens, 0 eights, and 0 nines.",Logic,05/28/03 #12914,Electrons and Gravity,2.19,1.41,egghead,"What will happen if we keep a bucket beneath a current-carrying wire and cut the wire? Will the electrons fall into the bucket? Assume that the wire doesn't actually touch the bucket after it is cut.",No hint available.,"The force of gravity is much much less than electrostatic force so no electron will fall into the bucket. Remember, this is not water.",Science,06/04/03 #2554,Y Y guy guy,2.63,1.41,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common title? Y Y guy guy",No hint available.,Wise Guys,Rebus,03/06/02 #26103,Popeye,2.53,2.36,AXTON,"Which of the following does not belong in the group? Pipeye Peepeye Pupeye Papeye Poopeye",No hint available.,"PAPEYE All the others are the names of Popeye's four nephews.",Group,09/28/05 #49889,Word Grid 8,2.16,2.63,cnmne,"Arrange 25 five letter words in a 5 by 5 grid. The five words in each row and each column and each diagonal share a common letter. There are 12 different common letters. The grid cells are identified by row (1 to 5, top to bottom) and column (1 to 5, left to right). Example: Cell 3.2 identifies Row 3 Column 2. The words are: aisle, azoic, brief, bring, bylaw, cargo, cozen, ducat, forth, frank, froze, fudge, ghost, glitz, habit, hound, moral, nasty, nomad, plaid, scrub, sharp, smock, swift, zilch. One letter of each word is provided in the grid. Row 1: a s i o d Row 2: k n c y m Row 3: r b t l i Row 4: p h z g u Row 5: f r o w e",No hint available.,"cargo scrub azoic smock ducat frank bring cozen nasty nomad moral bylaw glitz aisle plaid sharp habit zilch ghost hound forth brief froze swift fudge Common Letters Rows 1 to 5: c, n, l, h, f Columns 1 to 5: r, b, z, s, d Diagonals 1 and 2: g, t 1) Cell 2.4 contains ""y"", so it must be either ""bylaw"" or ""nasty"". Cell 5.4 contains ""w"". If it were ""bylaw"", then Cell 5.4 would have to be ""swift"". The only common letter would be ""w"", and there are no other words with ""w"". Cell 2.4 is ""nasty"". Cell 2.1 contains ""k"", so it must be either ""frank"" or ""smock"". If it were ""smock"", then the words in Row 2 would have to share ""s"". The only word that could fit in Cell 2.5 would also be ""smock"". Cell 2.1 is ""frank"". 2) Cell 5.4 contains ""w"", so it must be either ""bylaw"" or ""swift"". If it were ""bylaw"", then Cell 5.1 would have to be ""brief"", the words in Row 5 would have to share ""b"", and Cell 5.5 would also have to be ""brief"". Cell 5.4 is ""swift"". 3) The word in Cell 4.4 must have ""g"" and either ""s"" or ""t"". If it were ""glitz"", then Cell 4.1 would have to be ""plaid"" and the words in Row 4 would have to share either ""i"" or ""l"". There is no word that could fit in Cell 4.5. Cell 4.4 is ""ghost"". Cell 4.1 can not be ""plaid"", as it does not share a letter with ""ghost"". Cell 4.1 is ""sharp"". The word in Cell 4.3 must have ""z"" and either ""h"" or ""s"". Cell 4.3 is ""zilch"". The words in Row 4 must share ""h"". The word in Cell 4.5 must have ""u"" and ""h"". Cell 4.5 is ""hound"". 4) Cell 5.1 is ""forth"", since that is the only word that has ""f"" and shares a letter with ""nasty"". The words in Diagonal 2 must share ""t"". The words in Column 1 must share ""r"". The words in Row 5 must share ""f"", since ""t"" has already been assigned. The words in Column 4 must share ""s"", also because ""t"" has already been assigned. 5) Cell 3.4 is ""aisle"", since that is the only word with ""l"" and ""s"". Cell 4.2 is ""habit"", since that is the only word with ""h"" and ""t"". 6) Cell 1.5 is ""ducat"", since that is the only word with ""d"" and ""t"". Cell 3.3 is ""glitz"". 7) Cell 5.3 is ""froze"" (""o"" and ""f""). Cell 5.2 is ""brief"" (""r"" and ""f""). Cell 5.5 is ""fudge"" (""e"" and ""f""). 8) The words in Column 3 must share ""z"". Cell 1.3 is ""azoic"" (""i"" and ""z""). Cell 2.3 is ""cozen"" (""c"" and ""z""). 9) Cell 1.4 is ""smock"" (""o"" and ""s""). The words in Row 1 must share ""c"". Cell 1.1 is ""cargo"" (""a"" and ""c""). Cell 1.2 is ""scrub"" (""s"" and ""c""). 10) The words in Diagonal 1 must share ""g"". Cell 2.2 is ""bring"" (""n"" and ""g""). 11) The words in Row 2 must share ""n"". Cell 2.5 is ""nomad"" (""m"" and ""n""). 12) The words in Column 5 must share ""d"". Cell 3.5 is ""plaid"" (""i"" and ""d""). 13) The words in Column 2 must share ""b"". Cell 3.2 is ""bylaw"". 14) The words in Row 3 must share ""l"". Cell 3.1 is ""moral"".",Other,08/06/13 #38740,Word Connections #15,2.62,1.98,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect Dairy to oak. Dairy Q_ _ _ _ A_ _ P_ _ _ _ _ Oak WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","QU _ _ _ AN _ PO _ _ _ _","Dairy Queen Ant Poison Oak",Language,10/13/07 #47231,0 to 10 Pyramid X,2.4,2.31,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you do this ""0 to 10"" in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch! The hint provides the starting letters of the even numbered words. 1. Softly (musical abbrev.) 2. Musical work (abbrev.) 3. Home for peas! 4. Fool (a few peas short of a #3!) 5. Made a choice 6. Oppressive tyrant 7. Natural layer (e.g. of sand, coal, ore) 8. Rare, copper-based, blue-green mineral 9. Australia and New Zealand (to northern hemisphere dwellers) 10. Asteroids","2. O 4. D 6. D 8. D 10. P","1. P 2. Op 3. Pod 4. Dope 5. Opted 6. Despot 7. Deposit 8. Dioptase 9. Antipodes 10. Planetoids",Language,06/13/10 #44560,Mix-up at the Airport,2.06,1.96,whsprec,"Six students traveled to Europe as part of a foreign exchange program. Upon reaching the airport they realized that they had mixed up the order their flights left and the details of where they were going. Although each detail is in the correct column, only one entry in each column is correctly positioned. Match the name and surname of each student, which school they are from, and which country they are visiting. Name Surname Country School Matt Jones France Eastside Will Smith Germany Northside Iris Cantrell England Sky View Josh James Russia Southside Sara Clark Italy Westside Tiara Recko Spain Central 1) France is three places above Central 2) Smith is somewhere above Recko and 2 places above the Sky View 3) Sara is 2 places below Germany 4) Clark is 1 row below both Will and Italy 5) Tiara is immediately below Sara but 3 places below Jones 6) Will is 1 row below Westside and somewhere above Iris 7) Northside is 2 rows above England",No hint available.,"Name Surname Country School Matt Jones Germany Southside Josh Cantrell France Northside Sara James Spain Eastside Tiara Smith England Westside Will Recko Italy Central Iris Clark Russia Sky View",Logic,06/01/09 #32814,Quotable Quotes 2,2.39,2.29,Hana_Kimi,"1. GSQIHC MW PMOI GEXGLMRK PMKLXRMRK MR E FSXXPI. -KSPHMI LEAR EX Y.W. GSQIHC EVXW JIWXMZEP 2. M'Q RSX JYRRC. ALEX M EQ MW FVEZI. -PYGMPPI FEPP 3. CSY'VI SRPC KMZIR E PMXXPI WTEVO SJ QEHRIWW. CSY QYWXR'X PSWI MX. - VSFMR AMPPMEQW 4. KSSH XEWXI MW XLI IRIQC SJ GSQIHC. - QIP FVSSOW MR RIA CSVO HEMPC RIAW",No hint available.,"1. Comedy is like catching lightning in a bottle. -Goldie Hawn at U.S. Comedy Arts Festival 2. I'm not funny. What I am is brave. -Lucille Ball 3. You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. - Robin Williams 4. Good taste is the enemy of comedy. - Mel Brooks in New York Daily News A=E B=F C=G D=H E=I F=J G=K H=L I=M J=N K=O L=P M=Q N=R O=S P=T Q=U R=V S=W T=X U=Y V=Z W=A X=B Y=C Z=D",Cryptography,09/02/06 #25274,Where's Wally I Wonder?,3.02,2.01,grinnychick,"As we are all aware, Wally, his friends and Odlaw love to travel through time and space on a regular basis. However, after a nasty incident involving the magical walking stick and a pirate's sword in Pirate Land, the friends' and Wally's belongings were teleported to different lands. Who ended up in which land, what item did they find, and in what order did they arrive home? Friends: Wally, Wenda, Woof, Odlaw, Wizard Whitebeard Land: Viking-land, Outer space, Ancient Egypt, Giant Land, North Pole Items: scroll, camera, watch, walking stick, glasses Order: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th 1. The one who found the glasses and the one that ended up on an orbiting space station were the last two to arrive home. 2. Wenda and Wizard Whitebeard did not find the scroll, nor did they arrive home last. 3. Woof did not find the watch; he was not fourth to arrive home. 4. The one who was in outer space arrived before the one who found the glasses. 5. Odlaw arrived before the one who found the glasses, but after the ones that found the walking stick and the camera. 6. The one who found the walking stick arrived after the one that found the watch, but before the one sent to the North Pole. 7. The first home was the one who found the watch, followed by Woof, then the one who visited Mr. and Mrs. Claus at the North Pole, then the one who found the scroll. Wally was last to arrive home. 8. Wizard Whitebeard ended up getting lost in his land, as he could not understand the Egyptian hieroglyphs on the map he was given. 9. Woof did not end up in the land of the Vikings, where the glasses were found.",No hint available.,"Wizard Whitebeard ended up in Ancient Egypt where he found Wally's watch. He arrived home first, as he was the only one who could tell it was getting close to dinner time. Woof felt smaller than usual in the land of the Giants; he found the faulty walking stick and arrived home second. Wenda was sent to the North Pole; she had her photo taken with Santa on the camera she found, and arrived home 3rd. Odlaw ended up in Outer Space; he found the scroll and was fourth to arrive home. This was a shame as they all hoped he would never come back. Wally ended up in Vikingland, where he found his glasses and arrived home 5th.",Logic-Grid,08/13/05 #30018,Voice,2.13,2.99,twixy,"3 = B S (C, E, and A)",No hint available.,"3 = Bronte Sisters (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne)",Letter-Equations,04/24/06 #17551,Playing Ball,2.44,1.84,Jake,"Five friends (Bobby, Isaac, Isabel, Mimi and Shane) are participating in a baseball game with some other people. Each friend plays a different position (First base, Pitcher, Shortstop, Catcher, Right field) and makes a different number of hits (1,2,3,4 or 5). From the clues can you figure out who did what? Clues: 1) Bobby, the furthest from home base, had exactly twice as many hits as the pitcher. 2) The shortstop was tired after getting her fifth hit. 3) Shane had more hits than all the other infielders except for Isabel. 4) Isaac wears a mask.",No hint available.,"From clue 1 we know that Bobby is the right fielder and that he got 4 hits and the pitcher got 2 hits. From clue 2 we know that the shortstop is a woman (Mimi or Isabel) and that she got 5 hits. From clue 3 we know that Shane had 3 hits and Isabel had 5. This means that Isabel is the shortstop (see clue 2). From clue 4 we know that Isaac is the catcher. Since we already know that Shane had 3 hits and the pitcher had 2, Shane cannot be the pitcher. The only position left for him is first base, which leaves Mimi as the pitcher. Now we know everything: Bobby is the right fielder and he got 4 hits. Isaac is the catcher and he got 1 hit. Isabel is the shortstop and she got 5 hits. Mimi is the pitcher and she got 2 hits. Shane is the first baseman and he got 3 hits.",Logic,05/04/04 #49903,It's Not Tulips,3.0,2.38,eighsse,"You can find me on a face; Frequently I'm in a vase. I'm precise by definition, Yet to one man I am different.","It's not tulips/two lips, even though that is a very good guess. It is a more abstract noun... And not every face is on a living thing.","A dozen. A dozen numbers on the face of a clock, a dozen roses in a vase, and although it means precisely 12, to one man (the baker), it means 13.",Riddle,08/14/13 #31983,"Madam, I'm Adam",2.65,1.44,say_aah,"What is the common underlying theme of the following one-liners? Dennis sinned. Live not on evil, Madam, live not on evil. We panic in a pew. Do geese see God?",The title continues the theme...,They are all palindromes (read the same forwards and backwards).,Language,07/23/06 #42823,2 = N in a D,1.9000000000000001,1.03,GrayPanther,2 = N in a D,Think coins.,2 = nickels in a dime.,Letter-Equations,08/18/08 #48913,Cold Case,2.32,0.98,Sneakattack,"On a cold, winter day, a family called the police to report a theft. The family told the cops that someone broke into their house during the night and stole many things. The cops said they would handle the case. A few minutes later, the cops had the man who committed the crime. The mother of the family asked the cops how they found him with very little evidence. The cops laughed and explained. How did the cops find the man?",No hint available.,"It was a cold winter day, and there was snow on the ground. The man who committed the crime lived down the street. He walked to the house, broke in, and walked back. He left footprints in the snow.",Situation,08/04/11 #43769,Mysterious Paths,2.48,1.79,mosca,"Mysterious paths on the sea I sailed, My guide an almanac I read. I conjured Luna to be veiled, Then later, show again, blood red. Marooned, (my ship had been worm feed); Friendly natives first brought meat. When wearied of our lasting need, Their elders came aboard to meet. ""My god,"" I claimed, ""will frown on you, And take your moon to make you pay!"" The moon then seemed to fade from view; In short time, it went clear away. The chieftains gaped with fear and awe, All cowed, they quickly filled my wish. Bringing food and drink, we saw, The grain and corn, the meat and fish. For months they served us without fail, Until the time our rescue came. Dear reader, knowing now this tale, Can you guess my famous name?",No hint available.,"Christopher Columbus. On his fourth voyage, Columbus was marooned, his ship riddled by shipworms. The natives provided food, but wearied of this after several months. Columbus had his copy of an almanac written by Johannes Muller von Konigsberg (1436-1476), a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. His astronomical tables said an eclipse of the moon would occur on Thursday, February 29, 1504. The Admiral invited the chiefs to a meeting and told them his god was angry and would take the moon from the sky in three days. The moon would return, a flaming red, and then disappear forever unless they helped the white men. It all happened as Columbus predicted, and the chiefs capitulated, whereupon Columbus had his god return the moon to its normal color.",Riddle,12/22/08 #49785,Safe Crackers,3.17,1.93,JimShorts,"""I don't know how to tell you this, but, um, the safe has been robbed. The diamonds are gone."" ""What!?"" The police chief shouted. ""You mean the safe that you've been guarding carefully?"" ""That's the one."" ""But we checked every single space in the building in which a human being could possibly hide, it was totally empty. And we had the entire building completely surrounded, and had every possible entrance monitored. So surely we know who did it right? Please tell me we finally caught this guy!"" ""Not exactly. By which I mean, no. But we do have it narrowed down to three suspects this time. We tracked the entrance and exit of every person throughout the day, mostly customers of the bank on the first floor, not realizing we had closed it down for the day. Only three people were in the building at the time the safe was robbed. All of them entered separately on foot."" ""Wait, how do you know when the safe was robbed?"" the chief asked. ""Well, you know that one car we told you about that was already sitting empty in the parking garage under the building the night before? The one that mysteriously wasn't registered to anyone? Well, all of a sudden it came screaming out of the garage. We probably should have had it towed the night before, huh? Anyway, we all took off after it, but when we finally caught up to it, it was on the side of the road with no one in it. But the felt bag that held the diamonds was under one of the seats."" ""It didn't still have the diamonds in it by any chance, did it?"" ""Um, no chief. We all just stood there for a minute, when it suddenly occurred to us that every single one of us left our posts to chase the mystery car, so we all raced back to the building only to find that it was empty. So we're not sure which, if any, of the three suspects was still there when the car took off."" ""Wow. All that training has really paid off."" ""Thanks, chief. So anyway, it's not entirely clear who was involved. But we do know that there are only those three possible suspects. We tracked each one of them down, but none of them had the diamonds on them. They're each in an interrogation room now - Chris Barns, Evan Garrison, and Jimmy Jones. All three of them have at least minor criminal records, and all three are known to be pretty good with a safe."" ""Great. So it could be all of them, or any one of them. What else do we know about them?"" the chief asked. ""Well, Chris swore he was going straight several years ago, and he hasn't been suspected of anything since. Although, he has sworn he was going straight several times throughout his criminal career. Evan is known to be a pretty smooth thief, but it's also well known that he's superstitious and refuses to do any job unless his mentor Chris is involved. And then there's Jimmy. He's the best safe-cracker in the business, an absolute legend. People say that, being blind, he has super hearing, so he can hear every movement in the mechanisms of a safe with absolute clarity and precision. He definitely would have been able to get to the diamonds the fastest. But again, either of the other two would also have been able to crack that safe. I don't even know where to start!"" The chief thought for a moment and said, ""Well if everything you've said is true, then I know one of these guys who is definitely guilty. Let's question him and see if we can get him to spill whether either of the other two were involved."" Who is guilty, and how does the chief know?",No hint available.,"Chris is guilty. At least one of the three of them did it. If it was Evan, then Chris is guilty too, since Evan won't work without Chris. If it was Jimmy, then he had to be working with someone else, because he can't drive, being blind. If he was working with Chris, then Chris is guilty, if he was working with Evan, then Chris must have been involved too since Evan won't work without him, so all three would be guilty. If neither Evan nor Jimmy were involved, then Chris would be the only one who could've done it. So no matter what, Chris is guilty.",Mystery,02/21/13 #22154,Mad Meter,2.75,1.59,Therulerofthem,"Parents have discovered technology to measure how mad people get, and they use it on their children. Here are some stats. John Reed: 6.7/10 Andrea Hatter:8.8/10 Rachel Young:1/10 Fred Johnson: 8.8/10 Fred is ?",No hint available.,"Mad as a hatter Or He is equally as mad as Andrea or A. Hatter. Mad as a hatter is a common saying meaning to act crazy.",Rebus,04/08/05 #7117,Hear it Speak,2.59,2.18,Cascas,"You hear it speak, for it has a hard tongue. But it cannot breathe, for it has not a lung.",No hint available.,A Bell,Riddle,09/01/02 #41889,Operation: Money-Ectomy,2.54,2.5100000000000002,cnmne,"Six words have had their money removed. The money has been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each type of money with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: dinar, franc, lira, peso, rial, rupee Group B: cabte, dersin, ecrat, eromgeti, gity, podg",No hint available.,"dinar + gity = dignitary (DIgNitARy) franc + eromgeti = ferromagnetic (FerRomAgNetiC) lira + cabte = calibrate (caLIbRAte) peso + dersin = depression (dePrEsSiOn) rial + podg = prodigal (pRodIgAL) rupee + ecrat = recuperate (RecUPEratE)",Language,05/11/08 #43439,Ah! Not a Smile?,2.55,2.04,xmum,"I have been old for centuries, but I can still spark passion. Styles may change, and tastes evolve, but I'm never out of fashion. I do not speak; I do not move; I barely even smile. Yet many cross great continents to see me for a while. Both genders speak of my appeal and of my beauty tell. They stand in line for hours and hours, for moments 'neath my spell. Most folks express amazement when they find that I'm quite small. In my case, ""bigger is better"" is not true, after all. I'm far from home. Perhaps I pine. If so, and that's the case, You'd never tell if it was true, for it shows not on my face. My name is known, both far and wide, though it's a common truth, That some prefer the one name and think the other uncouth. I don't care what you call me. Of disputes I've had my fill. Just what is it that I think of? Debate it if you will. Can you guess just one, or both names, the new one, or the old. It really doesn't matter, for both just leave me cold.",The title is an anagram.,"I am La Giaconda, a.k.a. The Mona Lisa.",Riddle,10/28/08 #49020,Rebus R E B U S,2.28,1.81,oddrey,"What phrase is represented by the following rebus? o f i t ofit",No hint available.,"""the long and short of it""",Rebus,09/15/11 #38932,"Try, Try Again . . .",2.65,2.13,snowmonster,"Each clue refers to a word that, like country, ends in t-r-y. Can you guess them all? 1) Hot and humid 2) Small in sum 3) Tootsy treatment 4) Beautiful balance 5) Deferential deeds 6) Movie minister 7) Offering of opinions",No hint available.,"1) Sultry 2) Paltry 3) Podiatry 4) Symmetry 5) Gallantry 6) Gantry 7) Punditry",Language,10/25/07 #34267,Two For One,2.07,2.9,aresII,"Some will argue to keep it away; while others will demand it, so you can stay. The cost considered, a fee or a fine; now is the time to answer this rhyme. Who am I?","You're reading too deeply into ""it"". You were lead to answer ""a ticket"". You know me by my alias name; that answer's accepted, just the same.","Ares II (remember I asked ""who"" am I, not ""what"" am I)",Trick,12/06/06 #32690,What's Wrong?,2.34,1.36,TheRiddler1024,"Jeff went to the library to use the scanner and print some pictures. He scanned his first picture but nothing appeared on the screen. He rescanned it over and over, but it never popped up on the computer. Why not?","The scanner is working fine and so is the PC, there are no malfunctions in any of the library's equipment.",He was scanning the wrong side of the paper.,Situation,08/28/06 #18500,The Non Existent Word,2.36,1.37,dsquared,What five letter word is contained within this teaser?,Look and read really closely now.,"Tease What five letter word is contained within ""this TEASEr""?",Trick,08/14/04 #6247,Small Scale War,2.63,1.4,Archangel,"First casualties of a small scale war Our duty, to defend our lord Armed with neither gun nor sword One step at a time, we're moving forward What are we?",Think board games.,Chess pawns,Riddle,08/05/02 #31288,15 = M of F,2.78,2.09,FreddyPharkas,15 = M of F,Souperstar,"15 = Minutes of Fame Fifteen minutes of fame, from the quote by Andy Warhol, ""In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."" The hint is a reference to Warhol's Campbell's Soup Can painting.",Letter-Equations,06/24/06 #48468,Lazy Jack,1.84,0.58,MysteriousLight,"I have a friend whose name is Jack. He is really lazy. His science homework is to bring in one pound of something. He said that he's too lazy to find something that weighs a pound and something to hold it. He asked me to get those two things for him. I have 3 options: a thick wooden box that is holding a pound of bricks, a one-pounder shoulder bag, and a stack of a pound of books wrapped in one layer of thin wrapping paper. I want to give Jack the heaviest of my three objects. Which one should I choose?",This is not a trick question: there is an answer.,I should choose the box of a pound of bricks-- a thick wooden box weighs more than thin wrapping paper. Every object (other than the box and paper) weighs a pound. The box full of a pound of bricks weighs most.,Logic,02/10/11 #29926,Changing Letters,2.81,2.04,medster99,"Substitute one letter for the first letter in both words in the pairs to make two new words. Insert that new letter into the appropriate blank below the problem to spell a word. Tall---Label Bound---Cough Slit---Him All---Are Rose---Tether __ __ __ __ __",No hint available.,"The new letters line up to make the new word BRAIN! Ball---Babel = B Round---Rough = R Alit---Aim = A Ill---Ire = I Nose---Nether = N",Language,04/20/06 #7737,Duplicate Disorder,2.72,1.8900000000000001,warrior,"Synonyms have been substituted for each word in the following two-word phrase. Can you guess the phrase? Duplicate disorder",No hint available.,Double trouble,Language,09/28/02 #660,Burn Without Heat,2.42,1.75,flipakosayo,"It can burn but has no heat. It smokes, but it's not hot. What is it?",No hint available.,Ice,Riddle,06/29/01 #37258,Where Should You Go?,2.71,2.27,MarcM1098,"In your last adventure, you left a broken-down supply truck in the middle of a desert, near the equator. You and a Desert Patrol Vehicle (DPV) have been airlifted to the disabled truck so you can repair it and bring it back to camp. Because of recent attacks, the whole area is under a communications blackout. You must return to camp before sunset so that they can visually identify you. If you return after sunset, they will shoot first and ask questions later. The repairs take longer than expected, and you realise that driving the truck, you cannot make it to your base camp in time. You will have to return to camp in the DPV (which can travel faster) and leave the truck for another day. Your camp is 500 miles to the south, but there are also two other camps in the area: one is 520 miles west, the other is 480 miles east. Where should you go to reach a camp before sunset? The DPV can travel 80 mph, and you have plenty of fuel. It is now 12:50 PM and you know that at your base camp, the sun sets at 7:00 PM. One piece of trivia springs to mind: the circumference of earth is about 24900 miles at the equator.","The sun doesn't set at the same time everywhere in a timezone. The earth is about 24900 miles around and there are 24 hours a day, so the time of sunset changes by 1 hour for every 1038 miles you travel east or west at the equator.","You need to travel west. It will take 6 hours and 15 minutes (500 miles / 80 mph) to reach the southern camp, so you would arrive at 7:05 PM which is just after sunset, too late! It will take 6 hours (480/80) to reach the eastern camp, so you would arrive at 6:50 PM, but the sun will set earlier than at your current location. In fact, the sun will set about 28 minutes earlier (6:32 PM), so you would be way too late. (480 miles * 1 hr / 1038 miles = 0.46 hr = 28 min) It will take 6 hours and 30 minutes (520/80) to reach the western camp, so you would arrive at 7:20 PM, but the sun will set later than at your current location. In fact, the sun will set about 30 minutes later (7:30 PM), so you arrive in time. (520 miles * 1 hr / 1038 miles = 0.50 hr = 30 min)",Math,07/07/07 #39424,A Plant,2.36,2.1,aresII,"My 1, 2 is a preposition. My 5, 4, 3 is a type of carriage. My 3, 2, 7, 1 is something worn. My 6, 7 is a prefix meaning partnership. My whole is a plant.",No hint available.,"TOBACCO. Clue 1 = to Clue 2 = cab Clue 3 = boot Clue 4 = co",Riddle,12/01/07 #34821,Grungy's Prefixes 3,2.5,1.86,grungy49,"Can you find a three-letter word that will go in front of each word in the group to make a new, compound word? For each group, the three-letter word will have just one letter changed from the answer to the previous group! (Example: Group 1 = Run, Group 2 = Fun, Group 3 = Sun) 1. Hat, spin, mast, notch 2. Nail, hold, cap, plate 3. Back, break, pin, clasp 4. Foil, horn, smith, ware",No hint available.,"1. TOP (tophat, topspin, topmast, topnotch) 2. TOE (toenail, toehold, toecap, toeplate) 3. TIE (tieback, tiebreak, tiepin, tieclasp) 4. TIN (tinfoil, tinhorn, tinsmith, tinware)",Language,01/10/07 #4062,Number Column,2.18,2.57,cathalmccabe,"What numbers do the ""*"" represent? (Two different numbers) 41431 3252* 73956 23032 96988 6446*",Think about the columns,"5 AND 3 ADD the first two numbers in a column to get the third number, ADD the fourth number to get the fifth MINUS the SECOND number to get the last For the first column: 4 + 3 = 7 + 2 = 9 - 3 = 6",Math,05/14/02 #44857,Puzzling Pets,2.59,1.24,Shelilah,"There are four friends: Anna, Bobby, Fred, and Gina. They each have a different pet, and they all adopted their pets in different ways. The pets include a cat, a dog, a fish, and a parrot. Their names are Cookie, Freddie, Millie, and Zuzi. One was a birthday present, one was found in the park, one was bought in the pet store, and one was a newborn in the family. Can you figure out which pet is which? Clues: Anna named her pet after the friend she had a crush on. Bobby is allergic to anything furry. Fred's family had a pregnant pet before he got his. These are all of the different pets: Zuzi, Gina's pet, the cat, and the pet from the pet store. Before he had a home, this pet entertained customers by talking to them. Gina loves to cuddle with her pet. Bobby's friends always ask him if he won his pet at a carnival. Someday, Cookie's real owner might find him and want him back.","The pet that entertained the customers talked in English to them. People normally cuddle with pets that are furry. There is a game at carnivals where you throw a ball into bowls of water and you might get a pet as a prize.","Anna owns Freddie the parrot, whom she bought at the pet store. Bobby owns Zuzi the fish, whom he received as a birthday present. Fred owns Millie the cat, who was born to his family's cat. Gina owns Cookie the dog, whom she found in the park.",Logic-Grid,07/14/09 #51396,Missing Word 22,2.92,2.05,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? S_ _ _M A_ _ _D TH_ _ _T _ _ _Y",CO_ _ _ D,"WAR. SWARM AWARD THWART WARY Hint: COWARD",Language,08/14/17 #27055,Measure Of Time,2.71,0.99,bigSWAFF_69_,"There is a word in the English language that is a measure of time. Take off a letter, and it means belonging to us. Why, you add, makes it belong to you. What is it?",No hint available.,"-Hour (Measure of time) -Our (Take off the ""H"", belonging to us) -Your (Add ""Y"" (why), belonging to you)",Language,11/20/05 #42777,5 = N in a Q,2.09,1.6300000000000001,GrayPanther,5 = N in a Q,No hint available.,5 = nickels in a quarter.,Letter-Equations,08/12/08 #732,Ears of the Elephant,2.77,1.32,rkb-1961,"Elephants have almost no predators and they feed on plants, so they don't need to hear all that well (neither to protect themselves or to find food). But why do they have such big ears?",Elephants do NOT live in the Arctics.,They're for regulating the body temperature. Since elephants have a large body mass compared to their skin surface they need the extra skin surface provided by the ears to regulate their internal heat (elephants are warm blooded animals). The ears are in fact radiators.,Science,08/06/01 #689,Down and Up,2.35,1.66,flipakosayo,"What can go up a chimney down, but can`t go down a chimney up?",Chim chimminy,Umbrella,Riddle,07/16/01 #48474,Chain Reaction II,2.07,2.4,Mathgeek007,"Finish this Chain Reaction. Each two words are either a common phrase or compound word. No ___ ____ ______ _____ Poacher The hint contains the first letter of each word.","No O__ T___ K_____ W____ Poacher","No One Time Killer Whale Poacher",Language,02/13/11 #8995,Capitals,2.63,0.97,Jake101,Is it possible to name all of the capitals of the United States in 10 seconds?,No hint available.,Yes - Washington D.C.,Trick,12/08/02 #33124,Rumors,2.74,2.14,jazzmusician46,"What phrase is represented by this rebus? The Emu says nothing to me. The Ostrich says nothing to me. The Pelican says nothing to me. The American Golden Eagle says nothing to me. The Condor says nothing to me. A Quail speaks to me.",No hint available.,"A little bird told me. The first 5 species of bird in this rebus are very large in size and weight. The Quail, on the other hand, is a very small bird compared to the others.",Rebus,09/22/06 #48957,The Interview Of The Letters,1.91,0.55,efurosibina,"An interview was conducted to test the structure, usage and competence of all the English Letters. To do this, each letter was interviewed for one hour in sequence and the interview was expected to take a whole day. Letter A was the first, then B, C, D ... till letter X which rounded off the interview. Why was letter Y and Z left out?","Ticktock Ticktock, goes the sound of the clock.","There are 24 hours in a day and 26 Letters. Each letter is allotted one hour. Hence, letter Y and Z could not be interviewed because both exceeded the 24 hours Standard Time. Letter Y and Z are 25th and 26th respectively.",Trick,08/25/11 #5625,Accept,2.39,1.92,Bobbrt,"Which word below belongs in this group and why? ACCEPT, BEGINS, ABHORS, CHINOS, BILLOW, EFFORT Choices: a) ALMOST b) BEFORE c) CENSOR d) MARROW",No hint available.,"ALMOST All of the words have their letters appearing in alphabetical order.",Language,07/16/02 #8372,186000 MPS = S of L,2.43,1.2,skaven,186000 MPS = S of L,No hint available.,186000 Miles per Second = Speed of Light,Letter-Equations,11/04/02 #28771,What Words #18,2.77,2.11,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. MOTHER - _________ - WALK 2. FELLOW - _________ - WRECK 3. PAR - __________ - MAN",No hint available.,"1. MOTHER - BOARD - WALK 2. FELLOW - SHIP - WRECK 3. PAR - LAY - MAN",Language,02/24/06 #21429,S and O,2.42,2.81,CPlusPlusMan,2=P on M in 2005(S and O),No hint available.,2= Probes on Mars in 2005 (Spirit and Opportunity),Letter-Equations,03/08/05 #6486,Three Digit Number,2.29,1.94,mad-ade,"A 3 digit number is such that its unit digit is equal to the product of the other two digits which are prime. Also, the difference between its reverse and itself is 396. What is the sum of the three digits?",No hint available.,"The required number is 236 and the sum is 11. It is given that the first two digits of the required number are prime numbers i.e. 2, 3, 5 or 7. Note that 1 is neither prime nor composite. Also, the third digit is the multiplication of the first two digits. Thus, first two digits must be either 2 or 3 i.e. 22, 23, 32 or 33 which means that there are four possible numbers - 224, 236, 326 and 339. Now, it is also given that - the difference between its reverse and itself is 396. Only 236 satisfies this condition. Hence, the sum of the three digits is 11.",Math,08/12/02 #2015,"2,4,16,256 ...",2.18,1.41,thunderbolt_3756,"2,4,16,256 ... What's the next number in the sequence?",No hint available.,"65,536. The next number is the previous number squared.",Series,01/11/02 #8351,Near,2.52,2.17,dsquared,"Near <---- Far Filter <---- Tobacco ""Yes, I know him, his name is Sig Gar""","Almost, but not quite","Close but no cigar. Near <---- = Close Far Filter <---- = The filter is normally called the 'butt' (but) of the cigarette Tobacco ""Yes, I know him, his name is Sig Gar"" = This person 'knows Sig Gar' ie. to 'know Sig gar' 'no cigar'.",Rebus,11/03/02 #12438,Mind the Gap 2,2.58,1.06,master123,"What three-letter word completes all of the following words? _ _ _ e Po _ _ _ ive _ _ _ uated Depo _ _ _ Den _ _ _ y",No hint available.,Sit,Language,05/17/03 #8265,Rather Disgusting Meal,2.72,1.25,Jake101,"You have just eaten a meal made up of the side of a dead animal to which we feed waste, the unborn baby of a winged animal, and a weed that has been thrashed, baked and then burned. What meal of the day have you just eaten?",No hint available.,"Breakfast The side of a dead animal = bacon. The unborn baby of a winged animal = egg. A weed that has been thrashed, baked & burned = toast.",Other,10/29/02 #26868,Word Pyramid: Modern Wonders IV,2.74,2.25,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: E Clues: 1. Scots one 2. a period of time 3. in close proximity 4. to capture or trap 5. behind a vessel 6. father and mother 7. -------- Towers",Located in Malaysia.,"E AE ERA NEAR SNARE ASTERN PARENTS PETRONAS The 88-story PETRONAS Twin Towers, developed as an integral part of the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) project, house PETRONAS new corporate headquarters. The PETRONAS Twin Towers rise like sentinels in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. The buildings rise to 1,483 feet in height and is all of 33 feet higher than the Sears Tower.",Language,11/11/05 #48139,"Fast, Faster, Fastest",2.45,1.4,nakajima01,"Sports they say, but gamble they play. Humans, horses, cars or hounds contend in me for rounds and rounds. A two, a three or many can play in me, but alone I just don't know how it can be. I can be oval, linear or any shape, but once you join, do not escape. Once you do, a greeting is for you, nothing else but an angry boo. Now, what am I?",No hint available.,"I'm a race. Racing is a type of sports but can also be used for gambling. Races come in different types, from swimming, to horse-back riding and dogs. At least two are needed for a race. You can race your own personal best but then that will not look like a race (from the audience's view).",Riddle,10/22/10 #4188,Rearrange Me,2.3,0.73,Drunky,"Rearrange the following letters to make just one word. USTOODWERNJ",Read the question again.,just one word,Trick,05/21/02 #39465,Too Hot,2.57,0.85,cheesepie,"You are presented with an extremely hot object (around 500 degrees F). You are also given a pair of heatproof gloves (up to 300 degrees F before disintegration), a cup of water in a bucket, and 20 average sized ice-cubes. How do you get the hot object down to room temperature (68-72 degrees)?",Have patience.,Just wait and let it cool down.,Trick,12/04/07 #51779,A Soldier Be,2.69,2.0,Snowdog,"I and me a soldier be melting in the fire. I hit the spot when the iron's hot to conduct with a wire. What am I?","The ""I"" in line one is not a personal pronoun.","I am solder. Adding ""I"" to solder gives Soldier. Solder is a metal alloy with a low melting point used to connect less fusible metals, especially for electronics. It is heated with a ""soldering iron"".",Riddle,03/23/18 #29534,Opposites 18,2.68,2.53,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. ! stands for I, S, A, T, or N # stands for N, F, R, S, or T & stands for J, E, B, O, or G * stands for H, E, K, P, or W ^ stands for L, U, D, R, or I The five letter code word, #&^!*, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,North and South,Logic,04/04/06 #1092,Trees and Boughs,2.16,2.59,vivek,Tell me what a dozen rubber trees with thirty boughs on each might be?,No hint available.,Months of the year,Riddle,10/10/01 #4524,Odds of the Lottery,2.22,1.52,Mogmatt16,"Assume a lottery is held where there are 5 winning numbers from 1 to 50 inclusive, and no number is repeated. Do you stand to make more money by picking your own numbers or having a computer give you random numbers?",Try to pick some random numbers yourself.,"You have better odds of making more money if you let the computer pick. If you have ever seen someone try to make random numbers, most people can't. If you are trying to pick random numbers, you will probably never pick 1-2-3-4-5 unless you are trying to make up for not picking numbers like that. However, a computer picking random numbers would likely pick that as much as the winning numbers would be that. So, your odds would be better to get the numbers from a computer because there would be less people to share the money with since the numbers are less easily reproduced. But, your odds of winning were never really good in the first place.",Logic,06/06/02 #4135,"1,8,11,18,80,81,..,",2.28,2.42,mad-ade,"1,8,11,18,80,81,..,..? What two numbers are missing for this series?",No hint available.,"82 & 83 They are numbers in order beginning with vowels.",Series,05/18/02 #48554,Stately Words 2,2.74,1.83,HABS2933,"Each state and province has a two letter postal abbreviation. Combine two of these abbreviations to get the word described. 1) Combine the abbreviation of an American state with the abbreviation of a Canadian province to get a masked animal. 2) Combine the abbreviation of an American state with a Canadian province to get a disguise. 3) Combine the abbreviation of an American state with the abbreviation of a Canadian province to get a word that goes with pots. 4) Combine the abbreviations of two American states to get a word that describes a ferris wheel, roller coaster or merry-go-round. 5) Combine the abbreviations of an American state and a Canadian province to get a sullen word.","1) The Rocky Mountains, Niagara Falls 2) A tea party, Regina 3) The Keystone state, The Bluenose 4) Small, Dover 5) Show me, a small island","1) Colorado and Ontario (CO+ON = coon) 2) Massachusetts and Saskatchewan (MA+SK = Mask) 3) Pennsylvania and Nova Scotia (PA+NS= Pans) 4) Rhode Island and Delaware (RI+DE = ride) 5) Missouri and Price Edward Island (MO+PE = mope)",Language,03/13/11 #10882,Accident At The Pit,2.63,2.31,MrIxolite,"What key is represented below? News Flash! Roof Collapses at local Gold Mine. One reported casualty.","""Key"" is not the type that you open locks with.",A-Flat Minor (A flat miner).,Language,03/04/03 #40375,The Big Wet!,2.46,2.07,jazzmusician46,"What does this rebus represent? 1. 1.10am - 2am = 'Ivan' --> 2.01am --> calm. 2. 4am - 6am = 'Katrina' --> 6.01am --> calm. 3. 3.30pm - 4.30pm = 'Andrew' --> 4.31pm --> calm. 4. 8.50am - 10.25am = 'Marilyn' --> 10.26am --> calm.",No hint available.,"""The calm after the storm."" Explanation: I have represented four widely known American storms (which last for different periods of time.) Immediately at the end of each storm, there follows a calm; hence the expression.",Rebus,02/08/08 #29150,Scratch Test,2.4,2.94,cnmne,"What letter completes the following series? Why? T, G, C, F, A, O, Q, T, C, ?",No hint available.,"D These are the first letters of the minerals that make up Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness (talc, gypsum, calcite, fluorite, apatite, orthoclase, quartz, topaz, corundum, diamond).",Series,03/17/06 #39577,Relationships #2,2.8,2.64,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your job is to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A, or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck! COLUMN A Shade Garish Embassy Escarpment Codicil COLUMN B Saucer Books Cleaning Gallon Driveway",Consider our cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates with gills.,"In each word there is a fish hidden within. 1. Shad 2. Gar 3. Bass 4. Carp 5. Cod",Group,12/13/07 #7424,War,2.68,1.73,majd,"Castles may rise and castles may fall Soldiers will fight and stand tall Lords of war are enjoying the kill Not really caring about lives they spill Winners take all, winners are brave But in this war they are buried in a grave What is this war?",No hint available.,"Chess game. (Lords of war=the two players) (..they are buried in a grave=placed in the chess box upon finishing the game)",Riddle,09/14/02 #2918,Two Pound Stick,2.11,1.57,204_BLaZe_41,"Jack found a stick that weighed exactly two pounds. If Jack cut the stick into eight equal pieces, how much would each piece weigh?",No hint available.,"Each piece would weigh just less than a quarter of a pound. (The sawdust created from the cut would cause the loss) This is similar to the situation that appeared in Shakespeare's play ""The Merchant of Venice"". When Shylock won a pound of Antonio's flesh, he was allotted only the pound of flesh. This meant he could take a pound of flesh, but he could only do it on condition that he takes no blood or even a fraction more than one pound of flesh.",Math,03/25/02 #6561,Not October,2.18,0.74,Bintot,"What occurs once in June and twice in August, but never occurs in October?",No hint available.,The letter U.,Logic,08/15/02 #4222,Telegraph Poles,2.25,1.83,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is driving alone at a constant speed. Ahead of him at the road side are 20 telegraph poles, each at an equal distance from each other. Mad Ade times himself and notices that it took 24 seconds from when he passed the first pole to reach the 12th telegraph pole. How long would it take in total to reach the last pole?",No hint available.,41.45 seconds.,Math,05/23/02 #51270,To Nothing ?,2.1,1.1,BadBunnee02,"What's the Rebus? waste wast was wa w _",No hint available.,"""waste away""",Rebus,06/28/17 #2197,Orange Oil Month,2.3,1.91,Cascas,"Which word doesn't belong and why? Orange Month Oil",No hint available.,Oil doesn't. It's the only word out of the three that could rhyme with another word.,Group,01/28/02 #35205,Drilling Through A Sphere,2.11,2.96,MarcM1098,"I just drilled straight through the center of a solid sphere, resulting in a 6cm long cylindrical hole. What is the volume remaining in the sphere? Here are some formulas you may find useful: Volume of sphere = (4/3)Pi(r^3) Volume of cap = (1/6)Pi(3R^2+h^2)h Volume of cylinder = Pi(R^2)H r = radius of sphere h = height of cap R = radius of hole (the cap and the cylinder share this radius) H = height of cylinder (6cm) The portion of the sphere that was removed can be thought of as a cylinder with a cap at both ends. A cap is flat on one side (touching the cylinder) and spherical on the other side (the original surface of the sphere).","Hint for a hard solution: The sphere's diameter (2r) must be the same as the length of the cylinder (H) plus the height of the two caps (2h), so 2r=H+2h. A right-angled triangle is formed by the radius of the cylinder (R) and half the height of the cylinder (H/2), with the radius of the sphere (r) forming the hypotenuse. Using Pythagoras, R^2+(H/2)^2=r^2. Hint for an easy solution: Assume there is a real answer. Therefore, the answer does not depend on the radius of the hole (R). Use whatever value is easiest.","The volume is exactly 36Pi cm^3 (about 113.1 cm^3). Hard solution: The sphere's diameter (2r) must be the same as the length of the cylinder (H) plus the height of the two caps (2h), so 2r=H+2h. Thus, 2h=2r-H and H=6, so 2h=2r-6 or simply h=r-3. A right-angled triangle is formed by the radius of the cylinder (R) and half the height of the cylinder (H/2), with the radius of the sphere (r) forming the hypotenuse. Using Pythagoras: R^2+(H/2)^2=r^2. Thus, R^2=r^2-(H/2)^2 and H=6, so R^2=r^2-9. Volume of cap = (1/6)Pi(3R^2+h^2)h (replace R^2 and h with values computed above) = (1/6)Pi(3(r^2-9)+(r-3)^2)(r-3) = (1/6)Pi(3r^2-27+r^2-6r+9)(r-3) = (1/6)Pi(4r^2-6r-18)(r-3) = (1/6)Pi(4r^3-6r^2-18r-12r^2+18r+54) = (1/6)Pi(4r^3-18r^2+54) = (2/3)Pi(r^3)-3Pi(r^2)+9Pi Volume of cylinder = Pi(R^2)H (replace R^2 with value computed above, and H with given value of 6) = Pi(r^2-9)6 = 6Pi(r^2)-54Pi Volume of sphere remaining = sphere - 2 caps - cylinder = [ (4/3)Pi(r^3) ] - [ 2 ((2/3)Pi(r^3)-3Pi(r^2)+9Pi) ] - [ 6Pi(r^2)-54Pi ] = [ (4/3)Pi(r^3) ] - [ (4/3)Pi(r^3)-6Pi(r^2)+18Pi ] - [ 6Pi(r^2) - 54Pi ] = (4/3)Pi(r^3) - (4/3)Pi(r^3) + 6Pi(r^2) - 18Pi - 6Pi(r^2) + 54Pi = 36Pi Easy solution: Assume the hole is infinitely small (i.e. a radius of 0). Then, the volume of the cylinder (and the volume of the caps) is 0. The height of the cap is 0, so the radius of the sphere (r) is 3cm (half of the length of the cylindrical hole). Thus: Volume of sphere remaining = sphere - 2 caps - cylinder = (4/3)Pi(r^3) - 0 - 0 = (4/3)Pi(3^3) = 36Pi",Math,02/05/07 #35376,Words With YR,2.3,2.48,cnmne,"Five words that contain YR as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *YR**,***YR, *YR***, *YR****, **YR*** Pool: A, A, A, C, D, D, H, I, I, I, L, L, M, O, P, S, S, T, T, U",No hint available.,"SYRUP, SATYR, MYRIAD, LYRICAL, THYROID",Language,02/20/07 #1948,The Barber,2.31,1.65,Mogmatt16,"A barber lives in and owns a barber shop in a town called Treefall. He has a sign on his window that reads: ""I shave all those in Treefall who do not shave themselves. NO EXCEPTIONS!"" What is the paradox?",No hint available.,Who shaves the barber? Does the man shave himself? Either way he breaks his own rule.,Other,01/06/02 #21177,Common Saying 2,2.73,1.73,kebeeman,"What is the common saying? It is not proper for mendicants to be indicatrous preferencers.",No hint available.,Beggars can't be choosers.,Language,02/22/05 #39201,Is Where I Hang My Hat,2.4,2.19,aresII,"My 3, 6, 5, 8 are often found in labs. My 3, 8, 1, 4, 5 is a first response attendee. My 7, 6, 3, 8 is a citrus fruit. My 4, 1, 7, 8 is not in use.",No hint available.,"DOMICILE. Clue 1 = mice. Clue 2 = medic. Clue 3 = lime. Clue 4 = idle.",Riddle,11/15/07 #47963,Bingo Card 4,1.8800000000000001,3.08,cnmne,"You are given a stack of bingo cards. Your task is to find a specific card. Given the following clues, what is the number arrangement of that card? Columns, left to right, are: B (contains numbers 1 through 15), I (contains numbers 16 through 30), N (contains numbers 31 through 45), G (contains numbers 46 through 60), O (contains numbers 61 through 75). Rows, top to bottom, are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. An example of coordinate nomenclature: B1 identifies column B row 1. N3 is a free space (contains no number). No number appears more than once. 1) Each numeral (0 through 9) appears one time in Row 1. 2) The sum of the numbers in Row 4 is a square number. 3) There is only one two-digit prime number in each row. 4) The range of the numbers in Column N is 8. 5) Each number in Column G has a tens digit that is less than the units digit. 6) Each number in Column O is odd. 7) In only one column are the numbers in descending order from top to bottom. 8) Each column has only one numeral that appears exactly two times. 9) The smallest number in each column is located in Row 5. 10) The sums of each column share a single common prime factor. 11) The numeral 5 only appears one time on the card. 12) The sum of the numbers in each diagonal is an odd number. 13) The product of B3 and O3 has a units digit of 2. 14) The product of I3 and G3 has a units digit of 4.",No hint available.,"10 24 39 58 67 9 28 40 49 71 8 22 -- 47 69 3 30 42 48 73 1 20 34 46 61 1) Per clue 5, eliminate the appropriate numbers in Column G. Of the remaining numbers, at least one with a tens digit of 5 will have to be used. Per clues 1 and 11, only one number can have the numeral 5, so that number must be at G1. Eliminate all numbers that contain a 5 from all other locations. 2) Per clue 6, eliminate all even numbers from Column O. 3) Per clue 1, eliminate any number from Row 1 with only one digit or duplicate digits. By analyzing combinations of numbers, the following can be determined: B1 contains a 1, delete 30, I1 contains a 2, delete 23, delete 63 and 73, O1 contains a 6. In conjunction with clue 3, delete 29 and 59. 4) Per clue 10, analyze the various possible sums of Columns G and O. The only common prime factor is 31. Each column must sum to a multiple of 31 (based on available numbers: B to 31, I to 124, N to 155, G to 248, and O to 341). G1 must be 58. All two-digit prime numbers (clue 3) must be in Columns G and O. O1 must be 67. Per clue 1, N1 must be 39. Per clue 9, G5 must be 46 and O5 must be 61. 5) For Column N, there is only set of numbers that sums to 155, and satisfies clues 4, 8, and 9 (34, 39, 40, 42). N5 must be 34. 6) For Column I, there are two sets of numbers that sum to 124, and satisfy clues 8 and 9 (16, 24, 26, 28, 30 and 20, 22, 24, 28, 30). To satisfy clue 1, I1 must be 24. B1 must be 10. To satisfy clue 12, G4 must be 48 and B5 must be odd. 7) The column that satisfies clue 7 is Column B. To satisfy clue 8, B2 must be 9 and B5 must be 1. 8) To satisfy clue 2, the only square number that can be achieved is 196. B4 must be 3, I4 must be 30, N4 must be 42, and O4 must be 73. 9) B3 must be 8. N2 must be 40. 10) To satisfy clue 13, O3 must be 69. This leaves O2 being 71. To satisfy clue 3, G3 must be 47. This leaves G2 being 49. 11) To satisfy clue 14, I3 must be 22. Finally, to achieve a sum of 124 (multiple of 31), I2 must be 28 and I5 must be 20.",Logic,09/16/10 #35358,How Far?,2.46,1.27,thompson1,"Can you solve the following rebus? Home -wwwwaaaayyyy",You may say this phrase when you are on a long trip.,"A long way from home. A ""long way"" is being taken from ""home.""",Rebus,02/18/07 #49642,Strange Toupee Turmoil,2.84,2.35,ThinksForFun,"All except one of the following ten sentences have something distinct in common. What is this thing that they have in common and which sentence therefore doesn't belong in the group? 1. True, we were pert to tee it up. 2. Yet we quit our trip pretty wet. 3. Pity you wore your toupee. 4. Wipe your toupee up top. 5. Peter put it out to rot. 6. Poor you! 7. I owe you, Pete. 8. I wrote up your report. 9. Prior to two, you were quite put out. 10. I urge you to try to retire your pique!",No hint available.,"All of the sentences except the last one are comprised strictly of the letters found on the topmost row of letters of a standard keyboard. This is not the case for the last sentence containing the letter ""g"" which is found on the second row of letters of the keyboard.",Group,10/23/12 #48394,Art Logic,2.26,2.64,quesadillaman12,"A plain white cube has gone through 4 steps to become what it is now. The steps (not necessarily in order) are: a) The whole cube being painted red b) A white circle being painted on every face except for the top and back c) The front and back faces being painted black d) The top, back, and bottom being painted blue All of the following facts about painting the cube are true: 1. After the last of the four steps, the top face was all purple, the left and right faces were red with a pink circle in each of their centers, the front black with a gray circle, the bottom purple with a light blue circle, and the back completely dark blue. 2. Color mixing goes as follows: -Red+Blue=Purple -Black+White=Gray -Red+White=Pink -Blue+White=Light Blue -Red+Black=Maroon -Blue+Black=Dark Blue 3. Once black is added to a face, it will mix with the colors on the face if possible, but it cannot be changed at all afterwards. This is not true with white. 4. Any area where two colors have been mixed cannot change color. 5. Exactly one of the following is true: -Black was added first. -Red was added before blue. -Blue was added after white. -White was added last. In what order were the colors added?","If the back face is dark blue, then blue was added before black.","White, blue, black, red. Because there are both gray and dark blue regions, black was added after both white and blue. This means black was not first, and neither blue nor white was last. Black has to have been added before red, because if it wasn't, the front face would be maroon with a pink center. So black was not last, and red was not first. Since neither blue, black, nor white was last, red had to be added last. Combining this with other facts, white and blue could not be added third. So black was third. Going back to the statements of which one is true, we can now figure out the lies. Red was added last, so statement 4 is false. Black was added third, so statement 1 is false. Red was not added before any other colors, so statement 2 is false. This makes statement 3 true. White was added before blue, so white is first, and blue is second. The order white, blue, black, red is now revealed.",Logic,01/17/11 #17391,Kebab Roulette,2.2,2.84,mad-ade,"Mad Ade was partaking in a game of ""Kebab Roulette"", where a large cannon with six chambers, like those of a revolver, can contain ammunition. In Kebab Roulette, five of the chambers are left empty and one is filled with salad, the most hated thing of all time served kebab eaters. The idea is to spin the chamber and then stand in front of the cannon while someone fires it at you. If there is no loser, there is a second round, where another load of salad is added, so now two chambers contain salad and the cannon is fired twice. If you are lucky and get an empty chamber, you can eat your kebab salad-free; if you are unlucky and get the salad-filled chamber, you must eat all the salad before eating your kebab. The cylinder containing the six chambers is spun before the first shot. But it may or may not be spun after putting in the salad and after taking the first shot. Which of the following scenarios has the lowest probability of being salad-free, and what is the value as a percentage? Spinning the cylinder after putting in the salad and spinning it again after the first shot. Spinning the cylinder only after putting in the salad. Spinning the cylinder only after firing the first shot. Not spinning the cylinder either after putting in the salad or after taking the first shot. The probability of staying salad-free on the first shot is the same in all the cases. Remember the cannon has six chambers.",No hint available.,"The second scenario has the lowest probability of remaining salad-free, i.e. 40%. The fourth scenario has the highest probability of staying salad-free, i.e. 50%. Scenario I: The probability of remaining salad-free in the first shot = 4/6 = 2/3. Since the cylinder is spun after the first shot, the probability of non-salad in the second shot = 4/6 = 2/3. Hence, the probability of no salad in Scenario I = 2/3 * 2/3 = 4/9 = 44.44%. Scenario II: The probability of remaining salad-free in the first shot = 4/6 = 2/3. Since the cylinder is spun after the first shot, the probability of non-salad in the second shot = 3/5. Hence, the probability of no salad in Scenario II = 2/3 * 3/5 = 2/5 = 40.00%. Scenario III: The probability of remaining salad-free in the first shot = 4/6 = 2/3. Since the cylinder is spun after the first shot, the probability of non-salad in the second shot = 4/6 = 2/3. Hence, the probability of no salad in Scenario III = 2/3 * 2/3 = 4/9 = 44.44%. Scenario IV: The probability of remaining salad-free in the first shot = 4/6 = 2/3. Since the cylinder is not spun after putting in the salad, both of the salads are in consecutive chambers. The probability of non-salad in the second shot = 3/4. Hence, the probability of no salad in Scenario IV = 2/3 * 3/4 = 1/2 = 50.00%. Thus, the second scenario has the lowest probability of remaining salad-free, i.e. 40%. The fourth scenario has the highest probability of staying salad-free, i.e. 50%.",Probability,04/21/04 #19929,Hold Your Horses,2.15,2.78,AXTON,"The four words shown below go into a particular order making a correct series. If the series was in the form of 1, 2, 3, 4. What word would correspond with each number? The words Mesohippus Merychippus Equus Hyracotherium",No hint available.,"1 Hyracotherium 2 Mesohippus 3 Merychippus 4 Equus The words show the stages of evolution in which the horse has been through.",Series,12/15/04 #27804,Paper Rolls,2.42,2.0,achnid,"Can you roll a rectangular piece of paper one way and make it change which way it is rolled without unrolling it? For example, roll it the long way and change it to be rolled the short way.",It's easier with a larger piece of paper.,"Yes, this is possible. 1: Take a piece of paper and roll it up. 2: Push one side of the roll out so it makes a cone shape. 3: Continue in the same general direction with slight rolling. Eventually, it will change to being closer to the other type of roll and you just have to coax it a little bit to finish the roll. This can be done either way you roll the paper and you can make it go back and forth doing this.",Logic,01/01/06 #31566,Why Carry an Umbrella?,2.25,1.55,tsimkin,Singer Timberlake K K K K K K,No hint available.,"Just in case. Justin (Timberlake) K's",Rebus,07/05/06 #25292,"Meow, Moo, Quack!",2.94,1.6,froggygg,"Can you figure out this rebus? doCTOR",The title is a hint.,"Dr. Dolittle In the body, do is little in the word doctor, therefore, Dr. Dolittle. The title is a hint also by the animal sounds representing the animals that Dr. Dolittle could talk to.",Rebus,08/14/05 #10744,888,2.52,2.93,griphook,"Eight letter words I am asking thee, Common 3rd, 4th, and 5th, these three. They all have tea, but they don't eat pea. Four vowels each, an ""a"" an absentee. The first is a mistake, the second a tree, the third is a pest that stings like a bee. What are the three words?",Don't put words in my mouth.,"Misquote (a mistake) Mesquite (a tree) Mosquito (a pest) All have ""squ"" as the as the 3rd, 4th, and 5th letters. All have a ""T"" in them, none have a ""P"". None of them contains an ""A"".",Language,02/26/03 #2294,Pokemon,2.08,1.59,jokester8000,Little Jon is playing with some Pokemon cards. His hit points stands like this: 100 out of 200. He has two cards that will heal him halfway each. If he uses both cards how many hit points would he have left?,No hint available.,175 out of 200,Math,02/11/02 #4516,Blue Liquid,2.6,1.2,im_para_noid,"A mad scientist gazes into a vial of blue liquid. ""This substance is still liquid at minus 40 degrees,"" he tells his assistant, Boris. Boris replies, ""Is that Celsius or Fahrenheit?"" The scientist looks at Boris with his dark eyes and says, ""It doesn't matter."" Why does the scientist say that?",No hint available.,Minus 40 degrees Celsius is minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit,Science,06/05/02 #10876,The Cob and the Corn,2.68,2.48,griphook,"With hands, measure them With care, break them With hope, play them But it is often prudent to hold them. What are they?",No hint available.,"HORSES. Horses are measured in hands. To break horses means to train them for the saddle. Athletes whose performance are consistently strong are also called horses. We also play or bet on racehorses. Holding your horses(to be deliberate and not to rush) is prudent. Title: A cob is a riding horse.",Riddle,03/04/03 #10444,1 = S of a C,2.08,1.92,eggbert,1 = S of a C,Think Shapes,1 = Side of a Circle,Letter-Equations,02/15/03 #40921,Distorted Music - H,2.73,2.04,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter H. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Healed Hither Lye 2. Salivate Foe Who 3. Held Ivory 4. Had Oily 5. A Chlorinate Foil",No hint available.,"1. ""Hey There Delilah"" by The Plain White T's 2. ""How to Save a Life"" by The Fray 3. ""Holy Diver"" by Killswitch Engage 4. ""Holiday"" by Green Day 5. ""Hotel California"" by The Eagles",Language,03/07/08 #37965,It's D End.,2.65,2.0,BlackBelt,"Start with a three letter word, add a D to the end to make another word. The answer is a two word phrase. 1. Relations considerate 2. In favor of bridgeless water crossing 3. The lady's group of cattle 4. Little unwanted plant 5. Look at piece of grain 6. Forbid rock group 7. Guys repair 8. Pale wizard's baton 9. A number care for 10. Auto ticket Hint will reveal the first letter of each set.","1- K 2- F 3- H 4- W 5- S 6- B 7- M 8- W 9- T 10- C","1. Relations considerate Kin Kind 2. In favor of bridgeless water crossing For Ford 3. The lady's group of cattle Her Herd 4. Little unwanted plant Wee Weed 5. Look at piece of grain See Seed 6. Forbid rock group Ban Band 7. Guys repair Men Mend 8. Pale wizard's baton Wan Wand 9. A number care for Ten Tend 10. Auto ticket Car Card",Language,08/26/07 #40612,Song Title Scramble,2.59,2.12,luckylefty,"Can you figure out the name of these songs? 1. Textile Young Female 2. Metaphor Comparing Life to a Mass Transportation Unit Used Mostly by Automobiles 3. So Long, Title of a British Nobleman 4. Large Pacific Island 5. Inn named after a Western American State",No hint available.,"1. Material Girl (Madonna) 2. Life is a Highway (Rascal Flatts) 3. Goodbye, Earl (The Dixie Chicks) 4. Australia (The Shins) 5. Hotel California (The Eagles)",Language,02/20/08 #11393,Kaboom!,2.36,1.94,something,"BLOW YOUR BLOW YOUR BLOW YOUR BLOW YOUR BLOW YOUR BLOW YOUR",No hint available.,Blow Your Stack,Rebus,03/24/03 #44478,Flowers on Mother's Day,2.62,2.05,mrsfessler,"5 children gave their mothers different types of flowers for Mother's Day. Can you determine each child's first and last name, their mother's name and what type of flower they gave? 1. Tanya's daughter gave her either roses or a mixed bouquet. 2. The Wolfe boy gave his mother, who was either Tina or Tabby, pansies. 3. Mrs. Drake did not receive a mixed bouquet. 4. The five moms are represented by Mrs. Fox, Buddy, the girl who gave the roses, Tammy's son and Tabby. 5. Billy's mom loved her azaleas. Mrs. Bird did not receive a mixed bouquet or roses from her son. 6. Tina doesn't like violets or pansies, they're too much alike. The violets were given by either Buddy or Barbie 7.Barbie's mom was either Mrs. Lyon or Mrs. Drake. 8. Mrs. Bird's sister, Tina, loved her roses. 9. Barbie's Aunt Terry loved her flowers because they were her favorite color. 10. Buddy and Mrs. Drake's child are cousins.",Bobby is a boy.,"Billy Lyon gave Tammy azaleas. Bobby Wolfe gave Tabby pansies. Betty Fox gave Tanya a mixed bouquet. Buddy Bird gave Terry violets. Barbie Drake gave Tina roses.",Logic-Grid,05/18/09 #50508,"5 Letters, 3 Combinations",2.53,2.3,Hydra1234,What 5-letter word can be rearranged 3 times to get 3 different words each containing 1 more syllable? The word has no duplicates of letters.,"First word starts with an A, ends with an S.","The words are aides (1 syllable), aside (2 syllables), ideas (3 syllables).",Language,03/16/15 #10711,4 Triangles,2.21,1.26,ninjaxdream,"You have 6 matches, now try and make 4 triangles. You cannot snap the matches and the matches can not overlap.",No hint available.,Make a triangular based pyramid.,Logic,02/25/03 #2908,Bicycle Ride,2.26,1.53,204_BLaZe_41,Rex rode his bicycle 300 km. Three tires were used equally in accumulating this distance. How many km of wear did each tire sustain?,No hint available.,"200 km. For every km travelled, each of two tires sustained one km of usage. Therefore, in total of 300 km travelled, there would be a total of 600 km of wear. And 600 divided by three is 200.",Math,03/25/02 #35735,What's the Word 2,2.77,2.52,aresII,How could I say to you in one word that you had a refreshment between nine and eleven?,No hint available.,AT-TEN-U-ATE,Riddle,03/17/07 #48325,7:10,2.52,0.9400000000000001,jordy56,"A clock shows 7:10, but when you flip it upside-down it still says 7:10. How come?",No hint available.,"It is an analog clock. Even though you flip it upside-down the long hand is on 2 and the short hand is on 7. Thus, saying 7:10.",Trick,12/24/10 #48228,The Sacred Book,2.2,1.03,Yazmeen,Q = the H B of I,Bible is to Christianity as Torah is to Judaism.,Qur'an = the Holy Book of Islam,Letter-Equations,11/25/10 #32827,Halloween = Christmas?,2.18,2.62,danielzerman,When does Oct 31 = Dec 25 make sense?,Think about math and what Oct and Dec stand for.,When you use base 8 (Oct) and base 10 (Dec).,Trick,09/03/06 #36131,Professional Anagrams 3,2.57,2.35,MarcM1098,"Can you determine the professions/jobs described below? Each clue is an anagram of the answer. One Word 1. Lob help 2. Need marts 3. I nab a cutie 4. Bred as actor Two Words 5. Bag manager 6. Ah, most gild 7. Other sing at 8. Accept hit horror","Here are additional clues (these are not anagrams). 1. Works in a hotel. 2. Skilled workers in a craft. 3. Works in a salon. 4. Works on radio or TV. 5. This job really cleans up. 6. All that glitters... 7. Provides the music. 8. Oh my aching back!","1. Bellhop 2. Tradesmen 3. Beautician 4. Broadcaster 5. Garbage man 6. A goldsmith 7. The organist 8. The chiropractor",Language,04/09/07 #3405,Law On,2.6,2.21,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this phrase: law on",No hint available.,On the right side of the law.,Rebus,04/10/02 #50138,Split Words II,2.33,1.52,eighsse,"In this puzzle, you will be given two clues paired together as equal. The answer to the first clue will consist of multiple words, or a hyphenated word. If all of the spaces and/or punctuation are removed from it, the result will be the answer to the second clue. Some clues may make sense, others will be a little peculiar, and still others will be downright wacky. Example: Less than a dozen perform = Tightening Answer: Ten sing = Tensing 1. Typical monarch = Type of lot 2. Preferring object words over action words = ""He"" or ""their"" 3. Preferring action words over object words = Maxim 4. A parasite near your mouth = Makeup 5. Misplace a CD = Make a secret known",No hint available.,"1. Par king = Parking 2. Pro-noun = Pronoun 3. Pro-verb = Proverb 4. Lip's tick = Lipstick 5. Disc-lose = Disclose",Language,02/11/14 #32089,Cryptolist XV,2.47,2.49,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: VTPTEQ XGZDN XKFNNE HGMWXV KHGZWSBHQN RFNEKV SZLVZBN KBZHD ONTB GHXCWNFHPN XRZJHJHA TEKZQETRZ","Category: Hiding N=E","Category: Hiding Smoke Screen Ambush Camouflage Trench Foxhole Cloak Veil Masquerade Stowaway Incognito A=Y B=L C=Q D=K E=N F=R G=M H=A J=W K=C L=X M=B N=E O=V P=D Q=G R=T S=F T=I V=H W=U X=S Z=O",Cryptography,07/27/06 #39447,"I'm Okay, You're Okay",2.29,2.32,aresII,"The following quotes are that of controversial psychologist, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. C=X ""I HIQ FNYXTA QYO FODWUJ OY JTWHWQIOJ NWF ZYHVTJCJF RXO OY EJO WQOY IZZYDA KWON ONJH: ONJG IDJ TJEWOWHIOJTG KNIO AWDJZOF NWF ZYQAXZO WQ ONJ KYDTA."" ""HJQ IDJ HYDJ HYDIT ONIQ ONJG ONWQL IQA SID HYDJ WHHYDIT ONIQ ONJG ZIQ WHIEWQJ.""","H=M J=E V=P","""A MAN SHOULD NOT STRIVE TO ELIMINATE HIS COMPLEXES BUT TO GET INTO ACCORD WITH THEM: THEY ARE LEGITIMATELY WHAT DIRECTS HIS CONDUCT IN THE WORLD."" ""MEN ARE MORE MORAL THAN THEY THINK AND FAR MORE IMMORAL THAN THEY CAN IMAGINE."" KEY: A=D C=X D=R E=G F=S G=Y H=M I=A J=E K=W L=K N=H O=T Q=N R=B S=F T=L U=V V=P W=I X=U Y=O Z=C",Cryptography,12/02/07 #42460,Five Little Kittens,3.04,2.14,Shelilah,"In a small cottage near the woods, five kittens were born. Their names were Purry, Whiskers, Mewler, Kiki, and Cayli. They each had different fur patterns, a certain favorite treat, and a secret hideout. There was a calico cat, a Siamese cat, a gray tabby cat, a black cat, and an orange cat. The foods they liked were one of the following: salmon, tuna, chicken, turkey, or shrimp. The places that they went to hide were the front porch, the forest, the roof, under the table, and behind the couch. 1. The kitten who often explored in the forest had a coat which allowed him to blend in with the shadows. 2. Purry liked to spy on the black cat from her secret hideout. She had a great view because of the height she had to climb to get to her hideout. 3. The two cats who liked fish liked to stay indoors. The two cats who liked poultry wanted to go outside but were afraid of the forest. 4. Cayli loved being outdoors, but she didn't want to go too far away. She thought that Kiki and the Siamese cat were missing out on the sunlight. 5. Whiskers couldn't stand the stench of shrimp and tuna. 6. The kitten with gray stripes bragged that she was the closest to the sun, but the orange cat believed that her spot allowed her to get plenty of sunlight. 7. Whenever the aroma of turkey reached her, Purry would quickly climb down and go back inside to get some. 8. The Siamese cat loved the fish that began with the same letter as his breed, and he would always sleep right beneath where this delicious fish was served.",No hint available.,"Purry was a gray tabby cat; she liked to eat turkey and climb up on the roof. Whiskers was a Siamese cat; he liked to eat salmon and sleep under the table. Kiki was a calico cat; she liked to eat tuna and hide behind the couch. Mewler was a black cat; he liked to eat shrimp and go in the forest. Cayli was an orange cat; she liked to eat chicken and sleep on the front porch.",Logic-Grid,07/10/08 #40687,Perfect Groups,2.52,1.79,luckythirteen,"Which number in group 1 can also belong in group 2? Group 1: 625, 144, 64, 225, 49, 9 Group 2: 8, 125, 729, 216, 27, 1000",No hint available.,"64 can also belong in group 2. In group 1, all the numbers are perfect squares: 625 [25*25], 144 [12*12], 64 [8*8], 225 [15*15], 49 [7*7], and 9 [3*3]. In group 2, all the numbers are perfect cubes: 8 [2*2*2], 125 [5*5*5], 729 [9*9*9], 216 [6*6*6], 27 [3*3*3], and 1000 [10*10*10]. 64 is both a perfect square [8*8] and a perfect cube [4*4*4].",Group,02/24/08 #23354,Which Common Word?,2.7,1.07,Princeford93,"What common word can be placed after all of the words in group I and before all of the words in group II? [I] Office Outer Parking Closet Cyber Personal [II] Ship Age Craft Flight Heater Shuttle Station Suit Walk",No hint available.,Space.,Language,06/02/05 #48214,Behead 14,2.73,1.77,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Marrying female -> Travel on 2. Marrying male -> Indoor area 3. Inspired -> Married 4. Couple -> Atmosphere 5. Fetch -> Band 6. Blossoms -> Turns down 7. Gifts -> Begrudges 8. Uncontrolled slide -> Child","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. R 2. R 3. W 4. A 5. R 6. L 7. R 8. K","1. Bride -> Ride 2. Groom -> Room 3. Awed -> Wed 4. Pair -> Air 5. Bring -> Ring 6. Flowers -> Lowers 7. Presents -> Resents 8. Skid -> Kid",Language,11/19/10 #33008,Not so Bright,2.59,1.55,grungy49,"What does the following rebus represent? Stupid Stupid Stupid *Stupid*",This is how you'll feel if you don't get this!,Downright stupid.,Rebus,09/14/06 #28812,Garmana or Armanga?,2.43,2.6,miyukina,"Fill in the blanks with anagrams. 1. The ______ ______ all the family's favourites to bring along to the picnic in the ______. 2. His ______ temper finally took its toll; thwarting his every effort to ______ his ______ deeds and ______ somewhat normally despite his sordid past. 3. Her ______ could be seen from ______ away, even while it was partly covered with ______. 4. The ______ tried to use ______ to ______ their new charge that just lost its ______.",No hint available.,"1. dame, made, mead 2. vile, veil, evil, live 3. smile, miles, slime 4. team, meat, tame, mate",Language,02/26/06 #3711,Hats and Feathers,2.19,2.83,rayneeday,"You have five boxes with five hats in each and each hat has five feathers with five colored dots. Now the hats are in a rainbow of color and so are the feathers but the dots are all various random combinations of red, yellow, and blue-green. What is the probability of getting a hat with only red dots?","There are only 3 colors, blue-green is a single color.","ONE CHANCE in 33,891,544,377.72 How did I get that answer? The first thing we have to do is figure out how many different combinations of dots there are on a single feather. Since there are three colors possible for any given dot and five dots on a feather, you would multiply 3 to the fifth power. 3x3x3x3x3=243 So, you have a 1 in 243 possibility of a feather having solid red dots. You have 5 feathers on one hat, so you must take 1/243 to the 5th power. 1/243 x 1/243 x 1/243 x 1/243 x 1/243 = 1/847,288,609,443. Now, working with the fact that you have 25 hats to work with (five boxes with five hats each), you must divide the 847+ billion chances by 25, or 847,288,609,443/25, which leaves you with one chance in 33,891,544,377.72. In other words, not very likely.",Probability,04/24/02 #31725,Opposites 20,2.4,2.77,Winner4600,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. ^ stands for N, F, D, R, or E { stands for A, W, L, T, or O @ stands for M, E, C, A, or B ] stands for L, P, O, A, or T The four letter code word, {@^], can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Warp and Weft.,Logic,07/12/06 #31769,Queen Bee,2.45,1.19,zigthepig,"""Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch!"" Jodie exclaimed as she walked into Kaleigh's house. ""What's wrong?"" Kaleigh asked. ""I got stung by a queen bee!"" Jodie complained. ""No you didn't, you liar,"" Kaleigh said in her most intellectual voice. Why does Kaleigh think that Jodie is lying?",No hint available.,"It is very rare for queen bees to sting people, unless it's a beekeeper. They usually only sting other queen bees. Kaleigh knew that Jodie wasn't a beekeeper, so it is highly unlikely.",Situation,07/14/06 #7016,Corners,2.31,2.22,majd,"What common phrase does this represent? LOOKING FOR THE CORNER IN A COIN",No hint available.,Going around in circles,Language,08/30/02 #50513,More Elements,2.21,0.93,selpy123,"Find the 4 ancient elements of the world in these sentences. The Flag of Ireland is divided into 3 parts. My heart had been broken this Valentine's day. The city of Ottawa terminated the ban on Silly Bands in school. The new Indie game is called Mega Potatoes: 2!",Look at the first half of the sentences.,"Here are the elements in each sentence (3 words) Flag oF IREland My hEART Had of OttaWA TERminated neW INDie game",Language,03/05/15 #50052,Gastronomical Afternoon Delight,2.61,1.03,ThinksForFun,Let'sget lunch lunch lunch lunch,No hint available.,"Let's get together for lunch. The words ""let's"" and ""get"" appear side by side with no intervening space i.e. ""together"" followed by four (""for"") occurrences of the word ""lunch"".",Rebus,12/19/13 #30037,Skeleton,2.36,2.84,Jim1029,"Mike and Chris are hanging out. Mike has a skeleton and an island. Chris just has a skeleton. Strangely, nobody is weirded out by this. Even stranger, very few people know what they have is called an island or skeleton! What is going on here?",Think fun.,"Mike and Chris are playing a game of chess. In chess, certain pawn formations are called ""islands"" or ""skeletons"".",Situation,04/25/06 #1129,Crawl into a Bottle,2.31,1.24,Michelle,"Matthew Magic, the famous magician, said he could put a bottle in the centre of a room and crawl into it. How?",No hint available.,"He put a bottle in the centre of a room, and went into another room. He then got on his hands and knees and crawled into the room where the bottle was.",Trick,10/15/01 #4490,1973 1979 1987 1993 1997 1999,2.25,2.26,gokaran,"What year comes next in this sequence: 1973 1979 1987 1993 1997 1999",No hint available.,2003; they are prime years,Series,06/05/02 #31861,Ben Franklin Speaks Up,2.61,2.57,blonde_genius,"Can you decipher these quotes from the famous inventor, Ben Franklin? All use the same code. ""OR LOML YVFZXMCF LUU UJLRI OVF HVJR MIY OVF HMXXRL VF VI YMIARW UJ OMNVIA TULO UJ LORS TUWWUHRY."" ""HR MWR MXX TUWI VAIUWMIL, TEL UIR SEFL HUWP OMWY LU WRSMVI FLEZVY."" ""OR LOML FZRMPF SEGO, VF SEGO SVFLMPRI.""",OR is solved as HE.,"""He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed."" ""We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid."" ""He that speaks much, is much mistaken."" Code: A:G B:Z C:Y D:J E:U F:S G:C H:W I:N J:F K:Q L:T M:A N:V O:H P:K Q:X R:E S:M T:B U:O V:I W:R X:L Y:D Z:P",Cryptography,07/18/06 #2663,Tomacsh a pull,2.11,2.49,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? tomacsh a pull",No hint available.,Macintosh apple,Rebus,03/13/02 #10410,My Cup is Overflowing...,2.45,2.29,rschwietzer,"There are three measuring cups on a table with volumes of 1-cup, 1/2-cup, and 1/4-cup. There is also a 4-cup mixing bowl that is completely empty and leak proof. Water is poured into the cups, and they are all filled to the brim. All three measuring cups are then emptied into the large mixing bowl, without spilling a drop. The mixing bowl, however, now only has less than a cup of water in it. How is this possible?","Even though all three measuring cups were completely filled with water, less than one cup was needed to fill them.","The 1/2-cup and 1/4-cup are stacked inside the 1-cup measuring cup. When all three are filled, simultaneously, the total volume of water is less than one cup. All three are then poured simultaneously into the mixing bowl.",Trick,02/12/03 #51868,Is He Lying?,2.55,0.56,Marple,"If a dog says ""All dogs are liars"" - is the dog actually lying?",Be logical,Dogs can't talk.,Trick,05/24/18 #3958,ggaarrbbaaggee,2.07,2.22,arij,"Can you decipher this phrase: ggaarrbbaaggee",No hint available.,garbage in garbage out,Rebus,05/08/02 #2530,Here to There,2.6,1.77,darkjester,"I can be man made or natural. I help you get from here to there. I can save you from drowning or falling to your death. But you'd better be careful for I am sometimes weak, then you'll regret you ever stepped foot on me. What am I?",No hint available.,A bridge,Riddle,03/04/02 #39565,Nano-Laboratory,2.26,2.62,shenqiang,"Time has passed, and new technologies have been developed. The job of our nano-laboratory is developing new products of ""nano"" accuracy. For example, if we develop telescopes, we do not allow an error of even a nanometer in the lenses, because this will result in great error when put to use. The first project of our laboratory is producing nano-purified water, i.e. no ion is allowed to have a concentration of more than 1 nanomole per liter. No matter how hard we tried, we failed. Why?",Read carefully.,"Water is a weak electrolyte. In water at room temperature, the concentration of hydrogen ion and hydroxide ion each equal 10^(-7) mole per liter, which is 100 times 1 nanomole per liter.",Science,12/13/07 #7826,Footnotes,2.8,1.47,just_moi,"A, who knows only French, publishes an article in an English magazine. At the end of the article are the following 3 footnotes: 1. I thank my friend B for translating the above article into English so that it could be published in this magazine. 2. I thank my friend B for translating the above footnote. 3. I thank my friend B for translating the above footnote. Why are there only 3 footnotes when logically, A will have to go on forever to be able to thank B properly???",No hint available.,"When B translates footnote 2 to English, A just copies it as it is in English , thereby eliminating the need for footnote 3 to be translated. A therefore doesn't have to thank B anymore!!!",Logic,10/03/02 #50988,Child Kidnapping,2.21,0.87,Viprvenom,"One early morning, one person woke up Kevin, a child, and brought him to another person in a vehicle. The anonymous person made Kevin sit in his vehicle and brought him to some place. There, many children were being kept in the building for a long time and strict members of the building gave the children a lot of work to do. Everyone was exhausted but the members told the children to keep working. Kevin obeyed the members but other children didn't. Those kids were punished and were sent to a room with a passive but aggressive person. Kevin didn't want to go to that room so he stayed silent and did his work. Later in the day, Kevin and the other children were being picked up by the anonymous driver again. This happened for many days. Who is Kevin and what was happening?",No hint available.,"Kevin is a student in a school. He was being waken up by his mother because he was late for the bus. The anonymous driver was a bus driver and dropped Kevin off at school. The members of the building were the teachers of the school and the room was the principals office where the principal, the aggressive person, talks to them about their behavior.",Situation,02/08/17 #37868,It's Nice to be a Twin . . . . .,2.41,1.77,snowmonster,"Twin-words are made up of two repeating terms like Cha Cha or TuTu. See if you can identify the twin words defined in the hints below. 1) Unconventional art movement. 2) Two equal shares. 3) Egyptian goddess. 4) Sweet, good and virtuous. 5) A rhythmic dance. 6) Decorative woolen ball.",No hint available.,"1) Dada 2) Fifty-fifty 3) Isis 4) Goody-goody 5) Hula-hula 6) Pom-pom",Language,08/20/07 #35879,Cows Causing Catastrophes,2.14,0.58,cowman12,"The crazy cows on Cowman's farm have stampeded out of their pens. They have been continuously roaming the pasture. Cowman's servant, MiniCowman, needs to have all the cows back in their pens by milking time. Milking time is at 3:30 PM. It's already 3:00 PM! Each cow has their own pen. After returning the cows to their proper pen, MiniCowman will have to line up the cows in the milking line, sorted by breed. The cows will also need to be branded. You must find the correct brand symbol for each cow. Can you help MiniCowman? Use the clues below. Cow Names: Bessie, Doris, Helen Cow Breeds: Holstein, Jersey, Brown Swiss Brands: El Rancho, Mrs.Cow, Beef 1) The Jersey is branded El Rancho. 2) Doris is not the Jersey. 3) Helen is branded Beef. 4) The Brown Swiss is branded Mrs. Cow.",No hint available.,"Bessie, the Jersey, is branded El Rancho. Doris, the Brown Swiss, is branded Mrs. Cow. Helen, the Holstein, is branded Beef.",Logic-Grid,03/26/07 #28750,Mystery,2.62,2.32,medster99,"VKU NXDV HUTLVBILW VKBFC ZU ETF UYJUPBUFEU BD VKU NGDVUPBXLD. BV BD VKU DXLPEU XI TWW VPLU TPV TFQ DEBUFEU. ~TWHUPV UBFDVUBF (warning- hint will give away all the vowels)","A=T E=U I=B O=X U=L","A=T B=H C=E D=Q E=U F=I G=C H=K I=B J=R K=O L=W M=N N=F O=X P=J Q=M R=P S=D T=V U=L V=A W=Z X=Y Y=G Z=S The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. ~Albert Einstein",Cryptography,02/22/06 #5337,EZ iii,2.36,1.08,Cascas,"What does this mean? EZ iii",No hint available.,Easy on the eyes,Rebus,07/08/02 #25783,Complete-A-Word III,2.77,2.65,phrebh,"Use the 26 letters of the alphabet to complete the ten words below, replacing each underscore with a letter. Each letter can only be used once. 1. _IRA_E 2. _ _RRO_ 3. _OR_ _L_ 4. _O_ _H 5. _R_T_ER 6. E_I_MA 7. _UIR_ 8. _IN_E_ 9. A_UR_ 10. _ _TER",It helps if you write down the alphabet and then cross out the ones you've used.,"1. PIRATE 2. MIRROR 3. WORLDLY 4. VOUCH 5. BROTHER 6. ENIGMA 7. QUIRK 8. JINXES 9. AZURE 10. AFTER",Language,09/05/05 #15844,Changing Words 1,2.61,1.82,fishmed,"What do the 4 following words have in common? Ball Cot Road Box",You need to change one letter in each word.,"When you change one letter in each word, they all become animals. Bull Cat Toad Fox",Language,12/18/03 #1243,Distance Between,2.29,1.44,gokaran,"Two men, starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 meters, turn left and walk another 3 meters. What is the distance between them?",No hint available.,10 meters,Math,10/31/01 #31205,Multiple Personalities?,2.44,1.86,brainster,"I could be large or really sleek and small, I could be quiet or very noisy, Things inside me determine whether I will have a colourful existence or my life will be black, Things I generate are prefixed with the word ""hard"", whereas my counterpart keeps the same things ""soft"". I take in and take out the same thing! What am I?",No hint available.,"A computer printer. Large/Small - printers come in various sizes. Quiet/Noisy - the dot matrix variety are usually noisier than the deskjet/laserjet varieties Colour/Black Existence - printers could be just plain black or colour printers. Hard/Soft - In computer terms, a printout is referred to as a ""hard"" copy, whereas the same document stored on the computer is referred to as a ""soft"" copy. The printer takes in paper and takes out the same paper, except with something printed on it!",Riddle,06/19/06 #2363,6 B in an O,2.07,2.67,ruzbehb,6 B in an O,No hint available.,6 Balls in an Over,Letter-Equations,02/22/02 #23568,Animal Jumble,2.86,2.36,easterbaby2003,"What has the head of a horse, the tail of a monkey, eyes like a chameleon, and the pouch of a kangaroo?",No hint available.,A seahorse (male),Riddle,06/11/05 #29033,"Watt, Watt, Everywhere",2.22,2.78,norcekri,"The police were digging through the ruins of the Watt mansion's south addition, what had been Sei Watt's cigar-smoking bunker until 36 hours ago. The family scion, Hya Watt, was seated at the desk that had so recently been his father's, waiting for Nora Shekrie to summarize. After a full day on the case, her only conclusion was that he'd need an expert. Nora explained the name as they waited for Private Investigator homeS (*not* Holmes, thank you) to arrive. ""It's a tribute to his Great Lakes ancestry. It's an eclectic mixture: Seneca, Menominee, Ottawa, and French Canadian, plus the Winnebago shaman and German farmer you read about."" Hya nodded. ""The trailing capital?"" ""Superiority complex."" Hya counted lakes, groaned, ... and retained homeS immediately. homeS now sat at the room's other working chair. Hya poured him a Bushmill's from Sei's cabinet. At the first sip, Nora began. ""Sei Watt's retreat room was designed and built by the finest talent available to the CEO of Watt's New."" ""The cutting-edge, most profitable arm of the Watt business empire."" Nora acknowledged with a nod -- homeS wasn't interrupting, merely saving time. ""It was virtually fireproof. Full climate control: atmosphere carefully filtered, cleansed, and maintained from pressurized tanks: a 3-to-1 mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, with carbon dioxide to keep the respiratory system happy. Four percent?"" ""Close enough."" ""He retired there every night after dinner, roughly 7:30, to smoke and read in peace. The only combustibles in the room were those he brought with him: usually two cigars, a lighter, his dessert, and several books or periodicals. Whatever happened, the pyrotechnics were formidable."" ""I've seen the security footage. Volumes of whitish vapor -- water?"" Nora nodded. ""It dissipated like heavy fog. I asked Sgt. Wilco to gather ash samples from downwind; I knew you'd want them later."" homeS nodded thanks. ""The supply valves stuck in the heat; the tanks are empty now,"" Nora continued. ""Empty, or down to one atmosphere?"" Nora let the ego pass: they needed his mind. ""You're right, of course. The room is ruined, you'll have the coroner's report before we leave, and ..."" Now he interrupted. ""Suspects? For once, not the primary heirs."" ""Correct. Hya was suddenly graduated two weeks early, with honors; college in New Zealand. The only reasonable competition for CEO is a cousin on the Deere side, Ivan Gufinov."" ""Who prefers to do applied research in central Europe, at his own pace."" Hya spoke up in defense. ""Ivan has 20 patents for Watt, plus four humanitarian awards on three continents."" Nora went on. ""The family retainers are paid what they're worth, which is considerable. When Hya's mother died two years ago, ..."""" ""The regatta accident. Sasha Deere was ..."" homeS's failure to find words spoke volumes. ""Thank you,"" Hya sniffed. ""Go on, Nora."" ""Her will gave each roughly a year's salary. Sei Watt's will is rumored to be even more generous."" ""Somewhat more,"" Hya agreed. ""One or two may retire. Deserved, but they'd be hard to replace."" Nora counted the suspects. ""Nita Pepper runs the kitchen; Duncan Pines, landscaping; Cooper Benden, handyman; Dustin Flores, housekeeper; Seymour Panes is the family doctor, and makes house calls."" ""What did each do with the first bequest?"" homeS asked Hya. ""Pines invested in T-bills and Watt's New,"" he explained. ""Flores put his mother in assisted living and got some rest. Benden still places small bets at the track, but buys more than his share of the drinks, and doesn't panic when he loses, although he's gone back to worrying. Pepper is taking classes: one from Caprial Pence, another from Horst Staley so far. The food is even better than before. I don't know about Dr. Panes; shall I ask him?"" ""Please, if it's convenient,"" homeS said; his tone made it more than a request. To his surprise, the scion of the Watt empire immediately hit three buttons on his desk phone, and they all heard the receptionist connect to Dr. Panes. ""Dr. Seymour, I'm here with some official people trying to clear up my father's death. You're on speakerphone. They're curious about how you spent the money from my mother."" ""New diagnostic gadgets for the clinic."" They murmured agreement. ""I'm glad you called; I need to speak with you about your father's condition. It's personal, but you might decide it bears on the investigation."" ""Then you have my permission to discuss it right now, on speaker-phone."" Hya started a recorder, stated the fact, and introduced the parties. ""Go ahead, Doctor."" ""Your father had only a few months: cancer, metastasized. That's why your MBA program was accelerated. He had perhaps four months at work, then two dying at home. He planned to tell you at graduation. He cut red tape and expected you to do the rest. You didn't disappoint him."" Hya couldn't speak; Nora asked, ""Doctor, who else knew?"" ""I told nobody. We spoke only in person. Perhaps someone was in the hallway when I last examined him at home, but I couldn't say."" homeS looked at Hya's face, then spoke. ""Thank you, Doctor. May I call you later, if needed?"" ""Of course. I'll be at all the services, of course."" The call ended; they digested the news. Finally, homeS had open issues. ""So Pepper prepared his desserts. Pines may have had outside access at the time. Flores had keys to everything. Benden maintained the bunker's air and sprinkler systems."" ""Not quite."" Hya looked up. ""Father had the only inside key, and cleaned it himself. Benden had external access to the air system; there was no sprinkler. Dad hated the idea of his pipe setting it off."" A light bulb appeared over homeS's head. ""When you have eliminated the impossible ..."" He let the statement hang as he punched his cell phone. ""Sgt. Wilco? The ash will show almost nothing, but it's critical for the murder trial. ... Yes, we have. Please take into custody for questioning ..."" Whom did homeS finger for the murder?","In a fireproof room, what burns well?","homeS continued. ""... Cooper Benden. Interrogate him about the late Mr. Watt's medical condition."" Hya added ""And have them get his betting records from the track."" A quick search of his room turned up a large number of markers from two bookies, plus notes on two on-line betting parlors. ""So he thought he'd cost my father only a few stressful months, but pay off his gambling debts. We have motive and opportunity; how about means?"" Hya asked. homeS raised an eyebrow, inclining his head to Nora. ""Let me see if I have this right,"" she said, still humble before the P.I. ""It was all too simple. Benden merely substituted hydrogen for nitrogen in the air mix. Mixed with nearly pure oxygen, as soon as Sei Watt struck a match, boom! Water vapor, the weakest seam gives out, and the extra hydrogen burns with oxygen from outside. The tanks keep pumping, and most of the evidence floats downwind."" She went on with details. ""The residual gas in the tanks should make the case, along with the *lack* of ash, since the fire was clean. Fortunately, solving the case quickly should let you stabilize the business environment. The crime is limited; no more enemy action to threaten your new position."" ""So, what do I tell the press? Oh, I guess I'll let the P.R. heads handle that."" Nora noticed a gleam in the P.I.'s eye. She churned her brains, stumbled across the obvious phrase, and gasped an apology as she ran, giggling, into the hall. ""What brought that on?"" ""I deduce that she imagined telling the fourth estate how your father died."" ""So, how *did* my father die, homeS?"" The hired brain drained the last mouthful of the wonderful whiskey, placed his glass on the service tray next to the door, and answered. ""Elementally, my Deere-Watt scion."" With a two-fingered salute, homeS escaped the study to escort Nora to her car.",Mystery,03/11/06 #8868,Father of the Brides,2.35,3.0,dewtell,"The wedding reception was winding down as Bill Johnson, the father of the bride, held forth to anyone who was left to hear his report on the fiscal damages. ""That's the last one married off - thank goodness! That's been one wedding a year for the last four years I've had to pay for. Alice got married three years ago, then Barbara, Cheryl, and now Denise. They've all gotten married on the same day, June 30th, for some reason, and each girl had to have her three sisters as the bridesmaids, but could they share a color scheme? No - each one had to have her own colors. God forbid they should be able to reuse the bridesmaids' dresses, let alone share a wedding dress. Alice tried to persuade Denise to reuse her color scheme, but Denise said she had lived with her older sister's hand-me-downs long enough. Funny thing, though - each bride managed to get married when her age was just the same as the sum of the digits of the ages of her three sisters. You don't see that every day, I bet. But why couldn't they share something that costs money instead of this trivia?"" Bill didn't mention how old his daughters are, but he's given us enough information to work out all four ages. How old are they?","1. Any non-negative integer is congruent to the sum of its digits, mod 9. (They have the same remainder when divided by 9.) 2. Each daughter was between 17 and 33 at the time of her wedding.","Alice is 27, Barbara is 28, Cheryl is 20, and Denise is 21, 21 = 2+7+2+8+2+0. A year ago, they were 26, 27, 19, and 20, 19 = 2+6+2+7+2+0. Two years ago, they were 25, 26, 18, and 19, 26 = 2+5+1+8+1+9. Three years ago, they were 24, 25, 17, and 18, 24 = 2+5+1+7+1+8. You can solve this one by trial and error (particularly with the hint), but you can also use the fact that any non-negative integer is congruent to the sum of its digits, mod 9. If a, b, c, and d are the present ages of the four women, that gives us four linear congruences: d = a + b + c (mod 9) c-1 = (a-1)+(b-1)+(d-1) (mod 9) b-2 = (a-2)+(c-2)+(d-2) (mod 9) a-3 = (b-3)+(c-3)+(d-3) (mod 9). Solving for the four variables, we get: a=0, b=1, c=2, d=3 (all mod 9). It remains to find four integers congruent to these numbers that will satisfy the digit addition property. If you use the age restriction in the hint, you can omit some of the following analysis, but I present it here in full to show that the solution is truly unique even without the hint. If we go back 3 years to Alice's wedding, we have: a-3=6, b-3=7, c-3=8, and d-3=9 (mod 9). Now all numbers less than 79 that are congruent to 7 also have a digit sum of 7, and likewise numbers congruent to 8 less than 89 have a digit sum of 8, and numbers congruent to 9 (except 0) less than 99 have a digit sum of 9. We can rule out such high ages, because each woman must have a turn being the sum of her sister's ages' digits, and the maximum sum of digits for three ages less than 199 is 54 (for 99, 99, and 99). Likewise, we can rule out zero as a valid age for Denise three years ago, because she needs to have an age now that can be the sum of the digits of three other valid ages. So Alice three years ago must have been 7+8+9=24, making her 27 now. Now go back 2 years to Barbara's wedding. Alice we now know was 25. Cheryl's age was congruent to 9 (mod 9), so she must have had a digit sum of 9. Denise's age was congruent to 1 (mod 9), so she must have had a digit sum of 10 unless she was 10 years old herself (we have previously ruled out 1 as a valid age). But if Denise was 10, then Barbara would have been 17 two years ago, and this year Alice and Barbara together would be contributing 2+7+1+9 = 19 years to Denise's age, contradicting the assumption that she was 10 two years ago. So Denise had a digit sum of 10 two years ago, and Barbara was therefore 2+5+9+10=26 at the time of her wedding, hence 28 now. Now consider Cheryl's wedding last year. Alice was 26 and Barbara was 27. Denise's age was congruent to 2 (mod 9), so she must have had a digit sum of either 2 or 11. If it was 11, then Cheryl would have been 11+2+6+2+7=28 then, making her 29 now. But then Denise would have to be 2+7+2+8+2+9=30 now to Alice's 27, contradicting the information that Alice was her older sister. So Denise's digit sum must have been 2 last year, making Cheryl 19 then, and Denise 21 now.",Math,12/03/02 #2154,Time to Succeed,2.71,1.75,and1a2z,"When people get desperate they deny my existence, I am never here, not this instance, I give confidence to those in need, People believe I'm when they'll succeed What am I?",play like there's no ...,Tomorrow,Riddle,01/25/02 #19693,Mad Ade's Minus Letter Anagrams #4,2.45,2.49,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser, the idea is to identify the blanked words. The secret is that each word is an anagram of the previous word, but minus one letter. For example The ------- mopped up the spilt ------ and then made sure all the work surfaces were -----. The answer for the first word would be ""cleaner"", then remove the ""N"" and make into ""cereal"", then remove an ""E"" to make ""clear"". Now try these. The ------- turned up the classroom ------ and continued his lesson about the planet -----. The Madadian Murderer had run out of ------- on how to administer his ------, so decided to just use a plain old -----. ------- the hold up had cost Mad Ade ------, and he was dreading any further ------.",No hint available.,"Teacher, Heater, Earth Options, Poison, Spoon Already, Dearly, Delay",Language,12/06/04 #50113,Words in a Vat II,2.41,2.09,sciencesteven,"There are four words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: N--J-, --K-, -A--ON, --N-A-Y Individual Letters: A I A C L F N N S A T Y E",No hint available.,"NINJA, LAKE, CANYON, FANTASY",Language,01/25/14 #44189,Spoonerisms,2.42,1.54,perrygf,"Spoonerisms are two words whose first sounds have been traded. They are named after a Reverend Spooner. In the columns below, six pairs of words have been ""Spoonerized"", creating two new words. They have been changed phonetically, so the original words may have different spellings. Example: boy tote = toy boat Can you match each word from Column A to its match in Column B and find the original word pairs? Column A....Column B bandy..........blocks better..........car pole............ denter sack.............hunch said..............locks tear..............spire",No hint available.,"tear spire = spare tire said denter = dead center bandy car = candy bar pole hunch = hole punch better locks = letter box sack blocks = black socks",Language,02/28/09 #45699,Kangaroo Words 10,2.35,1.83,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. dice 2. gamble 3. avarice 4. charge (noun) 5. instructor 6. supervisor",No hint available.,"1. die (DIcE) 2. game (GAMblE) 3. vice (aVarICE) 4. care (ChARgE) 5. tutor (insTrUcTOR) 6. superior (SUPERvIsOR)",Language,11/11/09 #30141,Sounding Them Out - I,2.99,1.27,brainster,"Given below are five pairs of words. Each pair sounds similar, but have different meanings (they are homonyms). Can you find them? Lift high - Bring down, destroy Plant with ears - Labyrinth Burial/Cremation formalities - Uses a pen and paper and forms legible words To communicate with God - Carnivore's target Watery part of milk that separates when milk turns to curds - The route or the course traveled from one place to another",No hint available.,"Raise - Raze Maize - Maze Rites - Writes Pray - Prey Whey - Way",Language,04/29/06 #35937,An Ancient Conundrum!,2.46,2.99,jazzmusician46,"What name does not belong in this group? Shamash Thoth Marduk Tiamat Apsu",No hint available.,"Thoth does not belong in this group. Thoth was the Egyptian moon god. The other gods are from Babylonian mythology. Shamash: God of the sun who protected the poor and travellers. Marduk: Son of Ea and Damkina, who was considered the wisest of the gods and eventually their ruler. Tiamat: The great goddess who represented primeval chaos. She was destroyed by her children to create the world. Apsu: Tiamat's husband; the ruler of gods and underworld oceans.",Group,03/29/07 #43495,Secret Words II,1.86,0.56,Malika123,"Unscramble these. Category -- Marine Animals hawle hraks ishf quids cotoups",No hint available.,"whale shark fish squid octopus",Language,11/06/08 #41818,Add it Up 12,2.55,1.57,Scubee,"Beginning with ""ig"", add letters from the given pool to create a eight-letter word for ""a kitchen activity"". Do not rearrange the letters as you go. Two letters are added at step 4. Pool: P H C N O P 1. IG 2. _ _ _ 3. _ _ _ _ 4. _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The hint gives definitions/clues for each additional word.","2. An oinker 3. Pong's partner 4. To desire with expectations 5. Peter as he comes down the bunny trail","1. IG 2. PIG 3. PING 4. HOPING 5. HOPPING 6. CHOPPING",Language,05/05/08 #47277,Missing Card,2.68,2.96,MarcM1098,"A standard deck contains thirteen cards (Ace, Two, Three, ... Ten, Jack, Queen, King) in each of four suits (Spades, Diamonds, Hearts, Clubs). There is a certain characteristic that only four cards share. Three of the cards are given below; what is the fourth? - Eight of Clubs - Ten of Clubs - King of Clubs","The four cards in this group are not all the same suit. The ""of"" in each card name is important, as is the ""s"" at the end of each suit name.","- King of Hearts These are the only four cards that can be written with no repeated letters. ""Spades"" has a repeated letter, the ""s"". ""Diamonds"" has an ""o"", but so does ""of"". The word ""of"" also excludes every ""Two"", ""Four"", and ""Five"". ""Three"", ""Seven"", ""Nine"", and ""Queen"" all have repeated letters. ""Six"" repeats the ""s"" at the end of each suit. ""Ace"" and ""Jack"" repeat the ""a"" in ""Hearts"" and the ""c"" in ""Clubs"". ""Eight"" and ""Ten"" repeat the ""e"" in ""Hearts"".",Group,06/18/10 #42394,8 = V of a C,2.22,2.31,shenqiang,8 = V of a C,It's a common geometric shape.,8 = vertices of a cube.,Letter-Equations,07/01/08 #1778,Arthur,2.3,1.74,missie,"Arthur lived with his parents and one day they left and a friend came over. The friend quickly left to buy some cigarettes. While she was gone, two men came in and stole the TV, the stereo, and all of the valuables. The men paid no attention to Arthur and Arthur paid no attention to the men. Why not?",No hint available.,Arthur is one year old.,Situation,12/20/01 #48525,A Note In Code,2.59,1.17,selpy123,"Maya Calzone had driven from work and was now parked in the driveway. She noticed a piece of paper taped on to her door. She went out of her car and grabbed the note. It read: ""Thanks, Maya, for that save in the park a few days ago! I know you like codes, so I made one up for you! Here, can you decipher it? -Pedro"" This is the code Pedro put in his letter. 1st Word: U 2nd Word: No money or possessions. 3rd Word: I say it when I own something. 4th Word: Autumn Help Maya decipher this code! What did Pedro's code say?","1st word - You should know this! (Especially if you text a lot) 2nd word - A lot of unemployed people are this. 3rd word - Not mine, but __ object. 4th word - It's Autumn in other places, but this in America!","You Broke My Fall! 1st Word: U is the sound of y-o-u. 2nd Word: No money/possessions means you have nothing, meaning you are broke. 3rd Word: When you own something, you say 'my'. 4th Word: Autumn is also called fall.",Language,03/01/11 #41926,Flower Power 2,2.54,1.05,TRILLIONAIRE,"My first is in three and also in tray My second in burn but not in bray My third in lamp and also loop Mt fourth in pile but not in coop My last in part and also pink My whole a flower you will think...",T____,Tulip,Logic,05/14/08 #26211,Whose Side Am I On?,2.91,2.94,norcekri,"Now that Forrie Agincourt has turned 13, he's at loggerheads with his parents on a weekly basis, but his relationship with Auntie Jenn is everything a mentally active new teen could want. Over Labour Day weekend, the two of them scoured the dictionary for another list of apparent antonyms with which he could confound his progenitors. Each pair of definitions below involves two words that are spelled the same ... except that the first start with ""pro"" and the second starts with ""con"". Although Forrie wasn't as polite when he challenged his parents with this second list, they still gave it a try. Prospera got 4 words, and Connor got 3. How many can you get? 1. a stately parade -- a grant 2. plentiful -- befuddle 3. faculty member -- clerical role 4. an incitement -- a gathering 5. earliest form -- 1,000 escudos 6. formal catalogue -- summary 7. turn a hand palm down -- analogous","#5 ""pro"" is usually a prefix, rather than a separate word #6 ""con"" is an uncommon word #7 ""pro"" is an uncommon word","1. procession -- concession 2. profuse -- confuse 3. professor -- confessor 4. provocation -- convocation 5. proto -- conto 6. prospectus -- conspectus 7. pronate -- connate",Language,10/04/05 #1908,10 D in a D,2.18,1.91,JUSTIN,10 D in a D,No hint available.,10 Dimes in a Dollar,Letter-Equations,01/01/02 #50014,Water or Ice?,2.83,1.04,eighsse,"Which weighs more: a gallon of liquid water or a gallon of ice? (With ""weight"" meaning, weight on the same planet, at the same location -- so literally, ""which has more mass?"")",No hint available.,"A gallon of liquid water weighs more than a gallon of ice. Many people might be thinking of an actual gallon jug of water, weighed at liquid, and weighed frozen (in which case they would be equal, if you remove any condensation or frost). But the question does not refer to a jug; it refers to a gallon. A gallon is a precise measurement of liquid capacity. Ice is less dense than liquid water, so a precise gallon of ice weighs slightly less than a precise gallon of water.",Science,11/26/13 #34922,Little Johnny #4,2.61,2.03,fishmed,"You'd think that Little Johnny's brother would learn his lesson, but no, he was at it again. He wanted some extra money for the movies, so he went to Little Johnny with a bet. ""We got a really hard problem in class today,"" his brother said. ""Even with the hints we were given, we can't figure it out. I'll bet you my week's allowance against yours that you can't figure it out before dinner."" PINE + TREES + CONES = FOREST Little Johnny's brother told him that their teacher gave them the letter C=5, T=4, and E=8. He figured he'd get an extra large popcorn with the movie tonight. Twenty minutes later, Little Johnny's mother was giving both allowances to Little Johnny and his brother, sadly, had to stay home. Can you figure out what numbers are represented by each letter? No number stands for more than one letter.",No hint available.,"O = 0 F = 1 I = 2 S = 3 T = 4 C = 5 N = 6 R = 7 E = 8 P = 9 9268 + 47883 + 50683 = 107834",Math,01/18/07 #4346,Beggars,2.32,1.8900000000000001,mad-ade,"In the legendary country of MADADIA. Crowned Prince Mad Ade the second said: ""If I were to give seven coins to each beggar at my door, I would have twenty-four coins left. I lack thirty-two coins for being able to give them nine coins apiece."" How many beggars were there, and how many coins did Crowned Prince Mad Ade have?",No hint available.,28 beggars and 220 coins,Math,05/30/02 #7959,Together,2.54,2.77,majd,"What is this saying? EW +/ WE",No hint available.,"United we stand, divided we fall. (WE upward = we stand, + = united, WE downward = we fall, / = divided)",Rebus,10/09/02 #8998,Wheelbarrow Battle,3.1,1.65,speedyg1000,"Two men working at a construction site were up for a challenge, and they were pretty mad at each other. Finally, at lunch break, they confronted one another. One man, obviously stronger, said ""See that wheelbarrow? I'm willin' to bet $100 (that's all I have in my wallet here) that you can't wheel something to that cone and back that I can't do twice as far. Do we have a bet?"" The other man, too dignified to decline, shook his hand, but he had a plan formulating. He looked at the objects lying around: a pile of 400 bricks, a steel beam, the 10 men that had gathered around to watch, his pickup truck, a stack of ten bags of concrete mix, and then he finalized his plan. ""All right,"" he said, and revealed his object. That night, the strong man went home thoroughly teased and $100 poorer. What did the other man choose?",No hint available.,"He looked the man right in the eye and said ""get in.""",Other,12/08/02 #28005,"3, 5, 8, 11, 16, 19, 24, 27, 32, ?",2.39,2.79,kiss,"What's the next number in this series? 3, 5, 8, 11, 16, 19, 24, 27, 32, ?",No hint available.,"39. The nth entry is the nth prime number plus n. 3=2+1, 5=3+2, 8=5+3, 11=7+4, 16=11+5, 19=13+6, 24=17+7, 27=19+8, 32=23+9, 39=29+10.",Series,01/10/06 #39927,Game of Monopoly,2.53,1.44,petey127,"Chris and Jane are playing a game of Monopoly. Chris rolls a seven and lands on Park Place. ""Yes! Now I have a Monopoly with Boardwalk and Park Place,"" said Chris. ""Wait a minute,"" said Jane. ""You cheated!"" How did she know Chris cheated?",Think about the Monopoly board.,"If Chris rolled a seven and landed on Park Place, he would have been on the Go to Jail space before his move. He should have been in Jail, not on Park Place.",Situation,01/05/08 #30337,Expressions,2.47,1.47,Hana_Kimi,"Kyle said that he can use each of the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 exactly once and the operations of addition and multiplication to write an expression with a value of 15. What expression did Kyle write?",No hint available.,"(4x3)+2+1=15, or 2(4+3)+1=15.",Math,05/08/06 #32549,The Sluggish Stream,2.67,2.33,thompson1,"In sluggish stream I flowed from rifted rocks, As flames broke up the stones, and fire applied The unleashed ardour of the furnace-heat; My form capacious now is clear as ice. Yea, many long to hold me in their hand, Fingering my slippery shape in dainty grasp; But I befool their minds, and while I lay Sweet kisses on their lips that press me close, And urge their tottering footsteps to a fall.",No hint available.,Glass,Riddle,08/21/06 #20550,Retro Breakthrough 2,2.98,1.3,The_best,"A magazine competition invited people to come up with ""invented"" inventions of the cyber-age. For example, a solar powered clothes drier (a rope) and a hand-held word processor (a pencil). Can you guess what this is? It's a graphic media emulator. High-resolution, thin-screen monitor that produces near-perfect emulations of all graphical media. Used as cosmetic analyzer. What is it?","Before peeking into the answer, check out Retro-Breakthrough 1 to get an idea what this is.",A mirror,Science,01/23/05 #26974,Anagram Anagram,2.79,1.76,phrebh,"Below is a list of jumbled words. Find an anagram of each set of letters, and then find another one. OLTO THSO AREF SYLA ATEH LIKSL ACTHE SAHMR GREAN ELVID",No hint available.,"Some of these may have more than two, so give yourself an extra point if you came up with something other than these. LOOT and TOOL SHOT and HOST FEAR and FARE SLAY and LAYS HATE and HEAT KILLS and SKILL CHEAT and TEACH HARMS and MARSH ANGER and RANGE DEVIL and LIVED If you came up with all of the words on the left first, then you might have some hostile tendencies. If you came up with all of the words on the right first, then you may suppress some of your natural feelings.",Language,11/17/05 #8306,Longest Juve River,2.38,2.55,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? Longest Juve River Ant: ""ick, ick, ick""",Immaturity plus,"Juvenile antics. Longest Juve River - Longest River in the world is the Nile hence Juve in Nile, Juvenile. Ant: ""ick, ick, ick"" - Very simple, this ant is disgusted by something and therefore letting it be known with 'ant icks'... Antics.",Rebus,10/31/02 #3642,Detention Bound,2.98,1.66,Bobbrt,"In a high school science class, Jimmy was given 50 milliliters of water and 50 milliliters of ethanol. His task was to mix them together and then run an experiment on the mixture. When the teacher came to check on him, however, Jimmy's mixture only contained 94 milliliters. The teacher accused him of drinking some of the mixture in an attempt to get intoxicated and immediately sent him to the principal. Jimmy swears that he did not drink the mixture and that he didn't lose any of the liquids by any means. What happened to the other six milliliters, and how could Jimmy prove his innocence?",No hint available.,"When liquids are mixed, the molecules can arrange themselves so that they fit together more tightly than either of the original, pure liquids. A good way to visualize this is to picture a box completely filled with billiard balls (representing large molecules). If you pour a small amount of sand (representing small molecules) into the box, the sand will fill the voids between the billiard balls. The mass in the box will increase, but the total volume will not change. This is how Jimmy could prove his innocence - if he weighs the mixture, it will equal the original weight of the water plus the weight of the ethanol.",Science,04/19/02 #14814,2 = C,2.67,1.8,MrIxolite,"2 = C 3 = a C",No hint available.,"2 is Company 3 is a Crowd",Letter-Equations,09/17/03 #897,Divide the Will,2.43,2.11,Michelle,"An old woman died leaving an estate of $1,000,000. Her estate was divided up among her surviving relatives. Her relatives: Jennie, Bobbie, Ellie, Ginnie, Candie, Dannie, Frannie, Annie, Hollie and Kathie were each given an amount of money. The eccentric woman's will stated that each of her relatives was to be given an amount based on the alphabetic order of their first name. The heirs were listed in the order of their names and thus the order of their gift. Annie received the most and Kathie received the least amount. The difference in the amounts given to each person was to be constant. (i.e. The difference between the amount given to the first and second person on the list was the same as the difference in the amount given to the next-to-last and the last person on the list.) If Ellie received 108,000, how much did each other person receive?",No hint available.,"Annie - 172,000 Bobbie - 156,000 Candie - 140,000 Dannie - 124,000 Ellie - 108,000 Frannie - 92,000 Ginnie - 76,000 Hollie - 60,000 Jennie - 44,000 Kathie - 28,000",Math,09/29/01 #11679,3 by 3 Logic,2.47,1.53,jimbo,"Just take the first two statements in each set as being correct and deduce whether the implication is true or false. (It doesn't matter whether you think the statements are actually true or not, just apply the logic.) [1] Some chess players are left handed. All left-handed people play the piano. True or False? ""Some piano players play chess."" [2] Some guitar players eat quiche. All quiche eaters are surfers. True or False? ""All guitar players are surfers."" [3] No athletes who like probability play scrabble. All athletes who use deodorant play scrabble. True or False? ""No athletes who use deodorant like probability.""","Try replacing the zany descriptions with something more familiar, like some dogs have white tails, etc.","[1] True [2] False [3] True",Logic,04/10/03 #40212,"Hi, I'm Ana Gram 2!",2.52,1.61,snowmonster,"Please unscramble each Anagram listed next to their definition. 1) zebu doll (to move dirt) 2) teen base (a type of voter) 3) bets sled (owing no one) 4) sell barb (found in gyms) 5) robs lets (crusty ocean dwellers) 6) dine boat (having gained possession of) 7) trio bane (between a bass and a tenor)",No hint available.,"1) Bulldoze 2) Absentee 3) Debtless 4) Barbells 5) Lobsters 6) Obtained 7) Baritone",Language,01/26/08 #47921,Earth's Sigh,2.4,0.75,4wheels,"I am easy to feel but hard to see Can you guess what I might be? I'll give you hints to ease your mind And help you solve this little rhyme Let's begin with clue number one I cause so much damage before I'm done Wrecking homes and destroying power I can be gentle and then turn sour I can wreck ships with my force Or cause them to change their course Others use me for their pleasure When I am behaving much better I bring children lots of fun When they take their string and run There objects hang for all to see Defying the law of gravity Still I have a different use One that I can not refuse I keep the power at a flow With the way my blades always go I have given you lots of clues And now my time is past due Before I leave and say good-bye Please tell me what am I?",No hint available.,Wind,Riddle,09/05/10 #24506,A Lonely Fall,2.8,1.19,pinkpixie0055,"Alone I fall to the earth and raise as many in rebirth. Grind and sift and pound me down, I raise again a golden brown So you may live through my defeat What am I ?",A food,Wheat,Riddle,07/13/05 #48841,Favorite Snack,2.5100000000000002,0.98,Faith511,"Jenny, Carl, Benny, Mady, and Freddie are going to the candy store to buy a chocolate bar, a white chocolate bar, a lollipop, cotton candy, and a pack of gum. What is each kids favorite candy? Use these hints to find out. 1.Both of the girls have chocolate treats. 2.Mady, Carl, and the boy with cotton candy, are all in the same grade. 3.Jenny, the girl with the white chocolate, the boy with gum, and Freddie, all play soccer. 4.Carl has braces, so no gum for him.",No hint available.,"Jenny - Chocolate bar Carl - Lollipop Benny - Gum Mady - White chocolate Freddie - Cotton candy",Logic,06/26/11 #35991,Here's Jay,2.57,2.28,aresII,"Here are some thoughts from comedian Jay Leno, host of the ""Tonight Show."" Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. C=D ""PO BNKDTCKOF'D CGU UPY DFGU VPQK GOC UPY CPO'F CP GOUFVTOM. DPYOCD ZTRK LTIK BNKDTCKOF'D CGU!"" ""UPY'NK OPF AGQPYD YOFTZ QU QPFVKN VGD VKGNC PA UPY.""","I=C P=O R=K","""On President's Day you stay home and you don't do anything. Sounds like Vice President's Day!"" ""You're not famous until my mother has heard of you."" Key: A=F B=P C=D D=S E=B F=T G=A I=C K=E L=V M=G N=R O=N P=O Q=M R=K T=I U=Y V=H X=J Y=U Z=L",Cryptography,04/01/07 #23965,Beethoven's Wig,3.05,1.1,beethovenswig,"Someone has stolen Beethoven's Wig and has put it in one of four locked boxes. The boxes are numbered from 1,2,3,4 in that order. There are four different keys that each has their own color. Use the clues below to figure out which key goes in which box and to find the box where Beethoven's wig is being kept. 1. The green key goes to the third or fourth box 2. The wig is to the left of the fourth box 3. The wig is to the right of the first box 4. The yellow key is to the left of the wig 5. The blue key is to the right of the yellow key and to the left of the green key 6. The red key goes to the first box",No hint available.,"The wig is in the third box The red key goes to the first box The yellow key goes to the second box The blue key goes to the third box The green key goes to the fourth box",Logic,06/23/05 #7292,Not a lot-o-letters,2.7600000000000002,2.74,Mogmatt16,What is the highest known number that can be written with 4 letters?,Do not change this type of mound into a peak.,"A mole, which is 602,000,000,000,000,000,000,000; or 6.02x10^23.",Science,09/08/02 #11047,Jump Jump,2.28,1.8800000000000001,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? Jump Jump CartTheBeatlesHorse",Don't be a sheep will ya!,"To Jump on the Band Wagon To (two) Jump - this is happening 'on' CartTheBeatlesHorse and The Beatles being a band within a horse and cart which is a wagon... voila.",Rebus,03/10/03 #40551,Just a Thought...Or Two,2.24,2.2,aresII,"The following quotes are from Meister Eckhart (1260 - 1328). He was known to be a master of theology. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. S=H ""JSFA F HFO AFGYB PO EL RTOAYHUCFAPTO, ASFA SY UTWNB TWA PO CTKY."" ""JSFA JY UCFOA PO ASY BTPC TX RTOAYHUCFAPTO, JY BSFCC NYFU PO ASY SFNKYBA TX FRAPTO.""","F=A T=O W=U","""WHAT A MAN TAKES IN BY CONTEMPLATION, THAT HE POURS OUT IN LOVE."" ""WHAT WE PLANT IN THE SOIL OF CONTEMPLATION, WE SHALL REAP IN THE HARVEST OF ACTION."" KEY: A=T B=S C=L E=B F=A G=K H=M J=W K=V L=Y N=R O=N P=I R=C S=H T=O U=P W=U X=F Y=E",Cryptography,02/17/08 #37953,A Full Year,2.32,2.16,King_of_Smart,"What letter comes next? Y, F, H, A, Y, J, Y, A, R, O, R, ...",No hint available.,"D, for December. Y is for the last letter of January. F is for the first letter of February. This pattern repeats until it reaches the end.",Series,08/25/07 #51074,Can You Figure Out The ?,2.74,2.16,fishmed,"Consider the following. What is the number that fits in the ""?"" 8809=6 1234=1 5482=3 8805=5 7777=0 6363=2 2172=0 4141=2 8523=2 1257=0 2581=?",The hint is closed...,"2581=2 Each number's answer is calculated by the number of closed loops/sections in all the numbers. The hint talks about 'closed' sections of the numbers"". 1=0 2=0 3=0 4=1 5=0 6=1 7=0 8=2 9=1 0=1",Math,05/05/17 #9741,9 = M in the F of the R,2.53,2.19,speedyg1000,9 = M in the F of the R,No hint available.,9 Members in the Fellowship of the Ring,Letter-Equations,01/11/03 #43590,Old Proverbs #1,1.9000000000000001,0.97,Shadows,"SMOKE FIRE SMOKE FIRE SMOKE FIRE SMOKE FIRE SMOKE FIRE",No hint available.,"Where there's smoke, there's fire.",Rebus,11/20/08 #8425,1 = P of P P that P P P,2.84,1.43,hbanana42,1 = P of P P that P P P,You have to know your nursery rhymes to answer this one.,1 = Peck of Pickled Peppers that Peter Piper Picked.,Letter-Equations,11/07/02 #22284,A Phony Problem,2.4,0.64,Leviathan,What is the product of all the numbers on a phone?,ALL the numbers,0. There is a 0 on phones too.,Math,04/15/05 #42741,5 = M B in J and the B,2.04,2.28,Abstain,5 = M B in J and the B,No hint available.,"5 = magic beans in ""Jack and the Beanstalk""",Letter-Equations,08/08/08 #35638,Missing Letters Ten,2.77,2.67,jazzmusician46,"Below are incomplete words. Replace the letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck. Ke ( _ _ ) ergy Ena ( _ _ _ ) ak Bl ( _ _ _ ) ied Ka ( _ _ _ _ ) d Ke ( _ _ ) icure Por ( _ _ _ _ _ ) or Ma ( _ _ _ ) dan Cli ( _ _ _ ) ity",No hint available.,"Keen Energy Enable Bleak Blunt Untied Karate Rated Keep Epicure Portrait Traitor Major Jordan Client Entity",Language,03/10/07 #19691,Mad Ade's Minus Letter Anagrams #2,2.38,2.41,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser the idea is to identify the blanked words. The secret is that each word is an anagram of the previous word, but minus one letter. For example The ------- mopped up the spilt ------ and then made sure all the work surfaces were -----. The answer for the first word would be ""cleaner"", then remove the ""N"" and make into ""cereal"", then remove an ""E"" to make ""clear"". Now try these The ------ thief used a file to ----- down the hinges of the safe to get to the ----. The ------ youth was dismayed to find the ----- phone box vandalised when he needed to make a ----. Mad Ade watched as the liquid ------ as the landlord poured him a pint of the ----- local extra strong ----.",No hint available.,"Daring, Grind, Ring Callow, Local, Call Foamed, Famed, Mead",Language,12/06/04 #50604,Sums,2.72,1.61,Genius39,"7 + 7 = 2 8 + 8 = 4 8 + 5 = 1 6 + 9 = 3 10 + 11 = 9 In this sense, what is the value of 4 + 9?",It is about time you have known the answer.,"1. The solution is to add both numbers in the sense of hours, for the first number being the time in AM, and the second number being the number of hours added. The result is the time in PM. For the hint, ""It is ABOUT TIME you have known the answer.""",Logic,05/15/15 #24826,Color-Changer,2.7,1.79,timber_wolf_789,"Blue to red and brown to green, I change the color of objects as you may have seen. Though of their natural color some things I deprive, Without me living things could not survive. What am I?",No hint available.,"Oxygen Blood turns red when exposed to oxygen, and oxidation turns copper green (like the Statue of Liberty). And, of course, all creatures would die without it.",Riddle,07/24/05 #49001,Words With DU,1.87,2.2,cnmne,"Five words that contain DU as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *DU**, DU****, **DU**, ***DU*, ***DU** Pool: A, A, C, E, E, E, E, F, I, L, L, N, N, O, P, R, T, T, V, X",No hint available.,"ADULT, DUPLEX, ENDURE, FONDUE, VIADUCT",Language,08/30/11 #26087,An Interesting Melody,2.7,1.21,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? A pianist plays a short crisp d, Then a loud e, Followed by a gentle a, Finishing with a drawn out d.",No hint available.,Playing dead.,Rebus,09/27/05 #50800,Word Chest 7,2.5,1.36,dalfamnest,"Word Chests are miniature crossword puzzles with no gaps. e.g. J OB ARE MET This word chest contains three words spelled horizontally and three vertically. Clues are given, but not necessarily in order. Can you work out the six 3-letter words and place them correctly in the chest? These clues all involve song titles. Clues across: * ""I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years ___"" [Elvis] * ""___ Of The Tiger"" [Survivor] * ""Rubber Soul"" and ""Rust in Peace"" use this type of word play Clues down: * ""___ (Is the Loneliest Number)"" [Three Dog Night] * ""I Go ___"" [Neil Sedaka] * ""This ___'s In Love With You"" [Herb Alpert] The HINT gives you the top left letter.","The top left letter is ""A"".","AGO PUN EYE [The Beatles' ""Rubber Soul"" involved a pun on the popular rubber soled shoes at the time. Megadeth's hit plays on R.I.P.",Language,04/17/16 #22487,Poplar Person,2.85,1.72,timilee,"I was born in Italy then I moved to France I am only half figured so I cannot dance I keep my right hand snug over my left wrist I have an enigmatic smile though I cannot kiss If you measure my height I'm only seventy seven I have an Oscar thanks to Livingston and Evans I lived with Napoleon but that was not fun Cole put me on the Billboard eight weeks number one Who am I?",Behind Unbreakable Glass,"Mona Lisa Poplar is NOT a misspelled word, it is the type of wood that she is painted on.",Riddle,04/26/05 #52033,The Money 2,2.85,0.66,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,What are you in for?,Rebus,09/20/18 #4139,Shrinking Pizza,2.2,1.6400000000000001,mad-ade,"On Monday Mad Ade orders a pizza, to be delivered. When it arrives he eats half straight away. On Tuesday he eats half of what is left, same on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, each day eating half of what was left from the day before. By the end of Sunday, how much of the Pizza will Mad Ade have eaten?",No hint available.,127/128 (99.22%),Math,05/18/02 #10060,Anne Sirs,2.58,2.32,snaps,"Each of the clues given below has a two-word answer which, when said, sounds like another word. Can you figure out each of the answers? eg. The answer to ""Going nude"" would be ""no wear"" which sounds like ""nowhere"" when said out loud. 1. The leader of all black birds. 2. To start a race. 3. Using your fingers to add up numbers. 4. Purchase a transport vehicle. 5. To spoil a distilled spirit. 6. A band seeking a contract would make this plea.",No hint available.,"1. crow king (croaking) 2. say go (sago) 3. hand sum (handsome) 4. buy plane (biplane) 5. mar gin (margin) 6. sign us (sinus)",Language,01/26/03 #4581,Cube Piles,2.19,1.66,mad-ade,"Mad Ade managed to arranged twenty cubes in four piles of differing amounts. Using these clues can you work out how many cubes Mad Ade put in each pile: 1. All piles contain an even number of cubes 2. There are twice as many cubes in the first pile as in the second pile. 3. The largest number of cubes is in the first pile. 4. All piles have a different number of cubes. 5. Each pile has at least one cube. How many cubes would be in each pile?",No hint available.,"pile 1 - 8, pile 2 - 4, pile 3 - 2 or 6, pile 4 - 6 or 2.",Math,06/09/02 #13751,Soccer,2.3,0.99,adoontourious,"Two soccer coaches were side by side at a restaurant, eating, when suddenly one smacked the other one in the back. The one who had been smacked then turned and thanked the man who hit him. Why?",No hint available.,The man who was hit was simply choking on food.,Situation,07/12/03 #34747,Special Grid,2.36,2.43,MarcM1098,"Arrange 16 letters in a 4 by 4 grid as follows: row 1: WTHR, row 2: OGEV, row 3: RNIS, row 4: UOFX. What is special about this grid? What is missing?","There are a number of words you can find. What are they? One letter could be considered missing from the grid. What is it?","The grid contains the words for the numbers ONE through TEN. The words can be found by moving up, down, left, right, and diagonally through the grid. The E must be used twice in a row for THREE. Normally, word grids don't allow you to use the same letter twice in a row, so you could only spell THRE. Thus, the second E would be missing.",Other,01/05/07 #42882,Couch Potato 3,2.43,2.26,cnmne,"You know that you're a couch potato if ... you can name the television series in Group B that can be added to Group A, and give the reason. Group A: A Different World, Frasier, Laverne and Shirley, The Jeffersons Group B: Alf, Get Smart, Green Acres, Hogan's Heroes, Roseanne, Taxi",No hint available.,"Each series in Group A was a spin-off of another television series. Thus, ""Green Acres"" can be added to Group A. A Different World = The Cosby Show, Frasier = Cheers, Laverne and Shirley = Happy Days, The Jeffersons = All in the Family, and Green Acres = Petticoat Junction",Group,08/24/08 #24957,8 Common Things,2.39,2.94,summachick,"What do the following 8 things have in common? 1) Seven 2) Poppy Honey 3) Heaven 4) Story 5) Dixie Dot 6) Hopper Jack 7) Dream 8) Freedom",No hint available.,They are all celebrity baby names.,Group,07/29/05 #32466,3 S of a P,2.22,2.1,MattM462,3 S of a P,State of F in USA,"3 Sides of a Peninsula The hint refers to Florida.",Letter-Equations,08/16/06 #25089,Analogy,2.3,2.49,phrebh,FISH is to WATER as SCALES is to ?,What's your sign?,"AIR FISH refers to the Zodiac sign Pisces, which is a water sign. SCALES refers to the Zodiac sign Libra, which is an air sign.",Language,08/05/05 #42696,Mixed Mexican Soccer Team,2.29,1.74,whsprec,"Mexico put together a mixed soccer team to compete against teams from other countries. Five members of the team, 2 women: Maria and Lylia, and 3 men: Alberto, Hugo, and Carlos, came from 5 different cities: Acapulco, Hermosillo, Monterrey, Huetamo, and Los Mochis. These 5 cities are found in 5 different states: Guerrero, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, Sinaloa, and Michoacan. Match the players to their home town and state. 1) Hugo is from the state of Michoacan. 2) Maria plays on the team with her husband who is from Hermosillo which lies in the state north of Sinaloa. 3) Lylia is not from Sinaloa or Guerrero. 4) Los Mochis is in Sinaloa and Hermosillo is the capital of Sonora. 5) Alberto had dinner with Maria, who is from Los Mochis, and her husband at Lylia's home in Monterrey. 6) Guerrero borders the state where Huetamo is found.",No hint available.,"Hugo is from Huetamo in Michoacan Maria is from Los Mochis in Sinaloa Carlos is from Hermosillo in Sonora Lylia is from Monterrey in Nuevo Leon Alberto is from Acapulco in Guerrero",Logic-Grid,08/04/08 #23587,Kilos in Standard Form,2.32,1.61,newbee,"If 1 kilogram is equal to 1000 grams, 1 kilometer is equal to 1000 meters and 1 kilovolt is equal to 1000 volts, then how much is 1 kilobyte in bytes?",2^10,"1024, not 1000 as computer memories are counted in powers of 2.",Other,06/12/05 #28384,Tuasprf,2.74,2.5,phrebh,"What's this rebus? TUASPRF",No hint available.,"A snake in the grass. The word ""asp"" (a type of snake) is in the word ""turf"" (another word for grass).",Rebus,02/01/06 #19062,Odd One Ix 2,2.33,2.16,MrIxolite,"Which item from 1) to 5) would also fit in as E) and why? 1) Me 2) Them 3) Him 4) You 5) Her A) Burnt Remains B) Yearn C) Hand Surface D) Eye Colour E) ?",No hint available.,"The answer to this lies in Trees. Translate A) to D) to get A) Burnt Remains = Ash B) Yearn = Pine C) Hand Surface = Palm D) Eye Colour = Hazel So for E) you are looking for a Tree. In this case 4) is the answer. You - Yew.",Other,10/06/04 #11108,Small Tables,2.46,1.6400000000000001,Christina0213,"People sit at small tables, All are silent but one. Tasks are given but nobody does them yet. Few are having fun. And when a tone is emitted, All leave but the one. What is going on?",No hint available.,"It's school. Small tables=desks. The one person who is talking= the teacher. Tasks given=homework. Few are having fun...well to tell the truth I put that in there because it rhymed. The tone is the bell, so everyone leaves to go to their next class.",Riddle,03/12/03 #23835,Television,2.52,2.98,Krystle,"5-23-4-23-1-6-9-6-8-2 25-18-9 20-24-8-1-23-13 5-25-18-5 20-23-8-20-4-23 11-6-4-4 4-8-8-19 18-5 18-2-14-5-25-6-2-26 24-18-5-25-23-24 5-25-18-2 23-18-7-25 8-5-25-23-24. 18-2-2 4-18-2-13-23-24-9 5-23-4-23-1-6-9-6-8-2 6-9 17-8-24-23 6-2-5-23-24-23-9-5-6-2-26 5-25-18-2 20-23-8-20-4-23. 6-15 6-5 11-23-24-23 2-8-5, 11-23 11-8-22-4-13 25-18-1-23 20-23-8-20-4-23 9-5-18-2-13-6-2-26 6-2 5-25-23 7-8-24-2-23-24-9 8-15 8-22-24 24-8-8-17-9 18-4-18-2 7-8-24-23-2-19","A=18 the numbers are the same letters in both quotes","Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other. Ann Landers Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms. Alan Corenk",Cryptography,06/19/05 #3649,Deadly After-Shave,2.56,2.66,PeaceJo,A man is given after-shave for his birthday. He puts some on and later that day dies. How?,His death was accidental. The person who gave him the gift did not know it would lead to his death.,The man was a bee-keeper. The after-shave changed his smell and the swarm of bees that knew him well now attacked him as a stranger.,Situation,04/20/02 #9214,180 = D in a T,2.35,1.42,something,180 = D in a T,No hint available.,180 = Degrees in a Triangle,Letter-Equations,12/18/02 #17123,Hard of Darkness,2.4,2.66,brgdo1994,"Tim and Ralph were the best of friends, and very alike in their capabilities. They were also very competitive. Over the years, Tim and Ralph have met each and every challenge, both mental and physical, posed by the other. One day, Tim succeeds in posing a challenge that Ralph cannot possibly meet, although Tim can meet it easily. What is the challenge?","Q: Are Tim and Ralph of the same sex? A: Yes Q: Did the challenge require some specific knowledge that Ralph could not possibly have possessed? A: No Q: Could the average man win the bet? A: Yes Q: If you looked at the two friends, would you know why Ralph was unable to complete the challenge? A: Yes","To get a tan. For Ralph, who is albino, this is impossible.",Situation,03/29/04 #38677,How to Escape,2.57,1.87,Jessrox97,You're in an old building. There's nothing in the building with you except windows and a locked door. The only floor is the one you're standing on. The closest window is 10 feet above you. You have a 10 foot licorice rope and a piece of metal in your hands. How do you get out?,Examine the things you have closely.,The piece of metal is a key. You unlock the door and walk out.,Situation,10/08/07 #5264,Car Boot Sale,2.26,2.42,mad-ade,"Mad Ade recently found just the things he wanted at a car-boot sale. The way their prices were displayed was interesting. FIVE for 10p TWELVE for 18p FIFTEEN for 20p NINETEEN for 24p Mad Ade eventually worked out the 'logic' of the prices. What did ELEVEN cost him?",No hint available.,"The logic seemed to be Odd numbers + 5 Even numbers + 6 => ELEVEN for 16p",Math,07/06/02 #11126,"G, A, A, D,...",2.59,2.7,Gizzer,"Can you fill in the last three items in this series? G, A, A, D, E, P, R, P, S, ?, ?, ? The series isn't hard, but the items are.","The series is related to another series: J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O, N, D","O, T, T The series is the first letters of birthstones for each month, starting in January: Garnet, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Ruby, Peridot, Sapphire, Opal, Topaz, Turquoise",Series,03/13/03 #345,12 E in a D.,2.23,1.2,Mr. G,12 E in a D.,Scrambled or fried.,12 eggs in a dozen.,Letter-Equations,03/13/01 #17554,4 = M I of J,2.36,3.01,froghop833,"4 = M I of J (H, H, K, S)",No hint available.,"4 = Main Islands of Japan (Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku)",Letter-Equations,05/04/04 #38676,Quotes #10,2.8,2.74,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to try and discover the quotation concealed in the lines. The quote has been broken up into two-letter fragments. Furthermore, I have removed any punctuation and jumbled the two-letter fragments about so the word order has been disarranged. You have to rearrange the quotation and decide where the words begin and where they end. Good luck! he fo ay od if et ve pl on of mu si cb lo",Music,"If music be the food of love, play on. Shakespeare, (Twelfth Night)",Language,10/08/07 #9377,Footballs,2.7600000000000002,2.13,kurstein,"A man walks into a sports shop to buy a football. He goes straight to the counter, puts down $10, and asks for one of the special offer footballs. The sales assistant asks him which ball he would like, and then gets it from the other room. The customer takes his premium ball and leaves. About 15 minutes later, another customer goes into the shop for a special offer football. He puts his $10 on the counter and asks for a football. He doesn't say what kind he would like and the assistant doesn't ask him. He just gives the customer the premium ball and takes his money. This is the ball he wanted, but how did the assistant know?",No hint available.,"There was a special offer price list on the sports shop window. The basic ball was $6, the deluxe ball was $8, and the premium ball was $10. The first customer gave the assistant a $10 note, so he could have wanted any of those balls. The second handed over a $5 note and five $1 coins, so he obviously wanted a premium ball of $10 (having only stated that he wanted a ball).",Situation,12/24/02 #4480,Which Animal Doesn't Belong?,2.36,2.4,bluetwo,"Which does not belong? Turtle Elephant Ostrich Crocodile Reindeer Penguin",Where do they live?,"The ostrich is the only animal that is native to only one continent (Africa). The others have various species indigenous to more than one continent. I know, it's also the only one with no 'e' in it.",Group,06/12/02 #266,The Murder,2.77,1.44,Mr. G,"Old Mr. Tidy was found dead in his study by Mr. Fiend. Mr. Fiend recounted his dismal discovery to the police. ""I was walking by Mr. Tidy's house when I thought I would just pop in for a visit. I noticed his study light was on and I decided to peek in from the outside to see if he was in there. There was frost on the window, so I had to wipe it away to see inside. That is when I saw his body. So I kicked in the front door to confirm my suspicions of foul play. I called the police immediately afterward."" The officer immediately arrested Mr. Fiend for the murder of Mr. Tidy. How did he know Mr. Fiend was lying?",His testimony gave it away.,"Frost forms on the inside of the window, not the outside. So Mr. Fiend could not have wiped it off to discover Mr. Tidy's body.",Mystery,02/06/01 #51921,Everyday Helper,3.08,1.91,ThinksForFun,"No assembly required, and I feature my own bowl With a stick I'm equipped, giving manual control My handheld companions have their own jobs to perform Each one of them with its own function and distinct form In addition to serving my usual functions I've been known to play a part in musical junctions When the day has reached its end, and waking hours are through I form a loving posture with the closeness of two What am I?",No hint available.,"spoon lines 1-2: The ""bowl"" is the rounded part of a spoon. ""Stick"" refers to a spoon's handle, and ""manual control"" means that you use it with your hand. lines 3-4: The phrase ""handheld companions"" refers to other utensils, such as a knife and a fork. They each have their own ""distinct"" shape and purpose. lines 5-6: A spoon can be used as a musical instrument in addition to its more common uses i.e. for eating and for tasks in the kitchen. lines 7-8: These lines refer to ""spoon"" as in spooning with your partner during sleep after ""waking hours are through"".",Riddle,06/19/18 #8556,"Steal, Read, Heal, Ear",2.71,2.73,snaps,"Swap one word from the first list with one word in the second list so that the two lists have a similar, though different, property. Which two words must be swapped and what is the property? List 1: steal, read, heal, ear List 2: four, rough, under, ink",No hint available.,"The words that must be swapped are ""read"" and ""four"". The property is that each word can have ""th"" added to it and a new word is formed. List 1 words must have ""th"" added at the end, while list 2 words must have ""th"" added at the beginning. List 1: steal(th), four(th), heal(th), ear(th) List 2: (th)read, (th)rough, (th)under, (th)ink",Group,11/17/02 #24279,Famous People 2,2.58,2.82,drussel3,"What do the following group of names have in common? Ciccone LaPiere Nelson Sumner",No hint available.,"These are the formal or birth names of musicians/entertainers who are famous enough to be known only by a single name. Madonna - Madonna Louise Ciccone, or now Madonna Ciccone Ritchie Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPiere Prince - Prince Rogers Nelson Sting - Gordon Matthew Sumner",Group,07/05/05 #44952,Confusing Ferris Wheel,2.53,2.12,grilledcheese,There are 10 two-seater cars attached to a Ferris wheel. The Ferris wheel turns so that one car rotates through the exit platform every minute. The wheel began operation at 10 in the morning and shut down 30 minutes later. What's the maximum number of people that could have taken a ride on the wheel in that time period?,"If the wheel has to stop promptly at 10:30, then the operator won't allow anyone on who can't get off the Ferris wheel by 10:30.","42 For the first nine minutes it's moving, the cars are arriving at the unloading zone are unoccupied. For the last nine minutes, of operation, no one will be able to get on the ride. From the time the Ferris wheel fills up at 10 minutes past the hour until the last passenger steps off at 10:30, a total of 21 sets of passengers will have taken a ride.",Logic,07/26/09 #20565,Cuppa?,2.69,2.04,MrIxolite,"What is this showing? Tea(Hurricane leaves + Hot water)pot",No hint available.,"There is a storm brewing There are literally Hurricane (Storm) leaves and hot water in a teapot. The act of letting tea leaves steep in hot water is known as brewing. Hence a storm is brewing.",Rebus,01/24/05 #27840,A Long Time!,2.45,1.68,Winner4600,"3,155,760,000=S in a C",No hint available.,"3,155,760,000=Seconds in a Century",Letter-Equations,01/03/06 #6559,Repeat After Me,2.5100000000000002,1.51,NuttyPrince,"I say everything I hear to others around. I'm not an animal, nor part of the human race. I will immediately repeat after you; But only if my tail is in place. What am I?",No hint available.,A microphone.,Riddle,08/15/02 #21211,Letters Three,2.62,0.66,sharpshot75,"I know a word Of letters three, Add one more letter And none there will be. What is the word?",No hint available.,"The word is one. Adding another letter, N, gives the word 'none'.",Riddle,02/24/05 #21925,You Know Me,2.45,1.92,julylove_21,"I'm known by everyone and nobody likes me. I just appear each day and you push me away, though it's not my fault that we meet because you're the one that invites me.","public speaking, high dive, childhood experiences, heights",FEAR,Riddle,03/31/05 #664,Crazy Invention,2.38,0.8,vikass,Man has invented something really great that allows us to see through brick walls. What is that invention?,No hint available.,The window of course!,Trick,06/29/01 #41404,Magician Party,2.01,0.68,pandastampede,"There are three magicians throwing a party. They each bring three things. They are Frog Leg Surprise, Super Duper Party Scoopers, and Merlin's Masterpiece. The magician's first names are Merlin, Dontanella, and Malfonzo. The last names are Orlando, Froggy, and Sidney. -Dontanella's last name is the name of an American City in Florida. -Merlin DID NOT bring the Merlin's Masterpiece. -Mister Froggy brought the Merlin's Masterpiece. -Merlin's food doesn't have three rhyming words in it. -Merlin's last name sounds like a city in Australia. -Malfonzo brought Merlin's Masterpiece. Who brought what and what is their last name?",No hint available.,"-Dontanella Orlando brought the Super Duper Party Scoopers. -Merlin Sidney brought the Frog Leg Surprise. -Malfonzo Froggy brought Merlin's Masterpiece.",Logic-Grid,04/07/08 #6321,Prepare,2.22,0.97,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? X I F",No hint available.,Fix-up!,Rebus,08/08/02 #16860,Animal Life,2.73,2.3,cnmne,"Which animal in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? It has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation. Group A: garter snake giraffe goat guppy Group B: gar gecko golden eagle gorilla",No hint available.,"The animals in Group A give live birth. Thus, gorilla can be added to Group A.",Trivia,03/05/04 #38226,Size Does Matter,2.37,2.89,cnmne,"What is the missing letter in this series? S, P, C, B, B, ?, C, A",No hint available.,"These are units, from smallest to largest, in the military (United States Army). Squad, Platoon, Company, Battalion, Brigade, Division, Corps, Army thus, the missing letter is D = Division",Series,09/10/07 #36287,Special Sunday Activity,2.52,1.71,FatHead,"Every 5th Sunday of the month (when the month even has five Sundays), the local church has a special coeducational activity planned, in place of Sunday School. How often, or on how many Sundays, does this happen each year? Assume that if ever there's a 53rd Sunday in the year, the activity is cancelled due to the church's really tight budget, so that there's always 52 Sundays to deal with.","At least how many Sundays does each month have? What does that tell you about its 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sundays?","This takes place on four Sundays a year. The year has 52 Sundays, and each month has a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sunday. That totals 48, leaving 4 unaccounted for. These four must be the 5th Sundays.",Math,04/17/07 #30902,Gauss and an Old Professor,2.61,2.9,shenqiang,"There was a famous mathematician named Karl Friedrich Gauss. When he was young, he entered Gotinga University. One day he met an old professor, and spoke to him. They chatted, and the professor asked Gauss about his age. Gauss said: ""The cube and the fourth power of my age contain each digit from 0 to 9 exactly once."" The professor said: ""Very good. It's good coincidence because the square and the cube of my age contain each digit from 0 to 9 exactly once."" How old was Gauss, and how old was the professor?","Eliminate the impossibilities, such as their ages can't end with 0.","Their ages can't end with 0, 1, 5 or 6, and must be either a multiple of 3 or a multiple of 9 minus 1 because the sum of its square and its cube or its cube and its fourth power is divisible by 9. Gauss's age is easy. Since 17^3=4913, 17^4=83521, 22^3=10648, 22^4=234256, Gauss's age is between 18 and 21. The only possibility is 18. 18^3=5832, 18^4=104976. The professor's age is a little harder. It can be 47 to 99, and the possibilities are: 48, 53, 54, 57, 62, 63, 69, 72, 78, 84, 87, 89, 93, 98, 99. By trial and error, 69 satisfies this condition: 69^2=4761, 69^3=328509. Therefore, Gauss was 18 and the professor was 69.",Math,06/05/06 #35766,Three Letters Only,2.55,2.37,jazzmusician46,"What sequence of 3 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? P _ _ _ s B_ _ _ se Cal_ _ _ C_ _ _ nish Flyb _ _ _ n _ _ _ land",No hint available.,"The sequence is: LOW Plows Blowse Callow Clownish Flyblown Lowland",Language,03/19/07 #43759,Word Square 1,2.59,1.8800000000000001,mathgrant,"A word square is a predecessor to the modern crossword. In a word square, the same words can be read across and down. Here is an example using four-letter words: M I L K I R O N L O C O K N O W The following clues correspond to a word square of five 5-letter words. The first clue corresponds to the first word, the second clue to the second, and so on. Can you solve it? 1. Tenth letter 2. Once more 3. Pigment 4. Longs 5. Impatient The hint contains the letters which form the upper-left-to-lower-right diagonal of the word square.","1. First letter is K. 2. Second letter is G. 3. Third letter is I. 4. Fourth letter is E. 5. Fifth letter is Y.","K A P P A A G A I N P A I N T P I N E S A N T S Y",Language,12/21/08 #24713,Eagle Lunch,2.31,0.65,WENZY675,"One day at lunch, there were four eagles, whose names were Curly, Harry, Larry, and Moe. Each of them had a different type of fish, caught from different lakes. -Harry had a walleye, and he caught it from either Erie or Mina. -Moe did not have the mackerel, but he caught his fish from Lake Preston. -Larry had either the mackerel or cod, but he did not catch his fish from Huron. -Curly had bluegill, and he caught his fish from either Huron or Erie. -Larry caught his fish from the lake whose name is closest to the beginning of the alphabet. Can you figure out which eagle had which fish and from which lake it was caught?","Curly had bluegill, not caught from Erie.",Harry had walleye from Mina. Curly had the bluegill from Huron. Larry had mackerel from Erie. Moe had the cod from Preston.,Logic-Grid,07/20/05 #27153,Bonded Print Charlies,2.81,2.84,norcekri,"""Look, Aunt Nora!"" Chuckie Shekrie, Nora's nephew, called from two tables ahead at the swap meet. ""A whole plate of Charles ... I mean, Charleses ... Chuckies?"" Nora shared a grin with her brother, and they went to see what the eight-year-old had found. He'd found a table sporting Scandinavian collectibles. The display included silverware, decorated clocks, carved wooden toys, crystal bowls and other vessels, and the obligatory array of Father Christmas figures. The apple-cheeked woman behind the table smiled as Chuckie pointed to his find, politely keeping his hand at least six inches from anything breakable. ""See? Eight on a plate!"" His finger indicated an octagonal platter. Nelson, his father, bent over to look. The central shield was an 11"" piece of cut crystal, certainly up to the standards his wife had drilled into him over a decade of shopping for dinner presentation pieces. This was set in an eight-sided porcelain border. In the center of each side was a male face, carved before firing and enhanced with India ink or some similar material. The largest portrait, directly above the centered shield, was detailed enough to be taken from a painting; the one to its left appeared to be some level of woodcut. The others were done with less precision, as if ... ""... done from written records and the artists' imaginations,"" the woman was telling them, ""since there are no actual portraits of the first six. Charles VII comes from a bone-and-ink portrait in a museum in Stockholm; Charles VIII is copied from a painting in one of the big Paris museums."" Her voice lilted prettily, calling up images of springtime melts and home-baked edibles. ""It's a cute piece,"" Nelson said, ""and it's even an anniversary."" He pointed to the etching in the shield, which read ""1948, 500th Anniversary of the coronation of Charles VIII, King of Sweden, 1448."" He imagined his wife's reaction. ""Sharon would love the crystal and white combination, and the history is great. She's Swedish, remember. But I think even she might flinch at $750 for a serving dish."" Nora addressed her brother, but looked straight at the vendor. ""I think she might also flinch at having an obvious fake, no matter how beautiful. Would you be willing to pay, say, $150 for it, dear brother? I saw something comparable for $200 half an hour ago."" The vendor turned even redder. ""I think it's a fair price. After all, a very nice serving piece has been debased by a sloppy joke."" The woman controlled her emotions, stared at the plate, and held out her hand to Nelson. Confused, he shook it and immediately wrote out a check for $150. How did Nora know it wasn't real?",The dates for Charles VIII of Sweden are accurate; look up Charles V.,"The big tip-off was the stylized portraits of Charles I through VI. They never existed. For some unknown reason, the first Charles to ascend to the Swedish throne took the name ""Charles VII"". He was assassinated in 1167, and Sweden didn't get the other Charles until 1448. Sharon Shekrie was delighted with her husband's purchase. She used it for years after to brag about Nora's quick thinking and to embarrass the occasional pseudo-intellectual.",Trivia,11/25/05 #3957,The Standards,2.36,1.17,arij,"Can you decipher this phrase? The Standards The Standards G N I P E E K",No hint available.,Keeping up to the standards.,Rebus,05/08/02 #9948,"11, 22, 43, ...",2.55,2.67,warrior,"Which number is next in the sequence: 11, 22, 43, 74, 115, 76, 137, ___?",No hint available.,"118. The last digit in each number is simply increasing by one each time. Add all the digits of each number to get the first digit(s) of the next number.",Series,01/21/03 #6915,iTRty,2.27,2.5,kiwioz9,"What is this phrase? i T R t y",No hint available.,"Holy Trinity (ie. holey because of the spaces, and TR in ITY - ItrTY)",Rebus,08/26/02 #40978,A Wise President,2.38,2.4,aresII,"The following quotes are from Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). He was the third President of the United States (1801-1809), and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. F=M ""RH FPAAGOU NI UALKG, UVRF VRAD ADG ZCOOGHA; RH FPAAGOU NI SORHZRSKG, UAPHM KREG P ONZE."" ""R TGKRGJG ADPA GJGOL DCFPH FRHM IGGKU SKGPUCOG RH MNRHB BNNM AN PHNADGO.""","G=E P=A R=I","""IN MATTERS OF STYLE, SWIM WITH THE CURRENT; IN MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE, STAND LIKE A ROCK."" ""I BELIEVE THAT EVERY HUMAN MIND FEELS PLEASURE IN DOING GOOD TO ANOTHER."" KEY: A=T B=G C=U D=H E=K F=M G=E H=N I=F J=V K=L L=Y M=D N=O O=R P=A R=I S=P T=B U=S V=W Z=C",Cryptography,03/12/08 #18827,Contact!,2.74,1.36,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? Sum(Pals)mit Pe(Buddies)ak Zen(Chums)ith",No hint available.,Friends in high places,Rebus,09/12/04 #6610,Shoot,2.11,2.03,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? shoot me",No hint available.,Just shoot me!,Rebus,08/16/02 #40935,1 = S P I,1.87,2.27,shenqiang,1 = S P I,No hint available.,1 = smallest positive integer.,Letter-Equations,03/08/08 #44902,Brave Enough?,2.49,1.23,Carlos16,"I make you weak at the worst of all times. I keep you safe, I keep you fine. I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold. I visit the weak, but seldom the bold. What am I?",Don't think too hard on this one.,Your fears.,Riddle,07/20/09 #41563,6-Letter Word Hourglass,2.6,2.06,SSVillalobos,"The definitions of nine words are given below. The answers go from 6 to 2 letters, then back up to 6. The first and last words are related. The hint will reveal words 4 and 8. You may have to rearrange the letters to get your answers. 1. Heavenly beings (6) 2. To accumulate over a period of time, or to gather after a harvest (5) 3. Vigor and enthusiasm, combined with self-confidence and style (4) 4. Scottish for 'no' (3) 5. The chemical symbol for Neon (2) 6. Room for relaxing, or a wild animal's lair (3) 7. To cause somebody or something to go (4) 8. Sews or repairs something (5) 9. Evil spirits (6)","4. Nae 8. Mends","1. Angels 2. Glean 3. Elan 4. Nae 5. Ne 6. Den 7. Send 8. Mends 9. Demons",Language,04/17/08 #23223,Global Appeal,2.62,2.24,queen1-ash,"Can you figure out what these anagrams have in common? visual yoga as a ritual cold ants sir usa our hands a fruit chaos grey man bad boars",No hint available.,"They all become countries when properly solved. Yugoslavia Australia Scotland Russia Honduras South Africa Germany Barbados",Other,05/27/05 #8984,$A,2.69,1.57,MrIxolite,"What is this phrase? $A $AB $O",No hint available.,Blood Money,Rebus,12/08/02 #40107,I Am Hidden in Here #14,2.62,2.45,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this famous politician and soldier. 1. I was the 20th President of the United States. 2. I was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1982 and am a popular American Country music singer. One of my notable songs is, ""Can't Fight the Moonlight"". 3. I was born in 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont. Early in the Civil War I served as Quartermaster General of the State of New York. Eventually, I rose to become the President of the United States in 1881. 4. I came to be known as ""The Lady with the Lamp"" and was the pioneer of modern nursing. 5. I was a famous and popular American humorist, novelist, writer and lecturer. My real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but people know me by my pen name.",No hint available.,"1. Garfield (James) 2. Rimes, (Margaret LeAnn) 3. Arthur (Chester) 4. Nightingale (Florence) 5. Twain (Mark) The Name: GRANT (Ulysses S.)",Trivia,01/18/08 #48275,Slice & Splice 41,2.29,2.38,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: BOA, CUD, ELK, JET, OUT, SEX Group B: B*****, *****O, *A****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are types of clothing. BLOUSE, TUXEDO, JACKET",Language,12/08/10 #33340,Reversible Exponents,2.71,1.71,lessthanjake789,"There is only one pair of numbers that satisfies the equation x^y = y^x, where x does not equal y. Can you figure out which two numbers?",^ = to the power of. They are both single digits.,"2 and 4. 2^4 = 16, and 4^2 = 16.",Math,10/05/06 #37321,Boxes of Notes,2.16,1.68,shdwhawk,"One day in the middle of the term, Leong was told to collect some lecture notes from the photocopy lady for his and the other four classes. The lecture notes were neatly stacked in boxes, with the number of lecture notes written on the box and the class written on a label pasted outside. On the way back to the classroom, a strong gust of wind blew the labels off the boxes. If all five classes have different number of students, and there are no extra lecture notes in each box, what is the probability of Leong relabelling at least one of the boxes correctly?",No hint available.,"100%. Leong's class is receiving one of the boxes of lecture notes, and as Leong would definitely know how many pupils are registered in his class, he can relabel the box belonging to his class correctly. No matter how, he will at least relabel one box correctly.",Trick,07/11/07 #8809,Men and Monkeys,2.71,2.22,lesternoronha1,"On one side of a river are three humans, one big monkey, two small monkeys, and one boat. Each of the humans and the big monkey are strong enough to row the boat. The boat can fit one or two bodies (regardless of size). If at any time at either side of the river the monkeys outnumber the humans, the monkeys will eat the humans. How do you get everyone on the other side of the river alive?",No hint available.,"Let: h=human b=big monkey s=small monkey 1. Row b and s over ( hhhs / bs ) 2. Row b back ( hhhbs / s ) 3. Row b and s over ( hhh / bss ) 4. Row b back ( hhhb / ss ) 5. Row h and h over ( hb / hhss ) 6. Row h and s back ( hhbs / hs ) 7. Row h and b over ( hs / hhbs ) 8. Row h and s back ( hhss / hb ) 9. Row h and h over ( ss / hhhb ) 10. Row b back ( bss / hhh ) 11. Row b and s over ( s / hhhbs ) 12. Row b back ( bs / hhhs ) 13. Row b and s over ( / hhhbss )",Logic,11/29/02 #51589,You May Have a Point,2.72,1.47,ThinksForFun,"My first may be used to decide who will initiate My second, a lateral thinker will appreciate My whole, of an argument, gives you more to contemplate What am I?",No hint available.,"flip side Line 1 refers to the flip of a coin in order to decide, for example, who will go first in a game or contest. For line 2, ""lateral"" means ""of or relating to the side"", so ""side"" is something that ""a lateral thinker will appreciate"".",Riddle,12/02/17 #37021,I Am Hidden in Here #11,2.34,2.48,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this famous 20th century British comedian. 1. I was the communist leader of North Vietnam from the end of World War II until my death in 1969. 2. I was one of the core members of the comedy troupe who starred in the hit TV show ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" (1969-74). I am particularly famous for the ""nudge, nudge, wink, wink"" comedian in the famous Monty Python sketch. 3. I've had a long and distinguished career as one of the biggest movie stars of horror and fantasy. I am now known to film audiences as ""Saruman the White"" in ""The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"" (2001). 4. I was a dancer on TV's comedy sketch show ""In Living Color"" before landing the title role in a 1997 biopic of the singer Selena.",No hint available.,"1. Ho (Chi Minh) 2. Idle (Eric) 3. Lee (Christopher) 4. Lopez (Jennifer) The name: HILL (Benny) Benny Hill appeared in comedy revues on stage, on the radio, and in 1949 on the television show ""Hi, There"". In 1955, he started ""The Benny Hill Show"" featuring risque skits and songs. In the 1970s, ""The Benny Hill Show"" made it to the U.S., and Hill became an international star of TV comedy until his show was cancelled in 1989.",Trivia,06/21/07 #39979,Anagram This...,2.68,2.36,ArmyAndy,"Using the following letters, find a pair of nine-letter anagrams which could have the following clue: Lovely eastern saint. T N V N L E A E I",Think February...,VALENTINE and LEVANTINE,Language,01/09/08 #52303,Billy is Lost!,2.45,1.42,Marple,"Last week Billy, who is only 6 months old, was sent to live with my aunt because Billy's parents died and I couldn't take care of him due to the fact that I have to go into hospital for an operation. Before my hospital admission day, I put Billy in a nice cosy basket with a cardboard tag attached saying ""Hi, I'm Billy. Please make sure I arrive at .."" and I put my aunt's address and put him on a train. Sadly, Billy never arrived. We are all very upset. Can anyone help? What happened to Billy?",No hint available.,"Billy is my pet goat. I had three pet goats. Nanny, Big Billy and Billy, their offspring. When Billy's parents died and I had to go to hospital my aunt said she would take care of Billy. However, on the journey, he ate that cardboard tag which had my aunt's address on it! We have no idea where he is now.",Situation,11/19/19 #17073,Snapping Dog,2.69,1.25,FrostedTangerine,"Mr. Collier is mad at Mr. Greene. The other day, Mr. Greene was in his yard with a dog. Mr. Collier walked up to Mr. Greene and asked, ""Does your dog bite?"" Mr. Greene said, ""No."" So then Mr. Collier reached out to pet the dog, but it bit him. Mr. Collier sued Mr. Greene. Later, Mrs. Greene came to her husband's defense. She said that their dog has never bitten anyone, and Mrs. Greene always tells the truth. How can that be?",A Dog,Mr. Greene was telling the truth: his dog does not bite. That was not his dog that he was standing with in the yard.,Trick,03/20/04 #243,"4, 4, 1, 2, 1 ...",2.38,2.56,cruiser,"What are the next three numbers? 4, 4, 1, 2, 1, ... , ... , ...",Syllables in the words of a popular series.,"1, 2, 2 The number of syllables in the months of the year, starting with January.",Series,02/04/01 #23935,Anagram Rhyme,3.09,1.16,aznboi1324,"For each of the following four words, come up with another English word that uses all THE SAME letters but in a different order. The four words you come up with will rhyme with one another. ONSET NEWS WRONG HORNET",No hint available.,"STONE SEWN GROWN THRONE",Language,06/22/05 #709,102401100S5479A2499110F...,2.94,1.47,Phyllis,"Can you figure out the well-known expression which is represented below? 102401100S5479A2499110F4329E8977T1100Y598",Read just the letters.,Safety in numbers,Rebus,07/20/01 #48257,Missing Word #8,2.24,1.61,StewieGriffin,"Can you figure out what four-letter word, when used to fill the blanks below, will create five new words? _ _ _ _day. _ _ _ _out. _ _ _ _house. _ _ _ _bench. _ _ _ _book.",No hint available.,"Work. Workday. Workout. Workhouse. Workbench. Workbook.",Language,12/03/10 #40116,Poets,2.56,2.84,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to discover the names of four famous poets. I have given you some of the letters of the name, but most of the name has been reduced to digits which represent a different letter. You need to replace the numbers to find out the names of the poets. Good luck. 1. 1 U 2 3 4 2. B 5 6 7 4 3. 2 7 4 4 3 4. 8 9 1 6 3",No hint available.,"1. Auden 2. Byron 3. Donne 4. Clare",Cryptography,01/19/08 #18937,Slender as a Bee,2.71,1.97,Anupriya9,"My head and tail both equal are, My middle slender as a bee. Whether I stand on head or heel Is quite the same to you or me. But if my head should be cut off, The matter's true, though passing strange Directly I to nothing change. What am I?","3 different answers, and all of them are the same SHAPE.","The Number 8 Hourglass The Infinity Sign (it looks like a sideways 8)",Riddle,09/25/04 #21278,"Give an Inch, Take a Mile",2.82,2.92,cnmne,"Change MILE to INCH by changing one letter at a time. Each change must produce a valid word in the English language. But there is a catch. You must make the change by going through YARD and FOOT. No word can be used more than once. MILE ----> YARD ----> FOOT ----> INCH",No hint available.,"MILE < MIRE MARE CARE CARD YARD < WARD WORD FORD FOOD FOOT < MOOT MOST MAST MASH MACH EACH ETCH ITCH INCH <",Language,03/01/05 #32414,Alone,2.4,1.44,stang99,"I am alone, I am bright, Yet I am surrounded by black. I am alone, I am missing my family, Yet I am surrounded by my kin. I am alone, With no one to talk to, But humans encircle me.",No hint available.,"The Sun. It gives off light, but is surrounded by the black of space. It's surrounded by its kin (i.e other stars) but is too far away to ""communicate"". It has no one to talk to, but humans are orbiting all around it.",Riddle,08/12/06 #32244,It's a Party!,2.74,2.03,kayleeskitties,"There are hundreds of people invited to the party of the year! The guest list consists of the wealthy and celebrities. The party started without a hitch. People were mingling, laughing, and having an overall good time. Out of nowhere, 10 masked men and women showed themselves. The robbers carried guns and bags. They instructed the guests to place their jewelry and money into the bags. The robbers got away and were never caught because no one called the police. Why?",No hint available.,"The 'robbery' was part of the party. It was a fund-raising party, and instead of simply giving the money in the traditional sense, the guests were 'robbed'. The guests were willing participants and only put what they wanted into the bags.",Situation,08/02/06 #19734,No Change 2,2.28,1.86,MrIxolite,"What are these? Hedgehog Aardvark Badger Impala Tortoise",No hint available.,"Creatures of habit If you read only the first letters you'll see they form the word habit.",Rebus,12/06/04 #45002,Calling the ISS,2.32,0.9,sageowl3106,"The International Space Station is around 200 miles (320 km) away from earth, and sound travels around 720 mph (340 m/s). If a person on the Earth could yell loud enough, how long would it take for the sound to reach the ISS?",No hint available.,"It wouldn't reach. Since space is a near vacuum, sound doesn't transfer through space.",Science,08/03/09 #8707,Birthday Line,2.29,3.21,something,"At a movie theater, the manager announces that they will give a free ticket to the first person in line whose birthday is the same as someone who has already bought a ticket. You have the option of getting in line at any time. Assuming that you don't know anyone else's birthday, that birthdays are distributed randomly throughout the year, etc., what position in line gives you the greatest chance of being the first duplicate birthday?",No hint available.,"You should try to be the 20th person in line. Suppose you are the Kth person in line. Then you win if and only if the K-1 people ahead all have distinct birthdays AND your birthday matches one of theirs. Let A = event that your birthday matches one of the K-1 people ahead B = event that those K-1 people all have different birthdays Then Prob(you win) = Prob(B) * Prob(A | B) (Prob(A | B) is the conditional probability of A given that B occurred.) Now let P(K) be the probability that the K-th person in line wins, Q(K) the probability that the first K people all have distinct birthdays (which occurs exactly when none of them wins). Then P(1) + P(2) + ... + P(K-1) + P(K) = 1 - Q(K) P(1) + P(2) + ... + P(K-1) = 1 - Q(K-1) P(K) = Q(K-1) - Q(K) <--- this is what we want to maximize. Now if the first K-1 all have distinct birthdays, then assuming uniform distribution of birthdays among D days of the year, the K-th person has K-1 chances out of D to match, and D-K+1 chances not to match (which would produce K distinct birthdays). So Q(K) = Q(K-1)*(D-K+1)/D = Q(K-1) - Q(K-1)*(K-1)/D Q(K-1) - Q(K) = Q(K-1)*(K-1)/D = Q(K)*(K-1)/(D-K+1) Now we want to maximize P(K), which means we need the greatest K such that P(K) - P(K-1) > 0. (Actually, as just given, this only guarantees a local maximum, but in fact if we investigate a bit farther we'll find that P(K) has only one maximum.) For convenience in calculation let's set K = I + 1. Then Q(I-1) - Q(I) = Q(I)*(I-1)/(D-I+1) Q(I) - Q(I+1) = Q(I)*I/D P(K) - P(K-1) = P(I+1) - P(I) = (Q(I) - Q(I+1)) - (Q(K-2) - Q(K-1)) = Q(I)*(I/D - (I-1)/(D-I+1)) To find out where this is last positive (and next goes negative), solve x/D - (x-1)/(D-x+1) = 0 Multiply by D*(D+1-x) both sides: (D+1-x)*x - D*(x-1) = 0 Dx + x - x^2 - Dx + D = 0 x^2 - x - D = 0 x = (1 +/- sqrt(1 - 4*(-D)))/2 ... take the positive square root = 0.5 + sqrt(D + 0.25) Setting D=365 (finally deciding how many days in a year!), desired I = x = 0.5 + sqrt(365.25) = 19.612 (approx). The last integer I for which the new probability is greater than the old is therefore I=19, and so K = I+1 = 20. Computing your chances of actually winning is slightly harder, unless you do it numerically by computer. The recursions you need have already been given.",Probability,11/24/02 #50260,Words in a Vat IX,2.16,1.91,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: -R-S-, --R-, -A--R, -R-GO- Individual Letters: N A S A G D E T W E I F",No hint available.,"GRASS, FIRE, WATER, DRAGON",Language,04/20/14 #30192,Puppy Love 2,2.7,2.71,sugarnspice4u7,"""R'EK VHFCGO QAXK RPPY SXAQ BKABPK YWKKMRWC AEKX QK HWI CRERWC QK ERXFY RWSKVORAWY OGHW SXAQ DRYYRWC IACY."" ~THXTHXH UAAIGAFYK. ""H IAC VHW KZBXKYY QAXK UROG GRY OHRP RW QRWFOKY OGHW GRY AUWKX VHW KZBXKYY UROG GRY OAWCFK RW GAFXY."" ~HWAWLQAFY",PUPPY= BFBBL,"""I've caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs."" ~Barbara Woodhouse ""A dog can express more with his tail in minutes than his owner can express with his tongue in hours."" ~Anonymous A=H B=T C=V D=I E=K F=S G=C H=G I=R K=D L=P M=Q N=W O=A P=B R=X S=Y T=O U=F V=E W=U X=Z Y=L Z=M",Cryptography,04/30/06 #50423,Can You Find It XVI?,2.54,1.6300000000000001,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word OBFUSCATION, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. A group or clique within a larger group. 2. Of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants. 3. Any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the mulberry family. 4. Another word for car. 5. A thermonuclear reaction in which nuclei of light atoms join to form nuclei of heavier atoms. 6. To continue to move or advance after effort has ceased; keep going on acquired momentum. 7. A North American, ox-like ruminant having a large head and high, humped shoulders. 8. A social dance that is a modification of the waltz. 9. What a director says at the beginning of a scene being filmed. 10. A member of any of several peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa. 11. Of; concerning; in regard to. 12. Smooth and agreeable to the touch; not rough or coarse.",No hint available.,"1. FACTION 2. BOTANIC 3. FICUS 4. AUTO 5. FUSION 6. COAST 7. BISON 8. BOSTON 9. ACTION 10. BANTU 11. ABOUT 12. SOFT",Language,09/06/14 #1481,Man and a Rock,2.22,2.19,esu2,A man is locked in a room. There is nothing in there but a rock. Three minutes later the man died. How did this happen?,No hint available.,"The man is Superman, and the rock is green kryptonite.",Situation,11/21/01 #48023,Back in Forth 20,2.95,2.32,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. ey____es (stood up) 2. li____er (open meshed fabrics) 3. r____ant (body part) 4. for____b (distance)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. ugly things 2. one who hears 3. characterised by echoing 4. body part","1. eyesores (ROSE - ey_ESOR_es) 2. listener (NETS - li_STEN_er) 3. resonant (NOSE - r_ESON_ant) 4. forelimb (MILE - for_ELIM_b)",Language,10/09/10 #11905,Favorite Animal,2.26,2.27,WhAcKo1,"Try to guess my favorite type of animal, here are some clues: 1. Never Eat Sour Watermelons 2. United States of America 3. Red Bull 4. Angels 5. Golf 6. Boston Celtics, 33 Given these clues, what do you think my favorite type of animal is?","Never Eat Sour Watermelons. Look at the beginnings of each word in that sentence.","Birds. 1. Never Eat Sour Watermelons is used sometimes as a mnemonic device because the beginnings of the words in that sentence is N.E.S.W. Also known as North East South West. Those are CARDINAL directions. The CARDINAL is a type of bird. 2. The animal that represents the United States is the American Bald Eagle, which is a type of bird. 3. In Red Bull commercials, their slogan is ""Red Bull gives you wings."" All BIRDS have wings, whether they can fly or not. 4. Angels. They have wings, too. 5. In golf, they often use the term ""birdie"" and ""eagle"". 6. A few years back, one of Boston Celtics star players was Larry BIRD.",Other,04/20/03 #26172,Tumulus,2.6,2.75,phrebh,"I can carry loads, large or small. I can cover kings, short or tall. I'm as far north that you can go, And still be in the city of an Eskimo. What am I?",The title is a hint.,"I may have handles and wheels, And cover tombs wide or narrow. I'm also in Alaska's north, And am known as BARROW. A burial mound for a tomb. A cart with one wheel everyone knows. North America's northernmost city. All are known as BARROW. And the hint, about the title, What was that supposed to show? A tumulus is another word For the burial mound, BARROW.",Riddle,10/01/05 #18658,First Letters,2.32,1.85,melybug,If the first letter of the first word of the first sentence was a Y then the answer to this riddle is A. However if the first letter of THIS sentence is a G then the answer to the riddle is C. If the second letter of the second word of the second sentence is an F then the answer to this riddle is B. But if none of the sentences above are true then the answer to the riddle is D. What is the answer??,Go over the sentences until you get an answer!,"The answer is B, because in the second sentence, the second letter of the second word is F so then the answer is B.",Riddle,08/27/04 #26920,How Many Dollars,2.43,2.98,kiss,"Sandy and Sue each has a whole number of dollars. I ask them how many dollars they have. Sandy says: ""If Sue gives me some dollars, we'll have the same amount of money. But if I give Sue the same number of dollars, she'll have twice as much money as I have."" Sue says: ""And if you remove the first digit of my wealth and place it to the end, you'll get Sandy's wealth."" If neither of them has more than 1 million dollars, how many dollars do they each have?","First get the ratio, then get their amount.","Let X and Y be Sandy's and Sue's amounts of money, respectively. Let Z be the number of dollars in Sandy's statement. Then X+Z=Y-Z and 2(X-Z)=Y+Z. Solving this we get X=5Z and Y=7Z. According to Sue's statement, let A be the first digit of Sue's wealth, B be the remaining digits, and n be the number of digits, then Y=A*10^(n-1)+B and X=10B+A. 7X=5Y 7*(10B+A)=5*(A*10^(n-1)+B) (5*10^(n-1)-7)A=65B Since 65B is divisible by 5 and 5*10^(n-1)-7 is not, A must equal 5. We get: 5*10^(n-1)-7=13B The least value of n such that 5*10^(n-1)-7 is a multiple of 13 is 6: 499993=38461*13 The next is 12, which makes them have more than 1 million dollars. Hence n=6 and B=38461. Therefore, Sandy has 384615 dollars and Sue has 538461 dollars.",Math,11/16/05 #50188,Logic,2.41,1.25,Ezhilsaha,"What demands an answer, but asks no question?",No hint available.,Telephone Call,Logic,03/22/14 #7982,Woman & Man,2.69,0.85,majd,"What is this saying? GREAT MAN GREAT WOMAN, GREAT MAN GREAT WOMAN, GREAT MAN GREAT WOMAN.",No hint available.,"Behind every great man there is a great woman. (GREAT MAN GREAT WOMAN = Great woman behind (after) great man)",Rebus,10/10/02 #21367,A Giant Puzzle (Part 3),2.98,1.65,cdrock,"I still have 7 more things to put away and time is running out fast. Next I decide to put away the giant's board games. The colors of the board games are blue, brown, green, orange, purple, red, and yellow. 1. Purple is somewhere to the left of green. 2. Red is next to blue. 3. Brown is 3 away from blue (2 between). 4. Yellow is 2 away from red. 5. Blue is in the middle. 6. Orange is directly between yellow and purple.",No hint available.,"From left to right, the order of the board games are: purple, orange, yellow, blue, red, green, and brown.",Logic,03/05/05 #30156,Shooting Children,2.65,1.49,Quickq,"There is a place where willing mums will hand their kids to a man who will hold them still while another person shoots them. What is going on here?",If the child is crying they will attempt to stop them crying first.,The man is Santa.The person is shooting them with a camera.,Situation,04/29/06 #4168,Reading 2,2.46,0.9500000000000001,missie,"What does the following teaser represent: --R--E--A--D--I--N--G--",No hint available.,"Reading between the lines (the dashes are lines)",Rebus,05/20/02 #44572,Memorial Day Parade,2.48,1.42,mrsfessler,"Jessie, Amanda, Rudolph, Ben, and Lindsey participated in their city's annual Memorial Day parade. From the clues provided, determine each person's full name (one last name is Adams), what unit they were with (one is the Air Force), and what order they were in. 1. The clowns marched after the band but before the antique cars. Jessie and Lindsey were in the 3rd and 4th units in some order. 2. Rudolph and Mr. Delaney both wore their uniforms with pride. Ms. Carver's Model T wasn't the 3rd unit. 3. The 5 participants were Rudolph, the trumpet player, Senator Estepp, the last unit, and Ms. Baker. 4. Jessie was glad he was between the band and the clowns. 5. The band, the politician, and Ms. Baker did not march 1st or last.",No hint available.,"Jessie Estepp, politicians, 3rd Amanda Carver, antique cars, 5th Rudolph Adams, Air Force, 1st Ben Delaney, band, 2nd Lindsey Baker, clowns, 4th",Logic-Grid,06/03/09 #39379,A Historical Puzzle,2.99,2.79,aresII,"The following lines were written by Arthur Connor, a prominent figure in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. He was arrested and wrote the verses while in prison. He made his escape to France in 1807, where he became a general in the army, and died at age 87. ""The pomps of Courts and pride of kings I prize above all earthly things; I love my country, but the king, Above all men, his praise I sing. The Royal banners are displayed, And may success the standard aid."" ""I fain would banish far from hence. The 'Rights of Man' and 'Common Sense' Confusion to his odious reign, That foe to princes, Thomas Paine. Defeat and ruin seize the cause. Of France, its liberties and laws."" These two apparently loyal verses, if properly read, show a very different meaning. Can you discover it?",No hint available.,"Read the first line of the first verse, then the first line of the second verse. Next read the second line of the first verse, then the second line of the second verse, and so on. The treasonable character of the lines will become apparent. ""The pomps of Courts and pride of kings I fain would banish far from hence. I prize above all earthly things; The 'Rights of Men' and 'Common Sense'. I love my country, but the King, Confusion to his odious reign. Above all men, his praise I sing. That foe to princes, Thomas Paine. The Royal banners are displayed, Defeat and ruin seize the cause. And may success the standard aid Of France, its liberties and laws.""",Other,11/26/07 #2630,Jet Bird,2.45,1.21,tdh415,Is it possible for a bird to fly faster than a plane? How?,No hint available.,It is possible if the bird is inside the plane when it is flying and it flies from the rear to the front of the plane.,Science,03/10/02 #28656,Which Sport Am I?,2.62,2.05,Chakoteya,"My first is in Kendo, but not in Olympics. My second is in hurdles and hunting. My third is in bowman and bowling. My fourth is in cycling and golf. My fifth is in flying, but not in swimming. My sixth is in running, but not in dancing. My whole is a sport. What am I?",No hint available.,Kung Fu,Riddle,02/16/06 #14695,HEAD TO TAIL,2.54,1.8900000000000001,luvupurple,"Starting with HEAD, change one letter at a time until you have the word TAIL. Each change must result in a proper word. What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change? HEAD _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ... TAIL",No hint available.,"5 steps; HEAD, HEAR, HEIR, HAIR, HAIL, TAIL. You could also use HEAD, HEAL, TEAL, TELL, TALL, TAIL.",Language,09/06/03 #34992,Am I Cancerous?,2.55,1.41,dumbdude,"I am hard as well as soft. I love water. I am part of astrology. I am ill-tempered. What am I?",No hint available.,"The crab. Soft inside, hard outside. Represents the zodiac sign Cancer. Crab means ill-tempered too.",Riddle,01/22/07 #9762,"4, 9, 25, ...",2.25,1.6300000000000001,hprulz,"What number comes next in this series? 4, 9, 25, 49, 121, 169, ??",No hint available.,"289. The series is the squares of the prime numbers. The next prime number is 17, and 17x17=289.",Series,01/11/03 #40970,"Money, Money, Money II",2.45,2.35,beatlesgirl,"30 = A on a ""J"" B",Seven a week times two,"30 = Answers on a ""Jeopardy!"" Board HINT: Daily Double",Letter-Equations,03/10/08 #36028,Locked Up Inside,2.36,2.05,Trumalia,"This is an old Maltese riddle from 1300-1900 AD. Riddle-me-ree, Locked up inside you And yet they can steal it from you.",No hint available.,Heart,Riddle,02/28/07 #30471,Three Statements VI,2.63,1.18,lips,"Which of these three statements are true? 1. Emile made some waffles. He ate one and gave half the remainder to his brother Robbie. After eating another one he was left with 2. This means that he made 8 waffles. 2. Ian is helping his gym teacher. The teacher asks him to go and get 15 balls from the storage room. If Ian carries 3 balls at a time he will have to make 5 trips to the storage room. 3. If you write down all the odd numbers from 1-15 in a row then the sum of any two numbers next to each other is odd.",No hint available.,"Statement 2 is true, statements 1 and 3 are false. In statement 1, the answer should be (2+1)*2+1=7 waffles. In statement 2, 15/3=5. In statement 3, the sum of two odd numbers is even.",Logic,05/14/06 #44959,Pick Up the Pace,2.35,1.86,cnmne,"Sarah has been pacing herself in the 10k race. She has to pick up the pace in the final lap to win the race. Can you help Sarah increase her speed by changing one letter at a time? Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. SLOW ----> FAST",No hint available.,"SLOW, SLOT, SOOT, LOOT, LOST, LAST, FAST There are other words that can be used, but the number of steps is the same.",Language,07/28/09 #35620,And Yet More Common Themes,2.48,3.12,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to change one letter in each of the following words, in order to find eight (8) words with a common theme. Drone Bait Builder Cede Done Pest Vial Tuna",No hint available.,"The common theme is: units of currency Krone (Denmark) Baht (Thailand) Guilder (Netherlands) Cedi (Ghana) Dong (Vietnam) Peso (Colombia) Rial (Iran) Kuna (Croatia)",Language,03/09/07 #17063,Example,2.41,0.79,sianQ,"What has been represented below? STA4NCE",No hint available.,For instance,Rebus,03/19/04 #29167,Snog Challenge,2.53,2.61,----,"These numbers are snogs: 25 73 81 9 33 41 65 These numbers are NOT snogs: 5 70 16 3 29 44 59 60 64 Which of these numbers are snogs? 48 57 37 17 53 49 62 8 4 18",Snogs are one more than...,"The numbers 17, 49, and 57 are snogs. Snogs are each one more than a multiple of 8.",Math,03/18/06 #24725,Can You Find the Number?,2.46,2.79,Yoyobug02,"Can you find a five digit number that, if you place a 9 at the beginning to make a new number, is four times larger than if you place the 9 at the end instead?",No hint available.,23076: 923076 / 230769 = 4.,Math,07/20/05 #34469,Language Riddle I,2.22,1.6300000000000001,mik512,"I am similar to similar, but not that close, I am a very common form of expression. What am I?",It is *as* written.,A simile!,Language,12/19/06 #50611,Equalities,2.11,2.43,Genius39,"Observe the following equations. 55 = 131 90 = 194 -35 = -31 10 = 50 -50 = -58 In this sense, find the equation wherein the number on the left side of the equation is also the number on the right side of the equation. (a=a)",Do you feel sick keeping on solving?,"-40 = -40. The first number is the temperature in Celsius while the second one is the temperature in Fahrenheit. For the hint: Do you feel SICK keeping on solving? SICK gives a clue to FEVER, leading you to think of TEMPERATURE.",Math,07/19/15 #47013,Back in Forth 4,2.82,1.3800000000000001,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. mu____ds (rodents) 2. fro____g (young lice) 3. con____s (flightless birds) 4. ta____le (flying mammals)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. hot dog toppings 2. sugary topping 3. eats 4. can be sensed with the tongue","1. mustards (RATS - mu_STAR_ds) 2. frosting (NITS - fro_STIN_g) 3. consumes (EMUS - con_SUME_s) 4. tastable (BATS - ta_STAB_le)",Language,05/14/10 #12555,Two-Timing Twins,2.37,2.84,griphook,"Twins, we are, Tic and Tac Two round faces, one back In set shifts we work With our hands we pluck A master each, one is black. Question: What are we?",You must be in deep thought.,"The Two Clocks in a Chess Clock A chess clock has two faces in one body (back). When one is on,the other is off (shifts) Each has a pair of hands which tell the time consumed by a player. One twin for white, one twin for black. Tic and Tac suggest clock. Master is a title in chess. Hint: Deep Thought is a chess computer.",Riddle,05/22/03 #45503,Missing Word...2,2.3,0.5700000000000001,cutegagangel,"Figure out the missing word based on the clues below. ____ Missing ____ With the Wind ____ Too Soon ____ In 60 Seconds ____ Forever",Elvis has left the building.,"The missing word is ""gone"". Gone Missing Gone With the Wind Gone Too Soon Gone In 60 Seconds Gone Forever",Trivia,10/15/09 #20769,Bath Fun,2.43,0.31,Kalliann,"I bring excitement to bathtime each day and night. My voice is like no other which causes much delight. The color of my skin is yellow. I am quite a lovely fellow. As the young one laughs and plays My rubber body floats in the waves. What am I?",No hint available.,A rubber ducky!,Riddle,02/01/05 #1354,Aardvark to Beeville,2.29,1.61,psychodude57,"A man drove from Aardvark to Beeville. On the first day he travelled 1/3 of the distance. On day two he travelled 1/2 of the remaining distance. On day three he travelled 2/3 of the remaining distance. On day four, after covering 3/4 of the remaining distance, he was still 5 miles away from Beeville. How many miles had he covered so far?",No hint available.,175 miles.,Math,11/10/01 #52106,The Troll Bridge 1,3.07,2.38,wimpykidfan37,"A bridge was guarded by an evil troll. The troll was very intelligent, but he was also a coward. He was afraid of anyone smarter than him. So every time anyone tried to cross the bridge, the troll would set up a test. If the traveler passed the test, he would be allowed to cross. Otherwise, the troll would eat him. Three travelers, Al, Ben and Carl, came across the bridge. The troll told them, ""You may only cross my bridge if you know the password."" He wrote five three-letter words on a rock. The five words were HOE, OAR, PAD, TOE, and VAT. He then said, ""I will tell each of you a different letter from the password. If you know what the password is, I will let you pass. But don't tell anyone else your letter."" He then whispered a letter from the password to each traveler so that neither of the other two could hear him. Then the troll asked Al, ""Do you know what the password is?"" ""Yes,"" said Al, and the troll let him pass. Then the troll asked Ben, ""Do you know what the password is?"" ""Yes,"" said Ben, and the troll let him pass. Then the troll asked Carl, ""Do you know what the password is?"" ""Yes,"" said Carl, and the troll let him pass. So, what is the password?","1. Ben used Al's answer, and Carl used both Al's and Ben's answers. 2. Al's letter could not have been E.","The password was HOE. The only letters unique to one of the five words were D, H, P, R, and V. One of these letters must have been Al's, since he could determine the password. The only word without any of these letters is TOE. So the password could not have been TOE. Ben knew this and now had four words to think of. The only letters unique to one word were D, E, H, P, R, T, and V. The password must have contained at least two unique letters, one for Al and the other for Ben, since they were both able to determine the password. The only word with only one of these letters was OAR. So OAR could not have been the password. Carl knew this and now had three words to think of. The only letters unique to one word were D, E, H, O, P, T, and V. The password must have included three of these letters, since all three were able to determine the password. The only one of the three words containing three such letters was HOE, so this must have been the password.",Logic,12/30/18 #11049,Hee Hee Hee,2.61,1.73,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? Microsoft Shares: ""Hee hee hee"" General Motors Shares: ""Haw haw haw"" IBM Shares: ""Hahaha""",A little embarrassing,Laughing Stock.,Rebus,03/10/03 #35877,Crack the Code III,2.47,2.82,peanut,"Your sister has jetted off to Europe on holiday and has left you to watch over her house and feed the cats. She is very protective over her precious cats and, hence, has a high-tech alarm system which requires a 10-digit code to deactivate it. Unfortunately, you have forgotten the code to disarm the alarm! Oddly however, you remember some mathematical facts about them... Can you figure it out in time to feed the hungry cats?!? * Each digit from 0 to 9 is used once only in the code. * The sum of the numbers in the 3rd and 4th positions is equal to the product of the numbers in the 6th and 9th positions. * The product of the numbers in the 5th and 10th positions is odd. * The 2nd number (i.e. the number in the 2nd position) is larger than the 5th, which is larger than the 7th. * The 8th number is larger than the 6th, which is larger than the 2nd. * The sum of the 2nd, 6th, and 9th numbers is a perfect square. * The sum of the 4th and 9th numbers is equal to the 10th number. * The sum of the 1st and 5th numbers is equal to the sum of the 7th and 10th numbers. * The number in the 9th position is even.",The number in the 9th position is 4.,8 2 7 5 1 3 0 6 4 9,Logic,03/25/07 #23424,Automobile Namesake,2.74,1.93,drussel3,"What automobile company name does not belong? Chevrolet Chrysler Ford Honda Lamborghini Volkswagen",No hint available.,"Volkswagen. All the other companies were named for their founders. Volkswagen literally translates as ""people's car"" in English. Henry Ford, Walter Percy Chrysler, Louis Chevrolet, Soichiro Honda, Ferruccio Lamborghini.",Group,06/05/05 #31923,When You Are Sad...,2.78,1.97,tintiniscool,"When you are sad You tear out my insides When I am finished You crush my outsides You choose my insides Whatever feels good Picking out my outsides Thinking about yourself What am I?",No hint available.,"A tissue box When you are crying, you use a tissue to wipe your tears When all of the tissues are gone, you crush the box, and recycle it Usually you would like a nice tissue, not a scratchy one The outside of a tissue box can explain your personality",Riddle,07/20/06 #40118,Friendship,2.23,2.26,onua9159,"The following quotes come from Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC). Can you decode them? The two puzzles use the same code. W=F ""WHUAPBGEUD UG T GUPJSA GYCS BVASSUPJ UP ZVY QYBUAG."" ""VUGEUPJ ZY QA WHUAPBG UG KCUOL VYHL, QCZ WHUAPBGEUD UG T GSYV HUDAPUPJ WHCUZ.""","T=A A=E P=N","""Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies."" - Aristotle ""Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit."" - Aristotle KEY: A=E B=D C=U D=P E=H G=S H=R J=G K=Q L=K O=C P=N Q=B S=L T=A U=I V=W W=F Y=O Z=T",Cryptography,01/19/08 #43082,"0, 1, 1, 3, 1, 6, 1, 7, 4, 8, ?, ?, ?",1.81,3.07,shenqiang,"0, 1, 1, 3, 1, 6, 1, 7, 4, 8, ?, ?, ?",Which terms are 1?,"1, 16, 1. The nth term is the sum of the proper divisors of n. The prime numbers have 1 as their only proper divisor.",Series,09/13/08 #28730,"16, 21, 26, ?, 12, 5, 19",2.42,2.31,Victor,"What number fits in this sequence? 16, 21, 26, ?, 12, 5, 19",No hint available.,"26. From the alphabetical position of Z, making the word PUZZLES.",Series,02/21/06 #49895,Poisonous Snakes,2.2,1.36,brainyboy518,There are no poisonous snakes in the world. How is this possible?,No hint available.,"Snakes are never considered poisonous, only venomous.",Trivia,07/30/13 #24914,For Music Experts,2.5100000000000002,2.62,nickmanning214,7 N in a DS,No hint available.,7 notes in a diatonic scale,Letter-Equations,07/27/05 #37574,Summer Spa Retreat,2.09,1.13,sayso09,"My little sister decided to have a spa retreat slumber party just before school started. Our mother went along with this plan and recruited my friends to work the party. During the course of the party, three of my friends got into heated arguments with three of my little sister's friends and also got stuck at three different stations that they hated. Since I did not see these arguments go on, I had to ask other people at the party for information. The problem is, I only got pieces of information, and I need help putting the pieces together. My three friends are Megan, Rene, and Leslie. My sister's three friends are Erica, Hannah, and Candice. The three stations are massages, pedicures, and manicures. 1. My three friends are Megan, the girl who didn't want to do massages, and the girl who fought with Hannah. 2. Megan hated feet and wished she could have been giving manicures. 3. Candice got into an argument with the girl who worked at the massage table. 4. Rene worked at the manicure station but hated the fumes.",No hint available.,"Megan - Erica - pedicures Leslie - Candice - massages Rene - Hannah - manicures",Logic-Grid,07/28/07 #8632,Doctor and Lawyer,2.31,2.22,lesternoronha1,"There are 4 people: Mr. Cooper, his wife, their son and Mr. Cooper's mother. One is a doctor and another is a lawyer. 1) If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are not blood relatives. 2)If the doctor is a woman then the doctor and the lawyer are blood relatives. 3) If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man. Whose occupation do you know?",No hint available.,Mr. Cooper is the doctor.,Logic,11/21/02 #16811,Chains Reaction,2.81,2.99,krishnan,"The words in Group A share a common property that only one word in Group B satisfies. Which one is it? Group A: Chains Countess Stained Schooled Purring Corny Group B: Reaction Penned Spoiled Stints Putting Hurry","Some ALTERNATE words that also fit in Group A: Point Sheet Party Jaunty","Spoiled The property is that both sets of alternate letters form valid English words. ChAiNs - can, his CoUnTeSs - cuts, ones StAiNeD - sand, tie ScHoOlEd - shoe, cold PuRrInG - prig, urn CoRnY - cry, on So the answer is SpOiLeD - sold, pie",Group,03/02/04 #2789,nostrihsruoy,2.54,1.59,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? nostrihsruoy",nO strihS ruoY,Your shirt's on backwards,Rebus,03/22/02 #44000,Words With BU,1.87,2.19,cnmne,"Five words that contain BU as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? BU***, **BU*, **BU**, **BU***, ****BU* Pool: A, A, A, E, E, E, F, G, H, I, I, L, L, L, L, M, N, R, S, T",No hint available.,"BUGLE, REBUS, FIBULA, ALBUMEN, HALIBUT",Language,01/26/09 #13573,Tribunal,2.12,2.39,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? DeepBlueC TRIBUNAL Beelzebub",No hint available.,"Caught between the Devil and the deep blue sea. TRIBUNAL = Court (Caught) Beelzebub = The Devil",Rebus,07/02/03 #7535,NE1410S?,2.6,1.28,kiwioz9,"What's this phrase? NE1410S?",Say it out loud.,Any one for tennis?,Rebus,09/18/02 #15610,Mad Ade's Rhyme Time #9,2.28,1.83,mad-ade,"This style of teaser is to use the clues given to find two words that rhyme and fit the description, for example a weird ape would be a funky monkey, or a wealthy Halloween gal would be a rich witch. 1. Brazil, Pea, Coco, Cashew shelter ? 2. Fractured Money substitute ? 3. Stream tremble ? 4. Snow Runner ? 5. Earliest Desire to Drink?",No hint available.,"1. Nut Hut 2. Broken Token 3. River Quiver 4. Winter Sprinter 5. First Thirst",Language,11/30/03 #24475,Letters and Numbers Oh My,2.46,2.37,trickster2005,"What are the next three? A 1 E 4 F",No hint available.,"7 H 11 The pattern is letters and numbers consisting of straight lines only.",Series,07/12/05 #4722,Father's Son,2.5,1.18,librashorty,Who is your father's only son's brother's uncle's wife's daughter's brother's father's son?,No hint available.,"No-one, an only son cannot have a brother, although they may have a sister.",Logic,06/14/02 #18521,Connections,2.94,1.56,tissue,What does the following represent?,The hand bone's connected to the wrist bone...,"An Elbow. It's a bow, made up of ""EL's"".",Rebus,08/10/04 #21024,Who Won 2,2.25,1.05,this_is_just_me,"Rob, Randy, Rich, and Ray had a race together. Rob couldn't catch up to Randy, and Randy couldn't catch up with Rich. Rich beat Ray, and Rob also beat Ray. What order did they finish in?",No hint available.,"Rich Randy Rob Ray",Logic,02/13/05 #36118,Add a Letter 6,2.75,1.91,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). 1) a volume & a mineral 2) a biological classification & a person with extraordinary intelligence 3) barter & a prolonged speech of condemnation 4) grimy & a small rowboat",No hint available.,"1) quart & quartz 2) genus & genius 3) trade & tirade 4) dingy & dinghy",Language,04/08/07 #34526,Food Please?,2.45,1.84,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of common kitchen items. Your task is to unravel these anagrams and discover their names. Kevin's Pastel Scare us Votes Mid consent",No hint available.,"Knives Plates Saucers Stove Condiments",Language,12/21/06 #47955,Baby Showers,2.79,1.17,NinjaPuzzler,"Abby Smith has five baby showers to go to this week. Unfortunately, with all the baby showers, she's forgotten which day each is on, as well as the names of the babies, the presents she's giving each and the color of ribbon she's using to wrap the gifts. Can you help her figure it out? Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Names: Lily, Alan, Katie, Greg, and Stella Presents: Toys, Diaper Bag, Bottles, Clothes, and Pacifiers Ribbon Colors: Blue, Pink, Orange, Red, and Green Clues: 1. The boys' baby showers are on Monday and Friday. 2. Katie's present is the clothes, but her ribbon is not orange, red, or pink. 3. The toys are to be given on Thursday wrapped with a blue ribbon. 4. The babies are Katie, the one who will get bottles, the one whose shower is on Tuesday, the one whose present is wrapped with a blue ribbon, and Greg. 5. Stella's shower is before Katie's but after Lily's. 6. Greg is going to get the diaper bag before Alan gets the present wrapped with an orange ribbon. 7. The pacifiers will be given, wrapped with a red ribbon, before Thursday. 8. A girl will not get a gift wrapped with a pink ribbon or the bottles.","The boys names are Greg and Alan. The girls names are Lily, Katie, and Stella.","Monday, Greg, Diaper Bag, Pink Tuesday, Lily, Pacifiers, Red Thursday, Stella, Toys, Blue Friday, Alan, Bottles, Orange Saturday, Katie, Clothes, Green",Logic-Grid,09/15/10 #48638,Add to a Square Number,1.87,2.85,shenqiang,"A, B and C are positive integers such that 3^A+5^B+7^C is a square number. What is the minimum value of this square number?",No hint available.,3^3+5^1+7^2=81.,Math,04/14/11 #43391,The Sins of Man,2.54,1.36,xmum,"I stand with my friends, in neat array, And many people come to play. We silent are, give no offence. Yet, we're attacked, with objects, dense. Right brave we are, as teams of men Attack our little band of ten. Though scattered often, far and wide, We stand again, in silent pride. What pleasures gain you, sons of Eve, To give my comrades cause to grieve? Please, oh humans, have a care. Though your power can strike, it is kinder to spare. Use thy brains, oh show us how. Tell us what we are, right now!!!!",No hint available.,Bowling Pins.,Riddle,10/21/08 #19843,EZ TV,2.31,0.64,MrIxolite,"Name this TV Show RangerRangerRanger RangerRangerRanger RangerRangerRanger Ranger < -",No hint available.,"The Lone Ranger (An easy one)",Rebus,12/11/04 #33067,Am I a Church?,2.3,3.03,jazzmusician46,"Historic pinewoods and gardens surround me, and I symbolise the relationship between God and earth; much in the same way Dante represented heaven, earth and hell. I am exceptionally dignified and illustrate a cosmogony of enormous importance for the evolution of one of the world's great civilisations. I use the number nine repeatedly in the dimensions of my sacred altar, which symbolises heaven and also stresses the relationship of mankind with heaven. What am I?",No hint available.,"The Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China. The Temple of Heaven, founded in the first half of the 15th century, is a dignified complex of fine cult buildings set in gardens and surrounded by historic pine woods. In its overall layout and that of its individual buildings, it symbolises the relationship between earth and heaven - the human world and God's world - which stands at the heart of Chinese cosmogony, and also the special role played by the emperors within that relationship.",Riddle,09/18/06 #19959,Mad Ade's Minus Letter Anagrams #9,2.5100000000000002,2.42,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser the idea is to identify the blanked words. The secret is that each word is an anagram of the previous word, but minus one letter. For example: The ------- mopped up the spilt ------ and then made sure all the work surfaces were -----. The answer for the first word would be ""Cleaner"", then remove the ""N"" to make ""Cereal"", then remove an ""E"" to make ""Clear"". Now try these: Mad Ade was ------- a book warning of the ------ of standing underneath suspended ----- pianos. Mrs. Mad Ade ------ Mad Ade, as she ----- he would come and pick her up, but the ---- was ironing when it rang, and he ended up burning his ear. Mad Ade ended up ------- his wife as he was ------ his shoes as he could not get the ends to -----.",No hint available.,"Reading, Danger, Grand Phoned, Hoped, Dope Calling, Lacing, align",Language,12/20/04 #4941,Twisted T-Shirt,2.29,1.54,mad-ade,Mad Ade was extremely hung over one morning after a particularly heavy beer and Kebab marathon. He has put on his T-shirt. Unfortunately it is inside out and back to front. Normally the washing label is on the inside of the left sleeve. Where is it now?,No hint available.,The label is now on the outside of Mad Ade's left sleeve.,Logic,06/25/02 #5545,cHIMp,2.84,2.24,michelle,"What does this mean? cHIMp",No hint available.,Making a monkey out of him,Rebus,07/13/02 #24380,The Time,2.85,1.27,madleon,"Reveal the quote by eliminating the letters of the alphabet that are not part of the quote. The unused letters go in alphabetical order from A-Z. ATBAKCEDCAERFEOGFHTIHEJMINKUT ELSFOMRTHNEOPHOURQSWRILLTSATKEUCAVREOFWTHXEMSYELVZES",No hint available.,TAKE CARE OF THE MINUTES FOR THE HOURS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.,Other,07/09/05 #12871,2 W and 2 M,2.15,2.63,PhilDunphy,2 W and 2 M in M D in T,No hint available.,2 Women and 2 Men in Mixed Doubles in Tennis,Letter-Equations,06/02/03 #14630,Rose Flyer,2.62,2.22,rose_rox,"What do each of these words have in common? rose, flyer, by, bored, through, stake, ad, route, build, sink",No hint available.,"They are all homonyms. rose - rows flyer - flier by - buy, bye bored - board through - threw stake - steak ad - add route - root build - billed sink - synch",Language,08/31/03 #4605,Drizzle,2.55,1.41,rose_rox,"Can you name the correct title? Drizzle, Drizzle, Disappear.",Use Synonyms,"Rain, Rain, Go Away.",Language,06/14/02 #39487,Master of Many Trades,2.27,2.21,aresII,"The following quotes are that of Michelangelo (1475 - 1564). The greatest sculptor of the sixteenth century, he was also one of the greatest painters, architects, and poets. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. U=H ""C UZBR MUJM C GJQ PRVCTR GZTR MUJI C NJI JNNZGBYCVU."" ""OUJM PZ QZD PRVBCVR? LQ MUCV QZD JTR MTDYQ EIZOI.""","B=P G=M J=A","""I HOPE THAT I MAY DESIRE MORE THAN I CAN ACCOMPLISH."" ""WHAT DO YOU DESPISE? BY THIS YOU ARE TRULY KNOWN."" KEY: B=P C=I D=U E=K G=M I=N J=A L=B M=T N=C O=W P=D Q=Y R=E T=R U=H V=S Y=L Z=O",Cryptography,12/06/07 #32159,Word Jumble 2 - Famous Landmarks of India,2.38,2.56,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed. Unscrambling these letters will form the answer to this teaser: NGRUT - Take letters 1 & 3 ENRPAC - Take letters 2 & 3 NFELTO - Take letters 1,3 & 5 DAAEG - Take letters 1,2 & 3 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?","This landmark is located in Goa, India.","NGRUT - Take letters 1 & 3 - GRUNT, take G,U ENRPAC - Take letters 2 & 3 - PRANCE, take R,A NFELTO - Take letters 1,3 & 5 - TEFLON, take T,F,O DAAEG - Take letters 1,2 & 3 - ADAGE, take A,D,A Unscramble the above to get 'Fort Aguada'. Fort Aguada is an old Portuguese fort located in Goa, India, on Sinquerim beach. Built in the 16th century, it was a reference point for the vessels coming from Europe at that time. The land around it is now owned by The Indian Hotels Co. and the Fort Aguada Beach Resort stands on the hill just behind the fort. This old Portuguese fort stands on the beach south of Candolim, at the shore of the Mandovi river. It has now been converted into a 5-star hotel as part of a sprawling 88-acre complex overlooking the Arabian Sea.",Language,07/30/06 #53056,A Beautiful Thing,2.7600000000000002,0.76,allthefun7,"For some I am the language of the heart, For others I am just a simple form of art. I can be very loud, forte if you will, Or as a piano, be soft and still. I come in a variety of forms you see, Some you may not like, but others will set you free. I can make you dance or make you cry, Some forms of me may make you ponder why. I'm the language of the universe, like a code to crack, No matter your mood, I've always got your back. I can bring people together, or tear them apart, But without me, the world would be dull and stark. Though I cannot be touched or seen, I'm there for you, always have been. So tell me, do you know, What is this beautiful thing that makes the world glow?","What do you know that can be both loud and soft? What has many different types or forms that you may only like some of?",Music,Riddle,04/30/24 #43043,Grammar,1.71,2.25,cacmjc,D S E in a P.,No hint available.,Declarative sentences end in a period.,Letter-Equations,09/08/08 #43852,If Seven Becomes 40...,2.08,1.78,KarateGirl098,"If seven becomes 40, three becomes 0, and eight becomes 55, then what does one become?",No hint available.,"-8. Using this formula, square the number (multiply it by itself) and subtract nine. 7 x 7 = 49 - 9 = 40 3 x 3 = 9 - 9 = 0 8 x 8 = 64 - 9 = 55 and... 1 x 1 = 1 - 9 = -8",Math,01/05/09 #15202,Golden Kebab Tokens,2.23,2.82,mad-ade,"A group of Mad-Ade's friends, although fewer than 10, found a number of Golden kebab tokens which they were able to divide equally among them. After this division had been done, Norha Bone - one of the friends, suggested that it would be more equitable to divide the Golden kebab tokens by families rather than by individuals. Among them, there were two groups with two sisters; of course Norha Bone was not in either group. The rest of the friends were unrelated to each other. A re-division by families would have meant that the Golden kebab tokens per family were 5 more than the Golden kebab tokens per friend. The friends argued among themselves over this way of dividing the Golden kebab tokens. Before a final decision is made, Wendy Boatkumsin - one of the friends, decided that she did not want any Golden kebab tokens. Her share was equally divided (without breaking/cutting any Kebab token) among the other friends. Finally, Norha Bone decided to withdraw her suggestion of dividing the Golden kebab tokens by families. How many friends were there and how many Golden kebab tokens did each friend end up with?",No hint available.,"There were a total of 6 friends. Each end up with 12 Golden kebab tokens. The number of Golden kebab tokens is evenly divisible by the number of friends as well as the number of families. Let's assume that N is the number of Golden kebab tokens each friend received initially and G is the total number of friends. Then, total number of Golden kebab tokens = NG If the Golden kebab tokens had been divided by families rather than by individuals, the number of recipients would be (G - 2) and each share would be (N + 5). Again, total number of Golden kebab tokens = (N + 5)(G - 2) But, the total number of the Golden kebab tokens is the same. NG = (N + 5)(G - 2) NG = NG -2N +5G -10 2N = 5G -10 N = (5/2)G - 5 Now, N and G are the positive integers and also total number of Golden kebab tokens must be divisible by G, (G-1) and (G-2). This is because initially there were G friends; then since it was divided family wise, the total number of units, the coins were to be divided would be (G-2) (as two groups had two sisters, so two friends got combined as one group, one per group); and after Wendy Boatkumsin backed out, there were (G-1) friends. Now trying different EVEN values for G, starting with 2; there were total 6 friends and 60 Golden kebab tokens. The Golden kebab tokens are divided among 5 friends and hence each friend ends up with 12 Golden kebab tokens.",Logic,10/23/03 #19306,Dueling Actresses,2.16,2.5100000000000002,cnmne,"What word/phrase is described by the following rebus? Angelina Jolie says ""1, 2, 3"", then gets a ringer. Glenn Close says ""1, 2, 3"", then gets a ringer. Angelina Jolie says ""1, 2, 3"", then throws an explosive device. Glenn Close says ""1, 2, 3"", then throws an explosive device. Angelina Jolie says ""1, 2, 3"", then sinks a putt. Glenn Close remains silent while sinking a putt.",No hint available.,Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades (the ringer happened in horseshoes and the explosive device is a hand grenade).,Rebus,11/02/04 #8154,You,2.48,1.85,dsquared,"The answer to the following ""math"" problem represents a common expression. What is the expression? MY BREATH + YOU __________ YOU _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"""You take my breath away"" or I would accept ""You took my breath away"".",Rebus,10/21/02 #39707,Intelligent Fools,2.59,2.32,BrieCheese,"Below are two quotes from a famous person. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. A=E ""ERC MRXIPPMKIRX JSSP GER QEOI XLMRKW FMKKIV, QSVI GSQTPIB, ERH QSVI ZMSPIRX. MX XEOIW E XSYGL SJ KIRMYW -- ERH E PSX SJ GSYVEKI -- XS QSZI MR XLI STTSWMXI HMVIGXMSR."" ""AI GER'X WSPZI TVSFPIQW FC YWMRK XLI WEQI OMRH SJ XLMROMRK AI YWIH ALIR AI GVIEXIH XLIQ."" -EPFIVX IMRWXIMR","E=I I=M O=S U=Y","""Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."" ""We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."" -Albert Einstein A=E B=F C=G D=H E=I F=J G=K H=L I=M J=N K=O L=P M=Q N=R O=S P=T Q=U R=V S=W T=X U=Y V=Z W=A X=B Y=C Z=D",Cryptography,12/20/07 #32978,Menacing Matchsticks,2.44,2.73,calmsavior,"Take seven matchsticks and arrange them on a table to make two adjacent squares of the same size. The matchsticks should look like the number 8. Now, moving only two matchsticks, can you make....200? You cannot: Stack the matchsticks. Bend or break the matchsticks. Remove the matchsticks.","What AM I asking you to make? Look carefully ....","Assuming that the matchsticks are upright (forming an 8), take the upper-right match and place it horizontally above the 8. Next, take the match on the lower-left of what now looks like a 6, and place it vertically just above the match you last put down. What you should have is 1/5, or .200 . Ellipses only consist of three points, not four. In other words, I asked you for .200, not 200.",Trick,09/12/06 #297,A Green House,2.82,1.82,Phyllis,There is a green house. Inside the green house there is a white house. Inside the white house there is a red house. Inside the red house there are lots of babies. What is it?,A fruit.,A watermelon.,Riddle,02/23/01 #33375,Clean Being,2.43,1.95,twixy,"What is represented below? I was a clean being Yet inquisitiveness shook me, Made me depart. I was good, I was kind I just kibitzed And lost my due time. Many existences I was said to have Yet when I showed my interest It was the last thing My eyes ever saw. Now I'm gone, gone for good Never more shall I be chased Never more shall I chase my woolly ball No more shall cross my path again And no more misfortunes shall I bring.",No hint available.,"Curiosity killed the Cat The part about never more being chased refers to dogs never being able to chase the cat again. The woolly ball is the ball of yarn. The last part refers to the superstition of crossing paths with a black cat and obtaining bad luck.",Riddle,10/07/06 #19736,Ding Dong,2.46,1.92,MrIxolite,"What is this? King's Army v Queen's Army",No hint available.,A battle royal,Rebus,12/06/04 #12094,Odd Neighborhood,2.82,2.58,frankenweoburger,"Bill leaves his house one day, and is kidnapped right outside it. He is missing for a while, so his neighbor Steve moves into his house, and is soon kidnapped as well, and the house also disappears. What is going on?",No hint available.,"Steve and Bill are hermit crabs. Bill left his shell and a child picked him up, and then Steve moved into it and was soon removed from the tidal pool by a bird.",Situation,04/28/03 #50485,Anagram Dictionary 3,2.81,1.69,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob) Words: admiral, diagnose, maelstrom, nitrogen, parenthesis Definitions: a thought for a lyrical music composition an angry prevaricator an intelligent burrowing mammal the boat that is most proximate the sound for an incoming telephone call",No hint available.,"admiral: an angry prevaricator (mad liar) diagnose: a thought for a lyrical music composition (song idea) maelstrom: an intelligent burrowing mammal (smart mole) nitrogen: the sound for an incoming telephone call (ring tone) parenthesis: the boat that is most proximate (nearest ship)",Language,01/06/15 #17847,Ones,2.32,2.56,Pitter,How would you arrange six ones so that they make twelve?,No hint available.,11+11/11,Math,06/07/04 #6806,CHEMICALS,2.63,1.26,dumbell,"What does this spell? COBALT NITROGEN GERMANIUM NICKEL ALUMINIUM",Symbols,"CONGENIAL The chemical symbols for these elements are Co, N Ge, Ni and Al",Science,08/23/02 #38668,Word Connections #13,2.87,1.82,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect baseball to manager. Baseball G_ _ _ S_ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Manager WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","GA _ _ SH _ _ BU _ _ _ _ _ _","Baseball Game Show Business Manager",Language,10/07/07 #31057,Hindsight,2.82,1.6400000000000001,dogboy,"Two friends sat talking, when one said to the other: ""I love clear nights - they allow me to literally look at things past."" His friend, highly confused by this statement but feeling embarrassed, merely grunted his agreement. However, that night when he got home, he decided to research what his friend might have meant. What did he find?",Look at the stars.,"Even the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is a long distance from earth. Proxima Centauri lays 4.2 lightyears away from earth. This means that if you look up and see Proxima Centauri, the light you are actually seeing was emitted from the star over four years earlier, and therefore in a sense you are looking into the past, as you are seeing a past image of the star.",Trivia,06/13/06 #9933,Which Name Doesn't Belong?,2.63,2.56,MrIxolite,"Which name below doesn't belong? Oscar Emily Romeo Juliet Mike Victor",Roger Over,"Emily, as all the others are used to represent letters in the Nato Phonetic Alphabet.",Group,01/21/03 #26402,Recipe Mix Up,3.02,2.25,sweetime,"A local radio station had announced a competition: cook the best three course meal and you and your fellow chefs could win a trip to Hawaii! Each team must have five entrants, and must consist of an entree, a main and a dessert. Five people now stood in Mr Black's kitchen arguing over whose recipes should be used. Each person had brought their three recipes with them and placed them on the table. Unfortunately Mr Black had not closed the window to the kitchen and a gush of wind rushed through and blew all the recipes off the table and jumbled them together. Can you work out which person owned which recipes? There are: First Names: Kate, John, James, Matthew, Melissa Last names: Green, Brown, White, Blue, Black Entree: beef sausages, sausage rolls, leek soup, garlic bread, garlic shrimp. Mains: trout and potato, spaghetti bolognaise, cheese souffle, steak and vegetables, chicken salad. Desserts: chocolate mousse, ice cream, fruit salad, lemon meringue pie, apple pie. 1. The five people were: Kate, Mr Black, the one who had spaghetti bolognaise, the one who had chocolate mousse and the one who had garlic shrimp. 2. Mr Green did not have any fruit or vegetables with his meals. 3. No one had both the seafood items. 4. Miss White did not have any meat in her recipes. 5. Miss Blue only likes to use white meat in her recipes. 6. The person who had garlic bread also had ice cream. 7. The woman who had the cheese souffle did not have any garlic entrees. 8. The man who had the chocolate mousse had fish in one of his dishes 9. Matthew's main dish contained pasta. 10. The woman with the garlic shrimp had salad with her main meal. 11. Neither James nor Matthew had fruit in their dessert. 12. John Black had red meat in both his main meal and his entree. 13. Mr Green did not have meat in his entree. 14. The man who had apple pie for dessert also had beef sausages as an entree. 15. Melissa had a pie for dessert.","The foods are only what is listed. Eg, if someone doesn't have vegetables listed with their dish, then their dish does not come with vegetables. Kate and Melissa are female; John, James and Matthew are male. Spaghetti bolognaise contains red meat","Kate White, leek soup, cheese souffle, fruit salad. John Black, beef sausages, steak and vegetables, apple pie. James Brown, sausage rolls, trout and potatoes, chocolate mousse. Matthew Green, garlic bread, spaghetti bolognaise, ice cream. Melissa Blue, garlic shrimps, chicken salad, lemon meringue pie.",Logic-Grid,10/16/05 #2629,10 S,2.14,1.15,tdh415,"Can you decode the following sport? 10 S",No hint available.,tennis,Rebus,03/10/02 #23866,From Siblings,2.89,1.86,phildunphy,"H & M E",Clothes Usually,"Hand Me Down H + and, ME, all going down",Rebus,06/20/05 #11233,17 = S in a H,2.33,2.69,delphy,17 = S in a H,No hint available.,17 = Syllables in a Haiku,Letter-Equations,03/16/03 #6298,Five Digit Number,2.36,1.33,Bintot,"What is the five-digit number, no zeroes, in which the second digit is three times the first, the third is one more than the second, the fourth is four times the first, and the last is one-half more than the second?",No hint available.,26789,Math,08/07/02 #22828,Just Desserts,2.34,2.7,twixy,"I involve some animals, Around two. One was used so much long ago, But now its use has softened. The other one is a swimmer, For it swims quite often. I can be sad when I want to be sad, And even angry, too. But, nevertheless, I can be happy, overjoyed, and glad! I can be shiny and beautiful, But I have a hollowness within me, And I can sometimes look dull. I am the smallest in my family, But I have the merriest voice Because it is highest. I'm not that heavy, So you can carry me up and down; you have the choice! But don't hurt me too much, Or wear me out, because part of me will burst, And I will not speak in my tone of beauty to you To serve you just desserts. So take a guess And we shall see Just who exactly could I be?","When I say the use of the animal has 'softened', I mean that it is used less often.","A violin- A violin uses a bow which is made of horsehair and has a 'frog'. A violin is hollow, but can have a somewhat sweet sound. It is the smallest in the string family and it has the highest sound. When you 'hurt it too hard or wear it out', which means you break a string, then you have to replace it with a new one. Or, if it goes out of tune, you must tune it again for it to have its natural tone.",Riddle,05/11/05 #3471,Special Number,2.04,2.87,spysniper21,"What is so special about this particular sequence of numbers? 425260376469080434957",No hint available.,If you add 1 to every digit of pi(3.1415926535...) you get the sequence.,Math,04/13/02 #29568,The Best Things In Life Are Free,2.4,1.79,zonarita,"What is represented by this rebus equation? HEAVEN - PENNIES = ?","Besides being a 1936 Hit Parade favorite sung by Bing Crosby, it is also the name of a 1981 Steve Martin movie.","Pennies From Heaven (Heaven minus pennies can also be read 'Pennies from Heaven'.)",Rebus,04/05/06 #42783,What's My Number 2,2.23,1.11,Magical_Faeire,"What's my number? I am a three digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?",No hint available.,194,Math,08/12/08 #3413,STBASINICCT,2.26,1.51,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this? STBASINICCT",It's a movie,"Basic Instinct the word BASIC inside of the letters STINCT",Rebus,04/10/02 #46335,Flag Mutt,2.43,2.45,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: beck, flag, here, mutt Group B: doll, jail, plea, tarp, well, yank",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A, when the word ""on"" is added as a suffix, makes a new word. beck - beckon flag - flagon here - hereon mutt - mutton thus tarp - tarpon",Group,02/08/10 #16733,The Old Gateway to the West,2.7,2.37,Rowsdower,What U.S. city can be made from the following things: The largest organ of the human body + The narrow part of a bottle + The first President Roosevelt's nickname,"The title refers to this city's old nickname, and remember, the American west was once much farther east, in what is now the state of New York.","Schenectady, which is in New York state and is pronounced Skin-neck-teddy. The skin is actually the largest organ of the body, the narrow part of a bottle is called the neck, and Theodore Roosevelt was commonly known as Teddy. Schenectady was founded in 1661 and was once known as The Gateway to the West.",Language,02/25/04 #9492,How Many Apples?,2.29,0.59,allsatrASH08,"If you have three apples and you took two away, how many would you have?",No hint available.,Three! You're the one who has the apples!,Trick,01/01/03 #2220,There When You Wake,2.26,1.79,Sinead,"I am there when you wake up But gone when you sleep. I can be big or small, thin or thick I am the opposite of light. What am I?",I am usually black,Your shadow,Riddle,01/31/02 #13673,LIMON,2.83,2.53,qwertyqwerty,"Peter had a big crush on a Hispanic girl named Limon. Peter had seen Limon while at school. Peter had followed Limon to her house to talk to her about how he felt about her. When Peter arrived at Limon's house her father had answered the door. ""Yes?"" said her father. ""I would like to talk to your daughter Limon,"" answered Peter. He led Peter to the living room and asked him a question. ""To prove you really know my daughter, tell me how old she is,"" said the father. Peter had no idea. ""It's just as I expected. Fine, if you really like my daughter, I will give you a clue."" He got out some paper and wrote: LIMON Peter had no clue for the next three minutes. He soon gave up and just guessed 15, his own age. Limon's dad laughed and escorted Peter out of the house without a word. He obviously didn't get the age correct. How old was Limon?",No hint available.,"The answer is 17 years old. If you flip LIMON upside down it spells ""Now 17"".",Other,07/07/03 #28664,Limits,2.21,2.18,juggler,"""First letter of the alphabet.""",No hint available.,"Quota. Quote + A = Quota",Rebus,02/16/06 #20301,Arson Wells?,2.25,2.78,MrIxolite,"Billy ""Firestarter"" McCabe threw a lit match in a dangerous atmosphere. Thousands saw him do it and it was caught on camera, but nobody said anything. How did Billy get away with it?",No hint available.,"Billy ""Firestarter"" McCabe was a boxer. He threw his boxing match under a floodlit arena. Thousands saw him lose, but didn't realise he threw it on purpose. The crowd was hostile, hence the dangerous atmosphere.",Situation,01/11/05 #47417,Lined Up,2.69,2.73,wattsofawesome,"Hidden deep behind, So that very few eyes will fall On me, the one who carries The most important role of all. How and why, you ask? Well, I answer with a smile, It's simply my ability To reach lower than a mile. Slow and steady wins the race, But I can speed as well; I maintain a steady pulse Whilst others turn and swell. I can give you a feeling like no other; You'll just want to melt. I provide the depth needed That mimics no one else. Whether it's modern or the classics, I'll grant your every wish. All I ask is that in return You won't mistake me for a fish.",No hint available.,"A bass player Mistake for a fish - a bass is a type of fish The title refers to bass lines, which is just another term for the music part players are given.",Riddle,07/05/10 #26293,World Domination I,2.86,1.2,sweetime,"Mad Scientist Sassi the Sane was hell bent on taking over the world. Her latest plan was to mix together a number of plants to see what properties they contained. She managed to lure four unsuspecting people (Jessica, Nicholas, Cassandra and Alfred) into her secret cave. Once there she fed them each a type of tree (gumtree, oak, elm, gardenia) and a type of flower (tulip, rose, daffodil and daisy). Each tree/flower pairing created a different effect: one caused you to be able to fly; another caused you to turn invisible; one potion was poisonous; and one made you instantly charming. Can you determine which two plants were mixed together, what effect it had, and which hapless victim was forced to try it? 1. The four potions were: the one given to Jessica, the one containing gardenia, the one containing rose, and the one that made its victim charming. 2. The two boys each had a potion made partly from a tree with three letters. 3. The daffodil was in the invisibility potion. 4. Cassandra and Alfred each had a potion with a flower that started with the same letter. 5. When the elm and daisy were mixed together, they did not make a poison. 6. The potion which allows you to fly was created by plants which have the letter ""o"" in them.",Cassandra and Jessica are girls; Alfred and Nicholas are boys.,"Jessica, gumtree, tulip, poison. Nicholas, oak, rose, fly. Cassandra, gardenia, daffodil, invisible. Alfred, elm, daisy, charming",Logic-Grid,10/10/05 #5384,Goose Eggs,2.32,0.5700000000000001,im_para_noid,"If it takes twenty minutes to hard-boil one goose egg, how long will it take to hard-boil four goose eggs?",No hint available.,20 minutes; 4 eggs can be boiled at the same time.,Logic,07/09/02 #22218,Bones in the Storage Room,2.72,2.01,cnmne,"What does this rebus represent? The late Dan DeLion: ""It's nice that someone mows the cemetery grass"" The recently deceased Mary O'Nette: ""It's enjoyable just lying around"" The dearly departed Otto MacAnic: ""I'm happy not having to share a room"" The just interred Anna Robic: ""I appreciated the beautiful eulogy""",No hint available.,"The Grateful Dead (each person is dead, and they are all grateful for something)",Rebus,04/12/05 #39435,Found on a Penny,2.69,2.46,aresII,"Take an American penny and, looking at Lincoln's head, try to find how many different objects are to be seen there. For example, can you see a well known animal? The answer is hare (hair). Now find a place of worship, part of a bottle, part of a hill, a personal pronoun, a protection against thieves, a receptacle for corn, and a snake.",No hint available.,"The objects sought on looking at Lincoln's head on a penny are these: A place of worship - temple. Part of a bottle - neck. Part of a hill - brow. A personal pronoun - I (eye). A protection against thieves - lock. A receptacle for corn - ear. A snake - copperhead.",Other,12/02/07 #5296,Winter Clothing,2.13,1.18,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? WARM COAT",No hint available.,Warm overcoat,Rebus,07/07/02 #39292,Jack and Jill,2.19,2.41,jamesbond,"Jack and Jill have grown up now, so much so that their ages add up to 64. But Jill is confused as to how old each of them is. Jack gives her a clue: ""I am 5 times as old as you were when I was as old as you are now."" Can you help Jill recall their ages correctly?",Jack is much older than Jill than you might think...,"Jack: 40 yrs. old Jill: 24 yrs. old Explanation: Let the present age of Jack be x and that of Jill be y. So, clearly, like everyone of you would have got: x+y=64. The other equation is a bit tricky. JACK JILL y yrs. ? (Their ages when Jack was the age that Jill is at present) x yrs. y yrs. (Their present ages) Since we have moved back (x-y) yrs. to make Jack y yrs. old, to find the age of Jill at that time, we go back (x-y) yrs. from her present age. So, her age was y-(x-y) yrs. = 2y-x yrs. Since Jack's present age is 5 times that age, x= 5(2y-x). Hence, we get the second equation. Solving them, x=40 and y=24.",Math,11/20/07 #1867,Cows & Pigs,2.3,0.6900000000000001,missie,"A farmer has twenty sheep, ten pigs, and ten cows. If we call the pigs cows, how many cows will he have?",No hint available.,"Ten. We call the pigs cows, but it does not make them cows.",Trick,12/29/01 #44160,Beep Beep Beep,2.02,2.22,bigSWAFF_69_,"If the following is correct: 12:48 = 18 1:03 = 13 6:59 = 17 What would 9:37 equal?",No hint available.,"14 When appearing on a standard digital clock, the different digits are made up different numbers of segments. ""1"" is made up of 2 segments ""2"" is 5 ""3"" is 5 ""4"" is 4 ""5"" is 5 ""6"" is 6 ""7"" is 3 ""8"" is 7 ""9"" is 6 ""0"" is 6 Add the numbers of segments to reach the answer.",Math,02/23/09 #15334,I'm Spartacus!,2.78,1.73,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? D B = 1 N BB = 2 A BBB = 3 T BBBB = 4 S BBBBB = 5",No hint available.,Stand up and be counted,Rebus,11/06/03 #15029,Battle of the Bands,2.5100000000000002,2.58,rose_rox,"Chad's favourite band is Aerosmith. Dan's favourite band is Spinal Tap. Pheobe's favourite band is the Red Hot Chili Peppers. What is Joe's favourite band? Choose from: Take That Rolling Stones Blues Brothers Kiss",No hint available.,"Joe's favourite band is Take That. The number of vowels in the band's name corresponds to the total number of letters in the name of the person.",Group,10/07/03 #9190,3 S to the W,2.09,2.28,hprulz,3 S to the W,No hint available.,3 Sheets to the Wind,Letter-Equations,12/16/02 #50891,Three Seconds,2.65,2.16,ThinksForFun,"My second starts as ""a"", and I'm often found beside a wheel Change my second to ""o"", now I'm met with interest in a deal If my second becomes ""u"", then I'm a hole below your heel What are we?","Since this hint you could not resist Our firsts are second in a letter list","We are the words ""barrow"", ""borrow"", and ""burrow"". barrow - as in the word ""wheelbarrow"" borrow - as in the case of a loan (""a deal"") where money is lent with an accompanying ""interest"" rate burrow - as in the underground home (i.e. a ""hole"" or tunnel) of a rabbit or fox, etc. For the hint, the first letter of all three words is ""b"", which comes second in the English alphabet.",Riddle,09/04/16 #50915,Words With FT,2.1,2.52,cnmne,"Five words that contain FT as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **FT*, **FT**, ***FT*, ****FT, ***FT** Pool: A, A, C, D, E, E, H, I, N, O, O, O, O, P, R, R, R, S, Y, Y",No hint available.,"HEFTY, SOFTEN, CRAFTY, ADRIFT, ROOFTOP",Language,10/20/16 #2779,Ai4de,2.21,1.27,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? Ai4de",No hint available.,Foreign Aide,Rebus,03/22/02 #26985,Letter Pairs III,2.67,2.47,phrebh,"Here are 27 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 9 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 9 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AD BL CE CE CH ED EE EK ES IC IN IT LY NO OR PO PR PU RE RT SA SP TI TS VI WE YS 1. Written announcement 2. Red penciler 3. Appearing once in seven days 4. Important freedom 5. Uses a press 6. Counsel 7. Not Private 8. Literary writings 9. Relate","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Newspaper.","1. NOTICE 2. EDITOR 3. WEEKLY 4. SPEECH 5. PRINTS 6. ADVICE 7. PUBLIC 8. ESSAYS 9. REPORT The theme is Newspaper.",Language,11/17/05 #5809,Legwicket,2.01,2.08,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? Legwicket",No hint available.,Leg before wicket!,Rebus,07/23/02 #43901,A Game of Dice,2.5,2.57,javaguru,"Your friend offers to play a game of dice with you. He explains the game to you. ""There are two dice and the goal is to have the highest total of two dice. You roll first. If you don't like your roll, then you can roll both dice again. If you roll a second time, you must keep the second roll. I'll roll second. I have to keep my first roll, but if we both roll the same number, I win."" On your first roll you roll a 7. Should you roll again or keep the 7? Bonus question: if you play the optimal strategy, what is the probability that you will win?",No hint available.,"You should roll again. The probability of winning with a particular roll is the cumulative probability of your friend rolling one of the lower numbers. There are 36 possible outcomes of rolling the dice (6 for the first die x 6 for the second die). The number of ways and probability of rolling each number is: 2,12: 1 = 1/36 3,11: 2 = 2/36 4,10: 3 = 3/36 5,9: 4 = 4/36 6,8: 5 = 5/36 7: 6 = 6/36 Since your friend wins ties, he wins with any number 7 or greater. There are 1+2+3+4+5 = 15 ways to roll a 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. This gives you a 15/36 = .41666... probability of winning if you keep the 7. If you roll a second time, then you have to take the sum of the probabilities of each roll multiplied by the probability of winning with that roll. This gives: 2: 1/36*0 = 0 3: 2/36*1/36 = 2/1296 4: 3/36 * 3/36 = 9/1296 5: 4/36 * 6/36 = 24/1296 6: 5/36 * 10/36 = 50/1296 7: 6/36 * 15/36 = 90/1296 8: 5/36 * 21/36 = 105/1296 9: 4/36 * 26/36 = 104/1296 10: 3/36 * 30/36 = 90/1296 11: 2/36 * 33/36 = 66/1296 12: 1/36 * 35/36 = 35/1296 Adding these probabilities together gives a 575/1296 ~ .44367 probability of winning if you roll again. Bonus question: Since you now know that the optimal strategy is to reroll when you get a 7, and to keep anything 8 or higher, you can now calculate your chances of winning. Take the probability for each roll for the first throw of the dice multiplied by the probability of winning after that first roll. Any number 8 or higher has the same probabilities calculated above: 8: 5/36 * 21/36 = 105/1296 9: 4/36 * 26/36 = 104/1296 10: 3/36 * 30/36 = 90/1296 11: 2/36 * 33/36 = 66/1296 12: 1/36 * 35/36 = 35/1296 Adding these probabilities gives a 400/1296 ~ .31 probability of winning with the first roll. Any number 7 or lower will be rerolled, and from above you know that the probability of winning on the second roll is 575/1296. The probability of rolling 7 or lower is 21/36 (from above: 1 - 15/36 = 21/36). This gives a probability of 2-7: 21/36 * 575/1296 = 12159/46656 ~ .26 And a .31 + .26 = .57 probability of winning on the first or second roll.",Probability,01/13/09 #23958,Featured Product,2.97,1.8800000000000001,drussel3,"This is considered by some to be the ultimate tool. With its waterproof properties, it was quickly adopted for a specific military application when originally introduced. The US Government also has recommended that all homes have it available. Along with its waterproof properties, it is known for its superior bonding, is heat resistant, and is extremely strong. It is easy to use with no training required, and is widely available in various sizes and colors. NASA thinks so highly of this, it is included on every flight that leaves the launch pad. No home, military unit, or spacecraft should be without it. What type of tool is this?","Look in your tool box, it is in mine.","Duct Tape. Remember the Dept of Homeland Security warning to purchase duct tape and plastic to help against biological or chemical attacks. And yes, NASA does send up duct tape with every flight. It was useful in the famous troubled Apollo 13 mission, and was credited in part with saving the lives of those astronauts.",Trivia,06/23/05 #13835,1 Km,2.14,2.31,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? 1.6093 miles = 1 Km ""Thou shall not kill, Km""",No hint available.,Preaching To The Converted,Rebus,07/16/03 #51833,Palpitations,2.63,0.9,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,Heart Skipped a Beat,Rebus,04/12/18 #36095,More Birds of a Feather,2.5100000000000002,2.72,jazzmusician46,"Below is a list of anagrams of North American birds. Your job is to try and unravel the anagrams. 1. Replace on finger 2. Wildly over-booked price 3. Bulge or use 4. A shower pours",No hint available.,"1. Peregrine Falcon 2. Ivory-billed Woodpecker 3. Blue Grouse 4. House Sparrow",Language,04/07/07 #4797,Burn it,2.39,1.92,andmar22,"I'm a unit of heat generation. I am prone to great quantification. There are many aware of the #'s I bear. Some in triumph, and some in frustration. What am I?",No hint available.,A Calorie,Riddle,06/18/02 #32322,Found It?...,2.53,0.8200000000000001,Muzozavr,"If you won't solve a riddle You'll never find me. You look for me, when solving riddles, You search me in a desperation, Sometimes it is a big frustration... But do not fear: the end is near! If you will ever solve a riddle I'll give a real satisfaction.","What? You still don't see? Well, if it's true, go look at me...",An Answer!,Riddle,08/06/06 #11563,Relative Round,2.29,2.5,Codammanus,"If said that you're contrasting me with my relative round, who's kin to blue, There has occurred a rejection attempt at your similitude. From pupil to instructor as both a gesture kind and gift, A fabled fatal food for firsts says the artist, poet, and myth. Likely abandoned as to aliment if guest is from down under, In 1 of 50, a giant one, that is said to never slumber. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am an apple. Explanation: -If someone is said to be comparing APPLES and ORANGES, your analogy is being rejected. -An APPLE from student to teacher is often done as a kind gift, gesture (or, as we know sometimes to curry favor). -It is often (incorrectly) assumed and carried by myth that the first sinners, Adam and Eve, ate an APPLE in the Garden of Eden, which led to their dying. (Of course The Bible never said that), however it was perpetuated by artists such as German court painter Lucas Cranach the Elder (Virgin and Child under an Apple Tree) and poet John Milton (Paradise Lost). -An APPLE would be abandoned for nourishment (likely), if it has a 'guest from down under' (or underground, that is, a WORM), and as a city in 1 of 50 states, the BIG APPLE (New York) is said to be the 'City that never sleeps.'",Riddle,04/04/03 #38487,A Tricky Chain #3,2.71,2.73,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have given you twelve (12) words. Begin with the word in all capital letters, and try to make the other words follow it thus: 1. rhyme with it, 2. have the same meaning, 3. be an anagram of it, or 4. have one different letter. Work forward and backward to complete the chain. The first and last words will not connect. Good luck and have fun! Example: STATE...great...large...lager...later. Drain, Crave, Stern, Chart, March, Graph, Charm, Harsh, Yearn, EMPTY, Crane, Marsh.",No hint available.,"EMPTY, Drain, Crane, Crave, Yearn, Stern, Harsh, March, Charm, Chart, Graph.",Language,09/27/07 #7395,Night Shift,2.5100000000000002,1.37,majd,"I sleep all day and work at night instead I wear a big hat on my bright small head I am not a map or a guide you pay But I can help in showing you your way",No hint available.,A table lamp,Riddle,09/13/02 #2613,Squirrel,2.08,1.8,204_BLaZe_41,"Suppose a squirrel is behind the trunk of a tree, which it keeps between itself and a hunter who is circling the tree. In this case does the hunter actually walk around the squirrel?",No hint available.,"Yes he does! To go around is to encircle entirely about. Therefore, this would ignore any rotary motion of the object being circled, in this case, the squirrel. The hunter does go around the squirrel since the hunter goes around the tree which the squirrel has not left.",Logic,03/09/02 #32333,Part of the Brain,2.46,2.29,reddragon,"I fit in here very well I am part of the brain When I'm cold you can tell My message goes through nerves like pain To the muscles ""You must shake"" Warming me is not a game Your very life could be at stake See if you can guess my name.",No hint available.,"The hypothalamus. When the hypothalamus gets cold, (doesn't have to be very cold), it makes your muscles shake. This way, your muscles are moving, even if you aren't moving around. The muscle shaking (shivering) makes a LOT of heat, possibly as much as 3 times as much as without shivering. The shivering does not stop until the hypothalamus is warmed back up. Of course, if you stay out in the cold, the shivering may not give off enough heat. In this case, your body temperature continues to drop, which is very dangerous. This is called hypothermia and, when not corrected, can cause death.",Riddle,08/07/06 #34276,Letter Pairs XIX,2.58,1.77,phrebh,"Here are 27 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 9 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 9 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AD AS CA CI EI EL ES ES GH HO IC IC LE LE LS MI NS NT PE RE RO SA SL ST TE TI US 1. Sings 2. Dwellings 3. Cookie plan 4. Frozen water stalactite 5. St. Nicks 6. Shiny garland 7. ___toe 8. ___ Fideles 9. Ice vehicle","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Christmas.","1. CAROLS 2. HOUSES 3. RECIPE 4. ICICLE 5. SANTAS 6. TINSEL 7. MISTLE 8. ADESTE 9. SLEIGH The theme is Christmas.",Language,12/07/06 #26051,Saving Dad a Buck.,2.2,0.63,sugarnspice4u7,"A girl went up to her dad and asked for a dollar. The man responds, ""Only if you do what I tell you to do. Say that pigs can fly."" The girl nodded and said, ""Pigs can fly."" The dad shook his head no. What was the response he wanted?",No hint available.,"That pigs can fly. Look at the last line her dad said.",Trick,09/24/05 #51151,Happy Feet 2,1.6300000000000001,1.0,LittleGreenMan,"What's the rebus? shoo shoo",Title is a hint.,"""a pair of shoes"" ""shoe"" = ""shoo"" (homophone)",Rebus,05/30/17 #40084,Bed of Bricks,2.54,2.09,icestar12,"Five stacks of bricks are piled outside the Winter Street School waiting to be used to create a path. They are in their shipping stacks, which are 9 bricks high, 9 bricks across, and 4 bricks deep. Twelve bricks will cover an area of 16 inches x 24 inches. If the path is to be 4 feet wide, how long will it be (in feet and inches) if all but 1 dozen bricks are used?",No hint available.,"The path will be 89 feet, 4 inches long. (Remember, .3333 of a foot = 4 inches.) Number of bricks in stacks = 5 x 9 x 9 x 4 = 1,620 Number of bricks used = 1,620 - 12 = 1,608 Area covered by 12 bricks = 16 x 24 = 384 square inches Area covered by 1 brick = 384 / 12 = 32 square inches Area covered by 1,608 bricks = 32 x 1,608 = 51,456 square inches Length of path covered = (area of path) / (width of path) inches = 51,456 / 48 inches = 1,072 inches or 89 1/3 feet",Math,01/16/08 #29196,Lost and Found,2.59,1.3800000000000001,____,"Doria, Libby, Robb, TJ, and Vinny searched the lost and found table. By the time they finished, two gloves (one red, one blue), a blue hat, a striped sweater, and one pair of black sneakers had all made it back to their original owners. Each of the students found one of these missing items. Clues: 1. Libby and TJ both found something with red in it. 2. TJ and Doria each found a glove. 3. Vinny was the only one to walk off with something in each hand. What items did each person find at the lost and found table?",Make a chart and eliminate the impossibilities.,"Doria found her blue glove. Libby found her striped sweater. Robb found his blue hat. TJ found his red glove. Vinny found his black sneakers.",Logic,03/19/06 #27424,Best Friends...Forever?,3.09,2.11,Winner4600,"Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma are five friends who went to elementary school together. However, in 6th grade, each of them moved to a different state or country and are now starting to forget where each person is living, what water sport each person likes, and which natural disaster fascinates each of them. Can you help them sort out their homes and hobbies? Friends: Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Rita, Wilma Locations: Mexico, Texas, Cuba, Alabama, Florida Hobbies: Waterskiing, Scuba Diving, Surfing, Kayaking, Swimming Natural Disasters: Avalanches, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis 1. The five friends are Emily, the waterskier, the hurricane and avalanche fanatics, and the Texan. 2. If Dennis is the Cuban, then Emily is the Mexican. If Dennis is the hurricane lover, then Rita loves avalanches. One of these statements is true. 3. Katrina and Dennis are the waterskier and the hurricane fanatic. 4. The waterskier, surfer, and scuba diver live in Mexico, Cuba, and Texas and are fascinated by tornadoes, tsunamis, and earthquakes. 5. The Floridian, who is not Katrina, likes kayaking and avalanches. 6. The surfer, the diver, and Dennis used to hang out with Wilma afterschool. 7. Emily loves earthquakes and Rita loves tsunamis. 8. Rita has known the surfer since first grade.",No hint available.,"Dennis lives in Cuba, waterskies, and loves tornadoes. Emily lives in Mexico, surfs, and loves earthquakes. Katrina lives in Alabama, swims, and loves hurricanes. Rita lives in Texas, scuba dives, and loves tsunamis. Wilma lives in Florida, kayaks, and loves avalanches.",Logic-Grid,12/13/05 #5798,6 ? 6 ? 6 ? 6,2.55,2.0,Bobbrt,"Insert the symbols +, -, *, and / between the 6's to make each equation below valid. The only catch is that the equations must read from left to right, ignoring normal arithmetic order. For example, 3 + 3 * 3 would equal 18, not 12 (3+3=6; 6*3=18). 1. 42 = 6 ? 6 ? 6 ? 6 2. 48 = 6 ? 6 ? 6 ? 6 3. 66 = 6 ? 6 ? 6 ? 6 4. 108 = 6 ? 6 ? 6 ? 6 5. 180 = 6 ? 6 ? 6 ? 6",No hint available.,"1. 42 = 6 / 6 + 6 * 6 2. 48 = 6 * 6 + 6 + 6 3. 66 = 6 + 6 * 6 - 6 4. 108 = 6 + 6 + 6 * 6 5. 180 = 6 * 6 - 6 * 6",Math,07/22/02 #49790,Start Talking,2.56,2.04,celtichero,"What phrase is shown in the following rebus? Orange: Did not fall onto the floor Green: Did fall onto the floor Cyan: Did not fall onto the floor Black: Did fall onto the floor. Liver: Was not knocked over Heart: Was not knocked over Kidney: Was knocked over Flying: Did not drop Walking: Did not drop Jumping: Did drop",No hint available.,"Spilling the Beans Green, black, kidney, and jumping are all types of beans. When they fell, were knocked over, or dropped, they were spilled. Hence, spilling the beans.",Rebus,03/15/13 #51488,Love It Allways !!,2.36,1.23,LittleGreenMan,"Complete the Rebus using your ""lateral thinking"" skills, ""fuzzy logic"" ability, and ""intuitive leap"" (if appropriate), to identify a common phrase suggested by the information below. LATEST SCORE !! Love (69) All (0)",No hint available.,"""love conquers all""",Rebus,10/08/17 #46501,Word Chain 5,2.1,2.68,cnmne,"In a word chain, the words are arranged so that they are linked by a common thread. Example: Chain: grass rabid aisle islet scent chuck horse outer under never event Link: the second letter of a word is the first letter of the following word Task: complete the chain by inserting the words from the pool Chain: humbug ______ ______ ______ ______ strike ______ ______ ______ ______ ascend Pool: aplomb debris ghetto hungry master ordeal phylum yeoman",No hint available.,"Chain: humbug phylum hungry yeoman ghetto strike master debris aplomb ordeal ascend Link: the third letter of a word is the last letter of the following word",Language,03/09/10 #50658,For Nine Months I Grow,2.61,2.28,theriddler,"For nine months I grow and grow. Then finally my head will show When I'm pulled from the bed I'm in And someone gently cleans my skin. Strong and healthy is my mood. Soon I'll be into solid food. Some like my smell, some say it's rude, To most, I'm positively viewed. So who or what am I?",A gardener might care for this like it's his baby.,"It's garlic. Garlic has a nine-month growing season. The bulb, or head, is lifted from the garden bed. The outer skin is cleaned, and after just a few days drying out, the garlic is ready to be used with other foods. People's reactions to garlic range from love to hate, but because of its many health benefits, it mostly has a positive approval rating.",Riddle,07/14/15 #42253,2 = D of a S,2.1,2.15,shenqiang,2 = D of a S,It's a common shape.,2 = diagonals of a square.,Letter-Equations,06/15/08 #29142,Usually 50,2.8,1.85,i_am_hated,"I have many numbers, usually 50. But, of those numbers, showing are only 13 minus 3. I am usually heavy, though I am small in size. I can be used for storing a prize! I come with a special code of sorts, usually numbers 3. Sometimes memorization can be hard, or easy! What Am I?",No hint available.,"A combination lock. Combination locks come with around 50 numbers on them. 13-3 is 10, which is the number of the numbers on the actual dial, the others are represented by notches. Locks are heavy, being made from steel, and small. Locks could be put on a cabinet to store your prize. With a lock comes your code, which you need to know to open it.",Riddle,03/17/06 #4993,Two Frogs and The Well,2.47,1.41,missie,"During a long, hot summer, the pond where two frogs lived dried up. When the rain failed to come, the frogs left their home in search of water. Sometime later they passed a deep well. On seeing the water below, one frog said, ""Why not make this our new home? Look at all the water down there!"" The second frog responded and the first frog immediately felt foolish for suggesting such a thing. What'd the second frog say?",What happened to the lake?,"He said, ""There may be more water down there now, but if it dries up, how will we get back out?""",Logic,06/27/02 #9416,"Five Sisters, Three Bedrooms",2.52,1.13,queenlila,"Lise, Meg, Jeanne, Ally, and Sadie are sisters. Their family has just moved into a new house. There are three bedrooms available for the five girls: One large bedroom with a bathroom One medium-sized bedroom One small bedroom with a bathroom The family plans to put two girls each into the large and medium-sized rooms and one girl into the small room. Each girl makes the following demands: -Sadie is afraid of the dark and wants to share a room. -Lise wants a bathroom in her room. -Meg likes the view from the medium-sized room. -Ally wants to share a room, but not with Sadie or Meg. -Jeanne wants her own room unless she can share with Meg. Based on these requests, who should get each room?",Try making a chart.,"Large room: Ally and Lise. Medium-sized room: Meg and Sadie. Small room: Jeanne. The logic: Sadie wants to share, so she can't be in the small room. Lise wants a bathroom, so she can't be in the medium-sized room. Meg has to be in the medium-sized room. Ally wants to share, but not with Meg, so she has to be in the large room. She won't share with Sadie either, so Sadie must be with Meg in the medium-sized room. Jeanne can't share with Meg because Sadie is sharing with Meg, so she has to have her own room. This leaves Lise in the large room with Ally.",Logic,12/26/02 #25883,The Trick,2.75,2.02,Muzozavr,"I was the best jumper in the school. My friend gave me a ""simple"" task: ""Just jump over the two coins without using anything which allows you to jump very high. I'll place them no more than three feet apart"". I tried and succeeded, but with only a VERY hard try. I thanked him for the clever trick. What did my friend do to make the jump so difficult?",No hint available.,He stood between the coins.,Situation,09/12/05 #37670,Animal Band,2.5100000000000002,2.87,beatlesgirl,"Which is the odd one out? Monkey Elephant Piggies Blackbird Raccoon",The Beatles - November 1968,"Elephant The rest are animals in the title of Beatles songs found on ""The Beatles (The White Album)"". ""Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"" ""Piggies"" ""Blackbird"" ""Rocky Raccoon"" The Beatles released this album in November 1968.",Group,08/06/07 #18551,Sands of Time,2.02,3.12,cnmne,"5 = B of the N I (U, O, G, J, S)",No hint available.,"5 = Beaches of the Normandy Invasion (Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword)",Letter-Equations,08/11/04 #9803,Flower Anagrams,2.67,2.06,IronMaiden980,"How many of these flower anagrams can you name? RAIN ON ACT O MAD GIRL THY CHAINS STARES LIST UP IT'S LOVE NOSE AND LID",No hint available.,"RAIN ON ACT - Carnation O MAD GIRL - Marigold THY CHAINS - Hyacinths STARES - Asters LIST UP - Tulips IT'S LOVE - Violets NOSE AND LID - Dandelions If you solved five or more you passed!!",Language,01/14/03 #19976,Sesame 2,2.57,1.98,MrIxolite,"If bought over me, okay, but under? You'll pay. I'll keep your score and keep track for fair play. What ever you do, I'm the returning reply. So say with me, one, two, three, ""What am I?""",No hint available.,"I am a Counter The expression to ""buy something under the counter"" is to imply the illegal supply of goods. In various games wooden, plastic or ivory counters are used to keep track of positions and scores. To counter literally means to answer an attacking move, whether it be in checkers or boxing or arguing. And the final line is a blatant clue: 1, 2, 3, I'm a counter.",Riddle,12/20/04 #48951,Behead 20,2.7,1.44,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Money on hand -> Olive-like tree 2. Resurrection day -> Daisy-like flower 3. Make thoroughly wet -> Nut tree 4. Ordinary writing -> Flower with prickly stem 5. Backbone -> Evergreen tree 6. Plants with showy flowers -> Stands; ascends 7. Steering wheel -> Hardwood tree 8. Flowering plant -> Intimate friend","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. A 2. A 3. O 4. R 5. P 6. R 7. E 8. L","1. Cash -> Ash 2. Easter -> Aster 3. Soak -> Oak 4. Prose -> Rose 5. Spine -> Pine 6. Irises -> Rises 7. Helm -> Elm 8. Clover -> Lover",Language,08/14/11 #29459,Winning Record,2.53,2.11,____,"Chanelle has won 429 games and lost 431 games of her favorite computer card game. If she wins 3 out of every 4 games she plays from now on, how many more games must she play to bring her total winning percentage up to 55%?","Guess and check and keep track of the number of games won, games lost, and total games played. Better still, use a variable to represent the number of extra games Chanelle must play.","Chanelle must play 220 more games. In these 220 games she wins 3 out of every 4 games, bringing her total of games won to 594 out of 1,080 played (or, 55%).",Math,03/31/06 #15201,Mad Ade's Blocks,2.23,2.73,mad-ade,"Mad Ade was looking after his two year old Nephew (He charges two Kebabs an hour if you are in need of a babysitter). His Nephew had 4 play blocks each with 6 sides. Each side has a letter from the alphabet. No letters are ever repeated. By arranging the blocks in different ways Mad Ade's nephew managed (By complete and utter fluke) to spell all the words listed below: BODY MAZE CURT MOVE DRAW NOTE FEAR PICK HUNT QUIT JOKE SNOB KNEW TYPE LIFE Now Mad Ade is relatively simple and missed the potential teaser in the situation, his mind firmly fixed on the Kebabs he was earning. Can you figure out how the letters are arranged on the 4 blocks?",No hint available.,"Out of the 26 letters in the alphabet, Only G and X are not used. There are 7 words with letter 'E' - MAZE, MOVE, NOTE, FEAR, JOKE, KNEW, TYPE, LIFE. It means that none of the letters in these 7 words can be on the same block as the letter 'E'. Hence, the other 5 letters must be from B, C, D, H, Q, S, U. As BODY is one of the possible word, B and D can not be on the same block.Similarly, C and U also can not be on the same block as CURT is one of the possible word. Hence, E, H, Q, S are on the same block. Also, S and B can not be on the same block (SNOB). Q and U can not be on the same block (QUIT). Hence, first Block contains C, D, E, H, Q, S the easiest way is to write down 4 rows each with A to Z, except G and X. Take each word one by one, remove not possible letters and circle the possible letters. The letters on four blocks are: Block 1 : C, D, E, H, Q, S Block 2 : A, B, K, L, T, V Block 3 : F, O, P, U, W, Z Block 4 : I, J, M, N, R, Y",Logic,10/23/03 #11210,The 3 Men,2.2,1.57,Jake101,"3 men had $227 altogether. Joe had $35 more than George, while Craig had $7 more than Joe. How much did they each have?",No hint available.,"Craig had $92, Joe had $85, and George had $50.",Math,03/16/03 #4199,Cards,2.11,1.8900000000000001,mad-ade,"Can you decipher this phrase: ace ace <--- jack jack ten ten four four",No hint available.,Ace's high,Rebus,05/22/02 #8758,Four glasses,2.16,2.1,lesternoronha1,"Four glasses are placed in the four corners of a square rotating table, each glass is either up or down. You wish to turn them all in the same direction, either all up or all down. You may do so by grasping any two glasses and, optionally, turning either over. There are two catches: 1) You are blindfolded and 2) the table is spun after each time you touch the glasses. Assuming that a bell rings when you have them all facing the same way, how do you do it?",No hint available.,"1) Turn two adjacent glasses up. 2) Turn two diagonal glasses up. 3) Pull out two diagonal glasses. If one is down, turn it up and you're done. If not, turn one down and replace. 4) Take two adjacent glasses. Invert them both. 5) Take two diagonal glasses. Invert them both.",Logic,12/08/02 #311,The Clumsy Driver.,2.79,1.75,Mr. G,"One day, Charlie was driving his car when he got a flat tire. While changing the tire, he accidentally dropped all four lug nuts from the tire through a sewer grate in the road. After banging his head several times on the roof of his car for being so careless, he attached his spare tire the only way he knew how and drove to the nearest service station to repair his flat and replace the lost lug nuts. How did he attach the spare tire?",No hint available.,"He removed one lug nut from each of his good tires leaving three lug nuts on each tire, including the spare. More than enough to get to the repair station.",Situation,02/26/01 #3959,Bob and Rob,2.08,1.21,mad-ade,"Bob is forty, Rob is thirteen. How many years ago was Bob 4 times older than Rob?",No hint available.,"4 years ago. Bob 36 Rob 9",Math,05/08/02 #996,R by any O N is still a R,2.22,1.34,tdw2,"Phrase from Shakespeare: R by any O N is still a R",No hint available.,"Rose by any Other Name is still a Rose (The actual phrase is ""That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet."")",Letter-Equations,09/29/01 #27728,Anagram Power VI,2.98,1.59,peppamintp,"Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B. Group A 1. Earth 2. Rosin 3. Taxer 4. Lease 5. Darin 6. Sharp 7. Gofer Group B A. Surplus B. Golf clubs C. Blacksmith's furnace D. Stringed instruments E. Empty the sink F. Valentine's Day symbol G. Painter's stand",No hint available.,"1. Heart (F) 2. Irons (B) 3. Extra (A) 4. Easel (G) 5. Drain (E) 6. Harps (D) 7. Forge (C)",Language,12/27/05 #18441,3 + 4,2.11,2.7600000000000002,AXTON,How is it possible that 3 + 4 = 5?,No hint available.,"Using VECTORS i.e. 3 m North + 4 m East = 5 metres North East 3^2 = 9 4^2 = 16 9 + 16 = 25 SQ Root of 25 = 5",Logic,08/03/04 #3851,What's His Job,2.23,1.44,cowgirl,"When asked what he does for a living, Logan says he just sits around all day and makes faces. What is Logan's job?",No hint available.,He makes clocks,Logic,05/02/02 #15480,No Silver Spoon,2.58,1.74,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented here? G N I Wrong Railway lines Right O R G",No hint available.,"Growing up on the wrong side of the tracks. Railway lines = tracks",Rebus,11/21/03 #15997,You Can't Live Without Me,2.5,0.98,fg_4ever,"The place you live on runs laps around me. I help make food when your people are hungry. I am something that you don't want to see directly. There's no way you can live without me. What am I?",No hint available.,"The sun. The place you live on runs laps around me: Earth revolves around the sun. I help make food when your people are hungry: The sun helps grow crop, food, plants, etc. I am something that you don't want to see directly: You don't want to look directly at the sun because it's so bright. There's no way you can live without me: People can't live without the sun because it brings heat and food.",Riddle,12/31/03 #8658,When I'm Wanted..,2.43,1.31,speedyg1000,"When I'm wanted you fill me up Put me on fire and burn me inside Make my blood boil up I'll give a call, hard as I've ever tried You'll drop in some flavor, pour it in a cup And I'll always be ready; at your side Who am I?",No hint available.,A tea kettle!,Riddle,12/14/02 #42762,Zoo Animal Olympics,2.93,2.68,joseph_r03,"The zebra, monkey, giraffe, elephant, and lion were all competing in the Zoo Animal Olympics. Each competed in a different event: basketball, wrestling, 110 meter hurdles, long jump, and weightlifting. Each animal wore a different color jersey: red, green, blue, orange, and yellow. All of the animals finished in the top 5 of their respective event, but none of them finished in the same place. Also note that these animals have strengths besides being good athletes. There is a mathematician, a trivia buff, a cryptographer, a scientist, and one animal that has a great ability to recognize groups with common attributes. Can you determine which animal goes with the associated Olympic event, jersey color, finishing place, and secondary skill? 1) The animal in the blue jersey finished in a better place than the animal in the yellow jersey. 2) The lion is a trivia buff. 3) The animal that competed in the 110 meter hurdles finished in a better place than the animal that competed in wrestling. 4) The cryptographer left the following message: ""J BN B NPOLFZ."" 5) The zebra, elephant, and lion each have a primary colored jersey. 6) Here is another message from one of the animals: ""I have something in common with the following animals: skunk, tiger, clown fish, bumblebee, and coral snake."" 7) The zebra finished in a better place than the lion, but a worse place than the elephant. 8) The zebra and lion's jersey colors, when mixed, make the color of the jersey the monkey wears. 9) The animal that came in 4th place was playing basketball. 10) The scientist had the following message: ""There is an alkaline earth metal whose atomic number is the same as my finishing place."" 11) The animal participating in the long jump finished in a lower place than the giraffe. 12) The giraffe did not wear the green jersey. 13) The trivia buff had the following message: Thomas Jefferson was the same number U.S. President as my finishing place. 14) The mathematician's Olympic event has the same number of letters as the result of this equation: (5+2)*3-8 = ?","4) This is the message with the first three words decoded: I am a NPOLFZ. 6) Think appearance.","The zebra was in the 110 meter hurdles, wore the blue jersey, finished in 2nd place, and has a great ability to recognize groups of common attributes. The monkey was in the long jump, wore the green jersey, finishied in 5th place, and is the Cryptographer. The giraffe was in the basketball game, wore the orange jersey, finished in 4th place, and was the scientist. The elephant was in the weightlifting competition, wore the red jersey, finished in 1st place, and was the mathematician. The lion was in wrestling, wore the yellow jersey, finished in 3rd place, and was the trivia buff. Explanation of clues: 4) If you replace each letter with one that is exactly one spot to the right in the alphabet you get ""I am a monkey"". This is a Caesar Cipher. 6) A zebra has stripes just like the most commonly observed skunk, tiger, clown fish, bumblebee, and coral snake. 10) Beryllium is the only alkaline earth metal in the first five elements on the periodic table. Its atomic number is 4. 13) Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. 14) The answer is 13. And weightlifting is the only event with 13 letters. To solve the equation you use the standard order of operations which states you solve for parentheses and exponents first, then multiplication and division, and lastly addition and subtraction. (5+2)*3-8 = ? (7)*3-8 = ? 21-8=? 13",Logic-Grid,08/11/08 #17868,Help By the Beach,3.07,1.62,thegermangemini,"Detective Mick Mace was called to the scene of a beach murder. Two uniformed officers were already there, piecing together the chain of events that lead to the victim's death. ""Her name is Jina Lange,"" the first officer tells Mace, ""a 27 year old waitress from 'Jake's Palace.' She was running from someone, but they got her, all right. Knocked her to the ground hard, gashing her head open, and wrapped a belt around her neck. Tried to strangle her to death, but she didn't die when the perp thought she did. She must have crawled 20 feet or so, but she was going toward the water by mistake. When she realized this, she was probably fading in and out of consciousness, and knew she wasn't going to make it. Looks like she wrote the word ""help"" in the sand with her finger, but it has been partially washed away by the approaching tide. See there? The h is half gone already, and the p is missing the stem. We took some pictures for record, though."" Mick Mace looked down at the woman who lay dead, shuddering as he thought of what it must be like to die at someone else's hand. What were her last thoughts? What did this woman have to say that someone didn't want the world to hear? Suddenly, more cops arrive, with three men in tow. One, they called Jersey, was throwing a fit, his loose pants practically down to his knees in the struggle. ""I wasn't with her! I bought her a drink, but she left without even saying thanks!"" The other, older gentlemen, was the club owner. ""Name's Shelby, detective. She was a great lady. This is a tragedy, but I will do anything to help. I saw her leave the club with that guy right there, but that's all I have."" He pointed to the third man. ""Yeah, so? She left with me, but only for a sec, to get some smokes from my car. She came right back, honest!"" At that moment, Mace thinks of a very important clue, and knows exactly who is responsible for Jina's death. What does he figure out?","Obvious clues don't always point to the answer. Think about it: If you were about to die by murder, wouldn't you want to let someone know who did it? I think Jina would have too. Mace realized this.","When Mace saw Jina lying in the sand, he knew she had been aware that she didn't have much time left. So if you wanted help, why not shout out for help? What good does it do to write it in the sand? Wouldn't she much rather finger the person who did this to her? Mace thought so, and so realized that she had not written ""help"" in the sand, she had written ""Shelby"" to finger her killer. However since they found her a bit late, some of the letters had washed away with the waves. Shelby killed her in a fit of rage, when she found out he was stealing money from his own employees at the club.",Mystery,06/09/04 #36703,Hobby Favorites,2.75,1.91,drussel3,"Below is a group of words that are related to a favorite outdoor activity, except one. What word does not belong? cede flour karat manor reign son",April showers ...,"Manor does not belong. All the words are homonyms, but the others in the list are all related to my favorite hobby, gardening: cede = seed flour = flower karat = carrot reign = rain son = sun manor = manner",Language,05/22/07 #20456,Color Cars,2.23,1.49,akronone85,"An old man was sitting down on his front yard watching cars go by for the remainder of the day. The first car to go past was a red car, to which he responded ""nice"". A few minutes later an orange car goes by, and he said ""pretty"". After another few minutes a yellow car goes by and the man said ""man! The next car is going to be easy"". The next car goes by and it was the right color car the man was hoping for. What should the color of the last car be?",No hint available.,The color is green since the cars are going by the colors of the rainbow.,Logic,01/18/05 #52216,Dirt,2.4,0.96,Jakob99,"A guy who was cleaning his house realized his vacuum uses more power than a box fan, so he got creative and grabbed a lawn mower bag and the hose from the vacuum and taped those to the front and back of his box fan respectively. However, when he went to use his new contraption, the dust never went into the bag. Why is that?",No hint available.,"Box fans don't suck. Since they lack the sucking power of vacuums, it can't suck the dirt into the mower bag. Any dirt that happens to make it in would end up on the fan parts and wouldn't make it into the bag.",Science,06/02/19 #33459,Gone on Monday and Friday,2.95,0.91,say_aah,"Saturday and Sunday, I am big. Tuesday through Thursday, I am small. Monday and Friday, I am non-existent. What am I?",No hint available.,"The letter ""S.""",Riddle,10/12/06 #9851,Sparrow,2.43,1.8800000000000001,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? HESPARROWAD NECK TORSO LEGS FEET",Notice the location of the bird occupying the head.,"Bird-brained The bird is located in the head where the brain is, hence the saying.",Rebus,01/16/03 #20939,Brain Angle,2.25,1.0,tigereyerose,"You use me everyday. I can take you anywhere. I make you do things. I help you make decisions. I am with you all the time. I am small but put out a lot of power. What am I?",I'm not your feet.,Your mind (or brain).,Riddle,02/11/05 #17249,3rd Letter Change #2,2.45,2.23,kvernphil,"Change the third letter of each of the words below to create another valid word. When doing so, the new letters will reveal a seven letter word when read downward. What now reads TNALSNL will be a real word. MUTE DINE TRAP PEAL CASE LANE MELT",No hint available.,"MUSE DICE TRIP PEEL CANE LACE MEET 7 Letter word ~~~> SCIENCE",Language,04/05/04 #33051,School Time Rhymes,2.8,1.92,GebbieRose,"Find the pairs of rhyming words that fit the following clues. Each one will be related to school. Example: Sprinting team = Fleet feet 1. Bottleneck in the school cafeteria 2. Falling marks 3. Commotion on the school shuttle 4. Poorly lit fitness center 5. Mind exhaustion",No hint available.,"1. Bottleneck in the school cafeteria = Lunch crunch 2. Falling marks = Grade fade 3. Commotion on the school shuttle = Bus fuss 4. Poorly lit fitness center = Dim gym 5. Mind exhaustion = Brain drain",Language,09/17/06 #14960,4 = B on a B D,2.26,1.56,eggbert,4 = B on a B D,sports,4 = Bases on a Baseball Diamond,Letter-Equations,10/01/03 #27865,Oops...,2.39,1.57,exterminator,"How did an animal rights activist, who had good intentions, cause the death of the lobsters she was trying to save?",The animal rights activist made a false assumption about the conditions necessary for their survival.,"The animal rights activist went into a restaurant where there where live lobsters in a tank. She bought them all to liberate them, but freed them into fresh water, where they all died because they can only live in salt water.",Other,01/03/06 #3903,Jungle Case Study,3.1,1.62,arij,"1. How will you put an elephant in a fridge in 3 steps? 2. How will you put a zebra in a fridge in 4 steps? 3. The King of the Jungle, the lion, is having a wedding ceremony. All of the animals come to attend the ceremony except one. Which one is it and why doesn't it come? 4. A man has to desperately cross the river to get from one place to the other in a jungle. The river is known for having deadly alligators in it. There is no boat. How is he going to make it to the other place?",All the questions are linked with each other.,"1. Step one: Open the fridge Step two: Put the elephant inside Step three: Close the fridge 2. Step one: Open the fridge Step two: Take the elephant out Step three: Put the zebra inside Step four: Close the fridge 3. Zebra, because he is inside the fridge 4. He will simply swim through the river, as all the alligators have gone to attend the lion's wedding ceremony.",Other,05/06/02 #23122,Strike Three,2.88,1.53,KnightsTale,"Little Billy went with his friends to play. In the morning he got three strikes and was made to sit down. In the afternoon he got three strikes and was applauded and cheered. In the evening he got only one strike and the police were called. Why was that?",No hint available.,"In the morning Billy and his friends played baseball. (three strikes and you're out) In the afternoon Billy and his friends went bowling(three strikes and you get a higher score) In the evening Billy got caught playing with matches.",Situation,05/24/05 #41730,An Adage,2.52,2.44,aresII,"Place the point of your pencil on one of the letters and then, in a continuous sequence, always passing from a letter to another adjoining it (either laterally or diagonally), spell out a very well-known adage. Example: If you started at the Y, you might proceed Y A N C, and so on. Do not use the same letter more than once. * The hint gives the starting point. The periods are used to help spacing for a 5x5 grid. Y.N.E.B.H A.C.H.T.R M.O.T.T.O O.O.O.P.L K.S.S.I.O",The starting point is the letter T in the very center of the puzzle.,"""TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH."" The numeric sequence is as follows: 07.06.20.21.25 05.08.19.24.22 04.09.01.18.23 10.03.02.14.17 11.12.13.16.15",Language,04/28/08 #5117,Saippuakivikauppias,2.82,0.97,im_para_noid,"Saippuakivikauppias is the Finnish word for a soapstone seller. Aside from being a long tongue twister, what else is special about this word?",No hint available.,It is one of the longest palindromes in any language.,Language,07/01/02 #40182,The Twelfth Day of Christmas,2.69,1.58,_numpty_,"According to the song, ""Twelve Days of Christmas"", how many gifts did my true love give to me on Christmas day?",No hint available.,"The twelve days of Christmas start on Christmas day (25th December) and finish on the morning of Epiphany (January 6). As a result, my true love only gave me a partridge in a pear tree on Christmas day. In addition (and please feel free to tell my neighbour), it can be considered unlucky if you do not take your Christmas decorations down by the 12th night!",Trivia,01/23/08 #4953,Firefighter,2.79,1.17,glennyboy02,"A firefighter stood on the middle rung of a ladder, spraying water on a burning house. He then climbed up 6 rungs before the heat of the flames caused him to come down 10 rungs. After some minutes he was able to climb 18 rungs to the very top of the ladder. How many rungs did the ladder have?",No hint available.,"29 rungs The firefighter is standing on the middle rung. He goes up 6 rungs so he is now at M+6, he now goes down 10 rungs so he is now at M-4 he goes up 18 rungs so he is now at M+14=T. 14 rungs from the top, 14 rungs from the bottom and the middle rung. 14+14+1=29!",Math,06/26/02 #29367,What Words #19,2.69,2.1,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. FORE - __________ - HOOD 2. WOOD - __________ - FALL 3. GOLD - __________ - LAYER",No hint available.,"1. FORE - MAN - HOOD 2. WOOD - LAND - FALL 3. GOLD - BRICK - LAYER",Language,03/28/06 #27225,Tower of Terror,2.82,2.18,bigSWAFF_69_,"Swaff was traveling in an elevator, being cool, when he suddenly heard the cord supporting the elevator snap. Being the cool guy that he is, he knew of a myth where if you could jump at the right time, you could possibly be able to survive a plunge in an elevator. Now, when Swaff was a boy, he spent all of his math classes making fun of his female teacher's moustache. He never paid attention, so he was a tad bit slow in his mathematical calculations. He did, however, have a very bizarre talent, in which he could tell the exact speed he was traveling. That came in pretty lucky today. Swaff knew he was falling at an even rate of 50 miles per hour. When the cord snapped, he was exactly 110 feet above the ground. He knew that he must jump at the right time to have any hopes of surviving. Now, after doing the math, please tell me when Swaff jumped.",No hint available.,"He never did. By the time Swaff figured out that he would have to jump in 1.5 seconds, he would already be dead. Not even the best of mathematicians could do all the math needed in 1 and a half seconds. Swaff fell to his death, only to later be reincarnated by his magical brother Geemiee. Yay for Geemiee.",Logic,11/29/05 #24561,Familiar Three Letter Word,2.84,1.23,aznboi1324,"Find a familiar English three-letter word, using the following information: 1. RED has no common letter with it. 2. END has one common letter, but not in the correct place. 3. TIN has one common letter, in the correct place. 4. TIP has one common letter, not at the correct place. 5. AIR has one common letter, not at the correct place.",No hint available.,"Since the answer contains no E or D (as in RED), the only good letter in END is N. Then the good letter is TIN is N, which is the third letter of the answer. I and R are not in the answer, so the good letter of AIR is A. The A is not the first letter of the answer, so it must be the second. The good letter of TIP is P, which must begin the answer: PAN.",Language,07/15/05 #31267,Saaweet,2.59,2.23,twixy,L= L a B of C,"trees (F G) The title is also a big hint.","Life is Like A Box of Chocolates ""Life is Like a Box of Chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get."" This quote is from Forrest Gump, hence the hint ""trees"" or ""forest"". F G stands for Forrest Gump.",Letter-Equations,06/22/06 #30885,Put On a Happy Face,2.63,2.13,cnmne,"What is meant by the following rebus? He: ""She is happy."" She: ""He is happy."" It: ""I am happy.""",No hint available.,It speaks for itself (He and She state that the other is happy; It makes the statement for itself).,Rebus,06/05/06 #10892,Two of Twenty Six,2.66,2.91,Codammanus,"Some know me as two of twenty-six Distanced by seven, Plus the first between odds, Its left neighbor twice for eleven. I can travel 3 states in a fraction of an hour, Some 90% of your air bags, 70% of your thinking power. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am WATER. Explained: -Some people know water as H20: H and O being ""two of twenty-six"" letters in our alphabet, ""distanced by seven"" [letters], ""plus the first between odds"", or the number 2. (2 is the FIRST EVEN NUMBER between odd numbers, 1 and 3). The ""left neighbor"" of 2 being the number 1, which is used ""twice for eleven"" or used twice to create the number 11. Thus, H20. -Water can go from LIQUID to SOLID to GAS (or Vapor), or 3 ""States"" in a fraction of an hour. -Water makes up about [or, ""some""] 90 % of your ""air bags"" or lungs, and about 70 percent of your ""thinking power"" or, your BRAIN.",Riddle,03/04/03 #48589,Word Chain 11,2.12,2.78,cnmne,"In a word chain, the words are arranged so that they are linked by a common thread. Example: Chain: grass rabid aisle islet scent chuck horse outer under never event Link: the second letter of a word is the first letter of the following word Task: complete the chain by inserting the words from the pool Chain: plenum ______ ______ ______ ______ people ______ ______ ______ ______ select Pool: bodice candle deport epilog graphs morale squint uphold",No hint available.,"Chain: plenum squint candle bodice epilog people deport morale graphs uphold select Link: the first letter before the last consonant of a word is the third letter of the following word",Language,03/25/11 #28401,State Your Case,2.4,2.31,fishmed,"Four of these below have something in common that the fifth does not. Which one does not belong and why? KENTUCKY PENNSYLVANIA TENNESSEE MASSACHUSETTS VIRGINIA",What do they have in COMMON?,"Tennessee does not belong, as the other four states are called Commonwealths in their state constitutions.",Group,02/02/06 #4803,Random Digit Generator,2.7600000000000002,1.2,bobbrt,"The following is an advertisement for a common item. The ad agency, however, is trying to entice buyers by making the item sound more impressive than it really is. Can you tell what is being sold here? RANDOM DIGIT GENERATOR! Today's multimillion-dollar computers need special programs to generate random numbers. But this GEOMETRICALLY DESIGNED device ingeniously bypasses computer technology to provide random numbers quickly and easily! Exciting? You bet! Batteries not included. Only $3.00.",No hint available.,The ad is for a die (or a pair of dice).,Language,06/18/02 #38398,Athletes #2,2.62,2.69,jazzmusician46,"The names of five (5) female athletes have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. Your task is to rearrange the segments to identify the athlete. 1. EF AF FI GR ST 2. AN VA RA MA TI AV LO IN RT 3. WI OL UD LM AR PH 4. YL NA EZ NC OP 5. KI AN LL IE NG BI JE",No hint available.,"1. STEFFI GRAF 2. MARTINA NAVRATILOVA 3. WILMA RUDOLPH 4. NANCY LOPEZ 5. BILLIE JEAN KING",Language,09/22/07 #4474,Soft Drink,2.65,2.45,mad-ade,"Whenever Mad Ade's Auntie goes home, she always has a full can of Coke in her hands. Once indoors she would then pour all the contents away in the sink and throw away the can. Any idea why?",No hint available.,"She is a movie star who endorses Coke. Her contract states that she must always be seen in public with a Coke in hand, even though she hates the stuff.",Situation,06/04/02 #6135,Streets,2.27,1.24,glennyboy02,"Can you decipher this? W A STREET L K I N G",No hint available.,Walking down a street!,Rebus,08/01/02 #15943,In Common,2.27,2.35,eiennikirei,"This should be pretty easy. After unscrambling the words, tell what they all have in common. Have Fun! 1) ATASNETI 2) RNOBO 3) NYNOTAMI 4) LULRTUIEM 5) MIUGMERAN 6) NOLCSII 7) SRNIECA",The answer is not that they are all on the periodic table.,"1) ASTATINE 2) BORON 3) ANTIMONY 4) TELLURIUM 5) GERMANIUM 6) SILICON 7) ARSENIC What they all have in common is: they're all metalloids.",Science,12/25/03 #318,The Truck Driver,2.81,1.14,Mr. G,A truck driver went down a one-way street the wrong way in front of a police department without getting a ticket. How did he do this?,There's more than one way to travel.,He was walking.,Trick,02/28/01 #15802,MIXEd,2.7600000000000002,2.24,JO47,"port, pound, press Which word fits into the above set of words? A) plain B) pure C) pert D) pose E) proper","plicit, plode, and plore would if they were words. Look at the capital letters in the title split into syllables for a hint.","D) pose, it is the only word out of those where both ""im"" and ""ex"" can be added to the front to make new words.",Group,12/14/03 #3628,thenote,2.19,1.66,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? thenotenoughourourday",No hint available.,Not enough (h)ours in the day!,Rebus,04/19/02 #38956,For Your Consideration IX,2.36,2.09,aresII,"The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. A=T ""CEQQSCDZN CSYLSZL VSZCAIEVALX T JTCA VTI SEA SJ QTQLI, YDNPA APTA RL T XDCQSCTRHL ITVLI?"" ""ALIY XLZSADZN T PENL IECP SJ QPDHTALHDCAC AS QISVEIL T ITIL QSCA-SJJDVL DCCEL: T CATYQ-LXL.""","H=L N=G Q=P","""SUPPOSING SOMEONE CONSTRUCTED A FAST CAR OUT OF PAPER, MIGHT THAT BE A DISPOSABLE RACER?"" ""TERM DENOTING A HUGE RUSH OF PHILATELISTS TO PROCURE A RARE POST-OFFICE ISSUE: A STAMP-EDE."" KEY: A=T C=S D=I E=U H=L I=R J=F L=E N=G P=H Q=P R=B S=O T=A V=C X=D Y=M Z=N",Cryptography,10/26/07 #49074,What Could I Be? 2,2.34,0.41000000000000003,delilah,"I do not have fingers, but I have a ring. Dogs bark when they hear me ding. I introduce visitors, though not by their names. Naughty little children push me in their games. What am I?",Some people prefer to knock.,I'm a doorbell.,Riddle,10/10/11 #33251,Crossing The River,2.75,1.54,grungy49,"The five friends were having a great time. It was Tom's idea to go bushwalking and they all had enjoyed it, but they were starting to tire when they encountered a problem close to their houses. Blocking their path was a river, and they had to cross it or walk the three hours back to their homes. They decided it would take too long to walk back the three hours back home, so they decided to cross the river. They each used a different method to cross the river, and they each took a different amount of time. By the time they had finished crossing the river it was starting to get late so they decided to have a race home. Your job is to work out the first and last names of the five friends, how they crossed the river, the time they took to cross, and what they each placed in the race home. First Names: Tom, Jake, Chris, Sally, Damian Last Names: Brundwick, Thompson, Brown, Simpson, Abbott Method of Crossing: vine, log, bridge, boat, swim Time Taken: 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes Placings on Race Home: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th But, of course - it would be impossible to guess so I'll include a few clues : ) 1. Sally was not the bravest in the group so she decided to walk around and cross by using the bridge - however it took a fair amount of time and she took more than half an hour to cross. 2. Chris had been watching far too much Tarzan and decided to cross by swinging across the vine. This method was very dangerous, but also the quickest. Chris wasn't just a daredevil - he was an extremely fast runner and smashed everybody in the race home. 3. Tom was a hopeless swimmer but he could run pretty fast and he finished second in the race home. 4. Damian wasn't a daredevil so he ended up crossing the river safely in a nice small boat. However, the boat was rather slow and it took Damian three quarters of an hour to reach the other side. 5. Jake Abbott practiced in his swimming pool every day - maybe this was the reason he swam across the entire river in just 20 minutes. 6. The last name of the person who took the longest to cross the river was Brundwick. This person did not finish last in the race home. 7. Jake's last name was not Simpson. The last name of the person who finished last in the race home was Simpson. 8. The person who took an hour to cross the river did not finish fourth in the race home. The surname of the person who took half an hour to cross the river was Brown. Using these clues, can you determine all of the details?",No hint available.,"Tom Brown crossed using the log, took 30 minutes and finished 2nd on the race home. Jake Abbott crossed by swimming, took 20 minutes and finished 4th on the race home. Chris Thompson crossed using the vine, took 15 minutes and finished 1st on the race home. Sally Brundwick crossed using the bridge, took 60 minutes and finished 3rd on the race home. Damian Simpson crossed using the boat, took 45 minutes and finished 5th on the race home.",Logic-Grid,09/29/06 #34224,Country Club 7,2.56,2.5,cnmne,"Which country in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? It has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation. Group A: Canada, Gambia, Haiti, Portugal Group B: Afghanistan, Denmark, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Syria, Uruguay",No hint available.,"Each country in Group A shares a land border with only one country. Thus, Denmark can be added to Group A. Canada (United States) Gambia (Senegal) Haiti (Dominican Republic) Portugal (Spain) Denmark (Germany) Afghanistan (China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) Liechtenstein (Austria, Switzerland) New Zealand (no land border) Syria (Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey) Uruguay (Argentina, Brazil)",Group,12/02/06 #51034,A Man and A Bridge,2.48,0.81,brainy,"There once was a man, who usually went to the bar on Sundays, and drank. But one particular Sunday, the man was drunk when he came across a rich man staring at an old bridge. The bridge was full of dirt, sod, and bugs. The rich man then saw that the drunk man was going to cross the dirty bridge. The rich man told him, ""That bridge is so dirty, nobody wants to cross it. If you can cross it, without any part of your body touching it, I will pay you $1,000. If you do touch it with any part of your body, then you will have to pay me $100."" Being drunk, the man agreed, but then suddenly realized what he was agreeing to. But then, he thought of an idea, and then crossed the bridge according to the rich man's rules, and later returned home $1,000 richer. How was this possible?",Reread the bet carefully...,"The rich man said that no part of his body could touch it, but shoes aren't part of his body! So then the drunk man just simply crossed the bridge.",Trick,04/05/17 #50206,What is 79?,1.95,1.95,SaraGrace,79 = A N for G,No hint available.,79 = Atomic Number for Gold,Letter-Equations,04/03/14 #50877,Letter By Letter III,2.6,1.81,firefox99,"Beginning with the word ""CAP"", continue adding letters from the given pool to create new words, until you are left with an eight-letter word. You can add a letter to any spot in the word, but you cannot mix up the order of letters while doing so. Pool: D E P R S 1) CAP 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)","The final word makes sense when placed in the blank in the following sentence: I ____ what I was doing and began anew.","Cap Cape Crape OR Scape Scrape Scraped Scrapped",Language,08/21/16 #29314,Crypto Friends,2.5100000000000002,2.49,jlvsbeks,"""G YAWMSN WQ LSM JKL UMCWMTMQ WS ZLD JKMS ZLD KGTM OMGQMN PL UMCWMTM WS ZLDAQMCY."" -DSHSLJS ""NLS'P JGCH WS YALSP LY BM; W BGZ SLP YLCCLJ. NLS'P JGCH UMKWSN BM; W BGZ SLP CMGN. XDQP JGCH UMQWNM BM GSN UM BZ YAWMSN."" -GCUMAP OGBDQ",No hint available.,"""A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself"" -Unknown ""Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend."" -Albert Camus real=puzzle A=G B=U C=O D=N E=M F=Y G=E H=K I=W J=X K=H L=C M=B N=S O=L P=I Q=F R=A S=Q T=P U=D V=T W=J X=R Y=Z Z=V",Cryptography,03/25/06 #5068,The Place You'll Go,2.41,1.55,glennyboy02,"You can go to a beach, a park or a pool, You can pretend you really are not the fool, You can sail away for a year or a day, You can go to a place where you get a say, You can leave your body and go back in time, You can do all this for under a dime! Where can you do this?",No hint available.,Imagination,Riddle,06/29/02 #35858,I Begin With 68...,2.47,1.8900000000000001,sftball_rocks13,"I begin with 68, But finish with just one. While some may find me boring, Many find me fun. Lists look much like trees With six levels in all. People will play in pools, While others play with a ball.",No hint available.,"The NCAA basketball tournament Begin with 68, finish with one: the tournament begins with 68 teams but finishes with one champion. Some may find me boring, many find me fun: people who don't enjoy basketball find the games boring, while many find it fun to watch basketball. Lists look much like trees, with six levels in all: the brackets you fill out look the trees, and there are six rounds before a champion is determined. People will play in pools: online, you can buy into a group of people who fill out brackets. The group you join is often called a ""pool"". While others play with a ball: the people who play in the tournament use a basketball.",Riddle,03/24/07 #40179,"Money, Money, Money, Money, Money",2.17,2.36,beatlesgirl,"3 = C in the G S ""J""",What is...?,"3 = Contestants in the game show ""Jeopardy!""",Letter-Equations,01/23/08 #11053,Kebab Dinner,2.19,2.29,mad-ade,"On every Sunday Mad Ade, Thorny Kator and Bill Sticker lunch together at ""Sweaty Chef Kebab Shop"" where they order Kebab and napalm chilli sauce based on following facts. Unless neither Mad Ade nor Thorny Kator have Kebab and napalm chilli sauce, Bill Sticker must have it. If Mad Ade does not have Kebab and napalm chilli sauce, either Thorny Kator or Bill Sticker or both have it. Bill Sticker has Kebab and napalm chilli sauce only if either Mad Ade or Thorny Kator or both have it. Thorny Kator and Bill Sticker never have Kebab and napalm chilli sauce together. Who orders Kebab and napalm chilli sauce?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade and Bill Sticker both have Kebab and napalm chilli sauce, whereas Thorny Kator never does. Fact (2) can be alternatively stated that ""either Mad Ade or Thorny Kator or Bill Sticker must have Kebab and napalm chilli sauce"". From Fact (3), it can be inferred that either Mad Ade or Thorny Kator must have Kebab and napalm chilli sauce. Now, from Fact (1), it is apparent that Bill Sticker too must have Kebab and napalm chilli sauce. But according to Fact (4), Thorny Kator cannot have Kebab and napalm chilli sauce when Bill Sticker does. Thus, Mad Ade and Bill Sticker both have Kebab and napalm chilli sauce, whereas Thorny Kator never does.",Logic,03/11/03 #38811,Word Within a Word! #10,2.53,2.54,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you have two tasks. First, you need to fill in the correct blank letter of each word. Second, when you have done this, each letter then needs to be transferred to the numbered blanks in order to discover the keyword. 1. _ ankard 2. out _ ance 3. fuchsi _ 4. heneque _ 5. _ tilbene 6. adro _ t 7. c _ notaph 8. _ arcosis 9. ven _ age 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _",No hint available.,"1. T ankard 2. out R ance 3. fuchsi A 4. heneque N 5. S tilbene 6. adro I t 7. c E notaph 8. N arcosis 9. ven T age Keyword: T R A N S I E N T",Language,10/17/07 #25767,The Barely Noticed Used Everyday Thing,2.5100000000000002,2.0,Shadowkid_08,"I am so little you can barely see me I'm in everything you can see When you touch stuff you feel me too I'm in trees and houses and you Look everywhere and you'll see me And my sisters and brothers very free You can make stuff out of me Into clay pots, food, and tea People make stuff out of this Even on holidays and Christmas If you know anything about me Then you will be the one who speeds If you chop my head off you will see a boy named Tom If you chop my tail off then Japan is where you came from Answer this correctly or I'll cry So you won't..... Who am I?",No hint available.,"Atom! Because if you chop off the first letter in atom, you will have tom, which is a name. Also if you chop the end of the word, then you will have ato, which is a Japanese word.",Riddle,09/04/05 #16352,Top Top Top Top Top,2.41,1.92,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? Top Top Top Top Top Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle That That That That That",No hint available.,That is the bottom line,Rebus,01/29/04 #13531,Underwater Balloon,2.86,1.91,Bobbrt,"You have a rubber balloon with a string attached to it, and a weight attached to the other end of the string. You put just the right amount of air in the balloon such that if you submerge the balloon and weight under water to a depth of 30 feet, the balloon will not rise or sink (its buoyancy force is exactly balanced by gravity). You then pull the balloon and weight down another 30 feet. If you let the balloon go at this depth, will it rise or sink? Assume that the water temperature is the same at both depths.",The overall density of the water/weight system at 30 feet is exactly the same as the density of water. How does the density of the system change at 60 feet?,"The balloon will sink. At a depth of 60 feet, the water pressure is greater than it is at 30 feet (by about 15 psi). Because of this, the balloon will shrink, causing the balloon/weight system to increase in density (the total volume is smaller while the total mass stays the same). Since the system is now more dense than it was at 30 feet, it will sink. Also important is the fact that since water is pretty much incompressible, the water density at both depths will be about the same.",Science,06/30/03 #31998,The Budding Journalists,2.7600000000000002,1.84,dishu,"The four friends once decided to become journalists. They applied to the National News Channel and got the jobs. On their first day at work, each of them was asked to interview a different famous personality at a different time. In their excitement, the four friends accidentally mixed the papers which contained the information regarding which famous personality was to be interviewed by whom and at what time. The papers also contained details regarding the different professions of these famous personalities and their different famous achievements which have contributed towards the development of their country. All they could remember were the following bits of information. Help them clear-up the confusion on time by correctly matching each friend to the famous personality she has to interview, at what time she has to conduct the interview and what is the profession of each of the famous personalities and what were their biggest achievements. Friends: Dis, Dip, Raj, Rich Famous personalities: Mr. Jag, Miss Sam, Mr. Sri, Mr. Bala Professions: Hydro-engineer, Politician, Civil Engineer, Mechanical Engineer Achievements: National highways, Canals, Housing to poor, Sky Train Time of interview: 10 a.m, 2 p.m, 9 a.m, 3.30 p.m 1. Dis was very excited, as she had to interview the man who was the brain behind her favourite Sky Train. 2. Rich's appointment with the politician was the last appointment of the day. 3. The only woman hydro-engineer of the country was to be interviewed at 10 a.m. 4. Raj, who hated hot weather, was upset that her interview assignment was scheduled in the afternoon. 5. Mr. Bala hastened the traffic flow across the country by building many National Highways. 6. Sri was not the politician and the mechanical engineer did not build highways. 7. The poor people are thankful for the houses Jag provided them. 8. The politician did not build any highways.","Assume that these were the only appointments for the day. The following condensations have been made in Grid due to space constraints: Engineer is written as engg, Mechanical is written as Mech, Housing to poor has been reduced to housing and National Highways has been reduced to Highways.","Dis was to interview Mr Sri, the mechanical engineer responsible for launching Sky Trains, at 9 a.m. Dip was all set to meet Miss Sam, who was the hydro-engineer responsible for building many canal and dams, at 10 a.m. Raj had to interview the civil engineer responsible for National Highways, Mr. Bala, at 2 p.m., and Rich was to meet Mr. Jag, the politician who gave homes to the poor, at 3:30 p.m Unfortunately, the friends could not clear-up the mess on time and so were fired.",Logic-Grid,07/24/06 #4549,Outer Space,2.47,2.18,im_para_noid,"Aliens place you in a glass sphere in outer space. The sphere is held fifteen feet away from a spaceship by a rigid steel rod. Your captors will bring you back to Earth and set you free if you can manage to get inside an open hatch in the ship's side. In the sphere, you have a deck of playing cards and a small rodent. You have no spacesuit. What is your best strategy for freedom?",No hint available.,"Forget the rodent and cards. Break the sphere and crawl to the hatch. Contrary to popular opinion, your body will not explode in the vacuum of outer space. Your tissues will greatly swell, but if you are recompressed within a short time, they will return to normal. You should have fifteen seconds of useful consciousness before you pass out, and several minutes would be required before you died.",Science,06/07/02 #38813,Which One? #7,2.42,2.82,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word are a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue. Example: Statuette: fro evi gse rpu lor nai ngd rep Answer: Fgo evI Gse rpU loR naI Ngd rEp = FIGURINE 1. Actuate: amq oty act lip vbc sra tlp eiu 2. Baulk: res vbe dsq idc asf tac 3. Cheat: cdb aet scf jek lpi bvn ieo 4. Chalice: abc hil but oip drg ari ulk fmb",No hint available.,"1. Actuate: motivate 2. Baulk: resist 3. Cheat: deceive 4. Chalice: ciborium",Language,10/17/07 #19649,Aching's Bounty,2.58,1.17,MrIxolite,"What term is this? P+R+I+N+C+E+L+Y=",No hint available.,A princely sum,Rebus,12/01/04 #10233,5 Vowel Substitution,2.69,2.12,Gizzer,"There are many 3-letter words that can be changed into other words by changing a vowel. For example, JAG can be changed to JIG, JOG or JUG. However, JEG is not a word. Can you find sets of common three-letter English words that are formed by using all 5 vowels (A,E,I,O,U)?",No hint available.,"Here are 6 possible sets: BAD, BED, BID, BOD, BUD BAG, BEG, BIG, BOG, BUG DAN, DEN, DIN, DON, DUN PAP, PEP, PIP, POP, PUP PAT, PET, PIT, POT, PUT TAN, TEN, TIN, TON, TUN If you found others, please share them in the comments",Language,02/04/03 #13229,Always Will Meet,2.43,1.58,sunnyfunny,"Some try to hide, some try to cheat, But time will show, we always will meet. Try as you might, to guess my name, I promise you'll know, when you I do claim. What am I?",No hint available.,Death.,Riddle,06/17/03 #8200,N. A. = F M on the M,2.66,0.96,kiwioz9,"The following is a famous person's initials, followed by a hint as to what this person is famous for. Can you guess the person? N.A. = F M on the M",One small step...,Neil Armstrong = First Man on the Moon.,Letter-Equations,10/24/02 #8444,"5, 15, 27, ...",2.34,2.69,Glenbo,"What are the next two numbers in this series? 5, 15, 27, 45, 63, 81, __, __",It has to do with the digit numbers.,"The next two numbers are 99 and 135. The pattern is: Take the digits like ""5"" for example, and multiply it by 2, you get 10. 5 plus 10 equals 15. For 15, one plus five (the digits!) equals 6. 6 multiplied by 2 is 12. 12 + 15 equals the next number, 27.",Series,11/08/02 #16090,Mad Ade's Anagram Teaser #1,2.29,2.63,mad-ade,"This is a basic anagram teaser where the clues will lead to two words that are anagrams of each other. For example ""Attach Father"" would be ""Add Dad"" Or ""Canine Deity"" could be ""God Dog"" 1, Not above the arm joint ? 2, Secure like a sheep's sound ? 3, Tutoring mutant creature ? 4, Large area of a swindler ? 5, Depriving a condiment ?",No hint available.,"1, Below Elbow 2, Stable Bleats 3, Mentors Monster 4, Hectare Cheater 5, Reaving Vinegar",Language,01/08/04 #36879,Jumble #7,2.58,1.46,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPERword. 1) _ _ _ _ _ C E E B H (Take the 1st letter.) 2) _ _ _ _ L A M P (Take the 3rd and 4th letters.) 3) _ _ _ G F I (Take the 2nd letter.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPERword is. (You should have 4 letters.) SUPERword: _ _ _ _",Tree related items,"1) Beech (Take ""B"".) 2) Palm (Take ""L"" and ""M"".) 3) Fig (Take ""I"".) SUPERword: Limb",Language,06/07/07 #35866,A Sporting Chance,2.35,2.81,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you have two tasks to perform. First, you are to rearrange this anagram to make the names of five (5) linked American cities. Second, you are to discover their link with each other (besides being American cities). Join advancement makes top capitals appeal.",Think of a popular American sport.,"Jacksonville Pasadena Pontiac Tampa Tempe The common link here is that they each have hosted the Super Bowl in American Football.",Other,03/25/07 #8823,Confess or Not,2.37,2.63,lesternoronha1,"You and your partner in crime are both arrested and questioned separately. You are offered a chance to confess, in which you agree to testify against your partner, in exchange for all charges being dropped against you, unless he testifies against you also. Your lawyer, whom you trust, says that the evidence against both of you, if neither confesses, is scant and you could expect to take a plea and each serve 3 years. If one implicates the other, the other can expect to serve 20 years. If both implicate each other, you could each expect to serve 10 years. You assume the probability of your partner confessing is p. Your highest priority is to keep yourself out of the pokey, and your secondary motive is to keep your partner out. Specifically, you are indifferent to you serving x years and your partner serving 2x years. At what value of p are you indifferent to confessing and not confessing?",No hint available.,"If you confess, there is probability p of two confessions and (1-p) probability that only you implicate your partner. If you don't confess, there is probability p that neither of you implicate each other and a (1-p) probability that only you are implicated. Let s denote one unit of suffering. One year in jail yourself would cause you 2 units of suffering, and one year of your partner serving would cause you 1 unit of suffering. This shows the total suffering given the four possibilities: Both of you confess: 10*2+10=30 Your partner confesses and you don't: 2*20+0=40 You confess and your partner doesn't: 0+20=20 Neither of you confesses: 2*3+3=9 So given the probability p of your partner confessing if you confess, the expected, or average, amount of suffering would be 30p + 20(1-p)=10p+20. If you don't confess the expected amount of suffering would be 40p + 9(1-p)=31p+9. To find the indifference point equate the two expressions: 10p+20 = 31p+9 11 = 21p p=11/21 =~ 52.4%. Thus if you think your partner's probability of confessing is greater than 11/21, you should confess; otherwise, you should keep your mouth shut.",Probability,11/30/02 #47075,Letter Juggle 10,3.14,1.08,MarcM1098,"Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Flat - Pump 2. Feather - Crate 3. Bet - Stop 4. Ear - Trip 5. Lopes - Shills","1. Overweight 2. Produce 3. Ranking 4. Pull apart 5. Mounds","1. Fat - Plump 2. Father - Create 3. Best - Top 4. Tear - Rip 5. Slopes - Hills",Language,05/24/10 #17521,Wild,2.43,2.6,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? For Rent: Y O U R L E V E R E T",No hint available.,"Letting your hair down Leveret = A young hare",Rebus,05/01/04 #15075,Elementary Puzzle,2.24,2.5100000000000002,jimbo,"Which one of the following items does not belong? Ba, Be, Cd, Cs, Cr, Ge, He, Mo, Ra.",Look at the title.,"Mo = Molybdenum definitely does not belong as all of the others end in ""ium"". The others are Ba = Barium, Be = Beryllium, Cd = Cadmium, Cs = Cesium, Cr = Chromium, Ge = Germanium, He = Helium and Ra = Radium.",Group,10/12/03 #41099,Mr. Fitzgerald's Windows,2.3,2.17,jsteppergurl,"There are two floors plus the attic in Mr. Fitzgerald's house. Mr. Fitzgerald is repairing all of the windows. He found out that the windows don't all have the same number of glass window panes. Each window on the second floor has 9 panes on top and 6 on the bottom. There are two more windows on the first floor than on the second. Each window downstairs has eight panes of glass on top and eight on the bottom. The attic has one window with four panes of glass. Each of the ten rooms of the house has at least one window. Mr. Fitzgerald has counted 315 panes of glass in all. Each window needs one new lock. How many locks will Mr. Fitzgerald need for each window to have a new lock?",Try making a table and finding a pattern. Maybe an equation will be necessary.,"There are 21 windows in all, so 21 locks will be needed.",Math,03/18/08 #32823,Menagerie,2.34,3.03,cnmne,"Zachary has a private zoo. He has five groups of animals in his zoo: snakes, birds, mammals, insects, and spiders. Assume that, typically: animals have 1 head, snakes have 0 legs, birds have 2 legs, mammals have 4 legs, insects have 6 legs, and spiders have 8 legs. Zachary has some unusual animals in his zoo. He has: a snake with 3 heads, a bird with 2 heads, a mammal with 3 legs, an insect with 4 legs, and a spider with 7 legs. From the following information, determine how many of each group of animals that Zachary has in his menagerie. 1) There are a total of 100 heads and 376 legs. 2) Each group has a different quantity of animals. 3) The most populous group has 10 more members than the least populous group. 4) There are twice as many insect legs as there are bird legs. 5) There are as many snake heads as there are spider heads.",No hint available.,"A) Since there are 3 extra heads (2 snake and 1 bird), there are only 97 animals (clue 1). Find a set of five different numbers whose sum is 97 (clue 2) and whose size difference between the least populous and most populous group is 10 (clue 3). There are 17 sets that meet these requirements. 13, 18, 21, 22, 23 13, 19, 20, 22, 23 14, 15, 21, 23, 24 14, 16, 20, 23, 24 14, 16, 21, 22, 24 14, 17, 19, 23, 24 14, 17, 20, 22, 24 14, 18, 19, 22, 24 14, 18, 20, 21, 24 15, 16, 17, 24, 25 15, 16, 18, 23, 25 15, 16, 19, 22, 25 15, 16, 20, 21, 25 15, 17, 18, 22, 25 15, 17, 19, 21, 25 15, 18, 19, 20, 25 16, 17, 18, 20, 26 B) There are twice as many insect legs as there are bird legs (clue 4). To find the possible bird and insect group sizes, multiply the quantity of insects by 6 (legs per insect). Subtract 2 (an insect is missing 2 legs). Divide by 2 (twice as many insect legs as bird legs). Divide by 2 (legs per bird) to get the quantity of birds. The formula is: B = ((I * 6) - 2) / 4. There are three combinations that work: 13 and 19, 15 and 22, 17 and 25. ((13 insects * 6 legs/insect) - 2 missing legs) / 4 = 19 birds ((15 insects * 6 legs/insect) - 2 missing legs) / 4 = 22 birds ((17 insects * 6 legs/insect) - 2 missing legs) / 4 = 25 birds Of the 17 sets (from step A), only 5 contain these sizes. 13, 19, 20, 22, 23 (13 insects & 19 birds) 15, 16, 17, 24, 25 (17 insects & 25 birds) 15, 16, 19, 22, 25 (15 insects & 22 birds) 15, 17, 18, 22, 25 (15 insects & 22 birds or 17 insects & 25 birds) 15, 17, 19, 21, 25 (17 insects & 25 birds) C) There are as many snake heads as spider heads (clue 5). Since there is a snake with two extra heads, there are actually 2 fewer snakes compared to spiders. Only 2 combinations (from step B) yield the required head count. 13 insects, 19 birds, 20 snakes, 22 spiders, 23 mammals 15 mammals, 17 insects, 19 snakes, 21 spiders, 25 birds D) The only group combination (from step C) that produces 376 legs (clue 1) is: 15, 17, 19, 21, 25. The other combination yields 380 legs. (15 mammals * 4 legs/mammal) - 1 missing leg = 59 legs (17 insects * 6 legs/insect) - 2 missing legs = 100 legs 19 snakes * 0 legs/snake = 0 legs (21 spiders * 8 legs/spider) - 1 missing leg = 167 legs 25 birds * 2 legs/birds = 50 legs Thus, there are: 19 snakes (21 heads and 0 legs), 25 birds (26 heads and 50 legs), 15 mammals (15 heads and 59 legs), 17 insects (17 heads and 100 legs), and 21 spiders (21 heads and 167 legs). This produces 97 animals with 100 heads and 376 legs.",Logic,09/03/06 #17311,Reversed Rebuses,2.75,2.83,snaps,"We've all seen a rebus like ""midstuckdle"" (stuck in the middle). The following clues are ""revrebuseserse"" (rebuses in reverse). That is, the clues below are answers to rebuses which all use the ""in"" construction. However, the original rebus from the clues below will actually form a word. For example, ""Not old in actually existing"" would be ""renewal"" (new in real). Can you solve the rest? 1. A set of three in a gentle, affectionate gesture 2. Something used in clothes-making in beer 3. A repeated muscular contraction in arriving after the expected time 4. Help in male homo sapiens. 5. A mountain summit in the production of vocal melodies 6. Not on in a water-dwelling animal",No hint available.,"1. Patriot (trio in pat) 2. Alpine (pin in ale) 3. Lattice (tic in late) 4. Maiden (aid in men) 5. Speaking (peak in sing) 6. Finish (in in fish)",Language,04/10/04 #37668,I Want to Rock,2.14,1.76,HeartBreakKid1,A R = L S in G N R,Part of a very famous rock band in 1980s.,Axl Rose = Lead Singer in Guns N' Roses,Letter-Equations,08/06/07 #40073,Friends and Lovers,2.21,2.32,aresII,"The following quote is from American humorist Josh Billings (1818-1885). Can you decode it? N=D * The hint contains three vowels. ""OBYRLNDWYF YD MYZR RTBGWRLPTBR, ILHR EBIZRL YG HTL ER KRLNRN. MIJR YD MYZR T KYBBIB, ILHR EBIZRL GWTG RLND YG.""","I=O R=E T=A","""FRIENDSHIP IS LIKE EARTHENWARE, ONCE BROKEN IT CAN BE MENDED. LOVE IS LIKE A MIRROR, ONCE BROKEN THAT ENDS IT."" KEY: B=R D=S E=B F=P G=T H=C I=O J=V K=M L=N M=L N=D O=F P=W R=E T=A W=H Y=I Z=K",Cryptography,01/16/08 #13086,4 = Q in a W,2.21,1.58,smileysteve,4 = Q in a W,No hint available.,4 = Quarters in a Whole,Letter-Equations,06/12/03 #45791,Sonora Celebrations,3.16,3.02,caberet,"The small resort town of Sonora has a big weekend ahead. Five local venues (Black Cat, Blue Paper, Orange Peel, Red Rock and Yellow Dunes) have been booked to celebrate a different occasion (Anniversary, Birthday, Engagement, Graduation and Promotion) by five different hosts (Bette, Miley, Rickie, Sammy and Toni). Five local bands (Black Sunday, Blue Street Band, Orange Juice, Red Hot Poppers and Yellow Moon Trio, known for their haunting Blue Bayou rendition) have been booked with a request for a specific highlight song (Black Bird Fly, Blue Bayou, Orange Crush, Red, Red Wine or Yellow Polka Dot Bikini) unique to each event. 1. The first name of each song, venue and band are three different words for each event. Miley couldn't get either of her first two venue choices because the celebration for the job promotion had booked the first site and the event featuring Red, Red Wine had booked the second. The Yellow Moon Trio is either the band booked to play at Miley's event or the band that will play at the birthday party. 2. Black Bird Fly is either the song that will be played at the engagement party or the tune that Rickie requested. Either Sammy or Bette booked Yellow Dunes. Red Rock is either the site booked for the anniversary party or the location of the Red Hot Poppers. Either Bette or Rickie are hosting the event that is either the birthday celebration or the one for which Yellow Moon Trio has been booked. Black Sunday is either the band that will play Yellow Polka Dot Bikini or the band that will play at the anniversary celebration. 4. Either the promotion celebration will be held at the Orange Peel or it is the event that will highlight Blue Bayou. The med school graduation party is being hosted by either Ricky or Sammy at either Black Cat or Yellow Dunes. 5. Toni booked either the band that will play Orange Crush or the Red Hot Poppers. The Blue Street Band is either the group that will play at the graduation celebration or is the band that is booked to play at the Yellow Dunes. Black Bird Fly is either the song that was requested at the birthday or is the one to be played at Toni's event. Black Sunday is either the band playing at Red Rock or the band that will play Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. 6. Rickie booked either Orange Peel or the Yellow Dunes. Black Cat will either be the site at which Orange Crush will be highlighted or the location for which Yellow Moon Trio has been booked. Sammy is either the host of the promotion or the person that booked the Blue Street Band. Yellow Dunes will not be the site of either the engagement or promotion celebrations.","Hint: If you're stuck, carefully reread the instructions. Still stuck, go through the clues another time.","Song-Host-Venue-Band-Reason Black Bird Fly-Toni-Blue Paper-Red Hot Poppers-Engagement Blue Bayou-Miley-Red Rock-Yellow Moon Trio-Anniversary Orange Crush-Sammy-Black Cat-Blue Street Band-Graduation Red Red Wine-Bette-Yellow Dunes-Orange Juice-Birthday Yellow Polka Dot Bikini-Rickie-Orange Peel-Black Sunday-Promotion",Logic-Grid,11/23/09 #30378,"3 L on the R S (E H, G, & D)",2.53,2.96,SPUTNIK2,"3 L on the R S (E H, G, & D)","Found in Rashid, Egypt at the mouth of the Nile River by one of Napoleon's soldiers in 1799.","3 Languages on the Rosetta Stone (Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Greek & Demotic*) * later called Coptic",Letter-Equations,05/09/06 #37869,It's Nice to be a Twin 2 . . . .,2.35,1.8900000000000001,snowmonster,"Twin words are made up of two repeating terms like Cha-Cha or TuTu. See if you can identify the ones defined in the hints below. 1) Something passable. 2) A trumpet sound. 3) Silly, crazy or infatuated. 4) A low sound. 5) Found on teeth. 6) Antiaircraft gun.",No hint available.,"1) So-so 2) Wah-wah 3) Gaga 4) Murmur 5) Tartar 6) Ack-ack (slang)",Language,08/20/07 #28622,U.S. Founding Fathers III,2.71,2.5,paul726,"""Db gvyycb px xjsqvndkxt bcc gwxvewo vyt bcc cabxy bqvb bqdn yvbdcy mvn acrytxt, ycb po exwdudcydnbn, prb po Gqednbdvyn; ycb cy exwdudcy, prb cy bqx ucnsxw ca Zxnrn Gqednb. Ace bqdn hxeo exvncy, sxcswxn ca cbqxe avdbqn qvhx pxxy vaacetxt vnowrj, secnsxedbo, vyt aexxtcj ca mcenqds qxex."" ~Svbedgl Qxyeo (warning: The hint will reveal the vowels)",v=a x=e d=i c=o r=u (code=solution),"a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z v p g t x a u q d z l w j y c s i e n b r h m f o k ""It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here."" ~Patrick Henry",Cryptography,02/14/06 #573,"5,45,36,324,315,?",2.19,2.27,kaila912,"5,45,36,324,315,? what # comes next?",No hint available.,"2835 multiply by nine, then subtract nine.",Series,06/04/01 #8650,In a Pack,2.67,2.27,MrIxolite,"We can come in a pack and can come in all sizes, We have a few colours but the smaller ones are white, To beat a smaller one you usually need a bigger one, What are we?",No hint available.,"LIES (A Pack of LIES, Little WHITE LIES, and to get out of a small lie you usually need to tell a bigger one)",Riddle,11/22/02 #5647,Break Me,2.49,1.8,mad-ade,"If you break me I do not stop working, If you touch me I may be snared, If you lose me Nothing will matter.",No hint available.,A heart,Riddle,07/17/02 #6642,UFO,2.72,2.0,majd,"I have feathers and a big red nose I don't lay eggs or have claws Sometimes I fly high and sometimes I fly low Chased by two hunters who keep on letting me go Who am I?",No hint available.,Badminton Shuttlecock,Riddle,08/18/02 #30874,"6, 9, 13, 16, 21, 25...",2.11,2.83,mercenary007,"What are the next 5 numbers in this series? 6, 9, 13, 16, 21, 25...",No hint available.,"31, 34, 39, 47, 51 The nth term of the series represent the sum of the nth prime number and the nth composite number",Series,06/04/06 #42982,Gold is the Goal,2.69,0.9,pokpic,"I am the gathering of the world's best, Challenging them all to the ultimate test. I bring glory and fame to the winners alone; Every competitor tries to set the tone. My flame is cherished across the land, Passing along from hand to hand. Five rings is the world that connects me to you, From any religion, race, or background out of the blue. What am I?",The title is the clue.,"I am the Olympic Games. The first line describes the world's best athletes coming together. The second line talks about how the Olympics are the ultimate test of athleticism. The third line is about the winners bringing glory and fame to their home. The fourth is about all the athletes trying to be the one to beat. The next two lines talk about the Olympic flame and how it is loved and is passed along from person to person. And the last two lines are about the five Olympic rings and how they bring the world together, no matter who they are.",Riddle,09/03/08 #5630,Sevenlegs O'Lucky,2.29,2.28,mad-ade,"A room is 3 metres high by 4 metres wide by 5 metres long. In the middle of one of the end (smaller) walls is Mad Ade's pet spider, called SevenLegs O'Lucky. In the topmost corner of the opposite end wall he has spotted a female spider, in a blonde wig and eight bright blue contact lenses. SevenLegs O'Lucky wishes to get better acquainted with the female. What is the length of the shortest distance SevenLegs O'Lucky must scuttle to do that?",No hint available.,Sqrt(46.25) or 6.8 metres,Math,07/16/02 #44422,Home Is Where?,2.34,1.29,whsprec,"In Greenville there are 4 stadiums but 5 teams, so two teams share a stadium. The stadiums are Thunderdome, Home Stretch, Sandlot, and All-Night. The teams are the Chockers, the Ringers, the JVs, the Burnouts, and the Overrateds. The sports played are rugby, soccer, hockey, football, and basketball. From the clues given, determine the name of each sports team and the stadium at which they play. 1- Neither the Overrateds nor the team that plays at Sandlot must share its stadium, but the Burnouts must. 2- The rugby team doesn't play at Sandlot and it shares its stadium with the JVs. 3- The basketball team, the hockey team, and the Ringers do not share their stadiums. 4- The soccer team is not called the Ringers and doesn't play at All-Night. 5- The football team plays at Thunderdome stadium, but the hockey team does not play at All-Night.",The shared stadium is Home Stretch.,"The Burnouts play rugby at Home Stretch. The JVs play soccer at Home Stretch. The Chockers play hockey at Sandlot. The Ringers play football at Thunderdome. The Overrateds play basketball at All-Night.",Logic-Grid,05/06/09 #26239,Bag Up Some Fun,2.68,2.42,norcekri,"TP KUL BGIS SU RIUB BAGS FUN SATIRE UP ZUIMK, XLES WUUR GS SAM YMUYWM AM FGOM TS SU. SAM HLQM PUQ VUQMNUZ TE HLQTUETSK. SAMQM TE IU HLQM PUQ HLQTUETSK. T BGE SAM SUGES UP SBU HUISTIMISE: FQMMIWGIN GIN GLESQGWTG. -- NUQUSAK YGQRMQ","SAM = ""the"".","A = h B = w C = not used D = not used E = s F = g G = a H = c I = n J = not used K = y L = u M = e N = d O = v P = f Q = r R = k S = t T = i U = o V = b W = l X = j Y = p Z = m If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people He gave it to. The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. I was the toast of two continents: Greenland and Australia. -- Dorothy Parker",Cryptography,10/06/05 #5142,Another One,2.63,1.29,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this phrase: Another 1 thing",No hint available.,One thing after another,Rebus,07/02/02 #51095,Primacy,2.34,0.81,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus? 1st,most most most most",Title is a hint,"""first and foremost""",Rebus,05/12/17 #32151,1995 Academy Awards 2,2.4,2.71,jazzmusician46,"Try and unscramble the names of the nominees for the Best Actress in a Leading Role for the 1995 Academy Awards, and then try and match them with the movie they were in. Best Actress in a Leading Role for 1995: PSETERLMYER NSOADRNANSAUS ESNTONSOHRA NTOHSOPMAEMM ESUHHETLEIBSA The Movies these Actresses starred in: OCNAIS GWNAILKNMADDAE YCTONUNMOASDIFOSBERGIDETH YSTEINLSIIBDANESSEN SVAEGSLAGLNEIAV",No hint available.,"*Susan Sarandon (won the Oscar) Elisabeth Shue Sharon Stone Meryl Streep Emma Thompson The Movies these Actresses starred in: Dead Man Walking Leaving Las Vegas Casino The Bridges of Madison County Sense and Sensibility",Trivia,07/30/06 #34799,Renal Visor,2.91,2.15,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: diction, equate, renal, visor Group B: concrete, greedy, mission, stupid, without, yodel",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A can have ""ad"" added to its beginning to make a new word. diction - addiction equate - adequate renal - adrenal visor - advisor thus mission - admission",Group,01/09/07 #3926,Rae Faed,2.7,2.17,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: Rae Faed",No hint available.,Turn a deaf ear.,Rebus,05/07/02 #31700,A True Scorcher,2.71,1.94,jazzmusician46,"Many names I've been given, both masculine and feminine. On occasion I am warlike, a protector and kingly, and at times I can be the source of all creation. I often scorch mortals; one's wings of wax I did destroy. At times I gladden their minds. Keeping my distance, I console those whom I fought before; they feel my kindness as they once felt my wrath when, after such suffering, I soothe their lives. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Sun god. Many ancient civilisations worshipped the sun as a god, and for some, the sun became the focus of power, royalty, war, life, creation and so on. In many ancient traditions, the sun is considered a masculine way of being. However, to the Teutonic, Japanese, Oceanic, Maori, and Cherokee cultures, the sun is also feminine. The sun was an important part of mythology, art, and literature. In astrology, for example, the sun rules the sign of Leo, which is symbolized by the lion and is associated with royalty. Likewise, in 18th century France, Louis XIV called himself ""the Sun King,"" emphasizing the power of his will and the glory of his court. In ancient Greece, Apollo represented the sun itself. With his lyre, bow, and chariot, he drove across the sky daily. Similarly, Ra was the first and greatest of all the Egyptian Gods. Like Apollo, Ra ruled the sun, and travelled across the sky each day in his boat. Besides the creation of the world, Ra also stood for life, death and rebirth, justice, truth, and destiny. Finally the 'wings of wax' is a reference to Icarus, who flew too close to the sun.",Trivia,07/11/06 #31758,How Far Can You Go?,2.73,2.71,MarcM1098,"Your assignment is to make a delivery from the depot to your base camp, 1600 miles away. The trip begins normally, but unfortunately, halfway to base camp, your supply truck breaks down. You have no way to call for help. Luckily, in addition to medical supplies, the truck is carrying a Desert Patrol Vehicle (DPV) and two barrels of fuel. The DPV has a full 10 gallon tank, but to make room for the medical supplies, it can only carry one of the 45 gallon barrels at a time. While you can't transfer fuel between barrels, you can refill the tank from the barrels. Assume the DPV can get 12 miles per gallon, regardless of the load it carries. How far can you go? Is it far enough to deliver the medical supplies and the DPV to your base camp?","Use half of a tank to carry one barrel, then return for the other.","You can travel 840 miles from the broken supply truck. Since your base camp is 800 miles away (half of 1600 miles), you can easily complete the delivery. Here's how: Although you can only carry one barrel at a time, you need to transport both of them until one barrel is empty. F is the barrel used first, and L is the barrel used last. Use half of a tank (5 gallons) to carry L 5*12=60 miles, and then return for F (uses another 5 gallons). Refill the tank from F and carry it to where you left L (also uses 5 gallons). Refill the tank again from F and switch barrels. Now you are 60 miles from the broken truck, the tank and L are full, but F is down to 30 gallons (45-5-5-5=30). Repeat this procedure two times. Now you are 60*3=180 miles from the broken truck. The tank and L are still full, but F is empty. Leave F behind and make a run for it, carrying L. Refill the tank from L as needed. There are 55 gallons of fuel left so you can travel an additional 55*12=660 miles, for a maximum of (180+660) 840 miles. Since you only have a total of 800 miles to go, you will make it to your base camp.",Math,07/13/06 #52346,It's 7am Riddle Time,2.71,0.9500000000000001,Jake,"It's 7:00 am. You are asleep and there is a sudden knock at the door. Behind the door are your parents, who have come for breakfast. In your fridge you have: bread, milk, juice, and a jar of raspberry jam. What will you open first?",No hint available.,Your eyes (because you were asleep),Trick,01/03/20 #26312,He Gave Me Smelly Money,3.03,1.09,sweetime,"I am a word of meanings three. Three ways of spelling me there be. The first is an odour, a smell if you will. The second some money, but not in a bill. The third is past tense, a method of passing things on or around. Can you tell me now, what these words are, that have the same sound?",No hint available.,"Scent, cent and sent.",Riddle,10/11/05 #10503,Blood,2.28,2.26,tissue,"Tissue dropped in with his friend, Vap O. Rub, to find him sleeping on the couch with the TV turned on. He saw fresh blood on the ceiling above his head, and checked with Vap (after waking him) to make sure everything was ok. Everything was, indeed, fine. Why was Vap's blood on the ceiling, but nowhere else?",No hint available.,Vap had swatted a mosquito that had bitten him while he attempted to get some sleep.,Situation,02/17/03 #2754,"0, 4, 1, 6, 3, 6, 6, 4...",2.48,2.17,Cascas,"0, 4, 1, 6, 3, 6, 6, 4, ?, ?, ? What are the next numbers?",No hint available.,"1, 0, 0 0*0=0 2*2=4 4*4=16 6*6=36 8*8=64 10*10=100",Series,03/19/02 #28837,Small Chess Board,2.29,1.81,Draw,"Imagine a small chess board, with dimensions of 3 by 3. If you place a knight on the top left hand corner, how many different squares can the knight reach in less than four moves?",No hint available.,"7 squares. All but the centre and the bottom right squares.",Logic,02/28/06 #20275,3 Different Things,2.52,1.21,knbrain,"3 painters from 3 different companies were painting a billboard. The men had 3 different last names: Red, Blue and Green. The 3 companies they came from had the same names as the workers. As they were painting, they started talking. ""It is funny that all of our last names are different from our companies' names."" said Mr. Red. ""Yes, very strange."" replied the man from Blue & Co. Who worked for which company?",Read the teaser carefully.,"Mr. Red worked for Green & Co. Mr. Green worked for Blue & Co. Mr. Blue worked for Red & Co. Although at first it seems impossible, we know Mr. Red couldn't work for the red company. He also couldn't work for Blue & Co. because he was talking to the man from Blue & Co. Since we now know that Mr. Red is from Green & Co. it is easy.",Logic,01/09/05 #17436,Art,2.61,1.67,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? Rodin's Thinker ABCD Da Vinci's Mona Lisa 1234 Michelangelo's David ABCD",No hint available.,Painting by numbers,Rebus,04/20/04 #41828,Broken #10,2.68,2.06,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given a series of letters in groups of three. These letters have been taken from a common phrase, with the spaces between the words removed and rearranged. Your job is to arrange the pieces to reconstruct the phrase. The dashes indicate the number of letters in each word. (Unfortunately, each word must be set out vertically due to spacing problems). uto ter sho fwa afi "" - ---- --- -- -----.""",No hint available.,"""A fish out of water.""",Language,05/06/08 #23837,Personality,2.88,2.16,cnmne,"According to this rebus, what can be said about Kerry?",No hint available.,"He has a ""magnetic personality"" (the letters on either side of each ""personality"" are chemical symbols, Fe being iron, which has magnetic properties; since Kerry's personality attracts iron, his personality must be magnetic).",Rebus,06/21/05 #2702,"Heavy, Light",2.66,1.5,bco89taurus,"What is one thing that is lighter when it's full, but heavier when it's empty?",No hint available.,A helium balloon,Riddle,03/15/02 #13129,To Grandmother's House,2.22,1.45,adoontourious,"1) Scott and his family live 15 miles south of grandma. 2) Steffi lives 20 miles north of Byron. 3) Robin lives 5 miles south of Scott. 4) Bryon lives 10 miles north of Robin. 5) Caitlin lives 15 miles south of Bryon How far does each live from grandma's house?",No hint available.,"Bryon lives 10 miles south of grandma. Steffi lives 10 miles north of grandma. Scott lives 15 miles to the south. Robin lives 20 miles to the south. Caitlin lives 25 miles to the south.",Logic,06/13/03 #3885,Mmiraronr,2.36,1.6400000000000001,arij,"Can you decipher this 1980s hit song? Mmiraronr",No hint available.,Man in the Mirror,Rebus,05/06/02 #37439,No Superman's Land,2.5,2.5100000000000002,ocdaws,"It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a musician! What is it?","Sand, Cub, Pied",A Piper,Riddle,07/17/07 #28025,Three Strikes,2.49,1.17,12345678,"I was having trouble sleeping last night and I tossed and turned well into the night. Our local town hall has a clock which strikes on the hour and also strikes just once on the half hour. During one of my more awake moments I heard the clock strike once, but I could not tell what time it was. Half an hour later it struck once again, but I still could not tell what time it was. Finally, half an hour later it struck once again and I knew what the time was. What time was it?",No hint available.,1.30 in the morning. The first single strike was at 12.30.,Logic,01/10/06 #51637,The Strange Library,2.79,2.11,Hydra1234,"In a certain library, no two books contain the same number of words, and the total number of books is greater than number of words in the largest book. How many words does one of the books contain, and what is the book about?",No hint available.,"One of the books is about nothing and has zero words. First, the library can be simplified into just two books. If there are two books, the greatest number of words possible is one and the other must have zero. 2 books: 1 word and 0 words. Since the number of books is greater than the number of words in the largest book without repetition in number of words, the number of books will always be one more than the number of words in the largest book. There will always by necessity be books with every number of words possible less than the largest book, and there will always be a book with no words to increase the total number of books. This assumes (correctly) you can't have books with a negative number of words. Following this logic, a library with three books has a book with two words, a book with one word, and a book with zero words. 3 books: 2 words, 1 word, and 0 words. A library with n books has a book with n-1 words, a book with n-2 words, a book with n-3 words, and eventually a book with n-n words or zero words. n books: n-1 words, n-2 words ... 0 words.",Logic,12/26/17 #9528,"Buckets, Barrels, Baskets, Cans.",2.33,2.11,lesternoronha1,"Buckets, Barrels, Baskets, Cans. What must you fill with empty hands?",No hint available.,Gloves.,Other,01/01/03 #34392,What Words #30,2.85,1.6,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. LENGTH - _______ - CRACK 2. WITH - _______ - OVER 3. MAKE - _______ - LESS",No hint available.,"1. LENGTH - WISE - CRACK 2. WITH - HOLD - OVER 3. MAKE - SHIFT - LESS",Language,12/14/06 #36616,Anagrams #2,2.64,2.49,jazzmusician46,"Below are sentences that have two missing words. These words are anagrams of each other. To make life a little easier for you, I have included the first letter and number of letters needed for each word. 1. Lately I've been living in my (B______ 7) laying on the bed doing nothing, simply because I have been suffering from (B______ 7). 2.Placed on the shelf above the (A______ 5) of the wall was a copy of the (C______ 5) of the Church. 3. We could see the robbers (B______6) either side of the (B______ 6) as the carriage carrying the money approached us.",No hint available.,"1. Bedroom; Boredom 2. Ancon; Canon 3. Begird; Bridge Ancon: the part of a bracket that projects from the wall that is used in classical architecture to carry the upper parts of a cornice. Canon: Ecclesiastical law. Begird: to surround or encircle something.",Language,05/13/07 #6442,Job I'm Job,2.16,1.01,Cascas,"What does this mean? Job I'm Job",No hint available.,I'm between jobs,Rebus,08/11/02 #18668,Mad Ade's Autoantonyms #4,2.38,2.12,Mad-Ade,"In this Teaser Mad Ade has created a sentence using Autoantonym, which are words that have two opposing meanings. For example : ""Despite securing the ----, the horses still managed to ---- free"" In this case the answer would be ""Bolt"" one meaning to secure and fasten, the other to mean to break free. Can you work out the Autoantonym for these two sentences? 1, ""Suddenly as the train pulled away Mad Ade realised that he had ---- his luggage in the hotel he had just ----."" 2, ""Mad Ade fastened the ------ of his safety harness, but his sheer weight still managed to ------ the steel clasp.""",No hint available.,"1, Left = Leave behind/ remain. Left = depart from. 2, Buckle = to fasten /secure Buckle = to give way/ collapse",Language,08/29/04 #8947,12 D of C,2.21,1.33,michelle,12 D of C,No hint available.,12 Days of Christmas,Letter-Equations,12/06/02 #28938,Word Jumble 2 - The Gemstone Series,2.97,1.92,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed: EQUEU Take letters 1,4 and 5 YMRRA Take letters 1,2 and 3 IELAN Take letters 1,3 and 5 CBA Take letter 2 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"EQUEU Take letters 1,4 and 5 - QUEUE - take Q,U,E YMRRA Take letters 1,2 and 3 - MARRY - take M,A,R IELAN Take letters 1,3 and 5 - ALIEN - take A,I,N CBA Take letter 2 - CAB, take A Letters Collected: Q,U,E M,A,R A,I,N A Unscramble the above to get 'Aquamarine'. Aquamarine is a fascinating gemstone, available in varied shades of blue, from where it gets its name. The peaceful and serene look of an aquamarine gemstone further encourages people to treat it as lucky for women who want a happy and peaceful marriage! Many view it as an exotic and lucky gemstone because of the association with water.",Language,03/06/06 #2936,GWETORUSTD,2.7,1.71,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? GWETORUSTD",GwetOrustD,In God we trust!,Rebus,03/26/02 #10959,Smashing Cars,2.53,2.24,othbrady,"A man driving his car all of a sudden smashes his window, rips out the radio and scratches the paint. Why?",The man has done something bad.,"He has run over a person and he does not want to be found out. He damages his car, goes to the police, and tells them someone has stolen his car so the police think the imaginary person ran over the person in the street.",Situation,03/07/03 #42370,More Countries,2.57,2.06,billy314,"The following list of six countries has been encoded in some way. Can you crack the code? Countries: CFGZMP, ARUAEO, NAYMXL, ANABIA, DCNICN, AEAAOD",Arrange them in a grid.,"Arrange each of the encoded characters into a grid as follows: C F G Z M P A R U A E O N A Y M X L A N A B I A D C N I C N A E A A O D Reading down, you get the following list: Canada, France, Guyana, Zambia, Mexico, Poland.",Cryptography,06/28/08 #50775,Don't Fix It !,1.75,2.13,BadBunnee02,"There is a five-letter word containing three consonants and two vowels when, if combined with other words, can form over twenty new legitimate compound words or two-word common phrases. What is the word?","The word ends in ""k"".","""break"" Here are twenty-one examples: break camp, break dance, break even, breakfast, break in, break loose, break open, break ranks, break short, break silence, breakthrough, clean break, coffee break, daybreak, even break, jailbreak, lunch break, newsbreak, page break, tax break, windbreak BONUS POINTS CONTEST !! I have a data-base of at least 35 more. How many NEW ones can you list - in the comments selection below - within thirty days of this posting. YOU HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED !!",Group,03/08/16 #778,Take Away a Letter...,2.79,2.13,Phyllis,"Take away my first letter and I remain the same. Take away my second letter and I remain unchanged. Take away my third letter and I am unchanged. Take away all my letters and I am still exactly the same. What am I?",No hint available.,A postman or post office.,Riddle,08/20/01 #40540,Time's A-Wasting,2.33,2.01,kratsg,A digital clock tells the time in hours and minutes. During what fraction of the day does it display at least one '1'?,No hint available.,"720/1440 or 1/2 Here's the systematic approach to getting the answer: Convert all the times of the day into simple numbers: 1:00 = 100, etc... From 100-159, there are 60 times that there is at least one '1'. This is the same for the ranges of 1000-1059, 1100-1159, and 1200-1259. From 200-259, there are 15 times that there is at least one '1' This is the same for ranges of 300-359, 400-459, 500-559, 600-659, 700-759, 800-859, and 900-959. That means 8 ranges have 15 times, 4 ranges have 60 times. We'll double this to convert to a 24-hour day: 2[(15)(8) + (60)(4)] = 720 total times that there is at least one '1'. To figure out the total number of times that any number is shown at least once, we know there are 60 times between any range listed above, so we simply multiply by 24 to get the total number of times in 24 hours. (24)(60) = 1440 total times.",Probability,02/16/08 #6994,Two Enemies,2.34,2.1,majd,"What phrase does this represent: Two enemies, one grows in hell and one flows in a well, Well, they both serve well, but rule badly as well.",No hint available.,Water and fire are both good slaves but bad masters,Language,08/29/02 #2947,rorockll,2.11,0.8300000000000001,cliff,"Can you decipher this: rorockll",A kind of music,rock N roll,Rebus,03/26/02 #8532,Lest Outta Tera,2.46,1.45,lesternoronha1,"Lester owns a factory adept at making a substance called Lest. It is made by using a substance called Tera. Making 1 unit of Lest involves using 11 grams of Tera and during it's processing 2 grams of Tera are given out which are reusable. Now Lester has ordered for 128 grams of Tera. How many units of Lest can be made out of that?",The 2 grams of Tera can be reused with another 9 grams to make a unit of Lest.,"Lester can make 14 units of Lest. 128 grams of Tera gives 11 units of Lest and 22 grams of Tera are given out with 7 grams already left from 128 thus leading to 29 grams. These 29 grams can make 2 units of Lest and 11 grams are left out ( 7 left behind and 4 given out during processing). These 11 grams are used to make 1 unit of Lest. Thus the number of units of Lest = 11+2+1=14.",Math,11/16/02 #1353,HH AA NN DD,2.31,1.62,psychodude57,"What common phrase is represented here? HH AA NN DD",No hint available.,Hand in Hand,Rebus,11/10/01 #19642,With it or Without It?,2.24,2.77,MrIxolite,"What am I? With it I am a collection. Without it, litigation. What am I? With it I am a hazard to health. Without it I am just myself. What am I? With it I am linked to a moon. Without it I am linked to the sun.","Don't assume you are looking for just one thing. Also take the riddle literally.","The words; Sue Me & Tan Take the riddle literally With it = With I & T With IT a collection = suITe Without IT Litigation - SUE With it a hazard to health = mITe (small insect pest present in dust (allergenic)) Without IT myself - ME With it I am linked to a moon = tITan = One of Saturn's Moons. Without IT linked to the Sun = TAN (suntan)",Riddle,12/01/04 #39402,Die Dilemma Die,2.65,2.72,calmsavior,"What phrase is this? Die Dilemma Die",Think of a synonym for 'dilemma'.,"Trouble in Paradise. Die Die = A pair of dice. Dilemma = Trouble. Hence, 'trouble in pair of dice', or 'trouble in paradise'.",Rebus,11/28/07 #5102,Secrets Revealed,2.32,1.3,mad-ade,Can you decipher this rebus?,No hint available.,breaking the magicians code,Rebus,07/01/02 #4305,Watery Drink,2.31,1.96,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is stranded on a desert island (much to the relief of many). Other than just water, all he has to drink is a 20oz bottle of cola. To conserve his luxury cola he decides that on the first day he will drink one oz and then refill the bottle back up with water. On the 2nd day he will drink 2oz and refill the bottle. On the 3rd day he will drink 3oz and so on... By the time all the cola is gone, how much water has Mad Ade drunk?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade has drunk 190oz of water. It is given that the Mad Ade has 20oz bottle of Cola. Also, he will drink 1oz on the first day and refill the bottle with water, will drink 2oz on the second day and refill the bottle, will drink 3oz on the third day and refill the bottle, and so on till 20th day. Thus at the end of 20 days, he must have drunk (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ..... +18 + 19 + 20) = 210oz of liquid. Out of that 210oz, 20oz is the Cola which he had initially. Hence, Mad Ade must have drunk 190oz of water.",Math,05/28/02 #21499,AnOther Teaser,2.82,1.9000000000000001,rose_rox,"What is special about this letter arrangement? umop","These letters in addition have the same ""property"": b d h n o q s w x","""umop"" is ""down"" upside down! The letters in the hint can be seen as these: b = q d = p h = y n = u o = o q = b s = s w = m x = x",Other,03/12/05 #16848,"Air Plane, Ground Beef",2.48,2.72,airhead3,"Pete the Pilot was trading flying stories with Aaron the Arrogant, when Aaron started in on a particularly juicy tale: ""Well, I got that story beat. There I was, rolling down the runway for takeoff in my Piper Twin Comanche. Suddenly, as I was approaching takeoff speed, a cow just ambled onto the runway right in front of me! I pulled back hard on the controls and got into the air, and I swear I don't know how I didn't graze that cow's back! He he, 'graze,' no pun intended"", Aaron deadpanned, elbowing Pete jokingly. Sensing he was losing his audience, though, Aaron quickly continued, ""But that's not all! To top it off, not 5 seconds after takeoff, my left engine quit on me!"" To this, Pete raised an eyebrow in interest. Aaron gestured self-assuredly as he went on, ""Thankfully, I was able to use my skill and lightning reflexes to save the situation. I immediately went to full power on my right engine and pulled the nose up to keep the plane in the air and all I had to do was make a quick turn to land on the perpendicular runway to my left"", Aaron finished with great gusto. Pete, with an amused look on his face, said, ""Well, that's a great story, Aaron, but because you are sitting here telling it, I know it didn't actually happen."" How does Pete know?",Aerodynamics is no bull...,"Pete knows that a cow on the runway isn't out of the question for a small airport, but it's the second half that he has a beef with (sorry, I couldn't resist the pun). Pete knows about an aerodynamic phenomenon called Vmc Roll in multi-engine airplanes, where the airplane can, at the loss of an engine in certain conditions, lose control and roll over. An engine failure on a twin-engine propeller-driven airplane (such as the Twin Comanche) creates a tendency to turn into the dead engine due to both asymmetrical thrust and the drag from the windmilling propeller on the dead engine. (Think rowing a boat only from the right side, and in addition dragging the left oar through the water.) Further, the propellers normally create what is called induced acceleration over the wing, creating additional lift. (The propellers act as fans, creating faster moving air over the wings, and consequently, more lift.) When only one engine is working, that wing is then generating more lift than the wing that is no longer receiving induced acceleration, so the plane will want to roll into the dead engine. Vmc, or ""Velocity minimum controllable"" is an airspeed below which the rudder no longer has enough effectiveness to counter these turning/rolling tendencies caused by an engine failure, and the plane can then enter a Vmc Roll. Because of his already slow speed caused by cow-evasion maneuver, Aaron's situation was ripe for a Vmc Roll. His reaction of immediately increasing the power on the good engine would have only exacerbated the situation, due to the increased induced acceleration over the right wing creating even greater differential lift (stronger rolling force). Also, Aaron's left turn into the bad engine would have made the circumstances even worse. Had Aaron reacted the way he stated, he would have flown the airplane right into the ground (and most likely inverted). Although it may be counterintuitive, the correct action would have been to *reduce* power in the right engine and point the nose slightly downward to increase the airspeed above Vmc to give the rudder enough effectiveness to counter the aerodynamic tendencies. While Pete the Pilot is glad his boastful friend is sitting there to tell him this story, Pete knows Aaron is full of hot air.",Science,03/04/04 #41062,How's Life with You Today?,2.68,1.96,jazzmusician46,"What popular expression does this rebus represent? Nose says, ""Hi there, hand! How are you today?"" Foot says, ""You're looking very attractive, my dear hand!"" Kneecap says, ""How are those calluses feeling, hand?""",No hint available.,"""Talk to the hand."" Explanation: All conversation (or talk) is directed to the hand. This phrase emerged in the USA in the 1990s. It means: be quiet (with outstretched vertical palm), I've no interest in hearing what you've got to say.",Rebus,03/15/08 #5474,What's the List?,2.58,1.87,Bobbrt,"The following chart is missing its title. What is it a chart of? African Elephant - 640 Rhinoceros - 560 Giraffe - 450 Cow - 280 Orangutan - 275 Human Being - 267 Reindeer - 246 Panther - 93 Kangaroo - 40 Rabbit - 31 Hamster - 16 Opossum - 13",The numbers are in units of days.,This a chart of the gestation period (in days) of 12 animals.,Other,07/11/02 #3727,Half Empty - Half Full,2.14,1.57,fruitloop986,"Is the glass half empty or half full? One of those never ending questions?",There is always an answer to a question. Even if it is wrong or right there's always an answer.,"Both. half empty- if someone drank some, spilled or dumped some, because it was full to start. half full- if someone puts some thing in the glass, because it was empty to start.",Logic,04/24/02 #32488,Nahco Cheese,3.01,1.7,bigSWAFF_69_,"I'm powerful enough to clean most anything, Yet gentle enough to eat. I'm used to make an explosion of sorts, Yet can be found at millions of stores worldwide. I can kill grass, And even tenderize your meat. I can clean up even the smelliest stench, and soften your fabrics. What am I?",No hint available.,"Baking Soda. It is used for a variety of cleaning. It is a common ingredient in many baked foods. It can react with vinegar to form an ""explosion"". (Typically used in a ""Baking Soda Volcano""). It can be purchased at many stores around the world. Baking soda can be used to kill crab grass. It can speed up the tenderizing process of meat in stew. It is used to remove odor in fabrics. It is also used as a fabric softener. The typo in the title is on purpose. ""NaHCO3"" is the chemical name for Baking Soda. Looks similar to ""nacho"", doesn't it?",Riddle,08/18/06 #40720,Countown #1,2.2,1.93,MazzaTravels,"50 10 10 8 6 3 Using all the numbers above just once, can you make the number 832?",No hint available.,"Solution: ((10 + 10) x 3 + (50 - 6)) x 8 = 832",Math,02/26/08 #47351,Words With EM,1.75,2.5,cnmne,"Five words that contain EM as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *EM**, *EM***, **EM**, ****EM, **EM*** Pool: A, A, C, D, F, H, H, I, I, I, L, N, N, O, P, R, R, S, T, U",No hint available.,"FEMUR, REMIND, ANEMIA, PHLOEM, CHEMIST",Language,06/29/10 #46433,What Kind of Connections?,2.59,2.66,dalfamnest,"These five words have something in common. Discover what it is, and then select the sixth word from the list at the bottom. Sunflower Unoiled Peripatetic Pagoda Croissant Choose the sixth word from: twinkle, simple, puzzle, grumble",'Creature Connections' could be the title.,"Each word contains a mammal in reverse: 'wolf' from sunFLOWer, then lion, tapir, dog, and ass. The sixth word is 'twinkle', which contains 'elk'.",Group,02/24/10 #20836,Describe,2.89,1.73,CPlusPlusMan,"P-------P --L---L ----A --N---N E-------E",The hyphens have no purpose,Explain,Rebus,02/04/05 #5040,Lost,2.31,1.09,mad-ade,Can you decipher this phrase:,No hint available.,Far away from home,Rebus,06/28/02 #6475,1.44 = MB on a FD,2.19,1.8,missie,1.44 = MB on a FD,No hint available.,1.44 Megabytes on a Floppy-disk,Letter-Equations,08/12/02 #40281,More Mark Twain Thoughts,2.42,2.13,aresII,"The two following quotes are from Mark Twain. Both quotes use the same code. The hint contains three vowels. Q=N ""TII SZQZFTIGXTKGRQJ TFZ YTIJZ, GQHIOBGQS KMGJ RQZ."" ""HTOIGYIRVZF GJ QRKMGQS NOK HTNNTSZ VGKM T HRIIZSZ ZBOHTKGRQ.""","G=I R=O T=A","""ALL GENERALIZATIONS ARE FALSE, INCLUDING THIS ONE."" ""CAULIFLOWER IS NOTHING BUT CABBAGE WITH A COLLEGE EDUCATION."" KEY: B=D F=R G=I H=C I=L J=S K=T M=H N=B O=U Q=N R=O S=G T=A V=W X=Z Y=F Z=E",Cryptography,02/01/08 #6114,VAD ERS,2.94,1.23,michelle,"What does this mean? VAD ERS",No hint available.,Space Invaders,Rebus,07/31/02 #40886,Ray Bradbury,2.31,2.42,aresII,"The following quotes are from American writer Ray Bradbury. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. B=J ""SET KOJX IE YPEF KEF IE OWWXLI NXBXWIAEP OPU NXBXWI OWWXLIOPWX."" ""BTVL, OPU SET FAZZ GAPU ETI KEF IE TPGEZU SETN FAPHR OR SET GOZZ.""","E=O O=A X=E","""YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO ACCEPT REJECTION AND REJECT ACCEPTANCE."" ""JUMP, AND YOU WILL FIND OUT HOW TO UNFOLD YOUR WINGS AS YOU FALL."" KEY: A=I B=J E=O F=W G=F H=G I=T J=V K=H L=P N=R O=A P=N R=S S=Y T=U U=D V=M W=C X=E Y=K Z=L",Cryptography,03/06/08 #5387,"31, 3, 5, 11, 23, 13",2.77,3.03,im_para_noid,"Transform the following numbers into a palindromic sequence (one that reads the same backwards as forwards) by applying the same formula to all the numbers. What is the formula and what are the resulting numbers? 31, 3, 5, 11, 23, 13",No hint available.,"Square each number to get the palindrome: 961, 9, 25, 121, 529, 169",Series,07/09/02 #881,Locked in a Tower,2.61,2.22,Michelle,"A captive queen and her son and daughter were locked in the top room of a very high tower. Outside their window was a pulley with a rope around it, and a basket fastened to each end of the rope. Both baskets weighed the same. One basket is at the top of the tower, the other basket is on the ground. They managed to escape the tower using the pulley and baskets and a weight that they found in the room. It's too dangerous for any of them to come down if they weigh more than 15lbs more than the contents of the other basket, because they would do so too quickly. The one basket coming down would naturally of course draw the other up. The queen weighed 195 lbs. daughter 105, son 90, and the weight 75 lbs. How did they all escape safely?",No hint available.,"This is one method of everyone getting out of the tower. 1) They send the weight down and the empty basket comes up. 2) The son goes down and the weight comes up. 3) They take the weight out; the daughter goes down; the son up. 4) The son gets out; the weight goes down and the empty basket comes up. 5) The daughter puts the weight in the basket and climbs in. The queen goes down while the daughter and weight come up. The daughter gets out. 6) The weight goes down and the empty basket comes up. 7) Son goes down; weight comes up. 8) Daughter removes weight, and goes down while the son comes up. 9) Son sends down weight and the empty basket comes up. 10) The son goes down and the weight comes up. 11) Son gets out and the weight falls to the ground.",Logic,09/27/01 #3050,Murder in a House,2.17,1.3800000000000001,lil_thugsta,"There was once a round house. One raining day the gardener was watering the flowers, the maid was sweeping the corners of the house, the chauffeur was sleeping in the car and a murder took place. What is wrong with each person's alibi?",No hint available.,"The maid couldn't sweep corners, it's a round house. The gardener shouldn't water flowers when it's raining. The chauffeur shouldn't sleep in the car, he's driving.",Logic,03/30/02 #50030,Numberrangements,2.86,2.88,eighsse,"In Numberrangements, you are given an arrangement of letters. The letters represent all of the whole numbers from 1 to the total number of letters used. Each letter represents a different number. Using the clues given, find which number each letter represents. ABC DEF GHI 1. The sum of the top row is greater than the sum of the middle row, which is greater than the sum of the bottom row. 2. E is a prime factor of G. 3. F is greater than A. 4. The sum of B and G is equal to H. 5. I is not 1.",No hint available.,"A=7, B=1, C=9 D=6, E=2, F=8 G=4, H=5, I=3 From Clue 2, E must be 2, 3, 5, or 7, but it cannot be 5 or 7 because that would force G to be a greater multiple of 5 or 7, and only the numbers 1 to 9 are used. E must be 2 or 3 and G must be 4, 6, 8, or 9. Let's try I=2. In that case, E=3 and G=6. H must be greater than 6 because of Clue 4. The most G+H+I can be is 14 because of Clue 1, since the sum of all nine numbers is only 45. So, I cannot be 2, and it therefore must be at least 3 because of Clue 5. If I=4, then G cannot be 4, and must be 6, 8, or 9. Again, since H must be greater than G, the bottom row's sum will be too high. If I = 5, then the minimums for G and H would be 4 and 6, respectively -- a sum of 15. If I = 6, then the minimum sum again is 15. This means I MUST be 3, which forces E=2 and G=4, 6, or 8. If G is 6 or 8, the sum of the bottom row will be too great, so G=4. The greatest that H can be is 7, which also means that B can only be 1, 2, or 3, from Clue 4. But 2 and 3 are already used, so B=1 and H=5. This leaves A, C, D, and F, to be paired with 6, 7, 8, and 9, in some order. We know from Clue 1 that A+B+C > D+E+F, but E is already 1 greater than B, and from Clue 3, we know that F > A. This means that C must be at least 3 greater than D to make up for the top row trailing by at least 2. So, C must be 9, and D must be 6. This leaves 7 and 8 to be A and F, so of course, F=8 and A=7.",Logic,12/21/13 #36518,Beautiful Woman,2.75,1.95,menz,"The most beautiful woman you've ever seen, Or a completely flawless tumbling routine. Where the long one lies at fifty after one, I'm in the corners around Alexander Hamilton. What am I?","A similar rhyme could be made replacing Alexander Hamilton with John A. Macdonald, Francis Greenway, or Charles Darwin.","10 The body refers to a gorgeous woman, a perfect gymnastics score, the ten on a standard clock, and a $10 U.S. bill. The people in the hint are on the ten dollar (or pound) note of other countries.",Riddle,05/05/07 #11672,ie .,2.66,1.92,Glenbo,"What phrase is represented below? ie .",ie = That is,That is beside the point.,Rebus,04/09/03 #15386,Who Married Whom?,2.31,2.42,master123,"Albert married Carol. Steven married Katie. Bob married Virginia. Who did Simon marry: Teresa, Charlotte or Lisa?",No hint available.,Simon married Teresa - all their names have 11 letters when combined.,Group,11/09/03 #4361,Everyone,2.7,1.28,librashorty,Adam had none. Eve had two. Everyone nowadays has three. What is being discussed?,No hint available.,The letter 'e'.,Language,05/30/02 #24134,9ALL5,2.79,1.8900000000000001,bhssoccer23,"What is this rebus? 9ALL5",Everybody's workin for the weekend!...,All in a day's work! (9 to 5 is the usual work hours of an average person),Rebus,06/29/05 #12182,Secret code,2.14,1.8900000000000001,sunnyfunny,"Marcy has a date to a upcoming prom. She and her friend Diana had made a secret code, so Marcy wrote a secret note to Marcy. Marcy's dad came in hours later and found the note that Marcy wrote. The boy's name that was on the note was smeared out. The note said: Dear Diana, ??? asked me to the dance! From, Marcy A few days later, Marcy brought up the secret note up to her Dad and asked to see if he could translate the name of the boy. It was the same note as the other one Marcy's Dad had read a few days before. The note said: V)*. V~*=*, ~*= *$#v)v +) d\\ d@) v*=])! C.\\+, +*.]2 A few days later, Marcy's Dad came up to her and told her the boy's name. It was Ian. Marcy was shocked! How did Marcy's Dad know?",No hint available.,"Marcy's dad knew because he used the other note with the boy's name smeared out. The note was the same, so the letters in the old note would be the unknown symbols. The ""i"" in Diana would be the first letter in the boy's name because it was in the smeared spot. He knew it was ""i"" because the ""i"" in Diana had the same symbol as the letter in the boy's name. The boy's first letter in his name was I. The ""a"" in dance would be the second letter because in ""dance"" in the secret letter, it was the same symbol as the second letter. He did the same with the ""n"" because the ""n"" in Diana had the same symbol as the last letter in the boy's name.",Logic,05/02/03 #13858,1+2=6,2.62,2.15,nickadeemus,"1+2=6 2+3=8 3+4=9 4+5=?",No hint available.,"8 The answer is based on the amount of letters in each number, if spelled out. One(3)+(3)Two=(6)",Other,07/17/03 #14190,Animal Arc,2.45,1.71,Smithy,"What phrase does the following represent? Cat Horse Dog Day Rabbit Elephant Dog Day",No hint available.,Every dog has its day.,Rebus,08/07/03 #27078,Word Pyramids: World Countries X,2.82,2.73,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: I Clues: 1. The third tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio. 2. To direct toward or intend for a particular goal or group. 3. Members of the Zoroastrian priestly caste of the Medes and Persians. 4. A friend or comrade 5. A tumor originating in the neuralgia of the brain or spinal cord. 6. To fill, cover, or coat with soil composed of a mixture of sand, clay, silt, and organic matter. 7. A landlocked socialist republic in central Asia.",The tribes of this region were united by Genghis Khan.,"I MI AIM MAGI AMIGO GLIOMA LOAMING MONGOLIA Mongolia won its independence in 1921 with Soviet backing. A Communist regime was installed in 1924. During the early 1990s, the ex-Communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) gradually yielded its monopoly on power to the Democratic Union Coalition (DUC), which defeated the MPRP in a national election in 1996. Since then, parliamentary elections returned the MPRP overwhelmingly to power in 2000 and produced a coalition government in 2004.",Language,11/22/05 #31220,An Artist's Riddle,2.68,1.58,dodger,"Thirteen sat down to eat, in the upper room. The man in the middle, spoke of his riddle, and how the end was coming soon. Thirteen sat down to drink, before they hit the road. The girl in the middle, at the centre of the riddle, became the painter's code. Thirteen sat down to talk, but should there have been one more? Dan said yes, but I suggest, that only Leo knew for sure.",A best-selling book and film of the same name.,"The Da Vinci Code. Leonardo Da Vinci painted The Last Supper. The subject of the painting is Jesus' final meal before he is crucified. Jesus is surrounded by 12 disciples, hence 13 sat down to eat, drink, and talk. ""The man in the middle"", Jesus, spoke of a riddle...the riddle being about the disciple who would finally betray him. ""The girl in the middle"", who Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code, suggests is Mary Magdalene, is thought to be the mother of Jesus' child, hence she is the centre of the riddle and the painter's code. ""Thirteen sat down to talk..."" It is thought that one of the disciples was painted out of or removed from the original painting so that it looked as though there were the correct number of disciples, thus ruling out the fact that Mary Magdalene was even at the supper at all and dismissing the fact that there was any relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. ""Dan said yes""...Dan Brown said that this theory is true, even though this is a complete work of fiction. ""Only Leo knows the truth""...Leonardo Da Vinci only knows the real truth behind the story and it seems that he took the mystery to his grave.",Riddle,06/20/06 #33001,Can't Live Without You,2.48,0.8200000000000001,IMCUL4E,"My first is in house, but not in dwelling. My next is in love, but also in hate. My third is in tears, but it's not in crying. My fourth, in relationship, not in date. My last, in doubt, but also devout. Tell me now, no need to shout, what precious organ you can't live without.",The tin man wanted one.,A heart.,Riddle,09/14/06 #5866,Houses,2.28,1.44,mollynoodl,"This old proverb is coded by having each word, except for a, his, and is, replaced by a related word. Can you decode it? A boy's hut is his palace.",No hint available.,A man's home is his castle.,Language,07/24/02 #31030,Dubya,2.64,2.42,fishmed,"Here are 3 quotes from a famous American. Can you decipher them? They each use the same cypher. 1. RO CNK BRU SQNTRTWC ODD H GRO HUYKQDV LCODWX, UNM ZDQD RM MZD ZNOSHMRW TKM HU BNLTRM GHMZ R BDVRQ. H DIDUMKRWWC GNU. FDNQFD G. TKOZ 2. MZRM'O FDNQFD GROZHUFMNU, MZD XHQOM SQDOHVDUM, NX BNKQOD. MZD HUMDQDOMHUF MZHUF RTNKM ZHL HO MZRM H QDRV MZQDD -- MZQDD NQ XNKQ TNNJO RTNKM ZHL WROM CDRQ. HOU'M MZRM HUMDQDOMHUF? FDNQFD G. TKOZ 3. MZD LRMZ ZRO BZRUFDV. MZD LRMZ ZRO BZRUFDV MZHO GRC. TRTC TNNLDQO WHJD LD RQD FDMMHUF QDRVC MN QDMHQD, RUV MZDQD'O R WNM NX KO. H MKQU 62 HU 2008 -- HM'O R BNUIDUHDUM VRMD XNQ LD MN QDMHQD. FDNQFD G. TKOZ",TKOZ = BUSH,"Code = Real A=Z B=C C=Y D=E E=X F=G G=W H=I I=V J=K K=U L=M M=T N=O O=S P=Q Q=R R=A S=P T=B U=N V=D W=L X=F Y=J Z=H 1. As you can probably see I was injured myself, not here at the hospital but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. George W. Bush, said 1/1/06, while visiting soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan at Brooks Army Hospital, San Antonio. 2. That's George Washington, the first president, of course. The interesting thing about him is that I read three -- three or four books about him last year. Isn't that interesting? Said 5/5/06 when George Bush was talking about how interesting George Washington was during a speech. 3. The math has changed. The math has changed this way. Baby boomers like me are getting ready to retire, and there's a lot of us. I turn 62 in 2008 -- it's a convenient date for me to retire. Said by George Bush during a speech about Baby Boomers retiring. Funny thing is, his term ends 12/31/08 and he plans on retiring sometime earlier when he turns 62...",Cryptography,06/12/06 #11212,Lots O' Hay,2.34,1.05,charter,"What does the following represent? Hay Hay Hay Hay Hay Hay Hay",No hint available.,Hay stack.,Rebus,03/16/03 #3583,Moon Dust Dilemma,2.7,1.18,bobbrt,NASA is on a mission to collect dust from the moon's surface. A team is put together to design an apparatus that an astronaut can use to accomplish this task. One member of the team designs a type of vacuum cleaner which can be used to suck up and collect the dust. He is immediately fired for his incompetence. What was wrong with his plan?,Why do they call it a vacuum cleaner?,"Since the moon has no atmosphere, it is already under vacuum. The reason a vacuum cleaner works is that the pressure drop between the air in the room and the vacuum bag causes air to rush into the bag, carrying some dirt with it. Since there is no pressure drop between the vacuum chamber and the moon's surface, you could not suck up moon dust. Also, there is no air on the moon to carry the dust along, anyway. A solid is not affected by a vacuum. If it were, the moon would have exploded by now.",Science,04/17/02 #3122,dowinubtpunt,2.16,2.23,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? dowinubtpunt",No hint available.,"When in doubt, punt!",Rebus,04/02/02 #46157,In the Middle (Double),2.11,1.59,quesadillaman12,"In ""Wheel of Fortune"", there is a category called ""Before and After"" where there are three words that link together, such as CHARLOTTE'S WEB SITE. Fill in the answers to these ""Before and After"" puzzles, and then do a ""Before and After"" puzzle with the answers to the other two. Example: 1. WILD ___ FOOD (cat) 2. LADY ___ SPRAY (bug) 3. 1 ___ 2 (litter) Solve this one: 1. AMINO ___ SALT 2. CHRISTMAS ___ TIE 3. 1 ___ 2",No hint available.,"1. ACID 2. BOW 3. RAIN",Language,01/06/10 #35645,Hyp-hens IV,2.67,2.33,MarcM1098,"Newspapers sometimes hyphenate words in the wrong place with humorous results. Even placed correctly, some hyphens can twist the meaning of a sentence. Each of the sentences below has a missing hyphenated word. The numbers in parentheses give the length of the hyphenated word parts. See if you can figure them out! For example: The mime had to permanently retire after he was accused of (4-8). The answer is ""mans-laughter""; the sentence makes sense with either ""manslaughter"" or ""man's laughter"". 1. On karaoke night, the Yankee pitcher sang a (4-2) that was good enough for television. 2. I find the (5-4) relaxing; this invention will cure my restless legs. 3. The farmer posted a pretty sign saying he would persecute any trespassers! Isn't that (5-4)? 4. The (4-6) railings by the waterfall prevented many tourists from getting close.","Here are additional clues to both the complete word and the two hyphenated parts. A clue for mans-laughter is: murder = male's-humour 1. song = sphere-commercial 2. finding = nightclub-extreme 3. put on trial = writing-pretty 4. doubted = spray-oxidated","1. ball-ad 2. disco-very 3. prose-cute 4. mist-rusted",Language,03/11/07 #21644,Mixing Math and Poetry,2.79,3.13,donfrench,"What kind of poem am I? (12 + 144 + 20 + (3 x (4^.5)))/7 + 5 x 11 = (9 ^2) + 0","The carat symbol (^) means raised to the power of, and a number raised to the power of one half is its square root.","A mathematical limerick! A dozen a gross and a score, Plus three times the square root of four, Divided by seven, Plus five times eleven, Is nine squared and not a bit more!",Other,03/19/05 #17621,Rebuses in Reverse,2.75,2.96,snaps,"We've all seen a rebus like ""midstuckdle"" (stuck in the middle). The following clues are ""revrebuseserse"" (rebuses in reverse). That is, the clues below are answers to rebuses which all use the ""in"" construction. However, the original rebus from the clues below will actually form a word. For example, ""Not old in actually existing"" would be ""renewal"" (new in real). Can you solve the rest? 1. A female relative in quickly departed the scene 2. Not off in a length of time 3. Fluid for writing in a part of a plane 4. A light at night in wet dirt 5. To talk in a soft, loving voice in a confidence trick 6. To separate in a legal document",No hint available.,"1. Flaunted (aunt in fled) 2. Honour (on in hour) 3. Winking (ink in wing) 4. Mustard (star in mud) 5. Cocoon (coo in con) 6. Departed (part in deed)",Language,05/11/04 #2667,Thirst,2.32,2.22,missie,A man dies of thirst in his own home. What happened?,"It's not a drought, earthquake, or any other natural disaster.","His home is a houseboat, and he has run out of water while on an extended cruise.",Situation,03/13/02 #2847,Impossible Journey,2.43,1.69,204_BlaZe_41,"It is impossible for anyone to survive longer than one week without drinking, yet Abdullah managed a ten day desert crossing without finding water or bringing any along. How was this possible?",No hint available.,"A desert is a region so arid that it supports little or no vegetation. Many areas of the far north are also considered deserts, which is where Abdullah made his ten day crossing. He survived by eating ice and snow.",Science,03/23/02 #4807,Pennies,2.3,1.69,mad-ade,Someone offered Mad Ade a choice between a ton of pennies and five miles of pennies lined up with touching edges. Which should Mad Ade take if he wanted the most money? Here are some facts to help you decide: A penny weighs .09 ounces. A penny's diameter is .75 inches.,No hint available.,"Five miles of pennies are worth more than the ton of pennies. Use a calculator to find the inches in a mile, then 5 miles. 316,800 inches divided by .75 inches = 422,400 pennies, or £4,224. 1 ton = 32,000 ounces divided by .09 ounces = 355,555.55 pennies, or £3,555.56.",Math,06/18/02 #6716,2 H on a D,2.11,2.41,something,2 H on a D,No hint available.,2 Handles on a door,Letter-Equations,08/20/02 #37695,Paying the Price,2.39,1.31,4demo,"The following sign is posted near the cash register at a store. What saying does the sign represent? Conflict: $0.00 Independence: $7.50 Strife: $0.00 Friendship: $0.00 Liberty: $12.25",What do independence and liberty signify?,"Freedom is not free. Conflict, Strife, and Friendship are all $0.00, meaning that they are free. Independence and Liberty are both synonyms for freedom and cost money, thus are not free.",Rebus,08/08/07 #6064,Usq...,2.43,2.56,missie,"Figure out the following cryptogram: ""Usq fdysn cbtvyoq edypjoqs dbcq fu wq fblndf qbopz us yr, jus'f ols hyfd b huujqs rfbmq."" - Kbem Dbsjqz",No hint available.,"""One thing vampire children have to be taught early on is, don't run with a wooden stake."" - Jack Handey",Cryptography,07/30/02 #36517,What Key(s) Do I Press!?,2.8,1.96,soccer_chick70,"Jenny called a toll free customer service line about a bouncy ball that wouldn't bounce. The prerecorded voice gave instructions. ""For Spanish, press 1; for Portuguese, press 2; for French, press 3; for Swedish, press 4; for Norwegian, press 5; for Finnish, press 6; for Bantu, press 7; for Italian, press 8; for Russian, press 9; for Ukrainian, press 0; for English press octothorpe."" Confused and frustrated, Jenny hung up. When her brother Benny asked what was wrong, she told him, ""They went through all the languages, and all except English had a number. For English I was asked to press octothorpe!"" Benny smiled and enlightened his sister. Jenny grinned from ear to ear and called back. This time, she got to the English section of the phone tree. What key or series of keys did she press?",No hint available.,The pound (#) key. This is also less commonly known as the octothorpe.,Trivia,05/05/07 #26008,Take it Away,3.08,1.98,trickster2005,"Take away my first letter and I am a store. Take away the second and people who look at me adore. Put all my letters back and read me in reverse if you are able. I am now cars suspended from an overhead cable. Take a letter away and I become male sheep. Did you get it, or did the letters you try to keep?",No hint available.,"Smart! In order: mart, art, trams, rams",Riddle,09/21/05 #37538,Isn't that Malpractice?,2.79,1.98,Hrsemn4,"Sam is NOT a doctor, nor is he a nurse, or anything of the type. In fact, Sam has never received any medical training of any type. In the city where he works, drawing blood for any purpose must be done by trained and licensed medical personnel. Yet despite all this, Sam routinely pierces veins and withdraws their contents. He has never been in any trouble for doing this; in fact, he is paid better the more he does it. How can this be possible?",No hint available.,"Sam works in a mine. A vein within an animal's body conveys blood to the heart. A vein is also the name given to a rich source of ore or coal. Sam would be paid quite well the more of the vein's contents he could procure.",Situation,07/25/07 #28448,Threes and Fours,2.35,2.45,shenqiang,"Which is the smallest natural number that satisfies the following conditions: (1) Its digits consist of, and only of 3's and 4's. (2) Its digital sum is divisible by 3 and 4. (3) The number itself is divisible by 3 and 4.",It's very easy.,"From conditions 1 and 2, we know that we need at least 3 4's and 4 3's. The smallest number they make is 3333444, which is divisible by 3 and 4. Therefore, the number we're looking for is 3333444.",Math,02/05/06 #6677,Funeral.....,2.97,2.29,bmotts,"I heard this teaser this weekend from a medical student. Apparently, they ask this question to people to know if they are psychopaths. If you can answer it right away, you may have bizarre tendencies. You have all the elements to answer it, you don't have to elaborate complex theories. Ok, here it comes: A young girl is at her mother's funeral. She meets a young man she had never seen before, but who's there as a part of family. She instantly falls in love with him. A few days after, she kills her sister. Why?","Remember, you have all the elements of the problem in your hands.","She only wanted to see the young man again, assuming he would show up at her own sister's funeral. Are you a psychopath? :)",Situation,08/20/02 #33980,A Son of Hounds and Jackals,2.83,1.75,OldChinaHand,"On me children can practice counting, while learning about life's ways. Goodness will take you up, but be naughty and you're going down, down, down.",The first to reach 100 wins the game.,"The game of Chutes and Ladders, a favorite game since 1943. With each spin you move steadily along, climbing the ladder as a result of good deeds, or sliding down the chute due to naughtiness. Hounds and Jackals, the ancient game of Egypt, is also the earliest known example, and possibly the original form, of the 'Snakes and Ladders' game.",Riddle,11/16/06 #26514,Threes and Eights,2.47,2.38,lips,"Using the four digits 3,3,8,8 and the mathematical operators +,-,*,/ write an expression equal to 24. You must use each digit exactly once, but may use each operator multiple times, or not at all. Parentheses are allowed. The following would be a valid expression: (8 + 3)/(8 + 3) = 1",Think fractions.,8 / (3 - 8/3) = 24,Math,10/24/05 #31842,Triples 7,2.5,1.87,bigSWAFF_69_,"A Triple is a Series with 6 sets, each with 3 numbers apiece. The relationship between the first two numbers are the same throughout all of the sets, and the relationship between the last two numbers is also the same, however, it is different than the first relationship.Try and find the missing numbers: 2 12 5 3 18 8 4 24 11 5 __ __ _ 36 __ _ __ 20",No hint available.,"2 12 5 3 18 8 4 24 11 5 30 14 6 36 17 7 42 20 Relationship for first two numbers: Multiply by 6 (2 multiplied by 6 = 12) Relationship for last two numbers: Divide by 2, minus one (12 divided by two = 6, 6 minus 1 = 5)",Series,07/17/06 #50517,The Stinking Rose,2.28,1.6400000000000001,theriddler,"I'm strong, but I'm not known for my good looks. I'm popular with the ladies, especially good cooks. I'm thin-skinned from my head to my toes. Some see me in the paper and turn up their nose, Because I'm famous as ""The Stinking Rose."" Who, or what, am I?",No hint available.,"It's garlic. Its head can be separated into individual toes or cloves. The 'paper' is the thin skin throughout the head of garlic. It is called ""The Stinking Rose."" Garlic has a fan club called ""Lovers of the Stinking Rose"" and there's a restaurant in San Francisco called The Stinking Rose, where every dish has garlic in it, even the ice cream.",Riddle,03/15/15 #10235,Where's the Airplane,2.32,0.65,MrIxolite,"What is this? B BE BER BERM BERMU BERMUD BERMUDA",No hint available.,The Bermuda Triangle,Rebus,02/04/03 #52169,2 Teams,3.06,1.77,Rove_Tarts,"Ace, Allie, Carl, Carla, Dora, Draco, Emma, Eric, Jacob, June, Kaleb, Luke, Qin, & Tina are divided equally between a red and a blue team. Can you figure out who is on what team? Everyone with E at the end of their names are on the same team. Everyone with a letter that is only in their name is on the same team. Everyone with the most found letter in their names are split evenly between teams. Jacob & Emma are on the same team. Carl and Eric are on the red team. Except for one pair, everyone that has the same first letter are on the same team.",Try to find who is on who's team before who is what color.,"Red Team: Qin Tina Emma Jacob Carla Carl Eric Blue Team: Dora Kaleb Draco Allie Ace June Luke",Logic,04/13/19 #44177,Juggler Issue,2.65,1.35,rockstar1234567,"A juggler must perform a trick in which he crosses a narrow bridge juggling 3 balls. He weighs 80 kg and each one of the balls weighs 10 kg. However, the bridge can hold only 100 kg before breaking. The lion tamer said that as long as he kept one ball in the air, the bridge won't collapse. Is he correct?",Newton's 3rd Law of Motion,"Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. In fact, the lion tamer was wrong. Since each ball weighs 10 kg, it takes more than 10 kg to throw a ball into the air. Add that to the weight of the juggler and the weight of the balls he is holding, and the total will be over 100 kg. Therefore, the bridge he is standing on will collapse.",Science,02/25/09 #35280,Catalan Opera Singers,2.28,1.95,Thel,"Nuria was making a school project about the early days of four well-known Catalan opera singers. Unfortunately, she messed up her notes and has only some scraps of information left. Can you help her determine the name and surname of each of the singers, when they sung professionally for the first time and which opera was it? A note for opera lovers: the names and surnames do not correspond to the real ones (this is explained in the answer). A note for non-opera lovers: the hint reveals who composed each opera. Names: Montserrat, Victoria (women) Josep, Jaume (men) Surnames: Carreras, dels Angels, Aragall, Caballe Professional Debut: 1945, 1957, 1961, 1970 Opera: Le Nozze di Figaro, Norma, I Pagliacci, La Boheme 1. The four singers are: Montserrat, the one who made his/her debut in 1961, the one who played a minor role in Norma and the one surnamed Caballe. 2. Neither Jaume nor Victoria made their debut in 1970, nor did she sing in La Boheme. 3. The four operas are: Le Nozze, the one staged in 1957, the one with dels Angels and I Pagliacci. 4. La Boheme was staged in 1957. 5. The one surnamed Carreras sung in an opera by Leoncavallo, and the 1945 debutante didn't sing in an opera by Bellini. 6. Caballe was greatly applauded for his/her performance in Le Nozze. 7. The men made their debut after the women.","Le Nozze di Figaro = Mozart I Pagliacci = Leoncavallo Norma = Bellini La Boheme = Puccini","Montserrat Aragall, 1957, La Boheme (real name: Montserrat Caballe, well-known for her duet with Freddy Mercury during the Barcelona Olympics in 1992). Victoria Caballe, 1945, Nozze di Figaro (real name: Victoria dels Angels) Josep dels Angels, 1970, Norma (real name: Josep Carreras, part of ""The Three Tenors"" along with Placido Domingo and Pavarotti). Jaume Carreras, 1961, I Pagliacci (real name: Jaume Aragall) If you enjoy fine voices, be sure to check them out!",Logic-Grid,02/12/07 #52144,Are You Asking Me?,2.53,1.1,Marple,"What has four letters, sometimes has nine letters but never has five letters.",It's not actually a question,"It's a statement about the number of letters in each word. What = 4 letters Sometimes 9 letters Never = 5 letters",Trick,06/15/19 #42418,Neighborly Number,2.63,2.3,GrayPanther,"AJ, Celeste, Juan, Kara, Lily, and Randy all live on Redwood Avenue. Each of their house numbers has three digits, but the only digits in their house numbers are 2, 3, 5, and 6. The same digit may appear twice in one of the addresses. AJ's house number is Juan's house number doubled. Juan lives next to Lily and right across from Randy. Randy's number is the lowest on the street. Celeste's number is a higher number than AJ's but has the same three digits as his. They both have the same digit in the hundreds place. Kara's house number is the reverse of Juan's. What is each person's street address?","1. Make a chart listing the possible combinations of digits, and then use the clues to eliminate the impossibilities. 2. Remember, street addresses have all the odd numbers on one side, and the even numbers on the other.","AJ's street address is 526 Redwood Avenue. Celeste's street address is 562 Redwood Avenue. Juan's street address is 263 Redwood Avenue. Kara's street address is 362 Redwood Avenue. Lily's street address is 265 Redwood Avenue. Randy's street address is 262 Redwood Avenue.",Logic,07/04/08 #37962,Exotic,2.13,2.88,brainglewashed,F L W = the D of the H F,This man is a very famous Architect.,Frank Lloyd Wright = the Designer of the House Fallingwater,Letter-Equations,08/25/07 #1701,8 S on a SS,2.2,2.03,maxmars,8 S on a SS,No hint available.,8 Sides on a stop sign.,Letter-Equations,12/12/01 #24349,"Why, Skid Mark, Why?",3.09,1.86,Question_Mark,"After recent events, Question Mark is annoyed with his brother, Skid Mark. Skid thought it would be funny to hide Question's wallet. He told Question that he would get it back if he finds it. So, first off, Skid laid five colored keys in a row. One of them is a key to a room where Skid is hiding Question's wallet. Using the clues, can you determine the order of the keys and which is the right key? Red: This key is somewhere to the left of the key to the door. Blue: This key is not at one of the ends. Green: This key is three spaces away from the key to the door (2 between). Yellow: This key is next to the key to the door. Orange: This key is in the middle.",No hint available.,"The order (from left to right) is Green, Red, Orange, Blue, Yellow. The blue key is the key to the door.",Logic,07/08/05 #17532,8 = F in a M,2.12,2.58,cnmne,8 = F in a M,No hint available.,8 = Furlongs in a Mile,Letter-Equations,05/02/04 #44029,Eliza Pseudonym and The Middle-Aged and the Narcoleptic,2.81,2.82,mathgrant,"Eliza Pseudonym is an avid watcher of the daytime soap opera ""The Middle-Aged and the Narcoleptic"". A recent five-day period from Monday through Friday has had quite a lot of plot development! Each day's episode featured one of five characters (Harmony, Irene, Jake, Kit, and Lee) sharing a different secret with one of the other five characters. Over the course of the week, each character had divulged one secret, and learned one secret. From the clues below, determine which character confessed a secret on each episode, which character learned the secret, and what each secret was. 1. The episode on which Irene revealed a secret (which wasn't Monday's episode) aired either two days before or two days after the episode on which was heard the line, ""It was I who ate your last oatmeal raisin cookie. Forgive me, Kit. . . ."" 2. Harmony is not the character who admitted, ""I wouldn't want to let the others know, but I feel like I have to be honest with you. . . my two favorite video games are 'Mario is Missing!' and 'E.T.' for the Atari."" 3. Jake sobbed, ""I dare not tell my wife, because it'd threaten our marriage, but when she's not around, I like to read. . . this is embarrassing. . . Sudoku magazines!"" sometime before Irene learned a secret, but sometime after Lee learned a secret; these three episodes were not aired on three consecutive days. 4. Irene is not the character who was told the shocking words, ""The neighborhood kids didn't toilet paper your house last week. I. . . I DID IT! I'M SORRY!"" 5. The episode on which Kit told a secret and the episode where a character said, ""Please don't judge me for what I'm about to tell you, but. . . I listen to country music and rap music. . ."" were aired consecutively, in some order. 6. On Thursday's episode, a character entrusted his or her secret to Harmony.",No hint available.,"Monday: Harmony told Kit about a cookie Tuesday: Kit told Lee about toilet paper Wednesday: Irene told Jake about country/rap Thursday: Jake told Harmony about Sudoku Friday: Lee told Irene about ""Mario is Missing""/""E.T.""",Logic-Grid,02/03/09 #50593,Word Defragmentation,2.69,2.15,ThinksForFun,"For each item below, construct the answer word which has been fragmented, by joining together its ""fragment"" words which are smaller words that you must figure out from the clues provided. The hint gives the respective number of letters in each ""fragment"" word, and the number of letters in each answer word (shown in brackets). Example: rectangular block + advance/profit Hint: 3 letters + 4 letters (= 7 letters) Answer: bargain (bar + gain) 1) repair + consumed 2) symbolic piece of cloth + scold 3) rendered inoperable + extreme anger 4) commercial + fair 5) separated/split + turmoil/bustle 6) search systematically + first person singular pronoun + country","1) 3 letters + 3 letters (= 6 letters) 2) 4 letters + 4 letters (= 8 letters) 3) 5 letters + 4 letters (= 9 letters) 4) 2 letters + 4 letters (= 6 letters) 5) 4 letters + 3 letters (= 7 letters) 6) 4 letters + 1 letter + 6 letters (= 11 letters)","1) fixate (fix + ate) 2) flagrant (flag + rant) 3) brokerage (broke + rage) 4) adjust (ad + just) 5) tornado (torn + ado) 6) combination (comb + I + nation)",Language,05/23/15 #19844,Singing,2.6,2.31,Goat,"4 = M V C (S, A, T, B)",No hint available.,"4 = Major Voice Categories (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)",Letter-Equations,12/13/04 #13641,Elizabethan,2.29,1.06,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? HIS.TORY",No hint available.,A Period In History,Rebus,07/06/03 #29572,He-Boy-Girl-Dislikers Club #3,2.58,1.24,PineappleMama,"The He-Boy-Girl-Dislikers club is very strict about security. They don't want to risk their tree-house being contaminated by cooties, cosmetics or any other girl-borne plague. Each week they change their secret password to prevent infiltration. Can you decipher the clues to determine what this week's code is? Timberlake Singer + Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & _______",Sliding into your desk as the bell rings,"Just in time (Justin + Thyme) ""We are He-Boy-Girl-Dislikers....we'll grow up to be big bikers"" ""H.B.G.D.'s rule this tree....Girls just bring on misery"" ""If you want to join our club....then girls you have to always snub""",Other,04/06/06 #11335,10:30,2.35,1.74,PhilDunphy,10:30 = no more B at M,Fast Food,10:30 = no more Breakfast at McDonalds,Letter-Equations,03/20/03 #4600,S D Cousin,2.7600000000000002,2.5,bobbrt,"Can you decipher this relationship: s d cousin",No hint available.,"Second cousin ""once"" removed.",Rebus,06/09/02 #31123,Birbal the Wise - VIII,3.18,1.98,Swordoffury1392,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer? Emperor Akbar was very fond of Birbal as were many of the village people. However, this made quite a few of Akbar's other ministers jealous. One day, they decided to come up with a plan to rid them of the ""great"" Birbal. To avoid suspicion from falling on them, they took the help of the emperor's barber in this plan. A week later, while Akbar was receiving a haircut, the barber lightly mentioned that he knew of someone who could allow Akbar to reach and even converse with his ancestors who had passed away, but he also stated the man who would go to the heavens would have to be witty, intelligent and wise. Akbar instantly recommended Birbal for the task. Birbal was told that a fire would be lit around him and the smoke would carry him to heaven; however, chanting would protect him from burning to his death. Birbal instantly knew that this was a plan to get rid of him, but not wishing to anger the emperor, he agreed to perform this task in a month. During this period of time, he asked some laborers to build a tunnel connecting his house to the cemetery, where the ""rites"" would be held. When the day came, Birbal escaped his death by going to his house where he stayed for a month growing out his beard. A month later, he went back to Akbar's palace. When asked about the health of Akbar's ancestors, Birbal replied that they were doing very well but were missing just one thing. What did Birbal say they were missing in heaven?",No hint available.,"Birbal stated that there weren't any barbers in heaven and said that was the reason for his long beard. Since Akbar now knew a way to reach them, he asked for his barber to be sent. Realizing that he would die in the fire, the emperor's barber confessed what he and the ministers did and no one dared to conspire against Birbal again.",Logic,06/16/06 #44226,Spice Nest,2.13,2.04,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: me, nest, spice, use Group B: burst, forth, of, roof, turn, why",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A can have ""ho"" added to its beginning to make a new word. me - home nest - honest spice - hospice use - house thus of - hoof",Group,03/08/09 #29394,Words With GH,2.72,2.59,cnmne,"Five words that contain GH as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? GH---, -GH---, ---GH-, ----GH, ---GH-- Pool: A, A, E, I, M, O, O, O, R, R, S, S, S, T, T, T, T, U, U, W",No hint available.,"GHOST, AGHAST, WEIGHT, TROUGH, SORGHUM",Language,03/29/06 #42306,A Legend in Sports 3,1.91,2.83,brainyboy615,R G = The G G,He was a famous American football player.,"Red Grange = The Galloping Ghost He is commonly known as one of the best American football players ever, and he is also a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.",Letter-Equations,06/21/08 #4156,Rude Question,2.28,2.17,mad-ade,"What is this well known film title? DPRECOPOSENALT",No hint available.,IN-decent proposal,Rebus,05/19/02 #22722,Upside Down Gets Bigger,2.92,1.92,Creamy_Suga,What is bigger when it is put upside down?,"It's not a body part, which everyone seems to think it is.","The number 6. When it is put upside down, it is 9. Nine is bigger than six.",Riddle,05/07/05 #39506,The Beginning of Truth,2.46,0.86,ZoZoMcFoe,"The beginning of truth, the end of deceit, The last part of night, as well as of neat. The firstly of turmoil and edge of your seat. It's absent in morals but not so in sleet.",Examine these words more closely.,"The letter 'T' The beginning of Truth, and the end of deceiT, and so on.",Riddle,12/08/07 #23143,Classes For The Ages,2.45,0.65,DennysGirl,"Four teachers teach four different classes. Can you figure out which teachers teach which class, and how long they've been teaching that class? Clues: 1. Mr. Bein collects art, but doesn't teach the class. 2. Ms. Burger has been teaching for more than 5 years. 3. The teachers are: Mr. Stein, the Art teacher, the English teacher, and Mr. Bein. 4. Mr. Stein confuses his students everyday with his long explanations and calculations. 5. The English teacher has been teaching for 2 years. 6. Mr. Stein and Ms. Nova started working one year apart from each other.",No hint available.,"1. Mr. Bein collects art, but doesn't teach the class. (Therefore, Mr. Bein is not the Art teacher.) 2. Ms. Burger has been teaching for more than 5 years. (Which means she had been working for 8 years, the only choice higher than 5.) 3. The teachers are: Mr. Stein, the Art teacher, the English teacher, and Mr. Bein. (Neither Mr. Stein nor Mr. Bein is the Art teacher or the English teacher.) 4. Mr. Stein confuses his students everyday with his long explanations and calculations. (Which Math teachers usually do. So Mr Stein is the Math teacher and Mr. Bein is the History teacher.) 5. The English teacher has been teaching for 2 years. (Ms. Burger is not the English teacher, but the Art teacher. Ms. Nova is the English teacher.) 6. Mr. Stein and Ms. Nova started working one year apart from each other. (Ms. Nova, the English teacher, has been teaching for 2 years, so Mr. Stein has been working for 1 year, and Mr. Bein for 5.) Mr. Stein/Math/1 year Ms. Nova/English/2 years Mr. Bein/History/5 years Ms. Burger/Art/8 years",Logic-Grid,05/25/05 #22492,Operation: Bird-Ectomy,2.61,2.42,cnmne,"Six words have had their birds removed. The birds have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each bird with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: crow, hawk, owl, raven, robin, wren Group B: itt, ndior, ossb, tre, trsig, tulg",No hint available.,"crow + ossb = crossbow (CRossbOW) hawk + ndior = handiwork (HAndiWorK) owl + tre = trowel (trOWeL) raven + trsig = traversing (tRAVErsiNg) robin + tulg = troubling (tROuBlINg) wren + itt = written (WRittEN)",Language,04/26/05 #25782,Sunshine of the Soul,2.5,1.3800000000000001,sweetime,"My first is in lever, but not ever. My second is in leave, but not love. My third is in mouth, but not myth. My fourth is in gold, but not old. My fifth is in heaven, but not nervous. My sixth is in youth, but not young. My seventh is in eternal, but not natural. My last is in ribald, but not bawdy. What am I?",No hint available.,Laughter.,Riddle,09/05/05 #33052,Oh My Stars!,2.1,2.94,lessthanjake789,"The following sequence has a geometric tint to it, with emphasis on the title. What are the next two numbers and why? 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, ...",No hint available.,"1 and 2. These are the number of unique star configurations you can have with that many points (the first 0 meaning 1 point cannot have a star configuration, the 1 at 5 means you can draw a 5 point star, continuously). A 6 point star does not exist in continuous fashion (the star of David is 2 triangles, remember), and there are two ways to draw a 7 point star. A star is to be defined as any number of points connected in continuous subsequent line segments without repetition, that cross over each other in the same size segments. Obviously, you cannot have a star with one or two points (a dot and line, respectively), 3 points make only a triangle, 4 a square. Five, however, can be made into a pentagon, which is not a correct shape in this instance, but CAN be made into a star, as explained below. (The following part of the explanation, relevantly, is taken from teaser #32838) First let's examine the 5-point star and why there is only that one, described, way to draw it. Starting at A, you cannot go straight to point B, otherwise you will have a pentagon, not a star. Same with point E. AC and AD (and their progressions) yield identical pictures (notice that the last segment in the AB one is DA, literally reverse all the letters to get AD ending in BA). Now, for a 6-point star, there are points A, B, C, D, E, and F. Starting at A, we cannot go to B or F, because then we have a hexagon. If we go AC, then we must go CE, then CA... making a triangle, not a 6-point star. Going backwards, AE, EC, EA; mirror image. If we skip 2 points, we go AD, then DA, a straight line, hardly a 6-point star. For a 7-point star, A-G, AB and AG are not possible, as that's a heptagon. AC, CE, EG, GB, BD, DF, FA is one way to draw the star, skipping one point in between. Also, AD, DG, GC, CF, FB, BE, EA, skipping two points in between each, is the other way. The last two line possibilities, AF and AE are mirror images of the two working scenarios. There is only 1 way to make an 8 point star and 2 ways to make a 9 point star.",Series,09/17/06 #13274,Pet Psychic,2.3,2.06,notsolilgeorge,"A boy was trying to make his sister believe that he could talk to their cat. One day, he walked into the bathroom and said ""Meow!"" as if he was calling the cat. Then he walked out, opened the door outside, and the cat walked in. He neither saw the cat nor heard her meow. But his sister knew how he knew the cat was there. How did he know?",No hint available.,He heard the cat's bell from a window in the bathroom.,Situation,06/19/03 #13088,Pearl on Black Velvet,2.71,1.37,horse_luver,"I am a pearl on black velvet, A lunatic's friend after sunset, I am the Gaia's travelling friend, I run in circles that never end. What am I?",No hint available.,"The moon. It looks like a pearl against the black night sky. It is sometimes referred to as ""the Luna"", therefore, Luna-Tics are people who worship the moon. The Gaia is another way of saying Earth, and the moon travels with the Earth. It orbits the Earth, making circles that never end.",Riddle,06/12/03 #32320,In Other Words...Musicals,2.64,1.31,Winner4600,"Below are the titles of five Broadway musicals. However, they have been rephrased, and it is your job to figure them out. Good Luck! 1. The Ghost of the Theater 2. Violinist on Top of the House 3. Tale of the Side Opposite East 4. The Male Monarch and Yours Truly 5. Fortieth Thoroughfare and Two",No hint available.,"1. The Phantom of the Opera 2. Fiddler on the Roof 3. West Side Story 4. The King and I 5. 42nd Street",Language,08/06/06 #47325,Getting a Job After I Get Married,3.03,1.93,hellokitty,"Five people are getting a job after they get married. First Names- Adam, Jacob, Sydney, Sarah, Ashley Last Names- Adams, Thompson, Jackson, Newman, Hudson Married to- Ella, Emma, Brad, Levi, and Tyler Jobs- Doctor, Veterinarian, Teacher, Lawyer, Hair Stylist City Working in- Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Columbus, Phoenix 1. Adam (whose last name is not Hudson) doesn't work in Los Angeles. 2. The five people are Jacob, Mr. Thompson, the one married to Tyler, the veterinarian, and the one who works in Columbus. 3. The person who is the doctor doesn't work in Phoenix. 4. The person whose last name is Newman (who isn't Sydney) is the teacher. 5. Sydney, whose last name is Adams, doesn't work in New York. 6. The five jobs belong to the hair stylist, Sydney, the one married to Levi, the person whose last name is Newman, and the one who works in Chicago. 7. The doctor isn't married to Ella. The veterinarian isn't married to Brad. 8. Emma (who isn't married to Jacob) is married to the doctor. 9. Mrs. Jackson doesn't work in Phoenix. 10. Sarah (whose last name is not Hudson) is the hair stylist. 11. The veterinarian works in New York. The lawyer works in Columbus. 12. Jacob's last name is Newman. 13. Brad is married to the lawyer.","No man married a man. No woman married a woman.","Adam Thompson married Emma and is the doctor in Chicago. Jacob Newman married Ella and is the teacher in Phoenix. Sydney Adams married Brad and is the lawyer in Columbus. Sarah Jackson married Tyler and is the hair stylist in Los Angeles. Ashley Hudson married Levi and is the veterinarian in New York.",Logic-Grid,06/24/10 #48271,Improper Prefixes 12,2.14,2.46,cnmne,"The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. The pronunciation for the ""incorrect definition"" may be different (""co ward"" instead of ""coward""). Example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix). 1) without a lyric poem 2) no longer in a state of latent hostility 3) in favor of pipes for transporting air 4) below a certain citrus fruit",No hint available.,"1) anode (an ode) 2) extension (ex tension) 3) product (pro duct) 4) sublime (sub lime)",Language,12/07/10 #4249,"1, 4, 16, 64, 256, ...",2.21,1.42,QtistLilShorTy,"1, 4, 16, 64, 256, __ What is the next number of this sequence?",No hint available.,"1024 The way to make the sequence is the previous number times 4.",Series,05/24/02 #6230,Band Camp,2.28,1.66,Mogmatt16,"Mogmatt noticed something odd at his marching sessions at Band Camp. His morning practice was twice as long as the afternoon one, but had 3 times as many breaks. Breaks are evenly spaced in each session. It was totally logical. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"There is a break every hour, so in the morning, it is 4 hours with 3 breaks and the afternoon is 2 hours with one break.",Other,08/04/02 #36497,Flock Together,2.55,1.94,Jimbo,"Can you explain why it is that each of these objects would flock together? 1. Hole in 3 strokes on a par 5 hole 2. Saint Frodo's enemy 3. Sir Reginald Ross's little boy Albert 4. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC",No hint available.,"They are all birds! 1. 2 under par is an EAGLE 2. Saint = St; Frodo's enemy = Orc St + orc = storc = STORK 3. Albert Ross = ALBATROSS 4. A row of C's = a 'C' row = CROW",Other,05/04/07 #1473,Eight Wheels,2.57,1.78,ripstein,What form of transportation has eight wheels but carries only one passenger?,Think recreation.,Roller skates OR roller blades,Riddle,11/21/01 #16133,Mean Mammals,2.46,2.91,griphook,"One or more alternative meanings of the names of some mammals are given below. Identify the mammals. The first is done for you. 1. Mimics = Apes 2. Produces 3. Pope's written statements 4. Symbols of office 5. Sports equipment 6. Harass or pester 7. Pile driver ram 8. Thrash somebody as punishment 9. Novice 10. Jabber or rant",No hint available.,"2. Bears 3. Bulls 4. Seals 5. Bats 6. Badger 7. Monkey 8. Whale 9. Colt 10.Rabbit",Language,01/11/04 #18963,Too Quiet,2.49,1.16,MrIxolite,"What is shown here? H U R R Iris C A N E",No hint available.,The eye of the storm,Rebus,09/27/04 #28301,Couples Around the World,3.04,2.04,wizkid,"Jeff has five friends who have gone to different countries for a while to study the culture. He received a letter from each of his friends telling of the girls they found in these countries. Jeff lost the letters and forgot who found whom. Help him figure out which guy found which girl and each girl's hobby, name, favorite food and in which country they were found. Friends: Jerry, John, Mark, Luis, and Bill Girls: Jennifer, Jessica, Marissa, Ashley, Brittany. Countries: United States, Brazil, Norway, India, Denmark. Hobbies: Playing the piano, Read, Cook, Clean, Shop. Favorite Foods: Pizza, Lasagna, Lamb Chops, Steak, Shrimp. 1. The five friends are: The one who found Jennifer, the one who found the girl that likes to eat pizza, John, the one who found the girl from Denmark [who likes lasagna], and the one who found the girl who loves to shop. 2. The five girls are: The one found by Mark, the one who likes steak, the one who likes to play the piano, Ashley, and the girl found by John [who loves lamb chops]. 3. No guy found a girl who shared the same initial in their names. 4. Part of Brazil is on the coast, there is a lot of seafood that is brought in. Jennifer lives close to the seafood market. She always secretly orders extra shrimp, her favorite. 5. Unlike Jeff's other friends, Luis didn't leave the United States. This is how he found Jessica, the master shopper. 6. Brittany came from a long line of musicians, her grandfather left her the piano she loves so dearly. 7. Jennifer was very smart and creative. This came from her continuous reading. 8. Although Ashley cooks, she doesn't mind ordering the best food in the world, pizza. 9. The girl from India loves to cook.",Don't use names and favorite foods to base assumptions of the countries.,"Jerry-Brittany-Denmark-Piano-Lasagna John-Marissa-Norway-Clean-Lamb Chops Mark-Jennifer-Brazil-Read-Shrimp Luis-Jessica-United States-Shop-Steak Bill-Ashley-India-Cook-Pizza",Logic-Grid,01/27/06 #32022,12 F in a M T,2.26,2.73,blonde_genius,12 F (2 F) in a M T,No hint available.,"12 Feet (2 Fathoms) in a Mark Twain A Mark Twain was an old nautical term used to measure the depth of water. They measured the depth by dropping a rope, marked at 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 fathoms. If the water went to the second mark, it was a ""mark twain"", twain meaning two.",Letter-Equations,07/25/06 #25339,Monkey Monkey Monkey,2.31,0.7000000000000001,ck_monkeyman,"There is a monkey lover called Richard, and he collects stamps of monkeys in a binder. The last time he checked, he had 8351 stamps of monkeys. One day, he found another 100 stamps. Going to his binder, he found that his stamps were all gone! He suspects these people: Jeff: The landlord. Loves collecting stamps. Jack: His brother. Loves stuffed animals, especially monkeys. Thief: His other brother. A kleptomaniac. Richard gathered them before him, and asked, ""Where are my monkey stamps?"" And here are their alibis: Jeff: I would love to have your stamps; unfortunately, I don't have them. Jack: Why would I want your silly 8351 stamps? Thief: What stamps? Richard said, ""I know which one of you it is, and you had better give them back!""","Somewhere in the alibis you will find, A clue that's really of a different kind.","It was Jack. No one else knew Richard had 8351 stamps except himself and Jack. Jack said, ""OK, I'm sorry. I just wanted to get some more monkeys with the money I would have gotten if I sold the stamps."" Richard replied, ""Well, look in the newspapers for a job. I think there's one that pays two monkeys per hour."" ""Really?"" ""Really."" ""Then I'm going to go get me a job!""",Mystery,08/16/05 #33724,Demise of the Scottish Kings,2.65,1.8,nick93,"Throughout the history of Scotland, various men aspired to the crown, only to meet an untimely death a short time later. Since everybody knew that the king wouldn't be around long enough to seek revenge, the kings tended to earn nicknames that were hardly flattering, to say the least. One year, five different kings (Robert, Edward, James, William, and Thelred) assumed the throne for a period of months before joining their ancestors in the halls of dead royalty. One was attacked by dragons, one was executed by the English for ""political crimes"", one fell prey to a hunting accident, one was poisoned by a political enemy, and one died of the Bubonic Plague. In the short time they reigned, they earned such nicknames as the Unprepared, the Campaigner, the Brute, Pierce-Arrow, and the Inlaw. Using the 7 clues provided, can you figure out which king held what nickname and how he met his demise? 1. The five kings were: Robert, James, the one known as ""the Campaigner"", the one killed in a hunting accident, and the one who died from the plague. 2. Thelred (who was not known as the Inlaw), Pierce-Arrow, and the king killed by dragons were all 3rd cousins. 3. Neither dragons nor the English killed Edward nor the Unprepared. 4. Pierce-Arrow was the only king to share an initial with his means of death. 5. Thelred was frightened as a youth by a wild boar. Consequently, he avoided the hunt at all costs. 6. Robert the Brute was not poisoned. 7. William's death held political reasons.",No hint available.,"*Robert the Brute was killed by dragons *Edward the Inlaw was killed in a hunting accident *James Pierce-Arrow was poisoned *William the Campaigner was killed by the English *Thelred the Unprepared died of the plague",Logic-Grid,10/28/06 #38686,Dancing Around,2.49,0.93,jasmin215,"Can you decipher this rebus? DAN CING",No hint available.,Breakdancing!,Rebus,10/08/07 #5076,Massive,2.14,1.41,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? big big ignore ignore",No hint available.,Too big to ignore,Rebus,06/30/02 #17683,What Do U See,2.35,1.6300000000000001,DatSongByrd,C eye II,No hint available.,"See eye to eye C (See) eye II (two I's)",Rebus,05/18/04 #31157,Keep it Together,2.46,2.82,say_aah,3 = C in a S P C,Note the title.,3 Curves in a Standard Paper Clip,Letter-Equations,06/17/06 #3406,Greetings at a Party,2.35,2.65,cathalmccabe,"10 people are gathering in a room. Each person is meeting every other person. There are three types of greetings: a quick hello, which will take 40 seconds; a short chat, which will take 1 and a half minutes; or a longer greeting, which will take 2 minutes. Each greeting is completely random, and duration depends on the longer person. What is the probability that this gathering will take 1/2 an hour or less? Assume no time loss between meetings with different people.",No hint available.,"1/3^90 = 1/(8.73*10^42) !!! All greetings need to be made, so firstly, there are 45 greetings: 9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1 = 45 If everyone has a short greeting: 45*40 = 1800 seconds = 30 minutes, which is ok, so if everyone made that short greeting, the probability would be 1/3^90 (Each greeting, each time depends on both people involved taking the short meeting).",Probability,04/10/02 #46561,The Dark Knight,2.4,1.93,griphook,"The hired assassin was reading the following letter instruction: xxx DK There are four other people in the room with you now. Mr. Spinks is a former wrestler. Professor Alfredson is a university professor. Dr. Grayson is a scientist. Mr. Katana is a banker. Your target is the only one wearing the only color that matches what you can see here in this note. Do not fail us. P xxx Question: If nobody was wearing white, blue or green, what was the color of the outfit of the target?",The eyes rule.,"Black. The letters in the instruction are in black as one can plainly see. The only other possible color you see in the note is white (background), but nobody was wearing white. While the words ""pink"" ""red"" ""gray"" and ""tan"" could be found or read in the note, one could not really see any of the said colors in the note.",Other,03/17/10 #6469,Better,2.29,1.12,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? goodgood memememe",No hint available.,Too good for me!,Rebus,08/12/02 #29717,Eighth Powers,2.23,2.87,shenqiang,"There are three 8-digit natural numbers, each of them equals the sum of the eighth powers of its digits. Two of them are: 24678050=256+65536+1679616+5764801+16777216+0+390625+0 88593477=16777216+16777216+390625+43046721+6561+65536+5764801+5764801 Do you know what the remaining one is? It does not begin with 0, otherwise it isn't an 8-digit number.",It is between 24678050 and 88593477.,24678051.,Math,04/12/06 #27020,Thanksgiving Calamity,3.11,2.99,Splatt,"It was an odd holiday, yessiree... The Sewtnof siblings planned a potluck Thanksgiving dinner at one of their houses, however, none could cook well. Each planned to make two items. Four of them had dramas causing them to be late. All in all, it was the start of a rough holiday and everyone was in a sour mood, but once they discovered what their meal would be, they giggled at life's irony and got over themselves. Each ruined one of their recipes and successfully prepared one. Determine what the Sewtnofs finally ended up with for dinner, who made what, who ruined what, why each was late (or on time), and where each was in the age lineup. Siblings: Johanna, Emily, Jacob, Ali, Rosie Age range: Oldest, 24, 21, 19, 17 Recipes attempted: Turkey, Pumpkin Pie, Buns, Gravy, Stuffing, Green Salad, Green Beans, Cranberry Sauce, Apple Pie, Mashed Potatoes Calamities: Overslept, Ran out of gas/petrol, Had to run to store for one last ingredient, Argument with boyfriend 1. Johanna did not burn her buns because she didn't bake any. She did bake a pie, however. 2. Jacob turned off the oven and left his bird half cooked at home, hoping to be not too late. His other item required no heat to prepare, thankfully. 3. You might think the Sewtnof parents would stop having kids once they had a boy, but no, they went on to have one more child. 4. Being the host doesn't automatically ensure timeliness; also, the gardener was a very early riser, allowing her plenty of time to ruin one item, & successfully prepare another on time. 5. Sad she burnt her buns, Emily's sister was extra careful to make sure her cranberry sauce turned out okay. 6. The sister who didn't make stuffing hosted the dinner, because she's the only one with a big enough table. Johanna, her younger sister, was not the host. 7. What a day for Ali's little sister! Not only did her stuffing take forever to come out right, but she had to run to the store at the last minute to ensure her pie had fruit in it! 8. Rosie, who was not the youngest, was not the family gardener who grew main ingredients for both of her food attempts. 9. When the first arrival showed with pumpkin pie, the host was still in the shower because she had overslept. 10. The middle child was late because her boyfriend argued that he didn't feel like driving. 11. Jacob did not stop at the store; Ali didn't attempt to cook green beans, but the person who did, also ruined her gravy. 12. The person who attempted cranberry sauce did not grow the cranberries. 13. The gardener grows root vegetables and squash, but not fruit. 14. Emily is older and younger than at least one other sibling, and Ali is not the middle child. 15. The one who overslept is older than Emily, and the teenagers' names both start with the same letter. 16. The five are the person whose gravy was too salty to bring, Emily who did not have any arguments, Jacob, the host, and the person whose stuffing was delicious.",Jacob is the only male. Don't assume that one food grid is all ruined items. Potatoes are root vegetables and pumpkins are squash.,"The strange Thanksgiving dinner consisted of: Stuffing, Green Beans, Cranberry Sauce, Pumpkin Pie, and Salad Johanna made stuffing, ruined apple pie, store, 17 Emily made pumpkin pie, ruined potatoes, was on time because she's an early riser (gardener), 24 Jacob ruined turkey, made salad, ran out of gas/petrol, 19 Ali ruined buns, made cranberry sauce, overslept (host), oldest Rosie ruined gravy, made green beans, argued with her boyfriend, 21",Logic-Grid,11/18/05 #23797,British Pound Change Making,2.17,2.29,dutchymonster,"I have £10. What is the smallest combination of coins/notes required to make every possible combination between 1p - £10?","In the UK we use; £50 note £20 note £10 note £5 note £2 coin £1 coin 50p coin 20p coin 10p coin 5p coin 2p coin 1p coin","You would need; 1 x £5 1 x £2 2 x £1 1 x 50p 1 x 20p 2 x 10p 1 x 5p 2 x 2p 1 x 1p ___________ total = £10",Math,06/19/05 #32740,White Stone,2.21,2.15,grungy49,"There is such a male as the one who came out of white stone; at a distance his beard sparkles like flame; the earth trembles under his feet; when he cries out, the devils run for shelter; a gust of wind comes from under his wings.",No hint available.,A rooster.,Riddle,08/30/06 #50994,Sloppy Work,2.66,1.14,ThinksForFun,"My content is spun and spun Its purpose not yet begun First I must give it a ride Then it's time to let it slide The wet slop that I will spew Will help buildings rise anew What am I?",No hint available.,a cement truck,Riddle,02/03/17 #28150,I Wonder 2,2.88,2.32,bigSWAFF_69_,What common household item wouldn't have become popular if it wasn't for another invention in 1928 (it didn't take off until 1930)?,You could say it was popularized by the best thing to happen since itself.....,"The toaster. The first electric toaster was invented in 1893 in Great Britain by Crompton and Co (UK) and re-invented in 1909 in the United States. It only toasted one side of the bread at a time and it required a person to stand by and turn it off manually when the toast looked done. Charles Strite invented the modern timer, pop-up toaster in 1919. Otto Frederick Rohwedder invented the bread slicer, which he started working on in 1912. At first, Rohwedder came up with the idea of a device that held the slices together with hat pins (not a success). In 1928, he designed a machine that sliced and wrapped the bread to prevent the sliced bread from going stale. Pre-sliced bread was popularized by Wonder Bread in 1930, helping to spread the toaster's popularity further. The hint refers to the common phrase ""The best thing since sliced bread"". The title is a subtle hint to ""Wonder Bread"".",Trivia,01/18/06 #41891,Eyes and Hair,2.74,1.42,whsprec,"4 friends, Josh, John, Kim, and Amber, went to a party. Each of them had different color eyes and hair. The eye colors were blue, green, brown, and hazel. The hair colors were blonde, red, brown, and black. Match the person to their correct hair color and eye color. 1- The girls do not have green eyes. 2- Josh doesn't have blonde hair, but John's is red. 3- The person who has brown hair and hazel eyes sat next to the blonde with brown eyes. 4- John's eyes are not brown. 5- Amber's hair is black.",No hint available.,"John- Green eyes, Red hair Amber- Blue eyes, Black hair Josh- Hazel eyes, Brown hair Kim- Brown eyes, Blonde hair",Logic,05/11/08 #18962,Sleeves Up,2.3,2.25,MrIxolite,"What activity is represented below? ..S .P R I N K",say it,Spring cleaning (Sprink leaning),Rebus,09/27/04 #43494,Flightless,2.5100000000000002,2.3,emily103,"I am a bird that cannot fly Neither swim nor walk do I Oranges, blues, reds, and greens All these colors you'll find on me My namesake I resemble by The hues I wear, varied and bright What am I?",No hint available.,A bird of paradise - the flower.,Riddle,11/06/08 #2065,T N P L H,2.17,2.39,ripstein,T N P L H,No hint available.,There's no place like home!,Letter-Equations,01/18/02 #2879,L8AAAA,2.86,1.47,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? L8AAAAPORVERYTANTD8",No hint available.,"Late for a very important date! L8 A A A A VERY IN PORTANT D8",Rebus,03/26/02 #12334,Things,2.49,1.84,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Things Themoretheystay Thingz Themoretheystay Fingsz Themoretheystay Feengz Themoretheystay",No hint available.,"The more things change, the more they stay the same. Each step of the way ""Things"" is changing 'more' each time. Yet alongside that 'Themoretheystay' remains the same.",Rebus,05/13/03 #46539,Ever Changing 6,2.15,2.0,mathisnice,"Using the following hints, how can you get from the first word to the fourth word to the seventh word? Word 1 had one letter changed to make Word 2. Word 3 is a synonym of Word 2. One letter of Word 3 was changed to make Word 4. Word 5 is a synonym of Word 4. Word 6 is a form of Word 5. Word 7 is a synonym of Word 6. Pod _____ _____ Pen _____ _____ Surround",The second and third words begin with P. The fifth and sixth words begin with E.,Pod to Pot to Pan to Pen to Enclosure to Enclose to Surround,Language,03/14/10 #4228,Three Quarters,2.06,1.71,librashorty,What number is three quarters of eight ninths of one half of 2001?,No hint available.,667,Math,05/23/02 #20969,Common Saying,2.22,1.83,kebeeman,"What is the common saying? Similar Sire Similar Scion",No hint available.,"Like Father Like Son",Rebus,02/11/05 #931,Silver Dollars,2.29,0.87,Michelle,Why are 1898 silver dollars worth more than 1897 silver dollars?,No hint available.,"$1,898.00 is one more silver dollar than $1,897.00",Trick,10/01/01 #271,200 D for P G in M,2.58,2.09,Phyllis,200 D for P G in M,The game's afoot!,200 Dollars for Passing GO in Monopoly,Letter-Equations,02/13/01 #23858,Prizes 2,2.31,2.74,rashad,"What does not belong: No Ne Cf Np Es",No hint available.,"*Answer 1 Ne . All other elements are Transition Metals except for the Neon which is a Noble Gas. **Answer 2 Ne also. Before I go on you must know that: No is Nobelium ( 102 ) Ne is Neon ( 10 ) Cf is Californium ( 98 ) Np is Neptunium ( 93 ) Es is Einsteinium ( 99 ) You could see clearly that all elements except the Neon have someone or something's name in it. For example: No : Nobelium : ""Noble"" Alfred. Cf : Californium : California : 31st state of America. Np : Neptunium : Neptune : The eighth planet from the sun. Es : Einsteinium : Einstein Albert Other examples : Fr : Francium ( 87 ) : France Eu : Europium ( 63 ) : Europe Pu : Plutonium ( 94 ) : Pluto U : Uranium ( 92 ) : Uranus!",Group,06/21/05 #42904,"Not Blue, but Green Is the Sky",3.06,0.93,metallicman,"My rings tell such a story Of years past with gracious glory Where I live is where I stay From that spot I cannot stray From my home man taketh me So they can erect another home, you see Many others bore into my sides These things that crawl and things that glide I weep with beauty or stand with grace Every year I shed myself to nourish my place What am I?",No hint available.,"I am a tree. My rings are produced every year, just one, and how large it is tells a story of how that particular year was. Where I grow is where I stay, as I cannot pick up and move. Men cut me down to make their own homes, and creatures such as birds and squirrels live in me. When I shed my leaves they put nutrients into the ground which keep it fertile.",Riddle,08/25/08 #17021,Eye Dew,2.53,2.98,cnmne,"What are the next three letters in this series? W A C C S P C R S ? ? ?",The title is a pair of homonyms.,"G E D Traditional gifts for every 5th wedding anniversary (5th through 60th) wood aluminum crystal china silver pearl coral ruby sapphire gold emerald diamond",Series,03/15/04 #3710,What's in a Name?,2.69,2.83,rayneeday,"I have many spellings and meanings but they all sound the same. I'm usually acquainted with the sky or computer typing. I'm also a leader's first name and a cartoon character. Who or What am I?",No hint available.,"Aerial (the sky) Arial(computer font), Ariel Sharon (Israeli leader), and Ariel in Walt Disney's ""The Little Mermaid""",Language,04/23/02 #12517,Nuts and Bolts,2.11,1.7,gogogo1,"You are making your way through the Australian bush at night when you get a flat tyre. You start removing the nuts one by one to fill it with a can of 'Fix-a-flat' when your 4-year old kid kicks the bolts from the pile. It is dark and you can't see. How can you find the nuts when it is dark?",What part of your car do you use to see at night?,Turn on the headlights and use the wing mirror to reflect the light.,Logic,05/21/03 #49084,Allison's Birthday,2.37,1.67,Gwendalla,"My dear friend Allison walked up to me and asked me what her birthday was. ""You forgot your own birthday?"" I questioned her, with a puzzled look on my face. ""No,"" she said, ""I mean I want you to remember it. You don't remember anything!"" ""At least give me a hint,"" I pleaded. Eventually she gave in. ""First week of November."" Now, she and I are masters at logic. I myself knew it near instantly. Do you know what it is?","What is in the first week of every year? Go from there.","November 1, is her birthday. The only possible answer is 1. It is the only day guaranteed to be in the first week.",Logic,10/15/11 #29421,Lions Tigers Bears Oh My!,2.72,2.14,JessicaLynn,"Can you decipher the names of animals listed below? (Each letter stands for one other letter) rzrajsmy yohrt nrst zopm fph vsy",drsz is seal,"Elephant Tiger Bear Lion Dog Cat On the keyboard, the letter before the correct letter was used. W=Q E=W R=E",Cryptography,03/30/06 #10783,State Of Play,2.31,2.05,MrIxolite,"What object is represented here? 20 said ""Yawn This is Dull!""",Seen at sports grounds throughout the world.,"A Score Board 20 is a score and it's bored.",Rebus,02/28/03 #20364,Talking Nasally,2.52,1.87,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Your Nose: ""So I said to him , I'm not..."" You: ""Wait a minute Nose. Oi Face! You are really ugly! Sorry, carry on Nose.""",No hint available.,Cutting your nose off to spite your face.,Rebus,01/12/05 #35890,Magic VIII,2.46,1.45,beatlesgirl,"4 = C in ""The L, the W, and the W""","P, S, E, and L","4 = Children in ""The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"" Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy",Letter-Equations,03/26/07 #4866,Dead Child,2.5100000000000002,1.71,madman44,"A kid walks into his garage and finds a dead baby. He suspects its mother killed it. He leaves a note for his dad and goes to watch T.V. What's going on?",No hint available.,"He finds a dead bird and then thinks its mother pushed it out of its nest, forcing it to fly. He left a note for his dad to clean it up.",Situation,06/20/02 #15698,April Fool's,2.52,1.05,jellybean,What can be seen in the middle of March and April that cannot be seen at the beginning or end of either month?,No hint available.,"The letter 'R' maRch apRil",Language,12/07/03 #13968,"Vanna, Buy Me a Vowel",2.57,2.02,mathemagician,"I have removed all of the vowels from the following quotation. All of the remaining letters have been broken up into groups of three letters each (except at the end). See if you can reconstruct the statement and determine the speaker who uttered the words. THT / SNS / MLL / STP / FRM / NNG / NTL / PFR / MNK / ND","The statement was made on July 20, 1969 .","""That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."" Spoken by Neil Armstrong, as he became the first person to ever set foot on the Moon.",Language,07/22/03 #8970,Three Letters,3.02,2.29,Jake101,Can you take three letters away from a four-letter word and manage to have it mean the same thing?,It is a number.,"Five, if you take away F, I, and E, it leaves V which is the Roman numeral for five.",Language,12/07/02 #23640,Loki's Choice,2.21,1.6400000000000001,Trickster1992,"As she is going on a walk with her four children, a mother happens to startle Loki, god of mischief. Loki tries to morph her into a nose, but fails. Apparently the woman, and her children, also have the morphing powers and can not be affected by them. They trap Loki and give him a choice. He can either leave everybody alone unless he wants to become a tiny little crumb forever, or he can be burned. Why did he choose the latter?",Think of what Loki is.,"He chose to be burned because he's an immortal, which means he can't die. Therefore, although he feels the pain, he doesn't die. Darn Loki wanted to keep his powers!",Other,06/13/05 #29070,Wrapping It Up,2.43,1.8800000000000001,shenqiang,"I need to wrap eight cube-shaped boxes that are four inches on each side. I may wrap them separately, or I may wrap them together in a variety of different shapes and configurations. In what way should I wrap all the boxes to use the least amount of wrapping paper?",Think of different ways to arrange the boxes for wrapping. The number of box sides to be covered by the wrapping paper determines how much paper is needed.,"To use the smallest amount of wrapping paper, I need to arrange the boxes as a cube. I can wrap the boxes separately; in a long line of eight; as a rectangle made up of two rows of four boxes each; or together as a cube. Wrapping separately: 48 box sides x 16 square inches per box side = 768 square inches; Wrapping as a line of eight: 34 box sides x 16 square inches per box side = 544 square inches; Wrapping as a rectangle: 28 box sides x 16 square inches per box side = 448 square inches; Wrapping as a cube: 24 box sides x 16 square inches per box side = 384 square inches.",Math,03/13/06 #32932,Wanli Changcheng,3.0,1.52,jazzmusician46,"I am like a gigantic dragon winding through deserts, grasslands and plateaus, and am well over 2,500 years old. I am high, strong and massive and have a greyish-blue colour, but parts of my body are now in ruins and have disappeared, although sections of me that still remain have great historical significance. I began as a baby dragon some 700 years before the Christ appeared on this earth, and as the years endured I grew to be an adult, all the while continuing to strengthen my keepers. Whilst I am considered to be the longest graveyard in the world, no one is ever buried within me anymore. What am I?",The answer lies in the title.,"The Great Wall of China. With a history of more than 2,500 years, some of the sections of the Great Wall are now in ruins or even entirely disappeared. However, it is still one of the most appealing attractions all around the world owing to its architectural grandeur and historical stature. The construction of the Great Wall began between the 7th and 8th centuries B.C. when the warring states built defensive walls to ward off enemies from the north. It was only a regional project then, until the Qin Dynasty, when the separate walls were joined together and consequently it stretched from east to west for about 5000 kilometres and served to keep nomadic tribes out. The Wall was further extended and strengthened in the succeeding dynasties, especially during the Ming dynasty, when the northern nomadic ethnic groups became very powerful. The Ming rulers had the Wall renovated 18 times. As a result, not the remains from the Qin dynasty were restored, but some 1000 kilometers were constructed to a full length of 6,700 kilometers. It is said during the construction of the wall, one worker is buried every metre within the rocks of the wall. The Mandarin word for 'The Great Wall of China' is Wanli Changcheng.",Riddle,09/10/06 #38558,Word Connections #8,2.57,1.86,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect oat to freshener. Oat C_ _ _ _ _ B_ _ C_ _ Freshener WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","CE _ _ _ _ BO _ CA _","Oat Cereal Box Car Freshener",Language,10/01/07 #4724,7/28,2.03,1.6,librashorty,"If 7/28 of 64 is 16 and 9/12 of 100 is 75 and 3/9 of 33 is 11, what is 5/15 of 45?",No hint available.,15; using normal math,Math,06/14/02 #3954,Tightwad on Elm Street,2.53,2.0,PeaceJo,"Penny Pyncher is known throughout her Elm Street neighbourhood for her habit of 'borrowing' things from her neighbors and then neglecting to return them. In fact, every weekday last week she appeared at a different neighbour's doorstep to borrow something different (including detergent). Use this info and the clues below to determine what Penny borrowed from each neighbour and on which day she borrowed it. 1. Penny asked to borrow the eggs the day before she went to the Avery house, but sometime after she asked for the trash bags. 2. Her Friday visit to the Wolceks wasn't for the purpose of borrowing cheese. 3. Penny was at the Norris house sometime before Mrs. Simon lent her a loaf of bread. 4. She visited the Harkin house on Wednesday.",No hint available.,"Monday - Norris - Trash Bags Tuesday - Simon - Bread Wednesday - Harkin - Eggs Thursday - Avery - Cheese Friday - Wolcek - Detergent",Logic,05/08/02 #22808,Stolen Item,2.4,2.19,libra0890,"There once was a man that had gone to work in his car every day for years and knew the journey forwards and backwards. One day, while he was at work, somebody broke into his car and stole something. The guy did not know what had been stolen and knew nothing of the theft. As he was rounding the curve of a cliff road, he swerved and flew off of the cliff and was killed. What had been stolen?",It was not an integral part of the car.,"Somebody stole his sunglasses. It was a really sunny day and he couldn't judge the bend in the road. He swerved because he couldn't see anything as the sun was in his eyes.",Situation,05/10/05 #30756,Where Do We Come From?,2.71,2.81,brainster,"The following words can be split into two groups. Can you group them and also find out why they are grouped that way? Cipher, Gazelle, Bandanna, Bungalow, Giraffe, Thug, Coffee, Veranda, Cotton, Bangle",The title is a hint,"The two groups are - Group A: Coffee Cipher Cotton Gazelle Giraffe Group B: Bangle Bandanna Bungalow Thug Veranda Group A is all English words that have their origin in Arabic. Group B is all English words that have their origin in Hindi. Thus, Coffee - Kawa, meaning 'coffee' Cipher - Sifr, the Arabic name for zero Cotton - Al Qutn Gazelle - Al Ghazaal Giraffe - Al Zaraafah and, Bangle - Bangdi Bandanna - Bandhni, a piece of cloth wound around the head. Bungalow - Bangla Thug - Thag Verandah - Baraamdah",Group,05/29/06 #31253,Never a Dry Day,2.16,2.37,metallicman,"Tinman and his brother, Billy Joe Jack, live in southern California in an area that has a history of constantly being underwater from flooding. Their house has a basement, which means that it isn't really safe from flooding. If they need to displace 10 gallons of water a minute to keep the basement dry, and on average, according to past events, there would be water every day, how much water would they have to displace in a 30 day month?",No hint available.,"None. Right now southern California is a hilly area, with various plants growing there. But scientific evidence shows that an ocean used to extend into southern California, meaning that millions of years ago it would be flooded quite often, basically being underwater from the ocean.",Trick,06/22/06 #10758,Unlucky Horse,2.36,3.01,griphook,"Seven horses in a farm in Kentucky, Of three blacks, the oldest is a daddy; Of two browns, the 3 year old male is called BILLY, And the horse SNOWY is white as a lily. Of two half-sister mares, the black won in the Derby, She's a shade lighter than her daughter, BEAUTY; BEAUTY and her cousin LUCKY, both half the age of their auntie, But faster than either ROCKY or SUNNY. Three of the horses are ready for the Derby, A horse must be three years to be an entry; Maybe this year the farm gets lucky, Their stallion's loss last year was a pity. CHALLENGE: Describe the horse that lost in last year's Derby.","For purposes of this riddle the following terms are defined as: Mare- female horse Stallion- mature male horse Derby- a race for three year old horses.","SNOWY, a 4 year old male white horse lost last year. The Derby is for three year old horses. Therefore only a current four year old horse could have lost last year. SNOWY is the only horse which could have been three last year (four this year). The farm is preparing three of the seven horses for this years Derby. There must therefore be at least three 3-year old horses among the seven. BILLY is 3-years old. Necessarily, BEAUTY and her cousin LUCKY must be 3 years old both. (They are of the same age). Beauty's mom could not be three because she won in the Derby before. The oldest black is even older than BEAUTY's mom. BEAUTY's aunt could not be three. If she were, then SNOWY must also be three to complete the three entries this year. This would mean that no horse would be four years old as BEAUTY and LUCKY would be one and a half years old. BEAUTY's mom won in the DERBY as a three year old, she could not win and lose at the same time. (The riddle suggests that the farm did not win last year so the mom must be over 5 years old). In sum, if BILLY, BEAUTY, and LUCKY are three years old, their aunt must be six. BEAUTY's mom must be five or more. The oldest black must be older than the black mom. Only SNOWY could be four this year. SNOWY is white (given), 4 years as deduced, and male from the fact that it was a stallion which lost last year. The names of BEAUTY's mom and aunt and that of the oldest black are immaterial. The same is true with the color of lucky.",Logic,02/27/03 #40004,Prime Nine,2.61,1.96,RampaginRobo,"There are 9! ways to arrange the digits 1-9 to form a 9-digit number. E.g. 345, 987, 126 If you know this, then if I wrote all 9! possibilities on cards (1 way per card), and I asked you to select one at random; what is the probability that the number you selected is prime?",Divisibility tricks are useful now.,"Zero. A well known divisibility rule is that if a number's digits add to 9, the number itself is a multiple of 9. (E.g. 18, 1+8=9, 18 is a multiple of 9 24786, 2+4+7+8+6=27, 2+7=9, 24786 is a multiple of 9) Given the fact that 1+2+...+8+9=45, which is a multiple of 9; this means that all 9! numbers are multiples of 9.",Probability,01/11/08 #5069,Roof,2.18,1.47,glennyboy02,"Can you decipher this common phrase: F O O R",No hint available.,Raising the roof!,Rebus,06/29/02 #3348,LAL,2.49,1.54,Angelicious,"Can you decipher this: LAL",No hint available.,All mixed up,Rebus,04/08/02 #246,"N, A, O, B, P....",2.13,2.33,Mr. G,"N A O B P... What are the next four letters?",No hint available.,"C Q D R. The pattern is the 14th letter, then the first, the 15th letter, then the 2nd, then 16th, then 3rd... and so on.",Series,02/04/01 #29482,3 T of M in the H B,2.56,2.52,ALW007,3 = T of M in the H B,No hint available.,"3 = Types of Muscles in the Human Body (Smooth, Cardiac, and Skeletal)",Letter-Equations,04/01/06 #37667,J R R T = A of the L of the R,2.22,1.08,Muhammad_117,J R R T = A of the L of the R,No hint available.,"J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien is the Author of ""The Lord of the Rings"".",Letter-Equations,08/06/07 #1926,A Cross and a Circle Complete,2.61,2.47,gokaran,"Three-fourths of a cross and a circle complete, Two semi-circles with a perpendicular meet. Then add a triangle that stands on 2 feet, Two semi-circles and a circle complete. What am I?",No hint available.,TOBACCO,Riddle,01/03/02 #19731,Notions,2.16,2.78,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Notions Brainwaves Your Rail Terminal",No hint available.,Ideas above your station,Rebus,12/06/04 #34508,Quick! Hide Behind That Tree,2.25,1.66,grungy49,"Can you find 10 types of trees hidden in the following paragraph? He insists I will owe him ten dollars if I borrow his bag, umbrella, and an old cloak for a play at school. I will also need dye - white hair is required if I run for the leading role. It is to be held at 19 Ranpop Larrikin Dr. - I think I will need a map leading to there, because I have never visited that area before. On one unfortunate practice, I was walking barefoot when I stepped on a pin. Ecch! I could barely even walk, when I ran into Mark Bate - a.k.a the biggest bully in our school. I couldn't practice for five weeks, and I wanted to quit. However, the pressure to continue was overwhelming, and I ended up starring in the lead role.",No hint available.,"The ten trees: Willow, gum, oak, yew, fir, poplar, maple, pine, teak, elm. He insists I (WILL OW)e him ten dollars if I borrow his ba(G, UM)brella, and an old cl(OAK) for a stupid play at school. I will also need d(YE - W)hite hair is required i(F I R)un for the leading role. It is to be held at 19 Ran(POP LAR)rikin Dr. - I think I will need a (MAP LE)ading to there, because I have never visited that area before. On one unfortunate practice, I was walking barefoot when I stepped on a (PIN. E)cch! I could barely even walk, when I ran into Mark Ba(TE - A.K).a the biggest bully in our school. I couldn't practice for five weeks, and I wanted to quit. However, the pressure to continue was overwh(ELM)ing and I ended up starring in the lead role.",Language,12/21/06 #26134,Dropped Cloth,2.3,2.09,spookyb,A man waved a cloth and another man died. Why?,No hint available.,"Two men were in a duel and a third man, who was present, waved the cloth, resulting in one of the men in the duel being shot.",Situation,09/29/05 #24520,Teaser Teaser,2.96,1.53,madleon,"Eliminate all 26 letters of the alphabet in alphabetical order, but not necessarily starting with 'A', to reveal a sentence. sohmeitjkimlemsnthopeseqtresasteursvwcaxnydrziaveybcoduesifllgy",No hint available.,Sometimes these teasers can drive you silly.,Language,07/13/05 #15337,Fun Da Mental,2.26,2.41,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? OWT IX",No hint available.,"Back to basics Back TWO The Base is IX",Rebus,11/06/03 #29778,Coin Collection II,2.67,2.37,12345678,"Another numismatist decides to divide his coin collection among his children. The oldest gets 1/2 of the collection, the second gets 1/3, the third gets 1/n, where n is a natural number, and the youngest gets the remaining 50 coins. How many coins at most can there be in the collection?",No hint available.,"There are 2100 coins in the collection and n=7. 1050 + 700 + 300 + 50 = 2100",Math,04/15/06 #2025,Always Desired,2.23,1.03,darkjester,"I am small and black, gold, silver, brown, red, or blue. I am always desired when you're lost, worried, or running out of time. With me by your side you'll never be late. Just set me and forget me until a later time or date. What am I?",What's another word for look,A watch,Riddle,01/13/02 #49613,Troubling Doubling at School,2.95,1.65,dalfamnest,"Read the little poem and answer its question if you can. The number of girls who do wear a watch is double the number who don't. But the number of boys who do not wear a watch is double the number who do. If I tell you the number of girls in my class is double the number of boys, Can you tell me the number I teach? Here's a clue: More than 20; below 32!",The sum of number plus its double must be a multiple of 3.,"27 Solution: The number of boys must be a multiple of 3 (3, 6, 9...) so that it can be split in the ratio of 2:1 (no watch:watch). The number of girls is double the no. of boys (6, 12, 18...) So the totals can only be 9, 18, 27...",Math,09/25/12 #8441,Damp Air,2.79,2.15,electronjohn,A cubic foot of dry air at standard pressure and temperature is weighed on a scale. Then a cubic foot of damp air at the same pressure and temperature is weighed. Which will weigh more?,Think about molecular weights.,"The damp air weighs less because water molecules (molecular weight of 18) have replaced more massive molecules of air (nitrogen: molecular weight of 28, oxygen: molecular weight of 32). Both volumes have the same number of molecules. Therefore, a humidity increase lowers the barometer reading. The barometer pressure value gets lower as a storm approaches. (This question is from ""Mad About Physics"", a must have book for all science types.)",Science,11/08/02 #41155,Three Digit Number 2,2.61,1.28,Carlos16,"There is a three digit number. The sum of the digits is 17, and two of the digits are the same. The unique digit subtracted from one of the other digits equals a positive even number. What is the digit that is different from the other two digits?",No hint available.,"If two of the numbers in the digit are the same, and the sum equals 17, the possible digits are 449, 557, 665, 773, and 881. Now you must subtract the unique digit from one of the other digits to get a positive even number. 449 and 557 result in negative numbers, so neither of them can be the answer. 665 results in 1, 773 results in 4, and 881 results in 7. 4 is the only one that is even, therefore, the digits have to be 7, 7, and 3. Answer: 3",Math,03/21/08 #34248,Compounds XVIII,2.5,2.02,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. WIRFY _ A _ _ A _ _ 2. REUNGUR _ _ N _ _ _ N _ _ 3. THSTH _ O _ _ _ O _ 4. DOOSHN _ _ W _ _ _ _ W 5. EWDAHA _ _ R _ _ _ R _ 6. TERWLF _ A _ _ _ _ A _ 7. DEGNULE _ I _ _ _ _ I _ _ 8. USLANTPAEU _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ R _ _ 9. TRSSNB _ U _ _ _ _ U _",No hint available.,"1. FAIRWAY 2. GUNRUNNER 3. HOTSHOT 4. SHOWDOWN 5. HARDWARE 6. FLATWARE 7. GUIDELINE 8. SUPERNATURAL 9. SUNBURST",Language,12/04/06 #37889,Hold On To Your Cap!,2.33,1.84,1smart_okie,"C, I= T W C","City, State= Nickname","Chicago, Illinois= The Windy City",Letter-Equations,08/21/07 #39114,Groaners II,2.3,2.16,aresII,"The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. W=H ""LU RNJXPWLOQ CXSX MXOXKPW INTS ALOX NU BLRLNO, L QTXRR INT JLQWP RKI LP'R MXANC RXX AXBXA."" ""K OXC ULAJ CWLFW PXAAR PWX RPNSI NU PWX QSXKP LORTSQXOFX NU KMXA'R MSNPWXS: 'PWX FKLO JTPLOI.'""","F=C M=B Q=G","""IF SOMETHING WERE BENEATH YOUR LINE OF VISION, I GUESS YOU MIGHT SAY IT'S BELOW SEE LEVEL."" ""A NEW FILM WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF THE GREAT INSURGENCE OF ABEL'S BROTHER: 'THE CAIN MUTINY.'"" KEY: A=L B=V C=W D=J E=K F=C I=Y J=M K=A L=I M=B N=O O=N P=T Q=G R=S S=R T=U U=F W=H X=E",Cryptography,11/08/07 #33234,Hidden Animals I,2.54,1.9000000000000001,grungy49,"Can you find an animal hiding in each sentence? For example: The reD OGre was holding a club. (DOG) He decided to take a huge risk in Kelly's kitchen. The corn cob is on the bench if you are hungry. See if you can grab a taxi over there, we are going to be late. I will use some wood posts and maybe a railing so people won't fall off. He's wanted by the police for criminal charges. Luca pinched his little brother hard on the arm. ""Ow!"" ""Luca, don't do that,"" said his mother.",No hint available.,"(riSK IN Kelly's) SKINK (coB IS ON) BISON (graB A Taxi) BAT (mayBE A Railing) BEAR (He'S WANted by) SWAN (""OW!"" ""Luca, don't) OWL",Language,09/29/06 #23849,Pizza,2.07,1.55,qwerty7,"Al and Sally buy a small and a medium pizza. The small pizza has 5 slices. The medium pepperoni pizza has 8 slices. If Sally eats 4 times as many slices as Al, and is a vegetarian, how many slices of pizza did she eat?",No hint available.,4 slices. Al must only have eaten one.,Math,06/21/05 #5547,Hair,2.15,0.8300000000000001,Cascas,"What does this mean? ha ir ha ir",No hint available.,Splitting hairs,Rebus,07/13/02 #2953,Sugar,2.99,0.92,cliff,"Can you decipher this: ssugarpsugarosugarosugarn M E D I C I N E",Think Mary Poppins!,A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.,Rebus,03/26/02 #35775,Xtnct Brds F Nrth Mrc!,2.39,1.94,snowmonster,"Fill in the missing vowels to complete the names of these extinct birds of North America. 1) Grt k 2) Pssngr Pgn 3) vry-blld Wdpckr 4) Lbrdr Dck 5) Crln Prkt 6) Hth Hn 7) Bchmn's Wrblr",No hint available.,"1) Great Auk 2) Passenger Pigeon 3) Ivory-billed Woodpecker 4) Labrador Duck 5) Carolina Parakeet 6) Heath Hen 7) Bachman's Warbler Great Auk - During the 16th and 17th century, great auks were numerous off New England and Newfoundland. Their range extended to waters off Greenland, Iceland, and Europe. They could not fly, and this made them vulnerable to fishermen and sailors who easily killed them for food or bait. The only known nesting colonies off North America were at Funk Island, (Funk Island colony was last recorded in 1785) a small rocky outcropping east of Newfoundland, and Bird Rocks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. On June 3, 1844, at Eldey Rock off Iceland, the last known pair in the world were seen and shot. Passenger Pigeon - These birds were so abundant that they comprised more than a quarter of the US bird population. They were used for food, and were very popular in restaurants. The last major pigeon nestings occurred near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in 1881 and in Wisconsin in 1882. The last Passenger Pigeon died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. Ivory-billed Woodpecker - These birds lived in the wet bottomlands of the virgin forest, habitat much like that of the Carolina parakeet. The beetles and grubs that infested dead and dying trees were their principle foods. When the forests disappeared, so did the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Labrador Duck - Only 54 museum specimens of this bird exist. Not much is known about the Labrador Duck. It is reported that it was hunted for market between 1840 and 1860. This may have contributed to its extinction. Carolina Parakeet - Cypress swamps and other wet, wooded bottomlands were home to the Carolina parakeet. It roosted inside large, hollow trees and fed on the seeds of the different forest trees and shrubs. This bird quickly disappeared wherever settlers encroached. They were hunted for their plumage and captured to sell as cage birds. They were said to become tame in 2 days. The last known bird died in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo. Heath Hen - Now considered a race of the greater prairie chicken, the ""heath hen"" lived on dry coastal plains. It foraged widely on berries, seeds, nuts and insects. As early as 1791, the danger of overhunting was recognized. Over the years, different laws were enacted to protect this bird, but by 1932, they were gone. Bachman's Warbler - It is not certain that Bachman's Warbler is extinct, but it is probable. Continuing into the 1900's, nests were discovered, but the clearing of the bottomland forest reduced the bird's habitat, and the population seriously diminished by the 1930's, never to recover. The last specimen was taken in 1949 in Mississippi. Sightings of varying reliability extend into the 1980's, with photographs of a male taken near Charleston, SC, in 1958. An extensive search in the late 1970's did not reveal any birds.",Language,03/20/07 #12427,To Two Too 2,2.4,1.78,od-1,"What is this common phrase? to (does not equal) too (does not equal) two (does not equal) 2",No hint available.,No two the same.,Rebus,05/17/03 #50178,Ten Words,2.24,1.0,dangerouspie101,"What do these ten words have in common? Red Grass Math Well I Bob Much Said Scream Go",Say them out loud.,Each word has only one syllable.,Group,03/10/14 #34229,Football Jumble II,2.72,1.76,aresII,"The following anagrams are of NFL mascots: sear rid pre cask oat strip tin gas as next son calf leg sea",All answers are plural,"Raiders Packers Patriots Giants Texans Falcons Eagles",Language,12/03/06 #49646,Alphabet Pyramids,2.77,3.0,Gizzer,"Did you know that the mango is one of the world's most popular fruits? The mango is grown in North, South and Central America, the Caribbean, south and central Africa, as well as its native southern and south-east Asia. The mango is also packed with vitamins A, B and C. While eating a mango the other day, I started thinking about the ABC's. Then I remembered the set of 5-sided alphabet pyramids I had as a child. Here are some 5-letter words that can be spelled with just 5 of my pyramids: BELOW CANDY FORTY HELIX JABOT LEMON LIGHT MANGO OCHRE PEACH QUEST QUICK VIEUX Using these words, can you figure out which letters appear on each pyramid?",No hint available.,"Let's start with the word MANGO, and assign a number to each pyramid. 1: M 2: A 3: N 4: G 5: O The word LEMON shares 3 letters with MANGO, so the L and E must go with the A and G, in some order. Because of the word PEACH, the E and A cannot be on the same pyramid, so the E must be on pyramid 4, while the L is on pyramid 2. Because of the word OCHRE, neither the C or H of PEACH can be on the same pyramid with the O, so the P must be on pyramid 5. Because of the word CANDY, the C cannot be on the same pyramid as the N, so it is with the M, leaving the H with the N. The Y cannot be with the O (FORTY), so it must be with the G, and the D is with the O. The R must then be on pyramid 2, to complete OCHRE. 1: M, C 2: A, L, R 3: N, H 4: G, E, Y 5: O, P, D The F and T of FORTY must be on pyramids 1 and 3, but the H and T cannot be on the same pyramid (LIGHT), so the T is on pyramid 1 and the F is on pyramid 3. This means that the I must be on pyramid 5, in order to complete LIGHT. 1: M, C, T 2: A, L, R 3: N, H, F 4: G, E, Y 5: O, P, D, I The J and B of JABOT must be on pyramids 3 and 4, but the B cannot be with the E, or else one cannot spell BELOW. Also, the W must be on pyramid 1. 1: M, C, T, W 2: A, L, R 3: N, H, F, B 4: G, E, Y, J 5: O, P, D, I The X in HELIX must be on pyramid 1, so we now have all the letters on that pyramid. There is only one letter left on pyramid 3, and it must be in VIEUX, QUEST and QUICK, so it must be the U. The V from VIEUX must therefore be on pyramid 2. The Q cannot be on the same pyramid as the I, in order to spell QUICK, so it is also on pyramid 2. The S cannot be on the same pyramid as the E (QUEST), so is therefore on pyramid 5, and the K is the last letter on pyramid 4. 1: M, C, T, W, X 2: A, L, R, V, Q 3: N, H, F, B, U 4: G, E, Y, J, K 5: O, P, D, I, S",Logic,10/28/12 #40815,Dennis Miller (Not So) Live,2.38,2.3,aresII,"The following quotes are from Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953). He is an American Emmy Award-winning comedian, political commentator and a talk radio host. He rose to fame as a cast member of Saturday Night Live in the late 1980's. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. The hint contains three vowels. X=Y ""Q NRARDF UMTKAR VFOYX JMODY FZQF XMO'NR LOAZ LMNR TKCRTX FM BRF VZMF IX Q JQF AMU KJ XMO NOD."" ""FZR YRQFZ URDQTFX KV IRAMLKDB Q GQX MJ TKJR KD FZKV AMODFNX.""","K=I Q=A R=E","""A RECENT POLICE STUDY FOUND THAT YOU'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO GET SHOT BY A FAT COP IF YOU RUN."" ""THE DEATH PENALTY IS BECOMING A WAY OF LIFE IN THIS COUNTRY."" KEY: A=C B=G C=K D=N F=T G=W I=B J=F K=I L=M M=O N=R O=U Q=A R=E T=L U=P V=S X=Y Y=D Z=H",Cryptography,03/02/08 #39143,Letters From the Louvre,2.38,1.91,Hrsemn4,"What are the next 2 letters of this sequence and what is the sequence's significance? A, A, B, C, E, H, ..., ...","""P.S. Find Robert Langdon.""","The next two letters are M and U. The sequence represents the letter equivalents of the famed Fibonacci Sequence. Fibonacci's first eight numbers are: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 Each number is the sum of the 2 numbers that precede it: 1+1=2, 1+2=3, 2+3=5, etc... The letter equivalents would be A(1), A(1), B(2), C(3), E(5), H(8), M(13), U(21) The title and hint refer to Professor Robert Langdon of Dan Brown's novel, ""The Da Vinci Code"". In the book, Langdon and Sophie Neveu encounter the Fibonacci sequence at a murder scene in the Louvre.",Series,11/10/07 #4527,Cats and Dogs,2.2,1.45,mad-ade,"Mad Ade's family has dogs and cats as its pets. At every meal the pets eat 32 cookies. The dogs eat 5 cookies each and the cats eat 4 cookies each. How many dogs and how many cats does Mad Ade's family have?",No hint available.,"4 dogs (eating 4 x 5 or 20 cookies) and 3 cats (eating 4 x 3 or 12 cookies).",Math,06/06/02 #39437,More Worthy Quotes,2.43,2.34,aresII,"The two following puzzles contain quips from the redneck comic, Jeff Foxworthy. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. X=J ""Z AOUG PGUGF MGGP XGOTYSD. PYB GUGP QAGP RL IOI EZPZDAGI EZEBA CFOIG O LGOF MGEYFG Z IZI."" ""PYQ ZB'D BFSG Z ROFFZGI RL QZEG EYF AGF TYYVD...MSB PYB BAG YPGD DAG'D MGGP CZUZP' RG TOBGTL.""","E=F I=D P=N","""I HAVE NEVER BEEN JEALOUS. NOT EVEN WHEN MY DAD FINISHED FIFTH GRADE A YEAR BEFORE I DID."" ""NOW IT'S TRUE I MARRIED MY WIFE FOR HER LOOKS...BUT NOT THE ONES SHE'S BEEN GIVIN' ME LATELY."" Key: A=H B=T C=G D=S E=F F=R G=E I=D L=Y M=B O=A P=N Q=W R=M S=U T=L U=V V=K X=J Y=O Z=I",Cryptography,12/02/07 #48855,Words With AY,2.22,2.9,cnmne,"Five words that contain AY as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *AY**, *AY***, **AY**, ****AY, *AY**** Pool: B, B, C, E, E, F, F, H, I, L, M, N, O, O, R, R, S, U, W, W",No hint available.,"MAYBE, LAYOFF, CRAYON, SUBWAY, HAYWIRE",Language,07/07/11 #23547,The Palindrome,2.5,3.36,Question_Mark,"A palindrome is a word that reads the same when spelled backwards (eg rotavator). How could the following word be considered a palindrome? FOOTSTOOL",No hint available.,"Footstool is a palindrome when written in Morse code. It looks like: ..-. --- --- - ... - --- --- .-..",Trick,06/10/05 #3230,Dogs,2.36,1.99,cathalmccabe,"There are two dogs, a black one and a white one. One is male. What is the probability they are both male?",No hint available.,"1/3 There are 3 combinations: Black is male, white is male, Black is male, white is female, Black is female, white is male.",Probability,04/04/02 #6957,SGETRT8,2.14,2.09,majd,"What is this rebus? SGETRT8 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",No hint available.,Getting straight As,Rebus,08/28/02 #35128,Isn't it Cute!,2.69,1.96,jazzmusician46,"By nature I am extremely lazy, yet I can scale great heights when necessary. I can be a coin, but I can also have warm blood too. If I have children, their home resembles a bag or a pocket that is very much a part of me. Much of my time is spent eating; yet I tend not to drink water. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am the Australian Koala. The koala is a sluggish, tailless, Australian, arboreal marsupial with grey, furry ears and coat that lives in tress and feeds on eucalyptus leaves and bark. It does not drink water as such; rather, it gets its fluids from the leaves. It is a pouched mammal that feeds its young on milk. The 'koala' coin is also a 1 oz 99.95% pure platinum coin minted by the Western Australian Mint in Australia.",Trivia,01/31/07 #44382,Invisible Pattern,1.86,1.5,Lord_Hawk,"What comes in A and B? 13, 32, 28, 84, A, 67, 79, 90, 05, B, 13, 32...","Notice the consecutive two-digit numbers, but over the comma.","A = 46 B = 51 The numbers across the commas are divisible by eleven. For example, over the first comma is ""33"" which is 3x11. Over the eighth comma is 00, which is divisible by eleven.",Series,04/24/09 #10260,Coin,2.12,2.01,supershlop,"What phrase does this represent? -->CoiN<--",The two ends can also be sides.,Two sides of a coin.,Rebus,02/05/03 #44176,Operation: Golf-Ectomy,2.06,1.97,cnmne,"Six words have had their golf terms removed. The golf terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each golf term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: eagle, green, hole, par, putt, tee Group B: cayba, indit, ncuae, sramr, sudr, vneiz",No hint available.,"eagle + vneiz = evangelize (EvAnGeLizE) green + indit = ingredient (inGREdiENt) hole + sudr = shoulder (sHOuLdEr) par + cayba = capybara (caPybARa) putt + ncuae = punctuate (PUncTuaTe) tee + sramr = streamer (sTrEamEr)",Language,02/26/09 #2935,give get,2.47,0.8300000000000001,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? give get give get give get give get",No hint available.,forgive and forget,Rebus,03/26/02 #7987,People's Names,2.5,1.29,Bigsurf18,"Finish this sequence... 1.Brad 2.Jason 3.Robert 4.Britany 5.??????? ---Choose From--- Meagan Christina Meredith Jerrel Greg Bryan",No hint available.,"Meredith. The names start with 4 letters, then grow 1 letter every name. 4,5,6,7,(8).",Series,10/10/02 #6710,Doesn't Add Up 2,2.52,1.96,dumbell,How can you take one away from twenty nine and be left with thirty?,No hint available.,Use roman numerals. XXIX take out (i.e. take away) the I leaves XXX.,Math,08/20/02 #24197,Oh God Keep Me Alive,2.8,2.64,snoopdogg,"You are my protective God. Your job is to keep me alive. I don't have a real job, but I have a wife who does. I have a lot of enemies ready to kill me. I might be weak, but all the power is in me. My country suffers from racial discrimination. Black people hate white, and white people hate black. In the meantime, visitors are having fun. Who am I?",You are the visitor.,King of a chess board.,Riddle,07/02/05 #4184,The 3 Prophets,2.59,1.26,einat16,"Once upon a time there were 3 prophets: One always tells the truth One always lies And one sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth. In order to find out who is who, you ask the three if the middle one is the truthteller, liar or ""sometimes"". The first says ""the middle one always lies"". The middle one said ""I sometimes lie and sometimes tell the truth"". The third one says ""he always tells the truth"". You know for a fact that this time the one that sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth is lying. Which one of them is which?",No hint available.,"The middle one said that he is the ""sometimes"" prophet. If this were true, he could only be the truth teller. since we know that the ""sometimes"" is lying - this situation is impossible, since if he were the truthteller he would have said that he were the truthteller. From this we conclude that the middle one is the lying prophet, which means that whoever said that he was the lying prophet is the truthteller. Since the first prophet said that, he is the truthteller, and the third is the ""sometimes"".",Logic,05/21/02 #9211,Oily Map,2.42,2.16,warrior,Can you find a U.S. state capital in this oily map?,No hint available.,"Olympia (Washington). Simply rearrange the letters in OILY MAP for the answer.",Language,12/18/02 #20593,Fore and Aft,2.62,1.52,fishmed,"What four-letter word can be put at the beginning of the three words and at the end of the other three words to form six new words? ---- WORN ---- PIECE ---- KEEPER DOWN ---- SOME ---- BED ----",No hint available.,The word is TIME.,Language,01/25/05 #8370,Personal,2.25,1.53,3tissue,"What is this rebus? p e r s o n a l",No hint available.,Personal space,Rebus,11/04/02 #27854,Countrygrams,2.55,1.79,peppamintp,"The following are anagrams of countries. Can you figure them out? 1. Neat grain 2. Shun road 3. A thin lad 4. Ana map",No hint available.,"1. Argentina 2. Honduras 3. Thailand 4. Panama",Trivia,01/03/06 #36907,Triple Treat,3.0,1.94,MarcM1098,"Find a rhyme for each word below so you end up with a familiar three-word phrase in the form ""__, __, and __"". Example: Clue = ""Cook, Wine, Drinker"" Answer = ""Hook, Line, and Sinker"" 1. Shop, Swap, Dole 2. Mop, Slip, Thump 3. Mud, Wet, Smears 4. Sock, Rock, Carol 5. Claim, Debt, Scratch 6. Steady, Filling, Label 7. Warning, Soon, Flight",No hint available.,"1. Stop, Drop, and Roll 2. Hop, Skip, and Jump 3. Blood, Sweat, and Tears 4. Lock, Stock, and Barrel 5. Game, Set, and Match 6. Ready, Willing, and Able 7. Morning, Noon, and Night",Language,06/10/07 #47607,Add a Letter 42,2.74,2.32,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) to expel or evict & combat by knights on horses (4 letters) 2) a pointed projecting part & to separate into parts by force (4 letters) 3) to frighten & rare (5 letters) 4) stiffly formal and precise & a solid with two parallel congruent faces connected by rectangular sides (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) oust & joust 2) beak & break 3) scare & scarce 4) prim & prism",Language,07/28/10 #4960,The Fake Fight,2.48,0.91,Canaras Crew711,"Percy Perrison was walking to the movies with Sally. On the way there they were jumped. Percy put his glasses in his shirt pocket when he began to fight. The two boys (Percy and his attacker) exchanged blows to the chest. Percy won the fight and put his glasses back on. As Sally was commenting on how brave Percy was, Mike walked up to Sally. He had seen the whole fight. He whispered something in Sally's ear, and she turned around and called Percy a big fat faker. Then she walked away. What was Percy's mistake?",No hint available.,"The fight was faked because if the boys exchanged blows to the chest, Percy's glasses would have gotten smashed.",Situation,06/26/02 #2945,WOANDLERILACEND,2.23,0.87,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common title? WOANDLERILACEND",No hint available.,"Alice in Wonderland. woAndLerIlaCEnd",Rebus,03/26/02 #34825,Spot the Techie Jargon - I,2.58,1.68,brainster,"The sentences below hide various computer related jargon. There is one in each sentence. Can you find them? Note: You will find them in two parts and will have to find both parts and combine them to get the techie jargon in that sentence. All the best! 1. Simple Simon softly said to the Pie Man, ""Let me taste your wares"". 2. With the floppy bucket flapping in the wind, Jack and Jill reached the top of the hill and saw a disk-shaped object gleaming in the sun. 3. Humpty Dumpty was on fire, so he fell off the wall and had a great fall! 4. Mary had a little lamb who was programmed to go wherever she went, both went everywhere like a single unit. 5. The lion was trapped in the net, and the grateful rodent worked hard to nibble away and free him. 6. Rip Wan Winkle saw the key, but the door was boarded shut. 7. Eeny, Meeny, Mina and Moe worked in the railway station for a living.",No hint available.,"1. Simple Simon SOFTly said to the Pie Man, ""Let me taste your WAREs"". - Software 2. With the FLOPPY bucket flapping in the wind, Jack and Jill reached the top of the hill and saw a DISK-shaped object gleaming in the sun. - Floppy Disk 3. Humpty Dumpty was on FIRE, so he fell off the WALL and had a great fall! - Firewall 4. Mary had a little lamb who was PROGRAMmed to go wherever she went, both went everywhere like a single UNIT. - Program Unit 5. The lion was trapped in the NET, and the grateful rodent WORKed hard to nibble away and free him. - Network 6. Rip Wan Winkle saw the KEY, but the door was BOARDed shut. - Keyboard 7. Eeny, Meeny, Mina and Moe WORKed in the railway STATION for a living. - Workstation",Language,01/11/07 #31593,Your Days Are Numbered,2.82,1.65,GebbieRose,"Ubiquitous rhythm, Paced by a charge, On and on it goes Until day is done. Testimony of life To be seen, felt, and heard, Only a cold man Slumbers without one.",...the beat goes on...,"A Heart Beat The heart's rhythm is controlled by the sinoatrial node (the heart's pacemaker), which sends out electrical charges through the heart that cause it to contract. The heartbeat can be seen on an EKG, felt as a pulse by the fingertips, & heard with a stethoscope.",Riddle,07/07/06 #9734,Suzy's Classmates,2.49,1.66,Amorn01380,Suzy goes to a new school. In her class she likes Fred but doesn't like Grayham. She likes Ross but doesn't like Anna. She likes Mandy but doesn't like Sandra. Does she like Sarah????,No hint available.,"No, she doesn't like people with two a's in their name.",Group,01/11/03 #40772,Unscrambler,2.43,1.6,harrypotter4444,"Unscramble the first word to find the name of the group the other words belong to. Then unscramble the remaining words, keeping in mind that they belong in the group the first word describes. sroolc leta roonam rpitcoa beegi ioignd donlgedro yovri hkika tovile eusruoqit aberm asucfih",No hint available.,"colors teal maroon apricot beige indigo goldenrod ivory khaki violet turquoise amber fuchsia",Language,02/29/08 #2502,Long Division,2.3,1.43,knicks_fan_8,"Divide the number of rolls in a bakers dozen, by the number of wheels on an eighteen wheeler, multiply it by the total number of your fingers and your toes, subtract the number of socks you're wearing, divided by the number of George Bush's that have been presidents and then multiply it by the number of times that Micheal Jordan has won the NBA Championship.",Micheal Jordan,Zero. Anything multiplied by zero is zero. Michael Jordan has won many NBA Championships. Micheal Jordan hasn't.,Trick,03/02/02 #8709,Going to College,2.32,2.14,the_smart_one,"Four high school friends, one named Cathy, were about to go to college. Their last names were Williams, Burbank, Collin, and Gunderson. Each enrolled in a different college, one of them being a state college. From the clues below determine each person's full name, and the college he or she attended. 1. No student's first name begins with the first letter as her or his last name, and no students first name's last letter is the same as his last name's last letter. 2. Neither Hank or Williams went to the community college. 3. Alan, Collin, and the student who went to the university all lived on the same street. The other student lived two blocks away. 4. Gladys and Hank lived next door to each other. 5. The private college accepted Hank's application, but he decided he could not afford to go there.",No hint available.,"Hank Collin - State College Gladys Burbank - University Cathy Gunderson - Community College Alan Williams - Private College",Logic,12/02/02 #38351,Primetime Proverb,2.61,2.6,aresII,"The following puzzle is from a famed television show. Can you decode it? V=J ""WB'T LFEEP BQM KDP TJAM NMJNYM'T EDAM VFTB TFWBT BQM CFTWEMTT BQMP'XM WE. YWZM RJH'T EDAM WT VFTB NMXLMIB LJX RJH."" -MHWBQ CFEZMX, 'DYY WE BQM LDAWYP'","I=C R=G Y=L","""IT'S FUNNY THE WAY SOME PEOPLE'S NAME JUST SUITS THE BUSINESS THEY'RE IN. LIKE GOD'S NAME IS JUST PERFECT FOR GOD."" -EDITH BUNKER, 'ALL IN THE FAMILY' KEY: A=M B=T C=B D=A E=N F=U H=D I=C J=O K=W L=F M=E N=P P=Y Q=H R=G T=S V=J W=I X=R Y=L Z=K",Cryptography,09/18/07 #51809,All of Our Time.,2.38,1.04,Patchyss,"I take up most of people's time. Before me, most had to use a line. Many people use me to wake them up. Others on me won't shut up. I open you all to a gigantic world. When I frustrate you, I might get a big hurl.",I'm sure there's one in your pocket.,"Cell phones. They take people's time and before they were available to us we had to use a land line. Many people also use them as alarm clocks and some people are always talking or texting on them. They open us up to a new, giant world while when others get mad at a phone like I've been known to, they'll throw them.",Riddle,04/06/18 #19210,The Farmer's Field,2.45,2.56,Gander,"Each letter of the cryptogram, has been replaced by another letter of the alphabet. Each letter is always represented by the same letter throughout the code. Good luck! Hp w awseds'g ahdtx: Iud awseds wttbcg cwtldsg ib zsbgg iud ahdtx abs asdd, ori od wcwsd iuwi iud ortt zuwsjdg.",L=K,"In a farmer's field: The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but be aware that the bull charges. A=F B=O C=W D=E E=M G=S H=I I=T J=G L=K O=B P=N R=U S=R T=L U=H W=A X=D Z=C",Cryptography,10/19/04 #41994,Broken #11,2.73,2.16,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given a series of letters in groups of four. These letters have been taken from a common phrase, with the spaces between the words removed and rearranged. Your job is to arrange the pieces to reconstruct the phrase. The dashes indicate the number of letters in each word. (Unfortunately, each word must be set out vertically due to spacing problems). cket pint adro hebu ""- ---- -- --- ------""",No hint available.,"""A drop in the bucket"".",Language,05/20/08 #35282,Word Swap #20,2.56,2.62,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. Please note that #2 has 4 words that are anagrams of each other. 1. Using __________ to help her with her severe acne was something very __________ to Jenny. She did not want others to know that she was using this strong 'medicine'. 2. The __________ had __________ into my flower __________. It was in grave __________ of being attacked by my dog. 3. The San Francisco __________ was due for closure as nobody really used that type of transportation anymore. They were going to turn the __________ into a shopping center.",No hint available.,"1. Psoralen, personal 2. gander, ranged, garden, danger 3. tramline, terminal",Language,02/12/07 #29934,Time to Assess the Data?,2.9,1.0,Swordoffury1392,"You are a topnotch professor at Harvard University. People all over the world know your name and would be delighted to possess only a fraction of your intelligence. However, today, on a casual weekend at your house, you are extremely befuddled. Your dilemma is that you are unable to locate your television remote. After performing a quick search of your family room and realizing, because of your great intelligence, that it isn't there, you decide to write out what rooms you were recently in and where the remote might accidentally have been left. Here are your journal entries: Yesterday 14:31- Went to master bedroom to retrieve student essays. Remote may have been taken along accidentally. If in master bedroom, probably kept inside southeast drawer of desk. Today 5:21- Woke up late today. After brushing, went downstairs and saw that daughter, Joanne, had already turned on TV. May have taken remote later on to kitchen when in process of preparing breakfast. Today 11:12- After being nagged by wife about not doing laundry (NOTE TO SELF: build robot to end wife's pestering for one that will do chores), took hamper to the laundry room. It is possible that the remote accidentally dropped inside the washing machine or dryer. Now, you really want to watch an educational show that starts in five minutes on the Science Channel and need to decide what your plan of action should be. What should you do?",No hint available.,"Go up to the TV, and press the power button!",Trick,04/21/06 #2771,Eyes,2.19,1.4,lil_thugsta,What has eyes but can't see?,No hint available.,A Potato,Riddle,03/20/02 #50284,Netopedia,2.0,1.46,BadBunnee02,"BB02 was editing an entry for a new ""Netopedia"" about urban dwellings and environments. I noticed that I had inadvertently omitted a VERY important descriptive word about the nature of such. Identify the word and characterize the mistake. Here's the entry before I corrected it. borough, burg, canton, city, colony, commonweal, cosmopolis, exurb, hamlet, megacity, megalopolis, metropolis, municipality, settlement, suburb, torrin, , township, village","The word begins with ""t"" and ends with ""n"".","(I) skipped town ""I skipped town"" is an idiomatic common slang colloquialism meaning I quickly left town under less than desirable circumstances (legally, morally, socially, etc.).",Other,05/02/14 #23345,Happy Birthday Jenny,2.39,3.07,cinnamon30,"Jenny was four years old last week, and her parents threw her an extravagant birthday party. They hired five people to entertain, each in a different way and each for a different price ($50, $75, $100, $125, or $150). Determine the order in which the five entertainers performed, what each person did and his or her charge. 1. The entertainer who charged $125 and the entertainer who performed just after Kelly are, in some order, the puppeteer and a person who charged less than the person who sang the children's song. 2. The clown performed sometime after Wyatt and sometime before the person who charged $75. 3. Louis didn't charge $150. 4. The five entertainers were: Wyatt, the acrobat, the second entertainer, the person who performed just before Kelly, and the person who charged $25 more than the magician. 5. Noreen performed either just before or just after a person who charged less than Louis. 6. Kelly charged $25 more than the acrobat. 7. Alicia isn't the children's singer.",No hint available.,"1st - Noreen, singer, $150 2nd - Kelly, magician, $100 3rd - Wyatt, puppeteer, $50 4th - Louis, clown, $125 5th - Alicia, acrobat, $75 Kelly didn't perform fifth - clue 1, or perform first - clue 4. If she performed 3rd, the 2nd performer would be listed twice in clue 4. Thus , Kelly was second or fourth. Suppose she was fourth. She isn't the acrobat, clue 6, so of the people listed in clue 4, Kelly would be the one who was paid $25 more than the magician. However, Kelly was paid $25 more than the acrobat - clue 6, so the acrobat and the magician would have charged the same amount. Therefore, Kelly was the second performer. Wyatt didn't perform 4th or 5th - clue 2. He wasn't before Kelly - clue 4, so he wasn't first; he performed 3rd. The clown came on fourth, and the person who charged $75 was 5th - clue 2. By elimination, the 5th person was 1st to perform. Of the people mentioned in clue 4, the clown is the one who charged $25 more than the magician. By elimination in clue 4, the acrobat performed 5th. Kelly charged $100 - clue 6. Wyatt performed just after Kelly (see above), so he is either the puppeteer or charged less than the singer - clue 1; in neither case is he the singer. He didn't charge $125 - clue 1. The clown didn't charge $50 (see above), so he charged either $125 or $150. Thus the magician charged $100 or $125 (see above). In neither case is Wyatt the magician (see above), so he's the puppeteer. The singer charged more than $125 - clue 1, so he or she charged $150. Therefore, Kelly isn't the singer, she's the magician. By elimination, the singer performed 1st and charged $150 (see above). The singer is neither Alicia - clue 7, nor Louis - clue 3, she's Noreen. The clown charged $125 (clue 4 and above). By elimination, Wyatt charged $50. Kelly charged less than Louis - clue 5, so Louis charged $125. By elimination, Alicia is the acrobat.",Logic-Grid,06/02/05 #52357,The Car Accident,2.27,1.4,wimpykidfan37,"Hans Ernest Froopaloop, Jr. got into a car accident yesterday. Had he worn a seat belt, he would have died. He didn't, and survived. Why?",No hint available.,"Mr. Froopaloop was thrown out of his car right before it was crushed, escaping with only a broken leg. Had he worn a seat belt, he would have stayed in the car, and wouldn't have had time to get out before getting crushed to death.",Situation,02/18/20 #8568,Al Krakit,2.31,2.27,mad-ade,"Long ago, the king of Madadia lost the combination of the safe where the secret Madadian Kebab recipe was held. The most prolific safe cracker in Madadia's prison system was sent for, with a royal pardon if he succeeded in opening the safe. His name was Al Krakit, and after several attempts at bypassing the combination, he realised that the only way to open the safe safely was by trying every possible combination by hand. The lock was a 4-character code, with 2 of them being letters of either case and the other 2 being numbers. Not knowing what case the letters are, what would be the maximum number of attempts Al Krakit would need to make to find the correct code? Note that the code is case sensitive.",No hint available.,"The maximum number of attempts required are 1,622,400. There are 52 possible letters - a to z and A to Z, and 10 possible numbers - 0 to 9. Now, 4 characters - 2 letters and 2 numbers, can be selected in 52*52*10*10 ways. These 4 characters can be arranged in 6 different ways - the number of unique patterns that can be formed by lining up 4 objects of which 2 are distinguished one way (i.e. they must be letters) and the other 2 are distinguished another way (i.e. they must be numbers). Consider an example : Let's assume that @ represents letter and # represents number. the 6 possible ways of arranging them are : @@##, @#@#, @##@, #@@#, #@#@, ##@@ Hence, the required answer is = 52*52*10*10*6 = 1,622,400 attempts = 1.6 million approx.",Other,11/17/02 #4419,Free Man,2.62,2.25,mad-ade,"Mad Ade's Uncle Mavis is standing on the platform of a train station. As a train pulls out of the station, he sees a woman aboard it waving. Uncle Mavis runs over to the train, gets on it and kills the woman. He gets off the train, goes to police and confesses to the murder. He then walks away from the police station without consequence. Why did the police let Uncle Mavis go?",No hint available.,"The woman was the Uncle Mavis' wife (Mad Ade's Auntie Natel). Years ago she faked her own death and framed her husband. Uncle Mavis was convicted and served time for murder. In the country where this occurred, a person can not be prosecuted for the same crime twice. Since he had already served time, he could not be sentenced again.",Situation,06/02/02 #31487,Anagram Links 2,2.69,2.5100000000000002,bigSWAFF_69_,"An Anagram Link is a set of 2 words that link together by the last letter of one word, and the first letter of the other. Both words contain the same letters, but in different orders. Such as: team/meat. Can you find the following Anagram Links by using the clues? 1) Link at S. One word is plural for 43560 sq. feet. 2) Link at S. One word means to kill. 3) Link at T. One word means consume. 4) Link at R. One word means a feeling of displeasure. 5) Link at F. One word means skin.",No hint available.,"1) acres/scare 2) lays/slay 3) eat/tea 4) anger/range 5) shelf/flesh",Language,07/02/06 #26625,Yellow Card!,2.39,1.12,i_am_hated,Where must the referee be to blow the whistle?,No hint available.,"Right behind it, as the whistle would need to be in his mouth for him to blow it.",Trick,10/30/05 #28202,Use Your Illusions III,2.67,2.21,metallicman,"The following are famous books and their authors. Letters have been taken from each book and each author. From the letter list below fill in each letter to give the names of the books and authors. L--d of t-e F-i-s W--li-m G-ldi-g A D-- No Pi-s W-u-d D-e Ro--rt Ne--on Pe-k A T-l- of T-o C-ti-s C-a--es Dic-e-s Th- A-o-n Peo--e R-n Jo--s The H--se of t-e Scor-i-n Na-c- Fa-m-r T-- H--c-et G--y Pa-ls-n aaaaabcceeeeeeeeeghhhhhiiiklllllnnnnoooooopprrrrrttuuwwyy",No hint available.,"Lord of the Flies William Golding A Day No Pigs Would Die Robert Newton Peck A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens The Acorn People Ron Jones The House of the Scorpion Nancy Farmer The Hatchet Gary Paulsen",Language,01/22/06 #9479,Very Bad Sting,2.41,2.27,Princess_Neopia,"I am an enjoyable thing, that gets people here to play. (Take my first letter away, mix my letters up) I now give pain and a very bad sting, people go to the doctor/dentist every day. What am I?","The first one is a place and the second is a feeling. Read the second one very carefully.","The first is a BEACH (people enjoy going to the beach and the beach gets people to play) To make ACHE (an ache gives pain and a feeling that stings, and such ones as headache and ear ache can make you go to the doctor and a toothache brings you to a dentist.)",Riddle,12/30/02 #45671,Kangaroo Words 7,2.46,1.7,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. clue 2. appropriate 3. agreement 4. balsam 5. matches See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word: 6. community",No hint available.,"1. cue (ClUE) 2. apt (APpropriaTe) 3. amen (AgreeMENt) 4. balm (BALsaM) 5. mates (MATchES) 6. county / city (COmmUNiTY / CommunITY)",Language,11/08/09 #47265,Words With OD,1.86,2.87,cnmne,"Five words that contain OD as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *OD**, ***OD, *OD***, **OD***, ****OD* Pool: A, B, C, C, C, E, E, E, H, I, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, T, U, Y",No hint available.,"MODEL, SYNOD, BODICE, PRODUCT, CATHODE",Language,06/16/10 #40703,It's Not In The Cards,2.27,2.04,aresII,"The following quote is from American comedian Mitch Hedberg (1968-2005). Can you decode it? * Hint contains three vowels. L=C ""G AKWO HAJLCEJLC. HYZ G'D FKZ JNNGLZON ZK SJDHAGFS. G'D JNNGLZON ZK XGZZGFS GF J XODG-LGVLAO.""","G=I J=A O=E","""I LOVE BLACKJACK. BUT I'M NOT ADDICTED TO GAMBLING. I'M ADDICTED TO SITTING IN A SEMI-CIRCLE."" KEY: A=L C=K D=M E=J F=N G=I H=B J=A K=O L=C N=D O=E S=G V=R W=V X=S Y=U Z=T",Cryptography,02/25/08 #3814,Stormy Night,2.93,1.7,arij,"You are driving a car on one big stormy night. You pass a bus station. There are three people who are waiting for the bus: One old sick lady who is dying, One doctor who saved your life before, and one lady who is someone you have been dreaming to be with. You can only take one passenger, which one will you choose?",No hint available.,"Give the car key to the doctor, let the doctor take the old lady to the hospital and stay to wait for the bus with the lady of your dream!",Logic,04/30/02 #6526,He and She,2.5100000000000002,1.49,missie,"He and she both have one each, but every person has two. A citizen has three and a human being has four. A choreographer has five and an inhabitant of earth has six. What?",No hint available.,Syllables,Language,08/14/02 #4174,No Zeros,2.53,2.18,librashorty,"Can you find a five digit number which has no zeros and no digit is repeated, and where: The first digit is a prime number. The second digit is the fifth digit minus the first digit. The third digit is twice the first digit. The fourth digit is the third digit plus three. The fifth digit is the difference between the first digit and the fourth digit.",No hint available.,"23,475",Math,05/20/02 #24509,Cow Cash,2.35,2.46,ndnumber1fan,"A farmer with seven daughters is budgeting the food and medical expenses they will incur to care for their herd of cows over a two-week period. The herd consists of adult mother cows and their calves. Each of the farmer's daughters has seven plows, each plow is pulled by seven mother cows, and each mother cow has seven calves. The farmer and his daughters know the following: Out of all those mother cows, two-sevenths are still nursing their calves, while five-sevenths of the mothers have weaned their calves. Nursing mothers eat more, so they each need 8 ounces of solid cow food a day. The other mothers need only 6 ounces a day. The weaned calves each need 2 ounces of food a day, while the calves still being nursed don't eat any solid food. The family pays $1.02 per pound of solid cow food. During this two-week period, each calf has to be vaccinated. The cost of the vaccination is $14 per calf. What will be the total amount paid to feed and vaccinate the cows during this two-week period?",No hint available.,"It costs $38,686.97 to care for the cows for 2 weeks. Explanation Determine the number of cows and calves. 7 daughters x 7 plows for each daughter = 49 plows altogether 7 mother cows per plow x 49 plows = 343 mother cows 7 calves per mother cow x 343 mother cows = 2,401 calves Determine the number of types of cows and calves. The nursing mothers = 2/7 x 343 = 98. The mothers with weaned calves = 5/7 x 343 = 245. Five-sevenths of the calves are weaned and do need solid food: 5/7 x 2,401 = 1,715 weaned calves. Two-sevenths of the calves are still nursing and don't need solid food: 2/7 x 2,401 = 686 nursing calves. Determine the amount of food each type of cow or calf requires. Each nursing mother needs 8 ounces of food per day; the total number of ounces of food per day for all nursing cows is: 8 x 98 = 784 oz per day. Each mother with weaned calves needs 6 ounces of food per day; the total number of ounces of food per day for all mother cows with weaned calves is: 6 x 245 = 1,470 oz of food per day. Weaned calves eat 2 ounces of food per day: 1,715 x 2 = 3,430 oz of food per day. Determine the amount of food the entire herd needs. The whole herd of cows needs: 784 + 1,470 + 3,430 = 5,684 oz 5,684 oz of food per day /16 oz per lb = 355.25 lbs of cow food per day. Determine how much money the food will cost. There are 14 days in 2 weeks. Multiply 355.25 lbs by 14 days to find the number of pounds of food needed for 2 weeks, 4,973.5 lbs. Since the food costs $1.02 per pound, multiply 4,973.5 lbs. by $1.02 to find the total amount needed for food, $5.072.97. Determine how much the vaccinations will cost. All 2,401 calves need vaccinations. Multiply 2,401 calves by $14 per shot to find the total amount needed for shots, $33,614. Add the cost of the food to the cost of the vaccinations to find the total cost of caring for the cows for 2 weeks. $5,072.97 + $33,614 = $38,686.97.",Math,07/13/05 #52185,Brownies,2.32,1.75,mintymints75,"Sally loved to bake. One day, she told her friends, Leah and Rachel, that she was going to give them brownies the next day. The next day, the brownies were delivered, but Leah and Rachel couldn't eat them. How come?",The brownies weren't baked or made of anything edible.,"Sally was playing a practical joke, and she just cut out of brown construction paper an E. Since it was made of paper, it was not edible.",Situation,04/30/19 #25530,Words of Wisdom,2.41,2.73,Sunrose,"Below are 2 quotes made by 2 different people. Every letter stands for another letter, and no letter can represent 2 letters, neither can 2 letters represent the same letter. Z FSKX ZCCZVI OVJD UGSOFXBWX OVFF GXKXI XGB VG DXZIJAIXZU. - TVYDZXF WZIIXJJ TZIVGS AXJJXI JS PGBXIQJZGB Z FVJJFX JDZG JS TVQPGBXIQJZGB Z FSJ. - ZGSGLTSPQ","A=Z O=S","A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak. - Michael Garrett Marino Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot. - Anonymous A=Z B=A C=Y D=B E=X F=C G=W H=D I=V J=E K=U L=F M=T N=G O=S P=H Q=R R=I S=Q T=J U=P V=K W=O X=N Y=L Z=M",Cryptography,08/25/05 #24673,Billy Bob's Crazy Travels: Part II,2.83,2.2,bigSWAFF_69_,"Crazy Billy Bob is at it again, apparently the last state he visited wasn't quite up to par. Something about being attacked by Blue Hen Chickens.... Once again Crazy Billy Bob sets out for ten more U.S. states, on his search for a new home. Can you figure out what states he visited by the clues listed below? 1. Female Name + Earth is Made up of Water and ______ 2. 270 Degrees Clockwise From Due North + Female Name 3. ""Oh!"" + Salutations My Friend + ""Oh!"" 4. Family Relative + Drawn In + 5th Letter of Alphabet 5. Female Name 6. 90 Degrees Counter-Clockwise From East + A Christmas Song + _______ + First Letter of Alphabet 7. 90 Degrees Clockwise From East + A Christmas Song + _______ + First Letter of Alphabet 8. Male name + Abbreviation for 15th U.S. State, In Alphabetical Order 9. What You Stand On When In a Building + What You Do On a Bike + First Letter of Alphabet 10. Expanded Structure + What Emeril Lagasse Says + First Letter of Alphabet","Remember, Crazy Billy Bob has to be able to drive from state-to-state, so each state must border the state before, and after it.","Crazy Billy Bob went to: 1. Mary Land (Maryland) 2. West Virginia (West Virginia) 3. Oh Hi Oh (Ohio) 4. Kin Tuck E (Kentucky) 5. Virginia (Virginia) 6. North Carol Line A (North Carolina) 7. South Carol Line A (South Carolina) 8. George I.A. (Georgia) 9. Floor Ride A (Florida) 10. Ala Bam A (Alabama)",Language,07/19/05 #49982,A Series of Headaches,2.34,2.8,eighsse,"The Detroit Tigers played the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series (Major League Baseball). In this particular series (which went the full seven games), there was only one shutout, and no team scored more than 12 runs in any game. Following are some facts that apply to BOTH teams, individually, pertaining to the number of runs scored in each of the 7 games (no information is given about the order in which these games occured). For each team, there were: [1] 4 games with a prime number of runs. [2] A multiple of 3 games with an even number of runs. [3] No two games, the product of whose runs was a prime number. [4] 2 games with a perfect square of runs. [5] No game with exactly 5 runs. The Tigers scored 30 runs in the entire series, and [6] scored 7 or 8 runs in at least one game. The Reds scored 36 runs, and [7] of all seven games, there are exactly two pairs of games, the sum of whose runs was exactly 9 (a game can be used in multiple pairs). Based on this information, which of these statements is accurate? 1. The Detroit Tigers won the World Series. 2. The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series. 3. The World Series winner is uncertain. The bracketed clue numbers [1]-[7] are used for reference in the answer explanation.","Hint: In baseball, the points are called ""runs,"" and there are no tie games in Major League Baseball. The World Series is a best-of-seven series of games. A shutout is a game in which a team is held to 0 runs. Of course, this entire scenario is hypothetical, and not based upon any actual World Series.","The Detroit Tigers won the World Series. [2]: Since there were seven games, this must be 0, 3, or 6 games. We know both teams scored an even number of runs in the whole series. This narrows it down from {0, 3, or 6} to 3. So each team had 3 even-run games, and 4 odd-run games. [3]: The only case in which two whole numbers may be multiplied together to produce a prime number is that one number is 1 and the other is prime. Since one clue mentions that both teams had some prime-number-run games, the statement is shown to be merely an obfuscated way of saying ""there were no games with exactly 1 run for either team."" [1] and [4]: These clues become very useful when combined, for no number exists that is both a perfect square and a prime number. So for each team, these make up 6 of the 7 games, leaving only one game for each team in which neither a prime number nor a perfect square of runs was scored. Here is the breakdown of the numbers 0 to 12, aside from the eliminated numbers 1 and 5: Prime - 2,3,7,11 [4 games for each team] Square - 0,4,9 [2 games each] Neither prime nor square - 6,8,10,12 [1 game each] Since all of the ""neither prime nor square"" numbers are even, this leaves 2 even and 4 odd games to make up the 6 ""prime or square"" games for each team. Since we know there was exactly one shutout, one team's square games were either {0,4} or {0,9}, and the other team's square games were either {4,4}, {4,9}, or {9,9}. [7]: It can be found that the Reds must have one of the following subsets: {3,6,0,9}, {3,3,6}, {2,2,7}, {2,7,7}, {3,6,2,7}, {2,7,0,9}. {2,7,0,9} is the only one that can be completed legally: {2,7,0,9,3,3,12}. We now know the Tigers' square games are either {4,4}, {4,9}, or {9,9}. {4,4} is the only one that can be continued legally, which forces their 4 primes to be odd. So Detroit did not score less than 3 in any game, which means the Reds could have won a maximum of just three games: those in which they scored 7, 9, 12.",Logic,10/27/13 #50959,Why Can't I Join This Club?,2.21,2.27,Marple,"My friend Leslie asked my sister, Eloise, to join a club she had formed. When I asked her if I could join she said ""Sorry, Jane, but you can't join my club"". My brothers Bill and Bob and my cousin Ellie are also members of Leslie's exclusive club. Why won't she let me join?",You can only join Leslie's club if you have a specific type of name.,"Leslie has formed a club whose members have names that can be spelled upside down with a calculator - For example, 317537 (Leslie) and 31773 (Ellie). So my name, Jane, excludes me!",Riddle,12/30/16 #33917,Double Feature 4,2.53,2.81,cnmne,"The Cinemarebus Theater is showing two movies. True to its name, the marquee displays each movie title in the form of a rebus. What movies are represented by the following two rebuses? (Note: <<<<< = indicated entry) Movie #1 Carl Jones is now Carla Jones George Nelson is now Georgette Nelson Michael Pryor is now Michelle Pryor Robert Benton is now Roberta Benton Victor Dibbs is now Victoria Dibbs Movie #2 General Robert E Lee: ""I am fighting for Virginia."" General Thomas ""Stonewall"" Jackson: ""I am fighting for the South."" General James Ewell Brown ""Jeb"" Stuart: ""I have no reason to fight."" <<<<<","One of the movies starred Halle Berry, the other was released in 1955.","Movie #1 X-Men (the males have been changed to females; they are ex-men), Halle Berry, 2000 Movie #2 Rebel Without a Cause (these were generals that served the Confederacy in the American Civil War, or Rebels; Stuart had no reason, or cause), James Dean, 1955",Rebus,11/10/06 #24178,A Day of Shopping,3.12,2.9,ragsdaleam,"The Springview Mall had its annual Big Sale last Friday. Five girls skipped school to go shopping together. Each of the girls bought one item on sale for less than the regular price. Find out each girl's last name, item bought, the sale price she paid, and what the regular price of her item was. 1. Beth Jones didn't buy the shoes. The girl who bought the skirt spent half of the regular price. Terry spent $25 on her item. 2. Sarah was not the girl who spent $35 on an item that was regularly priced at $45. Miss Turner, whose first name isn't Jennifer, didn't buy the jeans. 3. Molly spent more money than the girl who bought the necklace, but her item's regular price was $10 less than Miss Smith's. 4. The person who bought the jeans had a regular price that was higher than Miss Anderson, but lower than the girl who bought the purse. 5. Sarah's last name wasn't Smith. Miss Welch didn't spend $40, but the regular price of her item was $15 more than the sale price. The person who bought the necklace spent $30, but it wasn't Sarah. 6. The five girls were Molly, the girl who spent $50, the person who bought the jeans, the girl whose item regularly cost $60, and Miss Anderson.",Create a table based on the 6th clue. Work with it and the grid.,"Beth Jones, necklace, $30, $60 Jennifer Smith, jeans, $40, $55 Molly Turner, shoes, $35, $45 Sarah Welch purse $50, $65 Terry Anderson, skirt, $25, $50",Logic-Grid,07/01/05 #25761,High Scorer Two,2.57,2.73,horse_luver,"The point of this puzzle is to come up with the words to fill the blanks that will get you the highest score possible. Each letter is worth a certain amount of points based on its position in the alphabet. ABCDE= 1 point FGHIJ= 2 points KLMNO= 3 points PQRST= 4 points UVWXYZ= 5 points Fill in the blanks to get the maximum score of 314. You are allowed to use letters more than once, though you may not use words more than once. (There are several possible answers.) H _ _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ G _ _ _ _ _ H _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ C _ _ _ _ _ O _ _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ W _ _ _ _ _ O _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"Hursts-- 23 Irrupt-- 23 Groszy (grouty, grumpy, guyots, gypsum)-- 23 Hourly (hummus, humour, hyssop)-- 22 Syrupy-- 28 Crusty (curtsy, cutups, Cyprus)-- 23 Output-- 25 Rumpus-- 25 Erupts (estrus)-- 22 Rousts (rumour, rumply, runout)-- 24 Trusty (tussur)-- 26 Wursts-- 26 Outrow-- 24",Language,09/04/05 #26273,Scrambled Description 2,2.69,2.4,Sunrose,"There are six scrambled up words below. You will need to unscramble the words. Each word defines or describes the answer. 1) aerwt oesdrltp 2) rrsuic 3) uosrbce 4) mwasr 5) uuulmsc 6) ttussar","1) Rain. 2) It's a type of the answer. 3) Blocks or shady. 4) A large group (for example - a school of fish). 5) It's a type of the answer. 6) It's a type of the answer.","Cloud(s) 1) Water Droplets - helps form clouds. 2) Cirrus - Is the name of the clouds formed at high altitude. 3) Obscure - to cloud the issues, or a description of a gemstone - a cloudy diamond. 4) Swarm - can refer to a cloud of locusts. 5) Cumulus - This is clouds formed in rounded masses heaped on each other above a flat base at low altitudes. 6) Stratus - This is the clouds formed as a continuous horizontal grey sheet, often brings snow or rain.",Other,10/09/05 #35569,Word Swap #23,2.16,2.93,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. The __________ was in the pulpit giving a wonderful sermon, but looked silly due to the __________ of food dangling from his chin. 2. The UN delegates really wanted to ratify the __________, but the delegates from France continued to __________, so they had to keep waiting. 3. While in France, we visited the historic military sites and saw several soldiers wearing __________ and brandishing __________.",No hint available.,"1. Prelatic, particle 2. Treaty, yatter 3. Kepis, pikes Prelatic - A church dignitary, such as a bishop, archbishop, or cardinal. Yatter - To chatter, jabber... Idle talk Kepi - A french military cap, with a flat, circular top, and a nearly horizontal visor. Pike - A shafted weapon with a pointed head or blade, used mostly in the medieval times.",Language,03/06/07 #32030,Charting the Unknown,2.46,2.59,jazzmusician46,3 = V of C J C,Look to the title,"The 3 Voyages of Captain James Cook. James Cook made three voyages under his own command between 1769-1779. He was killed in Hawaii in 1779.",Letter-Equations,07/25/06 #40219,Every Pro Has a Con,2.29,2.31,aresII,"The following quote is from a famous painter. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. Q=T ""JUJIH AWMZQZUJ UTKYJ VTM ZQM AIZBJ ZS SJRTQZUJ QJIOM. QVJ RJSZYM WN JZSMQJZS KJTFM QW VZIWMVZOT."" - ATXKW AZBTMMW","J=E W=O Z=I","""EVERY POSITIVE VALUE HAS ITS PRICE IN NEGATIVE TERMS. THE GENIUS OF EINSTEIN LEADS TO HIROSHIMA."" - PABLO PICASSO KEY: A=P B=C F=D H=Y I=R J=E K=L M=S N=F O=M Q=T R=G S=N T=A U=V V=H W=O X=B Y=U Z=I",Cryptography,01/27/08 #36427,Break Time,2.69,1.16,coltonr1,"What is represented with this rebus? Inning Inning Inning Inning Inning Inning I n n i n g Inning Inning",No hint available.,Seventh Inning Stretch,Rebus,04/26/07 #27004,Missing Idioms: Animals #3,2.86,2.07,smarty_blondy,"Welcome to the Missing Idioms language game! An idiom is a speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or, cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in ""keep tabs on"". Below you will find 10 sentences, with the missing idiom replaced, in brackets (...). To solve the game, you will need to complete each sentence with an idiom, but there is a twist to it. Each round you will be given a Main Clue and, all missing idioms must relate to it. The Main Clue for this round is ""Animals"", therefore all missing idioms must relate to animals. Good luck and enjoy! 1. He is (choosing the wrong course of action giving the circumstances). He accused me of causing the computer problem but I was away at the time. 2. The store owner told the mother to keep her child outside. He stated that her little boy was like a (person with no tact, clumsy when he should be careful). 3. You should be careful in following your idol so closely. No doubt he was a great man, but you don't want to end up a (person that closely imitates or mimics another) either. 4. Don't bother trying to explain Shakespeare to Bob. It would be like (showing or offering something very helpful or valuable to someone who does not understand or appreciate it). 5. I think (she couldn't speak because of shyness). She did not say anything at all the whole time I was there. 6. I had a (short sleep taken during the day) during the afternoon so I would feel refreshed in the evening. 7. They have decided to change lawyers, but I told them that they shouldn't (make new plans or choose a new leader in the middle of an important activity). 8. He is (giving a false alarm). There is no real danger or worry about the electrical system causing a fire. 9. I (feel that something is wrong). There is something wrong with his relationship to the bankers. 10. This has been an unusual day for this time of year. It has been (raining very hard) all day.",No hint available.,"Here are the missing idioms. 1. barking up the wrong tree 2. bull in a china shop 3. copycat 4. casting pearls before swine 5. the cat got her tongue 6. cat nap 7. change horses in midstream 8. crying wolf 9. smell a rat 10. raining cats and dogs",Language,11/18/05 #30968,They Knead You Too,2.74,2.62,irishthistle,"The quotes below have a common theme. Each quote concerns those lovable little kitties who knead on our laps when we are wearing shorts and never come when they are called. And yet, they manage to make every life that they touch richer for the experience. Can you decipher these pieces of cat wisdom? RZIUP VMKQOAED KEU'V MRI KEU QKKFV AEIK AIV ZRMU REO AV VUANUO GT ISU LDQT VLVXAMAKE ISRI AI LEOUPVIKKO UYUPT JKPO. REO SRV ZAQUO AI ZKP PUZUPUEMU.- MSRPQKIIU DPRT MRIV MRE JKPF KLI BRISUBRIAMRQQT ISU UHRMI XQRMU IK VAI ISRI JAQQ MRLVU BKVI AEMKEYUEAUEMU. - XRB GPKJE R FAIIUE AV VK ZQUHAGQU ISRI VSU AV RQBKVI OKLGQU; ISU SAEO XRPIV RPU UCLAYRQUEI IK REKISUP FAIIUE JAIS JSAMS ISU ZKPUXRPI XQRTV. VSU OKUV EKI OAVMKYUP ISRI SUP IRAQ GUQKEDV IK SUP LEIAQ TKL IPURO KE AI. - SUEPT ORYAO ISKPURL","Encrypted-Unencrypted X=P R=A J=W V=S","After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.- Charlotte Gray Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience. - Pam Brown A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double; the hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the forepart plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her until you tread on it. - Henry David Thoreau Encrypted-Unencrypted A=I B=M C=Q D=G E=N F=K G=B H=X I=T J=W K=O L=U M=C N=Z O=D P=R Q=L R=A S=H T=Y U=E V=S W=J X=P Y=V Z=F",Cryptography,06/08/06 #31773,Moving Friends,2.81,1.75,ava199345,"Amanda's widespread friends are moving yet again. She had written down the places they were moving to and from and what month they were moving in, but lost it. Can you take these clues and help her figure it out? Friends- Lola, Agatha, Savannah, Josie Moving from- Little Rock, Arkansas; Saline, Michigan; Juneau, Alaska; Augusta, Maine Moving to- Jackson, Mississippi; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Salt Lake City, Utah; Los Angeles, California Months- March, April, July, September 1) The ladies are Josie, the woman who moved to Jackson, the woman who moved away from Saline, and the one who moved in July. 2) Lola preferred to remain in the same state. 3) None of the ladies moved to or from a city that begins with the same letter as their name. 4) None of the women moved in a month that begins with the same letter as their name. 5) Only Lola and Agatha moved in a month that begins with the same letter as the city they moved from. 6) Savannah moved from Augusta. 7) Agatha got sick of the cold climate where she lived and moved to a warmer state on the west coast.",California is on the west coast.,"Lola- From Saline to Ann Arbor; September Agatha- From Juneau to Los Angeles; July Savannah- From Augusta to Jackson; March Josie- From Little Rock to Salt Lake City; April",Logic-Grid,07/14/06 #13653,Sen Tense?,2.1,2.27,dsquared,"What common expression is represented here? S + e + n + t + e + n + s + e",Such an occurrence may earn you an admonishment from your English teacher.,"Poor sentence construction. The word sentence is being constructed by adding the letters and it has been done poorly as it is misspelled - sentenSe.",Rebus,07/07/03 #41043,Distorted Music - M,2.73,2.0,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter M. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Gavel Moon 2. Voiles Mousy 3. Lambast Beeriest 4. Maraca Spay Eddy 5. Be Surmises Yins",No hint available.,"1. ""Move Along"" by The All-American Rejects 2. ""Miss You Love"" by Silverchair 3. ""Miserable At Best"" by Mayday Parade 4. ""Macy's Day Parade"" by Green Day 5. ""Misery Business"" by Paramore",Language,03/14/08 #26554,Temperatures,2.81,1.91,sdm1177,"What is represented below? Se = temperature when water freezes, in Fahrenheit Pa = temperature when water freezes, in Celsius Ra = room temperature of water, in Fahrenheit Ti = room temperature of water, in Celsius O = temperature when water boils, in Fahrenheit N = temperature when water boils, in Celsius",There is a word broken into pieces.,"Six degrees of separation. The word separation is broken into pieces. Each piece is given a temperature value that equates to a number of degrees, and there are six of them.",Rebus,10/26/05 #18723,Opposites Attract III,2.7,1.98,horse_luver,"These seemingly ""nonsense"" words have pairs of opposites in them. For example: lshoorntg would be ""Long /Short"" (LshOorNtG). If you've noticed, the letters in the words are always in the same order. Get the idea? Great! Now try these! 1) Sduhalrpl 2) Upgreltyty 3) Nmiecane 4) Feumpltly 5) Fplanaciyn 6) Dadrmyp 7) Sbteranigtht 8) Ltiogoshet 9) Elaarltye 10) Wsetaronkg",No hint available.,"1) Dull/sharp- sDUhaLrpL 2) Ugly/pretty- UpGreLtYty 3) Nice/mean- nMiEcANe 4) Empty/full- FeUmpLtLy 5) Fancy/plain- fPLanAcIyN 6) Damp/dry- daDRmYp 7) Straight/bent- sBtEraNigTht 8) Loose/tight- lTIoGosHeT 9) Early/late- eLaArlTyE 10) Weak/strong- WsEtAronKg",Language,09/01/04 #47635,Back in Forth 14,2.93,2.25,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. di____ce (high mountains) 2. lea____s (an individual) 3. d____ing (inadequate; needy) 4. m____att (remuneration)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. move; cause to move 2. deciduous tree in winter 3. weak from exhaustion 4. large unit of power","1. displace (ALPS - di_SPLA_ce) 2. leafless (SELF - lea_FLES_s) 3. drooping (POOR - d_ROOP_ing) 4. megawatt (WAGE - m_EGAW_att)",Language,08/02/10 #43570,"Thank You, Montezuma.",2.79,0.97,xmum,"I love this stuff! Can't get enough. I seek out new excuses To eat too much. I even try To seek out medicinal uses. It's good for my heart. (I love that part.) It cheers me when I'm gloomy. It can make me fat, but who cares about that? I just buy my clothes big and roomy. I love its many splendored forms. I love it in liquid or block. I love it light! I love it dark! But I fear people are in for a shock. Some say that Heaven's streets, so fair, Are paved with solid gold. That would be grand, but here's my plan, When life's final bell is tolled. I'll wander more flavorful streets all day. Ah! 'Twould be such a treat, At the end of my life, to sit on a cloud, And happily lick my feet. Now it is time to guess my vice. Try to name it, and if you do, I'll let the word roll off my tongue, But I won't share any with you.",No hint available.,Chocolate.,Riddle,11/17/08 #29867,The Vowel-less Knights #5,3.05,2.1,ScoutMan,"And now for more in the tradition of the Vowel-less Knights: 1. Mnds r lk prchts - th nl fnctn whn pn. 2. Bwr f smll xpnss, smll lk wll snk grt shp. 3. Prblms cnnt b slvd t th sm lvl f wrnss tht crtd thm.","1. Spoken by a whiskey baron who once played the bagpipes during a Brewer's Show in London. Bonus point: who? 2. Spoken by one of America's Founding Fathers, the one who was a playboy. Bonus point: who? 3. Spoken by the man who is arguably the 20th Century's greatest genius. Bonus point: who?","1. Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open. Bonus: Thomas Dewar. He played the pipes in 1885, successfully annoying everyone else there. 2. Beware of small expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship. Bonus: Benjamin Franklin. 3. Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them. Bonus: Albert Einstein.",Language,04/18/06 #12113,50 = L in R N,2.4,2.04,rose_rox,50 = L in R N,No hint available.,50 = L in Roman Numerals.,Letter-Equations,04/29/03 #26957,Duties of the Old West!,2.18,2.43,redraptor50,"I have been known as a U.S. Marshall, and one of the best. The famous shoot out at the OK Corral was just one along with the rest. A tin star was pinned on me quick as a snap, but U.S. Marshall was not actually stated as that. By now you probably know my name, but what did the tin star state as my Real Fame?","Yes, Wyatt Earp!",Wyatt Earp was never a U.S. Marshall! He was a Deputy U.S. Marshall!,Riddle,11/16/05 #6975,ggddeerr,2.44,1.33,dumbell,"complete these words so that the new letters, when read downwards will form a four letter word. _ gg _ dd _ ee _ rr",No hint available.,"Egg Add See Err",Language,10/13/02 #29114,Watch Theft,2.57,1.97,metallicman,"Larry is in police custody for a suspected robbery. There is some evidence that he stole a watch out of a locker where he worked. ""What happened at the factory, Larry?"" Chief Brossard asked. ""I came to work at 5:00 AM as I always do. We worked until noon when we ate lunch, which lasted an hour. I-"" ""What do you do at work?"" ""I cut metal slabs."" ""How long does that take?"" ""About one minute per strip. They're for motor vehicles. Anyway, after lunch, I had exactly 179 strips to make. Three hours later, I came into the locker room to change and go home when I saw a locker broken into. Some people came in and accused me of stealing someone's watch. I didn't have time to steal it because when I got off at 3:59 other people would have seen me as an entire shift gets off, and a minute to get there and break into the locker isn't enough time."" With fingerprint evidence, Chief Brossard's suspicion was true that Larry stole the watch. How did he do it?",No hint available.,"Each cut only took one minute. When he came to the 178th cut, that would automatically make 179 pieces without another cut. He then had two minutes to run to the locker room and break into the locker, stealing the watch.",Mystery,03/15/06 #48115,Add a Letter 45,2.37,2.58,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) speed or rapidity & renown (8 letters) 2) unmixed with any other matter & the sum of money offered as a prize or present (4 letters) 3) everything & the inside surface of a cavity or vessel (3 letters) 4) alone & a member of a legislative body (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) celerity & celebrity 2) pure & purse 3) all & wall 4) solo & solon",Language,10/18/10 #34294,"Bang, Bang, Hammer, Hammer.",2.49,2.6,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of popular DIY tools found in the average tool shop at home. Your task is to unravel these anagrams. I have included the number of letters in brackets for each item. Spasms tin inn (7, 5) Hmm! Ear (6) Scan recent ripper (9, 7) Farm harming me (7, 6) Alert bumbler (6, 6) Non-waste (5, 3)",No hint available.,"Tinman's snips Hammer Carpenter pincers Framing hammer Rubber mallet Tenon saw",Language,12/08/06 #32372,Finish,2.64,1.62,soccercow10,"What does this represent? AM doesn't finish TY doesn't finish EZ finishes XZ doesn't finish",No hint available.,Easy does it (finishes).,Rebus,08/09/06 #49960,Segmentation Reconfiguration,2.23,2.36,ThinksForFun,"I've a head, a heart, and a final part Should my head you send to succeed my end I could then be used to make others new If affixing me's what you'd like to do Should you clone my heart to before my start Then I'd turn from small to be not at all Should my final part become my new start Transplanted as such timewise I'd be much What am I?",No hint available.,"I am the word ""one"". I have ""a head"" - the letter ""o"", ""a heart"" - the letter ""n"", ""and a final part"" - the letter ""e"". If you rearrange my parts by moving ""my head"" (""o"") after ""my end"" (""e""), then I'd become the prefix ""neo-"" which means ""new"". Therefore, you could make other words (""others"") ""new"" by prefixing me (I am now ""neo-"") to them. If ""you clone my heart"" (""n"") in front of ""my start"" (""o""), then I'd become the word ""none"" (""n"" + ""one""). In this case, I would change from being ""small"" (""one"", a small number) to ""not at all"" (""none""). If ""my final part"" (""e"") is moved to make it my first letter (""my new start""), then I'd become the word ""eon"". An eon is an immeasurably long period of time, and so ""transplanted as such"" (i.e. ""my final part"" having been moved in this way), ""timewise I'd be much"".",Riddle,09/28/13 #31003,Dimension,2.22,3.13,12345_lewis2,"1,1,infinity,5,6,? What is the next number?",The title gives the clue.,"3. In 0-D, there is a dot. Nothing else. So, there is one. In 1-D, the line, is the only one. In 2-D there are infinity regular polygons In 3-D, 5 Platonic Solids appear: tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron. In 4-D, 6 regular polytopes show: 5-cell, 8-cell, 12-cell, 24-cell, 120-cell, and 600-cell. In the fifth dimension, only the simplex, hypercube, and cross polytope are regular. This leaves us with 3 as our answer.",Series,06/10/06 #33378,Chinese Proverbs 2,2.49,2.61,Ninjakillyou,"D Q / D Q W / P D B / Z H O O / G H V W U R B / D / G D P. F U R Z V / H Y H U B Z K H U H / D U H / H T X D O O B / E O D F N. G L V W D Q W / Z D W H U / Z R Q ' W / K H O S / W R / S X W / R X W / D / I L U H / F O R V H / D W / K D Q G.",No hint available.,"An ant may well destroy a dam. Crows everywhere are equally black. Distant water won't help to put out a fire close at hand. Simply substitute each letter with the one three letters before it. (Example: H = E, D = A, etc.) For letters A, B, and C, just start over at the end of the alphabet. (Example: A = X, C = Z) Key: A = X B = Y C = Z D = A E = B F = C G = D H = E I = F J = G K = H L = I M = J N = K O = L P = M Q = N R = O S = P T = Q U = R V = S W = T X = U Y = V Z = W",Cryptography,10/07/06 #7847,NNOOII,2.86,1.87,kiwioz9,"What is this well-known phrase? NN OO II SS AA CC CC OO EE HH TT",No hint available.,"Rising to the occasion (Rising two 'the occasion')",Rebus,10/03/02 #1088,King Tut,2.42,2.16,Michelle,King Tut died 120 years after King Eros was born. Their combined ages when they died was 100 years. King Eros died in the year 40B.C. In what year was King Tut born?,No hint available.,"He was born 20 B.C. There were 120 years between the birth of King Eros and the death of King Tut, but since their ages amounted to 100 years, there must have been 20 years when neither existed. This would be the period between the death of King Eros, 40 B.C and the birth of King Tut, 20 B.C.",Math,10/10/01 #31451,Country Scramble 2,3.07,1.91,chidam11,"Unscramble these five word jumbles and use the instructions given next to them to form the name of a country which is a jumble of those letters. 1. KERWC. Take the 1st and 2nd letter. 2. LZEA. Take the 1st, 2nd and the 4th letter. 3. KURNT. Take the 1st and the 4th letter. 4. IASB. Take the 2nd and 3rd letter. 5. SUKD. Take the 1st and 3rd letter.","For much of the 20th century, this country was the wealthiest country in Europe by a considerable margin.","1. Wreck. 2. Zeal. 3. Trunk. 4. Bias. 5. Dusk. The letters taken from the above words using the instructions form WRZELTNAIDS. Switzerland is the country which can be formed from the jumble. For much of the 20th century, Switzerland was the wealthiest country in Europe by a considerable margin.",Language,06/30/06 #19692,Mad Ade's Minus Letter Anagrams #3,2.55,2.39,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser, the idea is to identify the blanked words. The secret is that each word is an anagram of the previous word, but minus one letter. For example The ------- mopped up the spilt ------ and then made sure all the work surfaces were -----. The answer for the first word would be ""cleaner"", then remove the ""N"" and make into ""cereal"", then remove an ""E"" to make ""clear"". Now try these. The ------ batch of pupils worked themselves into a nervous ----- about the surprise ---- on their first day. In the ------ of the zoo, the newly born ----- was resting next to a fresh ---- of hay. Unknown to his pupils of the evening class, the ------ was a bit of a secret -----, as well a failed ----.",No hint available.,"Latest, State, Test Stable, Sable, Bale Potter, Toper, Poet",Language,12/06/04 #38172,"3, 2, 12, 4",2.19,2.95,slicktrumpet,"Can you figure out what number comes next? 3, 2, 12, 4, 25, ?",No hint available.,"54 The answer is the digits of pi multiplied by increasing positive integers, not including zero. 3x1=3, 1x2=2, 4x3=12, 1x4=4, 5x5=25, 9x6=54",Series,09/07/07 #49292,Words With FU,2.27,2.48,cnmne,"Five words that contain FU as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? FU***, ***FU, **FU**, **FU***, ***FU** Pool: A, C, D, E, E, E, E, E, G, K, M, N, N, P, R, R, S, T, Y",No hint available.,"FUNKY, SNAFU, REFUGE, DEFUNCT, PERFUME",Language,02/06/12 #26219,Spazy Croonerisms 4,3.17,2.72,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) overweight dam builder & symptom of a sick flying mammal 2) bottom of the ocean & an insect-bitten dog has this 3) a cooking utensil & a nosy admirer 4) the person in charge of clocks and watches & the result of exposing silent actors to the sun",No hint available.,"1) fat beaver & bat fever 2) sea floor & flea sore 3) frying pan & prying fan 4) man of the times & tan of the mimes",Language,10/05/05 #12864,Race,2.7,1.71,newcreation13,"Susie and Mindy are both average, normal, 14 year old girls. They are in a track meet and first up they both run 100 meters. Susie's time is 17.0 seconds. Mindy's time is 13.9 seconds. They both win first place. There were no ties, and this is normal for any track meet. How did they both win if Mindy ran 3.1 seconds faster?",No hint available.,Mindy ran the 100 meter dash. Susie ran the 100 meter hurdles.,Situation,06/01/03 #18613,Madadian Kebabrie Cheese,2.14,2.5,mad-ade,"Mad Ade's Great Uncle Gaseous O' Windpants owned the Madadian Grocery store ""The Beggars Can't Be Choosers"". Madadia was well renowned for its pungent cheeses, especially its ""Kebabrie"" and ""Chillirella"". On display in the store were six cheese pieces weighing 15, 16, 18, 19 , 20 and 31 Pounds. Five out of the six pieces are ""Kebabrie"" and the remaining one is ""Chillirella"". Norma Leigh-Sobar purchased two pieces of ""Kebabrie"" and Laura Anne-Hardy also purchased some ""Kebabrie"" , but she purchased twice as much in weight than Norma . How much does the remaining ""Chillirella"" weigh?",No hint available.,"Norma Leigh-Sobar must have purchased at least 31 pounds and so Laura Anne-Hardy must have bought three wedges since the two heaviest wedges together only total 51 pounds. Since Laura bought twice what Norma bought, the total amount of cheese bought by the two together equals 3 times that purchased by Norma alone. Now, the total weight of all the wedges at the grocery divided by 3 leaves a remainder of 2, so the ""Chillirella"" wedge must leave a remainder of 2 when divided by 3. But the only such wedge is the 20 pound wedge, thus the ""Chillirella"" wedge must have weighed 20 pounds. Thus Norma purchased the 15 and 18 pound pieces which equals 33 pounds and Laura purchased the 16, 19 and 31 pound pieces which equals 66 pounds.",Logic,08/23/04 #22219,Fix the Town,2.5100000000000002,1.82,DJNic,"One day an earthquake jumbled 8 of the buildings on Main Street up. They were the following buildings: the school, the bank, the church, the theater, the jail, the mall, the thrift store, and the Town Hall. Please fix the town to the order it is is supposed to be in. 1) The jail is directly in between the theater and Town Hall buildings. 2) The store is two away from the bank. 3) The school is three away from the theater. 4) The bank is somewhere at the left of the church. 5) The store is next to the school. 6) The church is next to the theater. 7) The theater is 4 away from the store. 8) The bank is next to the church. 9) The mall is at the far left.",No hint available.,"Left to Right: Mall, Store, School, Bank, Church, Theater, Jail, Town Hall.",Logic,04/13/05 #5865,Gones,2.26,1.15,missie,"Decipher this: gone let gone gone be gone",No hint available.,let bygones be bygones,Rebus,07/24/02 #16054,I.e. Bridle Component,2.26,2.29,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? i.e. bridle component The peak",Your answer is likely to be pretty extreme.,"That is a bit over the top i.e. = That is Bridle component (for a horse) = a bit The peak = the top",Rebus,01/06/04 #46915,I Ate Candies,2.22,1.52,Prinesca,"Which word in Group B best fits Group A? And why? Group A: checkmate, circulate, classmate, climate Group B: came, chocolate, cape, cell, critter, date, donut, decorate",Look at the last two words in the title.,"Chocolate. It is because Group A has words ending with ""ate"" (first word) and begins with ""C"" (like the word Candies).",Group,05/04/10 #48153,Guide to Toad Egos,2.81,2.82,cutieluck,"Make a meal of these TOAD EGOS (good eats) by finding the proper anagrams (rearrangements) of the capitalized words in the story below. Rattling his pots and pans, Thomas Trencherman, master chef, addressed his class. ""Snap to, my foodies, time for breakfast! For a snack with coffee, let's have some delicious PARTISAN DISHES ________. Now we'll go through an entire dinner menu, from ZIPPER TEA ___________ to RED SETS _________. Let's start with a bowl of OUR UPS JUDO _______, which today is COLD WAR CHEM, _________, then offer a chilled MICROCHIP STALK __________. Entree choices will include FUN-FUR DARTS _________, consisting of medium-rare WINTRY POKERS _______, served with a steaming hot STARLET BOIL __________. For dessert, a choice of MAUI STIR ________ or even the ever-popular EEL CEREBRUM __________. TIBETAN POP _________ to you!""",No hint available.,"Rattling his pots and pans, Thomas Trencherman, master chef, addressed his class. ""Snap to, my foodies, time for breakfast! For a snack with coffee, let's have some delicious DANISH PASTRIES. Now we'll go through the an entire dinner menu, from APPETIZER to DESSERT. Let's start with a bowl of SOUP DU JOUR, which today is CLAM CHOWDER, then offer a a chilled SHRIMP COCKTAIL. Entree choices will include SURF AND TURF, consisting of medium-rare NEW YORK STRIP, served with a steaming hot LOBSTER TAIL. For dessert, a choice of TIRAMISU or the ever-popular CREME BRULEE. BON APPETIT to you!""",Language,10/24/10 #42538,Dennis Miller Ponders,2.22,2.2,aresII,"The following quotes are from Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953). He is an American Emmy Award winning comedian, political commentator, and a talk radio host. He rose to fame as a cast member of Saturday Night Live in the late 1980's. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. The hint contains one vowel, one consonant, and the number 7 stands for itself. M=B ""IVR HCVB OZDND XU J YNVMFDA BXOZ OZD DPRGJOXVC UIUODA BZDC IVR NDJFXLD OZJO VRO VS OZD OZNDD 'N'U' VCFI VCD MDWXCU BXOZ JC 'N'."" ""IVR'TD WVO MJP DJOXCW ZJMXOU XS IVR RUD J WNVGDNI GJNO XC 7-DFDTDC.""","J=A U=S 7=7","""YOU KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT OUT OF THE THREE 'R'S' ONLY ONE BEGINS WITH AN 'R'."" ""YOU'VE GOT BAD EATING HABITS IF YOU USE A GROCERY CART IN 7-ELEVEN."" KEY: A=M B=W C=N D=E F=L G=C H=K I=Y J=A L=Z M=B N=R O=T P=D R=U S=F T=V U=S V=O W=G X=I Y=P Z=H 7=7",Cryptography,07/19/08 #29629,Wit is Educated Insolence,2.7,2.61,sgtammo,"""Oghkfezs eq dgxzhktkxl ex akh."" -Okvkzok Mkxlve ""Akh eq k dgxzkmegx."" -Chkxjfex L Hggqunufz ""Aez eq ulidkzul exqgfuxdu."" -Kheqzgzfu","A: K D: L O: G S: Q One of the answers is the title.","A: K B: T C: D D: L E: U F: C G: M H: V I: E J: W K: J L: F M: O N: X O: G P: B Q: Y R: H S: Q T: Z U: I V: N W: A X: P Y: S Z: R ""Morality is contraband in war."" -Mahatma Gandhi ""War is a contagion."" -Franklin D Roosevelt ""Wit is educated insolence."" -Aristotle",Cryptography,04/09/06 #38041,What's Up Doc?,2.42,2.38,tonksrulez,M B = The M of a T V,The title is a very good clue.,"Mel Blanc = The Man of a Thousand Voices Mel Blanc was the voice of Bugs Bunny, as well as many other animated characters.",Letter-Equations,08/31/07 #27049,Mix 'n Match II,2.63,2.47,Nytwynd,"""De pwconq hk ekl oy jqh dpaaoqw: ov ekl vozw p jkkw movq ekl'tt sq rpgge; ov zkh, ekl'tt sqnkdq p grotkykgrqa."" -Yknaphqy ""Vpyrokz, mronr qtqcphqy hrq spw hk hrq tqcqt kv hrq jkkw, ylsyqulqzhte hlazy ohy spnf kz spw pzw jkkw ptofq."" -Qaon Sqzhte","M=W A=R T=L C=V H=T Both clues uses to the same code.","A=R C=V D=M E=Y F=K G=P H=T J=G K=O L=U M=W N=C O=I P=A Q=E R=H S=B T=L U=Q V=F W=D Y=S Z=N ""My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."" -Socrates ""Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back on bad and good alike."" -Eric Bently",Cryptography,11/20/05 #36097,Election In A Small Town,2.6,1.23,chaskey,"In the happy town of Minuscule, population 411 or 412, depending on who does the count, four good citizens ran for the office of Mayor. To see who became the Minuscule Mayor, or better, the Mayor of Minuscule, see the clues below. Candidates: Owen, Edith, Nora, George Location of major speech: store, school, barbershop, saloon Number of people in audience: 8, 12, 20, 40 Length of speech: 15, 20, 30, 60 minutes Number of final votes received: 13, 26, 33, 52 Clues: 1. It was only coincidental that George's speech was as many minutes long as the number of other people there in the store. 2. Edith's hour-long speech was unplanned--she had gotten in an argument with the bartender. There were twelve people besides Edith there that morning. (None of them were listening, but that doesn't matter). 3. Nora gave her main speech at the school. It came right before the school's Saturday band concert, at which there were 40 people. 4. The candidate who spoke for 20 minutes got 6 more votes than the number of minutes he spoke, which was twice as many votes as the one who spoke for an hour received. 5. Owen's 15-minute speech was to inform his listeners that he was withdrawing his candidacy in favor of his wife, Nora, who was runner-up in the race for votes.",No hint available.,"Owen--barbershop--8 people--15 minutes--52 votes Edith--saloon--12 people-60 minutes--13 votes Nora--school--40 people--30 minutes--33 votes George--store--20 people--20 minutes--26 votes",Logic-Grid,04/07/07 #3784,S Once,2.42,2.0,zoltan_90,What is the only word in the English language that has an 's' in it once and all other letters it has twice?,You hear this almost everyday on the radio.,Singing,Language,04/28/02 #13373,Much Ado About Me,2.37,2.13,Bobbrt,"Below is a short, 3-question quiz about...ME. There is one correct answer for each question. How much do you know about me? It may be more than you think. 1. The outline of my family crest is in the shape of a: (a) square (b) parallelogram (c) quadrilateral (d) rectangle 2. My favorite number is: (a) 5 (b) 12 (c) 7 (d) one of the above (e) none of the above (f) 6 3. My street number is: (a) 25 (b) greater than 6 (c) greater than 9 (d) 7","If you think that you can't possibly get the answers, then you didn't read the introduction carefully enough.","The key point of this teaser is that there is ONLY ONE correct answer to each question. 1. Since a square is a type of rectangle, which is a type of parallelogram, which is a type of quadrilateral, then the only possible unique answer is (c), quadrilateral. 2. Since answers of (a), (b), or (c) would also result in (d) being correct, and an answer of (f) would result in (e) also being correct, the only possible answer is (e). (in case you're wondering, my favorite number is 13) (3) Since 7, 25, and anything greater than 9 are also greater than 6, neither (a), (c), or (d) can be the answer because (b) would also be an answer. Therefore the answer must be (b), and assuming that only integers are used for numbering streets, my street number must be 8.",Logic,06/23/03 #6371,4 sentences : 1 point.,2.72,1.35,bmotts,"Can you find the common thing between these sentences ? He Enters A Romantic Time. Did I Ask My Oracle? Never Did. Secret Places Are Deadly Eery. Chance Leads Us Back.",Think games.,"All sentences are suits of cards: HEART DIAMOND SPADE CLUB",Language,08/09/02 #46145,Behead - Body Parts 2,2.85,2.03,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Small piece broken off -> Body part 2. Threw with force -> Body part 3. Sudden bursts of light -> Body parts 4. Body part -> Playing card; someone skilled in a field 5. Body part -> Type of evergreen tree 6. Body part -> Relatives; family 7. Body part -> Sky; atmosphere 8. Body part -> Great distance above","Here are clues for the body parts: 1. Part of skeletal system 2. Part of respiratory system 3. Helps protect the eyes 4. Part of the head 5. Part of nervous system 6. Body covering 7. Head covering 8. Part of the leg","1. Chip -> Hip 2. Flung -> Lung 3. Flashes -> Lashes 4. Face -> Ace 5. Spine -> Pine 6. Skin -> Kin 7. Hair -> Air 8. Thigh -> High",Language,01/05/10 #2098,Most Definitions,2.4,2.33,ChemicalBoy08,Which word in the English language has the most definitions?,No hint available.,set,Language,01/20/02 #17653,Slice & Splice 2,2.36,2.67,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. Group A: CAN, HUM, LAD, LET, SAW, WON Group B: ?, ?, ?",No hint available.,"The Group B words are nuts. ALMOND, CASHEW, WALNUT",Language,05/16/04 #12025,Largest,2.33,0.88,tissue,The largest number we have a name for is the googolplex. So what's the highest digit we have?,No hint available.,"9. A digit is each of the numbers from 0 to 9, with 9 being the highest.",Trick,04/24/03 #42966,Tom and John,2.18,1.25,cacmjc,"The sum of the ages of Tom and John is 20 years. In 4 years, John's age will be three-fourths of Tom's age. How old is Tom now?",No hint available.,12,Math,09/02/08 #20428,Brother Hunt,2.06,1.53,roseblood003,"Mark came home from school to find his 3-year old little brother Fred missing. He called his friends Abby and Carl to help him look. He told them his parents left a little while ago and his dad had just fixed the vent system in the attic. Upon entering the living room, Abby immediately noticed dirty footprints of a barefoot child. She pointed them out to Mark. He looked at them and suddenly heard a crash above him. Carl ran out of the room. Where is Fred and where is Carl going?",No hint available.,"Fred got his feet dirty in the attic when his dad was working in there, but came downstairs to get a sandwich. He then went back into the attic and hid, playing hide-and-seek with his dad when he wasn't paying attention. Then he was locked in. The crash was him banging against the door. Carl heard him crying.",Mystery,01/16/05 #18437,Proverbs By Another Name #2,2.71,1.6300000000000001,wizecracker55,"Each of the word groups below are a well known proverb. Can you figure out each one? 1. Undue celerity produces prodigality. 2. Only careless individuals enumerate their flock of common domestic fowls before the termination of the period of gestation 3. Vociferation and clamor over an unintentional accident involving lacteal substances should be avoided. 4. Gyrating and rotational cobbles will not accumulate fen substances 5. Warm-blooded, plumed vertebrates tend to congregate in crowds",No hint available.,"1. Haste makes waste 2. Only fools count their chickens before they hatch 3. Don't cry over spilt milk 4. Rolling stones gather no moss 5. Birds of a feather flock together",Language,08/03/04 #19927,Building Away,2.77,0.8200000000000001,thepenguin,"A man was building a house when it collapsed in front of him. He wasn't injured or upset, and he calmly started to rebuild it. What was going on?","Although he constructed it with great care, the man thought that it might fall down. He didn't intend that he or anyone else live in the house.",The man was building a house of cards.,Situation,12/15/04 #34833,Fun in the Water,2.4,1.71,coolcow35,"A man falls into 10-foot deep water. He falls underwater, then comes up yelling, ""NO CAN SWIM!"" Onlookers did nothing. Even his family, which was only a few feet away, did nothing. A half an hour later, he walks out completely fine. Why wasn't anyone worried, and why was he safe?","Although his family pushed him into the water, they love him very much, and don't want him to drown.","The man's name is No, and he is at a pool party. As a joke, his family pushed him into the pool. The onlookers were friends of his, and knew he was safe when he yelled that he could swim.",Situation,01/11/07 #8380,1000 = G in a K,2.05,1.08,glennyboy02,1000 = G in a K,No hint available.,1000 = grams in a kilogram.,Letter-Equations,11/05/02 #36549,I Don't Remember,2.28,2.34,phrebh,"ODHUTOL ETCFV W HUTOL VD TOHFOVFBA TO HUF SFSDGA WV HUF XTVU HD EDGLFH TH. -- STMUFB QF SDOHWTLOF GTLUH ODX T'S UWRTOL WSOFVTW WOQ QFNW RY WH HUF VWSF HTSF. T HUTOP T'RF EDGLDHHFO HUTV ZFEDGF. -- VHFRFO XGTLUH",F=E,"Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. -- Michel de Montaigne Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before. -- Steven Wright A=Y B=L C=X D=O E=F F=E G=R H=T L=G M=C N=J O=N P=K Q=D R=V S=M T=I U=H V=S W=A X=W Y=U Z=B",Cryptography,05/07/07 #23221,Stiff,2.46,2.52,froggygg,"What's the rebus? Body of Ramses II on display at the Cairo Museum","Title is a hint. 'Stiff' is another word (slang) for body. Another hint: What's another word for the 'body' of a deceased person? Additional hint: If the body is 'on display' that means it can be ______?","Remains to be Seen The answer is a variation of a common expression meaning something is yet to be 'answered' or 'determined' related to a question, problem or situation. Example would be: ""The case is nearly solved, but there is a question that remains to be seen.""",Rebus,05/27/05 #579,Deep as a cup,2.65,1.85,Spikejw1,"Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, Even a river can`t fill it up. What is it?",No hint available.,A kitchen strainer.,Riddle,06/04/01 #19038,Which Way?,2.31,2.77,Gander,"Which one is the odd one out and why? 1) Ob 2) Mackenzie 3) Willamette 4) Cheyenne 5) Cheat 6) Nile 7) Lena",No hint available.,"These are rivers that run north except for #4 - Cheyenne River - Runs South from Wyoming to South Dakota, USA. Ob River - In Russia, the Ob River zigzags North, west, east and north again to the Arctic Ocean Mackenzie River - In the Northwest Territories of Canada Willamette River - In Oregon USA, flows north to the Columbia River Cheat River - Northern West Virginia, USA The Nile River - In Africa The Lena River - From the Baikal Mountains in Russia to the Arctic Ocean",Trivia,10/03/04 #39132,Susan's Puzzles,2.22,2.18,bookworm91,"While cleaning out her attic, Susan stumbled across a book of word puzzles. They are all quotes from literature. She needs you to help her solve them. The first one is called ""Jane's Truths."" Y = I ""YJ YI Q JHKJX KDYLUHIQBBO QSADEMBUTWUT, JXQJ Q IYDWBU CQD YD FEIIUIIYED EV Q WEET VEHJKDU, CKIJ RU YD MQDJ EV Q MYVU."" ""EDU SQDDEJ RU QBMQOI BQKWXYDW QJ Q CQD MYJXEKJ DEM QDT JXUD IJKCRBYDW KFED IECUJXYDW MYJJO."" - ZQDU QKIJUD, FHYTU QDT FHUZKTYSU","Both are from the same book, and the first is the beginning line of it. Q = A I = S","""It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."" ""One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling upon something witty."" - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice KEY: A = K B = L C = M D = N E = O F = P H = R I = S J = T K = U L = V M = W O = Y Q = A R = B S = C T = D U = E V = F W = G X = H Y = I Z = J",Cryptography,11/10/07 #16453,The Trouble With Evil Tribbles,2.82,1.36,shadowx8m,"Evil Tribbles may look cute, but they can really make a loud noise when they ROAR!!! A 1-foot tall Green Evil Tribble can register 10 GSU (Galactic Sound Units) on a sound-measuring device that is 5 feet away. Yellow Evil Tribbles are twice as loud, and Red Tribbles... THREE times as loud as their yellow counterparts! So anyway, one day Spork the Vulcan was out doing a bit of maintenance on the exterior of the Space Station, and before him he saw, to his fright, the biggest Evil Tribble he had ever seen. It was 5 feet high, 10 feet away and red! It looked straight at Spork, and gave the loudest ROAR it could!!! How many GSU did Spork's sound-measuring device register?",Space is a vacuum.,"0. The Tribble is on the outside of the Space Station and, because of the vacuum of space and the lack of air molecules to carry the sound, the GSU will not register a sound from 10 feet away.",Science,02/05/04 #36683,This is a Mix Up! #2,2.25,2.75,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to add the same three (3) letters to each of these three words and mix them up to make three well-known geographical locations. 1. RUNGS 2. DRALN 3. SJR",England,"Add EYE to make: 1. Guernsey 2. Alderney 3. Jersey",Language,05/20/07 #5002,HrOLoIDmAeY,2.21,1.2,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this rebus: HrOLoIDmAeY",Movie with Audrey and Gregory,"Roman Holiday (Rome in Holiday) Starring Audrey Hepburn (sigh) and Gregory Peck",Rebus,06/27/02 #35680,3 Integers,2.03,0.87,mik512,What are the only three consecutive increasing integers that when you add the first two you get the third?,a+b=c,"1, 2, and 3",Math,03/14/07 #40101,Triathlon Competition,2.55,3.33,cnmne,"A triathlon consists of three events: swimming, cycling, and running. The contestants are: Adam, Bert, Carl, Doug, and Eric. From the following clues, you must determine: the order of finish in swimming, the order of finish in cycling, the order of finish in running, and the overall rankings. Points are awarded for each event: 1st place earns 4 points, 2nd earns 3, 3rd earns 2, 4th earns 1, and 5th earns 0. Each contestant's three event scores are added together to obtain that person's total score. The total score determines the order of the overall rankings. 1) Adam did not finish 5th in any individual event. 2) Bert finished 2nd in only one individual event. 3) Carl finished one position better in swimming than in cycling. 4) Doug finished 4th in only one individual event. 5) Eric did not finish 3rd in any individual event. 6) No contestant who won an individual event had the best overall ranking. 7) The contestant who finished 3rd in cycling finished better in swimming than the contestant who finished 3rd in running. 8) The contestant who finished 4th in running finished better in cycling than the contestant who finished 4th in swimming. 9) The contestant who finished 5th in swimming finished better in running than the contestant who finished 5th in cycling. 10) Only one contestant finished each event in a different position, and that contestant finished 4th overall.","You must first determine the five unique point totals necessary to determine the overall standings. Then you must determine what combination of individual finishes are necessary to achieve those overall point totals.","The scoring system provides 10 points per event, or a total of 30 overall points. Since the overall winner did not win any individual event (clue 6) and Bert finished 2nd in one event (clue 2), that means that the best total score could only be 8 points (two 2nd place and one 3rd place). The only way to achieve 30 points with five unique scores, 8 being best, is 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 = 30. Only the contestant who finished 4th overall had three different finishes, (clue 10), so the only way to achieve the proper overall point totals is as follows: 1st place (8 points) - 2nd, 2nd, 3rd (no 1st, 4th, or 5th individual finishes) 2nd place (7 points) - 2nd, 3rd, 3rd (no 1st, 4th, or 5th individual finishes) 3rd place (6 points) - 1st, 4th, 4th (no 2nd, 3rd, or 5th individual finishes) 4th place (5 points) - 1st, 4th, 5th (no 2nd or 3rd individual finishes) 5th place (4 points) - 1st, 5th, 5th (no 2nd, 3rd, or 4th individual finishes) Adam did not finish 4th or 5th overall (clue 1). Bert finished 2nd overall (clue 2). Doug finished 4th overall (clue 4). Eric did not finish 1st or 2nd overall (clue 5). The contestant who finished 3rd in cycling is not the same as the one who finished 3rd in running (clue 7), so the contestant who finished 2nd overall had to finish 3rd in swimming. Carl finished one position better in swimming than in cycling, and the only combination that works is 2nd in swimming and 3rd in cycling. Swimming: Eric, Carl, Bert, Adam, Doug Cycling: Doug, Bert, Carl, Adam, Eric Running: Adam, Carl, Bert, Doug, Eric Overall: Carl, Bert, Adam, Doug, Eric",Logic-Grid,01/18/08 #6035,Gifted with Flight,2.11,2.24,nova,"I can sit on a screen Glowing bright Even though I am gifted with flight I normally sit there in the night What am I? Where am I?",There is one right next to me as I type,A moth on a screen,Riddle,07/29/02 #50215,The Riddle of the Years,2.41,2.17,ElectronJohn,"What is the next year is this series? 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003",Divide and conquer.,The next one in the sequence is 2011. They are all prime numbers (a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself).,Series,03/31/14 #48972,Curtail 20,2.85,1.84,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Row; level -> Bind; fasten 2. Finished -> Put on; take on 3. To strip; take away -> Plunges into water 4. Sorrow; desolation -> Scrooge; hoarder 5. Merry-go-round -> Engage in drinking and partying 6. Similarity; comparison -> Data measured on a continuous scale 7. Message holder -> Completely surround 8. Public declaration of intentions (political) -> Document listing a ship's contents","The words start with these letters: 1. T 2. D 3. D 4. M 5. C 6. A 7. E 8. M","1. Tier -> Tie 2. Done -> Don 3. Divest -> Dives 4. Misery -> Miser 5. Carousel -> Carouse 6. Analogy -> Analog 7. Envelope -> Envelop 8. Manifesto -> Manifest",Language,08/23/11 #3873,Not a Phone,2.24,2.08,od-1,"Through me you talk but I'm not a phone. Without me the Internet is slow as a dial tone. You may have seen me in a groovy 60's light. And without me your cell would not function right. In some applications I'm hot enough to bake. And I look like a well lit up snake. What am I?",Think light,A fiber optic line.,Riddle,05/03/02 #33525,Summer Olympics,2.32,2.21,cinnamon30,"All the words are related to the title somehow. Example: gymnastics FWTTPURJTT MCDYYDGH IUITDGH APIJSBTWG CZPMSTDGH RJAYDGSWG UJIBSDGH JZIBPZU ADFDGH ZWCDGH",No hint available.,"Letter - Represents A - D B - H C - W D - I F - V G - N H - G I - C J - A M - S P - E R - B S - T T - L U - Y W - O Y - M Z - R Volleyball Swimming Cycling Decathlon Wrestling Badminton Yachting Archery Diving Rowing",Cryptography,10/17/06 #36722,Team Picture,2.55,1.43,pokpic,"The Timberland Tigers 11 players were taking their team picture. Figure out who sat where for the picture. Remember that each player has a jersey on, numbered 0 to 10. 1. Number 9 is exactly in the middle. 2. Number 8 is right before 2 but after 10. 3. Number 4 is the one before number 9 but right after number 2. 4. Number 1 is behind 3 and 7 in that order. 5. Number 6 is right behind 9 but right in front of 0. 6. Number 10 is first and Number 1 is last. 7. Number 5 is right before 8 and right after Number 10. 8. Number 3 is right after 0.",No hint available.,"The order is #10 #5 # 8 # 2 # 4 # 9 #6 #0 #3 #7 #1",Logic,05/24/07 #25951,Cabin Fever,2.7600000000000002,2.66,norcekri,"My father and brothers were preachers of note; Our young Isabella pushed women to vote. Edward was first chair at Illinois State, While Catharine taught what should go on our plate. I helped with their wording, and then, what is more, The President told me I started a war! Who was I?",The president in last line is Abraham Lincoln.,"Harriet Beecher Stowe Lyman Beecher was perhaps the most famous clergyman of the early 19th-century USA. His sons Thomas, Henry, and Charles followed his profession, earning their own reputations. Daughter Isabella was a noted crusader for women's rights. His oldest child, Catharine E. Beecher, founded home economics as a field of study. Another son, Edward, became the first president of Illinois State University. The most famous of his children, Harriet, collaborated with her siblings at times, and wrote a few items of her own, including ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"". When she was presented to President Lincoln, he is reported to have greeted her with, ""So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!""",Riddle,09/16/05 #12185,The ATM Accident,2.44,2.47,island-paradise,"I drove up to a drive-thru Automated Teller Machine (ATM, bank machine). I did NOT hit anything, and no crazy person with a bat attacked my car, yet when I drove away, my car had sustained $1000 damage. What happened?",ATM's are serviced in a peculiar way.,"When an ATM machine is serviced, part of the machine moves out (in this case, out from the wall), allowing the service personnel access to the inner part of the machine. The service person wasn't particularly observant, and ""opened"" the machine while I was trying to use it, denting my car and tearing the side mirror almost completely off, thus causing $1000 worth of damage.",Situation,05/02/03 #42767,Plural of a Plural,2.6,2.46,Quickq,"There is only one word in the English language that is a plural of a plural. What is it?",No hint available.,"Operas, the plural of opera. Opera, the plural of opus.",Language,08/11/08 #20829,TV Time,2.8,2.79,ELoise,"Five kids want to watch television, but their parents say only if they eat their vegetables. Your job is to figure out who ate which vegetable, what they watched, and how long they watched it for. Kids: Herman (boy), Bob (boy), Joe (boy), Loopy (girl), Emma (girl) Length: 45 min, 60 min, 75 min, 90 min, 105 min Show: Looney Toons, Scooby Doo, Blues Clues, Rugrats, History Channel Vegetable: broccoli, carrots, salad, brussel sprouts, asparagus 1) Herman who watched Scooby Doo got to watch 15 minutes more than Loopy, but 15 minutes less than the kid who watched the History Channel. 2) Emma watched longer than the kid who had to eat salad; she hadn't eaten carrots 3) Bob (who didn't have to eat salad) watched less than the kid who had to eat broccoli. 4) The kid who had to eat brussels sprouts didn't watch for the shortest amount of time, but watched for less time than the boy who watched Rugrats. 5) The kid who had to eat broccoli watched less television than the kid who had to eat carrots. 6) The girl who had to eat asparagus watched Looney toons, but did not watch television for the longest amount of time.",No hint available.,"Bob, brussel sprouts, History Channel, 75 minutes Herman, salad, Scooby Doo, 60 minutes Joe, carrots, Rugrats, 105 minutes Loopy, asparagus, Looney Tunes, 45 minutes Emma, broccoli, Blues Clues, 90 minutes",Logic-Grid,02/03/05 #5429,Split Personalities,2.52,2.21,Bobbrt,"The names of five London-born celebrities have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. For each group can you put the pieces together to identify the celebrity? 1. CH NL BI EA RO 2. NE AE MI LC CH AI 3. SS TE MO KA 4. RM GE RO RE OO 5. LS ON VI SO DA AS",No hint available.,"1. Robin Leach 2. Michael Caine 3. Kate Moss 4. Roger Moore 5. Vidal Sassoon",Language,07/10/02 #14684,What Day?,2.45,1.8900000000000001,mathemagician,"If today is four days before the day immediately before two days after Wednesday, WHAT DAY comes immediately before the day that is two days after the day immediately after the day which comes two days before the day which comes three days after the day before yesterday?","Determine what ""Today"" is, then work backwards until you determine the day in question.","MONDAY. ""Today"" is Sunday . Now, starting at Sunday and working backwards (from ""the day before yesterday""), we have the following: - 2 + 3 -2 + 1 + 2 - 1 So, we go from Sunday to Fri. to Mon. to Sat. to Sun. to Tues. to MONDAY.",Logic,09/05/03 #28525,There was a Farmer Who Had a Dog...,2.31,2.27,SPUTNIK2,1 = F S on a B C,No hint available.,1 Free Space on a Bingo Card,Letter-Equations,02/09/06 #36995,3+3=?,2.35,1.73,LegalMumboJumbo,"LegalMumboJumbo was entered into a game show. If he answered one question correctly he would win one million dollars. If he missed the question, a buzzer would sound and Legal would have to donate $50,000 dollars to a local charity. The question was ""What does three fluid ounces of water plus three fluid ounces of alcohol equal?"" and Legal immediately said ""Six fluid ounces!"" Did LegalMumboJumbo win one million dollars?",No hint available.,"No, he did not. This may seem odd, but when different liquids are mixed, the combined liquid becomes more dense. So, the liquid becomes more compact and takes up less volume in the container. It is a small but measurable difference.",Science,06/19/07 #50087,The Missing Word,2.66,1.73,firefox99,"A 3-letter-word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? AR_ _ _A NO_ _ _ RE_ _ _E _ _ _AM",_ _ _ONNA,"MAD. ARMADA NOMAD REMADE MADAM MADONNA",Language,01/18/14 #16537,Five,2.18,1.55,XOLPLINKINPARK,What number gives the same result when it is added to 5 as when it is multiplied by 5?,No hint available.,"1.25 1.25 + 5 = 6.25 1.25 x 5 = 6.25",Math,02/11/04 #47319,Antonym in the Middle 10,2.44,1.86,cnmne,"WELL and HALE are antonyms of SICK. Change WELL to SICK to HALE by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. WELL ----> SICK ----> HALE",No hint available.,"WELL <<<<< SELL SILL SILK SICK <<<<< SACK SANK SANE SALE HALE <<<<<",Language,06/23/10 #29178,Zero Gravity,2.69,1.62,mufffin09,"Mr. C. was telling his students about a recent moon landing by Russian cosmonauts. He proceeded to ask the class: ""Why do they float while they are in space?"" His student, Mike, raised his hand like a lightning bolt, and, like the unruly immature student that he is, screamed out: ""You'd have to be retarded to not get this one!"" Mr. C. then asked him (after reprimanding him for such an offensive comment about mentally challenged people) what the answer was, if it was so easy. Mike responded: ""They float because there is ABSOLUTELY NO GRAVITY in space."" Mike was absolutely shocked when Mr. C said: ""WRONG! Oy, I thought this was supposed to be the Talented and Gifted class!"" Why was Mike wrong?",No hint available.,"Mike was wrong because there is gravity in space, especially from here to the moon. The reason why the cosmonauts appear to float is that they are traveling at the same velocity as the spacecraft they are in and are weightless with respect to their ship. The earth's pull of gravity is reduced as they travel towards the moon, but there is still some. The gravity that bodies create extends beyond their surface, and it only gets weaker the farther out it goes.",Trivia,03/19/06 #36906,Population Explosion,2.15,2.83,cnmne,"A group of 100 people start a colony on the first day of the year. Each year, the birth rate is 4% of the population at the beginning of the year, and the death rate is 3% of the population at the beginning of the year. The resulting births and deaths are truncated to a whole number. These rates are constant. For example, consider a population of 99 people at the start of a year. A 4% birth rate would be 3.96, truncated to 3 births during the year. A 3% death rate would be 2.97, truncated to 2 deaths during the year. The population at the end of that year would be 99 + 3 - 2 = 100. Based on the stated birth and death rates, what is the LAST year that the population increases by only 1?",No hint available.,"The last year the population would increase by only one would be the 61st year. 1) Beginning with the 1st year, the number of births will be 4 (4% of 100 = 4) and the number of deaths will be 3 (3% of 100 = 3), which results in a population increase of 1. The population will increase at the rate of 1 per year for 25 years, reaching 125 at the end of the 25th year. 2) Beginning with the 26th year, the number of births per year will increase to 5 (4% of 125 = 5), while the deaths will still be 3. The population will increase at the rate of 2 per year, reaching 135 at the end of the 30th year. 3) Beginning with the 31st year, the number of deaths per year will increase to 4 (3% of 135 = 4.05), while the births will still be 5. The population will increase at the rate of 1 per year, reaching 150 at the end of the 45th year. 4) Beginning with the 46th year, the number of births per year will increase to 6 (4% of 150 = 6), while the deaths will still be 4. The population will increase at the rate of 2 per year, reaching 168 at the end of the 54th year. 5) Beginning with the 55th year, the number of deaths per year will increase to 5 (3% of 168 = 5.04), while the births will still be 6. The population will increase at the rate of 1 per year, reaching 175 at the end of the 61st year. 6) Beginning with the 62nd year, the number of births per year will increase to 7 (4% of 175 = 7), while the deaths will still be 5. The population will increase at the rate of 2 per year, reaching 201 at the end of the 75th year. 7) Beginning with the 76th year, the number of births per year will increase to 8 (4% of 201 = 8.04) and the number of deaths will increase to 6 (3% of 201 = 6.03). The population will continue to increase at the rate of 2 per year. The population will never again increase by only 1 per year. Although the 26th year is the first year that the population increases by more than 1, the 25th year is not the last year that it increases by 1. The last year that the population increases by 1 is the 61st year, when the population reaches 175.",Math,06/10/07 #28722,Opposites 9,2.5,2.3,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. 3 stands for P, L, U, Y, or R \ stands for E, D, H, M, or G / stands for O, W, C, E, or K 1 stands for A, N, I, B, or S The four letter code word, /13\, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Wild and Calm,Logic,02/20/06 #5615,Noisy Passenger,2.62,1.12,glennyboy02,"Mr. Dribble hailed a taxi. While being driven to his destination, he started chattering non-stop to the driver. The driver realized that Mr. Dribble would not shut up, so he resorted to an old taxi driver's trick. He looked into the rear view mirror and said, ""I'm sorry mister, I can't hear a word you are saying. My hearing aid broke this morning and I'm totally deaf without it!"" After the taxi driver dropped Mr. Dribble off, and he had paid the fare, he realized that the driver had lied to him. How did he know?",No hint available.,"The taxi driver had known his destination, even though he was ""supposed"" to be deaf!",Situation,07/15/02 #46225,Spazy Croonerisms 19,3.21,1.91,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) a lock's companion and a bright-colored tropical bird & a vegetable and a vegetable 2) a chilly tome & a courageous chef 3) a mournful song & a spoiled cold dish of vegetables served with dressing 4) an excavation of an underground ore deposit in Geneva & the winner of a beauty pageant sponsored by pig farmers",No hint available.,"1) key and parrot & pea and carrot 2) cold book & bold cook 3) sad ballad & bad salad 4) Swiss mine & Miss Swine",Language,01/21/10 #15995,UUUU,2.37,2.04,fishmed,"What is represented by the following rebus? UUUUU - 411 _______","In the USA, telephone ""Information"" is 411.","Useless information. Like the hint says, in the USA you dial 411 to get the Information service.",Rebus,12/31/03 #12762,5 = F in a L of I P,2.15,2.94,lauramarie,5 = F in a L of I P,Sonnet,5 = Feet in a Line of Iambic Pentameter,Letter-Equations,05/28/03 #24573,Stock Picker,2.82,1.82,MyllucsinDoubt,"Ok, so here is the deal. One day, you get a call from some random guy who says ""Next week, ABC stock is going to move up. I'm not asking you to buy any stock from me, but just take a look."" You do so (why not, it can't hurt...) and he was correct. Sure enough, next week you get another call from the ""Lucky Guesser"". His pick? ""DEF is going to go down."" And guess what! He was right again! For five weeks, this guy predicts the behavior of stocks. The sixth time he calls, he says, ""I've been right the past five times. This time I have a stock for you and I do want you to buy some shares through me. What do you say?"" Well, what do you say? Do you buy shares from this guy?","Uh, here's an answer to one question: he's a Scam Artist.","Heck no! He's playing you like a puppet. The first week, he calls 100 people, says to half that ABC will go up, and to the other fifty claims it will go down. When ABC goes up, he called the fifty he'd correctly predicted to and told half DEF would go up, and half it would go down. By the time he's at week five, he has a few people (2-4) thinking he's a stock market god.",Logic,07/15/05 #3973,Decipher MorE,2.41,2.52,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this phrase? MorE",No hint available.,More or less,Rebus,05/10/02 #18860,What Word's Next?,2.28,2.71,Gander,"What words come next in the sequence below? Twenty-one, twenty-four, twenty-seven, _ _?",No hint available.,"Seventy-three. Twenty-one is spelled with 9 letters; twenty-four with 10 letters; and twenty-seven with 11 letters. The next number in sequence that is spelled with 12 letters is ""Seventy-three"".",Series,09/17/04 #27182,Slam!!!,2.48,2.53,Nytwynd,"Hzq'h vxe r vcqre wxxftgv zkhprgs, r wteewq pxd rgs rww ezq ixgqd tg ezq mxcws. Hzq zrhg'e vxe ezq wxxfh, pke dxk urg'e zraq qaqcdeztgv. --Yxcsrg Zq'h sxgq ixcq K-ekcgh ezrg r sxsvd jwkipqc. --Trtg Skgurg Hitez Zq ikhe pq ezq xgwd irg rwtaq mzx urg qre rg rjjwq ezcxkvz r eqggth crufqe. --Vrcd Wtgqfqc","D=Y U=C S=D T=I","A=V C=R D=Y E=T F=K G=N H=S I=M J=P K=U M=W P=B Q=E R=A S=D T=I U=C V=G W=L X=O Y=J Z=H She's got a great looking husband, a little boy and all the money in the world. She hasn't got the looks, but you can't have everything. -- Jordan He's done more U-turns than a dodgy plumber. -- Iain Duncan Smith He must be the only man alive who can eat an apple through a tennis racket. -- Gary Lineker",Cryptography,11/29/05 #17127,Slice & Splice,2.44,2.21,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The first and last letter of each Group B word are provided. Group A: BAN, FRY, ICE, LOG, MEN, RUN Group B: C____N, F____R, L____R",No hint available.,"CANYON, FINGER, LUMBER",Language,03/29/04 #33339,Spazy Croonerisms 7,2.83,2.1,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) where I live & elevated rodent 2) sightless frigate & polished radar contact 3) kingly organs & faithful ladder steps 4) a barrier made of hardened clay & a fight between candles",No hint available.,"1) my house & high mouse 2) blind ship & shined blip 3) royal lungs & loyal rungs 4) brick wall & wick brawl",Language,10/05/06 #45785,Special Sugar Section,3.16,1.77,dalfamnest,"Which one of the following words does not belong with the other six? Issue Mishap Parachute Ocean Semiconscious Anxious Mansion",The title provides three more words that do belong!,"Mishap is the misfit. The other six words, and the three in the title, all contain the 'sh' sound - which is spelled in nine different ways! Ironically, the word which does contain -sh- is not pronounced 'sh'! 'Schedule' would count as another spelling of the same sound, depending on which side of the Atlantic you studied!",Language,11/22/09 #35374,His Number is Being Retired?,2.35,2.77,meintsi,"Joe was at a high school class reunion when he let slip that his college basketball jersey was going to be retired in the near future. Many of his classmates were very aware of Joe's success at college and knew many famous professional players had also attended the school before him. For him to be the 31st player awarded with the honor by the school was a great achievement, but his former high school coach who had dropped by the reunion to see many of his returning students knew Joe was mistaken. Why?",His former coach is now a high school referee.,"After a foul has occurred, all basketball numbers must be able to be signaled by hand by the referee to the scorer's table. Therefore, the highest legal number allowed is five. (The number 10 would be relayed to the scorer's table with 1 finger raised on his right hand with his left fist closed.) This means that there are only 35 possible legal combinations of jersey numbers (zero is not allowed). With 31 of these numbers retired, the college could not put 5 legal numbers on the floor, let alone field a whole team.",Trivia,02/20/07 #7458,You Have 20,2.53,1.58,tissue,"I can hold things together, And you have 20 of me, or so I hope. What am I?",No hint available.,Nails,Riddle,09/15/02 #32091,Phoney Puzzle XIII,2.34,2.45,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 786828466, 6: 843 228 63 737328464 37766368759 843 96737 63 2668437. -- Ambrose Bierce 9428'7 843 873 63 2 4663 786828466 43 968 226'8 242643 48? -- Doctor Who","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PQRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXYZ","Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. -- Ambrose Bierce What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it? -- Doctor Who",Cryptography,07/27/06 #30391,Connect the Dots II,3.04,2.21,Jake,"Using only 3 straight lines, and without lifting your pencil, can you connect all the dots?",The dots have thickness,,Trick,05/03/06 #31088,Time Zones 3,2.62,1.65,achnid,How is it that you can cross a time zone and never need to change the time on your clocks?,Think location.,"GMT +12 and GMT -12 are really the same time, just on opposite sides of the international date line. You don't have to change the time, but you have to change the date.",Science,06/15/06 #35626,Opposites 27,2.49,2.42,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. - stands for E, O, L, C, or W = stands for J, K, U, R, or S * stands for B, O, P, F, or C + stands for D, G, I, M, or A / stands for F, N, H, E, or R The five letter code word, */+-=, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Order and Chaos.,Logic,03/09/07 #41903,The Shipwrecked Pirate Crew,2.83,2.31,Dishhead5,"Shipwrecked we are, once a proud crew, Evening finds us, stranded and few; Victory was ours, but now has its cost, Even so, we must count the lost. Now we see, only several have survived, To think our crew, at thirty arrived, Everyone at rest, we must ask you, Engage in the counting, how many are the few? Now I have given the clue, it's all up to you.","Did I mention, That you take attention, To the word I say, Concerning the survivors that day?","If you did not click, The head's off at a flick, Of my cutlass so sharp and keen, If you did not see seventeen; My words merely distracted you, The answer lay in plain view, In the form of the first letter of each line. And to the ones with observant eyes, I hope we will meet on the sea, beyond the skies.",Riddle,05/13/08 #5460,th en,2.57,2.34,im_para_noid,"Can you decipher this common phrase: th en",No hint available.,the beginning of the end,Rebus,07/11/02 #501,Marble Walls,2.66,1.8,Squidgy,"In marble walls as white as milk Lined with skin as smooth as silk Within a fountain crystal clear A golden apple doth appear. No doors there are to this stronghold Yet thieves break in to steal the gold. What is this?",No hint available.,An egg.,Riddle,05/28/01 #33173,Ghostly,2.92,1.28,GebbieRose,"I creep in with feline grace - Stealthy, silent, gliding - Adding beauty, mystery, and stillness to all in my path. My shape is ever-changing: Pausing and moving, here and there, A cool caress across your cheek as I slip quietly by. But my looks are deceiving - Peril may lurk behind my misty veil. Slow down, be cautious, or you may abruptly meet with danger there. What am I?","Low beams, please.",Fog.,Riddle,09/26/06 #8951,13 = C in a S,2.3,1.86,Cascas,13 = C in a S,No hint available.,13 = Cards in a Suit,Letter-Equations,12/06/02 #50868,Hyphen Word-Hunt,2.78,1.72,dalfamnest,"** or perhaps Hyphen-Word Hunt! ** Some English words are usually paired with a hyphen. The rules for this are interesting to browse, and some word pairs can even be correctly written in three different ways - e.g. playgroup, play group, or play-group. This teaser invites you find a commonly hyphenated word-pair inside a pair of words. e.g. undisCLOSEd - cUPbearer gives us CLOSE-UP **CLUES** 1. Displayed - inoffensively 2. Electrolysis - monopoly 3. Thighbone - catechism 4. Pitchfork - blacklisted ... and a triple! 5. Freethinking - nonconforming - teetotaller Meanings or synonyms are provided in the Hint below, but these might make it too easy.","1. a deciding match (sport) 2. British pudding (or chubby) 3. using complex scientific principles 4. dark (very!) 5. unrestricted","1. PLAY-OFF 2. ROLY-POLY 3. HIGH-TECH 4. PITCH-BLACK 5. FREE-FOR-ALL",Language,08/13/16 #5294,Math The,2.24,1.09,Cascas,"What does this mean? Math The",No hint available.,The aftermath,Rebus,07/07/02 #44170,Bingo Card 2,2.56,2.65,cnmne,"You are given a stack of bingo cards. Your task is to find a specific card. Given the following clues, what is the number arrangement of that card? Columns, left to right, are: B (contains numbers 1 through 15), I (contains numbers 16 through 30), N (contains numbers 31 through 45), G (contains numbers 46 through 60), O (contains numbers 61 through 75). Rows, top to bottom, are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. An example of coordinate nomenclature: B1 identifies column B row 1. N3 is a free space (contains no number). No number appears more than once. 1) Row 1: the tens digits are all different. 2) Row 2: the numbers are even. 3) Row 4: the sum of the five numbers is 178. 4) Row 5: the numbers are prime. 5) Column B: the sum of the five numbers is 60. 6) Column I: two of the numbers are greater than 19. 7) Column O: the numbers are in increasing equally-spaced order, from top to bottom. 8) The product of B3 and O3 is between 600 and 700. 9) The sum of I1 and G5 equals the sum of G1 and I5. 10) N1 is midway between I4 and G4. 11) N5 is midway between I2 and G2. 12) I3 is midway between B1 and N1, and G3 is midway between N1 and O1. 13) There are five numbers that are divisible by 11; only one per row and one per column. 14) There is one triangle number in each column.",No hint available.,"13 21 31 55 63 12 18 44 56 64 10 22 -- 47 65 14 16 36 46 66 11 19 37 53 67 1) Per clue 2, eliminate the odd numbers in row 2. 2) Per clue 4, eliminate the non-prime numbers in row 5. 3) Per clue 14, 55 must be in column G and 66 must be in column O. 4) Per clue 7, column O must contain 63 through 67, in order, from top to bottom. 5) Per clue 8, B3 must be 10 (a triangle number). 6) Per clue 14, eliminate the following numbers from column B: 1, 3, 6, and 15. 7) Per clue 5, eliminate numbers less than 10. 8) Per clue 12, eliminate impossible combinations. 9) Per clue 13, G1 must be 55. B1 can not be 11, therefore B1 must be 13 and B5 must be 11. 10) Per clue 1, I1 must be greater than 19. Per clue 9, I1 must be 21 or 25 or 27. Per clue 13, 22 must be in column I. Per clue 14, 21 or 28 must be in column I. Per clue 6, only two numbers in column I can be greater than 19. I1 must be 21 and I3 must be 22. 11) Per clue 12, N1 must be 31 and G3 must be 47. 12) Per clue 13, N2 must be 44. 13) Per clue 9, I5 must be 19 and G5 must be 53. 14) Per clue 10, I4 must be 16 and N4 must be 46. This leaves I2 as 18. 15) Per clue 11, N5 must be 37 and G2 must be 56. 16) Per clue 14, N4 must be 36 or 45. Per clue 3, since the sum is even, N4 must be 36. B4 must be 14. This leaves B2 as 12.",Logic,03/02/09 #42070,Roman Matches I,2.55,1.6,MarcM1098,"The following equation involving Roman numerals is formed using matchsticks. The given equation is wrong. Can you correct it by moving just one matchstick? See if you can do it twice: the equation can be corrected in two different ways. Each solution must be an equation (i.e., it must contain one equals sign). Note: I(1) and -(minus) are each formed from one matchstick. V(5), X(10), L(50), +(plus), and =(equals) are each two matchsticks. C(100) is three matchsticks. The incorrect equation is: III = II - I",One solution changes the Roman numerals; the other solution doesn't.,"First solution: II = III - I Take one matchstick from the III on the left side of the equation and add it to the II on the right side. Second solution: III - II = I Take one matchstick from the equals sign (changing it to a minus sign) and place it above the minus sign (changing it to an equals sign).",Math,05/28/08 #30075,Anasquare I,2.72,2.25,phrebh,"Find an anagram for each word listed below and then reorder the new words to create a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. HEAR 2. THAW 3. STET 4. STAR",No hint available.,"WHAT HARE ARTS TEST",Language,04/26/06 #29282,Connect The Dots,2.84,1.92,PineappleMama,"Break out the paper and pencil!! Using only FOUR lines you must connect ALL of these dots. You CANNOT pick up your pencil (pen, crayon, map pencil, etc!) Only one dot will be touched more than once.","This is an exercise in ""thinking outside the box!"" The answer isn't a square, a plus or a letter!! Not H or G or E or C ...etc!","(Note: The order shown can be reversed, and you can start in any corner, using the same pattern.)",Other,03/24/06 #16790,Special Words,2.34,1.92,catsrfun37,"What is special about all of these words? HOAX, THAW, ATOM, IOTA, TAXI, AVOW",Note that they are all uppercase.,They are all made up of letters that have a vertical line of symmetry.,Other,02/29/04 #41620,Mysterious Groceries,2.15,3.09,lizzard,"""A punk who was caught holding up a filling station yesterday has confessed to several unsolved crimes,"" Inspector Winters said to Dr. Haledjian. ""He named Red Kirk as his partner in a supermarket holdup a few years back. This morning, I picked up a search warrant and visited Kirk's last known address, a boarding house on Waco. Kirk wasn't in but, his partner, Les Curran, a counterfeiter, showed up at noon. He denied knowing where Red Kirk was."" ""This is the last day of the month. So Kirk, who by the way is a vegetarian, has only to keep out of sight and keep moving for 30 days. In another month, the statute of limitations on his supermarket job will expire. He'll be in the clear."" ""The part that baffles me is the groceries I found on his bed."" concluded the Inspector. ""I can't figure them out. There were 6 coffee beans, 8 boxes of cocoa, 10 tomatoes, 4 pieces of toast, 5 boxes of hominy, 21 tea bags, and 27 cubes of sugar!"" After a moment's hesitation, Haledjian said, ""Kirk plans to keep moving about the country next month to avoid capture. But you should have no trouble apprehending him. The next place to find him is-""",No hint available.,"Toast, NC. Haledjian deduced that the foodstuffs were an itinerary in code for Kirk's roommate, Curran. The number of each article stands for the day of the month in which Kirk would be at a particular place: Toast, NC; Hominy, OK; Coffee, GA; Cocoa, FL; Tomato, MS; Tea, SD; Sugar, ID.",Mystery,04/22/08 #3826,Dribble Dribble,2.07,1.18,missie,"Can you decipher the following common phrase: Dribble Dribble",sports,double dribble,Rebus,04/30/02 #34301,Fiction Prediction,2.94,1.25,dolphingurl12,"""It'll be fun!"" said my friend Hannah. She was trying to persuade me into paying a website to tell us who we were in our past lives. I'd rather read my book of mysteries, but she finally dragged me to the computer. I answered the questions honestly, and the answer soon popped up on the screen. It was followed by a space to enter a credit card number, and an ad asking for ""generous donations."" As I read its reasoning behind me being the reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes, Hannah tried to convince me of the site's trustworthiness. ""You are always solving mysteries, it must be right!"" ""Hannah, you shouldn't be so quick to trust! This place is scamming you."" How did I know?",No hint available.,"I couldn't be Sherlock Holmes reincarnated, for Sherlock never lived nor died. He's a fictional character created by Arthur Conan Doyle.",Situation,12/08/06 #9563,Snarled Onion,2.33,2.56,hprulz,"The following is an anagram for a celebrity's name. Can you figure out the name? Snarled onion",No hint available.,Loni Anderson.,Language,01/02/03 #27658,Anagram Power V,2.96,1.51,peppamintp,"Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B. Group A 1. Optic 2. Civet 3. Toner 4. Rosin 5. Lease Group B 1. Painter's stand 2. Singing voice 3. Golf clubs 4. Subject 5. Throw out",No hint available.,"1. Easel (5) 2. Tenor (3) 3. Irons (4) 4. Topic (1) 5. Evict (2)",Language,12/23/05 #26579,"Bags, Marbles, and Scales",2.73,1.84,Question_Mark,"In front of me, I have level scales. On each side, there are 3 bags. In each bag, there are some marbles. There are 150 Marbles in total. Using the clues below, work out how many marbles are in each bag. Bag 1 + Bag 2 = 56 marbles Bag 1 + Bag 3 = 54 marbles Bag 2 + Bag 3 = 40 marbles ------------------- Bag 4 + Bag 5 = 61 marbles Bag 4 + Bag 6 = 37 marbles Bag 5 + Bag 6 = 52 marbles",No hint available.,"Bag 1 = 35 marbles Bag 2 = 21 marbles Bag 3 = 19 marbles Bag 4 = 23 marbles Bag 5 = 38 marbles Bag 6 = 14 marbles To work this out, since there are 150 marbles, and the scales are level, both sides of the scales must have 75 marbles. If Bag 1 + Bag 2 = 56 marbles then Bag 3 = (75-56) 19 marbles. So Bag 1 = 35 marbles and Bag 2 = 21 marbles. The same is done with Bags 4,5, and 6. Bag 4 + Bag 5 = 61 marbles. So Bag 6 = (75-61) 14 marbles. So Bag 4 = 23 marbles and Bag 5 = 38 marbles.",Math,10/27/05 #30589,Girl Power - VIII,2.59,2.5,brainster,"Below are quotes by Oprah Winfrey, host of one of the most popular shows, ""The Oprah Winfrey Show"". Her own personal struggles and her victory over them has been a source of inspiration to people the world over. Can you decipher these quotes? Orplzr gur punmtr blf dnmg gl hrr - gulhr nir dliqh v yver ob. Fmyrhh blf pullhr gl ql tirng guvmth dvgu vg, vg znxrh ml qvssrirmpr uld zfpu blf nir irdniqrq, li uld zfpu kldri blf uner. Gfim blfi dlfmqh vmgl dvhqlz. Durir gurir vh ml hgifttyr, gurir vh ml hgirmtgu. Ivtug mld blf nir lmr pulvpr ndnb silz n mrd ortvmmvmt -- lmr gung yrnqh blf gldniq orplzvmt gur sfyyrhg ufznm orvmt blf pnm or.","A N E R I V O L U F","Become the change you want to see - those are words I live by. Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have. Turn your wounds into wisdom. Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning -- one that leads you toward becoming the fullest human being you can be. A N B O C P D Q E R F S G T H U I V J W K X L Y M Z N M O L P K Q J R I S H T G U F V E W D X C Y B Z A",Cryptography,05/20/06 #43107,Words With HR,2.07,2.49,cnmne,"Five words that contain HR as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *HR**, **HR*, *HR***, ***HR*, *HR***** Pool: A, B, C, C, C, E, E, E, E, I, L, M, N, O, O, P, S, S, T, U",No hint available.,"THROB, OCHRE, CHRISM, EUCHRE, SHRAPNEL",Language,09/17/08 #7349,Mental Money,2.05,1.29,Timmyboym,"If I lost 50% of all my money and then regained 50% but am now $50 off my old total, what was my old total?",No hint available.,"$200 Since you don't know if you end up $50 more or $50 less than your old total, you have to try each of two equations: 1) 0.5*X + 0.5*(0.5*X) = X - 50 2) 0.5*X + 0.5*0.5*X = X + 50 Where X is the original amount. The answer to (1) is X = 200 and the answer to (2) is X = -200. Obviously he couldn't have started with -$200, so the answer must be $200.",Math,09/10/02 #29812,American Presidents 3,2.66,2.71,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, Jimmy Carter Group B: Millard Filmore, Abraham Lincoln, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Bill Clinton",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A served as state governors prior to becoming president. Respectively, the presidents in Group A served as governors of: Ohio, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Georgia. Bill Clinton, who served as governor of Arkansas, can be added to Group A.",Group,04/16/06 #32720,Word Jumble 8 - Famous Landmarks of India,2.5100000000000002,2.44,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed. Unscrambling these letters will form the answer to this teaser: CIUSVIO- Take letters 1, 2 and 6 ONNTAI - Take letters 1, 2 and 5 EKNLA - Take letters 1, 3, 4 and 5 NAGCHE - Take letters 1, 2 and 4 ATCHR - Take letters 1, 2 and 4 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?","This holy landmark is located in the state of Tamil Nadu, very close to the coastal town of Nagapattinam.","CIUSVIO - Take letters 1, 2 and 6 - VICIOUS, take V, I, U ONNTAI - Take letters 1, 2 and 5 - ANOINT, take A, N, N EKNLA - Take letters 1, 3, 4 and 5 - ANKLE, take A, K, L, E NAGCHE - Take letters 1, 2 and 4 - CHANGE, take C, H, N ATCHR - Take letters 1,2 and 4 - CHART, take C,H,R Unscramble the letters collected to get ""Velankanni Church"". Velankanni, also known as Vailankanni, is a small town located on the shores of the Bay of Bengal in Tamil Nadu, India. Once a port that traded with Rome and Greece, the tiny commercial center gradually lost its importance to the larger port city of Nagapattinam. Velankanni church (Our Lady of Good Health) was built in the late 16th century CE with modifications by Portuguese and further expansions later on due to influx of pilgrimages. As a token of gratitude to Mother Mary, Portuguese sailors who escaped from a severe cyclone, built the chapel 24 feet to 12 feet with a dome overhead. The main statue that they had brought to the altar of the Shrine was Our Lady holding the Baby Jesus, standing majestically on the globe. Velankanni church was raised to the status of basilica in 1962 by His Holiness Pope John XXIII.",Language,08/29/06 #10884,Specialist,2.69,1.67,MrIxolite,"What expression is shown below? T H G Ixolite Road R",No hint available.,"Right Up My Street, or Right Up My Alley.",Rebus,03/04/03 #29416,Famous Musicians,2.63,2.07,dogboy,"Can you translate these clues into the names of well-known musicians? 1. Happy Martian 2. Extremely Ridiculous 3. Small Round Candy Coated Chocolate 4. Half of a Dollar 5. Fabric Firearm",No hint available.,"1. Marvin Gaye (Think of the Looney Toons character Marvin the Martian and Gaye being gay as in happy) 2. Ludacris 3. Eminem 4. 50 Cent 5. Velvet Revolver",Language,03/30/06 #44376,With a Lion,2.67,1.86,Zag24,"First name a man with a lion on his flag. Drop one: a spot to rest, if you drag. Reverse and add K: a sound grandfather makes. Change vowel to I, and blood's what it takes. Add an L and an E. It makes laughter, you know. Insert an R: it's not much of a flow. Drop C and scramble, good order is there. Lose the last two: what first word might wear.","For the fifth word, you would want to have a ""feathery"" touch.","SCOT: The flag of Scotland has a lion on it. COT: where you might rest. TOCK: a sound a grandfather (clock) makes TICK: a creature that takes blood TICKLE: makes laughter TRICKLE: not much of a flow KILTER: good order (Consider the phrase ""out of kilter."") KILT: what a Scotsman might wear",Language,04/23/09 #8564,Missing Chess Pieces,2.31,1.97,mad-ade,"After reading the postcard from his room mate, who is on a one year world cruise, Mad Ade removed his special gold and diamond encrusted chess set from its secret hiding place (behind the huge pile of empty kebab wrappers), in anticipation of his friend Smelly O'Riley popping round for a game. Imagine Mad Ade's surprise to find all the diamond encrusted gold figures missing, all that is except one solitary Rook. He placed the rook on the chess board and began to think. If a Rook can move any number of squares sideways/forward, but not diagonally, then what is the minimum number of moves the Rook needs to make, in order to pass over all the squares on the chessboard and return to the original position? Note: Take any square as a starting position for the Rook.",No hint available.,"16 moves As a Rook can move any number of squares sideways/forward, but not diagonally, and there are 8 rows and 8 columns on the chessboard; the Rook needs a minimum 16 moves to pass over all the squares and return to the original position.",Other,11/17/02 #24593,Die Hard!,3.15,1.39,Xpert007,"I have one, you have one. If you remove the first letter, a bit remains. If you remove the second, bit still remains. After much trying, you might be able to remove the third one also, but it remains. It dies hard!",Remaining part is most important.,"Habit! Remove h - a bit remains. Remove a - bit remains. Remove b - it remains.",Riddle,07/16/05 #6745,Turntables,2.63,1.96,im_para_noid,"Aliens place you on the bottom center of a large cylindrical aquarium. Your hands and legs are tied together. The cylinder sits on a turntable, which is now turned off. Your captors are about to release you so that you will float to the surface to gasp for air as soon as possible. The captors ask you, ""Do we turn the turntable on or leave it off before we release you?""",No hint available.,Keep the turntable off. You will take as much as ten times longer to make your ascent if the turntable is rotating at 33 and a third rpm. Pressure differences and friction will delay your rise in a fluid in circular motion.,Science,08/21/02 #29752,Hanging Fruit,2.72,2.62,zonasurance,"On a tree, you will see I taste best when I'm ripe. Fear me when, it sets in Going blind on first type. Mark me off, as you scoff you'll have more at next light. But beware, if you care miss me now in hindsight.","One word, three definitions.","Date 1. The fruit of the date palm. 2. Blind dates are often scary. 3 and 4. Calendar dates.",Riddle,04/13/06 #16131,More Body Parts,2.56,2.69,griphook,"One or more alternative meanings of names of body parts are given below. Identify the body parts. The first one is an example. 1. Leader = Head 2. Catches or construction material 3. Add-on or projecting part 4. Student or follower 5. place of worship 6. men's swimwear 7. approximate quantity of alcohol 8. oar blade 9. captain's control room 10. piece of iceberg",No hint available.,"2. nails 3. appendix 4. pupil 5. temple 6. trunks 7. finger 8. palm 9. bridge 10 calf",Language,01/11/04 #41478,37 Degrees,2.53,0.86,AndrewWalker,"Two men's body temperatures are both 37 degrees, one is dead and very cold, the other man is walking and talking normally. How?",No hint available.,"One man is 37 degrees Fahrenheit, while the other man is 37 degrees Celsius which is normal body temperature.",Trick,04/12/08 #23674,Number Magic,2.53,1.93,fishpike,When is 99 more than 100?,No hint available.,When you use a microwave. This because 0:99 seconds is more than 1:00.,Trick,06/14/05 #47115,Slice & Splice 37,2.0,2.78,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: CAB, DUE, ERR, GET, HER, HIS Group B: **C***, **A***, B*****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are types of card games. EUCHRE, HEARTS, BRIDGE",Language,05/29/10 #27893,Anagram Guru 5,3.09,1.99,chidam11,"The following word pairs are anagrams which can be combined to form the name of an animal.Try to figure it out. 1. Zeal, Gel 2. Neat, Help 3. Boa, Luff 4. Bow, Mat 5. Evil, Owner",No hint available.,"1. Gazelle. 2. Elephant. 3. Buffalo. 4. Wombat. 5. Wolverine.",Language,01/05/06 #30726,Crab Confusion,2.69,1.43,JessicaLynn,"Jessica bought five hermit crabs, along with food and other things her hermit crabs would need. After setting up her crabs' homes, she set them in their tank. A while later, she checked on them, and they had switched shells! Can you help her figure out which ones are which? Names of Crabs: Prince, Camille, BB, Lucky, and Lizzie. Original Shell colors: Purple, Blue, Peach, Pink, Lavender. New Shell colors: Red, Green, Brown, Black, White. Size of Crabs: Extra-Small, Small, Large, Medium, Extra-Large. 1. The small one hasn't ever been in a lavender shell. 2. Lizzie is the biggest hermit crab. 3. The smallest crab had either 6 or 7 letters in its name. 4. BB was in a blue shell before she switched, but she moved into the shell that is the color that you have to mix with blue to get purple. 5. The one that was in the peach shell is the smallest. 6. The one that was in the pink is now in the black shell. 7. The one now in the black shell is extra-large. 8. Prince was smaller than Lucky, but larger than Camille. 9. The one in the green shell now was in the peach shell before. 10. Prince was in the purple shell, but now he is in the white one. 11. The small one is the one that has a royal name. 12. The medium-sized one is now in the brown shell.",No hint available.,"Name/Size/Old Color/New Color Prince/small/purple/white Camille/extra-small/peach/green BB/large/blue/red Lucky/medium/lavender/brown Lizzie/extra-large/pink/black",Logic-Grid,05/27/06 #2276,"ME, VE, EA, MA ...",2.59,1.74,RayneeDay,"Which four letters come next in this sequence: ME, VE, EA, MA, JU, SA, ??, ??",We are EA,"The planets in order. UR as in Uranus and NE as in Neptune you could also put on PL for Pluto.",Series,02/08/02 #50867,"""Hurry and Solve This, #2,"" Said Tom Swiftly.",2.57,1.72,theriddler,"Here are more Tom Swifties for you to complete. A Tom Swifty is a play on words. Tom's sentence is quoted, and the description of the way he is said to speak is a pun. Both meanings of the pun could be true. For example: ""I'm working as fast as I can, but the boat is still taking on water,"" said Tom balefully. Balefully refers to his tone of speaking, and also to his action (bailing). Choose one of the listed words below to fill each blank in the following sentences: 1.""Much of the glass got stuck in me when I jumped through that window,"" Tom said ___________. 2. ""I have a gift for you,"" said Tom __________. 3. ""So far, I've never had any tooth decay,"" said Tom ___________. 4. ""This pencil really needs sharpening,"" said Tom __________. 5. ""Anybody should be able to remove their own appendix; I certainly can,"" said Tom __________. 6. ""I have multiple personalities,"" said Tom both __________ and ___________. And your word choices are: delightedly pointlessly cuttingly precariously frankly painfully presently condescendingly earnestly",No hint available.,"Answer: 1. painfully (pane-full) 2. presently (present) 3. precariously (pre-caries) 4. pointlessly (point-less) 5. cuttingly (cutting) 6. frankly (Frank Lee) and earnestly (Earnest Lee) According to Wikipedia, the name comes from the Tom Swift series of books, produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In this series, the young scientist hero underwent adventures involving rocket ships, ray-guns and other things he had invented. A stylistic idiosyncrasy of this series was that the author, ""Victor Appleton,"" went to great trouble to avoid repetition of the unadorned word ""said."" Since many adverbs end in ""ly"" this kind of pun was originally called a Tom Swiftly, the archetypal example being ""'We must hurry,' said Tom Swiftly."" This evolved to just ""Tom Swifty"", the term we use today.",Language,08/08/16 #39661,Lithium,2.29,1.47,AndrewWalker,"A boy ran to tell his father that he had found a chunk of lithium in their backyard. He said that it was pure lithium and it was very shiny. His father said, ""No son, you found something else."" How did the father know without even coming to see?",No hint available.,"Lithium is an alkali metal. It is never found in pure form because it is so reactive. Also, pure lithium isn't shiny if it has been exposed to air for more than a few moments.",Science,12/17/07 #41868,The Arguable Diamond,2.85,1.57,JZumun,"Once again, I find myself with two persons who don't have anything in common and are, right now, arguing. ""That is not the real diamond I lent you! You thief! Where is it?"" the lady shouted, pointing to the small stone on the hand of the man. ""This is the real diamond!"" the man objected. ""In fact, I have proof!"" he added, taking a hammer out of his briefcase. Why he had a hammer in the first place, I didn't want to find out. Placing the stone on a table, he carefully aimed the hammer at the gem and with one big arc, hit the stone with so much force that the table quivered. The gem remained intact. ""See? It didn't break. Therefore, it is a diamond, which is the hardest mineral on Earth!"" he cried triumphantly. ""You have a point,"" said the woman reluctantly, with a voice sounding of defeat. Is that her real diamond?",No hint available.,"The man was lying. ""Diamond may be the hardest mineral,"" I said, ""but that doesn't mean that it will withstand that blow you gave."" Diamond is actually a brittle substance and will crack under a sudden, sharp blow.",Science,05/10/08 #39245,Evil Thing,2.13,1.57,chocolatecake,"I live where darkness seals my fate Coming up to the rigid gate So I've been told My soul is a big black hole I'm constantly in war With those above my domain Those who meet me Regret they ever did",No hint available.,The Devil,Riddle,11/17/07 #6660,Two Part Challenge,3.08,3.05,Gizzer,"I had a lot of fun putting together the following list of words. Can you figure out the rule I used to develop the list? Once you do, have fun creating your own list! mount, right, left, roll, mote, lick, lass, over, rate, aunt, rill, arch, oral, ever, pine, rice, tip, each, team, rash, sage, ouch, edge, ray, earn, any",The order matters. Count the words.,"Each 3 to 5 letter word, when preceded by sequential letters of the alphabet, will form new words: amount, bright, cleft, droll, emote, flick, glass, hover, irate, jaunt, krill, larch, moral, never, opine, price, q-tip, reach, steam, trash, usage, vouch, wedge, x-ray, yearn, zany",Series,08/19/02 #13870,Jingle Bells in a Track Suit?,2.24,2.67,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? ""Mary Had a Little Lamb"" is swapping a tank top for a long sleeve shirt. ""Jingle Bells"" is giving up its shorts for track suit pants. ""Happy Birthday to You"" is going from a three piece suit to trousers and a shirt ""The Star Wars theme"" is replacing its jumper with a jacket","The number of 'tunes' is important... wow, two clues in one. And if you want a hint as to the meaning of this expression - once you go from being totally confused to being much clearer, then the answer will be summarising your newfound circumstances.","Changing fortunes or 'Changing' - getting changed 'four' 'tunes' - there are four tunes or 'fortunes' getting changed... or 'changing'",Rebus,07/18/03 #7136,Chess,2.05,2.73,mozven,X was starring in the Super Chess Challenge. He played 8 people at once! What are the odds of X being victorious every game? It is assumed that everyone is on the same playing level.,No hint available.,".0000595% In a chess game, one can win, lose, draw, stalemate, resign, or opponent resigns. That is a total of 6 possibilities for one game! Odds of winning one game are 1 in 6. Odds of winning all 8 games are (1/6)^8. So, (1/6)^8=.000000595, or .0000595% !",Probability,09/02/02 #10429,Room Lit by Clock,2.73,1.92,mrtuba,"A room is lit only by an LED digital 12-hour clock. At what time is the room the brightest? The darkest? Assume no leading '0' in times where the hour is a single digit. In other words, the time is displayed as ""6:32"", not ""06:32"".","The digit zero lights six segments, while the digit two lights only five. Therefore, ""12"" is darker than ""10"".","Brightest: 10:08 (am or pm) Darkest: 1:11 (am or pm)",Other,02/13/03 #27920,New Year Bash!,2.57,0.92,brainster,"Five friends, Jenna, Brad, Anna, Chris, and Ronald, decided to get together and throw a new year party. They each had to organize one part of the entertainment, as well as arrange food items for each course of the new year bash meal. Can you figure out who handled what? 1. No one organized any part of the entertainment or food, the first letter of which coincided with the first letter of their name. 2. Neither Anna nor Ronald handled the organization of the quiz, but one of them handled the starters. 3. Anna knew of some great places where they could have the party, so she agreed to find a suitable venue. 4. Ronald did not organize the music for the party. 5. Jenna worked for a music store and had the perfect list of head bangers set up for a wild night. 6. Chris did not feel brainy enough to do the quiz. However, he had a sweet tooth, so he handled one of the sweets. 7. Brad's food item included beef, onions, and peas. 8. Jenna's Dad owned a bakery and made the perfect new year cake for the party. 9. Anna's food item did not include chicken wings and french fingers.",Sweets refer to either cake or dessert.,"Jenna - Music, Cake Brad - Quiz, Main Course Anna - Venue, Beverages Ronald - Bingo, Starters Chris - Return Gifts, Dessert",Logic-Grid,01/06/06 #50001,Equidistant?,2.21,2.59,eighsse,"Sam and Lisa live in a city in the desert of Nevada, USA, whose altitude is equal at all points, and whose streets run perfectly north-to-south and east-to-west. They are at the intersection of Harrison Street, which is north-south, and Jefferson Street, which is east-west. They are both walking to an intersection that is a few blocks east and a few blocks south from where they are now. They both take direct routes, using only two streets each (and therefore making only one turn each), but Sam takes Harrison Street while Lisa takes Jefferson Street. Assuming that neither encounters any obstacles, and that the turns take the same distance to complete, is there any reason why Sam's path or Lisa's path could be considered longer than the other's?",Earth is not flat.,"Sam's route could be considered SLIGHTLY longer, though for practical purposes, the difference is negligible. Sam heads south first before heading east. Being in the Northern Hemisphere, this means that he is going closer to the Equator, where the latitude of the Earth is increased, before making the lateral component of the trip. The effect can be made dramatically more recognizable and relevant if you imagine extremely long north-south and east-west roads. Consider a case in which you are beginning halfway between the North Pole and the Equator, and your destination is on the Equator, 1/4 of the way around the Earth laterally. The north-south component will be equal no matter which of the two routes you take. However, the east-west component must take you 1/4 of the way around the Earth in each route, which is much less halfway between the pole and the Equator, than at the Equator. Of course, no grid of roads large enough for this to be an issue exists, but it is true to a slight degree.",Trick,11/20/13 #32153,Am I Sand?,2.81,1.33,jazzmusician46,"I am neither inside the house, nor outside the house. Clearly you can see through my little charade, because no house seems complete without me. What am I?",No hint available.,The windows of a house.,Riddle,07/30/06 #19324,Happy Thought,2.82,1.31,MrIxolite,"What well known quote is shown below? THIS food (possible) drink (possible) taxes (definitely) holidays (possible) promotions (possible) dying (definitely) pets (possible) friends (possible) WORLD",No hint available.,"In this world there are only two certainties, death and taxes. B.Franklin (Famous American Kite Flyer)",Rebus,11/04/04 #3101,The Bar of Gold,2.81,2.28,Hookfree,"A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will pay him 1/7th of a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the bar of gold. What and where are the fewest number of cuts to the bar of gold that will allow you to pay him 1/7th each day?",Only two cuts are required.,"Day One: You make your first cut at the 1/7th mark and give that to the worker. Day Two: You cut 2/7ths and pay that to the worker and receive the original 1/7th in change. Day three: You give the worker the 1/7th you received as change on the previous day. Day four: You give the worker 4/7ths and he returns his 1/7th cut and his 2/7th cut as change. Day Five: You give the worker back the 1/7th cut of gold. Day Six: You give the worker the 2/7th cut and receive the 1/7th cut back in change. Day Seven: You pay the worker his final 1/7th. Everyone is happy.",Math,04/01/02 #3732,Bags of Kittens,2.4,1.65,watupchicks,"Six men have 6 bags each. In every bag there are 6 cats, each cat has 6 kittens. How many legs in all?",No hint available.,"6,060 Here is how you get the answer: You go 6*2 for the mens legs, so that is 12. Put that number off to the side. Then you go 6*6 for the bags so that is 36. You go 36*6 for the number of cats and that is 216. You then take 216*4 for the legs, and then you should get 864 (now put that number off to the side). You now take 216*6 (1296) for the number of kittens and then 1296*4 and you should get 5,184 for the kittens legs (keep that number) because you already multiplied the legs together you don't have to do it again. Now here is how you get 6,060: 5,184 + 864 + 12 = 6,060 Did you get it yet?",Math,04/24/02 #23498,WOW MOM!,2.56,0.72,tamjp,"If the word MOM becomes WOW when you turn it upside down, what do you get when you spell it backwards?",No hint available.,"ti When you spell the word ""it"" backward it is spelled ""ti.""",Trick,06/08/05 #9403,Snapoker Scoring,2.46,2.56,snaps,"The card game Snapoker is a very complex game for four players, requiring the use of two decks of cards with all odd spades, even hearts, prime diamonds (including aces) and non-prime clubs (including aces) removed. Note that jacks are 11, queens are 12, kings are 13. Two jokers are added to the deck and are each worth 15. The cards are dealt among the four players. A hand starts when the dealer shouts ""Let's Snapoker!"" Following a frantic minute of randomly throwing all cards onto the table, and at the dealer's call of ""Heeeeeeere, piggy, piggy, piggy!"" players are required to grab as many cards as they can. Once all cards have been grabbed, the total value of the cards in each player's hand is added up. Points (4, 3, 2 and 1) are awarded to players on each hand, with the highest card total receiving maximum points. In the event of a tie, the player who can drink a glass of milk through their nose the quickest will receive the greater points. A running score is kept throughout the game. The game is over when someone reaches a total of 518 points or when a fight breaks out, which is a common occurrence. The other day, I was having a lively game of Snapoker with three friends when, after three hands, my good friend Kasy commented that my score was the only score that was not a prime number. What was my score?","In each hand there are a total of 10 points on offer, so after three hands the total of all four players' points must be 30.","I was on 9 points. After one round of Snapoker a total of 10 points have been awarded to the four players, so after three rounds a total of 30 points have been awarded, meaning players' scores must add up to 30. The lowest score after three hands is 3 (receiving 1 point every hand) and the greatest score is 12 (receiving 4 points every hand). Note also that if one player has a score of 3, the next lowest possible score is 6 (receiving 2 points on every hand). Similarly, if one player has a score of 12, the next highest possible is 9 (receiving 3 points every hand). If however a player has a score of 4 (1, 1 and 2 points) the next lowest possible score is 5 (2, 2 and 1 points). A similar approach can be applied for lowest scores of 5, 6 and 7 and for highest scores of 11, 10 and 9. Now while there are many possible combinations of points that add up to 30, there are only three combinations where one player's score is not a prime number. These combinations of points are: 3, 7, 9, 11; 5, 5, 9, 11; 7, 7, 7, 9. In each of the cases above, 9 is the only non-prime and thus must be my score.",Math,12/25/02 #34713,It's Magic,2.35,2.33,beatlesgirl,"3 = G F in ""S B"" (F, F, & M)",Spinning Wheel,"3 = Good Fairies in ""Sleeping Beauty"" (Fauna, Flora, & Merryweather)",Letter-Equations,01/04/07 #26241,Rhyming Rhymes,2.65,1.44,GarnetLover,"Which nursery rhyme doesn't belong? a) Baa, Baa, Black Sheep b) the ABC's c) Ring Around the Rosie d) Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star",Look at the title.,"c) Ring Around the Rosie The other three have the same tune.",Group,10/06/05 #46969,Three's Company,2.41,2.88,griphook,"We are looking for five different words with three consecutive letters of the alphabet in their spelling. Their definitions or synonyms are given below. 1. breaks 2. a little diving bird 3. considering 4. tranquility 5. without a fixed limit Each set of the 3 consecutive letters is totally distinct from the others. Please look at the hint if you are having difficulty.","The sets 3 consecutive letters you need are given below. They are in no particular order to make the teaser a little more challenging even with the hint. abc def ghi lmn rst","1. BURSTS 2. DABCHICK 3. WEIGHING 4. CALMNESS 5. INDEFINITE",Language,05/10/10 #1259,Number Perplexer,2.32,1.97,dcs47,"Place two plus signs (+) and one minus sign (-) between these numbers in such a way that you get the answer shown. 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 =535",No hint available.,7+6+543-21=535,Math,11/01/01 #47949,Myths and Legends,3.07,1.62,crocodile,"Can you pick the god from the list provided that will complete this group? Zeus, Hephaestus, Gaea, ? Choose from: Dionysus, Athena, Hermes, Poseidon, Aphrodite",What are these gods associated with?,"Poseidon finishes the group. These Greek gods were associated with the four elements (air, fire, earth and water, respectively).",Trivia,09/12/10 #50849,Unwelcome Interruption,2.07,1.83,ThinksForFun,"What phrase does the following represent? TEH EKN IAG HWT",No hint available.,"wake up in the middle of the night ""WAKE"" is going up in the middle of ""THE NIGHT"".",Rebus,08/02/16 #44873,"Work, Work, Work",2.34,1.68,Ammer,A D = A D,It has something to do with money.,Another Day = Another Dollar,Letter-Equations,07/16/09 #46067,Did You Pay Attention in Science Class?,2.04,2.8,glowtmickey,O = The D of W through a S-P M,No hint available.,Osmosis = The Diffusion of Water through a semi-permeable membrane.,Letter-Equations,12/24/09 #6923,Brave Sailors,2.81,1.97,majd,"We are brave sailors always riding the sea We are less than one hundred but as tough as can be We sleep in three bunkers on top of each other Our numbers double from one bunker to another We dance in joy all through the night In groups of fives under the moonlight Last night twelve of us were swallowed by waves Leaving alive more than two third of the braves Still we continue the journey refusing to fail So tell me how many of us are left to sail?",No hint available.,"58 sailors are left. 1. From line 2: Total number of sailors is <100. 2. From lines 3 & 4: Let number of sailors sleeping in bunker 1 be X, then number of sailors sleeping in bunker 2 is 2X and in bunker 3 is 4X, i.e. Total number of sailors = X+2X+4X = 7X and thus it is a multiple of 7. 3. From line 6: dancing in groups of fives means the total number is a product of 5. 4. From lines 7 & 8: 12 of the sailors drowned in the sea, leaving more than two third of the sailors alive, so the total number is > 36 (3 * 12). Summing up all the above given information, the total number of sailors is <100 and >36, it divides by 7 and 5, which adds up to the total number of 70 sailors. Since 12 of the 70 sailors died in the sea, there are 58 sailors left to continue the journey.",Math,08/27/02 #50125,Albion Algebra,2.32,2.92,spikethru4,"If: London - Leeds = 1; London - Bristol = 4; Birmingham - Bristol = 5; Birmingham - Manchester = 6; and Leeds - Manchester = 62, then: London - Birmingham = ?",This is not in the Math category. A map of British cities may be useful.,"40. They are the numbers of the motorways linking those cities. M1: London to Leeds M4: London to South Wales (via Bristol) M5: Birmingham to Exeter (via Bristol) M6: Birmingham to Gretna (via Manchester) M40: London to Birmingham M62: Manchester to near Hull (via Leeds)",Trivia,02/23/14 #45573,Famous Dog,2.59,1.6300000000000001,cnmne,"Per this rebus, what can be said about Toto? Ratings Report Name: Toto Species: Canine Gender: Male Vocal strength: 50% of optimum Jaw strength: 90% of optimum",No hint available.,His bark is worse than his bite (his bark (vocal strength) was rated worse than his bite (jaw strength)).,Rebus,10/31/09 #16568,Mysterious Song,2.47,1.43,Maria4Tony,"They sing a variety of songs, but in no language we know. Never been solved, and may never be. Despite this, CDs of these mysterious singers have been distributed around the world. Tell me, who are these mystical creatures whose song may never be solved?","If you're thinking of any birds, you're way off track! Think closer to water.","Whales. CDs of whale songs, especially the Humpback's, have been distributed and listened to around the world. However, scientists have still not figured out the meaning of these sounds.",Riddle,02/14/04 #5254,I4I,2.25,1.1,Cascas,"What does this mean? I4I",No hint available.,An eye for an eye,Rebus,07/06/02 #1455,Triathlon,2.45,1.87,psychodude57,"The final of the triathlon was a close run thing. The whole tournament was decided on the last two sections, swimming and cycling. Adrian didn't win either section. The person who won the swimming came third in the cycling. Adrian beat Keith in swimming, but was beaten by Keith in the cycling. Keith was last in neither section. Duncan won the cycling, but was beaten by Billy in the swimming. Can you work out who came where in each section?",No hint available.,"Swimming; Billy, Adrian, Keith, Duncan. Cycling; Duncan, Keith, Billy, Adrian.",Logic,11/19/01 #5678,Thumb,2.22,0.76,Cascas,"What does this mean? bb mm uu hh tt",No hint available.,Two thumbs up,Rebus,07/18/02 #24744,Three Squares a Day,2.3,2.73,phrebh,"Find three numbers, all under 500, where the sum of all three is a perfect square and the sums of any two of them are also perfect squares.",No hint available.,"41, 80, 320",Math,07/21/05 #39647,Four Letter Words #4,2.46,2.8,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have given you a selection of four-lettered words. It is your job to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A, or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck and have fun! COLUMN A Will Dove Loud Limp Fine COLUMN B Sold Each Lump Carp Road",Consider replacing a letter with 3 other letters grouped together.,"Replace the first letter of each word in Column A with 'shr'. 1. Shrill 2. Shrove 3. Shroud 4. Shrimp 5. Shrine",Language,12/16/07 #40416,"A ""Word"" Pyramid 2",2.5,1.8800000000000001,snowmonster,"See if you can figure out the words in this ""pyramid"" using the hints given below. Each new word contains the same letters as the previous word, plus a new letter. 1) 15th letter of the English Alphabet 2) Opposite of from 3) Name of a child's toy 4) Found on most street corners 5) Can be either a drink or physical activity 6) A religious leader",No hint available.,"1) O 2) To 3) Top 4) Stop 5) Sport 6) Pastor",Language,02/10/08 #51817,Coffee Pot,2.29,0.8,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,Its a coffee pot :),Trouble is brewing,Rebus,03/30/18 #22970,Grandmother 3 Times,2.27,2.01,ZOE5639,"Jill's birthday is in 3 weeks, she will be turning 60, and she is so happy to be able to spend it with her 3 daughters and 3 grandchildren. Her oldest daughter's name is Patti. Her middle daughter's name is Carol. Her youngest daughter's name is Rhonda. Jill is a grandmother 3 times over. Carol, her middle child, has an 11 year old daughter named Lindsey and an 8 year old son named J.D. In no way, shape, form or fashion is Carol planning on having another child. Patti has a pit bull she jokes is her daughter, but no clearly visible, living, breathing, human children. Rhonda has a Dalmatian she calls her son; however, she also has no children running around. Rhonda would like to have 2 or 3 children one day. Unfortunately Patti has medical problems limiting her from being able to have kids, even though she really wants to have a child. But somehow, Jill has only 3 children and already has 3 grandchildren. HOW CAN THIS BE?",No hint available.,"I said Patti has no clearly visible, living, breathing, human children and Rhonda has none running around either. However, Rhonda is 8 months pregnant, with a little one on the way, an already living and breathing baby. Add Carol's 2 kids and that makes 3.",Logic,05/17/05 #10917,A Prisoner,2.48,2.48,AllsatrASH08,"A prisoner sat alone in his cell staring through the bars at the six doors to the guardroom beyond them. Suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps. One guard came in through door A and a second entered through door F. They unlocked the cell door. ""We shall set you free,"" said one of the guards, ""but first you must pass through all six doors, each door once only, in the correct order. Three are entrances only and three are exits only. Door A must be followed by door B or E; B by C or E; C by D or F; D by A or F; E by B or D; and F by C or D."" With that the guards left through door B. In what order must the prisoner pass through the doors?",The prisoner must alternate exits and entrances. List the six possible orders then study the conditions to eliminate possibilities.,"The order is CFDABE. The guards entered through doors A and F and exited at door B. The prisoner must alternate exits and entrances. Let the unknown entrance be X. With a ""_"" denoting an exit door the possible orders are: (a) _A_F_X ; (b) _F_A_X ; (c) _X_A_F ; (d) _X_F_A ; (e) _A_X_F ; (f) _F_X_A Neither (a) nor (c) are possible since A is followed by B or E and neither leads to F. Since A can only be preceded by D, (e) and (f) are possible as DA_X_F and _F_XDA, respectively. With D used, door F can only be preceded by C to give DA_XCF and CF_XDA, respectively. Door B must occupy the remaining space in each possibility (third door is exit) so X=E but C cannot follow E in the former and for the latter, B cannot follow F. This eliminates (e) and (f). Since only D precedes A, (b) is possible as _FDA_X and (d) as _X_FDA. For (d), the exit B must occupy a ""_"" but cannot be followed by F, and if it is the first door, neither the C or E that must follow as X can be followed by the remaining E or C, respectively. This only leaves (b) and only C (of the possible B,C,E) can precede F as CFDA_X and B must occupy the final ""_"" as an exit leaving E=X. Notice that the condition that E is followed by B or D cannot be satisfied until the prisoner has completed his task and finally wins his freedom through B or D!",Logic,03/05/03 #32764,Dress Dress,2.21,1.35,grungy49,"DRESS DRESS DRESS DRESS GUARD",No hint available.,Fortress guard (four dress guard).,Rebus,08/31/06 #51078,Vowel Exchange,2.97,1.81,kzmonopoly,"Two definitions for two different words will be given. These words will differ only by their vowels. To change a word, both adding a vowel and changing a vowel is allowed, as long as the consonants are the same and in the same order. For example, bust to beast can be an answer. 1. A sticky product of trees to a type of dried fruit 2. A black bird to a chasm 3. Round object to a fee 4. Part of the body below the leg to a great achievement",No hint available.,"1. Resin to raisin 2. Raven to ravine 3. Ball to bill 4. Foot to feat",Language,05/04/17 #3150,Who's President?,2.31,0.7000000000000001,204_blaze_41,"There have been many amendments to the U.S. Constitution during the last 100 years. One of the subjects of these amendments involves the progression of power when the heads of state die while in office. If the Vice-President of the United States and the Speaker of the House of Representatives should die while in office, who then becomes the President?",No hint available.,The President is still President because he is still alive.,Trick,04/02/02 #29363,Play Ball 2,2.49,3.2,thompson1,"In a Little League Baseball game between the Braves and the Yankees, there were only 5 kids who had RBIs (Runs Batted In); two of them were on the Braves and three of them were on the Yankees. Each person had a different number of at-bats, of hits, and of RBIs. The scorekeeper was sick, so he couldn't come to the game, and had his brother go instead. Unfortunately, his brother forgot to write down the stats. This is all that he remembers. Help the scorekeeper figure out who is on which team, and how many hits, at-bats, and RBIs they had. Nicknames ""Slammer,"" ""The Rocket,"" ""Flash,"" ""The Hammer,"" and ""Ace"" RBIs - 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 Hits - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 At-bats - 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 Team - 2 Braves, 3 Yankees 1. The Braves won. 2. The five kids are: ""Slammer,"" the one with a 1.000 batting average, the one with 2 hits, the one with 7 at-bats, and the one with the least RBIs. 3. ""Flash,"" who plays on the same team as his best friend, ""Ace,"" had 3 plate appearances, 5 RBIs, and got out at least once. 4. ""The Rocket"" had either 1 or 2 hits. 5. The players that had 2 more RBIs than at-bats did not have 3 hits. 6. Only one player had one less RBI than hits. 7. ""Flash"" only had RBIs off hits. 8. ""Ace"" has half as many letters in his nickname as there are in the name of the team he plays for. You will be able to use the hint to find some answers before you even look at the clues.","Batting Average is equal to hits/at bats. Plate Appearances and at-bats are not the same thing. A plate appearance is any time the batter goes up to the plate. It is only an at-bat if they get a hit or get out (as opposed to a walk or a hit-by-pitch). You cannot have more hits than at-bats. RBIs don't have to come off hits. If a player is walked or hit-by-pitch and a runner scores because of it, the batter gets an RBI. You can get more than one RBI on one hit, but only up to four. To figure out who wins, just add up the RBIs for each team.","""Slammer"" had 6 RBIs, 4 hits, and 5 at-bats for the Yankees. ""The Rocket"" had 3 RBIs, 1 hit, and 1 at-bat for the Yankees. ""Flash"" had 5 RBIs, 2 hits, and 3 at-bats for the Braves. ""The Hammer"" had 2 RBIs, 3 hits, and 4 at-bats for the Yankees. ""Ace"" had 8 RBIs, 5 hits, and 7 at-bats for the Braves.",Logic-Grid,03/28/06 #40457,Word Association,2.72,2.78,GumEBears,"In each of the following, choose a word which you think will best match the rest. (a) AGE, DATE, KIND, FULLY, POWER Choose from: RAP, STRUT, BULLY, HOOD, CRIME, YEAR (b) HINT, DIRT, COSY, FORT Choose from: KNOT, PART, EPIC, ROUT, NAVY (c) MANOEUVRING, CAULIFLOWER, ACCENTUATION, BEHAVIOURISM, GREGARIOUS Choose from: MANUSCRIPT, CAUTIONED, MATRICULATION, OBSTREPEROUS, REORIENTATION","(a) a race (b) orderly (c) all have something","(a) HOOD - each word can be prefixed by the word 'man' to form another word. (b) KNOT - all the words have their letters in alphabetical order. (c) CAUTIONED - all the words contain all five vowels",Group,02/12/08 #3848,Grateful for Poor Service,2.9,2.61,magisastar,A man saw something advertised at a certain price and went to buy it. An official refused to sell it to him even though the man could pay and other men and women were sold it. Later the man was very glad he had been refused. Why was he refused and why was he glad?,"Hint 1: It was a service rather than a product. Hint 2: It happened in 1912",The man wanted to buy a first class ticket on the SS Titanic in 1912. He was refused because he was black. He was glad because the Titanic sank with great loss of life.,Situation,05/02/02 #49194,Words With BB,2.29,2.58,cnmne,"Five words that contain BB as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *BB**, **BB*, **BB**, **BB***, ***BB** Pool: A, D, E, E, E, F, G, H, H, I, I, L, N, O, O, S, T, T, U, Y",No hint available.,"ABBOT, HOBBY, GIBBET, NEBBISH, FLUBBED",Language,12/16/11 #35916,What a Marriage!,2.5100000000000002,1.41,reptile5000,"Chris and Jill were married. On their marriage day, Chris was three times as old as Jill. 21 years later, Chris was only 2 times as old as Jill. What was their age when they were married?","c= Chris' age at marriage j= Jill's age at marriage c = 3j at marriage c + 21 = 2j + 42 ...you take it from here","Chris was 63. Jill was 21. c = 3j at marriage c + 21 = 2j + 42 c = 2j + 21 (3j) = 2j + 21 j = 21",Math,03/27/07 #37499,Way Too Kool,2.25,2.81,MikeMan1216,E P = I of K-A,Remember the title.,Edwin Perkins = Inventor of Kool-Aid,Letter-Equations,07/22/07 #30245,The Interesting Streak,2.47,2.32,Jim1029,"What is the 29th number in this series? 1 1.4142135623 1.7320508075 2 2.2360679774 2.4494897427 2.6457513110 2.8284271247 3 3.1622776601",No hint available.,"5.3851648071. These are the square roots of the numbers from 1 to 10, carried out to 10 decimal points. 5.3851648071 is the square root of 29.",Series,05/03/06 #28595,A Drive Out of Town,2.62,2.18,RainyMysteria,"Abe Drivers has to drive 200 km once a week to pick up his deliveries from the post office. He then quickly drives home to open them up. One week, he left off and, expecting something, drove at 110 km/h. When he reached the post office, there was nothing, so he drove home at the same speed, feeling disappointed. The next week, he drove at 105 km/h and when he reached the post office, he was able to pick up a big package. When he drove home, he was travelling at 115 km/h. His daughter, Raine, came down and, being the most curious of girls and the most brilliant of mathematicians, asked her dad how fast he drove for both weeks. When he answered, he said that they took the same time. But Raine disagreed. Who was correct? Raine or Abe? If Abe, how long did it take him to drive there and back? If Raine, how many hours/minutes/seconds was there in the difference?",No hint available.,"Raine was right. Drive A: 200km. 110km/h. 200/110=1.818 [1.818*2= 3.636] Drive B: 200km. 105km/h. 200/105=1.905 115km/h. 200/115=1.739 [1.905+1.739= 3.644] Converting it, A takes 3h 38m 10s and B takes 3h 38m 38s. Therefore, Drive A took 28 fewer seconds than Drive B.",Math,02/13/06 #9026,Survival of the Sheep,3.07,2.55,sakirski,"There is an island filled with grass and trees and plants. The only inhabitants are 100 lions and 1 sheep. The lions are special: 1) They are infinitely logical, smart, and completely aware of their surroundings. 2) They can survive by just eating grass (and there is an infinite amount of grass on the island). 3) They prefer of course to eat sheep. 4) Their only food options are grass or sheep. Now, here's the kicker: 5) If a lion eats a sheep he TURNS into a sheep (and could then be eaten by other lions). 6) A lion would rather eat grass all his life than be eaten by another lion (after he turned into a sheep). Assumptions: 1) Assume that one lion is closest to the sheep and will get to it before all others. Assume that there is never an issue with who gets to the sheep first. The issue is whether the first lion will get eaten by other lions afterwards or not. 2) The sheep cannot get away from the lion if the lion decides to eat it. 3) Do not assume anything that hasn't been stated above. So now the question: Will that one sheep get eaten or not and why?","There are two hints. The first one will really be just that - a small hint. The second one is a BIG one, and could very well give it away, so don't read it if you don't want to: Hint 1) Use math induction. Hint 2) Consider the scenario where there is only one lion and one sheep. What would happen? Now take the next step.","The sheep would remain untouched. In fact, the sheep would remain untouched if there is an even number of lions on the island, and would be eaten immediately if there is an odd number of lions on the island. Here's the reasoning: Consider a scenario with just one lion and one sheep: The lion will eat the sheep. Why? Because after he eats it and turns into a sheep himself, there aren't any lions on the island to eat him, so he is happy. Now look at a scenario with 2 lions and 1 sheep. Here the sheep would remain unharmed. Why? Because if any one of them eats it, and turns into a sheep himself, he knows that he awaits certain death because he will then be a sheep and the other lion will be the only lion on the island and nothing will stop him from eating the sheep. So now we know for a fact 1 lion and 1 sheep - sheep gets eaten. 2 lions and 1 sheep - sheep doesn't get eaten. We can now make a conclusion about 3 lions and 1 sheep: the sheep will definitely be eaten, because the lion that eats it will know that by eating he leaves behind 2 lions and 1 sheep (himself). And as we already know 2 lions and 1 sheep is a situation where the sheep survives. You can use the same logic to go on to 4 lions and 1 sheep, and then all the way to 100 or 1000, but it will always be true that with an odd number of lions the sheep gets eaten and with an even number the sheep doesn't.",Logic,12/10/02 #23300,Killing Time,2.89,2.77,Eowyn,"The Bjerkaas family are on holiday. They are driving through Norway in order to reach the European continent. Norway has a lot of winding roads, and one never knows what's beyond that next curve. So, the family, consisting of Kari (Mum), Ola (Dad), the two sisters (Hilde and Torill) and their little brother (Knut), figures out how to kill time a bit. They are going to guess what car make the next car approaching them will have. What you are to find out, is: - Who guessed - what car make - with what colour - with which driver - and at what time the car was seen by the family Note: They only guessed the car make. The colour and driver are only additional information about the car. Good luck! Here are the clues: -1- One of the males guessed the BMW. -2- Knut's car make showed up eight minutes after the car driven by the police officer. -3- The mother guessed correctly what the first car make would be every time they played, but she could not predict the colour, which wasn't dark green or dark pink. -4- A German car had another family in it, and it showed up at 17.46. -5- Nobody guessed a car make sharing their initials. -6- The old lady showed up before the young student and the businessman. -7- The silver Ford passed the Bjerkaas family's car just after the blue car. -8- The Hyundai drove by at 17.54, just when one of the females had started losing her hope as to whether her make would show up or not. -9- The businessman's car was green. -10- The dark pink car, which had the make that Ola guessed correctly, belonged to the student. Involved: Family members: Hilde, Knut, Torill, Ola, Kari Car makes: BMW, Toyota, Ford, Hyundai, Volkswagen Colours: blue, dark green, dark pink, silver, black Drivers: old lady, young student, businessman, another family, a police officer Time: 17.35, 17.43, 17.46, 17.54, 18.03","- One of the females wanted the Hyundai to show up. Car nationalities: - BMW: German - Toyota: Japanese - Ford: American - Hyundai: Korean - Volkswagen: German","Hilde - Volkswagen - Black - Family - 17.46 Knut - Ford - Silver - Lady - 17.43 Torill - Hyundai - Dark green - Businessman - 17.54 Ola - BMW - Dark pink - Student - 18.03 Kari - Toyota - Blue - Police - 17.35",Logic-Grid,05/31/05 #755,Spelled the Same,2.3,2.37,beans,"What word is spelled the same in English, German, French, Portuguese, and Swedish?",No hint available.,Taxi,Language,08/09/01 #2820,Fell Off a Cliff,2.54,1.34,204_BlaZe_41,"The dead body of Adrian was found at the bottom of the cliff. He was clothed in heavy hiking boots, mitts, several light jackets, and thick woolen trousers. James G recounted. ""I returned to camp early to make dinner for the hunting party when I saw Adrian and Lulo arguing. They had been dating for several years and frequently held heated discussions. I didn't want to intrude, so I hid behind a tree. Suddenly Adrian picked up a rock and delivered a fatal blow to Lulo's head. Just then Adrian saw me. He was so startled he turned and ran. He obviously forgot about the cliff and fell to his death."" When the lab checked the rock that supposedly killed Lulo, it found Adrian's fingerprints on it. They immediately ordered the arrest of James G. Why?",No hint available.,"Adrian's body was found wearing mitts, so it would not have been possible for his fingerprints to be on the rock that killed Lulo unless James arranged for them to be there.",Logic,03/23/02 #47323,"Two Cops, a Thief",2.31,0.64,Deckstatus,"Three people met at a corner of a street. They all are dressed like cops, so they don't know who's the thief (bad guy). The cops will tell the truth (because they are good), and the thief will tell the truth too to make himself appear like a good cop. They are A, B and C. And they say this: A:""C's not the thief."" B:""One of you both is the thief!"" C:""I'm not the thief."" Using this information, find out who the thief is.","All statements are TRUE. So read each other, and figure out who's the thief. Easy.","A's the thief. He says C's not the thief, and B says one of the other two is, which means he must not be. So the only one left is A.",Logic,06/24/10 #43628,Persian Mathology,2.1,2.75,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Persian mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find the solution. DAHAKA + ASMAN + INDAR = MITHRA",No hint available.,751535 + 50856 + 26754 = 829145,Cryptography,11/27/08 #44576,One Word Fits III,1.92,0.87,Jarhead,"What word, when added, creates new words? ____ring ____pen ____dozer ____frog",No hint available.,"Bull Bullring, bullpen, bulldozer, bullfrog.",Language,06/03/09 #25461,Celebrity License Plate,2.77,2.64,gummbypal,"Whose car might this plate be on? M+M & LR",Use your medulla oblongata to figure it out.,"Adam Sandler add M's and ler",Rebus,08/21/05 #3777,"Pch, Plm",2.28,1.5,princess_d,"What are these: pch plm ppl rng",They are things.,"peach plum apple orange Without the vowels.",Language,04/27/02 #10904,AlsatianPoodle,2.28,2.13,MrIxolite,"What expression is shown below? AlsatianPoodleLabrador *Terrier*",No hint available.,A Breed Apart,Rebus,03/05/03 #27305,"H, Be, F, S, Mn, Kr, In, Gd, Tl, ?",2.43,2.58,lips,"H, Be, F, S, Mn, Kr, In, Gd, Tl, ? What's the next in the series?",No hint available.,"Fm. These are the chemical elements whose atomic numbers are perfect squares. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100.",Series,12/05/05 #27026,Mystery House,3.04,1.17,metallicman,"Clyde Stevenson just bought a brand new house. Everything in it was state of the art; the refrigerator was stainless steel, the ovens were electric, even the windows were built to only open from the inside. Clyde was a very nervous man, and always kept his house locked up, especially this one, since it was new. Clyde decided, since he bought a nice new house, he might as well break it in and plan a barbeque. He went to the store and bought some steaks, wine (it was his first party), and other things that he saw fit. He set the table, had the steaks marinating, and then began calling his friends to come over. He invited Stan, Eric, Helen and Pete. They all came over and Clyde started the steaks. He finished grilling the steaks, and then broke open the wine and they started to eat. They talked about sports, the news, and gossiped about people in town. After a while, Stan started to get a little tipsy and was getting a little rude. Clyde asked him to settle down, in a civil manner, but Stan got furious and tried to fight. After quite a brawl, they got a taxi for Stan and everyone left. The next day at 10:00 A.M., the police got a call that Clyde had been murdered. When the police arrived on the scene, they found Stan and Helen. The police officer decided to question them both at the station, to get the story straight. When the officer questioned Stan, he said, ""I was talking to Helen on the phone when I told her I should go over to Clyde's to apologise. (Stan told the officer what happened last night) She said that she should come with me in case things got heated again, and I said that was fine. I got there about ten minutes after Helen did, and I noticed that the front door was locked. I decided to look through a window to see if they were there, when I saw Helen, blood soaked, tossing a knife into the sink. I quickly opened the window and crawled through, and called the police. Helen killed Clyde."" When the officer questioned Helen she said, ""Stan called me and told me to meet him at Clyde's so he could apologise about last night. (She also told the story about what happened) I get there about ten minutes faster than Stan, so I decided to wait in the car for him. After a while, I got bored so I decided to go in and tell Clyde what was going to happen. I noticed the door was wide open, and I thought that was strange because Clyde is a very nervous man. So, I rang the doorbell, walked in, and locked the door, because I know that Clyde always wants the door locked. I saw Clyde lying on the floor with stab wounds. I grabbed him to see if he was alive, but he was dead. I went into the kitchen to call the police when I saw Stan in the other room saying that I killed him, and that he had called the police."" The officer put them in different jail cells and decided to look over the crime scene. He searched the entire area and discovered who murdered Clyde. Who was it and why?",Reread carefully.,"Stan murdered Clyde. In the beginning it states that the windows were new, and were designed to only open from the inside. If Stan had tried to open the window, he would have found it wouldn't work, and he would not have been able to get through that way.",Mystery,11/18/05 #32111,What Number Reaches 0?,2.18,1.9000000000000001,npf2005,"Counting down, first by one place, then by two places, then by three and so on (adding one extra place each time), like this example - 15, 14, 12, 9, 5, 0. If each of these numbers were the start of a separate sequence, which would have 0 in it? 102, 103, 104, 105 or 106?",No hint available.,105,Math,07/28/06 #1301,Compose a Song,2.35,2.67,ChuckieChen,A man has to compose a song for a party. It has to be classical. Then he looked out the window. He got an idea and saw something that gave him a beginning of a song. What did he see?,He did not hear anything. Think of crows.,The man saw crows on 5 telephone lines representing the music staff. The crows were representing the notes.,Situation,11/05/01 #9052,Telephone Ring,2.68,2.04,julia,"A detective and his son were in the airport. While his son was watching people go by, the detective, Jim, was watching people make phone calls at a round table filled with telephones, each person at his own tiny booth. He noticed one man kept a phone to his ear with one hand. He held a pencil with the other hand, like he was getting instructions or directions, but hadn't written anything down. A man in a jacket took the phone in the adjoining booth. He took a card out of his pocket that he looked at as he spoke into the telephone. The first man finally wrote something down. The man in the jacket walked away, and the other man suddenly hung up his phone. Then he held it to his ear and began making another call, talking into the phone as he looked down at his notepad. Jim the detective quietly walked up behind the man on the telephone and looked over his shoulder. What did he expect to see?",Jim had a good feeling this man was committing a crime.,He expected to see a phone or credit card number on the pad that would match the number belonging to the man in the jacket. Thieves stand around open phones to listen while people say their card numbers into the phone. Then they use the numbers to make calls or charge things.,Situation,12/10/02 #2561,Tokar Smith,2.32,1.31,204_blaze_41,"Tokar Smith was racing around in his new sports car when he noticed that his throat was parched. He came to a screeching halt in front of the 'Soul-Ace Hotel' and the nine police cars which had been chasing him, slammed into the back of his car and each other's. How many bumpers will have been hit?",No hint available.,"Eighteen. Since ten cars are involved, all the bumpers will have been hit except for the first one on Tokar's car, and the back one on the last police car.",Logic,03/06/02 #7487,We All Have It,2.75,2.15,majd,"Born in one, dies in many Worth a fortune or a penny Can be good, bad or funny None of us can't have any What am I?",No hint available.,"A secret. (Initially kept by one person and if shared is not a secret anymore (dies), can be trivial, crucial, bad, good or funny, and all of us have one or more secrets)",Riddle,09/16/02 #756,Folding Paper,2.25,1.35,beans,"What is the most amount of times that a dry, square piece of ordinary paper can be folded in half?",Maybe you should try it?,Seven,Science,08/09/01 #49290,Hundred Dollar Exercise,2.24,0.65,clevergurl,"Clever Chris had a contest in his school. His gym teacher said who ever could make the treadmill go the fastest without falling would win a hundred dollars. Now, Chris wasn't very athletic, but he found a way to win the money anyways. What did he do?",No hint available.,"It's simple; he stood by the treadmill, put it up to the highest speed, and since he wasn't on the treadmill, he didn't fall, thus winning him the hundred dollars.",Situation,02/02/12 #11332,8x2 = P in a R S,2.13,2.98,PhilDunphy,8x2 = P in a R S,Sport ( Egg Chasers ),8 x 2 = Players in a Rugby Scrum,Letter-Equations,03/20/03 #2472,Train Death,2.45,2.0,wassupdude100,A man just had an operation and is going home on the train. The doctor said to take the bandages off in 30 minutes. The train went into a tunnel and at that time he jumped out of the train and died. Why did he jump?,"He did not fall out of the train. He took the bandages off after the 30 minutes inside the tunnel.","He was blind and he had an operation on his eyes to help him see, but as he took the bandages off, the train went into the tunnel and he thought he was still blind, so he thought his life was not worth living.",Situation,03/01/02 #42816,All Aboard the Hogwarts Express,2.57,2.65,PotionsMaster,"On the Hogwarts Express, the conductor completely screwed up and lost his seating notes! However, he has managed to get his hands on the following clues. Can you help him solve the clues and seat everyone in their proper place? The Hogwarts Express has two different rows. Each row has two compartments. Each compartment has two rows of seats, and each row in the compartment can hold three people. In this case, there is a left compartment and a right compartment, like the following: Left (corridor) Right Clues: 1) Harry is sitting across from Neville. 2) Neville is in the left compartment. 3) Ginny is sitting next to Neville, Luna, or both. 4) Hermione, who is sitting completely diagonal from Neville, is next to either Harry, Ron, or both. 5) Malfoy cannot be in the left compartment. 6) Ron is sitting between Harry and Hermione. 7) Luna is sitting diagonally from Harry. 8) Malfoy is sitting next to Parkinson or Crabbe. 9) Zabini is sitting opposite Nott. 10) Crabbe and Goyle are sitting together next to one other person. 11) Nott is diagonal from Parkinson. 12) Harry must get a window seat. 13) Hermione is in the aisle across the row from Malfoy. 14) Crabbe is in the aisle across the row from Luna. 15) Harry is closer to the front of the train. Note about the clues: Diagonal can mean completely diagonal (across, over 2) or it can mean slightly diagonal (across, over 1).",No hint available.,"Harry, Ron, Hermione | Malfoy, Parkinson, Zabini Neville, Ginny, Luna | Crabbe, Goyle, Nott",Logic,08/17/08 #26365,Gunshot,2.65,1.27,Caim,"Caim was walking towards his office on the sidewalk when suddenly he heard a gunshot. The police found him dead on the sidewalk one hour after the incident. They concluded that the bullet had hit his head and he died on impact. The police also caught the man responsible for the crime and acquired the high-powered rifle used in the crime. What is wrong with this story?",No hint available.,If the bullet had hit his head then there is no way he would have heard the gunshot; the bullet of a high-powered rifle travels faster than sound. The bullet would have killed him before he heard anything.,Other,10/14/05 #2555,Chawhowhorge,2.47,2.03,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? chawhowhorge",No hint available.,"Who's in charge (chaWHOWHOrge)",Rebus,03/06/02 #3934,Once Broken,2.66,1.93,dabigcheez,"Once broken, I am harder to break yet again. What am I?",No hint available.,A championship record,Riddle,05/07/02 #31692,Three of a Kind 2,3.01,2.23,Hana_Kimi,"Figure out what the trio in each set have in common. As long as each answer is a six-letter plural word, ending in -s. Example: Railroad, wild animal, music CD: TRACKS 1) Hunting dog Compass Scoreboard 2) Dungeon Jewelry store Sequence 3) Fish Sheet music Dieters 4) Municipal parking lot Electric utility Rhythm in verse",No hint available.,"1) Points 2) Chains 3) Scales 4) Meters",Language,07/11/06 #4692,Ruined Night,2.33,2.12,mad-ade,"A tourist in London took a ride in Mad Ade's taxi cab. When he reached his destination, the tourist paid Mad Ade the fare, but did not include a tip. At this Mad Ade was displeased and said something to the tourist that ruined his whole evening. The two men were strangers and had never met previously. What did Mad Ade say?",No hint available.,"The tourist was going to a performance of the famous Agatha Christie play The Mousetrap. Mad Ade dropped him outside the theater. When the tourist didn't give a tip, Mad Ade revealed how the play ended, thus spoiling the tourist's night.",Logic,06/13/02 #20116,I Do Love the Holidays,3.28,1.71,Zehrapushu,"You will know that I am coming From the jingle of my bell, But exactly who I am is not an easy thing to tell. Children, they adore me for they find me jolly, but I do not see them when the halls are decked with holly. My job often leaves me frozen, I am a man that all should know, But I do not do business in times of sleet or ice or snow. I travel much on business, But no reindeer haul me around, I do all my traveling firmly on the ground. I love the time of Christmas, But that's not my vocational season, And I assure that is because of a sound economic reason.",No hint available.,Ice Cream Man!,Riddle,12/28/04 #17321,Fat Elvis,2.57,2.24,bluetwo,"BOfatelvisX >>SKINNYboxELVIS<< what phrase is represented here?",What is Elvis's nickname?,"Thinking outside the box! Elvis's nickname is ""the King of rock and roll."" The ""Fat Elvis"" is inside the BOX, and the ""Skinny Elvis"" (or the Thin King) is outside the box!",Rebus,04/13/04 #11128,Torks' Non-Escape,2.25,2.4,mad-ade,"When world-famous Madadian philosopher Torks G'Arbage was imprisoned for being a disturbing influence and relieving himself in a public place, he was held in high esteem by his guards, many of whom had followed Torks' teachings. All four of the guards hoped that something would occur that would facilitate his escape. One evening, the guard who was on duty accidentally on purpose left the cell door open so that Torks G'Arbage could leave for distant parts. Torks G'Arbage did not attempt to escape, as it was his philosophy that if you accept society's rules, you must also accept its punishments. However, the open door was considered by the Madadian authorities to be a serious matter. It was not clear which guard was on that evening. When questioned, the four guards made the following statements in their defence: Norris McDim: A) I did not leave the door open. B) Morris was the one who did it. Nobby Shifty: A) I was not the one who was on duty that evening. B) Norris was on duty. Morris the Daft: A) Nobby was the one on duty that evening. B) I hoped Torks G'Arbage would escape. Robby O'Mental: A) I did not leave the door open. B) I was not surprised that Torks G'Arbage did not attempt to escape. Considering that, in total, three statements are true and five statements are false, which guard is guilty?",No hint available.,"Robby left the door open. The one truth given is that all 4 guards hoped that Torks G'Arbage would escape, so statement B from Morris is a truth. There are only 3 truthful statements. If Norris had done it, then Nobby made 2 truthful statements and Robby's statement A would be true; making a total of 4 truths, so it can't be Norris. If Nobby had done it, statement A from Norris would be true, both of Morris's statements would be true, and Robby's statement A would be true; again a total of 4, so it can't be Nobby. If Morris had left the cell open, both of Norris's statements would be true, as would Nobby's statement A, Morris's statement B, and Robby's statement A; a total of 5 truths. In Robby's case, in detail: Norris A True B False Nobby A True B False Morris A False B True Dave A False B False (why did he bother to leave the cell door open?)",Logic,03/13/03 #21795,It's All Greek to Me,2.15,1.43,tiggs,"There are three modern children, so obsessed with Greek mythology, that they've actually started to believe it. Each kid (Sarah, Christian, and Stacy) worship three different gods (Hermes, Helios, and Demeter) in three different countries (USA, Romania, and Greece). 1.The Herald of the gods is worshiped by the American girl. 2. Stacy used to use Drachma to buy things. 3. The one who lives in Bucharest loves the sun. 4. Stacy worships the Goddess. 5. Demeter's worshiper is the closest to Mount Olympus. 6. Christian shares his homeland with Dracula. 7. Had Sarah loved Roman Mythology, she would worship Mercury. 8. Sarah's country is the largest of the three.","A herald is a messenger. Largest countries 1=Russia 2=Canada 3=China 4=USA... ? Romania ? Greece Country capitals Greece=Athens USA=Washington DC Romania=Bucharest Apollo was not the sun in Greek myth.","Sarah worships Hermes in America Stacy worships Demeter in Greece Christian worships Helios in Romania Clue #1 states that The American girl worships the herald of the gods. Hermes was a messenger to Zeus in Greek Myth. Clue #2 states that Stacy used to use Drachma to buy things. Greece used to use the Drachma as currency, but lately, has switched over to the Euro. Clue #3 states that the kid who lives in Bucharest loves the sun. This means that s/he worships the sun, Helios, in Greek Mythology. Also Bucharest is the capital of Romania, meaning that the kid who worships Helios lives in Romania. Clue #4 states that Stacy worships a Goddess. This means that she worships Demeter, the only Goddess out of the three. Clue #5 states that Demeter's worshiper is the closest to Mount Olympus, in Greece. Since clue #4 establishes that Stacy worships Demeter, that means that she lives in Greece. Clue #6 says that Christian shares his homeland with Dracula. This means that Christian is from Romania, because Dracula was from Romania (although not Transylvania). Since clue #3 said that the Romanian one worships Helios, we know that Christian worships Helios. Clue #7 states that Sarah would have worshiped Mercury, had she loved Roman Mythology. Mercury was the name the Romans gave to Hermes. Clue# 8 stated that Sarah lived in the largest of the three countries. This could only be America, since the United States is the fourth largest country in the world, smaller only than Russia, Canada, and China. Oh, the last hint under ''Hint'', was because Helios was the sun in Greek Mythology. Apollo was the God of light.",Logic-Grid,03/26/05 #22887,Camping Trip Fun,2.98,1.39,kellgo,"Friends Phoebe and Zoe (both girls) are going on a camping trip with their guy friends Collin, Calvin, and Markus. Each person brought his or her own sleeping bag from home, each a different color (blue, red, orange, green, and yellow). When they arrive at their camping site they decide who is going to do what chore: one person is needed to start the fire; two people are needed to pitch the tents; and two people are needed to prepare the meal. After it gets dark the five friends try to out scare each other with frighteningly scary ghost stories. Each person told one story about either a vampire bat, Bigfoot, a monster, a ghost, or Captain Hook. Your job as an observer to their camping trip is to figure out which person brought which sleeping bag did what chore and told which story. Good luck and bring your own toilet paper! The girls rode in their own car while the boys drove the truck with all the camping supplies in the back. The boys drove a lot faster than the girls and by the time the girls got to the campsite the tents were already up. Collin was frantically searching for the matches to light the fire but couldn't find any. ""Leave it to the boys to forget the matches,"" Phoebe whispered to Zoe, as Phoebe grabbed the lighter out of her pocket and quickly got it started. Markus told the girls that he had put their red and yellow sleeping bags into their tent. Collin's stomach started growling and so he yelled out ""What are we going to eat?? I'm starving!"" Calvin replied, ""I've got it all under control. We're having burgers that are already on the grill."" After dinner the five sat around the campfire and listened to each other tell stories. Phoebe got so scared at Markus' Captain Hook story that she hid her head under Collin's blue sleeping bag. Phoebe didn't believe her story to be just a legend she truly believed in Bigfoot and told her story with great pride. One of the guys with the orange sleeping bag loved scaring everyone with his tale of a monster that roamed the woods and preyed on unsuspecting campers. One of the meal makers told her horrible story of vampire bats while the fire starter fell asleep in their yellow sleeping bag. The owner of the green bag was so tired after having worked so hard at putting up the tents that he feel asleep as well, right in the middle of Collin's ghost story. Despite all the scary stories the five campers all fell soundly asleep from all their hard work and fun of the day.",No hint available.,"Phoebe--yellow--start fire--Bigfoot Collin--Blue--pitch tent--ghost Zoe--red--make meal--vampire bats Calvin--orange--make meal--monster Markus--green--pitch tent--Captain Hook",Logic-Grid,05/16/05 #23378,Well-used Truck,3.04,2.82,Gadget,"Over a ten year period a truck was owned by 4 consecutive men, each a master of a different trade in a different city. From the following clues, identify the first and last names of the owners and the order in which they owned the truck. Also, each man's trade, where he worked, and the duration that he owned the truck. 1. Mike owned the truck for 3 years. 2. The plumber bought the truck new. 3. Smith did not work in Newark. 4. The fourth man owned the truck for the least amount of time, and was not the electrician. 5. The third owner's last name was Jones. 6. Joe worked in Chicago. He sold the truck to the man who owned it for 4 years. 7. Tom, the painter, did not work in Boston. 8. Pat's last name is Reilly. 9. The mason from New York sold the truck to Kelly.",The plumber from Chicago owned the truck for 2 years.,"Joe Smith, plumber, Chicago, 2 years. Pat Reilly, electrician, Boston, 4 years. Mike Jones, mason, New York, 3 years. Tom Kelly, painter, Newark, 1 year.",Logic-Grid,06/03/05 #26179,Strange Case,2.53,1.15,lives_2sing,"Jerry and Lisa go out to dinner, and they leave their two friends Tom and Angel home. When they come back from dinner, they see that Tom is dead. They know Angel did it, but Angel doesn't go to jail. Why?",It's not because Jerry and Lisa never told anyone.,"Angel is a cat, and Tom is a mouse.",Trick,10/02/05 #29682,Girl Power - V,2.44,2.46,brainster,"Below are some quotes by the late Mother Teresa, Nobel Prize winner, well known for her missionary work in the slums and poverty ridden areas of Calcutta, India. R bz b xrmmxj ujyfrx ry mpj pbyh wl b gqrmryn nwh gpw ro ojyhryn b xwij xjmmjq mw mpj gwqxh. R pbij lwkyh mpj ubqbhwe, mpbm rl cwk xwij kymrx rm pkqmo, mpjqj fby dj yw zwqj pkqm, wyxc zwqj xwij. Mpjqj opwkxh dj xjoo mbxv; b uqjbfpryn uwrym ro ywm b zjjmryn uwrym. Gpbm hw cwk hw mpjy? Mbvj b dqwwz byh fxjby owzjwyj'o pwkoj. Mpbm obco jywknp.","A B E J I R O W U K","I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough. A B B D C F D H E J F L G N H P I R J T K V L X M Z N Y O W P U Q S R Q S O T M U K V I W G X E Y C Z A",Cryptography,04/11/06 #26627,World Series 2,2.65,2.35,cnmne,"In Major League Baseball, the World Series is a best of seven series. The first team to win four games is the champion. The Series is scheduled so that one team hosts the first two games and the last two games, while the other team hosts the middle three games. The World Series ends as soon as one team wins four games, so the Series could be completed in as few as four games. In this fantasy Series, the New York Yankees played the Los Angeles Dodgers. Los Angeles hosted the first two games. The final scores of the games were: Game 1: 4 to 3 Game 2: 6 to 5 (11 innings) Game 3: 11 to 7 Game 4: 16 to 9 Game 5: 9 to 6 (10 innings) Game 6: 2 to 1 Game 7: 13 to 8 (13 innings) Which team won the World Series?",No hint available.,"Seven games were played, which means that the teams split the first six games, each team winning three games. It does not matter who won each of the first six games, since neither team had yet to win four games. The winner of game 7 will have won four games, and therefore, the World Series. The team that hosts the first two games also hosts the last two games. Since Los Angeles hosted the first two games, game 7 was in Los Angeles. In baseball, the home team bats last. Los Angeles batted last in game 7. Since game 7 went 13 innings, Los Angeles would have batted in the bottom of the inning. In this situation, the home team can never win by more than four runs. When the home team bats in the last inning, the game ends as soon as the winning run is scored. The only way the home team can win by more than one run is via a home run, in which case all runners on base at the time can score. A grand slam home run would only provide a margin of four runs. Therefore, the home team's margin of victory in an extra-inning game can never exceed four runs. The final score was 13 to 8, a margin of five runs. Los Angeles, being the home team, could not have won by that margin. The game was tied 8 to 8 going into the 13th inning. New York scored five runs in the top of the 13th inning. Therefore, the New York Yankees won the World Series, four games to three.",Logic,10/30/05 #52249,Sort,2.66,1.61,HarryPutter,"What 4-word phrase is represented below? AADEGNRR",No hint available.,Arranged in alphabetical order.,Rebus,10/12/19 #3669,The West,2.48,2.63,PeaceJo,"What phrase does the following represent? Begin with, (T-(H*E))+(-W+E+S+T)=X Next, assign each letter a numerical value based on its order in the alphabet. Finally, solve for X (20-(8*5))+(-23+5+19+20)=X (20-40)+21=X -20+21=X 1=X",No hint available.,How the west was won (one).,Rebus,04/21/02 #8965,Ahoy!,2.61,2.15,MrIxolite,"What common object is represented below? Cruise Ship Iris",No hint available.,Eye Liner,Language,12/07/02 #27472,Letters For Numbers II,2.53,2.37,NomadShadow,"In the puzzle below, the numbers in a logical sequence have been replaced by the corresponding initial letter. For example, the letters O, T, F, S, N, E correspond to the sequence 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. Your job is to determine the original sequence. T O F T S F E S T N T E",No hint available.,"2 1 4 3 6 5 8 7 10 9 12 11 It's an alternating series of even and odd numbers.",Series,12/14/05 #1727,Relationships,2.17,0.93,Nishoo,"If the only sister of your mother's only brother has an only child, what is that child's relationship to you ?",No hint available.,"That child is you, yourself.",Logic,12/17/01 #24486,Proverb,2.72,0.75,iam2cute,"The following is a proverb in disguise. Put it in its common form. A finely chosen nutritious fruit consumed at every eastwardly arrival of sunlight prevents the healer of all bodily malfunctions from knocking at the entrance of your abode.",No hint available.,An apple a day keeps the doctor away.,Language,07/12/05 #7151,Consonants,2.17,2.4,mozven,"Can you think of a word in the English language that consists of only consonants (not including ""y"")?",Three letters.,Cwm - a circular space or arrangement.,Language,09/03/02 #31312,Toms and Queens,2.58,2.84,nelaimepas,"Each clue represents a word (clues separated by a comma are for two words) and each answer is part of a theme. Can you find the answers and the theme? 1. Riddle-telling beast of myth 2. Type of pixie, Latin king 3. A Gaelic language, to withdraw from a poker hand 4. Hailing from the Isle of Man 5. A small person from Oz 6. Spanish eyes, Spanish blue Bonus: What is the theme within the theme?",The title is a clue to the theme.,"Theme: Cat breeds Theme within the theme: Breeds with unusual characteristics 1. Sphynx - hairless 2. Cornish Rex - no hair but down 3. Scottish Fold - ears fold inward 4. Manx - no tail 5. Munchkin - unusually short legs 6. Ojos Azules - deep blue eyes not associated with fur color",Language,06/25/06 #23752,Tailgate Flap,2.6,2.32,drussel3,"While buying his new pickup truck, Homer the penny pincher was asked if he wanted to purchase a tonneau cover for the bed of his truck. The salesman told him it would improve his gas mileage with better aerodynamics. While Homer was interested in saving gas, he couldn't see paying all that money for the cover, so he declined. When Homer got home, he considered the flat vertical tailgate at the back of the bed. By removing this tailgate from his pickup, he surmised, he would reduce the air resistance of the truck, thus giving him better gas mileage without having to buy one of those expensive covers. Did he make the right choice? (Note: A tonneau cover is a soft or hard cover that is secured down over the open bed of a pickup truck.)",No hint available.,"The best fuel economy (aerodynamic) solution is to use a tonneau cover. The next choice would be to drive with your tailgate up, and the least desirable choice would be to drop, or remove your tailgate. Read on below for the explanation. Logic would leave you to believe that by lowering or removing the tailgate, you would improve the air flow over your pickup truck. But with aerodynamics, logic is not always correct. Removing or lowering of a tailgate actually increases its aerodynamic drag, and increases its lift. Both of which will decrease its fuel economy. What happens is, air in the bed of the truck will slowly swirl around in the bed of the truck, creating a pillow or bubble of air. The approaching air over the top of the cab will then flow easier over this swirling bubble of air. Thus you would have a more aerodynamic flow over the vehicle. According to an SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) paper, the average impact on a truck, based on a vehicle lifetime of 100,000 miles will be (as compared to a truck with its tailgate up): > Decrease of 122 gallons of gas with the tailgate off > Increase of 243 gallons of gas with a tonneau cover. At today's gas prices ($2.00), that is a difference of $730, comparing a covered bed versus removing the tailgate. So, keep your tailgates up, or better yet, buy a tonneau cover. Those cargo nets don't work either. Safe driving.",Science,06/17/05 #31814,Jazzin' Around,2.23,2.9,jazzmusician46,"Try and unscramble the names of the following people and attempt to discover which person does not belong to this list and why. NGAOMODYBNEN WSAHEAIRT YDEOSRYTMOM DBRIAGYBEANR YDEOSRYJMIM LRLUESSEWEEPE",Musicians,"Tommy Dorsey does not belong to this list as he was a jazz trombone player. The remaining musicians were all jazz clarinet players. The List: Benny Goodman Artie Shaw Tommy Dorsey Barney Bigard Jimmy Dorsey Pee Wee Russell",Trivia,07/16/06 #4189,Imprisonment,2.43,1.72,O_wise_one,"There once was a man, who was innocent, who was sent to prison, and was to die the next day by beheading. His cell was stone with a dirt floor, and a heavy wooden door that couldn't be opened from the inside. There was a window 15 feet high, but he could not climb the wall. He tried to tunnel out, but the wall went too far underground, so he abandoned that idea. How did he escape?",No hint available.,"He dug a hole, and piled the dirt that he dug out by the window. He climbed up the pile, and out the window.",Logic,05/21/02 #28027,Opposites 2,2.69,2.42,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. ! stands for R, U, O, N, or V ? stands for U, D, L, W, or J @ stands for A, G, P, E, or Y ; stands for O, M, I, C, or S The four letter code word, @!;?, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Good and Evil.,Logic,01/11/06 #41952,Synonyms,2.69,2.47,TRILLIONAIRE,"In each of the following word pairs the second word is a synonym of the first. Can you identify another characteristic that the second has to the first? bright, limpid good, commendable lass, damsel old, wizened out, banish small, negligible",Opposites,"The second word of each word pair contains the letters of an antonym of the first word in reverse order. bright, liMpID (dim) good, commenDABle (bad) lass, DAmseL (lad) old, WizENed (new) out, baNIsh (in) small, negliGIBle (big)",Language,05/17/08 #41387,8 = P in R M C,2.19,2.49,shenqiang,8 = P in R M C,No hint available.,8 = pieces in Rubik's mini cube.,Letter-Equations,04/06/08 #52325,Don't Expect to Detect,3.21,0.8300000000000001,ThinksForFun,"What is represented by the following? HANY HAEY HAEY HADY HALY HAEY",No hint available.,"(a) needle in a haystack ""NEEDLE"" is in a stack of ""HAY""s.",Rebus,01/02/20 #3963,Fish Length,2.03,2.09,mad-ade,"A fish has a tail as long as its head and a quarter the length of its body. Its body is 3 quarters of its total length. Its head is 4 inches long. How long is the fish?",No hint available.,"128 inches head = 4 inches body = 96 inches tail = 28 inches",Math,05/08/02 #22799,Word Swap #3,2.79,2.63,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. In the TV commercial, an indignant woman __________ the salesman because she has been unable to obtain the promised __________. 2. The game went into triple overtime. The quarterback was exhausted and knew this was no time for his team to ______ energy. They were so dehydrated that they weren't even able to ______. 3. The famous mathematician __________ that he had invented a new __________ system.",No hint available.,"BERATES, REBATES WASTE, SWEAT CLAIMED, DECIMAL",Language,05/10/05 #43600,Spazy Croonerisms 15,3.04,2.15,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) bed item and grape beverage & a tree and a tree 2) stony headwear & rodent puck handler 3) locomotive accident & a wading bird's garbage 4) a prim and proper man from Stockholm & a sugary necessity",No hint available.,"1) pillow and wine & willow and pine 2) rocky hat & hockey rat 3) train crash & crane trash 4) neat Swede & sweet need",Language,11/21/08 #10358,Optimally Primal,2.42,2.3,MrIxolite,"What 80's KidsTV Show is represented here? [AC 240v to AC 16v] [AC 240v to AC 12v] CamouAndroidsflage",Autobots vs Decepticons,"Transformers : Robots in Disguise. [AC 240v to AC 16v] represents a power Transformer. It converts the voltage on Alternating Current.",Rebus,02/10/03 #6668,Poem Novel Painting,2.23,1.29,michelle,"Which of the following is least like the others? Poem Novel Painting Statue Flower",No hint available.,Flower. The only one not made by man.,Group,08/19/02 #50758,Linked Pairs,2.66,2.28,ThinksForFun,"What is the hidden link that joins these word pairs? 1) presently, triumphed 2) moistens, simmer 3) dug, jean 4) dresser, prize",No hint available.,"Each pair of words have synonyms which are palindromic word pairs as follows: 1) now, won 2) wets, stew 3) mined, denim 4) drawer, reward",Language,02/13/16 #50525,Case of the Mysterious Death,2.72,2.65,ultimatecub,"James Harris had been discovered dead in his house one day in April. An autopsy revealed he had been dead for about three days, but an examination for the cause of death was yet to be conducted. James had lived alone, and his body showed no signs of injury. Thomas Harris, James's older brother, a chemist, was a suspect. ""The only time I had anything to do with James recently was actually a month or two ago, when I ordered a new vintage room design for his house as a birthday gift. It was the green wallpaper over there, and those antique chairs and tables. I didn't come to the house myself."" Sarah Morrison, a worker in a shop nearby and an associate of James, was also suspected. ""I did visit James's house last week, but he was alive then. I didn't do anything to him. The only reason I visited the house was to collect some papers I accidentally left over at his house a week before that."" Sam White, the delivery man, was also suspected. ""I was delivering the weekly newspapers around the neighbourhood a few days ago. It's been really cold and damp recently. Fortunately the weather is a little better now. All I did at his house was putting a newspaper through his letterbox. There should be the weekly newspaper in the house."" The newspaper was found in the house. After some thought, Detective Ultimatecub had an idea what could have happened to James. After a brief investigation, he could prove it. What had happened to James, and were any of the suspects involved?",Read the statements very carefully.,"The green wallpaper had killed James. This particular wallpaper's pigment was made from a toxic compound of arsenic, which was difficult to get hold of. In cold and damp conditions, the arsenic could be converted to gaseous form, which sickened and killed people after they had lived in the room for some time. Because Thomas was a chemist, who would know about the poison, and had given him the green wallpaper, it was likely that Thomas wanted to kill James on purpose. After examining the wallpaper, it was concluded that Thomas had killed James.",Mystery,03/20/15 #512,Unwilling to Kiss,2.84,1.87,kaila912,"First think of a person who lives in disguise Who lives in secrets and tells naught but lies Next tell me what's always the last thing to mend The middle of middle and the end of the end And finally give me a sound often heard During the search of a hard to find word Now string them together and answer me this Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss?",No hint available.,spy-d-er,Riddle,05/28/01 #21944,Word Games,2.58,1.34,badbunnee,"The language allows many fun opportunities to play. It's REALLY fun to combine words that are spelled the same, and pronounced the same, but have different meanings. And it's even MORE fun when you can make a meaningful two-word phrase out of them. Example; a *fair fair* could be an *attractive carnival*. One meaning of *fair* is lovely, attractive, appealing, etc. Another meaning of *fair* is an exposition, carnival, celebration, show, mart, exhibit, bazaar, etc. These are called homograph-homophones; same spelling, same pronunciation (sound), but different meanings. Below are some possible definitions or descriptions for paired homograph-homophones. What's the two-word pair for each? I've done the first one. 1. A swatter for a winged mammal. (bat bat) 2. A featherweight floor-lamp. 3. King of the domain of measuring sticks. 4. Fall into Grand Canyon on vacation.","Remember; these are the SAME word as spelled and spoken, but have different meanings.","1. bat bat 2. light light 3. ruler ruler 4. trip trip",Language,03/31/05 #27803,Madrid,2.69,1.43,lips,Madrid begins with M and finishes with F. Can you explain?,No hint available.,"The sentence means the word ""Madrid"" begins with an M and the word ""Finishes"" begins with an F.",Trick,01/01/06 #47347,Mediterranean Words,2.52,2.68,dalfamnest,"The words in List A share a common feature. Identify the feature and select the two words with that feature from List B. LIST A: Eagle, Jubilation, Daft, Parapsychologist, Ginseng, LIST B: Famous, Cappuccino, Honeybee, David, Pontificate, Copy","Two other words that could be included in List A: A MEDITERRANEAN","Each word in List A begins with the letter that corresponds to the number of letters in the word. e.g. Mediterranean has 13 letters; M is the 13th letter; The two words from List B are: Famous (6 letters; F = 6th letter) Honeybee (8 letters; H = 8th letter)",Group,06/28/10 #33033,Thought Box,2.5100000000000002,1.25,twixy,"A box of thoughts I am Many I may hold. Locked I can be, To hide them away Until the time is told. Memory, memory, memory I keep Tell yours to me I'll save it; I won't peep A word about it Unless that is your wish. Yet, beware, and do not feed me too much, For not only stop working will I, But I may also crash. Believe it, It's true Although hard to believe For so much information I keep Yet, organized I can be If organization is what you seek.",No hint available.,A computer. A computer crash is different than when a computer stops working.,Riddle,09/16/06 #43853,Who Said What? IV,2.13,2.4,tedger,"Below are two quotes, each by a different individual. However, some of their letters have been removed. Your task is twofold: first, determine what letters have been removed and, secondly, take those letters and unscramble them to spell out the individual's name. Do this for each quote. Do not mix the letters between the two quotes. An example has been provided. EXAMPLE: Incomplete quote: ""Human eing are the onl creatures n earth that aow their children to ome ack home."" - I Completed quote: ""Human (B)eing(S) are the onl(Y) creatures (O)n earth that a(L)(L)ow their children to (C)ome (B)ack home."" Given letters: I - Missing letters: B, S, Y, O, L, L, C, B Unscrambled letters: Bill Cosby Now that you see how it works, here are your two puzzles: ""A appeae is oe o feeds a roode, ping t will ea him ast."" - U ""erch is ceag ew knwede."" - M",No hint available.,"""An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."" - Winston Churchill Missing letters: N, S, R, N, W, H, C, C, I, L, H, O, I, T, L ""A(N) appea(S)e(R) is o(N)e (W)(H)o feeds a (C)ro(C)od(I)(L)e, (H)(O)ping (I)t will ea(T) him (L)ast."" - (W)(I)(N)(S)(T)(O)(N) (C)(H)u(R)(C)(H)(I)(L)(L) ""Research is creating new knowledge."" - Neil Armstrong Missing letters: R, S, E, A, R, T, I, N, N, O, L, G ""(R)(E)(S)e(A)rch is c(R)ea(T)(I)(N)g (N)ew kn(O)w(L)ed(G)e."" - (N)(E)(I)(L) (A)(R)m(S)(T)(R)(O)(N)(G)",Language,01/05/09 #46211,Words With AI,1.72,2.25,cnmne,"Five words that contain AI as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *AI**, **AI*, *AI***, *AI****, ****AI* Pool: B, C, D, E, E, E, F, L, M, N, N, N, O, P, R, R, R, S, U, V",No hint available.,"NAIVE, BRAIN, MAIDEN, FAILURE, PROSAIC",Language,01/18/10 #36673,I Am Hidden in Here #6,2.59,2.38,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this famous 20th century musician. 1. In 1927, I made the first solo aeroplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. 2. I was the most famous U.S. Army general of World War II and the 34th president of the United States. 3. I am one of the biggest movie stars of the 20th century, but went Oscar-less until 1985, when I was given an honorary Academy Award for my distinguished body of work in the film industry. In 1986, I won the Best Actor Oscar for my role in Martin Scorsese's, ""The Color of Money"". 4. I was a French physician and astrologer who dabbled in prophecy. There are some people today who continue to believe that I could really predict events of the future. 5. I am considered to be the greatest ruler of ancient Rome. I was a ruthless politician and soldier who used my power to restore order and prosperity to Rome with such success that my reign (27 B.C. to 14 A.D.) became known as the 'Augustan Age'. 6. My discoveries were so numerous and varied that many consider me to be the 'father of modern science'.",No hint available.,"1. Lindbergh (Charles) 2. Eisenhower (Dwight D.) 3. Newman (Paul) 4. Nostradamus 5. Octavius (Gaius) 6. Newton (Isaac) The musician: LENNON (John)",Trivia,05/19/07 #5986,Quicker,2.22,1.26,Cascas,"What does this mean? Sh ort",No hint available.,Short cut,Rebus,07/28/02 #15243,Foreign Legion,2.72,2.45,PhilDunphy,"3 = M (A, P, and A)",A 4 1 & 1 4 A,"3 Musketeers (Athos, Porthos, and Aramis) Hint: All for one and one for all",Letter-Equations,10/25/03 #48368,Backyard Barbecue,2.84,2.79,cutieluck,"Throw some anagrams around!In the sentences below, there are 10 jumbled phrases. Each is an anagram of a word or phrase that helps complete the story. Can you decipher all 10? The kids were playing on the WET SIGNS, Uncle Frank and Jack from next door were playing a game of HOSS HEROES, and it was time for the grill. The THICK TRIO was lighted, and the TOAST PIE had been dusted off. Kristen, their teenager, was stretched out on the EAGLE CUSHION and talking on her CLONE HELP as usual. The RUM LABEL offered some shade, and it was time for the announcement: ""NO HBO CONCERT!"" This followed by PRESCRIBE MAD HUB and a genial reminder: SHOCK TOE SKI!",No hint available.,"The kids were playing on the SWING SET, Uncle Frank and Jack from next door were playing a game of HORSE SHOES, and it was time for the grill. The TIKI TORCH was lighted, and the PATIO SET had been dusted off. Kristen, their teenager, was stretched out on the CHAISE LONGUE and talking on her CELL PHONE as usual. The UMBRELLA offered some shade, and it was time for the announcement: ""CORN ON THE COB!"" This was followed by BARBECUED SHRIMP and a genial reminder: KISS THE COOK!",Language,01/07/11 #37042,London Icons,2.41,2.32,jazzmusician46,"Below are five (5) anagrams of famous London icons. Your task is to try and unravel these anagrams and discover what each icon is. I have included the number of letters in brackets for every icon that has more than one word. 1. Bulk magic panache (10, 6) 2. Alas! Such prattled (2, 5, 9) 3. Shameful operations (6, 2, 10) 4. Mud assumes data (6, 8) 5. No sons cull men (7, 6)",No hint available.,"1. Buckingham Palace 2. St. Paul's Cathedral 3. Houses of Parliament 4. Madame Tussaud's (Wax Museum) 5. Nelson's Column",Language,06/22/07 #17237,Hidden Word Change,2.23,2.35,kvernphil,"This word change is much different than others you have seen. We often have language riddles that ask us to change words like WATCH to CLOCK, one letter at a time, in as few words as possible. this one, has a twist... Below are groups of word change riddles. However, you have to do them in the number of words listed. why, you ask? Because, each letter you change to make a new word, when unscrambled, creates another word when the puzzle is finished. See if you can find the three hidden words!! LEAD ~~~> GOLD LEAD 1. 2. 3. Hidden word: _________ CAT ~~~> DOG CAT 1. 2. 3. HIDDEN WORD: ________ CALM ~~~> KILL CALM 1. 2. 3. 4. HIDDEN WORD:_____________",No hint available.,"LEAD ~~~> GOLD LEAD 1. LOAD 2. GOAD 3. GOLD Hidden word: LOG CAT ~~~> DOG CAT 1. COT 2. DOT 3. DOG HIDDEN WORD: GOD CALM ~~~> KILL CALM 1. BALM 2. BALL 3. BILL 4. KILL HIDDEN WORD: BILK",Language,04/04/04 #29722,He-Boy-Girl-Dislikers Club #4,2.61,1.92,PineappleMama,"The He-Boy-Girl-Dislikers club is very strict about security. They don't want to risk their tree-house being contaminated by cooties, cosmetics or any other girl-borne plague. Each week they change their secret password to prevent infiltration. Decipher the clues to determine what this week's code is. feet wiping mat's usual greeting: ""____!"" + after one + Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel",Mr. Sinclair and Mowgli probably would have had a lot in common!,"""Welcome to the Jungle"" ""We are He-Boy-Girl-Dislikers....we'll grow up to be big bikers"" ""H.B.G.D.'s rule this tree....Girls just bring on misery"" ""If you want to join our club....then girls you have to always snub"" ""Jimbo likes that girl named Sue...now what are we poda do?""",Other,04/12/06 #34034,16 + 53 + 3 + 27 + 7 = 14,2.56,3.13,spookboy0,"When does the following equation become true: 16 + 53 + 3 + 27 + 7 = 14",No hint available.,"It becomes true when the addends are replaced with the chemical symbol of that atomic number... 16 = S (Sulfur) 53 = I (Iodine) 3 = Li (Lithium) 27 = Co (Cobalt) 7 = N (Nitrogen) ...and the sum is replaced with the element name, not symbol, that has that atomic number. So the equation would in fact look like this: S + I + Li + Co + N = Silicon",Other,11/20/06 #2933,T M C,3.12,1.46,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? T M C A U O H S M W T E",No hint available.,What goes up must come down.,Rebus,03/26/02 #27310,The Miracle,2.72,0.67,bookworm91,"They're a nuisance at times But mostly a blessing They bring joy to our hearts Even if they are fussy. They're called gifts from above And it's got to be true. Because it's an incredible miracle If one's given to you.","We've given them life And they're here to stay So we give them our hearts And our love every day.",Babies or children.,Riddle,12/05/05 #31841,BEST,2.92,1.72,Hana_Kimi,"If you're good at solving puzzles, these will be easy. Every answer is a two-word phrase in which the first word begins with ""BE"" and the second with ""ST"". Ex: A fairy tale is a popular one. BE_ _ _ _ _ ST_ _ _ BEDTIME STORY 1.)Nickname for Utah. BE_ _ _ _ _ ST_ _ _ 2.)One jewel of horse racing's Triple Crown. BE_ _ _ _ _ ST_ _ _ _ 3.)Cause of red bump on the skin. BE_ ST_ _ _ 4.)What separates Alaska from Russia. BE _ _ _ _ ST_ _ _ _ 5.)Star of ""Zoolander"" and ""Meet the Fockers"". BE_ ST_ _ _ _ _ 6.)Once a giant among the United States' metal manufacturers. BE_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ST_ _ _",No hint available.,"1.)Beehive State 2.)Belmont Stakes 3.)Bee Sting 4.)Bering Strait 5.)Ben Stiller 6.)Bethlehem Steel",Language,07/17/06 #50189,Paintings II,1.8,1.14,MDCTeasers,"Three paintings have one word on each of them. But, the painter accidentally spilled ink on some of the letters! Can you help him repaint the words? Words: -O--E, R-V--, FO--S- Letters: I, H, S, E, R, R, T, E, R",No hint available.,"HORSE, RIVER, FOREST",Language,03/20/14 #3723,China Population,2.28,1.6,Skunkali,"If the population of China were to walk past you in single file, how long would it take?",No hint available.,It would never end due to the rate of reproduction......,Logic,04/24/02 #25921,Personal Regard,2.25,2.03,loveshellylove,"#1 I can make you be a go-getter I can make you be an under achiever I can help you cope with your problems I can help make your problems worse I can be positive I can be negative I can be the best friend you ever had I can be your worst enemy I can help you mingle with a large group I can cause you to blush and hide behind the punch bowl I can help when confronting your boss I can make you obsess about your loss I can make you self absorbed I can help you feel confident #2 I am the thing that keeps you going, when the going gets tough. I am what sends you hiding, when you've simply had enough. I am the leading cause of depression in the nation, when millions suffer from self-depreciation. I am the leading cause of success in this land, when people feel that they are worth something, Hooray! let's give them a ""hand""! I am the basis of your motivation, or even your lack of determination. #3 I involve your ability to think, to deal with life and to be happy. I love and respect myself, in my positive form. I feel the opposite, in my negative form. Can YOU figure out what I am?","I am the word that describes the way you view and feel about yourself The title is also a hint","Self esteem: the holding an opinion of ones self; self complacency. Pride in oneself; self-respect: A sense of one's own dignity or worth. ""Personal Regard"" is a synonym for ""self esteem"". Self esteem is the feeling we have about our worth and value as a person. Self confidence is the feeling we have about our ability to do things. In other words esteem is about your ""being"" and confidence is about what you ""do."" Self esteem is the greatest gift we can develop in our children because with high self esteem anything is and will be possible. We are what we think we can be. Self esteem is an opinion not a fact. The way we view and feel about ourselves has a profound effect on how we live our lives. These opinions are shaped by experiences in the family, at school, from friendships and in wider society. Self esteem involves our ability to think, to deal with life and to be happy. As the earth spins on its axis, so do we, as individuals, spin on our own. Our own self esteem is the core of who we are. It affects every aspect of our personalities. Our attitudes, fears, worries, moods, and motivation. It affects our life choices, our ability to communicate, even our parenting skills. Our self esteem is embedded in our career choices. Our lives are a reflection of our personal self esteem. A positive, or ""high"" self esteem, is often mistaken as an over-inflated ego, which is usually a result of a negative, or '""ow"" self esteem. You don't have to think about yourself, in order to have a self esteem. You just simply have one. The repeated, ""I can,"" is reinforcing a positive self esteem. You cannot have a good attitude without a good self esteem. ""The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious."" Sir W. Hamilton",Riddle,09/15/05 #35547,Let's Play Sports,2.26,2.18,drussel3,"Which sport would replace the question mark and complete the series? table tennis, billiards, ?, baseball a) bowling (10 pin) b) tennis c) handball (American)",Don't be confused by the size of this list.,"Tennis. The list of sports are in order of the size of ball used to play each. table tennis: 39.5-40.5 mm / 1.56-1.59 in. (formerly 38 mm) diameter ball handball: 40.48-42.07 mm / 1.59-1.66 in. diameter ball billiard: 57.02-57.28 mm / 2.25 in. (+/- 0.005) diameter ball tennis: 63.5-66.7 mm / 2.5-2.625 in. diameter ball baseball: 72.86-74.77 / 2.86-2.94 in. diameter ball bowling: 215.9-218.2 mm / 8.50-8.59 in. diameter ball Note: some rounding was used in the metric/english conversion.",Series,03/04/07 #43595,Thousands of Rings,2.71,1.49,mosca,"Craftsman learned from times gone by, How to shape and span the girth; Able, knowing how and why, Iron or steel, wrest from the earth New form takes before the eye. Myriad the rings new-made, Arranged by nimble, practiced hands. In age-old pattern deftly played, Lined together, bands on bands. Linked in strength, for use or trade; Endure in battle or parade.",See the first letter of each line!,"Chain Maille, also known as ""Chain Mail"", or simply ""Mail"" or ""Maille"". Armor for battle or tournaments in the early Middle Ages, chain mail is fashioned by some living history buffs or re-enactors, like the members of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Thousands of rings are woven together to make a chain mail shirt, or ""hauberk"". The rings for chain mail were riveted, welded, or simply closed by butting the two ends against each other. Chain mail is very weighty if made of steel rings; some mail is made from aluminum for lightness.",Riddle,11/21/08 #11019,1955,2.3,1.79,ironmaiden980,"A man was born in 1955, yet today he is only 33 years of age. How is this possible?",No hint available.,He was born in the hospital room 1955.,Trick,03/09/03 #19112,Book Stacks,2.17,1.48,dumbell,"In the Bookulike bookshop, the assistants are preparing for a signing session by the internationally renowned economist Emma Chizzit, to launch her latest title 'Last of the Big Spenders.' Copies are piled up on a flat table in four equal stacks. From one side, only 9 spines in each stack are visible because they are piled up alternately: in other words, any book lying on top of another will have its spine facing in the exact opposite direction to that of the book below it. What is the least possible number of copies on the table?",No hint available.,"68 books If the bottom book on each stack has its spine showing, and the top one does too, that would give 17 books to a pile (s + showing, n = not: SNSNSNSNSNSNSNSNS). 17 x 4 = 68",Math,10/11/04 #4643,llamas,2.18,1.55,im_para_noid,Your friend has a number of llamas in his zoo. The number of llamas plus ten chinchillas is two less than five times the number of llamas. How many llamas does your friend have?,No hint available.,Three. The relevant equation is L+10=5L-2,Math,06/11/02 #5928,Reverse Engineering II,2.02,2.94,dewtell,"The formula discovered in ""Reverse Engineering I"" doesn't seem to apply exactly to many Braingle ratings once the number of voters gets larger. What is your best guess at the number of votes cast for each attribute of the following teasers prior to my vote, and how many of those were positive (fun/hard)? What do you think is the likely source of any ""experimental error"" between the formula and these reported ratings? (Notation is the same as in ""Reverse Engineering I""). Multiple answers may be possible, because of the difficulty of determining how much of the reported data constitutes ""experimental error."" Teaser M: (1.38, 1.20)[16] (+, -) -> (1.53, 1.13) Teaser N: (2.00, 2.22)[18] (+, -) -> (2.11, 2.11) Teaser O: (1.04, 2.82)[25] (-, +) -> (1.00, 2.87) Teaser P: (2.13, 1.72)[44] (+, -) -> (2.17, 1.68)",No hint available.,"The formula from part I, for p positive votes out of v cast, was 4*p/v. I searched for fractions with denominators close to the reported number of voters and numerators that were multiples of 4 to try to find a good fit. Here are some of the best possibilities, with the resulting decimals reported below. Divide numerators by 4 to get the number of positive votes. Teaser M: (16/12, 16/13)[16] (+, -) -> (20/13, 16/14) (1.33, 1.23)[16] (+, -) -> (1.54, 1.14). It's hard to find a good match for this one. Another possibility is 20/15->24/16 (1.33->1.5) for the first rating, which is further off from the data, but doesn't require as many non-voters. Teaser N: (36/18, 40/18)[18] (+, -) -> (40/19, 40/19) (2.00, 2.22)[18] (+, -) -> (2.11, 2.11) An exact match to the data. Teaser O: (24/23, 68/24)[25] (-, +) -> (24/24, 72/25) (1.04, 2.83)[25] (-, +) -> (1.00, 2.88) Pretty close. Teaser P: (92/43, 72/42)[44] (+, -) -> (96/44, 72/43) (2.14, 1.71)[44] (+, -) -> (2.18, 1.67) Off by .01 in every figure. The above errors (particularly on Teaser M) would be hard to account for if the site were recomputing the ratings every time from p and v. We know that the site keeps track of v for each category, in order to qualify entries for the various lists. But the site may recalculate p every time from the previous (rounded) ranking, which could cause errors that could accumulate or cancel, depending on how unlucky/lucky you were about what order people voted in. This could account for the errors in the above data. If this is the problem, the best fix would be to keep a separate count of p for each ranking. A temporary fix would be to at least round p off to the nearest integer when deriving it from the previous ranking, which works up to around 200 votes or so.",Math,07/26/02 #22610,"Always Old, Sometimes New",3.07,2.0,Shadydaize,"Always old, sometimes new. Never sad, sometimes blue. Never empty, sometimes full. Never pushing, always pulling. What am I?",No hint available.,The Moon,Riddle,05/02/05 #8285,A Toyota,2.26,1.18,warrior,"What's unusual about ""A Toyota""?",No hint available.,It's a palindrome.,Language,10/31/02 #46835,Bible Transformation,2.58,2.0,Viper,"The jailer is quite an interesting tale In the Bible, in the tail The prisoners could've bailed But didn't, being jailed. They obeyed authority Jailed by majority Happily singing songs to Him, And had a crowd, in the dim. What Christian story is explained, and who is ""Happily singing songs""?",The title helps with the second part of the question.,"The Phillipian Jailer is the story, and Paul and Silas are singing songs. Paul was originally named Saul before he met Jesus on the road to Damascus. Silas is one of the famous companions of Paul. The story is in Acts 16, toward the ending of the Bible, thus ""In the tail,"" The lights were out as they were singing, thus ""In the dim."" The other prisoners were listening, thus ""Had a crowd.""",Trivia,04/29/10 #13357,Strong and Silent,2.8,2.23,MrIxolite,"I am strong and silent in air and rivers. I can also give you shocks and shivers. Sounding small and black and off the vine. I'm here, right now at this moment in time. What am I?",No hint available.,"Current You can get strong Currents of Air and Water. An Electric Current can shock you and make you convulse or shiver. Currants are dried grapes that come from vines (sounds like Current). Anything right now is said to be Current, eg Current Affairs.",Riddle,06/23/03 #13876,0 = C in the O O,2.25,2.73,CocoaPuff,0 = C in the O O,Monumental area,0 = Corners in the Oval Office,Letter-Equations,07/18/03 #23332,Call 911,2.64,2.52,cnmne,"What is the meaning of this rebus? Buse, train derailment! Emic, head-on collision! Larm! Oint, apartment on fire! Rena, bank robbery in progress!",No hint available.,"No cause for alarm (there are causes listed for a buse, an emic, an oint, and a rena; but not for a larm).",Rebus,06/01/05 #14393,Is Your Clock Right?,2.32,1.86,drawingman818,"Jane and Jon just bought digital watches, then each set the time correctly. Jon observed that his watch read 8:21, while Jane's said that the time was 12:02. Jon told her that her watch was wrong. After Jane told him what really happened, Jon had to admit that she was right: her watch was correct. How is Jane's watch right?",No hint available.,Jon was reading Jane's watch upside down. Her watch is set to military time. 12:02 upside down on a digital clock is 20:21. 20:21 in military time is 8:21.,Other,08/18/03 #25321,Life Take Two,2.61,2.81,Nytwynd,"PQ FHWTT ZVWEY P NBQ YUJ UR TITWXFHPQM P'IT LTBWQTE BOVUF LPCT: PF MVTY VQ. - WVOTWF CWVYF ZHTQ ZT WTJTJOTW ZT BWT BLL JBE, FHT JXYFTWPTY EPYBRRTBW BQE LPCT YFBQEY TKRLBPQTE. - JBWS FZBPQ",S = K,"B = A O = B N = C E = D T = E C = F M = G H = H P = I S = K L = L J = M Q = N V = O R = P W = R Y = S F = T U = U I = V Z = W K =X X = Y In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. - Mark Twain",Cryptography,08/14/05 #18790,Most Ever,2.25,1.93,SpursChick,Most ever convicts in a Cell=25,No hint available.,A Criminal Record,Rebus,09/08/04 #25894,One Number,2.49,2.3,metallicman,"Can you find the pattern? 0, 3, 1, -2, -6, -3, -1, -4, -12, -9, -3, -6, -18....",No hint available.,"The pattern has to do with 3. It's plus 3 divided by 3, minus 3 and multiplied by 3. 0 plus 3 equals 3, divided by three equals 1, minus three equals -2, and multiplied by three equals -6, and so on.",Series,09/13/05 #28582,Pay Now or Pay Later,2.59,2.53,Gizzer,"The following quotations share a common theme. Can you decipher them? LFWLSYCORFNUMV, CASES OY BERXESYY. CAS NISENXS NJSEOGNF FRT BNVY RLC CTOGS NY JLGA OF CNKSY NY AS QREJSEMV XRC OF TNXSY. - A. M. JSFGDSF OFGRJS CNK ESCLEFY NES CAS JRYC OJNXOFNCOIS QOGCORF USOFX TEOCCSF CRPNV. - ASEJNF TRLD CAS NIROPNFGS RQ CNKSY OY CAS RFMV OFCSMMSGCLNM BLEYLOC CANC GNEEOSY NFV ESTNEP. - ZRAF JNVFNEP DSVFSY TASF CASES OY NF OFGRJS CNK, CAS ZLYC JNF TOMM BNV JRES NFP CAS LFZLYC MSYY RF CAS YNJS NJRLFC RQ OFGRJS. - BMNCR CAS OFGRJS CNK ANY JNPS JRES MONEY RLC RQ CAS NJSEOGNF BSRBMS CANF XRMQ ANY. - TOMM ERXSEY",Do you see CASES of MONEY in the code?,"A=H B=P C=T D=K E=R F=N G=C H=Z I=V J=M K=X L=U M=L N=A O=I P=D Q=F R=O S=E T=W U=B V=Y W=Q X=G Y=S Z=J Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. - H. L. Mencken Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. - Herman Wouk The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward. - John Maynard Keynes When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. - Plato The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. - Will Rogers",Cryptography,02/12/06 #4876,First Master,2.57,2.0,snoopdogg,"My first master had four legs, My second had two. First in life, Second in death. Women delight in my touch.",No hint available.,fur coat,Riddle,06/21/02 #3047,Cats and Kittens,2.35,0.96,lil_thugsta,"There was one girl in a room. She had 4 Mommy cats. She put each cat into a corner, there were 4 corners. Mommy cat 1 had 2 kittens. Mommy cat 2 had 3 kittens. Mommy cat 3 had 4 kittens. Mommy cat 4 had 5 kittens. How many feet were in the room??",No hint available.,"2, the feet of the girl. Cats and kittens don't have feet, they have paws.",Trick,03/30/02 #42925,"Plain, Plaid, Stripes or Dots",2.43,0.88,whsprec,"There are 5 people in a room: Jimmy, Chad, Toby, Keith and Chelsey. Each person has a different color shirt: red, black, green, blue or yellow. Each shirt has a different pattern: plain, plaid, vertical stripes, horizontal stripes or polka dots. Match the person to the shirt and the pattern. 1) The polka dot shirt is not black. 2) The plain shirt is not yellow or blue. 3) Keith is wearing a striped red shirt. 4) Toby's name has the same number of letters as either his pattern or color. 5) Chelsey is in polka dots. 6) The horizontal stripes are on Jimmy's green shirt.",No hint available.,"Jimmy is wearing green horizontal stripes. Chad is wearing plain black. Toby is wearing blue plaid. Keith is wearing red vertical stripes. Chelsey is wearing yellow polka dots.",Logic-Grid,08/28/08 #18206,Strike!,2.5,1.96,loud_baboon,10 P + 1 B B in a B L,Look at the title.,10 Pins + 1 Bowling Ball in a Bowling Lane.,Letter-Equations,07/13/04 #627,Which Letter?,2.63,1.36,lunadraconis,"What's the next letter in this sequence? W T N L I T _",It's all in the question - review it!,"S is the next letter. (W)hat's (t)he (n)ext (l)etter (i)n (t)his (s)equence?",Series,06/18/01 #50990,Half a Dozen Down,3.02,1.82,Snowdog,"With my mates I toil day by day But never do I complain I speak up if I have words to say and have an agile brain I rarely sniffle or blow my nose A medical man I am not I do not yawn or try to doze Can you name me with the info you've got?",I am a Disney character.,"I am Happy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. With my mates I toil day by day (I'm a miner) But never do I complain (I'm not Grumpy) I speak up if I have words to say (I'm not Bashful) and have an agile brain (I'm not Dopey) I rarely sniffle or blow my nose (I'm not Sneezy) A medical man I am not (I'm not Doc) I do not yawn or try to doze (I'm not Sleepy) Can you name me with the info you've got? (Happy is the only dwarf left.)",Riddle,01/30/17 #21554,Shooting Star,2.47,2.53,tsimkin,"Henry and Gretchen plan on sitting outside to look for shooting stars. They know from experience that if they watch for an hour, they will have a 90% chance of seeing a shooting star. It is a chilly night, though, so Gretchen says, ""Let's only stay out for 10 minutes."" Henry says, ""I was really hoping to see a shooting star tonight. If we are only out for 10 minutes, we will only have a 15% chance."" Gretchen replies, ""Not true. We have a better chance than that."" Is Gretchen right? If so, what is the probability that they see a shooting star?",What is the probability that they don't see a shooting star over the course of an hour? Ten minutes?,"Gretchen is right. The probability that they will see a shooting star is about 32%. We know that the probability that they don't see a shooting star over the course of an hour is 10%. This is the product of not seeing a shooting star for 6 consecutive 10-minute periods. So if q is the probability of not seeing a shooting star over a 10-minute period, we can say: 0.1 = q^6 q = 0.6813 We know that the probability that they do see a shooting star is just 1 minus the probability that they don't, or 1 - 0.6813, which equals about 32%.",Probability,03/14/05 #3875,Minutes,2.26,2.04,missie,"Exactly how many minutes is it before eight o'clock, if 40 minutes ago, it was three times as many minutes past four o'clock?",No hint available.,50 minutes.,Math,05/03/02 #31591,Two Coasts,2.38,1.76,Crazycriely,"There were 3 men. One was on the east coast, one was on the west coast, and one was in Montana. The man in Montana called his 2 friends, but when they answered they both said that they were awakened by his call. The man in Montana said it was only 8pm but forgot about the time zones. The man on the west coast said it was 10pm. The man on the east coast said it was 10pm as well. How is this possible?","They are in the US, and not on an island.",The east coast and west coast were the coasts of Florida.,Logic,07/06/06 #15176,Great Math,2.33,1.46,cmsilverfang,< 90 = D in an A A,No hint available.,< (less than) 90 Degrees in an Acute Angle,Letter-Equations,10/21/03 #11147,Your Love,2.16,2.46,MrIxolite,"What phrase is presented below for your deciphering pleasure? Your Love For Rent Your Fear For Rent Your Happiness For Rent DeserterU",No hint available.,"Letting Your Emotions Run Away With You. If you rent something, eg office space you let it, hence letting your emotions. Deserter = a runaway Runaway with U.",Rebus,03/14/03 #37679,Driving School,2.5100000000000002,2.56,FreddyPharkas,"What's happening here? ""Stop!"" demanded Fred. ""No entry!"" A shocked Bill replied, ""Give way!"" Fred was unmoved though. ""No U-turns, one way!"" was his final say.",No hint available.,Sign language.,Rebus,08/07/07 #36950,This is a Mix Up! #5,2.26,2.22,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to add the same three (3) letters to each of these three words and mix them up to make three well-known geographical locations. 1. XUS 2. EWX 3. XE",No hint available.,"The letters are: S S E 1. Sussex 2. Wessex 3. Essex",Language,06/15/07 #27879,Compounds V,2.72,2.39,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. MATES _ R _ R _ _ _ 2. PIVRANG _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ E 3. WEPTRLF _ O _ _ _ O _ _ _ 4. NUSYHKLOC _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ E 5. NAMREOL _ _ W _ _ _ _ W _ 6. FESHON _ _ U _ _ _ U _ 7. GIWRTHAPP _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E _ 8. EGRNFNPTR _ _ I _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ 9. OPPVITS _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ E",No hint available.,"1. ARMREST 2. GRAPEVINE 3. FLOWERPOT 4. HONEYSUCKLE 5. LAWNMOWER 6. FUNHOUSE 7. PAPERWEIGHT 8. FINGERPRINT 9. STOVEPIPE",Language,01/04/06 #30580,Three Statements VIII,2.71,1.35,lips,"Which of these three statements are true? 1. If you turn a right-handed glove inside out, it will fit on a left hand. 2. An arrow pointing to the left will point to the right when rotated 180 degrees about a vertical axis through its center. 3. There are 5 employees - A, B, C, D and E - in the office. Rumors spread through the office according to the following rules: Rumors can be passed in any direction between D and E. Rumors can be passed from A to B, from B to C, and from C to E. A rumor began by B that reaches D would be known by everybody.",No hint available.,"Statements 1 and 2 are true, statement 3 is false. In statement 1, a right-handed glove and a left-handed one are mutual mirror images, and if one of them is turned inside out, it will look like the other. In statement 2, a right-pointing arrow and a left-pointing one are mutual mirror images, and if one of them is rotated 180 degrees, it will look like the other. In statement 3, a rumor from B can reach C, then reach E, then reach D, but not reach A.",Logic,05/20/06 #38124,Who Plays What?,2.54,2.22,Rocky_B,"Four students are seated around a square table. They each play a different school sport: basketball, baseball, lacrosse, soccer. Based on the following clues, figure out what sport each person plays. The baseball player sits to the left of Deanna. Julie and Jake sit next to each other. The lacrosse player sits across from William. A girl sits to the left of the soccer player.",No hint available.,"Deanna plays basketball. Julie plays lacrosse. William plays baseball. Jake plays soccer.",Logic,09/05/07 #46989,Missing Link Word,2.65,2.11,Prinesca,"Find the missing word in each missing link but every time you insert a word, you need to change one of its letters to make another one. Ex: 1. ___way 2. shopping ____ Answers: 1. hallway 2. shopping mall 1. ____line 2. ____devil 3. night____ 4. thread____ 5. fan____",The missing words have 4 letters and #1 starts with D.,"1. date (dateline) 2. dare (daredevil) 3. mare (nightmare) 4. bare (threadbare) 5. fare (fanfare)",Language,05/11/10 #24880,I Wanna Be Happy,2.5,2.85,DesertJules1974,"""EZRM WXGEM VXQQDYMEE PVMAMIMA CVMH NZ; ZCVMAE PVMYMIMA CVMH NZ."" --- ZEWXA PDUTM ""D VXIM YZ RZYMH, YZ AMEZGAWME, YZ VZQME. D XR CVM VXQQDMEC RXY XUDIM."" --- VMYAH RDUUMA ""VXQQDYMEE DE YZC X TMECDYXCDZY. DC DE X RMCVZT ZL UDLM."" --- OGACZY VDUUE ""UZZF XC X TXH PVMY HZG XAM EGQAMRMUH EXCDELDMT XC CVM MYT. DC'E YZC X TXH PVMY HZG UZGYNM XAZGYT TZDYN YZCVDYN; DC'E PVMY HZG VXT MIMAHCVDYN CZ TZ, XYT HZG'IM TZYM DC."" --- RXANXAMC CVXCWVMA",i=D,"a=X b=O c=W d=T e=M f=L g=N h=V i=D k=F l=U m=R n=Y o=Z p=Q r=A s=E t=C u=G v=I w=P y=H ""Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."" --- Oscar Wilde ""I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive."" --- Henry Miller ""Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life."" --- Burton Hills ""Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you had everything to do, and you've done it."" --- Margaret Thatcher",Cryptography,07/26/05 #16147,Old MadDonalds Farm,2.3,2.35,mad-ade,"Out in the backwoods of southern Madadia lives Old MadDonald, he has a farm. And on that farm he has several types of livestock. He had a the Famous Madadian Southern fried Chicken, (the one with six legs and no breast) The equally well known Madadian self basting Turkey and also the amazing Duck La Orange. Old MadDonald lived alone and as a result became extremely bored at times and thus always tried different ways to amuse himself, some of them legal. One such way was to race the poultry livestock against each other. The Southern Fried Chicken could fly at 5 mph but, as chickens are poor flyers and it had little in the line of muscle across its breast, it gets tired very soon. After only 2 minutes of flying, it has to walk at 1 mph for next three minutes before it could attempt to fly again. The Self Basting Turkey could fly continuously at 4 mph, but he had a habit of swerving back and forth. So for every 3 feet he flies, he actually only travels 2 feet. The Duck La Orange could fly straight and continuous at 2mph. Which of the three of Old MadDonalds Birds would win a race over a distance of one mile ?",No hint available.,"Surprisingly the Southern Fried Chicken would win the one-mile race. If you were to calculate the average speed, you'll see that the chicken's average speed, after 5 minutes, is 2.6 mph. The Self Basting Turkey's average speed is 2.67 mph. The Duck La Orange, as stated above, has an average speed of 2 mph. Based on this information alone it appears that the Self Basting Turkey should win. The catch is the fact that the one-mile race does not take an even multiple of five minutes to complete. The Southern Fried Chicken's average speed is only accurate after the full five minutes of flying/walking is completed. At any time before that, the chicken's mean speed will be higher. After 20 minutes have passed, the Southern Fried Chicken will have traveled a total of 0.87 miles, and the Self Basting Turkey will have traveled a distance of 0.89 miles. However, the S.F Chicken will then begin flying at 5 mph, and will overtake the S.B.Turkey. The final results will be: 1. Southern Fried Chicken - 21.6 minutes (21 minutes 36 seconds) 2. Self Basting Turkey - 22.5 minutes (22 minutes 30 seconds) 3. Duck La Orange - 30 minutes",Math,01/12/04 #34292,Am I Van Gogh?,2.73,1.96,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of popular artist materials. Your task is to unravel these anagrams. I have included the number of letters in brackets for each item. Lease (5) Puniest brash (12) Piano list (3, 6) Worst or a clue (12) Scan AV (6) 'n' splice (7)",No hint available.,"Easel Paintbrushes Oil paints Watercolours Canvas Pencils",Language,12/08/06 #29188,How Many Children?,2.71,2.24,Draw,"At the local Sunday School meeting, the teacher brought in some puppies. There were 20 more children than puppies. In the corner of the room, within the ant's nest, there were exactly 10 times as many ants as children. In total, including the teacher, the children, the puppies and the ants, there were 1440 legs in the room. How many children attended?",No hint available.,"23 children (46 legs): with 230 ants (1380 legs), 3 puppies (12 legs) and 1 teacher (2 legs). If we call the number of puppies P, then there were (P + 20) children and 10 x (P + 20) ants, and a single teacher. If we now count the legs, we get: Puppies : P x 4 = 4P Children: (P + 20) x 2 = 2P + 40 Ants : 10 x (P + 20) x 6 = 60P + 1200 Teacher : 2 = 2 ----------- 66P + 1242 Giving 66P + 1242 = 1440, which means that P = 3, so there were 3 puppies, hence 23 children.",Math,03/19/06 #18973,Water in 4 Jugs,2.22,2.47,nenad,"You have four jugs: A: 10-liter jug, filled with water B: 10-liter jug, filled with water C: 10-liter jug, empty D: 9-liter jug, empty Your objective is to end up having 1 liter in any 10-liter jug and 4 liters in 9-liter jug. You have nothing else at your disposal and you can not measure using eye or shape of jugs. Also water can only be transferred between jugs and not dumped out from any of the jugs.","Not much of a hint, but it can be solved in 20 steps.","If we label jugs as stated in problem , ABCD, with 9-liter jug being D, problem can be solved in 20 steps, as shown below. Each step is shown in one row, where line start with number of step, followed by information from what jug we poured water into what jug, and how much ... ie. A -> (9) -> D means we poured 9 liters of water from jug A (being 1st 10-liter jug) to jug D (being 9-liter jug). Finally in row we show how much water we have in each jug after performed this step. --------------------------------- #s From-Qty-To A B C D --------------------------------- 0: = 10 10 0 0 1: A ->( 9)-> D = 1 10 0 9 2: D ->( 9)-> C = 1 10 9 0 3: A ->( 1)-> D = 0 10 9 1 4: B ->( 8)-> D = 0 2 9 9 5: D ->( 9)-> A = 9 2 9 0 6: A ->( 1)-> C = 8 2 10 0 7: B ->( 2)-> D = 8 0 10 2 8: C ->( 7)-> D = 8 0 3 9 9: D ->( 2)-> A = 10 0 3 7 10: D ->( 7)-> B = 10 7 3 0 11: A ->( 9)-> D = 1 7 3 9 12: A ->( 1)-> C = 0 7 4 9 13: D ->( 9)-> A = 9 7 4 0 14: A ->( 3)-> B = 6 10 4 0 15: B ->( 9)-> D = 6 1 4 9 16: B ->( 1)-> C = 6 0 5 9 17: D ->( 4)-> A = 10 0 5 5 18: D ->( 5)-> B = 10 5 5 0 19: A ->( 9)-> D = 1 5 5 9 20: D ->( 5)-> B = 1 10 5 4 After 20th step we end up with 1 liter in first 10-liter jug (A), and 4 liters in 9-liter jug (D), as requested in problem.",Logic,09/28/04 #29549,Completely and Utterly Lost...,3.13,1.24,Heatalinn,What phrase does this represent?,Think classic literature,"Around the World in 80 Days (a round ""THEWORLD"" in 80 ""day""s)",Rebus,04/05/06 #3721,The Gimpy Hustle,2.78,1.91,rayneeday,"Vincent ""Gimpy"" Gambini was a local hustler, well known to the patrons of the Broken Rack Pool Hall. He often preyed on the tourists or kids who thought they had a little game. One day Gimpy was toying with a mark and decided to pull an old hustler's trick out of the bag. He let the kid go up at least $200.00 to build up his confidence. Afterwards he laid a pool cue across the table leaving a gap between the playing surface and the cue of about 1 1/2 inches. Then he took the cue ball and started bragging that he could roll it under the stick without touching the stick. As he is doing this he is running the ball all along the stick, which is obviously too low for Gimpy's proposition to work. The young kid then took the cue ball and ran it the width of the table along that cue, exclaiming, ""That's impossible! I'll take that bet."" Gimpy started off low, but fueled the mark's greed and managed to get not only his $200.00 back, but also the upped bet of the young man's full paycheck that week of $450.00. Gimpy sent the poor fellow home broke and confused. How did he manage to do this?",No hint available.,"Gimpy simply stepped back away from the table and rolled the pool ball across the floor, under the table and under the stick, and never touched anything.",Situation,04/24/02 #14389,3 = H on C,2.3,2.63,rose_rox,3 = H on C,No hint available.,"3 = Heads on Cerberus. Cerberus is the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to Hades.",Letter-Equations,08/17/03 #40397,Can You?,2.21,2.18,aresII,"The following quote is from the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Mary Kay Ash. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. H=K ""AT IXO KZASH IXO LCS, IXO LCS. CSQ AT IXO KZASH IXO LCS'K, IXO'ER EAWZK.""","A=I C=A X=O","""IF YOU THINK YOU CAN, YOU CAN. AND IF YOU THINK YOU CAN'T, YOU'RE RIGHT."" KEY: A=I C=A E=R H=K I=Y K=T L=C O=U Q=D R=E S=N T=F W=G X=O Z=H",Cryptography,02/09/08 #5649,Not Happy,2.27,1.81,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? REDANGER",No hint available.,Red with anger,Rebus,07/17/02 #2787,Stuck Rock,2.17,1.07,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? rock stuck hardplace",No hint available.,Stuck between a rock and a hard place.,Rebus,03/22/02 #49991,Open Up!,2.17,0.5700000000000001,fishmed,"It's 3 am, the doorbell rings and wakes you up. It's your parents and they are here for breakfast. You have strawberry jam, honey, wine, bread, and cheese . What is the 1st thing you open?",No hint available.,"Your eyes. You were sleeping, remember?",Logic,11/03/13 #11517,Duffus the Speed Demon,3.04,2.23,OD-1,"After getting off work from the toy factory that night, Duffus was going out to dinner with the girl next door. Wanting to impress her with his newly painted car, which he painted himself using some old paint the factory was going to throw out, he decided to go through the car wash before meeting her. Duffus gazed into the steaming hot car wash thinking how great his car would look after. Then he noticed the time. ""I'm gonna be late,"" thought Duffus. Once through, Duffus sped out of the car wash as the attendant looked on in amazement at his car. Duffus, normally a responsible driver, but now in panic mode, became a speed demon on the only road out of town. He raced past the doughnut shop where two officers were parked, and they happened to get a really good look at Duffus's car as he sped by. As it started to rain, Duffus thought how the cold wet weather could ruin his dinner plans. Realizing the roads were getting slick and he was way in excess of the speed limit, he slowed down. Then, Duffus noticed the flashing lights and sirens. He was the only car on the road for miles, so he knew they wanted him and pulled over, but they just slowed down enough to get a good look at the car and sped off in search of their speeder. ""Strange,"" thought Duffus, and kept going. Though the police had clearly seen Duffus's car as he passed the doughnut shop, they thought Duffus was not the one they saw. Why?","Think about where Duffus worked, what he had done to his car, and the car wash attendant's reaction.","Duffus had painted his car with color changing paint used on toys. When his car was cold, it was blue. Once through the hot car wash, it turned red, and then the cold rain turned it blue again. The police saw the car as red at the doughnut shop and blue as they passed later.",Situation,04/01/03 #1576,Center of Paris,2.39,0.8300000000000001,sam1234,What is in the center of Paris which can't be found in London or Milan?,No hint available.,The letter 'r'.,Trick,12/03/01 #5707,Weird Numbers,2.29,2.8,Sir_Col,"12 is an abundant number, because the sum of its proper divisors: 1+2+3+4+6=16, and this is larger than the number itself. However, you will notice that 1+2+3+6=12. A weird number is an abundant number, n, for which no subset of its proper divisors adds to n. What is the smallest weird number?",They are very rare indeed. The smallest is somewhere between 50 and 100.,"The smallest weird number is 70. The next three being 836, 4030 and 5830.",Math,07/19/02 #18645,Olympic Anagrams,2.75,1.95,dumbell,"Can you unscramble these anagrams to find the Olympic events? VALUE PLOT LESBIAN TENT TIGHT ELFIN WIG HOT CANDLE",No hint available.,"POLE VAULT TABLE TENNIS WEIGHTLIFTING DECATHLON",Language,08/25/04 #37769,Baby on the Brain!!,2.17,1.06,fssef3,"There are three mothers. Each has a son. Each son is wearing a solid color shirt. Each son is eating a different baby food for lunch. The first letter of each son's name is not the same as the first letter of the baby food they are eating. Mothers' names: Rebecca, Amanda, Kelly Sons' names: Carson, Adam, Brian Baby shirts: Blue, Red, Green Baby foods: Carrot, Apple, Bean 1. Rebecca's son is wearing green. 2. Amanda's son is eating apple baby food. 3. The red shirt belongs to the son that is eating carrot baby food. 4. Adam is eating the bean baby food. 5. The first letter in Amanda is not the same as her baby's first initial. 6. Kelly hates the smell of the bean baby food.",No hint available.,"Rebecca-Adam-Green-Bean Amanda-Carson-Blue-Apple Kelly-Brian-Red-Carrot",Logic-Grid,08/14/07 #41122,John Adams,2.18,2.12,aresII,"The following quote is from John Adams (1767 - 1848). He was the sixth president of the United States under the constitution. Can you decode it? X=I ""VWHTH STH VAB HCNJSVXBDY. BDH YWBNOC VHSJW NY WBA VB ISUH S OXFXDR SDC VWH BVWHT WBA VB OXFH.""","J=C S=A V=T","""THERE ARE TWO EDUCATIONS. ONE SHOULD TEACH US HOW TO MAKE A LIVING AND THE OTHER HOW TO LIVE."" KEY: A=W B=O C=D D=N F=V H=E I=M J=C N=U O=L R=G S=A T=R U=K V=T W=H X=I Y=S",Cryptography,03/19/08 #26683,Which Word 2,2.81,1.76,Sunrose,"In the two groups of words below, there is a word in each group that belongs in the other group. Which words can be swapped? Group A: 1) Femur 2) Metacarpals 3) Fibula 4) Patella 5) Tibia Group B: 1) Ulna 2) Humerus 3) Carpal 4) Radius 5) Metatarsals",Bones,Metacarpals and Metatarsals. Group A are the names of some of the leg and foot bones. Group B are the names of some of the arm bones.,Group,11/02/05 #14721,Road Rules,2.78,0.79,taiya2003,"What phrase is represented below? E L K C U B SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE T",No hint available.,Buckle up for safety.,Rebus,09/09/03 #17722,Bunny Eating,2.74,2.38,Jake,"Several contestants are in a chocolate-bunny eating contest. After 20 minutes of stuffing their faces, all of the bunnies have been eaten. One of the contestants remarks, ""Isn't it interesting that there were 7 times as many bunnies as contestants, but that each of us ate a different number of bunnies?"" Another contestant replies, ""That certainly is interesting. I always eat the ears first and I noticed that when we had eaten a third of the bunnies that there were 4 fewer than 10 times as many bunny ears as human noses in the contest."" How many bunnies and contestants were in the contest?",No hint available.,"42 bunnies and 6 contestants. From what the first contestant says, we know: Bunnies = 7*Contestants From the second contestant we know: 2*(2/3)*Bunnies = 10*Contestants - 4 Just plug the first equation into the second equation and you can solve for Contestants, of which there are 6. Plug this back into the first equation to determine that there are 42 bunnies.",Math,05/22/04 #46289,A Unique Brand,2.56,1.29,wattsofawesome,"What do these four things have in common? Coke Scotch Tape Jell-O Kleenex","Look at the title... And think about your everyday lives.","All of these names are commonly misused brand names substituted for a common noun. (soda, tape, gelatin, and tissues) Other examples would include the Jacuzzi brand hot tub, and the Thermos.",Group,02/02/10 #34504,Expensive Book,2.71,1.43,Moogra,"A man had a book that was worth $40,000. There were only 2 books in existence. He threw it in the furnace, reducing it to a pile of soot. Why did he do this?",No hint available.,"The man destroys the book because he has two, and by only having one, the value goes up.",Situation,12/20/06 #40227,Which Song?,2.54,2.04,AndrewWalker,"Can you figure out which songs this teaser is referring to? 3 words. Sounds like salad. What you do with a watering can. A female's name of European origin. ---------------------- 6 words Lucifer had gone in a southern direction to a place that has great peaches. -------------------- 4 words A hotel with one n. The 365 day period 3000-475",No hint available.,"Ballad Pour Adeline. salad-ballad You 'pour' from a watering can. Adeline is a female's name that has a European origin. This is a classical piece that many find relaxing and peaceful. ---------------------- The Devil Went Down to Georgia Lucifer = Devil Had gone = Went In a southern direction = Down to Place with great peaches = Georgia ------------------------ In the Year 2525 A hotel with one n = Inn-n=In The = The 365 day period = Year 3000-475=2525",Language,01/27/08 #39457,Palindromic Sentence,2.36,2.91,aresII,"Form a good palindromic sentence from the following letters: A, A, A, A, E, E, G, G, I, I, L, N, N, R, R.","There are six words, and as there is only one L, that letter must obviously be in the middle.","The letters will form the palindromic sentence, IN A REGAL AGE RAN I, reading backwards and forwards alike.",Language,12/03/07 #25044,Cryptolist IV,2.47,2.88,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: ELARS PFUTOFRI RF UFM QFBFGF WVTOL IHLUZY ATCFSQ GYE SYRQT PFGNYAAF RVKYXNLVAJ LOOFEF DAYYOLEG","Category: World Capitals Y=E","Category: World Capitals La Paz (Bolivia, La Paz is the seat of government while Sucre is the seat of the judiciary.) Havana (Cuba) Quito (Ecuador) Skopje (Macedonia) Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) New Delhi (India) Canberra (Australia) Luxembourg (Luxembourg) Ottawa (Canada) Freetown (Sierra Leone) The country is listed in the parentheses. A=R B=V C=Y D=F E=W F=A G=N H=K I=S J=G K=X L=O M=Z N=B O=T P=C Q=H R=L S=D T=I U=P V=U W=Q X=M Y=E Z=J",Cryptography,08/03/05 #42176,Prom Date,2.41,0.78,whsprec,"Five couples went to the prom as a group. The boys' names were Mark, Quintin, Jim, Bob, and James. The girls' names were Amanda, Betty, Susan, Jessica, and Jasmin. Each couple wore matching colors of either blue, yellow, red, green, or pink. Match the dates and the color they are wearing. 1) Two couples have the same first letter in their name. One of those letters is ""B"". 2) Susan wore red and Jessica wore blue. 3) Susan has more letters in her name than her date does. 4) Neither Mark nor Quintin went with Jasmin, who was wearing yellow. 5) Amanda went with Jim and they did not wear green.",No hint available.,"Mark and Susan wore red. Quintin and Jessica wore blue. Jim and Amanda wore pink. Bob and Betty wore green. James and Jasmin wore yellow.",Logic-Grid,06/08/08 #29454,CoL,2.7600000000000002,0.9500000000000001,buttons03,What is represented below?,"Song Title from a hit Disney Film. The title of this teaser is also a hint.",The Circle of Life,Rebus,03/31/06 #31536,Presidential Scrambler 5,2.96,1.46,bigSWAFF_69_,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a former U.S. President. evon (take the 1st and 2nd letters) cromaeviw (take the 5th and 9th letters) drigef (take the 2nd and 6th letters) knsi (take the 1st letter) blate (take the 1st and 4th letters)",No hint available.,"The unscrambled words are: oven microwave fridge sink or skin table o, v, o, e, r, e, s, t, l Unscramble the letters to get: Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (October 27, 1858 - January 6, 1919), also known as T.R. and to the public as Teddy, was the 26th President of the United States (1901-1909). He was the 25th Vice President before becoming President upon the assassination of President William McKinley. At age 42, he was the youngest President to date. Within the Republican Party he was a Progressive reformer who sought to bring his party's conservative ideals into the 20th century. He broke with his friend and appointed successor William Howard Taft and ran as a third-party candidate in 1912 on the Progressive Party ticket. (Franklin Delano Roosevelt is also an acceptable answer)",Language,07/04/06 #6698,Crossed,2.27,2.36,glennyboy02,"I can be played I can be made I can be crossed I can cause confusion What am I?",No hint available.,Bridge,Riddle,08/20/02 #10916,Have but Not Hold,2.58,1.84,VolsToTheWall,"You can have me but cannot hold me; Gain me and quickly lose me. If treated with care I can be great, And if betrayed I will break. What am I?",No hint available.,Trust.,Riddle,03/05/03 #17988,"1, 3, 6, 55, 66...",2.21,3.13,fishmed,"What are the next three numbers in this series? 1, 3, 6, 55, 66, 171, 595, 666, 3003, 5995, ?, ?, ?",3-sides,"8778, 15051, 66066 These are the 1st 13 palindromic triangular numbers.",Series,06/22/04 #17840,Route 666,2.78,1.67,MrIxolite,"What saying is shown below? Materials used for Highway 666 to Hades; Paving Slab 1 Informa-tiGOODon Paving Slab 2 Connec-tiGOODon Paving Slab 3 Contempla-tiGOODon Paving Slab 4 Imagina-tiGOODon Paving Slab 5 Constipa-tiGOODon Paving Slab 6 Synchopa-tiGOODon Paving Slab 7 Evolu-tiGOODon Paving Slab 8 Asser-tiGOODon Paving Slab 9 Irrita-tiGOODon Paving Slab 10 Aboli-tiGOODon",No hint available.,The road to hell is paved with good intentions,Rebus,06/07/04 #8069,Where?,2.59,2.15,dsquared,"Use synonyms (one is also a synonym-homonym. A homonym is a word that sounds the same as another but has a different meaning) to figure out the following phrase... Essay your street.",No hint available.,"Right up your alley EXPLANATION: Essay = write up ""right up"" Street = alley Hence Right up your alley.",Language,10/14/02 #33946,An Automatic Answer,2.71,1.79,foraneagle2,"What three-letter word can be added to the following words to form three common six-letter words? her, any, tom",No hint available.,"Adding ""bot"" makes bother, botany, and bottom.",Language,11/13/06 #31695,Vulcan's Tool?,2.42,2.65,phrebh,"Cold from the earth's chill bowels was I brought. My foursquare head will smooth down hardest iron; And I shall never fear vicissitudes Of age, so long as Mulciber by fire Snatch not away the number of my years; Grim heat soon softens my unyielding form.",No hint available.,Whetstone or sharpening stone.,Riddle,07/11/06 #12264,7 = I R of S,2.18,2.79,julip,7 = I R of S,No hint available.,7 = Identifiable Rings of Saturn,Letter-Equations,05/07/03 #25045,Brotherly Love,2.25,0.97,lisha_kc,"Tim, Ron, and Bob are brothers, and each of their wives (Ute, Linda, Mildred) have birthdays coming up one right after the other. However, the husbands don't know what to get for their own wives, so the brothers decided to get a present for one of their sisters-in-law. The gifts were a bracelet, a rug, and tickets to a ballet. Find out which brother got a gift for whom, what they bought, and the order of the birthdays. 1. The order of the birthdays were: Mildred, the person Tim bought something for, and the one who got the tickets. 2. Tim loves his wife Ute, but didn't realize their daughter was going to be in a ballet. 3. Bob's wife, Linda, hates Ute, so Bob didn't buy anything for her. 4. Mildred helped Tim pick out the bracelet he bought after her birthday party. 5. No husband actually purchased a gift for his own wife.",No hint available.,"Mildred's birthday was first and Bob bought her a rug (from her husband Ron). Linda's birthday was the next day and Tim bought her a bracelet (from her husband Bob). Ute's birthday was last and Ron bought her the ballet tickets (from her husband Tim).",Logic-Grid,08/03/05 #44104,Wanderer Plus 2,2.4,1.9000000000000001,Zag24,"He wanders by on silent wing at dusk and at dawn, too. Add two to this and forth you'll bring someone who's close to you.","""Add two"" refers to two letters.",MOTH and MOTHER,Riddle,02/15/09 #40654,A Felon,2.82,2.47,tedger,"At the base do I sit, at first glance, appear I, a misfit. For among my peers, I seem colossal, my company, I jostle. My duty is quite simple you see, separate those not in harmony. Without me, everything would be jumbled as a whole, but at my beckon, I cut between, making it no longer sole. I guarantee I am something you have seen many a time, so tell me this, what am I which cuts, but am never convicted of a crime?",No hint available.,The space bar on your keyboard.,Riddle,02/22/08 #24933,Friday Night Lineup,2.94,1.8900000000000001,phrebh,"The programming director at local channel U62 was trying to determine the all-important Friday night lineup. He had five potential hosts (Kuni, Pamela, Philo, Raul, and Stanley) and five shows to use (Druids on Parade [DoP], Fun with Dirt [FwD], the news, Underwater Bingo for Teens [UBfT], and Volcano Worshipers Hour [VWH]) in five different time slots (8:00 pm, 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm, 11:00 pm, and 11:30 pm). Any of the shows can be in an hour or a half hour format. Each of the shows also has its own mascot (alien, badger, fish, poodle, or turtle). Using the clues, can you determine the lineup of shows with their hosts and mascots? 1. The mascot for the show Philo hosts is not a badger. 2. Volcano Worshipers Hour is on exactly one hour after the show that Kuni hosts. 3. The show with the poodle as the mascot, which is hosted by Pamela, is on after 9:00 pm but before 11:30 pm. 4. Druids on Parade is on exactly three hours before the news. 5. Stanley hosts Fun with Dirt, which is not the second show on Friday nights. 6. The show with a turtle as its mascot is on right after the news. Kuni is not the host of the show. 7. The fish is not the mascot for Underwater Bingo for Teens. 8. Only Raul's and Stanley's shows have mascots whose names are different lengths from the hosts' names. 9. The show that Raul hosts, which is not Volcano Worshipers Hour, is on at 10:00 pm.",No hint available.,"Druids on Parade is on at 8:00 pm, is hosted by Kuni, and its mascot is a fish. Fun with Dirt is on at 11:30 pm, is hosted by Stanley, and its mascot is a turtle. The news is on at 11:00 pm, is hosted by Pamela, and its mascot is a poodle. Underwater Bingo for Teens is on at 10:00 pm, is hosted by Raul, and its mascot is a badger. Volcano Worshipers Hour is on at 9:00 pm, is hosted by Philo, and its mascot is an alien. These are the actual shows and times for the Friday night lineup at U62 in the ""Weird Al"" Yankovic cult classic, UHF. With the exception of the news, however, the hosts are from different shows in the movie.",Logic-Grid,07/28/05 #34873,Popular TV Shows 2,2.45,2.57,jazzmusician46,"Below are four (4) anagrams of actors from a popular TV show from the 1950s. Your job is twofold: firstly, name these people, and secondly, ascertain the TV show they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. See egg or ever (6, 6) Cloaks 'n' jar (4, 6) Lion Ellen (4, 5) Oh no! Jim 'n' halt (4, 8)","""Don't call me Chief!""","George Reeves Jack Larson Noel Neill John Hamilton The TV show is: Superman (1952-58) The cast: George Reeves - Clark Kent Jack Larson - Jimmy Olsen Noel Neill - Lois Lane John Hamilton - Perry White",Trivia,01/13/07 #18705,Secret Agent,2.29,2.18,AXTON,"What movie is represented below? SECRET AGENT + GERMAN MAN",Kirsten Dunst stars in this movie.,"Spiderman Secret Agent = Spy German Man = der Mann",Rebus,08/30/04 #9323,Houston We Have A Problem,2.69,2.61,MrIxolite,"Use me to get from point A to point B, To bind yourself to another for eternity, When it all goes wrong it's because of me, Houston, we have a problem, technically. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Hitch. To get from A to B you can Hitch (Hitch-hike). To get married is to get hitched. A problem is a technical Hitch.",Riddle,12/22/02 #50720,Homophonic,2.5,0.93,ultimatecub,"In this teaser, you will be given phrases. Each phrase represents two homophones. For example, ""visualise; a large body of water"" would be ""see"" and ""sea"" which are homophones. What homophones do the following phrases represent? 1.Examine; a method of payment 2.Determine the mass of; the watery part formed by curding milk 3.Isolated; borrowed funds 4.Undecorated; aircraft 5.Repetitive; breakfast food",No hint available.,"1.Check; cheque 2.Weigh; whey 3.Lone; loan 4.Plain; plane 5.Serial; cereal",Language,11/11/15 #27948,Leave Me Behind,2.93,1.72,violingirl77,The more you make of me the more you leave behind. What am I?,No hint available.,Footprints,Riddle,01/07/06 #32478,One Letter of Separation 4,2.84,2.71,cnmne,"Each group of three definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. 1a) a military rank 1b) a landed estate 1c) an elected official 2a) to turn upside down 2b) to cover completely 2c) to create for the first time 3a) a sticky substance 3b) jewel 3c) slang for ""leg"" 4a) to abuse verbally 4b) to make a new version 4c) to restore to life",No hint available.,"1) major, manor, mayor 2) invert, invest, invent 3) gum, gem, gam 4) revile, revise, revive",Language,08/17/06 #29422,CSDSES,2.43,2.71,Jessica,"What are these ten similar things I'm talking about? CS, DS, ES, IS, LS, MS, NS, RS, RS, US",No hint available.,"Our body systems- Cardiovascular system, Digestive system, Endocrine system, Integumentary system, Lymphatic system, Musculoskeletal system, Nervous system, Reproductive system, Respiratory system, Urinary System",Science,03/30/06 #10475,Trip to Boston,2.7,1.71,Bobbrt,"Glenn and Steve took turns driving on a trip to Boston and back. Glenn drove the first 40 miles and Steve drove the rest of the way to Boston. On the way back, Glenn started to drive, and then Steve drove the last 50 miles. Which of the two drove more, and how much more did he drive?",No hint available.,"Steve drove 20 miles more than Glenn, no matter how far the trip to Boston was. It's probably easiest to just try this with numbers: Assume the trip to Boston is 60 miles: Glenn: 40 miles there and 10 miles back for 50 miles total. Steve: 20 miles there and 50 miles back for 70 miles total. Steve drives 20 more miles. If you change the number of miles, you'll still get a 20-mile difference.",Math,02/15/03 #11413,Pretty Ugly Women,2.36,1.47,eelliott2,"I make ugly women look pretty. I make strong men look weak. I make danger look safe. I make gibberish make sense. I make pain go away. What am I ???",No hint available.,Alcohol.,Riddle,03/26/03 #7853,Nice and Healthy,2.7,2.14,dsquared,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The _____ of the group was extremely _____, not just physically, for he was also particularly _____"", you would fill in HEAD, STRONG, and HEADSTRONG. A _____ _____ down to the marketplace to pick up some lovely fresh _____.",Quite a nice breakfast fruit.,"MAN, GOES, MANGOES",Language,10/04/02 #11676,Injection,2.4,1.98,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? HEAD I M S E L FOINJECTIONOT","Oops, he made a bit of a blunder there!","Shot himself in the foot. An injection can also be a ""shot"" and the injection is ""in"" the foot hence the saying.",Rebus,04/10/03 #35095,I Am the Future,2.5,1.6,dumbdude,"Found in water not in oxygen, Found in air not in nitrogen, Found in methane as well as in ethane, And people call me number one. Name me please. Hold on, don't get confused. I am not there in calcium.",I am everywhere.,"Hydrogen Atomic number one - people call me number one",Riddle,01/28/07 #27858,THESE WORDS RHYME,2.82,1.84,schatzy228,"Five words that will rhyme To help pass the time The first as in Spain Falls mainly on the plain The next one may be spoken Or felt when something's broken And then there's this tower Of time you're in power If this one you drain You could go insane Plain is this name And so ends our game",No hint available.,"1-rain 2-pain 3-reign 4-brain 5-Jane",Riddle,01/03/06 #42914,How Old Are They 2,2.11,1.1,cacmjc,"Patty is 3 times as old as her brother, Terry. In 10 years, the sum of their ages will be 36. How old are they now?",Set up an equation.,Patty is 12 and Terry is 4.,Math,08/26/08 #31382,Mary Queue Shun,2.65,2.33,MarcM1098,"What phrase does this rebus represent? mary + mary x a queue shun",Things will add up if you don't multiply.,"Summary execution. The + represents addition: mary + mary = sum mary = summary. The x doesn't represent multiplication, just sound it out: x a queue shun = execution. A summary execution is when a person suspected of criminal activity is killed without the permission of a court or legal authority.",Rebus,06/27/06 #31465,How'd He Do That?,2.56,2.11,sniperkid990,"It is winter, and Tim and Billy were driving to their uncle's house. After driving down Jamaica Road, right in the middle of Jamaica, they drove about 30 miles and entered Peru. After stopping at Jim's American Bar and Grill, they drove through the woods and snow and past several dairy and crop farms (not being used at the moment due to all the snow). They then proceeded to their uncle's house, where they went to the mountain and skied all day. How could this happen? (There was no jet car or rocket involved, only a normal car.)",No hint available.,Both Peru and Jamaica are towns in Vermont.,Situation,07/01/06 #38833,Here's Johnny...Again,2.46,2.35,aresII,"These two puzzles contain quips from the late-night talk show host, Johnny Carson. Can you decode it? Both puzzles use the same code. U=F ""EU KEUX SOZ UOEY, XKHEZ SJTKW MX OKEHX OFW OKK RCX EBNXYZJFORJYZ SJTKW MX WXOW."" ""E SOZ ZJ FOEHX OZ O IEW. E TZX RJ ZFXOI MXCEFW RCX MOYF OFW WJ FJRCEFA.""","O=A W=D Y=R","""IF LIFE WAS FAIR, ELVIS WOULD BE ALIVE AND ALL THE IMPERSONATORS WOULD BE DEAD."" ""I WAS SO NAIVE AS A KID. I USE TO SNEAK BEHIND THE BARN AND DO NOTHING."" KEY: A=G B=M C=H E=I F=N H=V I=K J=O K=L L=Z M=B N=P O=A R=T S=W T=U U=F W=D X=E Y=R Z=S",Cryptography,10/18/07 #51908,Careful With Your Step,2.58,0.58,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,Falling in love,Rebus,06/07/18 #18453,"89, 83, 11...",2.32,2.93,jmcleod,"What is the next number in the series? 89, 83, 11, 59, 53, 5, 41,",Prime numbers between 1 and 100,"47 These are the prime numbers from 1 to 100 in Alphabetical order.",Series,08/03/04 #9316,Movie Theater,2.15,0.93,JULIA,"Jen arrived at the movie theater with her friends at 10:00. They knew the movie started at 10:00 because the newspaper said so, but when they got there the cashier said that the movie wasn't playing. What happened?",No hint available.,The movie started at 10 p.m.; they went at 10 a.m.,Trick,12/25/02 #44537,Two to Replace,1.9000000000000001,2.29,brainglue,"Which word in Group B fits in Group A? Group A: skate bring skill click spare Group B: cross hills honor awake monster Good luck!",No hint available.,"awake All words in Group A can form another word if you replace their first two letters with the letter pair ST. skate - state bring - sting skill - still click - stick spare - stare awake - stake",Group,05/27/09 #50063,Morphed Messages,2.16,1.91,ThinksForFun,"Dismissing punctuation, rearrange the letters in each of the following phrases to form a familiar saying or cliche. If you need it, the hint gives the first word or two of the answers. Example: Sort his file. Answer: Life is short. a) Swell! All the ants dwell. b) Enter the table tavern. c) Young wit, you! What a nutty cookie, he!","a) All's b) Better c) You can't","a) All's well that ends well. b) Better late than never. c) You can't take it with you when you go. This saying means that one cannot take one's worldly possessions with them when they pass away.",Language,01/07/14 #47077,Antonym in the Middle 9,1.95,2.1,cnmne,"TALK and CHAT are antonyms of HUSH. Change TALK to HUSH to CHAT by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. TALK ----> HUSH ----> CHAT",No hint available.,"TALK <<<<< TASK TUSK HUSK HUSH <<<<< HASH CASH CAST COST COAT CHAT <<<<<",Language,05/23/10 #14096,juecncdcicncgry,2.33,2.61,fishmed,"What does the following represent? juecncdcicncgry",Most athletes' worst fear.,"Season-ending injury jueCnCdCiCnCgry (C's in ""ending"") JUecncdcicncgRY (in ""jury"")",Rebus,07/30/03 #27327,Eponyms,2.7,2.41,irishthistle,"An eponym is a person or place, real or fictitious, whose name has become so ingrained in the English language that a word or phrase is named after them, giving true immortality. An example of an eponym is Romulus, who founded Rome which was subsequently named after him according to Roman legend. Both Group A and Group B contain a list of eponyms, but the words have been separated to fit a specific criteria. Can you determine which group the word Chauvinist fits into and what method of selection was used to group the words? GROUP A Mesmerize Listeria Guillotine Salmonella GROUP B Pander Hygiene Arachnid Narcissistic",No hint available.,"Chauvinist fits into Group A. Each of the words in Group A were named for real people, while the words in Group B were named for fictional and mythological characters. Chauvinist is named for Nicolas Chauvin, a soldier in Napoleon's army. Mesmerize is named for Franz Mesmer, an Austrian Psychiatrist who used hypnosis in his therapy. Listeria, a type of bacteria, is named for Lord Joseph Lister, a British surgeon who demonstrated that sanitation saves lives. Guillotine is named for Joseph Ignace Guillotin, the French physician who invented the device. Salmonella is named for Daniel Elmer Salmon, an American veterinary pathologist who researched Salmonella cholerae-suis in hogs. Pander is attributed to the character Pandarus, in the poem Filostrato by Giovanni Boccaccio. Hygiene is attributed to Hygeia, the Greek Goddess of health. Arachnid is named for Arachne, who in Greek mythology was turned into a spider by Athena. Narcissistic is named for the mythological character Narcissus, a young man renowned for his beauty and pride.",Language,12/10/05 #5289,One Million Seconds,2.07,1.91,mad-ade,"The year 2001 started at the midnight which falls between 31st December 2000 and 1st January 2001. What was the day, date and time exactly one million seconds later?",No hint available.,"Friday 12th January, 13:46:40 Just after a quarter to two in the afternoon.",Math,07/07/02 #43213,Words With WH,2.06,2.63,cnmne,"Five words that contain WH as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? WH***, WH****, *WH***, **WH**, ***WH** Pool: A, A, A, E, E, I, I, I, K, L, L, M, N, O, R, R, S, S, T, Y",No hint available.,"WHISK, WHIMSY, AWHIRL, TOWHEE, NARWHAL",Language,09/29/08 #46415,Kangaroo Words 15,2.47,2.11,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. prosecute 2. scoundrel 3. falsities 4. stockings 5. pantaloons 6. brackets",No hint available.,"1. sue (proSecUtE) 2. cur (sCoUndRel) 3. lies (faLsItiES) 4. socks (StOCKingS) 5. pants (PANTaloonS) 6. braces (BRACkEtS)",Language,02/22/10 #49800,Wild Encounter,2.73,1.27,ThinksForFun,"They turn themselves over to me Completely voluntarily Knowing before they've departed They'll end up near where they started I may be called emotional Loopy, perhaps commotional For those brave souls who seek a thrill I'm sure to nicely fit the bill By a force of nature propelled I'm courage-testing those compelled Greeted with anxiousness and fret Seldom exited with regret What am I?",No hint available.,"A roller coaster. lines 1-2: People who wish to ride a roller coaster do so voluntarily. lines 3-4: The loading area and where the ride ends for roller coasters are typically not far apart. lines 5-6: Line 5 alludes to the phrase ""emotional roller coaster"". In line 6, ""Loopy"" is a reference to the fact that many roller coasters have loops. lines 7-8: Most people find a roller coaster ride exhilarating and/or thrilling. lines 9-10: A roller coaster is powered by the force of gravity. It might be considered as a test of courage to see if one is brave enough to take a ride on a roller coaster. Some may find this challenge enticing. lines 11-12: Before the roller-coaster ride, there is often some degree of anxiousness or uneasiness. But afterwards, the rider usually feels positive about the experience, and quite possibly would want to go again for another ride.",Riddle,03/16/13 #19018,Look,2.36,2.41,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown? Iris...> Iris..> Iris.> Iris>",No hint available.,"More than meets the eye. More than or > gradually ""meets"" the Iris.",Rebus,10/02/04 #16580,Cleaning the House,2.47,2.6,absy,"Ever since Emily began her new job, the last thing she wants to do when she gets home is clean her apartment. She decided to make a schedule so that she would clean a different room (including the living room) each day (Monday through Friday). Last week she procrastinated by talking on the phone, so this week, Emily decided to let the answering machine handle her calls, and she received a different number of messages each day. Can you determine the which rooms she cleaned each day and the number of messages she received? Given: Cleaning Days -- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Number of Messages -- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Rooms Cleaned -- Bedroom, Living Room, Bathroom, Den, Kitchen Clues: #1) Emily received more messages on Thursday than on the day she cleaned her bedroom, but fewer than on Tuesday. #2) Emily cleaned the bathroom on the day after receiving just one message and one day before she cleaned the den. #3) She received more messages when she cleaned her bedroom than when she cleaned the den. #4) Emily cleaned the kitchen on Wednesday.","Hints: Make a list of one set of givens and list another set of givens that would correspond to them... i.e. (Days) -- (Messages) Monday -- 1 2 3 4 5 Tuesday -- 1 2 3 4 5, etc. Cross off what you know is NOT the correct answer from the clues, and when you find out a number of messages that fits a day circle it, or write it on the piece of paper in a different section to keep track. Do the same with the other correlations that can be surmised by looking at the clues: (Days) -- (Rooms) (Rooms) -- (Messages) Keep in mind that for example, if you find a number of messages for a day, the other days can NOT have that amount of messages, so that gives you another answer to mark off to narrow the correct answer down.","Answers: Monday -- Bedroom -- 3 Tuesday -- Living Room -- 5 Wednesday -- Kitchen -- 1 Thursday -- Bathroom -- 4 Friday -- Den -- 2 **Clue #1: If she received more messages on Thursday than on the day she cleaned her bedroom, she could not have received 1 message on Thursday as the day she cleaned her room would have to be 0, which is not an option. She could not have received 5 messages on the day she cleaned her bedroom because Thursday would then have to be at least 6 messages which is not an option. Assume also that she did NOT clean her bedroom on Thursday or Tuesday, as they are mentioned in the same clue. Since she had fewer messages on Thursday than Tuesday, she could not have received 1 message on Tuesday for the same reasons mentioned above. Also by the same token, she could not have received 5 on Thursday because Tuesday would have to be 6. **Clue #2: 1 message -- bathroom -- den....the order of the happenings in clue 2. therefore, she could not have cleaned the bathroom on Monday, nor the den. Also assume she did not receive 1 message on the bathroom or den cleanings. She could not have cleaned the bathroom on Friday. As that would leave no day for the den, which is the day after. She could not have received 1 message on Thursday or Friday because there would not be enough days to clean the bathroom and den. **Clue #3: If she received more messages when she cleaned her bedroom than when she cleaned the den, she could not have received 5 messages when she cleaned the den, nor 1 message when she cleaned her bedroom. **Clue #4: She cleaned the Kitchen on Wednesday..self explanatory. *********Now look back using all the clues instead of 1 at a time. In Clue 1 and Clue 3. More messages when she cleaned her bedroom than the den (#3). In Clue 1, it says she got more messages on Thursday than when she cleaned her room. So she could NOT have cleaned her den on Thursday. That leaves Tuesday and Friday for the den. But remember the order given in Clue 2. The den could not have been cleaned on Tuesday. Den was on Friday, which leaves only one day for the bedroom, which is Monday. Now add in the order in Clue 2, and you know that Thursday she cleaned the bathroom, and Wednesday, when she cleaned the kitchen, she received 1 message. When you know the bathroom was cleaned on Thursday, that leaves one room and one day. The living room was cleaned on Tuesday. That leaves the messages for each day. We know that the bedroom was cleaned on Monday. You should have marked off 1 and 5 messages for the bedroom. So that means that 1 and 5 should be marked off the day the bedroom was cleaned as well. They have to match. Another that doesn't match, is that Friday the den was cleaned. We know that 1 and 5 messages were not received while the den was being cleaned, so 1 and 5 could not have been received on Friday. After marking that 5 off, there is only one day with a five left -- Tuesday. You know that she received more messages on Thursday than when she cleaned her bedroom (Monday). The highest that she could have received on Thursday is 4. So we know that 4 could not have been received on Monday. By the same token, we know that she received more messages when cleaning the bathroom (Thursday) than when cleaning the den (Friday). The highest she could have received on Thursday is 4. So we know that for Friday to be less, she could not receive 4 messages on Friday. This means she received 4 messages on Thursday when she cleaned the bathroom. Looking back at clue 2 gives you the answer for the last section. She received more messages when cleaning her bedroom than when cleaning the den. So she received 3 in the bedroom, and 2 in the den.",Logic,02/14/04 #39658,The Shoplifter,2.88,1.6300000000000001,rt1819,"Once, there was a shoplifter that started stealing small items, but over time, gradually stole bigger items. A lot of the people at the store knew the thief, but no one knew what was going on. After a period of nine months, however, the shoplifter had to stop. Why?","Q: Is the shoplifter a woman? A: Yes. Q: Did she get caught? A: No. Q: Was she in disguise? A: Yes. Q: Could a man wear this disguise? A: No.","The shoplifter was disguised as a pregnant woman. As her ""belly got bigger"" she could hide larger and larger objects under it. Since many people at the store knew her and frequently asked about her ""baby"", after her nine months, since the baby should have been born, her ""belly"" would have to disappear.",Situation,12/17/07 #11509,21 = P of O in A,2.46,2.7600000000000002,just_moi,21 = P of O in A,No hint available.,21 = Percentage of Oxygen in Air,Letter-Equations,04/01/03 #3015,A Regretted Jump,2.48,2.62,PeaceJo,"A man stands on the edge of a ledge of outside the window of his office on the 62nd floor. He believes he has nothing to live for and he decides to jump. Just as he steps off, the phone rings. Upon hearing the phone ring, he immediately regrets having made such a hasty decision; however, he cannot stop his fall. Why did the man want to commit suicide and why did he change his mind when the phone rang?",He doesn't know who was calling and figuring out who was calling will not lead to the solution.,"A catastrophic event had occurred and he believed he was the only one left alive. When the phone rang, he realized that at least one other person must still be alive.",Situation,03/31/02 #29362,Forrest Gump Quotes,2.68,2.34,bigSWAFF_69_,"The following quotes are all by Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks), can you figure them out? They all use the same code. XT XSXS SCPSTF FSJM CJKD PSF CJLD S OZV ZK IGZIZCSNDF. TZE RDWDU LRZP PGSN TZE'UD AZRRS ADN. XT RSXD'F KZUUDFN AEXQ. QDZQCD ISCC XD KZUUDFN AEXQ. J'X RZN S FXSUN XSR, OEN J LRZP PGSN CZWD JF.","F:K O:Z R:U R:U E: D S:F T:N G:A U:E M:X P:Q","My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump. I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is. The Code: A:S B:O C:I D:M E:D F:K G:A H:G I:J K:L L:C M:X N:R O:Z P:Q R:U S:F T:N U:E V:W W:P X:V Y:T",Cryptography,03/27/06 #6819,Three Brothers Work All Day,2.64,2.45,majd,"We are three brothers who work day and night We do not get paid yet it is alright Sometimes we have a ""touch"" but we never fight We never make sense unless we stick tight",No hint available.,Hands on a watch,Riddle,08/24/02 #47321,Sight Rhymes 3,2.52,2.15,MarcM1098,"In each group below, the three words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each group. Example: plo___, tho___, to___ would be plough, though, tough. 1. bat___, fat___, rat___ 2. gr___, sw___, tr___ 3. d___, l___, n___","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. bath__, fath__, rath__ 2. gre__, swe__, tre__ 3. do__, lo__, no__","1. bather, father, rather 2. great, sweat, treat 3. dose, lose, nose",Language,06/23/10 #1450,What Goes Up...,2.3,1.74,Beanie18,"What goes up must come down. What goes around comes around. From down under I am true. I will always come around to you. What am I?",No hint available.,A boomerang,Riddle,11/18/01 #31737,Whispered Screams,2.38,2.46,Trickster1992,"I screech and crowd, But only you can hear. I sometimes get so loud, I fill up your whole ear. For some I'm only here for an hour, But most I stay with as long as they have power. What am I?",No hint available.,Tinnitus (a ringing/whistling in the ear),Riddle,07/12/06 #29166,Mystery Number,2.64,1.69,----,"Look at the following clues to uncover the mystery number: 1. I am a 4-digit even number, and all of my digits are different. 2. The sum of all my digits is 10. 3. Each of my digits is greater than zero. 4. The sum of the digits in my thousands place and hundreds place equals the sum of the digits in my ones place and tens place. 5. My largest digit is in the thousands place. What number am I?",Make a table with a column for each digit and eliminate the impossibilities.,"The mystery number is 4132. Since the sum of all four digits is 10, and the sum of the digits in the thousands place and the hundreds place is equal to the sum of the digits in the tens place and the ones place, then you know that each of these sums is equal to 5. Because all of the digits in the mystery number are different and none of them are equal to zero, the four digits must be some combination of 1, 2, 3, and 4. You also know that the ones digit is an even number, so the ones digit is either 2 or 4. Finally, the last clue says that the largest digit is in the thousands place, so the mystery number must be 4132.",Math,03/18/06 #30001,Complete,2.71,2.36,peppamintp,"I am a word of eight letters. Can you figure me out from the clues given? My 3, 4, 5, 8 is part of a boot. My 2, 8, 1, 3, 7 is in the zoo. My 7, 6, 2, 1 is in a band. My 2, 4, 6, 7 is a sporting event. My 3, 5, 1, 7, 8 is bluish gray. My 2, 5, 6, 8, 3 is a music type. My 2, 4, 5, 7 is a door lock.",No hint available.,"ABSOLUTE 1. Sole 2. Beast 3. Tuba 4. Bout 5. Slate 6. Blues 7. Bolt",Language,04/24/06 #15414,Two Words in One,2.38,1.96,mad-ade,"The following list of words are all proper words unto themselves, but each word also has a smaller word within it. The trick is that the smaller word ""hidden"" within the letters of the large word has to be a synonym for the larger word. One example is: rapscallion and rascal. Can you work out the others? 1. blossoms 2. evacuate 3. encourage 4. calumnies 5. indolent 6. prattle 7. rampage 8. perambulate 9. pinioned 10. joviality 11. container 12. regulates 13. splotches 14. slithered 15. perimeter 16. curtail 17. respite 18. diversified",No hint available.,"1. blooms 2. vacate 3. urge 4. lies 5. idle 6. prate 7. rage 8. ramble 9. pinned 10. joy 11. can or tin 12. rule or gate 13. spots 14. slid 15. rim 16. cut 17. rest 18. diverse",Language,11/12/03 #28545,Replication,2.37,2.95,bigSWAFF_69_,"What two similar scientific terms are represented by these Letter Equations? 3 = S in the C C (I, M, C) 4 = S in M (P, M, A, T)",No hint available.,"3 = Stages in the Cell Cycle (Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis) 4 = Stages in Mitosis (Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase) The cell cycle is the cycle in which a cell splits into two daughter cells.",Letter-Equations,02/09/06 #14756,6 ya,2.67,1.23,adoontourious,"What phrase is represented by the last line below? 6 ya 7 yar 8 yard 9 yards",No hint available.,The whole nine yards.,Rebus,09/13/03 #26923,The Spookyville Potion Hunt,2.96,2.77,cdrock,"It is Halloween down in Spookyville and the residents are getting ready to do their annual potion finding contest. In this contest, each of 5 people are assigned an ingredient of the special potion that they are to find. The first one back with their ingredient is the winner. With the clues listed can you figure out who, what kind of monster they are, which ingredient they were assigned, and how long it took them to find it? Names: Mr. Jack, Mrs. Greenskin, Mr. Redeye, Ms. Trans, and Mr. Blood Monsters: skeleton, witch/warlock, vampire, ghost, and zombie Ingredients: werewolf hair, vampire tooth, zombie blood, mummy bandage, and potion vial Time: 20 minutes, 15 minutes, 10 minutes, 5 minutes, and 3 minutes 1. The skeleton, vampire, and ghost are: the monster that took 3 minutes to find their ingredient, Mr. Jack, and the monster that found the vampire tooth. 2. The monster that took 20 minutes to find their ingredient wasn't Mr. Jack or Mr. Redeye. 3. The skeleton either found the vampire tooth or the zombie blood. 4. Ms. Trans and Mrs. Greenskin are: the vampire, and monster that took 3 minutes to find their ingredient. 5. The zombie did not find the werewolf hair, which took 15 minutes to find. 6. Mr. Blood took twice as long as the zombie. 7. The zombie is either the monster that found the zombie blood, or the monster that took 10 minutes to find their ingredient. 8. The mummy bandage wasn't found by Mrs. Greenskin (who did not find the blood) nor the ghost. 9. The vampire either took 5 minutes to find its ingredient or found the zombie blood. 10. The monster that took 5 minutes either found the vampire tooth or the mummy bandage. 11. The vampire did not take 3 minutes to find its ingredient. 12. Redeye did not find the mummy bandage",No hint available.,"Mr. Jack - ghost - 15 - werewolf hair Mrs. Greenskin - vampire - 5 - vampire tooth Mr. Redeye - zombie - 10 - potion vial Ms. Trans - skeleton - 3 - zombie blood Mr. Blood - warlock - 20 - mummy bandage",Logic-Grid,11/14/05 #30649,You Can See That?,2.47,3.01,lexymo,"PART 1) Unscramble these words. They will eventually be placed in ""categories."" XRNAOF, LITAAN, OAODDR, SPLUU, CPIEAOSISA, ABMLUCO, RCTREA, EOL, YDSUHR, MAUR RASOJ, XHENIPO and DOAANRDEM *Bonus: What are these words? PART 2) Fill in the blanks. Each word is one ""category."" These will be the ""categories"" that the first set of words will need to fall under. 1) _AN_ _ _Y 2) N_ _E_ _E_ 3) _U_ _ 4) A_ _ _L 5) _ _B_U_ _ _ 6) _EC_ _B_ _ Now place the unscrambled words in their correct ""categories."" (1, 2, 3 etc.)","PART 1) Kepler, Ptolemy and Thombaugh would be very proud if you figure this out! PART 2) Is this a leap year?","PART 1) The unscrambled words, in order, are: FORNAX, ANTILA, DORADO, LUPUS, CASSIOPEIA, COLUMBA, CRATER, LEO, HYDRUS, URSA MAJOR, PHOENIX and ANDROMEDA *Bonus Answer: These are all constellations. PART 2) The ""categories"" are: 1) JANUARY 2) NOVEMBER 3) JUNE 4) APRIL 5) FEBRUARY 6) DECEMBER The constellations should be placed with the month that they are associated with. Which is: 1) JANUARY: DORADO 2) NOVEMBER: ANDROMEDA, PHOENIX and CASSIOPEIA 3) JUNE: LUPUS 4) APRIL: ANTILA, URSA MAJOR and CRATER 5) FEBRUARY: COLUMBA 6) DECEMBER: FORNAX and HYDRUS",Language,05/23/06 #48207,Half a What?,2.56,0.96,Mathgeek007,Have you ever been told that there is no such thing as half a hole? Is there such thing as a quarter of one?,Look at the title again...,"Yes. 0.25 and 12:45 are both a quarter of 1. Re-looking at the last sentence - I was not asking what a quarter of a hole was, I was asking what a quarter of one was, as in the number one.",Trick,11/14/10 #7836,Extinction?,2.69,2.34,FBrstw,"There is an animal that could become extinct tomorrow, but next year there could be thousands or even millions of them. Can you name the animal? Note: no cloning is involved.",I backed one last Saturday.,"Mules. Because a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey, all of the mules on the planet could die tomorrow but could eventually thrive again if proper breeding takes place.",Science,10/03/02 #23099,Colored Treat,1.33,0.34,vanwil91,"I come in many different colors but my main ones are red and white. I am shaped like a cane. A lot of kids like to eat me. What am I?",No hint available.,A candy cane.,Riddle,05/23/05 #17730,Trouble At Sea,2.75,1.62,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? Captain ""The compass is _____ing North!"" Navigator ""No, it's not it's _____ing to the South!"" Captain ""It is _____ing North I tell you!"" Navigator ""The compass may well be, but the needle is ______ing South!!"" Captain ""I am amazed you can even navigate from _____ A to _____ B!"" Navigator ""Well you ap_____ed me to this position!""",Find the blanked out word in this disagreement.,"There are a few possible answers with all of the ""points"" being blanked out. A pointless argument. Missing the point. Point blank.",Rebus,05/24/04 #7398,First Overture,2.23,1.46,majd,"What is this common phrase? I C E",No hint available.,Break the ice.,Rebus,09/13/02 #5207,The Diamond,3.09,2.36,dustomatic,"A rich old lady died and left all her money to her grandchildren and her children. At the end of the will she stated that she had one last thing to give away: her precious diamond. She gave a clue to where it might be. She said ""it's in a cylinder surrounded by a thousand squares."" One grandchild said, ""I know where it is,"" and found it. Where was it?",No hint available.,In a roll of toilet paper.,Situation,07/04/02 #44729,1 C = 237 M,2.04,1.93,Sprringe,1 C = 237 M,No hint available.,1 Cup = 237 Milliliters,Letter-Equations,06/24/09 #41740,Mixed Doubles,3.21,1.81,SSVillalobos,"The answers to the following definitions all start with the prefix ""para"". It might take a bit of lateral thinking to figure them out! For example, the definition: ""Two places where a building is being constructed"" would have the answer ""Parasites"". 1. Two tender green plant growths 2. Two 10-cent pieces 3. Two male bovines 4. Two shark appendages 5. Two untruths 6. Two furry family members BONUS: 7. Two dorky guys from ""New Joisey""","Actual definitions for the answers: 1. Canopies for slowing a fall from an aircraft 2. Models that form a basis of something 3. Morals or religious stories 4. Fuel oils 5. To deprive somebody of voluntary movement 6. Low protective walls 7. Distrustful or obsessively anxious patients","1. Parachutes 2. Paradigms 3. Parables 4. Paraffins 5. Paralyze 6. Parapets 7. Paranoids",Language,04/29/08 #27611,Word Swap #6,2.82,2.11,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. The long-time coach was always under control and was known for his _________ temperament. So it came as a shock when he got a technical foul for arguing a ___________ call. 2. Jennifer's new glasses will certainly _________ her need to continually squint. Her new prescription has much more powerful __________. 3. The fire department was so quick and skilled in the __________ effort that the reporter didn't even see them __________ the rope line to the helicopter.",No hint available.,"1. reserved, reversed 2. lessen, lenses 3. rescue, secure",Language,12/21/05 #3083,Family Photo,2.58,1.55,comet16,"A family photo has: one grandfather, one grandmother; two fathers, two mothers; six children, four grandchildren; two brothers, two sisters; three sons, three daughters; one father-in-law, one mother-in-law, one daughter-in-law What is the least number of people here?",No hint available.,"8: four children- two boys, two girls their mother and father one set of grandparents",Logic,04/01/02 #42503,More From Shaw,2.26,2.48,aresII,"These are two quotes from George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950). He was considered the greatest English playwright since Shakespeare. He was actually born in Ireland and did not move to London until he was twenty years old. Each puzzle uses the same code. *The hint contains three vowels. T=H ""BTDW F JFW BFWMZ MX JNYHDY F MRSDY TD EFVVZ RM ZKXYM: BTDW MTD MRSDY BFWMZ MX JNYHDY TRJ TD EFVVZ RM IDYXERMP."" ""GDBFYD XI IFVZD QWXBVDHSD; RM RZ JXYD HFWSDYXNZ MTFW RSWXYFWED.""","D=E R=I X=O","""WHEN A MAN WANTS TO MURDER A TIGER HE CALLS IT SPORT: WHEN THE TIGER WANTS TO MURDER HIM HE CALLS IT FEROCITY."" ""BEWARE OF FALSE KNOWLEDGE; IT IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN IGNORANCE."" KEY: B=W D=E E=C F=A G=B H=D I=F J=M K=P M=T N=U P=Y Q=K R=I S=G T=H V=L W=N X=O Y=R Z=S",Cryptography,07/15/08 #24917,What Letter is Missing 2,2.33,2.53,phrebh,"What single letter can be arranged in the following series to complete it? ?B?DEFG??JKLMNOPQRS?UVWXYZ",The question didn't say what single letter could replace the question marks.,"H Take the letters from the spelling of the letter H (aitch) and arrange them in their proper location to complete the alphabet.",Series,07/27/05 #11037,Vicious Dance,2.74,2.24,MrIxolite,"What word in Group 2 belongs in Group 1 and why? Also what makes it slightly different nonetheless? Group 1: Dance Vicious Bermuda Ring Group 2: Salt Sugar Eggs Milk",Geometry,"Sugar All the others can be put with geometric shape to describe something else. SQUARE Dance Vicious CIRCLE Bermuda TRIANGLE DIAMOND Ring & Sugar CUBE Sugar Cube is slightly different as the shape is three-dimensional as opposed to the others that are two-dimensional.",Group,03/10/03 #25880,On Thinking...,2.44,2.35,phrebh,"BIDHG GSTNBSGP IDWNFDW GT KIHFGZFD YDFTVD BIDHG HFGP. --LZOOZHV SHAOZGG GSD VHM LST WTDP MTG WT SZP TLM GSZMXZMB ZP H POHED, HMW ZP H GIHZGTI GT SZVPDOU HMW GT SZP UDOOTL-VDM. --ITYDIG B. ZMBDIPTOO",D=E,"Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts. --William Hazlitt The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow-men. --Robert G. Ingersoll A=Z B=G D=E E=V F=C G=T H=A I=R K=P L=W M=N N=U O=L P=S S=H T=O U=F V=M W=D X=K Y=B Z=I",Cryptography,09/12/05 #22298,All In The Name,2.23,2.0,slipknot666,"Which one of these people don't belong: John Phillip Sousa Thomas Jefferson Michael Jordan Black Sabbath Ozzy Osbourne",No hint available.,"Black Sabbath (All the other have had something named after them {Sousa-Sousaphone, Jefferson-Jefferson City, Michael Jordan-Air Jordans, Ozzy-Ozzfest})",Group,04/17/05 #22574,Beethoven's Room,2.73,1.62,beethovenswig,"Beethoven has been kidnapped! The kidnapper has tied Beethoven up and put him in one of four rooms...each room has a different symbol on its door. The symbols are: @, #, *, &. Use the clues below to figure out which symbol belongs to which door and the room where Beethoven is. 1. The @ symbol is not on the door to the room where Beethoven is. 2. The * symbol is on the door to the second room. 3. Beethoven is in one room to the right of the room with the @ symbol on the door. 4. The & symbol is to the left of the room where Beethoven is. 5. The # symbol is not on the first door.",No hint available.,"Beethoven is in the fourth room. Room number 1 has the & symbol on the door. Room number 2 has the * symbol on the door. Room number 3 has the @ symbol on the door. Room number 4 has Beethoven in the room and the # symbol on the door.",Logic,04/30/05 #42095,M = M that is L at R T,2.25,2.11,shenqiang,M = M that is L at R T,It's commonly used to measure temperature and pressure.,Mercury = metal that is liquid at room temperature.,Letter-Equations,05/31/08 #22930,Pancake Tower,2.54,2.0,dsquared,"What expression is hidden in the situation below? Waiter: ""What would you like?"" Diner: ""A fifty stack of pancakes thanks""",The expression is used to describe a situation that you might think is a little beyond your abilities.,A tall order,Rebus,05/15/05 #280,My busy schedule!,2.45,0.91,Karin,"Next week I want to have lunch with my friend, visit a new art gallery, meet with my professor and have my teeth cleaned. My friend cannot meet me on Wednesday, my professor does not keep week-end office hours, the art gallery is closed on Tuesday, Thursday, and weekends, and my dentist has office hours only on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. On what day can I do everything that I have planned?",No hint available.,Friday. Just cross out the days that can`t be used.,Logic,02/14/01 #28920,Hinkie Pinkie,3.17,1.96,blue4ever16,"These word pairs are not in relation to each other, but if you find their synonyms, the two words will rhyme. Example : Over-sized Feline = Fat Cat Kiss Dog Funny Cat Movie Monster Unusual Rabbit Copper Teapot Wedding Limo Untamed Minor",No hint available.,"Smooch Pooch Witty Kitty Feature Creature Rare Hare Metal Kettle Marriage Carriage Wild Child",Language,03/04/06 #3401,DEA,2.68,2.39,PeaceJo,"Decipher this: dea",No hint available.,No idea,Rebus,04/10/02 #41198,H C = L R H in P,2.16,2.3,shenqiang,H C = L R H in P,No hint available.,High card = lowest ranking hand in poker.,Letter-Equations,03/25/08 #41713,Close Days,1.86,1.41,pinkhakix3,dayday,Think musicals.,"Day by day This phrase is also a song from the musical ""Godspell"".",Rebus,04/27/08 #38358,First Impressions,2.44,2.43,4demo,"The Sites and Their Owners: One Street: Miss Love Two Avenue: Mr. Greed Three Boulevard: Mr. Trust Four Drive: Mrs. Friendship Five Place: Ms. Hatred Six Road: Mr. Respect",Try rewriting the addresses using shorthand.,"Love at first sight. The abbreviation for ""One Street"" is ""1 St"", or 1st, which is also the name of one of the ""sites"" (site is a homophone for sight). From that we get ""first sight"". The owner of One Street, or the first site (sight), is Miss Love, so Love lives at the first site (sight). Put that together to get ""Love at first sight"".",Rebus,09/19/07 #27978,Red 8's,2.33,2.16,brules370,We wrote down all the 3 digit numbers in an increasing order. We used a red pen for the even numbers digits and a blue pen for the odd numbers digits. How many red 8's are there on the paper?,"Do it in hundreds. First finds how many 8's there are from 100-199, then 200-299, and so on.","From 100-109 there is 1 eight (108). From 110-119 there is another 8. So for every 10 numbers there is one number that has an 8. But, the ten digits from 180-189 are different since the tens column now has an eight. There are 5 even numbers in those 10 digits so there must be 5 eights but 188 has 2 eights and it is an even number. So, that means that there are 6 eights in the 180-188 digits. Altogether, the number of eights from 100-199 is 9+6. Since there are 9 hundred numbers (0-99 doesn't count), it would have been multiplied it by 9 but 800-899 is different so only multiply it by 8. Now, figure out how many eights are in the 800-899 numbers. There are more than 50 since there are 50 even numbers where the eight is the hundreds digit. But, 808, 818, etc have 2 eights. So, add 9 more eights because 880-889 is different. Now we have 8(9+6)+50+9 red 8's. There are 5 even numbers in the 880-889 numbers. So, add 5 but 888 has 3 eights so add 1 more. Now we have 8(9+6)+50+9+5+1. Then, simplify: 8(9+6)+50+9+5+1 =8(15)+50+9+5+1 =120+50+9+5+1 =185 So, the answer is that there are 185 red eights on the paper.",Logic,01/08/06 #45446,The Math Department Annual Dinner,2.69,1.68,dalfamnest,"My department needs a new Social Coordinator! You see, we were going to have a Chinese New Year dinner but the seating plan proved to be too much for the organizer, who has now resigned. Math teachers can be hard to please! The restaurant had big round tables for 10 people, (perfect for our department size), with chairs placed evenly around. Everyone was going to attend, and a fun evening seemed assured ... until the problems began. [A] Ding wanted to sit as far as possible away from Dong. [B] Walter wanted to sit opposite Wira, who insisted on sitting closer to Dong than to Ding. [C] Wynn, Dan and Walter always sit together, in that order, anticlockwise (something about feng shui, they claimed.) [D] Wira only wanted to sit between Liza and Fozz, who always sits with Rita! Work out the seating plan and discover which teachers I sat between so everyone's preferences could be satisfied.",It's probably easiest to start with Wynn-Dan-Walter - the feng shui trio!,"Starting with me and going clockwise, there was Walter on my left, Dan, Wynn, Dong, Liza, Wira, Fozz, Rita, and then Ding on my Right. SOLUTION: If we number all the seats clockwise starting with Walter = 1, then Dan = 2 and Wynn = 3 [C]. From [B], Wira is at 6. That leaves only 4 and 9 or 5 and 10 for Dong and Ding [A], and from [B] we find that Dong must be at 4 or 5. Dong can not be at 5 [D] so Dong = 4 and Ding = 9. That leaves only 7 and 8 for Fozz and Rita respectively [D] so Liza = 5 [D] and I come in at 10. It's not an easy life teaching, is it? Maybe that's why we decided on an Indian restaurant for next year! I'll report on that later.",Logic,10/07/09 #35571,Chemistry,2.32,2.84,Goat,"4 = Q N (P, O, M, & S)",No hint available.,"4 = Quantum Numbers (Principal, Orbital, Magnetic, & Spin)",Letter-Equations,03/06/07 #16277,Mad Ade's Anagram Teaser #7,2.34,2.44,mad-ade,"This is a basic anagram teaser where the clues will lead to two words that are anagrams of each other. For example ""Attach Father"" would be ""Add Dad"" Or ""Canine Deity"" could be ""God Dog"" 1, Reorganise previous? 2, Hearing no sound? 3, Eastern relative? 4, Deer horn lease? 5, Defy female sibling?",No hint available.,"1, Reform Former 2, Silent Listen 3, Oriental Relation 4, Antler Rental 5, Resist Sister",Language,01/21/04 #11830,Hey You Can`t Do That!,2.26,0.85,od-1,"What common excuse do people give when asked, ""What are you doing?"", that is actually impossible for them to do?",No hint available.,"Nothing. For you're always doing something.",Other,04/17/03 #47349,What Comes Next 2,2.59,1.6300000000000001,MarcM1098,"What number comes next? 12,485,257,841,203,569","In a list, each comma is followed by a space. Remember that this is a trick.","Just add one to this very large number! The next number is: 12,485,257,841,203,570.",Trick,06/28/10 #24909,Pizza Problem,2.24,2.0,DancAllNiteLong,"Xavier ordered a large pizza for lunch. The pizza had a diameter of 18 inches, and was cut into 8 pieces. Xavier ate 4 full pieces. But he only ate 1/4 of the fifth piece. Later on, Xavier felt very ill and went to see a doctor. The doctor couldn't help Xavier unless he knew the exact amount of pizza in his patient's stomach. What should Xavier tell his doctor?",Use 3.141593 as pi. Don't round the decimals...the doctor needs to know the exact amount!,"Xavier ate 135.186658 sq. units of pizza. Area of pizza = 254.469005 (8 pieces) 1 piece = 31.808626 4 full pieces = 127.234502 1/4 of one slice = 7.952156 127.234502 + 7.952156 = 135.186658",Math,07/27/05 #38935,The Secrets Are Out!,2.49,2.23,aresII,"Here are a couple of quotes from Jerry Seinfeld. Can you decode them? The same code is used for both puzzles. Q=W ""UOY CAY'K NXEO QMXK'I AY KP. KMOV AYTV NXEO QMXK OTIO HI AY KP."" ""IAUOKHUOI KMO EAXC TOII KEXPOTOC HI TOII KEXPOTOC ZAE X EOXIAY.""","E=R N=C V=Y","""MEN DON'T CARE WHAT'S ON TV. THEY ONLY CARE WHAT ELSE IS ON TV."" ""SOMETIMES THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED IS LESS TRAVELED FOR A REASON."" KEY: A=O C=D E=R H=I I=S K=T M=H N=C O=E P=V Q=W T=L U=M V=Y X=A Y=N Z=F",Cryptography,10/25/07 #13972,Whistling,2.24,1.22,PhilDunphy,"What does the following represent? WAV RADIO",No hint available.,Short wave radio.,Rebus,07/22/03 #36184,Antonyms,2.32,2.72,t4mt,"For the task below, use the letters represented by each number on a standard phone. For example, the word ""eat"" can be represented by the number 328. Given that the following pairs of numbers are antonyms, can you find what the words are? 23537489 & 75696377 2278364687 & 4588866687","Ok, I'll give you a couple letters of each word: 23537489 = C_L_R_ _Y 75696377 = S_O_N_ _S 2278364687 = A_S_E_ _ _ US 4588866687 = G_U_T_ _ O _S","23537489 - Celerity, which is a synonym of ""swiftness."" 75696377 - Slowness 2278364687 - Abstemious, which is using or consuming sparingly. 4588866687 - Gluttonous, or taking a pleasure to using, mostly in terms of eating.",Cryptography,04/12/07 #6776,Count the R's,2.37,0.62,silver_sword,"Round and round the ragged rock, The rugged rascal ran. Tell me how many 'r's in that, It's trickier than it can get!",No hint available.,"0. There are no 'r's in the word ""that""",Trick,08/22/02 #12522,4 = A on V,2.16,2.87,lauramarie,4 = A on V,Hindu mythology,4 = Arms on Vishnu,Letter-Equations,05/21/03 #28757,Final Words 2,2.75,2.55,chidam11,"Try to decipher the final words of some eminent personalities by cracking the code. 1.V UP HLVKA QVGO VG UII. -QVKZGBK MOSJMOVII. 2.GSJK SN GOX IVAOGZ, V HB KBG QUKG GB AB OBPX VK GOX HUJY. -B.OXKJL. 3.V HVX OUJH DSG KBG URJUVH GB AB. -AXBJAX QUZOVKAGBK","M-c J-r K-n","A-g B-o C-q D-b E-z F-j G-t H-d I-l J-r K-n L-y M-c N-p O-h P-m Q-w R-f S-u T-x U-a V-i W-v X-e Y-k Z-s 1.I am dying with it all. -Winston Churchill. 2.Turn up the lights, I do not want to go home in the dark. -O.Henry. 3.I die hard but not afraid to go. -George Washington.",Cryptography,02/23/06 #47857,Halos,2.28,1.62,1smart_okie,C of A=L A,The title may be a clue.,City of Angels=Los Angeles,Letter-Equations,08/28/10 #29893,Can You Spot the Theme?,2.81,2.62,peppamintp,"Each of the sentences below has a hidden anagram in it. Can you find the anagram and the theme? 1. I am stiff from exercise. 2. Her guy Don is so sweet. 3. I saw three pink geese yesterday. 4. Have you ever seen a bee lag behind its queen? 5. Don't slip an e at the end of spit just to spite me.",No hint available.,"Theme : Dogs 1. Mastiff (am stiff) 2. Greyhound (Her guy Don) 3. Pekingese (pink geese) 4. Beagle (bee lag) 5. Spaniel (slip an e)",Language,04/19/06 #589,Wind is my foe,2.57,1.86,snoopdogg,"My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured, Thin I am quick, Fat I am slow, Wind is my foe.",No hint available.,A candle,Riddle,06/05/01 #50570,Butterfly Chaos,3.06,2.27,Hydra1234,"A shipment of butterflies was mixed up by the dock workers, and they could not find who bought which species, where it was from, and what was the price. All the workers know is that Alejandro, Faye, Yvette, Sophie, and Zachary could have each bought butterflies that cost $60, $75, $90, $105, or $120. Each could have bought the Clearwing, the Emperor, the Grayling, the Swallowtail, or the Torturix butterflies. Each butterfly could have lived in Australia, Jordan, Luxembourg, Panama, or Qatar. It is up to you to find out who bought which butterfly, what was the price, and where did it come from with the provided clues: 1. Neither the butterfly from Luxembourg nor the one from Australia sold for $90. 2. The Emperor butterfly cost $30 more than the Torturix butterfly. 3. Zachary's purchase was $75. 4. The butterfly from Australia cost less than the one from Luxembourg. 5. Alejandro's purchase was from Luxembourg. 6. Of Yvette's purchase and the purchase for $60, one was from Qatar and the other was the Torturix. 7. The butterfly that sold for $120 was not from Panama. 8. The insect from Australia was not the Torturix. 9. Faye bought the Torturix. 10. Sophie did not buy the Grayling. 11. Of the Emperor and the insect worth $105, one was won by Yvette and the other was from Luxembourg. 12. The insect that sold for $105 was the Swallowtail.",Alejandro bought the $105 butterfly.,"Faye bought the Torturix from Panama for $60. Zachary bought the Grayling from Australia for $75. Yvette bought the Emperor from Qatar for $90. Alejandro bought the Swallowtail from Luxembourg for $105. Sophie bought the Clearwing from Jordan for $120.",Logic-Grid,04/17/15 #35927,Gaze into my face,2.4,1.74,Trumalia,"This is an old Italian riddle from 1300-1900 AD. From everyone I do something take, But on myself no claim I make. Mark well my nature. If you gaze Into my face I mock your ways: For if you sorrow, I am sad; But if you smile, you make me glad. Because I tell truth from a lie, Men call me wicked, false, and sly; Strange saying this, but true I ween. So I, to let it clear be seen That truth nor honesty I lack, Will never tell you white is black.",No hint available.,Mirror,Riddle,02/22/07 #26013,What Two Numbers,2.19,2.08,metallicman,"What two numbers are used in this number pattern? 50, 50, 100, 100, 50, 51, 53, 52, 50....",No hint available.,"The numbers 1 and 2. First it is in this order: multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction. Each step always begins with 1 and then 2, then it returns to 1 for the next step. Step 1) 50x1=50 then 50x2=100; Step 2) 100/1=100 then 100/2=50; Step 3) 50+1=51 then 51+2=53; Step 4) 53-1= 52 then 52-2=50.",Math,09/21/05 #4599,Cup of Coffee,2.71,1.84,bobbrt,"You are served a hot cup of coffee and room-temperature cream at a restaurant. You want to wait a few minutes before you drink the coffee, and you want it to be as hot as possible when you drink it. Should you pour the cream in the coffee: a) Immediately b) Just before you drink it c) It doesn't matter ( ""don't add any cream"" is not an option)",No hint available.,"The driving force for heat transfer is temperature difference. The coffee by itself is very hot and will therefore cool down at a fast rate. Then once the cream is added the temperature will drop even more. If the cream is added immediately, then the temperature will drop initially but will then drop at a slower rate since the coffee with cream is cooler than the coffee alone and therefore the driving force for heat transfer is less. As an added bonus, adding the cream will increase the mass of the contents of the cup. A larger mass takes longer to cool down than a smaller one at the same temperature. Therefore, the cream should be added immediately.",Science,06/09/02 #40855,Spanish Class,2.52,1.36,chocolatecake,"Mrs. McGuire, the Spanish teacher at Hillsview High, had her students take a Spanish test. Later that night, she was taking them home to grade them when she noticed that some of the student's tests didn't have names on them. She narrowed her search down to five students: Brooke, Max, Austin, Jake, and Susie. Help Mrs. McGuire figure out whose test is whose and what grade each of them had received. Clues: 1. Brooke got a 91% on her test. 2. The student with the last name Smith did not get an 86%. 3. Susie got a lower grade than Jake. 4. Max's last name is not Reiner. 5. The student who got an 80% is not Austin. 6. The student who got a 62% was Max. 7. The student who got a 75% has the last name of Smith. 8. The student with the last name Tomten did not get an 80% or 62%. 9. Susie's last name does not end or start with a 'T'. 10. Austin's last name is Johnson.",No hint available.,"Brooke - Tomten - 91% Jake - Reiner - 80% Susie - Smith - 75% Max - Ernst - 62% Austin - Johnson - 86%",Logic-Grid,03/04/08 #49399,Lonely,2.18,1.55,Marple,"What does this represent? 0, 2, 3, 4, 5 Adore Adore.",You would be feeling very sorry for yourself if you had this!,"No one to love. (No 1 + adore = love x 2)",Rebus,04/02/12 #36474,Of Strength and Sorrow...,2.57,1.12,brainster,"An animal I am, a symbol of strength. Wild, untamed, beautiful, people could go on at length! About my ferocity, my gait, the pride in my walk, If looks can kill, my eyes can definitely talk! Unfortunately I am endangered, some of my species even extinct, Because of men who hunt for my elusive power, using parts of me as tonic and liniment. The last thing I can tell you about me, I share a trait with the zebra, yet I'd eat one easily!",No hint available.,"The Tiger. The tiger is known for its ferocity, beauty, and power. So much so, that men have hunted tigers down to the point of extinction. Several species of tigers are extinct and several more are endangered. The trait the tiger shares with the zebra are of course stripes. Tigers are hunted down for their skin, and several other parts which are believed to have one or the other potent medical effect. Unfortunately, this very power of a tiger has now become its curse and today, measures are being taken by many governments to put a stop to tiger hunting and to protect this endangered species.",Riddle,05/01/07 #17934,Jen's Circus Trip,2.35,2.58,horse_luver,"Jennifer lives in a rural community and farms with her parents for a living. Most of the time she loves this life and enjoys farming immensely. However, sometimes she really enjoys getting a break from the hard farming life and going somewhere to just have fun. Her favourite place to do this is the circus, and this February they're in town! This February is not on a leap year, and it is unique in that it has four of each day (4 Sundays, 4 Mondays, 4 Tuesdays, etc). Jen is all excited about the circus, and wants to go very badly. But, she still has chores to do around the farm. Every other Wednesday (the first and third week), she collects the eggs from the chickens and refills their feed bucket. On Sundays, she and her entire family go to church, as they are very religious. On the second week of the month, many of their sheep are due to have lambs, so she has to stay home and help. Fridays are taken up by grooming the horses and cows. If she puts her savings together, she will be able to afford one regular price ticket. But then she will have no money left for candy floss. Luckily, the circus has a special on: on 5 random days of the month, they will have a discount for farmers only. This discount will allow Jen to buy a ticket as well as lots of candy floss. There's only one catch. They only announce that the special will be on the day before. There would be no planning ahead for it. This makes Jen feel blue, and she thinks that she probably won't make it on any of the discount days. Question: What is the probability of Jen being able to go on a discount day?",The number of days that Jen is busy can be simplified into one number.,"15 days out of 28 Jen is busy (2 Wednesdays, 4 Fridays, 4 Sundays, and 1 week for sheep, less Sunday & Friday). The chance of Jen missing one of the discount days is 15/28 or 53.57%. The chances of Jen missing the second discount day is 14/27 or 51.85%, the 3rd 13/26 (50%), the 4th 12/25 (48%), the 5th 11/24 (45.83). The chance of her missing all 5 would be 53.57%x51.85%x50%x48%x43.83% or ((15*14*13*12*11)/(28*27*26*25*24)) = 3%. Therefore, the probability that Jen is able to go on a discount day is about 97% (96.94% actually).",Probability,07/03/04 #48764,In-deed!,2.96,1.92,dalfamnest,"In this teaser you place a small word in ""de...ed"" to produce a new word. The letters are inserted in order, as a whole. Each cryptic clue has two parts: * first, a clue for the small word * finally, a clue for the new word The hint gives the number of letters in the small word. Example: CLUE: A knight, indeed, is longed for. HINT: 3 ANSWER: deSIRed - ""Sir"" in ""de...ed"" - means ""longed for"" CLUES: 1. Face the ball, indeed! He just had a war of words. 2. Not able to, indeed! It was poured out without disturbing the sediment. 3. Short, indeed; but thoroughly cross-examined.","1. 3 2. 4 3. 5","1. deBATed 2. deCANTed 3. deBRIEFed",Language,05/29/11 #3110,Gladiatorial,2.7,2.55,comet16,"These words belong to the same logical family: UNDECEIVABLE SIMULTANEOUS ALIMENTATION CAUTIOUSNESS GLADIATORIAL FORAMINIFERA Which one of these belongs too? Why? PHILANTHROPY SEISMOLOGIST ONOMATOPOEIA REAPPEARANCE",No hint available.,"REAPPEARANCE (All have 6 consonants and 6 vowels)",Group,04/02/02 #17969,Sunburn,2.29,1.3,Jake,"A man walks outside to pick up the morning paper. When he comes back inside he is sunburned. He was only outside for a few minutes, so how did he get sunburned?",No hint available.,He had gone to the beach the previous day and had gotten burned when he forgot to put on sunscreen. He was still sunburned the next day.,Situation,06/27/04 #15809,Mad Ade's Rhyme Time #11,2.26,1.65,mad-ade,"This style of teaser is to use the clues given to find two words that rhyme and fit the description, for example a weird ape would be a funky monkey, or a wealthy Halloween gal would be a rich witch. 1, Clever internal organ? 2, Dull Shellfish? 3, Miserly Adult Lambs? 4, Cold Medicine Tablet? 5, Cable Combustion?",No hint available.,"1, Smart Heart 2, Drab Crab 3, Cheap Sheep 4, Chill Pill 5, Wire Fire",Language,12/15/03 #28653,Enjoy Yourself,2.67,1.49,schatzy228,"What phrase is represented below? My life Your life 9:30 His life Her life",The title should help.,The time of your life.,Rebus,02/16/06 #5774,Scotch Bet,2.78,1.86,Bobbrt,"Bill and Ted each ordered a double scotch. Bill bet Ted $1 that he could put a normal bowl over Ted's scotch and then drink it without touching, directly or indirectly, the bowl, the scotch glass, or the bar. And, Bill added ""I will not have anyone or anything assist me in any way."" Is this a good bet for Ted to take and why?",No hint available.,"Ted should not take the bet. Bill will pick up the bowl, drink the double scotch (which cost Ted about $10), and pay Ted $1 for losing the bet.",Trick,07/21/02 #4785,Moving Escalator,2.23,2.06,mad-ade,"If it takes Mad Ade 2 minutes to walk up a moving escalator in the same direction as the escalator, but 6 minutes - at the very same pace - down the same escalator, how much faster than the escalator is Mad Ade walking.",No hint available.,"Mad Ade is walking twice as fast as the escalator Mad Ade's average speed upwards is just the average speed of his walking (call this W) plus the average speed of the escalator (call this E); and his average speed down is just the average speed of his walking minus plus the average speed of the escalator. So Time to walk up 2(W + E) = time to walk down 6(W - E) This reduces to W = 2E or twice as fast as the escalator",Math,06/17/02 #26803,After School Activities,3.04,1.9000000000000001,Rob2003,"Five parents pick up their children at the Parkway Elementary School every Tuesday to bring the kids to their after school activity. Five children all attended a different after school activity and their parents always arrive at different times (between 3:00 pm and 3:30 pm). Child's name: Colleen, Donald, Josh, Margie, and Mary Parent's name: Ann, Capri, Kathy, David and Lynne Last Name: Dobson, Holden, Johnson, Steinway, and Walsh Times picked up: 3:00, 3:10, 3:20, 3:25, and 3:30 Activities: ballet, chess, fencing, football, and hiking. Determine each child's full name, the first name of the parent picking them up (all the parents' last names are the same as their child's), the time each was picked up, and the activity each child is being brought to. 1. Margie's best friend's mother, Mrs. Dobson, arrived before Kathy came to pick up her son. Mrs. Walsh picked up her daughter for fencing. 2. Josh Steinway loved football as much as Donald liked chess and they both liked being the last two to be picked up. 3. David Holden picked up his daughter for her hiking as soon as he could, but Lynne was always there before he was. 4. Margie liked being the first one picked up but she didn't take ballet or hiking. 5. Lynne's daughter was not Margie. 6. In order of their departure from school: Ann, the girl who took ballet, Mary Holden, the boy who took football, and Capri Johnson.",Colleen is a girl's name,"Colleen Dobson: Lynne, 3:10, ballet Donald Johnson: Capri, 3:30, chess Josh Steinway: Kathy, 3:25, football Margie Walsh: Ann, 3:00 pm, fencing Mary Holden: David, 3:20 pm, hiking",Logic-Grid,11/08/05 #36679,Shuffle 2,2.96,2.13,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to start with the letter 'U', and then each time add a letter and shuffle it to make a new word. You need to continue this process until you reach the word 'PRODUCE'. Not including 'U', you must do this in six (6) turns. Good luck. U _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ P R O D U C E",No hint available.,"U UP CUP COUP COUPE RECOUP PRODUCE",Language,05/20/07 #35290,Prize Arcade Cameo,2.19,2.86,MarcM1098,"The same item is missing from both series. It isn't a fruit or vegetable. What is it? Cherries, Strawberry, Peach, Apple, Grapes, ?, Bell, Key Carrot, Turnip, Mushroom, Cucumber, Eggplant, Pepper, Tomato, Garlic, Watermelon, ?, Pineapple","Prize Arcade Cameo Made After Namco. Digging In Ground Does Unearth Galaxy.","Galaxian flagship. The Galaxian flagship makes numerous cameo appearances in Namco arcade games. The first letter of each word in the hint gives the origin of the two lists. The first list is from Pac-Man, the second is from Dig Dug. These bonus items appear at different stages of the game.",Series,02/12/07 #8340,That Is Unacceptable,2.55,2.24,something,ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQQQQQQQRSTUVWYZ,No hint available.,"""No excuse"" (no x q's). There is no x, but there are many q's.",Rebus,11/03/02 #23957,Deck Building,2.15,2.43,drussel3,"Ralph wanted to buy all the lumber for his deck in one trip, and not have to go back to the lumberyard 45 miles away. He didn't want to buy more than he needed because wood is expensive and he had nowhere to store it. Ralph's plans for his deck called for standard 2x4 - 8 foot long pine boards with 3/8"" spacing between each board for drainage. His deck was to be 8 feet deep by 30 feet long. The last board farthest from the doorwall could be cut lengthwise to fit if necessary, thus giving him a smaller width board at the end where no one is likely to see it. How many 2x4's did he buy?","The boards are to be laid flat, not on end. No tricks in the deck layout, the board placement, or the 3/8"" drainage spacing.","He purchased (93) 2x4's with no cutting required (not 83 boards). Standard 2x4 lumber is actually 1.5"" x 3.5"" in size. 30 foot = 360 inches = x (3.5"") + (x-1) (0.375"") where x is the number of boards Lumber is referred to by its nominal size, in this instance, 2x4. It starts out as 2"" x 4"" when it is first rough sawn from the log. It is then dried and planed to its finished size of 1.5"" x 3.5"".",Math,06/23/05 #34176,Word Mix Up - Animal Series 7,2.67,2.04,grungy49,"Your job is to unscramble the word, take the letters needed and then when you have all the letters unscramble them to make an animal. RYBEAK (take letters 2 and 3) RIBTO (take letters 2 and 3) EKNOT (take letters 2 and 3) AGNOAN (take letters 2 and 3) MUBCRY (take letters 2 and 3)",No hint available.,"BAKERY (take A and K) ORBIT (take R and B) TOKEN (take O and K) GOANNA (take O and A) CRUMBY (take R and U) Unscramble these to get kookaburra. Kookaburras are found in Australia. They make a distinct laughing noise.",Language,11/30/06 #49972,Operation: Nothing-Ectomy,2.27,2.45,cnmne,"Six words have had terms meaning nothing removed. The nothing terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each nothing term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: nada, nil, none, null, void, zip Group B: acon, aprze, gete, islec, maran, msku",No hint available.,"nada + acon = anaconda (aNAconDA) nil + gete = gentile (geNtILe) none + islec = insolence (iNsOleNcE) null + msku = numskull (NUmskuLL) void + aprze = vaporized (VapOrIzeD) zip + maran = marzipan (marZIPan)",Language,10/13/13 #50175,Missing Word 10,2.69,1.5,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? C_ _ _ON W_ _ _E _ _ _HER W_ _ _TLE",GRAP_ _ _E,"HIT CHITON WHITE HITHER WHITTLE HINT: GRAPHITE",Language,03/08/14 #2313,President,2.13,1.32,boris,What was the U.S. President's name in 1970?,No hint available.,"Barack Obama It was still his name!",Trick,02/13/02 #10180,3 Nautical Miles,2.57,2.59,dumbell,"What does this represent? United Kingdom, Greece, Italy, Australia, USA, China, Brazil, Germany, New Zealand = 3 Nautical miles",No hint available.,League of Nations,Rebus,02/02/03 #22725,Bitten Ear,2.83,1.6,kodhrawara,"My full head of teeth had begun to yellow With a whitened beard, long before I did mellow. As for you, Mike Tyson m'dear You're welcome to bite my ear From me many a flake is born Yet snowy winter days I distinctly scorn. Your Mom has a nerve to go With my Pop to a show.",No hint available.,Ear of Corn,Riddle,05/07/05 #15506,I'm Never Far From Home,2.72,1.76,isisruler,"I am found in the sea and on land but I do not walk or swim. I travel by foot but I am toeless. No matter where I go, I'm never far from home. What am I?",I don't like SALT!!,Snail,Riddle,11/23/03 #24420,Fabled Classifieds,3.16,1.1,drussel3,"The below classified ads were spotted in this week's newspaper. They all share a common feature. What is that common feature, and who is each ad's author? 1. Crimson cloaked young female seeks protection services. Task include food courier service. Outdoor experience a plus. Inquire with grandmother. 2. For Sale: 20 mattresses. Like new, used only once. Each shares common irregularity, not discernible by most. Make offer. 3. For Sale: Two adjacent lots. Located near new brick housing. Land can be cleared of debris upon request. Will build to suit. 4. Debris removal services required. Have large amounts of vegetation that requires cut up and removal. Please call for details. Gold or specialty hybrid seeds available for trade. 5. Lost: 1 Slipper, translucent in color. Sentimental value. Last seen, yesterday before midnight. Please leave message with stepmother.",No hint available.,"All the ads are all from fairy tale characters. 1. Grandmother (Little Red Riding Hood) 2. The Old Queen (Princess & the Pea) 3. The 3rd little pig (3 Little Pigs) 4. Jack's widowed mom (Jack and the Beanstalk) 5. Cinderella's stepmother (Cinderella)",Trivia,07/11/05 #16347,A Plane Trip,2.36,1.72,airhead3,"Two identical airplanes (Plane A and Plane B) make the round-trip flight from Miami to Las Vegas on different days. They both use the exact same route, have the same layover time in Las Vegas and flight conditions are the same, save one: Plane A experiences no winds on the flight, and Plane B experiences a constant wind that gives it a headwind (flying against the wind) going to Las Vegas, and a tailwind (flying with the wind) back to Miami. If both airplanes maintain the same airspeed (speed relative to the wind) the entire flight, which airplane will take longer to complete the round-trip? Why?",You don't need math to solve it.,"Plane B will take longer. The headwind decreases Plane B's speed over the ground the same amount as the tailwind increases it. However, the headwind is acting on the airplane for a longer period of time, consequently slowing the plane down longer than the period it was sped up for.",Logic,01/28/04 #26341,I Walk But Never Dream,2.98,2.33,ccccc,"I walk, but have no legs. I sleep, but never dream. You can rock me in a cradle, but I am not a baby and I can go around the world faster than you can cross a room. What am I?",No hint available.,A yo-yo.,Riddle,10/12/05 #36304,8-Letter Doublagrams I,2.27,2.24,phrebh,"Rearrange the letters to form two 4-letter words, then rearrange them again to form one 8-letter word. Example: AACOPRSU Answer: AURA, COPS, ACARPOUS 1. EEHINNRT 2. AAEGGLNU 3. ACEIKMRV 4. ILLMPTUY 5. AGIILNOR",The long words are in alphabetical order from 1 to 5.,"1. THEN, REIN, INHERENT 2. GAGE, ULNA, LANGUAGE 3. MARK, VICE, MAVERICK 4. PITY, MULL, MULTIPLY 5. GAIN, ROIL, ORIGINAL",Language,04/18/07 #38142,Quotes #4,2.77,2.15,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to try to unscramble the set of letters in each set of brackets to complete these quotations. Good luck! 1. ""Every (bdela) of (sgsra) is a (sdytu); and to (epodcru) two, where (teerh) was but one, is (tohb) a (tpofir) and a (ereslupa)."" 2. ""You are (samitobiu), which, within (erbaasleno) (sbdonu), does (odgo) rather than (hmar)."" 3. ""I (ahve) (revne) had a (eligefn) (yplatciolli) that did not (gsnpir) from the (snnestetim) embodied in the (neladoictar) of (dneIneepndce).""",No hint available.,"1. ""Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure."" A. Lincoln 2. ""You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm."" A. Lincoln 3. ""I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence."" A. Lincoln",Language,09/06/07 #28133,Opposites 4,2.64,1.97,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. [ stands for A, G, L, N, or I ] stands for E, F, Y, S, or A / stands for B, U, C, W, or T ^ stands for M, O, E, P, or S The four letter code word, ][^/, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Fast and Slow.,Logic,01/17/06 #4870,Expensive Ones,2.38,1.68,cleverclogs,"A child doesn't have one of me. Most parents do. Rich people have expensive ones. I can be bought or given and I mean a lot I can be decorated or just plain I vary in sizes and I'm difficult to forget. What am I?",No hint available.,A wedding ring!,Riddle,06/21/02 #26984,Letter Pairs II,2.52,2.45,phrebh,"Here are 42 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 14 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 14 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AR AS AT AU CE CH CH CI EE ER ER ES ES ES FO HS IN IS IS LL MA MO MO NE NO NO OP OR OR OR RM RS SP SU TE TE TH TI TS UT UT VI 1. Theater 2. Public speaker 3. Films 4. Tongue holders 5. Pronounces 6. Sounds 7. Publishes 8. Visual aids 9. Writer 10. Story ------ (narrator) 11. Notify 12. Musical dramas 13. Announcement 14. Language","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Communications.","1. CINEMA 2. ORATOR 3. MOVIES 4. MOUTHS 5. UTTERS 6. NOISES 7. ISSUES 8. CHARTS 9. AUTHOR 10. TELLER 11. INFORM 12. OPERAS 13. NOTICE 14. SPEECH The theme is Communications.",Language,11/17/05 #2419,Birthday Boy,2.15,0.91,THenA,According to recent studies how many birthdays does the average male person have?,No hint available.,"1, when he is born.",Trick,02/24/02 #40150,Add It Up 2,2.65,1.73,Scubee,"Beginning with the word ""ape"", add one letter from the given pool to create a new word until you get a eight-letter word meaning ""a wild headlong rush of frightened animals"". Pool: D T E S M 1) APE 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) The hint gives definitions for each additional word.","1) any of two families of large tailless semi-erect primates 2) a narrow flexible strip or band; an adhesive 3) fastened, tied, bound, covered, or supported; recorded 4) driven in or down by a succession of light or medium blows 5) impressed; imprinted; attached postage to 6) a wild headlong rush of frightened animals","1) APE 2) TAPE 3) TAPED 4) TAMPED 5) STAMPED 6) STAMPEDE",Language,01/21/08 #38674,Quotes #8,2.7,2.85,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to try and discover the quotation concealed in the lines. The quote has been broken up into two-letter fragments. Furthermore, I have removed any punctuation and jumbled the two-letter fragments about so the word order has been disarranged. You have to rearrange the quotation and decide where the words begin and where they end. Good luck! sa de er ho al al ri pe in ea de",Leader,"A leader is a dealer in hope. Napoleon Bonaparte",Language,10/08/07 #18459,Daze,2.84,2.05,MrIxolite,"My author's uncertain yet my title's the same, I contain random text yet order's my aim. Read me one day and see my pages are totally bare. Try again another day and the words will be there. I'm not a book of magic although it may sound, I can predict the future, and inside, your life can be found. Move my eye, I become involved in lactic extraction. But that's just a clue, a minor distraction. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Diary Line 1 All Diaries have the same title yet the author is always you. Line 2 The text is varied depending on the individual but the purpose of a diary is to order events. Lines 3 & 4 On Jan 1st a Diary is empty but fills up over the course of the year. Lines 5 & 6 A diary can predict the future in so much as future appointments are recorded in them and to an extent you can see what days of the week future dates will fall on. Lines 7 & 8 A cryptic clue to the word Diary. Move the i one space to the right and you get the word Dairy. A place for Milking, or lactic extraction. (Note: In some countries, the term ""day planner"" is used instead of ""diary"".)",Riddle,08/03/04 #51152,"Hit It, Man !!",1.8,1.27,BadBunnee02,"What's the Rebus? granite, ""so, ti, ti, la, sooooo"" alabaster, ""re, do, mi, mi, mi"" marble, ""fa, do, do, fa, fa, do, do""",Title is a hint.,"""rock music""",Rebus,05/30/17 #51539,Lighten Your Load,2.87,2.0,ThinksForFun,"What expression is represented by the following? CUPboard ==> CUoard UPbeat ==> Ueat SOAPbox ==> SOAox",No hint available.,"get the lead out ""Pb"", the symbol for the chemical element lead, has been removed from each of the original words.",Rebus,11/08/17 #38355,More Letter Logic,2.88,1.6400000000000001,buddyboy,"I am a letter. I am in talk, and in stop, I am in tickle, and in tackle, I am in bullet, and kite, I am in poster, and in tear, I am in torn, and in fear, I am in tick, and in stock, I am in tulip, but I'm also in by. What am I?","You need help? Okay, here you go. Don't think about what I didn't ask.","I am a letter, I didn't ask which one.",Trick,09/18/07 #28598,Half Empty or Half Full,2.61,0.87,jessjspieks,"Answer quickly. Filling an empty barrel, which happens first? 2/3 full 1/4 empty 1/2 full 3/4 empty",Quicker.,"3/4 empty, since 3/4 empty means 1/4 full.",Math,02/13/06 #27169,My Step Is Slow,2.82,1.95,ccccc,"My step is slow, the snow's my breath, I give the ground a grinding death. My marching makes an end to me, slain by sun or drowned in sea. What am I?",No hint available.,A glacier.,Riddle,11/26/05 #28209,Elvis Impersonator?,2.32,1.69,juggler,"Elvis Presley walked through a small village, yet there were no paparazzi. Why?",It was night time when this occurred.,It was Halloween. A child had dressed up as Elvis Presley and was out trick-or-treating.,Situation,01/22/06 #39628,March!,2.75,1.62,friesaregood,"I am in front I lead them all They hear my whistle They hear my call So quick, so neat They don't miss a beat I am in front I lead them all This band of men They heed my call What am I?","Maces and militaries, they are the key I use them just for show, you see.",A Drum Major.,Riddle,12/15/07 #7400,"Eels, Mark, Best, Wary",2.75,1.45,warrior,"If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?",No hint available.,"Hard Using the first letter of the first word, the second letter of the second word, etc.",Language,09/13/02 #405,$1,2.31,1.67,Mr. G,What fifty (American) coins equal exactly one dollar?,No hint available.,"40 Pennies, 2 dimes, and 8 nickels.",Math,04/25/01 #35751,Many Linking Words,2.8,2.57,jazzmusician46,"You are to create a series of 10 FOUR-LETTERED words that link with each other. Based on the clues below, your task is to ensure that the last letter of a word becomes the first letter of the next word. Good luck. I have given you an example below of how the teaser should be attempted. EXAMPLE Clues: 1. Emptiness, 2. Dummy, 3. Desire, 4. Tug... Answer: Void - Dope - Envy - Yank... CLUES: 1. destitute of some natural growth or covering, 2. to distribute, esp. the cards in a game, 3. places, 4. wading bird, 5. declared, 6. to strike or smash violently, 7. injure, 8. dispatch, 9. branch, 10. legume.",First word: Bald,"1. Bald, 2. Deal, 3. Loci, 4. Ibis, 5. Said, 6. Dash, 7. Harm, 8. Mail, 9. Limb, 10. Bean.",Language,03/19/07 #49724,Words With EV,1.92,2.59,cnmne,"Five words that contain EV as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? EV***, *EV**, *EV***, **EV**, ***EV*** Pool: A, C, C, D, G, I, I, L, N, O, O, O, R, R, S, S, T, U, U, U",No hint available.,"EVICT, NEVUS, DEVOUR, COEVAL, GRIEVOUS",Language,01/07/13 #15684,A Moving Question,2.23,1.32,scoutman,"Often going up before going down, A moving room am I, Frequently going down before going up, I can open my door in places on high. What am I?",No hint available.,"An elevator. Frequently, an elevator will go to a higher or lower floor before reversing direction, and the top floor of an elevator's ride is higher than it's lowest floor.",Riddle,12/05/03 #27048,Love II,2.57,2.72,Nytwynd,"""Riitcjgz vehz mtam: 'R vehz aej pzstjmz R wzzl aej.' Itcjgz vehz mtam 'R wzzl aej pzstjmz R vehz aej.'"" -Zgrsu Ogeii ""Rw vehz cuz ytgtlek essjgm cutc cde pzrwqm pzseiz ewz twl azc gzitrw cde."" -Zgrsu Ogeii","S=C A=Y Y=P Both quotations use the same code.","A=Y C=T D=W E=O G=R H=V I=M J=U K=X L=D M=S O=F P=B Q=G R=I S=C T=A U=H V=L W=N Y=P Z=E ""Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'"" -Erich Fromm ""In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two."" -Erich Fromm",Cryptography,11/20/05 #50011,Obscured Path to Clarity,2.61,2.89,ThinksForFun,"What is the common thread in the following nonsensical poem? I'm willing to bet that you will know How to express you approve the show Brown's a decent fellow, but who knows Why you won't see a change in his clothes? Reverberations of days of yore Century-old moves on the dance floor The fewer the better when you play A roof over your head while away Populous eastern subcontinent Shakespearean tragic incident Dost thou know a prefix metrical Been used for power electrical? At the origin of a broadcast As good as the rest, though second last I'd like to thank the Academy And one who's always been there for me Represented by lilies of four Without her, he chose to live no more North American mountain expanse It is said, ""it takes two"" for this dance Variations I can't tolerate To this person a win may elate Potent product of fermentation Instrument in examination I doodle as time goes idly by From their language, ""people of the sky"" What are we?",No hint available.,"The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet This is the most widely used spelling alphabet. It is used to ensure accuracy in verbal communications by means of a set of commonly recognized words, one for each letter of the English alphabet, which are understood by the parties of a radio or telephone conversation. Each line of the riddle corresponds with the code word of the spelling alphabet assigned to each letter of the English alphabet as follows: (Single quotation marks enclosing words below indicate that the word is one of the words in the line of the riddle being explained.) line 1: ""A"", ""Alfa"" or ""Alpha"" - Alpha'bet' line 2: ""B"", ""Bravo"" - The term ""Bravo!"" is used to 'express' appreciation of an artistic performance at its conclusion. line 3: ""C"", ""Charlie"" - 'Brown' is a reference to Charlie Brown, a comic strip character in ""Peanuts"". line 4: ""D"", ""Delta"" - The word ""delta"" is used to describe 'change'. In the comic strip ""Peanuts"", Charlie Brown was always depicted wearing the same 'clothes'. line 5: ""E"", ""Echo"" - 'Reverberation' is a synonym of the word ""echo"". So this is another way of saying ""echoes from the past"". line 6: ""F"", ""Foxtrot"" - The foxtrot is a dance that originated in the 1910s, reaching its peak in popularity in the 1930s. It's still practiced today and is usually accompanied by big band music. line 7: ""G"", ""Golf"" - In golf, the fewer strokes you need to make in order to sink the ball, the better you are doing. line 8: ""H"", ""Hotel"" - A hotel provides a roof over your head while away from home. line 9: ""I"", ""India"" - A reference to the Indian subcontinent. line 10: ""J"", ""Juliett"" or ""Juliet"" - A reference to ""Romeo and Juliet"", a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. line 11: ""K"", ""Kilo"" - 'Thou' is a hint for ""thousand"" which the 'prefix' ""kilo-"" represents in the 'metric' system of measurement. line 12: ""L"", ""Lima"" - 'Been' sounds like ""bean"" as in ""lima bean"". line 13: ""M"", ""Mike"" - The microphone or ""mike"" is at the 'origin' or starting point of a radio or television 'broadcast'. line 14: ""N"", ""November"" - November is the 'second last' month of the year. line 15: ""O"", ""Oscar"" - The Academy Awards, now officially known as The Oscars, which are awards for motion pictures, are organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which has its annual ceremony in Hollywood, California, U.S.A.. This is a common phrase used by many of the award recipients during their acceptance speech. line 16: ""P"", ""Papa"" - Hopefully, this is an apt description for your papa (father) as well. line 17: ""Q"", ""Quebec"" - Quebec is a province of Canada. Its flag (which 'represent's the province) has 'four' white fleurs-de-lis, which are stylized 'lilies'. line 18: ""R"", ""Romeo"" - This is another reference to ""Romeo and Juliet"" (see line 10 above) in which Romeo, believing that his love Juliet has died, commits suicide. line 19: ""S"", ""Sierra"" - A reference to the Sierra Nevada 'mountain' range located in the U.S.A.. line 20: ""T"", ""Tango"" - This is a reference to the expression: ""it takes two to tango"". line 21: ""U"", ""Uniform"" - One definition of the word ""uniform"" is: without 'variations' in detail. line 22: ""V"", ""Victor"" - A victor is a 'person' who 'win's, and therefore 'may' be 'elate'd by the victory. line 23: ""W"", ""Whiskey"" - Whiskey is a strong ('potent') alcoholic drink. line 24: ""X"", ""X-ray"" or ""Xray"" - X-rays are used for 'examination' purposes. line 25: ""Y"", ""Yankee"" - 'Doodle' alludes to ""Yankee Doodle"" (and thus to ""Yankee""), which is an Anglo-American song, and is the state anthem of Connecticut (a state of the U.S.A.). line 26: ""Z"", ""Zulu"" - This word comes from the word ""amaZulu"" of the Zulu language, meaning ""people of the sky"". The title reflects the cryptic nature of the puzzle, the solution to which is a tool designed to provide clarity by avoiding misunderstanding during verbal communications over radio and the telephone.",Riddle,11/24/13 #29201,More Hands,2.67,1.19,metallicman,"What common saying does this rebus represent? hand = extremely heavy work hand + hand = heavy work hand + hand + hand = moderately heavy work hand + hand + hand + hand = moderate work hand + hand + hand + hand + hand = slightly light work hand + hand + hand + hand + hand + hand = light work",No hint available.,Many hands make light work.,Rebus,03/20/06 #31444,Sweet N Fluffy,2.59,1.27,twixy,"Fluffy like a pillow Sweet like the sweetest cherry pie, A combination of sugar, air, and gelatin I am, So what exactly could I be?",No hint available.,A marshmallow!,Riddle,06/30/06 #14163,Minutes Apart,2.33,2.16,mathemagician,"Fifty minutes ago, it was four times as many minutes past 7 P.M. as the number of minutes it currently is until 10 P.M. What is the current time?",No hint available.,"The current time is 9:34 P.M. Fifty minutes ago the time was 8:44, which is 104 minutes past 7:00. It is currently 26 minutes until 10 P.M. 104 = 4 x 26.",Math,08/05/03 #19742,Logic Problem Puzzle?,2.7,1.85,lorial,"Mr. Puzzle has been coming home from the local watering hole a little bit the worse for wear. Mrs. Puzzle is becoming increasingly fed up with his behaviour. When Mr. Puzzle arrived home one evening last week, his wife had left him in a bit of a dilemma. They have three bedrooms and they used them all from time to time. On each door Mrs. Puzzle had placed a sign and also another sign stating that only one of the three other statements was true and that was where Mrs. Puzzle was sleeping for that night. Of the other two rooms, one was empty and the other had the neighbours' highly strung Pit Bull Terrier - Bruty inside. Mr. Puzzle was very confused, having consumed a few too many that very evening and he stared blankly at each door. Sign on Bedroom 1. Bedroom 3 is empty Sign on Bedroom 2. Bruty is in here Sign on Bedroom 3. Bedroom 2 is empty Behind which door is his wife, where is the dog and which room is empty?",No hint available.,"Bedroom 1. Dog Bedroom 2. Empty Bedroom 3. Wife If the sign on Bedroom 1 were true this would mean the wife must be in Bedroom 1, but then Bedroom 3 would have to be empty and therefore Bruty would have to be in Bedroom 2. This would mean 2 true signs, so is incorrect. The sign on Bedroom 2 must be incorrect, as if it were true Bruty would be in here, however, only the Bedroom sign where the wife is sleeping, is true. Therefore, this is incorrect too. Therefore: Bedroom 3 sign is true - So Mrs. Puzzle is in here. Bedroom 2 sign is a lie - So Bruty, the dog, must be in Bedroom 1, and this room must be empty. Bedroom 1 sign is a lie - Mrs Puzzle is in Bedroom 3",Logic,12/06/04 #21519,Lunch Time Fun,3.0,2.78,super_duper08,"5 girls, Dani, Katie, Janet, Christine, and Sarah ALWAYS sit by each other. Each person gets there at a different time, buys different food, pays different amounts, and does different things during lunch. Can you put them together? 1. Katie has gym before lunch, so she gets done eating by the time the other people go to the table. 2. Christine is kinda shy, but she likes to listen to the person who gets there last gossip, while the person who only spent a dollar helps the other girls with their problems. 3. Two people who get there at almost the same time, get almost the same thing, but the girl who gets there first has the more expensive meal. 4. The people who eat the hot dogs found the line just for hot dogs that is faster than the other line, so they get their lunches faster than everyone else except the girl who tells jokes at lunch. 5. Sarah, who brings her lunch from home, buys just fries, whose price has been raised so now they cost more than bagels but less than the meal of the day. 6. Soda costs more than water 7. Dani always complains about her lunch that she didn't get a fresh one or it wasn't round enough and then steals a drink of water from someone else. 8. Christine gives Janet her quarters that she got back as change, because Christine doesn't like to carry around change which Janet finds useful when it comes to buying her hot dog. 9. One day Sarah was helping Janet with her algebra homework when she accidentally knocked over Janet's soda by mistake. Thankfully only the 2 quarters, that Christine had given Janet, got wet. 10. Katie's lunch costs more than the girl who sits down last but less than the girl who does her homework. Girls// Katie, Dani, Janet, Christine, Sarah Lunch// Bagel, Meal of the Day, Hot dog and soda, Hot dog and water, Sandwich and fries Cost//$0.75, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 Do during lunch// Homework, Counsel, Gossip, Eats lunch, Jokes Order they sit down// 1,2,3,4,5",Try your hardest and reread the clues.,"Katie - Meal of the Day, $1.25, Jokes, #1 Dani - Bagel $0.75, Gossips, #5 Janet - Hot dog and Soda, $1.75, Homework, #2 Christine - Hot dog and water, $1.50, Eats, #3 Sarah - Sandwich and fries, $1.00, Counsels, #4",Logic-Grid,03/13/05 #1043,World Cup,2.42,1.71,vivek,"An alien spaceship landed on Earth. They knew that earthlings are divided into three groups: those who always tell the truth, those who always lie, and those who do both, alternating between true and false statements, starting with either. ""Let's go!"" said the alien captain. The aliens approached three earthlings, who each were from a different group, and asked, ""Who won the last World Cup? Who came in second? Who came in third?"" One of them responded, ""Zaire first. Uruguay second. Spain third."" Another one said, ""Zaire first. Spain second. Uruguay third."" The third one said, ""Uruguay first. Spain second. Zaire third."" The aliens returned to their spaceship and flew back to where they came from. Do you know which response was the true ranking in the World Cup?",No hint available.,"Uruguay came in first, Spain second, Zaire third.",Logic,10/05/01 #8067,Madadian Taxis,2.38,2.78,mad-ade,"In the Country of Madadia there are two major taxi companies, Green cabs and Blue cabs. A cab was involved in a hit and run accident at night outside the ""Sweaty Chef"" kebab shop. Here is some data: a) Although the two companies are equal in size, 85% of cab accidents in the city of Madville, one of Madadia's largest cities, involve Green cabs and 15% involve Blue cabs. b) A witness identified the cab in this particular accident as Blue. The Madville court tested the reliability of the witness under the same circumstances that existed on the night of the accident and concluded that the witness correctly identified each one of the two colours 80% of the time and failed 20% of the time. What is the probability that the cab involved in the accident was Blue rather than Green? If it looks like an obvious problem in statistics, then consider the following argument: The probability that the colour of the cab was Blue is 80%! After all, the witness is correct 80% of the time, and this time he said it was Blue! Is this right?",No hint available.,"The police tests don't apply directly, because according to the wording, the witness, given any mix of cabs, would get the right answer 80% of the time. Thus given a mix of 85% green and 15% blue cabs, he will say 20% of the green cabs and 80% of the blue cabs are blue. That's 20% of 85% plus 80% of 15%, or 17%+12% = 29% of all the cabs that the witness will say are blue. Of those, only 12/29 are actually blue. Thus P(cab is blue|witness claims blue) = 12/29. That's just a little over 40%.",Probability,10/14/02 #35935,Three Letters Only #2,2.42,2.41,jazzmusician46,"What same sequence of 3 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? _ _ _ head _ _ _ less Un_ _ _ ly Pa_ _ _ as",No hint available.,"The word: GOD Godhead Godless Ungodly Pagodas",Language,03/28/07 #8187,Scientific Method,2.6,2.53,Gizzer,"There is a scientific method to determining what these words have in common. Can you figure it out? NO OF SIPS ARK GAGE LACE HOER",These words all come from a table. Not all of the letters should be capitalized.,"These words can be made by combining the symbols for consecutive elements (by atomic number) in the periodic table: NO = nitrogen(N)/oxygen(O) OF = oxygen(O)/fluorine(F) SIPS = silicon(Si)/phosphorus(P)/sulfur(S) ARK = argon(Ar)/potassium(K) GAGE = gallium(Ga)/germanium(Ge) LACE = lanthanum(La)/Cerium(Ce) HOER = Holmium(Ho)/Erbium(Er)",Group,10/24/02 #43596,The P of the P is in the E,2.0,2.04,shenqiang,The P of the P is in the E,No hint available.,The proof of the pudding is in the eating.,Letter-Equations,11/21/08 #28814,Everyday People,2.77,1.71,aprilsprings29,"What phrase is represented by the following? Folk #1: Butterfly Folk #2: Freestyle Folk #3: Dog Paddle Folk #4: Sidestroke",No hint available.,Different strokes for different folks.,Rebus,02/26/06 #30043,Wolfgang's Works,2.74,1.37,Question_Mark,"Ben and Lucy were listening to some of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Ben said, ""This is the Divertimento Number 10. Mozart composed this when he was 38."" Lucy thought about what Ben said and she replied, ""I don't know much about Mozart's compositions, but I know that you are lying."" How did she know?",No hint available.,"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at the age of 35, yet he was able to leave behind about 600 works. Before anyone asks, Mozart composed the Divertimento Number 10 at the age of 16.",Trivia,04/25/06 #13113,Uppers,2.22,2.05,MrIxolite,"What culinary item is represented below? Crus Pastry",No hint available.,Short Crust Pastry,Rebus,06/13/03 #37620,Weird Math,2.8,2.21,calmsavior,"When is zero greater than two, two greater than five, and five greater than zero?",Use your fingers.,"In a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, Paper (5) beats Rock (0), Rock (0) beats Scissors (2), and Scissors (2) beats Paper (5).",Other,08/02/07 #11832,16 = T in the NBA P,2.13,1.55,VolsToTheWall,16 = T in the NBA P,No hint available.,16 = Teams in the NBA (National Basketball Association) Playoffs,Letter-Equations,04/18/03 #23287,Inspector Beethoven Part II,2.79,1.41,beethovenswig,"Schubert has escaped prison and has hidden himself inside 1 of 4 rooms. He has disguised himself as either a clown, a gymnast, a juggler, or a trapeze artist. Inspector Beethoven needs you to find out which person is in which room and the person that Schubert is disguising himself as. Schubert is to the left of the fourth room. The gymnast is to the right of the second room. The juggler is in the third room. Schubert hated heights. The trapeze artist is to the right of the first room. Schubert was never really funny.",No hint available.,"Schubert is the juggler. The clown is in the first room. The trapeze artist is in the second room. Schubert is disguised as the juggler in the third room. The gymnast is in the fourth room.",Logic,05/30/05 #30716,Brain Chain 3,2.71,2.44,cdrock,"A brain chain is a list of words, that are connected with the words next to it, by one of four ways. 1. They rhyme. 2. They are synonyms. 3. They are anagrams 4. They differ by one letter. This example is a word chain: file, life, lice, slice, piece Can you connect the ten words below, to create a brain chain? Note: The first and last word of the chain are not connected. avoid...base...ease face...gees...geese...part piece...tarp...tees",No hint available.,"tarp - part - piece - geese - gees - tees - ease - base - face - avoid (or this could be reversed)",Language,05/26/06 #16714,Possible,2.33,1.15,birdie007bklyn,"In a world where everything is possible, what is impossible?",No hint available.,For something to be impossible.,Logic,02/23/04 #26846,Quotes By Julius Caesar-Part II,2.58,2.48,brainster,"The quotes given below are by the great Julius Caesar. Can you decipher them? QGLMB YLHLV K OLFC BYC HQJC LR YLHLV, JLVC WL BYQH K RCQV ECQBY. QGLMB FKDBLVN K DQJC, K WQX, K DLHZMCVCE. QGLMB AQKH KB KW CQWKCV BL RKHE JCH XYL XKOO FLOMHBCCV BL EKC, BYQH BL RKHE BYLWC XYL QVC XKOOKHT BL CHEMVC AQKH XKBY AQBKCHDC. QGLMB AVKEC K YQFC OKFCE OLHT CHLMTY BL WQBKWRN GLBY HQBMVC QHE TOLVN. QGLMB XLVVN QW Q VMOC, JCH XLVVN JLVC QGLMB XYQB BYCN DQH'B WCC BYQH QGLMB XYQB BYCN DQH.","Q=A G=B L=O M=U B=T","About Honor I love the name of honor, more so than I fear death. About Victory I came, I saw, I conquered. About Pain It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. About Pride I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory. About Worry As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can. Q G D E C R T Y K I O J H L A Z V W B M F X S N P A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z",Cryptography,11/11/05 #15500,Mad Ade's Rhyme Time #4,2.36,1.59,mad-ade,"This style of teaser is to use the clues given to find two words that rhyme and fit the description. For example, ""a weird ape"" would be ""a funky monkey,"" or ""a wealthy Halloween gal"" would be ""a rich witch."" 1. a tidy rhythm 2. a tiny round thing 3. an apologetic error 4. a home for a rodent 5. a nettle's tune",No hint available.,"1. a neat beat 2. a small ball 3. a humble fumble 4. a mouse house 5. a thistle whistle",Language,11/22/03 #50934,People are Cruel!,2.28,0.63,Marple,"When Pedro was walking home yesterday, he saw a boy from school hitting a donkey with a large stick! The boy and his whole family were laughing at it. Pedro ran home and told his mother - and she too began to laugh! Why are all these people so cruel?",This was in Mexico.,Pedro had seen the boy hitting a piñata - a donkey shaped hollow container containing sweets which is broken open by hitting it - and sweets then spill out. It is a fun activity and no animals are hurt at all!,Trick,12/04/16 #29461,Campers' Caps,2.53,2.1,shenqiang,"At Camp Brainy, all the campers get a camp logo baseball cap that is the color of their choice. There are red, blue, yellow, black, and green caps. The caps have just arrived in 3 cartons of 50 each. Two volunteers are unpacking them now. 1. The first carton had just black caps. All but 15 were ordered by campers. 2. The second carton had 10 more green caps than blue caps. After the campers picked their hats, there were 5 each of these 2 colors left over. 3. The last box had an equal number of red and yellow caps. Five more campers wanted red caps than wanted blue caps. Only half as many campers wanted yellow as wanted red. How many campers ordered each color cap, and how many of each color were left over?",Make a chart to track the number of caps of each color ordered and left over.,"50 black caps, 35 ordered, 15 left; 30 green caps, 25 ordered, 5 left; 20 blue caps, 15 ordered, 5 left; 25 red caps, 20 ordered, 5 left; 25 yellow caps, 10 ordered, 15 left.",Math,03/31/06 #43748,Beware of Desire,2.33,1.81,Shadows,"The following two quotes are from the famous Greek philosopher, Socrates. Both quotes use the same cipher. 1. JVSQ XLI HIITIWX HIWMVIW SJXIR GSQI XLI HIEHPMIWX LEXI. 2. PMJI GSRXEMRW FYX XAS XVEKIHMIW. SRI MW RSX XS KIX CSYV LIEVX'W HIWMVI; XLI SXLIV MW XS KIX MX.",No hint available.,"1. From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. 2. Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. The cipher I used was a Caesar cipher with a shift of 4. In other words, A = E, B = F, C = G, etc.",Cryptography,12/18/08 #8213,Don't Hit Me!,2.74,1.7,electronjohn,"Pushed and touched and sometimes hit. I never complain, not the least bit. I am used lots by most of you. Nine times just now to make this true!","What do you use to see? What do you use to open a lock? Put them together and the answer won't be a shock.","The ""I"" key on the keyboard.",Riddle,10/25/02 #34869,"7, 97, 997",2.37,2.5100000000000002,calmsavior,"1 = 7 2 = 97 3 = 997 4 = 9973 5 = ? What number should replace the question mark above? Your choices are: A) 99991 B) 99997 C) 99919 D) 99979",No hint available.,"The answer is A) 99991. The number on the right is the highest prime number with the number of digits equal to the number on the left. In other words, 7 is the highest 1-digit prime number, 97 is the highest 2-digit prime number, and so on.",Series,01/13/07 #15011,Cuckoo Clock,2.42,2.08,adoontourious,"Adoontourious has an antique cuckoo clock. It's a lovely clock, but it runs too slowly; it loses 9 minutes of time every hour. Mike visits his friend Adoontourious one day, and notices that the cuckoo clock is exactly on time at noon on Tuesday. When is the next time Adoontourious' clock will be exactly on time?",No hint available.,"The clock will have to lose 12 hours (or 720 minutes) until it seems to be back ""on time."" Losing 9 minutes every hour, the clock will take 80 hours (720 ÷ 9) to lose 12 hours. Eighty hours from noon on Tuesday will be 8:00 pm on Friday.",Math,10/06/03 #12032,Forgery....,2.62,2.33,icehaven,A man builds a machine which he feeds coloured paper. Out of the other side comes $100 notes. He sold them to someone. Experts cannot tell them from real ones. How does he do it and why does he sell the machine instead of using it himself?,"The man sold the machine to a crook. The crook will not be rich.",It was a confidence trickster (con man) who sold the machine. He claimed to the crook that it will generate perfect forgeries. He demonstrates it by feeding it green paper. But this green paper is actually genuine $100 notes covered in thick green coloring. The machine simply removes the green coloring.,Situation,04/25/03 #9453,Cattle-ish Idiot,2.67,2.06,einat16,"The following is an alternate definition for a common eight-letter English word. It represents what the word sounds like it could mean, but doesn't. Can you guess the word? A cattle-ish idiot",No hint available.,Oxymoron.,Language,12/28/02 #7021,Hidden Colors,2.97,1.02,silver_sword,"Hidden in each sentence is a word. For example, in the sentence: When I grow up, I want to be a ranger. (Hidden animal) The hidden word is BEAR from ""to BE A Ranger"". Now, try to identify the hidden colors in the sentences below: I agree not to eat all the food. Bob decided to jump in, knowing that this is his only choice. The sunset makes Cairo seem magnificent. Some states ship lumber and coal on canal barges.",No hint available.,"Green. i aGREE Not to eat all the food. Pink. bob decided to jumP IN, Knowing that this is his only choice. Rose. the sunset makes caiRO SEem magnificent. Plum. Some states shiP LUMber and coal on canal barges.",Language,08/30/02 #46987,Stalker,2.72,2.36,Yazmeen,ME1one11,No hint available.,Someone's following me.,Rebus,05/10/10 #22851,This is Why We Have to Take English Class...,2.6,2.13,ineverlose,"A long time ago there was a king named Joe. Joe was the king of Persia and he was angry at the king of Greece. One day Joe sent a messenger to go to Apollo's Oracle at Delphi (a prophet) to find out if he should go to war with Greece. When the messenger returned he received this message: To war you shall go. From war you shall return. Never because of war shall you perish. 1 year later, after hard fought battles, Joe loses the war and is captured in battle. The King of Greece is going to have him executed, however, Joe asks him one thing: ""How is it that I am about to die, when the prophet told me otherwise?"" (assume the prophet is never wrong)",A grammatical error.,"To war you shall go. From war you shall return never; Because of war shall you perish.",Language,05/12/05 #48232,Tom Swifties Return,2.84,1.71,dalfamnest,"A Tom Swifty is a play on words. Tom speaks, and the way he is said to speak is a pun - both meanings are relevant. e.g. ""I love hot dogs"", Tom said frankly. ""Frank"" connects how he spoke and the hot dog! [Frankfurter!] The Tom Swifty can also use a phrase or homophone. e.g. ""You didn't order enough carpet"", said Tom with a cold stare. ""Cold stare"" expresses his annoyance and suggests uncarpeted stairs! Choose one of the listed words or phrases to fill each gap. ** CLUES ** 1. ""I'm OK...leave me alone...I can swim"" said Tom _____. 2. ""Eins, zwei, drei, funf"", said Tom _____. 3. ""We'll never reach our reserve price at this auction"", said Tom _____. 4. ""Your tuna casserole is yummy"", said Tom _____. 5. ""I've never been in a car accident"", said Tom _____. ** WORD LIST ** boldly, fearlessly, in denial, intently, morbidly, recklessly, strangely, superficially, thankfully, under duress ** YOUR TURN! ** Think of a better Tom Swifty for one of Tom's statements in the teaser, and maybe write it as a comment.",No hint available.,"1. in denial 2. fearlessly 3. morbidly 4. superficially 5. recklessly If you really need an explanation, scroll down... Tom Swift was an adventure hero created by American writer Victor Appleton. In the books, many of Tom's remarks were written with an adverb or adverbial phrase. From this style, the term ""Tom Swifty"" has come to be used for this form of word play. ** EXPLANATIONS ** 1. In the Nile (River) 2. Vier is German for 4 ... it was missed out - ""vier""lessly 3. More bids needed at the auction 4. SuperFISHally 5. Tom spoke recklessly - that he was ""wreck""less",Language,11/26/10 #31368,Heavens and Earth,2.63,2.56,Kalliann,"I washed these hands in water That never rained nor run; I dried them with a towel That was never wove nor spun",No hint available.,Dew and Sun,Riddle,06/27/06 #7266,Couriers,2.49,2.09,warrior,"A priest sent a courier from Rome to Venice to reach Venice in 7 days. At the same time, the Mayor of Venice sent a courier to Rome to reach Rome in 9 days. The distance was 250 miles. In how many days will they meet?",The speed of the couriers are 250/7 and 250/9,"The speed of the couriers are 250/7 and 250/9, so their approach speed was 250(1/7 + 1/9) = 250 * 16/63 and they will meet in 63/16 = 3.94 days.",Math,09/07/02 #4719,VXZBAC...,2.71,2.52,bobbrt,"Rearranging any two letters, what is the longest word you can make within this group of letters? The letters of the word formed must all be together and in order after the two are switched. As an example, you could switch the ""J"" and the ""D"" to form the word ""rod"". VXZBACQINGMUPHYLSTEROJDKWF",No hint available.,"Switch the ""o"" and the ""y"" to spell ""upholstery""",Language,06/14/02 #38504,Greatest Area,3.29,1.87,koma,"A farmer challenges an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician to fence off the largest amount of area using the least amount of fence. The engineer made his fence in a circle and said it was the most efficient. The physicist made a long line and said that the length was infinite. Then he said that fencing half of the Earth was the best. The mathematician laughed at the others and with his design, beat the others. What did he do?",No hint available.,The mathematician made a small fence around himself and declared himself to be on the outside.,Trick,09/28/07 #11543,Sitting Arrangement,2.42,1.02,Lorddeath159,"In a room containing 20 people, where can others sit that you can't? (The room is as big as you'd like it.)",No hint available.,Your lap.,Other,04/03/03 #36145,I Am Hidden in Here #4,2.78,2.75,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this famous American President. 1. I was an English novelist, poet and critic, most famous for my novels Sons and Lovers (1913) and Lady Chatterly's Lover (1928). 2. According to the Christian Bible, I was the disciple who betrayed Jesus of Nazareth. 3. I was an American poet whose verse was light, whimsical and often nonsensical. One of my best-known poems was, ""Reflections on Ice-Breaking."" 4. I was emperor of Rome from 37-41 A.D., and in four short years established a reputation for strange behaviour which has endured for 20 centuries. 5. In 1966 I met John Lennon of The Beatles and became romantically involved. I married him in March of 1969. 6. I was a high-powered Oxford and Cambridge professor and one of the 20th century's most famous converts to Christianity. An atheist from boyhood, I converted at age 33 and devoted much of the rest of my life to writing about faith. 7. I began as a songwriter and grew into a durable country troubadour of the late 20th century. I wrote, ""Crazy"": the signature tune of Patsy Cline.",No hint available.,"1. Lawrence (D. H.) 2. Iscariot (Judas) 3. Nash (Ogden) 4. Caligula 5. Ono (Yoko) 6. Lewis (C. S.) 7. Nelson (Willie) The name of the American President: LINCOLN",Trivia,04/11/07 #49103,Words With NG,2.32,2.43,cnmne,"Five words that contain NG as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **NG*, *NG***, **NG**, ***NG*, **NG*** Pool: A, A, A, D, E, F, H, I, I, K, L, M, N, O, O, R, S, T, U, Y",No hint available.,"MANGO, ENGULF, HANGAR, STINGY, KINGDOM",Language,10/21/11 #38457,Word Connections #4,2.8,2.27,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect fan to diggers. Fan B_ _ _ L_ _ _ H_ _ _ Diggers WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","BE_ _, LO_ _, HO_ _","Fan Belt Loop Hole Diggers",Language,09/25/07 #37759,One Tough Cookie,2.49,3.07,Hrsemn4,"Hello there! I am a living animal. You may not see me with your eyes, But though I'm very, very small, I'm a tough nut for my size. I do not fear the arid desert, Nor the frigid cold and snow. I can rest comfortably in the mountains high Or in the ocean far below. You may find me in the cold of space Or by a pristine, little lake. I may have gone thirsty for 100 years, So give me a drink, for goodness sake! If you find me, please say ""hello,"" And a new friend you can make, For you'll find I'm not as nasty As my more ferocious namesake. It's been a pleasure meeting you And telling you about me. Now that you have all the clues, Please tell me, what can I be?","I have topped the list twice on Animal Planet's ""The Most Extreme"".","The only member of the Tardigrada phylum, the Tardigrade, or water bear, only reaches a maximum size of 1.5 millimeters. These tiny wonders can survive temperatures as high as 303 degrees Fahrenheit and as low as 328 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. They can be found in the Himalayas as high as 6000 meters and in the ocean as low as 4000 meters deep. They can survive extreme low pressure such as the vacuum of space or the high pressure found deep below the ocean. They can go without water for over 100 years and can be reawakened with just a little water. They can be found all over the world from the arctic to the equator. Obviously, water ""bears"" are not as vicious as other bears.",Riddle,08/13/07 #8604,Moral Friend,2.8,2.91,snaps,"Explain why these words were put in the following sequence: moral, friend, port, feet, race",No hint available.,"By adding the sound of the first five letters of the alphabet to the beginning of each word respectively, another word can be enunciated. Note that the spelling doesn't necessarily stay the same. A-moral (amoral) B-friend (befriend) C-port (seaport) D-feet (defeat) E-race (erase)",Series,11/19/02 #10355,SHERAWEB_,2.85,2.36,snaps,"Which letter comes next in the following sequence? S, H, E, R, A, W, E, B, __",No hint available.,"B. Why? Each group of three consecutive letters forms a word: she, her, era, raw, awe, web, ebb.",Series,02/10/03 #19346,Ana-Grammar 3,2.87,2.65,cnmne,"Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set). 1) The jail keeper counseled the prisoners not to stray beyond the barricade. 2) Due to the warning, Mary had to change her plans to arrive at a future time. 3) The crippled man had eggs and toast for his breakfast. 4) Paul was not excited about making large bundles of black rope.",No hint available.,"warden = jail keeper warned = counseled wander = stray alert = warning alter = change later = at a future time lame = crippled male = man meal = breakfast blase = not excited bales = large bundles sable = black",Language,11/05/04 #26023,Devil's Luck,2.6,2.19,dutchymonster,"Which person from group B, belongs in group A and why? Group A Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy, Albert De Salvo. Group B The Boston Strangler, Charles Manson, Ma Barker.",No hint available.,"Charles Manson According to superstition, anyone with 13 letters in their name has ""Devil's Luck"" and all those in Group A fit this category along with Charles Manson.",Group,09/22/05 #24198,Time Zones,2.66,1.27,sdm1177,"Assume you fly from NY to Paris, across all six time zones, in four hours. After landing you immediately take off again from Paris to return to NY (you forgot a toothbrush) back across all six time zones. If on the return flight it only takes three hours (you had a good tail wind), would you land an hour BEFORE or an hour AFTER you originally took off?",No hint available.,"Neither, you'd land seven hours after you took off! Remember, it took seven hours to fly, the time zones don't matter.",Trick,07/02/05 #8666,Apples,2.29,0.9400000000000001,glennyboy02,"MONDAY = Had an apple and went to the park TUESDAY = Had an apple and went to the fair WEDNESDAY = Had an apple and went to the carnival THURSDAY = Had an apple and swam in the pool FRIDAY = Had a banana and went to my doctor",No hint available.,An apple a day keeps the doctor away!,Rebus,12/14/02 #18301,Colorful Odds,2.29,1.84,wizecracker55,"There are four colored balls in a hat: two red, one black and one blue. After pulling out two of them, you know that one of them is red, but you do not know which one. What is the probability that both balls are red?",No hint available.,"1 in 5. The only possible combinations are: [1] red1, black [2] red1, blue [3] red1, red2 [4] red2, black [5] red2, blue [6] black, blue Since you know that one of the balls is red, that eliminates possibility [6], which has no red. Therefore, because all the remaining possibilities are equally likely, the probability is 1/5.",Probability,07/21/04 #30464,Minute,2.58,1.48,dancergirl,minute minute minute *minute*,No hint available.,Last minute.,Rebus,05/13/06 #43332,Say AAAAAAAAAAAAA,2.87,2.43,whsprec,"Five actors were auditioning for a play: Abbas, Abbott, Adam, Abram, and Addy. Their last names were Aflect, Andrews, Alexander, Arnold, and Ashley. Each brought his wife to the audition: Abigail, Adel, Adora, Aliyah, and Agatha. As it happens, they all came from cities that started with ""A"": Alpine, Anchor, Arroyo, Auburn, and Anaheim. From the clues given, determine each man's last name, the name of his wife, and the city they are from. 1. Adora, Adel, and Aliyah play golf with Mrs. Aflect, but the woman who is married to Abbott and lives in Anaheim does not play. 2. Adam, Abbas Andrews, Addy, and the man who lives in Anaheim played poker last night at Mr. Arnold's house in Arroyo. 3. Mrs. Andrews, who lives in Alpine, and the woman who lives in Anaheim went to lunch with Abigail and Mr. Alexander, although none of these women is married to him. 4. Adel is married to Abram, but Aliyah in not married to Adam. 5. Aliyah had dinner last week with the Andrewses and the couple from Anchor.",No hint available.,"Abigail and Adam Aflect from Anchor Adel and Abram Arnold from Arroyo Adora and Abbas Andrews from Alpine Aliyah and Addy Alexander from Auburn Agatha and Abbott Ashley from Anaheim",Logic-Grid,10/13/08 #19723,Do You B Care?,2.75,1.92,dsquared,"What expression is hidden here? The (b care) (c care) ... (z care) globe","Which 'care' is missing, therefore it is 'not' in ... The saying means that you are free of any worries.","Not a care in the world (b care), (c care) and all other letters (...) to (z care) are in 'The Globe' (The world). Therefore the only missing one... ""Not (a care) in the world"".",Rebus,12/06/04 #27593,You Rotten Boss !!,2.55,2.71,norcekri,"Below are four quotes from the same author. The four use the same cipher. U OGA EZ U LOUSY HEAD ADY YWPZ JWTXJYP TGA. IGOYUGXOUXM PYRYWPZ ADY ZAUAGZ KGT FTWL NUZA ADY AEBY HDYW ADY KGT DUZ FTZA EAZ ZAUAGZ. DGBEFEAM EZ ADY YBIUOOUZZBYWA MTG RYYF HDYW MTG AYFF NYTNFY DTH HTWPYORGF MTG UOY. ZTBY NOTIFYBZ UOY ZT XTBNFYC ADUA MTG DUSY AT IY DELDFM EWAYFFELYWA UWP HYFF EWRTOBYP QGZA AT IY GWPYXEPYP UITGA ADYB. -- NYAYO Q. FUGOYWXY",A man of principle,"A RUT IS A GRAVE WITH THE ENDS KNOCKED OUT. BUREAUCRACY DEFENDS THE STATUS QUO LONG PAST THE TIME WHEN THE QUO HAS LOST ITS STATUS. HUMILITY IS THE EMBARRASSMENT YOU FEEL WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE HOW WONDERFUL YOU ARE. SOME PROBLEMS ARE SO COMPLEX THAT YOU HAVE TO BE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT AND WELL INFORMED JUST TO BE UNDECIDED ABOUT THEM. PETER J. LAURENCE, best known for ""The Peter Principle"". U => a I => b X => c P => d Y => e R => f L => g D => h E => i Q => j J => k F => l B => m W => n T => o N => p K => q O => r Z => s A => t G => u S => v H => w C => x M => y V => z",Cryptography,12/19/05 #33424,On Top of the World,2.37,0.8300000000000001,vbguy101,"A mouse was in a classroom. In a few minutes, he was on the North Pole. How is this possible?",Think about geography.,The mouse went on a globe.,Trick,10/11/06 #26577,Guarded,2.71,0.74,bigSWAFF_69_,What job is represented in this?,No hint available.,Crossing guard,Rebus,10/27/05 #50135,Missing Word 5,2.81,2.0,firefox99,"A 3-letter-word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? _ _ _EO PA_ _ _Y _ _ _ENT E_ _ _E",RAM_ _ _,"ROD. RODEO PARODY RODENT ERODE RAMROD",Language,02/04/14 #1623,The Cube Resistors,2.18,2.97,anilrapire,"Consider a cube, each edge of which has a resistor of resistance r on it. What is the resistance between two points on the same side of the cube but on opposite corners?","There are two ways to solve this problem, the easy way and the hard way. Try drawing a circuit map of what's going on.",3r/4,Science,12/05/01 #29857,House Plants,2.91,1.8800000000000001,peppamintp,"When Sunshine moved into her new house, she visited each of the five local garden stores (one is Rose Bed) and purchased a different houseplant from each store. She used each of the houseplants to brighten up a different room (including the kitchen). In addition, each of the houseplants came in a pot of a different color. From the information provided, determine the houseplant (one is an African Violet) Sunshine bought at each store, the room in which she put each plant, and the color of each plant's pot. 1. The Spider plant came in the red pot. The Spider plant (which is not the one Sunshine put in the bathroom) is not the one Sunshine bought from the Ever Green garden store. 2. Sunshine bought the plant in the orange pot from the Green Thumb plant store. The Patience plant is not the one that came in the blue pot nor the yellow pot. 3. The plant Sunshine put on the porch (which she bought from Blooms Plus) came in either the blue or yellow pot. 4. Sunshine put the plant in the purple pot (which is not the one she bought from the Ever Green garden store) in the den. She bought the Scarborough Lily (which is not the one that came in the blue pot) from the Garden Spot. 5. The Lipstick plant, which Sunshine put in the bedroom, is not the one that came in the blue pot.",No hint available.,"1. Blooms Plus, African Violet, porch, blue. 2. Ever Green, Lipstick plant, bedroom, yellow. 3. Garden Spot, Scarborough Lily, den, purple. 4. Green Thumb, Patience plant, bathroom, orange. 5. Rose Bed, Spider plant, kitchen, red.",Logic-Grid,04/18/06 #36303,Nothing in Common,2.42,2.54,phrebh,"I'm thinking of two words. One is the plural of the first, but the plural shares no letters with its singular form, as is usually the case. The singular is an everyday word, while the plural is practically unknown, but is still listed in common references. What are the words I'm thinking of?","A farmer knows that the singular starts with ""c"" and the plural starts with ""k"".","The singular is ""cow"" and the plural is ""kine"".",Language,04/18/07 #11015,Tally-Ho,2.68,1.72,tissue,"I was drinking champagne at a party, when someone came over and spilled a raisin into my almost full 20 ounce glass. It was shaped like a regular glass, though much larger. Two friends, who always quarreled, came up. The first one said that the raisin will sink, while the second said that the raisin will float. Who was right? The glass is still upright, and is flat on a table. It is also level.",No hint available.,"When you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will continually rise and sink. So, both and neither of them were correct.",Science,03/09/03 #5773,River Trip,2.5100000000000002,2.02,Bobbrt,"Suppose there is a river that has no current. A man gets into a canoe and paddles upstream from his dock to the river's bend 5 kilometers away, and then turns around and returns to the dock. The entire trip takes 40 minutes. Now suppose that the river has a current of 2 kilometers per hour. If the man makes exactly the same trip, will it take longer than 40 minutes, shorter than 40 minutes, or the same amount of time?",No hint available.,"The trip will take longer than 40 minutes. The man will travel two kph slower on the upstream trip and two kph faster on the downstream trip. However, the trip will take longer than 40 minutes because the canoe will be slowed down for a longer period of time going upstream than the time it gains going downstream.",Math,07/21/02 #17475,Shoe Factory,2.5,1.45,VaLeRiY,"One company had two factories, in different parts of the country, that were making the same style of shoes. In both factories, workers were stealing shoes. How, without using any security, could that company stop the stealing?",No hint available.,"Make one factory make the left shoe, and the other make the right shoe.",Logic,04/25/04 #7929,Part of a Catcher's Mitt,2.39,2.66,dsquared,"I am part of a catcher's mitt Though a little mixed up with the form and the fit. I'm back in rehearsal but never partaking And ever amused in laughter I'm making. Although it's unheard of I make all stop and stare. You'll find me when searching almost everywhere.",Look for the feminine touch.,"The word 'HER' I am part of a catcHER's mitt - present in the word Catcher. Though a little mixed up with tHE foRm and the fit - mixed up between the words 'the' and 'form'. I'm back in REHearsal but never partaking - back in rehearsal ie. backwards - REH. Not in the word 'partaking'. And ever amused in laugHtER I'm making - amused because it is in the word 'laughter'. Although it's unheard of I make all stop and stare - unheard of because it isn't in 'all stop and stare'. You'll find me when searching almost everywHERe - search in the word everywhere and it's there.",Riddle,10/07/02 #36711,A Day at the Movie Store,2.43,1.79,Dontrelle,"Dontrelle and his mom walk into a movie store. Dontrelle spots a ""Quarter toss"" where the goal is to land a quarter on very small platform. If it lands and stays there, Dontrelle and his mom get free movie rentals for a year. The trick is that the platform is in a glass of water. The only rules are that the quarter has to land on, and stay on, the platform, and your hand can't get wet. (So he can't just lay it on there.) Well, Dontrelle proved he could do it and got free movies for a year. How did Dontrelle do it?",No hint available.,"Dontrelle grabbed the Quarter toss, walked outside, poured the water out of the glass, took it back inside and laid the quarter on the platform. Dontrelle and his mom will now be enjoying free movie rentals for the rest of the year.",Situation,05/23/07 #42140,Words With UV,2.04,2.56,cnmne,"Five words that contain UV as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *UV**, **UV*, **UV**, **UV***, ***UV** Pool: A, A, A, A, D, E, E, E, F, I, I, L, L, L, M, M, O, R, S, T",No hint available.,"DUVET, MAUVE, LOUVER, FAUVISM, ALLUVIA",Language,06/04/08 #30714,A Butcher,2.61,1.62,npf2005,A butcher had a number of legs of lamb to chop up. He chopped each leg into 11 pieces. He chopped at the rate of 45 strokes per minute. How many legs would he chop in 22 minutes?,"Each leg needs to be chopped ten times, not eleven.","99 legs. Explanation: Each leg is chopped 10 times. 22 multiplied by 45 equals 990. 990 divided by 10 equals 99.",Math,05/26/06 #3990,Unreal Estate,2.3,1.34,VCLMRS,"FOR SALE - Beautiful triangular block of land available for immediate purchase. Located in well-established upmarket neighbourhood, with tree-lined streets. Near large shopping centre and school - THIS BLOCK MEASURES 50M X 32M X 18M - and would be ideal for the buyer who is looking for an unusual site to build a house. Would you buy this block of land?",Think geometry!,"You could not buy this block of land even if you wanted to! It doesn't exist. In a triangle, any two sides must always add up to MORE THAN the third side. But in this block, the sum of two sides (32M + 18M) EQUALS the third side (50M). So the ""land"" doesn't exist - it is a straight line!",Math,05/10/02 #26688,Tug-A-Boat,2.59,0.99,Kalliann,"A tugboat, that was floating on the waves, suddenly sank to the bottom. Very shortly after it sank, it sprang back to the surface without any damage. How could this happen?",No hint available.,"The tugboat was a plastic bath toy, and it was pushed under water by a child.",Situation,11/02/05 #14265,Three Misters,2.66,2.2,MrIxolite,"There are three different terms or phrases represented by the rebus below. What are they? Mr. Inspace Mr. Cutout Mr. Standing",They are all men.,"First man in space. Cut out the middle man. Last man standing.",Rebus,08/11/03 #3876,Footprints,2.72,1.32,arij,"One day a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonged to him, and the other to the LORD. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of his life. This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it. ""LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."" The LORD gave such an answer that made the man keep on wondering in surprise, remove all of his negative doubts and decide to follow the path of the LORD for the whole of his life. What was the LORD's reply?",No hint available.,"The LORD replied, ""My precious, precious child, I love you and would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.""",Situation,05/03/02 #1368,"918452, 98452...",2.25,1.39,Gokaran,"What number comes next in this sequence: 918452, 98452, 9845, 985, ?",No hint available.,98: the lowest digit gets dropped each time,Series,11/12/01 #37833,Pairs of Letters,2.71,1.86,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your task is to place the same pair of letters onto both sets of dashes to complete a common word. Each answer will have a different pair of letters. 1. HI _ _ LI _ _ T 2. E _ _ M _ _ K 3. P _ _ FORM _ _ 4. T _ _ LR _ _ M",No hint available.,"1. HIghLIghT 2. EarMarK 3. PerFORMer 4. TooLRooM",Language,08/18/07 #44532,Can You Find It? V,1.86,1.8800000000000001,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word RELATIONSHIPS, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. Worsted fabric woven with very fine lines or stripes. 2. To breath in, draw breath. 3. The point in a planet or comet's orbit where it is the furthest from the sun. 4. A single particle of ice falling from a cloud. 5. A nonflowering plant from the genus Equisetum. 6. A soft white, cubic mineral, NaCl. 7. Another name for an actor or actress. 8. Mean; treacherous; harmful. 9. To coat or plate in platinum. 10. Belonging geographically to southern Asia and the Malay Archipeligo. 11. An institution where sick or injured people are given treatment. 12. A landing place for helicopters, usually on a roof.",No hint available.,"1. HAIRLINE 2. INHALE 3. APHELION 4. HAILSTONE 5. HORSETAIL 6. HALITE, or SALT 7. THESPIAN 8. REPTILIAN 9. PLATINISE 10. ORIENTAL 11. HOSPITAL 12. HELIPORT",Language,05/27/09 #21533,Phrase 2,2.91,2.39,grimm29,"he now re",No hint available.,He came out of nowhere,Rebus,03/14/05 #19739,Bombs,2.65,2.07,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? KNOWLEDGE Bomb (Defused) KNOWLEDGE Bomb (Defused) knowledge Bomb - tick,tick,tick,tick... KNOWLEDGE Bomb (Defused)",No hint available.,A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,Rebus,12/06/04 #40695,Sir Isaac Newton,2.22,2.24,aresII,"The following quotes are from Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727). He was one of the foremost scientific intellects of all time. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. K=H ""JHRJ FO JKX HTJ VU LHBFQP H ZVFQJ CFJKVIJ LHBFQP HQ XQXLE."" ""CX MIFGW JVV LHQE CHGGO HQW QVJ XQVIPK MTFWPXO.""","F=I V=O X=E","""TACT IS THE ART OF MAKING A POINT WITHOUT MAKING AN ENEMY."" ""WE BUILD TOO MANY WALLS AND NOT ENOUGH BRIDGES."" KEY: B=K C=W E=Y F=I G=L H=A I=U J=T K=H L=M M=B O=S P=G Q=N R=C T=R U=F V=O W=D X=E Z=P",Cryptography,02/24/08 #26387,Confusing Math,2.57,2.31,stormtrooper,"A9543B represents a six-digit number in which A and B are digits different from each other. The number is divisible by 11 and also by 8. What digit does A represent?",The six-digit number is divisible by 8 and 11. Find B first.,"This might be a little confusing: Since the number is divisible by 8, the number 43B formed by the last three digits of the given number is divisible by 8. Digit B must be 2. Since A95432 is divisible by 11, the difference between the sum of its odd-place digits and the sum of its even-place digits is 0 or a multiple of 11. In this case, the difference is 0. Then (A+5+3)-(9+4+2)=0 is equivalent to A+8=15 or A=7. B=2 A=7",Math,10/15/05 #6772,A 30 Year Old Man,2.2,1.25,k2w2man,"A 30 year old man married a 25 year old woman. She died at age 50 and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten years after he stopped crying, he died. If he had lived to be 80, how many years was he a widower?",No hint available.,He was a widower for 25 years.,Math,08/22/02 #8008,Cheetah Series,2.45,2.09,bigsurf18,"Finish this series: 3, 8, 5, 5, 20, 1, ___? a:5 b:15 c:14 d:8 e:none of the above",The answer is given.,"The answer is D. The title has the word ""cheetah"" in it. If you go by A=1, b=2, c=3, etc, then you will end up with 8.",Series,10/11/02 #48039,Eye Rhymes,2.83,1.66,MarcM1098,"In each sentence below, two words are incomplete. The two words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each sentence. Example: One symptom of bronchitis is a ro___ co___. (The two words are: rough & cough.) 1. Money laundering doesn't mean to w___ c___. 2. It may be na___ to wa___ your right to remain silent. 3. A citrus devil could be called a le___ de___. 4. It would de___ me if my gold claim should pe___ out.","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. wa__ ca__ 2. nai__ wai__ 3. lem__ dem__ 4. det__ pet__","1. wash cash 2. naive waive 3. lemon demon 4. deter peter",Language,10/09/10 #27385,"Dip, Help, Light, Deal...",2.59,2.32,signmeup74,"By switching one word from Group A with one word from Group B, you will be left with two groups that are related but different. Which words should be switched? Why? Group A: dip help light deal know Group B: beg jam lead chat nab",Think verb tenses.,"Dip and lead should be switched. Group A will then consist of words that do not need their last letter doubled to make the present participle (or -ing form) of the word. -leading -helping -lighting -dealing -knowing Group B words need their last letter doubled. -begging -jamming -dipping -chatting -nabbing",Group,12/10/05 #31127,Some Fruit,2.38,1.27,horses_rock101,"Alexa likes strawberries, blueberries, and apples. She put bananas, apples, oranges, cherries, and blueberries into a basket. There are 36 fruits in the basket total. There are 7 bananas, 4 apples, 11 oranges, 8 cherries, and the rest blueberries. What is Alexa's chance of picking out a fruit that she likes?",No hint available.,"Alexa has a 5/18 chance of pulling out a fruit she likes. 4 apples + 6 blueberries = 10 fruits she likes 10/36 = 5/18",Probability,06/16/06 #11048,Your Life,2.77,1.62,Christina0213,"What phrase does the following represent? Step 1: Your Life --------- Step 2: Your Life ----------",No hint available.,Putting your life on the line.,Rebus,03/10/03 #29381,Who is PB?,2.53,2.79,signmeup74,"Can you decipher this equation? 4 = J B M S P B (D A D, G, T N D, The W is N E)","Shaken, not stirred.","4 = James Bond Movies Starring Pierce Brosnan (Die Another Day, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough) Alas, Mr. Brosnan's reign as 007 is over. He will be replaced by Daniel Craig in 2006's version of ""Casino Royale.""",Letter-Equations,03/28/06 #46163,Add a Letter 35,2.87,2.32,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a thin flat piece cut from something & to unite two pieces by connecting the ends together (5 letters) 2) the total admission receipts for an event & a striped or clouded quartz (4 letters) 3) to bury & to confine or impound (5 letters) 4) blemish or imperfection & to turn aside (6 letters)",No hint available.,"1) slice & splice 2) gate & agate 3) inter & intern 4) defect & deflect",Language,01/07/10 #35564,Another Common Theme,3.03,1.57,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to change one letter in each of the following words, in order to find six (6) words with a common theme. FIG MUST HIND SLOW SMUG MAIL",No hint available.,"FIG --> FOG MUST --> MIST HIND --> WIND SLOW --> SNOW SMUG --> SMOG MAIL --> HAIL 'Weather conditions' is the common theme.",Group,03/06/07 #8803,Diagony and Allumup,2.63,1.61,im_para_noid,"Someone is a diagony if all they say is a lie; likewise, someone is an allumup if all they say is the truth. You have three friends (Fynudi, Mortimer, and Chloe) and you want to know whether or not Fynudi is a diagony. You ask him and he answers the question, but you are unable to hear him because he mumbled the answer. But the person next to Fynudi (Mortimer) screams, ""He said that he was a diagony!"" and the person next to Mortimer (Chloe) said, ""Mortimer, you are lying."" Now the question is, what is Chloe?",What did Fynudi say?,"Chloe is an allumup. You can find this by simple logic. First of all, you know that Fynudi said that he is an allumup (he would never say that he is a diagony, because he would lie about it). So then you know that Mortimer is lying, which shows that Chloe is telling the truth, making her an allumup.",Logic,11/28/02 #26401,4 People...Or is it 3?,2.62,0.96,i_am_hated,"The taxidermist, the butcher, the butcher's daughter, and the taxidermist's wife went for a stroll in the park. Because it was very early in the morning and no one else could be seen, they thought they were the only ones in the park. Suddenly, several shots were fired, and they all lay dead. But, in the newspaper, the reporter listed 3 people died in the shooting. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"The taxidermist's wife was also the butcher's daughter, therefore there were only 3 people.",Trick,10/16/05 #166,"A Carrot, Lumps of Coal, and a Scarf",2.25,0.7000000000000001,Karin,"A carrot, lumps of coal, and a scarf are lying on the ground. Why are they there?",Think winter!,"Some children made a snowman, which has now melted, leaving behind its carrot nose, its coal eyes and mouth, and its scarf.",Situation,01/25/01 #8160,Take This Test,2.72,0.84,jake101,"1. If you take 2 apples away from 3 what do you have? Answer: 2 apples 2. What is the capital of Mississippi? Answer: M 3. How do you shoot a deer? Answer: With a gun 4. What is the mispelled word in this test? Answer: ???",Look for the misspelled word.,Mispelled- The correct spelling is misspelled.,Language,10/21/02 #8969,"Not Feeling Well, John?",2.59,1.72,MrIxolite,"What is represented here? Friday a.m. - Measles Friday p.m. - Chicken Pox Saturday a.m. - Small Pox Saturday p.m. - Scarlet or Yellow.","Staying Alive, perhaps",Saturday Night Fever,Rebus,12/07/02 #731,Quiz Show,2.34,2.09,rkb-1961,"Suppose you're participating in a TV quiz show and you make it to the final round. The quiz master shows you three closed boxes; two of them are empty, but the other one contains the super prize of $1,000,000. He asks you to make a choice... When you make your choice he opens one of the rejected boxes and shows you it is empty. Now he gives you the opportunity either to stick to your first choice or to pick the other box. What should you do? Or does it not matter at all because the odds are now fifty-fifty?",It surely DOES matter.,"Leave your first choice for what it's worth and pick the other box. You only have to stick to your initial choice when that box holds the money. But the probability of your first choice being correct was only 1/3, or 33.33%. By changing your choice you raise your chances up to 2/3 (66.66%).",Probability,08/01/01 #52799,Compound Word Closers 15,3.1,1.8800000000000001,ThinksForFun,"For each of the following, find a word that may be appended to each of the three words in the group to form three new valid words. For example, given: ""friend, owner, dealer"", you would need to find the word ""ship"", which, when appended to these words, results in the three new valid words: ""friendship"", ""ownership"", and ""dealership"" respectively. 1. back, key, heat 2. flag, soap, sand 3. land, water, hall 4. white, night, fools",No hint available.,"1. stroke - backstroke, keystroke, heatstroke 2. stone - flagstone, soapstone, sandstone 3. mark - landmark, watermark, hallmark 4. cap - whitecap, nightcap, foolscap",Language,03/14/22 #1073,No One Dollar Bills,2.5,1.53,Michelle,How could you give someone $63 using six bills without using one dollar bills?,No hint available.,"1- $50 bill 1- $5 bill 4- $2 bills",Math,10/09/01 #26580,Word Pyramid: Forgotten Wonders VI,2.87,2.73,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: A Clues: 1. The symbol for the element sodium. 2. A social insect living in organized colonies. 3. Used after a comparative adjective or adverb to introduce the second element or clause of an unequal comparison. 4. In a lower place; below. 5. A small molecule that reacts with a specific antibody but cannot induce the formation of antibodies unless bound to a carrier protein or other large antigenic molecule. 6. To utter speech sounds; vocalize. 7. All the gods of a people considered as a group. 8. The chief temple of the goddess Athena built between 447 and 432 B.C.",Located in the midst of the Acropolis.,"A NA ANT THAN NEATH HAPTEN PHONATE PANTHEON PARTHENON The Parthenon is the most famous surviving building of Ancient Greece and one of the most famous buildings in the world. The building has stood atop the Acropolis of Athens for nearly 2,500 years and was built to give thanks to Athena, the city's patron goddess, for the salvation of Athens and Greece in the Persian Wars. The building was officially called the Temple of Athena the Virgin, and its popular name derives from the ancient Greek word parthenos, meaning a young woman.",Language,10/27/05 #44355,Duplicate Lottery Picks,1.92,2.91,Zag24,"In the Massachusetts Megabucks lottery, six different numbers from 1 to 42 (inclusive) are selected. When you buy a ticket, you can ask for a ""quick pick"" in which the computer chooses the numbers for you, and you can purchase up to five games on a single ticket. We'll assume that the computer's random number generator is fair, giving each possible combination an equal probability of being chosen. 1. If I ""quick pick"" for two games, what are the chances that the two games have the same combination of numbers? 2. If I ""quick pick"" for five games (one five-game ticket), what are the chances that there are two games on that ticket with the same combination? 3 (The toughie). How many five-game quick-pick tickets would I have to buy in order to have a greater than 50% chance of having at least one ticket with two games on it that match exactly?",#1 is the same as the chance of a single-game ticket winning the lottery.,"1. 1/5245786. The first game on the ticket will be some combination. Then you just calculate the chances that the second game on the ticket will match it. This number of combinations is (42 choose 6) or 42! / 6! (42-6)! = 5245786 So the chances that they match is 1 over this number. 2. For this sort of problem, where you are asking what are the chances of something happening at least once out of several opportunities to happen, you first calculate the opposite -- the chances of it NOT happening in all the tries -- and subtract from 1. So, what are the chances that the 5 games on the ticket are all different? We know that there are 5245786 possibilities for any one game. In the first game, we choose one of them. The second game now has a 5245785 / 5245786 chance of being different from that first one. Now the third game has a 5245784 / 5245786 chance of being different from either of the first two; and the fourth has a 5245783 / 5245786 chance of being a new selection. When you have the chances of individual events occurring, and you want to know the chance of them ALL occurring, you just multiply. We multiply the chances of all these events occurring (that is, each choice being different) to get: (5245785 * 5245784 * 5245783 * 5245782) / 5245786 ^ 4 This equals 0.99999809370925005714289758986902 Remember, this is the chance of all of the games on a five-game ticket being different. So the chance of at least two of them being the same is 1 minus this number, or 0.0000019062907499428571024101309848736 which is a really tiny number. 3. We take a similar approach with this calculation that we took before: figure out the chance of it not happening for N tickets, and subtract that value from 1. Then we set that chance to 0.5 and solve for N. We already know the chance of it happening in one try: the tiny number above, which, for now, we'll call p. So the chance of it NOT happening in one try is (1-p). The chance of it NOT happening in n tries is (1-p)^n, so the chance of it happening at least once in n tries is [1 - (1-p)^n]. We set this formula to 0.5 and solve for n. Of course, solving for n is tricky, unless you are comfortable with logarithms. I start with the equation 0.5 = [1 - (1-p)^n] Simplify 0.5 = (1-p)^n Take natural logarithm of both sides ln(0.5) = ln( (1-p)^n) Use logarithm magic ln(0.5) = n * ln(1-p) Divide both sides by ln(1-p) n = ln(0.5) / ln(1-p) Plug in the number (which we already know) for p and let the calculator do what it's good at n = 363610.07359999192796640483226154 which is how many tickets we would have to buy to have a 50% chance of seeing one ticket with a match. Since we can't buy fractional tickets, we round up, to make sure we have a greater than 50% chance. So we need to buy 363611 five-game tickets to have a better than 50% chance of having at least one ticket on which two games match exactly. Whew!",Probability,04/23/09 #5013,"1, 5, 9, 15, ?",2.36,2.56,im_para_noid,"What is the next number in the sequence: 1, 5, 9, 15, ?",No hint available.,"The numbers represent the position in the alphabet of the letters a, e, i, and o which are the first four vowels. The next number in the sequence is therefore 21 which represents the letter u.",Series,06/28/02 #48816,Improper Prefixes 13,2.58,2.45,cnmne,"The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. The pronunciation for the ""incorrect definition"" may be different (""co ward"" instead of ""coward""). Example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix). 1) to apply electrical power again 2) the pace of an animal prior to an easy-bounding gait 3) below a person's way of standing 4) part of a person's liking or inclination",No hint available.,"1) revolt (re volt) 2) antelope (ante lope) 3) substance (sub stance) 4) infancy (in fancy)",Language,06/19/11 #30328,Words of Wisdom From Yczcfyc Sctjzq,2.71,2.42,Question_Mark,"""Ckvcgn cqy cf rhyokxfx zceyhtg hd fzhlszf ctj vhej ctj jxxj. Ckvcgn cqy cf oleqdgqts ghle fzhlszfn ctj xaxegfzqts vqkk mx vxkk."" -Yczcfyc Sctjzq","G = S U = L Y = G","""Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well."" -Mahatma Gandhi A = C B = M C = R D = J E = X F = D G = S H = Z I = Q L = K M = Y N = T O = H P = O R = E S = N T = F U = L V = A W = V Y = G",Cryptography,05/07/06 #9350,Gentlemen Only,2.43,2.49,MrIxolite,"Joined at the beginning and then slung on your back. Twelve brothers and me make one half of black. Break any rule and you'll get instant removal. Violence with me doesn't meet seal's approval.",No hint available.,"A Club. Join a club, sling golf clubs on your back. 13 clubs plus 13 spades make up the black cards and seals are sometimes clubbed for their pelts (I don't agree with this practice at all).",Riddle,12/23/02 #30091,Billiards Tournament,2.87,2.32,cdrock,"Seven amateur billiards players gather to play a billiards tournament. The players were divided into two sections: Section A has 4 players; and Section B has 3 players. Each player played against every other player in his/her Section. With the information below, can you determine each person's section, and to whom they won and lost. Players: Betty, Chris, Greg, Jill, John, Mary, and Tina. 1. Every player from Section B has the same win-loss record. 2. John lost all of his games. 3. Mary, who defeated Jill, won more games than exactly 5 of the players. 4. Jill lost to Greg, and Tina defeated Chris.",No hint available.,"Section A: John: Lost to everyone. Jill: Beat John, Lost to Mary and Greg. Mary: Beat John, and Jill. Lost to Greg. Greg: Beat everyone. Section B: Betty: Beat Tina. Lost to Chris. Tina: Beat Chris. Lost to Betty. Chris: Beat Betty. Lost to Tina.",Logic,04/26/06 #48119,Compound Couples II,2.52,2.11,dalfamnest,"Compound words are pairings of existing words; e.g. brainstorm. Each word affects the overall meaning. Some word pairs can be compounded in two ways. Use the given clues to find these ""Compound Couples"". ** EXAMPLE ** short range firearm & the blast from a firearm [7] = shotgun & gunshot ** CLUES ** 1. sentinel & point of view [7] 2. (American) football play & careless or casual [7] 3. furniture borer & bitter, aromatic, medicinal shrub [8] 4. one who stalks wild animals & criminal searches [8] ** HINT ** You will find sentences in which the Compound Couples can be placed.","1. Seeing no clouds in the sky, the _____ official predicted a pleasant weather _____ for 48 hours. 2. The vital _____ went astray as it was made in a disgracefully _____ manner. 3. The legs of my beloved Georgian oak table were full of _____! Oh! the gall and _____ in my heart! 4. Because he knew the terrain so well, the _____ would often help police on local _____.","1. lookout & outlook 2. handoff & offhand 3. woodworm & wormwood 4. huntsman & manhunts",Language,10/19/10 #4459,Cast,2.03,1.98,comet16,"Can you decipher this? Cast Nets",No hint available.,"Castanets (Cast on Nets)",Rebus,06/03/02 #33774,Complete-A-Word XVI,2.52,2.35,phrebh,"Use the 26 letters of the alphabet to complete the ten words below, replacing each underscore with a letter. Each letter can only be used once. 1. L_ _U_CIO_ _ 2. _E_ITA_ _E 3. _ERM_TI_ 4. E_A_ _LE 5. T_E_ _Y 6. _LIN_ 7. _UN_ 8. _E_ 9. B_ 10. _",It helps if you write down the alphabet and then cross out the ones you've used.,"1. LOQUACIOUS 2. VERITABLE 3. HERMETIC 4. EXAMPLE 5. TWENTY 6. FLING 7. JUNK 8. ZED 9. BY 10. I",Language,10/31/06 #25144,Say What?,3.17,1.95,tamjp,"The following phrases are colloquialisms, idioms or proverbs that are written in their literal, and rather complicated form. Can you uncover their true meanings and solve this teaser? Example: ""Don't place the two wheeled vehicle in a position preceding the equine mammal,"" is the proverb ""Don't put the cart before the horse."" 1. Positive aesthetic appeal is solely the equivalent of the thickness of the epidermis. 2. The ground covering of slender leaved plants is always a more vibrant hue of a common secondary color in the proximity of the opposite surface of a structure serving as a boundary. 3. Produce the sound of sharp tapping by striking blows to a processed piece of secondary xylem from a large perennial plant. 4. The gyre that emanates shrill sounds receives the viscous lubricant.",No hint available.,"1. Beauty is only skin deep. 2. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. 3. Knock on wood. 4. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.",Language,08/07/05 #1719,Bases,2.23,1.69,Bigman,How can 1+1=10?,No hint available.,1+1=10 only if you use base 2 instead of base 10.,Math,12/14/01 #48697,Scramblegories- Food,2.5100000000000002,1.8800000000000001,Mathgeek007,"In each set, take one letter from the first word, one from the second, and so on to spell a word or phrase from the category in the title. You may not use any letter in a single word twice. When you are done, you'll have four words related to the category. COPS TARA SEEN TOAD YAKS","Word 1- Sweet Tooth Word 2- Cow Meat Word 3- Twist off the top... Word 4- Meatballs!","CANDY STEAK OREOS PASTA",Language,05/08/11 #35665,Letters #3,2.56,2.57,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to complete the following words by placing the letters from the same three-letter word, in order, in the gaps. C _ L _ B _ E L _ N _ A _ Y R _ P _ E _ S",No hint available.,"The word is: AIR CaLiBrE LaNiArY RaPiErS",Language,03/13/07 #28201,Elliot,2.68,1.02,Shawnheyhey123,Elliot was visiting the zoo. Eliot got attacked by a bear. What happened to Elliot?,"Look at the title. There are no spelling mistakes.","Nothing happened to ELLIOT (with 2 ""L""s), but ELIOT (with 1 ""L"") got attacked by the bear.",Trick,01/22/06 #34483,Familiar Misquotes Series IV,2.93,2.23,aresII,"Whenever a phrase or sentence becomes part of the common language, there is a strong possibility that it will be quoted inaccurately. Over the course of time, a letter gets shifted or a word is changed and forevermore the quotation becomes a cliche that nobody ever gets quite right. Try to complete each proverbial cliche: 1.) "" I only regret that I have but one life to ______ for my country."" - Nathan Hale 2.) ""Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no ______ ."" 3.) ""Music hath charms to soothe ______ ."" - William Congreve",No hint available.,"1.) lose 2.) fibs 3.) a savage breast",Language,12/20/06 #5826,Universal Solvent,2.66,0.84,bonboy5,"A scientist was approached by a man who offered to sell him a flask of universal solvent, a liquid that he swore would dissolve any substance it touched. The scientist knew he was lying. How did he know?",No hint available.,The liquid hadn't dissolved the flask.,Science,07/23/02 #42000,It Takes a Lot,2.68,2.23,aresII,"My 1, 10, 5, 3 is a child's toy. My 11, 9, 10, 7, 8, 2 is neither a vegetable nor mineral. My 4, 2, 8, 9 is also my goal. My 6, 11, 1 is a mighty tree. My whole is a compulsion to take a lot.",No hint available.,"KLEPTOMANIA Clue 1 = kite. Clue 2 = animal. Clue 3 = plan. Clue 4 = oak.",Riddle,05/20/08 #4811,The Talking Clock,2.93,2.04,QtistLilShorTy,"A man had just redone his apartment, and he wanted to show it off to his friends. He showed them his whole apartment and in the final room there was a giant gong. One friend asked, ""Why do you have a giant gong in the middle of the room?"" The owner of the apartment replied, ""Well, because it is my talking time clock."" Another friend questioned, ""Does it actually work?"" So in reply the owner nodded and proved to everyone that it truly was a talking time clock. How did he prove this??",No hint available.,"The owner hit the gong and it sounded loudly, and then a voice called from the other side of the wall. This voice shouted, ""Hey! Stop sounding that gong. It's one thirty in the morning!""",Situation,06/18/02 #4713,What's that?,2.54,1.59,missie,"Decipher this phrase: What's that? What's that? What's that ANYWAY What's that? What's that? What's that?",No hint available.,What's that all about anyway?,Rebus,06/14/02 #42094,R of 5 to Win G,1.9000000000000001,2.87,shenqiang,R of 5 to win G,No hint available.,Row of 5 to win Gobang.,Letter-Equations,05/31/08 #38101,Incan Mathology,2.5,2.94,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Incan mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the two possible solutions. SUPAY + IYAPA + INTI = CHASCA",No hint available.,"57386 + 46838 + 4294 = 108518 59803 + 73080 + 7627 = 140510",Cryptography,09/04/07 #29250,A Poisonous Matter in the Pub,2.85,2.42,spookboy0,"In the beginning, nobody will object That I am the matter, issue, and subject Change the third then I become Poisonous, hazardous, even fatal, to some Change it again and then you'll find me In the bars and pubs of the city What am I?",No hint available.,"The words Topic, Toxic, and Tonic.",Riddle,03/22/06 #23252,Mono-Grammar 3,2.79,2.57,cnmne,"Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each sentence describes a different set). Example: malt, melt, molt. 1) Instead of buying one baked good at the restaurant, Mark bought a whole box. 2) Do not decline to prove the falseness of the necessity of a shelter. 3) Neil loves to brag about how he killed the animal with an explosion. 4) The uncommon rabbit should not challenge the common tortoise.",No hint available.,"cake = baked good cafe = restaurant case = box refuse = decline refute = prove the falseness of refuge = shelter boast = brag beast = animal blast = explosion rare = uncommon hare = rabbit dare = challenge",Language,05/29/05 #16971,Words 2,2.48,2.55,slob,"Below, 10 nine letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These chunks have been mixed up, no chunk is used twice and all chunks are used. Can you determine what the 10 words are? hol rec ant imp fer con man dif ice pol acq htn ort myt new air sag duc dec lig kch ogy ing tan uit ent gle tal tor ent",No hint available.,"Acquittal, conductor, deckchair, different, important, lightning, mythology, newsagent, policeman, rectangle.",Language,03/10/04 #12079,To Too and Two,1.8800000000000001,1.68,alienbob,"The two girls went to the mall, too. There are three ____ in this sentence. Which to, two, or too would you have to put in the blank to make it correct?",No hint available.,"It's a trick question. You can't put toos, twos, or tos because there is only one of each in the sentence, although ""toos"", ""tos"", and ""twos"" would be acceptable because of the quotes but other than that it's wrong.",Trick,04/27/03 #48995,Common Themes,2.63,2.46,Gizzer,"Of the seven words in each of given groups (1-3), five actually belong in the group. One word belongs in one of the other given groups, and one word belongs in Group 4. Can you sort out the groups? You will end up with six related words in Groups 1-3 and three related words in Group 4. The four groups are also related by a common theme. Group 1: brown, candle, chop, fiddle, joy, pass, slap Group 2: buzz, corner, field, grind, ham, mill, sand Group 3: back, catch, collar, herring, match, whale, wish Group 4:",No hint available.,"Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me! Group 1: candle, chop, fiddle, joy, match, slap (sticks) Group 2: brown, corner, field, grind, mill, sand (stones) Group 3: back, collar, ham, herring, whale, wish (bones) Group 4: buzz, catch, pass (words)",Group,08/29/11 #23637,What's Time Have to Do With It?,2.61,1.14,bigSWAFF_69_,"What is the common phrase represented in this rebus? 4:37 P.M. = Euro, Pound, Dollar, Yen",The title is a hint.,"Time is Money. 4:37 P.M. is a ""time""; Euro, Pound, Dollar, and Yen are all different types of currency or ""Money"".",Rebus,06/13/05 #39496,Creative Letters . . .,2.71,2.09,snowmonster,"For each definition below, find the two words that fit. Each a-b pair has something in common. 1. (a) A unit of area (b) To be concerned 2. (a) The big dance (b) To frolic boisterously 3. (a) A flat-topped hill (b) Conforming in every detail",They are anagrams of each other.,"1. (a) Acre (b) Care 2. (a) Prom (b) Romp 3. (a) Mesa (b) Same",Language,12/07/07 #49599,0 to 10 Pyramid XVIII,2.5100000000000002,2.84,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. [Foreign words may be used, but only if they are commonly found in English usage.] A clue is given for each word. Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you do this ""0 to 10"" in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch! The hint provides the starting letters of all the words from #5 onwards. 1. It can be acute or grave (in a certain language) 2. And, from the same language 3. X, in a different language 4. Air or melody 5. Do this and we stand (according to the song) 6. Yellow pigment in plant leaves and egg yolk 7. Silhouette or shape 8. Intricate; curled up in a spiral 9. Gradual development from simple to complex form (e.g. language) 10. The Beatles' hit song, released on the B-side of ""Hey Jude""","Starting letters from #5: 5. U 6. L 7. O 8. I 9. E 10. R","1. E 2. Et 3. Ten 4. Tune 5. Unite 6. Lutein 7. Outline 8. Involute 9. Evolution 10. Revolution",Language,09/23/12 #43132,Sounds Elementary!,2.8,1.92,mosca,"Solve each combination to find the sounds of the name of a chemical element: 1. Male sibling + belongs to me = ? 2. Small notch + Twelfth letter = ? 3. Me + be in debt + eat = ? 4. Goofy + inmate = ?",No hint available.,"1. Bro mine Bromine 2. Nick L Nickel 3. I owe dine Iodine 4. Silly con Silicon",Language,09/19/08 #8505,Is No Meal,2.17,2.73,dsquared,"What anagram of the following phrase is rather apt in reference to the phrase? Is No Meal",No hint available.,"Semolina. Semolina is the gritty coarse particles of wheat left after the finer flour has passed through a bolting machine, used for pasta.",Language,11/14/02 #23882,Fits You to a Tee,2.38,2.75,norcekri,"What do the following have in common? Player, Kite, Ball, Bell, Shore, Hope, King, Price",This list could also include Casper and Cooper.,"They're all in the World Golf Hall of Fame: Gary Player Tom Kite John Ball Judy Bell Dinah Shore Bob Hope Betsy King Nick Price",Group,06/21/05 #2462,Golden Ratio,2.14,2.33,tommo,Which positive number is equal to its inverse plus one?,No hint available.,"x =1/x + 1 x=1.61803398875",Math,02/28/02 #32815,Games,2.21,1.35,brain_dead,"This person is at all the varsity football games, American football. Although the person is not on the football team he or she is still in a uniform, just not a football one. This person is not in the band and is not there to specifically watch the game. He or she does keep an eye on the game though. Why is this person at the game?",If you have never been to a varsity football game you might not know the answer.,"The person is a varsity cheerleader, and is there to cheer. The person is at all the games, in uniform, and is not there to watch the game, but must keep on eye on it as to know which cheers to do.",Situation,09/02/06 #31802,Am I a Man?,2.55,2.77,jazzmusician46,"An ancient world I once did rule, filling men with trepidation. All deadly sins I thee did worship, with a passion and rage so fierce. My name was sovereign; so noble and refined, but a number of a man also knew me. This figure is long and complex by nature, six hundred three score and six. Who am I?",Six hundred three score and six = 666,"The Emperor, Caesar Nero. 666 is the Aramaic numerical equivalent of Nero's name. Much of the Bible focuses on the power of numbers, for example, The Trinity (3); The Pentateuch (the first 5 books of the Old Testament); the 12 Tribes of Israel; the 12 Apostles; the Resurrection in 3 days; Moses' 40 years in the desert; Jesus' 40 days in the desert; and so on. Likewise, each Hebrew letter is represented by a different number. For example, The Hebrew of David is DWD (DaWiD)...dwd=4-6-4(14). Similarly, the Latin name of Nero Caesar or Caesar Nero, an ""n"" can also be added, resulting in Neron Caesar. Next the Latin is transliterated into Aramaic, resulting in 'nrwn qsr', which when using the numeric equivalent of the letters, then adds up to 666 as follows: Nun = 50 Resh = 200 Waw = 6 Nun = 50 Qoph = 100 Samech = 60 Resh = 200 Sorry for ruining your Hollywood idea of the devil as 666. Arguably though, Nero and Satan were pretty close!",Trivia,07/16/06 #7465,10%,2.1,1.49,timmyboym,"Solve the following equation: 10% of 10% of (10/10-10)",Don't think positive.,-0.09,Math,09/15/02 #38203,Eccentric Behaviour,2.73,2.69,FreddyPharkas,"What's wrong with these people? Bob stands outside when it rains, touching a tree and getting soaked from above. Jim stands out when it snows, rubbing a rock and getting frozen from above. Jill stands out in hailstorms, stroking a stone and getting pelted from above. Sally stands out in gales, fondling a flower and getting blown and battered from above.",The items they are with are unimportant.,"They're all ""feeling under the weather"".",Rebus,09/09/07 #37381,...And We All Fall Down,2.75,1.05,Fhempen,"You're standing directly under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO, USA. You look up and note that the sun is directly above you as well. Suddenly, you notice the Arch begins to sway, and you realize that it's going to tip over. However, you don't know which way it is going to fall, and because of the sun it's too hard to see. (Not to mention the watery eyes you have from looking into the brightness of the sun.) A few other people see it too, and as they begin to scream, panic breaks out. Tourists are running wildly everywhere. If you run the wrong way, you know you won't have enough time to go back the other way because the crowds are so insane, and you wouldn't be able to break out of the crowd in time. Which way do you run?",Look at a picture of the Gateway Arch.,"You don't run. The Arch is tipping over not collapsing. Even if you didn't know which way the Arch was going to fall, if you stand directly underneath of it, there's no way it can hit you.",Situation,07/14/07 #149,"4, 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4 ...",2.4,2.24,cruiser,"What are the next 3 numbers in this series? 4, 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, 4 ...",No hint available.,"3, 6, 6. Starting with zero, count the number of letters in the name of each number.",Series,01/18/01 #11451,Time for Breakfast,2.34,2.7,Gizzer,"Each of the items in Group A are or can be eaten at breakfast. Each of the items in Group B are things that some of us have metaphorically ""eaten"" or been told to eat. Group A: coffee, waffles, bacon, toast, cheese Group B: dirt, shorts, words, heart, humble pie But the words in Group A share another property, which only one word in Group B shares. Can you tell me which word, and what is the property they share?",No hint available.,"Shorts All the words in Group A, and the word shorts, can be preceded by an adjective that represents a country: Irish coffee, Belgian waffles, Canadian bacon, French toast, American or Swiss cheese, and of course, Bermuda shorts.",Group,03/28/03 #13067,Segment Redirected,2.28,1.8900000000000001,willymapo,"The professor drew a circle in the blackboard. He marked the center and named it A. Then he made a horizontal segment starting at the center and ending on the circle at point B. He named it Segment AB. Then he made a vertical segment, perpendicular to AB, starting at A and ending on the circle at point C. He named it Segment AC. Then he marked a point somewhere in the middle of AC and named it X. He started at X and made another horizontal segment, parallel to AB and perpendicular to AC, and ended it on the circle at point Y. He named it segment XY. Then He started at point Y at the circumference, and made another segment, parallel to AC and perpendicular to AB, that ended in a point around the middle of AB at a point that he called W. Then we saw the blackboard and there was a circle with a perfect rectangle in it, the rectangle made of points AXYW. The professor then drew the last segment, from point X to point W, making then the diagonal segment XW of the rectangle. And He asked: If the diameter of the circle is 1 inch, then how long is the segment XW?",No hint available.,"XW is 1/2 inch long, because both diagonals of a rectangle are equal, and the other diagonal (AY) makes up the radius of the circle, that is half the diameter.",Math,06/11/03 #3478,Hear Me Call,2.5100000000000002,1.8,Drunky,"You hear me calling to you, beckoning with my shrill voice; My keys will carry you to the place of your choice. What am I?",Something you might use everyday.,A Telephone,Riddle,04/13/02 #36784,Words With One Letter Changed,2.5,2.15,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given two definitions. Each pair of definitions is for two unrelated words. Your task is to discover what these two words are. In the answer to the second word, I took the first word, but changed one of its letters to make a completely different word. (i.e. table - fable) 1. An open area of ground - an evil person. 2. An opening in a wall or door that contains glass - the separation of the chaff from the grain. 3. A piece of furniture with drawers and shelving - fabric made of silk and wool that is normally given a watered finish. 4. The blossoming part of a plant - a machine used to cut into and turn over soil.",No hint available.,"1. field - fiend 2. window - winnow 3. cabinet - tabinet 4. flower - plower",Language,05/30/07 #20815,How Old Are They?,2.47,2.21,NewYork_101,A husband and wife have a combined age of 91. The husband is now twice as old as his wife was when he was as old as she is now. How old are they?,No hint available.,"Husband = 52, Wife = 39. If we call the husband's age h, and the wife's w, we know: h + w = 91 (a) Their age difference is h - w. We know the husband is 2 * (how old his wife was when he was her age), so we need to take their age difference off his current wife's age, as follows: 2 * (w - (h - w)) = h Simplifying this we get: 4w = 3h plugging this back into (a) gives the required answer.",Math,02/03/05 #28739,Candy Sales,2.54,2.66,paul726,"Mary Jane, the confectioner with two first names, looked up her fellow candy maker in the phone book. ""Cracker, Jack"" was the listing, and during the ensuing phone conversation they decided to jointly market their products in a single multi-pack. They quickly discovered that the normal rules of economics applied, as when they reduced their price, they were able to sell more of their product, and vice versa. When they priced a box of candy at $5.95, they realized a profit of $1.75 per box and sold on average 100 boxes per week. For each $0.20 reduction in price, their sales increased by 25 boxes per week. What did they finally determine was the optimum price at which to sell their wares to produce the maximum weekly profit? (Assume that changes in price have no effect on the cost of producing or marketing the candy.)",Form an equation which calculates profit and reflects the effects of changes in price.,"This can be solved in a few different ways. Trial and error is one, and perhaps the simplest. Deriving an equation for the profit produces: P(Profit) = ($1.75-0.20x)(100+25x) ........ = -5x²-20x+43.75x+175 ........ = -5x² +23.75x +175 Here, the 'x' represents the number of $0.20 reductions in price (and per-box profit), and thereby the number of 25 box sales increases that will be performed. This produces an inverted parabola when graphed, and the point of maximum profit can be fairly accurately determined by observation. Finally, using basic calculus, the first derivative can be obtained: P` = -10x +23.75 To maximize Profit, find the point where the first derivative is equal to zero. 0 = -10x +23.75 10x = 23.75 x = 2.375 Therefore, the price should be reduced by 2.375 x $0.20, or $0.47 per box for an optimum price of $5.48 per box. This yields sales of approximately 159 boxes per week, at a profit per box of $1.28 for a total weekly profit of $203.52.",Math,02/21/06 #16333,Look Me Over,3.04,1.14,snaps,"If to you I'm given you should thankfully receive, Then look me over carefully, just don't look at my teeth. Show me to a cool stream and I'll follow willingly, Though I might not do what you want, although parched I may be, But if you're really hungry and are looking for a bite, I don't think you could eat me even though you say you might. Decipher all these clues and then together they should tie To help you solve the question which, of course, is ""what am I?""",No hint available.,"If you answered ""horse"" then you're quite clever, very shrewd, For to look a gift horse in the mouth is very, very rude! Though I may (or not) be thirsty it's a well-known thing, I think, That you can lead a horse to water but you can not make it drink, And though you might be famished, I don't think you mean a word In saying, ""I'm so hungry I could eat a horse,"" it's quite absurd!",Riddle,01/27/04 #16150,Hospital,2.26,1.27,AhSeng,"On the 1st of April, Xiu Ming started to go to the hospital daily though he may occasionally miss a few days in a month. Xiu Ming is in good health condition but why does he go to the hospital so often?",No hint available.,Xiu Ming started to work as doctor at that hospital on 1st April. The date 1st April is just to cause confusion.,Situation,01/13/04 #38370,More From George,2.67,2.41,aresII,"This is a quote from George Carlin, one of America's most popular wise guys. Can you decode it? J=R ""A LPZB BW X VWWEFBWJP XZR XFEPR BKP FXGPFLWIXZ, 'LKPJP'F BKP FPGO-KPGS FPTBAWZ?' FKP FXAR AO FKP BWGR IP, AB LWDGR RPOPXB BKP SDJSWFP.""","D=U E=K W=O","""I WENT TO A BOOKSTORE AND ASKED THE SALESWOMAN, 'WHERE'S THE SELF-HELP SECTION?' SHE SAID IF SHE TOLD ME, IT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE."" KEY: A=I B=T D=U E=K F=S G=L I=M J=R K=H L=W O=F P=E R=D S=P T=C V=B W=O X=A Z=N",Cryptography,09/20/07 #36419,Slice & Splice 9,2.65,2.43,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: CAP, FOR, LET, NOR, RAY, SOP Group B: ***C**, *A****, **P***",No hint available.,"The Group B words are types of birds. FALCON, PARROT, OSPREY",Language,04/26/07 #1957,Painting a Room,2.32,1.52,missie,"A man can paint a room in four hours, and another man can paint the room in two hours. How long would it take if they worked together?",No hint available.,"80 minutes. Man A can paint a room in 2 h: 1 room/2 hours Man B can paint a room in 4 h: 1 room/4 hours Add the times together with the lowest common denominator of 4: 2/4 + 1/4 = 3 rooms/4 hours We know how long it takes to do three rooms, but we want to know how long it would take to paint one: 3 divided by 3 = 1 4 divided by 3 = 1.333... or 1 1/3 h 1 1/3 h = 80 minutes",Math,01/06/02 #24394,"Trilogy Part 1: Howdy, Pardner",2.98,1.6,cinnamon30,"Standing outside of Sneed's Seed and Feed are five local ranch owners (including Mr. Lovelace), talking about the weather and current events. From the information provided, can you determine the first and last names of the rancher and the position they are standing? ""Left"" and ""Right"" refer to your left and right. Draw 5 lines on a sheet of paper and label them A through E, in order - with position A being on the left looking at the paper and position E being on the right looking at the paper. First Names - Carl, Hank, Pablo, Rusty and Zeke Last Names - Brooks, Ewing, Lovelace, McCool and Sanchez Positions - A, B, C, D and E 1. Rusty is somewhere to the left of Mr. Brooks. 2. Zeke isn't Mr. Ewing (who is the rancher in position C). 3. Carl (who isn't Mr. McCool) is the rancher in position B. 4. Hank is standing to the immediate right of Pablo Sanchez. Note: You will need the answers from this logic grid to solve Trilogy Part 2: Ranch Dressing.",No hint available.,"Zeke McCool is in position A. Carl Lovelace is in position B. Rusty Ewing is in position C. Pablo Sanchez is in position D. Hank Brooks is in position E. Carl is standing in position B (3). Mr. Ewing is in position C (2). Pablo Sanchez can't be in position B (2) or C (3), so he has to be in position D because Hank is to his immediate right (4). Hank can't be in position A (4) or B (3), so he has to be in position E. Zeke isn't Mr. Ewing in position C (2), so Zeke is in position A, only one left. This leaves Rusty who is in position C and he is Mr. Ewing. Mr. Brooks is in position E (1). Carl is Mr. Lovelace because he isn't Mr. McCool (3), which leaves Zeke as Mr. McCool.",Logic-Grid,07/10/05 #5012,"4, 16, 37, 58 ...",2.72,2.8,im_para_noid,"What is the next number in the series: 4, 16, 37, 58, 89, 145, 42, 20?",No hint available.,"Each number of the series is the sum of the squares of the individual digits contained in the preceding number. For example, the sum of the squares of the digits in the number 37 is (3 x 3) + (7 x 7) which is 58, the number in the series after 37. The answer is therefore 4, which is (2 x 2) + (0 x 0). This means that the series has started to repeat itself.",Series,06/28/02 #8600,Snips,2.61,1.1,dsquared,"What common expression is represented below? Ssssstttttooooorrrrryyyyy *snip snip* Story",No hint available.,"To cut a long story short Pretty self explanatory really: Ssssstttttooooorrrrryyyyy = A long story snip snip = Two cut or To cut Story = A shortened version of the first one therefore it has been cut short.",Rebus,11/19/02 #624,Silver Dress,2.37,1.54,lunadraconis,"I am a lady. You almost never see me My dress is made of silver silk and black velvet with diamonds studded in the velvet. With the month I grow pregnant with the golden man's son. Who am I?",I see you at night,The moon,Riddle,06/18/01 #25781,Mono-Grammar 4,2.81,2.39,cnmne,"Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each sentence describes a different set). Example: malt, melt, molt. 1) Billy discovered a cylindrical chest buried beneath the knoll. 2) The only evidence found by the detective was some adhesive in the chimney passage. 3) The bashful bovine rested on the small bed. 4) The latest fad was for people to desire the ingestion of a tall wading bird.",No hint available.,"found = discovered round = cylindrical mound = knoll clue = evidence glue = adhesive flue = chimney passage coy = bashful cow = bovine cot = small bed craze = fad crave = desire crane = tall wading bird",Language,09/05/05 #22956,Lewis Carroll Would be Proud # 2,2.63,1.71,nappysquid,"I'm a verb and a noun. I don't use sight; I use sound. I could also be made of wood. Do you know me? You should.",No hint available.,A bat,Riddle,05/17/05 #29223,5 P of a C,2.39,2.61,JessicaLynn,"5 P of a C (M, B, U S, L S, B)",Think music!,"5 parts of a clarinet. Mouthpiece, barrel, upper section, lower section, bell",Letter-Equations,03/21/06 #28719,Full of Stars,2.43,2.46,Gizzer,"This rather unusual equation can be made true by changing two movie subtitles (represented by the letters) to the corresponding numbers. A S O + 9 = T Y W M C","Perhaps HAL can help you, if you trust him.","The two movies are 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: The Year We Make Contact. 2001 + 9 = 2010 HAL was the homicidal computer. The title comes from the movies as well - ""My God, it's full of stars!""",Trivia,02/20/06 #24144,Frequent Flyers,2.97,2.77,cinnamon30,"Garth and four other members of the Benton Remote Control Model Airplane Club took their hobby indoors and began working on long-term winter projects. Each member (each of whom holds a different executive office in the club) set up a new, uncluttered workbench in a different room of his or her home to construct a scale model of a different airplane. The modelers worked at different speeds. No two modelers spent the same amount of time on their projects. From the info provided, can you determine the model (one is a Bleriot XI) each modeler constructed, the office each modeler holds in the club, the room each one worked in and the number of weeks (6, 7, 8, 9, or 10) each modeler took to finish his or her project? Modelers - Daniel, Garth, Gilda, Jerry, Thea Office - alternate officer, president, secretary, treasurer, vice-president Model - A6M2 Zero, Bleriot XI, Fokker D VII, Messerschmitt Me 109, P-51D Mustang Room - Bedroom, Den, Family, Sunroom, workroom Weeks - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 1. The vice-president, who isn't the one who built a model in six weeks, isn't the one who built a model in the bedroom. 2. The secretary's model took fewer weeks to construct than did the A6M2 Zero. Neither Jerry nor Thea is the secretary; Thea constructed a model of a Fokker D VII. 3. The club's alternate officer took exactly eight weeks to complete a model. 4. Daniel took exactly one week fewer to construct his model than did the person who built a model in the den, who took exactly one week fewer to build a model than did the secretary. 5. The model that was built in the sunroom, which is not the one that was constructed by the president, didn't take ten weeks to construct. 6. The five modelers are the one who built a model in the family room, the treasurer, the one who built the P-51D Mustang, the vice-president, and the one who took seven weeks to finish a model. 7. Gilda's model took fewer weeks to finish than did the Messerschmitt Me 109.",No hint available.,"Daniel, Bleriot XI, President, Bedroom, 7 wks Garth, ME 109, Secretary, Family room, 9 wks Gilda, P-51D Mustang, Alternate officer, den, 8 wks Jerry, A6M2 Zero, Vice-president, Workroom, 10 wks Thea, Fokker D VII, Treasurer, Sunroom, 6 wks The number in brackets ( ) refers to the clue number. Secretary isn't 10 wks (2), 8 wks (3 - alternate), 6 or 7 wks (4), therefore is 9 wks. A6M2 is 10 wks (2), the one in the den is 8 wks and Daniel is 7 wks (4). 7 wks isn't vice president or treasurer (6), has to be president - only one left. Vice-president isn't 6 wks (1), therefore treasurer is - only one left. Vice-president is 10 wks [A6M2 Zero]. Family room isn't 6 wks [treasurer], 7wks or 10wks -vice president (6), therefore family room is 9 wks. Sunroom isn't 7 [president] or 10 wks (5), its 6 weeks, only one left. 10 weeks [vice-president] isn't bedroom (1), therefore 7 weeks is the bedroom. 10 weeks is the workshop - only one left. P-51D Mustang isn't secretary [family room], treasurer, vice-president, or president [7wks] from clue 6. Therefore it is the alternate officer. Fokker D VII made by Thea (2) isn't the secretary (2) or president [Daniel]; therefore it's the treasurer - only one left. Messerschmitt Me 109 is either 9 weeks or 7 weeks. If its 7 weeks, then Gilda's would be 6 weeks from clue 7. But we know Thea is 6 weeks, therefore the Me 109 has to be 9 weeks. This leaves the Bleriot XI at 7 weeks. From clue 4, Daniel is the president. Gilda has to be 8 weeks - it's the only number left below 9 weeks that we don't know who it is. Jerry isn't the secretary (2) thus he has to be the vice president - only one left. This leaves Garth as the secretary.",Logic-Grid,06/30/05 #18859,Ad Nauseam,2.09,2.7600000000000002,Gander,"In the sequence of letters below, what letter comes first? _?EO EEA OEE EOE EUE EI",No hint available.,"The letter "" I "". The preceding letters are the vowels extracted from the question above it in reverse order.",Series,09/17/04 #44008,50% OFF!,2.13,2.08,311WordGuy,I/T as you like it.,Love that discount.,"Have it your way. (""It"" is halved. ""As you like it"" = ""your way"") The hint alludes to the half (have).",Rebus,01/28/09 #34676,Dining Out,2.15,2.33,jazzmusician46,"What does the 'main course' represent in this rebus? An exquisite 4 course meal: soup: my grandfather's panama entree: my father's derby main course: my boater dessert: my uncle's bowler fedora",No hint available.,"Eat my hat Explanation: Each portion of the meal is eating a different hat.",Rebus,01/01/07 #37220,My Father's Chevy,3.14,2.24,bigSWAFF_69_,"My father has, over the years, restored his magnificent 1956 Chevrolet convertible to near perfect condition. Last weekend, he decided to go on a little spin ('twas a warm day, perfect weather for a convertible). As he was pulling out of the driveway, he noticed he was low on gas - the gauge was practically on empty. On his way to the gas station, he made a quick stop at the local fast food restaurant. Having nowhere to park, he reluctantly stopped his car down a side street. As he was leaving, he noticed a few young guys eyeing his vehicle. Thinking nothing of it (it's rare to see this model car in such good condition, so people typically stare), he walked into the food establishment to get himself a deliciously awful burger. The line was long, so it was a while before he returned to where he parked. He returned to his worst nightmare: his car was gone. He hurriedly called the police and reported his Chevy convertible was stolen. He then went back into the restaurant and ordered a half-pounder with bacon, to go. About 15 minutes later, the police called him back. Apparently, right after he called, the police received a call from a female worker at a gas station about a mile out of town. The worker reported that a beautiful car was left nearby. She said three young men drove up and prepaid for $20 of gas. The three men walked around the vehicle many times, checking under the hood and in the trunk. After a couple minutes of studying the car, the men left without filling up. As they were leaving, the car ran out of gas near the gas station. The men left it there and took off running. The police couldn't think of a reason for the young men paying for gas they didn't use. My father, however, knew exactly what happened. The question is, why would the three men pay for gas they needed but didn't use?",The type of car is very important.,"My father knew that the reason the men didn't fill the car up was simple: they didn't know where to put the gas! In this particular car, the gas tank isn't on either side of the car. It is, however, hidden behind the left taillight. There was a little lever you turned, which revealed the gas tank. That is why the men walked around the vehicle, studying it for a place to insert the nozzle of the gas pump. ...And yes, my father enjoyed his hamburger.",Mystery,07/04/07 #31875,Calling....!,2.77,1.79,jazzmusician46,"What phrase does this rebus represent? Called Called Called Called Called Called Called Called Called Chosen Called Called Called Called Chosen Called Called Called Called Called",No hint available.,"Many are called, but few are chosen.",Rebus,07/19/06 #36200,Our Cold-blooded Friends,2.4,2.71,jazzmusician46,"Below is a list of anagrams of different reptiles. Your job is to try and unravel the anagrams. 1. Sleek tartan 2. On a nag 3. On Canada 4. Tactful rare association",No hint available.,"1. Rattlesnake 2. Goanna 3. Anaconda 4. African Sulcata Tortoise",Language,04/13/07 #29067,Seconds in a Week,2.45,1.45,lips,"Which is larger, the number of seconds in a week or the number of minutes in a year?",No hint available.,"The number of seconds in a week is larger. There are 604,800 seconds in a week, and 525,600 minutes in a calendar year. Note: There are 525,960 minutes in a leap year, which is still less than the number of seconds in a week.",Math,03/13/06 #1444,$100 Bill,2.17,1.23,dariban,"Joe and Bob are walking down the street. Joe stumbles across a $100 bill on the sidewalk across the street. Joe picks up the bill and tells Bob, ""Since you were with me when I found this, I'll give you half."" So they go to the bank and half it up. But Joe decides that since he found the $100, he should have 10 more dollars than Bob. How much would Joe have and how much would Bob have?",No hint available.,"Joe- $55 Bob- $45",Math,11/18/01 #46555,Roommates Flops,2.84,2.59,whsprec,"Five college roommates all had dreams of becoming actresses. As luck would have it, all five at one point were given the opportunity to play the lead role in a movie. However, all five movies flopped and the ladies were never given another chance to act. From the clues below determine the first and last name of each actress, the title of the film, and what year it was released. 1) Jessica's 3-hour film, Kung Fu Mother, wasn't the last one to be released. 2) The roommate who starred in the 2001 Queen of the Jattos, about a tribe of cannibal pygmies, married a man whose surname has the same number of letters as her first name. 3) Mrs. McMahonn's film, which she paid for but wasn't named Evil Cat, was released four years after Blaklee's film. 4) Mrs. Greener's film went straight to video in 1993; 10,000 copies were made and 9971 are still available for sale. 5) Neither Steffi nor Mrs. Taylor acted in 2005. 6) Jasmine's film was released in 1997; eight theaters never sold a single seat to it. 7) Mrs. Spruil starred in the 6-hour religious epic Early Councils.",No hint available.,"Jasmine Taylor starred in the 1997 film Evil Cat Blaklee Spruil started in the 2005 film Early Councils Jessica Greener starred in the 1993 film Kung Fu Mother Betty McMahonn starred in the 2009 film 3.14 days Steffi Jenson starred in the 2001 film Queen of the Jattos",Logic-Grid,03/17/10 #50251,Take a Chance,2.25,1.9000000000000001,fishmed,"fpenonyr fpouondr",No hint available.,"In for a penny, in for a pound",Rebus,06/14/14 #35467, Bombeckisms II,2.56,2.5,aresII,"Here are some thoughts from Erma Bombeck, one of America's wittiest dispensers of common sense. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. ""DAFT ICH SCCR SYRF ICHX VEMMVCXU VACUC, YU'M UYKF UC BC ACKF."" ""YO E KET DEUGAFM UAXFF OCCULESS BEKFM YT E XCD, AF MACHSN LF NFGSEXFN SFBESSI NFEN.""","C=O U=T","""When you look like your passport photo, it's time to go home."" ""If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead."" Key: A=H B=G C=O D=W E=A F=E G=C H=U I=Y K=M L=B M=S N=D O=F R=K S=L T=N U=T V=P X=R Y=I",Cryptography,Unknown #29116,Boy's Birthday Party,2.21,0.55,Ouchy1,"Invitations are mailed to his whole class of 30 students for a boy's birthday party, April 31st. No one comes to his party. Why?",Think dates.,"There is no such thing as April 31st, only April 30th.",Trick,03/15/06 #10425,The Dogs,2.15,1.35,buddy21,101 = D,No hint available.,101 = Dalmatians,Letter-Equations,02/13/03 #1147,The Newspaper,2.69,1.92,ChuckieChen,Two siblings were fighting when their mother went to stop them. She used yesterday's newspaper and made them stand on it until they made up. How did she get them to stand on the newspaper so that the siblings couldn't touch each other?,She did nothing to the newspaper to hurt them.,She slipped the newspaper under a door and closed the door. She made them stand on the two ends.,Situation,10/15/01 #6365,Bar lunch,2.91,2.46,cathalmccabe,"I went into a bar during my lunch break to get some food. I ordered my dinner and went up to the bar for a drink. It being lunch time, there was quite a long queue. I got talking to another guy who was also on his lunch break, and he said that if I gave him the money for the drink he would get it for me and bring it over to the table. I was quite suspicious of this person, so I agreed out of curiosity to see what he would do. Five minutes later he came over to my table with a glass of water for himself and he gave me my drink. I counted the change he gave me which was also correct. He had done something dishonest and was going to profit from it, but how?",No hint available.,He was having a working lunch and had got a receipt for my drink. He was going to claim expenses from his company for goods he never paid for!,Situation,08/09/02 #27897,Doublet of Oz,2.48,2.12,phrebh,"We all know that Dorothy, Scarecrow, and Tin Man were worried about dangerous creatures in the forest. They even recited their fears in singsong. Can you get from LIONS to TIGER to BEARS by changing one letter at a time to make a new word at each step?",A couple of the words will be reused.,"LIONS PIONS PIOUS PINUS PINES PILES TILES TILER TIGER TILER TILES TILLS TELLS HELLS HEALS HEARS BEARS",Language,01/05/06 #24297,Question All Day Long,2.13,0.89,xmadnetx,"What question can a person ask all day long, get a different answer each time, and yet all the answers were correct?",No hint available.,What time is it?,Logic,07/06/05 #29137,Put 'em Together #3,2.84,2.29,medster99,"For every number, read the lettered clues and try to find what that clue refers to. Once you have found out all the words in that section, put them together to try to make a single, larger word. The lettered clues are in the order they are in the word. The spelling may be off, so you will have to sound it out. Example: A) Not out: _ _ B) One two three: _ _ _ _ C) Slang for mother: _ _ D) To avoid: _ _ _ _ Answer: in-four-ma-shun Information Try the following. 1) a) A baby's napkin: _ _ _ b) A constellation of a lion: _ _ _ c) A diagram used to chart things: _ _ _ _ _ d) 5th letter in alphabet: _ 2) a) Did sit down: _ _ _ b) From tales of: _ _ _ _ c) Did eat: _ _ _ d) Nickname for Edward: _ _ 3) a) French for 'head': _ _ _ _ b) Egyptian sun god: _ _ c) To take warning: _ _ _ _ d) Nickname for Ronald: _ _ _ 4) a) Opposite of go: _ _ _ _ b) A small shelter: _ _ _ _ c) Ability to: _ _ _ _ d) 5th letter in the alphabet: _ 5) a) Opposite of can't: _ _ _ b) Large metal army vehicle: _ _ _ _ c) A dog, a mongrel: _ _ _ d) You and me: _ _ 6) a) Water people: _ _ _ b) To heal: _ _ _ _ c) 5th in alphabet: _",No hint available.,"1) Bibliography (bib-lio-graph-e) 2) Saturated (sat-yore-ate-ed) 3) Tetrahedron (tete-ra-heed-ron) 4) Comfortably (come-fort-able-e) 5) Cantankerous (can-tank-cur-us) 6) Mercury (mer-cure-e)",Other,03/17/06 #28138,Missing Letters II,2.94,2.22,peanut,"Complete the words below using each letter of the alphabet once only: li_ _t _o_an pu_ _ le _-r_ _ e_ _l _ _eer _cie_ _e g_ _ let _u_ge _ac_et pu_zl_ _rai_",No hint available.,"light woman purple x-ray evil queer science goblet fudge jacket puzzle trail",Language,01/17/06 #1641,Rope Riddle,2.2,0.77,Nishoo,"You have a piece of thick rope which when set fire to at any end, burns for exactly an hour. How will you use it to measure half an hour ?",No hint available.,Set fire to the rope from both ends at the same time and it will burn for half an hour.,Logic,12/08/01 #19539,Creation,2.44,1.44,Skybet,"Some have flown over land and sea, To plot where things are to create me, Filled with squares either green or blue, If you need to know where to go, I'm true Through me you can see every hill and fen, So tell me, what am I, then?",I am a bound item.,"An Atlas (or a map, it could be argued)",Riddle,11/22/04 #15092,Only Two Letters,2.23,2.24,yaya,"I only use two letters of the alphabet. I can be vast or fairly small. Many call me home, While others only come to visit. What am I?",No hint available.,A zoo.,Riddle,10/13/03 #6128,Monday Till Sunday,1.92,1.05,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? wsevenedaysek",No hint available.,Seven days in a week,Rebus,07/31/02 #6967,Not in Order,2.83,1.31,michelle,"Here everything is not always in order. For example, Friday comes before Thursday, the cart comes before the horse, the driver comes before the employer. Where are we?",No hint available.,In a dictionary.,Language,08/28/02 #38490,Quotes #7,2.63,2.98,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to try and discover the quotation concealed in the lines. The quote has been broken up into two-letter fragments. Furthermore, I have removed any punctuation and jumbled the two-letter fragments about so the word order has been disarranged. You have to rearrange the quotation and decide where the words begin and where they end. Good luck! ts oh ae dc uh pi eh fe ao eb ts at ab cd hl ie st no th rh we pa tr ko gp lr ze es ts fo of lt hl be mh nu om da gn br na tc eg il hs tq zh fe jh pu mo aj en ar ia oc eu.",the human race,"The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. Don Marquis",Language,09/27/07 #4900,Broken Ski Lift,2.29,1.85,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is on holiday enjoying a cross country skiing and kebab hunting holiday. After a busy day, Mad Ade is returning to his hotel and using the ski lift. Half way up, the ski lift suddenly breaks down, leaving Mad Ade and several other passengers stranded. Mad Ade notices that the empty chair that has stopped opposite him on the lift was marked with the number 81. Mad Ade's chair was number 9. How many ski chairs did the ski lift contain altogether, considering that all numbers are consecutive?",No hint available.,"144 There is 71 difference between 9 and 81, so there are 71 chairs from Mad Ade's chair to the empty chair marked 81, and also another 71 from chair 81 back around to Mad Ade's number 9 chair. 71+71=142+2(chairs 9+81)=144",Math,06/23/02 #36702,Aesop's Fables IV,2.21,2.42,brainster,"We've all read Aesop's Fables in one form or another. These interesting stories captivate our attention and always leave us with a moral. One of those morals is hidden in the story below. Can you find it? Mrs. Need Smith is back! There's been a bank robbery in the bank that young Creation Smith visited the other day. Mrs. Need Smith happened to be around and also succeeded in pulling the mask off of the face of one of the perpetrators, who was too shocked to do anything but stare at her for a full 20 seconds! She was brought in to help identify the thief. Here's an excerpt of the conversation that the police officer had with Mrs. Need: Officer: Ma'am, this is Mr. Decree, did you see him in the bank that day? Mrs. N: No, I'm sure it wasn't this man. I've never seen him before. Officer: How about this man, Ma'am. He calls himself Mr. Statute and is one of our prime suspects. Mrs. N: I'm sorry Officer, but the thief was taller and had blond hair! I've never seen this man either. Officer: Well Ma'am, here's the last guy we caught. Mr. Ordinance! Mrs. N: Never mind Officer, get one of those people who sketch faces based on descriptions. It's not this man and I've not seen Mr. Ordinance before either.",No hint available.,"Necessity knows no law. Need is a synonym for necessity. Decree, statute and ordinance are all synonyms for law.",Other,05/22/07 #22174,Twisted Personas,2.83,2.67,cnmne,"The names of four famous people have been scrambled. They are: an athlete, an entertainer, a leader of a country, and a scientist (though not necessarily in that order). Who are they? 1) gong, hero gets a win 2) oh, a jet man 3) sly peer lives 4) ten elite brains",No hint available.,"George Washington, Joe Namath, Elvis Presley, Albert Einstein",Other,04/12/05 #50247,"Knock, Knock",2.3,1.67,BadBunnee02,"What's the three-word rebus phrase suggested by the words below? door, door door",Try again.,"door to door (There's ""one"" door, then there's ""two"" of them)",Rebus,04/23/14 #43282,The Book,2.68,1.08,RiddleMeThis91,"A man walked up to a woman behind a counter and handed her a book. She looked at it and said, ""That'll be five dollars."" He paid the woman and walked out without the book. She saw him leave without it but did not call him back. How come?",No hint available.,The man was returning an overdue library book.,Situation,10/07/08 #35345,Escaping The Circular Room,2.44,0.8,nick93,"Johnny is in a circular room with padded walls. On the other side of the padded wall is a brick wall. Johnny is the only person or thing in the room. The room has no windows. How does Johnny get out?",No hint available.,The door.,Trick,02/17/07 #49499,Pizza in the Time of Cholera,2.79,1.11,JimShorts,"I brought my lunch to work with me today: two square slices of pizza sealed in one small square Tupperware container. The slices just barely fit in the container, stacked one on top of the other. I want to microwave them both at the same time (because I'm lazy), but if the cheese side of either slice is touching the other slice of pizza, or the inner surface of the container, then the cheese will get stuck to whatever it's touching when it melts. And the crust is pretty soft, so the pizza slices will flop over and be ruined if I don't lay them flat. The problem is, everyone else at work is horribly sick, so I don't trust ANYthing to be clean enough to touch my food except the inside of my container, since it has been sealed all day. No plates, no paper towels, not the inside of the microwave, NOTHING! So how can I safely microwave both slices of pizza at the same time without letting the cheese touch anything, and without letting any part of the pizza touch any surface that might be contaminated?",No hint available.,"Leave one slice in the container and take the second slice out. Turn the lid of the container upside down and lay the second slice on top of the nice, clean inner surface of the lid.",Logic,06/04/12 #20884,2 Brothers and 2 Sisters,2.33,0.93,Weezy105,Each child in a family has at least 2 brothers and 2 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?,No hint available.,"6. If each boy in the family has at least 2 brothers, then the smallest number of boys is 3. Similarly, if each girl in the family has at least 2 sisters, then the smallest number of girls is 3. Thus, the smallest number of children the family might have is 6.",Math,02/07/05 #35072,ZZZZZZZZZs,2.15,1.09,coolcow35,"A man goes into his room and sleeps for the night. The next morning, he leaves and never returns again. What's going on?",He is NOT at a sleepover...,"The man was on vacation. He had a room reserved at a bed & breakfast. He hated the place where he was vacationing, so he never returned again.",Situation,01/27/07 #9034,Monkey on a Rope,2.69,1.5,lesternoronha1,"Hanging over a pulley there is a rope, with a weight at one end. At the other end hangs a monkey of equal weight. What happens if the monkey starts to ascend the rope? Assume that the mass of the rope and pulley are negligible, and the pulley is frictionless.",No hint available.,"The monkey is pulling down on the rope hard enough to pull itself up. This increases the tension in the rope just enough to cause the weight to rise at the same rate as the monkey, since they are of equal mass. In other words, the monkey will climb the rope and the weight will rise with him.",Science,12/10/02 #22672,The Truel,2.85,2.39,brianz,"Mr. Black, Mr. Gray, and Mr. White are fighting in a truel. They each get a gun and take turns shooting at each other until only one person is left. Mr. Black, who hits his shot 1/3 of the time, gets to shoot first. Mr. Gray, who hits his shot 2/3 of the time, gets to shoot next, assuming he is still alive. Mr. White, who hits his shot all the time, shoots next, assuming he is also alive. The cycle repeats. All three competitors know one another's shooting odds. If you are Mr. Black, where should you shoot first for the highest chance of survival?","Think from the points of view of Mr. Gray and Mr. White, not just Mr. Black.","He should shoot at the ground. If Mr. Black shoots the ground, it is Mr. Gray's turn. Mr. Gray would rather shoot at Mr. White than Mr. Black, because he is better. If Mr. Gray kills Mr. White, it is just Mr. Black and Mr. Gray left, giving Mr. Black a fair chance of winning. If Mr. Gray does not kill Mr. White, it is Mr. White's turn. He would rather shoot at Mr. Gray and will definitely kill him. Even though it is now Mr. Black against Mr. White, Mr. Black has a better chance of winning than before.",Probability,05/05/05 #3756,Pub trick: Pints on Hands,2.16,1.58,cathalmccabe,"You put two notes or coins of whatever currency onto the bar. Get a friend to place his hands flat on each one. Get two full pints (preferably his/hers) and balance them onto your friends hands. If he can get the money without spilling the pints he can keep it! How does he do it?!",Remember it is a trick!!!,"He can't! Sorry if anyone was thinking too long, but you just leave him/her there, with two pints on their hands. They won't be able to move without spilling the pints!",Trick,04/26/02 #41677,Name That: Sport's Nickname,2.86,2.05,drussel3,"Each of the clues below describe an American professional team's nickname. Can you name that team? 1. Clinton, Shakespeare, Gates, and Cosby 2. finely minced chicken compressed into chunks, coated in batter and deep-fried, commonly served in fast-food restaurants with BBQ for dipping 3. mechanical toenail trimming devices 4. pool hall hustlers 5. Hogwarts's male graduates 6. the hue of visible light lying between green and indigo, approximately 420 to 490 nanometers, whose color is that of clear daytime skies 7. burning sensation in the mouth caused by spicy foods 8. fixed luminous celestial points in the night sky consisting of a masses of gas producing radiant energy and which are wished upon ""to make dreams come true"" 9. butterfly-catching devices 10. internet scoundrels who illegally download music or movies",Take me out to the ball game.,"1. Bills - Buffalo Bills 2. nuggets - Denver Nuggets 3. clippers - Los Angeles Clippers 4. sharks - San Jose Sharks 5. wizards - Washington Wizards 6. blues - St. Louis Blues 7. heat - Miami Heat 8. stars - Dallas Stars 9. nets - New Jersey Nets 10. pirates - Pittsburgh Pirates",Language,04/24/08 #49486,Oh Well...,2.5,1.34,ThinksForFun,"Y> SY> ASY> EASY ASY< SY< Y<",One might say this after the title.,"easy come, easy go",Rebus,06/12/12 #10767,White and Furry,2.27,1.61,SpoiledBrat,"I'm big, I'm black, I'm white and furry. I never ever get anywhere in a hurry. I eat greens and veggies, I'm very rare And cost many - about a lion's share. What am I?",No hint available.,A Panda Bear.,Riddle,02/27/03 #26199,Word Pyramid: Ancient Wonders IV,2.74,2.55,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: I Clues: 1. to exist 2. to rest 3. fine water 4. cuts down 5. legal rights 6. Apollo's sister",Ephesus,"I IS SIT MIST TRIMS MERITS ARTEMIS",Language,10/03/05 #49341,Upon the Hearth,2.32,1.81,firefox99,"I can be a reading book That is a bit like a nook, But I'm also giving birth To a flame upon the hearth!","My word's made from dimwitted, added to a relative.","Kindle! A Kindle is Amazon's electronic reading book, which is similar to Barnes and Noble's Nook. To kindle something means to light or start a fire. As for the hint, the word ""kindle"" is made from the sound ""dull"" (dimwitted) added to ""kin"" (relative), which makes ""kindle"".",Riddle,03/01/12 #18717,World's Largest Pyramid!,2.56,2.23,rfolwell,A man left without telling anyone. He left a note behind that said he had left to see the world's largest pyramid. Soon after he left his mother passed away. The funeral is in a week and they must track-down the man. Where is he?,Not in Egypt.,"Cholulu de Rivadahia, Mexico. The pyramid there is 177 ft. tall and takes up 25 acres.",Trivia,08/31/04 #18537,Jerry Mayor of Smelliville,2.86,1.86,mad-ade,"One day Jerry Mayor from Smelliville was visiting the neighbouring country of Madadia and was sitting in the Penistone mainline railway station. He was sitting very uncomfortably in the waiting room and was staring intently at two doors that were at the opposite end of the room. Jerry Mayor was not a happy man at that point. In fact he was in dire distress. He then noticed a young man enter one of the doors. Instantly Jerry, with a great smile, followed the young man through the door and after a few moments he returned with an even bigger smile on his face. Why would Jerry Mayor be so happy after following a young man through the door?",No hint available.,"Jerry could not understand the words written upon the doors, they were written in the Madadian national language (Kebabese) so he did not know which door lead to the gents toilets, and he was desperate to go, but did not wish to risk walking into the ladies by mistake. The young man entering one of the doors showed him what he needed to know.",Situation,08/12/04 #44072,Improper Prefixes 8,2.3,1.94,cnmne,"The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. The pronunciation for the ""incorrect definition"" may be different (""co ward"" instead of ""coward""). Example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix). 1) to remove a stain 2) to crease with the hand 3) two food allowances for one day 4) I no longer exist",No hint available.,"1) despot (de spot) 2) manifold (mani fold) 3) duration (du ration) 4) exam (ex am)",Language,02/06/09 #9535,Pitching Prowess,2.7,1.92,IronMaiden980,"Rachel pitched in a nine inning baseball game. She faced 27 batters, three each inning, and retired each and every one of them. Fourteen went down by strikeout, and 13 were thrown out at first or hit pop flies. It was a remarkable pitching performance, yet Rachel's team lost the game by a score of 2 to 1. How is this possible?",No hint available.,Rachel was a relief pitcher. She was brought in during the first inning after the starting pitcher had already allowed two runs to score.,Other,01/01/03 #46337,Curtail M,3.21,1.5,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Attract or please through personality -> To burn; scorch 2. Giving out moderate heat -> Conflict between nations 3. Kingdom; domain -> True; genuine 4. Solid, hard; fixed in place -> Type of evergreen tree 5. Remove from the surface; glide on a surface -> Narrow runner for gliding on snow 6. Line formed by sewing two pieces together -> Large body of salt water 7. Sew the edge of a cloth -> Male person 8. Agriculture site -> At a great distance","The words start with these letters: 1. C 2. W 3. R 4. F 5. S 6. S 7. H 8. F","1. Charm -> Char 2. Warm -> War 3. Realm -> Real 4. Firm -> Fir 5. Skim -> Ski 6. Seam -> Sea 7. Hem -> He 8. Farm -> Far",Language,02/09/10 #38955,Underground,2.44,1.31,vlerma,"What does this represent? E E a a r r t t h h",No hint available.,"Down to earth. A phrase usually used as a compliment to describe someone or something who is true, honest and trustworthy.",Rebus,10/26/07 #38057,Who Are You Gonna Call?,2.6,1.55,Sunrose,"Can you decipher this rebus? Maria calls Jack to fix her computer. Jack fixes the computer. Mark calls Jack to fix his car. Jack fixes the car. Dawn calls Jack to fix her pool. Jack fixes the pool. Jessie calls Jack to fix the roof. Jack fixes the roof. Jack has a reputation to fix things that are broken, no matter what it is.",No hint available.,Jack of all trades.,Rebus,09/01/07 #15492,What is It?,2.6,1.56,gunshot1234,"What can be found in a shell, but not in the sea? What is as yellow as the sun and as white as snow? And finally, what could you eat in more than one way?",its breakfast time,"An egg. Because it has a shell, its yolk is yellow, and its white is white and you can scramble it, poach it etc. Note that fish eggs neither have shells, or are yellow and white.",Riddle,11/22/03 #28982,Well-Known Book,2.48,2.67,----,"The beginning of a well-known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the alphabet has been replaced by another using a simple substitution technique. For example, A may always be represented by G, etc. Can you name the book? Mwaey tmg nyqauuauq ld qyl oyhj lahyx dz gallauq nj fyh gaglyh du lfy nmup, mux dz fmoauq udlfauq ld xd: duey dh ltaey gfy fmx cyycyx auld lfy nddp fyh gaglyh tmg hymxauq, nrl al fmx ud caelrhyg dh eduoyhgmladug au al, 'mux tfml ag lfy rgy dz m nddp,' lfdrqfl Mwaey 'talfdrl caelrhyg dh eduoyhgmladu?' Gd gfy tmg edugaxyhauq au fyh dtu saux (mg tyww mg gfy edrwx, zdh lfy fdl xmj smxy fyh zyyw oyhj gwyycj mux glrcax), tfylfyh lfy cwymgrhy dz smpauq m xmagj-efmau tdrwx ny tdhlf lfy lhdrnwy dz qyllauq rc mux caepauq lfy xmagayg, tfyu grxxyuwj m Tfaly Hmnnal talf caup yjyg hmu ewdgy nj fyh.",No hint available.,"The piece of text is from the original Alice In Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, and should read: Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?' So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. a has been represented by m. b has been represented by n. c has been represented by e. d has been represented by x. e has been represented by y. f has been represented by z. g has been represented by q. h has been represented by f. i has been represented by a. j has been represented by k. k has been represented by p. l has been represented by w. m has been represented by s. n has been represented by u. o has been represented by d. p has been represented by c. q has been represented by b. r has been represented by h. s has been represented by g. t has been represented by l. u has been represented by r. v has been represented by o. w has been represented by t. x has been represented by i. y has been represented by j. z has been represented by v.",Cryptography,03/07/06 #27494,Listocrypt,2.49,2.7,phrebh,"This is like a cryptolist merged with an anagram puzzle. First, solve the cryptolist below, and then find the anagrams that match the category. Category: Occupations 1. JOBS 2. LHSXBH 3. IABSDBH 4. ZHBST 5. FBSOBH 6. HBXSJQ 7. HBZPJFO 8. HESYDJQW 9. DHBSYEQ 10. QSXBFBYY",B=E,"Occupations: 1. Aide 2. Farmer 3. Teacher 4. Baker 5. Dealer 6. Marine OR Airmen 7. Builder 8. Organist 9. Senator 10. Salesmen Cryptolist answers: 1. Idea 2. Framer 3. Cheater 4. Break 5. Leader 6. Remain 7. Rebuild 8. Roasting 9. Treason 10. Nameless A=H B=E D=T E=O F=L H=R I=C J=I L=F O=D P=U Q=N S=A T=K W=G X=M Y=S Z=B",Other,12/15/05 #6237,Raindrop,2.25,1.14,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? RRR AAA III NNN DDD RRR OOO PPP SSS",No hint available.,Falling raindrops!,Rebus,08/05/02 #22551,Dazzling Dorm Heights,2.39,1.59,FeaerFactorY666,"Brittany, Cody, Erin, Marcus, and Roger visited their sisters and brothers at the high-rise dormitory on the State University campus. The kids had fun running up and down the stairs and playing in the elevators. The top 9 floors of the dorm are for male students, and floors 2 through 8 are for female students. (The first floor is the lobby and the cafeteria.) Cody's brother lives on the top floor. Marcus, Roger, and Cody took the elevator to visit Cody's brother's room. Then they ran down 5 flights of stairs. They realized they'd overshot their destination, so they took an elevator up 1 floor to get to Roger's brother's room. From Roger's brother's room the three boys went down 6 flights of stairs to visit Marcus's sister. From her room they took the elevator up 4 floors, where they met Brittany and her brother getting on at his floor. Erin and her sister walked up 2 flights from the lobby to get to Erin's sister's room. On what floor does each of the college students live?",Draw a diagram and label the floors. Then count the floors and trace the path followed by each of the visitors.,"Listed from top to bottom: Cody's brother is on the 17th floor. Roger's brother is on the 13th floor. Brittany's brother is on the 11th floor. Marcus's sister is on the 7th floor. Erin's sister is on the 3rd floor.",Logic,04/29/05 #40728,Four Girls,2.99,2.29,Carlos16,"A man escapes from jail with help from his girlfriend. Four girls are accused of being the man's girlfriend. His girlfriend is lying. Two girls are innocent and telling the truth. The other girl is the man's sister who is helping the girlfriend lie. Who is the man's sister? Amanda: ""Melinda is his girlfriend."" Vanessa: ""Eva is lying."" Eva: ""Amanda is lying."" Melinda: ""Vanessa is not his sister.""",No hint available.,"If Amanda is telling the truth, then Melinda is lying. If Melinda is lying, then Vanessa is his sister. If Vanessa is his sister, then she's lying about Eva lying. If Eva isn't lying, then Amanda is lying, which would contradict the fact that Amanda's telling the truth. That means Amanda is lying and could be his girlfriend or sister. Eva must be telling the truth since Amanda has to be lying. So Vanessa must also be lying, and Melinda is telling the truth. Since Melinda's telling the truth, Vanessa isn't his sister and must be his girlfriend. Amanda is the other liar, so she must be his sister. Answer: Amanda",Logic,02/26/08 #34824,What Words #31,2.73,1.94,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. PRESS - __________ - MATE 2. PAGE - __________ - ELOPE 3. BLOOD - __________ - LINE",No hint available.,"1. PRESS - ROOM - MATE 2. PAGE - ANT - ELOPE 3. BLOOD - STREAM - LINE",Language,01/11/07 #14677,Security Code,2.35,0.88,geniusboy,"What is interesting about this particular section of a security code? i 0 7 7 3 H",No hint available.,"If you look at it upside down, it greets you formally by saying: HELLO!",Other,09/05/03 #44854,Can You Find It? IX,2.22,1.91,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word INTERNATIONAL, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. The change, modification or adjustment made to a garment. 2. To toughen or temper using heat, to remove internal stress. 3. Traveling from place to place as on a circuit. 4. A toilet used in a military camp. 5. Any of a group of small ropes or lines that are on sails to be used as steps while going aloft. 6. Having or showing dependence. 7. Of or pertaining to a certain portion of the eye. 8. To linger aimlessly in one area or place. 9. One of the jointed, movable sensory appendages found on the head of insects. 10. A veranda or roofed patio. 11. A central stage or ring used for sports and/or combat. 12. The main trunk of the arterial system.",No hint available.,"1. ALTERATION 2. ANNEAL 3. ITINERANT 4. LATRINE 5. RATLINE 6. RELIANT 7. RETINAL 8. LOITER 9. ANTENNA 10. LANAI 11. ARENA 12. AORTA",Language,07/14/09 #5605,___TURBAN__,2.47,2.33,Bobbrt,"Each of the words below can be expanded into larger words by adding letters before and after (one letter per blank). What are the new words? 1. _ _ _ TURBAN _ _ 2. _ NORTH _ _ _ _ 3. _ _ _ PAGAN _ _ 4. _ _ THROB _ 5. _ _ _ HOPED _ _",No hint available.,"1. DISTURBANCE 2. UNORTHODOX 3. PROPAGANDA 4. BATHROBE 5. ORTHOPEDIC",Language,07/15/02 #18872,Three Digit Employee Id!!!,2.39,2.71,lesternoronha1,"Two years ago, a problem surfaced at the Romankachi Pharmaceuticals Ltd. - one of the many companies belonging to the huge Romankachi conglomerate. We were devising a three digit id (nonzero first digit) for the employees such that no two employees can have id's that are identical when written in the reverse order. For example, 123 and 321 are identical and hence only one of them can exist. Also a 3 digit id starting with a 0 was invalid since the machine used for swiping does not recognize a 3 digit id starting with a 0. After a lot of careful analysis and discussion, we were able to figure out the maximum number of employees that could use this system. Can you repeat the feat?",No hint available.,"It has been mentioned that a 3 digit code starting with a 0 is invalid. Hence we cannot use codes from 001 to 099. Hence the total number of valid 3 digit id's is 900. Out of these, three digit numbers that are symmetrical will have the same first and the last digit. The first and the last digit in this case can be selected in 9 ways(any number from 1 to 9). The second digit can be selected in 10 ways(any number from 0 to 9). Therefore number of symmetrical three digit numbers = 9*10 = 90. These 90 id's will not have a corresponding number when written in reverse order. Secondly numbers ending with a zero will also not have a corresponding 3 digit number when written in reverse order. For example, reverse of 910 is 019 which is not a valid three digit code due to the condition given that 3 digit codes starting with 0 are invalid. Number of such three digit numbers = 9*10 = 90. Rest of the (900-180) = 720 numbers can be classified into two groups of 360 numbers each, where corresponding pairs of numbers will be identical when written in reverse order. Hence consider only 360 of these numbers. Therefore total number of valid employee id's possible = 90 + 90 + 360 = 540.",Math,09/20/04 #39848,Eastern Philosophies,2.4,2.2,aresII,"The following quotes are ancient philosophies that still hold true today. Can you decode them? Both puzzles share the same code. U=H *The hint provides three vowels ""USYBMAH SA OS ZAHXD ML YMQX HDZLKMAH Z USO JSZY FMOU OUX MAOXAO SP OUDSFMAH MO ZO LSIXSAX XYLX; VSW ZDX OUX SAX FUS HXOL RWDAXB."" ~ RWBBUZ ""FUXA ZAHXD DMLXL, OUMAQ SP OUX JSALXCWXAJXL."" ~ JSAPWJMWL","M=I X=E Z=A","""HOLDING ON TO ANGER IS LIKE GRASPING A HOT COAL WITH THE INTENT OF THROWING IT AT SOMEONE ELSE; YOU ARE THE ONE WHO GETS BURNED."" ~ BUDDHA ""WHEN ANGER RISES, THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES."" ~ CONFUCIUS KEY: A=N B=D C=Q D=R F=W H=G I=M J=C K=P L=S M=I O=T P=F Q=K R=B S=O U=H V=Y W=U X=E Y=L Z=A",Cryptography,12/31/07 #8961,Gossiping,2.24,2.73,lesternoronha1,n people each know a different piece of gossip. They can telephone each other and exchange all the information they know (so that after the call they both know anything that either of them knew before the call). What is the smallest number of calls needed so that everyone knows everything?,No hint available.,"1 for n=2 3 for n=3 2n-4 for n>=4 This can be achieved as follows: choose four people (A, B, C, and D) as the ""core group"". Each person outside the core group phones a member of the core group (it doesn't matter which); this takes n-4 calls. Now the core group makes 4 calls: A-B, C-D, A-C, and B-D. At this point, each member of the core group knows everything. Now, each person outside the core group calls anybody who knows everything; this again requires n-4 calls, for a total of 2n-4.",Math,12/07/02 #2828,NASA Canaries,2.97,2.22,204_BlaZe_41,"NASA was considering sending canaries into space to study them under zero gravity. The project was scrapped when someone realized that in spite of having sufficient water supplies, they could die of dehydration within a few hours. Why?",No hint available.,"Birds, unlike humans, need gravity to swallow. Humans can swallow even while hanging upside down.",Science,03/23/02 #12067,Desert Dead Man,2.32,2.64,to-much-for-u,There is a dead man in the middle of a desert. His clothes are unattached to his body. How did he die?,No hint available.,"He jumped out of a burning plane using his clothes as a parachute, because the other parachutes have been used. He lost his grip and fell to the ground, dying on impact.",Situation,04/27/03 #29290,Symbol,2.92,1.83,i_am_hated,"I am a world-renowned ""symbol"". In the English language, if I'm added to a noun, it turns to an adjective (in most cases). If you put horizontal lines through me, I become a currency, but it is not used in many countries. In Spanish, I am a ""symbol"", but also I am a word. I am used to connect words and phrases. If you watch your School House Rock, I go along with a junction. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am Y. When Y is added to a noun, it often makes it an adjective; i.e. Hair+y=hairy, Smell+y=Smelly, etc. When you put two horizontal lines through a Y, it makes the Yen symbol, found in Japan. In the Spanish language, Y is the translation for ""and"", which is a conjunction. If you watch School House Rock, they do a whole skit on Conjunction Junction.",Riddle,03/24/06 #50277,Atlas Deer Test,2.59,1.91,MarcM1098,"The following list of anagrams share a common theme. Solve the anagrams and find the theme. Hint: The title is an anagram of the theme. 1. A CILANTRO HORN 2. ANT MOAN 3. ASK THOU TOAD 4. COWS IN SIN 5. EEL AWARD 6. HAM ICING 7. HONK TOAD RAT 8. IF A LION CAR 9. IOU A SNAIL 10. LOOK A HAM 11. NEMO IS ANT 12. RHINO SADDLE 13. SHEEP WIN HARM 14. SNAKE BAR","""Atlas Deer Test"" is an anagram of ""Altered States"".","The theme is ""Altered States""; the anagrams are all US state names. 1. North Carolina 2. Montana 3. South Dakota 4. Wisconsin 5. Delaware 6. Michigan 7. North Dakota 8. California 9. Louisiana 10. Oklahoma 11. Minnesota 12. Rhode Island 13. New Hampshire 14. Nebraska",Language,05/09/14 #22744,Trip to the Beach,3.18,1.9000000000000001,kellgo,"Five people (3 girls: Katie, Anna, & Grace and 2 boys Chris & Michael) are going to the beach. Each of them brought something different, a different colored towel, plans to do something and eat something. Figure out what each person brought with them, the color of their towel, what they will do at the beach, and what they will eat. Good luck! The purple towel got a lot of use from the girl who was tanning. The sunscreen had to be waterproof because the user got really wet. Of course the surfer had to bring his surfboard from home. Eating her snocone in the shade of her umbrella kept it from melting on her blue towel. Ketchup, from his snack, dripped all over a boy's red towel leaving red drops all over it. Only the boys got more than their feet wet. Katie asked Anna if she thought the owner of the yellow towel would mind if Katie put her cooler on his towel while he surfed. The seashell collector spread out her findings on her pink towel. Anna remembered her sand bucket but didn't have enough money to get a snocone after paying for her nachos. The bucket wasn't used for playing in the sand. The hamburger was ordered with just mayo, mustard, and pickles. The hotdog eater had a little sunscreen taste to the dog because it dripped from his water soaked hair. Being so fair skinned Michael had to be sure to use his high spf sunscreen when out in the water. The girl who played in the sand used her umbrella to shade her. The contents of the cooler contained Coke, chips, water, and ice. Anna is worried about wrinkles and doesn't like to tan",No hint available.,"Katie..cooler..purple towel..tan..chips Chris..surfboard..yellow towel..surf..hamburger Grace..umbrella..blue towel..play in the sand..snocone Anna..sand bucket..pink towel..seashells..nachos Michael..sunscreen..red towel..swim..hotdog",Logic-Grid,05/08/05 #6046,The Sound,2.32,1.8800000000000001,NotSoLilGeorge,"The police suspected thieves were hiding stolen goods in a cave and went to investigate. One dirty man was wandering out of the cave when the police stopped him to bring him in for questioning. The man said he was looking for his dog in the cave when he saw a bear. He ran and got lost, but a duck wandered in and quacked. He heard it at first and wasn't sure if it was real. Then the sound echoed, and he knew where it was coming from. So he found the entrance. The police knew that bears and ducks were common, but at one point the man lied. Where?",No hint available.,"A duck's quack does echo, but it usually cannot be heard by human ears. The man, in his scared and lost state, would not have heard it.",Situation,07/29/02 #17915,Torn,2.54,1.3,spookboy0,"What phrase is represented below? THEHABIT THEH ABIT TH EH AB IT T H E H A B I T",No hint available.,Breaking the habit,Rebus,06/14/04 #18838,Mine Yours and Theirs,2.33,2.2,MrIxolite,"What expression is shown below? Mine: XXXX BXXX BEXX BEAX BEAR Yours: XXXX BXXX BEXX BEAX BEAR Theirs: XXXX BXXX BEXX BEAX BEAR",No hint available.,We all have our crosses to bear.,Rebus,09/13/04 #31434,In Other Words...Music II,2.38,2.67,Winner4600,"In Group 1, unscramble the names of five bands. In Group 2, five song titles have been rephrased. Figure out the original titles, then match each to the band in Group 1 that sings it. GROUP 1- 1. OFLUTABOLY (3 Words) 2. LOYCEDRALW (1 Word) 3. NTRLUNTWAIWE (2 Words) 4. YOCNEMLRAMCAHIMEC (3 Words) 5. NRIEAISEFID (3 Words) GROUP 2- 1. ""Sea Boulevard"" 2. ""Plated and Wintry"" 3. ""Rescue Yours truly"" 4. ""Move to music, move to music"" 5. ""Graveyard Jaunt""",No hint available.,"1. Fall Out Boy sings ""Dance, Dance"". 2. Yellowcard sings ""Ocean Avenue"". 3. Unwritten Law sings ""Save Me"". 4. My Chemical Romance sings ""Cemetery Drive"". 5. A Fire Inside (A.F.I.) sings ""Silver and Cold"".",Other,06/29/06 #50161,Missing Word 9,2.68,1.93,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? S_ _ _TER _ _ _TY _ _ _TIWAKE _ _ _HE",_ _ _CHEN,"KIT. SKITTER KITTY KITTIWAKE (a kind of seabird in the gull family) KITHE KITCHEN",Language,02/19/14 #4211,ATfrankfrankRA,2.84,1.43,vclmrs,"Can you decipher this artist? ATfrankfrankRA",No hint available.,FRANK SINATRA,Rebus,05/22/02 #50258,No Hurry !!,1.92,1.6300000000000001,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus in this ""to-do"" list of BB02's? make believe, make headway, make work, make it",No hint available.,"make it last To see definitions and usage enter either of the below lines in any computer search engine: idiom:make it last",Rebus,04/27/14 #152,Tennis balls,2.59,1.92,jerry1,"There are three boxes of tennis balls in a warehouse. They have all been mislabeled. One box is labeled yellow tennis balls, one is labeled white and yellow tennis balls and one is labeled white tennis balls. Take one can of tennis balls out of one box without looking into the box or into any other box. By just looking at the color of this one can of balls, can you correctly label each of the boxes?",Every box is mislabeled.,"Take a can of tennis balls from the box labeled `White and Yellow Tennis Balls`. Say that the ball is yellow. Take the `Yellow Tennis Balls` label and put it on that box. Remove the `White and Yellow Tennis Balls` label and put it on the box marked `White Tennis Balls`. It couldn't go on the box that had previously had the `Yellow Tennis Balls` label, because that would mean that the `White Tennis Balls` label couldn't be changed, and we have been told that all the boxes are mislabeled. Move the `White Tennis Balls` label to the unlabeled box. (The same logic would prevail if you started with any of the boxes.)",Logic,01/19/01 #3118,Theresmarysomething,2.19,1.2,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following movie title? THERESMARYSOMETHING",No hint available.,There's something about Mary.,Rebus,04/02/02 #36650,Passes,2.44,1.81,pokpic,"The Timberland Tigers coach gave his 14 players jerseys numbered 0 to 13. He then told them to stand in numerical order from 0 to 13 in a circle, and he gave the ball to the player wearing the number 0. He told them to pass it to the person 3 numbers ahead of them. For example, if I was number 6 and I got the ball, I would pass it to number 9. After 120 passes the coach told them to take a rest. Who had the ball when they stopped?",No hint available.,Number 10 had the ball when they stopped because every 14 passes it get backs to zero. If you divide 120 by 14 you get 8 remainder 8. Then you use that extra remainder as 8 passes to get #10.,Math,05/17/07 #35941,A Small Favor,2.24,0.63,cowman12,"I come in all shapes and sizes, open me up to find many surprises. From fiction to reference, choose your preference. I ask one small favor, do not judge me, by my cover. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Book. I come in all shapes and sizes - Books can be a big encyclopedia, or even a small pocket dictionary. Open me up to find many surprises - Books can have pictures and many words or even suspenseful stories. From fiction to reference - Some of the categories that books are sorted into at a library. Choose your preference - You can pick the book you would like to read. I ask one small favor, do not judge me, by my cover - If a book has a boring or shredded cover, don't think it's a horrible book!",Riddle,03/29/07 #8990,It Isn't But One,2.33,1.32,something,"Way Way Way... Skin A Cat Skin A Cat",No hint available.,"More than one way to skin a cat. (There are more than one ""Way""s, and there are two ""Skin A Cat""s.)",Rebus,12/08/02 #45102,The Longest Month,2.65,0.86,Dave,"It is well known that there are seven months with 31 days - January, March, May, July, August, October and December. February is always the shortest month, with only 28 days (or 29 days in a leap year). However, it is a little known fact that one month of the year is always longer than the others. Which month is it?",It is none of those already mentioned.,"September - It has 9 letters, all the others have between 3 and 8.",Trick,08/20/09 #28841,Private Conversations,2.71,2.29,paul726,aspirin whisper,What is the volume of a whisper?,"pillow talk (pill) (low talk)",Rebus,02/28/06 #26351,75 = Y of M For the D A.,2.59,2.12,peapod826,75 = Y of M for the D A.,true love/devotion,75 Years of Marriage for the Diamond Anniversary.,Letter-Equations,10/14/05 #23193,In a Tree,2.75,2.14,dutchymonster,"My first can be found, in a TREE, but not on the GROUND. My second not PERMITTED, but certainly ALLOWED. My third is in GREY, if it is spelled the English way. My fourth is in PEA, but not in NUT. Fifth is in HOUSES, also in HUTS. Sixth always in DAY but never NIGHT. almost done NOW, but not QUITE. My last is in STICKY, but not in BUN My whole very large it weighs a ton.",No hint available.,ELEPHANT,Riddle,05/26/05 #25488,Fiercely Pouring,2.38,1.28,sweetime,"My first is in willow, but not in oily. My second is in cascade, but not in crescendo. My third is in thunder, but not in hundreds. My fourth is in energy, but not in gypsy. My fifth is in rapid, but not in vapid. My sixth is in flowing, but not in growling. My seventh is in fast, but not in fist. My eighth is in loud, but not in sound. My ninth is in ledge, but not in hedge. What am I?",No hint available.,Waterfall,Riddle,08/25/05 #26862,Word Pyramid: Natural Wonders VI,2.95,2.18,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: A Clues: 1. sodium 2. one, some, every, or all 3. greenish blue 4. careful and shrewd 5. Grand ------",Carved by the Colorado River.,"A NA ANY CYAN CANNY CANYON The Grand Canyon leaves all who experience it with a sense of wonder, magic and awe. From its dramatic 5000 foot deep, 277 miles long, and up to 18 mile wide gorge, to its diverse plateaus, towers and hills, the Grand Canyon is one of the world's most stunning destinations. Rich with exceptional beauty, ancient geological history and modern universal amazement, the Grand Canyon attracts more than 5 million tourists each year.",Language,11/11/05 #34846,More Hide and Seek,2.53,1.4,fedex337,"In each of these sentences the name of an animal is hiding. Can you find them all? EX: W(ow, L)arry, that looks really cool. 1) The only way a kite can fly is with strong winds. 2) Chase allowed Cara to eat the entire cake. 3) Not I, Gertrude, I would never do a thing like that! 4) My best friend Paco woke me up way too early. 5) Make sure you don't tell anyone, but I got Terry. 6) Please Mo, let me use it just this once!",No hint available.,"1) Yak (also Kite) 2) Seal (also rat) 3) Tiger 4) Cow 5) Otter 6) Mole",Language,01/12/07 #37046,Crypto-Quotes,2.42,2.58,fedex337,"""Z'WB DZWBY U RQIKBT LO DZWBG. Z'I ZRNDZRBY EL BRWH EPB IUR CPL DBUYG LRB DZOB, CZEP LRB SLK, URY LRB CZOB, ZR LRB NLQRETH, QRYBT LRB MLY. ZE IUH RLE KB U WBTH BFNZEZRM BFZGEBRNB, KQE UE DBUGE KH EPB EZIB PB'G GBWBREH-EPTBB PB ARLCG PLC LDY PB ZG."" -SLPR PQGELR, UIBTZNUR OZDIIUABT (hint will give away all vowels)","A=U E=B I=Z O=L U=Q","""I'VE LIVED A NUMBER OF LIVES. I'M INCLINED TO ENVY THE MAN WHO LEADS ONE LIFE, WITH ONE JOB, AND ONE WIFE, IN ONE COUNTRY, UNDER ONE GOD. IT MAY NOT BE A VERY EXCITING EXISTENCE, BUT AT LEAST BY THE TIME HE'S SEVENTY-THREE HE KNOWS HOW OLD HE IS."" -JOHN HUSTON, AMERICAN FILMMAKER A=U B=K C=N D=Y E=B F=O G=M H=P I=Z J=S K=A L=D M=I N=R O=L P=V Q=J R=T S=G T=E U=Q V=W W=C X=F Y=H Z=X",Cryptography,06/22/07 #35949,Thundering Breech,2.36,2.33,Trumalia,"This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD. A thing with a thundering breech It weighing a thousand welly, I have heard it roar Louder than Guy's wild boar, They say it hath death in its belly.",No hint available.,Cannon,Riddle,02/23/07 #10117,ABCD-FEB=FED,2.28,2.21,ironmaiden980,"Solve the problem if each letter represents a different number from 0 through 5. ABCD - FEB = FED",No hint available.,"A=1, B=0, C=4, D=3, E=2, F=5. 1043 - 520 = 523",Cryptography,01/29/03 #15141,I Do Not Speak,2.34,1.08,timmyboym,"I do not speak, but I still tell you something My first is second in scare, My second is first in lock, My third is three after the last one My fourth is third in dock. My fifth is eleventh in this riddle. What am I?",No hint available.,"A clock. I don't speak but I still tell the time. My first letter is C, second in sCare, My second letter is L, first in Lock, My third letter is O, three letters after L, My fourth letter is third in doCk. My fifth letter is the eleventh letter of the riddle, which is a ""K"".",Riddle,10/18/03 #50626,Finger ... NOT !,2.0,0.92,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus? . click",No hint available.,"""point and click""",Rebus,06/13/15 #3539,Truths and Lies,2.73,2.02,jeanray,"There are three persons in a room. One of them always tells the truth, but the others are ""alternate liars"": they tell the truth then lie, then truth, etc, but you do not know if they will start by telling the truth or a lie... You can ask three questions that MUST be answered by Yes or No. Find the truth teller.",Ask the questions to one person only.,"Q1. Mr. A, are you a truth teller? - Yes or - No. Q2. Mr. A, are you a truth teller? - Yes or - No. Q1: Q2: Yes Yes: A is the truth teller. Yes No : A is an alternate liar, next answer is a lie. Q3: Mr. A, is B the truth teller? - Yes: C is the truth teller. - No: B is the truth teller. No Yes: A is an alternate liar, next answer is true. Q3: Mr. A, is B the truth teller? - Yes: B is the truth teller. - No: C is the truth teller. No No : Impossible.",Logic,04/16/02 #1185,16 P on a C B,2.29,1.86,gokaran,16 P on a C B,No hint available.,16 Pawns on a Chess Board,Letter-Equations,10/23/01 #27381,Robbers.,2.21,1.19,Princeford93,"Three robbers robbed a store. Once they came out they were totally changed, but they still continued robbing. Why?",No hint available.,"They robbed a clothing store. They changed clothes, not their ways.",Situation,12/09/05 #11287,A Fridge,2.21,1.95,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? A Fridge Bubbled Daughter",Simon and Garfunkle used it in a song.,"Like a Bridge over troubled water. Like it but not actually it.",Rebus,03/19/03 #17799,Missing Number,2.24,2.91,nettlett,"One number is missing from this finite set: 2-10-18-54-86. What number is missing?",Man of Steel,"The missing number is 36. It is a list of the atomic numbers of the noble gases (from the periodic table): Helium 2 Neon 10 Argon 18 Krypton 36 Xenon 54 Radon 86",Group,06/01/04 #38832,What Might Inspire an Inventor?,2.5,2.26,aresII,"The following quote was made by Benjamin Franklin. This could have been his own inspiration. Can you decode it? R=Z ""S CVIK WI CKVBJFK SYM S CVIK WI CSRVYKBB SFK DTW DXVYZB. DXKFK TVCC QK BCKKUVYZ KYWJZX VY DXK ZFSLK.""","D=T T=W Z=G","""A LIFE OF LEISURE AND A LIFE OF LAZINESS ARE TWO THINGS. THERE WILL BE SLEEPING ENOUGH IN THE GRAVE."" KEY: B=S C=L D=T F=R I=F J=U K=E L=V M=D Q=B R=Z S=A T=W U=P V=I W=O X=H Y=N Z=G",Cryptography,10/18/07 #984,7 Y of B L for B a M,2.49,1.79,Michelle,7 Y of B L for B a M,No hint available.,7 Years of Bad Luck for Breaking a Mirror,Letter-Equations,10/01/01 #36705,"Huff, Puff, Huff, Puff...",2.73,2.24,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of popular Olympic sports. Your task is to unravel these anagrams. I have included the number of letters in brackets for each item. In and tomb (9) Quiet earns (10) My cats sign (10) Able intents (5, 6) If wet lighting (13)",No hint available.,"Badminton Equestrian Gymnastics Table Tennis Weightlifting",Language,05/22/07 #8108,Caesar,2.68,1.74,Devron,"If a picture is worth 10,000 words and Caesar can command 100 ships with a wave of his hand and half a loaf of bread is better than none, how much is 1/136 of a picture of Caesar holding a full loaf of bread with 200 ships behind him worth?",Read it carefully.,"The answer is 10,000 words. 1/136 of a picture is still a picture, so it would be worth 10,000 words.",Trick,10/18/02 #30970,A Heady One!,2.37,2.49,brainster,"What phrase do the following lines convey? Prince: I will sleep well tonight. Minister: I am going to rest peacefully. King: My pillow feels uncomfortable all the time! Court Jester: I always sleep like a baby!",No hint available.,Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.,Rebus,06/09/06 #355,4 H of the A,2.23,2.3,Phyllis,4 H of the A,No hint available.,4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse,Letter-Equations,03/16/01 #25827,"43,560 = SF in an A",2.24,1.27,themarresaty,"43,560 = SF in an A",Property/Land,"43,560 Square Feet in an Acre.",Letter-Equations,09/08/05 #3779,1T2R3A4V5E6L7,2.27,1.3,comet16,"Can you decipher this? 1T2R3A4V5E6L7",No hint available.,Travel in numbers,Rebus,04/27/02 #38241,Pony Up the Dough,2.7,3.02,Hrsemn4,"Castor and Pollux Janus own Janus's Curiosity shop. They have the most unique collection of trinkets in the town. What is most curious about these two brothers is that they have been trying for years to sell their business. They are offering to sell the entire store with the entire inventory for only $17.51 US. The catch is that they will only accept payment in cash, and will only accept a certain combination of bills and coins totaling exactly $17.51. All coins and bills must be different from each other, but all coins and bills have one thing in common. Can you buy their shop by figuring out their secret combination of monies?",Think carefully about the brothers' first and last names...,"You must pay with: A 10-dollar bill, a 5-dollar bill, a 2 dollar bill, a New Jersey 25 cent piece, a South Dakota 25 Cent piece, and a Lincoln Penny dated 1959 or later. All of these forms of tender feature a picture of the same person on the front and reverse. 1) The 10-dollar bill features Alexander Hamilton on the front and the U.S. Treasury on the reverse. Erected in front of the Treasury, and visible on the reverse of the bill, is a statue of Alexander Hamilton. 2) The 5-dollar bill features Abraham Lincoln on the front and the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse, the statue of Lincoln can be seen seated inside the memorial. 3) The 2-dollar bill features Thomas Jefferson on the front and John Trumbull's ""Declaration of Independence"" on the reverse. Thomas Jefferson is shown standing at the table in this painting. 4) The New Jersey 25-cent piece features George Washington on the front and the individual state's design on the reverse. New Jersey selected the crossing of the Delaware River. George Washington can be seen in his famous pose at the prow of his boat. 5) The South Dakota 25-cent piece also features George Washington on the front. South Dakota elected to include a representation of Mount Rushmore on the reverse. Washington is clearly seen on the far left. 6) The penny, like the 5-dollar bill, features Lincoln on the front and the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse. In a stunning attention to detail, the statue of Lincoln can still be seen on the coin. The hint refers to Castor and Pollux, the twin stars of the constellation ""Gemini"". Their last name, ""Janus"", is also the name of a Roman deity known for having 2 faces...hence twins (same person) and two faces (both sides).",Trivia,09/11/07 #51109,Brilliant !,2.1,1.29,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus? d--a--y--l--i--g--h--t",No hint available.,"""broad daylight""",Rebus,05/20/17 #41141,Hockey Team,2.5100000000000002,1.03,icestar12,"Little Ryan was bragging about his school's hockey team. ""In the last game we played, we managed to win without one man getting a goal."" Since the final score was 3-1, how was this possible?",No hint available.,It was a girl's hockey team.,Trick,03/20/08 #11637,URPP,2.14,1.57,bluetwo,URPPmindQQ,No hint available.,"Minding your P's and Q's. ""Mind"" is in ""URPP"" (or Your P's) and ""QQ"" (or Q's). It means to mind your manners, or to be aware of the proper etiquette.",Rebus,04/08/03 #2073,Alone in a Cottage,2.7,1.72,Cascas,"A wealthy man lives alone in a small cottage. Being partially handicapped he had everything delivered to his cottage. The mailman was delivering a letter one Thursday when he noticed that the front door was ajar. Through the opening he could see the man's body lying in a pool of dried blood. When a police officer arrived he surveyed the scene. On the porch were two bottles of warm milk, Monday's newspaper, a catalog, flyers, and unopened mail. The police officer suspects it was foul play. Who does he suspect and why?",No hint available.,The police officer suspects the newspaper delivery person. The absence of Tuesday's and Wednesday's newspaper indicates that the delivery person knew there was no one there to read it.,Logic,01/19/02 #37649,99.94,1.93,3.05,leftclick,99.94 = C T B A of S D B,Think cricket...,"99.94 is the Career Test Batting Average of Sir Donald Bradman. ""The Don"" scored 6,996 runs at Test level in 70 innings. In his last ever innings in England, 1948, he was dismissed for an uncharacteristic duck (zero runs), giving him a final batting average of 99.94 runs per innings. Even now this is still the highest ever average at retirement, but he needed only four more runs for an even average of 100!",Letter-Equations,08/04/07 #29052,Pinky Me,2.7,2.25,miyukina,"At large in a pond, attract mass in the ring Find me in circus, see me in the zoo People think I'm your average pink thing Yet we know that's not exactly true When it comes to balancing You know whom to bestow the crown to","On shellfishes I mainly feast But open mouth is for all; humans or jungle beasts","A flamingo. Many are pink, but healthier flamingos should be red, showing that they are not famished (have enough carotenic food) and bills (baby flamingos) are white. The one in the circus is the ring/hoop that is on fire where trained animals (usually lions)/ human do tricks by jumping in/through. ---> Flaming ""O"" Either way, both flamingos and the circus trick show exceptionally good balance. The bird sleeps on one leg to preserve body heat, and you need to practice hard and be really skilled to (train animals to) do the tricks.",Riddle,03/12/06 #2987,Grammar Game,2.88,2.37,rckergrl87,"Can you make this sentence into a phrase by only adding punctuation? You may not add, subtract, or rearrange the words. Good luck. that that is is that that is not is not is that it it is",No hint available.,"That that is, is. That that is not, is not. Is that it? It is.",Language,03/29/02 #33405,Anasquare X,2.29,2.1,phrebh,"Find an anagram for each word listed below and then reorder the new words to create a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. TENS 2. EATS 3. AIDE 4. SNIP",No hint available.,"PINS IDEA NEST SATE",Language,10/09/06 #50381,What's What?,1.85,1.08,BadBunnee02,"If this is this, then what is that? That",No hint available.,That's that,Rebus,09/02/14 #47095,Missing Link 3,2.81,2.09,Prinesca,"Find the missing word in each missing link, but every time you insert a word, you need to change one of its letters to make the next one. Ex: 1. ___way 2. shopping ____ Answers: 1. hallway 2. shopping mall 1. over____ 2. foot____ 3. base____ 4. ____hop 5. ____tale",The missing words have four letters and #4 starts with B.,"1. fill (overfill) 2. fall (footfall) 3. ball (baseball) 4. bell (bellhop) 5. tell (telltale)",Language,05/26/10 #48473,Words With OV,1.91,2.63,cnmne,"Five words that contain OV as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *OV**, *OV***, **OV**, ***OV*, **OV*** Pool: A, C, D, E, E, E, E, E, G, H, I, I, L, L, M, N, P, R, R, S",No hint available.,"MOVIE, GOVERN, SHOVEL, ALCOVE, PROVIDE",Language,02/13/11 #16881,The Five Bottles of Fate,2.72,1.41,Nite_Owl,"One day, a man had died, but God found that he had done an equal number of good deeds and bad ones and didn't know which way to send him. So, God created a set of five differently shaped bottles with five different consequences (one will allow the man into heaven, one will send him ""down below"", one will send him back to earth, and two would do nothing). The bottles were set up in a line and a small note for him to test his mind was attached to the first bottle. The man saw this and noticed that each bottle was in single column away from him, rather than in a row. He read the note, which said: Two alike you'll never find, next to each other in this line. Twixt these may be good or bad, depending on the lifestyle you've had. The first to you that's in this line, will be the first to your demise. In midway you'll find, it seems, a second chance to do your deeds. At last you'll find your sweetest reward, for tis what you're searching for. And now, my reader, it's up to you, Which little bottle should he choose?","When it says ""life-style"", think of a person's events in his life and why s/he might think it bad or good.","The first is the ""bad"" one. Second and fourth are the two that do nothing. Third is the one to send him back to earth, and the last leads to heaven.",Riddle,03/06/04 #46385,Curtail N,3.19,1.23,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Fragmented; torn -> Lacking funds 2. Place of shelter; a refuge -> Possess; own 3. Community; village -> Pull behind 4. Paradise -> Throw with effort 5. Grass -> Set of rules imposed by an authority 6. Chess piece -> Clawed animal foot 7. Bedding, tablecloth -> A mark longer than it is wide 8. Baker's number -> Sleep lightly","The words start with these letters: 1. B 2. H 3. T 4. H 5. L 6. P 7. L 8. D","1. Broken -> Broke 2. Haven -> Have 3. Town -> Tow 4. Heaven -> Heave 5. Lawn -> Law 6. Pawn -> Paw 7. Linen -> Line 8. Dozen -> Doze",Language,02/17/10 #26102,Frogs,2.19,2.39,AXTON,"Catholic frog Flat-headed frog Rheoba trachus Silus The normal green tree frog does not fit in the group of frogs above. Why?","arid, bare, desolate",All the frogs in the group are frogs which live in the desert. The green tree frog would not survive without water.,Trivia,09/28/05 #29336,Beware,2.64,2.4,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? light44444*dark*","Think carefully about this teaser, and solve it, you will... hmmmm... And what sound does that collection of numbers make","The dark side of the force (fours) Clue: A bit of 'Yoda speak' for you... it was",Rebus,03/26/06 #1800,The Cold Thing,2.96,1.42,missie,"I'm called a man, But I'll never have a wife. I was given a body, But not given life. They made me a mouth, But I wasn't given breath. Water gives body, And sun gives me death. What am I?",No hint available.,A snowman.,Riddle,12/22/01 #32735,The Plus Sign,2.13,2.25,vbguy101,"What does this mean? +",It's a brain disorder.,"Attention deficit disorder. This has an abbreviation of ADD. + means ""add""",Rebus,08/29/06 #46891,Master Thesis,2.82,1.55,whsprec,"Five graduate students were finally submitting their thesis. Each student had a different subject, a different number of pages that they had written, and a different requirement for submitting. If they missed the additional requirement their thesis was automatically rejected and they would have to start over. From the clues below determine the author, subject, how many pages, and the department's additional requirement. 1) The Predicting Drop Outs thesis by Toby was at least 70 pages longer than the one that required .75-inch margins. 2) Kia's thesis wasn't 130 pages, but needed to be on blue paper. 3) Neither the How the Internet Affects Relationships nor Frank's thesis are the 80-page that needed to be hand written. 4) Sara wrote 230 pages. 5) The thesis on Cheese Bacteria was 190 pages. 6) The thesis on Archaeology River Sites needed to be font 10.",No hint available.,"Sara wrote 230 pages on How the Internet Affects Relationships that needed to be .75-inch margins. Toby wrote 320 pages on Predicting Drop Outs that needed to start on page 5. Frank wrote 130 pages on Archaeology River Sites that needed to be font 10. Sandy wrote 80 pages on Ancient Greek Ship Building that needed to be hand written. Kia wrote 190 pages on Cheese Bacteria that needed to be on blue paper.",Logic-Grid,05/02/10 #42190,The Eye of the Beholder,2.19,2.11,aresII,"The following quote is from Scottish historian and philosopher David Hume (1711 - 1776). He influenced the development of two schools in philosophy, skepticism and empiricism. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. H=M ""GXILNQ JD RZ KLIEJNQ JR NSJRUD NSXHDXEFXD. JN XOJDND HXBXEQ JR NSX HJRY MSJPS PZRNXHVEINXD NSXH.""","I=A J=I L=U","""BEAUTY IS NO QUALITY IN THINGS THEMSELVES. IT EXISTS MERELY IN THE MIND WHICH CONTEMPLATES THEM."" KEY: B=R D=S E=L F=V G=B H=M I=A J=I K=Q L=U M=W N=T O=X P=C Q=Y R=N S=H U=G V=P X=E Y=D Z=O",Cryptography,06/10/08 #9124,"Way, Dog, Ground",2.71,1.76,warrior,"What word can be added to these words to get new words or phrases? Way, dog, ground, handed",No hint available.,"Under. Underway, underdog, underground, underhanded.",Language,12/13/02 #35944,Positive Notes On the Warm Coats,2.87,1.68,chaskey,"On a coffee break one day this past winter, four good friends decided that each would donate his extra coat to the local charity organization's ""Give One Warm Coat"" drive. Who gave what? See clues below. Friendly donors: Robert, Roy, Charles, Donald Coat types: trench coat, duffle, parka, pea coat Sizes: small, medium, large, extra large Ages of coats: 2, 3, 4, 5 years Conditions of wear: fair, good, very good, excellent Clues: 1.The extra large coat was in better condition than the trench coat, and the small size coat was in good condition. 2. Robert's medium size coat was given to him new, but he never wore it; it was, therefore, in excellent condition, even though it was twice as old as the parka. 3. Charles' parka was in very good condition. 4. Donald's coat was smaller than Roy's pea coat, which was in fair condition after five years of hard navy use.",No hint available.,"Robert's duffle coat was medium size, 4 years old, and in excellent condition. Roy's pea coat was large, 5 years old, in fair condition. Charles' parka was extra large, 2 years old, in very good condition. Donald's trench was small size, 3 years old, in good condition.",Logic-Grid,03/29/07 #18149,A Very Hard Job,2.5,2.1,andrewcs,"A man goes to work each day and dies, then comes home. Several other people at his job die too, and get paid for it. How is it he dies daily?",No hint available.,"He works in a factory where they coin money. Another meaning for ""Die"" is an engraved metal piece used for impressing a design onto a softer metal, as in coining money. So if he was using this, he was ""dieing.""",Trick,07/07/04 #26480,Word Pyramid: Forgotten Wonders III,2.47,2.06,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: T Clues: 1. in or near the position of 2. theatrical unit 3. a delicacy 4. Great ----- Temple","Located in Mexico City, Mexico.","T AT ACT CATE AZTEC The Great Aztec Temple is long lost in ruins leaving little behind showing its greatness.",Language,10/21/05 #31521,Word Scrambles IX,2.63,2.13,Psychic_Master,"Here's how it goes; there will be 3 scrambled word puzzles with a clue above each. The unscrambled word/s will have something to do with the clue. 1. Clue: I'm scared! Puzzle: Scare them 2. Clue: One for the girls Puzzle: End beak brain 3. Clue: The fast track Puzzle: A fuel moron",No hint available.,"1. The scream 2. Ken and Barbie 3. Formula one",Language,07/04/06 #44742,"After Square, But Before Cube",2.21,1.45,whsprec,What is the smallest integer where the integer before it is a perfect square and the integer after it is a perfect cube?,No hint available.,"26. The integer before 26 is 25 or 5 squared, and the next number is 27 or 3 cubed.",Math,06/27/09 #18141,A Lesson in Geography,2.28,2.01,andrewcs,"Which city comes next in this list? 1. Buenos Aires 2. La Paz 3. Brasilia 4. Santiago 5. ???",No hint available.,"Bogota These are South American Capitals in order alphabetically by the countries. 1. Argentina 2. Bolivia 3. Brazil 4. Chile 5. Columbia",Logic,07/06/04 #6926,100 T in a G of S,2.54,2.52,Deucex2,100 T in a G of S,"Another way of asking it could be, What G has 100 T? The answer is S.",100 Tiles in a Game of Scrabble.,Letter-Equations,08/27/02 #1566,Post Office Burglary,2.64,1.6,psychodude57,"After a local Post Office burglary, five suspects were being interviewed. Below is a summary of their statements. Police know that each of them told the truth in one of the statements and lied in the other. From this information can you tell who committed the crime? Brian said: It wasn't Charles It was Alan Derek said: It was Charles It wasn't Alan Charles said: It was Brian It wasn't Eric Alan said: It was Eric It wasn't Brian Eric said: It was Derek It was Alan",No hint available.,Derek was the culprit,Logic,12/02/01 #4588,Heart,2.15,1.0,AlliePotter,"Can you decipher this phrase: Hea rted",No hint available.,Broken Hearted,Rebus,06/09/02 #15293,Odd Two Out Too,3.27,1.65,just_moi,"In this teaser, you have to find the odd ones out in the groups of words. BUT WAIT! There's a catch. Each group of words has TWO words which do not belong. Can you find them both? EXAMPLE: Lily - Jane - Tulip - Rose Jane does not belong as it's the only one which is not a flower. Tulip also does not belong because it's the only one which is not a girl's name. You're on your own for the rest! 1. Dodge - Ford - Lincoln - Hoover 2. King - Earl - Knight - Bishop 3. Yellow - Green - Dead - Black",No hint available.,"1. Hoover does not belong as it's the only one which is not a car manufacturer. Dodge does not belong as it's the only one which is not the last name of a President of USA. 2. Bishop does not belong as it's the only one which is not a class of nobility. Earl does not belong as it's the only one which is not a Chess piece. 3. Dead does not belong as it's the only one which is not a color. Green does not belong as it's the only one which is not the name of a sea.",Trivia,10/31/03 #10515,If There's a Camel,2.49,2.91,griphook,"Every year during his birthday, the Sultan sponsors 3 camel races with the following prizes (listed in order 1st, 2nd, 3rd): RACE A $500 300 100 RACE B $250 150 75 RACE C $150 100 50 $500 bonus for winning all 3 Races. (SLAM) $200 bonus for winning 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in any one Race (SWEEP). ALI BOBO tells you that he owns the 3rd (""Aluminum""), 6th(""Boron""), and 9th(""Copper"") fastest camels. He concedes that KAREEM owns the 1st, 4th, and 7th fastest camels, while SHARIF has the 2nd, 5th, and 8th fastest entries. There are other owners but with far inferior camels. The Rules a. Maximum 3 camels per owner. b. A camel can run only in one race. c. An owner may enter his camels all in one race or distribute them as he desires. Last year ALI BOBO's camels won third place in each of the 3 Races. His gross winnings amounted to $225. ALI BOBO wants a risk-free strategy to increase his total winnings. QUESTION: What should be ALI BOBO's strategy?",Sometimes we must sacrifice some battles to win the war.,"Ali Bobo must enter Copper in Race A, Aluminum in Race B, and Boron in Race C. SCENARIOS 1. Kareem defends his Slam and fields his camels in RACES A,B, and C according to their speed. Shariff follows that same strategy. ALI's Aluminum will win in Race B over the K(4th) and S(5th). Boron will win in Race C over K(7th) and S(8th). Copper will still place 3rd in Race A. Total Winnings $500. 2. Kareem defends his SLAM. Shariff follows Ali's strategy. Aluminum will place second to S(2nd) in Race B. Boron will place second to S(5th) in Race C. Copper will place third to K(1st) and S(8th). Total winnings: $350. 3. Kareem loses his mind and does not go for the grand slam. He enters his 3 camels in Race A. Shariff follows his strategy in Scenario 1. Copper will not win anything in Race A. Aluminum will win in Race B. Boron will win in Race C. Winnings: $400. 4. Same as Scenario 3 but Shariff has same strategy as Ali. Copper loses in Race A. Aluminum places second in Race B. Boron places second in Race C. Winnings $250. 5. Kareem camels all in Race A. Shariff's all in race B. Copper loses in Race A. Aluminum still places second in Race B. Boron wins in Race C. Winnings $300. 6. Kareem defends his slam. Shariff camels all in race B. Copper will place second in Race A. Aluminum will still be second in Race B. Boron will win over K(7th) Winnings:$600. 7. Kareem and Shariff has same strategy as Ali. Copper will be third, Aluminum will be third. Boron will be third. Winnings:$225. Same as last year. There are other scenarios but with the strategy with the worst case scenario for Ali is $225.",Logic,02/17/03 #48373,More Calendar Cubes,2.24,1.8900000000000001,MarcM1098,"My grandmother has a pair of calendar cubes; each cube has six digits on it, one on each face. Every morning, she re-arranges them to show the day of the month as a two-digit number (01 to 31). Even though some numbers appear on both cubes, you can easily tell them apart because one cube is ivory and the other is brown. I noticed that it was possible to use the ivory cube in the tens place and the brown cube in the ones place for SEVEN days in a row (within one month)! Can you figure out what digits are on each cube?","Both cubes need a 1 (to form 11) and a 2 (to form 22). The 0 must be paired with every other digit, so it must be on both cubes too. This leaves six spaces (three on each die) to fit seven digits (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). One digit can be re-used in an interesting way!","The ivory cube has 012345; the brown cube has 012678. The 6 on the brown cube is also a 9, just turn it upside-down! There are two times each month where it is possible to keep the ivory cube in the tens place for seven days in a row: 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 and 16 17 18 19 20 21 22.",Logic,01/10/11 #2825,Presidential Requirements,2.68,1.61,204_BlaZe_41,"Based on the laws of the US Constitution, there are five requirements a person must meet in order to become President of the United States: The candidate: must be at least 35 years old must be a citizen of the United States must have resided in the United States for at least 14 years must have been born in the U.S.A. There is one more requirement. What is it?",No hint available.,The person must be elected.,Other,03/23/02 #27418,Sylasearch 3,2.83,2.48,cdrock,"In a sylasearch I give you a syllable-starter, which is the first syllable in the words you are to find. I will also give you a listing of the other syllables which you must use to figure out the 9 words. Syllable List - cu, di, er ets, ist, lar, ni, ni, o, pen, phy, ra, ri , rou, sels, ter, tog, toon, val, vas, vore Syllable-starter: car How many syllables, each word has: 1. (2) 2. (3) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (3) 6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (4) 9. (6)",No hint available.,"1. Carets (car ets) 2. Carnival (car ni val) 3. Carnivore (car ni vore) 4. Carpenter (car pen ter) 5. Carrier (car ri er) 6. Carousels (car rou sels) 7. Cartoonist (car toon ist) 8. Cartography (car tog ra phy) 9. Cardiovascular (car di o vas cu lar)",Language,12/11/05 #18647,All In A Days Work,2.48,2.67,dumbell,"The following four names, together with some information about the people concerned, should lead anyone keen on anagrams to discover the jobs they perform. 1. ERNEST DIP is sure that in his new job he can DETER SPIN 2. ENOS RUG feels that he URGES ON his work colleagues 3. HOGAN PLUM hates the road he drives on to work as it has a A LONG HUMP 4. TARA SNOUT is A STAR UNTO her family, working in a male dominated field",Both sets of upper case letters in each clue are anagrams of the same job title.,"PRESIDENT SURGEON PLOUGHMAN ASTRONAUT",Language,08/25/04 #20200,A Hill-full,2.14,2.34,fishmed,"A hill full, a hole full, can't catch a bowl full. What is this?",No hint available.,A fog or mist,Riddle,01/03/05 #41439,A Poet's Love,2.75,1.27,Scubee,"Poets, especially when in love, have been known to conceal messages in their verses. Can you find James Robinson Planche's hidden love interest in these verses from his 1881 work ""Songs and Poems""? Beauty to claim, amongst the fairest place, Enchanting manner, unaffected grace, Arch without malice, merry without wise, Truth ever on her lips as in her eyes; Reticent not from sullenness or pride, Intensity of feeling but to hide; Can any doubt such being there may be? Each line I pen, points, matchless maid, to thee!",Planche gives a clue to his own riddle in the last line.,"Beatrice The first letter of each line spells out her name.",Riddle,04/10/08 #7052,100 D in a M,2.21,1.69,tissue,100 D in a M,No hint available.,100 decades in a millennium.,Letter-Equations,08/30/02 #29591,Movie Scramble: Academy Awards,2.8,2.17,sgtammo,"Can you unscramble the movies in Part 1 and match them with who the star was in Part 2? And your answer is? Part 1 1. DAIAOTRLG 2. HCAICOG 3. AHCSR 4. CATNIIT 5. HEVTEARRBA 6. RGVEINONFU 7. NHDIGA Part 2 1. Sandra Bullock. 2. Ben Kingsley. 3. Mel Gibson. 4. Russell Crowe. 5. Clint Eastwood. 6. Richard Gere. 7. Leonardo DiCaprio.","1. A commoner unites Scots in battle to overthrow English rule. 2. Rich girl and poor boy meet on board ship. 3. Lawyer becomes famed leader of Indian revolt against British. 4. Betrayed Roman general seeks revenge. 5. Several peoples lives collide with one another during two days in Los Angeles. 6. Retired gunslinger reluctantly takes one last job. 7. Murderesses fight for fame to keep from the gallows.","1. Gladiator: Russell Crowe. 2. Chicago: Richard Gere. 3. Crash: Sandra Bullock. 4. Titanic: Leonardo Di Caprio. 5. Braveheart: Mel Gibson 6. Unforgiven: Clint Eastwood. 7. Gandhi: Ben Kingsley",Trivia,04/07/06 #22260,What Number,2.93,2.14,brgdo1994,"What number, when spelled out, has no repeated letters and has each of the vowels (not including Y) once?",No hint available.,Five thousand.,Riddle,04/14/05 #1068,The Wrong Set,2.66,2.21,mrice,"Each of the sets of words below contain a word that should be in the other set. Which words and why? SET 1: pin, car, hear, sea, eat SET 2: star, lame, ring, rake","Add a letter to the end of each of the words in the first set, and another letter to the beginning of each word in the second set.","""eat"" belongs in the second set, and ""star"" belongs in the first set. If you add a letter ""T"" to the end of each word belonging in the first set, you get a word with a different meaning. Similarly, if you add a ""B"" to the beginning of each word belonging in the second set, you also get a different word.",Language,10/08/01 #5754,Hidden Animals,3.17,1.25,AlliePotter,"Can you find 13 animals hidden in these words? Pheasantoadderaturtleechareelionewtiger",No hint available.,"Pheasant, ant, toad, adder, rat, turtle, leech, char, hare, eel, lion, newt, tiger.",Language,07/21/02 #18370,A Book Title Rebused,2.57,2.0,accordionman,"What book title is rebused below? Baby cows say ""Moo"" Baby chickens say ""Cluck"" Baby sheep say ""_____"" <--- Baby dogs say "" Bark"" Baby cats say ""Meow""",No hint available.,"The Silence of the Lambs A baby sheep is called a lamb, and unlike all of the other baby animals, it is saying nothing. Hence the silence.",Rebus,07/27/04 #399,The Slowest Race,2.79,1.8,22ACE,"One day a really rich old man with two sons died. In his will he said that he would give one of his sons all of his fortune. He gave each of his sons a horse and said they would compete in a horse race from Los Angeles to Sacramento, but the son whose horse came in second would get the money. So one day they started the race. After one whole day they had only ridden one mile. At night they decided they should stop at a hotel. While they were booking in they told their problem to the wise old clerk, who made a suggestion. The next day the two brothers rode as fast as they could. What did the clerk suggest that they do?",No hint available.,The clerk told them to swap horses. The father said that whoever's horse crossed the finish line second would get the money. He didn't say that the owner of the horse had to be on it.,Logic,04/21/01 #25604,"Centaurus, Repelius and Obnoxious",2.52,3.05,kodhrawara,"We are three genies capable of independent existence. But bring any two of us together And we shall summon the missing third To respond to your beck-and-call within his capabilities. Man would welcome any opportunity to fit an unwelcome harness on our first whilst it is in full gallop. Thus the first will conspire with our second to tackle the quest To subdue the third to be a slave at your behest. Our second was so repulsive as to be banished forthwith to the far-flung corners of the globe. His feet planted firmly on terra firma, On his pate, an insecure white cap. The repulsion of the second is surpassed by how shocking is the third. Whilst our first, lest we forget, has been cursed by the gods To remain forever in a state of perpetual restlessness. Who are these restless, repulsive, shocking, yet subservient genies?","In Fleming's thriller, set in Japan, 007's left forefinger fires bullets at a moving train","First (restless) : Motion Second (repulsive) : Magnetism. Like poles ""repel"". The Magnetic South Pole is on solid ground, Antarctica. The North Pole is a floating Ice Cap, under which a Nuclear submarine has been able to pass. Third (shocking) : Electricity. According to the Laws of Electromagnetic Induction by Faraday a combination of any two of the above, will generate the third. The Hint referred to ""Fleming's Left-hand rule"", wherein the forefinger implies the magnetic field for the levitation of the Bullet Train.",Riddle,08/29/05 #25007,Word Triangles,2.73,2.52,phrebh,"A word triangle is created by taking a word, putting the first letter on the first line, putting two of the second letter on the next line, three of the third letter on the third line, et cetera. Given the word TEASER, the word triangle would look like this: T EE AAA SSSS EEEEE RRRRRR If you begin at the top and start spelling TEASER by either moving to the letter directly below the letter you are currently on or by moving to the letter that is immediately to the right of the letter below the letter you are currently on, you could use several different paths to spell the word. For instance, if your path takes you to the third 'A' you could either go to the third 'S' or the fourth 'S', but not to the first or second 'S'. Can you determine how many possible paths there are for this word triangle? How about for word triangles with words of different lengths?",This relates to the work of a famous theologian and mathematician.,"2^5 = 32 For any word of given length, L, the number of paths, P, can be found by P = 2^(L-1). This is essentially Pascal's Triangle. Usually, these are seen as more of a pyramid shape, but since spacing can't be done consistently, the teaser had to limit the paths to either the letter below the current letter or the letter below and to the right of the current letter.",Math,08/01/05 #3892,"Row, Rack, Rage...",2.45,1.96,mad-ade,"Which three-letter word can be added to ROW, RACK, RAGE, GAIN, and KING to make 5 completely new words?",No hint available.,BAR,Language,05/05/02 #20584,MINOR,2.64,1.56,fishmed,"There are many children out there in the world that would no longer wish to be a geeky MINOR, but would rather be counted among the cool DUDES. This is a process that we can do here in only 5 steps. Can you figure out what to change? Each change is one letter only and is a valid word in each case. MINOR ______ ______ ______ ______ DUDES","MINOR MINER... Hope this helps as that's it for a hint.","MINOR MINER DINER DINES DUNES DUDES",Language,01/25/05 #18966,This That and the Other,2.5100000000000002,2.34,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? They ""A bird in..."" The ""...the hand..."" Th ""is worth two..."" T ""...in the bush."" This ""Too many..."" Thi ""...cooks..."" Th ""...spoil the..."" T ""...broth."" That Tha Th T",No hint available.,"That goes without saying. The word ""That"" goes without an attached saying.",Rebus,09/27/04 #17585,Errors,2.73,1.24,george1978,"There are some errors in this teaser. Can you find them? The errors could be anywhere, but where are they? How many can you find?",There are errors in this teaser - just look closely.,In the main body of this teaser there are two ERRORS. In the hint there is one. In the title there is another one. That makes a total of four ERRORS.,Trick,05/09/04 #522,Cigars,2.63,1.44,kaila912,"Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a hobo who collects cigar butts can make 1 cigar out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke?",No hint available.,"6; he makes 5 originals from the 25 butts he found, and after he smokes them he has 5 butts left for another cigar.",Logic,05/30/01 #50966,Animal Mayhem,2.81,1.43,MarcM1098,"The answers to the following riddles share a common theme: 1. What do you call a cow that is laying down? 2. What do you call a pig that loses a tug-of-war? 3. What do you call a sheep's appendage? 4. What do you call a pig with an axe?",All the answers are food.,"The answers are all types of meat. 1. Ground beef 2. Pulled pork 3. Leg of lamb 4. Pork chop",Riddle,01/13/17 #47971,Curtail 10,2.68,2.0,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Endures -> At the end 2. At the beginning -> Evergreens 3. Long in duration -> Longest dimension 4. Boxers -> Brief in duration 5. Fully developed -> Become larger 6. Count -> High in stature 7. Long for; desire -> Small inlet 8. Despise -> Head covering","The words start with these letters: 1. L 2. F 3. L 4. S 5. G 6. T 7. C 8. H","1. Lasts -> Last 2. First -> Firs 3. Lengthy -> Length 4. Shorts -> Short 5. Grown -> Grow 6. Tally -> Tall 7. Covet -> Cove 8. Hate -> Hat",Language,09/17/10 #8361,American States,2.4,2.08,something,"Which three American states have been merged together: CONEALHIWJIFERSORONIEYA",No hint available.,"California, Ohio, New Jersey",Language,11/04/02 #50379,Words in a Vat XIX,2.16,2.0,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: --I-G--G, -A-K--S, -M--A--O-, -H-A- Individual Letters: R E C H L S O S W N N I N I T L U E",No hint available.,"SWINGING, HACKERS, EMULATION, SHOAL",Language,06/27/14 #4436,13579 COME,2.48,1.5,emmyluzam,"Decipher this phrase- 13579 COME",No hint available.,Overcome all odds,Rebus,06/03/02 #9935,12 = L On The LU,2.45,2.52,MrIxolite,12 = L on the LU,Transport in UK,12 Lines on the London Underground,Letter-Equations,01/21/03 #39053,Animal Friends,2.18,0.8300000000000001,tigerlily34,"Group 1: TIGER, GIRAFFE, ELEPHANT Group 2: WHALE, SHARK, CLAM Group 3: FROG, SALAMANDER, TOAD In what group does GORILLA belong?",Think of the animals' habitats.,"GORILLA belongs in Group 1. All the animals in Group 1 are land animals, all the animals in Group 2 are marine animals, and all the animals in Group 3 are amphibians (they can live in or out of water).",Group,11/03/07 #22826,A Difficult Pattern to Find,2.16,2.82,kateybug89,"Can you find the next six numbers in the series? 0, 4, 2, 3, 4, 4, 6, 3, 8, 5, 10, 3, 12, 6, 14, 8","It's not just the 2, 4, 6, 8... in every other number.","The next 6 numbers are 16, 7, 18, 8, 20, 6. It's an even number followed by the number of letters in the even number. For example: zero has 4 letters, two has 3 letters, four has 4 letters...",Series,05/11/05 #7965,Little Choc,2.63,1.53,cs526columbia,"There are two cakes for Little Choc's birthday party. One of them is Chocolate (C), the other Vanilla (V). Little Choc and his 7 other guests will each get one slice of C and one slice of V. Since Little Choc loooves chocolate, and it is his birthday, he proposes a slight change: rather than dividing each cake into 8 slices, divide C into 9 slices, and V into 7. This way Choc can have two C slices, and his guests can still have one slice from each cake. His guests do not mind eating more of vanilla than chocolate. Being very health-conscious, though, they would mind eating more calories than they would have under the original plan. So, assuming that both cakes are equal in their total number and distribution of calories, will the guests end up eating more calories under Choc's proposal or not?",No hint available.,"YES, unfortunately for Choc and his guests, his scheme would result in a bit more calories for the guests than the original one. What each would eat now (1/7 + 1/9) is more than what they would have eaten (1/8 + 1/8).",Math,10/09/02 #41490,Ten Cans,2.82,1.72,Scubee,"Each of the following clues refers to a word that begins with ""can"". Can you guess all ten of them? 1. Getting to the root of this ""can"" is no fun 2. You had better be playing with two full decks for this game 3. A high-kicking dance 4. An artist's surface 5. A fruit 6. One of Blackbeard's weapons 7. A pointed tooth 8. Granddad's get-around assistant 9. Marked by honest sincere expression 10. You better take your paddle for a ride in this boat",No hint available.,"1. canal 2. canasta 3. cancan 4. canvas 5. cantaloupe 6. cannon 7. canine 8. cane 9. candid 10. canoe",Language,04/13/08 #27843,Scrambled History?,2.46,2.06,sgtammo,"Who/What are the famous people or places? Can you unscramble the letters below? 1. AACRUTRMH 2. HREILT 3. MOSIARHIH 4. NNMYRDOA 5. REOTEVLSO 6. OMMERL","1. United States general in charge of the Southwest Pacific Theater. 2. People called me Fuhrer. 3. City in Japan where the atomic bomb was dropped. 4. The D-day invasion occurred in this part of France. 5. I was President of the U.S. at the beginning of World War II, but died before it ended. 6. I led the German Army in North Africa","1. MacArthur 2. Hitler 3. Hiroshima 4. Normandy 5. Roosevelt 6. Rommel",Trivia,01/02/06 #51040,Tomatoes,2.1,0.75,brainy,"One day, a man ate a tomato. He never ate tomatoes that day. How was this possible?",Think back to school...,"He never ate tomatoes (plural), but he ate a tomato (singular).",Trick,04/28/17 #49214,What Four Numbers?,2.33,1.3800000000000001,CrazyPineapple,"Using the clues below, what four numbers am I thinking of? The sum of all the numbers is 31. One number is odd. The highest number minus the lowest number is 7. If you subtract the middle two numbers, it equals two. There are no duplicate numbers.",No hint available.,"The digits are 12, 5, 6, and 8.",Math,01/03/12 #2704,Cows,2.32,0.79,bco89taurus,"Say ""silk"" real quick three times. Now spell it. What do cows drink?",No hint available.,"Water, they produce milk",Trick,03/15/02 #2384,Small Word,2.24,1.01,ripstein,What five-letter word becomes smaller when you add two letters to it?,No hint available.,"small small + er = smaller",Language,02/22/02 #38885,"Yum, Pies",2.54,2.32,tonksrulez,"Which of the following does not belong? Sorrow, Gold, Joy, Girl, Secret, Silver, Diamond, Boy.",No hint available.,"Diamond. The rest are all featured in the nursery rhyme which accompanies the sighting of a magpie, which would supposedly predict the future. 1 for sorrow, 2 for joy, 3 for a girl, 4 for a boy, 5 for silver, 6 for gold, 7 for a secret never to be told. Other similar rhymes include: One for anger Two for mirth Three for a wedding Four for a birth Five for rich Six for poor Seven for a witch I can tell you no more. One for sorrow Two for mirth Three for a funeral Four for a birth Five for heaven Six for hell Seven's the Devil his own self",Group,10/22/07 #49159,4 = S O B G,1.79,2.21,CrazyPineapple,4 = S O B G,No hint available.,4 = Strings On Bass Guitar,Letter-Equations,11/30/11 #32699,"Oops, Sorry.",2.64,2.1,medster99,"What is represented by this rebus? Architect- A skyscraper I made collapsed. Thor- It's ok. General- I made the wrong choice. Zeus- It's ok. Scientist- I unleashed a plague that killed millions. God- It's ok.",No hint available.,"To err is human, to forgive is divine",Rebus,08/28/06 #7201,No Creativity,2.63,1.2,majd,"What is this rebus? M KEY C, M KEY DO",No hint available.,"Monkey see, Monkey do (M on KEY)",Rebus,09/05/02 #38551,It's a Long Road,2.5,2.01,unklemyke,"What well known phrase is shown below? To celebrate his divorce, Mr. Steppe took a long overdue vacation, traveling more than 1000 miles.",The divorce changed Mr. Steppe's marital status.,A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step. (Steppe),Rebus,09/30/07 #3827,Turtle and Rabbit,2.16,2.5100000000000002,Mogmatt16,"Rabbit had just lost a race to turtle and had proposed a rematch. Seeing he should have won last time, rabbit wasn't going to make the same mistake. To even the odds, he let turtle have a head start. Turtle was worn out from the last race and was trying to think of an easy way to win. He figured something out and told it to rabbit. Rabbit thought about it and decided he couldn't win because of it. What did turtle say?",No hint available.,"Turtle told rabbit that to catch up, rabbit would have to run to where turtle started, point A. But by then, turtle would go ahead to point B. By the time rabbit got to point B, turtle would then be at point C, and when rabbit was at C, turtle would be at D, and so on and so on.",Other,04/30/02 #13708,What is After 5,2.3,1.76,cool_star,"What is the next thing in this sequence? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ?",No hint available.,"""What"". The title is 'What' is after 5.",Trick,07/09/03 #6034,Ears That Can't Hear,2.37,1.2,eterpay,"Bob has a hobby, and it is a particularly strange one at that. He cuts off ears. Although he has been doing this for years, nobody has been hurt or suffered from hearing difficulties as a result of this (by the way, he isn't a pathologist or a graverobber). How come?",What kind of ears cannot hear?,He steals ears of corn from farmers' fields.,Situation,07/29/02 #361,How did he die?,2.6,1.96,Noctus,"A man and his wife are eating a meal in a cabin. They finish their food. The wife asks him if he would like some coffee. He says `yes`, and she gives him some. After he finishes his beverage, he excuses himself to use the restroom. Afterwards, instead of returning to his wife, he decides to go outside for some fresh air. Upon seeing this, the wife becomes hysterical and cries about the death of her husband. How did he die?",Where were they?,The man fell to his death after walking out of the airplane door.,Situation,03/21/01 #5138,Crossing Paths,2.31,2.3,cathalmccabe,"A person starts off walking in a perfectly straight line at uniform speed. After a mile, a second person starts walking at uniform speed from the same starting point and catches up with the first guy after another mile. At this time, the second person turns at an angle of 60 degrees west. They both continue walking in straight lines for a certain period of time. Then, the second person turns 60 degrees east. They both continue in straight lines. Will the second person cross the first's path in front, behind or at the same time?",No hint available.,"They will intercept! Person 2 catches up with the first guy after another mile This tells us that person 2 is walking twice the speed of 1. He goes off at an angle of 60 degrees, but his speed in the same direction as the first person is 2cos60 cos60 is 1/2 so the speed in the same direction is the same. When he turns, his speed is 2sin60 = 1! It doesn't matter when he turns, the paths will eventually meet up again!",Math,07/02/02 #6575,How Lovely,1.97,2.96,dsquared,"A fairly common household item: Prosdaeoiirsisyt",No hint available.,"Flower Pot Three flower types within: rose, daisy, iris.",Rebus,08/15/02 #44172,3-7-31-?-8191-131071,2.5100000000000002,2.8,mindgle,"What number is missing from the series? 3-7-31-___-8191-131071-...",These are special prime numbers.,"127 These are the first six Mersenne primes. Mersenne primes are prime numbers of the form 2^p - 1 where p is a prime number. 3 = 2^2 - 1 7 = 2^3 - 1 31 = 2^5 - 1 127 = 2^7 - 1 8191 = 2^13 - 1 131071 = 2^17 - 1 Mersenne prime candidates are often the targets in searches for record-breaking prime numbers.",Series,02/25/09 #47835,Catch Touch It,2.36,1.15,thebrain789,"Not even the toughest person can touch it or even get near. However, it can be seen by everyone. Everyone knows about it, and they know it can cause problems, but people can use it to their advantage. What is it?",It is type G2.,"The sun. It can cause sunburn, but can be used for solar power. It would burn you up if you even got near! Astronomically speaking, it is type G2.",Riddle,08/27/10 #346,The Mailbox,2.88,0.96,Phyllis,"An executive went away on a long business trip. Before he left he asked his secretary to forward all of his mail. However, he forgot to give her the key to his mailbox. When he realized his mistake, he mailed the key to his office so the secretary could send his mail to him. But, she never did mail it. The executive got angry and phoned his office, planning to fire his secretary. However, she was able to explain to him why she hadn't sent his mail. He quickly realized he was in the wrong and apologized. What did the secretary say to make the executive realize his error?",Where did he send the key?,"She reminded him that his key was safely locked inside the mailbox that it unlocks. After all, he did mail it there.",Mystery,03/14/01 #23405,Relational Algebra,1.98,3.1,cnmne,"The following three equations represent words that have a common relationship. The first letter of each word is given. Where will you find the following equations to be true? M = 1, G = 2, A = 3",occupants,"Manned American space capsules for NASA, the astronaut seating capacity Mercury seats 1 (M = 1) Gemini seats 2 (G = 2) Apollo seats 3 (A = 3)",Other,06/04/05 #45517,6 = T of P in C,2.49,2.33,calmsavior,6 = T of P in C,"(B, K, K, P, Q, R)","6 = Types of Pieces in Chess (Bishop, King, Knight, Pawn, Queen, Rook)",Letter-Equations,10/20/09 #33949,Kitty Tale,2.71,0.77,irar1792,"One day, Milo the Cat was checking to see that everything was okay around the house. His human sisters were at that place where they take the bags he likes to sleep in. (For the humans, this place is called school, and the bags are backpacks.) Milo's parents were also off on some adventure. Milo finished his walk-through, and decided to settle down for a nap when -- what's this? Something small and grey wiggled behind him. He chased it, and chased it, but he couldn't seem to catch it. This thing was really there, and it was definitely not a mouse or a toy. What was it?","Milo is a mackerel tabby. The title might also be a clue.","This object is his own tail. This teaser is based on my own cat, Milo, who finds his tail extremely annoying. He chases it, pounces on it, bites it... oh that tail!",Mystery,11/13/06 #686,Black When Clean,2.71,1.52,Spencer,"Black when I'm clean White when I'm dirty What am I?",No hint available.,A blackboard!,Riddle,07/16/01 #36262,One Letter of Separation 7,2.89,2.01,cnmne,"Each group of three definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. 1a) finished 1b) to sleep lightly 1c) a measured quantity 2a) covered 2b) mollusk 2c) applaud 3a) furtive 3b) to secretly observe 3c) an enclosure for pigs 4a) to direct 4b) costume 4c) duplicity",No hint available.,"1) done, doze, dose 2) clad, clam, clap 3) sly, spy, sty 4) guide, guise, guile",Language,04/15/07 #29630,Anagram Plus IV,2.94,2.63,peppamintp,"Find the names of ten fish by adding one of the given letters to each word and rearranging the letters. Each letter will be used only once. A A E H L N N P T T 1. Nut + ? = 2. Tour + ? = 3. Prickle + ? = 4. Floured + ? = 5. Mason + ? = 6. Ringer + ? = 7. Papers + ? = 8. Gyro + ? = 9. Apron + ? = 10. Pompon + ? =",No hint available.,"1. Tuna 2. Trout 3. Pickerel 4. Flounder 5. Salmon 6. Herring 7. Snapper 8. Porgy 9. Tarpon 10. Pompano",Language,04/09/06 #11815,Portrait,2.73,2.64,frankenweoburger,"An artist was once commissioned to paint a portrait of the Duke of Monmouth, but he realized that he first required a sewing job. There was nothing wrong with the Duke's clothes, the artist's clothes, or the canvas. What needed to be sewed?",The Duke wasn't in good health...,"The Duke had been beheaded, and his head had to be fixed in place for the portrait.",Situation,04/17/03 #10187,That's A Wrap!,2.56,2.17,MrIxolite,"What phrase/song title is represented here? 1) Sliced at 10,000 Fathoms 2) Sliced at 5,000 Fathoms 3) Sliced at 1,000 Fathoms",No hint available.,The First Cut Is The Deepest.,Rebus,02/02/03 #27431,Living Hills,2.81,2.04,stm8r1,"Which of the following words does not belong in the group and why? fare soda tire sofa mire",Think music.,"Soda. All the other words are spelled using the notes in the singing scale: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do.",Group,12/12/05 #44254,Missing Word #1,2.35,1.07,StewieGriffin,"Can you figure out what four-letter word, when used to fill the blanks below, will create five new words? _ _ _ _ step _ _ _ _ track _ _ _ _ kick Back _ _ _ _ Bed _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"SIDE SIDEstep SIDEtrack SIDEkick BackSIDE BedSIDE",Language,03/16/09 #35156,Food Fight Fiasco #2,2.22,2.7,t4mt,"The food fight is breaking out, and you are a prisoner. To determine if you really are the brain you claim you are, the other boss asks you the following with a 30-second time limit: He writes down the following numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 2, 4, 3, 9, 1, 5. The following numbers are used to create 7 distinct 2-digit prime numbers. Note that 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9 must be used exactly twice while 6 and 7 must be used exactly once. What is the sum of those prime numbers?","Note that any 2 digit number can be written as 10t+u, where t is the ten's digit, and u is the one's digit.","313 2, 4, and 6 cannot be in the one's place because that would make the number divisible by 2. 5 cannot also be in the ones place because that would make it divisible by 5. Thus, the sum of the primes is 10(2+4+5+6+2+4+5) + 1+3+7+9+1+3+9 = 313 It is also possible to figure out the prime numbers, although that will probably take longer than 30 seconds.",Math,02/01/07 #20438,Cosmically Speaking,2.81,1.35,jpfrank1,"What phrase is represented here? Let me win the lottery George Clooney Let me find my true love Jennifer Aniston Let me be famous Julia Roberts Let me be popular Tom Cruise",Like a genie.,Wishing on a star.,Rebus,01/17/05 #47023,Lakes,2.72,1.86,zigthepig,Joe and Anthony were discussing lakes. Joe says that Lake Superior is the largest lake in the world. Anthony says that Lake Baikal is the largest lake in the world. Who is right?,No hint available.,"Both can be right because they are not being specific enough. Lake Superior is the largest in the sense of how many square miles it covers. Lake Baikal is the largest in the sense of how deep it is, holding more water than Lake Superior.",Trivia,05/15/10 #19184,Career Women?,2.65,2.89,MrIxolite,"What others do laterally I do upright. My namesakes have run races but I don't compete, alright? My cousins are dragons but not a lizard be, I do one thing that all men can't so what can I be?",Love is the law,"Seahorses are fish that swim upright. Horses run races Seahorses belong to the same aquatic family as Sea Dragons Male Seahorses are the only species that become pregnant with their young. Hint: Love is the Law was a hit for the band The Seahorses.",Riddle,10/17/04 #49246,Anagrams-Letters A-C,1.8900000000000001,1.94,dawnrising,"These are anagrams of words that begin with A-C. Can you get all five? 1. A Gar Man 2. Runback Dog 3. Cut A Con 4. Acute Brim 5. Not Mad Bin","The first letters are: 1.A 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.B","1. Anagram 2. Background 3. Account 4. Bacterium 5. Badminton",Language,01/12/12 #34615,Drained!,2.55,1.1,Coolfreeze,"I could only watch as Susan's finger pressed down hard on the marked area, opening a huge hole in her victim. Then, worst of all, she tipped it up and drained it of all its fluid! Later that day, the empty shell of the victim was tossed carelessly into a recycling bin. What was I witnessing?","The victim was not human, and what I witnessed happens quite often.","The ""victim"" was a can of cola. Susan was drinking its contents.",Situation,12/28/06 #33128,Peccatus,2.19,2.41,jazzmusician46,"What expression is represented here? (deus gratia) - (a rapid descent)",No hint available.,"A fall from grace. ""deus gratia"" is the Latin expression for Grace (God's unmerited favor towards us and free gift of salvation in Christ). a rapid descent: a fall The expression is from the Bible, Galatians 5:4. 'Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.' NOTE: The Latin word 'Peccatus' in the title means 'sin'.",Rebus,09/22/06 #46757,Curtail Y,3.21,1.6400000000000001,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Local region of land -> Determine the number 2. Small -> A metallic element 3. Sarcasm -> A metallic element 4. Red gem -> Cause friction 5. Slick -> Foot covering 6. Prepared -> Understand something written 7. Analyse; learn -> House frame upright 8. Paralysis of a body part with uncontrolled tremors -> Friends","The words start with these letters: 1. C 2. T 3. I 4. R 5. S 6. R 7. S 8. P","1. County -> Count 2. Tiny -> Tin 3. Irony -> Iron 4. Ruby -> Rub 5. Slippery -> Slipper 6. Ready -> Read 7. Study -> Stud 8. Palsy -> Pals",Language,04/18/10 #4578,Two Jacks,2.58,2.81,arij,"""Do you always believe what you see?"" asked Snorkel, taking four cards from a regular pack of playing cards and discarding the rest. ""What do you mean?"" replied Twanger. Snorkel showed Twanger his four cards : an ace, a three, a ten and a jack. After secretly arranging them in a certain order, he dealt them face down in a line on the table. ""I've seen this trick before!"" cried Twanger. ""You want me to tell you where the jack is."" ""The jack!"" exclaimed Snorkel. ""There are two jacks in these four cards."" How is it possible and where are they in the four face-down cards?",No hint available.,"The ace, three, ten and jack correspond to the numbers 1, 3, 10 and 11. As alphabetic positions, these give A, C, J and K which can be rearranged to form the word JACK. This is one of the jacks, and the other must be in the last position of the four cards.",Trick,06/09/02 #3631,wyaysyo,2.23,1.58,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? wyaysyofthyewoyrld",No hint available.,"Wise in the ways of the world. wYays Yof thYe woYrld",Rebus,04/19/02 #40146,A Cloud Was My Mother,2.93,0.97,grilledcheese,"A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place. What am I?",No hint available.,Rain,Riddle,01/21/08 #19246,Brainbashed,2.55,1.85,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Q.1 2+2 = ? Fraud ""4"" Smuggling ""4"" Violence ""?"" Q.2 6/3 = ? Fraud ""2"" Smuggling ""2"" Violence ""?"" Q.3 10-4 = ? Fraud ""6"" Smuggling ""6"" Violence ""?""",No hint available.,Violence doesn't solve anything.,Rebus,10/24/04 #38119,The Straw that Broke the Champion's Lungs,3.06,1.94,Hrsemn4,"A physics teacher used to enjoy tricking his students into learning science facts. One day, he placed an 8-ounce glass filled with water on a table. He then produced 2 straws; one straw he placed into the glass of water and the other he held outside the glass. ""Class,"" he said, ""I am willing to fund a pizza party for the class if any one of you can drink this glass of water in 5 minutes using only these two straws."" The class was amazed; this would be an easy task for any of them. ""There are a few conditions,"" he continued. ""You must drink using both straws at the same time. You must drink using slow and steady draws. You cannot block or obstruct either straw in any way. You cannot lift or tilt the glass off of the table. And finally, one straw must remain outside of the glass."" The class selected their champion and felt confident that they would be enjoying pizza at the same time next week. Five minutes later, the champion returned to his seat, defeated, and the class sat with jaws agape. Being a good sport, the teacher still bought pizza for the class the next week, confident they would never forget the lesson he taught them. Why did the champion fail?",No hint available.,"The teacher knew a lot about air pressure. He knew that air from a high-pressure area would always seek to fill an area of lower pressure, such as a vacuum. He also knew that a straw worked on this principle. Drawing on the straw creates a low-pressure area in the mouth; air pressure pushes down on the water and forces it up into the straw. When he placed the second straw outside the glass, and thus outside the water, he gave the air a more direct path from the high-pressure area to the low-pressure area. With slow steady draws on the straws, the air will easily rush in through the second straw to fill the low-pressure area, and the water will remain in the glass. Try it at home!",Science,09/05/07 #28828,Compounds VIII,2.67,2.26,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. DRLFNM _ A _ _ _ A _ _ 2. GETB _ _ A _ A _ 3. HRESNH _ _ O _ _ O _ _ 4. ROMABO _ _ _ K _ _ _ K 5. NONWITH G _ _ _ _ _ G _ _ 6. AERAYM D _ _ _ _ D _ _ 7. PHIEEKN S _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ 8. CHAPESPROE _ _ _ R _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ 9. OHEOYMO _ _ _ N _ _ N _ _",No hint available.,"1. FARMLAND 2. TEABAG 3. SHOEHORN 4. BOOKMARK 5. NIGHTGOWN 6. DAYDREAM 7. SHEEPSKIN 8. SHARECROPPER 9. HONEYMOON",Language,02/27/06 #409,Alphabet categories,2.5,2.19,Phyllis,"Below the first 13 letters of the alphabet are divided into four categories. Can you figure out to which of the four categories each of the remaining letters of the alphabet belong? 1. A,M 2. B,C,D,E,K 3. F,G,J,L 4. H,I",Shape makes a difference.,"1. A,M, T,U,V,W,Y--all have symmetry about their vertical axis. 2. B,C,D,E,K--all have symmetry about their horizontal axis. 3. F,G,J,L, N,P,Q,R,S,Z--have no symmetry about any axis 4. H,I, O,X--have symmetry about both their vertical and horizontal axis",Language,04/27/01 #2096,One Syllable,2.55,2.25,ChemicalBoy08,What is the longest English word that has only one syllable?,No hint available.,"There are many possible solutions consisting of 9 letters each: screeched, stretched, scratched, straights, strengths, scrunched.",Language,01/20/02 #36721,1 = 10?,2.53,1.23,tedger,What can you add to both 1 and 10 to make them equal?,No hint available.,"A decimal point. Adding a ""."" makes each a decimal (.1 and .10 which are equal).",Logic,05/24/07 #3830,0-1-4-9-16,2.49,1.83,Mogmatt16,"0-1-4-9-16-25-36-49-64.... Ignore the fact that all of these are square numbers. What is the pattern?",It's not a trick question. Numbers squared is NOT the answer!,"You add the next odd number. 0+1=1. 1+3=4. 4+5=9. 9+7=16, etc. etc. Yes, this will follow the pattern of square numbers.",Series,04/30/02 #3188,Stood Mis,1.97,0.8300000000000001,204_blaze_41,"Can you decipher this word: stood mis",No hint available.,misunderstood,Rebus,04/02/02 #16607,Punch,2.5100000000000002,1.79,snaps,"What phrase is represented in the line below? punch millennium cocktail",No hint available.,"Long time between drinks. A millennium is a long time and it is situated between two types of drink.",Rebus,02/17/04 #14344,Lost and Gone,2.4,1.61,Smithy,"What phrase does the following represent? Lost Gone Lost Gone Lost Gone ......",No hint available.,Lost and gone forever.,Rebus,08/13/03 #17990,Always But Never,2.75,2.04,Drakar,"As fast as an eagle, as slow as a slug. As tall as a tree, as small as a bug. Sometimes in front, sometimes behind. Never on top, and always aligned. What is it?",No hint available.,"A shadow. Depending on what has the shadow, it could be large or small, or be moving quickly. A shadow is never above you, but always in a line (sun, object, shadow)",Riddle,06/22/04 #12504,The Beard,2.69,2.44,adoontourious,"A clean shaven 18-year-old son asked his parents if he could go to an overnight party. They agreed and let him go to the party. When he came home the next day, his parents were surprised to see that he had a fully grown beard. How did the son do it?",The son did not use any medicine or liquids.,"He lived in Alaska. Once every year, there is over 40 days of just night time in Alaska. This was when he went to the party.",Trick,05/20/03 #4557,Dice,2.6,0.78,Mankatozx,"A guy and his friend are playing a game. One man says, ""If you can count the total of dice I roll correctly I'll give you $100."" ""Easy!"", the other man says. He rolls the dice. They stop with a 6, 3, 4, 2, 5, and 5. The man adds them up and says that the total is 25. ""Wrong!"", the other man says. Why?",No hint available.,"He said, ""Count the total of DICE I roll"". Not the amount on the dice.",Trick,06/07/02 #34100,United States Presidents,2.54,2.23,lifeisgood812,"There are 2 groups of U.S. presidents listed below. Each group shares a common trait. One president from Group 1 has been placed in Group 2, and 1 president from Group 2 has been placed in Group 1. Determine what characteristic each group shares, and which presidents are switched. Group 1: Thomas Jefferson Jimmy Carter Andrew Jackson Ronald Reagan Dwight Eisenhower Group 2: John Adams Benjamin Harrison Herbert Hoover Woodrow Wilson William H. Taft",Group 1 would also include Bill Clinton and Ulysses S. Grant.,"All the presidents in Group 1 served for 2 terms. The presidents in Group 2 served for only 1 term. Therefore, Woodrow Wilson can be added to Group 1, and Jimmy Carter can be added to Group 2.",Group,11/25/06 #5025,GthOewiNndE,2.24,0.99,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this rebus: GthOewiNndE","#2 on AFI's ""100 Years...100 Passions"" list.","Gone with the wind ""GONE"" with ""the wind"" contained inside AFI = American Film Institute. ""100 Years...100 Passions"" is the list of the 100 most romantic movies.",Rebus,06/28/02 #819,Unscrew a Lightbulb,2.11,1.35,Michelle,"If you screw a lightbulb into a socket by turning the bulb toward the right with your right hand, which way would you turn the socket with your left hand in order to unscrew it while holding the bulb stationary?",No hint available.,You would screw the socket to the right.,Logic,09/16/01 #20248,Four People in a Race,2.92,1.6400000000000001,tsimkin,"John, Paul, George, and Ringo all enter a race, but there is nobody at the finish line to judge the ending. When the judge finally shows up to award the prize for coming in first, these are the statements the four of them make: John: I was neither first nor last. Paul: I did not finish last. George: I won the race! Ringo: I came in last. The judge starts to hand George the prize, when Yoko, who was watching the race, says, ""Exactly one of these four is lying."" To whom should the judge grant the prize?",No hint available.,"The prize should go to Paul. If John is lying, then George and Ringo would be telling the truth, which would mean John was not lying, so he can't be the liar. If Paul was lying, then Ringo would also be lying, so he must be telling the truth, as well. So we now know that neither John nor Paul finished last. If Ringo was lying, then George would have finished last, which would mean that he was lying, as well. So Ringo can't be lying. This leaves George as our liar, so we know George did not finish first. Neither did Ringo (he finished last), nor did John (he finished neither first nor last). Therefore, Paul won the race!",Logic,01/05/05 #4152,Egg Yolk,2.42,0.55,O_wise_one,"Which is correct? The yolk of the egg IS white or the yolk of the egg ARE white.",No hint available.,"Neither, the yolk of the egg is YELLOW!",Trick,05/18/02 #21721,Ana-Grammar 4,2.64,2.3,cnmne,"Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set). 1) The entire squad dined on domesticated animal flesh. 2) The influential person wore a purplish-red identification card on his tuxedo. 3) You do not deserve for me send payment for the broken stopwatch. 4) Do not scold the clerk if you do not get a discount on the purchase of the egg whisker.",No hint available.,"team = squad tame = domesticated meat = animal flesh magnate = influential person magenta = purplish red nametag = identification card merit = deserve remit = send payment timer = stopwatch berate = scold rebate = discount beater = (egg) whisker",Language,03/23/05 #17630,Error Dissolver,2.73,0.9400000000000001,od-1,"I can get rid of mistakes, yes it is true, Whether you make one, a hundred or twenty-two, With just one nimble finger pushed in my face, I remove them from sight and send them else place. If only I could be used in all life's frustrations, I'd save you from many embarrassing situations. But alas these corrections are bound to your computer screen, So tell me please do if you know what I mean.",I'm found on a keyboard.,"Yes a DELETE button's a good thing to use. If only it would delete the spots on my shoes, Erase those words that shouldn't have been said, Or get rid of that song that's stuck in my head. But fortunately it only works on computers you see. Good thing or someday someone might try to delete me!",Riddle,05/12/04 #28300,You Buy 'em Books ...,2.71,2.61,norcekri,"""Aunt Nora, do you know anything about a playwright named Thomas Watson?"" The voice of Saffa Moore cut plainly through the background noise, climbing stridently across the double bookshelf of the Watts-Amata U. bookstore and wildlife emporium. ""Yes,"" Nora Shekrie replied, ""he was one of the most important writers of Shakespeare's day."" Nora returned to browsing for a used copy of ""The Compleat Strategyst"" -- she had long ago learned that Saffa did not appreciate answers much beyond the scope of her original question. She finally located a copy with all the pages intact and placed it in her basket. ""Aunt Nora, Columbus was Portuguese, right?"" ""He was from Genoa; it's part of Italy today. He sailed to the New World under the Spanish flag."" ""Oh. And Portugal got into a lot of wars back then?"" ""Enough to get a reputation."" ""Dude."" Saffa's inflection was more acknowledgement than comment. Nora worked her way down the aisle, finding a dog-eared copy of Zelazny's last Amber novel; that joined the J.D. Williams classic. ""And Percy Shelley was a writer?"" ""Yes, Saffa."" Nora tried to keep the fatigue out of her voice. ""Sorry, Aunt Nora. You want to come look at this collection?"" Nora walked around the end of the aisle and back to where Saffa stood in front of the discount books. She looked at the boxed set Saffa had in her hand and stifled a laugh. ""I thought it might be good to get some culture in my bed-time reading."" Nora contemplated the four titles: ""Collected Plays of Thomas Watson, 1574-1589"" ""Columbus: the Compleat Letters in Italian"" ""History of the English-Portuguese Wars, 1260 to present"" ""The Ghost Stories of Percy Bysshe Shelley"" ""Well,"" she ventured after a few seconds, ""have you ever wanted to become an author?"" ""Sure. Hasn't everyone?"" ""Granted. Do you keep a diary?"" ""No, but I was planning to start one on the first of the month."" ""Then I'd say these will be a worthy investment. Since they're on clearance, I'll buy them as an early birthday present."" When Saffa opened the first volume that night, she was quite surprised at the contents. She decided to start her diary immediately. What was the catch?",Watson was a contemporary of Shakespeare.,"Those are ""gag"" titles: the books were all blank pages in a nice cover. Saffa used the Watson volume as her second-year diary, and is saving the others for a series of brain teasers. Although Thomas Watson was one of the most influential and popular playwrights of the Elizabethan era (ranking almost as high as Shakespeare and Bacon), not one of his plays survives today. Quotes, yes; entire plays, no. Columbus grew up in Genoa and did much early seafaring for Portugal, all of his known writings are in Spanish alone. England and Portugal have never gone to war against one another. Finally, although Percy Shelley did start a ghost story once, he never finished. In fact, on that occasion, Lord Byron got nowhere with his entry. Dr. John W. Poldari wrote little on his own idea, but eventually turned Byron's start into ""The Vampyre"", recognized as the first vampire novel. The last member of the retreat, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, was the only member of the group to finish her story. Two years later, after marrying Percy, she published her offering: ""Frankenstein"".",Trivia,01/27/06 #39471,For the Jung-er Crowd,2.25,2.37,aresII,"The following quotes are that of Carl Jung (1875-1961). He is considered to be the pioneer of humanistic and trans-personal psychology. Can you decode them? Both quotes use the same code. U=E ""NFLG KU Q NQAU KQA QAM H GHJJ SEXU FHK YLX ILE."" ""CFU GLXM 'FQVVHAUNN' GLEJM JLNU HCN KUQAHAW HY HC GUXU ALC OQJQASUM OI NQMAUNN.""","J=L O=B V=P","""SHOW ME A SANE MAN AND I WILL CURE HIM FOR YOU."" ""THE WORD 'HAPPINESS' WOULD LOSE ITS MEANING IF IT WERE NOT BALANCED BY SADNESS."" KEY: A=N C=T E=U F=H G=W H=I I=Y J=L K=M L=O M=D N=S O=B Q=A S=C U=E V=P W=G X=R Y=F",Cryptography,12/05/07 #1454,New Watch,2.42,2.0,psychodude57,"I need to get a new watch. The one I have loses exactly 20 minutes every hour. It now shows 4:00am and I know that it was correct at midnight, when I last set it. I happen to know that the watch stopped 4 hours ago, so what is the correct time now?",No hint available.,10:00am.,Math,11/19/01 #39952,The Restroom Problem,2.83,1.26,Fire_Shell96,"There once was a visitor from another country who did not understand English. He visited the United States and managed to hire a translator. One day, he needed to go to the restroom. He asked his translator, ""How do I know which door to go in?"" The translator laughed and said, ""Go into the door that has fewer letters."" He followed his advice and went inside the door with fewer letters but found himself in a room with screaming women. What happened?",No hint available.,"He looked at the doors marked ""Gentlemen"" and ""Ladies."" Since ""Ladies"" has fewer letters, he went inside that room.",Situation,01/07/08 #38960,I Have To Agree,2.65,2.39,aresII,"These are quotes from George Carlin, one of America's most popular wise guys. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. Y=X ""O ZKD ANOSVOSM KJRBA NRZ QGRQUG DGGT AR EGKH ANG JOJUG K ZNRUG URA TREG KD ANGX MGA RUHGE; ANGS OA HKZSGH RS TG - ANGX'EG IEKTTOSM LRE ANGOE LOSKU GYKT."" ""OSDOHG GCGEX IXSOIKU QGEDRS, ANGEG OD K HODKQQROSAGH OHGKUODA.""","N=H Q=P T=M","""I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW PEOPLE SEEM TO READ THE BIBLE A WHOLE LOT MORE AS THEY GET OLDER; THEN IT DAWNED ON ME - THEY'RE CRAMMING FOR THEIR FINAL EXAM."" ""INSIDE EVERY CYNICAL PERSON, THERE IS A DISAPPOINTED IDEALIST."" KEY: A=T B=U C=V D=S E=R G=E H=D I=C J=B K=A L=F M=G N=H O=I Q=P R=O S=N T=M U=L V=K X=Y Y=X Z=W",Cryptography,10/26/07 #3259,Wheel,2.13,1.31,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following phrase? wheel wheel wheel <---",No hint available.,A third wheel.,Rebus,04/05/02 #9285,Hot Stuff in the Fridge,2.62,1.26,Glenbo,What stays hot even in the refrigerator?,No hint available.,Horseradish or mustard (or anything else spicy),Trick,12/21/02 #19741,Sacrosanct,2.42,2.15,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? Mrixolite to Mrixole",No hint available.,"Take it from me or IT taken from my name",Rebus,12/06/04 #13441,2+2=5,2.56,2.96,ChemicalBoy08,"Using only two 2's and any combination of mathematical signs, symbols and functions can you make 5?",No hint available.,"SQRT(.2 ^ -2) Take .2 and raise it to the power of -2 and then take the square root.",Math,06/26/03 #45981,Computerebus 5,2.08,1.91,cnmne,"Similar to a rebus, the following computer program conceals a statement, phrase, term, or word. Per this computer program, what is happening with variable X? BEGIN A = ""to""; B = ""too""; X = CONCATENATE(A, B); END.",Concatenate means to join into one.,"putting two and two together (the CONCATENATE function unites string variables; ""to"" and ""too"" are being put together)",Other,12/12/09 #50830,SER- Words,2.28,0.85,kzmonopoly,"Each of these words begins with the letters SER. Find the word based on the description. 1. Calm and peaceful 2. Help for the public 3. Snake 4. Severe 5. Music or performance 6. Army rank","1. 6 letters 2. 7 letters 3. 7 letters 4. 7 letters 5. 8 letters 6. 8 letters","1. SERENE 2. SERVICE 3. SERPENT 4. SERIOUS 5. SERENADE 6. SERGEANT",Language,05/18/16 #3671,The Flat Tire,2.8,1.79,PeaceJo,"At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking Organic Chemistry. They had done so well on all the quizzes, midterms, labs, etc., that each had a solid ""A"" for the semester. These guys were feeling pretty confident the weekend before finals, so they decided to go up to the University of Virginia to party with some friends. They had a great time; however, after all the partying, they slept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday. Rather than take the final on schedule Monday morning, they decided to find their professor after the exam and let him know why they had missed it. They explained that they had gone to UVA for the weekend with the plan to come back to study, but, unfortunately, they had had a flat tire on the way back, hadn't brought a spare, and hadn't been able to get help for a long time. As a result, they had missed the exam. The Professor thought it over and then agreed that they could make up the final the following day. The guys were elated and relieved. They studied hard that night and went in the next day at the appointed time. The professor placed the four friends in separate rooms, handed each of them a test booklet, and told them to begin. They looked at the first problem, worth 5 points. It was something simple about free radical formation. ""Cool,"" thought all four simultaneously, each one in his separate room, ""this is going to be easy."" Each finished the problem and then turned the page. On the second page was written: ""For 95 points answer this question: The final question proved the professor knew the students were lying. What was the question?",No hint available.,Which tire?,Logic,04/21/02 #5953,Step,2.21,0.92,Cascas,"What is this common phrase? step the rest",No hint available.,A step above the rest,Rebus,07/27/02 #31587,No Need For a Hammer!,2.57,2.71,snowmonster,"I consist of 3 parts - one of which is a ""Free Edge"" Another part can be called a ""Plate"" I am constructed in layers I come in different shapes. Here are a few: Acorn, Olive, Circumflex, Fan, Convex and Trapezoid I will always have a ""Bed"" to rest on I ""can"" have several ""irregularities"" I am a natural ""protector""","It's possible to ""lose"" me.","The Nail (finger or toe) The 3 parts in which I'm constructed - Nail Body, Nail Root and Free Edge The Nail Body can be called the Plate The nail is constructed in layers - The readiness with which nails split, in both their length and thickness, clearly shows this form of structure Various shapes of the Nail - Acorn, Flat, Arched, Roofed, Trapezoid, Olive, Date, Concave, Convex, Square, Angular, Narrow, Fan, Circumflex, Arched and Tubular The portion of the skin upon which the nail body rests is called the ""Nail Bed"" Irregularities that can affect the nail - Furrows, Leuconychia, Onychauxis, Onychatrophia, Pterygium, Onychophagy, Onychorrhexis, Hangnails, Eggshell Nail and Blue Nail The ""Nail"" is a natural protector of the finger and toe tips",Riddle,07/06/06 #37950,Which One? #3,3.02,2.12,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word are a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue. Example: Statuette: fro evi gse rpu lor nai ngd rep Answer: Fgo evI Gse rpU loR naI Ngd rEp = FIGURINE Glasses: ads hjp jje loc tpp art chr awl deg shj Canteen: cfg ahj fgf rte ttu ioe pro ioi ear Drink: awq ghu dfa fgh fnq Main road: hcv dif ggh jkh lwl iay try",No hint available.,"Glasses: s p e c t a c l e s Canteen: c a f e t e r i a Drink: q u a f f Main road: h i g h w a y",Language,08/25/07 #1125,Different in-laws,2.52,1.54,BigMan,"Dave and his brother Bob married Sue and Hannah, who are both sisters. However, Dave and Bob have different in-laws. How can this be?",No hint available.,"It is true that Sue and Hannah are sisters, but they are not each other's sisters.",Trick,10/14/01 #14752,A Prime Example,2.47,2.91,mathemagician,"Can you think of three different two-digit prime numbers in which: (i) the average of ANY TWO of the numbers is a prime, and (ii) the average of all three of the numbers is a prime?",The average of two of the numbers is 59.,"The numbers are 11, 47, and 71. The average of 11 and 47 is 29, the average of 11 and 71 is 41, the average of 47 and 71 is 59, and the average of all three numbers is 43 .",Math,09/12/03 #2109,Prime Number,2.0,2.85,ChemicalBoy08,What is the 1000th prime number?,It is smaller than 10000,7919,Math,01/20/02 #51285,Climbing Expectation,2.19,2.9,ThinksForFun,"What saying is represented by the following? CRE$12TASE ASHASH",No hint available.,"Money doesn't grow on trees. Money <== ""$"" doesn't <== ""12T"" (""12"" = dozen + ""T""), and these (""$12T"") are... grow <== in the word ""CREASE"", i.e. inCREASE = grow, and all of these (""CRE$12TASE"") are... on <== on: trees <== ""ASHASH"" (""ASH""s i.e. ash trees)",Rebus,06/30/17 #6568,Bar,2.65,0.76,Spencer,"A man walks into a bar. He falls down, unconscious. Why is this?",No hint available.,"The man walked into a solid bar. A solid, metal bar!",Trick,08/15/02 #25593,Spider Fish,2.7,2.02,madleon,"Rearrange the pairs of letters in the left hand column to form the names of breeds of animals. Then match them with the name of their species in the right hand column. 1.RD LL BO IE CO ER A.Cat 2.MP CK HU BA B.Snake 3.AN YS NI AB SI C.Bear 4.LM SA ON D.Bird 5.AC AN DA ON E.Spider 6.ER EY GU NS F.Whale 7.AK DI KO G.Dog 8.MI PA NO LO H.Fish 9.ID AC OW BL KW I.Horse 10.AM FL GO IN J.Cow",No hint available.,"1-G Border Collie 2-F Humpback 3-A, Abyssinian 4-H, Salmon 5-B, Anaconda 6-J, Guernsey 7-C, Kodiak 8-I, Palomino 9-E, Black Widow 10-D, Flamingo",Language,08/29/05 #15280,Hunting Trauma,2.77,1.3,jubjub,"John was bragging about his hunting ability at the local bar. He recalled a time when he was hunting in the mountains, when he suddenly came across a panther, a mountain lion, and a puma, all at the same time. Knowing he had only one bullet, and his life hung in the balance, he took careful aim and killed all three with just one shot. Sam knows this is possible, but does not seem impressed by John's talented shot. Why not?",No hint available.,"It was no great deal, since a panther, a mountain lion and a puma are all different names for the same animal.",Trick,10/29/03 #159,"6, 6, 7, 9, 8,...",2.28,2.14,trojan5x,"6, 6, 7, 9, 8... What are the next two numbers?",Calendar...,"6, 8. The number of letters in each day of the week, starting with Sunday.",Series,01/23/01 #26138,We Come From ??????-Part 2,2.8,2.48,jackal2008us,"Jonathan Hyde, the head cryptographer of the DOD facility, came storming in. ""What's the meaning of this, Andy? Could it be a fake? Have we tracked the source of the codes yet?"" It was the first time that Andy had seen his boss so rattled. The feeling was totally disconcerting but understandable, given the circumstances. He lifted his head from the computer monitor he was working at and, turning his head toward his boss, delivered some more bad news. ""I don't have the answer to those questions sir; however, I think we have another problem."" ""What can be more problematic than what you've already told me?"" Andy showed him. Attached to each corner of the page with the initial strings of codes were more ciphers. ""This first one doesn't look so difficult,"" Hyde commented. JKK GMIJLR IMRF YPZ FGJF PR FGZ YJPKE RSKZIL VUE CZ GJOZ CZJNSLR FS IJTZ ESMU RTPL DUE RS TPRR JKK PLGJQPFJLFR SD ESMU GSIZ BSSYQEZ After a few minutes in his office Hyde came out holding a piece of paper with the solution for the first cipher. ""It seems these guys have a flair for bad poetry. Let's start working on these other ciphers."" Taking the paper from Mr. Hyde, Andy smiled. It appeared the boss was back to his old confident self.",The first line is the last cipher in the messages previously deciphered by Andy.,"a- J b- Q c- V d- Y e- Z f- D g- B h- G i- P k-T l- K m- I n-L o- S p- N r- U s- R t- F u- M v- O w- C y- E All humans must die That is the daily solemn cry We have weapons to make your skin fry So kiss all inhabitants of your home goodbye",Cryptography,09/30/05 #11691,Special Composer,2.19,1.23,silver_sword,"A music teacher once told his student a fast way to make good compositions. The secret is to choose a famous composition, turn it around, and you will get your own original composition! The student happily tried this secret, and it indeed works. However, this secret does not work when he uses his music teacher's compositions. Why?",No hint available.,"The teacher's compositions were derived from the same secret, and hence when the student used his teacher's secret on his teacher's compositions, he got back a composition which was unoriginal.",Logic,04/11/03 #33852,In Which Group Do We Belong?,2.67,2.36,jazzmusician46,"There are two groups of names: Group A and Group B. Some of the names in both groups have been jumbled about and placed into the wrong group. You have two tasks. Firstly, you are to place the names of these people into their correct group. Secondly, but less importantly, you are to give each group its correct title. Group A: Thomas, Bartholomew, Issachar, Joseph, Judah, Levi, Naphtali, Reuben, Phillip, Simeon, James (son of Alphaeus) and Zebulun. Group B: Simon, Asher, Andrew, James, John, Benjamin, Matthew, Gad, Simon the Canaanite, Thaddaeus, Dan and Judas Iscariot.",No hint available.,"Group A (The 12 Tribes of Israel from the Old Testament): Asher, Benjamin, Dan, Gad, Issachar, Joseph, Judah, Levi, Naphtali, Reuben, Simeon and Zebulun. Group B (The 12 Apostles from the New Testament): Simon, Andrew, James, John, Phillip, Bartholomew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Matthew, Simon the Canaanite, Thaddaeus and Judas Iscariot.",Group,11/05/06 #14994,Mad Ade's Five Tyres,2.18,2.22,mad-ade,"Mad Ade bought a brand new car, a Madadian Kebabolet, with one extra spare tyre. Each tyre can sustain for a maximum of 1200 kms. If all the tyres were used equally, how far can the car travel?",No hint available.,"1500kms You would have to rotate the tires every 300kms Let me demonstrate (distance is that remaining on each tyre in 100 kms) 12--12 12--12 12 rotate tyres after 3 9--9 9--12 9 rotate tyres after 3 (6 cumulative) 6--9 6--9 6 rotate tyres after 3 (9 cumulative) 6--6 3--6 3 rotate tyres after 3 (12 cumulative) 3--3 3--3 0 drive the final 3 to the tyre shop (15 cumulative)",Math,10/05/03 #24698,Kitty Katastrophe,2.24,0.44,babygurl4949,"There are three kittens named Kody, Kaleb, and Kraig. They all have different colored fur: orange, blue, and yellow. They also live in different houses: the hotel, the mansion, and the condo. You have to figure out the fur color of each kitten and which house they live in. 1. Kody doesn't live in the condo. 2. The cat that lives in the mansion doesn't have orange fur. 3. Kaleb lives in the hotel. 4. Kody's favorite color is blue, but that is not his fur color. 5. The cat that lives in the hotel has orange fur.",No hint available.,"Kody, yellow, mansion Kaleb, orange, hotel Kraig, blue, condo",Logic-Grid,07/20/05 #8578,Squared or Cubed?,2.42,2.37,lesternoronha1,"Find the smallest two whole numbers that satisfy the following: The difference of their squares is a cube and the difference of their cubes is a square.",No hint available.,The numbers are 10 and 6. The difference between their squares gives 64 (4 cubed) whereas the difference between their cubes is 784 (28 squared).,Math,11/18/02 #13905,Rad Ish,2.79,2.35,snaps,"The following clueish phrases describe words ending in ""ish"". The clues do not refer to the fullish words themselves, rather they refer to the word that must be added before the ""ish"". eg. ""A shortish version of a guy's name"" would be ""Danish"". 1. A softish, powderish substance you would use in baking cakish things 2. A trademarkish name or logo 3. A usually-whitish animal 4. The fullish extent of something, from one end to the other 5. A fishy body part used for steering 6. A formalish prohibition order",No hint available.,"1. flourish 2. brandish 3. sheepish 4. Spanish 5. finish 6. banish",Language,07/19/03 #24111,Wildcats,2.75,2.0,Palsha,"Five members of the Wildcats baseball team are listed below, complete with their batting averages and current number of stolen bases. Below are some hints to help you figure out who plays which positions and their stats. 1) The catcher, not Billsly or Lewis, has fewer stolen bases than the player batting .309. 2) Lewis's batting average is .020 higher than the shortstop's. 3) The player batting .240 has the most stolen bases. 4) Atkins has fewer stolen bases than Johnston, but neither has three. 5) The center fielder leads in one statistic and is second in the other. 6) Lewis, who hits higher than Billsly and Downey, has stolen seven bases so far this year. 7) Downey, the pitcher, is last in one statistic and next to last in the other.",No hint available.,"1) Atkins was catcher, averaged .279, and stole 2 bases. 2) Billsly was at shortstop, averaged .240, and stole 9 bases. 3) Downey was pitcher, averaged .198, and stole 3 bases. 4) Johnston was in center field, averaged .309, and stole 8 bases. 5) Lewis was at second base, averaged .260, and stole 7 bases.",Logic-Grid,06/28/05 #6496,Big,2.15,1.42,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? bigbig strongstrong",No hint available.,"Too big, too strong!",Rebus,08/13/02 #27906,Hostage,2.75,1.98,metallicman,"A man named Mr.Shortemper had a job at a business that makes designs for and produces kabob sticks. The company, even though very successful, was losing money and needed to downsize some of the workers. Mr.Shortemper was one of the workers who was fired. Mr.Shortemper had a very, very short temper. He lost it all the time. What he decided to do was go after the company's president, Mr.Wisewithmoney. He didn't know what the president or his family looked like, but he knew the address where he lived. He broke into the house one day and took Mr.Wisewithmoney's wife and daughter hostage. The president was informed, and got to his house as soon as possible. He asked for the bullhorn the police had, and said one thing that made Mr.Shortemper give up. What did he say?",No hint available.,"The president told him that those people weren't his family, but rather his maid and the maid's daughter. Mr.Shortemper, not knowing what his family looked like, thought he was telling the truth and decided he wouldn't get a point across by taking the maid and her daughter hostage. Of course he was arrested and put into a psychiatric hospital.",Situation,01/05/06 #28271,The Art of Diplomacy?,2.88,1.62,sgtammo,"Can you figure out the famous quote below? Aye, dame, I am befuddled. But in the forenoon I will be clear-headed and you will still be unsightly.",No hint available.,"Yes, madam, I am drunk. But in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly. This humorous quote was furnished by Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British prime minister and author.",Language,01/26/06 #19422,Power Play,2.14,2.97,jimrcook,"A four digit number (not beginning with 0) can be represented by ABCD. There is one number such that ABCD=A^B*C^D, where A^B means A raised to the B power. Can you find it?",No hint available.,The only number is 2592. 2^5 is 32 and 9^2 is 81. 32*81 is 2592.,Math,11/14/04 #7131,"JM, MVB, ZT, AL, JG,",2.22,2.75,mozven,"What comes next in this series? JM, MVB, ZT, AL, JG, ?",No hint available.,"GC Grover Cleveland. They are the initials of every fourth president of the United States. James Madison, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, and so on.",Series,09/02/02 #34268,Union Jack,2.27,2.21,dutchymonster,When would you see the Union Jack flying over Buckingham Palace?,No hint available.,"You won't! The Union Flag, as it is correctly known, can be seen flying over Buckingham Palace when the monarch is not in residence. Contrary to popular belief, it is only called the Union Jack when it is being flown on the jack mast of a seafaring vessel.",Trick,12/06/06 #5570,How to Jog,2.71,2.19,glennyboy02,"While sitting in her lounge chair drinking beer and watching a ball game, Bertha Dribble decided to turn over a new leaf and get into shape. Bertha hollered out to her husband to go to the library and find her a book on physical fitness. When Mr. Dribble got to the library he saw a book with ""How to Jog"" on its spine. He took the book home. When Bertha finally glanced at the book several weeks later, she found that it had nothing to do with getting into shape. Why?",No hint available.,It was an encyclopedia. The book simply carried entries of words that begin with 'How' to words that begin with 'Jog'.,Trick,07/14/02 #32660,Folding Space,2.27,3.07,DevilBunny,"Not easily pictured am I. Elusive like the breath of a sigh. 24 square faces in multiple dimensions and spaces. 8 cubes of ice for a drink that's quite nice. 32 edges; not silly green hedges. 16 vertices all bathing in the seven seas. By 8 hyperplanes I am bound; yes my description is sound.","""A Wrinkle in Time""","A Tesseract. The tesseract is to the cube as the cube is to the square. It is four dimensional, as a cube is in three dimensions. A tesseract is bounded by eight hyperplanes (xi = ±1). Each pair of non-parallel hyperplanes intersects to form 24 square faces in a tesseract. Three cubes and three squares intersect at each edge. There are four cubes, six squares, and four edges meeting at every vertex. All in all, it consists of 8 cubes, 24 squares, 32 edges, and 16 vertices.",Riddle,08/27/06 #27993,Fill 'Er Up II,2.78,0.77,peppamintp,"Insert the words from group B into the empty spaces in group A. Group A 1. L__ __ __ __r 2. S __ __ __ __ion 3. Or__ __ __ __nt 4. C__ __ __ __r 5. S__ __ __ __ow Group B 1. Hall 2. Name 3. Edge 4. Love 5. Call",No hint available.,"1. Ledger 2. Scallion 3. Ornament 4. Clover 5. Shallow",Language,01/09/06 #2709,Rich Boy,2.18,1.6300000000000001,Xhilaration,"There was a rich boy. But he didn't have money. He wasn't lying. How can that be?",Think about his family tree.,"He is a baby and his parents are the rich ones. But he is considered a rich person, because he was related to his parents.",Other,03/15/02 #6877,Think About It...Literally,2.34,2.12,kidkilowatt,"What can fly and go anywhere. No matter how far or how near. Can be rich and famous or scientist of the year. Yet the space of which it travels is not outside the atmosphere.",Day Dreaming....,"You're using your IMAGINATION!!! The last part about space is to confuse you, because what I meant is that you are usually ""spaced out"" when you use your imagination.",Riddle,08/25/02 #9912,People on a Bus,2.81,2.55,frankenweoburger,"A young man gets on a bus, carrying a backpack, reading a book and chewing gum. Then a woman gets on. She hands him a piece of paper, and he quickly writes something on it. She gets off at the next stop and throws it away. What happened?",He thought she wanted something from him. She thought he was asking her something.,"She is deaf, and when he chewed his gum it looked like he was trying to talk to her. She handed him paper to write it down. Little did she know that he was a soap opera star. He thought she wanted his autograph and he gave it to her, but it meant nothing to her so she threw it away.",Situation,01/19/03 #6566,"Leaves, Stem",2.79,2.39,einat16,"Decipher this: leaves stem [] <--",No hint available.,square root,Rebus,08/15/02 #48894,Familiar Numbers,2.14,0.91,Sneakattack,"What number comes next? 7, 4, 1, 8, 5, ?",Look down and to the right.,"The next number is 2. If you go vertically down and from left-to-right on the numeric keypad on your keyboard, you will get those numbers. This is what a numeric keypad looks like: 7 8 9 4 5 6 1 2 3",Series,07/23/11 #47705,Antonym in the Middle 11,2.47,1.93,cnmne,"BARE and SHOW are antonyms of HIDE. Change BARE to HIDE to SHOW by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. BARE ----> HIDE ----> SHOW",No hint available.,"BARE <<<<< HARE HIRE HIDE <<<<< SIDE SIRE SORE SORT SOOT SHOT SHOW <<<<<",Language,08/08/10 #49055,Sports Fest - The Return,2.52,1.19,Panther91,"Can you figure the teams these clues represent? 1. A major city in Maryland + An Edgar Allen Poe poem 2. A city in eastern Pennsylvania + A golf shot 2 strokes under par 3. A state in the southwestern U.S. + A senior official in the Catholic church 4. Capital of Georgia + Last name of a famous skateboarder 5. City in western Pennsylvania + The animals from ""Happy Feet""",No hint available.,"1. Baltimore Ravens 2. Philadelphia Eagles 3. Arizona Cardinals 4. Atlanta Hawks 5. Pittsburgh Penguins",Trivia,10/04/11 #39064,A Pause For Station Identification II,2.41,1.49,Hrsemn4,"In the United States all radio and television stations are represented by ""call letters"". Each set of call letters is 4 letters long. Call letters for stations east of the Mississippi river begin with a ""W"", while stations west of the river begin with ""K"". Using the description of their station and/or the format, figure out the call letters of these fictional stations. (E.g. A station for people getting their affairs in order before they die might be W-I-L-L) Note: Some stations will use phonetics opposed to exact spelling. West of Mississippi River: 1) A station for people who are placid and relaxed. 2) A station for poker and blackjack dealers. 3) A station about all things automotive. East of Mississippi River: 1) A station that gets people up in the morning, or that you might listen to before a funeral. 2) A station for people standing in lines or just biding their time. 3) A station for greedy people.",No hint available.,"West: 1) KALM (calm) 2) KARD (card) 3) KARS (cars) East: 1) WAKE 2) WAIT 3) WANT",Other,11/04/07 #5857,Don't Red,2.22,1.96,Cascas,"What does this mean? don't red me",No hint available.,Don't tread on me.,Rebus,07/24/02 #8510,"1, 8, 9...",2.21,1.8800000000000001,lesternoronha1,"What are the next three numbers of the following series: 1, 8, 9, 64, 25, 216, 49, ?, ?, ?",This series has something to do with the numbers 1 through 10.,"The next three numbers are 512, 81 and 1000. The series goes as 1 squared, 2 cubed, 3 squared, 4 cubed and so on.",Series,11/15/02 #28071,Joy in Unity,2.82,1.9000000000000001,chidam11,"I have joy in bringing two together, but darning my existence! My life hangs by a thread, filled with ups, downs and resistance! What am I?",No hint available.,A Sewing Machine.,Riddle,01/14/06 #30625,Presidential Wisdom I,2.52,2.74,paul726,"Below are encoded quotes from the first five presidents of the United States. Your task is to first decode them, and then correctly assign them to the presidents who spoke them. 1) ""K NCGKCTC JLCOC MOC FSOC KDIJMDBCI SX JLC MNOKVZCFCDJ SX JLC XOCCVSF SX JLC ACSAGC NW ZOMVYMG MDV IKGCDJ CDBOSMBLFCDJI SX JLSIC KD ASRCO JLMD NW TKSGCDJ MDV IYVVCD YIYOAMJKSDI."" 2) ""ASRCO MGRMWI JLKDHI KJ LMI M ZOCMJ ISYG MDV TMIJ TKCRI NCWSDV JLC BSFAOCLCDIKSD SX JLC RCMH."" 3) ""KJ KI SDGW RLCD JLC ACSAGC NCBSFC KZDSOMDJ MDV BSOOYAJ, RLCD JLCW VCZCDCOMJC KDJS M ASAYGMBC, JLMJ JLCW MOC KDBMAMNGC SX CECOBKIKDZ JLCKO ISTCOCKZDJW."" 4) ""JLMJ ZSTCODFCDJ KI NCIJ RLKBL ZSTCODI JLC GCMIJ, NCBMYIC KJI ACSAGC VKIBKAGKDC JLCFICGTCI."" 5) ""ZSTCODFCDJ KI DSJ OCMISD; KJ KI DSJ CGSPYCDBC; KJ KI XSOBC! GKHC XKOC, KJ KI M VMDZCOSYI ICOTMDJ MDV M XCMOXYG FMIJCO.""","Vowel encoding is as follows: A=M E=C I=K O=S U=Y","The solutions are given in the order in which each president served, followed by the president's name and term in office. The answer key is below. 5) ""Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."" - George Washington 1789 -- 1797 2) ""Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak."" - John Adams 1797 -- 1801 4)""That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves."" - Thomas Jefferson 1801 -- 1809 1) ""I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."" - James Madison 1809 -- 1817 3) ""It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty."" - James Monroe 1817 -- 1825 A=M . . N=D B=N . . O=S C=B . . P=A D=V . . Q=P E=C . . R=O F=X . . S=I G=Z . . T=J H=L . . U=Y I=K . . V=T J=U . . W=R K=H . . X=E L=G . . Y=W M=F . . Z=Q",Cryptography,05/21/06 #48677,Double Letter Websites,2.43,1.18,Ginge,"The following five websites have double letters in their name. Can you get all five? Bonus: These websites have something else in common other than double letters. See if you can get it. 1) You can feel lucky on this search engine. 2) Poke and like on this social networking site. 3) An interjection and an exclamation point make up the name of this search engine. 4) Tweet! Tweet! 5) Web logging galore on this site.",No hint available.,"These sites are all considered among the ten most popular websites in the United States, according to Alexa Internet, Inc. 1) GOOgle 2) FacebOOk 3) YahOO! 4) TwiTTer 5) BloGGer",Language,04/28/11 #50756,Homophony,2.88,1.47,kzmonopoly,"Find the pairs of homophones using the descriptions given to you. Example: A large omnivore and to be without covering. The answer is bear and bare. 1. a board on hinges and the speed that a horse moves. 2. being just and money collected to pass. 3. a form of precipitation and to rule.",No hint available.,"1. gate and gait. 2. fair and fare. 3. rain and reign.",Language,02/16/16 #10141,CTONGUEAT,2.26,1.12,jellybean,"What does this represent? CTONGUEAT",SPEECHLESS,Cat got your tongue.,Rebus,01/31/03 #38207,Jumble #15,2.47,2.09,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPERword. 1). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I I I I N N T F (Take the first letter.) 2). _ _ _ _ _ Z U U I S (Take the first letter.) 3). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ M E E E R C D S - Z E N B (Take the first and eleventh letters.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPERword is. (You should have 4 letters.) SUPERword: _ _ _ _",Car companies,"1). Infiniti (Take ""I"".) 2). Isuzu (Take ""I"".) 3). Mercedes-Benz (Take ""M"" and ""N"".) SUPERword). MINI",Language,09/09/07 #7749,_ _ mpt _ _ _,2.56,1.49,just_moi,"Fill in the blanks to make everyday English words: 1. _ _ mpt_ _ _ 2. _xyg_ _ 3. _eau_ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. tempting 2. oxygen 3. beautiful",Language,09/28/02 #40085,Pencil Patterns,2.49,2.0,icestar12,"Cathy, Deena, Jeff, Pete, and Sara are collecting and trading pencils. When they began, each person had 5 pencils of the same pattern. Each person's pencils were a different pattern from everyone else's pattern. Anyone who got a pencil in a trade kept that pencil. This is what happened: Jeff began with 5 cartoon pencils and traded pencils with Pete, Cathy, and Deena. Sara began with 5 solid colored pencils, including 3 solid orange and 2 solid green. She traded 1 orange pencil with each other girl and 1 green pencil with Pete. Cathy had 5 pencils illustrated with horses. They were her favorite, so she only traded with Jeff and Sara, and kept the rest of her pencils. Pete exchanged 1 of his striped pencils for a polka-dot pencil. What combination of pencils does each person have at the end of the trades? Include the color if the information is given.",No hint available.,"After trading, each person has the following pencils: Jeff: 2 cartoon character, 1 striped, 1 horse, and 1 polka dot Pete: 1 cartoon character, 1 solid green, 1 polka-dot, and 2 striped Cathy: 1 cartoon character, 1 solid orange, and 3 horse Deena: 1 cartoon character, 1 solid orange, 1 striped, and 2 polka-dot Sara: 1 solid orange, 1 solid green, 1 striped, 1 polka-dot, and 1 horse",Logic,01/16/08 #5990,Arizona,2.48,1.85,michelle,"What does this mean? 22 Arizona",No hint available.,"Tucson, Arizona",Rebus,07/28/02 #496,An Eight Word Puzzle,2.78,1.82,Phyllis,"What do the following eight words have in common? crabcake, laughing, calmness, canopy, stupid, hijack, first, deft.",Knowing your alphabet helps.,Each word contains three consecutive letters of the alphabet in a row.,Language,05/25/01 #26913,Operation: Weather-Ectomy,2.61,3.11,cnmne,"Six words have had their weather terms removed. The weather terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each weather term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: cloud, hail, rain, sleet, storm, wind Group B: arngg, astba, atage, bevora, diabmn, higa",No hint available.,"cloud + atage = catalogued (CataLOgUeD) hail + bevora = behavioral (beHAvIoraL) rain + arngg = arranging (aRrAngINg) sleet + diabmn = disablement (diSabLEmEnT) storm + higa = histogram (hiSTOgRaM) wind + astba = waistband (WaIstbaND)",Language,11/14/05 #28012,Storigram II,2.7,1.96,phrebh,"Below is a (very) short story with 10 capitalized words or phrases which are anagrams of words that all fit in a certain category. Can you find the anagrams and determine the category? One Christmas Eve a man was singing CAROLS. He wasn't going from house to house as he had a tendency to WANDER in a HAZY ARC and stop with an INANE HALT (he had visited his favorite pub, the REX AND ALE, before these EVENTS). He walked up a steep GRADE to a house, FLARED his nostrils with his inhalation, and NAILED the German song, ""Oh, Tannenbaum,"" in ONE TRY.",Category: Men's Names,"CARLOS ANDREW ZACHARY NATHANIEL ALEXANDER STEVEN EDGAR ALFRED DANIEL TYRONE Category: Men's Names",Language,01/10/06 #25251,We come from?!,3.05,2.07,jackal2008us,"Andrew Richardson, deputy head cryptographer at a top department of defence (DOD) facility, was working late one night. The last set of codes he received to decipher came from NASA 's space station. Apparently they had been receiving the same 5 set of codes over the past week on a high frequency band in visual digital format. They read............... wmoa eemn cfuu orrs wkia eesn ltpe ihlt hwth oeno pgem eewe wsta auob rnpl ispe aust lmmd laui hnse ""Strange,"" Andy thought. ""Never received work from this site before."" Eager to finish and get home, he set to work on figuring out the troublesome codes. The first one took him some time ............. WE COME FROM URANUS. ""What!"" he laughed. He thought it was a joke or that he had deciphered incorrectly. However he continued using the same template, and by the time he'd finished he wasn't laughing anymore. He quickly picked up his phone and dialed his director and then the head of the DOD. Somehow he knew he wasn't going home tonight. What did Andy find that got him so worried?",Julius Caesar used to write codes this way. Realize that all the strings of text have 16 letters,"All the codes can be broken by arranging the 16 letters in a grid of 4*4 from left to right. The result is a phrase readable via the columns starting at the top left corner, reading down and ending at the bottom right corner Using the first code wmoa eemn cfuu orrs W M O A E E M N C F U U O R R S You should be able to read ........ WE COME FROM URANUS. The other codes read: WE LIKE THIS PLANET. HOPE WE GET NEW HOME. WAR IS UNSTOPPABLE. ALL HUMANS MUST DIE.",Cryptography,08/11/05 #25715,The Better Sting,3.06,1.66,lisha_kc,"All answers end in sting and the whole word is obtained in the clues below. eg: A sting that cures fatigue answer: reSTING 1. A sting that cures hunger 2. A sting that cleans your room 3. A sting that makes you laugh 4. A sting that cooks your meat 5. A sting that spoils your tools 6. A sting that holds your attention 7. A sting that some observe in Lent 8. A sting that cooks are always using 9. A sting that browns your bread",No hint available.,"1. feasting 2. dusting 3. jesting 4. roasting 5. rusting 6. interesting 7. fasting 8. tasting 9. toasting",Language,09/01/05 #28556,Words With AB,2.71,2.72,cnmne,"Five words that contain AB as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? -AB--, ---AB, AB----, AB-----, -AB---- Pool: C, E, E, I, I, I, L, L, N, P, Q, R, S, S, T, T, T, U, U, Y",No hint available.,"SABLE, SQUAB, ABRUPT, ABILITY, CABINET",Language,02/10/06 #37083,Missing in the Middle 5,2.82,1.44,snowmonster,"Fill in the missing middle word. This word should correspond with the first and last word. 1) Swimming ____________ Party 2) Bathing _______________ Jacket 3) Beach _________________ Leg 4) Sand ________________Bill 5) Sea _______________ Fish 6) Vacation _____________ Shoes 7) Money ___________ Top 8) Picnic ______________ Case 9) Camp _____________ Ants 10) Volley ______________ Park",No hint available.,"1) Pool 2) Suit 3) Bum 4) Dollar 5) Shell 6) House 7) Tree 8) Basket 9) Fire 10) Ball",Language,06/26/07 #43667,Add a Letter 23,2.55,1.65,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) arising from anger & buccaneer (5 letters) 2) sudden terror & cargo (6 letters) 3) an intensive series of air raids & a thin rolled pancake filled with cream cheese (5 letters) 4) to let out a deep audible breath & a view or glimpse (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) irate & pirate 2) fright & freight 3) blitz & blintz 4) sigh & sight",Language,12/03/08 #34534,Sylastarter 4,2.42,1.45,grungy49,"Sylastarters are teasers that require you to patch together words from a group of syllables. There will be the same syllable at the start of each word. Starter: Cat List: A, a, a, ar, comb, e, er, go, ma, nap, phe, pill, ran, ry, stro 1st word: 2 syllables 2nd word: 3 syllables 3rd word: 4 syllables 4th word: 4 syllables 5th word: 4 syllables 6th word: 4 syllables",No hint available.,"1. Catnap (cat + nap) 2. Catacomb (cat + a + comb) 3. Catastrophe (cat + a + stro + phe) 4. Category (cat + e + go + ry) 5. Caterpillar (cat + er + pill + ar) 6. Catamaran (cat + a + ma + ran)",Language,12/22/06 #35385,More Thoughts of Mark Twain,2.78,2.69,silent_lucidity,"The two following quotes are from Mark Twain. Both quotes use the same code. ""BAG IWUP CRP BI EGGS PITO AGRUBA NY BI GRB CARB PIT FIW'B CRWB, FONWE CARB PIT FIW'B UNEG, RWF FI CARB PIT'F ORBAGO WIB."" ""WGXGO STB ILL TWBNU BIZIOOIC CARB PIT HRW FI BAG FRP RLBGO BIZIOOIC.""","R = A Z = M","""The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not."" ""Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."" KEY: A = H B = T C = W D = J E = K F = D G = E H = C I = O J = Z K = B L = F M = G N = I O = R P = Y Q = X R = A S = P T = U U = L V = Q W = N X = V Y = S Z = M",Cryptography,02/21/07 #22834,Dits & Dahs,2.24,2.98,judydog1,".- .-.. -... .- - .-. --- ... ... What movie title does this represent?",Morse code,"Bird on a wire. Before telephones messages were sent via telegraph or ""Wire"" by morse code. This code spells albatross, which is a bird being sent on a wire.",Trivia,05/11/05 #46171,Birthday !!!,2.7,1.62,Kitty_cat_2009,"Daniel, my son, is exactly one fifth of my age. In 21 years time, I will be exactly twice his age. My wife is exactly seven times older than my daughter, Jessica. In 8 years time, my wife will be three times older than Jessica. How old are Daniel and Jessica now?",No hint available.,Daniel is 7 years old and Jessica is 4 years old.,Math,01/09/10 #43948,Colored Marbles,2.34,2.86,javaguru,"Tim, Ted and Tom each have a bag containing five different colored marbles. Each bag contains the same five colors. Tim reaches into Ted's bag and Tom's bag and randomly withdraws a marble from each and places them in his bag. Ted then reaches into Tim's bag and Tom's bag and randomly removes a marble from each and places them in his bag. Finally, Tom reaches into Tim's bag and Ted's bag and randomly chooses a marble from each and places them in his bag. What is the probability that each has five different colors of marbles in their bag?",It's simpler to work the problem from both ends.,"13/315 ~ 0.04127 Tim either draws the same color marble from each bag (1/5 probability) or a different color from each bag (4/5 probability.) So after Tim draws two marbles, he either has three of one color and one of each of the other four colors, or two of each of two colors and one of each of the other three colors. Both Ted and Tom have four different colored marbles. When Tom draws a marble from each bag at the end, he will have three different colored marbles. In order for each person to end up with five different colors of marbles, when Tom draws each of the other two need to have two marbles of one color and one marble of each of the other four colors. Any other arrangement of marbles can't result in each person having five marbles after Tom draws. Tom will need to draw one of the two marbles that is the same color from each bag. There is a 1/3 chance of Tom drawing the correct color marble from each bag and a (1/3) * (1/3) = 1/9 probability of drawing a correct marble from both bags. If Tim has three marbles of one color, then Ted will need to pick one of those marbles in order to have at least one of each color. There is a 3/7 probability of drawing one of these three. If Tim has two marbles of each of two colors, then Ted will need to draw one of those four marbles. If Ted draws a marble of the color he is missing (2/7 probability), then he can draw any marble from Tom. If Ted draws one of the marbles of the color he already has (2/7 probability), then he will need to draw the color he is missing from Tom (1/4 probability). The probability is then ((1/5)*(3/7) + (4/5)*(2/7 + (2/7)*(1/4))) * (1/9) = (3/35 + (4/5)*(2/7 + 1/14)) * (1/9) = (3/35 + (4/5)*(5/14)) * (1/9) = (3/35 + 2/7) * (1/9) = (13/35) * (1/9) = 13/315",Probability,01/20/09 #39314,The Zoo,2.81,2.12,tedger,"An animal I am, three syllables in length. Put me together and prove your strength. First tell me something that is used for support, a third leg, as some report. Next tell me a baby's cry, merely a mumble to you and I. Last tell me a word of regret, a sorrowful feeling that would make one fret.",No hint available.,"A ""cane"" assists one, acting as a third leg; ""ga"" is a sound a baby would make; and ""rue"" is to feel regret for. Add them together and you get a ""kangaroo"".",Riddle,11/22/07 #27533,One and Only!,2.7600000000000002,2.61,brainster,Which is the only word in the English language with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other?,"One of the synonyms is ""adhere"".","The word is ""cleave"". Its synonyms are ""adhere"" and ""separate"" which are both antonyms of each other.",Language,12/16/05 #23260,The Funeral,2.5100000000000002,1.72,Question_Mark,"A sad event has just taken place. Four people have died. They each had a funeral. Their names were Scott, Hill, Miles and Paul. They were each related to someone. They were called Raven, Simon, Michael and Richard. The ways they were related are father & son, brothers, cousins and uncle & nephew. Their funerals each took place on different days. They were Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. You must say whose funeral took place on what day, who they were related to and in what way. Unfortunately, you cannot remember very much, but you do remember the following things: 1) Nobody went to someone's funeral whose first name began with the same letter as their own name. 2) Hill's funeral was not on Monday or Friday. 3) Richard's cousin's funeral did not take place on Friday or Sunday. 4) Simon doesn't have any brothers. 5) Raven went to his father's funeral on Sunday. 6) Scott's funeral was 2 days before Hill's. 7) Michael and Scott are brothers. 8) One person's funeral was on a day which begins with the same letter as their own name. 9) Miles doesn't have children. 10) The uncle's funeral was 2 days before the brother's funeral. Good luck.",Use the logic-grid solver.,"Scott's funeral took place on Friday. He was related to Michael and they were brothers. Hill's funeral took place on Sunday. He was related to Raven and they were father & son. Miles's funeral took place on Monday. He was related to Richard and they were cousins. Paul's funeral took place on Wednesday. He was related to Simon and they were uncle & nephew.",Logic-Grid,05/29/05 #33278,Word Boxes 2,2.72,1.8,grungy49,"Word Boxes are like miniature crossword puzzles, except that each word is filled in across and down the grid. That is, the answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve this Word Box? 1. Knife 2. Rabbit 3. Part of the eye 4. Sleeveless torso garment",No hint available.,"S H I V H A R E I R I S V E S T",Language,10/01/06 #26379,Business,2.28,1.6400000000000001,signmeup74,"What is represented by this rebus: business business business business",Keep 'em coming back!!,Repeat Business,Rebus,10/15/05 #7238,Foot Facts,2.18,1.71,NuttyPrince,"A psychologist visits Africa with his family on a vacation. One day, although this trip was to get away from work and reduce stress in the office, he decides to conduct an experiment, trying to link foot size to intelligence. As he was nearing the end of his experiment he was startled to find that the people with bigger feet had a larger intelligence! But soon after he found out the reason and went home disappointed at the thought that he found an actual link. What did the psychologist find out?",No hint available.,"He was taking the foot size of everyone, including children. The reason that he thought he found the link is because the people with the smaller feet were the children, but the people with the larger feet were the adults who had received a better education.",Logic,09/06/02 #50879,"First, Last, Middle",2.6,1.25,kzmonopoly,"Which word in Group B actually belongs in Group A? Group A: First Last Middle Maiden Group B: Next Then Lad Pen After",Richard Saunders is a famous example of the word.,"The words in Group A can be paired with the word 'name.' First name Last name Middle name Maiden name and finally. . . Pen name A pen name is a name a writer uses instead of their real name. It is also known as a pseudonym.",Group,08/11/16 #28802,Warped Words,2.67,2.63,wizofaus,"What common phrases do these rebuses represent? 1. D E->MOLARS F 2. CING = BGOING 3. repartee > parody > satire > sarcasm",No hint available.,"1. Fed up to the back teeth. 2. Seeing is believing. 3. Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.",Rebus,02/25/06 #20803,I Am Invisible,2.17,2.31,knbrain,"I am invisible, I barely even exist; for I am merely a section of a disk. What am I?","I can help you, yet harm you. I can bring joy to you along with great grief.",Computer Software,Riddle,02/02/05 #5220,Average Marks,2.25,1.52,Cascas,"Teacher: You appeared for 8 quizzes, and your average marks in them were 82. Student: How did I fare in English? Teacher: Well, your average in English Language and English Literature is 61. Student: So, how was my performance in the remaining subjects? Teacher: I am sure you can figure that out for yourself. Can you help the student find his average marks in the remaining subjects?",No hint available.,"Total marks in 8 subjects = 8 x 82 = 656. Total marks in 2 English subjects = 2 x 61 = 122. Total marks in remaining 6 subjects = 656 - 122 = 534. Average marks in remaining 6 subjects = 534 / 6 = 89.",Math,07/04/02 #19912,"23, 31, 41, ...",2.44,3.01,snaps,"Can you find the next three terms in the series shown below? 23, 31, 41, 59, 71, 83, 97, 109, ?, ?, ?, ...",This hint is a prime example that gives the sum of three useful pieces of information.,"131, 173, 199 Why? The series is only those prime numbers that can be expressed as the sum of three consecutive prime numbers. 23 = 5 + 7 + 11 31 = 7 + 11 + 13 41 = 11 + 13 + 17 59 = 17 + 19 + 23 71 = 19 + 23 + 29 83 = 23 + 29 + 31 97 = 29 + 31 + 37 109 = 31 + 37 + 41 131 = 41 + 43 + 47 173 = 53 + 59 + 61 199 = 61 + 67 + 71 And so on...",Series,12/14/04 #39995,Add the Letter,2.37,1.66,Gerrard10,"Fill in the blank to figure out a word. t ilight b st t ansformer b tter s ing r pe f ing a ter",No hint available.,werewolf,Language,01/10/08 #25523,Vanishing Actors,2.8,2.13,tjm531,"The highly anticipated revival of Edward Albee's ""Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?"" began preview performances last week. Although the show is generating a lot of buzz because of its hot young cast of stars, the production has already encountered some difficulties. In fact, in each of the first four performances, each of which was held on a different evening last week, a different cast member was unable to appear for a different reason, and his or her understudy had to perform that part for the evening. Fortunately, the talented understudies quickly won over the disappointed audiences, and were greeted with ecstatic cheers at the curtain call. From the information provided, determine the evening on which each actor was unable to appear, the role he or she plays, the reason for his or her absence. (Note: All names can apply to either men or women.) 1. A cast member suffered from laryngitis at some point later in the week than an understudy took over the role of Nick. 2. The actor playing George was absent exactly two days before the one who was away filming a movie. 3. Blair Diaz missed a performance at some point earlier in the week than the person portraying Martha (who wasn't off filming a movie). 4. Devon Rochan wasn't the last actor to miss a performance. 5. Reese DeWitt was replaced by an understudy exactly two days before an actor serving jury duty was sequestered overnight and couldn't perform. Actors: Blair Diaz, Devon Rochan, Kerry Peeples, Reese DeWitt Days: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Reason: Filming movie, jury duty, laryngitis, stage fright Role: George, Honey, Martha, Nick",No hint available.,"Wednesday, Reese DeWitt, Nick, stage fright Thursday, Blair Diaz, George, laryngitis Friday, Devon Rochan, Martha, jury duty Saturday, Kerry Peeples, Honey, filming movie",Logic-Grid,08/24/05 #2523,Family Matters,2.24,1.0,lil_thugsta,"If the only brother of your dad's sister had a child, what would the child's relationship to you be?",No hint available.,You are that person.,Logic,03/07/02 #43545,Super - Crazy Math Squares,2.49,2.96,beepbeeptnm,"Place 16 different 2-digit numbers in a 4x4 square grid so that they add up to the same number horizontally, vertically, and diagonally, and horizontally, vertically, and diagonally when turned UPSIDE - DOWN.","This is not a trick question. The magic sum is 264.","The numbers should be like this: 96 11 89 68 88 69 91 16 61 86 18 99 19 98 66 81 *Note that the only numbers used are 1, 6, 8, and 9, because these numbers can be read as either the same or a different number when turned upside down. Example: 1 and 8 look the same upside down, but 6 turns into 9 and 9 turns into 6. So 89 becomes 68, 99 becomes 66, etc., and the numbers in the box still add up to 264 (vertically, horizontally, and diagonally) upside down!!",Math,11/14/08 #47743,"Love ""That Sinking Feeling""!",2.46,2.44,dalfamnest,"B = 1 U P E = 2 U P A = 3 U P E4E (Extra For Experts!!) C = 4 U P O = 5 U P",When might the title be true?,"Birdie = 1 Under Par Eagle = 2 Under Par Albatross = 3 Under Par Extra For Experts: Condor = 4 Under Par (recorded only four times ever) Ostrich = 5 Under Par (never yet achieved and considered impossible) In the game of golf (in which ""that sinking feeling"" is celebrated!) these names are applied when a golfer uses fewer strokes than par. [For anyone not familiar with golf, ""par"" is the number of strokes a first class golfer would normally be expected to take to ""sink"" the ball.]",Letter-Equations,08/13/10 #48121,Altar Une Litter - 3,2.45,2.17,dalfamnest,"Alter one letter of each word in the groups to make well-known phrases. e.g. ""Lack no worm"" would become ""Back to work"". 1. Pay my way 2. ""Nite Tie"" ballet 3. Fox dale 4. Bake, O bread!",No hint available.,"1. Day by day 2. Bite the bullet 3. For sale 4. Take a break",Language,10/19/10 #20202,A False Accusation,2.16,0.86,maxvu,"One day, a man in Southern Asia came home, knowing that he left his elephant home unattended, to find his neighbor complaining that his elephant killed his neighbor's dog, and ate it. ""You should feed your elephant better,"" he said. ""Your elephant ate my dog!"" The man took one look at the man and said: ""You are lying."" How did he know?",No hint available.,Elephants are herbivores.,Trivia,01/02/05 #23432,Sad Dads,2.35,2.44,Javian,"Read the following sentence. Which word doesn't belong, and why? One evening gets sad dads so ornery, you usually yell at them.",It has nothing to do with the number of letters of each word.,"""at"" does not belong; the pattern is in the first and last letters of each word: onE-EveninG-GetS-SaD-DadS-SO-OrnerY- YoU-UsuallY-YelL_AT-Them (the last letter of ""yell"" is not the same as the first letter of ""at"".)",Language,06/06/05 #50737,Little Bird,2.06,2.0,ThinksForFun,"IHTHE GEARA PERDV INEIT",No hint available.,"I heard it through the grapevine IHthe gEAra peRDv ineIT",Rebus,02/13/16 #44713,The Vowel-Less Knights #12,2.5100000000000002,1.3,ScoutMan,"The Vowel-less Knights found some more quotes to say. Can you understand them? Remember, the hint section has the bonus information. 1. Nthng tks th tst t f pnt bttr qt lk nrqtd lv. 2.Whn y hv sn s mch f lf s hv, y wll nt ndrstmt th pwr f bsssv lv. 3.Pssn mks th wrld g rnd. Lv jst mks t sfr plc.","1. Spoken by a comic strip character from a ""nutty"" strip. 2. Written by a world-acclaimed ""magical"" author. 3. Written by a ""cool"" musician/rapper/etc.","1. Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. Bonus: Charlie Brown in Charles Schultz's Peanuts comic strip. 2. When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love. Bonus: J.K. Rowling, in 2005's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. 3. Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place. Bonus: Ice T, from The Ice Opinion",Language,06/22/09 #24214,"Hmmmm, Jellybeans",2.84,0.8200000000000001,dsquared,"I am a lolly fanatic and love my jelly beans. I have an insatiable appetite for them. There is a jelly bean jar sitting in front of me that has a capacity for 500 jellybeans. If I can eat jelly beans at a rate of 20 jellybeans per 30 seconds (slow, I know, but my jaw is sore at the moment) and require 2 'rests' per 100 jellybeans, how long will it take me to eat the amount of jellybeans in front of me?","Read it very very carefully, it is a trick after all. The key is in the line about what is in front of me.","Zero seconds. I only claimed there was a jar sitting in front of me, not that it was full, therefore it will take me no time to 'eat the amount of jellybeans in front of me'.",Trick,07/02/05 #43416,Cloudy Panic,2.14,1.75,Ilite,Many uniformed men were running in panic from a green-grey cloud. Who were the men and why were they running away from a cloud?,"They were wearing Military uniforms. The cloud was not your ordinary harmless rain-cloud.","They were French soldiers running away from a cloud of dangerous Chlorine gas that the German soldiers had used on the allies as an experiment in April 1915, during WWI in Ypres, Belgium. Chlorine gas would attack the lungs and cause them to fill with fluid: the poor soldiers would drown or be asphyxiated. After that incident, the soldiers could tell when chlorine gas was around, because the cloud was a kind of grey-green colour.",Situation,10/25/08 #5703,To Die For a Mint,2.57,2.05,bmotts,"A man is killed by three bullets in the chest. Next to him is a plate and a mint. What happened?",No hint available.,The guy was a thief. He entered a Mint (museum dedicated to money) and stole a valuable plate. He was shot by policemen as he was running out.,Situation,07/19/02 #51682,Filtered Lens,2.75,1.73,ThinksForFun,"My first, by means of reflection meets your eyes My second means no image is recognized My whole means a grayscale world is normalized What am I?",No hint available.,colour blindness,Riddle,01/31/18 #23160,As You Are Reading,3.02,1.15,spookboy0,"As you are reading this message, you will notice some spelling errors. Do not be frigtened, however. This is how you must anelyze: First, find al of the missing, repeated, or incorrect letters. Second, alow yurself to look at these and look at the wword that is represinted. Finally, tell me a numbur that most commonnly is associated with the word. Good luck.","When I tell you ""repeated letters,"" I mean the repeated letters in one word that are incorrect. Ex: wword Repeated Letter: W","Missing, Repeated, and Incorrect Letters: H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N Word: Halloween Number: 31 (Halloween is the 31st of October)",Other,05/25/05 #27544,Rhyme Time II,3.03,1.87,peppamintp,"Answer the clues with a pair of rhyming words. (plump feline = fat cat) 1. Moby Dick fan letter 2. Stream cove 3. Medieval soldier competition 4. Extra couple 5. Metal drain plug",No hint available.,"1. Whale mail 2. Brook nook 3. Knight fight 4. Spare pair 5. Copper stopper",Language,12/17/05 #38899,Simply Synonyms III,2.67,1.79,PimpSlap,"I have given you five (5) pairs of words. Fill each blank below with a single letter to turn these pairs of words into synonyms. EX: _TUMBLE and _RIP Answer: STUMBLE and TRIP 1) _ACTUAL and _RUE 2) _HATTER and _RATTLE 3) _OUCH and _BUT 4) _INDICATE and _LEAR 5) _WELLING and _BODE",No hint available.,"1) Factual and True 2) Chatter and Prattle 3) Touch and Abut 4) Vindicate and Clear 5) Dwelling and Abode",Language,10/23/07 #28628,Figure it out #2,3.16,1.56,fishmed,"Each sentence below contains a word that can be anagrammed to answer or describe the sentence. Example: Craft that might tip in the ocean. Answer: Canoe (Anagram of ocean) 1. You cover a mattress with one of these 2. Dangerous thing for an alcoholic to begin 3. Feature on which a tire might be rated 4. Feeling about a poisonous adder 5. Weapon that a cavalryman bears 6. It doesn't necessarily bring rain, but it could",No hint available.,"1. Sheet 2. Binge 3. Tread 4. Dread 5. Sabre or Saber 6. Cloud",Language,02/15/06 #10891,Sadness at Leaving,2.32,0.85,owieswheels,"I am a place, you can make sure of that. When kids (and adults too) leave me, they become sad, in fact. Even though there's mice inside, everyone's still so happy. They're always smiling when they see Doc, Dopey, and Grumpy. Even adults are happy in here, no matter how much it is worth. Come on down, and let's go, to me The Happiest Place on Earth!!! Where am I?",No hint available.,"DISNEYLAND Disneyland is a place. Everyone who leaves it will be sad for sure. The mice are Mickey and Minnie. Doc, Dopey, and Grumpy are in Snow White, which is a Disney movie. Although a trip there is expensive, it's still worth it and everyone still goes. Of course, it's the happiest place on earth.",Riddle,03/04/03 #30583,"Na, K, Fe, Cu, Ag, Sn, Sb, W, ?, ?, ?",2.68,2.61,shenqiang,"What are the next three terms of this sequence? Na, K, Fe, Cu, Ag, Sn, Sb, W, ?, ?, ?",What are the full names of these chemical elements?,"Au, Hg, Pb. These chemical elements have English names that are different from their Latin names. sodium(natrium), potassium(kalium), iron(ferrum), copper(cuprum), silver(argentum), tin(stannum), antimony(stibium), tungsten(wolfram), gold(aurum), mercury(hydrargyrum), lead(plumbum).",Series,05/20/06 #40553,"Step Down, Step Up (6)",2.38,1.6300000000000001,TRILLIONAIRE,"Start with a seven-letter animal and I'll give you a clue to what it is. The next word will have one letter less and may need unscrambling. Begin to add letters at question #7 and work your way back up to a six-letter animal. 1. The largest type of ape. (7 letters) 2. A female name. (6 letters) 3. A cup or chalice often associated with the Last Supper. (5 letters) 4. Someone who does not tell the truth. (4 letters) 5. To feel pain or be ill. (3 letters) 6. Abbreviation for Alabama. (2 letters) 7. A hasty escape or flight. (3 letters) 8. Money or goods given as charity to the poor. (4 letters) 9. Opposite of large. (5 letters) 10. South American ruminant mammals with soft wool that are used as beasts of burden. (6 letters) Hint will reveal the answers to #5 and #7","5. Ail 7. Lam","1. Gorilla 2. Gloria 3. Grail 4. Liar 5. Ail 6. Al 7. Lam 8. Alms 9. Small 10. Llamas",Language,02/17/08 #14507,Mix 'n' Match,2.63,2.15,Smithy,"I have 18 gallons of water shared unequally between three buckets. Then I: 1. Pour three quarters of the water in bucket 1 into bucket 2. 2. Pour half of the water now in bucket 2 into bucket 3. 3.Pour a third of the water now in bucket 3 into bucket 1. Now, all of the buckets contain equal amounts of water. How much water did each bucket start with?",No hint available.,"We can solve this problem by starting at the end and working backwards. Obviously, at the end each bucket will contain 6 gallons of water. Call the buckets B1, B2 and B3. If pouring a third of the water in B3 at the time into B1 leaves 6 in each, then B3 must have 9 at the time and B1 3. If pouring half of B2 at the time into B3 at the time leaves 6 in B2 and 9 in B3, then B2 must contain 12 at the time and B3 contain 3. So B3 started with 3 gallons in. If pouring three quarters of B1 at the time into B2 at the time leaves B1 with 3 and B2 with 12, then B1 had 12 and B2 had 3. So B1 started with 12 and B2 and B3 both started with 3.",Math,08/23/03 #18110,The End,2.28,2.26,MrIxolite,"1)The End 2)The End 3)The End 4)The End 5)The End 6)The End 7)erased 8)erased 9)erased 10)erased",No hint available.,Foregone conclusions or Four gone conclusions,Rebus,07/06/04 #16997,The Fire Escape,2.49,2.01,brgdo1994,"Nicole awakes to the smell of smoke. Although she realizes the danger in her situation, she makes no attempt to leave the building where she has been sleeping. Why?","Q: Was Nicole physically capable of walking on her own? A: Yes Q: Was the fire blocking Nicole's path of escape? A: No Q: Was Nicole sleeping in her own home? A: No Q: Could Nicole have left the building if the fire had not occurred? A: No",Nicole was locked in a jail cell and realized it was futile for her to attempt to leave until the guard unlocked her cell door.,Situation,03/12/04 #19686,Movie,2.62,1.52,something,"This phrase is actually a name of a popular movie. What movie? The Morning Meal Bludgeoning Tool","Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez, 1985....",The Breakfast Club,Language,12/03/04 #2157,One Vowel,2.36,2.21,Deucex2,What is the longest word in the English language that contains only one vowel?,No hint available.,Strengths,Language,01/26/02 #43505,Words With AX,2.05,2.08,cnmne,"Five words that contain AX as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *AX**, ***AX, **AX**, ****AX, *AX***** Pool: B, E, E, E, F, I, I, L, M, M, N, N, N, O, R, S, T, W, Y, Z",No hint available.,"WAXEN, BORAX, FLAXEN, SYNTAX, MAXIMIZE",Language,11/08/08 #38464,Four Consecutive Natural Numbers,2.46,2.46,lips,"The product of four consecutive natural numbers is 9???4, and we don't know what the ?s are. Find the largest number of the four.",No hint available.,"The product of four consecutive natural numbers end with a 4, therefore none of them can end with 5 or 0, and their unit digits can be only 1, 2, 3, 4 or 6, 7, 8, 9. Since 20^4=160000 and 15^4=50625, they can only be 16 through 19, and we check that 16*17*18*19=93024. Therefore, the largest number of the four is 19.",Math,09/26/07 #24118,Gathers No Moss,2.55,2.98,lessthanjake789,"It is possible to rearrange all the letters in ""A rolling stone gathers no moss"" to create another sentence with virtually the same meaning. Can you figure out that sentence?",The 5 words start with these letters - S O G A N,Stroller on go amasses nothing.,Language,06/29/05 #38232,What Do They Have in Common? II,2.21,2.42,merrimackxc2010,"What do Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, and New York all have in common?",...besides they are all states.,They all became states in 1788.,Trivia,09/10/07 #25762,Morning Melange,2.59,2.72,cinnamon30,"This morning, the popular Bay area cable access TV show, ""Morning Melange"", featured six guests (including Francine and Evan). Each guest lives in a different town in the region (including Corte Madera), and each has a different talent or interest that was the focus of his or her segment. The segments began at 6:45, 7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45 and 8:00. Discover, for each time, the full name of the featured guest, where he or she lives and his or her special interest. 1. The first three guests were, in some order: the person surnamed Ivens, the person from Berkeley and the antique car collector. 2. Damien's segment was sometime before Lautremont's segment. 3. Krieger's segment began at 7:45. 4. Alice appeared after the person from Oakland and before the person surnamed Morley. 5. The people from Berkeley and Daly City aren't of the same sex. 6. The six guests were: Cathy, the person whose first name is Damien, the person whose last name is Novak, the person from Daly City, the person from Palo Alto and the bungee jumper. 7. The last name of the financial adviser is either Lautremont or Novak. 8. Jaspersen's segment began exactly 45 minutes after the beekeeper's segment. 9. The crepe chef went on sometime before the person from Sausalito and sometime after Brandon. 10. The hypnotherapist's segment began at 7:15.","Females are Alice, Cathy and Francine; males are Brandon, Damien and Evan.","6:45, Damien Ivens, Oakland, Beekeeper 7:00, Alice Lautremont, Palo Alto, Antique car collector 7:15, Cathy Morley, Berkeley, Hypnotherapist 7:30, Brandon Jaspersen, Corte Madera, Bungee jumper 7:45, Evan Krieger, Daly City, Crepe Chef 8:00 Francine Novak, Sausalito, Financial Adviser The hypnotherapist's segment began at 7:15 (10). Jaspersen's segment was in the second half (8). The beekeeper was in the first half, and was either 6:45 or 7:00 (8). Since Krieger was at 7:45 (3), then Jaspersen was at 7:30. This leaves the beekeeper at 6:45 (8). The antique car collector has to be at 7:00 (1). The financial adviser isn't Jaspersen or Kreiger (7), and is therefore on during the 8:00 segment. Likewise, Morley can't be at 8:00 (7), or in the first two segments (4); thus Morley has to be at 7:15. This puts Alice at 7:00 and Oakland at 6:45 (4). This also puts Ivens at 6:45 and Berkeley at 7:15 (1). The two guests in the 6:45 and 7:15 segments are neither Novak, from Daly City or Palo Alto, or interested in bungee jumping. Therefore, these guests must be Cathy and Damien (6). Therefore, Brandon is at 7:30, the chef at 7:45, and the guest from Sausalito at 8:00 (9). The bungee jumper, who must be at 7:30, cannot be from Daly City or Palo Alto, and so is from Corte Madera (6). Alice must be from either Daly City or Palo Alto, so cannot have a last name of Novak (6). Therefore, Lautremont is in the 7:00 time slot and Novak is the 8:00 time slot. Damien was at 6:45 (2), leaving Cathy at 7:15. Since Cathy is from Berkeley, Alice cannot be from Daly City (5), and is therefore from Palo Alto. Likewise, Kreiger, who must be from Daly City, cannot be Francine, and must be named Evan. This leaves Francine at 8:00.",Logic,09/06/05 #17736,Computer Talk,2.81,2.28,ansh93,"The sentence ""The boxing champion faced many challengers, but he ______ all down"" can be completed with a word in computer jargon -- modem (mowed 'em). Try using computer words to finish the rest of the sentences. NOTE: In many cases the answers may be two actual words that, when combined, sound like one computer word as per the above example mowed 'em becomes modem. 1. Were both father and _________ when they fell asleep at the play last night? 2. After the first inning, the Yankees were ahead one ____ 3. Was Jack ______ a perfect 20-20 when he starred in Dragnet 4. Did the new fishing ______ as well as the old one? 5. A male ovine is more commonly called a ________. 6. How often did Nikita speak to ________ the red phone? 7. The soldiers who were supposed to protect the ________ away instead 8. Her favorite disaster movie was Krakatoa East of ___________. 9. The Ambassador will be _____ Aviv all of next week. 10. The Irish musician said, ""Happiness is a ______ to eat and three or four groupies."" 11. Charles didn't like to be called ________.",No hint available.,"1. Motherboard (mother bored) 2. zip (zip) or run (run) 3. website (Webb's sight) 4. network (net work) or netcast (net cast) 5. RAM (ram) 6. icon (Ike on) 7. Fortran (fort ran) 8. Java (java) 9. Intel (in Tel) 10. byte (bite) 11. Chip (chip)",Language,05/24/04 #17390,The Midgets of Helevater River,2.27,1.97,mad-ade,"During its long and colourful history, there have been many battles fought in and around Madadia. One such legendary battle was known as the ""Midgets of Helevater River"". The battle itself did not contain any midgets and was fought several miles from Helevater River, but it was named in honour of two midgets that helped transport the Madadian army across the afore mentioned river. One officer and 357 weary Madadian soldiers needed to cross the river before engaging in battle. The only method of crossing the river was a small boat owned by two midgets that lived near the river. Unfortunately, it was a midget sized boat that could either hold two midgets or one full-sized person at any given time. How many trips would it take to transport every single soldier across the river and still leave the two midgets in joint possession of their boat?",No hint available.,"At least 1432 trips required. The two midgets row to the opposite shore. One gets out and the other brings the boat back. One soldier rows across; the soldier gets out, and the midget returns with the boat. Thus, it takes 4 trips to get one soldier across and the boat brought back. Hence it takes 4 x 358 = 1432 trips, to get the officer and his 357 soldiers across the river and the midgets left in joint possession of their boat.",Math,04/15/04 #14083,Ug!,2.6,2.23,MrIxolite,"What term is expressed below? To access the website click on the following:",No hint available.,The missing link.,Rebus,07/30/03 #8649, _ _ O _ _,2.54,2.33,lesternoronha1,"I have a five letter word. _ _ O _ _ a) The first letter and the last letter are equidistant from A and Z, respectively. b) Similarly, the second and second last letters are also an equivalent distance from A and Z, respectively. Can you guess the word?","In the English alphabet, the second letter follows the first letter, while the last letter follows the second last letter, consecutively.",The word is G H O S T .,Language,Unknown #6023,Handy to Know,2.74,1.06,cs526columbia,"Can you decipher this rebus? hand hand-shirts,pants,blouses,sweaters,shorts... hand hand hand",Think thrift-shops and flea markets,Second-Hand Clothes,Rebus,07/29/02 #20767,Force,3.13,2.21,smgreyuk,"A man wanted to encrypt his password but he needed to do it in a way so that he could remember it. His password is 7 characters long. The password consists of letters and numbers only (no symbols like ! or <). In order to remember it he wrote down ""You force heaven to be empty."" Can you guess what his password is?",No hint available.,"U472BMT Try prounouncing the answer ""U Four Seven Two B M T"".",Rebus,02/01/05 #10847,I Am Square,2.5100000000000002,1.35,Jenna,"I am square most of the time, A few hours a day I am ""prime."" I can be called a tube, Though I don't know why. Inside me there are visions Of lands, seas and skies. What am I?",No hint available.,"The television. It is usually a square. A few hours a day there is ""primetime television."" Some people call the television a tube. There are pictures of lands, seas and skies on a television.",Riddle,03/03/03 #4040,256 L in A PM,2.42,2.94,Mogmatt16,256 L in A PM,mmmm...... dots.......,256 levels in arcade Pac-Man,Letter-Equations,05/12/02 #1304,Fishing Spoonerism,2.7,2.15,mrice,"A spoonerism is a transposition of initial sounds of two or more words (as in ""tons of soil"" for ""sons of toil""). Armed with this definition, what is a spoonerism for what you do when you go fishing vs. a literary work you don't care for?",You need to prepare something with which to catch a fish.,"The first is to 'bait the hook', and the second is to 'hate the book'.",Language,11/06/01 #18249,Square Series I,2.37,2.05,skoolkid,"Complete the pattern. 3, 8, 24, 48, 120, 168, 288, ___, ___",One away from a square prime.,"360, 528. It is the square of the prime numbers minus 1, i.e. 2^2-1=3, 3^2-1=8, 5^2-1=24, etc...",Series,07/18/04 #9366,EANM,2.6,1.25,hprulz,How many four-letter words can you make out of the letters EANM?,No hint available.,"Four: mean, name, mane, amen",Language,12/23/02 #16929,1 = Snicker,2.72,1.9000000000000001,dsquared,"1 = snicker 5 = laugh 10 = chortle 1000 = fits of laughter and singing",A party on your own is never as much fun.,The more the merrier,Rebus,03/08/04 #49389,Octave,2.68,2.45,cnmne,"The following eight words can be arranged in a certain order. The first and last words in the series have been placed. What is the order of the remaining six words? goon, lace, mine, nor, quest, rage, sage, tan nor, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, sage",No hint available.,"nor, quest, rage, mine, lace, goon, tan, sage The words, when prefixed by the corresponding notes in the music scale, form new words. The eight notes of the music scale span one octave. do + nor = donor re + quest = request mi + rage = mirage fa + mine = famine so + lace = solace la + goon = lagoon ti + tan = titan do + sage = dosage",Series,03/14/12 #42376,Hickory Dickory Clock,2.25,2.0,Abstain,"Hickory, dickory, dock, a mouse has messed up the clock. Something, at least, has messed up the old alarm clock in Randy's bedroom. Sometimes it runs backward, with the hands moving counter-clockwise. When Randy looked at the clock yesterday morning, it showed a quarter to 10. It then ran backward for 14 hours, 6 minutes, and then forward for 5 hours, 53 minutes, and finally backward again for 10 hours, 41 minutes. Randy's clock is a standard 12-hour analog clock. What time will the clock now show?","Remember that in adding and subtracting minutes, there are exactly 60 minutes in an hour. Randy's clock shows only 12 hours.","The clock will show 2:51, or 51 minutes after 2. In considering time, we have to think in units of 12 (hours) and 60 (minutes). The clock showed 45 minutes after 9 when Randy first checked it. After the first 12 hours of the 14 hours and 6 minutes of running backward, the clock was back at 45 minutes after 9. Then it ran back an additional 2 hours and 6 minutes to 39 minutes after 7. After running forward for 5 hours and 53 minutes, the clock showed 32 minutes after 1. After going backward again for 1 hour, the clock showed 32 minutes after 12. Then, after it ran back the remaining 9 hours and 41 minutes, it showed 51 minutes after 2.",Math,06/29/08 #11900,Old-School Defender,2.23,2.24,RandomAccess,"Metal like a fender. Sure to wreck a blender. A tailor is not the mender. I'm the old-school body defender.","Offers great, wearable protection.","Platemail Armor. (If you're confused about the ""blender"" line, just think about it - putting metal in a blender would surely wreck it).",Riddle,04/20/03 #37241,Mixed Awards,2.39,0.7000000000000001,cookieruler,"One of the teachers, Mrs. Pillywag, of Gaithersburg High School, is in charge of giving out awards for student accomplishment. The problem is that she doesn't know who is getting what award or what grade they're in. She knows the names of the students, the possible grades, and what awards there are. The student names are John Smith, Peter Lauer, Lauren Knight, and Kaitlynn Taylor. At the school, the grades are 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th. Only one student receives an award per grade. The possible awards are Science Excellence, Athlete-Scholar, Artist of the Year, and Principal's Choice Award. She also knows: 1. Only a 12th Grader can get the Principal's Choice Award. 2. Lauren has won the Artist Award every year she was in high school. 3. The winners in 9th and 12th grade are both boys. 4. The person who won the Athlete-Scholar Award is in 10th Grade. 5. The winner of the Science Excellence award has only been in the school for 1 year. 6. Lauren is in 11th Grade. 7. Kaitlynn is the Athlete-Scholar. 8. Peter won the award that starts with the same letter as his name.",No hint available.,"Peter is in 12th Grade and won the Principal's Choice Award. Lauren is in 11th Grade and won the Artist of the Year Award. Kaitlynn is in 10th Grade and won the Athlete-Scholar Award. John is in 9th Grade and won the Science Excellence Award.",Logic-Grid,07/05/07 #12199,Never Tired,2.32,1.01,darkrose_6,"A man is awake night after night, he just can't sleep, yet he never feels tired. Why?",No hint available.,He is a night shift worker and sleeps during the day.,Situation,05/03/03 #45495,Slice & Splice 31,2.34,2.32,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: AIM, FIN, ICE, ODD, RED, VAT Group B: *A****, *I****, M*****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are math terms. FACTOR, DIVIDE, MEDIAN",Language,10/15/09 #32813,Mystery U.S. State II,2.48,2.62,calmsavior,"What U.S. state does this rebus represent? I RGRGRGRGRGRG A","How many RG's are there? Where are they?","Virginia. 6 x RG in IA 6 = VI in roman numerals: VI RG in IA",Rebus,09/02/06 #9413,Louisa Likes...,2.44,1.95,queenlila,"Louisa likes fish, rice, and cheese, but she hates bread. Louisa likes Tony, Monica, and Lisa, but she doesn't like Steve. Louisa likes Kansas, Alaska, and Utah, not Florida. Based on these clues, which of these colors does Louisa like? Red Green Blue","Don't think about what the words mean, but how they are spelled.","Louisa only likes words with an even number of letters. Therefore, Louisa likes Blue.",Group,01/02/03 #47587,"3, 76, 49, 24, 59, 36",3.07,1.41,logicgenius,"What is the next number? 3, 76, 49, 24, 59",This isn't in the series category.,"36 Look at the title!",Trick,07/28/10 #14010,Ash Naz Gimbatul,2.56,1.61,Glenbo,"What do the following capital letters stand for and what is this quote from? 1 R to R them A, 1 R to F them, 1 R to B them A, and in the D B them.",This is an inscription on a ring in a book/movie.,"1 Ring to Rule them All, 1 Ring to Find them, 1 Ring to Bring them All, and in the Darkness Bind them. This inscription is on the ""One Ring"", in the story ""The Lord of the Rings"".",Trivia,07/24/03 #27274,"1, 8, 9, 4, 1, ?",2.26,2.73,shenqiang,"What's the next number in this series? 1, 8, 9, 4, 1, ?",The next number is not an integer.,"1/6. 1^4, 2^3, 3^2, 4^1, 5^0, 6^(-1).",Series,12/10/05 #51902,Diagnose Me,1.91,1.58,Jakob99,"I am found in a doctor's office. I hang on the wall, usually next to the blood pressure machine. I am black in color with a grey handle. The front is thin like a pen, while the back is akin to the front of a tube TV. I am an instrument, though I'm not of any use in a music band. I shine a light, magnify the surroundings, and am most commonly used in the ears, mouth, throat, eyes, and nose. What am I?",No hint available.,"An Otoscope. The back has a magnifying glass setup like the front of a tube TV, while the front has a thin piece similar to where the ink comes out of a pen where a light comes out. The doctor can use this to better see inside your mouth, ears, throat, eyes, and nose.",Riddle,06/30/18 #9114,Three Lives,2.7,1.59,lesternoronha1,"Three lives have I. Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks. What am I?",No hint available.,Water,Riddle,12/13/02 #18984,Teacher's Helper.,2.26,2.82,shdwhawk,"A surgeon syringe Slowly sacrificing its life blood In a steady trickle of ""Try Harders"" But a big kiss Is the most painful Injection of them all I'd rather have it Tick me off.",No hint available.,A teacher's red marking pen.,Riddle,09/29/04 #5456,"N, W, H, O, I....",2.31,2.38,peppermintwist,"What comes next in this pattern? N, W, H, O, I, I, E, I, I, ___",No hint available.,E- the letters are the second letters of the numbers one through ten!,Series,07/15/02 #34463,Familiar Misquotes Series III,2.74,2.56,aresII,"Whenever a phrase or sentence becomes part of the common language, there is a strong possibility that it will be quoted inaccurately. Over the course of time, a letter gets shifted or a word is changed and forevermore the quotation becomes a cliche that nobody ever gets quite right. Try to complete each proverbial cliche: 1.) "" ______ the skin of my teeth. "" - Job 2.) ""One good turn ______ another."" - John Heywood 3.) ""Variety is the ______ of life."" - William Cowper",No hint available.,"1.) With 2.) asketh 3.) very spice",Language,12/19/06 #40223,Tricky Tricky,2.69,1.59,metallicman,"Tinman and his wife, Tinmanette, are made from pure copper. They are able to maintain organic life by means that are still unknown to mankind. But let's move on. Tinman was looking off into the horizon and saw a horrific storm coming his way. Where he is standing it is all sunshine, but clearly the storm of the century is making its way to his house. Even so, he stayed outside to watch it as there were hundreds of lightning bolts shooting every which way inside the storm. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck him. Tinman's wife, Tinmanette, saw this through the window and rushed outside to see if he was alright. She brought him back into the house to keep him safe. She called the police and told them that there was lightning coming from over the town. The officer said that it was coming from the storm. Who was right? Was Tinmanette correct with her theory that the lightning was coming from right above the town or was the policeman correct in saying that it came from the storm, even though it hadn't hit the town yet?",No hint available.,"The officer was right. Lightning can shoot out the side of a storm and hit something miles away from the actual storm. And since Tinman is made from solid copper, he was practically asking for it.",Science,01/27/08 #11117,Poorly Lit RAM,2.57,2.12,MrIxolite,"What phrase does the following represent? Poorly Lit RAM Far off ROM",No hint available.,"Dim and Distant Memories. Poorly Lit = Dim Far off = Distant ROM = Read Only Memory RAM = Random Access Memory.",Rebus,03/13/03 #2199,Dark Room,2.42,2.31,iluvcats,"There was a girl who was in a dark room with a machine. She looked at the machine, screamed and ran away, leaving a piece of paper with numbers on it on the ground. Where was she?",Think of the piece of paper.,She was in a movie theater watching a scary movie. The piece of paper was her ticket.,Situation,01/28/02 #730,ECNALG,2.53,1.13,Phyllis,"Can you decipher the common expression show below? ECNALG",No hint available.,Backward glance,Rebus,08/01/01 #44705,Baby Amber,2.37,1.81,peachpants,"Amber is a smart little baby, and only knows three numbers! But in the three numbers is the total of thirty digits! How is that possible?",No hint available.,The three numbers that Amber knows are phone numbers!,Trick,06/21/09 #40730,Unscrambling,2.27,0.9400000000000001,icestar12,"Unscramble the following words. Once you've unscrambled the first word, that will be the category. The rest of the words will be under that category. Category is: rtsspo nentis cocers ootllabf fglo ktblseebalb",No hint available.,"Category is: Sports Tennis Soccer Football Golf Basketball",Language,02/26/08 #1552,A Dozen Royals,2.67,1.41,gokaran,"A dozen Royals gathered round, Entertained by two who clowned. Each King there had servants ten, Though none of them were also men. The lowest servant sometimes might, Defeat the King in a fair fight. A weapon stout, a priceless jewel, The beat of life, a farmer's tool. What are we talking about here folks?",No hint available.,A Deck of Cards.,Riddle,11/30/01 #20915,"10,000 - 9,999...",2.55,1.42,fishmed,"Can you solve this? 10,000 - 9,999 + 9,998 - 9,997... ...5 + 4 - 3 + 2 - 1 = ?",No hint available.,"The answer is 5,000. If you noticed, each consecutive pair, starting with the 1st two equals one and it happens in the progression, 5,000 times.",Math,02/09/05 #10403,Crash Positions!,2.65,2.55,MrIxolite,"What safety advice is given here? {Your-Name-Here} HitCrashStrikeCollide",No hint available.,Brace Yourself For (four) Impact,Rebus,02/12/03 #33074,Night Sky,2.21,0.78,countrygirl101,"I shine when it is dark. I am sometimes full. When I am, I light up the night. There is a blanket around me, but often at night I am cold. What am I?",Look into the night sky. What do you see?,"The moon shines when it is dark, as well as when it is full. There is a blanket of stars that is around it, yet the nights are cold. Also, it is cold in space.",Riddle,09/19/06 #33050,Letter Pairs XV,2.54,2.4,phrebh,"Here are 42 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 14 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 14 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AI AI AL AN AV AV AY DA DI DS EA EL ES ES IA IG KS LE MA NE NI NI NO NS NS NS OC OI PL RA RO RS RW SE TE TE TR TR TR TY UC UT 1. Train axles 2. Paths 3. Fly 4. Wanderers 5. Four-doors 6. Sky vehicles 7. Ships from OPEC countries? 8. Type of tire 9. Vehicles on tracks 10. Sky route 11. Go on a trip 12. Kindle 13. Large water bodies 14. Excessive Interstate speed","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Transportation.","1. TRUCKS 2. ROUTES 3. AVIATE 4. NOMADS 5. SEDANS 6. PLANES 7. OILERS 8. RADIAL 9. TRAINS 10. AIRWAY 11. TRAVEL 12. IGNITE 13. OCEANS 14. NINETY The theme is Transportation.",Language,09/17/06 #50836,Disturbance in the Morning,2.31,0.56,kzmonopoly,"An early morning shake disturbs A chunk of brick falls into the curb Many people panic and shout It's a disaster, without a doubt Wreckage everywhere, glass in the street Some people lie still; Death, they did not cheat And all this, as weird as it may sound Was caused by a fault in the ground What is described here?",No hint available.,"An earthquake. The tremors of an earthquake can cause damage and it is a natural disaster. People can die. Some earthquakes happen due to too much stress on a fault.",Riddle,05/28/16 #9404,Snapoker Tie-Breakers,2.22,2.89,snaps,"The card game Snapoker is a very complex game for four players, requiring the use of two decks of cards with all odd spades, even hearts, prime diamonds (including aces) and non-prime clubs (including aces) removed. Note that jacks are 11, queens are 12, kings are 13. Two jokers are added to the deck and are each worth 15. The cards are dealt among the four players. A hand starts when the dealer shouts ""Let's Snapoker!"" Following a frenetic minute of randomly throwing all cards onto the table, and at the dealer's call of ""Heeeeeeere, piggy, piggy, piggy!"" players are required to grab as many cards as they can. Once all cards have been grabbed, the total value of the cards in each player's hand is added up. Points (4, 3, 2 and 1) are awarded to players on each hand, with the highest card total receiving maximum points. In the event of a tie, the player who can drink a glass of milk through their nose the quickest will receive the greater points. A running score is kept throughout the game. The game is over when someone reaches a total of 518 points or when a fight breaks out, which is a common occurrence. Assume that all four players are equally matched at card-grabbing such that, following the grab, the cards are evenly distributed amongst all four players. What is the lowest card total at which you can be assured you will not be required to drink a glass of milk through your nose in order to break a tie for the maximum 4 points?",No hint available.,"If all four players hold the same number of cards, the lowest card total that would never require a tie-break is 142. If all four players hold the same number of cards, the highest single hand card total at which a tie-breaker might be needed is 141. In this case, the two players who would be required to drink milk through their noses would each have had a hand consisting of a joker and two 8s, 9s, 10s, jacks, queens and kings. Any score above 141 can not be duplicated in a single hand of Snapoker, thus making 142 the lowest total to which a tie-breaker will not need to be applied.",Math,12/27/02 #39542,My Steed,2.23,2.57,mosca,"I ride swiftly over the shadowed plain; Woolly sheep graze in groups. The brooding mountains hide the sun; Their anvil-shaped tops glower on all below. What is the name of my steed?",Which kinds of mountains have anvil-shaped tops?,"Airplane. (Airliner could also be accepted.) The ""plain"" is a layer of altostratus clouds below the airliner. The ""woolly sheep"" are small cumulus clouds hovering in a higher layer. The ""mountains"" are thunderheads, or cumulonimbus clouds that rise high in the sky, and have dark, flat tops that look like anvils.",Riddle,12/11/07 #41581,3-2-1 Blast Off!,2.6,1.8,brain23,"Somehow Greenlake Elementary School had a field trip to outer space! Unfortunately, the school board can't remember the stats! Each person had a different first and last name, they were all different ages, they all liked a different planet, and they all came at a different time. First names: Greg, Kevin, Emily, Carla, Ben Last names: Waters, Brown, Craig, Samuels, Martin Ages: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Favorite planets: Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto Times: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Clues: 1. Carla had the most colorful last name and loved the smallest planet. She went around 6:00. 2. Mr. Craig's son was startled to see his fifth grade class get to outer space at 9:00. 3. Emily was nervous, for this was the first time in her six-year-old life she had gone away from her hometown. 4. As the kids got nearer and nearer to Saturn, Kevin kept asking to get out of the rocket, for he admired its rings. 5. Miss Waters was very excited to get to the end of the solar system, for she loved Neptune. 6. Ben's class got there at 5:00, so they watched the asteroids zooming for a while. 7.Greg was glad when his fourth-grade class got there at 8:00. He was dying to see Mercury! 8. Ms. Samuels' son (who was in second grade) always got books about Mars at bookstores. He loved Mars.","1st grade=6 years old 2nd grade=7 years old 3rd grade=8 years old 4th grade=9 years old 5th grade=10 years old","Kevin Craig, age 10, loved Saturn and got to outer space at 9:00. Ben Samuels, age 7, loved Mars and got to outer space at 5:00. Greg Martin, age 9, loved Mercury and got to outer space at 8:00. Emily Waters, age 6, loved Neptune and got to outer space at 7:00. Carla Brown, age 8, loved Pluto and got to outer space at 6:00.",Logic-Grid,04/18/08 #24580,Twenty-one,2.81,2.4,riddlelover,"Kim (a U.S.A. resident) is exactly twenty years and three months old when she visits her elderly grandmother in China. When she arrives, her grandmother asks her how old she is now. When Kim answers twenty-one, she isn't lying. How is that possible?",No hint available.,"According to some Chinese customs, some Chinese count the nine months in the womb to your age. If Kim was twenty and three months, the additional nine months would make her twenty-one.",Trivia,07/15/05 #47165,The Strange Island,2.89,1.35,greenturtles,"You are touring an island, but it is not any old island. All the residents here are either a type T or L person. Type T people ALWAYS tell the truth. Type L people ALWAYS lie. Now a person comes up to you and says, ""I am a Type L person."" What type of person are they?",No hint available.,"A tourist. A type T could not say that, because he would be lying. A type L couldn't say it, because he would be telling the truth. So the person couldn't be either. Also, since your are touring the island, there are probably others too. And a tourist could either lie or tell the truth. In this case, he would be lying.",Trick,06/06/10 #39459,Polyglot,2.81,2.55,aresII,"One syllable an amphibian I vow. If you cut me in half, I'm syllables two; I'm English, I'm Latin, the one and the other; What's English in one half is Latin in the other.",No hint available.,"The amphibian is TOAD. TO - In the direction of; toward. (English) AD - In the direction of; toward. (Latin)",Riddle,12/04/07 #40088,Extremely Exhausting,2.59,2.02,aresII,"My 7, 8, 6 is a listening device. My 1, 5, 3 is an English channel. My 12, 6, 2, 10, 11 can be a measure of salt. My 10, 11, 9 is a squids defense. My 4, 10, 11, 12 was a Lear. My whole is extremely exhausting.",No hint available.,"BACKBREAKING. Clue 1 = ear. Clue 2 = BBC. Clue 3 = grain. Clue 4 = ink. Clue 5 = King.",Riddle,01/17/08 #5619,Alien Balloons,2.81,1.9000000000000001,im_para_noid,"Aliens have inflated two identical balloons, but one is inflated more than the other. You have the option of being inside the smaller balloon or the larger balloon. Once inside, your captors will join the two balloons by a short length of tubing. Then they will let the air flow freely between the balloons. Does the smaller balloon expand as the larger one shrinks? You have to make the right choice, because, alas, you have claustrophobia and therefore want to choose the balloon that will eventually give you the most room for movement. Which balloon do you choose?",No hint available.,"Choose the larger one, which will get even larger. If you choose the smaller balloon, it will shrink until it completely engulfs you. The smaller balloon has greater elastic force, and will exert a greater inward force. It has greater internal pressure, which is why it is initially more difficult to inflate a balloon than when it has already started expanding.",Science,07/16/02 #31704,Heads Up!,2.54,2.31,Cogmatic,"One day, two friends named Al and Bob found a shiny quarter on the ground. To decide who would get it, Al would flip the coin. If it came up heads, then Al would keep it, but if it was tails, Bob would have to flip for it. If Bob got heads, Bob would keep the coin, but if he got tails, then Al would flip it and the entire process would repeat. Assuming that Al goes first and that the coin has an equal chance of landing on either heads or tail, what is the probability that Al would keep the coin?",It isn't 1/2.,"2/3 If Al flipped heads, then he would win, and the probability of that happening would be 1/2. However, he could also win if he flipped tails, Bob flipped tails, and Al flipped heads afterwards. The probability of this happening would be: (1/2)(1/2)(1/2)=1/8 If this process were to continue indefinitely, then the probability of Al winning would be: (1/2)+(1/8)+(1/32)+...+(1/2)(1/4)^n in which n equals an integer one greater than the end preceding it and one less than one integer after it. Using the formula to obtain a solution for the summation of a geometric sequence, it is possible to deduce that the summation equals: (1/2)/((1-(1/4)) which is simplified to 2/3.",Probability,07/12/06 #34379,Cluck Cluck Cluck,2.15,2.5100000000000002,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? --------------- OOO - hen --------------- 10 yard 20 yard 30 yard 40 yard 50 yard 40 yard 30 yard ...",Very much an environmental feel to this one.,"Ozone layer It isn't an 'end' zone but an 'o' zone and of course a hen is a 'layer'.",Rebus,12/13/06 #43700,Country in Your Face,2.3,1.26,LouiseF,"If you remove the last letter of a country, the other letters become a part of your face. What country do you begin with?",No hint available.,"You begin with China. When you remove the ""a"", it becomes chin.",Language,12/09/08 #33177,A New Type of Word Pyramid 2,2.62,2.19,Battery,"In this word pyramid you have to take the letters from the first line and put them around the letter on the second line to form a new word. Once you have the next word, do the same with the next line. Art _ e _ _ _ _ _ _ h _ _ _ _ e _ f _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ d",No hint available.,"Art Tear Earth Heater/aether Feather Fathered",Language,09/26/06 #9125,"Rope, Off, Start",2.52,1.8800000000000001,warrior,"What word can be added to these words to make new words or phrases? Rope, off, start, high",No hint available.,"Jump. Jump rope, jump-off, jumpstart, high jump.",Language,12/13/02 #28297,The Mute Man,2.43,2.03,juggler,"A man got one of his fingers chopped off by the Mafia, and opened his mouth as if to yelp in pain, but no sound came out. Why?",No hint available.,"The man was the star of a silent movie, before the sound was added (""talkies"").",Situation,01/27/06 #14712,Animal Crackers,2.78,2.27,MrIxolite,"You can make seven words out of the following letters. To make the words you need to separate the letters into groups (groups can be of any number of letters, but they must be kept in the same order) and then place the name of an animal in front of your chosen group to make a word. chingardmdwheelmaticment",ching / ard / m / d / wheel / matic / ment,"CATching COWard HAREm BEARd FLYwheel DOGmatic PIGment",Language,09/09/03 #15708,Mad Ade's Funky Fractions 9,2.28,1.66,mad-ade,"The idea of this teaser is to split the given words into the relevant fractions and then add the two fractions of words into one single word, once you have worked out which fraction of the word you need. For example 3/5 of Green and 1/2 of Neat would be Great. 3/5 of green =Gre 1/2 of Neat= at gre+at= Great The first part of the fraction in the teaser will be in the first part of the finished word and all letters are used in the correct order with no skipping of any letters, ie. 2/5 of Green cannot be GE because it skips the letter R, but it could be EE. 1. 3/5 of cover + 5/7 of optical 2. 1/2 of barrel + 2/3 of eve + 3/5 of antic 3. 3/4 of elevator + 1/3 of end 4. 1/4 of flexible + all of cell + 3/4 of sent 5. 3/5 of swine + 3/4 of down",No hint available.,"1. vertical 2. relevant 3. elevate 4. excellent 5. window",Language,12/07/03 #8346,Joe and Smoe,2.43,2.47,tissue,"Two friends, Joe and Smoe, were born in May, one in 1932, the other a year later. Each had an antique grandfather clock of which he was extremely proud. Both of the clocks worked fairly well considering their age, but one clock gained ten seconds per hour while the other one lost ten seconds per hour. On a day in January, the two friends set both clocks correctly at 12:00 noon. ""Do you realize,"" asked Joe, ""that the next time both of our clocks will show exactly the same time will be on your 47th birthday?"" Smoe agreed. Who is older, Joe or Smoe?",No hint available.,"To find the answer, we have to find how long it will be before the clocks show the same time again. This is when the slow clock loses six hours, and the fast one gains six hours. This will take 90 days. In 90 days they will come together at 6:00. On a calendar, there are 90 days between noon January 31, and noon May 1 in years with no leap year. If Smoe had been born in 1933, his 47th birthday would have been in 1980, a leap year. This means that Smoe must be older, born in 1932, and the time of this problem is 1979.",Logic,11/03/02 #40591,Add it Up - PA,2.5,1.24,Scubee,"Beginning with the letters ""pa"", add one letter from the given pool to create a new word until you get a six-letter word meaning ""of few and scattered elements"". Do not scramble the letters as you add them. There may be more than one path to reach the final word. The hint offers definitions for one path. Pool: R S E S 1) PA 2) 3) 4) 5)","2) the standard score for each hole of a golf course 3) to gesture without landing a blow to draw one's opponent 4) the knocking down of all ten pins with the first two balls in a frame in bowling","1) PA 2) PAR 3) SPAR 4) SPARE 5) SPARSE",Language,02/19/08 #595,Dead and Bound,2.18,2.19,snoopdogg,"Dead and Bound What once was free What made no sound Now sings with glee.",No hint available.,violin or another stringed instrument,Riddle,06/06/01 #39227,Bishops Amok,2.1,2.63,Hrsemn4,"One variation of the famous ""Eight Queens Puzzle"" is the ""Bishop Puzzle"". We know that you can place up to 8 queens on a chessboard with no other pieces in such a fashion that no queen can be taken. We also know that you can place 32 knights on the board in such a fashion that none can be taken. Do you know how many bishops you can place on a standard 8x8 chessboard so that no piece can be taken? What is their placement?",No hint available.,"Fourteen bishops can be placed on the board. There are a number of solutions for this problem, but the simplest is the following placement. 1) b8 2) c8 3) d8 4) e8 5) f8 6) g8 7) a1 8) b1 9) c1 10) d1 11) e1 12) f1 13) g1 14) h1",Logic,11/16/07 #18562,Hive Finance,2.27,2.25,MrIxolite,"Consider Ben. What phrase is he representing? Bob the Bee loans Barry the Bee £100 Ben the Bee invests £100",No hint available.,Not a borrower nor a lender be (bee),Rebus,08/15/04 #43113,Real (But Fictional) Estate,2.85,2.16,chaskey,"Five Property Owners sold real estate in five areas of town to five buyers with the aid of five real-estate companies. Who did what and where? Owners: Alice, Ann, Burt, Clyde, David Buyers: Gary, George, Harriet, Jane, Mary Realtors: Big Lands Realty, Lots 'n Lots, Grounders Realtors, AcreAge, ProperTies Properties: Streetview Apts., Fabulous Flats, Wooden Oaks Manor, Running Water Ranch, Cornered Castle Locations: Wet Beaches, Dryrain Gulch, The Hamlet, Dis-strict District, Even Fields 1. Jane bought Wooden Oaks Manor to help her nephew Clyde (the owner), but she planned to resell it, because she wanted nothing to do with the Dis-strict District where it was located. 2. Harriet didn't trust Grounders Realtors, so she chose instead to invest in an Even Fields property. 3. Lots 'n Lots does not handle property in the Dis-strict District, and Clyde does not deal with Big Lands Realty. 4. The five real-estate companies are: AcreAge, the one which handled David's Streetview Apts. (which was sold to George), the one with property in Dryrain Gulch, the one from which Mary bought Running Water Ranch, and the one which sold Burt's Fabulous Flats. 5. Neither Grounders nor ProperTies will handle property in the Dis-strict District. 6. Alice was delighted when Lots 'n Lots informed her that her Running Water Ranch had been sold to a cowgirl. That was the most expensive property in the Wet Beaches area, but it was not as expensive as the property ProperTies sold in The Hamlet.",No hint available.,"Alice--Mary--Lots' n Lots--Running Water Ranch--Wet Beaches Ann--Gary--Grounders Realtors--Cornered Castle--Dryrain Gulch Burt--Harriet--Big Lands Realty--Fabulous Flats--Even Fields Clyde--Jane--AcreAge--Wooden Oaks Manor--Dis-strict District David--George--ProperTies--Streetview Apts.--The Hamlet",Logic-Grid,09/18/08 #2424,Fruity,2.2,1.01,Mad-ade,Which is the only fruit to have its seeds on the outside?,No hint available.,A strawberry,Trivia,02/24/02 #5748,Boom or not,2.4,1.98,bud_bobo,"What can explode slowly, with no smoke or flame?",No hint available.,A population,Other,07/21/02 #26243,Moving to London,2.88,0.91,HogwartsGirl05,"Last year, as I prepared to board the plane that would take me to my new home in London, my five aunts each gave me a gift. Each gift was something I had always cherished deeply. Charlotte, Patsy, Helen, Gail and Donna (in no particular order) gave me seeds to plant, advice, books, a map, and my grandmother's sewing box (in no particular order). Can you deduce from these clues, which aunt gave which gift and in what order? 1. When I was young, I was taught to plant and grow flowers by the only aunt whose name contains a C, so she gave me things to plant in my new garden. 2. The first gift I was given, at the airport, was so I could always find my way home. 3. The sewing box was not given last although it was given after the seeds. 4. Aunt Helen always told stories about how I would simply devour the written word, so she gave me plenty of volumes to read. 5. The books were the only gift whose first letter corresponded to its place in the alphabet and to the order in which it was given. 6. The last gift I received was from Aunt Patsy. She told me to ""never quit believing that there was good in all,"" and that ""teaching is the noblest of professions. For while teachers do not make millions, they do make tomorrow's leaders."" 7. Aunt Gail cannot sew, so grandmother did not give her the sewing box.","Volumes: think about encyclopedias. If you need more then I am really bad at this.","Aunt, Gift, Order Gail, Map, 1 Helen, Books, 2 Charlotte, Seeds, 3 Donna, Sewing Box, 4 Patsy, Advice, 5",Logic-Grid,10/07/05 #49672,But That's a Boy's Name!,2.84,1.79,Quocalimar,"Which of these names doesn't quite fit the list? Alan Alex Andre Carl Dan Eric Paul Pete Robert",Refer to the title.,"Pete The rest of the names can have an 'A' tossed onto the end, to form common, widely accepted female names.",Group,11/19/12 #15992,Renewable Energy,2.45,1.31,curtiss82,"For his science fair project, John decided to experiment with renewable energy sources. He hoped that his work will solve all of our energy problems. He decided to power a generator with an electric motor. He thought once the generator was up to speed, he could just flip a switch and the generator could supply the electricity that powered the electric motor. John was for sure he made a historical discovery, he found an alternative to fossil fuels. His energy source was purely renewable. Why did his experiment fail once he put it to the test?",If his invention works he will be breaking one of the most fundamental laws of science.,"Even if the generator and electric motor were 100% efficient, his set up would still not work. The maximum amount of electrical power that the generator can supply is equal to the mechanical power that the electric motor provides. So once the generator powers the electric motor, there would be no power left to run any additional electrical appliance. If it worked it would be breaking the Conservation of Energy Law; he would be making energy out of nothing. In reality, neither the motor nor the generator are 100% efficient. The generator doesn't convert all of the mechanical power to electricity and the motor doesn't convert all of the electrical power to mechanical power. A lot of the power is lost as heat. So in reality, besides not being able to power any additional appliances, the generator and motor would stop running after a short period.",Science,12/30/03 #34803,Missing Triplets,2.64,2.04,grungy49,"A missing triplet is simply where three letters have been left out of the word. In this case, I have given you five words, with the same three letters taken out of each. Can you put the same three letters back into each word? You may not jumble the words, and the letters will always remain in the same order. They may not be all next to each other, but if the missing triplet is NTP, there will never be a T before an N. And, I'll give you a little clue. One of the letters in the triplet is 'T'. 1. E N H N 2. S R L E 3. N A S A 4. L O E S 5. O U T S Warning: Hint shows another letter in the triplet.",Another letter in the triplet is 'C'.,"The missing triplet is 'CAT'. 1. ENCHANT 2. SCARLET 3. CANASTA 4. LOCATES 5. OUTCAST",Language,01/10/07 #47829,Cryptic Nonagrams - P,2.43,2.23,dalfamnest,"A nonagram is a 9-letter word made from three 3-letter words or abbreviations. In this teaser, each sentence gives three clues, leading to the three short words (or abbreviations) that make the nonagram. *Example* Worker on a curved path, with a little twitch. *Hint* Polar (region) *Answer* Antarctic - [Worker = ANT; Curved path = ARC; Twitch = TIC] These nonagrams all begin with the letter ""P"". 1. Buddy came to a big hole - and swallowed 2. In favour of the statute I have (briefly written) 3. The score a golfer expects, with a strong beer and an American girl 4. Write nothing but an ""S"" shape The HINT gives - some suggestions to help you with cryptic clues - a further clue for each complete nonagram","* You can usually ignore words such as ""with"", ""before"", ""on"", and ""join""; these are links between clues. * ""Little"" or ""briefly"" may suggest an abbreviation. * Watch out for possible acronyms. CLUES FOR THE NONAGRAMS 1. Pulsate 2. Enterprising 3. Legal assistant 4. Broke","1. PALPITATE - Buddy = PAL; Hole = PIT; Swallowed = ATE 2. PROACTIVE - In favour of = PRO; Statute = ACT; I have (briefly) = IVE 3. PARALEGAL - Expected score = PAR; Strong beer = ALE; Girl (US) = GAL 4. PENNILESS - Write = PEN; Nothing = NIL; ""S"" = ESS",Language,08/27/10 #42194,Lateral Thinking 5,2.48,2.54,shogun,Why did the lady deliberately tell the bus driver she found a lost lunch box which she had actually brought on the bus herself?,She wants somebody to get it.,"The parcel contained her husband's sandwiches, which he had forgotten to take to work. He worked in the lost property office of the bus company.",Situation,06/10/08 #12231,Other Map,2.23,2.85,Gizzer,"What does this rebus mean? OTHER MAP",It's an anagram of an 8-letter word.,"Mixed Metaphor A mixed metaphor attempts to create an extended comparison but fails because it is not consistent with itself. Remember, even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed!",Rebus,05/05/03 #16261,4 = H at H S of W and W,2.57,1.96,rckergrl87,"4 = H at H S of W and W (G, H, R, and S)",Think Harry Potter,"4 = Houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin)",Letter-Equations,01/19/04 #38360,14 Finger T-shirt,2.85,1.43,sarah7,"In Handland the currency is fingers. What does the cost of the following sale item represent? 1 T-shirt Normal price: 19 fingers Sale price: 14 fingers",No hint available.,"5 finger discount. If you steal something it is often called a 5 finger discount.",Rebus,09/19/07 #41653,Relationships #9,2.58,2.63,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your job is to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck! COLUMN A Regent Per Herd Clever Best COLUMN B Kept Model Scone Metallic Pendulum",No hint available.,"All words in COLUMN A can form a new word by putting 'a' after the first 'e' in the word. Regent = Reagent Per = Pear Herd = Heard Clever = Cleaver Best = Beast",Group,04/24/08 #40243,Doesn't Belong lll,2.45,2.05,tigerlily34,"Which of these words doesn't belong? SUN, AFRICAN, BLACK, BROWN",No hint available.,AFRICAN doesn't belong; the other words are kinds of bears.,Group,01/28/08 #13862,More Homonyms,2.68,2.0,Bobbrt,"Below are two clues for words that are homonyms of each other. For example, ""Number after one...Also"" would result in ""Two...Too"". Can you get all of the words? 1. Uninterested...Panel 2. Permitted...Spoken 3. Walked...Adhesive 4. Cries for help...Satisfy 5. Small bag...Strut or flounce 6. Propelled...Finished",No hint available.,"1. Bored...Board 2. Allowed...Aloud 3. Paced...Paste 4. Pleas...Please 5. Sachet...Sashay 6. Threw...Through",Language,07/17/03 #41684,Two Thieves,2.23,1.61,Carlos16,"Haley, Octavio, Ray, and Kate are found in an alley at midnight and accused of robbing a house. If only the two thieves' statements are false, then who were the thieves? Kate: It was Haley and Octavio. Haley: It was Kate and Ray. Octavio: It was Kate and I. Ray: It wasn't me.",No hint available.,"Octavio cannot be telling the truth since he is incriminating himself. Octavio must be lying, and Kate cannot be his partner. Since Kate is telling the truth, Haley and Octavio were the thieves. Answer: Octavio and Haley",Logic,04/25/08 #52518,Here For a Short Time,2.95,2.2,ThinksForFun,"I seem to come out of nowhere at all Then quickly disappear like the dewfall Once I get out, I can spread like wildfire But before too long, my life will expire Where one resides in the grand scheme of things Dictates the emotions my telling brings When I break, my end's not yet realized I've just begun making people surprised What am I?",No hint available.,news,Riddle,11/20/20 #1584,Walk On The Living,2.72,1.8,gokaran,"Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they?",No hint available.,Fallen leaves.,Riddle,12/04/01 #43126,2 = 1st P N,2.29,1.4,shenqiang,2 = 1st P N,"The ""N"" stands for ""number"".",2 = 1st prime number.,Letter-Equations,09/19/08 #37635,The Fourth State,2.22,1.8900000000000001,leftclick,"I am inside the Sun, lightning and televisions! My name is also used for something else that is inside you. What am I?",No hint available.,"Plasma. Plasma is a state of matter in which a gas has become supercharged with energy such that it becomes ionised, that is, some of the electrons escape their orbits and become free. It is the fourth state of matter, after solid, liquid and gas. It is found inside the Sun and other stars, where nuclear fusion occurs. Another form of plasma is lightning, which is a high-energy electrical discharge. Plasma TVs and monitors use a thin film of an inert gas, which is excited into a plasma state to produce the picture. Plasma was named after blood plasma - the liquid component of blood (as distinct from the blood cells).",Riddle,08/03/07 #23573,Just Stare,2.7,1.21,Swordoffury1392,"Looks like water, But it's heat. Sits on sand, Lays on concrete. People have been known, To follow it everywhere. But it gets them no place, And all they can do is stare.",No hint available.,A mirage,Riddle,06/11/05 #481,B of a F F T,2.19,2.3,Sydgal47,B of a F F T,No hint available.,Birds of a feather flock together,Letter-Equations,05/21/01 #50567,I've Got the Blues,2.88,0.93,theriddler,"The pain is gone--it's old news The memory though is hard to lose Resulting in, today, the blues, And dare I say, some darker hues Can you please make it plain with these clues What's this reminder of pain? Don't refuse.",Hint: The darker hue is black and blue.,A bruise.,Riddle,04/13/15 #536,What lies in bed...,2.4,1.85,snoopdogg,"What lies in bed and stands in bed? First white, then red The plumper it gets, the better we like it?",No hint available.,A strawberry,Riddle,05/28/01 #3351,Bike Trip,2.52,1.9000000000000001,204_BLaZe_41,"Justin Time was on a gruelling trip from his hometown of Neutron to the town of Proton. Justin and his bicycle were able to hitch a ride to the town of Electron, which was exactly halfway to Proton. The ride lasted one hour, and was ten times faster than if Justin had cycled the same distance. When Justin got out of the car at Electron he noticed his tire was flat, which meant walking the rest of the way to Proton. Walking took him twice as long as cycling. When Justin finally reached Proton, he repaired his bicycle tire and rode the entire distance home to Neutron. How much time did each trip take and which of the two was faster?",No hint available.,"The return trip was faster. Since it was one hour to Electron by car, which was ten times faster than cycling, the time from Electron to Proton took an additional 20 hours since he walked, and walking took twice as long as cycling. Therefore, the first half of the trip took a total of 21 hours. The return trip took Justin 20 hours, since he cycled the entire distance and cycling is twice as fast as walking.",Math,04/08/02 #9514,Four Digit Number,2.17,1.61,NuttieKiwis263,"What is the highest four-digit number, with no zeros, in which the first digit is one-quarter of the third digit, the second digit is three times the first digit, and the third and last digits are the same?",No hint available.,2688,Math,12/31/02 #45491,Lazy Final Saturday,2.66,1.65,whsprec,"The Saturday after final's week, five roommates were feeling lazy. So they decided to wake up late, eat breakfast, read a book, and then watch a sport on the TV. From the clues given can you determine who ate what breakfast, the book they read, and the sport they watched. 1) Sam White watched soccer, while the basketball watcher had crepes. 2) Adam Brown read The Shack. 3) Edward Black had toast for breakfast; he didn't read The Host or watch football. 4) Fried eggs and 206 Bones took up most of the morning of one of the roommates, but not Sam White or Russell Green. 5) Football was watched after reading Spartan Gold. 6) The reader of The Host didn't eat pancakes, and the reader of the A Princess of Landover didn't watch baseball.",No hint available.,"Russell Green ate pancakes, read Spartan Gold, then watched football. Sam White ate waffles, read The Host, then watched soccer. Chris Grey ate fried eggs, read 206 Bones, then watched baseball. Adam Brown ate crepes, read The Shack, then watched basketball. Edward Black ate toast, read A Princess of Landover, then watched swimming.",Logic-Grid,10/13/09 #16003,CHAR Acters,2.7,1.6400000000000001,AXTON,"Which fictional characters are being referred to below? H + M + B + L + M = the S F",Marge,"HOMER, MARGE, BART, LISA, MAGGIE = the SIMPSON FAMILY",Letter-Equations,01/01/04 #21010,Old Hat,2.15,2.19,badbunnee,"What expression is shown by this rebus? A has-been at Waikiki",No hint available.,Washed up on the beach.,Rebus,02/13/05 #1543,Change the Second Letter,2.86,2.29,psychodude57,"By changing the second letter of each word below, you can make another valid word. Can you change each word such that the second letters will reveal an eleven letter word when read downwards? Therefore, what now reads AWPYRNUCEPA will be a real word. BAKE SWAP OPAL DYED ARKS SNOW LUMP ACES MELT SPUN RANT",No hint available.,"Investigate; bike, snap, oval, deed, asks, stow, limp, ages, malt, stun, rent.",Language,11/27/01 #30808,A Mansion I Am,2.67,2.1,twixy,"A mansion I am With many residents, Usually. The greenest of stone Encloses me And my rooms Are divulged In a color of primary. So tell me now And tell me here What kind of mansion May I be?",No hint available.,"A watermelon. (Red is the primary color)",Riddle,05/31/06 #13075,Best for a Cold Night,2.77,0.97,ejasami,"Which keeps you warmer, a two-inch thick blanket or two blankets one inch thick each? The blankets are made of the exact same material.",No hint available.,The two blankets one inch thick each. The layer of air between the two blankets acts as insulation too.,Science,06/12/03 #28493,Rhyme Riddle 3,2.79,1.28,cdrock,"We are four words that rhyme To figure us out, it is now time The first is simply paper money The next needs wind, and that's not funny The third is when you pour something out, but miss The last is simply a murder; so just listen to this..... Now tell me what these four words are And you just might go really far",No hint available.,"Bill, Mill (windmill), Spill, and Kill",Riddle,02/07/06 #18147,The Last Color Is...,2.73,2.7600000000000002,meintsi,"Complete the following series; 1. Dark purple 2. Light blue 3. Light purple 4. Orange 5. Red 6. Yellow 7. Green 8. ???",Go for a walk on the Boardwalk!!!,"Dark blue. It's the colors of the properties in the order you come across them in Monopoly. (the first you come across after you pass go is first, the second is second, etc.)",Series,07/07/04 #44187,Rachael Ray Quotes,2.05,1.8800000000000001,chittermouse3,"Can you decipher these quotes from Rachael Ray? (The hint gives all the vowels.) ""Frah oui naymmo fyhd du cruf cusa muja, gaab dra vmufanc yht cyo ed fedr cbykradde."" ""Ev oui'na rispma yht ryntfungehk, ubbundihedeac femm yneca vun oui.""","If Y=A, then all Y's in the encrypted quote should be changed to A's. Y=A A=E E=I U=O I=U","""When you really want to show some love, keep the flowers and say it with spaghetti."" ""If you're humble and hardworking, opportunities will arise for you."" Y=A P=B L=C T=D A=E V=F K=G R=H E=I Z=J G=K M=L S=M H=N U=O B=P X=Q N=R C=S D=T I=U J=V F=W Q=X O=Y W=Z",Cryptography,02/28/09 #30081,Crossquare III,2.71,1.84,phrebh,"Solve each clue below. The answers will form a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. Election participant 2. Form of entertainment 3. Male singing voice 4. Wear away 5. Scarcer",No hint available.,"1. VOTER 2. OPERA 3. TENOR 4. ERODE 5. RARER",Language,04/26/06 #38794,Disem Body Ing,2.67,2.48,cnmne,"Complete each of the following 12 words by inserting a body part.. The number of letters in the missing body part is given for each word. Example: given Y(3)N, insert EAR to spell YEARN. F(3)PANT G(3)ENT PH(3)M T(3)UNE C(4)ELIER FRI(4)ESS MA(4)E P(4)ING CRI(5)SS DE(5)Y DIS(5)ENED NEO(5)IAL",No hint available.,"FLIPPANT - F LIP PANT GARMENT - G ARM ENT PHLEGM - PH LEG M TRIBUNE - T RIB UNE CHANDELIER - C HAND ELIER FRISKINESS - FRI SKIN ESS MACHINE - MA CHIN E PLUNGING - P LUNG ING CRISPINESS - CRI SPINE SS DELIVERY - DE LIVER Y DISHEARTENED - DIS HEART ENED NEOCOLONIAL - NEO COLON IAL",Language,10/16/07 #46583,Tag the Teacher,2.62,1.91,dalfamnest,"Sam and three other teachers work in a block of four adjacent classrooms, numbered A6, A7, A8, and A9. Although (perhaps) they don't deserve it, their students have created quite uncomplimentary nicknames for them; one is 'Flabbz'. From this information, and the clues below, can you determine which room each teacher uses, and their nicknames? 1. When 'Gonzo' teaches, she is so loud that her voice disturbs Jan and 'The Wasp', who work in the rooms adjacent to hers. 2. The four teachers are Liz, the teacher in Room A7, 'Crustie' (who does not teach in A8), and the only male teacher, Mike. 3. Jan does not teach at either end of the classroom block.","Clue #1 holds an indirect clue that is easy to miss. It is quite tricky to solve this using the grid, so you may prefer to work with a diagram. e.g. || A6 | A7 | A8 | A9 || If you are stuck, try placing the teachers in clue #1 first. There are four ways to do that, some of which will be rejected by applying clue #2.","A6: 'Crustie' Sam A7: 'Flabbz' Jan A8: 'Gonzo' Liz A9: Mike 'The Wasp' Solution: 'Gonzo' (a woman - #1) is between Jan and 'The Wasp' (#1). Jan is not at either end (#3) so the only possibilities have ""6: 'Wasp', 7: 'Gonzo', 8: Jan"" and ""7: Jan, 8: 'Gonzo', 9: 'Wasp'."" Clue #2 mentions four teachers; hence four different rooms. If we use the option with 'Wasp' in 6, then 'Crustie'=9, leaving 7 and 8 for Liz and Mike. However, this option has Jan in 8, so it is rejected. The remaining possibility has 'Wasp' in 9, 'Gonzo'=8, so (applying #2) 'Crustie'=6, and 'Flabbz'=7. Jan is in 7, so Mike and Liz must be in 8 and 9. Gonzo, in 8, must be female (#1) so Liz=8, Mike=9, leaving Sam=6.",Logic-Grid,03/21/10 #48620,Holding Hands,2.22,1.31,mjk13,"A man and woman run through a field holding hands. They bound toward the sunset, happy as can be. Suddenly, the man moves off of his straight line course and starts veering to his left. At the same time, the woman begins running off to her right. They continue this for a full minute, but never let go of each others hands. How is this possible?",Think of the way they are facing. (Cardinal directions),"They start off facing each other, with the woman facing east and the man west. They start running west (the woman runs backwards). Then when they veer off, they head south (to the woman's right and the man's left).",Logic,04/10/11 #6551,Pig,2.24,1.16,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? pigpigpig",No hint available.,Three little pigs!,Rebus,08/15/02 #50723,Final Destination,2.11,0.9400000000000001,paulbrec,"Two people are travelling across the country. They both leave from the same city, and both have the same final destination. They also both leave at the exact same day and time. One travels by bus, and the other by aircraft. However, the bus passenger arrives before the passenger on the aircraft. How is this possible?",Title is a hint.,"The person travelling by air made a stopover. I didn't say they both travelled directly to their destination. I said they both had the same final destination.",Situation,11/04/15 #30690,A Conversation,3.01,2.68,phrebh,"Fred and his wife, Nikita, were having a conversation about words while on a road trip. Fred said, ""I am thinking of a devilishly tricky word that has five consonants in a row."" Nikita countered with, ""That's a good one, but people are lining up to find a word with five vowels in a row."" What words were Fred and Nikita thinking of?","Fred's word: ""devilishly"" Nikita's phrase: ""lining up""","Fred was thinking of witchcraft and Nikita was thinking of queueing. While having a good chuckle over their cleverness, Nikita missed the turn off for Wheeling and they wasted an hour getting back on the right road.",Language,05/25/06 #27635,The Sixth Number Is?,2.24,0.87,peppamintp,"Can you figure out the sixth number in this series? 65, 57, 50, 44, 39,__, 32, 30, 29",No hint available.,"35 (-8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1)",Series,12/22/05 #5478,Cigar,2.22,0.84,mollynoodl,What is in the middle of a cigar?,No hint available.,"The letter ""g"" is in the middle of a ""cigar""!",Trick,07/22/02 #38019,Incomplete Words VII,2.54,1.33,tedger,"Below are ten words each missing the same two letter combination. Can you figure out what those two letters are? Lunche_ _ Qu_ _set Ph_ _eme Newt_ _ Und_ _e _ _erous M_ _ochromatic Br_ _ze T_ _er _ _i_ _",No hint available.,"The letters are ON Luncheon Quonset Phoneme Newton Undone Onerous Monochromatic Bronze Toner Onion",Language,08/29/07 #7110,I Have Four Wings,2.29,2.2,michelle,"I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I'm always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?",No hint available.,A Windmill.,Riddle,09/01/02 #46567,Two Dice,2.37,0.92,Stack1607,"When you roll two dice, what is the probability that the sum of the four numbers on the two faces that face down (to the table or ground) and the two faces that face up is 14?",No hint available.,"1 100% The sum of the numbers of opposite faces of every die is 7.",Trick,03/19/10 #17678,Trouble,2.67,2.47,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? The Ice Age does (W) a Geography Exam The Stone Age does (E) an English Exam The Bronze Age does (L) a History Exam The Iron Age does (I) a Physics Exam The Medieval Age does (V) a Maths Exam The Industrial Age does (E) a Chemistry Exam",No hint available.,"We live in testing times. The ages or times are doing exams, or being tested.",Rebus,05/18/04 #1870,Bolt of Cloth,2.21,1.59,missie,"A bolt of cloth is colored as follows: one-third and one-quarter of it are black, the other 8 yards are gray. How long is the bolt?",No hint available.,19.2 yards,Math,12/29/01 #15321,Willy Wallace's Window Cleaning,2.26,1.98,timmyboym,"Willy Wallace, the window cleaner, washes skyscraper windows every day. The skyscrapers all have 109 windows, and Willy Wallace washes 37 windows each day. There are a lot of skyscrapers towering next to each other (all identical to each other), and Willy Wallace is told to wash as many as he can. At the end of a particular day, he has washed only 1 window of a particular skyscraper. What day is this? How many full skyscrapers has he washed?",No hint available.,It is day 56 and he has washed 19 skyscrapers. He has washed 1 window of skyscraper number 20.,Math,11/04/03 #20643,Duffus and The Mysterious Prowler 2,2.85,1.04,od-1,"Duffus had been outside for hours raking leaves. As night drew near he made his way indoors. His wife had just prepared some hot chocolate and fresh baked cookies. ""I just love the smell of baking cookies,"" remarked Mrs. Duffus as she gave him a big plateful. ""Thanks, but I can't smell anything with this cold. My nose is stuffed, my back and arms ache, and my head is pounding. Thanks dear, but I'm going to bed,"" sniffed Duffus, carting along two Kleenex boxes. Mrs. D had just cleaned up and joined her husband upstairs when there came a loud clatter from the kitchen. ""Oh my, it's that prowler I read about in the paper this morning! Duffus, go look!"" exclaimed Mrs. D with a trembling voice. Duffus crept down the stairs armed only with a box of tissues, an umbrella, and his razor sharp wit. ""I know you're in there and I'm armed,"" shouted Duffus, trying not to sound petrified. The clatter grew louder and then stopped just as Duffus made his heroic charge into the kitchen in an attempt to impale the intruder with his umbrella. Mrs. D was right behind him to turn on the lights, revealing an empty plate of cookies and a disastrous mess left behind by the intruder before he escaped out the open kitchen window. ""I'm calling the police!"" Duffus shouted as he furiously shook his umbrella out the window. Grabbing a tea towel to cover her face as she coughed and gagged, Mrs.D choked out the words, ""Don't bother, I know who did this and you will too when your cold clears. Now get me the tomato juice and a mop."" Indeed the next day it became clear not only to Duffus but everyone who came to visit who the mysterious prowler had been. But how did they know who it was since no one had seen the prowler and there was no visible evidence other than the trashed kitchen and the missing cookies?",No hint available.,"Duffus, with his stuffed up nose, had no idea what had happened, but Mrs. D knew exactly who the prowler was. Yes, the pungent odour the skunk left behind when Duffus startled it let everyone who came to their house know who the mysterious prowler had been.",Mystery,01/27/05 #51619,The Four Men's Ages,2.66,0.72,wimpykidfan37,"Al, Ben, Carl, and Dan are all different ages. The tens digits of their ages are 2, 3, 4, and 5, though not necessarily in that order. The ones digits of their ages are 2, 3, 4, and 5, also not necessarily in that order. One of them is 42 years old. The tens digit of Al's age is 2, the tens digit of Ben's age is 3, and the ones digit of Carl's age is 4. The ones digit of Al's age is not 5. How old is each man?",No hint available.,"Al is 23, Ben is 35, Carl is 54, and Dan is 42. The 42-year-old cannot be Al, Ben, or Carl, so it must be Dan. The ones digit of Al's age isn't 5, nor is it 4 (Carl) or 2 (Dan), so it must be 3. Therefore, Al is 23. The ones digit of Ben's age isn't 3 (Al), 4 (Carl), or 2 (Dan), so it must be 5. Therefore, Ben is 35. The tens digit of Carl's age isn't 2 (Al), 3 (Ben), or 4 (Dan), so it must be 5. Therefore, Carl is 54.",Logic,12/14/17 #35303,Hyp-hens,2.59,2.56,MarcM1098,"Newspapers sometimes hyphenate words in the wrong place with humorous results. Even placed correctly, some hyphens can twist the meaning of a sentence. Each of the sentences below has a missing hyphenated word. The numbers in parentheses give the length of the hyphenated word parts. See if you can figure them out! For example: The mime had to permanently retire after he was accused of (4-8). The answer is ""mans-laughter""; the sentence makes sense with either ""manslaughter"" or ""man's laughter"". 1. Last year, I fell and broke both legs as I crossed the finish line, and now (1-6) has taken away all my muscles. 2. The government's (5-2) policy would obviously chop our income in half. 3. I wondered if the heavy prince would ever be a (4-4) man at all when he stepped on the lake and broke through the ice. 4. After several stock losses, the penniless investor went into a (5-4) to vent his fury.","Here are additional clues to both the complete word and the two hyphenated parts. A clue for mans-laughter is: murder = male's-humour 1. withered = one-reward 2. strain = obvious-hatchet 3. contemplating = narrow-ruler 4. stock dealer = penniless-fury","1. a-trophy 2. overt-ax 3. thin-king 4. broke-rage",Language,02/14/07 #39942,Ninety-Nine,2.38,2.28,phrebh,"Bob was looking through a road atlas of the United States while Fred yo-yoed. Bob asked, ""Why does Hawaii have Interstates when it doesn't border any states?"" Fred replied, ""I don't know...Congress?"" ""Hmm, "" Bob said. ""I'm surprised you don't know. You're usually a wealth of completely useless trivia. You must be getting old."" Fred deftly finished rocking the cradle and replied, ""I don't know about that. I can think of another state with a unique characteristic."" Bob's interest was piqued. ""Oh, yeah? Let's hear it."" ""Okay, put down the atlas and see if you can think of the only state with rivers defining both its eastern and western borders.""",No hint available.,"Bob looked blankly for a minute. ""Uh..."" ""Close, "" Fred said, ""but you only got one syllable right."" Bob blinked once. ""Huh?"" Fred decided to put him out of his misery. ""Never mind. The answer is Iowa, which has the Mississippi on the eastern border and the Missouri on the western border.""",Trivia,01/06/08 #7368,HOT,2.11,3.09,tissue,"5,000-10,000 S U in a J P",No hint available.,"5000-10,000 Scoville Units in a Jalapeno Pepper.",Letter-Equations,09/11/02 #6232,"One Time, At Band Camp",2.17,2.05,Mogmatt16,"Mogmatt starts out on the 50 yard line with the west goal on his left and east goal on his right. He takes 8 steps marching forward, right slides for 4, back marches for 8, left flanks and marches for 16 counts, halts, and does an about face. Every 4 steps is 5 yards. Which goal is he now facing, and what yard line is he on?",On a slide you remain facing forward and turn as if that is the direction your are marching.,The east goal and on the 35.,Other,08/04/02 #17210,The Big Game,2.95,2.48,brgdo1994,One of the most prominent citizens of Chicago once offered highly prized football tickets to forty people whom he despised. Can you explain his unusual generosity?,"Q: Was the man trying to get rid of tickets? A: No Q: Was the game upcoming scheduled for a convenient time and place? A: Yes Q: Did the people who were offered the tickets actually get to use them to go to the game? A: No Q: Did the man have the tickets available to give away? A: No","The prominent citizen was the police chief. He called several of the city's most wanted criminals, and claimed that they had won the tickets in a random drawing. When the criminals arrived to claim their tickets, they got more than they bargained for!",Situation,04/02/04 #48902,Page,1.93,0.42,Mathgeek007,"Composed of many words and phrases. Tells a tale an imagination raises. The front picture, tells a tale. Prejudice, to judge it, is a whopping fail. It can be blue, green, and yellow too. A dictionary, or a tale so true. It tells the past, or what has yet to fly. With all these clues provided... What am I?",No hint available.,A Book!,Riddle,08/09/11 #15685,Get Smart,2.47,1.55,jimbo,"Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) was trying to get a coded message to his girlfriend (Agent 99). He had to type into his shoe phone, her agent number 99 as the sum of two prime numbers. How many different ways could Max do this?",Don't spend TOO long searching!,"Just one way. As all prime numbers except 2 are odd, and the sum of any two odd numbers is even, then the sum must contain 2 as one of the numbers since 99 is odd. Therefore, 2 + 97 is the only way.",Math,12/05/03 #34029,Letter Pairs XVII,2.64,2.05,phrebh,"Here are 36 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 12 six-letter words. Using the clues provided, find all 12 words using each letter pair only once. When you are done, the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AT CO CT DE DE DO ED ED EF EN ER EY GA GY IB IN IN IN KE LE NF NO OR RE RE RK SI SI SI ST TA TS TU UL UN US 1. Pass up a temptation 2. Fit to eat 3. Physician 4. Serviceable 5. Adds up 6. Amount eaten 7. Type of milk 8. Put on weight 9. Craving 10. Within 11. Pep 12. Edible bird","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Reducing Diet.","1. RESIST 2. EDIBLE 3. DOCTOR 4. USEFUL 5. COUNTS 6. INTAKE 7. NONFAT 8. GAINED 9. DESIRE 10. INSIDE 11. ENERGY 12. TURKEY The theme is Reducing Diet.",Language,11/20/06 #39533,Operation: Water-Ectomy,2.62,2.52,cnmne,"Six words have had their bodies of water removed. The bodies of water have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each body of water with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: bay, lake, ocean, pond, sea, strait Group B: benss, clr, prli, pychoheps, rnd, rnouce",No hint available.,"bay + rnd = brandy (BrAndY) lake + benss = bleakness (bLeAKnEss) ocean + prli = porcelain (pOrCElAiN) pond + rnouce = pronounced (PrOnouNceD) sea + clr = sclera (SclErA) strait + pychoheps = pSychoTheRApIsT (psychotherapist)",Language,12/10/07 #31289,I Love This Song!,2.66,2.13,Crazycriely,"""The measure of its sweetness"" bbloved you",No hint available.,"How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You. There are two b's and loved is ""by"" as in next to...""you"".",Rebus,06/24/06 #26610,High Above,2.84,1.07,ccccc,"High above the lowly earth, and yet I flourish for all I'm worth. I hang between the earth and sky, green or brown as the seasons pass by. As around me all the birds do fly, and just before winter, away go I. Tell me true, what am I?",No hint available.,A leaf on a deciduous tree.,Riddle,10/29/05 #31718,Solar System Model,2.19,2.46,maxvu,"Kate and Shireen are making a model of the solar system on the ceiling of their classroom. They plan to place their model of the Sun at the southwest corner of the ceiling, and they will mark out the relative distances of the planets along a line from the southwest corner to the northeast corner. The classroom measures 42 ft by 66 ft. In order to make the best use of the ceiling space, the girls decide to place their model of Pluto at the northeast corner. They understand that placing Pluto there automatically determines the scale of their model. But in order to know where to place the other planets, the girls need to know what that scale is. Assuming Pluto, the farthest planet, is 5.9 * 10^9 km from the Sun, approximately what distance in the real solar system does 1 centimeter on the model now represent?","1. Use the Pythagorean Theorem. 2. To convert feet to centimeters, multiply by 30.48.","On the solar system model, 1 cm represents approximately 2.5 * 10^6 km in the real solar system. Since the room measures 42 ft by 66 ft, the diagonal distance between the southwest and northeast corners, by the Pythagorean Theorem, is the square root of (42^2 + 66^2) sqft = 78 ft (rounded) or 2377 cm. So, if 2377 cm in the model represents a real distance of 5900 * 10^6 km, then 1 cm represents 5900/2377 * 10^6 km or 2.5 * 10^6 km.",Math,07/12/06 #6305,Eternity,2.29,1.23,jriley1779,"What is this common phrase: everevereverever",No hint available.,Together Forever,Rebus,08/07/02 #41857,Happily Alone,2.27,2.67,krabcat,"What are the missing numbers? 7, 13, 19, 23, 31, __, __, 103, 109, 139, 167, 193, 239",These numbers are all prime.,"79, 97 These are the first 13 happy prime numbers. A number is prime when it has exactly 2 whole number divisors: 1 and itself. A happy number is defined by the following process. Starting with any positive whole number, replace the number by the sum of the squares of its digits, and repeat the process until the number equals 1. For example: 23 2^2+3^2 4+9 13 1^2+3^2 1+9 10 1^2+0^2 1",Series,05/08/08 #36678,No Room!,2.65,1.53,jazzmusician46,"My hair was blonde, and my face so cute. A Victorian girl do tell, who down a hole once fell! My adventures were illustrated by John Tenniel, and so graciously they proved so perennial. Who am I?",Look to the title.,"I am Alice in Wonderland. N.B. The phrase, ""No room!"" was yelled out by the Mad Hatter at the famous Tea Party.",Riddle,05/20/07 #24736,The Purse Snatcher,2.82,1.62,dolphingurl12,"""I was standing outside the store waiting for my husband to bring the car around, when all of a sudden a man, I didn't see anything but his back, snatched my purse!"" The woman was furiously telling the police officers the story of her purse snatching. A supposed witness, who claimed he had been sitting on a nearby bench, told what he had seen. ""This woman was standing about 4 feet in front of me, holding a few shopping bags, plus her purse. A large man dressed in jeans, a black shirt, and leather coat snatched her purse and hurried into the fire escape door on the side of the building."" A few hours later the purse was found in the witness' car and he was arrested. How did the police know he was the purse snatcher?",There was something fishy about the witness' story.,"The witness said he saw the snatcher hurry into the store through the fire escape door. Fire escape doors only open from the inside. Catching this bluff, the police obtained a search warrant and searched his car, finding the purse. He confessed.",Mystery,07/21/05 #31809,Hint in Riddle,2.65,2.22,twixy,"Tiny, tiny edible homogeneous solids Fill the silver of my wear. But don't you worry, For they will aid the fixer of your problems To go the opposite of up. A lady once spoke of me. You've heard of her, I am sure. She flies in the sky, Not with a broom. But a hint, enough, that was, I am sure! Tell me here and tell me now, Just what phrase I am, I allow!",No hint available.,"A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down (Silver Ware- the silver of my wear). This is from a song sung by the title character in the musical, ""Mary Poppins"", who flies with the aid of an umbrella.",Riddle,07/16/06 #8247,Three Feet,2.53,1.67,Jake101,What has three feet (one in the middle and two on the sides) but can't walk?,No hint available.,A yard (1 yard = 3 feet).,Riddle,10/27/02 #9458,Uncle Anaconda,2.32,1.96,k2w2man,"Uncle Anaconda saddled up his mare, Maggie in preparation for a month long hunting trip up at Python Peak, and planned to stay at the old lodge which is 117 miles away. They started out early Sunday morning and arrived at the lodge eight days later on Monday evening. Uncle Anaconda calculated that on each day of the trip, he and Maggie travelled one mile less than they had the day before. How many miles did Uncle Anaconda and Maggie travel on the last Monday of the trip?",No hint available.,"9 miles. The equation is as follows, with x being the last days travel. x + (x + 1) + (x + 2) + (x + 3) + (x + 4) + (x + 5) + (x + 6) + (x + 7) + (x + 8 ) = 117 9x + 36 = 117 9x = 81 x = 9",Math,12/28/02 #36623,3 Cats,2.37,1.5,tedger,"It takes three cats three minutes to catch three mice. (Each cat can catch a mouse in three minutes.) Assuming they continue catching mice at the same pace, how long will it take the three cats to catch 100 mice?",100 divided by 3 equals ______.,"102 minutes Each cat catches a mouse in three minutes. It would take them six minutes to catch six, nine to catch nine, and 99 to catch 99; but what about the 100th mouse? It would still take a cat three minutes to catch him, making the total 102 minutes.",Logic,05/13/07 #43796,Many Times,1.65,0.63,jubu42,Over Over,No hint available.,Over and over again,Rebus,12/28/08 #14268,Psychic Cafe,2.83,1.11,MrIxolite,"A man walked into Sam and Ellas's Cafe and sat down at a table exactly two and one quarter feet from the window. The first waitress with straight hair came over to take his order but he sent her away and asked for the waitress with curly hair to take his order. He ordered a cucumber and cheddar cheese sandwich, a cup of cuban coffee and a chocolate chelsea bun. After taking the order the curly haired waitress immediately said, ""You must be in the army"". She was right, but how did she know?",There are more red herrings here than a Communist's fish tank.,He was wearing his uniform.,Trick,08/11/03 #49623,Pick it Up,2.23,1.94,babyjuice,"What is the meaning of this letter equation? 5 S R for F",Check the title,5 second rule for food,Letter-Equations,10/09/12 #235,Where do they belong?,2.69,2.26,cruiser,"The first 22 letters of the alphabet are divided into 4 groups: 1: ACEMNORSUV 2: BDFHKLT 3: GPQ 4: IJ Where would you place W, X, Y, and Z?",Think lower case.,"W, X, and Z go in group 1. Y goes in group 3. When written in lower case: 1: Letters stay between the middle line and the bottom line. 2: Letters go above the middle line. 3: Letters go below the bottom line. 4: Letters contain a dot above the middle line.",Group,02/04/01 #3434,Give Me an X,2.3,2.57,Drunky,"Give me an x, I'll stand to face you. Give me a cross, I'll turn my back on you. What am I?",No hint available.,"The Number 9. 9 x 9 = 81 9 + 9 = 18",Riddle,04/11/02 #24690,Animals & Australia,2.33,3.0,sweetime,"What do the following animals have in common ? Kangaroo Emu Black Swan White Swan Wedge Tailed Eagle Red Deer Brolga Whitebacked Magpie Tasmanian Tiger","Yes they have something to do with Australia, no that's not the answer...",These (in varying combinations) are the animals that hold or appear on the various Coat of Arms for each of the States/Territories in Australia.,Group,07/19/05 #50393,Simple Addition #2,2.47,2.19,Ghostology,"Add in any required number of mathematical symbols to make this equation work. 8 8 8 = 6","You need to use square roots, division, brackets, factorial and addition. Factorial = ! n! = n * (n-1) * (n-2) * .... * 2 * 1 E.g. 2! = 2 * 1 3! = 3 * 2 * 1 0! = 1","Take note: Square roots are defined as SqRt( ) because the square root sign does not show up. SqRt(8 / 8 + 8)! = 6 8/8 + 8 = 9 SqRt( 9 ) = Square root 9 = 3 3! = 3 * 2 * 1 = 6",Math,07/11/14 #51103,Better Luck Next Time !,1.43,1.86,LittleGreenMan,"What's the rebus? A. effort B. nicely C. daunting D. _____ ? F. Rebus NOT",No hint available.,"""a for effort""",Rebus,05/26/17 #43276,18 = I in a C,1.8800000000000001,2.11,Abstain,18 = I in a C,No hint available.,18 = inches in a cubit.,Letter-Equations,10/07/08 #4894,ARMS,2.09,1.22,mad-ade,"Can you decipher this word: ARM, ARM, ARM, ARM",No hint available.,Forearms,Rebus,06/22/02 #32213,Word Jumble 6 - Famous Landmarks of India,2.43,2.62,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed. Unscrambling these letters will form the answer to this teaser: AHDELN- Take letters 1,2 & 5 TACHM - Take letters 1 & 2 MHRPEA - Take letters 1 & 2 EDLWBA - Take letters 2 & 3 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?","This landmark is located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India","AHDELN- Take letters 1,2 & 5 - HANDLE, take H,A,L TACHM - Take letters 1 & 2 - MATCH, take M,A MHRPEA - Take letters 1 & 2 - HAMPER, take H,A EDLWBA - Take letters 2 & 3 - BAWLED, take A,W Unscramble the above to get 'Hawa Mahal' Hawa Mahal, or the ""Palace of Winds"", is a palace in Jaipur, India. It was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh. It forms part of the City Palace. Its original intention was to allow the royal ladies to observe everyday life in the street below without being seen. It has five stories and is constructed of red and pink sandstone, highlighted with white quick lime. The side facing the street outside the palace complex has 953 small windows, and the breeze (hawa) which circulates through these windows gives the palace its name, and keeps it cool even in hot months. The entrance opens onto a courtyard with a double-storied building on three sides, and one on the eastern wing with three more stories, which is just one room wide. There are no stairs to reach the upper floors, only ramps.",Language,08/01/06 #38460,Don't Open The Door,2.72,2.56,grilledcheese,"A little girl was warned by her parents never to open the cellar door. If she did, she would see things that they did not want her to see. One day, while her parents were out, they accidentally left the cellar door unlocked. The girl opened the cellar door. What did she see?",Her parents didn't like her very much.,When the girl opened the cellar door she saw the living room and a beautiful garden through its windows. She had never seen these before because her parents had kept her in the cellar all her life.,Situation,09/25/07 #23584,Charmed,2.61,1.6,froggygg,"What's the rebus? m-a-g-i-c","""That old black magic has me in its _ _ _ _ _ ."" Title is a hint, too.","A Spell of Magic or Magic Spell The rebus-word is spaced out with intervening dashes which is the common depiction of a printed word when it's ""spelled"" on the page. The hint is a song title and the word missing is ""spell"". The Title (Charmed) is a synonym for ""magic spell"".",Rebus,06/12/05 #44346,Rummag E,1.86,2.78,coollllkid,"What does this represent? rummag e",No hint available.,"Search party. Search is another word for rummage, and the e is parted from the rest of the word.",Rebus,04/13/09 #29229,Loves Me Loves Me Not,2.28,0.7000000000000001,FrauSchmit,"I open in the morning and close at night, at love I help decide. He Loves Me He Loves Me Not He Loves Me He Loves Me Not He Loves Me What am I?",No hint available.,Flower Petals,Riddle,03/21/06 #42939,Science,2.06,1.87,zjmyslin,H = L E,Look at the title.,Hydrogen = Lightest Element,Letter-Equations,08/30/08 #34084,Eluding a Follower,2.57,2.28,scallio,"A woman working for a corporation had learned her employer was selling weapons secrets to an overseas agency. She had gathered some information to pass along to the FBI during an arranged meeting. However, that night, as she left work, she suspected someone from the corporation was following her. She wondered if they could have learned about her meeting, despite her having been so careful. If she was to keep her meeting with the agent, she would need to lose this follower without drawing suspicion. She stopped by a small cafe for a latte; and while she waited, she quickly wrote this message on a napkin: ADHMF ENKKNVDC. LDDS LD 6O, AQNNJKXM SGDZSDQ 6sg ZMC NZJ, QNNL 8. She didn't have the time necessary for a more complicated code. At least this would prevent the spy from quickly reading her new plans, while still allowing her to alert the FBI agent. She wrapped the napkin around her coffee cup and proceeded to the designated meeting spot. As promised, the agent was there by the fountain waiting. As she walked by, she carefully bumped into him. She apologized for the apparent error and offered him her folded napkin with the code written on it. She then continued on her route and slipped away on a bus before the corporation's spy could follow. Assuming he can decipher her code, when and where will the FBI agent meet her?",No hint available.,"Each letter represents the letter right after it. The numbers also represent the next number. Thus, the decoded message is - Being followed. Meet me 7P, Brooklyn theater 7th and Oak, Room 9 The woman successfully alerted the FBI without drawing suspicion. The new meeting took place, and the corporation is currently under investigation.",Cryptography,11/23/06 #51517,Aquaman,2.47,1.35,brainy,"One day, a man named Thomas was happily coming down the road after winning a bridge bet. He then, in his pridefulness, asked the next person he saw to have a bet. That person was named Burb, and Burb liked making bets. Burb bet that Thomas couldn't walk on the bottom of the river, the deepest part, with no gear, except for a gas mask, a book, and a bucket. After thinking for a while at home, Thomas then thought of something. The next day, when they both met, Thomas brought all his objects with him, and then went into the river. Later, Thomas was happily walking down the road, again much richer. How did he do it?",It's the bucket.,"He put the large bucket over his head and went into the river, but the bucket provided an air pocket inside, so Thomas could breathe. Thomas was happy, except his clothing was ruined.",Situation,10/30/17 #13102,Timeless Murder Mystery,2.99,1.78,willymapo,"The police were checking the place. Outside, Mary, Mr. Olson's faithful secretary, was a mass of nerves. Inspector Will was reviewing the facts: 1. Mr. Olson has been murdered. The murderer buried a stiletto through the back of the chair and right through his heart. 2. All the place was a mess, but nothing seems to be lost. Some sheets on his desk had coffee stains, but Mr. Olson was not a coffee drinker. There was no coffee container of any kind in the office. There were a couple of gloves in the floor. 3. Mary had in her visit book just three announcements: Hari Colton (2:35), Louis Williams (3:10) and Joseph Markis (3:45). Mary says that Joseph was the only one to serve himself a cup of coffee in a paper cup. 4. The cup of coffee was found in Mary's wastebasket. She claims that Joseph entered Mr. Olson's office with the cup in his hands, and then he left it in her desk, so she took it and threw it away. 5. The stiletto had no fingerprints at all, but the paper cup was all covered with one type of fingerprint: Joseph's (they had a mobile fingerprint lab). 6. Mr. Olson's wristwatch was broken, probably due to the fight, and it showed the time at 3:50. Inspector Will then talked to Mary, to tell her she was under arrest. Why did he suspect her?",Whose fingerprints were on the cup?,"1. The watch could not have been broken during a fight. It was clear that there was not a fight because Mr. Olson was stabbed in the back through his chair. So, the time was a setup. 2. The mess and the coffee was a setup, because there was no fight and it would be a little difficult for Joseph to enter and put on some gloves to fight with a cup of coffee in his hands 3. The last proof is that the cup of coffee only had one type of fingerprints. If Mary touched the cup (which she says she did), there should be some fingerprints of hers on it, unless she was wearing some gloves.",Mystery,06/12/03 #34705,Vowel Disappearance,2.52,1.54,grungy49,"The following are all places or landmarks that have had all the vowels taken out of their names. The number in brackets next to it indicates how many words the place has. Good luck on finding those vowels, and putting them back in there! 1. Brmdtrngl (2) 2. Vtcncty (2) 3. Grtbrrrrf (3) 4. Ffltwr (2) 5. Pnmcnl (2)",No hint available.,"1. Bermuda Triangle 2. Vatican City 3. Great Barrier Reef 4. Eiffel Tower 5. Panama Canal",Language,01/03/07 #8062,Baseball Game,2.82,1.8900000000000001,Bobbrt,"Fill in each blank with the same letters, in the same order, to complete the following sentence. The first letter or letters of each word are provided. The hint will give you the number of missing letters. In the baseball game, the CH____ didn't bother the L____ B____, but it did bother the one before him.",Five letters are missing from each word.,"In the baseball game, the CHATTER didn't bother the LATTER BATTER, but it did bother the one before him.",Language,10/14/02 #33558,Amnesia Blues,2.88,1.97,dishu,"5 married men once got a serious attack of amnesia, due to which they forgot their wives and started chasing 5 different girls, who were highly embarrassed with the situation.(Whether Amnesia was real or pretended is another teaser). Their wives consulted the local witch doctor who suggested 5 different treatments for each of the men to be administered at 5 different times. Unfortunately, the wives mixed up the details and now need your help to clear the mess and cure their husbands. All they can remember are the following clues. Can you help them cure their husbands? Husbands: Alan, Boman, Derek, Fred, Richard Wives: Tanaaz, Lily, Tanya, Isha, Shiela Chased girls: Tara, Jane, Rose, Alice, Sita Treatments: Spending 30 minutes in a stinking bathroom, A bath in a mud-pool, drinking 1 cup onion juice, Banging head against a wall, spending 15 minutes with head underwater Time of administering treatment: 9 pm, 4 pm, 3 pm, 7 pm, 5 pm Clues: 1. The 5 wives are: Tanaaz, the one whose husband had to stay in a stinking bathroom for 30 minutes, The one whose husband started fancying Tara, the one who was to cure her husband first and Derek's wife. 2. The mud-pool bather was going to be the last to recover his memory. 3. Jane was being chased by Lily's husband 4. Boman's memory was to return by making him drink an unusual liquid instead of his usual 4 pm tea. 5. Lily's husband was to recover at 7 pm. 6. The one to recover last was married to Shiela. 7. Alan was to recover first. 8. Richard was not going to be the last to recover. 9. Tanya's husband was likely to develop a bump on his head after treatment. 10. In all probability, Derek may develop hydrophobia after his treatment. 11. Sita was to get relief from her chaser at 5 pm. 12. Alice would be the first to breathe a sigh of relief. 13. Derek is married to Isha.","In the Grid following condensations have been made: Drink onion juice : onion juice Spend 30 minutes in a stinking bathroom: bathroom Bath in a mudpool: mudpool Banging head against a wall: headbang spending 15 minutes with head under water: underwater. Hydrophobia: fear of water","1. Tanya's husband Alan was chasing Alice and were to be cured by banging his head against a wall at 3 pm. 2. Boman was to be given onion juice at 4 pm by Tanaaz to stop him from chasing Rose. 3. Spending 15 minutes with his head underwater at 5 pm was to cure Isha's husband Derek of his fancy towards Sita. 4. Shiela was to throw her husband Fred in a mud-pool at 9 pm to stop him chasing Tara. 5. Richard would stop running after Jane, when Lily will make him spend 30 minutes in a stinking bathroom at 7 pm.",Logic-Grid,10/20/06 #16770,Pete the Pilot,2.85,1.3,airhead3,"Adrenaline was coursing through his body. Our hero, Pete the Pilot, has so far survived a harrowing flight in his small, single-engine airplane, but he isn't home yet. After a long flight fighting his way through unexpectedly wicked weather, his destination is finally in sight. ""Almost there,"" he assures himself as he looks at the ground moving past a mile below him. He wipes the beaded sweat off of his brow as he lines his plane up to the runway that just emerged in the distance. Five miles to go now. Just as he thought, ""Maybe I'll make it through this yet,"" the sobering sound of his sputtering engine filled Pete's ears, followed by silence. The comforting hum of the engine was now replaced by the sound of his pounding heart. His engine failed five miles from the airport! After a quick check of his fuel gauges, he knows he won't be able to restart the engine. Our hero doesn't have a parachute, yet he was able to survive the ordeal without even a scratch on him. How did he do it?",No hint available.,"Pete the Pilot simply glided the aircraft the remaining five miles and landed on the runway without incident. Contrary to what many may think, planes won't fall like rocks without their engines. In fact, most can glide very well. Most typical airplanes have a glide ratio around 10:1, meaning the plane will fly 10 feet forward for every one foot it descends, without the help of an engine. (For example, the Cessna 172, perhaps the most common small single-engine plane, has a glide ratio ranging from 8:1 to as high as 13:1, while the 747 'Jumbo Jet' is around 15:1.) In this scenario, Pete only needed roughly a 5:1 glide ratio, one his small plane should easily be able to achieve.",Science,02/27/04 #29207,Check Please!,2.7,2.31,paul726,"What phrase is represented here? Serena Williams' ace is accompanied by an expression of enjoyment.","When is an ""ace"" scored in Serena Williams' sport?","Service with a smile. An ace in tennis is a point-scoring SERVE. + ""is"" = service. Accompanied by=with. A smile is a facial expression which can show enjoyment. ""Service with a smile"" is a motto sometimes used in (appropriately) service occupations such as waiter/waitress. Hence the title.",Rebus,03/20/06 #4850,Stuck Foot,2.58,1.57,bobbrt,"The following limerick has had the last word of each line scrambled. Can you figure it out? There once was a man name of TREKCCO Who stuck his foot in a TCSKOE. Then along came a HIWCT Who turned on the CWSHTI And the young man went up like a TRKOEC.",No hint available.,"There once was a man name of Crocket Who stuck his foot in a socket. Then along came a witch Who turned on the switch And the young man went up like a rocket.",Language,06/20/02 #27224,We're Blind!,2.61,1.82,bigSWAFF_69_,"I can't see: Aye to Aye I can see: Nay to Nay You can't see: I to I You can see: You to You",No hint available.,"We don't see eye to eye We both cannot see different sets of words that sound like ""eye"".",Rebus,11/29/05 #38421,Million Dollar Fraud,2.55,1.56,luckylefty,"A man was trying to auction a string of pearls he claims he found from a six-hundred year old treasure chest at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. He said the string of pearls was worth one million dollars. When a curious bidder asked him how he cleaned them, he said he soaked them in vinegar. The police were notified and the man was arrested. Why?",They were real pearls.,Pearls will dissolve in vinegar! The police later found out he was a jewel thief and that he stole the string of pearls from a store.,Situation,09/23/07 #36742,The Name Game!,2.59,2.27,tintiniscool,"In this teaser, your job is to reveal the name with the given equations. Good luck! Example: Wager + Area of Water = Betsy (Bet + Sea) #1) Silver Ductile Metallic Element + Silver Ductile Metallic Element #2) Sweetheart + Main Girl in Green Gables #3) A Sum Paid + Black and Yellow Insect #4) Knowledge Gained Through Tradition + Last Part + Park Where Animals are Kept - The Letter O #5) Referring to Yourself + Hard Exterior of an Egg",No hint available.,"#1) Tintin (Tin + Tin = Tintin) #2) Joanne (Jo + Anne = Joanne) #3) Phoebe (Fee + Bee = Phoebe) #4) Lorenzo (Lore + End + Zoo - the letter O = Lorenzo) #5) Michelle (Me + Shell = Michelle)",Language,05/26/07 #17837,The Flying Wonder,2.28,2.38,Boadin_dude13,"I'm long, thin, and curved at the edges. I can also turn on my front and my back. I will fly through the air with a rider on my back. What am I?",No hint available.,A snowboard,Riddle,06/12/04 #3398,FireFireFire,2.33,1.87,jaxzi,"Can you decipher this: firefirefirefirefire",No hint available.,Line of fire.,Rebus,04/10/02 #13826,Create an Equation,2.3,2.0,GeoGeo,"Create an equation by inserting the fewest possible arithmetic operators (plus and minus only) into: 987654321 = 100 For example: 98+7-6+5-4+3-2-1=100 Note: the numbers must stay in reverse order from 9 down to 1.",No hint available.,98-76+54+3+21=100,Math,07/15/03 #29217,That's Odd 2,2.5,2.38,thompson1,"How is the alphabet split up in the following? Group 1: ACEGIJLNPRUWY Group 2: BDFHKMOQSTVXZ",No hint available.,"Take the number for each letter in the alphabet. (A=1, B=2, etc.) Then take all the digits for that letter and add them up. (S=19, 1+9=10) If that number is odd, then the letter goes in group 1, if it is even, the letter goes into group 2.",Group,03/21/06 #26521,Two Words...,2.77,1.78,i_am_hated,"Which two words, having to do with the Earth, have their first two letters switched to make the other?","Note: One refers to a line across, the other refers to height in the air.","ALtitude, and LAtitude.",Language,10/24/05 #22459,I Begin With Letters Three,2.52,1.97,spookboy0,"I begin with letters three But additions will be made, as you'll soon see First, I'm a valuable mineral indeed Valuable enough to be mined for need Add a letter and I'll be where? Only in the front, never elsewhere Add another and then be Before, not after, now what could I be?",No hint available.,"The words Ore, Fore, and Afore Ore - a mineral valuable enough to be mined, such as ""iron ore."" Fore - a description meaning to be at the front Afore - similar to Before, in accordance to time",Riddle,04/24/05 #10844,Exceptional,2.45,1.79,MrIxolite,"What Phrase is represented below? Slice Snooze",No hint available.,A Cut Above The Rest,Rebus,03/03/03 #3687,Tools,2.53,1.08,Drunky,"We're white and used for cutting and grinding. When we're damaged, humans usually remove or fill us. For most animals we are useful tools. What are we?",No hint available.,Teeth,Riddle,04/21/02 #28290,Red + Blue = ?,2.85,1.24,Question_Mark,"Ben, a physics teacher and Lucy, an art teacher were arguing about what color red mixed with blue makes. Ben said it made magenta but Lucy said it made purple. Who is correct?",No hint available.,"They are both correct. The three primaries for color are red, blue and yellow. The three primaries for light are red, blue and green. When mixing colors, red + blue = purple, but when mixing light, red + blue = magenta.",Science,01/27/06 #50425,Band of Brothers,2.5100000000000002,1.75,Marple,"There are seven brothers who are all doing something. Can you figure out what brother number seven is doing? Brother number one is reading a book Brother number two is cooking dinner Brother number three is playing tennis Brother number four is doing a Sudoku puzzle Brother number five is washing clothes Brother number six is planting vegetables in the garden What is brother number seven doing?",Look at the activities the other brothers are doing,He is playing tennis! Brother number three cannot play tennis by himself!,Trick,09/01/14 #21681,Word Sets,2.23,2.66,ben2,Find seven sets of three words where all words in each set are anagrams of all the others in the same set. All words in each set must have the same starting letter. All words in each set must have the same ending letter. All words must be five letters long.,No hint available.,"Set 1) tiers, tries, tires Set 2) beard, bread, bared Set 3) filed, flied, field Set 4) weird, wired, wried Set 5) teals, tales, taels Set 6) betas, beats, bates Set 7) tears, tares, teras",Language,03/21/05 #15744,1 + 11,2.55,1.33,fishmed,"What do you get when you add 1 and 11, four times?",48 is not right.,"Four 12's. If you thought the answer was 48, then you performed a step (adding the 12's together) which you weren't told to do.",Trick,12/09/03 #2246,Trapped!,2.15,1.35,Dubbin,"You are trapped in a room that is unbreakable and the door is also unbreakable and is locked. You also have a piano, and you are in the middle of nowhere. How do you escape?",No hint available.,You use the keys (from the piano) to get out.,Trick,02/03/02 #39889,Hospital Hullabaloo,3.11,2.32,psychogrrl,"Oh no!! The charge nurse accidentally shredded the patient assignment list for the nurses at General Hospital. Use the clues to determine each nurse's first and last name, their patient's first name, age, and health condition. Nurse first names: Molly, James, John, Linda, Rose Nurse last names: Smith, Ash, Silva, Jacks, Jones Patient ages: 68, 15, 28, 31, 45 Patient conditions: broken leg, heart attack, coma, pneumonia, cancer. Patient names: Mark, Emily, Liz, Andrew, Mindy Emily is 31 years old. The five nurses are: Miss Ash, the one caring for the coma patient, Rose, the man taking care of the 68 year old patient, and James Silva. The five patients are: the 45 year old female cardiac patient, the cancer patient, Mindy, the 15 year old coma patient, and the female pneumonia patient who graduated high school about 12 years ago. Liz is younger than Mr. Jones' cancer patient but older than Andrew. Miss Ash's patient has pneumonia. Smith's patient, Mindy, is younger than the cardiac patient, but older than Molly's pediatric patient.","Average age for graduating high school is 18. Cardiac refers to the heart.","Molly Jacks is taking care of 15 year old coma patient, Andrew. James Silva is taking care of 45 year old heart attack patient, Liz. John Jones is taking care of 68 year old cancer patient, Mark. Linda Ash is taking care of 31 year old pneumonia patient, Emily. Rose Smith is taking care of 28 year old broken leg patient, Mindy.",Logic-Grid,01/02/08 #26231,The Truck,2.52,1.31,markmonnin,"I am a truck you may have seen. I am usually used by cities. Some cities may use me year round, Some just in one part of the year, And some never have a use for me. When I get filled up, I am driven around the city where I always end up losing my load. But it's OK, that's my job, so they just fill me up and drive around again.","I am never used in places like Hawaii. I am used in the winter in places like Ohio.","I am a Salt Truck. You may have seen me being driven and spreading my salt through the streets of the city to melt the snow and make the driving conditions better.",Riddle,10/06/05 #46703,0 to 10 Pyramid V,2.59,2.57,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next word. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car can do 0 to 60 in 10 seconds, but can you do 0 to 10 in 60 seconds? Get out the stopwatch! The hint provides the starting letters from #3. 1. Half of 'M' 2. Perform 3. Fuss 4. On tour; 'on the ____' 5. Type of electromagnetic waves, carrying sound 6. Progress, or encroachment (usually in plural form) 7. Type of barometer 8. The y-coordinate, in mathematics 9. The preying of one animal on others 10. Treated (someone) with superficial kindness, but with a smirk of superiority","3. A 4. R 5. R 6. I 7. A 8. O 9. P 10. P","1. D (500) 2. Do 3. Ado 4. Road 5. Radio 6. Inroad 7. Aneroid 8. Ordinate 9. Predation 10. Patronized",Language,04/10/10 #27818,Keeping the Magic Alive-Part 2,2.9,2.24,sgtammo,"In honor of the astounding popularity of the Harry Potter books and movies, I thought I would attempt to challenge your knowledge of this very enjoyable series. Good luck and I hope you have as much fun solving this teaser as I had in creating it. 1. The courtesy title of a younger son of a duke + v + the opposite of young + e + the opposite of less + t. 2. To glide or slide like a snake + the opposite of out. 3. A pound sterling is called a ______? + a long, narrow trench or furrow dug in the ground. 4. A person is said to have a good _______? on their shoulder + synthetic hair on a woman is called a ________? 5. Large domesticated pigs are called _______? + an alcoholic beverage made of fermented honey and water. 6. Another name for a dishonest person is a ________? + cuts of meat from the legs of steers or calves are called ________? 7. An adult male deer is called a _______? + the horny, projecting structure forming the mandibles of a bird is called a _______? 8. A crazy, deranged person is sometimes called _______? + an organ of vision on the human body + a person subject to periods of depression or sulkiness is sometimes called a _______? person 9. Male sovereigns are called _______? + another name for a crucifix is a _______? + an establishment equipped for radio transmission is called a radio _______? 10. The act of dying; termination of life is the definition of _______? + an old saying that means the same as to retract something one has said is ""_______ (ones) words"" + r.",No hint available.,"1. Lord Voldemort (lord + v + old + e + more + t) 2. Slytherin (slither + in) 3. Quidditch (quid + ditch) 4. Hedwig (head + wig) 5. Hogsmeade (hogs + mead) 6. Crookshanks (crook + shanks) 7. Buckbeak (buck + beak) 8. Mad-Eye Moody (mad + eye + moody) 9. Kings Cross Station (kings + cross + station) 10. Death Eater (death + eat + r)",Language,01/02/06 #45993,Curtail - Body Parts,2.81,1.49,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Group of soldiers -> Body part 2. Ceramics; porcelain -> Body part 3. Fireplace floor -> Body part 4. Brand name building blocks -> Body part 5. To gain income -> Body part 6. Body part (plural) -> Expense; charge 7. Body part -> In the direction of 8. Body part -> Informal hello","Here are clues for the body parts: 1. Limb 2. Part of the face 3. Part of circulatory system 4. Limb 5. Part of auditory system 6. Limb end 7. Part of limb end 8. Part of skeletal system","1. Army -> Arm 2. China -> Chin 3. Hearth -> Heart 4. Lego -> Leg 5. Earn -> Ear 6. Feet -> Fee 7. Toe -> To 8. Hip -> Hi",Language,12/14/09 #43862,Sweet Tooth 2,1.99,0.35000000000000003,kaipolani114,"Each of these children have a favorite candy that they can't live without. Match up each child with their age and favorite candy. Their names are Aaron, Ashley, and Andrew. Their ages range from 3 to 5 years old. Their favorite candy is either Skittles, Hershey's Kisses, or Jolly Ranchers. 1. Ashley is allergic to chocolate. 2. Aaron does not like Jolly Ranchers. 3. Andrew is the oldest. 4. Ashley is younger than Andrew but older than Aaron. 5. Andrew likes Jolly Ranchers.",No hint available.,"Aaron is 3 years old and likes Hershey's Kisses. Ashley is 4 years old and likes Skittles. Andrew is 5 years old and likes Jolly Ranchers.",Logic-Grid,01/06/09 #29311,Word Challenger 2,2.93,1.76,SPUTNIK2,"Find the words that fit in the spaces below, and make two new words. Example: Air PORT Wine 1. Swimming _ _ _ _ Table 2. Free _ _ _ Ward 3. Wisdom _ _ _ _ _ Ache 4. Bear _ _ _ _ Up 5. Watch _ _ _ _ _ Gang",The number of spaces equals the number of letters in the word.,"1. POOL 2. WAY 3. TOOTH 4. HOLD 5. CHAIN",Language,03/25/06 #28759,I Like It!,2.78,1.86,Angelli,"I love playing with letters and numbers. Can you understand my message? Harry 1-2 Heaven 4-5 Gravity 3 Winnie 4-5 Advice 5-6 Doctor 1 Eat 2 Yummy 5",No hint available.,"HAVE A NICE DAY! If you will look at the numbers and what letter it represents from the word, you will be able to understand it.",Cryptography,02/23/06 #43724,Secret Words III,1.68,0.6000000000000001,Malika123,"Unscramble these words. Category -- Flowers oietvl nulforews roidch nyeop olrewfyam",No hint available.,"Violet Sunflower Orchid Peony Mayflower",Language,12/15/08 #21867,Cemetery,2.71,1.8800000000000001,badbunnee,"What eerie goings-on is shown, here? The cemetery has moved.","Think of another word for *cemetery*. Think of another word for *moved*, or *move*.","Graveyard shift *Graveyard* is another term for *cemetery*. *Shift* is another term for *moved* or *move*. *Graveyard shift* is an idiom for (usually) the work shift beginning around midnight.",Rebus,03/29/05 #42347,CPU,2.56,1.41,Potato,TELLIFAKEGENCE,No hint available.,"Artificial Intelligence A synonym of artificial, fake, is in the middle of 'telligence'.",Rebus,06/26/08 #37260,Jumble #10,2.67,1.87,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPERword. 1). _ _ _ _ _ X U E S L (Take the second and fourth letters.) 2). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T U I I I M S S B H (Take the first and ninth letters.) 3). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ U C R R M Y E (Take the first and third letters.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPERword is. (You should have 6 letters.) SUPERword: _ _ _ _ _ _",Car companies,"1). Lexus (Take ""E"" and ""U"".) 2). Mitsubishi (Take ""M"" and ""H"".) 3). Mercury (Take ""M"" and ""R"".) SUPERword: Hummer",Language,07/07/07 #8385,My First is in Pub,2.5,0.84,timmyboym,"My first is in pub, but not in beer. My second's the shape of your mouth when you're in fear. The letter that comes next is the same as my second. My fourth is in drill, but not in bird. What am I?",I keep you cool in the summer.,I am a POOL.,Riddle,11/05/02 #49959,Words With WI,2.16,2.54,cnmne,"Five words that contain WI as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *WI**, WI****, **WI**, ***WI*, *WI**** Pool: D, E, E, F, H, K, L, N, N, O, P, R, S, T, T, T, T, T, U, U",No hint available.,"SWIFT, WITHER, UPWIND, OUTWIT, TWINKLE",Language,09/27/13 #39729,It Ends As It Begins: N,2.02,3.0,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, N, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? N(4)N, N(5)N, N(6)N, N(7)N Pool: A, A, C, C, E, G, I, I, I, I, I, M, N, O, O, O, O, R, T, T, U, Y",No hint available.,"NIACIN, NONAGON, NEOMYCIN, NUTRITION",Language,12/22/07 #9401,"Wit, Stand, Spoken, Right",2.54,1.66,warrior,"What word can fit before or after each word to form a new word: wit, stand, spoken, right",No hint available.,"Out. Outstand, outwit, outspoken, outright.",Language,12/25/02 #18633,Opposites Attract II,2.72,2.04,horse_luver,"These seemingly ""nonsense"" words have pairs of opposites in them. For example: lshoorntg would be ""Long /Short"" (LshOorNtG). If you've noticed, the letters in the words are always in the same order. Get the idea? Great! Now try these! 1) Sfalsotw 2) Hsaofrtd 3) Tsaholrlt 4) Sromuooghth 5) Nawrirodew 6) Cdisltoasnet 7) Ccoshtealyp 8) Qlouiuedt 9) Ospehunt 10) Dliagrhkt",No hint available.,"1) Slow/fast- sFAlSoTw 2) Hard/soft- hSaOFrTd 3) Tall/short- tSaHOlRlT 4) Smooth/rough- sROmUooGHth 5) Narrow/wide- naWrIroDEw 6) Close/distant- cDISlToAsNeT 7) Costly/cheap- cCosHtEAlyP 8) Loud/quiet- QloUIuEdT 9) Open/shut- oSpeHUnT 10) Dark/light- dLIaGrHkT",Language,08/23/04 #32782,"Hup, Two, Three, Four!",2.19,2.27,12345_lewis2,"What is this word? :: :: :: :: :: :::::::::",Look at the title!,Colonel (colon L),Rebus,09/01/06 #18254,Greek Letters,2.26,0.88,bigsisjune,Name all the letters in the Greek Alphabet.,No hint available.,"t, h, e, g, r, k, a, l, p, & b.",Trick,07/18/04 #14127,Irony,2.41,2.47,PhilDunphy,"What is the missing number ? 20 ?? 5 14 20 25, 20 8 18 5 5 ( two words )",Think code not math.,"If a =1, b =2, etc.. Then w = 23 to complete the words: TWENTY, THREE",Series,08/01/03 #151,Take Away 4,2.89,2.16,cruiser,What 5 letter English word does not change in pronunciation even when you take away 4 of its letters?,No hint available.,Queue,Language,01/18/01 #5310,Injury + Insult = ?,2.22,0.79,peppermintwist,"Can you decipher this phrase: Injury + Insult = ???",No hint available.,Adding insult to injury.,Rebus,07/07/02 #35012,Birbal the Wise - XV,2.71,2.63,brainster,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler. He had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer? Once, Emperor Akbar wanted to test how Birbal would save himself from humiliation in front of the whole court. He instructed his servants to place a number of eggs in the pond in the royal gardens. Very slyly, he placed one less egg than the number of courtiers. The next day, he sent his courtiers one by one to the pond and said he had hidden eggs spread out in the pond. All his courtiers returned with an egg in their hand, one after the other. The emperor then sent Birbal last as he knew there wouldn't be any eggs left by then. Sure enough, Birbal couldn't find any eggs in the pond. How did he save himself from embarrassment and humiliation?",No hint available.,"He simply walked into the court crowing like a rooster! He said since he was a rooster, he was not meant to come up with eggs, be it hidden ones or otherwise! The Emperor realized that it was impossible to humiliate Birbal and his respect and love for Birbal only grew after this incident.",Situation,01/24/07 #6398,Forgotten Keys,2.39,2.18,mad-ade,"Last winter, Mad Ade came home from work to find his back garden full of water. To make matters worse, he had left his house keys at the ""Sweaty Chef"" Kebab shop. Mad Ade noticed that one of the upstairs windows was open, but it was too far up for him to reach. Without the use of ladders, steps, climbing up the wall or calling a neighbour to help out, how did Mad Ade manage to reach the window?",No hint available.,"It's winter, the water in the back garden was in the form of snow, and Mad Ade just kept piling up the snow until he could reach the window ledge.",Situation,08/09/02 #1669,A Little Pool,2.55,2.37,gokaran,"A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of a green grass. What am I?",No hint available.,I'm a Coconut,Riddle,12/11/01 #52371,The Number Lier,2.26,2.36,Rove_Tarts,"There are 3 numbers 0-9. Eric knows the product and says, ""I know the numbers."" Then, everyone is told that one digit is exactly one greater than another. Then, Luke is told one of the numbers and says, ""Eric lied."" Then you are told the numbers add up to 11. What are the numbers?",No hint available.,"0, 5, 6 Eric knows the product and claimed that he knows the numbers. Luke is told a number and then he knows Eric lied. If Luke had received an 8, the combination could be 8,8,8, which is the only combination that multiplies to 512; Luke wouldn't know Eric lied. If Luke received 6, the combination could be 6,7,7 which is the only combination that multiplies to 294, so Luke wouldn't know Eric lied. If Luke received 2 or 7; 2x7x7=98. 4 or 5; 4x5x5=100. 3 or 9; 3x9x9=243. 1; 1x1x1=1. Luke would only know that Eric lied if Luke was given a 0. Therefore one of the digits is 0. The remaining two digits must add to 11 because 11-0=11. Two of the digits are one apart so that leaves: 0 & 1 + 10 5 & 6 + 0 However, 10 isn't an option so it must be 0, 5, 6.",Logic,02/23/20 #44597,Add a Letter 29,1.8800000000000001,1.52,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) careful examination & stout (5 letters) 2) relating to a city & Muslim headdress (5 letters) 3) unreal story & disagreement (7 letters) 4) a type of flower & backward (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) study & sturdy 2) urban & turban 3) fiction & friction 4) aster & astern",Language,06/07/09 #392,9 J on the U S S C,2.2,2.01,Phyllis,9 J on the U S S C,No hint available.,9 Justices on the United States Supreme Court,Letter-Equations,04/17/01 #44517,Clever Jenny XV,2.7,2.25,mosca,"One Sunday afternoon, Tom, Dana, and Jenny were in Tom's car, driving to the next town to visit Dana's mother for her birthday. Tom was sporting a suit; Jenny and Dana were all dressed up in their Sunday best, with high heels and hose; and all of them were in a festive mood, laughing and chattering. They had packed a big picnic lunch, a cake, flowers, and gifts for the dear lady. Jenny leaned over to talk to Tom, ""Say, your Chevvy is still running pretty nicely! What year is it?"" Tom hemmed and hawed, then replied, ""I'm not really sure. My Dad gave it to us when we got married. I have to work on it sometimes and change the oil when it..."" All of a sudden, they heard a wap-wap-wap! There were some ominous rustling and flapping noises coming from the front end of the car. Tom, muttering under his breath, pulled the aging vehicle off onto the shoulder and stopped. Lifting the hood, Tom found the fan belt in shreds. ""Of all the....!"" He grumbled. ""We can't go on without the fan belt!"" Dana offered, ""Isn't there a service station a couple miles down this road? Maybe they can fix it."" Tom replied, ""We could go a few miles before the engine starts heating up too much. Let's go!"" At the service station, the mechanic told them, ""Yeah, I could fix that there, but I ain't got the right belt for yer car. Them parts stores ain't open till tomorra!"" As Tom groaned and Dana got out her cell phone to call her mother, Jenny slipped into the restroom. In a few minutes, she emerged and went to speak to the mechanic. After a minute or two, his eyes lit up, and he said, ""Yup, this oughter fill the bill fer a little while, prolly till you-uns git home!"" In a few minutes, the three of them were happily on their way, while the mechanic grinned as he counted his tip. Dana laughed, ""Jenny, what on earth did you tell that guy?"" What had Jenny said to the mechanic?",Could they use duct tape?,"Jenny answered Dana, ""Dana, when I ducked into the restroom, I took off my nylon hose and then offered them to the mechanic as a fix. That fellow was pretty savvy about older cars. We'll probably be able to get to your mom's and back home before the 'band aid' shreds! My dad once told me that you could run a car nearly a hundred miles using a pair of nylon hose in the place of a fan belt. It kind of gives us a leg up, so to speak!"" She grinned, impishly. And they all laughed as Tom pulled into the driveway.",Situation,05/25/09 #13971,Underdeveloped,2.33,1.28,PhilDunphy,"What does the following represent? World World *World* World World",Most of Africa,Third World,Rebus,07/22/03 #48600,ReBuS (Looks Even Worse Than It Really Is!),2.21,2.09,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus, here? bLoW","Two letters in the word are, in a significant way, different from the other two letters in the word. Identify and describe that difference and you might get the rebus.","blow out of proportion The letters ""L"" and ""W"" are upper case and the letters ""b"" and ""o"" are lower case. That is abnormal and, therefore, ""out of proportion"" for the normal spelling of a word. ""Blow out of proportion"" is an idiom meaning to behave as if something that has happened is much worse than it really is. Example of use: ""BBjr has taken the position that rebuses using full sentences is a question that some people completely blow out of proportion when compared to rebuses with no supporting data or ""story"". Origin of use : Probably a variant of ""making a mountain out of a molehill"" by use of the definition of ""blow"" as ""exaggeration"" or ""puffery"".",Rebus,03/29/11 #4770,Green and Yellow,2.11,1.22,librashorty,"If even numbers are green and odd numbers are yellow, what colour is yellow + yellow?",No hint available.,green,Math,06/16/02 #22519,Word Circle,2.87,2.92,Gander,"Complete the words so that the last 2 letters of the first word are the first 2 letters of the second word, and the last 2 letters of the second word are the first 2 letters of the third word, etc. The last 2 letters of the tenth word are the first 2 letters of the first word, thus completing the circle. _ _ D U _ _ _ _ B A _ _ _ _ M P _ _ _ _ N G _ _ _ _ I R _ _ _ _ P I _ _ _ _ E A _ _ _ _ R I _ _ _ _ J U _ _ _ _ O L _ _",No hint available.,"ENDURE REBATE TEMPLE LENGTH THIRTY TYPIST STEAMY MYRIAD ADJUST STOLEN",Language,04/28/05 #34635,Human Origins,2.14,2.93,dolphingurl12,L = F C S of E H D,Think Archeology!,Lucy = First Complete Skeleton of Early Human Discovered,Letter-Equations,12/29/06 #50417,That Tips the Shot,2.64,1.66,ThinksForFun,"If you or your party need a fill I may be able to fit the bill If the time you have isn't that much Then your feet and my floor need not touch My prices won't empty your coffer Also convenience do I offer If you want your date to be impressed This choice of venue may not be best What am I?",No hint available.,"a fast food restaurant lines 1-2: If you or the group you're with are hungry, a fast food restaurant may be a solution. lines 3-4: If you don't have a great deal of time and don't wish to dine in, you may want to use the drive-through with which many fast food restaurants are equipped. In this case, you don't actually set foot in the restaurant. lines 5-6: Fast food restaurants are convenient and relatively inexpensive. lines 7-8: If you're taking someone out on a date, they may not be very impressed with a fast food restaurant as your ""choice of venue"". The title is an anagram for ""That hits the spot"". ""Hit(s) the spot"" is an idiom commonly used in association with food.",Riddle,08/19/14 #48245,Flinch!,2.25,1.09,Magyk555,"One day at the John's house, Jonah and Patrick were playing a game. The rules of the game were simple. You try to make the other person flinch without touching them. You have five seconds to do this. If you do this in five seconds, you earn a point. Instead of using points, Jonah and Patrick used pieces of popcorn. After a certain amount of time, Jonah had seventeen pieces, while Patrick only had eleven. After more time, Jonah doubled his amount, while Patrick tripled his amount! After even more time, Jonah gained seven pieces, while Patrick gained only four. How many pieces of popcorn does Jonah have to give to Patrick, so that they both have an equal amount of popcorn?",No hint available.,"Jonah has to give Patrick two pieces of popcorn so that they both have an equal amount of popcorn. See below for an explanation. Jonah-17x2=34 Jonah-34+7=41 Patrick-11x3=33 Patrick-33+4=37 Jonah ended with 41 pieces, while Patrick ended up with 37 pieces. If Jonah then gives two to Patrick, they will both have 39 pieces of popcorn.",Math,12/05/10 #23329,Beauty,2.5,1.29,fishmed,"I am the only woman of that there is no fear, who can claim to have been the most beautiful when I was alive, from the beginning of time until this year. Who am I?",This may not be solvable if you are not a believer of Creation,"I am Eve. When I was around, there was no other woman, so I was, by default, the most beautiful.",Riddle,06/01/05 #29638,Laughter is the Best Medicine,2.73,2.59,sgtammo,"Avux E akq k tgs zvu Lukl Quk akq gxfs qedj. Zgg tkl zvkz kff zvu bugbfu avg jxga vga zg hix zvu dgixzhs khu tiqs lhenexm zkpedktq kxl dizzexm vkeh. E akq kfaksq zkimvz zg huqbudz os ufluhq kxl E'nu xga hukdvul zvu kmu avux E lgx'z vknu kxstgls zg huqbudz.","A: K D: L O: G S: Q","A: K B: T C: D D: L E: U F: C G: M H: V I: E J: W K: J L: F M: O N: X O: G P: B Q: Y R: H S: Q T: Z U: I V: N W: A X: P Y: S Z: R When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick. Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair. I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect. These funny quotes were furnished courtesy of George Burns (1896 to 1996) American actor, writer, Oscar winner.",Cryptography,04/09/06 #34855,Prayers,2.22,2.82,jazzmusician46,"How is line #3 represented in this rebus? 1. The shoemaker prays that blessings will be bestowed on everyone. 2. The watchmaker prays for good fortune. 3. The tinker prays a malevolent prayer that God will bring misfortune on someone. 4. The carpenter prays that all will be well.",No hint available.,"A tinker's curse. This is an early phrase - 'a tinker's curse' (or cuss), which highlighted the reputation tinkers had for habitual use of profanity. This example from John Mactaggart's The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, 1824, states: ""A tinker's curse she did na care what she did think or say."" N.B. There seems to be another expression: a ""tinker's dam"" - a small dam of solder made by tinkers when mending pans. It seems a ""tinker's curse"" was a more popular expression because tinkers were reputed to swear habitually.",Rebus,01/13/07 #30370,"""One Large Buttered Tub, Please.""",2.72,2.0,OldChinaHand,"I had a long, sometimes troubling history, from a stampede in a Paris Salon over a hundred years ago, to yesterday's Smoking Gun. A hearing-impaired inventor took a lot of credit for me, yet had his troubles as would the flyer son, heir to the fortune of a drill bit king. He would also be credited, but for too much exposure. As strange as it sounds, for many, my 'Golden' age was in black and white, while today others feel I'm only eye candy in color. And like a good child, once I was only seen and not heard. And as Dave might say, I'm 'full of stars'.","One last clue if you need it. Once I only cost a nickel. Priced for the working class, I first recorded in 1895.","A Motion Picture or same by any other name. Thomas Edison was the inventor. The first motion-picture studio made 'The Kiss' (1896), which was the first film ever made of a couple kissing in cinematic history. It was also the first film to be criticized as scandalous and brought demands for censorship. Howard Hughes was the aviator heir. The Motion Picture Association of America withdrew its seal of approval for his controversial 'sexy' western epic about Billy the Kid titled 'The Outlaw' (1943). Dave Bowman was from the epic film '2001: A Space Odyssey' (1968). One of the first films was made in 1895 by the Lumiere brothers titled 'Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory'.",Riddle,05/09/06 #12163,Blade v. Shadow,2.46,1.26,Peat,"I am a blade though duller than the rest they always cut through me when put to the test. I am actually quite sturdy, I live on savannas and on the sea floor the blades do not hurt but I sometimes die from the shadows of buildings and trees.",No hint available.,I am grass,Riddle,05/01/03 #41823,The Letter,2.54,2.58,grilledcheese,"A man in uniform stands on the beach of a tropical island. He takes out a cigarette, lights it, and begins smoking. He takes out a letter and begins reading it. The cigarette burns down between his fingers, but he doesn't throw it away. He cries, but not out of physical pain. Why?",No hint available.,He is a guard/attendant in a leper colony. The letter to him tells him that he has contracted the disease. The key is the cigarette burning down between his fingers. Leprosy can kill off sensory nerves without destroying motor ability.,Situation,05/05/08 #48177,Behead 13,2.54,2.2,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. A question of time -> Female chicken 2. Holds things together -> Provides light 3. Leap in attack -> A unit of weight 4. Plainly; just -> State indirectly 5. Bore flowers -> Drew closer 6. Beginning of an era -> Canvas overhang 7. Someone who walks with a measured gait -> Someone who shoots bows 8. Shines -> Hears","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. H 2. L 3. O 4. I 5. L 6. A 7. A 8. L","1. When -> Hen 2. Clamp -> Lamp 3. Pounce -> Ounce 4. Simply -> Imply 5. Bloomed -> Loomed 6. Dawning -> Awning 7. Marcher -> Archer 8. Glistens -> Listens",Language,11/04/10 #34271,Well Aren't You Dandy,2.46,2.22,medster99,"11, 11- t-shirt, shorts 10, 10- casual, sandals 9, 9- wearing a tuxedo 8, 8- wearing a dress and heels 7, 7- wearing bowler 6, 6- wearing a bow tie 5, 5- with tucked in shirt 4, 4- wearing dress pants 3, 3- wearing a tie 2, 2- wearing dress shoes 1, 1- wearing makeup",No hint available.,Dressed up to the nines.,Rebus,12/06/06 #6584,Salt and Pepper,3.04,1.6300000000000001,kiwioz9,"Can you decipher this common phrase? Salt: Good morning Pepper: Hello",No hint available.,Season's Greetings,Rebus,08/16/02 #2904,Running a Red Light,2.23,1.19,204_BLaZe_41,"A cop was stopped at a red light. Professor Bundle, who had his mind on a lecture he was about to give, drove his car right by him and through the light without stopping. The cop witnessed the entire scene but made no attempt to stop him. Why not?",No hint available.,"Professor Bundle was driving through a green light, in front of the cop who was stopped at a red light.",Logic,03/25/02 #44112,Big Thing,1.44,0.5,AndrewWalker,"On a clear day at noon, walk outside and look at the largest thing you can see. What is it?",No hint available.,The sun.,Other,02/16/09 #7056,8 = Q in a PD,2.16,2.69,NYJFan196,8 = Q in a PD,"4 = Q in a PD, but 8 = Q in a PD (The P's do not stand for the same word)","8 = Queens in a Pinochle Deck (For the hint, 4 = Queens in a Poker Deck)",Letter-Equations,08/30/02 #16334,Before the Rest,2.81,1.81,snaps,"When I get there before the rest I get a nice surprise, But all the rest that follow me see nothing 'fore their eyes, And though I may be trapped and caught and held there in your palm, There's another couple of me somewhere else, that you might harm, For if your aim is true or if you are a lucky shot With a rock, another pair of me, though dead, is what you've got. Now fit the clues together and decipher this short quiz, From the lines of rhyme seen up above tell me what this thing is.",No hint available.,"""A bird"" would get you full marks as the answer to this prose, For the early bird gets the worm as everybody knows. Kept as pets and trained up well, birds are nice, although, A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (though I do not quite know why that's so). If you've had fun and had to think this poetry has shown That by reading through this riddle you've killed two birds with one stone.",Riddle,01/27/04 #21903,Oops !!,2.12,1.74,badbunnee,"Baby I am and baby I'll be. Check tub and toss, so it won't be me. What cautionary admonition is expressed by the riddle (it's a common phrase)?","It involves a baby and a tub. So what's probably been happening? Then, what's going to happen next?","Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Prior to indoor plumbing people commonly bathed or did washing in a portable tub, the contents of which were then *tossed* or thrown out into the yard. The expression signifies not doing something dire or damaging while in the process of doing something routine or habitual.",Riddle,03/30/05 #38154,Four Bungalows,2.64,2.09,holly1447591,"There are four bungalows in our cul-de-sac. Some of them are made from peculiar materials: straw, wood, brick and glass. Mrs. Scott's bungalow is somewhere to the left of the wooden one and the third one along is brick. Mrs. Umbrella owns a straw bungalow and Mr. Tinsley does not live at either end, but lives somewhere to the right of the glass bungalow. Mr. Wilshaw lives in the fourth bungalow, whilst the first bungalow is not made from straw. Based on these clues, figure out the order of the bungalows, left to right, and who lives in each one.",No hint available.,"From, left to right, Mrs. Scott lives in the glass bungalow. Mrs. Umbrella lives in the straw one. Mr. Tinsley lives in the brick one. Mr. Wilshaw lives in the wooden one.",Logic,09/06/07 #30476,A Regular Series,2.68,2.68,MarcM1098,"What number comes next in this series? The decimals are rounded to 4 places. 60, 90, 108, 120, 128.5714, 135, 140, 144, 147.2727, ? Bonus What do these numbers represent?",Try this angle: divide each number by 180.,"The next number is 150. The formula is 180(n-2)/n, starting with n=3 for the first term. 180*1/3=60 180*2/4=90 180*3/5=108 180*4/6=120 ... 180*10/12=150 Bonus These numbers are the size (in degrees) of the interior angles in a regular n-sided polygon. An equilateral triangle has three 60 degree angles, a square has four 90 degree angles, a regular pentagon has five 108 degree angles, and so on. A regular dodecagon has twelve 150 degree angles.",Series,05/14/06 #5762,comp144etence,2.41,1.2,michelle,"What does this mean? comp144etence",No hint available.,gross incompetence,Rebus,07/21/02 #34827,Cheapskate,2.37,2.63,phrebh,"When Fred graduated from high school in May 1993, after having celebrated his 18th birthday in March, he received a small check from his grandma. Being a frugal sort, he decided that the best thing to spend his money on would be something that he could use for the rest of his life, even if he lived to be 124: calendars. He figured that as long as he never wrote on them, and he didn't care about the more irregular holidays like Easter, he could use and reuse a set of calendars until he died. He had a calendar for every year since the year he was born, so he knew he wouldn't have to buy too many more. He did want to maximize his space though, so he decided to get rid of any of the ones that he already had that he didn't need. He would just buy the remaining ones that he would need as time wore on. Can you figure out how many calendars he got rid of, how many he would need in total, and how many years it took him to finish his collection? Assume that he doesn't die before completing his collection, and that he won't buy a new one until January 1st of the year in question.",He ended up with less than 30 calendars.,"Fred got rid of seven calendars: 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1993. He needed a total of fourteen calendars, but it took him seven years to buy the last two: 1996 and 2000. Luckily for him, Fred has a penchant for esoteric knowledge. He knew that as long as every four years was a leap year until he died, he could figure out his calendar problems with a few, easy rules: - If the year is a leap year, he could reuse its calendar in years that were multiples of 28 from that year. - If the year is the first year after a leap year, he could reuse its calendar in years that were multiples of 6, 17, or 28 from that year. - If the year is the second year after a leap year, he could reuse its calendar in years that were multiples of 11, 17, or 28 from that year. - If the year is the third year after a leap year, he could reuse its calendar in years that were multiples of 11, 22, or 28 from that year. Since 2100 will not be a leap year, Fred knows that rules will get out of whack if he lives past 124. (He wasn't too worried about having to spend extra money, though, his family typically only lives to their mid- to late-nineties.) Fred was 18 in 1993, so he must have been born in 1975. Since he had a calendar for every year he's been alive, he started with 19 calendars. He quickly saw that the most calendars he would ever need was 28 since all calendar years repeat after 28 years. He figured that it would be a lot less, though, and, since he didn't really like math, just drew up a table to help him determine the actual number. The table consisted of the calendars he would need and what years they would represent. 1975: 1986, 1997, 2003, 2014, 2025, 2031, 2042, 2053, 2059, 2070, 2081, 2087, 2098 1976: 2004, 2032, 2060, 2088 1977: 1983, 1994, 2005, 2011, 2022, 2033, 2039, 2050, 2061, 2067, 2078, 2089, 2095 1978: 1989, 1995, 2006, 2017, 2023, 2034, 2045, 2051, 2062, 2073, 2079, 2090 1979: 1990, 2001, 2007, 2018, 2029, 2035, 2046, 2057, 2063, 2074, 2085, 2091 1980: 2008, 2036, 2064, 2092 1981: 1987, 1998, 2009, 2015, 2026, 2037, 2043, 2054, 2065, 2071, 2082, 2093, 2099 1982: 1993, 1999, 2010, 2021, 2027, 2038, 2049, 2055, 2066, 2077, 2083, 2094 1984: 2012, 2040, 2068, 2096 1985: 1991, 2002, 2013, 2019, 2030, 2041, 2047, 2058, 2069, 2075, 2086, 2097 1988: 2016, 2044, 2072 1992: 2020, 2048, 2076 1996: 2024, 2052, 2080 2000: 2028, 2056, 2084 It didn't take him too long to come up with, and at the end he had a useful resource that he could keep with his calendars. Using the table he had created, he would know which one to break out at the start of a new year.",Other,01/11/07 #29802,Iccanobif,2.65,2.39,tsimkin,"Henry had his head buried deep in his hands, fully frustrated by his math homework for the evening. Gretchen walked in to ask what was wrong, but before she got her question out, Henry launched into a tirade. ""It's completely unfair! How in the world could Mr. Simkin know what Fibonacci would have intended for the rest of his sequence?! Everything I find on-line says that the Fibonacci sequence starts with two 1's. Argh!"" Gretchen had usually been able to help in situations like these, so she calmly asked her brother to explain. He replied, ""Our new math teacher, Mr. Simkin, says that it is only a piece of the Fibonacci sequence we are looking at when it is written as 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8... Each number is the sum of the previous two, but he argues that the sequence should read ...1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8... The only question we have for homework tonight is, what does 'a' equal in the following trail of numbers? ...a, b, c, d, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8..."" A smile spread across Gretchen's face. ""You can do this,"" she reassured her brother, ""and I will be happy to help."" What does 'a' equal in that sequence?",Iccanobif is Fibonacci spelled backwards... It might help to work in that same direction...,"'a' equals 2. Since each number is the sum of the preceding two, d must equal 0, so that the second 1 will equal 0 plus 1. That means c has to equal 1, so that the first 1 would make sense. Therefore, b equals -1, making 0 the sum of the previous two numbers. So a must equal 2, leaving 1 as the sum of -1 and 2. Alternatively, you can look at the sequence as subtractions going from right to left: 3 - 2 = 1 2 - 1 = 1 1 - 1 = 0 1 - 0 = 1 0 - 1 = -1 1 - (-1) = 2",Math,04/16/06 #34941,Missing Triplets 4,2.52,2.06,grungy49,"A missing triplet is simply where three letters have been removed from a word. In this case, I have given you five words with the same three letters taken out of each. Can you put the same three letters back into each word? You may not rearrange the letters already in each word, and the triplets will remain in the same order in each word, although their placement may be different. And, I'll give you a little clue. One of the letters in the triplet is 'N'. 1. B L A A 2. Y R A S 3. O R R E S 4. P A I E 5. I N S A Warning: Hint shows another missing letter in the triplet.",Another missing letter in the triplet is 'T'.,"The missing triplet is 'TNT', in that order. 1. BLATANT 2. TYRANTS 3. TORRENTS 4. PATIENT 5. INSTANT",Language,01/19/07 #48679,First Letter,2.59,1.5,westbrook1,"Which of the following words is an odd one out and why? Flake, start, halve, train, stool, frail.",It has something to do with their first letters.,"Halve. All the other words make new words when the first letter is removed, like flake (lake). Halve does not.",Group,04/28/11 #2263,Number Segments,2.66,2.6,RayneeDay,"Among those numbers whose literal representation in capital letters consist only of straight line segments (for example, FIVE), only one number has a value equal to the number of segments used to write it. What is that number?",No hint available.,TWENTY NINE,Language,02/06/02 #23012,Doggies!!!,2.54,1.87,bigSWAFF_69_,"Two friends, Billy and Jimmy, both have dogs. During a Presidents Day parade, they took them with them when they went to see it. They wanted to figure out which dog was the oldest. This is what they came up with. Patches was born 12 months ago. Meatball was 8 months old when Patches was born. Maggie and Max were born in the same litter. Spot was 5 months old when the ""twins"" were born. Zoe is 3 months older than the two litter mates. Meatball is 4 months older than Zoe. How old are the dogs? And what month were they born in? (exclude ""day-by-day"" just go by months)",You must need to know what month Presidents Day is in. Patches will have to be the first doggie that you get.,"Patches- 12 months- February Meatball- 20 months- June Zoe- 16 months- October Maggie and Max- 13 months- January Spot- 18 months- August",Logic,05/19/05 #37078,Digraphs #5,2.79,2.58,jazzmusician46,"Below is a list of word meanings. The answers to these word meanings have been omitted except for the two-lettered consonants that appear in each word, namely: 'TH'. The word meanings are not in order, so it is your job to try and associate the meanings with the correct word by filling in the missing letters. 1. To take back or remove 2. To shrivel up or fade away 3. To hurry or hasten, or to go somewhere quickly 4. In addition to that, or thereupon 5. Immediately, or without any delay Words: 1. _ _ _ t h 2. _ _ t h _ _ 3. _ _ t h _ _ _ _ 4. _ _ _ t h _ _ t h 5. t h _ _ _ _ _ t h",No hint available.,"1. To take back or remove - 3. withdraw 2. To shrivel up or fade away - 2. wither 3. To hurry or hasten, or to go somewhere quickly - 1. swith 4. In addition to that, or thereupon - 5. therewith 5. Immediately, or without any delay - 4. forthwith",Language,06/26/07 #3722,Everyone's Sleeping,2.36,1.97,rayneeday,"Ssshhh! Everyone is sleeping, But no one's home. Someone is missing you, causing anyone visiting to remember or wonder who you were. Where are you?",No hint available.,The Cemetery,Riddle,04/24/02 #42064,Zedong,2.07,2.58,jazzmusician46,1 of O 1949 = The P R of C was F E.,No hint available.,"1st of October 1949 = The People's Republic of China was Formally Established. 'Zedong' in the title of this teaser is the 'Christian' name of the first Chairman of China who established the People's Republic of China in 1949.",Letter-Equations,05/28/08 #47957,Riddle Me Not II,2.0,0.45,Mathgeek007,"A vital organ Or Newlywed's pad Whole, it shows love, Broken means sad.",No hint available.,A heart,Riddle,09/16/10 #49798,Nominally Associated,2.6,2.13,ThinksForFun,"Which one of the following words does not belong in the group? education enrichment instantaneous philanthropy precursor universally",Consider the first word of the title.,"You may want to ask Ed, Rich, Stan, Phil, or Sally! The answer is ""precursor"" because it is the only word which does not contain a common first name of a person. All of the other words contain a first name as follows: EDucation enRICHment inSTANtaneous PHILanthropy univerSALLY",Group,03/10/13 #41795,Delete Some Letters #4,2.43,2.0,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your task is to discover words, names and phrases relating to the holiday season. You are to delete a few letters in each unrelated phrase in order to show the holiday season. The remaining letters will be in the right order. For example: EACH WRIST MASHED becomes: **CH *RIST MAS*** 1. SAVING THE NICE SHOP LAST - delete 8 letters 2. CAN BUILD PLAYING EASY ONE - delete 10 letters 3. STEAMY SONGS AGREEABLE THINGS - delete 10 letters 4. PLEASANT ACTORS PLAY US - delete 10 letters",No hint available.,"1. SA*IN* T** NIC* *HO* LAS* (Saint Nicholas) 2. *A* *U*LD *LA**NG **SY *NE (Auld Lang Syne) 3. S*EA** SON*S *GREE**** T*INGS (Seasons Greetings) or (Seasons' Greetings) 4. ****SANT AC**** *LA* US (Santa Claus)",Language,05/04/08 #37875,Incomplete Words IV,2.44,0.78,tedger,"Below are ten words each missing the same three letter combination. Can you figure out what those three letters are? Monum_ _ _al T_ _ _ Inv_ _ _ion _ _ _ail Segm_ _ _s K_ _ _ucky Transluc_ _ _ C_ _ _ury Int_ _ _ional _ _ _ertainm_ _ _",No hint available.,"The letters are ENT Monumental Tent Invention Entail Segments Kentucky Translucent Century Intentional Entertainment",Language,08/20/07 #47269,The Murder of Mr. Moore,2.8,1.12,legojedi1,"Detective Derek was reviewing notes on the murder of Mr. Moore as he was heading to the police station to interrogate the suspects. The victim was Mr. Moore, a very powerful billionaire. He was shot square in the forehead around 11:00 PM the previous day. Mr. Moore had 3 sons, Bob, Jack, and John, who were possible suspects. These sons were strapped for money so each had a motive for killing Mr. Moore. As Derek entered the police station, he was led to the interrogation room where he met two of the sons, Bob and Jack. He heard out their testimonies. ""Jack and I decided to hang out with our old man,"" said Bob. ""My dad, Jack, and I went to a restaurant about 15 minutes away. We came back around 11. As we entered the mansion, John, out of nowhere, started running toward the mansion. It startled Jack and me, but my dad hadn't noticed because he was a bit drunk. When I noticed John had a gun, I tried to warn my dad but John shot him before my dad could even turn around and look at him."" Detective Derek asked, ""Jack, do you confirm his testimony?"" Jack replied, ""Yes."" Detective Derek then said, ""Because you have lied to me, you two are both prime suspects in the murder of Mr. Moore."" How did Derek know Jack and Bob were lying and were involved in the murder?",Notes are important!,"The notes Detective Derek read said that Mr. Moore was shot ""square in the forehead"". For that to be true, the shooter would've been standing in front of Mr. Moore, not behind him. Because Mr. Moore did not have time to look back at John, Detective Derek knew John could not have shot Mr. Moore in the forehead. Bob and Jack seemed more likely suspects because they were with Mr. Moore at the time of the murder. The two confessed to the murder because they needed the inheritance for their gambling habits. When they saw John walk by the mansion on his late night stroll, they decided to pin the murder on him.",Mystery,06/17/10 #45817,Thanksgiving,2.11,0.7000000000000001,pokegirl09,"Ann, Mike, Lyn, and Bill, whose last names are Juarez, Newton, Myers, and Ken, each have a favorite Thanksgiving dish - turkey, dressing, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Sort out the clues and match up everything. 1. Juarez has her favorite dish after the main meal. 2. Mike loves his favorite dish with lots of onion and celery in it. 3. Myers has her favorite dish served in slices (light and dark). 4. Ann hates sweets. 5. Newton is allergic to cranberries.",No hint available.,"Ann, Myers, turkey Mike, Newton, dressing Lyn, Juarez, pumpkin pie Bill, Ken, cranberry sauce",Logic-Grid,11/25/09 #27992,The Scrolls,2.94,1.31,Sunrose,"Vanya was not caught, and was still causing trouble upon the land. Hearing the news from the Seekers of Knowledge, the mayor wrote messages to the proper people. The mayor knew that they would want to know, and may be able to help with the problem. The messages will need to be sent with people that can be trusted, and capable of getting them delivered. So, the mayor went and asked the Seekers of Knowledge if they could deliver them for him? Of course, our heroes could not turn him down. They knew it was important, and meant a lot to the mayor. Since there are only 4 messages to be delivered, Dawn stayed back in order to catch up on studying some new spells, and scribing them in her spell-book, which none of the group seemed to mind. Can you figure out where each member is going, which direction they will be traveling in, what type of transportation is used, and who they are delivering the message to? Members: Thad, Sid, Joel, Clover Direction: North, East, West, South Deliver to: Lady Ka'tara, Lord Silverblade, Duke, High Priest Type of Transportation: Horse, Magic Carpet, Magic Port, Walked 1) They consist of Thad, the one going west, the one delivering to Lady Ka'tara, the one on the magic carpet. 2) Clover and Joel did not ride the horse, but Clover went South while Joel went West. 3) The one who delivered to the Duke walked, but that was not Sid. 4) Thad went North, but did not deliver to the Duke. 5) Lady Ka'tara is to the south, but the messenger didn't arrive on the magic carpet. 6) Clover didn't deliver to the High Priest or Lord Silverblade. 7) Sid did not travel by magic port or deliver to Lord Silverblade.",No hint available.,"Thad - North - Horse - Lord Silverblade. Clover - South - Magic Port - Lady Ka'tara. Sid - East - Magic Carpet - High Priest. Joel - West - Walked - Duke.",Logic-Grid,01/09/06 #31303,Classmate Relationships,2.94,1.8900000000000001,dishu,"Some of the classmates of the 4 friends were trying to remember what each of the friend used to wear most in college days, which guy she was seeing at that time. They also began to wonder what each of the friend was doing these days and what ultimately happened to their relationships. All they had was the following information to figure out everything: Friends: Dis, Dip, Raj, Rich Dress: capris, jeans, skirts, sarees Guys: Pras, As, Deep, Avi Job: software, homemaker, teacher, PR Relationship Status: married + kids, engaged, married, break-up Information (Clues): 1. Dis is the only one who is still looking for a suitable guy for marriage. 2. The saree adorer, who was married and loved household work, decided to look after only the home. 3. The mother decided to shift to a teaching job after birth of her child as that required lesser working hours. 4. The jeans lover is tying the knot soon with Pras, whom she has been seeing since college. 5. Rich is a software girl. 6. Deep is dying to have kids but Raj is not so keen on the idea. 7. Avi's wife loved to wear capris in college.",For the sake of this puzzle assume that you stop looking for guys after engagement/marriage.,"Dis, skirts, As, break-up, PR Dip, capris, Avi, married+kids, teacher Raj, sarees, Deep, married, homemaker Rich, jeans, Pras, engaged, software",Logic-Grid,06/25/06 #10313,Flying Around,2.26,1.87,ka-boom,"Assume a red plane leaves from city A to city B and at the same time a blue plane from city B heads toward city A. The wind current is around 5 mph and is traveling against the Blue plane. Both planes are travelling at 120 miles per hour relative to the wind (not the ground). If the distance between the two cities is 300 miles, after how long will the two planes meet?",No hint available.,"Set up 2 equations: distance = rate * time speed going with the wind = 120 + 5 speed against the wind = 120 - 5 d = (120+5)t 300 - d = (120-5)t Add the two equations together: 300 = 125t + 115t 300 = 240t 1.25 = t They will meet in 1.25 hrs.",Math,02/07/03 #17092,The Master Mechanic,2.85,2.62,brgdo1994,"Gary, a highly skilled auto mechanic, climbed under the chassis of Shawn's midnight-blue Pontiac GTO. Ten minutes later he climbed out from under the car. Gary did not inspect or repair the automobile, nor did he offer professional advice to the car's owner. In fact, Shawn knew full well that Gary had never touched the vehicle. Immediately afterwards, as a result of what had just occurred, Shawn unhesitatingly paid Gary five hundred dollars. Why would he do this?","Q: Did Shawn expect Gary to do any work on the car? A: No Q: Is Gary's occupation important? A: No Q: Would it help to know where Shawn's car was parked at the time Gary climbed under it? A: Yes","Gary had made a wager with Shawn that he could lie in the middle of a busy highway during rush hour for ten minutes. In order to safely win the bet, Gary drove Shawn's car to a nearby highway, feigned car trouble and climbed under the GTO. Ten minutes later he emerged five hundred dollars richer.",Situation,03/20/04 #27918,Words of Wisdom From the Grave,2.69,2.3,sgtammo,"The following quotes are true words of wisdom from a famous person in American History. Can you decipher the quotes and guess who the author of the quotes was? 1. Fecu'q zhkmuls eq zvkz au muz gfl zgg qggx kxl aequ zgg fkzu. 2. Miuqzq, feju ceqv, tumex zg qouff kczuh zvhuu lksq. 3. Ukhfs zg tul kxl ukhfs zg hequ okjuq k okx vukfzvs, aukfzvs, kxl aequ. 4. Aequ oux lgx'z xuul klnedu. Cggfq agx'z zkju ez.","A: K D: L O: G S: Q","A: K B: T C: D D: L E: U F: C G: M H: V I: E J: W K: J L: F M: O N: X O: G P: B R: H S: Q T: Z U: I V: N W: A X: P Y: S Z: R 1. Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. 2. Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. 3. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. 4. Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. These famous quotes were furnished courtesy of Benjamin Franklin. He was an American printer, author, diplomat, philosopher, scientist, inventor, and one of America's greatest statesmen. Born in 1706 and died in 1790. He published Poor Richard Almanac in 1732. He invented bifocals in 1760. This man was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.",Cryptography,01/05/06 #24298,Vacation Time,2.97,2.59,phrebh,"Five people (Adam, Betty, Charlie, Darla, and Eddy) went on vacation. They all went to different locations (Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Denmark, and England), were gone for different amounts of time (1 to 5 weeks), had different colored luggage (black, red, blue, green, and yellow), and live in different cities (Albany, Boston, Charleston, Duluth, and Eureka). Using the clues below, figure out where each of them went, how long they were gone, what color their luggage is and where they are from. 1. The black luggage was purchased in Albany. 2. The person from Duluth was gone longer than the person who went to Australia but was gone less time than the person with the red luggage. 3. Charlie had less than two weeks vacation from work for his trip. 4. Adam, Darla, and Eddy all lived in the same time zone. 5. Adam's luggage paid homage to his favorite baseball team. 6. Eddy was in England for less time than the person from Boston was away. 7. The person who went to Canada took her green luggage with her. 8. The five travelers are Darla, the person who went to Australia, the person gone for 3 weeks, the man with the red luggage, and the person from Charleston. 9. Adam didn't need to use his expertise in Spanish on his trip, which lasted less than 5 weeks. 10. The person with the yellow luggage was gone longer than the person from Eureka.","Albany, NY Boston, MA Charleston, SC Duluth, MN Eureka, CA","Adam, Denmark, 4 weeks, Red, Boston Betty, Canada, 3 weeks, Green, Duluth Charlie, Australia, 1 week, Blue, Eureka Darla, Bolivia, 5 weeks, Black, Albany Eddy, England, 2 weeks, Yellow, Charleston",Logic-Grid,07/06/05 #27044,"GW, TJ, AL, AH, AJ",2.67,2.04,lifeisgood812,"Figure out this series and the next two entries. GW, TJ, AL, AH, AJ",The next two entries are also the last two.,"UG, BF The series is the portrait on each of the bills printed by the United States Treasury. George Washington-$1 Thomas Jefferson-$2 Abe Lincoln-$5 Alexander Hamilton-$10 Andrew Jackson-$20 Ulysses Grant-$50 Benjamin Franklin-$100",Series,11/19/05 #5567,Chinabullshop,2.2,1.18,glennyboy02,"Can you decipher this common phrase? Chinabullshop",No hint available.,A bull in a china shop!,Rebus,07/13/02 #619,57 H V,2.23,2.01,kaila912,57 H V,No hint available.,57 Heinz Varieties,Letter-Equations,06/11/01 #49811,Words With NO,2.29,2.72,cnmne,"Five words that contain NO as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? NO***, **NO*, **NO**, ***NO*, **NO**** Pool: A, A, A, C, C, D, E, G, H, I, I, L, M, M, P, P, R, S, T, Y",No hint available.,"NOMAD, MINOR, CANOPY, PHENOL, AGNOSTIC",Language,04/16/13 #43804,Rex and Ralph: Daughter Multiplication,2.43,2.94,javaguru,"Two mathematicians, Rex and Ralph, have an ongoing competition to stump each other. Rex thinks he may finally get Ralph with his latest. Rex tells Ralph that he has four daughters, ages seven to twenty-three. ""Multiply each of my daughter's age by each of her three sisters' ages. For each daughter, take the product of the three resulting numbers. Then take the product of these four results. Divide this total by the product of the four daughter's ages and discard the fractional portion. Next subtract the product of the four daughter's ages. Now divide this value by 10."" ""What is the remainder?"" Rex asks. Ralph thinks about this for about a minute before answering. Rex is disappointed that he has once again failed to stump Ralph. What was Ralph's answer?","There will be no fractional portion to discard. Oh, and the ages of Rex's daughters are irrelevant.","Zero. Choose four positive integers, A, B, C and D. Step 1 yields: A: AB, AC, AD B: BA, BC, BD C: CA, CB, CD D: DA, DB, DC Step 2 yields: A: (A^3)BCD B: (B^3)ACD C: (C^3)ABD D: (D^3)ABC Step 3 yields: (ABCD)^6 Step 4 yields: ((ABCD)^6)/(ABCD) = (ABCD)^5 For any positive integer x, x mod 10 = (x^5) mod 10. Therefore, (ABCD)^5 mod 10 = (ABCD) mod 10 and ((ABCD)^5 - (ABCD)) mod 10 = 0",Math,12/27/08 #3435,"Corset, Coster, Sector",2.25,1.02,Drunky,"Which of the following words don't belong in the group and why? CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS",Look at the letters used,"Courts, all the others are anagrams of each other.",Group,04/11/02 #658,Building,2.43,0.7000000000000001,flipakosayo,What building has the most stories?,No hint available.,A library.,Trick,06/29/01 #34806,"11, 19, 27, 33, 37, 45...",2.15,2.93,jsdodgers,"Find the next three numbers in this series: 11, 19, 27, 33, 37, 45, 49, 55, 63, 69, 73, 79, 83, 91, 95, 101, 109, 113, 119, 125, 129, 135, ?, ?, ?",composite,"139, 143, 149 The nth number in the series is the nth odd composite number plus 2n. EX: 1st number= 9 (1st odd composite number) + 2 (2*1)=11 2nd number= 15 (2nd odd composite number) + 4 (2*2)=19, and so on. at the end: 139= 93+46, 143= 95+48, and 149= 99+50.",Series,01/10/07 #4765,Angle Knew Grist,2.68,1.73,bobbrt,"Changing one letter in each of the following words will make new words that are all related to each other. What are the new words? angle knew grist",No hint available.,"ankle, knee, and wrist",Group,06/16/02 #986,4=S on a V,2.21,2.15,Michelle,4=S on a V,No hint available.,4=Strings on a Violin,Letter-Equations,10/02/01 #38741,Word Connections #16,2.47,2.24,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect wood to shell. Wood P_ _ _ _ _ L_ _ _ B_ _ _ _ _ Shell WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","PE _ _ _ _ LE _ _ BU _ _ _ _","Wood Pencil Lead Bullet Shell",Language,10/13/07 #24001,Just Enough Time to Deliver the Message,3.15,2.44,Swordoffury1392,"Justin Case and Auntie Bellum are fellow con artists who deliver coded messages to each other to communicate. Recently Auntie Bellum was put in jail for stealing a rare and expensive diamond. Only a few days after this, Justin Case sent her a friendly letter asking her how she was. On the inside of the envelope of the letter, he hid a code. Yesterday, Auntie Bellum escaped and left the envelope and the letter inside the jail cell. The police did some research and found the code on the inside of the envelope, but they haven't been able to crack it. Could you help the police find out what the message is? This is the code: llwatchawtfeclocklnisksundialcirbetimersool",It was a TIMED escape.,"The message was ""loose bricks in left wall."" The message was put backward with words related to time in between. This is how the message looks when separated: ll watch awtfe clock lnisk sundial cirbe timer sool If you take out watch, clock, sundial, and timer, this is what is left: llawtfelniskcirbesool Look at this backwards and this is what you have: loose bricks in left wall Auntie Bellum took out the bricks and escaped in the night. Then, she put the bricks back where they were.",Cryptography,06/25/05 #49598,There's Always A Reason,2.71,1.6300000000000001,dalfamnest,"I can suggest a reason why the following people might be often irritated, annoyed and raging furiously! - wranglers, gangsters and bushrangers, scandalmongers and warmongers, languishers, and malingerers. That might not surprise you; but my reasoning also applies to managers and manageresses; even oceanographers and granddaughters! Can you spot my train of thought?","The same reasoning applies to strangers and rangers... ...and anglers!","They all have ANGER inside. gANGstERs grANddauGhtERs wArmoNGERs etc",Language,09/16/12 #41819,Jowhathn,2.56,2.48,Smithy,"What do the following rebuses (or ""rebii"") represent, and what is the common link between them? 1. Bustle0fuss 2. ""Gondolas, get your gondolas! Half price, get 'em while they're hot!"" 3. Bee bee / wasp wasp. That?",Rattles weaponry?,"The link is SHAKESPEARE. 1. Much Ado About Nothing (Two synonyms for ""ado"" about a 0, or ""nothing""). 2. The Merchant Of Venice. (Gondolas being a Venetian boat) 3. ""To be or not to be, that is the question."" The title reads ""What's in a name?"" (i.e. ""What"" within ""John"") and is both a quote from Romeo & Juliet and a reference to the link between the answers.",Rebus,05/05/08 #9963,CLAUSTROPHOBIA,2.77,2.62,Bobbrt,"What do the following words have in common? INITIALLY SPEARMINT INCUBATE CLAUSTROPHOBIA PYROMANIAC CHINCHILLA VINDICATE DISGRACEFUL",People from all over the world should be able to figure this out.,"All of the words contain the name of a country, with its letters in the proper order. IniTiALlY SPeArmINt inCUBAte clAUSTRophobIA pyROMANIAc CHINchillA vINDIcAte dISgRAcEfuL",Language,01/22/03 #35053,How Well Do You Know Yourself?,2.39,2.88,Writer_fighter,"Find the last 2 letters in the series: A, C, M, P, H..",Think biology...,"H, S The series is how humans are classified according to their kingdom, phylum, class, etc... Kingdom - Animal Phylum - Chordate Class - Mammal Order - Primate Family - Hominid Genus - Homo Species - Sapiens",Series,01/26/07 #27529,Change A Word,2.69,1.73,peppamintp,"Can you change Teak to Take in 5 steps? Change only one letter at a time, and do not change the order of the letters. 1. Teak 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.Take",No hint available.,"1. Teak 2. Teal 3. Tell 4. Tall 5. Tale 6. Take",Language,12/16/05 #23182,State Stones,2.86,2.19,cinnamon30,"At a recent conference, the governor of Ohio and the governors of other states decided to propose state gems to accompany their state flowers, birds and songs. They agreed not to duplicate any choices. Because of variations in the legislative calendars, the new stones were chosen at different times. From the info provided, determine the order in which the states made the decisions, each states governor, and the stone chosen. States: Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas Governors: Bracket, Miller, Paulsen, Savron Stones: garnet, ruby, sapphire, topaz 1. Three of the governors are: Bracket, the governor of the state that chose the sapphire, and the person who runs the fourth state to pick a gem. 2. The garnet was chosen after Texas chose its state stone. 3. Iowa's governor isn't Bracket. 4. Miller's state chose its stone before Bracket's state did. 5. Maine chose its stone before the state that picked the sapphire. 6. Iowa chose its stone after Savron's state chose, and before the ruby was chosen.",No hint available.,"1st - Maine, Savron, topaz 2nd - Iowa, Miller, sapphire 3rd - Texas, Bracket, ruby 4th - Ohio, Paulsen, garnet",Logic-Grid,05/26/05 #15422,Mad Ade's Funky Fractions 3,2.28,1.84,mad-ade,"The idea of this teaser is to split the given words into the relevant fractions and then add the two fractions of words into one single word, once you have worked out which fraction of the word you need. For example 3/5 of Green and 1/2 of Neat would be Great, as per: 3/5 of green =Gre 1/2 of Neat= at gre+at= Great The first part of the fraction in the teaser will be in the first part of the finished word and all letters are used in the correct order with no skipping of letters, i.e. 2/5 of Green cannot be GE because it skips the letter R, but it could be EE. 1. 1/2 of love + 1/3 of dismal 2. 1/3 of frivolous + 3/4 of mend 3. 3/5 of joker + half of funnel 4. 3/7 of stumble + 1/2 of strident 5. 1/3 of beyond + 3/5 of mouth + 3/4 of full",No hint available.,"1. ov-al 2. fri-end 3. ker-nel 4. stu-dent 5. yo-uth-ful",Language,11/13/03 #40902,Biggest Number,2.35,2.55,Jim1029,"Using the digits 1 to 9, create two numbers which when multiplied together give you the highest number. For example, 12345678 x 9 = 111111102. Clearly there are higher products. What is the highest?",One number has 5 digits.,"9642 x 87531 makes 843,973,902.",Math,03/06/08 #1345,The Bet,2.58,1.27,Yanivster,"Fred told Jack: ""I'll bet you a dollar, that if you give me two dollars, I'll give you back three dollars."" Who ended up winning money?",No hint available.,"Fred did. Jack gave him two dollars, but he did not give him back three dollars, so he lost the bet and gave Jack one dollar, still holding one of Jack's dollars.",Logic,11/09/01 #5919,"95, 98",2.15,1.66,missie,"What comes next in the series: 95, 98, 00, ??",It is NOT 02,XP. Those are the types of Windows Operating Systems since 1998.,Series,07/26/02 #25225,Complete-A-Word II,2.79,2.82,phrebh,"Use the 26 letters of the alphabet to complete the ten words below, replacing each underscore with a letter. Each letter can only be used once. 1. _RI_T 2. _ALA_ _ 3. _E_ _EST 4. _E_ _RY 5. _RA_E_ 6. S_ _R_ 7. _ _AMY 8. _EBR_ 9. _O_EY 10. _RO_EC_",It helps if you write down the alphabet and then cross out the ones you've used.,"1. WRIST 2. GALAXY 3. REQUEST 4. CELERY 5. BRAVED 6. SHIRK 7. FOAMY 8. ZEBRA 9. MONEY 10. PROJECT",Language,08/10/05 #32069,Perfect Harmony,2.73,1.68,GebbieRose,"Without a partner, I sit here mutely, My grace and beauty for you to reckon. Bright head above a regal neck, soft curves, And promise of my rich voice do beckon. I'm inevitably hollow, the fretful type, But with practice, I could be your soul mate: If you hold me just right, I'll resonate your spirit In faultless pitch, your song to elevate. What am I?",Play me...,a guitar (acoustic or classical),Riddle,07/27/06 #18340,Going But Never Moving,2.46,1.46,sing4evr,"My colors vary. Some find me scary. I go on for miles. And I cannot smile. I go up and down. And run through the town. But I never actually move. What am I?",Most people use me everyday.,A road,Riddle,07/24/04 #726,Book Price,2.21,1.59,vikass,A book costs $5.00 plus one half of its price. How much does the book cost?,No hint available.,$10.00,Math,08/01/01 #51883,Wherezit Go ?,1.52,1.5,BadBunnee02,"What phrase does the following represent? amiss",Try separating the word into a three-word phrase.,'a near miss',Rebus,08/29/18 #14064,Belly Beans,2.6,2.31,taniapereira99,"Jelly Belly beans were the first jelly beans in outer space when President Reagan sent them on the 1983 flight of the space shuttle Challenger. Three astronauts had four jelly beans left among them one night - a black, a yellow, a green and a red. No astronaut ate more than one jelly bean and the red bean was definitely eaten. According to the following statements, determine which astronaut ate which jelly bean. 1. If the second astronaut did not eat the yellow or green jelly bean, then the first astronaut ate the red bean. 2. The second astronaut ate the yellow jelly bean, unless the first astronaut ate the red jelly bean. 3. If the third astronaut did not eat the black or yellow jelly bean then the second astronaut ate the red bean. 4. If the third astronaut ate the yellow jelly bean then the first astronaut did not eat the red jelly bean.","If all else fails, use trial and error.","First astronaut - red jelly bean Second astronaut - green jelly bean Third astronaut - black jelly bean From statement 3, you can deduce that the third astronaut did NOT eat the red jelly bean. Similarly, from statement 1, it can be determined that the second astronaut did not eat the red jelly bean. Therefore the first astronaut ate the red jelly bean. From 4, then the third did not eat the yellow bean. Therefore they ate the black jelly bean since from 3, the second did not eat the red bean. From 2, the second ate the green and the yellow bean was uneaten.",Logic,07/28/03 #34937,Early or Late?,2.09,1.29,coolcow35,"A lady is at home. She is expecting her husband back from a work trip that night, for dinner. She sets the table for them. An hour later her husband still is not home for dinner, but she isn't worried. Why not?",During that hour she was not contacted from her husband at all.,"She wasn't expecting her husband for another two hours. She just preferred to set the table early, so that everything would be ready when her husband returned.",Situation,01/19/07 #23645,Find the Hidden Animals,3.01,1.73,metallicman,"In each sentence, an animal is concealed. The first sentence has dog concealed. Can you find the others? 1. What shall I do, Gertrude? 2. Asking nutty questions can be most annoying. 3. A gold key is not a common key. 4. Horace tries in school to be a very good boy. 5. People who drive too fast are likely to be arrested. 6. Did I ever tell you, Bill, I once found a dollar? 7. John came late to his arithmetic class. 8. I enjoy listening to music at night.",No hint available.,"1. Dog 2. Gnu 3. Monkey 4. Beaver 5. Bear 6. Lion 7. Camel 8. Cat",Language,06/13/05 #17881,SNEPOHC_,2.99,2.79,snaps,"Which letter comes next in the following sequence? S, N, E, P, O, H, C, _",.sdrawkcab ti ta kooL,"E. Why? Each group of four consecutive letters, when read in reverse, form a word: SNEP - pens NEPO - open EPOH - hope POHC - chop OHCE - echo",Series,06/11/04 #38033,I Scream,2.83,1.83,4demo,3 F in N I C,"V, C, S","3 Flavors in Neapolitan Ice Cream They are: vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry, hence the hint. To be more specific, Neapolitan ice cream is a block of ice cream divided into the three distinct flavors and originated in Naples, Italy. The title (I Scream) is a homophone of Ice Cream.",Letter-Equations,08/30/07 #45390,Words With MAN,2.22,2.7,brainglue,"Four words with the letters MAN, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. M A N _ _ _ _ _ M A _ _ _ _ _ _ N T M _ A _ _ N _ _ _ _ _ _ M A _ _ _ _ N Pool: A, A, A, E, E, E, E, F, G, G, G, I, I, L, M, N, N, O, R, R, S, T, U, V",No hint available.,"The words are: mangrove management meaningful Samaritan",Language,09/28/09 #17787,Middle Letter Swap,2.58,2.6,accordionman,"Find a 6 letter word that means something, and then switch the two middle letters with each other. After you have switched them, you will get a word that means the opposite of the first word. What are the two words?","One means together, while the other means apart.",United and untied,Language,05/30/04 #1936,Late Professor,2.22,0.85,cliff,"A professor was late for his class and he rounded one corner on only two wheels. A police officer was sitting in his car watching as the professor whizzed by, yet he did nothing. Why not?",No hint available.,The professor was on a motorcycle.,Trick,01/04/02 #1839,Book Reading Club,2.33,1.53,missie,"The six students in the Nutmeg Library Mystery Book Reading Club read a total of 20 books during the summer. The girls read the same number of books as the boys. -Abby and Stefanie read the same books. -Shaun read one more book than Nate. -Luis read the same number of books as Shaun and Nate read combined. -Pam read one more book than Luis. How many books did each person read?",No hint available.,"Each person read the following number of books: Abby: 2 Pam: 6 Stefanie: 2 Luis: 5 Nate: 2 Shaun: 3",Logic,12/23/01 #47257,Surviving the South Pacific,2.82,2.5,whsprec,"Ten friends went on a boating expedition in the South Pacific. During a storm the boat capsized sending all of them into the ocean. Fortunately, they were all wearing life jackets and each person was tied to a buddy for protection. Each pair landed on a different deserted island, which only had one food source, and was able to survive by eating that food. Eventually each pair was rescued, but in different weeks after the accident. From the clues below determine the name of each pair, what they ate to survive, and how long it took to be rescued. 1) Deon and Clay named their island One Tree Island and unfortunately for them, the name was appropriate. 2) Thanks to a shallow lagoon, fish was the daily meal for Simon, who was on the island a week longer than the ones who ate coconuts. 3) Nick's stay was longer than Quincy's, but not as long as the pair that ate seagulls. 4) Rickey was on his island for six weeks. 5) Keith said that he would never eat crabs again after he got off the island, which he was on longer than Forrest was on his. 6) Hunter was found two weeks after the pair who survived on snakes.",No hint available.,"Keith and Nick ate crabs for 7 weeks before being found. Clay and Deon ate coconuts for 4 weeks before being found. Hunter and Wayne ate seagulls for 8 weeks before being found. Rickey and Forrest ate snakes for 6 weeks before being found. Quincy and Simon ate fish for 5 weeks before being found.",Logic-Grid,06/16/10 #894,100 Y in a C,2.17,1.22,Michelle,100 Y in a C,No hint available.,100 Years in a Century.,Letter-Equations,09/25/01 #52156,Janus Words,2.9,1.9000000000000001,theriddler,"These words are their own opposites. They have contradictory meanings depending on the context in which they are used. They are also called contronyms. An example is ""cleave"" which means both ""to stick to"" and ""to split apart"". Ready? 1. This janus word can mean ""moving quickly"" or ""not moving"", as in ""He was running ____ to help since his friend's tongue was stuck ____ to a pole."" 2. This janus word can mean ""to separate"" or ""to join"", as in ""____ the coupons you want from the Sunday newspaper and we'll ____ them together and take when we shop."" 3. This can mean either ""to have gone"" as a verb past tense; as an adjective, it means ""remaining"". After we ___ there were only three people ____ in the theater. 4. This can mean either ""a solution"" or ""a problem"". We need a ___ for the broken car key or we'll really be in a ___ when it's time to go home. 5. This word means ""to last under use"" or ""to erode under use"". A well-made shoe will ____ well; only the soles will ____ a little.",No hint available.,"1. fast 2. clip 3. left 4. fix 5. wear",Language,03/26/19 #35625,The Line of Doom,2.75,1.09,coolcow35,"A block came falling down. It fell onto other blocks, and as if by magic, they disappeared. A person was happy with the disappearance. This is not a construction site. What is going on, and why was the person happy?",No hint available.,"The person is playing ""Tetris"". This is a video game where you stack blocks together. When a full line of blocks are placed together, they disappear. You try to keep doing this as long as you can. When the person got a full line, they were happy for getting further in the game.",Situation,03/09/07 #19938,29 L in the S A,2.63,2.27,Fhqwhgads,29 L in the S A,No hint available.,"29 Letters in the Spanish Alphabet. The letters are all the same as the letters in the English alphabet except for the extras: ch, ll, ñ",Letter-Equations,12/20/04 #40617,Steaks,2.66,1.15,Carlos16,"If 3 men can eat 3 steaks in 3 days, how many steaks can 6 men eat in 6 days?",No hint available.,"If 3 men can eat 3 steaks in 3 days, then 6 men can eat 6 steaks in 3 days. So in 6 days, the 6 men will be able to eat twice as many steaks as 6, which is 12.",Logic,02/20/08 #36175,36 Tile Challenge,2.5,2.93,calmsavior,"You are given thirty-six square tiles. Thirty-two of them each have exactly one letter on their face. Specifically, there are 4 A's, 4 C's, 2 E's, 2 H's, 3 I's, 1 N, 1 O, 1 P, 4 R's, 3 S's, 3 T's, 1 U, 1 V, 1 W, and 1 Y. The other four tiles are black. Your challenge is to fit the tiles together such that they form two separate crosswords: one of them is 4 tiles across and 4 tiles down; the other one is 4 tiles across and 5 tiles down. Both crosswords have independent clues, and the words are not numbered; the clues are given by each row and column. If a row or column has more than one word (separated by a black tile), the clues for each word will be separated by a semicolon. Some words are actually strings of letters with a familiar pattern, or they may be single letters or acronyms. Some clues even have a trick answer to them. The clues will mention where these are. Using word knowledge and logic, make both crosswords. Clues for the 4x4 crossword: 1st row: Positive quality 2nd row: A common form of precipitation 3rd row: (letter string) A string of four identical letters. 4th row: Very common English word 1st column: (acronym) Item frequently lost in the sofa 2nd column: Agreement, usually between nations 3rd column: Synonym of flush 4th column: Frequently mentioned upon a time Clues for the 4x5 crossword: 1st row: Can either be Soft or Hard 2nd row: Method of jeer 3rd row: Special studies 4th row: (letter) Most frequently used consonant; (trick) Reverse gold 5th row: Usually follows the word 'Poison' 1st column: One of the Five Ws 2nd column: Humans need it; (letter) Roman numeral 3rd column: (letter string) A string of consecutive letters of the alphabet. 4th column: Sometimes formatted into five distinct sections","Hint 1: Two black tiles will make up the 1st-column corners of the 4x4 crossword. Hint 2: A black tile must be placed in the lower-left hand corner of the 4x5 crossword. Hint 3: The 3rd row of the 4x4 crossword consists of all C's.","Place the tiles into a 4x4 crossword as follows: 1st row: Black, P, R, O 2nd row: R, A, I, N 3rd row: C, C, C, C 4th row: Black, T, H, E The clue explanations for the 4x4 crossword are as follows: 1st row: PRO (as in Pros and Cons) 2nd row: RAIN (precipitation) 3rd row: CCCC (string of identical letters) 4th row: THE (actually the most common English word) 1st column: RC (Remote Control) 2nd column: PACT (such as a Trade pact) 3rd column: RICH (synonym of flush) 4th column: ONCE (as in 'Once upon a time') Place the remaining tiles into a 4x5 crossword as follows: 1st row: W, A, R, E 2nd row: H, I, S, S 3rd row: A, R, T, S 4th row: T, Black, U, A 5th row: Black, I, V, Y The clue explanations for the 4x5 crossword are as follows: 1st row: WARE (as in SOFTWARE or HARDWARE) 2nd row: HISS (frequently used as a gesture of disapproval) 3rd row: ARTS (special studies) 4th row: T (most frequently used consonant); UA (the chemical symbol of gold is Au, the reverse of which is Ua) 5th row:IVY (as in 'Poison Ivy') 1st column: WHAT (as in What, When, Who, Where, and Why, and sometimes How) 2nd column: AIR (humans need it to survive); I (roman numeral) 3rd column: RSTUV (consecutive string of letters) 4th column: ESSAY (sometimes structured into one introductory paragraph, three body paragraphs, and one concluding paragraph)",Other,04/12/07 #30732,Nobel and Swift,2.77,2.09,PineappleMama,"Limerick has taught my children much. My history has been nobel and swift. The Mother guides most of my clan, and most of them never drift. Two Marys only lasted five years as my queen. and good Shannon's guidance is easily seen.",No hint available.,"Answer: Ireland! Limerick is the hub of Irish (University) education. Nobel prizes for Literature have gone to Irish writers. Jonathan Swift is Irish. The Mother Church guides, 88% of Ireland is Catholic. Most of the population lives within 100 miles of the capital, Dublin. Mary I ruled England & Ireland from 1553-1558 Mary II ruled England, Scotland & Ireland from 1689-1694 The River Shannon has been important throughout the history of Ireland.",Riddle,05/27/06 #47235,Operation: Cheese-Ectomy,2.22,2.69,cnmne,"Six words have had their cheeses removed. The cheeses have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each cheese with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: bleu, brie, colby, edam, feta, gouda Group B: fulis, orgtble, rnwter, shoo, soqut, ursqe",No hint available.,"bleu + ursqe = burlesque (BurLEsqUe) brie + soqut = sobriquet (soBRIquEt) colby + shoo = schoolboy (sChOoLBoY) edam + fulis = feudalism (fEuDAlisM) feta + orgtble = forgettable (ForgETtAble) gouda + rnwter = groundwater (GrOUnDwAter)",Language,06/14/10 #11014,Prime Date,2.17,2.09,mad-ade,"When was the last time all the digits in the date (dd-mm-yyyy) were a prime number? When will the next one be? Notice that it is simply digits, and not the whole number. Ignore any leading zeroes.",No hint available.,"The last time all the digits in the date (dd-mm-yyyy) were a prime number was on 27-7-777 and the next one will be on 2-2-2222. Note that 1 is not a Prime number. And single digit prime numbers are 2, 3, 5 and 7.",Other,03/09/03 #48358,Common Sentences 3,2.96,1.6300000000000001,cnmne,"The four sentences in Group A share a special feature. If you correctly identify that common feature, you will find that one of the sentences in Group B also has that same feature. What is the feature? What sentence in Group B can be added to Group A? Group A: A gold medal is better then a silver medal. Jack had to lay down after carrying the pail of water. She wrote her letter on pink stationary. The price of the stock will very from day to day. Group B: Bill hit the baseball well. He and I went to the football game. The barren hill was devoid of trees. The high-pitched sound produced a strange affect on the dog. Victoria was the heroine of the story. Walter had a minor role in the play.",No hint available.,"Each sentence in Group A contains a misused word (""then"" should be ""than"", ""lay"" should be ""lie"", ""stationary"" should be ""stationery"", ""very"" should be ""vary""). The fourth sentence in Group B has that characteristic (""affect"" should be ""effect"").",Group,01/03/11 #4816,Ice Cubes,2.86,1.7,missie,"A girl was offered a drink of water with ice-cubes at a party. She narrowed her eyes and said, ""This is part alcohol."" How did she know?",No hint available.,"The ice-cubes were floating in the middle of the drink. Since alcohol is less dense than ice-cubes, it floats to the top and the ice-cubes go to the middle, above the water where water stays at the bottom.",Science,06/18/02 #26301,BRAIN to DUNCE,2.88,2.63,norcekri,"People always said that the Vagner twins, Vance and Vinnie, had only one whole brain between them. After a freak accident at the county spelling bee cost Vinnie an ""I"", he formally changed his name to ""Vince"" and became quite studious. Although he was hardly the top of his class, he at least managed to avoid ever wearing the dunce cap again, leaving that recognition to his brother. One day, both boys were talking out of turn in class. The teacher decided to keep them busy building a word chain. It took them half an hour, but each finally managed to complete his portion of the chain, linking his own name to the word at the other end. Can you complete the chain from BRAIN to DUNCE, using VINCE and VANCE as a bridge near the end? Change one letter at a time, making a common five-letter word at each step.","#1 Yes, Vance's part *is* that easy. :-) #2 Use ""corps"" in the longer portion. #3 The longer portion has 14 words between BRAIN and VINCE.","brain brawn brown brows crows crops coops corps cores sores sires sines sings singe since Vince Vance dance dunce",Language,10/10/05 #30509,Spazy Croonerisms 6,3.21,2.59,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) spoiled Neanderthal child & courageous cougar 2) child of a sorceress & liquid in a trench 3) milk and cheese & fops who are imaginary beings with magical powers 4) fondle feathers & Amsterdam",No hint available.,"1) cave brat & brave cat 2) witch daughter & ditch water 3) dairy foods & fairy dudes 4) touch down & Dutch town",Language,05/16/06 #6061,Duexlbjau,2.36,2.7600000000000002,missie,"Figure out the following cryptogram: ""Duexlbjau jo foundjoy cdfngkgb zfu tglgjkg ndg lmgkgbgan fot zxan egognbfnjoy zfo, vsn ndg mgfan cjtg-fcfwg xq ldjmtbgo bglxyojrga jn, fot ja bgkxmngt vu jn, dxcgkgb joygojxsamu jn zfu vg tjaysjagt.""- Mgx Nxmanxu","U = Y J = I C = W","""Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.""- Leo Tolstoy",Cryptography,07/30/02 #9241,RUPTURE,2.4,1.8800000000000001,speedyg1000,"What do these words have in common? RUPTURE QUIET PURE ETIQUETTE QUITTER TYPEWRITER",No hint available.,They can all be typed with only the top row of letters on a QWERTY keyboard (QWERTYUIOP).,Language,12/19/02 #45063,Mafia Wars,2.55,2.13,goatroper605,"Trooper Thorn has found that he really enjoys playing the online game Mafia Wars. He's also met a bunch of people who enjoy playing the game, as well. They've all decided to start a new mafia family called the Lost Souls. After having fully equipped everyone in the family, they've decided to attack their arch nemesis mafia family called the Boston Irish Mob. Trooper Thorn has been placed in charge of devising a schedule of attacks. After several hours of working on it, he has finally come up with this schedule. However, exhausted from his labors, he falls asleep at his desk & winds up drooling all over his notes; rendering them all but useless. From the information he can remember, can you figure out who the teams are, who they're supposed to attack & the day/time of the attack? 1. Lucky wasn't attacked on Monday, but he was attacked two hours later than Scathach's target. 2. Tommy, who wasn't teamed up with Mojo, attacked at 2pm, but not on Friday. Godfather was attacked the day after Mangler attacked her target but two days before the person attacked at 6:00pm. 3. Porkchop attacked the day before Whisper was attacked but four hours later than Mojo attacked. 4. Angel & her partner Fightin' Irish attacked either Whisper or Godfather. Monday's attack was done at 4 pm. 5. Porkchop wasn't partnered with Lizzie. Meathook attacked Scarface. Mojo didn't attack on Wednesday. 6. Froglegz was attacked two hours earlier than Mangler attacked but three days after Meathook attacked. Shoco's partner, who wasn't Lizzie, didn't attack Whisper or Godfather but they did attack on Tuesday.",No hint available.,"1. Fightin' Irish / Angel / Whisper / 6pm / Friday 2. Tommy / Lizzie / Godfather / 2pm / Wednesday 3. Porkchop / Scathach / Froglegz / 8pm / Thursday 4. Shoco / Mangler / Lucky / 10pm / Tuesday 5. Meathook / Mojo / Scarface / 4pm / Monday",Logic-Grid,08/16/09 #49675,Words With IF,2.36,2.84,cnmne,"Five words that contain IF as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *IF**, **IF*, ****IF, ***IF**, ****IF* Pool: A, A, E, G, H, L, M, N, O, Q, R, R, S, S, S, T, T, U, Y, Y",No hint available.,"NIFTY, SHIFT, MASSIF, AQUIFER, GLORIFY",Language,11/27/12 #3269,Aye Eye,2.17,2.33,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? aye eye I can't see",No hint available.,3rd Eye Blind,Rebus,04/05/02 #50005,Delete a Letter 17,3.08,1.62,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) covered with soft thick hair (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) violent anger, wild rage 2) a fabric made of fibrous material (5 letters) & (delete 5th letter) to coagulate 3) the relative resistance of a material to scratching or denting (8 letters) & (delete 4th letter) the straps by which a parachute is fastened to a person 4) a hypnotic, cataleptic, or ecstatic state (6 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a barely perceptible amount",No hint available.,"1) furry & fury 2) cloth & clot 3) hardness & harness 4) trance & trace",Language,11/22/13 #26070,Bedtime Reading,2.57,1.14,sweetime,"Often I rhyme, But not always it seems. As a small child I precede your dreams. Not quite a story, Not yet a tale, Yet with amusement I will regale. What am I?",No hint available.,Nursery Rhyme,Riddle,09/25/05 #51198,One at a Time ?,1.48,1.23,LittleGreenMan,"What's the rebus? peace peace",Title is a hint.,"""piece by piece"" ""piece"" = ""peace"" (homophone)",Rebus,06/20/17 #6349,Smashing Will,2.27,2.0,mad-ade,"Dick Hitch's Grandfather (the Richest antique kebab dealer in Madadia) had died recently and as part of the will he had left his favourite Grandson (Dick) a extremely valuable China figurine. Once Dick received the figurine he took it home and smashed it to pieces with a large hammer. As a result of his strange actions he was now a lot better off than before. How could this be?",No hint available.,"Because at home Dick already had a matching figurine at home, and by destroying the other one he made his unique, and as a result much more valuable.",Logic,08/08/02 #44776,A L was the F A P to be A,1.95,1.15,TechA,A L was the F A P to be A,No hint available.,Abraham Lincoln was the First American President to be Assassinated,Letter-Equations,07/01/09 #35800,Diet Time,3.1,1.93,Alegna,"Springtime is upon us, and that means that swimsuit weather is coming up quickly! April and four of her friends have all decided to go on a diet to see if they can lose a few unwanted pounds before they have to start trying on swimsuits. Each of the five friends has decided to give up their favorite snack food and to start exercising in order to lose weight. Each person wants to lose a different amount of weight. From the clues given, you will have to figure out how many pounds each person wants to lose, the snack food they are giving up, and the type of exercise they are adding in. Friends: Mable, Bob, Mike, April, and Sarah Snacks: Chocolate, Potato Chips, Ice Cream, Candy, and Pizza Number of Pounds to Lose: 13, 20, 24, 27, and 34 Exercise: Treadmill, Yoga, Karate, Walking, and Boxing 1. Sarah is trying to lose more pounds than the one who has given up candy, but fewer pounds then the one who has begun using the treadmill. 2. Mable is trying to lose exactly 14 pounds fewer than the person walking. 3. Bob (who is not the one taking Yoga) has stopped eating his afternoon bowl of ice cream. Bob is trying to lose exactly 7 pounds fewer than the boxer. 4. Mike is trying to lose exactly 7 pounds fewer than the one who has given up Potato Chips. 5. The woman who has given up chocolate isn't the one trying to lose 27 pounds. 6. April knows that potato chips are a small sacrifice to make as she is trying to get into a bikini. 7. The woman boxer has decided to give up candy to reach her goal.",No hint available.,"They all reached their goal! Mable gave up candy and started boxing to lose 20 pounds. Bob gave up ice cream and took karate to lose 13 pounds. Mike gave up pizza and started using the treadmill to lose 27 pounds. April gave up potato chips and started walking to lose 34 pounds. Sarah gave up chocolate and started doing yoga to lose 24 pounds.",Logic-Grid,03/21/07 #41144,Chain Letters,1.9000000000000001,2.69,RampaginRobo,"What is missing from the sequence? E, E, O, E, E, T, N, E, ?, ?, ?","If 2+4=6, then O+R=X!","R, E, E These are the last letters of the numbers in the Fibonacci sequence. onE, onE, twO, threE, fivE, eighT, thirteeN, twenty-onE, thirty-fouR, fifty-fivE and eighty-ninE",Series,03/21/08 #14856,1920-1850?,2.35,1.6400000000000001,Inferno_D,"A man in Europe was born around 1920, and he died around 1850. The man was 85 years old when he died. How is that possible?",No hint available.,1920 and 1850 are the times when he was born and when he died (19:20 and 18:50).,Trick,09/19/03 #40425,Thomas W. Higginson,2.28,2.34,aresII,"The following quotes are from Thomas W. Higginson (1823 - 1911). He was the first Federally authorized Union Officer of an African-American Regiment. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. The hint contains three vowels. Q=M ""VDUB I YDEFADY YIWUC EBU'C LNUIYD IVIS, I ANIQQIN TUCCEB CUUQC IB GQHUNYGBUBOU."" ""ANUIY QUB INU NINUTS GCETIYUR QEFBYIGB HUIWC; YDUS INU YDU CFQQGYC EX NIBAUC.""","E=O G=I U=E","""WHEN A THOUGHT TAKES ONE'S BREATH AWAY, A GRAMMAR LESSON SEEMS AN IMPERTINENCE."" ""GREAT MEN ARE RARELY ISOLATED MOUNTAIN PEAKS; THEY ARE THE SUMMITS OF RANGES."" KEY: A=G B=N C=S D=H E=O F=U G=I H=P I=A L=B N=R O=C Q=M R=D S=Y T=L U=E V=W W=K X=F Y=T",Cryptography,02/10/08 #25110,Sports Fest Part 2,2.7600000000000002,1.97,Panther91,"What do these pairs of cities or states have in common? 1. New York and San Francisco 2. North Carolina and Florida 3. Arizona and St. Louis 4. Sacramento and Los Angeles",No hint available.,"Each pair has a professional team with exactly the same name. 1. New York and San Francisco (Giants) 2. (North) Carolina and Florida (Panthers) 3. Arizona and St. Louis (Cardinals) 4. Sacramento and Los Angeles (Kings)",Group,08/05/05 #50481,1+1=2,2.55,2.08,duhya,"ONE + ONE = TWO Using neither of the numbers 1 or 2, replace each letter of the equation to make it true. Also, no letter is equal to zero. If so, what is WETTEN?",No hint available.,"467+467=934 WETTEN = 379976 O has to be less than five but greater than two, because TWO has three digits, not four. It has to be even, so it must be 4. E can't be two, so it is 7. N can't be one, or two, or five. It can't be three or eight, as this would make W equal E. It can't be nine, since this would make N equal W. From there on out, the equation is easily solved. E-7 N-6 O-4 T-9 W-3",Logic,12/21/14 #38756,George Carlin Ponders,2.49,2.29,aresII,"The following quotes are from George Carlin. He examines common modern day phrases which should prove to be fun to solve. Both puzzles use the same code. X=C ""XVPTA JBJL NLEQ ZVV EWL UTMVBXBEG MTE XVPTA LBNWE ZXETZVVG BQ XWLZULI, VLQQ XIPRALA, ZJA WZQ Z MLEELI HBLR."" ""RWZE RZQ EWL MLQE EWBJN MLYPIL QVBXLA MILZA?""","E=T R=W T=U","""CLOUD NINE GETS ALL THE PUBLICITY BUT CLOUD EIGHT ACTUALLY IS CHEAPER, LESS CROWDED, AND HAS A BETTER VIEW."" ""WHAT WAS THE BEST THING BEFORE SLICED BREAD?"" KEY: A=D B=I E=T G=Y H=V I=R J=N L=E M=B N=G P=O Q=S R=W T=U U=P V=L W=H X=C Y=F Z=A",Cryptography,10/13/07 #23922,Not a Nail Filer,2.61,1.55,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? emory","Yes, there is a 'loss' of a letter from the front of the word","Partial memory loss The 'm' is the 'partial loss' from 'memory'.",Rebus,06/21/05 #25205,Confusing Duties,2.78,2.62,KnightsTale,"I put myself in danger, And then I flee. All the while you laugh at me. If not for me, others may die, Yet when you see me, I often cry. I jump and run and roll and play, But keeping them safe just makes my day. What am I?",No hint available.,"I'm a rodeo clown! A rodeo clown puts himself in danger to protect the riders. They may have happy smiles or crying faces. They are there to entertain the spectators but their most important goal is to keep the riders safe.",Riddle,08/09/05 #14310,Land Ahoy My Sweet!,2.21,1.94,MrIxolite,Who is the first man accredited with sailing to the Islets of Langerhan?,No hint available.,Tricked you! The Islets of Langerhan are located in the pancreas.,Trick,08/12/03 #50957,A Building Block,2.29,0.6900000000000001,kzmonopoly,"Usually red in color, small in size I am often seen by city eyes. I make up structures very tall I could make up offices and a wall. I am usually made of clay Laid in mortar pale and gray. What am I?",No hint available.,Bricks,Riddle,12/30/16 #17784,A Well Known Book,2.37,2.74,newf,"The beginning of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the alphabet has been replaced by another using a simple substitution technique. For example, A may always be represented by G, etc. Can you name the book? F tqd relw fw czs jsql 1632, fw czs xfcj eu Jelk, eu q neey uqmfpj, czebnz wec eu czqc xebwclj, mj uqczsl rsfwn q uelsfnwsl eu Rlsmsw, tze dsccpsy ufldc qc Zbpp. Zs nec q neey sdcqcs rj mslxzqwyfds, qwy psqofwn euu zfd clqys, pfosy qucsltqlyd qc Jelk, ulem tzswxs zs zqy mqllfsy mj meczsl, tzeds lspqcfewd tsls wqmsy Lerfwdew, q oslj neey uqmfpj fw czqc xebwclj, qwy ulem tzem F tqd xqppsy Lerfwdew Klsbcvwqsl; rbc, rj czs bdbqp xellbhcfew eu telyd fw Swnpqwy, ts qls wet xqppsy - wqj ts xqpp ebldsposd qwy tlfcs ebl wqms - Xlbdes; qwy de mj xemhqwfewd qptqjd xqppsy ms.",No hint available.,"The piece of text is from the original Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe and should read: I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but, by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called - nay we call ourselves and write our name - Crusoe; and so my companions always called me. a has been represented by q. b has been represented by r. c has been represented by x. d has been represented by y. e has been represented by s. f has been represented by u. g has been represented by n. h has been represented by z. i has been represented by f. j has been represented by a. k has been represented by k. l has been represented by p. m has been represented by m. n has been represented by w. o has been represented by e. p has been represented by h. q has been represented by g. r has been represented by l. s has been represented by d. t has been represented by c. u has been represented by b. v has been represented by o. w has been represented by t. x has been represented by i. y has been represented by j. z has been represented by v.",Cryptography,05/31/04 #46477,Seek and Find,2.8,2.32,griphook,"Nothing is in it But something is in it Nobody is in it But somebody is in it If you have it You and I are in it What is it?",No hint available.,Dictionary,Riddle,03/03/10 #22335,The Long Tale of the Murdered Heiress,3.15,1.73,irishthistle,"It was a dark and stormy night in Erisville. Jagged bolts of lightning wracked the sky above Detective Callahan's house. ""Glad I'm not out there tonight,"" Callahan thought. He gazed out his bay window at the thick, frozen fog that had engulfed the landscape. As his yard vanished and was replaced by an eerie, foggy void, Callahan guessed it was maybe five degrees outside right now. Too cold for anything but tea and a book. He took the last gulp of his cup of strong jasmine tea, and headed to the kitchen to make another. His mind was elsewhere as he poured the tea, but a sharp scream jolted him out of his daydream. He jumped, spilling boiling water on his hand, but he hardly noticed. His thoughts were centered on the scream. He waited for another, but no sound came. ""Just a loon,"" he laughed, and went back to his chair, fire and book. His phone rang ten minutes later, making him jump again. It was Murphy, the desk sergeant at the precinct. ""Callahan, we have an apparent homicide at one-two-seven Apple Blossom Rd. Will you check it out since you're so close?"" ""Sure,"" the detective replied, stunned by the awful realization the scream he'd heard was not a loon after all. ""Thanks,"" said Murphy. ""Officers Gould and Apfel are on the scene now."" Callahan only had to drive around the block to get to the stately home of Celine Omar, heiress to the Omar Tasty Snacks fortune. He drove up the long driveway, passing a small guest house which was about sixty feet from the bigger one. He parked in front of the main house's big bay window and walked inside. He entered the house and was greeted by Gould, who led him into the study with the big bay window he'd parked under. Only the desk lamp was on, giving the room a shadowy appearance. Inside was Apfel, holding an evidence bag containing the murder weapon, a large butcher knife. The body of Ms. Omar was in the middle of the room, covered with a sheet. On the couch sat a woman in a white nightgown, and a man in pajama's, both disheveled and spotted with blood. ""What happened here?"" He asked the woman. In a voice choked from tears she said, ""I'm Tessa, the maid. I live in the guest house on the drive and my front window faces this bay window. I heard a scream as I was getting ready for bed. I looked out my front window and saw him struggling with Ms. Omar. I raced in here to stop him, but she was already laying on the floor."" She began to cry again. ""I tried to pull the knife out and save her but he attacked me too. The whole staff knew he hated her. They were dating up until a month ago, when she broke it off. He seemed fine, but we all knew he would try to get revenge."" ""What?!"" yelled the man sitting next to her. ""She is a liar!"" ""Calm down sir,"" said Callahan. ""Why don't you tell me what happened."" ""I am John, the butler. I live in the guest house out back. I heard the scream and ran in the back door. When I got to the study I saw Tessa standing over Ms. Omar's body. I rushed over to Celine, and tried to pull out the knife, to save her, but Tessa attacked me. I loved Celine. I would never hurt her. But Celine had found out that Tessa has been stealing from her. Tessa watches out her front window and spies on Celine in the study. When Celine is occupied, Tessa goes into the house and steals from her. She was about to be fired,"" said John sadly. ""Lies!"" screamed Tessa, jumping to her feet. Apfel took her by the arm. ""You're going to need to calm down ma'am."" Tessa sat back down, whimpering. ""What do you think sir? Both their fingerprints will be on the knife and I've never heard two such conflicting stories,"" said Gould. Callahan thought a moment. ""Take Tessa into custody. She's obviously lying."" How did Callahan come to this conclusion?","Tessa spied every night, but she couldn't have on this night.","John was telling the truth, Tessa had to have been lying. Callahan had looked out his own window at home and had not been able to see anything through the foggy void. Being only a block away, the conditions would have been the same at Ms. Omar's home. Tessa would not have been able to see into a poorly lit room through 60 feet of frozen fog, making her story impossible.",Mystery,04/19/05 #29544,Pit Stop For Gas & Coffee,2.68,2.4,PineappleMama,"Which country actually belongs in BOTH groups? Group A Columbia Brazil Venezuela Guatemala Costa Rica Group B Iraq Iran Kuwait Saudi Arabia Libya",The Title!,"Venezuela belongs in both. Group A contains countries that are coffee producers. Group B contains countries that are members of O.P.E.C.",Group,04/05/06 #45667,Connected Characters,2.71,1.85,dalfamnest,"These colorful people have something in common: they are hiding something from you! What is the connection? Friends Shortchangers Playfellows Garbagemen Bluffers Indigenous Violoncellists",Someday you'll find it - the rainbow connection!,"One color of the rainbow is hidden in each word, spelled in order and listed in order. fRiEnD shORtchANGErs plaYfELLOWs GaRbagEmEN BLUffErs INDIGenOus VIOLoncEllisTs",Language,11/08/09 #9761," 100, 81, 64, 49, ...",2.2,1.21,hprulz,"Fill in the blank: 100, 81, 64, 49, ... ?",No hint available.,"36. These are all squares, 10x10, 9x9, 8x8, 7x7, we are looking for 6x6.",Series,Unknown #8651,Deer Words,2.67,2.69,MrIxolite,"As you pass me again you'll see me sitting here, Gently drinking water in the land of festive deer. You'll find me muddled in a mountain range, my backward little friend, What word am I and will this riddle never end?",No hint available.,"LAP (To pass someone is to LAP them, You only see your LAP when you are sitting down, LAPping is gentle drinking, Festive Deer or Reindeer come from LAPland, ALPS, and a little friend is a PAL, backwards is LAP)",Riddle,11/22/02 #39977,ABC-DEF-GHIJ,2.31,2.39,shenqiang,"A telephone number has the form ABC-DEF-GHIJ, where each letter represents a different digit. The digits in each part of the number are in decreasing order; that is, ABC, DEF, and GHIJ. Furthermore, D, E, and F are consecutive even digits; G, H, I, and J are consecutive odd digits; and A+B+C=9. What is A?",No hint available.,"The consecutive even digits DEF can be 420, 642 or 864, while the consecutive odd digits GHIJ can be 7531 or 9753. Since A+B+C=9, none of them can be 9, and GHIJ must be 9753, and one of A, B, C is 1. The other two add up to 8, which is obtained by 8+0. Therefore, A, the biggest number of the three, is 8.",Logic,01/09/08 #15585,Mad Ade's Word Workout #5,2.31,2.04,mad-ade,"With this type of teaser the idea is to simply add two words together to make another word. But you have to work out what the two words are first. For example, Elevated + Easy to carry = (High/light) Highlight Above + Fatality = (over/kill) overkill. 1. Large grassy area + Job/Career = ? 2. Equitable + Direction = ? 3. Opposite of play + Not in = ? 4. Spin + Moving air = ? 5. Head topping + Piece of furniture = ?",No hint available.,"1. Field + Work = Fieldwork 2. Fair + Way = Fairway 3. Work + Out = Workout 4. Whirl + Wind = Whirlwind 5. Hair + Dresser = Hairdresser",Language,11/28/03 #19144,IMPOSSIBLE Series,2.13,2.99,AXTON,"See if you can tell me what number the question mark represents? 0 6 78 1020 15620 279930 ?",use excel,"5764794 1^1*1-1 = 0 2^2*2-2 = 6 3^3*3-3 = 78 4^4*4-4 = 1020 5^5*5-5 = 15620 6^6*6-6 = 279930 7^7*7-7 = 5764794",Series,10/13/04 #39188,Susan's Puzzles II,2.48,2.08,bookworm91,"While cleaning out her attic, Susan stumbles across a book of word puzzles. They are all quotes from literary authors. She needs you to help her solve them. Below are quotes from one author. ""PS QOFSTIZ OPCIH FSORWBU VSOZHV PCCYG. MCI AOM RWS CT O AWGDFWBH."" ""QZCHVSG AOYS HVS AOB. BOYSR DSCDZS VOJS ZWHHZS CF BC WBTZISBQS CB GCQWSHM."" - AOFY HKOWB","The real name of this person is Samuel L. Clemens. O = A A = M","""Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."" ""Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."" - Mark Twain Key: A = O B = P C = Q D = R E = S F = T G = U H = V I = W J = X K = Y L = Z M = A N = B O = C P = D Q = E R = F S = G T = H U = I V = J W = K X = L Y = M Z = N",Cryptography,11/14/07 #24851,Letter Multiplication,3.12,2.38,phrebh,"If E times ILE equals BANISH, and TE times T equals BOOK, what does TO times IN equal? A. BREATH B. TEASER C. RUTABAGA D. POISON E. COPPER",No math is needed.,"POISON Replace every instance of the word ""times"" with an 'X'.",Language,07/25/05 #8207,Blindfold,2.34,0.58,jake101,"Put on a blindfold and move one meter to the right. Then 3 quarters of a meter left. And finally 1 half meter to the west. What would you see?",No hint available.,Blackness: You're blindfolded.,Trick,11/12/02 #21810,Line of Succession,2.34,2.98,cnmne,"What is the next integer in the following series? 8, 7, 1, 3, 3, 12, 13, 17, 21, ?",No hint available.,"The series lists the smallest positive integer where ""e"" is the: 1st letter, 2nd letter, 3rd letter, etc. 1st letter: 8 (Eight), 2nd letter: 7 (sEven), 3rd letter: 1 (onE), 4th letter: 3 (thrEe), 5th letter: 3 (threE), 6th letter: 12 (twelvE), 7th letter: 13 (thirteEn), 8th letter: 17 (seventeEn), 9th letter: 21 (twenty-onE), thus 10th letter: 23 (twenty-thrEe)",Series,03/27/05 #4041,Birthday Chocolates,2.28,1.66,mad-ade,"It is Mad Ade's birthday and he has a box of chocolates to share amongst the guests at his party. If he tries to give 3 chocs to each guest, then one guest will only end up with 2, but if he only handed out 2 per guest, he would have 15 spare for himself. How many chocolates were in the box, and how many guests were at Mad Ade's party?",No hint available.,47 chocolates and 16 guests.,Math,05/13/02 #46387,1928,2.67,2.42,mathisnice,"On a sunny April afternoon in 2007, a twenty-two year old tour guide eating chapathi led a group of tourists up a few wooden stairs. ""Although this building looks ancient, it is only a replica. In fact, it was built very recently in the year 1928,"" said the tour guide. ""Recent?"" scoffed a young teenager. ""Do you seriously consider 1928 recent?"" The tour guide frowned. ""Of course! 1928 was only two years ago!"" How is this possible?",He was eating what?,"The man was going by the Indian National calendar. The Indian National, or Hindu, Calendar is approximately 78 years apart from the Georgian Calendar, depending on the time of year. Chapathi, also spelled ""Chapati"", is a traditional Indian flatbread.",Trivia,02/16/10 #16644,Three of a Kind #2,2.73,2.22,fishmed,"Following are groups of three words. Can you figure out the common link within each group? Example: Hurricane, camera, needle, (answer: eyes) 1: Pelican, Legislature, Person in Debt 2: Pie Crusts, Beach, Shotgun 3: Bicycle, Shopping Mall, Winter Tire 4: Archer, Violinist, Gift Package 5: April, Locker Room, Bride-to-be",No hint available.,"1: Bills 2: Shells (Top and bottom pie crusts are often called shells) 3: Chains 4: Bows 5: Showers",Language,02/18/04 #7522,Greatest Human,2.24,2.67,warrior,"In a survey to find the greatest human being, the top four people and their occupation were listed in Clock magazine. However, only one entry in each field was correctly positioned. The following facts were true. (1) Albert was two places above the bricklayer, (2) Darling was one place below Charles, (3) Curious was two places below the welder. Can you find the 1st name, surname and occupation for each position? First Name 1st place - Isaac 2nd place - Albert 3rd place - Marie 4th place - Charles Surname 1st place - Newtune 2nd place - Eyeline 3rd place - Curious 4th place - Darling Occupation 1st place - Welder 2nd place - Gardener 3rd place - Cleaner 4th place - Bricklayer",No hint available.,"Using (1), Albert is at 1 or 2. If he is at 1, then from (3), Charles is at 2 or 3. However, with Charles at 2 (and Darling at 3), from (2), Curious can only be at 4 and so it is not possible to find just one correct entry in the Surname list (Newtune and Eyeline must be both correct or both incorrect). If Charles is at 3 (with Darling at 4), then from (2), Curious can only be at 3. This gives both Curious and Darling correct (invalid). So Albert must be at 2 (with the bricklayer at 4). From (3), Charles can be at 1 or 3. However, if Charles is at 3 (with Darling at 4), then both Curious and Darling are correct (invalid). So Charles is at 1 (with Darling at 2). From (2), Curious can now be at 3 or 4, but if Curious is at 3 (with the welder at 1) then both the welder and bricklayer are correct (invalid).",Logic,09/18/02 #35740,The Rose Show,2.54,2.5100000000000002,locomom,"At the annual Pottstown Rose Show, Mr. Tom Thorne, an avid rose grower, entered his six best new hybrid roses. He did extremely well, taking home 28 ribbons. From the following clues, can you figure out how many blue ribbons and how many red ribbons each rose received? Names of Roses are: Pretty in Pink, Ravishing Red, Simply Silver, Mrs. Thelma Thorne, Very Violet and Yummy Yellow. 1. No two roses won the same total number of ribbons. 2. ""Pretty in Pink"" won one-quarter of the total amount, which was the same amount as the number that ""Ravishing Red"", ""Yummy Yellow"" and ""Simply Silver"" won together. 3. ""Very Violet"" won the same number of ribbons as both ""Mrs.Thelma Thorne"" and ""Simply Silver"" together. 4. Three-quarters of ""Ravishing Red's"" ribbons were red. 5. One-third of ""Mrs. Thelma Thorne's"" ribbons were blue; ""Yummy Yellow"" won just one blue ribbon. 6. ""Simply Silver"" won an equal number of blue and red ribbons. 7. ""Very Violet"" won the same number of blue ribbons as ""Pretty in Pink"". 8. ""Very Violet"" won as many red ribbons as were won by ""Mrs. Thelma Thorne"" and ""Ravishing Red"" together.",No hint available.,"Pretty in Pink - 1 Blue - 6 Red Ravishing Red - 1 Blue - 3 Red Simply Silver - 1 Blue - 1 Red Mrs. Thelma Thorne - 2 Blue - 4 Red Very Violet - 1 Blue - 7 red Yummy Yellow - 1 Blue only",Logic,03/17/07 #38917,Dog Breeds #2,2.39,2.82,jazzmusician46,"I have listed eight (8) dog breeds, but they are missing many of their letters. You need to fill in these missing letters to correctly spell the breeds. 1. O-t-r-o-n- 2. R-t-w-i-e- 3. S-m-y-d 4. D-l-a-i-n 5. S-h-p-e-k- 6. W-i-p-t 7. K-m-n-o- 8. H-v-n-s-",No hint available.,"1. Otterhound 2. Rottweiler 3. Samoyed 4. Dalmatian 5. Schipperke 6. Whippet 7. Komondor 8. Havanese",Language,10/25/07 #30326,4 F of H S of W and W,2.53,2.04,npf2005,"4 F of H S of W and W (GG, HH, RR, SS)","Holly, 11 inches, contains a single feather from a tail of a phoenix","4 Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, Salazar Slytherin). The hint is Harry's wand.",Letter-Equations,05/07/06 #27781,The Unknown Message,2.52,2.61,Sunrose,"The Seekers of Knowledge found themselves on another quest. This time they had to enter the great wizard tower of Vanya. She was to be caught and brought back to the city of Raptin for justice to be served. Within the tower, the group had encountered many deadly traps and a few roaming monsters. These monsters had been altered using alchemy and were no longer natural. The group had taken many injuries and was having a hard time reaching Vanya. They had entered a room that had a wooden chest in the right corner. It was a fancy chest with engravings and pictures on it. On the top of the wooden chest was some writing. Unfortunately, some of the letters were worn smooth and the message was unreadable. Sid, being one of the smartest, realized it was a clue as to where they might find Vanya. The group secured the room and began to work on the clue message. Can you help find the missing letters indicated by the *'s to complete the message and help the group find Vanya? The wooden chest had the following written on the lid: *h**e *o*r *e*r* i*, t***e i* yo** tr*a*u*e, w**re **ur *re*s*r* *s, t*e*e *s *o*r **ar*. Missing Letters: TTTYYYRRRRRWEEEEEEHHHHHUUUUAASSSOII",No hint available.,"Where your heart is, there is your treasure. Where your treasure is, there is your heart. After solving the message, the group was able to open the wooden chest by pressing on the engraving of a heart. Inside the chest, they found a few personal belongings of Vanya. With them, they were able to discover what Vanya treasured the most and that she would be with Darcon, her love.",Mystery,12/30/05 #43049,Impossible Word,2.81,1.65,KarateGirl098,"Bob told Dan to name any two letters in the English alphabet, and he would name a word with the first one and without the second one. After Dan said his letters, Bob walked away, discouraged. What letters did Dan say?",Don't strain yourself - this is in the trick category.,"It doesn't matter, he just said the same letter twice.",Trick,09/08/08 #37847,Bezique,2.22,2.55,spinnercat,48 = C in a S P D,Think of a card game.,"48=Cards in a Standard Pinochle Deck Pinochle is a card game based on the French game Bezique, hence the title.",Letter-Equations,08/18/07 #15163,Simple English #2,2.64,1.91,jess1118,"Can you figure out these common English expressions? 1. Sorting on the part of a mendicant must be interdicted. 2. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers. 3. Surveillance should precede saltation.",Find a dictionary (saltation = the act of leaping or jumping),"1. Beggars cannot be choosers. 2. You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. 3. Look before you leap.",Language,10/20/03 #5388,Tic Tac Toe,2.86,1.62,im_para_noid,"Arrange the numbers 1 through 9 on a tic tac toe board such that the numbers in each row, column, and diagonal add up to 15.",No hint available.,"4, 3, 8, 9, 5, 1, 2, 7, 6,",Math,07/09/02 #22600,53 N on H the LB,2.32,2.99,4tune81,53 N on H the LB,Beep Beep,53 Number on Herbie the Love Bug,Letter-Equations,05/01/05 #30983,Always Moving,2.52,1.15,ManInTheShadows,"I have been around for hundreds of years, I can have a varying number of hands, There are many versions of me, I do the same thing day after day, People would miss me if I were gone, What am I?",No hint available.,Clock,Riddle,06/09/06 #9012,I Hold Thousands,2.16,1.8,Dave_13,"I'm the cell that holds thousands. Most that I hold can't live without me. I am not ground or sky. What am I?",No hint available.,Water,Riddle,12/08/02 #28728,Can I Borrow?,2.57,2.28,jessjspieks,"This is a teaser for people who know the US coins. My apologies to any out-of-country visitors. You and a friend pass by a standard coin-operated vending machine and you decide to get a candy bar. The price is US$0.95, but after checking your pockets, you only have a dollar (US$1), and the machine only takes coins. You turn to your friend and have this conversation. You: Hey, do you have change for a dollar? Friend: Let's see... I have 6 US coins but, although they add up to US$1.15, I can't break a dollar. You: Huh? Can you make change for half a dollar? Friend: No. You: How about a quarter? Friend: Nope. And before you ask I can't make change for a dime or nickel either. You: Really? And these 6 coins are all US government coins currently in production? Friend: Yes. You: Well, can you just put your coins into the vending machine and buy me the candy bar, and I'll pay you back? Friend: Sorry, I'd like to, but I can't with the coins I have. What coins does your friend have?",As the Jeopardy theme song plays and time is passing...,"Your friend has 4 dimes, a quarter, and a 50 cent piece. They all add up to US$1.15 and he doesn't have change for a dollar, US$0.50, US$0.25, US$0.10, or US$0.05. Also, and here's the trick, he can't buy the candy bar for US$0.95 because a typical US vending machine doesn't take 50 cent coins -- only quarters and below.",Math,02/21/06 #3598,Toddlers and Teddies,2.72,1.91,lil_thugsta,"At the local play group for babies and toddlers, I was asking the mothers about the number of teddies each of their children has. The four children are aged 1, 2, 3 and 4. Remarkably, the children have one, two, three and four teddies, although not necessarily respectively. James has more teddies than his age. John is older than Matthew. Curiously only one child has the same number of teddies as his age. Paul has less teddies than John, and the child aged 3 has two teddies. Paul is the youngest. How old is each child and how many teddies do they have each?",No hint available.,"Matthew is 3 and has two teddies. Paul is 1 and has one teddy. John is 4 and has three teddies. James is 2 and has four teddies.",Logic,04/17/02 #3753,A and I Pronunciation,2.57,1.96,gokaran,"Which word that begins with the letter I, and by adding the letter A, becomes another word that is pronounced the same?",No hint available.,Isle and Aisle.,Language,04/26/02 #49391,Puzzling Prattle,2.82,2.52,D_Dragon,"Two children, who were all tangled up in their reckoning of the days of the week, paused on their way to school to straighten matters out. ""When the day after tomorrow is yesterday,"" said Priscilla, ""then 'today' will be as far from Sunday as that day was which was 'today' when the day before yesterday was tomorrow!"" On which day of the week did this puzzling prattle occur?",No hint available.,The two children were so befogged over the calendar that they had started on their way to school on Sunday morning!,Logic,03/23/12 #8584,Sixteen 4's,2.11,2.09,lesternoronha1,"Can you make a total of 1000 by using sixteen 4's and only the arithmetic symbol ""+"" any number of times?",Try all combinations.,444+444+44+44+4+4+4+4+4+4,Math,11/19/02 #4422,Out to Lunch,2.17,2.42,mad-ade,"Mad Ade travels on a cycle from home to his favourite kebab shop on a straight road with wind against him. He took 4 hours to reach there. On the way back, Mad Ade took 3 hours to reach Home as the wind was in the same direction. If there is no wind, how much time does Mad Ade take to travel from home to the kebab shop?",No hint available.,"Let distance between home and the kebab shop is D. Mad Ade took 4 hours to reach the kebab shop. So speed while travelling towards the kebab shop is D/4. Similarly, he took 3 hours to reach home. So speed while coming back is D/3. There is a speed difference of 7*D/12, which is the wind helping Mad Ade in 1 direction, & slowing him in the other direction. Average the 2 speeds, & you have the speed that person can travel in no wind, which is 7*D/24. Hence, Mad Ade will take D / (7*D/24) hours to travel distance D which is 24/7 hours. Answer is 3 hours 25 minutes 42 seconds",Math,06/02/02 #7257,A clock,2.44,1.86,warrior,How many times do all the hands on a clock go around in an hour?,No hint available.,"Second hand=60 Minute hand=1 Hour hand=1/12 total: 61.083333",Math,09/07/02 #19933,G0od Luck,2.21,0.63,snakes,"It's always above the negatives Yet it's lower than the first prime No matter how you multiply It's the same every time. What is it?",No hint available.,0,Riddle,12/15/04 #49173,Words With PI,2.19,2.21,cnmne,"Five words that contain PI as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **PI*, ***PI, *PI***, *PI****, ***PI** Pool: A, C, D, E, E, E, E, G, H, K, L, M, N, O, O, O, R, S, T, T",No hint available.,"TOPIC, OKAPI, SPIDER, EPITOME, HELPING",Language,11/30/11 #4579,Rows and Columns,2.68,2.35,arij,"In the sum (shown below), the top row added to the middle row gives the bottom one. Working from top to bottom, remove one digit from each row, from any columns (closing the gaps) to leave three columns of digits, then a second digit from each row to leave two columns, and finally a third to leave one column so that a valid sum remains each time. What are the three sets of digits removed? 3826 +2768 ------ 6594",No hint available.,"Reading from top to bottom, the order of the deletions is : 8,7,6; 3,6,9; 6,8,5.",Math,06/09/02 #7629,Baseball Catch,2.24,0.64,BigSurf18,"You're at the World Series. The ball is hit right to you. You catch it, and the player is not out. Why is that?",No hint available.,"You're a fan, not a player.",Trick,09/21/02 #10018,102 = F in the E S B,2.32,2.79,doggyxp,102 = F in the E S B,No hint available.,102 = Floors in the Empire State Building,Letter-Equations,01/24/03 #2782,YYYMEN,2.58,1.12,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following famous people? YYYMEN",Biblical,The three wise men.,Rebus,03/22/02 #2468,Letter Removal,2.89,3.01,lil_thugsta,"There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?",No hint available.,"The base word is startling starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I starling - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I",Language,03/01/02 #11209,Safes,2.25,1.3800000000000001,Jake101,"A well known bank in San Franscico was robbed. The robber opened 8 safes in this order: 59, 49, 58, 50, 57, 51, 56, ?? What was the last safe opened?",No hint available.,52 (-10 +9 -8 +7 -6 +5 -4),Series,03/16/03 #50235,Gotcha 2,2.0,2.47,BadBunnee02,"Translate this: yours : 01110101 01110000",It's a common expression.,"your number is up It's binary code for the word ""up"" ""Your number is up"" is a colloquial idiom meaning that you are about to experience something unfortunate or dire. (Free Dictionary)",Trivia,04/13/14 #1718,18 F O=532 ML,2.13,2.18,Bigman,18 (US)FO=532 ML,No hint available.,18 (US) fluid ounces=532 millilitres,Letter-Equations,12/14/01 #2460,Cake Eating,2.45,1.11,missie,"Samantha and Suzy were squabbling over a small cake. Their mother solved the question of which one should cut it, as well as the problem of how to make sure the pieces were even, in a very simple manner. No one could complain. What was her solution?",No hint available.,One child got to cut the cake in half and the other got first pick.,Logic,02/28/02 #16715,Peach,2.29,1.48,birdie007bklyn,"Eleven peaches hanging high. Eleven riders riding by. Each takes a peach. How many peaches remain?",No hint available.,Ten. Each was one of the riders' names.,Trick,02/23/04 #19050,Neighbourhood Woes !!!,2.18,2.14,lesternoronha1,"In Rangeelia, a neighbour situated west of our country, the native people can be divided into three types: Lalpilas, Pilharas and Haralals. Lalpilas always get confused between red and yellow (i.e. they see yellow as red and vice versa) but can see any other color properly. Pilharas always get confused between yellow and green (i.e. they see yellow as green and vice versa) but can see any other color properly. Haralals always get confused between green and red (i.e. they see green as red and vice versa) but can see any other color properly. Three people Amar, Akbar and Anthony, who belong to Rangeelia, made the following statements about Gabbar Singh, the famous dacoit of Rangeelia, when he was last seen by them :- Amar : Gabbar Singh was wearing a green shirt. Akbar : Gabbar Singh was not wearing a yellow shirt. Anthony : Gabbar Singh was wearing a red shirt. If none of Amar, Akbar or Anthony is a Haralal, then what was the color of Gabbar Singh's shirt ?",No hint available.,"Gabbar Singh was wearing a yellow shirt. It is given that Lalpilas always get confused between red and yellow (i.e. they see yellow as red and vice versa) but can see any other color properly. Pilharas always get confused between yellow and green (i.e. they see yellow as green and vice versa) but can see any other color properly. Haralals always get confused between green and red (i.e. they see green as red and vice versa) but can see any other color properly. The statements made by Amar, Akbar and Anthony are Amar : Gabbar Singh was wearing a green shirt. Akbar : Gabbar Singh was not wearing a yellow shirt. Anthony : Gabbar Singh was wearing a red shirt. Since none of Amar, Akbar or Anthony is a Haralal, Gabbar Singh could not have worn a red or green shirt. If Gabbar had worn a red shirt, then Amar would not have made such a statement (since only Haralals get confused between red and green and it is given that Amar is not a Haralal). If Gabbar had worn a green shirt, then Anthony would not have made such a statement (since only Haralals get confused between red and green and it is given that Anthony is not a Haralal). So the only possibility is that Gabbar Singh wore a yellow shirt. Amar, who is probably a Pilhara, confused yellow with green. Akbar, who is probably a Pilhara or a Lalpila, confused yellow with either green or red and hence said that he was not in yellow. Anthony who is probably a Lalpila confused yellow with red.",Logic,10/05/04 #3090,Something in His Pocket,2.45,1.15,204_blaze_41,"While on safari in the wild jungles of Africa, Professor Noki woke up one morning and felt something in the pocket of his shorts. It had a head and tail, but no legs. When Noki got up he could feel it move inside his pocket. Noki, however, showed little concern and went about his morning rituals. Why such a casual attitude?",No hint available.,It was only a coin in his pocket.,Logic,04/01/02 #49929,Tie the Knots,2.73,2.16,eighsse,"Joe needed a rope 75 feet long. He went to a local hardware store, but found that they did not have ropes nearly that long. They had only 3', 5', 12', and 20' segments of rope. Joe would have bought only 20' segments, as they were the cheapest per foot; unfortunately, they had such a limited quantity of segments (though none were out of stock) that he had to buy all of the 20', 12', and 5' segments available, and 3' segments for the remainder. In fact, he bought a greater quantity of each length than the next longer length (i.e., more 3' segments than 5' segments, more 5' segments than 12' segments, and more 12' segments than 20' segments). Just to be sure he had some margin for error, he bought a total of 90 feet, even though he needed only 75 feet. When he got home, he was glad he had decided to buy a little extra, because only then did he realize that he was going to lose some length as he tied the segments together to make the full rope. He tied two pieces together to check how much length he would lose, and found it to be 6 inches lost from each of the two segments that were tied together. Does Joe have enough to make his 75-foot rope?","Is it possible for Joe to have bought more than 1 20-foot segment, with the total adding up to 90 feet? Is it possible for him to have bought more than 2 12-foot segments?","Yes. He will have a 76-foot rope. The only combination that fits the statements in the puzzle is: 1 20' segment 2 12' segments 5 5' segments 7 3' segments This is a total of 15 segments, which will require 14 knots to tie together. Each knot takes 6 inches off of two segments, or 1 foot total; therefore, of his 90 feet of rope, he will lose 14 feet in the knots, making a 76-foot rope.",Math,09/05/13 #32000,A Unique Series,2.61,3.04,MarcM1098,"What number completes this series? 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 40, 46, 60, 61, 64, 80, 84, ?","Think of the names of the numbers (ZERO, ONE, ...). Compare them to the names of the numbers that are not in the series (THREE, SEVEN, ...).","The last number is 5000. The only integer names with no repeated letters are ZERO, ONE, TWO, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, EIGHT, TEN, FORTY, FORTY-SIX, SIXTY, SIXTY-ONE, SIXTY-FOUR, EIGHTY, EIGHTY-FOUR, and FIVE THOUSAND.",Series,07/24/06 #48714,Jim and Joe,2.75,0.8200000000000001,Oxiproxd9,"Jim and Joe were close brothers until Jim graduated from Yale and became a renowned scientist who made millions. Not wanting to be outdone, Joe invited Jim over to a mansion that he claimed was his. He showed Jim many wonderful things inside the house one of which was a golden statue. ""This was a little gift from a friend of mine,"" Joe said, rapping on it with his fist, ""It's made out of pure gold. See? Even my powerful fist can't make a dent in it."" ""I have to say, this is all impressive,"" Jim admitted, ""but I know this is all fake, Joe."" How did Jim know Joe was lying?",No hint available.,"If Joe's statue was made of pure gold, it would've dented easily from Joe's fist. Pure gold scores only a 2.5 - 3 on the Mohs scale, and is easy to mold in your hands.",Science,05/20/11 #1577,Football at Wembley Stadium,2.6,1.66,sam1234,Who played for both England and France on the same afternoon at Wembley Stadium?,No hint available.,The Band,Trick,12/03/01 #39775,The Snowman...or Not,2.34,1.05,rt1819,"One day in December, a boy decided to make a man out of the substance around him. He used a carrot as a nose, and gave his man a black hat. But unlike others of its kind, the boy's creation never melted. Even when it got very hot, the boy's creation stayed in perfect condition, until it got knocked down. Why didn't the boy's creation melt?",Think about where the boy lives.,"The boy lived in Florida, and he made a man out of sand. A December in Florida is not cold enough to bring snow, so he made a ""snowman"" out of what was around him. Notice I never referred to the sandman as a snowman.",Trick,12/25/07 #10955,88= Recognized C in the S,2.43,2.8,griphook,88 = Recognized C in the S,A thousand and one nights.,88 recognized Constellations in the Sky,Letter-Equations,03/07/03 #24665,A Titanic Type of Teaser,2.56,2.14,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? It It It... Roger=himselfhimselfhimselfhimself Sarah=herselfherself Simon=himselfhimselfhimselfhimself Sue=herself Paul=himselfhimselfhimselfhimself Brenda=herselfherselfherself","Run for your life! Note how many 'himselfs' are there and what gender the common number applies to - that gender is the key.","It's every man for (four) himself. NOTE: The title was in reference to the Titanic and that such a situation would have occurred when it sank.",Rebus,07/18/05 #11157,Bob and I,2.26,0.96,smileysteve,"Bob and I were playing a game. I got 90 and Bob beat me with 87. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"We were playing golf, where a lower score is better.",Situation,03/14/03 #6058,Captain Election,2.25,1.66,glennyboy02,"In an election for school captain, 320 votes were cast for five candidates. The winner's margin over the four candidates was 9, 13, 18 and 25. What was the lowest number of votes?",No hint available.,"52 x + (x-9) + (x-13) + (x-18) + (x-25) = 320. Solve this and get x = 77. Therefore the lowest score is 77 - 25 = 52.",Math,07/30/02 #50662,Nothing But Net,2.91,1.75,HABS2933,"Which word from Group B belongs in Group A? GROUP A Clipper Caviler Pacer Maverick GROUP B Heat Suns Trailblazer Jazz Pelican",No hint available.,"ANSWER: Trailblazers Each word in Group A is both the name of an NBA basketball team as well as a model of vehicle: Los Angeles Clipper/Packard Clipper (1941-1957) Cleveland Cavaliers /Chevrolet Cavalier (1982-2005) Indiana Pacers/AMC Pacer (1975-1980) Dallas Mavericks/Ford Maverick (1970-1977) Portland Trailblazers/Chevrolet TrailBlazer (2000-2008)",Group,07/20/15 #29484,16.5 F in a R,2.37,2.45,ALW007,16.5 = F in a R,think unit...,16.5 Feet in a Rod,Letter-Equations,04/01/06 #42863,Quadruplets!!,2.42,0.85,eggface,"Identical quadruplets - Oliver, Charles, Dominic and Fred - have lost their teddies and their sets of matching clothing, and their mother doesn't know who is who! Help her to solve which boy has which teddy and which set of clothing. All Mother can remember are the following: Oliver's teddy isn't complete. The boy with the green clothes has the brand new teddy. Dominic has blue clothes. The ancient teddy is often dressed to match its owner, who often wears yellow. Charles doesn't like red or yellow. Fred doesn't have an incomplete teddy. The one-eared teddy belongs to a boy in red clothes.",No hint available.,"Oliver has the one-eared teddy and the red clothes. Charles has the brand new teddy and the green clothes. Dominic has the one-footed teddy and the blue clothes. Fred has the ancient teddy and yellow clothes.",Logic-Grid,08/21/08 #30706,Diagramless,2.99,2.06,cdrock,"Diagramless is a special form of crossword puzzle. It is the same, just you have no idea where the black squares are, you have to use the answers to the clues and the numbers of them to figure that out. Can you figure this diagramless out? It is just a small, 4x4 grid, and there are two black squares. Across Clues: 1. Water Sport 5. Best Grade 6. __ top of; above 7. Place of relaxation 9. Water Level Down Clues: 1. Opposite of future 2. Oxygen 3. Fill by putting on 4. Opposite of off 8. 3.14 10. Vowel between C and H (the hint tells you where the two black squares are located)","The two black squares are in... 1) 2nd Row, 2nd Column 2) 3rd Row, 4th Column","Here are the answers to the rows. Row 1 - POLO, Row 2 - A-ON, Row 3 - SPA-, Row 4 - TIDE Here are the answers to the columns: Column 1 - PAST, Column 2 - O-PI, Column 3 - LOAD, Column 4 - ON-E",Language,05/26/06 #9349,So Tiny,2.27,2.19,MrIxolite,"I am so tiny you can hardly see me. I'm a recorder of action and priority. It might take a few of me to impart what I know, but that depends if you read fast or read slow.",Nicholas Cage's car stealing Movie?,"Minute. Means very small in one definition. Take meeting minutes in another. Takes a few minutes to read minutes.",Riddle,12/23/02 #49985,Alive and Growing,2.74,1.0,SaraGrace,"I am not alive, but I do grow I do not have lungs, but I need air I do not have a mouth, but water kills me What am I?",No hint available.,Fire,Riddle,10/30/13 #35222,Vampire Report,2.25,2.9,Sunrose,"Josh is doing a report on vampire movies. While working on his school report about vampire movies, the phone rang. Josh went to answer it. While he was on the phone, his little sister went into his room and jumbled up his movie information. Can you help Josh sort out the vampire information into 2 groups, and why they are in each group? Dracula: Dead and Loving It Fright Night Vampire Hunter D Addicted to Murder Once Bitten Vampire in Brooklyn Dragon Against Vampire Embrace of the Vampire The Seven Vampires",One group has 5 in it.,"Group 1: Dragon Against Vampire Fright Night Vampire Hunter D The Seven Vampires Once Bitten All of these movies came out in 1985. Group 2: Embrace of the Vampire Vampire in Brooklyn Dracula: Dead and Loving It Addicted to Murder All of these movies came out in 1995.",Group,02/07/07 #28958,The Headless Man,2.6,2.56,k8ly,"A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. What is the letter?",No hint available.,"The letter in question is the letter ""O"". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.",Riddle,03/07/06 #47253,Back in Forth 9,2.89,2.77,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. s____ing (profound, extreme, or intense) 2. si____ll (inspired by a feeling of reverence) 3. re____ed (draw with force) 4. s____hot (to extend over)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. going fast 2. part of a tire 3. looked at 4. picture","1. speeding (DEEP - s_PEED_ing) 2. sidewall (AWED - si_DEWA_ll) 3. regarded (DRAG - re_GARD_ed) 4. snapshot (SPAN - s_NAPS_hot)",Language,06/16/10 #11514,2000 Push-ups,2.89,1.09,PebblesExtreme,"Jon and Bob were betting on a baseball game and Bob lost. To get back at him he bets Jon. Bob says, ""I bet you I can do two to three thousand push-ups in 10 minutes."" Jon says, ""Fine, let's see it. You couldn't possibly win that bet."" Bob won the bet. How is that possible?",No hint available.,"He did two push-ups, since it is worded that he can do 2 - 3000, but Jon thought it was 2000 - 3000.",Trick,04/01/03 #32680,Teasergle V,2.17,1.45,phrebh,"Fred likes to spend time at his favorite brain teaser oriented site, Teasergle, playing his favorite game, Lunch Lobber. Currently, he has $2,550,000,000 in the bank in the game. He knows that he earns $44,000,000 every day he plays, and he spends $150,000,000 each week to increase his skill level in the game. Can you help him figure out how many weeks, to the nearest whole week, he's been playing?",No hint available.,"16 weeks. 2,550,000,000 = 44,000,000 x 7 x W - 150,000,000 x W 2,550,000,000 = 308,000,000 x W - 150,000,000 x W 2,550,000,000 = 158,000,000 x W W = 16.139",Math,08/27/06 #23431,Pointy,2.7,1.12,deadeye823,What is represented below?,"1)Native Americans used these. 2)The title is a hint.","Arrowhead. If you look from top to bottom, you can read ""Head"". Head is in the shape of an arrow. The title refers to the fact that arrowheads were pointy and sharp.",Rebus,06/05/05 #39800,Lovely Yell,2.4,1.67,chocolatecake,"I am always at the beginning of lines, You can also see me in the making of blinds, I can come in pairs you see, Tell me, what can I be?",No hint available.,The letter L,Riddle,12/27/07 #14457,Family Fired!,2.91,2.73,taniapereira99,"Mary Beem, who was a wife, mother of four and grandmother of nine, was shot to death by an angry relative. Find out the name of the relative it was by piecing together the relationships of each person with the clues below. The killer's sister was suspicious of her sibling and confirmed her distrust by talking to three people: her grandfather Bob, her cousin Bo, and her uncle (blood relative) Bill. She called the police, and the suspect was apprehended at the victim's funeral service. Only the direct descendants and their spouses were present. (Note: None of Mary's grandchildren were married or had kids, and no two people have the same first name.) 1. Bill was talking with his brother-in-law Barry. 2. Bart, Buck, and Bruce (who were all brothers) were by their grandmother's casket. 3. Mary's daughter May, who was with her husband Ben, had their two children: Missy and Bernie. 4. Mo, Bob's son-in-law, was comforting his wife Robin, and both were keeping an eye on their sons. 5. Bo was by himself in a corner grieving, while his sister Molly was talking with their cousin Megan. 6. Myra was consoling one of her two children, Brad, who had been very close to his grandmother. 7. Bob was with his daughter Maria. NOTE: Each of the 4 couples has at least 2 kids. WHO IS THE KILLER?","Draw a family tree. Each of the 4 children of Mary Beem has a spouse, and each couple has children. Since all must have at least two kids, only one couple has three kids (a total of 9 grandchildren).","From the killer's sister's conversation, Bob is Mary's husband, Bill is one of Mary's children, and Bo is a grandchild. From clue 1 and 2, Barry was a spouse, and since Bart, Buck and Bruce were all brothers, they were the set of three kids. Clue 3 is straightforward - Mary's daughter May is married to Ben and has two kids: Missy and Bernie. From 4, Robin is a daughter and Bob her spouse. From 5, Bo and Molly are siblings and grandchildren (since they have a cousin present). Megan has to be from the last couple. Mo and Robin could only have been parents to the three boys (Bart Bruce and Buck), since all other siblings were a boy and girl. Clue 6 gives the name of the remaining child, Brad, who must be a sibling of Megan. Both have a mother by the name of Myra. It is unknown at this point if Myra is a spouse or a direct relative. Since clue 7 says that Bob (Mary's husband) was with his daughter Maria, Myra becomes a spouse. Then, by default, Bo and Molly belong to Maria. So now, knowing that the killer's sister is COUSIN to Bo, Bill's NIECE, and Bob's GRANDDAUGHTER, the killer must be BERNIE.",Logic,08/21/03 #32155,A Real Blue Blood!,2.99,2.99,zonahobo,"If I were to bleed from a wound or two, You'd note in amazement, my blood is blue. I'm found as a fossil in ancient stone, Yet living today, I'm almost a clone. My eyes will adjust a great many fold, To see by the moonlight, who I can hold. If I could tell my mate, I would say it is true, These wonderful eyes are only for you. I'm one of the last to die from pollution, A living exception to evolution.","If you are searching for just one more clue, My name is derived from a beauty's shoe.","A horseshoe crab. As an adult, some may reach about 20 inches and if wounded indeed their blood is copper based and blue unlike most other blood. The Horseshoe crabs that swim ashore each year to mate are almost exactly the same as those found in the fossil record dating back an estimated 300 million years or more according to scientists. That's 100 million years before the dinosaurs! Studies of their unusual eyes have shown that they become much more receptive at night regulated by their own internal clock. One article even stated a million times more receptive! Even studied for years in total darkness, the eyes continue to adjust back and forth for night and day. Since they locate food primarily by chemical scent, the only useful purpose for the amazing eyes seems to be their use to locate mates during their short breeding cycle. Hence, they could honestly tell their mate (if they could speak) ""I only have eyes for you."" Very hardy, they are almost impervious to pollution and are often the last living creatures in polluted bays. Staying unchanged over millions of years makes this creature an enigma to evolutionists who must try to explain why they did not evolve or change over such a long period. Not really closely related to a crab, these creatures are more like spiders and scorpions. The hint? .. the shoe you probably got, and beauty refers to the classical horse adventure story ""Black Beauty"". Search the web to learn more about these amazing creatures!",Riddle,07/30/06 #5626,Old Dame,2.81,1.72,Bobbrt,"The following limerick has had the last word of each line scrambled. Can you figure it out? That old dame in a shoe was a FROGE: To her kids she was maid, cook, and FRAUCHUFE. Then the day that her DOROB Left the nest, she was WRHEDS, Packed her bags and moved into a EAROLF.",No hint available.,"That old dame in a shoe was a GOFER: To her kids she was maid, cook, and CHAUFFEUR. Then the day that her BROOD Left the nest, she was SHREWD, Packed her bags and moved into a LOAFER.",Language,07/16/02 #12790,The Forum Leader,2.33,2.49,dsquared,"A leader of forums and when people meet I'm often the nicest for executive elite To a player, I'm a spot amidst the fanfare, Now hopefully your mind, during this, I did snare.","Asking for a hint? There's one more to be shared... I'm a part of a tool to aid the impaired","Some time you have spent, in this riddle's grace I hope like a crime that you solved the case, and in these fine words you didn't despair for in fact what I am, is simply a chair. A leader of forums and when people meet: This person is often known as the 'chair'. I'm often the nicest for executive elite: It is often known to refer to the fact that the boss gets the nicest chair. To a player, I'm a spot amidst the fanfare: The position of a player in an orchestra is referred to as a 'chair' Now hopefully your mind, during this, I did snare: Whilst this just seems to be a red herring and my attempt to confound or something to rhyme with fanfare it is actually providing further help to the previous line given that 'snare' is a type of drum that someone within an orchestra could play. Hint: A wheelCHAIR aids the impaired.",Riddle,05/29/03 #35035,Marvelous Maiden,2.78,1.79,phemme,"To whom does the following lyric allude? An alliterate literary fictional female longs for the love of a legendary leaper and master of metallic manipulation. Despite her intellectual proclivity and finesse for fact-finding, she falls for the illusions of her elusive lover, oblivious to his duality. Meanwhile, this masked man maintains his mediocrity. At last the lovelorn lass finally falls for the friendly fellow, and (luckily for her) he is revealed as the mythic mystery man!",Lex Luthor is her lover's rival!,Lois Lane,Riddle,01/24/07 #33370,What is the Word,2.69,1.61,grungy49,"I have 7 letters. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Letters 1-3-4-7 mean an annoying human or animal. Letters 4-3-2-1-5-6-7 mean a snake. Letters 7-2-3-5 mean a large plant with branches and a trunk. Letters 6-5-4-7 mean a place where most birds lay their eggs. The whole word means at the current time.",No hint available.,"Word: PRESENT PEST SERPENT TREE NEST",Language,10/07/06 #33136,What Kind of Square Am I?,2.46,2.36,jazzmusician46,"Originally I was a square of heavenly peace; the largest in the world. But now I am a square of revolution. Surrounding me is a deep history of politics, people and death. The world knows me well, but many reject my truth. Young martyrs fought for the right to speak, but they were denied this freedom. Only death and imprisonment was their answer. What am I?",No hint available.,"Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China. Tiananmen Square, the largest city square in the world, is surrounded by the Museum of Chinese History, the Great Hall of the People, the Gate Tower, & Chairman Mao's Mausoleum. The Mausoleum is where Chairman Mao's body lays in state. It was built in 1977, a year after Mao died. In the center of Tiananmen Square is the Monument to the People's Heroes, erected in 1958 to commemorate patriots who became martyrs to the Communist Revolution. Ironically, it became the focal point of martyrs to the democratic student movement in 1989.",Riddle,09/23/06 #9770,Sweet Dish,2.56,1.73,MrIxolite,"What food dish is represented here? OV49thStateEN",No hint available.,"Baked Alaska (icecream covered by meringue and baked in the oven) Alaska was the 49th State in the US",Rebus,01/12/03 #36067,The Twelve Disciples,2.78,2.35,spookboy0,"We, the twelve disciples A treat for all to see We rest above with all the saints And set in our marquee We each like to take our time And make our way to you Please just sit and wait, my friend We've got some explaining to do One likes to prance around in fields Another likes to rush And then there's one that's really two Then one that likes to crush One likes to roam the jungle floor Another has no ring One is used for quick judgment Another likes to sting One likes to shoot his pieces far Another likes to kick One brings water for you to use And one is very slick We've each described ourselves So your attention, if you please Think about this puzzle And answer... What are we?",No hint available.,"The Twelve Signs of the Western Zodiac The Whole: ""...above with all the saints"" - The saints are in heaven, and heaven is in the sky. ""We each, a set marquee"" - Each sign has its own constellation. ""We each like to take our time"" - Each sign comes around at different times of the year. The Separate Signs: ""One likes to prance around in fields"" - the Ram - Aries ""Another likes to rush"" - the Bull - Taurus ""And then there's one that's really two"" - the Twins - Gemini ""Then one that likes to crush"" - the Crab - Cancer (He likes to crush things with his claws.) ""One likes to roam the jungle floor"" - the Lion - Leo ""Another has no ring"" - the Virgin - Virgo (She's a virgin because she isn't married, hence, no ring.) ""One is used for quick judgment"" - the Scales - Libra ""Another likes to sting"" - the Scorpion - Scorpio ""One likes to shoot his pieces far"" - the Archer - Sagittarius (His ""pieces"" are his arrows.) ""Another likes to kick"" - the Horned Goat - Capricorn ""One brings water for you to use"" - the Water Bearer - Aquarius ""And one is very slick"" - the Fish - Pisces (He is slick because of his scales.)",Riddle,04/05/07 #49415,The Million,2.43,2.32,Faith511,"It's greater than one million but less than ten million. It's an even number. None of the digits are less than three. No digit is used more than once. The sum of the digits in the ones period is twelve. The digit in the ten thousands place is equal to the sum of the digits in the tens and hundreds places. The digit in the millions place is two more than the digit in the thousands place. The digit in the hundred thousands place is twice the digit in the tens place. What is the mystery number?",No hint available.,"The ""million mystery"" number is 9,687,534.",Math,04/15/12 #37216,750 M = S W B,2.17,2.55,Hadleigh,750 M = S W B,Think liquid.,750 Milliliters in a standard wine bottle,Letter-Equations,07/04/07 #31098,Compounds XI,2.49,2.34,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. CHOMNC _ A _ _ _ A _ _ 2. SARTHLS _ E _ _ _ E _ _ _ 3. HONGTD _ U _ _ _ U _ _ 4. PUDRT _ _ O _ O _ _ 5. ROLTEEID _ _ _ N _ _ N _ _ _ 6. KADYEI L _ _ _ L _ _ _ 7. SBHKCLF _ A _ _ _ _ A _ _ 8. SPODNAIBG _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ _ R _ 9. OODWUTC _ _ _ N _ _ _ N _",No hint available.,"1. COACHMAN 2. HEARTLESS 3. DOUGHNUT 4. DROPOUT 5. TENDERLOIN 6. LADYLIKE 7. FLASHBACK 8. SPRINGBOARD 9. COUNTDOWN",Language,06/15/06 #50034,Prime Maze,2.25,2.57,eighsse,"Below is a maze of numbers. Start at the number in ( ) and make your way to the number in [ ], by moving only between adjacent numbers (not diagonally) whose difference is a prime number. For instance, you can move from a 4 to a 15 (or vice versa) because the difference is 11, a prime number. Remember: 2 is a prime number, but 1 and 0 are not! 30...32...30...39...10...08...09...14 ................................................. 19..(06)..33...20...40...01...20...12 ................................................. 40...21...06...08...37...39...40...09 ................................................. 27...18...34...03...33...22...23...21 ................................................. 08...20...03...33...35...21...22...24 ................................................. 15...28...01...22...27...40...25...20 ................................................. 10...03...29...12..[12]..11...16...18 ................................................. 23...14...27...15...17...35...22...11",No hint available.,"Each directional move (Up, Right, Down, or Left) is listed in order: (06) LURRDRURR DRURDDLDR DLDRDLLUL LURURULLD LDLUULDDD DRDRURDRU [12]",Other,12/19/13 #5265,Math's Date,2.25,1.36,mad-ade,"The 9th November 1999 had an unusual feature. If it was written in the form 9/11/99 then it could be seen that 9 x 11 = 99 Or, in words: day x month = year (Last two digits) What was the first date in this new century that this did happen?",No hint available.,1/1/01,Math,07/06/02 #6213,Can't Read It,2.19,2.13,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? JOURN",No hint available.,Unfinished Journal/Journey,Rebus,08/03/02 #7443,Give & Take,2.87,2.5,majd,"My work is based on give and take I can make a difference by a hand shake The older I get the smaller I grow And my best friend is my worst foe What am I?",No hint available.,"Soap. (Give and take=give foam and take away dirt, by a hand shake=as you use me when rubbing your hands, the older I get the smaller I grow=since I dissolve, my best friend is my worst foe=water which helps me do my work but at the same time dissolves me.)",Riddle,09/15/02 #1260,Typists,2.4,1.42,gokaran,"If two typists can type two pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes?",No hint available.,"6. One typist types one page in two minutes.",Math,11/02/01 #124,"10 Letters, 10 Words",2.57,2.63,Phyllis,"From the following 10 letters see if you can make first a one-letter word, then a two-letter word, then a three-letter word, and on up to a 10-letter word: SSIMTEODTH",No hint available.,"I, do, met, shot, timed, desist, methods, moistest, Methodist, Methodists. This is just one of the many, many combinations there can be.",Language,01/11/01 #33529,6 C in the O G of C,2.3,2.47,TechA,6 C in the O G of C,No hint available.,6 Characters in the Original Game of Clue,Letter-Equations,10/17/06 #48900,Under Which Cup?,3.11,1.61,Scorefire,"You decide to play a game with your friend where your friend places a coin under one of three cups. Your friend would then switch the positions of two of the cups several times so that the coin under one of the cups moves with the cup it is under. You would then select the cup that you think the coin is under. If you won, you would receive the coin, but if you lost, you would have to pay. As the game starts, you realise that you are really tired, and you don't focus very well on the moving of the cups. When your friend stops moving the cups and asks you where the coin is, you only remember a few things: He put the coin in the rightmost cup at the start. He switched two of the cups 3 times. The first time he switched two of the cups, the rightmost one was switched with another. The second time he switched two of the cups, the rightmost one was not touched. The third and last time he switched two of the cups, the rightmost one was switched with another. You don't want to end up paying your friend, so, using your head, you try to work out which cup is most likely to hold the coin, using the information you remember. Which cup is most likely to hold the coin?","Write down the possibilities. Remember that there are only three cups, so if the rightmost cup wasn't touched...","The rightmost cup. The rightmost cup has a half chance of holding the coin, and the other cups have a quarter chance. Pretend that Os represent cups, and Q represents the cup with the coin. The game starts like this: OOQ Then your friend switches the rightmost cup with another, giving two possibilities, with equal chance: OQO QOO Your friend then moves the cups again, but doesn't touch the rightmost cup. The only switch possible is with the leftmost cup and the middle cup. This gives two possibilities with equal chance: QOO OQO Lastly, your friend switches the rightmost cup with another cup. If the first possibility shown above was true, there would be two possibilities, with equal chance: OOQ QOO If the second possibility shown above (In the second switch) was true, there would be two possibilities with equal chance: OOQ OQO This means there are four possibilities altogether, with equal chance: OOQ QOO OOQ OQO This means each possibility equals to a quarter chance, and because there are two possibilities with the rightmost cup having the coin, there is a half chance that the coin is there.",Probability,08/01/11 #6392,Drop Raiser,2.29,2.54,mad-ade,Which 7 letter word can follow DROP and precede RAISER to make two new words or phrases ?,No hint available.,Curtain,Language,08/09/02 #13679,Getting Around,2.59,2.78,wxman,"What number comes next in this series 88 225 365 687 ?",Kepler knew the answer.,"4332 The series is the number of Earth days it takes the planets to orbit the sun. Mercury takes 88 days, Venus 225, Earth 365. Mars 687, Jupiter takes 4332 or just under 12 earth years.",Series,07/07/03 #10721,A Cut Above,2.35,2.03,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? = Foremost =",No hint available.,First Among Equals,Rebus,02/26/03 #41901,Sappy Sayings From an Articulate Author,2.44,2.48,aresII,"The following quote is from Washington Irving (1783 - 1859). He was the American writer who created the fictional characters Rip Van Winkle and Ichabod Crane. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. B=P ""Z RHLS FJZGY HQ Z AKXLYZHL KA CPZSLJQQ, NZRHLC JMJGUYFHLC HL HYQ MHTHLHYU AGJQFJL HLYK QNHPJQ."" ""FJ HQ YFJ YGXJ JLTFZLYJG, OFKQJ QBJPP KBJGZYJQ, LKY XBKL YFJ QJLQJQ, WXY XBKL YFJ HNZCHLZYHKL ZLS YFJ FJZGY.""","J=E K=O Z=A","""A KIND HEART IS A FOUNTAIN OF GLADNESS, MAKING EVERYTHING IN ITS VICINITY FRESHEN INTO SMILES."" ""HE IS THE TRUE ENCHANTER, WHOSE SPELL OPERATES, NOT UPON THE SENSES, BUT UPON THE IMAGINATION AND THE HEART."" KEY: A=F B=P C=G F=H G=R H=I J=E K=O L=N M=V N=M O=W P=L Q=S R=K S=D T=C U=Y W=B X=U Y=T Z=A",Cryptography,05/12/08 #24115,School Reunion,2.42,1.22,katey,"During a recent school reunion, four men were discussing their starting salaries back in 1962. The salaries in question were, 8, 10, 12 and 14 thousand pounds per year. Of course the MP earned the most. Alan earned more than Brian and the doctor earned more than Derek, the vet. Charles could not remember what he started on. Brian, the lawyer, did not start on £10,000 nor did Derek. Can you determine who has which job and their starting salaries?",No hint available.,"Name, Profession, Salary Alan, MP, £14,000 Brian, lawyer, £12,000 Charles, doctor, £10,000 Derek, vet, £ 8,000",Logic-Grid,06/29/05 #15892,Anagrammed!,2.31,2.39,rnpps,"These are anagrams of well known people. Can you figure them out? 1. G's huge bore 2. C Kindles Search 3. Moodier me 4. Shy without neon 5. A new antic- so?","1. A politician 2. A classic author 3. An actress 4. A singer 5. An English scientist","1. George Bush 2. Charles Dickens 3. Demi Moore 4. Whitney Houston 5. Isaac Newton",Language,12/21/03 #5400,Curfew,2.32,1.3800000000000001,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? HOURS OUT",No hint available.,Out after hours,Rebus,07/09/02 #43711,No More Asphalt!,2.42,1.6400000000000001,Shadows,"Here is the first stanza of a poem written by a famous American children's poet. I used a very simple cipher, so don't think too hard! GSVIV RH Z KOZXV DSVIV GSV HRWVDZOP VMWH ZMW YVULIV GSV HGIVVG YVTRMH, ZMW GSVIV GSV TIZHH TILDH HLUG ZMW DSRGV, ZMW GSVIV GSV HFM YFIMH XIRNHLM YIRTSG, ZMW GSVIV GSV NLLM-YRIW IVHGH UILN SRH UORTSG GL XLLO RM GSV KVKKVINRMG DRMW.","E = V T = G","The poem is ""Where the Sidewalk Ends"", written by Shel Silverstein. Here is the first stanza: There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the peppermint wind. The cipher I used is the atbash cipher, where A = Z, B = Y, C = X, etc.",Cryptography,12/12/08 #5578,1 2 B M S,2.39,1.6400000000000001,Bobbrt,"1 2 B M S 3 4 S T D",No hint available.,"1 2 buckle my shoe 3 4 shut the door",Letter-Equations,07/14/02 #9284,A Hen,2.37,0.56,angie,"If a hen that has no owner lays an egg on the border of the USA and Canada, who owns the egg?",No hint available.,The hen.,Trick,12/21/02 #5580,nooutwhere,2.33,0.8300000000000001,Michelle,"What does this mean? nooutwhere",No hint available.,Out in the middle of nowhere,Rebus,07/14/02 #42860,The Deep Answers,2.22,2.42,aresII,"My 14, 12, 4, 13, 2, 11 can be an exploration. My 5, 1, 6, 11, 3 can snare you. My 11, 4, 8, 10 is a heavenly instrument. My 13, 9, 7 can be a tattered cloth. My whole gets the deep answers.",No hint available.,"OCEANOGRAPHER. Clue 1 = search. Clue 2 = noose. Clue 3 = harp. Clue 4 = rag.",Riddle,08/20/08 #39563,A Sad Occasion,2.66,2.74,aresII,"This is a variation of the Missing Word puzzle. Here, the first word is a single letter, in the second word another letter has been added, to the third word another letter has been added to the last two letters, and so on. The order of the letters can be changed, as in this example: O, ON, TON, NOTE, TONES, SONNET, TENDONS. The number of letters in the missing words are indicated by *(S) Good luck! ""No; * do not like **,"" said the man in a black *** on a sad occasion; ""though the **** we have just witnessed was certainly impressive. If you ***** a man, you ****** a ******* power of reinvestigation; and there will be a ******** against ********* when the ********** of this is recognised.""",No hint available.,"The words in order, are: I, it, tie, rite, inter, retain, certain, reaction, cremation, importance.",Language,12/12/07 #27665,What Did I Buy?,2.73,2.03,Question_Mark,"When Skid Mark walked into a shop, he bought a bottle of mineral water, 2 sandwiches and a bag of crisps. This cost him 761QEM. Later on, Exclamation Mark goes into the same shop and buys a sandwich and a bottle of fizzy juice. This cost him 408QEM. Later, Birth Mark goes into the same shop and buys a bottle of mineral water and a bag of crisps. This cost her 153QEM. Later on, Book Mark goes into the same shop and buys 3 bottles of mineral water and 2 sandwiches. This cost her 938QEM. Later on, Question Mark goes into the same shop and buys 4 items. This cost him 555QEM. What did Question Mark buy?",No hint available.,"Question Mark bought 2 bottles of fizzy juice, 1 sandwich and 1 bag of crisps. Everything costs as follows: Mineral water: 110QEM Crisps: 43QEM Sandwiches: 304QEM Fizzy juice: 104QEM You will notice that the difference in cost between Skid Mark and Birth Mark is 608QEM. This is because they both bought a bottle of mineral water and a bag of crisps, but Skid Mark bought 2 sandwiches so sandwiches cost (608/2=304QEM). Since Book Mark paid 938 for what she bought, 608QEM was used to buy 2 sandwiches, the rest of her money would be used to buy 3 bottles of mineral water, so one bottle costs (330/3=110QEM). Using this information you can work out what everything else costs.",Math,12/24/05 #3738,Vowels All the Same,2.65,2.37,freerange_egg,There is only one word in the English language that has 5 vowels that are all the same. The word is not hyphenated and has no other vowels in it. What is the word?,No hint available.,INVISIBILITY,Language,04/25/02 #8312,Elemental States,2.69,2.59,electronjohn,"Which two States (in the USA) have postal abbreviations that are also atomic symbols for elements in the Periodic Table and border each other both on the map and in the Periodic Table? Bonus Question: How many States have postal abbreviations that are also atomic symbols?","Both elements are metals and are solid at room temp. Bonus Question Hint: More than ten!","AL * - Alabama - Aluminum AR - Arkansas - Argon CA - California - Calcium CO - Colorado - Cobalt GA * - Georgia - Gallium IN - Indiana - Indium LA - Louisiana - Lanthanum MD - Maryland - Mendelevium MN - Minnesota - Manganese MO - Missouri - Molybdenum MT - Montana - Meitnerium ND - North Dakota - Neodymium NE - Nebraska - Neon PA - Pennsylvania - Protactinium SC - South Carolina - Scandium *- bordering states Possible Future Addition: PR - Puerto Rico - Praseodymium",Science,11/01/02 #44909,F = the S S,2.08,2.02,TechA,F = the S S,No hint available.,Florida = the Sunshine State,Letter-Equations,07/21/09 #7461,Weaken all Men,2.84,1.02,Floating_Dreamer,"I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back. None suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I?",No hint available.,Sleep,Riddle,09/15/02 #43762,Friends' Day Off,2.41,0.84,clevercoffee,"Four friends with crazy work schedules all got a different day off this week. Each did something fun on their day off. Can you determine who took what day off from what job as well as what each person did? The Bartender either went to a movie or went shopping on her day off. The person who took Sunday off was a woman. Wednesday was a great day for a person to go hunting. Leigha did not take Friday off nor did she go fishing. The four friends are.....Mark, the one who took Friday off, the Stylist, and the one who went fishing. Starr is a Bartender but did not go fishing. Mark enjoyed Wednesday but did not go shopping. Jessica enjoyed Sunday off from her Barista job, and Leigha bought a new purse on her day off.",No hint available.,"Leigha - Stylist - Tuesday - Shopping Starr - Bartender - Friday - Movie Mark - Jeweler - Wednesday - Hunting Jessica - Barista - Sunday - Fishing",Logic-Grid,12/21/08 #12881,Insurance Company,2.83,1.91,nuttyprince,"A man, having purchased a case of rare, very expensive cigars, insured them against .... get this .... fire! Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of fabulous cigars, and having yet to make a single premium payment on the policy, the man filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the man stated that he had lost the cigars in ""a series of small fires."" The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in a normal fashion. The man sued ... and won! Instead of a lengthy trial, the insurance company gave him the £15,000 that was due to him. However, the insurance company still had to have the last word. When the man got home, he was promptly arrested by the police on 24 charges. What were they?",No hint available.,"Arson. With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used as evidence against him, the man was convicted of intentionally burning the rare cigars and sentenced to 24 consecutive one year terms.",Situation,06/02/03 #43486,Celtic Mathology,2.02,2.57,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Celtic mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find the solution. ARAWN + DAGDA + NUADA = BRIGIT",No hint available.,96937 + 89089 + 74989 = 261015,Cryptography,11/04/08 #14333,Famous Me,2.78,1.31,amdm,"I'm on a mountain, I'm on a chair. It took many years to put me there. I'm a capital city in a state. I'm sixteen in a line of greats. I may have a beard as black as the night But I have won the major fight. Who am I?",No hint available.,"Abraham Lincoln He is on Mount Rushmore; in the Lincoln Memorial; Lincoln, Nebraska is named for him; He was the sixteenth president; and he won the most votes to be president.",Riddle,08/13/03 #13195,Sub Marine,2.56,2.14,snaps,"The following are clues that describe words containing a ""sub"". The clues do not refer to the words themselves, rather they refer to the word that must be added to the ""sub"". For example, ""below the action of joining together"" would be ""submerge"". 1. Under a citrus fruit 2. Beneath a pamphlet on a religious subject 3. Below a task to be performed 4. Under a copyist of manuscripts 5. Below your upright position 6. Beneath your fair share of credit",No hint available.,"1. sublime 2. subtract 3. submission 4. subscribe 5. substance 6. subdue",Language,06/16/03 #598,No Money to Use,2.36,1.09,snoopdogg,"I cost no money to use or conscious effort to take part of and as far as you can see there is nothing to me but without me, you are dead.",No hint available.,air,Riddle,06/06/01 #6245,Poisoned Apple,2.7600000000000002,2.25,mad-ade,"Legendary Madadian mass murderer, Shorty O'Cheekclencher, was confessing to one of his unknown crimes while on his death bed. He explained how he managed to poison someone by sharing an apple with him. It was the victim's apple, and the victim had the free choice of which piece either he or Shorty ate, yet the victim died of poisoning after eating his half of the apple that Shorty had sliced. There was no swapping of apples, nor was the poison administered to the victim in any other way, and there was no known antidote for the poison. How did Shorty manage to poison only the victim's half of the apple?",No hint available.,"The poison was on just one side of the blade of the knife Shorty used to cut the apple. He asked the victim which half of the apple he would prefer, and then cut the apple with the poisoned side of the knife towards the victim's half.",Situation,08/05/02 #5732,One Second,2.74,1.73,Bret,"I go from 100 to 59 in one second. What am I?",No hint available.,"A microwave (when you punch in 100 (one minute) it goes to 59 seconds after)",Other,07/20/02 #36388,Beginning of Sorrow,2.39,1.06,Trumalia,"This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD. I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me; yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.",No hint available.,S,Riddle,03/17/07 #27805,Tasting Words,2.83,2.66,metallicman,"Liz, Blondulla, and Fred were talking to each other. Blondulla and Liz have been friends for many years, but they just met Fred a week ago and were trying to get to know him. They started talking about computers, and after Fred had repeated the word, ""Chip"" a few times while talking about computer chips Blondulla told him to stop saying it, as it tastes bad. Fred thought she was full of it, but Liz knew she was telling the truth. How could Blondulla taste the word?",The fact is Blondulla tastes every word spoken. This word just doesn't taste good.,"Blondulla has a very rare ability called Synaesthesia. It is where people are ""Wired"" a different way, and two senses come together. In her case, she tastes what she hears. There have also been cases where people feel what they hear, people hear what they smell, etc. In fact, the majority people who have this case are usually unaware that they even have it. Some of you may be shocked to learn as you read the answer that you have this condition.",Science,01/01/06 #43181,"A, B, V, G, D...",1.8800000000000001,2.86,shenqiang,"Can you determine the next five letters in this series? A, B, V, G, D, ...",There are 33 letters in all.,"Y, Y, Z, Z, I. The series is the first letter in the English names of the letters of the Russian alphabet: A, Be, Ve, Ge, De, Ye, Yo, Zhe, Ze, I, ...",Series,09/25/08 #9830,Duffus Goes Fishing,2.77,2.05,od-1,"Duffus Mcclutski loved to fish, but he was always afraid that his boat would tip over and he'd fall in the lake. He wasn't afraid of drowning, just of taking an unplanned bath. So Duffus thought of a plan. He got into his boat, with his new cordless drill, and started out onto the lake. After hours of pain and effort he arrived at his favored location, about 10 meters off shore by a little island. Duffus then pulled out his drill attached his 5"" hole saw and drilled a hole through the bottom of his boat (Duffus was never the sharpest tool in the shed though he did often cut himself on that tool, but that's another teaser.) After catching his limit of fish he rowed back to shore with almost no water in his boat. With a 5"" hole in the bottom of his boat why didn't it fill with water and sink?",It took him hours to get 10m or 30 ft. Why?,The boat didn't sink because the lake was frozen. That's why it took him hours to get 10 meters.,Situation,01/16/03 #38609,Stamps Please!,2.34,1.54,snowmonster,"James handed the postal person a one-dollar bill and said, ""I'll have some 2-cent stamps, 10 times as many 1-cent stamps, and the balance in 5-cent stamps, please!"" How many of each was he given?",No hint available.,"5 2-cent stamps, 50 1-cent stamps and 8 5-cent stamps!",Logic,10/04/07 #39208,GS = M + USOC + OC + PGAC,2.22,2.42,onua9159,"GS = M + USOC + OC + PGAC The OC is also commonly known as the BO.",Fore!,"Grand Slam = Masters + United States Open Championship + Open Championship (British Open) + PGA Championship Winning all four major tournaments in one calendar year is considered a Grand Slam in golf.",Letter-Equations,11/15/07 #52425,Betrayal of the Body,2.44,1.6400000000000001,ThinksForFun,"The fateful decision was made this morning But this day did not arrive without warning For quite some time we've been growing together But apparently our relationship is just fair-weather Your strange mentality of less being more Has led to your own members having fallen to the floor An amputation without anesthetic For you seems to be copacetic What am I?",No hint available.,"a haircut lines 1-2: The decision to have a haircut was made in the morning. This day was predictable, as your hair could be seen getting longer each day. lines 3-4: Your hair has been growing, and you have being growing older with it. But then you ""callously"" decided to cut it, making your relationship ""fair-weather"". lines 5-6: In this case, ""less being more"" means that having a haircut is better than not having one. The phrase ""your own members having fallen to the floor"" refers to your hair being cut i.e. during a haircut your hair falls to the floor. lines 7-8: ""An amputation without anesthetic"" refers to a haircut.",Riddle,06/25/20 #40485,Card Game 2,2.41,1.7,AndrewWalker,T J Q K A in the S S = R F,No hint available.,Ten Jack Queen King Ace in the Same Suit = Royal Flush,Letter-Equations,02/13/08 #18347,30°F = Freeeeeeeez,2.59,2.09,Rashad,"If I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass, and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first? Same question, but the location is in Canada.",Tricky title!,"Both questions, same answer: the ball in the bucket of 45-degree F water hits the bottom of the bucket last. Did you think that the water in the 30-degree F bucket is frozen? Think again. The question said nothing about that bucket having anything in it. Therefore, there is no water (or ice) to slow the ball down...",Trick,07/25/04 #26276,Word Pyramid: Natural Wonders I,2.58,2.34,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: A Clues: 1. Ancient Egyptian Sun God 2. A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near the constellations Norma and Telescopium 3. Invisible breath 4. Krona portions 5. The goddess of the dawn","Night ""sky lights""","A RA ARA AURA AURAR AURORA Aurora Borealis aka The Northern Lights.",Language,10/09/05 #2288,Ugly Man,2.24,2.3,KevThaDrinkKilla,What ugly man doesn't want to look like a million bucks?,No hint available.,A hunter among other hunters,Riddle,02/10/02 #36934,Close Shave,3.0,1.51,drussel3,"Homer had suffered a bizarre accident that affected his eyesight. The doctor said it would be temporary, but for the next 4 weeks, he had to adjust how he did some things. The accident had affected his focal length. He was only able to focus on objects that were 6 or more feet away from him, anything closer than 6 feet was just a blur. Homer was used to shaving up close in front of his bathroom mirror. Now after the accident, how close could Homer get to the mirror to see his face clearly enough to shave?",No hint available.,"3 feet Your focal length in a mirror is your distance away from the mirror, plus the distance of the object away from the mirror. When you look at an object in a mirror, you are seeing a virtual image the exact distance it is away from the mirror. So, if you are standing 3 feet away from a mirror, and focus on your face, you are actually focusing at 6 feet. To try this out, put a piece of tape on a mirror, about eye level. Standing in front of the mirror, focus your eyes on the tape, now your face is out of focus. Focus now on your face, and the tape is out of focus.",Science,06/14/07 #22936,Sneak Thief,2.24,2.02,terranmarine,"A thief has been at work in a classroom. When the pupils return from lunch, 80 percent of them have lost a pencil, 85 percent have lost a pen, 74 percent have lost a ruler, and 68 percent have lost an eraser. What percentage, at least, must have lost all four items?",No hint available.,"If you assume that there are 100 pupils, then adding the percentages together will give the total number of losses: 80+85+74+68=307. This means that there are 3 losses each for each pupil, with 7 pupils losing all 4 items. Therefore, the smallest percentage of pupils that lost all four items is 7%.",Math,05/15/05 #1831,Has Eyes,2.43,1.25,missie,"What has got eyes but never sees, What has a tongue but never talks, What has a soul that can't be saved?",No hint available.,A Shoe,Riddle,12/23/01 #10623,"Look, But Don't Feel",2.32,1.39,island-paradise,"You can see it, but you can't feel it. It may disappear, but will always come back. It shrinks in the morning, yet grows in the afternoon. What is it?",No hint available.,Your shadow,Riddle,02/22/03 #4522,Leaves the Mouth,2.25,2.29,Murkymerlin,"What leaves the mouth resounding fresh, but is not a scent or object?",the thesaurus is the clue,"The word 'fresh'. Resounding also means echoing",Riddle,06/06/02 #2669,An Avid Birdwatcher,2.5100000000000002,2.25,missie,"An avid birdwatcher sees an unexpected bird. Soon, they're both dead. What happened?",No hint available.,"He is a passenger in an airplane and sees the bird get sucked into an engine at 20,000 feet. The engine stalls, and the plane crashes.",Situation,03/13/02 #36962,A Great Poet,2.2,2.04,4demo,154 = S W by W S,Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?,"154 = Sonnets Written by William Shakespeare ""Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"" is the first line in what is perhaps Shakespeare's most famous sonnet (Sonnet 18).",Letter-Equations,06/16/07 #7775,Sky,2.47,1.65,oflinn16,"What's new but never old? What's full but never empty? What goes forward but never back?",No hint available.,The Moon.,Riddle,09/30/02 #6831,Clock Ticks,2.25,2.64,naveen_the_great,"A man had a clock with an hour hand and a minute hand of the same length and indistinguishable. If the clock was set going at noon, what would be the first time that it would be impossible, by reason of the similarity of the hands, to be sure of the correct time? In grappling with this little problem, you may assume that it is possible to indicate fractions of a second. On this assumption, an exact answer can be given.",No hint available.,"The first time would be 5 and 5\143 minutes past 12, which might also indicate 60\143 minutes past 1. Expressed slightly less accurately, 5 minutes past 12 and about half a minute past 1.",Math,08/24/02 #4693,Pay Raise,2.21,2.04,mad-ade,"A worker earns a 5% raise. A year later, the worker receives a 2.5% cut in pay. Now his salary is $22,702.68. What was his salary to begin with?",No hint available.,"$22,176",Math,06/13/02 #30581,Three Statements IX,2.74,1.51,lips,"Which of these three statements are true? 1. There are six equally spaced beads on a circle. You need 30 straight lines to connect each bead with every other bead. 2. The next number in this series is odd: 15...12...13...10...11...8... 3. Sue walks one block west from her house. Then she walks two blocks south and one block east. She is now 2 blocks from her house.",No hint available.,"Statements 2 and 3 are true, statement 1 is false. In statement 1, each line connects two beads and cannot be counted twice, so you need only 15 straight lines. In statement 2, the pattern is alternately -3 and +1. The next number is 9, which is odd. In statement 3, the ""one block west"" and ""one block east"" cancel out each other, and she ends up 2 blocks south from her house.",Logic,05/20/06 #27028,Name Knowledge,2.11,2.69,chicaespanola,"What is the missing name? All three blanks use the same name. ________, Felipe, Leonor, Elena, _______, Victoria, Cristina, Pablo, ________, Miguel, Irene.",Think Spain!,"The missing name is Juan. The list of names is the list of succession for the throne of Spain. The current king is Juan Carlos, and two of his grandchildren are also named Juan: Juan Froilan and Juan Valentin!",Trivia,11/19/05 #1997,Bog Snorkelling,2.58,1.97,Majeen,"Four friends were competing in the internationally renowned Bog Snorkelling competition. As usual, the judges were a little careless and once again, they managed to lose the results. Luckily, a number of spectators were able to remember the following snippets of information: Only one person wore the same number as the position they finished. Gary, who didn't wear green, beat Barry. Larry beat the person who wore yellow. The person who wore number 3, wore green. The person who wore number 2 finished first whereas Harry came last. The person who finished second wore green, Barry wore yellow and the person wearing red beat the person wearing blue. Can you work out who finished where, the number and color they wore?",No hint available.,"Gary won, wore number 2 and red. Larry came second, wore number 3 and green. Barry came third, wore number 1 and yellow. Harry came last and wore number 4 and blue.",Logic,01/08/02 #39108,For a Limited Time Only,2.58,2.35,mironos,"In the US, my days are numbered Though they could be 16, or over a hundred. Though I'm just under forty in the UK, I'm the same as the Yanks' 16... in a way. You can find me in life, you can find me in change I might show up for dinner, or arrive with the rain So as you can tell, my examples are myriad But one thing's for sure: I'm only here for a period.","Split me in half, and I'm just not the same; I carry on the ocean's good name. If you still haven't got it, you're just out of luck. Maybe you should try hunting wabbits or ducks.","Season The first stanza refers to the games in an American football and baseball season, respectively. The second stanza refers to the matches in an English Premier League season. The third stanza alludes to the phrases ""season of life"", ""season of change"", and a ""rainy season"". You might also use seasoning for dinner. In the hint, splitting the word ""season"" in half, you get ""sea son"" -- a ""sea's son"" would generally carry on the family name. Finally, ""hunting wabbits or ducks"" is a reference to a famous Elmer Fudd cartoon, where Bugs Bunny and Daffy argue over whether it is ""duck season"" or ""rabbit season.""",Riddle,11/07/07 #106,Cannonball,2.28,2.48,offsky,A person in a boat drops a cannonball overboard; does the water level change?,The cannonball in the boat displaces an amount of water equal to the mass of the cannonball.,"The cannonball in the boat displaces an amount of water equal to the MASS of the cannonball. The cannonball in the water displaces an amount of water equal to the VOLUME of the cannonball. Water is unable to support the level of salinity it would take to make it as dense as a cannonball, so the first amount is definitely more than the second amount, and the water level drops.",Science,01/03/01 #29797,"5, 4, 10, 8, 15, 16, 20, 32, ?, ?",2.58,1.74,____,"What are the next two numbers in this sequence? 5, 4, 10, 8, 15, 16, 20, 32, ?, ?",Think separately.,"25, 64. The odd-positioned terms form an arithmetic sequence 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, ... while the even-positioned terms form a geometric sequence 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, ...",Series,04/16/06 #50939,Base Instinct,2.36,2.08,Snowdog,"What is the missing value in the following list? 17 18 21 23 25 ? 101 122 10001","This list ends at 10001. It does not continue to the right. Check the teaser's title.","The missing value is 32. These are the representations of the decimal value 17 in decreasing number bases, down to binary. Base 10: 1x10 + 7x1 = 17 Base 9: 1x9 + 8x1 = 17 Base 8: 2x8 + 1x1 = 17 Base 7: 2x7 + 3x1 = 17 Base 6: 2x6 + 5x1 = 17 Base 5: 3x5 + 2x1 = 17 <- Missing value 32 Base 4: 1x16 + 0x4 + 1x1 = 17 Base 3: 1x9 + 2x3 + 2x1 = 17 Base 2: 1x16 + 0x8 + 0x4 + 0x2 +1x1 = 17",Math,12/24/16 #26938,How Much Will it Cost?,2.41,1.86,sissy245,"Sissy is dying to see the new Henry Porter movie that is coming to her town in two months. As she always seems to be short of cash, she decides to check out the cost of pre-ordering her ticket. She hops onto the Internet and finds that it costs 24 Wwops (the national currency) per ticket. She devises a plan... Her parents give her 5 Wwops every two weeks, and she spends 2 of those on her school lunches every week. She also gets 10 Wwops every week from her job at the movie theater. Her grandmother slips her a crisp 5 Wwop bill every Friday. She spends these earnings on a CD every month. Given this information, how long will it take Sissy to earn enough money to buy her ticket to the movie?",No hint available.,"She doesn't need to spend any time saving money. While she was on the theater website looking up prices, she saw a notice for the employees. It said that all employees of the theater get free tickets to claim anytime up to a week before the movie opens. She was overjoyed and ran off to claim her tickets.",Situation,11/15/05 #4575,The Switch,2.32,1.61,QtistLilShorTy,"A boy was watching his neighbor's pet dog while the neighbor was on vacation. It ran out into the road and was hit by a car during its owner's trip. The boy got a new dog that looked just like the former one, but when giving the dog to the neighbor he was found out. How did the neighbor know that it was not truly her pet dog?",No hint available.,The original dog was a female and the dog that was returned to the neighbor was a male dog.,Situation,06/09/02 #38492,Ten Numbers,2.19,2.89,holly1447591,"There are ten natural numbers, two of which are equal. Adding any nine of them, we can get the following sums: 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92. Find the largest number of the ten.",No hint available.,"There are ten possible sums, arrived at by alternately excluding each one of the ten numbers. Two of the sums are equal. If we add the ten sums, it should equal nine times the sum of the ten numbers, as each number will be present within all of the sums nine times. 82+83+84+85+87+89+90+91+92=87*9=783, which is divisible by 9, therefore the repeated sum must be divisible by 9. The only sum which meets this criteria is 90. The sum of the ten numbers is (783+90)/9=97. The largest number is found by subtracting the lowest sum of nine numbers (which excluded the largest of the ten numbers) from the sum of all ten numbers. Thus: 97-82=15. 15 is the largest number of the ten.",Math,09/27/07 #47469,The Liars' Rail,2.48,2.79,dalfamnest,"The people of Olde Mathville had unique ways of punishing wayward citizens. For example, those convicted of crimes of dishonesty were chained to the Liars' Rail until they solved a number of puzzles. One such puzzle has been recently discovered! In the multiplication below, each letter - L, I, A, R, and S - takes the place of a different digit. Find the digits to make the multiplication true. L I A R x S -------- R A I L or: L I A R x S = R A I L",The product of S x L must be less than 10. Combining that with the need for S x R to end in L limits the possibilities quickly.,"L=2, I=1, A=7, R=8, and S=4 2178 x 4 = 8712 One possible solution guide: * SxL<10, as the product is a 4-digit number; S can not = 1 ... so S,L can be 2,3; 2,4; 3,1; 3,2; 4,1; 4,2 * but SxR ends in L - and if S or R is even, so is L ... so S,L,R can be 2,4,7; 3,1,7; 3,2,4; 4,2,8 * the first three are quickly rejected by checking the multiplication ... S=4, L=2, R=8 * Since 2000 x 4 = 8000, nothing has been carried from multiplying the hundreds digit ... so I=1 or 0 * I=0 is rejected as '3' tens have been carried forward from multiplying 4x8; the 3 must be added to 7 to give 0 in the bottom line, and we cannot have 4 x __ = 7. ... so I=1 ... so A=7 (the only way to get a 1 in the tens column of the product)",Math,07/12/10 #32264,What Words #23,2.72,1.94,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. SURF - __________ - WALK 2. AIR - __________ - WORK 3. BUCK - __________ - BALL",No hint available.,"1. SURF - BOARD - WALK 2. AIR - FRAME - WORK 3. BUCK - EYE - BALL",Language,08/03/06 #27243,Rhyme Riddle 2,2.82,2.38,cdrock,"Of all the words; we are four All rhyming down to the core You will find a judge in the first The second; the amount of time to quench your thirst The third, a place to keep your ship In the last you can dip, maybe even do a flip Now tell me what these four words are And you just might go really far",No hint available.,"Court, Short, Port, Sport",Riddle,12/01/05 #28352,Thirsty 2,2.72,1.85,cnmne,"What does this rebus describe? Coffee @ 120 degrees Wine @ 40 degrees",No hint available.,Wine Cooler (the wine is at a cooler temperature than the coffee),Rebus,01/29/06 #6393,Letter Mix,2.17,1.5,mad-ade,"S T U V W X Y Z Which letter is two to the right of the letter that is three to the left of the letter that is four to the right of U ?",No hint available.,X,Logic,08/09/02 #15940,Where are All of the Hens??,2.69,2.55,eiennikirei,"Susanne put all of the female horses in the stables, put all of the male owls in a tree, put all of the female lobsters in a tank, and all of the male dogs in the backyard. The next day she forgot where she had put all of those animals. She asks you, ""Where are the hens?"". What do you tell her?",No hint available.,She put the hens in the tank. Female lobsters are called hens.,Trick,12/25/03 #34428,"Weight, How is That Possible?",2.96,2.38,bigSWAFF_69_,"We all know that if you weigh yourself on the moon, it is less than your weight on the Earth. Can you tell me something that actually weighs more on the moon than on Earth?",No hint available.,"A helium filled balloon; or a balloon filled with any gas lighter than air. Earth's atmosphere causes a helium balloon to float, thus making it impossible to weigh. On the moon, the lack of atmosphere causes the balloon to sink, allowing it to be weighed. It will only weigh a little bit, but will still be heavier than on earth.",Science,12/16/06 #4810,Where in the World,2.54,1.37,mad-ade,"Where in the world are you situated and in what direction are you facing if the following conditions are true? If you move to the right, it's Saturday, July 1. If you move to the left, it's Sunday, July 2. If you move forward, it's summer. If you move backward, it's winter.",No hint available.,"You are at the intersection of the equator and the international dateline, facing north.",Other,06/18/02 #40962,Case of the Missing A's,2.7,1.59,Scubee,"The letter ""a"" has been removed from the following words. Can you guess them all? 1) ngrm 2) zle 3) lsk 4) cdemi 5) dpttion 6) bnn 7) hphzrd 8) Shr 9) rzzmtzz 10) trntul",There are three missing a's from each word. The first five start with a. The last five do not.,"1) anagram 2) azalea 3) Alaska 4) academia 5) adaptation 6) banana 7) haphazard 8) Sahara 9) razzmatazz 10) tarantula",Language,03/10/08 #19618,Coffee Filter,1.97,0.81,maddieisacocker,"There was a coffee machine that was on that took a filter sized 9 inches by 7 inches. After having completed making the coffee, how much water does the filter hold?",No hint available.,No water could stay in it because since it was on all the water would drain out of the coffee filter and it would go in the pot.,Trick,11/29/04 #41768,In Hysterics,2.05,2.52,Smithy,"What phrase is represented by the mass gathering? Woman dressed all in black Angry heckling Flag raised at half mast Chorus of boos Mass gathering with lit candles Rapturous applause",No hint available.,"Good morning. The teaser shows three forms of mourning, with the mass gathering being the one with the positive response, i.e. the good mourning, or ""good morning"".",Rebus,05/02/08 #19143,Not an Airplane,2.5100000000000002,1.02,ccccc,"I'm not an airplane, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full of water. What am I?",No hint available.,A Cloud,Riddle,10/12/04 #2037,The Next Child,2.77,2.22,gokaran,"A pregnant lady named her children: Dominique, Regis, Michelle, Fawn, Sophie and Lara. What will she name her next child? Jessica, Karen, Abby or Tilly?",No hint available.,"Tilly. She seems to follow the scale Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti.",Series,01/16/02 #10412,Water or Oil?,2.72,1.68,Phily,A blacksmith wishes to cool his hot piece of steel as rapidly as possible. He has a bucket of ice-water and a bucket of oil (at room temperature). Which bucket should he dump his steel into?,No hint available.,"He should put the steel into the oil as the liquid will lower the temperature quicker. The water will actually boil as it touches the metal, but that gas will insulate the hot steel from the rest of the cooling water.",Science,02/12/03 #11072,Truly False,2.21,1.54,OD-1,What can you say that is true but sounds false?,No hint available.,"You can just answer ""false"" to a true or false statement that is false.Your answer of false is correct (or true), but you say ""false"".",Trick,03/11/03 #4728,Bloody Ketchup,2.16,1.3800000000000001,Sinead,"I was looking for the ketchup one morning, because Mom had got groceries last night, and suddenly my step sisters, Helen and Marie, came in. Marie was holding Helen up. Marie said, ""Helen got hit by a bus! Now she has amnesia and she thinks she is a dog!"" ""Woof! Woof!"" Helen said. She was covered in red (blood) and had bandages over her head. ""That's a sick joke,"" I said. What did I mean?","Remember, there is no ketchup and the blood is red.","I meant that Helen and Marie were playing a joke. There was no ketchup, which means they used it as ""blood"". Also, you don't act like a dog when you have amnesia.",Situation,06/14/02 #2670,Phone Box,2.31,2.4,missie,"A man is found dead in a phone box. There is glass everywhere and two broken windows. How did he die?",No hint available.,"He was a fisherman who phoned home to say he had caught a fish that was ""this big"" - flung his arms out and cut his wrists on the glass as he broke the 2 windows.",Situation,03/13/02 #32020,Word Play,3.25,1.94,Terilynne88,"What do the following words have in common? Assess Banana Dresser Grammar Potato Revive Uneven Voodoo",It is more than having letters repeated in each one...,"If you take the first letter and move it to the rear of the word, you get the same word when read backwards.",Language,07/25/06 #19609,Prewrapped Salad Free Kebabs,2.22,2.17,Mad-Ade,"Mad Ade's Uncle Frenzied Fred owns a small prewrapped salad free kebab stand. When he places his prepackaged Kebabs on display he notices that he has 1 left over if he places them in groups of three. The same happens if he tries to place them in groups of 5, 7, or 9. It is only when he places the kebabs in groups of 11 that all the kebabs are used. How many prewrapped salad free Kebabs did Frenzied Fred have at least?",No hint available.,"Assume the number of Kebabs is A. Then A-1 is divisible by 3, 5, 7 and 9. So, A-1 is a multiple of 5*7*9 = 315 (note: 9 is also a multiple of 3, so 3 must not be included!). We are looking for a value of N for which holds that 315*N + 1 is divisible by 11. After some trying it turns out that N = 3. This means that Mad Ade's uncle has 946 prewrapped salad free Kebabs.",Math,11/29/04 #347,Strange Container,2.35,1.92,Q22Ace,"What`s a box with no locks, keys or a lid, but inside a treasure of gold is hid?","1. It`s small enough to fit in your pocket. 2. You have probably seen some in your life. 3. You probably have some in your house. 4. The word ""box"" is not a literal meaning.",It`s an egg.,Riddle,03/15/01 #29961,144 T in a C S S of M,2.49,2.55,kiss,144 T in a C S S of M,"C S means ""Chinese standard"".",144 tiles in a Chinese standard set of mahjong.,Letter-Equations,04/23/06 #22351,Word Fusion 5,2.69,2.65,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is a musical performed on a hill. 2) This is when a fish goes into a building. 3) This is a bird that is tardy. 4) This is used to prevent a skirt from getting shorter.",No hint available.,"1) opera + tor = operator 2) carp + enter = carpenter 3) emu + late = emulate 4) hem + lock = hemlock",Language,04/20/05 #2641,Hunter's Mistake,2.47,2.01,missie,"A hunter aimed his gun carefully and fired. Seconds later, he realized his mistake. Minutes later, he was dead. What happened?",No hint available.,"Solution #1 It was winter. He fired the gun near a snowy cliff, which started an avalanche. Solution #2 He shot an elephant (or any other powerful animal) with a low caliber rifle. Not powerful enough to kill it, the elephant became enraged and trampled him.",Situation,03/12/02 #52657,Star of the Instant Replay,3.09,1.6,ThinksForFun,"My first describes when two objects collide My second a pass or fail will decide My third has an I.Q. on the low side My whole will keep you safe for your new ride What am I?",No hint available.,crash test dummy,Riddle,04/14/21 #4946,Cow Boy,2.17,1.37,madman44,"If Cow Boy is 6 and Cow Man is 4 times older than Cow Boy, how old will Cow Man be when Cow Boy is 3 times older?",No hint available.,"Cow Man will be 36 years old. 6 x 4 = 24 6 x 3 = 18 18 - 6 = 12 12 + 24 = 36",Math,06/25/02 #10414,Is It Magic?,2.57,2.28,griphook,"With fingers alone, I can make you drop things in your hands. With flies, I can make you lose concentration. With balls, I can make all of you fat. If I am neither a wizard nor a witch, what am I?",No hint available.,"BUTTER. Butterfingers - a clumsy person who easily drop things Butterflies - persons lacking concentration or focus Butterballs - slang term for chubby persons",Riddle,02/12/03 #5007,MEACRDSLB,2.49,0.67,rose_rox,"This word is scrambled. What is the word? MEACRDSLB",Read it over.,The word is SCRAMBLED.,Trick,06/27/02 #16889,Professor Picanumba,2.95,0.76,fishmed,"I, Professor Picanumba, will amaze and astound you. Take a piece of paper and write any word on it. Fold the paper in half twice, and put it on the floor. Now stand on it. Believe it or not, I will now tell you what is on the paper.",No hint available.,"Your foot is on the paper. (Look down if you don't believe me.)",Trick,03/07/04 #29666,I is,2.69,1.65,Jim1029,"A grammar teacher is giving a lesson about how to use short words, like I, is, the, and, etc. in a sentence correctly. The teacher tells the class to use a sentence with at least 5 short words. One boy raises his hand and says, ""I is-"". The teacher said, ""No, always say 'I am'."" So the student says his sentence with ""I am"" at the beginning, but this makes the sentence incorrect. What could the boy have been trying to say?",No hint available.,"Among others, he could have been trying to say, ""I is the ninth letter in the alphabet"" or, ""I is the first letter of igloo.""",Other,04/10/06 #17206,Anagram Riddle,2.89,2.41,cnmne,"Three 5-letter words, Anagrams of each other. One is a cloth, The second a spot, The third is at home with the Father. What are the three words?",No hint available.,"Satin - a silky fabric Stain - a discoloration or spot Saint - a spirit in Heaven",Riddle,04/02/04 #17765,Operation: Fish-Ectomy,2.6,2.73,cnmne,"Six words have had their fish removed. The fish have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each fish with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne= spanned (SpANneD). Group A: bass, carp, gar, shark, trout, tuna Group B: acue, hugho, moc, rnula, rtble, sholshi",No hint available.,"bass + acue = abacuses (aBAcuSeS) carp + sholshi = scholarship (sCholARshiP) gar + rnula = granular (GrAnulaR) trout + hugho = throughout (ThROughoUT) tuna + rtble = turntable (TUrNtAble) shark + moc = shamrock (SHAmRocK)",Language,05/28/04 #19058,Lodgic,2.28,1.65,MrIxolite,"What is this? Lodgic",No hint available.,Flawed Logic,Rebus,10/06/04 #52373,A Misinformed Liar Tells No Lies,2.66,2.08,Rove_Tarts,"Three friends, Allie, Kaleb, and Leah have 3 different actions whenever they come across potentially new information. The first is a Scientist, they are always correct about which statements are true and will always tell the truth. The second is a Psychologist, they like to test people by lying and seeing their reactions, however they are misinformed. This means that they will receive a false statement, think it is true, and lie about it. The last is a Lapidary, they will always try to tell the truth, but they are also misinformed. They receive information (or misinformation) about each other's behaviors and make the following statements: Kaleb: Leah is misinformed Allie: I am not misinformed Leah: Allie is the Psychologist Who is who?",The Psychologist ends up telling the truth and the Lapidary ends up lying.,"Allie is the Scientist. Kaleb is the Psychologist. Leah is the Lapidary. Allie cannot be the Psychologist because the Psychologist would say they were misinformed. Leah cannot be the Scientist because Allie isn't the Psychologist. Kaleb cannot be the Lapidary because Leah is misinformed and the Lapidary would think Leah isn't misinformed and say that. This leaves the scenarios: Kaleb Scientist Allie Lapidary Leah Psychologist and Kaleb Psychologist Allie Scientist Leah Lapidary Since the Psychologist cannot say someone else is the Psychologist (That would mean there's more than 1), the answer must be: Allie is the Scientist. Kaleb is the Psychologist. Leah is the Lapidary.",Logic,04/30/20 #38937,From the 60's,2.46,2.21,aresII,T T sang 'T T t T',He played the ukulele.,Tiny Tim sang 'Tiptoe Through the Tulips'.,Letter-Equations,10/25/07 #3395,Lobster Spies,2.78,1.4,204_BLaZe_41,"During World War 2, several British naval spies on the lookout for enemy ships and activities posed as Canadian lobster fishermen. They had large numbers of plastic, orange-coloured lobsters made for their covert operations. These lobsters came in various sizes with all the authentic markings. At night, the spies loaded the lobsters into traps and threw them overboard. At daybreak, they would hoist the traps aboard ship. The locals spotted them as fraudulent fishermen from quite a distance. How were they so easily detected?",No hint available.,All lobster fishermen and most lobster lovers know live lobsters are greenish-black. They turn a bright orange only when they are cooked.,Logic,04/09/02 #50045,So Ancient!!,2.59,0.96,SaraGrace,"What is as ancient as the Earth, but is new every month?",No hint available.,The moon.,Riddle,01/07/14 #34201,The Winning Combination,2.7600000000000002,2.35,grungy49,"You are in a game show with four other contestants. The objective is to crack the combination of the safe using the clues, and the first person to do so will win $500,000. The safe combination looks like this: ??-??-??-?? A digit can be used more than once in the code, and there are no leading zeroes. Here are the clues: 1. The third set of two numbers is the same as the first set reversed. 2. There are no 2's, 3's, 4's or 5's in any of the combination. 3. If you multiply 4 by the third set of numbers, you will get the fourth set of numbers. 4. If you add the first number in the first set with the first number in the second set you will get 8. 5. The second set of numbers is not greater than 20. 6. The second number in the second set multiplied by the second number in the fourth set equals one higher than the numbers in the first set. And get moving, I think another contestant has almost figured it out!",No hint available.,"The combination is 71-19-17-68. From the second clue, we know that there are no 2's, 3's, 4's or 5's in any of the sets. Therefore, only 1's, 6's, 7's, 8's and 9's could be in the remaining spots. Clue 3 says if you multiply 4 by the third set of numbers you will get the fourth set of numbers. From this, you can tell a 1 is the first number in the third set - any other number would be too high. 11 * 4 = 44 16 * 4 = 64 17 * 4 = 68 18 * 4 = 72 19 * 4 = 76 Of these, 17 * 4 and 19 * 4 are the only ones that are possible; as the answer of the other numbers contains a number which we know is not in the combination. Now we skip all the way to clue 5, which tells us the second set of numbers is not greater than 20. This means that the first digit of that set is also a 1. So far, we know this much: ??-1?-1?-?? Now, we can come to clue 4, which tells us if you add the first number in the first set with the first number in the second set you will get 8. The first number in the second set is 1, so the first number in the first set must be 7. Since the first clue tells us the first set is the third set reversed, and we know that a 1 is the first number in the third set, a 1 must be the second number in the first set and a 7 must be the second number in the third set. So far, we know this much: 71-1?-17-?? Now, the third set (17) multiplied by 4 will get us 68. Now we know the fourth set is 68. 71-1?-17-68 Now we come to the final clue. This tells us the second number in the second set (unknown) multiplied by the second number in the fourth set (8) equals one higher than the numbers in the first set. We know that the first set is 71, so adding one to that (72) and then dividing it by 8 will get us 9. So, the finished combination is: 71-19-17-68",Logic,12/01/06 #5398,Tread Carefully,2.19,2.28,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase NBERWEASKHIONEGS",It is all about comfort.,Breaking in new shoes,Rebus,07/09/02 #36428,You Don't Get It!,2.9,1.11,coltonr1,"What is represented with this rebus? 2. Blame 3. Blame 4. Blame 5. Blame",No hint available.,"There is no ""One"" to blame.",Rebus,04/26/07 #38866,Movie Stars #4,2.48,2.3,jazzmusician46,"The names of five (5) female movie stars have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. Your task is to rearrange the segments to identify the movie stars. 1. LL LA CA UR EN BA 2. LL LD IE SA YF 3. AC NA LE DI CL DI AR AU 4. ZE LI ER ON AR TH CH 5. LE EC AR DE IN LL RO MA",No hint available.,"1. Lauren Bacall 2. Sally Field 3. Claudia Cardinale 4. Charlize Theron 5. Madeleine Carroll",Language,10/21/07 #32850,Rising Through the Ranks,2.68,2.42,jazzmusician46,"Some considered me a god, so great and powerful; but a god from the heavens I was not. I was a Captain of the powder-days; a Commander and surveyor too. A navigator of many seas, a visitor to the southern world; and to the north I ventured. Whilst the distant lands were unknown to many, I charted them so true. But one fateful day on a faraway shore, my life was painfully extinguished. Some call me a genius of the matter of fact; a systematic, professional and complete humanitarian. In reality, I was one who simply lived out my dream, accepting little on faith. Who am I?",No hint available.,"Captain James Cook (1728-1779) Cook made three famous voyages through both the Southern and Northern oceans between 1769-1779, charting lands including Hawaii, New Zealand and the east coast of Australia. He rose through the ranks of the British Navy solely on his own efforts during a time when rank usually came by payment. Cook died tragically on the island of Hawaii in 1779 at the hands of those who considered him a god. His humanity was apparent in his concern for the health of his crews and his efforts to fight off scurvy and other diseases. In his relations with indigenous peoples he was essentially a creature of his time, carrying to the Pacific a compassionate version of British concepts of justice, which he endeavoured to adapt to new circumstances.",Riddle,09/05/06 #49849,Scrabble Babble,2.63,3.31,spikethru4,"Twelve players took part in a Scrabble tournament, where each played seven games against different opponents. From the clues below, can you work out what order the top five finished in, how many games they won, their last opponent, and their highest word (HW) and game (HG) scores for the tournament? Top 5: Chris (m), Dianne (f), Edie (f), Russell (m), Sally (f) Opponents: Carolyn (f), Judy (f), Mark (m), Russell (m), Sally (f) Games won: 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6 High Game scores: 470, ?, 576, ?, 601 High Word scores: 90, ?, 97, ?, 121 You will need to determine the missing high game and high word scores. They are presented in numerical order, and all the scores are different. Note also that a drawn game counts as half a win for both players. Clues: 1. The top five players were, in some order: the eventual winner; Carolyn's final opponent; the player with the best game score; the player with the best word score; and Chris. 2. Sally got off to a bad start, losing both her opening games before winning her third. 3. The only tie of the tournament was played between two ladies in game 3. 4. Edie's best game score was a perfect square; the only other player to achieve this came third. 5. The two players whose high game scores were in the 500's had high word scores ending in 5. 6. Only one of the top five played someone of the same gender in the last game; the winner of that match scored 576, their best score for the day. 7. Dianne was delighted to join the '600 Club' in game 5 against Carolyn; this eclipsed Russell's best by 4 points. 8. The champion's highest word score was exactly eight more than that of Mark's last opponent, who finished below Chris.","Two of the top five played each other in the final round. If you haven't worked out the missing High Game scores, check clues 4, 5 & 7. If you haven't worked out the missing High Word scores, check clues 5 & 8.","Pos - Name - Wins - Last Opp - HG - HW 1 - Russell - 6 - Sally - 597 - 105 2 - Edie - 5.5 - Carolyn - 576 - 95 3 - Chris 5 - Judy - 484 - 90 4 - Dianne - 4.5 - Mark - 601 - 97 5. Sally - 4 - Russell - 470 - 121 Explanation: Sally and Russell must have played each other in the last game. Carolyn didn't play Chris last (Clue 1), and she played Dianne in game 5 (Clue 7), so she must have been Edie's final opponent. Clue 6 tells us the other games were between players of different genders, so Chris played Judy and Dianne played Mark. Clue 3 tells us there was only one tied game, between two ladies in round 3. However, Sally could not have been one of them, because she won her third game (Clue 2). So Dianne and Edie must have finished with 4.5 and 5.5, in some order. We know that Mark's opponent (Dianne) finished below Chris (Clue 8) and that Chris did not win overall (Clue 1), so Dianne won 4.5 and Edie 5.5, and Chris therefore won 5. Sally couldn't have won 6 games, as she lost her first two (Clue 2), so Russell must have won 6 and Sally 4. Dianne's high game (HG) was 601 and Russell's 597 (Clue 7). Clue 5 tells us that there were only two 500-games, so the other missing score is a perfect square between 471 and 499 (Clue 4), therefore it's 484 (22^2). Clue 4 also says this was scored by the player who came third, i.e. Chris. Clues 4 and 6 tell us Edie scored 576, which leaves Sally with 470. The missing high word (HW) scores both end in 5 (Clue 5). One must be 95 and the other is either 105 or 115. Clue 8 says there must be a gap of 8 between scores, so 105 is the only possibility. This was Russell's HW and so Dianne scored 97 (also Clue 8). Edie had the other 500-game, so must have the HW of 95 (Clue 5). Chris didn't get the highest word score (Clue 1), so he scored 90 and Sally 121.",Logic-Grid,07/01/13 #8408,"""L"" Shaped",2.68,2.11,stonemug,"Sometimes I'm ""L""-shaped. Sometimes I'm rectangle shaped. The arrow on me doesn't go straight. I'm used to end things. I'm used to accept things. And sometimes I'm used just to leave a long empty space. What am I?",No hint available.,"The ""Enter"" key on a keyboard. Some keyboards have an ""L""-shaped Enter key and some have a strait rectangular Enter key. The arrow on the key is going south, and then makes a sharp turn west.",Riddle,11/06/02 #43989,Two Aspects,2.58,1.82,Zag24,"I have two aspects, as you will see. My first is traveling with my brothers three. Always in lockstep we move about, for if we are not, one will cry out. My next aspect is something you do when the task you're performing completely bores you, or if you've been up -- too long awake. Now guess what I am, for goodness' sake.",Take a nap in your car and you'll get it.,Tire.,Riddle,01/24/09 #30342,Words of a Gipqv Tmavpor,2.56,2.65,Question_Mark,"""Wykymjiyqycc jiy tnccpawc, ziyjiym kpaqywj am waj, cialqv wykym fy ca yutmyccyv nc ja myngi jiy tapwj ad gnlcpwo vpcolcj; nwv hlcpg, ykyw pw cpjlnjpawc ad jiy omynjycj iammam, cialqv wykym fy tnpwdlq ja jiy ynm flj cialqv dqnjjym nwv ginmh pj, nwv jiymyfr nqznrc myhnpw hlcpg."" -Zaqdonwo Nhnvylc Haxnmj","J = S L = Q M = H","""Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music."" -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A = N B = F C = G D = V E = Y F = D G = O H = I I = P J = S L = Q M = H N = W O = A P = T R = M S = C T = J U = L V = K W = Z X = U Y = R Z = X And the title: Gipqv Tmavpor = Child Prodigy",Cryptography,05/08/06 #3267,F O O T,2.44,1.74,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? F O O T FANCY $0.00",No hint available.,footloose and fancy-free,Rebus,04/05/02 #40538,"Step Down, Step Up (4)",2.34,2.03,TRILLIONAIRE,"Start with the name of a city and I'll give you a clue to what city it is. The next word will have one letter less and may need unscrambling. Begin to add letters at question #9. 1. California port (8 letters / 2 words) 2. Wild Australian dogs (7 letters / plural) 3. To condescend to give or grant (6 letters / plural) 4. Slightly burn (5 letters) 5. Serenade (4 letters) 6. Violation of moral or religious principle. (3 letters) 7. To be or to exist (2 letters) 8. Chemical symbol for sulfur (1 letter) 9. South Africa abbreviation (2 letters) 10. Scholastic Aptitude Test (3 letters / abbreviation) 11. Sodium chloride (4 letters) 12. At one time, kids in school used chalk and wrote on one of these. (5 letters) 13. Makes happy (6 letters / plural) 14. Washington port (7 letters) Hint will reveal the answers to #1 and #14","1. San Diego 14. Seattle","1. San Diego 2. Dingoes 3. Deigns 4. Singe 5. Sing 6. Sin 7. Is 8. S 9. SA 10. SAT 11. Salt 12. Slate 13. Elates 14. Seattle",Language,02/16/08 #4324,Strange Currency,2.15,1.79,mad-ade,"In the legendary country of MADADIA there was a unique form of currency, consisting of Wobbles, Chobbles and Pobbles. If 2 wobbles are worth 3 chobbles, and 4 chobbles are worth 1 pobble, then 6 pobbles are worth how many wobbles?",No hint available.,"It is given that 2 wobbles = 3 chobbles 8 wobbles = 12 chobbles ----- (I) Also, given that 4 chobbles = 1 pobble 12 chobbles = 3 pobbles 8 wobbles = 3 pobbles ----- From (I) Therefore, 6 pobbles = 16 wobbles",Math,05/29/02 #19956,Mad Ade's Minus Letter Anagrams #6,2.43,2.46,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser, the idea is to identify the blanked words. The secret is that each word is an anagram of the previous word, but minus one letter. For example: The ------- mopped up the spilt ------ and then made sure all the work surfaces were -----. The answer for the first word would be ""Cleaner"", then remove the ""N"" and make into ""Cereal"", then remove an ""E"" to make ""Clear"". Now try these. Despite the tuneful ------ of the song, no matter how he much he did ----- along to it, Mad Ade realised it was unfair to continue to ---- out any more aural punishment to the audience. Mad Ade had to take many different pills and ------- after his ------ accident, even though he hated the -----. Mad Ade ------ the same spot all day, but it seemed as though the fish ----- away from his line, so he ended up with an empty ---- for his supper.",No hint available.,"Melody, Yodel, Dole Tablets, Latest, Taste Fished, Shied, Dish.",Language,12/20/04 #35203,Sing Along!,2.72,1.8,silent_lucidity,"1, 2, 3 S Y O at the O B G",No hint available.,"1, 2, 3 Strikes You're Out at the Old Ball Game",Letter-Equations,02/05/07 #45085,Improper Prefixes 11,1.95,1.94,cnmne,"The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. The pronunciation for the ""incorrect definition"" may be different (""co ward"" instead of ""coward""). Example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix). 1) to remove a specific body organ 2) extending across the entire task 3) lacking a solid jellylike colloid 4) no longer a collapsible shelter supported by poles",No hint available.,"1) deliver (de liver) 2) transmission (trans mission) 3) angel (an gel) 4) extent (ex tent)",Language,08/18/09 #1556,"Right, but Never Wrong",2.75,1.13,abrakadabra_12,"I am sometimes right, but never wrong. I am sometimes an instrument much smaller than a gong. Bermuda and love are both parts of me. So of course I'm a _______, can't you see? Who am I?",Right doesn't necessarily mean correct!,"I am a triangle, of course. Love Triangle, Bermuda Triangle, Right Triangle, and the instrument Triangle.",Riddle,12/02/01 #26977,Compounds III,2.86,2.29,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. TGEFRNP _ I _ _ I _ _ _ _ 2. MHESW _ O _ _ O _ _ 3. SHECUN _ _ T _ _ _ _ T 4. ETOLDEIPE _ _ _ N _ N _ _ _ _ _ 5. EFDSER _ I _ _ _ I _ _ 6. WETRBYSA _ _ R _ _ _ _ R _ _ 7. KLSETENTR _ _ A _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ 8. NKIVWGEEBST _ A _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ 9. HEATOTCB _ L _ _ _ _ _ _ L _",No hint available.,"1. FINGERTIP 2. SOMEHOW 3. CHESTNUT 4. NEEDLEPOINT 5. FIRESIDE 6. STRAWBERRY 7. RATTLESNAKE 8. BASKETWEAVING 9. TABLECLOTH",Language,11/17/05 #29202,In The Forest,2.57,1.09,stormtrooper,"Laurel lived in the forest. She lived a peaceful life. Then, one day, a man came and killed Laurel. Laurel did not run and the man earned a lot of money for killing Laurel. Who was Laurel and who was the man?","The man was just doing his job. The man earned a lot of money. Laurel was tall. Laurel would still be useful even after she died.","Laurel was a tree. The man was a woodcutter.",Situation,03/20/06 #36894,Cornered At #10 Plaza,2.41,2.26,chaskey,"On the same day last year, four good citizens chose to go on errands that coincidently took them to the four corners of #10 Plaza (called that because that is where 10th Avenue intersects 10th Street). Who the people were, the objects of their objectives, and where they went may be determined by following the clues below. PEOPLE: Al Ive, Ben Efits, Lon Ely, Sal Ary OBJECTS: speech, mural, water, coffee CORNERS: northeast (NE), southeast (SE), northwest (NW), southwest (SW) PLACES: Gastric Grocery, Late Newspaper, Todaze Drugs Pharmacy, Mold Memorial Fountain CLUES: 1. That was the day he came to fill the watercoolers in the Late Newspaper building. 2. On the corner in front of Gastric Grocery, Sal Ary talked for a little while with Ben Efits about the mural Lon Ely was painting in the building across 10th Street, and then he, Sal, went inside to buy coffee. 3. Ben Efits waited until the southbound 10th Street bus passed close by in the right lane, then he crossed 10th St., turned left, and crossed 10th Avenue to that corner where he intended to deliver a speech about the benefits of public speaking. 4. As Lon Ely was coming from working on his deepsea mural in the Todaze Drugs Pharmacy, he could hear Ben Efits yelling something about speaking. The decibels were coming from the Mold Memorial Fountain directly across 10th Avenue.",No hint available.,"Al Ive--water--NW--Late Newspaper Ben Efits--speech--NE--Mold Memoria Fountain Lon Ely--mural--SE--Todaze Drugs Pharmacy Sal Ary--coffee--SW--Gastric Grocery",Logic-Grid,06/08/07 #276,An Unusual Clothing Store,2.43,1.39,Phyllis,"A young boy goes into an unusual clothing store. The owner tells him that he charges $3 for a tie, $3 for a hat and $5 for a shirt. How much would he charge for a jacket?",Count it up!,He would charge $6 because he charges $1 for each letter in the name of the item.,Logic,02/14/01 #52817,Time Management,2.19,1.33,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? wait, wait, wait, ...11:59 p.m.",No hint available.,wait until the last minute,Rebus,11/18/22 #26858,Ace of Spades,2.13,0.52,puppygirl1213,"What common saying does this represent? of a kind of a kind of a kind of a kind",Title,4 of a kind (cards),Rebus,11/11/05 #51811,My Words,2.79,0.5700000000000001,Jake,Can you determine which common phrase is represented by this image?,No hint available.,Mark My Words,Rebus,03/26/18 #4795,Footprints 2,2.41,1.59,leenie_122,"There was a man that was walking along. It was raining heavily, and it was very muddy. As he was walking along he turned around, but he couldn't see his footprints. Why?",No hint available.,Because he was walking backwards.,Logic,06/18/02 #30973,Word Jumble 3 - Greek Mythological Creatures,2.66,2.06,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser: LPAMSE Take letters 1 & 6 CNIAMA Take letters 1 & 2 PDMA Take letter 1 GSURH Take letter 4 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"LPAMSE Take letters 1 & 6 - SAMPLE, take S,E CNIAMA Take letters 1 & 2 - MANIAC, take M,A PDMA Take letter 1 - DAMP, take D GSURH Take letter 4 - SHRUG, take U Unscramble the above letters to get 'MEDUSA' In Greek mythology, Medusa was a monstrous female character. She was depicted as a woman with live venomous snakes instead of hair. It is said that her gaze could turn people into stone. The hero Perseus defeated her by looking into a reflective shield so that he wouldn't be petrified and cut off her head with his sword.",Language,06/09/06 #34649,Robert Rebus,2.46,2.0,jazzmusician46,"What popular phrase is represented by Robert in this rebus? Joan is your mother George is your father Tracey is your sister Robert is your mother's brother Harry is your mother's father George is your father's father",No hint available.,"Bob's your uncle. (Bob is common way of saying Robert). This phrase is used to describe the means of obtaining a successful result. For example, 'left over right; right over left, and bob's your uncle - a reef knot'. Also, various authors have surmised that having an uncle Bob who was Prime Minister became synonymous with having a passport to an easy life.",Rebus,12/30/06 #5466,100 O are B in a 1 D C M.,2.27,2.92,glennyboy02,100 O are B in a 1 D C M.,No hint available.,100 overs are bowled in a 1 day cricket match.,Letter-Equations,07/11/02 #45947,Published Poetry,3.01,1.73,dswilborn,"Diana has been writing poetry for many years and is excited that her first published book of poems will be coming out next year. Her publisher has asked her to write introductions for her poems. From the information given below, can you determine the year each poem was written (1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, or 2009), the occasion or person it was written for, and the style of poetry used (haiku, ode, sonnet, elegy, or free verse)? 1. ""The Tree"" was either the earliest poem written or the most recent. The wedding poem was either an ode or a free verse poem. ""Dancer"" is a haiku but was not written for the contest that took place in the 1990s. 2. ""Summer Harvest"" was written for a family member. ""Queen Anne"" was inspired by a television show about British royalty and was not written in free verse. 3. The five poems, in no particular order, are: ""Confidential"", the free verse poem written in 1996, the sonnet, the poem written for her sister, and the poem written for her mother. 4. The poem written for a friend's wedding was written before the sonnet but three years after the haiku. 5. The poem written in 1999 was written for her mother's funeral. The ode was not written for her sister nor was it inspired by the television show.",An elegy is a poem written about someone who has died.,"""The Tree"" was written in 1996 for a contest and is a free verse poem. ""Summer Harvest"" was written in 1999 for her mother's funeral and is an elegy. ""Dancer"" was written in 2001 for her sister and is a haiku. ""Confidential"" was written in 2004 for a friend's wedding and is an ode. ""Queen Anne"" was written in 2009 after watching a television show and is a sonnet.",Logic-Grid,12/09/09 #15819,Breath,2.21,1.78,shadowx8m,Breath @ 2000 Fathoms,No hint available.,A deep breath.,Rebus,12/16/03 #16906,Candy Corn,2.54,0.97,tangerine,How many dollars would you have left if you started with $20.00 and took 30lbs worth of candy corn which costs 13 cents a pound?,No hint available.,"$20.00. The teaser mentions that you TOOK (as in stole, not bought) the candy.",Trick,03/07/04 #7244,A Little Spooky,2.7,1.99,dsquared,"What famous title is represented here? close n1 close n2 close n3 <--",No hint available.,"Close Encounters of the Third Kind. They are close 'n' counters... ie. n1, n2, n3 are 'n' counters - encounters. And the third one is selected - the third kind.",Rebus,09/11/02 #24527,Patriots and Heroes,2.49,2.91,DesertJules1974,"""5-7-2-14-2 20-26 9-12-5-7-20-9-24 3-14-12-9-24 3-20-5-7 22-6-2-14-20-4-22 5-7-22-5 4-22-9-9-12-5 15-2 4-1-14-2-13 15-10 3-7-22-5 20-26 14-20-24-7-5 3-20-5-7 22-6-2-14-20-4-22."" -- 3-20-18-18-20-22-6 25-2-17-17-2-14-26-12-9 4-18-20-9-5-12-9 ""22-26 20 3-12-1-18-13 9-12-5 15-2 22 26-18-22-8-2, 26-12 20 3-12-1-18-13 9-12-5 15-2 22 6-22-26-5-2-14. 5-7-20-26 2-23-16-14-2-26-26-2-26 6-10 20-13-2-22 12-17 13-2-6-12-4-14-22-4-10."" -- 22-15-14-22-7-22-6 18-20-9-4-12-18-9 ""18-2-22-13-2-14-26-7-20-16 20-26 22 4-12-6-15-20-9-22-5-20-12-9 12-17 26-5-14-22-5-2-24-10 22-9-13 4-7-22-14-22-4-5-2-14. 20-17 10-12-1 6-1-26-5 15-2 3-20-5-7-12-1-5 12-9-2, 15-2 3-20-5-7-12-1-5 5-7-2 26-5-14-22-5-2-24-10."" -- 24-2-9-2-14-22-18 7. 9-12-14-6-22-9 26-4-7-3-22-14-21-11-12-16-17 ""22 15-12-10 13-12-2-26-9-'5 7-22-8-2 5-12 24-12 5-12 3-22-14 5-12 15-2 22 7-2-14-12; 7-2 4-22-9 26-22-10 7-2 13-12-2-26-9-'5 18-20-11-2 16-20-2 3-7-2-9 7-2 26-2-2-26 5-7-2-14-2 20-26-9-'5 2-9-12-1-24-7 5-12 24-12 22-14-12-1-9-13."" -- 2-13-3-22-14-13 3. 7-12-3-2",24=g,"1=u 2=e 3=w 4=c 5=t 6=m 7=h 8=v 9=n 10=y 11=k 12=o 13=d 14=r 15=b 16=p 17=f 18=l 20=i 21=z 22=a 23=x 24=g 25=j 26=s ""There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America."" -- William Jefferson Clinton ""As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."" -- Abraham Lincoln ""Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy."" -- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf ""A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around."" -- Edward W. Howe",Cryptography,07/14/05 #1866,Pigs,2.49,1.06,missie,"Farmer Brons owns three pink pigs, four brown pigs, and one black pig. How many of Higgs's pigs can say that they are the same color as another pig on Brons' farm?",No hint available.,"None, because pigs can't talk.",Trick,12/29/01 #26552,Common Error,2.67,1.44,bluvsscoobydoo,"Which of the following words does not belong? scissors, parliament, seperate, reference, grammar, rhythm",ABCs,Seperate! It's the only word not spelled correctly! (Separate),Group,10/26/05 #16238,What's the Next Name?,2.21,2.86,batti_s,"Find the missing name in this list of American presidents. Ulysses Grant Rutherford Hayes James Garfield Benjamin Harrison William McKinley William Taft ????????????",No hint available.,"WARREN HARDING. This list of presidents is unique because they were all born in OHIO. That means the answer is WARREN HARDING, the only name not in this list.",Trivia,01/19/04 #7611,Glass Sphere,2.72,2.5100000000000002,im_para_noid,"You are in a glass sphere suspended by a steel chain from the Empire State Building. With you in the sphere are a sugar cube and a small stone, and you are holding a pigeon. You will gain your freedom if you can make the sphere lighter using the pigeon. What is your best strategy for escape? (Note: the pigeon must remain inside the sphere at all times.)",No hint available.,"Release the bird and make a small hole in the sphere with the stone. Simply releasing the bird will not decrease the weight of the sphere because the bird must exert pressure (downward force) on the air in the sphere to keep itself aloft, and the air in turn presses down on the sphere. However, if you make a hole of any kind in the sphere with the stone, some of the downward force of the air that is beaten down by the bird's wings will be dissipated outside the sphere, making the sphere lighter.",Science,09/21/02 #10001,MMMMM! Mosquitos!,2.48,1.51,Dave_13,"A bat ate 1050 mosquitos in four nights. Each night she ate 25 more than the night before. How many mosquitos did the bat eat each night?",No hint available.,"The bat ate 225 mosquitoes on the first night, 250 on the second night, 275 on the third night, and 300 on the fourth night. Let x represent the number of mosquitoes the bat ate on the first night. You know that the bat ate 25 more than this on the second night, or x + 25. On the third night, the bat ate 25 more mosquitoes, or x + 50. On the fourth night, the bat ate 25 more mosquitoes, or x + 75. You also know the total for all four nights was 1050. So, you can write this equation: x + (x + 25) + (x + 50) + (x + 75) = 1050 This equation simplifies to: 4x + 150 = 1050 Solving for x, 4x = 900 x = 225",Math,01/23/03 #167,"1, 5, 17, 53...",2.22,2.19,trojan5x,"1, 5, 17, 53... What are the next three numbers?",No hint available.,"161, 485, 1457... Multiply by 3 and add 2.",Series,01/28/01 #27543,Shuffle,3.06,2.49,peppamintp,"Find the two six letter words that are combined in each row of letters. Their letters are in the correct order. 1. JSOYOMFUBELR 2. SCDUARWDRLYE 3. DASNAGEFERTY 4. CLULOOTSCEHN 5. USENEARSEYNE",The two words are opposites.,"1. Joyful & Somber 2. Scurry & Dawdle 3. Danger & Safety 4. Clutch & Loosen 5. Uneasy & Serene",Language,12/17/05 #25916,It's A Fun Life,2.5100000000000002,2.63,Nytwynd,"WG AWUX, WC'H GBC LZB IBP EGBL CZKC'H WNTBSCKGC, WC'H ZBL IBPS LWUX UBPGV BPC. - YBXI KVKNH CB HBARX CZX ZPNKG XMPKCWBG, LX GXXV CB KVV ABRX, HPJCSKFC ZKCX, NPACWTAI DBBV, KGV VWRWVX JXCLXXG CSPCZ KGV XSSBS. - YKGXC FBAXNKG LX KSX KAA WG CZX DPCCXS, JPC HBNX BU PH KSX ABBEWGD KC CZX HCKSH. - BHFKS LWAVX (AKVI LWGVXSNXSX'H UKG) ZBNX LKHG'C JPWAC WG K VKI. - YKGX HZXSLBBV KFX",B=O,"A=L B=O C=T D=G E=K F=C G=N H=S I=Y J=B K=A L=W M=Q N=M P=U R=V S=R T=P U=F V=D W=I X=E Y=J Z=H In life, it's not who you know that's important, it's how your wife found out. -- Joey Adams To solve the human equation, we need to add love, subtract hate, multiply good, and divide between truth and error. -- Janet Coleman We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -- Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere's Fan) Home wasn't built in a day. -- Jane Sherwood Ace",Cryptography,09/14/05 #50436,The Box of Chocolates,2.25,2.34,e333,"Serena has received a box of chocolates as a birthday present. The box contains 12 chocolates of different shapes (one is hemispherical) and flavours (four of which are: dark chocolate, white chocolate-hazelnut, tiramisu and milk chocolate-cherry). The 12 chocolates are divided into three rows of 4 chocolate per line. With the help of the clues and the drawing, can you figure out the shape, the flavour and the position in the box of each chocolate? 1. The following four chocolates are in the same row (but not necessarily in this order): the flower-shaped chocolate (which isn't gianduia flavour), the dark chocolate-orange chocolate (which isn't pentagonal-shaped), the chocolate just below the white chocolate and the heart-shaped milk chocolate-cognac flavoured chocolate. 2. Every row contains only one chocolate made from dark chocolate and only one from milk chocolate and they aren't next to each other. 3. The cremino flavoured chocolate is just to the left of the heart-shaped chocolate and just above the trapezoid-shaped one. 4. The hexagonal-shaped chocolate is just below the dark chocolate-orange one and is in the same row as the dark chocolate-hazelnut one but further to the right. 5. Both the caramel chocolate and the square-shaped chocolate (which isn't made from dark chocolate) are in the central part of the box but neither in the same row nor one below the other. 6. The round chocolate (which isn't dark chocolate-orange flavour) is further to the left than the pentagonal-shaped chocolate (which isn't #4) but further to the right than the gianduia flavoured one. These three chocolates are in different rows. 7. Chocolate #5 isn't the cremino flavoured chocolate. The two white-chocolate chocolates are in the first two rows. The rectangular-shaped chocolate is next to the oval-shaped milk chocolate. Chocolate #9 isn't rhombus-shaped. The triangularshaped chocolate is #1.",No hint available.,"Solution: Position - Shape - Flavour 1 - Triangular - Dark chocolate 2 - Square - Gianduia 3 - Rectangular - White chocolate 4 - Oval - Milk chocolate 5 - Flower - White chocolate-hazelnut 6 - Rhombus - Dark chocolate-orange 7 - Round - Cremino 8 - Heart - Milk chocolate-cognac 9 - Hemispherical - Dark chocolate hazelnut 10 - Hexagonal - Tiramisu 11 - Trapezoid - Caramel 12 - Pentagonal - Milk chocolate-cherry",Logic,09/27/14 #5326,Whose Clues,2.56,2.06,Bobbrt,"Below is a list of five famous people. Several letters from their names are missing, but the letters that do show form a word that gives a hint to their identity. Can you find all of the names? Note: the dots are used to separate the first and last names. 1. INDI_ _ ... _ A _ _ _ _ 2. BA _ _ ... _ _ T _ 3. _ I _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ D 4. _ _ _ _ _ _ ... PA _ _ _ R 5. _ O _ _ ... _ _ N _ O _",No hint available.,"1. Indira Gandhi 2. Babe Ruth 3. Sigmund Freud 4. Arnold Palmer 5. John Lennon",Language,07/08/02 #2566,Men with Earrings,2.48,1.35,204_blaze_41,"There is a certain club which is for men only. There are 600 men who belong to this club and 5% of these men wear one earring. Of the other 95% membership, half wear two earrings and the other half wear none. How many earrings are being worn in this club?",No hint available.,"Six hundred. We know that 5%, or 30 people of the men are wearing one earring. Of the other 95%, 570, we know that half are wearing two earrings and the other half none. This is the same as if they all wore one.",Math,03/06/02 #5548,dashotrk,2.22,1.03,Cascas,"What does this mean? dashotrk",No hint available.,Shot in the dark,Rebus,07/13/02 #25993,Show Me the Money,2.78,2.1,dutchymonster,"Which country from group A belongs in group B? Group A: Australia Bahamas Canada Gibraltar New Zealand Hong Kong Group B: Cyprus Egypt Falkland Islands Syria United Kingdom",Look at the title again.,"Gibraltar. The rest of group A have the Dollar as their currency, whereas group B have the Pound.",Group,09/20/05 #42614,Hot Wheels,2.55,2.07,tangled_brain,"Hot Wheels has finally come out with a car of Men In Black-like gravity-defying abilities! These cars are of similar size, weight, and speed capabilities to the mass-produced plastic toys kids have loved since 1968, but have one crucial difference in design that allow them to zip past upside-down on the ceiling or cruise by on the wall! What is this difference, and how in the world can it let you drive a toy car upside-down?",No hint available.,"The difference is a fan set in the center of the car! Think of it as a reverse-hovercar. The fan pushes air under the car up, sucking the car down, creating extra down-force, no matter the orientation! Numbers have been tossed around about F-1s and other high-speed cars producing enough down force at high speeds to drive upside-down, but not surprisingly, it has never been attempted.",Science,07/26/08 #14162,The Thief,2.08,1.85,Shoobop,A lady was shopping at the market for some food. All of a sudden she saw some bread. She didn't have any more money so she took the bread and ran out of the store. The police saw her take it but didn't chase after her. Why not?,No hint available.,"She took some free bread. She thought she was stealing it, but she really wasn't.",Situation,08/05/03 #4833,Executive Inventory,2.58,2.28,bobbrt,"Each of the following clues can be solved by switching the position of a U.S. president's first and last name and then making the last name possessive. For example, the clue ""Presidential Bathroom"" could yield ""Tyler's john."" Can you identify the 5 presidential possessions below? 1. Presidential lingerie item. 2. Presidential classic novel. 3. Presidential playing card. 4. Presidential restaurant check. 5. Presidential crowbar.",No hint available.,"1. Roosevelt's teddy 2. Grant's Ulysses 3. Kennedy's jack 4. Clinton's bill 5. Carter's jimmy",Language,06/19/02 #3755,Letter Math,2.23,1.94,cathalmccabe,"A, B, C, D, E, represent the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, but not in that order. Can you work out what they are? E + B + D = CA B * D = CA A * B + E = CD","Work out all the possible sums of three numbers; 1-5 Work out all the possible products of two numbers 1-5 You should be able to get CA and E from this.","To check: A = 2 B = 4 C = 1 D = 3 E = 5 5 + 4 + 3 = 12 4 * 3 = 12 2 * 4 + 5 = 13 Solution: There is only one sum of three numbers that will give a possible double digit number: 3 + 4 + 5= 12 C=1 A=2 (Must be more than 9, 10 is not possible because there is no zero, and the digits must be different so it can't be 11; can't get higher than 12 with three numbers) There are only two numbers which will give a product of 12. 3 and 4 B + D are 3 and 4 (although you don't know which) but B + D = 7 so E=5 2 * B + 5 = 13 B = 4 D = 3 Hope you liked it!",Math,04/26/02 #3580,4 S and 7 Y A,2.33,1.6400000000000001,bobbrt,4 S and 7 Y A,"""...our forefathers...""",4 score and 7 years ago,Letter-Equations,04/17/02 #31931,Element Sequence,2.26,2.4,shenqiang,"Which three elements fit in this sequence? Sulfur, uranium, phosphorus, erbium, cobalt, neodymium, _, _, _, vanadium, iodine, titanium, einsteinium.",Write out their symbols.,"Uranium, carbon, titanium. Their symbols spell out SUPErCoNdUCTiVITiEs.",Series,07/20/06 #19413,Fast Food Lunch,3.02,2.25,Jake,"Five customers (Candy, Derek, John, Rose, and Steve), order lunch at a fast food restaurant. They order the following things, not in order: Cheeseburger, Salad, Chicken Strips, Hamburger and Fried Fish. Each customer asked for his or her meal to have extra sauce added to it (catsup, mustard, BBQ sauce, mayo or ranch dressing). Can you figure out who got what and in which order they were standing in line? Clues: 1) The first customer (who wasn't a girl) isn't the one who ordered a salad. 2) The salad did not get BBQ sauce on it. 3) Candy ate chicken for lunch and wasn't last in line. 4) The person who asked for extra catsup had a cheeseburger. 5) John did not eat the mustard drenched fish. 6) Derek was in the exact middle of the line. 7) Steve was in line after the salad eater but before the mayo lover.",No hint available.,"John was first in line and ordered cheeseburger with extra catsup. Candy was second and ordered BBQ chicken strips. Derek was third and had salad with ranch dressing. Steve was fourth and ate a fish with mustard. Rose was last in line and ate a hamburger with mayo.",Logic-Grid,10/03/04 #52231,Anagram Dictionary 46,2.92,1.3800000000000001,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob). Words: atmosphere, dimension, equivalent, imperative, networks Definitions: a silent belly button cross-country skiing Dracula's neckwear those who detest rhyming verse voice in the head",No hint available.,"atmosphere: those who detest rhyming verse (poem haters) dimension: voice in the head (mind noise) equivalent: a silent belly button (quiet navel) imperative: Dracula's neckwear (vampire tie) networks: cross-country skiing (snow trek)",Language,06/21/19 #22570,The Scuba Diver,2.62,1.94,mpspss,"A scuba diver is 1,000 feet below surface when his oxygen tank runs out of air. The diver doesn't make it up for nearly two or more hours, yet he does not die when his oxygen tank runs out. Why didn't the diver die when his oxygen tank ran out and how did he reach the surface?","The man was an experienced diver. The man's training did not help him reach the surface. The man didn't know his oxygen tank ran out. The man did not reach the surface under his own power. The man died from a heart attack.",The diver was already dead when his oxygen tank ran out and his body floated up to the surface.,Situation,04/30/05 #35639,Paragraph Series,2.62,2.88,calmsavior,"Within this paragraph, a pattern occurs. Replace the blank with the choices below. After giving food to her pet manatee, Barbara tried to buy a cupcake from the student store at her local school. Her absence yesterday was unacceptable, and the store would not sell her anything until she would confess to what happened yesterday. 'Barbie', as many of her peers would call her, admitted to doing something naughty to the principal. Yesterday, she cut school to shop at the local fashion store. The principal commented that she would never achieve anything if she continued to be a truant, and that she has an unstable grade in every subject. Barbie reckons that she will more likely go to college if she makes a promise not to be a flunker and turn in her reports on time. Later that day, with the company of her best friend, she made a marvelous banquet to serve to her vibrant classmates. They even made a dessert. Although she's an amateur in the culinary arts, Barbie and her friend really made themselves popular with each serving. Yet Johnny said that Barbie was being a showoff. For them to coexist in peace, Barbie proposed giving Johnny her bicycle. Johnny tried to ride it, but his path was not straight; he kept riding in _______. Choose from: 1) Sawtooth waves. 2) Zigzags. 3) Circles. 4) Spirals.",Look carefully at a particular letter in each word with a certain amount of letters.,"The answer is 2) Zigzags. Throughout the paragraph, each 7-letter word contains a middle letter that progresses through the alphabet: MAN[A]TEE BAR[B]ARA CUP[C]AKE STU[D]ENT ABS[E]NCE CON[F]ESS NAU[G]HTY FAS[H]ION ACH[I]EVE SUB[J]ECT REC[K]ONS COL[L]EGE PRO[M]ISE FLU[N]KER REP[O]RTS COM[P]ANY BAN[Q]UET VIB[R]ANT DES[S]ERT AMA[T]EUR POP[U]LAR SER[V]ING SHO[W]OFF COE[X]IST BIC[Y]CLE ZIG[Z]AGS (solution)",Series,03/10/07 #30003,Horse Latitudes,2.7,2.05,OldChinaHand,"I have many names. I'm mainly known by the names from where I come, or how I come and even what happens if I don't come. If I don't come then tragedy may follow, for man and beast as the horse latitudes shows. While I cannot be seen coming or going, my passing does not go unnoticed. And without me little would be. I am what?",It is everywhere but cannot be seen.,"The Wind Example: Nor'easter A northeast wind, particularly a strong wind or gale; an unusually strong storm preceded by northeast winds off the coast of New England. Also called Northeaster. Willy-willy A tropical cyclone (with winds 33 knots or greater) in Australia, especially in the southwest. (Glossary of Weather and Climate) More recent common usage is for dust-devils. The term horse latitudes supposedly originates from the days when Spanish sailing vessels transported horses to the West Indies. Ships would often become becalmed in mid-ocean in this latitude, thus severely prolonging the voyage; the resulting water shortages would make it necessary for crews to throw their horses overboard.",Riddle,04/24/06 #8072,"Run, Hit, Jump",2.91,2.05,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? Run, Hit, Jump = Volume Level 9 Dictionary = Volume Level 2",Do you just talk the talk or do you also walk the walk?,"Actions speak louder than words. Explanation: Run, Hit, Jump are all actions and the volume level for them is higher that than of Dictionary which simply contains a whole lot of words. Hence you get Actions speak louder than words.",Rebus,10/15/02 #39723,Add a Letter 12,2.5100000000000002,2.0,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) relating to a nerve & indifferent (6 letters) 2) mixture of liquids & part of a whole (6 letters) 3) a facial expression & comparison of two dissimilar things using ""like"" or ""as""(5 letters) 4) state of deep unconsciousness & a punctuation mark (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) neural & neutral 2) potion & portion 3) smile & simile 4) coma & comma",Language,12/21/07 #42134,How Brightly You Shine,2.28,1.08,eggface,"How brightly you shine, Illuminating the sea of ripples beneath you. You're seen tossed upon the sea, That you so brightly shine upon. You wake up at dusk, Then you sleep after dawn. You are King of the stars, It's you that we adore.",No hint available.,The moon.,Riddle,06/03/08 #27280,Septic Pump,2.91,1.37,achnid,"SGT Johnson was patrolling his beat one day and saw a man attempting to siphon fuel from a motor home. After a few attempts, the thief finally got something from the tube. SGT Johnson calmly went up to the house that the motor home was parked in front of and informed the owner of what had happened. He then asked if they wanted to press charges. Amid bursts of laughter, the owner declined to press charges. Why didn't SGT Johnson arrest the thief on site, and why didn't the owner press charges?",Look at the title.,"The man had opened the wrong port on the motor home and was actually siphoning the septic tank, thus the reason the title is a hint. SGT Johnson didn't arrest him because he knew beforehand that the thief had the wrong port. The owner dropped the charges because it was one of the funniest things he had ever heard of.",Situation,12/03/05 #28877,Frozen,2.77,1.41,twixy,What does this represent?,No hint available.,"I See Stars (Icy stars)",Rebus,03/03/06 #14554,Six Words,2.45,2.25,MrIxolite,"What are the six words on the list below? Believe me there are six. Streeetttccheed lowercase UPPERCASE Black Hal ved",No hint available.,"Stretched lowercase White or Invisible. Uppercase Black Halved All the words are in their format, so ""uppercase"" is in uppercase, ""black"" is black etc. As you can't see the word in the middle it is either ""invisible"" or ""white"" (""missing"" or ""blank"", or other such words would be acceptable).",Language,08/26/03 #42101,Most Certainly a Conundrum!,2.57,2.45,jazzmusician46,"Yesterday you were walking down the street and overheard a person having a conversation with another. This is what you heard: ""There is too much space between rose and and and and and crown."" Your task is twofold! 1. How should this sentence be properly punctuated? 2. What occupations from the given list did the two people have? Architect, Policeman, Tax Collector, Carpenter, IT Technician, Gardener, Waiter, Jeweler, Musician, Ambulance Officer, Nurse, Sign-writer, Publican, Engineer, Author.",No hint available.,"1. ""There is too much space between 'Rose' and '&' and '&' and 'Crown'."" 2. The Occupations: Publican of the 'Rose & Crown' hotel, speaking to the sign-writer.",Situation,06/01/08 #229,A Ride on the Subway,2.13,1.84,trojan5x,"A woman visiting a big city is getting ready to board the subway. She is unfamiliar with the city and the subway system, but decides to jump on and go for a ride anyway. She takes the subway for a 15-minute ride to the next stop. As she goes to get off, the subway operator asks her if she needs directions. The woman replies, ""No, I know exactly where I am."" How?",No hint available.,It is a circular track with only one stop.,Other,02/02/01 #38647,Attitude Sickness,2.1,1.59,Perfecto,"Can you decipher this common phrase? There is a new sickness called: Attitude Sickness. John got Attitude sickness. Jack got Attitude sickness from John. Garry got Attitude sickness from Jack. Lenny got Attitude sickness from Garry.",No hint available.,Attitude is contagious.,Rebus,10/06/07 #5146,A Life Saved,2.38,2.11,NotSoLilGeorge,"A rope twists, a siren is heard, someone pulls on a ring, and a man's life is saved. What is happening?",No hint available.,"A man is parachuting when his rope twists. He hears a siren that tells him he is very low and has to use his emergency chute. He pulls the ring for the emergency chute saving his life.",Situation,07/02/02 #4167,Train Time,2.16,2.66,Mogmatt16,"A man is working at a switch that rotates a train bridge. It does this so that it can get out of the way if a boat comes through. The man is sitting by the switch, when he hears his son playing on the tracks. He was about to yell at him to get off, but a train cut him off. The man had to make a decision about what to do. What he did doesn't matter, but from a Philosophy standpoint, what should he have done?",Don't go by statistics.,"Don't touch the switch. By moving it, you are committing murder on those who were going to die anyway.",Other,05/20/02 #20694,Flip It #1,3.05,2.25,fishmed,"The following clues lead to two words or phrases that are the phonetic reverse of each other. When you answer the first clue and flip the syllables, you get the second answer. (Phonetic only, not letters.)Using the clues below, please find the words/phrases in question. Example: Impertinent * Teetertotter Answer: Saucy/Seesaw 1. Fundamental * Where the doctor works on a naval ship 2. Government assistance for the poor * Goodbye 3. Worst possible Test Score * Optimistic 4. Relevant * What Jesus was born in 5. Sofa * Cups, saucers, sugar bowl, etc. (2 words)",No hint available.,"1. Basic / Sick Bay 2. Welfare / Farewell 3. Zero / Rosy 4. Germane / Manger 5. Settee / Tea Set",Language,01/29/05 #328,What Room,2.5100000000000002,1.65,hydroman,What room has no windows and no doors?,No hint available.,A mushroom.,Riddle,03/05/01 #3396,L NCH,2.82,2.1,jaxzi,"Can you decipher this: L NCH L NCH",No hint available.,Take you out to lunch.,Rebus,04/10/02 #15164,7 = S on a H,2.19,1.73,beanie89,7 = S on a H,No hint available.,Seven Sides on a Heptagon.,Letter-Equations,10/20/03 #11118,An EZ One,3.14,2.0,just_moi,"Using a combination of letters and/or numbers to sound out the answers, can you solve the clues? (The first one is free) 1. Not difficult - EZ (Easy) 2. Unoccupied 3. To do better than others 4. Defeated 5. A number (use only letters for this one) 6. A sport 7. Freezing",No hint available.,"2. MT (Empty) 3. XL (Excel) 4. B10 (Beaten) 5. AT (Eighty) 6. 10S (Tennis) 7. IC (Icy)",Language,03/13/03 #31578,2. Wisdom From Pope John Paul II,2.61,2.38,kayleeskitties,"Pope John Paul II reigned for 26 years over the Roman Catholic Church, reached out and inspired many people. Decipher his words of wisdom below. 1. IYO ZMIMXO DIQXID IESQH, GEI IEUEXXEP. 2. SQXBGODD LQG EGCH KO DLQIIOXOS KH CTNYI, YQIXOS LQG EGCH KO LEGAMOXOS KH CEJO. 3. IYO PEXDI WXTDEG PEMCS KO Q LCEDOS YOQXI.","B=K K=B","A=Q B=K C=L D=S E=O F=Z G=N H=Y I=T J=V K=B L=C M=U N=G O=E P=W Q=A R=X S=D T=I U=M V=J W=P X=R Y=H Z=F 1. The future starts today, not tomorrow. 2. Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love. 3. The worst prison would be a closed heart.",Cryptography,07/06/06 #37809,Quotes,2.58,2.19,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to try and unscramble the set of letters in each set of brackets to complete these quotations. Good luck! 1. (NOE) of the (VADSNAGTAE) of (EGIBN) (ODLRSDEYRI) is (HTTA) (ENO) is (ONYSTACNLT) making (XINIETGC) (OSEIVSEIDRC). 2. A (AORMJ) rule of (LLCIPTAIO) (ELFI) is (ERNEV) to (ELSO) your (ERETPM) with the (SSPRE) or the (BPCILU). 3. (GRAENDI) is to (HET) (IMDN) (THAW) (CRXEESIE) is to the (OYDB).",No hint available.,"1. (ONE) of the (ADVANTAGES) of (BEING) (DISORDERLY) is (THAT) (ONE) is (CONSTANTLY) making (EXCITING) (DISCOVERIES). A. A. Milne 2. A (MAJOR) rule of (POLITICAL) (LIFE) is (NEVER) to (LOSE) your (TEMPER) with the (PRESS) or the (PUBLIC). Dame Christobel Pankhurst 3. (READING) is to (THE) (MIND) (WHAT) (EXERCISE) is to the (BODY). Sir Richard Steele",Language,08/17/07 #27547,World Travels 2,2.67,2.27,Mysterious,"When traveling for two weeks last year, Susan visited friends in China, Egypt, Holland, Sudan, and Scotland. Earth was simply the best stop of all! While traveling, Susan did not use any form of air or water transportation. How did Susan do this? Where is she traveling?",THINK! Don't assume anything.,Susan is traveling by car in the state of Texas. Texas is a state in the United States of America. All of these destinations are cities in Texas.,Trick,12/17/05 #39555,Everlasting Life,2.8,1.51,rt1819,"I have, in a sense, everlasting life. My brothers grow old and brittle while I stay ripe. I am greatly appreciated and adorned with jewels, and my head has a crown, it's beautiful. For most of my life I have braved cold, or heat, but where I am taken it's always warm, But my fame cannot last. The jewels are taken off, along with my crown, and I am shunned until my successor arrives in one year.","You may find me in your home, at a special season, but some religions do not celebrate the holiday that I am associated with.","I am a Christmas tree! In all seasons the evergreen stays ripe, while other trees lose leaves. The jewels and crown are ornaments and the star. All too soon it seems the tree has to come down, until the next year when you get a new one!",Riddle,12/12/07 #52040,Limeriddle 3 - Ancient Companion,2.64,0.76,ThinksForFun,"A secondary light source Captive of gravity's force I won't let you see The back side of me My stages revealed in due course What am I?",No hint available.,"the moon line 1: The sun is our primary source of light. line 2: The moon's path is dictated by Earth's gravity. lines 3-4: The same side of the moon always faces the Earth. line 5: The moon's phases follow a predictable cycle.",Riddle,10/05/18 #47263,Impossible Age,2.73,0.91,cutieluck,"When Luke, the new kid, asked how old Annabelle was, she replied, ""In two years, I'll be twice as old as I was five years ago."" How old is Annabelle?",No hint available.,Annabelle is twelve!,Math,06/16/10 #14706,Will Is Bruce?,2.8,2.31,MrIxolite,"What are the following Bruce Willis Movie titles below? 1) Au Ag H He Sn<- 2) Sight Sound Taste Touch Smell Sight<- 3) Able Ab le Able<- 4) Master James Scout Miss Emily Scout Master Richard Scout Miss Jane Scout Master John Scout<- 5) White Hard + Colourant = Blue Hard 6) DEATH HEATH HEAT HER",No hint available.,"1) The 5th Element (symbols for elements) 2) The Sixth Sense 3) Unbreakable (the word able was broken and then unbroken) 4) The Last Boy Scout 5) Die Hard (Dye Hard) 6) Death Becomes Her",Rebus,09/08/03 #4402,Family Grave,2.29,2.21,mad-ade,"Mad Ade was walking through a churchyard one day, and came across a gravestone with the following inscription. Here lies Two grandmothers, with their two granddaughters; Two husbands, with their two wives; Two fathers, with their two daughters; Two mothers, with their two sons; Two maidens, with their two mothers; Two sisters, with their two brothers. Yet Mad Ade noted that there was only six names on the gravestone. How could this be possible?",No hint available.,"If two widows had each a son, and each widow married the son of the other and had a daughter by the marriage, all the relationships will be found to result.",Logic,06/01/02 #18296,Broken Morning,2.29,1.94,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? ""Oi! Wake up Fatty!""",No hint available.,A rude awakening,Rebus,07/21/04 #50046,Dropboxes III,2.41,2.47,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Cash alternative [_] 2. Wept [_] 3. Grave 4. Eases [_] 5. Like a butler or steward [_] 6. Slender fragment 7. Deadly [_] 8. Rotary shaping tool [_] 9. Thermal energy 10. Car, informally [_] 11. From Cardiff [_] 12. Uses an axe 13. Winemaker? [_] 14. Harvest [_] 15. Exist plurally 16. Kings' seats [_] 17. Candid [_] 18. Rock 19. Broiling [_] 20. Categorizing [_] 21. Series of text characters 22. Subtitle [_] 23. ""Go!"" in Hollywood [_] 24. Raccoon-like mammal 25. Device [_] 26. ""The _____ Cometh"" [_] 27. Madly enthusiastic",No hint available.,"1. credit [T] 2. cried [C] 3. dire 4. relieves [E] 5. servile [E] 6. sliver 7. lethal [L] 8. lathe [L] 9. heat 10. wheels [E] 11. Welsh [L] 12. hews 13. grape [G] 14. reap [P] 15. are 16. thrones [R] 17. honest [H] 18. stone 19. roasting [A] 20. sorting [O] 21. string 22. caption [P] 23. action [N] 24. coati 25. machine [H] 26. iceman [E] 27. manic ""Telegraph"" and ""Cell phone"" -- devices symbolic of early and modern telecommunications",Language,12/21/13 #20961,Cherries,2.32,1.19,fishmed,"Which one of the following fruits does not belong to the group and why? Cherries Apples Apricots Strawberries Oranges",No hint available.,Strawberries do not belong as all the others grow on trees.,Group,02/11/05 #48803,Curtail 19,2.8,2.21,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. In place of -> Falsehood 2. Area around the altar of a church -> Possibility; a gamble 3. Stake or gamble -> Compensation for labour 4. Financial book -> Narrow place to stand 5. Ceremonial garment -> Take from someone unlawfully 6. Spirit; confidence or enthusiasm -> Standard of behaviour; a lesson 7. An ordinal number -> A cardinal number 8. Deserving of respect -> High value; equivalent to a specified value","The words start with these letters: 1. L 2. C 3. W 4. L 5. R 6. M 7. E 8. W","1. Lieu -> Lie 2. Chancel -> Chance 3. Wager -> Wage 4. Ledger -> Ledge 5. Robe -> Rob 6. Morale -> Moral 7. Eighth -> Eight 8. Worthy -> Worth",Language,07/06/11 #18669,Mad Ade's Autoantonyms #5,2.37,2.24,Mad-Ade,"In this Teaser Mad Ade has created a sentence using Autoantonym, which are words that have two opposing meanings. For example : ""Despite securing the ----, the horses still managed to ---- free"" In this case the answer would be ""Bolt"" one meaning to secure and fasten, the other to mean to break free. Can you work out the Autoantonym for these two sentences? 1, ""Mad Ade wanted to get to the Sweaty Chef Kebab Shop ----, but had become stuck ---- in the mud that the rain had caused."" 2, ""The style of clothing Mad Ade wore was not ------, as he had them ------ made.""",No hint available.,"1, Fast = moving quickly; speedy Fast= fixed firmly in place 2, Custom = Usual/ normal. Custom = specially designed.",Language,08/29/04 #13661,That's Rich!,2.5,1.47,MrIxolite,"What phrase is in rebus form below? £ says ""Hello Louis"" $ says ""Hello Simon""",No hint available.,Money Talks,Rebus,07/07/03 #24923,Next Animal...,2.9,1.97,CuteNis,"What is the next animal in this series: Quail, Weasel, Emu, Racoon, -?- Choose from: Yak Turkey Bumblebee Ostrich Tiger Eland","Think of the TYPE of animal... Yes... TYPE is extra emphasized...","Turkey The series alternates between bird and mammal, but at the same time, the animals begin with the letters from the top row of a QWERTY keyboard. Thus ""T"" is the next letter, and the only bird in the list that begins with a ""T"" is ""Turkey"". Also, ""Yak"" would be next in the series after Turkey... extra points if you noticed!",Series,07/27/05 #8456,2 H of C,2.16,2.35,speedymcg,2 = H of C,No hint available.,2 Houses of Congress.,Letter-Equations,11/09/02 #36927,Good Guess,2.68,1.47,reptile5000,"In order to win a free laptop computer, students had to guess the exact numbers of gumballs in a jar. The students guessed 45, 41, 55, 50, and 43, but nobody won. The guesses were off by 3, 7, 5, 7, and 2 (given in no particular order). From this information, can you determine the number of gumballs in the jar?",No hint available.,"Forty-Eight gumballs. (48) Since two guessers were off by seven and no guesses were repeated, these values had to refer to numbers at the opposite sides of the spread The two extremes are 41 and 55. If you add 7 to 41, and subtract 7 from 55, you arrive at the answer, 48.",Math,06/13/07 #8102,"Elephant, Dog, Cat",2.48,1.65,Bigsurf18,"Finish this series... Elephant, Dog, Cat, ???? CHOOSE FROM... A. Monkey B. Bird C. Lion D. Ram",No hint available.,B. The first letter of each word is in reverse alphabetical order.,Series,10/17/02 #38062,How Much Money 2,2.44,1.98,maxvu,"How much money would I have had if, in spending 1/5 and then 1/5 of the remaining, I had altogether spent $36.00?",No hint available.,$100.,Math,09/01/07 #10642,12 = A of J,2.36,2.16,melly,12 = A of J,No hint available.,12 Apostles of Jesus,Letter-Equations,02/22/03 #49562,Rich Stiff,3.26,2.91,JimShorts,"""The town's richest man was killed late last night in a shocking murder,"" the reporter exclaimed from the television across the room. ""Chief Graham tells us that the police are carefully investigating everything and everyone, but they have no lead suspect yet."" Chief Graham let out a sigh as he looked out the window at the reporter and the large crowd still gathered outside. ""Isn't there anything better to do in this town than hang around a crime scene all day?"" ""No sir,"" answered Detective Jefferson. ""Just the bowling alley, but it's really lame."" ""My nephew runs the bowling alley."" ""That's right, sir! And what a lovely bowling alley it is! Fantastic...pins."" ""Will you just go over the facts with me one more time, detective?"" ""Well, we found Mr. Hampton's body in the deep freezer after the mailman, Chuck, called us this morning to report his suspicion that something was wrong. Normally a frozen body would be good news for us. I mean, not GOOD news, may he rest in peace! Not that I'm not happy to finally have a good case to work on! I love my job and all..."" ""Get on with it Jefferson."" ""I just mean I'd think a frozen body would be helpful, since freezing preserves the body and the evidence so well. But unfortunately we just can't seem to find any evidence here. He appears to have been hit in the head with a blunt object, but other than that, there's not much we can tell. We've checked the house for clues, but nothing appears to be out of place. Whoever did this was careful. We've interviewed all the people that seem to have any contact with him, his son Don, his daughter Jessica, and of course, Chuck the mailman."" ""I know it's been a long day and we'd all like to go home and get some rest, but I feel like we're missing something. I want to talk to everyone one more time,"" Chief Graham said. ""My dad has more money than anyone in this stupid town! Anyone could have a motive to kill him, surely you don't think I did it!"" said Don Hampton with a look of anger and annoyance. ""My dad and I got along fine! When I came over for dinner last month he told me he was proud of me for starting my own business just like he did."" ""Didn't you start your business with a huge loan that he gave you?"" ""Well, yeah. But that doesn't mean it wasn't hard!"" ""Did you come over often to see him?"" asked detective Jefferson. ""Yeah, every couple of weeks or so. Maybe once a month. A couple of times a year. Hey, we'd see each other more often, but you know what a hermit he is. He never leaves the house, so I was the one who had to make all the effort. If you ask me, I deserve a son-of-the-year award!"" ""I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S GONE!"" wailed Jessica Hampton through one of her fits of tears which only seemed to come while she was being questioned. ""HE MEANT SO MUCH TO ME!"" ""When was the last time you saw your father?"" ""Well, I haven't seen him in a while. But I just talked to him on the phone last Saturday."" ""And he didn't mention anything about being murdered soon?"" Jefferson asked. Chief Graham sighed. ""Great work, Detective."" ""Thanks chief!"" ""Um, no. He sounded fine,"" Jessica continued. ""Look, I'm sure you're thinking I had a motive to kill my father, since I'll probably inherit a lot of money now, but I bet Don will inherit the same amount as me! Plus Don owes - or owed - dad a bunch of money that he borrowed to start his business. So he has a bigger motive than me! HE should be your suspect!"" ""Wow, the love in this family is amazing. Let's see what the mailman has to say."" ""I'm used to his mail piling up in the mailbox, since he doesn't like to leave his house, but every now and then I'll have a package for him. Since he does all his shopping online, he's always eager to get his packages, so when I have one he always answers the door!"" Chuck insisted. ""I know it's not much to go on, but when he didn't come to the door this morning, I just had a really bad feeling that something was wrong."" ""Have you noticed anything else lately? Any other suspicious activity?"" ""No, not that I can think of. Sorry"" The chief sat down with a sigh. ""This is just great. We have a reclusive victim who hardly ever makes contact with anyone, no clues, plenty of motives, no witnesses, and a lousy detective."" ""Sounds tough, chief!"" ""It is, Jefferson. It is."" The chief was just going to launch into a new stream of complaints, when a thought occurred to him. He stood up suddenly. ""Wait a minute! This may not hold up in court, but I sure know who we should be looking into!"" ""You shouldn't end your sentences with a preposition, chief."" ""Jefferson, I will literally kick you in the head."" ""Sorry chief."" ""Someone said something very revealing. I have a hunch that I may just be wrapping up this case sooner than I thought!"" Who accidentally alerted Chief Graham to aim the investigation in their direction?","""What!? What is it!?"" Detective Jefferson asked. ""The mailman said Mr. Hampton's mail often piles up because he rarely leaves the house, right?"" ""Yeah."" ""And the last time we have a confirmed contact with the victim was when his daughter spoke with him on the phone last Saturday. And the body is frozen. He's in such good condition, it's hard to say if he's been in there hours, days, or weeks. When would you say this man was killed?"" ""How am I supposed to know!? Some time between last Saturday and when the mailman found him this morning."" ""Right. We know more about this case than anyone, and that is the best time-of-death we can come up with...""","""Who has been your source for information on this case?"" Chief Graham asked news reporter Sheila Rivers. ""What, do you not remember talking to me? I've gotten all my info from you. Which hasn't been much, I have to say,"" replied Ms. Rivers impatiently. ""Right. Have you gotten any more details from anyone else?"" ""No, only what you've given me. Why, do you have more for me?"" ""Yes. We have a lead suspect. Do you remember what you reported earlier this evening? That the town's richest man was murdered late last night?"" ""Of course."" ""How late?"" ""Well...Oh. Rats."" ""Rats indeed. The last time anyone had any contact with the victim that we know of was last Saturday, and the time of death is impossible to determine due to Mr. Hampton's body being preserved in the freezer and his tendency to let his mail pile up. So the best estimate we have for the time of the murder is some time between Saturday and this morning when the body was found. But somehow you've determined a much more specific time of death. When I heard you say that...well, a little while after I heard you say that, I realized that either you or your source knows way more than an innocent person should. And now you've told me that it's you! You might as well confess, because let's face it, this story has gone on long enough already."" ""Alright, fine. Do you know how hard it is to be a reporter in this stupid, boring town!? I'm so SICK of having nothing more important to report on than the high school's class president elections, or this year's dog petting contest. It was DRIVING ME CRAZY! I was DYING for a real story! Then I realized...why should I be the one to die?""",Mystery,08/14/12 #24731,Do They Each Have Their Own Man in Them?,2.84,2.21,dutchymonster,63 = M of J,It makes earth's single M seem pathetic...,"63 = Moons of Jupiter The total number of moons now stands at 63, but many tiny moons may exist that have yet to be discovered.",Letter-Equations,07/21/05 #49038,"1, 5, 32, 288, 3413, 50069, ...",2.55,2.64,CosminBotoc,"1, 5, 32, 288, 3413, 50069, ... What's the next number??","The sum of powers, 1^1 + 2^2 + ... + n^n.","1^1=1 1^1+2^2=5 1^1+2^2+3^3=32 And so on ... The final number is 873612",Series,09/24/11 #5465,17P x 2 + 3R,2.16,3.1,glennyboy02,17P x 2 + 3R = 37 P in a R L M,No hint available.,17 players x 2 + 3 referees = 37 people in a Rugby League Match.,Letter-Equations,07/11/02 #9608,Lost Without Me,2.66,0.92,jellybean,"I have 4 main points, but I'm round you see. In the bush you would be, possibly lost without me.",No hint available.,A compass,Riddle,01/05/03 #8051,Prefers Soap,2.95,1.69,Bobbrt,"In the following sentence, fill in the blanks with three words that are the same except for their first letters. The ___ would ___ ___ with soap than with body wash.","The words are all six letters long, and start with B, R, and L, respectively.",The BATHER would RATHER LATHER with soap than with body wash.,Language,10/14/02 #38800,"Don't Think Too Hard, Don't Look Too Far",2.45,1.85,lav4geniy,"If: H=1 N=7 O=8 S=16 What does C equal?",Look at a table.,"6 The letters are the symbols of a chemical element, and the numbers are just the element's atomic number.",Other,10/16/07 #20518,Oh My 2,2.28,1.4,tigereyerose,We come from the same family but are not related. We have tails and make very loud sounds. Sometimes people associate us with bears. What are we?,Meow,Lions and tigers,Riddle,01/21/05 #4260,The Chance,2.2,2.33,chickenpuff7,"What (maybe not-so-common) phrase is depicted below: Jawa Baltic Black the chance",No hint available.,"Seize(""seas"") the chance",Rebus,05/24/02 #40430,Daydreams,2.57,2.29,aresII,"My 2, 6, 9, 8, 4 is a possession. My 9, 5, 1, 8 is guarded. My 6, 4, 2, 7, 3 is to discolor. My 1, 5, 4, 8 is also my destiny. My whole are daydreams.",No hint available.,"FANTASIES. Clue 1 = asset. Clue 2 = safe. Clue 3 = stain. Clue 4 = fate.",Riddle,02/10/08 #26140,Travel in Waves,2.82,0.96,emily103,"I travel in waves On the ocean shore But also everywhere You have been before I am found in a shell And traveling through the air I am the soft purring of a cat And the roar of a bear What am I?",I travel in (invisible) waves...,"Sound. Sound travels in waves. You can hear the sounds of an ocean wave crashing against the shore. Sound is everywhere. You can hear many sounds echoing inside of a hollow conch shell. Sound travels through the air. Purring and roaring are two sounds. (For the hint) You cannot see sound.",Riddle,09/30/05 #36951,Words With One Letter Changed #3,2.53,2.46,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you have been given two definitions. Each pair of definitions is for two unrelated words. Your task is to discover what these two words are. In the answer to the second word, I took the first word, but changed one of its letters to make a completely different word. (i.e. table - fable) 1. A very small distance or very narrow margin - to greet someone. 2. A moveable structure used to open or close off an entrance - an area of open, marshy wasteland, usually overgrown with heath. 3. Equipment used to aid poor eyesight - the ranking of groups according to their qualities or characteristics. 4. Perfectly level - a great achievement",No hint available.,"1. Hair - Hail 2. Door - Moor 3. Glasses - Classes 4. Flat - Feat N.B. I have used 'hair' thus: ""He won the race by a hair.""",Language,06/15/07 #12391,Suze and the Hare,2.44,2.45,batti_s,"SUZE, along with a HARE, decided to CRUSH LEE because he had been acting weird of late. So Suze and Hare decided to calculate the time when they had to kill Lee. They took mathematician Y's help. ""But IS Y SOUND in mathematics?"", asked Hare. ""Yes, Hare"" said Suze. They thanked Y, and realized that Lee was in sight. Suze called Hare, and said, ""Let's SNOOP"". ""DIE now, you foolish people!"", said Lee. Taken by surprise, Suze and Hare decided to hide in the SHADE. Hare saw his long lost wife, Haress, who had ditched him 2 years ago. She was repenting for her mistake, but Hare was adamant.""Oh come on, Hare! She's yours! Don't be too hard on her"", said Suze. ""Yeah, but is SHE CLEAR of charges?"" asked Hare. ""What are you, Hare, a chauvinist?"" asked Suze. ""Well, its mating time now, and I just wanted to check if SHE'S UP HEAT!!!"", replied Hare. The 3 of them killed Lee, and all's well that ends well. But not quite. Why should the passage contain such capitalized words?",Taking a NAP in Greece?,"The capitalized words or phrases are anagrams of Greek gods and Heroes. SUZE - ZEUS HARE - HERA CRUSH LEE - HERCULES IS Y SOUND- DIONYSUS SNOOP DIE- POSEIDON SHADE- HADES SHE CLEAR- HERACLES SHES UP HEAT- HEPHAESTUS",Other,05/16/03 #3381,Hats,2.53,1.3,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this phrase: Beret <-------- Bowler Stetson Fez Sombrero",No hint available.,Top hat,Rebus,04/09/02 #35658,Find Another Missing Word,2.8,2.24,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to place a four-letter word that will link the two given words. Good luck! i.e. WAR - FARE - WELL Foot - Park Vine - Stick Snare - Kit Training - Site Gold - Wife Wedding - Ring",No hint available.,"Foot - BALL - Park Vine - YARD - Stick Snare - DRUM - Kit Training - CAMP - Site Gold - FISH - Wife Wedding - CAKE - Ring",Language,03/13/07 #50607,Some Like it Not Hot,2.64,1.8800000000000001,theriddler,"Gobble it down fast, or nibble or gnaw, There is a vegetable we mostly eat raw. It can't be pickled or made into jam. You can't fry it up to go with your ham. You can't dry it out or powder it a bit And freezing or canning will not be a hit. Some cooks might grill or stir-fry or use a soup pot, But eating it hot is something that's not done a lot. Such creative cuisine of everyday food leaves me in awe, Since everyday, most of us routinely, just eat it raw. What vegetable is this?",No hint available.,It's lettuce! The stuff in your salad or atop your burger.,Riddle,05/15/15 #17058,Settle and Sit,2.65,1.7,SliceOpi,"We settle and sit, Fly and float, We lie around, Cover and coat. What are we?",No hint available.,Dust (Dust particles),Riddle,03/18/04 #41207,Add it Up 8,2.92,1.23,Scubee,"Beginning with ""de"", add letters from the given pool to create a seven-letter word which means ""to withhold something"". Do not rearrange the letters as you go. Pool: E R V P I 1) DE 2) _ _ _ 3) _ _ _ _ 4) _ _ _ _ _ 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The hint gives definitions/clues for each additional word, except for the last word.","2) a small cube marked on each face with one to six spots 3) to plunge into water intentionally 4) to frighten or prod into moving in a certain direction 5) to infer; to deduce","1) DE 2) DIE 3) DIVE 4) DRIVE 5) DERIVE 6) DEPRIVE",Language,03/25/08 #16129,Sale,2.25,1.36,AXTON,"Your local shop is having a sale where you take 50% off the marked price of everything, and then a further 25% off that. What Percentage do you save?",No hint available.,"62.5% For example: $100 - (50% of $100) = $50 $50 - (25% of $50) = $37.50 $100 - $37.50 = $62.50",Math,01/10/04 #5841,English/American,2.27,2.14,mad-ade,"Which common words ending in ""our"" are spelled the same in England and America?",No hint available.,"amour glamour paramour",Language,07/24/02 #284,V W N M X,2.17,2.71,Mr. G,"V W N M X _ What is the next letter in the sequence?",No hint available.,"The letter is V. If you bisect the letter V horizontally and flip the lower half up, you get the letter W. If you bisect the letter N horizontally and flip the lower half up, you get the letter M. If you bisect the letter X horizontally and flip the lower half up, you get the letter V.",Series,02/14/01 #39157,101 Percent Surprise,2.38,2.07,MarcM1098,"The other day, I took an online survey in which there were two choices: ""True"" and ""False"". I made my selection and was surprised to see the results: 33% of people had selected ""True"" 68% of people had selected ""False"". My biggest surprise was that most people didn't agree with me. The answer was obviously ""True"", how could anyone think otherwise? I was also slightly surprised to see that the responses totaled 101 percent. Obviously the percentages were rounded to whole numbers. What is the minimum number of people that had completed the survey?","Before rounding, the two percentages must total 100.","The exact results must be 32.5% and 67.5%. These values total 100% and both numbers would be rounded up to match the observed results of 33% and 68%. The percents can be written as fractions: 32.5/100 and 67.5/100. Multiply top and bottom by two to avoid the decimals: 65/200 and 135/200. Finally, reduce the fractions (both are divisible by 5): 13/40 and 27/40. Thus there were a total of 40 votes; 13 voted ""True"" and 27 voted ""False"".",Math,11/11/07 #19986,Fluent,2.18,2.12,MrIxolite,"What phrase? Tours O N G U Excursions",No hint available.,Trips off the tongue,Rebus,12/20/04 #3124,tomorrowday,2.3,1.05,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? tomorrowday",No hint available.,Day after tomorrow,Rebus,04/02/02 #10930,OvBrainen,2.2,2.61,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? OvBrainenWave",No hint available.,"A half-baked idea. Half of the word Brainwave is in an Oven, hence half-baked.",Rebus,03/06/03 #25709,Bowl Tape,2.28,2.75,ALwossy,"Which word from Group 1 belongs in Group 2? Group 1- Bowl Tape Dog Pit Wear Group 2- Hat Swab Fig Hunt Pet",No hint available.,"Answer: Dog should be in Group 2. (Dog-Dot) Explanation (Group 2): If you replace the last letter of the word with the letter that is the same distance from the opposite end of the alphabet to it you can form a new word eg. D (fourth letter from A) would change to W (fourth letter from Z) Example: G would be replaced with T Words: Hat- Hag Swab- Sway Fig- Fit Hunt- Hung Pet- Peg Dog-Dot Explanation (Group 1): The same as group two except the first letter is replaced instead of the last. Words: Bowl- Yowl Tape- Gape Pit- Kit Wear- Dear",Group,09/01/05 #155,3600 S in 1 H,2.18,1.18,trojan5x,3600 S in 1 H,No hint available.,3600 Seconds in one hour.,Letter-Equations,01/23/01 #36519,Unwelcome Guest,2.56,2.18,majd,"A frequent traveler all of the way, I am asleep as I move but awake when I stay. An unwelcome guest that does not pay, Yet I make a big mess during my stay.",No hint available.,"A virus. Frequent traveler: as I am passed from one sick person to the other Asleep as I move but awake when I stay: viruses are inactive (asleep) when outside the host (body) but start behaving actively (awake) when inside the host I make a big mess: the viral infection symptoms in the body, such as fatigue, fever and runny nose (like a flu infection, for instance)",Riddle,05/05/07 #51566,A Day at the Groomer's,2.92,1.77,FiaTzu,"Five dogs have a noon appointment at Louise's Puppy Parlor this afternoon. Unfortunately while trying to wrangle a particularly uncooperative Yorkie into the bathtub, Louise's assistant dropped the appointment book into the water and now Louise can't remember which dog is which. Please help Louise remember the name and breed of each dog, the color of their collars and the time they're being picked up. 1.) Dexter and Bernard are the only male dogs who have appointments today. One of them is a dachsund and the other is having his teeth brushed. 2.) The five appointments in order are: the one getting a trim, the one in the red collar, the poodle, Dexter, and the one in the turquoise collar. 3.) Blowing out her long, silky hair takes some time, so the dog getting the blowout will be picked up last. 4.) Either CoCo is the Pekingese and Lucy is getting a mani-pedi, or Prudence is the Pekingese and the dachsund is wearing a purple collar. 4.) Two dogs have a name that begins with the same letter as their breed and two dogs have a name that begins with the same letter as the color of their collar. 5.) The schnauzer and the dachsund both have short hair so neither needed a blowout, but one needed a bath after she got into the garbage and the other was the next to last to be picked up. 6.) Lucy is named after Lucille Ball and her collar matches her namesake's signature hair color.","Lucille Ball was known for her flaming red hair, which is the color of the schnauzer's collar.","Prudence- Pekingese- Trim- Pink- 1:00 Lucy- Schnauzer- Bath- Red- 2:00 Bernard- Poodle- Teeth Brushed- Blue- 3:00 Dexter- Dachsund- Mani Pedi- Purple- 3:30 CoCo- Shih Tzu- Blowout- Turquoise- 4:00",Logic-Grid,11/11/17 #7132,X Likes Cars,2.52,1.76,mozven,"X likes to buy and sell cars. For two weeks he bought 5 cars every 12 hours. Then, on June 2nd, he decided to start selling. Every day he would sell 6 cars, then buy 2. But every third day, he would sell 5 cars, and buy 3. X decided that he'll shut down his business when he has no more cars. At this rate, what day will X shut down his business?",No hint available.,"July 12th, 41 days after he started selling. 5 cars every 12 hours = 10 cars per day = 140 cars bought in the two weeks. This is the starting point. Every two out of three days, he nets 4 cars sold (2 bought - 6 sold). The third day, he nets 2 cars sold (3 bought - 5 sold). This means that he nets 4 + 4 + 2 = 10 cars sold every three days. Since he needs to sell 140 cars, it will take him 14 3-day cycles to do this. 14 * 3 = 42 days. But on day 41 he sells his 6 cars and runs out. He would normally buy two more later that day, but he is already out.",Math,09/02/02 #28367,Tew is to Yrd,2.79,1.61,lips,Tew is to yrd as toh is to dloc as ni is to ?,No hint available.,"Tuo. They are antonyms reversed: wet, dry: hot, cold: in, out.",Other,01/31/06 #35747,Who and Where,1.96,0.92,nascarfan19,Bob got second place. Joe finished two places after Bob. Billy got one place in front of Joe. Who finished first?,No hint available.,"None of those listed finished first. Billy finished 3rd. Joe finished 4th.",Logic,03/18/07 #47803,Behead 7,2.88,2.42,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Delayed -> Delighted 2. Dresses -> Possesses 3. Duplicate -> Solitary 4. Contemplated -> Employed 5. Useless -> Useful 6. Falling behind -> Feature to prevent falling 7. Holds waste water -> Holds drinking water 8. Poke with a stick -> A pole or stick","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. E 2. O 3. L 4. U 5. U 6. R 7. E 8. R","1. Belated -> Elated 2. Gowns -> Owns 3. Clone -> Lone 4. Mused -> Used 5. Futile -> Utile 6. Trailing -> Railing 7. Sewer -> Ewer 8. Prod -> Rod",Language,08/28/10 #11911,2 = D in the B S,2.61,2.26,Mhalun,2 = D in the B S,"1,0","2 = Digits in the Binary System (1 and 0)",Letter-Equations,04/20/03 #29038,Money Math,2.58,2.82,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, leading authority in the field of cryptomathology, has just published a paper on the American monetary system. In the paper, he proved that there is a mathematical relationship between DOLLAR and QUARTER. To convert from dollars to quarters, multiply the number of dollars by 4. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Since there are only nine different letters, one numeral will not be used. There is only one solution. DOLLAR * 4 = QUARTER",No hint available.,457730 * 4 = 1830920,Cryptography,03/11/06 #40432,Beatles' Proction,2.55,1.71,spookboy0,"Complete the following words. Then unscramble the missing letters to spell out a name used in a famous Beatles' song. Note that the words are not the same two words. P R O _ _ C T I O N P R O _ _ C T I O N",No hint available.,"In either order, the words are PRODUCTION and PROJECTION. The missing letters are D, U, J, and E. Unscramble the missing letters to get the name Jude, as in the song ""Hey Jude"".",Other,02/10/08 #21438,My Monument Stands High,2.21,1.18,spookboy0,"As a forefather, I came into this land; To give its members a firm helping hand. Many a battle, in which I fought, of course; I might have died if it weren't for my white horse. My monument stands high, over 500 feet tall; All just for honoring what I've done for you all. Who Am I?",No hint available.,George Washington,Riddle,03/08/05 #16492,Prefix Mispronunciations,2.6,2.5,snaps,"The answers to each of the clues below are words that could have an alternate definition if the words were read incorrectly. For example, if the word ""coward"" was incorrectly read as having ""co-"" as a prefix to the word ""ward,"" its definition could be ""to jointly parry or keep something away."" Can you figure out the mispronounced prefixes that could have the definitions given below? 1. an unintentionally bad leader of a tribal village 2. having put two seeds in the ground 3. not adorable and/or lovable 4. having together with someone else, come into contact with a person at a prearranged time 5. to remove a plant from its container 6. a two-branched climbing plant",No hint available.,"1. mischief 2. disown 3. acute 4. comet 5. depot 6. divine",Language,02/08/04 #41483,32 = P in C C,2.03,2.35,shenqiang,32 = P in C C,No hint available.,32 = pieces in Chinese Chess.,Letter-Equations,04/13/08 #42185,12 P and 20 H on a S S B,2.15,2.71,shenqiang,12 P and 20 H on a S S B,"It's very commonly played. The first ""S"" stands for ""standard"".",12 pentagons and 20 hexagons on a standard soccer ball.,Letter-Equations,06/09/08 #12821,Physical Math,2.43,2.65,Gizzer,"Due to cutbacks at the local high school, physical education and mathematics were combined into one class. This made for some interesting ""exercises"". One of the questions on this term's final exam stated: From a starting position walk to the right a distance (in feet) represented by the first prime number. Then turn right 90 degrees and walk a distance represented by the 2nd prime number, and so on, until all prime numbers less than 100 have been accounted for. Then answer the following questions. a) How far have you walked? b) How far (to the nearest inch) do you have to walk to return to your starting position?","Do it on paper, unless you need the exercise!","a) You have walked 1060 feet. b) You have to walk 73 feet, 9 inches Explanation There are 25 prime numbers between 1 and 100, neither of which is prime. (No, 1 is not prime.) So you will walk in an expanding square with sides of length 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97 feet. This is a total of 1060 feet. The net result of your turns will be that you are 56 feet ahead of your starting position. (2+11+23+41+59+73+97) - (5+17+31+47+67+83) You will also be 48 feet to the left of your starting position. (7+19+37+53+71+89) - (3+13+29+43+61+79) To calculate the distance back to the starting position, calculate the length of the hypotenuse of the right angle triangle with legs that are 56 and 48 feet long. This is 73.756 feet, or 73 feet, 9 inches.",Math,05/30/03 #37041,Crocodile Dundee? #2,2.24,2.58,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of popular Australian tourist destination spots. Your task is to try and unravel these anagrams into their correct locations. I have included the number of words in brackets for each place. 1. Chained Bob (5, 5) 2. Special grins (5, 7) 3. Humane button lies (3, 4, 9) 4. Aged or ornate cheat (3, 5, 5, 4) 5. Trap or hurt (4, 6)",No hint available.,"1. Bondi Beach 2. Alice Springs 3. The Blue Mountains 4. The Great Ocean Road 5. Port Arthur",Language,06/22/07 #11109,The Object,2.79,1.87,Christina0213,"A small round object sitting on a table slides across very slowly and soon comes to a stop when a person hits it. Then the person changes one thing about the situation, and hits the object again with the same force, and the object goes much farther and faster. It is the same table, the same object, and the same force used in hitting it. What changed?",Think about games.,The table is an air hockey table. The person turned on the air. This takes away a LOT of friction so the object (an air hockey puck) goes much faster.,Situation,03/12/03 #22079,Disney Fans' Pets,2.82,3.18,Rebeca,"Five young girls are all friends and are all big Disney fans. They have named their pets after cartoon characters from their favorite Disney movies. Each girl owns a pair of pets of the same species. Each pair consists of two differently colored creatures of the same age. Can you figure out which girl owns which pets, their colors, ages and names? Girls: Audrey, Betty, Cari, Debra, and Emma Pets: Birds, Dogs, Cats, Fish and Rabbits Pet Names: Ariel and Aurora, Beauty and Beast, Lilo and Stitch, Mike and Sully, Timon and Pumba Color Pairs: Blue and White, Blue and Red, Blue and Brown, Brown and Red, Brown and White Ages: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years Emma is allergic to dogs. Neither of the rabbits are blue. Neither of the fish are white. Just one girl has the same first initial as both her 2 yr old pets. The girls don't usually take their pets with them to visit each other. It is certain that Mike and Sully would try to devour Aurora and Ariel, and also that the blue and brown pair would consider the blue and white pair a tasty snack. Lilo and Stitch live in the same house as Aurora and Ariel because their owners are sisters. There is no reason to think they would attack each other. In fact, they probably aren't even aware of each other. Cari and Debra don't own blue pets. Audrey and Emma don't own brown pets. The brown and white pair are younger than the fish, and also younger than Debra's pets. Audrey's pets are exactly twice the age of Aurora and Ariel. Timon and Pumba are older than the cats but younger than the red and brown pair.",No hint available.,"Audrey owns Lilo and Stitch, red and blue 1 year old fish. Betty owns Beauty and Beast, blue and brown 2 year old cats. Cari owns Aurora and Ariel, brown and white 6 month old rabbits. Debra owns Mike and Sully, red and brown 4 year old dogs. Emma owns Timon and Pumba, blue and white 3 year old birds.",Logic-Grid,04/06/05 #49931,Words With AL,2.66,2.56,cnmne,"Five words that contain AL as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? AL****, *AL***, **AL**, ***AL*, ****AL Pool: B, D, D, D, G, I, I, I, J, M, N, O, O, O, P, R, S, U, V, Y",No hint available.,"ALMOND, JALOPY, DIALOG, RIBALD, VISUAL",Language,08/25/13 #40965,Misplaced Letters,2.53,2.04,tedger,"Below are three groups. Sorted into each are the 26 letters of the English alphabet. However, one letter in each group has been misplaced. Your task is to discover the misplaced letter in each group and then determine in which of the other two groups it would belong. Group 1: A, E, I, O, P, Q, R, T, U, Y Group 2: B, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, S Group 3: C, M, N, V, W, X, Z",No hint available.,"Group 1: A is misplaced. It belongs in Group 2. Group 2: B is misplaced. It belongs in Group 3. Group 3: W is misplaced. It belongs in Group 1. Why? The letters are arranged according to the line they reside in on the keyboard. All the letters in Group 1 are in the top line, Group 2 in the middle, and Group 3 in the bottom.",Group,03/10/08 #3712,"1,1,1,1,1....",2.77,2.87,comet16,"1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,?,1,1,1 What is the question mark number?",No hint available.,"3, it represents the amount of syllables in each letter of the alphabet. W has 3 syllables.",Series,04/23/02 #3320,Pealed Granola,2.19,2.55,im_para_noid,"What famous author said he would never eat a ""pealed granola""?","""Pealed Granola"" is an anagram of the author's name.","Edgar Allan Poe ""Pealed Granola"" is an anagram of the author's name.",Language,04/07/02 #30163,Famous People II,2.74,2.85,medster99,"For each number, unscramble the capitalized letters (the two groups in each number do not intermix) to form first a famous person and then a famous work or theory of theirs, or why they are famous. Some may not be real, and instead very common literature figures. 1) IT RUB EARTHMAN, known for SHELLED NAVIGATES (American) 2) RAKING HURT, known for the BRUTAL NODE 3) SLEEPY LIVERS, known for CLANK OR LORD 4) UNICORNS BORE SO, known for WHACKING VIPERS VIRUS Challenge: EGG SWEATING HONOR, known for being the FIFTEENTH SPUTTERED DISSERTATIONS.","1 = 2 words, 3 words 2 = 2 words, 2 words 3 = 2 words, 3 words 4 = 2 words, 3 words Challenge = 2 words, 6 words","1) HARRIET TUBMAN, known for LEADING THE SLAVES (American) 2) KING ARTHUR, known for the ROUND TABLE 3) ELVIS PRESLEY, known for ROCK AND ROLL 4) ROBINSON CRUSOE, know for SURVIVING A SHIPWRECK Challenge: GEORGE WASHINGTON, known for being the FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.",Other,04/29/06 #13551,The Passwords,3.19,2.4,bobdole,"A man worked for a high-security institution, and one day he went in to work only to find that he could not log in to his computer terminal. His password wouldn't work. Then he remembered that the passwords are reset every month for security purposes. So he went to his boss and they had this conversation: Man-""Hey boss, my password is out of date."" Boss-""Yes, that's right. The password is different, but if you listen carefully you should be able to figure out the new one: It has the same amount of letters as your old password, but only four of the letters are the same."" Man: ""Thanks boss."" With that, he went and correctly logged into his station. What was the new password? BONUS: What was his old password?","It is nine letters long. Also, a ""password"" can be more than one word...","The old one was : Out of date The new one is: Different He said: My password is ""Out of date."" And the boss told him the new one when he said: ""The password is different.""",Other,07/01/03 #42714,Raccoon Frenzy,2.74,1.97,postgirl,"The neighborhood raccoons visited Corey and Jane almost every night last week, as they have all summer. Raccoons are solitary animals so each one of them visited the home alone and on a different night of the week. Despite the similar appearance of the five raccoons, Jane has come to recognize each of them, has given them first and last names, and knows their favorite treats. From the information given below, can you determine the first and last name of each raccoon, their favorite treat, and the night they visited? 1) Bubba, who does not like cat food, visited the day before Mr. Bojangles and two days after the raccoon who loves granola bars. 2) Janet always begs for hot dogs, but must have other plans on the weekend (though apparently not with Mr. Smartnotsky). 3) The raccoons visited in the following order: The one with the last name of Fancy Pants, Rocky (whose last name is not Fang), JoJo, the one who loves to eat bugs, and the one who likes to play in a pan of water.",No hint available.,"Janet Fancy Pants ate hot dogs Monday evening. Rocky Raccoon ate a pile of cat food on Wednesday night. JoJo Fang ate his fill of granola bars on Thursday. Bubba Smartnotsky captured and ate bugs on Saturday night. Charles Bojangles played in his pan of water on Sunday night.",Logic-Grid,08/05/08 #42065,Diabolos,2.48,1.78,jazzmusician46,"I cannot be mistaken for any other being that raises its young in a pouch. My spine-chilling screeches and black colour, mixed with my reputed bad-temper, can sound and look incredibly fierce. I am nocturnal and can weigh up to 26 pounds and live up to 8 years whilst standing at around 15 inches in height. I can hide and find shelter by day and also find food by night. When I eat, my powerful jaws and teeth devour my entire prey. When I'm stressed, I smell really bad, but when not under duress, my scent is quite ok. At present, I am being strickened by a facial tumour which is threatening my brothers and sisters to the point of complete extinction. What am I?",No hint available.,I am a Tasmanian Devil.,Riddle,05/28/08 #28462,Put 'em Together #2,2.89,2.2,medster99,"For every number, read the lettered clues and try to find what that clue refers to. Once you have found out all the words in that section, put them together to try to make a single, larger word. The lettered clues are in the order they are in the word. The spelling may be off, so you will have to sound it out. Example: A) Not out: _ _ B) One two three: _ _ _ _ C) Slang for mother: _ _ D) To avoid: _ _ _ _ Answer: in-four-ma-shun Information Try the following. 1) a) Can't hear: _ _ _ _ b) Opposite of out: _ _ c) 9th in alphabet: _ d) Stay away from: _ _ _ _ 2) a) To fool: _ _ _ _ b) To lap: _ _ _ _ c) Eaten: _ _ _ 3) a) For every: _ _ _ b) Nickname for sister: _ _ _ c) A portable shelter: _ _ _ _ 4) a) Plus: _ _ _ b) Green in French: _ _ _ _ c) Must have them to see: _ _ _ _ d) Deliberate intention: _ _ _ _ _ 5) a) Greek ""a"": _ _ _ _ _ b) To exist: _ _ c) To touch lightly so as to cause laughter: _ _ _ _ _ _ 6) a) Prefix for remove: _ _ b) A gentleman of rank: _ _ _ _ c) Qualified: _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1) Definition (deaf-in-i-shun) 2) Duplicate (dupe-lick-ate) 3) Persistent (per-sis-tent) 4) Advertisement (add-vert-eyes-meant) 5) Alphabetical (alpha-be-tickle) 6) Desirable (de-sire-able)",Other,02/06/06 #52380,Speak The Truth,2.86,1.92,Rove_Tarts,"You find yourself on a cliche island where everyone always lies or tells the truth. You see some natives and decide to get information. You: Are you mute? Luke: *shakes head* Lily: *shakes head* Lilac: Exactly one of Luke and Lily is mute. Liam: Luke and I are both liars or truth-tellers. Same with Lisa and I. Lisa: The only liar is either Lily or Liam. Who is lying? Who is mute?","Just because someone didn't say something, doesn't mean they are mute.","Luke isn't mute and a truth-teller. Lily is mute and a liar. Lilac is a truth-teller. Liam is a truth-teller. Lisa is a truth-teller. If Liam is a liar, then Lisa and Luke are different than him, therefore they are truth-tellers. If Liam is a truth-teller, then Lisa and Luke are the same as him, therefore they are truth-tellers. Lisa and Luke are truth-tellers and can speak. Lisa confirms that Lilac is a truth-teller. If Luke or Lily is mute, they are liars. Therefore we can conclude that Luke or Lily is a liar from Lilac's statement. Luke is a truth-teller, therefore Lily is a liar. Since Lily is a liar, Liam is a truth-teller because of Lisa's statement.",Logic,04/17/20 #32344,Zig and Jodie Hit the Town!,2.68,2.18,zigthepig,"Zig went out with her friend Jodie four times last week. From the clues given, can you work out when and where they went, how much it cost, and what genre of music was played? 1. Zig and Jodie went to Moo 2 days before they went to Streetwise, which didn't cost £26. 2. Sunday's outing was £24; the music that night wasn't rock. 3. The metal music, which wasn't on Tuesday, only impressed Zig. 4. Kevin's, where the bill came to £20, didn't provide rock music. 5. At Blue Ice, Jodie spent £2 less than Zig did at the Thursday outing, where they listened to pop music.",No hint available.,"Sunday, Blue Ice, £24, Metal Tuesday, Kevin's, £20, Classical Thursday, Moo, £26, Pop Saturday, Streetwise, £22, Rock",Logic-Grid,08/08/06 #31543,A Scar,2.27,0.97,gwnightmare101,What is a scar that everyone has?,No hint available.,A bellybutton.,Situation,07/04/06 #14076,Director,2.59,2.23,MrIxolite,"Complete the blanks in the following sentence. The first two words will form the third word when put together. She washed the ____ from the director's ____ meeting and put it in the ____.",No hint available.,She washed the CUP from the director's BOARD meeting and put it in the CUPBOARD.,Language,07/29/03 #6163,Shape,2.21,0.99,Cascas,"What does this mean? e p a h s",No hint available.,Shape up,Rebus,08/01/02 #10855,Sherlock Holmes,3.16,1.52,allenpitcher26,"One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson. The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read ""? Crimson. He broke your window."" Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?",No hint available.,"Mark Crimson ""?"" = question MARK, so the note on the door reads ""Question Mark Crimson. He broke your window.""",Mystery,03/03/03 #42136,27 = C in 3-D T-T-T,2.21,2.28,shenqiang,27 = C in 3-D T-T-T,It's a common children's game.,27 = Cubes/cells in 3-Dimensional Tic-Tac-Toe.,Letter-Equations,06/04/08 #12520,Watch your Step!,2.14,3.01,Codammanus,2 = HF in a PSM,No hint available.,2 = Hollow Fangs in a Poisonous Snake's Mouth.,Letter-Equations,05/21/03 #21142,Dugwink,2.72,2.72,cnmne,"Enter words into the following word chain such that each pair of words in the chain forms a compound word. No word can appear in the chain more than one time. Each ""?"" represents a missing word. Example: girl ? ? shape = girl friend ship shape = girlfriend friendship shipshape. dug ? side ? ? over ? ? hold ? ? owner ? ? arm ? ? ? wink",No hint available.,dug out side board walk over head strong hold up land owner ship yard arm chair man hood wink,Language,02/21/05 #22363,Roller,2.83,2.16,KnightsTale,"It can roll up, it can roll down, it can roll all around, but when it rolls over, it just lays on the ground.","If it rolls over, you'll do nothing but frown.","Your car. It can roll up a hill, it can roll down a hill, but if it rolls over...",Riddle,04/20/05 #17561,A Lot of Feet,2.23,1.69,PrincessJulzie,It sings and has ten feet. What is it?,No hint available.,A quintet.,Trick,05/05/04 #321,A Symbol.,2.61,1.39,Mr. G,What common mathematical symbol can you place between the numerals 4 and 5 which results in a number greater than four but less than six?,No hint available.,". A decimal point.",Math,03/01/01 #43669,Casino Royale,2.78,1.44,sammydj,"A very large group, each with a different face, Usually in groups of four, its identity is your case. The first will bring a desire that is wealth To steal it though is tough and takes stealth. The second group will distract you and lead your mind astray Do not let this happen or you life will soon pay. The third group can be used to take a life A brutal murder it would be without a gun or knife. The final group is a tool that is used to hide The man that was in your way and just happened to have died. So you better be going now, I hope you paid attention. What is this mysterious association I mentioned?",No hint available.,"A pack of cards The clues (vaguely) describe the 4 suits in a pack of cards. 1st - Diamond - Diamonds make you wealthy but are very hard to steal. 2nd - Heart - Hearts are considered what drives love that may lead astray from your job. 3rd - Club - Clubs are weapons that can be used to kill someone by hitting over the head. 4th - Spade - Spades can be used to cover up a murder by burying the body.",Riddle,12/03/08 #21305,Cell Phones,2.56,0.85,JessicaLynn,"These five people are always on their new cell phones; Lora, Jessica, Jennifer, Karen, and Barbara. They each try to think of as many reasons as they can to use their cell phones. They each use their cell phones 32, 12, 13, 9, or 4 times a day. They also have cell phones of their favorite animal; Elephants, Monkeys, Bears, Cats, and Dogs. Figure out which type of cell phones they have and how many times a day they use their cell phone with these clues. 1) Jessica, who hates monkeys, (especially since she is always called one), doesn't use her cell phone more than ten times a day. 2) Karen doesn't use her cell phone more than the one who has cats on her cell phone, but does use it more than Jessica. 3) Jessica's favorite animal is not the bear, but the one who does have the bear uses it 13 times a day. 4) Barbara doesn't use her cell phone 9 or 4 times a day. 5) Jennifer uses her cell phone 12 times a day. 6) Lora uses her cell phone more than Jennifer, but less than Barbara. 7) Jessica uses her phone less than Karen, who doesn't have elephants or monkeys on her cell phone. 8) Barbara has either dogs or cats on her phone.",No hint available.,"Jessica Elephants 4 Jennifer Monkeys 12 Lora Bears 13 Karen Dogs 9 Barbara Cats 32",Logic-Grid,03/02/05 #35259,Interior Designer,2.22,1.25,dishu,"One interior designer suddenly had a crazy brainwave. He decided to change the look of the office daily. He has decided different colour themes for all weekdays and has given each of the themes a unique name. Identify what common phrase the theme for the 1st day of the working week represents: 1. Monday -> Blue wallpapers, Blue curtains, Blue table mats 2. Tuesday -> White wallpapers, Black curtains, Red table mats 3. Wednesday -> Beige wallpapers, Brown curtains, Orange table mats 4. Thursday -> Pink wallpapers, Beige curtains, Green table mats 5. Friday -> Yellow wallpapers, White curtains, Purple table mats",No hint available.,Monday Blues,Rebus,02/10/07 #28960,Something's Fishy,2.69,1.52,shenqiang,"The fish market is selling several kinds of fish. But there aren't any prices listed. You ask about the prices, but all the seller will tell you is this: 1. A pound of salmon and a pound of bass are $12. 2. A pound of bass and a pound of swordfish are $10. 3. A pound of salmon and a pound of swordfish are $8. 4. A pound of swordfish and a pound of catfish are $5. Each price per pound is a whole-dollar amount. How much is the price per pound for each kind of fish?","1. Assign letter names to the different kinds of fish and write equations to decide each combination. For example: salmon = a, bass = b, a + b = $12. 2. If the salmon and the bass together cost $12, and the bass and the swordfish together cost $10, what is the price difference between the salmon and the swordfish?","Salmon = $5 per pound Bass = $7 per pound Swordfish = $3 per pound Catfish = $2 per pound",Math,03/07/06 #1764,Loooongest Word,2.18,1.55,Nishoo,What is the longest word in the English Dictionary?,No hint available.,"SMILES, because there is a mile in between the two S's.",Trick,12/20/01 #42388,Words With OB,2.13,2.67,cnmne,"Five words that contain OB as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **OB*, OB****, *OB***, **OB**, ***OB** Pool: A, A, A, A, C, D, E, E, G, H, I, I, L, N, P, R, S, T, T, U",No hint available.,"ADOBE, OBTUSE, GOBLIN, PHOBIA, ACROBAT",Language,06/30/08 #39786,'Z' Words,2.5,2.81,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'Z' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'Z' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun! 1. The young lad had a very serious bout of - - Z - - - which caused itching and the exudation of serous matter. 2. He has a tough exterior, since the worst insults never seem to - - Z - him. 3. I must - - - - - Z - next week's outing to the local - - Z - - -, because I want to try to find a cheap - - - Z - - - for the coming winter chill. 4. The author - - - - - Z - - over what to write in the next chapter of his novel on - - - Z - -. 5. The couple dined at the newly-opened - - - Z - hotel but got a little - - - ZZ - - - when the band played - - - - - - Z - music all evening.",No hint available.,"1. The young lad had a very serious bout of ECZEMA which caused itching and the exudation of serous matter. 2. He has a tough exterior, since the worst insults never seem to FAZE him. 3. I must DIARIZE next week's outing to the local BAZAAR, because I want to try to find a cheap BRAZIER for the coming winter chill. 4. The author AGONIZED over what to write in the next chapter of his novel on TARZAN. 5. The couple dined at the newly-opened RITZY hotel but got a little FRAZZLED when the band played SCHMALZY music all evening.",Language,12/26/07 #17725,Mr Famil,2.3,2.55,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? Mr. Famil E. Arity & Mrs. Fam Illy Arity Son: Con Temped",No hint available.,"Familiarity breeds contempt. Sound out the parents' names. They have given birth to or 'breeded' ""Con Temped"" or contempt.",Rebus,05/23/04 #16192,Why No Explosion?,2.32,2.31,Bobbrt,"It is scientific fact that if all else is held constant, the pressure of a gas varies directly with its temperature. In other words, if you have a gas in a sealed, insulated, rigid container and you double its temperature, its pressure will also double. If you triple the temperature, the pressure will triple, etc. This is not EXACTLY true, but it is close enough for the purpose of this teaser. Why is it, then, that if I were to fill my tires with 32 psi of air on a day that is 2 degrees Celsius, the tires won't explode if the temperature later increases to 20 degrees Celsius (which would seemingly increase the pressure 10-fold to 320 psi, well beyond the capacity of most tires)? Assume that the temperature of the air in the tire always matches the temperature outdoors: it starts at 2 degrees and ends at 20 degrees. Also ignore the fact that the tires will expand.","This problem is really more mathematical than scientific. Here's a hint: say you have a temperature of -10 degrees Celsius. Now double that temperature. You get -20 degrees. Doesn't it seem a little odd that when you double something's temperature that it actually goes DOWN?? When you double something's LENGTH, it never goes DOWN. What's wrong here?","Like the hint implies, the key to this teaser is understanding what you are really doing when you multiply numbers. For example, if you have the number 3 on a number line and you want to double it, what you could do is put your thumb at 0 and your index finger at 3, and then measure off that distance past 3 one time, which will of course bring you to 6. You are essentially doubling the distance that 3 is from 0 to get 6. The only reason this works, however, is because at 0 you really have ZERO length. 0 really means ""nothing"" in this case. With the Celsius temperature scale, however, 0 degrees does not mean that you have ""no temperature"". 0 degrees was chosen arbitrarily to coincide with the freezing point of water. Other than that, it has no real significance. So if you want to multiply 2 degrees C by 10, you have to increase its distance from ABSOLUTE zero by 10, not its distance from the arbitrary 0. Absolute zero is about -273 degrees C. At this point, there really is ""no temperature"". So when the temperature in the problem goes from 2 degrees to 20 degrees, it is really going a ""distance"" of 275 degrees from zero to a distance of 293 degrees from zero, which is only an increase of 6.5 percent, not enough to make your tires explode. The moral of this story is that if you want to multiply numbers, the numbers themselves must represent their ""distance"" from a true zero. You can add and subtract numbers without knowing this ""distance"", but you can't multiply and divide.",Science,01/16/04 #10612,What day is it 2,2.32,1.34,bilbobaggins,What was the day after the day before the day after yesterday?,No hint available.,Today.,Riddle,02/21/03 #7845,My Friend ----,2.49,1.8900000000000001,tissue,"Use the same four letters in the same order to make this sentence. My friend ---- ----ed the board with a ----er.",No hint available.,MARK,Language,10/03/02 #40988,How'd He Die?,2.35,2.07,11171413,"A man lies dead in front of his house. Around him are: a hammer and some nails, a full container of nitroglycerin, and a crimson fish. What happened?",The fish is not very important.,"The man strained himself while working on his roof and died of a heart attack, because he didn't take his medicinal nitroglycerin. The crimson fish is a red herring.",Situation,03/12/08 #38488,Quotes #5,2.35,2.99,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to try and discover the quotation concealed in the lines. The quote has been broken up into two-letter fragments. Furthermore, I have removed any punctuation and jumbled the two-letter fragments about so the word order has been disarranged. You have to rearrange the quotation and decide where the words begin and where they end. Good luck! po hi yt ya ft wh oe mb he qe ak of po rh te ah je ly se ih la sl lc yi ln kh ew ru in dt ot eh be ae ya ir rt lh.",the meek,"Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Don Marquis",Language,09/27/07 #18439,A Most Amazing Thing,2.62,2.18,killerconvic,"This thing is a most amazing thing For it can be both as sharp as a knife Or as flat as a floor And yet, for all that it can be It is as natural as a bee",No hint available.,Music,Riddle,08/03/04 #28020,Gnerbs Gnumbers II,2.81,1.65,Gnerb_25,"Can you figure out this pattern? 2 4 3 6 _ _ 9 18 _ _ 33",No hint available.,"2 4 3 6 5 10 9 18 17 34 33 As you start with 2, you multiply that number by 2. Once you get that number, (4) you subtract 1 to get your next number (3). Then multiply that number by 2, and keep repeating in that same order, and you have solved the pattern.",Series,01/10/06 #42398,Wonderful Bow,2.21,0.68,kunju,Which bow without arrows is always seen in the sky?,VIBGYOR (seven colours),Rainbow,Riddle,07/01/08 #31632,Cryptoxymorography VIII,2.61,2.67,bigSWAFF_69_,"Oxymorons are words with opposite or incongruous meanings that when linked together, form a descriptive phrase. Cryptography teasers are teasers in which a phrase or expression has been encoded in some way. Cryptoxymorography teasers are teasers in which oxymorons are concealed in a cryptic mass of letters. Can you decipher the oxymorons? They all use the same code. 1. JQUJHNXQ TXRGHHXM 2. JHKGFYZ SJIGXHI 3. NMYXP VGHQHXZZ 4. TFHXPXZZ MGTZ 5. NFOSYPZFMW UFPYHIXXM 6. NYMUXQ PGHX 7. PFHR TMGXA 8. QMXZZ SJHIZ 9. QYPP ZBGHX 10. GNW BFI","A is represented by:J E is represented by:X I is represented by:G O is represented by:F U is represented by:Y","1. advanced beginner 2. anxious patient 3. cruel kindness 4. boneless ribs 5. compulsory volunteer 6. curved line 7. long brief 8. dress pants 9. dull shine 10. icy hot The code was: A:J B:T C:N D:Q E:X F:A G:R H:B I:G J:C K:V L:P M:O N:H O:F P:S Q:E R:M S:Z T:I U:Y V:U W:L X:K Y:W Z:D",Cryptography,07/08/06 #41782,One Letter of Separation 11,3.12,1.87,cnmne,"Each group of definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) a long step & a conflict or struggle & to hit sharply (6 letters) 2) medicinal ointment & a device that regulates flow through a pipe & to divide into two equal parts (5 letters) 3) not coarse & a musical instrument & a collection of papers (4 letters) 4) meager & sweet baked good & storage room for food (6 letters)",No hint available.,"1) stride, strife, strike 2) salve, valve, halve 3) fine, fife, file 4) paltry, pastry, pantry",Language,05/02/08 #42333,American Presidents 11,2.22,2.8,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: James Garfield, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton Group B: John Tyler, Franklin Pierce, Andrew Johnson, William McKinley, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan",No hint available.,The presidents in Group A were left-handed (writing). Ronald Reagan can be added to Group A.,Group,06/24/08 #26366,What Words #13,2.65,1.6400000000000001,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN HUM ______________ STICK SHARK ___________ FLINT CLIP ______________ WALK",No hint available.,"HUM - DRUM - STICK SHARK - SKIN - FLINT CLIP - BOARD - WALK",Language,10/14/05 #34099,Gee Argh Oh You Pea Oh UU Oh Argh DS,2.54,2.39,twixy,"Which word from Group B belongs in Group A and why? Group A: Lionel Grant Raven Jewel Simon Cowell Group B: Joey Lois Jeremy Pumba Matt Marilyn Gerard",No hint available.,"Joey. Every word or group of words in Group A have consecutive letters forming the name of some type of animal. Pumba is the name of an animal in a movie, but not the name of the species. LIONel grANT RAVEN jEWEl Simon COWell",Group,11/25/06 #1723,A Pleasing Number,2.14,2.9,Nishoo,"Which two closest together whole numbers that, when multiplied, produce the pleasant looking number: 1234567890 ?",No hint available.,"34,227 and 36,070. The only factors of 1234567890 are 2, 3, 3, 5, 3607 and 3803. Testing the various products of these factors reveals that 34,227 and 36,070 are the closest pair of numbers that produce 1234567890.",Math,12/17/01 #45455,Ironic Utensils,2.43,2.55,MarcM1098,"""It's like ten thousand spoons, when all you need is a knife."" That isn't ironic (even though Alanis Morissette thinks so), but it is a little bit too much, don't you think? You only have eight spoons; can you make them equal a knife? Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a digit (0 through 9). Each digit can only be represented by one letter, and every occurrence of that letter must use the same digit. There are no leading zeros. SPOON + SPOON + SPOON + SPOON + SPOON + SPOON + SPOON + SPOON = KNIFE","Start by looking at possible values for S and then P and K. You will need trial-and-error to figure out O, but there are not many possibilities to consider.","S=1, P=2, O=3, N=8, K=9, I=7, F=0, and E=4. SPOON = 12338 KNIFE = 98704 How to solve: S can't be 2 or more, because then K would be greater than 9. Since there are no leading zeros, S=1. If P is 3 or more, then the ""carry"" digit would be 2 or more, but this would make K greater than 9. Therefore, P must be either 0 or 2. Assume P=0, which makes K=8. You then need to use trial-and-error, but there is really only one letter to figure out, O; the rest are all part of the answer. Here is every possibility: If O=2, then N=1, but this makes E=K=8. If O=3, then N=2, but this makes E=I=6. If O=4, then N=3, but this makes E=O=4. If O=5, then N=4, but this makes I=N=4. If O=6, then N=5, but this makes E=P=0. If O=7, then N=6, but this makes E=K=8. If O=9, then N=7, but this makes F=N=7. So P=2, which makes K=9. Also, O must be less than 5, otherwise K would be greater than 9. Here is every possibility: If O=0, then N=6, but this makes I=O=0. If O=3, then N=8, which works! If O=4, then N=9, but this makes K=N=9.",Cryptography,10/09/09 #52447,The Case Of The Missing Statue,2.31,0.72,The2thomasklu8,"Leah Fielding, one of the city's best detectives, was called to investigate the death of Natalie Williamson, one of the city's richest women. A search of Natalie's house located her body, as well as the murderer in another room. The murderer had left a note saying that he killed Natalie because he was jealous of her magnificent 5 ton statue, and could not cope with artwork more superior to his. There was one problem. Where was this enormous statue? Believing that the statue could hold more information regarding the case, Leah started to rummage through the house for it. After searching the entire house with no luck, Leah decided to call another officer to assist with a further investigation. When the officer arrived, Fielding walked across the gravel driveway, which made a nice crunching sound. ""It's odd for such a huge statue to just vanish like that!"" she exclaimed. ""I agree. And you're the best detective in the city. If you can't do it, then no one can!"" replied the officer. The two officers proceeded to search every last inch of the house, but to no avail. Fielding decided to rest the case and try asking some of Natalie's friends. But just as she left, she realised something. ""I know where the statue is!"" she exclaimed. Where was the statue?","Read it again, carefully.",The statue had been smashed up and used as the gravel on the driveway.,Mystery,09/03/20 #44353,Operation: Football-Ectomy,2.17,2.48,cnmne,"Six words have had their football terms removed. The football terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each football term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: down, pass, punt, rush, sack, yard Group B: efrbi, emhi, enmet, esi, imrde, kebo",No hint available.,"down + enmet = endowment (enDOWmeNt) pass + emhi = emphasis (emPhASiS) punt + imrde = imprudent (imPrUdeNT) rush + efrbi = refurbish (RefUrbiSH) sack + esi = seasick (SeAsiCK) yard + kebo = keyboard (keYboARD)",Language,04/16/09 #28377,Vision Correction,2.18,2.4,ttviper,1= E in a M,No hint available.,1= Eye-piece in a monocle.,Letter-Equations,01/31/06 #49229,Which Two Letters? #2,2.29,0.68,CrazyPineapple,"Which two letters can replace the blank spaces? The same two letters go in every single blank. For an example look below. _ _ O O N _ _ I T T O O N The two letters S and P could replace the blanks, making the words spoon and spittoon. Now for the real puzzle! Which two letters can replace the blanks? B A _ _ D O _ _ N I G H T F A _ _",No hint available.,"The two letters L and L can replace the blanks. The words are now this: B A L L D O L L N I G H T F A L L",Language,01/04/12 #41184,St. Patrick's Day,2.65,2.49,jazzmusician46,"Since St. Patrick's Day has just passed, this teaser might inspire some of our Irish friends! Your task is to fill in the missing letters to form a word, name, or a phrase associated with St. Patrick's Day. 1. - U - NN -- S 2. H - R - - US -- (Two words) 3. - O - D - N - E -- Y A -- (Two words) 4. - OU -- Y - O - K (Two words)",No hint available.,"1. Guinness 2. Harp Music 3. Londonderry Air 4. County Cork",Language,03/24/08 #3757,Starts with BR,2.74,2.27,gokaran,"What word starting with BR, that with the addition of the letter E, becomes another word that sounds the same as the first?",No hint available.,Braking becomes Breaking.,Language,04/26/02 #20311,Shoes 2,2.49,2.36,MrIxolite,"What term is this? Baby booties for Jim School shoes for Fred Clown shoes for Phil",Size of shoes are a factor,"Big shoes to fill Lit. Clown shoes (Big shoes) are given to Phil (fill)",Rebus,01/11/05 #36092,I Am Hidden in Here #2,2.62,2.55,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this famous Australian artist/painter. 1. This person became famous as the federal agent who led an incorruptible group of law enforcement officers dubbed, 'The Untouchables'. 2. This person is remembered for one stunning week in 1936, when he won four track and field gold medals at a single Olympics. 3. This person became a cult-figure of high-kicking, fist-fighting martial arts movies during the 1970s. 4. This person was the greatest hero of the Trojan War and the central character of Homer's epic poem Iliad. 5. This person has been nominated for 12 Academy Awards, and has won three times: for 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975), for 'Terms of Endearment' (1994), and for 'As Good As It Gets' (1997).",No hint available.,"1. Ness (Eliot) 2. Owens (Jesse) 3. Lee (Bruce) 4. Achilles 5. Nicholson (Jack) The Australian artist/painter: NOLAN Sir Sidney Nolan: 1917 - 1992",Trivia,04/06/07 #38594,Slice & Splice 13,2.17,2.27,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: CAP, ELL, HEM, RIM, SHE, SIR Group B: C*****, *A****, P*****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are tools. CHISEL, HAMMER, PLIERS",Language,10/03/07 #45471,Words With PEN,2.13,2.5100000000000002,brainglue,"Four words with the letters PEN, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. P _ E _ _ _ _ N _ _ P E _ _ _ _ N _ _ P E _ _ _ _ _ N _ _ P _ _ _ E _ _ N _ Pool: A, E, E, E, G, H, I, I, M, M, M, N, N, N, N, O, O, O, O, O, R, R, S, T, T, V",No hint available.,"The words are: phenomenon pensioner pentagon improvement",Language,10/11/09 #4730,The Yosef Family,2.71,2.04,einat16,"In the Yosef family there are 11 children. 7 of them are girls named: Ilana, Tikva, Efrat, Ziva, Lilly, Zahava & Ronit. The rest are boys named: Ofer, Rami, Zalman & Ronny. You have to find out in which order they were born, according to the next 12 statements: 1) The eldest and the youngest are girls. 2) The second youngest starts with an R. 3) The first starts with a Z. 4) Ronny & Ronit were born one after the other, in that order. 5) Ronit is not the youngest, not the 2nd youngest. 6) The youngest child starts with a vowel. 7) The 4th has an M in his/her name. 8) Zalman & Lilly were born one after the other in that order. 9) The 7th ends with a Y. 10) Tikva, who was born 2nd, is older than Ziva. 11) Ziva is older than Efrat, yet younger than Ilana. 12) Both Ziva and Ilana are older than Ofer.",The way to solve it is very similar to the way Einstein's Riddle is solved.,"The children were born in the following order: Zahava, Tikva, Ilana, Zalman, Lilly, Ziva, Ronny, Ronit, Ofer, Rami & Efrat. Make a table containing numbers 1-11 and work by the way of elimination.",Logic,06/14/02 #14644,Short Plank,2.45,1.8800000000000001,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? H20 = Short plank AB+ = Short plank Short plank",No hint available.,"Blood is thicker than water. Based on the phrase ""As thick as two short planks"" H20 (water) is one plank and AB+ (blood group) is two short planks, hence thicker.",Rebus,09/02/03 #50402,Words in a Vat XX,2.25,1.9000000000000001,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: --E--S-E, -R-P--A-, V--E-, -E-U- Individual Letters: R M S L C I T O L T A C R A V S",No hint available.,"CREVASSE, TROPICAL, VALET, SERUM",Language,08/03/14 #32658,How Many Unisex Names?,2.42,2.26,sugarnspice4u7,"A unisex name, also known as an epicene name, is a given name that is often given to either a boy or a girl. How many unisex names can you find hidden in the paragraph below? Valessa moved to Paris to play ""Candy Land"" with Stinky Leeann. Rose and Bob came from the sky. Then came Ron with a case yesterday. It said ""Go to the mall or you can take a camel to a superb lake!""",No hint available.,"There are 17 names in all: Val, Les, Sam, Ari, Andy, Dylan, Kyle, Lee, Sean, Sky, Cam, Cameron, Casey, Mallory, Lory, Mel, and Blake.",Language,08/26/06 #49819,Capital Cities,2.42,2.97,cnmne,"Each of the national capital cities in Group A can be paired with a different national capital city in Group B. What are the pairings? Group A: Guatemala City, Hanoi, Kathmandu, Minsk, Niamey, Rabat, Roseau, Stockholm, Thimphu, Tokyo Group B: Berlin, Bogota, Copenhagen, Dar es Salaam, Lilongwe, Managua, Melekeok, Moscow, Panama City, Windhoek",No hint available.,"When correctly paired, the country for which the Group A city is the capital ends with the same set of letters as the country for which the Group B city is the capital begins. Guatemala City & Lilongwe, capitals of Guatemala & Malawi Hanoi & Windhoek, capitals of Vietnam & Namibia Kathmandu & Melekeok, capitals of Nepal & Palau Minsk & Moscow, capitals of Belarus & Russia Niamey & Berlin, capitals of Niger & Germany Rabat & Bogota, capitals of Morocco & Colombia Roseau & Managua, capitals of Dominica & Nicaragua Stockholm & Copenhagen, capitals of Sweden & Denmark Thimphu & Dar es Salaam, capitals of Bhutan & Tanzania Tokyo & Panama City, capitals of Japan & Panama",Group,04/28/13 #8052,Stop Thinking Over Here,3.0,2.27,Bobbrt,"For each group below, fill in the blanks with two words that differ only by their first letter. 1. Stop thinking over here. Go _ _ _ _ _ _ over _ _ _ _ _ _. 2. An untrained person could be killed in these woods, but there is little _ _ _ _ _ _ for a _ _ _ _ _ _. 3. Writing an ""A"" on your dish rag would make it a _ _ _ _ _ with a _ _ _ _ _.",No hint available.,"1. PONDER, YONDER 2. DANGER, RANGER 3. TOWEL, VOWEL",Language,10/14/02 #48348,Eye Rhymes 7,2.55,1.6400000000000001,MarcM1098,"In each sentence below, two words are incomplete. The two words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each sentence. Example: One symptom of bronchitis is a ro___ co___. (The two words are: rough & cough.) 1. Don't b___ your angry emotions inside, let your f___ out. 2. I'm overworked; I must sp___ to my boss about taking a br___. 3. After learning piano, I be___ playing the or___. 4. The child playing with makeup left a go___ in the ro___.","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. bu__ fu__ 2. spe__ bre__ 3. beg__ org__ 4. gou__ rou__","1. bury fury 2. speak break 3. began organ 4. gouge rouge",Language,12/30/10 #28549,Mary Margaret's Message,2.72,1.78,scm14,"Mary Margaret Marmalade was looking through her cookbook one day, when she came across this most unusual recipe: Step 1: Capture a ray of sunshine with a dash of rain. Step 2: Grab a barrel full of love with a small helping of hate. Step 3: Seize a pot of peace with a cup of war. Mary Margaret remembered that her mother used to hide ""life lessons"" around the house for her to find. This must be one of those lessons. What did it mean?",No hint available.,Take the good with the bad.,Rebus,02/10/06 #13405,Music to My Ears,2.36,1.33,fishmed,"What is represented by the following? String String String String",No hint available.,String Quartet,Rebus,06/25/03 #34321,"Easy As Cake, Junior",2.35,2.73,stil,"In our business, my two partners and I usually cut a lot of cake. However, when we get a last minute cancellation, we sometimes look for new and unusual ways to cut small amounts of cake. On one such occasion, we tried to find a cake with an unusual set of attributes. First, it had to be a regular polygon, i.e. all sides equal in length and all angles equal in size. Second, using only standard cuts (straight and perpendicular to the plate) from some corner to another, we would be able to exactly divide that polygon into equal portions. Third, except for the last cut, each cut would create one, and only one, such portion. The last cut would create two such portions. Fourth, there must be more than two portions. (Otherwise, a square or any regular polygon with an even number of sides would do. A cut from one corner to its opposing corner would carve out two pieces of 50% each.) For discussion purposes, we decided to label the points of our polygons alphabetically. A pentagon can only produce three pieces. Triangles ABC and CDE are equals, but triangle ACE is larger. A hexagon yields three or four pieces, but they will be of two different sizes. Triangles ABC = CDE = EFA <> ACE, or triangles ABC = DEF <> CDF = FAC. Etc. About this time, Junior, our partner-in-waiting, said, ""Cousins, I can do this, and I'll get to take a share of the cake."" Knowing Junior, we asked, ""How big a headache is your math gonna give us?"" She answered, ""I can prove it without using trig, powers, roots, or the Pythagorean Theorem."" Name the polygon she chose, tell how to divide it, and if you can, give proof the portions are equal.",Junior's proof uses fact that all dimensions of an isosceles right triangle are determined by its name and the length of its hypotenuse.,"Junior knew an octagon would sequentially yield four quarters. After labeling the points of a perfect octagon, Junior told us, ""Before I cut the cake, I'll give the proof. First, I mark a line from A to D. This creates a trapezoid (trapezium in Britain) ABCD. Next, I mark the lines EH, BG, and CF. These four lines crosshatch the area dividing it into 1 square surrounded by 4 equal triangles and 4 equal rectangles."" The partners (me included) chimed in with the rest of these observations: The sides of the square are the same length as those of the octagon. Dividing the central square into isosceles right triangles (by marking both of its diagonals) would yield 4 triangles equivalent to the first 4. The total area of the octagon can be accounted for by 8 equal triangles and 4 equal rectangles. Because it is made of 2 triangles and 1 rectangle, trapezoid ABCD is 1/4 of the octagon. A second trapezoid taken from the irregular hexagon ADEFGH will equal 1/4 of the octagon and leave 1/2 of the original octagon in the shape of a rectangle or a kite, either of which is easily split to provide the last two 1/4's. (The second and third cuts can be made in reverse order.) ... The pieces from two arrangements follow: 1) ABCD, DEFG, ADH, and DGH. 2) ABCD, EFGH, ADH, and DEH.",Math,12/09/06 #49079,Cupcakes,2.5100000000000002,0.8200000000000001,bubbubfilt,"In the small town of Iyzzilen, there are many bakeries. The bakeries of Rokkal, Numinny, and Saldra each make a certain treat--cupcakes, croissants, and cookies. Each has a different hostess--Jessei, Laxa, and Glapra. And each is on a different street--1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Rashiir is a tourist wishing to sample the food. She has been given these facts by locals to direct her to each shop: 1. Jessei works next to Rokkal. 2. The shop on 3rd doesn't make cookies. 3. Laxa would never work on 1st; the traffic is dreadful. 4. Numinny workers like to sprinkle chocolate dustings on their croissants. 5. Laxa serves chocolate chip cookies hot from the oven, all gooey and melting. 6. Saldra is famous for its strategic location on the street with many cupcake lovers, which isn't 3rd. 7. Glapra is well-known as the founder and hostess of the shop on 1st. Rashiir appreciates your being such a big help!",No hint available.,"On 1st Street, Glapra, hostess of Saldra, serves the best cupcakes Rashiir ever had! Jessei, hostess of Numinny, started the chocolate croissant tradition on 3rd Street--for which Rashiir is eternally grateful! Laxa, hostess of Rokkal, which is on 2nd Street, serves the best cookies in Iyzzilen, which Rashiir loved! Rashiir gave each hostess a hefty tip and hopes you will come along for when she takes her next trip!",Logic-Grid,10/14/11 #8546,Breaking your word,2.44,2.66,Gizzer,"The following words can all be broken into two pieces in such a way that a word can be added to the end of the first part and the beginning of the second part to form new words. For example, SOMETIME can be split into SOME and TIME, and DAY can be added to form SOMEDAY and DAYTIME. Moreover, the words that are added all have something in common. What are the new word pairs and what is the common thread? TENDER DETER GLEAN",No hint available.,"TENOR and ORDER DEBUT and BUTTER GLAND and ANDEAN OR, BUT and AND are all conjunctions.",Language,11/16/02 #48504,Fake Out,3.17,2.04,HarryPutter,"Joesph walked Chuck, a potential new employee, through his company. He briefly went over the safety precautions of a couple machines, their uses, and regular day-to-day activity. Joseph was very impressed with Chuck's qualifications and knowledge on the workings of his business. Chuck was applying for a position in shipping. Joseph took him by the wall where a single dollar hung up. He proudly explained that it was the first dollar he ever made, almost 20 years ago, when the business first started. Finally Joseph brought the man outside and showed him his parking spot. Chuck thanked Joseph for the tour, but then directed Joseph to put his hands over his head. What happened?",One word is more important than the others.,"Joseph was a counterfeiter, and Chuck was an undercover police officer. Joseph's business was to create counterfeit bills. Chuck finally had the evidence to arrest Joseph when he showed him ""the first dollar he ever MADE"".",Situation,02/22/11 #42177,The Race 2,2.8,1.87,whsprec,"Bonneville High School hosted a 5 team track meet. The schools competing were Washington, Conley, Marysville, Roy, and Bonneville. Their colors were yellow, black, red, green, and blue. Each school had one runner in the finals of the 400 meter race. The runners were Jessica, Alex, Ria, Shandii, and Meg. Match the runner to the school, the color of their jersey, and the order in which they finished. 1) Meg finished 2nd after Washington and before the runner in the red jersey. 2) Ria finished ahead of the green jersey, who finished ahead of Shandii who was last. 3) The runner from Marysville finished in the middle of the pack. 4) The runner from Roy finished 3 places behind the host team. 5) Meg and Ria did not wear blue or black jerseys and the runner in green finished 4th. 6) Alex finished after Ria and before the runner in the black jersey.",No hint available.,"1st Jessica from Washington wearing blue. 2nd Meg from Bonneville wearing yellow. 3rd Ria from Marysville wearing red. 4th Alex from Conley wearing green. 5th Shanii from Roy wearing black.",Logic-Grid,06/08/08 #7193,12 I in a F,2.24,1.24,supershlop,12 I in a F,No hint available.,12 inches in a foot.,Letter-Equations,09/04/02 #20078,Divisorama,2.52,2.79,cnmne,"Arrange the numerals ""123456789"" to form a 9-digit number (referred to as ""ABCDEFGHI"") whose 2-digit subsets meet the following criteria: 1) AB is divisible by 2 2) BC is divisible by 3 3) CD is divisible by 4 4) DE is divisible by 5 5) EF is divisible by 6 6) FG is divisible by 7 7) GH is divisible by 8 8) HI is divisible by 9 There are two solutions.",No hint available.,"781254963 and 187254963 AB, CD, EF, and GH must be divisible by even divisors. Therefore B, D, F, and H must be even numerals. This means that A, C, E, G, and I are odd numerals. DE must be divisible by 5, therefore E is 5. EF must be divisible by 6, therefore EF is 54. FG must be divisible by 7, therefore FG is 49. GH must be divisible by 8, therefore GH is 96. GH must be divisible by 9, therefore GH is 63. The last five digits have now been determined to be 54963. To be divisible by 4, CD must end in 2. This makes B equal 8. The digits are now ?8?254963. The remaining digits, 1 and 7, can be placed into either remaining location.",Math,12/24/04 #13784,MLK,2.5,1.83,MrIxolite,"What are represented below? Right1 = 3+4 Right2 = 2+5",No hint available.,Equal Rights,Rebus,07/14/03 #14690,3 = R in a 3 R B,2.08,2.33,rose_rox,3 = R in a 3-R B,No hint available.,3 rings in a 3-ring binder.,Letter-Equations,09/06/03 #26553,Military Maneuver,2.7,2.74,cnmne,"Private Peter Perkins wants to change his branch of military service. He is currently in the army, but wants to join the navy. To leave the army, he must get out of his tank. He then has to go on board a ship to join the navy. Change ARMY to NAVY by changing one letter at a time. The change must go through TANK and SHIP. Each change must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. ARMY ----> TANK ----> SHIP ----> NAVY",No hint available.,"ARMY <<<<< ARMS AIMS DIMS DAMS TAMS TANS TANK <<<<< SANK SACK SOCK SOAK SOAP SLAP SLIP SHIP <<<<< SHIN CHIN COIN CORN WORN WARN WARY WAVY NAVY <<<<<",Language,10/26/05 #9313,"Pike, Wrong, For The Worse, Ip",2.39,2.02,something,"Add the same word to each of these words or collections to make new words or phrases. Pike, Wrong, For The Worse, Ip.",No hint available.,"Turn. Turnpike, Wrong Turn, Turn For The Worse, Turnip.",Language,12/22/02 #33844,"The Combination For $1,000,000",2.5,2.64,grungy49,"Recently, Brainiac, the extremely rich father of Brainiac Jr. had passed away. He had left one million dollars to Brainiac Jr. However, the money was locked in a safe, and Brainiac Jr. would not get the money unless he knew the combination. Brainiac, being the brainiac that he is, left a number series for his son to work out. If he could not figure it out, he wouldn't get anything. The combination is a 3-digit number, and to stop him randomly guessing he would only be able to try once every day. Here is the series: 3, 11, 31, 55, 91, ... Brainiac Jr. managed to finish the series, and get the million dollars. Can you?","It might make more sense if I change it to 2, 12, 30, 56, 90, ...","The final number is 131. The series works from: 1 * 2 = 2 ( + 1 = 3 ) 3 * 4 = 12 ( - 1 = 11 ) 5 * 6 = 30 ( + 1 = 31 ) 7 * 8 = 56 ( - 1 = 55 ) 9 * 10 = 90 ( + 1 = 91 ) 11 * 12 = 132 ( - 1 = 131 )",Series,11/05/06 #21571,REDIRECT,2.77,1.21,fishmed,"Which word does not belong and why? REDIRECT RECAPTURE REMORSE REUNITE REPAINT REARRANGE REVISIT",No hint available.,"REMORSE does not belong as it is the only word that is not defined as repeating the root word. (ie. Redirect is to direct again, Recapture is to capture again, and so on.)",Language,03/16/05 #14583,Palindromes,2.43,1.98,Monique114,"What do these numbers have in common, other than all being palindromes? 484, 676, 10201, 12321",No hint available.,They are all perfect squares.,Math,08/27/03 #6640,French,2.13,1.14,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? m sieur",No hint available.,Monsieur,Rebus,08/18/02 #3383,On e,2.34,1.69,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this phrase: On e",No hint available.,hole in one,Rebus,04/09/02 #19737,Nasty Trip?,2.68,1.44,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? On your right we see the letter D Coming up ahead is the letter U If you look to your left now is the letter T And over there is the letter Y",No hint available.,A tour of duty,Rebus,12/06/04 #16093,Mad Ade's Anagram Teaser #4,2.3,2.34,mad-ade,"This is a basic anagram teaser where the clues will lead to two words that are anagrams of each other. For example ""Attach Father"" would be ""Add Dad"" Or ""Canine Deity"" could be ""God Dog"" 1, A Fall in Fruit ? 2, Hit with a thin stick whilst moving to music ? 3, Delighting attractiveness during Spring Month ? 4, Eager Operatic singer ? 5, School Principal's Mountains ?",No hint available.,"1, Plums Slump 2, Caned Dance 3, March Charm 4, Avid Diva 5, Dean's Andes",Language,01/08/04 #34382,Christmas Scavenger Hunt II,2.89,1.78,froggygg,"As the class settled in for another day filled with various lessons, Ms. Frogster instructed everyone to put their books away as they were going to do something a bit different again today. She then handed a stack of papers to Frogella and instructed her to hand one to each student. Once this had been done, Ms. Frogster explained to the class what they were to do with the strange looking list they were given. ""Class, you will see that you have a list of several different clues which, when solved, will tell you what you will need to complete today's assignment. Today, we are finishing the Christmas Scavenger Hunt! First, you must figure out what each numbered set of clues refer to in order to come up with the Christmas articles which are hidden about the classroom. If everyone is ready, let's get set and begin!"" 1. Ch + opposite of her + part of the leg that bends between the lower leg and the thigh. 2. Opposite of South + a totem ____. 3. Farm animals raised on a farm are called live____ + a male sovereign or monarch. 4. ___ goes the weasel + a yellow vegetable that can be eaten on the cob + tightly stretched cords/wires that produce tones on a guitar. 5. Another word for the Christmas season + book in which the records of a ship are kept. 6. A pungent tropical plant used as a spice + a type of food made with flour and yeast and usually used to make a sandwich + word for a building in which people live. 7. A chicken lays an ___ + a wooden peg or pin.",No hint available.,"1. Chimney (ch + him + knee) 2. North Pole (North + pole) 3. Stocking (stock + king) 4. Popcorn Strings (pop + corn + strings) 5. Yule Log (yule + log) 6. Gingerbread House (ginger + bread + house) 7. Egg Nog (egg + nog)",Language,12/13/06 #9414,One O'clock,2.11,1.24,ccccc,"If 2 hours ago it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning. What time would it be now?",No hint available.,"Nine o'clock. Since there are 12 hours between the 2 times, and half of that time is six, then the halfway mark would have to be 7 o'clock. If it were 7 o'clock two hours ago, the time would now be nine o'clock.",Math,12/26/02 #23563,Lazy Sam the Journalist Part 1,2.59,2.3,triskit,"One day Sam, a journalist, got a tip that off the coast of France there was an air raid. He also heard that 7 ships sunk during the air raid. So Sam, who was lazy, wrote an article on 7 ships being attacked and sunk by enemy airplanes. The next day Sam was fired for publishing a false article. However, Sam's source was credible. Why was he fired?",In an air raid certain precautions must be taken.,During the air raid a blackout was called. Since it was on the coast the lighthouse had to be turned off. With no light the 7 ships crashed.,Situation,06/10/05 #37107,Cube,2.31,1.78,sportygirl98989,9=SPS on a RC,No hint available.,9 = Squares Per Side on a Rubik's Cube,Letter-Equations,06/27/07 #4025,Share Me,2.85,1.41,Jake,"If you have me, you want to share me. But if you share me, I will no longer exist. What am I?",No hint available.,A secret,Riddle,05/11/02 #23551,Light the Way,2.78,1.36,hot26,"Iron roof, glass walls, burns and burns, but never falls.",you might bring this camping,A lantern,Riddle,06/10/05 #43656,Flying 2,2.07,0.88,kathryn6,"As I fly across the glass, smoothly like a swan, I am careful of my surroundings, and I am careful not to fall. What am I doing?",Only in the winter,Ice Skating,Riddle,11/30/08 #10457,63 = S & S on the A F,2.31,1.87,something,63 = S & S on the A F,No hint available.,63 = Stars & Stripes on the American Flag,Letter-Equations,02/14/03 #21817,Foney Fun,2.32,1.69,badbunnee,"If you can think back a few years (young'uns ask your parents) or if you happen to own an old one (not a parent, but something else), you can solve the riddle and tell us WHERE The American English alphabet appeared this way. ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PRS TUV WXY",Call an older person who lived in the USA or visited here years ago and ask them. The title is also a hint.,"These are the letters of the alphabet as they appeared on older USA dial-phone (and some early touch-tone) faces. Years ago phone numbers had letter-prefixes, such as ADams 4577, BErkley 3322, etc. These represented (usually) streets or sections of town and were called *exchanges*. An *exchange* was one of several locations in the phone-company area that used (at first) a mechanical switching device to connect the caller and the called. One exchange (ADams, for example) could also forward the call on to another exchange (BErkley) where the connection would be completed, or even sent on to ANOTHER exchange if appropriate. The phone companies, for space-economy and, I suppose, visual consistency, decided to use twenty-four letters only. So they dropped the two least-used ones; Q and Z.",Trivia,03/28/05 #30628,Radical Rush,3.31,2.7600000000000002,Question_Mark,"Question Mark is the host of a new game show called ""Radical Rush"". It is a game of 4 rounds. A logic round, a rebus round, a mathematics round and a final face-off. One player is eliminated after each round, with the last player left being the winner. Each player is color-coded. Now you must work out the full names of the contestants, the age of the contestants, their color-code and which round they were eliminated in (and who won). First names: David, Joanne, Richard, Xavier, Yvette Last names: Bridge, Hall, Rade, Richburgh, Sands Ages: 22, 24, 26, 29, 33 Color-codes: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange Round Eliminated: Logic, Rebus, Maths, Face-off, Winner Round 1 (LOGIC): This round was straight forward for Xavier, Miss Bridge and the player aged 29. The green player and the player aged 26 did not find this round as easy. It was a close call but in the end, the yellow player was eliminated. Round 2 (REBUS): This round was slightly harder, however it was a walk in the park for Richard, who came in first place for this round. Yvette, Mr Rade and the red player did not find this round as easy. However, after she realised what she was doing wrong, The 22-year-old quickly took second place. Now it was just up to Xavier and the 29-year-old, however it was all over for Mr Rade. Round 3 (MATHEMATICS): Once again, the difficulty level increases as the remaining three players try their math skills. No-one seemed to do particularly well here. The first place finisher was Miss Bridge. The battle for a spot in the Face-off was between Xavier and the green player. He put everything he knew into this round, however it wasn't enough to save Mr Hall, our unfortunate 33-year-old. Face-off: Two players remain with the same goal: to become the very first winner of ""Radical Rush"". The 22-year-old and Mr Richburgh must race each-other in a maze. Whoever reaches the end first, wins the game. It was a race too close to call, however the red player was fast enough to steal victory from the very unfortunate orange player.",No hint available.,"In order of elimination: ROUND 1: Logic Joanne Sands, 26, Yellow ROUND 2: Rebus David Rade, 29, Blue ROUND 3: Mathematics Richard Hall, 33, Green ROUND 4: Face-off Yvette Bridge, 22, Orange WINNER Xavier Richburgh, 24, Red In round 1, we know that Xavier and Miss Bridge are not 26 and 29. Nor are they the green player. At the moment, it is unclear who the yellow player is. It is not immediately clear who was eliminated from round 1. However we do know that Richard, Yvette and Xavier survived. We know that Richard is not Mr. Rade, because Mr Rade lost round 2, and Richard won. In round 3, we find out that David was eliminated in round 2, because we know that Richard and Yvette made it to round 3, however we were unsure of Xavier. Although ""Xavier and the green player"" tells us that Xavier made it to round 3. It also tells us that Richard is the green player, and that Joanne is the yellow player and was eliminated in round 1, and tells us that Yvette is 22. In the Face-off, we know that Yvette and one other player is left. That player could be Richard or Xavier. The player is red. We already know that Richard is green, so he was eliminated in round 3. However this doesn't tell us who the winner is. Well, in round 2, you can tell that Yvette is not the red player, so that means that she is the orange player and Xavier is red, and Xavier won. You can also gather other clues with the information.",Logic-Grid,05/22/06 #622,Find the 3 letter word...,2.59,1.27,Phyllis,"Find a common 3 letter word given the following: LEG has no common letter with it. ERG has one common letter, not at the correct place. SIR has one common letter, at the correct place. SIC has one common letter, not at the correct place. AIL has one common letter, not at the correct place.",No hint available.,"The word is CAR. Since the word contains no E or G as in LEG, the only good letter in ERG is R. Then the good letter in SIR is R and it is the third letter of the word. I and L are not in the word, so the good letter of AIL is A. The A is not the first letter of the word, so it must the be second. The good letter of SIC is C,which must begin the word.",Logic,06/15/01 #43795,The Runner's Race,2.55,1.96,whsprec,"Five runners competed in a race; they were Dae, DaeShawn, Daemon, Daelen, and Daegel. They represented different teams: Turbo, I'm Tired, Eat Dust, How Far Left, and Shin Splits. They each wore a different color uniform: red, yellow, blue, green, and orange. Determine, from the clues given, the runner, the color of the uniform, the team, and the order in which they finished. 1. Daemon won, but was not wearing the yellow uniform. 2. Dae finished ahead of How Far Left but behind the blue uniform; however, none of them finished first. 3. Neither Daemon, DaeShawn nor Daegel was wearing red, but one was team I'm Tired, another team Shin Splits, and the other finished fourth. 4. Daelen finished ahead of the one in red, who beat How Far Left, who was ahead of the orange uniform. 5. Neither DaeShawn nor Daemon represented Shin Splits or Turbo and neither of the teams or runners finished second.",No hint available.,"1st: Daemon, I'm Tired, Green 2nd: Daelen, Eat Dust, Blue 3rd: Dae, Turbo, Red 4th: DaeShawn, How Far Left, Yellow 5th: Daegel, Shin Splits, Orange",Logic-Grid,12/25/08 #38364,Flip 100 Coins,2.35,2.83,smarty__blondy,"Tom has 100 coins on the table with their heads up. Each time he flips 93 coins, turning heads to tails or vice versa. What is the least number of times he must do this in order to get all of them tails up?","Maybe you have seen the ""flip 7 in 10"" problem and think this one is also 4, but it isn't, because the logic is a little different.","If you have seen the ""flip 9 in 10"" problem, you know that you have to leave one coin unflipped each time, and it will require 10 times. In this problem, the first time leaves 7 coins heads up, the second time leaves at most 14 coins TAILS up, the third time leaves at most 21 coins HEADS up, the fourth time leaves at most 28 coins TAILS up, ..., and the fourteenth time leaves at most 98 coins tails up. The fifteenth time, he flips 1 of the 2 coins that is heads up, and 92 of the coins that are tails up, leaving 93 coins heads up. The sixteenth and last time he can get all of them tails up.",Math,09/19/07 #316,"6 Legs, 2 Arms, 4 Eyes",2.54,1.77,hydroman,"What has 6 legs, 2 arms, 4 eyes, and can get to places fairly quickly?",No hint available.,A man riding a horse.,Riddle,02/28/01 #1988,Wrong or Right,2.26,2.08,Majeen,Which word pronounced wrong is right but pronounced right is wrong? The answer is not 'wrong'.,No hint available.,Left,Language,01/08/02 #4801,Movie Mogul,2.73,2.15,bobbrt,"Below is a list of five movies that I watched last week. Just to be a pain in the neck, I removed all of the vowels in the titles. Can you tell what movies I watched? Oh - in order to avoid the ever popular ""Is Y a vowel?"" debate, none of these titles have a ""Y"" in them. 1) TTS 2) FRG 3) MRCN P 4) NSMN 5) KLHM!","If a cross-dresser went to North Dakota to have dessert but couldn't sleep afterwards, could he find relief in Tulsa?","1) Tootsie 2) Fargo 3) American Pie 4) Insomnia 5) Oklahoma!",Language,06/18/02 #33442,Sound of Honour,2.94,2.91,MarcM1098,"I'm a ten-letter word, but when I am heard, I have only four, not one letter more. My first two sounds are neat; a kind of sheet, That starts with spread, not the kind on a bed. Of my sounds, the third is what will be heard, alphabetically, in the middle of modus operandi. If you want to hear more, then like the shore, I end at the sea, that's a hint, you see. What word am I?",There are four letters that sound just like a word of ten letters. The word is a title of honour given to certain high officials.,"Excellency (XLNC) The four letters, XLNC, sound just like the ten-letter word excellency. The first two sounds (XL) are the name of a spreadsheet program. If you arrange the letters in modus operandi alphabetically (addeimNooprsu), the letter N is the middle letter. Also, modus operandi is usually written as an abbreviation, MO, which in the alphabet, would have an N in the middle. The final letter (C) sounds like sea. Do you see?",Riddle,10/11/06 #28823,Opposites 12,2.36,2.77,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. ! stands for Y, E, G, P, or T @ stands for F, B, A, Q, or T # stands for R, E, A, N, or Z $ stands for F, E, N, S, or H % stands for S, T, Y, M, or W ^ stands for P, D, E, H, or C & stands for U, K, H, T, or B * stands for O, J, G, I, or Z ? stands for E, L, D, N, or C The nine letter code word, ^*$%@#&?!, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Construct and Dismantle.,Logic,02/26/06 #40008,Colorful Echoes,2.32,1.08,harrypotter4444,"I am usually colorful and my sound echoes throughout the pitch black night. On a few special occasions every year, I am let off for people to come and see. What am I?",No hint available.,Fireworks,Riddle,01/11/08 #9174,21 = G S,2.17,2.36,lesternoronha1,21 = G S,No hint available.,21 Gun Salute,Letter-Equations,12/15/02 #1627,Cnorati,2.39,1.9000000000000001,jokester8000,"Try to figure out how to read this correctly : cnorati ayuedhs",No hint available.,"Start with c, go down then over then up continue that and it will spell out the phrase ""can you read this"".",Language,12/05/01 #31351,Backcharter,2.71,2.22,Victor,"What one word can be added to each of these three words to create three new words? back chart er","It is added after ""back"", but before ""chart"" and ""er"".","Flow. Backflow, flowchart, flower.",Language,06/26/06 #51056,Barren ?,1.9000000000000001,1.33,BadBunnee02,"What's the Rebus? iota, iota",No hint available.,"""not one iota""",Rebus,04/28/17 #22433,2 = W in a F,2.15,2.22,sexyxxl05,2 = W in a F,No hint available.,2 weeks in a fortnight.,Letter-Equations,04/23/05 #4582,Shopping Trip,2.32,1.29,mad-ade,"Mad Ade went to town with £50, but returned at night with £150. He bought a hat at a clothing store and a mega sized Kebab from the ""Sweaty Chef"" kebab shop, then he had his eyes tested. Here are a few facts: Mad Ade gets paid every Thursday by check. The banks are only open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The eye doctor is closed on Saturday. The ""Sweaty Chef"" kebab shop is closed on Thursday and Friday. On what day did Mad Ade go to town?",No hint available.,"Tuesday. Solution: Since Mad Ade returned with more money that he left with, he must have gone on a day when the bank was open. So he must have gone on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday. But, he got his eyes tested, and since the eye doctor is closed on Saturday, it couldn't have been Saturday. He also went to the ""Sweaty Chef"" which is closed Thursday and Friday, so that eliminates Thursday, so it must have been a Tuesday when that Mad Ade went to town.",Logic,06/09/02 #39795,The Path Once Determined,2.38,2.1,aresII,"The following quotes are advice after the path has been paved. Can you decode them? C=Y ""TPTI BL CEQ XOT EI AFT OBDFA AOXVW, CEQ'YY DTA OQI EPTO BL CEQ HQRA RBA AFTOT."" ~ MBYY OEDTOR ""BL CEQ VXI'A ZT X DEEJ TNXGKYT, AFTI CEQ'YY HQRA FXPT AE ZT X FEOOBZYT MXOIBID."" ~ VXAFTOBIT XBOJ","D=G N=X O=R","""EVEN IF YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, YOU'LL GET RUN OVER IF YOU JUST SIT THERE."" ~ WILL ROGERS ""IF YOU CAN'T BE A GOOD EXAMPLE, THEN YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO BE A HORRIBLE WARNING."" ~ CATHERINE AIRD KEY: A=T B=I C=Y D=G E=O F=H G=M H=J I=N J=D K=P L=F M=W N=X O=R P=V Q=U R=S T=E V=C W=K X=A Y=L Z=B",Cryptography,12/27/07 #45158,Bancroft High School Math Test Scores,2.68,2.35,caberet,"Five students compared their most recent math test grades while waiting in the hallway for their art teacher to find his classroom keys. By some fluke, none of the budding artists are in the same math class or received the same grade (from an A+ to a B). Using the following clues, see if you can figure out the first name, last name, math class and grade of each student before the art teacher lets the students into class. Happy solving! 1. Only one of the students had the same number of letters in both their first and last names; and only one had the same first letter in both names. 2. Hunter received a higher grade than Mr. Attica, but lower than the geometry student. 3. Even though she had two tests in one day, the algebra I student scored higher than the girl taking algebra II. 4. Both students with a plus sign in their grades are boys. 5. Ms. Ingraam, Ms. Grinde and the Trigonometry student all scored higher than a B+. The Sommer child and the business math student did not have an A in their grade. 6. Hunter, the student with the same initial for both her first and last name, and the Geometry student are on the girls swim team. The trigonometry student and Ian spotted a thick set of keys in their teacher's duffle bag. (All five students are mentioned in this clue.)",Hunter can be the name of either a girl or a boy.,"Andy Heath, A+, Trigonometry Gigi Ingraam, A, Geometry Hunter Grinde, A-, Algebra I Ian Attica, B+ Business Math Sarah Sommer, B, Algebra II",Logic-Grid,08/28/09 #51676,Remiss ??,1.55,1.75,LittleGreenMan,"Complete the Rebus using your ""lateral thinking"" skills, ""fuzzy logic"" ability, ""cluster mapping"" technique, and ""intuitive leaping"" (if appropriate), to identify a common phrase suggested by the information below. up not",Title is a hint,"""not following up"" ""Following up"" is the transitive active progressive form of the verb-phrase ""follow up"". The phrase can also be used similarly in the nominative (noun) form as in (e.g.); ""his follow-up failed to detect the error"". ""Follow up"" is a well-recognized common phrase (also idiomatic) meaning to check up on the utility or progress or completion or result of an activity, action, policy, situation, etc. - look it up if need be. This is the opposite of that usage by adding the word 'not'.",Rebus,02/18/18 #21334,Commitment,2.66,1.77,Kalliann,"The following five words are scrambled but they all have a common theme. See if you are able to unscramble the words and figure out the theme! RIAMAREG RWKO NCDIHREL OHSOLC LGONIREI",No hint available.,"MARRIAGE WORK CHILDREN SCHOOL RELIGION They are all things that many people commit to throughout their lifetimes, although very few do all of them.",Language,03/03/05 #18598,Fishy Wager,2.24,0.91,spookboy0,"One day, John and Sue were out fishing in the Atlantic Ocean. When a shark swam by, Sue said, ""I'll bet you ten dollars that the shark over there doesn't have a bone in its skeletal structure."" John thought he would win this one, but he didn't. How can this be?",No hint available.,"With sharks being in class Chondrichthyes, the group of fish containing skeletons of cartilage, sharks do not have a skeletal structure of bones.",Science,08/21/04 #45078,Missing Initials,1.8800000000000001,1.54,quesadillaman12,"Two letters are missing from each of these descriptions. They are initials. Find a star's name that matches both the initials and the description. Example: Un*eils letters on *heel of Fortune-VW-Vanna White 1. W*s in the Spy Kids mo*ies 2. Was the singer *f ""Mr. Cr*wley"" 3. Is a ""Hannah *ontana"" a*tress 4. Inven**d the phonograph 5. *as the creator of *onald Duck 6. Squidwa*d on ""Sponge*ob Squarepants""",No hint available.,"1. AV- Alexa Vega 2. OO- Ozzy Osbourne 3. MC- Miley Cyrus 4. TE- Thomas Edison 5. WD- Walt Disney 6. RB- Rodger Bumpass",Language,08/16/09 #40684,"Brand Spanking ""New""",2.57,1.7,Scubee,"Each of the following clues refers to a word that begins with ""new"". Can you guess them all? 1) Crawling creature 2) Blushing bride 3) The fresh face 4) Dad's delight 5) Delivered daily 6) Staircase section The hint reveals the total number of letters in each word.","1) 4 2) 8 3) 8 4) 7 5) 9 6) 5","1) Newt 2) Newlywed 3) Newcomer 4) Newborn 5) Newspaper 6) Newel",Language,02/24/08 #40383,"Step Down, Step Up",2.71,2.3,TRILLIONAIRE,"There are 14 steps between the names of two fish. Drop a letter, rearrange the remaining letters to get the next answer. Do this down to one letter, then make steps up again. 1. Large fish of the northern hemisphere (8 letters) 2. Doctor (7 letters) 3. Game bird (6 letters) 4. Scoundrel (5 letters) 5. Clinton's Vice President (4 letters) 6. Personality (3 letters) 7. Proceed (2 letters) 8. Human blood type (1 letter) 9. Act (2 letters) 10. British university professor (3 letters) 11. Delete (4 letters) 12. Discovered (5 letters) 13. Swiss melted cheese dish (6 letters) 14. Originator (7 letters) 15. Flat fish (8 letters) The hint will reveal the answers to 1, 3, 8, 13, and 15.","1. Sturgeon 3. Grouse 8. O 13. Fondue 15. Flounder","1. Sturgeon 2. Surgeon 3. Grouse 4. Rogue 5. Gore 6. Ego 7. Go 8. O 9. Do 10. Don 11. Undo 12. Found 13. Fondue 14. Founder 15. Flounder",Language,02/08/08 #9371,Hidden Country #8,2.46,1.5,warrior,"Find the name of a country that is hidden in this sentence: The infamous Santa Claus trial was held early in the New Year.",No hint available.,"Austria. (clAUS TRIAl)",Language,12/23/02 #19687,The Stagecoach,2.5100000000000002,1.92,snaps,"What phrase could describe the winning entry in a pencil-drawing competition whose title is shown below? First Prize: The Stagecoach by H. Orse",No hint available.,"Horse-drawn carriage. A stagecoach could also be called a carriage, and it was drawn by a H. Orse!",Rebus,12/03/04 #30845,"Darn that Major, Fancy Fly!",2.69,2.67,marching_xc,"What do the following four words have in common? Darn Fancy Fly Major","The following definition of fly may help: Fly (adj) Slang: fashionable, stylish.","Without undergoing any spelling changes, they can all be used as a noun, a verb, or an adjective. DARN Noun: Something of little value. (His promise is not worth a darn; I don't give a darn) Verb: To mend a garment, repair a hole. (Will you darn my socks?) Adj: Looked upon negatively. (That darn dog just ate my dinner) Bonus: Darn is also an interjection! (Darn! I can't believe I missed that shot!) FANCY Noun: A whim, a capricious liking. (It strikes my fancy) Verb: To take a fancy to; like. (I'd fancy a cup of tea) Adj: Highly decorated. (What a fancy rug!) FLY Noun: A two-winged insect. (That pesky fly keeps buzzing around my head) Verb: To engage in flight through the air. (The birds look so graceful as they fly in their V formations) Adj: Slang: fashionable, stylish. (I'm pretty fly for a white guy.) Note: this sentence comes from the lyrics to the Offspring song Pretty Fly (For a White Guy). MAJOR Noun: A rank in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps. (Now that he's a Captain, his next goal is to become a Major) Verb: To pursue academic studies in a major. (I want to major in economics) Adj: Great in scope, effect, number, etc. (Her new haircut is a major improvement over her earlier style) Note: For the purpose of this teaser, I have supplied only one definition for each part of speech; it goes without saying that there are many others. P.S. If you can think of any other words that fit in with my list, leave a comment and tell me!",Language,06/03/06 #26506,An Iron Horse,2.79,2.26,ccccc,"An iron horse with a flaxen tail. The longer the horse runs, the shorter his tail becomes. What is it?",No hint available.,A needle and thread.,Riddle,10/23/05 #23664,The Drunkard,2.6,1.8800000000000001,smgreyuk,"A man was at a bar and was very drunk. He had drunk a lot of pints which contained beer. He stood up and shouted to everybody ""Listen.... *hiccup* I, me over here will not drink any more beer ever again."" Everyone who heard this promise laughed at him and said ""You won't keep to your word, you're always drunk and you're never going to change your ways"". The drunkard ignored these people and walked home. The next day the same people were in the bar and then a bit later the drunk walked in. The drunk sat down, ordered a beer and began to drink it. As he swallowed the beer everyone at the bar said ""Ah, there you go, you broke your promise. We knew you could not last."". The barman (who was on duty the day before) said that the drunkard had stuck to his word and had not broken the promise he made yesterday. How is this so?",No hint available.,The fact that the drunkard's promise was that he will not drink any MORE beer ever again was stating that he will not drink more than the amount he drank the day before. As he had only taken one mouth full of beer when the people had claimed he had broken his promise meant that the people were wrong to say this as he had drunk a lot more than one mouthful the day before.,Trick,06/14/05 #14378,First Flight,2.72,1.78,Gerd,"Fill the blanks with 3 different words with the same pronunciation to complete the sentence: Orville and Wilbur were quite young, when they learned how to -----/------/-----.",No hint available.,"Orville and Wilbur were quite young, when they learned how to write Wright right.",Language,08/16/03 #1691,T of the T,2.14,2.31,buff_guitarist,T of the T,No hint available.,Tip of the Tongue,Letter-Equations,12/12/01 #15123,25 = Y in a S W A,2.56,2.07,MrIxolite,"Solve the following letter equations and determine what letters and numbers should be represented by the ""?'s"" 25 = Y in a S W A 30 = Y in a P W A ?? = Y in a R W A 50 = Y in a ? W A",Ding Dong!,"25 = Years in a Silver Wedding Anniversary 30 = Years in a Pearl Wedding Anniversary 40 = Years in a Ruby Wedding Anniversary 50 = Years in a Golden Wedding Anniversary",Letter-Equations,10/16/03 #42112,What is in a Name?,2.7,2.79,aresII,"This puzzle is based on a well-known one by Lewis Carroll. A number of passengers from a sinking ship landed from their boat on a small island, where they had to remain for some months before being rescued. They were a mixed group who now needed to co-exist. One man amused himself by giving the others new names, which he said were appropriate nicknames, but would not disclose any more. Thus, a man who spent his time rambling about the island he called ANDREW, a guy who robbed a fellow passenger he called DENNIS, a friend of his who had written ten words for a song he called CYRIL, a botanist who was particularly interested in the cone-bearing trees on the island he named CHARLES, and an eccentric man who had a mad theory that a building used for storing grain should be painted a bright vermilion he insisted on calling BERNARD. There was one more man with them who was known to have wounded his mother by accidentally firing a gun at her. What name did he give this man?",All names are anagrams that spell something to fit the man to whom the name applies.,"The man who loved to ramble was called ANDREW, because the letters spell WANDER; the thief was called DENNIS, because he had SINNED; the song writer was called CYRIL, because he had written a LYRIC; the botanist interested in cone-bearing trees was named CHARLES, because the letters spell LARCHES; and the eccentric man who had a mad theory that a building used for storing grain should be painted a bright vermilion was appropriately called BERNARD, since the letters spell RED BARN. Therefore, the man who wounded his mother by accidentally firing a gun at her was called THOMAS, because he SHOT MA!",Other,06/01/08 #15986,FEB Fill In,2.55,1.61,liltunalol,"Fill in the blanks below to complete four words that contain the letters FEB. FEB_ _ _ _ _ (has 29 days once every 4 years) FEB _ _ _ _ (feverish) F_ _EB _ _ (place where combustibles are burned) _F_ _B_E (pleasant)",No hint available.,"February Febrile Firebox Affable",Language,12/30/03 #5495,Crazy Shoe Store,2.37,1.96,speedymcg,"The following were the prices of items in a store: SHOES..........$6 BOOTS..........$4 SANDALS........$6 SLIPPERS.......$6 What is the pattern and how much would SOCKS cost?","to find out PART of the pattern, note the letter that appears a lot.","The pattern... S = 2$ any vowel= 1$ SOCKS would cost 5$",Math,07/11/02 #3601,And Out,2.31,1.07,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this phrase: a n d out",No hint available.,down and out,Rebus,04/17/02 #12637,Kebab Wrestlers Pool Game,2.2,2.66,mad-ade,"Four members of the Madadian pro-celebrity Kebab wrestling team took part in a charity pool match to raise money for new spandex sequined grease proof leotards Al Gore-Rhythm, Annie Buddyhome, Dan Druff and Hayden Seek participated in the POOL competition. FACTS 1, There are total of 15 balls. 2, For each ball potted, the player will receive one point. 3, They all will play each other once. 4, A game will end when all the balls are potted. 5, The winner will be the player who scored the most points. OUTCOMES 1, Hayden Seek finished with 18 points. 2, Al Gore-Rhythm finished with odd number of points. 3, Dan Druff beat Hayden Seek by 5 points in the match between them. 4, There was one point difference in match between Annie Buddyhome and Al Gore-Rhythm. 5, Al Gore-Rhythm scored twice as many points as Dan Druff in their game. 6, Hayden Seek scored one point less against Al Gore-Rhythm than he did against Dan Druff. 7, Dan Druff scored 7 points against Annie Buddyhome. Who won the competition? How many points did each player score?",No hint available.,"1) Hayden Seek finished with 18 points. - This was a given so my answer needs no explanation. 3) Dan Druff beat Hayden Seek by 5 points. - Therefore, the score was 10 Dan Druff and 5 Hayden Seek; because there is only 15 balls which equals 15 points per game There was one point difference in match between Annie Buddyhome and Al Gore-Rhythm. - The final score had to be 7 and 8 and since Al Gore-Rhythm finished with an odd score, If you trialed both numbers you will notice Al Gore-Rhythm equaled out to have the 8 points therefore, Annie Buddyhome had the 7 points. Al Gore-Rhythm scored twice as many points as Dan Druff in their game. - Al Gore-Rhythm equaled 10 points and Dan Druff equaled 5 points so the score would be double winner and half for the loser. Hayden Seek scored one point less against Al Gore-Rhythm than he did against Dan Druff. Since the score was 10/5 with Dan Druff winning, that means that Hayden Seek scored 4 points in this game because of one point less. Dan Druff scored 7 points against Annie Buddyhome- Once again 15 points and the game is over, Dan Druff scores 7 and Annie Buddyhome scores 8. By process of elimination; since Hayden Seek scores 18 points total and you can figure out the 5 points against Dan Druff and the 4 points against Al Gore-Rhythm 9 points was the only number that would fit into the equation. Thus the scores are Al Gore-Rhythm 8 and Annie Buddyhome 7 Annie Buddyhome 8 and Dan Druff 7 Dan Druff 10 and Hayden Seek 5 Hayden Seek 4 and Al Gore-Rhythm 11 Al Gore-Rhythm 10 and Dan Druff 5 Annie Buddyhome 6 and Hayden Seek 9 Al Gore-Rhythm 11+10+8= 29 points (odd) Annie Buddyhome 8+7+6=21 points Hayden Seek 5+4+9=18 points (given) Dan Druff 7+10+5=22 points Therefore the conclusion is that Al Gore-Rhythm won with 29 points and Dan Druff came in second place with 22 points. Annie Buddyhome is third place with 21 points and last is Hayden Seek with 18 points.",Logic,05/23/03 #13629,Homer and Horace 1,2.47,0.9400000000000001,Timothy,"Homer and Horace are twins that look exactly alike. They each have two personalities, State 1 and State 2. Homer tells the truth in State 1 and lies in State 2 while Horace lies in State 1 and tells the truth in State 2. One of them said, ""I am in State 1."" Who said this?",No hint available.,"He is either telling the truth or lying. If he is telling the truth, then he is in State 1, but only Homer tells the truth in State 1. If he is lying, then he is in State 2, but only Homer lies in State 2. In either case, he is Homer.",Logic,07/05/03 #7228,The Senate,2.74,1.37,kidkilowatt,"What does the Senate, a restaurant goer, and a duck have in common?",No hint available.,They all have bills,Riddle,09/05/02 #3342,Man Board,2.17,1.04,eahtriscuit,"Can you decipher this: Man Board","""There she blows, mate""",Man Overboard,Rebus,04/07/02 #23930,Golf House Mischief,2.44,1.33,katey,"Five men, whose names are Bob Edison, Tom Stevenson, Marty Brown, Jim Davis, and John Alberts were being questioned by the police for a crime committed in their local golf house. Other detectives have already investigated, they have questioned the suspects, the witnesses, and people who know the suspects and they have collected physical evidence from the crime scene. They have collected the following 14 clues, but have not been able to solve the crime. Therefore, they have called in the world's greatest detective: YOU, who must now examine the clues and solve the crime for them and find the culprit. No two suspects have the same hair colour, weight, height, wife's first name, or colour shoes. The suspect who has red hair weighs 140 pounds. Bob Edison is 5 feet 3 inches tall. The culprit has a wife named Mary. The suspect who weighs 150 pounds is not the one who is 5 feet 9 inches tall. The suspect who has a wife named Pam is not the one who has blonde hair. Jim Davis was wearing orange shoes. John Alberts has black hair. The suspect who has a wife named Betty weighs 200 pounds. Tom Stevenson weighs 210 pounds. The suspect who weighs 200 pounds has no hair. The suspect who has a wife named Cathy weighs 140 pounds. Marty Brown has brown hair. The suspect who has black hair has a wife named Mary. The suspect who has no hair is not the one who was wearing orange shoes.",No hint available.,"John Alberts: John Alberts has black hair and the suspect who has black hair has a wife named Mary. Therefore, John Alberts has a wife named Mary. The culprit has a wife named Mary, so John Alberts is the culprit.",Logic,06/22/05 #51042,Clean Up Your Act,2.82,1.5,ThinksForFun,"I venture steep chasms, up to thirty Removing remnant particles dirty Eliminating unwanted debris In a post-consumption activity To your daily regimen, I belong Well, that is enough stringing you along What am I?",No hint available.,"dental floss lines 1-2: Since, for humans, there is a maximum of thirty-two teeth, sixteen upper and sixteen lower, there are, at most, thirty gaps (""chasms"") between these teeth, fifteen between the upper teeth and fifteen between the lower teeth. lines 3-4: One usually flosses ""post-consumption"", or after eating. lines 5-6: It is a good practice to floss daily. Dental floss is like string, therefore the play on words ""stringing you along"".",Riddle,04/14/17 #49787,Unused Letters,2.23,1.91,cnmne,"The following two 4x4 grids each contain a 12-letter word. Each word is formed by a chain of letters. A word can begin with any of the letters. The second letter of a word is adjacent (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) to the first letter, the third letter is adjacent to the second, and so on. No letter can be used more than once. Four letters in each grid will be unused. TSEM HPUA IOOT LPPR QRED SUNI THMO ORTO",The first letter of the first word is in the second row. The first letter of the second word is in the fourth row.,The words are HIPPOPOTAMUS and THUNDERSTORM.,Language,03/03/13 #34013,Stone Bridge Crossing,2.4,2.05,dishu,"Three people, Ann, Ben and Jen want to cross a river from left bank to right bank. Another three people, Tim, Jim and Kim want to cross the same river from right bank to left bank. However, there is no boat but only 1 stone bridge consisting of just 7 big stones(not tied to each other), each of which can hold only 1 person at a time. All these people have a limited jumping capacity, so that they can only jump to the stone immediately next to them if it is empty. Now, all of these people are quite arrogant and so will never turn back once they have begun their journey. That is, they can only move forward in the direction of their destination. They are also quite selfish and will not help anybody travelling in the same direction as themselves. But they are also practical and know that they will not be able to cross without helping each other. Each of them is willing to help a person coming from opposite direction so that they can get a path for their own journey ahead. With this help, a person can jump two stones at a time, such that if, say, Ann and Tim are occupying two adjacent stones and the stone next to Tim on the other side is empty, then Tim will help Ann in directly jumping to that stone, and vice versa. Now initially the 6 people are lined up on the 7 stones from left to right as follows: Ann Ben Jen emp Tim Jim Kim (where emp stands for empty stone). Your job is to find how they will cross over the stones such that they are finally lined up as follows: Tim Jim Kim emp Ann Ben Jen Now, find out the shortest step-wise procedure, assuming that Tim moves first.",15 steps,"Step 1: Tim jumps to occupy the empty stone. Step 2: Tim helps Jen in occupying the newly emptied stone between him and Jim. Step 3: Ben occupies the stone emptied by Jen. Step 4: Ben helps Tim in occupying the newly emptied stone. Right now they are lined up like this: Ann Tim Ben emp Jen Jim Kim Step 5: Jen helps Jim in occupying the empty stone. Step 6: Kim occupies the stone emptied by Jim. Step 7: Kim helps Jen in occupying the stone vacated by her. Step 8: Jim helps Ben in occupying the stone vacated by Jen. Now the people are lined up as follows: Ann Tim emp Jim Ben Kim Jen Step 9: Tim helps Ann in occupying the empty stone. Step 10: Tim jumps to the stone emptied by Ann. Step 11: Ann helps Jim in occupying the stone vacated by Tim. Step 12: Ben helps Kim in occupying the stone vacated by Jim. So now the people are lined up as follows: Tim Jim Ann Kim Ben emp Jen Step 13: Ben occupies the empty stone. Step 14: Kim helps Ann in occupying the stone emptied by Ben. Step 15: Kim jumps to the stone emptied by Ann. So finally the people are lined up as: Tim Jim Kim emp Ann Ben Jen Just as we wanted. There are other possible answers which are permutations of the above procedure by altering certain movements, but this is one of the shortest ways.",Logic,11/19/06 #37851,More Consonants,2.66,2.72,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have shown 14 words with only the vowels (A, E, I, O, U) showing. Your task is to fill in the consonants to complete the words, and to make it easier for you, delete each used consonant as you go. There is a theme for these words in the 'Hint' area. Good luck and have fun! Consonants: CCCC DDDDD GG H J LLLLLLLL M NNNNNNN P RRRRR SSSSSSS TTTTTT VV Y 1. _ _ AI _ IE 2. _ EA _ OA _ _ 3. _ OU _ _ AI _ 4. _ _ A _ IE _ 5. _ _ _ AI _ 6. _ E _ E _ _ 7. _ A _ _ E _ 8. OA _ I_ 9. _ EA _ _ A _ _ 10. _ U _ _ _ E 11. _ E _ _ A 12. _ O _ _ A _ O 13. I _ _ A _ _ 14. O _ EA _",Geography,"1. PRAIRIE 2. SEACOAST 3. MOUNTAIN 4. GLACIER 5. STRAIT 6. DESERT 7. VALLEY 8. OASIS 9. HEADLAND 10. JUNGLE 11. DELTA 12. VOLCANO 13. ISLAND 14. OCEAN",Language,08/19/07 #35754,Still Making Sense,2.47,2.29,aresII,"The following are wise advise from unknown authors. Can you decode them? Both quotes use the same code. ""C GYRA LX RPL P OXL XV EPLGZPO VXXAY GELCO C ORPZERA LBPL TXYL FRXFOR ACR XV EPLGZPO WPGYRY."" ""IBRE YXTRNXAH LROOY HXG EXLBCES CY CTFXYYCNOR, PYD BCT LX AZCNNOR P VXXLNPOO.""","E=N N=B V=F","""I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes."" ""When somebody tells you nothing is impossible, ask him to dribble a football."" Key: A=D B=H C=I D=K E=N F=P G=U H=Y I=W L=T N=B O=L P=A R=E S=G T=M V=F W=C X=O Y=S Z=R",Cryptography,03/19/07 #42387,-273.15 D C = A Z,2.31,1.77,shenqiang,-273.15 D C = A Z,No hint available.,-273.15 degrees centigrade (or Celsius) = absolute zero.,Letter-Equations,06/30/08 #44462,Subtract a What?,2.39,2.0,brainglue,"Which word in group B fits in group A? Group A blends blown grapes plate steel Group B shiver prone plastic crust clues",No hint available.,"prone All words in group A can form another word when you subtract the first two letters. blends=ends blown=own grapes=apes plate=ate steel=eel prone=one",Group,05/14/09 #38144,Count Me In,2.81,2.36,MarcM1098,"What letters come next in this series? Figure out as many as you can. O, N, E, T, W, H, R, F, U, I, V, S, X, G, L, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ...","Try counting: one, two, ...","Next is Y, then D, A, M, B, Q, P, and C. The letters are in order of when they first appear in the counting numbers (starting with ""one""). Here are the numbers written out, with each letter as a capital the first time it appears: ONE TWo tHRee FoUr fIVe SiX seven eiGht nine ten eLeven ... twentY ... one hunDred ... one thousAnd ... one Million ... one Billion ... one Quadrillion ... one sePtillion ... one oCtillion ...",Series,09/06/07 #6088,Pre-punctual into shut-eye,2.66,1.32,mollynoodl,"This proverb is coded by having each word replaced with a related word. Can you crack the code? Good luck! Pre-punctual into shut-eye, pre-punctual to arouse, creates a male robust, rich, and intelligent.",No hint available.,"Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. -Ben Franklin",Language,07/30/02 #17382,Getting Sober,2.55,2.28,kvernphil,"Joe needed to stop drinking so much, so he switched from beer to coke. He changed from BEER to COKE in 9 words. Can you do it nine words, or better? (I hope so... nine seems like a lot!!!!) BEER ~~~> COKE",No hint available.,"BEER ~~~> COKE BEER PEER PEAR PEAS PENS PANS CANS CANE CAKE COKE",Language,04/14/04 #11310,Cutting Both Ways,2.52,2.92,griphook,"When a songbird, enchanting. When solo in a band, enduring. When played at home, entertaining, Tell me to what I am referring.",With a little patience.,"SOLITAIRE A solitaire is an American songbird (a thrush) known for its sweet songs. A solitaire is also a solo gem, usually a diamond set in a ring or band. Solitaire is also a BOARD or CARD game played alone. Hint: In Britain, card solitaire is called patience.",Riddle,03/19/03 #28177,A Long Long Time,2.26,3.1,dutchymonster,"Which 2 letters come next in this series? C, O, S, D, C, P, T, J, C, _, _",No hint available.,"T & Q These are the initials of the periods from Cambrian (100,000,000 yrs ago) to Quaternary (present): Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Tertiary, Quaternary",Series,01/20/06 #2208,Common Transportation,2.18,2.0,Cascas,A survey was taken of mechanical modes of transportation to get to work. What was the most common method?,No hint available.,Elevator,Logic,01/30/02 #10168,Give and Take,2.6,1.93,jizzyhuggs,"Someone else has to take it before you can get it. What is it?",No hint available.,Your photograph.,Riddle,02/01/03 #10508,Perfect Mother,2.77,2.56,griphook,"Seven sons she has, this loving mother, One is aloof, the other with a temper; Four are gifted with rings of wonder, The last, to his mom none is dearer. She also has two daughters, we gather Like twins, close to each other. We know one for her air and laughter, Hot, dazzling and beautiful, the sister. Her names, one too many to remember, But all known to a devote follower, To you, to me and to every wanderer, She is arguably the perfect mother. Question: What are the names of the mother and her dearest son? Who were gifted rings?",No hint available.,"The mother is the sun. The dearest (closest to his mom) is Mercury. Pluto is aloof (distant, dark and cold). Mars has a temper (god of war, and the volcano in mars). Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have planetary rings (Saturn's being in the thousands). Earth and Venus are the daughters. Twins they are often called because they are close to each other. Earth is known for air (oxygen that sustains life) and laughter (living beings laugh). Venus is the hottest planet, dazzling and beautiful from Earth. The sun's names are many. Sun, Star, Phobos etc. from science and even literature. Wanderer refers both to people (who will all die) and planets (wanderer is root of the name). The sun is a perfect mother giving warmth, light and is always there.",Riddle,02/17/03 #8273,Poor Sales Figures,2.49,2.67,snaps,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The ____ was closing in, making his ____ harder but through his ____ of contacts he was able to evade the police."" you would fill in NET, WORK, and NETWORK. Picking up the ____, and with a ____ expression, he spoke with ____ of the poor sales figures recorded by the new product.",No hint available.,"CAN, DOUR, CANDOUR",Language,10/29/02 #4766,Traffic Lights,2.7,2.06,bobbrt,"The following task involves several steps, but they are out of order. Arrange them so that a person who follows the steps exactly can perform the task: A procedure is needed to change all the red traffic lights in a small town to green, and vice versa. (Luckily there are no yellow lights in this town, and also no lights that don't work). Assume that you have a street map that shows the locations of all the lights. a) If all lights on your map are marked ""done,"" skip the next six statements. b) If the light is red, skip the next two statements. c) Turn the light red. d) Turn the light green. e) On your map, mark the light you just changed as ""done"" and go back to the first statement. f) Find a light that is not marked ""done"" on your map, and check whether it is red or green. g) Skip the next statement. h) End.",No hint available.,"a) If all lights on your map are marked ""done,"" skip the next six statements. f) Find a light that is not marked ""done"" on your map, and check whether it is red or green. b) If the light is red, skip the next two statements. c) Turn the light red. g) Skip the next statement. d) Turn the light green. e) On your map, mark the light you just changed as ""done"" and go back to the first statement. h) End.",Logic,06/16/02 #38712,Quintuplets 1,2.69,1.6,BlackBelt,"May, Jay, Fay, Ray, and Kay are quintuplets who each like different colors and styles of clothes. From each of the clues, determine the color and style that each likes. The styles of clothes are: Classic, Western, Punk, Casual, and Preppie. The colors of the clothes are: Purple, Red, Blue, Orange, and Green. 1. The one who wears red western clothes is not May, Ray, or Jay. 2. Kay won't wear blue, orange, or red. 3. Kay and the one who wears purple went shopping with the one who wears casual clothes. 4. May does not like blue. 5. The one who wears punk doesn't like blue or green, and is not Ray. 6. The one who wears preppie clothes went to dinner with Ray and the one who wears blue. 7. Jay does not wear casual clothes. Hint will reveal Jay's clothes and color.",Jay wears blue classic clothes.,"May wears purple, punk clothes. Jay wears blue, classic clothes. Fay wears red, western clothes. Ray wears orange, casual clothes. Kay wears green, preppie clothes.",Logic-Grid,10/10/07 #31082,Bragging and Truth,2.61,1.34,dishu,"The 4 friends met after a long time. Instead of fighting (their usual pastime), they starting recollecting the good old days. While at it, they could not prevent themselves from bragging about how good they were in their chosen field of study and who their favourite teacher was. It was a different matter though that everybody knew which activity the others really ""excelled"" in. Can you figure out which friend studied which course, who their favourite teacher was, and what activity they really ""excelled in"" with the help of these clues: Friends: Dis, Dip, Raj, Rich Courses: Marketing, OS, Finance, C++ Teachers: Mr. M, Mr. V, Ms. P and Ms. S Activity: Playing Piano, Gambling, Talking on Phone, Reading 1. Ms. S has always been the favourite teacher of all marketing students. 2. Raj used to spend 20 hrs a day talking to her long distance boyfriend. 3. Rich, being true to her name, always thought of money only, as was clear by her choice of study course as well as activity. 4. Dis loved reading all sorts of books as long as they had nothing to with her study course which was taught by Mr. M. 5. The OS student was a really good Piano Player. 6. Ms. P could have won many awards in OS research had she not met an untimely death.",No hint available.,"Friend, Course, Teacher, Activity Dis, C++, Mr. M, Reading Dip, OS, Ms. P, Piano Playing Raj, Marketing, Ms. S, Talking on Phone Rich, Finance, Mr. V, Gambling",Logic-Grid,06/14/06 #33227,Word Sounds: School,2.68,2.32,MarcM1098,"Several words have been omitted from the sentences below. Use the given letters to form the missing words, but there is a twist. Instead of spelling the missing words, use the letters to spell how the word sounds. For example, instead of spelling ""okay"", just spell the same sound as in ""OK"". I have a chance to ___ in History this term; to me, that means at least ___ percent. Writing an ___ is not my favourite task, but this time I can write on ___ subject. I choose to write about the art of diplomacy. A diplomat may be called on to treat an ___ as a friend. It is important to ignore stereotypes, such as assuming a native lives in a ___. There are various forms of address that must be used, such as the Turkish title ___. It's easier to write about a diplomat than to be one. Here is the letter list: AADEEFLMNNNPSTTX","Here are the word definitions and the starting word sound: Surpass in accomplishment; starts with X. A number; starts with A. A short literary composition; starts with S. One, some, every; starts with N. One who feels hatred toward another; starts with N. A conical tent; starts with T. A respected man in the Near East; starts with F.","XL = excel AT = eighty SA = essay NE = any NME = enemy TP = tepee FND = effendi",Language,09/28/06 #34743,The Groaners Have Come Back Yet Again,2.41,1.68,twixy,"How many common treats are hidden below? Eliza, Leah, Mat, and Gerry Groaner are siblings. They love to groan. ""Never ask if you can dye your hair again!"" Leah could hear her mother yelling as she stormed to her room and locked the door. Leah looked in the mirror and began to cry. Black mascara melted off her eyes and swam down her face. ""Leah,"" Ms. Groaner called ten minutes later. ""Leah, Ginger is here!"" Oh no, Ginger was already here. Claire, Doug, and Alexa were to arrive soon as well, for Leah had invited them. Leah looked at her water cup, splashed the water on her face, and then poured a wad of powder into it. Now the powder was wet. This simple act of stupidity somehow thrilled Leah. Ring, ring! Her phone was ringing. ""Hello?"" She answered the phone. ""Leah? It's Doug. Sorry, I can't come over today. Bye."" No explanation? How polite. She went over to her list of invitees. She was overly organized. A list for three people? Yet, her organization got the best of her this time. She had written Noug at the top of the paper instead of Doug. She felt so stupid. ""Leah! Come down!"" Ms. Groaner's voice was starting to rise. Leah didn't care. She could explain it all to Ginger later. She took her powder cup, caked the powder-water solution on her face and went down. Immediately Ms. Groaner's nostrils flared. She was not used to her daughter's rebellious behavior. She reminisced about the days when her children were innocent souls blowing on pinwheels amazed by the object's ability to spin. Ms. Groaner knew those days were over.","There are 5 and ""pinwheels"" is not one of them.","Candy (can dye) Caramel (mascara melted) Eclair (here. Claire) Nougat (Noug at) Cupcake (cup, caked)",Language,01/05/07 #50689,Anagram Dictionary 7,2.75,2.72,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob) Words: miscellaneous, mortuary, romance, taciturn, umbrella Definitions: a disastrous military defeat a hip-length jacket for rodents bait for catching baby sheep how some people like their coffee the isolation of men",No hint available.,"miscellaneous: the isolation of men (male seclusion) mortuary: a disastrous military defeat (army rout) romance: how some people like their coffee (no cream) taciturn: a hip-length jacket for rodents (rat tunic) umbrella: bait for catching baby sheep (lamb lure)",Language,09/13/15 #27287,Swaffergies: Letter B,2.95,1.84,bigSWAFF_69_,"A Swaffergy is a word that can be broken up into two parts: a different word and a letter of the English Alphabet. The word ""defense"" is a common Swaffergy. It can be broken up into the letter ""D"", and the word ""Fence"". As a Swaffergy, it would be written like this: D + A structure serving as an enclosure, a barrier, or a boundary, usually made of posts or stakes joined together by boards, wire, or rails. Which will give you ""D-Fence"", or ""defense"". Can you find the answers to the following Swaffergies? 1. B + To go out of or away from 2. B + The uppermost or forwardmost part of the body of a vertebrate, containing the brain and the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and jaws 3. B + Used by a golfer to warn those ahead that a ball is headed in their direction 4. B + Slang for ""cousin"" 5. B + Autumn 6. B + Condensed water vapor in cloudlike masses lying close to the ground and limiting visibility 7. B + Located at or forming the back or rear 8. B + One of two equal parts that together constitute a whole 9. B + A garland of flowers, especially one worn around the neck 10. B + A surface of an object",No hint available.,"1. Believe (B-Leave) 2. Behead (B-Head) 3. Before (B-Fore) 4. Because (B-Cuz) 5. Befall (B-Fall) 6. Befog (B-Fog) 7. Behind (B-Hind) 8. Behalf (B-Half) 9. Belay (B-Lei) 10. Beside (B-Side)",Language,12/10/05 #45553,Word Chain 2,2.24,2.07,cnmne,"In a word chain, the words are arranged so that they are linked by a common thread. Example: Chain: grass rabid aisle islet scent chuck horse outer under never event Link: the second letter of a word is the first letter of the following word Task: complete the chain by inserting the words from the pool Chain: zodiac ______ ______ ______ ______ robust ______ ______ ______ ______ advent Pool: bronze craven dangle euchre misery number ocelot strobe",No hint available.,"Chain: zodiac dangle number misery strobe robust bronze ocelot euchre craven advent Link: the third letter of a word is the first letter of the following word",Other,10/28/09 #15929,Kids and Children,2.3,1.48,eiennikirei,"A man has three kids already. By July 8th, his wife will give birth to a new baby girl. How many children will he have?",No hint available.,He will still have three kids. (they are baby goats) He'll have one child (a baby girl).,Trick,12/23/03 #33521,Denner's Baby,2.93,2.01,jazzmusician46,"Whilst my body is usually made from wood, I have keys that don't unlock doors, and a bell that does not ring. Moreover, I cannot speak without the help of a single piece of cane. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Clarinet Clarinets are usually made out of wood. The sound is made by the vibration of a single piece of cane which is attached to the mouthpiece. The keys of the clarinet are fingered in various ways in order to alter the pitch of the instrument. The lower section of the clarinet is called 'the bell' because it resembles the general shape of a bell. The term 'Denner' in the title refers to the inventor of the clarinet - J.C. Denner, a German instrument maker.",Riddle,10/17/06 #23619,"Red, White, & Pink",2.75,1.44,kellgo,"I can be made red, white, or pink but I can be made from the same thing. I can be stored in oak or steel and eventually end up in glass. People pay close attention to my aroma and some even judge me on my ""legs."" What am I?",You will have to show ID and be of a certain legal age to get me.,"Wine Wine can be red, rose (pink) or white and can be made from grapes. Wine is stored in oak or steel during aging and fermentation. It is bottled in glass and poured into glasses. Wine's aroma is important and some feel that a wine's ""legs"" show the quality of the wine.",Riddle,06/12/05 #20985,I Will Spend $10,2.55,1.98,Jessica,"A man goes into a store one day, and says to the cashier, ""If you can match and give me what I have in my pocket, I will spend $10 in your store."" The cashier matched and gave the man the money, and the man spent $10. The man then went to another store, said the same thing, and did the same. He then went to a third store, said the same thing, and did the same. After leaving the third store, he had no money left. How much money did he start out with?",No hint available.,"He started out with $8.75. 8.75+8.75=17.50-10.00=$7.50 7.50+7.50=15.00-10.00=$5.00 5.00+5.00=10.00-10.00=$0",Math,02/13/05 #5856,do M.D.,2.19,1.67,Cascas,"What does this mean? do M.D.",No hint available.,Dr. Dolittle,Rebus,07/24/02 #28339,Opposites 8,2.5100000000000002,2.2,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. % stands for W, E, L, T, or O * stands for E, U, P, M, or N _ stands for E, J, S, A, or Y + stands for I, R, A, S, or G / stands for D, K, E, P, or H The five letter code word, +%_/*, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Sleep and Awake.,Logic,01/29/06 #11969,Dominoes,2.45,1.98,Mhalun,"Two diagonally opposite corner squares are removed from a chess board (in other words, the upper left-most square and the lower right-most square are cut out). Can the board still be completely covered by dominoes that measure 2 squares by 1 square (each domino covers two adjacent squares on the board)? No domino is allowed to hang over the edge of the board, and dominoes aren't allowed to cover each other.",Colors give it away!,"No it can't. Each domino covers a black square in the board and a white one (colors vary), if you take the corners you'll eliminate either 2 whites or 2 blacks so there will be 32 of one color and 30 of the other, hence you'll have 2 squares of the same color left. Try it!",Logic,04/22/03 #31495,Jack's Apples,2.41,1.49,JeffJ99,"Jack has a goal for Sunday. His goal is to eat 3 apples for the day. He wakes up Sunday morning at 7:00 A.M. and checks how many apples are in his house. He finds that he has only 2 apples. He eats them, and he stays inside his house all day. He does not even go to his yard or garage. Nor does anybody else enter his house all day. In fact, his doors and windows are closed and locked all day. Still, when he goes to bed at night, he knows that he achieved his goal of eating 3 apples that day. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"The day officially starts at 12:00 AM (midnight), so he had at least one apple after 12:00 before going to bed the previous night.",Situation,07/02/06 #45299,Lines For Love,2.59,1.75,dalfamnest,"My Gift List: Her - r, k, e, u, z Her - d, w, r, p, a Her - t, x, p, k, o You - i, i, i, i, i",The Flamingos,I only have eyes for you.,Rebus,09/15/09 #2765,No Hugging,2.24,1.2,lil_thugsta,"What has arms but can't hug, legs but can't run?",No hint available.,A chair,Riddle,03/20/02 #403,Farmers market,2.56,2.26,Andy,"A farmer must spend exactly $100 to buy exactly 100 animals, and must buy at least one of each animal. Cows are $10 each, Goats are $1 each and Chickens are 8 for a $1. What does he buy?",No hint available.,"7 Cows, 21 Goats, and 72 Chickens.",Math,04/21/01 #19099,Half-half,2.84,1.93,verdah,What large and well known city in the U.S.A. is half golden and half silver?,No hint available.,Denver is half golDEN and half silVER,Language,10/08/04 #953,5 F on a H,2.13,1.6300000000000001,Michelle,5 F on a H,No hint available.,5 Fingers on a Hand,Letter-Equations,09/28/01 #34476,Reincarnation,2.83,1.5,dishu,"Slazy-the ignorant journalist was on the verge of being fired for his ignorance and laziness. To forget his blues, he decided to go to a local pub, where he found five friends bragging about how famous they were in their previous birth. Slazy thought that this will make for a sensational story about ""Reincarnation of Famous Personalities"" and will save his job. Being ignorant, he had no clue that the so called famous people were actually fictional characters only. He quickly scribbled the following notes about the first and last names of these five people, the ""personality"" they claimed to be and the reason why they were famous. He now needs your help to sort them out and create the ""Reincarnation"" story. 1. Only one person had a rhyming pair of first and last names. 2. Mr. Brown claimed that he was famous for his extra-ordinary moustache. 3. Earnest was a famous businessman. 4. Derek claimed to be reincarnation of Ken. 5. Only one person's first and last name started with the same letter. 6. Anthony claimed that he was very brave in his last life. 7. Harry Richard was not a lawyer. 8. Mr. Robinson claimed that he was Neville Longbottom, while Mr. Dobson claimed that he was very wealthy in his last birth. 9. Poirot was not known for his law skills. First Names: Alan, Anthony, Derek, Harry, Jack Last Names: Black, Brown, Richard, Robinson, Dobson Previous Birth Personality: Earnest, Ken, Neville Longbottom, Oliver Twist, Poirot Reason of fame in previous Birth: Law Skills, Business Acumen, Bravery, Wealth, Extra-ordinary Moustache","Condensations in the grid: Neville Longbottom: Nev Longbott Business acumen: Business acu Extra-ordinary moustache: Moustache","""The Reincarnation of Famous Personalities"" Five young men are believed to be reincarnation of extremely famous personalities of the past. What's more they even remember who they were in their previous birth. While Mr. Alan Brown is believed to be the reincarnation of famous detective Poirot who was known for his extra-ordinary moustache; Mr. Anthony Robinson was none other than the extremely brave Neville Longbottom in his previous birth. The wealthy Ken has taken rebirth as Mr. Derek Dobson and Earnest, the businessman, has been born again as Mr. Harry Richard. Even famous lawyer Oliver Twist has taken a rebirth and is known as Mr. Jack Black. Incidentally, these five great men are extremely good friends in their present life and can often been spotted at the local pub. Of course, Slazy's boss fired him for writing such an absurd story.",Logic-Grid,12/20/06 #7127,My Wallet,2.74,2.06,kiwioz9,"My_______is________than my wallet. Which word can fill both gaps??",No hint available.,Lighter.,Language,09/02/02 #34169,Well Read!,2.71,2.86,jazzmusician46,"The following are anagrams of some famous American authors. Your job is to decipher these anagrams and discover whom these people are. I have placed the number of letters in each word in brackets. Good luck! Now thriving in gas (10, 6) On a large pedal (5, 5, 3) Well! Small souls jeer (5, 7, 6) A rotary baldy (6, 6) Person whom all read (5, 5, 7) I'm a loyal outcast (6, 3, 6)",No hint available.,"Washington Irving Edgar Allan Poe James Russell Lowell Bayard Taylor Ralph Waldo Emerson Louisa May Alcott",Language,11/30/06 #30240,3 = P Smaller Than E in Our S S,2.55,1.3,----,3 = P smaller than E in our S S,No hint available.,"3 Planets smaller than Earth in our Solar System. (Mercury, Venus, Mars.)",Letter-Equations,05/03/06 #48172,0 to 10 Pyramid XV,2.48,2.48,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you do this ""0 to 10"" in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch! The hint provides the starting letters of all the words from #4 onwards. 1. One tone above 'G' 2. ""In the year of the Lord"" 3. Sweetened fruit drink, often fizzy 4. Mature 5. Level (of learning) 6. Possibility of suffering harm or injury 7. Knobbly and twisted (like a tree trunk) 8. Spiders' parachute 9. Proclaiming; trumpeting 10. Not one from the lowlands","Starting letters: 4. A 5. G 6. D 7. G 8. D 9. H 10. H","1. A 2. AD 3. Ade 4. Aged 5. Grade 6. Danger 7. Gnarled 8. Dragline 9. Heralding 10. Highlander",Language,11/02/10 #17606,+ DEEF,2.92,2.06,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? + DEEF",- DEEF would be the opposite expression,Positive feedback,Rebus,05/10/04 #31232,Hangman,2.22,2.36,cnmne,24 = S on the W of F,No hint available.,24 = Spaces on the Wheel of Fortune,Letter-Equations,06/21/06 #37983,Classic Movies #2,2.74,2.61,jazzmusician46,"The names of five (5) actors from the classic movie screen era have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. Your task is to rearrange the segments to identify the actor. 1. wm pa an ul ne 2. op co ga er ry 3. by os ng bi cr 4. en ce vi tp ri nc 5. nn ro er lf ly",No hint available.,"1. Paul Newman 2. Gary Cooper 3. Bing Crosby 4. Vincent Price 5. Errol Flynn",Language,08/28/07 #26228,Mr. Money Bags,2.87,1.18,fishmed,"Thomas P. Stanwick, logician and amateur sleuth had come to Mr. Pennyroll's house. Mr. Pennyroll was explaining how he had been kidnapped by bank robbers when he arrived to open up the bank where he was the assistant manager. ""They forced me to open up the safe and give them the money. Then they made me drive towards my home from the bank. They intended on getting my wife's jewelry too,"" explained Mr. Pennyroll. ""Tell me how you were able to escape, Mr. Pennyroll,"" said Mr. Stanwick. ""We were driving towards my house from the bank. One of the kidnappers had dumped the money out of the bank bag into a paper sack. Then he threw the bank bag out of the window. Two blocks later we stopped for a red light. He was looking down at the money, and I saw my chance. I opened my door, jumped out of the car, and ran. I ran up to the nearest house, and they let me in. Luckily, the kidnappers did not follow me. They just drove off."" ""Let's follow your route back to the bank and see if we can find any clues,"" said Mr. Stanwick. They left the house in Mr. Stanwick's car. Soon Pennyroll shouted, ""There it is! There's the money bag!"" They stopped and picked up the empty bank bag and continued on towards the bank. In a few minutes they came to a light. ""This is where I escaped,"" said Pennyroll. After getting back to the bank, Mr. Stanwick said, ""I have a problem with your story."" What did he notice?","Location, location, location","Heading back to the bank, they should not have reached the money bag before they reached the corner where Mr. Pennyroll jumped out of the car as he supposedly did that after they tossed the bag out. If this were true, they would have passed the corner first and then the money bag on the way back to the bank. He must have made up the story about the kidnappers and is really involved in the stolen money.",Mystery,10/06/05 #21755,Kick Me!,2.22,1.58,mangezmoi25,"I can be made with cotton, I can be made with suede, I can be made with leather, but if you want to play with me you have to kick me. What am I?",No hint available.,A hackey-sack,Riddle,03/24/05 #7071,Emte rmhii mine,2.26,2.83,im_para_noid,"Decode this message: Emte rmhii mine arms omi mse omm urtmye mfea aemr wemir yume uomnerty bimdyfal.",No hint available.,"""This is my friend."" Examine the first letter after each ""M.""",Language,08/31/02 #52676,Piece It Together 3,3.0,1.82,ThinksForFun,"My first may be a group eager to get inside My second is prized for what grows on its hide My third, in the skull does reside My fourth goes up and down with the tide My fifth has water on every side What word am I?",No hint available.,"the word ""quick"" The ordinals (i.e. first, second, third, fourth, and fifth) refer to the ordinal positions of the letters of the answer word ""quick"" (i.e. ""q"", ""u"", ""i"", ""c"", and ""k"" respectively). These letters have the same sound as the words described by each clue, as follows: Line 1: first letter - q/queue - A ""group"" of people may form a queue (lineup) ""to get inside"" somewhere (e.g. a store). Line 2: second letter - u/ewe - A ewe (female sheep) ""is prized for"" its wool. Line 3: third letter - i/eye - An eye ""does reside"" ""in the skull"". Line 4: fourth letter - c/sea - The sea ""goes up and down with the tide"". Line 5: fifth letter - k/cay - A cay is an island, and therefore ""has water on every side"".",Riddle,05/05/21 #29909,Draw the Envelope,2.87,1.78,MarcM1098,"Below is a drawing of an envelope with the flap open. Grab your pencil and paper and try to draw it yourself. Rules: Don't lift your pencil off the paper; the line must be continuous. Don't go over any part of the line twice. Don't cross the line.",Start in a corner with an odd number of lines.,"Follow the numbers 1, 2, ... 10.",Other,04/20/06 #36381,Two In My House,2.81,1.84,menz,"In history, I'm found, just look! I fill with cheer or wonder or fright. I follow news and precede book, And measure any building's height. What am I?",No hint available.,"A story! The word ""history"" ends with ""story"".",Riddle,04/22/07 #2021,Parking Dodge,2.62,2.17,missie,"After trying for weeks, Clive Gordon managed to get two tickets for Sunset Boulevard at the Adelphi Theater on the Strand. Traffic was heavy and he arrived at the theater with only minutes to spare. He had neither the time nor the inclination to look for a garage. He parked the car at a meter, which he did not even bother to feed, although it was already on excess. He had no disabled badge and yet he knew he would not get a ticket. How did he manage it?","It wasn't a weekend, so the parking meter was enforceable.",He removed a parking ticket from another car and stuck it on his. The police wouldn't give out two tickets.,Situation,01/12/02 #35577,Find the Missing Word,2.69,2.52,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to place a four-letter word that will link the two given words. Good luck! i.e. WAR - FARE - WELL Dear - Bull Eye - Beat Last - Office Cabin - Cut Puppy - Letter",No hint available.,"Dear -John - Bull Eye - Brow - Beat Last - Post - Office Cabin - Crew - Cut Puppy - Love - Letter",Language,03/07/07 #27063,Cookies!,2.66,1.57,bigSWAFF_69_,"What is represented by this? 1: Tough Cookie 2: Soft Cookie 3: Moist Cookie 4: Hard Cookie",No hint available.,One tough cookie!,Rebus,11/20/05 #6483,Heaven Heaven Heaven,2.24,0.55,bluetwo,"What is this phrase: heaven heaven heaven heaven heaven heaven heaven <--- heaven heaven heaven",No hint available.,Seventh Heaven,Rebus,08/12/02 #34260,Jumbled Anagrams 2,3.03,2.04,jazzmusician46,"The following four (4) clues are the definitions of words that have been jumbled below and turned into anagrams. Your job is to correctly unravel the anagrams and then place them next to their proper definition. Good luck! 1. The formal activities conducted on some important public or state occasion. 2. Extremely funny. 3. Exhilarated or stupefied by, or as if by alcohol. 4. Causing serious thoughts, or a grave mood. Jumbled Anagrams: Hi! Our sail One mercy Melons Bare in diet",No hint available.,"Anagrams: Hi! Our sail - Hilarious One mercy - Ceremony Melons - Solemn Bare in diet - Inebriated Rearranged anagrams now placed next to their correct definition: 1. The formal activities conducted on some important public or state occasion - Ceremony 2. Extremely funny - Hilarious 3. Exhilarated or stupefied by, or as if by alcohol - Inebriated 4. Causing serious thoughts, or a grave mood - Solemn",Language,12/06/06 #14987,Insecure,2.63,1.85,jimbo,"The security manager for a large company, Mr Hugh Jintellect was giving a presentation to the board regarding the new security arrangements for the building. ""There will be a panel on each doorway with buttons numbered 1 to 5. To gain entry a person will have to enter a code consisting of 5 different digits by pressing the buttons in correct sequence."" Jimbo spoke up and said, ""To save time why don't you make it just 4 out of the 5 numbers?"" Hugh replied, ""We feel that reducing the number from 5 to only 4 digits will not provide enough combinations to exclude random guesses."" Why was poor Hugh sacked by the board?",How many different combinations are possible?,"Hugh was sacked because he did not realise that reducing the number of buttons from 5 to 4 leaves exactly the same number of possible combinations of different buttons. For 5 buttons the number of combinations is 5x4x3x2x1= 120. For 4 buttons it is 5x4x3x2 = 120. After you have chosen 4 different numbers from the 5, there is only one possible fifth number remaining so it adds no extra choices to the number of combinations.",Math,10/04/03 #44575,One Word Fits II,2.03,0.62,Jarhead,"What word, when added, makes new words? ____stand fort____ ____mare",No hint available.,"Night Nightstand, fortnight, nightmare.",Language,06/03/09 #13198,Priceless Desire,2.52,2.21,achillesfeb17,"Virtually everyone knows me, but none remember my birth, Though not a salable treasure, my age is part of my worth. If I asked you to leave me, you couldn't do it at all, I'm not one for smite, but I can make you feel small. I stretch all the time, but never exercise, My depth cannot be captured, not even by the wise. What am I?",No hint available.,The Universe.,Riddle,06/16/03 #39701,'Q' Words #2,2.61,2.49,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'Q' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'Q' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun! 1. The - - - Q - - - de Sade's legal counsel could have won an - - Q - - - - - - for him. 2. The - - - Q - - - - is the pest that spreads malaria in many Asian countries, which can be treated by doses of Q - - - - - -. 3. The local patisserie sold four varieties of Q - - - - -. 4. Using the Q - - - - - - - - formula involves finding a - Q - - - - root.",No hint available.,"1. The MARQUIS de Sade's legal counsel could have won an ACQUITTAL for him. 2. The MOSQUITO is the pest that spreads malaria in many Asian countries, which can be treated by doses of QUININE. 3. The local patisserie sold four varieties of QUICHE. 4. Using the QUADRATIC formula involves finding a SQUARE root.",Language,12/19/07 #24727,Friendly Anagram,2.43,2.46,piers,Give an anagram of Jennifer Aniston to describe how she might look in old clothing.,No hint available.,Fine in torn jeans,Language,07/21/05 #9177,Greetings...Farewell...,2.31,2.5100000000000002,Princess_Neopia,"Each word jumble below contains two words or phrases that are synonyms of each other. The two words/phrases in Jumble 1 are antonyms of the two words/phrases in Jumble 2. 1) BHAROUONLJO 2) AAHRURETAVLOAVSIIATS","These are not English words, but you probably know them anyway.","BHAROUONLJO= HOLA + BONJOUR (meaning hello in Spanish + French). AAHRUSRETAVLOAVSIIATS= AU REVOIR + HASTA LA VISTA (meaning bye in French + Spanish).",Language,12/21/02 #26277,Word Pyramid: Forgotten Wonders I,2.73,2.02,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: I Clues: 1. fifty plus one 2. A false statement 3. citrus fruit 4. odometer units 5. Abu ------ Temple",Egyptian Temple,"I LI LIE LIME MILES SIMBEL The Abu Simbel Temple is located south of Aswan, Egypt.",Language,10/09/05 #15207,1 C L Y = 354 D,2.59,2.5,howdyall1311,1 C L Y = 354 D,1 C L Y = 354 Days,1 Chinese Lunar Year = 354 Days,Letter-Equations,10/23/03 #19446,USB Cable,2.16,2.75,MrIxolite,"What phrase? My USB Cable (your name here)",No hint available.,"You follow my lead. USB Cable = Lead.",Rebus,11/16/04 #25437,MJ in a kWh,2.18,2.18,adioskater,3.6 = MJ in a kWh,No hint available.,3.6 = Megajoules in a kilowatt hour,Letter-Equations,08/25/05 #33940,Dell?,2.34,1.12,Dontrelle,"Change one letter at a time to make Time out of Dell, but they have to be real words. Dell Time",The first move will be Dell to Tell.,"Change Dell to Tell. Change Tell to Till. Change Till to Tile. Change Tile to Time. And you've got the answer.",Language,11/12/06 #1526,99 B of B on the W,2.25,1.24,LiL_MaN,99 B of B on the W,No hint available.,99 bottles of beer on the wall,Letter-Equations,11/26/01 #9057,10 = P on a B L,2.26,1.75,MrIxolite,10 = P on a B L,Strike,10 = Pins on a Bowling Lane,Letter-Equations,12/10/02 #28156,Dandelion,2.81,2.01,fishmed,"One of the five numbered words below shares a characteristic with the five-word grouping. Which one is it and why? Dandelion Ice Diamond Moth Fly 1. Green 2. Mythology 3. Horse 4. Frog 5. Crease",Metamorphosis,"4. Frog is the answer as it, along with the initial grouping, all go through some transformation to get to their final living or non-living state.",Group,01/19/06 #50796,Amicable Alienation,2.41,0.8300000000000001,ThinksForFun,"You've come to hear; you've come to see We ask you do so quietly Be the end too foreseeable It will not be agreeable Though you are happy to attend You will not look at your best friend For your spouse who's done you no wrong The silent treatment two hours long Entertainment is here for all By simply staring at a wall What am I?",No hint available.,a movie theatre / the cinema,Riddle,04/17/16 #20617,Stealth,2.7,2.35,MrIxolite,"What is this? S Helium <- O C K",Periodic?,"The element of surprise Helium - an element of the periodic table Shock - Synonym of Surprise The word helium is of the word shock. Of in the meaning of from, as in Mr Ix of Britain",Rebus,01/26/05 #1326,C 22,2.12,1.97,gokaran,C 22,No hint available.,Catch 22,Letter-Equations,11/08/01 #28052,Sweet Shop Treats,2.54,1.71,Draw,"Annabel, Cara, Graham, Jordy, and Maddy went to Sally's Sweet Shop for a treat. Menu: Ice-cream Sundae $2.65 Double-scoop Cone $2.10 Chocolate Fudge Cake $2.40 Juice Float $1.00 Chocolate Candy Animal $1.25 Ice-cream Soda $2.25 Each person got something different and each gave the cashier $3.00. Every item on the menu was purchased by someone in the group. Annabel got back 3 quarters, 1 dime, and 1 nickel in change. Graham got back the least amount of change. Cara got back 40¢ more than Graham. Jordy is the only one who bought 2 items. He still got back 3 quarters in change. Which sweet treats did each person buy? (Note: a quarter is worth $0.25, a dime is worth $0.10, and a nickel is worth $0.05.)",Find the correct change from $3.00 for each of the items. Then make a chart to eliminate the impossibilities.,"Annabel bought the double-scoop cone. Cara bought the ice-cream soda. Graham bought the ice-cream sundae. Jordy bought the juice float and chocolate candy animal. Maddy bought the chocolate fudge cake.",Math,01/13/06 #28959,Rapid Readers,2.42,1.31,shenqiang,"Heather, Ankit, Margaret, Kareem and Roger are each reading the same book for a school book report. The book's 12 chapters are each 11 pages long. Clues: 1. Heather planned to read half the book in 2 days. Now she's halfway toward that goal. 2. Ankit has read 4 chapters so far. 3. Margaret has read 20 pages past the halfway mark. 4. Kareem is 25 pages past the halfway mark. 5. Roger has only 2 chapters to go. How many pages has each person read?",There are several ways to solve this problem. One is to find the total number of pages in the book and take it from there.,"Heather has read 33 pages. Ankit has read 44 pages. Margaret has read 86 pages. Kareem has read 91 pages. Roger has read 110 pages.",Math,03/07/06 #33211,16 Coins,2.8,3.03,fishmed,"Johnny was given 16 coins by his older, somewhat meaner brother, Mark. He told him that he could keep them all if he could place all 16 on the table in such a way that they formed 15 rows with 4 coins in each row. After 10 minutes, Johnny walked away with the coins and Mark, after complaining futilely to his mother, left with nothing. How did Johnny place the coins?",Stars and pentagons,"If you draw a 5-pointed star with all sides of equal length, you will create a pentagon in the middle with all 5 sides of equal length. Then draw another 5 pointed star, upside-down, using the 5 points of the interior pentagon as the points of the inner star, This will give you another 5-sided pentagon in the interior of the second, smaller star. Now, take your 16 coins and place 5 on the outside points of the outside star. Then place 5 more on the points of each of the two pentagons you have created. Finally, place the last coin in the dead center of this drawing. The lines are as follows: 5 lines for the actual drawing of the outside star 5 lines for the actual drawing of the inside star 5 lines that start from any outside point of the outside star and go to the opposite point of the inside star, passing through 1 point of the inner pentagon, the dead center coin on the way. Total lines: 15",Logic,09/28/06 #832,Christmas Day and New Year's,2.23,1.94,Michelle,"Everyone knows that both Christmas Day and New Year's Day always fall on the same day of the week. However, in 1939, the year of the outbreak of World War II, Christmas fell on a Monday and New Year's fell on a Sunday. Why?",No hint available.,In any given year Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall on different days of the week. Christmas occurs around 51 weeks later in the year than New Years Day. 1939 was no different.,Trick,09/18/01 #37386,The Scrapbookers 2,3.01,1.96,jenb2144,"Five avid scrapbookers from Acres get together every weekend to swap page ideas and discuss the progress that they have made on their scrapbooks during the week. Each scrapbooker focuses on a different event, uses a different colour and a different embellishment. Using the clues below, determine the first and last names of each scrapbooker, the event they focused on, the colour they used, and their preferred embellishment. 1. Stella didn't do a wedding page. One of the men preferred to use the chalking technique for his page. 2. Arthur and Stella do not like using tags. The person who did the birthday page thought the colour purple accented their pictures perfectly. 3. Mrs. Moss hates using the colour red, regardless of the topic of her pages. Maria's last name isn't Harris and she has never done a vacation page. 4. The person who did the wedding page, whose last name wasn't Enfield, was excited about using eyelets for the first time. The person who did a yellow new baby page wasn't Ruth, but their last name is Harris. 5. The five scrapbookers (in no particular order) are: Maria Steele, the man who did the birthday page, the person who used the stamping technique, the one who was pleased with their green page, and Ruth. 6. Shane's last name is not Harris and blue would not have looked right on his page. Red was the perfect colour for the wedding page though, as it is associated with love. 7. Stella McKee took so many pictures when she moved into her first house that she just had to use them for her page.",No hint available.,"Arthur Harris did a new baby page in yellow using stamps. Maria Steele did a wedding page in red using eyelets. Ruth Moss did a vacation page in blue using tags. Shane Enfield did a birthday page in purple using chalk. Stella McKee did a new house page in green using die cuts.",Logic-Grid,07/14/07 #12729,Counterstrikes,2.62,1.98,griphook,"After having confirmed the cover of the terrorist he has been tracking in the Middle East, a CIA operative sent this coded message to GHQ: HEN CAMEL ASP NEWT RABBIT. GHQ immediately replied with this coded instruction: SKILL WHIM SNOW. QUESTIONS: 1. What was the cover of the terrorist? 2. What was the instruction given by GHQ?",No hint available.,"1. HE CAME AS NEW RABBI. (STRIKE OUT LAST letter of each word of the message) 2. KILL HIM NOW. (STRIKE OUT FIRST LETTER of each word in the instruction)",Language,05/27/03 #38456,Word Connections #3,2.86,1.41,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect petting to guard. Petting Z_ _ A_ _ _ _ _ C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Guard WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","ZO_, AN_ _ _ _, CR_ _ _ _ _","Petting Zoo Animal Crossing Guard",Language,09/25/07 #41998,Full of Cotton,2.75,0.9,luckythirteen,"Crown wearer, Tap dancer, One who gets dressed up. Stuffed full of cotton, Sometimes forgotten, When its owner grows up. Most often furry, Most often soft, Based on Roosevelt. Can you, pray tell, What I am?",No hint available.,I'm a teddy bear!,Riddle,05/20/08 #48921,The Three Identical Persons,2.24,1.21,efurosibina,"A policeman was chasing a criminal and suddenly the criminal dashed into a particular house. The policeman followed suit and found out that there were three identical persons watching a particular program on the television. At first, the policeman was confused but after asking each person a simple question separately, he was able to detect the culprit. What question did he ask each person?",Television past event.,"The policeman asked each person this question: ""What was the previous program on the television?"". The culprit had no idea what the last program shown was, hence, his arrest ensued.",Logic,08/03/11 #353,Re-Entry,2.73,2.84,22ACE,What took 19 years to get into itself?,No hint available.,"The Guinness Book of Records, after 19 years of publication, became the second-best-selling book of all time and therefore got into itself.",Trivia,03/15/01 #19621,Mad Ade's Blocks #2,2.35,2.78,Mad-Ade,"Mad Ade is once again babysitting for family. The devil's spawn...er...three year old nephew he is watching is playing with some painted wooden blocks that have letters on the side, much like they did in teaser #15201. Once again there are four blocks, each with a different letter on each side, making a total of 24 letters altogether. Mad Ade noticed that the devil's...er...his nephew managed to make the following words from the four blocks. BOXY, BUCK, CHAW, DIGS, EXAM, FLIT, GIRL, JUMP, OGRE, OKAY, PAWN, ZEST Now Mad Ade is relatively simple and once more missed the potential teaser in the situation, his mind firmly fixed on Kebabs. Can you figure out how the letters are arranged on the 4 blocks?",No hint available.,"Block 1: A, B, F, J, R, and S. Block 2: D, E, L, U, W, and Y. Block 3: C, I, M, N, O, and Z. Block 4: G, H, K, P, T, and X. From the word EXAM, we conclude that E and A are not on the same block. From the word OGRE, we conclude that E and O are not on the same block. From the word OKAY, we conclude that A and O are not on the same block. Combining these, we conclude that A, E, and O are on different blocks. Assume that A is on block 1, E is on block 2, and O is on block 3. From the words BOXY and EXAM, we conclude that X is not on the same block as A (block 1), E (block 2), and O (block 3), so X is on block 4. From the words BOXY and OKAY, we conclude that Y is not on the same block as A (block 1), O (block 3), and X (block 4), so Y is on block 2. From the word EXAM, we conclude that M is not on the same block as A (block 1), E (block 2), and X (block 4), so M is on block 3. From the word OKAY, we conclude that K is not on the same block as A (block 1), Y (block 2), and O (block 3), so K is on block 4. From the word BOXY, we conclude that B is not on the same block as Y (block 2), O (block 3), and X (block 4), so B is on block 1. From the words BUCK and JUMP, we conclude that U is not on the same block as B (block 1), M (block 3), and K (block 4), so U is on block 2. From the words PAWN and JUMP, we conclude that P is not on the same block as A (block 1), U (block 2), and M (block 3), so P is on block 4. From the word JUMP, we conclude that J is not on the same block as U (block 2), M (block 3), and P (block 4), so J is on block 1. From the words CHAW and BUCK, we conclude that C is not on the same block as A (block 1), U (block 2), and K (block 4), so C is on block 3. From the words CHAW and PAWN, we conclude that W is not on the same block as A (block 1), C (block 3), and P (block 4), so W is on block 2. From the word CHAW, we conclude that H is not on the same block as A (block 1), W (block 2), and C (block 3), so H is on block 4. From the word PAWN, we conclude that N is not on the same block as A (block 1), W (block 2), and P (block 4), so N is on block 3. Now, we must still have three letters for block 1, and two letters for each of the blocks 2, 3, and 4. We have the following letters left: D, F, G, I, L, R, S, T, Z From the words DIGS, FLIT and GIRL, we conclude that I is not on the same block as D, F, G, L, R, S, and T, so I is on the same block as Z. Furthermore, I and Z are on block 2, 3, or 4. From the word ZEST, we conclude that Z is not on the same block as E (block 2), so Z is on block 3 or 4. From the word OGRE, we conclude that G and R are not on the same block as E (block 2), and O (block 3), so G and R are on block 1 or 4, but not on the same block. From the word GIRL, we conclude that I is not on the same block as G and R (block 1 or 4), so I is on block 2 or 3. Since Z is on block 3 or 4, I and Z must be on block 3. Now we have all six letters of block 3: C, I, M, N, O, and Z. From the word GIRL, we conclude that L is not on the same block as G and R (block 1 and 4), so L is on block 2. From the words FLIT and GIRL, we conclude that F, G, L, R, and T are not on the same block as L (block 2), and from the word ZEST, we conclude that S is not on the same block as E (block 2). So D must be on block 2. Now we have all six letters of block 2: D, E, L, U, W, and Y. From the words GIRL and DIGS, we conclude that G is not on the same block as R and S. From the words FLIT and ZEST, we conclude that T is not on the same block as F and S. Combining this, F, R, and S must be on the same block (block 1), and G and T must be on the same block (block 4).",Logic,11/29/04 #48633,Triton's Wrist,2.56,2.59,HarryPutter,wrist wrist Triton,"Triton is the son of the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon.","Tourist Season. ""Tourist"" sounds like ""two-wrist"" (wrist wrist). Triton, being the son of Poseidon (god of the sea), is the ""sea son"", or season.",Rebus,04/13/11 #47001,Add a Letter 39,2.4,1.81,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) an offense & a symbol (3 letters) 2) arranged like rays coming from a common center & a person who favors rapid changes in government (6 letters) 3) slender & to ponder (4 letters) 4) a fabric made from fibers chemically-produced from cellulose & a stick of wax used for drawing (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) sin & sign 2) radial & radical 3) thin & think 4) rayon & crayon",Language,05/13/10 #6270,Add Something,2.28,1.51,Bintot,Add something to 9 to make it six.,No hint available.,The Roman numeral for nine is IX. Add S to the beginning of it to make it SIX!,Logic,08/06/02 #22615,Three Letters Added,2.61,2.45,fishmed,"What 3 letters, in the same order, do you add to the following words to create new words? IF RATE VICE VILE",No hint available.,"The letters are SER. SERIF SERRATE SERVICE SERVILE",Language,05/02/05 #40376,The Prime Tetrahedron,2.13,2.54,shenqiang,"The six edges of tetrahedron ABCD measure 17, 23, 37, 67, 89 and 101 units. If the length of edge AB is 101, what is the length of edge CD?",The sum of the lengths of two edges of a triangle must be greater than the length of the third edge.,"Since AC+BC>AB and AD+BD>AB, the only combinations of AC+BC and AD+BD are 89+17 and 67+37, or 89+23 and 67+37. If they're 89+17 and 67+37, the remaining edge is 23, and we can make two triangles: 23, 67, 89 and 23, 17, 37. If they're 89+23 and 67+37, the remaining edge is 17, but then there's no way to make the other two triangles. Therefore, CD=23.",Math,02/08/08 #38974,More On Socrates,2.56,2.28,aresII,"The following quotes are accredited to Socrates (469 B.C. - 399 B.C.). Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. Q=T ""ICPQZGVEE OVCOGV GATV CKGL QC VMQ MKS SPAKF; OVCOGV CW ICPQZ VMQ MKS SPAKF CKGL QC GATV."" ""QZV HKVUMJAKVS GAWV AE KCQ ICPQZ GATAKY.""","A=I G=L O=P","""WORTHLESS PEOPLE LIVE ONLY TO EAT AND DRINK; PEOPLE OF WORTH EAT AND DRINK ONLY TO LIVE."" ""THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING."" KEY: A=I C=O E=S F=K G=L H=U I=W J=M K=N L=Y M=A O=P P=R Q=T S=D T=V U=X V=E W=F Y=G Z=H",Cryptography,10/28/07 #5393,The Alphabet,2.36,0.53,speedymcg,"What comes after the letter ""b"" in the alphabet?",No hint available.,"The letter ""e"" (the alphaBEt)",Trick,07/09/02 #14773,Lies 2,2.16,1.25,odcsurferchick,"A man walks up to you and says - ""everything I say to you is a lie."" Is he telling you the truth or is he lying?",No hint available.,"He's lying. Even though he's lying when he says ""everything"" he says is a lie, some of the things he says can be a lie, and this is one of them.",Logic,09/13/03 #32966,Missing Letters III,2.5100000000000002,2.31,peanut,"Complete the words below by using each letter of the alphabet once and once only... e_ui_ me_ _ p_i_e pr_ _ it vel_ _t _o_er e_ _ ep_ c_ _ _r _el_o_ r_ _ _y _ta_p",No hint available.,"equip mend prize profit velvet joker except chair yellow rugby stamp",Language,09/12/06 #35869,Wilde About Oscar,2.6,2.4,aresII,"Here are some thoughts from Oscar Wilde, one of the 19th century's most popular - and controversial- writers. Can you decode them? All puzzles use the same code. K=X ""NRPCBED RLEBO LRAUCYBN EVB PACWCOMS; CE OBYBA LRAUCYBN EVB GABMWBA."" ""BKIBACBOPB CN EVB OMWB BYBADROB UCYBN ER EVBCA WCNEMFBN."" ""CE CN TBEEBA ER VMYB M IBAWMOBOE COPRWB EVMO ER TB LMNPCOMECOU.""","L=F U=G Y=V","""Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer."" ""Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."" ""It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating."" Key: A=R B=E C=I D=Y E=T F=K G=D I=P K=X L=F M=A N=S O=N P=C R=O S=L T=B U=G V=H W=M Y=V",Cryptography,03/25/07 #642,New Shoes,2.58,2.55,Christine,A woman bought a new pair of shoes and then went to work. She died. Why?,"She died because she was wearing the new shoes. She was involved with entertainment.","She was a knife-thrower`s assistant in a circus act. He was blindfolded and threw knives at her with unerring accuracy. Unfortunately her new shoes had much higher heels than her normal ones. Therefore, she died.",Situation,06/23/01 #32886,Where On Earth Am I? - 2,2.23,2.88,Chakoteya,"I'm standing in a hole dug out by men and their machines. I can walk from the humid tropics to a warm temperate climate very easily and quickly. Many things grow here, from bananas to tree ferns.",No hint available.,"The Eden Project, Bodelva, Cornwall UK. It is sited in a disused china clay pit, and includes two huge biome greenhouses for visitors to explore - Humid Tropics and Warm Temperate - as well as thousands of plants outside.",Trivia,09/08/06 #4587,(a x a) x 2 = (a + 5) x 81,2.08,1.9000000000000001,Cleverclogs,"I have an integer which, when squared and then multiplied by two is equal to that integer five higher than it multiplied by eighty one. (a x a) x 2 = (a + 5) x 81 What is my number?",Square a number and then multiply it by two. Divide your answer by the number five higher than it and if the answer is less than 81 it is too low. If the answer is more than 81 it is too high.,"My number is 45. (a = 45)",Math,06/09/02 #32164,Murder In Front of the Bay Window,3.14,1.62,4demo,"Carrie Marshall had recently joined the Riverside police force, and on the first day of her job, she was sent out to investigate a new homicide case. The murder involved a wealthy bachelor, Steven Andrews, who lived in an expensive, grand oceanside mansion. At the time of the murder, there had been five other people in the house: the cook, the maid, two friends, and his niece. Both the cook and maid had rooms in the mansion, and the three guests had all stayed overnight. When Carrie got to the mansion, the five suspects had all been lined up in front of a large bay window. It was mid-afternoon, and through the window, Carrie could see the beautiful sunset. Her partner, Lieutenant Linda Newton, who had arrived an hour earlier, sketched out the details for Carrie. All the suspects had agreed that Steven Andrews had been found murdered in the morning, shortly before six-thirty A.M, but he had been alive a few minutes past midnight, when they all headed to bed. Nobody had heard anything during the night. Mandy Andrews, the niece, had come down to the kitchen to get a glass of water, and on her way back upstairs, had passed the bay window, where she saw her uncle's dead body. Carrie decides to begin interrogating the suspects as the lieutenant and two other officers go off to look for more evidence and clues. The suspects give the following testimonies: Maid: ""I retired to my room shortly past eleven last night, after cleaning the dining room where Mr. Andrews dined with his guests, and helped the cook put away the leftover food. I was reading a novel until about twelve-twenty, and heard occasional laughter and talk, although I couldn't make out the words. This morning, I heard a scream, which was from Miss Mandy, so I rushed down with the cook and his two friends. Mr. Andrews was laying dead in front of that window. The lieutenant moved his body about fifteen minutes before you arrived, but there was blood on the side of the head, from a gunshot, maybe. I didn't hear anything, but whoever did it could have used a muffler. I'm innocent, though."" Cook: ""It's like the maid says. She was cleaning the dining room while I tidied up the kitchen, and we both stored the leftovers in the refrigerator and talked for a few minutes about his guests. I went upstairs and to my room about the same time she did, but fell asleep after I took a shower and brushed my teeth. That was about eleven-thirty maybe, and I slept soundly until this morning, when a scream woke me. I rushed downstairs with the others, and there was the body. I tell you, I didn't do it. I've been with Mr. Andrews for eight years, and he knows he can trust me."" Mandy: ""I was up until midnight with my uncle and his friends, talking and joking around. I fell asleep at about one-fifteen, but woke at six-twenty-four, and was thirsty, so I went down to the kitchen to get a glass of water. On the way back, I passed by the bay window, the one behind us, and I could see the beautiful sunrise outside, but, sadly, my uncle was sprawled on the ground, with a huge bloody wound on the side of his head. I screamed and the others were here in just one or two minutes."" ""That's enough,"" Carrie said abruptly, before the two friends of Mr. Andrews can say anything. ""I know who did it. Lieutenant! We have our murderer!"" All five suspects, and the lieutenant and her two men, who came into the room at her call, look at Carrie. Who murdered Steven Andrews, and how did Carrie know?",The bay window is the key.,"Mandy killed her uncle. It was afternoon when Carrie looked out the bay window and saw the sunset, so the window must have been facing the west. However, Mandy claimed to have seen the sunrise through that same window, but the sun rises in the east. Carrie learned from a distraught Mandy that they had argued recently, and she had come to settle their dispute, although Steven had already disowned her and refused to re-include her in his will, so, in a fit of anger, Mandy shot him with a revolver hidden in a kitchen cabinet for safety precautions. Her uncle had also fancied a drink and was on his way down to the kitchen when she was taking her glass of water back upstairs.",Mystery,07/30/06 #33911,Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?,2.7600000000000002,1.77,jazzmusician46,"What does Gorgonzola represent within this rebus? Gouda - 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm Camembert - 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm Gruyere - 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm Provolone - 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm Swiss - 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm Gorgonzola - 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm",No hint available.,"The big cheese. This expression means the most important person. (The title hints at the famous Monty Python sketch, 'The Cheese Shop', which starred John Cleese and Michael Palin.)",Rebus,11/10/06 #51820,Perception Deception,2.09,1.77,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? Before: BLI IDN After: IB DL NI",No hint available.,"turn a blind eye ""BLINDI"", pronounced ""blind I"" (""I"" sounds like ""eye""), has been turned around in the opposite direction.",Rebus,04/21/18 #46839,Love Island,2.68,2.7,griphook,"Four men and four women are in Love Island. Each one falls in love with another and is himself/herself loved by someone else in a complete 8 person loop. Peter falls in love with a girl who is unfortunately in love with Albert. Joseph loves a girl who loves the man who loves Elaine. Liza is loved by the guy who is loved by the girl who is loved by Paolo. Linda hates Paolo and is hated by the man whom Amy loves. No guy/guy or girl/girl in Love Island. Who loves Joseph and whom does Joseph love?",No hint available.,"Linda loves Joseph, and Joseph loves Amy. An 8 person loop may be represented as follows: M1 > G1 > M2 > G2 > M3 > G3 > M4 > G4 > From second paragraph: Line 1: Peter > G > Albert > G > Line 2: Joseph > G > M > Elaine > Line 3: Paolo > G > M > Liza > Line 4: Linda hates Paolo and is hated by the man Amy loves. Step One: Assume Peter is M1. (Peter can be M2 or M3 or M4 with the same result.) Peter > G1 > Albert > G2 > M3 > G3 > M4 > G4 > Step Two: Elaine is two persons removed from Joseph (from Line 2) so either: #A Peter > G1 > Albert > G2 > Joseph > G3 > M4 > Elaine > #B Peter > Elaine > Albert > G2 > M3 > G3 > Joseph > G4 > Step Three: In each case, the unknown male must be Paolo. #A Peter > G1 > Albert > G2 > Joseph > G3 > Paolo > Elaine > #B Peter > Elaine > Albert > G2 > Paolo > G3 > Joseph > G4 > Step Four: Liza is two persons removed from Paolo (from Line 3). #A Peter > Liza > Albert > G2 > Joseph > G3 > Paolo > Elaine > #B Peter > Elaine > Albert > G2 > Paolo > G3 > Joseph > Liza > Step Five: Linda hates Paolo (from Line 4), so: In #A, she can't be G3 and must be G2. In #B, she can't be G2 and must be G3. #A Peter > Liza > Albert > Linda > Joseph > G3 > Paolo > Elaine > #B Peter > Elaine > Albert > G2 > Paolo > Linda > Joseph > Liza > Step Six: In each case, the unknown female must be Amy. #A Peter > Liza > Albert > Linda > Joseph > Amy > Paolo > Elaine > #B Peter > Elaine > Albert > Amy > Paolo > Linda > Joseph > Liza > Step Seven: Linda is hated by the man whom Amy loves (from line 4). Thus, #B does not work so the solution is #A. Peter > Liza > Albert > Linda > Joseph > Amy > Paolo > Elaine >",Logic,04/27/10 #3895,Scuba,2.79,1.32,Drunky,Why do scuba divers fall backwards out of a boat?,No hint available.,"If they fell forwards, they'd go into the boat.",Trick,05/05/02 #4572,Fishing Trip,2.32,1.13,golffreak7205,"Bob went out to buy some fishing equipment. He spent half of what he had plus $5 at the first store. At the second store, he spent half of what was left plus $4, and at the third store, he spent half of the remainder plus $3. He then had $5 left to put aside for bait. How much money did he start with?",No hint available.,$90.00,Math,06/08/02 #27775,Two Letters!,2.86,2.8,brainster,"Which is the only word in the English language to be comprised of two letters, each used three times?",No hint available.,Deeded,Language,12/29/05 #4672,"relatives, and relatives",2.29,1.71,missie,"Decipher this: relativesrelativesrelativesrelatives relativesrelativesrelativesrelatives",No hint available.,close relatives,Rebus,06/12/02 #3475,Meeting Three People,2.56,1.27,missie,"I had to meet an Australian, an American and a South African at the airport. One of them was called Bruce, and I identified him immediately, despite never having met any of them before. How?",No hint available.,The other two were women.,Logic,04/13/02 #3782,Cutting Classes,2.24,1.6,GoldieLuvNeopets,"Three classmates each had a day (Monday, Wednesday, or Friday) off school last week for a different reason. From the clues given below, can you identify their full names, say which day each missed, and work out the reason for his or her absence? Clues: 1. Daniel did not have Monday off, but he had to go to the hospital to have his broken arm put into plaster. 2.Geraldine was off school earlier in the week than the pupil (last name Skipper) who had a heavy cold. 3. Lucy's day off wasn't Wednesday, and the upset stomach was not mentioned in the note her mother (not the mother of Ms. Twagg) wrote explaining why she was absent. Other Info: Someone else's surname is Hookey.","Try putting this information into a grid, it's easier to work it out that way. Use elimination to figure it out.","Name - Day Absent - Reason Lucy Skipper - Friday - Heavy Cold Daniel Hookey - Wednesday - Broken Arm Geraldine Twagg - Monday - Upset Stomach",Logic,04/28/02 #9733,Get the Words,2.48,2.62,lesternoronha1,"Using the clues from below you can find ten words. These ten words, when properly rearranged, will form a series of words where each word is different from the previous word by only one letter. For example, DOG may be followed by DIG, etc. Can you determine the words and the proper order? ... in the back of the net ... sock material ... forest ... baby horse ... hooded robe ... spiral of wire ... not too hot ... roasting metal ... earthy ground ... not bad",No hint available.,"Good, wood, wool, cool, cowl, coil, soil, foil, foal, goal.",Language,01/11/03 #6248,Face but no Eyes,2.36,1.72,arij,"It has a face but no eyes. It has a voice but no head. It shortens distances without travel. It fits into the palm of my hand. What is it?",No hint available.,A mobile phone.,Riddle,08/05/02 #32199,A Day Out,2.38,1.56,grungy49,"Keith opened the door, hopped into the car and revved his engine. He was going to the small town exhibition. He arrived at the exhibition not long after, and began wandering over to look at the different things. At the gift shop he spent 50% of his overall money. He then went on the Dodgems and spent 20% of the remaining money. He entered a raffle which cost 50% of the remaining money. He finally bought one hot dog which cost 10% of the remaining money. He ended up with $22.50. How much money did Keith start with, and how much did each thing cost?",No hint available.,"You have to work backwards to get this right. All you know at this point is that Keith ended up with $22.50. The hot dog costs $2.50. That would bring us up to $25.00. 10% of $25.00 equals $2.50 so if he spends $2.50 on the hot dog that brings us to $22.50, which is the starting point. The raffle ticket was $25.00. Before he buys the raffle ticket he has $50.00. He spends 50% of this, so then all you have to do is double $25.00 which makes $50.00. The Dodgems were $12.50. This means that before he went on the Dodgems he had $62.50. The Dodgems would have cost 20% of this, which is $12.50. That takes us to $50.00, which is where he was after the Dodgems. The gifts cost $62.50. Once again, you just have to multiply the money before the Dodgems by 2. This means that he started with $125. Hot Dog - $2.50 Raffle Ticket - $25.00 Dodgems - $12.50 Gifts - $62.50 Total - $125",Math,07/31/06 #8489,Invisible Man,3.02,2.84,electronjohn,"Cindy, a High School cheerleader, told her fellow cheerleaders that she was worried about changing for practice in their locker room. Seems that she over heard the science teacher, Dr. Smith, telling the Principal that he had just invented an invisibility potion which turns whoever drinks a sip of the potion completely invisible for 24 hours. The bad news was that someone had stolen a bottle of it from Dr. Smith's lab. Cindy was worried that the thief was a guy and that he might already be invisible, hiding in their locker room and waiting to watch them undress. Jane, the Head Cheerleader and President of the Science Club, believed Cindy since she knew Dr. Smith was working on the potion, but told her they had nothing to worry about. Since Jane did not steal the potion or know who had stolen the potion, how could she be so sure their privacy would not be compromised?",Jane knows a lot about human anatomy and physics.,"Jane knew that if the potion really did work and could make the thief invisible it would also make him blind while he was invisible. In order to see light needs to be absorbed by our retinas. If a person were completely invisible all light would pass right though them and they would see nothing. If the retinas were somehow able to absorb light then there would be two black spots in the air where they were and they would not be completely invisible. In this case light would then hit the retinas from all angles, since the head would no longer be opaque, and blind the invisible thief. Plus the lenses in the thief's eyes would not work so no image could be focused onto his retinas. Ironically if the thief drank the potion he would never be able to see that he was invisible and unless someone told him he would not even know he was invisible. He would only know that he was blind.",Science,11/13/02 #40168,Zach's Birthday Party,2.16,1.54,icestar12,"At Zach's birthday party, Zach is seated along with 7 guests at a rectangular table. Zach knows Gabe and Brooks from Cub Scouts, Christopher is his cousin, and Emily, Ian, Julie, and Lafern are from Zach's class. Zach is sitting at the head of the table, with the girls all sitting on one side, to Zach's right. His cousin is sitting at the opposite end of the table between Julie and Ian. Brooks is in the middle, opposite Emily. Where is everyone sitting at the party?",No hint available.,"Starting with Christopher at the head of the table and moving clockwise around the table, the seating plan is as follows: Christopher, Julie, Emily, Lafern, Zach (opposite Christopher), Gabe, Brooks, and Ian.",Logic,01/22/08 #25624,Iron Guard,2.79,1.77,sweetime,"The captain of the fool's guard stood over a young man who was bravely standing before him and his men. ""Do you confess to murdering the king?"" the captain roared. ""No,"" said the young man. ""I do not."" ""Right, then,"" said the captain, turning to his men. ""Clap him in irons, then."" A minute later, the young man was laughing and running free, while the captain glared at his men. ""Really,"" he thought. ""Next time I'll insist on more intelligent candidates to select my guards from."" What had happened?",No hint available.,"The guards took the captain literally, and rather than putting (""clapping"") the ""irons"" on the young man, they instead put them on themselves, and applauded (they clapped the young man (while) in irons).",Trick,08/29/05 #20534,From First To Last,3.08,1.7,kidsrock,"What word when you remove the first letter and put it at the end, do you get the past tense of the word?",Yum yum!,"Eat. When you put the first letter of eat at the end, it forms ate (the past tense of the word).",Language,01/21/05 #13688,Fill the Letters,2.32,1.8,cccc,"Each of the letters used in the equation below represents a number. For example, each ""H"" represents the same number. Fill in all of the numbers. HE + HE + HE + HE ----- AH",No hint available.,"23 + 23 + 23 + 23 ----- 92",Math,07/08/03 #40190,Add it Up 4,2.67,1.79,Scubee,"Beginning with with word ""at,"" add one letter from the given pool to create a new word until you get a eight-letter word meaning ""to cover with or fall in as drops."" Pool: T L S E P R 1) AT 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) The hint gives definitions for each additional word.","2) consumed 3) after the due, usual, or proper time 4) afterward 5) relating to the end; more recent 6) a large dish used for serving food 7) to cover with or fall in as drops","1) AT 2) ATE 3) LATE 4) LATER 5) LATTER 6) PLATTER 7) SPLATTER",Language,01/24/08 #36649,Simply Simple,3.1,2.16,grilledcheese,"My first is simply a vegetable, delicious, round and green. My third and fourth are sound asleep, as plainly can be seen. My fifth is fifty, clear enough for any riddle-setter. Two of my second stacked on their sides will give my final letter. Now that my second has my parts, fit them together well. You see me now before your eyes; it's plain for all to tell.",No hint available.,"Puzzle. My first is simply a vegetable, delicious, round and green. - Pea / P My third and fourth are sound asleep, as plainly can be seen. - ZZ My fifth is fifty, clear enough for any riddle-setter. - L (Roman Numeral) Two of my second on their sides will give my final letter. - E (Take 2 U's and stack them sideways.) Now that my second has my parts, fit them together well. - Now that YOU (u) have my parts... You see me now before your eyes; it's plain for all to tell.",Riddle,05/17/07 #4897,Missing the Deadline,2.24,1.36,mad-ade,"What is this common phrase? MbeYhWOiRndK",No hint available.,Behind in my work,Rebus,06/23/02 #11417,3 P in an I-H G,2.24,2.42,eelliott2,3 P in an I-H G,No hint available.,3 Periods in an Ice-Hockey Game,Letter-Equations,03/26/03 #27546,Say That Again?,2.97,0.8,peppamintp,"Four well known sayings have been reworded below. Can you identify the originals? Example : Lack of awareness brings elation. (Ignorance is bliss.) 1. Stop sleeping and sniff the java. 2. Fine items approach people who have patience. 3. One should not rate a volume by the lid. 4. Progress to the rhythm of another bongo player.",No hint available.,"1. Wake up and smell the coffee. 2. Good things come to those who wait. 3. Don't judge a book by its cover. 4. March to the beat of a different drummer.",Language,12/17/05 #4138,Fat Bear,2.31,1.79,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has a greedy pet bear that will eat 65lbs of fish each day, except every 6th day which it will only eat 45lbs. Mad Ade is going away for 200 days, and is leaving his friend to feed the bear. How many pounds of fish will Mad Ade need to order to be delivered while he is away?",No hint available.,"12,340lbs",Math,05/18/02 #14653,Rebus vs. Math,2.27,2.02,mathemagician,"A survey was taken among 100 brainiacs. Of those surveyed, twice as many brainiacs like rebus teasers as math teasers. If 18 brainiacs like both rebus teasers and math teasers and 4 like neither kind of teaser, how many brainiacs like math teasers but not rebus teasers?",No hint available.,"20 x = number that like math. 2x = number that like rebus. Add the number that like math to the number that like rebus. We then must subtract off the number that likes both kinds of teasers and add the number that doesn't like either. The result will be equal to 100. MATH + REBUS - BOTH + NEITHER = 100 . x + 2x - 18 + 4 = 100. So: 3x - 14 = 100, and so x = 38. Thus 38 like math teasers, but of that number 18 also like rebus teasers. That leaves 20 that like only the math teasers.",Math,09/02/03 #18246,State Capital,2.6,2.45,beanie89,What is the only US state that has no letters in common with its capital city?,No hint available.,"Pierre, South Dakota",Trivia,07/18/04 #2486,Hold Water,2.57,1.47,204_BLaZe_41,"I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?",No hint available.,A sponge.,Riddle,03/02/02 #11483,36 = B K on a S P,2.5100000000000002,2.05,smileysteve,36 = B K on a S P,Musical Instrument,36 = Black Keys on a Standard Piano,Letter-Equations,03/29/03 #9213,Any Lab,2.63,1.6,warrior,Can you find a U.S. state capital in any lab?,No hint available.,"Albany. Just rearrange the letters of ""ANY LAB"".",Language,12/18/02 #37044,The A,2.01,3.06,brainglewashed,12 B in the A,Think Virgil...,12 books in the Aeneid,Letter-Equations,06/22/07 #20719,Schoolboy Error,2.41,1.61,Skybet,"There are two boys named Jack in a single class; Jack Fosten and Jack Gould. When the teacher calls out the register, the student (if present) must say ""yes ma'am"". Failure to do so (if present) always results in detention. On the first day of term in the new academic year every member of the class was present. After the teacher called out the register, it was clear that Jack Fosten didn't answer to his name ""yes ma'am"" and only was heard to have laughed. He, however, was marked in the register and didn't receive detention. Why not?",Think about what Mr. Gould may have done.,"Because both Jacks are next to each other on the register, Jack Gould had mistakenly called out ""yes ma'am"" when the teacher had said ""Jack"" (referring to Jack Fosten) and Jack laughed when this happened and the teacher looked up, realized the mistake, and marked both Jacks present.",Situation,01/30/05 #26143,We Come From ?!-Part 3,2.8,2.77,jackal2008us,"After about half an hour of bewilderment, Andy rushed over to his boss' office. ""Sir I think I've solved this second cryptogram, but it makes no sense"" BYND ONCXGDT SGRR Z SZRG RPOGJ PO TGDPGT SKGL BYDC Z SDZPR KPJJGO ZCYOF SKGC PT ZOYSKGD BYD CYDG BNO VNTS RYYW KYU CZOL ERZOGST ZUZL UG ZDG BDYC SKG TNO ""Hmm.........I have the same problem. Maybe this cipher is related to the others"" After mulling over the codes some more, Hyde startled Andy by exclaiming ""Ha!"" He had a big grin on his face. ""Bad poetry and weird math go together with these freaks!"" Andy was totally bewildered, ""What are you talking about sir?""","1.Y=o, D=r 2.Look closely at the letters in each line. The last cryptogram from the 'aliens' show a similar pattern.","a-Z d-J e-G f-B g-F h-K i-P k-W l-R m-C n-O o-Y p-E r-D s-T t-S u-N w-U y-L Four numbers tell a tale Lined in series they form a trail Hidden among them is another for more fun Just look how many planets away we are from the sun If you count the number of letters in each of the four lines of the message, you'll see something interesting. A number series ""forms a trail"" 20.., 27.., 34.., 41 Of course, the number ""hidden between"" them is 7. The last cryptogram the 'aliens' sent, had the number series 16.., 23.., 30.., 37 corresponding to the number of letters in each of that messages lines. Clearly a similar pattern to this present message. If you've read Part 1 in this quirky adventure, you'd realize that Uranus is the 7th planet from the sun. Bad poetry and weird math indeed!",Cryptography,09/30/05 #8784,Tables and Chairs,2.28,2.64,lesternoronha1,"A factory that produces tables and chairs is equipped with 10 saws, 6 lathes, and 18 sanding machines. It takes a chair 10 minutes on a saw, 5 minutes on a lathe, and 5 minutes of sanding to be completed. It takes a table 5 minutes on a saw, 5 minutes on a lathe, and 20 minutes of sanding to be completed. A chair sells for $10 and a table sells for $20. How many tables and chairs should the factory produce per hour to yield the highest revenue, and what is that revenue?",No hint available.,"The 10 saws can produce 600 minutes of work per hour (10 saws * 60 minutes). The 6 lathes can produce 360 minutes of work per hour (6 lathes * 60 minutes). The 18 sanding machines can produce 1080 minutes of work per hour (18 sanding machines * 60 minutes). Let c be the number of chairs produced per hour and t the number of tables produced per hour. The number of saws limit the combination of chairs and tables to 600=10c+5t. The number of lathes limit the combination of chairs and tables to 360=5c+5t. The number of sanding machines limit the combination of chairs and tables to 1080=5c+20t. Next graph these three lines. It should be expected that the answer will lie on the intersection of two of these lines or to make all chairs or all tables. The intersection of the saw and sanding machine line occurs outside of how many chairs the lathe can make so this combination is not a viable answer. The saw and lathe lines cross at 48 chairs and 24 tables. The lathe and sanding machine lines cross at 24 chairs and 48 tables. Next determine the revenue at all points of intersection. Chairs Tables Revenue 60 0 600 48 24 960 24 48 1200 0 54 1080 So the optimal answer is to make 24 chairs and 48 tables for revenue of $1200 per hour. To check it will take 24*10 + 48*5 = 480 minutes of saw time. There are 600 minutes available so the saws will be idle 20% of the time. It will take 24*5 + 48*5 = 360 minutes of lathe time which is exactly what we have. It will take 24*5 + 48*20 = 1080 minutes of sanding machine time which is exactly what we have.",Math,11/28/02 #16275,Mad Ade's Anagram Teaser #6,2.26,2.56,mad-ade,"This is a basic anagram teaser where the clues will lead to two words that are anagrams of each other. For example ""Attach Father"" would be ""Add Dad"" Or ""Canine Deity"" could be ""God Dog"" 1, Directional Chair? 2, Far away Comet? 3, Regal Crab claw? 4, Slash Shopping memo? 5, First appearance in a pipe?",No hint available.,"1, East Seat 2, Remote Meteor 3, Prince Pincer 4, Slit List 5, Tubed Debut",Language,01/21/04 #5763,Basket Weaving,1.98,1.8900000000000001,michelle,"What does this mean? water basket weaving",No hint available.,underwater basket weaving,Rebus,07/21/02 #33218,A Day at the Races?,2.29,2.5,jazzmusician46,"What expression is represented by this rebus? (There is a distinct absence of illumination); whilst my relative was the Eohippus.",No hint available.,"A dark horse. Note: The Eohippus is the earliest descendant of the modern day horse. It was the size of a small dog and had 3 toes rather than a single hoof. This was originally horse racing parlance. A dark horse was one that wasn't known to the punters and was difficult to place odds on. The figurative use later spread to other fields and has come to apply to anyone who comes under scrutiny but is previously little known.",Rebus,09/28/06 #34516,Murder She Wrote!,2.2,2.69,jazzmusician46,"Doug meant to kill only one person. Instead, he wound up killing six people. What happened?",No hint available.,"Doug sat in his car with the motor running and the garage door closed, intending to kill himself. The carbon monoxide seeped into his house and killed his sleeping family.",Situation,12/21/06 #33063,Willy Pete,2.57,2.71,reddragon,"Sinbad the soldier was out on a training exercise. He was observing a simulated enemy squad planting mines in a field. It was important that he see where the mines were being planted and mark them on the map. Suddenly Willy Pete arrived on the scene in front of Sinbad, blocking his view of the squad. Sinbad ran 20 steps to his left, but Willy Pete was still blocking his view. He ran 40 steps back to the right, but still Willy Pete was blocking his view. How could this possibly happen?",No hint available.,"Willy Pete is a nickname the military commonly uses for the chemical ""White Phosphorus"". White phosphorus is used in bombs, artillery, and mortar shells as a smoke screen.",Situation,09/18/06 #12081,Whoa!,2.4,1.79,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Left Hand Your Stallion Your Thoroughbred Your Arabian Right Hand",No hint available.,"Hold your horses! Types of horses between your hands indicating that you are holding them.",Rebus,04/28/03 #43444,Light Foot Fisher,2.32,0.98,Gerrard10,There are two men fishing in the middle of a lake. They are doing well when a man calls from the edge of the lake and asks to join them. They say yes and he gathers his bait and rod and goes to them. The lake is fairly deep but the fisherman just walks over to them and starts to fish. How?,No hint available.,The men are ice fishing. The man can walk across the lake because it is ice.,Logic,10/28/08 #36083,Every Man Is Accountable,2.5,2.41,aresII,"The following are thoughts on the actions of man. All puzzles use the same code. O=X 1.) ""JWN FNMJ BCU JS ENNV TSSL CIJM ZP KNKSYU ZM JS YNQYNMW JWNK BZJW PNB."" -ICJS 2.) ""NONIGJN NRNYU CIJ SQ JWU HZQN CM JWSGTW ZJ BNYN JWU HCMJ."" -KCYIGM CGYNHZGM 3.) LYNCKM TYSB WSHU VGJ ZP CIJZSP."" -CLNHCZLN VYSIJNY","B=W G=U Y=R","1.) ""The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new."" -Cato 2.) ""Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last."" -Marcus Aurelius 3.) ""Dreams grow holy put into action."" -Adelaide Procter Key: B=W C=A E=K F=B G=U H=L I=C J=T K=M L=D M=S N=E O=X P=N Q=F R=V S=O T=G U=Y V=P W=H Y=R Z=I",Cryptography,04/06/07 #1622,Famous Scientist,2.46,1.86,Dark999Moon,"A famous scientist hangs dead from a high beam in the middle of a bare room. Below him the floor is dry and empty. If he killed himself this morning, what did he use?",Think about what resources a scientist would have that other people would not.,"He used a block of dry ice. Dry ice turns directly into a gas, so it left no puddle after he used it.",Situation,12/05/01 #36003,Run Away!!!,2.35,1.0,t4mt,"Before a certain time, Students are always looking at me. After a certain time, They run away from my dwelling. What am I?",Students call me the fourth word of the first and 3rd lines.,"A Clock! Before school dismissal, kids look at the clock in anticipation. After they are dismissed, they all run away from the room (the dwelling). The hint refers to the fact that many kids say, ""Look at the TIME!"" and point to the clock. They are basically calling a clock ""time.""",Riddle,04/01/07 #22876,Common Trait States,2.78,2.28,kcelf27,"The following states have a common trait, but ONE is missing. What is the trait, and which one is missing? Oklahoma Hawaii Indiana",It's a capital idea!,"The above states all have capitals whose first letter is the same as the state in which they are in. The capitals are as follows... Oklahoma City Honolulu Indianapolis The one missing is... Delaware whose capital is Dover.",Group,05/13/05 #34190,Scrambled Software,2.68,2.7,CountdownCrispy,"Here are five common pieces of computer software as you've never seen them before - in anagram form. Can you uncover them all? 1) Frail elf? Mix zoo! 2) Roo sextuples, OK? 3) Swim for doctor 4) Even Miss World's weeing! 5) Oh, Pope had boots!","They're used for... 1) ...browsing the web (7, 7) 2) ...writing emails (7, 7) 3) ...typing letters (9, 4) 4) ...chatting to friends (7, 4, 9) 5) ...editing pictures (5, 9)","1) Mozilla Firefox 2) Outlook Express 3) Microsoft Word 4) Windows Live Messenger 5) Adobe Photoshop",Language,12/01/06 #47201,Back in Forth 8,2.74,2.13,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. f____urs (elliptical) 2. vin____y (anger) 3. tar____s (caused to go) 4. mus____s (a cry of frustration)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. seasonings (British spelling) 2. sour tasting 3. sharp, sour taste 4. burger condiments","1. flavours (OVAL - f_LAVO_urs) 2. vinegary (RAGE - vin_EGAR_y) 3. tartness (SENT - tar_TNES_s) 4. mustards (DRAT - mus_TARD_s)",Language,06/10/10 #33698,"No, Really?",2.56,2.63,luckythirteen,"""CBT IWZJU DA LWZT JDHT DC DA VWI CBTV DC TGTZ BOA QTRWZT."" - UIDPBC U. TDATVBWITZ ""IT'ZT PWDVP CW LWGT JTRC OVU ZDPBC OC CBT AOLT CDLT."" - FTZZM QZWIV ""AORTCM RDZAC: XJTOAT XEC WV MWEZ ATOC QTJC - XZTXOZT RWZ OSSDUTVC."" - ADPV WV QOSHATOC WR COKD ""DR BDACWZM ZTXTOCA DCATJR, D ABWEJU CBDVH IT SOV TKXTSC CBT AOLT CBDVP OPODV."" - CTZZM GTVOQJTA",No hint available.,"""The world is more like it is now then it ever has before."" - Dwight D. Eisenhower ""We're going to move left and right at the same time."" - Jerry Brown ""SAFETY FIRST: Please put on your seat belt - prepare for accident."" - Sign on backseat of Taxi ""If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."" - Terry Venables A=S B=H C=T D=I E=U F=J G=V H=K I=W J=L K=X L=M M=Y N=Z O=A P=G Q=B R=F S=C T=E U=D V=N W=O X=P Y=Q Z=R",Cryptography,10/27/06 #36800,Birbal The Wise - XVII,3.2,2.3,brainster,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler; and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find the answer? Once, Birbal was invited to Persia by the Persian king. He was honoured with celebrations in his honour and many presents and gifts were heaped on him. After a few days of revelry and enjoyment, it was time to head back home. On the eve of his departure, a nobleman of Persia asked him how he would describe the king of Persia in comparison to his own king. ""Your king is the full moon,"" said Birbal. ""Whereas mine is like the quarter moon."" The Persians were very happy with this answer and sent Birbal off with great pomp and gaiety. But when Birbal got home, he found that Emperor Akbar was furious. It was obvious that information about his ""praise"" of the Persian king had preceded his own arrival. ""How could you belittle your own king?"" demanded a furious Emperor Akbar. ""You are a traitor!"" Birbal objected to this and said that he had, in fact, praised his own king! How did Birbal explain this to the king?",No hint available.,"""No, Your Majesty,"" said Birbal. ""I did not belittle you. The full moon diminishes and ultimately disappears whereas the quarter moon grows from strength to strength. What I, in fact, proclaimed to the world is that your power is growing from day to day whereas that of the king of Persia is declining."" Akbar was overjoyed at this answer and welcomed Birbal back with a royal embrace and a celebration in his honour.",Situation,06/01/07 #198,"Scintillate, Scintillate!",2.9,2.18,Phyllis,"The following is a famous saying in big words. Can you translate it back to the original? Scintillate, scintillate, globule of vivific Fain would I fathom thy nature specific Loftily poised above the capacious Closest resembling a gem carbonaceous.",No hint available.,"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.",Language,02/01/01 #3625,Perfectly Square Island,2.7,1.92,cathalmccabe,"There is a perfectly square island, with a very deep moat around it, which is 2m wide all the way around. A man needs to get onto this island and has the use of two planks of wood, 2m wide. They are not long enough to bridge the gap (he obviously needs some overlap each side); he has no means to attach the planks together by nails, glue, screws, etc, or to saw them or change them in any other way. He can't jump, swim, fly or get to the island by any other means than by walking over the planks. How can he do it?",TTTThink about the corners,"You have two squares, really, an outer and inner one. He can place one plank at an angle of 45 degrees over an outer corner (like a triangle, with a right angle at the corner of the outside square). He can place the other plank from the middle of the first plank to the corner of the island!",Logic,04/19/02 #36630,Aesop's Fables III,2.21,2.7,brainster,"We've all read Aesop's Fables in one form or another. These interesting stories captivate our attention and always leave us with a moral. One of those morals is hidden in the story below. Can you find it? On a clear morning in April, the announcer was beating his drum in the central square, and all the residents of the village gathered around to hear what he had to proclaim. Once there were a respectable amount of people standing around him, making him feel all important, the announcer puffed up his chest and began: ""The Royal Prince Hardship will leave for a tour of the kingdom after one week. However the royal proclaimer Bogus Fortitude-us will leave today and be sure to announce the Prince's arrival well in advance in each town and village of the kingdom.""",No hint available.,"False confidence is the forerunner of misfortune. Bogus - False Fortitude - Confidence Hardship - Misfortune",Other,05/15/07 #49062,Holster,2.38,1.95,Gizzer,"Each word in Group 1 has something in common. Each word in Group 2 also has something in common - but these commonalities are the complete opposite of each other. Group 1: front lift keep end Group 2: play fall trodden spout In which group does the word holster belong?",No hint available.,"Holster belongs in Group 1. Adding the prefix UP to the words in Group 1 will result in the words upfront, uplift, upkeep, upend and UPHOLSTER. Adding the prefix DOWN to the words in Group 2 will result in the words downplay, downfall, downtrodden, and downspout.",Group,10/06/11 #34386,Odd One Out Two,2.57,1.09,shdwhawk,"In each set, which does not belong? Why not? 1) Setting, dribbling, spiking, serving 2) tennis, nets, sets, shuttlecock 3) Backstroke, butterfly, dragonfly, breaststroke 4) Rectangle, bat, diamond, baseball",No hint available.,"1) Dribbling is not a volleyball skill 2) Shuttlecock is not related to tennis 3) Dragonfly is not related to swimming 4) Rectangle is not related to baseball.",Group,12/14/06 #2748,Mind Matter,2.11,1.0,Nin2,"Can you decipher this common saying: mind matter",No hint available.,mind over matter,Rebus,03/18/02 #37417,Aesop's Fables VIII,2.71,2.0,brainster,"We've all read Aesop's Fables in one form or another. These interesting stories captivate our attention and always leave us with a moral. One of those morals is represented below. Can you find it? Mr. John Doe went to buy an insurance policy one fine morning. He decided to meet a consultant and find out the various options he had available to him within his means. He knew his consultant would come up with a good and sensible list of options for him to consider, and he was looking forward to this meeting to finally get things rolling in the right direction. Sure enough, his consultant hadn't failed him. He was ushered into the office and served up his favourite cup of coffee with 2 sugars. When he was comfortable, the consultant took him through all the options he had selected for Mr. Doe to consider. Mr. Doe sipped his coffee thoughtfully while poring over the options available. The consultant gave him details and finally handed over a summary sheet outlining the features of each selected plan. After a lot of consideration, Mr. Doe selected the policy named ""The Life Insurance Scheme of Trustworthiness"". The consultant congratulated Mr. Doe on his choice and promised to have all the paperwork ready for Mr. Doe at the earliest. What made Mr. Doe select this particular policy?",No hint available.,"Mr. Doe selected this policy, because as we all know, ""Honesty is the best policy"", another teaching from one of Aesop's fables. Trustworthiness is a synonym for honesty.",Other,07/16/07 #17099,Behind,2.61,1.17,Pitter,What is always behind you but you can never touch it?,Think about time.,The past.,Riddle,03/21/04 #6581,My Partner,2.5,1.45,beth,"I have a face that changes, A heart that beats on time, My body can be broken, but that won't make me die. Although I don't make decisions, Or tell you what to do, One look at me and you do see what there is to do! You say you're lost without me, when I'm not around. But I can give my place away and always can be found. What am I?",No hint available.,A watch,Riddle,08/16/02 #50714,Crossing a River,1.73,0.89,jundel_09,How can you cross a river with just a pen and a certain kind of marked paper?,Think of the connection between the river and the marked paper.,"Use the marked paper (map) and just cross the river with the pen you have. There you go, you had crossed the river successfully with just a pen and a marked paper.",Trick,11/15/15 #13954,A + B + C + D,2.48,2.15,mathemagician,"A, B, C, and D are all positive whole numbers. If A is to 2 as B is to 3; B is to 6 as C is to 8; and C is to 9 as D is to 12, what is the SMALLEST possible value for the sum: A + B + C + D ?","A/2 = B/3 or 3A = 2B B/6 = C/8 or 8B = 6C ; C/9 = D/12 or 12C = 9D . What's the smallest positive whole numbers that satisfies all three of the above equations?","43 A = 6 , B = 9 , C = 12 , and D = 16 . So, A + B+ C + D = 43.",Math,07/22/03 #5949,Out,2.18,1.49,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? outgroundballfield",No hint available.,Ground ball in the outfield!,Rebus,07/27/02 #23938,A Four Letter Word,2.79,1.77,bandnerdnproud7,"Determine the four letter word by deciphering the clues. My first is 50. My second is nothing. My third is 5. My fourth is a vowel indeed!",No hint available.,"LOVE! ""L"" is the Roman Numeral for 50 ""O"" is nothing-zero ""V"" is the Roman Numeral for 5 ""E"" is a vowel",Riddle,06/22/05 #12314,Octogenarian,2.5,2.36,Codammanus,"All of the words in List A have something particular in common. There is a member in List B that shares this same common thread. What is the member from List B that does? List A Octogenarian Hexagon December List B November Apropos Binnacle","Hint: ""I think I might expand my customer base, but not next month.""","The member of List B that shares the commonality with those in List A is BINNACLE. The words in List A all begin with a BASE abbreviation. OCT=OCTAL (Disguised as OCTogenarian) HEX=HEXADECIMAL (Disguised as HEXagon) DEC=DECIMAL (Disguised as DECember) BIN= BINARY (Disguised as BINnacle) Hint: I think I might expand my customer base, but not next month. BASE of course, was the key word, and by saying 'NOT next MONTH' you would know the answer was not November. Left w/ two choices. You would have to (of course) have caught on to the first three letters sequence. APRopos was there as a decoy. (Just in case you were still thinking months: APRil)",Group,05/12/03 #33639,Bob's Party,3.05,0.9400000000000001,Battery,"Bob was having a big party. He decided on a technique to get lots of people to come. He invited his five closest friends and said that they could each invite 4 people. Each of those could invite 3. Each of those could invite 2. Each of those could invite 1. Overall, how many people did Bob invite to his party?",No hint available.,Just 5.,Trick,10/25/06 #14280,Half of 2+2,2.46,1.35,beanie89,What is one half of 2+2?,No hint available.,"3 One half of 2 = 1 1 + 2 = 3",Trick,08/11/03 #10321,Football Score Mixup,2.33,0.97,amorn01380,"A football (soccer) player comes on in the first half and scores a goal, and then scores another goal in the second half. However, his team lost 4-1. How could this happen?",No hint available.,The two goals the player scored were on his own goal. He scored for the opposing team.,Trick,02/09/03 #593,Never ahead,2.62,1.54,snoopdogg,"Never ahead, ever behind, yet flying swiftly past. For a child, I last forever. For adults, I`m gone too fast.",No hint available.,Youth,Riddle,06/06/01 #4163,Chip off the Old Block,2.36,1.28,scorpio666,"My father was a mountain, my mother a cliff. They dropped and left me in a river running swift. Now I lie in a dry river bed no longer moving since the river has fled. I am different now yet I am the same, still that from which I came.",No hint available.,rock or pebble,Riddle,05/20/02 #8327,Plates at a Party,2.29,0.98,angelsweetie,"Tianna is planning her party. She bought a package of 2 dozen paper plates. This will give her 2 extras, and she'll still have enough for each person to have 2 plates: one plate for their hot dogs and chips, another for ice cream and cake. Besides her brother and sister, how many friends will she have at her party?",No hint available.,"Tianna will have 8 friends at her party. A package of 2 dozen plates is 24. Since Tianna will have 2 extra plates, she will be using 22 plates. If each person uses 2 plates, that means there will be 11 people at the party. After subtracting herself, her brother, and her sister, Tianna will have 8 friends at her party.",Math,11/02/02 #35036,Jumble #1,2.56,2.17,Dontrelle,"I will give you some letters. You will need to unscramble them, and make them into words. Then take the letters that I tell you to take out of each word and make the ""SUPER"" word. Sound fun? Let's go! #1) D E X U E _ _ _ _ _ Take the first and the fifth letters. #2) M A I T Y _ _ _ _ _ Take the second and fourth letters. #3) U N M I F F _ _ _ _ _ _ Take the first and the sixth letters. #4) R E V O O D _ _ _ _ _ _ Take the first and the second. Now unscramble the letters that you removed from the above words and make the SUPER word. SUPER word) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"The answer to: #1) Exude. #2) Amity. #3) Muffin. #4) Overdo. The ""SUPER"" word is ""Movement"".",Language,01/24/07 #6284,Applying,2.11,1.39,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? Applying jobjobjobjob",No hint available.,Applying for jobs.,Rebus,08/07/02 #37813,Below Par,2.36,2.4,say_aah,"The world's most accurate and most poorly mannered golfer played the same course once in the morning and again that same afternoon. In the morning, he scored 66; while in the afternoon, he shot 77. The conditions were the same, so why did he do so much worse in the afternoon?","He did not eat anything at lunch that affected his game. He played just as accurately in the afternoon, and his poor manners resulted in his worse score.","Because he is so consistent and accurate, his shots land in the divot holes he left in the morning. This makes the next shot more difficult. Being poorly mannered, he had not replaced his divots.",Situation,08/17/07 #38357,A Poem By A.A. Milne,2.99,1.65,Hadleigh,"Can you figure out what A.A. Milne was referring to in this verse from his ""When We Were Very Young"" book? She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She turned to the south wind And curtsied up and down. She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbour: ""Winter is dead.""",No hint available.,"A daffodil The poem is exactly how A.A. Milne wrote it for his son Christopher Robin, and his collections of verse and stories of Winnie-the Pooh have been favourites of children all over the world. ""When We Were Very Young"" was first published on November 6th, 1924.",Riddle,09/19/07 #6334,Bull zzzz,2.36,1.35,Cascas,"What does this mean? Bull zzzz",No hint available.,Bulldozer,Rebus,08/08/02 #15368,10 P on a B C,2.15,1.84,hilow8p,10 P on a B C,No hint available.,10 Players on a Basketball Court,Letter-Equations,11/08/03 #24282,Rock Band,2.87,1.6300000000000001,Punk_Rocker,"There were four boys; Alex, Tyler, Pete, and Kyle; they all decided to start a rock band. Although they are unnamed, they already have some songs written. Each member plays a different instrument, has a different job in the band, and has a different favorite band. Can you figure it out? Boys: Alex, Tyler, Pete, Kyle Instruments: Lead Guitar (L. Guitar), Rhythm Guitar (R. Guitar), Bass Guitar, Drums Jobs: Lead Vocals (L. Vocals), Backup Vocals (B. Vocals), Writing Lyrics, Writing Tunes Favorite Bands: Green Day, All American Rejects (AAR), System of a Down (SOAD), Metallica Now on to the clues... 1) Alex hates System of a Down. 2) Kyle plays guitar, but not bass. 3) One of the two whose job is to sing loves Metallica. 4) The drummer always found it too hard to sing while playing his instrument. 5) Pete always wrote the best lyrics, but never could come up with a tune. 6) The lead vocalist, who is also the bassist, loves the All American Rejects. 7) Tyler sometimes spends hours in his room, playing his guitar, trying to figure out a tune to go with Pete's lyrics. 8) The lead guitarist loves Green Day. With those clues, can you figure out who plays what instrument, what job they have, and what their favorite band is? Good luck!",No hint available.,"Alex plays Bass Guitar, sings lead, and loves the All American Rejects. Tyler plays Lead guitar, writes the tunes of their songs, and can't get enough of Green Day. Pete plays Drums, writes the lyrics, and his favorite band is System of a Down. Kyle plays Rhythm guitar, sings backup, and is constantly listening to Metallica.",Logic-Grid,07/05/05 #37208,Half is Half,2.42,1.72,grilledcheese,2 = Q in a H-D,No hint available.,2 Quarters in a Half-Dollar,Letter-Equations,07/03/07 #27386,In The Court Order !,2.81,2.8,norcekri,"Jen Rahlwitz was on another outing with her nephew, Forrie Agincourt. As the bus pulled out of the transit station, she leaned back, closed her eyes, and recited to herself. ""Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Adams ..."" ""Auntie Jen?"" She opened her eyes. ""Yes, Forrie?"" ""John Quincy Adams comes before Andrew Jackson."" ""Does he, now?"" ""Yup. We just learned it in school. The Adamses were the second and sixth presidents. Jackson was seventh."" ""Who says that's the list I'm working on?"" She had one of her ""special topic"" smiles on. ""Trapped again!"" He thought for a moment. ""Give me a hint?"" ""The end of the list is Kennedy, Bush, Carter, Bush Jr., and Clinton."" ""Still all presidents?"" She nodded. ""Kind of in election order?"" Jen shrugged. Forrie thought for a while longer, and then gave up. ""It's the order of their birth dates."" His face lit up. ""So that's why they're sort of in order!"" ""But not all lists work that way. Some are in totally different orders."" ""Such as?"" As it turned out, Auntie Jen had a few lists in her purse. Each had five items, with the middle one missing. How many of the orders and missing items can you get? (1) Montevideo, Uruguay Buenos Aries, Argentina _______________ Asuncion, Paraguay La Paz, Bolivia (2) Peter, Andrew, ______, John, Philip (3) Radius, Rib, ______, Scapula, Sphenoid (4) Oklahoma, New Mexico, ______, Alaska, Hawaii (5) Jefferson, Lincoln, ______, Jackson, Grant","(1) Sucre would work as well as La Paz. (2) There are no last names in this set. (3) Let it sit for a minute. (4) Hawaii-Five-Oh (5) The missing item is not a president.","(1) Santiago, Chile. South American capitals, south to north. (2) James the greater. The 12 Disciples, in order of their ""calling"". (3) Sacrum. Bones of the body, alphabetic order. (4) Arizona. United States, in order of achieving statehood (last five). (5) Alexander Hamilton. U.S. currency portraits, in order of denomination ($2, $5, $10, $20, $50).",Series,12/10/05 #5283,Common Name,2.16,2.36,Bobbrt,What common three-syllable woman's name can have the letter C inserted somewhere in the middle of it to make a common two-syllable woman's name?,No hint available.,Maria becomes Marcia.,Language,07/07/02 #28754,Numbers 2,2.52,2.57,Princeford93,"What number does not fit with the others and why? 31,556,926 234,567.876 525,948.766 8,765.81277 365.242199 52.177457 12",No hint available.,"234,567.876 The other numbers equal the exact number of seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and months in a year. 31,556,926 seconds ((234,567.876)) 525,948.766 minutes 8,765.81277 hours 365.242199 days 52.177457 weeks 12 months",Series,02/22/06 #52629,Mistreated Messenger,3.16,0.64,ThinksForFun,"Upon one's entry I make one feel invited Though my greeting goes unrequited By all of your guests, I'm looked down upon Receiving no attention as their visit goes on Stomped upon as they exit, I'm not dejected In fact, I remain totally unaffected With my positive message seven-letter One might think I would be treated better What am I?",No hint available.,"a welcome mat Line 7: The seven-letter message is the word ""WELCOME"".",Riddle,03/07/21 #584,Married Many Women,2.38,0.88,Spikejw1,"He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?",No hint available.,A priest.,Riddle,06/04/01 #37647,A Fisherman's Tale,2.97,1.55,leftclick,"When telling a story About flounder or dory, I often end up far apart. But when bowing your head Or mourning your dead, I'm together and close to your heart. You may lend me or hold me Or show me or fold me, And all this is merely a start. What am I?","I am many other things beside, May one of these help you decide: A bunch of bananas, A measure of height, An assistant, or The way you write!","Hands! The first stanza and the title refer to the typical ""fisherman's tale"" about the ""one that got away"". In the second stanza, bowing your head refers to either praying or the Asian form of greeting. The mourning reference is to ""wringing one's hands"". You can ""lend a hand"" and ""hold someone's hand"". In Poker, players show their hands to find who wins or fold their hand if it is no good. The last line refers to the many other uses of the word ""hand""! The hint refers to other usages - bananas grow in hands, a horse's height is measured in hands (4 inches), an assistant may be known as a hand (e.g. stagehand), and someone's particular style of writing can be referred to as their ""hand"" (e.g. ""leftclick has a very scrappy hand"").",Riddle,08/03/07 #21573,Hard,2.38,3.01,lilbutt,"This is a cryptogram with a twist. Each letter of the following phrases has been replaced by a letter of the alphabet and a number, except for the vowels. Each vowel is exactly what it is. Now the first one is the most difficult, but don't give up because the second one is pretty simple. Look for repeating combinations. TRY it. 1. 6t2ye 4to5y6t 1yi2t2ti1ru3y6t 2. A 1t3yo4r1y","Separate the alphabet into equal groups, and remember, vowels don't change.","1. the most difficult 2. A blond 26 letters of the alphabet minus all the vowels leaves you with 21 letters. 1. bcd=try 2. fgh=try 3. jkl=try 4. mnp=try 5. qrs=try 6. tvw=try 7. xyz=try I used the letters t-r-y simply because it has no vowels in it to cause confusion since all the vowels play their true roles. t=the first letter of each of the seven groups, r=the second letter of each group, and y=the third letter of each group.",Cryptography,03/16/05 #3974,BILLED,2.79,2.43,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this phrase: billed",No hint available.,"Sick in bed. b ILL ed",Rebus,05/09/02 #11669,Can I Get A Lift?,2.57,1.87,frankenweoburger,"A man approaches a woman who is about to fly a jet out of Washington D.C. He asks if she could give him a lift somewhere. She says she'd be happy to. He asks if she'd like to know where he's going first, to make sure he won't make her go too far out of her way. She says no, no matter where he's going it won't change her flight time significantly. Why not? Ignore the extra time it takes to drop the man off and then take off again.",Think of the Earth as a sphere...,"She is making a nonstop flight to the exact opposite side of the world. It doesn't matter which way she flies out, since it's (about) the same distance around a sphere (the earth) in any direction.",Situation,04/09/03 #14530,Tommy Lee,2.72,1.71,bluetwo,"What phrase does the following represent? gtommy lee n icatherine zeta p ejames earl e kroy jr",No hint available.,Keeping up with the Joneses.,Rebus,08/25/03 #19416,Family Affair,2.39,1.9000000000000001,mosoh,6 = K in the B B,No hint available.,6 Kids in the Brady Bunch,Letter-Equations,11/13/04 #7468,Language Barrier,2.91,0.63,dsquared,"An elderly pool attendant is starting to get sick of having to open the swimming pool every Monday, so he decides that the pool will remain closed on Mondays from now on. Being of reasonably limited English, he makes up a sign which he hangs from the front gate. What's special about his sign? NOW NO SWIMS ON MON",No hint available.,If you spin the sign upside down it will still read the same thing as it did.,Language,09/16/02 #11702,6 = S on a S D,2.28,1.45,Didge53s,6 = S on a S D,No hint available.,6 = Sides on a Standard Die,Letter-Equations,04/11/03 #29162,Sensations,2.62,2.42,aprilsprings29,"5 B T (S, S, S, B, and U)",Think senses!,"5 Basic Tastes (Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, and Umami)",Letter-Equations,03/18/06 #23387,Mixed Letters,2.2,3.04,queen1-ash,"What letter should replace the question mark? EWLHDGC ATE RSDDX?N",No hint available.,"The letter is R. The first letter in the top row, the word ""ate"", and the last letter in the third row make EATEN. Then, proceeding forward and backward in each row, you come up with the following words. EATEN,WATER,LATEX,HATED,DATED,GATES,CATER",Other,06/03/05 #616,18 H on a G C,2.32,1.52,kaila912,18 H on a G C,No hint available.,18 holes on a golf course,Letter-Equations,06/11/01 #3476,Jannet & Andy,2.11,1.47,missie,Jannet and Andy were having a reading competition. They both read the same book. Andy finished the book in an hour and ten minutes and Jannet finished it in eighty minutes. Who reads faster?,No hint available.,Andy because he had ten less minutes than Jannet.,Math,04/13/02 #23096,NOE,2.74,2.25,fishmed,"What phrase is shown below? NOE NEO OEN",No hint available.,No one's perfect.,Rebus,05/23/05 #19096,Height vs Weight !!!,2.33,2.06,lesternoronha1,"Among four boys - Prashant, Vineet, Tarun and Kiran - the following comparisons of height and weight are made. The shorter of Tarun and Kiran is the heaviest of all four. The lighter of Prashant and Vineet is the tallest of all four. The shorter of Vineet and Tarun is the heavier of the two. The taller of Prashant and Kiran is the lightest of all the four. Tarun is not lighter than Vineet and not heavier than Kiran. No two boys are equal in either height or weight. Can you determine the shortest boy and the lightest boy among the four boys?",No hint available.,"Let us list the observations about the four boys Prashant, Vineet, Tarun and Kiran. 1) The shorter of Tarun and Kiran is the heaviest of all four. 2) The lighter of Prashant and Vineet is the tallest of all four. 3) The shorter of Vineet and Tarun is the heavier of the two. 4) The taller of Prashant and Kiran is the lightest of all the four. 5) Tarun is not lighter than Vineet and not heavier than Kiran. 6) No two boys are equal in either height or weight. From observation 5, Tarun must be heavier than Vineet and lighter than Kiran using observation 6 which states that no two boys are equal in weight. Since Tarun is heavier than Vineet, from observation 3 Tarun must be the shorter of the two. Also since Tarun is lighter than Kiran, from observation 1 Tarun must be taller than Kiran, resulting in Kiran being the heaviest of all the four (from observation 1). Since Kiran is the heaviest of all the four, from observation 4, Prashant must be lighter than Kiran resulting in Prashant being the lightest of all the four (from observation 4). Now we know that Tarun is shorter than Vineet. From observation 2, Prashant is the tallest of all the four since he is the lightest in the group. Also we have Tarun must be taller than Kiran, thus making Kiran the shortest in the group. (Kiran is shorter than Tarun who is shorter than Vineet with Prashant as the tallest in the group). Thus ranking them according to height and weight, we get the following table Rank Height Weight 1 Prashant Kiran 2 Vineet Tarun 3 Tarun Vineet 4 Kiran Prashant Hence Kiran is the shortest and Prashant the lightest of the four boys.",Logic,10/14/04 #44347,Slice & Splice 28,2.2,2.24,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: GET, HEN, IVY, LIT, NEW, YET Group B: **G***, *****E, ****T*",No hint available.,"The Group B words are cardinal numbers. EIGHTY, TWELVE, NINETY",Language,04/14/09 #19766,Color Riddle,2.23,1.71,icepenguin13,"Which one of the colors (not all of that color, just one part of a group) should be changed to make the pattern correct : 1) Black : Red 2) Blue : White 3) Yellow : Black 4) Red : Red 5) Black : White 6) Blue : Black 7) Yellow: Red 8) Red : Blue 9) Black : Black 10) Blue : Red 11) Yellow : White 12) Red : Black",No hint available.,"The latter part of # 8 should be white. The pattern on the left goes black, blue, yellow, red, black, etc, and the pattern on the right goes red, white, black, red, etc.",Logic,12/07/04 #35482,"Cubes, Cubes, Everywhere!",2.32,2.66,t4mt,"In the far future, you find yourself a cube-maker. To make cubes, you would take a 12 by 12 by 12 Rubik's cube-like object. Normally, you would touch each tiny one by one by one cube and they would fall off. However, with new quantum technology, it has become more interesting. You may say the total number of possible cubes (not necessarily with side length one) in the twelve by twelve by twelve Rubik's cube, and hocus-pocus, cubes of all sizes would appear. Assuming that each side in the tiny cubes has length one and that you may only make cubes of integer side length, what number should you say for the new technology to work?","For 1^3+2^3+... n^3, use (1+2+...n)^2.","6084. First, try a easier problem. Try a two by two by two Rubik's cube. There are 8 tiny cubes and one 2 by 2 by 2 cube. It should come to your notice that you take 2^3+1^3. But just to check, you look at a standard Rubik's cube with side length 3. There are, predictably, 27 one by one cubes, 8 two by two cubes, and one 3 by 3 cube. That was 3^3 +2^3 + 1^3. Now you can come to the conclusion that for any Rubik's cube with side length n, there are n^3+(n-1)^3 + ... 2^3+1^3 total cubes with integer side length. Therefore, there are 1^3+2^3+...12^3 cubes in the Rubik's cube with side length 12. The hint gives the formula for adding a sequence of cubes. Thus, you would get (1+2+3+4+...+11+12)^2 = 6084 cubes.",Math,03/01/07 #27645,Movie Quotes II,2.49,2.24,peppamintp,"ADYHY'R ADXR DVBY RIZQY TYACYYG VR, ZGJ XA EVRA OYYIR PXSSXGB VI CXAD ZSS ADY ADXGBR CY JWG'A RZK AW YZQD WADYH. CDZA'R ADZA QZSSYJ? --EZGY RFXAD (FH. & FHR. RFXAD)","d=h y=e","There's this huge space between us, and it just keeps filling up with all the things we don't say to each other. What's that called? --Jane Smith (Mr. & Mrs. Smith) a=t, b=g, c=w, d=h, e=j, f=m, g=n, h=r, i=p, j=d k=y, o=k, p=f, q=c, r=s, s=l, t=b, v=u, w=o, x=i, y=e, z=a",Cryptography,12/23/05 #28661,Foreign Students,2.85,2.18,Winner4600,"Five foreign college students met each other in the United States while attending the same school. Their names are Chris, Hugo, Sam, Anna, and Jessica. Each one has been in the US for a different number of years, is from a different country, and is currently learning a different language than all the others. Can you figure out who's who? 1. The five college students are Anna, the Mexican, the boy who wants to learn Italian, the one who has been in the US for 3 years, and the Australian (who doesn't want to learn Swedish.) 2. Chris has not been in the US for the longest time, but the one learning Vietnamese has. 3. If Hugo is Russian, then Sam wants to learn German. Otherwise, Chris is Mexican and Jessica wants to learn Japanese. 4. Neither of the girls qualify to be an American citizen. To become an American citizen, you must have lived in the US for at least 5 years. 5. If Sam is Australian, then Hugo is learning Italian. If not, then Jessica is Russian and Chris is learning Vietnamese. 6. The Mexican is learning Swedish and the 3-year resident is learning Japanese. 7. The Frenchman has been in the states for 2 years.",No hint available.,"Chris-Mexico-Swedish-5 years Hugo-France-Italian-2 years Sam-Australia-Vietnamese-6 years Anna-Russia-German-4 years Jessica-China-Japanese-3 years",Logic-Grid,02/16/06 #17639,Groucho,2.66,1.56,MrIxolite,"What term is represented below? ->Groucho Chico Harpo",No hint available.,"Top Marks Groucho is the top Marx brother in the pile.",Rebus,05/15/04 #42584,Philosophical Wit,2.47,2.37,aresII,"The following quotes are from Steven Wright, who was born in 1955. He is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He is known for his lethargic voice and slow manner, with which he delivers his ironic, witty, and deeply philosophical jokes and one-liners. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. L=S ""X XMIZMR IA SXOZ PAJZOZJ. LA PNJ, LA DAAR."" ""X YQLIZR N UXJJAJ NMR DAI LZOZM BZNJL YNR SQGH, YQI UB SNVBZJ IKXMHL KZ GNM DZI UZ PXOZ.""","A=O N=A X=I","""I INTEND TO LIVE FOREVER. SO FAR, SO GOOD."" ""I BUSTED A MIRROR AND GOT SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK, BUT MY LAWYER THINKS HE CAN GET ME FIVE."" KEY: A=O B=Y D=G G=C H=K I=T J=R K=H L=S M=N N=A O=V P=F Q=U R=D S=L U=M V=W X=I Y=B Z=E",Cryptography,07/23/08 #36022,Where's Your Wallet?,2.6,2.29,aresII,"This puzzle is a limerick. Can you decode it? E=O RFSLS XCO C ZEMDU QCD EY QEDRLEOS, XFE FCG AEHVSRO ND DEDS EY FNO HIERFSO. XFSD COVSG JZ FNO ICOO XFSLS FS HCLLNSG FNO JLCOO, FS OCNG: ""GCLINDU, N ACZ RFLEMUF RFS DEOS."" -CLDEIG JSDDSR","G=D H=C I=L","There was a young man of Montrose, Who had pockets in none of his clothes. When asked by his lass Where he carried his brass, He said: ""Darling, I pay through the nose."" -Arnold Bennet Key: A=P C=A D=N E=O F=H G=D H=C I=L J=B L=R M=U N=I O=S Q=M R=T S=E U=G V=K X=W Y=F Z=Y",Cryptography,04/03/07 #13575,N+N,2.36,2.24,MrIxolite,"What phrase is illustrated below? n + n = m","Don't think equations or math, think graphically or pictorially.",Making Ends (n's) Meet,Rebus,07/02/03 #48019,Add a Letter 44,2.56,2.1,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a spike driven into rock & the sliding part of an engine (5 letters) 2) a list of personnel & an adult male domestic fowl (6 letters) 3) to set aside by judicial action & to press into a flat mass (5 letters) 4) a person doing business on another's behalf & silvery (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) piton & piston 2) roster & rooster 3) quash & squash 4) agent & argent",Language,09/25/10 #39303,Wilde About Oscar III,2.56,2.15,aresII,"Here are some more thoughts from Oscar Wilde, one of the 19th century's most popular - and controversial - writers. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. I=M ""ICL MEDMHT DMLR RN QC M DNIML'T GSZTR ENBC; DNICL ESAC RN QC M IML'T EMTR ZNIMLUC."" ""LN IML ST ZSUO CLNPKO RN QPH QMUA OST XMTR.""","D=W Q=B T=S","""MEN ALWAYS WANT TO BE A WOMAN'S FIRST LOVE; WOMEN LIKE TO BE A MAN'S LAST ROMANCE."" ""NO MAN IS RICH ENOUGH TO BUY BACK HIS PAST."" KEY: A=K B=V C=E D=W E=L G=F H=Y I=M K=G L=N M=A N=O O=H P=U Q=B R=T S=I T=S U=C X=P Z=R",Cryptography,11/22/07 #38047,Never Will You See Them Blink,2.99,1.6300000000000001,Stormcrafter,"A riddle game is played below, Can you name this charming fellow? Someone looks me in the eye I know who, and I know why I know them well, and they know me A very special bond, have we We share the same thoughts, and the same place We agree always in every case Linked to the very last degree If I should die then so would he I never see my friend once blink Nor twice nor ever, I should think Though I will see him sometimes wink But I see him come to the very brink Of when his eyes will finally blink Everyone has a friend like mine Some hate them, some think them fine Some people love them more than air Whilst others wish they were not there Mine will not move without consent Though I could not make him repent I like him, though, for when I smile He smiles back for all the while",No hint available.,A reflection,Riddle,09/01/07 #31394,Word Scrambles IV,2.73,2.11,Psychic_Master,"Here's how it goes; there will be 3 scrambled word puzzles with a clue above each. The unscrambled word/s will have something to do with the clue. 1. Clue: Vice device Puzzle: The coin slam 2. Clue: Bigwig rig Puzzle: I is no mule 3. Clue: Indirect proof Puzzle: Can ruin a selected victim",No hint available.,"1. Slot machine 2. Limousine 3. Circumstantial evidence",Language,06/28/06 #34628,The Way Home,2.77,2.13,OldChinaHand,"Now it came to pass that long ago, as Guan Zhong accompanied Lord Huan of the Qi Kingdom in attacking the walled city of Guzhu, that spring had passed and winter returned, that now they became lost on the wrong road going home. The victorious Lord Huan, now without his staff of wise advisors in all matters, pondered the fate of lost warriors returning home from war to wander about aimlessly in a distant land far from home. ""Fear not, Lord Huan. Though your wise advisors are not with us, and it is just our horses, thee and me, and I know not the way home and there is no one else around we can ask or trust, yet there is a wisdom we can use to find the way home."" What wisdom did they use to successfully find their way home?","No books, maps, GPS, wives, stars or outside help of any kind was used or needed by Guan Zhong and Lord Huan to find their way home thousands of years ago.","Guan Zhong said: ""We can use the wisdom of an old horse. Release the old horses and follow them, and thereby reach the right road home."" It worked. Horses have a well-developed homing instinct that has helped save many a lost rider. Old Horse Knows The Way, A Chinese idiom from the ""Spring and Autumn Annals"" Discourse on ""Ling Shang"", by Han Fei Zi.",Situation,12/29/06 #42509,Book Smart,2.13,1.41,wannamarryharry,7 B in the H P S,No hint available.,"Seven books in the ""Harry Potter"" series",Letter-Equations,07/16/08 #24467,Hit. Der.,2.91,2.22,marching_xc,"What is represented by the following? Hit. Der.",How many hits are there?,"One hit wonder. (one ""hit"", one ""der"")",Rebus,07/12/05 #40840,Alignment,2.36,2.57,phrebh,"I have vowels, none (OK, I have three ""occasional"" ones.), But half of my half dozen are the same. My alternate letters, when put together, Will be your salt mountain destination by plane. I happen at least twice a month (and occasionally a third). Can you guess this killer Scrabble word?","I know the riddle is quite frustrating, So if you are masticating The bit to have one more clue. I can unequivocally say, With but a merely slight delay, The vowel sounds come not from W.","SYZYGY. The three Y's are not vowels, but they do provide the vowel sounds. SZG is the three-letter airport code for Salzburg's (Salt Mountain in German) W. A. Mozart Airport. The letters also alternate with the Y's in syzygy. Syzygy is the alignment of three celestial bodies in a straight line. Two of the best examples happen every month: a full moon and a new moon. Sometimes, a blue moon (a second full moon in a month or in a year, depending on your definition) happens as well. Syzygy would be a good word to play in Scrabble. Assuming of course you had at least one blank to cover the fact that there are only two Y's.",Language,03/04/08 #10100,Witness,2.71,1.7,Gizzer,"While walking down a country road near his home, Clem Kadiddlehopper saw a murder. He calmly continued on his way, without bothering to notify the police. Why not?",No hint available.,The collective noun for crows is a murder and it was a murder of crows that Clem saw.,Trick,01/29/03 #50110,Dropboxes XXIX,2.57,2.31,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Entered, interruptingly [_] 2. Official tag [_] 3. Water drop 4. Not isosceles or equilateral [_] 5. Jousting equipment [_] 6. Families 7. Zone [_] 8. Shop [_] 9. Thorny bush 10. Wooden rod [_] 11. Fuse metal [_] 12. Showed the way 13. Circulatory system [_] 14. Trigonometric function [_] 15. Immorality 16. Data charts [_] 17. Explosion [_] 18. Impale 19. Take a walk [_] 20. Rings (of a bell) [_] 21. Groove",No hint available.,"1. barged [R] 2. badge [G] 3. bead 4. scalene [E] 5. lances [E] 6. clans 7. sector [C] 8. store [T] 9. rose 10. dowel [O] 11. weld [W] 12. led 13. veins [V] 14. sine [E] 15. sin 16. tables [E] 17. blast [L] 18. stab 19. stroll [R] 20. tolls [L] 21. slot ""Recover"" and ""get well"" -- two synonyms",Language,01/25/14 #46513,Semi-liar,2.53,1.03,Stack1607,"There was a criminal mastermind named Dr. Rey. Dr. Rey was very smart and witty to the point of arrogance. He defied everyone by publicly expressing that when he would talk, he would state a true fact and a false statement together. One time there was a party. Many criminal masterminds were there, and the talk turned to a very recent case that was very mysterious and popular at that time. It was the case of the very clean murder of John Smith, a highly-ranked agent of the CIA. One of the criminal masterminds present asked Dr. Rey whether he had anything to do with that murder - he said it in a humorous way, of course. Dr. Rey, smiling lightly, said: ""I had nothing to do with that murder. Oh! How time passes, I was 50 on my previous birthday and I'll be 52 on my next"". An undercover agent smiled on hearing that, and a few hours later, Dr. Rey was in prison. What was the occasion of the party?",No hint available.,It was Dr. Rey's birthday.,Logic,03/13/10 #8988,3 For The Price Of One,2.48,2.48,MrIxolite,"What phrases are these? 1) BGRRIODOEM 2) ALNOGVEER 3) TPWAIINRSS","1) Hitched 2) Sensation 3) ""Tennis anyone?""","1) Mixed Marriage (GROOM mixed with BRIDE) 2) Mixed Feelings (LOVE mixed with ANGER) 3) Mixed Doubles (PAIRS mixed with TWINS)",Rebus,12/08/02 #2581,Amaanwgaeyr,2.38,1.92,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common song title? amaanwgaeyr",No hint available.,"Away in A Manger amAanWgAeYr",Rebus,03/08/02 #40333,Misprinted Number,2.47,2.5,shenqiang,"The numbers in the grid have something in common. Correct the one number which, however, has been misprinted. 2, 7, 6, 10, 5 4, 1, 9, 6, 10 10, 8, 3, 5, 6 9, 10, 2, 1, 8 5, 4, 10, 8, 3","At first glance, each row contains 3 even numbers and 2 odd numbers, and so does each column. Therefore...","It's most probable that the sum of each row and each column are all equal. If you calculate them out, you'll see that the 6 in the last cell of the third row should be changed to 4.",Series,02/04/08 #18382,Birds of a Feather,2.32,2.57,fishmed,"Which of these birds does not belong and why? Parrot Chicken Flamingo Turkey Toucan Hummingbird Pelican",Think legs,"Flamingo It is the only one in the group whose knees bend backwards.",Group,07/28/04 #8504,Wind Chimes,2.29,0.92,popaG,"A lady buys a set of wind chimes for $100 and takes it home. After three days, she realizes that it hasn't made a sound! She runs back to the store to complain, but the store owner refuses to replace it. Why wouldn't the store owner replace her chimes?",No hint available.,"After asking a few questions, the owner realized that she had placed the chimes inside the house in a spot with no wind.",Situation,11/14/02 #3036,Head | Ache,2.61,1.02,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this: Head | Ache",No hint available.,Splitting Headache,Rebus,03/30/02 #25268,Students,2.5100000000000002,1.15,ErIn_RuLeS,"There are five students that moved around to other desks. Their names are Rick, Jane, Sara, Erin, and Henry. Help the teacher figure out the new seating plan: Erin likes Henry, so she now sits immediately to his left. Jane hates Erin, so she now sits 3 seats away from her. (2 in between) Rick hates to sit near the door, so he now sits at the end. Sara likes to be at the center of attention, so she now sits in the middle.",No hint available.,"Erin Henry Sara Jane Rick",Logic,08/12/05 #8427,Word Endings/Beginnings,2.91,2.67,snaps,"For each of the pairs of words below, insert a word in the blank space between them to form two separate words such that the inserted word finishes the first word and begins the second. For example, given ""MAN ____ ON"", you would insert the word ""GO"" to form ""MANGO"" and ""GOON"". The hint gives the number of letters in each of the words that must be inserted. WIN ____ HERE DISC ____ AGE TEN ____ OR ANT ____ LOCK SIN ____ SHIP","The number of letters of each word that must be inserted are, respectively: 3, 2, 3, 3, 4.","NOW (winnow, nowhere) US (discus, usage) DON (tendon, donor) HEM (anthem, hemlock) KING (sinking, kingship)",Language,11/08/02 #35112,Missing in the Middle 3,2.96,2.07,snowmonster,"Fill in the middle word. This word should correspond with the first and last word. 1) Red ________________ Bulb 2) Green ______________ Leaf 3) Blue _______________ Ball 4) Silver ______________ Saver 5) Gold _______________ Shaft 6) White ______________ Smart 7) Black ______________ Brain 8) Orange _____________ Pouch 9) Peach ______________ Top 10) Brown _____________ Cookie",No hint available.,"1) Light 2) Tea 3) Cheese 4) Screen 5) Mine 6) Out 7) Bird 8) Juice 9) Tree 10) Sugar",Language,01/29/07 #3799,Up and Down,2.22,1.43,bluebon01,"What goes up and down, but doesn't move?",No hint available.,The temperature,Riddle,04/28/02 #25748,Europe or Bust,2.91,2.41,tjm531,"While not nearly as well-known as its European namesake, when it comes to ancient Greek busts, the Athens Museum in Athens, Georgia, stands head and shoulders above the rest. In fact, the museum's collection of Hellenistic busts is so renowned that five of their most prized pieces, each of which was created by a different sculptor in a different medium and depicts a different Greek deity, has been lent to a different prominent European museum. With such international acclaim for their collection, the curators of the Athens Museum are finding it hard to keep success from going to their heads! From the information provided, can you determine the deity depicted in each sculptor's work, as well as the medium in which each bust was created, and the museum to which each is being lent? Sculptor: Lysippus, Myron, Phidias, Praxiteles, Scopas Deity: Apollo, Athena, Demeter, Poseidon, Zeus Medium: Bronze, Gold, Ivory, Limestone, Marble Museum: Acropolis Museum, British Museum, Glyptothek, The Louvre, Museo Delle Terme 1. The statue of Zeus (which isn't the one made by Lysippus) is made from gold. 2. Myron's bronze bust isn't the one being loaned to the Museo delle Terme in Rome, Italy (which isn't the museum borrowing the statue of Demeter). 3. Scopas was not the sculptor of the limestone bust currently on load to the Glyptothek in Munich, Germany. The bust of Athena isn't made from limestone. 4. The British Museum in London, England, is borrowing either the bust of Demeter or the one depicting Zeus. 5. The bust carved by Praxiteles (which is on loan to the Louvre in Paris, France) and the one made by Scopas depict Apollo and Demeter, in some order. 6. The bust carved from ivory (which isn't the sculpture of Apollo) isn't on loan to the British Museum.",Note: The names of the museums have been abbreviated or shortened to fit into the grid spaces.,"Lysippus, Poseidon, limestone, Glyptothek Myron, Athena, bronze, Acropolis Museum Phidias, Zeus, gold, British Museum Praxiteles, Demeter, ivory, Louvre Scopas, Apollo, marble, Museo delle Terme",Logic-Grid,09/03/05 #27898,Cryptolist IX,2.49,2.09,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: ZTOJSBADXH IOMRDDR QPHVOBF IPBBM GRGGRB XOBTAI STAJR SAT HOTV VCMQR SDASD QOMSDDOAHR","Category: Flavorings R=E","Category: Flavorings Cayenne Mustard Curry Pepper Garlic Olive Oil Salt Thyme Onion Mayonnaise A=I B=R C=H D=N F=D G=P H=S I=C J=V M=Y O=A P=U Q=M R=E S=O T=L V=T X=G Z=F",Cryptography,01/05/06 #6451,Driven And Sliced,2.87,1.3800000000000001,NuttyPrince,What can be driven yet has no wheels and can be sliced yet still remain whole?,No hint available.,A golf ball.,Riddle,08/11/02 #6344,Kebab Delivery,2.25,2.12,mad-ade,"The owner of the ""Sweaty Chef"" kebab shop Mr. Juan, had ordered a fresh delivery of kebabs. Mr. Juan was a bit of a strange character and insisted that the kebabs must be delivered in a certain manner. When they arrived they were in boxes, so Mr. Juan weighed each box individually. The boxes weighed as follows:- Box 1 33kg Box 2 35kg Box 3 60kg Box 4 42kg Box 5 15kg Which box did Mr. Juan reject and why?",No hint available.,"Box 2, because Mr. Juan doesn't mind how heavy each box is as long as the digits in their weight adds up to 6. Because that is his lucky number and he is very superstitious.",Logic,08/08/02 #17923,International Words,2.35,2.36,froghop833,"Which of these words is not like the others? a) more b) pairs c) denude d) solo",No hint available.,"c)denude. The other four words can be anagrammed into Rome, Paris, and Oslo, all capitals of European countries.",Group,06/15/04 #46035,Curtail E,3.19,1.45,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Evergreen tree -> Thin, pointed piece of metal 2. Burning process -> Evergreen tree 3. Gaze intently -> Heavenly body 4. Subject; unifying idea -> Those people 5. Money paid for work -> Move from side to side 6. Soft-surfaced leather -> Took to court 7. Harsh; extreme -> To cut off 8. To bring together -> A single thing","The words start with these letters: 1. P 2. F 3. S 4. T 5. W 6. S 7. S 8. U","1. Pine -> Pin 2. Fire -> Fir 3. Stare -> Star 4. Theme -> Them 5. Wage -> Wag 6. Suede -> Sued 7. Severe -> Sever 8. Unite -> Unit",Language,12/19/09 #24611,Trilogy Part 3: Have You Herd?,3.09,2.73,cinnamon30,"Note: You will need the answers from Trilogy Part 1 and 2 to complete this logic grid. The five cowboys are just about done chewing the fat for the day and are ready to return to their ranches. Each man owns a different ranch (one is the Rolling T Ranch), no two of which are the same size (3000, 3500, 4000, 4500 and 5000 acres). Each man raises a different type of cattle on his ranch and every year he hosts a different event (including an autumn hayride) on his sizable spread. All in all, it's good to be home on the range! From the info provided, can you determine the size of the ranch owned by each rancher, the type of cattle each rancher raises and the special event each man hosts annually? Men - Carl Lovelace, Hank Brooks, Pablo Sanchez, Rusty Ewing, Zeke McCool Ranch - Circle Star, H Bar, Lazy K, Rolling T, Square Z Size - 3000, 3500, 4000, 4500 and 5000 acres Cattle - Brangus, Hereford, Lourdais, Shorthorn, Simmental Event - Auction, Barn Dance, Cookout, Hayride, Rodeo 1. The H Bar ranch (which is owned by Mr. McCool) is exactly 500 acres smaller than the one housing a herd of Hereford Cattle. 2. The man wearing Sunset boots (who raises Brangus cattle) isn't the cowboy who owns the Square Z ranch (who hosts an annual rodeo). 3. The ranch housing a herd of Lourdais cattle is exactly 500 acres smaller than the spread owned by the man wearing a calico shirt (who hosts an annual springtime barn dance). 4. The cowboy in position D (who owns the largest ranch) isn't the man who hosts an annual charity auction (who raises Shorthorn cattle). 5. Neither the rancher wearing Oil Baron boots nor the owner of the Lazy K ranch is the one who raises Hereford cattle. 6. The Circle Star ranch isn't the one that houses a herd of Simmental cattle. Mr. Sanchez doesn't host the annual rodeo. 7. Hank isn't the owner of the 3500-acre ranch. The annual summer cookout isn't the event held at the 4000-acre ranch.",No hint available.,"Carl Lovelace - Lazy K ranch, 4000 acres, Brangus cattle and Hayride Hank Brooks - Square Z ranch, 3000 acres, Lourdais cattle and Rodeo Pablo Sanchez - Circle Star ranch, 5000 acres, Hereford cattle and Cookout Rusty Ewing - Rolling T ranch, 3500 acres, Simmental cattle and Barn Dance Zeke McCool - H Bar ranch, 4500 acres, Shorthorn cattle and Auction Carl Lovelace raises Brangus cattle (2). Zeke McCool owns the H Bar ranch (1). Rusty Ewing wearing a calico shirt hosts the annual Barn dance (3). Pablo Sanchez who is in position D owns the 5000-acre ranch (4). Rusty doesn't raise Brangus cattle (2), Lourdais (3), Shorthorn (4) or Hereford (5). Therefore he raises Simmental cattle. Rusty isn't the owner of the H Bar ranch (1), Square Z (2), Lazy K (5) or Circle Star (6). Therefore he's the owner of the Rolling T ranch. Pablo Sanchez doesn't raise Lourdais (3) or Shorthorn (4). Therefore he raises Hereford cattle. The H Bar ranch is 4500-acres (1). Pablo [largest ranch (4)] doesn't own Lazy K ranch (5), Square Z (6), or Rolling T [Rusty]. Therefore he's Circle Star ranch. Carl doesn't own the Square Z (2), so he owns the Lazy K ranch. Hank owns the Square Z ranch and hosts the annual rodeo (2), so he doesn't raise Shorthorn [auction (4)]; he raises Lourdais, only one left. Hank doesn't own the 3500-acre (7) or 4000-acre because Rusty's ranch is 500 acres bigger than Hank's (3) and if Hank was 4000 Rusty would have to be 4500, but we already know Zeke owns the 4500-acre ranch. Therefore Hank owns the 3000-acre ranch. Rusty therefore owns the 3500-acre ranch (3) and Carl owns the 4000-acre ranch, only one left. Carl isn't the cookout (7) or auction [Shorthorn cattle (4)]. Therefore he's the hayride. Zeke hosts the annual charity auction (4); therefore Pablo hosts the cookout, only one left.",Logic-Grid,07/17/05 #18665,Mad Ade's Autoantonyms #1,2.32,1.87,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser Mad Ade has created a sentence using Autoantonyms, which are words that have two opposing meanings. For example : ""Despite securing the ----, the horses still managed to ---- free"" In this case the answer would be ""Bolt"" one meaning to secure and fasten, the other to break free. Can you work out the Autoantonym for these two sentences? 1, ""After eating his meal at the Sweaty Chef, Mad Ade noticed that the ---- could be paid with a single monetary ----."" 2, ""After Mad Ade decided to ------ from the Madadian Kebab Warriors club, he realised his mistake so took the opportunity to ------ back up again.""",No hint available.,"1, Bill = invoice/payment request Bill = Bank Note 2, Resign = to quit; give up Resign = to sign up again",Language,08/29/04 #5497,Liquid Holder,2.7600000000000002,2.29,speedymcg,"I am a liquid holder. If you add an adolescent to me, I am still a liquid holder. I am in every optimistic thought. Add a letter and I become sweet. I play a part in millions of deaths.",No hint available.,"CAN I am a liquid holder. If you add an adolescent to me, I am still a liquid holder. teen --> CANteen I am in every optimistic thought. I can... Add a letter and I become sweet. can --> canD (candy) I play a part in millions of deaths. CANcer",Riddle,07/12/02 #32838,1000 Point Star,2.15,3.19,lessthanjake789,"Typical ""stars"" are drawn in connected, but not repeated, line segments. For example, a 5-point star is drawn as such - line segments AC, CE, EB, BD, DA. The segments must always alternate a constant number of points (in the above case, skipping 1 point in between). Given the information that there is only 1 way to draw a 5-point star, and that there is NO way to draw a 6-point star (in continuous lines, that is), and there are 2 ways to draw a 7-point star, how many different ways are there to draw a 1000-point star?",It's not guess work. Think of factors and mirror images. Try drawing out examples.,"199. First, let's examine the 5-point star and why there is only that one, described, way to draw it. Starting at A, you cannot go straight to point B, otherwise you will have a pentagon, not a star. Same with point E. AC and AD (and their progressions) yield identical pictures (notice that the last segment in the AC one is DA, literally reverse all the letters to get AD ending in CA). Now, for a 6-point star, there are points A, B, C, D, E, and F. Starting at A, we cannot go to B or F, because then we have a hexagon. If we go AC, then we must go CE, then CA... making a triangle, not a 6-point star. Going backwards, AE, EC, EA; mirror image. If we skip 2 points, we go AD, then DA, a straight line, hardly a 6-point star. For a 7-point star, A-G, AB and AG are not possible, as that's a heptagon. AC, CE, EG, GB, BD, DF, FA is one way to draw the star, skipping one point in between. Also, AD, DG, GC, CF, FB, BE, EA, skipping two points in between each, is the other way. The last two line possibilities, AF and AE are mirror images of the two working scenarios. Examining the above information a little more deeply, we see that we must divide all possible drawings by two, to get rid of the mirror images. Also, we cannot use the point immediately to the left, that is AB as a segment. This explains why there is only 1 way for a 5-point, and 2 for a 7-point, but does not explain the 6-point. Of those remaining points (dealing only with the first half, again, mirror images), those that are factors of the number of total points do not work, because you will end up back at the starting point before hitting every number. AC is a factor in six because it passes point B, so it's 2. AD is a factor of 3 (B, C and D). Not only factors, but multiples of factors, as well (for example, skipping 4 points in the 6-point still does not work). Using the knowledge of mirrors, first point impossibility (AB) and factors, we see that the number 1000 is made up of 10^3, or 2^3*5^3. Without going through every factor, it's quickly and easily discernible that of the numbers 1-1000, 2 or multiples of it encompass 500 numbers, all evens. Any multiple of 5 includes 200 numbers, half of which end in 0 and are already included with the 2's, so there are 600 unique factors and multiples between 1 and 1000. That leaves us with 400 that are *not*, which should explain how many unique stars we can make. Remember to cut it in half because of mirroring, leaving us with 200, and to discount the AB segment (factor of 1), leaving us with 199. (If you discount AB, and THEN halve it, remember you needed to remove A[Z], the mirror image of that point).",Logic,09/04/06 #28194,"4.5, 4.5, 12.5, What?",2.63,2.9,thepianistalex,"A teacher got mad at a student, and gave him one last chance to see if he was paying attention. ""You'll give me a number and I'll give you one back, and you must find out the rule. You only get five numbers! Once you get one wrong, you will get detention immediately!"" Here is a summary of what the student said and how the teacher replied. Input 1 , 2 , 3 , 4, 5 Output 4.5, 4.5, 12.5, 8, 8 What is the rule?",It's not really a rule...,"The rule is to count the number of letters of the number, square it, then divide by two. So: 1 = 3 2 = 3 3 = 5 4 = 4 5 = 4 (3^2)/2 = 9/2 = 4.5 (3^2)/2 = 9/2 = 4.5 (5^2)/2 = 25/2 = 12.5 (4^2)/2 = 16/2 = 8 (4^2)/2 = 16/2 = 8 Luckily, that student didn't get detention because of his quick wit, but who knows if he will be lucky next time...",Series,01/21/06 #901,Anagrams,2.81,2.47,Michelle,"An anagram is a word or phrase made by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. Each phrase below is an anagram of the thing it describes. Can you figure them out? Dirty Room A Rope Ends It Here Come Dots Cash Lost in 'em Alas! No More Z's I'm a Dot in Place Twelve plus one","Here's the first one: Dirty Room = Dormitory Now get the others.","Dormitory Desperation The Morse Code Slot Machines Snooze Alarms A Decimal Point Eleven plus two",Language,09/28/01 #36737,I Am Hidden in Here #9,2.56,2.55,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this famous 20th century humanitarian. 1. I was a popular leading man in the movies for nearly thirty years. My big ears and cocky grin helped define my screen persona as a rascal, most famously in: ""It Happened One Night"". 2. I was the son of President John Adams and served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was Secretary of State under President Monroe. I became president for only one term. 3. I gained national fame with my 1965 book, ""Unsafe At Any Speed"", which exposed the automobile industry's irresponsibility when it came to designing safe cars. 4. My professional tennis career included more than 50 pro tournament wins and three major titles. I won the gold medal at the Atlanta Summer Olympics of 1996. 5. I composed scores for the Broadway show ""A Chorus Line"" and the films ""The Sting"" and ""The Way We Were"", among my many other musical achievements. 6. I am known as the queen who financed Columbus's voyages to the New World (take the letter from my first name).",No hint available.,"1. Gable (Clark) 2. Adams (John Quincy) 3. Nader (Ralph) 4. Davenport (Lindsay) 5. Hamlisch (Marvin) 6. Isabella (of Castille) The famous 20th century humanitarian: GANDHI",Trivia,05/26/07 #26845,Quotes By Julius Caesar-Part I,2.62,2.54,brainster,"The quotes given below are by the great Julius Caesar. Can you decipher them? QGLMB DVCQBKFKBN KB KW GCBBCV BL DVCQBC BYQH BL OCQVH! DVCQBKHT KW BYC CWWCHDC LR OKRC. QGLMB JCH JCH KH TCHCVQO QVC ZMKDI BL GCOKCFC BYQB XYKDY BYCN XKWY BL GC BVMC. QGLMB QBBKBMEC K XLMOE VQBYCV GC RKVWB KH Q OKBBOC KGCVKQH FKOOQTC BYQH WCDLHE KH VLJC. QGLMB GCOKCR JCH RVCCON GCOKCFC BYQB XYKDY BYCN ECWKVC. XYQB XC XKWY, XC VCQEKON GCOKCFC, QHE XYQB XC LMVWCOFCW BYKHI, XC KJQTKHC LBYCVW BYKHI QOWL.","Q=A G=B L=O M=U B=T","About creativity It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life. About men Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true. About attitude I would rather be a first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome. About belief Men freely believe that which they desire. What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also. Q G D E C R T Y K I O J H L A Z V W B M F X S N P A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z",Cryptography,11/10/05 #24867,Blot Test,2.43,2.95,norcekri,24 = P on a B B,Blot and Bar,"24 points on a backgammon board. A ""blot"" is a single stone on a point, subject to capture. The ""bar"" is the divider across the middle of the board, where you place stones while they're waiting to come into play.",Letter-Equations,07/26/05 #4354,Boxers,2.31,1.53,mad-ade,"Mad Ade had managed to secure two tickets to a boxing match. There were two boxers in the boxing ring, plus the referee (regular boxing, not kick boxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds but ends after 6 rounds, after one boxer knocks out the other boxer. Yet neither Mad Ade nor the ref saw any man throw a punch. How is this possible?",No hint available.,They are female boxers,Logic,05/30/02 #11921,Record Breaker,2.66,1.07,MrIxolite,"There are many different world records out there held by many extraordinary people, like the world's fastest baked bean eater or the world's tallest woman. There is a record, however, that we have ALL held at one point. What is it?",No hint available.,The Youngest Person in the World (albeit not for very long).,Other,04/21/03 #41841,Seven Countries,2.58,1.78,Editor,"Below are seven countries, whose letters have been scrambled. Once you have unscrambled the letters, the first letters of each of the countries can then be scrambled to make another country. Can you find this country? AADNORR AEHIIOPT CEEEGR AAAACDGMRS ANORWY AAIMNOR EEMNY",No hint available.,"Germany: Andorra, Ethiopia, Greece, Madagascar, Norway, Romania, Yemen.",Language,05/07/08 #13897,Cat ctrl-c,2.23,1.3,something,"What does the following represent? cat ctrl-c murderer",No hint available.,Copycat killer,Rebus,07/19/03 #50328,See Eye Aey,2.0,0.61,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus? agent agent",No hint available.,"double agent For definitions and usage enter either / both the below - as written - in any internet computer search engine. idiom:double agent define:double agent",Rebus,06/07/14 #5126,9 Times the Sum,2.32,1.1,Cascas,There is a number that is 9 times the sum of its digits. What is this number?,No hint available.,81,Math,07/01/02 #29435,Girl Power - II,2.79,2.56,brainster,"Given below are quotes by Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. Can you decipher them? Zl tenaqsngure bapr gbyq zr gung gurer ner gjb xvaqf bs crbcyr: gubfr jub jbex naq gubfr jub gnxr gur perqvg. Ur gbyq zr gb gel gb or va gur svefg tebhc; gurer jnf yrff pbzcrgvgvba gurer. Jr zhfg yrnea gb or fgvyy va gur zvqfg bs npgvivgl naq gb or ivoenagyl nyvir va ercbfr. Lbh pnaabg funxr unaqf jvgu n pyrapurq svfg.","A N E R I V O B U H","My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there. We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. A N B O C P D Q E R F S G T H U I V J W K X L Y M Z N A O B P C Q D R E S F T G U H V I W J X K Y L Z M",Cryptography,03/30/06 #26213,Crack the Code,2.8,2.72,peanut,"In an attempt to further protect his secret chicken recipe, Colonel Sanders has locked it away in a safe with a 10-digit password. Unable to resist his crispy fried chicken, you'd like to crack the code. Try your luck using the following information: All digits from 0 to 9 are used exactly once. No digit is the same as the position which it occupies in the sequence. The sum of the 5th and 10th digits is a square number other than 9. The sum of the 9th and 10th digits is a cube. The 2nd digit is an even number. Zero is in the 3rd position. The sum of the 4th, 6th and 8th digits is a single digit number. The sum of the 2nd and 5th digits is a triangle number. Number 8 is 2 spaces away from the number 9 (one in between). The number 3 is next to the 9 but not the zero.","A triangle number is one which can be written with one number on the first line, 2 on the second, 3 on the third etc. Like ten-pin bowling style! (The first of these are 1, 3, 6)",5 6 0 2 9 3 8 4 1 7,Logic,10/05/05 #38080,Synonym Safari,2.77,1.55,MikeMan1216,"Replace each word or words in parentheses with a one-word synonym to decipher a common phrase. 1. (A single), (large), (joyous) (group of related people). 2. (Newcomer's) (good fortune). 3. (Observe) (previous to) you (jump).",No hint available.,"1. One, big, happy family. 2. Beginner's luck. 3. Look before you leap.",Language,09/02/07 #12616,Quick Change,2.18,2.57,theteaser,"What seven-letter, one-syllable, past-tense verb becomes a seven-letter, three-syllable, past-tense verb if you change its fifth letter from an H to a T?",No hint available.,The word reached becomes reacted.,Language,05/23/03 #28591,"Good Man, Bad Man",2.73,1.44,Sunrose,"Good Man: Married Good Man: Married Good Man: Married Bad Man: Single",No hint available.,All the good men are taken.,Rebus,02/12/06 #14477,Find the Number,2.36,1.83,Gerd,"The number has 5 digits. a: the first and the third digit are the same, all others are different. b: the highest digit is 7 and the lowest is 1. c: the third digit is twice as much as the fourth. d: the second digit is higher than the fifth. e: the sum of the five digits is 23. What is the number?",No hint available.,"67631 Because of 'a' and 'c' there are three possibilities: 2-21- (with 7 and 6 we only get 18) 4-42- (with 7 and 1 (b) we get 18) 6-63- (b says we need a 7 and a 1, and d shows the position.)",Math,08/22/03 #23960,Which Number?,2.61,1.91,chidam11,"In a number of two digits, the digit in the ones place is the square of the digit in tens place and the number formed by reversing the digits exceeds twice the number by 15, what is the number?",No hint available.,The number is 39.,Math,06/23/05 #44449,Remember to Cross the T's and Dot the I's,1.83,2.49,da1bearsfan,"LTVX AFHKNZ _ _ _ What three letters fill in the blanks?","- The title has a partial clue. - Look down. - They are grouped horizontally.","E M W The first row requires two straight lines to make. (LTVX) The Second row requires three straight lines to make. (AFHKNZ) Following the pattern, the next row should have four straight lines to make, and the only letters that do that are EMW. (Also everything has been so far in alphabetical order so it has to be ""EMW"", not EWM, MEW, MWE, WME, or WEM.)",Logic,05/13/09 #30077,Anasquare III,2.65,1.81,phrebh,"Find an anagram for each word listed below and then reorder the new words to create a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. RUNS 2. NUTS 3. SENT 4. ROTE",No hint available.,"STUN TORE URNS NEST",Language,04/26/06 #701,It can conquer lands,2.46,1.71,flipakosayo,"It can conquer lands, It can sink ships. But the only thing it's scared of is the sun. What is it?",No hint available.,Ice,Riddle,07/20/01 #28003,It's Part of Life,2.34,2.68,sweetmama,5 = S of G (D A B D A),No hint available.,"5 = Stages of Grief (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance)",Letter-Equations,01/10/06 #31153,Rnkfurers In Philos,2.35,2.89,norcekri,"Patty O'Furniture and her lopsided friend, Eileen, were down to their last dozen Rnkfurers. Rnkfurers are a little-known snack: a non-fat frankfurter whose natural flavorants include antivitriolic acids, sesquipedalian hydrocarbons, and golden bail powder. They're as nutritious as they are delicious, and the only advertising they need is word of mouth ... if you can get your friend to stop eating them long enough to tell you what they are. Eileen was contemplating how many to buy; the 15 she'd bought hadn't lasted long, and only Patty's generosity had kept her from exorcising her craving by writing an acrostic sonnet about the treats during English class. Now, after school, they were on their way to the local grocery store for their next order, strolling along in iambic pentameter. Patty plodded as Eileen's step provided the stresses. Gradually, they realized they could hear singing of a sort coming from up the street. The voices matched their pace -- one high and lilting in C-major, the other percussive and in the key of ""off"". As the two girls advanced, they tracked the sound to a large elm in Desire Creek's front yard. Patty spotted a red sneaker on one branch and grinned. ""I know that voice! C'mon down."" ""Who is it?"" Eileen prodded. ""Well, what do you call a guy making annoying noises in a tree?"" Eileen shrugged. ""C'mon down, Jay,"" Patty called into the leaves. ""Why should I?"" ""I'll give you each a Rnkfurer."" ""Is that the new Sinatra CD?"" ""No, it's the world's greatest snack."" ""I'm hungry, too!"" the other voice whined. ""Who's up there with you?"" Patty asked. ""I'll bet I know!"" Eileen called. ""It's obvious!"" Patty's face lit up in realization. ""Robin!"" they laughed together. A pair of hard landings and two bites later, Jay and Robin were negotiating to join the next bulk order of Rnkfurers. Patty explained how they'd always ordered such that one person got a number of Rnkfurers equal to the next person's percentage. ""But that doesn't work out very well with three people, and only with multiples of percentages for four,"" Eileen added. ""That's okay,"" Robin said. ""Does it have to be percentages?"" ""There's no law; just tradition. What do you have in mind?"" ""We've just studied amicable numbers in algebra."" ""What are those?"" ""You know what a perfect number is?"" ""Sure,"" Patty interjected, ""a number equal to the sum of its divisors."" ""Great,"" Jay continued. ""Amicable numbers are a pair where each is equal to the sum of the other one's divisors."" Patty and Eileen digested that for a moment, then nodded. ""So, what do you have for four people?"" Patty encouraged. ""I don't know. The smallest pair of amicable numbers is 220 and 284. Maybe we could order two sets of that?"" ""I don't know; traditionally, it's been a dependent sequence. What's the next pair?"" ""1184 and 1210."" ""That's a lot, even for us. Besides, they come in cases of 25, 50, and 100, and we get a price break on the larger cases."" ""Well, how about an aliquot sequence?"" ""Okay. How does it taste?"" Patty asked. ""Can you hum a few bars?"" Eileen offered at the same time. Robin laughed. ""No, it's a series of numbers, each one being the sum of the previous number's divisors. For instance, start with 12. Its divisors add up to 16. 16's divisors add up to 15, then 9, and it's downhill from there."" Eileen and Patty understood. ""So, you just don't have to get back to your starting point?"" ""Right. Some of the sequences seem to go on for a long time, but a few stick in the same neighborhood for a few terms."" ""Well, do you have any of those handy?"" ""It depends; how many of these do we want to order? You two know what makes a week's supply, I hope?"" ""Sure."" Patty spoke as the veteran Rnkfurerphile. ""At least 100 each, but probably not much more over the long haul."" Jay and Robin shared a glance. ""Robin, is your homework still in your pack?"" ""It sure is. One aliquot sequence coming up, the first four terms between 100 and 200, and the sum is divisible by 25."" Ten minutes later, the four friends were in the grocery store, ordering their Rnkfurers. What are the four quantities in the sequence?",You can leave out numbers that are primes (sum of proper divisors is 1) or the product of two primes (sum of divisors will be less than 100). This will shorten your search somewhat.,"108, 172, 136, and 134. Method: This one really requires a brute-force approach. The sigma function (sum of a number's divisors) does not lend itself to 3rd-order analysis (3 numbers past the first one). Most of the remaining numbers will leave the 100-200 range on the first or second iteration. I used a small computer program. The only sequence that stays in bounds for 4 terms is the one given. Side notes: The name ""Desire Creek"" is a nod to ""Desire Under the Elms"" and the ""Elm Creek Quilt"" books. There are 4-cycles of amicable numbers. However, the least quadruple is a little large, even for Patty's appetite: 1264460, 1547860, 1727636, 1305184.",Math,06/17/06 #9290,The River,2.85,1.72,megan,"Two people come to a river. There is a boat, however it can carry one person only. How can they each get to the other side of the river using the boat?",No hint available.,"They are on opposite sides of the river (nowhere does it say that they come to the river together!). One simply uses the boat to cross the river and the other person gets into the boat and takes it back to where it started.",Trick,12/21/02 #20110,Bad Hair Day?,2.25,2.41,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? D RA eGdeh EG D",No hint available.,"Dragged through a hedge backwards lit. The word DRAGGED (read in capitals from the top down in a sort of perpendicular step) passing through the word hedge spelt backwards.",Rebus,12/31/04 #17353,Swimming With the Fishes,2.52,1.68,ccccc,"A man was fishing on a large lake when he suddenly fell in. Although the man was an accomplished swimmer and was only a few yards away from shore, he eventually drowned. Why did this happen?",No hint available.,"The man was ice fishing on a frozen lake. Unable to find the hole through which he had fallen, he consequently drowned.",Situation,04/11/04 #49990,State Soundalikes,3.01,1.97,eighsse,"In this teaser, you are given odd definitions of terms. The terms must be found, and they sound approximately like the names of U.S. states. Can you get all five? 1. What a certain spectator sport's spectators do 2. Doing 2,000 pounds of laundry 3. What to buy if you're only slightly thirsty 4. Mindful of a wooded valley 5. Bauxite that is missing The hint gives the first letter of each state name.","1. T 2. W 3. M 4. D 5. O","1. What a certain spectator sport's spectators do: ""tennis-see"" (Tennessee) 2. Doing 2,000 pounds of laundry: ""washing ton"" (Washington) 3. What to buy if you're only slightly thirsty: ""mini-soda"" (Minnesota) 4. Mindful of a wooded valley: ""dell-aware"" (Delaware) 5. Bauxite that is missing: ""ore gone"" (Oregon)",Language,11/02/13 #10256,They'll Come To You,2.71,2.7,MrIxolite,"Each of the numbered items below are phrases, can you figure them out? 1) Koala 100% Grizzly 50% ->Panda 0.01%<- 2) Koala&Me That 1 3) Koala = Oxygen Grizzly = Water Panda = Food 4) Garfield Scooby Doo Yogi Felix Lassie Winnie the Pooh",No hint available.,"All are play on words substituting Bear with Bare: 1) The Bare (bear) Minimum 2) Bare With Me On That One. 3) The Bare Necessities or Bare Essentials. 4) Bare Bottoms - there are two lists with a bear on the bottom of each.",Rebus,02/05/03 #46357,Alien Nerds In Disguise!,2.88,1.7,canse912,"There are five aliens in disguise at a Star Wars convention. With their masks on they look like all other Star Wars slightly-geeky fans, but underneath the masks they look very different. Four of them even have to pretend that their extra heads are part of their costumes. Identify each alien's name, age, number of heads, colour of eyes and the oddity each alien possesses. Names: Gozz, Fleeb, Walla, Payle, Quarr Ages: 21, 22, 23, 25, 28 No. Heads: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Colour eyes: Blue, Brown, Red, Black, White Oddities: Three eyes, Fangs, One Leg, Seven Fingers, No Arms 1. Walla is the eldest. The alien with seven fingers on each hand doesn't have black eyes. 2. The youngest alien also has the most heads, and Gozz doesn't have a primary eye colour. 3. Fleeb is six years younger than the alien with no arms. 4. The aliens are having a hard time disguising the fact that Gozz and Quarr have more heads than humans, even though neither of them has the most heads of the five. 5. Payle's oddity is that he has trouble keeping up with the aliens due to the fact that he has only one leg. 6. Either Gozz or Fleeb is able to scare off the curious, human Star Wars fans with their massive fangs. 7. Fleeb and Quarr are the aliens that have normal, human eye colours, and they both have a prime number of heads. Payle is two years younger than Quarr, and Quarr is two years younger than Gozz. 8. The third eldest alien has seven fingers. The second eldest has fangs. 9. Fleeb has 2 heads. 10. The aliens are sending Walla out to get the drinks. Walla asks for black coffee, the same colour as his eyes. 11. The 23-year-old orders Coca-Cola, which isn't the colour of his eyes.","Primary colours: Yellow, Red and Blue. Humans tend to have eyes that are either blue, brown, green, grey or hazel.","Gozz, 25, 4 Heads, White Eyes, Fangs Fleeb, 22, 2 Heads, Brown Eyes, Three Eyes Walla, 28, 1 Head, Black Eyes, No Arms Payle, 21, 5 Heads, Red Eyes, One Leg Quarr, 23, 3 Heads, Blue Eyes, Seven Fingers",Logic-Grid,02/13/10 #28006,Letter Pairs V,2.73,2.25,phrebh,"Here are 30 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 10 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 10 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AG CE CT ED ED EL EN ER ES ES ES EV EW FI HS IM IS IS IT LA LE LE NO NT OF SE SU TA UG VI 1. Type of scout 2. Rearranged film clips 3. Happy sounds 4. Popular news hour 5. Watcher 6. Important matters 7. Choose 8. Sights 9. Ricky Gervais's milieu 10. Sounds","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Television.","1. TALENT 2. EDITED 3. LAUGHS 4. ELEVEN 5. VIEWER 6. ISSUES 7. SELECT 8. IMAGES 9. OFFICE 10. NOISES The theme is Television.",Language,01/10/06 #41820,Puppy Genes,2.15,1.47,beepbeeptnm,"Jessica has two hamsters, one male and one female. The male hamster is brown, the dominant trait for hamsters. His genotype is Ff. The capital F represents the dominant trait for hamsters, which is brown fur. The lowercase f represents the recessive trait for hamsters which is white fur. The female hamster has white fur, the recessive trait for hamsters. With these parents, there is a 50% chance of offspring whose phenotype (an organism's physical appearance) is heterozygous brown, and a 50% chance of an offspring whose phenotype is homozygous white. What is the possibility of ever, with any two genotypes, having offspring whose phenotype is heterozygous white?",No hint available.,"0% The results are impossible. White is a recessive trait and heterozygous means that there would have to be two different alleles. The only way to do that is with the genotype Ff, but since the dominant allele would always take over, the offspring would end up being brown.",Science,05/05/08 #28969,Storigram VI,3.0,2.08,phrebh,"Below is a (very) short story with 10 capitalized words or phrases which are anagrams of words that all fit in a certain category. Can you find the anagrams and determine the category? NOTE: One of the answers contains two words. A recently PAROLED man named Ari was going to ROB A PEARL boat of all of its FIG FARE. The boat was just off of the SHORE. He put on his BALM and donned his TOGA to SNEAK aboard. ARI GOT ALL of the NEAT HELP he needed from a safety pin that kept his toga IN PLACE.",Category: Animals,"LEOPARD POLAR BEAR GIRAFFE HORSE LAMB GOAT SNAKE ALLIGATOR ELEPHANT PELICAN Category: Animals",Language,03/07/06 #8164,Luke's Ultimate Challenge,2.68,1.39,bluelightnign,"Luke issued a challenge to his friend Bob. He asked him a question and gave him 4 simple clues as follows. 1. My age is 3 times as large as my brother's. 2. 4 years ago it was 5 times as old as my brother's. 3. Six years ago my age was 9 times that of my brother's. 4. The ages add to give an even numeral. What is Luke's age?",Luke's age is a multiple of his brother's age.,Luke is 24 and his brother is 8.,Math,10/22/02 #23326,Where There's Smoke There's Fire?,2.94,2.1,od-1,"Mr. Od-1 had just bought a new factory to start producing hydrogen gas for his alternatively fueled vehicles. For safety reasons, there could be no flammable materials in the factory, just steel and concrete. Nothing was even painted. He then hired a company to install a state of the art fire protection system. They had installed hundreds of highly sensitive smoke detectors throughout the factory. Each was linked to a sprinkler control unit so, if triggered, it would immediately open the sprinkler above the fire. Thus, it would save the whole factory from water damage in the event of a fire. After much testing, the system was working perfectly. But when Mr.Od-1 inspected the system, he couldn't believe the colossal mistake they had made. He called the designers of the system in and explained to them, ""This is a hydrogen plant. There are no flammable materials allowed in the plant, and employees wear fire proof clothing while in the plant; the only thing that can catch fire is the hydrogen itself."" Understanding their mistake, the system designers rebuilt the system. What had they done wrong?",No hint available.,"They had installed smoke detectors only, with no heat detection system. Burning hydrogen doesn't produce any smoke or fumes. There were no other flammable items allowed in the plant, so a fire could have burned for some time undetected by the smoke detectors.",Science,06/01/05 #970,10 D in a R of Q,2.2,2.19,DaniMatt,10 D in a R of Q,No hint available.,10 dollars in a roll of quarters,Letter-Equations,09/29/01 #1083,7=D Y,2.32,2.19,tdw2,7=D Y in a H Y,No hint available.,7= Dog Years in a Human Year,Letter-Equations,10/09/01 #25382,Africa In Europe?,2.53,2.6,timber_wolf_789,"A man, visiting Europe, hears an African bird call. There are no African birds in the area. How can this be?",No hint available.,"He heard a marsh warbler. Native to Europe, these birds imitate the calls they hear when they migrate to tropical regions in the winter.",Situation,08/17/05 #4289,Drum?,2.33,1.8900000000000001,mad-ade,"What's this familiar phrase? EearR",No hint available.,inner ear (in ER ear),Rebus,05/27/02 #13440,Missing Three Letter Word,2.5,2.32,ChemicalBoy08,"A three-letter word has been removed from five words leaving the letters below, which are still in the correct order. What was the three letter word? For example if the three letter word was LOG, then SLOGAN would become SAN. LOE CH SHE ER VAE",No hint available.,"CAT LOcatE, catCH, ScatHE, catER, VAcatE",Language,06/26/03 #36852,Twin Trouble 2,2.53,1.74,reptile5000,"Mo and Joe are twins. They were born on January 1st in New York, at noon.Their births were normal, with no problems. Mo was born in 2006 and Joe was born in 2007. How?",No hint available.,"Mo and Joe were both twins, but not siblings. They didn't have the same mother.",Logic,06/05/07 #22965,Inspector Beethoven,2.5,1.8,beethovenswig,"Beethoven needs your help! Mozart has been killed at a party in a mansion and Beethoven has been called to the case. The rooms in the mansion are: The Library, The Dining Room, The Music Room, and The Study. Mozart was killed in the Music room. Schubert, Joplin, Hayden, and Gershwin are the suspects. Beethoven has figured out that the suspect that was in the Music Room at the time of the murder is the one who killed Mozart. Find out which suspect was in which room at the time of the murder to figure out the person who killed Mozart! 1. Schubert hated books. 2. Joplin was either eating or practicing piano. 3. Gershwin liked books, but wasn't in the Library. 4. There were two people in the Music Room. 5. Schubert was sick of being called ""Sherbet"" by Joplin, so he left the room Joplin was in.",No hint available.,"Schubert murdered Mozart. Hayden was in the Library. Joplin was in the Dining Room. Gershwin was in the Study. Schubert was in the Music Room. The second person in the music room was Mozart's dead body!",Logic,05/18/05 #38111,Family Sport,3.21,2.24,grilledcheese,"Three brothers share a family sport: A non-stop marathon The oldest one is fat and short And trudges slowly on The middle brother's tall and slim And keeps a steady pace The youngest runs just like the wind, Speeding through the race ""He's young in years, we let him run,"" The other brothers say ""'Cause though he's surely number one, He's second, in a way.""",No hint available.,"The hands on a clock (hour, minute, and second).",Riddle,09/04/07 #50651,Sailboats,3.08,1.91,ultimatecub,"The sailboats have been mixed up. You'll need to work out which sailboat belongs to which owner, the dock numbers, and the lengths of the boats. Boats: Adagio III, Fair Weather, Irish Pride, Petite Palm, White Squid Docks: 6, 8, 16, 19, 28 Owners: Ann, Charlie, Hetta, Ivor, Kelly Lengths (in ft): 22, 25, 28, 31, 34 Clues: 1. Of the sailboat at Dock 16 and Charlie's boat, one is the Petite Palm and the other is the White Squid. 2. The Fair Weather isn't moored at Dock 19. 3. The White Squid is 9 feet shorter than the Irish Pride. 4. The boat at Dock 19 is either Charlie's boat or Ivor's boat. 5. The five boats are the Petite Palm, the sailboat at Dock 8, the 28 ft boat, the 25 ft boat and Kelly's sailboat. 6. The 22 ft vessel is owned by Kelly. 7. The Irish Pride isn't owned by Hetta. 8. The 28 ft vessel isn't moored at Dock 6. 9. The Adagio III is 3 feet longer than Kelly's sailboat. 10. The 34 ft vessel isn't moored at Dock 19.","If Dock 8 and 28 ft are different, Dock 8 cannot be equal to 28 ft.","Adagio III, 25 ft, Ivor, Dock 19 Fair Weather, 28 ft, Hetta, Dock 28 Irish Pride, 31 ft, Ann, Dock 8 Petite Palm, 34 ft, Charlie, Dock 6 White Squid, 22 ft, Kelly, Dock 16",Logic-Grid,07/19/15 #15926,Delete and Unscramble,2.73,1.42,7catac7,"Delete 3 letters from the words below and then you should have some letters. Unscramble them and you should get the word that matches the clues in the ( ). For example: Advance (a stick used for beating someone)The answer is cane. You would delete a,d,v and unscramble a,n,c,e 1. Delete (you put a golf ball on it) 2. Scramble (certain things that live on the beach) 3. Comment (a pitch, like your voice ____, your instrument ____, etc.) 4. Message (It may ____ like Monday, but it's Sunday) 5. Pointer (if you can make this rhyme at the end of this time, then you are a ____)",No hint available.,"1. Tee (delete d,e,l and unscramble e,t,e) 2. Crabs (delete m,l,e and unscramble s,c,r,a,b) 3. Tone (delete c,m,m and unscramble o,e,n,t) 4. Seem (delete s,a,g and unscramble m,e,s,e) 5. Poet (delete i,n,r and unscramble p,o,t,e)",Language,12/23/03 #43552,Dance the Night Away,2.0,1.73,eggface,"Which dance movement from group A should be in B? Group A: plie, shuffle, arabesque, changement Group B: wing, heel change, front slap",No hint available.,"Shuffle. All of the other dance movements in group A are classical ballet moves. The ones in group B are tap dance moves.",Group,11/15/08 #4923,Equal Mowing,2.26,2.8,mad-ade,"Mad Ade's kids, Mad Ade junior and little Miss Mad Ade were going to cut the grass on their square lawn, while their dad was out buying a bumper family sized kebab with extra grease. They agreed that each should cut one-half of the area. Junior went first, and cut a border 2 metres wide all the way around. After doing a few sums, Little Miss agreed that exactly one-half had been cut and happily cut the rest. What was the area of the lawn?",No hint available.,Area of lawn was 186.51 square metres,Math,06/24/02 #27573,Odd Word Out,3.03,2.11,Dave,"Which of the following words does not belong in the list, and why? Reappear Caucasus Inefficiencies Signings Arraigning Horseshoer Intestines Appeases","Other words that would fit in the list are: Hotshots Couscous Beriberi","The odd word out is INEFFICIENCIES In all the other words, each of the letters in the word appears twice.",Group,12/18/05 #13199,Last Pet,2.68,2.47,bluetwo,"What do the following words have in common: Last Pet Ball Poll Bug",Vowels,"You can substitute any vowel into each of those words and still form a word: Last-Lest-List-Lost-Lust Pat-Pet-Pit-Pot-Put Ball-Bell-Bill-Boll-Bull Pall-Pell-Pill-Poll-Pull Bag-Beg-Big-Bog-Bug",Language,06/16/03 #24794,Careful Overweight Canines,2.82,2.09,Javian,"Which word doesn't belong in the group? Careful Abalone Overweight Canine Often",No hint available.,"""Careful"" does not belong. All of the other words end in a number: abal-ONE overw-EIGHT ca-NINE of-TEN",Group,07/23/05 #14232,Paint Me Up,2.35,0.74,prettydolphin9,"Paint me up and I am pretty, File me down and I am healthy, But cut too much and pain I bring. What is this mysterious thing?",No hint available.,A fingernail.,Riddle,08/08/03 #50051,Dropboxes VII,2.4,1.8900000000000001,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Sheep sounds [_] 2. Stories [_] 3. NaCl 4. Desert mammal [_] 5. Medieval weapon [_] 6. High or low card 7. Reading; analyzing [_] 8. Bound [_] 9. Smiles 10. Branched horn [_] 11. Afterwards [_] 12. Authentic 13. Indirectly [_] 14. Decorative inserts [_] 15. Manicurist's work",No hint available.,"1. bleats [B] 2. tales [E] 3. salt 4. camel [L] 5. mace [M] 6. ace 7. parsing [A] 8. spring [P] 9. grins 10. antler [N] 11. later [T] 12. real 13. snakily [K] 14. inlays [Y] 15. nails ""Blank"" and ""empty"" -- two synonymous terms.",Language,12/28/13 #21046,Sibling Rivalries,2.82,2.85,jpfrank1,"Anyone who has even one brother or sister knows that sibling rivalries permeate into every aspect of life. Well the Humdingers are no different. Four boys (Jason, Matt, Tom and David) and one girl (Sarah--don't you feel for her!) are as different as children get. The one thing that they have in common is their love of sports and food (sounds familiar to this author, mmm food). Each child who is either in 3rd, 5th, 6th 8th or 12th grade plays on their school's team in their favorite sport (Golf, Soccer, Tennis, Football or Hockey). After they finish playing, they each go home and watch their favorite baseball team (buying 5 TVs was the best move Mrs. Humdinger ever made) while enjoying their favorite stadium food (hot dogs, pretzels, nachos w/o meat, ice cream or chicken fingers) to get them in the mood. Your job is to match each child with the grade, sport they play, favorite team and favorite food. ENJOY! 1. Jason's younger brother (not Tom) loves to play hockey. 2. Sarah has two younger brothers neither of whom golf or eat pretzels. 3. Tom's favorite baseball team moved from Brooklyn to LA. 4. Whoever plays tennis loves to watch the Orioles. 5. Matt is in 5th grade. 6. The Cardinals fan eats neither ice cream nor hot dogs, but does play hockey. 7. The Orioles fan is a vegetarian. 8. Whoever is in 6th grade plays soccer and eats hot dogs. 9. The Yankees fan likes to watch his favorite team while eating Ben & Jerry's. 10. The football player likes chicken. 11. Jason idolizes Fred Couples so is obviously into golf. 12. David, who does not eat meat, has a younger sibling who is a Met fan.",No hint available.,"Jason: 8th, golf, Yankees, ice cream Matt: 5th, hockey, Cardinals, nachos Sarah: 6th, soccer, Mets, hot dogs Tom: 3rd, football, Dodgers, Chicken fingers David: 12th, tennis, Orioles, Pretzels",Logic-Grid,02/15/05 #48218,Curtail 14,2.62,2.0,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Astute; streetwise -> Nagging woman; mouse-like mammal 2. Available resources -> Offensive or nasty; to intend 3. Vigorous enjoyment -> Strong air current 4. Forcible exhalation -> Small seabird; type of auk 5. Cunning; attractive -> Bushy-tailed mammal 6. Headlong rush of animals -> Affixed postage 7. Peak; summit -> Mimic; a primate 8. Migratory grasshopper -> Venue or place","The words start with these letters: 1. S 2. M 3. G 4. P 5. F 6. S 7. A 8. L","1. Shrewd -> Shrew 2. Means -> Mean 3. Gusto -> Gust 4. Puffing -> Puffin 5. Foxy -> Fox 6. Stampede -> Stamped 7. Apex -> Ape 8. Locust -> Locus",Language,11/19/10 #44048,Stronger Than Steel,3.05,1.41,BrieCheese,"Stronger than steel, yet lighter than cotton Found in a corner, forever forgotten I bother so many, but marvel a few You can't seem to make me I'm a mystery to you.","I am used for protection But also a weapon.","Spider silk. Spider silk is one of the most remarkable materials on Earth. Besides being five times stronger than steel, it is also extremely lightweight: a strand of spider silk long enough to circle the earth would weigh less than 16 ounces. Despite years of study, researchers are still baffled by spider silk and have not been able to duplicate it.",Riddle,02/03/09 #25775,Circular Puff,2.69,1.72,sweetime,"One word I be, Two meanings of me. A puff of air, gently flowing; A circular motion, useful for towing; See me through the skies, feel me on the ground; Move me again, around and around. What am I?",The clues refer to two different definitions of the same word. Can you figure out which go to which?,Wind,Riddle,09/04/05 #43432,A Fishy Sailor,2.63,1.43,TRILLIONAIRE,"The first mate of the Jolly Rancher cargo ship announces to the crew that the captain was found murdered in his bunk that morning. The first mate knows that none of the loyal crewmen would do such a thing. He narrows his suspects down to the four newest crew members, each claiming to be an expert and experienced sailor. The first mate questions each of the sailors about the murder. From the responses, determine which sailor is the most suspicious. Sailor 1: ""Aye, I had jus' finish'd a 12 hour watch astern. Didn't hear a thing."" Sailor 2: ""I was busy cleanin' the bathroom 't the front of 'r ship. Don't know nothin'."" Sailor 3: ""I was 't the starboard side paintin' the hull, mindin' me own business last night."" Sailor 4: ""I 's below the deck las'night securin' some cargo.""","Arr, can ye fig'r out who's the landlubber?","Sailor 2 is the most suspicious. Experienced sailors, as they all claimed to be, do not address the 'head' as the 'bathroom'. Also, he would have referred to the front of the ship as the 'bow' or 'forward'.",Mystery,10/27/08 #9121,A Man And His Dog,2.41,1.6300000000000001,Gmoney-Gdog,"A man and his dog were going to the park. The man rode, yet the dog walked. What was the dog's name?",No hint available.,"The dog's name was Yet. The man rode, YET the dog walked.",Trick,12/14/02 #7448,Two Backbones,2.72,2.55,warrior,"Only two backbones, and a thousand ribs. What is it?",No hint available.,Railroad tracks.,Riddle,09/15/02 #40997,Math Situations #1,2.23,1.4,Fire_Shell96,"In a coin collecting book 30 nickels can fit in each of 8 pages and 36 dimes can fit on each of 6 pages. If the nickel book is 5/8 full and the dime book is 75% full, how much money is in the book?",Convert the fraction and percentage to a decimal.,"The answer is $23.70. This can be calculated through multiplication. 5/8 is equivalent to .625. The total amount of money that can be stored into the nickel section of the book is $12. 12x.625=7.5, or $7.50. 75% is equivalent to .75. The total amount of money that can be stored in the dime section of the book is $21.60. 21.6x.75=16.2, or $16.20. If you add these numbers ($7.50 and $16.20) you end up with a sum of $23.70.",Math,03/12/08 #27530,Age Mix Up,2.7600000000000002,2.09,scm14,"Jordan, Justin and Jeff are brothers whose ages are 29, 30 and 31 (in any order). Your job is to determine the brothers' ages from the clues below. There's one catch though....only ONE clue is true. The rest are false. Good luck! 1. Justin is 30 2. Jordan is the youngest 3. Jordan is 31 4. Justin is one year older and one year younger than his brothers. 5. Justin is not the youngest. 6. Jordan is not two years older than Justin. 7. Justin is the oldest 8. Jeff is older than Jordan.",No hint available.,"Justin, 29 Jeff, 30 Jordan, 31 Clue 1: If this is true, so is clue 4. Therefore, it is false and Justin is not 30. Clue 2: If this is true, so is clue 5. Therefore, it is false and Jordan is not 29. Clue 3: This clue is true Clue 4: If this is true, so is clue 1. Therefore, it is false. Clue 5: If this is true, Justin would have to be 31, because we have already determined from clue # 1 that he is not 30, and clue 7 would also be true. Therefore, it is false. Clue 6: If this is true, Jordan would be 30 and clue # 8 would also be true. Therefore it is false.",Logic,12/16/05 #24922,Squire's Choice,2.74,2.27,MikoChan,"There once was a young squire who decided it was his time to marry. However, he could not choose between the three finest maids of his village. He asked his wise mother how should he choose a bride from the three lovely maidens. ""Ask them to eat cheese with you,"" was the woman's reply. The man did as he was told and after the meal he was able to pick the best girl to be his wife. How did the young man decide?","They ate a certain type of cheese. It was not only what they ate, but how they ate that mattered.","The young man served cheese with a thick rind and watched the girls eat. One devoured the cheese without taking off the rind. The second hastily cut away the rind, wasting the cheese. The third cut the rind away neatly and wasted none of the cheese. He did not marry the first girl, who was greedy, nor the second, who was careless. The wise squire married the girl who was neither greedy nor careless, but a careful and patient woman.",Situation,07/27/05 #38633,Got Worms?,2.35,0.92,1smart_okie,N Y C = T B A,city = nickname,New York City = The Big Apple,Letter-Equations,10/05/07 #48558,Don't Forget The... Aw...,2.44,1.43,Mathgeek007,"Your spouse wrote you a shopping list. It goes like this. Don't forget your items! ?I?GG?QUAS?A?ANDARI?ECTARIN?GGPLAN? You see the note has gotten wet from the rain, and now the first and last letters of each word are incomprehensible. You know each ? is one letter. What are the items on the list, if each ? represents the first and last letter of the words around it? Bonus- What do all the items have in common?","MERSHENARY Those are the letters in the ? spots, (except the first and last letters in the whole group) plus another four. They are not in the correct order.","PIE EGGS SQUASH HAM MANDARIN NECTARINE EGGPLANT Bonus- They are all foods!",Language,03/15/11 #47251,Can You Find It? XIII,2.17,2.58,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word DEFIBRILLATION, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. A pouring out of wine on honor of a deity. 2. The path taken by a planet around a sun. 3. A number, represented by a 1, followed by 9 zeros. 4. Part of the harness of a horse, consisting of a bit, headstall, and reins. 5. Resembling fiber or fibrous tissue. 6. An Italian coin and monetary unit. 7. To remain, continue, or stay. 8. The defense of an accused person, noting having been elsewhere during a crime. 9. A bitter, sharply abusive denunciation. 10. A broad belt worn over the shoulder with loops for holding cartridges. 11. Having a courteous, gracious, and/or charming manner. 12. A small, usually sensational, newspaper, usually with many photos.",No hint available.,"1. Libation 2. Orbit 3. Billion 4. Bridle 5. Fibroid 6. Lire 7. Abide 8. Alibi 9. Diatribe 10. Bandolier 11. Debonair 12. Tabloid",Language,06/16/10 #7241,Clockwork,2.65,1.75,NuttyPrince,"Which clock works better, the one that loses a minute a day, or the one that doesn't work at all?",No hint available.,"It depends on your definition of ""works better"". 1) The one that doesn't work is better as it will always be correct twice a day, but the one that loses a minute a day will not be correct again for 720 days (losing 720 minutes or 12 hours). 2) The one that loses a minute a day is better because you can keep track of how far off it is and then add to find the correct time. There is no way that anyone looking at the stopped clock could ever figure out the correct time, even if it does happen to be right twice a day.",Other,09/06/02 #20307,Blair Whisky Project,2.33,2.41,MrIxolite,"Which BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN or CANADIAN term is represented below? Cabinet netiCab binetCa <- Note: This is a term peculiar to Britain, Australia and Canada, so don't be disheartened if you don't get it.",No hint available.,"A cabinet re-shuffle Lit. The word CABINET is shuffled then shuffled again. This is a British and Australian political phrase to describe the regular re-designation of various high ranking positions within the British and Australian governments.",Rebus,01/11/05 #52342,Mysterious Membership,2.46,3.09,ThinksForFun,"Twenty-four members make me a lively blend Eight are pressured for a girl to befriend Ten represented at the head of a table's left end Four members, throughout our skies extend My last two, released by a leafy friend Into your system, rejuvenation do I send What am I?","Hint 1: I'll pick you up in the morning. Hint 2: Think small; I mean REALLY small - at the molecular level.","caffeine The chemical formula for caffeine is C8H10N4O2. Thus: line 1: The total number of atoms (""members"") comprising a caffeine molecule is 24 (""twenty-four"") (8+10+4+2). Caffeine is a stimulant for the nervous system, therefore making it a chemical compound which is a ""lively blend"". line 2: The ""C8"" of caffeine (or C8H10N4O2). Eight (8) atoms/members of caffeine are those of carbon, which can become diamond under sufficient and prolonged pressurization (""pressured""). The phrase ""for a girl to befriend"" alludes to the saying ""diamonds are a girl's best friend"". line 3: The ""H10"" of caffeine (or C8H10N4O2). Ten (10) atoms/members of caffeine are those of hydrogen, which is an element (symbol: H, atomic number: 1) found at the top left-hand corner of the periodic table of elements, i.e. ""at the head of a table's left end"". line 4: The ""N4"" of caffeine (or C8H10N4O2). Four (4) atoms/members of caffeine are those of nitrogen, which makes up about 78% of the Earth's atmosphere. line 5: The ""O2"" of caffeine (or C8H10N4O2). Two (2) atoms/members of caffeine are those of oxygen, which is released by a plant (""a leafy friend"") through the process of photosynthesis. line 6: Caffeine delivers ""rejuvenation"" (i.e. a boost) to ""your system"" to make you feel more energetic. For the first hint, caffeine is a stimulant, so it can ""pick you up"" i.e. give you energy, if you drink coffee, for example, or some other beverage containing caffeine ""in the morning"".",Riddle,01/09/20 #45394,I am a Seven Digit Number,2.45,2.11,Lord_Hawk,"I am a seven digit number. All of my digits are distinct and non-zero. The sum of all my digits is 29. My first digit is 2, and my last is 6. No two consecutive digits are even, no two consecutive digits are odd, and no two consecutive digits are prime. The number also follows another interesting pattern - starting from the first digit, if the second digit is higher, then the third will be lower than the second, and the fourth higher than the third, and so on alternately. This pattern can also be inverted. What am I?","Which digits can add up to 29? Then consider the rules and work from digit to digit. Remember that 1 is not a prime - it is a cardinal number.",2143856,Math,09/28/09 #27459,Largest or Smallest?,2.57,0.75,sweetime,"Detective Sing was sitting and eating dinner with his friend, John. John was excited because, on the way into the room, he had seen a man offering to double the amount of money he was given by any person, provided they could answer one question correctly. ""All he wants to know, Dan,"" said John, ""is which of these two statements is incorrect: Australia is the biggest island or Australia is the smallest continent. If I can tell him which statement is incorrect, he'll double my money!"" ""Save your money,"" said Detective Sing. ""There's no way you can win that bet."" Why not?",No hint available.,"Australia is considered BOTH the largest island and the smallest continent. Neither statement is incorrect, which means that the con artist will never be required to pay back the money.",Trick,12/13/05 #26020,For Score and Seven (plus Two),2.29,2.82,norcekri,"In this ordered list, where should you insert baseball and basketball? 1. Cricket 2. Pub Darts 3. Bowling 4. Golf 5. Gridiron football (USA rules) 6. Figure skating 7. Football (soccer)",Winner's edge,"The sports are ranked in order of the average winning score for one performance/contest at a world-class level. 1. Cricket..........>350 2. Pub Darts........301 3. Bowling...........260-270 4. Basketball.........90-100 5. Golf..................67-69 6. Gridiron.............26+ 7. Baseball..............6.1+ 8. Figure Skating......5.9-6 9. Football...............2.3+",Series,09/21/05 #43251,Chain Reaction,2.62,1.67,TRILLIONAIRE,"Fill in the blanks with a word that fits between them. Both blanks can be combined to make a compound word or two-word phrase. Example: Library ___ Worm / Chess ___ House Answer: Book Club 1) Kitchen ___ Place / Berlin ___ Paper 2) Early ___ Nest / White ___ Keys 3) Driver's ___ Fee / Dinner ___ Tectonics","1) F _ _ _ w _ _ _ 2) B _ _ _ h _ _ _ _ 3) L _ _ _ _ _ _ / P _ _ _ _","1) Firewall 2) Birdhouse 3) License Plate",Language,10/04/08 #20327,Letter Shuffle 3,2.66,2.55,dumbell,"What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same seven letters, can be used to complete the sentence below? The children smiled with _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when they saw the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Christmas displays. What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same six letters, can be used to complete the sentence below? We were happy to see that the landlord's notice to _ _ _ _ _ _ contained a _ _ _ _ _ _ covering a hardship allowance. What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same eight letters, can be used to complete the sentence below? In one European city, the main _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ carries mailboxes because its _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is near the main post office.",No hint available.,"Delight, lighted. Vacate, caveat. Tramline, terminal.",Language,01/11/05 #50844,Chain Letters 13,2.1,1.8,cnmne,"The following two 4x4 grids each contain a 12-letter word. Each word is formed by a chain of letters. A word can begin with any of the letters. The second letter of a word is adjacent (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) to the first letter, the third letter is adjacent to the second, and so on. No letter can be used more than once. Four letters in each grid will be unused. LUAC AEQR ICNA ONTH FPML EORA HSIN OSKO",The first letter of the first word is in Row 1. The first letter of the second word is in Column 2.,The words are ACQUAINTANCE and PROFESSIONAL.,Language,06/07/16 #18844,Knowledge,2.78,1.3,Anupriya9,"I'm a strange contradiction; I'm new, and I'm old, I'm often in tatters, and often decked with gold. Though I never could read, yet lettered I'm found; Though blind, I enlighten; though loose, I am bound, I'm always in black, and I'm always in white; I'm grave and I'm gay, I am heavy and light - In form too I differ - I'm thick and I'm thin, I've no flesh and bones, yet I'm covered with skin; I've more points than the compass, more stops than the flute; I sing without voice; without speaking, confute. I'm English, I'm German, I'm French, and I'm Dutch; Some love me too fondly, some hate me too much; I often die soon, though I sometimes live ages, And no monarch alive has so many pages.",Read the LAST line carefully :p,A book,Riddle,09/13/04 #3584,kablack,2.15,1.21,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? kablackrabeltte",No hint available.,"Black belt in karate. KAblackRAbeltTE",Rebus,04/17/02 #9532,++++,2.26,1.05,alintanfern,"What common phrase is represented below? You win + You lose +",No hint available.,"You win some (sum) You lose some (sum)",Rebus,01/01/03 #7189,One Half,2.53,2.78,im_para_noid,"Arrange the digits 0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, and 9, to form a single fraction that equals 1/2. (Here is one example that, alas, turns out not to be true: 32145/24690=1/2)",No hint available.,One solution: 12345/24690=1/2,Math,09/04/02 #27179,Midsummer's Ease,2.77,2.9,norcekri,"It's a rebus; you know the drill: stEvE EldEr -- smiling and benevolent bEn mEEkEr -- gregarious and generous frEd fErbEr -- a snarling old coot nEll nEff -- penny-pinching EdgEr bErgEn -- entertaining and law-abiding","(1) Puck's other name (2) Count the E's","4 E's -- a jolly good fellow (For He's a Jolly Good Fellow) The first two and last names have four E's; the others have only three or two. Puck's other name is Robin Goodfellow",Rebus,11/26/05 #32787,"4, 3, And 6?",2.73,1.8900000000000001,mik512,"Hold up your first 3 fingers on your right hand. Look very carefully. How can this be 4, 3 and 6?",This is probably older than your grandparents.,Roman numerals! The fingers represent both IV and VI at the same time. The 3 fingers represent 3.,Other,09/01/06 #11811,Name That Tune,2.65,2.32,island-paradise,"What are these otherwise well disguised songs? 1. The nighttime guide adorned with small, often circular pieces of sparkling metal or plastic used for decoration of a standard. 2. Transport my personage to the exterior to the amusement involving a small round hard throwing implement. 3. A solid, usually cylindrical mass of tallow in the midst of moving air. 4. Ancient nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future, relatively hard, naturally formed mineral or petrified matter and caused to move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.","1. American 2. sports fans 3. Elton John 4. Bob Seger","1. The Star Spangled Banner 2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game 3. Candle in the Wind 4. Old Time Rock and Roll",Other,04/17/03 #45082,The British are Coming!,1.73,2.93,solarsistim321,"Matrices were used very often as codes during WWII. It was an excellent way to encode secret messages. Unless someone has the matrix with which to decode the other matrices it would be nearly impossible to uncode the message. Lucky for you, you have all the information you need to decode the message. Let's see if you can! Your main matrix is: [-3 -2] [ 4 3] Decode the message: 11, 12, -15, -10, -3, 0, 8, 6, -75, -50, -32, -21, -26, -16, 80, 60, -9, -1, 36, 27, -18, -12, 94, 71, 76, 57, -11, -7. - -44, -29, -15, -6, 72, 54, 73, 56, 57, 44, -15, -10.",Look at the title.,"One if by land, two if by sea. - Paul Revere. You were given a 2x2 matrix (rows x columns). Since it has two rows, you will need to group the code in matrices of 1x2. This gives you: [11 12][-15 -10][-3 0][8 6][-75 -50][-32 -21][-26 -16][80 60][-9 -1][36 27][-18 -12][94 71][76 57][-11 -7]. - [-44 -29][-15 -6][72 54 ][73 56][57 44][-15 -10]. From here you need to proceed by multiplying each of these matrices by the inverse of your main matrix. To find the inverse you first will need to find your determinate. To do this you multiply the top right and bottom left numbers and subtract it from the product of the top left and bottom right numbers. Your determinate is -1. -1 is then multiplied by each integer in your matrix, giving you: [ 3 2] [-4 -3] You then proceed to switch the top left and bottom right numbers and reverse the sign on your other two numbers. From here you multiply each of the numbers in the matrix by your determinate. Your new matrix is: [-3 -2] [ 4 3] You need to multiply the two numbers in the 1x2 matrices by the first two integers in your 2x2 main matrix. For example: [11 12] * [-3 -2] [ 4 3] You would need to take [11*-3 + 12*4 11*-2 + 12*3]. You would get [15 14]. If you proceed using the same process through all of the 1x2 matrices, your new code would be: [15 14][5 0][9 6][0 2][25 0][12 1][14 4][0 20][23 15][0 9][6 0][2 25][0 19][5 1]. - [16 1][21 12][0 18][5 22][5 18][5 0]. Each number represents its corresponding letter, for example A=1, B=2, C=3, etc. All you need to do then is substitute each number with its corresponding letter to get your answer.",Trivia,08/17/09 #27128,Anatomy 101!,2.65,2.11,redraptor50,Which one is different? A) Sternocleidomastoid B) Deltoid C) Ilium D) Sartorius E) Gastrocnemius,Look at Title. Bone and Muscles.,C) Ilium is the only bone! (hipbone). The rest are muscles. A) Runs along the side of the neck into the back. B) Muscle of the shoulder. D) Narrow muscle in the thigh and the longest muscle in the body. E) Large muscle in the calf of the leg.,Trivia,11/24/05 #655,Birds and Branches,2.4,1.4,vikass,"Some birds have been flying non-stop for two hours. Suddenly, the leader of the group decided that they should all have a rest and it pointed out a tree with bare branches nearby. At first the leader of the birds said that they should be perched on one branch each. By doing so, one of the birds did not have a branch for his own. So, the birds' leader did not like it and said that on each branch there should be two birds perched. In doing so, there was one branch which didn't have any birds on it. How many birds and branches were there?",No hint available.,4 birds and 3 branches,Logic,06/27/01 #29042,Very Committed,2.83,2.44,paul726,,What do sheep produce?,"Dyed in the wool. ""Passed away"" is a polite way of saying ""died"". ""Dyed in the wool"" means very committed.",Rebus,03/11/06 #9784,Late Afternoons I Often Bathe,2.63,1.5,lesternoronha1,"Late afternoons I often bathe. I'll soak in water piping hot. My essence goes through my see-through clothes. Used up am I; I've gone to pot. What am I?",No hint available.,I'm a tea bag.,Riddle,01/14/03 #8310,"E, Z, D, V, F, S, S",2.34,2.83,something,"Finish this series: E, Z, D, V, F, S, S, ?, ?, ?",Sprechen Sie Deutsch?,"A, N, Z They are the first letters of German numbers (1-10): Ein, Zwei, Drei, Vier, Funf, Sechs, Sieben, Acht, Neun, Zehn.",Series,11/02/02 #50043,The Tunnel of the Master,2.38,2.46,DaBomma,"In a tunnel of many twists and turns, A breeze of heat continues to churn. And in this tunnel, a beast so large, Quickly, fiercely, advances its charge. The tunnel is dark, A channel of ebony. But it is of gold, A channel of revelry. In a tunnel of many twists and turns, A breeze of heat continues to churn. And in this tunnel, a beast so large, Quickly, fiercely, advances its charge. The beast escapes, At its peak, A large, piercing thing, A shriek. In a tunnel of many twists and turns, A breeze of heat continues to churn. And in this tunnel, another beast so large, Quickly, fiercely, succeeds the charge. This pattern goes on, Until the blast is done, The beasts decayed, And all is none. In a tunnel of many twists and turns, A breeze of heat ceases to churn. And in this tunnel, three pistons lay idle, Silently, sleeping, awaiting the next cycle.",No hint available.,A trumpet.,Riddle,12/26/13 #29674,"64, 4, 16, 25, 9, 81, ?",2.38,2.65,____,"What's the next number in this sequence? 64, 4, 16, 25, 9, 81, ?",It will repeat after some entries.,"49. Each number from the second is the square of the difference of the two digits of its preceding number. One-digit numbers are counted as two-digit numbers beginning with zero.",Series,04/10/06 #23137,It's a Tragedy,2.41,2.16,nappysquid,"Hell is inside me and a demon is in my wife. Shakespeare made me take her life. Who are we?",No hint available.,Othello and Desdemona,Riddle,05/25/05 #25591,Dead Breakfast,3.19,1.11,jakeodee,"What does this rebus represent? 1.Bob drowned Frosted Flakes 2.Joe buried Cap'n Crunch 3.Sarah threw Rice Krispies off a cliff 4.Emily shot Cocoa Puffs",No hint available.,"Serial Killers (Cereal Killers)",Rebus,08/29/05 #43650,Five Grandsons,2.49,2.63,cnmne,"On 24 December 1752, George Layton returned to Boston after a voyage of two years. The next day would be Christmas. George's wife, Martha, had invited his five daughters to come and celebrate their first Christmas as a family in three years. After two years of long grueling days, it was nice to have a night of restful sleep. George awakened around ten in the morning, hearing a lot of bustling going on downstairs. Throwing on his robe, George went downstairs. There, in the parlor, were his wife, his five daughters, and their husbands. Each daughter had a child in her arms. His wife, Martha, said, ""Merry Christmas, George. A happy Christmas, since you have returned home after two years. And each of your daughters has borne you a grandson this year. A very merry Christmas to you!"" Abigail placed her son into George's arms and said, ""This is your first grandson, Samuel. He was born on February 22."" Next came Rebecca. She introduced George to her son Richard, saying, ""Welcome your grandson, a spitting image of his grandfather. Richard was born on June 27."" Julia then stepped forward. She placed her son, Gregory, into George's arms. ""This is Gregory, who was born on September 19."" Elizabeth kissed her father on the cheek, then introduced him to her son, Walter. ""Walter was born on October 14, your birthday."" Last, came the youngest daughter, Catherine. ""This is Henry, who was born just this month, on December 2."" Then Martha spoke again. ""Five grandsons in one year. And truly amazing is that they were all born on the same day of the week."" George stood up and hugged each of his daughters. He then sat back down, smiled at his wife, and said, ""My daughters, I know how you like to pose little riddles for me to solve. I know that one of you is lying, and you want me to figure out which one of you is trying to pull a fast one on her father. One of my grandsons was not born on the same day of the week as the other four. That grandson is ... "" The given dates are correct. What grandson was not born on the same day of the week as the other four?",No hint available.,"""Gregory."" In 1752, the British Empire switched from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. The Julian Calendar had created an error of 11 days over the centuries of its use. In the Julian Calendar, all years that were divisible by 4 were leap years. The Gregorian Calendar compensated for future errors by not having century years that were not divisible by 400 be leap years. This is why 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, yet 2000 was a leap year. To compensate for the 11 days already accumulated, 11 days were eliminated from 1752. In 1752, September 2 was followed by September 14. The year 1752 was a leap year, but it had only 355 days. Julia's son, Gregory, was born on Tuesday 19 September 1752. George's other grandsons were all born on a Saturday (February 22, June 27, October 14, and December 2).",Trivia,11/30/08 #360,Such a Deal!,2.32,1.99,Phyllis,"A man received an ad in the mail that promised to double his money. For every dollar he sent in, the ad guaranteed to return double his money minus a $24 service charge. He thought that was a pretty good deal, so he sent in his money. In the return mail he received double his money less the $24 service charge. He returned the money he had made and again it was doubled less the service charge. But, when he sent in the money a third time, he was charged the $24 service fee, but received no money back. How much money did the man lose?",Work backwards.,"He lost $21. Work backwards. If his last payment was doubled, less $24, it must have been $12. Payment two must have been $18, and payment one $21.",Math,03/20/01 #27113,Word Gender,2.87,2.8,cnmne,"The following ten words can be divided into two groups of five words. The words within each group will share a common characteristic. What are the two groups? Which words belong in those groups? dam late lice linger per son stern tent under use",No hint available.,"The two groups are: words that can be prefixed with ""ma"" to form a new word, words that can be prefixed with ""pa"" to form a new word. Group 1: dam, lice, linger, son, under (madam, malice, malinger, mason, maunder) Group 2: late, per, stern, tent, use (palate, paper, pastern, patent, pause)",Group,11/23/05 #6900,H to B,2.38,1.46,curly,"What comes next in the series? H, He, Li, Be, B, ?",No hint available.,"C for Carbon, they're the first six elements on the periodic table.",Series,08/26/02 #18039,Duck,2.52,1.31,tissue,"Detective Tissue was surveying the scene. A woman, who by many was thought to be eccentric, lay dead in the cave. She kept an animal as a ""watchdog"" of sorts. Only this animal was, in fact, a duck. She was out to be killed by an unknown man, so she hid in the caves. Not even she knew who was trying to kill her. The duck was well-trained enough to quack if an intruder came nearby, and the thought was, that the sound would echo enough for the woman to hear the duck. The woman was not close enough to the duck to be able to hear it without the echo. A man was at the crime scene, and he said that he saw someone go inside the cave. ""Well,"" the man said, ""I knew this woman was hiding in these caves. I own these lands, and I allowed her safety. Well, I check up on the duck every now and then, and feed it. I also bring the woman some food, and the duck doesn't quack at me anymore. The woman told me that would happen eventually, and I'm quite proud I'm the only person who is like that besides her. You know, when the duck's echo rings through the walls of the cave, her plan was to escape through the other side. The other side is near a river, and no one can get through it except from within. Special gate I made myself. Anyway, I then realized that the duck's quack doesn't echo. So, I was planning to tell her this, when I see a man walking from within the cave. He was holding a bloody knife, which he dropped when he saw me. He ran away before I could stop him. Poor woman. If only the duck's quack had echoed, she would've had more than enough time to get through the gate."" When Tissue inspected the gate, and found it not to be jammed, he promptly placed the man under arrest. Why?",No hint available.,"A duck's quack DOES echo, despite popular belief that it doesn't. The duck was accustomed to the man, so it didn't quack at him. Therefore, he slipped in without her hearing the duck, and killed her with the knife. His story about the man with the bloody knife, was actually him.",Mystery,07/03/04 #21793,5x5 Magic Square,2.14,2.71,Jacoby,"Arrange the numbers from 1 to 25 in a 5x5 grid so that each row, column, and diagonal adds up to the same number.","All of the rows, columns, and diagonals add up to 65.","17 24 01 08 15 23 05 07 14 16 04 06 13 20 22 10 12 19 21 03 11 18 25 02 09",Math,03/26/05 #540,A Bomber,2.42,1.53,Ghost,"A bomber is flying along, everything is working properly, and when he presses the button for the bomb to drop, nothing happens. Why is this?","What force does a bomb, not a missile, use to fall? Sometimes pilots get disorientated.",The bomber was upside-down.,Situation,05/29/01 #50382,Spotted ?,2.13,1.3800000000000001,BadBunnee02,"What do these five words have in common? death international julius paper people-eater",Think two-word phrases.,"They all can form common two-word phrases by adding a color. black death international orange orange Julius white paper purple people-eater",Group,07/01/14 #36719,Enjoyment,2.24,2.59,phrebh,"ACFH JDK LMNK OJD PCRG HJCFI TGBK NFH IGK BJVGJFG KJ QNO OJD AJU HJCFI CK. -- RNKMGUCFG LMCKGMJUF BDEEGBB CB IGKKCFI LMNK OJD LNFK. MNQQCFGBB CB PCRCFI LMNK OJD IGK. -- M. SNERBJF TUJLF SU.",G=E,"Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it. -- Katherine Whitehorn Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. -- H. Jackson Brown Jr. A=F B=S C=I D=U E=C F=N G=E H=D I=G J=O K=T L=W M=H N=A O=Y P=L Q=P R=K S=J T=B U=R V=M",Cryptography,05/24/07 #8989,Frankenstein Zn,2.81,1.84,MrIxolite,"What is this Movie Rebus? Frankenstein Zn",Remember your science class?,Monsters inc. (Monster Zinc),Rebus,12/08/02 #26786,I Know.,2.8,1.13,hamburger,"I know: It: Very well That: Not well This: Well Back of my hand: Very well",No hint available.,I know it like the back of my hand.,Rebus,11/08/05 #10243,Blackout,2.69,1.0,supershlop,"Jo was telling Mo about a blackout they had at school that day. She said, ""It was the middle of science class and all of a sudden the lights went out. Some people got scared, but most people just started talking about the possibility of going home early. The principal's voice came over the loud speaker and told us not to panic, and that the electricity would come back in no time. After about 45 minutes, the lights came back on. The teacher immediately went back to her lesson about hot and cold water. She took some steaming hot tap water and freezing cold water and added some dye to them--"" Mo interrupted Jo. ""Wait a minute! You're lying!"" How did she know?",No hint available.,"The principal would not be able to use the loud speaker without electricity. Also, it would take a while for the water to become steaming hot.",Situation,02/04/03 #6121,Caught Where?,2.16,1.08,sullivan,"Can you decipher this phrase: midcaughtdle",No hint available.,Caught in the middle,Rebus,07/31/02 #29704,Triples 5,2.74,2.08,bigSWAFF_69_,"A Triple is a Series with 6 sets, each with 3 numbers apiece. The relationship between the first two numbers are the same throughout all of the sets, and the relationship between the last two numbers is also the same, however, it is different than the first relationship.Try and find the missing numbers: 2 8 16 3 18 54 4 32 128 5 __ ___ _ 72 ___ _ __ 686",No hint available.,"2 8 16 3 18 54 4 32 128 5 50 250 6 72 432 7 98 686 Relationship for first two numbers: square it, double the square (2 squared=4, 4 doubled=8) Relationship for last two numbers: multiply by first number (8 multiplied by 2= 16)",Series,04/11/06 #31425,100 Years?,2.28,0.63,phemme,"Harry and Frank are twin brothers, yet Harry was born in the 20th century, and Frank in the 21st century. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"Harry was born at 11:55 pm on December 31, 2000, and Frank was born at 12:05 am on January 1, 2001.",Trick,06/28/06 #750,From Man to Woman,2.71,1.92,marburg,How does an Iron Man become a woman?,It`s an essential element!,"Fe male (Fe is the symbol for the element iron)",Trick,08/08/01 #4190,Feet Ground,2.02,1.04,QtistLilShorTy,"Can you decipher this phrase? keep your feet ground",No hint available.,Keep your feet on the ground!,Rebus,05/21/02 #47041,Onnicle 4: Celebrity Supercouple,1.95,1.58,dalfamnest,"Onamography is a new puzzle style based on an old idea. The sentence clues ('onnicles') conceal the name(s) of famous personalities. e.g. I have loved cappuccino with carob infusions since my childhood. Answer: Robin Hood - ""... caROB INfusions ... childHOOD."" The onnicle below contains the names of a well-known Hollywood couple: I forgot to mention that Premier Cru is excellent with caviar and dill. Citric vodka ties in well with chocolate nuts. [An ""Artistry in Alcohol"" message.]",Onniclue: The title,"Tom Cruise [...TO Mention ... CRU IS Excellent...] Katie Holmes [...vodKA TIEs ... AlcoHOL MESsage...]",Language,05/19/10 #36343,My Sons?,2.06,3.13,jazzmusician46,"What letters are missing from this series? N, S, A, S, ? , P, R, ? , N, T, A",No hint available.,"E & S (Eber & Serug) This series lists the descendants of Noah to Abram (Abraham). Noah, Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abram - (Genesis 11:10 - 26) (New Revised Standard Version)",Series,04/20/07 #43849,Happy Families,2.43,0.88,eggface,"There are four friends: Ella, Sarah, Mary, and Anne. Each has a husband whose names are: Fred, James, John, and George. Their surnames are: Jones, Smith, Chambers, and Howard. One of the women has one child, one has two, one has three, and one has four children. Can you match the women to their husbands, surnames, and number of children using the clues below? 1. Ella's surname is neither Smith nor Jones. 2. Sarah has three children. 3. George has had two children with his wife, Mary. 4. Sarah and Ella's surnames are Chambers and Smith. 5. The couple with one child has the surname Jones. 6. James' surname is neither Chambers nor Jones. 7. Fred and Anne have less than three children.",No hint available.,"Ella Chambers is married to John and has four children. Sarah Smith is married to James and has three children. Mary Howard is married to George and has two children. Anne Jones is married to Fred and has one child.",Logic-Grid,01/05/09 #38963,It's Relative,2.42,2.17,aresII,"The following quotes are that of Albert Einstein. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. A=P ""H JOIX FS CAXRHOE BOEXFB. H OD SFEV AOCCHSFOBXEV RGUHSGC."" ""HY AXSAEX OUX ZSST SFEV MXROGCX BJXV YXOU AGFHCJDXFB, OFT JSAX YSU UXLOUT, BJXF LX OUX O CSUUV ESB HFTXXT.""","C=S G=U J=H","""I HAVE NO SPECIAL TALENT. I AM ONLY PASSIONATELY CURIOUS."" ""IF PEOPLE ARE GOOD ONLY BECAUSE THEY FEAR PUNISHMENT, AND HOPE FOR REWARD, THEN WE ARE A SORRY LOT INDEED."" KEY: A=P B=T C=S D=M E=L F=N G=U H=I I=V J=H L=W M=B O=A R=C S=O T=D U=R V=Y X=E Y=F Z=G",Cryptography,10/27/07 #22429,Scratch,2.77,2.36,Shadydaize,"Shoot at me a thousand times, and I may still survive; but one scratch from me, and you will find your prospects take a dive. What am I?",No hint available.,The eight ball in a game of pool,Riddle,04/23/05 #3548,Getthethe.,2.52,1.87,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase? Getthethe.",No hint available.,Get to the point,Rebus,04/16/02 #7699,Mesopotamia,2.75,2.8,bluetwo,"MESOPOTAMIA v d o t p r i a r u o o o i c l s s l s h i i e e i i p e s t e d s s s s s",No hint available.,"Hanging Gardens of Babylon Babylon was situated in a region of the middle east in present day Iraq. The entire region was known as Mesopotamia since ancient times. The names of several flowers are hanging down from ""Mesopotamia.""",Rebus,09/25/02 #36164,A Useful Thing...,2.33,2.59,Trumalia,"This is an old Italian riddle from 1300-1900 AD. A useful thing, hard, firm, and white, Outside in shaggy robe bedight; Hallowed within right cleverly, It goes to work both white and dry. When after labour it comes back, You'll find it moist and very black; For service it is ready ever, And fails the hand that guides it never.",No hint available.,Pen,Riddle,03/05/07 #52079,What's Up With This?,2.66,0.42,theriddler,"People step all over me but I stand firm. People know how to push my buttons and I just help them get to where they're going. I often listen to music, both uplifting and down to earth. I don't like to be crowded. I have my ups and downs, but I'll always open my doors to you. Who, or what am I?",No hint available.,An elevator.,Riddle,11/16/18 #40368,"Clfrn, Clrd, Hw, Grg, Lsn",2.5100000000000002,1.77,TRILLIONAIRE,"Can you figure out what these sets of letters have in common? Clfrn, Clrd, Hw, Grg, Lsn.","Flrd, Kntck, and Txs also can fit in that group.","All of these sets of letters are names of U.S. states with the vowels removed. Clfrn = California Clrd = Colorado Hw = Hawaii Grg = Georgia Lsn = Louisiana Flrd = Florida Kntck = Kentucky Txs = Texas",Group,02/07/08 #39495,"Hi, I'm Ana Gram!",2.36,2.36,snowmonster,"Please unscramble each Anagram listed next to their definition . . . 1) lice shed (what Michelangelo did) 2) aced cola (expression of approval) 3) sled cued (kept apart from) 4) coda teen (short, amusing story) 5) sold pack (used to secure doors) 6) quay aced (enough to meet needs) 7) cost dime (a household servant)",No hint available.,"1) Chiseled 2) Accolade 3) Secluded 4) Anecdote 5) Padlocks 6) Adequacy 7) Domestic",Language,12/07/07 #45693,What Does This Represent?,2.1,2.28,Aaronnp,"What does the bottom line represent? 312831303130313130313031 312831303130313130313031 312831303130313130313031 312931303130313130313031",No hint available.,A leap year.,Logic,11/17/09 #40700,A Hat Of Many Sizes . . .,2.74,1.55,snowmonster,"In this puzzle, the word HAT is found in each answer. Please use the following clues to see if you can figure them out! Each new word consists of one more letter than the previous word. 1) Found on top of a persons head 2) To greatly dislike 3) A ship opening 4) Old type of roofing 5) A French castle 6) Casual conversation 7) Broken into many pieces",No hint available.,"1) Hat 2) Hate 3) Hatch 4) Thatch 5) Chateau 6) Chitchat 7) Shattered",Language,02/25/08 #50726,The Test 2,2.08,0.99,nyc1980,"John and his best friend Henry were going to take a test. On the night before the test, John studied all night, while Henry, on the other hand, didn't. Henry decided to just copy off of John's test. The next day, the teacher handed out the tests, and John immediately started to work. Henry carefully wrote down the same answers as John. Luckily for him, the teacher never noticed. A week later, the teacher handed the tests back to the class. John got every question right, and received an A. Henry got an F. If Henry correctly copied John's answers, and the teacher never noticed, why did he fail?",No hint available.,Because they got different tests! The teacher eventually noticed Henry was copying when he graded them.,Mystery,11/11/15 #49806,Acid in a Swimming Pool,2.55,0.8300000000000001,sashomarine,"In a crazy game show, contestants have to willingly wade through a swimming pool full of an acidic substance to win points for their team. Five of the contestants decide to go through this acidic substance, and when they get to the other side of the pool, none of them are hurt. How is this possible?",Define acid.,"The contestants were wading through lemonade, or a similar acidic substance. Although they're not strong enough to burn your skin, liquids like soda and lemonade are still considered acidic. The contestants were perfectly safe, although some of them wouldn't dare wade through such a sticky substance. This doesn't make the show any less strange, of course.",Trick,03/29/13 #37944,Alternating Series,2.18,2.78,Rob7,"Which TWO things come next in the following series: 31, E, 62, O, 58, T, 64, R, 8, T, 80, Y, 68, T...",The numbers and letters change for different reasons.,"The next two are 82 and O. The number sequence is: 31 x 2 = 62 62 - 4 = 58 58 + 6 = 64 64 / 8 = 8 8 x 10 = 80 80 - 12 = 68 68 + 14 = 82 You can see that the number increases by two each time and repeats in the order of multiplying, subtracting, adding, and dividing. Then the letter sequence is the last letter from the number before it: Thirty-one - last letter E Sixty-two - last letter O Fifty-eight - last letter T Sixty-four - last letter R Eight - last letter T Eighty - last letter Y Sixty-eight - last letter T Eight-two - last letter O",Series,08/24/07 #11222,Name Game,2.35,2.77,Codammanus,"Jen and her friend Mump have just finished playing a game. They left a game for you. However, it isn't the game they played. Their game for you is a name game, which plays like this: Given the title of their game: ""JEN VS Mump"" Discover the names hidden in their match title. They said this would help you: As for the names and their number we give you this inkling, The lone micro-stride is closest to what we're thinking. The names in total are 3 by 3 of a kind, You may find fame when you arrive, more so if others there you find.",No hint available.,"The names are: JUPITER EARTH NEPTUNE VENUS SATURN MARS URANUS MERCURY PLUTO (JEN VS MUMP) is actually M V E M J S U N P scrambled. As for the names and number of names you had these hints: -""One small step"" (Neil ARMSTRONG'S QUOTE) or ""lone micro-stride"" is the closest man has come to what were thinking. Man has gone to the Moon (which is close), but not the Planets. - They number 3 by 3 or 9 of a kind: 9 names 9 planets. - You may very well be famous if you landed or arrived on any of these planets. Even more so if you found others there.",Other,03/16/03 #33722,Not Paint,2.44,1.71,medster99,"P C of L = R, G and B",No hint available.,"Primary Colors of Light = Red, Green and Blue Red, green, and blue mix together to make all colors of light. This is different than the primary colors of pigment, or paint and crayon, where red, blue, and yellow make up the three primary colors.",Letter-Equations,10/28/06 #42729,Summed Up,2.31,2.39,aresII,"The following quotes are from Julius Caesar (100 BCE - 44 BCE). Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. I=H ""DIUAI MYCPI UN HLYKYLCOEY PX YBYLT XPIYL? 'PIY RZYVHYAPYM'."" ""U ICBY EUBYM EXZW YZXRWI OXPI UZ TYCLN CZM UZ CAAXQHEUNIQYZPN.""","C=A U=I Y=E","""WHICH DEATH IS PREFERABLE TO EVERY OTHER? 'THE UNEXPECTED'."" ""I HAVE LIVED LONG ENOUGH BOTH IN YEARS AND IN ACCOMPLISHMENTS."" KEY: A=C B=V C=A D=W E=L H=P I=H K=F L=R M=D N=S O=B P=T Q=M R=U T=Y U=I V=X W=G X=O Y=E Z=N",Cryptography,08/07/08 #3456,Dnuorg,2.22,1.25,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this word: Dnuorg",No hint available.,Background,Rebus,04/12/02 #1340,"Color, Cress, Fall...",2.59,1.16,Gokaran,"Can you find a 5 letter word which can prefix each of these words to make a new word? color cress fall proof shed way",No hint available.,"Water: Watercolor Watercress Waterfall Waterproof Watershed Waterway",Language,11/09/01 #43536,The Weight of the Law?,2.85,2.28,xmum,"Try to guess just what I am. You'll find me in the middle. I'll give you clues so you can guess the subject of this riddle. I am truly an ingredient in a thing you love to eat, And yet you do not eat me, for I'm neither plant nor meat. I do not add a flavor. I am not checked for weight. And yet I am in tasty treats, as they lie upon your plate. If bakers do not use me, then something else, usually, Is used to occupy that space that isn't used by me. Although I'm quite important, no one, for goodness sake, Checks to make sure that there's enough before they start to bake. The origins of my first use cause men to search and ponder For reasons why I'm used at all. ""Why is it there?"" they wonder. There are a lot of theories as to why I came to be. The fact that you expect me there is reason enough for me. So eat me and enjoy me, though in fact you can do neither. I add nothing much at all, and I don't add calories, either.","Born in the Netherlands. Shaped by the New World. Raised in Grease?",I am the hole in a doughnut.,Riddle,11/13/08 #16654,Max Mars's First Caper,2.14,1.82,something,"When Max Mars was working for a living as a bootlegger, his customers brought him the barley, he would manufacture moonshine. Shady always took 10% of the whisky as his payment. One day, Sr. Amxam, Max Mars's best friend, received exactly one liter of whisky after Max had removed his fee. How much whisky was produced from Sam's barley before the fee was removed?",No hint available.,": There must have been one liter and 1/9th of a liter before shady removed his fee. Since one liter represents 90% of the total produced, we know that nine units will equal one liter. We also know that nine of Max's portions will equal one liter and therefore we can conclude that the total produced was one liter plus 1/9th of a liter.",Math,02/19/04 #9940,Powdered Water,2.74,1.68,Bobbrt,"Steven Wright, an American comedian, has a famous one-liner which goes ""I just bought some powdered water, but I didn't know what to add."" While this is a funny line, it should be obvious to Mr. Wright what he needs to add. What is it?",No hint available.,"Heat. ""Powdered water"" is of course finely crushed ice, and to get what you really want (liquid water), you only need to add heat.",Science,01/21/03 #14692,7 Eight-Letter Words,2.53,2.5,luvupurple,"Below you will find 7 well-known eight letter words, with only their endings remaining. Can you determine the words? .....yee .....egy .....lse .....com .....bet .....lel .....dee",No hint available.,"Employee, strategy, convulse, intercom, alphabet, parallel, attendee.",Language,09/06/03 #965,Equations,2.12,2.23,Michelle,"What values of X and Y would make these equations work? 6751X + 3249Y = 26751 3249X + 6751Y = 23249",No hint available.,"Add the equations to give: 10000X + 10000Y = 50000 Divide by 10000 to give: X + Y = 5 Subtract to give: 3502X - 3502Y = 3502 Divide by 3502 to give: X - Y = 1 Therefore: X = 3 and Y = 2",Math,10/03/01 #38371,An Olio Of Good Advice,2.53,2.4,aresII,"The following quotes are from American humorist Josh Billings (1818-1885). Can you decode them? All puzzles use the same key. R=C ""ZTNHRK HU AHJK RZUWIQ IHA, KZUL KGIYOF WI OHNK PYW TQKZTMYA YGKZUL WI WZJK."" ""PK JHGT WI LIYQ CIWFKQ-HG-AZS, PYW DZL MIQ FKQ PIZQT ZW UICK OIIT FIWKA."" ""PK AHJK Z DIUWZOK UWZCD. UWHRJ WI IGK WFHGO YGWHA LIY OKW WFKQK.""","N=V W=T Y=U","""ADVICE IS LIKE CASTOR OIL, EASY ENOUGH TO GIVE BUT DREADFUL UNEASY TO TAKE."" ""BE KIND TO YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW, BUT PAY FOR HER BOARD AT SOME GOOD HOTEL."" ""BE LIKE A POSTAGE STAMP. STICK TO ONE THING UNTIL YOU GET THERE."" KEY: A=L C=M D=P F=H G=N H=I I=O J=K K=E L=Y M=F N=V O=G P=B Q=R R=C S=W T=D U=S W=T Y=U Z=A",Cryptography,09/20/07 #31863,8 = Main H I,2.62,1.83,MattM462,8 = main H I,1 of 50 S in USA,"8 = main Hawaiian Islands Hawaii, Kahoolawe, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau",Letter-Equations,07/18/06 #42829,Wool Sweater?,2.27,0.86,marie7771,"A woman knitted a sweater. She told her friend that she used 100% wool to knit it. Her friend denied it and said ""that's not possible"". She is correct. How come?",What else could she have used to knit the sweater?,I've never heard of anyone knitting a sweater without knitting needles. She must have used knitting needles.,Trick,08/21/08 #5156,Strange Brew,2.81,2.07,bobbrt,"The following limerick has had the last word of each line scrambled. Can you figure it out? There once was a lady, NELEIE, Who lived on distilled RSENKEOE. But she started NRASBBIO' A new NCRAYDHBOOR And since then she's never NBNEEEZ.",No hint available.,"There once was a lady, EILEEN, Who lived on distilled KEROSENE. But she started ABSORBIN' A new HYDROCARBON And since then she's never BENZENE.",Language,07/03/02 #35436,Relational Algebra 5,2.33,2.73,cnmne,"The following three equations represent words that have a common relationship. The first letter of each word is given. Where will you find the following equations to be true? Y = 10, G = 20, B = 50","If you're not sure of the answer, just take a chance.","In the game of Monopoly. These are the colors of the money in the US version of the game. Yellow is $10 (Y = 10) Green is $20 (G = 20) Blue is $50 (B = 50)",Other,02/25/07 #39120,Age By Numbers,2.21,1.3800000000000001,luna_lovegood,"The White family has 3 children. Figure out how old each one is, how much they weigh and how tall they are. One child is 17, one is 15, and one is 14. One child weighs 150 lbs, one weighs 130 lbs, and one weighs 110 lbs. One child is 5'1"", one is 5'3"", and one is 5'6"". Bob is 2 inches taller that the oldest. The youngest weighs the most. Carol is 15. The middle child weighs 110 lbs. The oldest is 20 lbs heavier than Carol. Sue is 5'1"". The youngest weighs 40 lbs more than Carol. The oldest weighs 130 lbs.",No hint available.,"Sue is 17, weighs 130 lbs, and is 5'1"". Carol is 15, weighs 110 lbs, and is 5'6"". Bob is 14, weighs 150 lbs, and is 5'3"".",Logic,11/09/07 #30762,Daisy,2.47,2.57,peppamintp,"Can you decode the following quotes? They are from the same person and use the same key. 1. FEG PHD IEB DGRGC PHQGA H PKAFHQG HOIHSA FHQGA BCLGCA MCBP BDG IEB LBGA. 2. DB PHD BC IBPHD IEB FCKGA FB TNCANG HD KLGHO KD EKA BC EGC BID IHS KA IKFEBNF GDGPKGA. --LHKAS JHFGA",No hint available.,"a=h, b=j, d=l, e=g, f=m, h=e, i=k, k=q, l=o, m=p, n=d, o=b, p=t, r=c, s=a, t=f, u=n, v=r, w=i, y=s 1. The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. 2. No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies. --Daisy Bates",Cryptography,05/29/06 #37294,Animals,2.59,1.19,ocdaws,"A cat has only one. A horse has only two. An elephant has only three. A crocodile has only four.",Remember the category.,"Vowels cAt = 1, hOrsE = 2, ElEphAnt = 3, crOcOdIlE = 4",Language,07/09/07 #869,How old is Sarah?,2.41,1.76,Michelle,"Sarah went to get her drivers license. When asked her age, she replied: ""My age today is three times what it will be three years from now minus three times what my age was three years ago."" How old is Sarah?",No hint available.,"Sarah is 18. If she is 18, then three times her age three years from now would be 21*3 (63). Three times her age three years ago would be 15*3 (45). Subtract 45 from 63 and she is 18.",Math,09/23/01 #38026,What's Your Sign?,2.7,2.29,phrebh,"While usually pretty lucky, Fred had once again run into ""Cut-my-own-throat"" Dabney. This time he was at a gas station on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Fred was just trying to duck into a restroom to hide when he heard, ""Hey, buddy!"" and felt an arm descend onto his shoulders. Fred rolled his eyes. ""What?!"" ""Hey, no need to get all dramatic, Freddy, my boy,"" Dabney said, ""I just want to talk to you."" ""Uh, huh,"" Fred replied. ""And how much is it going to cost me?"" ""Ha ha! That's a great one,"" Dabney answered. ""But since you brought it up, I did just inherit a radio station that I'm looking to sell. It's in an up-and-coming suburb of Lincoln, Nebraska, and it would be perfect for you."" ""Dabney, I know nothing about the radio business. How could it be perfect for me?"" ""With modernization, you don't need to know anything. Just flip a switch and go. And,"" Dabney continued, ""it's perfect for you because it's a mere $50,000."" Fred's eyes got wide. ""But... "" ""Here,"" Dabney interrupted him, ""look at this picture of the place. It was built in 1998, went on the air in 1999, and just had a major overhaul. It's top of the line."" Despite himself, Fred was curious and took the picture for a closer look at the station. The call letters were clearly visible. ""WHAT is the call sign?"" Dabney laughed, ""I knew you'd get a kick out of that! Yep, the call letters are W-H-A-T, but you can request a change from the FCC if you want. Here's the title. See? It's all legit."" Fred didn't even bother looking at the document. He knew it was fake. ""Get out of here, Dabney,"" he said. ""I don't want your phony radio station."" How did Fred know the station was a fake?",No hint available.,"Fred knew that since 1923, all new radio and television stations west of the Mississippi river start with the call letter ""K"". Only stations to the east of the river have call signs that begin with ""W"". Fred also knew that ship call signs are the reverse (""W"" in the west and ""K"" in the east), but since Lincoln is not known for its Pacific port, he knew that wasn't the case.",Trivia,08/30/07 #16280,Mad Ade's Anagram Teaser #10,2.27,2.82,mad-ade,"This is a basic anagram teaser where the clues will lead to two words that are anagrams of each other. For example ""Attach Father"" would be ""Add Dad"" Or ""Canine Deity"" could be ""God Dog"" 1, Detects a separate part ? 2, Non consonants used by pack animals ? 3, Destroy the Greatest ? 4, Coastal illness ? 5, Assume Otherwise ?",No hint available.,"1, Notices Section 2, Wolves Vowels 3, Mutilate Ultimate 4, Seaside Disease 5, Expect Except",Language,01/21/04 #3965,A Logical Word,2.29,2.94,piffle,"Can you find a logical word in the following letters? SKIHUVSKEITF",Look at a QWERTY keyboard.,"SKIHUVSKEITF ALOGICALWORD Both the right and left hand have been moved one letter in on the keyboard. The new configuration was then used to type ""ALOGICALWORD"" with the new hand positions.",Language,05/08/02 #10657,Escape Keys,2.35,1.57,Codammanus,"A man is in a music room that is filling with a colorful gas rather quickly. With very limited vision, he is able to find 3 keys in the room, in 3 different places. The keys are all just about the same size. However, almost immediately, he tosses back one of the keys. He never bothers to try it in the door, which is locked and the only way out. Why does the man do this?",No hint available.,"The man throws away one of the keys immediately because although he can't see well, he knows by feeling it, that the key he picked up was a PIANO key. It was found under the piano in the music room.",Situation,02/23/03 #46679,Kangaroo Words 16,2.27,2.0,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. promenade 2. separates 3. twitch 4. obligated 5. strives 6. salvages",No hint available.,"1. road (pROmenADe) 2. parts (sePARaTeS) 3. tic (TwItCh) 4. obliged (OBLIGatED) 5. tries (sTRIvES) 6. saves (SAlVagES)",Language,04/06/10 #33471,No Cash,1.98,0.78,bpkeller,"A man was eating at a restaurant. When the bill came, he had no cash. Yet he left the restaurant without committing a robbery. How?",No hint available.,"The man paid with a credit card, a debit card, or a check.",Trick,10/13/06 #7743,Late Arrival,2.95,2.12,SunGal97,"A father was speaking to his teenage daughter: ""You arrived very late, at 3 o'clock in the morning, and you kept me and your mother waiting up anxiously for you. I do not want that to ever happen again."" ""But Father,"" the girl replied, ""I will never be able to do that again."" What did she mean?","1. All the statements were correct. The father was not angry - he was teasing his daughter. The girl couldn't arrive in that fashion again because what she did can only be done once. 2. The statements made did not refer to the previous night, or any recent night.",They were talking about the girl's birth.,Situation,09/28/02 #16935,Similar Countries,2.64,2.58,cnmne,"The countries of Russia and Egypt share a characteristic that only one of the countries in the following list also shares. Which country and for what reason? It has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation. Austria France Iran Japan Mexico Nigeria Pakistan Spain Turkey Venezuela",No hint available.,"Russia and Egypt are located on two continents. Russia is in Asia and Europe, divided by the Ural Mountains. Egypt is in Africa and Asia, divided by the Gulf of Suez. The other country is Turkey, which occupies Asia and Europe, divided by the Bosporus Strait, Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles Strait.",Group,03/09/04 #50437,Chain Letters 10,2.0,2.19,cnmne,"The following two 4x4 grids each contain a 12-letter word. Each word is formed by a chain of letters. A word can begin with any of the letters. The second letter of a word is adjacent (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) to the first letter, the third letter is adjacent to the second, and so on. No letter can be used more than once. Four letters in each grid will be unused. NGKS CINA ENRF OSEL ARUP NSEY HARA TUCL",The first letter of the first word is in the third row. The first letter of the second word is in the second column.,The words are FRANKINCENSE and SUPERNATURAL.,Language,09/20/14 #51110,"Decisions, Decisions",2.3,1.29,ThinksForFun,"My first may be fruit, pizza, or lentils My second, consistently judgmental My whole, a collection of mall rentals What am I?",No hint available.,food court,Riddle,05/09/17 #34227,One Pair Out of Ten,3.05,1.77,Sherilyn,"A very mean king went to a nearby village. He wanted some more slaves to serve him at his royal palace. He decided that if any family in the village had more than five children, he would take them. A cobbler and his wife had ten children. When the king came to take them, the cobbler and his wife begged and begged. Finally the king said, ""I see that you have ten pairs of shoes in a box. If you can give each of your children a pair and still leave one pair out of ten in the box, you can keep your children. The cobbler and his wife began to smile at each other. How did they keep all of their children?",No hint available.,The cobbler and his wife gave each of his nine children a pair of shoes. That left one pair in the box. They then gave this tenth child the box with the shoes in it.,Trick,12/03/06 #15905,Six Sticks,2.5100000000000002,1.4,beanie89,"You have six sticks that are vertical on the floor. They look like this. l l l l l l How can you add five more sticks to make nine?",No hint available.,"Use the five other sticks to form the word nine with the other six sticks. NINE",Other,12/21/03 #51235,NOT To Be Ignored !,1.9000000000000001,0.76,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus? blind eye eye dnilb",No hint available.,"""turning a blind eye"" ""eye"" (forward) & ""eye"" (reversed) have VERY similar pronunciation.",Rebus,06/24/17 #41205,Case of the Missing O's,3.2,1.6400000000000001,Scubee,"The letter ""o"" has been removed from the following words. Can you guess them all? 1) utdr 2) bnxius 3) drus 4) nlker 5) nmatpeia 6) ppsitin 7) rthdx 8) cckat 9) prtbell 10) vd",There are three o's missing from every word except #5 and #10.,"1) outdoor 2) obnoxious 3) odorous 4) onlooker 5) onomatopoeia 6) opposition 7) orthodox 8) cockatoo 9) portobello 10) voodoo",Language,03/25/08 #4088,Forceful Swings,2.93,2.0,librashorty,"I am one simple word, but I mean different things One of my meanings brings great forceful swings, The other of me, may have curve, like the first... But only one meaning can help quench a thirst. One of my meanings will often bring cheers, Either of them could hold a few beers. What word am I?",No hint available.,A pitcher,Riddle,05/15/02 #46925,One Letter of Separation 23,2.2,2.16,cnmne,"Each group of definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) a caustic white substance consisting of calcium and oxygen that is used in the making of cement & to cover the inside surface & a preference (4 letters) 2) a lake or pool & greater & heavy deep mud or slush (4 letters) 3) to give birth & the breadth of a ship at its widest part & to strike repeatedly (4 letters) 4) resin from conifers & to catch or fasten by a hook or knot & a long narrow trench (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) lime, line, like 2) mere, more, mire 3) bear, beam, beat 4) pitch, hitch, ditch",Language,05/04/10 #17465,Reading Right To Left #2,2.52,1.98,absy,"Your mental gears need to be put in reverse for this one. Reading BACKWARDS there are AT LEAST three 4-letter words to be found in each of the longer words. You CAN skip over letters, but DON'T change the order of the letters. For example, in the word DECLARE, starting with the next to last letter and skipping over the ""L,"" you can find RACE. You couldn't find the word READ without changing the order of the letters. What are the words that can be found within the following words? See if you can find more. 1) PIRATELIKE 2) DUPLICATES 3) UNNAVIGABLE 4) VERIFICATIONS 5) CHARACTERISTICS",No hint available.,"1) Kilt, Leap, Trip, Tarp, Lear 2) Seal, Said, Stud, Tail 3) Elan, Lain, Lava 4) Snot, Note, Fire, Tire 5) Site, Cite, Sire, Sits, Rear, Tire",Language,04/24/04 #28437,Coward...,2.84,2.3,exterminator,"What does this rebus mean? Lies Fear Lies",No hint available.,"Paralyze with fear (Pair of lies with fear)",Rebus,02/04/06 #17749,Santa's Trains,2.69,2.13,Jake,"Santa Claus sometimes helps the elves by making some toys. He's not as fast as the elves, but he can still make 30 toys each hour. In order to keep from getting bored he starts each day by building 50 trains and then switches to building 50 airplanes. Then he switches back to trains and keeps switching back and forth until the day is finished. If Santa starts work at 8:00am, when will he finish his 108th train?",No hint available.,"Because Santa started with trains, the 108th train will occur during his 5th batch of toys. Thus he will have built a total of 208 toys. At 2 minutes a toy, his 108th train will happen 416 minutes after he starts work, which is 2:56pm.",Math,05/26/04 #48661,Monkey Business,2.89,3.03,canse912,"The Catterville Zoo has a very unique main attraction: Performing Monkeys! Ellie, Gill, Sasha and Tommy have all been taught by their handler (who are all, strangely, also called Ellie, Gill, Sasha and Tommy) to perform a trick (handstand, trapeze tricks, juggling or breakdancing) to receive their favourite snack (honey, bananas, melon and mango). Discover each monkey's handler, the trick it can do, and its favourite snack. 1.) No monkey has the same name as their handler. 2.) Ellie the handler didn't teach any monkey to do a handstand. 3.) The monkey that likes mangoes has the same name as the handler who taught a monkey to juggle. 4.) A handler taught either Ellie or Sasha to do trapeze tricks. 5.) The monkey that likes bananas, whose handler isn't Tommy, has the same name as Tommy the Monkey's handler. 6.) Gill likes melons and his handler is a woman. 7.) Gill the handler taught a monkey to breakdance.",Ellie and Sasha are girls; Gill and Tommy are boys.,"Monkey, Handler, Trick, Food Ellie, Tommy, Trapeze, Mangos Gill, Ellie, Juggling, Melon Sasha, Gill, Breakdancing, Bananas Tommy, Sasha, Handstand, Honey",Logic-Grid,04/23/11 #5277,Alphabet Blocks,2.65,2.66,Bobbrt,"You have four alphabet blocks. Each block has a different letter of the alphabet on each of its six sides. Using these four blocks, you can spell any of the following words. Can you figure out what six letters appear on each of the four blocks? BODY CRUX JACK JOHN KNOW LIFT MANX PUGS QUAD SHIM WRIT YELP",No hint available.,"The first thing that you should notice is that all of the letters except V and Z appear. Therefore each letter appears only on one block. The letters M, A, N, and X must appear on four different blocks (so that you can spell ""MANX""). Call them blocks 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. Block 2 (with the A) must have a letter from CRUX. It can't be C (because then you wouldn't be able to spell JACK) or U (so you can spell QUAD), so it is R. Block 2 must also have a letter from KNOW. It can't be K (JACK) or W (WRIT), so it's O. The letter H can't be on block 1 (SHIM) or block 2 or 3 (JOHN), so H is on block 4. J is on block 1 (JOHN). C can't be on block 1 or 2 (JACK) or block 4 (CRUX), so C is on block 3. U is on block 1 (CRUX), and K is on block 4 (JACK). W, then, is on block 1 (KNOW). I isn't on block 1 or 2 (WRIT), or block 4 (SHIM), so I is on block 3. T is on block 4 (WRIT) and S is on block 2 (SHIM). Block 4, which we already know has H, K, T, and X, can have only two more letters: it must have either D or Q (QUAD), and either G or P (PUGS). But block 4 must also have a letter from YELP, which can only be P, and a letter from BODY, which can only be D. G is on block 3 (PUGS), as is Q(QUAD). Block 3, which already has C, G, I, N, and Q, can only have one more letter: this sixth letter must be in both BODY and YELP, so it must be Y. B is on block 1 (BODY). Block 1, then, contains B, J, M, U, and W, and can have only one more letter: this sixth letter must be in both LIFT and YELP, so it must be L. Finally, block 2 holds E (YELP) and F (LIFT). In summary: Block 1: B, J, L, M, U, W Block 2: A, E, F, O, R, S Block 3: C, G, I, N, Q, Y Block 4: D, H, K, P, T, X",Logic,07/06/02 #36420,Movie Proverbs,2.39,2.39,aresII,"The two following cryptograms are quotes from the movie ""Maverick"". Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. H=D ""K'H QGVJDQ MKOD KS OGKS VJGS HKD GSZ XGZ."" -FQDV AGODQKEB, 'AGODQKEB' ""AZ TGTTZ GMXGZP PGKH, 'G ERXGQH HKDP G VJRWPGSH HDGVJP, G JDQR HKDP FWV RSD. G VJRWPGSH VR RSD KP TQDVVZ CRRH RHHP."" -FQDV AGODQKEB, 'AGODQKEB'",This teaser can be quick and fun if you remember what is being quoted.,"""I'd rather live in vain than die any way."" -Bret Maverick, 'Maverick' ""My Pappy always said, ""A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies but one. A thousand to one is pretty good odds."" -Bret Maverick, 'Maverick' Key: A=M B=K C=G D=E E=C F=B G=A H=D J=H K=I M=L O=V P=S Q=R R=O S=N T=P V=T W=U X=W Z=Y",Cryptography,04/26/07 #50771,Delete a Letter 32,3.1,2.05,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) a person of small stature (4 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a track worn by a wheel 2) unmistakably evident(5 letters) & (delete 1st letter) having a strong unpleasant smell 3) of or relating to the universe (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) causing laughter or amusement 4) animal skin that is prepared for use (7 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) a foam formed when soap is agitated in water",No hint available.,"1) runt & rut 2) frank & rank 3) cosmic & comic 4) leather & lather",Language,02/23/16 #37926,Relationships 2,2.28,2.23,cnmne,"PLUM is to RUSH as BOAR is to ITCH as SCAR is to LOCK as CHIN is to EDGE as CHAR is to ARCH as MITE is to EACH as JOIN is to ????. Select from the following words: EARN, HOST, LAND, OUST, RACK",No hint available.,"For each pair of 4-letter words, 5-letter words can be made by adding the same letter to the end of the first word and the beginning of the second word. PLUM B RUSH = PLUMB BRUSH BOAR D ITCH = BOARD DITCH SCAR F LOCK = SCARF FLOCK CHIN K EDGE = CHINK KEDGE CHAR M ARCH = CHARM MARCH MITE R EACH = MITER REACH thus JOIN T RACK = JOINT TRACK",Other,08/23/07 #160,Who Is It?,2.5100000000000002,1.48,Phyllis,"A man is looking at a picture and says: ""Sisters and brothers have I none, But that man's father was my father's son."" Who is in the picture?",No hint available.,The man's son.,Riddle,01/24/01 #37272,Babylonian Mathology,2.26,2.89,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Babylonian mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the four possible solutions. MARDUK + MUMMU + APSU = TIAMAT",No hint available.,"482071 + 47447 + 8967 = 538485 482971 + 47447 + 8067 = 538485 635149 + 64664 + 3824 = 703637 635849 + 64664 + 3124 = 703637",Cryptography,07/08/07 #1796,Three Consecutive Days,2.65,1.09,missie,"Can you name three consecutive days without saying the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday?",No hint available.,"Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow",Language,12/23/01 #14698,2 = M A by J C,2.64,2.7,Smithy,2 = M A by J C,Think Romans,"2 = Months Added by Julius Caesar. When they discovered that their calendar year was shorter than a proper year, Julius Caesar added two extra months to lengthen the year. They were July - named after himself - and August - named after his heir, Augustus.",Letter-Equations,09/07/03 #49801,Delete a Letter 9,2.74,1.6400000000000001,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) a place to sit (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) to scorch or singe 2) unintelligible writing or speech (6 letters) & (delete 1st letter) a gaseous element 3) a military person (7 letters) & (delete 5th letter) an alloy used to join metal 4) a geographic direction (4 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) moist",No hint available.,"1) chair & char 2) jargon & argon 3) soldier & solder 4) west & wet",Language,03/21/13 #38743,Word Connections #17,2.55,2.13,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect Movie to cow. Movie S_ _ _ P_ _ _ _ _ J_ _ _ _ _ Cow WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","ST _ _ PL _ _ _ _ JE _ _ _ _","Movie Star Player Jersey Cow",Language,10/13/07 #16704,Cut 'n' Paste,3.02,1.6,mr_smarty-pants,"This one is a ""mental"" exercise - don't use paper and scissors - just imagine in your mind: Take a sheet of paper - any size that you happened to have (remember, just imagine this paper). Now fold this sheet of paper in half and now fold it in half again, at right angles to the first fold. Now you have four thicknesses of paper. Now imagine you use scissors and cut through all four thicknesses, right down the middle of the paper, parallel to the first fold you made. Now, imagine, how many pieces of paper do you have now? Don't get paper and scissors to solve this one - try to picture this in your mind!",No hint available.,You will have 3 pieces of paper after the cut. It won't matter which direction you make the cut with the scissors - you'll end up with 3 pieces of paper. Don't believe it? Now go get the paper and scissors and actually do this - you'll see!,Science,02/22/04 #42474,Messy Files,2.73,2.58,cookieruler,"Dr. Neat N. Clean filed 5 patient records, including the names, age, date of appointment, sickness, and eye color. Dr. Mess E. Man mixed up the information when he entered it into the computer. Dr. Clean took notes while she was conducting the appointments. You are the hospital administrator. Fix the wrong information. Dr. Clean's Notes: 1. The youngest person has brown eyes. 2. Chris has smallpox. 3. The only person that did not have an appointment on a holiday has blue eyes. 4. The oldest person has black eyes. 5. The youngest person is female. 6. Zach has a sickness that starts with the same letter as an earlier patient's name. 7. The girlfriend of the person with hazel eyes was mad at him because he missed Valentine's Day. 8. The youngest person had the earliest appointment. 9. The person with chickenpox did not have a February appointment. 10. Only people who drove themselves to the doctor were sick. 11. Susan's eye color does not start with the letter B. 12. Zach did not have the last appointment. 13. The person with brown eyes had the first appointment. 14. A male has mumps. 15. Susan is not 17 or 35. 16. Joe can't vote. 17. Chris doesn't have hazel eyes.",No hint available.,"Chris is 49, has black eyes, smallpox, and had an appointment on the Fourth of July. Joe is 17, has hazel eyes, mumps, and had an appointment on the Fourteenth of February. Susan is 26, has green eyes, measles, and had an appointment on the Thirty-First of October. Jill is 12, has brown eyes, is well, and had an appointment on the First of January. Zach is 35, has blue eyes, chicken pox, and has an appointment on the Twenty-Ninth of August.",Logic-Grid,07/11/08 #5689,Casket Test,2.23,1.8800000000000001,glennyboy02,"You are one of many young men claiming the right to the throne. A simple test is devised to see who will become King. If you pass the test you will be King, however, if you fail, you will lose your life. Three caskets are placed in front of you, a gold casket, a silver casket and a lead casket. Two of these caskets contain a skull and cross bones representing death, while the other contains the King's crown. Each casket has an inscription. Gold- Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire. Silver- Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves. Lead- Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath. Which casket leads to death, which leads to glory, your fate is in your own hands!",No hint available.,"If you chose the gold casket you were wrong as: 'All that glisters is not gold, Often have you heard that told; Many a man his life hath sold Had you been as wise as bold, Young in limbs, in judgment old, Your answer had not been inscrolled Fare you well, your suit is cold.' If you chose the silver casket you were wrong as: 'The fire seven times tried this; Seven times tried that judgment is That did never choose amiss. Some there be that shadows kiss; Such have but a shadow's bliss; There be fools alive, I wis' Silvered over, and so was this. If you chose the leaden casket you would be King as: 'You that choose not by the view, Chance as fair and choose as true! Since this fortune falls to you, Be content and seek no new.'",Logic,07/19/02 #13904,Am Use,2.7,2.11,snaps,"I am a teaser with clues that describe words beginning with ""am"". The clues do not refer to the words themselves, rather they refer to the word that must be added to the ""am"". eg. ""I am something that every invention should have"" would be ""amuse"". 1. I am never at the start 2. I am a relative of the horse 3. I am bigger than a pot-plant, but smaller than a tree 4. I am a thing that measures 5. I am an adjective regarding the mouth",No hint available.,"1. amend 2. amass 3. ambush 4. ammeter 5. amoral",Language,07/19/03 #17302,The End Is The Beginning,2.54,2.44,absy,"Rearrange the letters in each pair of words to make one 8 letter word. The last letter of each word will be the first letter of the following word. The last letter of the last word will be the first letter of the first word. 1. COIL + TEEN = 2. VENT + SOIL = 3. RIOT + TALL = 4. FIRE + PITA = 5. ROBE + FILM = 6. GOLF + BLUR = 7. RUIN + GAME = 8. CAGE + MINT = 9. SLAY + TACT = 10. GAIN + BELT =",No hint available.,"1. ElectioN -- The act of choosing a person to fill an office 2. NovelisT -- A writer of novels 3. TortillA -- A thin disk of unleavened bread made from masa or wheat flour and baked on a hot surface 4. AperitiF -- An alcoholic drink taken as an appetizer before a meal 5. ForelimB -- An anterior appendage, such as a leg, wing, or flipper 6. BullfroG -- Any of several large, heavy-bodied frogs native to North America and having a characteristic deep resonant croak 7. GeraniuM -- Any of various plants of the genus Geranium, having palmately divided leaves and pink or purplish flowers 8. MagnetiC -- Capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet 9. CatalysT -- a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affect 10. TangiblE -- Discernible by the touch",Language,04/09/04 #5301,5:6:7,2.25,1.59,cleverclogs,"36 sweets are shared out in the ratio 5:6:7. My share is '6'. If 18 more sweets are shared out, how many sweets do I have?",No hint available.,"36 in to 5:6:7 = 10:12:14 + 18 in to 5:6:7 = 5 :6 :7 Therefore I have 18 sweets altogether.",Math,07/07/02 #3764,Not Poisoned,2.21,1.3,Angelicious,"A man ate some food that was not poisoned, yet nevertheless caused him to die. Why?",No hint available.,The man choked on a piece of food.,Situation,04/26/02 #3901,Infinity+1,2.18,1.46,Mogmatt16,"Which is more, infinity or infinity plus one? Why?",One is not necessarily one more than the other.,"They are equal. Don't believe me? Think about it like this: You have an infinite group and an infinite plus one group. If each item in a group has another to go with it in the other group, there is an equal amount. for this we'll say X is the one. Here are the groups: [x,1,2,3,4,5,6,7....] [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8....] See how the groups match up evenly? Because both will go on forever, each number will have a match. But what if you add in the X at the end? You can't. There's no end to infinity. So there's no place to put it at the end.",Math,05/05/02 #21422,Not Costa Rica,2.3,2.84,cnmne,"3 = C of R (I, S, M)",No hint available.,"3 = Classes of Rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic)",Letter-Equations,03/08/05 #31166,All Mixed Up 3,2.7,2.14,cdrock,"The following clues below refer to words. These words are all anagrams, and the anagrams of the words all rhyme with each other. Can you figure out all the words that rhyme with each other? 1. Short periods of sleep. 2. Airtight sealed metal containers. 3. Seize suddenly. 4. A type of insect that normally lives in a colony and can hold many times its body weight.",No hint available.,"The rhyming words are: 1. Span 2. Scan 3. Ban 4. Tan The answers to the clues are: 1. Naps 2. Cans 3. Nab 4. Ant",Language,06/17/06 #47113,Letter Juggle 11,3.27,1.57,MarcM1098,"Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Inks - Tiles 2. Ride - Relive 3. Gaze - Freed 4. Snail - Pike 5. Snag - Cold","1. Relationships 2. Alleviate 3. Eat 4. Fasten 5. Discipline","1. Links - Ties 2. Rid - Relieve 3. Graze - Feed 4. Nail - Spike 5. Nag - Scold",Language,05/29/10 #38779,It Ends As It Begins: M,2.28,2.47,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, M, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? M(4)M, M(5)M, M(6)M, M(7)M Pool: A, D, D, E, E, E, E, I, I, L, M, N, O, O, R, R, S, T, T, T, U, U",No hint available.,"MEDIUM, MIDTERM, MOMENTUM, MAELSTROM",Language,10/15/07 #28397,This Paragraph,2.58,1.72,lips,"What is significant about this paragraph: I once found two tiny ferrets, bruised with dirt over them. I decided to help the poor mites by rinsing them off using some tinctured liquid. They soon seemed brighter. Within two weeks I set them free, into the wild. They seemed very delighted with this. I enjoyed it very much.",No hint available.,There is no letter A.,Other,02/01/06 #11345,Monday A4,2.18,2.57,MrIxolite,"What items are represented below in Rebus form? Monday a.m A5 Tuesday a.m A4 Wednesday a.m A3 Thursday a.m A2 Friday a.m A1",No hint available.,"The Daily Morning Papers A1, A2 A4 etc are recognised sizes for paper",Rebus,03/21/03 #35719,Linking Words #6,2.7600000000000002,2.52,jazzmusician46,"You are to create a series of 8 FOUR-LETTERED words that link with each other. Based on the clues below, your task is to ensure that the last letter of a word becomes the first letter of the next word. Good luck. I have given you an example below of how the teaser should attempted. EXAMPLE Clues: 1. Emptiness, 2. Dummy, 3. Desire, 4. Tug... Answer: Void - Dope - Envy - Yank... CLUES: 1. Effervesce, 2. Metal, 3. Not excited, 4. Christian Festival, 5. Branched structure, 6. Boundaries, 7. Frozen precipitation, 8. To carry on a battle or war.",The first word is: Fizz,"1. Fizz, 2. Zinc, 3. Cool, 4. Lent, 5. Tree, 6. Ends, 7. Snow, 8. Wage.",Language,03/16/07 #6993,Correct Combination,2.66,1.98,Gizzer,"The same combination of letters, in the same order, can be placed in the blanks below to form words. Can you figure out the correct combination? __ALM U__ET LA__E COR__",It's a 2 letter combination.,"PS PSALM, UPSET, LAPSE, CORPS",Language,08/29/02 #28347,Get a Horse,2.48,1.42,bluegrasss,746W=1HP,No hint available.,746 Watts equals 1 Horsepower,Letter-Equations,01/29/06 #31522,Word Scrambles X,2.68,2.06,Psychic_Master,"Here's how it goes; there will be 3 scrambled word puzzles with a clue above each. The unscrambled word/s will have something to do with the clue. 1. Clue: Dieter's surveillance Puzzle: A chew stew girth 2. Clue: Festive fir Puzzle: Search set trim 3. Clue: Pleasure seekers Puzzle: Dishonest",No hint available.,"1. Weight watchers 2. Christmas tree 3. Hedonists",Language,07/04/06 #25869,The Number Pattern 2,2.72,2.28,Gnerb_25,"What pattern do these numbers follow? 1, 7, 11, 27, 77, 117, 127, 177?",Speak the numbers out loud.,"When spoken, each number is one syllable longer than the previous number.",Other,09/11/05 #6794,Countries Contained,2.36,1.86,curly,Which is the only country in the world to contain two whole countries within it?,No hint available.,Italy contains San Marino & Vatican City.,Trivia,08/23/02 #30534,Crackers Anyone?,2.78,2.41,lexymo,"The first four letters have been removed from each of the following words. Decide which does not belong in this list. ARELLA URGER OLONE OVY ERE",Yummy! ...Kinda,"anch-OVY does not belong. The rest are types of cheeses. Mozzarella Limburger Provolone ANCHOVY Gruyere",Language,05/17/06 #37084,Now I See...,2.91,1.85,ajcham,"I'm never there when you need me, For me you'll have to wait, I'll provide a wealth of knowledge, But always just too late, What am I?",You'll know it when you see the answer...,Hindsight,Riddle,06/26/07 #17343,European Cities,2.57,1.71,absy,"Pair off the groups of letters to form ten 6-letter names of European cities. ATH EVA LES NNA BON GEN LIN PRA DON ICH LIS VEN DUB ICE LON VIE ENS GUE NAP ZUR",No hint available.,"Athens Dublin Geneva Lisbon London Naples Prague Venice Vienna Zurich",Language,04/11/04 #16831,Measure for Measure,2.23,1.26,msagnew2004,5280 = F in a M,"Ankle, toes, c'mon!",5280 = Feet in a Mile,Letter-Equations,03/03/04 #544,When is a door not a door?,2.33,1.4,snoopdogg,When is a door not a door?,No hint available.,When it`s a-jar,Language,05/29/01 #35248,Twain's Thoughts,2.8,2.64,silent_lucidity,"The two following quotes are from Mark Twain. Both quotes use the same code. ""YX WIN ASOO AZS ACNAZ WIN RIK'A ZTBS AI CSPSPESC TKWAZYKL."" ""AZS PTK UZI RISDK'A CSTR LIIR EIIGD ZTD KI TRBTKATLS IBSC AZS PTK UZI FTK'A CSTR AZSP.""",Z = H,"""If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."" ""The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."" A = T B = V C = R D = S E = B F = C G = K H = Q I = O J = P K = N L = G M = J N = U O = L P = M Q = Z R = D S = E T = A U = W V = X W = Y X = F Y = I Z = H",Cryptography,02/09/07 #5621,Roads,2.12,0.7000000000000001,glennyboy02,"What does this rebus mean? R O A D O A D",No hint available.,Cross roads,Rebus,07/16/02 #51979,Scrabble Score,2.44,1.4,AndrewWalker,What is the lowest opening score possible in a game of Scrabble? Remember the first move must lie on the center square; which is a double word score.,No hint available.,"0 If the first move uses both blanks to make a valid two letter word, there are no points to be awarded.",Trick,08/05/18 #29319,Fired Up,2.54,1.83,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? firingfiringfiringurfiringfiringfiring",No hint available.,You are in the firing line.,Rebus,03/25/06 #30366,The False Claim,2.94,2.22,chidam11,"Sunday had finally come for Detective Kelvin Wallace. It was the day of the auction. He was an avid collector of antique items. He was looking for something from the collection of a king, especially Louis XIV, as he did not have any of his items. Finally, the collection of King Louis XIV came up for auction. The first item was a bathing towel which was supposedly used every day by King Louis XIV. Everyone was eager to get his hands on the old torn piece of cloth, but Detective Wallace knew that it was a fake piece and decided to leave the auction hall immediately. How did he know that the towel was fake?",Detective Kelvin Wallace knew his history well.,"Detective Wallace knew it was a fake because there was no possibility of the king using the cloth every day. King Louis XIV only took three baths in his life of 77 years, and he desired none of them. The three times were: 1.When he was baptized. 2.When a mistress insisted. 3.When a doctor lanced a boil on his derriere and ordered him to soak in a tub filled with water.",Trivia,05/09/06 #4775,Twinkie,2.39,1.77,shoppergrl,"Kate was digging in the cupboard for a Twinkie. Her mother came in and scolded her for eating before dinner. Kate put the Twinkie back and went up to her room while her mom went into the living room. Fifteen minutes later Kate came down from her room, grabbed a Twinkie, and went into the living room where her mom still was. She sat on the couch, opened her Twinkie, and ate it, but her mother said nothing. Why?",No hint available.,Her mom was asleep.,Situation,06/16/02 #28826,The Apostrophe,2.56,2.06,Question_Mark,"Some words in the English language have an apostrophe to replace one or two letters of two words merged together. Here are some examples. Don't = Do not (-o) Can't = Can not (-no) You've = You have (-ha) However there is one word in the English language with an apostrophe that does not replace one or two letters. Can you tell me what it is?",No hint available.,"The word is ""o'clock"".",Language,02/27/06 #39440,An Egg,3.09,1.81,pokpic,"A science teacher told his after school class, ""Whoever can get this egg into this smaller glass bottle will win no homework for a week! The rules are: the egg has to go into the bottle in one piece, and you can't break the bottle. You can also use anything in the science lab. So, do we have any volunteers?"" A boy raised his hand and the teacher pointed at him. The boy took the egg and looked around the science lab for the things he could use. He saw some writing paper, a pack of matches, some vinegar, a sink, and the glass bottle. By the end of the after school class, the boy had gotten the egg into the smaller bottle. How did he do it? Note that, without doing anything to the egg, the egg can't fit into the bottle.",No hint available.,"First, soak the egg in the vinegar which softens the shell without compromising the egg. Next, take some of the writing paper and shred it into pieces. Take the shredded pieces and put them into the glass bottle. Take a match and light a fire inside the bottle with the shredded paper. After, take the vinegar-soaked egg and put it on the top of the bottle so no oxygen can get into the bottle. The fire heats up the air inside the bottle and the air expands, pushing some of the air out. When the oxygen is used up, the fire dies and the air in the bottle begins to cool and contract. Since the egg is blocking the mouth, new air can't get in and a pressure difference is built up which eventually pushes the egg into the bottle. After a short while, the shell will harden and that's how the egg got into the bottle.",Science,12/02/07 #39123,Einstein,2.4,1.12,jasmin215,"e e q u a l s m c",No hint available.,"E=mc^2 Read it and it's in a square. It is a version of Einstein's famous relativity equation. It means that energy is equal to mass times the speed of light squared.",Rebus,11/09/07 #1053,Desert Food,2.2,1.87,starman,Why is it that one should never starve in the desert or on a beach?,This is a pun on a type of food.,Because of all the sand which is there. (...all the sandwiches there),Language,10/05/01 #21965,Nickers,2.45,2.03,badbunnee,"BtB (Bad-the-Bunny) visited a friend's farm yesterday and gave all the animals nicknames based on common-phrases. He called the horse, for example; 'Charley Horse', and the bull 'Shoot' (as in 'Shoot the Bull'). Here are four more of his nicknames. They might, or might not, use the connective 'the'. What are the animals? Bell Cold Bum One Trick",Quickly try all the nicks with several common farm animals. You'll get it.,"Bell the Cat Cold Turkey Bum Steer One Trick Pony (One-trick Pony) All are colloquial or idiomatic common-expressions. *Bell the Cat* and *Shoot the Bull* could be expressions for names (nick or otherwise) as we might say *Tom the Headmaster*. *Bell the Cat* means to put a warning signal on something threatening in order to signal its approach. From an old story about the mice who figured that would be a good way to know of the proximity of the cat. But (and this is the real meaning of the phrase), WHO was going to take the risk ... to get close enough to hang the bell; *Bell the Cat*. *Cold Turkey* means to kick a habit by abstaining totally and for a significant period of time. *Bum Steer* means *bad advice* or having been given an idea that doesn't work. Probably originated from the notion of being given faulty directions (being *steered* into the wrong course). Not likely it originated in any reference to the animal because a steer is a *bum* anyway in terms of insemination capacity. *One-trick Pony* Comes from the circus or carnival biz where the pony did only ONE trick, albeit well, perhaps. Has come to mean a person who is accomplished at ONE thing but maybe has few (if any) other skills or attractive traits.",Language,04/01/05 #37145,U. S. A.,2.26,1.07,brainglewashed,G W = the F P of the U S A,No hint available.,George Washington = the First President of the United States of America,Letter-Equations,06/29/07 #50071,Chain Letters 7,2.08,2.34,cnmne,"The following two 4x4 grids each contain a 12-letter word. Each word is formed by a chain of letters. A word can begin with any of the letters. The second letter of a word is adjacent (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) to the first letter, the third letter is adjacent to the second, and so on. No letter can be used more than once. Four letters in each grid will be unused. SXED AFOD AMRY LDEH NWBR TEIL DECA NNIP",The first letter of the first word is in the SECOND row. The first letter of the second word is in the FIRST row.,The words are FORMALDEHYDE and BICENTENNIAL.,Language,01/03/14 #32626,Crossquare IX,2.52,2.19,phrebh,"Solve each clue below. The answers will form a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. Pansy genus 2. Charged column type 3. Beginning 4. Lord 5. Performed",No hint available.,"1. VIOLA 2. IONIC 3. ONSET 4. LIEGE 5. ACTED",Language,08/24/06 #15560,2=G in a P,2.18,2.66,sungal97,2=G in a P,No hint available.,2=gallons in a peck,Letter-Equations,11/26/03 #48749,30 Numbers,2.72,1.96,shenqiang,"Numbers from 1 to 30 are written on a blackboard. Add the first two numbers, and append it to the end, then erase the first two numbers. For example, after the first time, the numbers become 3, 4, 5, ..., 29, 30, and 3. Repeat this process until you get only one number. How many addition operations are there, and what is the last number on the blackboard?",Try to find the pattern.,"After each operation, the numbers reduce by one, therefore you need 29 times. Of course, the last number remaining on the blackboard is the sum of all the numbers from 1 to 30, which is (1+30)*30/2=465.",Math,05/25/11 #48364,The Ultimate Great Battle,2.66,1.18,No_Eyed_Fsh,"Once upon a time, in a castle far, far away, lived a queen. This queen's castle was located on one side of a great field. However, the king's castle was located on the other side. The queen didn't like the king, so she took her 2 horses and her army and attacked. There was a huge, epic, and bloody battle on the great field in which all the king's men were defeated and the king himself was captured. However, at the end of the battle, the killers and the killed, the victors and the victims, all laid down, side by side, in one big coffin. What happened?",No hint available.,"It was a game of chess. At the end of the battle, the players packed up the pieces in the chess case.",Situation,01/05/11 #32973,Hooked on Phonics...?,2.67,1.85,nikitafullmoon,"Each sentence or phrase below can be reduced to two words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. You may need to put ""a,"" ""an"" or ""the"" in between. 1. Say no to garbage! 2. Wax from Warsaw 3. Leave a dry, sandy area behind 4. Bestows gifts 5. Grow vegetables",No hint available.,"1. Refuse refuse! 2. Polish polish 3. Desert the desert 4. Presents presents 5. Produce produce",Language,09/12/06 #52143,Murder By Poison,2.73,0.97,Marple,"A serial killer, dubbed ""The Poisoning Devil"" by the press had a special, yet sinister, way of having fun. He would kidnap a victim, blindfold them and take them to a room where he would sit opposite them with a table in between them. He would then put 2 tablets on the table between them and a glass of water for each of them. The Poisoning Devil would then tell the victim that only one of the pills on the table were poisonous. To make it fair, he would allow the victim to choose which pill they wanted and once that was done they would both take a pill at exactly the same time, looking at each other (the Poisoning Devil would take the other pill - the one the victim had rejected). The victims always died. How did the killer make sure he was always safe?",Think about how to take a pill.,The killer simply poisoned the water that was in front of the victim. The pills were just sugar pills.,Mystery,02/21/19 #21823,Who What and Where,1.9000000000000001,1.08,eina_23052,"Amanda, Paulina and Khrystyna were all swimming in a lake. They all wanted to do different water sports and different times at different places on the lake. Please help them sort out their little problem. The groups are: Participants: Amanda, Paulina, Khrystyna Sports: water skiing, wake boarding, diving Times: 1 pm, 3pm, 4pm Clues: 1. Khrystyna does not want to miss her tea time at 4pm because of Paulina. 2. Amanda does not know how to ski. 3. Paulina does not go back into the water until 4 pm. 4. Khrystyna wants to use the boat as a platform right after lunch.",No hint available.,"Khrystyna - 1pm - diving Amanda - 3pm - Wake boarding Paulina - 4pm - skiing",Logic-Grid,03/29/05 #50961,Close Opposites,2.83,1.95,MarcM1098,"There are thousands of antonyms, but not many pairs of opposite words differ by only one letter. See how many of them you can figure out. Note: Although some pairs used here are not perfect opposites, they are listed as antonyms in the thesaurus. 1. Add one letter to ""fast"" to create a word with the opposite meaning. 2. Look around in this teaser to find two words that refer to opposite locations. 3. How many? Give two answers that differ by a single letter. 4. Start with a close companion; remove a letter and they become an evil person. 5. Complete with opposite meaning words: We are _____ ____ getting back together. 6. Add a letter to a private region to get something open to all. 7. Remove a letter from a private operation to get something visible to all.","1. ""Fast"" does not refer to speed. 2. Both words are in the instructions. 3. The quantities are small. 4. The words start with F. 5. This is from a Taylor Swift song. 6. The words start with P. 7. The C is removed from the longer word.","1. Fast / Feast 2. Here / There 3. One / None 4. Friend / Fiend 5. Never / Ever 6. Pubic / Public 7. Covert / Overt",Language,01/13/17 #11654,9 = L on the M R of a Q K,2.15,2.71,icehaven,9 = L on the M R of a Q K,9 = Letters on the M R of a Q K,9 = Letters on the Middle Row of a QWERTY Keyboard,Letter-Equations,04/08/03 #49837,Who are They?,2.37,2.34,fishmed,"The following anagrams represent famous people. Can you figure out who they are? 1. LIKED LONG TUNE 2. GENUINE CLASS 3. I DEMAND TV LATER","1. Jazz composer 2. British actor 3. TV host","1. Duke Ellington 2. Alec Guinness 3. David Letterman",Language,05/20/13 #27104,You Wascally Wabbit,2.81,1.84,dsquared,"What expression is represented here where Tuesday is concerned? Monday: Well behaved rabbit Tuesday: Naughty rabbit Wednesday: Obedient rabbit",The days where you have to apply some extra product,A bad hair (hare) day,Rebus,11/22/05 #13414,1000 Word Essay,2.83,2.16,sunnyfunny,"A boy was in detention from talking too much when the teacher was talking. The detention teacher said, ""You have to produce a 1000 word essay in 30 seconds...GO!!"" The boy actually did it. How? Note: he did not just write ""A 1000 word essay"" on his paper. You'll have to be a little more clever than that.",No hint available.,"The boy knew the common saying, ""A picture is worth a thousand words,"" so he drew a picture.",Trick,06/25/03 #19378,Mad Ade's Magic Square,2.31,2.21,Mad-Ade,"Mad Ade placed the numbers 1-9 into a 3x3 grid, such that the four sides and the two diagonals each have the same sum (greater than 15.) What is the number in the center of the grid?",No hint available.,"3 there is only one solution. 7 2 9 5 3 1 6 4 8",Math,11/11/04 #9973,Dead Tired,2.26,1.48,MrIxolite,"What Movie is represented here? ZzzzzzzzzzzTheFoe",Julia Roberts starred,Sleeping with the enemy,Rebus,01/22/03 #48896,Words With MM,1.93,2.3,cnmne,"Five words that contain MM as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **MM*, *MM***, **MM**, ***MM*, ***MM** Pool: A, A, A, C, E, E, E, G, H, I, I, L, L, N, O, P, R, S, U, Y",No hint available.,"GAMMA, IMMUNE, POMMEL, CLAMMY, SHIMMER",Language,07/22/11 #9146,4 x Fingers,2.72,2.0,MrIxolite,"What is this proverb? (4 x Fingers + 1 x Thumb) x 10 = Changing the bulb.",Use your math skills.,Many Hands Make Light Work.,Rebus,12/14/02 #37883,"S, PF, D, and LF!",2.24,2.55,MikeMan1216,"S, PF, D, and LF = M C in ""S""",It's a 2001 movie.,"Shrek, Princess Fiona, Donkey, and Lord Farquaad = Main Characters in ""Shrek"".",Letter-Equations,08/23/07 #42318,A Plot in Thyme,3.08,2.77,dreamlvr1432,"Amanda and four of her friends decided to grow their own herbs in the local community garden. Each person grows two different herbs in his/her plot (labeled A-E from left to right) and tends his/her plot on a different day of the week (Monday - Friday). From the info provided, determine each person's garden plot, the herbs they grow (including marjoram and rosemary), and what day they tend their plot. 1) No two plots that are tended on consecutive days are located next to each other in the garden. The initials of each herb in a plot, the day the plot is tended, and the owner of the plot are 4 different letters. 2) Amanda tends her oregano in plot A. She does not grow thyme. 3)The five plots are the one tended by Cassandra (which she tends on Thursdays), the one in which mint grows, the one tended on Tuesdays, the one in which thyme grows, and plot D. 4) Marrissa's plot is located to the immediate left of the one containing sage (which is not grown with oregano) and somewhere to the right of the one tended on Thursdays. 5) Walter's plot is located immediately between the plot tended on Thursdays (which is not plot A) and the one containing chive and dill, in that order. 6) Timmy tends his plot the day before the parsley is tended (not in plot C) and the day after the plot containing basil is tended.",No hint available.,"Plot - Name - Day - Herbs A, Amanda, Tuesdays, basil/oregano B, Cassandra, Thursdays, marjoram/parsley C, Walter, Mondays, thyme/rosemary D, Marrissa, Fridays, chive/dill E, Timmy, Wednesdays, sage/mint",Logic-Grid,06/22/08 #31441,Friends and Their Jobs,2.36,0.84,kistin14,"4 friends all worked in an office building, but with different jobs. Their first names were Ace, Bob, Cathy, and Denise. Their last names were Adams, Bina, Christian, and Dak. The jobs were President, Vice President, Secretary, and Intern. 1.) No one had the same initials. Like AA or BB. 2.) Ace wasn't the Secretary. 3.) Bob told the Secretary that the Vice President and President were going to work late. 4.) Mrs. Christian dated Mr. Dak for a while, but broke up. 5.) Mr. Adams was the Intern and Mrs. Bina was the President. 6.) Ace wanted to be promoted to President in a few years when Cathy retired. 7.) Denise loved her job typing for the higher positions.",No hint available.,"Ace Dak was the Vice President. Bob Adams was the Intern. Cathy Bina was the President. Denise Christian was the Secretary.",Logic-Grid,06/29/06 #26535,One Third?,2.42,2.43,lifeisgood812,"Can you use all nine digits (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) in any order to make a fraction equal to one-third?",No hint available.,"5832/17496 = 1/3 or 5823/17469 = 1/3",Math,10/24/05 #26216,Inheritance,2.81,1.52,dutchymonster,"After her death, a mother left her sons her entire £5000 fortune. The elder son received £3000. The rest was shared equally between whomever remained. How much did they each get?",No hint available.,"There is just one other son who takes the remaining £2000. The word elder means there are two. If there were more than two it would have been eldest.",Trick,10/05/05 #36011,Dan is Not a Team Player,2.65,1.85,Subtox,"Which word does not belong in the following sentence? Moe's team ate some meat, and Dan had tea.","Moe and Dan usually make quite a pair, just not today.","""Had"" does not belong. The rest of the words are pairs of anagrams (tea/ate, Dan/and, etc.).",Language,04/02/07 #1715,A Die,2.57,1.05,missie,How many numbers are there on a standard die?,No hint available.,"None, only dots.",Trick,12/13/01 #18107,Connection?,2.72,1.82,crystalstar,"These words are connected, can you find the final word to complete the connection? ORIGAMI REPTILIAN ----?---- NUCLEI GLIDING EMBRYO Choose from; albatross, approved, bingo, furtive, pearled, zebra",No hint available.,"The missing word is Approved. The first letters of each word spell Orange, the last letters of each word spell Indigo",Series,07/03/04 #1268,Aliens,2.29,1.34,Yanivster,"Five months from today, it will be exactly ten months from the day when a rumor about aliens coming to town in one month was spread. In reality, the aliens arrived two months late. When did the aliens arrive?",No hint available.,Two months ago.,Logic,11/02/01 #39875,97 L Y in 400 Y,2.19,1.6400000000000001,shenqiang,97 L Y in 400 Y,No hint available.,"97 leap years in 400 years. Years that are divisible by 4 are leap years. However, for the years ending in 00, only those divisible by 400 are leap years. Therefore, there are 97 leap years in every 400 years.",Letter-Equations,01/01/08 #49910,Words With UC,2.27,2.44,cnmne,"Five words that contain UC as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *UC**, *UC***, **UC**, ***UC*, **UC*** Pool: A, B, D, E, E, E, G, H, K, L, N, O, O, P, R, S, S, T, T, Y",No hint available.,"DUCHY, BUCKET, TOUCAN, SPRUCE, GLUCOSE",Language,08/14/13 #41477,Distorted Music - W,2.68,2.1,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter W. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Luckier Owl Yow 2. Your New Enough Yew 3. A Deb Sweeteners Hem Knew Pump","1. 4 words 2. 4 words 3. 6 words","1. ""We Will Rock You"" by Queen 2. ""When You Were Young"" by The Killers 3. ""Wake Me Up When September Ends"" by Green Day",Language,04/12/08 #15300,3 = O M,2.67,2.14,PhilDunphy,"3 = O M (G, S and B)",Colourful Sporting Accolades,"3 Olympic Medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze)",Letter-Equations,11/02/03 #33677,Animal Course,2.91,1.45,MarcM1098,"What animal completes this series? fly, spider, bird, cat, dog, goat, cow, ?","It isn't a swallow, of course. The title is also a hint.","horse These are all the animals swallowed by the old lady in the nursery rhyme: - There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she'll die! The rhyme continues with the following animals: - She swallowed a spider to catch the fly. - She swallowed a bird to catch the spider. - She swallowed a cat to catch the bird. - She swallowed a dog to catch the cat. - She swallowed a goat to catch the dog. - She swallowed a cow to catch the goat. The rhyme concludes with: - There was an old lady who swallowed a horse. She's dead, of course. As for the title, a course is part of a meal, which hints at the old lady's eight-course meal of animals.",Series,10/26/06 #25011,"1 Word, 3 Different Names & Meanings",2.81,1.35,Sunrose,"I am a bird. I am white. I can be eaten. I am favored by children. I can be a fabulous dessert. I am used in the shower. I can soften the skin. I am used to clean one's body. I am seen on TV, in magazines, and billboards.",No hint available.,"Dove - the bird Dove Chocolate, Dove Ice Cream Dove Soap, Dove Lotion",Language,08/01/05 #4011,Retiring Grandad,2.28,1.71,mad-ade,"Mad Ade's Grandad is 65 years old, and he wants to retire, but his boss says the minimum retirement age is 2 billion seconds old (nothing is normal in Mad Ade's world). Is Mad Ade's Grandad old enough to retire?",No hint available.,"Yes, 2 billion seconds is 63 years 152 days 3 hours 33 minutes and 20 seconds",Math,05/12/02 #37464,The Murderer 2,2.32,1.9000000000000001,tommy2,"A policeman was walking down the street after a long day of looking for a murderer. As he was walking home, he saw the murderer that everyone was looking for, yet he just kept walking home. Why didn't the policeman stop the murderer?",No hint available.,"The policeman saw the murderer in a disguise, and dismissed him as a harmless stranger taking a walk.",Situation,07/19/07 #21261,LUNA,2.61,2.82,fishmed,"What do the following Words/Phrases have in common? LUNA A MILL AX MILD BANE VICE CALL LATE PAL",No hint available.,"They are all anagrams of bones in the body LUNA = ULNA, Lesser Forearm Bone A MILL AX = MAXILLA, Upper Jaw Bone MILD BANE = MANDIBLE, Lower Jaw Bone VICE CALL = CLAVICLE, Collar Bone LATE PAL = PATELLA, Kneecap",Language,02/28/05 #24693,Decoding Rhymes,2.97,0.73,stormtrooper,"Decode this well known nursery rhyme: A small number of child laborers were attempting to traverse a more elevated position in a vain attempt to procure a quarter of a rundlet of a hydrogen and oxygen compound. Half their number experienced an uncontrollable descent that resulted in severe damage to the pate. And soon it came to pass that the rest of the labor force followed suit, but with far less serious consequences.",No hint available.,"Jack and Jill Went up the hill To fetch a pail of water Jack fell down And broke his Crown And Jill came tumbling after.",Language,07/20/05 #49299,Snack Time at Rachel's,1.92,0.24,Rhythmic,"One day, Rachel had her two best friends over for a play date. When it came time for a snack, her mom asked her to find out what everyone wanted. Rachel was happy to help because she loved playing hostess. However, when Rachel got back to her mom, she couldn't quite remember everything. Can you help her figure it out? Friends: Katie, Rachel, Sophie Foods: apple slices, banana slices, orange slices Drinks: juice, milk, water 1) Of course, Rachel remembered that she wanted milk and orange slices. 2) Although she couldn't remember who it was, Rachel knew that the person who wanted juice also wanted apple slices. 3) Rachel knew that Sophie didn't like apples.",No hint available.,"Katie wanted juice and apple slices. Rachel wanted milk and orange slices. Sophie wanted water and banana slices.",Logic-Grid,02/06/12 #39337,The Path of the Riddle - II,2.46,2.18,luke13,"I expect Richard will nevermore start any degree of pointless war. I, however, stay above, full circle in the sky. A moment spectacle, from when the clouds cry.",The first two lines are based on a mnemonic.,"Rainbow. 'Richard of York Gave Battle In Vain' is the mnemonic the first two lines are based on. This mnemonic is from the acronym ROYGBIV, which stands for Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet, the colours of the rainbow. A rainbow is a full circle, half of which is hidden beneath the Earth when it is in the sky. A rainbow is caused by the refraction of light when it rains.",Riddle,11/24/07 #28888,East of the Mississippi #2,2.36,0.97,smarty008,"Smarty was born and grew up in Massachusetts, but he never traveled east of the Mississippi River. How is this possible?",There is one very important word.,Smarty never TRAVELED east of the Mississippi. He was already there.,Trick,03/03/06 #1380,How Many Chickens,2.25,1.8900000000000001,psychodude57,"In Farmer Donald's hay loft there are a number of ants, mice and chickens. There are ten times as many ants as mice and there are four times as many mice as chickens. Altogether there are 1806 feet. How many chickens are there?",No hint available.,"There are 7 chickens, 28 mice and 280 ants.",Math,11/12/01 #15976,Refrigerator,2.39,0.9400000000000001,curtiss82,"On a hot summer day, a man who had no air conditioning decided that he would cool off his home by leaving the door to his refrigerator open. Does he succeed in cooling off his home?",Do an energy balance.,"No. All a refrigerator does is take heat from inside the unit and pump it to the back. So doing an energy balance would lead to the conclusion that no cooling overall takes place. Further investigation would reveal that the home would actually heat up since refrigerators need an electric motor to operate. This would generate additional heat, making the home hotter.",Science,12/29/03 #34514,Missing Letters 5,2.93,2.3,jazzmusician46,"Below are incomplete words. Place four (4) letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck. dar (_ _ _ _) er but (_ _ _ _) ish disap (_ _ _ _) ly cove (_ _ _ _) ing sp (_ _ _ _) ings sin (_ _ _ _) al",No hint available.,"darling - linger butcher - cherish disappear - pearly covering - ringing splash - lashings sincere - cereal",Language,12/21/06 #45016,"Four Words With ""DA""",2.2,1.8,Ammer,"All of the following words below contain the following two letters in them: ""DA"" Fill in the blanks below, using the following list of letters: A, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S 1. -----DA 2. ----DA 3. DA-- 4. DA--","1. Starts with the letter F 2. Starts with the letter A 3. Ends with the letter H 4. Ends with the letter P","1. FLORIDA 2. AGENDA 3. DASH 4. DAMP",Language,08/04/09 #5410,Full of Mists,2.34,2.11,glennyboy02,"Full of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run; To bend with apples the mossed cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and pump the hazel shells With a sweet Kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease, For Summer has o'er-brimmed their clammy cells. What does this riddle describe?",No hint available.,Autumn,Riddle,07/10/02 #13746,From BUSH to GORE,2.73,1.84,mathemagician,"Make the transition from BUSH to GORE in just five steps. You may change ONLY ONE letter at each step, and you must form a common English word (no names, please) at each step. B U S H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ G O R E",No hint available.,"B U S H * * * * B A S H * * * * B A S E * * * * B A R E * * * * B O R E * * * * G O R E Also, this one will work: B U S H * * * * P U S H * * * * P O S H * * * * P O S E * * * * P O R E * * * * G O R E And yet another one that will work: B U S H * * * * M U S H * * * * M U S E * * * * M U R E * * * * M O R E * * * * G O R E Can you find others?",Language,07/11/03 #47739,0 to 10 Pyramid XII,3.04,2.38,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you do this ""0 to 10"" in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch! The hint provides the starting letters of the even numbered words. 1. Ford model, known as ""Tin Lizzie"" 2. @ 3. Traitor (slang) 4. Not before the horse, please! 5. Track down; discover 6. Collected by bees 7. Convinced, beyond any doubt 8. Completed in 6 days, according to Genesis 9. ""Ashes to ashes"" 10. Power and authority; significance","2. A 4. C 6. N 8. C 10. I","1. T 2. At 3. Rat 4. Cart 5. Trace 6. Nectar 7. Certain 8. Creation 9. Cremation 10. Importance",Language,08/12/10 #40632,Taller than the Empire State Building,2.63,1.55,Nym_Pimplyee,"What can be taller than the Empire State Building, weighs nothing, yet a thousand men cannot move it?",No hint available.,A shadow!,Riddle,02/21/08 #8704,Four Missing Letters,2.42,1.25,something,"Using the same four letters in the same order, complete each of these words: a _ _ _ _ e ha _ _ _ _ ujah para _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"llel allele hallelujah parallel",Language,11/24/02 #31985,Four Sisters,2.88,1.75,phemme,"I have three sisters, and all of us are mothers. My sister Kay has two nephews and three nieces. My sister Jane has one nephew and three nieces. My sister Belle has one nephew and five nieces. I have one daughter. How many nephews and nieces do I have?",No hint available.,"I have two nephews and four nieces. Kay has two girls. Jane has one boy and two girls. Belle has one boy.",Logic,07/23/06 #44231,Bride of Spoonerisms,2.67,1.36,perrygf,"Spoonerisms are two words whose first sounds have been traded. They are named after a Reverend Spooner. In the columns below, six pairs of words have been ""Spoonerized"", creating two new words. They have been changed phonetically, so the original words may have different spellings. Example: boy tote = toy boat Can you match each word from Column A to its match in Column B and find the original familiar word pairs? This time, all the words in Column B start with a ""b"". Column A....Column B gig..............beet lake............bobber rank............bop shed............bowel teach...........bright tocks...........buns",No hint available.,"gig buns = big guns lake bright = brake light rank bobber = bank robber shed beet = bed sheet teach bowel = beach towel tocks bop = box top",Language,03/09/09 #9025,You're Moving Not Me,2.73,0.8300000000000001,OD-1,"I appear to be moving but for the most part I'm not, It's you who are spinning and moving a lot. I share my name with a male child, And under me on the beach people go wild! What am I?",I'm hot,The sun.,Riddle,12/13/02 #9781,"Feather, Fur and Fin",2.58,2.28,electronjohn,"Which of these animals does not belong to this group and why? Raven, cardinal, falcon, eagle, panther, leopard, lion, jaguar, and dolphin.",This teaser requires U.S. specific knowledge. Every year one of these animals has a chance of ending up in a very large bowl.,"The Leopard does not belong to that group. It is the only animal listed that does not have an NFL (National Football League) Team named after it. The others are as follows: Baltimore Ravens, Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins",Group,01/14/03 #7747,Something Goes Out,2.27,1.44,something,"One day Something decided to go out to a movie. On the way there, he met Nothing. When he bumped into him, Nothing nastily said, ""Hey, why don't you watch where you're going next time?"" Something gently replied, ""I am simply going to a movie, so I am ever so sorry if I hurt you, for I am in a hurry."" ""Well I am going to a movie too,"" Nothing replied scathingly. How did Something and Nothing run into each other if they were both going in the direction of the movies?",No hint available.,"There was a movie theatre in front of Something, and there was another one in the direction that Nothing was going.",Situation,09/28/02 #13647,Fast and Quick,2.23,2.36,Chaz,"I can be fast and quick, Yet sometimes I move only when touched. I can be both long and short, Depending on whose I am, And can be changed at any time. What am I?",No hint available.,"Hair / hare. A hare is fast and quick A hair on your head is moved when touched. You can have short or long hair. You can cut your hair when you want.",Riddle,07/06/03 #38251,2s or 8s,2.32,1.37,holly1447591,"Are there more 2s or 8s in the numbers from 1 to 50,000?",No hint available.,"There are more 2s because of the numbers in the 20,000s.",Other,09/12/07 #716,A Running Catch,2.65,1.03,GarnetGurl,What gets harder to catch the faster you run?,No hint available.,Your breath.,Riddle,07/25/01 #27103,Numbers and Letters,2.69,2.21,i_am_hated,"Which letter OR number from Group B would go into Group A? Group A: 4 6 A 0 R Group B: E 7 1 Q N",No hint available.,"Q. The numbers and letters at the top have a ""hole"" in them. The only one of Group B with a ""hole"" in it would be Q.",Group,11/22/05 #5777,GpowerRresponEsibiAlityT,2.17,1.58,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? GpoweREsponsibiAliTy",No hint available.,With great power comes great responsibility.,Rebus,07/22/02 #37837,Different Letters,2.74,1.98,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your task is to try and form words that begin and end with the same letter. You must use a different letter for each set. e.g. _ OAS _ Answer: T OAS T 1. _ IC _ 2. _ UR _ 3. _ LS _ 4. _ UTC _ 5. _ WIS _ 6. _ YLO _ 7. _ EMAN _ 8. _ ECTO _ 9. _ ICKU _",No hint available.,"1. KICK 2. AURA 3. ELSE 4. HUTCH 5. TWIST 6. NYLON 7. DEMAND 8. RECTOR 9. PICKUP",Language,08/18/07 #49184,"16, 1, 4, 12, -2, ?",1.94,1.93,CrazyPineapple,"What number can replace the question mark in the puzzle? There is a pattern! 1, 2, 15, 12 -9, 10, 20, 43, -3, -1, -30 8, 17, 4, 1 16, 1, 4, 12, -2, ?",No hint available.,The number -1 can replace the question mark! Each string of numbers adds up to 30.,Math,12/12/11 #3773,ch poorri,2.65,2.06,bluebon01,"Can you decipher this phrase? ch poorri",Think Robin Hood.,Take from the rich and give to the poor.,Rebus,04/27/02 #50310,Delete a Letter 21,2.79,1.29,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) a short high-pitched sound, such as a bird's (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) to shape by cutting or chopping 2) actually (6 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) to revive 3) to change one's direction (4 letters) & (delete 1st letter) a vase with a footed base 4) extremely cold (6 letters) & (delete 1st letter) stiff and hard",No hint available.,"1) chirp & chip 2) really & rally 3) turn & urn 4) frigid & rigid",Language,05/12/14 #41644,Add a Letter 16,2.58,1.79,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a place where specific events are held & a broad street (5 letters) 2) a way out & to be (4 letters) 3) to abandon & noiseless (4 letters) 4) stout or stalwart & a long channel or depression between hills (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) venue & avenue 2) exit & exist 3) quit & quiet 4) tough & trough",Language,04/23/08 #18674,Mad Ade's Heteronyms#4,2.25,2.34,Mad-Ade,"In this Teaser Mad Ade has created a sentence using heteronyms, which are identical words that have two separate differing meanings. In many occasions despite the same spellings the words are pronounced differently. For example : ""Please excuse me while I think of an excuse."" The word EXCUSE is used in one sentence, but has two very different meanings and pronunciations. Can you work out the heteronyms for these two sentences? 1, When he was younger Mad Ade just ----- around the house, as he could not afford a ----- like most of his friends. 2, The new owner of the Sweaty Chef hoped that the lavishly decorated -------- to his shop would -------- the visitors.",No hint available.,"1, Moped = To be gloomy or dejected Moped = small motorbike 2, Entrance = point by which to enter Entrance = To fill with delight or wonder",Language,08/29/04 #17246,Abrasions,2.6,2.3,MrIxolite,"Listed below are a list of Letter Equations with most of the numerical element removed. Below them are a series of algebraic equations. Given the limited information supplied, can you work back from the answer to complete the missing numbers and letter equations? T) 48 = H in 2 D I) ? = D in 3 W M) 240 = M in 4 H E) ? = S in 2 M F) ? = M in 3 Y L) = (M / T) * E Y) = F - I S) = L / Y What is the completed answer to all parts if S = 40?",Read down the letters for a clue,"Keep in mind that the letters read down as Time Flys ( I know the spelling is incorrect) T) 48 = Hours in Two Days I) 21 = Days in Three Weeks M) 240 = Minutes in Four Hours E) 120 = Seconds in Two Minutes F) 36 = Months in Three Years L) = (240 / 48) * 120 = 600 Y) = 36 - 21 = 15 S) = 600 / 15 = 40",Letter-Equations,04/05/04 #38913,Oh No!!!,2.27,1.57,Starriddler,"You are stuck in an old house. The room you're in has no food, water, TV, or computer. The only ways out are through three doors. Door A has a man with a gun which is loaded. Door B has a man with a chainsaw. Door C has a man with an axe. Which door do you go through?",No hint available.,Door B. Who said the chainsaw was on?,Trick,10/24/07 #32170,61 = N of BS in S,2.3,2.59,settra626,"61 = N of BS in S (24 DL, 12 TL, 17 DW, 8 TW)",No hint available.,"61 = Number of Bonus Spaces in Scrabble (24 Double Letters, 12 Triple Letters, 17 Double Words, 8 Triple Words)",Letter-Equations,07/30/06 #29719,Math Competition 2,2.47,2.56,bigSWAFF_69_,"It is the day of the Math Competition, Felipe got off to a bad start, but now has a chance to be in the top 10 of all 5 schools, and get in the finals. He once again found himself tied for the last spot, this time with a girl named Rico. Same as last time, the two get one question to answer the fastest, the winner getting to go on to the finals the next day. Suppose that each distinct letter in the equation MATH = COU + NTS is replaced by a different digit chosen from 1 through 9 in such a way that the resulting equation is true. If H=4, how many working options are there?",No hint available.,"4 798 + 526 = 1324 796 + 528 = 1324 598 + 726 = 1324 596 + 728 = 1324 Rico choked on her pencil, giving Felipe the win by default.",Math,04/12/06 #36007,Double Letters III,2.5,1.3,cowman12,"I will give you a clue and you will have to think of a word that fits that definition. The word MUST have two of the same letter in a row. 1) Not guilty 2) A flock of geese 3) To move with short, quick movements; squirm 4) To get temporarily 5) Grief, sadness",No hint available.,"1) Innocent 2) Gaggle 3) Wriggle 4) Borrow 5) Sorrow",Language,04/02/07 #52606,Different Equals,3.1,1.28,Rove_Tarts,"Can you share 1/4 of a pie, 1/3 of a pie, 1/2 of a pie, 2/3 of a pie, 3/4 of a pie, and a whole pie so that two people have the same amount of pie without making any cuts? If so, how?",No hint available.,"Yes; 1/3 + 2/3 + 1/4 + 1/2 = 1 + 3/4 (Alternately 1/3 + 2/3 + 3/4 = 1 + 1/4 + 1/2)",Math,02/16/21 #15691,Oozy Rat?,2.65,1.34,bobyrogers,"Which one does not belong? A) Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo B) No x in Nixon C) Look at me D) Too hot to hoot",No hint available.,C). It's not a palindrome (It doesn't say the same thing backwards). Example: NOXINNIXON is no x in nixon (read it backwards).,Language,12/06/03 #50330,BB02 GROUPIE CHALLENGE #03,2.22,0.89,BadBunnee02,"You have two tasks to perform in order to solve this teaser: 01. Determine what the following four pairs of words have in common. 02. Prove your assumption by listing (in the comments) two additional DIFFERENT pairs of words using the same commonality. aim please come mama fair middling need know",No hint available.,"Answer: Adding the word ""to"" in-between each pair of words gives us an idiomatic or colloquial expression. ""aim to please"" ""come to mama"" ""fair to middling"" ""need to know"" An example of ones you might come up with; ""keep to yourself"", ""made to order"".",Group,06/14/14 #6596,SMMERS,2.32,2.24,michelle,"What does this mean? SMMERS",No hint available.,Summers without you are short.,Rebus,08/16/02 #32717,Triple Layer,2.45,2.6,DevilBunny,"What number comes next? 27 39 54 73 97 ...",Double embedded,"127 There are two series embedded in the first set of numbers: (Set A is the original series) Set A: 27 39 54 73 97 First find the difference between each group of numbers... 39 - 27 = 12 54 - 39 = 15 73 - 54 = 19 97 - 73 = 24 This gives us a new set of numbers... Set B: 12 15 19 24 Still no Pattern? Do the same thing again with set B. 15 - 12 = 3 19 - 15 = 4 24 - 19 = 5 Set C: 3 4 5 Now we see a pattern in set C. Solution: This equation gives us the next number in the series for Set B: x - 24 = 6 (x = 30) which in turn gives us the next number in the series for Set A: y - 97 = 30 (y = 127) This type of series problem is often found in I.Q. tests.",Series,08/29/06 #10438,"Dent, Salt, News, Lilt",2.62,2.55,snaps,"Swap one word from the first list with one word in the second list so that the two lists have a similar, though different, property. Which two words must be swapped and what is the property? List 1: dent, salt, news, lilt List 2: thaw, bran, wrap, from",No hint available.,"The words that must be swapped are ""salt"" and ""thaw"". The property is that each word can have two letters swapped and a new word is formed. List 1 words must have the first and last letters swapped, while list 2 words must have the middle two letters swapped. List 1: dent (tend), thaw (what), news (sewn), lilt (till) List 2: salt (slat), bran (barn), wrap (warp), from (form)",Group,02/14/03 #15063,Which Eye?,2.46,0.98,jacintan,"A girl was lying on her bed on her right ear. She picked up a flower and made it level with her nose. First she looked at it with her right eye only (and left eye closed), and then she looked at it with her left eye only (with right eye closed). She noticed that when she closed one eye the flower looked closer to the bed than when she closed the other eye. Which eye did she close to make the flower look closer to the bed?",No hint available.,"She closed her right eye. Since her left eye was further away from the bed, it would see the flower from a higher angle, making the flower appear to be lower and therefore closer to the bed.",Science,10/10/03 #24156,The Masque,2.82,2.0,froggygg,What's the rebus shown by this two-sided figure?,"Title is a hint. Here's another: look at the rebus as having two ""sides"", a ""left"" side and a ""right"" side. The two sides have OTHER names also. What are they?","Crying on the Inside, Laughing on the Outside. This is a common expression meant to convey that a person, although they might be sad, depressed, morose, anxiety-ridden internally, still tries to ""put on a happy face"" and present, to others and the outside world, a pleasant disposition. The two ""sides"" of the rebus-body are identified as the ""in"" side and the ""out"" side. The Title: ""Masque"" is a fancy word for ""mask"": that ""face"" we put on to hide (sometimes) our true feelings from the world.",Rebus,06/30/05 #42439,Color Purple,2.38,1.53,cnmne,"What is the meaning of this rebus? VIOLET VIOLEt VIOLet VIOlet VIolet Violet violet",No hint available.,"Shrinking violet (Each succeeding ""violet"" has one letter changed from upper case to lower case; the letters are getting smaller, or shrinking.) A shrinking violet is a shy or retiring person.",Rebus,07/07/08 #5817,_it,2.67,1.49,Cascas,"What does this mean? _it",No hint available.,blanket,Rebus,07/23/02 #28193,Walking the Dog,2.94,1.77,xsagirl,"To raise extra pocket-money, young Miles Trotter takes dogs for walks in the local park. His services are currently employed by five of his neighbors, who can't personally exercise their dogs every day. From the clues below, can you discover the number of the house at which each dog lives, the name of his owner and the number of times per week that Miles takes him for a run in the park? 1. Bonzo is taken to the park more often than Mr. Carter's dog. 2. Mr. Taylor lives at No. 3. Miles takes Whisky to the park four times every week. 3. Miss French's dog goes to the park twice per week. 4. Pip (who belongs to Mrs. Beale) goes to the park more often than the dog from house No. 1, who doesn't get taken to the park just once per week. 5. Rusty (not Mr. Taylor's dog) is taken for a run in the park five times every week. 6. The dog from No. 2 gets taken out three times per week. 7. Mrs. Morris doesn't live at No. 5.",No hint available.,"Bobby, No. 5, Mr. Carter, once Bonzo, No. 1, Miss French, twice Pip, No. 2, Mrs. Beale, 3 times Rusty, No. 4, Mrs. Morris, 5 times Whisky, No. 3, Mr. Taylor, 4 times",Logic-Grid,01/21/06 #17205,Wrong Number,2.53,1.51,crazygrace,"A man dialed the wrong number, and as a result, his friend died. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"The man was visiting the USA from England. His friend was having a heart attack and he mistakenly kept trying to dial 999, the British number for help instead of 911, the USA number. By the time he realised, it was too late.",Situation,04/03/04 #50504,Try to Spy the Odd-One-Out,2.56,2.28,ThinksForFun,"Which one of the following does not belong in the list? Taxes Are Forever Gold-digger Doughraker Tomorrow Never Learns A View to a Bill The Tip Is Not Enough Bonus: The removal of what letter from the answer would make it fit in with the rest of the items in the list?","Think about movies, but in disguise. Another clue is contained within the title.","Tomorrow Never Learns All of the items in the list are farcical versions of James Bond movie titles, with all of them having something to do with money, except the answer (""Tomorrow Never Learns""). The clue within the title is the word ""spy"". The following indicates the actual movie title for each fictional one: Taxes Are Forever - Diamonds Are Forever Gold-digger - Goldfinger Doughraker - Moonraker Tomorrow Never Learns - Tomorrow Never Dies A View to a Bill - A View to a Kill The Tip Is Not Enough - The World Is Not Enough And for the bonus, the answer is the letter ""L"", the removal of which would make the list item ""Tomorrow Never Earns"".",Trivia,02/07/15 #3550,Everything..uu,2.2,2.0,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase? Everything..uu",No hint available.,Everything points to you!,Rebus,04/16/02 #45273,The Booker Poet,2.5100000000000002,1.74,nidhikaila,"Beird Waker, the celebrated poet, finally won a Booker for his thirteenth anthology of poems. In the post event party, you are in the circle surrounding the poet when Miss Gee, another guest, asks him innocently, ""Do you actually remember the order in which your books were published?"" This one liner sends the poet into a monologue: ""Aah, let's see.. I got the Booker for ""Figments"", which, as you know, is my thirteenth book.. but the first was a book called ""Candy Floss"", which, if I may say so, appears rather puerile when I read it now.. ""Bubbles"" was right after ""Silence"", but way before ""Kingdom"" . ""Horsecarts"" was after ""Durian"" but before ""Kingdom"" again. ""Echo"" and ""Reverberations"" were next to each other. ""Mindreading"" came just after ""Reverberations"" and just before ""Glenfiddich"", but even Glenfiddich was before ""Kingdom"" for sure. ""Oppression"" was my bestseller, but sadly it wasn't the first book. I wish it was, it came a close second, but by then the market already had a perception about me. ""Elephant Song"" and ""Echo"" had 2 books between them. ""Silence"" and ""Elephant Song"" had as many books between them as did ""Bubbles"" and ""Durian"". But, ""Bubbles"" was definitely published before ""Elephant Song""."" Can you help the much bewildered Miss Gee with the correct order of the books?",No hint available.,"1 Candy Floss 2 Oppression 3 Silence 4 Bubbles 5 Elephant Song 6 Durian 7 Horsecarts 8 Echo 9 Reverberations 10 Mindreading 11 Glenfiddich 12 Kingdom 13 Figments",Logic,09/11/09 #6517,Silver Lining,2.21,0.84,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? cloud & silver lining, cloud & silver lining, cloud & silver lining, cloud & silver lining, cloud & silver lining, cloud & silver lining, cloud & silver lining, cloud & silver lining, cloud & silver lining.......",No hint available.,Every cloud has a silver lining!,Rebus,08/14/02 #184,"1, 0, 3, 11, 15",2.17,2.79,trojan5x,"1, 0, 3, 11, 15... What are the next two numbers in this series?",No hint available.,"13, 17. The series begins with the first number to have the least amount of letters in its name, starting with zero. (Ex. `1` has 3 letters in `one`, `0` has 4 letters in `zero`, `3` has 5 letters in `three`, `11` is the first number to have 6 letters in its name, 15 is the first to have 7 letters in its name...and so on). The series continues up to number 9. `13` is the first to have 8 letters and `17` is the first to have 9 letters.",Series,02/01/01 #40298,Nine Tests,2.03,1.83,shenqiang,"Naoki took nine tests, each out of 100. His average on these nine tests is 68. If his lowest mark is omitted, what is his highest possible resulting average?",No hint available.,"Of course, if he got 0 in one of the tests, and gets omitted, then the resulting average will be the highest. 68x9/8=76.5 points.",Math,02/02/08 #19230,No.s,2.45,1.56,AXTON,"What are the next two letter arrangements in the series? ENO, OTW, EEHRT, FORU,",No hint available.,"EFIV and ISX The series is counting from one through to six, with the letters rearranged into alphabetical order",Series,10/22/04 #15887,Thousands,2.42,3.0,chinasteve,"I am thousands of years old, but still growing. I am sometimes worth a thousand words, other times an empty box. I sometimes have many parts, sometimes just one. Though I always stay at home, you can visit me in any big city.",You probably don't use me like people do on the other side of the world.,"Chinese Characters Extra info on Line number: 1-China claims a 5000 year history, a few thousand with a single written language (even when dialects have been incomprehensibly different). 2-Many new words/characters are added every year. 3-Some are pictograms. (most aren't!) 4-'Kou' is a character that looks like a rectangular box and means 'mouth.' 5-Characters have a meaningful main radical, and often have a 'sound-relation' character. 6-Some only have one part, like 'kou.' 7-You can easily find Characters in China... 8-...and in Chinatowns all over the world.",Riddle,12/21/03 #19044,Amen,2.6,2.15,MrIxolite,"What is this? Preist",No hint available.,A clerical error,Rebus,10/04/04 #3282,What a Deformed Thing,2.35,1.8800000000000001,Drunky,"I have two arms, but fingers none. I have two feet, but cannot run. I carry well, but I have found I carry best with my feet OFF the ground. What am I?",No hint available.,Wheelbarrow or an airplane.,Riddle,04/05/02 #38784,Pearly Gate,2.81,1.32,grilledcheese,"Hiding within, there can be 28 More or less builds the pearly gate Holes inside, filled with gold Silver bridges can these guys hold Strong and sturdy are these chaps Clean them up, or else silver caps What are they?",No hint available.,Teeth,Riddle,10/15/07 #24901,I Hope There's Hope,2.5,2.02,jinzcarmela,"Carmela and Jinodel are playing series of numbers. Since it's Carmela's turn she thought of this series: 1, 11, 101, 111, 1001, 1011, _____ If you are Jinodel, what will you answer?",They are not ordinary digits.,"These extraordinary digits are called Binary System. If you convert these digits to numbers, then it will be 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, so what's the next number... 13 or 1101. To change Binary system to numbers, the procedure is: 1. You read numbers from right to left. 2. You start of with 1 then multiply it by 2 in every next digit. 3. If the corresponding binary digit is 0 then that is expelled. 4. Then add the digits together. Ex. 11011 16+8+0+2+1 = 27",Series,07/27/05 #3578,I - IX = X,2.26,1.62,emilymonkeymaia,"What is wrong with this calculation? I - IX = X",Standing on your head might help.,"It is upside down! Turn your computer screen upside down AND you will get the right calculations! X = XI - I",Other,04/17/02 #16748,Legend of the Silver Screen,2.4,2.78,dumbell,"Solve these anagrams and find a cinematic link. Iron Mori Romans A togs cache A Kahal on trots Light herself A top chafer","""There've been a lot of stories about how I got to be called Duke. One was that I played the part of a duke in a school play, which I never did. Sometimes, they even said I was descended from royalty! It was all a lot of rubbish. Hell, the truth is that I was named after a dog!""","Marion Morrison Stage Coach North To Alaska Hell Fighters Fort Apache The cinematic link : John Wayne, Born Marion Morrison. The others are films in which he starred. The hint is a quote from the man himself.",Language,02/26/04 #24865,Perfect Pair,2.5,2.85,buttons03,"Hidden in the sentences below is a common phrase. For example, the word ""in"" can be found in sentence number three. Each sentence only contains one word of the hidden phrase. Happy Hunting! 1. Violet works with kids in town, and her husband works with kids too. 2. Phillip easily agrees with everything Violet says. 3. You could say that this pair is inseparable. 4. A more perfect couple can't be found! 5. Violet and Phillip both visit the podiatrist often.","Each sentence is describing Violet and Phillip's relationship, which vaguely hints at the phrase.","""Two Peas in a Pod"" Violet and Phillip are perfect for each other-- they love kids, are inseparable, agree on everything, and have bad feet!",Language,07/25/05 #28965,Word Challenger 1,2.89,1.44,SPUTNIK2,"Find the correct words that fit with the following words: Example: Air PORT Wine 1. Birth _ _ _ Light 2. Knock _ _ _ Line 3. Rock _ _ _ _ _ Bar",The letters can be counted by each line given.,"1. DAY 2. OUT 3. CANDY",Language,03/07/06 #28038,-ise,2.63,1.6,dutchymonster,"Which of the following words, with the suffix -ise, does not belong? Advertise, Compromise, Despise, Organise, Revise, Supervise.",No hint available.,"Organise. The others are always -ise. Organise can also be spelt with -ize, depending on the version your dialect uses.",Language,01/11/06 #4007,Doctors and Nurses,2.14,1.59,mad-ade,"If a hospital has 360 doctors and nurses, and the ratio of doctors to nurses is 7 to 11, how many nurses are there?",No hint available.,220,Math,05/11/02 #3299,Sesame,2.16,1.42,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this: S-E-S-A-M-E",No hint available.,Open Sesame.,Rebus,04/06/02 #2307,Too Slow,2.13,1.19,mishiko,"You have 1 minute to answer this question: (7463+35235723-857572+32427472+325235-2352+3567-2-4564)x0x5765x45x2 = ?",No hint available.,0 because if you multiply anything by 0 you get 0.,Math,02/12/02 #221,"Four Legs, Two Legs, Three Legs",2.37,1.29,Mr. G,"What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?",The Sphinx supposedly used this one.,"Man. He crawls on all hands and knees as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and walks using a cane in his old age.",Riddle,02/02/01 #16652,Two Words in One 2,2.45,2.6,cee5222,A 13 letter word means one thing; an eight letter word that is part of it means exactly the opposite. What are the two words?,"The 13 letter word means the tiniest bit, the eight letter word within it means the largest bit.","Infinitesimal means extremely small. Infinite means extremely large.",Language,02/19/04 #32687,Presidential Quotes 2,2.3,2.43,keosborne,"""F xoqqbdbqe dfjoq gbttbpvweboq at ybq axxauevzbeboq; fz axebdbqe dfjoq axxauevzbeboq at ybq gbttbpvweboq."" ""Bt mav pfzzae pazrbzpo eyod, paztvqo eyod."" - Yfuum Euvdfz",No hint available.,"""A pessimist makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist makes opportunities of his difficulties."" ""If you cannot convince them, confuse them."" - Harry Truman F = A P = C G = D O = E T = F Y = H B = I J = K W = L D = M Z = N A = O X = P U = R Q = S E = T V = U R = V M = Y",Cryptography,08/28/06 #37756,Half Wits,2.1,2.05,Hrsemn4,4 = N of H in the FOTR,They're only half the men you or I are.,"4 = Number of Hobbits in the Fellowship of the Ring Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Merry (Meriadoc Brandybuck), and Pippin (Peregrin Took)",Letter-Equations,08/13/07 #195,Which weighs more?,2.08,0.71,Mr. G,"Which weighs more, a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?",No hint available.,Neither. They weigh the same... a ton!,Science,02/01/01 #23369,"37, 10, 82",2.85,2.04,fishmed,"Can you discover the missing number in this series? 37, 10, 82 29, 11, 47 96, 15, 87 42, ?, 15",No hint available.,"The missing number is 6. The number in the middle of each triple is the same as the digits of either end's number when added together. 3+7=10=8+2 and so on.",Series,06/03/05 #31843,Fingers and Toes,2.5100000000000002,1.49,bigSWAFF_69_,"Two of the world's best mathematicians were given the following problem: If you take all the fingers on one hand and multiply it with all the fingers on your other hand, then subtract the number of toes on both of your feet, what number would you get? If both mathematicians had all of their digits, and were 100% sure that they did all of their math correctly, how come one of them came up with an answer that was nearly 3 times that of the other?",No hint available.,"One of the mathematicians counted each of the digits on his hand as a finger. 5 times 5 equals 25. 25 - 10 (the number of toes he has) = 15. The other mathematician counted each of his fingers; 4. 4 times 4 equals 16. 16 - 10 = 6. Some people mistakenly count the thumb as a finger, which is what the first mathematician did.",Logic,07/17/06 #49750,Group of Seven,2.74,2.5100000000000002,ThinksForFun,"My namesake's the fiery one Earth's light source since it had begun And I am the Earth's satellite I'm much more visible at night I'm the red planet, very cold Supporting life in days of old? My namesake comes from Mercury Our midway point is reached with me A massive gas giant am I My moons did Galileo spy Venus stands for love and beauty With her approach you'll soon be free! Anticipation our last brings Beautifully adorned with his rings What are we?",We are not the Solar System.,"the days of the week The answer is based on the etymologies (word origins) of the names of the days of the week as follows: 1. Sunday - day of the sun, Old English Sunnand[ae]g, from a West Germanic loan-translation of Latin dies solis ""day of the sun"". 2. Monday - day of the moon, Old English monand[ae]g, from a Common Germanic loan-translation of Late Latin Lun[ae] dies. 3. Tuesday - day of Mars, Old English Tiwesd[ae]g, from Proto-Germanic Tiwaz ""god of the sky"", differentiated specifically as Tiu, ancient Germanic god of war. The day name is a translation of Latin dies Martis ""day of Mars"", from the Roman god of war. 4. Wednesday - day of Mercury, Old English Wodnesd[ae]g ""Woden's day"", a Germanic loan-translation of Latin dies Mercurii ""day of Mercury"". 5. Thursday - day of Jupiter, Old English [Th]urresd[ae]g, perhaps a contraction of [Th]unresd[ae]g, literally ""Thor's day"", from a Proto-Germanic loan-translation of Latin Jovis dies ""day of Jupiter"", identified with the Germanic Thor. 6. Friday - day of Venus, Old English friged[ae]g ""Frigga's day"", Germanic goddess of married love, a West Germanic translation of Latin dies Veneris, ""day of (the planet) Venus"". 7. Saturday - Saturn's day, Old English S[ae]terd[ae]g, S[ae]ternesd[ae]g, a partial loan-translation of Latin Saturni dies ""Saturn's day"". Note: Each occurrence of ""[ae]"" above represents a grapheme called Ash which looks like the letters ""a"" and ""e"" merged together, and which, as a letter of the Old English Latin alphabet, was called ""ash tree"". Each occurrence of ""[Th]"" above (see Thursday) represents the letter Thorn which looks sort of like a trumpet pointing up or down, and which is a letter in the Old English alphabet. Given the above, each stanza of the poem represents its corresponding day of the week as follows: 1st stanza - Sunday: The fiery one is the sun. 2nd stanza - Monday: The Earth's (natural) satellite is the moon. 3rd stanza - Tuesday: Mars is commonly referred to as ""the red planet"". Currently, scientific evidence is being sought for any previous (or current) life that may have (or does) exist(ed) on Mars. 4th stanza - Wednesday: If Sunday is considered to be the first day of the week, then the midpoint of the week falls on Wednesday. Some refer to it as ""Hump day"" (because the ""hump"" is the halfway point of the week). The French word for Wednesday is ""Mercredi"" - notice the similarity in spelling between ""Mercury"" and ""Mercredi"". 5th stanza - Thursday: Jupiter is known as a ""gas giant"" (because of its gaseous composition). Galileo Galilei discovered Jupiter's four large moons in 1610. 6th stanza - Friday: From Venus - the goddess of beauty and love in ancient Roman mythology. Also, the end of the work week is typically on Friday, thus making people ""free"" to enjoy the weekend upon completion of their work this day. 7th stanza - Saturday: This is the last member of the ""Group of Seven"". Many anticipate the arrival of the weekend, which begins on Saturday. The rings are the rings of Saturn.",Riddle,02/03/13 #11179,Escape 2,2.26,1.54,Jake101,"In a crowded street in San Francisco an escaped convict was running with two policemen pursuing him. All of a sudden he turned right into an alley. As soon as the policemen turned into the alley they saw nothing but a beggar sitting off to the side. They asked the beggar ""Did you see a man in black and white stripes run past here a minute ago?"" ""Yes"" said the beggar. Then the police asked ""Which way did he go?"". The beggar replied ""When I first saw him he was heading due east, then he turned right followed by an about turn, then went that direction."" Which way did the convict go?",No hint available.,He was going North.,Other,03/15/03 #31728,4 L in a T-T-T G,2.59,1.95,Smart_Alex,4 L in a T-T-T G,X's and O's,4 Lines in a Tic-Tac-Toe Grid,Letter-Equations,07/12/06 #27869,Drinks,2.6,2.73,Dave,"Cj jofni mytp myn vlcyf jm znj un vldyf. Jbn jlmdktn ci, C goy'j lnunuknl cw cj'i jbn jbcljnnyjb ml jbn wmdljnnyjb. - Znmlzn Kdlyi Up zloyvumjbnl ci msnl nczbjp oyv ijctt vmniy'j ynnv ztoiini. Vlcyfi lczbj mdj mw jbn kmjjtn. - Bnyyp Pmdyzuoy Cw pmd vlcyf, vmy'j vlcsn. Vmy'j nsny xdjj. - Vnoy Uoljcy Hmlf ci jbn gdlin mw jbn vlcyfcyz gtoiini. - Migol Hctvn Lnucyvi un mw up iowolc cy owlcgo. Imunkmvp wmlzmj jbn gmlfiglnh oyv wml insnlot vopi hn bov jm tcsn my ymjbcyz kdj wmmv oyv hojnl. - H. G. Wcntvi","v=D l=R c=I y=N f=K","It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth. - George Burns My Grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle. - Henny Youngman If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt. - Dean Martin Work is the curse of the drinking classes. - Oscar Wilde Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water. - W. C. Fields A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Z H I U Q K C W S T B R O E A Y X J V L M D F P N G",Cryptography,01/04/06 #5902,Pastor's Question,3.01,2.8,Dooreatoe,"A young boy went to a Catholic school. During school he started goofing around, so the teacher called him out and sent him to the Pastor. Since this was a traditional school the boy would be spanked, but the Pastor believed in giving people a chance. He said, ""If you can ask me a question about something you learned and I don't know the answer on the spot you will go free."" The boy may have been lazy, but he was very witty. He asked, ""What is it that you can see and I can see, usually every day, but God cannot see."" The Pastor stood there, stumped. He couldn't figure it out because he strongly believed that God sees and knows all, and that there is only one God. The boy smiled and told him. What was it?",You can't see what isn't there.,"His own equal! We see our equals everyday, but since there is one God, he cannot see someone equal to himself.",Other,07/25/02 #11079,Marble and Box,2.74,1.72,electronjohn,"In a box you have 13 white marbles and 15 black marbles. You also have 28 black marbles outside the box. Remove two marbles, randomly, from the box. If they are of different colors, put the white one back in the box. If they are the same color, take them out and put a black marble back in the box. Continue this until only one marble remains in the box. What color is the last marble?",No hint available.,"The last marble will be WHITE. Since marbles can only be taken out in pairs and you started off with an odd number of whites there is always going to be one white left over that you'll keep putting back in the box until it's left on its own.",Probability,03/11/03 #27447,Billy Bob's Crazy Travels: Part X,2.8,2.6,bigSWAFF_69_,"Crazy Billy Bob is at it again, one final time. He is running low on money, so he decides he needs to ""man-up"" and just live with the British accents. He decides that wherever he is, when he runs out of money, he will stay. So, Billy Bob sets off again, in hopes of a new place to live. There are 9 different counties for him to visit. Can you figure out where he visited by the clues listed below? 1. 19th Letter of the Alphabet + 3 Plus Itself 2. Suh + People in General 3. One's Relatives + 20th Letter of the Alphabet 4. 90 Degrees Clockwise from North + Sus + A Former Spouse or Partner 5. 270 Degrees Clockwise from North + Sus + A Former Spouse or Partner 6. The Thigh of the Back Leg of a Hog + 16th Letter of the Alphabet + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 7. A Movable Structure Used to Close off an Entrance + To Rest with the Hindquarters Lowered onto a Supporting Surface 8. Dev + Within the Limits, Bounds, or Area of 9. Maize + An Upright Structure Serving to Enclose, Divide, or Protect an Area","Remember, Crazy Billy Bob has to be able to drive from county-to-county. Therefore, each county must border the county before and after it. However, when Billy Bob gots to #3, he realized he left all of his luggage behind, so he had to backtrack through #1.","Crazy Billy Bob went to: 1. S Six (Essex) 2. Suh Folk (Suffolk) 3. Kin T (Kent) 4. East Sus Ex (East Sussex) 5. West Sus Ex (West Sussex) 6. Ham P Shire (Hampshire) 7. Door Sit (Dorset) 8. Dev In (Devon) 9. Corn Wall (Cornwall) After finishing up his journey in Cornwall, Billy Bob decided to settle down. He set up a little houseboat just off the coast, in the Atlantic Ocean. After living there for 5 years, everybody died, The End!",Language,12/12/05 #36201,This is a Tough One!,2.27,2.79,jazzmusician46,3 = P in the B T,No hint available.,"3 Persons in the Blessed Trinity The concept of the Blessed Trinity relates to the Christian belief that within the one God, there are 3 Persons who are coexistent and equal with each other: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.",Letter-Equations,04/13/07 #2751,Broken Into,3.0,1.96,rose_rox,"There was a man climbing a ladder to somebody's house, to the nearest window. He broke into the house and took what was most precious to the family. He climbed down, and the police were there waiting for him. He returned what he took to the police, and the police let him walk away. Why?",No hint available.,The man was a fire fighter.,Situation,03/19/02 #23106,Who's Where?,2.38,1.28,sk8ter,"There were 5 people standing in a line. These were their names: Trey, Kim, Errin, Crystal,and Tierra. Neither Trey nor Kim is next to Tierra. Neither Kim nor Tierra is next to Errin. Crystal is just to the right of Errin. Name the people, from left to right in the line.",No hint available.,"Kim, Trey, Errin, Crystal, Tierra",Logic,05/23/05 #5278,Ring Tops,2.71,2.12,Bobbrt,"Which word below belongs in this group and why? RING TOPS MANATEE WINDLESS EARTH ANGER a. MATTER b. TUNES c. OUGHT d. HEARTH",No hint available.,OUGHT - These words all become new words when the last letter is moved to the front.,Group,07/06/02 #27013,What Comes Next in This Series?,2.26,2.99,bigSWAFF_69_,"What comes next in this series? EKCR, HHT, ELAW, EBGW, FKH, GAGC, LHH, AER, EVWT.....",Initials,"MGDE They are the full names of the first 10 First Ladies of the 20th century, of the United States. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Helen Herron Taft, Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Florence Kling Harding, Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, Lou Henry Hoover, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman, *MAMIE GENEVA DOUD EISENHOWER*",Series,11/18/05 #2180,Poppers,1.98,1.31,Sinead,"If it took 5 seconds for one popper to pop, 5 seconds for two poppers to pop, 5 seconds for three poppers to pop, 5 seconds for four poppers to pop, how many seconds would it take for 100 poppers to pop?",No hint available.,5 seconds. They all go at the same time!,Logic,01/27/02 #34502,Lateral Thinking 2,3.07,1.99,shogun,"A young woman in a restaurant was approached by a tearful old lady who said, ""You look so like my own daughter who passed away last year. Could you do me a favor and say 'Good-bye, Mother' when I leave?"" The young woman happily agreed and said, ""Good-bye, Mother"" when the old lady left. Later she got a shock. What was it?",No hint available.,"The young woman was presented with the bill for the old lady's meal. The lady had assured the waiter, ""My daughter will pay.""",Situation,12/20/06 #29679,A Fuzzy Annoyance,2.79,0.75,spookboy0,"A fuzzy annoyance, am I? I just wanted a piece of the pie But when I took a peek You saw me and shrieked And jumped from the ground to the sky. You are larger than me And still, from me, you flee Am I really so foul That you holler and howl And run to get away from me? Is it my little pink nose Or my tail, which firmly grows? Is it my fur That causes the stir Or the fact that I feed on compost? You try to catch me with cheese Using it as a mere tease But when I snatch the stack A spring goes, ""WHACK!"" But I escape with expertise. What am I?",No hint available.,A Mouse.,Riddle,04/10/06 #36012,Earth 2,2.26,2.9,cnmne,"Where does Earth belong in the following series? Saturn, Uranus, Jupiter, Neptune, Mars, Venus, Mercury",No hint available.,"The series lists the planets in order of increasing density. Earth belongs after Mercury. Density (water = 1.00) Saturn = 0.69 Uranus = 1.29 Jupiter = 1.33 Neptune = 1.64 Mars = 3.94 Venus = 5.25 Mercury = 5.42 Earth = 5.52",Series,04/02/07 #39295,Mayan Mathology,2.11,2.63,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Mayan mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the four possible solutions. IXCHEL + TEPEU + CHAC = AHPUCH",No hint available.,"159380 + 68784 + 9329 = 237493 169380 + 58784 + 9329 = 237493 832165 + 76064 + 2192 = 910421 872165 + 36064 + 2192 = 910421",Cryptography,11/21/07 #40568,Spazy Croonerisms 12,2.57,2.03,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) a small mollusk and a garden tool & precipitation and precipitation 2) to burst kernels & x-rated police video 3) military postal delivery & a shopping area where you can buy cabbage 4) a caribou in Prague & a shout of applause from playing cards",No hint available.,"1) snail and hoe & hail and snow 2) pop corn & cop porn 3) mail call & kale mall 4) Czech deer & deck cheer",Language,02/17/08 #4670,kaet...,2.41,1.97,missie,"Decipher this: k a e t",No hint available.,teacup,Rebus,06/12/02 #23897,In History,2.5,2.13,sdm1177,56 =O S of the D of I.,4th of July (U.S.),56 Original Signers of the Declaration of Independence,Letter-Equations,06/21/05 #48846,In-deed! 2,2.5,1.74,dalfamnest,"In this teaser you put a small word in ""de...ed"" to produce a new word. Each clue has two parts: * first, a clue for the short word * then a clue for the complete word Example - CLUE: A knight, indeed, is longed for. HINT: 3 ANSWER: deSIRed CLUES: 1. Just a small amount? Indeed, it's taken from my account. 2. An achievement, indeed, but it was beaten. 3. Journalists, indeed! How miserable!","1. 3 2. 4 3. 5","1. deBITed 2. deFEATed 3. dePRESSed",Language,07/05/11 #9176,8998971798998,2.15,2.62,ccccc,"8998971798998 What is so special about this set of numbers, aside from the fact that it is a palindrome?",No hint available.,"As well as originally being a palindrome, when you add up the individual numbers the answer is also a palindrome (101).",Math,12/18/02 #6980,Four Figures,2.7,1.4,Bintot,"A row of four figures in value will be Above seven thousand nine hundred and three; But when they are halved, you'll find very fair The sum will be nothing, in truth I declare.",No hint available.,"8888, which when divided horizontally along the middle line become zero.",Riddle,08/28/02 #44925,Words With STR,2.07,2.22,brainglue,"Four words with the letters STR,in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. S T _ R _ _ _ S _ _ T _ _ R _ _ S T R _ _ _ _ _ S _ T _ R _ _ _ _ _ Pool: A,A,A,A,E,E,G,H,I,M,N,N,N,O,O,O,O,O,T,U,U,Y",No hint available.,"The words are: Storage Southern Astronomy Saturation",Language,07/24/09 #1236,Cut of a Hand,2.15,1.39,abes,A man cuts off a hand. How many fingers does he have left?,No hint available.,Ten - He cut off someone else's hand.,Trick,10/30/01 #25223,Harry Potter and the Defeat of the Dark Mark,3.08,1.94,softparachutes,"In the final battle against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Bill Weasley and Draco Malfoy must, in some order, cast one of 5 spells. Additionally, they must cast their spells in sync with their girlfriends to increase the potency of the only tool against Dark Magic: Love. The boys are dating either Cho Chang, Fleur Delacour, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley or Luna Lovegood. They each cast one of the following spells: Expelliarmus (disarms opponent), Reparo (repairs an object that is broken), Impendimenta (freezes opponent), Silencio (silences opponent), or Scourgify (cleansing spell). 1. Neville doesn't know how to cast a Reparo spell. 2. The 5 girls are the one dating Ron, the one who cast first, the one who used the Impendimenta spell, the one dating Harry, and the one who cast third. 3. Ron first began to realize just how wonderful his girlfriend, Luna (who is superstitious and therefore won't be the last to cast a spell), was when she was a substitute commentator at a Quidditch game. 4. Draco and his girlfriend cast fourth. 5. Bill has always been fond of his girlfriend's ability to cast the Scourgify spell, and so chose to cast that spell. 6. The five boys are Draco, the one dating Cho, the one who cast second, the one using the Scourgify spell, and the one who cast fifth. 7. None of boys cast a spell with the same first initial as their name. 8. Hermione is known for her skill in casting an Impendimenta spell, so her date picked that spell to cast. 9. Ron thought it would be ""bloody brilliant"" if he could make someone else keep quiet, so he cast the Silencio spell. 10. Fleur refused to allow her boyfriend and herself to cast their spell in any place but third, her lucky number.",No hint available.,"Neville is dating Cho, they cast first and used the Expelliarmus spell to disarm Voldemort. Ron is dating Luna, they cast second, and used the Silencio spell to keep Voldemort quiet. Bill is dating Fleur, they cast third, and used the Scourgify spell to cleanse Voldemort of all his cruel deeds. Draco is dating Hermione, they cast fourth, and used the Impendimenta spell to freeze Voldemort. Harry is dating Ginny, they cast fifth, and used the Reparo spell to repair Voldemort's heart.",Logic-Grid,08/10/05 #25049,I Heard it Through the Errr Web Site,2.86,2.49,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? I hear: ""It, It, It, It, ..."" You hear: ""I_, I_, I_, I_, ...""",If you're the sort of person that likes to 'rub it in' then this answer is all about something you like to do.,You will never hear the end of it.,Rebus,08/04/05 #4378,sensesensesense,2.23,0.79,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this? sensesensesensesensesenseSENSEsensesense",Also a movie,The Sixth Sense,Rebus,05/31/02 #34535,Gettysburg?,2.53,2.37,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of important leaders of the American Civil War. Your task is to unravel these anagrams. I have included the number of letters in brackets for each item. I'm an anchor ball (7, 7) Off jeans drive (9, 5) Rebel teenager role (7, 6, 1, 3) Tearlessly anger snugs (7, 7, 1, 5) Gallant joker cleanses now (7, 9, 7)",No hint available.,"Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis General Robert E. Lee General Ulysses S. Grant General Stonewall Jackson",Trivia,12/22/06 #31602,A Few Cards Short of a Pack,2.62,1.48,Linlou18uk,"I have a deck of cards from which some are missing. If I deal them equally among nine people, I have two cards to spare. If I deal them equally among four people, I have three cards to spare. If I deal them among seven people, I have five cards to spare. There are normally 52 cards in the deck. How many cards are missing?",No hint available.,"There are five cards missing, leaving 47 cards in the deck.",Logic,07/07/06 #2298,Tennis Balls & Planets,2.53,2.08,rayneeday,"A fool wants to tie a rope around the earth. So he buys a rope of 40,000 KM and ties it around the world. His neighbour, also a fool, wants to do the same only he wants the rope on sticks 1 meter above the ground. How much more rope does he need? And how much more rope do you need when you use a tennis ball instead of the earth?",No hint available.,"6 meters 28 centimeters. x=2*PI*(r+1)-2*PI*r x=2*PI*r+2*PI-2*PI*r x=2*PI x=6.28 It does not matter what the radius of the circle is. You always need 2*pi meters more of rope for each additional meter of radius added.",Math,02/11/02 #52781,An Odd Word,2.8,3.05,KDestroyer9,"What 3 letter English word has an odd start, an even finish, and an infinitely long middle?",No hint available.,"Vex. The V, as a Roman numeral, is odd (5). The X, as a Roman numeral, is even (10). The E, as Euler's Constant, has an infinitely long mantissa, or part after the decimal point (2.71828...).",Riddle,12/12/21 #20635,Common Sentences?,2.8,2.73,fishmed,"Each of the following sentences have something in common with all the others and it is not that they start with capital letters and have periods. Please find what the commonality is among these sentences. 1. Captain Nemo scowled. 2. It was a doorman I lacked. 3. We gave the rosebud a pesticide. 4. Lt. Columbo got all mixed up. 5. With less violence, the film can be R-rated. 6. Here is the pheasant I agonized about shooting. 7. The tarp over our pumpkins has an opening in it. 8. The Red Cross will call on donors for money. 9. Don't yank a rabbit by its ears. 10. Population is swelling to new heights. 11. You must strip olives of their skin. 12. Peace activists boycott a war conference. 13. Would you consider Eric a pet owner? 14. Kicking stones can hurt your toes. 15. We returned three bushels in kind.",Think geography,"They all have the name of a world capital, spelled out in consecutive letters hidden in them. 1. Captain NeMO SCOWled. (Moscow, Russia) 2. It was a doorMAN I LAcked. (Manila, Philippines) 3. We gave the roseBUD A PESTicide. (Budapest, Hungary) 4. Lt. ColumBO GOT All mixed up. (Bogota, Colombia) 5. With less violence, the film CAN BE R_RAted. (Canberra, Australia) 6. Here is the pheaSANT I AGOnized about shooting. (Santiago, Chile) 7. The tarp over our pumpKINS HAS An opening in it. (Kinshasa, Congo) 8. The Red Cross will calL ON DONors for money. (London, England) 9. Don't yANK A RAbbit by its ears. (Ankara, Turkey) 10. Population is sWELLING TO New heights. (Wellington, New Zealand) 11. You must sTRIP OLIves of their skin. (Tripoli, Libya) 12. Peace activists boycOTT A WAr conference. (Ottawa, Canada) 13. Would you consider EriC A PET OWNer? (Cape Town, South Africa) 14. KicKING STONes can hurt your toes. (Kingston, Jamaica) 15. We returned three busHELS IN KInd. (Helsinki, Finland)",Language,01/26/05 #2749,"Phd, Md, Dr",2.63,1.6400000000000001,Nin2,"Can you decipher this : 0 PHD MD DR",It's cold outside,3 degrees below 0,Rebus,03/18/02 #50262,One Letter Leads to Another,2.43,0.96,ThinksForFun,"What does the following represent? R-E-A-C-T-I-O-N",No hint available.,(a) chain reaction,Rebus,04/23/14 #46789,What's a Letter Between Friends?,3.12,2.3,dalfamnest,"Which is the odd couple? Find how these pairs were formed, then decide which does not belong with the other four. 1. HIS and MIST 2. LUSH and PULP 3. LOFT and SOUND 4. WIDE and NINE 5. HIKE and SEED","Each couple is a well-known pairing of words, with one letter swapped.","The original couples, before the exchange of a letter, were: 1. HIT and MISS 2. PUSH and PULL 3. LOST and FOUND 4. WINE and DINE 5. HIDE and SEEK The odd couple is 'WINE and DINE'. All the others are antonym pairs.",Language,04/21/10 #17563,Ana-Grammar,2.57,2.66,cnmne,"Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set). 1) I have a painting of a small mammal wearing a coating without the feathers. 2) A winged apparition will harvest the grain where the two lines intersect. 3) The members of the two groups were fearful of the Holy Grail. 4) Trying to reach home and score the winning run, Joe jumped over the catcher and ripped the fold of his uniform.",No hint available.,"art = a painting rat = a small mammal tar = a coating (tar and feather) without the feathers angel = a winged apparition glean = harvest the grain angle = (the corner formed) where the two lines intersect cadres = groups scared = fearful sacred = holy plate = (baseball) home leapt = jumped pleat = the fold (in the cloth) of his uniform",Language,05/06/04 #29460,Big Six Stop,2.4,1.7,____,"Anders and Gabby went to the Big Six convenience store to shop. Anders had twice as much money as Gabby. He spent all but $ .05. He got two pieces of gum and one of each other item listed in the table. Gabby got two different things from the list. Ice Pop: $ .50 Gum: $ .15 Apple Drink: $ .65 How much money did they each have when they started, and what things did each person buy?",Make a chart and work backwards.,"Anders started with $1.50 and bought two pieces of gum, one ice pop, and one apple drink. Gabby began with $ .75 and spent $ .65 on an ice pop and a piece of gum. The clues tell you what items Anders bought, so you know that he spent (2 x $ .15) + $ .50 + $ .65 = $1.45. He had $ .05 left over, so Anders started with $1.50. Gabby began with half Anders' total, $1.50 / 2 = $ .75. She bought two different items in one of three possible combinations: ice pop and gum ($ .50 + $ .15 = $ .65), ice pop and apple drink ($ .50 + $ .65 = $1.15), or gum and apple drink ($ .15 + $ .65 = $ .80). Because she had only $ .75, she must have bought an ice pop and a piece of gum.",Math,03/31/06 #49310,Power Word,2.78,1.85,firefox99,"To discover the Power Word you'll have to begin with an essential liquid to life - but without hesitation. Now add another bit of tea, please, and what have you got?",No hint available.,"The word ""watt""! An essential liquid to life is water. When you take the hesitation out of ""water"" - the word ""er"" (which is what some people say to express uncertainty or hesitation) - you have ""wat"". Now all you have to do is add a ""bit of tea"", or add another ""t"" to ""wat"", and you have ""watt"" - the Power Word.",Riddle,02/14/12 #15053,EN...DS,2.77,1.36,fishmed,"E...NDS EN...DS END...S",A good conditioner can fix this,Split Ends,Rebus,10/09/03 #29738,Efficient Coefficients,2.27,2.72,Cogmatic,"The sum of the four smallest coefficients in the expression (x+y)^123456789 is a nine-digit number with each digit being a distinct number from the following set of numbers: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 What number from the set does not appear as a digit in the sum?",No hint available.,"7 According to the Pascal triangle, the two coefficients at either end of of the expression (x+y)^z will be 1,1,z, and z. Therefore, the sum of the four smallest coefficients is 1+1+123456789+123456789=246913580 The digit 7 is absent from this sum.",Math,04/12/06 #5660,First Five Presidents,2.62,1.66,glennyboy02,"Mr. Dribble was visiting his sister and his young nephew, Adam, who was studying modern American history. He showed him a list of all the American Presidents in order. As Mr. Dribble looked at the list he said three of the first five presidents died on Independence Day (July 4th). The young boy looked at the list and said, ""I bet one of the presidents who died on July 4th was James Monroe."" Mr. Dribble was surprised that he knew this, and asked him how could he be so sure. How did Adam know this?",No hint available.,Mr. Dribble stated that three of the first five presidents died on July 4th. Adam knew that the fifth must be one of the three or else Mr. Dribble would have said three of the first four. He knew the name of the fifth president by reading it off the list.,Situation,07/18/02 #30218,What Number Am I?,2.58,1.58,Hana_Kimi,I am a 4-digit number that is the same when my digits are written backwards. The sum of my outside digits is 6 times the sum of my two middle digits. What number am I?,No hint available.,6116. Written the same forward and backwards. 6+6=12. 1+1=2x6=12.,Math,05/02/06 #42048,Missing Numbers,2.23,2.93,V_Bapat,"What are the missing numbers in the sequence below? 10, 12, 18, 20, 21, 24, 27, 30, ??, ??","If you solve it, you will find great joy. These are not the last numbers in this sequence.","36 & 40. This is a series of the first 10 Harshad numbers, or Niven numbers, with more than one digit in base 10. A Harshad number is an integer that is divisible by the sum of its digits in a given number base. The name ""Harshad"" is based on a Sanskrit word that means ""great joy"".",Series,05/26/08 #2178,Stand Behind,2.33,1.1,Cascas,How can you stand behind someone when they are standing behind you?,No hint available.,Stand back to back with them.,Logic,01/27/02 #38921,Similar Spelling #5,2.94,2.35,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given two (2) clues in each line. Each word differs by only one (1) letter, which I have given you. Your task is to discover the answers to the clues provided. The order of the letters does not change. Example: Remove _ _ _ I _ _ / _ _ _ U _ _ Justify Answer: E X C (I) S E / E X C (U) S E 1. specialist _ _ _ E _ _ / _ _ _ O _ _ ship 2. hull _ _ L _ _ / _ _ N _ _ indulgence 3. scorch S _ _ _ _ / T _ _ _ _ slight colouration 4. soft spread _ U _ _ _ _ / _ I _ _ _ _ grievous",No hint available.,"1. expert / export 2. bilge / binge 3. singe / tinge 4. butter / bitter",Language,10/25/07 #14429,Middle View,2.26,1.98,MrIxolite,"If X = a cross, what phrase is represented by the Rebus below? > <",No hint available.,Cross-sections.,Rebus,08/19/03 #5806,wLAitinDYg,2.23,1.04,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? wLAaitinDYg",No hint available.,Lady in waiting,Rebus,07/23/02 #41890,"Fur, Scales, and Tails",2.38,1.55,whsprec,"Four men live in the same neighborhood: Jeff, Bill, Fred, and Andy. They each own a different pet: dog, cat, fish, and lizard, and live in a different color house: brown, red, green, and blue. Match the owner with the pet and color of the house. 1- Jeff's and Andy's pets do not have fur. 2- The dog and the fish do not live in the brown house. 3- Andy's and Fred's pets have 4 legs, but neither one owns a dog nor lives in the red house. 4- Bill's house color has 5 letters. 5- The lizard lives in the blue house.",No hint available.,"Jeff- Fish, Red Bill- Dog, Green Fred- Cat, Brown Andy- Lizard, Blue",Logic,05/11/08 #5704,Lack of Intelligence,2.5,1.65,jasin,"A young boy failed an exam. He usually did well in school. Everyone knew that he was extremely intelligent, but surprisingly his demanding and harsh mother apparently said the opposite and sadly insisted that he was dumb. A professor who had seen the boy's previously high test scores was outraged and said, ""You're gonna let your own mother call you dumb!?"" The boy, who had written many impressive essays and was usually opinionated, surprisingly said nothing and continued to sit and look depressed. Why didn't the boy respond and what kind of exam did he fail?",No hint available.,"The boy didn't respond because he was dumb, and he failed an oral exam. Dumb means a person who can't speak.",Situation,07/23/02 #18223,CD Sale,2.15,1.93,Therulerofthem,"There was a sale going on at the CD store. To make it easier for the store, they needed to find out how many CDs were in each different style of music. 25% were blues, 15% were pop, 25% were classical and 15% were rock. The remaining 24 CD's are jazz. How many CDs are in each style? How many CDs are there in total?",No hint available.,"First you add up the percents: 25% + 15% + 25% + 15% = 80% Subtract 80% from 100% to get 20% (the percentage of jazz CDs). Divide 24 by 20 to get 1.2 (that is, 1% corresponds to 1.2 CDs) then multiply the percentages by 1.2 to get how many CDs are in each musical style. Blues: 25% x 1.2 = 30 CDs Pop: 15% x 1.2 = 18 CDs Classical: 25% x 1.2 = 30 CDs Rock: 15% x 1.2 = 18 CDs These are the answers to the first question. To find the second answer: 30 + 18 + 30 + 18 + 24 = 120 CDs in total.",Math,07/14/04 #847,Candles,2.29,1.18,Michelle,"The stubs obtained by burning ten candles will yield one extra candle if you melt them all together. If you burned 100 candles, how many extra candles could you make?",No hint available.,"11. The 10 extra from the 100 candles, and then one more from burning the extra 10.",Logic,09/21/01 #617,4 Q in a G,2.14,1.36,kaila912,4 Q in a G,No hint available.,4 Quarts in a Gallon,Letter-Equations,06/11/01 #42166,American Political Parties,2.11,1.91,dswilborn,"This is a list of five political parties currently active in the United States. YTFLKODKTDC JLAEHKDOTH HECMOTOQOTEC KLGQFYTHDC PKLLC","L = E H = C","Libertarian, Democratic, Constitution, Republican, Green A = M B = Z C = N D = A E = O F = B G = P H = C I = Q J = D K = R L = E M = S N = F O = T P = G Q = U R = H S = V T = I U = W V = J W = X X = K Y = L Z = Y",Cryptography,06/06/08 #41023,Non-Repeating Words #4,2.63,2.2,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the correct word missing from the given sentence. The problem is, the missing word has none of its letters repeating. You must fill in the missing letters to form sensible sentences with words whose letters do not repeat. Example: Some medications are administered with a H --------- needle. Answer: Hypodermic. (None of the letters are repeated). 1. Some people have had the M --------- of being swindled. 2. Many people S --------- with the underdog. 3. Original songs are C ------------ . 4. A quack is not A --------- to practice medicine.",No hint available.,"1. misfortune 2. sympathize 3. copyrightable 4. authorised (or authorized)",Language,03/13/08 #27616,Busy But Caring,3.08,1.97,Winner4600,"Martha, Joanna, Kelley, Patricia, and Suzanne are five busy mothers who barely have time to sit down and eat. One Christmas, they each decided to make (or bake) their son a gift. Can you figure out the full name of each mother, their profession, their son's name, and the gift sent by each? 1. The five mothers are Mrs. Baker, Ben's mom, Joanna, the doctor, and the one who made mittens. 2. Justin Glen loved the cupcakes baked by his mother, the doctor. 3. The scarf was made by the editor, while the mittens were made by the programmer. 4. Kelley Austen is the lawyer. 5. The 5 sons are Kyle, the boy for whom the apple pie was baked, Todd Haney, the editor's son, and Martha Glen's son. 6. Patricia Haney is a programmer, but Joanna is not the editor.",No hint available.,"Martha Glen-Doctor-Justin-cupcakes Joanna Robinson-Teacher-Kyle-sweater Kelley Austen-Lawyer-Ben-apple pie Patricia Haney-Programmer-Todd-mittens Suzanne Baker-Editor-Cody-scarf",Logic-Grid,12/21/05 #4776,FDRQW...,2.11,2.83,bobbrt,"Rearranging any two letters, what is the longest word you can make within this group of letters? The letters of the word formed must all be together and in order after the two are switched. As an example, you could switch the ""Q"" and the ""O"" to form the word ""rows"". FDRQWSYLPTOMBINEXACHUGKZJV",No hint available.,"Switch the ""B"" and the ""A"" to spell the word ""ptomaine.""",Language,06/17/02 #27580,Basketball Standings,2.5100000000000002,1.52,ttviper,"The Flames, the Soul, the Engines, the Vipers, and the Tigers are basketball teams in a basketball league. The Vipers are in first place leading the Tigers by three games. The Engines are ahead of the Flames. The Flames are behind the Soul by one game. The Soul are behind the Tigers by seven games while still behind the Engines by three. What are the standings? (Including games behind)",Make a chart,"Leaders in order: Games Back 1. Vipers - 2. Tigers 3 3. Engines 7 4. Soul 10 5. Flames 11",Logic,12/18/05 #36735,Cornered In Choresville,2.55,1.85,chaskey,"On a spring day in Choresville, five acquaintances, all relatively new in town, had specific objectives in mind concerning particular objects. Temporarily useful knowledge of these errands and chores in various parts of town may be acquired by carefully following the following carefully-formed clues. PEOPLE: men: Sal Vaged, Tim Id, Ben A. Brink women: Ona Verge, Atta Edge OBJECTS: money, lunch, coat, water pipe, ring BUSINESSES: Big Piggy Bank, May Bee Beauty Salon, Flat Facets Diamonds, Genuine Hardware, Sole Shoe Repair BUILDINGS: Bent Brick, Vertical Towers, Stacked Stories, Cloud Tickler, Lofty Lights STREETS: Pothole Parkway, Famed Feet Walkway, Stoned Street, New Avenue, Noble Bull Boulevard CLUES: 1. As he was walking down Stoned Street, on his way around the corner to Big Piggy Bank to secure his newly-purchased engagement ring into his safety-deposit box, Sal Vaged met Atta Edge just coming out of Genuine Hardware, where she had delivered a box lunch to her husband. 2. Sal asked Atta if she had seen his fiancee, and she said that, yes, Ona Verge had been called to replace a broken water pipe at the May Bee Beauty Salon in the Stacked Stories Building. 3. Ben A. Brink wanted to watch an air show from the Cloud Tickler Building on Pothole Parkway, which would have afforded a good view, but he had to go instead to Flat Facets Diamonds, a block over on Famed Feet Walkway, to pick up his coat that he had left at an office party. 4. In the meantime, Ona finally remembered that the Stacked Stories Building is on Noble Bull Boulevard, and it's the Bent Brick Building that's on Famed Feet Walkway. 5. Tim Id's memory was not so clear; he had to go collect the money for the air show tickets from the owner of the Sole Shoe Repair; and he couldn't remember whether it is the Bent Brick Building or the Vertical Towers Building, but he knew that it is on New Avenue.",No hint available.,"Sal Vaged -- ring -- Big Piggy Bank -- Cloud Tickler Bldg. -- Pothole Parkway Tim Id -- money -- Sole Shoe Repair-- Vertical Towers Bldg. -- New Avenue Ben A. Brink -- coat -- Flat Facets Diamonds -- Bent Brick Bldg. -- Famed Feet Walkway Ona Verge -- water pipe -- May Bee Beauty Salon -- Stacked Stories Bldg. -- Noble Bull Blvd. Atta Edge -- lunch -- Genuine Hardware -- Lofty Lights Bldg. -- Stoned Street",Logic-Grid,05/26/07 #3356,Tune Tune Tune Tune,2.2,1.29,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this word? Tune Tune Tune Tune",No hint available.,Fortune,Rebus,04/08/02 #27576,Which Numbers are Missing,2.26,1.28,Newf,"Find the pattern in the following sequence of numbers. Which numbers are missing? 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 __ 14 __ __",No hint available.,"Pattern: Add 2, Add 1, Add 2, Add 1, etc. Missing numbers: 13, 16, and 17.",Series,12/18/05 #31866,Hurry It Up!,2.99,1.67,Crazycriely,"Can you decipher this phrase? T _ _ E","I'm late! I'm late for a very important date! No time to say, ""Hello."" Goodbye! I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!",I'm out of time. I M are out of T I M E. The hint refers to what the white rabbit said in Alice in Wonderland.,Rebus,07/18/06 #27957,Millionaire,2.58,1.22,Desired,"Mr. Desired wasted lots of money every day, and now he is a millionaire. Why?",No hint available.,Mr. Desired had been a billionaire.,Trick,01/08/06 #28479,In-A-Mist,2.82,1.92,kimberlykay,"I can precede a bug I can precede a child I can be held dear I can be wild I can be an affair to remember I can be less That's it for now...can you guess???",I can precede the title also.,Love,Riddle,02/07/06 #30441,Birbal the Wise - III,2.82,2.58,brainster,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer? Once, when the Emperor and Birbal were taking rounds of the kingdom, a commoner committed a minor offense in front of the Emperor. But the Emperor was in a foul mood that day, and ordered that the man be beheaded and his head presented to him at court the next day. How did Birbal prevent this catastrophe from occurring?",No hint available.,"Birbal, seeing that an unjust sentence was about to be passed, sneaked into the prison that night, convinced the executioner to wait out a day, and explained to the commoner what he must do the next day. The next morning, the commoner was brought into the court with his head still on his shoulder. Angered, the Emperor demanded to know the reason for his insolence. As per Birbal's instructions, the commoner fearlessly said, ""Sire, how could I trust other people to do this job for you? What if they did not do a satisfactory job? That is why I came here so that I can myself give my head to you!"". Hearing this, Akbar was pleased with the commoner's answer and realized that Birbal had somehow managed to transfer some of his wit and wisdom to this man. The commoner thanked his stars and hurried back home to his family!",Situation,05/12/06 #37879,Picnic Time,2.86,2.01,dreamlvr1432,"Four friends went on a picnic. Everyone was responsible for bringing a food item to share with the group and a drink for themselves. In addition, each person brought an essential item for the picnic (plates, table cloth, napkins, and forks). Can you figure out each person's full name, what dish she brought to share, what she had to drink, and what item she provided for the picnic? 1) Ms. Brown drank soda and provided the table cloth for the picnic. She sat next to her best friend, Annie, who brought the plates. 2) The girl who brought potato salad doesn't like water. 3) Either Joy or Annie made fried chicken. 4) Annie Johnson likes to drink lemonade. 5) Nina and the girl who brought the plates drove to the picnic together. Neither of them brought the mac & cheese. 6) The girl who made the potato salad did not bring the plates. 7) Either Ms. Smith or Ms. Gavin drank either iced tea or lemonade. Neither girl made fried chicken. 8) Bobbi doesn't drink iced tea and she didn't bring the rice pudding (the girl who brought the napkins did). 9) The 4 friends are Joy, Ms. Gavin, the girl who brought the napkins, and the girl who drank lemonade.",No hint available.,"Nina Smith brought the napkins and rice pudding, and drank iced tea. Joy Brown brought the table cloth and potato salad, and drank soda. Annie Johnson brought the plates and fried chicken, and drank lemonade. Bobbi Gavin brought the forks and mac & cheese, and drank water.",Logic-Grid,08/21/07 #50134,Unappreciated Counterparts,2.83,1.52,ThinksForFun,"The two of us keep a low profile Without us you would not be mobile Seldom looked at but frequently used We're often depressed but not abused Side by side with functions opposite Managing the go and stop of it What are we?",No hint available.,"a vehicle's accelerator and brake pedal lines 1-2: The accelerator and brake pedal are ""low"" i.e. on the floor of the vehicle. You need the accelerator to move (i.e. ""be mobile""), and you don't want to move without being able to stop, so you need the brake as well. lines 3-4: While driving, these two pedals are not ""looked at"". The pedals are ""depressed"", meaning you press down on them with your foot, so they are ""used"", ""but not abused"". lines 5-6: The ""functions"" of the accelerator and brake pedal are ""opposite"" i.e. they enable you to ""go and stop"" respectively.",Riddle,02/04/14 #2326,String and Cloth,2.48,1.98,ChuckieChen,A man lay dead on a field next to a piece of string and cloth. How did he die?,No hint available.,His kite had snagged across some electricity power lines. It was raining. He had been electrocuted. The cloth and string were the remains of the kite.,Situation,02/15/02 #24423,Jail Time,2.33,2.48,phrebh,"Everyone in the courtroom was stunned. Fred was going to get 18 months in jail for doing his job, which is a respectable profession. How could this happen in a country like the United States?",No hint available.,Fred was a journalist and refused to name his source on an article he wrote on some government misdealing. He was jailed in accordance to a 1972 Supreme Court ruling that journalists could be made to testify before a grand jury if the prosecution could convince the judge it was necessary.,Situation,07/11/05 #6557,Thunder Before Lightning,2.81,2.52,NuttyPrince,"My thunder comes before my lightning. My lightning comes before my rain. My rain dries up all the land it touches. What am I?",No hint available.,A volcano.,Riddle,08/15/02 #16203,EILN PU,2.89,1.94,Jon0513,"What phrase is represented below? EILN PU","1. Try to unscramble the words 2. Look at the letters when not figuring out the words","""LINE UP in alphabetical order."" The letters were presented in their correct alphabetical order.",Rebus,01/17/04 #48851,Clean Me a Lot,3.0,1.5,Skybet,"One example of where you will find me, Is many locations inside of one building. When I'm new I'm remarkably plain, But after first use, I'm never the same, People clean me a lot, but I'm never like new, The changes come off, but leave residue. You will have seen me in your early years, I'm definitely a tool for the eyes, not the ears, But there is a sound that I can make, To cause the strongest man to quake. I feel I should give more of a clue, But I don't want to make it too easy for you. I may have bored you, or enthralled, But can you tell me what I'm called?",Didn't you learn anything at school?,A chalkboard (or blackboard),Riddle,07/02/11 #4684,5 = T on a C,2.53,2.07,bobbrt,5 = T on a C (including the S in the T),No hint available.,5 = tires on a car (including the spare in the trunk),Letter-Equations,06/13/02 #17748,Dog Circle,2.67,1.9000000000000001,Jake,"There is a 10-foot long rope that is tied between a hook on the ceiling and a hook on the floor. There is no slack in the rope. Jake wants to tie up his dog so he can go do a little shopping. He detaches the rope from the floor hook and attaches the free end to the dog's collar, which happens to be 2 feet off the floor because it's a big dog. The dog can now run around in a circle and because the rope goes to the ceiling the dog won't trip or get tangled up in the rope. What a good idea! What is the radius of the circle in which the dog can wander?",Draw a picture and remember your trigonometry.,"The dog can run in a 6-foot radius circle. To get the answer, first draw a right triangle. The long side (hypotenuse) is the length of the rope when fully stretched by the dog, 10ft. The medium side is the distance from the ceiling to the dog's collar, 8ft. The short side of the triangle is the radius of the circle. Using the Pythagorean Theorem (a^2+b^2=c^2) we can solve for this number.",Math,05/26/04 #39874,Homecoming Parade,2.55,1.29,allan512,"Martin, Peg, Frank, and Yvonne are in the homecoming parade. They are in the BMX brigade, the Queen's Court float, the marching band, and the football float. They are in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, and they are either the second, fifth, sixth, or twelfth entry in the parade. March through these clues to determine what each student is doing in the parade. Clues: 1. Martin is nearer the beginning of the parade than the girl riding on the Queen's Court float and the boy on the football float, but he comes after Yvonne. 2. Frank is in a higher grade than the girl with the marching band and Peg, but he is in a lower grade than the boy who is with the fifth entry. 3. The person with the Queen's float is in a higher grade than the girl with the marching band. 4. The Queen's float is the final parade feature.",No hint available.,"Martin = BMX brigade, 12th grade, and 5th entry Peg = Queen's court, 10th grade, and 12th entry Frank = football float, 11th grade, and 6th entry Yvonne = marching band, 9th grade, and 2nd entry",Logic-Grid,01/01/08 #49628,Triskaidekaphobia?,2.35,2.05,RomanG417,"A well-respected franchise of a national association absolutely refuses to place the number thirteen on any of their merchandise. Although they use nearly every other two-digit number, something about that particular number prevents them from using it. They are not superstitious in the least. In fact, they have a truly honorable reason for not using the number thirteen. What is that reason?","The number was used long ago, but its unique history prevents it from being used ever again.","The franchise is a sports team, part of a national league, that places a number on the jersey of each of its players. The number 13 was retired as a way to honor the player who bore that number.",Situation,10/22/12 #23644,I Can be Counted To...,2.73,2.66,trickyleprecaun,"I can be counted to, My name is mentioned at a professional sports game, I used to have a lot of power, And I can fly. What am I?",One word is the answer to all of the phrases above.,"A cardinal. A cardinal number can be counted to, Cardinals is the name of a professional baseball team, the cardinals had a lot of power when electing the pope, and cardinal birds can fly",Riddle,06/13/05 #26450,A Stitch in Time is What You'll Reap,2.87,1.18,sweetime,"I am four words Though there appear to be three Two ways of pronouncing Three spellings there be. The first is a manner of indicating, a case being such, or therefore, or a measure of degree. The second is a pig, female you see. The third is also on a farm, a manner of planting of seed. The fourth is to stitch, to hold fabric together, indeed. Can you tell me now, what word could this be?",No hint available.,"In order of appearance: So Sow Sow Sew. The title is a reference to the fact that both sew and sow appear in proverbs (""a stitch in time, saves nine"" and ""you reap what you sow"")",Riddle,10/19/05 #18384,3x3,2.13,2.88,superdobe,Arrange the digits 1-9 in a 3x3 square using each once only according to the following rules. Exactly one prime is directly above a prime two less. Each pair of opposite corners sums to the same square total and exactly two columns share another square total. Exactly one prime is directly to the left of a non-prime two greater. Directly above exactly one square digit is a digit four greater. Directly to the right of exactly one cubic digit is a digit one greater,No hint available.,"897-top 635-middle 241-bottom",Math,07/28/04 #48776,Riddle Me Not,2.99,0.84,Mathgeek007,"I can be huge. Or unusually small. Kids use me daily. Makes tales that are tall. I can be real. Or just a nice dream. If you just use this thing. Real - anything could seem. I could be a monster. Or an invention of times. You can use me to think of ideas. Or plot out huge crimes. Without me, you're dull. Just don't even try. I just have one more thing left. Do you know who am I?",No hint available.,Imagination.,Riddle,06/01/11 #24496,Shopping Anyone?,2.59,1.56,sweetime,"Joe was an avid surfer. One day he walked past a shop to see a sign in the window that said ""WET SUITS HALF PRICE - NOTHING ABOVE $20"". Now Joe couldn't resist this kind of a bargain, so he went in and asked the shop assistant about the sign. The assistant pointed him towards a corner of the shop where all the sale items were located. When Joe got there he smiled, shook his head and walked out. Why?","The problem wasn't in the sizing of the items, nor was it to do with the colour. If Joe had wanted to, he could have worn one of the wet suits, no problem.","The shop was actually having a sale on a bunch of suits which were wet (rather than wetsuits). Joe walked in, saw that the suits were dripping wet and realised his mistake.",Situation,07/12/05 #48889,Add a Letter 50,2.39,2.23,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a unit of currency & debris from buildings, as from an earthquake (5 letters) 2) unappetizing semi liquid food & a single masted sailing vessel (4 letters) 3) a type of simple machine & ingenious or quick witted (5 letters) 4) the universe and everything in it & the act of burning something to ashes (8 letters)",No hint available.,"1) ruble & rubble 2) slop & sloop 3) lever & clever 4) creation & cremation",Language,07/21/11 #728,Cost of the Trip,2.11,1.7,vikass,"Michelle rents a car to take her to the airport in the morning and return her home that evening. Halfway to the airport, she picks up a friend who accompanies her to the airport. That night, she and her friend return back to Michelle`s place. The total cost is $20.00. If the amount is to be split fairly, how much money should Michelle pay?",No hint available.,$12.50,Math,08/01/01 #26422,World Domination II,2.86,1.41,sweetime,"Sassi the Sane was quite pleased with her potion experiments, but potions alone were not enough. She now needed a secret hideout and an army with which to plan her plan for world domination. She decided to test out four hideouts: a cave, the desert, an underwater location, and a castle. She also had four types of armies: one made up of sporks, one of monkeys, one of squirrels, and one of hamburgers. She spent a different amount of time in each location: 1 day, 2 days, 3 days and 4 days. And each time she was discovered a different number of times: twice, four times, six times and eight times. Can you determine which location she hid which army in, how long she spent there, and the number of times she was discovered there? 1. She spent the fewest days in the desert. 2. The four hideouts were: the cave, the one with the squirrels, the one in which she spent three days, and the one in which she was discovered four times. 3. The rattling of the sporks drew the greatest attention from passersby, and so caused Sassi to be discovered the most times. 4. The four armies were: the hamburgers, the one in the desert, the one discovered eight times, and the one in which four days were spent. 5. Both the desert and the underwater location were discovered exactly twice as many times as the number of days spent there. 6. The monkeys were a disaster, they kept escaping from the castle, rather than defending it. 7. While the underwater location was discovered a surprisingly large number of times, it wasn't the location which was discovered most.",No hint available.,"Cave, sporks, two days, eight discoveries. Desert, squirrels, one day, two discoveries. Underwater, hamburgers, three days, six discoveries. Castle, monkeys, four days, four discoveries.",Logic-Grid,10/17/05 #4759,Attic Clearance,2.21,1.79,mad-ade,"Mad Ade was clearing some junk from his attic to make room for his used Pizza box collection. Whilst cleaning he came across several insects and spiders. Altogether Mad Ade counted a total of 48 legs, how many insects and how many spiders were in the Attic?",No hint available.,Four insects (24 legs) and three spiders (24 legs). No other combination will work.,Math,06/16/02 #602,Einstein's Riddle,3.07,3.04,link2440,"Einstein's Riddle: Einstein wrote the following riddle. He said that 98% of the world could not solve it. But several NIEHS scientists were able to solve it, and they said it's not all that hard if you pay attention and are very patient. Give it a try: There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage. Other facts: 1. The Brit lives in the red house. 2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets. 3. The Dane drinks tea. 4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house. 5. The green house's owner drinks coffee. 6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. 7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill. 8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk. 9. The Norwegian lives in the first house. 10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. 11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill. 12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer. 13. The German smokes Prince. 14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. 15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water. The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH?",Just take your time. This one should take you some time and is probably one of the harder riddles you see.,"The German sits in his Green House, smoking his Prince cigars, drinking coffee, and watching his FISH. The rest go like this- 1st House: Yellow, Norwegian, Water, Cats, Dunhill 2nd House: Blue, Dane, Tea, Horse, Blends 3rd House: Red, Brit, Milk, Birds, Pall Malls 4th House: Green, German, Coffee, FISH, Prince 5th House: White, Swede, Beer, Dogs, Bluemasters",Logic,06/06/01 #13397,zzzzz,2.75,1.85,fishmed,"What is represented below? snleipeg sipelegn gslpneei sielpneg",Don't forget the title.,Sleeping disorders.,Rebus,06/24/03 #42470,Beaten By the Teacher,2.67,1.14,whsprec,"Five high school students did not want to take a test, so they made a deal with their teacher. They would challenge him to five games; if he won all five games, the students would take the test and clean the classroom. If the students won at least one game, they did not have to take the test. Match the student to the game they played and the order in which they played. The next day after school, the teacher had a very clean classroom. 1) The students whose names started with ""M"" were the first 3 to lose. 2) Two students challenged the teacher to games which had the same number of letters as their names. 3) The first game played was Scrabble and the last was Monopoly. 4) Mello lost at Chess before Matt lost at UNO.",No hint available.,"1st game Mikami played Scrabble. 2nd game Mello played Chess. 3rd game Matt played UNO. 4th game Nate played Risk. 5th game Takada played Monopoly.",Logic-Grid,07/11/08 #47505,Behead 4,2.88,2.37,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Pass by -> Temporary failure 2. Picture -> Wizard 3. Brave -> Fortunate 4. Enthusiastic meetings -> Partners 5. Attacked -> Helped 6. Choose -> Choose 7. Fragments -> Dice game 8. Customary practice -> Spiritual mentor Bonus: Take the eight beheaded letters and form a one-word anagram; you will find something amazing.","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. L 2. M 3. L 4. A 5. A 6. E 7. C 8. S","1. Elapse -> Lapse 2. Image -> Mage 3. Plucky-> Lucky 4. Rallies -> Allies 5. Raided -> Aided 6. Select -> Elect 7. Scraps -> Craps 8. Usage -> Sage Bonus: SURPRISE A ""surprise"" is literally ""something amazing"".",Language,07/15/10 #12808,"u,d,t,q,c,s,s,h,n,?",2.45,2.05,batti_s,"Find the next letter in the series: u, d, t, q, c, s, s, h, n, ?",Parlez-vous le français?,"un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf dix 1-10 in French. So the next letter is ""d"".",Series,05/30/03 #6155,Sometimes I Glitter,2.19,2.11,SkEwL_gUrl,"Sometimes I glitter, but more often not I'm usually cold but may be hot Some find my protection great While others may die beneath my weight",No hint available.,A stone,Riddle,08/01/02 #657,Sentence,2.55,1.5,flipakosayo,What is the longest sentence in the world?,It is your death.,Life Sentence,Trick,06/29/01 #50913,0 to 10 Pyramid XX,2.9,2.27,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word, symbol, or abbreviation (Clue 1), add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next (Clue 2). Add another letter and rearrange for the next...and the next. You end up with a 10-letter word (Clue 10)! [Foreign words may be used, but only if they are in common English usage.] A clue is given for each word. Words increase in length by one letter at a time. Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you solve this ""0 to 10"" word pyramid in 60 sec.? Go on - open the stopwatch app! ** CLUES ** 1. Churchill's 'Victory' fingers 2. The 'idiot box' 3. James Herriot or Debbye Turner, for example 4. What we do for our national leader every 3 years in New Zealand; (5 in UK; 4 in USA) 5. Plainly seen 6. Secretive (opposite of #5) 7. Change (e.g. currency) 8. Orchestrate or 'work it' 9. Directing (an aircraft) towards a destination 10. Exaggerating or 'hamming it up' The Hint will provide starting letters from #6 onwards.","6. C 7. C 8. C 9. V 10. O","1. V 2. TV 3. Vet 4. Vote 5. Overt 6. Covert 7. Convert 8. Contrive 9. Vectoring 10.Overacting",Language,10/24/16 #35312,Missing in the Middle 4,2.5100000000000002,2.08,snowmonster,"Fill in the middle word. This word should correspond with the first and last word. 1) Celery ___________Treat 2) Carrot ____________Box 3) Pepper ___________Starch 4) Spinach __________Stick 5) Corn ____________Pudding 6) Squash ___________Manager 7) Cucumber ___________Spinner 8) Potato _____________Dough 9) Broccoli ___________Petal 10) Pea ____________Kitchen",No hint available.,"1) Seed 2) Juice 3) Spray or Corn 4) Dip 5) Bread 6) Plant 7) Salad 8) Bread 9) Flower 10) Soup 1) Seed Treat(s) are a ""seed"" given to pet birds. This seed is left in natural form, where it has grown in compact clusters on small ""vines"". This vine is usually hung in the inside of the bird cage where the bird can enjoy. This seed is called ""seed treat"" simply because it's very popular with birds, and different from the usual bird seed they eat on a regular basis. 9) The top or ""head"" of a broccoli plant is considered the flower. If a broccoli plant is not harvested in time, the top will ""flower"". Flowers that develop are yellow in color.",Language,02/15/07 #47489,THE GAME OF CHOCOLATES,2.4,0.85,cutieluck,"Last vacation, my cousin came over to stay at my home. We made the most of her stay at my place... and I even earned a few chocolates. Every day, we would play a game of chess. Whoever lost the game owed a chocolate to the other. After the last game we played (that was the day she was to leave), we counted the number of games each of us had won and lost. Wow! I had won more than her. So, she handed me 7 chocolates... though she herself was the winner in 12 games. How many days did my cousin spend at my place?",No hint available.,"31 My cousin won 12 games. Since I got 7 chocolates, I must have won 7 games more than my cousin did. So, I won a total of 19 games. Thus, the total number of games that we played was 31. Since we played a game each day, that was the number of days my cousin stayed at my house!",Math,07/13/10 #22690,Words of Upliftment,2.14,2.97,jackal2008us,"Pb lxd yrnk hx wxhbpjkhwk ph fkqb, lxd rsk mgpwk jkbkrmkj ph myk srwk xb qpbk. Gpmy wxhbpjkhwk, lxd yrnk gxh knkh ckbxsk lxd yrnk fmrsmkj. ...........Vrswdf Zrsnkl","If someone gives you ""Title of this cryptogram"" you gain ""the longest word in this cryptogram.""","If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. ............Marcus Garvey",Cryptography,05/05/05 #11412,Hallow Cant,2.61,2.61,Gizzer,"Swap one word from Group A with one word in Group B such that the two groups have a similar, though different, property. Which two words must be swapped and what is the property? A: hallow, car, eight, cart B: cant, harp, mar, ball",No hint available.,"Cant and cart must be swapped. New words can then be formed from Group A words by adding the suffix EEN: Halloween, careen, eighteen, canteen. Group B words become new words after adding the suffix OON: harpoon, maroon, balloon, cartoon",Group,03/26/03 #38635,Susan's Trip,2.26,1.82,calmsavior,"Susan starts at point A, walks 15 feet in one direction, makes a 90 degree turn to the left, walks 20 feet, walks in a perfect circle around point A, and takes the same path she took leaving point A, until she is back at point A. Assuming she walks at a constant rate of 4 feet per second, makes no stops until she arrives at point A again, and that we do not consider acceleration, how long is her entire trip (rounded to the nearest second)?",No hint available.,"57 seconds. First off, the formula of Speed = Distance / Time can be rewritten as Time = Distance / Speed. (On both sides of the equation we can multiply by Time and divide by Speed.) We will need this equation later. We know Susan travels 15 feet in one direction and 20 feet in another and does this again on her return trip. Using the Pythagorean Theorem we find that the radius of the circle is 25 feet; therefore, the diameter is 50 feet and the circumference is about 157.1 feet. We can then plug all our values into the equation (units in feet cancel out, leaving seconds): Time = (15 ft. + 20 ft. + 157.1 ft. + 20 ft. + 15 ft.) / (4 ft. per second) = 57 seconds (rounded to the nearest second).",Math,10/05/07 #8517,C _ _ _ ED,2.89,0.8300000000000001,bluetwo,"A common three-letter word can be added in the spaces below to create four common English words. What is the three letter word? C _ _ _ ED T _ _ _ SIT ST _ _ _ D F _ _ _ TIC",No hint available.,"The three-letter word is ""RAN"", which yields: Craned Transit Strand Frantic",Language,11/15/02 #29110,The Concert,2.34,0.93,thompson1,"There were 3 boys that needed some money to go to a concert. They decided to get different jobs that paid different amounts of money. Figure out each boy's first name, last name, what job they got, and how much money they got. First names - John, Jacob, and Jordan Last names - Nathanson, Jones, and Smith Jobs - Raking leaves, Mowing the Lawn, and Doing the Laundry Money Earned per Week - $40, $25, and $10 1. The boys are: John, the one who does the laundry, and the one who gets $40 per week. 2. Jacob Nathanson doesn't rake leaves or get $40 per week. 3. John, who gets $25 per week, does not have the last name of Jones. 4. Raking leaves doesn't get you $40 per week.",No hint available.,"John Smith makes $25 per week for raking leaves. Jacob Nathanson makes $10 per week for doing the laundry. Jordan Jones makes $40 per week for mowing the lawn.",Logic-Grid,03/15/06 #9931,2 = D In The NPA,2.2,2.99,MrIxolite,2=D in the NPA,No hint available.,"2 Dances in the Nato Phonetic Alphabet. Foxtrot and Tango",Letter-Equations,01/21/03 #6295,Super Skateboards,2.14,2.65,pilp07,"Alec, Brett and Chris each purchased parts for their skateboards at the sports store. Alec and Brett wanted to build new skateboards, so they each needed to purchase a deck, trucks, bearings and wheels. Chris only needed new wheels. The store offers a 10% discount for purchases over $250, so the boys decided to pay for all the parts together to qualify for the discount. Altogether, the boys spent $266.40. The clues below reflect the price of the items before the discount is applied. The cost of all the bearings for the 2 boys combined was $1 more than the deck for Alec's skateboard. They each bought the same kinds of wheels. Together they spent $75 for the 3 sets of wheels. Each set contained 4 wheels. The total cost of the bearings came to $24 less than the total cost of the wheels. Alec spent $5 more for his deck than Brett spent for his. However, Brett spent $5 more on trucks than Alec. Brett spent $3 more on bearings than twice the amount Alec spent on bearings. How much did each person spend?",No hint available.,"Alec spent $113.40. Brett spent $130.50. Chris spent $22.50. Component Alec Brett Chris Total Deck $50 $45 $0 $95 Trucks 35 40 $0 75 Wheels 25 25 25 75 Bearings 16 35 $0 51 Total before discount $126 $145 $25 $296 less 10% discount $12.60 $14.50 $2.50 $29.60 Amount spent $113.40 $130.50 $22.50 $266.40 Explanation: First find the original price of all the items combined. $266.40 is the price after the 10% discount was applied. That means $266.40 is equal to 90% of the original price. Write an equation and then cross multiply: 266.40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- x = 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- x The original price for all the items was $296. Write an equation: (let the first letter of each word represent the total cost spent for that item). D + T + W + B = 296 Given: The wheels cost $75. D + T + W + B = 296 D + T -75 + B = 296 - 75 D + T + B = 221 The total cost of the bearings came to $24 less than the total cost of the wheels. B = W - 24 B = 75 - 24 B = 51 The cost of all the bearings for the 2 boys combined was $1 more than the deck for Alec's skateboard. Alec's skateboard = 51 - 1 Alec's skateboard = 50 Alec spent $5 more for his deck than Brett spent for his. Alec spent $50. Therefore, $50 - 5 = Brett's deck Brett's deck = $45. However, Brett spent $5 more on trucks than Alec. Add the amounts known on all of the items so far and subtract from the total original cost. Wheels: 75 Decks: 95 Bearings: 51 75 + 95 + 51 = 221 Sub total: 221 Therefore, the total amount spent on trucks was $75. Total amount on trucks was $75. To find the amount each boy spent: use a formula or guess and check (What 2 numbers total 75, if one is 5 more than the other?) Let x = the amount Alec spent on trucks. x + (x+5) = 75 2x + 5 = 75 2x = 70 x = 35 Alec spent $35 on trucks. Brett spent $5 more than Alec. Therefore, Brett spent $40 on trucks. Brett spent $3 more than twice the amount Alec spent on bearings. Here, let x = the amount Alec spent on bearings. Brett spent $3 more than twice the amount Alec spent on bearings, so write the value of Brett's bearings as 2x + 3. Amount Alec spent + amount Brett spent = $51 x + (2x + 3) = 51 3x + 3 = 51 3x = 48 x = 16 Alec's spent $16 on bearings. Brett spent $35 on bearings",Math,08/07/02 #18495,What Pals?,2.2,2.64,dsquared,"What expression is hidden here? IT IT Friends THAT Friends THAT Friends Pals WHAT Pals WHAT Pals",One of the reasons leadership can be such a challenge.,"It's lonely at the top It's - Two x it Lonely - Each of the other lines/words are surrounded by friends or pals, whereas the ITS aren't. The ITS are at the top.",Rebus,08/14/04 #36027,Blacke Horse,2.34,2.83,Trumalia,"This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD. A mighty blacke horse, with gallant white winges, Within his grand paunch beares many straunge things: He oft doth travayle for masters avayle, And carges his bridle tyed fast to his tayle. In going hee flyes twixt earth and the ayre, And oft, where they would not, his riders doth beare: Hee hath divers eies, and yet cannot see, I pray you doe tell mee what may this beast bee?",No hint available.,Boat,Riddle,02/28/07 #11439,The Toasted Tunnel,2.63,1.61,Palsha,"It was a long and dirty 20 years for the tunnel workers. Every day they got on the elevator and went numerous meters down into the earth to give their best performance. They were excellent workers too. The foreman of Palsha Mining Company was so proud of his employees, that he decided he wanted to show his proud gesture to them when the tunnel was finished. When it finally came to an end of the 20 years of digging, the foreman went down into the tunnel with champagne to throw them a toast. The foreman threw the toast and everyone sipped to it except for one tunnel worker. When the worker was asked why he didn't drink to the toast, he replied, ""I can't because I've been sober for 10 years. I do accept the nice gesture though."" When the toast was finished, they went on the elevator to return to the surface to go home. However, all the workers were instantly sick when they got off the elevator besides the man who didn't drink. I mean INSTANTLY! Why did the workers get sick so quickly and the man that couldn't drink the champagne didn't?",No hint available.,"The workers got sick due to a syndrome known as ""The Bends."" This occurs when someone is under the surface at considerably depths breathing oxygen and coming up to the surface at a quick rate. The workers normally wouldn't have gotten sick due to the fact they didn't have any champagne while working. The champagne in the workers system takes a long time to digest also. When they reached the surface, the undigested champagne in their stomachs bubbled up due to the intense pressure change. The bubbling effect is caused by the carbonation in the liquid and the oxygen toxicity. When the pressure changed, oxygen bubbles formed and went into the workers bloodstream causing ""The Bends."" This is the same syndrome that divers can get. Think of it like a soda can. When it's shaken up, the can looks relatively normal. After it's opened however, it sprays everywhere.",Science,03/27/03 #48553,Stately Words 1,2.68,2.0,HABS2933,"Each American state and Canadian province has a two letter postal abbreviation. Combine two of these abbreviations to get the word described. 1) Combine two state abbreviations to get a dark word. 2) Combine two state abbreviations to get a narrow road. 3) Combine two state abbreviations to get a manual appendage. 4) Combine two state abbreviations to get a mouthy word. 5) Combine two state abbreviations to get a silent performer.","1) Hoosiers, Bluegrass 2) Creole, corn 3) Aloha, Fargo 4) A famous Trail, Cotton State 5) Motown, Pine Trees","1) Indiana and Kentucky (IN+KY = Inky) 2) Louisiana and Nebraska (LA+NE = Lane) 3) Hawaii and North Dakota (HA+ND = Hand) 4) Oregon and Alabama (OR+AL = Oral) 5) Michigan and Maine (MI+ME = Mime)",Language,03/13/11 #11660,Shot Gu?,2.45,1.57,dsquared,"What item is represented below? Shot gu",Don't get in the way of one of these!,"Sawn off shot gun. The ""n"" of the gun is missing or ""sawn off"".",Rebus,04/09/03 #41982,In the Garden,2.71,2.16,aresII,"My first in the garden luxuriant grows, Delicious and sweet as most everyone knows. My second, a noisy, vain, quarrelsome thing, The lord of a harem, as proud as a king. My whole is still prouder, and seems to rejoice As much in his tail as he does in his voice.",No hint available.,"PEACOCK. PEA-COCK.",Riddle,05/19/08 #575,Txen...,2.49,1.62,kaila912,"txen semoc rettel tah_ Fill in the blank with the missing letter.",No hint available.,"w Backwards, it`s asking you `what letter comes next`.",Series,06/04/01 #23151,I Saw a Saw in Arkansas,2.81,1.15,bigSWAFF_69_,"How many verbs are in this sentence? I once saw a man in Arkansas, who had a saw which could out saw any saw that it saw saw; the man said, ""Have you saw a saw that could out saw the saw you saw in Arkansas? If you have saw a saw that could out saw the saw you saw in Arkansas, show me the saw saw.""; when he said that I saw a saw, I said, ""Yes I did saw a saw in Arkansas, and what a saw I saw, that saw saw!!""",Which sentence was I talking about?,"There is one solitary verb. I was talking about the sentence in which the word ""verbs"" was.",Trick,05/25/05 #7350,Cake,2.43,1.26,supershlop,"What is this common phrase? CAK E <--",No hint available.,Piece of cake.,Rebus,09/10/02 #14098,CRH2OYPH2OT,2.32,1.96,Bobbrt,"What does the following represent? CRH2OYPH2OT",No hint available.,"Watery grave. The CRYPT has water (H2O) in it.",Rebus,07/30/03 #9352,QEYPG,2.31,1.84,something,"Finish this series. q, e, y, p, g, __",No hint available.,"x. at the top of a QWERTY keyboard, skip one letter, skip two letters, skip three letters...and continue through to the next rows, counting letters only.",Series,12/23/02 #18239,Parachuting Criminal,2.85,2.45,wizecracker55,"A man hijacks an aeroplane transporting both passengers and valuable cargo. After taking the cargo, the man demands two parachutes, puts one of them on, and jumps, leaving the other behind. Why did he want two?",No hint available.,"If the officials thought he was jumping with a hostage, they would never risk giving him a faulty parachute.",Mystery,07/16/04 #13735," 2, 5, 17, 37, 101, ?",2.23,2.81,mathemagician,"What number comes next in the following sequence? 2, 5, 17, 37, 101, ____",Think prime numbers and perfect squares.,"197 (All are prime numbers which immediately follow a perfect square)",Series,Unknown #43872,Dr. Seuss Quotes II,2.29,1.34,chittermouse3,"Can you decipher these quotes from the works of Dr. Seuss? ""R wl mlg orpv tivvm vtth zmw szn. R wl mlg orpv gsvn Hzn R Zn."" ""R zn gsv Olizc, R hkvzp uli gsv givvh. R hkvzp uli gsv givvh, uli gsv givvh szev ml glmtfvh.""",Use the Atbash Cipher.,"""I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them Sam I Am."" ""I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues."" This uses the Atbash Cipher, which is a substitution cipher that reverses the letters of the alphabet. In other words, A = Z, B = Y, C = X, etc.",Cryptography,01/08/09 #33164,A Crying Girl,2.41,0.8,horse_luver,"A young girl left her house in tears after a confrontation with her parents. She had with her as many of her belongings as she could quickly throw into a bag. Her friends came and picked her up and they drove out into the middle of nowhere. They had all left behind their comfortable houses, and traded them in for nearly nothing. They had to warm up what little food they had over a fire, and went to bed exhausted. The next day, they each went home to their parents talking about what a wonderful time they had, and asking if they could do it again soon. What happened?",Some of them had also brought along a room in a bag.,"They went camping! -The girl was tearful because she was leaving her parents behind. -She had to pack quickly, because she had procrastinated. -They drove to the middle of nowhere to go camping. -The hint refers to a 'room in a bag', which was a tent.",Situation,09/24/06 #13090,This Doesn't Belong,2.59,1.7,sunnyfunny,"Which word doesn't belong: Seven, Bird, Button, Battery, Run, This, Bounce, I, or Funny?",No hint available.,"Read the title, it says ""This"" Doesn't Belong! So it is giving the answer, it is ""this.""",Trick,06/12/03 #5918,"Rat, frog...",2.22,2.8,missie,"What comes next in this series: Rat Frog Monkey Llama Jay Sheep ? It could be any of the following: Donkey Horse Fish Koala Dog Unicorn",No hint available.,"Tha answer is ""dog"". The way to figure it out is: Take the days of the week, minus ""day"", and however many letters are left is the same as the amount of letters in the animal's name. Monday-day=Mon (3 letters)=Rat Tuesday-day=Tues (4 letters)=Frog Wednesday-day=Wednes (6 letters)=Monkey",Series,07/26/02 #6240,Sleeps on Water,2.72,2.81,kidkilowatt,"What sleeps on water, Dreams to be heard, It's full of destiny it does not know?",No hint available.,A message in a bottle.,Riddle,08/05/02 #38592,Li'l Johnny,2.45,2.27,Hrsemn4,"There's a cute rhyme that chemists often quote: ""Li'l Johnny was a chemist, But Johnny ain't no more, 'Cause what he thought was H2O, Was H2SO4!"" Let's assume Johnny is a little smarter and knows H2SO4 as sulfuric acid. He wants to neutralize it. He calls a chemist friend on his cell phone, but the reception is bad. Johnny is able to make out the words ""soda"" and ""lime"". Always the impetuous one, Johnny purchases an amount of Diet Coke with Lime equal to the amount of sulfuric acid he wants to neutralize. Johnny's misadventure ends with a bad chemical burn. Why didn't the soda and lime work?",No hint available.,"What Johnny's friend tried to tell him was that he could use ""caustic soda"", otherwise known as sodium hydroxide, which would result in aqueous sodium sulfate. Johnny could also have used lime - the MINERAL lime - which when combined with sulfuric acid can create gypsum.",Science,10/03/07 #21739,Played by Ages Young Through Old,2.67,1.58,Sane,"I am played by ages young through old, Performed and practiced by many a few. Your focus and creativity tested ten fold, As it will take much time from you. My blacks and whites can not be told, But with your hands are pressed. This method of art can't be sold, By anyone who doesn't make it their best. I was first made many centuries ago, Intended for works of virtuosic motion. Then my style was changed after Antonio, To vary genres of drama and emotion. More can be told by my abilities known, As I range in pitches by plenty. I sound elegant with a crowd of tone, But am also sung with or alongside many. What am I?","My blacks and whites can not be told, But with your hands are pressed.","A Piano. I am played by ages young through old, Performed and practiced by many a few. --- Any age can play the piano, many practice and perform (the other's just play for fun). Your focus and creativity tested ten fold, As it will take much time from you. --- Piano requires immense focus and creativity, especially when it can take so much time from you. My blacks and whites can not be told, But with your hands are pressed. --- You do not tell the keys (black and whites) what to do, you press them with your hands. This method of art can't be sold, By anyone who doesn't make it their best. --- You can not make money playing piano, if you do not make it your top priority. I was first made many centuries ago, Intended for works of virtuosic motion. --- The piano was made centuries ago when the style was generally fast paced virtuosic music. Then my style was changed after Antonio, To vary genres of drama and emotion. --- Now the styles you can hear on a piano can vary even to drama and emotion. More can be told by my abilities known, As I range in pitches by plenty. --- Another ability of the piano is its various pitches. I sound elegant with a crowd of tone, But am also sung with or alongside many. --- You can play more than one note at once, but one or more can also sing with even one line of piano melody.",Riddle,03/24/05 #10383,Conquered Group,2.79,2.66,Bobbrt,"What do the following words have in common? CONQUERED ALSO FRONT DEVOURED ATTACKS",Think about some synonyms for these words.,"All of the words are synonyms of words that sound like numbers: Won (one) Too (two) Fore (four) Ate (eight) Sics (six)",Group,02/11/03 #43902,Who Said What? V,2.3,1.74,tedger,"Below are two quotes, each by a different individual. However, some of their letters have been removed. Your task is twofold; first to determine what letters have been removed, and secondly to take those letters and unscramble them so that they spell out the individual's name. Do this for each quote. Do not mix the letters between the two quotes. An example has been provided. EXAMPLE: Incomplete quote: ""Human eing are the onl creatures n earth that aow their children to ome ack home."" - I Completed quote: ""Human (B)eing(S) are the onl(Y) creatures (O)n earth that a(L)(L)ow their children to (C)ome (B)ack home."" Given letters: I - Missing letters: B, S, Y, O, L, L, C, B Unscrambled letters: Bill Cosby Now that you see how it works, here are your two puzzles: ""hgs should b mde a simp as possbl, ut ot any simple."" - T ""Quttion is a eveab substitute for it."" - D",No hint available.,"""Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler."" - Albert Einstein Missing letters: T, I, N, E, A, S, L, E, I, E, B, N, R ""(T)h(I)(N)gs should b(E) m(A)de a(S) simp(L)(E) as poss(I)bl(E), (B)ut (N)ot any simple(R)."" - (A)(L)(B)(E)(R)t (E)(I)(N)(S)(T)(E)(I)(N) ""Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit."" - Oscar Wilde Missing letters: O, A, S, R, I, C, L, E, W ""Qu(O)t(A)tion is a (S)e(R)v(I)(C)eab(L)(E) substitute for (W)it."" - (O)(S)(C)(A)(R) (W)(I)(L)d(E)",Language,01/11/09 #6333,T A L E,2.15,0.68,michelle,"What does this mean? T A L E",No hint available.,Tall tale,Rebus,08/08/02 #29821,"400, 361, 324, 289, 256, 225...",2.37,1.84,Desired,"400, 361, 324, 289, 256, 225... Which number comes next?",No hint available.,"196. They're square numbers: 20*20, 19*19, 18*18, 17*17, 16*16, 15*15, ... we're looking for 14*14.",Series,04/17/06 #4446,Cities,2.35,0.63,O_wise_one,"What cities do these words represent? Minnie apple less, Minnie soda Law sand jealous, Call if horn ya Fee knicks, Air is owe nah",Say them out loud,"Minneapolis, Minnesota Los Angeles, California Phoenix, Arizona",Language,06/03/02 #28950,Local Bus Company,2.72,1.84,Draw,"My local bus company has recently expanded and no longer has enough room for all of its buses. Twelve of their buses have to be stored outside. If they decide to increase their garage space by 40%, this will give them enough room for all of their current buses, plus enough room to store another twelve in the future. How many buses does the company currently own?",No hint available.,"72 buses. They have enough room for 60 of these, expanding the 60 capacity by 40% will give them enough room for 84 - which we know is 12 more than their current count.",Math,03/07/06 #4656,+',2.58,2.78,bobbrt,"Can you decipher this phrase? +'","Another way to write it would be: pos'-i'-tive'",Accentuate the positive.,Rebus,06/12/02 #20648,Hire the Pixies,2.89,1.13,tiptoes007berbs,"The head gardener of The Secret Garden is in need of hiring 4 experienced gardeners. No time for applications, the flowers are in danger of drying up! He has 4 pixies in mind for the job, but hasn't any official record of them. It's your duty to track each one down. This is what we know.... Their names: Violette, Shousie, Flaminta, and Oltiesa. The flowers they attend : Roses, Tulips, Violets and Mums. Their means of transportation: Butterfly, Dragonfly, Songbird and Dove. Their last known residences : The Majestic Mountains, The Friendly Forest, The Mystic Meadow and The Rushing River We also know the following.... Flaminta is allergic to Roses. We found Violets in The Mountains. Roses don't grow at The Riverside. Shousie travels by bird. Found The Dragonfly at Riverside. Oltiesa lives in The Meadow. Dove was spotted w/basket of Roses. Violette and Shousie hate Mums. Flaminta travels by Dragonfly. The Meadow is great for Tulips. There aren't any Mums in the Forest. Violette travels by Dove. In the Meadow slept The Butterfly. Songbird flew decorated in Violets. Shousie will only live on a Mountain. Hurry, The Secret Garden awaits this important hire...Good Luck!",Use the grid!!,"1. Violette, Roses, Forest and Dove 2. Shousie, Violets, Mountains, Songbird. 3. Oltiesa, Tulips, Meadow, and Butterfly. 4. Flaminta, Mums, Riverside and Dragonfly.",Logic-Grid,01/27/05 #18631,Mad Ade's Letter Math #3,2.17,2.75,mad-ade,"Replace the letters with the appropriate number to make the addition work. One + Nine + Twenty + Fifty = Eighty Keep in mind that neither the first or last number of each word is a 0 (zero) and if x=4 then all x's are 4 and so on.",No hint available.,"984 + 8584 + 364832 + 75732 = 450132 G=0, H=1, Y=2, T=3, E=4, I=5, W=6, F=7, N=8, O=9",Cryptography,08/24/04 #49403,Washington Crossing the Delaware,3.19,2.54,firefox99,"Below is a sonnet called ""Washington Crossing the Delaware"", written by David Shulman in 1936. Besides being an epic retelling of an epic historical happening, what is so amazing about this poem? Washington Crossing the Delaware A hard, howling, tossing water scene. Strong tide was washing hero clean. ""How cold!"" Weather stings as in anger. O Silent night shows war ace danger! The cold waters swashing on in rage. Redcoats warn slow his hint engage. When star general's action wish'd ""Go!"" He saw his ragged continentals row. Ah, he stands - sailor crew went going. And so this general watches rowing. He hastens - winter again grows cold. A wet crew gain Hessian stronghold. George can't lose war with's hands in; He's astern - so go alight, crew, and win! -- David Shulman",No hint available.,"Every single line in the poem is an anagram of the title, ""Washington Crossing the Delaware""! Now isn't that something!",Language,04/02/12 #7108,Keep on Going,2.24,1.92,kidkilowatt,"I turn on lights and trains. I make speed. Without me you could not play basketball or go for a run. What am I?",No hint available.,Energy!,Riddle,09/01/02 #51038,Combo Component,2.54,1.45,ThinksForFun,"My first, a tongue in Europe found My second makes a sizzling sound My whole comes from under the ground What am I?",No hint available.,French fries,Riddle,04/05/17 #50710,Snail Races,3.31,2.58,LanceAlot,"People have gathered from around the world to witness the 2015 snail races. Each snail was handpicked by its country to race its way across the brutal 10cm track. Try to figure out the finishing time, country of origin, and shell color for each of the five snails. Don't be discouraged if it takes a while to solve, this is a snail race after all. 1. Of Todd and the snail with the teal shell, one finished in 24 minutes and the other is from Mexico. 2. The snail from Mexico finished 3 minutes after the snail with the lime shell, who finished 1 minute before the snail with the silver shell (who wasn't Hank). 3. The snail from USA finished 2 minutes before Kipp, who finished some time before the snail from Spain. 4. Of Ralph and the Spain contestant one had the fastest time and the other had the violet shell. 5. The snail from Canada was either the one with the teal shell or the one who finished in 25 minutes.",No hint available.,"Hank, 26, Spain, violet Mike, 23, China, silver Kipp, 24, Canada, teal Ralph, 22, USA, lime Todd, 25, Mexico, grey",Logic-Grid,10/19/15 #34634,Law and Order,2.56,2.61,dolphingurl12,282 = N of L in H C,The title is a clue.,"282 = Number of Laws in Hammurabi's Code Hammurabi was a great leader of Babylonia, located in Mesopotamia. He established this code to unify his people and spread law evenly across the land. Example of a law: ""If any one steals cattle or sheep, or an ass, or a pig or a goat, if it belonged to a god or to the court, the thief shall pay thirty fold; if they belonged to a freed man of the king he shall pay tenfold; if the thief has nothing with which to pay he shall be put to death.""",Letter-Equations,12/29/06 #37568,A Strange Letter,2.45,2.16,Writer_fighter,W = The O L with 3 S,No hint available.,"W = The only letter with 3 syllables All other letters of the English language have only 1 syllable.",Letter-Equations,07/27/07 #23982,Icy Tea For Ivy the Ape,2.63,2.14,kodhrawara,"Find the common trait in the following words QUEUE ICY TEA BEE IVY APE",No hint available.,"If you spell out each word aloud, then partway through spelling it, you will have enunciated the word",Group,06/24/05 #4967,consciousness,2.36,1.85,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this phrase: consciousnessconsciousnessconsciousnessconsciousness",No hint available.,stream of consciousness,Rebus,06/26/02 #13706,Pudding,2.97,1.8800000000000001,MrIxolite,"What types of desserts are represented below? Note: Most are Rebuses, some of which are implied by the language. 1) MrIxolite: ""Aaaaaagh!"" 2) Ban ana 3) King & Queen Cherry ascended the throne 25 years ago today. 4) Lem Elk 5) Strawberry Cak 6) Full Full Full 7) Claires on the internet",No hint available.,"1) Ice cream (I scream) 2) A Banana Split 3) Cherries Jubilee 4) Lemon Mousse (Lem on Moose) 5) Strawberry Short Cake 6) Trifle (Tri Full) 7) Eclaires or E-Claires",Language,07/09/03 #50098,Dropboxes XXIII,2.19,1.99,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Steal [_] 2. Long gun [_] 3. _____ up; annoy 4. Southwestern African country [_] 5. Para- [_] 6. Pine 7. Small stones [_] 8. Judge's mallet [_] 9. Sailboat booster 10. Ballot filler [_] 11. Finished [_] 12. Clergy title abbr. 13. Each [_] 14. Deviate; turn [_] 15. First lady?",No hint available.,"1. pilfer [P] 2. rifle [F] 3. rile 4. Angola [A] 5. along [A] 6. long 7. gravel [R] 8. gavel [V] 9. gale 10. voter [T] 11. over [O] 12. Rev. 13. every [Y] 14. veer [R] 15. Eve ""Party favor""",Language,01/25/14 #17271,Four-Fit,2.4,2.48,absy,"Without changing the order of the letters, place the 4-letter words on the dashes to form 8-letter words. Each 4-letter word will be used only once. Due to the problems that underscores cause, the numbers in parentheses are the number of letters in each ""blank"" from left to right, as some are split up in the words. AIDE CURT LEND PEAL RISE BUOY EACH NEAT PINE SATE CHIC GAZE OPAL RANG TERN COVE HALO PACK RELY TOUR 1. CA____AR (4) 2. _E_D__NG (1, 1, 2) 3. ME__AN__ (2, 2) 4. __G__ION (2,2) 5. KNA_S___ (1, 3) 6. __NTRI__ (2,2) 7. H_S_IT__ (1, 1, 2) 8. T_I___LE (1, 3) 9. _TT_TU__ (1, 1, 2) 10. R_SE_R__ (1, 1, 2) 11. __RSON__ (2, 2) 12. __SYB_D_ (2, 1, 1) 13. ENTI____ (4) 14. MA___IN_ (3, 1) 15. E_TIM___ (1, 3) 16. _O___ESY (1, 3) 17. _R__SE_S (1, 2, 1) 18. _EG__T_R (1, 2, 1) 19. IN____AL (4) 20. S_R__KL_ (1, 2, 1)",No hint available.,"1. caLENDar (LEND) 2. HeAdLOng (HALO) 3. meCHanIC (CHIC) 4. NEgATion (NEAT) 5. knaPsACK (PACK) 6. COntriVE (COVE) 7. hOsPitAL (OPAL) 8. tRiANGle (RANG) 9. AttItuDE (AIDE) 10. rEseArCH (EACH) 11. PErsonAL (PEAL) 12. BUsybOdY (BUOY) 13. entiRELY (RELY) 14. maGAZinE (GAZE) 15. eStimATE (SATE) 16. CoURTesy (CURT) 17. TrOUseRs (TOUR) 18. RegIStEr (RISE) 19. inTERNal (TERN) 20. sPrINklE (PINE)",Language,04/06/04 #47183,Words With CU,1.85,2.28,cnmne,"Five words that contain CU as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **CU*, CU****, **CU**, ***CU*, **CU*** Pool: A, A, B, E, F, I, I, I, I, L, M, M, N, N, R, S, S, T, V, Y",No hint available.,"INCUR, CUBISM, VICUNA, MISCUE, FACULTY",Language,06/08/10 #22901,Bow,2.21,1.02,rach9843,What kind of bow can you never tie?,No hint available.,"Rainbow Alternate answer: Elbow",Riddle,05/16/05 #9921,1-9 = 1:5,2.33,2.69,doggyxp,"Arrange the numbers 1 through 9 to form two numbers that appear in a 1:5 ratio, using each number only once. eg. If it were the numbers 1 through 3 in a 1:4 ratio the answer would be: 3:12",No hint available.,"Possible solutions: 2697 / 13485 2769 / 13845 2937 / 14685 2967 / 14835 2973 / 14865 3297 / 16485 3729 / 18645 6297 / 31485 7629 / 38145 9237 / 46185 9627 / 48135 9723 / 48615",Math,01/20/03 #5121,3 Fat Ladies,1.86,0.8200000000000001,Madi,One rainy day there were 3 fat ladies under one small umbrella and not one of them got wet! How can this be?,No hint available.,They are standing inside!!!!,Trick,07/01/02 #19978,Gun-Ho,2.43,2.72,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Last Will and Testament of Mr. Fortune: I hereby leave the following; To Roman Soldier : Nothing To Viking Chief : Nothing To Native American Warrior : Everything.",No hint available.,"Fortune favours the brave. A brave is a Native American warrior.",Rebus,12/19/04 #25814,Navel Oranges,2.77,2.42,phrebh,"Cut-my-own-throat Dabney was trying to convince Bob to buy his interests in an orange orchard concern. He told Bob, ""My partners and I cornered the market on one of the two existing genetic lines of navel oranges, but I need to cash out to start another venture in airplanes. All I'm asking for is ten million dollars, and that's cutting my own throat!"" ""It still sounds a little strange to me,"" Bob replied. ""Well, here, try this,"" the slick salesman said, handing an orange to Bob. ""This is one of our oranges. You can see that it's nice and big and really juicy. And, if I cut it open,"" he continued, cutting the orange in half, ""you can see that there are no seeds. My partners and I bought the rights to this variety of naval oranges from a multinational conglomerate."" Bob took one of the orange halves and took a bite. It tasted very good and did have no seeds. As he stood there chewing, he got a thoughtful look on his face. As soon as he swallowed his bite, he exclaimed, ""You're a liar and a crook! Get out of my face and never come around here again!"" What made Bob so sure that Cut-my-own-throat Dabney was a crook?",No hint available.,"As Bob chewed, he was thinking about the fact that, since navel oranges don't have seeds, no new trees could be grown. Then he remembered back to his college botany course and how the professor told them that all navel oranges in the world come from one original tree. In the 19th century an orange tree was found in Brazil that produced fruit with no seeds. Buds were taken from that tree and grafted onto others, and the same process was used to spread the seedless oranges throughout the world. Remembering this, Bob knew that there is only one variety of navel orange, so Dabney couldn't have cornered the market on a different variety.",Situation,09/08/05 #9913,Going Home,2.7,1.45,frankenweoburger,"While going home, a man noticed that a woman was following him. He walked for ten minutes, then got home at 7:00. She continued walking in circles around his building. She completed one circle in ten minutes, then another in 15 min., then another in 20 min. At nine o'clock, the man saw her fall asleep outside. During which circle did she fall asleep?",This is really a trick answer. No math required.,The last one.,Trick,01/19/03 #2934,Stand,2.36,1.56,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? stand udunot",No hint available.,"You do not understand! stand u du not",Rebus,03/26/02 #50575,Words With IA,2.69,2.39,cnmne,"Five words that contain IA as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *IA**, *IA***, ***IA*, ****IA, ***IA** Pool: B, D, D, E, F, H, L, N, O, P, R, R, S, T, T, T, U, U, U, Y",No hint available.,"DIARY, HIATUS, BURIAL, UTOPIA, DEFIANT",Language,04/13/15 #34315,Shoe Door Sticks,2.73,2.08,MarcM1098,"What word completes this series? shoe, door, sticks, straight, hen, delve, a-courting, kitchen, waiting, ?","Buckle my shoe, shut the door, ...","empty These are the last words in the nursery rhyme: One, two, buckle my shoe. Three, four, shut the door. Five, six, pick up sticks. Seven, eight, lay them straight. Nine, ten, a big fat hen. Eleven, twelve, dig and delve. Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting. Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen. Seventeen, eighteen, maids in waiting. Nineteen, twenty, my plate's empty.",Series,12/09/06 #10035,1st Place,2.63,1.93,dsquared,"What saying is represented below? 1st Place Team: S. Mirk G. Rin S. Mile 2nd Place Team: F. Rown S. Cowl P. Out 3rd Place Team: G. Rimace D. Ejected G. Lare",Are you happy when you win?,"Winners are grinners. The 1st place teams names are all 'grinning' names... S. Mirk (smirk), G.Rin (grin), S.Mile (smile).",Rebus,01/25/03 #12976,"T, M, B, T, _",2.41,2.47,heather777,"What letter comes next in the following series? T, M, B, T, ?",I'm counting on this hint to help.,"Q Thousand Million Billion Trillion Quadrillion",Series,06/06/03 #10854,"Nap,Tired",2.69,2.57,MrIxolite,"What word from List 2 belongs in List 1 and why? List 1: NAP TIRED SICK PLAY List 2: MIND BRAIN HEAD SKULL",No hint available.,"BRAIN All words in List 1 can be prefixed with an animal: Cat Nap Dog Tired Pig Sick Horse Play. Brain can be prefixed with Bird.",Group,03/03/03 #36235,The Amazon,2.26,1.33,solarsistim321,"Once a man fell into the Amazon River, and it swept him away. He was badly injured. He lost all of his tools, including his compass; however, he still was able to get a vague idea of what time it was. How?",He could see the sun.,"He knew that the Amazon flows east which gave him a sense of direction. All he had to do is look at the sun, which rises in the east and sets in the west.",Situation,04/14/07 #17437,To and Fro,2.83,2.08,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? to-inG and fro-ing back and fOrth side to sIde up and dowN left to riGht",No hint available.,"Going through the motions The capitalised letters in each motion spell out the word GOING.",Rebus,04/21/04 #10582,Quit Stalling!,2.64,2.59,MrIxolite,"What is represented here? (4:20pm lb & Neap lbs) for Wendy but not Wayne (9:23am Kg & Spring Kg) for Daphne but not Dave (8:35pm oz & High oz) for Joanne but not John (1:23pm g & Low g) for Elizabeth but not Eddie",No hint available.,"Time and Tide Waits For No Man (time and tide weights for no man)",Rebus,02/20/03 #15583,Mad Ade's Word Workout #3,2.4,1.83,mad-ade,"With this type of teaser the idea is to simply add two words together to make another word. But you have to work out what the two words are first. For example, Elevated + easy to carry = (High/light) Highlight Above + Fatality = (over/kill) overkill. 1, Not before + Suns highest time = ? 2, Clear common liquid + plummet = ? 3, Large + Male offspring = ? 4, Something to read + type of container = ? 5, Common portal + Big Ben = ?",No hint available.,"1, After + Noon = Afternoon 2, Water + Fall = Waterfall 3, Grand + Son = Grandson 4, Book + Case = Bookcase 5, Door + Bell = Doorbell (Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the tower)",Language,11/28/03 #32348,"Round Like a Circle, Deep Like a Cup",2.73,1.16,IMCUL4E,"Round like a circle, deep like a cup. Yet all the King's horses could not pull it up.",People throw in pennies and make wishes in these.,A well,Riddle,08/08/06 #38366,True Essence,2.54,2.38,aresII,"The following quote was made by a seamstress. Can you decode it? A=P ""AMBAZM SDM ZVUM FESVXMO NZSFF JVXOBJF. EQMI FASDUZM SXO FQVXM JQMX EQM FCX VF BCE, RCE JQMX OSDUXMFF FMEF VX, EQMVD EDCM RMSCEI VF DMGMSZMO BXZI VL EQMDM VF S ZVNQE LDBY JVEQVX."" -MZVHSRMEQ (RMEFI) DBFF","F=S R=B V=I","""PEOPLE ARE LIKE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS. THEY SPARKLE AND SHINE WHEN THE SUN IS OUT, BUT WHEN DARKNESS SETS IN, THEIR TRUE BEAUTY IS REVEALED ONLY IF THERE IS A LIGHT FROM WITHIN."" -ELIZABETH (BETSY) ROSS KEY: A=P B=O C=U D=R E=T F=S G=V H=Z I=Y J=W L=F M=E N=G O=D Q=H R=B S=A U=K V=I X=N Y=M Z=L",Cryptography,09/20/07 #21323,Measles,2.77,2.2,MrIxolite,"What are these? Measles Symptom ""I choose this one"" Poison Ivy Symptom ""I choose that one"" Allergy Symptom ""I choose both""",No hint available.,"Rash decisions. The common symptom of all these illnesses is a rash and they are all making decisions.",Rebus,03/03/05 #42004,Galileo,2.42,2.42,aresII,"The following quotes are from Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642). He was an Italian physicist and astronomer. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint provides three vowels. A=D ""PJQ LXUUJN NCXLV X RXU XUPNVZUK; PJQ LXU JUOP VCOH VZR AZBLJTCD ZN ZU VZRBCOG."" ""XOO NDQNVB XDC CXBP NJ QUACDBNXUA JULC NVCP XDC AZBLJTCDCA; NVC HJZUN ZB NJ AZBLJTCD NVCR.""","C=E Q=U X=A","""YOU CANNOT TEACH A MAN ANYTHING; YOU CAN ONLY HELP HIM DISCOVER IT IN HIMSELF."" ""ALL TRUTHS ARE EASY TO UNDERSTAND ONCE THEY ARE DISCOVERED; THE POINT IS TO DISCOVER THEM."" KEY: A=D B=S C=E D=R G=F H=P J=O K=G L=C N=T O=L P=Y Q=U R=M T=V U=N V=H X=A Z=I",Cryptography,05/21/08 #49066,The Birds and the Bees,2.49,2.86,Gizzer,"These two letters are all that stand Between the birds and the bees Put them together and you will find You've created a very big cheese.",Where do birds and bees live?,"Birds can be found in an aviary, while bees can be found in an apiary. The letters VP, of course, most commonly stand for vice president.",Riddle,10/06/11 #49369,Special Guest,2.62,1.24,ThinksForFun,"A prescribed age you are required to be Before you're allowed to interact with me Before my curfew takes effect tonight I will have disappeared from your sight Through my upper surface your submission is tendered My contents examined for a decision rendered For a limited time I will fulfill my function Eventually to return at some future junction You may notice I'm alliterative in name Democracy without me wouldn't be the same What am I?",No hint available.,"A ballot box lines 1 & 2: By law, in order to vote, one must be of a certain age. lines 3 & 4: The polls along with their ballot boxes close at a predetermined time. lines 5 & 6: One's vote is cast by depositing one's ballot through the slot on the top of the ballot box, and then the votes are later counted in order to determine the winner(s) of the election. lines 7 & 8: The ballot boxes are used for a specific time and purpose, after which they are not seen again until a future election. line 9: ""Ballot box"" is an example of alliteration since both words start with the same consonant sound. line 10: The voting process through the use of ballot boxes is integral to democracy.",Riddle,03/13/12 #41970,Missing In Some People,2.48,2.72,aresII,"If to five you join six and one-eighth of eighteen, You'll find what in some people has never been seen.",No hint available.,"WIT. V-VI-T",Riddle,05/18/08 #758,Poor Frog,2.43,1.33,beans,"A frog fell into a well that was 12 feet deep. He could jump three feet, but every time he did, he would fall back two feet. How many times did the frog have to jump before he got out of the well?",No hint available.,10... on the 10th jump he reached 12 feet and was out.,Math,08/09/01 #36757,Great Inventor,2.48,1.85,brainglewashed,B F = the I of the B G,"Hey, I can see a lot better",Benjamin Franklin the inventor of the bifocal glasses,Letter-Equations,05/28/07 #19567,Christmas Time,3.17,0.81,unmellowyellow,"Can you decipher these common Christmas Carols? 1. Happiness to the Global Ecosystem 2. Small male percussionist 3. I am experiencing nocturnal visions of a colorless holiday 4. Festoon the Corridors 5. A Non-summer fairytale area 6. Oh holiday conifer 7. Ten plus two twenty-four hour periods of holiday festivity 8. Hey tiny city in Israel 9. In a remote location in a barn stall",No hint available.,"1. Joy to the World 2. Little Drummer Boy 3. I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas 4. Deck the Halls 5. Winter Wonderland 6. Oh Christmas Tree 7. 12 Days of Christmas 8. Oh Little Town of Bethlehem 9. Away in a Manger",Trivia,11/25/04 #25381,Coloured Balls,2.59,1.02,DaleGriffin,"I have a bag containing 24 coloured balls. The colours are red, green and blue. There are twice as many red balls as green balls, and one more red ball than blue balls. How many of each colour ball are there?",No hint available.,"10 red 5 green 9 blue",Math,08/17/05 #2713,One Word Telegram,2.65,1.68,Pongalopete,"A boy went to town to sell a bull his father had given him. When he got there, his wagon broke down. The only way to communicate in this town was to send a telegram. The telegram cost a dollar per word and the boy only had one dollar. Now he needed a word to tell his father he was stranded without a ride and needed him to come get him and the bull. The boy chooses the word 'comfortable'. Why did he choose comfortable?",It depends on how you read it.,"The boy's father reads slow. ""Come-For_Da_Bull.""",Language,03/16/02 #21105,The Race - Part I,3.01,3.13,Sane,"Five competitors (two women named Alexa and Breanna, and three men named Larry, Arnold and Michael) recently decided they would race each other for a large prize. Before the race would start, each person decided to do a different aerobics class to try and become more fit and healthy. Each had already raced for a number of months in competitions (3, 6, 9, 12, 15). Their surnames are Anderson, Cameron, Douglas, Ewell and Farlin. After two months of aerobics each person noticed a different benefit from their exercise. From the clues below, can you match the full name of each competitor with the number of months they've raced before, the benefit each has experienced from aerobics, and the brand of sneakers each wears? 1. Arnold, who isn't surnamed Anderson, doesn't use Nike shoes. 2. Arnold has been racing for fewer months than the woman who noticed an increase in her energy level; she has been racing for fewer months than the friend who wears Brooks shoes. 3. The person who has been racing for the least amount of time is neither the man who uses Adidas shoes, nor another person surnamed Douglas. 4. The man who uses Reebok shoes has been racing longer than the person surnamed Ewell, who has been racing longer than the person who lowered his/her cholesterol level. 5. The person who has experienced weight loss began racing after the one who gained muscle tone and before Alexa (who doesn't use Nike). 6. Larry lowered his cholesterol level. 7. The one surnamed Anderson hasn't noticed any weight loss. 8. Ms. Ewell isn't the woman who gained muscle tone. 9. Ms. Cameron enjoys aerobics so much that she goes to the gym at least 5 times a week.",No hint available.,"Larry lowered his cholesterol level (6). The woman who has more muscle tone (8) isn't Alexa (5), so she's Breanna. The woman who noticed an increase in her energy level (2), then is Alexa. Ms. Ewell isn't Breanna (8), so she's Alexa, and Ms. Cameron (9) is Breanna. Arnold has been racing for fewer months than Alexa (2), so he hasn't experienced weight loss (5); he has more endurance, and Michael, by elimination, lost weight. Alexa doesn't use Brook shoes (2), Adidas (3), Reebok (4), or Nike (5), so she wears Hushpuppy. The person who has been racing for the shortest time doesn't wear Hushpuppy, Brooks (4), so he or she wears Nike. The one who wears Nike sneakers, then, isn't Arnold (1), Michael, or Breanna (5), so he's Larry. Breanna's shoes aren't made by Adidas (3), or Reebok (4), so they are Brooks. Arnold has been racing for fewer months than Alexa (2), so he doesn't wear Reebok (4); Michael does, and Arnold, by elimination, wears Adidas. The one surnamed Anderson isn't Arnold (1) or Michael (7), so he's Larry. Arnold's surname isn't Douglas (3), so it's Farlin, and by elimination, Michael's is Douglas. The one who has been racing for 15 months isn't Arnold, Alexa (2), or Michael (5), so she's Breanna. Alexa hasn't been racing for 6 months (2) or 12 months (5), so for 9 months. Arnold, then, has been racing for 6 months (2). By elimination, Michael has been racing for 12 months. In summary: Alexa Ewell, 9 months, more energy, Hushpuppy Breanna Cameron, 15 months, muscle tone, Brooks Larry Anderson, 3 months, lowered cholesterol, Nike Arnold Farlin, 6 months, more endurance, Adidas Michael Douglas, 12 months, weight loss, Reebok",Logic-Grid,02/19/05 #18822,Good Idea?,2.21,2.33,MrIxolite,"What phrase(s) is shown below? E=M(It toils)C2 Law(It rests)Firm",No hint available.,"It works in theory but it doesn't work in practice. E=MC2 = Einstein's THEORY of relativity A Law firm is also known as a PRACTICE Toils = Works Rest = Doesn't Work.",Rebus,09/12/04 #18426,TNAILHNAILENAILCNAILONAILFNAILFNAILI(NAIL)N,2.57,1.29,dsquared,"What expression is hidden here? TNAILHNAILENAILCNAILONAILFNAILFNAILI(NAIL)N",No hint available.,"The final nail in the coffin. T-nail-H-nail-E-nail-C-nail-O-nail-F-nail-F-nail-I-<>-N",Rebus,08/03/04 #50781,Rigorous Rendezvous,2.64,1.42,ThinksForFun,"I give and I take But make no mistake 'Cause like it or not I'm calling the shots To complete your task Questions must I ask First, prove who you are Or you won't get far Options I provide Choices you decide Tell me what you want Just answer my prompts A bad selection? I'll voice rejection But don't get uptight Keep your goal in sight Everything is cool Just follow my rules Transaction complete Please take your small sheet Someday, who knows when We'll do it again What am I?",No hint available.,an ATM (Automated Teller Machine) also known as an ABM (Automated Banking Machine),Riddle,04/02/16 #28292,Shadow's Adventure,2.38,2.7,Question_Mark,"Shadow the Adventurer can't get enough of adventures. So he decides to embark on a great adventure. This is his adventure map. ...................4a - 5a - 6a - HOME .....2a - 3a - 4b - 5b - 6b - HOME 1 - 2b - 3b - 4c - 5c - 6c - HOME .....2c - 3c - 4d - 5d - 6d - HOME ..................4e - 5e - 6e - HOME His main intention is to start from point 1, go to point 6c and go home. He may only move one space on the map at a time. He may not go backwards, or up and down. So from point 1, he might go to 2a, then to 3b, then to 4d and so on. When he reaches points 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d or 6e, he can take a long route, or a short route home. What is the probability of Shadow reaching point 6c and taking the short route home?",No hint available.,"45/326. There are 326 possible routes Shadow can take from point 1 to Home. Only 90 of these routes take him to point 6c, where he may take the long route or short route home, so 90/2=45. So 45/326. Point 6a = 42 routes Point 6b = 76 routes Point 6c = 90 routes Point 6d = 76 routes Point 6e = 42 routes",Probability,01/27/06 #19981,Submarine,2.16,1.94,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Submarine YaYou&Mecht",No hint available.,"We are both in the same boat or You and me are in the same boat",Rebus,12/20/04 #42529,What?Huh?How?Who?,2.47,2.42,chevybaby02,"Mary's husband's father-in-law is Mary's husband's brother's brother-in-law, and Mary's sister-in-law is Mary's brother's stepmother. How did this happen?",No hint available.,Mary's father married the sister of Mary's husband.,Other,07/18/08 #47873,Behead 8,2.75,1.85,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Middle -> Go into; to type 2. Tool for cutting grooves -> External, exterior 3. Care for -> Stop; discontinue 4. Exploiting -> Make melodious sounds 5. Talk indistinctly -> Talk 6. Pig noise -> Writing fluid 7. Book leaf; errand boy -> Grow older 8. Name one by one -> Represent numbers by symbols Bonus: Take the eight beheaded letters and form a one-word anagram; you will find a machine.","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. E 2. O 3. E 4. S 5. U 6. I 7. A 8. N Bonus: Several of the answer words are related to this type of machine.","1. Center -> Enter 2. Router -> Outer 3. Tend -> End 4. Using -> Sing 5. Mutter -> Utter 6. Oink -> Ink 7. Page -> Age 8. Enumerate -> Numerate Bonus: COMPUTER ""Enter"" and ""End"" are two computer keyboard keys; ""Page"" is found on ""Page Up"" and ""Page Down"" keys. A ""Router"" is a computer network device. Computers can ""Enumerate"" (count) very fast.",Language,08/29/10 #1105,Sweet in the Sun,2.6,1.54,vivek,"When young, I am sweet in the sun. When middle-aged, I make you happy. When old, I am valued more than ever.",No hint available.,Wine,Riddle,10/11/01 #6903,A Bell Rings,2.31,2.85,Cascas,"A bell rings, a man cries. A bell rings, a man dies. What happened?",No hint available.,"A man takes his blind friend swimming. The seeing man stands on the shore with a handbell to ring so that the blind man can find his way back to shore if he starts getting too far out. There is a buoy with a bell on it floating out far from shore. The blind man hears the buoy's bell and thinks it's his friend's bell so he follows the sound- further out in the water. The friend on shore sees what is happening and begins shouting and ringing his bell furiously. The blind man becomes exhausted out near the buoy and drowns. A bell rings (the bell on the buoy) a man cries (the seeing man cries as in shouting out, not sadness crying) A bell rings (the bell of the seeing man) a man dies (the blind swimmer)",Situation,08/26/02 #7011,Living Life Where?,1.94,0.79,warithm,"What is this common phrase? living life the edge",No hint available.,Living life on the edge,Rebus,08/29/02 #18319,Strange Pattern,2.44,2.68,silver_sword,"Study this pattern carefully and see if you can determine the next number in the sequence. 14, 91, 62, 53, 64, ?",No hint available.,"96. They are the first few square number separated into sets of two digits, ie. 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64... becomes 14 91 62 53 64 96...",Series,07/23/04 #2430,Coffee or Soda,2.33,1.51,Mr. Enigma,"George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee. Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda. Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?",No hint available.,"Elizabeth is drinking coffee. The letter E appears twice in her name, as it does in the names of the others that are drinking coffee.",Logic,02/25/02 #51187,Steady Friend,2.4,1.4,ThinksForFun,"I live a life most sedentary At times with flashes of brilliance Though mostly unextraordinary I can impress with magnificence I serve you well in your time of need Though many times I'm quite neglected After sunset, your good friend indeed But in the daytime, I'm rejected Yet this apparent disloyalty Will not shatter my delicate heart I'll stand firmly as your guide to see Through your darkest hour, I'll do my part What am I?",No hint available.,a lamp,Riddle,06/06/17 #11462,History Lesson,2.34,1.2,VolsToTheWall,"What phrase or saying is shown below? History: ""I like ice cream"" History: ""I like ice cream""",No hint available.,History repeats itself.,Rebus,03/28/03 #315,You Know Me...,2.33,1.2,hydroman,"You know me, you use me every day. You can't see me, but I am always there. I go in one form, I come out changed. My only purpose is to live.",No hint available.,Air,Riddle,02/28/01 #41554,Squared By Five,2.74,2.06,Scubee,"Each clue below is for one word. When complete, it will form a word square. Word square example: OFT FOE TEN 1. Urban legend says you can get them from urine (plural). 2. To bide one's time 3. A type of gun used by law enforcement officers. 4. Ms. America's is jeweled. 5. A stalk of grain after threshing",No hint available.,"WARTS AWAIT RADAR TIARA STRAW",Language,04/17/08 #44845,The Culprit,2.57,1.74,nogoodnames,"Five suspects have been interrogated. Alan said, ""Dan is the culprit."" Bob said, ""I am not guilty."" Charles said, ""It was not Eddie."" Dan said, ""Alan lies when he says that I did it."" Eddie says, ""Bob is telling the truth."" Who is the culprit if two of the statements are false?",No hint available.,"Eddie is the culprit. Alan:False, Bob:True, Charles:False, Dan:True, Eddie:True.",Logic,07/14/09 #4497,Forwards and Backwards,2.23,1.77,mad-ade,What 7-letter word is spelled the same forward and backward?,No hint available.,RACECAR,Language,06/05/02 #25681,Don't Hide,2.46,1.28,ateddybear0,"I am dark and cold And for a while you may hold Some look at me in fear Some even hold me dear But in the end No matter how much time you spend I will come To all not only some You may run and hide But eventually I will be by your side But you need not worry Because I'm in no hurry Clues you have seen, Please don't be mean, Just get out of the jam And tell me who I am.","And hint you need So continue on and read I come to all No matter how big and small Let me give some advice I am as cold as ice So now my hint You can tell by the glint In my scythe And by my tall height",I am DEATH,Riddle,08/31/05 #7390,"U, D, T, C, C, S, S",2.33,2.19,tissue,"What letter is next in the series? U, D, T, C, C, S, S?",No hint available.,"O. The letters are the first letters of Spanish numbers. Uno, Dos, Tres, Cuatro, Cinco, Seis, Siete, Ocho.",Series,09/12/02 #7355,Sun,2.74,1.7,majd,"What is this saying? SUN OLD THING, OLD THING",No hint available.,Nothing new under the sun.,Rebus,09/11/02 #40885,Some Very Good Thoughts,2.33,2.21,aresII,"The following quotes are from American journalist Bill Vaughan (1918 - 1977). Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. J=P ""WZVZUVSX SW DCIUI YCI OIBIAHJIU VZAAOHRIW HZY YCI YUIIW, YCIT TXNIW WYUIIYW XKYIU YCIN."" ""NHTIL DHT'Y VZL CXJJSTIWW, VZY SY DSAA JXL YCI WXAXUSIW HK X AXUEI UIWIXUQC WYXKK YH WYZOL YCI JUHVAIN.""","I=E X=A Z=U","""SUBURBIA IS WHERE THE DEVELOPER BULLDOZES OUT THE TREES, THEN NAMES STREETS AFTER THEM."" ""MONEY WON'T BUY HAPPINESS, BUT IT WILL PAY THE SALARIES OF A LARGE RESEARCH STAFF TO STUDY THE PROBLEM."" KEY: A=L B=V C=H D=W E=G H=O I=E J=P K=F L=Y N=M O=D Q=C R=Z S=I T=N U=R V=B W=S X=A Y=T Z=U",Cryptography,03/06/08 #5575,Quid Pro Quo?,2.24,2.39,mad-ade,"What comes next in the following series? 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 4 3 2 3",No hint available.,"4,5 They are the amount of letters needed to represent the numbers in Roman numerals",Series,07/14/02 #27819,Hanna-Barbera Characters Part I,2.71,1.58,froggygg,"Everyone, both young and old, has enjoyed cartoon characters and is familiar with many that have been created over the years. I have devised a challenge for you to see how many of these memorable little characters you can remember. Below are clues to ten Hanna-Barbera characters for you to test your memories. How many can you correctly solve? 1. First name of baseball great ______ Berra + a Polar or a Grizzly ____ 2. Make a mistake or get an ""owie"" 3. Something that Emeril Lagasse says 2 times 4. Multiple stones or gravel 5. F + color associated with hate or anger + hard variety of quartz which produces a spark when struck with steel sometimes used to start a fire + another word for rock 6. Farm building used to house hay, grain or animals + joint between thigh and calf + rough, irregular pieces of stone, brick, etc. 7. The + another name for Concord or Boeing 757 + not daughters, but _____ 8. Opposite of bottom + feline 9. The smallest unit of an element capable of existing + an uninvited picnic guest 10. Interstellar expanse or galaxy + spirit, specter or apparition",No hint available.,"1. Yogi Bear (Yogi + Bear) 2. Boo Boo (boo boo) 3. Bam Bam (bam + bam) 4. Pebbles (pebbles) 5. Fred Flintstone (F + red + flint + stone) 6. Barney Rubble (barn + knee + rubble) 7. The Jetsons (the + jet + sons) 8. Top Cat (top + cat) 9. Atom Ant (atom + ant) 10. Space Ghost (space + ghost)",Language,01/02/06 #9944,Measure of Hunger,2.66,1.58,Bobbrt,"We're the measure of hunger and also of power. Four of us will bring on the final hour. Some gain wealth on account of our speed. Once we are broken to man we will heed. What are we?",No hint available.,"Horses. You can be ""hungry as a horse"" and power is measured in horsepower. The Four Horsemen (and therefore four horses) of the Apocalypse. Some people win money betting on horse races. Wild horses are said to be ""broken"" when they are tamed.",Riddle,01/21/03 #49660,C.V,2.32,2.5,rashad,"Complete the series : (1,2), (2,1), (3,2), (2,2), (2,2), (2,1), ???, ???, ???","The title : Consonants & Vowels","The binomial coefficients describe the number of consonants & vowels in the numbers starting from number ""One"". One = 1 consonant + 2 vowels (1,2) Two = 2 consonants + 1 vowel (2,1) Three = 3 consonants + 2 vowels (3,2) Four = 2 consonants + 2 vowels (2,2) Five = 2 consonants + 2 vowels (2,2) Six = 2 consonants + 1 vowel (2,1) Answer: Seven = 3 consonants + 2 vowels (3,2) Eight = 3 consonants + 2 vowels (3,2) Nine = 2 consonants + 2 vowels (2,2) Hope you enjoyed. Rashad.",Series,11/05/12 #8573,Primes by Primes,2.22,1.75,lesternoronha1,"Consider two-digit prime numbers. Whenever you add the two digits you get a number which is not prime i.e. It may be divisible by 2,3, etc. However there are only five two-digit prime numbers whose digits when added give a result that is divisible by 5. Three are 19,23 and 73. Can you find the other two prime numbers whose digits add up to a number divisible by 5?",No hint available.,They are 37 and 41.,Math,11/18/02 #39867,Echoing,2.57,2.25,aresII,"My 10, 4, 5, 1, 7 is a fruit. My 3, 2, 6, 7 is to submit. My 3, 8, 9 is a transgression. My 6, 5, 9 is a Sister. My whole is echoing.",No hint available.,"RESOUNDING Clue 1 = gourd Clue 2 = send Clue 3 = sin Clue 4 = nun",Riddle,12/31/07 #35370,Touched By Fire,2.85,0.71,DaleGriffin,"Touched by fire, I am bright. Constant use changes my height. Alive at night, out all day, Use me too much and I will disappear away.",No hint available.,A candle.,Riddle,02/20/07 #23607,Funky Math,2.54,1.3800000000000001,MJfan23,How can 1 and 5 = 4?,No hint available.,"Use Roman numerals: I and V make IV",Trick,06/12/05 #26766,Cryptoxymorography III,2.59,2.89,bigSWAFF_69_,"Oxymorons are words with opposite or incongruous meanings that when linked together, form a descriptive phrase. Cryptography teasers are teasers in which a phrase or expression has been encoded in some way. Cryptoxymorography teasers are teasers in which oxymorons are concealed in a cryptic mass of letters. Can you decipher the oxymorons? They all use the same code. 1. dsiox bipefcxs 2. dcpcvk jsij 3. rcvef afcoco 4. rejsfv tcoxefq 5. vgrz bssdcvk 6. vextcvk rgat 7. evdq atecas 8. edj vsyo 9. nfsxxq gkdq 10. nsias befas","A is represented by:I E is represented by:S I is represented by:C O is represented by:E U is represented by:G","1. least favorite 2. living dead 3. minor crisis 4. modern history 5. numb feeling 6. nothing much 7. only choice 8. old news 9. pretty ugly 10. peace force The code was: A:I B:Z C:A D:J E:S F:B G:K H:T I:C L:D M:R N:V O:E P:N R:F S:O T:X U:G V:P W:Y Y:Q",Cryptography,11/06/05 #16443,Impossible Triangle?,2.16,1.07,Mogmatt16,"For a right triangle, a^2+b^2=c^2. 'c' is always the hypotenuse (longest side) while 'a' and 'b' are called the legs. Knowing this, can a triangle be made from sides of 11, 14, and 20?",That's not right...,Yes; however it will not be a right triangle.,Math,02/04/04 #42067,Motor Cars,2.91,2.12,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the car model within each sentence. The model is hiding in the consecutive letters within a sentence. Example: This recipe calls for only one onion. Answer: Neon (oNE ONion) 1. The zookeeper gave the chimp a large banana. 2. The police had the home of the pyromaniac cordoned off. 3. There are galactic areas where our starship has not travelled. 4. Do math majors find people with a nice compass attractive? 5. I once saw a gambler from Mexico roll a seven five times in a row.",No hint available.,"1. Impala (chIMP A LArge) 2. Accord (pyromaniAC CORDoned) 3. Regal (aRE GALactic) 4. Passat (comPASS ATtractive) 5.Corolla (MexiCO ROLL A)",Language,05/28/08 #1479,"1 to 1,000,000",2.49,1.6400000000000001,tallpaul5k,"How many perfect squares (numbers that are results of squaring an integer) are there from 1 to 1,000,000? Examples: 16=4*4 121=11*11","There are more than 100 and less than 10,000","1,000 1^2=1,2^2=4...999^2=998,001, 1000^2=1,000,000",Math,11/21/01 #41596,It Ends As It Begins: G,2.25,2.34,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, G, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? G(3)G, G(4)G, G(5)G, G(10)G Pool: A, A, E, E, E, I, I, I, I, I, L, L, N, N, N, N, N, R, S, U, V, Z",No hint available.,"GULAG, GIVING, GINSENG, GENERALIZING",Language,04/20/08 #6267,Frontier,2.27,1.03,Cascas,"What does this mean? frontier frontier frontier frontier <--",No hint available.,The Final Frontier,Rebus,08/06/02 #24741,Kristie's Birthday Party,2.34,0.73,brain_dead,"Kristie is throwing a birthday party for her 13th birthday. She has invited five people: Nolan, Trina, Sarah, Lisa, and Cody. Each guest had to bring some kind of drink, food, and a present. Who brought what? Note: If a person doesn't like something then they didn't bring it. DRINKS: Pepsi, fruit punch, Coke, root beer, and Dr Pepper FOODS: ham, cake, shrimp, fish, and potatoes PRESENTS: CD, toothbrush, DVD, basketball, and a football 1. Sarah was a vegetarian and won't even touch any kind of meat, including seafood. 2. Trina brought ham but not fruit punch. 3. Lisa believed everyone should have clean teeth, so she brought the toothbrush. 4. Nolan brought the basketball. 5. Sarah was obsessed with music but didn't care for DVDs at all. 6. Sarah hates any kind of pop. 7. Lisa brought Coke but not fish, although she did bring a type of seafood. 8. Cody likes football and knew Kristie did too, so that was his gift. 9. Nolan brought potatoes. 10. Trina brought the soda with two o's in the name of it. 11. Cody does not like Dr Pepper at all.",No hint available.,"NOLAN, Dr Pepper, potatoes, basketball TRINA, root beer, ham, DVD SARAH, fruit punch, cake, CD LISA, Coke, shrimp, toothbrush CODY, Pepsi, fish, football",Logic-Grid,07/21/05 #6645,Something To Hide,2.47,2.37,majd,"What is this commonly used phrase? CSLKOESLEE1000KGT",No hint available.,A skele-ton(1000kg) in the closet,Rebus,08/18/02 #42727,"Geeks of the World, Unite!",2.85,2.13,phrebh,"Four young friends (Blaise, Charles, John, and Konrad), who met at a LAN party, have recently taken jobs at the same technology services firm. All of them work in the web development division and they were all hired as junior programmers because of their inexperience. They all work with different languages (AJAX, Perl, PHP, and Ruby on Rails (RoR)), different information systems (JSON, MySQL, plain text, and XML), and have been using those languages and systems a differing amount of time (3 months, 5 months, 6 months, 9 months). Using the clues provided, can you figure out who has been using what language with what system for what amount of time? 1. MySQL has been used longer than RoR. 2. The four friends are John, the one who uses PHP, the one who has been at it for 9 months, and the one who uses plain text. 3. Blaise is happy he doesn't have to work with Perl. 4. Plain text has been used longer than PHP, but not as long as AJAX. 5. One of the languages start with the same letter as its corresponding system. 6. Charles has been working with his language and system longer than John, but not as long as the person who uses AJAX. 7. The four information systems are XML, the one used with PHP, the one that's been used for 6 months, and the one that Konrad uses. 8. JSON has not been used the most amount of time and XML hasn't been used the least amount of time. 9. The four languages used are AJAX, the one used for 5 months, the used by Charles, and the one used with JSON.",The programming languages do not necessarily match up with the most realistic information systems.,"Blaise has been working with PHP and JSON for 3 months. Charles has been working with Perl and plain text for 6 months. John has been working with Ruby on Rails and XML for 5 months. Konrad has been working with AJAX and MySQL for 9 months.",Logic-Grid,08/07/08 #108,Beverages and Colors,2.37,2.61,olefsky,Find 10 words that are both beverages and colors.,No hint available.,"burgundy champagne chartreuse chocolate claret cocoa coffee cream rose wine",Language,01/03/01 #5882,Another Common Phrase,2.46,1.65,mollynoodl,"This phrase is coded by having each word be replaced with another related word, except for ""the."" Can you decipher the phrase? Blab 18-16 the palm since the mouth, eyes, nose doesn't comprehend!","mouth, eyes, nose stands for only ONE word, that doesn't have commas in it",Talk to the hand 'cause the face don't understand!,Language,07/25/02 #38645,Cosby Says the Darndest Things,2.52,2.35,aresII,"The following puzzles are quotes from Bill Cosby. Both puzzles use the same code. G=W ""B GCXK MC MVN GYLN BYI'M INHNLLBXA, YM'L MVN LMFUYK CINL GVC INNK MVN BKDYHN."" ""VFRBI ENYITL BXN MVN CIOA HXNBMFXNL CI NBXMV MVBM BOOCG MVNYX HVYOKXNI MC HCRN EBHJ VCRN.""","A=Y D=V J=K","""A WORD TO THE WISE AIN'T NECESSARY, IT'S THE STUPID ONES WHO NEED THE ADVICE."" ""HUMAN BEINGS ARE THE ONLY CREATURES ON EARTH THAT ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN TO COME BACK HOME."" KEY: A=Y B=A C=O D=V E=B F=U G=W H=C I=N J=K K=D L=S M=T N=E O=L R=M T=G U=P V=H X=R Y=I",Cryptography,10/05/07 #36221,Wise Cow II,2.92,0.93,coolcow35,"Today Mooey has a challenging test from his mentor. He must spell all the words correctly. If he does, he will become a mentor, and teach other cows! Mooey studied as hard as he could the night before his challenge. He is on the last word of the list, and is scared! He is sure that the first 19 words are correct, but the last word is always a secret bonus word. Can you help Mooey? Mentor: The last word is actually two words. It is your name. (Mooey's last name was Mooer) Mooey was shocked! The bonus word was always extra-hard! He was just about to scrape ""Mooey Mooer"" in the mud, when he thought of something. It ended up making him a mentor. What did Mooey scrape in the mud?",Reread what the mentor said.,"The answer was ""your name"". When Mooey thought of this, he realized his mentor was trying to trick him! Because of his thinking, Mooey was made a mentor!",Trick,04/13/07 #31681,The Monitors,2.6,1.31,dishu,"The 4 friends were made monitors of their hostel during a particular semester. During their tenure, they caught 4 different girls breaking different rules of the hostel. Each of these caught girls was awarded a different punishment by the hostel warden. With the help of these clues, can you figure out which friend caught which girl, breaking which rule, and which girl got which punishment? Friends: Dis, Dip, Raj, Rich Caught girls: MK, GB, SJ, AK Broken Rules: Bullying, Eloping, Obscenity, Stealing Punishments: Monetary Fine, Grade Penalty, Reprimand, Suspension 1. Miss SJ was suspended for trying to elope with her boyfriend. 2. Miss AK was caught in a highly revealing dress and making objectionable gestures in the waiting hall. 3. Dip caught the girl who was stealing food and clothes from other girls' rooms. 4. Though usually calm, Rich lost her temper when she found that Miss GB was unnecessarily torturing her juniors. 5. The warden severely reprimanded Miss MK for breaking rules. 6. The bully was not fined monetarily. 7. The girl caught by Raj remained broke for the entire semester because of the punishment awarded to her.",Grade penalty means that you get lower grades than you deserve.,"Dis got Miss SJ suspended for trying to elope with her boyfriend. Miss MK was severely reprimanded for stealing when she was caught red-handed by Dip. Raj caught Miss AK doing some obscenities which made Miss AK pay a heavy monetary fine. Miss GB was caught by Rich when she was bullying a junior and so she received a grade penalty.",Logic-Grid,07/11/06 #14681,Numbered Letters,2.57,2.36,Smithy,"If each letter has a value (a=1, b=2, c=3 etc.), what words have a total letter value of exactly 100 when you add up all of the letters? Are there any words that equal 100 if the letter values are swapped (z=1, y=2, ....., a=26)?",No hint available.,"One word is ""towers"": T=20 O=15 W=23 E=5 R=18 S=19 20+15+23+5+18+19=100 And if the values are reversed.... Another word is ""medal"": M=14 E=22 D=23 A=26 L=15 Can you find other valid answers?",Language,09/05/03 #14149,BEE,2.22,0.96,TheTrickster,"What does the following represent? ""B"" ""E"" ""E""",No hint available.,Spelling bee.,Rebus,08/05/03 #10385,"Good Scientist, Bad Scientist",2.47,1.84,Codammanus,"One day, a great scientist gone bad decides to wreak havoc on others in his profession. He has another scientist kidnapped, uses an evil formula that disables 4 of the good scientist's five senses: his sight, his smell, his taste, and his sense of touch. He then has him strapped to a bed very securely. He then says, 'I am going to place a single object in the center of this room with you. If you want to live, you will have something to tell me about the object when I return. Please do not insult my intelligence by telling me that it is an object, or an object that I placed in the room, or anything having to do with me, or the object's location for that matter. We both know it is an object, that I put it here, and that it is in the center of the room. You must therefore state a SCIENTIFIC FACT about the object.' Before leaving though, he says: 'Silly me, I almost forgot...' (He then disables the good scientists hearing. Now he has none of his senses to work with). He returns after one hour, restores all of the scientist's senses, and says: 'So tell me something about the object professor.' The good scientist saves his own life with his answer, to the chagrin of the evil scientist. What, though, could he have possibly said, being that he had no senses?",No hint available.,"The good scientist simply said: 'It is a SCIENTIFIC FACT that the object you placed in the center of the room with me has MASS.' All OBJECTS have mass.",Logic,02/11/03 #21909,Tricky,2.18,2.25,badbunnee,"What's the rebus? 2 clever(fifty percent)",How many and how much?,"Too clever by half. There is the figure *2* (too). There is the word *clever*, thus (in the first part of the rebus) you have *too clever*. THEN ... it's next to the phrase *fifty percent*. *Fifty percent* represents *half*. *Next to* means *by*. Put it all together and you got *too clever by half*. The phrase means a person is more clever than they need be or ought to be. The *by half* indicates the excess. Other words can be substituted for *clever* and retain the *excess* or *unneeded* connotation such as *too moral by half*, *too proud by half*,*too ambitious by half*, etc.",Rebus,03/30/05 #34645,NASA,2.41,1.93,dutchymonster,"The following two sentences are topical anagrams of which man made celestial body? 1) I train that telescope on NASA tin 2) Threat: alien attentions, so panic!","Ignore punctuation, it is not part of the anagram.",The International Space Station,Language,12/30/06 #18918,ABC,2.62,1.3800000000000001,something,"What are so strange about these sentences? Whenever the black fox jumped the squirrel gazed suspiciously. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. No quick zephyrs blew, vexing daft Jim. Six big juicy steaks sizzled in a pan as five workmen left the quarry.",No hint available.,"They're all pangrams, which means they all contain all the letters of the alphabet.",Language,09/23/04 #5975,River,1.8,1.6,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? R E V I R",No hint available.,Up the river without a paddle,Rebus,07/28/02 #18277,Flares,2.79,1.3800000000000001,MrIxolite,"What expression is shown below? B ygone times o L den days ye A rs gone by age S ago some T ime back",No hint available.,A blast from the past,Rebus,07/20/04 #3935,Warrior,2.3,2.5,dabigcheez,"A warrior at field I carry my sword I prefer others to yield Lest my life be ignored",No hint available.,a bee,Riddle,05/07/02 #26966,Find the Wrong Word,2.77,1.07,fishmed,"The following sentences contain a wrong word. This word can be fixed by first deciding which word is wrong. Second, replace the word with a synonym. Lastly, replace the new word with a homophone and the sentence should now make sense. Example: Did you comb your rabbit? Wrong word: Rabbit Synonym : Hare Homophone: Hair Corrected sentence: Did you comb your hair? 1. The dog likes you. He's wagging his story. 2. I can't ocean without my glasses. 3. What is seven times also?",No hint available.,"1. Story - tale - tail 2. Ocean - sea - see 3. Also - too - two",Language,11/17/05 #23092,Special Ops.,2.79,2.7600000000000002,umhlobo,"Less specific than general the golden ones are chosen then crushed, With the heart of a cane they are then matched. Rub salt in the wounds of this refined group, Then, most importantly, recruit some fun guys to the troop. After some time spent together in the presence of drink, a partnership is formed and our needs met, we think. You may now turn up the heat to submit us to the test, and we will arise as one, to be the best! What are we?",A hunger for excellence,"Recipe for making bread less specific than general = kernel (colonel) golden,crushed = wheat flour heart of the cane = sugar salt added to ""refined"" sugar and flour fun guys = yeast (fungi's) presence of drink = water added needs met = knead dough heat = bake rise = loaf rises",Riddle,05/23/05 #34555,Tea For Two,2.58,2.77,calmsavior,"A Group: ENAN HIRS OILE AUGH B Group: RALE MAER TAOO MIEN According to the logic, correctly sort ARGE, KELE, and URRE.","Think about the title... Also, EAPO would also be sorted into the A Group.","ARGE and URRE go in the A Group, while KELE goes in the B Group. Add a T to the beginning and the end of the A Group to get: TENANT THIRST TOILET TAUGHT TEAPOT (from the hint) TARGET TURRET Put two T's in the dead center of the B Group to get: RATTLE MATTER TATTOO MITTEN KETTLE",Group,12/24/06 #36687,Space Adventures II,2.63,1.75,bookworm91,"Welcome back to Space Adventures! Viewers, this is a science fiction show like none other. Each week, we will air a new episode. Each week, there will be an event during the show that defies all known science; and each week, we will award a prize to the first 25 viewers to call in and tell us what the event is! Strap in because we're ready for takeoff. Commander Frakes was grim. One of the space stations had collided with a piece of orbital debris. He and his crew were flying up to perform rescue operations, but there had been no communication with any of the station crew. Earth side command was prepared for the worst. Blane carefully maneuvered the Pioneer alongside the docking port of the space station. There was a jagged hole through the hull where the debris hit. The crew donned special pressure suits before opening the hatch. Dr. Eliot was the first to go through. She took a quick look around. ""It looks like a hurricane went through here,"" said Hills. ""Yes, that's because of the depressurization. Everything loose gets sucked out into the vacuum of space, leaving the rest of it a mess."" ""Everything? But the crew..."" Blane called out, ""Dr. Eliot! I found one of the crew. He - he's gone, sir."" Eliot and Hills floated to where he was. Eliot moved closer to inspect the crewman. He had a vicious gash in his forehead and was half in a pressure suit. Little droplets of ghastly blue blood floated around him. ""His blood,"" Hills murmured. ""It's deoxygenated. There's no oxygen to react with in here. Help me get him back to the Pioneer, please,"" said Eliot gently. Frakes and Johnson discovered the rest of the crew in the galley, the area furthest from the collision point. They were pretty battered but had managed to get to their suits before asphyxiation claimed them. The only casualty was the man Blane had discovered; he had been very close to the collision point during the accident. The two crews left the station. Salvage crews would come later to dismantle it. The Pioneer returned to Earth, where the surviving crewmembers were happily reunited with their friends and family. A funeral service was held. Ironically, the man had been experimenting with force shields. Scientists Earth side quickly began advancing his research. Perhaps there would be a way to prevent another such accident from happening again... Viewers, we are standing by for your calls! What was wrong with this episode?",It has to do with the blood.,"There are a number of things wrong with the episode. First, there would be no liquid blood. In a depressurized environment, liquid literally boils away. All that would be left in this type of scenario would be the solid blood components. Second, the blood would not have been blue anyway. It is a common misconception that deoxygenated blood is blue, because our veins appear to be bluish and most science textbooks depict veins and the blood in them as blue to distinguish them from arteries, which carry oxygenated blood. The reality is that oxygenated blood is bright red, whereas deoxygenated blood is a darker shade of red.",Science,05/20/07 #7887,What Book?,2.41,2.7,master123,"The beginning of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the alphabet has been replaced by another using a simple substitution technique. For example, A may always be represented by G, etc. Can you name the book? Ogug nm Grpbur Egbu, ashntx rsptmkbnum tsp, eyhw, eyhw, eyhw, st kog ebaj sz onm ogbr, egontr Aounmkswogu Usent. Nk nm, bm zbu bm og jtspm, kog stid pbd sz ashntx rsptmkbnum, eyk mshgknhgm og zggim kobk kogug ugbiid nm btskogu pbd, nz stid og asyir mksw eyhwntx zsu b hshgtk btr kontj sz nk. Btr kogt og zggim kobk wguobwm kogug nmt'k. Btdosp, ogug og nm bk kog eskksh, btr ugbrd ks eg ntkusryagr ks dsy.",No hint available.,"The text comes from AA Milne's Winnie The Pooh and should read: Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn't. Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you.",Cryptography,10/05/02 #19139,Am I Hated Or Loved?,2.61,1.93,spookboy0,"Some people work furiously getting me out of their skin. But when I'm almost gone They just take me back in again.",No hint available.,"Sweat/Water Line 1: exercise Line 2: to sweat Line 3: dehydrated Line 4: drink water",Riddle,10/12/04 #39583,Cousins?,2.82,2.14,jazzmusician46,"What does this rebus represent? ABDFGHJKLMNOPQRSUVXYZ",No hint available.,"""Twice removed"" The letters ""T W I C E"" have been removed from the alphabet; hence the phrase.",Rebus,12/13/07 #44082,More Scrambled Words,2.33,1.7,snowmonster,"Scramble the word ""PROTEUS"" to come up with a new word or phrase to fit the definitions below. 1) Groups of performers 2) Bearing 3) Geyser 4) Save for future use",#4 is a 2 word phrase.,"1) Troupes 2) Posture 3) Spouter 4) Store Up",Language,02/10/09 #17985,Hidden Time & Again III,3.08,1.95,fishmed,"Inside each set of the following words, there is a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you'll make a familiar phrase. For example, ""Thighbone/Swallowtail"" conceals ""High & Low."" 1. Firecracker/Misconstruing 2. Blockbuster/Doohickey 3. Shunting/Bespeckled 4. Proliferation/Climbable 5. Heartstrings/Consciences",No hint available.,"1. Rack & Ruin 2. Lock & Key 3. Hunt & Peck 4. Life & Limb 5. Arts & Sciences",Language,06/21/04 #38586,Quick Yet Deadly,3.16,1.71,grilledcheese,"I can be quick and then I'm deadly, I am a rock, shell and bone medley. If I was made into a man, I'd make people dream, I gather in my millions by ocean, sea and stream.",No hint available.,Sand,Riddle,10/02/07 #22650,"Oh, My Stomach!",2.82,1.62,Wendy510,"It was a sunny, calm day. Bill decided it was time for a change so he set out in search of a new dream home. His eyes settled on an attractive house. He was so encouraged that this would be the one, he only took a quick scan of the interior and decided to buy it. Nothing was wrong with the house. Being a person that really didn't rely on others, Bill faithfully packed his belongings into the moving truck. It was a windy day that day, still pleasant but not as quite as on the sunny day which he decided to purchase this beautiful house. After finishing packing his first load, Bill set out for his destination. When he arrived, he started moving in his stuff. There were a few lightweight boxes and some old wooden chairs. After moving in all the old chairs, he sat down on one of them. ""It's a bit rocky today,"" he thought. Nonetheless, Bill rested. Not a long while later, he ran outside. He peered over the railing of his new deck and threw up! He stumbled back to the chair to rest. A little later, he ran out and threw up again and again. Why did this mysterious thing keep happening and why didn't it happen when Bill first set his sights on the house?",No hint available.,"Bill's new house is a houseboat. He bought it on a calm day, so there was not much wind to affect the boat's motion. After exhausting himself on the windy day, Bill got sea sick and threw up over the railing into the water.",Mystery,05/03/05 #31552,A Partnership,2.69,2.44,jazzmusician46,"My house is not quiet, I am not loud; But for us God fashioned our fate together. I am the swifter, at times the stronger. My house more enduring, longer to last. At times I rest; my dwelling still runs; within it I lodge as long as I live. Should we two be severed, my death is sure. Who am I?",No hint available.,A fish in a river.,Riddle,07/05/06 #12488,"B, D, F, H, J, N, P",2.19,2.42,flynn,"What is the next letter in this series? B, D, F, H, J, N, P, ?",There are no vowels in the sequence!,"T is the next letter. Each letter is adjacent to one of the vowels.",Series,05/20/03 #18672,Mad Ade's Heteronyms#2,2.27,2.4,Mad-Ade,"In this Teaser, Mad Ade has created a sentence using heteronyms, which are identical words that have two separate differing meanings. In many occasions despite the same spellings the words are pronounced differently. For example : ""Please excuse me while I think of an excuse."" The word EXCUSE is used in one sentence, but has two very different meanings and pronunciations. Can you work out the heteronyms for these two sentences? 1, The stamp was so ------ that it took Mad Ade a ------ or so to locate it amongst the other stamps. 2, ""I ------ the fact that the letter was lost"", said Mad Ade ""but I have ------ it"".",No hint available.,"1, Minute = small tiny Minute = 60 seconds 2, Resent = Begrudge/ dislike Resent = send again.",Language,08/29/04 #474,5 = S on a P.,2.12,1.29,Mr. G,5 = S on a P.,All things are shaping up.,5 = sides on a pentagon.,Letter-Equations,05/16/01 #32393,What Do These Things Have in Common? 2,2.59,1.99,soccerguy0428,"What do -malicious nieces -red sweatshirts -brown coconuts -elegant flowers and -hungry iguanas have in common?",Abundant bad chimpanzees would also fit.,Both words begin with the letters directly by each other in the alphabet.,Language,08/10/06 #48785,Word Filling 1,2.24,2.05,westbrook1,"Oh no! In the following three sentences, three words are missing in each! Oddly enough, the three words in each sentence are all five letters long and are all anagrams of each other! Can you figure out the words and fit them in to make three correct sentences? During the terrible car crash, the driver tried to ____ the position of his car in an attempt to ____ away from the ____ lying on the road. The ____ fat person standing in line at Burger King is ____ than the ____ cable box inside the electrical closet. As the boy ____ more ____ at the restaurant, he stares at the ____ lying on the floor from the ice rink next door.",No hint available.,"Here are the three sentences: During the terrible car crash, the driver tried to RESET the position of his car in an attempt to STEER away from the TREES lying on the road. The WEIRD fat person standing in line at Burger King is WIDER than the WIRED cable box inside the electrical closet. As the boy TAKES more STEAK at the restaurant, he stares at the SKATE lying on the floor from the ice rink next door.",Language,06/04/11 #28308,Presidential Quote Game II,2.62,2.56,sgtammo,"I once had a U.S. history teacher who liked to make learning more interesting in his class. He created little games out of his quizzes. This teaser is in honor of him. His technique and patience helped form my interest in history. Can you match the presidential quotes from section A with the right president from section B? Good luck. Section A 1. ""America is too great for small dreams."" 2. ""There is nothing wrong in America that can't be fixed with what is right in America. 3. ""It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't."" 4. ""A man is known by the company he keeps, and also by the company from which he is kept out."" 5. ""Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office seeking."" 6. ""If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves."" Section B 1. Martin Van Buren. 2. Ronald Wilson Reagan. 3. Lyndon Baines Johnson. 4. William Jefferson Clinton. 5. Stephen Grover Cleveland. 6. Rutherford Birchard Hayes.",No hint available.,"1. ""America is too great for small dreams."" Ronald Wilson Reagan (1981-1989) 2. ""There is nothing wrong in America that can't be fixed with what is right in America. William Jefferson Clinton (1993-2001) 3. ""It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't."" Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) 4. ""A man is known by the company he keeps, and also by the company from which he is kept out."" Stephen Grover Cleveland (1885-1889) 5. ""Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office seeking."" Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1877-1881) 6. ""If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves."" Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969)",Trivia,01/28/06 #35364,More Mystery Numbers,2.22,3.01,cnmne,"There is a 10-digit number, represented by ABCDEFGHIJ, where each numeral, 0 through 9, is used once. Given the following clues, what is the number? 1) A + D = a square number 2) G + J = a triangle number 3) B + I = an even number 4) E * F = an odd number 5) C * H = a prime number 6) A / G = G / C 7) E + I = B + H","A triangle number can be expressed as the sum of the numbers 1 to n, for any integer value of n. Therefore the triangle numbers are 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, ...","4615972308 For the product of two numbers to be a prime number (clue #5), one of those two numbers must be 1. Therefore, either C or H must be 1. To achieve the required proportion (clue #6), the numerals [AGC] must be one of the following combinations: 931 or 421 or 842. If [AGC] = 842, then D would have to be 1 (clue #1). Since either C or H must be 1, then D can not be 1. Since D can not be 1, then A can not be 8. Therefore, [AGC] can not be 842. The only remaining possibilities for [AGC] are 931 and 421. In either case, C = 1. If [AGC] = 931, then D must be either 0 or 7 (clue #1) and J must be either 0 or 7 (clue #2). Therefore, between them, D and J must use 0 and 7. E and F must both be odd (clue #4). However, four of the odd numerals would already be assigned (A = 9, G = 3, C = 1, either D or J = 7). Therefore, [AGC] can not be 931. This means that [AGC] must be 421. Therefore, A = 4 and G = 2. Since G = 2, then J = 8 (clue #2). J can not be 1 or 4, since those two numerals are now assigned. The only remaining letters that can be assigned to 6 are B and I. D can not be 6, as it would not produce a square number (clue #1). Neither E nor F can be 6, since that would not produce an odd number (clue #4). H can not be 6, as it would not produce a prime number (clue #5). Since either B or I must be 6, then 6 must be paired with 0 (clue #3), as the other even numerals have now been assigned. Since B and I share 0 and 6, then D = 5 (clue #1). Since B and I share 0 and 6, then E and H must also be separated by 6 (clue #7). The only remaining numerals that satisfy this requirement are 3 and 9. This means that F = 7. This sets H = 3 and E = 9, which then sets B = 6 and I = 0.",Logic,02/19/07 #18450,Arrrrrr,2.81,1.3800000000000001,eelliott2,What does this mean?,No hint available.,Captain Hook,Rebus,08/03/04 #21865,Mutter,2.68,2.28,badbunnee,"What's the rebus shown by this statement? Lassie stand-in to Lassie: ""I'll betcha can't rescue that little girl!""","Who (or what) was Lassie? And think of another term for ""stand-in"".","double-dog dare Lassie was a famous movie dog. Movie lingo for ""stand-in"" is also ""double"".",Rebus,03/29/05 #42358,Random Patterns,2.2,2.37,AndrewWalker,"What comes next in the series? 0, 100, 8, 1100, 16, ?",No hint available.,"10100 Add 4 and alternate between counting numbers and binary. After 10100 would be 24 to continue this series.",Series,06/27/08 #39985,It Ends As It Begins: F,2.37,2.68,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, F, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? F(2)F, F(5)F, F(7)F, F(8)F Pool: A, A, A, A, E, E, E, F, G, I, L, L, L, L, M, O, O, P, R, S, T, Y",No hint available.,"FIEF, FLYLEAF, FLAGSTAFF, FLAMEPROOF",Language,01/09/08 #6964,Never the First,2.6,1.15,michelle,"I am never the first to speak, but I am always the last to be heard. Who am I?",No hint available.,An echo.,Riddle,08/28/02 #4637,Which Capital,2.54,1.84,bobbrt,"Name the only six-letter, one syllable, world capital city.",It's in Europe.,Prague,Trivia,06/11/02 #47503,Slice & Splice 38,2.1,2.33,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: BIN, LED, LIP, LOG, RUE, SET Group B: ***B**, **I***, **N***",No hint available.,"The Group B words are baseball terms. DOUBLE, TRIPLE, SINGLE",Language,07/14/10 #27088,Teasergle III,2.69,1.71,phrebh,"Four online friends, two girls (Blondula and Sassi) and two guys (Swig and Tinman) like to spend time on the same brain teaser oriented site, Teasergle. Each of them likes to play different forum games (Hangman, Mad Gab, Name One Thing About The Person Above You (NOTAPAY), and Picnic) and each of them like to use different smilies in all of their posts (:?, :D, :P, LOL). One day they all were online playing their games and they each kept using the same words in their posts, over and over again (Cake, Diamond, Goat, Speedo). Using the clues below, can you determine who likes to play what forum game, what smilie they use, and what word they kept using? 1. The four people are Swig, the girl who likes :P, the person who kept writing Speedo, and the person who used :D. 2. The four games are Picnic, the game that Blondula plays, the game that Tinman plays, and the game that sees a lot of LOLs. 3. The four smilies are :?, the one that Swig uses in NOTAPAY, the one that has been recently been seen with Goat, and the one used by the guy who kept using Diamond. 4. The four words are Cake, the one a girl was using in Picnic, the one being used in Hangman, and Speedo.",No hint available.,"Blondula plays Mad Gab, likes :?, and was hooked on Speedo. Sassi plays Picnic, likes :P, and was hooked on Goat. Swig plays Notapay, likes LOL, and was hooked on Cake. Tinman plays Hangman, likes :D, and was hooked on Diamond.",Logic-Grid,11/21/05 #49350,"Mix, Then Match",2.62,1.62,fishmed,"Below you will find several anagrams. Your task is to rearrange the letters to find the unrelated words. Once done, you are to change one letter in each to create a new group of words that share a common theme. EDED LOAG PMLA TABE LILG TISF EVOL DAOR LLLU TOAB TOML",No hint available.,"The anagrams become as follows: DEED GOAL LAMP BEAT GILL FIST LOVE ROAD LULL BOAT MOLT Then you change the letters as follows: DEED becomes DEER GOAL becomes GOAT LAMP becomes LAMB BEAT becomes BEAR GILL becomes GULL FIST becomes FISH LOVE becomes DOVE ROAD becomes TOAD LULL becomes BULL BOAT becomes BOAR MOLT becomes MOLE And your theme is, of course, animals.",Language,03/13/12 #1322,"Grass, Scape",2.37,1.23,gokaran,What same word can be added to the end of GRASS and the beginning of SCAPE to form two other English words?,No hint available.,"Land Grassland Landscape",Language,11/08/01 #8255,Bees,2.72,2.19,jucy-lu,"Two men made a bet with each other for £300 to stay in a house that was infested with bumblebees for one day. The first man went into the house and came running out after 5 minutes, covered in bee stings. The second man went into the house, stayed in there for the whole day, and came out with only one bee sting. How did he manage this without getting stung to death?",No hint available.,"He took a jar of honey into the house with him, left it in a room, waited for all the bees to fly into the room after the honey, and then shut the door.",Situation,10/28/02 #45118,Murder or Suicide?,3.05,2.69,HarryPutter,"Detective Wesley carefully examined the scene before him. He was in a hotel room about 3 miles from the victim's home. The victim's body lay in front of him peacefully on the bed. It was January 7th, 3:15 PM, the body was discovered by a hotel maid. The man's name was Sean Donovin. He was in his late twenties, a successful business owner, a Sunday school teacher, and was soon to be married. The detective shook his head in disgust. He whispered to himself, ""Why would anyone commit suicide when they had everything going for them?"" The detective saw this as suspicious. The only potential suspects would have to be people he trusted. According to testimony from his coworkers and friends, he only trusted 3 people: his sister, Hannah, who was very close with the victim and who often assisted him while he taught at the local church; his brother, John, who owned a smaller, semi-successful business; and his fiance, Jenna. The apparent cause of death was by injection of poison. At least his death was peaceful, the detective thought. The detective continued to search the hotel room, when he stumbled upon a suicide note. It read: Jan 04/2009 4:10 AM My loved ones, Jenna, Sis, John, I would just like to tell you how sorry I am. Blame God for why I am to die today. Blame Him. Seek Him if you want to know why I did leave you. Do not mourn my death. Please move on. Goodbye, Sean The detective saw this letter as somewhat suspicious. His last words were abrupt, almost impersonal. Why would a Sunday school teacher blame God? The body was taken in for medical examination. Days later, the coroner would determine that the body died from a poison which killed instantly. The coroner would also determine that the body was only dead a mere 3 hours before it was discovered. The detective then realized that the date and time used on the note were completely false. All 3 of those mentioned in the letter agreed the handwriting was indeed Sean's. The detective realized that the identity of the murderer was given inside the suicide note. After a thorough examination of the note, Detective Wesley quickly arrested the murderer. Who was it?",No hint available.,"John, his brother, was the murderer. The time 4:10 AM didn't refer to the time but rather to the biblical passage Genesis 4:10, which is an excerpt from the story of Cain and Abel, where an envious Cain kills his brother Abel. Many things point to this. AM referred to the Old Testament. In the suicide note, Sean, being a Sunday school teacher, hinted to search for God to determine who killed him with ""Seek Him if you want to know why I did leave you"", which refers to the Bible. Furthermore, he intentionally did not mention the name of his Sister, Hannah, when he noted ""Jenna, Sis"", which sounds like ""Genesis"".",Mystery,08/22/09 #37434,Word Swap #24,2.73,2.32,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. Doctors found a simple cure for a patient who had a lifelong __________ with a terrible disease. All that was required was for Milo to take one small __________ every morning, and his pain would be gone. 2. The university research team had __________ the valleys east of the flood plain. Rich topsoil had begun __________ from the wind during the long, hot summers. 3. The race is looking like a two-man battle for the entire distance. Amir __________ the lead after an hour of playing catch-up in this grueling test. He is putting himself in position of __________ the record of 2 hours 23 minutes.",No hint available.,"1. Battle, Tablet 2. Ignored, Eroding 3. Regains, Erasing",Language,07/17/07 #5624,H _ _ _ L,2.43,1.56,Bobbrt,"The following four words together contain 10 different letters, each used exactly twice. For instance, there will be another H somewhere, but no more S's. Can you figure out the words? H _ _ _ L S _ O _ T R _ N _ E S _ _ _ G",No hint available.,"HOTEL SHORT RANGE SLANG",Language,07/16/02 #41887,I Can't Do Anything,2.7600000000000002,2.04,TRILLIONAIRE,"Can you decipher this rebus? My Left Hand = 47 points My Right Hand = 47 points Your Left Hand = 12 points Your Right Hand = 63 points",No hint available.,My Hands Are Tied.,Rebus,05/10/08 #49588,Elevator Out of Order,2.11,1.01,Candi7,"Susan arrived at her new job in a 60 story building. When she arrived, she found that the elevator was out of order, and believe me, she did NOT want to walk up 30 flights of stairs. So how did she get to her office?",Susan didn't want to walk up all those stairs... But luckily she didn't have to.,"Susan simply walked to her office, which was on the first floor. I never said she had to walk up 30 flights of stairs, just that she didn't want to!",Situation,09/12/12 #43823,Anger Management,2.02,2.22,TRILLIONAIRE,"What phrase does the following rebus represent? 50kg of Rage - 40kg of Anger = 10kg of Discontent","Rage, anger, and discontent are moods.",Lightening the Mood,Rebus,01/06/09 #1557,Funny Guy,2.39,0.74,abrakadabra_12,"I entertain the royal man. Juggle, flip, and joke I can. When my brother is with me we complete the court. But this court is of a different sort. You see I am the lowest of all in the land and will easily be tossed from a playing hand. What kind of funny guy am I?",Think of playing hand?,I am the joker in a deck of cards,Riddle,12/01/01 #16043,Persian and Atlantic,2.74,2.45,griphook,"Complete this series : ABSORB BIONIC COWARD DELETE ?",No hint available.,"ENGULF or ENSERF Each word has six letters with the first word beginning with A and ending in B , the second word beginning in B and ending in C and so on and so forth.",Series,01/04/04 #15503,Mad Ade's Funky Fractions 6,2.36,1.58,mad-ade,"The idea of this teaser is to split the given words into the relevant fractions and then add the two fractions of words into one single word, once you have worked out which fraction of the word you need. For example 3/5 of Green and 1/2 of Neat would be Great. 3/5 of green =Gre 1/2 of Neat= at gre+at= Great The first part of the fraction in the teaser will be in the first part of the finished word and all letters are used in the correct order with no skipping of letters, i.e. 2/5 of Green cannot be GE because it skips the letter R, but it could be EE. 1. third of add + 3/4 of over 2. 1/2 of thread + 5/6 of bottle 3. 2/5 of fresh + 3/4 of game 4. 5/6 of sprint 5. half of then + all of ere",No hint available.,"1. dove 2. throttle 3. frame 4. print 5. there",Language,11/22/03 #31096,Cryptolist XIV,2.56,2.33,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: AITZZTZB HUXXC GVI ITYVDXGGX HTZFWTCC YXXC HUTYCTBTB IYVIXCCXY EVEETZ AHTSXC ITSVG","Category: Spinning X=E","Category: Spinning Wheel Top Pirouette Windmill Reel Whirligig Propeller Bobbin Swivel Pivot A=S B=G C=L D=U E=B F=D G=T H=W I=P S=V T=I U=H V=O W=M X=E Y=R Z=N",Cryptography,06/15/06 #2895,Mixed up Addresses,2.47,1.62,204_BLaZe_41,"Duke Maverick worked for a packaging company. One day, Duke received four separate orders and accidentally mixed up the addresses, so he applied the address labels at random. What is the probability that exactly three packages were correctly labelled?",No hint available.,"The probability is zero. If three packages are correctly labelled, so is the fourth.",Probability,03/25/02 #26369,One of These Things is Not Like the Others.,2.62,2.28,fishmed,"Five of the six below have something in common. One does not. Which one does not belong? NAINSOOK MOSSBACK PRISCOTO NASALIZE CORNICE MERCURIAL",No hint available.,"PRISCOTO does not fit as it is the only made up word. The rest are as follows: NAINSOOK - noun - A soft, light cotton material, often with a woven stripe MOSSBACK - An old shellfish or turtle with a growth of algae on its back. NASALIZE - To make nasal or produce nasal sounds. CORNICE - A horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall. MERCURIAL - Having the characteristics of eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, and thievishness attributed to the god Mercury.",Language,10/14/05 #18753,Mad Ade's One Word Anagrams. #4,2.4,2.71,Mad-Ade,"In these teasers Mad Ade will give two sentences where one word is anagrammed to make another word with in the same sentence. For example Whilst researching his ---------- Mad Ade was surprised to find that during the War his Uncle Pierre was in the ----------. In this case the anagrammed words are Ancestries and Resistance. Can you work out what the following anagrammed words are 1, Even though he was not little Nobby's true -------- father, he had -------- control in any decisions made. 2, It was only by watching ------ of the cookery show, that Mad Ade realised that one of the ingredients was -------.","1, Not maternal and Position of Adults with children . 2, Second showing and Herb.","1, Paternal and Parental. 2, Replays and Parsley.",Language,09/06/04 #46213,Curtail H,2.88,1.85,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Long, deep cut -> Petrol; a state of matter 2. Fabric; textile -> Coagulate; a lump 3. Shrub; low plant with many branches -> Multi-passenger vehicle 4. Low-lying wetland -> A planet 5. Lavish; fabric with a long, soft nap -> Math operation 6. Gateway with a curved top -> Part of a circle 7. Forward in time or place -> Strong building for troops 8. An ordinal number -> Portable shelter for camping","The words start with these letters: 1. G 2. C 3. B 4. M 5. P 6. A 7. F 8. T","1. Gash -> Gas 2. Cloth -> Clot 3. Bush -> Bus 4. Marsh -> Mars 5. Plush -> Plus 6. Arch -> Arc 7. Forth -> Fort 8. Tenth -> Tent",Language,01/19/10 #40256,Words With EB,2.08,2.12,cnmne,"Five words that contain EB as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? EB***, *EB**, *EB***, ***EB**, ****EB* Pool: A, A, C, D, I, J, K, L, L, N, N, O, O, O, P, T, U, U, X, Y",No hint available.,"EBONY, DEBIT, NEBULA, JUKEBOX, PLACEBO",Language,01/30/08 #33665,I Declare a Re-Count!,2.12,1.37,bigSWAFF_69_,"In the United States Presidential election, Bob Smith ran against David Johnson. The voter-turnout was larger than it had been for many years, however, Smith won with only 300 votes. How could such a low number be enough to grant him Presidency?",No hint available.,"Presidents, in the United States, are not elected by the popular vote, but by the Electoral College. A candidate needs to receive a simple majority of the total votes to be elected. Each state has votes in the Electoral College. The number of votes depends on the number of Senators and Representatives of the state. Bob Smith received 300 votes in the Electoral College, which was a majority, granting him Presidency.",Other,10/25/06 #41512,7-Letter Word Hourglass,2.68,2.12,SSVillalobos,"The definitions of eleven words are given below. The answers go from 7 to 2 letters, then back up to 7. The first and last words are related. The hint will reveal words 4 and 10. You may have to rearrange the letters to get your answers. 1. The study of the physical and natural world (7) 2. Picturesque (6) 3. Happening after, or subsequently (5) 4. Trigonometric function for angles (4) 5. Transgression of theological principles (3) 6. Indicates place (2) 7. Electrically charged atom (3) 8. Image of holy person (4) 9. Soft drink; something that lifts the spirits (5) 10. Meat cooked and preserved in fat (6) 11. Literary works of imagination (7)","4. Sine 10. Confit","1. Science 2. Scenic 3. Since 4. Sine 5. Sin 6. In 7. Ion 8. Icon 9. Tonic 10. Confit 11. Fiction",Language,04/15/08 #32203,A Day of Visiting,2.9,2.15,jazzmusician46,"Today little Frederick and his mother visited a school and a family. While they were there, they saw a band, checked out the litter, and noticed a sleuth standing nearby. Later that day, they watched an army and a troop for quite a while, and noticed they were standing beside a battery. As they were leaving to go home that day, Frederick and his mother saw a party just near the den and were indeed very happy. What was happening here?",No hint available.,"Frederick and his mother were at the zoo. 'school' of whales 'family' of otters 'band' of gorillas 'litter' of puppies 'sleuth' of bears 'army' of herrings 'troop' of dogfish 'battery' of barracuda 'party' of rainbow fish 'den' of snakes",Trick,07/31/06 #19255,Like A Tornado,2.26,0.84,spookboy0,"Like a tornado I spin 'round and 'round And if you are not careful I could devastate your town From the wet Maybe to the dry Just be careful Not to look me straight in the eye",No hint available.,A Hurricane,Riddle,10/25/04 #24290,Face It 2,2.23,2.0,gilco,"What do all of these colors have in common?? Red White Blue Green Orange",look at the title,"They are all possible colors a face can turn. Red - embarrassment White - pale Blue - extreme coldness or lack of air Green - nausea Orange - if you eat too many carrots, your face can turn orange!",Group,07/05/05 #37205,TV Children,2.13,2.57,sportygirl98989,5K = in the OR,"(A, T, C, P, L)","5 Kids = in the Original Rugrats (Angelica, Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil)",Letter-Equations,07/03/07 #18837,Word Fusion 3,2.4,2.18,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is to allow the result of an incision. 2) This is anger in a small bay. 3) This is when everyone was in debt. 4) This is yesterday's vocalization.",No hint available.,"1) scar + let = scarlet 2) cove + rage = coverage 3) all + owed = allowed 4) past + oral = pastoral",Language,09/13/04 #2426,Guess Your Weight,2.67,1.45,Mr. Enigma,"A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, ""If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."" The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agreed, thinking no matter what the carny wrote, he'd just say he weighed more or less. In the end, the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?",No hint available.,"The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote ""your exact weight"" on the paper.",Situation,02/25/02 #4879,Teaches,2.2,2.73,snoopdogg,"You cannot look for me to come for then I can't, you know. Most often, when I come at all, you'll curse both loud and low And rave and cry again to see much farther yet to go. But then the smile will seize your cheeks. And, plans you'd made for weeks and weeks Are wasted, for the one who seeks Is seeking not what seeking sought. Naught such as this could e'er be bought. Nor lessons learned nor lessons taught. So each good teacher teaches well to see me where I lie, To shake the chaff from out the grain, and grab me when I'm nigh. A hidden hint, a truth so strange, I'll answer what or why.",No hint available.,serendipity,Riddle,06/22/02 #49087,A Transcendental Slant,2.44,2.78,Gizzer,"A set of words that can be read both horizontally and vertically is known as a word square. The words TEN, ERA, and NAB can form a word square as shown below. T E N E R A N A B Can you construct a word square using the following cryptic clues for the 5-letter words in the square? 1) Where mouthwash has power. 2) Theft of a flower bud. 3) A lot of work in Latin class. 4) Lassie sticks up for coffee. 5) Wipeout!",No hint available.,"S C O P E C A P E R O P E R A P E R K S E R A S E 1) The area where something has influence or power is known as its scope, which is also the name of a brand of mouthwash. 2) A theft is an example of a criminal act sometimes called a caper. A caper is also a flavourful flower bud used in cooking. 3) The Latin word for work is opus, and the plural of opus is opera. 4) A dog's ears might stick up, or perk up, at the smell of coffee perking (percolating). 5) ""Wipeout!"" is a great surfing song, and to wipe out something is to erase it. Did you notice that the letters on the diagonal from lower left to upper right are all E's? Euler's number (e) is a transcendental number, so you could say that the word square has a transcendental slant!",Language,10/16/11 #31061,Clumsy Fred,2.4,2.01,thompson1,"Clumsy Fred dropped a book and it fell open to two pages. If the product of the two page numbers is 90, then what are the pages showing?","Remember, it is a trick!","Either Fred can defy perspectives and see both sides of a single sheet of paper or the book was made wrong. The answer would be pages 9 and 10, but in a book, the even page is always on the left side (and has to be the lower number). That would make pages 9 and 10 be the same sheet of paper!",Trick,06/13/06 #38150,Similar Spelling,3.0,2.64,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given two (2) clues in each line. Each answer to the clue comprises six (6) letters. Each 6-letter word differs by only one (1) letter, which I have given you. Your task is to discover the answers to the clues provided. The order of the letters do not change. Example: Remove _ _ _ I _ _ / _ _ _ U _ _ Justify Answer: E X C (I) S E / E X C (U) S E 1. Confuse R _ _ _ _ _ / C _ _ _ _ _ Bovines 2. Invent _ _ _ _ T _ / _ _ _ _ S _ Furrow 3. Endured _ A _ _ _ _ / _ I _ _ _ _ Tilted 4. Joking _ _ N _ _ _ / _ _ R _ _ _ Bargain",No hint available.,"1. Rattle Cattle 2. Create Crease 3. Lasted Listed 4. Banter Barter",Language,09/06/07 #9232,Seven Letter Words,2.37,2.41,something,"Below you will find 10 well-known seven letter words, with only their endings remaining. Can you determine the words? ....igy ....aoh ....erg ....ynx ....lth ....mox ....ovy ....esh ....awe ....ipt",No hint available.,"Prodigy, pharaoh, iceberg, pharynx, stealth, flummox, anchovy, refresh, overawe, receipt.",Language,12/19/02 #18323,Word Fusion 2,2.85,2.47,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is a canine's mother. 2) This is currently not there. 3) This is when pain is required. 4) This is a long time for a boar.",No hint available.,"1) dog + ma = dogma 2) now + here = nowhere 3) must + ache = mustache 4) pig + eon = pigeon",Language,07/23/04 #48512,Web Words,2.5,2.0,MysteriousLight,"All of the words are going to be connected somehow, as if in a web. [Ex. HEY - HAY - HAT - HIT - LIT - LIE - LYE - BYE] You must try to get from GREAT to STINK by changing only one letter each change using the following givens. In other words, fill in the blanks. GREAT ______ ______ ______ ______ CROAK ______ ______ ______ SLICK ______ STINK",Don't think too hard-- you probably know all these words and what they mean or are.,"GREAT GREET GREEK CREEK CREAK CROAK CLOAK CLOCK CLICK SLICK STICK/SLINK STINK",Language,02/26/11 #48193,Seek A Phrase 3,2.13,2.09,dalfamnest,"Each phrase we seek is the title of a play by William Shakespeare. Its letters have been jumbled and rearranged into a nonsense phrase. You have to piece together the original title. e.g. ""Melt, ha!"" = Hamlet 1. Batch 'EM' 2. The Eternal Wits 3. Riper than ivy","1. Tragedy [1 word] 2. Comedy [3 words] 3. History [4 words]","1. Macbeth 2. The Winter's Tale 3. Henry IV, Part I [or Henry VI, Part I!]",Language,11/08/10 #8211,Nail Bag,2.98,0.78,electronjohn,"I am tied up at least once a day And forced to carry ten nails. I work diligently without any pay And follow your many trails. I do not smell very well But at least I have many eyes. I have two tongues but never yell And I'll bet you know my size. What am I?",No hint available.,Your shoes!,Riddle,10/25/02 #27989,Jerry Jackenheimer: #2,2.69,1.79,Shawnheyhey123,"Jerry Jackenheimer is an average guy who lives in Balutsi, Texas. He has a normal day-to-day life where he has lots of fun. Today, Jerry has been watching a video about whirlpools. He learned quite a lot from that movie. The next day, he decided to go to the Pacific Ocean to have some fun. However, later on that day, he found himself just inches away from a whirlpool. What happened?","1: He didn't die. 2: He wasn't scared.","He was out to the Pacific Ocean on a cruise ship. He was in the bathroom flushing the toilet.",Situation,01/09/06 #25299,Tough One,2.39,1.22,deadeye823,"What title does this rebus represent? Mission: Defeat 50 armed bodyguards using only your hands, then make a leap over a 400 foot gap, then, break into the most highly guarded bank in the world with no aid but yourself.",Can the mission be done?,Mission Impossible.,Rebus,08/16/05 #21740,40 Life,2.39,1.7,wildmistyblue,"1,2,3...38,39,40 Life",No hint available.,Life starts after 40,Rebus,03/24/05 #30679,Add a Letter,2.82,2.55,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). 1) a gemstone & a sport 2) demon & acquaintance 3) moment & three times 4) obvious & persevering","Quantity of letters in the first word of each pair: 4, 5, 5, 6 Position of the added letter in each pair: 3, 2, 2, 4","1) ruby & rugby 2) fiend & friend 3) trice & thrice 4) patent & patient",Language,05/24/06 #10932,Resign*a*tion,2.55,1.9000000000000001,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? Resign*a*tion",No hint available.,A Letter of resignation.,Rebus,03/06/03 #24285,Melvin the Wizard,2.52,2.26,Riddlerman,"Melvin the Wizard has some magic blue orbs. Every day 1 disappears. Every 2 days 1 goes green. Every 4 days 1 green orb disappears instead of another blue one. From these facts, determine what the ratio of blue to green (or vice versa) orbs remaining is from the beginning to the end of February in the Year 2292. He has 50 orbs at the start of February.",It is easier to work it out in a 10 x 5 grid.,"The ratio is 1 : 2 (green : blue). If you draw a 10 x 5 grid, cross out a square for each orb that disappears. Put a circle in each box for each green orb. The year 2292 is a leap year, so there are 29 days in the month (February). Mark each 'day' you work out. You will find on each row, you get 4 disappeared orbs and 1 green orb. This pattern continues, so when you have counted 29 days, there are 14 blue orbs remaining and 7 green ones. This gives you the ratio of 1 : 2 (green : blue)",Math,07/05/05 #49349,Sooted Coward!,2.53,2.1,firefox99,"Can you unscramble the anagrams below and find out what they all have in common? 1. Sooted coward! 2. Aah, tarantula unionisms! 3. Focus, gladiators. 4. Parties suck! 5. Quiet agnosia.","Hint 1: This is a list of the top five tallest trees' species in the world. Hint 2: Here the first letter of all words, as well as blanks for each word are given: 1. C _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - a _ _ 3. C _ _ _ _ D _ _ _ _ _ _- f _ _ 4. S _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ 5. G _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ _","1. Coast Redwood 2. Australian Mountain-ash 3. Coast Douglas-fir 4. Sitka Spruce 5. Giant Sequoia The list is of the top five tallest trees' species in the world.",Language,03/04/12 #3393,Shirley Tate,2.62,1.54,204_BLaZe_41,"The home of Shirley Tate was completely dark as Shadow and Kareem knocked on the front door. ""As I said,"" murmured Kareem, ""This is not like her at all. She hasn't answered her phone all day, and being late for our date is totally out of character."" Shadow tried the door and found it unlocked. They stepped into the front hall and called out, but there was no answer. Kareem tried the front light switch, but nothing happened. ""I'll try the light at the other end of the hall,"" offered Kareem, feeling his way along the wall. Kareem flipped the switch, casting light on the body of Shirley sprawled across the hall floor. She had been shot in the back. Kareem turned around and gasped in horror, grabbing his stomach. ""This little scene makes you look rather guilty of murder,"" accused Shadow. Why?",No hint available.,"Shadow noticed that Kareem only noticed the body on his way back. Therefore, when Kareem felt his way down the hall to turn the light on, he must have known the body was on the floor, otherwise he would have tripped over it.",Mystery,04/09/02 #23270,Attention Class!,3.03,1.55,kellgo,"Boys Billy, Lenny, and Samuel, and girls Jessica and Lindsay all go to the same school and take different classes. Each child got a different grade in a different class with a different teacher. Kids: Billy, Lenny, Samuel, Jessica, and Lindsay Teachers: Mr. Briggs, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Minn, Mr. Bobo, and Mrs. Runner Grades: A, B, C, A-, and D Subjects: Math, English, Science, History, and Physical Ed. 1. The 2 people who got A's have names that end in Y. 2. The math student got a similar grade to Billy, but a little lower. 3. Mrs. Runner was sad to hand out a D to her student. 4. The C student loved her field trips, but isn't a good test taker. 5. The Physical Education teacher is a male teaching a female, while the math teacher is female and teaches a male student. 6. Jessica and Lindsay didn't get the highest or lowest grades out of the group; they got either a B or a C. 7. Mr. Bobo was the best Science teacher at the school, but Lenny didn't have him. 8. Samuel really didn't want to show his parents his report card because of the low grade he got from Mrs. Runner. 9. Mrs. Minn's history class was the only class that had field trips and Lindsay loved them!",No hint available.,"Billy/Science/A/Mr. Bobo Jessica/Physical Education/B/Mr. Briggs Lenny/Math/A-/Mrs. Cooper Lindsay/History/C/Mrs. Minn Samuel/English/D/Mrs. Runner",Logic-Grid,05/30/05 #4374,SW...,2.8,2.27,gokaran,"What three-letter word best completes the words below? SW... ...Y AL... F... W...",No hint available.,"Arm: Swarm Army Alarm Farm Warm",Language,05/31/02 #26052,Ana-Grammar 5,2.98,2.49,cnmne,"Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set). 1) George threw his extra javelin through two fleshy fruits related to an apple. 2) Mary had to halt the food preparation because she found a stain on each of the cooking utensils. 3) Per the negotiation, Isaac agreed to guide the troops through the valley. 4) How would you respond if the container of supplies had disappeared without a vestige?",No hint available.,"spare = extra spear = javelin pears = fruit related to the apple stop = halt spot = stain pots = cooking utensils deal = negotiation lead = guide dale = valley react = respond crate = container trace = vestige",Language,09/23/05 #6954,Men with Mustaches,2.42,2.29,majd,"You have a group of eighty two men, some of the men are tall, the number of the medium height men is double that of the tall men and the number of the short men is triple that of the medium height men and one man is very tall. You know that all tall men are bald but not all of the short men are bald, and that some of the medium height men are bald but the number of the medium height men with hair is double of that of the bald medium height men. You also know that none of the tall men does not have mustache while none of the short men with hair have mustache, but half of the bald medium height men have mustaches and nine of the medium height men with hair have mustaches too. If the number of the bald short men with mustache is less by three than the rest of other men that have mustaches and the percentage of total men with mustaches is 50% then the question is: does the very tall man have mustache or not (do not guess) and how can you prove that?",No hint available.,"Yes, the very tall man has a mustache. Let number of tall men = X then number of medium height men is 2X and number of short men is 6X (3*2X). Total number of men = X+2X+6X+1(very tall man) = 82 Solving 9X = 81 gives: Number of tall men is 9 Number of medium height men is 18 Number of short men is 54 And 1 very tall man Grouping facts: 1. All tall men are bald and none of the tall men does not have mustache (in other words all of them have mustaches) that means you have 9 tall bald people with mustache. 2. The number of medium height men with hair is double of the number of bald medium height men (assume it Y) gives: Y+2Y = 18, and so Y = 6 which is the number of bald medium height men and the number of medium height men with hair = 12. 9 medium height men with hair have mustaches and 3 bald medium height men (half of them) have mustaches too. 3. Adding up the number of men that have mustaches up till this point from 1 & 2 above: Number of men with mustaches = 9(tall) + 9(medium height men with hair) + 3(bald medium height men = 21 If the very tall man does not have a mustache, then the number of bald short men mustache = 18 (less by 3 than the above number.) If the very tall man does have a mustache then the number of bald short men is 19 (less by 3 than the above number plus one for the very tall man.) Percentage of total number of men with mustaches = 0.5 = 0.5 * 82 = 41 men There must be 21 + (21 + W) - 3 + W = 41 men with mustaches (where W is the one very tall man if having a mustache, and either equals 1 if he has a mustache or = 0 if he does not have one.) Solving the equation: 42 + 2W - 3 = 41 gives that W = 1 and thus the very tall man has a mustache.",Math,08/28/02 #12819,Baseball Numbers,1.91,0.6900000000000001,theteaser,How many balls are there in baseball?,No hint available.,1 BALL in base(BALL),Trick,05/30/03 #5790,Candy Spelling,2.91,1.8,nuttyprince,The word candy can be spelled with just 2 letters. Can you guess which ones?,No hint available.,c and y,Trick,07/22/02 #10726,Snack Time,2.48,2.03,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? (Ate Bits) Eat Eat",Computer speak,"A bite to eat. Ate Bits or 8 Bits = 1 Byte in computing. Two Eat.",Rebus,02/26/03 #14470,Upside Down,2.28,1.04,Serendipity,"What are four double-digit numbers that are the same upside down as they are right side up? ""Upside down"" means that they are rotated 180 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise.",No hint available.,"11, 69, 88, & 96",Other,08/21/03 #34436,Is This the Military?,2.19,2.35,snowmonster,"I support and protect There are two protectors above me Without me - your thoughts are vulnerable I act as a lever for movements in the body I am the hardest structure of the body I am involved indirectly in connection with certain manipulations",No - This is not the Military . . . .,"The Occipital Bone I give shape and strength to the body. The Occipital bone forms the lower back part of the cranium and is below the parietal bones. The 2 Parietal bones form the sides and top (crown) of the cranium. The bones of the skull protect the brain (your thoughts are vulnerable). Bone is the hardest structure of the body. It is composed of fibrous tissues firmly bound together, consisting of about one-third animal matter and two-thirds mineral matter. The Occipital bone, along with the parietal, frontal, temporal, ethmoid and sphenoid are involved indirectly in connection with scalp and facial manipulations.",Riddle,12/17/06 #48063,Seek A Phrase 2,2.71,2.32,dalfamnest,"Each phrase we seek is the title of a play by William Shakespeare. Its letters have been jumbled and rearranged into a nonsense phrase. You have to piece together the original title. e.g. ""Me halt"" = Hamlet 1. Ooh! Tell! 2. Convert the mean chief 3. Rapt on a neon cat lady","1. Tragedy [1 word] 2. Comedy [4 words] 3. Tragedy [3 words]","1. Othello 2. The Merchant of Venice 3. Antony and Cleopatra",Language,10/05/10 #48051,Compound Couples,3.07,2.54,dalfamnest,"Compound words are pairings of existing words; e.g. brainstorm. Each word affects the overall meaning. Some word pairs can be compounded in two ways. Use the given clues to find these ""compound couples"". ** EXAMPLE ** short range firearm & the blast from a firearm [7] = shotgun & gunshot ** CLUES ** 1. pass & company merger [8] 2. escape & the start of a war [8] 3. delay & maintain [6] 4. shelf set & detective's diary [8] ** HINT ** You will find sentences in which the Compound Couples can be placed.","1. The company managed to ____ its competitors' profits and had thoughts of a ____. 2. The famous ____ from Dartmoor Prison was just before the ____ of World War II. 3. In spite of the ____ in production, the manager promised to ____ high standards. 4. I keep my copy of ""Sherlock's ____"" at the top of my ____.","1. overtake & takeover 2. breakout & outbreak 3. holdup & uphold 4. casebook & bookcase",Language,10/02/10 #50431,Words With LG,2.19,2.11,cnmne,"Five words that contain LG as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *LG**, **LG*, **LG**, **LG***, ****LG* Pool: A, A, A, B, D, E, E, E, I, I, I, I, M, N, P, R, R, U, U, V",No hint available.,"ALGAE, BILGE, VULGAR, PILGRIM, INDULGE",Language,09/14/14 #49444,Jazz Band Solos,3.06,1.77,Rhythmic,"Evan, Lucy, Maria, Steve, and Will all played together in a local jazz band. At their last concert, they each had a solo. Match the musicians with their last name, instrument, and order they played. First names: Evan, Lucy, Maria, Steve, Will Last names: Earl, Lewis, Masters, Sacks, Wilson Instruments: Alto Sax, Piano, Tenor Sax, Trombone, Trumpet 1) Maria's solo was unique. She sang as she played. 2) Steve's last name sounded like the instrument he played. 3) Mr. Wilson played his solo before the tenor sax player. 4) Will played his trumpet during the fifth solo. 5) Ms Earl, who didn't play trombone, played her solo before Steve but after Ms Lewis. 6) The alto sax was featured in the first solo. 7) Lucy played a brass instrument.","Lucy and Maria are women. Evan, Steve, and Will are men. Trombones and trumpets are brass instruments. Sacks sounds like sax.","Evan Wilson played the alto sax first. Lucy Lewis played the trombone second. Maria Earl played the piano third. Steve Sacks played the tenor sax fourth. Will Masters played the trumpet fifth.",Logic-Grid,04/27/12 #13738,SEVEN?,2.23,3.05,mathemagician,"If ONE is TWO, SIX is TEN, and FIVE is ZERO, what's SEVEN?",No hint available.,"TOROW From the numbers given, you can develop a letter substitution: One: O = T, N = W, E = O Six: S = T, I = E, X = N Five: F = Z, I = E, V = R, E = O Then you can solve for SEVEN: S = T E = O V = R E = O N = W",Other,07/10/03 #25920,Square or Round Base,2.83,1.33,Sunrose,"I am usually in a wooden case I can have a square or round base I have my own set of weights In my name, is what a child calls a parent When you hear me, I am apparent I am Grand. By my name, I sound old I am in stores where I am sold Short I am not I usually sit in one spot",Part of my name is found in the teaser.,Grandfather or Grandmother clock,Riddle,09/15/05 #4126,Jumble,2.29,2.16,librashorty,"What is the answer to the following teaser? hwayetrititae omnltesnhsesr",look up and down,"26; the teaser reads 'how many letters in this teaser'. The teaser's letters alternate between the top and bottom line.",Language,05/17/02 #48045,Words With UI,2.35,2.06,cnmne,"Five words that contain UI as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *UI**, **UI*, ***UI*, *UI****, ***UI** Pool: B, C, D, D, E, E, E, E, E, F, G, G, J, L, L, L, N, Q, R, S",No hint available.,"JUICE, FLUID, SEQUIN, GUILDER, BEGUILE",Language,10/01/10 #37149,Call Knee?,2.72,1.83,LeafFan4life,"The... call knee call knee call knee call knee call knee call knee call knee call knee call knee call knee call knee call knee call knee",Knowledge of American history may help on this one.,The 13 colonies (Call on knee). The 13 colonies rebelled against the British Empire which began the American Revolutionary War.,Rebus,06/29/07 #6474,4= P on a D,2.16,2.03,missie,4= P on a D,No hint available.,4 paws on a dog,Letter-Equations,08/12/02 #25862,Places...,2.23,1.58,sugarnspice4u7,"What do the following places have most in common? France, York, Mexico, England, and Amsterdam.",No hint available.,"They can have NEW in the beginning of each place. New France, New York, New Mexico, New England, and New Amsterdam.",Other,09/10/05 #6065,OHIOWA,2.2,2.05,michelle,"What does this mean? OHIOWA",No hint available.,United States,Rebus,07/30/02 #16274,Fill The Missing Letters,2.25,2.32,jon0513,"Why are some letters replaced by blanks missing? a _ _ _ _ f _ h i j k l m n o _ q r s _ u _ w x y _",Say the missing letters.,"They are the letters that have the largest rhyme series in the alphabet. B, C, D, E, G, P, T & Z (in certain countries)",Language,01/21/04 #23333,Ride,2.23,0.87,killalady05,"You get on top of me, You ride me, Sometimes I can get rough, but can be gentle, I have to take a good break once in a while, What am I?",No hint available.,A horse!,Riddle,06/01/05 #21404,Quocorrian Math 3,2.13,2.94,CPlusPlusMan,"Bound by your promise to stay on Quocorria until you've mastered all of their numbering systems, you find yourself still stuck on Quocorria. Now, while attending a Quocorrian mathematical seminar, the speaker mentions yet another form of math. After the speech, you approach him with questions on this system. Being like the rest of the Quocorrians you've met, he only gives you a sheet of paper, this time with six problems on it, and leaves. Here's the paper: 2+2=11 6-4=28 4*5=100 10/5=10 3-4=13 4+3*5-6=9497 So, knowing that those are all true, what's 3*6?","This system is not commutative. 3+2 is not the same as 2+3. The Order of Operations is the same as our own. 1+1=5.5","90. In this system, you multiply the rightmost number by 1, the second rightmost number by 10, the third by 100, and so on. Solve the problem like that, and divide by two. So 2+2 would look like (20+2)/2. 4+3*5-6 would look like (4000+300*50-6)/2",Math,03/07/05 #1551,Maria's Age,2.5,1.71,gokaran,"Maria doesn't like to tell people her real age. When somebody asks her how old she is, she says that she is twenty-one. (Maria mentally omits all Sundays because on Sundays she doesn't work, so she claims she doesn't get any older.) How old is Maria really?",No hint available.,"Maria could be either 24 or 25. She subtracted one-seventh of her real age. If she were actually 24.5 years old, she could claim that she was 21 (24.5 * 6/7 = 21). If she were actually 25.6 years old, she could also claim that she was 21 (25.6 * 6/7 = 21.9 (rounded)).",Math,11/30/01 #23880,Guess the Animals #2,2.97,2.19,Javian,"Find out what the animals are! (for example, ""To run away or escape"" could be a ""flea"") 1. A strong body tissue 2. Government head of a town/city 3. To sound low, husky, or grating 4. Relating to a group of singers 5. Stealin' 6. A parent's female sibling 7. A mythical curse or bond 8. A second-person pronoun 9. Thin thread-like outgrowth from the skin 10. To exist. A form of 'am' or 'was.'",No hint available.,"1. Mussel (Muscle) 2. Mare (Mayor) 3. Horse (Hoarse) 4. Coral (Choral) 5. Robin (Robbin') 6. Ant (Aunt) 7. Geese (Geas) 8. Ewe (You) 9. Hare (Hair) 10. Bee (Be)",Language,06/20/05 #15676,Banana Stock,2.66,1.2,MrIxolite,"What could this be? Chimpanzees Ltd.",No hint available.,Monkey business,Rebus,12/05/03 #50950,An Ancient King,2.87,2.29,TheRiddleTroll,"Note: The structure of this riddle is modeled after those written in old English, where alliteration takes center stage just as much as rhyme. I am a giant, an ancient king With many a jewel by my neck are hanging Then a monster comes, a heartless thief. The bite so bitter brings me grief. It takes my treasure, my riches untold, My rubies, my emeralds, my silver, my gold. What am I?",No hint available.,"A tree monster = winter jewels = leaves",Riddle,12/17/16 #8979,I Swear,2.67,1.86,MrIxolite,"What is this rebus? Alle / Giance Devo / Tion Fe / Alty",No hint available.,Divided Loyalties,Rebus,12/07/02 #28857,The Transportation,2.92,1.66,Angelli,"There once was a truck....when you go out, and I come in, what will become of the truck?",No hint available.,It will become a TRICK!,Trick,03/01/06 #23119,Hungry,2.56,0.8300000000000001,sing4evr,"I eat and eat but I'm never full. I catch my prey with my strong pull. I can be great or very small. But no matter what I eat it all. Nothing escapes, not even light, Although things try to put up a fight. I'm not found on earth, I'm very far To find me, you must look to the stars! What am I?",I look very dark.,A Black Hole,Riddle,05/24/05 #37987,The B K?,2.18,2.79,sarah7,T = the B K,No hint available.,Tutankhamen was the Boy King.,Letter-Equations,08/28/07 #51350,Missing Word 15,2.64,1.33,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? S_ _ _DO E_ _ _ _ _ _VE TE_ _ _",_ _ _RAGE,"PEE! SPEEDO EPEE (a kind of dueling sword used in fencing) the sport of fencing with an épée. PEEVE TEPEE (a cone-shaped tent made of skins, cloth, or canvas on a frame of poles, used by Native Americans of the Plains and Great Lakes regions) Hint: PEERAGE (relating to the British noble rank of peer or peeress)",Language,07/20/17 #43298,What Did Each Rent?,2.54,1.6300000000000001,Thinker1995,"A family was vacationing at a lake. The family members were a sister, a brother, a mom, a dad, and a grandpa. The family each rented something to keep them busy during the trip. However though, everyone forgot what they each rented. Can you help them figure out what they each rented using these clues? The vehicles were: a green bicycle, a red tandem, a blue motorbike, a red rowboat, and a yellow skateboard. 1. Dad wanted to do something by himself. 2. The rowboat can seat either two children, or one adult. 3. Sister rented something red. 4. Brother wanted to have his hands free. 5. Children are not allowed in the water unless an adult is with them. 6. Grandpa is tired, and won't do anything that involves moving his legs. 7. Mom is afraid of the water. 8. Mom and sister were planning to do something together. 9. None of the adults want to ride the blue motorbike.","Two people ride the tandem, so there is one vehicle that nobody rented.","Green bicycle: dad Red tandem: mom and sister Red rowboat: grandpa Yellow skateboard: brother Nobody rented the blue motorbike.",Logic,10/11/08 #23196,Guess the Pattern,2.22,2.63,cnmne,"What are the next three numbers in this series? 6, 10, 14, 15, 21, 22, 26, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, ?, ?, ?",No hint available.,"The series lists numbers that are products of two different prime numbers. 6 = 2 * 3 10 = 2 * 5 14 = 2 * 7 15 = 3 * 5 21 = 3 * 7 22 = 2 * 11 26 = 2 * 13 33 = 3 * 11 34 = 2 * 17 35 = 5 * 7 38 = 2 * 19 39 = 3 * 13 thus 46 (2 * 23), 51 (3 * 17), 55 (5 * 11)",Series,05/26/05 #40787,Calamitous,2.84,2.38,aresII,"I am only a word of five letters, but I have caused great calamities. Take away my head and I enhance a city. Behead me once more and I am a place where all the world once congregated. If at first you curtail me, I am a mineral. Curtail once more and I am a fashionable resort. Yet if instead you cut off both my head and my tail it does not deteriorate my value.",No hint available.,"SPARK. Clues: park, ark, spar, spa, par.",Riddle,02/29/08 #31370,Perfection,2.94,2.01,soccercow10,"1: flawed 2: not flawed 1: flawed 3: not flawed 1: flawed 4: not flawed 1: flawed 5: not flawed",No hint available.,No one is perfect.,Rebus,06/27/06 #25493,One Day Shopping...,1.73,2.13,smarty_blondy,"Sunday afternoon, Lara had some free time and some money and decided she wanted to go shopping. After about an hour, she called her mother. ""Mom, it's getting dark and I have no more money. Please come and pick me up!"" But Lara didn't buy anything. Why did she say she had no more money?",Time and money...,"Time is money! Instead of saying ""I have no more time"", she replaced ""time"" with ""money"" and said, ""I have no more money.""",Trick,08/22/05 #43203,It Just Doesn't Add Up!,2.41,1.68,getoffursausage,"What is the only number in which you can add up all its digits, and then multiply that number by three and get your original number?","Example: 11. 1+1=2. 2x3=6. If it was the number, 2x3 would equal 11 (the original number).","27. 2+7=9. 9x3=27. 27=27",Math,09/26/08 #3698,Monty Hall Dilemma,2.62,1.86,Mogmatt16,"Suppose you are on a game show. The host puts two envelopes in front of you, telling you that one contains twice as much as the other. You select envelope A, reach inside, and there is $200. Now, the host offers you a chance to switch whatever you picked for the other envelope. Do you?",No hint available.,"First, you must think about this: The other envelope either contains $400 or $100. You have a fifty/fifty chance of either gaining $200 or losing $100. The odds are playing in your favor. Here is the strange part though: You would have arrived at a similar conclusion if you had picked envelope 2. Personally, I would stick with what I have because it is still a 50/50 chance of increasing your total. What you have run into is the famous two-envelope paradox. If you have any better reason for switching, leave a comment.",Probability,04/22/02 #8720,Who is Taller,2.67,2.06,lesternoronha1,"Fifty contestants for the Miss America pageant were arranged in ten rows and five columns on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. One viewer of this display noticed that of the tallest women in each column that Miss Maryland was the shortest of the five. Another viewer noticed that of the shortest women in each row that Miss Nevada was the tallest of the ten. There are no ties, all fifty women have different heights. Who is taller, Miss Maryland or Miss Nevada?",No hint available.,"Miss Maryland is taller. There are three possible scenarios: 1) If Miss Maryland and Miss Nevada are in the same column then Miss Maryland would be taller, because she is the tallest in that column. 2)If Miss Maryland and Miss Nevada are in the same row then Miss Maryland would be taller, because Miss Nevada is the shortest in that row. 3)If Miss Maryland and Miss Nevada share neither a row nor column then there must be some other contestant who is both in Miss Maryland's column and Miss Nevada's row. Call this woman Miss Texas. To illustrate her position consider the following diagram. xxxxx xmxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xtxxn xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx In this diagram the m stands for Miss Maryland, the n for Miss Nevada, and the t for Miss Texas. Miss Maryland must be taller than miss Texas, because miss Maryland is the tallest in her column. Miss Texas must be taller than Miss Nevada, because Miss Nevada is the shortest in her row. Thus if M>T>N then M>N, or Miss Maryland is taller than Miss Nevada.",Logic,12/08/02 #45041,Password (A Variation),2.28,0.98,firefox99,"My password has six letters, but I pressed seven buttons (not including the enter button) and the computer still accepted my password. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"I typed my six letter password, and then I pressed the number (not a letter) in my password to log on. Another acceptable answer would be: My password had a capital letter in it, causing me to also hit the shift key.",Trick,08/10/09 #1512,4 P = 1 B,2.13,2.43,starman,4 P = 1 B,No hint available.,4 Pecks = 1 Bushel,Letter-Equations,11/25/01 #2243,Cat and Dog,2.7600000000000002,2.0,iluvcats,"A talent scout was in town. Tommy took his cat and dog to show to the scout. Tommy put the cat on the stage. The cat didn't move or do anything interesting. Tommy took the cat off and put the dog on the stage. Then the dog talked! ""I hope I do good"" he said to the scout and did a flip. Then the dog bowed. The talent scout looked gleeful. ""You got the job,"" he said to Tommy, ""The dog's first show is at 7:00 tomorrow night."" ""What about the cat?"" asked Tommy. ""I ONLY want the dog,"" replied the scout. The night of the dog's performance he just sat on the stage. The dog did not do anything interesting. What is going on?",No hint available.,The cat was a ventriloquist.,Situation,02/03/02 #5776,17 = S L on a F F,2.24,2.48,Canary05,17 = S L on a F F,Think about sport - and it's nothing to do with the players in a team.,17 = Straight Lines on a Football Field (i.e. marked on a soccer field),Letter-Equations,07/24/02 #6301,Bubbles,2.67,1.92,im_para_noid,Your captors are bubbling air into a water glass from a hose. You are miniaturized and asked if you wish to be placed in a small bubble or a large bubble. All the bubbles appear to be less than 3 millimeters in radius. Your goal is to reach the surface of the water along the straightest possible path. What bubble do you choose?,No hint available.,Choose a very small bubble. Very small bubbles (with radii less than 0.7 millimeters) are spherical and rise to the surface in a straight line. Bubbles between 0.7 millimeters and 3 millimeters in radius are spherical but either spiral or zigzag upward.,Science,08/07/02 #6217,Lost 2,2.31,2.21,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? detcreappptieodn",No hint available.,"Trapped in deception! deTcReAPPptiEoDn DEtCrEappPTIeOdN",Rebus,08/04/02 #2417,Baseball,2.08,1.36,THenA,"In baseball, how many outs are there in an inning?",No hint available.,"6. 3 for each team!",Trivia,02/24/02 #49459,Come On In,3.04,0.84,aceofspades29,"Let's get ready for challenge. I think you know where I am. Because, as you know, I hold lots of knowledge. Really, I can lend a helping hand. Although since people most often come for Riveting good stories and tales, You, my friend, can find knowledge in me. Whether it be history, science, or Braille. I cannot be held in your hand, you see. I'm quite a bit larger than that. So come right in, and let's begin. Put on your thinking cap!",No hint available.,"A library. (Also, the first letter of the first few lines spell out ""library"")",Riddle,05/08/12 #26735,Knight's Tour II,2.27,2.93,kiss,"The knight left Breadland, and went to a neighboring kingdom named Cakeland. Cakeland is much similar to Breadland, but unlike Breadland, Cakeland is 12x4. Cakelanders like cake, as well as Breadlanders like bread. The knight was on a square of Cakeland, he wanted to visit each square of Cakeland exactly once, and return to the square he was originally on. Each step, the knight moved to one of the squares nearest to that on which it stands but the queen can't reach. The knight thought that since Cakeland has an even number of squares, he could achieve his goal this time. However, the knight still failed. Do you know why?","If you can't figure it out, try coloring Cakeland in another way: a d a d... b c b c... c b c b... d a d a... Then there are 12 squares of each color.","Color Cakeland as follows, i.e. each column alternatively abcd and dcba: a d a d... b c b c... c b c b... d a d a... Then there are 12 squares of each color. Again we suppose that the lower left corner is black. Then a and c are normal white squares while b and d are normal black squares. Additionally, we notice that each a-square must be preceded and followed by a b-square. This will require more b-squares than a-squares, but there are 12 squares of each color. Therefore, the knight couldn't achieve his goal.",Math,11/05/05 #17855,DIS Teaser Is Tricky,2.28,3.1,MrIxolite,"Add a letter to the following three letters to make a word containing ten letters DIS",No hint available.,"The word is Dismissive A missive is a written note or letter",Trick,06/08/04 #30867,Chris Cross's Dead Donkey,2.99,2.14,Swordoffury1392,"Chris Cross went to the Buymenot Barn to buy a donkey. He looked and looked until he finally found the one which he wanted costing $500. The stable owner, Scammin' Sam, however, was not ready to take Chris's word and demanded that Chris paid $100 in advance for the donkey. After thinking for a while, Chris agreed to do so. When Chris went back the next day, he found that the donkey he liked was dead. He asked Scammin' Sam for his money back but was told that it had already been used. A quick thinker, Chris made a deal with Sam. He said that he would keep the donkey but would not pay the $400 which was left in his payment. Sam readily agreed with this thinking that he was giving someone a dead donkey for $100- not a bad deal for him. Inquisitive, Sam asked Chris what he was going to do with the dead donkey and was told that Chris was about to raffle it off for $5 per ticket. That made Sam extremely amused. He asked, ""I thought that you were a dumb one when you gave me money for a dead donkey. Now you're telling me that you're going to raffle it off. I don't know of anybody who wouldn't complain getting a dead donkey as a prize!"" Chris, however, replied that this wouldn't be a problem for him. What was his plan?",No hint available.,"Chris raffled the donkey and 160 people bought tickets. Thus, he received $800 dollars from this. The only person who found out that the donkey was dead was the person who won. Chris gave that person $100 to keep this a secret. So, the person earned $95 if you subtract the ticket price, and Chris ended up earning $600. Note: How much he raffled it off for does not make a difference. The basic answer is the same.",Situation,06/04/06 #35998,Foods and Neighborhoods,2.07,0.68,nascarfan19,"Austin, Mary, and Zachary all have different favorite foods. They also live in three different neighborhoods in Chelsea, Missouri. Names - Austin, Mary, Zachary Foods - Cheeseburger, Ice Cream, Pizza Neighborhoods - Cherry Hills, Old Fairway, Nantucket 1) Whoever likes the ice cream lives in Nantucket. 2) Whoever lives in Cherry Hills, his/her favorite food is not the cheeseburger. 3) Mary lives in Old Fairway. 4) Zachary lives in Cherry Hills.",No hint available.,"Austin - Ice Cream, Nantucket Mary - Cheeseburger, Old Fairway Zachary - Pizza, Cherry Hills",Logic-Grid,04/01/07 #3735,Crystal Clear,2.55,1.22,od-1,"I can look like a diamond to behold. But in you I am more precious than gold. I am at the table when it is time to eat. My twin looks alike and he's really sweet. What am I?",I said my twin looks like me but is sweet,"I am Salt. My twin is sugar.",Riddle,04/25/02 #49616,Air Pressure,2.38,1.09,aceofspades29,"Let's say, hypothetically, that a basketball is twice the size of a volleyball. And, a volleyball is three times the size of a baseball. So, if a basketball has 12 pounds of air pressure, how much air pressure will a baseball have?",No hint available.,A baseball doesn't need any air pressure. It has cork and rubber in the middle.,Trick,10/03/12 #12168,40=S on a M B,2.32,2.24,ruzzy,40=S on a M B,No hint available.,40= Spaces on a Monopoly Board,Letter-Equations,05/02/03 #46557,Marky's New Buddy,2.29,2.91,canse912,"You may have heard about my Sphynx cat Marky. Marky is incredibly sweet, but he does nothing but sleep! I decided to get him a more energetic companion. My friend Polly asked me what I was going to name the cat. Now, I am a great puzzle enthusiast, and so I sent her a cryptic clue in an email. ""I feature in what sounds like Australia, But that is a typical error, I could be an insult, or an endearment Or a cat to stay with you forever. I'm a little squat, it may seem, But I'll stay loyal forever And here's one thing you may find strange; My name and breed are the same, to a letter!"" What is my new cat's name, and a bonus question: What is his breed?",Oz is a nickname for Australia.,"I have named my new cat Munchkin, and he is a Munchkin! Munchkins are a breed of cat with very short legs, who are known for being dog-like and loyal. As for the Australia reference, The Wizard of Oz has Munchkins in it!",Riddle,03/17/10 #2548,Ofus Just Ofus,2.79,1.65,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? ofus just ofus",No hint available.,JUST between the two OF US,Rebus,03/06/02 #4831,Unfortunate Rabbits,2.97,1.05,bobbrt,"The following limerick has had the last word of each line scrambled. Can you figure it out? It is the unfortunate THIAB Of the rabbit to breed like a BIRTBA. One can say without NOUSETIQ This leads to TECGSONINO In the burrows that rabbits TANIIBH.",No hint available.,"It is the unfortunate habit Of the rabbit to breed like a rabbit. One can say without question This leads to congestion In the burrows that rabbits inhabit.",Language,06/19/02 #2045,Walk the Dog,2.23,1.81,ripstein,"Mark took his dog for a walk. It did not walk in front of him, behind him, above him, below him, or to one side of him. Also, he wasn't carrying it. Where did the dog walk?",No hint available.,The dog walked on Mark's OTHER side.,Logic,01/16/02 #6193,Which Drink?,2.7600000000000002,2.34,flynn,"Quebec women expect Robert to yell unless I offer _________. Which one of the following drinks belongs at the end of the sentence? Scotch, Brandy, Gin, Pepsi.","Quebec women probably don't drink this--but if they type, they may figure out the answer.","Pepsi. The words in the sentence start with the letters on the top row of the keyboard. QWERTYUIOP. So the last word must start with ""P"".",Group,08/02/02 #40582,Moonlight,2.28,1.14,cheesepie,"Several people were out in total darkness, except for the light of the full moon. Also, they were bathed in sunlight. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"This is possible because the moon doesn't give off its own light, but it instead reflects the light of the sun. So this means moonlight is actually reflected sunlight.",Science,02/19/08 #10804,Heats Up To Cool Off,2.32,1.07,Khrissy,What heats up to cool off?,No hint available.,An air conditioner or refrigerator.,Riddle,02/28/03 #11282,Some Interesting Anagrams,2.94,2.17,IronMaiden980,"Rearrange the letters to form new words, phrases, places, or names. The words in parentheses are hints. ONE ON ALP (conqueror) SEEK A PHRASE (playful fellow) KNEE CRUTCH ART (great ballet) NONE MISTER (soup) TOXIC NAME (April agony) HE BUGS GORE",No hint available.,"ONE ON ALP - Napoleon SEEK A PHRASE - Shakespeare KNEE CRUTCH ART - The Nutcracker NONE MISTER - minestrone TOXIC NAME - income tax HE BUGS GORE - George Bush",Language,03/18/03 #51013,Keep It a Secret,2.0,0.85,BadBunnee02,"what's the Rebus? relling selling _ _ _ _ _ _ _ uelling velling",No hint available.,there's no telling,Rebus,03/15/17 #5589,Lilliputian Female,2.74,1.25,Bobbrt,"Can you determine the nursery rhyme being stated below? A Lilliputian female, who was an unmarried Homo sapiens seedling decided to moor herself on a bit of volcanic detritus in order to gormandize on both casein and other forms of coagulation. The next cognitive realization she had was when a leviathan arachnid arbitrarily decided to co-habitate on the same volcanic detritus resulting in a terrorized withdrawal.",No hint available.,"LITTLE MISS MUFFET Little Miss Muffet Sat on a Tuffet, Eating her curds and whey; Along came a spider Who sat down beside her And frightened Miss Muffet away.",Language,07/14/02 #30002,One Letter of Separation 3,2.99,2.7,cnmne,"Each group of three definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. 1a) inexperienced 1b) to address with expressions of kind wishes 1c) unreasonable selfish desire 2a) highly skilled 2b) to conform 2c) to accept formally and put into effect 3a) a committee for judging and awarding prizes 3b) conceal or hide 3c) violent anger 4a) a rounded shape 4b) spoken 4c) a gemstone","The length of the words and the position that changes: 1) 5, 5th 2) 5, 3rd 3) 4, 1st 4) 4, 2nd","1) green, greet, greed 2) adept, adapt, adopt 3) jury, bury, fury 4) oval, oral, opal",Language,04/24/06 #41152,Add a Letter 15,2.68,1.94,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) foot soldier & shrimp-like crustacean (4 letters) 2) ore deposit & inn (4 letters) 3) a narrow street & a depression between mountains (5 letters) 4) activity & to sell for highest offer (6 letters)",No hint available.,"1) pawn & prawn 2) lode & lodge 3) alley & valley 4) action & auction",Language,03/21/08 #26504,My Maine Man,2.65,1.29,Rob2003,"Following the swimsuit round, the number of entrants in the Mr. Maine muscleman contest was whittled down to five finalists: Arnold, Curtis, Kent, Rocky, and Vaughn. Each hails from a different Maine city: Bangor, Lewiston, Old Town, Portland, and Skowhegan. For the final event, the weightlifting competition, each man lifted a different number of pounds: 315, 330, 345, 375, and 390. Only one winner will be treated to the traditional prize: an all-you-can-eat lobster dinner! Determine the city each finalist hails and the number of pounds each finalist lifted during the contest. 1. Kent (who isn't the man from Lewiston) lifted the heaviest weight. The man from Bangor lifted the lightest weight. 2. Arnold (who didn't lift 330 pounds) lifted exactly 15 pounds more than the man from Old Town. The man from Skowhegan lifted exactly 45 pounds more than Rocky. 3. Curtis didn't lift 375 pounds.",No hint available.,"Arnold: Lewiston, 345 Curtis: Bangor, 315 Kent: Portland, 390 Rocky: Old Town, 330 Vaughn: Skowhegan, 375",Logic-Grid,10/23/05 #2553,I Dark,2.18,1.83,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? ii dark",No hint available.,Dark under the eyes!,Rebus,03/06/02 #14217,Sitting Down or Standing Up,2.36,1.28,luvupurple,What do you have sitting down that you don't have standing up?,No hint available.,A lap.,Riddle,08/08/03 #520,3 Double Letters,2.8,1.87,kaila912,"There is a word in the English dictionary that has 3 double letters in a row. What is it?",No hint available.,Bookkeeper,Language,05/29/01 #788,The Place I am Going,2.2,2.14,coolridge,"The place I am going to, I will have to walk The place I am going to, there will be life all around me The place I am going to, people may live in And people may come And people may leave And people have jobs And still in the place I am going to, there is no need for money. Where am I going?",Things here can stand very tall.,The Forest,Riddle,08/29/01 #5950,dentobeial,2.25,1.26,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? dentobeial",No hint available.,To be in denial!,Rebus,07/27/02 #40816,Allen Konigsberg...?,2.43,2.17,aresII,"The following quote is by Woody Allen. He was born on December 1, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg. He started his career as a stand up comedian and became a playwright and director. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. H=D ""O KODD EXJ LSJ XAIJLZI. O KSEJ FA CXXH HLSH. EXJ IOUR. EXJ KXPEHLH. HLSH.""","L=E O=I S=A","""I WILL NOT EAT OYSTERS. I WANT MY FOOD DEAD. NOT SICK. NOT WOUNDED. DEAD."" KEY: A=Y C=F D=L E=N F=M H=D I=S J=T K=W L=E O=I P=U R=K S=A U=C X=O Z=R",Cryptography,03/02/08 #8440,A Boy and His Ducks,2.34,0.79,electronjohn,"A boy, walking home some ducks, was asked how many he had. He replied, ""When in line, there are two ducks ahead of a duck, two ducks behind a duck, and one duck in the middle."" How many ducks had he?","Ducks like to swim. Not a good hint you say? Well I guess you are right about that. OK, pay attention to the commas. Each statement between commas should be considered separately. And do not read it as ""at least"" two ducks ahead of ""at least"" one duck, etc. It has all the words it needs already in it.",There are three ducks. Two in front of the last duck. Two behind the first duck. And one duck in the middle with a duck in front and behind it.,Logic,11/08/02 #47209,Sight Rhymes,2.88,2.28,MarcM1098,"In each group below, the three words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each group. Example: plo___, tho___, to___ would be plough, though, tough. 1. alb___, conc___, counterf___ 2. dr___, gl___, pr___ 3. b___, c___, t___","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. albe__, conce__, counterfe__ 2. dro__, glo__, pro__ 3. bo__, co__, to__","1. albeit, conceit, counterfeit 2. drove, glove, prove 3. bomb, comb, tomb",Language,06/11/10 #13344,5 = G R,2.09,2.14,gymnasticgirlstw,5 = G R,No hint available.,"5 = Golden Rings (In the ""12 Days of Christmas"" song)",Letter-Equations,06/22/03 #10071,Infinity,2.34,0.89,jessica,What's at the end of infinity?,No hint available.,"A question mark. When you read the question, a question mark is at the end of the word infinity.",Trick,01/27/03 #46911,SuperTurtle Saves the Day!,2.42,1.24,greenturtles,"--- Posted by the SuperTurtle Fan Club at 9:24 P.M. on 4-27-10 in NYC, NY --- Our favorite superhero (SuperTurtle) did a great job as a superhero today. Here is what happened --- - 9:14 A.M.- SuperTurtle saved 48 out of 48 people in the plane crash this morning. - 12:38 P.M.- SuperTurtle was able to save 2945 people out of 2947 people when the giant robot attacked 59th street. - 7:09 P.M.- SuperTurtle was able to save 548 out of 549 people when a ""monster"" attacked. So, SuperTurtle did a pretty good job in NYC today. You could take the time to find out how many people he DID save today. My question for you is, however, how many people did he NOT save today?","""not save""? And the answer is not 3, for you who think it is. Remember, this IS in the trick category...","Technically, he did not save around 6 billion people. He did have the chance to save 4,137 people. The other 6 billion or so people in the world were not ""saved"" by SuperTurtle that day. They didn't need saving (except for the 3 who died today). To find the exact answer, you would take the world's population - 4,137 people he did save.",Trick,05/10/10 #39095,Groaners,2.27,2.29,aresII,"The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. V=I ""UTDA L TLZZIUDDA TLEAQDP TIEYD VY YQSVXVAFZO DDSVD, CDICZD NIEZP YLO VQ'Y YCIIX-QLNEZLS."" ""BIS TLZZIUDDA, V UIAPDS VB CLSDAQY QTVAX IB YDAPVAF QTDVS NIZZDFD XVPY YNLSD CLNXLFDY.""","E=U F=G T=H","""WHEN A HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HOUSE IS STRIKINGLY EERIE, PEOPLE COULD SAY IT'S SPOOK-TACULAR."" ""FOR HALLOWEEN, I WONDER IF PARENTS THINK OF SENDING THEIR COLLEGE KIDS SCARE PACKAGES."" KEY: A=N B=F C=P D=E E=U F=G I=O L=A N=C O=Y P=D Q=T S=R T=H U=W V=I X=K Y=S Z=L",Cryptography,11/06/07 #27149,Time For a Picnic,2.85,2.54,scm14,"Five friends (one is Thomas) decided one day to take their children to the park for a picnic. Can you determine what the parents' first and last names are, who they brought to the picnic, how old the child was and how many children each parent has. Parents: Marion, Thomas, Andrew, Emily, Christina Surnames: Williams, Drew, Matthew, Edwards, Thompson Number of Children: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Children: Suzanne, Louanne, Peter, Stephanie, Walter Ages: 5, 7, 17, 8, 15 1. Mrs. Edwards's child was not Louanne (who was not 8). Stephanie did not have 4 siblings. 2. Stephanie was not the oldest child, but was no more than 3 years older than the youngest child. Walter Drew was not Thomas's child. 3. Christina's daughter was not the oldest, but was older than at least one other child. The youngest child was not surnamed Matthew. 4. The oldest child was upset because she was expected to help the parents watch the younger children. Luckily, her friend Louanne was there to keep her company. 5. Andrew (who was either surnamed Thompson or Williams) brought either Suzanne or the child who was five years old. 6. Stephanie, an only child, and her father carpooled with the Thompson family in their van. Mr. Thompson needed to drive a van because he had five children. 7. Peter was younger than Stephanie. Stephanie was ten years younger than one of the other children. 8. The five parents were Marion, Mrs. Matthew, Suzanne Thompson's father, the parent who had the eight year old child, and the parent who had only one child. 9. Emily had more children than Marion, but less children than Christina.",No hint available.,"Marion Edwards, 2 children, Peter, 5 years Thomas Williams, 1 child, Stephanie, 7 years Andrew Thompson, 5 children, Suzanne, 17 years Emily Drew, 3 children, Walter, 8 years Christina Matthew, 4 children, Louanne, 15 years",Logic-Grid,11/25/05 #25012,Yum... Bugs,2.47,2.66,IrIsHcHiCk_1128,"Find the word that doesn't belong: BUTTERFLY PRAYING MANTIS CRICKET LADYBUG MOSQUITOES YELLOW JACKET",No hint available.,"LADYBUG All of the other words contain a type of food as an anagram: BUTTERFLY -- BUTTER PRAYING MANTIS -- PASTRY CRICKET -- RICE MOSQUITOES -- MOUSSE YELLOW JACKET -- JELLY",Group,08/04/05 #41300,Poster Kingdom,2.34,1.97,jsteppergurl,"POSTER PRICES: 12"" x 18"" posters cost $7 24"" x 36"" posters cost $9 41"" x 20"" posters cost $11 The Poster Kingdom is offering a special sale on their posters: ""Buy two posters, and take a dollar off one of the posters."" Kathy, Lauren, Joe, Travis, and Shirley each bought two posters and spent a total of $85. Shirley bought two different-size posters, but they were not the same combination as those Travis or Kathy bought. Kathy spent $17 on two different-size posters. The two posters Travis bought cover 1,080 square inches. Lauren spent the most, purchasing two posters of the same size. How much money did each person spend, and what size posters did they buy?",Try working backwards.,"Kathy's posters were 12"" x 18"" and 41"" x 20"". She spent a total of $17. Lauren's posters were both 41"" x 20"". She spent a total of $21. Joe's two posters were 12"" x 18"". She spent a total of $13. Travis' posters were 12"" x 18"" and 24"" x 36"". He spent a total of $15. Shirley's posters were 24"" x 36"" and 41"" x 20"". She spent a total of $19.",Math,03/31/08 #25859,Fun With Julius,2.48,2.72,ac3p1l07,"20/20/20/14/1/14/21 8/1/1/9/19/4/18 9/8/12/14/25/9/6 19/15/9/19/12/20/1 9/19/20/1/21/19/21 19/16/19/14/13/25/12 14/9/1/5/1/15/20 minus punctuation",Caesar salad in M.A.S.H.,"This isn't a hospital! It's an insane asylum! And it's your fault! A=1 b=2 c=3 d=4 etc. Caesarian Box code tttnanu haaisdr ihlnyif soislta istausu spsnmyl niaeaot",Cryptography,09/10/05 #1001,4 S in a D of C,2.3,1.69,Michelle,4 S in a D of C,No hint available.,4 Suits in a Deck of Cards,Letter-Equations,10/05/01 #32114,The Devil and the Monk,3.03,2.31,OldChinaHand,"The Devil, on a soul quest, came across an elder Monk with a reputation for soul saving. But this man of the cloth also had a stronger local reputation for fine wines and a game of chance now and then. The Monk's soul saving in this province was of note down below and the Devil himself was here to deal with this monk. The Devil found the Monk at work on a roasted leg of mutton and nearly empty bottle of extremely fine brandy after vespers. Introductions were made when the Devil produced an even finer, dusty bottle of Cognac. The two talked and argued past the curfew bell, night prayer and even past the toiling for morning prayers. The Monk noticed early on that this bottle of especially fine brandy never emptied. Cup after cup of this heavenly smooth spirit flowed from this one bottle. Knowing of devil trickery was one thing, but there was no denying the rich spirited taste of this fine ambrosia. ""If only the rivers in Heaven flowed so smoothly"", thought the Monk. And for his part, giving the Devil his due, the Devil knew he now could tempt the Monk. ""A simple wager, Monk; find a task that I cannot do that any of your poor, humble mass of morality can perform and this very bottle is yours."" ""And if you can then..."" ""Yes old man, your soul is mine."" The Monk thought deeply, then drank one last time from this never emptying bottle, for courage, rose and took the Devil's hand in a solemn pledge and agreed. A bit surprised but delighted, the Devil had to boast, ""I am stronger, faster, and smarter than any mortal. I can go anywhere and return in the blink of an eye. I have seen all and know everything. There are no secrets that I don't know, no places or things that I cannot find. There is nothing that I can't do, or nothing I can't be, that your common mortals can. Your wager is lost, and I'll gladly take it old Monk. But know this; my death and salvation long ago were decided."" ""Fear not, Devil, Heaven nor I wish your soul; nor wish you to simply return from which you came. That would be too simple. Now, if I heard you correctly, you can go any place?"" ""Any place, Monk; even to end of the universe and return. There is nothing I can't do!"" However, the Monk did give the Devil a task that he could not do; a task that mortals often perform. What was the task?",No emotions were necessary for this task.,"The Monk told the Devil to 'get lost'. And, in case you're wondering, it was said that, many years later, the bottle was laid to rest with the Monk.",Situation,07/28/06 #26520,What Words #14,2.64,1.54,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN STOP __________ TOWER FAIR ___________ HOG FORE ____________ LAND",No hint available.,"STOP - WATCH - TOWER FAIR - GROUND - HOG FORE - FATHER - LAND",Language,10/24/05 #17480,Red Paint,2.24,2.11,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Sir Lancelot Scrabble Letters",No hint available.,"A night on the tiles Sir Lancelot = A knight Scrabble letters are known as tiles.",Rebus,04/26/04 #27763,Eleven Syllables,3.0,1.07,peppamintp,"Fill in the answers to the clues by using all the syllables. The number to be used is in parentheses. AD AR ECH ISH IST MON O SUG TLE TUR TYP 1. Sweetener (2) 2. Keyboard user (2) 3. Sound reflection (2) 4. Tortoise's kin (2) 5. Chide (3)",No hint available.,"1. Sugar (sug ar) 2. Typist (typ ist) 3. Echo (ech o) 4. Turtle (tur tle) 5. Admonish (Ad mon ish)",Language,12/29/05 #41655,Relationships #11,2.69,2.13,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your job is to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck! COLUMN A Pebble Palm Long Cocoa Myrtle COLUMN B Prompt Big Small Disorder Computer",No hint available.,All the words in COLUMN A are the names of well-known beaches.,Group,04/24/08 #16578,21 Blocks,2.22,2.1,Drakar,"One day, Drakar was studying for an algebra test when he noticed that his younger sibling made a pyramid of 21 blocks. Each row, from the bottom up, had one less block than the lower one. ""Hmm, I wonder how many different pyramids I can make. Now, I can only switch the blocks with other blocks on the row. So blocks in the fourth row can only be switched with other blocks from the fourth row. And I can switch blocks from as many rows I like, and count it as one different pyramid."" After thinking for a minute he took out a calculator and quickly figured out the answer. How many different pyramids can be made?","First, find the number of rows. Next, find the number of combinations each individual one has.","24,883,200 different pyramids. First of all, there are six rows. (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 21) Now, the first row, if we disposed of the rest, has only one combination. The second has two, and the third has six. From this we can figure out that each row has a number of combinations equal to the last row's times the number of blocks in the current one. So four has 24, five has 120, and six, 720. Now, while six has 720, each one of the fifth row's combinations gives you 720 MORE rows. same with five to four, etc. So we do 720 * 120 * 24 * 6 * 2 * 1. This ends up as 24,883,200 different pyramids.",Math,02/14/04 #16911,My Court: Racket,2.44,0.97,snaps,"What phrase is represented below? Your court: racket and ball My court: racket",No hint available.,The ball is in your court.,Rebus,03/08/04 #17600,Great Place to Hang!,2.4,1.62,PrincessJulzie,"T O W N",No hint available.,Town Square,Rebus,05/10/04 #48273,Painful Relaxation,2.78,0.8,spookboy0,"At first, I'm a word that is said If something should fall on your head; Then add just a letter, And I become better: A furniture item instead. What am I?","1. Consider the title. 2. The two different words rhyme with each other.","The first word is ""ouch,"" and the second word is ""couch.""",Riddle,12/09/10 #6411,Word + 1 Letter,3.11,2.79,nat_ekim,"What is the word that has 1 syllable, but when you add 1 letter to the end, it becomes 3 syllables?",The first word has 3 letters.,"The first word is 'are' then you add an ""A"" to the end and it becomes 'area'.",Language,08/10/02 #9660,I Give Knowledge,2.61,1.82,Mach3,"I give knowledge, but don't receive it. My brothers and I have lived many centuries, and in many places, each with our own unique faces. To my tall friends that made me, I am but a mere baby. If it weren't for me that you seek You may not know how to speak. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Book. (Tall Friends=Trees)",Riddle,01/07/03 #3938,Hear Me,2.75,1.18,dabigcheez,"You hear me again as you've heard me before. Then I die off till you call me once more.",No hint available.,an echo,Riddle,05/07/02 #31835,Hinky Dinky II,2.65,1.81,sk8ergrl,"A Hinky Dinky is a teaser which consists of two words or two sets of words.(writing utensil, chicken) To solve the Hinky Dinky, you must find synonyms for the words that rhyme. (pen, hen) Double-reeded instrument, Helium-filled party toy Percussion instrument, Not feeling Light brown, Vehicle Mind, Road Eating place, On a product","Try finding a synonym for just ONE of the words first, then work from there.","Bassoon, Balloon Drum, Numb Tan, Van Brain, Lane Table, Label",Language,07/17/06 #2182,"11, 69, and 88",2.38,1.39,jeppo,"What do the numbers 11, 69 and 88 have in common?",Working mathematically won't help you one bit.,When turned upside down all three numbers still read the same.,Group,01/27/02 #323,A B and the 40 T.,2.42,1.78,Mr. G,A B and the 40 T.,No hint available.,Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.,Letter-Equations,03/01/01 #8358,Off to the Movies,2.25,2.62,dsquared,"What common phrase is represented below? Off to the movies Leg",No hint available.,"Go out on a limb Off to the movies = Go out. Leg = a limb. ""Go out"" is on ""a limb""... Go out on a limb.",Rebus,11/04/02 #30176,Multiple Divisors,2.23,2.94,cnmne,"Professor Abacus is looking for a number. The number must have 10 digits. It must contain all 10 numerals (0 through 9, once each). It must also be evenly divisible by all integers 2 through 18. Find one of the four possible solutions.",No hint available.,"First, use prime factorization to determine the lowest common multiple (LCM). 2 = 2 3 = 3 4 = 2 * 2 5 = 5 6 = 2 * 3 7 = 7 8 = 2 * 2 * 2 9 = 3 * 3 10 = 2 * 5 11 = 11 12 = 2 * 2 * 3 13 = 13 14 = 2 * 7 15 = 3 * 5 16 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 17 = 17 18 = 2 * 3 * 3 LCM = 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 5 * 7 * 11 * 13 * 17 = 12252240. The smallest 10-digit number that is a multiple of the LCM is 1004683680 (12252240 * 82). The largest 10-digit number that is a multiple of the LCM is 9997827840 (12252240 * 816). The solution must be somewhere between these two numbers. To solve, multiply the LCM by each of the integers 82 through 816. The four solutions are: 2438195760 = 12252240 * 199 3785942160 = 12252240 * 309 4753869120 = 12252240 * 388 4876391520 = 12252240 * 398",Math,04/30/06 #28137,Anagram Riddle 8,3.0,2.74,cnmne,"I am a set of three words, all with the same six letters. First I am a kingdom, though not royally so. Then spell me backwards, and I become a thin plate. Now rearrange my consonants, leaving my vowels in place ... I am now a type of paper. What are the words?",No hint available.,"animal = a kingdom, not royal, but biological lamina = a thin plate manila = a type of paper",Riddle,01/17/06 #23686,Love Hate Relationship,2.64,1.68,KnightsTale,"You wake me in the mornings, and talk to me all day. But I would oft prefer that you had nothing to say. I love having you around, and at times I want to throw you to the ground. I love the way you hang so close, right there at my side, But sometimes when you call to me, I hang my head and sigh.",No hint available.,"A cell phone The alarm wakes me in the morning, and I get calls all day. The rest is self explanatory.",Riddle,06/14/05 #47569,After Us,2.2,2.31,dalfamnest,"H J P R T Can you find a common five-letter word which can be added to each of the above letters to make five common six-letter words? It can also be placed after ""C"", but the result is a word not widely known.",The five-letter word is a creature with webbed feet.,"Otter [A ""cotter"" is a farm labourer who works in return for cottage accommodation.]",Language,07/23/10 #2028,10 D in an A E W,2.27,2.77,Mogmatt16,10 D in an A E W,3 more than it is now.,10 Days in an Ancient Egyptian week.,Letter-Equations,01/13/02 #50847,-ORY Words,2.41,1.3800000000000001,kzmonopoly,"Each of these words ends with the letters ORY. Find the word based on the description. 1. Rude 2. A narrative 3. An arsenal 4. Place for viewing stars 5. White material found in elephants","1. 9 letters 2. 5 letters 3. 6 letters 4. 11 letters 5. 5 letters","1. DEROGATORY 2. STORY 3. ARMORY 4. OBSERVATORY 5. IVORY",Language,06/23/16 #21626,Running 2,2.41,2.13,muff,"The nest runs from the cry, as the murder and sloth look on. What is going on here?",Animals have some pretty weird collective names.,"A group of rabbits is running from a group of hounds, while a group of crows and a group of bears watch.",Trick,03/18/05 #34597,Lateral Thinking 3,2.92,1.75,shogun,A gang of criminals was loading a van with television sets that they were stealing from a warehouse when they suddenly heard the siren of an approaching police car. They could not avoid or outpace the police car. How did they escape?,No hint available.,"They started to unload the television sets and carry them back into the warehouse. When the police arrived, the robbers told the police that they were making a late delivery, and they were believed!",Situation,12/27/06 #41425,Slice & Splice 18,2.36,2.03,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: MAW, MET, NUT, RUE, RUM, SIN Group B: **M***, A*****, W*****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are seasons. SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER",Language,04/08/08 #9965,Repeating Letters,2.49,2.33,Bobbrt,"In each word below, at least three of the same letter have been removed, and the remaining letters have been left in their proper order. For example ""OER"" would lead to ""Totter"", with all of the ""T's"" removed (or possibly ""Popper""). Can you determine the five words? 1. AAIN 2. FAIBE 3. EER 4. AEE 5. INIU",No hint available.,"1. Assassin 2. Fallible 3. Pepper 4. Assesses 5. Minimum",Language,01/22/03 #28564,"Yes, I've Had Lasix Surgery",2.87,2.52,norcekri,"Which phrase from group B belongs with the words in group A? Group A Lonely Patent Canines Freighter Artwork Group B Local Election News Event Tax Return Brainy Teaser Play Date",Make your logic count,"""News Event"": it also contains number: lONEly paTENt caNINEs frEIGHTer arTWOrk newSEVENt ... not to mention laSIX in the title 8-)",Group,02/10/06 #46765,Letter Juggle 5,3.23,1.26,MarcM1098,"Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Pain - Nil 2. War - Zoned 3. Routing - Tip 4. Shot - Teaming 5. Right - Blight","1. Spike 2. Region 3. Journey 4. Temperature 5. Shining","1. Pin - Nail 2. Ward - Zone 3. Outing - Trip 4. Hot - Steaming 5. Bright - Light",Language,04/19/10 #51114,"You Win Some, You Lose Some",2.59,1.33,ThinksForFun,"My first, if it runs out, one may want to yell My second happens when there is buy and sell My whole, in the Big Apple, starts with a bell What am I?",The one in the Big Apple is not the only one.,"stock exchange ""Big Apple"" is a nickname for New York City, New York, USA. For line 3, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) starts each day with an opening bell.",Riddle,05/10/17 #3109,CR8NBEARL,2.17,1.98,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following retail store? CR8NBEARL",No hint available.,Crate & Barrel,Rebus,04/02/02 #10014,In The Middle,2.57,2.17,snaps,"For each of the pairs of words below, insert a word in the blank space between them to form two separate words such that the inserted word finishes the first word and begins the second. For example, given ""MAN ____ ON"", you would insert the word ""GO"" to form ""MANGO"" and ""GOON"". The hint gives the number of letters in each of the words that must be inserted. DON ____ HOLE STAR ____ ROOM PAD ____ YARD THOU ____ PAPER","The number of letters in the words to be inserted are 3, 5, 4 and 4.","KEY (DONKEY, KEYHOLE) BOARD (STARBOARD, BOARDROOM) DOCK (PADDOCK, DOCKYARD) SAND (THOUSAND, SANDPAPER)",Language,01/24/03 #8943,Five Five Five Five Five,2.59,2.06,foxer425,"Fill in the blanks using +, -, *, or / to make this equation valid. You may also add parentheses if necessary. 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 _ 5 = 24",No hint available.,"(5 * 5 * 5 - 5 )/ 5 = 24 5*5=25 25*5=125 125-5=120 120/5=24",Math,12/06/02 #39571,Thrice Beheaded,2.4,2.62,aresII,"In each verse the missing word is successively decapitated (has its initial letter removed) to form the remaining missing words. Untouched I tell of budding growth and life; Behead, I lead upward more or less; Again - with varied fragrance I am rife; Again - but little value I express.",No hint available.,"The words are: NASCENT, ASCENT, SCENT, CENT.",Language,12/13/07 #16241,A Box,2.78,2.81,silver_sword,"John gave his brother James a box, About it were many locks. James woke and said it gave him pain, So gave it back to John again. The box was not with lid supplied, Yet caused two lids to open wide. And all these locks had never a key. What kind of box, then, could it be?",No hint available.,"As curly-haired James was sleeping in bed, His brother John gave him a blow in the head. James opened his eyelids, and spying his brother, Doubled his fist and gave him another. This kind of a box then is not so rare The lids are the eyelids, the locks are the hair.",Riddle,01/19/04 #18793,Opposite Letters,2.52,2.98,cnmne,"Where can you find A opposite N, B opposite J, F opposite Q, G opposite U, K opposite R, L opposite Y, O opposite S, and P opposite X?",No hint available.,"In the Morse Code, which uses dots and dashes. Each pair of letters uses opposite characters. For example, A is dot dash, N is dash dot. A = dot dash, N = dash dot B = dash dot dot dot, J = dot dash dash dash F = dot dot dash dot, Q = dash dash dot dash G = dash dash dot, U = dot dot dash K = dash dot dash, R = dot dash dot L = dot dash dot dot, Y = dash dot dash dash O = dash dash dash, S = dot dot dot P = dot dash dash dot, X = dash dot dot dash",Other,09/08/04 #28416,Next Word,2.89,1.49,jessjspieks,"What word is missing? begin inch chapel elastic ==?== cellar arisen end",Last 2 letters,Ice: each word begins with the last two letters of the previous word.,Series,02/02/06 #1735,The Pool,2.23,1.96,missie,"You have a pool with no water and no walls, yet it is something used everyday. What is it?",No hint available.,A carpool.,Other,12/17/01 #39524,Liquid or Gas?,2.2,0.9,King_of_Smart,"If you boiled some ice in a hot frying pan, would it become a gas or a liquid?",No hint available.,"Both. It melts and becomes a liquid. Then the liquid gets hot and evaporates into a vapor, which is a gas!",Science,12/09/07 #35334,Homonyms 3,2.35,2.0,Princeford93,"What are the following homonyms? If you spell me one way, I mean an eagle's nest. If you spell me one way, I mean breezy. If you spell me one way, I mean external part of the ear. If you spell me one way, I mean seer. If you spell me one way, I mean in a state of wonder. If you spell me one way, I mean not usual.",No hint available.,"aerie airy auricle oracle awed odd",Language,02/16/07 #36010,Waldo's Peanuts,2.63,1.29,beepbeeptnm,"Waldo ate a total of 100 peanuts in 5 days. Each day, he ate 6 more peanuts than he did the day before. So, how many peanuts did Waldo start with on the first day?","Example; if Waldo started with 20 peanuts on day 1, he should have eaten 26 peanuts on day 2. By then, he would have eaten a total of 46 peanuts in 2 days. 20 is not the correct answer though, because by day 5, he would have eaten 160 peanuts.","Waldo ate 8 peanuts on day 1. He had 14 peanuts on day 2 and added 6 peanuts each day up to day 5. By day 5, Waldo would have eaten a total of 100 peanuts.",Math,04/02/07 #41386,Book Reports,2.83,1.8,lilliandulcia,"Ms. Liandas assigned each of her students a book report on their favorite book over spring break and told them to email it to her. However, due to a glitch in the system, she lost the emails as well as the grades of 5 of her students. Help her remember each student's last name, the book they did their report on, and the grade they got on the report. Students: Linda, Maria, Cindy, Justin, and Alex Last names: Kooper, Amana, Oriz, McMan, and O'Brian Books: Tithe, Twilight, Harry Potter, The Great Gatsby, and Vampire Kisses Grades: 98%, 85%, 81%, 70%, and 68% Clues: 1. The 5 students were Cindy, the one who read Twilight, the one who got a 70%, Ms. Kooper, and the one who read The Great Gatsby. 2. The gender of both boys is contained in their last name. 3. Ms. Liandas remembered that two of the girls had a strange vampire fixation, always coming to school with fake fangs glued to their teeth. 4. Neither of the boys did very well on their reports. 5. Ms. O'Brian was always the top of her class. 6. Linda Oriz did better than Maria but worse than Cindy. 7. Ms. Liandas remembered that Alex dressed up as the wizard from his favorite book for costume day. 8. Justin was always more interested in classical literature than the other students, which was shown in his book report. 9. Mr. Amana always teased Cindy about her fairy obsession, to which she retaliated, ""Why don't you go kiss Mr. Gatsby?!""","Twilight and Vampire Kisses are about vampires. Tithe is about fairies. Harry Potter is about wizards. The Great Gatsby is a ""classical book"".","Linda Oriz read Twilight and got an 85% Maria Kooper read Vampire Kisses and got an 81% Cindy O'Brian read Tithe and got a 98% Justin Amana read The Great Gatsby and got a 68% Alex McMan read Harry Potter and got a 70%",Logic-Grid,04/05/08 #49663,Alternative Interpretations,2.63,2.48,ThinksForFun,"For each of the following, solve for the answer word. The first and last letters of each word are given and the number of letters in the word is also provided. For each, the phrase/sentence which follows is a clue which gives you an ""alternative interpretation"" of the word as opposed to the word's true meaning. Example: b?????e (7 letters) - not a small aisle Answer: beguile <== big aisle (not a small aisle) If you need a hint, the Hint gives you an additional letter for each answer word. 1) d????d (6 letters) - not the shallow end 2) t????e (6 letters) - A couple goes Dutch. 3) c????n (6 letters) - Give 'em a ring. 4) f????t (6 letters) - the main reason they're taking a vacation 5) p??????d (8 letters) - when poor Dave missed the prom 6) f?????g (7 letters) - Rover needs a trim because...","1) The 3rd letter is ""p"". 2) The 4th letter is ""p"". 3) The 3rd letter is ""l"". 4) The 4th letter is ""e"". 5) The 3rd letter is ""o"". 6) The 4th letter is ""l"".","1) depend <== deep end (not the shallow end) 2) toupee <== Two pay. (A couple goes Dutch.) 3) column <== Call 'em. (Give 'em a ring.) 4) forest <== for rest (the main reason they're taking a vacation) 5) promised <== prom missed (when poor Dave missed the prom) 6) furlong <== (Rover's) fur (is) long. (Rover needs a trim because...)",Language,11/22/12 #188,A Man and His Plane,2.66,1.69,trojan5x,"A pilot, who is also the owner of a small plane, decides to take his plane out flying one afternoon. He observes that it is a sunny day with a light breeze...a perfect day for flying. Suddenly, the plane goes into a nasty nosedive towards earth. There is no engine power and the pilot can't see. When it is all over...the pilot walks away without a scratch and the plane is fine. What happened?",No hint available.,"The pilot is the owner of a `small` plane...a paper airplane. He takes it flying, as he sees the plane go down he covers his eyes. The `light breeze` catches the plane before it hits. The pilot and airplane remain unharmed.",Situation,01/30/01 #28188,Evens and Odds,2.64,2.49,jessjspieks,"All of these words have a certain characteristic....can you find what makes them all the same? cookie cosmic cues moose mummy muse quick squeaky wages yes",Alphabet Odds,All ten of the words are entirely comprised of odd-numbered letters of the alphabet. The odds of this happening by chance are approximately 2-to-the-50th-power to one (since there's a total of 50 letters).,Language,01/21/06 #42006,Places Around the World,2.96,1.24,ubp22,"Aviva was planning to take a trip around the world. She liked names that were similar to hers, so she made a list of places she would like to visit. However, one of these places doesn't belong. Which one is it? Arrawarra, Australia Caraparac, Peru Daba Qabad, Somalia Krape Park, United States Nagubugan, Philippines Oktahatko, Florida Ilokano, Polynesia",Look at her name closely.,"Ilokano, Polynesia. The rest of the places are palindromes, like her name.",Group,05/21/08 #51926,Divide and Conquer,2.66,1.49,Musicwritergirl,"If: 4872+1209= 48 6432+1616=42 5084+2512=27 Then: 9975+9915=?",No hint available.,"15. The first 2 digits of the first number in the equation divided by the first 2 digits of the second number is equal to the first digit of the answer. The last 2 digits of the first number divided by the last 2 digits of the second is equal to the second digit of the answer. Ex. 4872+1209=48 48/12=4 72/09=8",Math,06/28/18 #29295,The Name Seems Two Familiar,2.72,2.84,norcekri,"For each of the groups of actors below, can you identify the movie / TV character they have in common? For instance, given Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan The answer would be ""James Bond"". 1. Sandra Dee, Deborah Walley, Cindy Carol, Karen Valentine, Sally Field, Caryn Richman 2. Alan Napier, Michael Gough, Michael Caine 3. William Devane, Ossie Davis, William Jordan 4. Boris Karloff, Peter Boyle, Robert deNiro",Each group is listed in the order in which they played the character.,"1. Gidget (Frances Lawrence) -- Sandra Dee (Gidget, 1959), Deborah Walley(Gidget Goes Hawaiian, 1961), Cindy Carol (Gidget Goes to Rome, 1963), Karen Valentine (Gidget Grows Up, 1969), Sally Field (Gidget, TV, 1965-66), Caryn Richman (Gidget's Summer Reunion, 1985; The New Gidget, TV-1986-88) 2. Alfred Pennyworth (Bruce Wayne's butler) -- Alan Napier (Batman, TV-1966-68), Michael Gough (Batman 1989; Batman Returns, 1992; Batman Forever, 1995; Batman & Robin, 1997), Michael Caine (Batman Begins, 2005) 3. John F. Kennedy -- William Devane (Missiles of October, 1974), Ossie Davis (Bubba Ho-Tep, 2002), William Jordan (King, 1978 miniseries). 4. Frankenstein's monster (""the Creature"") -- Boris Karloff (Frankenstein, 1931), Peter Boyle (Young Frankenstein, 1974), Robert deNiro (Frankenstein, 1994)",Group,03/24/06 #38737,Philosophy 101,2.57,2.35,aresII,"The two following quotes are that of Plato (427 B.C.-347 B.C.). Plato was born of noble blood. He turned to philosophy in search for an alternative to the unjust life of the time. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. A=T ""XKQD RC APD TKW KB APD NKKF, APD SKMFDE KB APD SRCD, APD LZLYDZDMA KB APD NKFC."" ""MK KMD RC L BERDMF AK PRC BERDMF SPK FKDC MKA XKQD RM EDAOEM.""","M=N N=G Q=V T=J","""LOVE IS THE JOY OF THE GOOD, THE WONDER OF THE WISE, THE AMAZEMENT OF THE GODS."" ""NO ONE IS A FRIEND TO HIS FRIEND WHO DOES NOT LOVE IN RETURN."" KEY: A=T B=F C=S D=E E=R F=D K=O L=A M=N N=G O=U P=H Q=V R=I S=W T=J W=Y X=L Y=Z Z=M",Cryptography,10/12/07 #30975,Word Jumble 5 - Greek Mythological Creatures,2.73,2.12,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser: YNDHA - Take letters 1 & 4 TSRE - Take letter 1 STNYA - Take letter 1 OKLY - Take letter 1 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"YNDHA - Take letters 1 & 4 - HANDY, take H,D TSRE - Take letter 1 - REST, take R STNYA - Take letter 1 - ANTSY, take A OKLY - Take letter 1 - YOLK, takE Y Unscramble the above letters to get 'HYDRA' The Hydra in Greek Mythology was believed to be a water beast. It was a serpent-like creature with innumerable heads and a poisonous breath. Slaying this creature was one of the twelve near-impossible tasks set for Heracles and it was believed to be the one task that could be the end of Heracles.",Language,06/09/06 #49942,Chain Letters 4,2.43,2.69,cnmne,"The following two 4x4 grids each contain a 12-letter word. Each word is formed by a chain of letters. A word can begin with any of the letters. The second letter of a word is adjacent (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) to the first letter, the third letter is adjacent to the second, and so on. No letter can be used more than once. Four letters in each grid will be unused. EIOM RHPI KOHY CIGL FRDY CAIH ATOI RBER",The first letter of the first word is in the SECOND row. The first letter of the second word is in the SECOND row.,The words are HIEROGLYPHIC and CARBOHYDRATE.,Language,09/08/13 #46717,Biggest Wall Ever,2.4,0.58,sashomarine,"There is an extremely long wall stretching for miles and miles in a distant world that you are on. It would take a thousand years to go around it, and by that time you would be dead. This amazing wall is indestructible and cannot be blown up by any nuke or explosive ever known. In fact, in this weird world, the only thing there is the wall, you, and of course, the planet. One day you are walking and you come across the wall. You want to get to the other side of the wall. After a few seconds, you are at the other side and you're on your way. How did you get to the other side of the wall?","To you, the wall wasn't much of an obstacle.","You walked, jumped, or climbed over it. The wall was long, but it wasn't actually that tall.",Trick,04/12/10 #49042,Favorite Breakfast,2.66,1.6400000000000001,Oxiproxd9,"For a treat at breakfast, I take some barium, a little carbon, a bit of oxygen and some nitrogen. What is the breakfast I am making?",No hint available.,"(Ba) Barium (C) Carbon (O) Oxygen (N) Nitrogen My breakfast treat is bacon!",Other,09/28/11 #7150,Checkerboard,2.23,2.19,mozven,How many squares of any size are there on an 8x8 checkerboard?,"There is one 8x8 square, four 7x7 squares...","204 squares There is one 8x8 square, four 7x7 squares, nine 6x6 squares, 16 5x5 squares, 25 4x4 squares, 36 3x3 squares, 49 2x2 squares, and 64 1x1 squares. It can be written like this: (1^2)+(2^2)+(3^2)+(4^2)+(5^2)+(6^2)+(7^2)+(8^2)=204 squares",Math,09/03/02 #51295,Equivalency,1.71,0.66,BadBunnee02,"What's the Rebus? part = part",Title is a hint.,"""equal parts""",Rebus,07/13/17 #50143,Words in a Vat IV,2.09,1.7,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. -I--R, S--D, A--C--O, --C- Individual Letters: V O R E I A N E R V D A",No hint available.,"RIVER, SAND, AVOCADO, RICE",Language,02/09/14 #8771,Useful to Man,2.59,1.6300000000000001,SilenZer,What is more useful to man when it's broken before it's fulfilled its intended purpose?,No hint available.,An Egg,Riddle,11/27/02 #32332,What's Common #3,2.82,2.37,medster99,"The items in each group are related to each other. Try to figure out the noun or adjective that is common to all the items in the group. Group A -Golf -Major Cities -Deck of Cards Group B -Computer -Parties -Golf Group C -Book -Metal -Trees",No hint available.,"Group A- Clubs Group B- Chips Group C- Leaf",Group,08/07/06 #18160,The Cat,2.63,1.56,collie07652,"A man who is blind, deaf and can't smell is in a room. A person comes to sit next to him. She is also carrying a closed cardboard box. The man quickly knew there was a cat inside. How?",No hint available.,He knew because he is allergic to cats so when his allergy symptoms came on he knew it was a cat in the box.,Situation,07/09/04 #2786,Noon Dog Day,2.21,1.61,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following classic movie title? Noon Dog Day",No hint available.,Dog Day Afternoon,Rebus,03/22/02 #14667,"1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?",2.19,1.79,jacintan,"What is the next number in this pattern and what are the two ways of working it out? 1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?",No hint available.,"37. The first way of working it out is to square each number in order (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and each time, add one. The second way is to add each odd number in order (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) to the previous term.",Series,09/04/03 #4567,Weighing Stuff,2.26,2.26,mad-ade,"Due to the local Kebab shop being closed, Mad Ade has some spare time on his hands, so he is playing around with a two-plate scale and finds that the scale stays in equilibrium if one plate is filled with two keys, two coins and three toy soldiers OR one apple, one toy soldier and one lemon, and the other plate with a weight of 100 grams. One coin, one key, one soldier and one plum together weigh 50 grams. The lemon, the apple and the plum weigh exactly the same as one coin, one key, one soldier and one pen. How much does the pen weigh?",No hint available.,50 grams.,Math,06/08/02 #26048,Name the Movie,2.32,1.99,seanlandrews,Donkey + Like + Break 2 Commandments,Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas,Ass + As + Sins = Assassins,Rebus,09/23/05 #6127,Explorer,2.32,1.43,mad-ade,"What is this word? PIE EAR",No hint available.,pioneer (pie on ear),Rebus,07/31/02 #365,Winning Numbers,2.57,1.95,22ACE,"I have on a piece of paper the winning numbers in next week`s lotto jackpot. I am an avid gambler, yet I feel I have very little chance of winning. Why?","I am in no way prohibited from playing or winning. If I participate, I will have the same chance as everyone else.","One has to choose six numbers from 60 for the lotto jackpot. My piece of paper contains all 60 numbers, so it must contain the winning numbers.",Situation,03/22/01 #25702,Articulation Conversation,3.0,2.29,mejoza,"5 children are referred for articulation therapy at PS 102. Each child has a minor sound error that was quickly remediated. Can you find the child, his/her referring teacher, age, sound error, and therapy length? 1. Only two students worked on a sound that was in their names. 2. The youngest child corrected his sound in the shortest amount of time. 3. The five students were: Freddie, Mrs. Hart's 6 year old student, the 8 year old, the student working on ""f"", and the one who took 5 weeks of therapy. 4. Mrs. Washington's student kept practicing her sound by sticking out her tongue in class. 5. Billy is not the oldest, but he is older than the students working on ""s"" and ""sh"". 6. Mrs. Smith asked the speech pathologist to teach her student the ""r"" sound. 7. It took two weeks to learn the ""sh"" sound. 8. Tommy has Mrs. Stevens. 9. Freddie took one half the time to correct his sound as the girl in Mrs. Washington's class, but he took two times as long as the kid working on ""f"". 10. Beth is the oldest and it took her 4 weeks to learn her sound. 11. The ""s"" sound took two weeks less time to correct than the ""r"".","Watch for gender in the pronouns. ""Th"" is made by sticking out your tongue slightly.","Billy, age 7, R, 5 weeks, Smith Suzie, age 6, S, 3 weeks, Hart Freddie, age 5, SH, 2 weeks, Thomas Tommy, age 4, F, 1 week, Stevens Beth, age 8, TH, 4 weeks, Washington",Logic-Grid,08/31/05 #40141,BCE,2.15,2.91,mosca,"Consider the following two groups of letters: Group A: B C E Group B: A D K One of the letters in Group A belongs in Group B. Can you decide which letter is misplaced and why?",Think of what the letters could mean.,"E should be moved to group B. Group A should contain only water-soluble vitamins, while Group B should contain fat-soluble vitamins. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin and should be placed in Group B.",Group,01/20/08 #1241,Tear One Off...,2.62,1.42,Phyllis,"Tear one off and scratch my head, What once was red is black instead.",No hint available.,A match.,Riddle,10/30/01 #26413,Ring Around the Rosie,3.0,2.82,tjm531,"For her 60th birthday, Rosie's five children were planning a grand surprise party in her honor. This was not easy for any of her children since each of them lived in a different city in northern California, so to make it easier for themselves, they each had a different responsibility. Each person was put in charge of a different aspect of the party planning, including arranging for the gift the group had selected -- a mother's ring set with the birthstones of all five siblings (no two siblings have the same birthstone). From the information provided, determine the city in which each person lives and the aspect of the party (including the music) he or she was in charge of planning, as well as the birthstone of each of Rosie's children. Person: Herbert, Irene, Kurt, Marie, Wendell City: Crescent City, Quincy, Red Bluff, Sacramento, San Francisco Aspect: Caterer, Gift, Hall, Invitations, Music Birthstone: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Emerald, Peridot, Sapphire 1. Exactly four of Rosie's children -- the Sacramento resident, the one with the peridot birthstone, the one in charge of hiring a caterer, and the one whose birthstone is emerald -- are married. 2. Three siblings who brought their spouses to the party are the resident of Quincy, the one who lives in Red Bluff, and Irene. 3. Marie's birthstone isn't the sapphire. 4. Neither the Sacramento resident (whose birthstone isn't sapphire) nor Kurt (who was in charge of the gift) is the one whose birthstone is aquamarine (who is neither the resident of Crescent City nor the person who had the invitations printed). 5. The San Francisco resident (who isn't Wendell) isn't the sibling who reserved a hall for the party. 6. Neither Marie (who lives in Crescent City, and was not in charge of the invitations) nor the Quincy resident (whose birthstone isn't aquamarine) is the one with the peridot birthstone.",No hint available.,"Herbert lives in San Francisco, was in charge of the music, and his birthstone is the aquamarine. Irene lives in Sacramento, was in charge of the invitations, and her birthstone is the amethyst. Kurt lives in Red Bluff, was in charge of the gift, and his birthstone is the peridot. Marie lives in Crescent City, was in charge of getting the hall, and her birthstone is the emerald. Wendell lives in Quincy, was in charge of getting the caterer, and his birthstone is the sapphire.",Logic-Grid,10/17/05 #33499,Naughts & Crosses,2.7,1.3,grungy49,"Sally and Sully are playing a special version of naughts and crosses. They must each draw up a naughts and crosses board with every square filled with either a naught (O) or a cross (X). Then they must each give clues and the other person had to guess the exact placings of the X's and the O's. It is Sally's turn and Sully is giving clues. Can you figure it out for Sally? NOTE: It is a standard naughts and crosses board, so it will be like this. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Or a coordinate version: 1,1 2,1 3,1 1,2 2,2 3,2 1,3 2,3 3,3 Ok, let's get started. _____________________________ 1. There is an O in the very middle (2,2). 2. There are three X's surrounding the middle square (not including diagonals). 3. There are 4 X's and 5 O's on the board. 4. The bottom right square (3,3) contains an X. 5. There is not an X on the bottom row in the middle (2,3).",Go ahead - draw up a naughts and crosses board!,"The board should look like this. O X O X O X O O X After the first clue, all you know is that O is in the middle. ? ? ? ? O ? ? ? ? At this point, clues 2 and 3 are useless. Clue 4 says that the bottom right square contains an X. Now your board should look like this: ? ? ? ? O ? ? ? X Clue 5 says there is no X at 2,3. The board should look like this: ? ? ? ? O ? ? O X Now you can come back to clue 2. Since there are three X's surrounding the middle square (no diagonals, the X's must go in these three places: ? X ? X O X ? O X Clue 3 says that there are only 4 X's on the board - there are 4 X's on the board at that point so the rest must be O's. O X O X O X O O X So - Sally ended up winning, because she found out the placings of Sully's board in lightning quick speed thanks to you! Way to go!",Logic,10/15/06 #42089,Distorted Music - Y,2.6,2.28,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter Y. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Deary Stye 2. A Roundelay Arguing 3. A Egg Monoliths Hulk Loony 4. Ed Nourishing Mopy Rut","1. One word 2. Three words 3. Six words 4. Five words","1. ""Yesterday"" by The Beatles 2. ""Your Guardian Angel"" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 3. ""You Shook Me All Night Long"" by AC/DC 4. ""You Spin Me Right Round"" by Dead Or Alive",Language,05/30/08 #26541,Spell Check - Movie Stars,3.12,1.19,signmeup74,"Who can't live without Spell Check in their email or word software? It's a great tool... Unless you are poor Paula Abdul who transforms into ""Pail Abut"" when the Spell Checker has at her. The following TV and Movie Celebrities have been Spell Checked and are ready for you to uncover their true identities. 1. Court Coax 2. Action Cutter 3. Kite Wingless 4. Summon Cowbell 5. Mercy Stripe 6. Deli Moose 7. Camera Dies 8. Renew Sewage","1. Rachel's friend 2. See #6 3. Titanic star 4. Paula's costar 5. Mrs. Kramer then and Aunt Josephine now 6. Paired with #2 7. There's something about her 8. Bridget Jones","1. Courtney Cox 2. Ashton Kutcher 3. Kate Winslet 4. Simon Cowell 5. Meryl Streep 6. Demi Moore 7. Cameron Diaz 8. Renee Zellweger",Language,10/25/05 #34171,Music 11 Ears,2.55,1.26,lifeisgood812,"What common phrase is represented by this rebus? Music 11 Ears",No hint available.,"Music to One's Ears. 11=2 Ones",Rebus,11/30/06 #29512,I'm Late!,2.54,1.54,qqqq,"I'm considered to be ""late"". I rid the world of many. Many fear my arrival, But others welcome me. What am I?",No hint available.,Death. When someone is deceased they are often called late.,Riddle,04/03/06 #23022,Over the Edge,2.59,2.66,cnmne,"3 = S in the F V of C C (N, P, S M)",No hint available.,"3 = Ships in the First Voyage of Christopher Columbus (Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria)",Letter-Equations,05/20/05 #42121,"Missing Number: 1, 6, 18...",2.02,2.85,V_Bapat,"What is the next number in this sequence? 1, 6, 18, 40, 35, 66, 112, 176, 117, 190, 286, 408, ???",Think about figurate or polygonal numbers.,"247. It is the 13th pentagonal number. 1 = The 1st pentagonal number 6 = The 2nd hexagonal number 18 = The 3rd heptagonal number 40 = The 4th Octagonal number The sequence then repeats itself to form a pattern with 5th pentagonal number, 6th hexagonal number, 7th heptagonal number, 8th octagonal number etc.",Series,06/02/08 #5753,Doubtful,2.47,1.91,mad-ade,"What is this well known word? am U ous",No hint available.,"Ambiguous (am+""big U""+ous)",Rebus,07/21/02 #46467,Behead P,2.84,1.71,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Locations -> Shoestrings 2. Cause liquid to run -> Belonging to us 3. Communication device -> Sharpen 4. Bought with money -> Assist 5. Gift; now -> Feel indignant about 6. Feeling of self-respect -> Travel on an animal 7. Give satisfaction -> Rent 8. Portion; leave -> Product of creativity","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. L 2. O 3. H 4. A 5. R 6. R 7. L 8. A","1. Places -> Laces 2. Pour -> Our 3. Phone -> Hone 4. Paid -> Aid 5. Present -> Resent 6. Pride -> Ride 7. Please -> Lease 8. Part -> Art",Language,03/01/10 #2958,1+1=1,1.78,1.56,dodobird,When can 1+1=1?,No hint available.,1+1=1 when you turn the + to an x; 1x1=1,Trick,03/26/02 #48932,Words With SS,1.86,2.74,cnmne,"Five words that contain SS as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***SS, *SS***, **SS**, ***SS*, ***SS** Pool: A, A, A, C, E, E, H, I, L, M, N, O, O, P, P, R, T, U, V, Y",No hint available.,"CHESS, ASSENT, VASSAL, PRISSY, OPOSSUM",Language,08/06/11 #11833,4 = P on M R,2.65,1.97,VolsToTheWall,4 = P on M R,4 = P on Mt. R,4 = Presidents on Mount Rushmore,Letter-Equations,04/18/03 #38729,What is Gray?,1.96,0.85,ads1,"It is said I never forget. I am gray; I have a trunk. What am I?",No hint available.,An elephant,Riddle,10/12/07 #14082,Number Signs,2.27,1.95,Timothy,"For any number x, let x# be 2^x. For example, 3# = 2^3 = 8. What is 1###?",No hint available.,"It is 16. 1###=2^(1##)=2^(2^(1#))=2^(2^(2^1)). 2^2 = 4 and 4^2 = 16.",Math,07/29/03 #6180,One Eleventh,2.24,2.75,im_para_noid,"Arrange the digits 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, and 7 to form a single fraction that equals 1/11",No hint available.,One solutions is 4321/47531=1/11,Math,08/02/02 #26262,3500,2.3,2.34,seanlandrews,3500 = C in a P of F,Think heat.,3500 = Calories in a Pound of Fat,Letter-Equations,10/08/05 #44768,Can You Find It? VIII,2.21,2.23,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word SPECIALIZATION, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. To take advantage of; to supply with capital. 2. To mingle or associate sociably with others. 3. To render or become plastic. 4. An increase in magnitude or intensity. 5. A food substance made from cassava often used in puddings. 6. Unit of measure equal to one newton per square meter. 7. A furnished veranda often used as living space. 8. A decorated paper-mache figure, filled with toys, used at parties. 9. A style of printing in which the letters are usually slanted to the right. 10. Fabric coverings, usually supported on poles, hung over beds, storefronts, thrones, or persons/objects of great importance. 11. A plant of the buttercup family having irregular, loosely clustered flowers, some of which have medicinal usage. 12. A person who makes and sells eyeglasses and contacts for remedying defects in vision as directed by ophthalmologists and optometrists.",No hint available.,"1. CAPITALIZE 2. SOCIALIZE 3. PLASTICIZE 4. ESCALATION 5. TAPIOCA 6. PASCAL 7. LANAI 8. PINATA 9. ITALICS 10. CANOPIES 11. ACONITE 12. OPTICIAN",Language,06/30/09 #19386,Not For Arachnophobes,2.62,2.66,horse_luver,"Which group does the word tarantula belong in? Group 1 Artful Partially Plantation Group 2 Elegant Fever Theory Group 3 Island Fighting Chillingly","The words have to be in the order specified, so Group 1 couldn't be Plantation, Artful, Partially.","Tarantula belongs in group 1. The first word in group 1 has ""a"" as the first letter, the second word ""a"" is the second letter, and the third word ""a"" is the third letter. Artful pArtially plAntation tarAntula Group 2 and 3 follow the same pattern, but with the letters ""e"" and ""i"".",Group,11/10/04 #31795,"Liars, Liars #2",2.52,1.69,teen_wiz,"In the land of Brainopia, there are three races of people: Mikkos, who tell the truth all the time, Kikkos, who always tell lies, and Zikkos who tell alternate false and true statements, in which the order is not known (i.e. true/false/true or false/true/false). A foreigner visiting Brainopia approached three Brainopians, hoping to get a straight answer as to which of them was of what race. He only asked one Brainopian to tell the races of himself and his companions. This was the reply the foreigner received: Person 1: a. I am not the Mikko. b. Person 2 is not the Kikko. c. Person 3 is not the Zikko. Can you help the foreigner determine who is who, assuming each person represents a different race?",No hint available.,"Person 1 is a Zikko. Person 2 is a Kikko. Person 3 is a Mikko.",Logic,07/15/06 #41833,Trucks 2,1.91,1.86,brainyboy615,"My friends and I took trucks into the park last Saturday. It was a crowded day with many people in the park, but still, nobody was harmed. In fact, only a few people actually noticed. What was happening?","Think about alternate meanings for ""truck.""",We had skateboards. The part on the bottom that holds the wheels and the wooden part together is called a truck.,Trick,05/06/08 #50790,Cryptic Bones,2.8,3.13,dalfamnest,"Some of our bones have names that have other meanings. Here are eight to work out. 1. Fashionable and trendy 2. One of Rome's hills 3. A type of quadrilateral 4. Related to time; mortal 5. Part of a circle 6. Solid with lots of right angles 7. Shaped like a crescent (moon) 8. To pull someone's leg The hint will give the number of letters, and the region of the skeleton where the bone many be found.","1. [3] central 2. [8] skull 3. [9] hand 4. [8] skull 5. [6] arm 6. [6] foot 7. [6] wrist 8. [3] central","1. Hip 2. Palatine 3. Trapezium (or trapezoid) 4. Temporal 5. Radius 6. Cuboid 7. Lunate 8. Rib",Science,04/13/16 #27014,It's All Greek,2.62,2.0,jackal2008us,O = L L in the G A,The title is a clue,Omega= Last Letter in the Greek Alphabet,Letter-Equations,11/18/05 #39023,Family Crossing River,2.73,1.41,shenqiang,"It is a dark night and there is a family of 5 that needs to use a boat to cross a river. The only light available is a lamp which can only burn for 28 minutes. Up to two members can cross each time; otherwise, the boat will sink. Different members take different amounts of time to row the boat. The time taken for each member is as shown: (G)Grandpa - 12 mins (F)Father - 8 mins (M)Mother - 6 mins (S)Sister - 3 mins (B)Brother - 1 min Can you help the family get across?",Look at its category.,"If two people cross the river, the faster one rows the boat, and the time they take is the pace of the faster one. Therefore, the brother goes with each other person each time, and comes back. It only takes 7 minutes!",Trick,11/01/07 #4403,Three Letter Words,2.45,1.69,mad-ade,"Complete these words by inserting the same three letters in each one. ANA___Y CO___NE PRO___UE S__AN",No hint available.,"LOG ANALOGY, COLOGNE, PROLOGUE, SLOGAN.",Language,06/01/02 #30193,Tom's Brain,2.64,1.16,shenqiang,"Fill in the blanks, such that the blanks marked (1) are the same word, and the blanks marked (2) are also the same word. Tom has something wrong with his brain. After medical examination, the doctor told him: ""Your brain has two parts: one is (1), and the other is (2). Your (1) brain has nothing (2); your (2) brain has nothing (1).",No hint available.,"1=left, 2=right",Language,04/30/06 #4892,Elvis's Pants,2.18,1.56,mad-ade,"Mad Ade decides to buy a nice pair of antique underpants from ""Honest Ron's Second Hand Underpants Emporium"". He pays £60 for a pair that allegedly belonged to Elvis Presley's uncle's best friend's former cellmate's little brother, and he is very content with the garment. After a year, the value of the pants has increased to £70 and he decides to sell the semi famous underwear. But already a few days later he regrets his decision to sell the beautiful undergarments, and he buys it again. Unfortunately he has to pay £80 to get it back, so he loses £10. After another year of owning the Elvis related pants, he finally decides to sell them for £90. The Question: What is the overall profit that Mad Ade makes?",No hint available.,"In the first trade, Mad Ade buys something for £60 and sells it again for £70, so he makes a profit of £10. In the second trade, Mad Ade buys something for £80 and sells it again for £90, so he makes again a profit of £10. Conclusion: Mad Ade makes an overall profit of £10 + £10 = £20.",Math,06/22/02 #14419,A City Within a City,2.58,2.45,mathemagician,"Notice how the following words contain the spelled out name of a U.S. city: TEMPErature (Tempe, Az.) RENOvate (Reno, Nev.) Can you give the name of a world city that contains within it the spelled out name of a U.S. state capital?","The world city is in the Middle East; the U.S. state capital is in the Northwest.","Jerusalem (Salem is the capital of Oregon)",Trivia,08/19/03 #42312,Front Row of Math Class,2.63,1.21,whsprec,"In a math class there were 5 students who sat in the front row. Their seats were numbered 1-5 from left to right. There were 3 boys, John, David, and Bob, and 2 girls, Mary and Danielle. Each student wore a different color: green, brown, blue, pink, or red. Match the student to the color they were wearing and the seat in which they sat. 1) The girls wore colors which had 5 letters. 2) The person in blue and the person in green had the most distance between them. 3) Neither Danielle nor Bob sat in the 4th seat. 4) Neither Danielle nor Bob sat on the ends, and John did not wear pink. 5) The person in pink sat to the right of the person in blue. 6) David wore red.",No hint available.,"1st seat, John, wearing blue 2nd seat, Bob, wearing pink 3rd seat, Danielle, wearing brown 4th seat, David, wearing red 5th seat, Mary, wearing green",Logic-Grid,06/22/08 #38572,Which One? #4,2.81,2.49,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word are a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue. Example: Statuette: fro evi gse rpu lor nai ngd rep Answer: Fgo evI Gse rpU loR naI Ngd rEp = FIGURINE 1. Casino Game - acr olt hue sla khe tnd ati esp 2. Cellar - lbi kan spy gle mac lse onm pnt 3. Pet - cdj bhi aer jkr lio sau dhg cbe dac 4. Wrap - ade bng cmn olp roe wds qer",No hint available.,"1. Casino Game - roulette 2. Cellar - basement 3. Pet - cherished 4. Wrap - enclose",Language,10/02/07 #32059,Popcorn Problems,2.56,2.72,TheRiddler1024,"When the circus's popcorn vendor went on vacation, Charlie the Chimp saw it as the perfect opportunity to start a new act, so he volunteered to man the stand. Everything was going great until the very end of the day, when a set of twins showed up. There was just 1 large box of popcorn left to sell, and it was too late to pop another batch, so the twins asked Charlie if he could split the popcorn into two equal portions.Charlie knew that the large box held exactly 12 cups of popcorn. He also had 2 empty boxes on hand: a medium box that held exactly 8 cups and a small box that held exactly 5 cups. But none of the boxes had any measurement markings on them. There must be a way to divide the 12 cups of popcorn so that the two boxes contain exactly 6 cups each, thought the chimp. How did he give out an equal amount of popcorn to the twins?",No hint available.,"Fill the 8-cup box from the 12-cup box, leaving 4 cups. Fill the 5-cup box from the 8-cup box, leaving 3 cups. Empty the 5-cup box into the 12-cup box. Now there are 9 cups in the 12-cup box and 3 cups in the 8-cup box. Pour the 3 cups into the 5-cup box. Fill the 8-cup box from the 12-cup box, leaving 1 cup in the 12-cup box. Fill the 5-cup box (it already has 3 cups in it) from the 8-cup box, leaving 6 cups in the 8-cup box. Finally, empty the 5-cup box into the 12-cup box. This results in 6 cups in the 12-cup box, 6 cups in the 8-cup box, and nothing in the 5-cup box.",Math,07/26/06 #50455,A A NA SA A ? A,2.4,2.0,Ghostology,"A A NA SA A ? A What is the missing letter?",No hint available.,"E These letters represent the continents from the largest to the smallest. 1. Asia 2. Africa 3. North America 4. South America 5. Antarctica 6. Europe 7. Australia",Series,10/11/14 #26233,Strung Up,2.65,0.97,leinad88,"I come in a box, my brother with me. Often times we're strung up halfway. Many activities determine my name. I'm sure you use me every day. What am I?","You've got at least one pair of these and women very often have many more.","A shoe. Shoes come in pairs. Often times the laces are only done halfway up. There are many types of shoes such as tennis shoes, house shoes, shower shoes, etc.",Riddle,10/06/05 #47787,Nine of Us,2.7600000000000002,3.06,Oxiproxd9,"My brothers, sisters, and I make nine, try to guess what we are, go ahead, it's fine, but don't say I didn't warn you when your brain turns to mush. if you don't care, then prepare for the rush! I am so large that I have 4 parts, one's laid in sidewalks, another is art, a third is quite general, the last is specific, everyone thinks that I am terrific! My first sister's hobby is describing the world, in fact, she described me, and my meaning unfurled, she likes me and our third brother, and just for fun, we follow her around, through the moonlight and sun. Our second brother's moving, present and past, he commands us as if we're just as fast, also, he's fickle, and it drives us all nuts, all that undoing redoing has got to take guts! Our second sister likes things that connect, but for reasons unknown, she gets little respect, perhaps it's because she's always been small, when really she leads us at times, proud and tall. Our third brother seems to have taken my path, but he's ever so lazy and, well, you do the math: He sums up so much 'cause he hates wasting breath, he's done it since birth, and he'll do it 'till death. Our third sister improves what was done by our first, as well as brother #2 (it's the worst!), she'll even improve herself, yeah, that's right, she brags about how many things rewrites! Our fourth brother moves in so many ways, in, out, through, over, under, just like in a maze, he assists brother 2 and connects him to me, he does it with joy, and he does it with glee. Sister 4 is quite loud, and goes solo a lot, she leads our big group in the front, if not, she's quite a loose cannon and curses a ton, she interrupts others and won't stop til she's done. Brother 5 is little known and doesn't own a lot, in fact, 3 possessions is all he's got, but he's quite persistent and contributes the most, and he doesn't care that he's treated like a ghost. So that is tale, I hope you enjoyed, if you can't identify us, don't get annoyed, don't worry, you'll figure it out in time, but for now, this is my final rhyme.","You opened the hint, for a clue, I see, and a clue shall be given to you for free: if you are not English (or American, for that matter), you will find this riddle to be a big, messy splatter.","We are the nine (yes, there are nine) parts of speech! I am the noun. My 4 four parts are Concrete, Abstract, Common, and Proper. Sister 1 is the adjective. Unfurled means further revealed, and nouns and pronouns always follow an adjective. Brother 2 is the verb. Verbs can be past-tense or present tense, and can always be given un or re prefixes. Sister 2 is the conjunction. Conjunctions always connect clauses and are usually short. They also start many sentences. Brother 3 is the pronoun. Pronouns are used to shorten verbs, and have the same properties in writing. Sister 3 is the adverb. They more thoroughly describe adjectives, verbs, and even other adverbs at times. Brother 4 is the preposition. Prepositions describe ""how."" They always follow verbs and proceed nouns. Sister 4 is the interjection. Interjections are usually shouted, and almost all curse words can be used as interjections. They are also the only part of speech (besides verb) that can make up an entire sentence. (Ouch!) Poor little Brother 5 is the article. Articles aren't well known, and there are only three of them: a, an, and the. Yet you see them a lot in writing.",Riddle,08/19/10 #25197,Problems With the Windy City,2.27,2.37,jman0116,"In how many different ways can you rearrange the letters in the word ""CHICAGO""?","There are two C's in ""CHICAGO"".","At first glance, the response may seem to be simply 7!, or 5040. However, duplicates of the letter ""C"" poses a problem in the response. Any combination of letters, such as ""ICCHOGA"" can be created with C#1 coming first followed by C#2 or with C#2 preceding C#1. Any distinct possibility comes in pairs such as this. Therefore, to get rid of all duplicates, we divide 5040 (7!) in half to arrive at 2520, the answer to this problem.",Probability,08/09/05 #25494,"""The Pest""",2.74,2.07,smarty_blondy,"For the glory of this teaser, take some ice cubes from the freezer. Gimme a soda and a snack, cater to me till you become a wreck. They say I'm like the rain, but please don't be a grouch, Guess who I am, and I'll get off your couch!",No hint available.,"I am a guest in your house! ""They say I'm like the rain"": There is a Japanese proverb that says, ""Guests are like rain, after three days, they become a nuisance.""",Riddle,08/22/05 #11936,How Boring,2.64,1.67,PeaceJo,"What phrase does the following represent? IMAG __ ATION",No hint available.,"Lacking in Imagination. ""In"" has been removed from the word imagination.",Rebus,04/22/03 #44378,Word Square 2,2.0,2.2,mathgrant,"A word square is a predecessor to the modern crossword. In a word square, the same words can be read across and down. Here is an example using four-letter words: M I L K I R O N L O C O K N O W The following clues correspond to a word square of six six-letter words. The first clue corresponds to the first word, the second clue to the second, and so on. Can you solve it? 1 Give to, with ""upon"" 2 Make a cryptogram, perhaps 3 Examined, with ""out"" 4 Consuming too much alcohol 5 Danish city 6 Trivial Pursuit game components",No hint available.,"B E S T O W E N C O D E S C O P E D T O P I N G O D E N S E W E D G E S",Language,04/23/09 #28157,Word Swap #7,3.08,2.12,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. Mark's math __________ was a mild-mannered man. But one thing he would not tolerate was a __________. He would immediately fail anyone caught doing so. 2. The patient __________ his pain through physical therapy. He had seen enough __________ surgeries to know that too many people elected surgery when they shouldn't have. 3. After a long and successful career of serving his country, the nation was in shock as the highly regarded __________ was arrested and tried for __________.",No hint available.,"1. teacher, cheater 2. lessened, needless 3. Senator, treason",Language,01/19/06 #7713,Sand,2.35,2.8,maxmars,Why would insurance companies be interested in sand at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico?,Think about weather patterns.,"The layers of sand tell when a hurricane will hit. There is a pattern to the layers. Every 300 years or so, there is a category 5 hurricane. Insurance companies can use that theory to increase their warning for homes that are around that area.",Science,09/26/02 #49301,What is the Next Number?,2.32,3.08,AndrewWalker,"What is the next number in this series? 6, 14, 36, 98, 276, ...",This is not an obvious series. Summation notation is required to solve this teaser.,"794 The nth term in the series is given by the sum of x^n for x in the range 1 to 3, i.e. 1^n + 2^n + 3^n. Thus the first term is 1^1 + 2^1 + 3^1 = 1 + 2 + 3 = 6, the second term is 1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 = 1 + 4 + 9 = 14, and so on. The sixth term is then 1^6 + 2^6 + 3^6 = 1 + 64 + 729 = 794.",Series,02/09/12 #30769,Elements,2.9,2.01,thompson1,"Can you figure out what words are represented by the following? 1. Iron + M + Iodine + Nickel + Neon 2. M + Arsenic + Copper + Lithium + Neon 3. Iron + M + Aluminum + E 4. Tungsten + Oxygen + M + A + Nitrogen 5. Germanium + Nitrogen + Thallium + E + M + A + Nitrogen 6. Lanthanum + Dysprosium","All of the words are similar. Look at the atomic symbols for the different elements.","Iron=Fe Iodine=I Nickel=Ni Neon=Ne Arsenic=As Copper=Cu Lithium=Li Aluminum=Al Tungsten=W Oxygen=O Nitrogen=N Germanium=Ge Thallium=Tl Lanthanum=La Dysprosium=Dy 1. Fe+M+I+Ni+Ne=feminine 2. M+As+Cu+Li+Ne=masculine 3. Fe+M+Al+E=female 4. W+O+M+A+N=woman 5. Ge+N+Tl+E+M+A+N=gentleman 6. La+Dy=lady All of the words describe females or males.",Other,05/29/06 #38863,Movie Stars,2.49,2.36,jazzmusician46,"The names of five (5) male movie stars have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. Your task is to rearrange the segments to identify the movie star. 1. LE NA FF BE CK 2. AM DJ ES SI 3. AT ON BU ER KE ST 4. NG LO ST RO UI SA RM 5. OS NC TN VI ER KE",No hint available.,"1. Ben Affleck 2. Sid James 3. Buster Keaton 4. Louis Armstrong 5. Kevin Costner",Language,10/21/07 #12315,Impressive,2.5100000000000002,2.26,Codammanus,"What is the common expression used below? 6000PSI Functional Healthy",No hint available.,"'Works well under pressure.' Explained: -6000psi is a measurement of PRESSURE (Pressure is expressed in PSI, or pounds per square inch). -A synonym for the word FUNCTIONAL is WORKS. -A synonym for the word HEALTHY is WELL. Arranged to form the expression 'Works well under pressure.'",Rebus,05/12/03 #5282,Not Enough Light,3.04,2.68,Bobbrt,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The prime minister ____ the meeting, even though the ____ was technically the ____ official,"" you would fill in RAN, KING, and RANKING. If there is not enough light to ____, ____ ____ the lamp.",No hint available.,"If there is not enough light to READ, JUST READJUST the lamp.",Language,07/07/02 #8276,Fail or Pass,2.53,2.6,dsquared,"What expression is represented in the scenario below? 1 o'clock = FAIL 2 o'clock = PASS 3 o'clock = PASS 4 o'clock = FAIL 5 o'clock = PASS",When things get challenging in life...,"Testing times. All of the times have been given a result implying they have been tested. Therefore someone has been 'testing times'.",Rebus,10/29/02 #406,What is in common?,2.67,2.17,Mr. G,"What do these words have in common? first monopoly stupid defendant hijinks",You need to know your alphabet!,"All the words contain a string of three letters which are in alphabetical order. fiRST moNOPoly STUpid DEFendant HIJinks",Language,04/25/01 #4065,Sandwiches,2.08,1.28,GoldieLuvNeopets,"Mrs. Doyle the Housekeeper has made a big, big pile of sandwiches for the party of friends visiting her house tonight. When she counts them, she realises that she can equally split the sandwiches between two friends and have none left over. She can also split them between three friends, four friends, five friends and six friends equally and every time there will be no sandwiches left over. In each case, the sandwiches are not cut into pieces. What is the smallest amount of sandwiches that Mrs. Doyle could have made?",No hint available.,60 sandwiches,Math,05/14/02 #31924,Opposites 23,2.46,2.62,Winner4600,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. @ stands for E, C, O, N, or A 6 stands for L, E, P, W, or T & stands for E, S, B, R, or G ^ stands for N, H, A, T, or K The four letter code word, 6@&^, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,East and West.,Logic,07/20/06 #10359,Come Out To Play,2.56,2.48,MrIxolite,"By replacing each section with other words that mean the same can you decode the following Shakespeare quote? Risen, Any Alias, Mahogany, Aroma, A Set Of Rooms.",No hint available.,"Okay. Replace Risen with Arose, Any Alias with Any Other Name, Mahogany with Wood, Aroma with Smell and A Set Of Rooms with A Suite to give..... Arose by (next to) any other name wood smell a suite or..... A Rose By Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet.",Language,02/10/03 #38570,Word Within a Word! #8,2.9,2.65,jazzmusician46,"I have given you a starting word (a clue). Your job is to fill in the blanks with a 4-letter word that matches the clue already given. This 4-letter word must complete the 7-letter word next to it. Have fun! 1. Therefore = ? = V_ _ TI _ _ 2. Whirl = ? = A _ _ IR _ _ 3. Demeanour = ? = A _ B _ _ _ T 4. Shoestring = ? = G _ _ _ I _ R",No hint available.,"1. Therefore = ergo = V e r TI g o 2. Whirl = spin = A s p IR i n 3. Demeanour = mien = A m B i e n T 4. Shoestring = lace = G l a c I e R",Language,10/02/07 #22029,Ling O'Tree,2.74,2.57,cnmne,"Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of tree. The other word is that tree with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (pine spine), a letter deleted anywhere (larch arch), a letter changed anywhere (birch birth). There is no rearrangement of the other letters. No tree is used more than once. 1) This is an older tree. 2) This is a well-known tree. 3) This is a feeble tree. 4) This is a man tree. 5) This tree is related to an ox. 6) This tree makes hasty decisions. 7) This tree is used to steer a ship. 8) This tree is a soothing lotion. 9) This is tree hair. 10) This is something a tree uses when sleeping. 11) This is a cloth made from a tree. 12) This is the erratic left-right movement of a tree.",No hint available.,"1) elder alder 2) popular poplar 3) weak teak 4) male maple 5) yak oak 6) rash ash 7) helm elm 8) balm palm 9) fir fur 10) willow pillow 11) linden linen 12) yew yaw",Language,04/04/05 #29329,What's the Meaning Behind This?,2.45,2.68,princess0611,"Below are six words for you to define. To do this you have to fill in each blank space with a word taken from the word list at the bottom. You will use all of the words in the word list one time. 1. Austerity: _______; ________ 2. Desultory: ________ ________ or ________; ________ 3. Sedentary: ________ to ________ ________ ________ in a ________ ________ 4. Retaliate: to _______ by _______ ________ for ________ 5. Erudition: ________ ________ by the ________ of ________ 6. Castigate: to _______ to _______ _______ Word List - like like much pass time books study giving method return severe aimless posture sitting subject without obtained severity criticism knowledge sternness accustomed connection",No hint available.,"1. sternness; severity 2. without connection or method; aimless 3. accustomed to pass much time in a sitting posture 4. to return by giving like for like 5. knowledge obtained by the study of books 6. to subject to severe criticism",Language,03/26/06 #43715,My Name Describes...,2.16,0.8200000000000001,eggface,"My name describes the retention of heat, I am a current problem all over the world. If everyone stopped using the fuels from the fossils, Then the planet may not go to the underworld. The icy ends become merciless water, Flooding the low bits of sand. Temperatures rising day after day, Desperation is in all the lands.","I'll stop if you stop driving the car, And if the whole world did too. And while I'm here - listen close, The word pollution is a clue.","Global warming. Global warming retains heat by trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, which is called the greenhouse effect. It is a huge problem caused by the nonrenewable energy we use, fossil fuels (gas, oil, coal). This causes the polar caps to melt, meaning that the water levels will rise and flood low lying islands. Temperatures will rise and it will have dire consequences on the planet. Pollution is also a big part of global warming. Polluting the atmosphere by driving your car contributes to greenhouse gas emissions.",Riddle,12/12/08 #38939,Again For Your Consideration,2.43,2.0,aresII,"The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. I=K ""NPBBTNWSZ RTP'VX GXVR NIWMMXF OL FXNWZSWSZ IWLDAXSN, FT RTP AOGX DTPSLXV WSLXMMWZXSDX?"" ""WU O HOS AOF WSUWSWLX ISTEMXFZX TU ZVONN-DPLLWSZ HODAWSXN, ETPMF LAOL HOIX AWH OMM-HTEWSZ?""","A=H F=D M=L","""SUPPOSING YOU'RE VERY SKILLED AT DESIGNING KITCHENS, DO YOU HAVE COUNTER INTELLIGENCE?"" ""IF A MAN HAD INFINITE KNOWLEDGE OF GRASS-CUTTING MACHINES, WOULD THAT MAKE HIM ALL-MOWING?"" KEY: A=H B=P D=C E=W F=D G=V H=M I=K L=T M=L N=S O=A P=U R=Y S=N T=O U=F V=R W=I X=E Z=G",Cryptography,10/25/07 #34691,Emotional Distress,2.91,1.07,cnmne,"I am feared by many people; but scramble my letters and I become hated. What am I?",No hint available.,"death Many people fear death. ""HATED"" is an anagram of ""DEATH"".",Riddle,01/02/07 #31978,A Wallet Full of Bills,2.37,1.55,IrIsHcHiCk_1128,"Jane has twenty bills in her wallet. She has a total of $80. If she has two more $5 bills than $10 bills, and four more $1 bills than $5 bills, how many bills of each does she have?",No hint available.,"She has: ten $1 bills six $5 bills and four $10 bills",Math,07/23/06 #2159,"Decode 13,12...",2.29,2.28,PyroTekniks,"Decode the following 13,12 ? 4,26,2 ? 2,12,6 ? 20,12,7 ? 18,7",Think backwards,"""no way you got it"" z=1 y=2 ... a=26",Cryptography,01/26/02 #2556,Lang4uage,2.47,0.97,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? Lang4uage",No hint available.,"foreign language (four in language)",Rebus,03/06/02 #44022,Subtly Scary,2.18,2.19,Zag24,"uoms tones","Two words, both start with 'O'",ominous overtones,Rebus,01/30/09 #9072,Not an Emotional Clown,2.68,1.7,Phily,"I help people do tricks and have some fun, But treat me wrong and I come undone. If you hold me tight then let me run, I'll hurt your hand, not much fun. I'm very strong but yet I'm weak I can stop a horse and jump a creek. I couldn't push you through a door Yet could pull you off the floor. What am I?","My cousins do your cars uphold When over the river go you bold.",I'm a rope.,Riddle,12/11/02 #30825,Silly Sarah's School Studies: Part III,2.78,2.34,bigSWAFF_69_,"It's time for Algebra class and Silly Sarah is nervous. This year there is a new teacher, Mrs. Teeinator, and she has a moustache. Sarah has a phobia for moustached women, and her fear didn't get any worse when the teacher called her up to the chalk board... Mrs. Teeinator told poor o'le Sarah to try and decipher her teasers in front of all her classmates. Can you figure out the teasers, and find out the different things that have to do with Algebra? 1. Deprived of the power to feel or move normally + What you say when you are cold 2. To ponder + What you give a good waitress + pli + Sound of 11th letter of the alphabet + To avoid deliberately 3. 24th letter of the alphabet + Writer of ""The Raven"" + nin + Sound of last letter in alphabet 4. The symbol for the element francium + The state or process of doing 5. What you say when you are scared + A container for cooking or serving food + Front part of the leg between the knee and ankle 6. De + Short of an imitation + A large shopping complex 7. Di + Eyesight 8. What you say when you are grossed out + What Little Miss Muffet ate with her curds + To avoid deliberately 9. 7th letter of the alphabet + Ahm + To be introduced to + Large plant that makes up forests 10. Below; Under; Beneath + Friction between a body and the surface it moves on",No hint available.,"The Teasers Were: 1. Number (Numb + Burr) 2. Multiplication (Mull + Tip + Pli + K + Shun) 3. Exponent (X + [Edgar Allen] Poe + Nin + T) 4. Fraction (FR + Action) 5. Addition (Ahh + Dish + Shin) 6. Decimal (De + Sim + Mall) 7. Division (Di + Vision) 8. Equation (Ick + Whey + Shun) 9. Geometry (G + Ahm + Met + Tree) 10. Subtraction (Sub + Traction)",Language,06/01/06 #16430,Never In or Out,2.69,1.32,morrigan,What goes through a door but never goes in or out?,No hint available.,A keyhole.,Riddle,02/04/04 #47377,Curtail 2,2.68,2.0,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Long for -> Time period 2. Give satisfaction -> Earnest requests 3. Exile -> Safe haven 4. Crime -> Criminal 5. Muffler -> Quiet 6. Singer -> Block or prevent 7. Clergy -> Forces open 8. Dig -> Push","The words start with these letters: 1. Y 2. P 3. R 4. F 5. S 6. B 7. P 8. S","1. Yearn -> Year 2. Please -> Pleas 3. Refugee -> Refuge 4. Felony -> Felon 5. Silencer -> Silence 6. Bard -> Bar 7. Priest -> Pries 8. Shovel -> Shove",Language,07/01/10 #30811,Fill in the Blanks I,2.5,2.36,ferretlover1991,"In this teaser, you are challenged to find the missing letters in the following list of words. Written to the right of each word is the value of that word. Each letter in the alphabet is assigned a different worth: a=1, b=2, c=3... and so on. By adding together the worth of each individual letter, you will get the value of the word. As I have said before: it is your job to figure out the missing letters. Good Luck! Here is an example: Ap_le (50) ~ the missing letter is ""p"" Now, it's your turn: 1) j_nt_ (66) 2) sp_r_ou_ (138) 3) _r_ant (72)","Figure out the value of the letters that you know, and subtract it from the total. You will then know what value the letters that you find should add up to.","1) u, a ~ junta: governmental council or committee 2) u, i, s ~ spurious: false 3) a, r ~ arrant: notorious",Language,05/31/06 #32121,Is it a Plant?,2.71,2.47,medster99,"I am sometimes a single cell, feeding. When times are rough I coagulate with more like me to become a moving thing, a multicellular organism, looking like an animal. I move to a better place to live, and become a plant. As a plant I grow many small black spores, and release them, to reproduce. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am a slime mold. It starts off as a single cell organism, feeding on its surroundings. When the food source gets scarce, it gets together with more slime mold and becomes an organism that is called a pseudoplasmodium and is capable of slug-like movement. It crawls to a more favorable location, and changes into a plant. It erects a stalk which grows small black spores which it releases all at one time, and the process starts all over again.",Science,07/28/06 #30211,Three Statements IV,2.75,1.8900000000000001,lips,"Which of these three statements are true? 1. Sam received $0.41 change from a purchase. If he received 6 coins, 3 of the coins had to be dimes. Coins in circulation are: 1 cent, 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents. 1 dime=10 cents. 2. If there are more inhabitants in Los Angeles than there are hairs on the head of any inhabitant, and if no inhabitant is totally bald, it necessarily follows that there must be at least two inhabitants with exactly the same number of hairs. 3. The price of a T-shirt was cut 20% for a sale. The price of the T-shirt should be increased by 25% if it is to be sold again at the original price.",No hint available.,"All the three statements are true. In statement 1, there must be one 1 cent because of the remainder upon division by 5. The remaining 5 coins total 40 cents, which can only be 5*2+10*3. In statement 2, the pigeonhole principle is used, and you should know it. In statement 3, if the original price is X, then X*(1-0.2)*(1+0.25)=X*0.8*1.25=X, which is again the original price.",Logic,05/01/06 #43077,Operation: Kitchen-Ectomy,2.3,2.5100000000000002,cnmne,"Six words have had their kitchen utensils removed. The kitchen utensils have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each kitchen utensil with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: bowl, dish, ladle, pan, plate, pot Group B: aabl, ardak, cati, dilma, imni, nsid",No hint available.,"bowl + ardak = boardwalk (BOardWaLk) dish + imni = diminish (DimIniSH) ladle + nsid = landslide (LAnDsLidE) pan + cati = captain (caPtAiN) plate + aabl = palatable (PaLATablE) pot + dilma = diplomat (diPlOmaT)",Language,09/12/08 #41746,Ralph Waldo Emerson Part I,2.28,2.34,Starbuck,"The following cryptograms are a few words of wisdom from Ralph Waldo Emerson. Need Help? There's 2 more letters in the hint. ""E XWCB ZL OB RCEAWC FXEO EO BCNZOECK YEO, RMF XW ZL RCEAW QZAW YZOMFWL UBOPWC."" ""EL UBOP EL E YEO LFEONL ZO XZL BJO JEK, WAWCKFXZOP LWWYL FB RW ZO XZL JEK."" L=S","W=E B=O","""A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer."" ""As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way."" -Ralph Waldo Emerson Cipher: A=V B=O C=R D=Q E=A F=T G=K H=P I=X J=W K=Y L=S M=U N=D O=N P=G Q=F R=B S=Z T=J U=L V=C W=E X=H Y=M Z=I",Cryptography,04/30/08 #51209,Do You Wanna Bet?,1.9000000000000001,1.36,BadBunnee02,"What is the Rebus? p - o - i - n - t",No hint available.,"""point spread""",Rebus,06/18/17 #30803,Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk,2.17,1.08,phrebh,"Three friends (Jerome, Louis, and Moses) were discussing the genius of the Three Stooges when they broke out into an argument over who was the worst 'third' Stooge (Curly Joe, Joe, or Shemp) and which schtick was the funniest (Eye Poke, Hair Pull, Stomach Punch). Using the clues below, determine who disliked which replacement and what gag they thought was the best. 1. Moses was no fan of the eye poke. 2. The person who disliked Shemp the most thought that the hair pull was the funniest. 3. Jerome had no problem with Joe. 4. Moses kind of liked Curly Joe's work. 5. Louis hated the hair pull. 6. Jerome thought the stomach punch looked too mean. 7. Someone really liked to see Joe get punched in the stomach. 8. Louis thought that the name 'Curly' was sacred and always disliked Curly Joe for using it.",No hint available.,"Jerome disliked Shemp and liked the hair pull. Louis disliked Curly Joe and liked the eye poke. Moses disliked Joe and liked the stomach punch.",Logic-Grid,05/31/06 #4982,States,2.2,1.55,rohddawg,What is the only U.S state that only has one syllable?,No hint available.,Maine,Language,06/26/02 #5960,Hole Yards,2.19,1.25,michelle,"What does this mean? hole yards yards yards yards yards yards yards yards yards",No hint available.,The whole nine yards,Rebus,07/27/02 #22454,Often Swinging,2.54,0.9400000000000001,spookboy0,"Made of wood or of metal composed; You see me opened and you see me closed. Often swinging, maybe sliding; You move me to see what I'm hiding. What am I?",No hint available.,A Door,Riddle,04/24/05 #27771,Words With YO,2.89,2.67,cnmne,"Six words that contain YO as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? YO---, YO----, -YO---, --YO--, ---YO-, ----YO Pool: A, B, B, C, C, D, D, D, E, E, E, E, I, L, M, M, N, N, N, N, P, R, R",No hint available.,"YODEL, YONDER, MYOPIC, BEYOND, CANYON, EMBRYO",Language,12/29/05 #38316,Who is This? #4,2.82,2.44,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word is a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue. Example: Statuette: fro evi gse rpu lor nai ngd rep Answer: Fgo evI Gse rpU loR naI Ngd rEp = FIGURINE 1. Trade: wtq rrt sas jfk llf ijy ces 2. Atmosphere: wre aue bca tmn hij ekl brt 3. Rains: das ceb aou sei obn nmc 4. Desert: wqb fav brn myr ere nlk",No hint available.,"1. Trade: TRAFFIC 2. Atmosphere: WEATHER 3. Rains: SEASON 4. Desert: BARREN",Language,09/16/07 #48748,KC's Caper,3.1,2.1,dalfamnest,"Mischievous Casey is delighted when people write her name incorrectly. She sounds so sincere as she very carefully spells it out: ""C for chaos, A for arpeggio, S for scenery, E for empty, Y for ____."" Which of the following words is she most likely to select to help with 'Y'? Young Youth Yacht Yikes! Yahoo!",No hint available.,"Youth All her choices of ""helpful"" words sound as if they begin with another letter - K-os, R-peggio, C-nery, M-pty ... and so, U-th! Although technically correct, it confuses people, and they often make mistakes!",Group,05/25/11 #20189,Wrestling,2.39,2.06,horse_luver,"Wrestling Semi-Finals House vs Itself Winner: House Hou se vs Itself Winner: Itself",How do you win in wrestling?,"A house divided against itself cannot stand. A house divided (ho use) against itself (vs Itself) lost in wrestling, therefore cannot stand.",Rebus,01/01/05 #7683,A Stately Progression,2.27,2.74,dewtell,"United States Missouri ??? Liberia Mississippi Nebraska Is the missing state: Florida Wisconsin Oregon Texas Oklahoma West Virginia Kansas",What does Liberia have in common with the rest of the list?,"Wisconsin. The common theme is ""Capitals named for U.S. Presidents,"" in order of the presidencies. United States: Washington, D.C. Missouri: Jefferson City Wisconsin: Madison Liberia: Monrovia (named for James Monroe) Mississippi: Jackson Nebraska: Lincoln",Series,10/01/02 #12883,ALCAP_,2.18,3.07,newf,"A L C A P _ What is the missing letter?",No hint available.,"W - It's the 6 Geological Regions in Canada Appalachians Lowlands Canadian Shield Arctic Prairies Western Mountains",Group,06/02/03 #49102,Disparate Housewives,3.15,2.99,Gizzer,"The housewives of Clematis Lane are a very disparate group. Each housewife was born under a different sign of the Chinese zodiac, prefers a different brand of household cleaner, went on a second honeymoon to a different European capital last year, and has a family member with a strange medical problem related to a different eponymous body part. Can you determine the name, zodiac sign, cleaner, honeymoon destination and afflicted family member's body part for each housewife? Housewives: Alma, Blythe, Helen, Leslie, Roberta Zodiac Years: Dragon, Horse, Ox, Pig, Rooster Cleaners: Ajax, Bon Ami, Comet, Lysol, Vanish Honeymoon Cities: Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Oslo, Paris Body Parts: Achilles' Tendon, Adam's Apple, Bundle of His, Fallopian Tubes, Islets of Langerhans 1. The five housewives are: Roberta, the one born in the Year of the Dragon, the one who prefers to use Bon Ami, the one who travelled to Amsterdam and the one whose daughter ruptured an Achilles Tendon after being kicked in the ankle by a soccer mom just before the championship game. 2. Neither Blythe (who hasn't been to London) nor the housewife born in the Year of the Horse (who doesn't use Vanish) is the one with a brother whose pacemaker, installed to correct a defect with his Bundle of His, somehow triggers her automatic Lysol shower cleaner. 3. The housewife who went to Brussels has a son with hyperactive Islets of Langerhans, requiring him to constantly eat candy or risk lapsing into a diabetic coma. 4. Neither Leslie nor the housewife who uses Comet cleanser is the woman who was born in the Year of the Rooster and whose husband, ironically, can't crow about his exploits after suffering a crushed Adam's Apple while participating in a joust at the County Fair. 5. Helen (who wasn't born in the Year of the Pig) went to Paris for her second honeymoon. 6. Neither Leslie nor the housewife born in the Year of the Ox has the brother with a defective Bundle of His or the daughter with the ruptured Achilles Tendon. 7. The housewife born in the Year of the Dragon doesn't use Lysol or Ajax. 8. The housewife born in the Year of the Horse doesn't use Comet. 9. The housewife born in the Year of the Ox isn't the woman with a twin sister who had her Fallopian tubes removed after an ectopic pregnancy and now wants her sister to act as a surrogate. 10. Alma has never been to Oslo.",No hint available.,"Leslie, Year of the Dragon, Vanish, London, Fallopian Tubes Roberta, Year of the Ox, Comet, Brussels, Islets of Langerhans Alma, Year of the Pig, Lysol, Amsterdam, Bundle of His Helen, Year of the Horse, Ajax, Paris, Achilles Tendon Blythe, Year of the Rooster, Bon Ami, Oslo, Adam's Apple",Logic-Grid,10/24/11 #29095,Finish the Sequence,2.5,2.84,Question_Mark,"What number should finish this sequence? 23, 14, 19, 6, 20, ?",No hint available.,"19. Take the first letter of each word in the question (W, N, S, F, T, S). If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, D = 4 etc, then this sequence is the value of the letters in the question.",Series,03/14/06 #15675,Fashion,2.37,1.33,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Fashion = 3 ft tall Interior design = 5 ft tall Landscaping = 2 ft tall 3 ft = ?",No hint available.,The height of fashion.,Rebus,12/05/03 #44670,One Word Fits VII,1.98,0.52,Jarhead,"What word, when added, creates new words? flap____ ____knife ____pot cracker____",No hint available.,"Jack Flapjack, jackknife, jackpot, crackerjack.",Language,06/16/09 #35911,Little Rhyme Under the Sea,2.85,1.77,t4mt,"The stoic rabbit lives under the sea. Lamented bears took honey from a bee. Let me now ask you: Can you find, in this little rhyming riddle sea creatures three?",No hint available.,"Crab (stoiC RABbit) Seal (the SEA Lamented) Eel (bEE. Let)",Language,03/27/07 #11492,Wear,2.28,2.21,dsquared,"What item is represented here? Wear Longest River Wear",Don't leave home without 'em!,"Nylon Underwear Longest River = Nile or ""Nyl"". Nyl is on AND under ""wear"" hence Nyl on/under Wear.",Rebus,03/31/03 #23677,The Red Ruler,2.85,2.28,cdrock,"I am the highest rank Unless you use the first I am full, never blank Sometimes I make you burst I am surely one of a kind The ruler of a formal wear A man of wisdom you might find In your hand I'm very fair I have three good friends All with swords in their hands Our bond never ends But I am different in thy lands What am I?","The title is somewhat of a hint. You also might Play with me.","King of Diamonds Highest rank, meaning the King Unless the first, meaning the Ace (first meaning one) Full, meaning the picture of him on the card has little blanks Make you burst, meaning a burst of excitement (in most card games, it's great to have a King) One of a Kind, meaning no other cards that are the same Formal wear, meaning a suit Man of wisdom, meaning you must use him wise In your hand is very fair, meaning when you have a King in your cards (hand), you are playing very fair. Three good friends, meaning the other Kings of the other three suits All with swords in their hands, meaning they all have swords in their hands. Our bond never ends, meaning they are always together (in a deck) Different in thy lands, meaning that he is the only one without a sword in his hand (he has an ax)",Riddle,06/14/05 #14107,Czech Mate,2.47,1.45,AuroraSturgeon,"Tom's Geography teacher is testing their global location skills. He asks Tom, ""What is the capital of Czechoslovakia?"" Tom answers, ""Prague, sir!"" His teacher says that this is wrong. Tom is puzzled. He has even been to Prague. Why was his answer wrong?",No hint available.,Czechoslovakia no longer exists. It is now composed of the Czech Republic (capital - Prague) & Slovakia (capital - Bratislava).,Trivia,07/31/03 #16919,Passage A,2.61,2.25,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented by the following rebus? Passage A",No hint available.,"A rite of passage (The word ""A"" is to the right of the word ""Passage"")",Rebus,03/08/04 #777,A Question Of Ages,2.21,1.31,Nike01,"Two youngsters are chatting about their ages. Tom is just three times as old as Mary, but in two years time he will be twice as old as she is. How old is each youngster?",No hint available.,Tom is 6 and Mary is 2.,Math,08/19/01 #11136,What are My Numbers?,2.17,1.39,karelmania,"What a pair we are, Our sum is 100, Our product tells you more, For it is our sum times 24. What are the numbers?",No hint available.,"40 and 60. 40 + 60 = 100 40 * 60 = 2400",Math,03/13/03 #32883,1 to 12,2.2,2.42,moonsliver86,"The numbers 182 and 322 can be expressed as the sum of product pairs chosen from the numbers 1 to 12. 182 = 1x12 + 2x11 + 3x10 + 4x9 + 5x8 + 6x7 322 = 1x2 + 3x4 + 5x6 + 7x8 + 9x10 + 11x12 Can the numbers 180, 217, 299, 400 be written the same way?",No hint available.,"182 is the smallest number that can be written that way. 322 is the largest number that can be written that way. Therefore, 180 - no, it can not be written that way 217 = 1x12 + 2x5 + 3x9 + 4x8 + 6x11 + 7x10 299 = 1x2 + 3x6 + 4x8 + 5x9 + 7x10 + 11x12 400 - no, it can not be written that way",Math,09/08/06 #49561,Shopping Trip 2,2.61,1.49,fishmed,"Janet and her husband were out shopping when they decided to split to save time. They agreed to meet back at the bank at 2:00 PM. Janet realized several minutes later that she had forgotten her watch and asked a lady nearby for the correct time. The lady's watch was five minutes fast, but she thought it was ten minutes slow. Janet's husband also forgot his watch so he asked a passing gentleman for the time. The man's watch was ten minutes slow, but he thought it was 15 minutes fast. Taking into account the errors in the watches, who arrived at the bank first, and what time did they arrive?",No hint available.,"Janet got there first at quarter to two. She was told a time that was actually 15 minutes faster than the true time. Her husband, however, arrived at twenty-five after two, as he was told a time that was 25 minutes slower than the true time.",Logic,08/23/12 #11540,7 D S,2.24,2.09,PhilDunphy,7 D S,Not the Good life,7 Deadly Sins,Letter-Equations,04/03/03 #45444,Words With RL,1.8800000000000001,1.8,cnmne,"Five words that contain RL as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **RL*, ***RL, **RL**, **RL***, ***RL** Pool: A, A, A, A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, M, N, N, O, S, T, U, W, Y",No hint available.,"BURLY, WHORL, MARLIN, GARLAND, SCARLET",Language,10/07/09 #27751,Your Path,2.48,2.7,hamburger,"""SI KIM BI EQGVG MQG DJMQ HJT WGJS, BI AKCMGJS EQGVG MQGVG AC KI DJMQ, JKS WGJUG J MVJAW."" -VJWDQ EJWSI GHGVCIK ""HICM DGIDWG WGJVK LT ILCGVUJMAIK, JKS MQGVG JVG MQG YGE EQI WGJVK LT GNDGVAHGKMJMAIK. JKS MQGK MQGVG JVG MQICG EQI JOMRJWWT MIROQ MQG YAVG MI CGG AY AM'C VGJWWT QIM."" -JKIKTHIRC","A=J E=G","""Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail."" -Ralph Waldo Emerson ""Most people learn by observation, and there are the few who learn by experimentation. And then there are those who actually touch the fire to see if it's really hot."" -Anonymous A=J B=L C=O D=S E=G F=Y G=B H=Q I=A J=Z K=F L=W M=H N=K O=I P=D Q=X R=V S=C T=M U=R V=U W=E X=N Y=T Z=P",Cryptography,12/29/05 #3012,Timepieces,3.07,2.11,PeaceJo,A sundial is a timepiece that has the fewest number of moving parts. Which timepiece has the most moving parts?,No hint available.,An Hourglass,Logic,03/30/02 #28449,Caught,2.79,1.94,horse_luver,"What is represented by this rebus? One NaCl with a semiautomatic",NaCl is the chemical symbol for salt,"Assault with a deadly weapon. NaCl is the chemical symbol for salt, so one salt = a salt = assault A semiautomatic is a type of gun, or 'deadly weapon'",Rebus,02/05/06 #48252,Don't Go There!,2.6,1.91,Marple,A healthy young man is approaching an empty field. He knows that when he reaches the field he will die. He is terrified and wants to turn back - but he can't.,Read the clue carefully and don't make assumptions.,His parachute has failed.,Situation,12/05/10 #378,28 Days,2.33,0.67,Mr. G,How many months of the year have 28 days?,No hint available.,All of them.,Trick,03/27/01 #15582,Mad Ade's Word Workout #2,2.23,1.57,mad-ade,"With this type of teaser the idea is to simply add two words together to make another word. But you have to work out what the two words are first. For example, Elevated + easy to carry = (High/light) Highlight Above + Fatality = (over/kill) overkill. 1, Large four legged animal + Foot protection = ? 2, Hot beverage + eating utensil = ? 3, Caring and soft mannered + Not a woman = ? 4, Natural sweet substance + planetary satellite = ? 5, Top of the body + Dull pain = ?",No hint available.,"1, Horse + Shoe = Horseshoe 2, Tea + Spoon = Teaspoon 3, Gentle + Man = Gentleman 4, Honey + Moon = Honeymoon 5, Head + Ache = Headache",Language,11/28/03 #6851,Carb,2.78,1.48,majd,"What is this rebus? CARB COPPPPPPP",No hint available.,carbon copies,Rebus,08/25/02 #33710,Old Thirteens,2.44,1.42,Ammer,13 = N of S in the F A F,Think about an older version of a flag.,13 = Number of Stars in the First American Flag,Letter-Equations,10/27/06 #38630,Card Sharks,2.52,2.63,calmsavior,"In front of you are five white cards on a table, laid out in a row from left to right. The cards are all squares 5 centimeters wide and 5 centimeters long. On each of the cards there is one large, black symbol. The first card from the left has the number 6, the second has an = sign, the next has the number 2, the next has a + sign, and the last card has the number 8, spelling out the incorrect equation, 6 = 2 + 8. The challenge: Move only one card to a different location so that the equation is valid. You cannot: Fold the cards. Tear any part of the cards off. Remove the cards.",The move requires placing a card on top of another card.,"Take the card with the + sign on it, rotate it 45 degrees (so that it looks like a multiplication symbol), and place it on the left edge of the 8. Adjust the rightward pointing white corner of the + sign card so that the 8 now looks like a 3. You should now have 6 = 2 x 3.",Other,10/05/07 #47289,Unscramble #2,2.26,0.79,beyonce123,"Unscramble the words. Category: Countries 1.necraf 2.yatli 3.ewends 4.rcaimea 5.reidnla 6.dglnena 7.ldnaop 8.suaailrtia 9.sruias 10.yganrem",No hint available.,"1.France 2.Italy 3.Sweden 4.America 5.Ireland 6.England 7.Poland 8.Australia 9.Russia 10.Germany",Language,06/21/10 #16328,Dragnet,2.6,1.48,Rowsdower,"Sgt. Maloney of the L.A.P.D. got a 911 call from the dispatcher just moments ago. Someone reported hearing two men arguing and then gunshots. Maloney sped to the scene, and seeing nothing unusual outside, he cautiously entered the house through the open front door with his gun drawn. He found a man in a paramedic's uniform leaning over a man who was obviously dead or mortally wounded from a severe gunshot wound to the face. Sgt. Maloney paused for a brief moment. Then he ordered the paramedic up against the wall and began to read him his Miranda rights while handcuffing him. What are at least two reasons Maloney had for suspecting foul play?",No hint available.,"There was no ambulance outside the residence; no one had reported the presence of a wounded victim, so an ambulance wouldn't have been dispatched yet anyway; it is protocol that paramedics never enter a potentially hazardous situation until police have secured the scene; and where was the paramedic's partner?",Mystery,01/26/04 #16528,Horses and Donkeys,2.24,0.85,BulletThruDaHed,"One day, a farmer decides to put his five donkeys and five horses together in the same field to save space. He moves the animals into the empty field and leaves them with plenty of grass and hay to eat and water to drink. One year later, he decides to move the animals back into separate fields; but after moving the horses and the donkeys out, he finds that as well as himself, there is still one animal left in the field. During the year, no animal moved in or out of the field, so what is this extra animal and where has it come from?",No hint available.,The animal is a mule - the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.,Mystery,02/11/04 #2095,I Can Make Canyons,2.34,1.79,ChemicalBoy08,"I can destroy villages. I can make canyons. I can kill people. I can destroy mountains. I can never be caught. I am always around. Nothing can destroy me. What am I?",No hint available.,Time,Riddle,01/20/02 #19561,Dictionary of World Capitals,2.94,3.11,cnmne,"The following clues give definitions for world capitals. These definitions describe what the capitals (just the city) sound like they would mean. 1) This capital is a recently opened store for cooked meats. 2) This capital is plant-covered bovine. 3) This capital is a tool used for fighting. 4) This capital is a royal weight. 5) This capital is a cheer for a body of water. 6) This capital is the legendary vehicle graveyard. 7) This capital is something that annoys a religious figure. 8) This capital is a basic digit. 9) This capital is something you get from the sun. 10) This capital is a score for a ringer.",No hint available.,"1) New Delhi (New Deli), India 2) Moscow (Moss Cow), Russia 3) Warsaw (War Saw), Poland 4) Kingston (King's Ton), Jamaica 5) Beirut (Bay Root), Lebanon 6) Khartoum (Car Tomb), Sudan 7) Budapest (Buddha Pest), Hungary 8) Quito (Key Toe), Ecuador 9) Bern (Burn), Switzerland 10) Belgrade (Bell Grade), Serbia and Montenegro",Other,11/25/04 #41825,What Makes Up a Man?,2.46,2.33,aresII,"The following quotes pertain to the human mind. Can you decode them? * The hint contains three vowels. J=T ""JAM NWKE GMXDNW DNLM QMNQKM ZMJ KNDJ CW JANBZAJ CD VMSXBDM CJ'D BWYXLCKCXG JMGGCJNGE."" ~ QXBK YCT ""LXW VMSNLMD LXW NWKE VE ACD CWJMKKCZMWSM, VBJ AM CD LXW NWKE VE ACD AMXGJ."" ~ AMWGC YGMPMGCS XLCMK","C=I N=O X=A","""THE ONLY REASON SOME PEOPLE GET LOST IN THOUGHT IS BECAUSE IT'S UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY."" ~ PAUL FIX ""MAN BECOMES MAN ONLY BY HIS INTELLIGENCE, BUT HE IS MAN ONLY BY HIS HEART."" ~ HENRI FREDERIC AMIEL KEY: A=H B=U C=I D=S E=Y G=R J=T K=L L=M M=E N=O P=D Q=P S=C T=X V=B W=N X=A Y=F Z=G",Cryptography,05/05/08 #40887,Words With UG,2.46,2.21,cnmne,"Five words that contain UG as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *UG**, ***UG, **UG**, ***UG*, *UG***** Pool: A, B, D, E, E, F, F, H, I, I, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, T, T, V",No hint available.,"OUGHT, DEBUG, FRUGAL, IMPUGN, FUGITIVE",Language,03/06/08 #1148,KST in the Middle,2.84,2.52,Ichabod Clay,"What 8 letter word has KST in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end?",Read the sentence VERY carefully. The answer is a compound word.,"Inkstand. KST in the middle, IN (is) the beginning. AND (is) at the end.",Trick,10/17/01 #38752,Look At That!,2.25,0.76,jasmin215,take take,"Sorry, no hint.","Double Take! You know, like, taking a second look at something. Enjoy!",Rebus,10/13/07 #44277,Letter Change,1.84,0.7000000000000001,Jarhead,"How can you take two T's to make an I? How can you take two O's and make an 8? How can you take two D's to make a B? How can you take two V's to make an X?",Think of symmetry.,Put a line of symmetry at the bottom of the letter. Then flip the letter over the line. You will get a different letter or number.,Other,03/21/09 #5172,Flares Up,2.31,1.67,J_L_Quicksolve,"When it flares up, it does a lot of good, but when it dies down it's just paper or wood. What is it?",No hint available.,A match,Riddle,07/03/02 #29850,What Color Is The Cat?,2.18,2.43,wisteriastorm,"DAYTIME orange cat black cat calico cat grey cat white cat NIGHTTIME grey cat grey cat grey cat grey cat grey cat",Phrase is common in France.,At night every cat is grey.,Rebus,04/17/06 #2711,Mouse Trap,2.74,1.04,rose_rox,How do you spell mouse trap with only 3 letters?,Think of what can catch a mouse.......,C-A-T,Trick,03/17/02 #51821,Mission: Possible 3,2.82,1.1,ThinksForFun,"The five words in the group below have something special in common. To discover what this is, continue reading this message. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to transform each of the following five words, so as to create a group of five new words, by applying exactly the same change to each word. Good Luck! This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds... , 4... , 3... , 2... , 1... , (""boom""). come diploma forge star though",No hint available.,"The special thing that these words have in common, is that for each word, if the letter ""t"" is appended to it, the result is a new word which is completely unrelated in meaning to the original word, as follows: come + t ==> comet diploma + t ==> diplomat forge + t ==> forget star + t ==> start though + t ==> thought Congratulations, if you successfully completed your mission! Otherwise, better luck next time.",Group,04/20/18 #5571,Snowy Bridge,2.52,2.19,glennyboy02,"The bridge was covered with a fresh blanket of snow. Only one set of footprints led to the woman's body lying in the middle of the bridge. Mike, a detective, knew from the one set of footprints that this was suicide, yet he couldn't find the weapon used. Mike discovered powder burns on the dead woman's chest and a small chip out of the railing where the snow had been brushed away. The dead woman's footprints were all around this area. The only other clue was that 10 metres down, and directly below the chip of paint on the railing, was a hole in the ice. How did the woman manage to kill herself instantly, yet still dispose of the weapon?",No hint available.,"Mike reasoned that the woman had a rope to which she secured a weight to one end and the gun to the other. She then dropped the weight over the bridge. When the woman shot herself, she automatically released the gun. As the weight fell, it pulled the gun which hit the railing, causing the small chip mark. The movement of the rope and gun explain why the snow was brushed away from the railing. The hole in the ice was caused by the falling weight.",Situation,07/14/02 #5498,"Umm, Umm good",2.2,0.71,millsbri,"Can you decipher this rebus? sochickup",Campbell's,Chicken Soup,Rebus,07/12/02 #5333,My own heart a person,2.18,1.28,michelle,"my own heart a person What does this mean?",No hint available.,A person after my own heart,Rebus,07/08/02 #46013,Clowns in the Subway,3.02,3.0,caberet,"You are having a nightmare about five clowns in the subway. It is especially confusing because each clown has a tiny car and umbrella, even though you are in an underground public transportation system. Naturally, each clown has a ridiculous wig and a big goofy outfit. There are only five colors in your dream - fuchsia, green, purple, red and yellow. Use the following clues to determine each clown's name (Fuchsia Funny, Green Gravel, Purple Porridge, Red Rascal and Yellow Sub), and color of their car, wig, outfit and umbrella. 1. Each clown's name, car, wig, outfit and umbrella are 5 different colors and no two wigs, outfits or umbrellas are the same color. 2. The only clown whose name does not begin with the same two initials does not have a purple or red outfit; while the clown in the yellow outfit does not have a red car, red wig or a purple umbrella. 3. Red Rascal does not have a yellow wig and Purple Porridge does not have either a fuchsia or yellow umbrella. 4. Of the clown in the green wig and the owner of the red umbrella, one has the purple car and the other is Fuchsia Funny; neither clown has the yellow outfit. 5. The clown in the fuchsia wig is not wearing a green or yellow outfit and does not have a red car (whose driver does not have a green outfit or a green umbrella.) 6. Green Gravel does not have a yellow umbrella or a red car.","Clue 1 directs you to fill in 50 ""no"" (red X) squares. Clue 4 tells us that Purple Porridge cannot be the owner of the red umbrella, since she is neither the owner of the purple car (Clue 1) nor Fuchsia Funny, so Purple Porridge must have the green umbrella (only remaining color from clue 4.) Clue 4 also tells us that the clown driving the fuchsia car cannot have either the green wig or red umbrella since this clown cannot be either Fuchsia Funny (Clue 1) or the driver of the purple car.","Name-Car-Wig-Outfit-Umbrella Fuchsia Funny-Red-Green-Purple-Yellow Green Gravel-Purple-Yellow-Fuchsia-Red Purple Porridge-Yellow-Fuchsia-Red-Green Red Rascal-Green-Purple-Yellow-Fuchsia Yellow Sub-Fuchsia-Red-Green-Purple",Logic-Grid,12/17/09 #1706,9 R. with S. S.,2.35,1.97,dgoertz,9 R. with S. S.,Think of the Holidays,9 Reindeer with Santa's Sleigh,Letter-Equations,12/13/01 #20912,Bird Watching,2.85,1.0,ScarletCross,There are 100 birds on a tree. Using what method will you be able to capture them all in one shot?,No hint available.,Using a camera,Trick,02/09/05 #36307,Where's the Gold? II,2.79,2.69,t4mt,"Bob Sr. the alchemist had recently died. He invented only one magic potion, the Cingumbulating Stone 2001. It had the power to make any metal into gold (just like the Philosopher's Stone). It was nowhere to be seen. However, he seemed to have left instructions on how to make it: Take 12 toenails, Add 5 nincompoops, Mix that with 14 salads. Next add 9 icicles, 2 dead frogs, And 6 wet rocks. Finally, put 14 cats in, Along with 12 ace of spades, 7 diamond bracelets, And 9 monkeys' paws. His son, Bob Jr., will not receive the inheritance of the ultimate stone if he cannot figure out this puzzle. Can you help him?","Similar to my first ""Where's the Gold?"" teaser. Are they really instructions? The numbers in each line are VERY important.","The stone was inside Bob's cane. The number (n) in each line represent the nth character to take. For example, the ""12"" in the first line means you must take the 12th character in the line. Commas count as characters. Taking the corresponding character from each line leaves us with ""insidecane"". Put a space in to get ""inside cane.""",Mystery,04/18/07 #52314,Natural Talent,3.16,0.64,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,Musically Inclined,Rebus,11/11/19 #21738,People,2.59,0.79,iconofsin,"People who live in Russia are called Russians. People who live in China are called Chinese. People who live in Europe are called Europeans. People who live on Mars are called what?",No hint available.,There are no people on Mars!!,Trick,03/24/05 #11538,MR. Z,2.78,1.09,OD-1,"Mr. Z can't walk, talk, or feed himself and vomits several times a day, yet is a normal healthy person in every way. He is not paralyzed or crippled at all, and everyone would agree he is completely normal. He is alive and he is a human being. Why does everyone consider him normal?",Think age.,"We call our 4 month old son Mr.Z. For a baby he's totally normal. He can't walk, talk, or feed himself and vomits far too often.",Trick,04/03/03 #10843,I.O.U,2.38,2.14,MrIxolite,"What saying is shown below? I.O.U to Club",No hint available.,Debt to Society,Rebus,03/03/03 #36648,Punk Rock 2,2.72,2.56,grilledcheese,"The following is a quote from Billie Joe Armstrong (singer from ""Green Day""). Can you decode it? ""ZPUZXP LEP KALEAOWC AU KPP ARLA OA'K WUA DRLA ARPQ DPEP XPB AU JPXOPGP. KU O AROWI WUD OW ARP ZUZSXLE MSXASEP, ZPUZXP LEP KALEAOWC AU CPA ARP CSAK AU MUFP USA LWB BPMXLEP ARLA ARPQ UZZUKP AROK DLE.""","R= E M= F","""People are starting to see that it's not what they were led to believe. So I think now in the popular culture, people are starting to get the guts to come out and declare that they oppose this war."" A= L B= J C= M D= B E= P F= N G= C H= R I= O J= T K= I L= X M= F N= W O= U P= Z Q= Y R= E S= K T= A U= S V= G W= D X= V Y= Q Z= H",Cryptography,05/17/07 #43459,Eight People,2.33,2.34,shenqiang,"In a mathematics contest, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H got the top eight places. The teacher asked them to guess who got first. A said: ""Either F or H is first."" B said: ""I'm first."" C said: ""G is first."" D said: ""B is not first."" E said: ""A is wrong."" F said: ""Neither I nor H is the first."" G said: ""C is not first."" H said: ""I agree with A."" The teacher told them that exactly three of them guessed correctly. Then, who got first?","It's OK to use trial and error, however, there might be better methods.","Since B and D contradict each other, exactly one of them must be true. Since A and H agree with each other while E and F are against them, exactly two of these four must be true. Therefore, neither C nor G guessed correctly. Since G guessed that C is not first, C must be first.",Logic,10/31/08 #2531,Cash Giveaway,2.34,1.76,tommo,"I take three envelopes and put $5 in the first, $10 in the second and $20 in the third. The average value in the envelopes is $11.66. I mix up the envelopes and pick two at random. I give you a choice of the two envelopes; you pick one and look inside to see $10. I then give you the option of swapping to one of the other envelopes. How much would you get on average by swapping your choice of envelopes?",No hint available.,"On average you would win $12.50 instead of $10 because the expectation, E(x)=0.5x$5+0.5x$20=$12.50.",Probability,03/05/02 #48015,Sight Rhymes 12,2.96,1.85,MarcM1098,"In each group below, the three words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each group. Example: plo___, tho___, to___ would be plough, though, tough. 1. comr___, fac___, m___ 2. id___, s___, wher___ 3. p___, vac___, w___","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. comra__, faca__, ma__ 2. ide__, se__, where__ 3. pa__, vaca__, wa__","1. comrade, facade, made 2. ideas, seas, whereas 3. pant, vacant, want",Language,10/09/10 #4496,"Nobby, Bobby and Rover",2.4,2.02,mad-ade,"In the legendary land of MADADIA, there lived a king, King Mad Ade of the Kebab people. King Mad Ade had three sons called Nobby, Bobby and Rover. They were triplets, but unfortunately due to a mix up at birth no one knew which was the oldest, the heir to the kingdom. The king decided to set a challenge for his three sons, to determine who should inherit the kingdom. He called his sons and spoke to them all. ""Nobby, Bobby, Rover"" he said ""Behind the castle you will each find an identical plot of land marked with your names."" At this he held out 3 packets of seeds, one for each son. ""take these and grow me some flowers. I will look at them this time next year."" At that he dismissed his sons and marked the date on the calendar. One year later he visited the three plots of land he had given his sons. He noted that Nobby's plot was full of beautiful flowers. He walked on to Bobby's plot which was also packed with beautiful flowers. He ambled around to Rover's only to find nothing more than a patch of muddy ground and some grass. Later that day he called his sons together. ""Boys, I have made my choice as to who shall inherit the Kingdom of MADADIA!"" he announced. The three brothers waited with bated breath. "" I shall be leaving it to .......Rover!"" What made King Mad Ade choose his son Rover?",No hint available.,"Because he had given them all dud seeds that he knew wouldn't grow. Nobby and Bobby saw that the seeds were not growing so brought in flowers to impress the King, whereas Rover decided to let the king see the true result. Therefore the King knew that despite Nobby and Bobby's efforts to please him, only Rover could be trusted.",Logic,06/05/02 #38359,Theo The Thespian III,2.5,2.72,tonksrulez,"Theo Cartwright is an amateur actor and playwright. It is his dream to be able to do what he loves professionally. Unfortunately, every time he performs one of his plays, the critics always pick out something that is wrong with it. After his previous failed attempts to get his name recognised in the acting community, Theo decided to take this next show to the next level with brilliant lights, on-stage explosives, and dramatic monologues. The show was based on a tale of a man who lost his son during the testing of a new gun. ""I was there. I can still see it now. They counted down: 10..My son was placed next to it... 9..He looked so smart in his lab coat... 8..I still can't believe it... 7..I miss him so much... 6..I can still remember his face when he realized something was going wrong... 5..He turned to raise the alarm... 4..No one else noticed... 3..It was going to happen... 2..And I couldn't stop it... 1..This was the end."" At the end of the monologue, a large explosion went off at the back of the stage in a dramatic ending to the tale. After the show, Theo met up with the critic to hear his opinion. ""I'm sorry, Theo, but fancy gimmicks do not make a play,"" the critic replied. ""You need to sort out your writing first. You made another mistake in your play that I just couldn't see past.""",No hint available.,"When testing explosives and new gun models, the countdown is done differently. To avoid any confusion with the words 'five' and 'fire', the five is always skipped.",Trivia,09/19/07 #31775,Heavenly Journey,2.79,2.93,FreddyPharkas,"1) It all began when I carried the water from the well to my home. 2) That task completed, I jumped into the river and swam free, like I belonged, yet soon it was time to climb out. 3) I found myself in a field, crouched low to the ground. I was strangely possessive of this small field, and I could feel the anger bursting out of me as others came. 4) I jumped into the next field, I stood proud, ruler of all I surveyed. If the anger had teased me before, it now tortured my very soul, and I would gladly have died to protect that small piece of land. 5) Was I losing my mind? I was looking at myself, not in a mirror, but a living copy. The anger had disappeared and we both felt a warmth from the obvious bond between us. 6) I walked back to the river, crawling among the rocks on the bank, then walking underwater. 7) I walked out on the other side of the river, and felt the weight of a crown on my head. Yes, I was the King, I feared nothing, I bowed to no one. I needed to proclaim to everyone I now ruled this realm, and as I roared my message the ground shook with fear. 8) The crown grew heavy, so I removed it, and as I did I felt such pure clarity of thought. Had I returned to my childhood, or was this some innocence long forgotten but not lost? 9) I walked on and saw an argument between a trader and his customer. I felt duty bound in some way to offer help and sat with them whilst I listened to both sides of the story. I gave my judgement, which they accepted, and continued my journey. 10) The heat blistered me, and I...... I was standing in the middle of a desert. I felt vulnerable, naked, but powerful. Others sensed that power and were avoiding me. Sometimes even the weak can have a sting in the tail for those trying to take advantage. 11) My whole body then focused. I had been wandering, meandering even but now I knew my target. I marched on quickly, arrowing in on the goal, but I was beginning to tire. 12) My journey had brought me to a mountainside. How long had I been gone? My beard had grown several inches and I would have gladly stopped there and then. Those glorious, green pastures up the mountain were a wonderful sight and I sat and looked down into the valley. I sensed someone else nearby, a danger possibly, my instincts now took over and I ran towards them as fast as I could. We collided, and as I found my bearings I realised I was back carrying the water. Oh cruel fate, that holds my destiny in this vicious circle. Please tell me where I am trapped.",Just look for the signs.,"I am cycling through the signs of the zodiac: 1 Aquarius (water carrier) 2 Pisces (fish) 3 Aries (ram) 4 Taurus (bull) 5 Gemini (twins) 6 Cancer (crab) 7 Leo (lion) 8 Virgo (virgin) 9 Libra (scales) 10 Scorpio (scorpion) 11 Sagittarius (archer) 12 Capricorn (goat) I personally don't believe in this, but that's a typical Virgoan for you.",Other,07/14/06 #45221,For The Love of Calculators!,2.71,1.98,Fhqwhgads,"Little Billy has a calculator with 15 buttons. He has 10 keys for 0-9, a key for addition, multiplication, division, and subtraction. Finally, he has an = sign. However, Mark the Meanie messed up the programming on Billy's calculator. Now, whenever Billy presses any of the number keys, it comes up with a random single-digit number. The same goes for the four operations keys (+,-,x, /). So whenever Billy tries to press the + button, the calculator chooses randomly between addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division. The only key left untouched was the = sign. Now, if Billy were to press one number key, one operation key, then another number key, then the = button, what are the chances the answer comes out to 6?",Think about how many ways he could possibly get 6.,"There is a 4% chance. There are 16 possible ways to get 6. 0+6 1+5 2+4 3+3 6+0 5+1 4+2 9-3 8-2 7-1 6-0 1x6 2x3 6x1 3x2 6/1 There are 400 possible button combinations. When Billy presses any number key, there are 10 possibilities; when he presses any operation key, there are 4 possibilities. 10(1st#)x4(Operation)x10(2nd#)=400 16 working combinations/400 possible combinations= .04 or 4%",Probability,09/04/09 #3134,Driving North,2.68,1.57,204_blaze_41,"Karl Malloy, the famous magician, claims that when he is in the far north, he can point his car north on a ordinary road, drive it for one mile, and without turning around, end up one mile south from where he started. How does he do it?",No hint available.,Karl drives his car in reverse.,Logic,04/02/02 #26999,Word Pyramids: World Countries VII,2.6,2.31,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: S Clues: 1. Symbol for the element with an atomic weight of 74.9(2) 2. The continuous body of salt water covering most of the earth's surface 3. An open container, as of glass or porcelain, used for holding flowers or for ornamentation. 4. Rescued from harm, danger, or loss. 5. To recommend; suggest 6. Something contrived, as a mechanical device or a clever plan. 7. An island country in the Indian Ocean, consisting of 19 atolls made up of more than 2,000 coral islands.",Southwest of Sri Lanka,"S AS SEA VASE SAVED ADVISE DEVISAL MALDIVES Settled by various groups from southern Asia, the islands were converted to Islam in the 12th century. The Maldives became a self-governing British protectorate in 1887 and achieved independence as a sultanate and subsequently as a republic.",Language,11/17/05 #19299,I'm,2.03,2.71,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? I'm Hiding Hidin Hidi Hid Hi H","The answer relates to being involved in something that really has no chance in succeeding... ... and if you're really stuck: the 'hiding' has gone from something to ... ?",I'm on a hiding to nothing,Rebus,11/01/04 #16042,What Can We Do?,2.53,1.84,eiennikirei,"The Mitchells want to do something interesting as a family this weekend. Here is an idea from each person of what they'd like to do for fun: 1) go fishing in a lake 2) play card/board/arcade games 3) explore a rain forest 4) visit a petting zoo If mom has Zoophobia, dad has Dendrophobia, Allen has Pogonophobia, and Jasmine has Limnophobia, what can this family do together for fun?",No hint available.,"The Mitchells would have to play board games, card games, and arcade games. They cannot go fishing in a lake because Jasmine has Limnophobia (fear of lakes). They cannot explore a rain forest because dad has Dendrophobia (fear of trees). They cannot visit a petting zoo because mom has Zoophobia (fear of animals). Allen has Pogonophobia (fear of beards) but that doesn't effect the choices.",Logic,01/04/04 #9438,In the World,2.32,0.58,monkeyboy38654,"If everybody in the world jumped off a cliff, would you?",EVERYBODY,"YES, you are somebody out of everybody.",Trick,12/27/02 #24407,Every Star Goes Out With a Bang,2.38,0.66,caleenda85,"I get most of my work in the summer Other times I am not seen - what a bummer! I look the best at night events, Where my flashy colors spark. But after I am done with my shots Everyone's left in the dark. What am I?",July holiday.,A firecracker.,Riddle,07/10/05 #38573,Which One? #5,2.74,2.68,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word are a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue. 1. Conscious - whs lea von ths bli abd lrm fen 2. Interim - mfl ebh mja phn atb lim rbm elp 3. Tactful - acs hjo ion ase dif ead feg bra hla tju epq 4. Glass - ytu iou ams vbn sfl rez mrn",No hint available.,"1. Conscious - sensible 2. Interim - meantime 3. Tactful - considerate 4. Glass - tumbler",Language,10/02/07 #18549,Do You Want Me or Not?,2.42,1.34,brainbasher,"People inside me can't get out, I hold all sizes thin and stout, You don't wanna be inside me but it's nothing you can stop, cause it's inevitable whether you like it or not. What am I?",No hint available.,A Coffin,Riddle,08/11/04 #12510,Country Rankings,2.28,3.04,wxman,"Here is a ranking of a group of world countries from lowest number to the highest ranking: US , Russia, France, Spain, Italy, UK, Brazil, Australia, Nigeria, Israel, and Nepal What basis was used for the rankings?","Don't look at geography, population or sports, think in CODE.","Rankings are based on International Telephone area code numerical values. US 1, Russia 7, France 33, Spain 34, Italy 39, UK 44, Brazil 55, Australia 61, Nigeria 234, Israel 972, and Nepal 977",Series,05/20/03 #18035,The Order,2.33,2.61,collie07652,"There is a five-digit number having digits 1-9, no two digits being identical. Two are prime numbers, two are square numbers, and one is neither. The third digit is twice the fifth, the fourth is six greater than the second and the last is three less than the first.",No hint available.,73894,Math,06/28/04 #8566,College of Kebabology,2.2,1.77,mad-ade,"In a certain year, the number of girls who graduated from the Madadian High School was twice the number of boys. If 3/4 of the girls and 5/6 of the boys went to Madadia's college of Kebabology immediately after graduation, what fraction of the graduates that year went to college immediately after graduation?",No hint available.,"Assume that number of boys graduated from the Madadian High School = B Therefore, number of girls graduated from the Madadian High School = 2*B It is given that 3/4 of the girls and 5/6 of the boys went to the college of kebabology immediately after graduation. Hence, total students went to the college = (3/4)(2*B) + (5/6)(B) = B * (3/2 + 5/6) = (7/3)B Fraction of the graduates that year went to college immediately after graduation = [(7/3)B] / [3*B] = 7/9 Therefore, the answer is 7/9",Math,11/17/02 #27053,Apple Pickers #2,3.12,2.23,ilovehimalways,"Since Jeremy and his friends now had more apples than they could possibly eat, they needed to find ways to use them up. So each friend hit the cookbooks and started busily baking (it's remarkable how many yummy recipes there are for apples!). As it happens, each friend did such a good job making one recipe, that it was forever after their specialty. Fortunately for them, each one had a different specialty. Determine the name of each friend's special recipe, the type of apples and special ingredient each dish used, and the number of apples each recipe used. 1. The recipes, in no particular order, were the recipe using cinnamon, the recipe using three apples, the apple tarts, the recipe using Macoun apples, and the apple crisp. 2. The recipe using the Cortland apples used one apple more than the apple bread but one apple less than the recipe using the raisins. 3. The muffins used one more apple than the recipe with the walnuts but two less apples than the recipe using the Red Delicious apples. 4. The nutmeg was used in the apple crisp, which used more than two apples but less than the apple pie used. The apple pie used more apples than the treat with the raisins. 5. The apple muffins, which weren't made with Macoun apples, used pecans. 6. The Empire apples weren't used in the apple crisp. The recipe using the McIntosh apples used the most apples.",There were four Empire apples used with the raisins.,"Apple Bread-Macoun-walnuts-2 Apple Crisp-Red Delicious-nutmeg-5 Apple Muffins-Cortland-pecans-3 Apple Pie-McIntosh-cinnamon-6 Apple Tarts-Empire-raisins-4",Logic-Grid,11/20/05 #49659,Can You Find It? XV,2.06,1.86,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word COINCIDENTALLY, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. A provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a standard language. 2. A finger or toe. 3. To become uninteresting or distasteful through overabundance. 4. Shreds of fiber, thread, etc. 5. Something delightful or pleasing, especially a choice food. 6. A foot/leg covering of a soft fabric, mostly worn by women. 7. To frit. 8. Without others, or anything further; solely. 9. Of, pertaining to, or containing vinegar. 10. To mark or perforate so as to render invalid for reuse. 11. Extremely objective and realistic. 12. An animal having a spotted or particolored coat.",No hint available.,"1. DIALECT 2. DACTYL 3. CLOY 4. LINT 5. DELICACY 6. NYLON 7. CALCINE 8. ONLY 9. ACETIC 10. CANCEL 11. CLINICAL 12. CALICO",Language,11/19/12 #2345,Going for a Stroll,2.14,2.03,starsky,"I was walking through a field of rye When I spotted something with my eye It was neither fish nor flesh nor bone but I kept it till it walked alone",No hint available.,An egg or a cocoon,Riddle,02/17/02 #38858,More Nicknames,2.2,1.78,candymg_gymnast,O = T S S,STATE = NICKNAME,Oklahoma = The Sooner State,Letter-Equations,10/20/07 #46529,Add a Letter 37,2.45,1.8800000000000001,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) something that exists or occurs & aspect or phase (4 letters) 2) having the skill to accomplish a task & black (4 letters) 3) relating to current events & moist climate that can support year-round plant growth (7 letters) 4) a walking stick & a boat propelled by paddles (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) fact & facet 2) able & sable 3) topical & tropical 4) cane & canoe",Language,03/13/10 #28306,Comedic Genius?,2.8,2.83,sgtammo,"Often, famous people are best known for their funny quotes. I think they deliver them that way on purpose since funny sayings really seem to stick in the subconscious. Here are some examples of funny quotes. Of course, they are concealed with synonyms to give you a challenge. You decide... comedy or genius? Can you figure it out? What are the quotes and who said them? The undisclosed of artistry is calculating how to veil your producers. The contrast amid brilliance and idiocy is that brilliance has its boundaries. Inclination cannot be restricted chargeable for plebeians belly flopping in adulation. Cerebrals unravel dilemmas; virtuosos avert them.",Think creatively.,"The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. These quotes were furnished courtesy of Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) - German born physicist and Nobel Prize winner.",Language,01/28/06 #38799,Jockey Races,2.71,2.0,pokpic,"In the big race at the Speedy racetrack the top five finishers were Full Sweep, Nightshade, Quatermain, Top Horse, and Whirlaway. In alphabetical order, they were ridden by Alvarez, Hernandez, Perez, Pickman, and Wilson. From the information given, figure out the order of finish of the race and the name of the jockey who rode each of the five horses. Horses: Full Sweep, Nightshade, Quartermain, Top Horse, and Whirlaway Jockeys: Alvarez, Hernandez, Perez, Pickman, and Wilson Places: first, second, third, fourth, and fifth 1. Of Whirlaway and Quartermain, one finished first and one was ridden by Alvarez. 2. Pickman finished ahead of Perez but after Whirlaway, who did not win first place. 3. Full Sweep did not finish third. 4. Top Horse finished ahead of Nightshade but after Wilson, who did not ride the winning horse.",No hint available.,"Full Sweep placed second and was ridden by Wilson. Nightshade placed fifth and was ridden by Perez. Quartermain placed first and was ridden by Hernandez. Top Horse placed fourth and was ridden by Pickman. Whirlaway placed third and was ridden by Alvarez.",Logic-Grid,10/16/07 #18610,Mad Ade's Word Links #5,2.3,2.23,mad-ade,"In the below teaser Mad Ade will give you three sets of three words. Each word has another word in common with the other two. The new word will make the three original words into common word pairs. For example CAP, DEEP and PAD could all be linked by KNEE to form Knee Cap, Knee Deep and Knee Pad. The linking word can be at either side of the given word. Can you find the link for the following words? 1, First, Match, Net 2, Band, Stamp, Duck 3, Through, Saw, Fit",No hint available.,"1, Safety First, Safety Match, Safety Net 2, Rubber Band, Rubber Stamp, Rubber Duck 3, See Through, See Saw, See Fit",Language,08/22/04 #29407,Where Does it Belong,2.46,1.46,Pritulsky14,"Which Name in Group 1 belongs in Group 2? Group 1: Aaron, Ethan, Olga, Isabella, Ursala, Michael Group 2: John, Colton, Sarah, Mary, Katelyn, James,",No hint available.,"Michael. All of the names in Group 1 start with a vowel except Michael, while the names in Group 2 start with a consonant.",Group,03/29/06 #199,The Land of Zog,2.61,1.78,Phyllis,"In the small country of Zog, each person owns one and only one car. Every car's license plate is different and each one contains only one letter and one one-digit number including zero. How many people live in the land of Zog, assuming every license plate is used?",No hint available.,"520 26 (letters of the alphabet) X 10 (1-digit numbers 0-9) = 260 That's only if each letter is before the number, but since it can be after, you have to double that. 260 X 2 = 520",Math,02/01/01 #51988,Missing Word 43,2.9,1.8,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? RE _ _ _ _ _ _ RESE _ _ _ ITA ES _ _ _ E",_ _ _ TURE,"CAP. RECAP CAPRESE (an Italian-style salad) CAPITA (as in, ""per capita"") ESCAPE Hint: CAPTURE",Language,08/07/18 #42039,Bored . . .Try This Teaser!,3.03,1.67,snowmonster,"See if you can figure out these words using the clues listed below. Each word ends with ""BOARD"". Please note that numbers 4 and 5 are two separate words. Have fun! 1) Used with telephones 2) A place to advertise 3) Right-side of ship 4) Found around water 5) Old-time cars had two 6) Computers need them 7) College professor's headgear 8) Used in the Old West",No hint available.,"1) Switchboard 2) Billboard 3) Starboard 4) Diving Board 5) Running Board 6) Keyboard 7) Mortarboard 8) Buckboard",Language,05/25/08 #30354,Phoney Puzzle X,2.4,2.53,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 843 3645474 4283 66 7377328 367 84347 52648243, 263 9455 668 83224 84347 24453736 86 77325 48. -- George Bernard Shaw 8447 3645263 63837 343, 667 63837 74255, 543 28 843 77683 3668 63 2 266783767. -- William Shakespeare","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PQRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXYZ","The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. -- George Bernard Shaw This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror. -- William Shakespeare",Cryptography,05/08/06 #43720,Unique Me,2.5,1.02,Casey16,"No two of me are the same, they say. I am big for some, And little for others, Just depending on the place. Sometimes I am harsh and cold, Other times soft and sweet. Some take me for granted, A few worship me like gold. In sandy, hot places you will rarely see Me hanging about the site, But rather you will find Me where cool climate is key. What am I?",I like the cold winters and hate hot deserts.,"Snowflakes! People say that no two snowflakes are the same. Some people do not like snow, while others can not wait for it. Snowflakes are found in cold climates.",Riddle,12/13/08 #49134,World of Nerds,2.92,3.15,Gizzer,"Five friends spend every Monday night eating Chinese food from the Golden Dragon. Howard has Mu Shu Pork, Leonard has Spicy Szechuan Tofu, Penny has Shrimp with Lobster Sauce, Raj has Beef with String Beans, and Sheldon has Chicken and Broccoli: diced, not shredded, with brown rice, not white, low-sodium soy sauce and the good hot mustard from the Korean grocery. After dinner, they play a role-playing game called World of Nerds. In this game, each player takes on a character belonging to a different race of creature, has a different occupation, uses a different sort of weapon, specializes in fighting a particular kind of monster, and has a different skill level. Can you determine the characteristics of each player's character from the following clues before someone sits in Sheldon's spot? Players: Howard, Leonard, Penny, Raj and Sheldon Races: elf, gremlin, halfling, hobbit and ogre Occupations: archbishop, merchant, paladin, sorcerer and thief Weapons: bolo, crossbow, dagger, fireballs and mace Monsters: chimeras, giants, harpies, kobolds and orcs Skill levels: range from 10-32 Clues: 1. The five characters in the game are Penny's, the 24th-level ogre, the thief, the fireball user, and the one skilled at fighting orcs. 2. The paladin isn't an elf. 3. The bolo user has a skill level twice that of the halfling. 4. Raj's character has a skill level eight levels higher than the paladin, who in turn is eight levels higher than the crossbow user. 5. The hobbit is no good at fighting giants. 6. The elf (who doesn't care for crossbows) is ten levels higher than the one who fights kobolds. 7. The one who is adept at fighting chimeras is four levels higher than Leonard's character (who isn't the archbishop). 8. The character at the lowest level (who isn't Penny) is at level ten and uses a dagger. 9. Neither the archbishop nor the merchant belongs to the race of gremlins. 10. The giant fighter never uses a mace in battle. 11. Raj's character isn't the elf. 12. Penny's character doesn't use the crossbow. 13. Howard's character is not particularly adept at fighting harpies.",Start by determining the 5 skill levels.,"Howard is the halfling and a level 10 thief who fights kobolds with a dagger. Leonard is the hobbit and a level 16 merchant who fights orcs with a crossbow. Penny is the elf and a level 20 archbishop who fights chimeras with a bolo. Raj is the gremlin and a level 32 sorcerer who fights giants with fireballs. Sheldon is the ogre and a level 24 paladin who fights harpies with a mace. Explanation: The first step is to determine the actual skill levels of the five players. The lowest level is 10, held by the character using a dagger (clue 8). From (4), the character using a crossbow has an unknown level, let's call it x; the paladin has x+8 and Raj has x+16. Note that x must be greater than 10 and less than or equal to 16, or else x+16 would be greater than 32. The elf is none of these four players (2, 11, 6), but has a skill level of 10 more than one of them (6). This could be 20, x+10 or x+18. One skill level has to be 24 (1), two skill levels must have a difference of 4 (7) and one skill level must be twice another (3). If x=11, then the skill levels are 10, 11, 19, 27 and the elf's is either 20, 21 or 29. None of these is 24; therefore, x isn't 11. Similarly x isn't 12, 13 or 15. If x=14, then the skill levels are 10, 14, 22, 30 and the elf's is either 20, 24 or 32. This provides a skill level of 24, but for the elf, instead of the ogre; therefore, x isn't 14. Therefore, x=16 and the skill levels are 10 [dagger], 16 [crossbow], 24 [paladin=ogre], and 32 [Raj]. The elf's skill level must be 20, not 26, in order to satisfy clue (7). This means the elf fights chimeras and Leonard's character uses the crossbow. Now that we know the skill levels, we can start building a list of the players, starting with the first clue: Player 1 = Penny Player 2 = ogre, level 24, paladin Player 3 = thief Player 4 = fireballs Player 5 = orcs Since the elf has a skill level of 20, the kobold fighter is level 10 (6), and uses the dagger (8). Penny's character doesn't use the dagger (8), and neither does the ogre, who is level 24. Therefore the thief does: Player 1 = Penny Player 2 = ogre, level 24, paladin Player 3 = level 10, thief, kobolds, dagger Player 4 = fireballs Player 5 = orcs Neither Penny's character (12) nor the ogre (4) uses the crossbow [Leonard], so the orc fighter must: Player 1 = Penny Player 2 = ogre, level 24, paladin Player 3 = level 10, thief, kobolds, dagger Player 4 = fireballs Player 5 = Leonard, level 16, orcs, crossbow The ogre can't use the bolo, as no one has level 12 (3), so Penny's character uses the bolo and the thief is the halfling. This leaves the ogre using the mace: Player 1 = Penny, bolo Player 2 = ogre, level 24, paladin, mace Player 3 = halfing, level 10, thief, kobolds, dagger Player 4 = fireballs Player 5 = Leonard, level 16, orcs, crossbow This means that Raj's character, at level 32, must use fireballs, and Penny's character must be the level 20 elf who fights chimeras: Player 1 = Penny, elf, level 20, chimeras, bolo Player 2 = ogre, level 24, paladin, mace Player 3 = halfing, level 10, thief, kobolds, dagger Player 4 = Raj, level 32, fireballs Player 5 = Leonard, level 16, orcs, crossbow The ogre, who uses a mace, doesn't fight giants (10); therefore the ogre fights harpies, leaving Raj's character as the giant fighter: Player 1 = Penny, elf, level 20, chimeras, bolo Player 2 = ogre, level 24, paladin, harpies, mace Player 3 = halfing, level 10, thief, kobolds, dagger Player 4 = Raj, level 32, giants, fireballs Player 5 = Leonard, level 16, orcs, crossbow The hobbit doesn't fight giants (5), so the hobbit must fight orcs, leaving Raj as the gremlin. The gremlin isn't the archbishop or the merchant, and so the gremlin is the sorcerer: Player 1 = Penny, elf, level 20, chimeras, bolo Player 2 = ogre, level 24, paladin, harpies, mace Player 3 = halfing, level 10, thief, kobolds, dagger Player 4 = Raj, gremlin, level 32, sorcerer, giants, fireballs Player 5 = Leonard, hobbit, level 16, orcs, crossbow Leonard's character must be the merchant, rather than the archbishop (7), leaving Penny's character as the archbishop: Player 1 = Penny, elf, level 20, archbishop, chimeras, bolo Player 2 = ogre, level 24, paladin, harpies, mace Player 3 = halfing, level 10, thief, kobolds, dagger Player 4 = Raj, gremlin, level 32, sorcerer, giants, fireballs Player 5 = Leonard, hobbit, level 16, merchant, orcs, crossbow Howard's character doesn't fight harpies (13), so that falls to Sheldon's ogre, while Howard's halfling fights kobolds. And that completes the list: Player 1 = Penny, elf, level 20, archbishop, chimeras, bolo Player 2 = Sheldon, ogre, level 24, paladin, harpies, mace Player 3 = Howard, halfing, level 10, thief, kobolds, dagger Player 4 = Raj, gremlin, level 32, sorcerer, giants, fireballs Player 5 = Leonard, hobbit, level 16, merchant, orcs, crossbow",Logic,11/22/11 #41257,"Numbers, Numbers, Numbers",2.32,2.28,TRILLIONAIRE,"42, 40, 36, 39, 45, 46, 48, 52, 49, 54 What comes next in the sequence and why?",No hint available.,"53. You take the original number, then subtract the difference between the 10's digit and the 1's digit. 42-(4-2)=40, 40-(4-0)=36, etc",Series,03/29/08 #5513,Yourself,2.2,1.34,glennyboy02,"Can you decipher this rebus? Way Yourself",No hint available.,Way above yourself!,Rebus,07/12/02 #30779,All Mixed Up 2,2.61,2.5,cdrock,"The following clues below refer to words. These words are all anagrams, and the anagrams of the words all rhyme with each other. Can you figure out all the words that rhyme with each other? Clues: 1. A Residue of Tobacco Smoke 2. Pies 3. Shopping Places 4. A Waterproof Canvas","All of the rhyming words, also rhyme with the word ""cart"".","The words that rhyme with each other are: 1. Art 2. Start 3. Smart 4. Part The answers to the clues are: 1. Tar 2. Tarts 3. Marts 4. Tarp",Language,05/30/06 #781,13 L in a B D,2.28,1.76,gven,13 L in a B D,No hint available.,13 Loaves in a Baker's Dozen,Letter-Equations,08/22/01 #44234,"Yes, Cap'n!",2.75,1.6400000000000001,Zag24,"Each of the two sentences below can be rephrased to include all three forms of a triple homophone. The two sentences have nothing to do with each other -- they each represent a different homophone triplet. For example (though this is only a double homophone): ""The ceremony was the correct one."" can be rephrased as ""It was the right rite."" 1. Yes, Cap'n, my ocular organ was lost some time ago. 2. I was familiar with the recently-acquired wildebeest. Bonus question: What is unusual about these two homophone triplets?",No hint available.,"1. Aye, Cap'n, I lost my eye some time ago. (Aye, I, Eye) 2. I knew the new gnu. (Knew, New, Gnu) Bonus: These are the only homophone triplets where all three words in the set start with a different letter.",Language,03/10/09 #36758,Pogo Stick,2.57,1.91,cnmne,"Nature's pogo stick, Sylvester's bane; Watch out for the kick, Source of great pain. What am I?",No hint available.,"A kangaroo A kangaroo hops like a pogo stick. A kangaroo's kick can be quite painful. In the Looney Tunes cartoons, Sylvester the cat had several encounters with a baby kangaroo that he thought was a giant mouse.",Riddle,05/28/07 #17208,The Birthday Gift,2.69,2.88,Jake,"Oberon and Titania went to the toy store to buy their niece Ariel a birthday present. While they were shopping, a helpful employee named Rosalind helped them select a picture book entitled ""Cordelia goes to the Beach"". When they got home they called Ariel's mother, Portia, just to make sure that they didn't already have this book. Unluckily, Ariel had already received that book for Christmas, so Oberon and Titania went back to the store. This time, Belinda helped them select a different book. Which book did they select? 1. Sammy the Snake Eats a Cake 2. Bianca Bubbles Buys a Balloon 3. Martha has a Pet Monkey 4. Lysander Tells a White Lie","All the names are from Shakespeare, but that's not all....","They selected ""Bianca Bubbles Buys a Balloon"". All of the names in this story, including Bianca, are moons of Uranus (which are also Shakespearean characters).",Trivia,04/03/04 #19747,We Are Two Different things,2.7600000000000002,1.77,TiGzLU,"We are two different things We can both be ridden One runs on black ground The other runs on green We both drink liquids And we have the same name What are we?",No hint available.,"We are mustangs. Horse and car. Horse - ridden on, runs on green grass, drinks water Car - ridden in, runs on black roads, drinks gas Both have the same name",Riddle,12/06/04 #18473,Yummy,2.69,2.54,MrIxolite,"Work out the word from the riddle If I go back I'll be under pressure and probably look like I'm seething. But If I lose one of three It'll seem like I'm leaving Going forward is sweet and just what I deserve After it all, a nice fruit preserve?",No hint available.,"DESSERTS Go back is STRESSED Lose one of the three s's to get DESERTS Forward is DESSERTS which are sweet and getting your Just desserts means getting what you deserve. A fruit preserve can be served as a dessert.",Riddle,08/05/04 #37182,I Am Hidden in Here #13,2.44,2.58,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of one of the most celebrated composers of 20th century America. 1. In 1871, I opened a circus billed as, ""The Greatest Show On Earth"". 2. I became the most famous scientist of the 20th century because of my theory of relativity. In 1921, I won the Nobel Prize for my 1905 work on the photoelectric effect. 3. Not only did I establish the British colony of Singapore, but I was an enthusiastic natural historian who also founded the ""London Zoological Society"". 4. I featured in several B-grade movies early on in my career, then became famous for playing the cold-blooded killer, Raven, in 1941's ""This Gun For Hire"". 5. I was sent to prison in 1972 and ordered to pay back $765,000 to my publishers when it was determined that my ""authorized"" biography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes was a fake. 6. I gained national fame from my 1965 book, ""Unsafe At Any Speed"", which exposed the automobile industry's irresponsibility when it came to designing safe cars.",No hint available.,"1. Barnum (P. T.) 2. Einstein (Albert) 3. Raffles (Thomas Stamford) 4. Ladd (Alan) 5. Irving (Clifford) 6. Nader (Ralph) The name: BERLIN (Irving)",Trivia,07/01/07 #46907,Creature of the Night,2.59,0.46,4wheels,"I often hang upside down High, high above the ground I'm in books, movies, television, too Where I often scare you When you are awake I am asleep I don't make a single peep But during the night I do hunt For flies and fruit that I can munch Some say that I am in disguise That I can metamorphasize What am I?",No hint available.,A bat,Riddle,05/03/10 #37382,Fun in the Sun,2.2,1.34,NoQuestion,"Bob and Sherry went to the beach. Sherry had warned Bob to wear sunscreen because, after five minutes, he would get a horrible sunburn (which he would if he didn't put sunscreen on). Bob ignored Sherry and didn't put any sunscreen on at all. When Bob went home, he didn't have a sunburn. How could this be?",Bob was not fully dressed (75% exposure to the sun). It was a very hot and bright day outside with no clouds.,"Bob stayed under an umbrella the whole time in the shade, giving him no exposure to the sun.",Situation,07/14/07 #51007,The Club 2,2.56,0.72,nyc1980,"Max and his best friend Cory were walking around together at recess. They passed Jack's Pack, a popular group who always got together on weekends and did fun activities. The people in Jack's Pack were Jade, Mike, John, Skye, Kira, and the leader, Jack. Jack and John had created the group last month, and so far only Mike and the three girls were in the group. Every day someone else would ask to join the group, but Jack and John must've refused to let them in, because there hadn't been any new people in the group yet. Max and Cory always wondered why. ""I'm going to go talk to them,"" said Cory. ""I'd like to join the group and see why Jack won't let anyone else in."" He walked across the blacktop to talk to Jack. Max waited for Cory on the other side. As he was waiting, he thought about why Jack only let certain people in. He knew nobody in the group was related, and they hadn't been friends very long. Did Jack and John only let people they liked or thought were cool join? Max really hoped Cory would get some good reasons why. After a few minutes, Cory came back. ""Guess what? Jack and John let me join the group!"" he exclaimed. ""That's great!"" Max said. ""What did you do to get in?"" ""I had to tell them my name and how it was spelled. Then John said I was in,"" Cory explained. ""I asked if you could join, but sadly they said you couldn't. It made me a little upset so I walked away. Who needs a group your best friend isn't allowed to be in? I don't see why they won't let you join, but they let me."" ""I think I know why,"" said Max. Why?",There's something similar about the names of the members of Jack's Pack. Plus why did they make Cory spell his name?,"Jack's Pack only allows people whose names have four letters. Jack, John, Mike, Kira, Jade, Skye, and Cory all have four letters in their names. Max only has three, which is why he couldn't join. Jack and John make the people wanting to join spell their names, and if they have a four letter name, they're in, and if they don't, they can't join. Max and Cory started their own club, and everyone was allowed to join.",Situation,03/13/17 #39976,Find the Sum,2.08,2.62,shenqiang,Find the sum of all prime numbers between 1 and 100 that are simultaneously 1 greater than a multiple of 4 and 1 less than a multiple of 5.,No hint available.,"Numbers that are 1 greater than a multiple of 4 are 5, 9, 13, 17, 21... where 9 is 1 less than a multiple of 5. lcm(4, 5)=20, therefore the pattern repeats in each 20 numbers. 9 (composite) 29 (prime) 49 (composite) 69 (composite) 89 (prime) Therefore, the sum of all such numbers is 29+89=118.",Math,01/09/08 #49196,Jobs,2.05,0.41000000000000003,CrazyPineapple,"There are 3 people: Mr. Bob, Mr. Jim, and Mr. Smith. Each one of them has a different job. The jobs are a firefighter, a police officer, and a nurse. Each one of them has one day off: Monday, Thursday, or Sunday. Using the clues below, find out who does what job, and what day they have off. 1. Mr. Jim wishes he was a nurse because it pays more money than his current job. 2. Mr. Smith has a weekend day off. 3. The person who has Thursday off, is not a firefighter. 4. Mr. Bob is a firefighter.",No hint available.,"Mr. Jim is a police officer, and he has Thursday off. Mr. Bob is a firefighter, and he has Monday off. Mr. Smith is a Nurse, and he has Sunday off.",Logic-Grid,12/17/11 #31428,Fun With Codes- 1,2.36,1.77,stang99,"You are a secret agent for your country and you have just captured an enemy agent! When you searched him, you found a code message that he had just decoded. It looked like this :- ""yjgp yknn vjga cvvcem"" ""When will they attack"" You know that the attack is going to be made tonight and if you send the enemy a message in their own code, telling that the attack will be made tomorrow, they won't be ready when the attack really takes place! So can you work out the enemy's code and write tomorrow in their code?",You simply have to change each code letter to the second letter after it.,"t-v, o-q, m-o, etc. tomorrow - vqoqttqy",Other,06/29/06 #17984,Hidden Time & Again II,3.24,1.69,fishmed,"Inside each set of the following words, there are a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you'll make a familiar phrase. For example, ""Thighbone/Swallowtail"" conceals ""High & Low."" 1. Gulliver/Clearness 2. Tragicomedy/Pentagon 3. Chinchilla/Magdalene 4. Terrestrial/Ecoterrorist 5. Thundershower/Intellectual",No hint available.,"1. Live & Learn 2. Come & Go 3. Hill & Dale 4. Trial & Error 5. Show & Tell",Language,06/21/04 #49900,Filter Once,2.79,1.8900000000000001,ThinksForFun,"Identify which one of the following words, as presented, does not belong in the group. MA TA TI TAM TON WAY YAM",No hint available.,"TON For all of the other words, each word printed in capital letters as presented when viewed in a mirror will appear as another valid word with all of its letters formed properly. But for the word ""TON"", the ""N"" does not appear properly in the reflection of a mirror, and therefore this word doesn't satisfy the criteria described met by the other words. For the other words in the group, here are the words for each that you would see in the reflection of a mirror: MA ==> AM TA ==> AT TI ==> IT TAM ==> MAT WAY ==> YAW YAM ==> MAY The title is an anagram for the word ""reflection"".",Group,08/01/13 #16531,Loony Library Helper,2.7,2.24,fishmed,"In the local loony library, several books were found in a dusty corner. They need to be shelved, but the authors' names have been mixed up. The authors' names, when spoken, relate to the titles. They need to be rearranged so the titles and authors match. The titles are as follows: How to Write Big Books The German Bank Robbery I Hate the Sun Prison Security How I Won the Marathon The Lion Attacked Take This Job and Shove It The mixed up author's names are as follows: Zupp, Yarmoff, Ike, Peace Witt, Gladys, Dwyer, Warren, Randy, Claude, Hans, Knight Barb, Holeway",No hint available.,"How to Write Big Books by Warren Peace (War & Peace) The German Bank Robbery by Hans Zupp (Hands Up) I Hate the Sun by Gladys Knight (Glad it's night) Prison Security by Barb Dwyer (Barbed wire) How I Won the Marathon by Randy Holeway (Ran the Whole Way) The Lion Attacked by Claude Yarmoff (Clawed your arm off) Take This Job and Shove It by Ike Witt (I quit)",Language,02/11/04 #40640,Four Letter Words #7,2.61,2.34,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have given you a selection of four-lettered words. It is your job to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A, or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck and have fun! COLUMN A Slop Both Shot Stop Rots COLUMN B Most Coat Port Chop Poll",No hint available.,"All the words in COLUMN A can form a new word by replacing 'o' with 'oo'. COLUMN A Sloop Booth Shoot Stoop Roots",Language,02/22/08 #3314,I Can't See,2.62,1.51,Drunky,"When I point up it's bright, When I point down it's dark. What am I?",something you use everyday,A light switch,Riddle,04/06/02 #38255,For Your Consideration,2.32,2.32,aresII,"Both puzzles use the same Key. Can you decode it? J=R ""UVLB MVL VDKMLKK TKELN FLDFGL 'UDOGN QDO PTJL ZDJ T ZJOAMQ NJABE?', UTK MVTM VLJ FOBPV GABL?"" -TBDB ""KVDU IL T ROMPVLJ UVD RTPEK OF ABMD VAK ILTM XJABNLJ TBN A'GG KVDU QDO KDILDBL UVD XLMK T GAMMGL RLVABN AB VAK UDJE."" -TBDB Hint:","O=U Q=Y X=G","""WHEN THE HOSTESS ASKED PEOPLE 'WOULD YOU CARE FOR A FRUITY DRINK?', WAS THAT HER PUNCH LINE?"" -ANON ""SHOW ME A BUTCHER WHO BACKS UP INTO HIS MEAT GRINDER AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOMEONE WHO GETS A LITTLE BEHIND IN HIS WORK."" -ANON KEY: A=I B=N D=O E=K F=P G=L I=M J=R K=S L=E M=T N=D O=U P=C Q=Y R=B T=A U=W V=H X=G Z=F",Cryptography,09/12/07 #3927,Hamlet,2.81,1.87,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this phrase: Hamlet Words",No hint available.,A play on words,Rebus,05/07/02 #39902,The Memorial,2.62,2.05,nerdyiscool,"Seven people who've never met gather to remember an eighth person that none of them ever met. However, this person saved all of their lives. How?",The eighth person was recently dead when he saved them.,"The eighth person was an organ donor. All seven of the other people needed organ transplants, and received them from the eighth person.",Situation,01/03/08 #5408,S O = 4Y,2.23,1.58,glennyboy02,S O occur every 4 Y,No hint available.,Summer Olympics occur every 4 years,Letter-Equations,07/09/02 #16917,Five Girl Race,2.18,0.99,Newf,Five girls took part in a race. Amanda finished before Julie but behind Kim. Cris finished before Kayla but behind Julie. What was the finishing order?,No hint available.,"Kim Amanda Julie Cris Kayla",Logic,03/08/04 #6789,One of the Greats...,2.13,2.52,dsquared,"What famous line does this represent? Aliltmhepaeoplge",No hint available.,"""Imagine all the people..."" Sing it now!",Rebus,08/23/02 #19581,Greengrocer's Cucumbers,2.27,2.23,Mad-Ade,"On a sunny morning, a greengrocer places 200 kilograms of cucumbers in cases in front of his shop. At that moment, the cucumbers are 99% water. In the afternoon, it turns out that it is the hottest day of the year, and as a result, the cucumbers dry out a little bit. At the end of the day, the greengrocer has not sold a single cucumber, and the cucumbers are only 98% water. How many kilograms of cucumbers has the greengrocer left at the end of the day?",No hint available.,"In the morning, the 200 kilograms of cucumbers are 99% water. So the non-water part of the cucumbers has a mass of 2 kilograms. At the end of the day, the cucumbers are 98% water. The remaining 2% is still the 2 kilograms of non-water material (which does not change when the water evaporates). If 2% equals 2 kilograms, then 100% equals 100 kilograms. So, the greengrocer has 100 kilograms of cucumbers left at the end of the day.",Math,11/29/04 #6982,How Cute,2.67,2.78,dsquared,"Can you identify what is represented by the following? Method lots is that canidae positioned strategically through that diaphanous material The identifiable solo due to the oscillating appendage Method lots is that canidae positioned strategically through that diaphanous material Viewing body part positively wish this particular canidae is currently an obtainable resource from within this particular establishment",Think of the songs you used to sing when you were young,"How much is that doggy in the window The one with the waggly tail How much is that doggy in the window I do hope that doggy's for sale",Language,08/30/02 #44222,Clever Jenny XIII,2.93,2.18,mosca,"Jenny parked her car and let herself into her Mom's house, calling out, ""I'm here!"" She looked around the well-lighted living room, admiring how much tidier her Mom's place was than her own. ""Hi, Jen; I'm almost ready. We want to get there early to get a close parking place."" ""Sure thing! We have concert reservations, but I'd rather not walk a mile to the hall!"" ""I just have to get on my scarf and fix my hair. Oh, darn! The scarf's wrinkled, and I especially wanted to wear it with this dress! You know, your Dad got me this scarf."" Jenny offered, ""Can I press it for you quickly while you do your hair?"" ""Thanks, Jen, but my iron is kaput; I need to go buy another one! (Sigh!) Guess I won't wear my scarf!"" Jenny replied, ""Oh, what a shame!"" Then she had an idea. ""Mom, you go fix your hair and let me see what I can do."" ""OK, but please don't use that wrinkle spray on it; the colors might run!"" A few minutes later, Mom appeared, looking well coiffed. Seeing her scarf, she exclaimed, ""Oh, dearest Jenny! My scarf looks great! Thank you; this is splendid! What did you do to it?"" What had Jenny done?",No hint available.,"Jenny removed the shade from the lamp in Mom's living room. Very quickly, she slid the scarf back and forth along the warm light bulb. The heat from the bulb removed the wrinkles and creases from the scarf and soon it looked as if it had been ironed. Note: This trick is only effective for small items like scarves or collars; it won't work well on pants or other large items. If you try this at home, use a scrap of material or an old handkerchief first to check to make sure the bulb isn't hot enough to scorch the fabric of what you want to wear. Also if you aren't such a great housekeeper, better dust off the top of the bulb first!",Situation,03/08/09 #24570,What Common Phrase is This?,2.75,1.09,Princeford93,"What common phrase is written below? A twenty-four hour behind time and one hundred cents vertically challenged.",No hint available.,A day late and a dollar short.,Language,07/15/05 #49711,Delete a Letter 6,2.74,2.0,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) saturated with liquid (5 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) steam 2) a narrow crack (5 letters) & (delete 5th letter) a part of the face 3) a dry finely ground substance (6 letters) & (delete 4th letter) wattage 4) to draw and sketch preliminary outlines (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to condescend",No hint available.,"1) moist & mist 2) chink & chin 3) powder & power 4) design & deign",Language,12/23/12 #33967,Anagramorphosis 2,2.79,2.61,cnmne,"PEST is an anagram of STEP. LIVE is an anagram of VEIL. Morph STEP into PEST by changing one letter at a time. Do the same for VEIL and LIVE. The catch is that the VEIL-LIVE morphing must be part of the STEP-PEST morphing. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. STEP ----> VEIL ----> LIVE ----> PEST",No hint available.,"STEP <<<<< STEM SEEM SEAM SEAL VEAL VEIL <<<<< VEIN VAIN LAIN LAID LAND LANE LINE LIVE <<<<< LIFE LIFT LEFT LEST PEST <<<<<",Language,11/15/06 #49179,Country Anagrams II,2.54,1.52,dawnrising,"These are anagrams of countries. Can you get all five? 1. Main Vet 2. Aid In 3. Safari Touch 4. Also Aim 5. We Send","The first letters of the countries are; 1.V 2.I 3.S 4.S 5.S","1. Vietnam 2. India 3. South Africa 4. Somalia 5. Sweden",Language,12/12/11 #45154,Greed is Good!,1.8800000000000001,1.58,addspras,"Two stockbrokers, Mr. Greed and Mr. Avarice, hold stocks of Company Gordon and Company Gekko respectively. Both stockbrokers sell their respective stocks of Company Gordon and Company Gekko for $1000 each. Stockbroker Mr. Greed calculates his profit based on cost price while Stockbroker Mr. Avarice calculates his profit based on selling price. While both claim to their clients to have made 25% profit, who is really hoodwinking his client and who has actually made more money for his client?",No hint available.,"Stockbroker Mr. Greed calculates his profit % on cost price so his cost price is $1000/1.25= $800 and has thus made a profit of $200. Stockbroker Mr. Avarice has calculated his profit % on selling price, so his cost price should be $1000*(1-.25)= $ 750, hence his profit is $ 250, so in reality Stockbroker Mr. Avarice has made more money for his client! Who ever said greed is good?!",Math,08/28/09 #26009,The Tomb Door,2.78,2.18,Sunrose,"There was a group of adventurers who stumbled upon an old tomb. Within the tomb there were many wonders and sights. There were many drawings upon the walls of men, women, and animals. Here in this beautiful site, there had been found ancient mummies and items that are believed to be from the past. While exploring the tomb, the group found a very unusual door. The door was 10 feet in height, and 3 feet wide. It was made of marble, but there was no window or door knob. There wasn't a way to open it. However, along the right side of the door, there were vertical colored stones. The top one was a clear stone, then yellow, then red, then blue. The group didn't know what to do. So, one of them touched the red stone and it glowed, then they touched the blue stone and it glowed. The clear stone turned violet, but then it flashed and became clear again. They figured out that the colored stones had to be the way to open the door. Which color combination is the right one to open the tomb door?",Only 2 colors are used in the combination.,"When the adventurers had tried a few combinations, they finally touched the right stones. When they touched the yellow and blue stones, the clear stone flashed green. It blinked several times and the door opened, and the adventurers went on exploring. (Here in the US, at the stop light, green means go.)",Situation,09/21/05 #28059,Which Two?,2.74,2.47,fishmed,"The following words share a characteristic. Which two words from the second group can be added to the first group and what is the characteristic they share? Group #1: NOW CRAM ELVES TALE TRAIN LATE HOW Group #2: VAIN CRIME PEAR LAUNCH WING WILT",No hint available.,"PEAR and WING are the words that can be moved as they, like all the words in group #1, can be made into new words by adding an ""S"" at the beginning. SNOW SCRAM SELVES STALE STRAIN SLATE SHOW and SPEAR SWING",Language,01/13/06 #49604,Doublets 2,2.72,1.02,cnmne,"Some words can be used as both nouns and adjectives. In this teaser, you will be given a definition. That definition can be replaced by a single word that is used twice, once as an adjective, the other as a noun. For example: ""a 12 inch podiatrist specialty"" is a ""foot foot"". Given the following four definitions, what are the corresponding doublets? 1) a calm hospital visitor 2) a courageous Apache warrior 3) a frigid viral infection 4) a healthy source of water",No hint available.,"1) patient patient 2) brave brave 3) cold cold 4) well well",Language,09/15/12 #51830,Eat Me,1.8,0.25,Jakob99,"I am white, an oval, and come from a bird. I come in packs of a half dozen, dozen, 1 1/2 dozen (18), two dozen, and a 36 pack (two 18 packs bundled together). I can be cooked into many different foods, a majority of which are super easy, even for novice cookers. What am I?",Breakfast,"Eggs. Eggs can be cooked into many different things, with some having a different appearance. While other food items can do the same, they all have the same appearence and don't change like eggs do. With eggs, you can make things like omlette, scrambled eggs, sunny side up, sandwich eggs (eggs Benedict, bacon egg and cheese sandwich, etc), etc.",Riddle,04/25/18 #3243,Dog Dilemma,2.66,1.19,204_blaze_41,"Shalom had parked his car under a tree and was heading toward the suspect's house when a vicious dog lunged at him. Luckily for Shalom he was just beyond the dog's reach. Since the suspect wasn't home, Shalom decided to leave, but he had a slight problem. The dog, straining at the end of his chain, was following Shalom's every move. With the chain attached to the tree, the dog had access to both car doors. How could Shalom get into his car without the dog being able to reach him?",No hint available.,"Since the dog was following every move he made, Shalom began circling the tree, with the dog right behind him. After several revolutions the chain became shorter, and consequently, the dog no longer had access to both car doors.",Logic,04/04/02 #44832,Words With HAR,2.19,1.93,brainglue,"Four words with the letters HAR, in that order, have their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. _ HAR _ _ HA _ R _ _ _ H _ AR _ _ HAR _ _ _ _ Pool: A, A, C, C, E, E, I, M, M, N, P, S, T, Y",No hint available.,"The words are: Share Chairman Heart Pharmacy",Language,07/11/09 #25769,Barbershop,2.39,1.11,titanoftheocean,"barbershop barbershop barbershop barbershop",No hint available.,barbershop quartet,Rebus,09/04/05 #12986,52=W in a Y,2.26,1.17,dakini,52=W in a Y,No hint available.,52=Weeks in a Year,Letter-Equations,06/06/03 #34066,Half the Answer,2.67,2.67,MarcM1098,"What do the following words have in common? vague, have, shrugged, raged, boat, sole, dragged, snaked, twinged","They are all one syllable words, but that is only half the answer. These words also fit the pattern: cave, boar, role.","By removing one or two letters, each one syllable word becomes a word that can be pronounced with two syllables. Vague -> ague Have -> ave SHrugged -> rugged Raged -> aged boaT -> boa Sole -> ole Dragged -> ragged Snaked -> naked Twinged -> winged The hint refers to ""one syllable"" as only half the answer: ""two syllable"". Cave -> ave boaR -> boa Role -> ole",Language,11/22/06 #50530,Video Game Villains,2.36,2.21,zigthepig,"EMILY, ROB, NICK, DAWN,and PETER are discussing their favourite video game villains. Use the letters in their names to reveal their 5 favourite bad characters. --K- -ON --O-O BO-S-R DO-TOR ---OT--- T-A- -OCK--",No hint available.,"INKY (Pacman ghost) DON PAOLO (Professor Layton franchise) BOWSER (Mario Bros. franchise) DOCTOR ROBOTNIK (Sonic the Hedgehog franchise) TEAM ROCKET (Pokémon franchise)",Language,03/16/15 #10127,I Can Fly,2.31,1.66,Cyanide,"I can fly, I won't wait. You can't cheat against me. There's often not enough of me, But when there is, you can usually Find something to occupy me. What am I?",No hint available.,Time.,Riddle,01/30/03 #2185,An Eye In A Blue Face,2.23,2.54,Chrissy---,"An eye in a blue face saw an eye in a green face. ""That eye is like to this eye"" Said the first eye, ""But in a low place, Not in a high place.""",No hint available.,Sun On The Daisies,Riddle,01/28/02 #40268,Acceptance,2.52,2.29,chocolatecake,"My 2, 5, 3 is an explosive sound. My 4, 1, 6, 7 is to talk wildly. My whole is to accept.",Look at the title.,"Approve. Clue 1 = pop. Clue 2 = rave.",Riddle,01/30/08 #50646,The E-Z Fix-It Club,2.66,1.54,theriddler,"Ellie and Katy passed out screwdrivers and soldering irons to the applicants to join the E-Z Fix-It Club. Applicants could choose from blenders, mixers, fans, electric shavers, and a radio. Applicants had 15 minutes to attempt a repair, and then the results were judged by a panel consisting of Casey, Ian, and Elsie, all founding members of the club. Four applicants passed but only two were eligible to join because of the name rule. The applicants who passed were Opie, Brian, Ellen, and Rosa. Which two got the okay and were asked to join?","You don't really need a hint; you'll get it, it's E-Z.","Opie and Ellen (OP and LN). All the names of club members sound like alphabet letters, as does the club name, the E-Z Fix-It Club. The other members were LE, KT, KC, EN, and LC.",Logic,07/19/15 #6992,Doubles,2.09,2.05,majd,"What common phrase does this represent: ONE DOUBLE=""DOUBLECO"", ONE AND A HALF DOUBLES = A HUNDRED DOUBLES",No hint available.,"Two is company, three is a crowd (""DOUBLECO"" is company since having CO at the end is a conventional way of naming companies. ONE AND A HALF DOUBLES = three and equals A HUNDRED DOUBLES which is 200 people or a crowd)",Rebus,08/29/02 #37514,Oops 2,2.33,0.96,FutureMD,"Samantha accidentally drops her full cup of orange juice onto Megan's lap. Megan simply hands the cup back to Samantha, who continues to drink from it. What just happened?",No hint available.,Samantha is a baby and is drinking from her sippy cup.,Situation,07/23/07 #41006,Scales,2.2,1.21,AndrewWalker,"I am a slow mover. I have a life span of over 100 years. I enjoy the water. I go in my house whenever I am scared. What am I?",No hint available.,A box turtle. They have one of the longest lifespans in the animal kingdom.,Riddle,03/13/08 #29565,A World of Friendliness,2.55,2.03,twixy,"What different greetings are hidden below? Hello. I have a story to tell you. Haley, my friend, said she saw hats up in the air - and really high too! They all wore a bright halo! Haley must have been hallucinating.",No hint available.,"Hello (Hello) Hi (high) What's up (saW HATS UP in the air) Hey (tHEY) Aloha (hALO! HAley)",Language,04/05/06 #5771,Stealing Art,2.8,1.71,glennyboy02,"""Mr. Fieth is going to try to smuggle the stolen paintings out of the country tonight. How he intends to do it is anyone's guess, but suspect anything,"" stated Mr. Shadow. That night Mr. Shadow was contacted by airport customs officials and informed that they had caught a disguised Mr. Fieth attempting to board a plane, with the Mona Lisa hidden in a tube with a bunch of architectural drawings. They also told him that he claims he's innocent and that they can't hold him! ""He's right"", replied Mr. Shadow, ""let him go."" Why?",No hint available.,Mr. Fieth was testing the security system and he did so by using a phony painting. Mr. Shadow knew this was not the real Mona Lisa because the real painting is painted on a panel of wood and cannot be bent or rolled!,Situation,07/21/02 #38667,Word Connections #12,2.55,2.42,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect Egyptian to tape. Egyptian C_ _ _ _ _ F_ _ _ _ T_ _ _ Tape WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","CO _ _ _ _ FI _ _ _ TU _ _","Egyptian Cotton Field Turf Tape",Language,10/07/07 #26309,Nuts About Nuts,2.41,2.09,sweetime,"Which is the odd nut out, and why? Walnut, Macadamia nut, Hazelnut, Pecan, Cashew",place of origin,The Macadamia is the only native Australian nut.,Group,10/10/05 #15830,Patio Plans,2.25,2.7600000000000002,beanie89,"Jill is helping plan her family's new patio. It will be an irregular hexagon. They will use 1-foot-square stone tiles. Here are her notes. 1. The perimeter of the deck is outlined by ABCDEF. 2. Line AB is against the house. It is 16 feet long. 3. AF is perpendicular to AB. 4.AF and BC are parallel. 5.BC and AF are each 6 feet long. 6.Points F and C are connected by FC; FC is parallel to AB. 7.Points G and H are on FC. 8.FG and HC are each 4 feet long. 9. ED is 8 feet long. It is parallel to AB. 10. DH is perpendicular to HC. It is 4 feet long. 11. EG is perpendicular to FG. It is 4 feet long. 12. Angle BCD is 135 degrees. 13. Angle AFE is 135 degrees. If they order 6 more tiles than they would ideally need (to allow for breakage), how many patio tiles should they order? Assume that tiles can be cut cleanly so that any leftover pieces can be used for other parts of the deck.",No hint available.,"The area of the deck is 144 square feet. They will need 150 tiles. Explanation The area of ABCF is 96 square feet. The area of DEGH is 32 square feet. The area of CDH and EFG combined is 16 square feet. You will be able to complete these sections with 8 tiles each after cutting four of the tiles in half diagonally. The total area is 144 square feet. Allowing 6 extra tiles for breakage brings the order to 150 tiles.",Math,12/17/03 #48354,Harry Potter,2.28,0.65,noey5799,"4 friends, Noey, Ruby, Amanda, and Dylan are having an argument over which Harry Potter book is better: Sorcerer's (or Philosopher's) Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, or Goblet of Fire. They were also fighting over which character is better: Harry, Ron, Hermione, or Sirius. Friends: Noey, Dylan, Ruby, Amanda Books: Sorcerer's (or Philosopher's) Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire Characters: Harry, Hermione, Ron, Sirius. Find out which friend likes which character, and which book. 1. The 4 friends are, Dylan, the one whose initial is the same as her favorite character, the one who likes the Goblet of Fire and the one who likes the Prisoner of Azkaban. 2. Amanda likes the adult character and her favorite book is the one where her favorite character is introduced. 3. Noey thinks that the Triwizard Tournament is the best part in the whole series. 4. Dylan's favorite is the Chamber of Secrets. 5. Noey's favorite character is a girl. 6. Dylan doesn't like the way Sirius was introduced in the Prisoner of Azkaban. 7. The Triwizard Tournament took place in the Goblet of Fire. 8. Sirius went to school with Harry's dad.","SS is Sorcerer's Stone COS is Chamber of Secrets POA is Prisoner of Azkaban GOF is Goblet of Fire","Ruby Book = Sorcerer's Stone Character = Ron Noey Book = Goblet of Fire Character = Hermione Amanda Book = Prisoner of Azkaban Character = Sirius Dylan Book = Chamber of Secrets Character = Harry",Logic-Grid,01/01/11 #14065,Gamble & Proctor,2.64,2.3,taniapereira99,"Two couples, Mr. and Mrs. Gamble and Mr. and Mrs. Proctor, decide to have a friendly game of golf together (The Proctors vs the Gambles). The result was that both teams scored a total of 187 points. Determine from the statements below, each player's first and last name, and individual score. 1. Justin's score was not the lowest, but was lower than the average score. 2. Cathy's score was three strokes higher than Sue's. 3. There was only a one stroke difference between the scores of Mr. and Mrs. Gamble. 4. The average score of the men (Justin and Phil) was two strokes higher than of the two women.",187/2 = average = 93.5,"Sue Proctor scored 91 Justin Gamble scored 93 Phil Proctor scored 96 Cathy Gamble scored 94 From 3 it can be determined that the Gambles scored 93 and 94. From 4 the average score of the two men was 94.5 and of the women was 92.5. From 2 Cathy must have had 94 and Sue 91. From 1 the last names can be determined.",Logic,07/28/03 #19936,Crowned King,2.81,1.55,thepenguin,"A man is crowned king. Shortly afterwards, he is captured by enemy forces. Why?",Twelve men had started out in the attempt to become king. The one who succeeded was one of the few to survive.,This is normal in a game of checkers.,Situation,12/17/04 #27833,Chess Piece,2.66,2.5,dutchymonster,"Which chess piece belongs in this group, and why? Elephant Fool Legionnaire Messenger Officer",No hint available.,"The Bishop. These are all names the Bishop has been known as in different times and cultures. The Bishop was traditionally a war Elephant, however in the middle ages the Elephant was barely heard of in England. The most important person, besides the monarch, was the Bishop. Other countries had their own figures; France = the fool; Italy = Legionnaire; Germany = Messenger; and Austria = Officer.",Group,01/02/06 #24091,The Perfunctory Professor,2.53,1.17,buttons03,"The band teacher at the Perspicacious School for the Magnanimous Musicians has misplaced her lesson schedule! Help Professor Perfunctory figure out what each student plays and what day they are coming for a lesson, based on the information that she can remember. Ella has gymnastics practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Oboe player has lessons on Wednesdays. Robyn plays an instrument with a reed. Gail plays the only brass instrument. Elecia does not have lessons on Mondays. Students who play a reeded instrument come on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Ella's instrument is held sideways. Elecia's instrument is a double reed.",No hint available.,"Ella plays the Flute and comes on Mondays. Elecia plays the Oboe and comes on Wednesdays. Robyn plays the Saxophone and comes on Tuesdays. Gail plays the Trumpet and comes on Thursdays.",Logic-Grid,06/28/05 #28458,Lazy Sam the Journalist Part 6,2.63,2.7,triskit,"Sam, a journalist, is now writing puzzle pages for his local newspaper. One of his puzzles reads as follows: 17 T and C in the US However Sam was fired because he didn't print the answer. Do you know the answer?",No hint available.,"17 Territories and Commonwealths in the United States Puerto Rico Guam U.S. Virgin Islands American Samoa Northern Mariana Islands Midway Islands Wake Island Johnston Atoll Baker, Howland, and Jarvis Islands Kingman Reef Navassa Island Palmyra Atoll Washington D.C. (The following states are also called Commonwealths) Massachusetts Kentucky Virginia Maryland",Letter-Equations,02/05/06 #52466,Travel Assistant,3.1,1.05,ThinksForFun,"Sitting on the back of a truck Waiting for someone with bad luck In a classic board game, I help you win Don't take the plunge; I'll help lower you in Jacob saw me in a dream A pathway like a light beam What am I?",No hint available.,"a ladder lines 1-2: a ladder on the back of a fire truck line 3: a ladder in the board game Chutes (or Snakes) and Ladders line 4: a ladder installed in a swimming pool lines 5-6: Jacob's ladder (Genesis 28:12)",Riddle,09/07/20 #15442,Prefixes,2.67,2.16,Smithy,"For this teaser you are given clues, and from those clues you have to find two words that start with either pre, re or ex. The rest of the word sounds the same, but doesn't have to be spelled the same. Example: CLUE : A leader who lives somewhere. ANSWER : PREsident & REsident. Now onto the proper questions: 1) The one that comes before is greater. 2) To get ready to fix. 3) To give a false appearance of stretching. 4) Trying to grasp something whilst delivering a sermon.",Each question has one of the answers starting with PRE.,"1) PREcede & EXceed 2) PREpare & REpair 3) PREtend & EXtend 4) PREach & REach",Language,11/15/03 #27742,Double-Nitions,3.19,1.51,peppamintp,"Many of our everyday words have more than one meaning. Below are eleven pairs of definitions. Both definitions in each pair fit the same word. When read down, the first letters of the eleven answers will spell out the name of a beloved TV celebrity. 1. Spend time idly or bread unit 2. Worker's organization or marriage 3. Pine tree fruit or ice cream holder 4. Feeling of curiosity or savings account accrual 5. Land parcel or considerable quantity 6. Illumination or not weighty at all 7. Typewriter type style or the VIP crowd 8. Baby's toy or city square 9. Weapon or upper body appendage 10. Bowling group or three nautical miles 11. Stand at a slant or thin",No hint available.,"1. Loaf 2. Union 3. Cone 4. Interest 5. Lot 6. Light 7. Elite 8. Block 9. Arm 10. League 11. Lean Celebrity: Lucille Ball",Language,12/28/05 #38922,A Great Warrior,2.5100000000000002,2.29,aresII,"My 4, 2, 7 is a diamond to a fence. My 8, 2, 1, 5, 7 can be tipped or balanced. My 8, 1, 8, 3 is obi one. My whole is a great warrior.",No hint available.,"Achilles. Clue 1 = ice. Clue 2 = scale. Clue 3 = sash.",Riddle,10/25/07 #8841,Hum,2.8,1.56,warrior,"Find a word that can follow or precede each word below to make new words or phrases: Hum, snare, ear, kettle",No hint available.,"The word is ""Drum"": Humdrum, snare drum, eardrum, kettle drum.",Language,11/30/02 #2545,Hat Man,2.18,2.22,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this common title? hat man",No hint available.,"Manhattan (ManHatOn)",Rebus,03/06/02 #28607,Into Thin Air?,2.17,2.33,juggler,Jill was hurrying down the hallway to go to the bathroom. When she got back to her classroom her bracelet was gone. How is this possible if the bracelet fit securely?,No hint available.,"Jill's bracelet had a magnetic clasp and got stuck to one of the lockers. Jill, in her mad rush to the bathroom, was totally oblivious as to what had happened.",Situation,02/13/06 #9181,Under Water,2.5100000000000002,2.0,vexicor,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word: I was surprised that he could hold his ____ under water for such a long time. What an ____ that must have been. I bet he had a big ____ after that one!",No hint available.,"HEAD, ACHE, HEADACHE",Language,12/15/02 #27823,Dreaming,2.59,2.15,Nytwynd,"""Jm gww bpmgy; jm bv cve lcbmpfegcb vlp bpmgyf, zme jm gte gf qk cvedqcx fepgcxm xvmf vc qc vlp fwmms yqcbf, fepgcxm ge wmgfe oz tvysgpqfvc jqed edm wvxqtgw, slpsvfmklw bvqcxf vk vlp yqcbf jdmc jm gpm gjgrm."" -Mpqtd Kpvyy, Edm Kvpxveemc Wgcxlgxm","J=W G=A K=F","A=V B=D C=N D=H E=T F=S G=A J=W K=F L=U M=E N=X O=B P=R Q=I R=K S=P T=C V=O W=L X=G Y=M Z=Y ""We all dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful doings of our minds when we are awake."" -Erich Fromm, The Forgotten Language",Cryptography,01/02/06 #34540,"Honest, Hey?",2.67,2.3,grungy49,"My name is Grungy. I am an honest person, and I am thinking of one of these numbers: 1, 2, or 3. You may ask me only one yes-no question - I will answer truthfully, and if you choose the right question, you will know which number I am thinking of! If I cannot answer your question, I will simply tell you that I cannot answer it. So, what question do you need to ask me to determine what number I am thinking of?",No hint available.,"""I am thinking of either 1.5 or 2.5 - is your number greater than mine?"" If I answer, ""yes"", then you know it has to be 3 - because I can't tell if you're thinking of 2.5 or 1.5. If I answer, ""no"", it has to be 1. If I answer, ""I cannot answer that question"", then it is two! If you can think of another answer, good on ya! Feel free to correct this teaser with the new answer. 8-)",Logic,12/23/06 #31009,Death by Suicide,3.04,1.8,alec5216,"There was a death on Treebark Ln. The victim was identified as Mark Oswalt, who recently was married. The police went to the crime scene and they reported the death as a suicide. Later that day, after the police left, a private detective, hired by the victim's friend who thought it was a murder, searched the crime scene and found a note the police missed. It read, ""4,3: 8,1:_: 9,1: 2,1: 7,4:_: 6,1:9,3:_: 9,1: 4,3: 3,3: 3,2: !"" The detective took out his cell phone and started dialing the police to tell them about his findings. Once the detective opened the phone to dial, he immediately screamed out, ""I SOLVED IT!"" Who was the murderer and how did the detective find out?",Mark Oswalt used his cell phone for business calls many times a day.,"The note said, ""It was my wife!"" The detective looked at the keypad on his phone and saw the letters next to the numbers. 2,1 would be A 2,2 would be B 9,4 would be Z",Cryptography,06/11/06 #41436,Actors,2.59,2.45,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the last name of a famous actor within each sentence. Each missing word has the SOUND of an actor's name. You must find a famous actor's last name that sounds like familiar words to complete these sentences so they make sense. Example: "" ______ of dandruff fell on his shirt collar."" Answer: AFFLECK of dandruff fell on his shirt collar."" (A Fleck) 1. In the coin shop, the father told his little boy, ""That's a buffalo ______ ."" 2. Did Ernie ever ______ home on Sesame Street? 3. Did the makers of Canada ______ over the formula for their ginger ale? 4. ______ visors on the passenger's side often have mirrors.",No hint available.,"1. NICHOLSON (nickel, son) 2. ROBERTS (rob Bert's) 3. DREYFUSS (Dry fuss) 4. CARSON ( Car sun)",Language,04/10/08 #24462,The Chosen One (of Five),2.34,2.05,sdm1177,2012 : L H the S O G,Competition,"2012 : London Hosts the Summer Olympic Games. The title - London was chosen over four other cities: New York, Paris, Moscow, and Madrid.",Letter-Equations,07/12/05 #48713,Words With RC,2.41,2.72,cnmne,"Five words that contain RC as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **RC*, *RC***, **RC**, ***RC*, *RC**** Pool: A, E, E, E, H, H, I, I, I, M, N, N, O, O, S, U, U, V, Y, Z",No hint available.,"MERCY, URCHIN, ZIRCON, SOURCE, ARCHIVE",Language,05/10/11 #5641,Psychic Card Guess,2.41,1.81,Bobbrt,"Abe, Bea, and Cal deal three aces face down on a table and guess at the suit of each card in turn. Each of the three aces is correctly identified by at least one person. Nobody gets exactly one right answer, however, and no two persons finish with the same number of correct answers. What are the three cards? Guesses: Abe: 1. Heart 2. Spade 3. Club Bea: 1. Heart 2. Diamond 3. Club Cal: 1. Diamond 2. Spade 3. Heart",No hint available.,"The cards are: 1. Heart 2. Diamond 3. Club Since nobody guesses just one card correctly and no two people guess the same number of cards correctly, then the number guessed correctly by the three people must be zero, two, and three cards. Since Abe and Bea have two similar guesses, card 1 must be Hearts and card 3 must be clubs. This means that Cal must be wrong on all counts, which means that card 2 must be a Diamond.",Logic,07/17/02 #52027,But Still Makes Boo-boos,2.96,1.3,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? IQ of someone = 140 > IQs of: (grizzly + black + polar) / 3 = 100",No hint available.,"smarter than the average bear ""IQ"" is an abbreviation for ""intelligence quotient"". The words ""grizzly"", ""black"", and ""polar"" refer to types of bears. The person's IQ (140) is greater than the average of the three bears' IQs (100), thus making him/her smarter than the average bear.",Rebus,09/27/18 #8903,Crazy Guy on the Plane,2.73,2.77,electronjohn,"A line of 100 airline passengers is waiting to board a plane. They each hold a ticket to one of the 100 seats on that flight. (For convenience, let's say that the nth passenger in line has a ticket for the seat number n.) Unfortunately, the first person in line is crazy, and will ignore the seat number on their ticket, picking a random seat to occupy. All of the other passengers are quite normal, and will go to their proper seat unless it is already occupied. If it is occupied, they will then find a free seat to sit in, at random. What is the probability that the last (100th) person to board the plane will sit in their proper seat (#100)?",The whole thing stops when someone else sits in Crazy Guy's seat.,"The whole thing stops when someone else sits in Crazy Guy's seat. The chances of that range from 1/99 (First person) to 1/1 for the last guy. So: 1/99 + Summation from 98 to 2 of ( 1/ n(n+1) ) This returns 0.5 or 50%. Also, the answer remains 50% no matter how many people are added to the line!",Probability,12/04/02 #50465,Liquid at Room Temperature,2.89,1.7,Ghostology,What is a liquid at room temperature in its original state but solidifies when heated?,No hint available.,An Egg.,Science,10/29/14 #7454,Score,2.25,1.46,supershlop,I scored a goal but I didn't get a point. Why not?,No hint available.,I scored in the wrong goal!,Logic,09/15/02 #1181,January - 20,2.34,1.92,gokaran,"Each number shown below follows a certain rule. Figure out the rule and fill in the missing number. January - 20 April - 10 May - 5 November - 15 July - ?",No hint available.,"The answer is 10. Each syllable is worth 5, e.g. Jan-u-a-ry = 4 syllables x 5 = 20.",Series,10/20/01 #37201,Cryptopearls II,2.47,2.55,brainster,"Once upon a time, there was a land filled with wisdom and intelligence in the form of pearls. Most of the quotes we use today come from this land, which was called Lifeland. However, each pearl of wisdom was safely hidden under a Cryptoweb and called a Cryptopearl, because in those days, words were considered to be powerful weapons. You had to earn a Cryptopearl to learn some new piece of wisdom about life. Once you successfully opened the Cryptopearl, you were then awarded with whatever life changing information was inside that Cryptopearl. If you opened 4 Cryptopearls successfully, you were knighted as the Lord of Life. In this way, over generations, many such pearls have been passed down to us. Four such Cryptopearls are given below, in their original form. Can you open the Cryptopearls like the ancients did and find out what famous life's teaching it holds? Here's your chance to become the Lord or Lady of Life! 1. CHSN TIEI INVN TTAE SIS AME. 2. TJKBR OUOYE NDOIV OGBTO DEASC. 3. RODI PPDS NOOP ASGOS MESSE. 4. ERCAPEUR PASLSRSE STELEAAS EEMFDTE DTIOREM.",No hint available.,"These should be rewritten by putting the words one below the other. The rewrite will look like this - CHSN TIEI INVN TTAE SIS AME Now start reading from the 'A' in AME and go upwards and downwards. Your first Cryptopearl is - 1. A stitch in time saves nine. In the same way, write the others to get - 2. Do not judge a book by its cover. 3. Man proposes God disposes. 4. Desperate times call for desperate measures.",Cryptography,07/03/07 #21680,A Game of Cards 2,2.97,2.32,cdrock,"With the money I made last time, I published the new game of cards. It has really spread around and is really getting popular with casinos. There is even one casino that was made just to play that game. One day, the manager of that casino came to my new office. He said that he wanted to play that same game of cards. Then he said if I win, I get your job, money, and everything; if you win, you get all my money, and you can own the casino. I knew I was good at this game, but this guy seemed a little tougher than my old boss. I accepted his challenge anyway. This time there will be nine cards (6-Ace). They will all be face downward in an unknown order. The man will give me clues to figure it out. If I can figure it out, I win; if not, I lose. Can you help me figure out the order? Clues: 1. The ""9"" card is not next to the ""7"" card. 2. The ""ace"" is two away from both the ""9"" card and the ""8"" card. 3. The ""10"" and ""7"" cards are two away from the ""queen"". (1 in between) 4 The ""king"" is somewhere to the left of the ""6"" card. 5. The ""Queen"" is the fourth from the left. 6. The ""8"" card is somewhere to the right of both the ""7"" and ""10"" card. 7. The ""6"" card is next to the ""7"" card, but not the ""king"". 8. The ""Jack"" is somewhere to the right of the ""king"".",No hint available.,"king, 7, 6, queen, 9, 10, ace, jack, 8",Logic,03/21/05 #18742,Stormy Weather,2.53,1.7,mosoh,"What do these five have in common? Betsy (1965) Agnes (1972) Hugo (1989) Andrew (1992) Mitch (1998)",Charley (2004) will likely be added to this list,They are retired names of Atlantic hurricanes. (If a hurricane does extensive damage the name may be retired at the request of the damaged state or country),Trivia,09/03/04 #23488,Uh-Oh,2.72,0.88,jakeodee,What's easy to get into and almost impossible to get out of?,Look at the title.,Trouble,Riddle,06/07/05 #42267,A Legend in Sports,2.09,2.42,brainyboy615,J N = The G B,He is one of the greatest golfers of all time.,"Jack Nicklaus = The Golden Bear He is known as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time.",Letter-Equations,06/16/08 #3496,Found on a Tree,2.22,2.25,schooldude2001,"I can be found on a tree with many branches, as well as on a computer. When people find out about me, it usually strikes home.",No hint available.,I am a family.,Riddle,04/14/02 #8363,The Bookworm,2.42,2.08,something,A bookworm eats from the first page of encyclopedia number 1 to the last page of encyclopaedia number 5. The bookworm eats in a straight line. Each encyclopedia consists of 400 pages. Each leaf is 0.01 inches thick and each cover is 0.25 inches thick. What distance does the bookworm eat through?,No hint available.,"The bookworm nibbles his way through approximately eight inches. The first page of the first volume is the rightmost page of the first volume. The last page of the last volume is the leftmost page of the last volume. So the only part of the first volume he eats is the front cover, and the only part of the last volume he eats is the back cover. The reason the answer is not fourteen inches is that while each leaf is .01 inches thick, each leaf is two pages. So 400 pages is only two inches thick. Finally, we say approximately eight inches because it is a matter of semantics whether the bookworm ate the first page of the first volume.",Math,11/04/02 #12512,Which Restaurant?,2.39,1.53,drawingman818,"Alexa and Maria never agree on anything. One day their mothers told them to eat out together. Alexa sees that there are five restaurants nearby. In less than a minute, they decide. How did they decide so quickly? The answer is not because they like the same restaurant.",No hint available.,Only one was open.,Trick,05/20/03 #3402,Knowitno,2.85,2.77,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this phrase: KNOWITNO",No hint available.,No two ways about it.,Rebus,04/10/02 #9892,Five Spoonerisms,3.05,2.74,Bobbrt,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have the initial sounds switched to form new words. For example, ""churning bear"" is a spoonerism for ""burning chair"" (note that the pairs do not have to be spelled the same - only sound the same). From the definitions below, can you figure out the spoonerism pairs? 1. Thumper's cellphone...mis-named nerve. 2. Where to buy a mallard...jammed portal. 3. Grizzly relative...two pin-lovers. 4. Sad iguana...Merlin slam-dunking. 5. Wasp accelerates...Half a six-pack.",No hint available.,"1. Bunny phone...funny bone. 2. Duck store...stuck door. 3. Polar bear...bowler pair. 4. Weeping lizard...leaping wizard. 5. Bee throttles...three bottles.",Language,01/18/03 #4531,Whole or Some,2.38,1.42,mad-ade,"If you take away the whole part, you will still have some left. What is it?",No hint available.,The word wholesome,Language,06/06/02 #18579,Is Lands,2.26,2.84,AXTON,"Below is a group of words Axton has collected. Unfortunately, foolish Axton has placed one word into the group by mistake. Can you find the word which has been misplaced? Why does it not belong to the group of words? Chatham Kermadec Campbell Macquarie Antipodes",No hint available.,"Macquarie is the word that does not belong. All words are the names of islands, in which are territories of New Zealand. Macquarie Island is a part of Australia's external territory and thus does not belong to the group.",Group,08/18/04 #5579,polmomice,2.77,1.84,Michelle,"What does this mean? polmomice",No hint available.,Mother in law,Rebus,07/14/02 #27744,Naming Names,2.77,2.12,peppamintp,"In each equation below, part of a common name has been replaced with a definition for a word that is contained within that name. By answering the definition and completing the equation, you will find the name. (Ric + difficult = ric + hard = Richard) 1. Wrath + ne = 2. O + friend = 3. I + morose + ora = 4. B + building extension + e = 5. S + relate a story + a =",They are all female names.,"1. Ire + ne = Irene 2. O+ pal = Opal 3. I + sad + ora = Isadora 4. B + ell + e = Belle 5. S + tell + a = Stella",Language,12/28/05 #26888,The War of the Worlds - Part III,2.98,2.71,smarty_blondy,"Alas, the War of the Worlds had begun! Although Lord Zyron, feared master of The Underworld, had no remorse regarding his pick, King Solimyr was not as confident. He knew his two army leaders would not stand a chance against the dreadful three monsters, and decided something needed to be done, to even the odds. An old legend said that far, far away spread the Realm of God Baal. Millions of years ago, an earthquake shook the world, causing volcanoes to erupt. Hot, burning rivers of lava now divided the realm into 5 islands, each ruled by one of Baal's most faithful servants. Each island was well guarded by magical, mythical creatures, protecting 5 powerful witches from unwanted visitors. These were the possessors of 5 precious, enchanted stones that King Solimyr desperately wanted to put his hands on. Once his, King Solimyr would crash the 5 stones, and include the magical dust into melted iron. His best craftsmen would then make him two swords, of which powers the world had never seen before! To confirm the legend, griffins were sent on a quest in the far, far away realm. Can you find out more, by the bits of information the griffins returned with? Good luck! Islands' names: Necropolis, Rampart, Stronghold, Inferno, Conflux Rulers' names: Malekith, Dace, Krephlian, Rashka, Ufretin; Witches' names: Rissa, Ash, Sephinroth, Jenova, Shaki; Precious stones: Ruby, Diamond, Topaz, Sapphire, Emerald; Guardians: Medusa, Minotaur, Dragon, Manticore, Harpy; 1. Rissa, a beautiful witch who lives in Conflux, received the diamond from her godmother. Although she was just a baby at the time, she never let go of the diamond as she believes it brings good fortune. 2. Ash lives in the kingdom of one of the most avoided rulers, as if his name's last two letters are removed, it transforms into the result of an ill-considered haste or boldness. 3. While Jenova holds the topaz, the possessor of the emerald is well guarded by a minotaur. 4. The harpy is known as an evil being, with the head of a woman and the body of a bird. Baal could not let such a hideous creature show its face in any other place than Inferno, where it was cursed to guard the ruby with the price of its life. 5. Necropolis is ruled by the most feared of rulers, Malekith. His manticore is not guarding the sapphire. 6. The medusa does not guard Jenova or Shaki, but the witch living in the kingdom ruled by the one whose name, if its first letter is changed with another, transforms into a word in the English language. Metaphorically, it can be defined as ""the cage of the soul"". 7. Two of the rulers are so selfish, they insisted that the precious stones sharing their name's initials would be guarded on their islands. 8. One of the rulers' names has as many letters as the island he is ruling, where Sephinroth's home can be found, but not as many as the stone his guardian protects.","Let's see if I can help you in your quest a bit. It's important to know that no assuming is needed. Some parts can be found in the end, by elimination. Clue #2 refers to Rashka, as if the group of letters ""ka"" is removed, we are left with ""rash"". Also, clue #6 refers to Dace, as ""the cage of the soul"" is a fancy phrase for ""face"".","Malekith is the ruler of Necropolis. Here lives Jenova, possessor of the topaz, well guarded by a manticore. Ufretin is the ruler of Rampart. Here lives Sephinroth, possessor of the sapphire, well guarded by a dragon. Krephlian is the ruler of Stronghold. Here lives Shaki, possessor of the emerald, well guarded by a minotaur. Rashka is the ruler of Inferno. Here lives Ash, possessor of the ruby, well guarded by a harpy. Dace is the ruler of Conflux. Here lives Rissa, possessor of the diamond, well guarded by a medusa. You have done well in your quest, as King Solimyr now knows where and how to find the precious stones. With the help of their magic, he has no doubt he will claim victory over the big battle!",Logic-Grid,11/13/05 #47379,Back in Forth 11,2.81,2.16,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. vi____er (audacity) 2. d____ing (bistro) 3. re____in (the humanities) 4. out____s (sketch)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. resident 2. marring 3. hold back 4. external","1. villager (GALL - vi_LLAG_er) 2. defacing (CAFE - d_EFAC_ing) 3. restrain (ARTS - re_STRA_in) 4. outwards (DRAW - out_WARD_s)",Language,07/02/10 #40623,The Significance,2.54,2.26,aresII,"My 9, 5, 7, 6, 10 is to box. My 2, 4, 7, 6 helps guard a castle. My 5, 1, 4, 6 is wildly amusing. My 6, 7, 5, 3, 4, 8 is a sport fish. My whole is the significance.",No hint available.,"IMPORTANCE. Clue 1 = crate. Clue 2 = moat. Clue 3 = riot. Clue 4 = tarpon.",Riddle,02/21/08 #42381,Add a Letter 18,2.5100000000000002,1.97,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) the practical meaning of a story & to be subject to death (5 letters) 2) sculptured likeness & natural height of a person (6 letters) 3) to relieve from distress & to obliterate (4 letters) 4) assistance & among (3 letters)",No hint available.,"1) moral & mortal 2) statue & stature 3) ease & erase 4) aid & amid",Language,06/29/08 #3966,Time Time,2.17,1.12,piffle,"Can you solve this word puzzle? Time Time",No hint available.,Time after time,Rebus,05/08/02 #7024,AEINST,2.69,2.75,silver_sword,"What is the longest word you can form using only the letters A, E, I, N, S, T without any letter appearing twice?",The word is more than 6 letters. Think how this is possible.,"The word is assassinates. The letters in this word repeat 3 or 4 times, but none of them repeats twice.",Language,08/30/02 #38453,Book Before a Sentence,2.93,1.75,rp3000gt,Where can you finish reading several books before you finish even one sentence?,No hint available.,Prison. You'll have plenty of time to read plenty of books during a prison sentence.,Trick,09/25/07 #33268,Chinese Proverbs 1,2.31,2.71,Ninjakillyou,"Can you decipher these Chinese proverbs? 46 34 31 / 31 51 31 45 / 27 44 31 / 49 35 30 31 / 28 47 46 / 46 34 31 / 45 46 41 39 27 29 34 / 35 45 / 40 27 44 44 41 49. 46 34 31 / 29 47 40 40 35 40 33 / 34 27 44 31 / 34 27 45 / 46 34 44 31 31 / 28 47 44 44 41 49 45. 27 / 33 41 41 30 / 32 44 35 31 40 30 / 45 34 35 31 38 30 45 / 51 41 47 / 32 44 41 39 / 46 34 31 / 45 46 41 44 39. 46 35 33 31 44 45 / 27 40 30 / 30 31 31 44 / 30 41 / 40 41 46 / 49 27 38 37 / 46 41 33 31 46 34 31 44.",Double alphabet.,"The eyes are wide but the stomach is narrow. The cunning hare has three burrows. A good friend shields you from the storm. Tigers and deer do not walk together. Write the American alphabet twice, then count them from left to right. The numbers represent the numerical position of the letters in the second set. Key: A = 27 B = 28 C = 29 D = 30 E = 31 F = 32 G = 33 H = 34 I = 35 J = 36 K = 37 L = 38 M = 39 N = 40 O = 41 P = 42 Q = 43 R = 44 S = 45 T = 46 U = 47 V = 48 W = 49 X = 50 Y = 51 Z = 52",Cryptography,09/30/06 #33144,3 Quotes From Pxqnwpzwu,2.65,2.52,Question_Mark,"Below are three quotes, all by the same person. They all use the same code to solve. Good luck solving! ""YX OT KOET WQGTH KEE PZHPWRUYKQPTU YX MHKPYZPT NZLT YJZQBU PXQUYZYWYTU MTHNTPY LZHYWT; YJTUT NZLT YJZQBU KHT BHKLZYS, BTQTHXUZYS XN UXWE, UZQPTHZYS, TKHQTUYQTUU KQG AZQGQTUU."" ""Z JTKH KQG Z NXHBTY. Z UTT KQG Z HTRTROTH. Z GX KQG Z WQGTHUYKQG."" ""NZQT FXHGU KQG KQ ZQUZQWKYZQB KMMTKHKQPT KHT UTEGXR KUUXPZKYTG FZYJ YHWT LZHYWT."" -PXQNWPZWU","X=O Y=T Z=I","""To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness."" ""I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."" ""Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue."" -Confucius A=K B=G E=L F=W G=D H=R J=H K=A L=V M=P N=F O=B P=C Q=N R=M S=Y T=E U=S W=U X=O Y=T Z=I",Cryptography,09/23/06 #4469,"4, -27, 25, -343, 121, ?, ?",2.16,2.83,bluetwo,"Complete the series: 4, -27, 25, -343, 121, ?, ?",No hint available.,"-2197 and 289 Negative prime numbers alternating squared and cubed -2^2, -3^3, -5^2, -7^3, -11^2, etc.",Series,06/04/02 #26439,The Two Go Together - I,2.97,2.39,brainster,"Each of the sentences below use two words which are synonyms of each other, but here in these sentences, they are not used with the same meaning. Can you find the words ? 1. You cannot ______ to imagine what a _____ you gave me. 2. Service is my ______ name, you will always find me in the community _______. 3. The cook used the largest ______ to make a stew for the full compliment of the _____. 4. They agreed to meet outside the _____ of justice for their _____. 5. I know you will _____ me for this purchase, I cannot _____ you. 6. The ______ of bids for the ______ of Eros was unparalleled.",No hint available.,"1. You cannot BEGIN to imagine what a START you gave me. 2. Service is my MIDDLE name, you will always find me in the community CENTER. 3. The cook used the largest VESSEL to make a stew for the full compliment of the SHIP. 4. They agreed to meet outside the COURT of justice for their DATE. 5. I know you will CHARGE me for this purchase, I cannot BLAME you. 6. The NUMBER of bids for the FIGURE of Eros was unparalleled.",Language,10/19/05 #44144,Clever Jenny XII,2.56,1.69,mosca,"Jenny pulled up to her Mom's house and cut the engine. ""Oh, Mom! I hope you have something quick for dinner; I'm starved!"" ""I'm just going to do some spaghetti with a red sauce; is that OK?"" ""Now, Mom! You know I love your pasta however you make it!"" Her Mom unlocked the door and Jenny took in the bags from their shopping trip. ""I can get the water going on the stove. You want me to put the cold stuff in the fridge?"" ""Thanks, Honey! I'm going to start on the sauce. You know, I always use the stuff in a glass jar and then mess with it a bit, don't you?"" ""Yup, but it's how you do the messing that I need to learn!"" Jenny stood with her hands in her pockets as she watched her Mom struggle with the jar of sauce, tapping the metal lid with the edge of a knife. ""Oh, darn! This jar just doesn't want to open! Jen, can you give it a try for me, please?"" Mom handed the jar to Jenny, who reached out her left hand and took it by the top. She said, ""OK, here is where I do my magic trick!"" She then took the jar top by her other hand and held it up, grinning, saying, ""Now watch this, Mom! Nothing up my sleeve!"" The jar opened instantly, with hardly any effort! What trick had Jenny performed?","Remember, the lid is metal and the jar is glass.","When she took her left hand out of her pocket, Jenny held the metal lid, warming it up and causing it to expand slightly. When she moved the lid to her right hand, it warmed and expanded a bit more. At that point, the jar lid turned easily and could be removed.",Situation,02/22/09 #32172,60 F 6 I,2.21,2.45,tonjawithaj,60 F 6 I = D from the P M to H P (on a R B D),No hint available.,60 Feet 6 Inches = Distance from the Pitcher's Mound to Home Plate (on a Regulation Baseball Diamond),Letter-Equations,07/30/06 #24292,How Did They Know?,2.26,1.29,jakeodee,"One cold winter's night, a man calls the police to report a murder. The police came and, seeing that there are only two people in the building, immediately arrested the caller. Why?",No hint available.,"The man reported that there was a murder. The building he was in had only two people in it and there were no tracks outside in the snow, so the police knew the murderer had not run away and that the caller had to have killed the man.",Situation,07/05/05 #32880,Weak Memory,3.05,1.82,MarcM1098,"""Uncle Jimmy, we're studying Norse mythology and I keep forgetting some of the names, can you help?"" Andrew asked. ""Certainly,"" Jimmy replied, ""let's pick a few to start with: Odin, his wife Frigg, Thor, and Tyr. You really already know these names, or at least the Anglo-Saxon equivalent. Woden is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Odin, the wise, one-eyed, chief god. Frige is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Frigg, the goddess of clouds and sky. Thunor is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Thor, the god of thunder. Tiw is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Tyr, the god of war and battle."" ""Sorry, but those names don't seem any more familiar,"" Andrew protested. ""What if I told you those four names are related to the sun, the moon, and the planet Saturn?"" ""What? That's even more confusing."" ""Final clue, they are the basis of a naming system that we use every day."" In what way are these names commonly used about which Andrew should be aware?","They are names that we use every DAY. Here is the list in order: the sun, the moon, Tiw, Woden, Thunor, Frige, and Saturn.","They are the basis for our names of the days of the week. Sunday - Sunnandaeg - Sun's day Monday - Monandaeg - Moon's day Tuesday - Tiwesdaeg - Tiw's day Wednesday - Wodnesdaeg - Woden's day Thursday - Thunresdaeg - Thunor's day Friday - Frigedaeg - Frige's day Saturday - Saeternesdaeg - Saturn's day",Trivia,09/07/06 #17042,Sheer Murder,2.73,2.0,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? A) Murdered B) Survived C) Survived Suspects: Miss Haps - Not Guilty Sir Cumstance - Guilty Mr Meanor - Not Guilty",No hint available.,"A victim of circumstance A) was a victim of Sir Cumstance",Rebus,03/17/04 #5906,Female pigeon,2.54,1.72,glennyboy02,Professor Quantum is conducting an experiment on his pet pigeon. A female pigeon cannot lay an egg if she is alone. Professor Quantum insists that he can get his pigeon to lay eggs without another pigeon being around. How can he accomplish this?,No hint available.,He put the pigeon in front of a mirror and let it look at its reflection.,Situation,07/25/02 #30143,The Bet 2,2.26,1.51,spuds,"John bet his friend Bob he could fit 5 apples into his mouth at once. So Bob agreed, thinking nobody could possibly pull that off. They bet $20 on it. But when it was over, Bob walked off without his $20. How did John win the bet?",No hint available.,He put small candies that were shaped like apples into his mouth - which fit easily enough for 5.,Trick,04/29/06 #29693,"2, 5, 10, 17, 28, 41, 58, 77, ?, ?",2.49,2.52,kiss,"What are the next two numbers in this sequence? 2, 5, 10, 17, 28, 41, 58, 77, ?, ?",No hint available.,"100, 129. The nth number is the sum of the first n prime numbers.",Series,04/11/06 #6830,Decent Puzzler,2.68,2.73,naveen_the_great,"My first is a number, my second another, And each, I assure you, will rhyme with the other. My first you will find is one-fifth of my second, And truly my whole a long period reckoned. Yet my first and my second (nay, think not I cozen), When added together will make but two dozen. How many am I?",No hint available.,four-score,Riddle,08/24/02 #20875,Underwater Danger,2.32,1.17,Daredevil,"I am common. I am a saltwater & freshwater FISH. I have no bones in my body. I feast upon my own species as well as others. I come in many shapes and sizes. What am I?",Many attacks are reported.,"A shark. Sharks are common. They can be found in both kinds of water depending on their species. They have a cartilage body. They eat smaller sharks & other fish. The sizes & shapes explain itself.",Riddle,02/07/05 #29492,A Bird's Eye View,2.71,2.56,paul726,"Jack sat in his father's office, atop a bookcase by the wide, floor-to-ceiling window. His father's employer had built this skyscraper right on the shoreline of the lake, directly across which stood the tallest tree in the state. Jack's view was spectacular, and, as he looked across the 866 ft. wide lake, he noticed something which he found interesting. When he gazed at the highest point on the tree, his line of sight was at a 30 degree incline above horizontal. When looking at the base of the tree, where it met the water at the far edge of the lake, he was looking at a 30 degree declination. How tall is the tree? Bonus: Later, after querying his father, he found out that the first floor of the office building was at ground level, and every subsequent floor was exactly 12 ft. above the one below. What floor is his father's office on?","Draw a triangle from Jack's eyes, to both the base and the peak of the tree. Make a second triangle from the tree base to the bottom of the building, then up to Jack again.","The tree is 1000 ft. tall. Start by picturing a triangle formed by Jack's line of sight to the base of the tree, the lake's surface, and the building. Since the tree and building are at the lake's edge, they're level with each other and the triangle is a right triangle. The angle at the base of the tree is 30 degrees. Using trigonometric functions, we can find the unknown lengths of the triangle. The line of sight is the hypotenuse of the triangle. The height of the building where Jack sits is the side opposite the 30 degree angle. The length across the lake, 866 ft., is the adjacent side. Cosine = adjacent/hypotenuse Tangent = opposite/adjacent Thus: Cos(30)= 0.8660 = 866/hypotenuse Jack's line of sight is 1000 ft. Tan(30)= 0.5774 = opposite/866 -> Jack's height is 500 ft. Now, we turn our attention to the triangle formed by the tree and both of Jack's lines of sight. We can see that it's an equilateral triangle, consisting of three 60 degree angles, and therefore all sides are equal. Thus the tree is 1000 ft. high. Bonus: Jack's height was 500 ft. The largest whole multiples of twelve to divide evenly into that is 492(41x12), placing the office on the 42nd floor (41 above the first floor). Jack's perch atop the bookcase put his eyes eight feet above the floor, rounding out 500 ft.",Math,04/02/06 #38521,Sports Heroes IV,2.22,2.4,merrimackxc2010,"C R J = P 2,632 C M L B G",No hint available.,"Cal Ripken Jr. = Played 2,632 Consecutive Major League Baseball Games From May 30, 1982, until September 19, 1998, Cal Ripken Jr. played in 2,632 consecutive games. This is the longest MLB streak of games played. Lou Gehrig owns the second longest streak at 2,130 games.",Letter-Equations,09/29/07 #24142,Full,2.84,2.6,onlyeeyore,"What is the answer to this rebus? BELL- ""I'm full!"" SERGEANT- ""Can't eat another bite!"" DOCTOR- ""No more soda or anything else for me, thanks, wouldn't know where to fit it.""",No hint available.,"Stuffed Peppers! (Bell pepper, Sgt. Pepper, Dr Pepper, all full, or stuffed)",Rebus,06/29/05 #49919,End of a Murder,2.43,0.9400000000000001,MindReader22,"You can find me near the end of a murder, But I'm also in the funeral. You can see me in a robbery, But I've never been a burglar. I'm in the ranks of suicide, But you would never call me suicidal. Now you've probably found this riddle quite gruesome, But can you find who I am?",Look at the category.,"The letter e. It's found near the end of 'murder', as well a 'funeral'. It's in 'robbery', but not in 'burglar'. It's found in 'suicide', but not 'suicidal'.",Language,09/06/13 #23172,Ract Magnet,2.23,2.44,Palsha,"What expression is represented below? ... ract ...",No hint available.,Center of attraction,Rebus,05/26/05 #37057,Fiery Beast,2.21,2.71,LegalMumboJumbo,"Cornstalks twist your hair. Mortar and pestle pound you. Fiery dragons carry you off. Great cartwheels surround you.",No hint available.,A Train,Riddle,06/24/07 #16279,Mad Ade's Anagram Teaser #9,2.35,2.42,mad-ade,"This is a basic anagram teaser where the clues will lead to two words that are anagrams of each other. For example ""Attach Father"" would be ""Add Dad"" Or ""Canine Deity"" could be ""God Dog"" 1, Open mouthed Book leaf ? 2, Fixed excavator? 3, Undressed Mess? 4, Nuisance Stairs? 5, Quiet Permit?",No hint available.,"1, Page Gape 2, Rigged Digger 3, Untidy Nudity 4, Steps Pests 5, Silence License",Language,01/21/04 #40621,Nowhere To Run,2.59,1.25,grilledcheese,"A brother tied his sister's best friend to a set of train tracks. Soon after, the train came and hit his sister's best friend. However, her best friend wasn't hurt at all! How can this be?","1. There is only one set of train tracks. 2. The train maintained the same speed.",His sister's best friend is a doll. Her brother had a model train set and tied the doll to the tracks.,Situation,02/21/08 #37711,The Medical Test,2.16,2.3,leftclick,"A medical test is being administered to people to screen for a particular disease. What percentage of the people who test positive would actually have the disease, if the disease is present in 1 person in 1000 and the test gives a positive result for 5% of people who do not actually have the disease?",No hint available.,"1 person in 51, or around 1.96% of those who test positive, would actually have the disease. The disease is present in 0.1% of cases, and the test gives a false positive 5% of the time, for a total of 5.1% positive results. Of these, only 0.1% actually have the disease, for a ratio of 0.1% / 5.1% = 1/51 or approximately 1.960784%",Math,08/10/07 #31946,"Quaint, But Horrifying?",2.6,1.97,akl21,"I speak many words That you sometimes cannot say; I can be moving and Emotional, exhilarating, Horrifying, and anything in between. I can stun, amaze, make your Mind wander. I've been the source of mystery For ages, and I will Always be close to your heart If you value me.",Read the first line over again; it may give you a clue :D,"A picture, or photograph! :D There are many photographs that are of people skydiving, or of dark, mysterious houses, and other picture that make you think--like art. A picture of a family member, or a dog or something could 'always be close to your heart if you value it'. The first line refers to the old saying ""A picture speaks a thousand words,"" some of which we can't even begin to describe.",Riddle,07/21/06 #2769,Face,2.16,1.23,lil_thugsta,"What has a face but no head, hands but no arms?",No hint available.,A Clock,Riddle,03/20/02 #29798,Vitamins or Minerals,2.49,2.71,phildunphy,10 D of H ( M's S ),10 = a girl's best friend,"10 Degrees of Hardness ( Moh's Scale ) The hardness of all items can be measured on Moh's scale. No. 10 is Diamond - a girl's best friend",Letter-Equations,04/16/06 #4718,Scorch Gun Whisker,2.81,1.04,bobbrt,"Changing one letter in each of the following words will make new words that are all related to each other. What are the new words? scorch gun whisker",No hint available.,"scotch, gin and whiskey",Language,06/14/02 #37318,Presidential Wisdom VI,2.54,2.9,paul726,"Below are encoded quotes from the twenty-sixth through thirtieth presidents of the United States. Your task is to first decode them, and then correctly assign them to the presidents who spoke them. The presidents were, in order: Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, and Calvin Coolidge. 26) ""CBXNCIBRKD RN XZQD MZ RZNKBJAIZK KX LI JNIO, ZXK M OIRKD KX LI GXBNTRCCIO."" 27) ""ZX AMZ PMZ NRK OXGZ MZO GRKTTXQO TRN TMZON UBXA KTI GMBUMBI MYMRZNK GBXZY MZO YIK CIMPI UBXA TRN MPVJRINPIZPI."" 28) ""MZKR-NIARKRNA RN M ZXFRXJN GIIO KTMK NTXJQO LI PJK XJK. RK TMN ZX CQMPI RZ MAIBRPM."" 29) ""M HXKI RN QRWI M BRUQI; RKN JNIUJQZINN OICIZON JCXZ KTI PTMBMPKIB XU KTI JNIB."" 30) ""RK RN AD PXZHRPKRXZ KTMK KTI UJZOMAIZKMQ KBXJLQI GRKT KTI CIXCQI XU KTI JZRKIO NKMKIN RN KTMK KTID TMHI YXKKIZ KXX UMB MGMD UBXA MQARYTKD YXO.""","Vowel encoding is as follows: A=M E=I I=R O=X U=J","The solutions are given in the order in which each president served, followed by the president's name and term in office. The answer key is below. 29) ""A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user."" - Theodore Roosevelt 1901 - 1909 28) ""Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America."" - William H. Taft 1909 - 1913 27) ""No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence."" - Woodrow Wilson 1913 - 1921 30) ""It is my conviction that the fundamental trouble with the people of the United States is that they have gotten too far away from Almighty God."" - Warren Harding 1921 - 1923 26) ""Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. "" - Calvin Coolidge 1923 - 1929 A=M . . N=Z B=L . . O=X C=P . . P=C D=O . . Q=V E=I . . R=B F=U . . S=N G=Y . . T=K H=T . . U=J I=R . . V=H J=E . . W=G K=W . . X=F L=Q . . Y=D M=A . . Z=S",Cryptography,07/10/07 #8462,WGACA,2.23,1.7,scoobydoo,"What common phrase has been abbreviated below? WGACA","It has also been stated as ""WCAGA"".",What Goes Around Comes Around!,Language,11/11/02 #39364,Ketchup Sachet,2.91,1.87,King_of_Smart,"A man picked up a plastic water bottle and filled it to the rim with water. He put a ketchup sachet in it and closed it up. The man approached a woman and said, ""If you can solve how this works, I'll give you a dollar."" The man said ""down"" and the sachet of ketchup suddenly went down. Then he said ""up"" and it went up. Then he said ""down"", and when it was halfway down, he said ""stay"" and it stayed. How did he do this?",Think pressure.,"He did it by adding pressure to the bottom. When there is less pressure, it rises. When there is more pressure, it lowers. If you add just the right pressure, it will stay. You can perform this with lots of practice in front of a mirror. It will shock your friends, most likely. You can find a ketchup sachet at your local fast food restaurant (ex: Burger King, McDonald's, etc.)",Science,11/25/07 #16427,Double Up #2,2.67,1.5,fishmed,"Following are 10 words. Your challenge is to come up with another word for each one that starts with the same two letters that when combined, will create a familiar compound word or two-word phrase. Example: Basket & ball = Basketball 1: Liquor 2: Common 3: Sharp 4: Wonder 5: Acetic 6: French 7: Bargain 8: Stocking 9: Calico 10: Simple",No hint available.,"1: License 2: Cold 3: Shooter 4: Woman 5: Acid 6: Fries (or Fry) 7: Basement 8: Stuffer 9: Cat 10: Simon",Language,02/04/04 #15652,Delete and Add 6,2.54,1.79,7catac7,"Delete a letter from the words below and then add a 3-letter word to it to form a new word that matches the clues in the ( ). For example: Mint ( a little fish) Minnow would be the answer because you delete 't' and add 'now'. 1. Rants (a paper that gives permission) 2. Bye (a sport that's sort of like football) 3. Heard (you were told about it, but it was a rumor; a _____) 4. Butters (a pretty insect) 5. rays (to not be loyal to someone you ____ them)",No hint available.,"1. Warrant (delete 's' and add 'war') 2. Rugby (delete 'e' and add 'rug') 3. Hearsay (delete 'd' and add 'say') 4. Butterfly (delete 's' and add 'fly') 5. Betray (delete 's' and add 'bet')",Language,12/03/03 #21683,The Mantle,2.81,1.55,abby97,"The Police established the following facts: 1. On a beastly hot day, a masked man had entered the Johnson apartment. In attempting to beat from Mrs. Johnson the hiding place of her fabulous diamond necklace, he accidentally killed her. He had ransacked the apartment and fled empty-handed. 2. Mr. Johnson, an invalid who had been under sedation during the crime, discovered the body and notified the police. 3. Suspicion fell upon James, the doorman and an ex-con, who had not reported to work since the slaying. 4. The necklace was safely hidden in the false bottom of a jewelry box in the guest closet near the fireplace. The box rested on the closet shelf above the spot where Mrs. Johnson always hung her gold silk mantle. She wore the mantle in the apartment on chilly days, but she never wore it outside the apartment. Upon learning these facts, the famous detective, Dr. Newman, asked to be left alone in the apartment with the doorman. After hearing James insist he had never been in the apartment before, Newman shifted a cigarette container and two statuettes on the shelf above the fireplace and rested his elbow there. ""The necklace was right here in the false bottom of a box above the mantle. See for yourself,"" urged the detective. In a moment, James had found the jewelry box above Mrs. Johnson's silk mantle. After James was placed under arrest, Newman couldn't help muttering, ""A criminal should never return to the scene of the crime!"" Why was James the criminal?",No hint available.,"James said he had never been in the apartment before. If that was true, then he would not have known about the silk mantle. When Newman said that the necklace was in a box above the mantle, an innocent man would assume he meant mantle, the shelf above a fireplace. But because he knew it was above the silk mantle, he had to have been in the apartment before.",Mystery,03/21/05 #14066,Animal Adventures,2.67,2.62,taniapereira99,"Five young ladies (Liz, Marge, Sam, Ella and Jenny) went on five different hiking adventures. Each walked a distance of 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 kilometers (random order). Each were able to take an extraordinary wildlife photograph in different locations (forest, meadow, mountain, river side and bushes) of different animals (rabbit, bird, deer, fox and bear cubs). From the clues below determine where and of what each girl took a photograph of, and the distance each travelled. 1. Liz walked twice as far as the girl who saw the deer. The girl who got a shot of the fox travelled one kilometer less than Jenny. The girl in the bushes was not the one who walked 5 kilometers. The girl on the riverside walked either one kilometer more or less than the one who was in the bushes. 2. The girl who was quick enough to capture the rabbit on film walked farther than Marge, but not as far as the one who got the bear cubs. The girl who hiked up the mountain walked farther than at least one other girl, but not the farthest. Either Ella or Sam walked more than one kilometer farther than the other. Sam did not get a picture of the bird. The mountain climber walked either one kilometer more or less than Marge. 3. The meadow explorer was not the one to take a picture of the bird. The bear cubs and the fox were not captured in the forest. Ella hiked farther than the mountain climber. The girl in the meadow walked one kilometer more or less than the mountain climber. 4. The girl on the riverside walked two kilometers more than the one who saw the fox. The deer photographer did not hike as far as Ella, nor as far as the meadow explorer. At least one traveller walked farther than Jenny. The girl in the bushes walked either one kilometer more or less than the rabbit photographer.","Set up a grid so you can determine from process of elimination. Go over the clues a number of times to get more information once other things are known.","Liz - 6 km, rabbit, riverside Marge - 4 km, fox, meadow Sam - 3km, deer, forest Ella - 7 km, bear cubs, bushes Jenny - 5 km, bird, mountain",Logic,07/29/03 #18607,Mad Ade's Word Links #2,2.37,2.49,mad-ade,"In the below teaser Mad Ade will give you three sets of three words. Each word has another word in common with the other two. The new word will make the three original words into common word pairs. For example CAP, DEEP and PAD could all be linked by KNEE to form KneeCap, Knee Deep and KneePad. The linking word can be at either side of the given word. Can you find the link for the following words? 1, Baby, Cubicle, Curtain 2, Mound, Ground, Chamber 3, Green, Paper, Butter",No hint available.,"1, Baby Shower, Shower Cubicle, Shower Curtain 2, Burial Mound, Burial Ground, Burial Chamber 3, Green Fly, Fly Paper, ButterFly",Language,08/22/04 #103,The Colored Bear,2.89,1.3,Jake,"If a hunter goes out his front door, goes 50 miles south, then goes 50 miles west, shoots a bear, goes 50 miles north and ends up in front of his house, what color was the bear?",There is only one starting place on earth where the hunter will end up back at his front door.,"White. The hunter is at the north pole, and the bear is a white polar bear.",Logic,01/02/01 #19105,Find the Numbers,2.14,2.53,dumbell,"What figure should replace the question mark in each of the following three instances? A. L2 VI3 XII? B. XI3 LV4 LIV? C. XXII6 IX3 XVIII?",No hint available.,"A. 4 B. 5 C. 7 Each figure refers to the number of strokes in the Roman numeral before it.",Other,10/11/04 #26412,Collecting,2.71,2.05,sdm1177,"A group of people left a forest. What is represented by the list below? George Bush carried Spanish moss and sticks. Pete Rose carried leaves and club moss. Donald Trump carried Irish moss and flowers. Mick Jagger carried pine cones.",No hint available.,"A rolling stone gathers no moss. Mick Jagger, a Rolling Stone, only gathered one item, but no moss. The others gathered one item and a type of moss.",Rebus,10/17/05 #42156,Good Relationship Anagrams,2.52,2.26,MarcM1098,"Can you determine the relationship words below? Each clue is an anagram of the answer. 1. Re-dates 2. She we treat 3. Tender name 4. In duet 5. Pose us 6. Oh, no money 7. Life's aim",No hint available.,"1. Dearest 2. Sweetheart 3. Endearment 4. United 5. Spouse 6. Honeymoon 7. Families",Language,06/06/08 #13926,I Sell Windchimes,2.7,2.03,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? I sell Windchimes You sell Chimes I sell Windows XP You sell Ows XP I sell Toy Windmills You sell Toy Mills",No hint available.,Take The Wind Out Of Your Sails (Sales).,Rebus,07/21/03 #27105,Know Your Sports?,2.41,2.07,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? Entree: Augusta National Main: St Andrews Dessert: Pebble Beach",The places mentioned relate to golf.,"Three course dinner It is a meal of three 'courses' - golf courses.",Rebus,11/22/05 #52558,The Length of the Train,3.18,3.0,wimpykidfan37,"Al and Ben are standing back to back next to a railroad track. When the front of a train passes them, Al starts to walk in the opposite direction of the train, while Ben starts to walk in the same direction as the train. Each stops walking when the back of the train passes him. If the two of them walk at the same speed, and Al walks exactly 30 feet, and Ben walks exactly 45 feet, how long is the train?",No hint available.,"The train is 180 feet long. When the back of the train passes Al, he and Ben have both walked 30 feet, meaning Ben will walk 15 feet more when the train passes him. 30 feet that Al walks plus 45 feet that Ben walks makes 75 feet that the back of the train travels in the same time that Ben walks 15 feet, meaning the train is 5 times as fast as Al and Ben. In the time it takes Al to walk 30 feet, the front of the train moves 150 feet. This distance plus the 30 feet that Al has walked equals 180 feet.",Math,01/06/21 #50666,Anagram Dictionary 6,2.69,1.78,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob) Words: abundant, benefit, constable, pleasure, poltergeist Definitions: a fish orchestra a monetary punishment for gambling gorilla laws regal felines troll drool",No hint available.,"abundant: a fish orchestra (tuna band) benefit: a monetary punishment for gambling (bet fine) constable: regal felines (noble cats) pleasure: gorilla laws (ape rules) poltergeist: troll drool (ogre spittle)",Language,08/03/15 #2403,Bricks,2.24,1.93,Mad-ade,"If one brick weighs 10 pounds plus half a brick, what does a brick and a half weigh?",Imagine a set of scales balanced on one side by a full brick and on the other by a 10 pound weight and half a brick.,"30 pounds. One brick weighs 20 pounds. Half a brick + 10 lbs = full brick(20lbs)",Math,02/23/02 #30295,Birbal the Wise - I,2.99,1.66,brainster,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer? Once, Emperor Akbar wanted to find out which of his courtiers was the most intelligent. He put forth to them a test, announcing that whoever won the test would be awarded the title of ""The Most Intelligent Courtier"". He brought a piece of white cloth, laid himself down on the floor, and said whoever could cover him with the cloth from head to toe would get the award. Several courtiers tried, but to no avail. If they covered the Emperor's head, the toes remained uncovered. Finally, Birbal came in and achieved what none of the courtiers could achieve! What did he do?",No hint available.,"He politely requested the Emperor to lie on his side and pull up his knees, and then he could easily cover the Emperor from head to toe!",Trick,05/06/06 #32073,King Arthur Searched For...,2.58,2.18,zigthepig,The H G = The C J D from at the L S,"""We are the Knights who say... NI.""",The Holy Grail = The Cup Jesus Drank from at the Last Supper,Letter-Equations,07/27/06 #4617,Password,2.19,2.73,mad-ade,"When Mad Ade was a private eye he never ceased to astound everyone by how quickly he could wrap up a case. One day he was out to solve yet another crime. It seems that someone had mischievously hacked into the online database maintained by ""Honest Ron's Secondhand Underwear Emporium"", and changed their password. The hacker then sent an untraceable e-mail that read: ""wish about happiness but never ask, 341223."" Within a few minutes Mad Ade has found the new password, allowing the company to get back on track. What was the password?",No hint available.,"Kebabs. Reverse the order of the numbers given, then from beginning to end, that is the number of the letter in each word; once you have all 6 letters reverse them and that forms the password.",Logic,06/10/02 #34688,Menacing Matchsticks IV,2.29,2.52,calmsavior,"You will need eight matchsticks for this teaser. Take six matchsticks and arrange them into a 2x1 rectangle. Next, take another matchstick and add it to one of the long sides of the matchsticks. Finally, take the last matchstick and add it to the other long side, in the same direction as the last matchstick you have laid. You should now have what looks like a glass of water. Now, how can you increase the volume of the water by moving only two matchsticks? You cannot: Move the uppermost horizontal matchstick. Submerge the matchsticks in the water. Bend, break, or stack the matchsticks.","Instead of trying to increase the volume of the water in the glass, try to increase the volume of water in general. Also, this teaser only works for water. It would not work with any other liquid.","Take the center matchstick of the left side of the glass and place it horizontally under the glass. Next, move the center matchstick on the right side of the glass and place it vertically in the ""U"" formed by the top three matchsticks. Rotate the view 90 degrees clockwise. It should read ICE. Water is the only liquid known that increases its volume when turned to ice.",Trick,01/02/07 #32239,Cryptolist XX,2.34,2.45,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: PAFKYIG NEH BANGTXAG ENTIFVNZ BFZA NVXA OFZCBAIAX BFVXCE SCTEH VAEIFKXNB HAKXAA RNIYCB INDZAGSCCE GIAXA","Category: Weights and Measures A=E","Category: Weights and Measures Nautical Mile Acre Kilometer Micron Pound Centigram Degree Fathom Tablespoon Stere A=E B=M C=O D=B E=N F=I G=S H=D I=T K=G N=A O=K P=W R=F S=P T=U V=C X=R Y=H Z=L",Cryptography,08/02/06 #3149,Cab Fares,2.21,2.77,204_blaze_41,"Bill, Bob, Frank, and Jim, who all drive cabs, work a particularly busy street that runs east and west. The street has no traffic lights. Oddly enough, an equal number of pedestrians walk in each direction at four kilometres per hour. The four cab drivers were discussing the best way to pick up a fare. Bill said he was going to sit beside the curb and wait until a fare came along. Bob said he was going to cruise west at four kilometres an hour; therefore, he would have twice the chance of picking up a fare as Bill. Frank said he was going to cruise east at eight kilometres an hour and his chances were twice as good as either Bill's or Bob's. Jim claimed that they were all wrong. He was going to drive west at 12kmh and his chances of picking up a fare were twice as good as Frank's. Of the claims that were made which were correct and which were wrong?",No hint available.,"Bill made no claim, Bob's claim was false, Frank's claim was true, and Jim's claim was false. Let's assume that 100 people passed Bill going east at four kph, and 100 people passed him going west at four kph. Bob, who was driving west at four kph, wouldn't pass anyone walking west, but would pass 200 people walking east. This would put him no further ahead than Bill. Frank, who was driving east and 300 people going west. Jim, who was going west at 12kph, would pass 200 people going west and 400 people going east. His statement about doubling his chances over Frank was false.",Math,04/02/02 #6348,Missing Clock Digit,2.28,2.2,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has several clocks which have appeared in several different teasers on this site. They are all kept in one room. When Mad Ade enters the room he notices something unusual about the times. Clock 1 is at: 06:16 Clock 2 is at: 11:56 Clock 3 is at: 16:33 Unfortunately the last digit is missing of Clock 4, it says 12:1?. What is the missing digit from clock 4?",No hint available.,"The missing digit is 9 because all the digits of the other clocks add up to 13. Clock 1 is 0+6+1+6=13 Clock 2 is 1+1+5+6=13 Clock 3 is 1+6+3+3=13 therefore Clock 4 must be 1+2+1+9=13",Logic,08/08/02 #25599,Sigh,2.19,2.26,deepsea,"Two kids were sitting on a school bus. One of them was looking out the window. The other looked over and said, ""What's wrong, why are you sad?"" He couldn't see her face, and she was not making any sounds, so how did he guess?",She may have been sad but not blue.,He could see her hand which had a mood ring on it.,Situation,08/29/05 #1744,Foxes and Snakes,2.49,1.8800000000000001,JOKESTER8000,You have as much rope as you need. A poor man walks up to a big pit. He wants to get across to get the jewels. He can't walk across the pit or the snakes will kill him. He can't go around because the foxes will get him. How does he get across?,No hint available.,Fill the hole up with rope and walk across.,Trick,12/18/01 #3845,The Plane Crash,2.83,2.07,magisastar,Susan watched as her husband boarded the 8:15 pm Qantas flight from Melbourne to Auckland. She then drove home from the airport and proceeded to watch a movie. About one hour into the movie there was a news flash: the 8:15 pm Qantas flight from Melbourne to Auckland had crashed with no survivors. Susan did not react. She just continued to watch the movie. How come?,"It was a genuine, accurate news flash. The woman's husband had boarded the plane; however, the woman knew her husband hadn't been killed.",The movie had been shown a week earlier. Susan had taped it onto a video and watched it that evening.,Situation,05/02/02 #38821,This Couldn't Happen! III,2.11,1.76,merrimackxc2010,"The Red Sox and Yankees were playing a game at Yankee Stadium. It was all tied up in the top of the ninth inning 5-5. David Ortiz stepped up to the plate and hit a walk-off home run. The Red Sox won the game! Why couldn't this happen?",A walk-off home run is a home run that ends the game because there is no way for the other team to comeback.,This couldn't happen because the Yankees still have to come up in the bottom of the ninth inning. A walk-off home run can only come from the home team which was the Yankees.,Trivia,10/17/07 #47845,Words With UB,2.11,2.64,cnmne,"Five words that contain UB as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *UB**, **UB*, *UB***, *UB****, **UB*** Pool: A, C, C, D, E, E, H, I, I, K, M, O, P, R, R, S, T, T, T, Y",No hint available.,"CUBIC, DOUBT, SUBMIT, PUBERTY, HAUBERK",Language,08/28/10 #5812,Calmstorm,2.19,0.96,michelle,"What does this mean? calmstorm",No hint available.,Calm before the storm,Rebus,07/23/02 #6134,Heaven,2.2,1.01,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? Heaven Earth",No hint available.,Heaven on earth,Rebus,08/01/02 #14025,Your House,2.42,2.21,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? YOUR HOUSE to EHOORSUUY",No hint available.,"Putting your own house in order. The letters from YOUR HOUSE put in alphabetical order",Rebus,07/25/03 #26708,Mix These LETTERS!,2.74,2.56,usaswim,"Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these words: *e*er **eue **o ma* *p*a*e* *erso* ***k*am*on *ouse *a* *ur* ***igent",The last one is diligent.,"Fever, queue, zoo, mat, speaker, person, backgammon, house, wax, jury, diligent",Language,11/03/05 #36320,The Ladder,2.98,1.08,bookworm91,"I'm called by three letters Though I have a long name. I'm in all of you, But I'm never the same. I'm all coiled up So that I am quite small, But if you stretch me out I'll be really tall. I could be the root Of certain disease; If man can unlock me He'll solve many mysteries.","His eyes are brown, And hers are light blue; I control all of that I'm a blueprint of you!","DNA DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid. DNA is in every living thing, but its pattern is never exactly identical in anyone, even twins. Normally, DNA is coiled up inside chromosomes; however, if you were to stretch out a single strand, it would be between 2-3 meters (6-9 feet) long! Scientists believe that many diseases occur because of imperfections in DNA. If DNA were to be completely understood, we might be able to cure lots of diseases, and we would understand our bodies far better. DNA is the blueprint to all life. It controls our hair and eye color and literally every feature of our bodies, both physical and genetic. The title may have been the biggest clue; DNA is double-stranded and resembles a twisted ladder.",Riddle,04/19/07 #3051,Big Mouth,2.61,1.8900000000000001,lil_thugsta,"I have a big mouth and I am also quite loud! I am NOT a gossip but I do get involved with everyone's dirty business. Can you name me?",No hint available.,a Vacuum cleaner.,Riddle,03/30/02 #16851,A Matter of Time,2.46,2.33,cnmne,"Ben lost his watch. A clock is too big for his wrist. Can you turn a clock into a watch by changing one letter at a time? Each step must create a valid word in the English language. Ben made the change in 11 steps. Can you do as well ... or better? CLOCK ----> WATCH",No hint available.,"CLOCK CLACK CLANK PLANK PLANE PLACE PEACE PEACH PERCH PARCH PATCH WATCH",Language,03/04/04 #41985,Curtailing Exercises,2.41,2.62,aresII,"Your task is to find the word that after taking its last letter away, means the same thing. 1. Curtail a lamentation and leave to lament. 2. Curtail a protection and leave a protection. 3. Curtail a blemish and leave to blemish. 4. Curtail to conceal and leave concealed. 5. Curtail to disclose and leave to disclose.",No hint available.,"1. COMPLAINT-COMPLAIN. 2. COVERT-COVER. 3. MARK-MAR. 4. HIDE-HID. 5. OPEN-OPE.",Language,05/19/08 #50375,Words in a Vat XV,2.17,1.6,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: --F-E-F--H, -I--E, -A-A-E, P--A--D Individual Letters: C N W I M R Y S I R F U P C L P",No hint available.,"PUFFERFISH, WINCE, PALACE, PYRAMID",Language,06/26/14 #11317,Rock the Chart,2.3,2.17,Gizzer,"Swap one word from Group A with one word in Group B such that the two groups have a similar, though different, property. Which two words must be swapped and what is the property? A: rock, walk, fish, phase, shot B: chart, fruit, crossed, landing, chamber",No hint available.,"Fish and landing must be swapped. Phrases can then be formed from Group A words when preceded by the word MOON: moon rock, moon walk, moon phase, moon shot and moon landing. Group B words become phrases when preceded by the word STAR: star chart, star fruit, star crossed, star chamber and starfish.",Language,03/20/03 #1203,YYURYYUBICURYY4ME,2.7600000000000002,1.87,Riss,"Translate this: YYURYYUBICURYY4ME",No hint available.,"Too wise you are, too wise you be; I see you are too wise for me.",Language,10/25/01 #18693,No Medal,2.67,1.97,AXTON,Which Olympic champions do not receive medals?,No hint available.,"Horses. The horses in the equestrian events who win are considered Olympic Champions, yet only their rider receives a medallion.",Trick,08/29/04 #29173,He-Boy Girl-Dislikers Club #1,2.72,1.48,PineappleMama,"The He-Boy Girl-Dislikers Club is very strict about security. They don't want to risk their tree-house being contaminated by cooties, cosmetics or any other girl-borne plague. Each week they change their secret password to prevent infiltration. Decipher the clues to determine what this week's code is. what cartoonists do all day + ing + first letter of alphabet + most versatile tile in Scrabble",You don't really need a hint do you?!,"Drawing a blank draw + ing + a + blank ""We are He-Boy Girl-Dislikers....we'll grow up to be big bikers""",Other,03/19/06 #9628,4 = C of the H,2.56,2.28,hprulz,4 = C of the H,No hint available.,4 = Chambers of the Heart,Letter-Equations,01/05/03 #16199,Detach and Dispense,2.42,2.33,snaps,"The following list contains 10 four-letter words. Two of these words can be detached into individual letters which can be added at the start of the remaining words to form 8 five-letter words. Which two words must be split and what are the 8 five-letter words? AIRS, EELS, EATS, HOSE, LIPS, LIVE, OARS, RAMP, RISE, RODE",No hint available.,"The two words that must be split up are HOSE and RAMP. The 8 words formed are: HEELS OLIVE SLIPS ERODE ROARS ARISE MEATS PAIRS",Language,01/16/04 #9054,Can I Get A Reaction?,2.7,2.02,MrIxolite,"What is this expression? BeEsEcHaOpMeES",Allergic?,"Breaking Out In Hives (BEE HOMES , escape)",Rebus,12/10/02 #37630,Fruit of Plum Tree,2.33,2.0,Dishhead5,"Can you solve this riddle which leads to a cultivated fruit of the plum tree? My first is in a boulder but not in a stone; My second is the second of the last; My third is in a mug but not in a cup; My fourth starts and ends strings; My fifth is the second of fourth; My sixth is the third of your findings; My first half blocks waters; If I'm not a daughter, what am I?",Look at the title...,"Damson - a fruit in a plum tree. First - Boulder and stone: D is found in boulder and not in stone. Second of the word lAst is A. Third - like the first one you can have M. Fourth - StringS S starts and ends the word. Fifth - Second of fourth is O. Sixth - Third of findings is N. First half is a DAM. Last half (guess this) is a SON if you're not a daughter. Though you had to guess a few, but it spells DAMSON!",Riddle,08/02/07 #49987,Chain Letters 5,2.0,3.0,cnmne,"The following two 4x4 grids each contain a 12-letter word. Each word is formed by a chain of letters. A word can begin with any of the letters. The second letter of a word is adjacent (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) to the first letter, the third letter is adjacent to the second, and so on. No letter can be used more than once. Four letters in each grid will be unused. HCEA JATN SNOK EUER GTAD EOIN GSII CREM",The first letter of the first word is in the FIRST row. The first letter of the second word is in the FIRST row.,The words are CANTANKEROUS and DISCRIMINATE.,Language,11/02/13 #29506,Question Mark's Function Machine,2.5100000000000002,2.84,Question_Mark,"Question Mark is very proud with himself. He has just designed his very own function machine. When a number goes into this machine, a different number comes out. A basic formula is used to determine what comes out. If: 3 -> 90 4 -> 272 5 -> 650 6 -> 1332 7 -> 2450 What will come out if 10 goes in?",No hint available.,"10100. The formula is n^4 + n^2. In other words: 3^4 (81) + 3^2 (9) = 90 4^4 (256) + 4^2 (16) = 272 5^4 (625) + 5^2 (25) = 650 6^4 (1296) + 6^2 (36) = 1332 7^4 (2401) + 7^2 (49) = 2450 And therefore: 10^4 (10000) + 10^2 (100) = 10100",Math,04/03/06 #19461,Kitchen Cups,2.34,1.12,kagome,All you have in the kitchen are 2 containers. The smaller holds 3 cups and the larger holds 5 cups. How can you use these two containers to measure exactly 1 cup of water?,No hint available.,Fill the 3 cup container with water. Pour it into the 5 cup container. Then repeat until the 5 cup container is full and you will have 1 cup of water left in the 3 cup container.,Logic,11/22/04 #32162,Skippy?,2.57,2.74,jazzmusician46,"I am unfair, informal and biased; I am a sham and completely unauthorised. My history can be traced to the 19th century; But I can be very relevant today. Part of my name comes from legal maxims and common law; Whilst another is derived from judges hopping from place to place. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Kangaroo Court A kangaroo court or kangaroo trial is a deceptive legal proceeding or court. It may be a court that has had its integrity compromised; for example, if the judge is not impartial. It may also be an elaborately scripted event intended to appear fair while having the outcome predetermined from the start. The phrase seems to have originated during the California Gold Rush from the notion of proceeding 'by leaps' like the Kangaroo.",Riddle,07/30/06 #3521,In a Wooden Case,2.5,1.9000000000000001,comet16,"I am taken from a mine; And locked up in a wooden case never to be released; Yet I'm used by almost everyone",No hint available.,Pencil Lead,Riddle,04/15/02 #33604,It's As Easy As 16 Fingers,2.29,2.54,calmsavior,"10, 171, 2748, ?, 703710, 11259375 What number should replace the question mark and complete this series?",What does the title mean? There are two important elements of information in it.,"43981. Convert all the numbers into hexadecimal form (i.e. 16 fingers), and the numbers become A, AB, ABC, etc. (i.e. It's as easy as...).",Series,10/22/06 #34326,America's Playground,2.54,2.27,calmsavior,"What is the last member of this series? Vermont, Connecticut, Virginia, Tennessee, New York, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina, ?","America's Playground is a nickname for Atlantic City, New Jersey.","Pennsylvania completes the series. The series consists of the U.S. states that are also avenues on a standard American Monopoly board. The order of the states is determined by play order around the board, starting at Go. The hint is referring to the fact that all the properties on a Monopoly board are based upon real areas in Atlantic City.",Series,12/09/06 #8417,Albatross,2.45,2.27,im_para_noid,"What is the next word in the following series? albatross, lion, insect, elephant, noodle, seagull, walrus, allosaurus, newt, tiger, yak, ostrich, ?? Choose from: duck, moose, egret, or urchin",Close encounters of the paranoid kind.,"Urchin. The first letter of each word spells out a sentence: ""Aliens want you.""",Series,11/07/02 #43244,The Number,2.07,1.17,EmeraldragoN,"I am 1, but not 2. I am 3, but not 4. Whenever I am dancing, one will be on the sidelines. I like to play leap frog on a number line. What am I?",No hint available.,An odd number,Riddle,10/03/08 #28217,Opposites 6,2.58,2.12,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. : stands for W, E, I, G, or H < stands for G, A, C, I, or P > stands for I, Y, R, P, or S [ stands for F, S, E, D, or J ] stands for E, L, J, I, or T $ stands for N, M, F, R, or U The six letter code word, [<$:]>, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Safety and Danger.,Logic,01/23/06 #2212,Doughnut Hole,2.52,1.65,Cascas,"If a solid piece of iron shaped as a doughnut was placed under extreme heat, what would the hole in the middle do?",No hint available.,It would grow larger.,Science,01/30/02 #12757,20 = Q in a R,2.23,2.5100000000000002,MrIxolite,20 = Q in a R,Photocopier has run out again!,20 = Quires in a Ream (Paper Quantities),Letter-Equations,05/28/03 #20801,Happy Birthday to You...,2.12,0.6000000000000001,ixilight_raven,"Sally wanted to know the birthday of four of her friends: DJ, Ali, Sean, Amy. They wouldn't tell her directly, but they each gave her one clue: 1. DJ's Birthday is on an odd numbered day. 2. Ali's Birthday is on the 6th 3. Sean's Birthday is in April. 4. Both Amy and DJ have birthdays like 12/12 (December 12th) Can you help Sally?",No hint available.,"Ali: February 6th Sean: April 9th DJ: July 7th Amy: October 10th",Logic-Grid,02/02/05 #14796,Alien Ambassadors,2.23,2.87,MerconiumMax,"The boffins from NASA have received and decoded a digital message from the Galactic Council, informing them that four alien ambassadors from the solar system are due to visit Earth in the next 24 hours. The aliens are Agurgle from Uranus, Wym-Inar from Venus, ChimChim from Pluto and Mr. Arthur Johnson from Saturn. 24 hours later, they receive a mystery message saying that if any alien comes off the ship that is green, tentacled and slimy, then they are actually an undercover assassin from Neptune. By then, however, the aliens have all landed and are in adjacent decontamination booths, waiting to be let in to NASA Headquarters. One alien turns out to be green, tentacled and slimy! From the clues below, who is the Neptunian Assassin? 1) Wym-Inar from Venus is the only ambassador in a booth next to exactly one tentacled alien. 2). Two of the ambassadors who are not green, are each in booths next to Agurgle from Uranus. 3) ChimChim from Pluto is the only ambassador not in a booth next to exactly one Un-slimy alien. Who do the NASA boffins not let out of the booth?",Don't get too confused with the Un-slimy bit.,"ChimChim from Pluto is green, tentacled and slimy and so, is the Assassin. Looking at clue 2 we know that both the ambassadors standing next to Agurgle from Uranus are not green. Also, from the body of the teaser, we also know only one alien is green, tentacled and slimy. So there are two deductions to be made: (Note the key is - Alien (Green, Tentacled, Un-Slimey). Where ""Y"" stands for Yes and ""N"" stands for No. ""?"" denotes unknown, and each set of braces[] indicates a booth) Either Deduction A [ N, ?, ?] [Agurgle from Uranus Y, Y, N] [ N, ?, ?] [ ?, ?, ?] Or Deduction B [N, ?, ?] [Agurgle from Uranus ?, ?, ?][ N, ?, ?] [Y, Y, N] You can see that either Agurgle from Uranus or the alien at the extreme right hand booth is green, tentacled and slimy. Now taking clue 3, you can work out that ChimChim from Pluto's booth is next to a slimy alien AND each of the other aliens' booths are next to precisely one slimy alien. So, based on the first set of deductions, you can infer the following. Deduction A (ii): [ChimChim from Pluto N, ?, N] [Agurgle from Uranus Y, Y, N] [N, ?, Y] [?, ?, Y] Or Deduction B (ii): [N, ?, Y] [Agurgle from Uranus ?, ?, Y][ N, ?, N] [ChimChim from Pluto Y, Y, N] You can then use clue 1 to eliminate one of these deductions: Wym-Inar from Venus is the only alien in a booth next to exactly one tentacled alien. But in Deduction A(ii), ChimChim from Pluto's booth is next to exactly one tentacled alien. Therefore, Deduction A (ii) is not possible and Deduction B (ii) is the correct one. Deduction B (ii): [N, ?, Y] [Agurgle from Uranus ?, ?, Y][ N, ?, N] [ChimChim from Pluto Y, Y, N] So, looking again at clues 2 and 3, there are a further 2 possible deductions to be made. Deduction A (iii) [Mr. Arthur Johnson from Saturn N, N, Y] [Agurgle from Uranus] [?, N, Y] [Wym-Inar from Venus N, N, N][ChimChim from Pluto Y, Y, N] Deduction B (iii) [Wym-Inar from Venus N, N, Y][Agurgle from Uranus ?, Y, Y][Mr. Arthur Johnson from Saturn N, N, N][ChimChim from Pluto Y, Y, N] So, ChimChim from Pluto is green, tentacled and slimy, and is therefore our Neptunian Assassin.",Logic,09/16/03 #36316,Today in the News...,1.98,2.87,tintiniscool,T = B R,No hint available.,"Tintin = Boy Reporter Tintin is the main character is the comic book series, ""The Adventures of Tintin"". These books are translated into more than 50 different languages!",Letter-Equations,04/19/07 #6067,"George, Gilbert, Geoffrey, Gerald",1.59,2.0,michelle,"What is this common phrase? George Gilbert Geoffrey Gerald",No hint available.,G-men,Rebus,07/30/02 #37680,Incomplete Words I,2.67,0.96,tedger,"Below are ten words each missing the same three letter combination. Can you figure out what those three letters are? _ _ _ est T_ _ _ed _ _ _enious Exaggerat _ _ _ Porr_ _ _er Spr_ _ _board F_ _ _er Mock_ _ _bird Swimm_ _ _ly _ _ _o_ _ _",No hint available.,"The letters are ING: Ingest Tinged Ingenious Exaggerating Porringer Springboard Finger Mockingbird Swimmingly Ingoing",Language,08/07/07 #9024,Drink and Die,2.68,0.98,tritium,"You are a prisoner in a dungeon, with a torturer who likes to gamble. One day, he brings you two glasses of transparent liquids. He tells you one is water and the other is poison, which if completely drunk will kill you. He then forces you into an empty cell. You have 5 minutes to drain one glass, and leave the other full. What do you do? (You must drink one full glass.)",No hint available.,"You drink half of one and half of another, knowing that half a glass of poison cannot kill you (only a full glass can according to the problem). Then pour the remainder of one glass into the other, and it will seem like you have a full glass of only one type of liquid.",Other,12/09/02 #330,"1,5,2,6,3,8,4,9.....",2.11,2.3,hydroman,"1,5,2,6,3,8,4,9..... What are the next four numbers in this sequence?",No hint available.,"5,12,6,13 notice interspersing sets - 1--2--3--4.. 5--6--(increase by one) and then 5--6--8--9--..12--13 (increase by one, then by two, then by one, then by three, then by one...)",Series,03/05/01 #14731,Roaring With Laughter,2.37,2.5,geniusboy,"Can you make another sentence with a similar, though opposite, meaning of the one below by rearranging the words? When large humans scare tiny animals, they are such beasts that they let loose a roar.",No hint available.,"By rearranging, you can obtain the sentence: Beasts are such large animals that when they let loose a tiny roar they scare humans.",Language,09/10/03 #31410,Lunch at the Movies,2.73,1.15,ava199345,"Four brothers and sisters decided to go to the movies with their mother. Before the movie started, they bought some lunch and snacks for the movie. They quickly told their mother what they wanted and ran off to meet some friends. Their mother was so frazzled, she completely forgot what child ordered what. They each wanted a pop, candy, and a lunch item. Can you help her with the order? Children- Mikey, Bernard, Aleda, Asia Pop- Sprite, Coke, Pepsi, Root Beer Candy- Skittles, M&Ms, Starbursts, Snickers Lunch- chicken, hot dog, hamburger, fries 1) Asia hates Snickers, chicken, and Starbursts. 2) The person who ordered Root Beer also got a hot dog. 3) Neither of the girls got fries. 4) The boys hate Pepsi and Root Beer. 5) Aleda loves Snickers as much as Bernard loves chicken. 6) Mikey is a vegetarian. 7) Bernard ordered Sprite. 8) The boy who ordered Coke also got Starbursts. 9) A girl ordered Skittles. 10) Asia did not order a hot dog.",No hint available.,"Mikey- Coke, Starbursts, fries Aleda- Root Beer, Snickers, hot dog Bernard- Sprite, M&Ms, chicken Asia- Pepsi, Skittles, hamburger",Logic-Grid,06/28/06 #2340,Flipping Pages,2.52,2.06,ChuckieChen,"Yesterday I went through a book, which I had already read, in a peculiar manner. After I had finished a page, I flipped to the next page, then rotated the book 180 degrees. After that page, I rotated it 180 degrees and then flipped through the next page, rotated the book 180 degrees again, and continued in this fashion until I was done with the whole book. What was I doing?",No hint available.,I was photocopying the book.,Logic,02/16/02 #13854,Creating a Newspaper,2.19,1.91,Lemens,"The newspaper has 4 different pages of the classifieds, 2 different pages of sports, 7 different pages of entertainment, 5 different pages of business, and 30 different pages of the front news section. How many different ways can be used to create a ""miniature sample"" of the paper by having the sample consist of 1 page from each section?",Use the Fundamental Counting Principle to solve.,"4x2x7x5x30 = 8400 Therefore, there are 8400 different ways to create the ""miniature sample"" of the paper.",Math,07/16/03 #17107,Six Friends,2.39,1.61,FrostedTangerine,"I'm never lonely because I have 6 friends who I can count on, and they are always by my side. If it weren't for them I would not be as useful at math or as good at games as I am now. What am I?",Think of something that you would use in a board game.,"A die cube. It has 6 sides and it's friends are the 6 numbers on each side. It can always COUNT on them because you can count numbers. Also, the die is always useful in board games.",Riddle,03/21/04 #24983,Letters 6-5-2 Spell out a Drink,3.12,1.4,Muzozavr,"1-2-3-4-5-6 I am a 6 letter word. Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink. Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit. Letters 1-2-6 spell out a pet. Letters 3-2-6 spell out a pest, which often gets eaten by 1-2-6. What am I?",No hint available.,"CARPET. 6-5-2: tea 4-5-2-3: pear 1-2-6: cat 3-2-6: rat",Riddle,07/31/05 #35716,An Old Show,2.27,0.42,air_up_there_jr,"BetterBetterBetterBetter or WorseWorseWorseWorse",No hint available.,For Better or For Worse,Rebus,03/16/07 #1482,7 Letter Replacement,2.91,2.82,rsoles2u2,"The ******* doctor said ""I think ******* Seaman Jones will have to wait as I am ******* to do the operation as there is *******."" Exchange the stars with the same seven letters in the same order in each case.",You can place spaces between any of the stars.,"The notable doctor said ""I think not, Able Seaman Jones will have to wait as I am not able to do the operation as there is no table.""",Language,11/21/01 #2223,Switch My Button,1.5,0.68,RoseJ0,"You switch on my button, I sing for you. You decide my volume, You decide my song. What am I?",No hint available.,A CD player,Riddle,02/01/02 #26855,I Wear the Face,2.94,2.01,ccccc,"I wear the face of a leader of men. My financial worth is small and my appearance not impressive, yet my presence is a passport to any country and society. I have the entree alike to the boudoir and the armed; I penetrate to royal palaces and to the far corners of the earth. In my youth I am bright and fresh looking; later, my face is marred and disfigured and I am cast aside as nothing; but when I am very old I am eagerly sought, and a safe refuge is provided for me, where I am exhibited to admiring visitors. What am I?",No hint available.,A Postage Stamp,Riddle,11/11/05 #4408,Touch But Can't See,2.5,1.8900000000000001,LungTungBeng,"What is solid and not translucent which you can touch with your finger but you can't see it in broad daylight, even through a mirror?","If you're smart enough, you already saw it!","The mirror. Or to be accurate the mirror surface. You don't see it but rather ""see"" the things reflected by it.",Science,06/04/02 #37749,Good Business,2.34,1.99,Blademaster,"Try to solve this rebus: Bussssssiness",It's something you hope for in business.,"Success in business! (6s in business)",Rebus,08/12/07 #24209,Anagram Game (Version: EASY),2.62,0.58,weirdness_-_-,"This is a simple anagram game. I'll give you a description of a word, and an anagram of the word. Can you guess the word? Ex.: This anagram of ""sore"" is something you might find in a garden. Answer: rose 1. This anagram of ""save"" is something that might contain tulips. 2. Leopards and Dalmatians both have this anagram of ""post"". 3. You may be this anagram of ""ads"" if you did something wrong. 4. Use this anagram of ""pore"" to pull something heavy. 5. This anagram of ""ate"" goes well with cookies.",No hint available.,"1. vase 2. spot 3. sad 4. rope 5. tea",Language,07/02/05 #10833,Madadian Subway,2.1,2.02,mad-ade,"Madadia is served by 6 subway lines - A, E, I, O, U and Z. When it snows, morning service on line E is delayed. When it rains or snows, service on the lines A, U and Z is delayed both morning and afternoon. When the temperature drops below 20 C, afternoon service is cancelled on either line A or line O, but not both. When the temperature rises above 40 C, afternoon service is cancelled on either line I or line Z, but not both. When service on line A is delayed or cancelled, service on line I is also delayed. When service on line Z is delayed or cancelled, service on line E is also delayed. On February 10, it snows all day with the temperature at 18C. On how many lines service will be delayed or cancelled, including both morning and afternoon?",No hint available.,"The service will be delayed or cancelled on 5 lines - A, E, I, U and Z except line O. Go through each statement and cross the subway line with delayed or cancelled service. It is given that it snows all day with the temperature at 18C. From (1), line E is delayed. From (2), line A, U and Z are delayed. From (3), either line A or line O is cancelled. From (5), line I is delayed because of line A delay. From (6), line E is delayed because of line Z delay. As service on line A is delayed, service on line O can not be. Hence, service will be delayed or cancelled on 5 lines - A, E, I, U and Z except line O.",Logic,03/02/03 #20676,Things In Common,2.5100000000000002,2.13,knbrain,"Which one of the following actions does not fit with the others? 1. Open the windows. 2. Start painting. 3. Write in your notepad. 4. Open your oven. 5. Sweep your floor.",No hint available.,"Number 4 doesn't fit. All the rest have to do with Microsoft applications. 1. Windows 2. Paint 3. Notepad 4. ??? 5. Minesweeper",Other,01/28/05 #7500,Baseball team,2.37,2.38,ossa,"Andy dislikes the catcher. Ed's sister is engaged to the second baseman. The center fielder is taller than the right fielder. Harry and the third baseman live in the same building. Paul and Allen each won $20 from the pitcher at pinochle. Ed and the outfielders play poker during their free time. The pitcher's wife is the third baseman's sister. The pitcher, catcher, and infielders except Allen, Harry, and Andy, are shorter than Sam. Paul, Andy, and the shortstop lost $50 each at the racetrack. Paul, Harry, Bill, and the catcher took a trouncing from the second baseman at pool. Sam is involved in a divorce suit. The catcher and the third baseman each have two children. Ed, Paul, Jerry, the right fielder, and the center fielder are bachelors. The others are married. The shortstop, the third baseman, and Bill each cleaned up $100 betting on the fight. One of the outfielders is either Mike or Andy. Jerry is taller than Bill. Mike is shorter than Bill. Each of them is heavier than the third baseman. Using these facts, determine the names of the men playing the various positions on the baseball team.",No hint available.,"Harry is the pitcher, Allen the catcher, Paul the first baseman, Jerry the second baseman, Andy the third baseman, Ed the shortstop, Sam the left fielder, Mike the right fielder, and Bill the center fielder.",Logic,09/17/02 #38762,IRON59,2.78,1.97,littlestud,A mathematician and a chemist had a baby. They named their baby IRON59. What would the baby's name be if translated into terms used in the parents' professions?,No hint available.,"Felix, because IRON in chemistry is FE and 59 in Roman numerals is LIX.",Trivia,10/14/07 #12554,Empty Pet Store,2.45,1.18,NEWF,"Last week seven gerbils, four budgies, three iguanas, a parrot and five goldfish escaped from the pet store. On each of the two following days, half of the loose pets were recaptured. How many animals were still free at the end of the second day?",No hint available.,"Five animals were still free at the end of the second day. Twenty animals escaped. On the first day ten were captured. On the second day half of these (five) were captured, leaving five free.",Math,05/22/03 #3085,ESROH,2.16,1.06,Veener325,"What does this mean? ESROH",No hint available.,horseback,Rebus,04/01/02 #625,Fund Raising Auction,2.5,1.86,lunadraconis,"""We're having a fund raising auction. Is there anything worth buying?"" Ms. Truth asked. Troy looked down his list. ""Most items are overpriced or not worth buying. The items to buy would be a wig that King Henry wore, a letter from the Duke of Walishington to Queen Elizabeth I and an old English letter written by King George II."" Ms. Truth looked disgustedly at Troy and told him he was a fraud. How did she know?",Numbers and language. Do you know your history?,"King George II lived in France. He didn't know English. Queen Elizabeth I didn`t exist when the letter was written. The Queen's name was Queen Elizabeth, because there hadn't been another Queen Elizabeth before her. The wig may have been real, but Ms. Truth no longer believed him.",Trivia,06/18/01 #49094,Delete a Letter 2,2.8,2.35,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) any of the display rooms of a museum (7 letters) & (delete 6th letter) a ship's kitchen 2) a small rodent (5 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) to meditate 3) powdery (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) an action related to one's occupation 4) to clear someone of blame (9 letters) & (delete 1st letter) to direct attention toward something",No hint available.,"1) gallery & galley 2) mouse & muse 3) dusty & duty 4) vindicate & indicate",Language,10/18/11 #49947,The Battle,2.94,0.86,fishmed,"Eight in a row, with nowhere to go, except for the two who can jump straight through. Eight out in front, not one a runt. Across the range, to make a change. By foot or by horse, they stay the course. Til the victory is won, And the battle is done. What does this represent?",Think games,"A chess match The first stanza is about the 8 pieces in the back row who can't move because of the pawns in front of them, except for the knights who can 'jump right through'. The second stanza refers to the pawns, not one a runt, as they are all the same size. And the second part refers to them moving across the board to change into another piece on the far side. The last stanza refers to movement by regular, 'foot soldiers', or by the 'horse', knight pieces and that the game continues until one side wins.",Riddle,09/17/13 #16864,Plastic = 1.2kg,2.44,1.86,snaps,"What is being represented below? Plastic = 1.2kg Glass = 1.6kg Rubber = 1.3kg Iron = 235kg",No hint available.,"Heavy metal. Iron, being a metal, is the heavy one in the group of things listed.",Rebus,03/06/04 #29302,Burning Question,2.88,2.59,zonaracer,How can paper burn without any damage?,Try to rub out the problem.,"Soak the paper in 50% isopropyl alcohol. Then, the alcohol burns and the paper does not. Alcohol molecules do not bond as tightly, so the alcohol burns at a lower temperature than the paper. You can add NaCl (sodium chloride or common table salt) so it will burn with a yellow flame, and make the flame more visible. Kids: If you try this, have a parent or guardian to help!",Science,03/24/06 #51620,Missing Word 36,3.16,1.8900000000000001,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. The letters may not be adjacent, but they are in order. Can you figure it out? _ _ S _ _ H _ M _ _ O _ _ LE _ R _ M _ LE",_ ORR _ _ T,"CUP. CUSP CHUMP COUPLE CRUMPLE Hint: CORRUPT",Language,12/13/17 #2800,Funky Relations,2.3,1.11,lil_thugsta,Someone at a party introduces you to your mother's only sister's husband's sister in law. He has no brothers. What do you call this lady?,No hint available.,"Mother, or Mom, or whatever you call your maternal relative.",Logic,03/22/02 #3842,En | ob,2.68,1.84,arij,"Can you decipher this? En | ob",No hint available.,Broken Back Bone,Rebus,05/01/02 #6431,Reptile House,2.62,1.98,NuttyPrince,"At a recent visit to the reptile house at the local zoo, I counted a total of 27 heads and 70 feet. I was counting snakes, lizards, and people. I know that there were exactly twice as many lizards as people. How many snakes did I count?",No hint available.,"6 snakes, 7 people, and 14 lizards.",Math,08/10/02 #3884,Red Stones,2.32,2.41,librashorty,"On the way to the treasure halls of Mount Tangbit, Duraz and his faithful hound Lur must cross a river of boiling mud. There are numbered stepping stones in the river, but the guardians of the treasure have put up a warning sign: Traveler, beware! Follow the number pattern of the red stones or you will sink! Duraz can see that the first three stones are painted red and numbered 8, 16, and 31, but the rest of the stones are unpainted! They are scattered through the mud and have these numbers: 7, 17, 35, 48, 60, 61, 64, 93, 117, 120, 128, 197, 230, 234, 310, 320, 338, 410, 455, 560, 640, 661, 667, 751, 794, 800, 904, 960 To cross the river, Duraz and Lur must step on five more stones after the first three. But first, Duraz must figure out the number pattern. Which numbers should Duraz and Lur step on?",No hint available.,"Duraz and Lur must step on stones 8, 16, 31, 60, 117, 230, 455, and 904 to safely cross the river. The pattern: Each number (after the first) is twice the previous number minus another number that increases in succession from 0 to 6. 8 16 = (8 x 2) - 0 31 = (16 x 2) - 1 60 = (31 x 2) - 2 117 = (60 x 2) - 3 230 = (117 x 2) - 4 455 = (230 x 2) - 5 904 = (455 x 2) - 6",Series,05/04/02 #24440,Shut Out the Lights,2.32,1.53,hot26,"Sometimes people pull me apart, But sometimes people pull me together, Either way it has no emotional change for me, They come and go like there was nothing to see.",No hint available.,Curtains,Riddle,07/11/05 #37188,Add a Letter 8,2.78,2.33,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). 1) capable of being bought & capable of being forgiven 2) the mallet of an auctioneer & pebbles larger than a grain of sand 3) secret & transform 4) to set afire & a type of coal",No hint available.,"1) venal & venial 2) gavel & gravel 3) covert & convert 4) ignite & lignite",Language,07/02/07 #29523,Word Fusion 9,2.73,2.55,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is a 2000 pound board. 2) This is a wave that excels at what it does. 3) This is the result of a thick dark sticky liquid distilled from organic material being exposed to the sun. 4) This is an infected yellowish white fluid matter located on a mechanical linkage that transforms rotary motion into linear motion.",No hint available.,"1) plank + ton = plankton 2) surf + ace = surface 3) tar + tan = tartan 4) cam + pus = campus",Language,04/04/06 #43996,A Bunch of Animals,2.74,1.58,Zag24,"Start with a group, a number, a bunch of animals who like to stand still and munch. Instructions I'll give: a new word to create, which sounds like the first, for that is its fate. Just stick one more letter right in the middle. Have you listened? I have completed my riddle.",The question in the last line is NOT just filler.,HERD and HEARD,Riddle,01/25/09 #24879,Shoe Shopping,2.94,2.64,ragsdaleam,"Five girlfriends were discussing shoes. They discovered that of 5 shoe types, each girl had a different favorite to wear, favorite to buy, and least favorite. Use the clues and the grid to determine each girl's full name, favorite type of shoe to wear, favorite type of shoe to buy, and least favorite type of shoe. For each girl, the shoes she liked to wear, liked to buy, and liked least were always 3 different shoe types. (On grid, W=to wear, B=to buy, L=least) 1. Miss Greene, who didn't like to buy slingbacks, liked sneakers the least. Kristen, whose last name isn't Best, didn't like to buy mules. 2. Miss Sample liked to wear slingbacks, but the girl who liked to wear mules liked slingbacks least, and the one who loved buying slingbacks liked flip flops the least. 3. Tina, whose last name isn't Sample, loved to wear sneakers. Kristen didn't like to buy pumps. 4. The girl who liked to buy mules liked pumps the least. Allie's last name wasn't Mason. Miss Best liked to buy flip flops. 5. The five girlfriends are represented by: Suzie, the one who liked to buy sneakers, Miss Dean, Kristen, and the one who loved to wear mules. 6. Jen Sample liked mules the least. Suzie Greene didn't like to wear slingbacks.",No girl had the same shoe type for any category.,"Allie Best liked to wear mules, liked to buy flip flops, and liked slingbacks the least. Jen Sample liked to wear slingbacks, liked to buy sneakers, and liked mules the least. Kristen Mason liked to wear pumps, liked to buy slingbacks, and liked flip flops the least. Suzie Greene liked to wear flip flops, liked to buy pumps, and liked sneakers the least. Tina Dean liked to wear sneakers, liked to buy mules, and liked pumps the least.",Logic-Grid,07/26/05 #18621,The Sweaty Chef's Kebab Machine.,2.26,1.92,mad-ade,"In the ""Sweaty Chef Kebab shop"" there are many workers, full time and part time. Two of those workers are Bea O'Problem and Jaqueline Hyde. One day they were asked to clean out the well-used and grease-encrusted Kebab machine. It would take Bea an hour to do the job on her own, but it would only take Jaqueline 45 minutes. If they worked together for the first 12 minutes, then Bea left to do something else (like scrape salad off the pavement outside the shop), how long would it take Jaqueline to finish the job on her own?",No hint available.,"Bea takes 60 mins to do a job Jaqueline takes 45 mins to do a job (both given) In 12 mins, Bea does 12/60 = 1/5 = 3/15ths of the job In 12 mins, Jaqueline does 12/45 = 4/15ths of the job Thus in 12 mins 7/15ths of the job has been done, and thus there is 1-7/15 = 8/15ths left to do So on her own, to complete 8/15ths of a job that would take her 8/15 x 45 = 24 mins So it would take Jaqueline 24 mins to complete the rest of the job on her own",Math,08/29/04 #30647,Carrots and Steak,2.52,3.0,lexymo,"The first two letters and the last two letters have been removed from each of the following words. Discover what the words are, and then decide which word does not belong on the list. PALOO YDESDA IMARAN DENBU PPIZZ ZEWALS",Don't forget the title...,"The list is as follows: apPALOOsa clYDESDAle weIMARANer olDENBUrg liPPIZZan prZEWALSki The word that does not belong on the list is: weIMARANer Why? The Weimaraner is a breed of dog, all the other words are breeds of horses.",Language,05/23/06 #24618,Sudoku (Mini),2.67,1.84,Question_Mark,"With the numbers given, you must replace every ""~"" with a number (between 1 to 6 and including 1 and 6). Your final outcome should have one of each number in every row, column and box. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | 3 1 ~ |~ 5 4 | | 5 ~ ~ |~ ~ ~| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | 6 2 ~| 3 ~ ~| | ~ ~ 4| ~ ~ ~| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | ~ ~ ~| ~ ~5 | | 4 5 ~| ~ 1 2 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | 3 1 6 |2 5 4 | | 5 4 2 |1 6 3 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | 6 2 5| 3 4 1| | 1 3 4| 5 2 6| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | 2 6 1| 4 3 5 | | 4 5 3| 6 1 2 | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",Logic,07/17/05 #26982,Triangle From a Ruler,2.45,2.79,phrebh,"Fred had a ruler that was exactly 12 inches long. His second cousin, Pop, was practicing with her Samurai sword and made two straight slashes at arbitrary spots on the ruler, cutting it into three pieces. What is the probability that the pieces of Fred's ruler can form a triangle?",Graphing it is easiest.,"To find the answer, we will use two random variables, a and b, on a common graph with rectangular axes. Both variables are uniformly distributed between 0 and 12, so we have a probability square which each side equal to 12. We will find regions on the square that lead to three lengths that can form a triangle. Let us suppose that the two cuts are made at some lengths a and b from one end. If b > a, then the three lengths will be a, b-a, and 12-b. In order to create a triangle, any two of these lengths needs to be greater than the third. So, a + b-a > 12-b or b > 6 b-a + 12-b > a or a < 6 a + 12-b > b-a or b < a+6 When we plot these on our graph, we get a triangle with points at (6,6), (0,6), and (6,12). The triangle formed has an area of 1/8th of the square. If we then consider the case of a > b, then we get a similar triangular region reflected over the x=y diagonal of our graph. That triangle also has an area of 1/8th of the square. Therefore the total area of our two regions is given by 1/8 + 1/8 = 1/4 and so the probability of Pop having created pieces capable of making a triangle is 25%. The calculation of the probability that Fred lost a finger or two is left up to the reader.",Probability,11/17/05 #44095,Slice & Splice 27,1.9000000000000001,2.03,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: ASK, CUE, CUT, ERE, LET, TAP Group B: **A***, S*****, K*****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are needed for tea time. TEACUP, SAUCER, KETTLE",Language,02/13/09 #14157,Entry Tariff,2.72,1.67,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Entry tariff: Adults - £1.50 Children - £0.75 Senior Citizens - £1.00 Burglary - Free",No hint available.,Crime does not pay.,Rebus,08/05/03 #44820,J G = S A P to be A,1.8800000000000001,1.93,TechA,J G = S A P to be A,No hint available.,James Garfield = Second American President to be Assassinated,Letter-Equations,07/09/09 #10201,Passing the Time,2.74,1.24,jizzyhuggs,"My first is in blue, but not in glue, My second in old, but not in new. My third in look, but not in see, My last in ask, but not in plea. My whole has leaves but not a flower, I'll help you pass an idle hour. What am I?",No hint available.,A book.,Riddle,02/02/03 #37306,Southern Pride,2.21,2.01,HeartBreakKid1,R E L = G of C F,Former Union Officer turned Confederate. Won many battles. Loved by many in the South.,Robert E. Lee = General of Confederate Forces,Letter-Equations,07/10/07 #41796,Actors #3,2.5100000000000002,2.2,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the last name of a famous actor within each sentence. Each missing word has the SOUND of an actor's name. You must find a famous actor's last name that sounds like familiar words to complete these sentences so they make sense. Example: "" ______ of dandruff fell on his shirt collar."" Answer: AFFLECK of dandruff fell on his shirt collar."" (A Fleck) 1. He claims he was raised in a tiny ______ the middle of the jungle. 2. They ______ than one hundred feet down before they struck oil. 3. Travelling ______ be easier on motorists at twilight compared with going the other way. 4. Some people seem to be a little too ______ little too long when meeting strangers.",No hint available.,"1. Hutton (hut in) 2. Douglas (dug less) 3. Eastwood (east would) 4. Fonda (fond a)",Language,05/04/08 #651,Half of Five,2.03,2.0,vikass,"If half of 5 is 3; then how much is one-third of 10?",No hint available.,"Answer: 4 If half of five is 3, then 5 is not actually five; it represents 6. If 5 represents six, then 10 would in fact represent 12.",Logic,06/27/01 #6554,YPPAH,2.61,1.98,kiwioz9,"Can you decipher this well known phrase: YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH YPPAH",No hint available.,Many happy returns!,Rebus,08/15/02 #32807,One Word Continued...,2.5,1.6300000000000001,Princeford93,"What one word can be used to describe the following phrases? to climb something a land mass that projects well above its surroundings, higher than a hill a piece of metal that holds a gem in place",No hint available.,mount,Language,09/02/06 #27399,A Cat Watches a Side,2.32,1.36,lips,"Why does a cat, upon entering a room, first watch one side, and then watch the opposite side?",No hint available.,Because it cannot watch both sides simultaneously.,Trick,12/11/05 #13953,Time of Arrival,2.66,2.72,mathemagician,"Adam, Ben, Carl, and David all left this morning for vacation. All left in separate cars, headed for the same destination. Adam leaves first, followed by Ben, then Carl, and finally David. Adam leaves home at 4:31 and arrives at 8:12; Ben leaves at 5:22 and arrives at 9:20; and Carl leaves at 6:13 and arrives at 10:18. If David leaves home at 7:41 and his time of arrival follows the same pattern as each of his friends, what time did he arrive at the vacation spot?","Adam departed at 4:31 . 4+ 3+ 1 = 8 ; 4x3x1 = 12","12:28 He left home at 7:41 . 7+4+1 = 12 ; 7x4x1 = 28",Other,07/22/03 #19580,Mad Ade's Kebab Balls,2.16,2.37,Mad-Ade,"On a nice summer day Mad Ade and his friend Demented Derek visit Chilliville, a small cultural resort of Madadia. They decide to have a drink at a local public house, the newly opened ""Queens Legs"" and, as an appetizer, a portion of traditional ""Kebabsballs"" (small balls of tender kebab meat stuffed with chili sauce and definitely not salad, deep fried in pita bread crumbs). The waiter tells them that the Kebabsballs can be served in portions of 6, 9, or 20. What is the largest number of Kebabsballs that cannot be ordered in these portions?",No hint available.,"43 is the largest number that cannot be made using the numbers 6, 9, and 20",Other,11/29/04 #8046,Candle Burn,2.4,0.98,snaps,"What common saying is represented below? thecandle burn thecandle",No hint available.,Burn the candle at both ends.,Rebus,10/26/02 #51741,Ease Up !,2.08,1.36,BadBunnee02,facts of li _ _,Title is a hint.,"""life is too short' ""two = too"" (homophone) The last word in the body is missing two letters ('two short') and the phrase is obviously ""facts of life"" because no other two letters would make a known phrase.",Rebus,03/21/18 #820,Three Left Turns,2.97,2.08,starman,"A man leaves home on foot one evening, makes three left turns and arrives back home to find two masked men waiting there. Who are they?","The turns must be left, otherwise the situation would not work. ""Who"" refers to the names of the positions of the masked men, not their personal names.",The catcher and the umpire.,Situation,09/16/01 #31607,More Three of a Kind,2.82,2.24,Hana_Kimi,"Figure out what the trio in each set have in common. Each answer is a six-letter plural word, ending in -s. Example: Railroad, wild animal, music CD: TRACKS 1) Trombone Children's playground Laboratory microscope 2) Parade Malt Shop Tackle box 3) Weight British Bank ASPCA 4) Dentist Dry run Army Camp",ASPCA = American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,"1) Slides 2) Floats 3) Pounds 4) Drills",Language,07/07/06 #6927,Fading Away,2.3,2.07,dsquared,"What line does the following represent? Death arrives; it is gentle with this man's melodious composition.",No hint available.,Killing me softly with his song,Language,08/27/02 #19517,Mad Ade's Special Number,2.35,1.92,Mad-Ade,"Whilst looking in the phone book for the new phone number of the ""Sweaty Chef Kebab Shop"" Mad Ade came across the six digit number 312132 . He noticed that this number has a very interesting attribute: 1 digit exists between the two 1s, 2 digits exist between the two 2's and 3 digits exist between the two 3s. Mad Ade wondered if he could add two more 4s with 4 digits between the two 4s to make an eight digit number that still holds the above attributes? Obviously Mad Ade never found the answer because he found the phone number he was after. Can you find a possible answer?",No hint available.,"41312432 or 23421314. Of course these 2 numbers are actually the same, just reverse one to become another one.",Logic,11/23/04 #38704,A Five Digit Square,2.18,2.48,shenqiang,"There is a five digit square number, each digit is also a nonzero square number, and its digits are in ascending order. What is it?",No hint available.,11449=107^2.,Math,10/09/07 #9329,"D, S, Q, ...",2.26,3.05,snaps,"Which two letters come next in the following series? D, S, Q, C, M, __, __.","This series might ring a bell, though how short or long that ring might be depends on which part of the series you refer to.","The next two letters are S and B. The series is the first letter of the length of musical notes: Demisemiquaver, Semiquaver, Quaver, Crotchet, Minim, Semibreve, Breve.",Series,12/23/02 #31583,The Trickery of Brother Ben,2.61,2.31,cyberstar5150,"Brother Ben was a brother of the Archdiocese of Puzzles. Every month at the Archdiocese, a tourist group toured throughout the monastery. One room of particular note was Brother Ben's. The tourists were led in through the only door in and out of the room. It contained a rather dusty desk fully equipped with musty blank scrolls, dried up ink wells, and a quill. There was a trap door that housed Brother Ben's valuables as well, but that remained locked as the tours progressed. Through the only window in the room, which was barred up and only one foot tall by one foot wide, one could see the excellent view of the ocean. When it was ascertained that all of the tourists were inside the room, the only door was locked until the tourists agreed to pay up money towards the Archdiocese of Puzzles. Yet every time this occurred, Brother Ben was able to escape the room flawlessly. How is this possible?","- Brother Ben entered the room before the tourists did, and was inside after the door was locked. - Brother Ben did not ascend nor descend to exit the room. - Brother Ben valued his room very much. As such, he did not inflict damage upon his own room upon exiting. - When Brother Ben exited the room, the room got warmer. - None of the tourists were harmed in his escape.","Brother Ben is a ghost. The dust, must, and dried up ink should have tipped off that he hasn't been in existence for a while. He simply vanished through the wall after the door was locked, leaving the tourists with no choice but to donate.",Mystery,07/06/06 #9711,Ill Shaven?,2.29,1.87,hprulz,"The two words in this question are an anagram of a U.S. state capital. What is the capital? Ill shaven?",No hint available.,Nashville.,Language,01/10/03 #26672,Time Out of Mind,2.95,2.57,norcekri,"""Old Letters"" read the neat sign at the flea market. Nora Shekrie had overslept and came too late to get a fresh batch of fleas for her ferret. Her hobby was collecting second-hand adjectives; she stopped to look. The nearest item on the table was an old, yellowed parchment letter with a studied, fine script. The accompanying envelope bore a hand-written address to ""Mr. & Mrs. William Eddye, Cranbrook, Co. Kent"" and a hand-written postmark in which only ""1621"" and ""Feb--ry"" were legible. Intrigued by the age, she leaned over to examine it more closely. The full letter was displayed under a protective cover: ___________________________________ Dearest Father and Mother, Samuel and I made the crossing and find ourselves in good health and spirit. Although the ocean voyage was as physically difficult as we had anticipated, enough of us were able and willing to effect the landing at the place we have named Plymouth. We pulled on our Wellingtons to keep out the cold, and eight men were sufficient to guide the landing as originally planned. Although one or two members mutter in a most unchristian manner about so-called sadistic policies of Governor Bradford, Samuel and I find him an able and steadfast leader for the colony. In his honor, I enclose a silhouette that Samuel made of him one evening as a diversion. Although the governor showed no opinion one way or another, we are hopeful that you and the others we left behind may find some small solace in the likeness of the man who guides us each and every day. The young Alden lad, John, is a constant help to me, both as a daily source of benevolence and in helping me craft this letter. He brought me news of a whispered boycott of Governor Bradford's latest colony rule (I will not bore you with the details of governance), and I flatter myself that I delighted him with the strength of my refusal to join such a scheme. He assured me that this was the case with all in the colony, save for the one person who originally brought the issue to him, so do not fear for our continued unity as we find our way in this new world. Love and the Peace of God to you and all the Family, John Eddye ___________________________________ She looked up at the vendor. ""Why are you selling this, and why so cheaply?"" The price tag read $150. ""I deal in these things. Someone in this letter's past didn't do well by it -- note the staple holes?"" Sure enough, the upper corner of the envelope and parchment bore the stigmata of Bostich. ""I see. Since I'm descended from Samuel Eddye, I'm interested in this sort of thing. However, you don't have to be a descendent to know this letter is a screaming fake."" Nora turned around and bellowed for the market authorities. How did she know?",Note the eponyms,"The critical words are Wellingtons sadistic silhouette boycott These are derived from the names of people who were not alive in 1621. The 1st Duke of Wellington was born in 1769, the Marquis de Sade in 1740, Etienne de Silhouette in 1709, and Charles Boycott in 1832. Also, there was no postal service as such in Plymouth colony -- the next ship would carry letters, but there wouldn't be any ""postmark"". Finally, if anyone cares, John and Samuel Eddye / Eddy came over on the Handmaiden in 1630, not on the Mayflower in 1620. I believe the other names and places are accurate.",Other,11/01/05 #40858,European Essentials,2.7600000000000002,2.12,plain_jane,"Jane is going on a trip to Europe, and she's decided to bring the following items: Her eyeglasses (can't see the sights without 'em), an umbrella (she hears it's the rainy season in Europe), a racket (in case she finds time to play tennis), her organizer (to keep track of her agenda during the trip), and a pocket book (for some light reading). While putting these things together, she realized she needed one more item to make the trip perfect. Which of these things should she pack last? a) a watch (to keep track of the time) b) an info-packet (to get around Europe easier) c) an easel (to help her paint sceneries) d) a towel (she prefers her own instead of hotels' towels)",No hint available.,"c) an easel. Look carefully at the things Jane wants to bring. The first letter of each item, when put together, spells EUROPE!",Language,03/05/08 #44406,Nothing to Everything,2.64,2.37,Zag24,"Another of my rhyming word ladders. This one is quite challenging -- you will probably have to work forwards and backwards to get all seven words referenced below. ----------------- Start with nothing. Drop the first and add an N to make what you could put cookies in. Add a letter, then you'll see what a kind of cloth might be. Drop last two, turn it about. Your honesty won't be in doubt. Change V to T and add ER For a good place from which to see far. Change first to L and you will find what all else is to the word behind. Replace the middle, drop last one. Everything you have! And now you are done.","Nothing, of course, doesn't mean ""nothing.""","LOVE: In tennis, ""love"" means nothing. OVEN: a place you might put cookies (to cook them) WOVEN: describes some cloth VOW: Your honesty won't be in doubt. TOWER: a good place from which to see far LOWER: Everything is lower than a tower. LOVE: Love is everything, because if you don't have love, you have nothing.",Language,05/02/09 #31053,28 = D in a S S,2.4,2.37,calmsavior,28 = D in a S S,From 0 to 6.,28 = Dominoes in a Single Set,Letter-Equations,06/13/06 #17588,"HO, HO",2.49,2.85,fishmed,"What does the following mean? ..HO ..HO +HO -----",Dots are only for placement purposes,Tallyho!,Rebus,05/09/04 #17745,10 km/h LANE,2.49,1.75,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? 10 km/h LANE 100 km/h LALIFENE 30 km/h LANE",No hint available.,Life in the fast lane,Rebus,05/25/04 #39312,Emo Says,2.25,2.08,aresII,"The following quotes are from American entertainer and comedian Emo Philips. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. D=S ""G ILABOFKJ LMIK EKGF AK GF IVKDD, EOF PF UGD ML AGFIV TLJ AK GF NPIN ELSPMR."" ""WLO NMLU UVGF P VGFK? PMCPGM RPQKJD...ML, P FGNK FVGF EGIN.""","I=C N=K S=X","""A COMPUTER ONCE BEAT ME AT CHESS, BUT IT WAS NO MATCH FOR ME AT KICK BOXING."" ""YOU KNOW WHAT I HATE? INDIAN GIVERS...NO, I TAKE THAT BACK."" KEY: A=M B=P C=D D=S E=B F=T G=A I=C J=R K=E L=O M=N N=K O=U P=I Q=V R=G S=X T=F U=W V=H W=Y",Cryptography,11/22/07 #36000,The Blind Man,2.26,1.62,solarsistim321,"Once, a blind man walked into a restaurant. Another man, Tom, asked the blind man, Jerry, what food was on his plate. Jerry told him he was blind, so Tom told him to smell it. Jerry then told him he also lost his sense of smell. So Tom told him to taste it, and Jerry then gave his answer. Tom didn't believe him though. Why?","The food contained no basic tastes, such as salty, sour, etc.","If you lose your sense of smell, you also lose your sense of taste. If the unknown food had none of the basic tastes, then Jerry wouldn't have had a clue what the food was.",Other,04/01/07 #31219,Don't Hang the Man!,2.74,1.76,brainster,"Willy and Nilly were two friends who were time travellers. They decided to take a round of ancient lands and explore some of their traditions. As was bound to happen, frequently they landed up flouting the tradition of the time, and in those days, ancient as they were, imprisonment was unheard of. The penalty for any kind of crime was death by hanging! Their time capsule was programmed for them to stay in the ancient world for 10 days, so they had to be real careful to stay out of trouble. As luck would have it, Nilly managed to look into one of the ancient men's homes when they were out at work, and the ladies of the family promptly informed the men when they returned. Sure enough, the next day, Nilly found himself in the public execution area with a noose around his neck! Aghast, Willy was pleading with the King, who had also come to view the execution. For this teaser's sake, we have to now assume that the King actually spoke and understood English very well! Maybe he was a time traveller too? The mystery remains unsolved to this day! Willy was surprised to hear the King laugh and reply in English - ""You will be given one chance, one single chance to save your friend. Do you agree?"" Willy readily agreed. The King fished out an ancient scroll from his robes and presented it to Willy.""Solve this if you can"", he rumbled, ""and your friend can go free"". On the scroll was written the following - A-7,14 B-9 D-16,20 E-10,11,19 F-21 H-6 I-2 L-3,4 N-1,12,18,24 O-17,22,25 P-13 R-15,23 S-8 W-26 Y-5 Can you decipher what this was? Would Willy be able to save Nilly?",No hint available.,"If you see the numbers above, the highest is 26. Draw 26 blanks on a paper and put 1-26 below them. Fill them up as per the numbers shown above. For example, fill up 'A' in blank 7 and blank 14 and so on. The finished message reads - NILLYHASBEENPARDONEDFORNOW or NILLY HAS BEEN PARDONED FOR NOW Willy thanks you for helping him save Nilly's life! Until next time that is!",Other,06/20/06 #35985,Rodney's Take Too,2.74,2.41,aresII,"Here are a couple of quotes from Rodney Dangerfield. Can you decode them? The same code is used for both puzzles. P=X ""S YIXA TDOAZ KN CTFGAB SC FGSIED LABA VTZ ZHBSIE FGA ZAWBADDSYI. GA DTSZ FGA CSBDF DSP KYIFGD LABA VTZ, FGAI GA EYF HDAZ FY KA."" ""KN LSCA TIZ S LABA GTWWN CYB FLAIFN NATBD. FGAI LA KAF.""","H=U L=W O=K","""I once asked my father if things were bad during the Depression. He said the first six months were bad, then he got used to me."" ""My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met."" Key: A=E B=R C=F D=S E=G F=T G=H H=U I=N K=M L=W N=Y O=K P=X S=I T=A V=B W=P X=C Y=O Z=D",Cryptography,03/31/07 #12658,Unusual Tennis Players,2.56,1.86,frankenweoburger,Is it likely or unlikely that most professional tennis players have more than the average number of arms for humans?,No hint available.,"It's very likely. Since not everyone has two arms, the average number of arms for humans is 1.99999... Most professional tennis players have 2 arms, which is higher than the average.",Situation,05/24/03 #46663,Every Individual,2.39,1.59,pureblue,"It's something that's always with you, wherever or whenever... But almost all of us are scared of it... And many of us don't want to see it, especially on our own body... What is it?",No hint available.,Blood!,Riddle,04/05/10 #10315,Another Mixture,2.24,1.75,ka-boom,"Dr. Joe has 2 liters of 70% benzene solution and 4 liters of 40% benzene solution. Dr. Joe decides to combine both solutions together, creating a 6-liter solution. What is the new percentage of benzene after everything is combined?",No hint available.,"The new solution will be 50% benzene. First calculate the amount of benzene that you have: 2(.70) = 1.4 liters in the 2-liter solution. 4(.40) = 1.6 liters in the 4-liter solution. To get the final percentage, add these up and divide by the total amount of solution: (1.4 + 1.6) / 6.0 = 0.5 = 50% solution.",Math,02/07/03 #8696,#/#= what?,2.28,1.46,stargirl,"I am a fraction that isn't improper. Both my Numerator and Denominator are prime numbers such that if they were multiplied together and then had 16 subtracted from the answer, it would equal 19. What are my numerator and denominator?",No hint available.,5/7. 5 and 7 are both prime and if you multiply them together you get 35. If you do 35-16 you get 19.,Math,11/24/02 #26948,Word Pyramids: World Countries VI,2.46,2.7,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: I Clues: 1. Atomic symbol number 28 2. An atom or a group of atoms that has acquired a net electric charge by gaining or losing one or more electrons. 3. Difficult situations or problems; complications. 4. A small, often brightly colored freshwater fish native to Asia and popular as aquarium fish. 5. A territory over which rule or control is exercised. 6. (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; ""a restless mobile society"" 7. A professional entertainer who tells jokes or performs various other comic acts. 8. Republic of --------- is 9,781 square miles in area.","This country is located in southeastern Europe, north of Greece.","I NI ION NODI DANIO DOMAIN NOMADIC COMEDIAN MACEDONIA International recognition of Macedonia's independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 was delayed by Greece's objection to the new state's use of what it considered a Hellenic name and symbols. Greece finally lifted its trade blockade in 1995 and the two countries agreed to normalize relations, although differences over Macedonia's name remain.",Language,11/15/05 #48476,Curtail 17,2.56,2.2,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. English nobleman -> Hearing device 2. Trick, sleight of hand -> Biblical wise men 3. One who fishes -> Formed when lines meet 4. People living together in a new land -> Large intestine part 5. Enforces order at a nightclub -> Ricochet 6. Scottish landowner -> Wild animal habitat 7. Citizen of Kabul -> Knitted blanket 8. List of items in stock -> The first person to create something","The words start with these letters: 1. E 2. M 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. L 7. A 8. I","1. Earl -> Ear 2. Magic -> Magi 3. Angler -> Angle 4. Colony -> Colon 5. Bouncer -> Bounce 6. Laird -> Lair 7. Afghani -> Afghan 8. Inventory -> Inventor",Language,02/14/11 #26555,Sickly,2.77,2.02,sdm1177,"What does this represent?: Couple - healthy Some - unimpaired Few - all right Most - hunky-dory All - under the weather",No hint available.,All is not well.,Rebus,10/26/05 #52008,"Hey, Miss!",2.93,1.2,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,Misunderstood,Rebus,08/22/18 #30000,Sugar Please,2.35,2.36,zonasurance,That + .25 = a C of C,I don't take creamer.,"That and a quarter amounts to a cup of coffee. This is an old cliche used in the United States to mean whatever ""that"" may be, it is worthless.",Letter-Equations,04/24/06 #8502,"7 C, 12 T, + 5 L",2.47,2.95,electronjohn,"7 C, 12 T, + 5 L = V in your S C",If you get this one you can pat yourself on the back.,"7 cervical, 12 thoracic and 5 lumbar = vertebrae in your spinal column.",Letter-Equations,11/14/02 #33802,How Did I Sneak in Here?,2.35,2.77,jazzmusician46,"Below is the instrumentation of a standard Baroque orchestra (late 1600's). Which instrument in the following list is incorrectly included and should be omitted? Viols (treble, tenor and bass) Recorder Flute Oboe Clarinet Bassoon Horns Trumpet Trombone Harpsichord Timpani",No hint available.,"The clarinet. The clarinet was not invented until about 1690, and only began to be included in orchestral works (early classical period) from around the middle of the 18th century. Mozart was first to use the clarinet in a symphony.",Group,11/03/06 #13662,A Quote from Toflztof,2.45,2.45,cool_star,"Decipher the following cryptogram: ""Gfsn zvg zioful qkt ofyofozt, zit xfoctklt qfr ixdqf lzxhorozn, qfr O'd fgz lxkt qwgxz zit ygkdtk."" - Qswtkz Toflztof","For those of you who don't know, a cryptogram is a puzzle where each letter of a phrase has been replaced with another letter of the alphabet. For example, each ""e"" in the original quote might be replaced with a ""j"" in the cryptogram.","""Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."" - Albert Einstein",Cryptography,07/07/03 #6518,aterml,2.15,1.35,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? aterml illness",No hint available.,Terminal illness,Rebus,08/14/02 #34123,Wonderland,2.32,2.31,phrebh,"VH AQ CUI BP AVBGQO, GCQ WTOVBS APFRI BPG DQ WP TRQUWUBG. -- UBBQ DOUIWGOQQG QEQOX JVRQ VW GAP VB AVBGQO. -- SQPOSQ CQODQOG",Q=E,"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. -- Anne Bradstreet Every mile is two in winter. -- George Herbert A=W B=N C=H D=B E=V F=U G=T H=F I=D J=M O=R P=O Q=E R=L S=G T=P U=A V=I W=S X=Y",Cryptography,11/26/06 #49904,Like Wildfire,2.68,2.57,eighsse,"This deadly 8-letter word can really ""put people in a frenzy,"" and for very good reason. If you drop letter 1 and order the rest of the letters like so [8745623], then you get exactly what the word can do. So, if you are affected by it, you had better get a good [65478], or you could be taking a very long [321]!","The title intimates that this is something that spreads very quickly... it is extremely widespread, as well.","PANDEMIC DEM is a Greek root for people. A (PAN- [DEM] -IC) puts people (DEM) in a frenzy (PANIC). [8745623] = CIDE MAN Cide is a Latin root for kill. A pandemic ""kills mankind."" And of course...if you contract the disease, you need a good [65478] = MEDIC, or you may take a long [321] = NAP (death).",Riddle,08/14/13 #7018,Men Men,2.38,1.29,majd,"What is this rebus? men men men MAN men men",No hint available.,Man among men,Rebus,08/30/02 #13736,Three Suspects,2.49,2.19,cccc,"There were 3 suspects for a crime. One is the robber, who only tells lies, one is the accomplice, who tells both truth and lie. Finally there is the innocent who tells only truths. Here is their statements about their jobs: A: I'm a clerk, B is a taxi driver, C is a barber. B: I'm a doctor, A, ah, you must ask him. For sure he'll say he's a clerk. C is an employee of Bai Huo Company. C: I'm an employee of Bai Huo Company, A is the barber, and B is a taxi driver. Who is the robber?","The part where B says ""for sure"" has nothing to do with the answer. But the part where he says ""for sure he would say"" has.","A is the robber. All of his statements are lies. B is the innocent man. He meant that A would SAY he's a clerk, not he IS. C is the accomplice. His first statement is the truth, his second statement could be the truth or a lie (it doesn't matter), and his third statement is a lie.",Logic,07/10/03 #45851,Missing 3 Letters,2.44,1.31,Zag24,"What three letters can be placed in every blank to form a word in each case? Use the same three letters in the same order for all six blanks. AP___ISE DE___VED S___IN S___WLED ___CTICE SO___NO",No hint available.,"PRA APPRAISE DEPRAVED SPRAIN SPRAWLED PRACTICE SOPRANO",Language,11/29/09 #28623,U.S. Founding Fathers IV,2.63,2.55,paul726,"""Cvu qwv cdps al gnzs cdps al gnistkf. Dbu jdb kws gnistknsl vz d bdknvb is kwvacwk lsjats qwsb qs wdps tsxvpsu kwsnt vbgf zntx idlnl, d jvbpnjknvb nb kws xnbul vz kws hsvhgs kwdk kwsls gnistknsl dts d cnzk ztvx Cvu? Kwdk kwsf dts bvk kv is pnvgdksu iak qnkw Wnl qtdkw? Nbussu N ktsxigs zvt xf jvabktf qwsb N tszgsjk kwdk Cvu nl yalk, dbu kwdk Wnl yalknjs jdbbvk lgssh zvtspst."" ~Kwvxdl Yszzstlvb (warning: The hint will reveal the vowels)",d=a s=e n=i v=o a=u (code=solution),"a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z d i j u s z c w n y e g x b v h o t l k a p q r f m ""God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift from God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever."" ~Thomas Jefferson",Cryptography,02/14/06 #29291,Allen's Quandary,2.55,2.85,ttviper,"Allen was in the process of sprucing up his large backyard by planting trees, when he came to a tough decision. He had already planted the following types of trees: Khejri, Himalayan Pine, Maple, Llala Palm, and Agave Cactus, when he noticed that he could only plant one more. Given the trees that he had already planted, which of the following type would he choose? Hard Quandong Chinese Fir Eucalyptus Ulmo Wild Olive Pacific Dogwood",No pun intended!,"Chinese Fir Tree, because it is the next in the order. The second tree starts with the second letter of the first tree, the third tree starts with the third letter of the second tree, etc.",Series,03/24/06 #30982,Dollar Bills,2.79,2.4,thompson1,"Can you decode the following phrases? They are NOT regular substitution cryptograms, but they all follow the same rules. 1) Ni lkna rfnim ajnebse xat dn ahta ed tp ecxenia, treceb otdia seb nacgn. ~ Ihtondlr Owsihtni 2) Nilkn arf nima j nebdae, de ram eh tfoo wtf iter. ~ Cesapeek Yameerht 3) No tg nihsaw eg roege no dabana htes u cxe onr. ~ Effoot Rettebsiti","It is much simpler than you think. Kn ih tuoy nahtrel pmis hcu msiti.","Read each quote backwards, keeping the same amount of letters in each word! 1) In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. ~ Benjamin Franklin 2) Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. ~ Benjamin Franklin 3) It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. ~ George Washington",Cryptography,06/09/06 #3427,Hsal,2.26,1.5,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this: Hsal",No hint available.,Backlash,Rebus,04/11/02 #34491,Quiz,2.28,1.92,lukeschett,Bob and Joe each took a quiz third period. Bob had a Math quiz and Joe had a Spanish quiz. Both quizzes had ten questions on them. Bob got 3 questions wrong on his quiz and was still able to get a 100. Joe also got 3 questions wrong but got a 70. How did Bob get a 100 when Joe got a 70?,No extra credit was given to either student. Nice try.,"Bob got the 3 extra credit questions wrong on his quiz and was able to get a 100 because extra credit questions only help your score. Joe had no extra credit questions on his quiz, so he lost 3 points for getting the questions wrong. Note: I said no extra credit was given to either student. I never said that extra credit was NOT given.",Trick,12/20/06 #40848,Spin a Thread,2.85,1.48,luckythirteen,"I'm quite a show And people know; Spinning threads For capture of heads. My limbs are many, But I may be less than a penny. One prick of me, And in pain you will be. I may fly and float as a baby, And I swing when I'm older, maybe. I can live in dark, And have homes of bark. I peel and fight, Some people eat me in a bite. What am I?",No hint available.,"A spider. The first two lines refer to the movie ""Charlotte's Web"". The second two lines refer to the webs spun by spiders and the insects caught by the webs. The third set of two lines refers to the number of appendages spiders have [eight] and the size of some spiders.The fourth set of two lines refers to the bite and venom of a spider. The fifth set of two lines refers to a spider baby. When they first hatch, they shoot out a strand of silk as a ""balloon"" to help them float to their new home. Then, they ""swing"" to build their webs.The sixth set of two lines refers to the wolf spider and the trapdoor spider. The final set of two lines is stating spiders molt and fight to defend themselves. It also states some people eat spiders.",Riddle,03/04/08 #5853,$0 all all all all,2.6,1.14,michelle,"What does this mean? $0 all all all all",No hint available.,Free for all,Rebus,07/24/02 #24892,Big Splash,2.84,1.53,jakeodee,"What do these words have in common? Swan Cannon Can Pencil Belly",The title,"They are all the first words of types of dives into the water. Swan Dive Cannon Ball Can Opener Pencil Dive Belly Flop",Group,07/26/05 #3766,Pressurized Containers,2.25,2.38,Angelicious,"A man is sitting suspended over two pressurized containers. Suddenly, he dies. Why is that?",No hint available.,"He's riding a bicycle or motorcycle, and he crashes and dies.",Situation,04/26/02 #13250,Dinner Time!,2.32,2.62,dakini,"This is a commonly used phrase that has had all the letters that appear more than once removed. Can you figure it out? (word) r wh (word) (word).","I guess my salmon dinner made me a fish, huh?",You are what you eat!,Language,06/18/03 #16038,Bamboo Pole,3.07,1.86,doggyxp,"Doctor Dodge was staying with Cousin Jamie in Jamie's lakeside cabin. They were setting up Jamie's will. As Dodge was Jamie's closest living relative, much of Jamie's estate was being left to him. One day, Jamie went to Dr Dodge very disturbed. ""Doctor,"" he began, ""I have just found out that a man named Georgio wants to get me. He will be here very soon. Where will I go? Where can I hide? If he finds me in here, he will surely kill me. I do not have time to leave this clearing and go farther into the woods."" Dr Dodge thought for a moment, and then grabbed a 5' long bamboo pole, with a diameter the size of a quarter. ""Jamie, follow me out to the lake. This lake is 4' deep. If you lie on the bottom of the lake and breathe through this pole, Georgio will never find you. I will be in the bulrushes with a shotgun, and I will shoot him when he comes. I will swim down to find you when he is gone."" Jamie consented, and lay down on the bottom of the lake with the bamboo pole in his mouth. A few hours later, a ranger passed by. He found Jamie's body, dead. Dr Dodge told the police of the circumstance, and that Jamie had probably panicked, and died. Police arrested Dr Dodge, on the charges of murdering Jamie. Why? The bamboo pole did not have any cracks or holes. Its opening was above water the whole time.",Jamie did not drown.,"Jamie died of carbon dioxide poisoning. The pole was 5' long, but only the size of a quarter. The first time he breathed in, he breathed oxygen. When he exhaled, the air could not travel 5' before he breathed in again. He was just breathing what he exhaled. Before long, all he was breathing was carbon dioxide. He died of CO2 poisoning. Doctor Dodge was the one who told him to use the pole, therefore the cause of his death. Dodge is a DOCTOR, and therefore knows about the CO2. Dodge did murder Jamie. His motive: the money in the will.",Science,01/04/04 #7963,Tammy's Age,2.48,3.0,snaps,"I was talking to a friend Tammy, the middle child of five. She has a younger sister Tracey, and three brothers Tommy (oldest child), Timmy and Tony (youngest child). I asked her how old she was, but she hardly ever gives a straight answer. The following is the conversation we had. ""How old are you Tammy?"" ""I am three times as old as Timmy was when Tony was born. Actually, it's funny, but Timmy's, Tracey's, Tommy's and my ages were all factors of Mum's age when Tony was born. The only other year where the ages of more than two of us were factors of Mum's age was when Tracey was half as old as I am now."" ""How old is your Mum now?"" ""There's another funny thing. When Mum turns 50, Tony will be the same age Mum was when she gave birth to Tommy."" Assuming Tammy was talking in terms of whole years, and with my mathematical and reasoning abilities I was able to quickly deduce not just Tammy's age, but all of their ages. So how old are Tommy, Timmy, Tammy, Tracey, Tony and Mum now?",No hint available.,"Tommy is 23, Timmy is 19, Tammy is 18, Tracey is 16, Tony is 13 and Mum is 43. Solution: x = Mum's age when she gave birth to Tommy = Tony's age when Mum turns 50; y = Tommy's age when Tony was born z = Mum's age when Tony was born From Tammy's last statement, 2x + y = 50 and it can be deduced that x = z - y, where y is a factor of z. By combining the two equations you get 2z = 50 + y The only possible solutions for that equation so that y is also a factor of z are (z = 26, y = 2) and (z = 30, y = 10). Only 30 has four or more factors, so Mum was 30 and Tommy was 10 when Tony was born. This means that of the remaining factors of 30, Timmy was 6, 5 or 3, Tammy was 5, 3 or 2 and Tracey was 3, 2 or 1. This makes Tammy 18, 15 or 9 now. The only other time where the ages of more than two of the children were factors of Mum's age was when Tracey was half what Tammy is now, so Tammy must be 18 now. In the second multiple-factors-of-Mum's-age year, Tracey was therefore 9. When Tony was born, Tracey was either 3, 2 or 1, giving possible time differences of 6, 7 or 8 years, which correspond to Tony's age in the second multiple-factors-of-Mum's-age year. It also means Mum was 36, 37 or 38 that year. 37 is prime and 38 has factors of 1, 2 and 19, and as Tony was at least 6, it means that Mum must have been 36 that year. Going back to when Tony was born we have that Mum was 30, Tommy was 10, Timmy was 6, Tracey was 3, and as the middle child Tammy must have been 5. If Tammy is 18 now then Tony is 13, Tracey is 16, Timmy is 19, Tommy is 23 and Mum is 43.",Math,10/09/02 #1021,Unpunishable Crime,2.27,1.0,Michelle,"There is a certain crime, that if it is attempted it is punishable, but if it is committed it is unpunishable. What's the crime?",No hint available.,Suicide.,Logic,10/06/01 #32704,Not the Police,2.39,1.1,DEJL,"A man zipped past many cars at an alarming speed. Many people were witnesses, but none called the police. Why?",He wasn't a police officer!,He was a racecar driver in a race.,Situation,08/28/06 #16087,Mad Ade's Word Changer #3,2.24,2.46,mad-ade,"This is a letter teaser where the two words to be found differ by only one letter in each word, so the words are of equal length but each has one letter that differs from the other. For example ""Light Beers"" could be ""Pale Ales"" these two word differ only by the P on pale and the S on ales. The altered letter can appear anywhere with in the word, so ""This teaser's submitter"" would be ""Mad Ade"" the difference being the M from Mad becomes the E of Ade. 1, Plentiful single fruit ? 2, Coat Parcel ? 3, Decorates Trousers ? 4, Spoiling a Jog ? 5, Sugary Perspiration ?",No hint available.,"1, Ample Apple 2, Jacket Packet 3, Paint Pants 4, Ruining Running 5, Sweet Sweat",Language,01/08/04 #20286,Language Math,2.32,2.89,cnmne,"Professor Abacus has earned degrees in both Mathematics and English. With this education, he has made a study of language math. In today's lesson, Professor Abacus has stated that not only does ""3 + 8 + 9 = 20"", but also that ""THREE + EIGHT + NINE = TWENTY"". Substitute the numerals 0 through 9 for the letters to make the equation work. Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Since there are only nine letters, one numeral will not be used. So as to produce only one possible solution, G is greater than R. THREE + EIGHT + NINE = TWENTY",No hint available.,19288 + 85491 + 3538 = 108317,Cryptography,01/10/05 #6550,Clock,2.15,1.04,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? handhandhand clock",No hint available.,Three hands on a clock!,Rebus,08/15/02 #42596,Fill In the Words! II,2.6,1.58,coltonr1,"Each of the five words below have the same two letter combination. Can you help me solve them? Brow _ _ sh A _ _ mator Cra _ _ um K _ _ fe De _ _ al",No hint available.,"letter combination - NI Brownish Animator Cranium Knife Denial",Language,07/24/08 #4235,Easy,2.23,1.02,bret,"This rebus speaks for itself. WAY EASY EASY",No hint available.,Way too easy,Rebus,05/23/02 #48722,Behead 19,3.17,1.59,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Shut -> Misplace; fail 2. Open -> Glass container 3. Unusual; lightly cooked -> They exist 4. Prevent from spoiling -> Holding back 5. Broken glass -> Unyielding 6. Dampen; cushion -> Frequent 7. One who leases -> Go into 8. Leave one's country -> Move seasonally","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. L 2. J 3. A 4. R 5. H 6. O 7. E 8. M","1. Close -> Lose 2. Ajar -> Jar 3. Rare -> Are 4. Preserve -> Reserve 5. Shard -> Hard 6. Soften -> Often 7. Renter - > Enter 8. Emigrate -> Migrate",Language,05/12/11 #14562,3 = C on S of the C,2.06,2.7600000000000002,glen,3 = C on S of the C,Game Show?,3 = Contestants on Sale of the Century,Letter-Equations,08/26/03 #46293,Behead L,2.79,1.29,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Gain knowledge -> Gain income 2. Join together -> Writing fluid 3. Single; unaccompanied -> A number 4. Give temporarily -> Stop; discontinue 5. Restriction; boundary -> Representation; caricature 6. Movable room light -> Unit of electrical current (abbreviation) 7. Shelf; projecting ridge -> Border; boundary of a surface 8. Smallest in quantity -> Compass direction","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. E 2. I 3. O 4. E 5. I 6. A 7. E 8. E","1. Learn -> Earn 2. Link - Ink 3. Lone -> One 4. Lend -> End 5. Limitation -> Imitation 6. Lamp -> Amp 7. Ledge -> Edge 8. Least -> East",Language,02/02/10 #25388,Baseball Lineup,2.7600000000000002,1.92,dddlite,"Before the game, the manager of the ""Anytown Homers"" had to decide in what order to bat his 9 players. However, the manager's dog chewed the paper the lineup was written on as the manager drove to the game. He could remember: 1. No one whose name begins with a ""J"" is the lead-off hitter. 2. Blake bats in the middle of the lineup. 3. Jay bats after Keith & Jake and before Gerald. 4. Mitch bats 3 spots away from Blake (2 between). 5. Jon hits before Jay and after Blake. 6. Doug bats before Mitch. 7. Keith bats 2 spots before Jon (1 between). 8. Jake bats third. 9. Jay bats 2 spots before Jack, who bats last (1 between).",A lead-off hitter is the first batter in a lineup.,"Doug Mitch Jake Keith Blake Jon Jay Gerald Jack",Logic,08/17/05 #20909,Boom,2.68,1.8800000000000001,cnmne,"What is the meaning of this rebus? cannon ordnance artillery torpedo",No hint available.,"Coat of Arms (weapons are known as arms, the first letter of each arm combine to spell ""coat"")",Rebus,02/09/05 #26010,Smallest Number,2.96,2.55,fishmed,"What is the smallest whole number that, when written out, uses all the vowels, A, E, I, O, U and even Y one and one time only each in its spelling?",It's under 10K,"6020 sIx thOUsAnd twEntY",Language,09/23/05 #1628,Versatile One,2.67,1.84,Beanie18,"Versatile am I, with a 3 fold name One is quicker than e-mail. One can tell you when you're feverish, with a talent for floating steel. And sometimes you can see the other one up above. Who am I?",No hint available.,"Mercury. The Greek God, the liquid metal and the planet.",Riddle,12/06/01 #17434,Name That Tune Again,2.74,1.77,MrIxolite,"What song is represented below? ""For what we are about to receive, Labyrinth, may the Lord make us truly thankful.""",No hint available.,"Amazing Grace A Maze in Grace",Rebus,04/20/04 #34178,Army Helmets,2.96,2.16,bigSWAFF_69_,"A fairly poor country was in the middle of a war. Being on the lower-end of the economic scale, they didn't have enough money for fancy armor or weapons. They typically went into battle armed with nothing more than regular clothes, cloth helmets, and an assortment of older-model firearms. A few months into the war, the ruler of the country decided that an investment in new Army helmets would probably be a wise choice (considering the large number of head injuries caused by the thin cloth ones). After spending nearly all the money the country could scrape together on new steel helmets, they were shocked to see the number of head injuries go up. How could it be possible that steel helmets, assuming the helmets fit perfectly, caused more injuries than cloth?",No hint available.,"When people in the Army would be shot in the head (with a cloth helmet) they wouldn't get head injuries, they would die. Cloth may protect somewhat, but not enough to stop most bullets. Death isn't considered a head injury. However, with steel helmets, the bullet could be slowed down enough to not kill, but just injure. If a hit in the head wasn't fatal, it would be considered a head injury. So, instead of most shots to the head being fatal, they became head injuries.",Situation,12/01/06 #41793,A Famous Writer,2.27,2.31,aresII,"The following quote is from Washington Irving (1783 - 1859). He was the American writer who created the fictional characters Rip Van Winkle and Ichabod Crane. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. F=T ""NLJCF OXPGI ZCEJ WBLWTIJI; QXFFQJ OXPGI ZCEJ HXIZJI. QXFFQJ OXPGI CLJ IBAGBJG AR OXIMTLFBPJI; NLJCF OXPGI LXIJ CATEJ FZJO.""","C=A T=O X=I","""GREAT MINDS HAVE PURPOSES; LITTLE MINDS HAVE WISHES. LITTLE MINDS ARE SUBDUED BY MISFORTUNES; GREAT MINDS RISE ABOVE THEM."" KEY: A=B B=U C=A E=V F=T G=D H=W I=S J=E L=R M=F N=G O=M P=N Q=L R=Y T=O W=P X=I Z=H",Cryptography,05/03/08 #24534,Game Specialties,2.52,1.29,dolphingurl12,"Two girls (Maggie, Lucy) and two boys (Greg, Zack) specialize in different games (rummy, chess, Monopoly, Scrabble). Their last names are McCormick, Dixion, Lowe, and Jones. Find each person's full name and game specialty. 1. Dixion, who does not play Monopoly, and Lowe think they are better at their games than the girls are at their own games. 2. The rummy player said she'd teach Jones to play Clue. 3. Lucy and McCormick had dinner with the Monopoly player. 4. Greg and the chess player have the same locker in their gym class at school.",No hint available.,"Maggie McCormick- Rummy Lucy Jones- Scrabble Greg Lowe- Monopoly Zack Dixion- Chess",Logic-Grid,07/14/05 #12132,The ATM,2.79,2.24,flynn,"The bank where Elmer and Pearl live just got a shiny, new ATM. So, they decided they had to get one of them-there cards so they could get their money any time--even on Sunday-going-to-Church day. But, when the manager said pick a 7-digit number that you won't forget, and don't use your birthday, etc. they had a problem. They were not good at remembering stuff. What to do! What to do! Then the light came on! Elmer picked 1058421. Pearl picked 6060247. They exchange information on how they would remember their numbers. Pearl said, ""That's a real handy number, Elmer. But I think mine is more timely."" Can you figure out what they were using for a memory jog?",Pearl's statement is the clue.,"Elmer's number is: 10-5-8-4-2-1 The number of fingers & thumbs on both hands; fingers and thumbs on one hand; fingers on both hands; fingers on one hand; thumbs on both hands; thumbs on one hand. Pearl said this was HANDy. Pearl's number is 60-60-24-7. The number of seconds in a minute, the number of minutes in an hour, the number of hours in a day, and the number of days in a week. She said this was TIMEly.",Logic,04/30/03 #20355,Scares a Robber,2.63,1.87,alex_jane,"What grows on a tree, Scares a robber, and has travelled the far seas?",No hint available.,"Bark. Bark grows on trees The bark of a dog will scare a robber There was a ship called the bark",Riddle,01/12/05 #19356,Gone To London,2.22,2.6,MrIxolite,"What term is this? Meeting with Prime Minister 10:25 (Not For Sale) Meeting with US President 11:50 (Not For Sale) Meeting with Queen 14:30 (purchased)",No hint available.,"Answer: By (buy) royal appointment The meeting with the queen has been bought.",Rebus,11/06/04 #16049,The Mystery of Number 11,2.12,2.97,apr2001,"Can you find the largest number possible containing any of 9 of 10 digits, considering 0 also a number, that is divisible by 11 without a remainder? (Note: each number may appear only one time.)",No hint available.,"987652413, is the highest number possible containing any of 9 of 10 digits and is divisible by 11 without a remainder.",Math,01/05/04 #25295,Multi-Word,2.95,2.34,sweetime,"I am three words, Two of them appear the same, Two are pronounced the same. One is the third person use of ""capable"" or ""permit"". One means to sleep, but only for a bit. The last word means a group of deer, Perhaps now you can tell me, what words are here?",No hint available.,"First word: Does Second word: Doze Third word: Does",Riddle,08/14/05 #18236,Murder! Or Not?,2.31,1.13,oosunshyneoo,"Detective Smarttypaunts arrived at a suicide case. The man was the rich millionaire Dr. Snoot. Apparently, he hanged himself in his attic with a small stool and belt. The only witness was Dr. Snoot's butler. The butler's story was that he was outside bringing in groceries when he looked up and saw his master through the small round attic window kicking over the stool. Immediately, the Detective knew the man was lying and arrested him. What tipped off Detective Smarttypaunts?",No hint available.,"If the butler was looking up into the attic, he couldn't have seen the Doctor kick the small stool - the attic would have been too high up for someone on the ground to see the stool through.",Mystery,07/16/04 #48135,Some Missing Letters,2.46,2.45,MarcM1098,"Each of the following words is missing a few letters. The number in brackets indicates how many letters are missing. Your task is to figure out the missing letters; they are related in some way. bo__ss (4) fla__rm (3) in__d (3) ph__d (3) w__y (5) Bonus: o__nion (2)","In each word, the missing letters are actually a word themselves. Count yourself lucky, each of the missing words is related in one way or another.","Each missing word is a number: boNINEss flaTWOrm inTENd phONEd wEIGHTy The bonus is a bit different, but is still a number: oPInion",Language,10/22/10 #5342,Apple,2.66,0.85,im_para_noid,"There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way (other than the eyes). Where can you place an apple so that all but one person can see it?",No hint available.,On that person's head,Trick,07/08/02 #37651,"5, 25, 20",2.27,2.13,slicktrumpet,"What comes next in this series? 5, 25, 20, 400, 380 ...",No hint available.,"144400. The series is as follows: number, squared number, squared number minus number, squared number minus number squared... etc. 5 (x5), 25 (-5), 20 (x20), 400 (-20), 380 (x380), 144400.",Series,08/04/07 #21746,Maybe Tomorrow,2.62,1.32,badbunnee,"What is the rebus indicated by comparison of the two lists below of inventory at BtB (Bad-the-Bunny)'s Arts & Orts Emporium? Yesterday's Inventory: barts corts dorts larts sorts varts zorts Today's Inventory: barts corts dorts larts varts zorts","Compare the two lists carefully. What's different between them? Think about that difference, and the time-frame, and you've got the rebus.","Out of sorts (but could we interest you in some sarts?) *out of sorts* is a colloquialism or idiom meaning *not feeling well* or *not in top form*, or (older definition), confused or discombobulated. I located a couple of references that said the term originated in the printing trade although I've not been able to authenticate that. Probably another *word-origin myth*. Anyway, letterpress characters (metal or wooden or rubber) were sorted and kept in cubicles; one cubicle per character, font-style, and point-size. Unfiled ones were kept in the *out of sorts* box. Maybe.",Rebus,03/24/05 #13073,Many - More or Less,2.63,2.3,jessicag,"Will you rhyme with me? Or shall I rhyme with you? 3 words I am, but say me and you could mean any it is true. I am more than 1, and less than many And other times I am more than plenty With one tiny word, I can bring people places and things together Can you figure this riddle before you reach the end of your tether?",3 words,"To, Two and Too All words rhyme with 'you' they all sound the same, so out of context, you could refer to any of them 2 is more than 1 and less than many ..But 'too' is 'too many' When you send something, or go somewhere, you use 'to' (go to the shop, give that thing to Joanne)",Riddle,06/12/03 #40043,'Q' Words #3,2.39,2.73,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'Q' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'Q' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun! 1. The Q - - - - was very much - - Q - - - when they refused her invitation to High Tea last week. 2. The Q - - - - of the ancient Roman building was beginning to decay. 3. Q - - - - - is a daily exercise used by many Chinese to increase their overall health and well-being. 4. Local Syrian residents usually shop at the local - - Q to buy Q - - - - for their evening dinner.",No hint available.,"1. The QUEEN was very much PIQUED when they refused her invitation to High Tea last week. 2. The QUOIN of the ancient Roman building was beginning to decay. 3. QIGONG is a daily exercise used by many Chinese to increase their overall health and well-being. 4. Local Syrian residents usually shop at the local SUQ to buy QUAIL for their evening dinner.",Language,01/14/08 #52463,You've Got Us Covered,3.09,1.93,ThinksForFun,"Ahead of us, a life of servitude lies There is no funeral when one of us dies Below the surface, we perform our duty But we're not miners or in search of booty We join forces if our mission requires Forming a ""chain gang"" that one day expires Destined for a multitude of thankless jobs Although none of us ever complains or sobs Varying, yet with this similarity We're all characterized by polarity What are we?",No hint available.,batteries,Riddle,09/07/20 #2315,Less than Eloquent,2.64,2.25,rayneeday,"Can you decode this less than eloquent rendition of a famous quote? Touchdown Home run Goal Beethoven's Fifth Years = VII Dad, pops, old man and papa Put to the front of this land mass, a conglomeration of individuals, Impregnated freely and devoted to a word or group of words that combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that usually acts as an adverb, adjective, or noun that Every Tom, Dick and Harry are fashioned proportionately, one not being better than the other.",No hint available.,"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.",Language,02/14/02 #35003,Bunny,2.5,1.07,DaleGriffin,"My first is in yesterday, but not in today; My second is in after, but not in before; My third is in start, and also in stop; My fourth is the 20th letter of the English alphabet; My fifth is in correct but not in wrong; and my sixth is in pretty, but not in cute. My whole is something celebrated by Christians. What is the teaser referring to?",Look at the title.,"Easter. The hint is referring to the Easter Bunny. The Easter Bunny is a character introduced to young children especially, and is much like the Father Christmas figure but instead for Easter. The idea is that just like Father Christmas, the Easter bunny delivers to your house. It is chocolate eggs in the case of the Easter Bunny.",Riddle,01/23/07 #25671,Love,2.67,2.55,Nytwynd,"SCKFK BJ L XPLEK RAG ELU SAGEC L TAQLU SCLS TBPP HFBWK CKF EFLYR. CKF CKLFS. -QKPLUBK DFBNNBSC PAWK BJ DFLUH; HBWAFEK BJ L CGUHFKH DFLUH. -LUAURQAGJ",P=L,"L=A E=C H=D K=E N=F D=G C=H B=I P=L Q=M U=N A=O X=P F=R J=S S=T G=U W=V T=W R=Y Y=Z There is a place you can touch a woman that will drive her crazy. Her heart. -Melanie Griffith Love is grand; divorce is a hundred grand. - Anonymous",Cryptography,08/30/05 #50421,"Sixes, Sixes, Everywhere!",2.61,2.78,duhya,"The following equations are currently incorrect. Using these rules, correct them. You can't write any other numbers. You cannot use any form of an ""equals"" sign, a ""greater than"" sign, or a ""less than"" sign. Good luck. 1 1 1 =6 2 2 2 =6 3 3 3 =6 4 4 4 =6 5 5 5 =6 6 6 6 =6 7 7 7 =6 8 8 8 =6 9 9 9 =6 0 0 0 =6 There can be multiple answers for one equation. I shall be putting only one of each in the answer. Post more answers in the comments.","You can use factorials (!) and square roots. A factorial of a number is defined as: N*(N-1)*(N-2)*...3*2*1 The factorial of three is: 3!=3*2*1=6","(1+1+1)! 2+2+2 3*3-3 4+4- SqRt (4) SqRt = Square Root 5+5/5 6-6+6 7-7/7 8- SqRt (SqRt (8+8)) ((SqRt (9)*SqRt(9))-SqRt (9) (0!+0!+0!)!",Math,10/11/14 #3932,What a Race,2.23,2.09,aussie-gurl,"I am too big to comprehend A certain thing that will never end I never cease to make a sound My total number cannot be found I live on the earth, depend on the sun I am a race that can never be won What am I?",Think more of the last line.,The human race,Riddle,05/07/02 #23134,How Do I Live?!,2.3,2.03,aznboi1324,"If you were locked in a concrete room with no windows or doors, and all you had with you was a bed and a calendar, what would you eat and drink?",No hint available.,"""Dates"" from the calendar ""Water"" From the bed's springs. Dates (fruit) spring (water source)",Trick,05/24/05 #50283,Coded Principle,2.26,2.08,sciencesteven,A = F I L + W,No hint available.,All is fair in love and war!,Letter-Equations,05/15/14 #36748,Infinite Language,2.72,1.51,tedger,"There is a language known throughout the earth. Everyone has been using it since their time of birth. It is a language that all of us use But may not notice until we are accused. It is a language that cannot be spoken But is often used as a disrespectful token. And now I ask you, what is this language we all use?",Some study this language.,"Body language. Everyone uses it, whether they realize it or not. No one ever teaches you - it is naturally used. We may not even notice using it until someone points it out. Often, it is used negatively (rolling your eyes, etc.). Many psychology classes study it, and it will be used forever.",Riddle,05/27/07 #29297,A Moment in Time,2.83,1.22,zonaracer,"I race in a circle, Always to the right. From Zero to Sixty, In the blink of an eye. I rarely stop, Save for a wind or a juice. Reliable I am, Reliant are you.",I am on a face.,A second hand on a watch.,Riddle,03/24/06 #35953,Double Meanings #2,2.55,2.24,fishmed,"Below are words grouped in pairs. There is a different word that fits in the middle of each set that can be defined by both words. Your task is to find those words. Example: Flower ________ Stood Answer: Rose 1. Costless - __________ - Unrestrained 2. Afghan - __________ - Sweeping 3. Corkscrew - __________ - Writhe 4. Classify - __________ - Abrade",No hint available.,"1. Costless - Free - Unrestrained 2. Afghan - Blanket - Sweeping 3. Corkscrew - Coil - Writhe 4. Classify - File - Abrade",Language,03/29/07 #18053,Mad Ade's Bookshop Visit,2.22,2.95,mad-ade,"When Mad Ade and his friend Barmy Bob visited the local Madadian bookstore, they took with them their nephews Crazy Carl and Dippy Derek. They all purchased some books that cost a whole amount in Madadian Wonks. When they leave the bookshop, they notice that both uncles have spent 21 Wonks more than their respective nephews. Moreover, each of them paid per book the same amount of Wonks as books that he bought. The difference between the number of books between Mad Ade and Crazy Carl is five. Who is the uncle of Dippy Derek?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade is Dippy Derek's uncle. Since each nephew pays ""per book the same amount of Wonks as books that he bought,"" the number of Wonks each nephew paid is the square of the number of books he bought. Since each uncle spent 21 Wonks more than his nephew, the two scenarios are: A) Uncle, 25w (5 books, 5w each) B) Nephew, 4w (2 books, 2w each) C) Uncle, 121w (11 books, 11w each) D) Nephew, 100w (10 books, 10w each) Since the difference between the number of books between Mad Ade and Crazy Carl is 5, and since Mad Ade is one of the uncles, Mad Ade bought 5 books (A) and Crazy Carl bought 10 books (D), which forces Dippy Derek into position B, as Mad Ade's nephew.",Other,06/28/04 #45241,Dinner Dilema,2.22,0.51,twin27,"Four boys walk into a diner and ask the waitress for ""the usual"", but the waitress has forgotten who gets what! Can you help her find out by using what she does remember? 1. Jon did not eat the sandwich or burger. 2. The person who ate the burger had orange soda. 3. Bill had cherry soda. 4. Eli did not have orange soda. 5. The person with the sandwich and the person with the salad have the same number of letters in their name. 6. The person who had the sandwich did not have the strawberry soda.",No hint available.,"Jon had salad and strawberry soda. Bill had Pizza with cherry soda. Eli had a sandwich with grape soda. Danny had a burger with orange soda.",Logic-Grid,09/07/09 #21159,Diet,2.14,2.69,badbunnee,"The cafeteria has the following three lines. What is shown by the third line? 1. Meat for meat-eaters. 2. Veggies for vegetarians. 3. Nothing.",No hint available.,The fast lane.,Rebus,02/22/05 #38515,One Cent,2.24,2.13,CatatKHOP,"A man was walking down the street one day when he found a penny from 1937. He got really excited because he could see Abraham Lincoln sitting in the Lincoln Memorial. The man showed a stranger and explained what he could see on the penny and the stranger ran away yelling, ""You should be institutionalized!"" Why was the stranger yelling that?",1937...,"From 1909 to 1958 there were two wheat stalks on the back around the words, ""ONE CENT"". The Lincoln Memorial penny didn't come out until 1959.",Situation,09/29/07 #13660,Rsheet,2.21,2.52,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? RglasssheetglassAsheetglasssheetM RglasssheetglassOsheetglasssheetM",No hint available.,"Painful(l) Memories Glass Sheet = Pane (Pain) ROM and RAM = Types of computer memories.",Rebus,07/07/03 #38448,Presidential Advice,2.6,2.3,aresII,"The following three puzzles are quoted advice from two American presidents. Can you decode them? All puzzles use the same code. Z=K ""HRA'I IPT IR INZB RA N ABE SBPORANDWIT; WI HRBOA'I ERPZ."" -PWGKNPH AWLRA ""ABFBP JAHBPBOIWCNIB N CNA EKR RFBPBOIWCNIBO KWCOBDQ."" -QPNAZDWA H. PRROBFBDI","Q=F I=T","""DON'T TRY TO TAKE ON A NEW PERSONALITY; IT DOESN'T WORK."" -RICHARD NIXON ""NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A MAN WHO OVERESTIMATES HIMSELF."" -FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT KEY: A=N B=E C=M D=L E=W F=V G=C H=D I=T J=U K=H L=X M=B N=A O=S P=R Q=F R=O S=P T=Y W=I Z=K",Cryptography,09/24/07 #41567,Andrew Carnegie,2.43,2.17,aresII,"The following quotes are from Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919). His life was a true ""rags to riches"" story. Born to a poor Scottish family that immigrated to the United States, Carnegie became a powerful businessman and a leading force in the American steel industry. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. Q=L ""RYX DGPPYC IXBV G SGP XI G QGTTJE XPQJBB VJ AB LAQQAPM CY DQASW VASBJQZ."" ""CVJEJ AB QACCQJ BXDDJBB LVJEJ CVJEJ AB QACCQJ QGXMVCJE.""","A=I X=U Y=O","""YOU CANNOT PUSH A MAN UP A LADDER UNLESS HE IS WILLING TO CLIMB HIMSELF."" ""THERE IS LITTLE SUCCESS WHERE THERE IS LITTLE LAUGHTER."" KEY: A=I B=S C=T D=C E=R G=A I=P J=E L=W M=G P=N Q=L R=Y S=M T=D V=H W=B X=U Y=O Z=F",Cryptography,04/17/08 #36625,Word Fusion 15,2.61,2.37,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create an unrelated word. The clues do not necessarily indicate the order of the two words. The pronunciation of the new word is not necessarily the same as the individual words. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is the total amount of fraud. 2) This is an immediate victory. 3) This is where you exhaust your harness. 4) This is a rudely abrupt bodily disorder.",No hint available.,"1) gyp + sum = gypsum 2) win + now = winnow 3) rein + vent = reinvent 4) curt + ailment = curtailment",Language,05/14/07 #10919,Weedy Willie,2.28,2.7,AllsatrASH08,"Weedy Willie was getting too old to work the land alone so he decided to divide his cornfield between himself and his four sons in proportion to their five work rates. He knew that Rastus, Wig, Twig and Swig together could plant a field of corn in five hours whereas Wig, Twig and Swig and himself together could manage the same task in six hours. So Weedy divided his field into a two-digit square number of parts and kept just one part for himself. Now, Wig, Twig and Swig were identical triplets so each received the same whole number of parts. How many parts did each son get?","Let the work rates of the triplets combined (Wig, Twig and Swig), Rastus and Willie be x, y, z, respectively. Then 5(x + y) = 6(x + z)",Rastus received 9 parts and the triplets each got 13 parts.,Math,03/05/03 #236,"Monday, Thursday, Thursday, Sunday ...",2.12,2.7,cruiser,"What are the last 3 days in this series? Monday, Thursday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday, ... , ... , ...",There are only 12 days in this series.,"Monday, Thursday, Saturday These are the days on which the first day of each month in 2001 falls.",Series,02/04/01 #49386,Hidden Numbers,2.81,1.73,firefox99,"Hidden in each of the sentences below are the numbers 1 to 10 in words. For example, ""My parents told me to never cross the road without looking."" This sentence contains the number 1: ""My parents told me tO NEver cross the road without looking."" A number might appear in more than one sentence, and the numbers aren't necessarily in order! A number also might be hidden in a larger word. 1. The robins love hiding amongst the smooth reeds. 2. It's always worth looking after your friends, even if they've upset you. 3. Even heavyweight boxers like using soft tissues when they have a cold. 4. To avoid the calf, I veered sharply to the left. 5. The eggs were boxed thirteen instead of a dozen in each baker's delivery box. 6. Having salmon every day for lunch gets a little boring after a while. 7. The attendance at the local football match exceeded last weeks by many thousands. 8. We need to waterproof our boots to make sure we don't get wet. 9. Meeting friends after work allows executives to network effectively. 10. The orchestra sounded magnificent with the many virtuosi xylophonists.","Two, eight, and ten are hidden inside larger words (instead of amongst several words).","3 - The robins love hiding amongst the smooTH REEds. 7 - It's always worth looking after your friendS, EVEN if they've upset you. 8 - Even heavywEIGHT boxers like using soft tissues when they have a cold. 5 - To avoid the calF, I VEered sharply to the left. 9 - The eggs were boxed thirteen instead of a dozeN IN Each baker's delivery box. 1 - Having salmON Every day for lunch gets a little boring after a while. 10 - The atTENdance at the local football match exceeded last weeks by many thousands. 4 - We need to waterprooF OUR boots to make sure we don't get wet. 2 - Meeting friends after work allows executives to neTWOrk effectively. 6 - The orchestra sounded magnificent with the many virtuoSI Xylophonists.",Language,03/13/12 #22921,Offensive Lament,2.72,2.04,zonahobo,"Don't cry for me, the doings done From once green pastures have I come If left alone I will offend On that you truly can depend",You'll be udderly surprised at the answer!,"Spilled Milk Don't cry over spilled milk Cows eat grass and make milk Sour Milk on the Floor Definitely Offensive",Riddle,05/15/05 #24347,These 4,2.21,2.31,Question_Mark,"What are the next two numbers in this series? 1, 64, 729, 4096, ?, ?.",No hint available.,"15625, 46656. The series contains numbers that are both squares and cubes at the same time.",Series,07/08/05 #15790,Word Pairs 3,2.82,2.0,fishmed,"Look at each word pair. They are actually anagrams of other words. Each word pair shares something in common once rearranged. 1: Wrong, Hornet 2: Trocar , Raptor 3: Tiler, Rebate 4: Cuter, Oleos 5: Taint, Berthing","The words, once rearranged, rhyme.","1: Grown, Throne 2: Carrot, Parrot 3: Litre, Beater 4: Truce, Loose 5: Titan, Brighten",Language,12/13/03 #50266,Throw Out or Throw Up,2.06,2.15,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus? uuJune01,'14","It's a ""deadline"". Title is also a clue.","use by date (use-by date) uu (two u's) are next to a date To see definitions and usage enter these in any computer search engine: idiom:use by date define:use by date",Rebus,04/27/14 #40447,B from the P,1.73,1.98,Fire_Shell96,B from the P,No hint available.,Blast from the past,Letter-Equations,02/11/08 #37005,Song Titles = Movies,2.41,2.32,buttons03,"Below you will find four letter equations. Each equation is set up as follows: Song title + Song title = Movie Can you decipher each song title and add them up to figure out what movie they are from? 1. AN + FLM + AWNW = A 2. ADiaWYHM + ML + BBB = C 3. HttPA + OUaD = SB 4. TBN + MOH + TiM = TJB Now that you have figured out what movie is suggested by the song titles, take your answers and figure out what they all have in common to figure out the final answer. 5. A + C + SB + TJB = MPbtWDC","1. Originally released in 1992 2. Originally released in 1950 3. Originally released in 1959 4. Originally released in 1967","1. Arabian Nights + Friend Like Me + A Whole New World = Aladdin 2. A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes + Music Lesson + Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo = Cinderella 3. Hail to the Princess Aurora + Once Upon a Dream= Sleeping Beauty 4. The Bare Necessities + My Own Home + Trust in Me = The Jungle Book 5. Aladdin + Cinderella + Sleeping Beauty + The Jungle Book = Movies Produced by the Walt Disney Company",Other,06/20/07 #17932,Email Chain,2.87,2.0,jmcleod,"John wants to send an email to everyone in his family, but he is having computer troubles and due to his slow dial-up connection he can only send out one email. His family consists of him and his brother, and their parents, his aunt and uncle on his Dad's side, their two sons, his aunt and uncle on his mom's side and their two daughters. He knows that his mom will only forwards emails to her husband and her kids. He knows his dad will only send emails to his brother, John's uncle, and he never forwards them to anyone. His aunt on his dad's side will forward emails to her kids and her husband and their youngest boy will always send them to his mom. The oldest cousin on his Dad's side will always forward them to his younger brother and John's brother and likewise John's Brother will send them to him. John's Aunt on his mom's side always sends them to her sister (John's mom) and her husband. John's two cousins on his mom's side and their father always share every email they get with each other. Who should John send his one email to so that everyone in his family will see it?",Draw a diagram.,"John should send it to his aunt on his mom's side. She will send it to her husband and John's mom. John's uncle will share it with their daughters and John's mom will send it to John's brother and John's Dad. John's brother will send it to the cousin on his Dad's side who will send it to his younger brother who will send it to his mom who will send it to her husband who would have already received it from John's Dad, but that's ok (redundancy is allowed).",Logic,06/16/04 #26774,Smoking,2.8,1.73,sdm1177,"What is represented by the last entry below?: 5 miles away with a cigar. 4 miles away with a stogy. 3 miles away with a cigarillo. 1 foot away with nothing. <---","Look at the distances. Also, stogy and cigarillo are other words for cigar.","Close, but no cigar.",Rebus,11/07/05 #37788,Hindu Mathology,2.22,2.95,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Hindu mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the six possible solutions. SHAKTI + SHIVA + VAAYU = VISHNU",No hint available.,"741259 + 74981 + 81163 = 897403 741269 + 74981 + 81153 = 897403 741309 + 74981 + 81162 = 897452 741369 + 74981 + 81102 = 897452 741329 + 74981 + 81150 = 897460 741359 + 74981 + 81120 = 897460",Cryptography,08/16/07 #21317,Blue Voodoo,2.75,2.26,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? T-Bone R.I.P Fillet R.I.P Sirloin R.I.P ((Voodoo Wand Waving)) T-Bone Alive! Fillet Alive! Sirloin Alive!",No hint available.,"Raising the stakes T-Bone, Fillet and Sirloin are all varieties of Steak. (Stake) They were all dead but after the Voodoo magic they were raised from the dead.",Rebus,03/03/05 #10191,Don't Move!,2.53,2.28,MrIxolite,"What six-letter word means ""completely motionless"" even though it can make small objects move before your very eyes?",No hint available.,STATIC (Static electricity),Language,02/02/03 #1745,In hell I hide,2.32,1.48,JOKESTER8000,"In hell I hide in heaven I am. I am not in a box. But you will find me in your hair in your house and in your neighborhood. What am I?",No hint available.,"The letter ""H""",Riddle,12/18/01 #10057,Pig Fishing,2.36,1.7,MrIxolite,"Can you work out the moral of the story? A Fisherman goes down to the river and sets up his lines. He notices a pig sitting there also fishing in the same river. They start talking and the subject turns to bait. The Fisherman says to the pig that he has discovered that by using pearls instead of worms, he catches more fish and lends the pig some to try out. As the Fisherman puts his hook in the water the pig stands up and punches the man then storms off.",No hint available.,Don't Cast Your Pearls Before Swine,Other,01/27/03 #35783,Special Number 2,2.15,1.37,coolcow35,"What is the highest 2-digit number that is divisible by 3 and 2 numerals apart? For example: 24. The 2 and 4 are two numerals apart, and 24 is a two-digit number divisible by 3. You need to find the HIGHEST one.",No hint available.,"75. 5 and 7 are two numerals apart and it is divisible by 3.",Math,03/20/07 #45799,Antonym in the Middle,2.22,2.0,cnmne,"EASY and SOFT are antonyms of HARD. Change EASY to HARD to SOFT by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. EASY ----> HARD ----> SOFT",No hint available.,"EASY <<<<< EASE BASE BARE HARE HARD <<<<< HART PART PORT SORT SOFT <<<<<",Language,11/23/09 #46275,Scars,2.5,0.9,SliceOPi,"Scars, Some have many Others few Physical or mental, before life is through But one, all share In luxury or strife, That begins at birth Under the knife.",No hint available.,Belly button (navel),Riddle,01/31/10 #1733,The Brother-in-Law,2.79,1.8800000000000001,missie,"A detective was talking with Sam. He said, ""I'm sorry to tell you this, but your brother-in-law is dead."" ""I'm not surprised. Harry had more than one enemy. He had Dick, whom he owes gambling debts, and then there's Jack, whom he cheated out of a will,"" Sam said. As Sam continued to list the enemies of Harry, the detective made a call and arrested Sam on suspicion of murder. What was the call about? Why was the detective suspicious?",No hint available.,"The detective called to find out how many brothers-in-law Sam had. When he found out that he had three, he realized that Sam had immediately known that it was Harry who had died.",Situation,12/17/01 #16922,Wheelers,2.23,2.72,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? SCRU buy-sell-buy-sell MPY",No hint available.,"Insider trading (In Cider Trading Scrumpy is a form of Cider)",Rebus,03/08/04 #39791,Dagger,3.02,2.55,grilledcheese,"A dagger thrust at my own heart Dictates the way I'm swayed Left I stand, and right I yield To the twisting of the blade. What am I?",No hint available.,A padlock,Riddle,12/27/07 #18964,Quote,1.98,2.91,MrIxolite,"What famous quote is shown? MicMicMicMicMicMicMicMic Mic 1 Week = 7 days Mic MicMicMicMicMicMicMicMic TicTicTicTicTicTicTicTic Tic 1 week = 1 year Tic TicTicTicTicTicTicTicTic",No hint available.,"A week is a long time in politics. A week is equal to one year in Poly Tics.",Rebus,09/27/04 #16783,See,2.63,1.39,ccccc,"The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?",No hint available.,Darkness,Riddle,02/29/04 #35925,Tired Horses,2.29,2.16,Trumalia,"This is an old Canadian riddle from 1300-1900 AD. Brown I am and much admired; Many horses have I tired; Tire a horse and worry a man; Tell me this riddle if you can.",No hint available.,Saddle.,Riddle,02/22/07 #2168,Pound of Gold,2.24,1.41,Cascas,"Which would be worth more, a pound of $10 pure gold coins or half a pound of $20 pure gold coins; or would they be worth the same amount?",No hint available.,A pound of gold is always worth more than half a pound of gold.,Math,01/27/02 #26247,Relational Algebra 3,2.45,2.22,cnmne,"The following three equations represent words that have a common relationship. The first letter of each word is given. Where will you find the following equations to be true? Q = 1, B = 2, P = 8",Check your answer carefully.,"Chess, the quantity of the specified pieces for each side Each side has 1 queen (Q = 1) Each side has 2 bishops (B = 2) Each side has 8 pawns (P = 8) Hint: ""check"" is a chess term.",Other,10/07/05 #13201,Lprd Cnt Chg,2.39,1.75,dakini,"Here is a phrase with missing letters. Each word has at least one missing letter. The first word is completely missing. Altogether there are eleven missing letters. (missing word) lprd cnt chg ts pts! Can you decipher the phrase?",No hint available.,A leopard can't change its spots.,Language,06/16/03 #32001,Language Math 3,2.34,2.79,cnmne,"Professor Abacus has earned degrees in both Mathematics and English. With this education, he has made a study of language math. In today's lesson, Professor Abacus has stated that not only does ""2 * 6 = 12"", but also that ""TWO * SIX = TWELVE"". Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Since there are only nine different letters, one numeral will not be used. Find one of the three possible solutions. TWO * SIX = TWELVE",No hint available.,"165 * 972 = 160380 218 * 965 = 210370 345 * 986 = 340170",Cryptography,07/24/06 #4217,Robbery,2.35,1.96,QtistLilShorTy,"A man had robbed a bank. The police began to chase him, but while tracing the tracks they suddenly disappeared. All that was left were two parallel lines. How did this happen and what were the lines?",No hint available.,The thief sat down in a wheelchair and rode away in it. The lines were the marks left by the wheels of the wheelchair.,Situation,05/22/02 #45432,Words With SEA,2.0,2.68,brainglue,"Four words with the letters SEA, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. _ _ _ S E _ _ _ A _ _ _ S E _ _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ S E A _ S _ _ _ E _ A _ _ Pool: C, C, D, E, E, E, E, E, E, G, G, L, N, N, O, P, R, R, R, R, R, T, V, Y",No hint available.,"The words are: perseverance secondary reseal segregate",Language,10/05/09 #34174,Jumbled Anagrams,2.89,2.17,jazzmusician46,"The following three (3) clues are the definitions of words that have been jumbled below and turned into anagrams. Your job is to correctly unravel the anagrams and then place them next to their proper definition. Good luck! 1. hanging cloth used as a blind. 2. a strong English ale. 3. destined or inevitable. Jumbled anagrams: 1. nice rat 2. car unit 3. rub not",The words rhyme with 'Merton'.,"1. nice rat: Certain 2. car unit: Curtain 3. rub not: Burton Rearranged anagrams now placed next to their correct definition: 1. hanging cloth used as a blind: Curtain 2. a strong English ale: Burton 3. destined or inevitable: Certain",Language,11/30/06 #31808,Baking Soda Volcano Competition,2.83,1.65,bigSWAFF_69_,"Today is the 7th annual Swahili Science Fair. One of the most popular events of the SSF is the Baking Soda Volcano Competition. Every year the competition gets a huge turnout; this year isn't much different. A whopping two people signed up to put their ""skillz"" to the test; a 9 year old girl named Sally, and a 32 year old named Fred. Both participants received the exact same materials: vinegar, baking soda, and, of course, a pre-made clay volcano. The competition is to see whose volcano can produce the most ""lava"" (in this case, the lava is the baking soda/vinegar reaction). Each contestant was given 5 minutes to plan how they will use the materials. When it was time to do the experiment, both contestants started pouring the ingredients into their volcanoes. Within seconds, Sally's volcano began emitting tons of lava, spewing it everywhere. On the other hand, Fred's did very little. Considering both used the exact same amounts of identical materials, and both poured in the ingredients at the same speed, why was Fred's volcano so lame?",No hint available.,"Fred's volcano was lame because he put the vinegar in first, and then added the baking soda. Sally, on the other hand, put the baking soda in first, and poured the vinegar on top. Due to the way the two react, Sally's method makes a bigger ""explosion"" (and also a bigger mess).",Science,07/16/06 #47851,A Prime (Number) Problem,2.17,0.9400000000000001,rlc327,"There is a number that fulfills all of the following criteria/rules: 1. It is prime. 2. It is a whole number. 3. It is greater than or equal to 1. 4. If you double it, square it, or add itself to it, you get the same single-digit even number answer for each operation. What is this number?","The ""single-digit even number"" mentioned in the 4th criterion/rule is equal to the number of criteria that the ""mystery number"" fulfills.","2. 2 is prime. 2 is a whole number. 2 is greater than 1. 2 x 2 = 4. 2 ^ 2 = 4. 2 + 2 = 4. 4 is a single-digit even number, and is the answer for all the above operations.",Riddle,08/28/10 #52355,Mr. Fibonacci's Will.,2.6,1.75,jdwhite,"Mr. Fibonacci was found dead at his house late at night, after some neighbors heard gunshots that night. Detective jdwhite has come to the scene. Mr. Fibonacci's will is confusing. The will says: For those who want to find my money, follow the code below. carts have baskets stirring Stairs The code seemed very confusing, until jdwhite had a brainwave. What was the answer?",Mr. Fibonacci was very interested in numbers and sequences.,"The Fibonacci sequence is a number sequence that goes: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21, etc, and the way it works is that to make the next number, you add the current number with the previous one. (e.g. 5 + 8 to make 13) Using the Fibonacci sequence for the words, you get: Carts Have bAskets stIrring staiRs (1,1,2,3,5) Detective jdwhite looked thoroughly at Mr. Fibonacci's favorite chair, and lo and behold, there was a secret pouch in the chair containing all his money.",Mystery,01/24/20 #206,26 L in the E A.,2.17,1.06,Mr. G,26 L in the E A.,No hint available.,26 Letters in the English Alphabet.,Letter-Equations,02/01/01 #14909,Speed Demon Duffus Strikes Again,2.87,2.02,od-1,"Duffus had a bit of a lead foot when it came to driving. One day Duffus came flying through town at warp speed right past two cop cars parked at the donut shop. The police quickly followed Duffus with sirens blaring as Duffus ran several red lights. Duffus finally came to a halt. The officers and Duffus leaped from their vehicles and had quite an emotional discussion. After all Duffus had done, he did not receive a ticket. Why not?",No hint available.,"Duffus had taken a job as an ambulance driver and was on his way to an emergency call. The police were joining him. The ""emotional discussion"" was about how to best help the victims.",Situation,09/26/03 #48009,The Mirror Society,2.7600000000000002,1.79,PedroArSp,"At the Society Ruoloc they were discussing about the admittance of a new member. The decision was taken between the president Mr. Kevin Nip, the vice-president Ms. Kathy Calb and the Administrator Mr. Ernest Gilbert Naro. The candidates this year were: Ms. Evelyn Tihw, Mr. Karl Cus and Mr. John Smith. Who was admitted?",What is S. Ruoloc?,"The new member is Ms. Evelyn Tihw. Society Ruoloc: S.Ruoloc is the reverse of colours. Kevin Nip: K.Nip is pink backwards. Kathy Calb: K.Calb is the reverse of black. Ernest Gilbert Naro: E.G.Naro -> Orange. So, Ms. Evelyn Tihw, E.Tihw is White read backwards. ^O_o",Language,09/24/10 #35064,Manifold Tiles,2.47,2.38,calmsavior,"You have in front of you a 3x3 matrix of Manifold Tiles. Each of the tiles has one letter on its face. The tiles are folded in the fourth dimension, and whenever a row or column of tiles is shifted, the tile that leaves the matrix reappears on the other side. For example, if one row of tiles is ABC, and the entire row is slid to the right, the C would move to the left to form the word CAB. The matrix is set up in this arrangement: Row 1: A T E Row 2: D N E Row 3: R Y O Making only three shifts, can you form a crossword? A shift constitutes sliding a row or column (but not a diagonal) far enough so that exactly one tile disappears off an edge of the matrix and reappears inside the opposite edge. Each shift is on a different row or column, and you may shift left, right, up, or down.",All shifts take place on the edge.,"Step 1: Shift the right-hand column down. Step 2: Shift the top row to the right. Step 3: Shift the left-hand column down. You should now have: Row 1: R A T Row 2: O N E Row 3: D Y E",Language,01/27/07 #17355,Do The Shuffle!,2.65,2.28,absy,"In each of the groups of letters below, there are two 6-letter words with their letters in the correct order. The words are connected by some rule. Un-shuffle the groups to find the two words. There are no extra letters, and no letter is used more than once. Example: D F E A T S A T E C N H (DfEaTsAteCnH) = DETACH, FASTEN 1) S T I R M I C P K L E Y 2) G E S N A T L V A E G E 3) H A S I N S I D E R S T 4) S M O T E B A I D L Y E 5) L I H A S N G E T E R N 6) P R U N E W I S A R H D 7) D R E P E M A R A I N T",The two words in each group are opposites.,"1) Simple, Tricky 2) Gentle, Savage 3) Hinder, Assist 4) Steady, Mobile 5) Linger, Hasten 6) Punish, Reward 7) Depart, Remain And you will have noticed that the rule is that they are opposites of each other.",Language,04/11/04 #4415,M M,2.01,1.42,arij,"Can you decipher this? M M",A Musical Artist,Eminem (M and M),Rebus,06/01/02 #281,7 D in SW,2.52,1.91,Karin,7 D in SW,No hint available.,7 dwarfs in Snow White,Letter-Equations,02/13/01 #36165,Bringing Home the Groceries,2.83,1.83,chaskey,"On a beautiful sunny day, five pairs of grocery shoppers headed to their various favorite grocery stores. Who went with whom, how far they travelled, how they got there, and how much they brought home are all revealed in the clues below. SHOPPERS: Men: d'Otcom, Kurfew, Markt, Allso, Palster Women: Glazzie, Verbit, Shoeling, Honlette, Bling DISTANCEs (one way): 1/2 mile, 1 mile, 1-1/2 miles, 2 miles, 3 miles TRANSPORTS: private car, taxi, bus, bicycle, walk BAGS OF GROCERIES: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 CLUES: 1. d'Otcom and his brother rode their bicycles 1-1/2 miles together to the grocery store. They each carried back 2 bags in their luggage racks. 2. Honlette went twice as far to the store as Glazzie and Palster, but only half as far as Verbit. 3. Allso's round trip was the same distance as Markt's one-way trip. 4. Verbit and her grandmother took a taxi. Together they brought 3 bags home. 5. Shoeling really enjoyed her new car, because she could easily bring home 7 bags of groceries. 6. Honlette enjoyed walking with her husband the mile to the store. On the way back, they each carried one bag of groceries.",No hint available.,"d'Otcom/Allso--1-1/2 miles--bicycles--4 bags Glazzie/Palster--1/2 mile--bus--6 bags Verbit/Bling--2 miles--taxi--3 bags Shoeling/Markt--3 miles--car--7 bags Kurfew/Honlette--1 mile--walk--2 bags",Logic-Grid,04/11/07 #41208,Ruler?,2.31,1.58,1smart_okie,N Y = T E S,No hint available.,New York = The Empire State,Letter-Equations,03/25/08 #24517,Six Friends Don't Like Waiting in Line!,2.18,0.89,monkies_r2_kool,"Six friends (Tina, Brittney, Cassandra, Kaitlyn, Janna, and Cara) went to the mall. They were all standing in line waiting for the cashier to come back. How were they standing? 1. Cassandra did not like that she was last in the line. 2. Janna was always in front. 3. Tina was in front of Cara but behind Kaitlyn. 4. Brittney was in immediately in front of Cassandra.",No hint available.,"Janna, Kaitlyn, Tina, Cara, Brittney, Cassandra.",Logic,07/13/05 #28749,Something About Life,2.52,2.38,luckythirteen,"This is a quote that has to do with life; it was made by an author. ""YVSR'F ABG SNVE, VG'F WHFG SNVERE GUNA QRNGU, GUNG'F NYY."" ~JVYYVNZ TBYQZNA","He was the author who ""abridged"" the Princess Bride.","""Life's not fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all."" ~William Goldman A-N B-O C-P D-Q E-R F-S G-T H-U I-V J-W K-X L-Y M-Z N-A O-B P-C Q-D R-E S-F T-G U-H V-I W-J X-K Y-L Z-M",Cryptography,02/22/06 #22836,"1, 8, 72,...",2.34,2.78,brianz,"What are the next two numbers in this series? 1, 8, 72, 46, 521, 612...",No hint available.,"343 and 215 These numbers are the cube numbers backwards. 1, 8, 72, 46, 521, 612, 343, 215 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343, 512",Series,05/12/05 #38422,Sports Heroes III,2.39,2.12,merrimackxc2010,B R = F P to H 700 H R in a M L B C,No hint available.,"Babe Ruth= First Person to Hit 700 Home Runs in a Major League Baseball Career. Babe Ruth is arguably the best baseball player who ever lived. He played for the Boston Red Sox for a little while and then the Red Sox traded him to the New York Yankees. This is believed to have started the Great Bambino curse which was supposedly broken in 2004 when the Boston Red Sox won the World Series.",Letter-Equations,09/23/07 #26960,Billy Bob's Crazy Travels: Part VIII,2.74,2.53,bigSWAFF_69_,"Crazy Billy Bob got sick of the crazy British accents where he was. He decided to see if the rest of the U.K. had such accents. So, Billy Bob sets off again, in hopes of a new place to live. This time, there are 10 different places for him to visit. Can you figure out where he visited by the clues listed below? 1. Be Quiet! + Really Overpayed Person + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 2. At or in This Place + A Shallow Place in a Body of Water Where One can Cross by Walking + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 3. A Piquant Sauce of Soy Vinegar and Spices 4. An Armed Conflict Between two Parties + What You Light on a Candle + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 5. Not as Great in Amount or Quantity + Tur + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 6. To Form Knots + A Song of Praise or Joy + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 7. The 16th President of the United States + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 8. And Not; or Not; Not Either + People of a Specified Group or Kind 9. Abbreviation for Camera + A Structure Providing Passage over a Gap + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 10. 90 Degrees Clockwise from West + Thigh meat of a Hog + 16th Letter of the Alphabet + 2,000 Pounds + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain","Remember, Crazy Billy Bob has to be able to drive from county-to-county. Therefore, each county must border the county before and after it.","Crazy Billy Bob went to: 1. Shhh R.O.P. Shire (Shropshire) 2. Here Ford Shire (Herefordshire) 3. Worcestershire [Sauce](Worcestershire) 4. War Wick Shire (Warwickshire) 5. Less Tur Shire (Leicestershire) 6. Knotting Hymn Shire (Nottinghamshire) 7. [Abraham] Lincoln Shire(Lincolnshire) 8. Nor Folk (Norfolk) 9. Cam Bridge Shire (Cambridgeshire) 10. North Ham P Ton Shire (Northamptonshire)",Language,11/16/05 #31467,A Thousand Miles,2.58,1.66,gwnightmare101,Marge has traveled over 1000 miles inside one building. How is this possible?,No hint available.,Marge is an elevator operator.,Situation,07/01/06 #5450,Your dreams never stop,2.68,1.74,speedymcg,"What common phrase is this: Your dreams never stop",No hint available.,never stop following your dreams,Rebus,07/10/02 #2139,Chicken or Egg,2.23,1.81,Mogmatt16,"This is answerable: Which came first? The chicken or the chicken egg?",Think evolution.,"The egg came first. The creature that gave birth to the modern day chicken was not a modern day chicken. This is because mutations occur from parent to offspring, not in an animal.",Logic,01/23/02 #873,Who's Engaged?,2.05,0.63,Michelle,"Melissa, Abbey and Lisa are engaged to the three men below, each of whom has a different job. Who is engaged to whom, and what are their jobs? 1. The programmer's future wife is not Lisa. 2. Jason is the accountant. 3. Jeffery is dating Melissa. 4. Jack is a salesman. 5. Abbey is not engaged to the accountant.",No hint available.,"Melissa - Jeffery - Programmer Lisa - Jason - Accountant Abbey - Jack - Salesman",Logic-Grid,09/23/01 #35845,At the Races,2.65,1.2,nascarfan19,Austin finished 2 places in front of Jerry. Jerry finished 3 places behind Patrick. Patrick finished 1 place behind George. Mary finished 5 places behind George. Hannah finished 2 places in front of Mary. Daniel finished 4 places behind Hannah. Anna finished 1 place in front of Daniel. Jerry finished 5th. Who finished 1st?,No hint available.,"George. 1. George 2. Patrick 3. Austin 4. Hannah 5. Jerry 6. Mary 7. Anna 8. Daniel",Logic,03/24/07 #32665,Hidden Countries #3,2.48,1.52,solarsistim321,"Can you find the three hidden countries below? As I figured out there was a new video game, I ran home. My brother, Al, couldn't get by the first level. I said, ""You just can't do it, Al, you just can't."" He wouldn't let me have a turn, so I went over to my friend Ken Yarsons's house, to play it.",No hint available.,"Iran (I RAN) Italy (IT AL You) Kenya (KEN YArson's)",Language,08/27/06 #9191,6 of 1 = H D of A,2.34,1.94,hprulz,6 of 1 = H D of A,No hint available.,6 of 1 = Half-Dozen of Another,Letter-Equations,12/16/02 #2985,Bind to a Chair,2.63,1.69,missie,"One of Johnny's dearest loved ones binds him to a chair, but Johnny doesn't mind. Why not?",No hint available.,Johnny is a kid. The chair is a seat in a car. One of Johnny's parents put his seatbelt on for him.,Situation,03/28/02 #23091,Am I Trapped?,1.66,0.46,Master_Yoda,How do you get out of a room without using any doors?,No hint available.,Go through the window.,Trick,05/22/05 #34582,Neeeeext 3,2.62,1.98,mathmama,"Which word should come next in this series: corn, hive, son, vine, ... a) tree b) cow c) tin d) tape",See neeeext and neeeext 2,"c) tin A-corn, B-hive, C-son, D-vine, E-tin acorn, beehive, season, divine, eaten.",Language,12/26/06 #34163,Sayings From Homer,2.36,2.38,kfmv1433,"Zw, hfxxo lcom. Fwxex fiadr pm dikx dcqx wzkx uxxv fcowiao co. - Wipxe Hcplhiv.",look at the title,"Ah, sweet pity. Where would my love life have been without it. - Homer Simpson. A-U B-G C-I D-L E-R F-W G-Q H-S I-O J-Z K-V L-P M-Y N-X O-T P-M Q-F R-D S-C T-J U-B V-N W-H X-E Y-K Z-A",Cryptography,11/29/06 #35082,Waldo's Adventure,2.91,0.99,irar1792,"Waldo was wandering the city of San Francisco. It was a sunny September day, and the city was overflowing with tourists and locals out walking with their dogs, many wearing red. Suddenly, a child touched Waldo's head. Seconds later, Waldo found himself in the Sahara Desert, and again a child touched his head. What was happening?","What is the man's name? Think back to first grade.","The child who touched Waldo's head had found Waldo, and moved on to the next page. The ""Where's Waldo"" series of books is very popular with school children. On every page, a jolly character named Waldo is hidden amongst giant groups of people. He is always dressed in red and white stripes, as are many of those around him.",Situation,01/27/07 #1763,Animal Fair,2.68,1.99,Nishoo,"Long long ago, in a village there used to be held an annual animal fair where only elephants, horses and sheep used to be sold. During one year the price-list in the fair was as follows:- One Elephant --- $5 One Horse --- $1 Twenty Sheep --- $1 A merchant sent his servant with $100 to the fair and instructed him to buy 100 animals with the money....but the condition was that there had to be at least one animal of each kind in the lot and there must be no money left over. How did the servant go about carrying out his task ?",No hint available.,"The servant bought 19 elephants, 1 horse and 80 sheep. Total number of animals = 19 + 1 + 80 = 100 Total cost = (19 x 5)+(1x1)+(80 x 1/20) = 95 + 1 + 4 = 100",Math,12/20/01 #28008,Sixteen Horse Race,2.75,1.71,npf2005,"There was a 16 horse race in progress at the race course but I missed the finish. I asked 6 of my friends to tell me the number of the winner. These were their answers: It was an even number. It was an odd number. It was a prime number. It was a square number. The number had 2 digits. The number was between 6 and 12. Only 4 of my friends told the truth. Which number was the winner?",No hint available.,11 is the winner.,Logic,01/10/06 #10905,Dinner Woofer,2.37,2.42,MrIxolite,"Who is represented below? Dinner Woofer",No hint available.,"An After Dinner Speaker Woofer = A type of stereo speaker.",Rebus,03/05/03 #6020,JUS 144 TICE,2.34,1.45,michelle,"What does this mean? JUS 144 TICE",No hint available.,"Gross injustice (Gross = Twelve dozen)",Rebus,07/29/02 #8703,The Science Fair,2.44,1.31,something,"Isaac and Albert were excitedly describing the result of the Third Annual International Science Fair Extravaganza in Sweden. There were three contestants, Louis, Rene, and Johannes. Isaac reported that Louis won the fair, while Rene came in second. Albert, on the other hand, reported that Johannes won the fair, while Louis came in second. In fact, neither Isaac nor Albert had given a correct report of the results of the science fair. Each of them had given one correct statement and one false statement. What was the actual placing of the three contestants?",No hint available.,"Johannes won; Rene came in second; Louis came in third. All you have to do to solve this is look at Isaac's first statement: ""Louis won the fair"". If this were true then neither of Albert's statements could be true. Therefore this must be Isaac's false statement. This means that Isaac's second statement, ""Rene came in second"" must be true, which in turn means that Albert's first statement, ""John came in first"" must also be true. This leaves Louis in third place.",Logic,11/24/02 #823,Car Emergency,2.55,1.1,Michelle,A husband and wife are driving in a car. All of a sudden they pull over and the husband rushes out of the car. The windows are all rolled up and the doors are all locked. When the husband comes back there's another person in the car. The doors and windows were never opened. Who is the other person?,No hint available.,His wife was pregnant and gave birth. The other person is their baby.,Situation,09/16/01 #37710,Like Oil and Water,2.17,1.75,leftclick,"Imagine two jugs, the first containing one litre of oil, the second containing one litre of water. Ten millilitres is poured from the first jug into the second, and then ten millilitres is poured from the second jug into the first. Which of the jugs now contains more of the liquid from the other jug? (Is there more oil in the second jug, or water in the first jug?)",Look at the category - this is not a Science teaser! It doesn't matter whether or not oil floats on water...,"The first jug always ends up with the same amount of water as the second jug has oil. It doesn't matter whether more water or oil is transferred the second time. At the end, the total volume in each jug is the same, and the total volume of each liquid is the same. All that has happened is a certain (unknown) amount of oil from the first jug has been swapped with the same amount of water from the second jug.",Logic,08/10/07 #4213,Ballooning,2.34,0.85,Roman_Phoenix,"Rick was highly in debt, so he figured out a way to make money by doing something no one else could. He went around to all of his friends and people he worked with and bet them $50 that he could put a pin into a balloon without popping it. He let his friends and co-workers try to do it, and they couldn't, but he did it easily. How? There are 2 answers.",No air,"Answer #1: If you used the hint you could have got this one. One thing he could do is let the air out of the balloon before he put the pin in. Answer #2: The other thing you could do is put something like tape or plastic (anything like that) over the place you would put the pin in. That way it would stop the balloon from popping.",Science,05/22/02 #23021,Picnic 2,2.36,1.6300000000000001,didida,"There are two girls and one boy. Their names are June, Kate, and John. They decided to go on a picnic and they each brought three things. They ended up with a blanket, a cooler, a soccer ball, a basketball, a skateboard, cherries, strawberries, sandwiches, and napkins. Who brought what, based on the following clues? 1. Kate hates soccer so she would never bring a soccer ball. 2. Whoever brought the cooler brought the napkins. 3. The boy did not bring the skateboard. 4. Neither girl plays soccer or basketball. 5. June did not bring stuff to do. 6. John does not own a cooler. 7. Kate brought both kinds of fruit. 8. June brought the blanket.",No hint available.,"Kate-skateboard-strawberries-cherries June-cooler-napkins-blanket John-soccerball-basketball-sandwiches",Logic,05/20/05 #21232,Clothing,2.11,3.08,BeastyBeesa,"Which one of these clothing items do not belong? hijab niqqab milfeh shmag jilbab midriga",It's the men's piece of clothing,"shmag: this is the men's headdress seen often in white, or checkered (red or black) in Arab countries, the others are part of women's clothing",Group,02/26/05 #14487,All Change,2.39,2.57,dumbell,"Which one of these words would fit in with the following list? choose from: GOPHER EIGHTH LENGTH WOOFER PREFIX To fit in with: VETOED GRUDGE GIFTED GRUNTS RENNET DIGGER SUNLIT HOGNUT",The hint is in the title.,"EIGHTH, which is an anagram of height, all the rest have anagrams VETOED = DEVOTE GRUDGE = RUGGED GIFTED = FIDGET GRUNTS = STRUNG RENNET = TENNER DIGGER = RIGGED SUNLIT = INSULT HOGNUT = NOUGHT",Language,08/22/03 #10058,Mid Line Inserts,2.74,2.21,snaps,"For each of the pairs of words below, insert a word in the blank space between them to form two separate words such that the inserted word finishes the first word and begins the second. For example, given ""MAN ____ ON"", you would insert the word ""GO"" to form ""MANGO"" and ""GOON"". The hint gives the number of letters in each of the words that must be inserted. HAM ____ FUME HEAL ____ ME END ____ NEST GRAM ____ GIN MAD ____ OUNCE","The number of letters in the words to be inserted are 3, 3, 3, 3 and 3.","PER (HAMPER, PERFUME) THY (HEALTHY, THYME) EAR (ENDEAR, EARNEST) MAR (GRAMMAR, MARGIN) DEN (MADDEN, DENOUNCE)",Language,01/26/03 #13656,Letter Ender 1,2.59,1.8800000000000001,MrIxolite,"Below are single letters or groups of letters with clues to whole words. To solve the clues and get the words, the SAME combination of letters should be placed before the given letter (s). For example, T = Allotted time of work K = Strong Smell G = Sharp pain The answer would be STIN to make STINT, STINK and STING Note: The Hint will be the number of letters you are looking for. Try this one: S = Tricks of language T = Kick Y = Weak",3,"PUN PUNS, PUNT & PUNY",Language,07/07/03 #1400,Driving a Bus,2.31,0.58,stormcloud99,"You are a bus driver. The bus starts out empty. At the first stop 4 people get on. At the second stop, 8 people get on and 3 get off. At the third stop, 2 people get off and 4 get on. The question is, what color are the bus driver's eyes?",No hint available.,"YOU ARE THE BUS DRIVER. So the color of the bus driver's eyes is the color of your eyes!",Trick,11/14/01 #48169,Mrs. Smith's Daughters,2.78,1.25,cutieluck,"Jane, Anna, Kate, and Sarah are Mrs. Smith's 4 daughters. Each daughter has a different hair color (black, blond, brown, or red) and a different eye color (blue, brown, green, or hazel). Using the information given, try to determine not only each daughter's hair and eye color but also whether she is one, two, three, or four years old. 1. The girl with black hair is younger than Sarah. 2. Of Jane and Anna, one has brown hair and the other has brown eyes, but neither is the oldest or youngest. 3. Kate does not have hazel eyes. 4. The blond is younger than the girl with green eyes but older than Anna.",No hint available.,"Sarah: 4 years old, red hair, and green eyes Jane: 3 years old, blond, and brown eyes. Anna: 2 years old, brown hair, and hazel eyes Kate: 1 year old, black hair, and blue eyes",Logic-Grid,11/03/10 #34332,The Sibling Rivalry Week,3.01,2.11,dishu,"Fightland Street is famous for 5 friends who have 1 sibling each. One particular week, each of these friends broke into a fight with their siblings on a different day of the week and for a different stupid reason (sibling fights are seldom intelligent). Fortunately, they soon realised how childish they were being and decided to patch up in a unique and special way. With the help of these clues, can you figure out who fought with whom, for what reason, on which day and how did they patch up? 1. Charles accused his sister of stealing his watch; but on realizing that he himself had misplaced it, he bought her a nice new skirt. 2. Since Harry fought with his sister over an eatable item, she gifted him another eatable item to patch-up. 3. The siblings to fight on Monday argued about who was a better basketball player. 4. Bob does not have a sister. 5. The boy who gave his brother a silk tie to patch-up, fought with him on Thursday. 6. Jane did not fight on Tuesday. 7. The brother-sister pair to fight over the phone went to Pizza Hut to patch-up, which for some strange reason, is only opened on Wednesdays. 8.Emma and George went to a movie. 9. Ira is not Charles' sister. Friends: Alice, Bob, Charles, Denver, Emma Siblings: Fred, George, Harry, Ira, Jane Reasons for fight: Basketball, Chocolates, Watch, Phone, New T-shirt Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Patch-up method: Movie, Silk Tie, Ice Candy, Lunch at Pizza Hut, New Skirt","Alice, Emma, Ira and Jane are girls. The rest are boys. In the grid, lunch at Pizza Hut has been condensed to Pizza Hut","Emma claimed that she was a better basketball player than George, and later, they went to a movie on Monday. Alice and Harry fought over Chocolates on Tuesday, and Alice gave him an ice candy to cheer him up. Wednesday morning, Denver and Ira argued about who was always keeping the phone busy, but later they went for a nice lunch at Pizza Hut together. Bob and Fred argued about who would wear the new T-shirt first on Thursday, and Bob gifted Fred a new silk tie to put an end to the fight. Charles and Jane fought over Charles' misplaced watch on Friday, and Charles ended up buying a new skirt for his sister.",Logic-Grid,12/10/06 #50295,Words With WL,2.09,2.21,cnmne,"Five words that contain WL as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **WL, **WL**, ****WL, **WL***, ***WL** Pool: A, A, B, C, C, E, E, G, H, I, K, O, O, O, P, R, R, R, S, T",No hint available.,"HOWL, BOWLEG, SPRAWL, COWLICK, TRAWLER",Language,05/09/14 #50133,Split Words I,2.53,2.14,eighsse,"In this puzzle, you will be given two clues paired together as equal. The answer to the first clue will consist of multiple words, or a hyphenated word. If all of the spaces and/or punctuation are removed from it, the result will be the answer to the second clue. Some clues may make sense, others will be a little peculiar, and still others will be downright wacky. Example: Less than a dozen perform = Tightening Answer: Ten sing = Tensing 1. A group of wolves grow old = Parcels 2. Your inspirations, poetically = Organs in necks 3. Lair indication = Copenhagen's country 4. Voting for farm equipment = Angle measurer 5. Adorable writing = One attorney's action",No hint available.,"1. Pack ages = Packages 2. Thy muses = Thymuses 3. Den mark = Denmark 4. Pro-tractor = Protractor 5. Prose cute = Prosecute",Language,02/11/14 #47753,Land Problem,1.82,2.38,quizwizAhn,"A, B, and C each had land: am^2 (m^2=square meters), bm^2, and cm^2 (this is c square meter, not square centimeter!) big. A sold 1/4 of his land to B, then B sold 1/3 of the land he had (after he bought land from A) to C. If A, B, and C now have the same amount of land, what does (b+c)/a equal to?","I advise that you use a letter (ex: k) to compare the three measures. (and just in case, 1/3 is read as one-third, and so on.)","5/4 (multiplication symbols are not written down) Steps: (3/4)a=2/3((1/4)a+b)=1/3((1/4)a+b)+c 3a/4=(a+4b)/6=(a+4b+12c)/12=k a=(4/3)k, b=(7/6)k, c=(1/2)k (b+c)/a = (7k/6 + 1k/2)/(4k/3) = (10k/6)(3/4k) = 5/4",Math,08/14/10 #1856,Animals,2.16,0.89,missie,"What animals are represented by the following words and what is the pattern? frg llgtr hrs grff br kngr",No hint available.,"frog alligator horse giraffe bear (or boar) kangaroo The pattern is taking out all the vowels.",Group,12/24/01 #31531,Least Positive Difference,2.45,2.3,holly1447591,"Use the numbers 7, 3, 5, 0, 8, 1, 4, and 6 to fill in the expression xxxx-xxxx. You may use each number only once. How can you arrange the numbers to get the least positive difference?",The way you choose digits for the thousands place may be different from the way you choose the other digits.,5013 - 4876 = 137,Math,07/04/06 #26409,Slow Down Please,2.31,2.29,shabz4lyf,"This law enforcement officer's performance is excellent when he is sleeping. What am I?",On the road,Speed humps are also known as Sleeping Police,Riddle,10/17/05 #5988,Again!,2.19,0.84,michelle,"What does this mean? MEREPEAT",No hint available.,Repeat after me,Rebus,07/28/02 #26203,Antique Jewelry,2.36,2.32,dogboy,"Three pieces of antique jewelry - a locket, a pin, and a ring - have ages whose sum is 310 years. The sum of 2 times the age of the locket 5 years ago and the age of the pin 10 years ago is 240 years. The difference between 3 times the locket's age in 3 years and 2 times the ring's age 4 years ago is 0. Find the ages of the locket, the pin, and the ring.",The equation system is one of three open sentences each having three placeholders.,"Locket=L Pin=P Ring=R L+P+R=310 (equation 1) 2L+P=260 (equation 2) 3L-2R=-17 (equation 3) Combine equations 1 and 2, and multiply equation 2 by -1. L+P+R=310 -2L-P=-260 ____________ -L+R=50 Now multiply the new equation by 2 and combine it with equation 3. 3L-2R=-17 -2L+2R=100 ____________ L=83 So the locket is 83 years old. Now substitute the value for ""L"" into the original equation 2. 2L+P=260 2(83)+P=260 166+P=260 P=94 So the pin is 94 years old. For the final step substitute the locket's age into the original equation 3 to get the ring's age. 3L-2R=-17 3(83)-2R=-17 249-2R=-17 R=133 So the ring is 133 years old. Add the three values to verify: 83+94+133=310",Math,10/04/05 #20570,26 in the Family,2.17,1.04,DennysGirl,"There are 26 children in the family, including me. We are used constantly. What are we?",No hint available.,The English Alphabet,Riddle,01/24/05 #282,Larger Than the Universe?,2.79,1.28,Mr. G,"What is larger than the universe, More evil than the devil, Poor people have lots of it, Rich people need it, And if you eat it, you will die?",0.,Nothing.,Riddle,02/14/01 #19908,KITE,2.88,0.96,doggyxp,"If PACK + KNIT + STAY + ELMO = KITE Then THAW + FLIT + GNAT+ DIET = ?",No hint available.,"WIND. Take the last letter of the first word, second to last letter of the second word, etc. PacK + knIt + sTay + Elmo = KITE ThaW + flIt + gNat + Diet = WIND.",Other,12/14/04 #13574,ShArE & ShArE,2.27,1.41,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? ShArE & ShArE",No hint available.,Share and Share Alike,Rebus,07/02/03 #42030,Travel,2.16,1.03,stephiesd,t r a v e l,No hint available.,Space travel,Rebus,05/26/08 #5368,yaplayrd,2.07,1.05,Cascas,"yaplayrd What does this mean?",No hint available.,Play in the yard,Rebus,07/09/02 #34129,Less Than Opposites,2.78,2.24,medster99,"Which two words in Group 2 belong in Group 1? Group 1: There Yours Flying Open She Group 2: Zero None Oblivion Neither Nothing",No hint available.,"None and Neither. When you take away the first letter in the words in Group 1, they become close to opposites of the original word. None >> One Neither >> Either There >> Here Yours >> Ours Flying >> Lying Open >> Pen (as in fence) She >> He",Group,11/27/06 #50694,Stabbed in the Back,2.82,1.35,ultimatecub,"Two men are sitting in a room facing each other. The first man is facing the only door, and the second man is facing the first man and he has his back to the door. The clock in the building chimes every hour, and it is 5 minutes before the next chime. The clock is on the wall where both of them can see it. The first man says to the second man, ""When the clock chimes next, someone will come up from behind you and stab you in the back."" The second man, slightly worried, keeps talking to the first man for 5 minutes. Sure enough, the second man gets stabbed in the back when the clock chimes. The first man had not arranged for or been informed of someone coming in and stabbing the second man. He also had no control over when the clock chimed. He was also incapable of predicting the future. How was this?","If you were told you were going to be stabbed from behind right NOW, what would you do?","When the clock chimed, naturally, the second man immediately turned around to see if there was anyone there to stab him. While he was facing the door, the first man ran up behind him and stabbed him.",Situation,09/21/15 #44171,The Pitfalls of Bad Writing,2.25,2.0,perrygf,"Melvin, at work, got a call from his irate neighbor. ""Keep your daughter off our property! We caught your kid sneaking onto our private oceanside retreat again!"" Melvin responded, ""How do you know she did it? We get trespassers all the time!"" ""It had to be her,"" they answered, ""We followed the footprints back to your yard."" ""The trespasser could have violated our property as well,"" countered Melvin. ""But we recognized your daughter's footprint. She has a very distinctive sole with a strange symbol on the bottom."" Melvin knew his daughter had no such shoes, but the neighbors were adamant. While emailing his daughter later that day, he mentioned the complaint to his daughter, and the impossibility of its being correct. His daughter sent back her reply. However, she is notoriously bad at writing, even with using a spell checker, and her message contained no punctuation, either. To make it more difficult, some glitch in the program scrambled the words. Can you decipher her message? beech eye gnu its know rite shoos they're two war",The spell checker did not report any spelling mistakes.,"The words in order, with punctuation, read as follows: ""Know, its rite. Eye war gnu shoos two they're beech."" These words are homophones, words that sound the same as other words but are spelled differently. Since the words are spelled correctly, the spell checker will not change them. The message should read: ""No, it's right. I wore new shoes to their beach.""",Language,03/02/09 #39464,The United States of America,2.54,1.62,Fire_Shell96,F 10 A to the US C = The B of R,The title,First 10 Amendments to the United States Constitution = The Bill of Rights,Letter-Equations,12/04/07 #9405,Snapoker Championships,2.56,2.36,snaps,"The card game Snapoker is a very complex game for four players, requiring the use of two decks of cards with all odd spades, even hearts, prime diamonds (including aces) and non-prime clubs (including aces) removed. Note that jacks are 11, queens are 12, kings are 13. Two jokers are added to the deck and are each worth 15. The cards are dealt among the four players. A hand starts when the dealer shouts ""Let's Snapoker!"" Following a frenetic minute of randomly throwing all cards onto the table, and at the dealer's call of ""Heeeeeeere, piggy, piggy, piggy!"" players are required to grab as many cards as they can. Once all cards have been grabbed, the total value of the cards in each player's hand is added up. Points (4, 3, 2 and 1) are awarded to players on each hand, with the highest card total receiving maximum points. In the event of a tie, the player who can drink a glass of milk through their nose the quickest will receive the greater points. A running score is kept throughout the game. The game is over when someone reaches a total of 518 points or when a fight breaks out, which is a common occurrence. At the 2002 International Snapoker Championships, the final was very hotly contested. Despite the high level of competitiveness in the final, no fights broke out. It was also a day for the history books as it had often been speculated in ""Here Piggy!"", the official Snapoker magazine, that the longest official Snapoker game, which was played in 1979 and lasted for 186 hands, would never be surpassed (incidentally, this 186-hand game was concluded when the fourth placed player lost his marbles and started the biggest Snapoker fight ever seen). Not only did the 2002 ISC final surpass the 186-hand record, it guaranteed that this new record could never be beaten again, only equalled. How many hands were played in the 2002 ISC final?","In each hand there are a total of 10 points on offer, so after any given hand the total of all four players' scores must be a multiple of 10.","There were 207 hands dealt in all. In each hand of Snapoker there are a total of 10 points on offer, so after any given hand the total of all four players' scores must be a multiple of 10. The highest total of all four players' scores such that the individual scores are still all less than the 518-point winning mark is 2060 (eg. 517, 516, 514, 513 or some other similar combination), which corresponds to 206 hands. This would mean that on the 207th hand one of the players would finally and inevitably win the game.",Math,12/25/02 #31810,Triples 6,2.38,2.01,bigSWAFF_69_,"A Triple is a Series with 6 sets, each with 3 numbers apiece. The relationship between the first two numbers are the same throughout all of the sets, and the relationship between the last two numbers is also the same, however, it is different than the first relationship.Try and find the missing numbers: 2 8 4 3 27 9 4 64 16 5 ___ __ _ 216 __ _ ___ 49",No hint available.,"2 8 4 3 27 9 4 64 16 5 125 25 6 216 36 7 343 49 Relationship for first two numbers: Cube it (2 cubed = 8) Relationship for last two numbers: Divide by first number (8 divided by 2 = 4)",Series,07/16/06 #19644,To The Limits,2.64,1.99,MrIxolite,"What is this? THETENCOMMANDMENTS NCOMMANDMENTS E T E H T",No hint available.,Bending the rules,Rebus,12/01/04 #37482,Can You Guess It?,2.5100000000000002,2.03,lilrena4ever,"Can you guess what food I'm talking about? Unscramble the words below to figure it out! 1) _ _ _ _ - take the 1st letter w o n s 2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - take the 2nd letter l i c n g a l 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - take the 1st, 2nd and 4th letters t n o m e s r 4) _ _ _ _ _ - take the 3rd letter n a i r b Now take all the letters and rearrange them to see what it spells!",This food originated in India.,"1) snow - take the 1st letter (S) 2) calling - take the 2nd letter (A) 3) monster - take the 1st, 2nd, and 4th letters (M,O,S) 4) brain - take the 3rd letter (A) SAMOSA Samosa is a tasty food that is made from dough. It is usually filled with potatoes and peas but can also be filled with cheese, spinach, and many other things.",Language,07/21/07 #2311,Two Candles,2.28,2.25,mishiko,"You have two candles that you have to mount on a wall and you also have to light them. You have a box of matches, and six thumb tacks. How do you do it?",No hint available.,"Empty the matchbox. Then thumb tack it to the wall. Put the candles on the box and secure them with thumb tacks. Once you have done that, light the candles.",Other,02/13/02 #33354,The Gift of a Cow Tail Switch,2.98,1.1,OldChinaHand,"A great warrior did not return from the hunt. His family gave him up for dead, all except his youngest son who each day would ask, ""Where is my father? Where is my father?"" The child's older brothers, who were magicians, finally went forth to find him. They came upon his broken spear and a pile of bones. The first son assembled the bones into a skeleton; the second son put flesh upon the bones; the third son breathed life into the flesh. The warrior arose and walked into the village where there was great celebration. He said, ""I will give a fine gift of a cow tail switch to the one who has brought me back to life."" [The Cow Tail Switch would be considered a most prestigious gift, a symbol of high honor and acclaim.] Each one of his sons cried out, ""Give it to me, for I have done the most."" The first son said, ""It was I who gathered and assembled your bones."" ""And Father it was I, your second son, who labored to put flesh upon the bones."" ""Yes, but I was the one that breathed life into the flesh"", said the third son, ""So the cow tail switch should go to me."" ""Humm, all true, I could not have finer sons than you."" Which son was given the Cow Tail Switch?",Who did what?,"""I will give the gift to my youngest son,"" said the warrior. ""For it is this child who saved my life. For a man is never truly dead until he is forgotten!""",Situation,10/06/06 #29136,Word Swap #8,2.99,2.21,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. The burglar had __________ the entire apartment, and it seemed locating even one clue of his identity would be impossible. However, the skilled detective needed but a few __________ of the burglar's torn jeans to start the process of finding the perpetrator. 2. The construction boss sent Jim to the store for more __________. After an hour of Jim being gone, the boss remarked, ""It's a good thing Jim is a hard worker because that boy is as slow as a __________. 3. What started out as a peaceful march turned into complete __________ and the National Guard was called in. The melee was __________ on two outside groups not even affiliated with the march.",No hint available.,"1. trashed, threads 2. nails, snail 3. bedlam, blamed",Language,03/17/06 #2469,Basketball Bet,2.36,1.3800000000000001,lil_thugsta,"James bets Paul $1.00 that he could guess the score of the basketball game before it starts. Paul agrees, but loses the bet. Why did Paul lose the bet?",No hint available.,"James said the score would be 0-0 and he was right. ""Before"" any basketball game starts, the score is always 0-0.",Logic,03/01/02 #28311,Fifths,2.34,2.39,Question_Mark,"What are the next three terms in this sequence? C, G, D, A, E, ?, ?, ?",Musical terms.,"B, F#, C#. This sequence forms what is called the 'Circle of fifths' in musical terms.",Series,01/28/06 #24219,Inapt Anagram,2.47,2.68,piers,What is a not so apt anagram of Margaret Thatcher?,No hint available.,That great charmer!,Language,07/03/05 #27640,How You Miss Me,2.23,0.74,zigthepig,"I have 3 hands, All have a purpose. I count the hours, I count the minutes, I count the seconds, Of every day. Every one of those is important for me to count. I must never stop or people get frustrated. I can never die, though I may stop, But it isn't my fault.",The title is a hint.,A clock. The title hint : Everybody wishes to set back the time. How we miss it when we can't.,Riddle,12/23/05 #393,"Two Legs, Three Legs, Four Legs...",2.93,2.32,Phyllis,"Two legs sat on three legs by four legs. One leg knocked two legs off three legs. Two legs hit four legs with three legs. What happened?",A rural perspective might help.,A farmer (2 legs) sat on a 3-legged stool beside a cow (4 legs) in preparation for milking the cow. The cow kicked the farmer off the stool which made the farmer angry so he hit the cow with the stool.,Riddle,04/18/01 #6016,Sweet Be Gotten,2.34,0.58,Cascas,"What does this mean? sweet sweet be be gotten gotten gotten gotten",No hint available.,Too sweet to be forgotten.,Rebus,07/29/02 #9462,Cool Dan,2.85,1.73,k2w2man,"Diamondback Dan, Copperhead Canyon's ""Teller of Tall Tales"", was braggin' to the boys at the Viper's Den about his ability as a master hunter. ""So there I was, all alone in the Arctic wilderness, freezin' my tail off even though it was the middle of July, not more than a mile or two from the North Pole itself. I tracked that ol' polar bear for days on end, gettin' a little closer by the minute. By the time I caught up to him, I had caught such a terrible cold I couldn't get a bead on him 'cause of my waterin' eyes and my sneezin'. He was a beauty, too, at least 1000 pounds. His hide would be in my den right now if it weren't for that blasted cold."" Jeff sighed, leaned back, and shot a stream of tobacco in the spittoon. ""Dan, that story is about as thin as a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model."" Does Jeff have a point?",No hint available.,"Yes. Jeff knows that one cannot catch a cold while at the North Pole, because cold viruses cannot survive there due to the extreme low temperatures. One can only catch a cold by being in contact with another person with the virus.",Science,01/05/03 #28228,Do This or You're Fired!,2.39,1.74,froggygg,"What phrase is shown below: acquire your row....car, truck, cow, dog....row row....cat, bike, bird, skateboard .... row *row .... ducks, ducks, ducks, ducks ....row row .... boat, horse, goat, trailer .... row row .... chicken, scooter, skunk, tank .... row",No hint available.,"Answer: Get your ducks in a row. The body shows ""acquire your"" (acquire is another word for get), ducks are in a row; therefore, get your ducks in a row. Thesaurus definition: To have things in order. Example: If you don't get your ducks in a row, you will be fired. Title ""Do this or you're fired"" refers to the example.",Rebus,01/24/06 #3397,GNIHCAYMO,2.79,2.11,jaxzi,"Can you decipher this phrase: GNIHCAYMO",No hint available.,Oh my aching back.,Rebus,04/10/02 #10968,Clone Rate,2.36,2.28,Gizzer,Find a one-word anagram of CLONE RATE that is something everyone needs from time to time.,No hint available.,TOLERANCE,Language,03/07/03 #11181,Lots of Kids,2.59,1.08,Jake101,"Once there were 9 children, all of which were in the same family. They were all born 18 months apart. The oldest one (George) was 5 times older than the youngest one (Michael). How old was Michael?",No hint available.,"3 yrs. old. If each child was born 18 months apart, then there has to be a 12 year gap between oldest and youngest. Therefore George is 15 and Michael 3. This is the only 12 year gap that has a difference in ages of 5 times.",Math,03/15/03 #1587,Trinket,2.68,1.94,gokaran,"Granny looked up from her rocking chair and said, ""As far as I can tell, there is only one anagram of the word TRINKET."" What is it?",No hint available.,Knitter,Language,12/04/01 #26659,Chapeau,2.39,1.83,sdm1177,"What is represented below? Take off your overcoat and put it on the hook in the office. Take off your gloves and put them in the glove box in the car. Take off your scarf and leave it in the garage. Take off your wool cap and hang it on a hook in the house.",No hint available.,"Home is where you hang your hat. The hat is the only item hung up at home.",Rebus,11/01/05 #48341,Words With HO,2.0,2.43,cnmne,"Five words that contain HO as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *HO**, ***HO, *HO***, ***HO*, *HO***** Pool: A, A, B, C, D, E, E, E, G, L, M, N, N, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y",No hint available.,"THONG, MACHO, PHOEBE, ANYHOW, SHOULDER",Language,12/27/10 #37019,Snowworn,2.23,2.66,cnmne,"Enter words into the following word chain such that each pair of words in the chain forms a compound word. No word can appear in the chain more than one time. Each ""?"" represents a missing word. Example: girl ? ? shape = girl friend ship shape = girlfriend friendship shipshape. snow ? wood ? ? ball ? ? side ? ? cut ? ? ? worn",No hint available.,snow drift wood work basket ball park way side long hair cut off spring time worn,Language,06/20/07 #22810,Glass,2.15,1.48,cccc,"Playing baseball, you break a window in your house. The window broke into 100 pieces. You hurriedly pick up 17 and throw them in the garbage. What fraction of the glass is left?",No hint available.,"We don't know. The broken shards of glass could have been of equal size, or different sizes.",Trick,05/10/05 #44375,Words With GR,1.93,2.15,cnmne,"Five words that contain GR as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? GR***, **GR*, **GR**, ***GR**, ****GR* Pool: A, A, A, A, C, E, F, H, I, L, L, M, N, N, O, O, O, P, T, Y",No hint available.,"GRAFT, ANGRY, POGROM, CHAGRIN, ALLEGRO",Language,04/22/09 #44157,My Masks Show...,2.19,1.32,mosca,"My masks show satisfaction, taste, and glamour, Gifts from me, with manhood, grit and strength. Why do the blind with my mystique enamor? Regret and slavery lurk along my length! My vapors strew the stench of gasping death, Yet millions daily light and fondle me. I plant disease and pain with every breath, That young inhale and elders cannot flee! Smoke and mirrors conjure up the mood That hucksters loud and blatantly proclaim. Though suffering and doom both darkly brood! Are you able after this to guess my name?",Remember the Marlboro cowboy?,"A cigarette The real ""benefits"" of smoking are slavery to addiction, along with sickness and agonizing death. Plus, smokers pay an ever increasing price for these ""advantages"" too! According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 1.3 billion people worldwide are smokers. Around 5.4 million deaths a year are caused by tobacco. 1.2 million in China die from smoking related diseases. Over 443,000 Americans die from smoking annually; 50,000 of these deaths are caused by secondhand smoke.",Riddle,02/23/09 #27784,Which Word 3,2.61,2.91,shenqiang,"Which 12-letter word has 2 a's, and if you change the a's to i's, you get another word?",No hint available.,Quacksalvers.,Language,12/30/05 #31065,Let's Play,2.74,1.82,Hortonba,"I help you get lost In magical worlds. You move me around With all your fingers. Time can fly by Before you know it. Lost in this world? You better believe it! Images will flash Before your eyes. Controlling me, Would be most wise. Then you will see The end at last. Sometimes better, When completed fast. What am I?",No hint available.,Video Games,Riddle,06/14/06 #22178,A Book,2.18,2.31,DummyisDumb,"Title: Get Get Get Get Summary: 1 The thing, act, or matter about which these words are spoken or written. 2 The whole situation. 3 Used with little meaning of its own in certain kinds of sentences. 4 The player who has something special in a children's game.",What does the summary remind you of?,"Forget about it. The story (or movie) is called Forget (4get) and it is about ""it"" (the summary is the definition of ""it""). 4get is about it.",Rebus,04/12/05 #48391,Word Grid 6,2.04,2.96,cnmne,"Arrange 25 five-letter words in a 5-by-5 grid. The five words in each row share a common letter. The five words in each column share a common letter. The five words in each diagonal share a common letter. There are 12 different common letters. The grid cells are identified by row (1 to 5, top to bottom) and column (1 to 5, left to right). Example: Cell 3.2 identifies Row 3 Column 2. The words are: adobe, bugle, clang, dairy, devil, drift, glove, grimy, gruel, lofty, merit, mound, moves, nymph, pivot, plumb, prize, scrub, skirt, snail, spray, stove, thank, tribe, yeast. One letter of each word is provided in the grid. Row 1: y c g l u Row 2: a m d v i Row 3: s h p o r Row 4: e l b s k Row 5: o a i e t",Start by determining the words for Column 2. The first step is to check the possible words for Cell 1.2 and Cell 3.2.,"grimy clang bugle glove gruel dairy mound adobe devil drift spray nymph plumb pivot prize yeast snail scrub moves skirt lofty thank tribe stove merit Common Letters Rows 1 to 5: g, d, p, s, t Columns 1 to 5: y, n, b, v, r Diagonals 1 and 2: m, l 1) Cell 1.2 contains ""c"", and must be either ""clang"" or ""scrub"". Cell 3.2 contains ""h"", and must be either ""nymph"" or ""thank"". Cell 1.2 is ""clang"", since ""scrub"" shares no letters with ""nymph"" or ""thank"". The words in Column 2 must share ""a"" or ""n"". Cell 2.2 contains ""m"", but there is no word that also contains ""a"". The words in Column 2 must share ""n"". The only word that contains both ""l"" and ""n"" is ""snail"" (""clang"" already used). Cell 4.2 is ""snail"". By similar reasoning, Cell 5.2 is ""thank"", Cell 3.2 is ""nymph"", and Cell 2.2 is ""mound"". 2) Cell 4.5 contains ""k"", and must be ""skirt"". Cell 1.5 is ""gruel"" (contains ""u"" and shares a letter with ""skirt""; ""scrub"" would not fit, since the only shared letter with ""clang"" is ""c"", which only appears twice). The words in Column 5 must share ""r"". 3) The words in Diagonal 2 must share ""l"". Cell 3.3 is ""plumb"" (contains ""l"" and ""p""). The words in Diagonal 1 must share ""m"" (""u"" will not work, since there are not enough unused ""u"" words). Cell 1.1 is ""grimy"" (contains ""m"" and ""y""), Cell 4.4 is ""moves"" (contains ""m"" and ""s""), and Cell 5.5 is ""merit"" (contains ""m"" and ""t""). The words in Row 3 must share ""p"" (""m"" already assigned). Cell 3.1 is ""spray"" (contains ""p"" and ""s""), Cell 3.4 is ""pivot"" (contains ""p"" and ""o""), and Cell 3.5 is ""prize"" (contains ""p"" and ""r""). 4) The words in Row 4 must share ""s"". Cell 4.3 is ""scrub"" (""s"" and ""b""). The words in Column 3 must share ""b"". Cell 1.3 is ""bugle"" (""b"" and ""g""), Cell 2.3 is ""adobe"" (""b"" and ""d""), and Cell 5.3 is ""tribe"" (""b"" and ""i""). 5) The words in Row 1 must share ""g"". Cell 1.4 is ""glove"" (""g"" and ""l""). 6) Cell 5.1 is ""lofty"" (""l"" and ""o""). Cell 2.4 is ""devil"" (""l"" and ""v""). 7) The words in Row 5 must share ""t"". The words in Column 4 must share ""v"". Cell 5.4 is ""stove"" (""t"" and ""v""). 8) Cell 4.1 is ""yeast"" (""s"" and ""e""). 9) The words in Column 1 must share ""y"". Cell 2.1 is ""dairy"". 10) The words in Row 2 must share ""d"". Cell 2.5 is ""drift"".",Other,01/16/11 #17461,As T G B,2.23,1.03,AXTON,31536000 = S in a Y,No hint available.,31536000 = Seconds in a Year,Letter-Equations,04/23/04 #47385,Sight Rhymes 4,2.95,1.98,MarcM1098,"In each group below, the three words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each group. Example: plo___, tho___, to___ would be plough, though, tough. 1. b___, el___, oppos___ 2. bl___, br___, g___ 3. f___, h___, t___","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. bi__, eli__, opposi__ 2. blo__, bro__, go__ 3. fo__, ho__, to__","1. bite, elite, opposite 2. blood, brood, good 3. four, hour, tour",Language,07/03/10 #12839,Read Between the Lines,2.61,1.95,jessicag,"I can take you to another place that's neat, Or in a restaurant, hold your seat. I can tell you about a company's numbers, Or find a hotel room for your slumber. If I'm thrown at you, you must have been really bad, But if your enter my good side, you'll always be glad. Policemen use me as you might tell, They use me when you don't park so well!",No hint available.,"Book. Novels can take you to another world. You can book a table at a restaurant. The company books tell you about it's financial information. You can book a hotel room to stay at. If you're a criminal, police can ""throw the book at you"". If you're nice to people you are ""in their good books"". And if you park in the wrong area the police will book you!",Riddle,05/31/03 #30616,Easy As Pie,2.85,1.51,paul726,"You grasp my handle and give me a push. I rotate and roll, doing my job. You put pressure on me, and I cause division. Then you enjoy the fruits of my labor, while I lie, cast aside, feeling cheesy and red of face.","The title's a hint. Also, ""cheesy"" and ""red"" are hints.",A pizza cutter.,Riddle,05/21/06 #5741,Beatles Titanic,2.77,2.44,Bobbrt,"Can you determine this phrase? Beatles Titanic W E R E",No hint available.,Abandon (a band on) ship. We're going down!,Rebus,07/20/02 #24505,Coral Dragon,2.78,2.43,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: coral, dragon, holy, wed Group B: basin, liter, music, piton, syrup, talon",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A can have one of its letters doubled to make another word. coral - corral dragon - dragoon holy - holly wed - weed thus liter - litter",Group,07/13/05 #36621,The Fourth Dimension,2.8,1.55,bookworm91,"Run a little faster, dear You haven't caught me yet Even as I slip away Moving faster than a jet I'll go a little slower, dear Just to watch you squirm I'm creeping, crawling, inching by With such impatience do you burn! I really am a constant, dear The rest is in your head I'll be there when you wake from sleep And when you go to bed","Do you require more, dear? Well, here's a thought to prowl I have no ending, nor a start But I'm only in the here and now.","You want my identity now, dear So I shall no more hide Who else fits my description thus Than ever changing Time? (The title refers to the fact that the fourth dimension is often associated with time.)",Riddle,05/13/07 #15019,4 = Q in an A F G,2.2,1.6,beanie89,4 = Q in an A F G,No hint available.,4 Quarters in an American Football Game.,Letter-Equations,10/07/03 #33598,Glue Factory Stakes,2.88,3.28,cnmne,"Five horses have just competed in the annual ""Glue Factory Stakes"". With the given clues, determine for each horse: its color, its number, its jockey, and where it finished. Finish: Win, Place, Show, 4th, 5th Horses: Ghoulish Pleasure, Infirm, Roughage, Seattle Slow, Secret Harriet Colors: Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, White Numbers: #18, #29, #37, #46, #50 Jockeys: Allen, Jerry, Luke, Nathan, Tim 1) The 5 horses are: Infirm, the horse ridden by Tim, the horse that wore black, #50, and the horse that Placed. 2) The 5 jockeys are: Allen, the one that rode Seattle Slow, the one that rode the horse that wore red, the one that rode #18, and the one that rode the horse that Showed. 3) Secret Harriet finished ahead of the horse that wore blue, which finished ahead of the horse ridden by Luke. 4) #50 finished ahead of the horse that wore white, but finished behind Roughage. 5) Jerry finished next to #37. 6) Allen finished next to #29. 7) The horse that wore blue finished two positions away from #50. 8) The horse that wore yellow finished two positions away from #46. 9) Luke finished at least two positions away from #46. 10) Nathan finished at least two positions away from #50. 11) Luke rode a horse that wore an even number. 12) Only one of the horses that wore a primary color also wore an even number.",No hint available.,"Much of the grid can be filled using the normal process of elimination. The following explanation resolves one of the more difficult sections. If #46 finished 5th, then the horse that wore yellow would have had to Show (clue 8), and Luke would have had to have ridden the horse that Showed (clues 3 and 9). This would mean that Luke rode the horse that wore yellow, which Showed. The horse that Showed could not wear #18 (clue 2) or #50 (clues 3, 4, and 7); Luke could not wear #37 or #39 (clue 11) or #46 (clue 9); therefore, Luke could not have ridden the horse that Showed. Thus, #46 could not have finished 5th, which means that #18 finished 5th. Win: Secret Harriet, Black, #46, Allen Place: Seattle Slow, Blue, #29, Nathan Show: Roughage, Yellow, #37, Tim 4th: Ghoulish Pleasure, Red, #50, Jerry 5th: Infirm, White, #18, Luke",Logic-Grid,10/22/06 #21349,Kitten Ka-boodle,2.68,1.33,MrBasKetBall,"Evan and his friends all have kittens. On Presidents' Day (3rd Monday of February), his cat Pumpkin was a year old. Meatloaf is 2 months older than Pumpkin. Cocoa is six months younger than Meatloaf. When Max and Maggie were born in the same litter, Cocoa was 3 months old. Lulu is 6 months older than Max and Maggie. Fluffy is 2 months younger than those two litter mates. In what month of the year was each kitten born?",Make a chart listing all the months of the year in order. Keep track of each kitten's birthday on the chart.,"Meatloaf was born in December. Pumpkin was born in February. Lulu was born in March. Cocoa was born in June. Max and Maggie were born in September. Fluffy was born in November.",Logic,03/04/05 #3986,Three Sages,2.24,1.8,valeriy,"Once three sages decided to learn who of them is the smartest. So they went to the 4th sage and asked him to help them decide who is the smartest. The 4th one said, ""I have five hats: two black and three white. Now I'll tie your eyes and put one of the hats on your heads. After that I'll untie your eyes and you will be able to see the hats of the other two sages, but you won't be able to see the hat on your head. And he who is able to state what color is the hat that is on his own head will be the smartest."" After a while one of the sages told what color is the hat on his head. How did he do that?",All of the sages had white hats.,"Sage A thinks, ""If sage B sees a black hat on my head he would think, 'if sage C sees that I and A, both have black hats, he would say that he has a white one. He didn't say that so I have a white one.' Sage B did not say that, so I have a white one!""",Logic,05/09/02 #33301,CAB+BAT=CAT?,2.53,2.24,koma,When does CAB + BAT = CAT?,Think geometry.,"When CAB, BAT, and CAT are angles. If angle CAB and angle BAT are adjacent, with A as the vertex, then the outer rays will form angle CAT.",Math,10/02/06 #36291,"Tap, Tap, Tap.. Tick, Tick, Tick...",2.56,1.15,Trickster1992,"I am the tapping of your feet, I am the pounding of your heart, I'm the sounds on the street, In music, I'm the part That you can't do without, Now there must be no doubt. So then, in perfect harmony, What could I be?",No hint available.,Rhythm.,Riddle,04/17/07 #46747,Word Grid 4,1.69,3.07,cnmne,"Arrange 25 five-letter words in a 5-by-5 grid. The five words in each row share a common letter. The five words in each column share a common letter. The five words in each diagonal share a common letter. There are 12 different common letters. The words are: align, blind, chase, choir, climb, close, covet, death, depot, dowel, drake, drive, flame, giant, infer, knave, mauve, murky, prank, remit, renal, score, token, vault, waist. The grid cells are identified by row (1 to 5, top to bottom) and column (1 to 5, left to right). Example: Cell 3.2 identifies Row 3 Column 2. One letter of each word is provided in the grid. Row 1: u h w d p Row 2: f m b i y Row 3: i o v e r Row 4: c s h o t Row 5: a n l g e",No hint available.,"vault chase waist death prank flame mauve climb remit murky blind dowel drive depot drake close score choir covet token renal infer align giant knave Common Letters Rows 1 to 5: a, m, d, o, n Columns 1 to 5: l, e, i, t, k Diagonals 1 and 2: v, r 1) Cell 2.5 contains ""y"". There is only one word that has a ""y"". Cell 2.5 must be ""murky"". Cell 1.5 contains ""p"" and must share a letter with ""murky"". Cell 1.5 must be ""prank"". Cell 1.3 contains ""w"" and must share a letter with ""prank"". Cell 1.3 must be ""waist"". The words in Row 1 must share ""a"". 2) Cell 2.1 contains ""f"". There are only two words that have a ""f"". If it is ""infer"", then the word in Row 2 would have to share ""r"". However, Cell 2.3 contains ""b"". There is no word that has both ""r"" and ""b"". Cell 2.1 must be ""flame"". The words in Row 2 must share ""m"". Cell 2.3 must be ""climb"". Cell 2.4 contains ""i"" and must be ""remit"". Cell 2.2 must be ""mauve"". 3) The words in Column 3 must share ""i"". Cell 3.3 contains ""v"", so it is ""drive"". Cell 3.4 contains ""h"", so it is ""choir"". 4) Cell 1.1 contains ""u"", so it is ""vault"". The words in Diagonal 1 share ""v"". Cell 4.4 contains ""o"", so it is ""covet"". Cell 5.5 must be ""knave"". 5) The words in Diagonal 2 must share ""r"". Cell 4.2 contains ""s"", so it is ""score"". 6) The words in Column 5 must share ""k"". Cell 3.5 contains ""r"", so it is ""drake"". Cell 4.5 contains ""t"", so it is ""token"". 7) The words in Column 1 must share either ""a"" or ""l"". Since ""a"" is already used, then the words in Column 1 must share ""l"". The words in Column 2 must share ""e"". The words in Column 4 must share ""t"". 8) The words in Row 3 must share ""d"", ""e"", or ""r"". Since ""e"" and ""r"" are already used, then the words in Row 3 must share ""d"". The words in Row 4 must share ""o"". The words in Row 5 must share ""n"". 9) Cell 3.1 is ""blind"". Cell 4.1 is ""close"". Cell 5.1 is ""renal"". 10) Cell 5.2 is ""infer"". Cell 5.3 is ""align"". Cell 5.4 is ""giant"". 11) Cell 1.4 is ""death"". Cell 3.4 is ""depot"". 12) Cell 1.2 is ""chase"". Cell 3.2 is ""dowel"".",Other,04/16/10 #37173,U.S. Flag Laws,3.0,2.26,drussel3,"According to U.S. law, there are officially designated days that all U.S. flags are to be flown at half-mast (for example: Memorial Day). The President and state governors also have the right to declare certain days that flags are to be flown at half-mast. There is a particular group of U.S. flags that are never lowered to half-mast and appear to ""violate"" this U.S. Law. These flags were erected by U.S. Military personnel, but those troops will never be accused of doing anything wrong for those violations. These flags are currently displayed today, and they have been for numerous years. Where is this particular group of flags displayed?","There are only six of these flags currently displayed, and none of them are on U.S. soil.","These flags are on the moon. The first of these U.S. flags were deployed to the moon on July 20, 1969 by NASA astronauts. There are a total of 6 US flags deployed to the moon surface, one for each visit to the moon (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17). We can only assume they are still standing and were not knocked down when the lunar modules' engines fired.",Trivia,07/01/07 #20778,Happy New ****,2.94,2.7600000000000002,fishmed,"In this teaser, I will give you a list of clues and the answer, with all the letters, but the word year, missing. Your job is to figure out what to add to the word year to get the answer to the clue. Example: Reading Glasses = *Y**EAR Answer: EYEWEAR 1. Word for word, without reading = *Y *EAR* 2. New York Birthplace of F.D.R. = *Y*E *AR* 3. Caveat Emptor = **YE* ***AR* 4. Person engaged in reverie = **Y**EA**R 5. Student at Harvard or Yale, e.g. = **Y *EA***R 6. Seafood restaurant = *Y**E* *AR 7. Old sage who doesn't shave = ***Y*EAR* 8. Extra-powerful, souped up = *Y*E***AR*** 9. Absolutely transparent = **Y**** **EAR 10. Place to drop off clothes = **Y **EA**R 11. Jellystone resident = Y*** *EAR 12. Headache remedy since 1899 = **YE* A***R**","If it will help, the first missing letter of each is as follows. 1. B 2. H 3. B 4. D 5. I 6. O 7. G 8. H 9. C 10. D 11. O 12. B","1. BY HEART 2. HYDE PARK 3. BUYER BEWARE 4. DAYDREAMER 5. IVY LEAGUER 6. OYSTER BAR 7. GREYBEARD or GRAYBEARD 8. HYPERCHARGED 9. CRYSTAL CLEAR 10. DRY CLEANER 11. YOGI BEAR 12. BAYER ASPIRIN",Language,02/01/05 #6976,I'm exact? No!,2.55,2.5,dumbell,"What is this an apt anagram of? I'm exact? No!",No hint available.,Income tax,Language,08/28/02 #23214,What is This Item?,2.74,2.17,Princeford93,"What is this item? TV of 2th ctrl+V",No hint available.,"Tube of toothpaste TV = tube 2 th = tooth ctrl+V = paste",Rebus,05/27/05 #8297,Animal Fills,2.75,2.65,snaps,"Fill in the gaps in the list below: monkey, vulture, ____, ____, jaguar, snake, ____, newt, ____ The animals to choose from are: moose, wolf, panda, kangaroo, seal, elephant, unicorn, donkey",No hint available.,"The complete list should be: monkey, vulture, ELEPHANT, MOOSE, jaguar, snake, UNICORN, newt, PANDA. Why? The first letter of each animal is the same as the nine planets.",Series,10/31/02 #20697,=JE,2.17,2.88,doggyxp,"Each letter in the sets of equations below represents a number; substitute the numbers in to make the expressions correct. Each letter always represents the same number. ABC/3=JE DEF/6=JE GHJ/9=JE",No hint available.,"219/3=73 438/6=73 657/9=73",Math,01/29/05 #28700,The Truck 2,2.52,1.68,Sunrose,"A man drove his truck to work and parked under the parking area. He didn't pull up far enough, and part of the truck bed was left out in the rain. Later that day, he went to his truck and shook his head. He couldn't believe his eyes. He then got into the truck, drove up a small bank and waited for about 10 minutes, then backed down, and backed up the small bank. He got out and let the tailgate down. After that, he got back into the truck and pulled back up the small bank again. Why did the man do this?",No hint available.,"He did this because it was raining hard that day and the space where he parked his truck had a piece of the gutter missing. The rain off the roof went into the bed of his truck, filling it up with water. He went up the bank to drain some of the water out, backed up it to let the tailgate down, and then proceeded to do it again to drain the rest of the water. He did this so he would not get wet trying to get the water out, and it was quick and easy.",Situation,02/18/06 #33277,Word Boxes 1,2.71,2.05,grungy49,"Word Boxes are like miniature crossword puzzles, except that each word is filled in across and down the grid. That is, the answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve this Word Box? 1. To wander about 2. Inspiration of invention 3. To show the way 4. Woman",No hint available.,"M I L L I D E A L E A D L A D Y",Language,10/01/06 #37254,Defying Authority,2.33,2.35,dolphingurl12,29 = M of D A,Think Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.,"29 = Members of Dumbledore's Army These are the members: Hannah Abbot Lavender Brown Katie Bell Susan Bones Terry Boot Cho Chang Micheal Corner Colin Creevey Dennis Creevey Marietta Edgecomb Justin Finch-Feltchy Seamus Finnigan Anthony Goldstein Hermione Granger Angelina Johnson Lee Jordan Neville Longbottom Luna Lovegood Ernie MacMillian Padma Patil Parvati Patil Harry Potter Zacharius Smith Alicia Spinnet Dean Thomas Fred Weasley George Weasley Ginny Weasley Ron Weasley",Letter-Equations,07/06/07 #48303,Words With CL,2.27,2.83,cnmne,"Five words that contain CL as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **CL*, CL****, *CL***, ***CL*, **CL*** Pool: A, D, E, E, E, E, E, E, I, I, M, N, N, O, R, R, S, U, U, V",No hint available.,"UNCLE, CLOVER, ECLAIR, MUSCLE, DECLINE",Language,12/14/10 #32683,The Gardner Sisters I,2.7,1.78,tsimkin,"Gretchen and Henry were discussing their new neighbors, the Gardners. Gretchen mentioned that she met two of the daughters, and they each had blond hair. ""I have met all of the sisters,"" replied Henry, ""and the probability that both of the girls you met would have had blond hair, assuming you were equally likely to meet any of the sisters, is exactly 50%. Do you know how many children there are?"" After thinking for a minute, Gretchen asks if the family is abnormally large. When Henry replies that it is not, Gretchen tells him how many girls are in the family. What number did she say?",No hint available.,"Gretchen said that there were 4 girls in the family, three of whom were blond. This would make the probability that she saw two blonds (3/4) * (2/3), which equals 1/2. Other numbers would work, but the next pair would lead to a rather large family.",Probability,08/28/06 #36004,In Chartreuse But Not in Lime...,2.58,1.51,soccer_chick70,"My first is in chartreuse but not in lime My second is in almond but not in brown My third is in violet, but not in lavender My fourth is in green but not in grass My fifth is in blue but not in sky My sixth is in indigo but not in navy My seventh is in white but not in cream","Put these together, they create such a colorful combination!",The word rainbow.,Riddle,04/02/07 #28747,Types of Animals,2.41,2.21,Princeford93,"What type of animals are listed below? 1. A metamorphic rock formed by alteration of limestone or dolomite....a type of axe 2. A dressed up entertainer at a kids party 3. You operate a gun with the ______",No hint available.,"Fish 1. marble hatchet fish 2. clown fish 3. triggerfish",Language,02/22/06 #51015,The Man With the Axe,3.15,1.41,Snowdog,"Many call me The Man with the Axe But I'm not a violent man I am the ruler (though some challenge the facts) of a minor, yet important, clan. I am not a sailor at sea on a ship, yet a deck is where I can be found. People say I am a girl's best friend, but not when my Queen is around! I am usually seen on a Bicycle's front, but I can neither pedal nor steer. I become even stronger if I am named Trump. Have I made my identity clear?",No hint available.,"I am the King of Diamonds in a standard deck of playing cards. In case of any questions... The King of Diamonds holds a large axe over his shoulder. Some may argue that an Ace is the top rank of a suit. In bridge, clubs and diamonds are minor suits. There is a cliche, Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend Bicycle is a popular brand of playing card In bridge, the trump suit beats any card from other suits",Riddle,03/18/17 #43772,Quick Wits 2,2.42,1.75,mathgrant,"Answer the clues at the bottom, one letter per space, and transfer the letters to the identically numbered spaces at the top to spell a brief witticism. Work back and forth between the two to complete the puzzle. A vertical bar | indicates a division between words in the witticism. 1 2 3 4 | 5 6 | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ' 14 | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | 25 26 27 28 29 30 | 31 32 | 33 34 35 | 36 37 38 39 | 40 41 | 42 43 44 - 45 46 47 48. ""Toy Story"" cowboy: 7 2 19 29 44 Duplicate another's actions: 10 15 1 31 36 Competes: 20 28 21 42 Like some upper lips: 14 23 37 6 41 Half of an octave: 17 25 11 33 40 46 35 PlayStation manufacturer: 24 9 47 39 Sweetheart: 43 5 16 26 8 Might: 27 38 18 48 32 13 4 34 Contemptuous facial expression: 3 12 30 45 22",No hint available.,"Most of Wyoming's introverts reside in the city of Shy-enne. (WOODY, MIMIC, VIES, STIFF, TRITONE, SONY, HONEY, STRENGTH, SNEER)",Language,12/23/08 #21348,Birds and Reptiles,2.57,0.91,ballaup35,"Abbie, Betty and Cindy each love animals; they especially love birds and reptiles. They each have a favorite bird: one loves albatrosses, another loves bald eagles, another loves cardinals. They each have a favorite reptile, too: one loves alligators, another loves boa constrictors, and one loves crocodiles. None of them have the same favorites. None of their favorites start with the same letter as their name. Each girl's favorite bird and reptile begin with a different letter. If Abbie's favorite bird is a cardinal, what are each girl's favorite bird and reptile?",No hint available.,Abbie's favorites are cardinal and boa constrictor. Betty's favorites are albatross and crocodile. Cindy's favorites are bald eagle and alligator.,Logic,03/04/05 #3466,My Mind,2.14,1.12,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this phrase: Always My Mind",No hint available.,Always on my mind,Rebus,04/13/02 #17546,Head: 5kg,2.58,2.63,dsquared,"What two expressions are represented below? Head: 5kg Body: 90kg Hands: 50kg",No hint available.,Light headed or Heavy handed,Rebus,05/04/04 #27077,Word Pyramids: World Countries IX,2.68,2.32,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: O Clues: 1. The classical drama of Japan, with music and dance performed in a highly stylized manner by elaborately dressed performers on an almost bare stage. 2. A male human offspring 3. Atoms or radicals having a charge of positive or negative electricity owing to the loss or gain of one or more electrons. 4. Sound or a sound that is loud, unpleasant, unexpected, or undesired. 5. Representatives of a government who are sent on special diplomatic missions. 6. A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth. 7. A mountainous republic in central Europe",A country of the northwest Balkan Peninsula.,"O NO SON IONS NOISE ENVOIS EVASION SLOVENIA In ancient times Illyrian and Celtic peoples inhabited the area, which was ruled by Rome after the first century B.C. and settled by Slavs in the sixth century A.D. Slovenia came under Austrian control after 1335 and joined the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) in 1918. During World War II Slovenia was divided among Germany, Italy, and Hungary, but returned to Yugoslavia after the war. Slovenia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in June 1991.",Language,11/22/05 #50196,2 Words-ea Sy,1.95,1.08,ismartguy,"What do these words have in common? Illusion Computer Solutions Mystery Equation Dangerous",The title is a fine hint.,They all have 3 syllables.,Group,03/26/14 #8035,Beach Sales,2.97,1.53,something,"A man and a woman went to the beach one day. There, they saw a teenage girl walking up to people and talking to them. Some replied heatedly, and some took what she had to give. The man and the woman suspected that she was selling drugs, so they decided to take it to the police. But when they were about to do so, the woman discovered that the girl only walked up to people with electric supplies. So the next time they went to the beach, they brought a boom box along. The woman went swimming, and the girl walked up to the man. What did she sell?",No hint available.,"She sold batteries. She only walked up to the people with the electric supplies because they are potential customers. Oh, you're gonna hate me for this: ""She sells C cells by the sea shore.""",Situation,10/13/02 #8263,Chart,2.71,1.31,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? Spinning toy Chart Chart Chart Chart Chart . . .",It's used in the music industry,"Top of the charts A spinning toy is a 'top' and it is at the top of the charts - I thought that two ways to solve it would be better than one.",Rebus,10/29/02 #20054,"Nurse, Accountant and Electrician",2.17,0.72,Nicky101,"Nicky, Jared, and Antoine are an electrician, accountant and nurse. Jared is the electrician's brother and Antoine has never met the electrician or the accountant. Which person has each job?",No hint available.,Antoine is the nurse. Jared is the accountant. Nicky is the electrician.,Logic,12/24/04 #17209,Harry the Homeowner,2.7600000000000002,1.9000000000000001,brgdo1994,"Harry goes out and buys a new house. One day he returns home to find that all of the furniture in the house has been completely rearranged. Strangely, Harry is not the least bit surprised or irritated, even though he didn't ask anyone to do this. Why could this be?","Q: Does it matter why Harry bought the house? A: Yes Q: Did Harry know who had moved the furniture? A: Yes Q: Could anyone have lived in this house? A: No","Harry had bought a dollhouse for his daughter. She had, of course, wasted no time in rearranging the furniture inside.",Trick,04/02/04 #25895,Candy Confusion,3.13,1.11,puppygirl1213,"Each of the clues below describe the name of a candy. Can you name them? Example: Galaxy would be a Milky Way. 1. Sign of affection 2. Favorite day for working people 3. Can't hold on to anything 4. Famous swashbuckling trio 5. Sun explosions",No hint available.,"1. Kisses 2. Payday 3. Butterfingers 4. 3 Musketeers 5. Starbursts",Language,09/13/05 #50498,Line Drawings,1.95,2.19,duhya,"We all know and love those drawing puzzles in which you have to draw a symbol without retracing or lifting your pencil. The quickest way to check if a symbol can be drawn with such restrictions is to count the vertices in which an odd number of line segments meet. If there are more than three vertices in which this occurs, the symbol cannot be drawn. Can a symbol have only one vertex in which this occurs?",Odds and ends,"It cannot. There must be an even amount of vertices in which this occurs, as these signify the ends of a line segment. It cannot have only one, as a line segment with one ending does not exist.",Logic,02/13/15 #28992,They are Out There,3.0,0.74,sugarnspice4u7,"Decipher the following rebus: GOT GOT GOT GOT HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES HEROES",No hint available.,"Forgotten Heroes! Four ""got"" ten ""heroes""",Rebus,03/08/06 #9870,Be Muse,2.54,2.4,snaps,"Behold these clues that befit words beginning with ""be"". The clues do not refer to the words themselves, but rather to the word that must be added to ""be"". eg. ""A season this would BE"" is ""befall."" 1. Cattle can BE found to make this sound. 2. A doe is what this animal could also BE called. 3. To point this at someone would BE dangerous. 4. BE sure to call this warning when you swing a club. 5. You will probably BE doing this after you check the answer. 6. 24 points in 6 games and you would BE the winner of this.",No hint available.,"1. below 2. behind 3. begun 4. before 5. berate 6. beset",Language,01/17/03 #6029,"MW, MK, LE,",2.23,2.69,missie,"Finish the series: MW, MK, LE, JN, AS, RS, CS1, CS2, GS, ES, PS, CS, TS1, TS2, TY1, TY2, TS, PN, HS, JS, PR1, PR2, JN1, JN2, JN3, JE, ??",No hint available.,"RN, Revelation. It is the first and last letter of the books of the New Testament, except where there is a number at the end.",Series,07/29/02 #33089,A New Type of Word Pyramid,3.07,1.8800000000000001,Battery,"In this word pyramid you have to take the letters from the word pea and put them around the 'h' to form a new word. Once you have the next word, do the same with the next line. pea h _ _ _ s _ _ _ _ _ _ r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ l",No hint available.,"Pea Heap Shape Phrase/seraph Sharpen Shrapnel",Language,09/20/06 #8514,Seventy Seven,2.38,1.15,popaG,How can you make 77 into 1 by adding just one line?,No hint available.,You put a line in between them to make it a fraction that equals 1: 7/7 = 1,Trick,11/15/02 #48935,Ones and 1111,2.28,2.26,DemonLord8,"What is this Rebus? 1111 *1* 1111111",No hint available.,The Chosen One,Rebus,08/09/11 #38293,Similar Spelling #3,2.73,2.85,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given two (2) clues in each line. Each word differs by only one (1) letter, which I have given you. Your task is to discover the answers to the clues provided. The order of the letters do not change. Example: Remove _ _ _ I _ _ / _ _ _ U _ _ Justify Answer: E X C (I) S E / E X C (U) S E 1. subdivide _ _ _ _ _ R _ / _ _ _ _ _ C _ dense 2. obscure _ _ _ _ D / _ _ _ _ T strike 3. billfold W _ _ _ _ _ / B _ _ _ _ _ dance 4. misfortune C _ _ _ _ / D _ _ _ _ refuse",No hint available.,"1. COMPA(R)T / COMPA(C)T 2. CLOU(D) / CLOU(T) 3. (W)ALLET / (B)ALLET 4. (C)ROSS / (D)ROSS",Language,09/15/07 #17410,Building a Boat,2.3,0.97,bomber2,4 men can build 4 boats in 4 days. How long does it take 1 man to build 1 boat?,No hint available.,"4 days. It takes 4 men to build 1 boat in 1 day and 4 boats in 4 days, therefore it takes 1 man to build 1 boat in 4 days.",Logic,04/18/04 #27000,Word Pyramids: World Countries VIII,2.46,2.47,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: D Clues: 1. Archaic interjection used as a mild oath. 2. A thin straight piece or bar of material, such as metal or wood, often having a particular function or use. 3. Marked by sternness or harshness; forbidding. 4. Salty fluid secreted by sweat glands 5. A cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet. 6. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa 7. Covering 43,278 square miles, this country has subtropical weather in its lowlands.","This country borders three other countries, one ocean and one sea.","D OD ROD DOUR SUDOR SHROUD DOURAHS HONDURAS Originally inhabited by a Mayan civilization, Honduras was colonized by the Spanish in the early 1500s and gained its independence along with Mexico in 1821. Part of a short-lived confederation of Central American states, Honduras became a separate republic in 1838.",Language,11/17/05 #11511,8 = F on B S,2.26,2.45,eelliott2,8 = F on B S,"There are also 8 F on H S, L S, M S, & M S.",8 = Fingers on Bart Simpson.,Letter-Equations,04/01/03 #43944,Home For Christmas,2.73,3.38,javaguru,"It was good to have the house full of people again; it had been far too quiet since the last of his seven daughters had left for college--seven daughters with seven different majors at seven different schools. About the only thing they had in common was that they were each dating an athlete, although none of them played the same sport--one was even on his school's fencing team. He was surprised all the boyfriends had come for Christmas dinner, but he supposed that since he was picking up the tab for the airfare, that a free trip to Hawaii in the winter had something to do with it. Each of his first three daughters had gone to Ivy League schools--one even to his alma mater at Harvard; his next two ended up at the University of California, at Los Angeles and Berkeley; and his two youngest got accepted to schools abroad--the University of Tokyo had been a bit of a surprise. Next year, after seven straight years--and for the first time this millennium--he wouldn't be attending a high-school graduation. ""Honey, we're ready to eat. Can you get Hank, Ian, James and Kyle? They're in the backyard playing football. The other boys wanted to test themselves against the star quarterback,"" his wife called from the dining room. The math major said, ""I'll get them Dad!"" As everyone filed into the dining room, the oldest sister was rehashing the whose-school-and-major-is-better argument with her younger sister about whether Yale or Princeton was a better school and whether history or philosophy was a more useful major. The argument was practically a Christmas tradition by now. The table was arranged with the parents at the two ends and each of the couples seated across from each other with boys seated next to girls along each side. As usual, Angelina and Danica were sitting next to their parents. Curiously, all the athletes that used a ball in their sport were sitting on the same side of the table. Christie, Electra and Edward took their seats first. Once everyone was seated the youngest coyly observed, ""I see the biologist is sitting between the two fighters but I'm sitting between the two best passers at the table."" ""You'd better not make any passes yourself!"" Farrah icily replied. She hadn't forgiven her sister for stealing her boyfriend when they were in high school and was not happy to see her seated next to her boyfriend now. ""Lighten up, Farrah"" the biology major joked. ""He wasn't even that cute."" ""He was adorable!"" the youngest interjected. ""Everyone's entitled to their opinion,"" said Brooke. ""Let's eat!"" The daughter in the middle seat stood up and said, ""We have an announcement to make!"" After a dramatic pause she screamed ""we're getting married!"" and flashed the new diamond ring on her finger. The youngest sister squealed with delight at the news. Her fiance joked to his future mother-in-law, ""I think she said yes just so she can wear the monogrammed sweater you gave me for Christmas."" The baseball player next to her asked her fiance, ""Wow, what'd that rock set you back?"" ""This calls for a toast!"" roared Dad. ""Oh Honey, that's wonderful news!"" Mom gushed. ""I just happen to have some champagne right here. Lars, I know you don't drink alcohol, but would you mind pouring some champagne for Gabrielle next to you?"" the mother asked, handing the bottle to Lars on her left. ""Gabrielle, please pass the bottle around,"" she asked and then quickly added, ""But no alcohol for my three babies, or anyone under 21 for that matter. Honey, there's a store downtown that's having a sale on wedding dresses. Will you have time to go look at some wedding dresses before you leave?"" ""Sure Mom,"" her daughter answered. ""We have a late flight out, so I can do that on the day we leave."" ""Michael and I are celebrating New Years Eve at the Sheraton, Waikiki,"" one of the girls announced. ""What a coincidence,"" said the boy sitting next to her. ""We're celebrating New Years at the Sheraton, Los Angeles. It's within walking distance of our apartment so we won't have to worry if we drink too much."" ""That sounds like a better plan than we have. Somehow, just because my car holds a lot of people, I got roped into being the designated driver for the team"" Danica said, looking pointedly at her boyfriend, who gestured to the boy from Princeton saying, ""he gave me the idea!"" ""Girls, your grandmother will be here on Sunday,"" the father announced. ""She'd really like to see you all."" ""Sorry Dad,"" the business major replied, ""we have to leave tomorrow. There's a huge storm predicted to hit the Eastern United States this weekend and we need to get home before they close the airports. I noticed that each couple is leaving on a different day for six days after we leave."" ""Sir, we're leaving before Sunday also, so we won't be able to make it either. I'm just glad we don't have to deal with that storm"" said the wrestler. The swimmer and water polo player announced their travel plans. One of them remarked that even though his girlfriend and he were departing for Oxford University two days earlier, both couples would get home on the same day. The physics major said ""I'll be here to see grandma, but unfortunately we're heading back to California before you go look at the wedding gowns."" ""Well I'm glad you'll at least be here to see your grandma, but I wish you could stay longer"" the dad said. ""You know you're my favorite since you were my first to major in a physical science like me,"" he joked. ""I have a tee time at the club on Monday, it's too bad you won't be here,"" the father remarked to the golfer. ""Kyle's got a game next week but you don't,"" he said to the history major's boyfriend. ""How about you join me on the links?"" ""Sure!"" the boyfriend replied enthusiastically. ""Since we're leaving the day after him, if you've got room for two more Dad, we just happened to bring our clubs"" the second oldest said, winking at her boyfriend. ""It's a foursome then!"" her dad said happily. Ian grumbled, ""Hank you lucky dog, I've wanted to play that course for years!"" The boyfriend of the political science major laughed, ""I'd like to play there also, but Ian, at least I won't have to travel as far as you to get another opportunity."" --------- Identify the boyfriend and his sport, the school, and major for each daughter. Name the order that the daughters were born in and the day of the week that they leave to go home. What is the seating arrangement at the dinner table? Bonus question: what year is it?","Pay attention to the flow of the conversation, but don't assume more than can be firmly established. Also, some information relies on the following facts: Christmas is on December 25th. New Years Eve is celebrated (usually by drinking too much alcohol) on December 31st. Swimming, fencing and wrestling are not games. Football, baseball, water polo and golf are games played with a ball. Fencing and wrestling are combat competitions. The game of American football is not a collegiate sport outside the United States; the player that passes the ball is the quarterback; there are more than forty players on a football team. Water polo is a game played in a pool with 7 players on each team; points are scored by throwing the ball into the opponents net, which is guarded by the goal keeper; the ball is moved across the pool either by swimming with it or passing it to another player. Ivy League schools are located on the East Coast of the United States. Harvard, Yale and Princeton are all Ivy League schools. Oxford University is in Oxford, England. Tokyo University is in Tokyo, Japan. Los Angeles and Berkeley are cities in California. Waikiki is a city in Hawaii. Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean. The following are approximate distances from Hawaii: Berkeley and Los Angeles ~ 2500 miles Tokyo ~3900 miles Yale, Harvard and Princeton ~5000 miles England ~7000 miles Biology and physics are physical sciences; none of the other majors is a physical science. High school in America typically includes the last three or four years of school before college. A designated driver remains sober in order to drive people who've had too much alcohol home. A monogram is formed from the first letter of a person's first, last and (sometimes) middle names.","From oldest to youngest the sisters are: Who, Boyfriend, Sport, Major, School, Departure day ---------------------------------------------------------- Danica, Hank, Water Polo, History, Yale, Tue Electra, Edward, Fencing, Philosophy, Princeton, Wed Angelina, Lars, Golf, Business, Harvard, Fri Gabrielle, James, Wrestling, Poly Sci., UCLA, Sat Farrah, Kyle, Football, Physics, Berkeley, Mon. Brooke, Michael, Baseball, Biology, Tokyo, Thu Christie, Ian, Swimming, Math, Oxford, Sun The seating arrangement is: ---------- Dad ---------- Hank.............Danica Christie..........Ian Kyle..............Farrah Electra...........Edward Michael..........Brooke Gabrielle........James Lars..............Angelina ---------- Mom ---------- The year is 2003. This is the only year from 2000 to 2007 where Christmas is on a Thursday.",Logic,01/20/09 #38549,Dice on a Table,2.29,1.17,horseluvr,"A die is sitting on a table, and you can only see three of the six sides. The top shows the number one, the left side shows the number five, and the right side shows the number four. Without moving anything (you must remain in this relative position to the die) what is on the opposite side of each number?","It is a normal die, six sides, black dots on each face, and the numbers are 1-6.","Six is across from one. Two is across from five. Three is across from four. The opposite sides of a die add up to seven. If you don't believe me, go check it out.",Trivia,09/30/07 #25801,Space Airlines,2.35,1.95,phrebh,"One day in Atlanta, Cut-my-own-throat Dabney was trying to convince Fred to buy his company, Space Airlines. He told Fred, ""My company is the wave of the future! We've already got hundreds of space planes operating, but I need to cash out to start another venture in oranges. All I'm asking for is ten million dollars, and that's cutting my own throat!"" ""I don't know,"" said Fred, ""it doesn't sound too feasible to me."" ""Look, I can prove that the planes are flying, "" the slick salesman replied. ""That's why I brought you out here at night. Here, face south and look up into the sky. Can you see those moving dots? Those are the planes flying through space to their destinations."" After looking up for a minute, Fred did see the moving dots. He looked at them for a while before turning to Dabney and exclaiming, ""I'm out of here you crook!"" What made Fred so sure that Cut-my-own-throat Dabney was a crook?",No hint available.,"While Fred was looking at the moving dots, he realized that he was looking at satellites orbiting the Earth, not ""space planes"". From the Northern Hemisphere, where he was standing, he knew that he could look south to see the satellites orbiting the earth above the equator.",Trivia,09/06/05 #18201,Communication Assistant,2.38,0.51,od-1,"I have pages of numbers and pages of names. Some are quite different and some are the same. With places to go and people to call, I have a lot of numbers, but not all. To find a friend or maybe a foe, Referred to as yellow by some you know. A communication assistant, that's what I am. So what am I; please tell if you can.",No hint available.,"A Phone Book. It has many names in it, some the same and some different. Phone books don't contain just phone numbers, though. And they are sometimes referred to as the yellow pages.",Riddle,07/13/04 #23931,Cluedo Weekend,2.57,0.72,katey,"During a recent Cluedo weekend, four games were played. In one game Miss Scarlet used the spanner, but not in the library. In another game the rope was used in the study, but not by Colonel Mustard. During one game the gun was used in the conservatory, whilst in another game Professor Plum was not to be found in the library. Colonel Mustard was never in the conservatory and Mrs White never used the rope. The lead piping may or may not have been used in the kitchen. Can you determine who used what and where?",No hint available.,"Culprit Weapon Location Miss Scarlet spanner kitchen Professor Plum rope study Colonel Mustard lead piping library Mrs White gun conservatory",Logic-Grid,06/22/05 #1671,Sewer Pipe,2.2,0.91,Boddo,"Two people enter opposite ends of a sewer pipe wide enough to fit only one person, yet they both come out the other end. How do they do it?",No hint available.,At different times.,Logic,12/11/01 #50600,Where Ya From?,2.27,1.71,LittleGreenMan,"What four different words (of a common group) could you add (one each) to the four words below to create a new common group? back, down, out, up",Title is a hint.,"""back east, down south, out west, up north"" All are common expressions signifying geographical areas of the United States. ""North"", ""south"", ""east"", & ""west"" are the four principal points of a magnetic compass.",Group,05/23/15 #5355,Nice Wallpaper,2.28,1.57,mad-ade,"Mad Ade bought 50 metres of wallpaper in a nice Greasy Kebab shop style, from a shop. He did not know it, but the metre-rule used to measure the paper was 1cm short. What length of wallpaper did he actually get?",No hint available.,49.5 metres,Math,07/08/02 #50523,Wee One,2.23,2.06,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus characterized by the left-hand value of this equation? weevil <- WEEVIL",Do you see any difference in size?,"the lesser of two evils (""two 'weevils'"")",Rebus,04/13/15 #51587,Noel For Santa,3.04,1.35,Snowdog,"When I'm lost, still some will try. When common I'm shared by many. I can be a contracted reason why. A rebel may not have any. What am I?",James Dean would get it from Line 4.,"Cause Line 1: Lost cause Line 2: Common cause Line 3: 'cause I can mean because Line 4: Rebel Without a Cause Apologies for the terrible hint/pun in the title!",Riddle,11/16/17 #13504,7 B for 7 B,2.25,1.8900000000000001,BrenBeadSP,7 B for 7 B,Movie,Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,Letter-Equations,06/29/03 #2878,Bobdarby,2.09,2.19,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this famous teen idol's name? bobdarby",No hint available.,"Bobby Darin bob by Dar in",Rebus,03/25/02 #46645,Words With IG,1.87,2.29,cnmne,"Five words that contain IG as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *IG**, *IG***, **IG**, ****IG, *IG**** Pool: A, A, B, E, E, F, H, L, M, N, N, O, P, R, S, S, T, T, T, W",No hint available.,"BIGHT, SIGNAL, SPIGOT, EARWIG, FIGMENT",Language,04/01/10 #26794,The Eyes Have It!,2.75,1.06,redraptor50,"What does this represent? To possess ocular receptors in the posterior portion of a cephalic protuberance.",Read the title again. Anatomy.,"Have eyes in the back of one's head. An excerpt from Reader's Digest",Language,11/08/05 #40216,More Equations,2.5,1.61,TRILLIONAIRE,"In these equations, the first clue given is for a word which sounds like the first letter of the answer. The second clue is for a word which sounds like the remaining part of the answer, but has a different spelling than the answer's. Combine your two results (using the ""sum"" provided as a third clue) to determine the answer. Example: A stinging, flying insect + A leaf clearing implement = Time off Answer: Bee (B) + Rake = Break 1. A beverage, hot or iced, made from leaves + The wise bird of the woods = Drying cloth 2. A vegetable that grows in a pod + Very unusual = Communications with God 3. Who's taking this quiz? Not me! + Was raised from Mister to Sir = One for all, all for one The hint will reveal the first third of each equation.","1. Tea (T) 2. Pea (P) 3. You (U)","1. Tea (T) + Owl = Towel 2. Pea (P) + Rare = Prayer 3. You (U) + Knighted = United",Language,01/26/08 #32763,Where's Waldo?,2.59,2.2,irar1792,"Waldo is preparing for a trip around the world. He plans to visit Turkey, Latvia, Haiti, Russia, Romania, Denmark, Oman (twice), Argentina, Dominica, Western Sahara, Nepal, Uganda, and Ethiopia in some order. Your job is to figure out in what order he will visit the countries. Number 1 is the first country Waldo will visit, and number 14 is the last. The list has been started for you. 1) 2) Russia 3) Oman 4) 5) 6) Denmark 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) Oman 12) 13) 14)","Some more countries have appeared in their correct locations on the list: 1) Argentina 2) Russia 3) Oman 4) 5) 6) Denmark 7) 8) 9) Ethiopia 10) 11) Oman 12) 13) 14) Dominica","Did you notice that Waldo is going on a trip AROUND THE WORLD? The first initial of each country corresponds with a letter in the phrase. The initials should spell AROUND THE WORLD when the countries are put in order. 1) Argentina 2) Russia 3) Oman 4) Uganda 5) Nepal 6) Denmark 7) Turkey 8) Haiti 9) Ethiopia 10) Western Sahara 11) Oman 12) Romania 13) Latvia 14) Dominica",Language,08/31/06 #35383,Best Dancers,2.29,1.33,cowman12,"A couple went to a prom. They danced better than anyone there, but they did not win the ""Best Dancers"" title. Why not?",No hint available.,"The couple were chaperons for the prom. They may have danced better than anybody else, but they were ineligible to win because they were chaperons.",Situation,02/21/07 #16824,Amblers and Ingrates,2.62,2.68,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: ambler, ingrate, leash, steal Group B: crushed, pudding, singes, tundra",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A is an anagram of a rock (marble, granite, shale, slate) thus the word that can be added is singes (gneiss).",Group,03/03/04 #38897,Inky,2.15,1.07,MellowWillow,"A printer made ink spots all over pages 12, 16, 52, and 57 of our book, and we had to replace them. How many pages did we have to replace?",No hint available.,"8. 11 is on the back of 12, so we're forced to remove both of them and so on.",Trick,10/23/07 #4103,Ground Feet,2.39,1.04,missie,"Can you decipher the following: ground feet feet feet feet feet feet",No hint available.,six feet under ground,Rebus,05/16/02 #10865,A Leader's Curse,2.48,2.46,griphook,"LONELY EXCITED AWED DISMAYED EAGER RESIGNED What is the curse?",No hint available.,It's lonely at the top.,Rebus,03/03/03 #12221,Inkless/Wordless Tale,2.45,2.33,J_Daniels,"No ink or spoken words are known to come from one, but a dozen or so of us can help you to change your story.",No hint available.,"Stairs Story = storey... building storey. How do you get between storeys in a building?",Riddle,05/04/03 #34210,Remember Us? We're Still Around.,2.16,2.39,OldChinaHand,"Soft plastic we're made of and have been for a long, long time. No need to remove us before going to bed. When using us there are no annoying clips or pins to bend, snap or bind. Just wrap it around the stem, fold and secure. What are we?",We're named after our shape.,"Spoolies hair rollers. Unlike conventional hair rollers, which are hard and unforgiving, Spoolies are small soft pliable plastic hair curlers introduced around 1945. They are easy to use and sleep in. Shaped like a spool, simply wrap hair around the stem, and fold the top over to secure. There are no pins or clips.",Riddle,12/02/06 #43232,Three in Itself,2.57,2.33,KarateGirl098,What word has three of itself?,No hint available.,Syllable,Language,10/02/08 #1429,Odd One Out,2.65,1.7,psychodude57,"Which word is the odd one out? erah reed yenkom tibbar god tesomram gip",No hint available.,"yenkom; the other are the names of animals spelt backwards, hare, deer, rabbit, dog, marmoset, pig. YENKOM is not the reverse of MONKEY!",Language,11/16/01 #16964,Breakfast Dilemma,2.54,2.27,cnmne,"Jane wants to make some toast for her breakfast. Unfortunately, her toaster is broken. Can you turn bread into toast by changing one letter at a time? Each step must create a valid word in the English language. Jane made the change in 7 steps. Can you do as well ... or better? BREAD ----> TOAST",No hint available.,"BREAD BREAK BLEAK BLEAT BLEST BLAST BOAST TOAST",Language,03/10/04 #42284,Looking,2.06,1.85,AndrewWalker,"Sven looked right, then left, then back to the right. After he did this, he was scolded. Why?",No hint available.,"Sven was a driver's ed student and was coming up to an intersection. When you drive, you are supposed to look left, right, then left so you see cars in the lane you'll cross first. It is a common mistake made by young and/or inexperienced drivers.",Situation,06/19/08 #28445,You Can't Handle It!,2.49,2.62,norcekri,"NI ojo MOLAR, MOLAAAAR",Two letters and a word in another language.,"NI, foreign eye and a tooth, four-A tooth An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. (Matthew 5:38, New American Standard Bible)",Rebus,02/04/06 #28864,Oxy the Moron! Part III,2.84,2.13,Swordoffury1392,"Yes he's back, back again. Oxy's back, back again! Here are five more for you to figure out. Task (same as always...): Can you figure out which well known oxymorons these words are? Ex) Initial facsimile = original copy 1) Latest ritual 2) Average huge 3) Juvenile grown-up 4) Factual deceptions 5) Unwell fitness",No hint available.,"1) New tradition 2) Medium large 3) Young adult 4) True lies 5) Ill health",Language,03/02/06 #43981,What Six Digit Number Am I?,2.15,1.4,Lord_Hawk,"I am a six digit number. My digits add up to 31, and all of my digits are distinct, and between 1 to 9 inclusive. All of my digits except one are odd. My second is 6 greater than my third, which is 5 less than my fifth. My last is 1 less than the previous digit, and the fourth is greater than the third. My first is equal to the sum of my fourth and fifth.",The second and third numbers have to be 7 & 1.,"The second and third numbers have to be 7 & 1. The alternative 9 & 3 wouldn't work because that would make the fifth number 8 when the only even number is 6. The rest falls easily into place. So I am 971365.",Math,01/22/09 #448,How Far can a Dog Run,2.44,1.18,Sydgal47,How far can a dog run into the woods?,No hint available.,"Only halfway. If it runs more, then it would be running out of the woods.",Logic,05/07/01 #9156,Entrance Exam,2.6,2.25,doggyxp,"Below is the curious multiple-choice entrance exam into the exclusive Puzzle Master's puzzle club. Q1. Which is the first question where c) is the correct answer a) Q3 b) Q4 c) Q1 d) Q2 Q2. Which is the first question where a) is the correct answer a) Q4 b) Q2 c) Q3 d) Q1 Q3. Which is the first question where d) is the correct answer a) Q1 b) Q2 c) Q4 d) Q3 Q4. Which is the first question where b) is the correct answer a) Q2 b) Q4 c) Q3 d) Q1",No hint available.,"1. d) 2. c) 3. a) 4. b)",Logic,12/14/02 #47049,Change a Letter 3,2.11,2.32,mathisnice,"The object of this teaser is to get from the first word to the fifth by changing only one letter each time. Each word in between must be a valid word. You will be given the definitions of each of the five words. Word 1: To kick out. Word 2: Managed or coordinated. Word 3: Crash into. Word 4: Side. Word 5: One of several bones grouped together in a certain area of the body.",Each word is three letters long.,Ban to Ran to Ram to Rim to Rib,Language,05/19/10 #38877,Famous Composers,2.5,2.35,jazzmusician46,"The names of five (5) famous European composers have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. Your task is to rearrange the segments to identify the composers. 1. dw ee lu ig va nb en th ov 2. gu hl er st av ma 3. ah jo es br ha nn ms 4. be li an us je si 5. ga re au br ie lf",No hint available.,"1. Ludwig van Beethoven 2. Gustav Mahler 3. Johannes Brahms 4. Jean Sibelius 5. Gabriel Faure",Language,10/22/07 #7247,Save the Aliens,2.82,1.69,cs526columbia,"It's another slow boring day at your intergalactic research office in the year 6391 -- that is, until your humanoid assistant (H63h95) walks in to tell you that for the first time in human/oid history there is proof of extraterrestrial life. Some old computers have successfully detected a signal from the distraught inhabitants of a planet orbiting what earthlings have called Proxima Centauri (the closest star after the sun). The signal, once decoded, reads: ""HELP HELP Big Meteor to destroy our planet in 87645 days HELP HELP"" H63h95 has done his homework and his calculations show that 87645 Centaurian days are equivalent to 1.7 earth years. Now, you have the technology to track the meteor, explode it and save the Centaurians. You assume the Centaurians are nice and honest creatures. (Judging by their rudimentary code, their technology is too basic to destroy a meteor, to destroy the earth, or to wickedly destroy you at your arrival). You know that meeting these thankful aliens would be great for humankind, and even better for your almost bankrupt organization (which would get a lot of funding after the encounter). As of now, you have just enough money to make the trip to and from the Centaurian system. In your smashing Wormhole-Traveler, you'd be there in less than 3 months, ready to save their world, and get your picture taken. While you consider all this H63h95 goes on and on -- you cut him off. You've already made your decision about going or not. What did you decide?",This is a SCIENCE teaser,"You decided not to go. Centauri is 4.2 light years away and so the signal was sent 4.2 years ago... which means that the Centaurians have long been destroyed (about 1.2 years ago) and you don't want to spend all your money to go see debris.",Science,09/06/02 #38546,Which Socks Should You Wear?,2.04,1.37,wannamarryharry,A drawer contains 10 red socks and 10 black socks that are all mixed up. What is the fewest number of socks you can take from the drawer without looking and be sure to get a pair of the same color?,There are two socks in each pair of socks.,Three socks; you will have either two socks of one color or three socks of one color.,Math,09/30/07 #681,Truck Recovery,2.27,2.4,Christine,"A truck driver reported to his office that his truck had broken down. A tow truck was sent out to tow the disabled truck. When they arrived, the truck that had broken down was towing the tow truck. Why?",There was nothing wrong with the tow truck. The truck that had broken down had a serious fault which was remedied by the way they drove back.,"It`d broken down because its brakes had completely failed. The truck driver drove back towing the recovery vehicle. When he needed to slow, he signalled with his hand and the recovery truck driver applied his brakes,thereby slowing both vehicles.",Situation,07/16/01 #19204,Word Quest,2.35,2.5,MrIxolite,"Consider the following list, Jump Turn Commerce Bend Time How does QUEST relate to this list?",Split,"The Letters QUEST can be used before each of the other words to either make , or sound like other terms ie; Q-Jump (Queue Jump) U-turn E-Commerce (internet banking for example) S-Bend T-Time (Teatime)",Language,10/19/04 #11863,Train Spotting,2.67,2.55,Glenbo,"During a recent plane and train spotting contest, five eager entrants were lined up ready to be tested on their spotting ability. They had each spotted a number of planes (26, 86, 123, 174, 250) and a number of trains (5, 42, 45, 98, 105). From the clues below, can you determine what colour shirt each was wearing, their position, their age (21, 23, 31, 36, 40) and the number of trains and planes spotted? 1. Bob spotted 44 less trains than planes. 2. Tom was 36 years old. 3. The person on the far right was 8 years younger than Bob, and spotted 174 planes. 4. Josh was wearing a yellow shirt and spotted 37 trains fewer than Bob. 5. The person who was wearing a green shirt, was 19 years younger than the person to his left. 6. Steven spotted 105 trains and 250 planes. 7. The person in the centre was 31 years old, was wearing a blue shirt and spotted 42 trains. 8. Doug, who was on the far left, spotted 26 planes, and spotted 72 trains more than planes. 9. The person who was wearing a red shirt was 4 years older than Tom and was not next to the person wearing a blue shirt. 10.The person who was next to the 31 year old, but not next to the person who spotted 26 planes, was wearing a orange shirt, and spotted 45 trains.",No hint available.,"example: # Name(color shirt)Age, planes spotted, trains spotted 1 Doug(red shirt)40,26,98 2 Steven(green shirt)21,250,105 3 Bob(blue shirt)31,86,42 4 Tom(orange shirt)36,123,45 5 Josh(yellow shirt)23,174,5",Logic,04/18/03 #39353,So Close and Yet So Far,3.02,2.56,aresII,"I saw the happy pair pass by, Newly wed midst joy and acclamation, One simple English word thought I, Exactly summed the situation. But years have passed and love is slain, And now they go divergent ways, For they have been divorced. Again, one word quite fits the case. The second word is like the first, Two central letters just reversed.",No hint available.,UNITED-UNTIED.,Riddle,11/25/07 #417,The Elevator,2.67,1.46,Spikejw1,"Every day a man leaves his apartment on the 46th floor and rides the elevator down to the first floor to go to work. Every evening at about 6:00pm he gets in the elevator, takes it to the 38th floor, gets out and walks up the stairs for the remaining eight floors until he reaches the 46th floor, and his apartment. Why does he take the stairs instead of the elevator for the last eight floors?",No hint available.,He is small and can`t reach the numbers on the elevator past 38.,Situation,04/30/01 #219,Class Cancelled,2.7,1.21,Phyllis,"My teacher came into our classroom and said ""Class is cancelled today because I'm not feeling well. We will meet again at 10 A.M., three days after two days before the day before tomorrow."" What day should I go back to class?",No hint available.,Tomorrow.,Logic,02/02/01 #37729,Famous Phrases 2,2.18,2.58,cnmne,"Each of the words in the following cryptograms is missing a letter, indicated by ""_"". These missing letters form two quotes, along with the person who said each quote. There are at least two letter options for each word, so you will have to determine the appropriate missing letters to solve the cryptograms (eg, ""bo_n"" could be ""boon"" or ""born"", the missing letter being either ""O"" or ""R""). ""/"" separates the individual words of the quote, ""+"" separates the individual letters of each word in the quote, and ""~"" separates the person from the quote. Quote #1: _AIN + L_VE + _INE + S_ED / CLA_ + HO_D / WO_D + F_ND + _LED + _ARN + FEA_ + S_OP + _EAR / CH_P + OVE_ / RIN_ + DR_P + HA_E + BAL_ / O_EN + _AST / SEN_ + SL_W + W_NT + SAL_ + C_IP. ~ _AIL + ARI_ + _ELL + BA_D + P_CK + FA_E + BAL_ / _OLD + S_ND + SOO_ + _ACK + PUN_ Quote #2: SA_D + B_ST + _AIN + CAR_ + B_ED / D_RT + _EST / _HEN + S_IP + FAR_ / SA_E + LA_D + _ARN + B_ED + SAN_ / B_AT + _ARE / S_IP + T_NE + _AST + C_VE + WHE_ / TAL_ + H_LD + COR_ + _OOD + GAL_ + SA_D + _ONE + _OLD / CRO_ + B_RN + _HOP / PA_T + BO_T / HAR_ + C_RE + S_AR + MAS_ / S_WN + _ANT + CAS_ + _ROP / STA_ + _EAR / LA_T + _VER / HAR_ + V_NE + _AME + DEN_ / DIR_ + GO_D / LO_T + W_NT / WAI_ + _VER + STE_. ~ THA_ + WA_T + _EXT + WI_H + S_AY + FO_L + FI_E / _HOP + C_OW + PO_R + CA_T + _ANT + MAS_ + P_LL + _AKE + KIL_",No hint available.,"Quote #1: Give me liberty or give me death. ~ Patrick Henry GAIN + LIVE + VINE + SEED / CLAM + HOED / WOLD + FIND + BLED + EARN + FEAR + STOP + YEAR / CHOP + OVER / RING + DRIP + HAVE + BALE / OMEN + EAST / SEND + SLEW + WANT + SALT + CHIP. ~ PAIL + ARIA + TELL + BARD + PICK + FACE + BALK / HOLD + SEND + SOON + RACK + PUNY Quote #2: Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. ~ Winston Churchill SAND + BEST + VAIN + CARE + BRED / DIRT + NEST / THEN + SHIP + FARE / SAFE + LAID + EARN + BLED + SAND / BOAT + FARE / SHIP + TUNE + MAST + CAVE + WHEN / TALC + HOLD + CORN + FOOD + GALL + SAID + CONE + TOLD / CROW + BARN + SHOP / PAST + BOOT / HARM + CURE + SCAR + MASH / SOWN + WANT + CASE + DROP / STAB + YEAR / LAST + OVER / HARM + VANE + NAME + DENY / DIRT + GOOD / LOST + WONT / WAIF + EVER + STEW. ~ THAW + WAIT + NEXT + WISH + STAY + FOOL + FINE / CHOP + CHOW + POUR + CART + CANT + MASH + PILL + LAKE + KILL",Cryptography,08/11/07 #40662,Chess Tournament 3,2.8,2.02,soccerguy0428,"10 friends gathered to play in a chess tournament. If a person beat someone else in a game, the person who won received a higher place than the person who lost. With the information below, can you determine the place everyone got? Boys: Connor, Jeremy, Mark, Matt, Tyler Girls: Alyssa, Caitlin, Isabella, Kelsey, Megan 1. Matt and Mark got 3rd and 7th place. 2. Connor lost to only one boy and beat every girl. 3. Megan barely beat Caitlin. 4. Isabella and Tyler got the best places for their genders. 5. Matt beat Kelsey. 6. Alyssa only beat one girl and lost to every boy. 7. Jeremy was right behind Isabella and right in front of Kelsey in places.",Jeremy got 5th place in the tournament.,"The results were as follows: 1st- Tyler 2nd- Connor 3rd- Matt 4th- Isabella 5th- Jeremy 6th- Kelsey 7th- Mark 8th- Megan 9th- Alyssa 10th- Caitlin",Logic,02/22/08 #10579,Multiply by Division,2.54,1.39,island-paradise,"I am just a lowly thing, Object of much derision, I am odd because I multiply By practicing division. What am I?",No hint available.,An amoeba or other microscopic life form.,Riddle,02/20/03 #41936,Romanian Philosophy,2.38,2.21,aresII,"The following quotes are from Romanian philosopher and essayist, Emil Cioran (1911 - 1995). Can you decode it? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. N=D, U=Y ""T OAEAYAWTRACD AP NXPRLCUXN CDYU GFXD ARP HCNP TLX NXPRLCUXN."" ""RFX ZCLX GX RLU RC LXPR CSLPXYEXP KLCZ CSL XHCP, RFX NXXJXL GX PADV ADRC AR.""","A=I S=U T=A","""A CIVILIZATION IS DESTROYED ONLY WHEN ITS GODS ARE DESTROYED."" ""THE MORE WE TRY TO REST OURSELVES FROM OUR EGOS, THE DEEPER WE SINK INTO IT."" KEY: A=I C=O D=N E=V F=H G=W H=G J=P K=F L=R N=D O=C P=S R=T S=U T=A U=Y V=K W=Z X=E Y=L Z=M",Cryptography,05/16/08 #47299,Back in Forth 10,2.45,1.77,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. ant____e (long rod) 2. mus____s (small biting fly) 3. d____ate (rodents) 4. twi____g (young lice)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. horned mammal 2. horses 3. destroy 4. distorting","1. antelope (POLE - ant_ELOP_e) 2. mustangs (GNAT - mus_TANG_s) 3. decimate (MICE - d_ECIM_ate) 4. twisting (NITS - twi_STIN_g)",Language,06/22/10 #33937,Menacing Matchsticks III,2.59,2.02,calmsavior,"You will need seventeen matchsticks for this teaser. Using all seventeen matchsticks, make the number 300, as the number would appear digitally. Now, moving only two matchsticks, can you make 1? You cannot: Bend or break the matchsticks. Stack the matchsticks. Remove the matchsticks.",Try looking that the matchsticks from different angles.,"Get on the other side of the matchsticks so that they look like 00E. Take the upper matchstick (from your new perspective) of the second 0 and pivot it along the upper-left matchstick, until the opposite tip reaches the center. Pivot the lower matchstick of the same 0 along the lower-right matchstick, until it meets up with the first matchstick. You should now have ONE, or 1.",Trick,11/11/06 #3433,Yes or No,2.21,2.35,Drunky,"The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question?",No hint available.,Do you mind?,Logic,04/11/02 #40187,Add it Up 3,2.57,1.48,Scubee,"Beginning with the word ""an,"" add one letter from the given pool to create a new word until you get a seven-lettered word meaning ""one that cultivates with seeds."" Pool: R E L T P 1) AN 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) The hint gives definitions for each additional word.","2) a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use 3) a method for achieving an end 4) a tool for smoothing or shaping a wood surface 5) a deciduous tree of the elm family growing chiefly in wet southeastern United States soils 6) one that cultivates with seeds","1) AN 2) PAN 3) PLAN 4) PLANE 5) PLANER 6) PLANTER",Language,01/24/08 #1567,Hidden Country #2,2.66,1.76,psychodude57,"Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph: At school, most of my friends learned French. I learned Chinese, mainly because I planned to visit the far east when I grew up.",No hint available.,"Chile. ""...FrenCH. I LEarned...""",Language,12/02/01 #18831,Dodge,2.23,2.06,MrIxolite,"What is shown below? H#I#S #T#O# R#Y#!",No hint available.,A checkered history/past,Rebus,09/12/04 #13332,Bleep Bleep,2.3,1.61,WhAcKo1,"Decipher this Rebus: Grimy Filthy Muddy Slimy",No hint available.,Dirty Words,Rebus,06/22/03 #19021,Bravo,2.83,1.85,MrIxolite,"What word is this riddle describing? Pronounced differently but spelled the same I have many meanings from obscure to mundane In a trip across water I get there before you In precipitation amazing, a marvel to awe you One naming of me means to acknowledge the praise I move fastest in music as the violin maestro plays Taught to children of all ages , or trip up they would I was also much favoured by a notorious Hood.",No hint available.,"BOW Pronounced Bow (as in cow) or Bow (as in Toe) In a trip across water in a boat, the front of the boat gets there first. The front of a ship is the BOW In precipitation(rain) you sometimes get a RainBOW If you get a lot of praise, like applause, you may take a BOW A violinist moves a horsehair BOW over the strings to produce the notes. Children of all ages are taught to tie their shoe laces in a BOW to avoid them tripping over them. Of course the notorious Hood is Robin Hood whose weapon of choice was the BOW and arrow.",Riddle,10/02/04 #49507,Strawberries?!,2.95,1.54,babyjuice,"Once upon a time, a couple centuries ago, in a cold, harsh winter, three men were about to be executed. It was customary in their land to feed everyone who is about to be executed a last meal, consisting of whatever they want. So, the first man says, ""I am an old, poor fellow, and my whole family was vegetarian except for me. Therefore I would like to eat one last chicken before I die"". His wish was granted, but right when he finished the last bite, the executioner killed him on the spot. The second man asks for a pie. ""My family is extremely poor, and we have never had the money to buy sweets, or anything of any sort of delicacy. So before I die, I would like the chance to taste a pie, the food I have been dreaming about for years."" The executioner agreed, but right when the poor man finished the last piece, he was also killed on the spot. Finally, it was the third man's turn. Without even taking a second to think, he said ""I would like some strawberries"". The executioner burst out laughing. ""I'm sorry"", he sputtered, ""I just can't understand why you would want to eat STRAWBERRIES of all things right before you die. Out of all the delicious foods you could have picked, why strawberries?"" What was the third man's reply which allowed him to live?",No hint available.,"""As you may have noticed, it is winter right now, so strawberries aren't in season. Therefore, I have every right to wait at least another 6 months for them to be harvested before you kill me.""",Situation,06/14/12 #19447,Whoopee!,2.29,1.57,MrIxolite,"What is shown here? You were born 17th April 1932 at 20:31 You died on 17th April 1932 at 21:17 46 mins = ?",No hint available.,The time of your life,Rebus,11/16/04 #26969,What's The Gender,2.25,1.35,shabz4lyf,"If it wasn't for me, that woman would be a man. If it wasn't for me, she would be a he. What am I?",No hint available.,"The letter S. If you place the letter S next to he, he becomes she!",Riddle,11/17/05 #42633,4 X 4,2.14,2.86,chevybaby02,"Below there are sixteen numbers. Assuming that any three of the numbers may be drawn at random, what are the chances that three numbers will be drawn whose sum equals six? 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1",No hint available.,"This is a bit tricky and I initially thought the answer was 1/16 or 6.2% but it is really 2/7 or 28.6%. Either drawing '2 2 2' or some combination of '1 2 3' adds up to be 6. The chances of getting '2 2 2' are 5/16 (5 2s out of 16) times 4/15 (4 2s left out of 15) times 3/14 (3 2s left out of 14). This is 5/16 * 4/15 * 3/14 which equals 1/56. The chances of getting some combination of '1 2 3' is equal to 6/16 (6 1s in the list) times 5/15 (5 2s out of 15 numbers left) times 5/14 (5 3s out of 14 numbers left) times the number of different combinations of '1 2 3' which is 6. This is 6/16 * 5/15 * 5/14 * 6 which equals 15/56. 1/56 + 15/56 = 16/56 or 2/7 or ~28.6%.",Math,07/28/08 #10660,Mammal Compensation,2.74,1.55,island-paradise,"What common expression is represented by the following? If a large solid-hoofed mammal becomes available to you without compensation, refrain from casting your faculty for seeing into the oral cavity of such a creature.",No hint available.,Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.,Language,02/23/03 #49360,Words With DD,2.0,2.15,cnmne,"Five words that contain DD as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *DD**, **DD*, **DD**, **DD***, ***DD** Pool: A, A, E, E, E, G, I, L, M, N, N, P, R, S, T, U, U, U, W, Y",No hint available.,"ADDER, MUDDY, SUDDEN, PUDDING, TWADDLE",Language,03/13/12 #37800,D=M H C,2.11,2.6,merrimackxc2010,"Can you decipher this? D=M H C",No hint available.,"Denver is the Mile High City Denver is called the Mile High City because it is a mile above sea level.",Letter-Equations,08/16/07 #16164,Spooneristic Tendencies 4,2.5,2.24,dsquared,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have the initial sounds switched to form new words. For example, ""hurting flare"" is a spoonerism for ""flirting hair"" (note that the pairs do not have to be spelled the same - only sound the same). From the definitions below, can you figure out the following spoonerisms? 1. A telephone friend ... A 1760 yard-long romantic night out 2. A motionless martial arts technique ... A cooled ending 3. A clever dog collar ... Someone who enjoys bar graphs in their cigarettes",No hint available.,"1. A dial mate ... A mile date 2. A stilled chop ... A chilled stop 3. A smart choker ... A chart smoker",Language,01/13/04 #17462,Tightrope Walkers,2.72,1.26,Jake,Tightrope walkers frequently carry a long pole to help them balance. Why does this help?,No hint available.,"A tightrope walker remains standing by keeping his center of mass directly above the rope. If his center of mass moves off center, he must correct this or he will rotate off the rope and fall down. By carrying a long pole, the performer is increasing his rotational inertia. This means that he will rotate slower and therefore have more time to make a correction to his center of mass. The balancing poles are frequently droopy and weighted at the tips. This lowers the center of mass of the performer, which also makes it easier to balance.",Science,04/23/04 #29967,Bound For Canada,2.94,1.83,peppamintp,"Maple Leaf Air has a busy schedule today. Each of five nonstop flights, no two of which have the same number (222, 303, 444, 505, or 707), is departing at a different time from Hartford's Bradley International Airport. Each of five different people, including Roberta, is departing on a different one of the five flights, each of which is bound for a different Canadian city (including Halifax). From the information provided, determine the Canadian destination of each traveler, the departure time (10:00 am, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm, or 2:00 pm) of each flight, and the number of each flight. 1. Flight 444 departs at some point before flight 303 (which is Louis' flight). 2. Franz's flight, which is going to Montreal, does not leave at either 10:00 a.m. or 2:00 p.m. 3. Flight 707 is destined for Quebec City. The flight to Vancouver (which isn't Heather's flight) leaves at precisely 11:00 a.m. 4. Sylvester's flight leaves at some point before flight 222 (which isn't Franz's flight). 5. Flight 505 is Maple Leaf Air's last one for the day. The flight to Toronto leaves at exactly 1:00 p.m.",No hint available.,"Franz, Montreal, 12:00 pm, 444 Heather, Halifax, 2:00 pm, 505 Louis, Toronto, 1:00 pm, 303 Roberta, Vancouver, 11:00 am, 222 Sylvester, Quebec, 10:00 am, 707",Logic-Grid,04/23/06 #22694,Guess What,2.46,1.87,Asgard,"I am in many colors But for one I am known It is the color of humanity Which reaches its heart, In nature am always to the defense Yet people use me to bring others down.",That which we call a ____ by any other name would smell as sweet.,"A Rose Rose come in many colors but are known for being red. Blood that goes to the heart is red. Roses have thorns for protection. People use them to soften others' hearts on valentines etc. Hint: Shakespeare ""That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.""",Riddle,05/05/05 #47589,Flowers,2.56,0.97,cutieluck,"How many flowers do I have if all of them are roses except two, all of them are tulips except two, and all of them are daisies except two?",No hint available.,"Two solutions: Three flowers : rose, tulip, daisy Two flowers : carnation, geranium",Logic,07/24/10 #10322,Many Things to Many People,2.36,2.98,griphook,"To the bold, I am a weapon; To the gallant, I am a pin; To the gracious, I am a service; To the bridesmaid, I am a win. To the traitor, I am a bribe; To the star, I am a screen; To the swift, I am an arrow; To the bride, I am a dream. What am I?",No hint available.,Silver. Silver Bullet is a magical weapon. Silver Star is a decoration for gallantry in action. Silver Service is an A-1 type of service for hosts. Silver Medal is awarded to runner-ups or bridesmaids. Judas got pieces of silver for betraying Christ. Silver Screen is film industry for movie stars. Silver Arrows is name for Maclaren-Mercedes cars in F-1. Silver Wedding is a dream for all brides.,Riddle,02/08/03 #22236,Rotteneggers Return,2.95,1.53,od-1,"After Sam Rottenegger's failed attempt in the teaser ""Eggsactly what Happened"" to egg his least favorite band, he came up with another plan. This time he would use rotten eggs, and get in and out of the concert quickly. He took 6 eggs from his fridge and put them in a box in his closet for the two months before the concert to ensure they would be really rotten. The night of the concert finally arrived, and Sam placed his eggs on the kitchen counter while he looked for a suitable container for transporting them. However, as he was digging through the cupboards, he didn't notice his mother putting the 6 rotten eggs into the fridge with 6 good eggs. When Sam discovered what had happened, he just stared at the carton of eggs in dismay. He had no idea how to tell them apart, as there were no smells or visible signs to indicate which eggs were which. Sam might have stood there all night if his sister hadn't come along and told him if he gave her $5.00 and a glass of water, she'd tell him which were rotten and which were fresh. Sam was skeptical, but paid up. She separated the eggs and Sam, still wondering if she was right, placed the eggs on the passenger seat of his car as he drove off to the concert. Unfortunately for Sam, she had correctly separated the eggs, as he found out the hard way when he came to an abrupt stop, causing the eggs to pull a humpty dumpty on Sam's floor. So how did she separate the eggs if there were no odors or visible signs?",What happens when eggs rot?,"Sam's sister knew that fresh eggs sink when put in water, but as an egg rots it produces hydrogen sulfide gas, which gets trapped inside the egg. This makes them float in water thus making them easy to separate by placing them in a glass of water.",Science,04/13/05 #13643,Brush Along,2.2,1.46,alex1234,"I brush along silent as a mouse, I can help you clean your house. It doesn't matter if I am short or long, I will still just brush along. I have no head, and I have no hair Dirt and dust beware!! What am I?",No hint available.,A broom.,Riddle,07/06/03 #28497,Relativity II,2.61,2.05,RainyMysteria,"What 3 words can the following 3 words start with? Once you work it out, you must find a relation between the 3 ADDED words. 1. _ _ _ _ fall 2. _ _ _ horn 3. _ _ _ _ ball",Relation A: All to do with water.,"1. RAINfall: The amount of rain, snow etc. within the given and area. 2. FOGhorn: A loud horn or siren used for warning to ships in foggy weather. 3. SNOWball: A pile of snow pressed into a ball. Relation A: They all have to do with water. Fog is vapour, snow is frozen rain, and rain is water. Relation B: They are all types of weather.",Language,02/07/06 #29064,How Many Eggs,2.32,2.98,Draw,"Once upon a time, an old lady went to sell her vast quantity of eggs at the local market. When asked how many she had, she replied: Son, I can't count past 100 but I know that - If you divide the number of eggs by 2 there will be one egg left. If you divide the number of eggs by 3 there will be one egg left. If you divide the number of eggs by 4 there will be one egg left. If you divide the number of eggs by 5 there will be one egg left. If you divide the number of eggs by 6 there will be one egg left. If you divide the number of eggs by 7 there will be one egg left. If you divide the number of eggs by 8 there will be one egg left. If you divide the number of eggs by 9 there will be one egg left. If you divide the number of eggs by 10 there will be one egg left. Finally, if you divide the number of eggs by 11 there will be NO EGGS left! What's the minimum number of eggs that the old lady could have?","Recall that if n is a prime number, (n-1)!+1 is divisible by n.","10!+1=3628801 eggs. This is an answer, but not the minimum. The least common multiple of 1 to 11 is 27720. 3628801=27720*130+25201. Therefore, the old lady had at least 25201 eggs.",Math,03/13/06 #15655,We Love Pennies,2.29,0.79,deskjet2187,"If you could have a penny a day for 30 days, doubled every day, or $10,000 right now, which would give you more money?",No hint available.,"The pennies, because at the end of one month, you would already have a little over $1,000,000.",Math,12/04/03 #21496,Death's Demise,2.96,1.49,Skullcrusher,"Once upon a time there was a dad and 3 kids. When the kids were adults, the dad was old and Death came to take the dad. The first son, who became a lawyer, begged Death to let the dad live a few more years. Death agreed. When Death came back, the second son, who became a doctor begged Death to let his father live a few more days. Death agreed. When Death came back the third son, who became a priest, begged Death to let the dad live till that candle wick burned out and he pointed to a candle. Death agreed. The third son knew Death wouldn't come back, and he didn't. Why not?",No hint available.,"The third son went over and blew out the candle after Death left because the son said ""till the candle wick burns out"", not ""till the candle burns out"".",Mystery,03/12/05 #8264,The String Around the Cylinder,2.53,2.3,higgo,"A cylinder 48cm high has a circumference of 16cm. A string makes exactly 4 complete turns around the cylinder, while its two ends touch the cylinder's top and bottom (forming a spiral around the cylinder). How long is the string in cm?",Pythagoras' theorem may help.,"80cm. Finding the length of the string is the same as finding the length of the hypotenuse of a triangle with a height of 48 cm and a base of 64 cm (16 x 4). Using Pythagoras' theorem, you get: h^2 = 48^2 + 64^2 Solving, h = 80 cm.",Math,10/29/02 #47447,Curtail 3,2.45,1.8800000000000001,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. A number -> A stronghold 2. A portable shelter -> A number 3. A number -> A smaller number 4. First in rank -> Proper 5. Green space -> Average 6. Type of wrestling -> Total 7. Multiplication -> A dimension 8. Partition -> Separate","The words start with these letters: 1. F 2. T 3. E 4. P 5. P 6. S 7. T 8. D","1. Forty -> Fort 2. Tent -> Ten 3. Eighty -> Eight 4. Prime -> Prim 5. Park -> Par 6. Sumo -> Sum 7. Times -> Time 8. Divider -> Divide",Language,07/11/10 #35021,Missing Letters 9,3.02,2.03,jazzmusician46,"Below are incomplete words. Replace the letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck. Indivi ( _ _ _ _ ) ity Din ( _ _ _ ) ve Can ( _ _ _ ) lar Bru ( _ _ _ ) ly L ( _ _ _ ) litude",No hint available.,"Individual - duality Dinner - nerve Cancel - cellar Brutal - tally Lamp - amplitude",Language,01/24/07 #1128,Timothy Tuttle,2.28,1.3800000000000001,latina_288,How many T's are in Timothy Tuttle?,No hint available.,Two. The capital T in Timothy and the capital T in Tuttle. We didn't ask how many t's.,Trick,10/15/01 #52259,Here's The Kicker,2.69,1.6,Rove_Tarts,"I have a rule for words Only certain ones may pass Mom and level complete it But fruit and record lack It may seem pretty obvious But don't jump to conclusions too soon Racecar doesn't do it But what does is kick and noon What is the rule?",Read it agan,"Phonetic Palindromes M oh m L eh v eh l K ih k N oo n R ay s c ar F r oo t R eh k or d",Riddle,09/04/19 #23893,"Sugar, on My Tongue!",2.29,0.98,sexyxxl05,"Kenya, a renowned daredevil, was dared to eat 10 grams of sugar for $5 by her friend, Keisha. ""You'll ruin your diet, Kenya! All that fat!"" said her friend, Asia. ""No, I won't. It'll just raise my blood sugar a little bit."" Kenya replied. Who was correct?",No hint available.,"Kenya was correct. Raw or powdered sugar does not contain fat, no matter how much you eat of it.",Science,06/21/05 #28811,This May Hurt,2.68,2.57,schatzy228,"What phrase is represented? Eight bits + days of old + 32 thousand oz + g",No hint available.,"Bite your tongue Explained-- 8 bits = byte (bite) days of old = yore (your) 32 thousand oz. = ton + g (tongue)",Rebus,02/26/06 #1029,May 6th,2.54,1.36,Michelle,"Something extraordinarily unusual happened on the 6th of May, 1978, at 12:34pm. What was it?",No hint available.,"At that moment, the time and day could be written as: 12:34, 5/6/78.",Other,10/06/01 #1941,Size of your Fingertip,2.38,2.09,DarkJester,I am the size of your fingertip. My brothers can be smaller or larger but we all act as one serving you until the setting of the sun. You see me everyday whether you realize it or not. Most of us have 4 eyes and are held in place by one small knot. We are important so never lose a single one of us. What are we?,No hint available.,a clothing button,Riddle,01/03/02 #29527,Banana Clock,2.56,2.34,Jim1029,"What do these words have in common? They are in no particular order. Banana Clock Human Picked",No hint available.,"The word HAND can relate to all of them. Clocks and humans have HANDS. Fruits and flowers, among others, can be HANDpicked. A bunch of bananas is called a HAND.",Group,04/04/06 #35726,Five Of A Kind,3.24,1.43,menz,"The first is needed to make quotes you see, And it often sticks up when it's time for noon tea. The second's biggest distinction is found Bearing the symbol of love that is bound. The third should be biggest but that can depend, Never standing alone or it may offend. The fourth is oft used when making a selection Or if you should need a gun for protection. The fifth is the fattest and oddest by far, And can sometimes be found in a wrestling war. What are they?",A hint would just be handing it to you.,"The digits of the hand! (The order on the poem is pinky, ring finger, middle finger, index or pointer finger, and thumb) The pinky hits the quotation mark key on the keyboard when typing, and people often raise their pinky off the cup when drinking tea. The ring finger bears a wedding band when married. The middle finger is an obscene gesture when standing alone. You point with the index finger to make a selection, or use it to pull the trigger on a gun. The thumb can be used for thumb wrestling.",Riddle,03/17/07 #17176,Alphabet Soup,2.31,2.11,FrostedTangerine,"Jeremy sat down at the table, and prepared to eat his alphabet soup for brunch. Before putting anything in his mouth, Jeremy took out all of the letters in the bowl, and separated them into groups on his napkin. After counting them, he realized that there were: 3- I, K, V, X, and Z's. 6- A, D, F, L, and R's. 7- B, C, M, N, P, Q, S, T, U, W, and Y's. 8- E, G, H, J, and O's Jeremy went ahead and ate 4 of the letters, all 4 of them were vowels. Then he fed 2 consonants to his dog. Then he picked out the letters in his name, from the napkin, and spelled his name further down from the rest of the letters: JEREMY After that, he recounted the letters from the soup, before putting them all back in the bowl. He did not put his spelled name back in the bowl. There were: 2- I's. 3- K, V, X and Z's. 4- E's. 5- R's. 6- A, D, F, Q, L, Y, B and M's. 7- C, J, N, O, P, S, T, U, and W's. 8- G and H's. QUESTION: Which 4 vowels did Jeremy eat, and which 2 consonants did he feed his dog?","Look at the remaining sets of letters, the ones left, after Jeremy ate 4 and fed 2 to his dog. Try to discover which letters now have less than before Jeremy ate 4 and fed 2 to his dog.","He ate two E's, one I and one O. He fed his dog one B, and one Q. Don't believe me? Try it on a piece of paper! Write down all of the answers in the soup. Cross out the letters required to spell Jeremy. Then after reading the remaining letters in the soup, find the letters that were knocked down by one number. Cross out those. But I promise this is the answer!",Math,03/31/04 #41107,CITY,2.09,0.99,12345678,"What is represented by this? CITY",No hint available.,Capital city!,Rebus,03/19/08 #28470,Threes and Sevens 2,2.16,2.84,shenqiang,"Which is the smallest natural number that satisfies the following conditions: (1) Its digits consist of, and only of 3's and 7's. (2) Its digital sum is divisible by 3 and 7. (3) The number itself is divisible by 3 and 7.",It's not very hard.,"From conditions 1 and 2, we know that we need at least 3 7's and 7 3's. Their sum is divisible by 3, therefore any number they make is divisible by 3. By trial and error, we see that none of 3333333777, 3333337377, 3333337737, 3333337773, 3333373377, 3333373737, 3333373773, 3333377337 and 3333377373 is divisible by 7. 3333377733 is divisible by 7 (the quotient is 476196819.) Therefore, the number we're looking for is 3333377733.",Math,02/06/06 #28573,Dieu Et Mon Droit,2.64,1.34,aprilsprings29,"4 N in the U K (E, W, S, NI)",Geography,"4 Nations in the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)",Letter-Equations,02/11/06 #4613,Fall Wood,2.53,1.92,bobbrt,"Every word of a familiar phrase has been replaced by a rhyme in the following sentence. Can you determine the phrase? Ignore punctuation. Fall wood brings trust from you, tan friend.",No hint available.,All good things must come to an end.,Language,06/10/02 #6017,One and Another,2.34,1.51,michelle,"What does this mean? one another one another one another one another one another one another",No hint available.,"Six of one, a half dozen of another.",Rebus,07/29/02 #723,Jack the Lad,2.5,0.9,GarnetGurl,"Jack the lad is staggering home after a few pints in the local pub, and he is drunk. He staggers onto the road wearing black trousers, a black shirt, black jacket, black socks and black shoes. The street has no streetlights. A car with no headlights speeds down the road but manages to swerve and miss him. How is this possible?",No hint available.,It was daytime!,Trick,08/01/01 #34685,"Looking In, Looking Out",3.14,1.85,deepsea,"You may find fire within me Though to water I've been compared. You may also find a twinkle When through my pane you stare. When of wind I am the calm The center holding still. When of you, a different part My bottom lid, my sill. You may look into me only to see through. You may indeed look out of me Through my frame of varied hue. The riddle in three parts as letters in my name. The riddle shows you who I am But tell me just the same. Who am I?","A hint you have asked for And one I will share. Look into your mind For one of me lies there.",An eye.,Riddle,01/02/07 #8894,Type Cast,2.36,2.78,MrIxolite,"What is represented here? Courier Encyclopedia",No hint available.,The Font of all Knowledge.,Rebus,12/04/02 #1056,97% Caffeine Free,2.16,1.53,Michelle,"If you were given a can of cola that was 97% caffeine free, how many cans of it would you have to drink in order to consume the same amount of caffeine found in a regular cola?",No hint available.,"33 1/3 cans. If there is 3% caffeine found in the cola, it would take 100 divided by 3 to equal the same amount.",Math,10/08/01 #25187,Rhyme Time #2,2.98,1.26,gilco,"Find the synonymous word for each word in the following pair. For each pair, the words you find should rhyme with each other, the first word being an adjective and the second a noun. Some of these are easy, others are more challenging. Good luck! For example: angry father= mad dad Depressed circus entertainer Not living center of a pencil Cool film Not soft protector",No hint available.,"Depressed circus entertainer =Down Clown Not living center of a pencil = Dead Lead Cool film= Groovy Movie Not soft protector= Hard Guard",Language,08/09/05 #2959,ERUTUFEHT2,2.57,1.71,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following 80's classic movie? ERUTUFEHT2",No hint available.,BACK to the future.,Rebus,03/27/02 #17158,Katie Changes Alone,2.18,1.57,Pitter,"Kim, Vivian, Katie and Hilary are all friends. They finish a basketball game and want to get changed to go home, but Katie goes off on her own to change and meets them outside school. Why?",No hint available.,The others are all boys. Katie isn't allowed in their changing room.,Trick,03/30/04 #33919,"Since 1902, a Tradition",2.63,1.67,OldChinaHand,"Smoke puffs from me. I give a toot or two. My nose shines bright as I race around in circles. There's an ""O"" in my size and with ""Ahs"" on lips of a bright eyed boy on Christmas morning. What am I?","I'm not one, but I need a transformer.","Lionel Pennsylvania Flyer electric train set. Smoke puffs from the engine, the whistle toots, and the headlight shines brightly as the Pennsylvania Flyer races around the circular track. The ""O"" is its size, O gauge. The electric transformer is used to drive the train. And Lionel train sets have been given as gifts since 1902.",Riddle,11/10/06 #2280,Look Both Ways,2.54,1.62,supermew30,A deaf man is going home from church. He decides to walk. He gets to a point where he must cross the street. He does not look both ways before crossing. He is able to detect a car coming. How did he do this?,What kind of streets are there?,It was a one way street. He did not have to look both ways. He only looked one way.,Situation,02/08/02 #34709,Vowel Disappearance V,2.55,1.81,grungy49,"The following are all places or landmarks that have had all the vowels taken out of their names. The number in brackets next to it indicates how many words the place has. Good luck on finding those vowels, and putting them back in there! 1. Ngkrwt (2) 2. Thztctmpl (3) 3. Hvrdm (2) 4. Ngrflls (2) 5. Ntdkngdm (2)",No hint available.,"1. Angkor Wat 2. The Aztec Temple 3. Hoover Dam 4. Niagara Falls 5. United Kingdom",Language,01/03/07 #36677,Greek Mathology,2.37,2.54,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Greek mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the two possible solutions. HERMES + ARIES + HERA = APOLLO",No hint available.,"634039 + 74839 + 6347 = 715225 634839 + 74039 + 6347 = 715225",Cryptography,05/20/07 #26440,Repeat the Question?,2.68,1.39,puppygirl1213,"What is represented here? The dots are for spacing. Question...Answer Question...Answer Question...Answer Answer...Question Answer...Question Answer...Question",No hint available.,"For every question there is an answer; for every answer there is a question. I hope you like this, the little girl I babysit for just told me this so I submitted it for her, I know it may not be the best in the world and I know it is easy.",Rebus,10/19/05 #17909,Classical Confusion,2.21,2.39,spookboy0,"Below, you see a clue. Solve the clue to get the name of a classical music piece. In the very late day, you see a sign in front of you that says ""Bald Mountain"". You go there and sleep. This event would be called your...",No hint available.,"Night on Bald Mountain (Mussorgsky) The ""very late day"" is night.",Trivia,06/13/04 #28491,Compound Clash,2.9,2.24,cdrock,"Listed below are clues that refer to 2 different words. The sound of these words, put together, make a different compound word. Also, just to make things even trickier, when you figure out the words, you might need to switch them around to find the compound word. Ex. A piece of bread used for making some sandwiches shaped as the fifth letter of the alphabet. (Bun + E = Bunny) Can you figure out all the compound words? 1. A relation's short sleep. 2. The talker was the opposite of quiet. 3. A cube-shaped vehicle. 4. Spade's situation.",No hint available.,"1. Napkin (nap + kin) 2. Loudspeaker (loud + speaker) 3. Boxcar (box + car) 4. Suitcase (suit + case)",Language,02/07/06 #23485,Word Fusion 6,2.95,2.54,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is a child of the ocean. 2) This is when an insect runs away to get married. 3) This is the monotone melody of a writing instrument. 4) This is the charge for setting a fractured bone.",No hint available.,"1) sea + son = season 2) ant + elope = antelope 3) pen + chant = penchant 4) cast + rate = castrate",Language,06/07/05 #29409,"61, 691, 163",2.6,2.89,MadDog72,"What number comes next in the sequence: 61, 691, 163, 487, 4201, ?",Reverse the digits of the numbers.,"9631. The sequence consists of the prime numbers which, when their digits are reversed, are perfect squares.",Math,03/29/06 #39235,Everyone's Prisoners,2.75,2.09,majd,"Innocent prisoners held by everyone Yet the day of our release is usually a sad one Hide us or embrace us, it's your choice But deep inside you lies the truth's voice We can't feel, speak, see or hear Yet we make a big statement the second we appear",No hint available.,"Tears. Prisoners held by everyone: tears are held in tear glands by all human beings. Day of our release: when people cry and hence ""release"" their tears. Hide us or embrace us: some people are shy to show their tears while others are not. Deep inside you lies the truth's voice: even when hiding your tears from people, you can't deny or hide the underlying feeling deep inside. Make a big statement: people's feelings and emotions are strongly revealed when they cry.",Riddle,11/17/07 #40983,Famous Phrases 3,2.14,2.86,cnmne,"Each of the words in the following cryptograms is missing a letter, indicated by ""_"". These missing letters form two quotes, along with the person who said each quote. There are at least two letter options for each word, so you will have to determine the appropriate missing letters to solve the cryptograms (eg, ""BO_N"" could be ""BOON"" or ""BORN"", the missing letter being either ""O"" or ""R""). ""/"" separates the individual words of the quote, ""+"" separates the individual letters of each word in the quote, ""~"" separates the person from the quote. Quote #1: _ICK + S_IM + L_ST + PAR_ / _AIR + T_ME + _OOK + AC_E / _OLD + HO_D + CO_E / T_IN + B_AN + _ATH + SO_P + _UST + CAS_ + DAR_? ~ HA_P + BO_T + _ARK + D_MP + FL_D + KEE_ / _AKE + DR_P + WI_E + TA_K + _ASE Quote 2: THA_ + DI_L + S_OP + _ITE + MO_T + S_OW, / PA_T + GO_D + _ICE + SHO_ / _ERO + VAS_ + HE_D + _AST. / W_LL / SHO_ + PR_Y + HA_D + _RIP / L_RE + BO_N + FL_E! ~ B_LL + F_AY + CLU_ + TE_T + C_LL + _EST + COL_ + M_AT + _ENT / WIN_ + _ASP + W_NT + _AVE + TR_P + _OON / _OMB + W_LT + _AND + G_OW",No hint available.,"Quote 1: What hath God wrought? ~ Samuel Morse WICK + SHIM + LAST + PART / HAIR + TAME + TOOK + ACHE / GOLD + HOOD + CODE / TWIN + BRAN + OATH + SOUP + GUST + CASH + DART? ~ HASP + BOAT + MARK + DUMP + FLED + KEEL / MAKE + DROP + WIRE + TASK + EASE Quote #2: Watson, come here. I want you! ~ Alexander Graham Bell THAW + DIAL + STOP + SITE + MOOT + SNOW, / PACT + GOOD + MICE + SHOE / HERO + VASE + HERD + EAST. / WILL / SHOW + PRAY + HAND + TRIP / LYRE + BOON + FLUE! ~ BALL + FLAY + CLUE + TEXT + CALL + NEST + COLD + MEAT + RENT / WING + RASP + WANT + HAVE + TRAP + MOON / BOMB + WELT + LAND + GLOW",Cryptography,03/12/08 #2674,United Manager,2.46,1.8,missie,"The United manager was talking to his team after the match, when he pointed at Byran Johnson, who was one of the laziest, most inept players on the pitch, and said,""If only we had five players like him."" Has he gone mad?",No hint available.,"The trouble was, the whole team played like him. Having only five players like him would not have been as bad.",Logic,03/13/02 #33547,Little Johnny #2,2.53,2.4,fishmed,"Little Johnny was pestering his big brother for some candy. He knew that his brother had several pieces and wanted some. His brother had Quick Quackers, Tangy Toffees, Fizzy Booms, Apple Chewies, Purple Plops, Zounds!, Sour Screams, and Buzzy Bites. Little Johnny's favorites were Tangy Toffee and Quick Quackers. His brother said he'd give him all of those that he had if he could figure out how many Tangy Toffees and Quick Quackers he had in his room. He told Little Johnny the following clues. 1. If he added all the Buzzy Bites, the Purple Plops and Fizzy Booms that he had, the total was 48. 2. If he added the number of Apple Chewies and Buzzy Bites, it was the same as the number of Zounds! he had. 3. If he added the number of Zounds! and the Purple Plops, it was the same as the number of Tangy Toffees he had. 4. If he added the number of Tangy Toffees and the Apple Chewies, it was the same as the number of Fizzy Booms he had. 5. If he added the number of Fizzy Booms and the Sour Screams, it was the same as the number of Quick Quackers he had. 6. Finally, he told him that if you subtracted the number of Tangy Toffees from the Quick Quackers, he would have the number 14. Little Johnny took a few minutes, but walked away with all the Tangy Toffees and Quick Quackers, even though his mother had to make his brother honor his promise. Can you figure out how many Quick Quackers and Tangy Toffees that Little Johnny got?",No hint available.,"Apple Chewies = A Buzzy Bites = B Fizzy Booms = F Purple Plops = P Quick Quackers = Q Sour Screams = S Tangy Toffees = T Zounds! = Z The givens are as follows: 1. B + P + F = 48 2. A + B = Z 3. Z + P = T 4. T + A = F 5. F + S = Q 6. Q - T = 14 Now, moving a few things around we find the following: B = Z - A (from given #2) P = T - Z (from given #3) F = T + A (from given #4) Then B + P + F = (Z - A) + (T - Z) + (T + A) = 2T once you add and subtract it all. Since B + P + F = 48 = 2T. As such, T = 24. And from given #6, Q = 14 + T = 38 So, Q = 38 and T = 24",Math,10/19/06 #10208,Fun with Geometry,2.87,1.71,just_moi,"What drink does this represent? 180 degree arc 360 degree arc 180 degree arc A 180 degree arc 360 degree arc 90 degree lines A",Every line represents a letter.,"COCA COLA [180 degree arc - C 360 degee arc - O 90 degree lines - L]",Rebus,02/03/03 #50236,Delete a Letter 20,2.64,1.66,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) one who serves food in a restaurant (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) the degree of transparency and luster of a precious stone 2) a sudden jerk or shake (4 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to write briefly or hastily 3) a factory building (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a small piece of ground 4) unstained (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a large group of relatives",No hint available.,"1) waiter & water 2) jolt & jot 3) plant & plat 4) clean & clan",Language,04/13/14 #31858,Little Johnny,2.59,2.27,fishmed,"Little Johnny was trying to work out a Math-Magic problem his teacher had given him at school that day. He was having problems, so he asked his mom to help. The problem read, MAD + AS + A = BULL ""Mom"", he said, ""I need to use some of the numbers from 0-9 to make this problem work. I have already figured out from Skippy at school that D equals 3 and L equals 7, but I can't get the rest. Each letter stands for only one number."" His mother helped him figure out the rest. Can you figure out the answer, given what Little Johnny already knew?",No hint available.,"983 + 86 + 8 = 1077 is the answer, based on what Johnny knew at the beginning.",Math,07/18/06 #51009,Distributing,2.25,0.6900000000000001,Viprvenom,"For 13 people, I give 7 dollars to each of them. If there were 5 fewer people, how much money would each of them get?",No hint available.,"7 dollars! I never said you had to use all of the money and share it equally.",Trick,03/13/17 #30894,Horse Crazy,2.57,2.01,fairelamour,"Elisa has always wanted a horse, and now she has fallen in love with a buckskin quarter horse gelding named Canyon Sunshine. The horse is priced at $3,000. Elisa's stepfather decides to give her an interest-free loan for the total price of Canyon Sunshine. While paying off this loan, Elisa will also be responsible for the $90 per month upkeep of the horse. Elisa has $875 in a savings account. She has a steady baby-sitting job, which pays her $5 an hour. She baby-sits 4 nights monthly, 6 hours each night. She also earns $6 an hour working 16 hours each month cleaning the horse stalls at a local stable. Elisa decides to pay back her stepfather's loan as soon as possible with her savings and with every bit she earns monthly. If Elisa's job situation remains unchanged, how many months will it take her to repay the loan?",Divide the problem into parts.,"It will take Elisa 17 months to repay the loan. After closing her savings account to make the first payment, Elisa has a debt of $3,000 - $875 = $2,125. Her monthly income from baby-sitting is 4 * 6 * $5 = $120. Her monthly income from cleaning the stable is 16 * $6 = $96. So her total monthly income is $216. But she must also pay $90 a month for the upkeep of Canyon Sunshine. So she can make monthly payments of $216 - $90 = $126. She will have repaid the loan after 17 months: $2,125 / $126/month = 16.8.",Math,06/05/06 #21627,Classics,2.44,2.08,Sane,"Which one does not belong in this series of Classic Rock Songs? Ascension to After World You Are Just a Gruff Canine We Will Never Surpass Human Nature Nonconformist's State of Ecstasy Perform Late 20th Century Music All Through Darkness",No hint available.,"They are famous Classic Rock songs that have been reworded. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin You Ain't Nothing but a Hound-Dog - Elvis --Odd One Out-- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Rock and Roll All Night - Kiss",Group,03/18/05 #19614,Madadian Mail,2.41,2.62,Mad-Ade,"Madadia is split, like other countries, into cities, towns and villages. Some are large and some are small. Postman Patel delivers the mail in the village of ""Lardville"". Now Lardville is so small there is only one street with only ten houses, numbered from 1 to 10. In a certain week, Patel did not deliver any mail at two houses in the village; at the other houses he delivered mail three times each. Each working day he delivered mail at exactly four houses. The sums of the house numbers where he delivered mail were: on Monday: 18 on Tuesday: 12 on Wednesday: 23 on Thursday: 19 on Friday: 32 on Saturday: 25 on Sunday: he never works just in case any murder suspects try to use this as an excuse. Can you work out which two houses received no mail this week?",No hint available.,"If postman Patel would have delivered mail three times at each house, then the total sum of the house numbers per day would be (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10)x3=165. Now that sum is 18+12+23+19+32+25=129. The difference is 165-129=36; divided by 3 this is 12. The sum of the house numbers where no mail was delivered is therefore 12. The following combinations are possible: 2+10 3+9 4+8 5+7 Each day at four houses the mail was delivered. On Tuesday the sum was 12. 12 can only be made from four house numbers in 2 ways: 1+2+3+6 1+2+4+5 The same holds for Friday with the sum of 32: 5+8+9+10 6+7+9+10 From this we can conclude that the house numbers 1, 2, 9 and 10 for sure have received mail, which means that the combinations 2+10 and 3+9 are not possible. Also the combination 5+7 is not possible, because mail was delivered either at house 5 or at house 7. Thus the only remaining solution is: houses 4 and 8.",Logic,11/29/04 #33450,Tying the Knot,2.36,2.79,medster99,"There are 6 strings clustered together. One end of each string is at point B (the top), and the other at point A (the bottom). First, two of the ends at point A (randomly) are tied together. Then the two more are tied together, and then the last two. Next, two ends at point B are tied together. Then the two more are tied together, and then the last two. What is the possibility that all the strings will be tied together in one large loop? Note: Simplify the answer.",There are three possible combinations of loop sizes that the strings can form.,"The possibility that the strings will form one large loop is 8 in 15 times, or 8/15. You determined the probability of each situation by finding out the probability of many events. You only had to deal with the bottom knots, because if you left out the top knots, you will just be simplifying the problem a little bit. Then you figure out all the possibilities for the first knot (of the bottom) that could be tied. Then, using those, you found out the three possibilities for each basic diagram, having only the first knot. That gives you 45 possible knot combinations, which is every combination for the bottom half. Then you simply count out the different groups (1 loop, 2 loops or 3 loops) and simplified it. There are 24/45 for 1 loop, 18/45 for 2 loops, and 3/45 for 3 loops. Simplified that is: **1 Loop: 8/15** 2 Loops: 6/15 3 Loops: 1/15",Probability,10/12/06 #3947,Red and Green,2.99,2.0,iluvcats,When do you start on red and stop on green?,No hint available.,When you are eating a watermelon.,Other,05/07/02 #50815,Globally Speaking,1.92,1.79,LittleGreenMan,"Other than their numerical sequence, what is significant about the following set of numbers? 1,2,4,6,8,9,10","Say them aloud. Title is also a hint.","Phonetically, each has one or more common homophones in American English or other well-known languages: 1 (won) 2 (to, too) 4 (for, fore) 6 (sics [English, Latin]) 8 (ate) 9 (nein [German]) 10 (tin)",Group,05/11/16 #29448,Long and Short,2.42,1.03,luckythirteen,"We can be boring, Or interesting. We can be long, Or short. We can have pictures, Or just words. Many love us, But many also hate us. What are we?",No hint available.,Books.,Riddle,03/31/06 #5797,Rare Pairs,2.86,1.8900000000000001,Bobbrt,"The solution to each of the following clues consists of two rhyming words. One of the words is given. For example the clue ""Moby Dick"" would result in ""Whale Tale"". 1. Hay and Oats: _____ Feed 2. Gardening: Soil ____ 3. Realtor's Job: ____ Selling 4. Trade Union: ____ Guild 5. Magicians' Group: Trick ____",No hint available.,"1. Steed Feed 2. Soil Toil 3. Dwelling Selling 4. Skilled Guild 5. Trick Clique",Language,07/22/02 #28764,Word Challenge 2,2.81,1.56,SPUTNIK2,"Can you find the missing word that can be added to each of these words to form 7 new words? 1. tree 2. out 3. toll 4. pent 5. green 6. open 7. flop",The same word is used in all 7 answers.,"HOUSE 1. tree house 2. out house 3. toll house 4. pent house 5. green house 6. open house 7. flop house",Language,02/23/06 #39343,Office Order,2.46,0.73,lesliep72875,"Monica's boss asked her to order some supplies for an important project. While organizing her desk, she spilled her coffee all over her ordering list. The list was soaked and partially unreadable. Please help Monica determine the ordering information. Items: 24 Binders, 1 Overhead Projector, 24 Pens, and 2 Cartons of Paper Suppliers: Office Chain, Presentation Co., Recycling Co., and Reporting Corp. Cost of Items: $480, $250, $20, $110 1) The projector is not the most expensive item; however, it's not cheapest either. 2) The paper costs $55 per carton through Recycling Co. 3) The binders are the most expensive and are not ordered from Office Chain; however, the cheapest item is. 4) The most expensive item is not ordered from Presentation Co.",No hint available.,"Item - Cost - Suppliers 24 Pens - $20 - Office Chain 24 Binders - $480 - Reporting Corp. 1 Overhead Projector - $250 - Presentation Co. 2 Cartons of Paper - $110 - Recycling Co.",Logic-Grid,11/24/07 #25483,Trip,2.17,2.11,haldir,"What is this rebus? Triptriptriptriptriptriptriptriptriptriptriptrip.",No hint available.,Trip line.,Rebus,08/25/05 #23246,Monkey Taxi Service,2.14,1.29,mufffin09,"Sarah's Simian Taxi Service can transport 120 monkeys in 4 cars. Elphie comes in with her flying monkeys that have broken wings. She wants to transport as many of them as she can to the vet (although the vet might have a heart attack upon sight of the winged monkeys, and the green girl!) with the amount of cars available. Sarah has ten cars available. How many monkeys can Elphie get to the vet?",No hint available.,"She can transport 300 monkeys. If 4 cars hold 120 monkeys, you do 120/4 and you will get the unit rate, which is 30 monkeys per car. You then do 30 monkeys x 10 cars and get 300 total monkeys.",Math,05/28/05 #20747,Ducky,2.77,2.45,badbunnee,What phrase is shown here?,No hint available.,"Inside Information (as ducks fly: in formation)",Rebus,01/31/05 #35939,Finding Who...?,2.56,2.7600000000000002,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to decide what name does not belong in the following group? Ice Blue Red Top Zebra Denison's Flying Fox Dwarf Snakehead Liontailed Macaque Twig Catfish",No hint available.,"The 'Liontailed Macaque' does not belong. It is a breed of monkey, whilst the others are breeds of fish. This endangered primate has a sleek jet-black body with a gray mane around the face. His black tail has a slight tuft of hair on the end. Their native land is India where they stay mostly in the middle and upper levels of the trees. There are only around 4,000 liontails left in the world. Fish Breeds: Ice Blue Red Top Zebra - Metriaclima greshakei Denison's Flying Fox - Crossocheilus denisonii Dwarf Snakehead - Channa gachua Twig Catfish - Farlowella acus",Group,03/29/07 #31093,Cryptolist XI,2.62,2.21,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: KCWNYGZM ICOGCS NZGYQJG WGSQGOKQS ISPTW WGQGKCWOCNQ KRNCIQSFYO TPSJQR JPSWQ CNQSZGYCJ GSZJWDPWYCJ","Category: Hospital Q=E","Category: Hospital Doctor Patient Stretcher Drugs Stethoscope Hypodermic Gurney Nurse Operation Transfusion C=O D=F F=M G=T I=D J=N K=H M=L N=P O=C P=U Q=E R=Y S=R T=G W=S Y=I Z=A",Cryptography,06/15/06 #19061,Rolling Stones-The Movie,2.4,2.26,MrIxolite,"What saying is shown below? Auditions for the Rolling Stones Movie Sinful Simon - ""Max, you will play Mick Jagger."" Producer - ""No, he won't."" Sinful Samuel - ""Max, you will play Charlie Watts."" Producer - ""No, he won't."" Good Gregory - ""Max, you will play Bill Wyman."" Producer - ""Fine.""",No hint available.,Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.,Rebus,10/06/04 #47933,Behead 9,2.58,2.16,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. On a ship -> Plank 2. Animal noises -> Used to propel a boat 3. Used to propel a canoe -> To make confused or rotten 4. Submerge -> Writing fluid 5. Travel on water -> Be unwell 6. Ocean creature -> Healthy 7. Captain -> Smoked fish 8. Twist together -> To fish with a hook","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. B 2. O 3. A 4. I 5. A 6. H 7. K 8. A","1. Aboard -> Board 2. Roars -> Oars 3. Paddle -> Addle 4. Sink -> Ink 5. Sail -> Ail 6. Whale -> Hale 7. Skipper -> Kipper 8. Tangle -> Angle",Language,09/16/10 #3956,Aye or Nay,2.59,2.69,PeaceJo,"The five-person city council of Noyes Heights met recently to vote on five proposals. Each of the five council members cast an aye or a nay vote for each of the five proposals, with no abstentions. Use the clues below to discover how each council member voted on each of the proposals. 1. Each proposal got a different number of aye votes (possibly zero). 2. All in all, there was one more aye vote than nay vote cast. 3. At no time did Quincy vote nay on two consecutive proposals. 4. Orlando, Penny and Sven voted the same way on the second proposal. 5. Rosina voted aye on the fourth proposal. 6. Quincy and Sven voted differently from each other on each of the first three proposals. 7. The third proposal received one more aye vote than the second proposal did.",No hint available.,"Orlando - nay, aye, aye, aye, nay Penny - nay, aye, aye, aye, nay Quincy - aye, nay, aye, aye, nay Rosina - nay, nay, aye, aye, nay Sven - nay, aye, nay, aye, nay",Logic,05/08/02 #44377,Eliza Pseudonym and Puzzlanian Idol,2.21,2.15,mathgrant,"Eliza Pseudonym and her friends Anna, Barbra, Carla, Delilah, and Fiona are close followers of the hit television series Puzzlanian Idol, where contestants compete to win a recording contract by singing live on the show in an attempt to garner the votes of viewers. After many grueling weeks of singing and heart-breaking eliminations, the six remaining contestants performed on the most recent episode, following which the aforementioned Puzzlanian Idol fans phoned in their votes for their favorite contestant; each person voted for a different contestant. From the clues below, determine each contestant's first and last name (one first name is Luke, and one surname is White), the order in which they performed, and who voted for each one. 1. No two contestants have the same combination of first and last initials. No two contestants who performed consecutively have the same first initial or the same last initial. 2. Delilah voted for the person who performed third. 3. The contestant surnamed Pelkey performed sometime before Leah. 4. The contestant for whom Carla voted performed sometime after Mark Green (who wasn't the fourth contestant to perform). 5. The recipient of Barbra's vote performed sometime after the contestant surnamed Black, but sometime before the contestant surnamed Brown (who was the third contestant to perform after the one surnamed Black). 6. The second contestant to sing was surnamed Gray. 7. Anna did not cast her vote either for John (who performed sometime after Jude) or for the contestant who sang fifth on the show. 8. Fiona voted for Matthew.",No hint available.,"1st: Matthew Black, Fiona 2nd: Luke Gray, Barbra 3rd: Jude Pelkey, Delilah 4th: Leah Brown, Anna 5th: Mark Green, Eliza 6th: John White, Carla",Logic,04/27/09 #38983,A Key to Success,2.5100000000000002,1.8800000000000001,aresII,"My 7, 9, 5, 6, 2 is aft. My 4, 3, 7, 8, 9 is to go see Grandma. My 7, 1, 2 is Sol. My 4, 5, 6, 10 is more so. My whole is a key to success.",No hint available.,"University Clue 1 = stern. Clue 2 = visit. Clue 3 = sun. Clue 4 = very.",Riddle,10/28/07 #35867,Five Letters Only #2,2.24,2.42,jazzmusician46,"What same sequence of 5 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? _ _ _ _ _child End_ _ _ _ _ Inter_ _ _ _ _ Mad_ _ _ _ _ ed Crack_ _ _ _ _ ed",No hint available.,"The sequence is: BRAIN Brainchild Endbrain Interbrain Madbrained Crackbrained",Language,03/25/07 #12556,Not a Monster,2.6,2.74,griphook,"Half-animal, half-man Does not live in the sea Not a centaur, called a hand A she then a he, hiya hee. Question: What is this creature?",No hint available.,"A Cowboy. Half of COWBOY is COW(a female mammal) The other half is BOY (a young man) A cowboy does not live in the sea. A cowboy is also called a COWHAND. A cow is a she... a boy is a he... hi ho hee is kinda what cowboys scream sometimes.",Riddle,05/22/03 #6436,Man,2.4,0.61,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? step manmanmanman LEAP mankindmankindmankindmankind",No hint available.,One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind!,Rebus,08/11/02 #51739,Odds-On Equivalency ??,1.6300000000000001,1.07,LittleGreenMan,$$ donut donut,No hint available.,"""dollars to donuts"" 'to' = 'two' (homonyms)",Rebus,03/11/18 #245,Area of a Triangle,2.34,1.6,cruiser,"What is the area of a triangle with sides 1, 3, and 4 inches?",You don`t need a formula to figure this out.,"It`s impossible to have a triangle with those sides. The sum of two of the sides is equal to the third side. The result would be a straight line, and the area would be zero.",Math,02/04/01 #10584,Small Scarlet Fish,2.63,2.48,MrIxolite,"What is this phrase? 1) A Small Scarlet Fish 2) Corporation 3) A Horde",One's A Red Herring,Two's Company and Three's A Crowd,Rebus,02/20/03 #16895,NME,3.04,1.31,Takua_Nui,"What phrase is represented below? NME NME NME NME I Am NME NME NME NME",No hint available.,I am surrounded by enemies.,Rebus,03/07/04 #818,Washing Windows,2.55,1.26,Michelle,"Samantha was washing windows on a high-rise office building when she slipped and fell off a sixty foot ladder onto the concrete sidewalk below. Incredibly, she didn't injure herself in any way. How was this possible?",No hint available.,She was standing on the bottom rung.,Situation,09/16/01 #10760,Over and Out,2.57,1.61,Codammanus,"What object does the following represent? RADIOOIDAR",No hint available.,Two Way Radio.,Rebus,02/27/03 #27248,Take a Deep Breath ...,2.83,2.6,norcekri,"Nora Shekrie picked up the phone on the second ring. Ten minutes after she'd sent her phone number to her cousin's friend, she had the expected call. ""Nora? It's Todd. Can you hear me?"" ""Just fine. You're in a big city, you know. They have cell towers and flush toilets and fast food and everything."" ""I know, I know, La Paz is civilization. I'm just used to things not working quite the way I expect. Thanks for talking with me."" ""It's your phone bill. Your e-mail said that your sociology professor is dead, and the authorities are acting strangely?"" ""That's right, except it's anthropology. I heard the clamor when the fire truck came. I looked out of my window -- his house is about two blocks away. By the time the La Paz FD got there, it was too late. The house was up in flames, just like on the 11:00 news. Straight up to the sky; it was horrible to watch. Dr. Bernardo was probably already dead from smoke inhalation. At least, from the flames I saw, I hope he was."" ""Cause of death and funeral pyre, all in one?"" ""Quite. The police picked up someone suspicious in the area, and the one said something that another student translated as suspicion of some weird type of arson. He didn't follow it all; there was a lot of noise, and we haven't totally adapted to the neighborhood cant quite yet."" ""Can't what? Oh, you mean the accent and dialect?"" ""Right. But they let him go later that night. This place has the most tangled rumor mill I've ever seen, worse than high school, and it sounds like the kid's parents are important people of some sort."" ""Such as?"" ""City politics, business, and social status. Wealth, influence, and obligation are rolled up as tightly as if the feudal period were last generation instead of a century ago, or however long it was."" ""Close enough. What else?"" ""We all, I mean the students, get a weird feeling about this. They've asked us all sorts of strange questions, like what Bernardo did in his spare time, what he ate and drank, did he smoke, did he take drugs, like they were trying to smear his reputation or something. But I'm sure he wasn't mixed up in anything. He was on time for everything, competent every day, and brilliant at least twice a week. There are only 20 of us students on the program, and he's here just for this one class, you know, so we're a pretty tight group, even if he does this every year. He knows the university people, too, and I'm rambling."" ""It's okay. Keep going."" ""Well, there are some new discoveries out at the dig, which I guess we'll never get to now, and he must have spent all his free time between preparing for class and, uh, getting to know the T.A."" ""Girlfriend?"" ""Right. She's torn between shooting half the town in retribution and flying home to commit suicide. She adored him seven ways from Sunday. And he was only eight years older, so it wasn't anything too weird."" ""Maybe someone local took a difference to that? Anyone jealous?"" ""Maybe. He's pretty likeable. Maybe he had someone down here who was looking forward to his return."" ""Well, it sounds like someone took things into their own hands."" ""That's what some of us think, but the police sound about ready to file it as an accidental death? What can we do?"" ""You can tell them it's definitely arson. I expect they know that already, but once they know that the foreigners know, perhaps they'll be a bit more conscious of their civic duty."" ""But I don't know that!"" ""I'm something like 5,000 miles away from La Paz, and I know it's arson. There should be enough clues to narrow it down for them."" How was Nora so sure?",What's unusual about the location?,"La Paz is about 12,000 feet (3,660 meters) above sea level. The partial pressure of oxygen is barely high enough to sustain an open fire. La Paz bought fire engines only out of civic pride: the equipment generally gathers dust in the station. Since the flames went ""straight up to the sky"", this fire had help of some sort. There was no significant wind to supply more oxygen, so someone must have ""made arrangements"" to make such a conflagration. Unfortunately, we don't have clues to figure out who did it.",Science,12/01/05 #28779,Random Habits,2.62,1.9000000000000001,metallicman,"What does this rebus represent: Started drinking Pepsi yesterday: killed off the habit immediately. Running one mile every day, starting two weeks ago: killed off the habit in three days. Watching television every day for two months: killed off the habit in five months. Smoking every day for three years: killed off the habit in five years.",No hint available.,Old habits die hard.,Rebus,02/24/06 #30224,What Would Come Next?,2.78,2.71,horses_rock101,"What letter comes next in this pattern? o s s o o s e o e ...",How many letters are in the pattern?,"Z would come next. It is the last letter of the number in Spanish. 1 = uno (o) 2 = dos (s) 3 = tres (s) 4 = cuatro (o) 5 = cinco (o) 6 = seis (s) 7 = siete (e) 8 = ocho (o) 9 = nueve (e) and the last one 10 = diez (z)",Series,05/02/06 #24742,Lucky Guesses,3.09,2.39,tjm531,"On a rainy night, five gnomish characters huddled on stools at the bar of Rumplestiltskin's Place and told their sad tales. Each had once had the good fortune to come across a beautiful maiden who was desperate to complete a different formidable task to win a king's hand in marriage. Each gnome agreed to help, but only in exchange for the maiden's first born child. Although the women hastily agreed, when the time came to pay their dues, they naturally resisted. Each gnome offered one final bargain. If the maiden could guess his name, she could keep her new born baby. Since each gnome had a rather odd name, he felt safe in offering the maiden a different number of guesses. Each was therefore horrified when he returned to the woman only to hear her promptly and calmly reciting his name! From the information provided, can you determine the name of the gnome who helped each woman and the task she had to complete, as well as the number of guesses each woman was given? Gnomes: Arklesblatt, Dinkleberry, Haycocklebloo, Sneedermon, Zizzyrimple Women: Bianca, Diana, Ione, Katrina, Valerie Task: Crush rocks into diamonds, Roll roses into rubies, Spin flax into silver, Stir broth into myrrh, Stomp string into silk. # of Guesses: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 1. The woman who needed to spin flax into silver (who isn't Diana) didn't negotiate with Haycocklebloo. Dinkleberry didn't give a queen either two or three guesses. 2. Queen Katrina was given fewer guesses than the woman helped by Sneedermon (who didn't get either four or six guesses) but more chances than the lady Zizzyrimple assisted. 3. Valerie promised the king that she could roll roses into rubies. Neither Arklesblatt nor Haycocklebloo helped either Valerie or Diana. With Zizzyrimple's assistance, Ione won the king's hand in marriage. 4. The woman who was given six guesses (who isn't the one Dinkleberry helped) isn't the one who vowed she could stir broth into myrrh. 5. Bianca (who wasn't required to spin flax into silver) is neither the woman Haycocklebloo helped nor the one who was trying to crush rocks into diamonds. Diana wasn't granted four guesses.","Note the tasks on the grid were condensed to fit in the spaces provided. (i.e. Rock/Diamond = Crush Rocks into Diamonds, etc.)","Arklesblatt, Bianca, stomp string into silk, 6 Dinkleberry, Valerie, roll roses into rubies, 4 Haycocklebloo, Katrina, stir broth into myrrh, 3 Sneedermon, Diana, crush rocks into diamonds, 5 Zizzyrimple, Ione, spin flax into silver, 2",Logic-Grid,07/21/05 #41459,Words With ZY,2.45,2.4,cnmne,"Five words that contain ZY as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***ZY, ZY****, **ZY**, ****ZY, *****ZY Pool: A, C, C, E, E, E, E, E, G, H, H, I, M, N, N, O, R, T, T, W",No hint available.,"CRAZY, ZYGOTE, ENZYME, WHEEZY, CHINTZY",Language,04/11/08 #7701,Walk With Wind,2.34,0.98,stargirl,"I walk with the wind, I dance with the sea. No matter how hard you try, you cannot see me. I am everywhere you can look, and I will be for all eternity. Now can you guess what I possibly could be?",No hint available.,Air,Riddle,09/25/02 #21229,Ling O'Fruit,2.96,2.87,cnmne,"Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of fruit. The other word is that fruit with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (apple applet), a letter deleted anywhere (orange range), or a letter changed anywhere (cheery cherry). There is no rearrangement of the other letters. No fruit is used more than once. 1) This is a devilish fruit. 2) This is a crippled fruit. 3) This is a happy fruit. 4) This is a criminal fruit. 5) This is a large fruit. 6) This is a tardy fruit. 7) This is a sullen fruit. 8) This is an up-to-date fruit. 9) This is a handkerchief worn by a fruit. 10) This is a popular dance among fruit. 11) This is a complaint by a fruit. 12) This is a weapon used by a fruit.",No hint available.,"1) demon lemon 2) lame lime 3) merry berry 4) felon melon 5) big fig 6) late date 7) glum plum 8) current currant 9) banana bandana 10) mango tango 11) grape gripe 12) pear spear",Language,02/25/05 #9056,About Turn!,2.6,1.85,MrIxolite,"What is represented here? REAR FEAR FOER FORR FORE",No hint available.,Back To Front,Rebus,12/10/02 #6201,I Right I,2.44,0.79,Cascas,"What does this mean? I right I",No hint available.,Right between the eyes,Rebus,08/03/02 #28572,Play Act,2.63,1.75,impartsquirrel,PARTS actors,No hint available.,"No small parts, only small actors.",Rebus,02/11/06 #20333,What Springs To Mind?,2.69,1.58,dumbell,"Choose the correct letter from each clue in the rhyme below. When put in order, the five letters will spell the answer to the riddle. My first is in tap, but not in cap. My second in up, but not in tap. My third in look you'll always find. My fourth in write please keep in mind. My last in pay and also pink. My whole a flower, try to think.",No hint available.,Tulip,Language,01/11/05 #31601,The Car Park,2.5,1.09,Linlou18uk,"Six people go into a store through the underground car park going to floors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Each person goes to a different floor in the same elevator, which goes up stopping at each floor. Eddie's ride is the longest. Angie gets out before Frankie but after Debbie. Charlie gets out first. Barbie leaves before Debbie, who leaves at the third floor. At what floor does each person leave?",No hint available.,"Charlie leaves at the 1st floor. Barbie leaves at the 2nd floor. Debbie leaves at the 3rd floor. Angie leaves at the 4th floor. Frankie leaves at the 5th floor. Eddie leaves at the 6th floor.",Logic,07/07/06 #17374,Rough Landscape,2.7600000000000002,1.2,frostedtangerine,"What has small hills and valleys, is crisp whether the air is hot or cold, has a salty surface and ridges?",No hint available.,A potato chip.,Riddle,04/14/04 #37991,This Couldn't Happen! I,2.08,0.89,merrimackxc2010,"The American flag on the moon was waving faster than it normally does. No one was forcing it to move either. Why couldn't this happen?",No hint available.,"There is no wind in space, so the flag never waves unless someone is making it move.",Situation,08/29/07 #44985,Five Cousins,2.92,3.35,cnmne,"Five cousins are celebrating New Year's Day. Using the following clues, determine each person's age, birth date, and birth time. Names: Alvin, Donna, Jerry, Laura, Steve (Donna and Laura are girls) Ages: 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 Months: February, May, June, August, October Dates: 9th, 11th, 15th, 29th, 31st Times: 6:00 AM, 9:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM 1) Two of the boys were born in a leap year. 2) Neither girl was born in the morning. 3) Both girls were born in the first half of the month. 4) One of the boys was born three hours later in the day than one of the girls. 5) No one celebrated a golden birthday last year, and no one will celebrate a golden birthday this year. 6) The five people are: Alvin, the person who is 32 years old, the person born in August, the person born on the 11th, and the person born at 9:00 AM. 7) The person born at 6:00 AM is older than the girl born on the 15th, who is older than the boy born in October. 8) Jerry was born earlier in the year than the person born on the 11th, who was born earlier in the year than the person who is 28 years old. 9) The person born in May was born earlier in the month than the person born at 7:00 PM, who was born earlier in the month than the person who is 30 years old. 10) The person born on the 29th was born earlier in the day than the person who is 31 years old, who was born earlier in the day than the person born in June. 11) Steve and Donna have the two closest birthdays.","Some helpful steps (though not all) are listed below. 1) February and June do not have 31 days, so neither month can have 31 days. February can only have the 29th in a leap year. 2) A golden birthday is when a person becomes the age that is the same as the day of birth. For example, a person born on the 10th of a month celebrates a golden birthday when that person turns ten years old. Since a golden birthday was not celebrated last year and will not be celebrated this year, the persons who are 28 and 29 were not born on the 29th, and the persons who are 30 and 31 were not born on the 31st. 3) For two boys to be born during leap years, they must be four years apart in age. Therefore, one boy must be 32 years old, and another boy must be 28 years old. 4) One boy was born three hours later in the day than a girl. There are only two situations that satisfy that requirement: a girl born at 6:00 AM and a boy born at 9:00 AM, or a girl born at 2:00 PM and a boy born at 5:00 PM. Since no girl was born in the morning, then that leaves a girl born at 2:00 PM with a boy born at 5:00 PM. That also means that the other girl was born at 7:00 PM. 5) Since one of the girls must be born on the 15th, and both girls were born in the first half of a month, the 15th can not be in February. 6) With the remaining combinations of months and days, the two closest birthdays can only be in May and June. 7) Since it has now been established that the 29th is in February, then it must be matched with a person born in a leap year, which can only be the person who is 28 or 32. It has been established that the person who is 28 was born on October 31st, so the person who is 32 was born on February 29th.","Alvin, 28 years old, born on October 31st at 5:00 PM Donna, 29 years old, born on June 11th at 7:00 PM Jerry, 32 years old, born on February 29th at 6:00 AM Laura, 30 years old, born on August 15th at 2:00 PM Steve, 31 years old, born on May 9th at 9:00 AM",Logic-Grid,07/30/09 #30099,From Whence Cometh My Help?,2.75,2.35,paul726,7 D without P makes 1 W,A homophone is used in this phrase to make a play on words.,"7 Days without Prayer makes 1 Weak This is a saying used in Christian circles to emphasize the importance of prayer. The title comes from Psalms 121:1 - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.",Letter-Equations,04/26/06 #40191,Clever Jenny VI,2.89,1.81,mosca,"Jenny dropped in to see her friends, Tom and Dana, one afternoon after work. Dana answered the door when she rang. Jenny said, ""Hi! What's going on? Are you guys busy?"" Dana groaned. ""Oh, you won't believe it! Tom is late getting home from work, and his mother just called and she'll be over to visit at six!"" ""Yikes! That's only an hour away!"" Jenny responded. ""Can I help?"" ""Sure! Here, have a Coke with me!"" Dana handed her a cold can from the fridge. ""OK, what can I do? Kitchen looks OK; you're doing the living room; how about the bathroom?"" ""Uh... yes, please! Oh no! I ran out of toilet cleaner and don't have the time to get some! Oh boy! And it needs it!"" Jenny said, ""Let me see what I can do,"" and headed for the bathroom. Less than an hour later, the apartment was spick and span. Dana had put out some fruit, cheese and crackers; Tom was home and had opened a bottle of wine; and Jenny had arranged some silk flowers in a vase. Even the bathroom was sparkling, especially the toilet. What had Jenny done to get the toilet clean?",What would you do?,"Jenny walked into the bathroom and poured her whole can of Coke into the toilet. Then she worked on the sink and the tub while the coke fizzed and bubbled. She shook the bath mat out the window and ran a damp mop over the floor. While the floor dried, she found some silk flowers, shook the dust out of them, and put them into a vase on the table in the livingroom. Then she went back to the bathroom and swished the toilet brush around until the toilet was clean. A few last minute touches and everything was done! Explanation: Coke contains phosphoric acid, which attacks the scale that gets on the inside of the toilet. It doesn't work for really bad jobs, but will do well in a pinch! Kool-Aid also cleans toilets. And we drink this stuff?",Situation,01/24/08 #30558,Blank Change 5,2.82,1.86,cdrock,"In the four sentences below, are two blanks. You must fill them in with words that are either anagrams, synonyms, antonyms, or homonyms. You can only use each of these one time each sentence. Can you figure out each word? 1. On the map, the ____ River seemed to go down in a straight ____ through Egypt. 2. The craftsman got ____, so he nailed a ____ to the picnic table for an extra seat. 3. To get comfortable, he lay down on his ____ bed and turned down the ____ music. 4. After being accidentally ____ by the scissors, the ____ on his arm bled.","The pattern of the relation of words in the sentences goes as followed: 1. Anagram 2. Homonym 3. Antonym 4. Synonym","1. Nile - line 2. bored - board 3. soft - loud 4. cut - gash",Language,05/18/06 #50862,Join The I-Queues,2.7,2.09,dalfamnest,"Complete the 3-word queues by finding a word that comes between the two given, in alphabetical order. The missing word has the same number of letters as its neighbours. No plurals are used, and obscure words will be avoided. Because of that, alternative solutions might be possible. 2-letter: IF, ____, IS 3-letter: IMP, ____, INN 4-letter: ISLE, ____, ITEM 5-letter: IDEAL, ____, IDIOT 6-letter: IGNITE, ____, IGUANA Challenge! 11: IMPERMEABLE, ____, IMPERTINENT The Hint provides a definition or clue for the longer words.","4. scratch 5. common expression 6. disregard 11. use someone's identity","2. IN 3. INK 4. ITCH 5. IDIOM 6. IGNORE 11. IMPERSONATE",Language,07/01/16 #51767,Idea,2.09,0.8,Jake,Can you determine which common phrase is represented by this image?,No hint available.,Bright Idea,Rebus,03/08/18 #6069,Whey and Weigh,2.43,1.79,michelle,"What does this mean? wh ey we igh",No hint available.,Parting of the ways.,Rebus,07/30/02 #26067,Secret Word II,2.64,2.57,lisha_kc,"The five letter secret word (_ _ _ _ _) shares: 1 letter with IGLOO 1 letter with SHELL 2 letters with QUALM 2 letters with PIQUE 2 letters with GAUGE 3 letters with QUAKE eg. The word strESSE shares four letters with the word ESSEnce",the fourth letter of the last word is in the secret word,HAIKU,Language,09/24/05 #52473,Wanted Intervention,2.81,1.27,ThinksForFun,"After a grateful response thundering loud I separate you from the admiring crowd In a room where you're hoping to recover An obstruction between you and another In a place with precipitation indoor It is I who keeps it from reaching the floor What am I?",No hint available.,"a curtain lines 1-2: a stage curtain lines 3-4: a curtain between two patients in a hospital room lines 5-6: a shower curtain",Riddle,09/17/20 #50114,Words in a Vat III,2.41,2.18,sciencesteven,"There are four words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: --EA-, -OV-R, -I--O, T--AS-- Individual Letters: P R H N D A E O E N M R",No hint available.,"DREAM, HOVER, PIANO, TREASON",Language,01/25/14 #4707,Jumping,2.08,0.67,Piffle,"Can you decipher this phrase: Jumping Joy Joy Joy Joy",No hint available.,Jumping for joy.,Rebus,06/13/02 #40670,2 P in C,2.14,1.36,shenqiang,2 P in C,"The ""P"" stands for ""players"".","2 players in chess. Or, 2 players in checkers.",Letter-Equations,02/23/08 #26505,How Do Ya Like Them Apples?,2.38,0.58,Rob2003,"Since the fall air was crisp and clear, five friends (Francis, Norman, Oscar, Rachel, and Sarah) journeyed to Adam's Apple Orchard for an afternoon of apple picking. After gathering their bushels of apples, they retired to the orchard's visitor's center, where each person bought a different delicious apple treat: apple cider, apple doughnut, apple pie, apple turnover, and candied apple made with a different type of apple: Cortland, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Jonathan, and Rome Beauty. To complete the perfect afternoon, the five friends enjoyed a dusk hayride through the nearby woods, making this day the apples of their eyes! From the information provided, can you determine the apple treat purchased by each person and type of apple from which it was made? 1. Francis bought the apple pie baked with Golden Delicious apples. Rachel purchased a scrumptious apple donut (which wasn't the treat made with Cortland apples). 2. Sarah bought the apple turnover. Oscar isn't the one who purchased the jug of apple cider. 3. Norman purchased the treat made from Rome Beauty apple. The candied apple was made with Jonathan apple.",No hint available.,"Francis: apple pie, Golden Delicious Norman: apple cider, Rome Beauty Oscar: candied apple, Jonathan Rachel: apple doughnut,Granny Smith Sarah: apple turnover, Cortland",Logic-Grid,10/23/05 #2668,Dead Elevator,2.32,2.01,missie,"A man gets onto an elevator. When the elevator stops, he knows his wife is dead. How?",No hint available.,"He's leaving a hospital after visiting his wife, who's on a life support system. The power goes out, stopping the elevator and, he guesses, the life support system, too. (He assumes if the emergency backup generator were working, the elevator wouldn't lose power either.)",Situation,03/13/02 #13484,legquatreion,2.58,2.27,fishmed,"What does the following represent? legquatreion",No hint available.,"French Foreign Legion (French Four in Legion)",Rebus,06/28/03 #4767,Walls Bear Din,2.4,1.78,bobbrt,"Every word of a familiar phrase has been replaced by a rhyme in the following sentence. Can you determine the phrase? Ignore punctuation. Walls bear din of band store.",No hint available.,All's fair in love and war.,Language,06/16/02 #18088,Classic Comedy,2.69,1.33,PhilDunphy,"3 S ( L, M and C)",Old School slapstick,"3 Stooges ( Larry, Moe and Curly )",Letter-Equations,07/01/04 #48345,Add a Letter 47,2.86,2.3,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) elevated or tall & part of the body between the knee and the hip (4 letters) 2) an isolated steep-sided hill & a solid emulsion of fat obtained from cream (5 letters) 3) to rescue from danger & persuasively pleasing (4 letters) 4) intercession or intervention & the act of contemplating (9 letters)",No hint available.,"1) high & thigh 2) butte & butter 3) save & suave 4) mediation & meditation",Language,12/28/10 #910,3 B M,2.18,1.62,Michelle,3 B M,No hint available.,3 Blind Mice,Letter-Equations,09/26/01 #7291,eye eye EYE eye eye,2.05,2.36,supershlop,"Can you decipher this phrase: eye eye EYE eye eye",No hint available.,Inner eye,Rebus,09/15/02 #31314,Scaredy Cat,2.77,1.67,dolphingurl12,"A little girl in the vet's office proudly proclaimed, ""My cat likes the vet. He purrs while he's here!"" The vet pulled her aside and told her that her cat wasn't any different than the others. Why?",No hint available.,"Cats not only purr when they are happy or affectionate, but also when they are scared or nervous. Felines are the only species that can purr, and scientists don't know how they do it.",Trivia,06/25/06 #39735,Erratic Equations,1.85,1.96,RampaginRobo,"Fill in the 3 question marks. 1-3, 3/3, 2*2, 6+?, 13-?, 13*1, 3+?",Work out the answers to the filled in equations.,"They are (in order): 1, 3, 13. The equations, when solved, make a second series: -2, 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16.",Series,12/23/07 #10859,"1, 1, 2 ...",2.22,1.34,jiminycricket128,"What is the next number in the sequence? 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, __",No hint available.,"34 Add the previous two numbers to get the next (ex. 3+5=8, etc.)",Series,03/03/03 #2970,Solve for x,2.06,1.72,rohddawg,"Solve for x x^(1/2) = x^2",There are two possible answers.,1 and 0 both work.,Math,03/27/02 #4864,One in Ten,2.31,2.05,mad-ade,"Replace each letter by a digit. Each letter must be represented by the same digit and no beginning letter of a word can be 0. O N E O N E O N E O N E+ ------- T E N",No hint available.,"0 =1, N = 8 ,E = 2, T = 7 1 8 2 1 8 2 1 8 2 1 8 2+ ------ 7 2 8",Math,06/20/02 #34264,Fox Tail,2.59,1.7,Ouchy1,"You see a fox's tail in the forest. You look at it and see 2 words: Tokyo and Paris. What does this rebus represent?",Think Books.,A Tale of Two Cities,Rebus,12/06/06 #11313,Crossword,2.81,2.9,just_moi,"Imagine a 4X4 crossword grid numbered as follows: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 - 2 - 3 - 4 Answer the clues to fill it up. ACROSS: 1. What dogs do 2. What fishes do 3. What you do when you eat 4. What you'll want to do when you find out the answer to this puzzle DOWN: 1. Insects 2. Optical Organs 3. Pester 4. Comfort",No hint available.,"The grid should look as follows: ------------- B | I | T | E ------------- B | I | T | E ------------- B | I | T | E ------------- B | I | T | E ------------- Here's why: ACROSS: 1. What dogs do (BITE) 2. What fishes do (BITE) 3. What you do when you eat (BITE) 4. What you'll want to do when you find out the answer to this puzzle (BITE) DOWN: 1. Insects (BBBB = B's = Bees) 2. Optical Organs (IIII = I's = Eyes) 3. Pester (TTTT = T's = Tease) 4. Comfort (EEEE = E's = Ease)",Language,03/20/03 #34990,Vegas,2.13,2.61,OldChinaHand,F A S = O B E,Think Rat Pack not the Order of the British Empire.,"Francis Albert Sinatra = Ol' Blue Eyes. The Rat Pack (1960s and most recognized version) included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford. The Rat Pack often performed in Las Vegas and was instrumental in the rise of Las Vegas as a popular entertainment destination.",Letter-Equations,01/22/07 #16342,Snaps' TRIPE Question 8,2.54,2.54,snaps,"The Snapsinski Test of Responsiveness, Intelligence, Perceptivity and Elucidation (more commonly known as Snaps' TRIPE) is used to examine a person's excogitations of insensate disquisitions, inter alia (ie. a person's thoughts about senseless babble, among other things). Question 8 of Snaps' TRIPE is shown below. ""Question 8: Sort the following list of 9 words into three groups, with three words in each group. Clearly explain why you decided to group the words in such a way. The words are: behave, count, fit, infect, lead, place, play, respect, use"" Of the many hundreds of thousands of people who have attempted to understand Snaps' TRIPE only one person, Mr. Richard Shunary, received full marks on this question. He sorted the words into the following groups. Group 1: infect, play, respect Group 2: behave, fit, lead Group 3: count, place, use Can you explain why he grouped the words in this way?",Mr. Shunary was careful to DIStribute the words appropriately so as to not make a MIStake.,"The reasons given by Mr. Shunary for these groupings were: Group 1: words that can have the prefix ""dis-"" added to them (disinfect, display, disrespect) Group 2: words that can have the prefix ""mis-"" added to them (misbehave, misfit, mislead) Group 3: words that can have both prefixes ""dis-"" and ""mis-"" added to them, though not at the same time (discount, miscount, displace, misplace, disuse, misuse)",Language,01/27/04 #3249,Body Parts,2.72,1.93,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this common phrase: Head Shoulders Arms Body Legs Ankles Feet Toes",No hint available.,Head and shoulders above the rest.,Rebus,04/05/02 #18811,SteWattWattWattven,2.47,1.76,dsquared,"What expression is disguised below? SteWattWattWattven",No hint available.,"What's in a name? What's (Watt's) in a name (Steven)?",Rebus,09/11/04 #47929,Two Wrongs Make a Right,2.37,2.92,cnmne,"According to proverb, ""two wrongs do not make a right"". However, Professor Abacus, renowned cryptomathematician, has discovered a mathematical formula that proves that two wrongs do make a right. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9, except 2, which is already being used as the multiplier in the equation). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the two possible solutions. WRONG * 2 = RIGHT",No hint available.,"37908 * 2 = 75816 49153 * 2 = 98306",Cryptography,09/05/10 #13469,2 = C on a C,2.27,2.69,Didge53s,2 = C on a C,No hint available.,2 = Claws on a Crab [Also known as pincers],Letter-Equations,06/28/03 #3609,Mining Authority,2.37,1.16,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase: Mining Authority",No hint available.,undermining authority,Rebus,04/18/02 #33966,Pyramids By the Block,2.24,2.92,stil,"In a catalog, you read about a set of blocks. There are 1029 blocks; all are identical in volume. They can be assembled into several tiers which are 1 foot thick and stack to form a pyramid. (The pyramid has a square base; its four sides are equivalent isosceles triangles.) How tall is this pyramid?",You might want to start at the top.,"It is 7 feet tall. The top tier is also the peak. Suppose it is a single block and see how the numbers behave. Its four triangular surfaces share edges with its square base; the length of each such edge we will call b. (Assuming this length is 1 foot will also work.) The peak is a smaller pyramid so its volume, v1 = ( b * b * 1 ) / 3. Because a second tier will not change any of the angles involved, new triangles will be similar to old and all changes in measurement of length will be proportional. A pyramid 2 tiers tall would have v2 = ( 2*b * 2*b * 2 ) / 3 = 8*v1. For 3 tiers, v3 = ( 3*b * 3*b * 3 ) / 3 = 27*v1. It becomes clear that a cube number must be a factor of the number of blocks. 1029 = 3 * 7^3, so there are 7 tiers. (The peak being formed by 3 separate blocks, every tier has 3 times as many blocks as in the supposition. Because 7 is a prime number, there is no smaller number of tiers which would satisfy the question.)",Math,11/15/06 #3585,neverkool,2.62,1.6400000000000001,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? neverkool yesterday",No hint available.,Never look back on yesterday.,Rebus,04/17/02 #44149,Dr. Seuss Quotes III,2.07,1.92,chittermouse3,"Can you decode these quotes from Dr. Seuss? (The hint reveals the vowels.) ""Qwd auwe qwd'fv zu owhv ejvu qwd rgu'y pgoo gcovvi mvrgdcv fvgozyq zc pzugooq mvyyvf yjgu qwdf bfvgsc."" ""Uwucvucv egavc di yjv mfgzu rvooc. Gub zy jvoic bvhvowi g cvucv wp jdswf, ejzrj zc gepdooq zsiwfyguy zu yjzc bgq gub glv.""","If K=A, then all K's in the encrypted quote should be changed to A's. K=A W=E P=I L=O N=U","""You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."" ""Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age."" A=G B=M C=R D=B E=V F=P G=L H=J I=Z J=T K=A L=O M=S N=U O=W P=I Q=N R=F S=C T=Y U=D V=H W=E X=K Y=Q Z=X",Cryptography,02/22/09 #46683,Find The Author VII,2.12,2.2,zigthepig,"In each of these two quotes, the missing letters make up the author's name. There are more letters missing than there are for each name. The first quote is missing letters from the first name and the second quote is missing letters from the surname. Can you decipher the author? - -----, - ch-i-, - -ow- of f-ui- -nd - vio-in; wh-- --s- do-s - m-n n--d -o -- h-ppy? A-y ----ll-g--- fool ca- mak- -h--g- b-gg-r a-d mor- compl-x... -- -ak-- a -ouch of g---u- - a-d a lo- of courag- -o mov- -- -h- oppo---- d-r-c--o-.",No hint available.,"Albert Einstein. A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy? Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.",Language,04/07/10 #26788,Bronze Ball Contest,2.93,1.08,mufffin09,"In Mrs. Farstaff's Science class, they are holding a contest. She has a glass bottle, and a little bronze ball, the size of which is the exact same as the hole in the bottle. Mrs. Farstaff is giving the student who can put the ball in the bottle, without breaking the glass or destroying the ball somehow, an iPOD. In her room there is a microwave, petroleum jelly, a stove, and a freezer. Six of her seven students attempted this feat, but with no luck. After the sixth student, the seventh, Geoff, comes up to the bottle and the ball. He thinks of using one of the tools in Mrs. Farstaff's room at his disposal, and uses one (not the jelly as it was already proven to not work) and five hours later, gets the ball in the bottle and his free iPOD. How did he do it?",No hint available.,"He put the little ball in the freezer for five hours, and left the bottle outside. The bronze ball will contract in the cold of the freezer, but the opening of the bottle will be the same size as it was. This makes it easy for the ball to go into the bottle.",Science,11/08/05 #40511,Old Master,2.27,2.14,aresII,"The following quotes are from Lao Tzu. He was a Chinese Taoist philosopher believed to have been born between 600 - 300 B.C. Lao Tzu was not his real name but rather an honorific title given the Sage, meaning ""Old Master"". Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. I=W ""OV VMB SBLVBH KD NKXH QBTLF NKX MOZB VMB OLAIBH; NKX WLKI IMK NKX OHB OLU NKX WLKI IMOV NKX IOLV."" ""QKHL VK QB ITYU - YTZB VK KXVFHKI TV.""","B=E O=A X=U","""AT THE CENTER OF YOUR BEING YOU HAVE THE ANSWER; YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT."" ""BORN TO BE WILD - LIVE TO OUTGROW IT."" KEY: A=S B=E D=F F=G H=R I=W K=O L=N M=H N=Y O=A Q=B S=C T=I U=D V=T W=K X=U Y=L Z=V",Cryptography,02/14/08 #27200,Zeros,2.57,2.74,cdrock,"Use the numbers 1 to 4 in each column and row, and then add 0, 1, or 2 zeros after each number that needs it so that the numbers add up to the numbers listed below the grid. X A B C D 1. _ _ _ _ 2. _ _ _ _ 3. _ _ _ _ 4. _ _ _ _ Rows: 1. 640 2. 442 3. 55 4. 442 Columns: A. 316 B. 433 C. 280 D. 550",No hint available.,"010 400 200 030 300 002 040 100 004 001 030 020 002 030 010 400",Logic,11/29/05 #35535,Hooked on Phonics...? II,2.74,1.67,nikitafullmoon,"Complete each phrase below with words that look like they should rhyme, but don't. Darn phonics! E.g., The sad grizzly cried _ _. Answer: Bear's tears 1. When she cooked a cake with no clothes on, she _ _. 2. An injury wrapped tightly is a _ _. 3. Knotted ribbons for a female pig are _ _. 4. A digit that's more stupid than another is a _ _. 5. When asked how he had arrived, the passenger in the pigeon's car said that the _ _.",No hint available.,"1. Baked naked 2. Bound wound 3. Sow's bows 4. Dumber number 5. Dove drove",Language,03/04/07 #29826,In Line,2.98,1.9000000000000001,peppamintp,"Ms. Ryan and her three best friends like to get together as often as their hectic schedules permit to catch up and relax over a nice cup of coffee. They try to meet at least once a month at Pep's, the trendy coffeehouse not far from their office buildings. Looking over the extensive menu posted above the register, each woman decided on a differently flavored cup of gourmet coffee, including mocha. From this information and the clues below, can you determine each woman's full name and coffee flavor, as well as the order in which they were in line at the register? 1. Rita made her selection right before the woman who tried the almond flavored coffee and right after Ms. Tate ordered. 2. The first to order was neither Sally nor Ms. Spear. 3. The vanilla flavored coffee wasn't chosen first, but someone picked it before the last woman made her choice. 4. Someone chose hazelnut just before Ms. Conklin and just after Pam. 5. At least two women had ordered by the time Jill selected hers.",No hint available.,"1. Jill Spear, almond, fourth 2. Pam Ryan, mocha, first 3. Rita Conklin, vanilla, third 4. Sally Tate, hazelnut, second",Logic-Grid,04/17/06 #29267,Slice & Splice 4,2.65,2.72,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: ARC, HUT, RID, RIP, SON, TAR Group B: -A----, --R---, C-----",No hint available.,"The Group B words are vegetables. RADISH, TURNIP, CARROT",Language,03/23/06 #50863,2 Sides,2.22,0.6900000000000001,kzmonopoly,"Two sides meet in an expanse of rope The game is based on their ability to cope As fast yellow bullets rocket past Hit back by the players, really fast At the start, both sides have love And not the one represented by the dove They know the game like the back of their hand And finally the ball will land The end of their game is here One won, and one very near The two players leave the court at ten And tomorrow they will play again. What is being described here?",The 3rd line of the second stanza is a clue.,"A game of tennis. The players have to hit the balls back to each other over the net. At first, they have zero points, which is called a love. The hint refers to the backhand swing in tennis.",Riddle,07/02/16 #10679,It Matters Does It?,2.74,1.33,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? MATTER MATTER ATTER ATTER TTER TTER TER TER ER ER RSE RSE ORSE ORSE WORSE WORSE",Things aren't exactly getting better.,"Making matters worse. You start with two ""MATTER""s. Out of each of them you ""make"" the word ""WORSE"", therefore you are ""making matters worse"".",Rebus,02/23/03 #4712,Minds Think,2.27,1.04,missie,"Decipher this: MINDS Think MINDS Think MINDS Think MINDS Think",No hint available.,Great minds think alike.,Rebus,06/14/02 #11535,Shampoo,2.05,0.59,Rosey27,"A girl needs to buy shampoo. Her choices are: Volumizing: $1.75 Regular: $1.00 Scented: $1.50 Revitalizing: $2.50 Extra Shine: $2.00 Which one will she buy? Use the clues below: 1. It costs more than a dollar. 2. The cost ends in zero. 3. She will need to use coins if she wants to give exact change. 4. She already has perfume.",No hint available.,"Revitalizing. It costs more than a dollar, its cost ends in zero, it is not an even dollar so coins will need to be used to make the fifty cents, and since she has perfume she doesn't need the scented shampoo.",Logic,04/02/03 #31682,2005 Academy Awards,2.53,2.33,jazzmusician46,"Try and unscramble the names of the nominees for the Best Actor in a Leading Role for the 2005 Academy Awards, and then try and match them with the movie they were in. Best Actor in a Leading Role for 2005: EIXJAXFOM NODDELAECH NYNOJHPPED ONLERAODOIRDCIPA TLCNIOOEWTASD The Movies these Actors starred in: LLNIMOIBYABAOLDLR HVTORETAIA IFDGINNVLDANNEER YAR ARDWNALHEOT",No hint available.,"Best Actor in a Leading Role - 2005 Jamie Foxx *winner* Don Cheadle Johnny Depp Leonardo DiCaprio Clint Eastwood The Movies they starred in (respectively): Ray Hotel Rwanda Finding Neverland The Aviator Million Dollar Baby",Trivia,07/11/06 #27863,Double Meaning,2.79,1.79,sgtammo,"The following words have one thing in common. Can you figure out what it is? Bola Chute Graph Mount Pet Site Sol",No hint available.,"Adding ""para"" to the beginning of each word creates a new word with a totally different meaning. Parabola Parachute Paragraph Paramount Parapet Parasite Parasol",Group,01/03/06 #6070,TENTGOODIONS,2.14,1.04,michelle,"What does this mean? TENTGOODIONS",No hint available.,Good intentions,Rebus,07/30/02 #13625,"4 S = S, S, A, & W",2.33,1.78,LoopyLouUK,"4 S = S, S, A, & W",No hint available.,"Four Seasons = Spring, Summer, Autumn, & Winter.",Letter-Equations,07/04/03 #34492,What's For Lunch? 2,2.66,1.95,medster99,"A man was called forth from his cubicle to perform a time-honored task: get lunch. His boss, Medster, told him to get a certain number of salads and bagels. A salad costs $1.10, and a bagel costs $1.50. Medster gave him $32.10, the exact amount needed to buy all the items for the 23 people (one item per person). He rushes to The Salad and Bagel Store, and suddenly realizes that he forgot how many bagels and salads to get! Luckily, the new employee is smart, and successfully figures out how many of each lunch to get. Using the facts he has, can you figure out how many bagels and salads he needs to get?",No hint available.,"He needs to get 17 bagels, and 6 salads. 17 bagels = $25.50 6 salads = $6.60 s = salad b = bagel total cost = 32.10 total people = 23 1.1s + 1.5b = 32.10 or s = (32.10 - 1.5b)/1.1 s + b = 23 or s = 23 - b Since both equations equal s, the both equal each other, and can be solved like so: (32.10 - 1.5b)/1.1 = 23 - b 32.10 - 1.5b = 25.30 - 1.1b 32.10 = 25.30 + 0.4b 6.80 = 0.4b 17 = b Therefore: s + 17 = 23 s = 6",Math,12/20/06 #20900,Biscuit Butch Punch,2.46,2.21,MissleMan27,"At school, Sarah bites into a dog biscuit on a dare. When she gets home, she slugs her brother Butch. Why did she do that?",Butch is older than Sarah.,"Sarah is only six. The cookies are on the top shelf. She has to have Butch get them for her. Instead, Butch has been getting her the dog biscuits.",Situation,02/08/05 #28618,Bag of Balls,2.33,1.61,npf2005,"A bag contains 64 balls of eight different colours. There are eight of each colour (including red). What is the least number you would have to pick, without looking, to be sure of selecting 3 red balls?",No hint available.,59,Probability,02/14/06 #3962,All the Zeros,2.15,2.0,mad-ade,"If you were to write every number from 1 to 1000, How many zeros (0) would you write altogether in total?",No hint available.,192,Math,05/08/02 #16166,The Secret Code,2.82,1.82,jacintan,"A man wanted to get into his work building, but he had forgotten his code. However, he did remember five clues. These are what those clues were: The fifth number plus the third number equals fourteen. The fourth number is one more than the second number. The first number is one less than twice the second number. The second number plus the third number equals ten. The sum of all five numbers is 30. What were the five numbers and in what order?",No hint available.,"7, 4, 6, 5, 8",Math,01/14/04 #32841,Correct a Country,2.32,2.9,Barticus,"The following country names have been placed in two groups based on one attribute. Part 1 (easy): Determine what that attribute is. Part 2 (tricky): Change one of the country names and move it to the other group. Group A Ghana Costa Rica Chile Angola Bolivia Cameroon Guatemala Group B Germany Ivory Coast Japan Albania Montenegro",Don't look at a map. This is about names.,"Part 1: All these are English names of the countries. The names in Group A are the same in the local language, whereas the names in Group B are not the local names. (Germany is Deutschland, Ivory Coast is Cote d'Ivoire, Japan is Nippon, Albania is Shqiperia, and Montenegro is Crne Gore .) Part 2: Officially the English name of Cote d'Ivoire is Cote d'Ivoire, so remove Ivory Coast from Group B and put Cote d'Ivoire in Group A.",Group,09/04/06 #44851,U J + S C = N Z F,2.28,2.22,nogoodnames,U J + S C = N Z F,Think Pacific.,Union Jack + Southern Cross = New Zealand Flag,Letter-Equations,07/14/09 #1051,Girl Scout Hike,2.18,1.94,Michelle,"Stopping along the trail to rest, Judy saw that one third of her Girl Scouts were behind her and three fifths were ahead. Including Judy, what was the total number of scouts in her group?",No hint available.,15 total girl scouts.,Logic,10/04/01 #49376,After School,2.32,0.76,babyjuice,"Cameron, Kiara, Mike and Teresa each play different sports after school. Based on the clues below, can you determine each person's first name and last name and the sport that each of them plays? Names: Cameron, Kiara, Mike, Teresa Last Names: Phillips, Neal, Thomas, Stallworth Sport: Soccer, swimming, basketball, tennis Clues: 1. Teresa, Cameron, and the Thomas boy all play a sport that uses a ball. 2. Kiara and her friend, the Neal child, ride home from practice together. The child who plays tennis and Teresa ride separate buses home. 3. Cameron thinks it's a pain to have to put on shin guards before he plays his sport, even though they do keep him from getting hurt. The Stallworth girl is glad that all she has to wear are shorts and a T-shirt to play her sport",No hint available.,"Mike Thomas plays tennis. Kiara Phillips swims. Cameron Neal plays soccer. Teresa Stallworth plays basketball.",Logic-Grid,03/19/12 #17229,Here is Twenty-five...,2.78,2.49,Nite_Owl,"Here you will find twenty-five When you know me I'm just one With a mouth you may get news Give me, then trust is won.","What's one word that could be used with ""mouth"" and also be used to spread news?","Word. In the riddle, there are 25 words. When you ""spread the word"", you're getting news. If someone gives you their word, then you can trust them.",Riddle,04/04/04 #32750,Anagrammatic I,2.32,2.33,grungy49,"To solve the puzzle, rearrange the letters so that they make a word, then take the required letters and then at the end with all the letters you have, rearrange them to make the final word. BED MOAN (take letters #1 and #2) CHAD BANK (take letters #6 and #8) BUS RUB (take letter #4) T ICE CAST (take letters #5 and #8) HIT RAT SIR (take letters #2 and #5)",The final word is a type of fish.,"Barracuda. BED MOAN = ABDOMEN (A and B) CHAD BANK = BACKHAND (A and D) BUS RUB = SUBURB (U) T ICE CAST = ECSTATIC (A and C) HIT RAT SIR = ARTHRITIS (R and R) At this point you have: ABADUACRR Unscramble this to get barracuda.",Language,08/31/06 #14977,4 = W on a B,2.25,2.25,eggbert,4 = W on a B,flight,4 = Wings on a Biplane,Letter-Equations,10/02/03 #9016,Mother Jane,2.68,1.61,glennyboy02,"Fill in the blank with the correct word below: My very elegant mother Jane, sat upon nine _____. a) Eggs b) Pins c) Leaves d) Tables e) Chairs",No hint available.,"Pins. The first letter of each word matches the first letter of each planet in order from the sun.",Language,12/09/02 #2614,Underwear,2.31,1.6300000000000001,204_BLaZe_41,"Every Tuesday evening Anthony Chubala drives up to his cottage to visit his wife Courtney B. On these weekly visits he drops off the clean clothes and picks up the dirty laundry. Since Courtney B. changes her underwear each morning, what is the minimum number of pairs of underwear she can own?",No hint available.,"15. Every Tuesday Courtney B. receives seven pairs of underwear and also leaves seven for Anthony to wash. That equals 14, plus the pair she is wearing.",Logic,03/09/02 #20270,Awards,2.81,1.78,I_am_the_Omega,"The following four blanks are to be filled with four words with different meanings, but which sound the same. For example, ""The little tot taught himself to walk across the tightrope; he learned that if it was taut, he could do it."" Mr. Anderson showed amazing ______ in the face of danger, with no thought of his own safety. He has thwarted the evil Doctor Smith's plans by destroying Smith's most important agent. Despite having to dig the jagged _____ out of his leg, he kept running. Thanks to Mr. Anderson, Doctor Smith's ability to ______ with our operations has been reduced drastically, and so, we award Mr. Anderson this ______ of honor.","""Iron will"" gives away two of the answers.","Mettle, metal, meddle and medal.",Language,01/11/05 #40908,Non-Repeating Words #2,2.66,2.26,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the correct word missing from the given sentence. The problem is, the missing word has none of its letters repeating. You must fill in the missing letters to form sensible sentences with words whose letters do not repeat. Example: Some medications are administered with a H --------- needle. Answer: Hypodermic. (None of the letters are repeated). 1. Some lawyers always try O ---------- the truth. 2. The verb was not C --------- correctly. 3. A J --------- major is expected to be a good speller. 4. Relationships between the countries were finally N --------- . 5. The coffee is P ---------- .",No hint available.,"1. Obfuscating 2. Conjugated 3. Journalism 4. Normalised (or Normalized) 5. Percolating",Language,03/06/08 #17828,Cannon Duel,2.61,1.96,fishmed,"Two identical cannons are aimed at each other, one from the top of a cliff and the other from the ground below. They fire their cannons simultaneously at exactly the same speeds. Assuming they are in range of each other and ignoring wind resistance for a moment, will the cannon balls hit each other or miss?",No hint available.,"They will hit each other. The cannon balls start out in a straight line towards each other, but then each ball is pulled off this line by the force of gravity. However, each ball will fall from this line of fire by the same amount as the other, and so a collision is inevitable. Inevitable, as noted, unless we take wind resistance or the cannons are out of range of each other.",Science,06/05/04 #18029,Bird on the Moon,2.49,1.25,mosoh,"If a light oxygen tank were tied to a bird so that it can breathe on the moon, would the bird fly faster, slower or the same speed as it does on earth? (Remember that there is less gravity on the moon)",No hint available.,A bird cannot fly on the moon because there is no air to suspend it.,Science,06/26/04 #26097,"You see a pound, but I see three",2.77,1.6300000000000001,dodger,"You see a pound, but I see three. If you look above space you'll notice a V. If I'm left when I enter, I soon make a hash. But always remember, never question a slash. What am I?",The answer is at hand.,I am a computer key pad.,Riddle,09/27/05 #28382,Freeze,2.54,0.61,RainyMysteria,"It is known that water freezes from the top to the bottom. So, if you were to take a glass of water and put it in a freezer until it was half frozen, the bottom would not be frozen. My question is, what would happen if you started to freeze it when it was upside down?",No hint available.,You can't. The water would pour out of the glass long before it would freeze.,Trick,02/01/06 #22526,Missing Letter Group,2.66,2.72,Gander,"What is the missing letter, where the question mark is, in the series of letters below. Also, can you find the hidden message? TCHO AOTK SITE HCER WUAM ?BTL HEES",Skip,"Y. Start at the top left-hand letter and work to the bottom right-hand letter by jumping from the first to the third letter of each row. Now return to the top left, but jump from the second to the fourth letter of each row. You will find the hidden message: That's the way the cookie crumbles.",Series,04/28/05 #20008,What is So Special About This Phrase,2.87,1.26,hellokittysana,"Find out what is so special about this phrase below? Never odd or even.",No hint available.,Look at it backwards. It reads the same both ways.,Language,12/20/04 #22945,IMAGEEGAMI,2.72,1.25,Question_Mark,"What is the Rebus? IMAGEEGAMI",No hint available.,Mirror Image.,Rebus,05/16/05 #6140,Man In A Coat,2.58,2.24,NuttyPrince,"A wee wee man in a red coat. Staff in my hand, stone in my throat. What am I?",No hint available.,A Cherry,Riddle,08/01/02 #30351,Phoney Puzzle VII,2.52,2.56,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 843 363 3928737 269 3845. -- Sophocles 66 626 47 587843433 46 36464 3845 66 843 476863 63 3973343629. -- Theodore Roosevelt","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXY","The end excuses any evil. -- Sophocles No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. -- Theodore Roosevelt",Cryptography,05/08/06 #35421,Another Payday,2.88,1.25,zombiesean,"Can you decipher this? Monday 100 Pennies Tuesday 4 quarters Wednesday 10 dimes Thursday 20 nickels",No hint available.,"Another day, another dollar.",Rebus,02/24/07 #35852,It Was Not Me!,2.55,2.35,aresII,"This puzzle is a limerick. Can you decode it? R=N ""P NOE RICE EX ELI SHALINN OE EIO, SPNEBINNIS ON O KIBNXR AXHDS TI. LIB BHWTDPRU OTSXWPROD ZIBI NPWKDQ KLIRXWIROD- ORS IFIBQXRI ELXHULE PE ZON WI!"" -ORXR","C=X K=P T=B","""I sat next to the Duchess at tea, Distressed as a person could be. Her rumbling abdominal Were simply phenomenal- And everyone thought it was me!"" -Anon Key: A=C B=R C=X D=L E=T F=V H=U I=E K=P L=H N=S O=A P=I Q=Y R=N S=D T=B U=G W=M X=O Z=W",Cryptography,03/24/07 #2123,A Word From Zoology,2.14,2.71,missie,"Complete this sentence using a word from zoology: For the armorer to make a powerful ___________, long, strong piece of wood must be cut and prepared.",No hint available.,boa,Language,01/21/02 #14898,Tunes for Cruising,2.52,2.67,snaps,"I recently burnt a CD with a selection of songs from my favourite rock bands to listen to in my car. The order of tracks, along with the bands that sing them, as burnt onto the CD are listed below (note: these songs and bands may sound similar to some more well-known songs and bands but that's purely coincidental). 1. Sourest Thing - V3 2. I Still Haven't Heard What I'm Listening For - V3 3. Without and With Me - V3 4. Son - Pearl Honey 5. Spin the White Square - Pearl Honey 6. Better Woman - Pearl Honey 7. Last Hug - Pearl Honey 8. Dead - Pearl Honey 9. Off He Comes - Pearl Honey 10. Finding Your Religion - M.E.R. 11. Nobody Hurts - M.E.R. When driving along listening to this fine collection of tunes, I usually put my CD player on random (ie. the order that the tracks are played does not follow any set pattern). If my CD player plays through all 11 tracks before repeating any of them, what is the probability that no two songs from the same band will be played one after the other?",No hint available.,"The probability of playing the tracks in a random order without any two songs from the same band being played one after the other is 1/462. As there are six Pearl Honey songs they must be played in the odd-numbered positions. The V3 and M.E.R. songs will be played in the even-numbered positions. One such example is shown below: 1. Spin the White Square - Pearl Honey 2. I Still Haven't Heard What I'm Listening For - V3 3. Off He Comes - Pearl Honey 4. Finding Your Religion - M.E.R. 5. Better Woman - Pearl Honey 6. Without and With Me - V3 7. Last Hug - Pearl Honey 8. Nobody Hurts - M.E.R. 9. Dead - Pearl Honey 10. Sourest Thing - V3 11. Son - Pearl Honey There are six possible Pearl Honey songs that could be played first. There are five possible V3 or M.E.R. songs that could be played second. For the third song, there are now only five possible Pearl Honey songs that could be played. For the fourth song, there are now only four possible V3 or M.E.R. songs that could be played. And so on and so forth... Following this pattern we have that there are 6*5*5*4*4*3*3*2*2*1*1 = 86,400 playlists where no two songs by the same band are played one after the other. All up there are 11*10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1 = 39,916,800 different playlists in which the 11 tracks could be played. So the probability that all 11 tracks will be played without any two songs from the same band being played one after the other is 86,400/39,916,800 which can be simplified to 1/462.",Probability,09/24/03 #21666,Elevator Rides,2.59,2.75,chidam11,"Kevin and Smith are in charge of counting people who get on and off the lift. They take turns riding to the top floor and back down, counting as they go. After three such trips each morning noon and evening, there is an average taken. The hotel manager wants to know the days average. 1.On Smith's noon trip there were 32 fewer people than in his morning count. 2.Kevin counted a total of 122 in the morning and noon counts, just one higher than his evening count, but 24 more than Smith's Evening count. 3.Kevin's morning count is the same as Smith's average. 4.Kevin's evening count was 37 more than Smith's morning count.",Clue 2 gives most of the information needed to get started.,"Morning Noon Evening Total Ave Kevin 78 44 121 243 81 Smith 84 52 98 234 78",Math,03/21/05 #25482,The Power Of Choice,2.37,2.65,Nytwynd,"""Hlf pohldq, hlf avrr, cvqr lvz uhxq sr etpztur. Vzoqyr phl rohxq fvs, rsybytrq fvs, ctrhbbvtlz fvs, isz zoqf phl'z byqeqlz fvs wyvu hpztld, wyvu zhxtld zoq rtzshztvl fvs'yq byqrqlzqc jtzo hlc uvetld vl. Lv uhzzqy joqyq fvs hyq tl atwq, lv uhzzqy johz fvsy rtzshztvl, fvs phl hajhfr cv rvuqzotld. Fvs hajhfr oheq h povtpq hlc zoq povtpq phl iq bvjqy."" - Iahtlq Aqq, Zoq Bvjqy Bytlptbaq",P=C,"A=L B=P C=D D=G E=V F=Y H=A I=B J=W L=N O=H P=C Q=E R=S S=U T=I U=M V=O W=F X=K Y=R Z=T ""Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you, disappoint you, but they can't prevent you from acting, from taking the situation you're presented with and moving on. No matter where you are in life, no matter what your situation, you can always do something. You always have a choice and the choice can be power."" -Blaine Lee, The Power Principle",Cryptography,08/24/05 #41022,Non-Repeating Words #3,2.63,2.46,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the correct word missing from the given sentence. The problem is, the missing word has none of its letters repeating. You must fill in the missing letters to form sensible sentences with words whose letters do not repeat. Example: Some medications are administered with a H --------- needle. Answer: Hypodermic. (None of the letters are repeated). 1. The job was finished by his S ---------- . 2. Pool water is usually C ---------- . 3. Inflation is P ---------- to economic growth. 4. Very few people are A ----------- . 5. Some people work better with B --------- music.",No hint available.,"1. subordinate 2. chlorinated 3. problematic 4. ambidextrous 5. background",Language,03/13/08 #20695,Flip It #2,3.14,2.36,fishmed,"The following clues lead to two words or phrases that are the phonetic reverse of each other. When you answer the first clue and flip the syllables, you get the second answer. (Phonetic only, not letters.)Using the clues below, please find the words/phrases in question. Example: Impertinent * Teetertotter Answer: Saucy/Seesaw 1. A clock or watch * Period between wars (2 words) 2. Fabulous * Chase after 3. Have faith in * Not disturb (2 words) 4. European weight, informally * Understated (Hyphenated) 5. Student, say, with a summer office job * Go to bed (2 words)",No hint available.,"1. Timepiece / Peace Time 2. Super / Pursue 3. Believe / Leave be 4. Kilo / Low-key 5. Intern / Turn in",Language,01/29/05 #31756,Colonial Cafe,2.61,2.25,fishmed,"Bob and Jean really like chocolate. When they heard the local cafe come up with a challenge to get a free chocolate sundae with each meal, they jumped at the chance. Their challenge was this. From the following menu, if you choose a complete meal that costs exactly $5.00 before tax, you get a free chocolate sundae. They took a few moments and figured out 11 different menus that allowed this. This is your challenge. Can you find them? Entree: Shrimp, $2.75 Chicken, $3.15 Roast Beef, $3.05 Ham, $2.05 Potato: Mashed, $0.75 Fries, $0.85 Cheese Fries, $1.05 Double Baked, $1.10 Vegetable: Corn, $0.35 Green Beans, $0.40 Asparagus, $0.45 Medley, $0.90 Drinks: Coffee, $0.65 Milk, $0.70 Chocolate Milk, $0.80 Soda, $1.00",A complete meal uses only 1 from each category.,"Meals are as follows: 1: Roast Beef, Fries, Asparagus and Coffee $3.05 + $0.85 + $0.45 + $0.65 = $5.00 2. Shrimp, Double Baked, Corn and Chocolate Milk $2.75 + $1.10 + $0.35 + $0.80 = $5.00 3. Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans and Milk $3.15 + $0.75 + $0.40 + $0.70 = $5.00 4. Ham, Cheese Fries, Veg Medley and Soda $2.05 + $1.05 + $0.90 + $1.00 = $5.00 5: Shrimp, Fries, Green Beans and Soda $2.75 + $0.85 + $0.40 + $1.00 = $5.00 6: Shrimp, Cheese Fries, Green Beans and Chocolate Milk $2.75 + $1.05 + $0.40 + $0.80 = $5.00 7: Shrimp, Double Baked, Asparagus and Milk $2.75 + $1.10 + $0.45 + $0.70 = $5.00 8: Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Asparagus and Coffee $3.15 + $0.75 + $0.45 + $0.65 = $5.00 9: Chicken, Fries, Corn and Coffee $3.15 + $0.85 + $0.35 + $0.65 = $5.00 10: Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans and Chocolate Milk $3.05 + $0.75 + $0.40 + $0.80 = $5.00 11: Roast Beef, Fries, Green Beans and Milk $3.05 + $0.85 + $0.40 + $0.70 = $5.00 Enjoy the sundae!",Math,07/13/06 #35310,"""...bee of Peaceable and Civil Behaviour.""",2.35,2.65,OldChinaHand,"A bell rung out, a gong, a drumbeat, or even a hunting horn sounded out its call. A call for silence filled the air, the words shouted, of famine, war, feast, or taxation, and all were protected by king, queen or country, lest the messenger you kill. Of what does this riddle speak?","He said ""Oyez, Oyez!"" or she said ""Oyez, Oyez!"" And you say nothing you only listen.","Town Criers. The word ""Oyez"" mean ""hear ye,"" which is a call for silence and attention. They carried a hand bell to attract people's attention, as they shouted the words. For the most part, the citizens of the towns or village, relied on the crier for the latest information, 'be it good or bad news'. Criers were not always men. Many Town Criers were women. Bells were not the only attention-getting device. In Holland, a gong was the instrument of choice for many, and in France they used a drum, or a hunting horn. In England the ruling monarch protected town criers; as they sometimes brought bad news, for example, tax increases. To injure or harm a Town Crier was seen as an act of treason against the ruling monarchy. This is how the term ""don't shoot the messenger"" came about. A journal entry from 1715 notes that a: 'Belman at the Cross ... Reads publicly a proclamation in the Mayor's name, commanding all persons in the City to bee of peaceable and civil behaviour, not to walk around the Streets or Rows at unreasonable hours of night'.",Riddle,02/15/07 #10439,Lend Me a Hand,1.99,3.18,griphook,"One and halfscore, the posts are showing, win, place, and show united is rejection as a marking; the middle five of the whole, a type of setting, the last eight is a man prone to writing. Four in one, its middle two is a cannon booming, with bursts of fire like a hundred stars dancing; within that center is a country if you're looking, a city you'll find,if you focus on the beginning. Its first quarter is a letter with a greeting, the next,a memory with one millennium missing; then a duke,a prince or a king, the last,an endless catch in the sport of fishing. QUESTION: What is the word?","The following makes the riddle a piece of cake. Eleven posts is the number of letters in the spelling, top three finishers,a mark used in correcting, the last eight is an author of love and loving, four is the count after syllabicating. The cannon in the middle is a candle for celebrating, in the city lives the shepherd who gives a blessing, the country is Islamic,rich and oil-producing, all these found in the center of the readers calling. The letter or mark to the past is referring, the memory allows none but watching, the royal blood, their kind must have a bearing, the catch is a fish with its tail missing. QUESTION: What is the reader's calling?","The mark is the letter X in Greek writing, the memory is Read-Only with its M lacking, the royalty mentioned are male in being, the fish is a CERO, its tail O missing. The Greek letter is CHI,former its meaning, ROMAN is a candle,a numeral or a font setting, the city is ROMA, OMAN,the country just reminding, the author is a ROMANCER, romance is his choosing. CHI,RO,MAN, and CER,syllables we're adding, CHI and ROMANCER, the eleven that were showing, it is now clearer than the future he is telling, that CHIROMANCER is the word and reading the future,his calling.",Riddle,02/18/03 #42848,0 Through 9,2.28,2.42,kwelchans,"I have sorted the digits 0-8 into two groups: Group A: 0,1,4,5,6 Group B: 2,3,7,8 Which group does 9 belong in?",No hint available.,"Group A. Group A contains digits which can be the last digit of a square number. Group B contains digits which can't.",Group,08/19/08 #2859,Grooves,2.48,1.36,204_BLaZe_41,How many grooves are there on each side of a standard 33 1/3 record album that has six songs on each side?,No hint available.,"There is one groove on each side. When you put the needle on the album it follows one groove from the beginning to end. If there was more than one groove, the needle would stop at the end of each groove, which happens to be the situation when a needle finds a good scratch.",Logic,03/24/02 #23288,Beethoven's Riddle,2.41,1.57,beethovenswig,"What do all of these words have in common? Swing Bar Presto Tag",No hint available.,"They are all musical terms. Swing- A type of Big Band Jazz that was popular in the 1930s and the 1940s Bar- a line that separates the measures in music Presto- Very quick Tag- The ending of a composition",Group,05/30/05 #42342,Body Temperature,2.31,1.3,TRILLIONAIRE,"Can you decipher this rebus? Body Part -- Temperature Feet -- 98.6 degrees F Hands -- 93.2 degrees F Face -- 98.5 degrees F Heart -- 99.8 degrees F",The only two clues you need are heart and hands.,"Cold hands, warm heart.",Rebus,06/25/08 #26272,Lovely and Round,2.91,1.49,markmonnin,"Lovely and round, I shine with pale light, Grown in the darkness, A lady's delight.","You see me around, Chained with my brothers, And if they are lucky, I'll be worn by mothers.","A pearl. It is pretty and near spherical, Usually white, Grows in an oyster, And worn by ladies as jewelry.",Riddle,10/09/05 #2728,Six Faces,2.79,1.65,lil_thugsta,"What has six faces, But does not wear makeup. It also has twenty-one eyes, But cannot see?",No hint available.,A six-sided die. (Die: singular of dice.),Riddle,03/21/02 #6254,Game,2.18,1.31,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? dmuardrerk",No hint available.,Murder in the dark!,Rebus,08/06/02 #35379,Hyp-hens III,2.6,2.53,MarcM1098,"Newspapers sometimes hyphenate words in the wrong place with humorous results. Even placed correctly, some hyphens can twist the meaning of a sentence. Each of the sentences below has a missing hyphenated word. The numbers in parentheses give the length of the hyphenated word parts. See if you can figure them out! For example: The mime had to permanently retire after he was accused of (4-8). The answer is ""mans-laughter""; the sentence makes sense with either ""manslaughter"" or ""man's laughter"". 1. I have a bug phobia, but my college roommate said winter was the (4-3) season. 2. You should have heard the (3-4) when I tripped and fell on the dog. 3. I like hearing the story of Jack and the giant, but I don't understand the part when the (5-4) is chopped. 4. After the operation, the (3-3) was only half the man he used to be.","Here are additional clues to both the complete word and the two hyphenated parts. A clue for mans-laughter is: murder = male's-humour 1. sleeping = residence-bug 2. swear = dog-chant 3. legume stem = legumes-speech 4. dad = overweight-female","1. dorm-ant 2. cur-sing 3. beans-talk 4. fat-her",Language,02/21/07 #22762,No Hands,2.28,0.79,Q-Tpie010,What claps but doesn't have hands?,It happens when it's raining.,"Thunder, because some people say it claps really loudly.",Riddle,05/08/05 #25234,Musical Chairs,3.05,2.19,tjm531,"Grandpa Lowell is a carpenter with five granddaughters whom he absolutely adores. He wanted to do something very special for all of their upcoming birthdays and ended up taking on a very large task. He decided to hand craft rocking chairs for them, each from a different type of wood, each with their names embossed and a music box attached to each playing a different song. From the clues given, determine the age of the granddaughter, the type of wood used, and the melody the chair played. Girls: Amanda, Bonnie, Christine, Sylvia, Tanya Age: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 Wood: Birch, Cherry, Mahogany, Maple, Oak Melody: ""The Big Rock Candy Mountain,"" ""Rock-A-Bye Baby,"" ""Rock-A My Soul,"" ""Rock Me Gently,"" ""Rock of Ages"" 1. The oak chair was made for a girl who is exactly twice as old as Amanda (who isn't four years old). Sylvia isn't the intended recipient of the oak chair. The birch chair wasn't built for the eight-year-old (who isn't Christine). 2. The mahogany rocker will be given to the child who is exactly twice as old as Bonnie, but younger than the at least one other child. The six-year-old isn't the intended recipient of the chair that plays ""Rock Me Gently"". 3. The music box that plays ""Rock-A My Soul"" is attached to the chair made for the grandchild who is exactly twice as old as Sylvia. Bonnie is exactly half as old as the intended recipient of the chair whose music box plays ""Rock-A-Bye Baby"". 4. The chair that has the music box that plays ""Rock of Ages"" will be presented to the three-year-old, while the two-year-old is getting the cherry-wood chair.","The melodies in the grid were condensed to fit in the spaces provided (i.e. Candy Mtn = Big Rock Candy Mountain, Rock/Baby = Rock-A-Bye Baby, etc.)","Bonnie, 2, cherry, ""Rock Me Gently"" Amanda, 3, birch, ""Rock of Ages"" Sylvia, 4, mahogany, ""Rock-A-Bye Baby"" Christine, 6, oak, ""The Big Rock Candy Mountain"" Tanya, 8, maple, ""Rock-A My Soul""",Logic-Grid,08/10/05 #6998,11 Body Parts,2.89,1.73,michelle,There are 11 body parts that have only 3 letters (no slang allowed). What are they?,No hint available.,"1. Arm 2. Leg 3. Ear 4. Eye 5. Lip 6. Gum 7. Rib 8. Jaw 9. Toe 10. Hip 11. Gut",Science,08/29/02 #40433,It's Freezing!,2.27,0.89,besmartbaby,"Lisa is on the top of the mountain. Snow is all around her and she is freezing. She lost her tent. However, she is warm enough now and has a place to sleep. What did she do?",Remember the snow!,She made a hole in the snow in the shape of a big sock and that is where she is sleeping. The snow is protecting her from the cold.,Science,02/11/08 #35983,Dave's World,2.57,2.4,aresII,"Here are a few favorite quotes by comedian Dave Barry. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. P=C ""QZT BRTL GBQZ YLQIMLH PZBHRNBMQZ BO QW LSWBR RMIXO OW QZT JWQZTM PLY OZLMT QZT VBMOQ BYQBJLQT JWJTYQO LVQTM NBMQZ GBQZ QZT NLNC LYR QZT VLQZTM LYR QZT WNOQTQMBPBLY LYR QZT OQLYR-NC LYTOQZTOBWHWXBOQ LYR QZT YIMOTO LYR QZT UTMOWY GZW PHTLYO QZT MWWJ."" ""OFBBYX PWJNBYTO WIQRWWM VIY GBQZ FYWPFBYX RWGY QMTTO GBQZ CWIM VLPT.""","B=I C=Y F=K","""The idea with natural childbirth is to avoid drugs so the mother can share the first intimate moments after birth with the baby and the father and the obstetrician and the stand-by anesthesiologist and the nurses and the person who cleans the room."" ""Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face."" Key: B=I C=Y F=K G=W H=L I=U J=M L=A M=R N=B O=S P=C Q=T R=D S=V T=E U=P V=F W=O X=G Y=N Z=H",Cryptography,03/31/07 #30206,Shot Down,2.58,2.19,Ouchy1,"A man was flying overhead in a hot air balloon, when suddenly someone from below took a shot, which then went through HIS basket. The man simply smiled, and continued to fly along, without filing any lawsuits or such. What is the cause of such strange behavior?",No hint available.,"The shooter was playing basketball, and the man in the balloon owned the court they were playing on.",Trick,05/01/06 #44761,Find The Author IV,2.18,2.11,zigthepig,"In each of these two quotes, the missing letters make up the author's name. There are more letters missing than there are for each name. The first quote is missing letters from the first name and the second quote is missing letters from the surname. Can you decipher the author? Noth-ng -n l-f- -s to b- f----d, -t -s only to b- und--stood. Now -s th- t--- to und--st-nd -o--, so th-t w- --y f--- l-ss. Th--- a-- sad-st-- s---nt-sts who h---y to h-nt down ---o-s -nst-ad of -stabl-sh-ng th- t--th.",No hint available.,"Marie Curie. Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.",Language,06/30/09 #44928,Words With HRD,2.03,2.0,brainglue,"Four words with the letters HRD, in that order, have all their other letter removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. _ H _ _ _ _ R D H _ R _ D _ _ _ _ H _ R D _ H _ _ R _ D Pool: C, E, E, E, E, E, E, E, H, I, I, P, S, T, T, Y",No hint available.,"The words are: Shepherd Heredity Third Cheered",Language,07/24/09 #4388,TBAWONLEATNTEARS,2.66,1.46,baby_brat,"Cross out two letters to see a familiar English word. TBAWONLEATNTEARS",Things are not always as they seem. Read the question again.,"Cross out T,W,O,L,E,T,T,E,R,S. It'll leave you BANANA.",Language,05/31/02 #14377,Capital Contains Country,2.36,2.77,Gerd,Which European capital contains the name of a country?,No hint available.,"Tirana - contains Iran Tirana is the capital of Albania",Trivia,08/16/03 #44617,One Word Fits V,1.87,0.62,Jarhead,"What word, when added, creates new words? wish____ herring____ jaw____ whale____",No hint available.,"Bone Wishbone, herringbone, jawbone, whalebone.",Language,06/10/09 #538,What has roots...,2.46,1.97,snoopdogg,"What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?",No hint available.,A Mountain,Riddle,05/28/01 #34336,Blinket Vehicle,2.31,1.39,DaleGriffin,"In the land of Clinkets, the local Winkets and Flinkets earn their wealth in stars, crescents, and nuggets. Every 5 stars equals the value of 1 crescent. Every 5 crescents is worth 1 nugget. Chief Winket has 250 nuggets, 50 stars, and 200 crescents. His counterpart, Chief Flinket, has twice as many crescents, 3 times as many stars, but just 200 nuggets. A new Blinket vehicle costs 483 nuggets. How many more stars must each earn in order to have enough stars to buy a new Blinket vehicle?",No hint available.,"Chief Winket needs 4,775 more stars. Chief Flinket needs 4,925 more stars. (A new Blinket vehicle costs 483 nuggets, which is equivalent to 12,075 stars. For Chief Winket subtract: 12,075 - 7,300 (all nuggets and crescents converted into star values)= 4,775 more stars. For Chief Flinket subtract: 12,075 - 7,150 (all nuggets and crescents converted into star values)= 4,925 more stars.)",Math,12/10/06 #28558,Look! Grapples!,2.75,2.26,sugarnspice4u7,"My friend Brandon and I were sitting on a bench waiting for our friend. We started talking when a sticky situation came up. He told me he had tried this new type of apple called a ""Grapple."" ""It's a very cool apple that tastes like grapes!"" he exclaimed, ""I figured since I enjoyed them so much that I could plant the seeds from the grapple. Then, by midsummer, I can have instant grapples fresh from the tree!"" ""But Brandon, it's not going to work out,"" I said. ""I know that you are going to tell me that I just don't have the green thumb,"" he explained, ""but I still have that apple tree in my backyard from last summer, and it's still alive."" ""You can try and plant the seeds, but you won't get grapples,"" I said. Why?",No hint available.,"Because grapples are not genetically engineered as most people tend to think. Grapples are simply Fuji apples soaked in Concord grape juice for a few days to a week. If Brandon had planted the seeds, the tree would have produced Fuji apples, leaving him bewildered!",Trivia,02/10/06 #2166,Mirror Image,2.07,1.3,Cascas,"If you saw yourself in a mirror holding a letter d in your left hand, what would you be doing?",No hint available.,Holding a letter b in your right hand.,Logic,01/27/02 #6700,Equalizing,2.95,2.81,silver_sword,"P is to L. M is to OK. Hence, D is to ___",No hint available.,"RT, RTS, or RTED. P is to L forms PISTOL. M is to OK forms MISTOOK. The only letters you can add to DISTO to form a word is RT, RTS, or RTED, forming DISTORT, DISTORTS, or DISTORTED.",Language,08/20/02 #10318,The Robbery,2.28,1.08,buddy21,"There was a bank robbery in progress. A man sitting in a car outside realized that he was parked right in front of the getaway vehicle. He quickly looked in his mirror and wrote down the license plate number, just before the crooks sped away. He then took it to the police. The police tracked down the plate and unfortunately arrested the wrong person. Why did they do this?",No hint available.,"Because he was looking in a mirror, the man saw the license plate backwards and wrote it down wrong.",Other,02/07/03 #26154,A Little Item Here and There,2.18,1.01,sugarnspice4u7,"What do the following things have in common? 1) Balloon 2) Construction paper 3) Jello 4) Lipstick 5) Blood 6) Crayon 7) Apple 8) Paint 9) Stop Sign 10) Flowers",No hint available.,"They all can come in the color red! red balloon red construction paper red Jello- strawberry red lipstick blood is red a red crayon red apples red paint red stop sign red flowers- roses, carnations, etc...",Other,09/30/05 #8291,Play Ball,2.48,2.12,tritium,"What does this represent? /// + ( )U",No hint available.,"Three strikes and you're out. ""///"" = three strikes ""( )U"" = U is not in the parentheses meaning ""U are out"", or ""You're out"".",Rebus,10/30/02 #33021,What's Going On?,2.1,1.98,dhanish007,"It seemed to rollover itself numerous times, It reached its resting place and caused total destruction, It caused thousands to die! What was happening?",Initial thoughts might be misleading!,"It's a tsunami! The Boxing Day tsunami in Indonesia to be precise!",Situation,09/15/06 #22918,Picture Mishap,2.45,1.29,andrewcs,"After several people had their picture taken at a photography studio, the photographer then realized that all the pictures were coming out inverted horizontally. What was on the left was now on the right. The customers said that the pictures looked fine, and bought them anyway. Why could the customers not see the mistake?",It made a mirror image.,"Most people only see themselves when looking in a mirror, and a mirror also inverts horizontally. So, people will recognize the opposite of their face.",Logic,05/16/05 #5343,Feathers,2.8,1.41,im_para_noid,"I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I?",No hint available.,An arrow,Riddle,07/08/02 #48923,Who Doesn't Belong 3,2.24,2.46,DemonLord8,"Find out who doesn't belong in this group. Hergem Guntheas Laruluk Horphun Leo Dellry Fenthil Hightentig Winnith Opeeho",No hint available.,"Laruluk Horphun is the odd one out. All the other names are books that are scrambled. The Hunger Games = Hergem Guntheas Old Yeller = Leo Dellry The Lightning Thief = Fenthil Hightentig Winnie the Pooh = Winnith Opeeho",Group,08/04/11 #37985,Consonants #2,2.7600000000000002,3.05,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have shown 10 words with only the vowels (A, E, I, O, U) showing. Your task is to fill in the consonants to complete the words, and to make it easier for you, delete each used consonant as you go. There is a theme for these words in the 'Hint' area. Good luck and have fun! Consonants: B CCCCCC D G H LLL MM NNNNN PPP Q RRRRRRRR SSSSS TTTTTTTTT VV 1. A _ _ E _ _ O 2. _ I _ A _ E 3. _ _ A _ I _ E _ 4. _ A _ _ OO _ 5. _ A _ U _ _ _ I _ _ 6. _ _ E _ _O 7. _ _ U _ _ E _ 8. _ O _ _ U _ _ O _ 9. O _ _ _ E _ _ _ A 10. _ U I _ _ E _",Music,"1. Allegro 2. Vivace 3. Clarinet 4. Bassoon 5. Manuscript 6. Presto 7. Trumpet 8. Conductor 9. Orchestra 10. Quintet",Language,08/28/07 #1955,Gus and Joe,2.37,1.6,missie,"Gus and Joe are raising pigs. Gus said that if Joe would give him two pigs they would have an equal number, but if Gus gave Joe two of his, Joe would have twice as many as Gus. How many pigs did they each have?",No hint available.,"Gus had 10 Joe had 14",Math,01/06/02 #27723,"Yeah, Its Got a Hemi",2.56,1.67,bigSWAFF_69_,4=H on E (N S E W),No hint available.,"4=Hemispheres on Earth (Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western)",Letter-Equations,12/27/05 #9205,Interchangeable Compounds,2.6,2.65,Gizzer,"Homework is a compound word (ie composed of two other words). Housework is an interchangeable compound word - its components can be interchanged to form another compound word - workhouse. However, housework and workhouse are not synonym pairs (words that mean the same thing). Can you find three interchangeable compound synonym pairs that mean: 1. entire 2. view 3. reversal",No hint available.,"1. allover/overall 2. lookout/outlook 3. downturn/turndown OR turnover/overturn",Language,12/16/02 #21277,Urus or Mine?,2.58,1.82,dsquared,"What expression is hidden here? urus or ur vs us",No hint available.,"You are either with us or against us UR either with us = URus or against us = ur vs us",Rebus,03/01/05 #49640,A Real Looker,2.37,1.83,BadBunnee02,"What common expression is shown by the following rebus; reading down cumulatively from top to bottom? left ear +other ear +left eyebrow +opposite eyebrow +left eye +remaining eye +left cheek +right cheek +nose etc...","""Cumulatively"" might mean that something is in the process of being constructed.","Making A Face ""Making A Face"" is a common idiomatic expression indicating an attempt to communicate non-verbally through distortion of normal facial features.",Rebus,10/18/12 #5961,Kebab Mate,1.98,2.13,mad-ade,"Mad Ade regularly plays chess with his best friend, Dim Dave McLoweyecue. They play just one game per day and the loser must give the winner a kebab. After a period of time Mad Ade had bought Dim Dave 5 kebabs whereas Dim Dave had bought Mad Ade 21 kebabs. So how many games were played in total if there were no tied matches?",No hint available.,"Dim Dave McLoweyecue received 5 kebabs and won 5 games. Mad Ade received 21 kebabs and won 21 games. Thus, the total number of games that they played was 26.",Math,07/27/02 #2740,9:50,2.68,1.77,Cascas,"With one line, make it so that it says the time is 9:50. 101010",How else could it read 9:50,"10T010 Ten ""To"" Ten",Math,03/18/02 #14164,Matching Socks,2.79,2.09,mathemagician,"Mismatched Joe is in a pitch dark room selecting socks from his drawer. He has only six socks in his drawer, a mixture of black and white. If he chooses two socks, the chances that he draws out a white pair is 2/3. What are the chances that he draws out a black pair?",Three pairs of matching socks... maybe not!!!,"He has a ZERO chance of drawing out a black pair. Since there is a 2/3 chance of drawing a white pair, then there MUST be 5 white socks and only 1 black sock. The chances of drawing two whites would thus be: 5/6 x 4/5 = 2/3 . With only 1 black sock, there is no chance of drawing a black pair.",Probability,08/05/03 #9682,The Devil's Stone Vessel,2.72,2.3,electronjohn,"I am a vessel and a stone, When I am hot my temper is known, I have my own money as well as a bank, If I take a bath the devil you can thank, I have no mercy when I am cold, If I am bad ill will shall unfold, I can be thirsty and have shot many eyes, In the dead of night as the curdling hound cries. What am I?","I can be positive or negative. I am thicker than water.","Blood. I used many blood words and blood sayings as clues. Blood vessel=artery, vein; bloodstone=green quartz flecked with red jasper; hot blooded=bad temper; blood money=money obtained at the cost of another's life; blood bank=place where blood is stored; blood bath=massacre; in cold blood=without mercy; bad blood=ill will; bloodthirsty=murderous, cruel; blood shot eyes=red eye often obtained by staying up late; bloodcurdling=terrifying; bloodhound=type of dog often used for tracking.",Riddle,01/08/03 #22414,Golden With Lacquer,2.89,2.82,CPlusPlusMan,"Created I was, in 1841, By someone with the name of an evil one, He was a Belgian, living in Paris, This man had to be very zealous. Fourteen of me, this young man made, Some above A, but not quite B, With some higher than D, but lower than E, And some that are C, and three halves above D, That's why my popularity's so easy to see. Golden with lacquer, I usually am, I sometimes am used to honor Uncle Sam, Patented I was in 1846, I'm the one who gives some their kicks, I'm shaped like a J - with a hook on the end, So, can you tell what I am?","What? You mean you still don't see? Quiet down and listen to me, All of those A's and E's and B's, All fit together quite musically","A Saxophone. Created I was, in 1841, By someone with the name of an evil one, He was a Belgian, living in Paris, This man had to be very zealous. Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1841. Adolphe Sax's name has a resemblance to Adolf Hitler, an evil one indeed... Fourteen of me, this young man made, Some above A, but not quite B, With some higher than D, but lower than E, And some that are C, and three halves above D, That's why my popularity's so easy to see. Sax made 14 different types of saxes. Seven pitched in C and F (F is three half-steps above D, hence three halves above D), and seven pitched in Eb (That's E Flat for you non-musicians, which is above D and lower than E) and Bb (above A and not quite B). Golden with lacquer, I usually am, I sometimes am used to honor Uncle Sam. Saxes are usually golden, and the covering is referred to a lacquer. Saxes are also used in Military bands, thus ""honoring Uncle Sam"" Patented I was in 1846, I'm the one who gives some their kicks, I'm shaped like a J-with a hook on the end, Most saxes are J shaped with a hook with the exception of the Soprano Sax. Many Jazz enthusiasts get their ""kicks"" or enjoyment from saxophone players.",Riddle,04/22/05 #43773,"I, Too, Wear Rings!",2.63,1.8900000000000001,mosca,"Some have rings, all gorgeously bedecked; I, too, wear rings, that seers did not detect. One, Hershel saw two centuries ago. A baker's dozen, now, the seekers know. My brother wears more dazzling rings, quite fine; When he turns, his rings all brightly shine. Twenty-seven minions make my court; Some, Bard-named; some with the rings cavort. Georgium, Hershel's choice, once had the nod, But now, I'm namesake to an ancient god. What am I called?",You can't always see me!,"The planet, Uranus It was once believed that Saturn was the only planet that had rings, but it is now known that Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune also have less spectacular ring systems. In 1789, using a telescope he had designed and made, Sir William Herschel detected what he believed to be a red ring around the planet he was observing. When he first identified Uranus in 1789, he thought it was a comet. A system of nine rings was catalogued in 1979 by Elliot, Dunham, and Mink. Voyager photographed two more rings in 1986, and the Hubble Space Telescope detected two distantly placed rings, bringing the known total to 13. Uranus has 27 known satellites; they are named after characters in the works of Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. Portia, Rosalind, and Mab appear to share orbits with members of the ring system. Hershel wanted to call the planet Georgium Sidus (George's Star), to honor his patron, King George III, but this nomenclature was not popular outside of Britain, and the name Uranus, after the Greek sky god, came into common use.",Riddle,12/23/08 #24776,What is This Old Saying?,2.67,1.98,Princeford93,"Can you tell what old saying is repeated below? More emotionally disturbed than a chronologically challenged egg layer covered with water.",No hint available.,Madder than an old wet hen.,Language,07/22/05 #2551,Smupoke,2.23,0.96,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? smupoke",No hint available.,"Up in smoke (smUPoke)",Rebus,03/06/02 #49925,Commuter Science,2.77,3.33,Smithy,"What is the link between the following countries? Argentina Australia Brazil Chile Colombia Liechtenstein Madagascar Slovenia Czechoslovakia also shared this link, although neither the Czech Republic nor Slovakia do individually.","It really is a ""link"" you are looking for.","They all have internet top-level domains that are chemical symbols. Argentina - .ar - argon Australia - .au - gold Brazil - .br - bromine Chile - .cl - chlorine Colombia - .co - cobalt Liechtenstein - .li - lithium Madagascar - .mg - magnesium Slovenia - .si - silicon Czechoslovakia had the domain .cs, shared with caesium, whereas the Czech Republic (.cz) and Slovakia (.ck) lack this property.",Group,08/25/13 #51011,Moving Experience,2.72,1.9000000000000001,ThinksForFun,"Pre- and post-journey phase Requires a switch of gaze Never takes you too far Does the most for your car What are we?","Simply a few letters are we We get you where you need to be","The letters commonly used to represent the major gears of a car's transmission, found at the beginning of each line of the riddle, as follows: P = Park R = Reverse N = Neutral D = Drive Each line of the riddle relates to the gear denoted by the first letter of the line.",Riddle,03/07/17 #7474,Four Dozen Campers,2.7600000000000002,1.82,hprulz,"The 4 dozen campers in the junior division live in 6 differently colored cabins along Miller's Pond. The smallest cabin has 6 campers, and the orange cabin is the largest with 10 campers. The yellow and green cabins are the only cabins with the same number of campers. The 13 youngest campers are in the red and blue cabins with the least number of campers. The purple cabin has 2 more campers than the blue cabin. How many campers are in each cabin?",You can make a chart. Work backwards to get some of the information.,"Orange = 10 Purple = 9 Yellow = 8 Green = 8 Blue = 7 Red = 6 From the second and fourth lines, you know that one cabin contains 10 campers and the two smallest cabins contain 7 and 6 campers. This leaves 48 - 10 - 7 - 6 = 25 campers unaccounted for. You know that the yellow and green cabins have the same number of campers (Statement 3) and that the purple cabin has either 8 (6+2) or 9 (7+2) campers (Statement 5). There can't be 8 in the purple cabin because that would leave 17 for the yellow and green cabins, which doesn't divide by two evenly. Therefore there are 9 campers in the purple cabin leaving 8 in each of the yellow and green cabins. This also means that there are 7 campers in the blue cabin, from the last statement. All that's left is the red cabin, with 6 campers.",Math,09/16/02 #28627,Bit of Brush Anagram,3.03,1.3,fishmed,"Each sentence below contains a word that can be anagrammed to answer or describe the sentence. Example: Craft that might tip in the ocean. Answer: Canoe (Anagram of ocean) 1. Bit of brush 2. Opposite of unite 3. Writings of a steno 4. They affix without paste 5. Having less reason for fears 6. Animal that may need a shoer Excerpted from an old Reader's Digest",No hint available.,"1. Shrub 2. Untie 3. Notes 4. Tapes 5. Safer 6. Horse",Language,02/15/06 #5780,dumpdowndump,2.19,0.76,Cascas,"What does this mean? dumpdowndump",No hint available.,Down in the dumps,Rebus,07/22/02 #47249,The Wine Cellar's Will,2.7600000000000002,1.43,fishmed,"There once was a somewhat eccentric wine seller who died, leaving three sons behind him. He also left 7 full barrels of wine, 7 half-full barrels of wine, and 7 empty wine barrels. Being somewhat eccentric, he noted in his will that each son was to receive the same number of full barrels, half-full barrels, and empty barrels. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"Take two half-full barrels and empty them into two other half-full barrels, making them full barrels. You then have 9 full barrels, 3 half-full barrels, and 9 empty barrels, which are all divisible by 3, giving each son 3 full barrels, 1 half-full barrel, and 3 empty barrels.",Logic,06/16/10 #16431,Second By First,2.39,2.47,morrigan,"My second is performed by my first, and it's thought, A thief by my whole will sometimes be caught. What am I?",No hint available.,A footstep.,Riddle,02/04/04 #11662,Congratulations!,2.24,2.22,TheTrickster,"What is represented by this rebus? Grill Bride and Groom",No hint available.,"Toasting the Bride and Groom. Bride and Groom under a Grill.",Rebus,04/09/03 #41737,15 R B in S,1.84,2.38,shenqiang,15 R B in S,No hint available.,15 red balls in snooker.,Letter-Equations,04/29/08 #43602,4 = Y Between US P E,2.01,1.01,bookwrmKP,4 = Y between US P E,"The 'US' stands for United States. Also, think politics...",Four Years between United States Presidential Elections,Letter-Equations,11/22/08 #10335,The Fifth Element.,2.48,2.89,Codammanus,"You need not be a science wiz, so there's no need to fret, Still not as easy as 1, 2, 3 or learning the alphabet. The group of elements you see below are quite unique for sure, Though this is true, I do tell you, there shouldn't be just four. If you solve this without a hint, perhaps you have a gift, But if you need, go ahead indeed, so that you find the fifth! Strontium (38) Iron (26) Polonium (84) Mercury (80)","In Junior High, our Periodic Table squeezed THREE details into each little box. In the group, I only gave two.","The fifth element is Barium (Ba). Why Barium? Barium (Ba), Iron (Fe), Mercury (Hg), Polonium (Po), and Strontium (Sr), are the only 5 elements on the Periodic Table whose symbols, when reversed, give you a set of two consecutive letters in the alphabet: aB, eF, gH, oP, rS.",Group,02/11/03 #28083,Word of Wisdom III,2.72,2.38,titanoftheocean,"GJA HYPOBN BV GJA HYPA, XDO GJA AKCALYADZA BV XQAP, NXE UA CLAPALTAO UE MSBGXGYBDP. -YPXXZ O'YPLXAFY GJA CALVAZGYBD BV HYPOBN, XDO GJA ADO BV GLSA CJYFBPBCJE YP GB CLBCBLGYBD BSL HXDGP GB BSL CBPPAPPYBDP, BSL XNUYGYBDP GB BSL ZXCXZYGYAP, HA HYFF GJAD UA X JXCCE XDO X TYLGSBSP CABCFA. -NXLR GHXYD Y FBTA MSBGXGYBDP UAZXSPA YG YP X WBE GB VYDO GJBSQJGP BDA NYQJG JXTA, UAXSGYVSFFE AKCLAPPAO HYGJ NSZJ XSGJBLYGE UE PBNABDA LAZBQDYIXUFE HYPAL GJXD BDAPAFV. -NXLFADA OYAGLYZJ","E=A D=O N=D R=L S=P","Key: A=X B=U C=Z D=O E=A F=V G=Q H=J I=Y J=W K=R L=F M=N N=D O=B P=C Q=M R=L S=P T=G U=S V=T W=H X=K Y=E Z=I The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotations. -Isaac D'Israeli The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people. -Mark Twain I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizably wiser than oneself. -Marlene Dietrich",Cryptography,01/14/06 #9771,Fodder Idea,2.34,1.66,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? FodderIdeaIdeaIdeaIdea",No hint available.,Food For (four) Thought,Rebus,01/12/03 #6783,EN_ _ _ _ _ERS,2.22,2.9,majd,"What's this rebus? EN_ _ _ _ _ERS",No hint available.,Countless Encounters,Rebus,08/22/02 #6356,noid noid,2.24,0.87,pinkie,"What is this word? noid noid",No hint available.,paranoid,Rebus,08/08/02 #35450,Behind Every Successful Man,2.41,2.65,vlerma,"So the story goes, behind every man, who is a success, there is a woman who is helping. Following are quotes by First Ladies, wives of U. S. Presidents. First is the list of women and second are the quotes. Please unscramble the names and quotes and match them together. I have also supplied a bonus quote. One of the four said it, which one? 1) Uceiohpp Jiuvku 2) Oifui Wfez 3) Wkvvh Ycux 4) Oixh Wmux Nczpecp A) Vzk ekiujz ycu zfbip yukkxcb jip pktku wk jcbqokvk gmvzcfv yukkxcb ycu gcbkp. B) Xcp'v gcuuh iwcfv qcooe, wfv my hcf xc, xcp'v ixbmv mv. C) Wkjcbk ec guiqqkx fq mp ecbkvzmpl vziv hcf yculkv vc wk iyuimx. D) Bihwk mv me vzk bkxmi vziv zie fe xmtmxkx. E) Wcpfe: Cpk cy vzk iwctk oixmke ioec zix vzme lkb dfcvkx wh vzk qukee: ""Zitk i pmjk vumq, Xmja.""* Gzc gie mv? * Mp ukykukpjk vc Umjziux Pmscp.","W = B P = N C = O E = S F = U","1) Rosalynn Carter 2) Laura Bush 3) Betty Ford 4) Lady Bird Johnson A) The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women. B) Don't worry about polls, but if you do, don't admit it. C) Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. D) Maybe it is the media that has us divided. E) Bonus: One of the above ladies also had this gem quoted by the press: ""Have a nice trip, Dick.""* Who was it? * In reference to Richard Nixon. I = A W = B J = C X = D K = E Y = F L = G Z = H M = I N = J A = K O = L B = M P = N C = O Q = P D = Q U = R E = S V = T F = U T = V G = W S = X H = Y R = Z 1 = B - Rosalynn Carter 2 = D - Laura Bush 3 = A - Betty Ford 4 = C - Lady Bird Johnson And E, the bonus question was said by 3 - Betty Ford",Cryptography,02/26/07 #49722,Operation: Astronomy-Ectomy,2.59,2.71,cnmne,"Six words have had their astronomical terms removed. The astronomical terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each astronomical term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: comet, moon, nova, orbit, star, sun Group B: egosu, islble, ojor, onty, sic, vee",No hint available.,"comet + sic = cosmetic (COsMETic) moon + onty = monotony (MonOtONy) nova + islble = insolvable (iNsOlVAble) orbit + vee = overbite (OveRBITe) star + egosu = stegosaur (STegosAuR) sun + ojor = sojourn (SojoUrN)",Language,01/04/13 #41366,Bob's Transformation,2.67,0.88,pandastampede,"One day, Bob eats his dinner, builds something, and then falls asleep. When he wakes up, he is in a very dark place. He breaks out and figures out he has transformed. Bob is happy with his transformation. What kind of transformation is it and what is Bob?",Bob is NOT a human.,"Bob was a caterpillar and is now a butterfly. He ate and got fat, then made a cocoon and turned into a butterfly weeks later. Bob had gone through metamorphosis.",Situation,04/04/08 #47729,Sight Rhymes 8,2.96,2.54,MarcM1098,"In each group below, the three words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each group. Example: plo___, tho___, to___ would be plough, though, tough. 1. eng___, f___, mar___ 2. c___, car___, s___ 3. ag___, g___, h___","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. engi__, fi__, mari__ 2. ca__, cara__, sa__ 3. aga__, ga__, ha__","1. engine, fine, marine 2. cafe, carafe, safe 3. agave, gave, have",Language,08/16/10 #40366,Ordered Triple,1.8,2.63,shenqiang,"Find the number of ordered triples (A, B, C) where A, B and C are positive integers, A is a factor of B, A is a factor of C, and A+B+C=30.","If A is a factor of both B and C, A must be a factor of the three numbers' sum 30.","If A=1, then the possibilities are B=1, C=28; ..., B=28, C=1, 28 possibilities; If A=2, then the possibilities are B=2, C=26; ..., B=26, C=2, 13 possibilities, 41 accumulated; If A=3, then the possibilities are B=3, C=24; ..., B=24, C=3, 8 possibilities, 49 accumulated; If A=5, then the possibilities are B=5, C=20; ..., B=20, C=5, 4 possibilities, 53 accumulated; If A=6, then the possibilities are B=6, C=18; ..., B=18, C=6, 3 possibilities, 56 accumulated; If A=10, then the only possibility is B=10, C=10, 57 possibilities accumulated.",Math,02/07/08 #50054,Dropboxes IX,2.6,2.09,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Lottery [_] 2. In the wild [_] 3. Toll 4. Thyroid swelling [_] 5. Siberian or Bengal [_] 6. Resolution 7. Car parkers [_] 8. _____ off; fend [_] 9. Clothe 10. Fills again [_] 11. Flew, as an eagle [_] 12. Woke 13. Difficulty [_] 14. Server [_] 15. Utter suddenly 16. Propelled a canoed [_] 17. Try again [_] 18. Female deer",No hint available.,"1. raffle [F] 2. feral [L] 3. fare 4. goiter [O] 5. tiger [E] 6. grit 7. valets [L] 8. stave [A] 9. vest 10. reloads [L] 11. soared [D] 12. arose 13. trouble [O] 14. butler [E] 15. blurt 16. rowed [W] 17. redo [R] 18. doe ""Follow (the) leader""",Language,12/28/13 #30472,Three Statements VII,2.66,1.37,lips,"Which of these three statements are true? 1. Suppose you begin reading a book on page B and end on page E. If you read each page completely and the pages are numbered and read consecutively then you have read (E - B) + 1 pages. 2. Christina has 60 apples. Anna has 85 and Dana has 148. Together Christina and Anna have more apples than Dana. 3. If you write the words DOS, TAM and MAN with DOS on top, TAM in the middle and MAN at the bottom then the names DAN and SAM can be formed diagonally.",No hint available.,"Statements 1 and 3 are true, statement 2 is false. In statement 1, the beginning page and the ending page are also included, so you have read (E - B) + 1 pages. In statement 2, 60+85=145<148. In statement 3, the grid looks like this: D O S T A M M A N The names DAN and SAM can be formed diagonally.",Logic,05/14/06 #36978,Words With One Letter Changed #5,2.82,2.17,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given two definitions. Each pair of definitions is for two unrelated words. Your task is to discover what these two words are. In the answer to the second word, I took the first word, but changed one of its letters to make a completely different word. (i.e. table - fable) 1. To protect or conceal something - A group of 13 witches. 2. Something that causes things to be made visible - A supernatural being. 3. An announcement of impending information - Someone who has been received into a religious order for an initial period of probation. 4. The center of man's thought, intellect and understanding process - To drink all the contents of a glass or cup.",No hint available.,"1. Cover - coven 2. Light - wight 3. Notice - novice 4. Brain - drain 'Drain' is used in this sense: ""The man will thirstily drain his glass when he arrives home tonight.""",Language,06/18/07 #39024,"Always Seen, But Never Touched",2.6,1.66,tedger,"Friend to the thieving and deceptive, foe to the common child. A silent blanket draped throughout the air, covers but only half and leaves the other free and wild. Slowly does it creep amidst the expectant and unexpectant alike, bringing most beings and creatures to a stop, make no mistake. While there are some who dwell in its presence, others thrive in its wake. It is a force that can only be replicated on a smaller scale, a strength which can be challenged, but never fully beat. We have tried to since the beginning of time, but no man has ever accomplished the feat. What is it?",No hint available.,"Night or Darkness Thieves often do their mischievous work at night or under the cover of darkness. Many children are afraid of the dark. It covers only half the earth at a time, while the other side is filled with light and more activity. Nocturnal creatures thrive at night. Where others do at daybreak. You can only achieve it in a room or another smaller space; you can't control its effect on the whole world. Similarly, you can have a light to challenge it, but you cannot entirely overcome it. Since the discovery of fire we have been challenging its force.",Riddle,11/01/07 #435,Train Crash,2.38,1.79,Spikejw1,"There was a train with exactly 87 people (including the conductor and driver). The train crashed and no one was killed, but on the police list, it said ""2 dead"". How can this be?",Think before and after.,The train was carrying 2 dead people already when the train crashed.,Situation,05/01/01 #35351,Little Johnny #5,2.49,2.0,fishmed,"Little Johnny's brother was at it again. He felt he really had Johnny this time. ""You know how mother always says, 'Two wrongs don't make a right?' Well, our teacher said, as a math problem it was possible for two wrongs to make a right. I bet you washing the dinner dishes for a week that you can't get this before dinner."" WRONG + WRONG = RIGHT ""And the teacher gave us the hint that T = 8, H = 6 and I = 1"" Well, after dinner, Little Johnny's brother was sadly doing the dishes while Little Johnny was off watching TV with his parents. Can you figure out the answer as well? Each letter stands for the same number 0-9 throughout the problem.",The number 0 and 9 are not used.,"I = 1 W = 2 N = 3 G = 4 R = 5 H = 6 O = 7 T = 8 25734 + 25734 = 51468",Math,02/18/07 #1293,Insatiable,2.2,2.77,gokaran,Only one other English word can be made from all the letters of INSATIABLE. Can you find it?,No hint available.,BANALITIES.,Language,11/05/01 #43557,American Presidents 14,2.26,2.32,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Gerald Ford Group B: John Quincy Adams, Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A were never elected president. John Tyler finished William Harrison's first term, Millard Fillmore finished Zachary Taylor's first term, Andrew Johnson finished Abraham Lincoln's second term, and Gerald Ford finished Richard Nixon's second term. Therefore, Chester Arthur, who finished James Garfield's first term, can be added to Group A.",Group,11/15/08 #19019,Anerxix,2.36,2.65,MrIxolite,"What term is this? aner*a*",No hint available.,The end of an era,Rebus,10/02/04 #31164,Silly Sentences,2.71,1.41,Hana_Kimi,"To find a silly sentence, put the same letter in each blank. Example: _ate _nits _ittens _ilts Kate Knits Kittens Kilts 1.) _live _pens _scar's _ranges. 2.) __ice, _eat _arrow _oodles _ever _eed _uts. 3.) __live, _lice _muses _corns _gain. _lone, _be _pplauds _rmidillos.",No hint available.,"1.) Olive Opens Oscar's Oranges. 2.) Nice, Neat Narrow Noodles Never Need Nuts. 3.)Alive, Alice Amuses Acorns Again. Alone, Abe Applauds Armadillos.",Language,06/17/06 #4648,"1, 4, 25, 676, ??",2.31,2.38,QtistLilShorTy,"What is the next number in this sequence? 1, 4, 25, 676, ??",No hint available.,"458329 The way to discover this answer is to square the next number(i.e. 1, the next number is 2 and 2 squared is 4. 4, the next number is 5 and 5 squared is 25. 25, the next number is 26 and 26 squared is 676. 676, the next number is 677 and 677 squared is 458329!).",Series,06/11/02 #52167,N R K,2.19,3.15,sunny211,N R K = C of F O T B,Think music. Complicated music.,Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov = Composer of Flight of the Bumblebee,Letter-Equations,03/25/19 #26761,Dying of Thirst?,2.73,1.0,Bware0313,"A man is walking through the Sahara desert, and is dying of thirst. His caravan was attacked by a group of brigands. He ran off, and the brigands let him live. He is desperately trying to find water, when he stumbles upon a random town. He goes up to a random man, and pleads for water. The Arab says 10 dollars. The man gladly paid him. The Arab handed him a jug that said H2O2. The man shouts, WATER! and drinks half of the bottle. He says his thanks, and walks off. After about 10 steps he falls to his knees, vomits, and dies. Why did he die?",No hint available.,"The Arab handed him a jug of H2O2, which is two hydrogen atoms bonded to two oxygen atoms. H2O2 is very similar to H2O (water). However, the extra oxygen atom creates a different substance called hydrogen peroxide. This is the substance we use to doctor our wounds. If drunk, it would make you lose nearly all body fluids. Since the man was dehydrated, he had almost no fluids to lose, making him die 10 times quicker than if he hadn't drunk the substance.",Science,11/06/05 #35063,Silly Sarah's School Studies: Part VI,2.88,2.03,bigSWAFF_69_,"At 11 am, Silly Sarah headed off to Art class. Being fairly good at art, she was excited to see what they were going to do this year. Just seconds after she found her seat, the teacher passed out worksheets. On the top of the worksheets, in bold letters, were the words ""Famous Artists of the Past"". The teacher explained that before they could start doing any artwork, the students must complete the teasers found on the worksheet. Can you help Silly Sarah, and figure out the teasers? 1. To select from a group + Abbreviation for Australia + 15th letter of the alphabet 2. Possessive form of ""I"" + A black mineral substance used as fuel in the form of bricks + The form of ""a"" used before a word beginning with a vowel + A gelatin based dessert 3. Rapid Eye Movement + Partly ground wheat husk separated from flour meal + Sound of the last letter of alphabet 4. Conflict between two armed groups + A corridor 5. A boxlike motor vehicle that resembles a panel truck + What a green light means",No hint available.,"The answers were: 1. Picasso (Pick + Aus + O) 2. Michelangelo (My + Coal + An + Jello) 3. Rembrandt (REM + Bran + T) 4. Warhol (War + Hall) 5. Van Gogh (Van + Go)",Language,01/26/07 #7198,Angelic,2.39,0.7000000000000001,dsquared,"What is this phrase? K n e e l pray pray",No hint available.,Kneel down to pray,Rebus,09/05/02 #21039,Clothes Calculation,2.55,2.77,rose_rox,"How do these equations work? Sock + Pants = T-shirt Hat + Skirt = Shorts Sweater - Shoe = Underwear",No hint available.,"The item of clothing represents how many visible holes there are on the outside, for body parts to go through. Sock + Pants = T-shirt 1 + 3 = 4 Hat + Skirt = Shorts 1 + 2 = 3 Sweater - Shoe = Underwear 4 - 1 = 3",Other,02/14/05 #35597,More Linking Words,2.7600000000000002,2.5,jazzmusician46,"You are to create a series of 10 FOUR-LETTERED words that link with each other. Based on the clues below, your task is to ensure that the last letter of a word becomes the first letter of the next word. Good luck. I have given you an example below of how the teaser should attempted. EXAMPLE Clues: 1. Emptiness, 2. Dummy, 3. Desire, 4. Tug... Answer: Void - Dope - Envy - Yank... CLUES: 1. Sudden movement, 2. Baking device, 3. The characteristic smell of a wine or liqueur, 4. Every one of a group considered individually, 5. Solid and firm to the touch, 6. To remove or tip (the hat), 7. To perceive or examine by touch, 8. Plunder, 9. A cooperative unit, 10. Most important; principal.",The first word is: Jerk,"1. Jerk, 2. Kiln, 3. Nose, 4. Each, 5. Hard, 6. Doff, 7. Feel, 8. Loot, 9. Team, 10. Main.",Language,03/08/07 #19080,Bike-Mania,2.21,2.14,lesternoronha1,"A motorcycle workshop owner had dismantled some motorcycles, so as to get three varieties of brakes - B1, B2 and B3, four varieties of Engines - SL, SK, EZ and RX, and three varieties of tires - MRF, BS and MCN. It was further known that B1 cannot be with SL or SK. EZ must be with B3. MRF must be with SL and vice versa. MCN or BS cannot be with SK. If B2 brakes are to be fitted, then which of the following must also be used? 1) SK engine and MCN tyres. 2) MCN tyres and SK engine or RX engine. 3) SL engine and MRF tyres. 4) None of these.",No hint available.,"If B2 brakes are to be fitted, statement 3 i.e., SL engine and MRF tires must also be used. The given choices to be used along with B2 brakes are 1) SK engine and MCN tires. 2) MCN tires and SK engine or RX engine. 3) SL engine and MRF tires. 4) None of these. The given observations are A) B1 cannot be with SL or SK. B) EZ must be with B3. C) MRF must be with SL and vice versa. D) MCN or BS cannot be with SK. From observation A, brake B1 must be with engines EZ or RX (since it cannot be with SL or SK). But from observation B, engine EZ must be with B3. Hence brake B1 must be with RX. Thus B2 must be with either engine SL or engine SK. If engine SK is selected, we cannot use either of tires MCN or BS from observation D. MRF tires cannot be used with SK engine because MRF must be with SL and vice versa from observation C. Therefore if brake B2 is used, engine SL along with tires MRF must be used.",Logic,10/13/04 #50456,Anagram Dictionary 2,3.04,1.71,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob) Words: absolute, boomerang, porcelain, stadium, submarine Definitions: a stack of nuts an angry tuxedo an unruly crowd of citrus fruit not a different bear to misplace a musical instrument",No hint available.,"absolute: to misplace a musical instrument (lose tuba) boomerang: an unruly crowd of citrus fruit (orange mob) porcelain: a stack of nuts (acorn pile) stadium: an angry tuxedo (mad suit) submarine: not a different bear (same bruin)",Language,10/12/14 #3693,"37, 43, 53, 61, 71, 79",2.29,2.22,cathalmccabe,"What comes next? 37, 43, 53, 61, 71, 79",No hint available.,"89 Every second prime number from 37",Series,04/22/02 #15908,Joe Prestige Always Gets His Way,2.82,1.94,cmllanes,"Joe Prestige II is the son of a billionaire, and has grown accustomed to getting whatever he wants. Joe Sr. was born into a very poor family and has achieved his success only through hard work. Upon his high school graduation, Joe Jr. says to his father, ""Dad, I have decided not to waste my time with college, just give me my trust fund and I'll be off to see the world."" Well, Joe Sr. decides that it's high time for his son to receive a lesson in humility. He says, ""Joe, I'll make you a deal. I will enroll you in a freshman English class at the local university. If you can complete the class with perfect attendance, and an 'A' average, you get your trust fund."" Joe Jr. goes to class faithfully for the entire semester, and has a low 'A' average going into the final exam. Before the exam, the professor, Dr. Stickler, explains, ""This exam consists of six essay questions, and will count as 50% of your final grade. You will have exactly 60 minutes to complete this exam. At the end of 60 minutes, you will stop writing immediately and return your exam booklet to my desk. Anyone found to be writing after time is called, will receive an 'F' on this exam."" Thirty minutes into the exam, Joe Jr. realizes that he has taken way too long on the first two questions, and will never finish on time. But he is taking the exam in one of those huge lecture halls with five or six hundred other students, so he gets an idea. When Dr. Stickler calls time, Joe Jr. calmly continues writing, figuring that he can squeeze out an extra ten minutes while the others are walking their exams down to the professor's desk. His plan seems to work, and he is able to finish the final question before all of the other exams have been returned. He is certain that he has done well, but just as Joe Jr. is about the turn in his exam booklet, Dr. Stickler turns to him and says harshly, ""Young man, I saw you writing after I called time -- you will receive an 'F' on this exam!"" Joe Jr. condescendingly replies, ""Mister, you may be making a career-altering decision here. Do you have ANY IDEA who I am?"" Dr. Stickler smugly retorts,"" I do not know, nor frankly do I care WHO you are -- you disobeyed my rules, and you will now pay the price."" With a bit of quick thinking, Joe Jr. ends up with an 'A' in Dr. Stickler's English class and receives his trust fund. How did he do it?",Joe Jr. had no distinguishing features.,"Assured of his anonymity, Joe Jr. simply slid his exam booklet into the middle of the pile on the professor's desk, and ran out of the lecture hall.",Situation,12/21/03 #50111,"Third, Fourth, Fifth",3.17,2.34,eighsse,"David showed a piece of paper to Kenneth, while covering the top part of it with his hand. The visible portion below his hand read as follows: THIRD FOURTH FIFTH SIXTH SEVENTH EIGHTH NINTH TENTH David said, ""My hand is covering two words, the first two words in this list of ten words. The list follows a completely and indisputably logical sequence. None of the words are repeated. I'll bet you $50 that you cannot tell me what those two words are on your first try. You can say the two words in either order."" Kenneth could not see any reason not to accept this wager, and said ""First and second"" for the easy $50 win. However, after David moved his hand away, Kenneth realized he had lost, and indeed, there was not even an argument to be made. What were the two hidden words?",No hint available.,"""Whole"" and ""Half."" The obvious idea is that the list is of ordinal numbers. However, it is actually a list of the names of the inverse fractions of the natural numbers. That is, 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, etc.",Trick,01/25/14 #32492,Soccer Project,2.42,1.36,grungy49,"Daniel is a keen soccer fan in the soccer-mad town of Tammell. He barracks for four different local clubs! He picked one player from each team to do his school project on. He was sure he had remembered everything perfectly until he was asked to present his project. He was about to talk about his favourite players but he found he couldn't remember which was in which team and where each one played! He found he couldn't even remember their last names! Now it's your turn to save him from a certain F. Using the clues your job is to find out what each player's first and last name is, what position they play, and what club they play for. Good luck, and hurry - the class is waiting! Clues 1. Sam plays in the midfield and his last name rhymes with Frank's. 2. Mr Bracken plays for the Strikers, but isn't a striker in the game. 3. Norsewick were proud to recruit Thomas, their newest defender. 4. Mr Mayne is a goalie in Castleton. 5. Frank is a striker. 6. Mr Miller, who plays for Redland, isn't a midfielder.",No hint available.,"Frank Miller is a striker in Redland. Joseph Mayne is a goalie in Castleton. Thomas Bracken is a defender in Norsewick. Sam Tillah is a midfielder in Greenham.",Logic-Grid,08/18/06 #32609,Contractions,2.84,2.08,cnmne,"Which contraction from Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: it's, she'd, we'll, won't Group B: can't, don't, he's, shan't, they've, you'll",No hint available.,"Each contraction in Group A forms a valid word when the apostrophe is removed. it's - its she'd - shed we'll - well won't - wont thus can't - cant",Group,08/23/06 #48852,Which Way 2,2.82,1.7,Skybet,"You'll put me in your mouth almost every day, And when you reach me you decide, which way?","I'm sure most of you will use me today, Or find me in the road, I'd say.",A fork,Riddle,07/05/11 #40022,Clever Jenny IV,2.48,1.77,mosca,"Jenny was helping her sister, Carla, move into her dorm. As they carried a load of stuff into the room, they found Sue, Carla's roommate, already there. Sue groaned, ""Just look at these windows! They look so bleak without curtains!"" Carla responded, ""Yeah; plus we'll be putting on a free show every time we get dressed! I can get some curtains; what kind would you like?"" ""It'll cost big bucks, as much as $100 per window to put up the rods,"" answered Sue. ""Yikes!"" said Carla. ""Why does it cost so much?"" ""Well, the dorms were all redecorated last year, and they don't want students messing up the nice new walls with amateur carpentry. They insist that their own carpenters install any curtain hardware. They charge upward of $75 per window to put in simple rods, and more if we want anything fancy. And, if you try to put up your own rods, they fine you $25 per nail hole!"" Sue added, ""And don't try duct tape either! A guy tried that last term, and ripped part of the wallpaper off. That really cost him!"" Jenny had been standing by quietly during the discussion. Now she said, ""Carla, let's go shopping and see if we can find something to fix these windows."" About an hour later, Jenny and Carla returned and put up some nice-looking curtains, without using any nails, screws, or duct tape. How did they do that?",What could they use besides duct tape or nails?,"Jenny knew she had seen some ""Twist and Fit"" curtain rods in someone's office. These press fit in the window opening without any hardware. She found some in the local discount store for a pretty good price and they fit perfectly.",Situation,01/12/08 #35027,The Queen and the Chair,2.61,3.16,silent_lucidity,"If I were to ask the Queen and the chair Both to tell me what they were, And then should beg of you to bear To the top of the house the Queen and her chair, The Queen, her chair, and yourself, all three, In the same sentence would answer me.",No hint available.,I am notable; I am no table; I am not able.,Riddle,01/24/07 #50027,Programmatic Phrase II,2.73,1.6300000000000001,eighsse,"Find the common phrase that is represented by the following computer program code. Some amount of computer programming knowledge will help, as certain programming conventions are used. However, it may be solved without, as it is written in a very high-level (i.e., human-like) language. Birth For Each Thing { If itsPercentQuality = 100 Then itsPrice = 0 } Death","""Birth"" and ""Death"" are used for the beginning and ending of the program. So, everything therein could be called ""Life.""","""The best things in life are free."" Everything between ""Birth"" and ""Death"" is ""Life."" Within ""Life,"" the program is scanning the quality of each ""Thing."" If the quality is 100%, then it is one of ""the best things in life,"" and its price is set to 0, or ""free.""",Other,12/13/13 #1453,qwertyuio,2.1,1.3800000000000001,psychodude57,"What is the next letter in this sequence? qwertyuio...",No hint available.,p. This is the top line on a qwerty keyboard.,Series,11/19/01 #637,In Her Ear,2.47,1.67,Christine,"An insect flying into a girl's ear terrifies her. Her mother rushes the girl to the doctor, but he is unable to remove the insect. Suddenly, the mother has an idea. What is it?",The mother lures the insect out of her daughter`s ear.,She put the girl in a darkened room and placed a bright light near her ear. The insect emerged.,Situation,06/23/01 #13650,The Unknown,2.25,1.71,Riddler_Kia,"What is unknown and remains unsolved, The answer is there, but hidden all along, You can think and think, but it's like a puzzle, Atlantis is one - does it even exist? I seem like a giant shadow of mist, So answer me now, Do you dare to try? Tell me now, what am I?",No hint available.,A Mystery.,Riddle,07/06/03 #32349,American Memory Jogger,2.37,2.27,dolphingurl12,"Carrie had trouble with her American History class. To remember an important fact she came up with this strange story. Can you decipher the story and find the facts? I had a delicate china plate that I was trying to smash with a giant pen. On the giant pen teetered a Jersey cow. On the cow's back was King George, who was trying to connect his cut. He was holding a massive block of ice. On the block of ice sat Marilyn Monroe, who had an ocean liner which was headed south. The ocean liner had a bit of a problem: there were pigs with their hams sticking out stuck in the smoke stacks. Fortunately, Thomas Jefferson came on the scene to help out. He happened to be holding the Statue of Liberty; on it was a North bound ocean liner. On this liner there were some Island rodents peeping from the peepholes.",Remember it's an American History class. One word could remind you of another...,"It was to remember the 13 Original Colonies in the order they were admitted as states. DELICATE china plate (Delaware) Giant PEN (Pennsylvania) JERSEY cow (New Jersey) King GEORGE (Georgia) CONNECTing CUT (Connecticut) MASSIVE Ice (Massachusetts) MARILYN Monroe (Maryland) Ocean Liner going SOUTH (South Carolina) Pigs with stuck HAMS (New Hampshire) Thomas Jefferson, a famous man from (Virginia) Statue of Liberty (New York) NORTH bound Ocean Liner (North Carolina) ISLAND RODEnts (Rhode Island) With her helpful memory jogging tool, Carrie aced her quiz!",Other,08/08/06 #39479,Headbands I,2.18,2.71,zeepuzzlemaster,"You are part of a group of 500 people who have been captured by an evil tribe. The tribe leader, who appreciates a person with good logic, decides that he will propose a challenge of many headband problems. The first challenge is that each person will get a random headband of one of two colors, black or white. There are 500 of each (500 black and 500 white). If you look at yours or say a word after you have been given your headband and before you have guessed, the evil people will kill everybody. Also, if you make any movement with your body other than your eyes, you will ALL die. At the count of 10, each person will shout out what color they think their headband is. If you or anyone else is right, you will survive for the next challenge. If not, you will be killed immediately. You are given some time to discuss your strategy; then you are given your headbands. How many survivors can you guarantee, assuming the tribe leader is not lying and that each person will follow your instructions? For example, if you tell everybody to guess, you can guarantee zero survivors because you have a slight chance of getting zero survivors.",You can guarantee a lot less than you think...,"You can guarantee that 1/2 of the people will survive. What to do? Partner everybody up and tell one person to guess the same color as the other person's headband, and the other person to guess the color of the headband that they see. For example if Person #1 guesses the same and Person #2 guesses opposite... Person #1=Black Person #2=Black Person #1 Survives Person #1= White Person #2=White Person #1 Survives Person #1=Black Person #2=White Person #2 Survives Person #1=White Person #2=Black Person #2 Survives Note: You cannot tell person #1 to guess the same color as the second person's hat and then the second person to guess that color, because everybody has to guess at the same time.",Logic,12/06/07 #29521,Birthday Present,2.49,1.78,Freaks,"It's a simple little game, in which one of your friends is having a birthday party, and other students will have to give a birthday present. If your friend accepts the gift, the student will then be allowed to come to the birthday party. Your Friend: ""What will you give to me?"" Kimberly: ""I'll give you a necklace."" Your Friend: ""Nope. You're not invited. Next?"" Ryan: ""I'll give you a roasted chicken as an addition for the dinner."" Your Friend: ""Okay then, you're invited. Next?"" Lizz: ""I'll give you a lighter."" Your Friend: ""I don't smoke, but you're invited anyway. Next?"" Now it's your turn. So what should you give to your friend so he/she will invite you?","Remember what each person gives, and what gifts get them invited.","Any gift is fine, as long as the first letter of the thing you're going to give to your friend is the same with your name. So if your name starts with A, give him/her something that starts with the letter A.",Logic,04/04/06 #2757,Where you Want to Go,2.2,1.52,vanz,"I take you where you want to go, I work hard, but you give me a soul. What am I?",No hint available.,A foot.,Riddle,03/19/02 #36438,Words With IZ,2.67,2.33,cnmne,"Five words that contain IZ as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *IZ**, **IZ*, *IZ***, ***IZ**, ****IZ* Pool: A, A, A, B, D, D, E, E, E, E, G, L, M, M, N, N, O, P, R, T",No hint available.,"GIZMO, MAIZE, LIZARD, DENIZEN, BAPTIZE",Language,04/27/07 #39587,All We Know Is His Wit,2.45,2.27,aresII,"While Doug Larson's wit is widely known, his biography is rather vague. He was accredited as being a British runner and winning a medal in the 1928 Olympics, yet to this there is no official record. He was also accredited with being an American cartoonist, but such claims cannot be verified. The two following quotes have been attributed to him. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. F=Q ""XTWKNU TW GLS OSXJOK INP YSG CNO J MTCSGTUS NC MTWGSETEY XLSE INP'K LJHS VOSCSOOSK GN GJMZ."" ""XTWKNU TW GLS FPJMTGI GLJG ZSSVW INP CONU YSGGTEY TEGN WTGPJGTNEW XLSOS INP ESSK TG.""","L=H V=P W=S","""WISDOM IS THE REWARD YOU GET FOR A LIFETIME OF LISTENING WHEN YOU'D HAVE PREFFERED TO TALK."" ""WISDOM IS THE QUALITY THAT KEEPS YOU FROM GETTING INTO SITUATIONS WHERE YOU NEED IT."" KEY: C=F E=N F=Q G=T H=V I=Y J=A K=D L=H M=L N=O O=R P=U S=E T=I U=M V=P W=S X=W Y=G Z=K",Cryptography,12/13/07 #41495,Mystery Number 2,2.46,2.7,cnmne,"There is a ten-digit mystery number, represented by ABCDEFGHIJ, where each numeral, 0 through 9, is used once. Given the following clues, what is the number? 1) A * F = CE 2) B * H = JI 3) D * G = BH 4) G * I = CF",No hint available.,"5738069241 A = 5, B = 7, C = 3, D = 8, E = 0, F = 6, G = 9, H = 2, I = 4, J = 1 1) A * F = CE, 5 * 6 = 30 2) B * H = JI, 7 * 2 = 14 3) D * G = BH, 8 * 9 = 72 4) G * I = CF, 9 * 4 = 36 A) If a number has 5 as a units digit, then one of its factors must also have 5 as a units digit. Therefore, the following can not be 5: E, F, H, I. B) If any multiplier is 0, then the product is also 0. Therefore, the following can not be 0: A, B, D, F, G, H, I. C) If any multiplier is 1, then the product equals the other multiplier. Therefore, the following can not be 1: A, B, D, F, G, H, I. D) Through trial and error, it can be found that C and J can not be 0. Therefore, E = 0. E) To satisfy equation #1, A = 5 and F must be an even number and C must be 1 through 4. F) Through trial and error, it can be found that C can not be 1. Therefore, J = 1. G) Through trial and error, it can be found that C can not be 2 or 4. Therefore, C = 3, which results in F = 6, G = 9, and I = 4. H) To satisfy equation #2, B and H must 2 and 7 or 7 and 2. This results in D = 8. I) To satisfy equation #3, B = 7 and H = 2.",Logic,04/14/08 #4244,Land & Sea,2.47,1.11,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this phrase: ifland ififsea",No hint available.,"One if by land, two if by sea",Rebus,05/24/02 #44684,Famous Phrases 6,2.42,2.67,cnmne,"Each of the words in the following cryptograms is missing a letter, indicated by ""_"". These missing letters form two quotes, along with the person who said each quote. There are at least two letter options for each word, so you will have to determine the appropriate missing letters to solve the cryptograms (eg, ""BO_N"" could be ""BOON"" or ""BORN"", the missing letter being either ""O"" or ""R""). ""/"" separates the individual words of the quote, ""+"" separates the individual letters of each word in the quote, ""~"" separates the person from the quote. Quote 1: CO_L / _AIL + PAC_ + MO_E + _AST + BA_K / O_EN + R_IN + _INE / B_RD / CA_E + D_RE + FO_D / T_RE / _ONE + L_ME + COR_ + _ICK' + MAS_ / KIL_ + T_ME + _ISS + VAS_. ~ T_IN + H_ND + B_OW + _UST / SI_E + BO_T + _AIN + _VEN + JEE_ + _LIP Quote 2: R_FT / _OUL + LUS_ + HUL_ + S_AY + _OVE / AW_Y + _VER + KIL_ + T_RN + _ATE + S_AP. ~ WI_E + _NTO + R_IN + CA_E + BAL_ + F_RM + NO_E / _AZE + ARI_ + FA_T + H_RT + _AKE + WAR_ + C_AP + L_RE + _AVE",No hint available.,"Quote 1: I never met a man I didn't like. ~ Will Rogers COIL / NAIL + PACE + MOVE + EAST + BARK / OMEN + REIN + TINE / BARD / CAME + DARE + FOND / TIRE / DONE + LIME + CORD + NICK' + MAST / KILL + TIME + KISS + VASE. ~ TWIN + HIND + BLOW + LUST / SIRE + BOOT + GAIN + EVEN + JEER + SLIP Quote 2: I shall return. ~ Douglas MacArthur RIFT / SOUL + LUSH + HULA + SLAY + LOVE / AWRY + EVER + KILT + TURN + RATE + SNAP. ~ WIDE + ONTO + RUIN + CAGE + BALL + FARM + NOSE / MAZE + ARIA + FACT + HART + RAKE + WART + CHAP + LURE + RAVE",Cryptography,06/21/09 #31755,Turnover,2.14,2.52,dolphingurl12,3 = S A in the P,Think NBA. Think Offense.,"3 = Seconds Allowed in the Paint In NBA games, offensive players are only allowed to stand in the ""paint"", the painted area of the court under the basket, for three seconds. If they break this rule, it results in a turnover.",Letter-Equations,07/13/06 #47657,Happy Words,3.12,1.25,dalfamnest,"I have listed the following as Happy Words. What is it about these words that suggests that they are ""Happy""? Semicircle Mesdemoiselles Postmillennial Assimilate Snowmobile Superfamilies There are two hints. The second might give it away too easily so it is a few lines down the page!","What is it about some people that tells us they are happy people? One of the shortest Happy Words is ""SMILE""","The words all contain the letters S-M-I-L-E in order. They all have a smile, so they must be happy! e.g. SeMicIrcLE",Language,08/04/10 #23839,A Frantic Father's Day,2.19,1.11,cka92,"Three forgetful best friends (Frankie, Emily, and Alana, yes, they're all girls) realized the day just before Father's day that they had not gotten their dads gifts! They called each other up and made a plan to go shopping. However, none of the girls could agree on where to buy a gift, so they went to three different stores and bought three different gifts. You must determine the girls' fathers' names, the store they went to, and the gifts they bought. Their Names: Frankie, Alana, and Emily Their dad's Names: Dan, Rich, and Max The Stores: Super Fan, Ducks Unlimited, and Bass Pro Shops The Gifts: ball cap, duck call, and a coffee mug 1. Emily knew her dad loved to be outdoors, so she chose not to go to Super Fan and buy a coffee mug. 2. Max's daughter didn't have to think long to know her father wouldn't want to wear a hat. 3.Alana's father Rich, likes being outdoors, but that's not the kind of store Alana chose to go to. 4. The gift Frankie chose to get makes noises. 5. The girl that went to Ducks Unlimited had to call Alana to ask her opinion on which color gift she should get her father.","Are you sure you need a hint? I mean, this is the easiest teaser I could come up with. But if you really need a hint, or you figured out that that last clue was pretty much pointless, the colored gift in the last clue is something you would wear.","Frankie; Max; Duck Call; Bass Pro Shops Alana; Rich; Coffee Mug; Super Fan Emily; Dan; Ball Cap; Ducks Unlimited",Logic-Grid,06/19/05 #15755,Daffodil,2.78,1.72,MrIxolite,"What is represented by the conversation below? Daffodil ""I'll meet you at 7:30 then?"" Tulip ""Yes.""",No hint available.,A flower arrangement.,Rebus,12/11/03 #20337,Letter Shuffle 4,2.54,2.59,dumbell,"What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same eight letters, can be used to complete the sentence below? The defense attorney _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ up the witness, who completely _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the prosecution's contentions. What three words, formed from different arrangements of the same five letters, can be used to complete the sentence below? On the tiny remote _ _ _ _ _ , it was necessary to climb a _ _ _ _ _ in the field to get to the factory that makes _ _ _ _ _ . What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same seven letters, can be used to complete the sentence below? 'These are magnificent _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ,' said the tourist. 'We've seen some lovely art before on our _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , but nothing like this.'",No hint available.,"Buttered, rebutted. Islet, stile, tiles. Marbles, rambles.",Language,01/11/05 #11151,Shakespeare in London,2.78,2.26,MrIxolite,"Look out below!! It is another common phrase in rebus form, can you guess it? London: Shakespeare (Writer) London: Weigh New York: Smith (Actor) New York: Whey Paris : McEnroe (Sports) Paris: ""No Way!""",No hint available.,"Where there is a Will, there's a Way.",Rebus,03/14/03 #11460,No F's,2.53,2.88,griphook,"Complete the series with a letter other than the usual F. A B C D E ?",No hint available.,"K A B C D E and K are the most common VITAMINS.",Series,03/28/03 #2287,Listen Closely,3.0,2.14,KevThaDrinkKilla,"Assuming you can't steal an animal's sense of hearing, or use an electrical device, what would you need in order to hear a pin drop from over 20 yards?",No hint available.,A bowling ball.,Trick,02/10/02 #3960,Line up Time,2.18,2.2,mad-ade,At what time after 4pm are the minute and hour and second hand of a standard clock perfectly aligned on top of each other?,No hint available.,4:21 and 21 seconds,Other,05/08/02 #2722,Jumping Bet,2.58,0.87,lil_thugsta,"A guy bet his neighbor $100 that his dog could jump higher than a house. Thinking this not possible, the neighbor took the bet and lost. Why did he lose the bet?",No hint available.,Simple...a house cannot jump!,Trick,03/16/02 #3747,Weather Man,2.85,1.33,magisastar,"John was watching television. Just after the midnight news there was a weather forecast: ""It is raining now and will rain for the next two days. However, in 72 hours it will be bright and sunny."" ""Wrong again,"" snorted John. He was correct, but how did he know?",No hint available.,"In 72 hours it would be midnight again, so it could not be bright and sunny.",Logic,04/26/02 #2721,Buy One Item,2.62,2.23,lil_thugsta,"There was once a man who had a very selfish and unkind son. So one day the father sent his son to the market with one coin and said, ""I am sick and tired of your selfish ways. Take this coin and buy with it: something to feed the cows, something to plant in the garden, something for us to eat, and something for us to drink. Don't come back until you do this!"" He is only allowed to buy one item. What did he buy that fulfilled his father's wish?",No hint available.,"He bought a watermelon - the juice to drink, the pulp to eat, the seeds to plant in the garden, and the rind to feed the cows!",Logic,03/16/02 #42523,R of 3 to W T T T,2.4,1.9000000000000001,shenqiang,R of 3 to W T T T,"It's a children's game. The ""W"" stands for ""win"".",Row of 3 to win tic-tac-toe.,Letter-Equations,07/17/08 #6174,Different Shapes,2.55,2.2,NuttyPrince,"I come in different shapes and sizes. Parts of me are curves, others are straight. You can put me anywhere you like, but there is only one right place for me. What am I?",No hint available.,A jigsaw puzzle piece.,Riddle,08/02/02 #34775,Made of Silver,2.7,1.22,Stormcrafter,"Made of silver, made of gold, Made of tin, remains unsold. A gift to give, A bag to live, 'Til warmed by hand they stay cold. Melted, pressed, handed out, They travel with us all about. Flip them up or collect them all, Watch them closely while they fall. Make them at your own peril, It's said they're linked with the devil. Keep them, eat them, shine them too: Just don't let them get the better of you. Comes in eight, or in a hundred, Coveted or someone's dread, The root, the goal, the answer here, What is this thing which is held dear?",No hint available.,"A coin. Explanations for certain lines - ""eat them"" - remember chocolate coins? ""It's said they're linked with the devil"" - The love of money is the root of all evil ""Comes in eight, or in a hundred"" - pieces of eight, or 100 cents",Riddle,01/07/07 #9997,Guess the Number,2.1,2.04,jokester8000,"Guess the five-digit number using the following clues. 1. The second digit is a multiple of the first digit. 2. The third digit is the product of the first two digits. 3. All but one digit are even. 4. Either the first and second or the second and the third are the same digit. 5. The fifth digit is equal to the square of the second digit. 6. Divide the fourth digit by 2 and you will get the fifth digit.",for number 2 no answers go over nine,12284,Math,01/23/03 #31447,Put 'em Together #4,2.81,2.46,medster99,"For every number, read the lettered clues and try to find what that clue refers to. Once you have found out all the words in that section, put them together to try to make a single, larger word. A '-' means to subtract the letter shown after it. The lettered clues are in the order they are in the word. The spelling may be off, so you will have to sound it out. Example: A) Not out: _ _ B) One two three: _ _ _ _ C) Slang for mother: _ _ D) To avoid: _ _ _ _ Answer: in-four-ma-shun Information Try the following: 1) a) To rip: _ _ _ _ b) Me, Myself and: _ c) Male cow: _ _ _ _ 2) a) Grave: _ _ _ _ _ b) _ : kay c) Y axis, X axis: _ _ _ _ _ d) 2nd vowel: _ 3) a) Spill, break: _ _ _ _ b) Opposite of out: _ _ c) A microorganism, pathogen: _ _ _ _ - m 4) a) A lawyer helps you do this: _ _ _ b) Cats do this: _ _ _ _ c) 2000-2008 US president's last initial: _ 5) Fun one. Very long. From an old movie. a) Excellent: _ _ _ _ _ b) Nickname for California: _ _ _ _ c) A thin glass tube is: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ d) The
  • tag in HTML does this: _ _ _ _ e) Synonym for eww: _ _ _ f) An evil spell: _ _ _ g) Oat,: _ _ _ bean, and barley grow h) Nickname for Allison: _ _ _ _ _ i) Female deer: _ _ _ j) Hear, taste, touch, smell: _ _ _ k) Me and you: _ _ 6) Bonus, 2 word phrase a) Using money, I: _ _ _ _ _ _ b) Aged: _ _ _ c) Baby crying: _ _ d) One presidential: _ _ _ _ -m",No hint available.,"1) Terrible [tear-i-bull] 2) Cryptography [crypt-o-graph-e] 3) Messenger [mess-in-germ (minus m)] 4) Superb [sue-purr-b] 5) Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious [super-cali-fragile-list-ick-hex-pea-allie-doe-see-us] 6) Bottled Water [bought-old-wa-term (minus m)]",Other,06/30/06 #35437,Everyone Wants To Be A Comedian II,2.54,2.9,vlerma,"United States Presidents have been quoted since the beginning of our country. Please unscramble the names of the five Presidents and match them with their statements which you may find humorous. Oh, and there is a bonus statement, five Presidents, but six statements. Who made the bonus statement? 1) Xgmlzv X. Kmekpzcgku 2) Lkuiox Ycux 3) Nczp Ixibe 4) Ohpxcp W. Nczpecp 5) Iwuizib Ompjcop A) M zitk okiupkx vziv cpoh vgc vzmple iuk pkjkeeiuh vc akkq cpk'e gmyk ziqqh. Ymuev, okv zku vzmpa ezk'e zitmpl zku cgp gih. Ipx ekjcpx, okv zku zitk mv. B) M'b eitmpl vziv ucjaku ycu vzk xih M ykko ie cox ie M ukiooh ib. C) Gziv amooe i eafpa me vzk qfwomjmvh mv lmtke mvekoy. D) Ykiu me vzk ycfpxivmcp cy bcev lctkupbkpve. E) Gzmjz cy vzk iwctk bkp eimx: Ipaoke iuk pkiuoh iogihe pkiv ipx lccx occampl, wfv apkke pkiuoh iogihe pcv. F) M apcg M'b lkvvmpl wkvvku iv lcoy wkjifek M ib zmvvmpl ykgku eqkjvivcue.","W = B P = N C = O E = S F = U","1) Dwight D. Eisenhower 2) Gerald Ford 3) John Adams 4) Lyndon B. Johnson 5) Abraham Lincoln A) I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it. B) I'm saving that rocker for the day I feel as old as I really am. C) What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. D) Fear is the foundation of most governments. E) Bonus: Which of the above men said: Ankles are nearly always neat and good looking, but knees nearly always not. F) I know I'm getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators. I = A W = B J = C X = D K = E Y = F L = G Z = H M = I N = J A = K O = L B = M P = N C = O Q = P D = Q U = R E = S V = T F = U T = V G = W S = X H = Y R = Z 1 - B 2 - F 3 - D 4 - A 5 - C and the bonus statement was made by #1.",Cryptography,02/25/07 #34016,Are We in Charge?,2.63,2.2,jazzmusician46,"Below are two groups of people: Group A and Group B. Each group has three people incorrectly placed within them. Your task is to remove the three wrongly placed people from both groups and replace them into their correct group. Good luck! Group A: James Buchanan Chris Watson Benjamin Harrison William Henry Harrison Stanley Bruce Martin Van Buren Joseph Lyons Zachary Taylor Group B: Edmund Barton John Tyler Alfred Deakin Joseph Cook James Monroe James Scullin Andrew Johnson Arthur Fadden",No hint available.,"The groups are American Presidents and Australian Prime Ministers. These men belong in Group A: (American Presidents) John Tyler James Monroe Andrew Johnson These men belong in Group B: (Australian Prime Ministers) Chris Watson Stanley Bruce Joseph Lyons",Group,11/19/06 #18052,Mad Ade's Bank Account,2.23,1.71,mad-ade,"Mad Ade went to the Madadian National Bank and checked his account there. He noted that he had 300 Madadian wonks (local currency), before he made a deposit, in his account. At the same time Nutty Norman, Mad Ade's friend, was at the bank and noted that he had 450 Madadian Wonks in his account before making a withdrawal. Outside Mad Ade and Nutty Norman were chatting and they discovered a couple of interesting facts. 1, After they had both made their respective transactions they both ended up having the same account balance. 2, The percentage increase in Mad Ade's account was the same as the decrease in Nutty Normans account. So what was the account balance of each account and respective percentage changes of Mad Ade's and Nutty Normans accounts?",No hint available.,"1. Mad Ade's account increased by 20% that means 60 Wonks so total 360 Wonks 2. Nutty Norman's withdrawal percent is 20% that means 90 Wonks so balance is 360 Wonks. so both have same account balance of 360 Madadian Wonks, and the increase and decreased percentage for each account was 20% 300 + 60(20% of 300) = 360 450 - 90(20% of 450) = 360",Math,06/28/04 #2988,A Place to Go,2.29,2.43,vanz,"I am a place to go Sometimes fast, sometimes slow, Yet my name bids me not to go What am I?",No hint available.,Parkway,Riddle,03/28/02 #22386,Unlucky Car Thief,2.58,2.96,i_am_hated,"A car thief, who had managed to evade the authorities in the past, unknowingly took the automobile that belonged to Inspector Detweiler. The sleuth wasted no time and spared no effort in discovering and carefully examining the available clues. He was able to identify four suspects with certainty that one of them was the culprit. The four make the statements below. In total, six statements are true and six false. Suspect A: 1. C and I have met many times before today. 2. B is guilty. 3. The car thief did not know it was the Inspector's car. Suspect B: 1. D did not do it. 2. D's third statement is false. 3. I am innocent. Suspect C: 1. I have never met A before today. 2. B is not guilty. 3. D knows how to drive. Suspect D: 1. B's first statement is false. 2. I do not know how to drive. 3. A did it. Which one is the car thief?",No hint available.,"Consider that six statements are false. A's first statement and C's first statement contradict each other. One of them is false. C's and D's contradict each other. One of them is false. Therefore, there are four additional false statements. Assume A is guilty. If so, A's second statement, B's second statement, and D's first statement are the additional false statements. Assume D is guilty. If so, A's second statement, B's first statement, and D's third statement are false. This also only makes five false statements. D did not do it. Assume C did it. If so, A's second statement, D's first and third statements are false. This again, makes only five false statements. After ruling out suspects A, C and D, B is the culprit. B's third statement, C's second statement, and D's first and third statements are the additional false statements. This adds up to six.",Logic,04/21/05 #5024,AaRvOieOwM,2.21,0.99,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this rebus: AaRvOieOwM",movie adaptation of an EM Forster novel,"A Room with a View ""A ROOM"" with ""a view"" contained inside",Rebus,06/28/02 #1805,8 L on a S,2.24,1.6400000000000001,briarsagemoss13,8 L on a S,No hint available.,8 legs on a spider,Letter-Equations,12/22/01 #27070,Disney Characters Part I,3.03,1.5,froggygg,"Everyone knows and loves Disney Characters, so I have created a little challenge to test your knowledge of the many characters created by the Disney Studios over the years. Can you figure out the characters represented by each clue below? Good luck and have fun reminiscing about all these memorable characters! 1. To act really strange, silly and funny 2. Smallest and farthest planet from the sun 3. Rhymes with picky house 4. Very short skirt + rhymes with house 5. Name for a Mafia boss + not young + avoid being hit 6. Opposite of light + the appendage of a bird used for flying + bird that goes ""quack"" 7. Type of flower + rhymes with luck 8. Tint or shade of a color + E + moisture found on grass in the morning + E + and + in _____ of (also rhymes with clue) + E 9. A round disc used as money in poker + and + canyon or lowland 10. Obscene, indecent or lecherous (rhymes with crude) + synthetic hair worn by woman + Von + D + tool used to sweep leaves",Do you really need one? Just think of all the Disney Characters...,"1. Goofy 2. Pluto 3. Mickey Mouse 4. Minnie Mouse (mini + mouse) 5. Donald Duck (don + old + duck) 6. Darkwing Duck (dark + wing + duck) 7. Daisy Duck (daisy + duck) 8. Huey, Dewey and Louie (hue + E, + dew + E, + and + lieu + E) 9. Chip and Dale (chip + and + dale) 10. Ludwig Von Drake (lewd + wig + von + D + rake)",Language,11/21/05 #4554,Strange Room,2.33,1.87,mad-ade,"In the house of Mad Ade there is a strange room. In this strange room are 6 strange rugs and on each rug are 6 strange 6-legged tables. On each of the 6 strange 6-legged tables are 6 strange 6-legged creatures. How many legs are in the strange room of Mad Ade's if there are no humans in the room?",No hint available.,"1,512. Here's how: 6 rugs, each with 6 tables on them, so there are 36 tables. Each table has 6 legs, or 216 legs total (36 X 6). Each table has 6 creatures on it, so there are 216 creatures (36 X 6). Each creature has 6 legs, so there are 1,296 creature legs (216 X 6). 216 table legs + 1,296 creature legs = 1,512 total legs.",Math,06/07/02 #18608,Mad Ade's Word Links #3,2.32,2.5100000000000002,mad-ade,"In the below teaser Mad Ade will give you three sets of three words. Each word has another word in common with the other two. The new word will make the three original words into common word pairs. For example CAP, DEEP and PAD could all be linked by KNEE to form Knee Cap, Knee Deep and Knee Pad. The linking word can be at either side of the given word. Can you find the link for the following words? 1, Welsh, Snap, Root 2, First, Mat, Birth 3, Dog, Tour, Girl",No hint available.,"1, Welsh Dragon, Snap Dragon, Dragon Root 2, First Place, Place Mat, Birth Place 3, Guide Dog, Tour Guide, Girl Guide",Language,08/22/04 #35396,Weird Teacher!,2.04,1.34,coolcow35,"A teacher watched a kid write K-O-O-L in his work packet and praised him for spelling it correctly. Why?",You won't find the answer in a dictionary.,They were doing a science lab and were using Kool-Aid.,Trick,02/22/07 #44125,Fruity Math,2.21,1.3800000000000001,cnmne,"According to this rebus, what is happening? Braeburn > Mandarin Delicious = Navel McIntosh < Valencia",No hint available.,"Comparing apples and oranges (Braeburn, Delicious, and McIntosh are varieties of apples; Mandarin, Navel, and Valencia are varieties of oranges. They are being compared mathematically). ""Comparing apples to oranges"" would also work.",Rebus,02/18/09 #29635,The French Speaker,1.9000000000000001,0.6000000000000001,jntrcs,One man went into work one day and spoke all French. He didn't get any weird looks and everybody understood him. It was a perfectly normal day. Why?,No hint available.,He was in France!,Situation,04/09/06 #8808,Choosing Marbles,2.37,2.48,lesternoronha1,You choose one of two identical looking bags at random. One bag has three black marbles and one white marble. The other has three white marbles and one black marble. After choosing a bag you draw one marble out at random. You notice it is black. You then put it back and draw another marble out of the same bag at random. What is the probability that the second marble drawn is black?,No hint available.,"The probability is 5/8. The probability of event A happening given that event B already happened is the probability of A and B happening divided by the probability that B happened. This can be expressed as Pr(A|B)=Pr(A and B)/Pr(B). In this case A is drawing a black marble and B is having already drawn a black marble. Pr(A and B) = (1/2) * [(3/4)2 + (1/4)2] = 5/16. Pr(B) = 1/2. Pr(A|B) = Pr(A and B)/Pr(B) = (5/16)/(1/2) = 10/16 = 5/8.",Probability,11/29/02 #32256,Baker's Dozen,2.16,2.61,PineappleMama,12 = N of C in the B F,"12 = L, N, C, H, S, J, J, K, M, M, N & K","12 = Number of Children in the Baker Family Lorraine, Nora, Charlie, Henry, Sarah, Jake, Jessica, Kim, Mark, Mike, Nigel, & Kyle The Family from the ""Cheaper By The Dozen"" Movie.",Letter-Equations,08/03/06 #2141,The King's Apples,2.67,0.79,ChemicalBoy08,"There was once a servant with his own farm. This servant grew a delicious crop of apples. One day he decided to take some to the king. The king's castle is surrounded by 7 layers of walls and each wall has a guard. Each guard stands by a gate. The servant reached the first gate and said, ""May I go through to show the king my wonderful apples?"" The guard replied, ""You may, if you give me half of your apples."" The servant then said, ""Fine, but you have to give me back one apple."" The guard agreed. The servant did this to the rest of the guards and finally got to the king. The servant still had the same amount of apples that he had started with. How is this possible?",He didn't miss one or steal anything.,He had 2 apples.,Logic,01/23/02 #16117,WORL,2.16,1.74,dumbell,WORL AMEN,No hint available.,World without end. Amen,Rebus,01/10/04 #2831,Thunderstorm,2.29,0.89,204_BlaZe_41,"Without the aid of anyone or anything, how is it possible to tell how far away a thunderstorm is, from where you stand?",No hint available.,"Light travels at 186,000 miles per second and sound travels about one mile every five seconds. Since the thunder is the product of lightning, when you see the lightning you should begin to count until you hear the thunder. In this way you are able to tell how far the thunder has travelled. Example: If you see lightning and are able to count to ten before you hear the thunder, you know that the storm is about two miles away.",Science,03/23/02 #5085,Largest Pair,3.09,2.72,im_para_noid,What is the longest pair of English words that are pronounced exactly the same but share no letter in common?,No hint available.,Ewe and You,Language,07/07/02 #39983,Can I be Both?,2.94,2.12,jazzmusician46,"To some I am considered a doctor, and to many, my title is abbreviated. I was also once a soldier who fought for many years. After many battles, I have at last retired and have found other things to do. Who am I?",No hint available.,"I am a Vet. A Veterinary doctor is commonly referred to as a 'Vet'. The retired soldier is usually referred to as a 'Vet' (taken from the word, 'veteran').",Riddle,01/09/08 #18667,Mad Ade's Autoantonyms #3,2.28,2.14,Mad-Ade,"In this Teaser Mad Ade has created a sentence using Autoantonym, which are words that have two opposing meanings. For example : ""Despite securing the ----, the horses still managed to ---- free"" In this case the answer would be ""Bolt"" one meaning to secure and fasten, the other to mean to break free. Can you work out the Autoantonym for these two sentences? 1, ""Despite having his legs -----, Mad Ade still managed to ----- all over the place"" 2, ""Today Mad Ade helped his wife to ---- all the furniture, then she helped him ---- icing sugar on a cake he had made.""",No hint available.,"1, Bound = restrained Bound = spring freely 2, Dust = remove fine particles from. Dust = to sprinkle fine particles onto",Language,08/29/04 #28692,Football 2,2.6,1.18,swithie,"The scores were completely tied in the last few seconds of a football game, and a player was lining up the goal in his mind. He pictured himself scoring and the crowd cheering as he won the game. He kicked the ball, and it just dropped under the crossbar, yet his team still cheered, as they had won the game. How?",No hint available.,He was playing a game of English football (soccer).,Trick,02/18/06 #36900,Driven Anagrams,2.28,2.57,drussel3,"Each line is a two-word anagram, and the complete list carries a common theme. Each line lists the number of letters for each word in brackets. Good Luck. 1. Hen legs we tire (8, 5) 2. Corn tint car tool (8, 7) 3. Nitro omits it's sauna cam (9, 12) 4. OK for car (4, 4) 5. Backseat or link (8, 6) 6. Gas urn lint (4, 6)",Each line contains a hint (word) to the theme.,"Common theme: Automotive related. 1. Steering wheel 2. Traction control 3. Automatic transmission 4. Roof rack 5. Anti-lock brakes 6. Turn signal Drive Safe.",Language,06/10/07 #19531,OBSERVE CAREFULLY & THINK,2.37,1.07,Nishoo,"Decipher this: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTVWXYZ",What's wrong with the letters?,Missing You (U).,Rebus,11/22/04 #20672,I Tremble Involuntarily,2.61,0.79,something,"I tremble involuntarily whenever something breaks. Scientists hope with some time they'll learn from their mistakes. Faults are to blame for my power I helped to form the Earth Not realizing this simple fact people underestimate my worth. I can be quite dangerous; I'm the start of many ends; when I'm 12 or higher, your foundation bends.",No hint available.,"An earthquake. When a section of rock along a fault line breaks, an earthquake is triggered. Scientists learn from earthquakes how to predict them. Faults (cracks) in the Earth's surface cause earthquakes. Earthquakes cause movement along faults and moved the tectonic plates to their current locations. Earthquakes can be very dangerous and cause many deaths. On the Mercalli scale of measuring earthquakes, an earthquake measured 12 will create noticeable bends and waves in the earth's surface.",Riddle,01/28/05 #44608,Friends and Books,2.38,1.92,mrsfessler,"5 friends are discussing their favorite book, ""Little Women"". Determine from the clues each girl's age, her favorite character and her favorite scene in the book. 1. The 14 year old is a tomboy, so she really relates to Jo. The youngest and oldest, in some order, like Meg's wedding scene and Amy the best. 2. The one who likes Beth is older than Bree who is older than the one who likes the Christmas scene. Marie gets so emotional at Mr. March's homecoming, but that's not her favorite scene. 3. The two 13 year olds are Anna and the one who loves the book's happy ending. The girl who likes the homecoming scene is older than Lisa. 4. The 5 girls are represented by the 12 year old, Laurie, Jill, Laurie's proposal to Amy, and Meg. The girl who likes Meg is older than Lisa. 5. The 17 year old is a romantic so she likes either Meg's wedding or the proposal the best. Although the book is about 4 women, Bree likes the male character best.",Laurie is a boy.,"Marie, Jo, proposal, 14 Jill, Beth, wedding, 17 Bree, Laurie, ending, 13 Anna, Meg, homecoming, 13 Lisa, Amy, Christmas, 12",Logic-Grid,06/09/09 #39405,What Could It Be?,2.31,1.56,wannamarryharry,"What can fly and can swim? What can you eat but can also poison you? What can be one inch long or twenty feet long? What can it be?",No hint available.,"A fish. There are flying fish that can jump very high and they swim in water. You can eat fish, but a porcupine fish has poison spines. A goldfish is very small, but a shark can grow very large.",Riddle,11/29/07 #26564,Two Rhymes are Right #2,2.97,2.31,fishmed,"For each of the following word pairs, you are looking for a two word answer. The first is a rhyme of the first word and gives the category. The second word is a rhyme and is a specific word in that category. For example, ""Kitty, Tennis"" translates to ""City, Venice"". 1. Fainter, Jolly 2. Slumber, Heaven 3. Reason, Printer 4. Quiver, Bongo 5. Power, Crazy 6. Handy, Muffle 7. Sticker, Frisky",No hint available.,"1. Painter, Dali 2. Number, Seven 3. Season, Winter 4. River, Congo 5. Flower, Daisy 6. Candy, Truffle 7. Liquor, Whiskey Excerpts and instructions from Reader's Digest.",Language,10/27/05 #19847,Members Only,2.71,1.85,MrIxolite,"What is this? 110m Hurdles Lane 1 R.Hugh Lane 2 T.Mann",No hint available.,"The human race lit. The Hugh Mann Race",Rebus,12/11/04 #4372,Lock and Key,2.54,1.82,gokaran,"You want to send a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is more than large enough to contain the object. You have several locks with keys. The box has a locking ring which is more than large enough to have a lock attached. But your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. Note that you cannot send a key in an unlocked box, since it might be copied. How do you do it?",No hint available.,Attach a lock to the ring. Send it to her. She attaches her own lock and sends it back. You remove your lock and send it back to her. She removes her lock.,Logic,05/31/02 #22370,Screaming,2.43,0.93,killalady05,"I scream my head off like a banshee, or I make an annoying noise that gets you to your senses; Some people hit me hard or ignore me. What am I?",I need batteries or a wind up.,An alarm clock!,Riddle,04/20/05 #18352,Zero Work,1.8800000000000001,1.67,scoutman,Is zero even or odd?,No hint available.,"Zero is even, because it comes between two odd numbers, 1 and -1.",Math,07/25/04 #42304,4 = R in C,2.18,2.31,shenqiang,4 = R in C,It's a common board game.,4 = rooks in chess.,Letter-Equations,06/21/08 #6256,Major mistake!,2.23,1.19,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? D E F F U T S",No hint available.,Stuffed up!,Rebus,08/06/02 #24875,Daphne,2.7600000000000002,0.77,Kalliann,"Carol Greenthumb had spent many years growing her prized and beloved Daphne odoras. They are beautiful flowered shrubs. These wonderful plants are perfect for the dry, hot area that Mrs. Greenthumb lives in, as they need little water, and they are her favorite plants. Carol had to go on a month-long vacation and she had a dilemma. She needs someone to watch her garden to make sure that all the plants were taken care of. She decided to let her coworker, Maybelle Flower, watch the garden. Mrs. Greenthumb gave Maybelle very specific instructions on the care of the yard and told her to be very careful with the expensive Daphne odoras. When Mrs. Greenthumb returned from her vacation, Maybelle was in the yard with the police detectives and the prized shrubs were missing. Maybelle was telling the detective that someone must have stolen the expensive plants because they had just been there the night before. Mrs. Greenthumb overheard her co-worker saying that she had taken care of the plants all month. Maybelle said that she had watered them every day and they were more beautiful then ever. At that moment, Carol Greenthumb interrupted and told the detective to arrest Maybelle. How did Mrs. Greenthumb know it was Maybelle that took the plants?",Re-read the first paragraph.,"Daphne odora is a type of plant that requires very little water. If it is watered too much, it will die. When Maybelle told the detectives that she had watered the plants every day and that they looked more beautiful than ever, Mrs.Greenthumb knew that Maybelle was lying.",Mystery,07/26/05 #22631,Just The Four Of Us,3.01,2.34,spookboy0,"Four of us are in your field But our differences keep us at yield First, a one that is no fool Though he resembles a gardener's tool Next, one difficult to split in two And a girl once had one as big as her shoe Then, to the mind, one's a lovely bonder And truancy makes it grow fonder Last, a stem connecting dots of three Knowing all this, what are we?","A synonym to ""truancy"" can be ""absence.""","The Four Suits in a Deck of Standard Playing Cards The Spade is a gardener's tool. The Diamond is the hardest gem to break. ""Little Girl and Queen"" is a Mother Goose rhyme, in which the Queen gave the girl a large diamond for picking the Queen some roses. The Heart bonds with the mind to form ""love."" ""Absence makes the heart grow fonder."" The Club, or Clover, is three dots connected around a stem.",Riddle,05/02/05 #6494,Drinks Breakfast and Lunch,2.7,2.34,arij,"Every day a man drinks his breakfast and drinks his lunch. When his boss finds out, he is immediately fired. The man moves to another job and begins doing the same thing; this time, when his boss finds out, the boss jokingly tells him that he'll be fired if he stops. What's going on?",No hint available.,"The man is drinking diet shakes for his breakfast and lunch in order to lose weight. Unfortunately, his first job is at a weight-loss clinic, so he is fired for patronizing the competition. His second job is at a health-food store, and his boss wants him to lose weight so he looks ""healthier"".",Situation,08/13/02 #18137,What Words?,2.78,1.92,fishmed,"Can you find the words that fit between each pair of words to create two new words? 1: RUN, WARD 2: SPRING, WALK 3: SEA, MELON","The following represent how many letters are in each word. 1: 3 2: 5 3: 5","1: RUN(WAY)WARD 2: SPRING(BOARD)WALK 3: SEA(WATER)MELON",Language,07/06/04 #4143,"GWB, WJC, GHWB ...",2.35,2.08,librashorty,"What comes next in this sequence: GWB, WJC, GHWB, RWR, JEC, GRF, RMN, LBJ, ==?==",No hint available.,"JFK; from the American President's initials: JFK = John F Kennedy. The series lists the initials of Presidents in backwards order. George W Bush, William J. Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Ronald W. Reagan, James E Carter, Gerald R Ford, Richard M Nixon, Lyndon B Johnson.",Series,05/18/02 #23519,Captain John's Journey (Part 1),2.9,2.72,cdrock,"Captain John is the captain of a pirate ship called the ""Wasp"". He just heard about a lost treasure on a far away island. He needs to get his two crew mates, and lead them to a ship, but there are guards around and he needs to do this without passing them, or they will throw him in the brig. Can you help him get his two crew mates to the ship without getting sent to the brig? The positions of everything are in a 3-by-3 grid (1 John, 1 ship, 2 crew mates, 2 guards, and 3 grass areas). John may only move 1 space at a time, either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. He can only go to each space once. But before he can figure out the right way to go, he must figure out where everything is. This is what he knew: 1. The Wasp is not in the same row or column as John. 2. John is not in the same row or column as either guard. 3. Neither guard is in the third column. 4. Both guards are vertically next to grass. 5. The ship is in the same row as one guard, and the same column as the other guard. 6. One of the grass spaces is diagonally next to both crew mates. 7. One of the grass spaces is in the 2nd column, in the first row. 8. The two guards are not in the same row or column.",Use paper and pencil.,"The positions of everything. Guard - Grass - Crew Mate Grass - Grass - John Ship - Guard - Crew Mate The correct way for John to go (1-7, in order of each space he goes to, X meaning don't go). X - 5 - 4 6 - 3 - 1 7 - X - 2",Logic,06/09/05 #42471,Town Soccer Logic Grid,2.52,1.18,beatlesman12,"Ralph, Chris, Sam, Russel, and Hugo all play town soccer. They play for Hamilton, Revere, Beverly, Salem, and Marblehead. The teams wear orange, white, red, blue, and green. They all came in different places in the league. They came in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Determine who played for what team, what colors they wore, and what places they came in. 1. Hugo and Russel play for teams whose names have the same number of syllables as their names. 2. The five people are the person who plays on the 1st place orange team, Hugo, Chris (who is from Marblehead), Russel, and the person who plays for Hamilton. 3. Hamilton wears blue. 4. Ralph plays for Beverly. 5. Hugo plays for Revere, and they came in 4th place. 6. Salem did not come in any place below 3rd place. 7. Marblehead wears red, and they came in 3rd place. 8. Russel wears white.",No hint available.,"Ralph, Beverly, Orange, 1st Chris, Marblehead, Red, 3rd Sam, Hamilton, Blue, 5th Russel, Salem, White, 2nd Hugo, Revere, Green, 4th",Logic-Grid,07/11/08 #48626,The Four-digit Number ABCD,2.59,2.45,shenqiang,"There is a four-digit number ABCD, where A, B, C, D each represents a different digit from 1 to 9. If ABCD is divisible by 13, BCDA is divisible by 11, CDAB is divisible by 9, and DABC is divisible by 7, what is the original number ABCD?",Try to link the clues together.,"If BCDA is divisible by 11, then so is ABCD, because both mean that A+C-B-D is divisible by 11. If CDAB is divisible by 9, then so is ABCD, because both mean that A+B+C+D is divisible by 9. Therefore, ABCD is divisible by 13*11*9=1287, the only possibilities are 1287, 2574, 3861, 5148, 6435, 7722, 9009. Among them, excluding the two with repeated digits, only 3861 satisfies the last clue - 1386 is divisible by 7. Therefore, ABCD is 3861.",Math,04/14/11 #26773,Country Club 5,2.63,2.37,cnmne,"Which country in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? It has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation. Group A: Argentina, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Malaysia Group B: Cambodia, France, Greece, Norway, Portugal, Somalia",No hint available.,"The countries in Group A have capitals that have two-word names. Respectively, the capitals are: Buenos Aires, Santo Domingo, Addis Ababa, Kuala Lumpur. Thus, Cambodia, whose capital is Phnom Penh, can be added to Group A. Respectively, the capitals of the remaining countries are: Paris, Athens, Oslo, Lisbon, Mogadishu.",Group,11/07/05 #49771,Install Application,2.71,0.72,ThinksForFun,"Turn me to your favourite setting Then get ready for a wetting A slight twist can affect my strength And my tail can vary by length How might you be refreshed today? I think you might enjoy my spray By design I am full of holes I'll help you reach your cleaning goals But to assist in this pursuit You must be in your birthday suit What am I?","The title holds another clue Divide the first word into two","a showerhead lines 1-2: Showerheads often have various settings from which to choose e.g. pulsing, continuous spray, etc. lines 3-4: Some of the settings spray water with more energy (water pressure) than others. So adjusting the showerhead from one setting to the next can affect ""my strength"". The ""tail"" is the hose through which the water travels. lines 5-6: Many people find showers refreshing. lines 7-8: A showerhead has holes through which the water comes out. A shower, and thus a showerhead, can help one clean oneself. lines 9-10: In order to get clean by taking a shower, one needs to be undressed. For the hint, since a showerhead can be used in a shower stall, it has an ""in stall"" application. For those of you who appreciate puns, it may be worth noting that if the application is installed improperly, there may be ""downstream issues"".",Riddle,02/17/13 #7536,Light,2.25,2.03,kiwioz9,"Can you decipher this rebus? LIGHT -> LIGHT -> LIGHT -> LIGHT",No hint available.,Travelling Light,Rebus,09/18/02 #19867,Common,3.0,1.55,dancinchick71,"What do these three objects have in common? Corn Weasel Balloon",No hint available.,They all pop,Group,12/13/04 #9001,VKI EBTZV RJI,2.36,2.61,master123,"This cryptogram is a message in substitution. Try to find what it says. VKI EBTZV RJI JZ W VTCVK PBC DFBE EJRR SI QJZCFOITZVBBO SP PBCT RJZVIFITZ.",No hint available.,The worst lie is a truth you know will be misunderstood by your listeners.,Cryptography,12/08/02 #41946,The Answer Is...What!?,2.32,2.31,RampaginRobo,"When are these sums correct? 6+8=5 21-10=2 9x8=9 46/2=5 (6x5)-(4+9)=8 62/(5+3-6)=4",You may have noticed the answers all have just one digit.,"They're correct when the answer is the sum of the real answer's digits. 6+8=14 (sum is 5) 21-10=11 (sum is 2) 9x8=72 (9) 46/2=23 (5) (6x5)-(4+9)=17 (8) 62/(5+3-6)=31 (4)",Other,05/17/08 #4957,The Man,2.9,2.25,Dustomatic,"A man killed his mother, was born before his father, and married his sister. How did the man do all three things legally?",Think of what those sentences could mean.,"He killed his mother in childbirth, he was born in front of his father, and he married his sister to another man as he was a priest.",Other,06/26/02 #19653,A Teaser For the Kids,2.23,0.8300000000000001,I_am_the_Omega,"Tom just bought a new 20oz bottle of Coca-Cola. It's a hot day, though, so he wants ice. He goes over to the ice machine, and gets several ice cubes. However, they don't fit in the small bottleneck! He's about to give up, when his friend, Rob, who is known for solving many problems, says ""Here, buddy, just give that to me, I'll get it in for you."" Amazingly, Rob, upon receiving the ice and the Coca-Cola, simply drops the ice cubes right in one by one, without any trouble! How did he do this?!",No hint available.,"By the time the cubes had reached Rob, they had already melted enough to fit.",Trick,12/01/04 #13280,Spinning Peas,2.23,2.1,cool_star,What ideal situation do you get when you see peas spinning in circles?,Think of another word for spinning.,World peace (whirled peas),Language,06/19/03 #17097,The Churchill Letter,2.81,2.33,fishmed,"Mrs. Bryant went to visit Thomas P. Stanwick, logician and amateur sleuth as she was having trouble making a decision. ""I'm sorry to bother you, but you have been so helpful in the past, I was hoping you could help again."" ""Of course, what's the problem?"", replied Stanwick. ""A few days ago,"" she said, ""I was visited by Stephen Faybush, the nephew of a couple I know in my neighborhood. He specializes in unusual investments."" ""Have you been looking for investment advice?"", Stanwick asked. ""Well, I have a small nest egg that's not earning much in the bank and I may have mentioned this to my neighbors."" ""And what sort of investment does this Faybush promote?"" ""Historical artifacts. Famous signatures and such. He says they consistently beat inflation as they rise in value over time."" ""That's true, if they are genuine. Do you happen to have such an item in the folder that you brought with you?"" ""Yes."" Mrs. Bryant opened an manila folder she had been carrying and took out a letter. ""It's a Churchill,"" she said as she handed it to Stanwick. ""A letter from Churchill's private secretary to a John McMasters. Not someone I recognize. Possibly a constituent. 'Sir Winston very much appreciates the book you sent him.' and so on. Dated in the year 1950. Cream-colored paper. Letterhead refers to Chartwell, Churchill's country home. The valuable bit would be the handwritten inscription 'With warmest good wishes, Winston S. Churchill' along the bottom after the secretary's signature. Only about a year and a half later, he returned to power as Prime Minister."" ""Stephen is urging me to buy it,"" said Mrs. Bryant. ""He is letting me keep it and look it over this week."" Stanwick smiled. ""My advice,"" he said, ""is to have nothing more to do with Mr. Faybush. In fact, I think I'll call to the local constabulary about him. This letter is a fraud. May I suggest that you find a good mutual fund for your money?"" How does Stanwick know the letter is a fraud?",No hint available.,"The letter was dated in 1950 and refers to ""Sir Winston"", but Churchill was not knighted (thereby earning the use of the title ""Sir"") until 1953.",Trivia,03/21/04 #22682,Tire Changing Dilemma,2.25,2.46,KnightsTale,A local service man left his office and drove 75 miles to a customer's location planning to replace a set of four front tires. Upon arrival he discovered that all his jacks had been stolen from the back of his truck. After a little thought (and a temper tantrum) he replaced the tires and returned. How was he able to accomplish this since he had no jack with which to raise the truck?,What kind of vehicle could require four front tires?,"The truck he was to work on was a Lift Truck (forklift). He tilted the mast back, placed blocks under it then tilted it forward, thereby raising the front of the vehicle. No jack needed.",Situation,05/05/05 #9368,Hidden Country #5,2.5100000000000002,1.34,warrior,"Find the name of a country that is hidden in this sentence (the letters are consecutive): He told them that it was important to brew ale slowly to enhance the flavour.",No hint available.,"Wales. brew ale slowly",Language,12/23/02 #2425,Fresh Veggies,2.32,1.75,Mad-ade,"Which vegetable is never sold tinned, frozen, freeze dried, cooked or anything else other than fresh?",No hint available.,Lettuce.,Trivia,02/24/02 #42902,Famous People In History I,2.2,2.36,RiddleMeThis91,C B = F of the A R C,No hint available.,Clara Barton = Founder of the American Red Cross,Letter-Equations,08/25/08 #1991,Santa,2.58,1.2,Majeen,Is it better to write a letter to Santa on an empty stomach or a full stomach?,No hint available.,It is better to write it on paper!,Trick,01/08/02 #1575,Stars,2.7,1.03,sam1234,"Sirius is one of the closest stars to the earth. It is 8.7 light-years away but is moving towards us at 8km per second. Wolf is another of our closest stars and is 7.7 light-years away. It is moving AWAY from us at 13km per second. When Wolf has travelled one light-year, what will be the closest star to the earth?",No hint available.,"The Sun. However much the other stars move, the sun will always be the closest.",Trick,12/03/01 #16066,Divided Countries,3.02,2.32,samm,"The following clues each form a unique word by themselves, add them together to get the name of a country. Example: blue and yellow mixed + solid ground = ? Answer: green + land = Greenland 1. something that will make you sick + an indefinite number = ? 2. half of the width of an em + an organ for secreting = ? 3. a swindle + to move or travel = ? 4. an animal's shelter + a visible sign = ?",No hint available.,"1. germ + any = Germany 2. en + gland = England 3. con + go = Congo 4. den + mark = Denmark",Language,01/06/04 #13816,Many Forms,2.79,2.69,MurfQ,"I may be in front when you wink Or I may be the way you think Metal wood or even plastic My many functions can be fantastic Sometimes I hold your most precious treasure Many different sizes can I measure A house is built on one of me But a home contains many more you see I don't know what more I can say But didn't you walk through me today?",No hint available.,"Frame -frames of eye-glasses -frame of mind -picture frame -frame of a house -door frame",Riddle,07/15/03 #7840,Older Than You Think,2.41,1.68,tissue,"To you I am nothing, Except a small speck. Yet I tell a huge story. I am older than you can think, Yet most people walk on me at least once. What am I?",No hint available.,Sand.,Riddle,10/03/02 #3464,mon4ey,2.26,1.08,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this: mon4ey",No hint available.,Foreign money,Rebus,04/13/02 #43880,How Many Doctors,2.28,1.62,fishmed,A group of doctors attended a conference. All but 40 were cardiologists. All but 50 were pediatricians. All but 60 were surgeons. These were the only types of doctors in attendance. How many in all attended the conference?,No hint available.,"The total attendance was 75. x = total attendance x-40 = total cardiologists x-50 = total pediatricians x-60 = total surgeons Final equation: x = x-40 + x-50 + x-60 x = 3x - 150 -2x = -150 x = 75 35 cardiologists 25 pediatricians 15 surgeons ---- 75 total attendees",Math,01/09/09 #25527,Easy Teaser,2.7600000000000002,1.69,nathalia,"Fill in the missing words example: ranch --- table could be ranch dressing, dressing table (missing word is dressing) Nail --- cabinet ---- phone",One word missing between each given word. The amount of dashes have nothing to do with the length of the word.,nail file cabinet speaker phone,Language,08/23/05 #12375,The Greasy Chauffeur,2.78,2.05,od-1,"Mr. OD-1 hired Mr. Redneck to fill in one night while his chauffeur was on vacation. Mr. Redneck took the limo to be washed and detailed before picking Mr. OD-1 up. Mr. Redneck sipped on his unsweetened lemonade and waited for the limo to be finished. Looking at his watch, he realized he had to get moving. Mr. Redneck tore out of the parking lot at warp speed, nearly spilling his lemonade over the freshly cleaned seats. All of a sudden the limo sputtered and died. Mr. Redneck, being a mechanic, leaped out of the limo and went to work under the hood. In less time than it takes a redneck to brush his tooth, he had fixed the limo, but now his hands were covered with grease. All he had in the limo was his drink, a box of Kleenex tissues with 2 tissues in it, a donut, car wax, and a bottle of his favourite aftershave. He knew if he greased up the limo he was done for. Mr. Redneck was not your average redneck though, for he not only made it on time but grease free to pick up Mr. OD-1. Using only the items in the limo how was he able to clean up?",No hint available.,"Mr. R poured the lemonade on his hands knowing that many floor cleaners contain lemon in them to dissolve oils. Then he splashed them with the aftershave, for aftershaves are made mostly of alcohol. It evaporated quickly leaving his hands clean and dry.",Situation,05/15/03 #29824,"The Dealership, Part 2",3.06,2.97,thompson1,"You will need the answers from ""The Dealership: Part 1"" to complete this. ""Car""-l (Carl) Smith is back, and he has another crisis on his hands. The 5 cars he bought a couple weeks ago were sold last week. He was walking across the street from his favorite fast food restaurant with the papers from the sales, when a car pulled out right in front of him. He dropped the papers and couldn't get them back because the wind blew them all away. Help Carl figure out each customer's first and last names, what car they bought, how much money they paid, and on what day they bought the cars. First Names - Fred, Jill, Calvin, Hannah, Katie Last Names - Jenkins, Chapman, Kendrick, Felton, Hampton Car - Mini, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, Ford $$ - $16,000, $24,000, $32,000, $38,000, $40,000 Day of the week - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 1. The 5 people are: Fred, Mr. Chapman, the one who bought a car on Thursday, the one who bought a car for $38,000, and the one who bought a Ford. 2. The 5 cars are: The BMW, the one bought by Hannah, the one bought by Mrs. Hampton, the one bought on Friday, and the one bought for $32,000. 3. Carl made a profit on each car. 4. The person who bought a car 2 days after Felton did bought her car for $8,000 less than the person who bought the car that was sold to Carl on Thursday. 5. No car was bought and sold on the same day of the week. 6. The Mini, which was not bought on Monday, was bought 1 day after the Ford. 7. Jill paid $8,000 less for her car than the person who bought a car on Saturday. 8. Kendrick bought his car before Felton did.",No hint available.,"Fred Kendrick bought his BMW for $40,000 on Monday. Jill Hampton bought her Jaguar for $24,000 on Thursday. Calvin Chapman bought his Mini for $32,000 on Saturday. Hannah Felton bought her Mercedes for $38,000 on Tuesday. Katie Jenkins bought her Ford for $16,000 on Friday. If you couldn't get it, this might help: Because of clues 5 and 6, you know that the Mini must not be bought on Monday or Thursday, and the Ford cannot be sold on Monday (5), Tuesday (not 1 day before anything), or Thursday (1). This means the Ford and the Mini must be sold on Friday and Saturday, respectively. In clue 7, It says that Jill payed $8,000 less than the car on Saturday, which you know is the Mini. Also, in clue 4, the person payed $8,000 less than the car sold to Carl on Thursday, which is the Mini. You now know that the person in that clue has to be Jill.",Logic-Grid,04/17/06 #21028,Word Fusion 4,2.7600000000000002,2.7600000000000002,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is a sleep relative. 2) This is a masculine painting. 3) This is when a snake stops moving. 4) This is body waste from a fruit.",No hint available.,"1) nap + kin = napkin 2) he + art = heart 3) asp + halt = asphalt 4) fig + urine = figurine",Language,02/13/05 #41143,I Have 7 Letters #2,2.55,1.39,soccerguy0428,"I have 7 letters. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Letters 1-2-3 is another word for a taxi. Letters 5-6-7 can be used to catch fish or butterfly. Letters 1-2-3-4-5 is usually a small house or cottage of simple design and construction. The whole word means a piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. It can also be used to store or display items.",No hint available.,"Word: CABINET CAB NET CABIN",Language,03/20/08 #20981,Logic Question,2.27,1.83,crimonie,Two Japanese people who have never seen each other meet at the New York Japanese Embassy. They decide to have drinks together at a nearby bar. One of them is the father of the other one's son. How is this possible?,They each own a dog.,The Japanese are husband and wife and both blind since birth.,Logic,02/11/05 #16118,Titanic,2.25,2.2,dumbell,"E N O Mr. Titanic",No hint available.,One-upmanship,Rebus,01/10/04 #5562,One-way Street,2.29,1.1,arij,A 16-year-old boy was driving a moped down a one-way street in the wrong direction. A policeman stopped him and gave him a ticket. The policeman paid the ticket himself. What is a logical explanation for this?,No hint available.,The boy was the policeman's son.,Situation,07/13/02 #49563,Spazy Croonerisms 26,2.64,2.3,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) the femur, relatively speaking & money lent to purchase a flat bottomed cargo boat 2) a molar, relative to position & a kiosk where small short nails can be purchased 3) an overcast period of time & unstylish pottery raw material 4) a stupid pyramid occupant & a silent ventriloquist partner",No hint available.,"1) large bone & barge loan 2) back tooth & tack booth 3) cloudy day & dowdy clay 4) dumb mummy & mum dummy",Language,08/14/12 #47913,0 to 10 Pyramid XIII,3.11,2.23,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you do this ""0 to 10"" in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch! The hint provides the starting letters of the even numbered words. 1. Describing a 180 degree turn 2. Greek's 13th letter 3. e.g. Macadamia, pecan, or acorn 4. Large fish, usually found in small cans 5. Mum's sisters 6. Remove (someone) from position of power 7. Crazy person - or a container for #3! 8. Creatures of Greek mythology: half man and half horse 9. More loyal and devoted 10. Most slovenly or grubby; most earthy or vulgar","2. N 4. T 6. U 8. C 10. R","1. U 2. Nu 3. Nut 4. Tuna 5. Aunts 6. Unseat 7. Nutcase 8. Centaurs 9. Stauncher 10. Raunchiest",Language,09/05/10 #38761,Wordonometry,2.08,2.34,calmsavior,"You have just enrolled into a new class called ""Wordonometry"". Wordonometry involves adding and subtracting parts of words and using special functions on a word. On the first day of the class, you claim that you are new to the subject, so the teacher goes easy on you. He gives you the definitions of certain key functions that will aid you in today's warm-up problem: ant = Change the word into an antonym of its former self. Example: ant(alive) = dead syn = Change the word into a synonym of its former self. Example: syn(idiosyncratic) = strange hom = Change the word into a homonym of its former self. Example: hom(straight) = strait +bgn+ = Add the second word/fragment to the beginning of the first word/segment. Example: lick +bgn+ s = slick +end+ = Add the second word/fragment to the end of the first word/fragment. Example: rob +end+ in = robin You can use these functions in any order you need to change words into other words. Can you use the following functions to change HIGHER into THRIVE? The functions are: ant(____) syn(____) hom(____) +bgn+ f +end+ ish",Use the hom function before using the syn function and after the ant function.,"Use the functions in this order: ant(HIGHER) = LOWER LOWER +bgn+ f = FLOWER hom(FLOWER) = FLOUR FLOUR +end+ ish = FLOURISH syn(FLOURISH) = THRIVE",Language,10/13/07 #18961,Romankachi Stationery!,2.16,2.2,lesternoronha1,"One of my very close friends, Raimo the shrewd has opened a new stationery store called ""The Romankachi Bookstore"" in honor of my grandfather Rudolf the world-famous Romankachi who had helped him a lot financially in recent times. Among other stationery items, pencils, erasers and sharpeners were available at this shop. Raimo told me that he could make profits in pencils, erasers and sharpeners only by adhering to the following: 1) A pencil, an eraser and a sharpener together to cost 7k (k being Kachin, the local Romankachi currency). 2) The cost of a sharpener would be more than that of 3 erasers. 3) No two items among pencils, erasers and sharpeners would be sold at the same cost. If all the costs are integers, can you look through Raimo's shrewdness and find out the cost of each of the stationery items mentioned above?",No hint available.,"It has been mentioned that all the costs are integers and no two items cost the same. Also 1) A pencil, an eraser and a sharpener together to cost 7k. 2) The cost of a sharpener would be more than that of 3 erasers. Now, let the cost of a pencil, an eraser and a sharpener be X, Y and Z respectively. Then X+Y+Z = 7 from condition 1 above. Also Z > 3Y from condition 2 above. Let the cost of each eraser Y=1, the smallest possible integer. Then Z > 3 (from condition 2). Let us consider the different values that Z can take: Let Z=4. Then X = 7-Y-Z (from equation X+Y+Z = 7). Then X = 7-1-4 = 2 Hence X = 2, Y = 1 and Z = 4. Let Z=5. Then X+Y = 2 (from equation X+Y+Z = 7). Hence X = Y = 1. This cannot be possible since it has been mentioned that no two items cost the same. For any higher values of Z, we do not get integer values for X and Y. Hence each pencil, eraser and sharpener must cost 2k, 1k and 4k respectively.",Math,09/27/04 #14036,Multiple Equations,2.68,1.92,taniapereira99,"The letters A through H below each represent a number from 1 to 9. Each letter represents the same number throughout and no number is used twice. If C=3 what is H? A - C = D G x E = F B + G = H D/C = E",No hint available.,"H = 5 A=9, B=1, C=3, D=6, E=2, F=8, G=4",Math,07/25/03 #6493,An Expensive Invitation,2.16,2.95,arij,She lost her job when she invited them to dinner. How come?,No hint available.,"Let's say ""she"" is named Suzy, and ""they"" are named Harry and Jane. Harry is an elderly archaeologist who has found a very old skeleton, which he's dubbed ""Jane"". Suzy is a buyer for a museum; she's supposed to make some sort of purchase from Harry, so she invites him to have a business dinner with her (at a restaurant). When she calls to invite him, he keeps talking about ""Jane,"" so Suzy assumes that Jane is his wife and says to bring her along. Harry, offended, calls Suzy's boss and complains; since Suzy should've known who Jane was, she gets fired.",Situation,08/13/02 #29750,MPH,2.68,2.44,peppamintp,"Last week, Jude and four friends all went off for a drive to a different place (one went to Bywater). They traveled at speeds of 20, 30, 35, 40, and 45 MPH, and traveled 20, 30, 60, 70, and 80 miles. From the information given, determine each one's speed, the distance each traveled, and each person's destination. 1. Jan drove 80 miles to her destination. 2. The driver who covered 60 miles went at 40 mph; it wasn't Jess, who went to Overfield. 3. It took two of the friends 40 minutes each to reach their destinations. Neither Jed nor the driver to Downlea was one of them. 4. Jake took 2 hours to reach Upwood. 5. The drive to Underford is 30 miles.",No hint available.,"Jake, 35 MPH, 70, Upwood Jan 20 MPH, 80, Downlea Jed, 40 MPH, 60, Bywater Jess, 30 MPH, 20, Overfield Jude, 45 MPH, 30, Underford",Logic-Grid,04/13/06 #17047,In My Hat,2.74,1.03,od-1,"Riddle me this and riddle me that. What is this thing I have stuck in my hat? Some think it quite nice and say I should use it. Others think that I often lose, or abuse it. This thing, I do hope, has lots of gray matter. But if knocked to the ground it may break open and splatter. So what is this thing I have stuck in my hat? Answer me this if you know all of that.",What do most people do with their hats?,"It's my HEAD in my hat it's quite plain to see. What else would I keep in my hat here but me?",Riddle,03/18/04 #6626,1 8 27 ? 125 216,2.39,1.39,Cascas,"Following the pattern shown in the number sequence below, what is the missing number? 1 8 27 ? 125 216",No hint available.,"64. Each number is the cube of the sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.",Series,08/17/02 #40963,Add it Up 6,2.68,1.55,Scubee,"Beginning with ""se"", add letters from the given pool to create an eight-letter word detailing ""the direction in which the salmon are heading"". Do not rearrange the letters as you go. In this teaser, you will add two letters in the last step. Pool: A M T R U P 1) SE 2) _ _ _ 3) _ _ _ _ 4) _ _ _ _ _ 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The hint gives definitions for each additional word.","2) a great body of salt water 3) to join by sewing 4) a vapor arising from a heated substance 5) a body of shallow, running water","1) SE 2) SEA 3) SEAM 4) STEAM 5) STREAM 6) UPSTREAM",Language,03/10/08 #48472,Front Loader 3,2.12,1.65,snowmonster,"What 3 letter word can you fill the blanks in with, to make 8 new words? 1) _ _ _ act 2) _ _ _ bid 3) _ _ _ rage 4) _ _ _ field 5) _ _ _ lasts 6) _ _ _ burst 7) _ _ _ doors 8) _ _ _ spoken",No hint available.,"1) Outact 2) Outbid 3) Outrage 4) Outfield 5) Outlasts 6) Outburst 7) Outdoors 8) Outspoken",Language,02/13/11 #2144,Horses in Stables,2.29,2.18,RoseJ0,"There are ten horses, but only 9 stables. How do you fit all the horses inside? -You can't put 2 horses in the same stable. -You can't make another stable. -You can't split a stable in half.",No hint available.,"These are the stables. [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] This is the answer. [t][e][n][h][o][r][s][e][s]",Trick,01/24/02 #22352,Smelly Feet,2.52,1.27,Palsha,"Part of this creature's name reveals a food product while the other half is a common name for an insect. As colorful and beautiful as it is, it's one of those strange creatures that tastes with its feet. What is it?",No hint available.,"A Butterfly. A butterfly is a creature that can taste with its feet.",Trivia,04/20/05 #279,Red and Black Cards,2.47,1.82,jerry1,"You have two cards, one red on both sides, one red on one side and black on the other. You reach into a hat and pull out one card, viewing only the top. It is red. What`s the probability that the other side is red?",No hint available.,"The probability that it is red is 2/3. If you think of the 3 red sides as labeled r1, r2, and r3, then 2 of the 3 times you see a red card, it will be red on the other side.",Probability,02/14/01 #52350,Wordknot #3,2.7600000000000002,1.9000000000000001,KDestroyer9,"Three related 10-letter words are hidden within the following ten lines. The first lines has the first letters of each word, the second line has their second letters, and so on. The catch is that on each line, the letters are jumbled together. In the hint, the theme is listed, but jumbled around. Good luck! 1. SBP 2. ELK 3. AAA 4. YTC 5. HEG 6. RBB 7. OAO 8. LAU 9. NLR 10. DSD",OTIAECRERN,"(1,2,3 mean different words) Theme: Recreation 1. 123 2. 231 3. 312 4. 312 5. 213 6. 321 7. 123 8. 213 9. 321 10. 123 Words: Skateboard, Beachballs, and Playground",Other,02/18/20 #2356,Poles and Strings,2.47,2.29,KevThaDrinkKilla,"You have two vertical poles. One stands at 6ft. 6in, the other at 7ft. 7in. From the top of each pole tie a string to the bottom of the other pole. At what height do the two strings cross?",It doesn't matter how far apart they are,"42 inches. You multiply the height of the two poles and then divide that by the sum of the two heights.. (78 x 91) divided by (78 + 91) = 42",Math,02/19/02 #31918,Lazy Sam the Journalist Part 9,2.56,2.68,triskit,"Sam, a journalist, is now working in Canada for a newspaper. He was going to write a new segment of quotes by the Monty Python group but there was one problem. The Canadians considered this top secret information (something interesting in Canada? This was big!), so it was sent in code. The problem is, Sam never got the code. Now he has to decode it himself. Can you help him? The message is as follows: AP, L'E F ZWEIXDQFKS FVG L'E AS; L TZXXR FZZ VLMPU FVG L BADS FZZ GFN. -ELKPFXZ RFZLV NAW QWTU PFJX UA SVAB UPXTX UPLVMT BPXV NAW'DX SLVM. -MDFPFE KPFREFV","(plain text)=(code) A=F B=I C=K D=G","Oh, I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK; I sleep all night and I work all day. -Michael Palin (Monty Python's Flying Circus) You just have to know these things when you're king. -Graham Chapman (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) A=F B=I C=K D=G E=X F=C G=M H=P I=L J=Q K=S L=Z M=E N=V O=A P=R Q=H R=D S=T T=U U=W V=J W=B X=Y Y=N Z=O",Cryptography,07/20/06 #9464,Around a Table,2.49,0.86,lesternoronha1,"What's the least number of chairs you would need around a table to sit four fathers, two grandfathers, and four sons?",No hint available.,Four. Two of the four fathers could be grandfathers and they are all definitely sons already.,Trick,12/29/02 #49976,Difficult Danny,2.61,1.95,eighsse,"Difficult Danny has acquired his nickname (and some other, less polite nicknames) due to the fact that, whenever he buys anything, he insists upon paying the exact amount, with precisely 100 pieces of currency. Danny walks into McArnold's and orders an iced coffee for $1.99. He pours 100 coins onto the counter, using some number (possibly zero) of each of the following: pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters. There are equal, non-zero quantities of dimes and quarters. What is the breakdown of coins that Difficult Danny used to pay for his iced coffee? (See hint for currency values.)","Penny = $0.01 Nickel = $0.05 Dime = $0.10 Quarter = $0.25","94 pennies, 0 nickels, 3 dimes, and 3 quarters.",Math,10/20/13 #4550,3 Digit Number,2.2,1.77,mad-ade,"I am a 3 digit number, I am evenly divisible by 2, 3, 6, 7, My 3rd digit is the square root of the 1st digit, And my 2nd digit is the sum of the 1st and 3rd. What Number Am I?",No hint available.,"462 Condition one: 462/2 = 231.0 462/3 = 154.0 462/6 = 77.0 462/7 = 66.0 Condition two: The square root of 4 (the 1st digit) = 2 (the 3rd digit) And finally, Condition three: 4 (the 1st digit) + 2 (the 3rd digit) = 6 (the 2nd digit)",Math,06/07/02 #2950,Turn the radio,2.1,1.08,cliff,"Can you decipher this: turn the radio",No hint available.,turn on the radio,Rebus,03/26/02 #9867,End/Start Inserts,3.01,2.59,snaps,"For each of the pairs of words below, insert a word in the blank space between them to form two separate words such that the inserted word finishes the first word and begins the second. For example, given ""MAN ____ ON"", you would insert the word ""GO"" to form ""MANGO"" and ""GOON"". The hint gives the number of letters in each of the words that must be inserted. BOW ____ AGE GENE ____ KING LAND ____ GOAT DIG ____ SELF PAR ____ ATE","The number of letters of each word that must be inserted are, respectively: 4, 3, 5, 2, 3.","LINE (bowline, lineage) TIC (genetic, ticking) SCAPE (landscape, scapegoat) IT (digit, itself) ROT (parrot, rotate) or DON (pardon, donate)",Language,01/17/03 #26424,Sum of the Parts 2,2.73,2.22,cnmne,"What famous phrase is represented by this rebus? (K + I + N + G) = (D + U + K + E) = (S + I + R) = (M + I + S + T + E + R) = ...",No hint available.,"All men are created equal (within each pair of parentheses: the letters for a male title are being added, thus men are being created; the ellipsis (...) indicates that the equation applies to all men, thus all men are created equal), from the United States Declaration of Independence.",Rebus,10/18/05 #44445,Words With NU,2.07,1.92,cnmne,"Five words that contain NU as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? NU***, **NU*, ***NU*, NU*****, ****NU* Pool: A, A, C, D, E, E, E, E, E, G, I, L, L, M, R, R, S, T, V, W",No hint available.,"NUDGE, MINUS, WALNUT, NUCLEAR, REVENUE",Language,05/12/09 #46627,Operation: Spice-Ectomy,2.36,2.32,cnmne,"Six words have had their spices removed. The spices have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each spice with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: anise, basil, cumin, dill, sage, salt Group B: arvey, cre, grdo, phtti, racay, rblg",No hint available.,"anise + grdo = grandiose (grANdIoSE) basil + arvey = abrasively (aBrASIveLy) cumin + rblg = crumbling (CrUMblINg) dill + racay = radically (raDIcaLLy) sage + phtti = spaghetti (SpAGhEtti) salt + cre = scarlet (ScArLeT)",Language,03/28/10 #36789,Words With One Letter Changed #2,2.84,1.87,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given two definitions. Each pair of definitions is for two unrelated words. Your task is to discover what these two words are. In the answer to the second word, I took the first word, but changed one of its letters to make a completely different word. (i.e. table - fable) 1. An instrument used to measure time - an outer garment. 2. An instrument used in woodworking for smoothing wood - a shallow dish used for eating food. 3. A deep basin used to hold liquids or food - to utter a loud prolonged cry. 4. A position of authority - a group of singers.",No hint available.,"1. clock - cloak 2. plane - plate 3. bowl - howl 4. chair - choir",Language,05/30/07 #36481,A Question of Superiority,2.58,1.7,brainster,"What saying is hidden in the story below? Mr. Excalibur and Mr. Montblanc got into an argument. Mr. Excalibur argued that he was more powerful and stronger than Mr. Montblanc on all counts. Mr. Montblanc argued otherwise. Unable to decide, they decided to ask a common friend what he thought. The friend replied almost instantly, even though Mr. Excalibur towered over the puny and somewhat frightened looking Mr. Montblanc. He said ""Mr. Montblanc is definitely the stronger one.""",No hint available.,"The pen is mightier than the sword. Montblanc is a well known brand of pens. Excalibur is of course, King Arthur's famed sword.",Other,05/02/07 #41542,Change It Up!,2.69,2.49,plain_jane,"Study the words in Group A and Group B carefully. Group A: Mat Chin Held Quit Limb Group B: Last Pot Miss Beg Pick Where would you classify the following words: 1) Ten 2) Swan",No hint available.,The word 'Ten' should go to Group B and the word 'Swan' to Group A. Changing the last letter of the words in Group A to the letter 'P' will form a new word. Changing the vowel letter of the words in Group B to any other vowel will form a new word.,Group,04/16/08 #9136,"Like, Men, Guy, Crack",2.52,1.59,warrior,"What word goes before or after these words to make new words or phrases? Like, men, guy, crack",No hint available.,"Wise. Likewise, Wise men, wise guy, wisecrack.",Language,12/13/02 #46647,Rock & Roll,2.75,2.33,flyfisher,"What is represented by the strings below? 1. (2+2) + days of long ago+strong emotion + adios + the 36"" feathered creatures. 2. Small Chevy truck + an elixir + the square root of the #81 + so long + the living dead. 3. Visual orb + tin container+ body of water + two squared + more than one unit of 1760 yards + ciao + the call of an owl.",Songs and artists from the sixties and seventies.,"1. For Your Love by The Yardbirds (4+yore+love+bye+36""= a yard+birds) 2. Love Potion #9 by The Zombies (LUV+potion+#9+bye-the zombies) 3. I Can See For Miles by The Who (eye+can+sea+4+ several of 1760 yard units=miles+ bye+the Whooo)",Language,04/01/10 #38067,What Do They Have In Common 3,2.28,1.77,merrimackxc2010,"What do these 3 sports teams have in common? Maple Leafs, White Sox, Red Sox",No hint available.,"They all have a words that are purposely misspelled to make them sound like other words. Maple LEAFS-Sounds like leaves White SOX-Sounds like socks Red SOX-Sounds like socks",Other,09/01/07 #6734,"PY, NL, DE, QR...",2.29,2.34,missie,"Finish the series: PY, NL, DE, QR, HF-DR, ==?==",No hint available.,DR; it is the first and last letter of all the coins from a penny to a dollar.,Series,08/21/02 #1784,Shot the Turkey,2.39,1.46,missie,The world's largest turkey was on display at a fair. Everyone was admiring it when suddenly a woman ran up and shot the turkey and left. Everyone knew her yet nobody made any attempts to stop or report her. Why?,No hint available.,She was a journalist and had shot the turkey with a camera.,Trick,12/21/01 #22983,Spring Break,3.05,2.48,kapmom,"Mike Jones, a travel agent at the Bon Voyage travel agency, was mildly surprised when five college students stopped by his office last Saturday morning, since each booked his spring-break trip months ahead of time. Each student came into the store at a different time and booked a trip to a different destination via a different mode of transportation. From the information provided, can you determine the time in the morning at which each student stopped by, as well as the destination and mode of transportation each chose? 1. Taylor came into the office at some point after the student who booked the trip to Miami. The student who booked a train ticket came in at 11:00 a.m. 2. The student who came in at 9:00 a.m. (who isn't the one named Allen) booked the trip to Washington D.C. 3. Brian (who booked a rental car) came in exactly 30 minutes after Paul (who booked a trip to Orlando). 4. The student who booked a trip to the Virgin Islands via sailboat is not the one who came in at 10:30 a.m. 5. Dennis is not the one who booked a bus reservation.",No hint available.,"9:00. Dennis, Washington DC, airplane 9:30, Allen, Virgin Islands, sailboat 10:00 Paul, Orlando, bus 10:30 Brian, Miami, rental car 11:00 Taylor, New Orleans, train",Logic-Grid,05/18/05 #11262,Fresh Water?,2.35,0.88,Nancewrite,"A man was in the middle of the Arctic ocean with only a kerosene stove and a pickaxe. He had plenty of food but he didn't have water. He somehow got water each day. How did he do this?",Think of what you would find floating in the arctic ocean.,"He chipped off pieces of icebergs with his pickaxe, then he melted them with his stove. When melted, icebergs become fresh water even if they are in saltwater.",Science,03/18/03 #30248,For Good,2.68,2.7,mufffin09,"This is a series of riddles, whose answers all have a relation to each other. Answer the riddles to find the relation. Riddle 1: I am a bond that is hard to break, And you can have one of me with anyone, as long as you remain kind and friendly. Riddle 2: I was born of a person, who shares their name with a weapon. They called America the golden land, But I'm the one with the street of gold. I have 4 regions, North, South, East, and West. Riddle 3: I arrive when one must play along with something that they don't agree with. When one fights the higher power, I am there. Riddle 4: If I want to, I can fight the science textbook. People want my power, yet instead of revering me, they might kill me.",No hint available.,"They all relate to the musical Wicked. The answers to the riddles are, in order: friendship, the Land of Oz, rebellion, witches. Friendship, once it's made, is hard to sever, and you can be friends with any person, as long you remain friendly. The land of Oz was created by L. Frank Baum, which is pronounced like the weapon that one throws and it explodes. It also possess the famous Yellow Brick Road. Oz is typically broken up into its four regions, which if you read other Oz books or the novel by Gregory Maguire on which Wicked was based, you'd know were called (starting North and going counter clockwise) Gillikin, Munchkinland, Quadling Country, and the Vinkus. People rebel when they are forced to deal with something they find wrong. People rebel against the higher power that is making them go along with the situation that they find wrong. A witch can defy the laws of nature, which would be written in a science textbook. Most people want the power to magically do whatever they can't do, and yet most recorded ""witch"" encounters stated that the witches were evil and should be killed.",Trivia,05/03/06 #43402,Operation: Bowling-Ectomy,2.09,2.5,cnmne,"Six words have had their bowling terms removed. The bowling terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each bowling term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: frame, lane, pin, spare, split, strike Group B: aghtjact, akli, cato, dilesu, hoitay, imnt",No hint available.,"frame + imnt = firmament (FiRmAMEnt) lane + akli = alkaline (aLkAliNE) pin + cato = caption (caPtIoN) spare + dilesu = displeasure (diSPleAsuRE) split + hoitay = hospitality (hoSPitaLITy) strike + aghtjact = straightjacket (STRaIghtjacKEt)",Language,10/23/08 #10430,Duck Feathers,2.11,2.19,eggbert,"What does this represent? Duck Feathers Duck Feathers Duck Feathers DUCK FEATHERS",No hint available.,Fourth Down (American Football),Rebus,02/13/03 #31238,Presidential Scrambler 3,2.43,1.66,bigSWAFF_69_,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a former U.S. President. keast (take the 3rd and 4th letters) redab (take the 2nd and 4th letters) codgron (take the 4th and 7th letters)",No hint available.,"The unscrambled words are: steak bread corndog e, a, r, a, n, g Unscramble the letters to get: Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981 - 1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 - 1975). At age 69 he was the oldest person elected president. Before entering politics, Reagan was a motion picture actor, head of the Screen Actors Guild, a television actor, and a motivational speaker. His speaking style, which was widely regarded as well-delivered and persuasive, earned Reagan the accolade ""The Great Communicator"" from the media.",Language,06/21/06 #45509,Add a Letter 33,2.31,1.81,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a skin sensation & sorceress (4 letters) 2) to run or drive ashore & to blanch (5 letters) 3) marked by contemptuous disregard of others & lacking discretion (8 letters) 4) a religious leader & a long-eared mammal (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) itch & witch 2) beach & bleach 3) impudent & imprudent 4) rabbi & rabbit",Language,10/19/09 #16690,Cast a Net,2.73,2.65,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Group A: castanets existence kowtow venomous Group B: gardening lucky mountain restaurant",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A contains a number spelled backward. castaNETs - 10 eXIStence - 6 kOWTow - 2 vENOmous - 1 thus gardENINg - 9",Group,02/22/04 #34623,"It's a Bird, It's A...",2.26,1.83,Writer_fighter,C K = S (in the S C),No hint available.,Clark Kent = Superman (In the Superman Comics),Letter-Equations,12/29/06 #28978,Cape of Good Hope,3.06,2.28,Victor,"The weather at the Cape of Good Hope makes it a notorious location where many ships have been lost to the sea. Philip Wood, the famous diver, has discovered four ships that sank in the same spot, one on top of each other. With some skill, Philip was able to determine the name, captain, cargo, destination and year each ship was built. The question is, can you? 1. During his first exploration of the site, Philip determined there were four ships - the Red Rover, the ship built in 1743, the ship captained by Quigley and the ship carrying tea that was bound for North America. 2. The ship that carried a cargo of saffron was built after the ship that carried a cargo of tea. 3. An entry in one ship's log, found at the site, indicated that the ship built in 1522 was carrying a valuable cargo of gold. 4. One ship was carrying botanical specimens to France. Philip determined that this was not the Royal Bride. 5. The Scarlet Queen, a pirate ship, was certainly built before the nineteenth century but not as early as the sixteenth. The captain of this ship was the famous rogue Clubfoot. 6. The Wanderer was built after the Royal Bride. The Royal Bride's cargo was not tea and the Royal Bride was not travelling to the South Seas. 7. Captain Bolton's ship was built before Clubfoot's and before The Royal Bride.",No hint available.,"Royal Bride, 1743, Vickers, Saffron, England; Scarlet Queen, 1688, Clubfoot, Tea, North America; Red Rover, 1522, Bolton, Gold, South Seas; Wanderer, 1817, Quigley, Specimens, France. The ship built in 1522 was carrying gold (3). This is not the Scarlet Queen (5), the Wanderer (6) or the Royal Bride (7) so must have been the Red Rover. The Scarlet Queen was built in either 1688 or 1743 (5) and the Wanderer was built after the Royal Bride, so the Wanderer was built in 1817 and the Royal Bride in either 1688 or 1743. So the captain of the Red Rover was Captain Bolton (7). The ship carrying tea was not the Red Rover (gold), the Royal Bride (6) or the Wanderer (2) so was the Scarlet Queen. The Scarlet Queen's destination was North America (1) and her captain was Clubfoot (5). The Scarlet Queen was not built in 1743 (1) so was built in 1688 and the Royal Bride was built in 1743. The Royal Bride was not carrying gold (Red Rover), tea (Scarlet Queen) or botanical specimens (4) so was carrying saffron and the Wanderer was carrying the specimens to France. Quigley was not the captain of the Royal Bride (1) so was the captain of the Wanderer and Vickers was the captain of the Royal Bride. The Royal Bride's destination was not the South Seas (6) so was England and the Red Rover's destination was the South Seas.",Logic-Grid,03/07/06 #45148,Up So High,2.72,1.59,fishmed,"I am extremely heavy, yet I fly through the air. Not many people understand how I stay up there. Almost everyone sees me, as overhead I fly by. Not seen on the ground, found only in the sky.",I am not a plane.,"A cloud Clouds are made up of billions of droplets or frozen crystals, usually 0.01mm in diameter. When massed in these billions, they become visible as clouds. They are also very reflective, 70-95%, which is why they appear white, at least on top. They scatter light very well, which is why from underneath, clouds tend to appear grey or black. A water droplet weighs very little, but when you count the billions that cling together, a small cumulus cloud can weigh upwards of 550 tons.",Riddle,08/26/09 #49249,Words With OM,2.06,2.41,cnmne,"Five words that contain OM as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***OM, *OM***, **OM**, ***OM*, **OM*** Pool: B, C, D, E, E, E, H, H, I, I, L, N, P, P, R, R, R, T, V, Y",No hint available.,"VENOM, HOMILY, PROMPT, CHROME, BROMIDE",Language,01/13/12 #22593,Mini Mine Sweeper,2.66,1.6,slow_turtle,"5 total bombs in 3 by 4 grid (3 rows, 4 columns): row 1: ? ? 2 1 row 2: 3 ? ? ? row 3: ? 1 ? ? Find the bombs. Mine Sweeper rules: each number represents the exact total of surrounding mines.",There is enough information to figure out the entire grid.,"* are bombs. row 1: * * 2 1 row 2: 3 3 3 * row 3: * 1 2 * Explanation: Let's rewrite the grid with letters: row 1: A B 2 1 row 2: 3 C D E row 3: F 1 G H Step 1: we know either D or E is a bomb (but not both). Step 2: From Step 1, we know B or C is a bomb (but not both). Step 3: From Step 2, we know A and F are bombs. row 1: * B 2 1 row 2: 3 C D E row 3: * 1 G H Step 4: From Step 3, we know C, D, and G are not bombs. row 1: * B 2 1 row 2: 3 - - E row 3: * 1 - H Step 5: From step 4, we know B is a bomb and E is a bomb. row 1: * * 2 1 row 2: 3 - - * row 3: * 1 - H Step 6: Since there are exactly 5 bombs H must be a bomb. row 1: * * 2 1 row 2: 3 - - * row 3: * 1 - *",Logic,05/01/05 #6509,2 = W on a B,2.14,1.54,missie,2 = W on a B,No hint available.,2 = wheels on a bike,Letter-Equations,08/13/02 #8530,Hand in Hand,2.22,3.09,electronjohn,"Can you figure out a meaning for the following sentence? Hand a hand a hand a hand and hand a hand a hand a hand.",Hand has many meanings.,"One possible meaning is: Pass a hired worker your fingered appendage four inches and pass him a poker hand the same distance. Did you find any others?",Language,11/20/02 #49156,Method of Giving,2.68,2.1,Skybet,"If I were to give, This is what I'd do, To overtake another, This is how I'd move, To do this in a test, My answers must be true, And if I know not the answer, This method I must use.","If this were a test, And you were on the spot, What would you respond, If you knew the answer, not?","Pass To pass an object to someone else, to pass as in overtake, to pass a test, to pass a question.",Riddle,11/23/11 #1373,"1, 2, 1.5, 1.666...",2.15,2.9,mrice,"What is the next number in this series: 1, 2, 1.5, 1.66666, 1.6, ?",No hint available.,"The next number is: 1.625 The series constructed by, beginning with one, add one to the inverse of the previous number. If you keep going, you will eventually bottom out at: 1.618033988749895 Which is neat because that is one of the two solutions to the quadratic equation: x^2 - x - 1 = 0 Which is the same as the equation: x = 1/x + 1 Which is how each number in the series is generated, or, x{n+1} = 1/x{n} + 1 Another interesting fact about this series: You will end up at the same number regardless of the positive number you begin with!",Series,11/12/01 #7798,Time to Leave,2.19,2.58,dsquared,"What expression is represented below: FLIORGE ---> FIRE LOG",It is a Computer technical term,"LOG OUT ie. you have taken the log out of the fire.",Rebus,10/01/02 #16015,The Best You Can Buy,2.52,1.36,O_wise_one,"What does the following phrase represent? Ci(3Dsquare)gar",What is a 3D square?,"Cuban Cigar 3D Square= Cube Cube in Cigar",Rebus,01/02/04 #8802,Biblical Anagram,2.42,1.77,im_para_noid,"What is the name of the Biblical preacher hidden in this anagram? Tap job his tenth",No hint available.,John the Baptist,Language,11/28/02 #28702,Number Letter Code,2.72,2.2,RainyMysteria,"Write a table that contains a row of letters and a row of numbers where you can clearly tell that A=1, B=2, C=3 etc until Z=26. Using it, decipher the clues to find a seven letter name of an animal that has three hearts. - The 2nd letter is a consonant, with the value of a single-digit, odd number. - The first and fourth letters are the same and their value is a multiple of 5. - The sixth letter is a vowel, whose value is greater than 10. - The third letter has a value that is 4 greater than the 5th. - The seventh letter is a 2-digit, prime number. - The fourth and fifth letters, one a vowel and one a consonant, are consecutive letters, with the product of their values being 240.",No hint available.,"Octopus. Values: 15 3 20 15 16 21 19.",Other,02/19/06 #49888,Absurd Arithmetic,2.52,2.31,ThinksForFun,"Step 1. Start with five, which is five. Step 2. Add one, giving six. Step 3. Add one, giving eight. Step 4. Subtract one, giving nine. Step 5. Subtract one, giving three. Step 6. Subtract two, giving seven. What is going on here? In what situation does this make sense?",The things being added and subtracted are not the same as the things they are resulting in.,"The things being added and subtracted are the segments comprising the display digits of a digital clock, as follows: Step 1. You start with the five segments which comprise the digit five. Step 2. One segment is added giving the digit six. Step 3. Then another segment is added to the digit six, resulting in the digit eight, and so on, for the remaining steps.",Other,07/28/13 #24916,What's the Time 2,2.18,2.26,phrebh,"Checkers, the smartest dog in the world, was outside playing his favorite game, barking at birds, one afternoon. At 3:24 he all of a sudden ran inside the house to get some water. As he entered the house, he looked at the big digital clock in the kitchen which said 3:25. He thought it was strange that the clock was wrong, but since he doesn't have thumbs, he figured that one of his people could set it later. How did he know that the clock was wrong?",No hint available.,"Since Checkers thought it was strange that the clock was wrong, he couldn't have known that it was wrong already. What he did know, however, was that the clock was a 24 hour clock and therefore should have shown the hour as 15 since it was in the afternoon.",Trick,07/27/05 #16980,RevRebuseserse,2.8,2.41,snaps,"We've all seen a rebus like ""midstuckdle"" (stuck in the middle). The following clues are ""revrebuseserse"" (rebuses in reverse). That is, the clues below are answers to rebuses which all use the ""in"" construction. However, the original rebus from the clues below will actually form a word. For example, ""Not old in actually existing"" would be ""renewal"" (new in real). Can you solve the rest? 1. Above average height in a plaything 2. Move like a liquid in a four-legged animal with horns 3. A rodent in pastry covered delicacies 4. Naked in a feline 5. Paintings and sculptures in an injury caused by an insect. 6. Small, round, green vegetables in a tailless monkey",No hint available.,"1. Totally (tall in toy) 2. Deflower (flow in deer) 3. Pirates (rat in pies) 4. Cabaret (bare in cat) 5. Starting (art in sting) 6. Appease (peas in ape)",Language,03/10/04 #20232,Jangle in the Jungle,2.84,2.68,stm8r1,"Add a different set of three letters to each of the following words to create a list of new words. The three-letter additions all have something in common. What are the new words, and how are the three-letter additions related? EASE GIN HEM ICE ON OPUS RILE TIC",MENTATION is another.,"DECEASE MARGIN MAYHEM NOVICE APRON OCTOPUS FEBRILE SEPTIC Each of the three-letter additions is the common three-letter abbreviation for the months of the year (DEC, MAR, MAY, etc). AUG completes the hint word.",Language,01/04/05 #27962,Anagram Plus II,2.65,2.42,peppamintp,"Find the names of the jewelry pieces by adding one of the given letters to each word and rearranging the letters. All the letters will not be used. A B C I K M N P S U 1. Tanned + ? = 2. Treacle + ? = 3. Garner + ? = 4. Metal + ? = 5. Nitpick + ? =",No hint available.,"1. Pendant 2. Bracelet 3. Earring 4. Amulet 5. Stickpin",Language,01/08/06 #5324,High on the Hog,2.69,1.82,Bobbrt,"In the limerick below, the word that goes in the first blank will be used for the second blank after one letter has been added to its beginning. All further blanks will be filled using the same rule. For example, the first word could be ""an"", the second ""ran"", and the third ""bran"". ""____ me some real food,"" the gruff Little pig said. ""It's lousy enough That I ____ in mud - Must I ____ this crud You call 'slop'? Give me corn - and no guff!""",No hint available.,"""ALLOW me some real food,"" the gruff Little pig said. ""It's lousy enough That I WALLOW in mud - Must I SWALLOW this crud You call 'slop'? Give me corn - and no guff!""",Language,07/08/02 #3414,LOINFETCIEME,2.3,1.61,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this phrase: LOINFETCIEME",No hint available.,once in a lifetime,Rebus,04/10/02 #9994,Name Train I,2.93,2.35,electronjohn,"A Name Train is a puzzle where each name is connected together like box cars in a train. You are given the first car (the Engine) and the last car (the caboose), and you have to fill in the car or cars in between. Every two consecutive cars will form a name of a person or character. Here is an example Name Train: Joan [ ] Li. The answer is Joan Jet Li (Joan Jet-Female singer, Jet Li-Actor) Ready? OK here goes: 1. Chris [ ] Hudson 2. Chris [ ] Asimov 3. Boy [ ] [ ] Ford 4. Elton [ ] [ ] Newton 5. Curious [ ] [ ] [ ] Browne","1. Comedian, Actor 2. Singer, Author (Sci-Fi) 3. Singer, Singer, Actor 4. Singer, Actor, Singer 5. Character in kids books, Singer, Singer, Singer","1. Chris Rock Hudson 2. Chris Isaac Asimov 3. Boy George Harrison Ford 4. Elton John Wayne Newton 5. Curious George Michael Jackson Browne",Language,01/28/03 #44336,Words With BL,1.9000000000000001,2.0,cnmne,"Five words that contain BL as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **BL*, *BL***, **BL**, ***BL*, **BL*** Pool: A, A, A, A, C, E, E, E, G, I, M, N, O, O, P, R, T, U, U, W",No hint available.,"AMBLE, OBLONG, PUBLIC, WARBLE, TABLEAU",Language,04/09/09 #5101,Two Digit Numbers,2.23,2.19,mad-ade,"Take the 2-digit number 45. Square it (45 x 45) to make 2025 Split this 4-digit number in half to make 20 and 25 Add them (20 + 25) to make 45 Which is what you started with. Can you find another 2-digit number which does the same?",No hint available.,55 or 99,Math,07/01/02 #3336,Diamond Theft,2.4,2.37,204_blaze_41,"There is a famous diamond displayed in a room that measures 15 meters by 15 meters by 15 meters. The room is made entirely of concrete blocks and the floor is covered with a thick carpet. The only thing in the room is the diamond that is housed under a glass cube. The glass cube stands on a one-meter pedestal in the centre of the room. Alarm wires spaced eight centimetres apart and running parallel to each other lie under the carpet. The alarm will trigger if more than four kilograms of pressure is applied to any individual wire. Will Carlo who weighs 74 kilograms was able to steal the famous diamond using the following equipment: a five meter 2 x 4 board, four leather straps (each two meters long and five cm wide), a hammer, and a saw. How could he do it without triggering the alarm?",No hint available.,"Will Carlo stole the diamond in the following manner: First, he cut five meter 2 x 4 boards in half. Then using the available straps, he fastened the two boards to his feet like skies. With the boards strapped to his feet, his weight was displacing enough so that he did not exceed the wire's weight tolerance and triggers the alarm. Carlo then slowly and carefully walked to the centre of the room, smashed the glass cube with the hammer, took the diamond and returned the same way he came in.",Logic,04/07/02 #46595,Five Candles,2.22,0.44,sashomarine,A man lit five candles on a table and a gust of wind coming out from a nearby window put out two of the candles. How many candles are there now?,"No, the candles didn't light themselves.",Five. Three of them are lit and the other two are not.,Trick,03/22/10 #21368,A Game of Cards,2.87,2.1,cdrock,"My worst enemy or in other words my boss, made me a bet that if I get it right then I can have his job and be rich for the rest of my life, but if I get it wrong then I lose my job and I give him all the money I have. He told me that it is a game of cards and there will be 7 cards (8 through ace) face down in a certain order. He will give me 6 clues on the order of them. If I can get the order right then I win the bet. I accepted the bet thinking it would be really easy but I was wrong. Can you help me? What is the order? 1. The ""ace"" is two cards away from the ""9"" card. (1 between) 2. The ""8"" card is between the ""10"" card and the ""king"". 3. The ""king"" is four cards away from the ace. (3 between) 4. The ""jack"" is directly right of the ""ace"". 5. The ""Queen"" is in the middle. 6. The ""jack"" is somewhere right of the ""10"" card.",No hint available.,"King, 8, 10, Queen, Ace, Jack, 9",Logic,03/05/05 #20460,Note From Mum,2.24,2.44,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented by Sunday? Monday : Note from Mother unopened Tuesday: Note from Mother unopened Wednesdsay: Note from Mother unopened Thursday: Note from Mother unopened Friday: Note from Mother unopened Saturday: Note from Mother unopened Sunday: Note from Mother opened and viewed.",No hint available.,"A red letter day lit The note (letter) was read (red) on Sunday.",Rebus,01/18/05 #43710,Operation: Tennis-Ectomy,2.28,2.2,cnmne,"Six words have had their tennis terms removed. The tennis terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each tennis term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: ace, deuce, fault, love, match, serve Group B: conbae, crwdir, dtibl, expsi, rhr, riar",No hint available.,"ace + rhr = archer (ArChEr) deuce + dtibl = deductible (DEdUCtiblE) fault + conbae = confabulate (conFAbULaTe) love + expsi = explosive (expLOsiVE) match + riar = matriarch (MATriarCH) serve + crwdir = screwdriver (ScrEwdRiVEr)",Language,12/12/08 #50082,Dropboxes XVIII,2.95,2.54,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Summoned [_] 2. Open widely, as a mouth [_] 3. Wooden pin 4. Sender [_] 5. Domain [_] 6. Full serving of food 7. Threaded [_] 8. Grumble [_] 9. Revolve 10. Halted [_] 11. Deceives; scams [_] 12. Drove too fast 13. Risk [_] 14. Crisp toast [_] 15. Bundle of hay 16. Head of a country [_] 17. Extent of a sovereign's rule [_] 18. Non-composite number 19. Like a dull, simple task [_] 20. Italian city [_] 21. Peruvian capital 22. Consumer's price [_] 23. Test [_] 24. Fibber",No hint available.,"1. paged [D] 2. gape [A] 3. peg 4. mailer [I] 5. realm [R] 6. meal 7. strung [S] 8. grunt [G] 9. turn 10. paused [A] 11. dupes [U] 12. sped 13. gamble [G] 14. Melba [M] 15. bale 16. premier [R] 17. empire [E] 18. prime 19. menial [E] 20. Milan [N] 21. Lima 22. retail [E] 23. trial [T] 24. liar ""Disagree"" and ""argument"" -- a potential cause and effect.",Language,01/20/14 #10640,Scramble and Pass,2.61,3.06,griphook,"NOTE SHOW FERRET UFO VISE EXIT NEVE HINGE IN What is this? The title should give a clue as to how to solve this, but if you need more, see the hint.","Starting with the first word, SCRAMBLE each word and PASS letters that you don't need to the next word to determine this series of words.","ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE From NOTE, scramble to form ONE and pass the T. From TSHOW, scramble to form TWO and pass SH. From SHFERRET, scramble to form THREE and pass SFR.etc",Language,02/23/03 #42066,Actors #4,2.63,2.65,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the last name of a famous actor within each sentence. Each missing word has the SOUND of an actor's name. You must find a famous actor's last name that sounds like familiar words to complete these sentences so they make sense. Example: "" ______ of dandruff fell on his shirt collar."" Answer: AFFLECK of dandruff fell on his shirt collar."" (A Fleck) 1. A good doorbell usually has a ______ . 2. Mr. Jones retired, but a ______ was hired to take his place. 3. The man who saw the ""No Logging"" ______ the tree anyway. 4. When you get ______ me at the office.",No hint available.,"1. Gooding (good ding) 2. Newman (new man) 3. Seinfeld (sign felled) 4. Bacall (back call)",Language,05/28/08 #25334,The Four Jays,2.55,2.4,katie56,"Four friends named Jane, June, Jean and Jenny discovered that, if a different non-zero integer was assigned to each letter of their names and added together, it produced their ages. June is 17, Jenny is two years older, while Jane and Jean are both sweet 16. All the girls agree that June is in her prime. Can you find the numbers the girls assigned to each letter of their names? (There are two possible answers.)",prime...,"J=2; U=7; N=5; E=3; A=6; Y=4 or J=3; U=7; N=5; E=2; A=6; Y=4 The little clue 'June is in her prime' should have helped, as it suggests that all the numbers in her name are prime numbers. As the total is 17 all the numbers must be less than 10, so: J=2; U=7; N=5; E=3 (or J=3; U=7; N=5; E=2) Setting these numbers in the word Jane or Jean we can conclude that 16=2+A+5+3, so A=6. Putting these numbers in the word Jenny in the same way we find Y=4.",Logic,08/15/05 #395,Boots Here,2.3,2.15,NevermoreMan,"Rhythmic breathing pushes you forward as the scenery glides past. You have a long way to go, but concentration is on your side. But, your brand new boots are hurting your feet. You should have left them in the car. You`ve got other boots with you, but the new boots are too heavy to carry and the scenery is too sparse to hide them. How can you ensure that if you leave them you won`t lose them?",No hint available.,Leave the boots far apart. Nobody will pick up a single boot.,Other,04/19/01 #17447,Hidden Word Change #2,2.36,2.35,kvernphil,"Change the word LION to BEAR in exactly 6 words. Sounds simple... however, change it in exactly six words, taking the new letter in each new word, unscramble them and create two new words used to fill in the blanks of the sentence below. LION ~~~> BEAR Sentence: Each generation is left __ _____ the mistakes of the one before.",One of the words in the sentence is one of the animals in the word change.,"LION ~~~> BEAR 1. LOON 2. LOOT 3. BOOT 4. BOAT 5. BEAT 6. BEAR Sentence: Each generation is left TO BEAR the mistakes of the one before.",Language,04/22/04 #42447,The Best Pitcher,2.43,2.18,AndrewWalker,"""Mommy, Mommy, I am the best pitcher alive!"" A young boy exclaimed. ""I pitched four strikeouts in the first inning!"" ""No son, you can only pitch three an inning."" ""No honey,"" the father said, ""you can have four strikeouts."" How?",No hint available.,"You can have four strikeouts if the third strike that is thrown is a wild pitch, and/or the catcher doesn't catch it, then you can steal first base. If the runner makes it to first, then it still counts as a strikeout, but without the out.",Other,07/09/08 #33412,One Less Than...,2.5,2.47,lessthanjake789,"What is the smallest number, besides 1, that is one less than twice its digits reversed?","So, 2 digit number AB = 2BA-1.",73. 37*2 - 1 = 73.,Math,10/09/06 #6013,oturnedut,2.38,0.9,Cascas,"What does this mean? oturnedut",No hint available.,Turned inside out,Rebus,07/29/02 #3302,The Yard,2.3,2.29,Goku,What can cover the whole yard but still be smaller than a fully grown man?,No hint available.,A Fence,Other,04/06/02 #4263,Alphabet,2.21,0.68,cowcowloverjr,How many letters are in the alphabet?,Read carefully,"11. T-H-E A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T",Trick,05/25/02 #11632,Affordability,2.32,1.8800000000000001,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? C#R#E#D#I#T# #C#R#E#D#I#T C#R#E#D#I#T# #C#R#E#D#I#T C#R#E#D#I#T#",No hint available.,"A Credit Check (which is used to find out your credit history) See the 'checkered' pattern.",Rebus,04/08/03 #9640,Geographical Challenge,2.67,2.73,MrIxolite,"1) Create an alphabetical list consisting of all the countries on the planet that begin with the letter L. 2) Eliminate the country with the fewest letters. 3) Apply the following code (you must figure out what the code is) - 2 3 2 5 1 12 7 10 to the remaining list 4) Rearrange what you have to find where you are. So, where are you?","Here are the countries starting with L: Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg","Braingle Answer 1) Take the 9 countries in the hint. 2) Discard Laos. 3) The code applies to the letter in each country you have left ie lAtvia leBanon lEsotho libeRia Libya liechtensteIn lithuaNia luxembourG giving you the letters ABERLING. 4) Rearranged is where you are now (Braingle).",Language,01/06/03 #10697,Legal,2.45,1.54,jiminycricket128,"What does this represent? LEGAL L EGAL L E GAL L E G AL L E G A L","Think ""couples""",Legal separation.,Rebus,02/24/03 #47475,Sight Rhymes 5,3.12,2.2,MarcM1098,"In each group below, the three words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each group. Example: plo___, tho___, to___ would be plough, though, tough. 1. c___, forw___, rew___ 2. cr___, p___, sk___ 3. b___, d___, g___","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. ca__, forwa__, rewa__ 2. cri__, pi__, ski__ 3. bo__, do__, go__","1. card, forward, reward 2. crier, pier, skier 3. bone, done, gone",Language,07/12/10 #6950,So Fast,2.44,1.83,Cascas,"I'm so fast you can't see me, Though everyone sees straight through me, I don't stop until the day you die. What am I?",No hint available.,A blink of an eye,Riddle,08/27/02 #6397,Statue,2.25,1.9000000000000001,mad-ade,"In the land of MADADIA world famous sculptor, Chip Itout, was working on his latest creation, ""The Kebab of Venus"". He began with a block of marble that weighed 125 pounds. On the first day Chip chisels off 35% of the block. On the second day he removed 20% of what was remaining and on the third day he cut away 25% of what was left. What was the weight of the finished ""Kebab of Venus"" statue?",No hint available.,"48.75 pounds day 1 he removes 43.75lbs(35%of 125lbs) leaving 81.25lbs day 2 he removes 16.25lbs(20%of 81.25lbs) leaving 65lbs day 3 he removes 16.25lbs(25%of 65lbs) leaving 48.75lbs",Math,08/09/02 #51014,Gold Breakout,2.47,1.56,ultimatecub,"Someone has broken into one of the city's most secure bank vaults and stolen some gold bullion. Six suspects have been rounded up. Use the clues to try and narrow down the list of suspects. The suspects are Alex, Beth, Charlotte, Dave, Emily, and Frank. Clues: 1. A suspicious-looking masked person dressed in a black hoodie and thick trousers was seen with a bank certified tool kit labelled VAULT MAINTENANCE near the vault. 2. 200 lbs of gold was stolen; 100 lbs carried by each thief. 3. Emily and Dave are workers at the bank. 4. All the suspects are health and fitness fanatics except Dave and Beth. 5. The passages between the vault and the bank entrance are long, narrow, and it is easy to get lost in them. 6. Two people were seen from a distance running to the bank entrance carrying sacks. 7. All the suspects were informed that the theft happened on Saturday night. 8. Alex claimed to have been eating at the fast food place with his friends each evening from last Sunday to Saturday so he couldn't have done it. 9. Frank broke his arm a few days before the theft. 10. Charlotte works as a medical consultant and claimed that she was at home on Saturday night. 11. The bank is very secure. 12. Beth works as a receptionist. Use the clues. Which of the suspects should be questioned further?",No hint available.,"Alex and Emily should be investigated further. Frank is unlikely to have done it since he broke his arm (clue 9) and the criminals were running carrying heavy amounts of gold (clues 2 and 6). Beth is unlikely to have done it since she does not work out much (clue 4) and it might be difficult to carry a heavy amount of gold (clue 2) a long way (clue 5). If Alex is one of the health and fitness fanatics (clue 4), what is the probability of him being at the fast food place for six consecutive evenings in a row? This statement is slightly suspicious and further investigation is required. Since the bank is very secure (clue 11), and the passages between the vault and bank entrance are long and narrow (clue 5), Emily is a potential suspect. As the bank is secure, it would probably take an employee of the bank to get hold of the gold (Emily or Dave). Since Dave doesn't work out much (clue 4), it would be difficult for him to carry a heavy load of gold a long way while running (clue 6). That leaves Emily.",Logic,03/23/17 #28345,Different Levels of Love,2.79,1.14,metallicman,"What common phrase does this rebus represent? Best: Love someone forever and stay with that person. Better: Love someone and break up, having no more love for that person. Worse: Liked, but not loved. Worst: Never loved.",No hint available.,It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.,Rebus,01/29/06 #29551,ROAR!!,2.6,2.73,signmeup74,"3 = P of a C (L, G & S)",Greek mythological creature.,"3 = Parts of a Chimera L = the front = Lion G = the middle = Goat S = the tail = Serpent",Letter-Equations,04/05/06 #44294,Prompt Weasel,2.18,1.68,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: equity, prompt, smooth, weasel Group B: aboard, belief, indigo, mortar, vision, zodiac",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A, when the outside letters are removed, makes a new word. equity - quit prompt - romp smooth - moot weasel - ease thus aboard - boar",Group,03/28/09 #28611,What Words #16,2.79,2.1,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. BREAD - _________ - CAKE 2. WATER - _________ - READ 3. CHECK - _________ - LESS",No hint available.,"1. BREAD - FRUIT - CAKE 2. WATER - PROOF - READ 3. CHECK - POINT - LESS",Language,02/14/06 #50668,Last Names,2.87,1.95,HABS2933,"Some multi syllable first names sound like words or phrases. Using the clues provided can you figure out what first name fits? e.g. Ernie's uncooked friend would be Robert (Raw Bert). The hint gives the gender most often associated with the name. 1) Arriving at 7:55, Fred was ______ time for his 8:00 meeting. 2) What the young Frank girl did when she wasn't writing in her diary. 3) What the engineers decided to do to the river to allow crossing to the other side. 4) What the foodie said when he saw the soft French cheese. 5) When you inhale you take _____.","1) Male 2) Male 3) Female 4) Unisex 5) Unisex","1) Justin (Just in) 2) Andrew (Anne drew) 3) Bridget (Bridge it) 4) Aubrey (Ah, brie) 5) Aaron/Erin (Air in)",Language,08/03/15 #15283,Oxyopposites,2.68,1.55,gabe1991,"Oxymorons are words with opposite meanings that when linked together, form a descriptive phrase. Ex: something after lightning (+ous) and nothing heard...thunderous silence. Can you figure out the following oxymorons? 1) Gigantic - small Crustacean 2) Beautiful - Not beautiful",No hint available.,"1) Jumbo shrimp 2) Pretty ugly",Language,10/30/03 #38125,How Many Dots?,2.37,1.5,Rocky_B,"A 1-6 number cube is sitting on a table. Lenore counts 17 dots on all the sides she can see. Which face of the number cube is resting on the table?",Count the total number of dots on a 1-6 number cube.,"The side resting on the table is the one with 4 dots. 21 total dots - 17 visible dots = 4 hidden dots",Math,09/05/07 #33502,Am I a Signal?,2.72,1.78,jazzmusician46,"Even though I have the same name, I can be many things such as music, mathematics or cloth. I can even be an object thrown by a referee to indicate a penalty. I can be an extension of the wrapper shaped to finish the head of the cigar. In England, I'm more refined, because I can be a five-pound note. What am I?",No hint available.,"I'm a flag. In musical notation, a note value indicates the relative duration of a note, using the color or shape of the note head, the presence or absence of a stem, and the presence or absence of flags. In mathematics, particularly in linear algebra, a flag is an increasing sequence of subspaces of a vector space V. The most common definition of flag is the emblem that usually consists of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design. It can also be an object thrown by the referee to indicate a penalty such as a bright yellow flag. On the cigar, the flag is an extension of the wrapper shaped to finish the head of the cigar. Sometimes it is tied off in a pigtail, and the flag is used instead of a cap. The five pound note in England is also known as a 'flag'. The word flag has been used since the 1500's as a slang expression for various types of money.",Riddle,10/15/06 #42425,My Life?,3.02,1.44,COOKlES,"Can you decipher this rebus: M1y 1Li1f1e",How many numbers are there?,"For once in my life. (Four ones, in my life)",Rebus,07/05/08 #27450,Separate Words,2.61,2.23,Sunrose,"There is a word that is 8 letters long. Within this word are 4 words in consecutive order. The words that we will be looking for are 3 or more letters long. Some of the words will overlap one another. You will need to figure out what the main word is and what words are within it. Below are clues to the words, and in [ ] will be the number of letters of the word. Here are some clues to help work the word out. 1) Uninhabited [4] 2) Single [3] 3) A person of a specified kind [4] 4) Unspecified amount [4] Main word clue: Solitary",No hint available.,"Lonesome 1) Lone 2) One 3) Ones (for example, Loved Ones) 4) Some",Language,12/13/05 #30591,Girl Power - X,2.66,2.59,brainster,"Given below are quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt, a woman far ahead of her time, who supported her husband's political career with full enthusiasm. Her daily column ""My Day"" in the newspaper was far ahead of its time and broke the precedent of those times. Even after FDR's death, Eleanor Roosevelt continued to serve her country and was instrumental in helping to create the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Can you decipher these quotes? Gu ugp ong tnsp zux cppf rgcpirui yrjduxj zuxi ougwpgj. Iptptapi nfynzw jdnj zux guj ugfz dnkp jdp irqdj ju ap ng rgbrkrbxnf, zux dnkp ng uafrqnjrug ju ap ugp. Ydpg zux sguy ju fnxqd ngb ydpg ju fuus xhug jdrgqw nw juu nawxib ju jnsp wpiruxwfz, jdp ujdpi hpiwug rw nwdntpb ju oniiz jdiuxqd pkpg rc dp ynw wpiruxw nauxj rj. Rj rw guj cnri ju nws uc ujdpiw ydnj zux nip guj yrffrgq ju bu zuxiwpfc. Ydpg yrff uxi ougworpgopw qiuy wu jpgbpi jdnj yp yrff noj ju hipkpgj dxtng trwpiz injdpi jdng nkpgqp rj?","A N E P I R O U U X","No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through even if he was serious about it. It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself. When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it? A N B A C O D B E P F C G Q H D I R J E K S L F M T N G O U P H Q V R I S W T J U X V K W Y X L Y Z Z M",Cryptography,05/20/06 #15282,The Value of Countries,2.24,2.54,timmyboym,"Fill in the missing number below: Japan = 27 France = 25 Germany = 30 Australia = 41 Brazil = ?",No hint available.,"21. Each letter is worth its position in the alphabet. Only the first 3 letters add their value to the word. JAP = J(10) A(1) P(16) = 27 FRA = F(6) R(18) A(1) = 25 GER = G(7) E(5) R(18) = 30 AUS = A(1) U(21) S(19) = 41 BRA = B(2) R(18) A(1) = 21",Other,10/30/03 #4513,Three Shots,2.82,1.8900000000000001,im_para_noid,"You are being held captive 60 ft. underground. Your two guards bring you into a room that has a spinning sphere. The sphere is revolving along with rotating. Your guards give you a gun and say, ""With three shots, we want you to put three impacts onto the surface of one half of the sphere. If you do that, then we will release you."" What could you do to ensure your escape?",No hint available.,"All you really need to do is to make sure that you hit the sphere three times. If you do that, your shots will always be on the same half of the sphere. This is because 3 points define a plane, and a plane bisects the sphere into hemispheres. Another possibility would be to shoot the guards.",Other,06/05/02 #36760,The Tigers' Grades,2.59,1.0,pokpic,"The Timberland Tigers have just gotten their report card. That same day the Tigers got their report card, the coach asked the 4 captains to see him in his office to find out if they qualified for the team. Figure out the first and last name of each player, what his best grade was, and what subject he got it in. First Names: Andrew, Bill, Derrick, Eric Last Names: Smith, Jones, Williams, Washington Letter Grades: A+, A, A-, B+ Subjects: Science, Language Arts, Math. Social Studies 1. Derrick and the person who got an A+ in language arts are best friends. 2. Mr. Smith got a B+ in science. 3. Eric was so happy when he got his A+ that he ran into the science classroom where Bill wasn't so happy about his B+. 4. Mr. Williams walked with his best friend Derrick who had just talked to Mr. Jones about Mr. Jones's A- in math. 5. Derrick Washington got an A and talked to Andrew Jones about his grade in math.",No hint available.,"Andrew Jones got an A- in math. Bill Smith got an B+ in science. Derrick Washington got an A in social studies. Eric Williams got an A+ in language arts.",Logic-Grid,05/28/07 #1278,Eyes and Noses,2.44,1.45,ChuckieChen,What is it that when you take away the eye you only have a nose?,No hint available.,When you take the *I* from noise and you get nose.,Language,11/03/01 #15742,A Weak Brainteaser,3.01,2.68,Gloo,"What do the following words have in common? Vermont Statuesque Swedish Arthur's Africa Sensation Misunderstood",The number of words is a clue.,"They each contain an abbreviation of a weekday. verMONt staTUESque sWEDish arTHUR'S aFRIca senSATion miSUNderstood",Group,12/09/03 #39197,Doing the Math,2.41,2.2,aresII,"The following quote is from funny lady Elayne Boosler. Can you decode it? B=Y ""W KXPO UWG SFVQU FJ TB NFFL XSS WJ X LFE. EKOJ W AF FRY, W SFVQ OPOLB FYKOL FJO. W HWARLO JF TXYYOL KFE SFJA UFTOCFNB UYXJNU YKOLO DWVQWJA YKO SFVQU, YKOB XLO XSEXBU SFVQWJA YKLOO.""","F=O K=H U=S","""I HAVE SIX LOCKS ON MY DOOR ALL IN A ROW. WHEN I GO OUT, I LOCK EVERY OTHER ONE. I FIGURE NO MATTER HOW LONG SOMEBODY STANDS THERE PICKING THE LOCKS, THEY ARE ALWAYS LOCKING THREE."" KEY: A=G B=Y C=B D=P E=W F=O G=X H=F J=N K=H L=R N=D O=E P=V Q=K R=U S=L T=M U=S V=C W=I X=A Y=T",Cryptography,11/15/07 #6749,Two 3's,2.33,2.9,pemalova,Your mission is to come up with an equation that will equal twenty. The catch is that you can only use two 3's (example: 3+3=6). You can use any function you want but the total must be 20.,No hint available.,"The first three, is 3(factorial). That means 3x2x1. That equals 6. Divide that by .3, and you have your answer.",Math,08/21/02 #35271,A Female Type,2.35,2.34,silent_lucidity,"The reverse of fourteen, the extreme of eleven United, you'll certainly have The name for a woman six husbands in seven Would gladly seen lain in the grave.",fourteen (XIV),Vixen,Riddle,02/11/07 #8941,Understanding,2.27,2.26,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Coa + Lit = Coalit Coalit + ion = Coalition",NATO,Forming an Alliance,Rebus,12/06/02 #29999,Dangling Donkey,2.43,2.15,MarcM1098,dangling ^ donkey,What is the name of the ^ symbol?,"Dangling a carrot in front of a donkey. The ^ symbol is a caret or circumflex. This refers to the proverbial method of tempting a donkey to move by dangling a carrot before it.",Rebus,04/24/06 #50325,Fool Risk Burngate,2.0,1.06,ThinksForFun,"What idiom is represented by the following? SKATING iceiceiceiceICE Bonus: Find a three-word anagrammatic phrase for the title ""Fool Risk Burngate"" which describes the answer idiom.",No hint available.,"skating on thin ice In this rebus, ""SKATING"" is ""on"" the four occurrences of lowercase ""ice"", which is ""thin"" in contrast to the adjacent uppercase ""ICE"". And for the bonus: The three-word anagrammatic phrase for the title ""Fool Risk Burngate"" which describes the answer idiom ""skating on thin ice"" is ""Asking For Trouble"".",Rebus,05/31/14 #44767,Movie Name Scramble,2.13,0.88,MissKirby23,"The following letters below are names of movies that are mixed up. Unscramble them to find out the name of the movies. IGNNFID OMEN IDERSP-NAM ETH FASTREABK BLUC AEMN LSGIR",No hint available.,"Finding Nemo Spider-Man The Breakfast Club Mean Girls",Language,06/30/09 #23687,N & G,2.63,2.1,Palsha,"The five top readers at the middle school are shown in this puzzle. It's your job to figure out how many books each student read, their initials, and their room numbers from the clues presented below. 1) B, who is not L, read 3/4 as many books as S. 2) G is in Room 103. 3) M read four more books than N and two more than P. 4) L's room is between N's and G's. 5) V read more books than N, who read more than L. 6) The student from Room 104 read eight books fewer than the student in Room 101. 7) T's classroom is 102.",No hint available.,"1) NR from Room 105 read 20 books. 2) BT from Room 102 read 12 books. 3) VM from Room 101 read 24 books. 4) SL from Room 104 read 16 books. 5) GP from Room 103 read 22 books.",Logic-Grid,06/14/05 #19169,Mystery In Therulerania,2.27,1.37,Therulerofthem,"One day, while mining in a cave some people came across a dirty note. Upon examination, they found it was a clue to where to find a treasure chest, full of rubber chickens. The clue said this: ""A treasure of rubber chickens Not a single rubber hen In a secret spot near a light Guides those in cloak of night Near the shore the light be Near the light a big shady tree Under the tree is where the treasure be"" Instantly, Trot knew where the treasure lay, and he would claim it this very day. Where was the treasure hidden?",No hint available.,"It was under the tree near the lighthouse, here is why: Lines 3, 4, 5: These three lines can tell you about the lighthouse. A lighthouse guides ships with light so they don't crash. Lighthouses are usually near the shore. Lines 6,7: This tells you there is a tree near the lighthouse that has the treasure buried under it.",Mystery,10/17/04 #28053,"1, 2, 6, 12, 36, 72, 216...",2.27,1.37,Draw,"What are the next three numbers in this sequence? 1, 2, 6, 12, 36, 72, 216, 432, 1296, 2592, 7776, 15552, ?, ?, ?",No hint available.,"Multiply alternately by 2 and 3, we get this sequence. The next three numbers are 46656(=15552*3), 93312(=46656*2), and 279936(=93312*3).",Series,01/13/06 #11020,Divided We Fall,2.37,2.39,griphook,"What phrase does the following represent? NAYIT AYE NOIT YES ITNOPE FOR ITAGAINST",No hint available.,"The Nay's have it. All of the synonyms of ""Nay"" have ""IT"" attached to them.",Rebus,03/09/03 #50433,Note the Connection,2.65,1.05,Zykezex,"One word in group 'B' fits in group 'A' all sharing the same commonality. What is the word? GROUP A: America Kiss Oasis Queen Traffic Rush Yes Group B: Copier Heart Button Certificate Tell",Classics,"Answer: Heart Heart is a Rock and Roll band led by the Wilson Sisters and belongs in group 'A' which is a list of Classic Rock and Roll bands having one (1) word names.",Group,09/14/14 #11065,Impact Exam,2.43,2.34,MrIxolite,"What are represented below? Impact Exam Results: Fred 1/50 Mark 0/50 Charlie 0/50 Terry 1/50",Unluckiest car passengers in history.,Crash Test Dummies.,Rebus,03/11/03 #1428,"TO, NE, US, RN, ER, RS, ?",2.24,2.72,psychodude57,"Which letters come next in this sequence: TO, NE, US, RN, ER, RS, ?",No hint available.,TH; the last two letters of the planets in reverse order from the sun.,Series,11/16/01 #27211,Hitchcock,2.93,1.49,buttons03,"Below you will find five uncommon titles to five well-known Alfred Hitchcock movies. How many can you decipher? 1. Unstable Personality 2. The Pelicans, Crows, and Penguins 3. To Apprehend a Criminal 4. The Male Who Perceived Everything 5. Dizziness with a Sensation of Motion","Here are some facts about each movie that may help you if you are stumped. 1. 1960 thriller that featured Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh. 2. 1963 thriller that featured Rod Taylor and Jessica Tandy. 3. 1955 thriller that featured Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. 4. 1956 thriller that featured James Stewart and Doris Day. 5. 1958 thriller that featured James Stewart.","1. Psycho 2. The Birds 3. To Catch a Thief 4. The Man Who Knew Too Much 5. Vertigo",Language,11/29/05 #48929,That's All,2.0,1.44,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus? saying","There are no words other than ""saying"". Title is also a hint.",Just Saying,Rebus,08/06/11 #13753,Fraudulent Inventor,2.65,1.43,Bobbrt,"Professor Lipshultz was showing off his new inventions to a prospective investor. He told the investor that he had developed machines which would allow scientists to study the motion of gas molecules. His explanation of the machines was as follows: ""The first unit will take in any gas and completely dry it, removing all traces of liquid. Right now it is removing water vapor from air...and now you can see the ""DRY"" light has come on. The second unit removes all but one molecule from the chamber. There you see the ""READY"" light, indicating that only a single molecule remains. The third unit will analyze the contents of the chamber, determining exactly what chemicals are in the chamber, and in what quantity. And as you can see on the screen, the unit indicates 'Air: 1 molecule'. The final machine will trace the exact path that the molecule takes as it bounces around the chamber. The path is represented by the lines on this computer screen."" ""I'm sorry,"" said the investor, ""but you're obviously lying to me. I can accept the fact that three of the four machines COULD work as you say, but one of them is obviously a fake."" Which machine was the fake?",What exactly is in the chamber at each step?,"The third unit, which analyzed the contents of the chamber, is definitely a fake. ""Air"" is a name that we give to the combination of gasses that make up our atmosphere. It is made up of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and trace amounts of several other chemicals. Because of this, there is no such thing as one molecule of air. Assuming that there is only one molecule in the chamber, it would either be oxygen, nitrogen, or one of the other chemicals. A piece of analysis equipment would never call it ""air"".",Science,07/12/03 #43473,Blue Point?,2.58,0.9500000000000001,xmum,"I am steamed; I am fried; I am stewed; eaten raw. I may reveal treasure, when you open my door. I am prized for my flesh, but my case is used too. I may improve your performance, but that may not be true. Some have died for me. They dove to their death. But now I am farmed, so don't hold your breath. My treasures were worth more back when they were crude. Now they are cultivated, not natural or rude. The first one to taste me was said to be brave, But he may have been starving, and his life I did save. So eat and enjoy me, or screw up your face. I don't need your approval. I have earned my place. Give the author a lemon and she'll eat your share. Just guess what I am. Speak my name, if you care.",No hint available.,I am an oyster.,Riddle,11/02/08 #38286,A Day of Visiting #2,2.84,2.13,jazzmusician46,"Today, Frederick and his mother decided to go on another trip together. This time, they saw a murder, and then a mob moving past them. This mob seemed to ignore both of them, so Frederick and his mother chose to focus instead on the troop standing nearby. This troop wasn't very interested in them either or the murder or the mob; rather they preferred to wonder when they were going to have some food because they were getting hungry. Frederick suddenly got excited and said, ""Look mummy, there's a charm in the tree!"" His mother replied, ""Yes Frederick, there is. Just leave it please."" Not far from the troop, they both watched an army sitting by the lake, but heard a cry in the distance. Frederick and his mother looked in the direction of the cry but saw another murder! All in all, they had a very happy day together. What was happening here?",No hint available.,"Frederick and his mother were visiting a farm near a lake. 'murder' of crows 'mob' of kangaroos 'troop' of horses 'charm' of finches 'army' of frogs 'cry' of hounds",Trick,09/14/07 #35883,Upheld by Me,2.29,2.21,Trumalia,"This is an old Scottish riddle from 1300-1900 AD. I think you live beneath a roof That is upheld by me; I think you seldom walk abroad, But my fair form you see; I close you in on every side, Your very dwelling pave, And probably I'll go with you At last into the grave.",No hint available.,Wood,Riddle,02/20/07 #13108,Whistle,2.67,2.16,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? SP AD ES",No hint available.,"A Three Piece Suit (SPADES in three sections) A three piece suit is a matching jacket, trousers and waistcoat.",Rebus,06/13/03 #52386,Are You Absolutely Sure?,2.68,1.8800000000000001,Funfor1,"At least four of the statements here are true. 1. None of the other statements are true. 2. Statements 1 and 3 are both false. 3. Not all of the above statements are true. 4. Statement 1 is true. 5. If Statement 2 is true, then at least 3 other statements are true. Which of these statements are true?",No hint available.,"Statements 3 and 5 (only) are true. The catch is that the first sentence is also a statement, it just wasn't numbered.",Trick,04/27/20 #16163,Spooneristic Tendencies 3,2.46,2.22,dsquared,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have the initial sounds switched to form new words. For example, ""hurting flare"" is a spoonerism for ""flirting hair"" (note that the pairs do not have to be spelled the same - only sound the same). From the definitions below, can you figure out the following spoonerisms? 1. A puzzle that's having an accident ... An overwhelming out of control desire to mince potato 2. A sun powered tree* ... An arctic directional aid 3. A death defying feat involving frozen rain ... An old and mouldy pursuit * I realise that all trees to some extent rely on the sun's power",No hint available.,"1. A crashing maze ... A mashing craze 2. A solar pine ... A polar sign 3. A hail stunt ... A stale hunt",Language,01/13/04 #13929,Plot,2.5100000000000002,2.43,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? Plot -> blot",Visualise what has happened to the letters.,"A twist in the plot. Half twist the Pl in plot to get bl.",Rebus,07/21/03 #31227,Camping Trip,2.3,2.21,tsimkin,"Gretchen and Henry decide to go camping on a river. From where they put their canoes in the water, they paddle upstream for 3 hours, only to realize that their campground is located downstream from their starting point. They immediately turn around, and paddle downstream for the next 5 hours. That night, they get some rest, make some s'mores, and tell ghost stories. They wake up the next morning to get back on the river, and paddle back to their starting point, 26 miles upriver. Henry, knowing that this river flows at a constant rate of 2 miles per hour, says, ""There's no way we're getting back by nightfall."" Gretchen does some quick math with a stick in the dirt, and says, ""If we paddle at the same constant rate we did yesterday, we'll be back in time for a 6:00 dinner."" What time are they leaving?","If they finished 26 miles downstream from their starting point, how fast would they paddle in standing water?","They are leaving at 9:20 in the morning. If you denote their speed in standing water as x (miles per hour), then their speed upstream is x-2 and their speed downstream is x+2. On day 1, they traveled a distance downstream of 5(x+2) - 3(x-2), which equalled 26 miles. Solving for x, we get x = 5 miles per hour. Knowing that they then need to travel upstream for those 26 miles to get home, their speed will be 3 miles per hour (= 5 - 2). It will therefore take them 8 2/3 hours, or 8 hours and 40 minutes. In order to be back to their starting point by 6:00 pm, they therefore have to leave at 9:20 am.",Math,06/20/06 #14347,elor,2.5,1.3,fishmed,"What phrase does this represent? elor",I'll take your place and you take mine.,Role reversal.,Rebus,08/13/03 #33797,The Gigantic Bird,2.16,1.7,aish_28,"The three rowed their boat towards the ship. Even before they were half-way there, a gigantic bird swooped down on them and plucked them up. They were carried to a distant land where they were deposited in a nest high in a tree. From the statements that follow, what was the wing span of the gigantic bird and how far did it carry the three sailors? 1. If the wingspan of the gigantic bird was either 20 or 30 metres wide, it carried the three sailors for 50 leagues. 2. If the gigantic bird carried the three shipmates 75 leagues, its wingspan was not 40 or 50 metres wide. 3. If the wingspan of the gigantic bird was 40 or 50 metres wide, it carried the three sailors 75 leagues. 4. If the gigantic bird's wingspan was not 40 or 50 metres wide, then it was 20 or 30 metres wide.",No hint available.,The bird's wingspan was 20 or 30 metres wide; it carried the shipmates 50 leagues.,Logic,11/02/06 #42555,Fill in the Words!,2.59,1.6,coltonr1,"Each of the words below has the same three letter combination. Can you solve them? C_ _a _ Hurd_ _ _ Ai_ _ _on Muff_ _ _ Ti_ _ _ Todd_ _ _ Ang_ _ _ Fish Samp_ _ _ Oi_ _ _s Ratt_ _ _s",No hint available.,"Letter Combination - LER Clear Hurdler Aileron Muffler Tiler Toddler Angler Fish Sampler Oilers Rattlers",Language,07/21/08 #50074,Words With ZO,2.0,2.72,cnmne,"Five words that contain ZO as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ZO**, **ZO*, ZO****, ***ZO**, ****ZO** Pool: A, B, C, D, E, E, H, H, I, I, I, I, K, M, M, N, R, R, R, S",No hint available.,"ZONK, RAZOR, ZOMBIE, RHIZOME, SCHIZOID",Language,01/11/14 #1213,Broken Name,2.7600000000000002,1.43,ChuckieChen,What do you break when you say its name?,No hint available.,Silence,Riddle,10/29/01 #2192,Palm of Your Hand,2.22,1.28,Cascas,"If you turn your right-hand glove inside out and put it on your left hand, where will the palm of the glove be on your left hand?",No hint available.,It would be against your left hand palm.,Other,01/28/02 #7604,Penultimate Frisbee,2.53,2.92,dewtell,"The game of penultimate frisbee has two scoring moves: the bungee and the wedgie. Each type of score is worth an odd prime number of points, with a bungee being worth more than a wedgie. If the largest score that can never be achieved in a game is 95 points (no matter how long the game lasts), how many points is each move worth?","If the two moves are worth p and q, the largest score that can not be achieved by some combination of bungees and wedgies is p*q-p-q.","The bungee is worth 17 points, and the wedgie is worth 7. The largest score that can not be achieved by some combination of p and q points, with p relatively prime to q, is p*q-p-q = (p-1)*(q-1)-1. So 96 must be factorable as (p-1)*(q-1), for odd primes p and q. Since the prime factorization of 96 = 2^5*3, and each of the two factors must be even, the possible factorizations are: 2*48 4*24 8*12 16*6 Only the last factorization yields two factors each of which is one less than an odd prime, so 17 and 7 must be the two primes we seek.",Math,09/21/02 #27081,Blank Change 2,2.47,2.59,cdrock,"In the four sentences below, are two blanks. You must fill them in with words that are either anagrams, synonyms, antonyms, or homonyms. You can only use each of these one time each sentence. Can you figure out each word? 1. In the second ____ of the play, she was looking at a family ____. 2. The historical ____ was clearly in my ____. 3. The circus had to ____ the lion's ____. 4. We tried to ____ the ____ tank with water, so the fish could live in it.","The words are related like this: 1. synonym 2. homonym 3. anagram 4. antonym","1. In the second SCENE of the play, she was looking at a family PHOTO. (synonyms) 2. The historical SITE was clearly in my SIGHT. (homonyms) 3. The circus had to TAME the lion's MATE. (anagrams) 4. We tried to FILL (or CLEAN) the EMPTY (or DIRTY) tank, so the fish could live in it. (antonym)",Language,11/21/05 #4841,Kangaroo,2.67,0.9500000000000001,missie,"A zookeeper found the kangaroo out of his cage. He assumed that the kangaroo had jumped out. He put the gate up to ten feet. The next morning the kangaroo was out again, so they put the gate up to 20 feet. Again, the next morning the kangaroo was out. The gate went up to 30 feet. ""How high do you think we'll have to go?"" The employee replied, and the zookeeper immediately felt foolish and he lowered the gate back down to 7 feet. What did the employee say?",No hint available.,"He said, ""1000 feet, or until we start locking the gate at night.""",Trick,06/19/02 #4209,O_er_t_o_,2.96,2.7,vclmrs,"Can you decipher this phrase: O_er_t_o_",No hint available.,PAINLESS OPERATION,Rebus,05/22/02 #34275,Beijing Icons,2.54,2.79,jazzmusician46,"Below are six (6) anagrams of famous Beijing icons. Your task is to try and unravel these anagrams and discover what each icon is. I have included the number of letters in brackets for every icon that has more than one word. Mean quarantines (9, 6) Decry, if not, bid (9, 4) Feel the pan move (6, 2, 6) Ample mallet (5, 6) A supreme calm (6, 6) Healing wealth factor (3, 5, 4, 2, 5)",No hint available.,"Tiananmen Square Forbidden City Temple of Heaven Llama Temple Summer Palace The Great Wall of China",Language,12/07/06 #29286,Mozzarella or Swiss?,2.77,1.9000000000000001,sniperkid990,"What is represented here? Cheddar >",No hint available.,Cheese grater,Rebus,03/24/06 #41318,Singers #2,2.72,2.26,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the last name of a famous singer within each sentence. Each missing word has the SOUND of a singer's name. You must find a famous singer's last name that sounds like familiar words to complete these sentences so they make sense. Example: ""The shirt I ______ be usable as a rag."" Answer: The shirt I TORME be usable as a rag. (Tore may) 1. Should the sign of the ______ made when you enter this church? 2. Lifting weights will make your ______ . 3. When your supply of Lifesavers is running ______ may be a good substitute. 4. ______ get defeated by Grant because he underestimated his abilities?",No hint available.,"1. Crosby (Cross be) 2. Armstrong (Arm strong) 3. Lopez (low, Pez) 4. Diddley (Did Lee) N.B. PEZ candy was created in 1927 in Vienna, Austria. The PEZ dispenser was invented in 1948, and PEZ candies and dispensers have been marketed in America since 1952.",Language,04/02/08 #41562,Apples or Pumpkins?,2.74,1.79,pandastampede,"Lynn likes grapes but not potatoes. She likes squash but not lettuce, and she likes peas but not onions. Following the same pattern, will she like pumpkins or apples?",No hint available.,Pumpkins. All the things she likes grow on vines.,Riddle,04/17/08 #35161,Missing Triplets 6,2.73,2.02,grungy49,"A missing triplet is simply where three letters have been removed from a word. In this case, I have given you five words with the same three letters taken out of each. Can you put the same three letters back into each word? You may not rearrange the letters already in each word, and the triplets will remain in the same order in each word, although their placement may be different. And, I'll give you a little clue. One of the letters in the triplet is 'O'. 1. S L W S 2. C N C R 3. M M N U M 4. P R A E 5. V I L N Warning: Hint shows another letter in the triplet.",Another letter in the triplet is 'E'.,"The missing triplet is 'OET'. 1. SLOWEST 2. CONCERT 3. MOMENTUM 4. OPERATE 5. VIOLENT",Language,02/02/07 #20421,The Trip,2.07,1.08,holly1447591,A family took a trip to a city. The trip was to be one hour long. They left at 6:00 and got there at 6:00. What happened?,No hint available.,The city was an hour behind them.,Logic,01/15/05 #45591,Words With PRO,2.34,2.15,brainglue,"Four words with the letters PRO, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. P R _ O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ P R O _ _ _ _ _ _ P R _ _ _ _ _ O _ _ _ P _ R _ _ O _ Pool: A, A, A, A, D, D, E, E, E, E, F, I, I, L, L, L, N, O, O, P, R, R, R, S, V, X",No hint available.,"The words are: proofreader propeller provisional paradox",Language,11/02/09 #12817,Life 'N Death,2.37,2.82,Gizzer,"There is a 10 letter English noun which refers only to living people. When you remove the sixth letter (an N) from this word, you get another English noun properly referring only to dead people, but which is often confused with the first word. What is this 10 letter word?","The first 6 letters of the word, also a noun, can also be the difference between life and death.","INTERNMENT INTERNMENT means confinement within prescribed limits, such as a prison. INTERMENT means placement of a body in a grave or tomb. Explanation of the hint: An INTERN is a doctor who is in the final stages of supervised practice.",Language,05/30/03 #31346,By Nature I Am Simple,2.61,2.89,Therulerofthem,"By nature I am simple and have no wisdom in any way, but now every wise man will follow my tracks; now I dwell on earth, erewhile I roamed on high through the heavens; I am white in appearance, though I leave black traces.",*X<3 Were Writ,"A quill. A quill has no wisdom of its own, but the wisest of men and women have used them. They used to reside in the heavens because they were once the feathers of birds who flew through the air. It leaves the black trace from the ink, though the feather is usually white. The hint, *X<3 means star-crossed lovers, words used to describe Romeo and Juliet, originally written in quill, by William Shakespeare.",Riddle,06/26/06 #10901,Prime Numbers,2.09,1.84,mollynoodl,"Prime numbers have only two factors, themselves and one. How many prime numbers are there between 10 and 100 who have a sum of 8 when their 2 digits are added together?",No hint available.,"Three: 17, 53, and 71.",Math,03/05/03 #42565,Cheaper,2.23,1.01,Life_Sucks,Pri/ce,The title is a hint.,Price cut.,Rebus,07/22/08 #25967,"Case, Keeper...",2.86,1.51,smarty_blondy,"The following words have a similar characteristic. Can you tell me what that is, apart from the fact that they are all nouns? 1. Case 2. Keeper 3. Maker 4. Plate 5. Seller 6. Mark 7. Store",No hint available.,"By adding the noun ""book"" in front of them you form a new noun. 1. Bookcase 2. Bookkeeper 3. Bookmaker 4. Bookplate 5. Bookseller 6. Bookmark 7. Bookstore",Group,09/18/05 #44639,Pay it Off,2.04,1.1,Rob7,"Using only three bills, and not using a $10 bill, how can you pay a person $35 that you owe?",The three bills are two $20s and a $5 bill.,"You pay the person $40 using two $20 bills. Then the person pays you back $5, using a $5 bill. You paid $35, and three bills were used.",Logic,06/13/09 #2542,Comfortable Phrase,2.36,0.8200000000000001,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this common phrase? comfort close comfort close comfort comfort",No hint available.,Too close for comfort,Rebus,03/06/02 #2758,2 S in a S,2.14,2.38,vanz,2 S in a S,No hint available.,Two sleeves in a shirt,Letter-Equations,03/19/02 #9104,O3 O3 O3 O3,2.21,2.46,MrIxolite,"What is this scientific Rebus? O3 O3 O3 O3",Where's the hole now?,The Ozone Layer (the chemical symbol for ozone is O3),Rebus,12/12/02 #25901,Four Letter Fun!,3.1,2.14,sftball_rocks13,"Each group of words has one four letter prefix that fits in front of them to form another word or phrase. Can you figure out which word it is for each group? 1. Nail, man, out, ten 2. Sick, work, room, plate 3. Do, up, shift, believe 4. Range, shot, horn, bow 5. Back, baked, way, hour 6. Dress, band, ache, rest 7. Chair, jump, light, rise 8. Note, print, ball, step 9. Arm, fly, works, sale",No hint available.,"1. Hang 2. Home 3. Make 4. Long 5. Half 6. Head 7. High 8. Foot 9. Fire",Language,09/13/05 #35315,Not the Smallest,2.75,2.07,dumbdude,"Smaller than a flea, Deadly when I move. Enjoy those adventures I provide, Count those hours I slip through. Guess me please.",No hint available.,"Sand Sand storms are deadly. A desert safari on sand dunes provides adventure. An hourglass contains sand.",Riddle,02/15/07 #577,"Trance, Stain, Chime...",2.97,2.5100000000000002,Phyllis,"TRANCE, STAIN, CHIME, TUBA and PERK. These words all belong to the same logical family. Which of the following words also belongs to that family? GERMANE, EMBARGO, BANANA and NIGHTMARE",Just one letter makes the difference.,"GERMANE. In the logical family of words, you can change one letter in each word and create a country`s name. FRANCE, SPAIN, CHILE, CUBA and PERU. Germane can be changed into GERMANY.",Group,06/04/01 #45695,Slumber Party Complications,2.12,0.79,dswilborn,"Hailey's mother thought that throwing her daughter a slumber party would be a simple matter of buying snacks and renting videos. She soon learned she was wrong, as each guest came with notes containing special instructions from their parents. Can you determine from the clues below which girl is which? 1. Hailey invited her cousin (who was not Amaya), a classmate from school, and a friend from karate class. 2. Samantha's note did not indicate that she had allergies. 3. Hailey's mother was not pleased when she realized she had to wake up one of the girls at 5 am due to a karate meet she was attending. 4. Kylie was either the girl who had to take medication before dinner or the cousin. 5. Hailey's mom had never met Samantha before, but knew Amaya from school.",Hailey's mom had met the cousin many times before!,"Kylie is Hailey's cousin who has allergies. Amaya is Hailey's classmate who takes medication. Samantha is the friend from karate who had to leave early.",Logic-Grid,11/10/09 #40796,Fly in a Bottle,2.57,1.11,rockstar1234567,"Two identical jars are placed on a scale, each with one fruit fly in it. One fly is flying and the other one is sitting. Which jar weighs more?",Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there.,Neither; they weigh the same. The only reason the fly is flying is because it flaps its wings to make air push it up. So the fly's weight is converted into air pressure.,Science,03/01/08 #20891,Puddle Glum,2.12,1.03,Atropus,"Saku was feeling hungry one summer's day, so she decided to make herself a strawberry jam sandwich. She spread the jam on the bread and when she had finished making her sandwich she went to pick up the jar of jam, only to find that it was now sitting in a puddle where previously there had not been one. Where did the puddle come from??",It was a puddle of pure water.,"The water had condensed on the jar from water vapour in the air, because she had been keeping the jar of jam in the refrigerator. The water then ran down the outside of the jar, pooling on the bench.",Science,02/08/05 #10810,Magic Word,2.32,2.95,griphook,What 4-letter word will make a dozen equal thirteen and a hundred equal six scores?,"""Baker's"" is two letters too long.","LONG A LONG DOZEN is a set of thirteen items. A LONG HUNDRED is 120 (six scores) in trading of commodities.",Language,03/01/03 #16051,Speed Limit,2.4,1.06,disturbed8889,"A driver drove past two police officers. They had their radar guns ready to check his speed. At the same moment in time, one officer's said 100 and the other's said 161. How can this be?",They are from different countries.,"The first officer's measured in miles per hour and said 100 miles per hour, while the second measured in kilometres per hour and said 161 kilometers per hour.",Situation,01/05/04 #27876,Complete-A-Word VIII,2.75,2.05,phrebh,"Use the 26 letters of the alphabet to complete the ten words below, replacing each underscore with a letter. Each letter can only be used once. 1. RE_A_ 2. _E_OY 3. _DD_C_ 4. _ _ _ORE 5. _RA_ _LE 6. _USHE_ 7. _UI_ 8. S_ _ _EL 9. _UN_ 10. E_H_ _E_",It helps if you write down the alphabet and then cross out the ones you've used.,"1. RELAY 2. DECOY 3. ADDICT 4. BEFORE 5. WRANGLE 6. PUSHER 7. QUIZ 8. SHOVEL 9. JUNK 10. EXHUMES",Language,01/04/06 #47541,White or Blue,2.67,0.65,4wheels,"I am white, grey, blue as well sometimes I'm wispy and others I swell with drops of vapor from the air When driving through me give great care. Many shapes in me you'll see up high, but down below they're more difficult to spy I can ruin a day or a ball game bring tornadoes and rain. I swiftly cover up the light and rumbles within can cause great fright. What am I?",No hint available.,Clouds,Riddle,07/19/10 #31853,What is Risk?,3.23,2.22,cyberstar5150,"There was once a college that offered a class on probability applied to the real world. The class was relatively easy, but there was a catch. There were no homework assignments or tests, but there was a final exam that would have only one question on it. When everyone received the test it was a blank sheet of paper with a solitary question on it: ""What is risk?"" Most students were able to pass, but only one student received 100% for the class! Even stranger was that he only wrote down one word! What did he write?","What the student wrote showed the professor that he had a good understanding of the material, thus the A.","The brilliant student wrote down: ""This."" And handed in the paper. By doing this, the student demonstrated that he understood that having your grade based on one exam is risky. Plus, putting just one word on such an important exam and hoping the professor understands what he means is risky in and of itself!",Situation,07/18/06 #7104,Hair Color,2.63,1.3,warithm,"My friend lost a dare Now she has colored hair And three colors she wears I'll tell you just two They are red and blue If you don't add a new What third color is there?",No hint available.,"The answer of mine Is just great and divine If you can't add a new Then you simply combine PURPLE",Riddle,09/01/02 #41187,Delete Some Letters #3,2.62,2.67,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your task is to discover words, names and phrases relating to the holiday season. You are to delete a few letters in each unrelated phrase in order to show the holiday. The remaining letters will be in the right order. For example: 1. EACH WRIST MASHED becomes: **CH *RIST MAS*** 1. SHOO FLY TINS FAINT (delete 6 letters) 2. SAVING THE NICE SHOP LAST (delete 8 letters) 3. MY PULLET IS DEAR (delete 6 letters) 4. BEASTS HEALED THEM (delete 7 letters)",No hint available.,"1. *HO* *LY *IN* FA*NT = holy infant 2. SA*IN* T** NIC* *HO* LAS* = Saint Nicholas 3. *Y *UL*ET I* DE** = yuletide 4. BE**T* H**LE* *HEM = Bethlehem",Language,03/24/08 #48763,0 to 10 Pyramid XVII,2.66,2.89,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you do this ""0 to 10"" in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch! The hint provides the starting letters of all the words from #5 onwards. 1. Caesar's 50 2. Forerunner of the CD 3. Prune or trim (a dead branch) 4. October birthstone 5. Arctic or Antarctic; chilly! 6. Security guard(s) or scouting party 7. Impressive or spectacular doorway 8. Polaris; attraction (figuratively) 9. Produce spores 10. One who invests in the stock market","5. P 6. P 7. P 8. P 9. S 10. S","1. L 2. LP 3. Lop 4. Opal 5. Polar 6. Patrol 7. Portals 8. Polestar 9. Sporulate 10. Speculator",Language,05/26/11 #28387,Mystery of Pearls,2.62,2.12,Sunrose,"Joseph went into the Jewel's Jewelry shop to buy a gift for his girlfriend, Amber. He knew that she loved pearls of any color; it made no difference to her. After a bit of looking, a young lady came over and asked, ""May I help you?"" He glanced up and said, ""Yes, I am looking for a real pearl necklace. Amber's birthday is coming up and I want to get something she would love."" She nodded to him, and said, ""Well, we have a great selection of pearl jewelry over here. We also have this beautiful white pearl necklace. The pearls are real,"" she said as she pulled it out from under the counter to show it to him. He touched it and rubbed it some. The gold chain inlaid with small white pearls was beautiful. ""You're positive they are real?"" he asked as he glanced at her. ""Yes, sir, they are real pearls; we don't sell imitation jewelry here."" He nodded and said, ""I'll take it, and can you gift wrap it please?"" he said as he pulled out his wallet and paid for it. At Amber's birthday party she opened his gift. She hugged him and cried for the gift he gave her. Later, Joseph told Amber that the pearls in the necklace were real and not imitations. Amber laughed, ""Who told you that?"" He looked a little upset, ""The lady at Jewel's Jewelry did."" Amber said nothing for a few moments and then said, ""She lied to you, these aren't real, but imitation pearls."" How did Amber know that the lady at Jewel's Jewelry lied to Joseph?",No hint available.,"The pearls on the necklace were smooth and slippery when Amber rubbed them gently across her teeth. Amber knew then they were fake, for if they had been real, they would have been gritty.",Mystery,02/01/06 #1412,Capitalized Change,2.58,2.13,jokester8000,What is the one word in the English language that when capitalized takes on an entirely different meaning?,No hint available.,"POLISH Polish = from Poland polish = as in polishing a shoe",Language,11/15/01 #20159,G+B,2.16,1.72,GCAF,How could G+B=I?,You use Numbers but this is the Alphabet.,"7+2=9. G is the 7th letter of the alphabet, B is the 2nd letter of the alphabet and I is the 9th letter of the alphabet. G(7)+B(2)=I(9)",Other,01/01/05 #46195,Shared Letter,2.3,2.2,MarcM1098,"In each set below, pick any two words and you will find that they share one, and only one, letter. Each set consists of seven words that meet the above restriction; your task is to find the missing words. Set One 1. YOU 2. RUN 3. NOD 4. ORE 5. DUE 6. YEN 7. ??? Set Two 1. CWM 2. WIT 3. AWE 4. CAT 5. AIM 6. ??? 7. ???","In each set, every letter that is used must occur exactly three times.","Set One: DRY Set Two: ICE, MET There are very few words that can form a set like this. In any set, there must be a word that is either all vowels (such as YOU) or all consonants (such as CWM).",Language,01/14/10 #16263,The Time Traveler,2.54,1.18,CCat20,"Mary Scuderi was walking down the street with her Math, American History, and English books in hand. Suddenly, she bumped into a boy about 16 years old in tattered rags who was picking up nickels he had dropped in the street. The boy got up and put the coins in his pocket. The boy saw Mary and shook her violently. ""You've got to help me!"" he continued, ""I've just come from 1775!"" ""Yeah,"" Mary said, ""I'm supposed to believe you because...?"" ""I knew you would say that."" he sobbed. ""No one believes me!"" Mary scoffed and replied. ""It isn't that I don't believe you because it is totally out of the question,"" she continued, ""I don't believe you because...?"" Why didn't she believe him? (Besides the fact that time-traveling is impossible.)",No hint available.,Because he was picking up the nickels he had dropped. The nickel wasn't invented until 1866.,Trivia,01/19/04 #5981,Helpful,2.41,1.7,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? BEND draw draw draw",No hint available.,Bend over backwards,Rebus,07/28/02 #2708,Loveliness,2.21,0.87,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? Theloveair",No hint available.,"Love is in the air theLOVEair",Rebus,03/15/02 #32884,Such Manners!,2.56,1.17,grungy49,"Can you identify what the riddle is talking about? Such manners! They visit every single house And wish to stay and eat. When they get their food, They tread it with their feet. We wish these visitors would go away, They don't say thank you, They never pay Please leave us alone!",No hint available.,Flies!,Riddle,09/08/06 #44011,Through the Hoop,2.4,2.68,javaguru,"A 1-inch thick steel rod is bent into a perfectly round hoop with an interior diameter of two feet. The hoop is positioned with the opening parallel to the ground. Four inch balls are dropped from above randomly. Is a ball more likely to hit the hoop or go through the hoop without hitting it? Bonus question: What size hoop would you need in order to have the probability of a ball going through the hoop without hitting it equal the probability of hitting the hoop?","It's not that hard. Think about the center of the ball. The bonus question is a little harder.","The ball is more likely to hit the hoop. For the ball to either hit the hoop or go through the hoop without hitting it, the center of the ball must be inside of a circle with a diameter equal to the exterior diameter of the hoop plus the diameter of the ball. This is (24 + 2) + 4 = 30 For the ball to go through the hoop without hitting it, the center of the ball must go through a circle with a diameter equal to the interior diameter of the hoop minus the diameter of the ball. This is: (24 - 4) = 20 The probability of the ball going through the hoop instead of hitting it is the area of the smaller circle divided by the area of the larger circle. The area of a circle is Pi*r^2 where r is the radius of the circle, so the probability of the ball going through the hoop instead of hitting it is (Pi * (20/2)^2) / (Pi * (30/2)^2) Pi cancels out of the fraction leaving the probability of going through the hoop without hitting it as: 10^2 / 15^2 = 100/225 = 4/9 = .4444... Bonus question: You need a hoop with a radius r where: 2*(r - 2)^2 = (r + 3)^2 Since both sides must be positive take the square root of each side: sqrt(2)*(r - 2) = r + 3 sqrt(2)*r - 2*sqrt(2) = r + 3 (sqrt(2)-1)*r = 3 + 2*sqrt(2) r = (3 + (2*sqrt(2))) / (sqrt(2)-1) r ~ 14.07 So a hoop with an interior diameter of 2 x 14.07 = 28.14 inches would have an equal chance of the ball hitting the hoop or going through the hoop without hitting it.",Probability,01/30/09 #8949,"93,000,000 = M to the S",2.33,1.25,Cascas,"93,000,000 = M to the S",No hint available.,"93,000,000 = Miles to the Sun 93,000,000 is the rounded mileage. The exact calculation that is commonly used is the average distance from the Sun's center to the Earth's center (also known as an Astronomical Unit). It is equal to 92,955,807 miles or 149,597,871 km.",Letter-Equations,12/06/02 #43300,"""I Meant Well""",2.52,1.77,megabreath,"Dark times have come, And you know why, Remember me, when I died, Try to love me when I'm gone, Had tried to save my only son, Visions could be hard for me, And life support is what I need, Down with all the rebel scum, Every planet will be done, Right you've got the answer left.",It's not the last letter.,Darth Vader,Riddle,10/11/08 #5221,Feel not Touch,2.22,1.39,cowcowloverjr,"What can be felt, but not touched?",No hint available.,"Love, you can feel it yet can not physically touch it.",Riddle,07/04/02 #37016,Search,2.79,1.18,MMSMustang,"I can be lost, yet still without. I can be given, yet still kept. I can be broken, yet in one piece. I can be stolen, yet still in your grasp. What am I?","Thump, thump...","Your heart. Lost love. Give someone your love/heart. Someone you love hurts you. Someone you like can ""steal your heart"".",Riddle,06/20/07 #35826,A B C D E F * * * *,2.45,2.75,aresII,"A B C D E F * * * * There is a word known to contain all of the first six letters of the alphabet and four other letters, indicated by the asterisks. Can you discover the word? The four unknown letters are all different from one another and do not repeat any of the six letters shown.",The word means to divide or separate into two parts or branches.,The word is BIFURCATED.,Language,03/23/07 #49814,No Beginning or End,2.41,2.0,ThinksForFun,"I am the first of the last You'll find me in the forecast Yesterday, of me does not know Unlike today and tomorrow I have no regrets, you see And regrets has none of me With no beginning and no end What do you think I am, my friend?",No hint available.,"the letter ""o"" lines 1-2: The letter ""o"" is the first letter of the word ""omega"" which means the last. The word ""forecast"" contains an ""o"". lines 3-4: The word ""yesterday"" does not contain (""know"") the letter ""o"", whereas the words ""today"" and ""tomorrow"" do. lines 5-6: Since I am a letter, I cannot have any regrets. And the word ""regrets"" has no letter ""o"". lines 7-8: The way that I am shaped has no beginning and no end (as a circle).",Riddle,04/20/13 #18627,Madadian Dog Meat and Glue Factory Derby,2.27,1.77,mad-ade,"Five horses ran in the Madadian Dog Meat and Glue Factory derby. There were no ties. Gloostik did not come first. Tasty Morsel was neither first nor last. Milkmans Treat came in one place after Gloostik. Potential Kebab was not second. Rovers Dinner was two places below Potential Kebab. In what order did the horses finish?",No hint available.,"Let's find the possible places horses can finish. Possibilities are: Gloostik - 2,3,4 (not 5th as Milkmans Treat came one place after him) Tasty Morsel - 2,3,4 Milkmans Treat - 3,4,5 Potential Kebab - 1,3 (not 4th & 5th as Rovers Dinner is two place after him) Rovers Dinner - 3,5 So the result is: 1 Potential Kebab 2 Tasty Morsel 3 Rovers Dinner 4 Gloostik 5 Milkmans Treat",Logic,08/29/04 #29878,3608528850368400786036725,2.44,2.98,shenqiang,"What is so unusual about this number? 3608528850368400786036725","It's the greatest natural number with this property. If you can't figure it out, check out teaser 29716.","The number formed by its first n digits is divisible by n, e.g. 36 is divisible by 2, 360 is divisible by 3, 3608 is divisible by 4, etc.",Math,04/18/06 #36465,Punk Rock,2.72,2.59,grilledcheese,"The following is a quote from Billie Joe Armstrong (singer from ""Green Day""). Can you decode it? ""TLDQ NI DRO VLIO OSH IRLDK, OSH ZLINM. TLDQ NI G WNPHIOCWH. OSHXH GXH G WRO RP UGDKI GXRLDK YSR MWGNZ OR UH TLDQ GDK OSHC RDWC TWGC OSH ZLINM, OSHC SGFH DR MWLH YSGO NO'I GWW GURLO. NO'I G WNPHIOCWH N MSRIH PRX ZCIHWP.""",A = G,"""Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle. There are a lot of bands around who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle I chose for myself."" KEY: A = G B = U C = M D = K E = H F = P H = S I = N J = V K = Q L = W M = Z N = D O = R P = T R = X S = I T = O U = L V = F W = Y Y = C",Cryptography,04/30/07 #20441,Stop On A Stair,2.21,2.81,purplepineapple,"Where do these statements describe? ""Take Shore to Hope, stop on a stair."" ""Follow the stars Beyond the Galaxy.""",No hint available.,"The place is: Hollywood Walk of Fame. Take: Dinah Shore, Bob Hope, Fred Astair. Follow the stars: Beyond the Galaxy Theater.",Riddle,01/17/05 #27279,Famous Birthday,2.53,1.57,achnid,"My birthday is on the pagan holiday for the darkest day of the year. I was also delivered home from the hospital on one of the holiest birthdays in the Christian faith. What is the day and holiday I was born on, and what is the day and famous birthday I was delivered home on?",Think snow.,"I was born on Dec 22. This is the winter solstice. Literally the darkest day of the year. The daylight is the least that it will be all year for the northern hemisphere, and pagans celebrated this day as the darkest day of the year. I was delivered home from the hospital on Dec 25. This is Christmas and also Jesus' birthday.",Riddle,12/03/05 #51650,Word Collection Connection,2.77,1.3,ThinksForFun,"What special characteristic do the following words have in common? anyone before envy foresee seedy teepee tutu",Listen.,"Their pronunciations consist exclusively of the sounds of the letters (""a"" through ""z"") and/or the digits (0 through 9), as follows: anyone - ne1 before - b4 envy - nv foresee - 4c seedy - cd teepee - tp tutu - 22",Language,01/13/18 #46793,Onnicle 1: Best Enemies,2.72,1.94,dalfamnest,"Onamography is a new puzzle style based on an old idea. Each sentence clue (called an 'onnicle') conceals the name(s) of a well-known personality. e.g. The hiker kept carob inside the hood of his coat. Answer: Robin Hood - ""... caROB IN ... HOOD ..."". The onnicles below hide the names of two well-known rivals. 1. The detective, relaxed at the bar, acknowledged that he found outwitting the mob a major triumph. 2. ""I kept Sneaky Caesar ahead of me, and his devious pal in my rear vision mirror,"" he boasted.",Onniclue: Leaders,"1. Barack Obama - ""... BAR ACKnowledged ... mOB A MAjor ..."" 2. Sarah Palin - ""... CaeSAR AHead ... devious PAL IN the ...""",Language,04/21/10 #37130,It's A Dog's Life,2.42,2.45,Smeraldina,"""NV GBUSU PSU YR IREZ NY BUPJUY, GBUY LBUY N INU N LPYG GR ER LBUSU GBUM LUYG."" --LNWW SREUSZ ""GR BNZ IRE, UJUSM FPY NZ YPARWURY; BUYXU GBU XRYZGPYG ARAQWPSNGM RV IREZ."" --PWIRQZ BQKWUM ""LU ENJU IREZ GNFU LU XPY ZAPSU, ZAPXU LU XPY ZAPSU, PYI WRJU LU XPY ZAPSU. PYI NY SUGQSY, IREZ ENJU QZ GBUNS PWW. NG'Z GBU TUZG IUPW FPY BPZ UJUS FPIU."" --F. VPXDWPF ""N LRYIUS NV RGBUS IREZ GBNYD ARRIWUZ PSU FUFTUSZ RV P LUNSI SUWNENRQZ XQWG."" --SNGP SQIYUS Note: The hint gives away the author of one of the above quotes.",One of the quotes is by comedienne Rita Rudner.,"A=P B=H C=Q D=K E=G F=M G=T H=J I=D J=V K=X L=W M=Y N=I O=Z P=A Q=U R=O S=R T=B U=E V=F W=L X=C Y=N Z=S ""If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."" --Will Rogers ""To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs."" --Aldous Huxley ""We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare, and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made."" --M. Facklam ""I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult."" --Rita Rudner",Cryptography,06/28/07 #24138,Manny the Juggler 2,2.77,2.53,onlyeeyore,"Manny has temporarily given up trying to juggle five objects and has decided to go back to his four-object comfort zone. With his pal Lenny helping him by exchanging one letter with Manny at a time, he will now switch from BALL juggling to CLUB juggling using nine total letter-objects in eight steps! Can you go from BALL to CLUB in 8 steps? You may change one letter in one spot per step to make a new common word. (Example- craB could become craM in one step) IMPORTANT- Manny used only nine total letter-objects (you already know six- B,A,L,L,C and U) so you can only use these and three other letters in your journey.",No hint available.,"B-A-L-L 1. B-E-L-L 2. B-E-L-T 3. F-E-L-T 4. F-E-A-T 5. F-L-A-T 6. F-L-A-B 7. F-L-U-B 8. C-L-U-B The other three letters used are E, F, and T ""BEAT"" is an acceptable replacement for ""FELT"" in this order, and there's also the possibility of starting with BALL, FALL, FELL, FELT, etc.",Language,06/29/05 #34357,Not Enough...,2.26,1.75,eyenowhour,8784 H in a L Y,The title refers to something that people usually say they do not have enough of.,8784 Hours in a Leap Year.,Letter-Equations,12/12/06 #12333,Nothing - No,2.85,1.35,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Nothing - No + Some",No hint available.,Making SOMETHING out of NOTHING,Rebus,05/13/03 #1402,The Color of My Hat,2.78,1.86,gokaran,"Three men are buried in the sand all facing forwards with their heads above ground. Each man has a hat placed on his head selected from a bag containing 3 red hats, and 2 black hats. The men cannot turn around to see the men behind them. The man at the back is asked what hat he is wearing. He replies 'I do not know'. The middle man is asked what hat he is wearing. He also replies 'I do not know'. The man at the front is then asked what hat he is wearing. He replies 'I am wearing a red hat'. How did he know?",No hint available.,"Since the man at the back could not determine his own hat, this means that the front two men could not have been wearing black hats and that, therefore, there must be at least one red hat on the two front men. Therefore the middle man must not be able to see a black hat otherwise he would know he had a red one on. Therefore the front man must be wearing a red hat - which finally he deduces. Interestingly, the other two can never determine their own hats.",Logic,11/14/01 #15033,Mind Matters,2.26,1.39,MrIxolite,"What is this? Mind--><--Mind",No hint available.,A meeting of the minds.,Rebus,10/08/03 #5802,A Long Time,2.22,2.67,mad-ade,55 = Y of M for the EA,No hint available.,55 = Years of Marriage for the Emerald Anniversary,Letter-Equations,07/23/02 #26217,Crossing a Line,2.41,2.32,spookyb,Two men died because a sphere crossed a line. What happened?,Something that flies hit something overhead.,A hot-air balloon flying too close to the ground hit a power line.,Situation,10/05/05 #4398,Missing Word Prequel,2.44,1.75,mad-ade,"What do the following words have in common? FAST THROUGH DOWN AWAY WATER NECK",No hint available.,Each may be preceded by BREAK to give a new word.,Language,06/01/02 #34626,Classic Films of a Bygone Era 7,2.22,2.5100000000000002,jazzmusician46,"Below are five (5) anagrams of film actors from a classic film from the Silver Screen. Your job is twofold: firstly, try and name these people and secondly, ascertain the classic movie they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. Alive or nice rule (8, 7) Join tone a fan (4, 8) Rare song edges (6, 7) Rushed and joint (6, 8) Nicer bugle (5, 5)","Famous Quote: ""I can't forget what it's done to you. I've been thinking of nothing else since it happened. It's gone forever, that funny young, lost look I loved won't ever come back. I killed that when I told you about Rebecca. It's gone. In a few hours, you've grown so much older.""","Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine George Sanders Judith Anderson Nigel Bruce The film is: Rebecca (1940) The cast: Laurence Olivier - 'Maxim' de Winter Joan Fontaine - The Second Mrs. de Winter George Sanders - Jack Favell Judith Anderson - Mrs. Danvers Nigel Bruce - Major Giles Lacy",Trivia,12/29/06 #39378,It's a Jungle Out There,2.7,2.72,cnmne,"There is a plot of land that is 16 square acres, arranged in a 4 X 4 grid. There are 16 mammals, two each of the following: beaver, cat, dog, goat, horse, lion, tiger, and walrus. There is one mammal in each acre. The acres are labeled A through P, as shown below. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Given the following clues, determine where each mammal is located. The terms ""next to"" and ""connected together"" mean vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. 1) A and D do not contain the same mammal, but one of them has a dog. 2) E and O do not contain the same mammal, but one of them has a horse. 3) B and L contain the same mammal, but not a tiger. 4) C and M contain the same mammal, but not a beaver. 5) F, K, N, and P are four different mammals. 6) The tigers are in different columns. 7) The goats are located in two of the following locations: B, C, K, and O. 8) The lions are located in two of the following locations: A, E, F, and M. 9) Cats don't get along with dogs, so neither cat is next to a dog. 10) Tigers have goats on their menu, so each tiger must be next to at least one goat and each goat must be next to at least one tiger. 11) The beavers and walruses live on the same body of water, so all four must be connected together in some fashion.",No hint available.,"A = lion, B = cat, C = walrus, D = dog E = horse, F = lion, G = beaver, H = tiger I = dog, J = beaver, K = goat, L = cat M = walrus, N = tiger, O = goat, P = horse Per #3, B & L are the same; per #4, C & M are the same; therefore, per #7, K & O are goats; therefore, per #2, E is a horse; therefore, per #8, A & F are lions; therefore, per #1, D is a dog. Per #4, C & M are not beavers; per #9, C is not a cat; per #10, M is not a tiger; therefore, C & M are walruses; therefore, per #11, G & J are beavers. Per #3, B & L are not tigers; therefore, B & L are cats. Per #6, N is a tiger; per #9, H & P are not a dog; therefore, I is a dog. Per #5, P is a horse; therefore, H is a tiger.",Logic,11/26/07 #21215,The Bacon Game,2.17,2.89,redsquare008,Can you think of a board game with two types of bacon in its name?,No hint available.,"Backgammon Back Bacon and Gammon",Other,02/25/05 #6497,PMUJ,2.27,1.03,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? pmuj horse",No hint available.,Jump back on the horse!,Rebus,08/13/02 #43814,Norse-Style Riddle,2.52,1.4,FalconOfHope,"I am in the ears of many young And old, I soothe, strengthen, or solace The listeners who are inspired by me. Artists, athletes, and academics alike Are strengthened by my noted poems. They look to me for help in many forms: Inspiration, imagination, illustration, and concentration. Because of the many forms I come in, I can easily accommodate all. There is no one that dislikes me. I am a part of everyone's life In one form or another form. My sound-poems are heard by one And all across the human home. Can you guess what I am?",No hint available.,Music,Riddle,12/30/08 #28784,Skipping Rocks,2.17,0.75,qqqq,"Tom puts a coat on, walks outside, and marvels at the colors on the snow. Beginning to get bored, Tom decides to skip rocks at the nearby pond. He finds a rock, throws it, and it stays on top of the pond, not going down. How?",No hint available.,"If it's snowing, then it's probably cold enough for ice to form. And ice is still water.",Trick,02/24/06 #41633,Percentages,2.11,1.45,shenqiang,"If A is 50% larger than C, and B is 25% larger than C, then A is what percent larger than B?",No hint available.,"A is 1.5C, and B is 1.25C. Therefore, A is (1.5C-1.25C)/(1.25C)*100%=20% larger than B. Or, suppose C is 4, then A is 6 and B is 5. 6 is 20% larger than 5.",Math,04/23/08 #16891,Bar Room Toss,2.56,1.76,jimbo,"You are out one night having a few milkshakes when a shadowy figure approaches you. ""Wanna play a game?"" he inquires. ""I'll toss two coins and look at them. If they are both tails then I'll show you both and we'll flip again. On the other hand, if they are not both tails, this is how we'll play. I'll slide one coin across to you. It has to be a head or a tail right? I'll give you $3 if it's a head and you give me $2 if it's a tail. Wanna play?"" Would you play with this stranger and if you decide yes, who will win or is it a fair game?",No hint available.,"If you play you will lose. Outcomes are TT (no play) HH HT or TH. In the last 3 cases the stranger will keep a head, sliding you a tail on two occasions and a head on one occasion. He will win twice as often as you. He will win $4 to your $3 so in the long run you will lose.",Probability,03/07/04 #33885,Teamwork!,2.74,1.16,brainster,"In an ancient barter-style market area: Buyer: How much would one of these cost? Vendor: I'd give it to you for the price of all. Buyer: Interesting! And how much would all of it cost? Vendor: Ah! That I'd have to give you for the price of one! What phrase does this bizarre transaction represent?",No hint available.,All for one and one for all!,Rebus,11/08/06 #183,8 S in the IL,2.14,2.56,trojan5x,8 S in the IL,Academia,8 Schools in the Ivy League,Letter-Equations,02/01/01 #44485,Such a Deal! II,2.5,1.73,mosca,"Suppose you saw an ad like this: ""World famous sculpture! Miniature, pocket sized copy of a celebrated work of art, seen by thousands of people on a big city college campus! The gentle curving lines of this well-known wire sculpture, the original of which is over twenty feet tall, can be yours for an unbelievable price! Not only is it beautiful to look at, this device is highly useful in a number of amazing ways! A special purchase makes this fabulous offer open to you for only $10.99! Buy one for yourself and another for a gift, only $20.00 for two!"" Would you send in your hard-earned money? If not, why not?","If it seems too good to be true, it probably is!","Don't part with your money for this one! What you will receive is a small envelope containing an ordinary paper clip! ""But wait,"" you say; ""What about the sculpture on the college campus?"" A seven meter high replica of a paper clip was erected at the campus of a college near Oslo, Norway. And how is it useful? Well, of course, it can hold pieces of paper together. It can also be used to reset certain electronic devices, repair umbrellas, or even hang Christmas ornaments! But you can buy a whole boxful of these at the dollar store!",Trivia,05/19/09 #38386,Wine in Instrument,2.3,2.4,Dishhead5,"""Red wine contained in an instrument."" What instrument is this?",No hint available.,"Clarinet. Claret is a type of red wine and if you add an ""in"" between r and e, then... presto!",Riddle,09/20/07 #29145,Opposites 17,2.37,2.22,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. 8 stands for N, L, O, Y, or A 7 stands for E, H, L, C, or G 9 stands for E, K, P, M, or T ^ stands for U, T, I, B, or V The four letter code word, 78^9, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Love and Hate.,Logic,03/17/06 #37976,The Thanksgiving Pageant,2.67,2.15,lilrena4ever,"Allison, Jerry, Bonnie, and Bill are participating in a Thanksgiving Pageant at their school. The students will portray an Indian warrior, a pilgrim, an Indian maiden, and a deer. Their props consist of a pumpkin, a fish, a basket of corn, and colored leaves. During the pageant, they will recite a poem, sing a song, do a dance, and act as the narrator. Their parents, whose lasts names are Lee, Newton, Myers, and Schuler, will be watching in the audience. The ages of the performers are 13, 12, 11, and 10 years old. Use the clues to help you find out who will be doing what for the pageant. 1. Mrs. Lee made her daughter's costume and also the costumes of the Indian maiden and the dancer. 2. Mr. Myers helped his son rehearse his poem. 3. The dancer was older than Lee and the pilgrim, but younger than Allison. 4. The 11-year-old ripped her deer outfit, but her mother pinned it. 5. Newton carried his fish during his tribal dance. 6. Jerry's pumpkin was a symbol of the feast for the pilgrims. 7. The Indian maiden carried corn as she sang the song of feasting.",No hint available.,"Allison is the daughter of Mr. Schuler, is 13 years old, has the costume of the Indian maiden, sang a song, and has corn as her prop. Jerry is the son of Mr. Myers, is 10 years old, has the costume of the pilgrim, read a poem, and has a pumpkin as a prop. Bonnie is the daughter of Mrs. Lee, is 11 years old, has the costume of the deer, is the narrator, and has leaves as her prop. Bill is the son of Mr. Newton, is 12 years old, has the costume of the Indian warrior, does the dance, and has a fish as his prop.",Logic,08/27/07 #37732,"1, 11, 20",2.25,1.23,slicktrumpet,"Can you figure out what number comes next? 1, 11, 20, 28, 35, ...","10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ...","41 Each number has one less added to it than the first. 1 +10, 11 +9, 20 +8, 28 +7, 35 + 6, 41",Series,08/11/07 #38500,Words With LM,2.46,2.7600000000000002,cnmne,"Five words that contain LM as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **LM*, *LM***, **LM**, ****LM, *LM**** Pool: A, A, A, A, A, A, A, B, C, D, E, F, I, N, N, O, P, S, T, Y",No hint available.,"BALMY, ALMOST, FILMED, NAPALM, ALMANAC",Language,09/28/07 #30458,"2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20...",2.18,2.9,shenqiang,"What are the next five terms in this sequence? 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 26, 28, 31, 34, 36, 39, 41, 44, 47, 49, 52...","Each term is 2 or 3 greater than its preceding term, but this is not all.","The pattern is: the nth term in this sequence is n greater than the nth natural number that is NOT contained in this sequence. 2=1+1, 5=3+2, 7=4+3, 10=6+4, 13=8+5, 15=9+6, 18=11+7, 20=12+8, 23=14+9, 26=16+10, 28=17+11, 31=19+12, 34=21+13, 36=22+14, 39=24+15, 41=25+16, 44=27+17, 47=29+18, 49=30+19, 52=32+20. Therefore, the next five terms are: 54=33+21, 57=35+22, 60=37+23, 62=38+24, 65=40+25.",Series,05/13/06 #5764,Plans,2.73,1.08,Cascas,"What does this mean? plans plasn plsna plsna",No hint available.,Change of plans,Rebus,07/21/02 #13178,Weight Lifter,2.68,2.04,gulliverboy,"I can hold up thousands of tonnes, but cannot hold up a single grain of sand. What am I?",It is a common thing that we should know.,"Liquid water. ""Thousands of tonnes"" refers to ships but when you put a grain of sand into the water it sinks.",Riddle,06/15/03 #45805,Missing Word,2.48,1.22,Zag24,"What one word can be inserted in all of the blanks, making every row into a word? E___H QU___Z ST___LE HE___H M___IAN DEP___ED",No hint available.,"ART EARTH QUARTZ STARTLE HEARTH MARTIAN DEPARTED",Language,11/24/09 #37010,Doesn't Belong,2.4,1.97,tigerlily34,"Which of the following words doesn't belong: WOKE, RIB, WASH, TROD, SNIFF",The order of the letters is important.,WASH doesn't belong; all of the other words' letters are in reverse-alphabetical order.,Group,06/20/07 #36916,Pepperland Kennel,2.38,0.88,beatlesgirl,"Lucy works at Pepperland Kennel where she watches dogs while their owners are away. One day, Lucy went out for lunch, but when she returned, she saw that someone had taken the collars off of four of the dogs. She suddenly remembered that the owners of these four dogs were supposed to pick them up within the hour. Help Lucy match each dog with their collar and owner. 1. The Shih Tzu's collar is blue. 2. Mr. Lennon's dog has a red collar. 3. The Chihuahua belongs to Mr. Starr. 4. The dog that belongs to Mr. Harrison does not have a blue or orange collar. 5. The Maltese is not wearing a purple collar.",No hint available.,"1. The Maltese belongs to Mr. Lennon and is wearing a red collar. 2. The Shih Tzu belongs to Mr. McCart and is wearing a blue collar. 3. The Pomeranian belongs to Mr. Harrison and is wearing a purple collar. 4. The Chihuahua belongs to Mr. Starr and is wearing an orange collar.",Logic-Grid,06/12/07 #7348,15 D on a C,2.35,2.48,tissue,15 D on a C,No hint available.,15 digits on a clock. The number 10 is actually 2 digits.,Letter-Equations,09/10/02 #30728,A Thrilling Game of Swaff,2.5,2.17,bigSWAFF_69_,"In a game of Swaff, players have 1 turn to roll 2 dice, to achieve a total number that is a multiple of 3. If the combined number is NOT a multiple of three, the player is out. If it is, he/she goes on to the next round. If no players get a multiple of 3, in any round, the game is over in a tie. Example: John rolls a 2 and a 4. Total score is 6 - a multiple of 3. John would then move on to the next round. Lets say that John, Sally, Suzan, and Jimmy were playing a game of Swaff. What is the probability that the game ends the first round as a tie?",No hint available.,"16/81 There are 36 roll combinations: 1-6, 1-5, 1-4, 1-3, 1-2, 1-1, 2-6, 2-5, 2-4, 2-3, 2-2, 2-1, 3-6, 3-5, 3-4, 3-3, 3-2, 3-1, 4-6, 4-5, 4-4, 4-3, 4-2, 4-1, 5-6, 5-5, 5-4, 5-3, 5-2, 5-1, 6-6, 6-5, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1, 24 of which are NOT multiples of 3: 1-6, 1-4, 1-3, 1-1, 2-6, 2-5, 2-3, 2-2, 3-5, 3-4, 3-2, 3-1, 4-6, 4-4, 4-3, 4-1, 5-6, 5-5, 5-3, 5-2, 6-5, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 There is a 2/3 chance for one person to lose (not get a multiple of 3). 2/3 to the power of 4 (for the four players) is 16/81.",Probability,05/27/06 #29936,What Group of Words Doesn't Belong?,2.63,2.35,Princeford93,"What group of words doesn't belong? turbot paper halibut plaice floor flounder oscar ball betta",No hint available.,"The last one. The first two include fish that are flat and one flat item. The last included a sphere-shaped item and two fat fish.",Group,04/21/06 #2572,4 and 20 B B in a P,2.27,1.79,PyroTekniks,4 and 20 B. B. in a P.,No hint available.,Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie,Letter-Equations,03/06/02 #2466,Rose Garden,2.75,2.07,lil_bboi_56,There once was an evil wizard. He took 3 women from their homes and turned them into rose bushes that looked exactly alike. He put them in his garden. One of the women had a husband and children and begged the wizard to let her see them. He agreed. At night he brought the woman to her house. In the morning he came and took her home. Next day the husband decided to go rescue her. So he snuck into the wizard's garden. He looked and looked at the 3 identical rose bushes trying to figure out which could be his wife. Suddenly he knew the answer and he took his wife home. How did he know which rose bush was his wife?,No hint available.,"The wizard brought the rose bush to her home at night and returned her to the garden in the morning. Therefore, she was the only plant without dew.",Situation,03/01/02 #37834,Pairs of Letters #2,2.65,1.83,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your task is to place the same pair of letters onto both sets of dashes to complete a common word. Each answer will have a different pair of letters. 1. H _ _ DG _ _ R 2. _ _ TB _ _ ND 3. PR _ _ ERV _ _ 4. BEG _ _ N _ _ G",No hint available.,"1. HeaDGeaR 2. ouTBouND 3. PResERVes 4. BEGinNinG",Language,08/18/07 #35901,Common Theme #5,2.66,2.42,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to change one letter in each of the following words, in order to find eight (8) words with a common theme. Many Scourse Mirable Wafer Wink Lode Cod Breach",No hint available.,"Mary Scourge Miracle Water Wine Love God Preach The common theme here is: Jesus Christ. All the above words are associated with Him.",Language,03/27/07 #40651,The H Man,2.17,2.78,1smart_okie,H = F of the S,Music,Haydn = Father of the Symphony,Letter-Equations,02/22/08 #6022,Double U,2.32,1.27,im_para_noid,What is the only word in the English Language that has two u's consecutively.,No hint available.,vacuum,Language,07/29/02 #22130,Head In Heaven,2.64,1.75,spookboy0,"My head is in Heaven, but never in the clouds; Next, in the middle of the hay. Then, in midst of eternity; Last, the start of pay. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Harp H - the letter ""H"" is in ""Heaven,"" but not in ""clouds."" A - the letter ""A"" is in the middle of ""hay."" R - the letter ""R"" is in the middle of ""eternity."" P - the letter ""P"" begins ""pay.""",Riddle,04/07/05 #39453,Set Your Watch,2.49,1.84,RGW4,"My 5, 11, 2, 12 is not empty. My 7, 1, 8, 6 is an infinitesimal amount. My 9, 1, 8 is the opposite of cold. My 4 is just a blank space. My 10, 6, 3 is a fashion that becomes popular quickly. Together they form two words that refer to a regular event.",This refers to a thermal event discovered in 1870.,"1st clue = FULL 2nd clue = IOTA 3rd clue = HOT 4th clue is just the break between the words 5th clue = FAD The answer is ""Old Faithful"", a US National Park cone geyser that was first discovered and named by the 1870 Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition. It erupts faithfully every 60 to 90 minutes for the most part, with normally only a 10 minute error in the window of viewing.",Riddle,12/03/07 #27862,Know Thy Self,2.91,1.94,sgtammo,"Does your first name have another homophonic meaning? Here are some examples, wade and Wade or wait and Wayte. See how many words and first names you can identify. Remember, spellings may vary. 1. To throw away, starts with C 2. A very strong wind, starts with G 3. A North American songbird having a rust-red breast gray or black upper plumage, starts with R 4. Magnificent; sumptuous, starts with R 5. Any of various often crested birds of the genera Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, and related genera within the family Corvidae, often having a loud, harsh call, starts with J 6. To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing, starts with T 7. To place in the ground, starts with B 8. A church that is or once was part of a monastery or convent, starts with A 9. The superior of a monastery, starts with A 10. A leaf or one side of a leaf, as of a book, letter, newspaper, or manuscript, starts with P 11. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence, starts with F 12. A usually portable device for raising heavy objects by means of force applied with a lever, starts with J",No hint available.,"1. chuck, Chuck 2. gale, Gail 3. robin, Robyn 4. rich, Rich 5. jay, Jay 6. tarry, Terry 7. bury, Berry 8. abbey, Abby 9. abbot, Abbot 10. page, Paige 11. faith, Faith 12. jack, Jack",Language,01/03/06 #20040,World Series Gamble,2.33,3.0,tsimkin,"The winner of the World Series is the first team to win four games, so the maximum number of games that could be played is 7. You want to place a $100 bet (even money) on your team to win the whole series. A bookie says he will not take bets on the whole series, but would be willing to let you bet on each individual game. Is there a betting strategy you could put in place to replicate your $100 bet?",Think back from game 7,"On games 1 and 2, bet $31.25. On game 3, bet $25.00 if your team is 2-0 or 0-2, and $37.50 if the record is 1-1. On game 4, bet $12.50 if the record is 3-0 or 0-3, and bet $37.50 if the record is 2-1 or 1-2. For game 5 (if you get to it), bet $25 if the record is 3-1 or 1-3, or $50 if the record is 2-2. If there is a game 6, bet $50 on it. If you get to a game 7 (so the record is 3-3), bet $100. Here is why this works. At game 7, you need to have had $0 profit or loss from the previous games, so you want to bet $100 to replicate your winner-take all bet. Taking a step back, this means that if your team was 3-2, you would have had to lose enough money to get to $0 profit, and win $100 if they won, so your bet would have had to be $50. (Same on the losing side, so you would lose $100 if your team lost and they were 2-3 coming in to the game, or gotten back to $0 if they won to get to 3-3.) The reverse induction works all the way back to the initial bet of $31.25.",Other,12/21/04 #1104,I Drive Men Mad,2.27,2.15,vivek,"I drive men mad For love of me, Easily beaten, Never free.",No hint available.,Gold,Riddle,10/11/01 #42117,Ahmes's Papyrus,2.5,2.59,rush2,"About 2000 B.C. there lived Ahmes, a royal secretary and mathematician of the Pharaoh Amenemhat III. In 1853 an Englishman Rhind found one of Ahmes's papyruses near the temple of Ramses II in Thebes. The papyrus is a rectangle 33 cm wide and about 5 m long. There is the following math brain teaser on it (besides others). 100 measures of corn must be divided among 5 workers, so that the second worker gets as many measures more than the first worker, as the third gets more than the second, the fourth more than the third and the fifth more than the fourth. The first two workers shall get seven times less measures of corn than the three others. How many measures of corn shall each worker get?",No hint available.,"2 equations give a clear answer to the given question: 5w + 10d = 100 7*(2w + d) = 3w + 9d Where w is amount of corn for the first worker, d is the difference (amount of corn) between two consecutive workers. So this is the solution: 1st worker = 10/6 measures of corn 2nd worker = 65/6 measures of corn 3rd worker = 120/6 (20) measures of corn 4th worker = 175/6 measures of corn 5th worker = 230/6 measures of corn",Math,06/01/08 #42316,Half?,2.11,2.72,jsdodgers,"What are the next three numbers in the sequence? 0, 4, 4, 6, 8, 11, 15, 20.5,-,-,-",The 0 and first 4 are just starting numbers.,"28, 38.25, 52.25 The series: Half of the number two before plus the number before. half 0=0 -- 0+4 = 4 half 4=2 -- 2+4 = 6 half 4=2 -- 2+6 = 8 half 6=3 -- 3+8 = 11 half 8=4 -- 4+11 = 15 half 11=5.5 -- 5.5+15 = 20.5 half 15=7.5 -- 7.5+20.5 = 28 half 20.5=10.25 10.25+28 = 38.25 half 28=14 14+38.25 = 52.25",Series,06/22/08 #11124,Front is Back,2.18,1.87,jizzyhuggs,"If you go in the front door, you are in the back. Where are you?",No hint available.,A theatre.,Riddle,03/13/03 #29340,The Vowel-less Knights #4,2.9,1.24,ScoutMan,"And now for more mystery quotes in the style of the Vowel-less knights... 1. dn't knw wh m grndfthr ws; m mch mr cncrnd t knw wht hs grndsn wll b. 2. t's rnng cts nd dgs t thr! 3. 'll gt thrgh, cm hll r hgh wtr.","1. Spoken by an American President. Bonus point: Who? 2. A popular saying dating from the Middle Ages in Western Europe. Bonus point: Why does this saying use these animals for comparison? 3. An expression from the early 1900's. Bonus points: What group is thought to have originated this saying, and what were they doing?","1. I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. Bonus: Abraham Lincoln 2. It's raining cats and dogs out there! Bonus: Because a very heavy rain on an uninsulated roof sounds like heavy objects are hitting it. 3. I'll get through, come hell or high water. Bonus: Cattle ranchers, driving herds to market.",Language,03/26/06 #26006,Twisted Life,2.82,2.14,zonahobo,"Of shiny silver, gold or white, I stem the surge with all my might. From morning light to night's return, My life is full of twists and turns. What am I?",Flow control.,A water faucet.,Riddle,09/21/05 #20249,24 Games,2.41,2.31,doggyxp,"Can you take the numbers 21, 10, 5, and 3, and make the total equal 24 using basic arithmetic signs (*, /, +, -)? Each number may only be used once, and every number must be used. For example, if given 2, 2, 4, and 6, the answer would be 6/2 = 3 3*2 = 6 6*4 = 24 2, 2, 4, and 6 were all used once.",No hint available.,"For 21, 10, 5, and 3, the answer is 10+5 = 15 15*3 = 45 45-21 = 24",Math,01/05/05 #17076,Blind Man's Bluff,3.02,1.96,jaycr,"A blind man drives up to a house, gets out of the car and goes up to the door with a package. The homeowner takes the package and gives the blind man a check. The blind man then drives away. What was in the package?",This was not a shady deal.,The people bought blinds and the blind man delivered them.,Situation,03/20/04 #519,Liars and Truth Tellers,2.62,1.87,kaila912,"You approach two magic talking doors. One door leads to the City of Truth, while the other door leads to the City of Liars. You do not know which door is which. You are able to ask only one question to determine which door is which. The door that leads to the City of Liars always speaks lies, while the door that leads to the City of Truth always speaks the truth. You want to go to the City of Truth. What question do you ask to determine which door leads to the City of Truth?",No hint available.,"Answer #1: You ask a door - ""If I were to ask the other door which door leads to the city of truth, what would he say?"" and then you pick the opposite door of what he tells you. Answer #2: Ask the door - ""If I asked you which door leads to the city of truth before, which door would you have told me?"" (negative and negative = positive, positive and positive = positive). and you choose the door that it directs you to.",Logic,05/29/01 #6198,Unfinished Symphony,2.45,1.57,Deucex2,Why didn't Handel finish the Unfinished Symphony?,No hint available.,The reason Handel didn't finish it is because he didn't start it to begin with. Schubert wrote the Unfinished Symphony.,Trick,08/03/02 #49749,"Beauty, Power and Age",2.77,1.91,Kinghal,"I come and I go, more than once in a day. Yet I've always been here; for eons my stay. A bearer of life, I bring fear and great dread; A destroyer of old, millions by me are fed. Artists and poets my presence inspires, My moods, they are varied, my journey ne'er tires. Once I was greater, but my time comes again. Can you yet name me, my riddling friend?",No hint available.,"The Sea is my name, or Ocean some say, My tides wax and wane twice each short-lived day. Many a life my waters have seized, But I give back aplenty with food for your need. My reach was broader many years ago; Melting ice ensures that again I will grow. If you have enjoyed this riddling task, Rate this puzzle highly, I fervently ask.",Riddle,02/03/13 #30805,Family Scavenger Hunt,2.88,1.17,cdrock,"One day, five siblings were bored, so their parents set up a scavenger hunt. They hid a different present in a different spot for each of the five kids. Using the clues below, can you determine which kid got which present, and where each present was hidden? Kids: Greg, Mike, Dorothy, Lucy, Amanda Presents: jigsaw puzzle, book, paint set, board game, video game Hiding Locations: in the washing machine, under the couch, in the sink, under the bed, and behind the TV. Clues: 1. The five kids are Greg, the one who got the paint set, the one whose present was hidden in the sink, the one who received the board game, and Lucy. 2. Mike, who received the video game, didn't get the present hidden under the bed. 3. The present hidden in the washing machine was Dorothy's. 4. The present hidden under the couch was not Mike's. 5. The paint set was found behind the TV. 6. The present hidden under the couch was not the jigsaw puzzle. 7. Lucy's present was not hidden under the bed.",No hint available.,"Greg - jigsaw puzzle - under the bed Mike - video game - in the sink Dorothy - board game - in the washing machine Lucy - book - under the couch Amanda - paint set - behind the TV",Logic-Grid,05/31/06 #3657,The Servant's Wish,3.16,2.54,arij,"Once upon a time, in the West Lake village, a servant lived with his master. After service of about 30 years, his master became ill and was going to die. One day, the master called his servant and asked him for a wish. It could be any wish but just one. The master gave him one day to think about it. The servant became very happy and went to his mother for discussion about the wish. His mother was blind and she asked her son for making a wish for her eye-sight to come back. Then the servant went to his wife. She became very excited and asked for a son as they were childless for many years. After that, the servant went to his father who wanted to be rich and so he asked his son to wish for a lot of money. The next day he went to his master and made one wish through which all the three (mother, father, wife) got what they wanted. You have to tell what the servant asked the master.",No hint available.,"The servant said, ""My mother wants to see her grandson swinging on a swing of gold.""",Mystery,04/20/02 #18727,"I Do Not Breathe, But I Run And Jump",2.37,2.04,spookboy0,"I do not breathe, but I run and jump. I do not eat, but I swim and stretch. I do not drink, but I sleep and stand. I do not think, but I grow and play. I do not see, but you see me every day. What am I?",No hint available.,"A leg (still attached to a living body, of course).",Riddle,09/01/04 #23518,Will This Trick You?,2.5,1.85,ctjah2123,51= C.C. in the U.S.,No hint available.,51 Capital Cities in the United States,Letter-Equations,06/09/05 #51024,The Building Inquiry,2.72,1.32,Viprvenom,"Detective Viprvenom, the famous detective of Brimton City, was just spending his vacation at the library to gain more intellect. After hours of solving conundrums, Officer Dave came to the library and asked Detective Viprvenom to come with him. ""What's wrong?"" Detective Viprvenom asked the officer. ""Let's talk at the police station,"" Officer Dave replied. Soon, Viprvenom and Officer Dave arrived at the police station. Officer Dave handed Detective Viprvenom a case file. ""There is a suicide case at the Brimton Apartments. There are other officers at the case, Officer Jake was told to lead the case. I don't know all the details about the case so you'll have to ask one of the officers there. It's best to ask Jake, he's more trustworthy,"" Officer Dave gave the file to Detective Viprvenom ""Be safe! You are needed for many cases and are smart."" When Detective Viprvenom arrived at the case in Brimton Apartments, Officer Jake came up to him and told Viprvenom the details. ""This young woman is Katherine Sol,"" Officer Jake said pointing to a lady in a pool of blood. ""Her age might be in the 20's. She must have jumped off of the building as a suicide mission. There isn't any access to the roof so she must have jumped from one of the windows,"" Officer Jake pointed to the windows where they were facing the woman. Detective Viprvenom saw 26 windows and thought there might be 26 floors. ""I'll be back,"" Detective Viprvenom said to Officer Jake. ""By the way, was there anyone you saw at this place?"" ""No, none of us officers have seen anyone,"" the officer replied. ""Ok,"" Detective Viprvenom went inside the building alone and searched throughout the apartments. Being on the first floor, he opened the window facing the girl in the crime scene, and closed it. He did this pattern all the way to the 26th floor. Then, Detective came back to the crime scene and looked at the windows. ""I refer that this is not suicide but murder,"" Detective said to Officer Jake. Why did he think this?",Read closely what the Detective did.,"When there is no access to the roof, the girl had to have jumped from one of the windows. However, Detective Viprvenom opened all of the windows, and closed them. If the girl jumped out a window, at least one of the windows should have been open, though all the windows were closed, which means there was someone else involved.",Mystery,04/05/17 #35390,When Your Dinner is Too Cold,2.16,0.6900000000000001,beepbeeptnm,"What do you do when your dinner is too cold? I'll solve your problem before you start to scold. Just give me your dinner with a lid on top, Push my button and I'll make your food hot! What am I?",No hint available.,"A microwave oven! You put the food in, then you push the START button, and it heats up your food for you!",Riddle,02/22/07 #18671,Mad Ade's Heteronyms#1,2.41,1.44,Mad-Ade,"In this Teaser Mad Ade has created a sentence using heteronyms, which are identical words that have two separate differing meanings. In many occasions despite the same spellings the words are pronounced differently. For example : ""Please excuse me while I think of an excuse."" The word EXCUSE is used in one sentence, but has two very different meanings and pronunciations. Can you work out the heteronyms for these two sentences? 1, ""The Doctor ----- the bandage around Mad Ade's -----, which was caused by standing too close to the Kebab grill."" 2, ""Mad Ade knew the ---- was strong enough to ---- the windmill.""",No hint available.,"1, Wound = to wrap around Wound = open sore 2, Wind = moving air Wind = to turn",Language,08/29/04 #18847,Round and Round it Goes,2.54,1.43,rose_rox,"I spin round and round And I don't move out of place. What you want I can hold, Without gaining extra weight. I could never, ever, use a car, But I'm stuck sometimes in ""Drive"", When you're cruel enough to burn me, I'll always come out alive. Would you like to hear some jazz with that? Or I can give you rock or rap. And even though I can't make music, You can hear from me sounds of acoustic. Anything you want to hear! Now don't you think I deserve a cheer?",No hint available.,"CDs. The first two verses are in reference to using them with your computer, and the third verse is when using a CD player.",Riddle,09/14/04 #44066,One For Everything,2.65,1.8900000000000001,Zag24,"There's one of me for everything, though only four are we. O'er and o'er we repeat, cycling endlessly. But then, I am an act you'll do, when standing at the range. One word, and yet, I've meanings two. I hope it's not too strange.","Turn, turn turn.","Season. From the Bible (and the song suggested in the hint) ""To every thing there is a season."" There are four seasons, cycling endlessly. When you add salt or spices while cooking, you season your dish.",Riddle,02/05/09 #4026,Swallow,2.56,1.67,Jake,"Normally you would swallow me. But were I more, I could swallow you. What am I?",No hint available.,water,Riddle,05/11/02 #50404,Chain Letters 9,2.41,2.26,cnmne,"The following two 4x4 grids each contain a 12-letter word. Each word is formed by a chain of letters. A word can begin with any of the letters. The second letter of a word is adjacent (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) to the first letter, the third letter is adjacent to the second, and so on. No letter can be used more than once. Four letters in each grid will be unused. EQOT LUSI BEFO TANT CEHC SINT OAIS CLUQ",The first letter of the first word is in the first row. The first letter of the second word is in the first column.,The words are QUESTIONABLE and CALISTHENICS.,Language,07/22/14 #28601,CHoCoLaTe,2.93,2.18,smarty008,What 5 chemical elements make chocolate?,The title is helpful if you know your elements.,"Carbon (C) Holmium (Ho) Cobalt (Co) Lanthanum (La) Tellurium (Te) Together they make chocolate (C Ho Co La Te)",Trick,02/13/06 #45481,Third Base,2.11,2.69,brainyboy615,"What are the next two in this series? 1010, 101, 22, 20, 14, ??, ??","The title is something of a clue, if you read it properly.","13, 12 The series is the number 10 written first in Base 2 (binary), then in Base 3, then in Base 4, and so on. 10 in Base 7 is 13, and 10 in Base 8 is 12.",Series,10/12/09 #6797,Sweeties,2.23,2.83,dumbell,"Which confectionary items are suggested by these: wobbly infants arias seen at a race track wee willy winky",No hint available.,"jelly babies tunes tic tac after eight",Language,08/23/02 #38691,Eight-letter Words #4,2.67,2.86,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you can only use the letters given. You have to fill in the dashes to form 8-letter words. Each letter is used only once. Good luck and have fun! AAAAA BB C DDD EEEE F G III NN P RR SS TTT U Y 1. a-o-t-o- 2. b-r-w-r- 3. c-m-h-f- 4. d-c-a-e- 5. g-n-i-h- 6. h-n-m-d- 7. j-t-e-e- 8. l-n-h-i-",No hint available.,"1. abortion 2. barbwire 3. camshaft 4. deceased 5. gunfight 6. handmade 7. jittered 8. lynchpin",Language,10/09/07 #29387,"Inventions, Inventions!",3.21,2.18,Winner4600,"Dave, John, Cara, Robbie, and Kate are five budding inventors. Their newest inventions? Each has combined a popular ingredient with a drink! Figure out who's who, what their ""mix"" is, and when they each invented their product. 1. The five inventors are Dave, Ms. Roberts, the ""Potato Man"", the July inventor, and the one who added an ingredient to lemonade. 2. No one's first name is similar to their last name. 3. Kate made a peanut smoothie. 4. Winter in the Northern Hemisphere seemed to be a ""hot"" invention time - both John and Cara concocted something then! 5. Marshmallows were incorporated into Kay's creation. Chocolate was in Davidson's. 6. Banana Vodka was a spur of the moment brainstorm. 7. April just happened to be ""chocolate season"", at least for Robbie. 8. Believe it or not, potato cocktails were very popular in January!",No hint available.,"Dave Kay, Marshmallow Soda, October John Cora, Potato Cocktail, January Cara Roberts, Banana Vodka, February Robbie Davidson, Chocolate Lemonade, April Kate Johnson, Peanut Smoothie, July",Logic-Grid,03/28/06 #40829,Aztec Mathology,2.18,2.63,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Aztec mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the two possible solutions. TLALOC + ITZLI + TOCI = PAYNAL",No hint available.,"153579 + 81058 + 1798 = 236435 264670 + 82168 + 2708 = 349546",Cryptography,03/03/08 #35127,Never Satisfied,2.5100000000000002,2.26,silent_lucidity,"In my first, my second sat, my third and fourth I ate.",No hint available.,IN-SAT-IATE,Riddle,01/30/07 #20557,3 L in a H,2.13,2.62,lolerZ304,3 L in a H,No hint available.,3 Lines in a Haiku,Letter-Equations,01/23/05 #27195,Word Links,2.79,2.01,peppamintp,"Insert one word in each pair to link the two words together. The end of the first word is the beginning of the second. Stop____House Half_____Clock Swan____Bird Rock_____Striper",No hint available.,"Light Time Song Candy",Language,11/28/05 #45649,Kangaroo Words 6,2.23,1.85,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. banish 2. illuminated 3. devilish 4. sorcerer 5. exorcise See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word: 6. falsified",No hint available.,"1. ban (BANish) 2. lit (iLlumInaTed) 3. evil (dEVILish) 4. seer (SorcErER) 5. excise (EXorCISE) 6. false / lied (FALSifiEd / faLsIfiED)",Language,11/06/09 #3887,gbrulayl,2.14,2.38,arij,"Can you decipher this very common word? gbrulayl",No hint available.,"GbrULayL bray in gull BRAINGLE",Rebus,05/06/02 #13025,2=J in a S D of C,2.3,1.68,rose_rox,2=J in a S D of C,Similar to 'court jester',2=Jokers in a Standard Deck of Cards.,Letter-Equations,06/09/03 #2091,The Dog Walk,2.5100000000000002,1.96,Cascas,"Matthew walks up and down a hill which is three kilometers each way. His dog, being slower, walks at half the speed. When Matthew reaches the top of the hill he turns around and walks down to meet his dog part way. Matthew continues walking to the bottom of the hill maintaining his speed. The dog follows him, also maintaining his speed. How far does the dog walk?",No hint available.,"Four kilometers. When Matthew reaches the top of the hill, he will have walked three kilometers, and his dog will be half-way, or 1.5 kilometers. Matthew then turns around and walks back, but his dog continues walking up the hill until they meet. They will meet at the two kilometer point. The dog will turn around at this point and follow Matthew down the hill completing a 4 kilometer walk.",Math,01/20/02 #26095,Math-crypto: a Roman Knows,2.44,2.23,qsceszxdwa,"XLIV times X = CDXL This statement is true in Roman numerals (44 x 10 = 440), but can you replace the letters with numbers such that it's still true? Only one letter can stand for one number. There are 2 answers.","L=8 X=2","2864 x 2 = 5728 or 2814 x 2 = 5628",Cryptography,09/27/05 #17901,Boggle Me This,2.43,3.13,jimrcook,"Arrange the alphabet (except the letter Q) in a 5x5 grid. (The first line is ABCDE, the second is FGHIJ, etc.) Begin with any letter. Move one letter at a time horizontally, vertically or diagonally, accumulating letters. For example, GAB would be an acceptable word. What is the longest word you can make without reusing a letter?",Start with the letter C.,"According to the Scrabble dictionary, CHINTZY is the longest word, and there are only five six letter words in the grid.",Language,06/13/04 #14619,Mad Ade's Garden,2.27,3.09,mad-ade,"Mad Ade, Who had suddenly and unexpectedly after years of selfless dedication to Kebabs, decided to grow some vegetable for himself and subsequently planted his garden late in May. He planted five different vegetables: Tomatoes, Peppers, Radishes, Lettuce, and Broccoli. For each he planted a different number of rows from one to five. The hard work involved with each planting was accomplished on a separate day, from May 25th to May 30th (On Sunday May 26th he didn't work in the garden). Each vegetable was planted in a different part of the garden, the north end, the south side, the east side, the west side or the northwest corner. Can you tell which vegetable was planted in each part of the garden, the day planted and the number of rows? 1. Mad Ade turned the soil for the peppers three days after he dug hand-size rocks out of the radish patch. Mad Ade's bright rows of radishes went deeper than the broccoli but were not as deep as the tomatoes. Mad Ade rolled his trusty wheelbarrow into the west end of the garden one day before he planted the broccoli. Mad Ade believes the morning sun is bad for tomatoes and so kept those plants out of the eastern side of his garden. 2. Mad Ade labored hard in the south side of the garden and was mighty proud of the three perfect rows there. On one week's last day, Mad Ade planted the east side of the garden. Mad Ade didn't put the peppers or the tomatoes in the northwest corner. Mad Ade planted an even number of rows in the Northwest corner of his garden. 3. Mad Ade planted three rows before he planted two rows, but planted them after he planted four rows. Mad Ade figured the lettuce wouldn't last long so he planted fewer than three rows. Mad Ade planted the south garden one day before he planted the lettuce. Mad Ade planted more rows of peppers than he did broccoli (which was not planted in the west side of the garden and was not planted the 29th). Which vegetable was planted in how many rows, on which day of May and in which side of Mad Ade's garden?",No hint available.,"Please Note that 1.1 refers to clue 1, sentence 1, and thus 2.3 would be clue 2 sentence 3. Explanation: 1.1 Mad Ade turned the soil for the peppers three days after he dug hand-size rocks out of the radish patch. Radishes are 25th or 27th. Peppers are 28th or 30th. 1.3 Mad Ade rolled his trusty wheelbarrow into the west end of the garden one day before he planted the broccoli Broccoli is 28, 29 30 (and West is 27, 28, 29) 3.3 Mad Ade planted the south garden one day before he planted the lettuce. Lettuce 28, 29 30 (and South 27, 28, 29 ) Tomatoes can only be 25th or 27th. 2.2 On one week's last day, Mad Ade planted the east side of the garden. Saturday the 25th is East. 1.4 Mad Ade believes the morning sun is bad for tomatoes and so kept those plants out of eastern side of his garden So East, 25th is not Tomatoes. So Radishes 25th and Tomatoes 27th. And 3 days later 28th = peppers. 3.4 Mad Ade planted more rows of peppers than he did broccoli (which was not planted in the west side of the garden and was not planted the 29th). So Broccoli 30th and Lettuce 29th. 1.3 Mad Ade rolled his trusty wheelbarrow into the west end of the garden one day before he planted the broccoli. West is 29th. 3.2 Mad Ade figured the lettuce wouldn't last long so he planted fewer than three rows. So Lettuce is one or two rows. 2.4 Mad Ade planted an even number of rows in the Northwest corner of his garden. Northwest is 2 or 4 rows. 1.2 Mad Ade's bright rows of radishes went deeper than the broccoli but were not as deep as the tomatoes. Radishes are not one or five. Broccoli is not five or four. Tomatoes is not one or two. 2.3 Mad Ade didn't put the peppers nor the tomatoes in the northwest corner. Northwest is broccoli. Lettuce has one row. 2.1 Mad Ade labored hard in the south side of the garden and was mighty proud of the three perfect rows there. So South is three rows. Radishes are four. 3.3 Mad Ade planted the south garden one day before he planted the lettuce. So planted 3 in south on 28. Five rows of tomatoes were planted in the North Garden. Summary: Tomatoes, Five, 27th, North Peppers, Three, 28th, South Radishes, Four, 25th, East Lettuce, one, 29th, West Broccoli, two, 30th, Northwest",Logic,08/30/03 #48059,Behead 11,2.81,1.46,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. More heat -> Semi-aquatic mammal 2. Flying mammal -> Specifies location 3. Hibernating mammal -> Sensory organ 4. Emote; touch -> Snake-like fish 5. Type of fish -> Donkey 6. Wild pig -> Boat tool 7. Black bird -> Move a boat 8. Stinging insect -> Serpent","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. O 2. A 3. E 4. E 5. A 6. O 7. R 8. A","1. Hotter -> Otter 2. Bat -> At 3. Bear -> Ear 4. Feel -> Eel 5. Bass -> Ass 6. Boar -> Oar 7. Crow -> Row 8. Wasp -> Asp",Language,10/04/10 #17119,The Racehorse,2.54,1.86,horse_luver,"There is a racehorse that has won so many prestigious races, many fans come to admire him each day. One day, the owners of the horse were interviewed by a newscaster. The interviewer asked how many people were there today to admire the horse. The owner's reply was as follows: ""Twelve times the amount of yesterday's. Yesterday there was twelve times the amount of the day before. The day before, 155,000 people less came, than how many came during these last two days."" The quick thinking interviewer promptly replied with the number of viewers who attended today. Can you do the same?",No hint available.,"144,000 people came today, 12,000 the day before, and 1,000 two days ago.",Math,03/22/04 #28827,Compounds VII,2.63,2.26,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. FTXRT _ O _ _ _ O _ 2. BLNEI _ _ E _ _ _ E 3. HRANP _ I _ _ _ I _ 4. OGISETLU _ _ _ H _ H _ _ _ _ 5. NHEYMCB _ O _ _ _ O _ _ _ 6. PEDCNSL _ A _ _ _ _ A _ _ 7. SKPTLC _ I _ _ _ I _ _ 8. EPMILCA _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ E 9. KRHEAOE M _ _ _ _ _ _ M _",No hint available.,"1. FOXTROT 2. BEELINE 3. HAIRPIN 4. LIGHTHOUSE 5. HONEYCOMB 6. LANDSCAPE 7. LIPSTICK 8. PIECEMEAL 9. HOMEMAKER",Language,02/27/06 #52595,Fifty Fifty... Twenty?,3.08,2.25,Rove_Tarts,"-You have 5 coins -One of the coins is rigged to always land on heads -You grab one at random -You flip it twice and it lands on heads both times What is the probability you picked the rigged one?",No hint available.,"50% The rigged coin will always land on heads twice, so it has a weight of 1 The normal coins will land on heads twice 1/4th of the time, so they have a weight of 1/4. 1+(1/4)*4=200% To get a valid percent you divide both sides by 2 1/2+(1/4*4)/2=100% If you remove the probability of the real coins you get 1/2=50% Alternate explanation: Rigged Coin's expected average after 4 flips: HH HH HH HH Coin 2's expected average after 4 flips: HH HT TH TT Coin 3's expected average after 4 flips: HH HT TH TT Coin 4's expected average after 4 flips: HH HT TH TT Coin 5's expected average after 4 flips: HH HT TH TT If you take all the ones with tails, since we know they didn't happen, then you are left with: HH - RC HH - RC HH - RC HH - RC HH - C2 HH - C3 HH - C4 HH - C5 As you can see, half the scenarios above are the rigged coin",Probability,02/07/21 #2856,Clock Strikes,2.29,1.49,204_BLaZe_41,"If a grandfather clock takes five seconds to strike 6 o'clock, how many seconds will it take to strike 12 o'clock?",No hint available.,Eleven. It will always be one second short of whatever the number since the time doesn't start until the first strike.,Logic,03/24/02 #34957,Twisted Personas 6,2.48,2.3,cnmne,"The names of four famous people have been scrambled. They are: a figure of the American Old West, an inventor, a singer, and a supermodel (though not necessarily in that order). The lengths of the first and last names are given. Who are they? 1) a petty war (5, 4) 2) I sew a hole (5, 4) 3) skanty bra (4, 5) (intentional misspelling) 4) view no desert (6, 6)",No hint available.,"1) Wyatt Earp (Western lawman who participated in the gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone Arizona against the Clanton gang) 2) Elias Howe (awarded the first United States patent for the sewing machine, which was actually invented by Walter Hunt) 3) Tyra Banks (supermodel) 4) Stevie Wonder (blind singer/songwriter)",Other,01/20/07 #274,Haircuts,2.84,1.06,Phyllis,You are visiting a new town and need a haircut. There are only two barbers in town. You visit each shop. One is disorganized and messy and the barber has a horrible haircut. The other one is neat and tidy and the barber has a wonderful haircut. Which barber would you choose and why?,No hint available.,Go to the barber with the disorganized shop. He probably gave the neat barber his beautiful haircut!,Logic,02/13/01 #16505,Plexing Words,2.72,1.08,babyb,"What is this statement? Lov",No hint available.,Endless love,Rebus,02/08/04 #157,O T T F F S S E N T ...,2.41,1.3800000000000001,Mr. G,"What are the next 3 letters in this series? O T T F F S S E N T ...",You can count on it!,"E T T The letters represent the first letter of the numbers 1 through 13. One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen.",Series,01/23/01 #39200,A Copy Cat,2.47,2.14,aresII,"My 7, 6, 3, 1 is a chess piece. My 3, 6, 9, 2, 4 are my goods. My 6, 5, 2, 9 is a copy cat. My 5, 8, 1, 4 may have nibs. My whole can be delivered or fetched and is feared by insects and arachnids.",No hint available.,"NEWSPAPER. Clue 1 = pawn. Clue 2 = wares. Clue 3 = aper. Clue 4 = pens.",Riddle,11/15/07 #1387,Rainy Day Spoonerism,2.75,2.31,starman,"A spoonerism is a transposition of initial sounds of two or more words (as in ""tons of soil"" for ""sons of toil""). What is a spoonerism for: Charts of areas saturated by water vs. External devices on vehicles to help prevent messes.",No hint available.,"Flood Maps vs. Mud Flaps",Language,11/13/01 #8488,Number Square,2.4,2.25,datra16,"Arrange the numbers 1 through 16 in a square of 4 by 4 numbers so that each row, column, and diagonal adds up to 34.",The 4 corners will also add up to 34.,"01 15 14 04 12 06 07 09 08 10 11 05 13 03 02 16",Math,11/13/02 #19249,One is Three...,2.41,1.42,DSdude,"One is three. Three is five. Five is four. And four is the magic number. What is the pattern?",No hint available.,"ONE is spelled with three letters. THREE is spelled with five letters. FIVE is spelled with four letters. And four is the magic number, because FOUR has four letters in its name.",Logic,10/24/04 #2942,Space Race,2.18,2.36,captbob61,"If planet A is circling the sun at 5000 miles per hour, and is 30,000 miles from the sun, how fast does planet B have to go to keep up if it is 50,000 miles from the sun?",Circumference of a circle = 2*pi*radius,"8333 miles per hour. Because circumference of a circle is first order, 2*pi*r, the ratio can be set up: 5000/30000= X/50000 5000*50000/30000= 5000*5/3= 25/3*1000= 8.333*1000= 8333. No calculator needed!",Math,03/26/02 #21831,Mmm..pancakes.,2.23,1.96,Zehrapushu,"Flat as a pancake, Smooth and opaque, It can show your reflection But it's difficult to break.","I can see that you are experiencing some mild confusion, the answer is an abbreviation for cellular diffusion.",A C.D.,Riddle,03/27/05 #48530,Diary Thief,3.42,2.07,alexaehrin,"The Scoop Tristan's sister Angela and her four friends love to share their most recent diary entries with each other at sleepovers. This last sleepover, Tristan was able to snag each of the girls' diaries after they fell asleep. He flipped through them and found that each girl had a different crush, a different favorite shade of nail polish, and a different preference in ice cream flavors - and each of them had a big, juicy secret! See if you can figure out what he learned about each of his sister's friends - and his sister. The Choices Girls: Angela, Mandy, Savannah, Alyssa, and Lily Crushes: Josh, Noah, Luke, Ben, and Sam Nail Polish Shades: Lavender, Lime, Banana, Sky, and Crimson Ice Cream Flavors: Rocky Road, Rainbow Sherbet, Cookie Dough, Reese's Peanut Butter, and Raspberry Cheesecake Juicy Secrets: Still sleeps with a blankie, Loves lima beans, Hates Justin Bieber, Is really into cars, and Wants to be a lunch lady The Clues Tristan read five different entries for January 7th. One said, ""Noah said, 'Nice hair, Savannah,' and I felt special."" Another said, ""My nails are purple again, just like I like them."" A third said, ""I wish Luke would look at me."" The fourth said, ""I lost my beloved blankie this morning."" The last said, ""I'm dying for some more of that rainbow sherbet."" ""January 8th. Dear Diary, I accidentally chipped one of my perfect, lime-green nails today while doing my daily private anti-Justin Bieber ritual."" ""January 9th. Dear Diary, Josh caught me examining his awesome antique Chevrolet after school today. I guess I was kind of hoping he would."" ""January 10th. Dear Diary, Angela was writing a love note today. I tried glancing over her shoulder, but all I caught was the second letter of its recipient's name, which looked like either a U or an A, and something about being a lunch lady before she yanked it away."" ""January 11th. Dear Diary, I hope Sam likes the color red...I also hope he doesn't mind girls who still sleep with blankies..."" ""January 12th. Dear Diary, I think it's funny that both me and Savannah like nail polishes that are named after fruits. Love, Alyssa."" ""January 13th. Dear Diary, I saw Sam eating Reese's Peanut Butter ice cream yesterday. Could this be a sign that we're meant to be? Love, Mandy."" ""January 14th. Dear Diary, I just noticed that the name of my favorite shade of nail polish has something majorly in common with my name, and Alyssa's favorite shade starts with the same letter as her crush's name."" ""January 15th. Dear Diary, The girls were over at my house last night, and someone flicked cookie dough ice cream at me. It couldn't have been Angela, who will only eat raspberry cheesecake ice cream, and Savannah was in the bathroom...""","""Lily"" and ""Lavender"" are both flowers, which gives them ""something majorly in common.""","Angela likes Luke, Raspberry Cheesecake ice cream, and Sky nail polish, and she wants to be a lunch lady when she grows up. Mandy likes Sam, Reese's Peanut Butter ice cream, and Crimson nail polish, and she still sleeps with a blankie. Savannah likes Noah, Rocky Road ice cream, and Lime nail polish, and she hates Justin Bieber. Alyssa likes Ben, Rainbow Sherbet ice cream, and Banana nail polish, and she loves lima beans. Lily likes Josh, Cookie Dough ice cream, and Lavender nail polish, and she is really into cars.",Logic-Grid,03/02/11 #41101,Cryptography 101,2.25,2.24,aresII,"The following quote is from Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915). He was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Can you decode it? Z=A ""XB TSD CZPR CSEV JSPO COHH, AOHOUR Z QDAT LZP. RNO SRNOE VXPJ NZA PS RXLO."" - OHQOER NDQQZEJ",Look at the author.,"""IF YOU WANT WORK DONE WELL, SELECT A BUSY MAN. THE OTHER KIND HAS NO TIME."" - ELBERT HUBBARD KEY: A=S B=F C=W D=U E=R H=L J=D L=M N=H O=E P=N Q=B R=T S=O T=Y U=C V=K X=I Z=A",Cryptography,03/18/08 #46183,One Letter of Separation 21,2.18,2.07,cnmne,"Each group of definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) gloss & to make dull or discolored & to add decorative or savory touches to something (7 letters) 2) a sour substance & dry or barren & among (4 letters) 3) to restrain from free action & to chew noisily & a device for holding or pressing parts together (5 letters) 4) to perform in a short time or a high speed & a reddish orange color & a trick or artifice (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) varnish, tarnish, garnish 2) acid, arid, amid 3) cramp, champ, clamp 4) rush, rust, ruse",Language,01/12/10 #28685,Humorous Quotes,2.75,2.57,sgtammo,"Often, famous people are best known for their funny quotes. I think they deliver them that way on purpose, since funny sayings seem to stick in the subconscious. There are many funny quotes that often have words of wisdom embedded in them. Here are some humorous quotes concealed within synonyms to give you a challenge. Can you figure them out? What are the quotes and who said them? We'll unveil to the earth we are moneyed, even if we have to go bankrupt to do it. Our nonresident dealings are an accessible compendium, generally a bank draft text. You can't say modern man isn't going forward, in every conflict they slay you in a novel way. Negotiation is the expertise of saying 'friendly puppy' until you can acquire a pebble. Be grateful we're not getting all the bureaucracy we're compensating for. Anyone is uninformed, only on diverse topics.",American cowboy humorist. Some called him the cowboy philosopher.,"We'll show the world we are prosperous, even if we have to go broke to do it. Our foreign dealings are an open book, generally a check book. You can't say civilization isn't advancing, in every war they kill you in a new way. Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock. Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. These quotes were furnished courtesy of Will Rogers (1879 to 1935). American humorist, columnist, actor, author.",Language,02/18/06 #26783,OSTRICHES,2.63,1.95,dodger,"Two ostrich breeders, Mandy and Marcia, were talking one day, and noticed that if Mandy sold Marcia seven ostriches, Mandy would have exactly as many ostriches as Marcia. On the other hand, if Marcia sold Mandy seven ostriches, then Mandy would have exactly twice as many ostriches as Marcia. How many ostriches did each have?",No hint available.,Mandy had 49 and Marcia had 35,Math,11/07/05 #38297,It Ends As It Begins: A,2.31,2.72,cnmne,"Five words that begin and end with the same letter, A, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? A(3)A, A(4)A, A(5)A, A(6)A, A(7)A Pool: A, A, B, C, E, E, E, E, G, I, I, I, L, L, M, N, N, N, P, S, S, S, S, S, Z",No hint available.,"APNEA, AZALEA, AMNESIA, ABSCISSA, ANALGESIA",Language,09/15/07 #12044,Anagram Answers Again,2.41,2.2,snaps,"The answer to the following clues contain two six-letter words that are anagrams of each other. eg. The answer to ""a person involved in a meeting of opposed forces discussing terms"" would be ""parley player"". 1. airplane captains whose characters have been destroyed by over-indulgence 2. a noiseless, glittering, metallic Christmas decoration 3. an order to withdraw or pull back 4. a written account detailing baggage handlers' work performance 5. parts of a flower that have a quiet, subdued colour to them",No hint available.,"1. spoilt pilots 2. silent tinsel 3. recede decree 4. porter report 5. pastel petals",Language,04/26/03 #39339,Sports Heroes IX,2.25,1.96,merrimackxc2010,D M = F P to T for 400 TD in an NFL C,No hint available.,"Dan Marino = First person to throw for 400 touchdowns in an NFL career Dan Marino has many NFL records as a quarterback. He finished his career with 420 TD. That was a record at that time. Since then, Brett Favre has broken the record.",Letter-Equations,11/24/07 #29716,One to Nine,2.68,2.98,shenqiang,"Arrange the digits from 1 to 9 to make a 9-digit number ABCDEFGHI which satisfies the following conditions: 1) AB is divisible by 2; 2) ABC is divisible by 3; 3) ABCD is divisible by 4; 4) ABCDE is divisible by 5; 5) ABCDEF is divisible by 6; 6) ABCDEFG is divisible by 7; 7) ABCDEFGH is divisible by 8; 8) ABCDEFGHI is divisible by 9. There is only one solution.","Condition 8 is the easiest to satisfy just because it is automatically satisfied. But condition 6 is the hardest to satisfy, and should be left last.","From condition 4, we know that E equals 5. From conditions 1, 3, 5 and 7, we know that B, D, F, H are even numbers, therefore A, C, G, I are 1, 3, 7, 9 in some order. Furthermore, from conditions 3 and 7 we know that CD is divisible by 4 and GH is divisible by 8 (because FGH is divisible by 8 and F is even). Because C and G are odd, D and H must be 2 and 6 in some order. From conditions 2 and 5, we know that A+B+C, D+E+F, G+H+I are all divisible by 3. If D=2, then F=8, H=6, B=4. A+4+C is divisible by 3, therefore A and C must be 1 and 7 in some order, G and I must be 3 and 9 in some order. G6 is divisible by 8, therefore G=9. But neither 1472589 nor 7412589 is divisible by 7. Therefore D=6, and F=4, H=2, B=8. G2 is divisible by 8, therefore G=3 or 7. A+8+C is divisible by 3, therefore one of A and C is chosen from 1 and 7, the other is chosen from 3 and 9. If G=3, then one of A and C is 9, the other is chosen from 1 and 7. But none of 1896543, 7896543, 9816543 and 9876543 is divisible by 7. Therefore G=7, one of A and C is 1, the other is chosen from 3 and 9. From 1836547, 1896547, 3816547 and 9816547, only 3816547 is divisible by 7 (the quotient is 545221). Therefore, the number we are looking for is 381654729.",Math,04/12/06 #3091,Home Home,2.21,0.97,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: Home Home Range",No hint available.,"Home, home on the range.",Rebus,04/02/02 #39646,Four Letter Words #3,2.4,2.52,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have given you a selection of four-lettered words. It is your job to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A, or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck and have fun! COLUMN A Pend Pact Part Port Pale COLUMN B Fade Dean Pour Barn Ogle",Considering adding a prefix.,"Add the prefix 'im' to each word in Column A. 1. Impend 2. Impact 3. Impart 4. Import 5. Impale",Language,12/16/07 #33310,Chemistry Number,2.4,1.8900000000000001,Ammer,6.022e23 = N of A in a M,That number is known as Avogadro's Number.,6.022e23 = Number of Atoms in a Mole,Letter-Equations,10/03/06 #26518,TRAVEL THE WORLD,2.49,2.86,Mysterious,"CAU TIO NAL LMA YNO TBE ASI TSE EMS UMI GHT BES TFL YAW AYT ODA YIN AIR PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY. HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL MAKE IT THROUGH SECURITY. A LIST OF EIGHTEEN IS WHAT YOU SEEK. ALONG THE WAY, YOU MIGHT GRAB SOME SLEEP. MANY OF THOSE ON YOUR LIST ARE TRULY UNIQUE. SOME OF THE OTHERS SHARE A COMMON LINK.","YOU MUST BE SURE AND SMART. YOU WILL SEE THAT AYT IS QUITE THE KEY. SEARCH THE WEB, AND YOU WILL SOLVE THIS MYSTERY.","The following clues are hidden in the teaser: The title is a clue that you are going on a trip around the world. The three letter codes are really airport codes. Every airport in the world is assigned a code of their own. Some examples of these are LAX, JFK, DFW, etc. Hidden within the airport codes is a message. ""Caution all may not be as it seems u might best fly away today in air."" You is deliberately misspelled as ""u"" to make the message work correctly. The sentence is not written in correct grammar due to the use of airport codes. Also, you must pass through security to get on a plane. There are very few forms of transportation that require one to pass through security to travel the world. There are eighteen worldwide destinations visited on this journey. The stops are in fourteen different (unique) countries. The four remaining stops are all repeat visits to one of the unique countries. The country is the common link. Travelers will visit Brazil three times, Canada two times, and Papua New Guinea two times. Most travelers choose to sleep on long flights. If you search the web for ""AYT"", most search engines will bring up AYT as an airport near the top of the search results. AYT is the only one of the eighteen codes that will do this. The others bring up irrelevant gibberish. Also, when the search results come up, it is clear from the search results that you are looking for AYT as an airport code. Here is the list of world destinations visited during your journey. The stops are listed by city and country. 1. CAU - Caruaru, Brazil 2. TIO - Tilin, Myanmar 3. NAL - Nalchik, Russian Federation 4. LMA - Lake Minchumina, United States of America 5. YNO - North Spirit Lake, Canada 6. TBE - Timbunke, Papua New Guinea 7. ASI - Georgetown, St. Helena 8. TSE - Astana, Kazakstan 9. EMS - Embessa, Papua New Guinea 10. UMI - Quincemil, Peru 11. GHT - Ghat, Libya 12. BES - Brest, France 13. TFL - Teofilo Otoni, Brazil 14. YAW - Halifax, Canada 15. AYT - Antalya, Turkey 16. ODA - Ouadda, Central African Republic 17. YIN - Yining, China 18. AIR - Aripuana, Brazil",Other,10/24/05 #2244,Twiglet,2.75,1.53,iluvcats,"One time when the airline police were checking the suitcases they found a dog carrier with a dead dog in it. The manager, fearing a huge lawsuit, sent out for a new dog that looked like the dead one. He finally got a hold of one and slipped the old collar that said Twiglet on the new, lively puppy. He took the dog to the woman who owned him and rang the doorbell. ""Here is Twiglet ma'am,"" he gave the dog carrier to her. She took one look at the dog and screamed. ""That's not my Twiglet,"" she yelled. What is going on?",No hint available.,"Twiglet died over vacation, she was having him shipped back home to bury him.",Situation,02/03/02 #4010,Four Vowels,2.39,1.61,missmackem87,"Which English word has only 5 letters, and four of them are vowels?",No hint available.,QUEUE,Language,05/11/02 #3069,13579,2.69,1.51,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: 13579 FAVORITE",No hint available.,Odds on favorite,Rebus,03/31/02 #40747,Teenage Party,2.72,2.08,Nym_Pimplyee,"While his parents were away, a teenage boy and his friends drank some of the parents' gin. This, of course, was strictly forbidden. They then poured water into the gin bottle to return the level to where it had originally been and put the bottle back exactly where they had found it. However, when the couple came home, the father took one look at the bottle of gin and turned angrily to his son to denounce him for illicit drinking. How had he known?",No hint available.,"The father kept his bottle of gin in the freezer, where gin remains liquid even to very low temperatures. The watered-down gin, however, had frozen into a solid block within the bottle.",Science,02/27/08 #48910,Chocolate Trick,2.1,1.18,Kaipper,"You are sitting at a table with three boxes on it. One of the boxes has a chocolate bar inside of it, and your goal is to figure out which one it is. There is a man on the other side of the table who knows which box the chocolate is in, and you can ask him one yes or no question. You must ask him one and only one question, and it must be relevant to which box contains the chocolate. How do you figure out for sure which box the chocolate is in?",No hint available.,"Indicate one box and ask, ""Is the chocolate in this box?"" If he says yes, you've achieved your goal. If he says no, open the other two boxes and look inside.",Trick,08/03/11 #47865,Seek A Phrase,2.63,1.8800000000000001,dalfamnest,"Each phrase we seek is the title of a play by William Shakespeare. Its letters have been jumbled and rearranged into a nonsense phrase. You have to piece together the original title. e.g. ""Me halt"" = Hamlet. 1. I note major duel 2. Donut taboo can hug him 3. Yak Oil - use it! Bonus: What is the relevance of the title?","1. Tragedy [3 words] 2. Comedy [4 words] 3. Comedy [4 words]","1. Romeo and Juliet 2. Much Ado About Nothing 3. As You Like It Bonus: The title is an anagram of Shakespeare.",Language,08/28/10 #687,Pronounced Incorrectly,2.63,0.73,flipakosayo,There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced incorrectly. What is it?,No hint available.,Incorrectly.,Trick,07/16/01 #431,The Egg,2.26,0.67,Spikejw1,A rooster lays an egg right on the border of the U.S. and Canada. Both countries argue that they should get the egg. Who has the right to the egg: The U.S. or Canada?,No hint available.,Roosters don't lay eggs. Hens do.,Trick,05/01/01 #4721,"What, of All Things",2.61,1.3800000000000001,bluetwo,"Here's a riddle created by the philosopher Voltaire: What, of all things in the world, is the longest and the shortest, the swiftest and the slowest, the most neglected and the most regretted, without which nothing can be done, which devours all that is little and ennobles all that is great?",No hint available.,Time,Riddle,06/14/02 #18138,Gain or Lose,2.59,1.31,gabe1991,"A man lost 267 pounds, but only weighed 217 pounds. How is this possible?",Think outside yourself.,"He could have lost a bet in England, bought something in England, etc. The 267 pounds are not referring to weight, but rather England's type of currency (money).",Trick,07/06/04 #23508,32 S,2.19,2.8,slipknot666,32 S in the C of M,No hint available.,32 states in the country of Mexico,Letter-Equations,06/08/05 #47423,World Class Runners,2.57,1.79,deepsea,"To follow us you must go to all corners of the earth you know. I go one way, and my brother goes the other follow my sisters and they run into one another My brother and I have our goals that are far away from the others We had a fight and now we stretch to get away from each other But my sisters never tire and always run around Smiling at each other as they pass along the ground The four who move all the time Are the subject of this rhyme. And I ask you who we are Us four that stretch so very far.",No hint available.,"I am North, my brother is South and my sisters are West and East.",Riddle,07/06/10 #7513,A term...,2.23,0.91,tissue,"The words in the following common phrase were taken out and replaced with synonyms. See if you can decipher the phrase. If about beginning you are not able to become victorious, start over and begin again twice.",No hint available.,"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.",Language,09/17/02 #49122,The Dark Horse,2.6,1.97,Skybet,"I am a horse that will not run, And in the dark I won't be fun, I cause a stir, perhaps a scream, To have me you will not be keen, You'd like to keep me on a tether, But you wont escape my appearance forever.","Not all of you from this will suffer, And not regular in frequency, But I'll be waiting when you get under cover, So close your eyes, Count to ten, And I might show up again.",A Nightmare,Riddle,10/31/11 #11057,Perhaps a Woman,2.44,2.23,Gizzer,"Perhaps a woman, but never a man, I cannot be reached by land, Many cousins, some Greek to me, To break this riddle, I am the key. What am I?",No hint available.,"An island. The first line refers to John Donne's famous line ""no man is an island..."". Greece has many islands, and ""key"" (also spelled ""cay"") is another word for island.",Riddle,03/11/03 #16866,Fair Ice Cream,2.83,1.46,snaps,"What saying is shown below? Fair ice cream Impartial pudding Honorable jelly Righteous cake",No hint available.,"Just desserts. The adjectives for each of the desserts listed are all synonyms for ""just"".",Rebus,03/06/04 #46033,Behead E,3.23,1.67,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Wear away -> Travelled on an animal 2. Fill with joy -> Not on time; dead 3. Each; all -> To a high degree 4. Something that happens -> To let off pressure 5. Large property with a house -> Declare; say 6. Come out from -> To combine; unite 7. Feeling; passion -> Movement 8. Same in ability; fairness -> Trait; character","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. R 2. L 3. V 4. V 5. S 6. M 7. M 8. Q","1. Erode -> Rode 2. Elate -> Late 3. Every -> Very 4. Event -> Vent 5. Estate -> State 6. Emerge -> Merge 7. Emotion -> Motion 8. Equality -> Quality",Language,12/19/09 #34293,Lost in Translation!,2.85,1.94,brainster,"What phrase does the rebus below represent? You say ""Brown"" - I hear ""Kafe"". You say ""Come"" - I hear ""Ela"". You say ""Goodbye"" - I hear ""Adio"". You say ""Thank you"" - I hear ""Efharisto"".",No hint available.,"It's all Greek to me! The words given on the right are all Greek words for the English words mentioned on the left.",Rebus,12/08/06 #476,A Four Letter Word Challenge,2.58,1.47,Phyllis,What is the only English four letter word that reads the same upside down as it does right side up when printed in capitals?,A little lunch may help solve this problem.,NOON,Language,05/16/01 #27774,Moving Through Valleys,2.61,1.26,EnderofGames,"I may move through valleys, I may plunge off a cliff to the world below. Without energy, I'm cold, Which will make me slow until I can't go. The one thing I can't do is swim, If I'm caught in a current, I'll go with the flow. What am I?",No hint available.,H2O (Water),Riddle,12/29/05 #26222,The Same Number,2.23,2.07,metallicman,"Bill and Bob were trying to see whose arm was longer. So, what they first did was put each other's arm side to side and saw that they both looked similar in size. Next, they measured the length of their arm from the shoulder to the tip of the finger and divided that by the length from their elbow to the tip of the finger. They both got the same number, but when they just took the shoulder measuring, Bill's arm was longer. How can this be?",No hint available.,"Phi. On any part of the body, such as the arm, phi, or 1.61803399, will always be the outcome. The length of the entire arm divided by the length just from the elbow will always equal that, just like the finger and the leg, and the body. It is also true on animals and even plants.",Math,10/05/05 #27343,First Horse,2.81,2.33,rkaaland,"It was a beautiful day, and Mary had just gotten home with her new horse, so she decided to go for a ride. She had spent several days, before purchasing the horse, riding and getting to know him and felt confident of his stability. When Mary went to saddle him, he reared back on his halter rope, broke loose and ran away. Mary was startled and surprised. Even though she had never saddled a horse on her own, she had seen it done many times at the riding stable. What happened?",What does the horse see?,"Mary tried to saddle her horse from the wrong side. Most horses are trained for the left, and Mary had gone to the right side. Horses are binocular, meaning they see independently with each eye. If they are not trained to accept things from both sides they can easily become frightened when approached with something that eye may see as new.",Trivia,12/10/05 #49552,"With Or Without ""u""",2.56,1.94,ThinksForFun,"For each set of clues below, find a pair of words matching the respective clues which have the same spelling except for a ""u"" which is present in only one of the words. For example, if the clues were ""learned where something is / affectionate"" then the answer would be ""found / fond"". 1) an example of business or dress attire / be seated 2) feeling pleasure about something good that you have done / to give a quick push with your finger 3) something that holds together / obligated 4) a lump of earth / to make obscure or indistinct 5) a type of car / manage",No hint available.,"1) suit / sit 2) proud / prod 3) bond / bound 4) clod / cloud 5) coupe / cope",Language,08/06/12 #41073,Deeps High,2.5,1.53,firien,"I was looking out of the window on the train this morning, approaching a road bridge that goes over the tracks. As we came up to the bridge, I suddenly saw 4 cars going at high speed backwards across the bridge, very close together, almost nose to tail. I was very surprised, and a second later I just glimpsed what was going on before the train went under the bridge. What had I seen?",The wheels on the cars weren't moving.,"The cars were on the top of a car transporter! They were tied on facing in the opposite direction to the direction the truck was moving in, and so looked like they were speeding backwards.",Situation,03/17/08 #3391,Jewels,2.64,1.62,204_BLaZe_41,"""I have the only key to the room containing the jewelry of my late aunt, Maggie,"" stated Sid. ""Since her death a week ago, neither I nor anybody else has entered this room. I was quite pleased to hear her will requested that all her jewelry was to be sold and the proceeds to go to charity,"" continued Sid. Shadow removed a large plant whose broad leaves were turned toward the wall, partially covering the safe. While Sid was working the combination lock, Shadow crossed the room to sit on the ledge of the large bay window. Sid opened the safe, and removed the bag of jewels. ""I'm sure these jewels will fetch a fortune for charity,"" said a smiling Sid. ""I'll bet these jewels are either fake or there's a few missing,"" replied Shadow. What aroused Shadow's suspicion?",No hint available.,"Sid, who had the only key, said that neither he nor anyone else had been in the room for the past week. If this were true, the leaves of the plant would have been leaning toward the window instead of the wall.",Logic,04/09/02 #17661,Evidence of Aperitifs,2.23,2.74,MrIxolite,"What saying is shown below? a) Ti(Evidence of Aperitifs)ng b) Ti(Evidence of Entrees)ng c) Ti(Evidence of a Soup course)ng d) Ti(Evidence of a Main course)ng e) Ti(Evidence of Dessert course)ng f) Ti(Evidence of Cheese and biscuits)ng",No hint available.,"The proof of the pudding is in the eating or The evidence of the dessert is in the e)Ting",Rebus,05/17/04 #19153,Cornerstones !!!,2.27,1.83,lesternoronha1,"Six boys A, B, C, D, E and F have to stand in a row. B and C are together, but they cannot be at either of the ends. F is at the right of E and there is exactly one boy between them. D cannot be next to F. Who should always stand at one of the ends?",No hint available.,"D must always stand at one of the ends. The observations that can be derived are:- 1) B and C are together, but they cannot be at either of the ends. 2) F is at the right of E and there is exactly one boy between them. 3) D cannot be next to F. Let us first number the positions from 1 to 6(from left to right), place E and F in different positions and analyze the cases. From observation 2, we can derive the following cases:- Case 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 _ _ _ E _ F 2 _ _ E _ F _ 3 _ E _ F _ _ 4 E _ F _ _ _ where the blank spaces indicate positions where the others stand. Considering each of the above cases individually we have, Case 1 : B, C and D cannot go into position 5, since B and C are together always and D cannot be next to F from observations 1 and 3 respectively. Hence A must go into position 5 and D into position 1 (since from observation 1, B and C cannot be at either of the ends). Case 2 : B and C cannot be given positions 1 and 2 (since from observation 1, B and C cannot be at either of the ends), neither do they fit into any other positions in this case. Hence this case is not possible. Case 3 : B and C cannot be given positions 5 and 6 (since from observation 1, B and C cannot be at either of the ends), neither do they fit into any other positions in this case. Hence this case is also not possible. Case 4 : B, C and D cannot go into position 2, since B and C are together always and D cannot be next to F from observations 1 and 3 respectively. Hence A must go into position 2 and D into position 6 (since from observation 1, B and C cannot be at either of the ends). From the above 4 cases it is clear that one of the cornerstones must always be D and the other can be either of E or F.",Logic,10/14/04 #30618,Arithmetical Bedlam Conundrum,2.77,2.35,wizofaus,"You have the following equations: a + c = a b - c = c c / b = c a * a = b You also know that a, b, c have the values 0, 1 and 2, but not necessarily in that order. But to make matters more complicated the symbols + - * / have been mixed up: all you know is that each represents a different arithmetical operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division). Can you work out the values of a, b and c, and what each of the symbols actually mean?",The only thing you should assume about the arithmetical symbols is that no two represent the same operation.,"a = 1 b = 2 c = 0 + = - - = * * = + / = / (Yes, the division symbol escaped the bedlam!)",Logic,05/21/06 #30930,An Odd Situation,2.56,2.31,coolblue,"A man saw a watch and stopped smoking. Can you please explain this?","The watch wasn't an ordinary one. He was really a smoker",The man was a volunteer so another person could try hypnosis on him. The watch was a dangling one on a chain that magicians use.,Situation,06/07/06 #13333,Be Careful,2.83,2.39,WhAcKo1,"BIT-""ABC"" bit-""1-2-3"" BIT-""ABC"" bit-""1-2-3"" BIT-""ABC"" bit-""1-2-3""",No hint available.,Every Little Bit Counts,Rebus,06/22/03 #28705,Fortunate People Say,2.83,1.33,mitzimesser,"This is a phrase some people can say every day. The thing you see with + The 12th letter of the alphabet + A white pigeon - The 4th letter of the alphabet + A female sheep + A word meaning $1,000 + A thing used to clean floors - The 16th letter of the alphabet. What is this phrase?",A dove is a white pigeon.,"I love you Grandma. Explanation: The thing you see with = EYE (pronounced ""I"") + The 12th letter of the alphabet = L + A white pigeon = Dove - The 4th letter of the alphabet = D + A female sheep = EWE (pronounced You) + A word meaning $1,000 = Grand + A thing used to clean floors = Mop ( the o has a short vowel sounding like ""ah"") - The 16th letter of the alphabet = P Eye (I) + L + Dove-D (ove) + EWE (You) + Grand + Mop-P (pronounced Ma) I + L + ove + You + Grand + Ma = I Love You Grandma",Other,02/19/06 #26080,Development,2.77,1.8,sdm1177,"What does this represent?: Growth - free Learning - free Education - free Development - in jail",No hint available.,Arrested Development,Rebus,09/26/05 #40302,Slice & Splice 16,2.5100000000000002,2.46,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: BED, BEG, HER, OVA, PER, RAG Group B: B*****, ****E*, **D***",No hint available.,"The Group B words are mammals. BEAVER, GOPHER, BADGER",Language,02/02/08 #25824,Mix N Match,2.64,1.6400000000000001,jajajaja,"OK, you may not want to do this teaser now that you are here. If you have not got a pen and paper handy then I advise you wait until you have, unless, of course, you are of a greater intelligence than most of us. This puzzle is based on an abacus. What you have is an abacus with five wires running horizontally, and on these wires are letters instead of numbers, but numbers do come into it later. I am now going to tell you which letters are on the abacus. First/top wire : F,O Second wire : F,O,N Third wire : I,U,S,E Fourth wire : V,R,I Fifth wire : E,X OK now see if you can slide the beads along the wires to make numbers (I told you they came into it) reading downward. The words have to be in a straight line, not diagonally.","1) You might want to draw two abacuses and not just one. 2) Beads can't jump over one another; they are on a wire.","Starting at the left hand word: five, four, six and one, like this: ------F-----O-- --F--O-----N-- --I---U--S--E-- --V--R--I----- --E------X----- Hope you enjoyed my teaser.",Language,09/09/05 #45170,Spell it Out,2.73,0.96,quesadillaman12,"My first is in gumball, but not inside glamour; My second is both in the saw and the hammer; My third begins start while my fourth begins end; My fifth and my sixth are in brand but not trend; My seventh and eighth (which are both the same letter) Are found in retell but are not inside better.",No hint available.,"Since you clicked,""Show Answer,"" the answer I'll tell. The answer's B-A-S-E-B-A-L-L. If you got it correct, I congratulate you; Otherwise, if you missed it, wait for ""Spell it Out 2""!",Riddle,08/29/09 #16564,023456789,2.98,0.93,Fhqwhgads,023456789 lives ever ever ever ever,No hint available.,No one lives forever.,Rebus,02/13/04 #4853,Rhyme Time 2,2.52,2.37,bobbrt,"The answer to each clue below consists of two words that rhyme with each other. Word lengths are given in parentheses. For example, if the clue were ""Cruel feminine sovereign (4,5)"", the answer would be ""mean queen"". Can you solve them all? 1) Pessimistic dormmate (6,6) 2) Mulitmillionaire from Myanmar (7,6) 3) Vegetarian Italian ""ham"" (6,10) 4) Sticky eggplant dish (5,11) 5) Title for a chapter about riding toboggans (8,7)",No hint available.,"1) Gloomy roomie 2) Rangoon tycoon 3) Pseudo prosciutto 4) Gooey ratatoiulle 5) Sledding heading",Language,06/20/02 #26418,Same Thing?,2.16,1.08,dogboy,"Which of the following does not belong? Unhappy & Sad Upset & Glad Angry & Mad Melancholy & Depressed",No hint available.,"Upset & Glad does not belong. In the rest of the pairs, the words mean the same thing as each other. In the case of Melancholy & Depressed, they are both forms of Depression.",Group,10/17/05 #3661,Man Wrinkle,2.14,1.2,Angelicious,"Man Wrinkle spent 1/4 of his life as a boy,1/8 as a youth, and 1/2 as an active man.If Man Wrinkle spent 11 years as an old man, then how many years did he spend as an active man?",Fraction of life spent by Man Wrinkle as an old man= 1-(1/4+1/8+1/2)=...,44 years as an active man.,Math,04/20/02 #19229,Like A...,2.58,1.58,ace_of_spades,"What is the song represented below? Golden Gate HO2 2OH 2HO O2H",No hint available.,Bridge Over Troubled Waters.,Rebus,10/21/04 #7263,Kimme,2.25,2.1,stardust,Kimme's mother never leaves her alone. Then one night Kimme's mother tucked her in her bed and went away. How come?,No hint available.,Kimme and her mother are kangaroos. Her mother tucked her in her pouch and hopped away.,Logic,09/07/02 #992,14 = D in a F,2.25,1.61,Michelle,14 = D in a F,No hint available.,14=Days in a Fortnight,Letter-Equations,10/01/01 #9893,Fill in the Rhymes,2.5100000000000002,2.39,Bobbrt,"In each of the following, a definition is given. The blanks can then be filled in with two rhyming words that fit the definition. 1. A T-bone for a pickpocket: _ _ _ _ for a _ _ _ _ _. 2. A fool with an open sore: A _ _ _ _ _ _ with a _ _ _ _ _ _. 3. Don't stop the horse: Don't _ _ _ _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _. 4. Dumb cherub: _ _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _. 5. He who creates salt containers: _ _ _ _ _ _ ... _ _ _ _ _. 6. Smart mousy creature: A _ _ _ _ _ with a _ _ _ _. Note: for #4 and #5, the ""..."" indicates a space.",No hint available.,"1. Beef for a thief. 2. A jester with a fester. 3. Don't impede the steed. 4. Stupid Cupid. 5. Shaker maker. 6. A shrew with a clue.",Language,01/18/03 #45525,Family Problem,2.43,2.22,dalfamnest,"The relatively unknown Mbwatzeze Tribe had a rather strange law restricting the size of families. Each married couple was expected to continue having children until they had EITHER one child of each sex OR a total of four children. What was the average (mean) number of children born to each couple? (Assume that they kept to the law and that each couple had the maximum permitted by the law.)","Start by listing the possible families and determine the probability of each. e.g. Male-Male-Female-STOP. P(MMF) = (0.5)^3 = 0.125 A probability tree will help, for those who know how to construct one.","2.75 Possible families with 2 children: M-F or F-M The probability of each of these is (0.5)^2, = 0.25. So 0.25 + 0.25 = 0.5 had 2 children. Possible 3-child families: MMF or FFM The probability of each of these is (0.5)^3, = 0.125. So 0.125 + 0.125 = 0.25 had 3 children. Possible 4-child families: MMMM, MMMF, FFFF or FFFM The probability of each of these is (0.5)^4, = 0.0625. So 0.0625 x 4 = 0.25 had 4 children. Half the couples had 2 children, a quarter had 3 and a quarter had 4. So the average (mean) size is 0.5 x 2 + 0.25 x 3 + 0.25 x 4 = 2.75",Probability,10/22/09 #51234,The Long Jump,2.58,0.63,brainy,How can a horse jump over 2 castles?,This is a move.,It's a knight jumping over 2 rooks in chess.,Trick,06/19/17 #35019,The Two Go Together - IV,2.46,1.86,brainster,"Each of the sentences below use two words which are synonyms of each other, but here in these sentences, they are not used with the same meaning. Can you find the words ? 1. She didn't intend to ____ her way again. She had a detailed discussion with the driver as to where the ____ would be. 2. His heart felt as heavy as a ____ of sand. He had to ____ his favourite student because he broke the rules. 3. It was ____ outside, but what Jim wasn't prepared for was the ______ welcome his family gave him.",No hint available.,"1. She didn't intend to LOSE her way again. She had a detailed discussion with the driver as to where the DROP would be. 2. His heart felt as heavy as a SACK of sand. He had to EXPEL his favourite student because he broke the rules. 3. It was COLD outside, but what Jim wasn't prepared for was the FROSTY welcome his family gave him.",Language,01/24/07 #25253,Best Buds Through Everything,2.21,1.42,ujniko,3 M and a B,"Movies (older) very cute!",3 Men and a Baby,Letter-Equations,08/11/05 #30353,Phoney Puzzle IX,2.57,2.35,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 2637422'7 663 63 843 346378 268687437 269663 3837 78653. -- Bobcat Goldthwaite 2637422 47 2 6478253, 2 44268 6478253. -- Sigmund Freud","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXY","America's one of the finest countries anyone ever stole. -- Bobcat Goldthwaite America is a mistake, a giant mistake. -- Sigmund Freud",Cryptography,05/08/06 #18813,That That That...,2.09,2.44,dsquared,"What expression is represented by the following? that that that... n o i t u l o v e r 1 the book the book the book the book",The answer is a bit of a surprise,"That's a turn up for the books That That That = ""That's"" 1revolution = a turn (and it is going 'up'). Therefore ""a turn up"" Followed by four (for) 'the books' ""That's a turn up for the books"" is an expression to indicate something is a bit of a surprise (as per the hint).",Rebus,09/11/04 #18318,Big Game,2.31,1.61,rashad,"M R A W The GAME The GAME The GAME The GAME.",No hint available.,Warm up for the big game.,Rebus,07/23/04 #38278,Incomplete Words XII,2.72,1.72,tedger,"Below are ten words, each missing the same three-letter combination. Can you figure out what those three letters are? Spi_ _ _ Slen_ _ _ize _ _ _acinate Hin_ _ _ing Remin_ _ _ Bin_ _ _y _ _ _ive Un_ _ _line Enco_ _ _ _ _ _i_ _ _",No hint available.,"The letters are DER. Spider Slenderize Deracinate Hindering Reminder Bindery Derive Underline Encoder Derider",Language,09/13/07 #6495,Car out of Gas,2.34,2.58,arij,Mr. Browning is glad the car ran out of gas. Why?,No hint available.,"Mr. and Mrs. Browning had just gotten married. Mrs. Browning was subject to fits of depression. They had their first fight soon after they were married; Mr. Browning stormed out of the house, and Mrs. Browning went into the garage and started up the car, intending to kill herself by filling the garage with car exhaust. But the car ran out of gas quickly, and Mr. Browning, returning home to apologize, found Mrs. Browning in time to summon help and restore her to health.",Situation,08/13/02 #11228,Don't Give Up,2.64,1.5,Christina0213,"Absence of me is like absence of life. I come from desire and your wishes and strife. I'm a vision of a time when good will prevail. I'll help you where courage might falter or fail. I am your dream, anticipation, ambition, I have set many an optimist on a mission. I am frequently there for all those in need. Without me your life would seem quite bleak indeed. What am I?",The title might be a clue as well.,Hope.,Riddle,03/16/03 #19541,Alternate Dictionary Definitions I,3.0,1.19,dsquared,"This teaser is based on 'funny' alternative definitions a word could have if you broke the word up into its syllables and treated the syllables as words in themselves. I will provide a list of words and a list of definitions, it is your job to match them up. They are meant to be a bit light hearted and may not have perfect pronunciation so work the words in your head a bit. Having the definitions should provide help in this regard. Also note that sometimes the 'new word' syllables may not only be using one syllable in the word. An example would be: Word: Contemplate ""Con template"": A stencil that criminals are made from. Words: Avoidable Misty Selfish Relief Eyedropper Definitions: What trees do in the spring What the owner of a seafood store does A clumsy ophthalmologist How golfers create divots What a bullfighter tries to do",No hint available.,"Avoidable (uh-voy'-duh-buhl') : What a bullfighter tries to do Misty (mis-tee') : How golfers create divots Selfish (sel'-fish') : What the owner of a seafood store does Relief (ree-leef') : What trees do in the spring Eyedropper (i'-drop-ur) : A clumsy ophthalmologist",Language,11/22/04 #39358,A Sparkling Puzzle,3.13,2.26,aresII,"Begin with the word ""SPARKLING"" and take away one letter so as to leave a new word. Then take away another letter from the new word and leave a different word. Continue this, letter by letter, getting a new word every time until you finally leave one word containing only one letter. You must not disturb the order of the remaining letters after a removal.",No hint available.,"The puzzle is solved in this way: 1) SPARKLING. 2) SPARKING. 3) SPARING. 4) SPRING. 5) SPRIG. 6) PRIG. 7) PIG. 8) PI. 9) I.",Language,11/25/07 #31598,Hotel Rooms,2.67,1.53,jodocroco,"Bob enters a hotel. ""How many rooms are there here?"", asks Bob. ""Twenty"", replies the receptionist, ""We only have one room left - a single"". ""That will do me perfectly"", says Bob. ""Here you go, room number twenty-one."" Bob looked at the key and, sure enough, it said 21 in bold numbers on the keyring. Yet the receptionist said there were only twenty rooms. Bob found his room easily and realised how silly he had been. Why was his room not number 20?",The rooms did start at one and the room just before was indeed room number twenty.,"The hotel owner was a superstitious one and so he didn't have a room number 13, the thirteenth room was number 14.",Situation,07/07/06 #641,The Sign,2.23,2.52,Christine,"A man and his wife were in their car. The man saw a sign. Without either of them saying a word, he drew a gun and shot his wife dead. Why?","The sign was in the car and the car was stationary. He shot her because he learned that his wife had been having an affair.",The car was stationary. The man's wife was deaf and mute. She used sign language to tell her husband she was having an affair and was leaving him.,Situation,06/23/01 #5246,Hand Your Money,2.18,1.02,liverpoolfcbabe,"Can you decipher this phrase: hand yourmoney",money money money,Hand over your money,Rebus,07/06/02 #20594,"6009, 6119...",2.66,1.78,fishmed,"What are the next three numbers in the following series and why? 6009, 6119, 6699, 6889, 6969, ?, ?, ?",Look at it another way,"The numbers are 8008, 8118, 8698. They are the next numbers that can be viewed the same right-side up as when they are flipped so that the left hand number becomes the right hand number",Series,01/25/05 #9499,Word Relations,2.4,2.18,something,"Each of the words below relates to another word in some way, and that relation is the same for all of the words. For example, if the relation is that you drop the last three letters to form a new word, then all of the words will form new words if the last three letters are dropped. What is the relation and what are the new words? COAGULATE CAVITATES BACTERIAL BALANCERS HEADLAMPS MILESTONE POLYTHENE DIGNIFIES UNNOTICED If you're stuck, the hint will give you the relation.","They are all anagrams of other words. Now that you know that, can you get the other words?","They're all anagrams of other words: CATALOGUE ACTIVATES CALIBRATE BARNACLES LAMPSHADE LIMESTONE TELEPHONY SIGNIFIED CONTINUED",Language,12/30/02 #37250,Explosion!,2.03,1.08,coolcow35,"Jim was the most ordinary boy anyone could imagine. He played sports, read books, and (his personal favorite) played video games. His parents were both police officers and were good and responsible citizens. But one day... It was a typical Saturday. Jim was lying around. Suddenly... BOOM! Jim had destroyed a U.S.A. spacecraft! His father, watching him, actually congratulated him! What is going on?",No hint available.,"Jim was playing the ""Destroy All Humans"" video game. His father congratulated him for getting a high score.",Situation,07/06/07 #6221,PREEASCTE,2.49,1.22,cs526columbia,"What is this well known phrase? PREEASCTE",Look for two separate words!,"""Rest in Peace"" (P r E e A s C t E)",Rebus,08/04/02 #12006,Of Great Interest,2.27,2.31,jimbo,"The Bank of Tasmania was offering a special deal for new customers. ""Open a new account and deposit $1 with us for 1 year and we will give you 100% interest."" was the offer. Now Jimbo, being quick to spot a deal popped in to see the manager and enquired, ""Can I have my interest added quarterly?"" ""Why not?"" said the manager. ""What about monthly?"" suggested Jimbo. ""OK"", said the manager. ""How about daily...hourly...by the minute....?"" ""OK...OK...OK, whatever"", said the manager. Jimbo was quite pleased with this deal. What is the maximum amount (rounded to the nearest cent) that Jimbo could find in his account at the end of the year?",No hint available.,"Compound Interest = P(1+r)^n P=1 ($1). Since rate = 100% , r = 1. For n periods per annum, rate is therefore r = 1/n The limit as n approaches infinity of (1 + 1/n)^n = e (exponential growth constant) = 2.71828.. Jimbo would have at the most $2.72 to the nearest cent.",Math,04/23/03 #3568,Light Changes Me,2.6,1.97,Drunky,"Different lights do make me strange, thus into different sizes I will change. What am I?",No hint available.,Eye pupil,Riddle,04/16/02 #31100,Pizza Pizza,2.66,1.66,phrebh,"Three different people (Aaron, Bertha, and Chuck) with three different last names (Able, Bowman, and Cook) ordered a pizza from their favorite delivery place, Trianimoes. Unfortunately, the person taking the orders messed everything up, as usual. The poor delivery guy had to figure out what pizza (Pepperoni, Sausage, and Supreme) had to go to which address on Travis RD (2313, 2315, and 2317) just using the limited clues that the order taker could remember. 1. No one had the same first and last initials. 2. The three pizzas are the pepperoni, the one delivered to 2313, and the one that Bowman ordered. 3. Bertha and Chuck are not next door neighbors. 4. Either Able lives at 2317 or the supreme was delivered to 2317. 5. Chuck loves onions and green peppers and has to have them on his pizza.",Remember that one side of the street has odd-numbered houses and the other side has even-numbered houses.,"Aaron Cook ordered Pepperoni from 2315. Bertha Able ordered Sausage from 2313. Chuck Bowman ordered Supreme from 2317.",Logic-Grid,06/15/06 #49524,Be a Sport!,2.9,1.26,fishmed,"Below, you will find 5 sports, all scrambled up. As you unscramble the letters to find each sport, you will find there are 2 extra letters in each. Once you have unscrambled each sport, take the remaining 10 letters to find one last sport. CAKESHYO TLTKASEBBIAL GLASYBALEB LTCAOSFBOL RMOCNESC",No hint available.,"HOCKEY - CS BASKETBALL - TI BASEBALL - GY FOOTBALL - AS SOCCER - MN Final sport - GYMNASTICS",Language,06/27/12 #693,Poor Delivery,2.57,1.5,Christine,"A Denver company ordered some goods from a European supplier. The American firm was very precise in stating the dates on which it wanted the deliveries to occur. However, the European company, which generally had a high reputation for dependability, missed every delivery date by at least one month. Some shipments were very early and others were very late. Why?",The misunderstanding was based on a problem with written communication. Each company followed exactly the same written instructions but interpreted them differently.,"The U.S. company stated its required delivery dates in its usual date format, i.e., month/day/year. The European date company read the dates as European date format, i.e., day/month/year. So, if the American company asked for a delivery on the 5th day of July 1995, shown as 7/5/95, the European company would deliver the 7/5/95 shipment on the 7th of May.",Language,07/17/01 #17232,Rembrandt,2.62,1.39,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? Chandler Monica Joey You Ross Phoebe Rachel","""So no-one told you life was gonna be this way"" ","You are amongst friends here. The word ""you"" is amongst the six principal characters of the TV show ""Friends"". The title is the band that recorded the theme (The Rembrandts), and the hint is an extract from same.",Rebus,04/04/04 #5700,r Money,2.4,2.23,Gizzer,"Can you decipher this phrase? THE r MONEY",What's another word for little?,"We're in the money. The r is a little r, or a ""wee"" r. (Wee R = We are)",Rebus,07/19/02 #2737,"13, 21, 34, 55, 89, X",2.28,1.77,Christopher,"13, 21, 34, 55, 89, X What is X?",Fibonacci,"144 Based on the Fibonacci sequence, where a number is the sum of the two numbers before it.",Series,03/18/02 #42824,Words With UE,2.16,2.61,cnmne,"Five words that contain UE as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *UE**, **UE*, *UE***, ****UE, ****UE** Pool: A, B, C, F, F, G, G, L, L, L, M, N, O, O, P, R, R, S, T, T",No hint available.,"GUEST, CRUEL, PUEBLO, MORGUE, AFFLUENT",Language,08/18/08 #774,Animals in Common,2.48,1.32,Jake,"What do these animals all have in common? Elephant Ant Eater Ostrich Giraffe",Think body parts,They all have unusually long body parts.,Group,08/16/01 #5279,Joy's Reduction,2.7,2.31,Bobbrt,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The prime minister ____ the meeting, even though the ____ was technically the ____ official,"" you would fill in RAN, KING, and RANKING. If Joy doesn't reduce the amount of ____ she takes in, she'll start to look like ____ overweight ____.",No hint available.,"If Joy doesn't reduce the amount of FAT she takes in, she'll start to look like HER overweight FATHER.",Language,07/07/02 #34843,Thought I was Poison,2.58,1.04,irar1792,"They once thought I was poison From this I'm still overwrought I'm red and round Across the world I am now found So please tell me what I am.","Some say a fruit Others - a veggie I'm put into salads to boot. I believe that, in fact I may be a berry My true origin is inexact.",A tomato!,Riddle,01/12/07 #9260,King Garfield,3.04,1.45,MrIxolite,"What is this phrase? King Garfield and Queen Felix King Scooby and Queen Lassie",English Weather,Raining (reigning) cats and dogs!,Rebus,12/20/02 #3453,Edis,2.14,1.23,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this word: Edis",No hint available.,Backside,Rebus,04/12/02 #17685,"1, 3, 7...",2.14,1.95,turtle,"Complete the following series. 1, 3, 7, 13, 21, 31, ?, ?",No hint available.,"The next numbers are 43 and 57. (6*6)+6+1=43 (7*7)+7+1=57",Series,05/19/04 #8314,Tell The World,2.31,2.08,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is so pleased with the ""Sweaty Chef"" kebab shop he decides to tell everyone about it. Mad Ade passes the information on to four people in a matter of 30 minutes. Each of these four in turn passes the ""Sweaty Chef"" recommendation to four other separate people in the next 30 minutes and so on. How long it will take for everybody in the world to get to know how Mad Ade feels about the ""Sweaty Chef"" kebab shop? Assume that nobody hears it more than once and the population of the world is approximately 5.6 billion.",No hint available.,"All of 8 hours....you just have to do the math. This many people know after this many minutes: 5 = 30 21 = 60 85 = 90 341 = 20 1365 = 150 5461 = 180 21845 = 210 87381 = 240 349525 = 270 1398101 = 300 5592405 = 330 22369621 = 360 89478485 = 390 357913941 = 420 1431655765 = 450 5,726,623,061 = 480/60 = 8 hrs.",Math,11/01/02 #28522,4 Kings and Queens,2.83,0.84,GoHarryPotterCS,"I live in a place where some people find me useless, There is at most times only one other person like me, I live in a place where we are ruled by 4 Kings and Queens, I live in a place where there are only 4 races.... Who am I and where do I live?",It's a JOKE that you can't get this!,"I am a Joker and I live in a standard deck of 52 cards plus jokers. I live in a place where some people may find me useless = some people don't use jokers There is at most times only one other person like me = usually only 2 jokers per deck I live in a place where we are ruled by 4 Kings and Queens = There are 4 Kings and Queens in a deck I live in a place where there are only 4 races.... = only 4 suits Get it now?",Riddle,02/09/06 #16401,Swindler's Dice,2.72,2.02,silver_sword,"A swindler once approached an honest man with a die. He handed him the die and told him about the bet. The die had six sides. If the man rolled a ONE, he wins, and gets back twice the amount of his bet. If not, the swindler would keep the bet. ""But...my chances are only one out of six,"" retorted the man. ""True,"" grinned the swindler, ""But I'll give you three tries to get a one."" The man considered. Three tries, with each try having a 1/6 chance of winning. So his chances of winning are 1/2. Why not give it a try? Is the bet really fair? If not, what are the chances of the man winning?",No hint available.,"As you have guessed...the bet is not fair. He had calculated the probability wrongly. Probability does not accumulate, like 1/6 x 3. The probability of the man not getting a ONE in three throws is: 5/6 x 5/6 x 5/6, which is 125/216. This is the probability of the swindler winning. Hence, the remaining fraction, 91/216, is the actual chance of the man winning.",Probability,02/02/04 #597,Man Loves More than Life,2.6,1.56,snoopdogg,"What does man love more than life, Hate more than death or mortal strife; That which contented men desire, The poor have, the Rich require; The miser spends, the spendthrift saves, And all men carry to their graves?",No hint available.,Nothing,Riddle,06/06/01 #12782,I Most Certainly Won't Die,2.61,2.14,snoopdogg,"I rise, I fall. You can touch me, But you don't want to carry me. You can shoot me, But I most certainly won't die. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Basketball Carrying (or ""travelling"") is a violation in basketball.",Riddle,05/28/03 #28649,Lost Property,2.94,2.58,xsagirl,"Ivor Scruluce often mislays things and last week was no exception. Luckily, however, various members of the public noticed that he'd left things behind and ran after him to give them back. What was left behind on each day, at which place and who returned his property to Ivor that very same day, before he'd realized it was missing? 1. Pete left the train two stations earlier than he had intended, chasing Mr. Scruluce along the platform to return an item. 2. Ivor left his wallet behind (not on the train) later in the week than he forgot to pick up his house keys, which had fallen from his pocket, but one day earlier in the week than the day on which he lost his watch (which also wasn't on the train). 3. John is the taxi driver who noticed that Ivor had forgotten his briefcase. He returned it earlier in the week than the day on which Ivor lost his car keys. 4. Lynda picked up something in the car park the day after Ivor's house keys were returned to him by Kenny. 5. Something was left behind in the waiting room of the doctor's surgery on Tuesday.",No hint available.,"John returned the briefcase left in a taxi (clue 3) and Kenny returned the house keys (clue 4). The item Pete found on the train (1) wasn't a wallet or watch (2), so car keys. Tuesday's item was left in the waiting room (5), so not by Lynda (4), thus Kenny's find wasn't on Monday. Monday's find wasn't the wallet or watch (2), or car keys (3), so the briefcase. Tuesday's wasn't the wallet or watch (2), so house keys and (4) Lynda's find in the car park was on Wednesday. This wasn't the watch (2), so the wallet. By elimination, Sandra found the watch on a bus. Sandra's find was on Thursday (2), so Pete's was on Friday. Thus: Monday, briefcase, taxi, John Tuesday, house keys, waiting room, Kenny Wednesday, wallet, car park, Lynda Thursday, watch, bus, Sandra Friday, car keys, train, Pete",Logic-Grid,02/15/06 #31538,Presidential Perspective,2.5,2.67,tsimkin,"The following quote comes from a former US president. Can you determine what it says? EPC VPKDKVECD EPKE EKRCL VIZZKYM HY ZIZCYEL IN VDGVHKS VPIHVCL PKL KSDCKMF XCCY MCECDZHYCM - XF K EPIGLKYM IEPCD VPIHVCL ZKMC CKDSHCD HY LCCZHYOSF GYHZJIDEKYE ZIZCYEL - XF KSS EPILC ""SHEESC"" VPIHVCL IN FCKDL JKLE - XF KSS EPILC EHZCL BPCY EPC WIHVC IN K VIYLVHCYVC BKL KE BKD BHEP EPC WIHVC IN ECZJEKEHIY - BPHLJCDHYO K SHC EPKE ""HE MICLY'E DCKSSF ZKEECD"" - XF KSS EPC MKF-EI-MKF MCVHLHIYL ZKMC BPCY SHNC LCCZCM CKLF KYM VDHLCL LCCZCM NKD KBKF, EPC MCVHLHIYL EPKE JHCVC XF JHCVC, XHE XF XHE, MCWCSIJCM PKXHEL IN MHLVHJSHYC ID IN SKTHYCLL; PKXHEL IN LCSN-LKVDHNHVC, ID LCSN-HYMGSOCYVC; PKXHEL IN MGEF KYM PIYID KYM HYECODHEF - ID MHLPIYID KYM LPKZC. -- DIYKSM BHSLIY DCKOKY","Encrypted = Decrypted B=W O=G N=F Z=M O=G","THE CHARACTER THAT TAKES COMMAND IN MOMENTS OF CRUCIAL CHOICES HAS ALREADY BEEN DETERMINED - BY A THOUSAND OTHER CHOICES MADE EARLIER IN SEEMINGLY UNIMPORTANT MOMENTS - BY ALL THOSE ""LITTLE"" CHOICES OF YEARS PAST - BY ALL THOSE TIMES WHEN THE VOICE OF A CONSCIENCE WAS AT WAR WITH THE VOICE OF TEMPTATION - WHISPERING A LIE THAT ""IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER"" - BY ALL THE DAY-TO-DAY DECISIONS MADE WHEN LIFE SEEMED EASY AND CRISES SEEMED FAR AWAY, THE DECISIONS THAT PIECE BY PIECE, BIT BY BIT, DEVELOPED HABITS OF DISCIPLINE OR OF LAZINESS; HABITS OF SELF-SACRIFICE, OR SELF-INDULGENCE; HABITS OF DUTY AND HONOR AND INTEGRITY - OR DISHONOR AND SHAME. -- RONALD WILSON REAGAN A=Q B=W C=E D=R E=T F=Y G=U H=I I=O J=P K=A L=S M=D N=F O=G P=H Q=J R=K S=L T=Z U=X V=C W=V X=B Y=N Z=M",Cryptography,07/04/06 #27697,"Svfzl, Svfzl, Svfzl",2.75,2.29,Dave,"Qgxfhz ry jnz vful hvdfjgl enzgz jnz svfzl qxuuy xwxgj xfb lvd hxf'j jzxg jnz jvruzj wxwzg. - Truul Erubzg Svfzl qgzzy lvd qgvs bvrfo jnrfoy lvd bryurpz. yrfhz r bryurpz bvrfo fzxgul zkzgljnrfo, svfzl ry nxfbl. - Ogvdhnv Sxga Rq lvd hxf hvdfj lvdg svfzl, lvd bvf'j nxkz x truurvf bvuuxgy. - C. Wxdu Ozjjl Svfzl ry tzjjzg jnxf wvkzgjl, rq vful qvg qrfxfhrxu gzxyvfy. - Evvbl Xuuzf X txfp ry x wuxhz jnxj eruu uzfb lvd svfzl rq lvd hxf wgvkz jnxj lvd bvf'j fzzb rj. - Tvt Nvwz","Must be funny In the rich man's world (See Title) Abba 1976 Every quote has the same five letter word in it.","France is the only country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper. - Billy Wilder Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy. - Groucho Marx If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. - J. Paul Getty Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. - Woody Allen A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it. - Bob Hope A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z X D J U W N R C Q T V Y Z H G K F I M B L O P A S E",Cryptography,12/26/05 #8029,Double Meanings,2.92,3.02,Bobbrt,"Below are definitions of words (with the length of the word in parentheses), followed by a clue for a broken version of the word. For example: PONDERING (8)...Monarch after dieting. Would result in the word ""THINKING"", which could be broken into ""THIN KING"". Can you decipher the five words below? 1. Certain Evening (9)...Tiny chess piece 2. Deed Subjects (10)...Cravats that are suitable 3. Ne'er-do-well (11)...Onion performing hip-hop music 4. Hawaiian person, eg. (8)...Confessions of a scandalmonger 5. Buddhist belief (13)...Flower adorning a horse's bridle",No hint available.,"1. WEEKNIGHT...WEE KNIGHT 2. PROPERTIES...PROPER TIES 3. RAPSCALLION...RAP SCALLION 4. ISLANDER...I SLANDER 5. REINCARNATION...REIN CARNATION",Language,10/13/02 #8139,Red Hair,2.74,2.2,jazzkay,"Which of the following words does NOT belong? RED HAIR HOLE SONG TEA",No hint available.,"SONG...because it is the only word that does not have another word that is pronounced the same, but with different spelling and definition. RED = READ HAIR = HARE (rabbit) HOLE = WHOLE TEA = TEE",Group,10/20/02 #15005,Wacky Wakkey,2.68,2.04,rose_rox,"In a land far, far away, called Wakkey, there are 4 rulers who rule 4 different lands, wear 4 different crowns with 4 different populations. Rulers: King Ray, King Ross, Queen Rose, Queen Rosa Lands: Bang, Boom, Bam, Buzz Crowns: Gold, Diamond, Silver, Bronze Populations: 1000, 800, 300, 200 Figure out who owns what land, wears which crown and rules what population. Clues: 1. The ruler with the lowest population wears the silver crown. 2. Queen Rosa is ruler of Bang. 3. King Ray does not rule and has a hatred towards Buzz. 4. King Ross frequently boasts he rules the highest population. 5. No king, as both dislike bronze, wears that crown. 6. Queen Rose does not rule Bam. 7. Queen Rosa rules a population higher than 300. 8. King Ross owns Buzz. 9. King Ray cannot afford and thus does not wear the diamond crown. 10. Queen Rose is fairly wealthy and wears the gold crown. 11. King Ross does not rule Bam. 12. Boom has a population of 300.",No hint available.,"King Ray is the ruler of Bam, wears the silver crown and rules a population of 200. King Ross is the ruler of Buzz, wears the diamond crown and rules a population of 1000. Queen Rose is the ruler of Boom, wears the gold crown and rules a population of 300. Queen Rosa is the ruler of Bang, wears the bronze crown and rules a population of 800. Explanation (making a chart would be helpful): Clue 1: We know what it states and will keep this in mind. Clue 2: Tells us Queen Rosa owns Bang, so we mark that down. Clue 3: Tells us King Ray does not rule Buzz and neither can Queen Rosa, so King Ross or Queen Rose must own Buzz. Clue 4: Tells us King Ross rules the highest population, 1000, so we mark that down. (This narrows the hint in clue 1 to the three remaining rulers.) Clue 5: Tells us no king wears the bronze crown, so it must be either Queen Rose or Queen Rosa. Clue 6: Tells us Queen Rose does not rule Bam. (Now we know that one of the kings owns Bam, and either King Ross or Queen Rose owns Buzz from the info given in clue 3.) Clue 7: Tells us Queen Rosa rules a population higher than 300 - in other words, rules a population of 800 since 1000 is ruled already. Clue 8: Tells us King Ross owns Buzz, so we mark that down. This also means that Queen Rose MUST own Boom since it is the only land left. Clue 9: Tells us King Ray does not wear the diamond crown, so we mark that down. Clue 10: Tells us Queen Rose wears the gold crown, so we mark that down. This also means that, since Queen Rose wears the gold, Queen Rosa MUST be wearing the bronze because as it states in clue 5, no king wears the bronze. Also tells us that King Ray must wear the silver crown, as he cannot wear the gold, bronze, or diamond crowns (Clues 5, 9, 10). Therefore, King Ross wears the diamond crown. Clue 11: Tells us King Ross does not rule Bam, so King Ray MUST rule Bam because he does not rule Buzz as said in clue 3, and Queen Rose does not rule Bam as said in clue 6 - that is marked down. Clue 12: Tells us Boom has a population of 300, so that is marked down. This means that, since the only population left is 100, and from what it says in clue 1, King Ray rules the 100.",Logic,10/06/03 #46283,Kid Songs,2.63,0.98,westbrook,"Which of the following songs does not belong: The ABC's Old McDonald Twinkle Twinkle Baa Baa Black Sheep",Think about the tunes.,"Old McDonald. All the other songs have the same tune.",Group,02/01/10 #13672,A Battle of Sorts,2.29,0.6900000000000001,_riddle_reader_,"A battle being fought on a field of plaid; 2 overlookers there were and 8 upfront soldiers each had. Each of them had 2 castles, 2 church officials, and a duo of horses, When battling correctly nothing penetrates their forces. Protecting high royalty while attacking is the point of the game, Well, c'mon, have you figured this object's name?",A very strategic battle indeed.,"A chess board. castle= rook church official= bishop horse= knight",Riddle,07/07/03 #27301,Seven Clues,2.81,2.02,lifeisgood812,"The following 7 clues are all different ways of saying 7 different things. Decipher the clues and find out what the answers have in common. 1. The voluminous demi-octahedron near the necropolis of ancient Memphis. 2. The protruding cultivation close to the River Euphrates. 3. The simulacrum of the gerent of the divine beings over the citizens of the ancient nation in the Mediterranean. 4. The shrine to the deity of hunting and wild nature in Asia Minor. 5. The sepulcher constructed for King Maussollos in the city of Bodrum. 6. The bronze to the hottest god at the entrance of the harbor of the Mediterranean island of Rhodes. 7. The luminosity-domicile on the ancient island of Pharos.","1. Demi-octahedron=Pyramid 2. Cultivation=Garden 3. Simulacrum=Statue 4. Shrine=Temple 5. Sepulcher=Mausoleum 6. Bronze=Statue 7. Luminosity-Domicile=Lighthouse","The answers to the clues are: 1. The Great Pyramid of Giza 2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon 3. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia 4. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus 5. The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (built for King Maussollos) 6. The Colossus of Rhodes (to Helios, the Sun god) 7. The Lighthouse of Alexandria These 7 Wonders make up the list of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.",Language,12/10/05 #47463,The Combination Lock,2.85,2.86,RomanG417,"After Andrew had been sick for a week, he asked his best friend Jesse to get his books out of his locker. Instead of telling Jesse the three number combination Andrew said he kept a small piece of paper with the combination under his locker door. After school Jesse went to Andrew's locker and pulled the paper. On the paper was written: 24 24 22 9 9 9 9 22 24 22 9 9. Thinking this would be easy but a little tedious, Jesse entered in every arrangement of 24, 22, and 9 there was without the lock opening. Realizing there was something behind these numbers that he wasn't noticing, Jesse sat down for a few minutes to think it out. After ten minutes of intense thinking, Jesse went to the locker, entered the combination into the lock and it opened. What was the combination?",My username may be a slight clue.,"28, 4, 17. Writing the 24th letter of the alphabet for each 24, the 22nd letter of the alphabet for each 22, and the 9th letter of the alphabet for each 9 reveals: XXVIIIIVXVII It is now clear that the combination is written in Roman Numerals. The only set of 3 Roman Numerals that fits this arrangement is: XXVIII IV XVII or 28, 4, 17.",Mystery,07/11/10 #16699,Overhanging Bricks,2.24,2.47,Jake,"What is the maximum overhang that you can create with an infinite supply of bricks? You cannot use any mortar or attach the bricks to each other or anything else in any way. The bricks are simply dry stacked on level ground and jut out over a ledge. Assume that you have an infinite amount of space to work with and that a brick is 22x10x6 cm in dimension and weighs 5kg. Also assume that we are on earth.",How far can brick 1 be from brick 0?,"You can create an infinite overhang. Let us assume that the brick is of length 1. To determine the place of the center of mass a(n): a(1)=1/2 a(n)=1/n[(n-1)*a(n-1)+[a(n-1)+1/2]]=a(n-1)+1/(2n) The limit for n->oo of half the Harmonic series is oo.",Science,02/22/04 #20952,Beanstalk Delight,3.04,2.66,lorial,"Jack, of Beanstalk fame, had been given some coloured beans. He shared them out among his friends and they planted them. What colour bean was each given, what colour beanstalk grew from each bean and how tall did they grow? No beanstalk's colours included the bean's colour from which it grew. Humpty was impressed with his multi coloured beanstalk (not grown from an orange bean) that grew taller than Bo Peep's beanstalk by at least a metre. The beanstalk grown from the orange bean grew exactly twice as tall as the bean that Goldilocks planted. The 2 metre tall beanstalk was grown from either a green or a blue bean. The red bean grew into a beanstalk containing green. The green bean grew into a taller beanstalk than the beanstalk grown from the blue bean. The red and blue spotted beanstalk grew to exactly 2.5metres in height. Jack Spratt's beanstalk, much to his delight, was multi coloured. Miss Muffett's beanstalk had red and orange stripes; it did not grow from a yellow bean. Names: Bo Peep, Goldilocks, Humpty, Jack Spratt, Miss Muffett Bean Colour: Blue, Green, Orange, Red, Yellow Beanstalk Colour: Blue & Green, Green & Orange, Red & Blue, Red & Orange, Yellow Height: 1mtr, 2mtr, 2.5mtr, 3mtr, 4mtr",No hint available.,"Name / Bean Colour / Beanstalk Colour / Height Bo Peep / Red / Green & Orange / 1 mtr Goldilocks / Blue / Yellow / 2 mtr Humpty / Yellow / Red & Blue / 2.5mtr Jack Spratt / Orange / Blue & Green / 4mtr Miss Muffett / Green / Red & Orange / 3mtr",Logic-Grid,02/11/05 #39038,Cat Breeds,2.49,2.31,jazzmusician46,"I have listed seven (7) cat breeds, but they are missing many of their letters. You need to fill in these missing letters to correctly spell the breeds. 1. H-m-l-y-n 2. A-y-s-n-a- 3. T-f-a-i- 4. B-n-a- 5. S-n-a-u-a 6. B-r-i-l- 7. C-a-t-e-x",No hint available.,"1. Himalayan 2. Abyssinian 3. Tiffanie 4. Bengal 5. Singapura 6. Burmilla 7. Chartreux",Language,11/02/07 #34908,Word Swap #14,2.74,2.31,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. Note: Number 2 has 3 words that are anagrams of each other. 1. My father is so old school, he is not using the __________ yet, even though he has a computer. He is very __________ when it comes to technology. 2. The _________ sergeant was required to __________ behind while the rest of the __________ in his squadron were loaded onto transports to fly home. 3. The stay-at-home mom was known to __________ from home so often, she was __________ an away-from-home mom.",No hint available.,"1. Internet, renitent 2. Marine, Remain, Airmen 3. meander, renamed",Language,01/17/07 #6573,Amalgam,2.22,2.37,Canary05,"What is this rebus: AUSENGITTLRAAALLNIYDA","First three, First three, First two.","United Nations. It is an amalgam of three countries, Australia, England, Italy.",Rebus,08/15/02 #2047,Bryophytic Plants,2.72,1.5,missie,"Translate the following famous proverb from big words to normal: A rotating fragment of mineral collects no bryophytic plants.",No hint available.,A rolling stone gathers no moss.,Language,01/16/02 #49095,Who Doesn't Belong 2,2.27,2.0,Oxiproxd9,"Which of the following numbers does not belong? 1,247 95 880 2,606 77 1,571",No hint available.,880 doesn't belong. It is the only number whose digits don't add up to 14.,Group,10/21/11 #8044,Word Fills,2.85,2.02,snaps,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The ____ was closing in, making his ____ harder but through his ____ of contacts he was able to evade the police."" you would fill in NET, WORK, and NETWORK. A ____ of his ____ should be able to ____ that job.",No hint available.,"MAN, AGE, MANAGE",Language,10/14/02 #24811,Weird Ribbons,2.27,1.17,phrebh,"Fred, Bob, and Tom were in a contest to decide who had made the best butter cow (a statue of a cow made entirely out of butter) for the Iowa State Fair. The ribbons were not typical in that the color of the ribbons for the top three places were green, orange, and purple, although not necessarily in the order. Using the clues, determine what place they finished in (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) and what color ribbon they received. 1. Fred finished after Bob. 2. Tom did not get second place. 3. Only Tom got a ribbon with a color that did not share any letters with his name. 4. The purple ribbon is for a later place than the green ribbon. 5. The complementary color for the first place ribbon is blue.",No hint available.,"Fred, green, 2nd. Bob, orange, 1st. Tom, purple, 3rd.",Logic-Grid,07/24/05 #11010,Kebab Line Up,2.23,2.85,mad-ade,"Four men are in a line at the Madadian Police station, charged with unlicensed kebab breeding. The men are Mad Ade, Buster Artery, Cliff Hedge and Donny Moe - and they are standing in a straight line. One man is fair, handsome and unscarred. Two men who are not fair, are each standing next to Mad Ade Buster Artery is the only man standing next to exactly one handsome man. Cliff Hedge is the only man not standing next to exactly one scarred man. Who is fair, handsome and unscarred?",No hint available.,"Cliff Hedge is fair, handsome and unscarred. From (2), both the men standing next to Mad Ade are not fair. Also, exactly one man is fair, handsome and unscarred. Hence, there are two cases: Case 1 :: ? (N, ?, ?) : Mad Ade (Y, Y, N) : ? (N, ?, ?) : ? (?, ?, ?) Case 2 :: ? (N, ?, ?) : Mad Ade (?, ?, ?) : ? (N, ?, ?) : ? (Y, Y, N) Note the representation - Name (Fair, Handsome, Scarred). ""Y"" stands for Yes and ""N"" stands for No. Mad Ade (Y, Y, N) means Mad Ade is Fair, Handsome and Unscarred.(oh, how true this is..NOT) It is clear that either Mad Ade or the man at the extreme right is fair, handsome and unscarred. From (4), it is deduced that Cliff Hedge is standing next to unscarred man and each of the other men standing next to exactly one scarred man. Case 1 :: Cliff Hedge (N, ?, N) : Mad Ade (Y, Y, N) : ? (N, ?, Y) : ? (?, ?, Y) Case 2 :: ? (N, ?, Y) : Mad Ade (?, ?, Y) : ? (N, ?, N) : Cliff Hedge (Y, Y, N) From (3), Buster Artery is the only man standing next to exactly one handsome man. But in Case 1, Cliff Hedge is standing next to exactly one handsome man. Hence, Case 1 is not possible and Case 2 is the correct one. Case 2 :: ? (N, ?, Y) : Mad Ade (?, ?, Y) : ? (N, ?, N) : Cliff Hedge (Y, Y, N) Again from (3) and (4), there are 2 possibilities as shown below. Case 2a :: Donny Moe (N, N, Y) : Mad Ade (?, N, Y) : Buster Artery (N, N, N) : Cliff Hedge (Y, Y, N) Case 2b :: Buster Artery (N, N, Y) : Mad Ade (?, Y, Y) : Donny Moe (N, N, N) : Cliff Hedge (Y, Y, N) Thus, Cliff Hedge is fair, handsome and unscarred. Also, Mad Ade may be either fair or not fair.",Logic,03/09/03 #43279,Add a Letter 21,2.52,2.44,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) the arched handle of a kettle & a mint used in cooking (4 letters) 2) a type of fruit & chubby (4 letters) 3) storehouse & autocrat (5 letters) 4) to ridicule or deride & a distortion of meaning (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) bail & basil 2) plum & plump 3) depot & despot 4) twit & twist",Language,10/07/08 #7655,Muggers and Cleaners,2.4,2.63,something,"You might say muggers and cleaners get smart from me, but that would just be a play on words. People might win me as well. What am I?",No hint available.,A contest!,Language,09/22/02 #41534,Changing with the Times,2.64,1.82,TRILLIONAIRE,"I am a food upon your plate, When you partake of me in dawning light. Yet I become a drink inside your glass, After dinner-time at night.",No hint available.,Toast!,Riddle,04/15/08 #35588,Tom & Jerry,2.66,1.46,eguee,"Tom is chasing Jerry again! Jerry can run at 1 meter/sec, but Tom can run at 1.5 meter/sec. Tom, being a stupid cat, runs into a 3 meter long sofa and takes 3 seconds to wriggle out. Jerry's mouse hole is 2 meters away from the other end of the sofa. If Jerry runs under the sofa 1 second after Tom gets stuck, and Tom runs over the sofa to catch Jerry, will Tom catch Jerry?",Simple Maths,"Jerry beats Tom (Again!) Jerry needs to run 6 meters, (added the extra second before the sofa), while Tom has to run 9.5 meters (added the seconds taken to wriggle out) 6/1 = 6 seconds 9.5/1.5 = 6 and 1/3 seconds. Jerry will beat Tom by half a meter or 1/3 of a second to Jerry's hole.",Math,03/07/07 #11227,Growth and Departure,2.31,2.06,Jp26,"I seek light, I cry at dawn. When one takes flight, My children are gone. What am I?",No hint available.,"A flower. It needs light to grow, and dew forms on it at dawn, as if it is ""crying"". When a bee takes flight, it takes a flower's pollen, or its ""children"".",Riddle,03/16/03 #37852,Do you have a spine?,2.89,1.75,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word are a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the 8-letter answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue. Example: Statuette: fro evi gse rpu lor nai ngd rep Answer: Fro evI Gse rpU loR naI Ngd rEp = FIGURINE 1. Spine: btc har com bak bol tro and ent 2. Private: phr eai lrd oms gop nep anl wld 3. Proclaim: abc ran uon mou umk ens sch tec 4. Canine guard: cwt ahr ort cul ghi dgh hio trg",No hint available.,"1. Spine: Btc hAr Com baK Bol trO aNd Ent = BACKBONE 2. Private: Phr Eai lRd omS gOp Nep Anl wLd = PERSONAL 3. Proclaim: Abc raN uoN mOu Umk eNs sCh tEc = ANNOUNCE 4. Canine guard: cWt Ahr orT Cul gHi Dgh hiO trG = WATCHDOG",Language,08/19/07 #38606,For Your Consideration III,2.28,2.44,aresII,"The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. O=X ""CZ WERD JEMYDH IDY YOEDKCLISLNW YOUYSHCMY, C HRUUEHY CL JCQBL TIRHY I BCQB TEHL EZ NYIMCSQ."" ""CZ WER UNITYV I MINRIKNY KELLNY EZ MCHTERH HPYYLYSYD CS I TBYHL, PERNV LBIL KY TEZZYD HWDRU?""","H=S M=V Q=G","""IF YOUR MOVERS ARE EXORBITANTLY EXPENSIVE, I SUPPOSE IT MIGHT CAUSE A HIGH COST OF LEAVING."" ""IF YOU PLACED A VALUABLE BOTTLE OF VISCOUS SWEETENER IN A CHEST, WOULD THAT BE COFFER SYRUP?"" KEY: B=H C=I D=R E=O H=S I=A J=M K=B L=T M=V N=L O=X P=W Q=G R=U S=N T=C U=P V=D W=Y Y=E Z=F",Cryptography,10/04/07 #35616,Dis is Gonna Hurt,2.68,1.94,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? disdeepdis",No hint available.,Deep in despair (a pair of 'dis's'),Rebus,03/09/07 #32096,Phoney Puzzle XVI,2.19,2.5,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 272448328873 47 843 278 63 469 86 92783 77223. -- Philip Johnson 4 2255 272448328873 376936 68742. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PQRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXYZ","Architecture is the art of how to waste space. -- Philip Johnson I call architecture frozen music. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe",Cryptography,07/27/06 #41503,iPod Shuffle,2.62,1.45,sokrchic,"Karen was playing with her iPod on the way to work one day, when she accidentally erased all the information for five of her favorite songs! Now, with Karen's help, you have to help her remember the title of the song, the artist who sang it, and the album it was published on. Songs: Falling From Grace, Short Bus, New Kid, Apple Juice, and Riding My Dirt Bike Artists: April Henry, Brooke Smith, John Adams, Chelsey Johnson, and Brent Jones Albums: Pencil and Pen, Don't Stop, Never Never, Gave You My Heart, and Cat and Mouse Games Clues: 1. The five songs are Falling From Grace, the one sang by Brooke Smith, the song from the album ""Never Never"", New Kid, and the song by John Adams. 2. Brooke Smith was well known for making you thirsty after listening to her songs. 3. Chelsey Johnson and April Henry both had songs with titles longer than two words. 4. John Adams called his friend Brooke Smith to tell her about his new album ""Pencil and Pen"". 5. Brooke was thrilled for John, but she was pretty happy about her new album too. Her album has the same number of words as her song. 6. Chelsey Johnson ""fell from grace"" after she gave someone her heart.","F. F. G. = Falling From Grace Riding Bike = Riding My Dirt Bike Pencil/Pen = Pencil and Pen C. A. M. G. = Cat and Mouse Games G. Y. M. H. = Gave You My Heart","Brooke Smith sang Apple Juice, which was on the album ""Don't Stop"". April Henry sang Riding My Dirt Bike, which was on the album ""Never Never"". Chelsey Johnson sang Falling From Grace, which was on the album ""Gave You My Heart"". John Adams sang Short Bus, which was on the album ""Pencil and Pen"". Brent Jones sang New Kid, which was on the album ""Cat and Mouse Games"".",Logic-Grid,04/14/08 #50408,Contextual Abbreviations,2.09,0.99,ThinksForFun,"For each of the following entries, determine the meaning of the abbreviation. The meaning of each abbreviation is a 2-word or 3-word phrase, and depends upon the context being applied to it, so this must be taken into consideration when forming your answer. Each entry consists of the context followed by the abbreviation, the two being separated by a comma. The hint provides an additional clue for each entry. Example: Medicine/Health, C.D. Hint: Ebola virus (for example) Answer: Contagious Disease 1) Circus, B.A. 2) Podiatry, I.T. 3) Agriculture/Farming, C.D. 4) Spaceflight, M.C.","1) high wire 2) causing digital discomfort 3) pest control 4) Houston, Texas, U.S.A.","1) Balancing Act 2) Ingrown Toenail 3) Crop Dust(er/ing) 4) Mission Control",Language,08/09/14 #51588,Catch Me If You Can,2.57,1.6300000000000001,ThinksForFun,"One of whose personalities are dual And without which, one would stumble like a fool One drum produces and the other receives I transport what's sent, and the brain then perceives Boards cure boredom at a coastal location Contingent upon my manifestation A transient gesture when our paths diverge Subsequently prompted when you reemerge What am I?",No hint available.,"a wave lines 1-2: The ""whose"" refers to light. Light has a dual nature which exhibits properties of both waves and particles, which is known as the wave-particle duality. ""One would stumble like a fool"" in the dark without light. lines 3-4: These two lines refer to sound, which is transported by (a) wave(s). The first ""drum"" refers to the musical instrument, and ""the other"" refers to the ear drum. The brain perceives the sound once it has been received by the ear drum. lines 5-6: ""Boards"" refers to surfboards, which aren't much good without (the formation of) a wave. lines 7-8: A wave is a gesture used both when parting ways and when greeting each other in (re)union. The title alludes to a wave that can be surfed, as in ""catch a wave"".",Riddle,12/02/17 #39280,Wordonometry II,2.23,2.74,calmsavior,"You are enrolled in a ""Wordonometry"" class, which involves adding and subtracting parts of words, and using special functions on a word. It is the end of the first day of school, and your homework assignment will use the functions below: ana(____) ana(____) syn(____) +end+ se -b -c Below are the definitions of the functions above: ana(____) = Change the word into an anagram of its former self. Example: ana(ignore) = region syn(____) = Change the word into a synonym of its former self. Example: syn(idiosyncratic) = strange +end+ = Add the second word/fragment to the end of the first word/fragment. Example: rob +end+ in = robin - = Subtract the second word/fragment from the first word/fragment. Example: those - os = the You can use these functions in any order you need to change words into other words, but not word fragments. Can you use the above functions to change BRACE into DELETE?",No hint available.,"BRACE - b = RACE ana(RACE) = CARE CARE - c = ARE ana(ARE) = ERA ERA + se = ERASE syn(ERASE) = DELETE",Language,11/20/07 #50977,A Time to Sow,2.77,0.7000000000000001,Snowdog,"A time to sow, a time to reap But over a life, this time would creep I was created in 46 B.C. Brought into being by Caesar's decree But still the seasons were unimpressed Man-made and tropical slowly digressed So good Pope Greg set everything straight with inspired rules that worked out great I am grander than my common peers I come 97 times every 400 years By following my rules, as widely agreed We all know what day to plant our seed What am I?",No hint available.,"I am a Leap Year. Details for the curious: There are actually about 365.2422 days per year according to the ""tropical year"", the number of earth rotations per orbit of the sun. Using the ancient 365 day calendar, the first day of spring would drift later by about one day every four years. Julius Caesar created the Julian Calendar with a leap year every 4 years. Under this Julian calendar, the first day of spring drifted one day earlier every 128 years. Pope Gregory XIII created the Gregorian calendar in 1582 A.D. He modified the leap year schedule to exclude three leap years every 400 years. Years divisible by 100, but not 400 are NOT leap years. So 1800, 1900, and 2100 are not leap years, while the years 1600, 2000 and 2400 still are. This reduces the error to one day every 3236 years.",Trivia,01/11/17 #49283,Nice Touch,2.55,1.78,ThinksForFun,"I""LALALA"" cake",The top is sweet!,"icing on the cake I""LALALA"" equals 'I sing' (icing) which is on top of cake.",Rebus,02/02/12 #46487,Antonym in the Middle 6,2.2,2.33,cnmne,"GAIN and FIND are antonyms of LOSE. Change GAIN to LOSE to FIND by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. GAIN ----> LOSE ----> FIND",No hint available.,"GAIN <<<<< LAIN LAID LARD LORD LORE LOSE <<<<< LONE LINE FINE FIND <<<<<",Language,03/07/10 #44303,Produce at the Fair,2.62,1.82,whsprec,"The top five prizewinners in the veggie contest at the county fair had the last names of Brown, Wilcox, Byrd, Whittier, and Holden. In no particular order, their first names are Joe, Trevor, Malcolm, Daniel, and Walter. From the clues given, determine the first and last name of each winner, the type of produce that they grew (pumpkin, watermelon, corn, radish, or squash), and the prize, first through fifth, that they won. 1. Wilcox's produce finished ahead of the squash, which finished ahead of Walter's veggie, but none of these won first prize. 2. Neither Malcolm nor Holden entered the watermelon or the pumpkin. 3. The Whittier pumpkin placed higher than Daniel's entry, which in turn did better than Mr. Brown's corn. 4. Mr. Wilcox's produce finished behind Whittier's veggie and they both finished behind Trevor's produce. 5. Trevor's last name is not Holden and he did not grow the corn.",No hint available.,"First - Trevor Byrd - Watermelon Second - Joe Whittier - Pumpkin Third - Malcolm Wilcox - Radish Fourth - Daniel Holden - Squash Fifth - Walter Brown - Corn",Logic-Grid,03/30/09 #3424,back back back,2.26,1.67,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this: back back back",No hint available.,"Back to back; [i.e. back, two back].",Rebus,04/11/02 #7855,A Dodgy Character,2.86,2.62,dsquared,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The _____ of the group was extremely _____, not just physically, for he was also particularly _____"", you would fill in HEAD, STRONG, and HEADSTRONG. The guilty _____ fitted the classic _____ for such a character, highlighted by the fact that he looked to constantly _____ his next move.","He's a criminal type, but a very thoughtful one.","CON, TEMPLATE, CONTEMPLATE",Language,10/04/02 #9795,3 = F in a Y,2.21,1.08,supershlop,3 = F in a Y,No hint available.,3 = Feet in a Yard,Letter-Equations,01/14/03 #42624,Phonopia 8,2.11,2.87,mik512,"In the wacky land of Phonopia, everybody has their name as their phone number. The phones are the same way as the phones in the real world, so can you figure out what well-known person you are calling? 2=A, B, C 3=D, E, F 4=G, H, I 5=J, K, L 6=M, N, O 7=P, Q, R, S 8=T, U, V 9=W, X, Y, Z 1) 3733 38778 2) 2326 4668437 3) 7425 7467326 4) 437273 929","1) Lead singer for Metal-Rap band 2) Lead singer for Canadian Rock band 3) Author of many murder novels 4) Lead singer for dark Pop-Rock band","1) Fred Durst 2) Adam Gontier 3) Rick Riordan 4) Gerard Way",Cryptography,07/27/08 #310,A Compounding Question.,2.14,1.74,Mr. G,"Simplify the following expression: (a/b) / (c/d) - (d/c) / (b/a)",No hint available.,Zero.,Math,02/26/01 #327,What is Unusual About this Paragraph?,3.1,2.19,Phyllis,"How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try your skill. Par is about half an hour.",No hint available.,"The letter `e` , which is the most used letter in the alphabet, is missing from this paragraph.",Language,03/05/01 #34764,Famous People Anagrams II,2.23,1.94,DaleGriffin,"Below are three anagrams of famous people's names, but who are they? (The numbers in brackets represent the number of letters required for each name) 1)SEAL JAM ON CHICK (7,7) 2)HARBOUR ONES SON (6,8) 3)MY RICE JAR (3,6)","1)A professional singer 2)Wife of Ozzy 3)A famous actor","1)Michael Jackson 2)Sharon Osbourne 3)Jim Carrey",Language,01/06/07 #16993,Temporary Housing,2.82,2.09,brgdo1994,"Jake builds a house, and although anyone would be satisfied with the construction, he knows he'll have to rebuild it in several years time. Why?","Q: Did Jake build a traditional house? A: No","Jake had built a large tree house, which surrounded the main trunk. When the tree grows in diameter, the framing of the tree house will gradually be destroyed.",Situation,03/11/04 #40548,How Many Days in a Year?,2.14,1.87,cheesepie,How many days are there in a 400 year period (Gregorian cycle)?,Leap Frog!,"146,097 days 146,000 days and 97 leap days It doesn't matter what year it started on because a Gregorian cycle contains the same pattern of days and years.",Math,02/17/08 #40229,Below 100,2.42,2.13,shenqiang,"Positive integers form a pyramid. The top row has one number: 1. The second row has three numbers: 2, 3, and 4. The third row has five numbers: 5 through 9, etc. If the pattern is continued, what number will appear directly below 100?",Try to find out the pattern.,"The rightmost number in each row - 1, 4, 9, 16, ... - is a square number, and it's easily seen that the number directly below n^2 is (n+1)^2-1. Therefore, the number directly below 100 (10^2) is 11^2-1=120.",Series,01/27/08 #36668,The Family,2.38,1.14,tedger,"What saying is seen below? Love grandpa Adore grandma Like father Fond of mother Like son Hate daughter",No hint available.,"Like father, like son.",Rebus,05/19/07 #13071,Philo-Math,2.52,2.82,griphook,"What phrases are represented below? One is a math axiom, and the other is a philosophical thought/idea. a. GRIPHOOK > GRIP and GRIPHOOK > HOOK b. GRIPHOOK > GRIP + HOOK",No hint available.,"a. The Whole is Greater than any of its Parts. (math axiom) b. The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its parts. (philosophical thought from Leibniz)",Rebus,06/11/03 #26605,Knight's Trouble,2.46,2.32,kiss,"Having failed to achieve his previous goal, the knight wanted to leave Breadland. However, he was captured by the king of Breadland for stepping all around in his kingdom. The king decided to sentence the knight to death, but before that he wanted to test the knight's intelligence. The king said: ""Play a game of chess with me. You know, in my kingdom, the chessboard is 9x7. Each player has a queen on each side of the king, one is next to the king and the other is between a bishop and a knight. Also, each player has an additional pawn. But this time the rule is changed. Each player in turn must make TWO legal moves. He can't put his king in check either after his first move or after his second move. If you win or the game ties, I'll set you free. If I win, I'll sentence you to death immediately. You move first."" Could the knight avoid being sentenced to death?",I only asked whether or not the knight could avoid being sentenced. I didn't ask which moves must the knight make to avoid being sentenced.,"The answer is affirmative. Assume that the knight couldn't avoid being sentenced. This means that no matter what moves the knight made, the king could always win. Then the knight could move one of his knights and then move back. But then every piece would be on its original position, and it would be the king's turn to move, and the knight could win the game, which contradicts our assumption. Hence, the knight had a strategy to guarantee at least a tie. Note that I didn't point out what the strategy is. I only showed its existence.",Logic,10/29/05 #50577,"A Horse, of Course",2.41,1.5,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus, reading from top down? face fac-e fa-c-e f-a-c-e",A horse walked into a bar and the bartender said ..... ?,"""making a long face"" (the answer to the hint - which makes the hint - is ""why the long face""?)",Rebus,04/20/15 #14332,110 Y in a R F,2.37,1.91,bikehorn,110 Y in a R F,Think rough sports...,"110 Yards in a Rugby Field Rugby is a game played by two teams of 15 players each on a rectangular field 110 yards long with goal lines and goal posts at either end.",Letter-Equations,08/13/03 #12309,Nowhere,2.32,0.87,parappa76,What's in the middle of nowhere?,No hint available.,"The letter ""h"".",Trick,05/12/03 #50244,BB02 GROUPIE CHALLENGE #01,2.6,1.62,BadBunnee02,"If one were seeking three-word common phrases (such as ""live and learn"") where there are two ""front-back"" words (such as ""live"", ""learn"") and one ""mid"" word (such as ""and""), what would be truly rare about what is shared by the following group of words? all, back, day, neck, time","Think of ""mid"" (connective) words such as ""and"", ""if"", ""or"", etc.","All the words in the group can form three-word common phrases by repeating the same word as the ""front"" word AND the ""back"" word. all in all back to back day by day neck and neck time after time",Group,04/16/14 #10840,"Most, Feed, Copy, Adopt",2.43,2.64,snaps,"Swap one word from the first list with one word in the second list so that the two lists have a similar, though different, property. Which two words must be swapped and what is the property? List 1: most, feed, copy, adopt List 2: lied, tonic, upon, chips",No hint available.,"The words that must be swapped are ""feed"" and ""chips"". The property is the letters of each word appear in a particular order. List 1 words have their letters in alphabetical order, while list 2 words must have their letters in reverse alphabetical order. List 1: most, chips, copy, adopt List 2: lied, tonic, upon, feed",Group,03/03/03 #19730,Das Boot,2.91,2.06,MrIxolite,"What is this? Sticker Bum Sticker Sticker Bum Bum Sticker Sticker Sticker Bum Bum Bum",No hint available.,"A Bumper Sticker lit. A bum per sticker",Rebus,12/06/04 #27987,Proverbial Wisdom,2.44,2.22,Nytwynd,"Akzlz hkzlz pe yi ekswz, hkzlz pe yi kiyil. -Srlpusy Xliqzlo Yzqzl ase diim ailt miyz aphkinh wnuk hlinogz. -Ukpyzez Xliqzlo",No hint available.,"A=W D=G E=S G=L H=T I=O K=H L=R M=D N=U O=B P=I Q=V R=F S=A T=K U=C W=M X=P Y=N Z=E Where there is no shame, there is no honor. -African proverb Never was good work done without much trouble. -Chinese proverb",Cryptography,01/09/06 #27276,Fabulous Families,2.77,2.61,buttons03,"Below you will find three letter equations. Once you figure the answer to each equation, use those answers to figure out the answer to the fourth and final letter equation. Good luck! 1. O + F + C + S + B = WWF 2. H + T + TB + B + T = BF 3. SD + BD + X = PF Take the answers from the equations above to figure out the fourth and final equation. 4. WWF + BF + PF = CB","1. This ""family"" contains a few family members that require reeds. 2. This ""family"" contains family members that need a ""buzz"" to get going. 3. This ""family"" contains family members that may need to be struck. 4. This is the compilation of all the families listed above.","1. Oboe + Flute + Clarinet + Saxophone + Bassoon = Woodwind Family The hint for this equation states that ""some family members require reeds"". Flutes do not use reeds to produce sound, while all other instruments in this group do. 2. Horn + Trumpet + Trombone + Baritone + Tuba = Brass Family The hint for this equation states that they require a ""buzz"" to get going. This is because you need to buzz your lips together to produce a sound. 3. Snare Drum + Bass Drum + Xylophone = Percussion Family The hint for this equation suggests that family members need to be struck to get going. This means each one of the instruments listed require that you hit them with a stick to produce a sound. (The list of Percussion instruments provided in this equation is by no means a complete list.) 4. Woodwind Family + Brass Family + Percussion Family = Concert Band This is the standard instrumentation for most concert bands.",Other,12/10/05 #50928,The Napkin and the Coins,2.77,1.46,ultimatecub,"You decide to make a bet with Fred. You have 2 identical coins and a napkin. You place one coin on the table and put the napkin over it. You hide the other coin in your hand. You bet Fred that you can remove the coin from under the napkin without touching the napkin, blowing on it or using another object to move the napkin out of the way. You also cannot move the table. In addition, keep in mind that if you use the other coin to make it appear as though you have removed the first coin, there is nothing to stop Fred from checking under the napkin. Fred is convinced that you cannot do it. How do you win the bet by following all the above conditions?",What will Fred do when you reveal the second coin?,"You put your hand under the table and move it out, revealing the second coin to Fred. Naturally he will immediately lift up the napkin to try to prove you wrong, meaning he will lift up the napkin for you, allowing you to remove the first coin without touching the napkin!",Situation,12/04/16 #25214,Easy to Win,2.26,2.0,timber_wolf_789,What game can you win without doing anything?,No hint available.,"Pool (If your opponent hits the 8-ball in before they're supposed to, they automatically lose)",Riddle,08/09/05 #390,I Cover What's Real...,2.43,2.07,Phyllis,"I cover what's real and I hide what's true, but sometimes I bring out the courage in you. What am I?",No hint available.,A mask.,Riddle,04/17/01 #11612,Infinitely-Finite Formula,2.27,3.02,Codammanus,"Working from an infinite group, I extracted a finite one, And based on this new finite group, I made one more for fun. So now we have three groups in all, one old and infinite, two finite and new. I hope you find this one perplexing, only to be solved by few. So take the Given 1 and 2, and by all means take the clues, Use your noggin, have some fun, and try to answer the Q's. Given 1. Sent one to ten tons of soft cotton often Given 2. Sent Sent Sent Sent Sent Sent Sent Sent Sent Sent Clues: -The finite group extracted from the infinite group was based on the value of the 'money' in Given # 2. - The second finite group, the one 'made for fun' has something in common with a group containing 2 dozen and 1/3 of a half-dozen members. - ALL members of the second finite group are used in Given 1 and 2. -REMEMBER THIS: FIRST things FIRST! -In the second finite group there is a double-double, and one triple. Questions: 1.What are the two finite groups created? 2.Based on the clues, which word in Given #1 does not belong?",No hint available.,"1. The two finite groups created are the group of NUMBERS 1-10 (out of an infinite group of numbers), and The other finite group are the letters O,T,T,F,F,S,S,E,N,T, based on the first letter of the spelling of the group of numbers 1-10. 2.Based on the clues provided, the word COTTON does not belong. Let's see why Solution Explained in Order of Clues: -The finite group of NUMBERS 1-10 was based on the value of the 'money' in Given #2, which is '10 Sents' or '10 Cents' the value thus being 10. -The second finite group, or the one 'made for fun' (created with the group 1-10 as its basis as the rhyme explains), has something in common with a group containing 26 members. Hmmmmmm? -Since ALL of the members of the group 'made for fun' are used in Given #1 and #2 (in which only LETTERS appear), the finite group 'made for fun' is connected with none other than the group of 26 letters in the ALPHABET (English). -FIRST things FIRST is an indication that now, using the group of Letters in the Alphabet, and based on the group of numbers 1-10, we are focusing on the FIRST of something. What can it be? (Keep reading) -In the second finite group, the one 'made for fun' there is a double double and one triple. Now, being that this finite group has been narrowed down to an Alphabet group based on the numbers 1-10, and focusing on the FIRST of something, the group is revealed as the FIRST LETTERS OF THE SPELLING OF THE NUMBERS 1-10. O)NE, (T)WO, (T)HREE, (F)OUR, (F)IVE, (S)IX, (S)EVEN, (E)IGHT, (N)INE, (T)EN (O,T,T,F,F,S,S,E,N,T) -Now, being that the word COTTON contains a C, which is not part of this created finite group, it is the word that does not belong.",Other,04/07/03 #50767,Doggy Remark,1.83,2.18,theriddler,"A doggy remark Is ""bark bark"" And a cat's yowl Is ""meow"" While an owl's hoot Is just ""who."" So please tell me now, Giraffes at the zoo, What sound do they do?",No hint available.,"It was thought giraffes did not make any sounds, but they do. Though generally quiet, during courtship, males emit loud coughs. Females call their young by bellowing. Calves will emit snorts, bleats, and mooing and mewing sounds. Giraffes also snore, hiss, moan, grunt and make flute-like sounds. They communicate over long distances using infrasound, low pitch noises beyond the range of human hearing.",Trivia,02/21/16 #8455,Guess this prefix...,3.02,2.1,speedymcg,"Guess this prefix... I change something weighing two thousand pounds into a small, light container. I turn a food that is decaying into one that isn't. I turn a whole country into a small flower. I change something alive into something flat and not alive.",I am also a word that represents an object that is seen and used by people around the world every day.,"The prefix is ""CAR-"". I change something weighing two thousand pounds into a small, light container. CARton I turn a food that is decaying into one that isn't. CARrot I turn a whole country into a small flower. CARnation I change something alive into something flat and not alive. CARpet",Language,11/09/02 #38725,Keeping Track,2.08,0.85,rcb2049,"Mrs. Bunselmyer, the principal, was trying to keep track of all after school activities. She has 5 left to go and needs some help. All she has to decipher this are these clues. FIRST NAMES: Jimmy, Rachel, Eric, Melissa, and Joe LAST NAMES: Brady, James, Bizzell, Dirt, Thompson ACTIVITIES: Band, Key Club, Student Council, Chorus, and Tutoring 1. Rachel is a straight A student. 2. Mr. Bizzell wants to join the local Kiwanis. 3. Joe's last name is not Dirt. 4. Jimmy loves his Tuba. 5. Mr. James was elected by the student body. 6. Melissa loves to sing. 7. Mr. Dirt loves his Tuba. 8. Ms. Brady is a straight A student. 9. Joe was elected president by the student body. 10. Eric loves unlocking things.",The student in tutoring is helping struggling kids.,"Jimmy Dirt-Band Rachel Brady-Tutoring Eric Bizzell-Key Club Melissa Thompson-Chorus Joe James-Student Council",Logic-Grid,10/11/07 #32307,Silly Sarah's School Studies: Part V,2.69,2.17,bigSWAFF_69_,"It is now 10 AM, which means Silly Sarah must make her way to History class. History had to be Sarah's least favorite class, but it was made better when the teacher announced that there will be no homework at all for the class during the entire year. That is, if they can all solve a teaser set a week. The teasers will be fairly straight forward, ten countries have been made into different teasers. Sarah decided she should start this week's teaser set as soon as possible. Can you help Silly Sarah out, and solve the country names that she will be learning about in her History class? 1. A microorganism + A large number of persons or things 2. What a fish uses to steer itself in the water + The solid ground of the earth 3. 18th letter of the alphabet + A strong liquor flavored with juniper berries + Short for Christina 4. A tool used for cutting + 4th letter of the alphabet + To set out for display or use + 2nd letter of alphabet + What you say when you can't think of anything to say 5. Donesiaugh 6. Recent + Last letter of the alphabet + To give or allow the use of temporarily 7. To make haste + Sound of the first letter of the alphabet 8. Industrial Technology + A narrow street between buildings 9. The left-hand side of a ship + Not me, but ___ + A coastal bird 10. A cooking container + Sound of the first letter in the alphabet + Another name for your mom",No hint available.,"The answers were: 1. Germany (Germ + Many) 2. Finland (Fin + Land) 3. Argentina (R + Gin + Tina) 4. Saudi Arabia (Saw + D + Array + B + Uh) 5. Indonesia (Nesia is in ""dough"") 6. New Zealand (New + Z + Lend) 7. Russia (Rush + A) 8. Italy (I.T. + Alley) 9. Portugal (Port + You + Gull) 10. Panama (Pan + A + Ma)",Language,08/06/06 #32463,Alabaster Coffins,2.29,2.91,akl21,"A fortress of an island, Rocky and forlorn; Surrounded by a still, dark, Ageless ocean. With raiment white, He crosses the sea, In his boat, a coffin of Alabaster. What am I?","This riddle refers to a painting from the year 1880. The artist made four different versions throughout the 1880's, but the gist of each was the same.","A painting by Arnold Bocklin, called The Isle of the Dead. Arnold Bocklin produced several different versions of the painting. All of them have an oarsman, and a standing figure in white clothes in a small boat crossing a sea of dark water towards a rocky island. The boat has something in it, which is usually thought of as a coffin. The figure in white is often taken to be Charon, and the water represents the Acheron. The first version was created in 1880 after a lady, whose husband had recently died, requested it. The other versions are located in collections in Basel, Berlin and Leipzig. In Greek mythology, Charon is the ferryman of the dead. Acheron, or the ""river of woe"", is a river in Hades.",Trivia,08/16/06 #32002,30 T in an A C M,2.15,2.75,pianofox,30 T in an A C M,No hint available.,"30 Teeth in an Adult Cat's Mouth Kittens have 26 teeth and when they lose them - they get replaced with 30 teeth.",Letter-Equations,07/24/06 #2759,A Friend or Foe,2.78,1.85,Captbob61,"I eat, I breathe, I move so much I leave you tender to the touch. Within me lies help or harm for you But one rarely predicts what I will do. I move around, yet have no legs and multiply, but lay no eggs. My colors change as I get intense But I keep no form, in my defense. What am I?",I am neither solid nor liquid. Look to the sun for an example of my power.,Fire,Riddle,03/20/02 #30788,The Plank,2.81,1.87,bigSWAFF_69_,"Just look at me you'd think I'm dead. Yet still I am known as jolly. Where I am raised grows fear and dread. You taunt me at your folly.",No hint available.,"Skull & Crossbones (Flag on a Pirate ship. Also known as a Jolly Roger)",Riddle,05/30/06 #38113,Fall From Heaven,2.9,2.7,grilledcheese,"One by one we fall from heaven, Down into the depths of past And our world is ever upturned So that yet some time we'll last.",No hint available.,Sand in an hourglass,Riddle,09/05/07 #8937,Handbag,2.69,2.58,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented here? Handbags Hondbags Homdbags Homibags Homicags Homicigs Homicids Homicide",No hint available.,Accessories to Murder.,Rebus,12/06/02 #40542,Among the Birds,2.42,1.96,luckythirteen,"I live through people And words. I can be found within buildings with steeples, And be among the birds. My first is in sea, But not in ocean. My last is in gallon, But not in quart. What am I?",No hint available.,Song,Riddle,02/16/08 #33430,"Quiet, Please!",2.84,2.8,Gizzer,"This list of words reveals a person. Can you figure out who it is? Ptarmigan Aisle Dossier Depot Column Lime Worcester",No hint available.,"Silent Partner. Each word has at least one silent letter: Ptarmigan has a silent P. Aisle has a silent A. Dossier has a silent R. Depot has a silent T. Column has a silent N. Lime has a silent E. Worcester has one silent R. Put these silent letters together, and they spell PARTNER.",Other,10/11/06 #30848,And Then There Was...,2.27,1.83,brainster,"What does #2 of this list signify? 1. Adam 2. Eve",No hint available.,The First Lady!,Rebus,06/03/06 #6076,House and Prairie,2.18,0.7000000000000001,Cascas,"What does this mean? house PRAIRIE",No hint available.,Little House on the Prairie,Rebus,07/30/02 #40888,Collective Conscience,2.31,2.36,aresII,"The following quote is from Mohandas Gandhi (1869 - 1948). He was a world leader in the struggle for peace. Can you decode it? *The hint contains three vowels. H=T J=W ""ZBYIP ISHTBYRHQ RF AMUMY YMHIRAME GQ IAQ IHHMZDH HB TBPE BA HB RH. RH KBZMF JRHTBSH FMMXRAO IAE RF YMHIRAME JRHTBSH MCCBYH.""","I=A M=E R=I","""MORAL AUTHORITY IS NEVER RETAINED BY ANY ATTEMPT TO HOLD ON TO IT. IT COMES WITHOUT SEEKING AND IS RETAINED WITHOUT EFFORT."" KEY: A=N B=O C=F D=P E=D F=S G=B H=T I=A J=W K=C M=E O=G P=L Q=Y R=I S=U T=H U=V X=K Y=R Z=M",Cryptography,03/06/08 #7568,Band Camp VI,2.26,1.81,Mogmatt16,"Mogmatt's marching band played their show and then listened to it. They played the show almost perfectly and yet when they listened to it, it was all messed up. How could that have happened?",No hint available.,"The band was hearing their echo. Because they were marching at the time, they were all different distances from the wall and their echoes played at different times.",Science,09/19/02 #31789,Colors of the Wind,2.78,1.08,akl21,"My bark is worse than my bite, Though I have no mouth. Graceful shadows play on the ground Near my feet every evening. Thick, gnarled arms have I, Twisting up and about. I am garbed in jade, And placed next to a cerulean sky. Wind tosses my hands about, And howls through me at night. My heart is softer and smoother Than my exterior. My influence is far spread, And sometimes devastating. So, what am I?",No hint available.,"A tree. The 'heart' refers to the tree's heartwood, which is the smooth, living inside of the tree. The far spread, sometimes devastating influence --- the tree's roots. Sometimes, the roots can get in a foundation, and sometimes they can clog plumbing pipes.",Riddle,07/15/06 #9073,11 33 55,2.35,1.58,justin,"What number will come next in this series? 11 33 55 77 99 111 131 ??",Think back,"151 The series is made up of every other palindromic whole number greater than 10 (the numbers are written the same forward and backward).",Series,12/11/02 #13882,The 199th Gas Station,2.17,1.37,smileysteve,"The 199th Gas Station is very large. It has ten rows of 10 double-sided pairs of pumps. The pump I am at is the only non-working pump. How many working gas pumps are there at the 199th Gas Station?",No hint available.,"399 pumps. 10(rows) X 10 X 2 X 2 - 1 = 399",Math,07/18/03 #3445,Sock Drawer,2.29,1.6300000000000001,neo1,"There are 10 socks of each of the following colors in a drawer: blue, green, red, yellow & white, for a total of 50 socks. If the socks are randomly distributed in the drawer (i.e. not in pairs or any other grouping), and you are blindfolded, what is the minimum number socks you must draw from the drawer in order to be certain you have at least 2 socks of the same color? If you are in the same situation as in the preceding problem, how many socks must you draw from the drawer in order to be certain you have at least 2 socks of different colors?",No hint available.,The answer for the first part is 6 socks and the answer for the second part is 11.,Probability,04/12/02 #7837,Where Am I?,2.74,1.85,Adamko,"I start at point X. I walk one mile south, one mile East and then one mile North and arrive back at point X. Where, besides the North Pole, could point X be?",There are an infinite number of points X.,"I am just so far north of the South pole that after travelling the mile south, my mile East takes me on one complete circumference of the pole. Then my mile north will take me back to point X. There are an infinite number of points X on this line of latitude.",Science,10/03/02 #21625,Parliament,2.49,1.23,muff,"There is a parliament And wise is it Oh wise indeed, It's name is truly fit When someone sees this parliament They usually tell it to shoo Though whenever the UN tries to talk to this wise parliament All the parliament says is ''who who who?'' Who belongs to this parliament?","A better way to say it, might have been '' all the parliament says is hoo hoo hoo''",Owls (A group of owls is called a parliament),Riddle,03/18/05 #3283,Chess Matches,2.13,2.5,yor18,"In my class there are 60 students. We decided to hold a chess tournament. In the first phase, every one plays 6 matches each, each match with a different player. What is the minimum number of people that will have to back out if all participants play 6 matches ONLY? Also how many matches will be played in the first phase?",No hint available.,"The number of players that need to back out is 4. Number of matches is 168. For 6 people to play each other, a minimum of 7 people are required. So the total number of players is a multiple of 7. The nearest is therefore 56 (7x8). Number, of matches = 7 students per group x 6 matches per student / 2 students per match x 8 groups = 7 x 6 / 2 x 8 = 168",Math,04/05/02 #50370,Contrarian,2.37,1.46,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus? l side = 1 strike m side = 2 strikes n side = 3 strikes",No hint available.,"inside out (""n"" side is out)",Rebus,08/30/14 #8460,"Act, Bin",2.7600000000000002,2.29,snaps,"Which word below fits into the following group? act, bin, copy, deft, empty, ____ Choose from: flute, forty, filth, funny, front",No hint available.,"Forty. The letters of each word in the group appear in alphabetic order.",Group,11/10/02 #42088,The Bottom Line,2.22,2.41,catfood99,"What letter comes next in this sequence? D U I I U I V",No hint available.,"I. The letters spell out the bottom half of the word BOTTOM.",Other,05/30/08 #35435,Bombeckisms,2.6,2.54,aresII,"Here are some thoughts from Erma Bombeck, one of America's wittiest dispensers of common sense. Both puzzles use the same key. ""UTATY BE NE I VERNEY MKECT EPPORT ZSIUNC KIAT VOTV."" ""O MOSS UTATY TUBIBT OU I MOUNTY CZEYN MONK IU IXLDSIURT ZIYQTV IN NKT LENNEX EP NKT KOSS.""","A=V Z=P D=U","""Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."" ""I will never engage in a winter sport with an ambulance parked at the bottom of the hill."" Key: A=V B=G C=S D=U E=O I=A K=H L=B M=W N=T O=I P=F Q=K R=C S=L T=E U=N V=D X=M Y=R Z=P",Cryptography,02/25/07 #31372,Come Along,2.67,1.15,metallicman,"In your hand I shall rest, As your eyes aren't the best. I walk along showing you where to go, After all I've been trained to know. On four like a chair, You follow me closely until I bring you there. What am I?",No hint available.,I am a seeing eye dog for the blind.,Riddle,06/27/06 #5358,Pick a Number,2.17,1.22,ryank2,"Do these math problems in your head: 1+1= 2+2= 3+3= 4+4= QUICK, PICK A NUMBER BETWEEN 5 and 12",No hint available.,"IT'S 7, IS IT? If not, then you're part of 10% of Americans who pick something different",Other,07/08/02 #45609,Menacing Matchsticks X,2.3,3.11,calmsavior,"You will need twenty-seven matchsticks for this puzzle. Take sixteen matchsticks and arrange them into the number 188. Next, take another matchstick and place it horizontally after the 188 to form a minus sign. Finally, take the last ten matchsticks and form the number 33. Make sure each digit is at least the width of a matchstick apart. You should have ""1 8 8 - 3 3"", which is equal to 155. The goal of this puzzle is to move two matchsticks from the first term (188), and move them to the second term (33), such that the value of all of the matchsticks is as close to zero as possible. Notice that if the two central matchsticks from the two 8s in the first term were moved to the two 3s in the second term, you would get ""100 - 99"", which is equal to 1. While this solution seems strong enough to be the best possible solution, there is yet another solution that is superior to this one. Can you figure it out? How can you move two matchsticks from the 188 to the 33 such that the value of all of the matchsticks is as close to zero as possible? There are some rules to this puzzle. You may not break, bend, remove, or stack the matchsticks. You may also not tamper with the matchstick that functions as the minus sign.","The solution involves the use of a mathematical constant, as well as a caret that represents the process of exponentiation.","Take the central matchstick from the first 8 and the bottom-right matchstick from the second 8, and form a caret with them between the two 3s. You should now have ""1 0 e - 3^3"". The symbol e is a mathematical constant equal to approximately 2.71828. 10e is thus 10 times e, which is equal to about 27.1828. 3^3 is 3 to the power of 3, which is equal to 27. Therefore ""10e - 3^3"" is approximately equivalent to ""27.1828 - 27"", which is equal to 0.1828, an improvement over the previous solution of 1.",Other,11/03/09 #14849,midstuuckdle,2.64,1.21,fishmed,"What song title is represented below? midstuuckdle",Rafferty/Egan Song,"""Stuck in the Middle with You""",Rebus,09/18/03 #1093,Improves in Death,2.46,2.2,vivek,"It is said among my people that some things are improved by death. Tell me, what stinks while living, but in death, smells good?",No hint available.,A pig,Riddle,10/10/01 #27426,3-digit Numbers,2.71,2.55,shenqiang,"There are four 3-digit natural numbers, each of them equals the sum of the cubes of its digits. Three of them are: 153=1+125+27 370=27+343+0 407=64+0+343 Do you know what the fourth one is? It does not begin with 0, otherwise it isn't a 3-digit number.",It's much easier than it seems to be.,371.,Math,12/12/05 #35736,Sandburgers,2.54,2.41,aresII,"Thoughts from Carl Sandburg, one of America's most celebrated poets and authors. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. ""COZY ON CAY NCBELCYTTYE LBP DRS'C NAPC PI."" ""O MRSC ZBSYL OS BEHYE CB UPL CAY COZY CB KYC CAY CAOSKN CARC ZBSYL MOTT SBC UPL.""","A=H L=Y Z=M","""Time is the storyteller you can't shut up."" ""I want money in order to buy the time to get the things that money will not buy."" Key: A=H B=O C=T D=C E=R G=K H=D I=P K=G L=Y M=W N=S O=I P=U R=A S=N T=L U=B Y=E Z=M",Cryptography,03/17/07 #4475,Suicide or Not,2.54,1.82,mad-ade,"A man walks into his apartment and find his wife hanging from a rope tied to the ceiling fan. Under her, a chair is lying on its side. He is so upset with her suicide that he kicks the chair. He immediately knows that she was murdered. How does he know?",No hint available.,"When he kicked the chair, it righted itself, and he saw that it was too short for his wife to hang herself with. Therefore, someone had to hang her and then put the chair underneath so anyone else would think it was suicide...",Situation,06/04/02 #30039,Blellow the Alien #1,3.0,3.02,thompson1,"Blellow the alien was driving happily along in his new spacecraft when he crashed into 4 other aliens! They were all thrown out of their spacecraft and had temporary amnesia. All 5 aliens spoke Sporzdak (the universal alien language), so they were able to communicate, but they also each spoke second languages. Each alien had been traveling a different amount of time (in bzorks) in different colored spacecrafts. Each spacecraft weighs a different amount (including the 4 qorz one that Qulp has). Help the aliens figure out who has what color spacecraft, how long each had been traveling (in bzorks), what their second language was, and how much the spacecraft weighed (in qorzes). Aliens - Blellow (M), Smorp (M), Szurkax (M), Qulp (F), and Qorxl (F) Spacecraft color - Blue, Orange, Green, Red, and Purple Weight of spacecraft (qorzes) - 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8 2nd Language - Qanxan, Sbarkjozn, Zronxhor, Jwrpl, and Boeiaix Amount of time spent traveling (bzorks) - 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, and 9 1. The 5 aliens are: Blellow, the one with the red spacecraft, the one that has been traveling for 4.5 bzorks, the one with a spacecraft that weighs 7 qorzes, and the one that speaks Boeiaix. 2. Blellow's name is actually a mixture of the English words for two primary pigments. His spacecraft is the color that would result from mixing the two pigments in his name. 3. The alien who has a spacecraft that weighs 3 qorzes more than Smorp's does has been traveling in her spacecraft for 1.5 bzorks less than Szurkax has. 4. Blellow's spacecraft weighs more than Qulp's does. 5. The alien who speaks Sbarkjozn, who has a blue vehicle, has not been traveling for 4.5 bzorks. 6. The green and red vehicles had not been running the longest. 7. The alien that speaks Zronxhor has not been traveling for 7.5 bzorks and his name is not Szurkax. 8. Either Qorxl's vehicle or the red vehicle weighs 5 qorzes. 9. The alien who speaks Jwrpl has a purple spacecraft. 10. Smorp has either been traveling for 6 or 7.5 bzorks. 11. Qorxl has not been traveling for 7.5 bzorks.","Reread the introduction carefully! M stands for Male, and F stands for Female.","Blellow has a green spacecraft that weighs 8 qorzes, speaks Zronxhor, and has been traveling for 3 bzorks. Smorp has a red spacecraft that weighs 2 qorzes, speaks Qanxan, and has been traveling for 7.5 bzorks. Szurkax has a blue spacecraft that weighs 7 qorzes, speaks Sbarkjozn, and has been traveling for 6 bzorks. Qulp has an orange spacecraft that weighs 4 qorzes, speaks Boeiaix, and has been traveling for 9 bzorks. Qorxl has a purple spacecraft that weighs 5 qorzes, speaks Jwrpl, and has been traveling for 4.5 bzorks.",Logic-Grid,04/25/06 #30199,Differently Not Pointless,2.91,1.65,OldChinaHand,"Our usage dates back a long, long way. While among the first tools, our prototypes were bone and plant. Today we are usually made of steel. We are related by design but not purposes, though sometimes we work well together, especially in the holding business. We have relatives of different shapes and sizes. A hollow one is a real sticker and our Chinese cousins can be all over you. In Great Britain we are a popular name for a pricking or tingling sensation, and to be on us in the U.S. is to be in a state of excessive uneasiness.","There would not be clothes without us. The yucca plant, among others, can still be used for a stitch in time.","Pins and Needles. Notes: A hollow one: a syringe needle is hollow. Chinese cousins: acupuncture needles can be all over you.",Riddle,05/01/06 #42510,A Legend in Sports 8,2.11,2.74,brainyboy615,W P = The R,Football is what this man played.,"William Perry = The Refrigerator William Perry played defensive lineman for the Chicago Bears, and his size contributed to the creation of this nickname.",Letter-Equations,07/16/08 #38755,Pump Me Up,2.83,2.0,spookboy0,"Flying far above the field Or floating near the land, My only way of travel is By someone's foot or hand. When I'm feeling down or flat, Come and pump me up. It wouldn't take much time at all; I'm smaller than a pup. I can only stand my ground Before I fly away. Laces in or laces out, The choice is yours to make.",No hint available.,A North American Football,Riddle,10/13/07 #4220,"ST, ND, RD, TH, ...",2.27,1.81,mad-ade,"What comes next in this series? ST, ND, RD, TH, ..., ...?",No hint available.,"TH, TH. They are the suffixes for positional numbers, eg. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th",Series,05/23/02 #35860,Give 'Em Heck Harry!,2.59,2.46,aresII,"Here are some thoughts from President Harry S. Truman. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same key. Q=V ""MDL UWAE MDFWBI OUPMD ALRPWFWB RPL MDL MDFWBI EUC ALRPW RNMLP EUC HWUO FM RAA."" ""ILYPLYE RWJ R NPLL, JLSUYPRMFY BUQLPWSLWM JUW'M SFK.""","H=K O=W S=M","""The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all."" ""Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix."" Key: A=L B=G C=U D=H E=Y F=I H=K I=S J=D K=X L=E M=T N=F O=W P=R Q=V R=A S=M U=O W=N Y=C",Cryptography,03/24/07 #14165,Five Digits,2.5,2.08,mathemagician,"I am thinking of a five-digit number in which no two of the digits are the same. The fourth digit is three times the second; the last digit is two more than the sum of the first and second; the first digit is one less than the fourth; and the third digit is the difference between the last digit and the first. What's my number?",The smallest digit is 2.,"52,469",Math,08/05/03 #2494,Not in Time,2.29,1.13,204_BLaZe_41,"What is in seasons, seconds, centuries and minutes but not in decades, years or days?",No hint available.,"the letter ""n""",Language,03/02/02 #10104,3 = S of a T,2.21,1.35,eggbert,3 = S of a T,Think shapes.,3 = Sides of a Triangle,Letter-Equations,01/29/03 #40791,Six Letter Words #2,2.44,2.4,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have given you a selection of six-lettered words. It is your job to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A, or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck and have fun! COLUMN A 1. Course 2. Herbal 3. Schism 4. Clammy COLUMN B 1. Pardon 2. Harmed 3. Detect 4. Sector",No hint available.,"Each word in Column A has a possessive pronoun buried within the word. 1. our 2. her 3. his 4. my",Language,03/01/08 #10217,Entering the Elevator,2.91,2.14,Khrissy,"Upon entering an elevator, Kristen becomes scared and suddenly sits down on the floor. A few seconds later she gets up laughing. How can you explain this?",There was someone else in the elevator.,"There was a man with his dog already in the elevator when she entered. As she entered the man yelled ""Lady Sit!"" and she did so, only to realise a few seconds later that the guy was actually speaking to his dog, named Lady.",Situation,02/03/03 #40005,Tricky Words,2.5,2.2,chocolatecake,"Below I have given you four (4) words. Figure out which one doesn't belong and why. Per Bus Dim Draw",No hint available.,"Draw does not belong. If you rearrange the letters in the other words they become prefixes. Per - Pre (prefix meaning before) Bus - Sub (prefix meaning under) Dim - Mid (prefix meaning middle) Draw - Ward (suffix meaning in the direction of)",Group,01/11/08 #28707,20 = Y that RVWS,2.62,2.29,k8ly,20 = Y that RVW S,A good sleep helps concentration.,20 = Years that Rip Van Winkle Slept,Letter-Equations,02/19/06 #25320,Shakespeare's Diamond,2.77,1.98,froggygg,"Can you figure out this rebus? wander + eo also precious gem + e + however","Title is a hint. Another hint: Have you ever been hopelessly in love?","Romeo and Juliet ""wander"" means to ""roam"" + eo = ""roameo"" = ""Romeo"" ""also"" is another word for ""and"" ""precious gem"" refers to ""jewel"" + e ""however"" is a synonym for ""yet"" = ""jeweleyet"" = ""Juliet"" Hint: Title refers to Shakespeare who wrote Romeo and Juliet and Diamond refers to a jewel. Additional hint refers to the actual couple - Romeo and Juliet. ""Romeo and Juliet"" were a famous pair of young, doomed, star-crossed lovers in a story written by William Shakespeare. It is also the title of a 1996 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.",Rebus,08/14/05 #11926,Fake Phone Number,2.71,1.21,andrewcs,"John got in trouble in class for throwing paper, the teacher made him clean it up and asked for his phone number so he could call John's parents. John said it was ninety-one, fourteen, sixty-three, seven. The teacher automatically knew it was a fake, how?",No hint available.,The first three digits are 911 and that calls the emergency operator.,Other,04/21/03 #11289,Head and Shoulder,2.5,2.1,Gizzer,"Swap one word from Group A with one word in Group B such that the two groups have a similar, though different, property. Which two words must be swapped and what is the property? A: head, potato, line, sore, tip B: shoulder, ticket, front, turkey, cut",No hint available.,"Sore and ticket must be swapped. Phrases can then be formed from Group A words when preceded by the word HOT: hot head, hot potato, hot line, hot tip, hot ticket. Group B words become phrases when preceded by the word COLD: cold shoulder, cold front, cold turkey, cold cut, cold sore.",Group,03/19/03 #7711,"River, Belly, ...",2.91,1.48,warrior,"Can you tell me what word goes in front of all of these words? river belly stone pages",No hint available.,"Yellow. Yellow River, yellow belly means a coward, Yellowstone National Park and of course the good old Yellow Pages.",Language,09/27/02 #42165,Too Hot For Me!,2.54,1.58,jazzmusician46,"What does this rebus represent? Miss Ginger Mrs. Cinnamon Ms. Nutmeg Miss Cloves",No hint available.,The Spice Girls,Rebus,06/06/08 #38209,Slice & Splice 12,2.46,2.59,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: INN, LAM, MAN, LOW, RIM, SON Group B: ****I*, **N***, *****N",No hint available.,"The Group B words are types of fish. MARLIN, MINNOW, SALMON",Language,09/09/07 #25520,Jack's Used Cars,2.72,1.96,dddlite,"Jack Dublovsky, a used car dealer, sold 9 cars last week. However, Jack never writes the dates on his contracts. He can remember the colors of the cars but not what days they sold on. If you can help him, he promises to write the dates on his contracts from now on! The colors of the cars are: green, blue, black, red, yellow, white, gold, purple, and silver. Jack's Used Cars is only open Monday through Saturday. This is what Jack remembers: 1. Jack sold 2 more cars on Tuesday than he did on Wednesday - his slowest sales day. 2. The cars with primary colors were sold on Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday. 3. The purple & gold cars weren't sold at the beginning of the week, but they were sold on the same day. 4. The silver & yellow cars were sold 3 days before the white car (2 days between), the white car was sold 2 days before the blue car (1 day between). 5. The cars sold on Tuesday put Jack in a Christmas holiday spirit. 6. The black car was sold the same day as the gold car. 7. Friday was Jack's busiest sales day. 8. Only one car was sold on Thursday and Saturday.","Wednesday is Jack's slowest day. The Christmas Holiday is usually represented by red & green.","Monday - 2 cars - yellow & silver Tuesday - 2 cars - red & green Wednesday - 0 cars Thursday - 1 car - white Friday - 3 cars - purple, gold & black Saturday - 1 car - blue",Logic,08/24/05 #15289,Daughters and Sons,2.68,1.74,Smithy,"A mother and her friend are talking about how many children they have. The friend knows how many daughters the mother has, but doesn't know how many sons she has. The mother says: ""All of my children have the same amount of brothers and the same amount of sisters as the other children."" Now the friend knew how many sons she had. How many sons did the mother have?","We don't have to know the number of daughters - all that's needed is the mother's statement, and the fact that the friend knows the number of daughters.","The mother says that her children all have the same amount of brothers and same amount of sisters as each other. If B is the number of sons and G the number of daughters, then each boy has B-1 brothers and G sisters, and each girl has G-1 sisters and B brothers. For any combination of brothers and sisters to fit into that rule, there must be either no sons or no daughters, because if there were some of each the sons would have more sisters than the daughters, and vice versa. If the friend knows the mother has no daughters, the statement does not help her know how many sons there are, as there could be any number. The friend knows the value of G, and if it was any number other than 0 (which it definitely is), the number of sons would have to be 0.",Logic,10/30/03 #46767,Team Effort,2.23,2.12,Panther91,5 P in B = C + PF + SF + SG + PG,No hint available.,5 Positions in Basketball = Center + Power Forward + Small Forward + Shooting Guard + Point Guard,Letter-Equations,04/19/10 #28704,Man's Thirst,3.06,1.57,sgtammo,"This teaser is in honor of man's quest to quench his thirst with non-alcoholic beverages. Can you figure out what drinks are depicted below? 1. Joint between thigh and lower leg + having great elevation + yielding readily to pressure + swallowing liquid contents. 2. A practitioner of medicine + spicy hot pod like fruit that grows on plants. 3. Dried and powdered rhizome used as spice + another name for beer. 4. Underground portion of a plant + another name for ale. 5. A natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass and a height greater than that of a hill + water droplets condensed from the air. 6. A powder made from cacao seeds + tropical African evergreen plant having reddish fragrant nutlike seeds.",Think about soda pop.,"1. Nehi Soft Drink. (Knee + high + soft + drink.) 2. Dr Pepper. (Doctor + pepper.) 3. Ginger Ale. (Ginger + ale.) 4. Root Beer. (Root + beer.) 5. Mountain Dew. (Mountain + Dew.) 6. Coca-Cola. (Cocoa + Kola.)",Language,02/19/06 #28526,Boomerang,2.7,2.52,cnmne,"Per this rebus, what is indicated by item #5? 1) . echo 2) . feedback 3) . reflect 4) . reply 5) .",No hint available.,"The point of no return (the first four decimal points are next to words that are either synonyms or forms of ""return""; the last point has no return).",Rebus,02/09/06 #29912,Sum of Cubes,2.28,2.87,lessthanjake789,What is the smallest number that is the sum of two different pairs of cubes?,Cubic inches in a cubic foot might help.,"1729. 1 cubed + 12 cubed = 1 + 12x12x12 = 1+1728=1729 10 cubed + 9 cubed = 10x10x10 +9x9x9 = 1000 + 729 = 1729",Math,04/20/06 #13343,8 = M a-M,2.08,1.7,gymnasticgirlstw,8 = M a-M,No hint available.,8 = Maids a-Milking,Letter-Equations,06/22/03 #22258,Long Distance,2.75,2.62,Pop_Qla,"Two people are talking on the phone long distance. One is in an East Coast state of the U.S., the other is in a West Coast state of the U.S. The first asks the other, ""What time is it?"" He hears the answer and says, ""That's funny. It's the same time here!"" Neither one of them were mistaken about the time. How is this possible?",Think about time zones.,"One is in Eastern Oregon (Mountain time); the other in Western Florida (Central time), and the phone call takes place on daylight-savings-time changeover day at 1:30am.",Other,04/14/05 #33470,Lifting Up Rocks,2.53,1.05,bpkeller,"Can you describe what the man is? Ox: Lifted boulder Child: Lifted pebble Woman: Lifted stone Man: Lifted boulder",What the child and woman did doesn't matter.,Strong as an ox.,Rebus,10/13/06 #16808,Animal Groups,3.01,2.82,bluetwo,"As you may know, a group of fish is called a ""school"", a group of lions is called a ""pride"", and a group of seagulls is called a ""flock"". Some are a little more unusual. See if you can guess what animals belong to the following groups: Crash Exaltation Mob Murder Parliament Pod Sounder",No hint available.,"Crash - Rhinoceros Exaltation - Lark Mob - Kangaroo Murder - Crow Parliament - Owl Pod - Whale Sounder - Pig/Hog",Trivia,03/01/04 #11999,Math Madness,2.52,1.87,jcjcisdabomb,"Draw a 3 x 3 grid so it has 9 boxes. You have to write the numbers 0 to 8 in each box so that going side to side, up and down, and diagonally the sum is 12. Each number can be used only once.",No hint available.,"5 0 7 6 4 2 1 8 3",Math,04/23/03 #23575,Uno Dos Tres,2.2,3.08,rashad,"Can you complete the following series? Uno , Une , Uns , Unh , ...",No hint available.,"Unp! Uno and Une and Uns and Unh are symbols of the following elements starting from the most recently discovered to an older : Uno : Unniloctium : 1984 Une : Unnilennium : 1982 Uns : Unnilseptium : 1976 Unh : Unnilhexium : 1974 and what was asked from you: Unp : Unnilpentium : 1970 Notice that the most recently discovered elements are the last on the Periodic Chart ( Table ).",Series,06/11/05 #3684,Moving Fast,2.48,2.0,Drunky,"Many different types of my last seven letters can be found in newspapers, magazines, & journals. Physicists have built devices to get me moving very fast. What am I?",No hint available.,Particle,Riddle,04/21/02 #32995,It All Comes Down To Communication,2.75,1.53,grungy49,"Two men had been caught sneaking into another tribe and were sentenced to death. But the tribe was bored, and decided to offer the men a challenge with virtually no chance of survival. They had been put into a room. The men were on opposite sides of the room, and both facing the wall. To survive, both men had to write down a number between 10,000 and 1,000,000 on a piece of paper without knowing what the other person wrote. If the two numbers were different, they would be killed. If they were the same, they would be set free. The problem was that both men were deaf and could only communicate using sign language. Also, their feet were chained to the ground - meaning they could not turn around. Yet - the following morning it was discovered that both men picked the same number and had to be set free. After a quick surveillance of the room, the tribe realised their STUPID mistake. What was it?",They had a 100% survival chance.,"There were windows on the walls and the men could see each other in the reflection off the glass. Thus, they could easily communicate using sign language and were guaranteed survival.",Situation,09/14/06 #39982,Another Odd One Out,2.6,2.18,jazzmusician46,"Which is the odd one out in the following group? 1. cm 2. cl 3. cg 4. ch",No hint available.,"Ch is the odd one out. The others are all abbreviations that start with centi- 1. centimeter 2. centilitre 3. centigram",Group,01/09/08 #4035,George Washington's Birthday,2.57,2.55,librashorty,Why is George Washington's official birthday celebration held on February 22 when he was actually born on February 11?,No hint available.,We lost eleven days when we changed from the Julian to the Gregorian calendars during his lifetime. So Washington celebrated his birthday eleven days later to make it a year after his last birthday.,Trivia,05/12/02 #23942,Making 10,2.74,1.15,cassiusmommy,"Add 5 lines to these 4 lines to make 10. | | | |",No hint available.,"TEN 1st line is to make the T. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th line is to make up the E. 5th line (on a diagonal) to make the N.",Trick,06/23/05 #45943,Company Christmas Party,2.94,2.02,whsprec,"A company decided to have a Christmas party for the employees. The five people in management each brought a meal and a dessert to show their appreciation. From the clues below determine management's name, their title, and what meal and dessert they brought. 1) Neither Olivia, who is the Sales Manager, nor the person who brought the chocolate bars, brought meat for the meal. 2) Destiny decided to bring ice cream to the party. 3) Peter isn't in charge of Accounting. 4) Walter provided a big fruit tray. 5) Joshua wasn't the one who supplied the cooked ham. 6) The Managing Director brought the apple pie 7) The Reports Manager supplied the vegetarian lasagna. 8) The person who provided the banana pudding, who wasn't the Contracts Manager, holds a position in the agency which appears in the alphabetical list immediately ahead of the one held by the person who brought pot roast. 9) The individual who had strawberries and cream in one hand had cheese pizza in the other.",No hint available.,"Olivia the Sales Manager brought cheese pizza and strawberries and cream. Destiny the Contracts Manager brought pot roast and ice cream. Joshua the Reports Manager brought vegetarian lasagna and chocolate bars Walter the Accounting Manager brought fruit tray and banana pudding. Peter the Managing Director brought cooked ham and apple pie.",Logic-Grid,12/08/09 #26358,More Can You Form the Words?,2.26,2.43,fishmed,"Take the following jumbled letters, rearrange them, add the same 1-letter word at the end, followed by the same 4-letter word and you will have 4 words that have something in common. What are they and what is the commonality? UBN NLU NCEU NPNE",No hint available.,"NUBIFORM - Cloud-shaped LUNIFORM - Moon-shaped CUNEIFORM - Wedge-shaped PENNIFORM - Feather-shaped And the commonality is they are all words that denote shape.",Language,10/14/05 #3546,lskiatnese,2.14,2.24,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? lskiatnese",No hint available.,"in-LINE SKATES LskIatNesE",Rebus,04/16/02 #22483,835374663 . . .,2.7600000000000002,2.83,saites2001,"As two spies pass, they speak in numbers. Can you figure out what they said and what it is related to? Spy 1: ""4 4283 827733 843 54637."" Spy 2: ""9428 343 968 4327?"" Spy 1: ""93 4283 2336 7768833."" Spy 2: ""8436 93 6878 53283 7666.""",Think of different places you see letters and numbers together.,"The numbers correspond to standard telephone. (i.e. 1=A, B, or C) Spy 1: ""I have tapped the lines."" Spy 2: ""What did you hear?"" Spy 1: ""We have been spotted."" Spy 2: ""Then we must leave soon.""",Cryptography,04/25/05 #38750,Nicknames are Cool,2.27,2.26,candymg_gymnast,M = T S M S,state = nickname,Missouri = The Show Me State,Letter-Equations,10/13/07 #32653,Boo!,2.47,1.14,MattM462,T or T on H (O 31),"Ghosts, ghouls, and witches",Trick or Treat on Halloween (October 31),Letter-Equations,08/26/06 #52001,Only a Head,2.97,2.2,TBTabby,"I am only a head, I have nothing within, I have no mouth, But speak through my skin. What am I?","How does skin ""speak?""","A drum. Drums consist of a drumhead (the part of the drum you beat) over a hollow space, and are traditionally made with animal skin.",Riddle,08/24/18 #6343,What is Where?,2.16,1.57,mad-ade,"A B C D E F G H What letter is three to the right of the letter that is immediately to the left of the letter that is two to the right of the letter that is three to the left of the letter F ?",No hint available.,The letter G,Logic,08/08/02 #5103,Late,2.17,1.2,mad-ade,"What is the well known phrase? Long due",No hint available.,Long overdue,Rebus,07/01/02 #34629,Write the Name Right,2.46,2.58,coachpisco,"Below are five names. There is a common thread among them. Can you guess the common thread? You get extra credit if, after figuring out the common thread for all five names, you figure out a specific fact about each individual's name. Good luck... 1. John Swithen 2. Edward Banks 3. Brian Coffey 4. Mary Westmacott 5. Eric Arthur Blair","These people are all very well known individuals in certain circles. They are not ""fictional.""","These five names are pseudonyms (pen names) of well-known authors. The extra credit is if you guessed who the real-life author actually is. John Swithen is Stephen King Edward Banks is Ray Bradbury Brian Coffey is Dean Koontz Mary Westmacott is Agatha Christie Eric Arthur Blair is George Orwell",Group,12/29/06 #21318,The Return of Inspector Ix,2.78,2.21,MrIxolite,"Inspector Ixolite and his assistant, Constable Landscape, were called to a bank after a robbery. After searching the crime scene, Inspector Ixolite found a piece of paper in the empty bank vault. A clue from the robber! He lined up all the employees and, handing the paper to Constable Landscape, declared, ""One of this lot is involved in this, Constable."" Constable Landscape looked at the piece of paper. All that was written was; JOAN B Constable Landscape, not the sharpest tool in the box, immediately decreed, ""Right, which one of you is Joan? You are under arrest!"" Inspector Ixolite slapped his forehead in desperation and said, ""Constable, I doubt any of these are called Joan."" What did the Clue mean then?",No hint available.,"Joan B is an easy Rebus. An inside Job. AN ""inside"" JOB.",Rebus,03/03/05 #19087,Little Cubes,2.2,2.12,ched4r,"You have 2 identical cubes. You cut the first cube into smaller, equally sized cubes and leave the second cube as it is. You have two options: to paint all the small cubes with silver OR the remaining big cube with gold. Gold paint is five times more expensive than silver paint. Which of the two options is cheaper, if the first cube is cut into a) 27 b) 125 c) 1000 small cubes?","To get the amount of paint needed calculate the surface areas of the small cubes and the big cube. If the length of the big cube's side is x, its surface area is 6 * x^2. If a big cube is cut into 3x3x3 = 27 small cubes, the length of a small cube's side is x/3.","a) Paint the small cubes. b) Choose whichever option you wish, they're both equally expensive. c) Paint the big cube. If you have N small cubes and a big cube's side length is X, the side length of a small cube is X divided by the cube root of N. The big cube's surface area is 6X^2 The small cubes' total surface area is N*6*(X/cbrt(N))^2 So if you have 27 small cubes, their total surface area is 27*6*(X/cbrt(27))^2 = 162*(X^2/3^2) = 162X^2 / 9 = 18X^2 Multiply the big cube's surface area with 5 (gold paint is 5 times more expensive than silver) Big cube ""price"" compared to the small cubes' price a) 30X^2 > 18X^2 b) 30X^2 = 30X^2 c) 30X^2 < 60X^2",Math,10/07/04 #25267,Auction Action,2.74,2.15,nortredamenumbe,"Nina and her mom helped organize the auction fundraiser to help pay for the 8th grade musical. Seven local stores each donated a gift certificate to be redeemed for merchandise. The gift certificates will be auctioned off at the big event. The Athlete's Alley, Bay State Basement, CD Corner, Don's Deli, Elk's Software, Fancy Footwear Shop, and the Gorgeous Candy Boutique have all participated. The gift certificates are each in multiples of $5. There is a $100 range in the value of the gift certificates, which start at $25. The mean value of all seven gift certificates is $80, and the median and the mode are both $70. The certificate from The Athlete's Alley is worth the most, and the one from Gorgeous Candy is worth the least. The total value of the gift certificates from CD Corner, Don's Deli, and the Fancy Footwear Shop is $270, but the Fancy Footwear certificate is worth $50 more than the one from Don's Deli. The CD Corner gift certificate is equivalent to the mean for this group of 3 stores. What is the value of the gift certificate from each store?",No hint available.,"The Athlete's Alley $125 Bay State Basement $70 CD Corner $90 Don's Deli $65 Elk's Software $70 Fancy Footwear Shop $115 Gorgeous Candy Boutique $25 Explanation: Since the mean of all gift certificates is $80, and there are 7 stores, the total of all gift certificates is $560. The values of the gift certificates range from $25 to $125, therefore the gift certificate from Athlete's Alley is $125 and the gift certificate from Gorgeous Candy Boutique is $25. This leaves $410 in gift certificates from the other 5 stores. The gift certificates from CD Corner, Don's Deli and Fancy Footwear Shop total $270. The mean of this group is $90, which is value of the certificate from the CD shop. This leaves $180 for Don's Deli and Fancy Footwear. Because Fancy Footwear is worth $50 more, the certificate from Don's Deli is half of $130, or $65 dollars, and the certificate from Fancy Footwear is $115. This leaves the certificates from Bay State Basement and Elk's Software, totalling $140. There's only way to meet the requirement that the median and mode of the 7 values is $70. Both remaining certificates must be valued at $70.",Math,08/12/05 #38193,Synonym Safari 2,3.13,1.27,MikeMan1216,"Replace each word or words in parentheses with a one-word synonym to decipher a common phrase. 1. (Performances) (converse) (noisier) than (terms). 2. (More superior) (delayed) than (not at all). 3. (Sublime) (mental abilities) (contemplate) (similarly).",No hint available.,"1. Actions speak louder than words. 2. Better late than never. 3. Great minds think alike.",Language,09/08/07 #36384,True Feeling,2.58,2.61,aresII,"This puzzle is a limerick. Can you decode it? V=C FARDR QZU Z PZCFA-ARZIRD YP TRZI, QAY UZCT, ""ZIFAYSNA BZCM CUM'F DRZI, CP C UCF YM Z BCM ZMT CF BSMVFSDRU KO UGCM, C TCUICGR QAZF C PZMVO C PRRI."" -ZMYM","G=K O=Y S=U","There was a faith-healer of Deal, Who said, ""Although pain isn't real, If I sit on a pin And it punctures my skin, I dislike what I fancy I feel."" -Anon Key: A=H B=P C=I D=R F=T G=K I=L K=M M=N N=G O=Y P=F Q=W R=E S=U T=D U=S V=C Y=O Z=A",Cryptography,04/23/07 #19380,More Mad Ade Chess Problems,2.2,2.36,Mad-Ade,"Mad Ade has placed five Queens on a chessboard, such that every square including those occupied by the Queens are under attack. Imagine the chessboard is set out with reference points 1 to 8 on the vertical and A to H across the horizontal. At what positions would the five Queens need to be?",No hint available.,"A5, D5, E5, F5, H1",Logic,11/11/04 #34120,Relational Algebra 4,2.15,3.03,cnmne,"The following three equations represent words that have a common relationship. The first letter of each word is given. Where will you find the following equations to be true? R = 1, S T = 2, T = 6 note: S T refers to a two-word variable",Keep kicking it around.,"Canadian Football League, the point values for various types of scoring a Rouge is 1 point (R = 1) a Safety Touch is 2 points (S T = 2) a Touchdown is 6 points (T = 6)",Other,11/26/06 #1970,Global Warming,2.47,1.46,Mogmatt16,"If all of the icebergs in the world melted, why would it not be a problem for anyone?",What happens to the water level in a glass of water where the ice melts?,Water expands as it freezes so the part of an iceberg underwater displaces the same as the entire iceberg melted would create.,Science,01/06/02 #30180,Five Fives,2.47,2.86,kodhrawara,"5 5 5 5 5 = 37 Can you make a target number 37 by using five 5s? You can use any math operator or group the 5s (as in 555) There are at least two different ways.",No hint available.,"Since the total of five 5s is 25, we have to choose an operator which can make a large number. Obviously, the multiplication operator is not good enough. We chose the factorial operator! ((5!+5!)-55)/5 = (120+120-55)/5 = 185/5 = 37 5!/(5+5)+5*5 = 120/10 + 25 = 12 + 25 = 37 A third solution uses ""raising to the 5th power"" ((5+5)/5)**5 + 5 = 37",Math,04/30/06 #50769,Out Of A Job,2.48,1.92,kzmonopoly,"What does the following situation represent? Boss: ""I had enough of you, _____ and _____. You two always do your work sloppily. Well _____ and _____, you're out of a job!""",No hint available.,Firing blanks.,Rebus,03/08/16 #48719,Homophones A-E,2.53,1.69,mathisnice,"Homophones, or homonyms, are words that sound the same, but have different meanings. Can you figure out the following five pairs or triplets or homophones using the clues given? One of the homophones will begin with A, B, C, D, or E. 1) drops of moisture / owed as a debt 2) to form into a mold / Hindu class system 3) observe / place / reference 4) a small berry / up-to-date 5) shock / a measure of time",No hint available.,"1) dew / due 2) cast / caste 3) sight / site / cite 4) currant / current 5) daze / days",Language,05/11/11 #37599,Missing In The Middle 8,2.8,1.77,snowmonster,"Fill in the middle word. This word should correspond with the first and last word. 1) Oven ______________ Marshmallows 2) Picnic _______________ Cloth 3) Lighter ______________ Ounces 4) Stew ______________ Tenderizer 5) Grilled _____________ Slice 6) Rubbing ______________ Rack 7) Liquid ________________ Detector 8) Camp ______________ Hose 9) Hot _______________ Bite 10) Ground _________________ Bun",No hint available.,"1) Roasted 2) Table 3) Fluid 4) Meat 5) Cheese 6) Spice 7) Smoke 8) Fire 9) Dog 10) Hamburger",Language,07/31/07 #20457,Career Path,2.36,1.99,MrIxolite,"What is this? Andrew Cross was a wonderful employee. He had a high attendance rate. He was an honest and conscientious worker. Highly recommended.",No hint available.,A cross reference,Rebus,01/18/05 #16186,Nipped,2.56,1.97,fishmed,"What phrase is represented below? nipped bashful bashful",No hint available.,"Once bitten, twice shy. (This means to learn from your mistake...hopefully.)",Rebus,01/15/04 #36455,Step By Step,2.6,1.92,MMSMustang,"A man is in downtown Walkville and is going to go home in his car. The man is 60 feet away from his car, yet he took only 13 steps and got in the car and drove away. How is this possible if he didn't leap or get assistance from anyone?",It has nothing to do with the size of the steps.,"The man had parked in a multi-story parking garage. He was on the bottom floor, rode the elevator up to the 6th floor, and walked to his car and got in.",Situation,04/28/07 #39078,I Have 7 Letters #1,2.53,1.42,soccerguy0428,"I have 7 letters. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Letters 6-5-4-3 mean a length of cloth worn by women as a covering for the head and shoulders. Letters 3-4-5 mean the opposite of the truth. Letters 1-2-7 mean an insect that produces honey. Letters 3-4-6-7 mean to be alive. The whole word means to have an opinion.",No hint available.,"Word: BELIEVE VEIL LIE BEE LIVE",Language,11/05/07 #32075,I See Sea Shells...?,2.6,2.8,jazzmusician46,"I am 600 feet tall, but am not a mountain, a tree or a tower. My body resembles shells being created as ribs from a sphere of the same radius; yet I am not an egg, nor do I live in the sea. My gestation period took 14 years, and I had more than one father. I also have the distinction of being famous the world over; and have even been a part of the Olympic Games. I have hosted both the poor and Royalty alike, but I favour neither one in particular. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am the Sydney Opera House. This building is one of the famous iconic landmarks in the world, covering 4.5 acres of land and is 600 feet in height. Its structure is famous for its egg-shell design and construction which began in 1959 and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1973. The original architect, Jorn Utzon left the project and was replaced by a number of different architects before its completion. The Opera House is host to the visits of thousands of people each week from every walk of life who travel from around the world to see it. The Opera House was even the logo and medal design of the 2000 Olympics.",Riddle,07/27/06 #27453,Do You Smell That?,2.63,1.6,metallicman,"4 = G G in our S S (J, S, U, N)",No hint available.,"4 = Gas Giants in our Solar System (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)",Letter-Equations,12/13/05 #40694,John Lennon,2.33,2.02,aresII,"The following quotes are from John Lennon. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. J=W ""SBIYPVD YBINBW I YGV VG VLB PZIEPCIVPGC."" ""VPZB DGR BCTGD JIWVPCE, JIW CGV JIWVBU.""","B=E I=A R=U","""REALITY LEAVES A LOT TO THE IMAGINATION."" ""TIME YOU ENJOY WASTING, WAS NOT WASTED."" KEY: B=E C=N D=Y E=G G=O I=A J=W L=H N=V P=I R=U S=R T=J U=D V=T W=S Y=L Z=M",Cryptography,02/24/08 #5053,Medication,2.3,1.74,mad-ade,"What did my doctor say about the pills he gave me? 2-1=1........meal 2-1=1........meal 2-1=1........meal",No hint available.,Take one before every meal,Rebus,06/29/02 #6574,Stuck in the...,2.65,2.48,dsquared,"What is this common phrase or 'situation'? The spoilt child; minus an insect; Grand Prix",The insect represents a letter... somewhere,"The rat race The spoilt child is a brat and the insect is the leading 'b' (bee). The Grand Prix is a car race.",Language,08/22/02 #5014,Joe Schmo in Kalamazoo,2.45,1.82,im_para_noid,"Joe Schmo has an appointment in Kalamazoo at 2:00 pm. If he leaves home and travels at 15 miles per hour, he will arrive at 1:00 pm; if he travels at 10 miles per hour, he will not arrive until 3:00 pm. How far is it from his home to his appointment in Kalamazoo?",No hint available.,"60 miles. This requires some basic algebra and use of the formula distance = rate x time. Let the distance in question be d, and let t be the time it takes to travel distance d at 15 mph. Then the time it takes to travel distance d at 10 mph will be t + 2 hours. So we have the two equations: d=15t and d=10(t+2) So therefore 15t = 10(t+2) which with a little manipulation gives t = 4. Since d=15t we get distance d = 60 miles.",Math,06/28/02 #40647,Simple Sums,2.36,2.39,psychoserenity,"If 527 - 142 = 345 And 901 + 522 = 223 Then 148 - 253 = ?",Time for a little smackerel of something!,"In the first sum the answer is 40 less than it should be suggesting that the ten's digit rolled over at 60 instead of 100. The second sum shows that the numbers reset at 1200 and that the numbers are based on a twelve hour clock. So the answer for the final sum is 1055 or five minutes to eleven. Extra points to anyone who got the Winnie-the-Pooh reference in the hint.",Math,02/22/08 #27836,Musical Rebuses,2.67,1.54,bigSWAFF_69_,"Can you figure out the following rebuses, both of which have a musical group as the answer? 1. B GGGGGGG 2. ZZ YY XX",Classic Rock 'N Roll,"1. Bee Gee's 2. ZZ Top",Rebus,01/02/06 #31827,Patience is a Virtue,2.71,1.95,jazzmusician46,"My first is in wilting, but not in firm. My second is in insult, but not in commend. My third is in statement, but not in denial. My fourth is in dissent, but not in agreement. My fifth is in old, but not in juvenile. My sixth is in mediocre, but not in excellence. My whole word accumulates knowledge. Can you discover the word that this verse describes?",No hint available.,"WISDOM The verse spells out a word letter by letter. ""My first"" refers to the word's first letter, and so on.",Riddle,07/17/06 #4429,Vampires,2.32,2.96,im_para_noid,"Vampire numbers are the products of two progenitor numbers that when multiplied survive, scrambled together, in the vampire number. Consider one such case: 27x81=2,187. Another vampire number is 1,435, which is the product of 35 and 41. Find others.",No hint available.,"21x60=1,260 15x93=1,395 1,234,554,321 x 9,162,361,086 = 11,311,432,469,283,552,606 with others that also work",Math,06/03/02 #27440,Displeasure,2.78,2.31,rose_rox,"Can you decipher this phrase? socks, irritated glasses, peeved scissors, ""stop bugging me!""",No hint available.,"Paranoid (pair, annoyed). Objects that are said to be pairs are followed by expressions of annoyance.",Rebus,12/12/05 #35190,A Fruit Bowl,2.4,2.45,vikingboy,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. Daniel's favorite part of visiting his grandparents in Arizona was seeing the _______ of trees filled with ripe ________. 2. When his friend spat a ______ into the Grand Canyon, Jimmy couldn't help staring awestruck like a silly ________. 3. Wondem's family farm back in India has several ______ trees, and an _______ that roams the grounds.",A person from Asia might have an easier time solving question 3.,"1. miles, limes 2. grape, gaper 3. orange, onager (small donkey like animal found in Asia)",Language,02/03/07 #50154,Words in a Vat V,2.37,2.0,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: -C-A-, S--M-, --L-EY, -O-AT- Individual Letters: W V T E O A M L P A O N",No hint available.,"OCEAN, SWAMP, VALLEY, TOMATO",Language,02/17/14 #9891,Knights and Pickles,2.65,2.5100000000000002,Bobbrt,"The following group of words, when properly modified, will each fit one of the definitions below. Can you figure out how to properly modify them and then fit each word with the proper definition? They will all be modified in the same relative way. If you're stuck, the hint will tell you how to modify them. Pickle, Knight, Choir, Pan, Tire, Tree, Fin, Tent 1. Peace talks goal. 2. Man's title. 3. Fairylike. 4. Join. 5. High-pitched flute. 6. Scope. 7. Garden flower. 8. Whole.","Each word, when one letter is added to the beginning or end, will sound like a new word which will fit one of the definitions. For example, ""a small, red fruit used in pies"" could be the definition for the word ""chair"", with an ""E"" attached to the end (cherry).","1. Tree-T (treaty) 2. S-choir (Esquire) 3. L-fin (elfin) 4. U-knight (unite) 5. Pickle-O (piccolo) 6. X-tent (extent) 7. Pan-Z (pansy) 8. N-tire (entire)",Language,01/18/03 #9082,"Teller, Bedtime, ...",2.79,1.24,warrior,"What word can go in front of or behind these words to make another word or phrase: teller, bedtime, short, tall",No hint available.,"Story. Storyteller, bedtime story, short story, tall story.",Language,12/12/02 #5848,Fire and Ice,2.26,2.46,Gizzer,"I am a type of ice, But I come from immense heat, Not a girl's best friend, But I can help her get rid of useless things. What am I?",No hint available.,Pumice,Riddle,07/24/02 #25354,Hristmas Arols,3.03,2.4,phrebh,"Below are ten clues, each of which relates to the first line of a different Christmas carol or song. Unlike the title of the teaser, these clues only have the first letters of each of the words. Can you figure out what songs they are? 1. CROAOF 2. IDOAWC 3. RTRNRHAVSN 4. GGROBAR 5. IHABCWY 6. ISMKSC 7. OTFDOCMTLGTM 8. FTSWAJHS 9. IBMBOJHSSOM 10. JBJBJBR",No hint available.,"1. A Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...) 2. White Christmas (I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...) 3. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, had a very shiny nose...) 4. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Grandma got run over by a reindeer...) 5. Blue Christmas (I'll have a blue Christmas without you...) 6. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus...) 7. The 12 Days of Christmas (On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me...) 8. Frosty, the Snowman (Frosty, the snowman, was a jolly, happy soul...) 9. I'm Gettin' Nothin' for Christmas (I broke my bat on Johnny's head, somebody snitched on me...) 10. Jingle Bell Rock (Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock...)",Language,08/15/05 #16573,Thirty Men,2.96,1.61,babyb,"Thirty men with ladies, two, Standing around with nothing to do, Dressed in formal, black and white, Yet when they move it begins a fight. What happened?",No hint available.,A chess match,Riddle,02/14/04 #3459,Pitches,2.47,1.87,pusandave,What is the minimum number of pitches that could be thrown in a professional baseball game?,No hint available.,"52. The minimum number of pitches per batter is one. If each batter hit a ball in play and flies out or is thrown out then there would be 6 pitches per inning. Since someone must win in order to finish the game without extra innings, one player could hit a home run on the first pitch. If the home team is the team that hits the home run, and all of the other batters were out in one pitch, then the game would end at the middle of the 9th inning. This would be 6 pitches per inning for eight innings, plus one for the home run, plus 3 for the top of the ninth. Grand total 52 minimum pitches to win a baseball game.",Logic,04/13/02 #51711,All Over the Place,2.0,1.09,Patchyss,"I´m easy to spot, If you can feel me, I´ll probably be hot, I´m the reason you can see, Without me, daylight would not be.",If you ¨can¨ feel me. It includes but not limited to the sun.,"Light! Most light bulbs when on are hot and without the sun´s light, daytime wouldn´t be.",Riddle,02/15/18 #9138,At the Sound of Me,2.23,1.82,lesternoronha1,"At the sound of me, men may dream Or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh Or sometimes weep. What am I ?",No hint available.,Music,Riddle,12/14/02 #13639,Truckload of Chickens,2.56,2.16,Pialojo,"A man took a truckload of chickens to market. In the first hour, he sold one-half of his birds, plus one-half of a chicken. The next hour, he sold one-third of his remaining chickens plus one-third of a chicken. In the third hour, he sold one-fourth of what he had left, plus three-fourths of a chicken. The last hour, he sold one-fifth of the chickens, plus one-fifth of a chicken. He did not cut up any chickens to make these sales. He returned home with 19 chickens. How many did he take to market?",No hint available.,"101 So at each hour he has: 101 50 33 24 19 The equations is 4/5*(3/4*(2/3*(.5X-.5)-1/3)-.75)-.2=19",Math,07/06/03 #23921,For Those Aussies Out There...,2.18,2.7600000000000002,sweetime,"What do these places have in common: Adelaide Collingwood Hawthorn",One is missing,"They all have birds as their AFL team mascot: Adelaide Crows, Collingwood Magpies, Hawthorn Hawks (West Coast Eagles are the missing team)",Trivia,06/21/05 #36277,12 of These,2.11,2.19,slicktrumpet,12 = N in the C S,think music,12 = Notes in the Chromatic Scale,Letter-Equations,04/16/07 #26687,Is It Murder?,2.67,0.79,bluvsscoobydoo,"A police officer walked in on a woman holding a knife. She had just carved up a face and guts were everywhere. Instead of arresting her, he joined her. What's going on?",No hint available.,She was carving a pumpkin. She had gutted it out and had made a jack-o-lantern face. The officer was her husband and they were making decorations for their home.,Situation,11/02/05 #13212,Word Changism,2.27,1.44,tissue,"What common phrase is expressed below, in more difficult language? Ponder beyond the confining boundaries of a cuboid container.",No hint available.,Think outside the box.,Language,06/17/03 #42186,Forgiveness,2.22,2.27,MarcM1098,"The following quotes are both on forgiveness. Can you decode them? NOT FNCEAZ STANOTV BPVXART SPV BPVXTN; NOT SMART BPVXART MSZ BPVXTN; NOT DAFT BPVXART KCN ZP SPN BPVXTN. -- NOPHMF FJMFJ HPFN PB CF GMS BPVXART MSZ BPVXTN; DT QCFN ZPS'N DMSN NOT PNOTV ETVFPS NP BPVXTN NOMN DT BPVXMRT. -- ARTVS KMII","D=W A=I F=S T=E","The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. -- Thomas Szasz Most of us can forgive and forget; we just don't want the other person to forget that we forgave. -- Ivern Ball A=I B=F C=U D=W E=P F=S G=C H=M I=L J=Z K=B M=A N=T O=H P=O Q=J R=V S=N T=E V=R X=G Z=D",Cryptography,06/09/08 #29360,Remembering Robert Frost,2.72,2.53,pharmgirl27,"The following quotes were said by the poet Robert Frost. Can you decipher the code? VZT DTXUP UKHGDSGU KB X ZTTU, XBU K--K VTTC VAG TBG RGPP VDXHGRGU OJ, XBU VAXV AXP FXUG XRR VAG UKMMGDGBEG. VAG ZTDRU KP MLRR TM ZKRRKBS IGTIRG, PTFG ZKRRKBS VT ZTDC, VAG DGPV ZKRRKBS VT RGV VAGF. RTHG KP XB KDDGPKPVKORG UGPKDG VT OG KDDGPKPVKORJ UGPKDGU.","B=N I=P L=U R=L","A=H B=N C=K D=R E=C F=M G=E H=V I=P J=Y K=I L=U M=F O=B P=S R=L S=G T=O U=D V=T X=A Z=W Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.",Cryptography,03/27/06 #29664,Everything's Relative,2.91,2.63,peppamintp,"Find the word that precedes or follows four of the five words in each group below. Then, find the bonus word that precedes or follows the five words you've eliminated. (One from each group) 1. Bean, milk, chamber, nurse, bar 2. Case, flag, pattern, tube, pilot 3. Suit, book, ridge, breaker, man 4. Ball, theme, trailer, double, may 5. Cat, lily, shark, ski, moth BONUS : __________",No hint available.,"1. Maid (milk-maid, chamber-maid, nurse-maid, bar-maid) 2. Test (test-case, test-pattern, test-tube, test-pilot) 3. Law (law-suit, law-book, law-breaker, law-man) 4. Park (ball-park, theme-park, trailer-park, double-park) 5. Tiger (tiger-cat, tiger-lily, tiger-shark, tiger-moth) BONUS: Pole (bean-pole, flag-pole, ridge-pole, may-pole, ski-pole)",Group,04/10/06 #47101,Class Photo 3,2.49,2.96,cnmne,"Stacey's class picture has 35 photos arranged in a 7 x 5 grid. The photos in the top row are numbered 1 through 7 from left to right, with the photos in the remaining rows similarly numbered. Given the following clues (bordering includes horizontal, vertical, and diagonal), where is Stacey's picture? X X X X X X X (1 - 7) X X X X X X X (8 - 14) X X X X X X X (15 - 21) X X X X X X X (22 - 28) X X X X X X X (29 - 35) 1) Stacey and her two best friends, Rhonda and Teresa, are located along a straight line (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally). However, Stacey does not border either Rhonda or Teresa. 2) The sum of the three positions (Stacey, Rhonda, and Teresa) is a prime number. 3) There are 18 boys and 17 girls. 4) Boys are not located at positions that are square numbers or cube numbers. 5) Girls are not located at positions that are prime numbers. 6) The sum of the positions where boys are located is less than the sum of the positions where girls are located. 7) There are no more than four girls in any row. 8) There are at least two girls in each column. 9) There are no more than three girls in any diagonal.",No hint available.,"A) Boys are located at the following positions (clue 5): 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, and 31. Girls are located at the following positions (clue 4): 1, 4, 8, 9, 16, 25, and 27. B) A boy must be at position 33 (clue 9). Girls must be at positions 10, 24, 12, and 26 (clue 8). C) Boys must be at positions 14, 22, and 28 (clue 7). A boy must be at position 32 (clue 9). D) Two boys still need to be placed. To satisfy clue 9, they must be among the following three positions: 6, 18, and 30. The summation of all positions (1 through 35) is 630. To satisfy clue 6, the sum of the positions for boys must be less than one-half of 630, or less than 315. The 15 boys already placed have a position sum of 289. To satisfy clue 6, the remaining two boys must add no more than 25. This means that the last two boys must be placed at positions 6 and 18, producing a total of 313. Girls occupy the remaining positions (15, 20, 21, 30, 34, and 35). Step A Step B Step C Step D GBBGBxB GBBGBxB GBBGBxB GBBGBBB GGxBxBx GGGBGBx GGGBGBB GGGBGBB xGBxBxx xGBxBxx xGBxBxx GGBBBGG xBxGxGx xBGGGGx BBGGGGB BBGGGGB BxBxxxx BxBxBxx BxBBBxx BGBBBGG Stacey, Rhonda, and Teresa occupy positions that sum to a prime number (clue 1). The only sets of three positions that sum to a prime number are: 8, 9, 12 (sum 29) 9, 10, 12 (sum 31) Per clue 1, Stacey does not border either Rhonda or Teresa. With either set, Stacey is at position 12.",Logic,05/27/10 #6216,labo--,2.09,2.07,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? labo--",No hint available.,Starting labour!,Rebus,08/04/02 #34399,Classic Films of a Bygone Era 4,2.33,2.52,jazzmusician46,"Below are five (5) anagrams of film actors from a classic film from the Silver Screen. Your job is twofold: firstly, try and name these people and secondly, ascertain the classic movie they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. Song by crib (4, 6) Grazed tribal fry (5, 10) Mr. Jawbones (5, 5) Cake or length (4, 8) Aha! Jeer then (4, 7)","Memorable quote: ""A golf course is nothing but a poolroom moved outdoors.""","Bing Crosby Barry Fitzgerald James Brown Gene Lockhart Jean Heather The Film: Going My Way (1944) The Cast: Bing Crosby - Father Chuck O'Malley Barry Fitzgerald - Father Fitzgibbon James Brown - Ted Haines Jr. Gene Lockhart - Ted Haines Sr. Jean Heather - Carol James",Trivia,12/15/06 #14110,"Money, Money, Money",2.12,2.26,AuroraSturgeon,"Which expression is hidden here? THAT receives $1,000,000,000 from Alex THAT receives $2,500,000,000 from Steve THAT receives $5,000,000,000 from Joe",The actual sums are irrelevant.,That's rich!,Rebus,07/31/03 #37446,Stick To The Cheeks,3.07,1.32,spookboy0,"Solve the two riddles. The answers should be anagrams of each other. (Thing 1) You use me when you want to cook For friends or family. But, whether written down or not, It's best you stick to me. (Thing 2) I like to think that I'm a skill, Not just some old technique. People do me to their ears, Or nose, or tongue, or cheek.",No hint available.,"Thing 1 is a RECIPE. Thing 2 is PIERCE.",Riddle,07/17/07 #50545,It's a Big Tint,2.27,1.92,LittleGreenMan,"What do the following six words have in common? cat egg ink jay pea journalism",No hint available.,"All can be made into common two-word phrases by adding a color-related word: e.g.: black cat egg white red ink blue jay pea green yellow journalism",Group,03/20/15 #22110,Scram!,2.67,2.45,rose_rox,"What do the words in Group A have in common (aside from the fact they all start with consonants)? Group A: whistle drum low chant drone scram buzz What words from Group B belong in Group A? Group B: search click grunt snap trumpet control bell",No hint available.,"The words in Group A are the proper terms for noises that animals make. ""Click"", ""grunt"", ""trumpet"", and ""bell"" belong in Group A. Blackbirds whistle. Grouse drum. Oxen low. Falcons chant. Beetles drone. Hawks scram. Flies buzz. Dolphins click. Tortoises grunt. Elephants trumpet. Deer bell. Note that the animals listed may make more than one sound and aren't limited to the terms listed.",Group,04/06/05 #15052,Tail,2.79,1.51,fishmed,"What phrase is represented below? TAIL-->LIAT RUN",Cowardly,"Turn tail and run (The word tail has been ""turned"")",Rebus,10/09/03 #50805,Weighs and Means,2.61,2.61,tedger,"In my physical manifestation, my figure is of a neutral hue. As a calculation, one of me is almost certainly less than half of you. On your face, I am motionless and mute. To describe the cold, I am complete and absolute. Of proximity, I am always of a close pitch. For punishment, I taunt you even after I've put you in your ditch. What am I?",No hint available.,"A stone. As a measurement of weight, a stone is equal to 14 pounds, or about 6.35 grams. In phrase, something might be described as ""stone-faced"", ""stone cold"", or only a ""stone's throw"" away. A public stoning, which is already a cruel way to die, might seem even more imprudent when you consider its victims are laid to rest underneath a headSTONE. The title is both a hint and a pun and so kills two birds with one stone.",Riddle,04/24/16 #43527,The $100 Bill,2.49,1.01,KarateGirl098,"A man was coming home from work when he checked the mail. He found that his friend had sent him a $100 bill, but, instead of being happy, he was upset. Why?",It wasn't counterfeit.,His friend works at a cable company. He sent him a bill for $100!,Trick,11/12/08 #41561,The Factual Murder,3.06,2.24,pandastampede,"There are five people. One of them shot and killed one of the other five. Which man is the murderer? 1. Dan ran in the NY City marathon yesterday with one of the innocent men. 2. Mike considered being a farmer before he moved to the city. 3. Jeff is a topnotch computer consultant and wants to install Ben's new computer next week. 4. The murderer had his leg amputated last month. 5. Ben met Jack for the first time six months ago. 6. Jack has been in seclusion since the crime. 7. Dan used to drink heavily. 8. Ben and Jeff built their last computers together. 9. The murderer is Jack's brother. They grew up together in Seattle.",Observe the clues closely.,"1. Jack is not the murderer, because he is the brother of the murderer. 2. Dan can't be the murderer since he ran a marathon, and the murderer recently had his leg amputated, and wouldn't be running a marathon of any magnitude that quickly. 3. Ben is not the murderer if he just met Jack, since Jack and the murderer grew up together. 4. This leaves Jeff and Mike. Since Jeff is still alive (he wants to install a new computer next week, present tense) he must be the murderer. Mike also didn't grow up with Jack. It has been determined that Jack, Dan and Jeff are all alive. Ben must also be alive since Jeff plans to install Ben's computer next week. This means that Jeff killed Mike.",Logic,04/17/08 #50077,Dropboxes XIV,2.38,2.21,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Exchange [_] 2. Drain, as energy [_] 3. Like; similar to 4. Legislator [_] 5. Vocalists [_] 6. Strict 7. Notify urgently [_] 8. Story [_] 9. Consumed 10. Mortarboard feature [_] 11. Old, as bread [_] 12. Allows 13. Fine dishes [_] 14. Small distance [_] 15. Greek ""X"" 16. Dense grouping [_] 17. Extension or parachute [_] 18. Fantasy race",No hint available.,"1. swap [W] 2. sap [P] 3. as 4. senator [A] 5. tenors [O] 6. stern 7. alert [R] 8. tale [L] 9. ate 10. tassel [S] 11. stale [A] 12. lets 13. china [A] 14. inch [N] 15. chi 16. crowd [W] 17. cord [D] 18. orc ""Warsaw,"" capital of ""Poland""",Language,01/12/14 #29542,Girl Power - IV,2.63,2.5,brainster,"Given below are quotes by Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines. Can you decipher them? Vxa py cxlo. P bnlo cxloa. Ebokohxko, p zpcc vx ex bonloj. P apa jxe bnlo ebkoo ebxsynja dnpky xh ybxoy, p bna xjo ebxsynja nja ypfet. Doxdco ynt p'q ofeknlnvnje gounsyo p znje ex go yskkxsjaoa gt gonset. Gse eocc qo, zbx znjey ex go yskkxsjaoa gt vnkgnvo?","Hint: A N E O I P O X U S","God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven. I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty. People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage? A N B G C U D A E O F H G V H B I P J I K W L C M Q N J O X P D Q R R K S Y T E U S V L W Z X F Y T Z M",Cryptography,04/05/06 #1435,Beethoven's Grave,2.82,2.04,starman,"The tour guide was finishing the tour at Beethoven's grave and told everyone that if they listened very carefully, they could hear actual music coming from the grave. Everyone immediately fell silent and, sure enough, symphony music could be distinctly heard coming from the ground although it sounded as if it were being played backwards. What could possibly explain this?",No hint available.,Beethoven was de-composing.,Trick,11/16/01 #11705,6 = O in 1 I of B,2.32,1.87,eelliott2,6 = O in 1 I of B,No hint available.,6 = Outs in 1 Inning of Baseball,Letter-Equations,04/11/03 #6144,"Z, X, C, V...",2.17,1.43,missie,"Finish the series: z, x, c, v, ? , n, m",No hint available.,b. They are the letters as appearing on the bottom row of your keyboard.,Series,08/01/02 #22305,Crash of a Windows Glass,2.81,1.78,BookMidget,"Some try to prevent it When stealing away Some try to induce it When they have something to say It produces the crash of a windows glass Or the bare whisper of the grass The repetitive ticking of a clock And the creaking of wood when time comes to pass What is it?",No hint available.,Sound,Riddle,04/17/05 #7728,Navigate,2.74,1.39,something,"This wordy sentence substitutes a familiar work. What is it? Navigate thrice the sailing vessel that belongs to you. Navigate it carefully on the slow running water, going southward. Happily, happily, happily, happily, our time is only a random figment of our imagination.",No hint available.,"Row, row, row your boat Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily. Life is but a dream.",Language,09/27/02 #1712,Shadow and His Plane,2.57,1.85,missie,"Shadow was preparing to get on a plane and fly to Germany to solve an important case. Suddenly, his assistant rushed up to him, and told Shadow he had had a dream last night that Shadow's plane would crash and begged him not to go. Shadow wordlessly went to the plane and survived the flight. Upon reaching Germany, Shadow called and had his assistant fired. Why?",No hint available.,"The night before, the assistant was supposed to be on a stakeout, and Shadow knew that the assistant had fallen asleep on the job.",Situation,12/13/01 #34401,Classic Films of a Bygone Era 6,2.57,2.54,jazzmusician46,"Below are four (4) anagrams of film actors from a classic film from the Silver Screen. Your job is twofold: firstly, try and name these people and secondly, ascertain the classic movie they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. Bath grumpy hero (8, 6) Star mayor (4, 5) Grey gold sage (6, 6) Err to leper (5, 5)","Memorable quotes: 1. ""I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble."" 2. ""I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know."" ""You know, that's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere"". 3. ""Keep on riding me and they're gonna be picking iron out of your liver."" ""The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?""","Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Gladys George Peter Lorre The film: The Maltese Falcon (1941) The cast: Humphrey Bogart - Sam Spade Mary Astor - Brigid O'Shaughnessy Gladys George - Iva Archer Peter Lorre - Joel Cairo",Trivia,12/15/06 #49077,Elimination,2.41,2.12,quesadillaman12,"Which word doesn't belong? POLL COMB TERM SET GEM MAR",There is a hint in the title.,"SET All of the other words form a new word when -INATION is added to the end. POLLINATION (the act of pollinating) COMBINATION (a sequence or order) TERMINATION (the act of ending or finishing) GEMINATION (the elongated pronunciation of a consonant) MARINATION (the act of marinating) However, SETINATION is not a word.",Language,10/11/11 #2595,The Wisest Son,3.08,1.9000000000000001,lil_thugsta,"One day, a father went to his three sons and told them that he would die soon and he needed to decide which one of them to give his property to. He decided to give them all a test. He said, ""Go to the market my sons, and purchase something that is large enough to fill my bedroom, but small enough to fit in your pocket. From this I will decide which of you is the wisest and worthy enough to inherit my land."" So they all went to the market and bought something that they thought would fill the room, yet was still small enough that they could fit into their pockets. Each son came back with a different item. The father told his sons to come into his bedroom one at a time and try to fill up his bedroom with whatever they had purchased. The first son came in and put some pieces of cloth that he had bought and laid them end to end across the room, but it barely covered any of the floor. Then the second son came in and laid some hay, that he had purchased, on the floor but there was only enough to cover half of the floor. The third son came in and showed his father what he had purchased and how it could fill the entire room yet still fit into his pocket. The father replied, ""You are truly the wisest of all and you shall receive my property."" What was it that the son had showed to his father?",No hint available.,"The son had showed his father a match. Whenever he lit the match, it filled the entire room with light, yet it was still small enough to fit into his pocket.",Mystery,03/08/02 #41046,Distorted Music - O,2.5,2.3,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter O. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Neigh Ton 2. Evader Homy 3. Cob Tore 4. Lye Noon",No hint available.,"1. ""One Thing"" by Finger Eleven 2. ""Over My Head"" by The Fray 3. ""October"" by Evanescence 4. ""Only One"" by Yellowcard",Language,03/14/08 #23691,Should You Be Institutionalized?,3.41,1.09,easterbaby2003,"It doesn't hurt to take a hard look at yourself from time to time. This little test should help you get started. During a visit to a mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criteria is that defines if a patient should be institutionalized. ""Well,"" said the Director, ""we fill up a bathtub. Then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask the patient to empty the bathtub."" Okay, here's your test: 1. Would you use the spoon? 2. Would you use the teacup? 3. Would you use the bucket? ""Oh, I understand,"" said the visitor. ""A normal person would choose the bucket, as it is larger than the spoon."" What was the director's response?",No hint available.,"""No,"" answered the Director. ""A normal person would pull the plug."" So, how did *YOU* do?",Trick,06/15/05 #18532,Time For a New Hobby,2.81,0.8200000000000001,od-1,"After Duffus McClutski's wife made him give up his used tea bag collection, Duffus decided to start collecting fridge magnets. Eventually, he had enough to cover the entire fridge, much to his wife's dismay. After several failed attempts to get rid of them, she finally gave up until one day, their fridge broke down. They looked at dozens of fridges, but finally settled on a top-of-the-line stainless steel model with two doors, icemaker and the works. Duffus was reluctant to spend so much on a fridge till his wife told him to imagine how great his fridge magnets would look on it. That was all the motivation he needed, but once the fridge was in, he soon realized his wife had put one over on him, and he would only be able to imagine his collection on the fridge from now on. But why, what had she done?",What do fridge magnets need to work?,"She knew that high quality stainless steel like that used in making expensive pots, cooking utensils, and fridges is non-magnetic. Thus the fridge magnets wouldn't stick and Duffus would have to take up a new hobby. But that's another teaser.",Science,08/12/04 #14359, 44 = ?,2.71,2.37,mathemagician,"Can you break this code and find the missing letter? 15 = N 36 = X 50 = Y 100 = D 101 = E 202 = O 88 = T 44 = ?",Think spelling.,"R The letters are the LAST letter in the spelling of the numbers. 15 = fifteeN 36 = thirty siX 50 = fiftY 100= one hundreD 101= one hundred onE 202 = two hundred twO 88 = eighty eighT 44 = forty fouR",Other,Unknown #5127,Trip to Pinewood,2.33,1.42,Cascas,"The drive from Oakland to Pinewood was a tricky one. I covered the uphill distance of 70 miles at 42 miles per hour. The return journey from Pinewood to Oakland was downhill, and I managed to drive at 56 miles per hour. What was my average speed for the entire journey?",No hint available.,"My average speed was 48 miles per hour. Total distance = 2 x 70 miles. Time for uphill journey (from Oakland to Pinewood) = 70 / 42 hours. Time for downhill journey (from Pinewood to Oakland) = 70 / 56 hours. Total time = (70 / 42) + (70 / 56) = 2 x 70 / 48 hours. Average speed = Total distance / Total time = 48 miles per hour.",Math,07/01/02 #14097,Oh Man!,2.63,2.32,Bobbrt,"Below are clues to words that start with the prefix ""Man-"". Can you figure out the words? 1. Cuffs: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Sea cow: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. Language and fruit: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (proper name) 4. Command: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Fertilizer: _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Dummy: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. Guide: _ _ _ _ _ _ If you think these are too easy, try the following. They're a bit more obscure: 8. Godsend: _ _ _ _ _ 9. Wrist and hand: _ _ _ _ _ 10. Hand-shaped: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. Manacles 2. Manatee 3. Mandarin (the official standard language of China, and a type of orange) 4. Mandate 5. Manure 6. Mannequin 7. Manual 8. Manna (In the Bible, food provided to the Israelites by God) 9. Manus (The name given to the end parts of a vertebrate's limbs) 10. Maniform",Language,07/30/03 #35427,Love Songs 1,2.69,1.77,dishu,"Sometimes replacing simple words with their more complicated definitions can turn the best love songs into humorous sentences. Below are three love songs whose lyrics have been replaced with their synonyms. Can you figure out what songs are represented here: 1. The sole purpose of my using the telephone to talk to you was to express a profoundly tender, passionate affection towards you. 2. No force can result in the transformation of my profoundly tender, passionate affection towards you. 3. A profoundly tender, passionate affection is present in the mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the Earth and forms its atmosphere.",No hint available.,"1. I just called to say I love you. 2. Nothing's gonna change my love for you. 3. Love is in the air.",Language,02/25/07 #28820,What is F?,2.14,1.66,JessicaLynn,F=MA,F is Force.,Force = Mass times Acceleration.,Letter-Equations,02/26/06 #50564,Double Hoot,2.24,1.31,LittleGreenMan,"What two DIFFERENT characteristics do all five of the words below hold in common? galloon gloom goodly groove cartoon",No hint available.,"01. all five contain the double letters ""oo"". 02. removal of one ""o"" in each word makes a different word in each.",Group,04/10/15 #34501,Neeeeeeeeeext! 2,2.63,2.07,grungy49,"Pick a word from the group below that should come next in the sequence. Bull, leave, sick, cease, ____? A) Paper B) Clips C) Ears D) Run E) Tree",See the original Neeeeeeeeeext!,"This is the reverse of the original Neeeeeeeeeext! To solve, add the sound of the name of the letters of the alphabet to the FRONT of each given word, in sequence, to produce a new word. A = Able B = Believe C = Seasick D = Decease E = Eclipse",Language,12/20/06 #16088,Mad Ade's Word Changer #4,2.32,2.36,mad-ade,"This is a letter teaser where the two words to be found differ by only one letter in each word, so the words are of equal length but each has one letter that differs from the other. For example ""Light Beers"" could be ""pale Ales"" these two word differ only by the P on pale and the S on ales. The altered letter can appear anywhere with in the word, so ""This teasers submitter"" would be ""Mad Ade"" the difference being the M from Mad becomes the E of Ade. 1, Price of jacket ? 2, Cut priced condiment ? 3, Initial cold spell ? 4, Go after a chap ? 5, Supply basic drinks ?",No hint available.,"1, Coat Cost 2, Salt Sale 3, First frost 4, Follow Fellow 5, Cater Water",Language,01/08/04 #13586,3 = F H,2.14,2.6,adoontourious,3 = F H,No hint available.,3 French Hens (12 Days of Christmas),Letter-Equations,07/02/03 #6244,Breakfast In Bed,2.82,1.44,mad-ade,"One night Hugh was at work at the Madadia Kebab recycling plant when he received an unexpected telephone call from a neighbour, listened to what the neighbour said, slammed down the phone and left work and drove straight home. On entering his house Hugh crept upstairs and found his wife in bed with a stranger. He wasn't angry but he was surprised. In fact he crept back down stairs and made his wife some breakfast, which he took up for her to eat in bed. Why was Hugh so calm about finding his wife in bed with someone he had never met before?",No hint available.,The stranger was a baby; Hugh's wife had gone into labour while he was at work. The neighbour had called to let him know.,Situation,08/05/02 #29817,Celebration,2.99,1.01,JessicaLynn,"My first three letters are a term in golf, While my second, third, and fourth are drawings. My first four are less than a whole, And all of me is a celebration. What am I?",No hint available.,"Party Par is the maximum number of strokes you should need to hit the ball in the hole. Art can be drawings, sculptures, or anything of the sort. Part is not a whole thing, so it is not a whole. A party is a celebration.",Language,04/16/06 #27994,Twenty Two Syllables,2.94,1.94,peppamintp,"Fill in the answers to the clues by using all the syllables provided. Each syllable will only be used once. The number of syllables that will be used in each clue will be in parentheses. A AC AD BUT CUP DEM HES I IC IS IS LA LAZ LEG LI MIN TANT TER TION TOR TRA U 1. Yellow flower (3) 2. Director (5) 3. Lapis ___ (3) 4. Lawmaking (4) 5. Undecided (3) 6. Scholar (4)",No hint available.,"1. Buttercup (but ter cup) 2. Administrator (ad min is tra tor) 3. Lazuli (laz u li) 4. Legislation (leg is la tion) 5. Hesitant (hes i tant) 6. Academic (ac a dem ic)",Language,01/09/06 #13705,Marble,2.5100000000000002,2.23,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Marble -> Mrle AB",No hint available.,"(Like) Getting Blood From A Stone Marble = A type of Stone AB = A Blood Group",Rebus,07/09/03 #39670,Left A-Loan,2.09,1.37,cyberstar5150,"A man comes up to you and hands you $1000 in cash. He then says: ""Now, don't spend it all, because I'm going to go off and find the largest integer, and after I find it, I'm going to want you to give me $1 back."" Given this stipulation, how much money has he *really* given you?",No hint available.,"$1000. He's off to find the largest integer, so he's NEVER going to come back for that dollar.",Logic,12/18/07 #5850,mholey,2.53,1.4,michelle,"What does this mean? wear mholey",No hint available.,Hole in my underwear,Rebus,07/24/02 #23419,Burnt Cake,2.62,2.49,froggygg,"I quietly sit and wait until someone moves my plate. By then, it's much too late and nothing will escape the destruction I create because I am now awake. Sorry, but you can't close my gate. My wrath you cannot sedate. I'm not picky about what I take. But, this promise I do make, I always give back a rebate. It's best if you leave in great haste, because next it's you that I'll taste! What am I?","With me, you wouldn't want to try to bake a cake.","A Volcano Plate referred to above is geological theory wherein the earth is divided into a small number of ""plates"" which fit on and travel independently over the mantle and much of the earth's seismic activity occurs here. Thus, in the teaser when someone moves my plate (referring to natural causes i.e. Mother Nature) the movement or shift of that ""plate"" can cause seismic activity which can awaken a dormant volcano by allowing built up pressure in the form of steam and molten or hot rock to explode through vents opened when ""plates"" shifted or moved. The ""rebate"" is the land mass created as the molten rock (lava) travels and then cools. It is believed that portions of the Islands of Hawaii were created in such a manner.",Riddle,06/05/05 #51668,Missing Word 40,2.71,1.4,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. The letters may not be adjacent, but they are in order. Can you figure it out? _ _ RB _ E RE _ _ _ E _ _ R _ IC CON _ E _ _",_ _ MB _ E,"GAL. GARBLE REGALE GARLIC CONGEAL Hint: GAMBLE",Language,01/15/18 #42779,Music Group,1.8,2.08,lizardlee,3 = M of the J B,No hint available.,3 Members of the Jonas Brothers,Letter-Equations,08/12/08 #35428,Love Songs 2,2.54,1.59,dishu,"Sometimes replacing simple words with their more complicated definitions can turn the best love songs into humorous sentences. Below are three love songs whose lyrics have been replaced with their synonyms. Can you figure out what songs are represented here: 1. A profoundly tender, passionate affection is present in all directions. 2. No force will be able to put an end to us in the present circumstances. 3. My hollow, pump-like organ of blood circulation is expected to proceed further.",No hint available.,"1. Love is all around. 2. Nothing's gonna stop us now. 3. My heart will go on.",Language,02/25/07 #25429,Two Smugglers,2.56,2.67,musiikki,"Two wanted smugglers were returning from overseas. During this time, one was caught by the local police but his accomplice escaped. Three days before his trial, he asked to write a letter to his family and have it delivered. As the letter was a mess of numbers, the police put it down to the fact that he was anxious. 24 hours later, he had escaped. Here is the letter (a slash indicates a new word, comma indicates new letter): 17/1,25/3,9,17,26,13/ 15,9,23,7/17,26/14,15,9/23,24,5,1,23/ 19,1,17,23/5,9,23,23/14,15,18,9,9./ 14,8,24/3,1,18,18,9,7/ 8,17,26,7,24,8,16. How did his accomplice know where he was being held?","M = 25 N = 26","I am being held in the local jail, cell three. Two barred windows A = 1 B = 3 C = 5 D = 7 E = 9 F = 11 G = 13 H = 15 I = 17 J = 19 K = 21 L = 23 M = 25 N = 26 O = 24 P = 22 Q = 20 R = 18 S = 16 T = 14 U = 12 V = 10 W = 8 X = 6 Y = 4 Z = 2",Cryptography,08/25/05 #47291,Suicide Note,2.83,1.54,nakajima01,"Dorothy loves do. Rina loves re. Farelina loves fa. Soledad loves so. Lara loves la. Tina loves ti.",Of course the title is a clue silly!,"Nobody loves me! The note mi isn't listed making no one to love it as in Nobody loves mi.",Rebus,06/21/10 #11250,"Cod, Sub, Dog...",2.31,1.97,horse_luver,"Which word from Group 2 belongs in Group 1 and why? 1. COD SUB DOG 2. TIME YEN DUD",No hint available.,"DUD. The words in Group 1 have letters with curved lines or curved lines and straight lines only. The words in Group 2 have only words with straight lines.",Group,03/17/03 #38830,Name That Take That Song!,1.98,2.74,tonksrulez,"Can you figure out what Take That songs these phrases represent? 1) Waiting like a hospital user 2) Speak to gods. 3) Burn the embers belonging to me again. 4) Slang for child, found in woods. 5) You're the only one who doesn't alter. 6) Certain 7) Return forever 8) Don't ever stop remembering 9) Must it be that I end sleeping while you aren't there? 10) Can it really involve witchcraft? 11) Glow brightly",No hint available.,"1) Patience 2) Pray 3) Relight My Fire 4) Babe (as in Babes in the Woods) 5) Everything Changes But You 6) Sure 7) Back For Good 8) Never Forget 9) Why Can't I Wake Up With You? 10) Could It Be Magic 11) Shine",Trivia,10/18/07 #27089,First Lady!,2.77,1.67,redraptor50,"I was the only woman to be on a dollar bill, my spouse is on one of them to this day still. A bundle of money is now what you have got, because if you have me I am worth quite a lot. Look at the list and perhaps you will see, and guess the answer of who I can be? A) Jackie Kennedy B) Eleanor Roosevelt C) Martha Washington D) Hillary Clinton",The Title. U.S Currency,Martha Washington! She was the only woman on a U.S. one dollar bill in the late 1800's.,Trivia,11/21/05 #29767,The President Hid in the Sentence,2.95,1.74,Swordoffury1392,"The U.S. Presidents made some horrible political decisions. They decided to hide from the mob coming after them by hiding in these five sentences. You are hired as a private sleuth to find each of them. Can you find their last names in these five sentences? 1. Ice pops taste the best on hot afternoons. 2. The weird dictator said that he would build magenta dams. 3. The man told his mother that he wouldn't be home for dinner. 4. I have to fill more of the holes our dog dug in the yard. 5. I was going to take the bus home, but I missed it.","Just in case you are not from America or, God forbid, you forgot the names of your presidents (your history teachers would be disappointed), here is a list to choose from: Clinton Adams Kennedy Monroe Fillmore Hoover Taft Grant Hayes Ford Polk Nixon Bush Pierce","Answers are indicated with capital letters: 1. Ice pops taste the best on hoT AFTernoons. 2. The weird dictator said that he would build magentA DAMS. 3. The man told his mother that he wouldn't be home FOR Dinner. 4. I have to FILL MORE of the holes our dog dug in the yard. 5. I was going to take the BUS Home, but I missed it.",Language,04/14/06 #7156,15x2 = P in a RUM,2.17,2.44,kiwioz9,15x2 = P in a RUM,Think sport,15 x 2 = Players in a Rugby Union Match,Letter-Equations,09/03/02 #19141,Mid Word Play,2.58,2.35,snaps,"For each of the pairs of words below, insert a word in the blank space between them to form two separate words such that the inserted word finishes the first word and begins the second. For example, given ""MAN ____ ON"", you would insert the word ""GO"" to form ""MANGO"" and ""GOON"". The hint gives the number of letters in each of the words that must be inserted. MASS ____ AGE SON ____ WORK PRO ____ ALLY RAM ____ ANT TAR ____ GO","The number of letters of each word that must be inserted are, respectively: 4, 3, 4, 4, 3","ACRE (massacre, acreage) NET (sonnet, network) VERB (proverb, verbally) PAGE (rampage, pageant) TAN (tartan, tango)",Language,10/12/04 #34670,American Weevils,2.23,2.45,grungy49,"Which word at the bottom could join the group? The group: FRIED BUY FILING MULE FILE Selection group: RULE TEMPT FIX OPAL TILE JAY SNAP OCEAN",The title is a very distinct hint. What do you call an American weevil?,"JAY would join the group. When the words in the group have two Z's added to them, they will make new words. The title refers to ZYZZYVA - an American weevil. It has 3 Z's in it - perhaps a tiny hint there?... : ) FRIED -> FRIZZED BUY -> BUZZY FILING -> FIZZLING MULE -> MUZZLE FILE -> FIZZLE JAY -> JAZZY",Group,12/31/06 #45172,Missing Letters From 5 Words,2.67,1.17,nogoodnames,"What three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words? G___E CAPIL___Y C___ITY PO___IZE SCHO___S",No hint available.,"LAR. GLARE CAPILLARY CLARITY POLARIZE SCHOLARS",Language,08/29/09 #35720,"Khawp Khun, Chezu Ba and Khawp Jai",2.65,2.91,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have two tasks to perform. First, you are to rearrange this anagram to make the names of three (3) Asian countries. Second, you are to discover their link with each other (besides being Asian countries). Harm and loyal stamina.",No hint available.,"Thailand Myanmar Laos The common link here is their borders connect with each other. N.B. The title is the romanised version of 'Thank you' in Thai, Myanmar (Burmese) and Lao.",Trivia,03/16/07 #29509,Question Mark's Function Machine MKIII,2.41,2.71,Question_Mark,"Question Mark cannot get enough of changing the formula to his function machine. This time, one number goes in, but TWO numbers come out. If: 9 -> 576 & 72 10 -> 810 & 90 11 -> 1100 & 110 12 -> 1452 & 132 13 -> 1872 & 156 What will come out if 25 goes in?",No hint available.,"14400 & 600. The formula is n^3 - n^2. The numbers are then split by the formula of (n-1)/n & 1/n. In other words: 9^3 (729) - 9^2 (81) = 648 >8/9*648 = 576, 1/9*648 = 72 10^3 (1000) - 10^2 (100) = 900 >9/10*900 = 810, 1/10*900 = 90 11^3 (1331) - 11^2 (121) = 1210 >10/11*1210 = 1100, 1/11*1210 = 110 12^3 (1728) - 12^2 (144) = 1584 >11/12*1584 = 1452, 1/12*1584 = 132 13^3 (2197) - 13^2 (169) = 2028 >12/13*2028 = 1872, 1/13*2028 = 156 And therefore: 25^3 (15625) - 25^2 (625) = 15000 >24/25*15000 = 14400, 1/25*15000 = 600",Math,04/03/06 #49644,Bloody Paste,2.82,1.6400000000000001,christiangrl,"Bloody paste and wine gone bad, Sugar and spice within are had, In packs it lives from day to day, In bottles, too, it strives to stay. What is it?",No hint available.,Ketchup,Riddle,10/28/12 #39703,More From Doug,2.38,2.09,aresII,"Doug Larson is a man of enigmatic history. While little is truly known about him, the quotes he is famous for are repeated throughout most of the world. Can you decode it? W=X ""VQK PKSNRT DKRDXK OXSAK VQZTMN RT DPKHZREN MKTKPSVZRTN ZN VQSV VQKPK'N RTXJ RTK RVQKP YQRZYK."" ""VQK VPREOXK BZVQ XKSPTZTM UPRA KWDKPZKTYK ZN VQSV JRE TKHKP MPSFESVK.""","D=P T=N Z=I","""THE REASON PEOPLE BLAME THINGS ON PREVIOUS GENERATIONS IS THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER CHOICE."" ""THE TROUBLE WITH LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE IS THAT YOU NEVER GRADUATE."" A=M B=W D=P E=U F=D H=V J=Y K=E M=G N=S O=B P=R Q=H R=O S=A T=N U=F V=T W=X X=L Y=C Z=I",Cryptography,12/20/07 #39351,"1, 3, 7, 11, 17, 23, 31, 50, 60, 71, ...",2.09,3.09,shenqiang,"What are the next five terms in this sequence? 1, 3, 7, 11, 17, 23, 31, 50, 60, 71, 83, 97, 111, 127, 153, 171, 190, 210, 231, 263, 287, 311, 337, 373, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ...","1111, 11111, 111111, ... will also appear in this sequence.","501, 530, 570, 601, 633. In all the natural numbers that don't contain the ""unlucky"" digit 4, the first one is 1, skip one and get 3, skip two and get 7, skip three and get 11, and so on. It can also be said that these are the triangular numbers in the nonary system, except that the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are being used to represent 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.",Series,11/25/07 #37982,Classic Movies,2.71,2.7,jazzmusician46,"The names of five (5) actors from the classic movie screen era have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. Your task is to rearrange the segments to identify the actor. 1. rt hr ey hu ga mp bo 2. ha ar le pl sc in ch 3. or rl re te pe 4. er ry yu nn lb 5. on ck ro ey ey mi",No hint available.,"1. Humphrey Bogart 2. Charles Chaplin 3. Peter Lorre 4. Yul Brynner 5. Mickey Rooney",Language,08/28/07 #50669,Words With BO,2.57,2.7,cnmne,"Five words that contain BO as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *BO**, BO****, **BO**, ***BO*, ****BO* Pool: A, A, A, C, D, E, I, I, L, M, N, N, R, R, S, S, T, U, W, Y",No hint available.,"ABOUT, BODILY, EMBOSS, CARBON, RAINBOW",Language,08/03/15 #37986,School Supplies,2.27,1.18,sportygirl98989,"Which is the odd one out? Marker Pencil Eraser Pen Chalk",No hint available.,Eraser is the odd one out because all of the others can write and an eraser cannot.,Group,08/28/07 #6529,Balancing the Jars,2.21,2.36,george1978,"You have three 24 ounce jars, one 1/4 filled with water, and a single sheet of note book paper. Would it be possible to balance the jar with the water in it on top of the other two jars using the piece of paper while the other jars are not touching each other?",It is a neat trick.,"Yes it would be. You take the piece of paper and fold it continuously until it is the size of the margin that is marked with the red line. Then you fold the sheet of paper into thirds length wise to form sort of a bridge. You then take the two empty jars and place them close enough to one another so that the paper is able to touch the outer most edge while being inside both openings of the jars. You then place the jar with the water inside it on top of the paper and carefully balance the jar until it is not touching either one of the jars beneath it, and the paper is in the middle of the bottom of that jar. Then let go and see how long the jar can be balanced for.",Other,08/14/02 #8250,Sleep,2.43,0.9500000000000001,patrumpet3,I went to bed at 10:32 PM and woke up at 7:44 AM. I slept a total of 10 hours and 12 minutes. How is this possible?,This would only happen once a year.,Daylight Saving Time ended. (The clocks fall back an hour at 2:00 AM.),Other,10/27/02 #36380,Antonyms on a Chart,2.47,2.73,t4mt,"T4 has a chart in his possession. On it says: 1 stands for O, U, D, or B 2 stands for S, K, Q, or T 3 stands for I, H, E, or N 4 stands for O, I, F, or W 5 stands for Z, U, Y, or S 6 stands for I, L, E, or C Below that, he wrote the number ""123456."" This number, using the decryption method above, can mean two words that are antonyms. What are the two words?","One is the word ""useful"".",Otiose and useful.,Logic,04/22/07 #989,1 G L for M,2.28,2.28,Michelle,1 G L for M,No hint available.,1 Giant Leap for Mankind,Letter-Equations,10/05/01 #7233,Fast Strike...,2.78,2.83,dumbell,"What do the following words have in common? FAST STRIKE BILL QUANTUM SANCTION",What do they mean?,"Each of these words has definitions that contradict one other. Fast is quick moving, but can also mean stock still, as in stuck fast. Strike means to hit, but in baseball it means to miss the ball. A bill is a piece of paper money, or a demand for money. Quantum (leap) is a large advance technologically, yet the smallest change possible in physics. If you sanction something you agree to it, but if you impose a sanction it means that you are preventing behavior that you don't agree with. Other examples are custom, clip, miss, skin, trim. I'm sure you can think of others.",Group,09/06/02 #44958,Open Horse Show,2.64,2.28,mrsfessler,"At the county fair Open Horse Show, 5 riders competed in different classes. Each won either a blue (1st place), red (2nd place), or white (3rd place) ribbon. From the clues provided, determine each rider's age (one is 25), the name of the horse they rode (one is Miss Liberty), what class they competed in, and what color ribbon they won. The 5 classes were: Hunt Seat - Juvenile rider (age 17 or under), Hunt Seat - Adult rider (over 17), Lead Line - 6 years and under, Arabian Pleasure (no age specifications), and Morgan Pleasure (no age specifications). 1. The 5 riders were Michelle, Sahara's rider, the 16 year old, the one who placed 2nd, and the one who competed in Hunt Seat - Adult. 2. The 2 blue ribbon winners were Blake and Starheart's rider. Michelle's Morgan horse always performed well in its class. 3. Cocoa's rider was younger than the rider in the Arabian Pleasure class, but placed higher than Beth. Beth was younger than the Arabian Pleasure rider. 4. From oldest to youngest the riders were the woman who showed in Morgan Pleasure, Fred, the 17 year old, Jasper's rider and the one who was eligible for the last time and showed in the Lead Line - 6 and under class. 5. Both Hunt Seat riders placed lower than Isabella and the 49 year old.",No hint available.,"Isabella, 6, Lead Line, Cocoa, Red Michelle, 49, Morgan Pleasure, Starheart, Blue Beth, 16, Hunt Seat - Juvenile, Jasper, White Fred, 25, Hunt Seat - Adult, Miss Liberty, White Blake, 17, Arabian Pleasure, Sahara, Blue",Logic-Grid,07/28/09 #23955,Die But Not Even Living??,2.45,1.44,Andreea,What dies when it is not even living in the first place?,It is needed for almost all electronic products.,Battery,Riddle,06/23/05 #39121,Add a Letter 11,2.4,2.34,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) sympathetic & dating from birth (9 letters) 2) rabbit relative & one man's group of women (4 letters) 3) brilliant performer & lute (4 letters) 4) absorbent cloth & scoop-like gardening tool (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) congenial & congenital 2) hare & harem 3) star & sitar 4) towel & trowel",Language,11/09/07 #17194,Makes Greater Things Small,2.7,2.18,odcsurferchick,"Placed above it makes greater things small. Placed beside it makes small things greater. In matters that count it always comes first. Where others increase it keeps all things the same. What is it?",No hint available.,The number 1.,Riddle,04/01/04 #37028,Uppsala Calling,2.64,2.34,phrebh,"While on vacation in Sweden, Fred happened to run into ""Cut-my-own-throat"" Dabney while contemplating a portrait of Anders Celsius, the inventor of the temperature scale that bears his name. Dabney said, ""Fancy meeting you here! Hey, I see you're a fan of good old Anders! Seeing as how we go way back, I thought I'd give you a chance to own a piece of history that I happened to chance upon recently."" So saying, Dabney pulled out a sealed glass tube that was attached to a thin board. The board had some writing on it, and Fred could see that it was the standard centigrade scale, common to most of the world. The whole thing looked very old, and the script of the numbers seemed about 300 years out of date. Not exactly thrilled to see this mendicant, Fred asked, ""Really? Why would I be interested in that?"" ""Because, me old chum,"" replied the slickster, ""this mock-up of a Celsius thermometer was done by Anders himself. I'm willing to part with it for a mere five grand, and that's..."" ""Yeah, I know, 'cutting your own throat'."" Fred finished. ""Listen, I don't have time for your rubbish, but I would gladly make the time to turn you in to the authorities for forgery."" How did Fred know it was a fake?",No hint available.,"The standard Celsius scale has 0 at the bottom and 100 at the top, but Anders Celsius designed his scale so that 100 was freezing and 0 was boiling. It wasn't until shortly after Celsius's death that fellow Swede, and father of modern taxonomy, Carl Linnaeus reversed the scale to what we know today.",Trivia,06/21/07 #23685,Who Am I,3.03,2.7,gummbypal,"oLr elteltelteltelt elteltelteltelt elteltelteltelt",No hint available.,"Eleanor Roosevelt 'L' in 'or' rows of 'elt'",Rebus,06/14/05 #47565,0 to 10 Pyramid XI,2.74,2.22,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you do this ""0 to 10"" in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch! The hint provides the starting letters of the even numbered words. 1. String for a guitar (or maybe even for wearing?) 2. ""Exempli gratia"" 3. Stage of a journey 4. Narrow valley, in Scotland 5. Messenger from God 6. Friendly, affable, or cheerful 7. Genealogy or ancestry 8. Jelly base (older spelling) 9. Uplifting or moving up 10. One who preaches, hoping listeners will convert; Gospel writer","1. G 2. E 3. L 4. G 5. A 6. G 7. L 8. G 9. E 10. E","1. G 2. E.g. 3. Leg 4. Glen 5. Angel 6. Genial 7. Lineage 8. Gelatine 9. Elevating 10. Evangelist",Language,07/22/10 #16144,Stuck or Not Stuck,2.44,0.9,AhSeng,"Xiu Ming was leaving a room, but when he tried to push the door open, he realized he couldn't. He tried banging the door with all his strength, but it didn't work. Then, he saw something that made him laugh, and he exited the room. What did he see and how did he open the door?",What that room 'is' is not important.,"He saw a sign that said 'pull' on the door so he pulled the door open and left the room, finding amusement in his mistake.",Situation,01/12/04 #50369,States of Matter,2.11,2.85,cnmne,"You are given a group of eight elements that share a common characteristic. You are also a given a pool of sixteen elements. Eight of the elements in the pool have the characteristic that allows them to be added to the group. The remaining eight elements in the pool do not have that characteristic and can not be added. Group: argon, flerovium, gallium, lanthanum, manganese, meitnerium, protactinium, scandium Pool: aluminum, bohrium, calcium, cobalt, gold, helium, indium, mendelevium, mercury, molybdenum, neodymium, neon, platinum, titanium, xenon, zinc",No hint available.,"The elements in the group have chemical symbols that are also the postal abbreviations of states of the United States. argon = Ar = Arkansas flerovium = Fl = Florida gallium = Ga = Georgia lanthanum = La = Louisiana manganese = Mn = Minnesota meitnerium = Mt = Montana protactinium = Pa = Pennsylvania scandium = Sc = South Carolina Eight of the elements in the pool have that characteristic. aluminum = Al = Alabama calcium = Ca = California cobalt = Co = Colorado indium = In = Indiana mendelevium = Md = Maryland molybdenum = Mo = Missouri neodymium = Nd = North Dakota neon = Ne = Nebraska The other elements in the pool do not have the required characteristic. gold (Au), bohrium (Bh), helium (He), mercury, (Hg), platinum (Pt), titanium (Ti), xenon (Xe), zinc (Zn)",Group,06/22/14 #46983,Words With AR,1.8800000000000001,2.53,cnmne,"Five words that contain AR as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? AR****, *AR***, **AR**, ***AR*, ****AR Pool: B, C, D, E, E, E, G, H, I, L, L, L, M, N, O, O, P, S, T, W",No hint available.,"ARGENT, MARBLE, HOARSE, COWARD, PILLAR",Language,05/10/10 #7810,shmesc,2.37,1.85,tissue,"In this group of mixed letters, one letter doesn't belong. What's that letter and what's the word that results from unscrambling the remaining letters? shmesc",No hint available.,"The ""m"" doesn't belong. The word is ""chess"".",Language,10/02/02 #18644,ATTENNNNNTION!!,2.2,2.45,dsquared,"What is hidden below? The ""ATTENNNNNTION!!"" ""Intended"" ""ATTENNNNNTION!!"" ""Intended"" ""ATTENNNNNTION!!"" ""Intended"" ""ATTENNNNNTION!!"" ""Intended"" ""ATTENNNNNTION!!"" ""Intended"" ""ATTENNNNNTION!!"" ""Intended"" ""ATTENNNNNTION!!"" ""Intended"" ""ATTENNNNNTION!!"" ""Intended"" ""ATTENNNNNTION!!"" ""Intended"" ""ATTENNNNNTION!!"" ""Intended""",Thou shalt know the answer!,"The Ten Commandments. ""ATTENNNNNTION!!"" = command ""Intended"" = meant/ment therefore Commandment... and there's 10 of them.",Rebus,08/25/04 #26115,Alphabetic Placement,2.81,2.52,peanut,"Complete these words using every letter of the alphabet once only... on_ _ _e_ra _as_a _ _ter ac_ _i_e cu_ _o_ _ _it _al_ _u_gle _to_e _ _a_o_d",No hint available.,"only zebra pasta water acquire cuckoo exit half juggle stove diamond",Language,09/29/05 #38867,Quotes #11,2.5,2.18,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to try to unscramble the set of letters in each set of brackets to complete these quotations. Good luck! 1. Few (sgthni) are (rheadr) to put up with than the (eacnnnayo) of a (dogo) (elpmaxe). 2. The (tseerc) of (elif) is (yhtosne) and fair (gnilaed). If you can (ekfa) (ttah), you've got it (emda). 3. No man or (maonw) who (strei) to (epuusr) an (lieda) in his or her own (yaw) is (tuohtiw) (seimnee).",No hint available.,"1. Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. Mark Twain 2. The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho Marx 3. No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies. Daisy Bates",Language,10/21/07 #46931,Star Trek Aliens,2.74,2.29,whsprec,"The annual Star Trek convention was in town and as a result, aliens and Trekkies overran the town. Five friends came dressed up as aliens from different planets which Star Fleet had made contact with over the years. Each planet orbited a different star, and had a different size population. From the clues given, determine the name of the planet, the year Star Fleet made contact, the star the planet orbits, and the size of the population. 1) The population of Kappa is larger than that of the planet orbiting Polaris, which made contact earlier than Kappa. 2) Wezen is the star whose planet, which is not named Rho, has a population of 9.5 million. 3) Zeta is the planet around Albati, which was not the last one to make contact. 4) The Mu contact took place in 2161. 5) Contact was made in 2217 with Betelgeuse system, whose population was smaller than the planet contacted in 2202. 6) The largest population is on Pi, contacted next after the smallest population. 7) 12 million was the population of the planet contacted after the planet in the Electra system.",No hint available.,"In 2148 contact was made with Zeta in the Albati system with a population of 10 million. In 2161 contact was made with Mu in the Polaris system with a population of 8.5 million. In 2202 contact was made with Pi in the Electra system with a population of 15 million. In 2217 contact was made with Rho in the Betelgeuse system with a population of 12 million. In 2238 contact was made with Kappa in the Wezen system with a population of 9.5 million.",Logic-Grid,05/05/10 #50299,How Many Petals,2.1,0.5,Katherine24,Lucy had five flowers with five petals each. She picked at the flowers until there were only two flowers with all the petals and the other three had only three petals each. How many petals are there now?,No hint available.,"Twenty-five petals I said all of them which would include those petals she removed. She began with 25 petals and still had 25 petals at the end.",Trick,06/14/14 #25256,'Scrambbled' Letters,2.33,2.64,drussel3,"What letter is next in sequence? Q, Z, J, X, K",No hint available.,"The letter F. The letters are sorted by their Scrabble tile values, then sorted in Alphabetical order. Q-10, Z-10, J-8, X-8, K-5, F-4 ...",Series,08/11/05 #48404,Your World I Will Eat,2.44,1.07,Leadsinger,"Alive and well Above I dwell Diminished by time I mean heat, not size In the future we'll meet And your world I will eat!","Look to the sky And you will find the one Looking back at you It is our.........","Sun or the Sun Billions of years in the future, when our Sun bloats up into a red giant, it will expand to consume the Earth's orbit.",Riddle,01/18/11 #25688,Downhill Racers,2.39,2.19,vikingboy,"Two skiers are standing at the top of the hill. There are two runs that lead to the chalet. One run is one half mile straight down to the chalet, the other curves and is three-fourths of a mile to the chalet. The skiers decide to each take a different run, and even though they ski at exactly the same speed, and go right down the middle of each run, the skier that took the longer run reaches the chalet first. How did that happen? By the way, neither skier fell down.",No hint available.,"The straight run had lots of moguls. Even though it was only one half mile long, the extra distance from the ups and downs cause this skier to reach bottom last.",Situation,08/31/05 #23705,Murder of Mademoiselle,2.85,0.89,sanj91,"In the city of Jackson Heights many things were going wrong. The city had the highest unemployment rate, the highest crime rate, and on top of that they were just going through a public transportation strike. On a serene, peaceful evening chaos broke loose. A very well-known, distinguished lady, Mademoiselle Pierre, had been murdered. Two men had been arrested. One was Jean-Philip Dumoulin. The other was Thomas Curdilack. Jean-Philip's story: ""I was walking down the street to get a bite to eat when I heard a lady scream. I ran around the corner and I saw Mademoiselle Pierre lying on the ground. Standing over her was Thomas Curdilack. As soon as he saw me he turned and ran away. I then called the police."" Thomas Curdilack's story: "" I was taking the bus down to the Lakeshore Club to play poker with my buddies. As I got off, I heard a scream from around the corner. I ran around and saw Jean-Philip stabbing Mademoiselle Pierre. I chased him, but he got away. I then called the police."" The chief detective told the police to arrest Thomas Curdilack. What made him so sure it was Thomas Curdilack?",The city was having a lot of problems.,"The chief was sure it was Thomas Curdilack because the city was going through a public transportation strike. Therefore, Thomas Curdilack couldn't have been taking the bus down to his club.",Mystery,06/15/05 #51416,Missing Word 27,2.4,1.5,firefox99,"A 3-letter-word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? _ _ _ IC AD _ _ _ C _ _ _ ER DI_ _ _ER",_ _ _ION,"OPT. OPTIC ADOPT COPTER DIOPTER (a unit of refractive power, when referring to a curved lens) Hint: OPTION",Language,09/06/17 #42832,I'm Hungry!,2.59,2.41,snowmonster,"Using the clues below, take two words to create a summer treat. My outside letters form a loaf, but not a bread you'd break. My inside letters are a meat, that isn't pork or steak. The inner word and outer word a seaside cookout make . . . .",No hint available.,LAMB inside CAKE makes CLAMBAKE.,Riddle,08/18/08 #3599,Sunday's Tomorrow,2.29,1.3,lil_thugsta,What day would tomorrow be if yesterday was five days before the day after Sunday's tomorrow?,No hint available.,Saturday,Logic,04/17/02 #29048,Word Jumble 3 - The Gemstone Series,2.82,2.43,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser: SENHA - Take letters 1 & 2 HSAET - Take letters 1 & 5 ZPIRE - Take letters 1 & 3 RYPA - Take letters 1 & 2 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"SENHA Take letters 1 & 2 - ASHEN - A & S HSAET Take letters 1 & 5 - HASTE - H & E ZPIRE Take letters 1 & 3 - PRIZE - P & I RYPA Take letters 1 & 2 - PRAY - P & R Unscramble the above to get 'Sapphire'. The sapphire is a beautiful gemstone that is available in all the colours of the sky. Though primarily available in blue, it also comes in different hues of the sky like pink, orange and purple associated with sunset. Sapphire is mostly associated with sympathy and harmony.",Language,03/12/06 #459,Big and Small,2.69,1.97,Spikejw1,"I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale. I'll approach like a breeze, but can come like a gale. By some I get hit, but all have shown fear. I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear. Of names I have many, of names I have one. I'm as slow as a snail, but from me you can't run. What am I?",No hint available.,A Shadow.,Riddle,05/13/01 #3780,Lannnnguage,2.45,1.5,comet16,"Can you decipher this? Lannnnguage",No hint available.,Foreign Language,Rebus,04/27/02 #25711,Lifestyles,2.12,1.22,SOCCER_CHICK,"Your goal is to figure out where the three friends live, what pets they keep and how old their houses are. 1) Prince Line doesn't allow pets. 2) Jamie is the oldest friend. 3) Crystal hates lizards. 4) The three friends are:Tammy; the one who lives on Queen Ave; and the one with a 4-year old house. 5) Main Street is an old road and has no new houses. 6) The oldest person has no pets. 7) The 45-year old house is owned by someone with a pet fish.","4 yrs is young, 45 is middle, and 98 is old.","Crystal-Queen Ave-fish-45 yrs Jamie-Prince Line-none-4 yrs Tammy-Main Street-lizard-98 yrs",Logic-Grid,09/01/05 #14843,HORY AMN,2.55,1.37,fishmed,"What does the following represent? HA RM ON Y",Barbershop quartets are good at this.,Four part harmony.,Rebus,09/18/03 #19173,PIN the PIN !!!,2.21,2.13,lesternoronha1,"Akash was trying to remember the PIN of his credit card. The PIN consisted of four characters, three of which were digits from 0 to 9 and one of which was a letter of the alphabet. If Akash can try different possibilities at the rate of 5 possibilities per minute and he works for 8 hours a day everyday, then find out the number of days in which he can try out all the combinations possible for the PIN.",No hint available.,"The number of days required to try all the combinations is 43 1/3 days. The four character code consists of 3 digits 0 to 9 and 1 letter of the alphabet A to Z. Let us assume the first character of the PIN to be an alphabet and the remaining three characters to be digits. Then the number of possible PINs = 26*10*10*10 This is the number of PINs with the first character of the PIN being an alphabet. However we can have the alphabet as the second character, third character or fourth character of the PIN. Thus there are four different combinations. Hence the total number of such four character PINS available = 4*26*10*10*10 = 104000. At the rate of 5 possibilities, taking 8 hours a day, Akash would take 104000/(5*60*8) = 104000/(300*8) = 43 1/3 days.",Math,10/19/04 #34097,Odd One Out #8,2.52,1.33,shdwhawk,"In each set, which does not belong? Why not? 1) Whale, carp, dolphin, porpoise 2) Peach, apple, carrot, pear 3) Punt, pass, strike, fumble 4) Beetle, bee, ant, spider 5) Boots, shoes, gloves, sandals 6) Crab, alligator, lizard, snake",No hint available.,"1) Carp is not a mammal. 2) Carrot is not a fruit. 3) Strike is not a football term. 4) Spider is not an insect. 5) Gloves are not footwear. 6) Crab is not a reptile.",Group,11/25/06 #49993,Words With NT,2.5,2.69,cnmne,"Five words that contain NT as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *NT**, *NT***, ***NT*, ****NT, **NT*** Pool: A, A, A, B, C, E, E, E, F, G, H, I, I, L, M, O, U, U, V, Y",No hint available.,"ANTIC, ANTHEM, BOUNTY, FLUENT, VINTAGE",Language,11/03/13 #26930,The Darts Game,2.55,1.25,jodocroco,"Fred and Ted were best friends. Fred had just received a new dart board and they were playing a game. They wanted to see who could get the highest score with only one dart. Fred threw his dart and scored a 22. Fred then briefly left the room for a toilet break. When Fred returned, Ted claimed that he had taken his throw but had removed the dart from the board. ""What did you score then?""asked Fred. ""I scored a 23. One higher than you. So, I guess I won."" replied Ted. ""No, actually you didn't win because I don't believe you,"" said Fred. Why didn't Fred believe Ted?",No hint available.,It is impossible to score 23 points with one dart. You can get 22 by hitting double 11 and 24 by hitting double 12 but not 23.,Trick,11/15/05 #46637,Curtail S,2.82,0.96,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Belonging to him -> Informal greeting 2. Accomplishes; performs -> Female deer 3. Evaluate; measure -> Donkeys 4. Royal girl -> Royal boys 5. Tree parts -> Depart 6. Unnecessary -> Sewing instruments 7. Prairies -> Undecorated 8. Alloy of copper and zinc -> Woman's undergarments","The words start with these letters: 1. H 2. D 3. A 4. P 5. L 6. N 7. P 8. B","1. His -> Hi 2. Does -> Doe 3. Assess -> Asses 4. Princess -> Princes 5. Leaves -> Leave 6. Needless -> Needles 7. Plains -> Plain 8. Brass -> Bras",Language,03/30/10 #38407,Add a Letter 10,2.67,2.06,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) currency & a primate (5 letters) 2) row & a striped animal (4 letters) 3) circular & portly (5 letters) 4) to touch along a border & on all sides (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) money & monkey 2) tier & tiger 3) round & rotund 4) abut & about",Language,09/22/07 #41345,36 Keys,2.57,2.06,Scubee,"The following riddle is attributed to Aristides A. Messinesi and was originally printed in the January 1904 edition of ""A Posy of Puzzles"". My first is in mouse, but not in rat; My second is in bonnet, but not in hat; My third is in store, and also in rock; My fourth is in hen, but not in cock; My fifth is in rye, but not in rice; My whole is a wood for furniture.",No hint available.,"Ebony The title refers to the number of black keys on a modern piano.",Riddle,04/03/08 #9737,_OMI_,2.95,1.73,lesternoronha1,"Can you complete this grid of letters? Each line is a valid 5 letter word with its first and last letters missing. The missing letters form a word when read downwards and the same word appears both at the start and at the end. What is the missing word? _OMI_ _EVE_ _ROM_ _OAK_ _ATC_",No hint available.,CLASH.,Language,01/11/03 #52618,Compound Word Closers 5,2.89,1.6,ThinksForFun,"For each of the following, find a word that may be appended to each of the three words in the group to form three new valid words. For example, given: ""friend, owner, dealer"", you would need to find the word ""ship"", which, when appended to these words, results in the three new valid words: ""friendship"", ""ownership"", and ""dealership"" respectively. 1. win, hand, loath 2. shoe, bow, ham 3. red, over, rain 4. dove, pig, cat",No hint available.,"1. some - winsome, handsome, loathsome 2. string - shoestring, bowstring, hamstring 3. coat - redcoat, overcoat, raincoat 4. tail - dovetail, pigtail, cattail",Language,02/27/21 #48676,"""Family Guy"" Clue",1.82,0.24,Ginge,"There have been murders in the Griffin household. Conclude who was killed by whom and how. Killers: Peter, Stewie, Chris Victims: Lois, Meg, Brian Weapons: Gun, Knife, Rope What you know: 1) Peter killed Meg. 2) Stewie shot someone to death. 3) Chris did not kill Brian or strangle anyone to death.",No hint available.,"Peter strangled Meg with the rope. Stewie shot Brian with the gun. Chris stabbed Lois with the knife.",Logic-Grid,04/28/11 #10121,Weird Numbering?!,2.67,1.47,just_moi,"What comes next? 0, 15, 30, 40, __",Think sports.,"GAME That's the way the score goes in tennis. If you get a point after you're on 40, you get the game (Unless it's deuce, which is another story)",Series,01/30/03 #4348,Two Brothers,2.64,1.98,mavericklotus,"Two brothers we are, great burdens we bear, All day we are bitterly pressed; Yet this we will say, we are full all the day And empty when we go to rest. What are we?","Your burdens are also our burdens, but greater by the measure of you.",A pair of shoes.,Riddle,05/30/02 #35848,Beauty Is What You Perceive,2.57,2.41,aresII,"These are famous thoughts pertaining to beauty. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. ""J IYHS OMYU MB JYI GT ZHI J TEJAMO MB AGFGLS DSYBSRIGML."" -CGRESXJLPSXM ""IESYS JYS IEYSS JYIT OEGRE JYS RMLRSYLSA OGIE JXX IEGLPT; MLS OEGRE HTST, JLMIESY OEGRE CJUST, J IEGYA OEGRE GCGIJIST IESC."" -DXJIM","A=D L=N P=G S=E","""A true work of art is but a shadow of divine perfection."" -Michelangelo ""There are three arts which are concerned with all things; one which uses, another which makes, a third which imitates them."" -Plato Key: A=D B=F C=M D=P E=H F=V G=I H=U I=T J=A L=N M=O O=W P=G R=C S=E T=S U=K X=L Y=R Z=B",Cryptography,03/24/07 #10689,Thirsty & Dry,2.15,0.88,OD-1,"I'm on the Earth. I'm in the sky. Without me dearth, Thirsty and dry. What am I ?",No hint available.,"Water. It covers most of the earth and clouds are in the sky. Without it there can be drought or dearth and you would get thirsty.",Riddle,02/24/03 #4659,ZYX,2.21,1.77,bobbrt,"Which three letters come next in this series? Z Y X U V W T S R _ _ _",No hint available.,"O P Q The pattern is the last 3 letters of the alphabet in reverse order, the next three in regular order, the next three in reverse order, etc.. Therefore the solution is the next three (O, P, and Q) in regular order.",Series,06/12/02 #38538,Still Talking,2.46,2.45,aresII,"The two following puzzles are quotes from funny lady Joan Rivers. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same key. J=W ""TCIACFBQT WI RWIASFT. ASXSFFSJ WI Q XTIACFT. ASBQT WI MSB'I MWHA, ARQA'I JRT JC GQUU WA ARC KFCICPA."" ""W IDGGCCBCB LT IQTWPM JRQA CECFTSPC CUIC WI ARWPZWPM.""","D=U G=C K=P","""YESTERDAY IS HISTORY. TOMORROW IS A MYSTERY. TODAY IS GOD'S GIFT, THAT'S WHY WE CALL IT THE PRESENT."" ""I SUCCEEDED BY SAYING WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS THINKING."" KEY: A=T B=D C=E D=U E=V F=R G=C H=F I=S J=W K=P L=B M=G P=N Q=A R=H S=O T=Y U=L W=I X=M Z=K",Cryptography,09/30/07 #28829,Person in the Bible,2.79,2.33,brandiMcBride20,"A person in the Bible, not mentioned by name, who died a death like no other, whose body to corruption never came, and whose shroud can be found in a grocer's. Who am I?",I am female.,"Lot's wife, who was turned into a pillar of salt.",Riddle,02/27/06 #47943,Back in Forth 18,2.61,2.11,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. mi____ty (metal; club) 2. c____ony (nothing more than) 3. d____ing (stand; ascent) 4. goo____s (mail; transfer)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. smaller group 2. formal event 3. yearning 4. moral excellence","1. minority (IRON - mi_NORI_ty) 2. ceremony (MERE - c_EREM_ony) 3. desiring (RISE - d_ESIR_ing) 4. goodness (SEND - goo_DNES_s)",Language,09/16/10 #41189,A True Disaster,2.18,2.54,11171413,"There was a race in Indianapolis, although no one knew that they would be racing. Everyone in the area ran for their lives. They knew that whoever didn't reach the end soon enough would certainly perish.","Nothing would make the entire city of Indianapolis suddenly start running, yet this is a true story.",The U.S.S. Indianapolis went down in WWII and its sailors had to race to escape from INSIDE the sinking ship. Approximately three hundred sailors went down with the ship.,Situation,03/24/08 #30636,Food Court,2.1,1.12,rednek,"Deborah, Samantha, Eli and Aaron all went to the mall. When they all were hungry, they went to the food court. Their choices were: Chinese, Italian, Mexican, and Southern. However, they all went together to get their food. What food did they order and in what order did they get their food? 1. Eli loves sushi. 2. Samantha went before Aaron. 3. Aaron likes Southern and Mexican, and he went second. 4. Deborah loves pinto's and cheese. 5. Eli went right after Aaron. 6. Samantha went before Deborah, and she loves Chicken Alfredo.",No hint available.,"Deborah-Mexican-Fourth Samantha-Italian-First Eli-Chinese-Third Aaron-Southern-Second",Logic-Grid,05/22/06 #40607,Super.....II,2.33,2.25,beatlesgirl,"5 = T I (B, H, V, D, & J-J)",No hint available.,"5 = The Incredibles (Bob, Helen, Violet, Dash, & Jack-Jack)",Letter-Equations,02/20/08 #7022,Strike for Less Money,2.99,1.72,silver_sword,"This is a newspaper headline: Workers Strike - Want to Make Less Money! What is going on?",No hint available.,"The workers work at the mint and are tired of being overworked. They want to work less, which is making less money, since money is made at the mint!",Situation,08/30/02 #6184,Squeeze It,2.68,1.6,SkEwL_gUrl,"Squeeze it and it cries tears As red as its skin Yet its heart is made of stone What is it?",No hint available.,A cherry!,Riddle,08/02/02 #14200,Water in Jugs,2.46,2.16,riddler81,"You have three jugs: A 10-liter jug, filled with water A 7-liter jug, empty A 3-liter jug, empty Your objective is to end up having 5 liters of water in the 10-liter jug, and 5 liters of water in the 7-liter jug. Note that you have nothing else at your disposal other than these three jugs and that you cannot perform measurements by eye or based on the shape of the jugs.",No hint available.,"It is not that difficult. Let us label the 10-liter jug as X, the 7-liters jug as Y, and the 3-liters jug as Z. Here are the steps: 1.Pour Jug X into Jug Z. 2.Pour Jug Z into Jug Y. 3.Pour Jug X into Jug Z. 4.Pour Jug Z into Jug Y. 5.Pour Jug X into Jug Z. Now you have 1 liter of water in the 10-liter Jug (X), 6 liters of water in the 7-liters jug (Y), and 3 liters of water in the 3-liters jug (Z). Now pour water from jug Z into jug Y, until jug Y becomes full. You will now have 1 liter of water in X, 7 liters in Y, and 2 liters in Z. Then perform the following steps: 1.Pour Jug Y into Jug X. 2.Pour Jug Z into Jug Y. 3.Pour Jug X into Jug Z. 4.Pour Jug Z into Jug Y. At this point, you will have 5 liters of water in X and 5 liters in Y just as desired.",Logic,08/07/03 #9143,Mind Your Teeth,2.55,1.97,MrIxolite,"What are these? Lactose = 0 Maltose = 0 Glucose = 0 Fructose = 0",No hint available.,Sweet Nothings,Rebus,12/14/02 #14996,Mad Ade's Watches,2.31,2.49,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has 3 timepieces in his house - a wall clock, an alarm clock and a wristwatch. The wristwatch is always accurate, whereas the wall clock gains 2 minutes every day and the alarm clock loses 2 minutes every day. At exactly midnight last night, all three watches were showing the same time. If today is 25 July 2003, then on which date all three clocks will show the same time again?",No hint available.,"All three clocks will show the same time again at midnight between 18 July 2004 and 19 July 2004. A clock finishes one complete 12 hour cycle in 12*60 i.e. 720 minutes. If a clock gains 2 minutes every day, then it would be 720 minutes ahead after 360 days. Thus, after 360 days, it will show the same time again. Similarly, if a clock loses 2 minutes every day, then it would be 720 minutes behind after 360 days. Thus, after 360 days, it will show the same time again. Thus, after 360 days all three clocks will show the same time again i.e. midnight between 18 July 2004 and 19 July 2004. Do not forget that 2004 is a leap year, so 25 July 2004 is 366 days after 25 July 2003.",Other,10/05/03 #3066,Fewfarfew,2.25,1.19,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: fewfarfew",No hint available.,Few and far between.,Rebus,03/31/02 #5276,In the Cupboard,2.71,1.69,Bobbrt,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The prime minister ____ the meeting, even though the ____ was technically the ____ official,"" you would fill in RAN, KING, and RANKING. If you can't find a ____ in the cupboard, ____ looking in the ____.",No hint available.,"If you can't find a PAN in the cupboard, TRY looking in the PANTRY.",Language,07/06/02 #18394,A Newborn Scottish Cat,2.45,0.8300000000000001,horse_luver,"There is a newborn, all white cat, born from a line of pedigree mothers and fathers. It was born in Scotland and is not separated from its mother. What do Scottish people call such a cat?",No hint available.,A kitten!,Trick,07/30/04 #7428,"15, 20, 20, 6, 6, 19",2.5,2.57,doggyxp,"What number comes next in this sequence? 15, 20, 20, 6, 6, 19, =?=",No hint available.,"19 Starting with ""one"" and counting up, each number represents the position in the alphabet of the first letter of each word: One: ""O"" = 15th letter Two: ""T"" = 20th letter etc...",Series,09/14/02 #4584,Three Numbers,2.2,1.33,mad-ade,"Find three whole, positive numbers that have the same answer when multiplied together as when added together.",No hint available.,"1,2,3 1 x 2 x 3 = 6 and 1 + 2 + 3 = 6",Math,06/09/02 #34708,Vowel Disappearance IV,2.35,1.32,grungy49,"The following are all places or landmarks that have had all the vowels taken out of their names. The number in brackets next to it indicates how many words the place has. Good luck on finding those vowels, and putting them back in there! 1. Nwyrk (2) 2. Mntvrst (2) 3. Thnrthrnlghts (3) 4. Stnhng (1) 5. Thhngnggrdnsfbbyln (5)",No hint available.,"1. New York 2. Mount Everest 3. The Northern Lights 4. Stonehenge 5. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon",Language,01/03/07 #36849,Nicknamed,2.2,1.6400000000000001,beatlesgirl,F 4 = The B,"Rock and Roll The title is also a hint.",Fab 4 = The Beatles,Letter-Equations,06/05/07 #34769,Entertaining a Chilly Fear In Style,2.81,2.7,spookboy0,"Three words are bonded in a mutual tie And a pattern within them hides from the eye One word is a being in entertainment's sake That brings to people many words, fact and fake Another word is conformed to a word meaning ""chilly"" But it's also a style, yes! Really really! The last word resides in the pit of our fears And it waits for us at the end of our years With these words in order, try to find the design Where the outsides change, and the middle stays lined",No hint available.,"The words (in order): Book Cool Doom The pattern: The O's stay the same, while the outside letters go up.",Riddle,01/07/07 #24417,The Murder in the Sauna,2.55,1.84,sreejith,"Five men entered a sauna. Because it was a steam sauna, no one could see each other. Suddenly a scream was heard and the manager came running. After the steam was switched off, they found one of the men dead with a puddle of water beside him. The police were called and they had three suspects. The first suspect had a thermos, the second a magazine and the third a CD Walkman. The lead detective thought for a while and he caught the criminal. Who was it and how did he do it?","1. Don't think about who did it. Think about the items. 2. Don't think of how the item can be used to kill.",It is the guy that had the thermos. He put a dagger made of ice in the thermos so it wouldn't melt. Then he killed the victim.,Situation,07/11/05 #39664,Lotsa Lattes,3.17,2.22,daliz,"It's rush time at Lotsa Lattes, the popular downtown coffee shop. Jamie, the poor barista, just had 5 orders told to her over the sound of the coffee grinder. Help her piece together the correct orders to make sure she'll get tipped. Each guest ordered a different drink and a different type of muffin. 1. Gary was in line before Lisa this morning, but he decided not to order his usual (mocha and a blueberry muffin) and instead tried something new to eat and drink. 2. By the time Zack got there, the raspberry muffin had just been ordered by the person ahead of him in line. He ordered an extra dry cappuccino while he decided that morning's muffin choice. 3. The 5 orders were: the mocha, the man who ordered the poppyseed muffin, the 2nd person in line, the tea, and Paul's order. 4. The people who ordered something to drink with chocolate in it (including the mocha) could not possibly eat a chocolate chip muffin, too. No chocolate item was ordered first. 5. The men, oddly enough, placed the odd numbered orders. 6. The blueberry muffin was ordered before Paul's order but after the hot chocolate. 7. The 3 fruit muffins were sold to Lisa, the first person in line, and to the person who also ordered a mocha.",No hint available.,"Lisa - hot chocolate -2nd in line - raspberry muffin Paul - latte - 5th in line - chocolate chip muffin Janice - mocha - 4th in line - blueberry muffin Gary - tea - 1st in line - apple muffin Zack - cappuccino - 3rd in line - poppyseed muffin",Logic-Grid,12/18/07 #2576,Light Train,2.5,1.81,204_blaze_41,"You're on a train. The train is moving at half the speed of light, or 93,000 mps (miles per second). You turn on a flashlight. Question: How fast is the light travelling relative to the observer standing alongside the tracks? a. 93,000 mps b. 186,000 mps c. 279,000 mps",No hint available.,"186,000 mps That's right! Relative to the observer, the light is moving at 186,000 mps. Seems non-commonsensical, doesn't it? But this has proven to be true through many experiments over the years.",Science,03/07/02 #10575,Travelling Prisoners,2.57,2.07,island-paradise,"We travel much, yet prisoners are, And close confined to boot. With the swiftest horse we keep pace, Yet always go on foot. What are we?",No hint available.,Spurs.,Riddle,02/20/03 #51456,Potato Riddle,2.09,1.42,JECKLEN,"There are 2 bags filled with 25 pounds of potatoes each. The bag on the left is filled with small potatoes, while the bag on the right is filled with large potatoes. Which bag is bigger?","Think ""space"".","It is the bag on the left, because, while the potatoes are smaller, both bags still have the same amount of potato mass. There are more potatoes in the left bag, therefor, more spaces between potatoes. Making the bag bigger.",Riddle,10/03/17 #19280,Robbery 2,2.84,2.05,UTforever22,"A man left his house to go to work. When he got home he saw that his house had been broken into. The robbers had taken everything in his house except for 2 one hundred dollar bills that were in plain sight. Why weren't the one hundred dollar bills taken?",No hint available.,Because they were an electricity bill for one hundred dollars and a phone bill for one hundred dollars.,Trick,10/29/04 #17622,States of the Union,2.6,2.52,cnmne,"What is the next state in this series? New York, Maryland, Georgia, Maine, Texas, Louisiana, North Dakota, Idaho, ?",No hint available.,"The states are listed in the alphabetical order of their capitals. Albany, New York Annapolis, Maryland Atlanta, Georgia Augusta, Maine Austin, Texas Baton Rouge, Louisiana Bismarck, North Dakota Boise, Idaho thus Massachusetts (Boston)",Trivia,05/11/04 #45112,Words With PLR,1.82,2.16,brainglue,"Four words with the letters PLR, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. _ _ P _ L _ R _ _ _ _ P _ _ _ _ _ _ L _ R _ _ P _ L _ R P L _ _ _ _ R Pool: A, A, A, A, A, B, C, C, E, E, I, I, O, O, P, S, T, T, T, T, U, U, Y",No hint available.,"The words are: popularity spectacular bipolar platter",Language,08/21/09 #2654,Two People,2.22,2.38,missie,Two people are in a room alone. One looks around and realizes he's going to die. Why?,No hint available.,"The two people are Siamese twins. One wakes up, notices that the other one is dead, and realizes he will die soon, too.",Situation,03/12/02 #47535,Sight Rhymes 6,2.71,2.05,MarcM1098,"In each group below, the three words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each group. Example: plo___, tho___, to___ would be plough, though, tough. 1. fin___, gin___, sin___ 2. bal___, bul___, ___ 3. d___, c___, m___","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. fing__, ging__, sing__ 2. ball__, bull__, l__ 3. do__, co__, mo__","1. finger, ginger, singer 2. ballet, bullet, let 3. dost, cost, most",Language,07/19/10 #5422,Cl_udy,2.37,1.27,michelle,"cl_udy What does this mean?",No hint available.,Partly cloudy,Rebus,07/10/02 #41772,Filling Glasses,2.31,1.83,jsteppergurl,"Joey has 8 drinking glasses, all of different sizes. He has lined them up from smallest to largest and numbered them #1 (smallest) to #8 (largest). He knows that glass #4 holds 10 ounces and that glass #7 holds a pint, or 16 ounces. Now he wants to figure out how much all the others hold! He experiments by filling up different glasses with water and pouring the water back and forth into other glasses. Here are his results: Pouring water from glasses #1 and #2 filled glass #4. Pouring water from glasses #1 and #3 filled glass #5. Pouring water from glasses #2 and #3 filled glass #6. Pouring water from glasses #1 and #5 filled glass #7. Pouring water from glasses #1 and #7 filled glass #8. Pouring water twice from glass #3 filled glass #7. Pouring water twice from glass #4 filled glass #8. How much water does each glass hold?","Rewrite each experiment as an equation, and then substitute the known quantities for #4 and #7 into the equations wherever you can.","#1 holds 4 ounces #2 holds 6 ounces #3 holds 8 ounces #4 holds 10 ounces #5 holds 12 ounces #6 holds 14 ounces #7 holds 16 ounces #8 holds 20 ounces To begin with, you know that glass #4 holds 10 ounces and that glass #7 holds 16 ounces. With this information and the given clues, you can quickly determine that glass #8 holds 20 ounces (10 ounces x 2 = 20 ounces) and that glass #3 holds 8 ounces (16 ounces / 2 = 8 ounces). Now you can substitute for the remaining equations and find that: Since #7 holds 16 ounces and #7 + #1 = #8, then #1 must hold 4 ounces (20 - 16 = 4). Since #1 + #2 = #4, then #2 must hold 6 ounces (10 - 4 = 6). Since #1 + #5 = #7, then #5 must hold 12 ounces (16 - 4 = 12). Since #2 + #3 = #6, then #6 must hold 14 ounces (6 + 8 = 14).",Math,05/02/08 #9066,Where's the Gold?,2.49,2.0,lesternoronha1,"Two boxes are labeled ""A"" and ""B"". The sign on box A says, ""The sign on box B is true and the gold is in box A"". The sign on box B says, ""The sign on box A is false and the gold is in box A"". Assuming there is gold in one of the boxes, which box contains the gold? 1) Box A 2) Box B 3) You can't determine from the information given.",No hint available.,"3) You can't determine from the information given. The sign on box A says, ""The sign on box B is true and the gold is in box A"". The sign on box B says, ""The sign on box A is false and the gold is in box A"". The following argument can be made: If the statement on box A is true, then the statement on box B is true, since that is what the statement on box A says. However, the statement on box B states that the statement on box A is false, which contradicts the original assumption. Therefore, the statement on box A must be false. This implies that either the statement on box B is false or that the gold is in box B. If the statement on box B is false, then either the statement on box A is true (which it cannot be) or the gold is in box B. Either way, the gold is in box B. However, there is a hidden assumption in this argument, namely, that each statement must be either true or false. This assumption leads to paradoxes; for example, consider the statement: ""This statement is false."" If it is true, it is false; if it is false, it is true. The only way out of the paradox is to deny that the statement is either true or false and label it meaningless instead. Both of the statements on the boxes are therefore meaningless and nothing can be concluded from them.",Logic,12/11/02 #45015,"Four Words With ""IA""",2.1,1.8800000000000001,Ammer,"All of the following words below contain the following two letters in them: ""IA"" Fill in the blanks below, using the following list of letters: A, A, A, B, C, C, C, E, E, F, I, L, L, N, N, O, P, R, R, R, T, T, U 1. --------IA 2. -----IA 3. ------IA 4. ---IA-","1. Starts with the letter C 2. Starts with the letter P 3. Starts with the letter B 4. Starts with the letter R","1. CALIFORNIA 2. PETUNIA 3. BACTERIA 4. RACIAL",Language,08/04/09 #41729,William Penn Adair Rogers,2.36,2.16,aresII,"The following quotes are from William Penn Adair ""Will"" Rogers (1879-1935). He was a Cherokee-American cowboy whose credits included comedian, humorist and actor. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. R=C, Z=F ""PNXOUBWHUAUHAEE WE MGED OHXDKAN JOS XZ EOSWHF O ZACCXJ WE DXX COTS DX ZXNB OH XVWHWXH."" ""RKOXDWR ORDWXH WE VNAZANOPCA DX XNUANCS WHORDWXH.""","O=A W=I X=O","""BROADMINDEDNESS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING A FELLOW IS TOO LAZY TO FORM AN OPINION."" ""CHAOTIC ACTION IS PREFERABLE TO ORDERLY INACTION."" KEY: A=E B=M C=L D=T E=S F=G G=U H=N J=W K=H M=J N=R O=A P=B R=C S=Y T=Z U=D V=P W=I X=O Z=F",Cryptography,04/28/08 #35327,Bushisms VI,2.32,2.32,DaleGriffin,"The following are funny quotes spoken by George W. Bush, but what do they say? 1) LA'F E ALWS TN FTBBTY EGR FERGSFF YXSG YS CTFS E CTFF TN CLNS. 2) IBLS EGR OXSSFS.","In the teaser, a letter L = I","a = t b = r c = l d = g e = a f = s g = n h = u i = b j = k k = x l = i m = p n = f o = c p = v q = y r = d s = e t = o u = j v = z w = m x = h y = w z = q 1) ""It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life."" ~Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 2004 2) ""Brie and cheese."" George W. Bush, to reporters, on what he imagines reporters eat. ~Crawford, Texas, Aug. 23, 2001",Cryptography,02/16/07 #37343,Simile,2.63,1.58,renae,"What does the following rebus represent? Garfield: ""I feel a little off colour"" Mr Ed: ""I'm in fine health"" Snoopy: ""I've got a cold"" Flipper: ""My throat is sore"" Me: ""I've got a cold""",No hint available.,"I'm as sick as a dog. A common expression (usually associated with colds or flus) indicating you are unwell.",Rebus,07/12/07 #13390,Stone Tones,2.79,2.36,willymapo,"In the magical island of Nowhere, the lost boy was trying to find the entrance to the celestial garden he saw from a hill. A high wall surrounded the garden. Walking around, the boy found a door, very tall, with 12 stone locks placed vertically, from top to bottom, and so thin that they looked like stone strings. In fact, when touched, the stone locks vibrate, producing a beautiful note just like a crystal string singing. He also found that the tones in the stone were a semitone apart, just like a regular musical keyboard. The boy liked to play music, so he played some melodies with that natural instrument. After some time, he remembered that he wanted to enter the garden, so looked for a sign. There was one that said, ""The melody is the key to the beauty in the heart"". At that moment, he remembered that the phrase was an old melody his grandma used to whistle to him (he was also a great melody whistler), and then figured out that that melody was the key to open the door. So he started touching the stones, playing the melody, all but the last note, because it was the highest stone in the door and he was too little to reach it. If only he could find a way to make the stone vibrate without having to touch it... How could that be done?","There are 12 stones, that is, 1 octave.","Since he was a very good whistler, he just had to whistle a note one octave below the one that he wanted to vibrate. That stone will vibrate by the harmonics effect, in which the waves made from one frequency make another frequency to sympathetically ""respond"", thus making the other source vibrate a little. The second harmonic is the one that is double the base frequency, that is, one octave above. Needless to say, the boy was a good musician and knew about the harmonics physics.",Science,06/24/03 #27394,Sylalist 2,3.05,1.48,cdrock,"Use the syllables in the sylalist to complete the clues below. Each clue gives how many syllables the answer of it has. Can you complete every question? Sylalist: al, ag, er, ful, ga, hope, ig, im, ine, ize, loo, rand, re, rus, sa, wal 1. Arctic marine mammal (2) 2. Eskimo Home (2) 3. Optimistic (2) 4. Understand Clearly (3) 5. Chore (2) 6. Suppose (3) 7. Long Narrative (2)",No hint available.,"1. Walrus (wal rus) 2. Igloo (ig loo) 3. Hopeful (hope ful) 4. Realize (re al ize) 5. Errand (er rand) 6. Imagine (im ag ine) 7. Saga (sa ga)",Language,12/10/05 #8011,Shame,2.57,0.97,majd,"What is this saying? FOOL ME SHAME U, FOOL ME ME SHAME ME",No hint available.,"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.",Rebus,10/12/02 #36987,Rivers,2.31,2.7,jazzmusician46,"In each question you will be given three clues, which will uncover a hidden answer. In the first part of the question, you will be given the first two clues. One will be a river from around the world, which contains only three (3) letters. You are to add the answers to these first two clues together to discover the hidden word from the 3rd clue provided in the question. Good luck! Here is an example: River + Epoch = Photographer's Tool Answer: Cam + Era = (camera) Clues: 1. Small child + River = Stagger 2. Number + River = Holding 3. Container + River = Chemical compound",No hint available.,"1. Tot - Ter (Totter) 2. Ten - Ure (Tenure) 3. Pot - Ash (Potash) Ter: River in Spain Ure: River in England Ash: River in America",Language,06/19/07 #36375,Limerick,2.67,2.17,aresII,"This puzzle is a limerick. Can you decode it? D=S GWNAN PBD B VRJOT QNIIRP OBLNK WBII, PWR QNII ZO GWN DUAZOT ZO GWN QBII. 'GPRJIK WBMN ENNO B DBK GWZOT ZQ WN'K KZNK ZO GWN DUAZOT, EJG WN KZKO'G--WN KZNK ZO GWN QBII. -BORO","J=U V=Y Z=I","There was a young fellow named Hall, Who fell in the spring in the fall. 'Twould have been a sad thing if he'd died in the spring, But he didn't--he died in the fall. -Anon Key: A=R B=A D=S E=B G=T I=L J=U K=D L=M M=V N=E O=N P=W Q=F R=O T=G U=P V=Y W=H Z=I",Cryptography,04/22/07 #45108,You Are What You Eat,2.02,1.95,MarcM1098,9 = C in a G of F,"This formula can be helpful if you are concerned about a healthy diet. Two related formulas are: 4 = C in a G of P 4 = C in a G of C","9 = Calories in a Gram of Fat 20g of potato chips have about 100 calories and 6 grams of fat. 6 grams of fat times 9 calories per gram equals 54 calories, thus you are getting 54% of the calories from fat. For a healthy diet, it is recommended that you get about 20% of calories from fat. Protein and carbohydrates do not provide as many calories: 4 = Calories in a Gram of Protein 4 = Calories in a Gram of Carbohydrates",Letter-Equations,08/21/09 #8585,Beautiful Question,2.31,1.96,lesternoronha1,"One day a beautiful maiden with beaming eyes, asked me which number when multiplied by 3, then increased by three-fourth's of the product, divided by 7, diminished by one third of the quotient, multiplied by itself, diminished by 52, the square root found , addition of 8, division by 10 gives the number 2? Seeing her beauty I forgot the question!!! Can you help me find the result of the above question?",Go in the reverse order.,"28. Reversing the whole process helps you find the answer. (2*10-8) squared ... will yield the result 28",Math,11/19/02 #19756,PHOTO-LOGICAL,2.73,1.57,Nishoo,"Mrs. Botanee , the science teacher at Dandelion High School, held a ""Nature is Remarkable"" photo contest. The five prize-winning students were Carole, Charlie, Johnny, Oliver and Susan. The subjects they photographed were dewdrops, hummingbirds, red ants, a spider web and termites. From the information given, determine the subject of each student's photograph as well as the order in which the five students finished. 1. The photo of termites received a higher prize than Johnny's photo but a lower prize than those of both girls 2. A girl took the photo of the spider web. 3. The boy whose photo won is not named Charlie and neither of these two boys entered a photo of either a hummingbird or red ants. 4. Susan's photo received a lower prize than the photo of red ants.",No hint available.,"Oliver won the contest (by elimination clues 1,3). He did dewdrops (clues 1,2,3). Charlie did termites (clues 2,3), which was fourth (clue 1). Johnny was fifth (clue 1) with a photo of a hummingbird (clues 2,4). Susan was third and red ants second (clue 4). Susan did the spider web. Carole was second. The answers summarized - First - Oliver - Dewdrops Second - Carole - Red ants Third - Susan - Spider web Fourth - Charlie - Termites Fifth - Johnny - Hummingbird",Logic-Grid,12/06/04 #33195,Reverse Words 3,2.56,1.96,grungy49,"Your job is to fill in the blank spaces. The second word will be the first word reversed (e.g. tar & rat) Ok, let's get started! You shouldn't give your ____ a ____ on the face - they're your friends!!! As the lady ____ a scarf, she notices the horrible ____ from the other side of the room. When they hid at the ____ of trees, nobody could ____ them. ""If you ____ coming around the corner to ____ at our house from the crack in the fence, I'll tell your parents!"" She pulled the ____ for her child's bath and then started to ____ down her orange soft drink. Watch that you don't ____ on your ____!",No hint available.,"Pals > Slap Knits > Stink Tops > Spot Keep > Peek Plug > Gulp Step > Pets",Language,09/27/06 #45350,Baggage Mishaps,3.15,3.31,caberet,"Savannah got distracted when her shuttle arrived at Earth Central Airport. Now she's at Lost & Found with four other travelers all waiting to retrieve one lost piece of luggage of a different color (black, blue, green, red or yellow.) While filling out their baggage retrieval paperwork, they discovered an amazing coincidence. Each person had the last name of one other person's nationality and another's destination country (America, England, France, Panama or Zambia). Nobody had the same last name, nationality or destination country of anyone else in the group. Each person is traveling from his or her country of origin to only one other country. Use the following clues to determine each traveler's first name, last name (L), nationality (N), destination country (D) and baggage color. Because this is Logic Land, the unlikelihood of the travelers actually sharing the same airport is not of any concern in solving this puzzle. 1. Each traveler's last name, nationality and destination country are three different names. 2. Ms. Panama is neither the Zambian citizen nor the one going to England; Carmelita wants her suitcase to stand out, so she is not the person with the black bag. (All five travelers are mentioned in this clue.) 3. The person bound for France, who asked Echo where she bought her fragrant cup of coffee, sat next to Mr. England. 4. Echo is not the French citizen that helped Pierre with his paperwork. 5. Of the person with the lovely yellow suitcase and Savannah, one is traveling to Zambia and the other is the American citizen. 6. Pierre's destination country is the nationality of the owner of the black bag; the destination country of the owner of the black bag is Pierre's nationality. 7. The person surnamed America is not going to France and the person traveling to America has either a blue or green bag. 8. Juan, who does not have yellow luggage, does not have England as his last name. 9. The five travelers are the American, Echo, the blue suitcase owner, the one traveling to Panama and Ms. France.","Hint: We know that Echo is a woman from clue 3, so there are 3 women and 2 men. Pierre is Mr. England from clues 3 & 8. He must be Zambian since he cannot be any of the other people in clue 2. Since Pierre is Zambian, clue 6 tells us that the owner of the black luggage must be the one going to Zambia. In clue 5, Savannah must be the owner of the black bag since the person going to Zambia cannot have the yellow bag (clue 6), which makes the yellow bag's owner the American. Next look at clue 9 for information on the remaining two travelers. See answer for complete step-by-step solution.","We know that there are 3 women, Carmelita, Savannah, and Echo (clue 3), and 2 men, Pierre and Juan. We know that Pierre is surnamed England, since clue 3 tells us that the person surnamed England is male, and clue 8 tells us that Juan, the only other male is not Mr. England. In clue 2, Pierre is not Ms. Panama, the traveler to England (clue 1 tells us that Mr. England is not traveling to England), Carmelita, or the owner of the black baggage (clue 6); leaving only the Zambian. Since Pierre is from Zambia, clue 6 tells us that the owner of the black luggage must be the one heading to Zambia. In clue 5, the person traveling to Zambia (who we now know has black baggage) must be Savannah and the American citizen has the yellow luggage. Savannah must be Ms. France to fit clue 9 since she is not the American (the 3rd person we have identified), Echo, the owner of the blue bag (Savannah has the black bag), or the traveler bound for Panama (she is heading to Zambia). Savannah's nationality cannot be French or Zambian (clue 1), English (clues 1 and 6 - Pierre cannot be heading to England because of his last name), or America (since Savannah is not American). The only remaining country is Panama. So Savannah is Panamanian and clue 6 tells us that Pierre must be heading to Panama. We now have 3 people, Pierre, Savannah, and the American with the yellow bag. According to clue 9, the 2 remaining people are the owner of the blue bag and Echo. Juan is not the owner of the yellow bag (clue 8) so he must have the blue bag, leaving only Carmelita to be the American. Since Echo is not French (clue 4), she must be English and Juan is French (the only remaining option). We know that the person going to France is neither Echo from clue 3 nor Juan because he is French (clue 1), so the only remaining option is that Carmelita is heading to France. Clue 2 tells us that Carmelita is not Ms. Panama, so she must be Echo. Carmelita cannot be surnamed America (clue 1) so this is Juan's last name, leaving only Zambia as Carmelita's surname. Clue 2 tells us that Ms. Panama cannot be the one traveling to England so that must be Juan's destination. Echo is traveling to America, the only remaining option. From clue 7, Echo must have the green bag, since Juan has the blue bag, leaving the red bag to belong to Pierre. First-Last-Nationality-Destination-Color Carmelita-Zambia-America-France-Yellow Echo-Panama-English-America-Green Juan-America-French-England-Blue Pierre-England-Zambia-Panama-Red Savannah-France-Panama-Zambia-Black",Logic-Grid,09/25/09 #26270,Singing in the Rain?,2.45,2.54,schatzy228,"Solve this rebus: condense floods",No hint available.,"A bridge (abridge) over troubled waters. To abridge is to reduce the length of (a written text); condense.",Rebus,10/09/05 #52420,Not What You Hear,3.08,2.34,Rove_Tarts,"You hear my sound; But that's not me In fact, we look quite differently I can have one; it always has two; I can have three It can be anywhere, but I like sitting in a tree It comes in many different forms But I usually come in one I have an assortment of colours But eat me & I'm done It can represent a bond I can be used to jam Can you figure out What it is & what I am?",No hint available.,Pear & Pair,Riddle,06/20/20 #46639,Back in the Tournament,2.61,2.08,whsprec,"It is basketball tournament time. For five teams it has been several years since they made the tournament. From the clues below, determine where each school is seeded, what their mascot is, and how long it has been since they last made the tournament. Remember, a higher seed is one with a lower number, with the no. 1 seed being the highest. 1) The 7 seeded mascot is the bumblebee, but is not from Chord Uni. 2) It has been twenty years since Stats and Math State made the tournament and they are seeded two places lower than the piano mascot, who isn't seeded 9. 3) The turkey mascot is seeded two places lower than Artist's Paradise and two places higher than the team that have not been in for twenty-one years. 4) It has been over twenty years for Music Melody and their mascot the raindrop. 5) The team that has been waiting for nineteen years is seeded 11. 6) The student who played the mascot of the paintbrush wasn't even born the last time his school made it to the tournament. They have waited the longest to get in.",No hint available.,"The 7 seeded Minor College with mascot the bumblebee have been waiting 18 years. The 9 seeded Chord Uni. with mascot the paintbrush have been waiting 22 years. The 11 seeded Artist's Paradise with mascot the piano have been waiting 19 years. The 13 seeded States and Math State with mascot the turkey have been waiting 20 years. The 15 seeded Music Melody with mascot the raindrop have been waiting 21 years.",Logic-Grid,03/31/10 #4339,Insurance Salesman,2.49,2.11,Beelzebub,"An insurance salesman calls to the door of a house. He asks the lady about her family and wishes to know the ages of her children. She informs him that she has 3 children but does not wish to disclose information about them to a complete stranger. So he asks for a clue. She tells him that: The product of their ages is 36 eg 2x3x6 But there are several possibilities, so he asks for another clue. She then tells him that the number of the house next door is the sum of their ages eg 2+3+6=11 But he still can't tell what their ages are so he asks for a final clue. The lady then tells him that her eldest child plays the piano. Straightaway he knows their ages and attempts to sell the woman insurance. What are the ages of the woman's children and how did the salesman know?",No hint available.,"Clue 1 - all possible solution: 1,1,36 1,2,18 1,3,12 1,4,9 1,6,6 2,2,9 2,3,6 3,3,4 clue 2: 1+1+36=38 1+2+18=21 1+3+12=16 1+4+9=14 1+6+6=13 2+2+9=13 2+3+6=11 3+3+4=10 Since he knows what number next door is, he must ask for a third clue only if the number is in 2 of the above ie 1+6+6=13 2+2+9=13 Clue 3: Her eldest child plays the piano, therefore the eldest cannot be a twin, so her children are aged 2, 2 and 9.",Math,05/30/02 #17643,JUMP!,2.5,2.1,bluetwo,happily ever after JUMP the end,No hint available.,Jumping to conclusions! or Jump in 2 conclusions!,Rebus,05/15/04 #16871,"Green, Red, Black",2.47,1.06,AhSeng,"What is green when it's ready to be eaten, red (some are yellow) when you eat it, and the bits you spit out are black?",No hint available.,Watermelon.,Riddle,03/06/04 #39084,A Kitchen Appliance,2.5,1.65,aresII,"My 3, 7, 8, 9 is Batman's hideout. My 3, 4, 7, 6 is where things could get stuck. My 6, 5, 4, 1 is used as bait. My 7, 2, 4 is to broadcast. My whole is a kitchen appliance.",No hint available.,"Microwave. Clue 1 = cave. Clue 2 = craw. Clue 3 = worm. Clue 4 = air.",Riddle,11/05/07 #13793,Let's Boogie!,2.7600000000000002,1.76,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Bob does the Foxtrot - LANCELOT Bob does the Tango - LANCEL Bob does the Salsa - LANC Bob does the Waltz - LA Bob does the Lambada -",No hint available.,Dancing The (K)night Away,Rebus,07/14/03 #13721,My Three Sons,2.26,2.17,mathemagician,"Mrs. Mathemagican has three children. If AT LEAST one of her children is a boy, what is the probability that she has three sons?",No hint available.,"The probability of her having three sons is 1/7 . Given that she has at least one boy, then there are seven equally likely outcomes for her three children: BBB, BBG, BGB, GBB, GBG, GGB, and BGG. The only one of the 8 total possible outcomes that you can rule out is GGG. Hence, the probability of three boys is 1/7.",Probability,07/09/03 #3278,Colors,2.55,1.49,Drunky,"What's red and blue, and purple and green? No one can reach it, not even the Queen?",It isn't Skittles.,A rainbow,Riddle,04/05/02 #32095,Phoney Puzzle XV,2.26,2.58,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 77223 47 244. 968 5878 966'8 2354383 469 827859, 484359, 6463-2644546459 244 48 47. 4 6326, 968 629 84465 48'7 2 5664 929 3696 843 7623 86 843 2436478'7, 288 8428'7 5878 7326887 86 77223. -- Douglas Adams 4683737846459, 222673464 86 663376 27876666377, 77223 47 346483. 8447 47 2 8379 2663678464 8468448-- 727842852759 367 736753 946 226 63837 73636237 94373 8439 4283 5338 844647. -- Woody Allen","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PQRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXYZ","Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space. -- Douglas Adams Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things. -- Woody Allen",Cryptography,07/27/06 #11549,Guess the Carol,2.5100000000000002,1.22,speedcuber,"Alan Greenspan loves Christmas, but when he goes caroling, no one understands what he's saying. Can you decipher what Christmas lyric he's crooning? ""I am currently indulging in a fantasy concerning a profundity of hexagonal crystals of dihydrogen monoxide upon the Yuletide.""",No hint available.,I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.,Language,04/04/03 #31995,S-G-I-Y-P?,2.68,2.6,HiImDavid,"Below are six sets of five letters each. These six sets of letters contain the same ten letters between them. These ten letters are C, G, H, I, O, P, R, S, T, Y. Your job is to figure out the order for these ten letters. In any given set, the letters are in order as they will appear when you are done. For example, in the first set, SGIYP, S comes before G, G comes before I, I comes before Y, and Y comes before P. Once you have the order of the ten letters, reverse them to make a common ten letter word. S-G-I-Y-P T-H-R-P-O S-T-I-Y-C T-G-R-O-C H-G-R-Y-O S-T-I-R-P","Try making a chart and organizing your possibilities. Another set of letters is G-I-R-O-C","COPYRIGHTS Before being reversed, the set of letters is STHGIRYPOC. Once reversed, it spells COPYRIGHTS.",Other,07/23/06 #6921,"Her, Ten ...",2.39,1.48,dumbell,"Which three letter word would go in front of each of the following words to make 5 new words? HER TEN MAN ON TALION",No hint available.,"BAT:- BATher BATten BATman BATon BATtalion",Language,08/27/02 #2778,Rainbow,2.15,0.8300000000000001,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? somewhere rainbow",No hint available.,Somewhere over the rainbow.,Rebus,03/22/02 #48436,Add a Letter 48,2.78,2.18,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) military supplies & a municipal regulation (8 letters) 2) a sudden brief rush of wind & a patron of a hotel(4 letters) 3) to take great delight & to make known (5 letters) 4) a broad scarf that is looped under the chin & the symbolic figure of a team (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) ordnance & ordinance 2) gust & guest 3) revel & reveal 4) ascot & mascot",Language,01/30/11 #7083,Bottomless Stomach,2.3,1.77,majd,"What is this rebus? HE HAS A L_G",No hint available.,"He has a hollow leg (LEG missing the inside E, i.e. hollowed) An expression used to indicate that there is no end to the amount of food or drink someone can hold",Rebus,09/01/02 #19838,GODS - The Movie,2.59,2.73,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Filming Schedule for GODS the Movie: Venus 14:00 Mars 17:00 Mercury - Forbidden to film",What are these Gods of?,"Don't shoot the messenger Venus = Goddess of Love Mars = God of War Mercury = Messenger of the Gods Shooting is a Movie term for Filming.",Rebus,12/11/04 #29248,The Vowel-less Knights #3,2.73,2.89,ScoutMan,"In the tradition of the Vowel-less Knights, the more you answered, the harder it got to answer. Therefore, here are more for you to answer. 1. cnnt smltnsl prvnt nd prpr fr wr. 2. f knw nthr th nm nr rslf, wll sccmb n vr bttl. 3. Wr s rgrdd s nthng bt th cntntn f stt plc wth thr mns.","1. Spoken by the man most often considered the 20th century's leading genius. Bonus point: who? 2. Written by the most famous Asian general alive before 1000 AD. Bonus points: who, and what is the title of his most famous work? 3. Written by a Prussian Major General after his death. Bonus points: who, and what is the title of his work?","1. You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. Bonus: Albert Einstein. 2.If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. Bonus: Sun Tzu, who wrote The Art of War, and this quote comes from chapter 3. 3. War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. Bonus: Karl Von Clausewitz, who wrote On War.",Language,03/22/06 #2206,Bags of Candies,2.5100000000000002,1.91,Cascas,Michael has five bags of candies to give out. Four of the bags have a total of 84 candies. The fifth contains four candies less than the average of the five bags. How many candies are in the fifth bag?,No hint available.,Sixteen,Math,01/30/02 #50716,GoodD SHOES SHOES,2.05,0.48,ismartguy,"What common phrase is represented below? GoodD SHOES SHOES",Usually an adjective phrase.,"Goody Two Shoes GoodD = Goody SHOES SHOES = 2 SHOES = Two Shoes",Rebus,11/25/15 #40062,144 Books,2.4,2.43,shenqiang,"Peter had 144 books and donated them to four schools. When Peter checked the number of books given to each school, he found out that the difference of the number of books between School A and School B was 4; between School B and School C was 3; between School C and School D was 2. School A had the most number of books, but received less than 40 books. How many books did School D get?",No hint available.,"Denote the number of books received by the four schools a, b, c and d, respectively. Since a is the largest, b must equal a-4. c differs 3 from b, and can be either a-1 or a-7. If c=a-1, then d must be a-3, which implies a+(a-4)+(a-1)+(a-3)=144, a=38, and a-3=35. If c=a-7, then d can be either a-5 or a-9. However, it can be checked that in either case, a>=40. Therefore, School D got 35 books.",Math,01/15/08 #25516,Now Showing at the GooglePlex,2.63,2.47,norcekri,"Can you identify these movies? 12 = A M 13 = C A O T 30 = S O T 50 = F D","(12) Henry Fonda (13) Alan Arkin (30) Van Johnson (50) Drew Barrymore","12 Angry Men 13 Conversations About One Thing 30 Seconds over Tokyo 50 First Dates",Letter-Equations,08/23/05 #35573,I Don't Get it,2.97,2.19,LeafFan4life,"A man's life was at an all time low. He lost his job, his wife, his house; and now his mom just died in a car accident. After the funeral, a man approached him and told him that his mom had taken a mortgage on the house and left him nothing except one thing. It was a note that read: Dear my only son, Thhaenrge! Tmhoe Bnaecykiyarsd After he read the note, he finally got a smile on his face. What did his mom tell him in the note?",No hint available.,"If you don't understood what it read, it said: ""Hang in There! Money is in the back yard."" Explanation: ThHaEnRgE! TmHoE BnAeCyKiYARsD If you can read, you can see the ""hang"" is literally in ""there"" and ""money is"" is literally in ""the backyard"". By the way, the mom hid the money in the garden, if you were wondering.",Mystery,03/06/07 #787,23 P of C in the H B,2.45,2.16,marburg,23 P of C in the H B,No hint available.,23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body,Letter-Equations,08/28/01 #12785,The King of It's,1.97,2.5,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? King of It's Ace of definitely",No hint available.,It's definitely on the cards,Rebus,05/28/03 #5794,WEWESTANDFALL,2.54,1.8,Enigma,"Can you decipher this phrase? WEWESTANDFALL",No hint available.,"United we stand, divided we fall.",Rebus,07/22/02 #3606,yadehtni,2.21,1.22,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase? yadehtni",No hint available.,Back in the day,Rebus,04/18/02 #44565,T the M was the T S B O M in 1998,1.87,2.15,TechA,T the M was the T S B O M in 1998,No hint available.,Titanic the movie was the top selling box office movie in 1998.,Letter-Equations,06/02/09 #49821,How Many Candles?,2.77,1.49,hermygranger123,"There are 10 lit candles on a table. A strong breeze comes and extinguishes 2 of the candles. When you come back later, you see that 1 more has been blown out.To make sure no more flames go out, you shut the window. Assuming the wind doesn't extinguish any more candles and you don't relight the extinguished candles, how many candles do you have left in the end?","It may seem simple, but look at the category. It wouldn't be a trick teaser if it was straightforward.",There are 3 candles left in the end. The 7 candles that manage to stay lit will melt down completely. The only candles that remain in the end are the 3 that are extinguished by the wind and therefore stay intact.,Trick,04/28/13 #34056,Up and Down I Go,2.86,0.84,grungy49,"The bottom heats, The top cools, And little blobs Swim in my pools I can be different colours, And be a source of light, A bedroom accessory, I light up the night! What am I?",Volcano!,"A lava lamp. The hint referred to the fact that a volcano has lava in it.",Riddle,11/22/06 #8279,Good Shot,2.61,2.22,dsquared,"What phrase is represented below? Your Good shot >>>>>>>>> Him Your Bad shot >>>>>>>>> You Your Top shot >>>>>>>>> Me Your Average shot >>>>>>>>> Her",No hint available.,"Hit me with your best shot. 'Your top shot' is the best shot out of the list and it has managed to hit 'Me' whereas all the others hit other people. Combine to get the phrase. Your bad shot really was a bad shot... you hit yourself ;).",Rebus,10/29/02 #49881,Words With YL,2.34,2.69,cnmne,"Five words that contain YL as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *YL**, ***YL, *YL***, **YL**, *****YL* Pool: A, A, E, G, G, I, N, N, N, O, O, P, R, S, S, S, T, U, V, V",No hint available.,"PYLON, VINYL, SYLVAN, STYLUS, GARGOYLE",Language,07/12/13 #2172,Six Daughters,2.34,0.72,Cascas,A husband and wife have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?,No hint available.,Nine. Each daughter shares the same brother.,Logic,01/27/02 #3256,then ight,2.1,2.25,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase? then ight",No hint available.,Middle of the night,Rebus,04/05/02 #6382,With or,2.58,1.06,bmotts,"With or A With or E With or I With or O With or What's that ?",Song,"With or without you ( With or without U )",Rebus,08/09/02 #19842,Ix Arms,2.52,2.32,MrIxolite,"What term is this? Allowed into my Pub: Grip Grasp Clasp Clench Not allowed into my Pub: Release Free Drop Return",No hint available.,"No holds barred Being barred is a term used to describe being banned from a premises. The other words for ""Hold"" are not barred from my pub.",Rebus,12/11/04 #50936,BEST Words,2.26,2.73,MarcM1098,"the words IN caps, they are the BEST; with them BEGIN; ignore the rest. to solve this riddle, you must KNOW why did I choose these words just so. you may, of course, FIRST wonder why and doubt, must these logic DEFY? belong they DO, so BE assured 'cause IN this group, APT is each word. the answer's within grasp, ALMOST so don't quit OR give up the GHOST. NO BIOPSY needed FOR this fight! you're ADEPT solving riddles, right?","NOT to BE rude, NOR DO I PRY, but did you give IT your BEST try? focus your AIM on the spelling; NO more will I you BE telling.","words IN caps, the letters appear IN alphabetical order, dear! oh GLORY, oh JOY, NOW you KNOW, riddle solved, did IT BOOST EGO?",Riddle,12/11/16 #7540,Millenia,2.38,1.8,Canary05,"What is this phrase: centurycenturycentury centurycenturycentury centurycenturycentury centurycenturycentury centurycenturycentury centurycenturycentury centurycenturycentury centurycenturyceduckdodgersnt",Think cartoons,Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century!,Rebus,09/19/02 #15965,Candy Murder,2.46,2.67,doggyxp,"Detective Grant was inspecting the scene of the crime. The 50-year-old victim, Joe, had been poisoned by a candy containing cyanide. On the table surrounding him were 9 other candies, but none of them contained cyanide. This murder was highly suspicious, because Joe had just gotten off a 2-yr jail sentence. Grant was very puzzled, because he had recently come across three similar murders, none of which had been solved. Jeff, 30, had gotten off a 10-yr sentence a few weeks ago. The next day, he had been found murdered in the same fashion as Joe, but in his case only 3 candies were left on the table. John, 46, was found with 5 candies the day after a 4-yr sentence had been turned over a week ago. Jim, 35, had gotten off a 5-yr sentence a few days ago, only to be found dead with 6 candies yesterday. Grant puzzled over these cases for days, and then -boom- it hit him. There was a pattern in these murders! What pattern did Grant spot? Each suspect ate a candy before they died. Life expectancy when the murders were committed was 70 years. (It was also curious that many criminals had been let off their sentences too, but had not been killed. 23, in fact, had gotten off.)","SUSPECT--AGE--SENTENCE--CANDIES Joe--------50----2 years-------9 Jeff--------30----10 yrs--------3 John-------46----4 yrs---------5 Jim--------35----5 yrs----------6","The killer was a prosecutor (George) who thought that the criminal deserved a chance to live outside of jail. When the case came before him, he dismissed it. He then went to the criminal's house, and offered him a chance to gamble his life, or go to jail. George offered him a certain number of candies, one of which was poisoned. If the criminal chose a poisoned candy, he died. If he chose a pure candy, he lived. The criminal's remaining life expectancy divided by his prison sentence would be the number of candies George would bring him, one of which might kill him. In the case of Joe: His remaining life expectancy at age 50 was 20. 20 divided by 2(his sentence) is 10. George brought him 10 candies, one of which was poisoned. Joe ate the poisoned one, and left nine on the table. The 23 criminals who got off their sentences, but did not die, chose pure candies.",Math,12/29/03 #27250,Word Pyramids: World Countries XIX,2.82,2.25,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: R Clues: 1. Gold, represented in heraldic engraving by a white field sprinkled with small dots. 2. To undergo decomposition, especially organic decomposition; decay. 3. A set of three similar things considered as a unit. 4. The relation between two quantities expressed as the quotient of one divided by the other. 5. The main trunk of the systemic arteries, carrying blood from the left side of the heart to the arteries of all limbs and organs except the lungs. 6. A country of southern Europe along the northeast Adriatic coast.",Formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia,"R OR ROT TRIO RATIO AORTIC CROATIA The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent Communist state under the strong hand of Marshal TITO. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, but often bitter, fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slavonia was returned to Croatia in 1998.",Language,12/01/05 #5179,What's my Number?,2.0,1.45,cleverclogs,"My number is represented by 'a' in the following equation. Can you work out what my number is? a + 20 - 3 = 2a - 34 + 14",No hint available.,"a = 37 My number is 37.",Math,07/03/02 #42709,How to Cross the River,2.44,2.15,GrayPanther,"A father, a mother, 2 sons, 2 daughters, a guard and a prisoner want to cross the river. 1. The raft can carry only 2 people. 2. The father can not be left with any of the daughters unless the mother is present 3. The mother can not be left with any of the sons unless the father is present. 4. The criminal can not stay with any family member unless the guard is present. 5. Only the father, mother, and guard know how to use the raft.",No hint available.,"cross. Guard + Prisoner back. Guard cross. Guard + Girl back. Guard + Prisoner cross. Mother + Girl back. Mother cross. Mother + Father back. Father cross. Guard + Prisoner back. Mother cross. Father + Mother back. Father cross. Father + Boy back. Guard + Prisoner cross. Guard + Boy back. Guard cross. Guard + Prisoner",Logic,08/05/08 #8888,Dimples,2.7,1.91,MrIxolite,"I'm used for hitting dimples farther than iron. Get tactile with me if it's luck you rely on. What am I?",Fore!,"Wood. Woods hit a golf ball (dimples) farther than irons, and you touch wood (knock on wood, for you Americans) when trying not to tempt fate.",Riddle,12/04/02 #52826,Missing Word 49,2.63,1.18,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? _ _ _ K _ _ _ NEL RE _ _ _ D DE _ _ _ CT",_ _ _ ERAL,"FUN. FUNK FUNNEL REFUND DEFUNCT Hint: FUNERAL",Language,01/13/23 #24236,11+2,2.54,2.19,dutchymonster,"What do the two sums have in common? (apart from the answer being 13!) 11+2 12+1","eleven plus two twelve plus one","When written out in full, as per hint, they are anagrams of each other.",Other,07/03/05 #50730,Hedge It,1.72,0.81,LittleGreenMan,"What phrase does the following represent? down down",No hint available.,Double down.,Rebus,11/12/15 #12991,Ripped Off?,2.5,2.82,dsquared,"What expression is concealed here? Present: (I <-*RIP*-> T) Past: (RI <-*RIP*-> AL) VAN + TAGE",The present and past are indicating a 'tense' situation. You would definitely be looking for this situation if you were fighting a war.,"Territorial advantage 1.) Present (I <-*RIP*-> T) = to rip 'IT' in the present tense ie. to 'tear it' 2.) Past (RI <-*RIP*-> AL) = to rip 'RIAL' in the past tense ie. 'tore rial' Add these two together to get 'Tear it tore rial' or Territorial. Then VAN+TAGE = Add (ad) van tage or advantage.",Rebus,06/07/03 #2245,I Made Radio,2.42,0.99,crouchingtiger,"What is unique about this sentence? I madam, I made radio! So I dared! Am I mad? Am I?!",Ignore the punctuation and the spaces.,It is a palindrome. (the same backwards and forwards),Language,02/03/02 #8857,House With 4 Walls,2.2,0.8300000000000001,Scharfy,"If I am in a house with 4 walls, and each wall is facing south, where on Earth am I?",No hint available.,I am at the North Pole.,Other,12/01/02 #38757,Carlin on Sports,2.31,2.18,aresII,"The following two quotes are from George Carlin. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. L=C ""VQ NEW LVULVUUXNV YWFT SWYW YWXDDG NEW QVYTN ZXPIY DWXKHW RXTWRXDD NWXZ, SEI FVF NEWG ODXG?"" ""TSVZZVUK VT UIN X TOIYN. TSVZZVUK VT X SXG NI AWWO QYIZ FYISUVUK. NEXN'T PHTN LIZZIU TWUTW!""","P=J R=B U=N","""IF THE CINCINNATI REDS WERE REALLY THE FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM, WHO DID THEY PLAY?"" ""SWIMMING IS NOT A SPORT. SWIMMING IS A WAY TO KEEP FROM DROWNING. THAT'S JUST COMMON SENSE!"" KEY: A=K D=L E=H F=D G=Y H=U I=O K=G L=C N=T O=P P=J Q=F R=B S=W T=S U=N V=I W=E X=A Y=R Z=M",Cryptography,10/13/07 #8508,x^2 - y^2,2.38,2.45,lesternoronha1,"Lester is very intent on finding a formula to calculate the difference between two squares but doesn't have any squared terms in it. Eg: If x and y are two numbers with y>x then he wants to find a formula to calculate (y^2)-(x^2) which does not contain any x^2 or y^2 terms in it. He finds that there are two cases: a) when x and y are consecutive. b) when x and y are not consecutive. Can you help him find the formula?",Take some consecutive and nonconsecutive examples and try for yourself.,"a) when x and y are consecutive, the difference between their squares is given by : difference = x + y. b) when x and y are not consecutive, the difference between their squares is given by : difference = x + y + 2 * (sum of numbers between x and y) You should note that part (a) is just a simplified version of (b), in which there are no numbers between x and y.",Math,11/15/02 #39311,Chess Tournament 2,2.7,1.73,soccerguy0428,"8 friends decided to play in a chess tournament. They played a single elimination tournament, with three rounds (the first round, second round, and finals). Using the clues below can you determine who beat whom in each round? Boys: Connor, Mark, Jeremy, Tyler Girls: Kelsey, Megan, Caitlin, Alyssa Clues: 1. The people whose names start with the same letter played each other in the first round. 2. Kelsey got 2nd place, but was the only girl to beat someone in the first round. 3. Jeremy never played a girl. 4. Connor beat Jeremy.",No hint available.,"First Round: Caitlin vs. Connor, Connor won Jeremy vs. Tyler, Jeremy won Megan vs. Mark, Mark won Alyssa vs. Kelsey, Kelsey won Second Round: Connor vs. Jeremy, Connor won Kelsey vs. Mark, Kelsey won Finals: Kelsey vs. Connor, Connor won",Logic,11/22/07 #15356,Like a Maiden's Head,2.12,2.8,gerr2thegerr406,"""Like a maiden's head so deathly still, Cold and quiet, yet not ill. Her long tresses, skyward lie, Hair that burns when it is dry. Food to man and creature's lair, Name both her and her hair.""",No hint available.,The maiden is a rock on a lake bed. Her hair is seaweed.,Riddle,11/07/03 #35257,"Shake, Rattle, and Roll",2.7600000000000002,0.7000000000000001,menz,"My greatest power is in my jaw, I have no wing or foot or paw, Be afraid if you hear my backside shake, Now what am I, for Heaven's sake?",No hint available.,A rattlesnake!,Riddle,02/10/07 #34921,Twins And Their Boyfriends,2.99,2.2,scallio,"A couple with teenage, twin daughters was finding it difficult to keep track of their daughters' dating lives. Kiri, who was sweeter and quieter than Kaylie, was dating a football running back named Jared. Kaylie, who was rather wild, was currently dating a drummer named Dave. Dave drove a small, black car with white fangs painted on the side, had a nose ring and always sported several henna tattoos. Although clean-cut Jared, who dressed more conservatively, seemed like a nice boy, their parents were still cautious. They were ever vigilant about who was coming and/or going. The rule was: no boys in the house when Mom and Dad aren't home. One rainy afternoon, the parents went to the mall for some shopping. Upon returning, they found evidence that a boy had been in the house while they were out. Three glasses, with just the ice left in them, sat on the kitchen counter. The parents assumed two of the glasses belonged to their twins and set about discovering whom the third glass belonged to. When they queried their daughters, each denied that their boyfriend had been over, so Mom and Dad called up Jared and Dave on their cell phones and asked them to come over for a talk. After the boys parked and entered, Mom asked them to sit at the kitchen table for a little visit. Thus began her interrogation. She asked each in turn if they had been over while the girls were alone. Each replied no. Dave, dressed all in black, said he had been at the library studying for over two hours. The library was only a few blocks away, but he insisted he had a lot of studying to do and was too busy to come over. She noted that he was not wet from the rain, but that didn't prove anything as he could have driven. On the other hand, he offered his completed homework as evidence that he was telling the truth. Jared's explanation was that he had been over an hour away in Dawson picking up a load of hay from his brother. They had tossed around the pig skin in the front yard for a bit before he headed back. He was only just arriving back in town when he received their call. Sure enough, in the back of his red truck, was a large stack of bales, barely visible beneath a blue tarp. That certainly lent credibility to his explanation. His fleece sweatshirt, with his number 22 on it was dry, but then it could have dried during the drive back. By that time, Dad had come in the house and was listening to their explanations. He had been studying each boy carefully, pausing only a moment when he spotted Dave's tattoo of a centaur. Nothing seemed noteworthy. He waited patiently until the boys had finished their explanations and then accused one of them of being in his house while he had been out. Who did he accuse and why?","It had been raining and Dad noticed a large, nearly dry area in the gravel drive, but what really gave it away was the boys' appearance.","Dad had noticed a large area in the driveway that was less wet because perhaps a large vehicle had been parked there, but the dead giveaway was Jared's sweatshirt, which had no bits of hay on it despite loading an entire truckload of hay. He deduced that Jared already had the hay in his truck and instead had been visiting with his daughter earlier that day. Both daughters were grounded for lying, and Jared was threatened sufficiently.",Mystery,01/18/07 #9325,Little,2.66,2.24,Julia,"What phrase does this represent? little LARGE little LARGE little *little* little LARGE",The main focus of this rebus is the word in asterisks (*).,A little on the large side.,Rebus,12/22/02 #41444,Devastating Party,2.06,1.58,Darthz,"A man was celebrating a promotion. He and his wife invited his boss and his boss's wife, as well as a party of 70. Suddenly a fire broke out. No one escaped or survived. The rescue crew only found five bodies. Why?",No hint available.,"The ""party of 70"" was an old man of 70 years old.",Trick,04/10/08 #26114,Whose Side Are You On?,3.08,2.18,norcekri,"12-year old Forrie Agincourt stayed with his Auntie Jenn Malheur while his parents drove to Prosper, Connecticut for a second honeymoon. It seemed that whatever Jenn would say, Forrie would twist around to almost the opposite phrasing, and vice versa. Over the week, they conceived several sets of words that you might think were opposites. Each pair of definitions below involves two words that are spelled the same ... except that the first start with ""pro"" and the second starts with ""con"". Forrie gave the list to his parents when they returned. Without conferring, Prospera was confident of 5 of the 6 problems, conceding only one; Connor consequently probed only 4. Can you connect on all six? 1. division of Canada or France -- win over 2. argue against -- competition 3. geometry tool -- builder 4. a stage play -- property of electrical transmission 5. intellectually deep -- befuddle 6. advance -- legislature",No hint available.,"1. province -- convince 2. protest -- contest 3. protractor -- contractor 4. production -- conduction 5. profound -- confound 6. progress -- congress",Language,09/28/05 #3961,Sweatybeard the Pirate,2.22,2.19,mad-ade,"Sweatybeard the pirate was counting his latest haul of treasure which consisted of rings, necklaces and earrings. There are 26 items altogether. He has 2 and a half times as many rings as necklaces and the number of pairs of earrings is 4 less than the number of rings. How many earring does Sweatybeard have?",No hint available.,12 earrings (6 pairs),Math,05/08/02 #4878,Gentlemen,2.38,2.46,snoopdogg,"I am most often seen in the service of gentlemen. Though I am no dog, I stand and sit on command. Though I am no musician, when I stand, people say I'm sharp, and when I sit, people call me flat. But no matter if I sit or stand, you'll probably see me 'round. What am I?",No hint available.,a Top hat,Riddle,06/21/02 #11424,Cold and Stinky,2.28,1.52,PebblesExtreme,What is cold when running but smells when not?,This is a non-living thing.,"A refrigerator. When it is running it is cold inside, but when it is not the food gets spoiled and stinks.",Riddle,03/26/03 #11817,"He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not",2.26,2.12,island-paradise,"You wanted to be safe, and wanted me to warn you, but when I did it once too often, you just ripped my heart out. Now I remain lifeless, and if you are not careful, you may become lifeless too. What am I?",No hint available.,"A fire detector - used for its safety aspect and to warn, but often it goes off by accident... most people get frustrated and remove its battery, which is a risk in case of a real fire, which could kill you.",Riddle,04/17/03 #4161,What's it Worth,2.4,0.99,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this phrase: hanbirdd = BtUoSoH",No hint available.,A bird in the hand is worth 2 (too) in the bush.,Rebus,05/20/02 #40743,Hiding Birds,2.32,1.16,TRILLIONAIRE,"Can you find the birds hidden in these sentences? 1. Now let night bird fly. 2. She never hatched an egg. 3. Some birds want water.",Try to ignore the spaces.,"1. Owl / Owlet ""nOW LET night bird fly."" 2. Hen ""sHE Never hatched an egg."" 3. Swan ""some birdS WANt water.""",Language,02/27/08 #28646,Number Tricks,2.99,1.94,____,"Ms. Arroyo asked the class to see if they could find the sum of the first 50 odd numbers. As everyone settled down to their addition, Terry ran to her and said, ""The sum is 2,500."" Ms. Arroyo thought, ""Lucky guess,"" and gave him the task of finding the sum of the first 75 odd numbers. Within 20 seconds, Terry was back with the correct answer of 5,625. How does Terry find the sum so quickly?","Consecutive odd numbers are 1, 3, 5, 7.... Start with the first several odd numbers and look for a pattern.","The following pattern holds: The sum is equal to n x n, when n is the number of consecutive odd numbers, starting with 1. For example, the sum of the first 3 odd numbers is equal to 3 x 3, or 9; the sum of the first 4 odd numbers is equal to 4 x 4, or 16; the sum of the first 5 odd numbers is equal to 5 x 5, or 25; and so on.",Math,02/15/06 #38006,Jumble #14,2.67,2.14,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPERword. 1). _ _ _ _ D U I A (Take the first letter.) 2). _ _ _ _ _ _ U R N T A S (Take the fourth and fifth letters.) 3). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L L A A C C D I (Take the first and second letters.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPERword is. (You should have 5 letters.) SUPERword: _ _ _ _ _",Car companies,"1). Audi (Take ""A"".) 2). Saturn (Take ""U"" and ""R"".) 3). Cadillac (Take ""C"" and ""A"".) SUPERword: Acura",Language,08/29/07 #33609,Can You Put Me in a Box?,2.5100000000000002,1.9000000000000001,jazzmusician46,"I am like a mother and a father, but am neither. Some have described me as being like a shepherd, a mother hen, a king or a fortress, but these words are inadequate when it comes to discovering who I really am. For some, I can be like a judge or even like a rock. I can be like the sun, fire or breath; but again, I am none of these things. To attempt to seek out who I am, look to love; as love best defines what I am like. Who am I?",No hint available.,"I am God of the Judeo-Christian Bible. He's been described as everything from an impersonal life-force to a benevolent, personal, almighty Creator. It is impossible to describe God, since God is beyond description. We can only say 'what God is like'. The book of Psalms attempts to describe the nature or character of God by telling us what or who He is like. There are numerous other descriptions of God in these poems, so the ones mentioned in this teaser are but only a few. The final stanza of the teaser is based on the statement found in [1 John 4:8 ]: ""Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.""",Riddle,10/23/06 #32481,3 Quotes From Lqdiz Sqdtx Jgjlrxf,2.63,2.64,Question_Mark,"The following 3 quotes are all from the same person. They all use the same code. Using the same code, the person who said these would be Lqdiz Sqdtx Jgjlrxf. Have fun solving. ""Q GQF XO EJFPMR PR ILPYPDJEJT XFDN QR OQL QR ZJ PR EJFPMR. ZPR TMDDFJRR PR QR PFRMIIXLHQKDJ QR QFN XHZJL TMDDFJRR."" ""QDD P ZQYJ RJJF HJQWZJR GJ HX HLMRH HZJ WLJQHXL OXL QDD P ZQYJ FXH RJJF."" ""QDD XML ILXELJRR PR QF MFOXDTPFE, DPAJ Q YJEJHQKDJ KMT. NXM ZQYJ OPLRH QF PFRHPFWH, HZJF QF XIPFPXF, HZJF Q AFXSDJTEJ QR HZJ IDQFH ZQR LXXH, KMT, QFT OLMPH. HLMRH HZJ PFRHPFWH HX HZJ JFT, HZXMEZ NXM WQF LJFTJL FX LJQRXF."" -LQDIZ SQDTX JGJLRXF","W=C X=O Y=V Z=H","""A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness."" ""All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen."" ""All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."" -Ralph Waldo Emerson A=K D=L E=G F=N G=M H=T I=P J=E K=B L=R M=U N=Y O=F P=I Q=A R=S S=W T=D W=C X=O Y=V Z=H",Cryptography,08/17/06 #49065,Take it to the Bank,2.47,2.37,Gizzer,"Change one letter of each of these 3 words to create a new set of words with a common theme. walk, boy, sleet","An American, a Canadian and an Englishman walk into a bar...","Change walk to wall, boy to bay and sleet to fleet to get the names of famous business districts in the US, Canada and England, respectively: Wall Street Bay Street Fleet Street",Language,10/06/11 #18074,Do The Shuffle! #2,2.53,2.92,absy,"In each of the groups of letters below, there are two 6-letter words with their letters in the correct order. Un-shuffle the groups to find the two words. There are no extra letters, and no letter is used more than once. Example: D F E A T S A T E C N H (DfEaTsAteCnH) = DETACH, FASTEN 1) S P A U L R S M U O N E 2) O M A Y R S G T E I R N 3) J C U A S N H I O E R W 4) D I W S R P E N E C L H 5) B S H O T R E T W O D M 6) A C N R A T H N K E M Y 7) T H U A R U N T C L H E 8) S I O M L P E A M C T N 9) P G A L I Z E G B H O T 10) S E C M P O R L O C Y H",No hint available.,"1) Salmon, Pursue 2) Oyster, Margin 3) Junior, Cashew 4) Dispel, Wrench 5) Bottom, Shrewd 6) Anthem, Cranky 7) Turtle, Haunch 8) Solemn, Impact 9) Plight, Gazebo 10) Scorch, Employ",Language,06/30/04 #44646,3 = A in a M of W,2.02,1.49,Ammer,3 = A in a M of W,W = Water,3 = Atoms in a Molecule of Water,Letter-Equations,06/13/09 #611,The Center of Gravity,2.7,1.7,Phyllis,"With thieves I consort, with the vilest, in short. I`m quite at my ease in depravity; Yet all divines use me, and savants cannot lose me. For I am the center of gravity. What am I?",I appear in each line.,The letter V.,Riddle,06/11/01 #9254,Smith - Jones - Robinson,2.54,2.08,bluetwo,"On a train, Smith, Robinson, and Jones are the fireman, brakeman, and the engineer, but NOT respectively. Also aboard the train are three businessmen who have the same names: a Mr. Smith, a Mr. Robinson, and a Mr. Jones. Using the clues below, can you determine the identity of the Engineer? 1. Mr. Robinson lives in Detroit. 2. The brakeman lives exactly halfway between Chicago and Detroit 3. Mr. Jones earns exactly $20,000 per year. 4. The brakeman's nearest neighbor, one of the passengers, earns exactly three times as much as the brakeman. 5. Smith beats the fireman in billiards. 6. The passenger whose name is the same as the brakeman's lives in Chicago.",No hint available.,"1. Mr. Robinson lives in Detroit and the brakeman's nearest neighbor earns exactly 3 times as much as the brakeman. Therefore, neither Mr. Robinson nor Mr. Jones are the brakeman's nearest neighbor, so it must be Mr. Smith. 2. Smith beats the fireman at billiards and the passenger whose name is the same as the brakeman's lives in Chicago. Mr. Robinson lives in Detroit and Mr. Smith lives between Chicago and Detroit. Therefore, it must be Mr. Jones who lives in Chicago and Jones is the brakeman. 3. Smith is not the brakeman and he is not the fireman. He must be the engineer.",Logic,12/20/02 #20180,Every Year,2.3,1.11,jboo4u,"You use this all year, and just around Christmas, it seems to wear out! What is this?",No hint available.,A calendar,Logic,01/01/05 #7379,9 P in S A,2.15,2.4,JTJS,9 P in S A,No hint available.,9 Provinces in South Africa,Letter-Equations,09/12/02 #17482,Do You A Gree Gree Gree?,2.8,1.7,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? U p p e r a r m gree gree gree gree gree ... L o w e r a r m",Usually observed in those getting stuck into some hard work.,"Elbow Grease Dividing the upper arm and lower arm is your elbow, where in this illustration are a lot of gree's... therefore, elbow gree's or more correctly, elbow grease.",Rebus,04/26/04 #27183,Looney Tunes Characters Part I,2.82,1.62,froggygg,"Everyone knows and loves Looney Tunes Characters, so I have created a little challenge to test your knowledge of the many characters created over the years. Can you figure out the characters represented by each clue below? Good luck and have fun reminiscing about all these memorable characters! 1. Insects + small, furry animal that hops 2. Very fast + small hand held weapons + opposite of none + opposite of more 3. Lots of energy + le + comment used for bad odor or smell 4. The other white meat + E + animal that lives in a sty 5. To scratch or damage wood finish + abbreviation for Vehicle Identification Number + the + to scratch or damage wood finish + to avoid, reject or snub 6. A ledge on a window + a sleeveless jacket + to mix liquid with a spoon + popular pet that is not a dog but a ____ 7. To chirp + golfer's helper to hold golf ball + feathered friend 8. A famous California National Park + spam minus the p 9. Type of tree + er + _____ duddy minus the y 10. Word that rhymes with taffy + to avoid, dodge or elude being hit",#9 is meant to be ________duddy (this is not an error),"1. Bugs Bunny (bugs + bunny) 2. Speedy Gonzales (speedy + guns + all + less) 3. Pepe le Pew (peppy + le + pew) 4. Porky Pig (pork + E + pig) 5. Marvin the Martian (mar + vin + the + mar + shun) 6. Sylvester Cat (sill + vest + stir + cat) 7. Tweety Bird (tweet + tee + bird) 8. Yosemite Sam (Yosemite + sam) 9. Elmer Fudd (elm + er + fudd) 10. Daffy Duck (daffy + duck)",Language,11/27/05 #29155,A Matter of the Minds!,2.75,1.2,brainster,"What does this rebus stand for? Distinguished Mind: ""That was very informative."" Remarkable Mind: ""That was very informative.""",No hint available.,"Great minds think alike. 'Distinguished' and 'Remarkable' are synonyms of the word 'Great'. Both minds are thinking the same thing as illustrated.",Rebus,03/18/06 #40437,Clever Jenny IX,2.61,2.44,mosca,"Jenny had been on her feet all day at work and was worn out. All she could think of was getting home and putting her feet up while she listened to some nice music. She had just slipped her shoes off and was getting ready to pour herself a glass of wine when the phone rang. It was her friend, Dana. ""Hey, Jenny! Are you busy tonight? Tom says this new guy at work is pretty nice and thinks you might like him. Why don't we all go out for dinner?"" Jenny groaned, and started to say she was bushed when Dana added, ""He's tall, dark hair, nice dresser, and really interesting, Tom says! How 'bout it? We don't see very many neat guys around here, do we? We'll pick you up at 6, OK?"" Jenny agreed, thanked Dana, and hung up the phone. She washed her face, applied new makeup, and put on a pair of nice slacks and her new sweater. She brushed out her hair and was slipping on her loafers when she heard Tom's horn honk. As Dana had said, Jeff, the new guy, was really nice and good-looking too. They went to their favorite Italian restaurant and had a great meal, enjoying the food and conversation. Jeff had been to Europe as a student, and he had some amusing stories of his experiences. Jenny felt wonderful and enjoyed every minute! Jeff said he'd call her in a few days, if that was OK. While the guys walked out to get the car, Dana asked Jenny, ""Wow! You look like the Energizer Bunny! What happened to Miss Moan and Groan from earlier this evening? Where did you get all that pep? What's your secret?"" What was Jenny's secret?","No, she didn't take a pep pill!","Jenny answered, ""Well, one good thing was washing my face; that always helps! But the main thing is something my Mother and my Grandma both always told me; I changed my shoes!"" ""Changed your shoes? Hmmmm....! How does that help?"" ""Well, when you wear one pair of shoes for several hours, they tend to press on your feet in certain places. Maybe you don't even really notice it, but those pressures tire you out. If you put on another pair of shoes, those shoes press on different places and give the feet a rest, almost like a vacation!"" ""Great idea; I'm going to remember that one!""",Situation,02/11/08 #10620,*****,2.42,1.8800000000000001,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? Leading Male: ***** Leading Female: ***** 1st Supporting Actor: **** 2nd Supporting Actor: ***","With such a show of talent, these are usually great movies to go and see.",An all-star cast.,Rebus,02/21/03 #4383,Truck Driving,2.31,1.68,mad-ade,"Once upon a time Mad Ade had a job as a truck driver. One day he had to leave his depot and drive his truck to the river dock to pick up supplies for his boss. At 4:05 PM, one-fifth of the way to the dock, he passes his favourite Kebab shop ""The Sweaty Chef"". At 4:15 PM, one-third of the way, he passes his favourite shop, ""Honest Ron's Second Hand Underpants Repair Shop and Swaparama"". At what time did Mad Ade reach the dock, assuming he didn't stop for a Kebab or a look around Honest Ron's?",No hint available.,"5:05 PM At 4:05 PM, Mad Ade passes the Kebab shop, one-fifth of the way to the dock. Also, at 4:15 PM, he passes the Underpant shop, one-third of the way. Thus, he travels 2/15 (1/3 - 1/5) of the distance in 10 minutes. At 4:15 PM, Mad Ade has already travelled 1/3 of the distance. Thus 2/3 of the way is remaining, which can be travelled in = ( (2/3) * 10 ) / (2/15) = 50 minutes At 4:15, Mad Ade was at Honest Ron's Underpants shop, and remaining way will take 50 more minutes. Hence, Mad Ade will reach the docks at 5:05 PM.",Logic,05/31/02 #51823,The Number One,2.64,0.37,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,Hole in One,Rebus,04/03/18 #14628,Special Sentence 2,2.69,2.09,Gerd,"What is special about this sentence? The real ways I saw it.",Change spaces.,"By only changing the spaces you get another sentence: There always is a wit.",Language,08/31/03 #28314,The Tough Don't Hear It,2.74,0.98,metallicman,"What common phrase is represented by this rebus? Easy going: Weak, ""I'm going."" Tough, ""I'm staying."" Medium going: Weak, ""I'm going."" Tough, ""I'm staying."" Tough going: Weak, ""I can't do it, I'm staying!"" Tough, ""Let's get going.""",No hint available.,"When the going gets tough, the tough get going.",Rebus,01/28/06 #11545,Hidden Countries A,2.79,2.35,smileysteve,"Find the names of four different countries hidden in the story: Zac and Cepe were best friends. They loved to do math together and they did it all the time. One day while working on a math worksheet Cepe said, ""You know what Zac? I am tired of doing math."" Zac had had enough also. He replied, ""I agree Cepe. Let's go try a game."" So they played tag. They had never run around like that before. Cepe shrieked with excitement, ""Did you see me?!!? You ran that way and I ran after you. That was awesome!!!"" From that day on Zac and Cepe loved to play tag. They were always playing tag. They had competitions where their friends would gather around cheering them on. Half of the crowd yelled ""Go Zac Go!"" and the other half yelled ""Run Cepe Run!"" This tradition went on for years and years. The End",No hint available.,"1. Chad (...zaC HAD had...) 2. Greece (...i aGREE CEpe...) 3. Iran (...and I RAN after you...) 4. Peru (...run cePE RUn...)",Other,04/03/03 #5955,Class,2.24,1.16,Cascas,"What does this mean? Class <----- Class Class",No hint available.,Upper class,Rebus,07/27/02 #49968,Delete a Letter 15,2.72,1.84,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) seashore (5 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) to deposit a ballot 2) a person who doubts religious doctrines (7 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) causing putrefaction 3) a strong fiber used for making burlap (4 letters) & (delete 4th letter) to stick out 4) very cowardly (6 letters) & (delete 1st letter) a large crow",No hint available.,"1) coast & cast 2) skeptic & septic 3) jute & jut 4) craven & raven",Language,10/08/13 #41003,Living Fossil,2.61,2.52,mosca,"Eons back, I left this earth, Not seen, they said, again. But a unique flicker of my worth Was able to remain. As mite, or germ, or egg, or seed, A ""missing link"", I bided, strived. My ""proto-legs"" walked o'er the weed; Thus, sequestered, I survived. In murky deep, for unseen ages, Till tangled up in Nerine's net; My appearance baffled sages, And the wise conjecture yet. Was I really lost, or only hid, As in the deep I'd multiply? Or could I, as the phoenix did, From its ashes rise to meet the eye?",Think: ancient fossils,"The Coelacanth, a fish thought for years to be extinct, pre-dated the dinosaurs. The first specimen known to be seen by humans was caught in a net in 1938 by the trawler ""Nerine"". The ship's captain contacted a museum curator about his unusual catch, and history was rewritten. (""Coelacanth"" is pronounced ""see-la-canth"".)",Riddle,03/13/08 #28331,Will You Be My Valentine?,2.68,2.73,scm14,"Xbuztxl umewf uzw umfuw bnu bq ywmxnu pnuuwh jntuw rtew nxhwjntuws rbcw. - Gzmhrwf V. Fgznrud Rbcw tf m fxbovbptrw hmgtxl mghbff uzw unxshm mxs fnsswxri tu qrtyf bcwh, ytxxtxl ibn nxswhxwmuz. Mu xtlzu, uzw tgw owmfwrf gbvw. -Vmuu Lhbwxtxl","G = l S = f V = c","Nothing takes the taste out of Peanut Butter quite like unrequited love. - Charles M. Schultz Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come. - Matt Groening A = m B = p C = g D = s E = w F = q G = l H = z I = t K = e L = r M = v N = x O = b P = y Q = j R = h S = f T = u U = n V = c W = o Y = i Z = d",Cryptography,01/28/06 #4445,Damaged Art,2.36,2.12,mad-ade,"Mad Ade's Uncle, Phil Space, who doesn't like what passes for art these days, ran into the National Gallery and caused millions of pounds of damage to several masterpieces. Later that day, Uncle Phil was invited to meet the manager and was warmly thanked for his actions. How come?",No hint available.,"Uncle Phil is a fireman. The water from his hose damaged the paintings as he put out a fire in the Gallery, but in the process rescuing hundreds of millions of pounds worth.",Logic,06/03/02 #8295,Gibraltar,2.42,2.44,bluetwo,"What does this represent? VASgibraltarION",Who owns Gibraltar? What is Gibraltar?,"The British Rock Invasion! Gibraltar is a British rock (get it?). The British rock invasion started in the 1960's, with such groups as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Cream, and the Who becoming wildly popular in the US. It continued into the 1970's with such artists as Pink Floyd, the Moody Blues and Elton John.",Rebus,10/30/02 #52081,FB Friends,2.14,1.03,Nasdaq,"Matthew brags to Mark about how popular he is. He tells Mark that he has 1000 friends on FB. ""You probably only have 10% as many friends as I do"". ""You're a loser"" Mark replied. ""I have 10% as many friends as you. 10% TO THE POWER OF 10!!!"" How many more FB friends does Mark have over Matthew?","This is in the trick sector, not mathematics.","Mark has less FB friends, not more. 10% times 10% = 1%. 1% times 10% = 0.1% 0.1% times 10% = 0.01%... Multiplying it to the power of 10 just makes it smaller. Mark has less than 1% as many FB friends as Matthew.",Trick,11/25/18 #27117,Sibling Rivalry,3.08,1.94,bigSWAFF_69_,"Swaff is sitting at his desk, being cool, when his younger brother Geemiee walks up. Geemiee had recently been practicing his (fake) magical powers, trying to turn cheese into more cheese, so he believes he can beat Swaff in anything. He sets up a little competition, the first to get 5 ounces of water to freeze, will be proclaimed the coolest guy in their home. They set up some rules, as follows: -They both can only use normal water that comes out of their stainless steel faucet. -They both use identical containers -They both must use the same freezer, at the same time. Now, Swaff realizes that if he were to lose, he would become less cool, he just doesn't roll like that. So, how can Swaff have the best chance of winning over Geemiee?",No hint available.,"All Swaff has to do in order to be the winner is use hot water. Geemiee, being less cool than Swaff, didn't know that water with a hot average temperature freezes faster than water that is at room temperature. The phenomenon that hot water may freeze faster than cold is often called the Mpemba effect.",Science,11/23/05 #15584,Mad Ade's Word Workout #4,2.29,1.92,mad-ade,"With this type of teaser the idea is to simply add two words together to make another word. But you have to work out what the two words are first. For example, Elevated + Easy to carry = (High/light) Highlight Above + Fatality = (over/kill) overkill. 1. Frozen precipitation + Small loose bits = ? 2. Not dark + Type of abode = ? 3. Liquid precipitation + Weather pattern = ? 4. Celestial body + Swimming animal = ? 5. Frozen precipitation + Turn soil = ?",No hint available.,"1. Snow + Flake = Snowflake 2. Light + House = Lighthouse 3. Rain + Storm = Rainstorm 4. Star + Fish = Starfish 5. Snow + Plow = Snowplow",Language,11/28/03 #6534,Nine Letter Word,2.63,2.68,george1978,"Name a nine letter word that contains the same vowel three times, and each vowel is separated by one more consonant than the previous.","This goes by the rule of ""a e i o u"". It does not include ""y"" as a vowel, but as a consonant.",Emergency,Language,08/14/02 #10113,"PI, QE, LJ, ??",2.19,1.87,jessica,"What 2 letters are next? PI, QE, LJ, ??",Look at your keyboard.,"AD If you look at a QWERTY keyboard, P and I are separated by one letter and sit at the top right. Q and E are separated by one letter and sit at the top left. L and J are separated by one letter and sit at the middle right. This leaves A and D, separated by one letter and sitting in the middle left.",Series,01/29/03 #34062,A Hermit's Song,2.46,2.21,PineappleMama,"Anything says: You're in it bad. Nothing says: You're in it okay. Something says: You're in it good. <<<",No hint available.,"Something tells me I'm into something good. ~Herman's Hermits~",Rebus,11/22/06 #40794,The Anti-Anagrams,2.5100000000000002,2.27,Scubee,"Rearrange the following anagrams into words or phrases that are quite the opposite of each other. The hint will give you the number of words and the first letter of each word. 1. It's not a cinema honor 2. The winter gales 3. Not against","1. 3 words - T. O. N. 2. 2 words - S. H. 3. 1 word - A.","1. The Oscar nomination 2. Sweltering heat 3. Antagonist",Language,03/01/08 #46061,Quotes From Random Authors 1,2.32,2.44,westbrook,"1. ISDBD KBD IXX FKCL HDXHRD, KCW IXX QDM SYFKC GDVCZJ. -BXGDBI TDCW 2. DWYOKIVXC VJ K GDIIDB JKQDZYKBW XQ RVGDBIL ISKC K JIKCWVCZ KBFL. -DWMKBW DEDBDII 3. ISD XCRL HRKOD MSDBD JYOODJJ OXFDJ GDQXBD MXBN VJ K WVOIVXCKBL. -EVWKR JKJJXXC Note: these quotes are all in the same code.","Authors: 1. Robert Zend 2. Edward Everett 3. Vidal Sassoon","1. There are too many people, and too few human beings. -Robert Zend 2. Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. -Edward Everett 3. The only place where success comes before work is a dictionary. -Vidal Sassoon Letter in quote = Letter in code A=K B=G C=O D=W E=D F=Q G=Z H=S I=V J=P K=N L=R M=F N=C O=X P=H Q=A R=B S=J T=I U=Y V=E W=M X=U Y=L Z=T",Cryptography,12/23/09 #23555,Very Happy Days,2.7600000000000002,2.23,dutchymonster,"My first is in beach, But not in sea. My second in hotel, But not chalet. Third is in lolly, But not ice cream. Fourth is in relaxing, But not in a dream. Fifth is in sun-deck, But not in the pool. Sixth is in adventure, Relaxing and all. Last is in whiskey, But not in beer .","My whole is lonely without you ........WISH YOU WERE HERE?",HOLIDAY,Riddle,06/10/05 #32611,Seen Outside,2.24,0.61,IMCUL4E,"I am mostly seen outside. I will brighten up your day. Sometimes I will even hide or chase away the grey.","I'm not seen all the time. I live high up in the sky. My presence is sublime. Beauty you can't buy.",I am the sun.,Riddle,08/23/06 #36147,Dum-de-Dum,2.27,2.88,jazzmusician46,"What letters are missing from this series? S, ?, C, ?, SQ, SDQ, HDSQ",No hint available.,"This series of letters are the names of the musical notes used to measure time duration. The value of a Semibreve (whole note) is 4 crotchets --> HemiDemiSemiQuaver (a 64th note) is 1/16th of a crotchet. The missing letters are: M & Q (Minim & Quaver) Semibreve, Minim, Crotchet, Quaver, SemiQuaver, SemiDemiQuaver, HemiDemiSemiQuaver.",Series,04/11/07 #15711,Mad Ade's Funky Fractions 12,2.38,1.62,mad-ade,"The idea of this teaser is to split the given words into the relevant fractions and then add the two fractions of words into one single word, once you have worked out which fraction of the word you need. For example 3/5 of Green and 1/2 of Neat would be Great. 3/5 of green =Gre 1/2 of Neat= at gre+at= Great The first part of the fraction in the teaser will be in the first part of the finished word and all letters are used in the correct order with no skipping of any letters, ie. 2/5 of Green cannot be GE because it skips the letter R, but it could be EE. 1. 1/2 of poor + 2/5 of empty 2. 3/5 of super + all of port 3. 1/2 of hunt + 3/5 of derby 4. 1/4 of said + all of anger 5. 1/2 of shapes + 3/8 terrific",No hint available.,"1. poem or pomp 2. support 3. under 4. danger 5. pester",Language,12/07/03 #41681,Dream and Expect,2.25,2.29,Landi,"Do you think you could solve this? ""Ojsna afjs dbnt fdbsjh dbpte gjnqdpqnr. Svgsqd afjs dbnt fdbsjh dbpte gfhhplrs.""- Bfunjo Hqbyrdx.",No hint available.,"A- n B- l C- q D- o E- s F- k G- m H- b I- p J- i K- e L- r M- a N- t O- f P- g Q- c R- j S- h T- d U- y V- z W- u X- v Y- w Z- x ""Dream more than others think practical. Expect more than others think possible."" - Howard Schultz",Cryptography,04/25/08 #1630,I Am Always Old,2.56,1.35,Beanie18,"My face you see when I am bright, Sometimes you see me in day light, I am always old, But sometimes new, My eyes are not sad, They are sometimes blue. Who am I?",No hint available.,The Man in The Moon,Riddle,12/06/01 #25062,Application Dilemma,2.66,1.83,dolphingurl12,"Two men applied for a job. The first man, John Smith, stated in his application that he had 10 years of experience, that he graduated in 1959 from John F. Kennedy High School, and had graduated from a four year college with top grades, and had several references. The second man, Tom Jones stated he had 3 years of experience, and had dropped out of high school. He had only one reference. The manager shocked everyone, and hired Tom Jones. Why?","It had nothing to do with family ties, bribing, or prejudice.","John Smith had claimed he had graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in 1959. John F. Kennedy wasn't elected until 1960, and wasn't assassinated until 1963. Before then high schools weren't named for him. His application was fake.",Logic,08/04/05 #11238,Crack It,2.54,1.36,VolsToTheWall,"The more you crack it, the more people like you. What is it?",No hint available.,A smile.,Riddle,03/17/03 #41338,Four Creatures,2.72,1.01,soccerguy0428,"I have been chased by four creatures for years, They never give up until I get a burst of energy, Even when I finally eat all of the dots, More just keep coming and coming. I am of basic shape, usually yellow and round, I need help moving around, There are many walls and intersections, It is hard for me to tell which way I should go. People guide me through these mazes, They all try to make me dodge these creatures, But many fail, there is just too much to go through, So tell me, who am I?",No hint available.,"I am Pac-Man. I am chased around by; Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde, they try to avoid me when I get a burst of energy, or a blinking dot. I eat all of the dots for the first level, but as I progress in the game, there are so many levels with these dots that it is hard to eat them all. I am a circle, and need help moving around. People often tell me which way to go through intersections as I would get stuck by the walls otherwise. People also try to help me avoid the creatures, but many fail as the 256 levels get to be overwhelming.",Riddle,04/02/08 #8910,Marbles in Squares,2.55,2.02,lesternoronha1,"Lester and Terance each have marble collections. The number in Lester's collection is a square number (1,4,9,16, etc). Lester says to Terance, ""If you give me all of your marbles I'll still have a square number."" Terance replies, ""If you gave me the number in my collection you would still be left with a square."" What is the least number of marbles Lester has?",No hint available.,Lester has 25 marbles and Terance has 24 marbles.,Math,12/05/02 #11953,Not So Fatso,2.63,1.06,od-1,"A young man wanting to tease his sister while they were swimming called out ""Look! You're so fat you can't even float like me. You just sink to the bottom!"" To which she replied, ""The fact that I sink just proves how stupid you are."" She was right. Why?",No hint available.,"Fatter people have greater buoyancy than thinner, more muscular people do, because fat is less dense than muscle. So the fact that she sank proved him wrong.",Science,04/22/03 #47745,Rebuild the Words,2.43,2.47,dalfamnest,"A three-letter word has ""flown"" (rather surprisingly) out of five words, leaving the following fragments. What were the five original words? 1. ***LATE 2. B***SE 3. R***DA 4. D***RE 5. F***R","When you find the answer, you may understand the significance of ""rather surprisingly"" in the first sentence above.","The rebuilt words are: EMUlate bEMUse rEMUda dEMUre fEMUr The emu is a flightless bird!",Language,08/12/10 #31530,Vacation Books,2.12,1.37,holly1447591,"Morgan came home from her vacation at Grandma's with 6 books. While she was away she purchased 3 books at the book store and got 1 book as a gift. During her stay at Grandma's, she also gave her cousin the 2 books that she finished. How many books did she take with her when she left for her trip?",Work backwards.,"Morgan started with 4 books. This is one way to work backwards: Morgan returned with 6 books. She gave away 2 of the books that she had. So add those two books back to her total. 6 + 2 = 8 She had received 1 book that she had not brought with her. So subtract that book from her total. 8 - 1 = 7 She bought 3 books that she had not brought with her. So subtract those books from her total. 7 - 3 = 4 She must have left for vacation with 4 books.",Math,07/04/06 #35092,Lengthened By Being Cut,2.49,2.05,OldChinaHand,What thing is that which is lengthened by being cut at both ends?,No hint available.,"A trench or ditch. (Another, Riddle Me riddle, Great Grandfathers' riddles)",Riddle,01/28/07 #29112,Shipping Books,2.61,1.8,Unstumpable,"The DogHound book company is shipping a load of books to a library in Minnesota. If each student takes 4 books from the load, there will be 20 books left. If 3 students don't take books, and all the other students take 5 books each, then there won't be any books left. How many books are in the load?",It's above 100.,"160. 160 books-20 books=140/4 books for each student=35 students 35 students-3 students that didn't read=32 160/32=5 books for each student",Math,03/15/06 #10956,Silver and Gold,2.45,2.65,griphook,When is one silver bar preferable over one gold bar?,No hint available.,"When you are in the U.S. Army. One silver bar (First Lieutenant) is higher in rank than one gold bar (Second Lieutenant).",Riddle,03/07/03 #1271,Millennium,2.63,1.09,ChuckieChen,"Which is correct: The Second Millennium started at Jan. 1, 2001 or The Second Millennium started at Jan. 1, 2000?",No hint available.,"Neither is correct. The Second Millennium started at Jan. 1, 1001.",Trick,11/02/01 #143,"Apple, Grape, Banana, Cherry, Pear",2.5,1.17,Jake,"Which does not belong: Apple, Grape, Banana, Cherry, Pear",Think about how you eat these fruits.,The banana is the only one that must be peeled before eating.,Group,01/12/01 #7567,Band Camp V,2.29,2.48,Mogmatt16,A member of the drum line in Mogmatt's band figured out how to make his instrument sound like a bird chirping. How did he do this?,Marching bands typically play in full football stadiums.,He hit his drum and had it echo against a stairway. This causes a difference in the times the echos are heard. This would also work in front of an empty stadium.,Science,09/19/02 #37457,Phonopia 2,2.39,2.21,mik512,"In the wacky land of Phonopia, everybody has their name as their phone number. The phones are the same way as the phones in the real world, so can you figure out what well-known person you are calling? 2=A, B, C 3=D, E, F 4=G, H, I 5=J, K, L 6=M, N, O 7=P, Q, R, S 8=T, U, V 9=W, X, Y, Z 1) 2748639 773277 2) 564669 3377 3) 546 227739 4) 3253 327642738",No hint available.,"1) Britney Spears 2) Johnny Depp 3) Jim Carrey 4) Dale Earnhardt",Cryptography,07/18/07 #125,1 W on a U,2.3,1.78,jerry1,1 W on a U,No hint available.,1 wheel on a unicycle,Letter-Equations,01/12/01 #35542,The Tricky Pope,2.36,2.23,Phalanx,"In September 1276, an Abbot came to see the new Pope, John XXI, claiming that he had a papal bull, stating that his abbey was to be given vast territories. While reading the bull to the new Pope, the Abbot stated that it had been given to him personally by John XX. The Pope had the Abbot taken out and removed him from his office. Why?",It is NOT because John XX was already dead long before the Abbot could have been born.,"He couldn't have had the bull from John XX, since there has never been a Pope called John XX, due to a mess in the numbering system during the 11th century. John XIX was in office until October 1032, and the next pope called John was John XXI who was pope from September 1276 until May 1277.",Trivia,03/04/07 #123,13 S on the A F,2.4,1.56,Phyllis,13 S on the A F,No hint available.,13 Stripes on the American Flag,Letter-Equations,01/16/01 #44789,"604,800 = S in a W",2.21,1.22,Ammer,"604,800 = S in a W",Think in terms of time.,"604,800 = Seconds in a Week",Letter-Equations,07/04/09 #27674,A Versatile Grower,2.75,1.21,princess0611,"On rock and tree my life does lounge, And ground as well my home may be found. Growing up is not my thing, Since close to home is where I abound. My roots don't go all too deep, In fact you may say they are rather meek. Useful purpose in me can be found, For like a sponge I will sop up what is around. Now tell me true what I am.","Spanish Peat Irish","Moss Mosses will expand out and around their area, but they don't grow tall in height. They also lack true roots, so they won't reach below the ground with an active root structure. They thrive on moisture to survive and help to absorb and store water that can be used for dry spells to help the surrounding plant life to survive.",Riddle,12/25/05 #40257,The Assassin,2.47,1.41,mosca,"The assassin moved very quietly when he saw the man he was hired to kill. Stealthily he drew closer. Silently and carefully, he aimed his weapon. His target was in his sight. He pulled the trigger and his victim lay dead. He wasn't using a silencer, but no shot was heard. Why?",No hint available.,"He was using a crossbow, which makes only a soft ""twang"".",Situation,01/30/08 #50350,Delete a Letter 22,2.6,1.41,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) to interfere in a harmful or disruptive manner (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to decrease gradually in width or thickness 2) a line that deviates from straightness in a smooth continuous fashion (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a remedy 3) a type of bird (5 letters) & (delete 1st letter) a length measurement 4) to penetrate, as by stabbing (6 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a part separated from the whole",No hint available.,"1) tamper & taper 2) curve & cure 3) finch & inch 4) pierce & piece",Language,06/07/14 #27574,Largest Number,2.58,2.42,shenqiang,"What's the largest natural number that satisfies this condition: Each digit from the third on equals the sum of its two preceding digits.",No hint available.,"To make a largest number, we need the most number of digits. So we should start with the smallest digits possible. The first digit is at least 1, and the second digit can be 0. So, the largest number we are looking for is 10112358.",Math,12/18/05 #29856,Deduction,2.63,1.73,peppamintp,"Last Sunday evening, Donna and three other members of her yoga club dined out together. Each woman ordered either salad or soup to start with, and one of the three entrees (cabbage rolls, eggs Benedict, or lasagna). From the clues below, can you determine each woman's name and the two dishes she ordered? 1. Every order was different. Each dish mentioned above was ordered at least once. 2. Susan and the lady who ordered the salad both ordered lasagna as the main dish. 3. Rita and Sarah both ordered soup as the first course. 4. Sarah did not order the eggs Benedict.",No hint available.,"1. Donna ordered the salad and lasagna. 2. Rita ordered the soup and eggs Benedict. 3. Sarah ordered the soup and cabbage rolls. 4. Susan ordered the soup and lasagna.",Logic,04/18/06 #50192,Cruel To Be Kind,2.27,2.3,ThinksForFun,"What two-word phrase is represented by the following? 1.BREW 2.BREW 3.BREW NEST",Being this is potentially hurtful.,"brutally honest ""BREW"" tally (=count) on ""NEST""",Rebus,03/22/14 #9385,Rhinestones,2.28,2.38,something,"There are many rhinestones on the floor. A man is dead. How did he die?",No hint available.,A chandelier fell on him.,Situation,12/24/02 #9454,8 = B in a B,2.22,2.26,justin,8 = B in a B,No hint available.,8 = Bits in a Byte,Letter-Equations,12/28/02 #51598,"On the House .. Er, Uh ... Horse !!",1.82,1.36,BadBunnee02,"Complete the Rebus using your ""lateral thinking"" skills, ""fuzzy logic"" ability, ""cluster mapping"" technique, and ""intuitive leaping"" (if appropriate), to identify a common phrase suggested by the information below. Costs of Weather: A. sunshine : millions of dollars B. fog : millions of dollars C. rain : no charge",Title is a hint.,"""free rein"" ""rein"" = ""rain"" (homophones)",Rebus,12/29/17 #44849,A New Look,2.97,2.54,mrsfessler,"5 ladies, each with a different natural hair color, went to the To Dye For Salon. Each get a different service performed by a different stylist. From the clues below, determine the first and last name of each lady, her natural hair color, her stylist's name and what service she had done. 1. The five clients are Mrs. Schultz, the redhead, Carlos's client, Theresa, and the one getting a perm. The strawberry blond was excited about trying life as a brunette. 2. Miss Grabowski and the one getting her eyebrows waxed preferred male stylists. Those with female stylists were Ann, Miss Koury, and the brunette getting her hair cut. 3. The 5 stylists are represented by James, the one with Ms. Kelly as a client, the girl working on Kristen, the one with the ash blond client, and Miss Koury's stylist. 4. The 2 blonds were Miss Oaks and Barbie's client. The redhead couldn't wait to go on her date with her new updo. 5. Katy and Julia's clients were neither Gina, nor the raven tressed customer. Ms. Kelly and Gina didn't get chemicals applied to their hair. 6. Maddy's stylist was grateful for the generous tip he received for the wax job. The brunette was either Katy's client or Kristen. The ash blond was either Gina or Katy's client.",Perms and dye involve chemical applications.,"-Ann Oaks, Ash Blond, Perm, Katy -Theresa Koury, Strawberry Blond, Dye, Barbie -Kristen Schultz, Brunette, Cut, Julia -Maddy Kelly, Black, Wax, Carlos -Gina Grabowski, Red, Updo, James",Logic-Grid,07/13/09 #39176,A Thought on Forgiveness,2.39,2.28,aresII,"The following quotes are from American humorist Josh Billings (1818-1885). Can you decode them? All puzzles use the same key. S=Y ""ACDUOWW SCEP WXDW YC YZO JCPG HDG SCE LXJJ NO UCPVXFOD; ACDUOWW YZOK YC KHD HDG SCE LXJJ NO JHEVZOG HY."" ""XY XW H FOPS GOJXAHYO QCN YC UCPVXFO H KHD, LXYZCEY JCLOPXDV ZXK XD ZXW CLD OWYXKHYXCD, HDG SCEPW YCC.""","J=L N=B Y=T","""CONFESS YOUR SINS TO THE LORD AND YOU WILL BE FORGIVEN; CONFESS THEM TO MAN AND YOU WILL BE LAUGHED AT."" ""IT IS A VERY DELICATE JOB TO FORGIVE A MAN, WITHOUT LOWERING HIM IN HIS OWN ESTIMATION, AND YOURS TOO."" KEY: A=C C=O D=N E=U F=V G=D H=A J=L K=M L=W N=B O=E P=R Q=J S=Y U=F V=G W=S X=I Y=T Z=H",Cryptography,11/13/07 #27099,Another Contorting Wager,2.68,0.74,spookboy0,"Bob and Hannah were standing outside. Hannah thought of a way to win some money. ""Bob,"" said she, ""I'll bet you money that I can stand on one finger."" Bob took the bet, knowing she couldn't do it, however she stood on one finger and won the bet. How?",No hint available.,She placed her index finger under her shoe and stood on it.,Trick,11/22/05 #4317,She or Her,2.21,1.76,Thunderbolt_3756,"Which pronoun fits correctly in the sentence? Jim plays ball more than (She, Her).",No hint available.,"She. The sentence can be expanded like this: Jim plays ball more than she plays ball.--this is correct. It does not make sense to say:Jim plays ball more than her plays ball. That is why she is the correct pronoun.",Language,05/28/02 #9442,Don't Push Me!,2.2,2.81,MrIxolite,"What is this representing? P1Kgsych2Kge",No hint available.,Mentally Unbalanced,Rebus,12/28/02 #14114,Velvet Elvis,2.45,2.02,fishmed,"What does the following represent? Latex 8 Tempera 105 Oil 14",No hint available.,"Paint by numbers (Different kinds of paint next to (by)numbers)",Rebus,07/31/03 #23851,Quote Impediment,2.96,2.14,tissue,"STARS NICE GREEN FOOLS GUYS BILLOW HABITS MONEY QUOTE MARK FINISH CHARACTER LAST HONESTY PARTED The list of words above is just a jumble at the moment, but there is a rather famous saying hidden inside. To find the saying, just follow the clues below, and eliminate each word the clue points to. When you have successfully completed this, you will find the saying. Clue 1: Eliminate the word that would create a new word backwards when the last letter is replaced with an 'A'. Clue 2: Eliminate the two words that contain a number. Clue 3: Eliminate the word that is an anagram of a bow-wielding feline. Clue 4: Eliminate the two words that would create a new word when a duplicate of the last letter replaces the first letter, as in WILT to TILT. Clue 5: Eliminate the two words that have an animal hidden backwards in the word. Clue 6: Eliminate the six-letter word that, when broken up into two separate words with the letters rearranged, would complete the following sentence clearly: ""This _ _ _ _ water _ _ remarkably cold."" Clue 7: Eliminate the word that would create a new word when the first two letters are replaced by ""WR"". Clue 8: Eliminate the word that signifies jealousy.",No hint available.,"The saying is: ""Nice Guys Finish Last"" Clue 1: FOOLS (Replace the 'S' in FOOLS with an A, and you will get FOOLA. Backwards, this is ALOOF, meaning distant or reserved. Clue 2: HONESTY and MONEY (HONESTY and MONEY both contain the number 'ONE'.) Clue 3: CHARACTER (CHARACTER is an anagram of ARCHER CAT) Clue 4: BILLOW and PARTED (BILLOW becomes WILLOW, and PARTED becomes DARTED) Clue 5: STARS and MARK (RAT and RAM, respectively, are the backwards animals) Clue 6: HABITS (HABITS can be broken up into BATH IS, completing the sentence. ""This BATH water IS remarkably cold."" Clue 7: QUOTE (QUOTE becomes WROTE) Clue 8: GREEN (Green signifies jealousy or envy, as in ""Green with Envy"")",Language,06/21/05 #4683,Slime,2.39,1.36,bobbrt,"Every word of a familiar phrase has been replaced by a rhyme in the following sentence. Can you determine the phrase? Ignore punctuation. Slime wasn't gray.",No hint available.,Crime doesn't pay.,Language,06/13/02 #42059,Lateral Thinking 4,2.29,1.76,shogun,A kidnapper sent a ransom note. He prepared it carefully and ensured that it contained no fingerprints. Yet it was used to prove his guilt. How?,No hint available.,The police were able to get a DNA trace from the saliva on the back of the stamp. This matched the suspect's DNA.,Situation,05/27/08 #42013,An English Philosopher,2.45,2.39,aresII,"The following quotes are from English philosopher, statesman, and author Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626). He was the chief figure of the English Renaissance. His advocacy of ""active science"" influenced the culture of the English speaking world. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same key. * The hint contains three vowels. F=S ""RJV PNNR NX MAA FGZVPFRHRHNB HF RJMR YVB NOFVPSV IJVB M RJHBL JHRF, OGR BNR IJVB HR YHFFVF."" ""RJV ENKF NX ZMPVBRF MPV FVQPVR, MBT FN MPV RJVHP LPHVXF MBT XVMPF.""","M=A N=O V=E","""THE ROOT OF ALL SUPERSTITION IS THAT MEN OBSERVE WHEN A THING HITS, BUT NOT WHEN IT MISSES."" ""THE JOYS OF PARENTS ARE SECRET, AND SO ARE THEIR GRIEFS AND FEARS."" KEY: A=L B=N E=J F=S G=U H=I I=W J=H K=Y L=G M=A N=O O=B P=R Q=C R=T S=V T=D V=E X=F Y=M Z=P",Cryptography,05/22/08 #17888,Initial Impressions,2.29,2.71,cnmne,"What member of Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: FT, LJ, MM, WS Group B: QA, RH, SS, UG",No hint available.,"FT = Friar Tuck, LJ = Little John, MM = Maid Marian, WS = Will Scarlet thus RH = Robin Hood can be added to Group A because they are all characters of ""Robin Hood"", by Henry Gilbert.",Group,06/12/04 #31004,Look Before You Leap,2.95,1.8900000000000001,MarcM1098,"Read the sentence below and determine what the four uppercase words have in common. As you put down your bowl of STEW and take your SEAT, you let out a SHOUT and leap back up; you sat on a THORN!",Read the directions again.,"They are anagrams of the four directions: WEST, EAST, SOUTH, and NORTH.",Group,06/10/06 #51167,Stop Sharing!,2.28,0.5700000000000001,Snowdog,"What is the following rebus? mationmationmuchmuchmationmation",Consider the teaser title.,"Too much information (Two much in four mation)",Rebus,06/09/17 #32283,The Novice Skier,2.55,2.5100000000000002,boodler,"A novice skier learns on the nursery slopes. The following phrases are anagrams of well-known nursery rhymes (number of letters in each word in brackets): 1. CORSET FOR DOT (6, 6) 2. LOCKED IN LOG (3, 4, 4) 3. NO IMPS SMILE (6, 5) 4. KOOKY FREUD (4, 2, 4) 5. TRIP PEEPER (5, 5) 6. GROUND MY LOONS (7, 6) 7. TOP BEETLE LIP (6, 2, 4) 8. COY ELK CULT (4, 6)",No hint available.,"1. Doctor Foster 2. Old King Cole 3. Simple Simon 4. Duke of York 5. Peter Piper 6. Solomon Grundy 7. Little Bo Peep 8. Lucy Locket",Language,08/04/06 #39944,Completely Covered,2.37,2.28,aresII,"My 7, 2, 12, 6, 5 is to float. My 1, 5, 13, 6, 4 is to skulk. My 3, 8, 10, 7 is a net material. My 9, 11, 13, 1, 6 is a relative. My whole is completely covered.",No hint available.,"COMPREHENSIVE. Clue 1 = hover. Clue 2 = creep. Clue 3 = mesh. Clue 4 = niece.",Riddle,01/06/08 #20784,Cheap 'n' Nasty MP3 Player,2.63,2.19,pi202,"My MP3 player is cheap 'n' nasty and has now broken: it is stuck on 'Shuffle'. In this mode it starts with whatever track you put it on, but then plays tracks in a random order. The only restriction is it never plays a song that's already been played that day. I purchased my favourite murder mystery book in audio format, and put the first 6 chapters on my MP3 player. (Each chapter is exactly 1 track.) There's nothing else on my player at the moment. What is the probability that I will hear the 6 chapters in order as I listen today, without having to change tracks at all? (Obviously, I will ensure it plays chapter 1 first.) The next day I empty the player before putting on the next 6 chapters. This time I also transfer a CD of mine with 11 songs on. I don't mind songs coming in between the chapters of my book, as long as the chapters are in order. What's the probability of that happening now?",No hint available.,"With only 6 tracks on the player: The first chapter has been set to play first. The probability of the next 5 chapters playing in order is 1/5! = 1/120. With the music on the player as well: Seeing as I don't care about when the music plays, it doesn't change anything. The answer is still 1/120.",Probability,02/02/05 #35221,American Presidents 5,2.54,2.68,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt Group B: James Madison, Martin Van Buren, John Tyler, Franklin Pierce, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A had facial hair. Lincoln had a beard, Garfield had a mustache and beard, Cleveland had a mustache, and Roosevelt had a mustache. Martin Van Buren, who had mutton-chops, can be added to Group A.",Group,02/07/07 #45891,Licensed to Kill?,2.67,1.61,canse912,"PC Homes fought back tears looking at the face of Rose Simmons, his best friend's wife. She had three children and six grandchildren. She was a kindly, loving woman in the community who wouldn't hurt a fly. So why had somebody stabbed her in the chest while she was walking her dogs? The massive golden retrievers were howling like sad wolves at the sight of their bloodstained mistress. Charlie would be heartbroken, thought Homes. But who would be capable of murder in the sleepy little town of Happisburgh in Cornwall? PC Homes could only think of one person - well, three actually... Three weeks later, three boys stood in front of PC Homes and heartbroken Charlie Simmons. They were triplets; Marcus, Lionel and Romeo, also known as The Clones. They were infamous for being robbers and muggers, and one of them was apparently seen near the murder scene. They were looking confused, having been yanked out of their birthday party to come to the police station. Homes said: ""So, boys, what are your testimonies? We know from witnesses that one guy was seen running away with a knife, which could be one of you three. What were you doing at 12 PM on Sunday, when Rose Simmons was stabbed to death? Don't lie, or you'll be spending the rest of your sweet 16th in a jail cell."" Marcus: ""I was getting cigarettes and beer from the off-licence downtown. They have new CCTV and you can see me there. People were calling me Marcus, so you know I'm not covering up for my brothers. My best mates can tell me apart from Lio and Ro."" Lionel: ""I was out test-driving my new car. It was a red Punto and many people around town must have sighted it. But I stayed downtown, I swear, and the park is on the other side of town. It is registered to me and only I have the keys. You can check if you like."" Romeo: ""I've had my eye on this tiny little studio for ages - it'll be a great party place. Well, our dad's kind of rich, and I have enough already in my bank account to pay for the studio. So I went up there, talked to the owners, signed the contract, and voila, the studio's mine. We may be identical triplets, but our signatures are different. You can check if you like."" After a few days of investigating, PC Homes ordered the boys back to the police station. He said, ""Okay, now I know all your testimonies were completely true. You did not murder Rose Simmons. However, I am arresting all of you."" Assuming all their testimonies were actually true, why did PC Homes arrest the triplets?",Read it again.,"It is illegal in England to buy alcohol, drive a car, or enter into a contract before the age of 18. It says in the text that it is their 16th birthday, and they are identical triplets so they were probably all born on the same day. One might be a day older/younger, but that doesn't change anything.",Situation,12/05/09 #8298,Missing Link,2.74,2.54,snaps,"Why are the following letter combinations special? dmnt lmnt ntal drus nsal",No hint available.,"Each group of letters forms a seven-letter word when the corresponding vowels are added in as the first, third and fifth letters of the word: AdAmAnt ElEmEnt InItIal OdOrOus UnUsUal",Language,10/31/02 #9148,Discount Policy,2.38,2.5,doggyxp,"The local CD shop operates an unusual discount policy. The discount on the next purchase is worked out on the current purchase in the following way: for every whole dollar spent you get 0.5% discount on the next purchase. For example, if you purchased $8.99 on the first purchase, you would then get a 4% discount on the next purchase and so on. You can make as many purchases as necessary. You need to buy 7 CDs, costing, $11.50, $12.00, $12.00, $12.50, $13.00, $13.00 and $14.50 - what is the cheapest method of buying them?",Make 2 purchases.,"Purchase 1: $11.50, $12.00, $12.00, $12.50 = $48.00 (which gives a 24% discount on the next purchase). Purchase 2: $13.00, $13.00, $14.50 = $40.50 minus 24% discount = $30.78. For a total cost of $78.78 dollars.",Math,12/14/02 #23098,"Long and Short, Grown and Cut",2.69,1.96,tick,I can be long. I can be short. I can be grown. I can be cut. I can be bought. I can be painted. I can be bare. I can be round. I can be square. What am I?,No hint available.,A fingernail.,Riddle,05/23/05 #31687,Missing Anagrams I,3.01,2.66,thompson1,"Below are several sets of words with some letters taken out. For each letter (A, B, or C) there are 2 words. Find the 2 or 3 letters that will fit into both words. Take the letters that you put into the words for A, B and (maybe) C and unscramble them. That is your answer for that number. Example: 1) A) FORE _ _ _ _ _ _ ITE B) BR _ _ K SL _ _ K Answer: A) foreIGN IGNite B) brICk slICk Unscramble IGNIC: ICING is the answer. All 5 words will belong to a common group, and a smaller group inside that group. Can you figure out all the words, what common group they are in, and what smaller group they are in? Good Luck! 1) A) N _ _ ER _ _ ENT B) FI _ _ _ T _ _ _ T 2) A) BO _ _ _ G CLA _ _ _ ET B) G _ _ _ TO R _ _ _ ORIC C) AF _ _ R FIL _ _ R 3) A) FUN _ _ _ TUN _ _ _ B) P _ _ _ E SL _ _ _ E 4) A) CONC _ _ _ E SEC _ _ _ B) _ _ ART SP _ _ RE 5) A) ACC _ _ _ LAM _ _ _ B) DE _ _ _ D LE _ _ _ NT C) PHO _ _ PLA _ _ T",All of the answers are numbers.,"1) A) nEVer EVent B) fiNESt NESt Unscramble EVNES: SEVEN 2) A) boRINg claRINet B) gHETto rHEToric C) afTEr filTEr Unscramble RINHETTE: THIRTEEN 3) A) funNEL tunNEL B) pEEVe slEEVe Unscramble NELEEV: ELEVEN 4) A) concRETe secRET B) HEart spHEre Unscramble RETHE: THREE 5) A) accENT lamENT B) deNIEd leNIEnt C) phoNE plaNEt Unscramble ENTNIENE: NINETEEN All of the answers are numbers (common group) and they are all prime (smaller group).",Language,07/11/06 #1503,Fortinos,2.16,1.79,PrincessDucky,How many O's are in the word Fortinos?,No hint available.,"14. Fortinos sounds like ""fourteen Os""",Trick,11/22/01 #1315,Famous Mind Reader,2.15,1.87,Michelle,A famous mind reader says that his job description can be summed up using just three letters of the alphabet. What letters are they?,No hint available.,E.S.P (Extra Sensory Perception),Language,11/07/01 #32674,It's Just a Game!,2.36,0.51,myrnacarey,"Georgie can't find her friends, but she isn't worried. She closes her eyes and waits. She opens her eyes and tries to find them again. Still, they can't be found, but Georgie still isn't worried. Why isn't Georgie worried about her friends?",The title is a hint.,They are playing Hide-and-Seek! Georgie is It. Her friends are hiding.,Situation,08/27/06 #49502,Hinky Pinky,2.6,2.0,lovemybrain123,"The clues below lead to a two-word answer that rhymes, such as Big Pig or Stable Table. The numbers in parentheses after the clue give the number of syllables in each word. 1. ""The Raven"" author's garden-watering tube (1): ___________ 2. Unclothed beneficiary of a will (1): ___________ 3. Scatterbrain throws in the towel (1): ___________ 4. Approaching an open space in a forest (2): _____________ 5. Very infrequent occurrence at an alms-giving organization (3): ____________","When I said the numbers in the parentheses after the clue give the number of syllables in each word, what I mean by that is the numbers in parentheses tell you the number of syllables in each word OF THE ANSWER. You should have already guessed that but... you know, just in case. :)","1. Poe's hose 2. bare heir 3. ditz quits 4. nearing clearing 5. charity rarity",Language,06/14/12 #27021,Baseball for Sara,2.86,1.21,Rob2003,"Sara loves baseball, so for her birthday her family gave her tickets for this weekend's major league baseball game. She went with a friend, the weather was hot and sunny, but she had good seats with a great view of the game. Both teams played very well, with some exceptional hits and plays. Determine the full names of four of the players, the position each played, and each player's best hit of the game. 1. Alec played the center field position. Sam Crisp didn't get the grand slam. 2. Brad, whose last name wasn't Reach, didn't play the 1st base position. 3. The player who got a double wasn't the player who played the 3rd base position. 4. Mr. Ember didn't play in the center field position, but he did get a single hit. 5. Mr. Mann got a triple. Will, whose last name wasn't Mann, didn't get a single. 6. The player in the catcher position got the grand slam.",No hint available.,"Alec Mann: center field, triple Brad Ember: 3rd base, single Sam Crisp: 1st base, double Will Reach: catcher, grand slam",Logic-Grid,11/18/05 #40165,To Irritate,2.64,2.16,aresII,"My 5, 8, 4, 9, 1 is an adhesive. My 9, 6, 2 can be a cowboy's nickname. My 4, 3, 5 is the basis of maple syrup. My 7, 10 is a ""drop of golden sun"". My whole is to irritate.",No hint available.,"EXASPERATE. Clue 1 = paste. Clue 2 = Tex. Clue 3 = sap. Clue 4 = re.",Riddle,01/22/08 #9751,Hem,2.09,1.77,warrior,"What is this rebus? HEM HEM HEM HEM HEM HEM HEM HEM HEM HEM",No hint available.,"Hemline. The level to which the hem of a dress or skirt hangs.",Rebus,01/11/03 #13083,Divide it by 2,2.23,1.75,egghead,"What word does the following represent? conductor/2",No hint available.,Semiconductor,Rebus,06/12/03 #28162,Lazy Sam the Journalist Part 5,2.5100000000000002,2.22,triskit,"Sam, a journalist, had a deadline coming up for his news report, but he was too lazy to write a real one, so he made it up. He wrote that scientists discovered that, a long time ago, practically invisible space aliens landed on earth and now are killing humans! The next day Sam was, in fact, not fired! Why wasn't Sam fired?",No hint available.,"All Earth creatures are in fact aliens, coming from carbon and other materials in space. The ""aliens"" were cancer cells; thus, they kill humans and are almost invisible.",Situation,01/19/06 #39112,Summer Vacation,2.15,2.23,cnmne,"Rebus Philgin, owner of the Dead Mobster chain of seafood restaurants and former speech therapist for singer Bob Dylan, is planning his summer vacation. What famous movie quote does the following rebus itinerary define? Sunday: Amusement Park = Disneyland, California Monday: Dam = Grand Coulee, Washington Tuesday: National Park = Yellowstone, Wyoming Wednesday: Ballpark = Wrigley Field, Illinois Thursday: Battlefield = Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Friday: Museum = Smithsonian, Washington DC Saturday: Home",No hint available.,"There's no place like home (each of the various types of destinations has its own specific place to visit, shown by the equal sign; home has no equivalent, therefore, there is no place like home). ~~~ Dorothy in ""The Wizard of Oz"".",Rebus,11/08/07 #20569,FOUND,2.84,2.1,starcatcher393,"A lady was out searching when she found a dead body. She screamed but not because she was unhappy. She immediately contacted the authorities yet they were not the police and became immediately rich. Who did she contact, and why was she happy?",No hint available.,She was an Egyptologist who had found the mummy that she had been looking for. She immediately contacted the museum and made a lot of money from the mummy she found.,Situation,01/24/05 #52177,The Troll Bridge 6,2.47,2.66,wimpykidfan37,"A bridge was guarded by an evil troll. The troll was very intelligent, but he was also a coward. He was afraid of anyone smarter than him. So every time anyone tried to cross the bridge, the troll would set up a test. If the traveler passed the test, he would be allowed to cross. Otherwise, the troll would eat him. A traveler came across the bridge. The troll said, ""You may only cross my bridge if you know the password."" He then wrote an equation on a rock: SLIDE -DEAN ______ 3651 ""Each letter in the equation represents a different digit,"" said the troll. ""The letters in the password represent 3651."" So, what is the password?",No hint available.,"The password is LENS. Since SL-D=3 or (SL-1)-D=3 (meaning SL-D=4), and since the highest possible sum of two different one-digit numbers is 17, S must equal 1. Since SL=1L=10+L, D must be 6 or greater, since 6 is the lowest number that can be added to 4 to get a two-digit number. Suppose D=6. Then L must equal 0. Since D-A (or 1D-A, but this is impossible because 16 or greater minus 5 or 6 is a two-digit number) is 5 or 6, A must equal 0 or 1. But since L=0 and S=1, this cannot work. Suppose D=7. Then L is 0 or 1, and since S=1, L=0. A must be 1 or 2, but since S=1, A=2. Suppose D=8. Then L is 1 or 2, and since S=1, L=2. A must be 2 or 3, but since L=2, A=3. Suppose D=9. Then L is 2 or 3, and A is 3 or 4. Therefore, either L=2 and A=3, L=2 and A=4, or L=3 and A=4. The only possibility for D-A=6 is D=9 and A=3. Since 1 is carried from D to E, N must equal 9, since that's the only one-digit number that can be added to 1 to get a two-digit number. But since D=9, this cannot work. Therefore, D-A=5, and E-N=1. Since 1 could not have been carried from D to E, E cannot be 0. Since S=1, E cannot be 1. If E=2, then N=1, which cannot work because S=1. If E=3, then N=2. But if D=7, A=2. If D=8, then L=2 and A=3. If D=9, then L is either 2 or 3. So E cannot be 3. Therefore, E is 4 or greater. Since 4+6 is a two-digit number, 1 must have been carried over from L to I, and 1L-D=4. If D=7, then L=0. But since 10-7=3, D cannot be 7. If D=9, then L=3 and A=4. If E=4, then N=3. But if D=8, A=3, and if D=9, L=3 and A=4. So this cannot work. If E=5, then since 1I-E=6, I=1. But since S=1, this cannot work. If E=7, then I=3. But if D=8, then A=3, and if D=9, then L=3. So this cannot work. If E=8, then I=4, and D cannot be 8. But if D=9, then A=4. So this cannot work. If E=9, then N=8, and D cannot be 8 or 9. So this cannot work. Therefore, E=6, N=5, and I=2. If D=8, then L=2, so D must equal 9. This means: S=1, I=2, L=3, A=4, N=5, E=6, and D=9. Therefore, 3651=LENS.",Math,06/01/19 #46235,Funsters,2.83,2.1,dalfamnest,"For the purpose of this teaser, a Funster is a person whose work or philosophy begins with 'fun'! How many 'FUNsters' can you identify from their personal statements? You will need a very good vocabulary to get them all. e.g. ""I'm a comic entertainer"" would be a FUNnyman. 1. ""I arrange activities to make money for charity."" 2. ""I believe it is important to live strictly by the basic principles of my religion."" 3. ""I make the arrangements when someone dies."" [2 words] 4. ""I think that a thing should be designed to work efficiently, rather than just look good. In fact, if it does the job, that is its beauty!"" 5. ""I thrill people by walking a tightrope."" 6. ""I take people up and down the mountain on a steep cable railway."" [2 words] 7. ""I have lots of official duties to perform.""","1. FUN******* 2. FUN*********** 3. FUN**** Director 4. FUN********** 5. FUN******** 6. FUN****** Driver 7. FUN********","1. Fundraiser 2. Fundamentalist 3. Funeral Director 4. Functionalist 5. Funambulist 6. Funicular Driver 7. Functionary",Language,01/24/10 #49485,Late Finals,2.97,1.76,whsprec,"It was finals week, with each class having a two hour final. Five roommates decided to go to a concert the night before each of them had a big final. As fate would have it, all five slept in. They all showed up late to their final and each told their professor a different excuse as to why he was late. Although, none of their professors cared, because the roommates had posted online what they had done. From the clues below, determine what final each roommate was late for, how late each was, and what excuse they used. 1) Cody used the excuse of was helping a friend move and was, at most 72 minutes late. 2) The roommate taking English, who wasn't Isaac, said he was delayed by an accident. 3) Justin was taking History. 4) The one who was 64 minutes late used the excuse of no power in the apartment; neither he nor the one who was 73 minutes late is taking Physics. 5) The roommate taking Calculus wasn't Isaac or Conner: the latter showed up 68 minutes late. 6) Sam didn't arrive 73 minutes late. 7) The one who was 78 minutes late didn't use the excuse of writing down the wrong time and room number of the final. 8) The one who was 71 minutes late was taking Business.",No hint available.,"Sam was taking Calculus, was 64 minutes late, and used the excuse of no power. Conner was taking English, was 68 minutes late, and used the excuse of accident. Isaac was taking Physics, was 78 minutes late, and used the excuse of broke-up with girl friend. Justin was taking History, was 73 minutes late, and used the excuse of wrong time and room. Cody was taking Business, was 71 minutes late, and used the excuse of was helping a friend move.",Logic-Grid,05/27/12 #51408,Missing Word 25,2.48,2.41,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? S _ _ _ _ _ _ PT DE _ _ _ _ _ _ ONICS",A_ _ _ LIC,"CRY. SCRY (to divine the future using a crystal ball) CRYPT (an underground tomb usually beneath a church) DECRY CRYONICS (cryopreservation of bodies) Hint: ACRYLIC",Language,08/26/17 #26781,Bulbous Aromaticus,2.55,1.57,sweetime,"""Check it out,"" John said to his friend, Detective Sing, over dinner one night. ""For a mere $5,000 I could purchase one of the rarest annuals around, Bulbous Aromaticus. ""I was talking to a horticulturist, and she said she was willing to sell me one of the plants and then, each year when it flowered, she told me I could sell the seeds myself. Given the rarity of this particular plant, I could make a fortune!"" ""Save your money,"" said Detective Sing. ""This horticulturist is a fraud."" How did he know?",No hint available.,"An annual is a plant which only lives through one year, before dying off, which any horticulturist would know. While John may have been able to harvest the seeds after the first year, and attempt to regrow another plant in a later year, he certainly couldn't use the same plant for a number of years running.",Mystery,11/07/05 #34520,Turkey in the Straw,2.5,1.9000000000000001,fishmed,"One of these sentences does not belong with the others. Can you figure out which one does not belong and why? 1. Wild turkeys are native to North America. 2. Wild turkeys can fly at speeds up to 55 miles per hour. 3. Between 500-600 feathers cover the average adult turkey. 4. Benjamin Franklin wanted the wild turkey to be America's national bird. 5. Turkey hens can lay about 10-12 eggs in a season.","I am ""counting"" on you to figure this out.","#3 does not belong as it is the only sentence that is not a fact. The average adult turkey is covered by 5000-6000 feathers, not 500-600. All the rest of the sentences are facts about wild turkeys.",Trivia,12/22/06 #45330,Famous Phrases 8,2.17,2.77,cnmne,"Each of the words in the following cryptograms is missing a letter, indicated by ""_"". These missing letters form two quotes, along with the person who said each quote. There are at least two letter options for each word, so you will have to determine the appropriate missing letters to solve the cryptograms (eg, ""BO_N"" could be ""BOON"" or ""BORN"", the missing letter being either ""O"" or ""R""). ""/"" separates the individual words of the quote, ""+"" separates the individual letters of each word in the quote, ""~"" separates the person from the quote. Quote 1: HAR_ + _EAD + MAL_ / G_NE + _AIL + WI_E + _EAR / S_UN + _IKE + V_NE + FI_E + _OLD / THA_ + BE_T / CAS_ + _KIN + WA_E + DIR_ / VAS_ + WO_D / _IVE + EAS_ + S_ME + _OCK / J_LT + MAS_ / GI_T + SE_M + WH_T + F_EE / B_RD + WIL_ + _TEM + BLU_ + S_OW + SO_T. ~ SEL_ + _AIN + BO_T + TA_K + _ILL + S_IP + _NTO + WAR_ / _EST + GO_D + C_PE + FA_T + MIN_ + LO_E + J_ST + _AVE + QUI_ Quote 2: B_ND + _EAR + CAR_ / S_OP + _ASH + ARI_ + _AKE' + NO_E / _IDE + C_OP + V_IN / PRO_ + FL_X + MAN_ / P_NT + PAS_ / FL_P + _ACK. ~ S_AB + L_ME + WEL_ + FA_E + P_CK + _AVE / S_AR + BO_E + _VER + KIL_ + _ITE + TH_N + RIF_ + TR_Y",No hint available.,"Quote 1: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ~ Franklin Roosevelt HART + HEAD + MALE / GONE + NAIL + WILE + YEAR / STUN + HIKE + VINE + FINE + GOLD / THAW + BEET / CASH + AKIN + WAVE + DIRE / VAST + WOOD / FIVE + EASE + SAME + ROCK / JILT + MASS / GIFT + SEEM + WHAT + FREE / BIRD + WILT + STEM + BLUE + SLOW + SOFT. ~ SELF + RAIN + BOAT + TANK + KILL + SLIP + INTO + WARN / REST + FOOD + COPE + FAST + MINE + LOVE + JEST + LAVE + QUIT Quote 2: And that's the way it is. ~ Walter Cronkite BAND + NEAR + CARD / STOP + HASH + ARIA + TAKE' + NOSE / TIDE + CHOP + VEIN / PROW + FLAX + MANY / PINT + PAST / FLIP + SACK. ~ SWAB + LAME + WELL + FATE + PECK + RAVE / SCAR + BORE + OVER + KILN + KITE + THIN + RIFT + TREY",Cryptography,09/21/09 #39699,Six Letter Words,2.63,2.48,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have given you a selection of six-lettered words. It is your job to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A, or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck and have fun! COLUMN A Stocks Pocket Snored Grovel Object COLUMN B Adorns Purest Nitwit People Rarest",Consider changing a letter to form a new word.,"If you change 'o' to 'a' you will form a new word. 1. Stacks 2. Packet 3. Snared 4. Gravel 5. Abject",Language,12/19/07 #29269,Little Wanton,2.56,2.02,princess0611,"She was a princess of the 1600s, though not well-known throughout the ""modern"" world. She saved the starved from starving and acted as an ambassador between two great groups of people. She died far from her native soil, saying that ""all must die"".","The two great groups were the Algonquian Indians and the English settlers, and later the king.","Pocahontas The title, ""Little Wanton"", is the interpretation of her name, meaning playful, frolicsome little girl.",Trivia,03/23/06 #13925,Contemplation,2.47,1.83,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? L O N G I THINKING U D E",No hint available.,Lateral Thinking,Rebus,07/21/03 #43641,Peggy's Purchase,2.7600000000000002,1.46,TRILLIONAIRE,"Can you figure out what is happening in this situation? One afternoon while Peggy was at the grocery store, something caught her eye. She knew the item cost very little, but she didn't think there was any point in buying it. However, she still decided to buy it, but it resulted in her having to pay a lot more money than the original price.","- Nothing illegal happened. - She was very happy with her purchase and the result. - It was her lucky day.","Peggy bought a lottery ticket and won. She had to pay a lot of money for the taxes of the prize, but ended up earning much more.",Situation,11/28/08 #44271,Behavior,2.32,2.38,cnmne,"What statement does this rebus represent? Behavior Evaluation ------------------------- Little Tommy Tucker: Bad Little Boy Blue: Average Little Miss Muffett: Good 12 inches: Poor 3 feet: Fair 1760 yards: Good",No hint available.,"A miss is as good as a mile (the behavior of Little ""Miss"" Muffett is the same, or as good, as the behavior of 1760 yards, which equals a ""mile"").",Rebus,03/20/09 #25689,Country Club 4,2.3,3.07,cnmne,"Which country in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? It has nothing to do with their spelling or pronunciation. Group A: Cameroon, Honduras, India, Sweden Group B: Angola, Bolivia, Laos, Mexico, Romania, Tunisia",No hint available.,"The countries in Group A border countries that start with ""N"". Respectively: Cameroon borders Nigeria, Honduras borders Nicaragua, India borders Nepal, and Sweden borders Norway. Angola, which borders Namibia, can be added to Group A.",Group,08/31/05 #5327,Whose Clues 2,2.68,2.45,Bobbrt,"Below is a list of five famous people. Several letters from their names are missing, but the letters that do show form a word that gives a hint to their identity. Can you find all of the names? 1. J _ E _ _ _ _ T _ 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ EA _ 3. _ _ _ L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ AR _ 4. MA _ _ _ P _ _ _ 5. BO D _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. Joe Namath 2. Jacques Cousteau 3. William Shakespeare 4. Marco Polo 5. Bo Derek",Language,07/08/02 #14815,M C = F of F,2.5100000000000002,2.71,MrIxolite,"Can you solve this set of related letter equations? M C = F of F T C = F of G W C = F of W T C = H F to G F C = L and G S C = W H for A L","This POETIC teaser should last you all week. ""And the child that is born on the Sabbath day.....""","Monday's Child is Fair of Face, Tuesday's Child is Full of Grace, Wednesday's Child is Full of Woe, Thursday's Child Has Far to Go, Friday's Child is Loving and Giving, Saturday's Child Works Hard for A Living, And the child that is born on the Sabbath day Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.",Letter-Equations,09/17/03 #25573,I Once Was Lost,2.72,1.92,spookboy0,"From where I originated, no one really knows They say my earliest sound came from a hunter's bow Ramses III has me painted in his death hall In the New Kingdom, I was 6.5 feet tall In the Christian church I accompanied the monks there In 5th century Ireland, I was taught at the Papal Music School there In the Medieval times, I was so compact The player could fit me right in his lap I once was lost, found in the past decades Now the new players won't let the tradition fade What am I?",First stanza,The Harp,Riddle,08/26/05 #665,Circular Track,2.65,1.65,vikass,"John is riding his bicycle along a circular track. It takes him 2 minutes and 13 seconds to complete one lap. Without any calculations and in less than 15 seconds, you should be able to tell me how long it takes John to complete 60 laps.",No hint available.,2 hours 13 minutes,Math,06/29/01 #24930,Stolen Earrings,2.41,0.7000000000000001,dolphingurl12,"""Kaitlyn!"" I shrieked when I saw my best friend run through the door, ""You're back!"" Kaitlyn had been vacationing at Myrtle Beach for a week and we couldn't wait to see each other. She glanced at my ears. ""Where are your earrings?"" She was referring to a pair of earrings she had bought me for my birthday just before she left. They were small, shiny blue crystals dangling from a short silver chain. ""I haven't put them on yet; I was planning on wearing them today."" I rushed to my room to retrieve the earrings, but when I opened the door to my jewelry box, they were gone! ""I'm positive I put them there before going to bed. I know who must have done it!"" I hurried into the living room, where my two brothers and sister sat, lazily watching television. ""Which one of you stole my earrings?"" I demanded. ""What would I want with a pair of stinking earrings?"" claimed Zack, and Jeremy quickly agreed. ""It's not like we wear the things."" ""I didn't steal your blue crystal earrings,"" said Sabrina. ""Then who did?"" I asked. Kaitlyn smiled. ""I think I know."" Who stole the earrings? And how did Kaitlyn know?","The evidence is provided in the story, if you read carefully enough.","Sabrina stole the earrings. No one had said which earrings were stolen, yet Sabrina said she hadn't stolen the blue crystal earrings. She couldn't have known unless she had stolen them. Sabrina gave the earrings back, and apologized. ""I just wanted to be grown up like you,"" she said. The next day, Kaitlyn bought a pair of earrings just for Sabrina.",Mystery,07/28/05 #17810,I Told You,2.75,2.24,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? Tele(P)hone Sem(A)phore B(U)lletin Mor(S)e Code Lett(E)r",No hint available.,"A breakdown in communication A break = Pause",Rebus,06/02/04 #40737,Distorted Music - The Beatles,2.6,1.98,grilledcheese,"Each of the following songs is from The Beatles. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. A Bed Referrer Firstly Vows 2. Strayed Ye 3. A Chided Huskily Minty Towns 4. A Sublimely Owner 5. A Ad Withhold Noun Troy",No hint available.,"1. Strawberry Fields Forever 2. Yesterday 3. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds 4. Yellow Submarine 5. I Want to Hold Your Hand",Language,02/27/08 #6112,2 = H on a H,2.07,2.13,missie,2 = H on a H,No hint available.,2 = Hands on a human,Letter-Equations,07/31/02 #1039,9 L of a C,2.25,1.76,vivek,9 L of a C,No hint available.,9 Lives of a Cat,Letter-Equations,10/04/01 #29939,Pur-fect Riddle,2.77,0.67,dodger,"Catherine the Great had 9 tales to tell, If the tin roof is hot, she'll offer a yell. Her brother is Tom, and her sister's Siamese, She looks great in her boots, eating eaters of cheese. What is she?",No hint available.,A cat.,Riddle,04/21/06 #8413,Mother's Day,2.19,1.37,something,Alex and Ethan go shopping for their mother on Mother's Day. Alex buys something for $12 and Ethan buys something for $28. They want to share the price. How much does Alex have to pay Ethan to get an even price for both of them?,No hint available.,$8. That would make Ethan's price $20 and Alex's price $20.,Math,11/07/02 #13873,Math Rebus,2.28,2.16,MrIxolite,"What mathematical rule is represented by the rebus below? .1km. = ~ .1cm. = ~ .1mm. = ____",No hint available.,The Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is A Straight Line,Rebus,07/18/03 #5591,Elaborately Dressed,2.45,2.73,speedymcg,"I bring joy in the darkest of climates I am a politician, elaborately dressed I am a bird, tearing swiftly downwards The floor down beneath me greeting me with zest",No hint available.,"I am a penguin I bring joy in the darkest of climates (lives in cold weather) I am a politician, elaborately dressed (black and white) I am a bird, tearing swiftly downwards (diving into the ocean) the floor down beneath me greeting me with zest (the ocean floor)",Riddle,07/14/02 #10388,I Curse,2.68,2.18,dsquared,"What commonly spoken passage is represented below? I curse tell tell Lies -->Truth<-- Trut -->Truth<-- Tru + Anecdotes -->Truth<-- Stories Stitch aid moi deity",It's a fairly legalistic sort of passage.,"I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God. Explanation: I swear (curse) To (two) tell The truth = not lies, but the truth The whole truth = Not just smaller parts of the truth ie. Trut and Tru and (+) Nothing but the truth = not the truth and anything else ie. anecdotes or stories So (sew/stitch) Help (aid) Me (moi) God (Deity)",Rebus,02/11/03 #15411,The Ice-cream Dollars,2.16,2.09,timmyboym,"In the small town of Ice-cremia, the only currency is ice-cream dollars. On the great lake, better known as Clear Lake, there are some golden fish. Each fish is worth 81 ice-cream dollars. At the Ice market, you can buy icy-cold drinks. The most popular drink is a can-o-coke. Each can-o-coke is worth 11 ice-cream dollars. After catching a golden fish and selling it, Timmyboym spends all his money on cans-o-coke, until he can't afford any more. When he has exactly 0 ice-cream dollars, how many cans-o-coke does he have? How many fish has he sold?",No hint available.,"81. 81 x $11= 891, which can be divided equally into 81 (the price of a fish), to get eleven. He has 81 cans-o-coke, and has sold 11 fish.",Math,11/12/03 #3730,Light Bulb Flipping,2.35,1.72,Mogmatt16,"Assume you have a switch to a light bulb. It starts out off. After half a minute, you flip the switch. After a quarter of a minute you flip the switch again. And do so after an eighth, a sixteenth, and a thirty-second, and so on. At the end of the minute, is the bulb on or off?",There could be three answers here.,"There are three answers depending on how you think about it. 1) I never said the switch was flipped again, so it would be on. 2) No Light bulb could go that fast so most likely it would be burned out. 3) You can't answer this because the light switch would be flipped infinitely many times before the minute was over. And infinity isn't odd or even.",Logic,04/24/02 #35928,Murmuring,2.21,2.37,Trumalia,"This is an old English riddle from 1300-1900 AD. Tell me now this thing. What house is always murmuring, Though the indwellers all are dumb? Now please me with the answer. Come!",No hint available.,River and fish.,Riddle,02/22/07 #47091,Two Numbers 2,2.67,1.24,coinjar876,"One day, Bob came up to Paul and said, ""I bet if you say two numbers and I multiply them together, I can say the answer in less than five seconds."" ""Okay,"" replied Paul, ""23,904,888,112 times 209,674,999,109."" Bob won the bet fairly. How did he do it? (There are two alternate answers)",No hint available.,"Answer one - Bob worked out the equation (this took him much longer than 5 seconds), then recited the answer to Paul (this took him less than 5 seconds). Bob said he could say the answer in less than 5 seconds. FINDING the answer was not included in the time limit. Answer two - Bob simply said, ""The answer.""",Trick,05/25/10 #437,Plane Crash,2.25,0.5700000000000001,BJLeeLuu,A plane is flying from the Bahamas to Canada. It crashes on the border of the United States and Canada. Where do they bury the survivors?,No hint available.,You don`t bury survivors!,Trick,05/03/01 #17428,War Between the States,2.36,2.25,cnmne,"The American Civil War has ended. Can you repatriate the Confederacy (gray) into the Union (blue) by changing one letter at a time? Each step must create a valid word in the English language. President Abraham Lincoln made the change in 6 steps (for the history buffs out there, Abe planned these changes before he was assassinated). Can you do as well ... or better? GRAY ----> BLUE",No hint available.,"GRAY FRAY FLAY FLAX FLUX FLUE BLUE",Language,04/19/04 #30919,Elements #2,2.78,2.11,thompson1,"Can you figure out what words are represented by the following? They are all part of the same category. 1. Cobalt + Carbon + Potassium + Erbium + Sulfur + Protactinium + Nickel + E + L 2. Boron + Oxygen + Xenon + R 3. D + Aluminum + M + Astatine + Iodine + Oxygen + Nitrogen 4. Beryllium + Silver + L + E 5. Lanthanum + Boron + Radium + D + Oxygen + R 6. M + Arsenic + Titanium + Fluorine + Fluorine",Look at the atomic symbols for each element.,"Cobalt=Co Carbon=C Potassium=K Erbium=Er Sulfur=S Protactinium=Pa Nickel=Ni Boron=B Oxygen=O Xenon=Xe Aluminum=Al Astatine=At Iodine=I Nitrogen=N Beryllium=Be Silver=Ag Lanthanum=La Radium=Ra Arsenic=As Titanium=Ti Fluorine=F 1. Co+C+K+Er+S+Pa+Ni+E+L=Cocker Spaniel 2. B+O+Xe+R=Boxer 3. D+Al+M+At+I+O+N=Dalmation 4. Be+Ag+L+E=Beagle 5. La+B+Ra+D+O+R=Labrador 6. M+As+Ti+F+F=Mastiff They are all breeds of dogs!",Other,06/06/06 #37248,Medical Discoveries,2.19,2.44,Hadleigh,1928 = the Y S A F D P,No hint available.,1928 the year Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.,Letter-Equations,07/06/07 #20169,The Club,3.18,2.13,UTforever22,"A man wanted to get into a members only club so he hid and watched the guard at the door of the club house. The guard said a number to each member as they approached, and the member would respond with a number of their own. If the member responded with the correct number they were let in. If they responded incorrectly they were thrown out. One member came up to the door, the guard said twelve, and the member responded with six and was let in. Another member came to the door, the guard said six and the member responded with three and was let in. Believing he had heard enough, the reject went up to the guard. The guard said ten, and the reject said five, but was not let in. What should the reject have said?",No hint available.,"He should have said three, the number of letters in the number the guard said.",Trick,01/01/05 #46749,LITY VPNSOM,2.7600000000000002,2.43,zigthepig,"These three quotes are all from the same person. Can you decipher them? O'F TSYJRT NR JSYRF GPT EJP O SZ, YJSM APBRF GPT EJP O SZ MPY. YJR FIYU PG UPIYJ OD YP VJSAARMHR VPTTIQYOPM. ESMYOMH YP NR DPZRPMR RADR OD S ESDYR PG YJR QRTDPM UPI STR.","A - S E - R I - O O - P U - I The title is the author.","Kurt Cobain. I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not. The duty of youth is to challenge corruption. Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. The key simply changes the letter to the letter to the right of it on a QWERTY keyboard. When the letter is at the end of the row, the letter is changed to the letter at the start of the row. A - S B - N C - V D - F E - R F - G G - H H - J I - O K - L L - A M - Z N - M O - P P - Q R - T S - D T - Y U - I V - B W - E Y - U",Cryptography,04/17/10 #39641,8 = F H on a R,2.0,2.97,allan512,"What does this mean? 8 = F H on a R",No hint available.,8 = Fingering Holes on a Recorder,Letter-Equations,12/16/07 #4626,Cheating Wife,2.42,2.64,mad-ade,"Mad Ade, world famous Kebab gourmet, had suspected for some time that his wife Mrs. Mad Ade was unfaithful, though he had no proof. Mrs. Mad Ade mentioned that she intended to go to the movies and would be out for a few hours. As Mrs. Mad Ade went to the door, Mad Ade looked at her pensively, then resumed eating his Kebab. Three hours later, his wife returned, took her coat off and asked Mad Ade if he wanted some coffee. When she returned from the kitchen, Mad Ade asked her to sit down as he wanted to talk to her. ""Mrs. Mad Ade,"" he said, ""I want a divorce, because I know you are having an affair."" Can you figure out how he knew?",No hint available.,"On her way out, Mad Ade had noticed a run in Mrs. Mad Ade's stocking on her left leg. When she went to the kitchen for coffee, Mad Ade noticed that the run was on her right leg.",Situation,06/11/02 #34726,Vowel Disappearance (Proverbs),2.6,1.91,grungy49,"The following are all proverbs that have had all the vowels taken out of them. The number in brackets beside the proverb indicates how many words are in the proverb. Good luck on finding those vowels, and putting them back in there! 1. Chnsnstrngrthntswkstlnk (9) 2. Nppldykpsthdctrwy (8) 3. Ncsstysthmthrfnvntn (6)",No hint available.,"1. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 2. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 3. Necessity is the mother of invention.",Language,01/04/07 #29695,Twos and Fives,2.58,2.18,fairelamour,"We have 10 2's and 10 5's. Pick some of them, and add them together. If we pick them all, we get the sum 70. Which sums between 1 and 70 are impossible?",1 and 3 are impossible.,"By symmetry, 67 and 69 are also impossible. Other sums can be constructed easily. Therefore, four sums 1, 3, 67 and 69 are impossible.",Math,04/11/06 #26459,As Different As Can Be...,3.08,1.66,Winner4600,"Sandra is one of five sisters, all of different ages. They each have a unique interest and favorite color. On top of that, the 5 girls all like a different food! Their parents are hopelessly confused as to what each girl likes, but they DO know some facts. Help them remember who's who from the following clues: 1. The tennis racket belongs to the 10-year-old. 2. Belinda loves her violin, which she started playing when she was 4. 3. The 5 girls are: Loren, the cat-lover, the 6-year-old, Jenny, and the one who likes purple. 4. Miriam is only allowed to have one cat, partly because Jenny is afraid any more will scare away her many boyfriends. 5. The family Picasso, Loren, is said to be going through her ""Blue Period"" - everything she owns is blue! 6. Many of Loren's paintings have been created while eating ice cream, her favorite food. 7. The 3-year-old still eats applesauce, but the 6-year-old likes her newly discovered snack, chips, better. 8. Jenny found she liked salad, after an attempt to go on a diet. 9. Belinda thinks she plays better in orange surroundings, but the 13-year-old likes pink better.",No hint available.,"GIRL-AGE-INTEREST-COLOR-FOOD Sandra-10-tennis-purple-macaroni Miriam-3-cats-green-applesauce Jenny-13-boys-pink-salad Loren-8-art-blue-ice cream Belinda-6-music-orange-chips",Logic-Grid,10/20/05 #7073,The Great Sale,2.2,1.4,kidkilowatt,"If you had a coupon for 20% off any item in the store and you wanted to purchase a jacket that originally cost a hundred dollars that was now advertized as 40% off, how much would that jacket be?",No hint available.,48 dollars. 40% off of 100 is minus 40 dollars from the price which makes it 60. Then the 20% off the 60 dollars makes it 48 dollars.,Math,08/31/02 #44205,Add a Letter 26,2.36,1.95,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) to consult & pine tree (6 letters) 2) paper money issued for temporary use & handwriting (5 letters) 3) position at the end of a competition & the official residence of a sovereign (5 letters) 4) a large amount or number & the getting of money or advantage dishonestly (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) confer & conifer 2) scrip & script 3) place & palace 4) raft & graft",Language,03/04/09 #15352,They Lived?,2.36,0.79,howdyall1311,I was told that someone inhaled vaporous dihydrogen monoxide and yet they lived. How could this be?,No hint available.,"Dihydrogen monoxide is water. The person was just inhaling water vapor like everyone does every day. Water's chemical formula is H2O. It contains two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, hence ""dihydrogen monoxide"".",Science,11/07/03 #8528,Bountiful Shoe,2.73,2.54,electronjohn,"A woman was standing at a table while a man sat on the other side of the table. The man had a drink but had not ordered any food. The woman took something out of her shoe and put it in front of the man on the table. The man looked at it carefully but did not touch it. The woman then took something else out of the same shoe and put it on her side of the table, but the man did not look at it. The woman then took something else out of her shoe and put it on the table in front of the man, who looked at it but again did not touch it. The woman then pulled a fourth object out of her shoe and put it on her side of the table. This time the man looked at the object she had just put down and asked her politely not to give him anything else from her shoe. What is going on here?",It's not the usual kind of shoe.,"They were playing Blackjack, also known as 21. The woman was the dealer at a casino and she was pulling cards out of her shoe. The shoe is what the card holder is called. The first card is dealt face up to the player, in this case the man, which is why he looked at it. The next card, if there are no other players, is dealt face down in front of the dealer, which is why he did not bother to look at it. The next card goes to the player face up and the next to the dealer face up. The man had a good hand and decided to stay or not to take any more cards after looking at the third and fourth cards dealt. Players often get free drinks, which is why he had a drink. Players are also often not allowed to touch the cards.",Situation,11/15/02 #38510,Eight-letter Words,2.74,2.63,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you can only use the letters given. You have to fill in the dashes to form 8-letter words. Each letter is used only once. Good luck and have fun! AAAAAAAA B CC DDDD EEEE IIII K LL NNNNNNN RRR TT U Y 1. D _ C _ S _ O _ 2. C _ A _ I _ E _ 3. A _ A _ O _ D _ 4. C _ P _ O _ R _ 5. A _ D _ T _ O _ 6. B _ R _ A _ L _ 7. L _ N _ M _ R _ 8. F _ I _ N _ L _ 9. P _ E _ S _ N _ 10. I _ C _ E _ S _",No hint available.,"1. DECISION 2. CLARINET 3. ANACONDA 4. CUPBOARD 5. ADDITION 6. BARNACLE 7. LANDMARK 8. FRIENDLY 9. PLEASANT 10. INCREASE",Language,09/29/07 #50670,Sounds Good,2.59,1.51,ThinksForFun,"My physical presence is hard to ignore So I believe you must have seen me before The use of me creates a distinctive sound On my surface many triggers can be found Oddly, my feet make no contact with the floor I may need them in order to match the score When used competently, the ears I delight My most critical features are black and white What am I?",The number of syllables may lead you to the answer.,"a piano For the hint, the total number of syllables in the riddle is 88 (11 syllables per line X 8 lines, excluding the ""What am I?"" line) which is the number of keys on a piano keyboard.",Riddle,08/05/15 #10236,Moving The Goalposts,2.71,2.23,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented here? CARD DRAC PERIODIC CIDOIREP DINING GNINID COFFEE EEFFOC",No hint available.,"Turning The Tables. Card Table, Periodic Table, Dining Table and Coffee Table.",Rebus,02/07/03 #31195,An Old Riddle,2.57,1.16,youdumbsavage,"In medieval England, a king's jester was imprisoned (the king didn't like the jester's jokes). The jester was locked in a room at the top of a high tower. The room had only one tiny window. The jester found a piece of rope. It wasn't long enough to reach the ground. So, he divided it in half and tied the two halves together. This made the rope long enough and he escaped. How?",No hint available.,"He divided the rope vertically, not horizontally.",Logic,06/18/06 #17440,STAB,2.77,2.57,fishmed,"Five of the six words below share a common characteristic. Can you figure out which word does not belong with the others? STAB STARS GHOST HIGH DESIST EFFORT",No hint available.,EFFORT does not belong with the others because the other five words all begin with two consecutive letters of the alphabet and end with two consecutive letters of the alphabet.,Group,04/20/04 #4320,Hotel Ade,2.34,2.19,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has just inherited a hotel from his rich Auntie Climax. The rooms are numbered from 101 to 550. A room is chosen at random for Mad Ade's first guest. What is the probability that room number starts with 1, 2 or 3 and ends with 4, 5 or 6?",No hint available.,"There are total 450 rooms. Out of which 299 room numbers start with either 1, 2 or 3. Now out of those 299 rooms only 90 room numbers end with 4, 5 or 6. So the probability is 90/450 i.e. 1/5 or 0.20",Probability,05/29/02 #4519,4th of July Es,1.8900000000000001,1.58,QtistLilShorTy,How many E's are in the 4th of July?,No hint available.,"""indEpEndEncE day"" so there are 4!",Trick,06/11/02 #12491,Not Stuck Yet,2.8,1.52,od-1,"Mrs. McClutski went to buy some glue to fix the handle on her husband's favorite teacup. Being a member of SA (Shoppers Anonymous), she was always careful not to overspend. The store clerk was very helpful and handed her 2 tubes of glue. ""Oh, thank you dear, but I only need one tube. It's a small teacup,"" exclaimed Mrs. McClutski, and she left the store before the clerk could try to sell her another tube. When she got home, she read the label, ""apply and hold for 30 seconds,"" but no matter how many times she tried, the glue wouldn't hold. The glue was specifically for that application. She followed the instructions perfectly, yet it wouldn't work. Why?",No hint available.,The glue was a 2-part epoxy that requires both tubes to be mixed together for the glue to hold. The first part of the instructions explaining that was on the tube she left at the store.,Situation,05/20/03 #430,The Train,2.31,0.68,Spikejw1,An electric train is travelling north at 150 mph. There is an easterly wind blowing at 30 mph. Which way is the smoke from the train blowing?,No hint available.,Electric trains don't make smoke.,Trick,05/01/01 #41658,Actors #2,2.54,2.7,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the last name of a famous actor within each sentence. Each missing word has the SOUND of an actor's name. You must find a famous actor's last name that sounds like familiar words to complete these sentences so they make sense. Example: "" ______ of dandruff fell on his shirt collar."" Answer: AFFLECK of dandruff fell on his shirt collar."" (A Fleck) 1. ______ visors on the passenger's side of a car often have mirrors. 2. The prospective buyer carefully ______ and Chrysler sales literature. 3. Did the student who deserved a ______ the professor into giving him a higher grade? 4. Does the swap merchant in that ______ its products or sell them on consignment?",No hint available.,"1. Carson (Car sun) 2. Redford (read Ford) 3. Deitrich (D trick) 4. Stallone (stall own)",Language,04/24/08 #20519,Anagram Riddle 6,2.69,2.58,cnmne,"An anagram riddle to tease you; Three five-letter words, each gets one clue. A guillotine's use, An act to get deuce, And what you are reading now in view. What are the words?",No hint available.,"sever = the guillotine is used for beheading serve = in tennis, to put the ball into play, deuce being a score verse = the poem that you are reading",Riddle,01/21/05 #7684,Unloading the Dice,2.54,2.25,dewtell,"The Sharks and the Jets have decided to settle their differences with a game of Snakes and Ladders, in which movement is determined by the roll of a single die. The problem is, neither group trusts the other not to gain an advantage by swapping in a loaded die at a crucial moment. Officer Krupke, who wants to keep the peace, comes up with a novel proposal. Instead of rolling one die, each side will roll a die of its own choosing each time a die roll is required. Then the two die rolls will be combined by a simple formula that produces a number from one to six. This formula has the property that if either one of the two dice is fair, the results will be evenly distributed among the six numbers. Thus either side can guarantee a fair result just by making sure that its own die is fair. What formula might Officer Krupke have suggested?",No hint available.,"One simple formula is: add the two dice together, and subtract 6 if the total is greater than 6. With this formula, any number the other side rolls establishes a simple mapping from the faces of your own die to the final total. For example, if the other side rolls a three, then your 1 maps to 4, 2 maps to 5, 3 maps to 6, 4 maps to 1, 5 maps to 2, and 6 maps to 3. As long as your own die is fair, the six numbers will all be equally likely to be rolled, no matter how badly biased the other side's die may be.",Logic,09/24/02 #981,Jean Jane Joan,2.47,1.8800000000000001,Michelle,"Joan and Jane are sisters. Jean is Joan's daughter and 12 years younger than her aunt. Joan is twice as old as Jean. Four years ago, Joan was the same age as Jane is now, and Jane was twice as old as her niece. How old is Jean?",No hint available.,"Joan is 32, Jane is 28, and Jean is 16.",Math,10/05/01 #40742,"Step Down, Step Up (9)",2.6,1.94,TRILLIONAIRE,"Start with a nine-letter Egyptian ruler. The next word will have one letter less and may need unscrambling. Begin to add letters at question #10 and work your way back up to a seven-letter Egyptian ruler. 1. Female Egyptian ruler. (9 letters) 2. Chest muscle. (8 letters) 3. Weasel-like animal found in Europe. (7 letters) 4. To pinpoint something. (6 letters) 5. Baseball shoe. (5 letters) 6. Blue-ish color and water fowl. (4 letters) 7. Type of drink and beer. (3 letters) 8. Spanish for ""him"". (2 letters) 9. 5th letter of the English alphabet. (1 letter) 10. Abbreviation for Maine. (2 letters) 11. Tree with white bark. (3 letters) 12. Small burrowing animal. (4 letters) 13. Similar to a hotel. (5 letters) 14. A medieval court jester's clothes. (6 letters) 15. Egyptian ruler. (7 letters) Hint will reveal answers to #3 and #14.","3. Polecat 14. Motley","1. Cleopatra 2. Pectoral 3. Polecat 4. Locate 5. Cleat 6. Teal 7. Ale 8. El 9. E 10. ME 11. Elm 12. Mole 13. Motel 14. Motley 15. Ptolemy",Language,02/27/08 #37316,30 = S in F J,2.71,2.43,grilledcheese,30 = S in F J,Game Show,30 Seconds in Final Jeopardy!,Letter-Equations,07/10/07 #2221,Negative 1,2.0,1.76,birdbrain,What is the square root of -1?,No hint available.,"1i i stands for imaginary number",Math,01/31/02 #49023,Word Ratio,2.35,2.42,Gizzer,"runway : cinema answer : ? Directions: Ratios usually involve numbers. This word ratio is a little different in that all four words in the ratio are somehow related. Can you find a word that completes the ratio? (Note: there is more than one possible answer.)",No hint available.,"Any 6-letter word with the letters ""se"" in the middle will complete the word ratio. Possible answers include the words absent, assert, bisect, desert, insect, itself, losers, misery, museum, resent, unseen, wisely, etc. The middle two letters of each of the words in the ratio represents a direction. The embedded directions relate to the position of the word within the ratio. ruNWay: ciNEma anSWer: abSEnt",Logic,09/13/11 #39172,Rodent Moment,2.63,1.95,grilledcheese,"Below is a well-known nursery rhyme. Can you decode it? JVYUSEN, LVYUSEN, LSYU, DJX TSPQX EZG PF DJX YHSYU. DJX YHSYU QDEPYU SGX, DJX TSPQX EZG LSOG! JVYUSEN LVYUSEN LSYU.","A = Z B = M","Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down! Hickory, dickory, dock. A = Z B = M C = Y D = L E = X F = K G = W H = J I = V J = I K = U L = H M = T N = G O = S P = F Q = R R = E S = Q T = D U = P V = C W = O X = B Y = N Z = A",Cryptography,11/13/07 #2892,Earth's Weight,2.25,0.8200000000000001,204_BLaZe_41,It is estimated that the earth weighs 6 sextillion tons. How much more would the earth weigh if one sextillion tons of concrete and stone were used to build a large wall?,No hint available.,It would weigh the same since all materials are taken from the earth's original weight.,Science,03/25/02 #32100,Phoney Puzzle XVIII,2.32,2.28,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 48 47 8783 8428 4 927 2676 46 4692, 288 4 226'8 77325 367 69 8946 747837. -- Abigail Van Buren 86 69 3622772776368 4 927 2676 46 233 9484 2 5239. -- Wilson Mizner","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PQRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXYZ","It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister. -- Abigail Van Buren To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady. -- Wilson Mizner",Cryptography,07/27/06 #40606,Two Games in a Row,2.86,1.52,vg674,"A certain mathematician, his wife, and their teenage son all play a fair game of chess. One day when the son asked his father for 10 dollars for a Saturday night date, his father puffed his pipe for a moment and replied, ""Let's do it this way. Today is Wednesday. You will play a game of chess tonight, tomorrow, and a third on Friday. If you win two games in a row, you get the money."" ""Whom do I play first, you or mom?"" ""You may have your choice,"" said the mathematician, his eyes twinkling. The son knew that his father played a stronger game than his mother. To maximize his chance of winning two games in succession, should he play father-mother-father or mother-father-mother?",Who does he need to beat to win?,"father-mother-father To beat two games in a row, it is necessary to win the second game. This means that it would be to his advantage to play the second game against the weaker player. Though he plays his father twice, he has a higher chance of winning by playing his mother second.",Probability,02/20/08 #27446,One Similarity,2.38,2.02,metallicman,"scraughed, scrinched, scritched, scrooched, sprainged, spreathed, throughed, thrutched, strengths, straights, scratched, scrounged, scrunched, stretched, screeched, scraunched, broughams, and craunched. All these words have one thing in common. What is it?",No hint available.,"All of these words are the longest words with only one syllable. Most have nine letters, but there is one word that is longer, and that word is scraunched, which has ten letters.",Language,12/13/05 #29050,Chaos at the Cat Park?,2.66,1.18,PineappleMama,"In Dopeyville, some genius had the idea to make a Cat Park. Similar to a Dog Park, only this is where you take your cat to socialize. Now anyone who has a cat knows this is an insane idea, but look at the name of this town - enough said. Needless to say, there were problems right from the beginning. There were calicoes having cattywumpuses, tabbies having tantrums, and don't even ask about what the Siameses did to the sandbox. Trust me you don't want to know! So, one day, Barney, the hired cat-walker of Goober Drive, decided to take his charges to the Cat Park. There were other cat-walkers at the park. The two cats he took were neighbors, and were used to putting up with each other, so they got along fine. However, they didn't get along with the other cats at the park. There was a scuffle and the cats got loose, including three other cats. Turns out, cats are great escape artists. They managed to wiggle out of their leashes, AND their harnesses. So now we have a bit of a disaster. The cat-walkers managed to gather up the frisky felines, but are now stumped as to who's who. Please help Barney and the other Kitty Parents sort out the cats, their leashes, and their harnesses before Barney's customers start to wonder where their beloved cats are. Cats: Jewel, Whiskers, Tiger, Mojo, and Bob Harnesses: Red, Purple, Blue, Green, and White Leashes: Yellow, Black, Orange, Grey, and Pink 1) The five cats are: Whiskers, the cat with the blue harness, the cat with the pink leash, the purple harnessed cat, and Bob. 2) Mojo's colors act as a warning of his favorite attack's repercussions. He tends to leave bruises when he decides to head butt people's shins. 3) Likewise, Bob's colors remind everyone that he gets easily queasy and suffered from jaundice as a kitten. 4) Tiger's colors don't have anything to do with his name. Unless of course his name was old guy with grape juice on half his hair. 5) Whisker's accessories reflect his owner's obsession with the Texas Longhorns. 6) Jewel's owner is the most girlie person in town. Everything about her is either salmon or scarlet.","Queasy is also known as being ""green at the gills""; jaundice tends to turn your skin/eyes yellow. Bruises are often black and blue. Older folks tend to lose the color in their hair, leaving it grey or white. Okay that's enough, this one started off way too easy, now it's just sad.","Jewel, red, pink Whiskers, white, orange Tiger, purple, grey Mojo, blue, black Bob, green, yellow",Logic-Grid,03/12/06 #26674,Word Pyramid: Natural Wonders III,2.67,2.69,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: R Clues: 1. Atomic number 18 2. Long-tailed rodents 3. A small mountain lake, especially one formed by glaciers 4. A long line of moving people, animals, or vehicles 5. The light brown fur of the coypu 6. A hanging screen 7. Of or containing uranium 8. --------- Volcano, Mexico",Located about 200 miles west of Mexico City.,"R AR RAT TARN TRAIN NUTRIA CURTAIN URANITIC PARICUTIN The eruption that created Paricutin began in 1943 and continued to 1952. Most of the explosive activity was during the first year of the eruption when the cone grew to 1,100 feet. The cone continued to grow for another 8 years but added only another 290 feet. Effusive activity began on the second day and continued to the end of the eruption. Lava flows covered about 10 square miles. The rate of eruption declined steadily until the last 6 months of the eruption when violent explosions were frequent and violent.",Language,11/02/05 #17228,Burkina Faso,2.66,2.5,Jake,"The following countries are grouped together for a specific reason. What other country belongs in this exclusive group? Algeria Burkina Faso England France Ghana Mali Spain",Look at a map.,"These are the countries through which the 0 degrees longitude line passes. The missing country is Togo, Africa.",Group,04/03/04 #36783,"""...and on Three!""",2.41,2.27,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to unravel these anagrams to reveal four (4) common instruments of the orchestra. 1. No fair poet 2. Bent room 3. I'm a pint 4. A bliss nectar",No hint available.,"1. Pianoforte 2. Trombone 3. Timpani 4. Bass clarinet",Language,05/30/07 #26349,Roaming Gnome,2.67,2.53,cnmne,"There is a 7-letter word that has, as one of its definitions, a 6-letter word. Now, switch the positions of the third and sixth letters of the original word, making a new word (an anagram). One of its definitions is now that same 6-letter word, except that it is split into two words (for example, ""inward"" can be split into ""in ward""). What are the two words? What are the definitions?","The 7-letter words begin with ""R"".","reserve = backup reverse = back up",Language,10/13/05 #25490,Peter Rabbit,2.7,1.73,titanoftheocean,"Peter Rabbit was starving! He came to a farmer's lettuce garden, but it was surrounded by a picket fence. Peter knew he must eat soon, or he would die. He could barely fit through the fence in his present condition. He knew that if he entered and ate the lettuce, he would be unable to fit back through the fence. If the farmer happened to come by, he could not escape. The lettuce was too large to fit through the fence. How could Peter eat the lettuce and still manage to escape if the need arose?",No hint available.,Peter crawled through the fence and brought the lettuce back to the edge of the fence. He squeezed back through the fence to the outside and proceeded to feast.,Logic,08/21/05 #43668,Two Brothers 2,2.82,1.65,sammydj,"I lie down there as you watch me stick a sword into my head. You never notice, never see the description I have said. My brother who is a twin, as some people may say, has an axe behind him and tries to run away. We both lie still, the same beside a pool of red. We may participate in your game or amaze people instead. Who are we?","I have a face, I have a back, However I'm different from you. My friends are only red and black, Part of 52.","The Red Kings The King of Hearts has a sword sticking into his head. The King of Diamonds has an axe behind his head. Both lie still because they're cards... The pools of red refer to the large pips beside the kings. Kings are cards that can be used to play games or do card tricks. Cards have faces and backs. Pips on cards come in two colours red & black. 52 cards in a deck. Hope you enjoyed.",Riddle,12/03/08 #13261,Prime territory,2.22,2.12,pooja,"We know that a prime number is a number whose only factors are itself and 1. We also know that there is only one even prime number - and that is 2. Now for the puzzle, which is to find a three-digit number with the following properties: 1) Each of the three digits is a prime number and, 2) Each of those digits divides evenly into the three-digit number.",No hint available.,The only number that satisfies both conditions is 735.,Math,06/18/03 #14658,Cryptogram Quote II,2.52,2.52,taiya2003,"Each letter of the quotation has been replaced by another letter of the alphabet. A letter is always represented by the same letter throughout the code. Decipher the quotation. GCHNT KDVTFQ NSD JGD MTWR ESDNJCSDQ MT DNSJG JGNJ NWWMU JGDVS EGVWOSDT JM EMHD KNEP GMHD. -- KVWW EMQKR","A two letter word must have a vowel for one letter. M represents O.","Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. -- Bill Cosby",Cryptography,09/02/03 #29141,Sell the Naming Rights!,2.8,2.33,ttviper,"Which of the people in group A fit into group B, and why? Group A: Julius Caesar Phil Jackson Ambrose Burnside Jane Austen Orville Redenbacher Group B: Reverend William Spooner Francois Mansard Pierre Magnol Georg Ohm",No hint available.,"Julius Caesar and Ambrose Burnside fit into Group B, because they have things named after them. Julius Caesar- The month July Ambrose Burnside- Sideburns Reverend William Spooner- Spoonerisms Francois Mansard- The Mansard Roof Pierre Magnol- The Magnolia Georg Ohm- The Ohm, a unit of electrical resistance",Group,03/17/06 #4238,Wolf,2.27,0.98,luckylucy,"Can you decipher this: BADwolf",No hint available.,Big Bad Wolf,Rebus,05/23/02 #46133,Pizza Puzzle,2.46,1.7,Scorefire,"Amy was eating a pizza, and the pizza is cut into 8 pieces. Because this is mathematics, and mathematics is exact, we will say that eating a 1/8 of a pizza takes exactly 2 minutes. Now, Amy starts eating, but 2 minutes later, Barney comes, and he wants pizza too. So they both eat some more pizza, until, 2 minutes later, Chris arrives and he wants some pizza too! So they all eat pizza, until, 2 minutes later, Dean arrives, and he wants pizza as well! Now, there is not enough pizza for all of them to share with the way it is cut, so they'll have to cut the pizza into 4 pieces. Now, cutting 1 straight line (No matter how long or short) takes 1 minute, and (because there are 4 people) it takes them 4 times less of the amount of time to cut one straight line. What is the shortest amount of time they can achieve this? (Cutting the pizza, not eating the pizza)",How many 1/8s of a pizza are left?Think about the way they can place what is left of the pizza.,"15 seconds. If Amy starts eating one slice, and two minutes later, Barney comes, that means that she ate 1 slice (1/8 of the pizza). Then when Barney and Amy continue eating until Chris comes, they would've eaten 2 slices together, making 3 slices eaten altogether. And when Amy, Barney, and Chris continue eating until Dean comes, they eat 3 slices combined, and altogether, 6 slices, leaving 2 slices uneaten. If they place the 2 slices opposite each other, then they can cut 1 straight line to cut both of the two pieces in half, and then they have 4/16 or 4 halves of a slice.",Math,01/03/10 #12536,Had What?,2.24,1.27,mad-ade,"Lucy had it first, Ethel had it last, Mary Silly had it twice until she married Peter Stupid and never had it again. What is it?",No hint available.,"The letter ""L"" Lucy begins with ""L"" (first) Ethel ends with ""L"" (last) Silly has 2 ""L""s (twice) but now she is Stupid which has no ""L""s.",Riddle,05/21/03 #13393,Know Your Beatles?,2.74,2.42,Bobbrt,"Below are four verses that sound like they could come from a famous Beatles song, if the title were taken literally. For example, a song about a calendar that's all messed up would fit nicely with the title ""Eight Days a Week"". Can you determine what titles these verses are referring to? 1) Yup, there she was Not doing very much. Not sitting or lying Or anything of the such. 2) You pulled the ball from Charlie's kick. You flew up in the air. You hoarded all my jewelry, girl And that just isn't fair. 3) I walk just fine, just fine I do, When underneath the moon. But when the sun comes out, my friend, I stumble like a goon. 4) Boy, it's getting hot out here And awfully bright as well. I think I'll move to Mars before The Earth resembles Hell.",No hint available.,"1) I Saw Her Standing There 2) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 3) Day Tripper 4) Here Comes the Sun",Trivia,06/24/03 #30236,What's After 10626?,2.82,2.94,chidam11,"What is the next number in the following series? 123, 354, 897, 1875, 10626, ?",No hint available.,"The next number in the series is 16887. Take the first number and move the number in the unit's place to the ten's, the number in the ten's place to the hundred's and the number in hundred's place to the unit's place. Example: 123 becomes 231 and 354 becomes 543. Add the original number with the number obtained from shuffling the digits to get the next number in the series.",Series,05/03/06 #22569,In Store?,2.82,1.39,vikingboy,"Two men are sitting on a bench waiting for the bus. One is dressed very nicely and the other looks like a bum. The bum says to the other, ""I really like your shirt, where'd you get it?"" The second man replies, ""I bought it at a very exclusive shop, I'm sure you've never heard of it,"" clearly annoyed at the bum's question. The bum, clearly annoyed at the rich man's snobbish behaviour says, ""Is that so? Well, I bet you $50.00 I know where you got your shoes!"" The rich man took him up on the bet. What answer got the poor man the $50.00?",No hint available.,"His answer is, ""You got them on your feet!""",Trick,04/30/05 #35828,Passion,2.88,1.07,tukuwakatiki,"Awkward is your first, But something you never forget. Gross if you just ate Liverwurst, But the best while watching a sunset. The more of me you get, The more of me you thirst. I appear in Shakespeare's sonnets; I make you so happy you could burst.","I can cause a lot of fright; I can come without warning. I am used most at night, And when you wake in the morning.",A Kiss,Riddle,03/23/07 #46349,50+50,2.21,2.2,gap6297,When does 50+50=75?,No hint available.,"When you are calculating percentages. For example, if an item is originally $100, and goes on sale, 50 percent off, and you have a coupon for an additional 50 percent off, then the total is 75 percent off.",Math,02/10/10 #5751,Bold Prussian,2.55,2.22,mad-ade,"What is special about this sentence? Show this bold Prussian that praises slaughter, slaughter brings rout.",beheaded,"By taking away the first letter of each word, it makes a new sentence. How his old Russian hat raises laughter, laughter rings out.",Language,07/21/02 #2331,Old Coin,2.6,1.37,missie,"It's a mistake to hire amateurs, as the archaeologist found to his great distress. One of his new staff came running in one day, all excited. He had just paid a local a great deal of money for an extremely valuable coin. As he said, ""I've never seen one like this before, and I've been looking in museums for thirty years. It's a genuine Egyptian coin marked 100 B.C.-solid gold!"" The director of the expedition sighed wearily and fired him. Why?",No hint available.,"No authentic coin can be dated B.C. Back when it was happening, no one knew the era would be called B.C.",Situation,02/15/02 #32298,Timmy's Birthday Dilemma,2.24,0.6900000000000001,Mellew,"Timmy was seven on his last birthday and he will be nine on his next birthday. Can this statement be true?",No hint available.,Yes. Today is Timmy's birthday.,Logic,08/05/06 #36688,Not a Mountain,3.07,1.86,bookworm91,"I tower over the man-made plain; My peaks scrape the heavens. I have many brothers; in fact, We may be as many as a hundred and seven. We're as ancient as the oldest trees, But not older than the hills. We've been studied for centuries now, But with mystery we're still filled.","The greatest of us is great indeed, He's ranked a man-made Wonder. We think his hat of gold was stolen By a desecrating robber.","The pyramids of Egypt. It's estimated that there are 80-110 pyramids in Egypt, the oldest of which are around 4,500 years old. (The oldest living tree is about 4,750 years old.) Scholars have been studying the pyramids for nearly 200 years, but there are still many questions about them. We don't even know how they were built! The Great Pyramid at Giza is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Some believe that it originally had a golden top that was stolen by tomb raiders.",Riddle,05/20/07 #48823,In a Bottle or a Box,2.83,1.93,Skybet,"I have a head, but do not think, I contain a metal, but it's not zinc, It is wood, that I mostly am, I will be handy, when on a camp, You may find me, in people's homes, As a house, or as a boat, I'll be in a bottle, or a box, For on my own I'll be lost What am I?",Keep thinking and you might strike lucky,"A match (or matchstick) There is a head to a match, There is the alkaline metal phosphorus in the head of a match to aid ignition, People often make matchstick houses or a boat in a bottle, So there you go, I'm a match!",Riddle,06/23/11 #49252,Sign Language,2.82,2.09,Gizzer,"Sam loves to communicate by using rebus puzzles. This is sometimes confusing for other residents of the university dormitory. One night, this sign was posted on Sam's door: NIOILTE FIRE The other residents have no idea what Sam is up to. Do you?",No hint available.,"Sam is ""burning the midnight oil"". OIL is in the middle of NITE, so it is midNITE (or midnight) oil. Since the midnight oil is on FIRE, it is burning. To ""burn the midnight oil"" means to stay up working, and especially studying, late at night. This harkens back to the days when people used oil lamps at night.",Rebus,01/16/12 #37591,Name That: Famous Pair,3.06,1.84,drussel3,"Each of the clues below describe a famous pair (example: Salt & Pepper). Can you name each pair? 1. Jingly sound makers & accompanying sounds heard on the Seven Dwarfs commute 2. Corny phrase used by photographers & thin crisp wafers 3. Small spherical play toy & a letter propagated to many people threatening bad luck unless forwarded 4. Mayberry's deputy sheriff & hollow round percussion instrument 5. A cheery, cheerful or joyous disposition & a unit of company stock 6. Long slender conifer leaf & message board continuous chain of postings 7. Kevin of ""Six Degrees"" trivia fame & chicken predecessors 8. Writing implement loaded with ink & bank employee that receives or pays out money 9. A paste made from ground goober peas & sweet spread prepared from Concord Grapes",No hint available.,"1. Bells & Whistles 2. Cheese & Crackers 3. Ball & Chain 4. Fife & Drum 5. Sonny & Cher 6. Needle & Thread 7. Bacon & Eggs 8. Penn & Teller 9. Peanut Butter & Jelly",Language,07/30/07 #672,Help Jeff,2.13,2.15,vikass,"Jeff likes racing his little sports car, but he knows that safety should always be kept in mind, so he practices regularly. On one particular day, Jeff goes out to the practice track and does two laps at an average of 100 km/h, two laps at an average of 102 km/h, two laps at an average of 140km/h and two laps at an average of 150 km/h. Now Jeff would like to know what his average speed was during that practice session. Can you help him?",No hint available.,"The answer is 119 and NOT 123. How? Well, you have probably made the fatal assumption that time is not important here in Jeff's world and yet you should know that time is important everywhere.",Math,06/29/01 #50684,Innate Gift,2.33,2.36,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? ITIT,NCENTCENT",Don't ignore the punctuation.,"It's common sense. ITIT ==> ""It's"" (2 ""IT""s) ,N ==> comma + ""N"" = ""common"" CENTCENT ==> ""sense"" (2 ""CENT""s) So altogether we have: ""It's"" + ""common"" + ""sense"" = ""It's common sense"".",Rebus,09/07/15 #5977,War Stories,2.54,1.0,glennyboy02,"Tom, Dick and Harry are swapping war stories. Tom told one about his uncle Fred who had lost his arm during the war. ""Uncle Fred met a General who was so shocked that Fred had lost his arm during the war, and had not yet received a medal that he removed one of his own medals and pinned it on Fred's uniform. He then mentioned that had Fred lost both arms, he would have received a commission. Hearing this, Fred withdrew his sword and with one swift stroke he cut off his arm. Shortly after he was appointed Minister of Armaments."" Harry laughed and said to Tom, ""You are obviously lying."" How was Harry so sure?",No hint available.,If Fred had only one arm it would have been impossible for him to chop off his other arm.,Situation,07/28/02 #31384,Flip a Coin,2.53,1.68,holly1447591,"A man makes the following proposition to his friend: ""I will let you flip a coin 20 times. Each time the coin lands on heads, I will give you $2.00. However, each time the coin lands on tails, you must give me $3.00."" His friend flips the coin 20 times and the end result is that no money is to change hands. How many times did the coin land on heads?",No hint available.,"Since each won and lost an equal amount, the following equation can be used to find the solution: 2x = 3(20-x), where x = number of times heads came up. Solving this results in 5x = 60. Thus, x = 12. The coin must have landed on heads a total of 12 times in order for no money to exchange hands.",Math,06/27/06 #29964,Sea Shells,2.86,2.6,tsimkin,"Gretchen just returned from the beach, and told her brother Henry that she found three interesting types of shells. He asked what they were, and she answered with these rebuses: LL LL AA CC SS 1. Nice Naughty Nice Naughty 2. Naughty Nice Naughty Nice *3. Nice Nice Nice Nice After thinking for a while, Henry says, ""I get the first two types of shells, but didn't you say you found three?"" ""Oops! I almost forgot!"" replies Gretchen, as she hits her brother on the head. ""Now I know them all!"" he laughs.",No hint available.,The first type were scallops (SCALL-ups). The second was nautilus (Naughty-less). And the last was conch (conk!).,Rebus,04/23/06 #8934,BCEGKMQSW,2.3,2.75,lesternoronha1,"On what basis are the following two groups of letters made: 1) BCEGKMQSW 2) DFHIJLNOPRTUVXYZ",No hint available.,"The two groups are separated on the following basis:- BCEGKMQSW - prime numbers DFHIJLNOPRTUVXYZ - composites",Group,12/07/02 #5417,roforkad,2.2,1.19,Cascas,"roforkad What does this mean?",No hint available.,Fork in the road,Rebus,07/10/02 #17388,I Start to Go Away,2.41,1.43,7catac7,"I come from the everyday food that you eat, I also come mostly from wheat. I start to go away when you start to walk or run, So don't go around having too much fun! What am I?","I will come back after a good night rest, So once I do come back, I will make you feel your best!",Energy.,Riddle,04/14/04 #39488,Sculpting Made Simple?,2.28,2.23,aresII,"The following quotes are that of Michelangelo (1475 - 1564). The greatest sculptor of the sixteenth century. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. X=M ""SOPFYZU YD CODJ, JMT GTDR UM AMHZ RM RWC DIYZ OZA DRMN."" ""Y DOH RWC OZUCK YZ RWC XOPQKC OZA Y SOPFCA TZRYK Y DCR WYX EPCC.""","F=V K=L Z=N","""CARVING IS EASY, YOU JUST GO DOWN TO THE SKIN AND STOP."" ""I SAW THE ANGEL IN THE MARBLE AND I CARVED UNTIL I SET HIM FREE."" KEY: A=D C=E D=S E=F F=V G=J H=W I=K J=Y K=L M=O N=P O=A P=R Q=B R=T S=C T=U U=G W=H X=M Y=I Z=N",Cryptography,12/06/07 #1815,Twisted Birthdays,2.6,2.1,Nishoo,"One day, Jenny celebrated her birthday. Two days later, her older twin brother, Jerry, celebrated his birthday. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"At the time she went into child labor, the mother of the twins was traveling by boat. The older twin, Jerry, was born first, early on March 1st. The boat then crossed the International Date Line, and therefore, Jenny, the younger twin, was born on February 28th. Therefore, the younger twin celebrates her birthday two days before her older brother every leap year.",Logic,12/23/01 #30105,Calling All Phans!,2.66,2.26,mufffin09,"This is a series of riddles, whose answers all have a relation to each other. Answer the riddles to find the relation. Riddle 1: When things have me People are attracted to them. I am said to be skin deep And in the eye of the beholder. Riddle 2: Some say I conquer all And I even have my own holiday. I am given and received And I can cause joy or grief. Everybody wants me And everybody hates to lose me. Riddle 3: I come around when a friend is not your friend. People hate me. I am the evil twin of trust, And I can result in hate. Riddle 4: I am housed in large buildings, Though you can find me all over the world now, I was born in Italy. I like to be sung, And people dance with me too.",Look at the title. A phan is a name for someone who likes this.,"They all relate to the musical The Phantom of The Opera. The answers to the riddles are: (in order) beauty, love, betrayal and opera. Things with beauty attract people's attention. There are two common phrases relating to beauty: beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and beauty is skin deep. There is a saying that love conquers all, and Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrating love. People give and get love, and people are happy when they have it, and sad when they don't have it. Everybody wants to be loved, and people hate losing love. When someone who acts like your friend, but is actually your enemy, has betrayed you. People hate to be betrayed. When you trust somebody, they can betray you, and people who are betrayed may, as a result, hate the betrayer. Operas are performed in large Opera Houses, and were invented in Italy. People in opera sing the words and the ballerinas dance to the music.",Trivia,04/27/06 #41014,'J' Words,2.57,2.56,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'J' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'J' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun! 1. The -- J ----- of the people living in Anman, J -----, are Muslims. 2. J --- is practiced at a -- J -. 3. The wine store had everything from a J ------- of French champagne to many different kinds of red wine. 4. They saw the film '-- J --- Game' at a small theatre in New J ----- . 5. She liked watching reruns of J ---- J --- .",No hint available.,"1. maJority and Jordan 2. Judo and doJo 3. Jereboam 4. paJama and Jersey 5. Judge and Judy",Language,03/13/08 #25868,Find 'Em,2.55,1.59,lil_valentine13,"Find the animal hidden within each sentence. Hint: the first one contains ""cat."" 1. For lunch, she had a Big Mac at MacDonalds. 2. ""Kirsti, Gertrude, and Dougie! Time to leave!"" 3. Was Kelli on the hill when you left? 4. This stuff is hard to paint with! 5. Payments in cash are appreciated. 6. My best friend lives at 397, Garbi Rd. 7. Will the band be practicing in sections tonight? 8. Thor seldom watches much television.",No hint available.,"1. cat 2. tiger 3. lion 4. fish 5. hare 6. bird 7. insect 8. horse",Language,09/11/05 #24818,PR in the Great War,2.73,2.92,phrebh,"During World War One, or the Great War as it was known at the time, Fred was working in the British propaganda corps (he was part of a propaganda exchange program between the Yanks and the Brits). His job was to make sure that every word puzzle that was printed in the London Times helped the war effort. One day, as he was looking at pictures of Kaiser Wilhelm, he noticed that the German leader had been putting on some weight since the beginning of the war. He decided that he could use that in one of his puzzles. He wrote, ""Changing one letter at a time to make new words, change KAISER to PORKER in 11 steps."" Can you find the solution?",No hint available.,"KAISER RAISER RAISED RAILED FAILED FOILED COILED COOLED COOKED CORKED CORKER PORKER",Language,07/24/05 #23956,Dark Queen,2.67,0.78,irishthistle,"The queen of death; she crawls on your stairs, She's always so lonely, no mate in her lair. Her children, they leave home with such haste For fear that their blood this new mother will taste. On silken cord, her daughters await, For men in their homes meet a similar fate. Dark as new moon, her crimson belly tells time, Her mate is passed on, he won't tell of her crime. If you see the black maiden, you must run in fear One prick from her needles and pain is quite near.","Remember Miss Muffet, what gave her a scare, Except bitten by this harmful lady, you'd need hospital care.","A black widow spider. Often found under stairs, in garages and other dark places. She searches for a mate, and then kills him to provide sustenance until her children are born. Her children leave her, because black widow spiders tend to eat anything, including their offspring. Her poison is not generally fatal but is very painful and requires hospital care.",Riddle,06/23/05 #7973,Half of 12,2.72,1.87,warrior,How can half of 12 be 7?,No hint available.,"By using Roman numerals. If you cut XII (12) in half horizontally, you get VII (7).",Trick,10/10/02 #22899,Burning Disk,2.79,1.45,rashad,"From the secret world he came, Upon this life to settle. A friend of every enemy, With him forever to stay. Dies when the sun sets, Alive when the cock awakes, Tall when the burning disk is beyond the hills, Short when he shares your lunch. Who is it?","Burning disk: Sun When do you eat your lunch? When does the cock wake?",The shadow,Riddle,05/16/05 #41572,A Form of Sanity,2.46,1.55,matthewmurch,"What is unique about this sentence? ""Hardest threads form from sanest assent, ideas aside.""",No dog is God; God is no dog.,It is composed entirely of paired anagrams.,Language,04/18/08 #20467,Operation: Mammal-Ectomy,2.79,2.77,cnmne,"Six words have had their mammals removed. The mammals have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each mammal with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: bear, cow, dog, mole, pig, seal Group B: cais, ial, ostn, phric, rded, rthe",No hint available.,"bear + rthe = breather (BrEAtheR) cow + rded = crowded (CrOWded) dog + ial = dialog (DialOG) mole + cais = camisole (caMisOLE) pig + ostn = posting (PostInG) seal + phric = spherical (SphEricAL)",Language,01/18/05 #40384,Sumerian Mathology,2.21,2.75,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Sumerian mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the six possible solutions. ISHKUR + ENLIL + ENKI = ASHNAN",No hint available.,"357826 + 90131 + 9083 = 457040 375826 + 90131 + 9083 = 475040 537824 + 90151 + 9085 = 637060 573824 + 90151 + 9085 = 673060 645823 + 90161 + 9086 = 745070 654823 + 90161 + 9086 = 754070",Cryptography,02/08/08 #11727,90 O a D,2.08,3.03,phildunphy,90 O a D in T M C,It's not quite baseball...,90 Overs a Day in Test Match Cricket,Letter-Equations,04/12/03 #35909,Darksome Burn,2.16,2.34,Trumalia,"This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD. The darksome burn, horseback brown, His rollock highroad roaring down, In coop and in comb the fleece of his foam Flutes and low to the body falls home.",No hint available.,River,Riddle,02/21/07 #40851,Space Shuttle,2.75,2.45,Nym_Pimplyee,"Why is it that a plane is allowed to take off and fly in a thunderstorm, but the space shuttle is not?",No hint available.,"The exhaust plume of the space shuttle effectively grounds the space shuttle for a considerable part of its initial flight. Therefore, the shuttle could be struck by lightning. A plane is not grounded, so it does not conduct lightning.",Science,03/04/08 #1403,Perfect Eggs,2.64,1.91,gokaran,"For his breakfast, Mr Stone likes an egg that has been boiled for exactly 9 minutes. He has two egg timers (those with sand in them), one that runs for 4 minutes and one that runs for 7 minutes. How can he use these timers to boil his egg?",No hint available.,"Start both egg timers. When the 4 minute timer runs out, turn it over. When the 7 minute timer runs out turn it over. When the 4 minute timer runs out again the 7 minute timer has been running for 1 minute. Turn it over once again. When it stops the egg is done.",Math,11/14/01 #22671,Hold On Tight,2.34,2.86,Palsha,"In each of the following below a familiar phrase has had 1 letter altered in each of its words, and the words have then been put in the wrong order. Can you find the phrases? (i.e. HOLD ON TIGHT might be MIGHT BOLD IN) 1) tone ball tie 2) i ban blond at 3) on moss sit 4) due sever may",No hint available.,"1) call the tune 2) blind as a bat 3) hit or miss 4) never say die",Other,05/04/05 #50055,Dropboxes X,2.47,2.09,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Founding document [_] 2. Large, round depression [_] 3. NASCAR driver 4. From Tallinn [_] 5. Tightness [_] 6. Rafael Nadal's sport 7. Rapid, in music [_] 8. In plentiful amounts [_] 9. Great; big 10. Brush member [_] 11. Families [_] 12. Soft cheeses 13. On land [_] 14. Rabbit-like animals [_] 15. Hearing organs 16. Placed a bet [_] 17. Ready [_] 18. Voracity 19. Denounces [_] 20. Apple drinks [_] 21. Loses moisture 22. On the other hand... [_] 23. Flat metal ring [_] 24. Insist 25. Guardians [_] 26. Wind storms [_] 27. Falls behind",No hint available.,"1. charter [H] 2. crater [T] 3. racer 4. Estonian [A] 5. tension [O] 6. tennis 7. allegro [L] 8. galore [O] 9. large 10. bristle [L] 11. tribes [T] 12. bries 13. ashore [O] 14. hares [H] 15. ears 16. wagered [W] 17. geared [A] 18. greed 19. decries [E] 20. ciders [C] 21. dries 22. whereas [E] 23. washer [H] 24. swear 25. angels [N] 26. gales [E] 27. lags ""Halloween"" and ""toothache"" -- a potential cause and effect",Language,12/29/13 #27662,Pairs II,2.7,1.93,peppamintp,"Place the same pair of letters onto both sets of blanks to complete a common word. Each answer will have a different pair of letters. 1. C__ __ P __ __ AL 2. __ __ TB __ __ ND 3. SO__ __ TI__ __ 4. __ __ ADAC__ __ 5. __ __ RE __ __ CK",No hint available.,"1. or= Corporal 2. ou= Outbound 3. me= Sometime 4. he= Headache 5. ba= Bareback",Language,12/23/05 #5411,3B + 2S = FC,2.38,2.32,glennyboy02,3B + 2S = FC,No hint available.,3 balls + 2 strikes = full count,Letter-Equations,07/10/02 #31950,Alphadromes,2.74,2.08,medster99,"Palindromes are words or phrases that can be read backwards to say the same thing forwards. An example is 'kayak', or 'noon'. In this teaser some palindrome words and phrases are taken, and in each word the letters are alphabetized, to form Alphadromes. 'kayak' would become 'aakky'. A clue is put before each palindrome. 1. Old house pets. 'eeilns // eefilns' 2. Sad upper-management. 'beosss // bos' 3. A fallen angel, alive. 'deilv // deilv'",No hint available.,"1. Senile felines 2. Bosses sob 3. Devil lived",Language,07/21/06 #9927,Snaps Street,2.36,1.76,snaps,"The Snapsville Town Council decided to have some fun with numbering the houses in Snaps Street which was in a new residential development in the town. For reasons known only to the Council, they elected not to use house numbers that were multiples of 3 or 4. If the last house on Snaps Street is 67, how many houses are in the street?",No hint available.,"There are 34 houses in Snaps Street. The house numbers that were used in Snaps Street were: 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31, 34, 35, 37, 38, 41, 43, 46, 47, 49, 50, 53, 55, 58, 59, 61, 62, 65, 67.",Math,01/21/03 #2043,Longest Word,2.25,0.93,ripstein,"Most words in the English language are fairly short. However, words with 15 or more letters are possible. What is the longest word in the English language?",No hint available.,"""Language"" is the longest word in the phrase ""the English language.""",Trick,01/16/02 #39740,An Excellent Argument,2.3,2.18,aresII,"The following quote is from Jean Kerr (1923 - 2003). She was an American writer, remembered for her plays and for her humorous prose on domestic themes. Can you decode it? D=S ""S'B LSCIH PJ XAA LRSD OPODIODI XYPNL YIXNLV YISOQ POAV DFSO-HIIU. LRXL'D HIIU IOPNQR. ERXL HP VPN EXOL--XO XHPCXYAI UXOZCIXD?""","O=N Y=B Z=C","""I'M TIRED OF ALL THIS NONSENSE ABOUT BEAUTY BEING ONLY SKIN-DEEP. THAT'S DEEP ENOUGH. WHAT DO YOU WANT--AN ADORABLE PANCREAS?"" KEY: A=L B=M C=R D=S E=W F=K H=D I=E J=F L=T N=U O=N P=O Q=G R=H S=I U=P V=Y X=A Y=B Z=C",Cryptography,12/23/07 #13010,Duh!,2.8,2.06,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Rock It Cyans",No hint available.,It's Not Exactly Rocket Science (is it?),Rebus,06/08/03 #41384,Singers #3,2.68,2.34,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the last name of a famous singer within each sentence. Each missing word has the SOUND of a singer's name. You must find a famous singer's last name that sounds like familiar words to complete these sentences so they make sense. Example: ""The shirt I ______ be usable as a rag."" Answer: The shirt I TORME be usable as a rag. (Tore may) 1. For some people, the best destination in ______ Nice. 2. The aquarium has eight shark tanks, nine stingray tanks and ______ tanks. 3. There are four ______ a deck of cards. 4. The accountant tried to explain ______ profits dropped even though sales increased.",No hint available.,"1. Francis (France is) 2. Tennille (ten eel) 3. Jackson (jacks in) 4. Wynette (why net)",Language,04/05/08 #44291,Words With CC,1.85,2.17,cnmne,"Five words that contain CC as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *CC**, *CC***, **CC**, ***CC*, **CC*** Pool: A, A, D, E, H, I, O, O, O, P, P, R, R, R, S, T, U, U, U, Y",No hint available.,"OCCUR, ACCORD, HICCUP, STUCCO, PECCARY",Language,03/26/09 #26719,Come Here For Fun,2.79,1.81,zonarita,"What event is represented by this rebus? OFFIC E","What happens here, stays here.",Office Party - The word office is parted before the last letter 'e'. Giving - Office Part E,Rebus,11/04/05 #14154,The Twelve Days of Christmas,2.28,1.46,cool_star,"The song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' has many presents: A partridge in a pear tree Two turtle doves Three french hens Four calling birds Five golden rings Six geese a-laying Seven swans a-swimming Eight maids a-milking Nine drummers drumming Ten pipers piping Eleven dancers dancing Twelve lords a-leaping Throughout the entire song, including all twelve 'verses', which present(s) shows up most often?","Make sure to count FIVE golden rings every time that part is sung, not just one.",The present that comes up most often are six geese a-laying and seven swans a-swimming which both come up 42 times.,Math,08/05/03 #45152,Landlords and Roommates,2.13,1.65,whsprec,"Four college students were the landlords from four different apartment companies all on the same street. Times were tough, so each student had to take in a roommate. From the clues below, can you find the landlord, the roommate, the company, and the position on the street from left to right? 1 - The landlord of Eastbrooke did not live next door to his fellow landlord Max. 2 - Larry stayed at one of the end apartments, which was not Wilson Acres. 3 - Daniel, who ran the apartment just to the right of where Russell was staying, was next door to the Sherwin Hills apartments, which was not at the end of the line. 4 - Robert stayed next door to Wilson Acres. 5 - Max ran the apartments next door to where Larry was staying. 6 - Brandon ran the apartments that had only one apartment next door, the one where Robert was staying. 7 - Aaron is a landlord, Tony is a roommate, and Commerce is a company.",No hint available.,"Eastbrooke is first with landlord Aaron and roommate Russell. Wilson Acres in second with landlord Daniel and roommate Tony. Sherwin Hills is third with landlord Max and roommate Robert. Commerce is last with landlord Brandon and roommate Larry.",Logic,08/26/09 #17281,Group Therapy,2.45,2.5,cnmne,"Within each of the following five groups is one member that when combined create a sixth group that share a unique characteristic. What are the five members? What is the common thread? It has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation. Group A: Brazil Canada Mexico Panama Uruguay Group B: Colombia India Norway Spain Thailand Group C: Iceland Indonesia Japan Madagascar Philippines Group D: Angola Kenya Mozambique Namibia Zambia Group E: Afghanistan Hungary Nepal Switzerland Uganda",No hint available.,"The members are: Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Kenya, Uganda. The common thread is: countries that are on the equator.",Group,04/07/04 #643,"Bad, cad, dad",2.36,1.02,Phyllis,"Which of the following words doesn`t belong? Bad Cad Dad Fad Gad Had Lad Mad Pad Rad Sad Tad Wad",Say them out loud,"Wad The word 'wad' is the only word that doesn't rhyme. All the other words rhyme with each other.",Group,06/23/01 #31849,NRSV,2.16,3.0,jazzmusician46,"Fill in the missing parts to this series: TOB, ........., ADD ESTH, WIS, SIR, BAR, 1ESD, 2ESD, LET JER, ........., SUS, BEL, 1MACC, 2MACC, ........., ........., PR MAN",No hint available.,"This series is the abbreviations to the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books of the Old Testament. The missing parts to the series: 1. JDT (Judith) 2. SONG of THR (Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Jews) 3. 3MACC (3 Maccabees) 4. 4MACC (4 Maccabees) The other books are: Tobit, ........ The Additions to Esther, Wisdom, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Baruch, 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, Letter of Jeremiah, ........ Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, ........, ........, Prayer of Manasseh.",Series,07/18/06 #5635,Suraiya's Story,2.33,2.82,arij,"There used to live a Muslim woman in a small town of India. Her name was Suraiya. She was blind, deaf and voiceless. This meant that she couldn't see, hear or talk. Her husband suddenly died through an accident. Now, she needed to be told that her husband had died. How can this be done?",No hint available.,"One would come to Suraiya and break the bangles that she would be wearing on her hands. In India, there is a ritual that when a Muslim woman becomes a widow, she breaks her bangles.",Trivia,07/16/02 #29080,"How Long, How Long?",2.05,1.46,xolilangel827ox,"One evening, a little boy asked his dad, ""How long until dinner is ready?"" His witty father replied, ""How Long is one of my friends."" The little boy laughed and walked away, not confused at all. What did the father mean?","How Long. (Notice the capital letters.)",How Long is a person's name.,Trick,03/13/06 #50561,Here I Stand,2.5100000000000002,0.93,theriddler,"Sometimes I boldly say, ""Here I stand."" Other times, as in a trick, I hide inside. I'm almost everywhere, it's not like I'm banned, So I know you'll easily find me, in time. If I were to say, ""I'm in 'this' and not in 'that,'"" I'm sure you could find me in nothing flat. So who, or what, am I?",No hint available.,"The letter ""i"".",Riddle,04/13/15 #39615,Some Friendly Advice,2.39,2.3,aresII,"The following quotes are from Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915). He was an American philosopher and writer. He is perhaps most famous for his essay 'A Message to Garcia'. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. Y=B ""MSAXLCIWAD, NAZX VSXCAJ, AI WAQWXIJ FWXL AJ AI LEJ GIXC."" ""AL ESCXS JE WOHX MSAXLCI, REG KGIJ MASIJ YX ELX.""","C=D O=A W=H","""FRIENDSHIP, LIKE CREDIT, IS HIGHEST WHEN IT IS NOT USED."" ""IN ORDER TO HAVE FRIENDS, YOU MUST FIRST BE ONE."" KEY: A=I C=D D=P E=O F=W G=U H=V I=S J=T K=M L=N M=F N=L O=A Q=G R=Y S=R V=C W=H X=E Y=B Z=K",Cryptography,12/15/07 #878,Life surrounds me...,2.7600000000000002,1.83,Michelle,"Feared and representing death, Yet without me you cannot live. Life surrounds me from the start, Yet I remain long after life does depart. What am I?",No hint available.,A Skeleton.,Riddle,09/26/01 #8636,Wonks / Winks,2.22,2.42,mad-ade,"In the land of Madadia they have their own Currency called the Wonk, which is made up of one hundred Winks. Mad Ade entered the Bank of Madadia and requested to withdraw a specific amount of Wonks and Winks X Wonks and Y Winks. The Cashier misheard Mad Ade's request and accidentally gave Mad Ade Y Wonks and X Winks. Neither Mad Ade or the cashier noticed the mistake, so Mad Ade left the bank. After spending 20 Winks in the ""Sweaty Chef"" Kebab shop, Mad Ade counts his money, and to his surprise, he has double the amount he wanted to withdraw to begin with. Find X and Y. (1Wonk = 100 Winks)",No hint available.,"As given, the person wanted to withdraw 100X + Y Winks. But he got 100Y + X Winks. After spending 20 Winks, he has double the amount he wanted to withdraw. Hence, the equation is 2 * (100X + Y) = 100Y + X - 20 200X + 2Y = 100Y +X - 20 199X - 98Y = -20 98Y - 199X = 20 Now, we got one equation; but there are 2 variables. We have to apply little bit of logic over here. We know that if we interchange X & Y, amount gets double. So Y should be twice of X or one more than twice of X i.e. Y = 2X or Y = 2X+1 Case I : Y=2X Solving two equations simultaneously 98Y - 199X = 20 Y - 2X = 0 We get X = - 20/3 & Y = - 40/2 Case II : Y=2X+1 Solving two equations simultaneously 98Y - 199X = 20 Y - 2X = 1 We get X = 26 & Y = 53 Now, its obvious that he wanted to withdraw 26 Wonks and 53 Winks",Math,11/21/02 #3919,The Un-throwable,2.29,1.21,princess_d,What is something you can catch but you can't throw?,No hint available.,A cold,Riddle,05/06/02 #8233,Often Collide,2.31,2.74,Ember,"I normally rest at one's side. My kind often collide. I am not alive but you make me move. I am a great companion, this you will prove. What am I?",No hint available.,A sword.,Riddle,10/25/02 #29529,Battles For the Gods,3.0,2.41,medster99,"There was once a massive evil being, so grand that it took gods from all over the world to just defeat his minions. Each minion needed to be fought with a special weapon in a special place or they would never die. Also, since gods are busy people, they could choose the date of the fight. The gods decided who would use what weapon, when, and where, based on if they could use the weapon well, if they liked the battleground or not, and if they were free that day. If they liked the battleground, then they would fight there. There were five minions, five dates, five gods, five battlegrounds, and five weapons: 5 Gods: Thor, Zeus, Ra, Apophis and Loki 5 Minions: Fiery Fiend, Metal Eye, Anti-God, Giant Worm, and the Undead Cyclops 5 Weapons: Heavenly Spear, Diamond Dagger, Doomsword, Night Bow and Staff of Fury 5 Battlegrounds: Easter Island, Stonehenge, Camelot, Sherwood Forest and Avalon 5 Dates: March 17, December 25, February 14, January 1, and December 31 Can you find out which god fought which minion where, when and with what weapon? Clues: 1) Loki did not fight the Fiend, but did use the Bow. 2) Thor fought about 283 days before Zeus. 3) The one who fought the Cyclops is the one who fought on Dec. 31. 4) The one who fought the Fiend, who fought at Camelot on Jan. 1 didn't use the Dagger. 5) The Spear user fought on Easter Island on March 17. 6) The one who fought in Sherwood Forest fought on Dec. 31. 7) Ra fought with the Sword in Avalon. 8) The Fiend was fought by Apophis. 9) The Giant Worm was defeated at Stonehenge. 10) The Anti-God was defeated on March 17.","Bow = Night Bow Sword = Doomsword Staff = Staff of Fury Dagger = Diamond Dagger Spear = Heavenly Spear","Thor - Anti-God - Spear - March 17 - Easter Island Zeus - Giant Worm - Dagger - Dec. 25 - Stonehenge Apophis - Fiend - Staff - Jan. 1 - Camelot Ra - Metal Eye - Sword - Feb. 14 - Avalon Loki - Cyclops - Bow - Dec. 31 - Sherwood Forest",Logic-Grid,04/04/06 #2072,Clown Party,2.04,1.37,jokester8000,Jake wants to hire a clown for his daughter's birthday. It costs him $18.45. He has the clown come from 10am to 7pm. How much is the hourly rate?,No hint available.,$2.05 an hour.,Math,01/19/02 #44774,High Country Vacation,2.81,1.94,mrsfessler,"The Fun Family, Mom, Dad, and three children, enjoyed a weeklong vacation in the mountains of the High Country of North Carolina. Although they all enjoyed everything they did and saw, each (one is Farah) had his or her own favorite activity and tourist sight. From the clues below, determine each family member's age (15,17,19,42 or 44), their favorite activity and their favorite sight. 1. The 5 family members are Felix, the 19 year old daughter, the fan of canoeing, the one who preferred the Blowing Rock, and the female who loved driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) looking at the scenery. 2. The one who favored equestrian activities is 2 years older than Fred. The one who enjoyed hiking the most is older than her brother, but younger than Faith. 3. The two that preferred ziplining and whitewater rafting are in some order the 15 year old and the one who loved the campus of Appalachian State University. 4. The oldest and the youngest are, in some order, Fran and the one who preferred to sight see from the car. 5. The 3 females are the oldest, the youngest and the one who liked Mast General Store the best. The 2 males are the ones who preferred Grandfather Mountain and whitewater rafting.","equestrian = horseback riding ASU = Appalachian State University Fred is the Dad Faith is the Mom","Fred, 42, canoing, Grandfather Mountain Fran, 15, ziplining, The Blowing Rock Felix, 17, whitewater rafting, Appalachian State University Farah, 19, hiking, Mast General Store Faith, 44, horseback riding, Blue Ridge Parkway",Logic-Grid,07/01/09 #52409,"The Castle, The Intruder, and The Guard",2.61,1.23,ThinksForFun,"The intruder seeks entry with nefarious intent But the guard will do what it takes in order to prevent The castle's key functions, the intruder seeks to disrupt But the guard won't allow the castle to become corrupt Before any sign of trouble, the guard was injected Into the castle so that it would remain protected The intruder's devious efforts to infect will fail While the guard's mission to protect the castle will prevail What is the castle? What is the intruder? What is the guard?",No hint available.,"The castle is the human body, the intruder is a virus, and the guard is the vaccine for the virus.",Riddle,05/16/20 #33986,At the Dog Show,3.06,1.9000000000000001,teen_wiz,"It was the day of the National Dog Show. All throughout the host city of Rufftown, barks, growls, ruffs, and yaps could be heard. Although this was a huge event, the clumsy organizers were less than organized. Five minutes before the owners were to be admitted into the Great Hall, one of the desk clerks realized that they were missing five forms! All she could remember were the names, breeds, and shows, but she couldn't remember how they were organized. Can you solve the order of the form information, namely, the owners' first and last names, the dogs' names and breeds, and the competition they entered? 1. The five owners are Ruffles' breeder, the one who entered his/her dog in Agility, Mr. Church, Norah, and the Yorkie's owner. 2. Laurence, who does not own Princess Pepsi, entered his prized pup into Best of Breed. Jason did not show a Rough Collie. 3. Ms. Knight loved to dress up her dog in adorable costumes and looked forward to it every year; she excitedly entered her dog in the Best Dressed competition. 4. Kayla owned a Yorkie, whose name is not Moochums. Jason's last name is not Church. 5. The Golden Retriever ALWAYS ended up tripping over the hurdles, so its owner didn't enter it in Agility. 6. Lily the Yorkie looked simply adorable in her ballerina costume. The piano-playing Bulldog was entered in the Intelligence competition. 7. Neither Laurence or Sharie's last name is Baron, and Jason's last name isn't Fitzgibbon. 8. Norah Yeung taught Bubbles to play the piano over 3 years. Sharie's Poodle was very jealous.",Lily was entered in the Best Dressed competition.,"Norah Yeung owned Bubbles the piano-playing Bulldog, whom she entered in Intelligence. Jason Baron owned Ruffles the Golden Retriever and entered the beautiful dog in Best in Show. Kayla Knight owned Lily the Yorkshire Terrier/ballerina in the Best Dressed Competition. Laurence Church owned Moochums the Rough Collie and entered the fluffy pooch in Best of Breed. Sharie Fitzgibbon owned Princess Pepsi the Toy Poodle and entered it in Agility. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for helping the clumsy clerk! Now the dog show can run perfectly!",Logic-Grid,11/16/06 #19113,Hexing Hexes,2.19,2.5100000000000002,snaps,"There is a link between the words below and their associated numbers. Can you figure out what it is? A = 10 AD = 173 ADD = 2781 ACE = 2776 ACED = 44269 FACE = 64206 FACED = 1027309",The title itself is a clue.,"The words are actually numbers in hexadecimal form (base 16), while the numbers are their decimal (base 10) equivalent. Counting in hexadecimal (with corresponding decimal values in brackets) is: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A (10), B (11), C (12), D (13), E (14), F (15), 10 (16), 11 (17), 12 (18), 13 (19), 14 (20), 15 (21), 16 (22), 17 (23), 18 (24), 19 (25), 1A (26), 1B (27), 1C (28), 1D (29), 1E (30), 1F (31), 20 (32), 21 (33) ... Note that for decimal, the place values are 1, 10, 100, 1000, etc. For hexadecimal, the place values are 1, 16 (10), 256 (100), 4096 (1000).",Math,10/10/04 #27778,Wages,2.47,1.27,jajajaja,"Jen, Paula and Sarah had spent the week decorating an elderly neighbour's house, for which they earned £500 between them. When it came to dividing up the money Paula claimed she had worked three times harder than Jen, and Sarah had worked twice as hard as Paula. If the money was divided fairly, how much money did they each receive?",No hint available.,"Jen =£50 Paula =£150 Sarah =£300",Math,12/30/05 #30263,Ling O'Mammal,2.99,2.49,cnmne,"Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of mammal. The other word is that mammal with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (rat brat), a letter deleted anywhere (badger badge), a letter changed anywhere (hare harp). There is no rearrangement of the other letters. No mammal is used more than once. Gender-specific terms (eg sow or bull) and age-related terms (eg foal or fawn) are not allowed. 1) This is an entire mammal. 2) This is an alternate mammal. 3) This mammal is not far away. 4) This sport can get a mammal teed off. 5) This is mammal luster. 6) This is what a mammal wears to keep warm. 7) This is mammal courage. 8) This is a molded chilled dessert for a mammal. 9) This is a hairpiece for a mammal. 10) This is a sock for a mammal. 11) This is something you would use to hang a mammal. 12) This mammal is a religious leader.",No hint available.,"1) whole whale 2) other otter 3) near bear 4) wolf golf 5) sheep sheen 6) goat coat 7) skunk spunk 8) mouse mousse 9) pig wig 10) horse hose 11) moose noose 12) rabbit rabbi or mink monk or llama lama",Language,05/04/06 #50252,Words With AT,2.5,2.21,cnmne,"Five words that contain AT as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? AT****, *AT***, **AT**, ***AT*, ****AT Pool: C, C, E, E, F, G, H, H, H, I, M, M, N, O, O, O, R, S, U, W",No hint available.,"ATOMIC, FATHOM, SCATHE, WREATH, NOUGAT",Language,04/13/14 #16998,Not General Motors,2.44,2.6,cnmne,"G, F, M = G of the M",No hint available.,"Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh = Gifts of the Magi",Letter-Equations,03/12/04 #27996,The Dairy Farmer,2.74,2.35,dodger,"A dairy farmer had 54 litres of milk in three churns. He wanted to make sure each churn contained 18 litres. First, he poured 1/4 of the first churn into the second churn. Then he poured 1/2 of the second churn into the third churn. Finally, he poured 1/3 of the third churn into the first churn. How many litres did each churn contain before he started pouring?",No hint available.,"12, 33 and 9 litres respectively",Math,01/09/06 #2913,Rope Pull,2.61,1.44,204_BLaZe_41,"Under what conditions would a rope be mostly likely to break? a. 20 men of equal strength with 10 pulling on each end. b. 10 of the same men pulling on one end and the other end being fastened to a tree. c. It makes no difference",No hint available.,"The answer is c. If 20 men pull on the rope (10 on each side), the stress on the rope will be no greater than if 10 pulled from one end and the other was tied to a tree. The tension on a rope is no greater than the pull at one of its ends.",Science,03/25/02 #30863,The Galloper.,2.78,2.16,cb123,"I can be found where you go for fun. I can help you find something you need when you travel. I have seats of different shapes and sizes. I may have no seats at all. You may hear music around me. You may hear loud rumblings and loud conversations. You can ride me. You can take things off of me. What am I?",The title is another name for me.,"A Carousel. Note: A carousel can be ridden at a carnival. A carousel is what you get luggage off of at an airport. Another name for the carousel machine is the galloper.",Riddle,06/03/06 #21507,Jockey Shorts,2.28,1.97,MrIxolite,"What is shown below? sMock pAnts bRiefs vEst",No hint available.,"A clothes horse MARE is a female horse, composed of a letter from each garment.",Rebus,03/13/05 #9730,Meals,2.22,1.43,Amorn01380,"In an office of 180 people the canteen offers a choice of lasagna, vegetable curry and gammon steak Hawaii. On Tuesday, 60 people chose lasagna, and two thirds chose gammon steak Hawaii. How many chose veggie curry?",No hint available.,"None. 60 people chose lasagna, and the other 120 (two-thirds of 180) chose steak.",Math,01/11/03 #47789,Word Chest 3,2.79,1.57,dalfamnest,"Word Chests are miniature crossword puzzles, with no gaps. e.g. J OB ARE MET This word chest contains three words spelled horizontally and three vertically. Clues are given, but not necessarily in order. Can you work out the six 3-letter words and place them correctly in the chest? Clues across: * Octopus defence liquid * New Zealand mountain parrot * Bashful Clues down: * Female bird * Tibetan ox * Popular type of winter holiday resort","The top left letter is given: S** *** ***","SHY KEA I NK",Language,08/21/10 #10776,Dangerous Chemical,2.57,1.26,ShadowOfAnother,"There is a chemical that is very dangerous. If this chemical is inhaled, it may be fatal. Under certain conditions, contact with the skin can cause a burn. However, once a person's body becomes dependant on this chemical, prolonged separation from this chemical can cause death. However, even though many people know of this chemical, and it is found in nearly every drinking source, nothing is being done to try to get rid of it. Why is nothing being done about this chemical?",This is a real chemical. Think about everything that is being said.,No one does anything about it because the chemical is water.,Science,02/27/03 #43532,A Friend in Need.,2.81,1.19,xmum,"You very rarely think of me. No gratitude, nor praise. You often do bad things to me, as I serve you, all your days. I worked for you both day and night, before you even knew, And I continue to this day, but it seems that you haven't a clue. You do not seem to care one whit that I work like a horse. You just assume that I'll be true, and keep my steady course. But, if I make just one mistake, then suddenly you care. You rush to take good care of me. At last you know I'm there. I do not ask a lot of you. Eat some oatmeal! Walk the dog! Get off that chair for just a while. Jump rope or take a jog! You'll find me not ungrateful. You'll find I can be true. And both of us will last so long, that your heirs will get quite blue. So give me away, but hold me close and I'll serve and try to be brave. Just speak my name and pat your chest, and I may give you what you crave.",No hint available.,I am your heart.,Riddle,11/13/08 #9603,SION SION SION,2.34,1.21,warrior,"What is this rebus? SION SION SION SION SION SION SION SION SION SION",No hint available.,tension,Rebus,01/03/03 #9884,Appropriate Names,2.63,2.16,Bobbrt,"The following is a list of cartoon characters that are all appropriately named. For example, Bob would be a good name for a buoy (because a buoy bobs up and down). Can you get all of the names? The first letter of each name is given. All of the names are common English names. R____ the Leaf B____ the Nail P____ the Hamburger S____ the Beach B____ the Five-spot M____ the Pen L____ the Truck C____ the Basket",No hint available.,"Russel the Leaf Brad the Nail Pattie the Hamburger Sandy the Beach Bill the Five-spot Mark the Pen Laurie the Truck Carrie the Basket",Language,01/17/03 #9592,Playing the Penny,2.62,2.52,Marriot,"You are in a bar having a drink with an old friend when he proposes a wager. ""Want to play a game?"" he asks. ""Sure, why not?"" you reply. ""Ok, here's how it works. You choose three possible outcomes of a coin toss, either HHH, TTT, HHT or whatever. I will do likewise. I will then start flipping the coin continuously until either one of our combinations comes up. The person whose combination comes up first is the winner. And to prove I'm not the cheating little weasel you're always making me out to be, I'll even let you go first so you have more combinations to choose from. So how about it? Is $10.00 a fair bet?"" You know that your friend is a skilled trickster and usually has a trick or two up his sleeve but maybe he's being honest this time. Maybe this is a fair bet. While you try and think of which combination is most likely to come up first, you suddenly hit upon a strategy which will be immensely beneficial to you. What is it?","Think what would be most likely to happen if you chose HHH, would this be a good decision?","The answer is to let your friend go first. This puzzle is based on an old game/scam called Penny Ante. No matter what you picked, your friend would be able to come up with a combination which would be more likely to beat yours. For example, if you were to choose HHH, then unless HHH was the first combination to come up you would eventually lose since as soon as a Tails came up, the combination THH would inevitably come up before HHH. The basic formula you can use for working out which combination you should choose is as follows. Simply take his combination (eg. HHT) take the last term in his combination, put it at the front (in this case making THH) and your combination will be more likely to come up first. Try it on your friends!",Probability,01/03/03 #30262,Dance,2.11,0.93,bluegrasss,"What type of dance is this? Step Step Dance",No hint available.,2 Step Dance,Rebus,05/04/06 #341,9 P in the S S.,2.52,1.11,Mr. G,9 P in the S S.,Out of this world!,9 Planets in the Solar System.,Letter-Equations,03/13/01 #30475,Do Do,2.89,1.79,tsimkin,"What does the following rebus represent? 1. Do Do 2. Dew Dew 3. Due Due",No hint available.,"To Do List (Two ""do/dew/etc."" list)",Rebus,05/14/06 #40998,Distorted Music - Bands,2.71,1.8900000000000001,grilledcheese,"Each of the following is the name of a band. Can you decode them? Each band is in the form of an anagram. 1. Ad Energy 2. Blab Batch Ask 3. Legates He 4. Rain Van 5. Polar Towns",No hint available.,"1. Green Day 2. Black Sabbath 3. The Eagles 4. Nirvana 5. Snow Patrol",Language,03/13/08 #33948,Where In The World 4,2.49,1.9000000000000001,lifeisgood812,0 (Zero) D E/W = P.M.,0 D N/S = E,"0 Degrees East/West = Prime Meridian The hint is 0 Degrees North/South = Equator.",Letter-Equations,11/13/06 #49545,The Not-So-Miraculous Jump,2.07,1.56,JazzyMin,"A young boy jumped off the top of a 5 storey building and landed unharmed, except for sore feet. How is this possible?",The top of the building had round bumps on it...,"The boy jumped off a Lego building! He landed on some loose Lego bricks, which hurt his feet.",Situation,08/05/12 #47123,The Number Sentence,2.6,2.33,smartlilbit,"Write a number in each blank to make the following statement true: In this sentence, the number of occurrences of 1 is____, of 2 is___, of 3 is___, of 4 is___, of 5 is___.",The sum of all the answers equals 10.,"of 1 is 3, of 2 is 2, of 3 is 3, of 4 is 1, of 5 is 1.",Logic,05/31/10 #3911,Add and Multiply 1.5,2.14,1.51,mad-ade,What number gives the same answer when added to or multiplied by 1.5?,No hint available.,"3 3+1.5= 4.5 3x1.5= 4.5",Math,05/06/02 #44976,Words With CMT,1.9000000000000001,2.07,brainglue,"Four words with the letters CMT, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. C _ _ M _ T C _ M _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ C _ M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T C _ M _ T Pool: A, C, E, E, E, E, H, I, I, I, L, M, M, M, N, O, O, O, O, P, S, T",No hint available.,"The words are: commit committee accomplishment comet",Language,07/30/09 #32032,Is it a Kookaburra or a Kangaroo?,2.83,2.63,jazzmusician46,"I am a pipe, but you do not smoke me. I am a natural musical instrument, but am not made from brass. I contain no holes to finger, or strings to pluck. You can beat me, but I am not a drum; yet when played correctly I am very rhythmic. My sound is circular, and also very unique. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Didjeridu (Didjeridoo) It is a unique wind instrument of the Australian Aborigines of northern Australia. It is sometimes described as a natural wooden trumpet or ""drone pipe"" made from a hollowed out branch. Musicologists classify it as an aerophone because you have to blow air through it to produce a sound. During a performance, the musician can also strike the outside of the instrument with a stick, which makes a rhythmic beat. Circular breathing (that is, breathing in and out at the same time) is needed to produce a continual drone-like sound over voice sounds, which can be superimposed to add more rhythmic patterns. The player can also imitate local birds and animals, such as the kookaburra and kangaroo.",Riddle,07/25/06 #13915,Which Shape?,2.15,1.31,jacintan,Which two-dimensional shape has an infinite number of lines of symmetry?,No hint available.,"A circle. No matter what direction you make a slice through the center, the two halves will be symmetric.",Math,07/20/03 #21879,Big 'Un,2.11,2.6,badbunnee,"What's the rebus? GreatrugBerlin","Find a word in the *middle* of the rebus-line. Think of a synonym (similar meaning) for that word. Then take the two remaining words, think of the SAME word you could put with each that would be the names of two person-made structures that had great geopolitical (that means BIG politics) meaning.","wall-to-wall carpeting. The Great Wall of China was built to attempt to keep the northern barbarians out. It didn't work. The Berlin Wall was built to attempt to keep the (western ?; eastern ?)barbarians IN. Some people think it DID work.",Rebus,03/29/05 #5843,Choices?,2.34,1.8,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? DEVILrippedDEMON",No hint available.,torn between two evils,Rebus,07/24/02 #6955,Hopeful,2.43,1.86,majd,"What is this rebus? GIVENESSBGIVENESSEGIVENESSGGIVENESS GIVENESSBGIVENESSEGIVENESSGGIVENESS GIVENESSBGIVENESSEGIVENESSGGIVENESS GIVENESSBGIVENESSEGIVENESSGGIVENESS",No hint available.,"Begging for forgiveness (four four GIVENESS = for forgiveness with BEG in them)",Rebus,08/28/02 #45074,1 G T D A,2.08,1.75,TechA,1 G T D A,No hint available.,1 Good Turn Deserves Another,Letter-Equations,08/16/09 #3272,stasoftllawaretion,2.26,2.16,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? stasoftllawaretion",No hint available.,Software Installation,Rebus,04/05/02 #36039,Which Side?,2.74,0.72,Writer_fighter,"You are standing outside a building, and it soon begins to get cold. Not stopping at being cold, the wind starts to blow from the east at 30 miles an hour. The wind chill is around negative 30 degrees. On which side of the building should you position yourself to keep warm?",No hint available.,"The INside, of course!!!",Trick,04/04/07 #4938,Same Name,2.4,2.53,im_para_noid,"We share the same name, but mean two different things one goes up and down and the other spins while one can make you sick the other you cannot touch you have heard of me before whether you know it or not you know our name just give it a thought One is a messenger the other is not One gives you a reading The other helps the Oracle",No hint available.,"Mercury (Messenger is Hermes, or in Latin it is Mercury)",Riddle,06/25/02 #34214,This is Not a Gala,2.71,0.8,jazzmusician46,"What is represented by this rebus? Granny Smith 3.141592...",No hint available.,"Apple Pie Explanation: Granny Smith is the name of an apple, whilst 3.141592...is the maths for Pi.",Rebus,12/02/06 #52128,The Troll Bridge 3,3.17,2.41,wimpykidfan37,"A bridge was guarded by an evil troll. The troll was very intelligent, but he was also a coward. He was afraid of anyone smarter than him. So every time anyone tried to cross the bridge, the troll would set up a test. If the traveler passed the test, he would be allowed to cross. Otherwise, the troll would eat him. A judge named Oscar came across the bridge. The troll said, ""You may only cross my bridge if you know the password."" He then wrote 26 equations on a rock: A=1, B=2, and so on until Z=26. ""Today's password is the name of a woman,"" said the troll. ""The woman's name has the same 'product' as the word JUDGE, that is, 10*21*4*7*5. It also has the same number of letters as JUDGE. However it has no letters in common with JUDGE."" ""When the first and second letters in the woman's name are switched around, the letters are in alphabetical order."" ""Finally,"" said the troll, ""the woman's name does not contain the letter C because I despise the number 3."" So, what is the password? And why couldn't the troll use similar rules to create a password using the name OSCAR rather than the word JUDGE?","1. It is unnecessary, and even inconvenient, to multiply 10*21*4*7*5. 2. This puzzle requires knowledge of women's first names.","The password is FANNY. The woman's name cannot contain G or U, so since 14 is the only other multiple of 7 to be less than or equal to 26, the name must contain two N's. Dividing by 14 twice, we get 10*3*5. Since two of these numbers are divisible by 5, the name must contain either two letters divisible by 5 or one letter divisible by 25. It obviously cannot contain E or J. It cannot contain T because 10*3*5 is not divisible by 20. It cannot contain O because dividing 10*3*5 by 15 gives us 10, which would mean that E or J is in the name. So it must contain Y. Dividing by 25 gives us 2*3. 2*3 is one of only two pairs of numbers that multiplies to give us 6, the other being 1*6. So the remaining two letters must be either B and C or A and F. But since C is not in the password, the remaining two letters must be A and F. Putting the five letters in order, we get AFNNY. Switching around the first two letters, we get FANNY. The reason why the troll couldn't use similar rules to create a password using the name OSCAR is because S is the 19th letter of the alphabet, and 19 is a prime number and the only number less than or equal to 26 to be a multiple of 19.",Math,02/05/19 #28807,It's Not Easy Being Green,2.67,2.21,norcekri,"Three-year-old Nathan Noyens dumped his little wooden cart of alphabet blocks on the floor, barely missing Nora Shekrie's second and third toes, vulnerable in the one pair of spring sandals in her wardrobe that wasn't in the bag waiting to go to Goodwill. His mother, Anna Noyens, continued to regale Nora with evidence of Nathan's overall superiority to other children his age -- or any age, for that matter. ""Nene knows his letters already, and he's off the top of the charts in his motor skills. Dr. Pfeffer says he's the smartest baby he's seen in years. Last week, he figured out how to open the child-proof latches on the cereal cupboard. He ate half a box of Cheerios before I noticed."" Desperate for an escape, Nora took another sip of her tea as she looked around at the decor, a pleasant, understated mixture of soft greens and browns. She had no doubt that Nathan would spend long periods tracing the ivy and brick lines stenciled on the cream-colored walls; the pattern brought back memories of wallpaper from Nora's own childhood. ""Anna, I love what you've done with this room. I remember how it looked when the Stetsons lived here. The family was warm, but the room couldn't stand on its own. Now, it looks like something out of a magazine. How did you *find* these colors?"" ""Natural talent, I'm afraid."" Anna enjoyed Nora's puzzlement for a triple heartbeat. ""I'm color blind: classic red-green. I've learned to ask people what the colors are, and I've studied color coordination in books until my eyes couldn't tell white from black."" She sounded wistful, almost resigned to living with this over-educated aspect of herself. ""I think I know a hundred ways to ask about a shade of green, and to judge how other people see it."" Only someone with less sensitivity than the painted brick wall would have missed the combination of pride and pain in her voice. Nora patted her arm, looking worriedly at Nathan. Anna's voice brightened. ""Oh, don't worry about him, Nora. Nathan is fine. He can tell his colors just fine."" Nathan was just placing a green ""N"" on a red ""T"" block in the cart. ""Nathan, dear,"" she cooed, ""bring Mommy the green block, please?"" He looked at his mother, then at the blocks around him, finally focusing on the top of his two-letter stack. He clutched the ""N"" and brought it over to her. ""See, Nora? Just fine. Richard's color vision is incredible, like his mother's. In fact, he did most of the detailed color work in this room. I learned all the relationships, and he got the colors just right, from what everyone else says. Anyway, we've been teaching Nathan his colors for a couple of weeks now, and he's getting them better. He's ahead of schedule, like I said, but he really knows his red from his green."" Nora looked at the set of blocks, the red truck, the green frog, ... the entire variety of bright colors certainly gave an air of certainty to Anna's claim. ""So, Anna, you haven't had him tested professionally?"" ""No, it hasn't been necessary. We worried, of course. It's a 1-in-4 chance, but he's just fine."" ""I'm afraid not, Anna. He certainly seems smart, but I don't think he can tell red from green any more than you."" What did Nora conclude that had escaped the doting mother?",Color blindness is recessive.,"Color blindness is both recessive and sex-linked to the X chromosome. A color-blind woman carries the trait in both chromosomes of her 23rd pair. Since a son gets his only X chromosome from his mother (a Y from his father), all her sons will inherit her color blindness. Apparently, Nathan had learned that the first letter of his name was green. Similarly, he had learned that his truck was red, his frog was green, and so on.",Science,02/26/06 #40696,1 to 20,2.02,2.05,shenqiang,"Divide the numbers from 1 to 20 into 10 pairs. Multiply the numbers in each pair, then add the ten products. What is the difference between the maximum possible sum and the minimum possible sum?","If you can't get it, try 1 to 4. 1*2+3*4, 1*3+2*4, 1*4+2*3...","The maximum possible sum is 1*2+3*4+...+19*20=1430. The minimum possible sum is 1*20+2*19+...+10*11=770. 1430-770=660.",Math,02/25/08 #32041,Tough One 2,2.57,2.86,Gizzer,"Below you will find ten words and ten groups of consonants. Each word has a synonym that can be made from one group of consonants, although not necessarily in the order provided. You will have to add vowels as needed. For example, the first word - body - is matched to the consonant group CPRS, from which you can create the synonym CoRPSe. Once you have made all the matches and correctly identified all the synonyms, you will have a new set of ten words that, when placed in the correct order, form the first part of a literary series. Can you determine all the synonyms and then name the next word in the series? 1) body 2) defense 3) detective 4) murder 5) opinion 6) proof 7) pure 8) runaway 9) shirker 10) thief a) BDDT b) BGLRR c) BL d) CDHM e) CDNV f) CNNNT g) CPRS h) DGJMNT i) FGTV j) GHMS If you need help, the hint will tell you which consonant group matches which word.","1g, 2c, 3j, 4d, 5h, 6e, 7f, 8i, 9a, 10b","The next word is killer. Here are the matches, with the synonyms: 1g) body - CPRS - CoRPSe 2c) defense - BL - aLiBi 3j) detective - GHMS - GuMSHoe 4d) murder - CDHM - HoMiCiDe 5h) opinion - DGJMNT - JuDGMeNT 6e) proof - CDNV - eViDeNCe 7f) pure - CNNNT - iNNoCeNT 8i) runaway - FGTV - FuGiTiVe 9a) shirker - BDDT - DeaDBeaT 10b) thief - BGLRR - BuRGLaR These words are all part of the titles of Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone series, also known as the ""Alphabet Series"". The first eleven books in the series are: A is for Alibi B is for Burglar C is for Corpse D is for Deadbeat E is for Evidence F is for Fugitive G is for Gumshoe H is for Homicide I is for Innocent J is for Judgment K is for Killer",Language,07/26/06 #14458,License to Drive,2.36,2.4,mathemagician,"Five cars were parked in a private garage. Upon looking at the license plates, a shrewd detective noticed a pattern to the plates. Four of the license plates were: 528 - DVF 120 - EHC 084 - GFB 816 - QDL What is the remainder of the fifth license plate below? ??? - AWZ",No hint available.,"Each letter has a value equal to its position in the alphabet. Those values are then multiplied together. A = 1 , W = 23 , Z = 26. 1 x 23 x 26 = 598.",Other,08/21/03 #2730,Give it and Keep it,2.29,1.6400000000000001,lil_thugsta,"Even if you give this to someone else, you still get to keep it. What is it?",No hint available.,Your Word.,Language,03/21/02 #47967,Starry Tubs,2.79,2.17,Shadows,"What do the following word pairs have in common? Tubs, Star Jolt, Inks Dabs, Czar Pint, Ohms Beet, Adds","These two word pairs also exhibit the property: Bout, Ants Peps, Odor","If you replace every letter in the first word with the letter preceding it in the alphabet (A wraps around to Z), you get the second word. In other words, the first word is the second word with a Caesar shift of 1.",Group,09/17/10 #32881,Two Weights?,2.5100000000000002,2.88,moonsliver86,"Martin rushed into the room bearing good news. ""Joseph, your idea worked! The company liked the idea of using only two types of weights to measure heavy objects!"" announced Martin, giving the letter to Joseph. ""I told you so. Given any two types of weights, you can measure objects that are above a certain weight,"" explained Joseph, reading the letter, ""Well, as long as the two weights are not both even."" Martin thought for a moment and then realized that he had no clue what Joseph meant by that, so he asked, ""Huh? What? Isn't the new weight system designed to measure all types of objects?"" Joseph smiled and replied, ""Technically, yes. However, this system can't measure objects that weigh 1 pound, 2 pounds and other lighter objects. Besides, both weights are heavier than 10 pounds."" ""Really? But then why did the company like it?"" wondered Martin, ""What use does it have then? Can it measure 300 pounds? 90 pounds? 69 pounds?!"" ""Yes, yes, and no."" Joseph laughed, ""You're not getting the point. The company only weighs things 120 pounds or heavier. This weighing system can't measure 119 pounds but any object above 119 pounds can be expressed as a sum of combinations of these two weights."" After hearing that, Martin was even more confused. Finally, Joseph said, ""Look, 17 (5+5+7) can be expressed as a sum of only 5s and 7s. 18, on the other hand, can't. It works on the same principles. Think about it. You'll get it eventually."" Assuming everything has integer weights, what were the two types of weights that Joseph suggested?",Try it out with small numbers. What is the largest number that can not be expressed as a sum of 3s and 4s? The answer is 5. Try it out with other numbers. You'll find a pattern eventually.,"The two weights are 11 and 13. If you played around with the hint, you'll realize that the largest number that cannot be expressed as a sum of Xs and Ys is equal to (X-1)(Y-1) - 1. We are told that the largest number that can not be expressed as a sum of a combination of the two weights is 119. Thus, 119 = (x-1)(y-1) - 1 120 = (x-1)(y-1) From here, we only have to list 120's factors: (1,120), (2,60), (3,40), (4,30), (5,24), (6,20), (8,15), (10,12). There are 8 possible combinations. However, we were told that both weights were above 10 pounds. Thus, only one pair remains (10,12). So, x=11 and y=13. Try it out. You can't make 119 using only 11s and 13s but you can make 120 and above using only 11s and 13s.",Math,09/08/06 #25305,Miss Molly Mule,2.8,1.39,_fire_fly,"""I don't understand, Doc,"" complained Benny Jackson, a man who dedicates his life to trying to impress women, but has yet to succeed. ""What happened this time?"" Doc Jim asked as he sat down beside the troubled youth. ""You know Samantha Wilcox? Her father owns several prize horses and has won countless racing medals with them, so Samantha won't look at a guy twice unless he's got a heart bigger for animals than himself. I thought I had my story down right. Will you tell me where I went wrong?"" ""Sure, what'd you tell her?"" ""A few years back I decided I'd take my mule, Miss Molly, out with me to go gold mining. Several months went by and I found nothing, but I kept looking. One day, I struck the motherlode. It was cold, miserable weather, and Miss Molly wasn't feeling too good. So, instead of gettin' all that gold I found, I stayed with her for weeks. Poor girl was pregnant, and after a few months of waiting and nursing, she gave birth to a healthy baby. I didn't get the gold, I just brought the two home."" ""Well, Ben, You're just lucky she didn't throw you out a window with a story like that!"" What was Benny's mistake?",Miss Molly was a mule.,"Although mules are normally sterile (although there have been several instances where they have become pregnant) the fact that Benny claims to have spent several months looking for the gold and then another few months nursing the mule through pregnancy is longer than the pregnancy cycle would have been, so if it could get pregnant, which is doubtful, then what made it pregnant?",Mystery,08/14/05 #50180,Convolutions,2.58,1.55,BadBunnee02,"afte, tfae atef, etfa feat",No hint available.,"twists of fate The letters of the word ""fate"" are twisted around.",Rebus,03/08/14 #4498,Three Eyes,2.47,0.96,fearless1817,"Three eyes have I, all in a row. When the red one opens, all freeze.",It is used in traffic.,A stop light.,Riddle,06/05/02 #9415,Animal Game,2.85,1.95,queenlila,"Sue and Ron are playing a game. Sue says: A huge gray mammal with a trunk. Ron says: A black and orange cat found in India. Sue says: A large animal with a horn on its nose. Ron says: A smelly black and white mammal. Sue says: A jumping marsupial that lives in Australia. From the following choices, what does Ron say next: A long-necked, flightless bird. A slow-moving reptile with a shell. A large African cat with a mane.",Figure out what animal each person is describing. It might help to write it down.,"Each person describes an animal, and the name of each animal must begin with the letter the previous name ended with. The sequence so far is: Elephant, Tiger, Rhinoceros, Skunk, Kangaroo, so Ron should say ""A long-necked, flightless bird;"" Ostrich.",Series,12/26/02 #29985,"192, 384, 576",2.7,2.6,kiss,"There are four three-digit numbers that share this property: the number itself, its double and its triple contain each digit from 1 to 9 exactly once. For example, 192 is one of them because 192, 384, 576 contain 1 to 9 each once. 273 is another one of them because 273, 546, 819 contain 1 to 9 each once. Can you find the other two numbers that also have this property?","Yes, it's EASIER than you think.","219 and 327. Just swap 19 and 2, swap 27 and 3, and you'll get them.",Math,04/23/06 #17676,Pear Push-Ups,2.7,2.13,MrIxolite,"What is shown below? Pear push-ups Satsuma sit-ups Kumquat squat thrusts ->Jumping jacks",No hint available.,A Fruitless exercise,Rebus,05/18/04 #42977,8 G M!,2.25,2.22,zeepuzzlemaster,8 = G M W by M P in the B O G,World Record!,8 = Gold Medals Won by Michael Phelps in the Beijing Olympic Games,Letter-Equations,09/03/08 #22023,Follow That,2.24,2.92,stormtrooper,"The following words form a logical procession: THAT DOCUMENTATION MEANDER GRAVY EMBANKMENT JUBILEE Which word is next: EXTERMINATION, OCCUPATION, GRAMMAR, or ZOO?",No hint available.,"GRAMMAR.Each word starts with the letter whose position in the alphabet coincides with the number of letters in the previous word. example:THAT has four letters; therefore, the next word starts with the fourth letter of the alphabet, D.",Series,04/03/05 #31301,Anagram Links,2.6,2.47,bigSWAFF_69_,"An Anagram Link is a set of 2 words that link together by the last letter of one word, and the first letter of the other. Both words contain the same letters, but in different orders. Such as: team/meat. Can you find the following Anagram Links by using the clues? 1) Link at W. One word means to clean. 2) Link at S, or T. One word means one who is employed to do services for someone. 3) Link at D. One word means to challenge someone to do something. 4) Link at D. One word means to walk on, over, or along. 5) Link at F, or G. One word is a sport",No hint available.,"1) shaw/wash 2) taverns/servant (servant/taverns) 3) read/dare 4) tread/dater 5) golf/flog (flog/golf)",Language,06/24/06 #2568,Workout,2.13,1.14,204_blaze_41,"While working out with weights, John Sy had his personal trainer put a 25 pound weight on each end of the bar, a 10 pound weight on each end, and then three 2 pound weights on each end. John then took over and lifted the bar above his head. How much did John lift altogether?",No hint available.,"John lifted 82 pounds, plus the weight of the bar.",Math,03/12/02 #29610,Year Round,2.98,1.4,sniperkid990,"What is represented here? Spring - Hola Summer - Bonjour Fall - Hello Winter - Aloha",No hint available.,Season's Greetings.,Rebus,04/08/06 #47931,Tom Swifties Again,2.63,1.68,dalfamnest,"A Tom Swifty is a play on words. Tom speaks, and the way he is said to speak is a pun - both meanings could be true. e.g. ""I love hot dogs"", Tom said frankly. ""Frank"" describes how he spoke and relates to the hot dog! [Frankfurter!] The Tom Swifty can also use a phrase or homophone. e.g. ""You didn't order enough carpet"", said Tom with a cold stare. ""Cold stare"" expresses his annoyance and suggests uncarpeted stairs! Choose one of the listed words or phrases to fill each gap. ** CLUES ** 1. ""So what if I failed the multi-choice!"" said Tom _____. 2. ""I was here. I am still here, and here I will be!"" said Tom _____. 3. ""Some you lose"", said Tom _____. 4. ""So, you think you're a butcher!"" said Tom _____. 5. ""I'm unemployed right now"", said Tom _____. ** WORD LIST ** fondly, a little testily, cuttingly, in fun, winsomely, dolefully, happily, intensely, ** CREATIVITY BONUS ** Think of a better Tom Swifty for one of the statements in the teaser, and maybe write it as a comment.",No hint available.,"1. A little testily 2. Intensely 3. Winsomely 4. Cuttingly 5. Dolefully If you really need an explanation, scroll down... Tom Swift was an adventure hero created by American writer Victor Appleton. In the books, almost all of Tom's remarks were written with an adverb or adverbial phrase. From this style, the term ""Tom Swifty"" has come to be used for this form of word play. ** EXPLANATIONS ** 1. Testily means irritated - and it was a multi-choice test 2. Past, present, and future tenses 3. Winsome means attractive; some you win, some you lose 4. Tom's hurtful comment...butcher's knife 5. Unemployment benefit",Language,09/06/10 #28670,This 'Uns Mad!,2.24,2.31,ttviper,"John's Insanity: John uses this process. Mary's Popularity: Mary uses this process. Julia's Book Smarts: Julia uses this process.",Only one of them has it.,"There is a method to his (John's) madness. Process is a synonym of method and insanity is a synonym of madness.",Rebus,02/17/06 #38220,Nine-Letter Words,2.62,2.44,----,"Below, 10 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These chunks have been mixed up. No chunk is used twice and all chunks are used. Can you determine what the 10 words are? tin som mea and all ple sca eth ile rbr man ssl pol rec hai yes gra wat ing ter ice eap erf ate nwh pin obs ush row day",No hint available.,"Something, hairbrush, grassland, pineapple, policeman, meanwhile, waterfall, scarecrow, yesterday, obstinate.",Language,09/09/07 #40874,Page Numbers,2.21,1.06,doubleugh,"If you opened up a book to two pages, would the sum be even or odd? If you multiplied them would it be even or odd? If you opened a book to two different pages, would the answers stay the same to the two questions above?","If you need help, get a book and see.","The sum would be ODD. The product would be EVEN. The answer WOULD stay the same if you opened to two different pages.",Math,03/05/08 #23531,Relative Reflection,2.57,2.25,zonahobo,"Though I never turn my chin From far away I seem to spin Sometimes fat and sometimes thin I must be someone's next of kin",I'm not cheesy!,"The moon Line 1 - Reference to man in moon face not turning chin (spinning).. Line 2 - From Earth the moon seems to be a slowly spinning half white and half black ball.. Line 3 - Full moon (fat) thinning down to new moon through phases.. Line 4 - Earth is moon's next of kin..(nearest relative)",Riddle,06/09/05 #25638,High Scorer,2.41,2.68,horse_luver,"The point of this puzzle is to come up with the words to fill the blanks that will get you the highest score possible. Each letter is worth a certain amount of points based on its position in the alphabet. ABCDEF= 5 points GHIJK= 4 points LMNOP= 3 points QRSTU= 2 points VWXYZ= 1 point Fill in the blanks to get the maximum score of 284. You are allowed to use letters more than once, though you may not use words more than once. (There are several possible answers.) H _ _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ G _ _ _ _ _ H _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ C _ _ _ _ _ O _ _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"Headed Icecap (Indeed, Indaba, Ipecac) Gabbed (Gadded, Gaffed) Heeded Sabbed (Seabed, Secede, Seeded) Cabbed Office Radded (recede, redded, reeded) Efface Reefed (reface, refeed, reffed)",Language,08/29/05 #4794,The Gold Chain,2.38,2.48,missie,"A rich man left his home, with only a gold chain with 123 links. He decides to stay at an inn. The owner of the inn wants one link for the first week, two links for the second week, three links for the third week, etc. What is the minimum amount of cuts?",No hint available.,"The minimum number of cuts needed to be made is 4. If the links are numbered from 1 to 123, then the cuts would be made on the following links: 6, 17, 38, and 79. This would result in four 1-link pieces, one 5 link piece, one 10-link piece, one 20-link piece, one 40-link piece, and one 44 piece.",Math,06/17/02 #4108,Weed,2.43,1.21,librashorty,"What is represented by this? WEEDGWEEDAWEEDRWEEDDWEED",No hint available.,"Garden Weeds; each letter of the word GARD is in WEEDs",Rebus,05/16/02 #2324,Ford to the Farm,2.7,1.79,rayneeday,I am trying to get my ol' FORD to the FARM. Changing one letter at a time can you get me to the farm. The short cut FORD --> FORM --> FARM is closed for construction. And the FORT is under attack. Can you find another way?,Start with FORD-->CORD,"FORD CORD CARD HARD HARM FARM",Language,02/15/02 #11375,Good News for Chocolate,2.61,2.09,frankenweoburger,"A judge lets a guilty man go free and sentences an innocent one to death, and as a result made many chocolate companies the successful industries they are today. How?",The execution happened before 100 a.d.,"The judge was Pontius Pilate, the guilty man was Barabbas, and the innocent man was of course Jesus Christ. Because of the execution, we celebrate Easter with millions of chocolate eggs, rabbits, and crucifixes.",Other,03/22/03 #1279,S D of S W = S H G D S B D,2.5,2.25,ChuckieChen,S D of S W = S H G D S B D,No hint available.,Seven Dwarves of Snow White = Sleepy Happy Grumpy Dopey Sneezy Bashful Doc,Letter-Equations,11/03/01 #3483,Young Archer,3.11,1.66,Drunky,"A duke was hunting in the forest with his men-at-arms and servants when he came across a tree. Upon it, archery targets were painted and smack in the middle of each was an arrow. ""Who is this incredibly fine archer?"" cried the duke. ""I must find him!"" After continuing through the forest for a few miles he came across a small boy carrying a bow and arrow. Eventually the boy admitted that it was he who shot the arrows plumb in the center of all the targets. ""You didn't just walk up to the targets and hammer the arrows into the middle, did you?"" asked the duke worriedly. ""No my lord. I shot them from a hundred paces. I swear it by all that I hold holy."" ""That is truly astonishing,"" said the duke. ""I hereby admit you into my service."" The boy thanked him profusely. ""But I must ask one favor in return,"" the duke continued. ""You must tell me how you came to be such an outstanding shot."" How'd he get to be such a good shot?",No hint available.,"The boy shot the arrow, THEN painted the circle around it.",Trick,04/14/02 #40172,A Family,2.61,2.39,jazzmusician46,"What phrase does ""Mrs. Experience"" represent in this rebus? Mr. Knowledge fathered Insight. Miss Truth has a brother named Fact. Mrs. Experience gave birth to Sagacity. Master Education has a sister named Learning.",No hint available.,"Answer: ""Experience is the mother of wisdom"". Explanation: Since 'Mrs. Experience' gave birth to Sagacity, this makes her Sagacity's mother. Another word for sagacity is, of course: 'Wisdom'. Hence the phrase: Experience is the mother of wisdom (sagacity).",Rebus,01/23/08 #35920,The Crazy Interior Designer,2.67,1.8800000000000001,dishu,"The crazy interior designer Craz had another crazy brainwave last week. He decided to paint his furniture in weird colours and place different furniture items in unusual locations of his house. He displaced one item each day of the week. He was going to write about how his ""genius"" idea worked to his best friend, but unfortunately forgot the details. All he remembered was the following bits of information. Please help him make the whole story for his friend. Days : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Furniture items: Study Table, Clothes Stand, Dining Table, Commode, Bed Locations: Kitchen, Bathroom, Balcony, Library, Bedroom Colours: Violet, Red, Green, Pink, Blue 1. The dining table was painted green on Monday. 2. The kitchen housed a blue furniture piece. 3. The bedroom was filled with foul smell on Wednesday due to the violet coloured item placed there. 4. It was not Friday, when the red coloured piece (not meant for sleeping) was placed in the Library. 5. The pink coloured study table was displaced on Tuesday. 6. The study table location was clearly not meant for serious studies as one could easily get distracted by the ongoings in the neighbourhood.",Cloth Stand = Clothes Stand,"Dear Friend, I had a really brilliant idea last week to break the monotony of everyday life. Each day of the week, I painted one furniture piece of my house in an unusual colour and placed it in a different location rather than its usual place. On Monday, I painted my dining table in a bright parrot green colour and put it in my bathroom. On Tuesday, I placed my bright pink study table in the balcony; the ongoings in the neighbourhood really kept me refreshed and prevented me from falling asleep while studying. On Wednesday however, my experiment was not so successful as the violet coloured commode really filled my bedroom with a stinking foul smell. But the red coloured clothes stand worked like a curtain in the library on Thursday. Finally, on Friday, I prevented myself from making midnight excursions trips to the refrigerator as I placed my blue bed in the kitchen itself. Love, Craz Needless to say, Craz's friend is still laughing after reading this letter.",Logic-Grid,03/28/07 #3666,4 W on P Y L and Y O!,2.22,2.72,Mogmatt16,4 W on P Y L and Y O!,This one is dedicated to all you old game show fans out there!,4 Whammies on Press Your Luck and you're out!,Letter-Equations,04/20/02 #23112,It's Rather Witi,2.69,2.08,dsquared,"What expression is hidden here? WITI WIT' WITM",Hopefully this teaser will get you into this state but I doubt it.,"I'm at wits end Read down the end of each of the wits",Rebus,05/24/05 #28521,Candy Cane Forest,2.35,0.88,GoHarryPotterCS,"I live in a world where what looks like mud is candy, I live in a world where a beautiful princess rules the land, I live in a world where there are only two bridges, both made of candy, I live in a world with a palace at the end. Where do I live?",Mmmmmmm Candy..........,Candy Land,Riddle,02/09/06 #41377,Supplementary,2.58,2.06,chocolatecake,"My 10,6,7,8 is a ferocious animal found mainly in Africa. My 2,1,3 is a male parent. My 5,9,10,7,8 is a claw that mainly birds have. My 8,9,4,10 is a rod-shaped rigid piece of metal used for building. My 5,7,8 is also known as 2,000 lbs. My whole is supplementary.",No hint available.,"ADDITIONAL Clue 1: lion. Clue 2: dad. Clue 3: talon. Clue 4: nail. Clue 5: ton.",Riddle,04/05/08 #17120,"Oh My, Part II",2.82,1.34,O_wise_one,"I woke up with a fright, my back kind of itchin', when I heard a large clutter, inside my kitchen. I went down to see what had went wrong, the room was a mess, the milk was all gone. I needed to think, so I sat in my chair, but when I stood up, I was covered with hair. My antiques and jewelry were all still in place, but my tile and my carpet looked like a disgrace. So what kind of break in could this have been? Who drinks all the milk and leaves hair in my den?",No hint available.,"The invader has no guns and no bats, for a clutter is the term for a group of cats.",Riddle,03/29/04 #33630,Want to 'gee Up' a Lazy Horse?,2.64,2.21,OldChinaHand,"I am native to India and China. I have been important in Chinese medicine for many centuries, and I'm mentioned in the writings of Confucius. I am also named in the Qur'an, the sacred book of the Muslims, indicating I was known in Arab countries as far back as 650 A.D. I became so popular in Europe that I was included in every table setting. I was used against the plague. In English pubs and taverns in the nineteenth century, barkeepers put me out for people to have with their beer. Also, I can get a lazy horse moving... What am I?",Not salt or pepper. My namesake is a very memorable island castaway from television.,"Ginger, often called ""ginger root"". Among other usages, ginger is most commonly known for its effectiveness as a digestive aid and helps relieve pain and reduce inflammation associated with arthritis, rheumatism and muscle spasms. Ginger's therapeutic properties effectively stimulate circulation of the blood, removing toxins from the body. Ginger helps relieve indigestion, gas pains, diarrhea and stomach cramping. It was recorded that Henry VIII instructed the mayor of London to use ginger's diaphoretic qualities as a plague medicine. Ginger is sprinkled in pub beer, the origin of ginger ale. In order to 'gee up' a lazy horse, it is the time honored practice of Sussex farmers to apply a pinch of me to the animal's backside. Ginger Grant is one of the very memorable island castaways in the television show ""Gilligan's Island"" (currently in reruns).",Riddle,10/24/06 #6488,S.U.K.S,2.24,2.0,mad-ade,"In the General meeting of MADADIA's ""Secret Union of the Kebab Society"" or S.U.K.S as it is sometime known, The chairman, Mr. Thorny Kator said, ""The repairs to the Club, after the last all night kebab wrestling meeting, will come to a total of 3120 wonks (Madadian currency)."" ""So therefore I propose that this amount should be met by the members, each paying an equal amount."" The proposal was immediately agreed, more out of embarrassment than anything else. However, four members of the S.U.K.S chose to resign, leaving the remaining S.U.K.S members to pay an extra 26 Wonks each. How many members did S.U.K.S originally have?",No hint available.,"The club originally had 24 members. Explanation: When the club had 24 members, the cost to each member was 130 Wonks (130*24=3120). When the club was reduced, by 4, to 20, the cost to each member was 156 Wonks (156*20=3120), which is 130+26.",Math,08/12/02 #52129,Carry On !!,2.3,1.69,LittleGreenMan,"What phrase does the rebus below represent? tender gender fender bender sight",No hint available.,'no end in sight',Rebus,02/27/19 #26432,Ice Cream Quandary,2.67,2.23,signmeup74,"Zee's Ice Cream Shop is world renowned for making new and inventive ice cream flavors from scratch. They've made great profits on their Marshmallow Mustang and Cinnebago flavors, but their Purple Pinto is just not turning a profit! Scott, Zee's President, says that customers just don't want to eat purple ice cream. He thinks they should pull the flavor and move on. However Sally, Zee's Marketing Director, disagrees. She has taste tested the flavor with a sampling poll and it got rave reviews. Daisy, the lowly Flavor Engineer, loves the Purple Pinto and knows that it has profit potential! She thinks the problem might be stemming from the small batch sizes and the fact that Sally takes scoops for sample polls every time they run a batch of the flavor. Daisy has collected the following information: 1. Currently, there are 30 scoops in a batch. 2. It costs Zee's $12.90 to make each batch, right now. 3. A scoop sells for $0.90. 4. A small profit is not enough! Scott wants $25 per batch to make up for lost time. 5. Sally will not stop taking 17 sample scoops per batch. First of all, is Daisy right? Or is the Purple Pinto just doomed? If she is, can you help Daisy determine how large batches should be to ensure that Zee's makes a profit and keeps making her favorite flavor?","Daisy may just be a Flavor Engineer, but her intuition is right on!","Short answer: Daisy is right. She should up batch size to 86 scoops to give Scott his $25/batch profit. Long answer: Cost to Zee's = $12.90/batch or $0.43/scoop Cost to Customer = $0.90/scoop (WOW! That's more than a 100% mark-up) BUT: 17 samples cannot be sold. So a batch is now only 13 scoops Cost to Customer = $11.70/batch Zee's loses $1.20 per batch. So, Daisy is right! Now, to let's help her convince management to increase the batch size. To break even: Our cost to make the scoops < Sales dollars from scoops To make a $25 profit: Our cost to make the scoops + $25 profit < Sales dollars from scoops Let's make s=the optimal number of scoops in a batch Our cost to make the scoops is: $0.43 * s + $0.43 * 17 (because we gave 17 away to marketing) Sales from the scoops are: $0.90 *s Therefore: $0.43 * s+ $0.43*17 + $25 < $0.90 * s A little algebra, please: 0.43s+32.31<0.90s 0.47s>32.31 s > 68.75 scoops to sell Adding in the samples Daisy gave away to Sally: s = 69 + 17 = 86 scoops/batch Daisy needs to up the batch size to 86 scoops to ensure a $25 profit per batch. And, most importantly, she can use her math to convince Sally and Scott to keep making the Purple Pinto!",Math,10/18/05 #13921,Commuting,2.11,1.62,Lemens,"In a company: 595 people have driven to work 170 people have taken the train to work 85 people have driven and taken the train to work 170 people live at the company In total, how many people work at this particular company?",Don't count the people who drive and take the train as two different people.,"Since 85 people drive and take the train to work, you have to subtract them out of the 595 people who drive to work and the 170 people who take the train to work. This way, you will not double count these people. So, 595-85=510 and 170-85=85 Now, you can treat these people as individuals and add them all together. 510 people drive + 85 people taking the train + 170 living at the company + 85 people who drive and take the train = 850 people in total.",Math,07/21/03 #29946,Look Into the Future,2.38,2.48,phildunphy,78 C in a T D,What will they tell you that life has in store for you?,78 Cards in a Tarot Deck,Letter-Equations,04/22/06 #29992,Keyboard Math,2.5,1.77,12345_lewis2,"factorial (!) + n = percent (%) What is the value of n?","1. Think Keyboarding! 2. Shift it, press it.","4. ! on the keyboard is shift+1. % on the keyboard is shift+5 1+n+shift=5+shift. Therefore, n=4.",Other,04/24/06 #30074,Letter Pairs VIII,2.82,2.21,phrebh,"Here are 30 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 10 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 10 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AC AD AD BR EA ED ED ER ES EX FA HS IC KE LA LE MO ND NT ON PE RE RN TH TI TR TS TT UG UL 1. Cloth 2. Shows amusement 3. Made money 4. Lots of movement 5. Parent 6. Grownups 7. Leased 8. Vessel for boiling water 9. Pay out money 10. Swaps","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Flea Market.","1. FABRIC 2. LAUGHS 3. EARNED 4. ACTION 5. MOTHER 6. ADULTS 7. RENTED 8. KETTLE 9. EXPEND 10. TRADES The theme is Flea Market.",Language,04/26/06 #10132,JustBend,2.3,0.8300000000000001,electronjohn,"JustJustJust JustBendJust JustJustJust",Very near.,"Just around the bend. 'Just' is written all around the 'bend'.",Rebus,01/30/03 #38720,Time Time 2,2.41,1.52,Perfecto,"What does this represent? Timetimetimetimetimetime",No hint available.,Time line.,Rebus,10/11/07 #49405,Euchre Masquerade,2.71,1.53,Rhythmic,"Eight coworkers thought it would be fun to have a euchre tournament. As they were planning, Cameron came up with the idea to dress up in costumes. Samantha thought that was a good idea and suggested that everyone find a partner and dress in similar attire. For this tournament, the players stayed with the same partners for the duration. 1) Jack's team and Cameron's team decided to dress up as people. 2) The players dressed as presidents did not win, but they placed ahead of the ones dressed as birds. 3) Hank got to dress up as broccoli, his favourite food. 4) John dressed as Abraham Lincoln. 5) Samantha was on the winning team. Cameron was not. 6) Daniel's team placed ahead of John's team.",Abraham Lincoln was a United States President.,"Jack and John teamed together and got third place as presidents. Daniel and Cameron teamed together and got second place as astronauts. Samantha and Hank teamed together and got first place as vegetables. George and Elizabeth teamed together and got fourth place as birds.",Logic-Grid,03/27/12 #40087,Thoughts on Aging,2.38,2.25,aresII,"The following quotes are from Robert Quillen (March 25, 1887 to December 9, 1948). He was an American humorist, journalist, and cartoonist. He wrote fiction for the Saturday Evening Post. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code and three vowels are given in the hint section. S=T ""FAK XVTU'S VTXRRF ARJ KUSMR UASCMUI ME ZKU TUAKIC SA QXYT FAK ZAVITS SCT PTXSCTV."" ""XE PT IVAP ARJTV, AKV NAJMTE ITS ECAVSTV XUJ AKV XUTDJASTE RAUITV.""","M=I T=E X=A","""YOU AREN'T REALLY OLD UNTIL NOTHING IS FUN ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU FORGET THE WEATHER."" ""AS WE GROW OLDER, OUR BODIES GET SHORTER AND OUR ANECDOTES LONGER."" KEY: A=O C=H D=C E=S F=Y I=G J=D K=U M=I N=B P=W Q=M R=L S=T T=E U=N V=R X=A Y=K Z=F",Cryptography,01/17/08 #50166,Possessed,2.11,1.54,BadBunnee02,"gossip+it'll rumor+it heresay+it'd",No hint available.,rumor has it,Rebus,02/23/14 #2030,Finish Together,2.08,1.4,jokester8000,Three people are having a race. It takes Bob three minutes to finish a lap. It takes Travis 6 minutes to finish a lap. Jil takes 9 minutes to finish a lap. After how many minutes will they all finish at the same time?,No hint available.,"18 minutes. After 6 laps Bob has gone for 18 minutes. After 3 laps Travis has gone for 18 minutes. After 2 laps Jil has gone for 18 minutes.",Math,01/14/02 #10142,It is It was True,2.4,1.41,od-1,What is true only for the moment that you say it? After that it is not until you say it again.,It has to do with time.,"Now. It is only NOW at the exact moment you say it. After that it is past and it's ""then"" not ""now"" anymore.",Riddle,01/31/03 #32938,When am I?,2.42,1.27,jazzmusician46,"I'm at the end of a 'mean solar day', and I'm at the end of a 'sidereal day'. I'm at the beginning of yesterday and yore, but you cannot find me at the end of a month or anywhere in time. What am I?",No hint available.,The letter 'Y'.,Riddle,09/10/06 #14007,CARBON DIOXIDE,2.67,1.96,Katelin,"One day, a group of scientists had a wine party. One of the scientists decided to do an experiment. He got a sheet of paper and wrote CARBON DIOXIDE, all in capital letters, upside down on a piece of paper. He then turned a wine glass on its side and put the paper under it in such a way that the word CARBON was under the cup of the glass and the word DIOXIDE was under the stem. When they looked at the paper through the glass, they saw that the word CARBON was still upside down, but the word DIOXIDE was right side up. Why is this so?",No hint available.,"It has nothing to do with the bending of light through the thicker part of the glass. It is simply because the word DIOXIDE, when put in all capital letters, is perfectly symmetrical vertically, meaning, it is the same upside down as it is right side up.",Trick,07/24/03 #46057,Kangaroo Words 13,2.45,1.93,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. market 2. chicken 3. squash (verb) 4. healthier 5. yearning 6. satiate",No hint available.,"1. mart (MARkeT) 2. chick (CHICKen) 3. quash (sQUASH) 4. haler (HeALthiER) 5. yen (YEarNing) 6. sate (SATiatE)",Language,12/23/09 #7765,"100, 100, 50...",2.33,2.67,sailingwrestler,"Find the next number in this series: 100, 100, 50, 150, 37.5, 187.5, ? a) 375 b) 31.25 c) 937.5",No hint available.,"b) 31.25 100 x 1 = 100 100 /2 = 50 50 x 3 = 150 150 / 4 = 37.5 37.5 x 5 = 187.5 187.5 / 6 = 31.25",Series,09/29/02 #25825,Magnet Race,2.79,2.34,phrebh,"Fred and Bob are racing cylindrical magnets down tubes of various materials. All of the magnets weigh the same and have the same dimensions. All of the tubes are the same length and have an inner diameter just larger than the outer diameter of the magnets. There is negligible friction when the magnets travel through the tubes. Since they don't want the magnets to get stuck, Fred and Bob are using non-ferrous materials that magnets won't stick to. They have one tube for each material: wood, glass, aluminum, and plastic. Each of the tubes is set up at the same angle with respect to the floor and they are all in the same room on Earth. Assuming they have a perfect method of timing each run, which tube has the longest time?",No hint available.,"The aluminum tube will give you the longest time. Even though aluminum is non-ferrous, it is still a good conductor, and therefore feels the induced flux of the Faraday effect. The moving magnet causes a current in the aluminum tube, which in turn creates a system wherein the magnet is attracted to the non-ferrous aluminum, causing it to slow down. If you are in secondary school or college, the physics department will probably have a demonstration that shows exactly this. The demos are sold with two cylinders that look alike and weigh the same, but one is a magnet and the other isn't. The idea is that you can see how the magnet falls through the tube at a slower rate than the non-magnet.",Science,09/08/05 #31539,Coffee Grind,2.72,2.08,FreddyPharkas,"Fred had just started work in Hotel Plush and was dealing with a demanding but important guest. ""Pour my coffee, boy! I want exactly 200ml coffee to which you will add enough full cream milk to make it 20% milk. Do it correctly and you may go about your other duties, get it wrong and I will call the manager,"" screeched the darling lady. It was all Fred could do to stop his hands from trembling as he started to pour the coffee. He poured 200ml into the measuring jug, (he keeps one about his person at all times for such eventualities), then started to think about the milk. 20% of 200ml is 40ml but if he poured 40ml in, the volume would be 240ml, so it wouldn't be 20% milk any more. How much milk should he add?",No hint available.,"The only volume we know is for the coffee, 200ml, so that's the starting point. We also know the final coffee is to be 20% milk, but that also means it is 80% coffee , so 80% = 200ml. That also means 20% = 50ml (80%/4=200ml/4), so he needs to add 50ml milk. Whether he puts anything else in there as well is between Fred and his conscience.",Math,07/04/06 #36263,Flushed Away,2.84,0.7000000000000001,liser,"I am a cylinder Made up of many squares. Spinning like a paint roller, I offer my bounteous fare. I can be soft and gentle, But I am abhorred when I am not. I am often found waiting until, the need arises on the spot. I am not the most charming, But I am found in most homes. I'm nowhere to be found? Alarming! Often, nearby is a mirror and combs. I blot a little here; I wipe clean there. You need me to be near; A tug, a pull, a roll and I tear. What am I?","Usually, I come in a four pack or more at the store.",Toilet paper or toilet tissue,Riddle,04/15/07 #50842,0 to 10 Pyramid XIX,2.7600000000000002,1.52,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. Add another letter and rearrange for the next...and the next. You end up with a 10-letter word! [Foreign words may be used, but only if they are in common English usage.] A clue is given for each word. Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you solve this ""0 to 10"" word pyramid in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch! **CLUES** 1. Newton's gravitational constant 2. Symbol for a particular precious metal 3. Historical period e.g. Ice, Bronze, Stone 4. Between Breeze and Storm on the Beaufort Scale 5. Preserved in sugar (e.g. cherries) 6. Brief or hurried look 7. Divine and heavenly; innocent and pure 8. Large-leafed herb - does it have heavenly properties? 9. Painkilling drug 10. Increasing rapidly The hint relates to the starting letters.","All words start with either A or G, apart from #10, which starts with E.","1. G 2. Ag (silver) 3. Age 4. Gale 5. Glace 6. Glance 7. Angelic 8. Angelica 9. Analgesic 10. Escalating",Language,06/07/16 #38764,A Five Digit Palindromic Square,2.38,2.74,shenqiang,"There is a five digit square number that is palindromic, and each digit is also a nonzero square number. What is it?","Of course, it must be the square of a palindromic number. Therefore, when you multiply its square root by itself, there's no carrying, because carrying will break the palindrome. And therefore...",44944=212^2.,Math,10/14/07 #50576,Final Note,2.38,1.4,LittleGreenMan,"In this case of the monastery carillon, what's the Rebus? every large bell rang every medium bell rang every small bell rang",No hint available.,"""all told"" (every bell rang, or was ""tolled"")",Rebus,04/13/15 #6846,Decision,2.25,1.23,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? yBouArcoLurLt",No hint available.,"The Ball is in your court. yBouArcoLurLt YbOUaRCOlURlT",Rebus,08/24/02 #23991,Squares and Cubes and Squares,2.66,2.01,Tammy93,"1) There is only one 2-digit number that is both a square and a cube. What is it? 2) There is only one 3-digit number that is both a square and a cube. What is it? 3) Which 3-digit number, made of consecutive digits, is 2 less than a cube and 2 more than a square? 4) What 2-digit number is 1 more than a square and 1 less than a cube?",No hint available.,"1) 64;8 times 8 and 4 times 4 times 4 2) 729; 27 times 27 and 9 times 9 times 9. 3) 123 is two more than 121(11 times 11) and two less than 125(5 times 5 times 5) 4) 26 is one more than 25(5 times 5) and one less than 27(3 times 3 times 3)",Math,06/24/05 #10464,Mystery Tenants,2.3,2.45,Codammanus,"There are many tenants living under one roof. There are no industrial building materials holding the roof up. The owner of the roof is sure the roof would never collapse. The tenants did not build this roof. They couldn't have. The roof wasn't man made. It is impossible for the owner of the roof to live with the tenants. Who are the tenants living under this roof?",No hint available.,"The tenants are bacteria, living in your mouth. There are no industrial building materials that hold up the roof of your mouth. You, the owner, know that it would never collapse. The Bacteria living in your mouth did not build the roof. They couldn't have. Of course, this roof isn't man made. You cannot live under the roof of your own mouth with the bacteria. Now, go clean house with some powerful antiseptic, and evict those non-rent paying freeloaders!",Riddle,02/19/03 #38391,Bandproof,2.31,2.46,cnmne,"Enter words into the following word chain such that each pair of words in the chain forms a compound word. No word can appear in the chain more than one time. Each ""?"" represents a missing word. Example: girl ? ? shape = girl friend ship shape = girlfriend friendship shipshape. band ? pipe ? ? river ? ? table ? ? fly ? ? ? proof",No hint available.,band stand pipe line up river bed time table ware house fly paper back water proof,Language,09/21/07 #402,Cheap Super Computer,2.64,1.4,22ACE,"There is a device that can add, subtract, multiply, divide, do any mathematical problem, write in any language, find out any universal problem, tell you any secret, and solve all human questions. It was invented quite a long time ago, is small enough to fit in your pocket, has a deleting device on it as standard equipment and only costs a few cents. How can a store sell such a magnificent device for a few cents without losing money? What is this great product and why hasn't the world used it for its maximum power?",No hint available.,It's a pencil.,Other,04/21/01 #3533,The Lost Passenger,2.66,2.24,magisastar,"Little Billy was 4 years old and both his parents were dead. His guardian put him on a train and sent him to a new home in the country. Billy could neither read nor write, nor remember the address, so a large label on a string was secured around his neck clearly indicating his destination. However, despite the best efforts and kindness of railway staff, Billy never arrived at his new home. Why?",No hint available.,"Little Billy was a goat. He ate his label, so nobody knew where he was supposed to go!",Situation,04/16/02 #5979,Circular Socket,2.44,2.25,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has just purchased himself a second hand Automatic kebab rolling machine (made in Madadia, at the world famous ""Botulism Bros."" factory). At the back of the machine is an electrical cable with a quite strange plug. The plug has 7 prongs arranged in a circle, which matches the socket on the wall, thus allowing the plug to be rotated and inserted in 7 different ways. Each prong of the plug is numbered from 1 to 7. The holes in the socket are also numbered, but can be switched around. To make the Kebab machine work only one plug prong has to fit in the corresponding hole of the socket. How can Mad Ade Number the socket holes in such a manner that no matter how the plug is inserted, at least one prong will fit into the correctly numbered hole in the socket?",No hint available.,"The prongs on the plug are already marked with consecutive numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Number the holes in the socket clockwise, with every other number, then wrapping back around: 1, 3, 5, 7, 2, 4, 6. This ensures at least one correct connection no matter how the plug is inserted.",Logic,07/29/02 #14166,The Magic Trick,2.57,1.32,jacintan,"A boy was putting on a show called 'Winter Magical Tricks'. Today he only wanted to put on one show. The audience had to guess how he did it, and if they got it 100% right they could win up to fifty dollars. The magician gave a volunteer from the audience 5 twenty-cent coins. Each of the coins was identical except for the dates. The magician then walked off the stage while the volunteer put the coins in the cup. Then the volunteer took out a coin, noted the date, and then held it tightly in his hands. When the magician came back on to the stage, he started to ask the volunteer questions. This is how the following questions were answered: 'What is your name?' 'Harry.' 'How old are you?' '13.' 'What is your favorite food?' 'Chocolate'. 'Do you think you're about to get 50 dollars for deciphering this trick?' 'I don't think so.' Then the volunteer put the coin back in the cup while the magician was turned the other way. The cup was then given to the magician, who dumped the coins into his hand. 'According to this, the coin you were holding was made in 1892.' 'How did you do that?' Can you decipher how the magician worked this out?",It has nothing to do with the questions.,"The boy's hands warmed the coin up. Since this was the ""Winter Magical Tricks"" show, the coins were initially cold. The magician simply noted which coin was the warmest.",Other,08/05/03 #524,Take Away 2 Apples,2.33,0.73,kaila912,"If there are 5 apples on the counter and you take away 2, how many do you have?",No hint available.,"You have 2 apples. There are 3 left on the counter, but you have 2.",Trick,05/31/01 #20978,School Supplies are Fun,2.32,0.74,100riddles,"Although I am far from the point, I fix everyone's mistakes, even yours.",I like to hang out next to #2.,The eraser.,Riddle,02/12/05 #4887,Without Me,2.26,0.8200000000000001,snoopdogg,"Without my kiss, the grass won't grow. Without me there, no rivers flow. Without my touch, your life is short, The earth is dust, no ships, no port. What am I?",No hint available.,Water,Riddle,06/22/02 #21151,Desk Drawers,2.27,2.86,fishmed,"My desk has four drawers. Two on the left, two on the right. On the left side, in the upper drawer, there are among other things envelopes, stamps, a box of matches and some paper towels. A few of the things in the lower drawer are a letter opener, a few pencils, a small radio and an extension cord. On the right side, in the upper drawer, you can find a nice ballpoint pen, a magnifying glass, a pair of scissors, and some empty 3.5"" diskettes, whereas some of the contents of the lower drawer are a number of blank sheets of paper, a pair of knitted fingerless mittens, a packet of cookies (yum, cookies), and a copy of the Bible (with leather covers, very nice). Can you figure out the pattern to how these items are arranged?","A few hints: The drawers are connected, in the sense that the connecting property of the upper left drawer is the opposite of the lower left drawer (eg, the property of one drawer could be that all the objects are green, and that none of the objects in the other are green), and likewise for the right side. An item may fit into more than one drawer, and in some cases it might be uncertain whether an item can go into a certain drawer (but the items described definitely go into their drawers Also, the correlation between drawers is between each upper drawer and the one below it, not either of the others on the other side of the desk. An object in any given drawer only relates to what is above or below.","Objects are sorted into the drawers on the left side by how many times they can be used - things that are used a single time go in the upper drawer, while things that can be used many times go in the lower drawer. On the right side, objects are divided into things that were once part of something living, in the lower drawer, while those objects that were always dead are placed in the upper drawer.",Group,02/22/05 #31534,Far,2.39,2.68,shenqiang,"Add two Es to the word ""far"" to make another word, and you can shuffle the letters as you wish.",Look at its category.,"Software. (two es+far -> software)",Trick,07/04/06 #13167,"525,600 = M in a C Y",2.43,1.78,rscgal87,"525,600 = M in a C Y",This is not true for a L Y,"525,600 = Minutes in a Calendar Year There are actually more minutes in a ""true"" year, but the calendar contains 60 mins x 24 hours/day x 365 days/year = 525,600 minutes/year.",Letter-Equations,06/14/03 #10126,Mr. Clutski Goes Blind,2.62,1.05,od-1,"Mr. Clutski was going about his normal morning routine getting ready for work. He finished shaving, put on his glasses, said goodbye to his wife, who was in the shower, grabbed his lunch and rushed out the door. ""It's freezing out here,"" remarked Mr. Clutski as he cleared the snow from his car. Just then he remembered that he needed to tell his wife something. Being a little late already, he made haste and ran back in to speak to his wife, but as he entered the bathroom, he suddenly couldn't see. Tripping over the cat, he stumbled into the shower with his wife, nearly knocking her down as well. Looking down at her husband lying in the tub and getting soaked, Mrs. Clutski remarked, ""You could have waited till I was done, dear."" So what happened to poor Mr. Clutski?","Remember, he came in out of the cold.",His glasses fogged up because they were cold from being outside. Running into a steamy bathroom made him instantly blind.,Situation,01/30/03 #9477,Rare Snapoker Hands 2,2.2,2.79,snaps,"The card game Snapoker is a very complex game for four players, requiring the use of two decks of cards with all odd spades, even hearts, prime diamonds (including aces) and non-prime clubs (including aces) removed. Note that jacks are 11, queens are 12, kings are 13. Two jokers are added to the deck and are each worth 15. The cards are dealt among the four players. A hand starts when the dealer shouts ""Let's Snapoker!"" Following a frenetic minute of randomly throwing all cards onto the table, and at the dealer's call of ""Heeeeeeere, piggy, piggy, piggy!"" players are required to grab as many cards as they can. Once all cards have been grabbed, the total value of the cards in each player's hand is added up. Points (4, 3, 2 and 1) are awarded to players on each hand, with the highest card total receiving maximum points. In the event of a tie, the player who can drink a glass of milk through their nose the quickest will receive the greater points. A running score is kept throughout the game. The game is over when someone reaches a total of 518 points or when a fight breaks out, which is a common occurrence. In a game of Snapoker I was playing the other day, my good friend Kasy managed to grab 13 cards that formed an alternating-colours straight (ie. the odd cards were all red, the evens were all black). How many different ways can a 13-card alternating-colour straight be formed from a Snapoker deck? Note that jokers can not be used in forming a straight.",No hint available.,"There are 32,768 possible ways a 13-card alternating-colour straight can be formed in a Snapoker deck. To form a 13-card alternating-colour straight in Snapoker the following cards can be used: 2 x red aces 4 x black twos 2 x red threes 2 x black fours 2 x red fives 2 x black sixes 2 x red sevens 2 x black eights 4 x red nines 2 x black tens 2 x red jacks 2 x black queens 2 x red kings Therefore, there are 2x4x2x2x2x2x2x2x4x2x2x2x2 = 32,768 possible 13-card alternating-colour straights that can be formed.",Math,12/30/02 #41509,Soda Bottles,2.49,1.71,GrayPanther,"Sally likes soda very much. At the local convenience store, for 5 empty soda bottles she receives a full bottle. As part of the Girl Guide's recycling initiative, she manages to collect 77 empty bottles. How many bottles of soda will she be able to drink in total?",No hint available.,"19 bottles From the initial 77 bottles, she receives 15 full bottles (with 2 spare empties). From the 17 empties, she receives 3 more full bottles (with 2 spare empties). From the 5 empties she receives one final full bottle.",Math,04/15/08 #41277,7 N T = H B in B,2.09,2.7,shenqiang,7 N T = H B in B,No hint available.,7 no trump = highest bid in bridge.,Letter-Equations,03/30/08 #2564,Shooting Arrows,2.28,1.79,204_blaze_41,"Paul and James shot 100 arrows, each managing to hit the target 50 times. With the score tied they broke for lunch. After the break, the shooting was not as sharp. Paul shot 89 arrows but only managed to hit the target 13 times. James shot 50 arrows without hitting the target once. Paul claimed that his percentage after the break was better than James', so therefore, he must be the better shot. James naturally disagreed. Who had the better average for the day?",No hint available.,"Neither, they would be tied. Paul took 189 shots and hit the target 63 times, giving him 1/3 in hits. James shot 150 arrows and hit the target 50 times, also giving him 1/3 in hits.",Math,03/06/02 #18715,Round Table Coin Game,2.95,2.16,xpitxbullx,"You die and the devil says he'll let you go to heaven if you beat him in a game. The devil sits you down at a perfectly round table. He gives himself and you an infinite pile of quarters. He says, ""OK, we'll take turns putting one quarter down, no overlapping allowed, and the quarters must rest flat on the table surface. The first guy who can't put a quarter down loses."" You guys are about to start playing, and the devil says that he'll go first. However, at this point you immediately interject, and ask if you can go first instead. You make this interjection because you are very smart and can place quarters perfectly, and you know that if you go first, you can guarantee victory. Explain how you can guarantee victory.",No hint available.,"You place a quarter right in the center of the table. After that, whenever the devil places a quarter on the table, mimic his placement on the opposite side of the table. If he has a place to place a quarter, so will you. The devil will run out of places to put a quarter before you do.",Logic,08/31/04 #45076,"Four Words With ""IV""",2.5,1.08,Ammer,"All of the words below contain the following two letters: ""IV"" Fill in the blanks below using the following list of letters: A, A, C, E, I, O, R, R, T, T, Y, Y 1. --IV-- 2. ---IV- 3. IV- 4. IV---","1. Starts with the letter T 2. Starts with the letter A 3. Ends with the letter Y 4. Ends with the letter Y","1. TRIVIA 2. ACTIVE 3. IVY 4. IVORY",Language,08/16/09 #50603,Thespian,2.27,1.31,LittleGreenMan,"What is one word that can be added to the following group of four words to create a new group of four words or phrases with mutual commonality? down, left, right, up",Title is a hint.,"""stage"" downstage, stage left, stage right, upstage In live theatre and from the actors' view facing the audience; Downstage is the direction toward the audience. Stage left is toward the left of the actors. Stage right is toward the right of the actors. Upstage is the direction away from the audience.",Group,05/23/15 #35265,Famous People Anagrams V,2.16,2.22,DaleGriffin,"Below are three anagrams of famous people's names, but who are they? (The numbers in brackets represent the number of letters required for each name.) 1) YAWN EYE ON OR (5,6) 2) BRAN PRICE NOSE (6,7) 3) THROB CRY FUSE (5,7)","1) An English professional footballer 2) An actor, played the character James Bond 3) A showman and entertainer, also a game show host","1) Wayne Rooney 2) Pierce Brosnan 3) Bruce Forsyth",Language,02/10/07 #37840,Stinky Lemon,2.12,2.26,Muhammad_117,L S = A of A S of U E,Title?,"Lemony Snicket = Author of ""A Series of Unfortunate Events""",Letter-Equations,08/18/07 #20777,What to Do?,2.78,1.8900000000000001,mnkelvr102,"I was walking through the park one day and I heard something fall into the water. I noticed a woman standing on a bridge. She was crying and I overheard her saying this: ""You've brought me nothing but aches and pains. I cannot go anywhere with you holding me back. You have hurt my soul and I can't live any longer with you. I'm leaving you behind! When I come home from work you're all sweaty and smelly! This isn't working!"" I just walked past and didn't even look in the water. I was very calm. What did the woman throw (or push) into the river and why did I not care?",Think of direct meanings.,The woman threw her shoes into the river and I knew this because: She said they hurt her soul. This could mean they hurt her sole. They caused her aches and pains. When shoes get too small or old they tend to do that. They held her back and wouldn't let her walk anywhere. When you walk for a long time in shoes they get sweaty and smelly. I would suggest that she get new shoes!,Situation,02/01/05 #39452,Words With EO,2.22,2.25,cnmne,"Five words that contain EO as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *EO**, ***EO, **EO**, *EO****, ****EO* Pool: A, A, D, D, G, H, I, L, L, L, N, N, P, R, R, T, T, V, Y, Y",No hint available.,"PEONY, VIDEO, THEORY, LEOTARD, GALLEON",Language,12/03/07 #46347,Romantic Getaway,2.98,1.35,dswilborn,"Five couples from San Francisco were celebrating Valentine's Day with an outing they had planned (one couple went to the beach) and enjoyed. However, each husband had surprised his wife with a special vacation trip. Can you determine the couples' names, their outing of choice, and vacation destination (one couple is going to Canada) from the clues provided below? 1. Neither Jonas nor Kim will be leaving the United States, though they are not traveling together. 2. At the restaurant, one couple talked about visiting both Madrid and Barcelona. 3. Alice is not married to Mark, who did not take his wife to a hockey game or a restaurant. 4. The couple going to Hawaii is either Denise and her husband or the couple who went skiing on Valentine's Day. 5. Neither Paul nor Kevin enjoy dancing, but Jenny, who is going to Mexico, does enjoy it. Kevin is going to Alaska and hopes to hit the ski slopes. 6. Paul and his wife love hockey and want to see another NHL game on their trip. Laura planned her dinner date with either Mark or Bill.",NHL stands for National Hockey League and has teams in the United States and Canada.,"Jonas and Denise went to the beach and are going to Hawaii. Paul and Alice went to a hockey game and are going to Canada. Bill and Laura went to a restaurant and are going to Spain. Kevin and Kim went skiing and are going to Alaska. Mark and Jenny went dancing and are going to Mexico.",Logic-Grid,02/10/10 #9574,Strange Custom,2.67,1.67,tissue,"Tissue is a very kind person. He lives in the reaches of good ol' Ontario. He likes to do his gardening, though he has a strange custom: Every once in a while, he'll pick his best tree, chop it down, and put it in a large bowl. He'll water it and give it plant food, but after a couple of weeks he burns it. Why would he do such a thing?",No hint available.,"He does this before Christmas, and uses the tree as a Christmas tree.",Situation,01/02/03 #25325,And the Winner(s) Is/are...,2.72,1.55,yourmom0101,"When the winners are announced for the neighborhood bike race- 2 people are announced- Drae and Earl-but Earl crossed the finish line 1/2 second before Drae. How can that be?",No hint available.,They were riding a tandem bicycle- or 2 person bike.,Trick,08/14/05 #4364,Yanked,2.23,1.37,Bret,"Can you decipher this phrase? tooth tooth tooth tooth tooth tooth tooth tooth",No hint available.,Missing a tooth,Rebus,05/30/02 #36949,This is a Mix Up #4,2.27,2.73,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to add the same three (3) letters to each of these three words and mix them up to make three well-known geographical locations. 1. RYSOKH 2. HLSAANC 3. BDSEYRH",No hint available.,"Add IRE to make: 1. Yorkshire 2. Lancashire 3. Derbyshire",Language,06/15/07 #1045,Palindromic Introduction,2.57,1.54,vivek,"A word or sentence with a series of letters reading the same backwards as it does forwards is called a palindrome. For example A MAN A PLAN A CANAL PANAMA - is a palindrome. Answer this riddle with a palindrome: How did the first man mentioned in the Bible introduce himself to his wife?",No hint available.,"Madam, I'm Adam",Language,10/05/01 #34261,Movies Down-under,2.65,2.73,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of popular Australian movies. Your task is to try and unravel these anagrams into their correct movie. I have included the number of words in brackets for each title. Crude, nice doodle (9, 6) Chronic! Giant packing (6, 2, 7, 4) Let's teach (3, 6) Madam X (3, 3) Glum sidewinder (7, 7)",No hint available.,"Crocodile Dundee Picnic at Hanging Rock The Castle Mad Max Muriel's Wedding",Language,12/06/06 #33627,Number Representations,2.47,2.45,Princeford93,"What do these numbers represent? 4 8 16 3.785 128 8.3370",No hint available.,"Units in one gallon: 4 quarts 8 pints 16 cups 3.785 liters 128 fluid ounces 8.3370 pounds of water",Group,10/23/06 #13947,Beetroot,2.93,1.19,MrIxolite,"What advice is shown below? BEETROOT YEETROOT YOETROOT YOUTROOT YOURROOT YOURSOOT YOURSEOT YOURSELT YOURSELF",No hint available.,"Be true to yourself. BEETROOT to YOURSELF (sound it out)",Rebus,07/21/03 #27142,Billy Bob's Crazy Travels: Part IX,2.83,2.58,bigSWAFF_69_,"Somehow, the new part of the UK has the same British accents! Billy Bob is frantically trying to find an area, without the crazy accents. So, Billy Bob sets off again, in hopes of a new place to live. There are 10 different counties for him to visit. Can you figure out where he visited by the clues listed below? 1. What You Sleep on + A Shallow Place in a Body of Water Where One can Cross by Walking + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 2. To Strive With Determination + Thigh Meat of a Hog + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 3. A Bovine Animal Used for Pulling Heavy Items + A Shallow Place in a Body of Water Where One can Cross by Walking + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 4. A Surface Shininess or Luster+ Ter + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 5. Warmest Season of the Year + To Put in a Certain Place 6. What Old Flowers Do + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 7. What You Say When You are Cold + 11th Letter of the Alphabet + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain 8. Polite Address for a Man + 5th Letter of the Alphabet 9. Logical Unit Number + Finished 10. Injured + A Shallow Place in a Body of Water Where One can Cross by Walking + Former Administrative Division of Great Britain","Remember, Crazy Billy Bob has to be able to drive from county-to-county. Therefore, each county must border the county before and after it.","Crazy Billy Bob went to: 1. Bed Ford Shire (Bedfordshire) 2. Bucking Ham Shire (Buckinghamshire) 3. Ox Ford Shire (Oxfordshire) 4. Gloss Ter Shire (Gloucestershire) 5. Summer Set (Somerset) 6. Wilt Shire (Wiltshire) 7. Burrrr + K + Shire (Berkshire) 8. Sir E (Surrey) 9. L.U.N. Done (London) 10. Hurt Ford Shire (Hertfordshire)",Language,11/25/05 #11204,CHOICE CHIDE...,2.57,2.29,just_moi,"What do the following words have in common? CHOICE CHIDE OBOE BOX OXIDE",No hint available.,"When flipped upside down, they will all read the same. (By flipped upside down, I mean the reflection in a mirror placed right under the word)",Group,03/16/03 #218,GHOTI,2.56,2.44,Phyllis,"If you break down the word GHOTI phonetically, it could be pronounced 'FISH'. How?",No hint available.,"GH in enough sounds like F O in women sounds like I TI in notion sounds like SH",Language,02/02/01 #20527,One Word Answer,2.47,2.92,Taya,"My name states I'm a singular male, I can have a number, a head, but no tail. I've also great strength and I can be tough, But I'll smooth things out when they are rough. Although I go back to an age now gone, I'm around today for everyone. What am I?",No hint available.,"Iron. Singular male = 1 Ron Number, head, no tail = reference to a golf club (iron) Smooth things out = reference to a smoothing iron. Age now gone = the Iron Age",Riddle,01/21/05 #36398,Sibling Birthday Discussion,2.98,1.83,scallio,"4 siblings are seated around a table discussing their birthdays. Can you figure out where each is seated as well as their age and birth month? The oldest child is seated at the north end of the table while the youngest is seated on the west side. The child with the March birthday is seated on the east side. Devon, whose birthday is in September, is not the oldest or the youngest. The girl with the April birthday is older than Kylie who is 7. The 8 year old, whose birthday is in the month before Brie's, is not seated at the south end of the table. Kira, who is not seated at the north end of the table, is one year older than Kylie, but they share the same birth month. One child is 2 years younger than Devon while another is 2 years older and the youngest is 3 years younger. The 10 year old is seated at the south side of the table as far away from Brie as possible.","Kira, age 8 is seated on the east side of the table and her birthday is in March.","Brie, oldest, 12 years old, north side, April birthday Devon, age 10, south side, September birthday Kira, age 8, east side, March birthday Kylie, youngest, age 7, west side, March birthday",Logic,04/24/07 #46673,Late at the Lake,2.82,2.38,whsprec,"One spring day five friends decided to go to Bear Lake after school. There were two girls named Becky and Kay, and three boys named Don, Gary, and Paul. Each friend was to bring something to go in a sandwich and some kind of snack. The plan was to meet at 3:30, but alas all of them were late. From the clues given determine what time each friend actually arrived and what food they brought. 1) The friend who brought cake arrived at the lake seven minutes after the health-conscious girl who brought apples. 2) Don did not bring lettuce. 3) Kay arrived more than 10 minutes before the ham did, and immediately after the chips. 4) Paul got to Bear Lake seven minutes after Don, but more than ten minutes before the crackers. 5) The friend who went to the wrong spot brought cheese and arrived seven minutes ahead of the cake. 6) Becky was seven minutes behind the tomatoes. 7) Gary had a flat tire and arrived later than the chips.",No hint available.,"Becky arrived at 4:13 with ham and crackers. Don arrived at 3:45 with turkey and doughnuts. Gary arrived at 4:06 with tomatoes and cake. Kay arrived at 3:59 with cheese and apples. Paul arrived at 3:52 with lettuce and chips.",Logic-Grid,04/06/10 #25508,Face to Face,2.3,1.3,timber_wolf_789,"James is standing face to face with another man. They're only a few inches away from each other. James reaches out his hand to touch the man, but he can only touch the other man's hand and nothing else. Why?",No hint available.,"James is looking in the mirror, and the other man is his reflection.",Situation,08/23/05 #43548,How Old is ____? #1,2.24,0.71,angelsluvme,Jessica is 11 years older than Joe. Joe is two years younger than Tina. Tina is 8 years old. Angela is half as old as Jessica but George is 3 times as old as Angela. How old is George?,Use a decimal if needed.,25.5,Math,11/14/08 #9440,Jog Back,2.21,1.36,lesternoronha1,"A man was going on a one-way bus trip. He intended to ride for a certain distance, get off the bus and walk back to town. If the bus travels at a rate of nine miles per hour and he was to jog back to town at a rate of three miles per hour, how far would he ride so that he'd be back in eight hours?",No hint available.,"Eighteen miles. Since he is riding three times as fast as he can jog, three-quarters of his time must be spent jogging. Since he rode for two hours, travelling 18 miles, and jogged for six hours, travelling at three mph he made the round trip in eight hours.",Math,12/28/02 #32315,Dine and Dash?,2.2,1.34,bigSWAFF_69_,"A family of four enjoyed a fantastic dinner at one of the country's premier dining spots. The bill total was just over $200. However, the family left the fine eating establishment without paying at all, completely legally. How did they manage to ""dine and dash""?",No hint available.,The family won a free meal at the restaurant. They got to fill their stomachs without having to empty their wallets.,Situation,08/06/06 #35038,Word Swap #18,2.56,2.13,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. When __________ the Skunk saw the __________, he was scared, until he remembered that they only hunt birds. 2. Since the rookie quarterback was the __________ on the depth chart, he had to help pick up the __________ in the locker room after practice. 3. I was glad that I had my camera's __________ when I was filming the very __________ sloth for the nature channel. I could not have held my camera for very long, otherwise.",No hint available.,"1. Flower, fowler 2. lowest, towels 3. tripod, torpid",Language,01/25/07 #40471,Mary Kay Ash,2.23,1.95,aresII,"The following quotes are from the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Mary Kay Ash. Can you decode them? * The hint contains three vowels. T=B ""VM KPOO KYGVPGZ BY DQXXMMZ."" ""PMGYZEWPSCXPOOE, BFM TQSTOM TMM DFYQOZW'B TM PTOM BY KOE, TQB BFM TQSTOM TMM ZYMDW'B NWYV CB DY CB IYMD YW KOECWI PVPE.""","M=E P=A Y=O","""WE FALL FORWARD TO SUCCEED."" ""AERODYNAMICALLY, THE BUMBLE BEE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FLY, BUT THE BUMBLE BEE DOESN'T KNOW IT SO IT GOES ON FLYING AWAY."" KEY: B=T C=I D=S E=Y F=H G=R I=G K=F M=E N=K O=L P=A Q=U S=M T=B V=W W=N X=C Y=O Z=D",Cryptography,02/13/08 #19957,Mad Ade's Minus Letter Anagrams #7,2.45,2.4,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser the idea is to identify the blanked words. The secret is that each word is an anagram of the previous word, but minus one letter. For example: The ------- mopped up the spilt ------ and then made sure all the work surfaces were -----. The answer for the first word would be ""Cleaner"", then remove the ""N"" and make into ""Cereal"", then remove an ""E"" to make ""Clear"". Now try these: Mad Ade tried to come up with a ------ all about certain types of ----, but the effort was too much for him so he had a lay down for a ----. Mad Ade's shirt collar was beginning to ------- his neck and wondered if his wife had used ------ on it, so he decided to ask her the next time they had one of their little -----. Mad Ade had the case of ------- ------ directly to his house, as it was ----- for washing down a nice kebab with.",No hint available.,"Teaser, Trees, Rest Scratch, Starch, Chats Limeade, Mailed, Ideal",Language,12/20/04 #42328,Slice & Splice 20,2.19,2.42,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: GEM, GET, PEN, PER, PUN, RIG Group B: G*****, *E****, ***M**",No hint available.,"The Group B words are spices. GINGER, PEPPER, NUTMEG",Language,06/23/08 #12752,J.G and Benny the Brain,2.85,2.97,Codammanus,"Jimmy Foster, better known as ""J.G."" (Jimmy the Gambler), has decided to give up gambling for good. However, Jimmy decides to make one last wager, a huge one. Jimmy wages $147,000 on a race horse named ""End of the line."" Unfortunately, Jimmy loses his money on ""End of the line."" (It really is looking like the end of the line for Jimmy). Anyway, the person who owns the horse finds out about Jimmy's wager and his loss. He makes him an offer he can't refuse, just the same way he has done dozens of times before. He approaches Jimmy and invites him into his office. The man takes a book of matches out of the inner pocket of his suit coat, rips off 4 matchsticks, and places them on the table. He says to Jimmy: ""What is your name?"" Jimmy tells him his name. He continues: ""Jimmy, you see these four matchsticks here? Well, if you can make me a triangle, and a square using only these four matchsticks, I'll give you double your money back that you lost this afternoon on my horse."" Jimmy responds: ""You gotta be kidding me. That's easy. By the way, what is YOUR name?"" The man says: ""Well, my friends call me Benny. Benny the Brain, and Jimmy, it is not as easy as it sounds. Of course, there is a catch. You must make BOTH the triangle and the square, at the same time, and they have to be joined together. And the end result must have less than seven corners."" Jimmy says: ""Now, you're really kidding me. Listen fella, Brainy Ben, or whatever your name is, I don't have time for you and your little matchstick trick. I'm outta here."" Jimmy leaves and never looks back. Jimmy didn't think it was possible to do what Benny the Brain was asking, but it is. Can you make the square and triangle, joined together, using only four matchsticks (of equal length), the end result having less than seven corners?",No hint available.,"Benny the Brain was looking for Jimmy to use the matchsticks to create the number 4. It would contain a right triangle with the right angle on the right side, using up 3 of the 4 matchsticks. The remaining matchstick would be placed directly under the right angle (perpendicular), creating the number 4, a perfect square. Thus, a square and a triangle, joined together, using only 4 matchsticks, having less than seven corners.",Trick,05/27/03 #30978,Defying Gravity,2.7,2.29,darkpaladin2692,"I can do things you think defy physics. Like rock a cradle and go around the world. I can be weighted and work or be broken and still work. And I am hot as fire or cold as ice.",Think about the title: what it does and what goes against it.,"A yo-yo! It defies gravity by going up instead of down. Rock a cradle and around the world are tricks. Weighted and broken refer to different yo-yo styles (weighted and off-string), and hot as fire or cold as ice are brand names (pyro and frost)",Riddle,06/09/06 #6813,Quantity,1.99,1.11,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? quality quantity",No hint available.,Quality over quantity!,Rebus,08/23/02 #21271,Super Tequila!!,2.63,2.57,rose_rox,"What is special about each of these groups of words/sentences? 1. Super tequila at Ray's! 2. Woof! oval loco flew. 3. Drum, elemi, nun, inside mind. 4. Newts ogle, taunt eddo skin. 5. Skew trivia, raver, at wallows.",Study carefully the placement of letters.,"The very first and last letters of each of the words in the sentences spell a new word, then repeats itself backwards, generating another new word: 1. Reading forwards, the first letter of each word spells STAR. The last letter of each word spells RATS. Reading backwards, the words are reversed. 2. WOLF, FLOW. 3. DENIM, MINED. 4. NOTES, SETON. 5. STRAW, WARTS.",Language,02/28/05 #14301,7 = S in the L D,2.57,2.03,djacobs,7 = S in the L D,Astronomy,7 = Stars in the Little Dipper,Letter-Equations,08/12/03 #43863,New City,2.09,2.42,seanlandrews,"I was talking with my old friend Tim the other day. We grew up in Los Angeles and were big Ram fans. He said it was too bad that the Rams had to move to St. Louis before they could win a championship. I told him ""They aren't the only team that has done that. In fact, I can think of two teams, from two different cities, but with the same team name, who both moved to the same city and then were able to win a championship."" Tim thought for a minute, then said ""I got it!"" Can you?","One team is an American League MLBl team, the other is an American Conference NFL team.","The St. Louis Browns major league baseball team only made it to one World Series, losing to the cross town Cardinals. They moved to Baltimore, changed their name to the Orioles, and have won several World Series titles. The Cleveland Browns NFL team never even made it to the Super Bowl, then they moved to Baltimore, changed their name to the Ravens, and beat the Giants in Super Bowl XXXV.",Trivia,01/06/09 #35799,Two bodies I have,2.5,2.03,Trumalia,"This is an old American riddle from 1500-1900 AD. Two bodies I have, Though both joined in one. The stiller I stand, The faster I run.",No hint available.,Hourglass,Riddle,02/15/07 #43088,9 = G M,2.15,2.72,letmeforget2,9 = G M,No hint available.,"9 = Greek muses. Their names are, in alphabetical order: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia and Urania.",Letter-Equations,09/13/08 #35005,All in Order 6,2.79,1.73,boodler,"Complete the words below using three consecutive letters in alphabetical order, e.g. _ _ A _ U S; add A B and C it would become ABACUS. 1. _ A _ K E _, 2. _ O _ _ E R, 3. _ _ A _ E N, 4. _ I N _ _ W, 5. S A _ _ O _, 6. _ A N _ L _.",No hint available.,"1. Backed, 2. Roster, 3. Deafen, 4. Minnow, 5. Salmon, 6. Candle.",Language,01/23/07 #2998,Noodle,2.18,0.9500000000000001,204_blaze_41,How would you bend a hard noodle into a curve without breaking it?,No hint available.,"First you boil it, curve it, then let it dry.",Trick,03/29/02 #42422,Buses,2.3,2.57,shenqiang,"Every day, Tom walks from home to school, and buses that travel in opposite directions commute on the way at constant intervals. Tom sets off from his home while one bus is just going past him and another bus is coming toward him. Tom arrives at school in 48 minutes while one bus is just going past him and another bus is coming toward him. It's known that buses are 6 times as fast as Tom, and Tom has seen a total of 26 buses on his way. How long is the time interval between successive buses? Put another way, if you just miss your bus when you arrive at the bus stop, how long would you have to wait until your next bus comes along?",No hint available.,"Let the buses' time interval be t and Tom's walking speed be v. A bus goes past him every 6vt/(6v-v)=6t/5, and a bus comes toward him every 6vt/(6v+v)=6t/7. Therefore, there are a total of 48/(6t/5)+1=40/t+1 buses that went past him, and 48/(6t/7)+1=56/t+1 buses that came toward him. 40/t+1+56/t+1 implies t=4. On each bus route, there is a 4 minute interval between buses.",Math,07/05/08 #8352,PING,2.16,2.2,dsquared,"What common phrase is represented below? P=FFF I=LLL N=YYY G=FLY",Does anyone have any staying power?,Dropping like flies.,Rebus,11/04/02 #4799,Morning,2.62,1.31,andmar22,"What falls but never breaks? What breaks but never falls?",No hint available.,Night and Day,Riddle,06/18/02 #5060,Take a Cruise,2.11,2.06,something,"Bob spent $963.47 on a luxury cruise from Oahu to Maui to the Bahamas. He planned to stay 2 days in the Bahamas before he went back to Hawaii. During the cruise, he spent 1 day of his time water skiing, 3 days sleeping, 2 days reading, 13 hours relaxing, 12 hours rock-climbing, and 23 hours swimming. How many days was the cruise?",No hint available.,16 days because it's 8 days there and 8 days back.,Math,06/29/02 #369,Don't Get Up,2.37,1.61,22ACE,"A woman is reading a newspaper alone. She hears the phone in the room next to the one she is in. Although she knows that the call is probably important, she does not bother to answer it. Why not?",No hint available.,"The woman lives in an apartment building. She hears the phone ringing in the adjacent apartment. She knows that her neighbor, who is a brain surgeon, is out and the phone call is probably important.",Situation,03/22/01 #35377,Can You Hold It?,2.65,1.5,renae,"I am holding a bucket full of water. I bet my friend that I can turn the bucket upside down, but the bucket will remain full of water. How do I win this bet?",The water is not frozen.,I hold the bucket underwater before turning it upside down.,Situation,02/20/07 #40672,The Immortal Judge,2.33,0.88,onua9159,"When you have done some bad, The immortal judge inside your head, Steps right up and tells you that What you did is something to bristle at. You will start to feel remorse And you wish you could take it back, of course! What is this?",This comes in pangs.,"Conscience! Your conscience is a sense that judges whether your actions are good or bad. It is often known as the voice inside your head.",Riddle,02/23/08 #48813,Plug...,2.16,2.15,Mathgeek007,"Which thing from Group A can as well be put in Group B? Group A Port Plug Stick Drive Group B Player Case Clone Drill",No hint available.,"Drive can fit into Group B as well as Group A. In group A, ""USB"" can come before all the words; USB Port, USB Plug, USB Stick, USB Drive. In group B, ""Disk"" can come before all the words; Disk Player, Disk Case, Disk Clone, Disk Drill. Disk Drive also works.",Group,06/21/11 #34819,Vowel Disappearance VI,2.55,1.77,grungy49,"The following are all places or landmarks that have had all the vowels taken out of their names. The number in brackets next to it indicates how many words the place has. Good luck on finding those vowels, and putting them back in there! 1. Mchpcch (2) 2. Cntwr (2) 3. Mntklmnjr (2) 4. Frbddncty (2) 5. Bgbn (2)",No hint available.,"1. Machu Picchu 2. CN Tower 3. Mount Kilimanjaro 4. Forbidden City 5. Big Ben",Language,01/10/07 #7654,U.N.K.A.L,2.29,2.87,mad-ade,"MADADIA has been chosen to host the latest United Nations Kebab Annual Liaisons (U.N.K.A.L). Madadia's mayoress, Madka Owdiseez, has invited several wives of delegates of UNKAL for an informal luncheon. She plans to seat her 9 guests in a row such that each lady will be able to converse with the person directly to her left and right. She has prepared the following list. Mrs. F speaks English only. Mrs. G speaks English and French. Mrs. H speaks English and Russian. Mrs. J speaks Russian only. Mrs. K speaks English only. Mrs. L speaks French only. Mrs. M speaks French and German. Mrs. N speaks English and German. Mrs. O speaks English only. How many distinct seating arrangements are possible? Give all possible seating arrangements. Bear in mind that Madka Owdiseez is not one of the 9 to be seated in a row. Note that ABCD and DCBA are the same",No hint available.,"With each arrangement considered identical to its reverse, there are 126 possible arrangements. FKO are interchangeable, and can be arranged 6 ways. FKO stays together unless N is next to M outside GLM (more on that below). JH must be together, and J must be at the end, because H is the only other Russian speaker. JH has 2 slots in the above configuration (H next to FKO, with J on the outside). GLM has 1 slot in the above configuration (G next to FKO, opposite JH). 2[JH]*6[FKO]*1[MLG]=12 arrangements, or 2 mirror groups of 6 arrangements each. Thus, 6 distinct arrangements - 1 for each FKO order. Keeping the above groups self-contained, N has 5 slots (2 within FKO, 1 between FKO and H, 1 between FKO and G, 1 beside M). That makes 30 arrangements - 5 for each FKO order. When N is in certain positions, however, the groups can break up. Unless N is next to M outside GLM, GLM can be GML. If N is between FKO and GLM, GLM can scramble, and G can be anywhere touching FKO, except N cannot touch L. When G-[L/M]-N are consecutive in either direction, FKO can straddle that subgroup. That makes 126 arrangements - 21 for each FKO order. Here are the 21 arrangements, using xxx for the interchangeable FKO. JHNxxxGLM, JHNxxxGML, JHxNxxGLM, JHxNxxGML JHxxNxGLM, JHxxNxGML, JHxxxNGLM, JHxxxNGML JHxxxNMGL, JHxxxNMLG, JHxxNMLGx, JHxNMLGxx JHNMLGxxx, JHxxxGLMN, JHxxGLMNx, JHxGLMNxx JHGLMNxxx, JHGxxxNML, JHxGxxNML, JHxxGxNML JHxxxGNML Apply each FKO order - F-K-O, F-O-K, K-F-O, K-O-F, O-F-K, O-K-F - to each xxx above. That makes 21*6=126 arrangements.",Logic,09/22/02 #21355,The Mischievous Thief,2.41,2.2,Stonar,"A tense thief tiptoes into a dark room, where he begins to feel around carefully for something, when he suddenly stands up, stamps a foot loudly and screams ""LIGHT!"" Explain.",No hint available.,"The thief was an actor entering a theater during a rehearsal, where, upon his entrance, stage lights were to go up, but never did.",Situation,03/04/05 #7452,PNLLEEEESSSSS,2.78,1.73,hprulz,Find the English word that can be formed from all these letters: PNLLEEEESSSSS,No hint available.,sleeplessness,Language,09/15/02 #28115,Inspector Beethoven III,3.09,2.04,beethovenswig,"Handel has been killed and Beethoven is on the case. He has interviewed the four suspects and their statements are shown below. Each suspect has said two sentences. One sentence of each suspect is a lie and one sentence is the truth. Help Beethoven figure out who the killer is. Joplin: I did not kill Handel. Either Grieg is the killer or none of us is. Grieg: I did not kill Handel. Gershwin is the killer. Strauss: I did not kill Handel. Grieg is lying when he says Gershwin is the killer. Gershwin: I did not kill Handel. If Joplin did not kill him, then Grieg did.",No hint available.,"Strauss is the one who killed Handel. You need to take turns assuming someone is the killer; that means everyone's second sentence is a lie. If Joplin was the killer, Grieg's lie mixed with Strauss' counteracts the other. If Grieg was the killer, Gershwin would need to be a killer too. If Gershwin was the killer, Grieg and Strauss counter each other again, but with Strauss, everything would fit.",Logic,01/16/06 #3817,KEATS,2.27,1.55,GoldieLuvNeopets,"Can you decipher this word? KEATS KEATS",No hint available.,Parakeets,Rebus,04/29/02 #33391,Solving Chemistry,2.34,2.81,Ammer,"A mnemonic is a technique used to help people remember certain rules about a specific topic or subject. By using the mnemonic and the given information below, complete the question marks and the blanks: Mnemonic: ""Could kNot Picture School"" - If Carbonate is CO3 with a charge of negative 2. And Phosphate is PO4 with charge of negative 3. Then Sulfate is SO? with a charge of *blank* and Nitrate is NO? with a charge of *blank*.",Take into consideration the number of vowels and consonants. Also pay attention to the capitalized letters.,"Sulfate is SO4 with a charge of negative 2. The word ""School,"" which has a capital ""S"" for Sulfate, has 4 consonants, which makes it SO4. It also has 2 vowels, which makes it a charge of negative 2. Nitrate is NO3 with a charge of negative 1. The word ""kNot"" starts with a ""k,"" but it is not capitalized, instead ""N"" is capital, so we use this word to represent NO3. The word ""kNot"" has 3 consonants and one vowel, which makes NO3 with a charge of negative 1.",Other,10/08/06 #18985,Fore & Aft 2,2.42,2.39,tommo,"There are real 4-letter English words in the blanks. Each word will complete the word before it and the word after it. Example: c _ _ _ _ ness could be c(loud)ness cloud/loudness Once you have all of the words, the first letters of the middle words (in the example, ""l"" from ""loud"") form a word jumble. The hint describes the word jumble word. 1) st _ _ _ _ way 2) at _ _ _ _ le 3) ad _ _ _ _ sy 4) de _ _ _ _ der 5) cr _ _ _ _ or 6) be _ _ _ _ ra 7) out _ _ _ _ ar 8) st _ _ _ _ ity 9) ro _ _ _ _ le",The ability to correspond/fit to another.,"1) starch/archway 2) attack/tackle 3) adhere/heresy 4) demean/meander 5) credit/editor 6) became/camera 7) outline/linear 8) stamen/amenity 9) robust/bustle 1)Arch 2)Tack 3)Here 4)Mean 5)Edit 6)Came 7)Line 8)Amen 9)Bust Word jumble solution: MATCHABLE",Language,09/29/04 #14537,Going,2.24,2.34,AuroraSturgeon,"What phrase does the following represent? Going W WI WIN SWIN >SWINE<",No hint available.,Going the whole hog.,Rebus,08/26/03 #33670,Phone For Help!,2.5100000000000002,2.33,silver_sword,"What is the next member of the following odd sequence: 663, 896, 84733, 3687, ?",A phone might help.,"3483. Using the dictionary function of your handphone, type in the numbers above. Alternatively, you can observe the letters on each of the following numbers. 663 spells ONE, 896 spells TWO, 84733 spells THREE, 3687 spells FOUR and thus the last member of the sequence is FIVE, which corresponds to 3483.",Series,10/26/06 #25342,YOU KNOW WHAT I AM,2.8,1.25,ateddybear0,"Three hints is all you'll get In stone the answer is set It will never change And it may feel strange You won't find me sitting idly by So what am I? 1. I am unstoppable thing. 2. People do great and horrible things in my name 3. It is said it is better to have had me for a while then to never had me at all. Three clues you read And three clues I said The answer isn't a trick So don't give your computer a kick Don't think too hard You just may want to look at a card So now the answer you must find And please do be kind",No hint available.,"Now the answer I must tell If you did not find it ""oh-well"" But here it goes Something everyone knows I gave you three clues above But the answer I say is ""LOVE""",Riddle,08/15/05 #14156,Discriminated,2.63,2.29,MrIxolite,"I am a victim of discrimination so please hear my plea, I am equal to my neighbours yet still they shun me. It's the colour of my skin, of that I am sure, Why else am I here then, just to even the score? I feel like such a square not joining in with their game, I look to my brethren but their plight's still the same. What am I?",No hint available.,"A white square on a draughts or checker board. In this game, only the Black squares are used.",Riddle,08/05/03 #10045,Alternate Definitions III,3.11,2.42,Bobbrt,"The following are alternate definitions for words, based on how the words sound. For example, ""To drive by the docks: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _."" would result in ""PASSPORT (Pass Port)"". Can you guess the words described below? 1. What white bears see with: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 2. A car's memoirs: A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 3. How judges get to a small island: C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 4. To live long: D _ _ _ _ _. 5. How good a fibber one is: L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 6. In favor of young men and women: P _ _ _ _ _ _.",No hint available.,"1. Polarize (polar eyes) 2. Autobiography (auto biography) 3. Courtship (court ship) 4. Dilate (die late) 5. Liability (lie ability) 6. Protein (pro-teen)",Language,01/26/03 #50592,I Stand Still,2.57,0.75,theriddler,"I'm not a plant yet I'm rooted in the ground. I stand still and wave my arms around. Doing my daily grind in the fresh air I'm found Night and day, working away with a steady sound. What am I?","I'm a way to make energy. Think about this clue until you wind up with the answer without getting put through the mill.",A windmill.,Riddle,04/25/15 #4569,The Pope Has It,3.19,1.52,mad-ade,"The Pope has it but he does not use it. Your father has it but your mother uses it. Nuns do not need it. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one, Michael J. Fox's is quite small. What is it?",No hint available.,A last name.,Riddle,06/08/02 #26242,What Am I 2,2.52,1.86,ateddybear0,"I am the most valuable thing in the universe I kill without mercy or pity But I am not feared I am cherished by the most wise I am more powerful than any mountain More powerful than any man More powerful than any stone Weapon, I have more power than you can imagine I can't be conquered I can't be beat All you can do Is watch me do my work But do not be afraid I should not be feared So now you may guess Guess what I am",No hint available.,time,Riddle,10/07/05 #38152,Call Me,2.62,2.5100000000000002,air_up_there_jr,"What ""famous"" book is represented here? Page 1: ""O!"" Page 2: ""O!"" Page 3: ""O!""",No hint available.,"Yellow Pages Every page is yelling ""O!"" so it becomes Yell-O Pages (Yellow Pages).",Rebus,09/06/07 #16092,Mad Ade's Anagram Teaser #3,2.19,2.08,mad-ade,"This is a basic anagram teaser where the clues will lead to two words that are anagrams of each other. For example ""Attach Father"" would be ""Add Dad"" Or ""Canine Deity"" could be ""God Dog"" 1, Puzzle Devourers ? 2, Unsolicited Mail about an Atlas ? 3, Never twice Ice cream container ? 4, Rips Tariff ? 5, Spiked Direction ?",No hint available.,"1, Teaser Eaters 2, Spam Maps 3, Once Cone 4, Tears Rates 5, North Thorn",Language,01/08/04 #26368,The Speaker,2.85,1.03,chidam11,"I have no voice, yet I speak to you; I tell of all things in the world that people do. I have leaves, but I am not a tree. I have a spine and hinges, but I am not a man or a door; I have told you all, I cannot tell you more. What am I?",No hint available.,A Book.,Riddle,10/14/05 #24659,Paramount Publications,3.02,1.37,buttons03,"Hidden below you will find five uncommon titles to five classic novels. Can you decipher them? 1. Vanished with the Tempest 2. Enmity of the Globes 3. Dinky Maidens 4. A Chronicle of a Couple of Municipalities 5. Contention and Conciliation",No hint available.,"1. Gone with the Wind 2. War of the Worlds 3. Little Women 4. Tale of Two Cities 5. War and Peace",Language,07/18/05 #48192,Spazy Croonerisms 23,2.5,2.18,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) huge oval-shaped fruit related to the apple & submissive female equine 2) gloomy event prior to a funeral & exhausted male duck 3) prevailing style of light red dress & strong feeling toward a contemptible person 4) sixteen ounces of animal-based food & a hill of partially-decayed plants",No hint available.,"1) massive pear & passive mare 2) dreary wake & weary drake 3) pink fashion & fink passion 4) pound of meat & mound of peat",Language,11/07/10 #49484,Add a Prefix,2.95,1.46,babyjuice,"The same two letters can be prefixed to each of these words to make different words. What are these two letters? one edge own ought awl aught",No hint available.,"D and R Drone Dredge Drown Drought Drawl Draught",Language,05/24/12 #2229,The Bush,2.79,2.24,missie,In a bush the police found a sack of stolen diamonds and had two prime suspects. After two days they called both of them in and immediately arrested the guilty one. How did they know?,No hint available.,The bush was poison ivy and after two days the rash would have appeared.,Situation,02/01/02 #41983,Beheading Exercises,2.86,2.77,aresII,"Your task is to find words that, after taking their first letters away, have related meanings. Example: Behead an animal and leave an animal (FOX, OX). 1. Behead a musical instrument and leave a musical instrument. 2. Behead a margin and leave a margin. 3. Behead to liquefy and leave to liquefy. 4. Behead to ascend and leave to ascend. 5. Behead a proper name and leave a proper name.",No hint available.,"1. FLUTE-LUTE 2. BRIM-RIM 3. SMELT-MELT 4. ARISE-RISE 5. MABEL-ABEL",Language,05/19/08 #25740,"It wasn't who I am, but what I am?",2.55,0.76,bigbadmike,"I came into the class room, and then suddenly someone stuck me on the wall. Next, the teacher walked in and adjusted me like a lousy picture frame! Then I asked myself, ""Why did she leave me hanging?"" I just don't understand. The kids keep staring at me and then the teacher. Back and forth, back and forth. Why do they stare? Is it because of my face? Is it the fact that I can't stop waving my arms around and around? Whatever it was, they left me hanging there all day and night; even on vacations. Every time it was the same. DAY AFTER DAY! WEEK AFTER WEEK!! MONTH AFTER MONTH!!!!!!!!! Then, at the end of the school year, I realized the reason I was treated the way I was. It wasn't who I am, but what I am. But, WHAT AM I?",You can tell I am good with numbers by the look on my face.,I am a clock.,Logic,09/03/05 #37440,STart/stoP,2.77,2.4,bigSWAFF_69_,"This teaser is split into two sections. The first part requires you to take the letters ""ST"" and add a word to make a two-word phrase. Example: ""A Drink Past Its Sell-By Date"" would be ""Stale Ale."" You start with ""ST"" and add the word ""ale."" 1. Remaining Unwell 2. An Odd Group of Mountains 3. Hide the Signs of Fire The second part requires you to do nearly the opposite. Create a two-word phrase by using the same word and adding a ""P"" to the end. Example: ""Backstroked Through the Marsh"" would be ""Swam Swamp."" You start with the word ""Swam"" and add the letter ""P."" 4. An Incline for Sheep 5. Once an Insect 6. Tenement Deterioration",No hint available.,"1. Still Ill 2. Strange Range 3. Stash Ash 4. Ram Ramp 5. Was Wasp 6. Slum Slump",Language,07/17/07 #14305,HOLY SLOB!!!!,2.53,2.2,mathemagician,"What word completes the following analogy? HOLY : SLOB as LOW : ??","In this one, the relationship between letters is important; the meaning of the words is not important.","OLD Pair up the letters of the alphabet as follows: A = 1, Z = 26; B = 2, Y =25; C = 3, X = 24; ... M = 13 , N =14. So, we have a correspondence between 13 pairs of letters: ( A, Z) , (B, Y), ( C, X), (D,W), (E, V), (F, U), (G, T), (H, S), (I, R), (J, Q), (K, P), (L, O), (M, N). Thus: H = S O = L L = O Y = B and... L = O O= L W= D So, the whole analogy is : HOLY: SLOB as LOW : OLD",Language,08/12/03 #13786,Hearts Until Tomorrow,2.39,1.13,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Hearts until tomorrow Clubs until Saturday Spades until Christmas Diamonds ad infinitum",No hint available.,"Diamonds Are Forever ad infinitum = Latin for without end.",Rebus,07/14/03 #37180,I Am Hidden in Here #12,2.66,2.31,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this author of short tales which illustrated truths about life and human nature. 1. I was the ruthless dictator of the African nation of Uganda during the 1970s. 2. I began my career as a pool hall piano player and grew to become one of the great figures in American jazz. I became one of the first to use classical themes in jazz and am still considered to be one of the most innovative composers in jazz history. 3. I created and drew the long-running comic strip Peanuts. 4. I am remembered for winning four track and field gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. 5. I was a 19th-century biologist and chemist whose work with germs and microorganisms not only opened up whole new fields of scientific inquiry, but also aided industries ranging from wine to silk, making me one of the world's most celebrated scientists.",No hint available.,"1. Amin (Idi) 2. Ellington (Duke) 3. Schultz (Charles) 4. Owens (Jesse) 5. Pasteur (Louis) The name: AESOP",Trivia,07/01/07 #7983,Calendar Cubes,2.72,2.55,datra16,"Assign letters to each face of three cubes so that you can use the cubes to spell each of the 12 months of the year. Use lowercase three-letter English abbreviations for the names of all twelve months (e.g., ""jan"", ""feb"", ""mar"").",Only lowercase letters will work.,"The lower case is vital because in order to spell out every month, you'll need 19 different letters (abcdefgjlmnoprstuvy) but you only have 18 faces to put the letters on. However, the ""n"" can be turned upside down to become a ""u"". The same goes for ""d"" and ""p"". With these at hand, the blocks can be assigned: Block 1: a, c, f, n/u, s, v Block 2: b, d/p, l, m, n/u, t Block 3: e, g, j, o, r, y",Other,10/10/02 #9171,Four Legs and One Foot,2.49,1.25,lesternoronha1,What has four legs and only one foot?,No hint available.,A bed.,Riddle,12/15/02 #36088,4 = T,2.12,2.52,calmsavior,"4 = T (TW, D, L-L, P)",No hint available.,"4 = Teletubbies (Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po)",Letter-Equations,04/06/07 #48930,Good Old Summer Thing?,2.2,2.07,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus? JJAS UUUE NLGP",These characters are arranged in an unusual order that signifies four words. What's unusual about their stance? That answer should help you determine the rebus.,For Months On End,Rebus,08/06/11 #36656,An Apple a Day,2.73,1.6,shdwhawk,"A shop sells apples at $1 each. Each of these apples are wrapped in a special wrapper. You can trade 3 of these wrappers for 1 apple. If you have $15, how many apples can you get altogether?",Don't forget your leftovers.,"22 apples. Firstly, you can get 15 apples. Trade the wrappers to get 5 more apples. Trade again and you'll have 1 more apple and 2 leftover wrappers. Trade the remaining wrappers to get 1 more apple. 15 + 5 + 1 + 1 = 22 You will get 22 apples altogether.",Math,05/18/07 #43783,0-1-1-2-10-_____-100903245677250689568,2.07,3.09,javaguru,"What 5-digit number completes the series: 0-1-1-2-10-_____-100903245677250689568","There is not a universally agreed definition of 0^0 (zero raised to the 0 power). This series relies on the most common definition: 0^0 = 1 Without this definition the series can't start with zero. Starting the series with 1 yields: 1-1-2-6-226-2608759082 for the first six terms. The 7th term in this case has 48 digits starting with a 1 and ending with an 8.","10018 The first term 0 is arbitrary. If the terms are numbered starting at 1, then the nth term is the sum of each of the previous n-1 terms raised to the n-2 power. 0 = 0 1 = 0^0 1 = 0^1 + 1^1 2 = 0^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 10 = 0^3 + 1^3 + 1^3 + 2^3 10018 = 0^4 + 1^4 + 1^4 + 2^4 + 10^4",Series,12/27/08 #18952,Odiferous & Omnivorous,2.59,0.76,od-1,"I'm as plain to see as black & white. I prefer to roam about at night. Just don't attack or startle me, Or odiferous emissions may result, you see. I'm an omnivore, yes it's true. But what's my name? Tell me, do.",No hint available.,"Yes, I'm a skunk, it's plain to see. Just black and white, yes that's me. Attack or startle me, and you'll know How far my stink can really go. Plants & bugs I eat all sorts. Just stay clear of me and my cohorts.",Riddle,09/27/04 #50380,Two-Timed,2.34,1.43,BadBunnee02,"What's the Rebus? 12am; 00:00","Oddly, they both have the same ""value"". Title is also a hint.","time and time again These are the same designations for ""midnight"" in the ""military"" 24-hour time-keeping system.",Rebus,07/01/14 #5272,AAA B D EEEE,2.7600000000000002,2.14,arij,"What comes next in this sequence? AAA B D EEEE FFF G HHH I J KKK",No hint available.,"LL Each term uses the number of straight lines in each letter. An L has two straight lines, therefore, two L's are shown.",Series,07/06/02 #24524,Cryptolist I,2.58,2.58,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: RFQX HUWC LFCQYTO QUNTO LMAF HICB YWMXT RFQ RWMNFO RYTTQFY WRTHWQ KWKRFQ","Category: Cats T=E","Category: Cats Lion Panther Tiger Puma Lynx House Cat Cougar Cheetah Ocelot Bobcat A=M B=X C=N F=A H=L I=Y K=B L=P M=U N=G O=R Q=T R=C T=E U=I W=O X=S Y=H",Cryptography,07/13/05 #40754,Old As the Dinosaurs,2.64,1.92,Nym_Pimplyee,"Old as the dinosaurs am I. A vampire by nature, Killing thousands during my time. I have no wings, But can jump very high. Tell me oh tell me, What am I?",Go to the circus or market to find your hint.,"A flea. Flea fossils have been found that were alive over 100 million years ago. Fleas are parasitic, and suck blood out of mammals. In the 14th century, the flea was responsible for transmitting the ""Black Death"" or what is now known as the Bubonic Plague. Fleas have no wings, however they can jump up to 130 times their own body length.",Riddle,02/28/08 #26661,Couplet,2.8,1.26,zonarita,"My granddaughter recently asked me this riddle, ""Where you see one of us you'll see the other. Although we are opposites we are a pair. We are shaken frequently before breakfast, lunch and supper are devoured.""","A favorite, unique collection for young girls.",Salt and Pepper Shakers,Riddle,11/01/05 #12940,Blue Pill Problem,3.0,2.47,ejasami,"You've been placed on a course of expensive medication in which you are to take one tablet of Sildenafil and one tablet of Citrate daily. You must be careful that you take just one of each because taking more of either can have serious side effects. Taking Sildenafil without taking Citrate, or vice versa, can also be very serious, because they must be taken together in order to be effective. In summary, you must take exactly one of the Sildenafil pills and one of the Citrate pills at one time. Therefore, you open up the Sildenafil bottle, and you tap one Sildenafil pill into your hand. You put that bottle aside and you open the Citrate bottle. You do the same, but by mistake, two Citrates fall into your hand with the Sildenafil pill. Now, here's the problem. You weren't watching your hand as the pills fell into it, so you can't tell the Sildenafil pill apart from the two Citrate pills. The pills look identical. They are both the same size, same weight (10 micrograms), same color (Blue), same shape (perfect square), same everything, and they are not marked differently in any way. What are you going to do? You cannot tell which pill is which, and they cost $300 a piece, so you cannot afford to throw them away and start over again. How do you get your daily dose of exactly one Sildenafil and exactly one Citrate without wasting any of the pills?",No hint available.,"Carefully cut each of the three pills in half, and carefully separate them into two piles, with half of each pill in each pile. You do not know which pill is which, but you are 100% sure that each of the two piles now contains two halves of Citrate and half of Sildenafil. Now go back into the Sildenafil bottle, take out a pill, cut it in half, and add one half to each stack. Now you have two stacks, each one containing two halves of Sildenafil and two halves of Citrate. Take one stack of pills today, and save the second stack for tomorrow.",Logic,06/05/03 #26972,Metrics!,2.46,1.7,redraptor50,What does this represent? 2.5cm by 25mm?,See Title,Inch by Inch,Rebus,11/17/05 #35175,Indoors or Out,2.61,1.53,Winner4600,"Played one on one, Or perhaps two on two; With four majors, Two eras, And my own hall of fame. Bjorn, Pete, and Ivan all played me; Indoors or out, I delight both young and old! Tell me now, what am I?",No hint available.,"I am the sport of tennis! Tennis can be played ""singles"" (one on one) or ""doubles"" (two on two). There are four majors, or Grand Slams, in tennis: the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. In 1881, the first competitive tennis clubs were formed. The period of tennis from 1881 to 1967 is known as the Golden Era, while the period from 1968 to the present is called the Open Era. In 1954, the International Tennis Hall of Fame was founded by James Van Alen in Newport, Rhode Island. Tennis can be played on both indoor and outdoor courts, and can be enjoyed by everyone, from toddlers to grandparents. There have been many outstanding players in the game of tennis, including Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, and Ivan Lendl. During a 9 year career, Borg won 41 percent of the Grand Slam singles tournaments he entered (11 of 27) and 89.8 percent of the Grand Slam singles matches he played. Both are male open era records. In addition, Borg's six French Open singles titles are an all-time record. He is the only player to have won in three consecutive years both Wimbledon and the French Open. During his 15 year career, Sampras won a record 14 Grand Slam singles titles in 52 appearances and finished the year as No. 1 on the ATP rankings for six consecutive years, a record for the Open Era and tying him for third all-time. Sampras won the singles title at Wimbledon seven times (an all-time record shared with William Renshaw) and had five singles titles at the U.S. Open (an Open Era record shared with Jimmy Connors). Lendl was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He captured eight Grand Slam singles titles during his career and competed in a total of 19 Grand Slam singles finals (a record for a male player). He first attained the World No. 1 ranking on the men's professional tour in February 1983, and continued to be ranked No. 1 for much of the next eight years through to 1990. He finished four years ranked as the world's top player (1985-87 and 1989) and was ranked World No. 1 for a total of 270 weeks.",Riddle,02/02/07 #9714,DRAGON LEWIS,2.46,0.89,warrior,"Rearrange these letters to make a single word: DRAGON LEWIS",No hint available.,A SINGLE WORD.,Trick,01/10/03 #44014,And The Y's Have It!,2.3,2.35,snowmonster,"See if you can figure out the words described below. Each word has only 1 vowel, which is the letter Y. 1) A yellowish-brown to reddish-brown aromatic gum resin with a bitter, slightly pungent taste 2) Any of the minor divinities of nature in classical mythology represented as beautiful maidens dwelling in the mountains, forest and waters 3) The nearly straight line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system 4) A chamber wholly or partly underground 5) An ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech",No hint available.,"1) Myrrh 2) Nymph 3) Syzygy 4) Crypt 5) Rhythm",Language,01/29/09 #37079,Four Letters Only #7,2.79,2.25,jazzmusician46,"What sequence of 4 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? 1. angel _ _ _ _ 2. _ _ _ _ cake 3. of _ _ _ _ 4. snif _ _ _ _ 5. wol _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. angelfish 2. fishcake 3. offish 4. sniffish 5. wolfish",Language,06/26/07 #3619,"Giggle, Soil, Bells",2.57,2.6,lil_thugsta,"Can you calculate which word is the odd one out: giggle, soil, bells, gobble, gosh, hole, blesses, coil",No hint available.,"Coil as this is the only word which cannot be spelled using a calculator. For example, enter 379919 into a calculator and look at the number upside down, you can read giggle. The other words can be spelled using, 7105, 57738, 4509, 3704 and 5355378",Group,04/18/02 #36860,What is Sixth?,2.81,1.3800000000000001,Battery,"What is the sixth number in this sequence? 5, 25, 125, 625, __, 15625, 78125, 390625.",No hint available.,15625. The gap is in the 5th place to confuse you but the 6th number in the sequence is actually 15625.,Trick,06/06/07 #28394,New Diet Craze!,2.59,2.2,bigSWAFF_69_,"Abjar recently came back from a rather long vacation and returned nearly 15 pounds lighter. When he showed off his new appearance to his younger brother Swaff, he also bragged that he ate as much as he wanted, most of the time eating non-stop. Swaff was puzzled; how could this be true? Abjar had the answer. What was Abjar's secret diet?",No hint available.,"All Abjar did was constantly eat celery. Celery is quite odd, in that you actually tend to burn more calories eating it, than you gain from it. Abjar loved plain celery, and ate it non-stop. Along with the proper vitamins, you can actually lose weight. Before you rush out to do this, think to yourself, would you really want to eat plain celery non-stop?",Other,02/01/06 #8973,Shaving,2.39,0.8,Jake101,How is it possible to shave 3 times a day and still have a 3 inch beard?,No hint available.,"1) A Barber could shave other men's beards 3 times a day and still have a beard. 2) You could shave your head 3 times a day, but not your beard.",Trick,12/07/02 #1067,Bar Magnets,2.62,1.86,vivek,"You have two bars of iron. One is magnetized along its length, the other is not. Without using any other instrument (thread, filings, other magnets, etc.), find out which is which.",No hint available.,"Bar magnets are ""dead"" in their centers (i.e., there is no magnetic force, since the two poles cancel out). So, if bar A is the magnet, then bar B won't stick to its center. However, bar magnets are quite ""alive"" at their edges (i.e., the magnetic force is concentrated). So, if bar B is the magnet, then bar A will stick nicely to its end.",Science,10/08/01 #22800,Word Swap #4,2.83,2.24,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. The mathematician turned out to be a friend to Mary. He not only was a great math _____, but he would also take her ______ fishing after the lessons. 2. Speech is silver, but that doesn't give one __________ to ramble on about nothing. After all, __________ is golden. 3. The ambassador was going to need a police ________ for that particularly violent ________ of the city.",No hint available.,"TUTOR, TROUT LICENSE, SILENCE ESCORT, SECTOR",Language,05/10/05 #10047,Resorts,2.24,0.93,supershlop,resort resort resort resort RESORT,No hint available.,The last resort.,Rebus,01/26/03 #50542,Can't Letter Go,2.62,1.09,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUUUUUU...",No hint available.,stuck on you,Rebus,03/20/15 #41368,Peanuts For Peter,2.54,1.72,Carlos16,"Three children, Peter, Jane and Eric, shared a bag of peanuts. There were 770 peanuts in the bag. For every 4 peanuts Peter took, Jane took 3, and for every 6 peanuts Peter took, Eric took 7. How many peanuts did Peter get?",No hint available.,"For every 12 peanuts Peter took, Jane had 9 and Eric 14. This is a total of 35 in one round. 770 divided by 35 is 22, so they had 22 rounds. 12 times 22 are 264. Answer: 264",Math,04/04/08 #17937,Gemstone,3.12,2.52,jimbo,"If you like pretty gems that sparkle and shine, I invite you to dig in my virtual mine. My first is purple, fit for a king, My second is green where Dorothy did her thing. My third is red, July's birthstone as well, My fourth is seen in strings and is found inside a shell. My fifth is hard, pure Carbon and expensive to buy, My sixth is Crocidolite, striped like the big cat's eye. Seventh is two words, a man-made fake of April's stone, Eighth is very dark and found at Lightning Ridge alone. Now take from each gem, one letter in its turn, And you will find the stuff for which even the gods yearn.",Lightning Ridge is in Australia and is famous for being the only place in the world where a certain gemstone is found.,"The gems are Amethyst Emerald (Emerald city - Wizard of OZ) Ruby Pearl (From inside oyster shell) Diamond Tiger's eye Cubic Zirconia (Fake diamond) Black Opal Taking the first letter of Amethyst, second of Emerald etcetera gives Ambrosia - The food of the gods.",Riddle,06/17/04 #15702,Mad Ade's Word Workout #6,2.37,1.8800000000000001,mad-ade,"With this type of teaser the idea is to simply add two words together to make another word. But you have to work out what the two words are first. For example, Elevated + easy to carry = (High/light) Highlight Above + Fatality = (over/kill) overkill. 1, Sandwich Spread + Whiskey =? 2, Blue and Yellow mix + Domicile =? 3, Clothes fastener + Space in ground =? 4, Final resting place + Enclosed area =? 5, Glass/Plastic container + Where body and head meet =?",No hint available.,"1, Butter + Scotch = Butterscotch 2, Green + House = Greenhouse 3, Button + Hole = Buttonhole 4, Grave + Yard = Graveyard 5, Bottle + Neck = Bottleneck",Language,12/07/03 #38446,Another Chess Tournament,2.75,1.69,smarty__blondy,"Two teams, A and B, went to a chess tournament. Team A consists of Albert, Allen and Anderson, and team B consists of Billy, Bob and Benton. From the result of past matches, it's expected that Albert can beat Bob, who can beat Anderson, who, in turn, can beat Benton. However, none of the mentioned pairs became opponents. Who is whose opponent?",No hint available.,"Bob's opponent is neither Albert nor Anderson, and has to be Allen. Benton's opponent is not Anderson, and has to be Albert. Finally, Billy's opponent is Anderson.",Logic,09/24/07 #14174,Footwear IQ,2.08,2.58,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Results of the footwear IQ test: Spanish Shoes: 85 Italian Shoes: 75 Dutch Shoes: 145",No hint available.,"Clever Clogs Clogs are traditional Dutch footwear",Rebus,08/06/03 #6299,George Washington,2.84,2.0,Bintot,"If you do the following exercise correctly, you will change the name of an American president into the name of a European country. Check your method, speed and accuracy in following directions. Write the words GEORGE WASHINGTON. Take out all the ""E""s. Counting only the remaining letters, add an ""L"" after each seventh letter. Move the second ""G"" to the beginning and put the last letter in its place. Whenever three consonants appear together, change their order so that the first consonant in the group becomes the last, the one in the second place takes the first position, and the one in the third position becomes the middle consonant of the group. Take out the last two vowels. Where a double consonant appears, take out both letters. Beginning with the third letter from the left, interchange each two letters. Take out the last two letters. Move the last letter so it will be the first letter. Add a ""D"" after each fourth letter and at the beginning. Replace every ""S"" with an ""N"". Take out the middle three letters. Take out the final letter and put the first letter in its place. You should now have the name of the European country.",No hint available.,Holland,Language,08/07/02 #42184,J 1 = I C's D,2.03,2.56,shenqiang,J 1 = I C's D,No hint available.,June 1st = International Children's Day.,Letter-Equations,06/09/08 #42361,"1,1,2,3,7,22",2.27,2.25,jsdodgers,"What are the next three numbers in the series? 1,1,2,3,7,22,?,?,?","You need two operations (multiply, divide, add, subtract).","Multiply the last two numbers, then add 1. The next three are 155, 3411, 528706.",Series,06/27/08 #31150,Cryptoxymorography VI,2.74,2.74,bigSWAFF_69_,"Oxymorons are words with opposite or incongruous meanings that when linked together, form a descriptive phrase. Cryptography teasers are teasers in which a phrase or expression has been encoded in some way. Cryptoxymorography teasers are teasers in which oxymorons are concealed in a cryptic mass of letters. Can you decipher the oxymorons? They all use the same code. 1. YCHD CXLYM 2. YCJPS LSALG 3. GTPAWL HCXF 4. GKMWW OCYIJPL 5. GCMYTPA SCVP 6. ICX OWCCY 7. ICWW OYLL 8. JXGTSL SCVP 9. JPTBJL JPTOCYKG 10. FCJPA MSJWI","A is represented by:M E is represented by:L I is represented by:T O is represented by:C U is represented by:J","1. rock opera 2. round edges 3. single copy 4. small fortune 5. soaring down 6. top floor 7. toll free 8. upside down 9. unique uniforms 10. young adult The code was: A:M B:N C:H D:S E:L F:O G:A H:Z I:T J:R K:D L:W M:K N:P O:C P:X Q:B R:Y S:G T:I U:J V:Q W:V X:U Y:F Z:E",Cryptography,06/16/06 #28089,Out of Order Words,2.82,2.17,tsimkin,"The following pairs of words can be unscrambled to make two words that go together, like ""this & that."" All pairs follow the same theme. Can you determine what they say? BUSY ELK = ______ + ______ TAMED ROOT = ______ + ______ EGG SNARERS = ______ + ______ CORN ALLEYWAY = ______ + ______",Full spectrum,"Blue Sky Red Tomato Green Grass Yellow Canary",Language,01/15/06 #8178,Different from Others,2.45,1.87,Ember,"I come in many different colors And I am different from others. I fall and rarely rise, But do not fear me, for I am small in size. What am I?",No hint available.,"A leaf Meanings: Fall and rise - leaves fall in Autumn and rarely rise (if a person or the wind picks them up).",Riddle,10/23/02 #7677,"Ebony, stow, retrench...",2.71,3.03,klopper,"Ebony, stow, retrench, uniform, feverish, exits, sovereign... Which word comes next? orchard malaise essence thieving sporadic rhapsody ivory",No hint available.,"Thieving. The words contain, in order, the letters in the spelling of the numbers one through to seven. Thieving contains the letters in the number ""eight"".",Series,09/24/02 #20208,Rising Train Tracks,2.31,2.7600000000000002,tsimkin,"Henry is a new civil engineer, and is charged with planning the laying of a new type of ultra-rigid rails that expand only one inch per mile of length in temperature extremes. Henry's plan calls for the tracks (each of which is one mile in length) to be laid end-to-end with no gap between them, pinned to the ground at every other juncture, as shown below: v_______ _______vv_______ _______v Henry's boss sees the plan and says, ""You fool! What about when the tracks expand?"" Henry replies, ""The expansion will only be an inch over the whole mile length. If the tracks buckle, it will only be by an inch or two at most. The trains will certainly have no trouble bumping over these buckles."" Henry's boss says, ""You're fired."" Why was the boss so critical?",Would Pythagoras have the same plan?,"The rise in the middle of the tracks would have been much greater than Henry surmised. Using the Pythagorean Theorem, you will have a triangle with a base of one mile (or 63,360 inches), and a hypotenuse of one mile plus one inch (or 63,361 inches). To find the height, take the square root of (the square of the base minus the square of the hypotenuse). SQRT((63,361)^2 - (63,360)^2) = 355.98 inches, or over 29 feet!",Math,01/03/05 #1033,7 D in a W,2.05,1.22,vivek,7 D in a W,No hint available.,7 Days in a Week,Letter-Equations,10/03/01 #24385,Figure it Out,2.89,1.91,Javian,"What common phrase is represented by this rebus? ccollaboratorrmateicomrademaccomplicee",No hint available.,"""Partners-in-crime"" Synonyms of ""partner"" are in the word ""CRIME"": C collaborator R mate I comrade M accomplice E.",Rebus,07/09/05 #41763,We Were All Invited,2.29,2.34,aresII,"The following quote is from George Carlin, one of America's most popular wise guys. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. Q=R ""TBGZ CXM'QG VXQZ CXM AGO S OEYLGO OX OBG DQGSL RBXT. TBGZ CXM'QG VXQZ EZ SPGQEYS, CXM AGO S DQXZO QXT RGSO.""","E=I M=U S=A","""WHEN YOU'RE BORN YOU GET A TICKET TO THE FREAK SHOW. WHEN YOU'RE BORN IN AMERICA, YOU GET A FRONT ROW SEAT."" KEY: A=G B=H C=Y D=F E=I G=E L=K M=U O=T P=M Q=R R=S S=A T=W V=B X=O Y=C Z=N",Cryptography,05/01/08 #27762,Anagram Power VII,2.82,1.84,peppamintp,"Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B. Group A 1. Melon 2. Artie 3. Stoat 4. Neigh 5. Edgar Group B A. Jointed device B. Citrus fruit C. Report card letter D. Furious E. Drink to",No hint available.,"1. Lemon (B) 2. Irate (D) 3. Toast (E) 4. Hinge (A) 5. Grade (C)",Language,12/29/05 #109,1 = E on a C,2.42,2.26,olefsky,1 = E on a C,No hint available.,1 = Eye on a Cyclops,Letter-Equations,01/03/01 #28916,That's Gonna Hit The Bottom Line,2.47,2.64,a_person,"3 = B S that make up an A (H, T and A).",This does not apply to a spider.,"3 = Body Sections that make up an Arthropod (Head, Thorax and Abdomen) The clue is useful because a spider has an abdomen and a part called a cephalothorax which is the head and thorax together.",Letter-Equations,03/04/06 #41932,7 = U T of I as of 2008,1.86,2.69,V_Bapat,7 = U T of I as of 2008,Politics of India,7 = Union Territories of India as of 2008.,Letter-Equations,05/15/08 #47935,The Odd 8-Letter Word,2.84,2.03,dalfamnest,"Which word is the odd one out? Falconer Fastener Feminine Footwork Foregoes Freights",Take a closer look.,"Foregoes does not contain a number. falcONEr, fasTENer, femiNINE, fooTWOrk, frEIGHTs",Group,09/06/10 #24449,Cutting,2.49,1.23,flipflopchica,"TING T U C TING T U C",No hint available.,Cutting Corners,Rebus,07/11/05 #19777,Six Things Joined,2.68,2.13,candy,"At my hind there is a rope On my head a fan, Beside my mouth are two sharp spears And my tree-legs are rough on your hands. Beside all this is one great wall A snake adorns my head at all times, and it is part of me And it will always be. What am I?",No hint available.,"An elephant. An elephant's tail feels like a rope. Their ears feel like fans. Their tusks feel like two sharp spears. Their legs are rough and feel like trees Their side is like a wall. Their trunk feels like a snake.",Riddle,12/08/04 #8673,My Secret Word,2.28,2.08,lesternoronha1,"I gave Terrance a problem. One of the words listed below is my secret word. AIM DUE MOD OAT TIE With this list in front of him, I told him that if I give him any one letter of my secret word, he could tell me the number of vowels in my secret word. Which word is my secret word?",No hint available.,"If you were told any one of the letters of MOD you would not be able to determine whether the number of vowels in my secret word is one or two. Then my secret word cannot be AIM, DUE, MOD or OAT. Hence my secret word must be TIE.",Logic,12/05/02 #11652,Aging Man,2.28,1.41,Spikey,"Two years ago my age was a multiple of 6 and one year ago my age was a multiple of Five. How old am I now? (I am less than 50)",No hint available.,I am 26.,Math,04/08/03 #31486,Cryptoxymorography VII,2.6,2.66,bigSWAFF_69_,"Oxymorons are words with opposite or incongruous meanings that when linked together, form a descriptive phrase. Cryptography teasers are teasers in which a phrase or expression has been encoded in some way. Cryptoxymorography teasers are teasers in which oxymorons are concealed in a cryptic mass of letters. Can you decipher the oxymorons? They all use the same code. 1. PXJKXB DYX 2. PNGX FXGCXYK 3. LXR ZLKDUOX 4. LN YNPPXLK 5. NOKXG YNGX 6. NFFNTDKX ZKKGZYKDNL 7. FZTTDIX ZMMGXTTDIX 8. FNTDKDIXJQ RGNLM 9. UODXK LNDTX 10. GXTKJXTT TJXXF","A is represented by:Z E is represented by:X I is represented by:D O is represented by:N U is represented by:O","1. melted ice 2. more perfect 3. new antique 4. no comment 5. outer core 6. opposite attraction 7. passive aggressive 8. positively wrong 9. quiet noise 10. restless sleep The code was: A:Z B:A C:Y D:B E:X F:C G:M H:W I:D J:V K:E L:J M:P N:L O:N P:F Q:U R:G S:T T:K U:O V:I W:R X:H Y:Q Z:S",Cryptography,07/02/06 #8705,Amoeba,2.22,2.92,something,"A jar begins with one amoeba. Every minute, every amoeba turns into 0, 1, 2, or 3 amoebas with a probability of 25% for each case (dies, does nothing, splits into 2, or splits into 3). What is the probability that the amoeba population eventually dies out?",No hint available.,"If p is the probability that a single amoeba's descendants will die out eventually, the probability that N amoebas' descendants will all die out eventually must be p^N, since each amoeba is independent of every other amoeba. Also, the probability that a single amoeba's descendants will die out must be independent of time when averaged over all the possibilities. At t=0, the probability is p, at t=1 the probability is 0.25(p^0+p^1+p^2+p^3), and these probabilities must be equal. Extinction probability p is a root of f(p)=p. In this case, p = sqrt(2)-1. The generating function for the sequence P(n,i), which gives the probability of i amoebas after n minutes, is f^n(x), where f^n(x) == f^(n-1) ( f(x) ), f^0(x) == x . That is, f^n is the nth composition of f with itself. Then f^n(0) gives the probability of 0 amoebas after n minutes, since f^n(0) = P(n,0). We then note that: f^(n+1)(x) = ( 1 + f^n(x) + (f^n(x))^2 + (f^n(x))^3 )/4 so that if f^(n+1)(0) -> f^n(0) we can solve the equation. The generating function also gives an expression for the expectation value of the number of amoebas after n minutes. This is d/dx(f^n(x)) evaluated at x=1. Using the chain rule we get f'(f^(n-1)(x))*d/dx(f^(n-1)(x)) and since f'(1) = 1.5 and f(1) = 1, we see that the result is just 1.5^n, as might be expected.",Probability,11/24/02 #4805,Bruce Gets Annoyed,2.73,1.74,bobbrt,"The last name of a famous person (whose first name is given) can be split into two words (without rearranging any letters) which complete the following sentence. Who is this sentence referring to? Bruce gets annoyed when his 15-year old _____ _____ problems on him.",No hint available.,Bruce Springsteen (springs teen),Language,06/18/02 #36483,Aesop's Fables II,2.65,2.3,brainster,"We've all read Aesop's Fables in one form or another. These interesting stories captivate our attention and always leave us with a moral. One of those morals is hidden in the story below. Can you find it? John Doe was walking on the road after a particularly rainy day. The road was in bad condition, muddy, still flooded with water and with potholes. Some of the municipal workers had even erected signs around some of the potholes to alert people walking on the road so that no one accidentally fell into one. The water didn't give any idea of how deep the potholes were, so this was really a blessing. Poor John! He noticed the pothole with the sign ""LIVE"" and avoided it. But he was so happy about avoiding it that he failed to see the next sign around the bend and fell into the pothole with the sign ""VILE"".",No hint available.,"In avoiding one evil, care must be taken not to fall into another. LIVE and VILE are anagrams of the word EVIL. John avoided one ""evil"" but fell into the other. This moral is described in the Aesop's Fable titled ""The Doe and The Lion"", where the doe runs into a cave to escape hunters, only to find a lion inside the cave!",Other,05/02/07 #1961,Cats Except One,2.23,0.72,missie,"All Mrs. Pollywollyweisenheimer's pets are dogs except one, and all her pets are cats except one. How many dogs and cats does she have?",No hint available.,"1 cat 1 dog",Logic,01/06/02 #7948,Snapsism Pairs,2.47,2.49,snaps,"A word is said to be a snapsism of another word if it fits the following criteria: 1. it contains the same number of letters as the other word; 2. it does not have any of the same letters in the same position as the other word; 3. each letter of the word can be swapped into the other word, one at a time, so that other words are produced. eg. MAD is a snapsism of BET, with the three resulting words being: Met bAt beD However, MAT is not a snapsism of BET as both words have ""t"" as the third letter. A snapsism pair is formed when two words are snapsisms of each other. eg. BET and PIG are a snapsism pair, producing the words: Pet bIt beG Big pEg piT What are two words with which FAT can form snapsism pairs?",The two words rhyme.,"BIN, which produces the words: Bat fIt faN Fin bAn biT And PIN, which produces the words: Pat fIt faN Fin pAn piT",Language,10/09/02 #36473,You Give Me Fever!,2.47,2.06,brainster,"I can be written, I can be spoken. I can even be scary, and leave you stirred or shaken! Some get a fever thinking about me, some go into a panic. Some stay awake for nights on end, and some go plain manic! But there's definitely an end in sight, and that's what keeps everyone going along. Now quickly guess, what could I be? You can't afford to get me wrong!",No hint available.,"An examination. An examination can be written or oral (spoken). Most people get nervous and worried just before an exam. But there's always an end to the worry, which is when you complete your exam and get your grades.",Riddle,05/01/07 #34208,Anagrammed Synonyms 2,2.72,2.56,kashakomin,"In each of the following, study the list of three words. Your task is to find two of the three words which can be paired to form an anagram of one word which is a synonym of the word remaining. For example: LEG - MEEK - NET The words LEG and NET are an anagram of GENTLE, which is a synonym of the word remaining, MEEK. 1. TREE - ART - EBB 2. WHET - MUTE - TAILS 3. DRAIN - ONCE - ACT 4. SIN - EAT - GET 5. SANE - VICE - SKEW",No hint available.,"EBB - RETREAT WHET - STIMULATE ACT - ORDINANCE EAT - INGEST VICE - WEAKNESS",Language,12/02/06 #5769,28 P in M,2.27,2.38,glennyboy02,28 P in M,No hint available.,28 Properties in Monopoly,Letter-Equations,07/21/02 #50538,Simple Rule,2.57,1.3800000000000001,duhya,"All words on this list follow a certain rule. Find the rule. Bird Berry Jack Mail Out Smith","A not very enlightening set of words, eh?","Rule: All words can be preceded by ""black"" to create a new word. The hint refers to the fact that black signifies a lack of light.",Group,03/20/15 #10070,My Sour Cousin,2.57,1.49,od-1,"Many say I'm sort of a fruity guy. But my name doesn't rhyme I'm not sure why. My cousin he has good cleaning power. Though some say he's rather sour. What am I?",No hint available.,"I'm an orange and my cousin is a lemon, which is often in cleaning products.",Riddle,01/27/03 #28166,Cardinal Crows,2.42,1.68,Unstumpable,Why is there such a big crowd when this Cardinal crows?,It's a religious metaphor.,"It is a Cardinal from the Roman Catholic church, when he comes out and declares the new Pope. Crows is a synonym for announces.",Situation,01/19/06 #2877,The World,2.16,1.18,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? I'm The World",No hint available.,I'm on top of the world!,Rebus,03/25/02 #2062,Mission is Clear,2.31,2.29,JavaBinks,"His name is simple His mission is clear Fight off the suiters Fight off the men His grown son will help him with divine intervention Take back his wife And take back his life","Think of the Ancient Greeks. Have you read any of Homer's works?",Odysseus,Riddle,01/17/02 #33729,Anagram Link 2,2.68,1.52,grungy49,"Can you fill in each gap in the sentences? The words will all be anagrams of each other. The thief was _ _ _ _ _ likely to be caught out of the whole group. He could _ _ _ _ _ nearly anything. Often would he tell _ _ _ _ _ of his great successes, and they never seemed to grow _ _ _ _ _.",No hint available.,"In order: LEAST STEAL TALES STALE",Language,10/29/06 #49809,Granting Access and Securing Privacy,2.26,0.93,ThinksForFun,"Defining the boundary Between this and that place It's pretty clear that I'm An open-and-shut case Sometimes a metaphor For opportunity I could be vital to Your exit strategy To a single axis My movement is confined Your privacy is that For which I've been designed What am I?",No hint available.,"a door lines 1-2: A door divides a room from another room or hallway, etc. lines 3-4: A play on words using one of a door's characteristics, namely that it opens and closes (or shuts). lines 5-6: The word ""door"" may be used metaphorically to describe a means through which new possibilities may be realized. lines 7-8: One may need to pass through a door in order to leave a room or building. lines 9-10: A door usually swings on hinges. lines 11-12: One of the functions of a door is to maintain one's privacy by having it closed.",Riddle,04/16/13 #10528,Six-Letter Words,2.68,2.43,Pheonix_down,"Each word that goes in the blank is exactly the same as the others except for the 2nd letter. Can you find the words? ____ ____ tastes ____ with ____.",No hint available.,Bitter Batter tastes Better with Butter.,Language,02/18/03 #9785,Jamming It Up,2.17,1.28,lesternoronha1,Mary was making apricot jam. She put all the apricots in the pot and stirred them up. Then she remembered she had to add 1 ounce of lemon juice for every two apricots. How did she figure out how much lemon juice to put?,No hint available.,She counted the pits.,Logic,01/14/03 #32201,Missing Anagrams III,2.82,2.58,thompson1,"Below are several sets of words with some letters taken out. For each letter (A, B, or C) there are 2 words. Find the 2 or 3 letters that will fit into both words. Take the letters that you put into the words for A, B and (maybe) C and unscramble them. That is your answer for that number. Example: 1) A) FORE _ _ _ _ _ _ ITE B) BR _ _ K SL _ _ K Answer: A) foreIGN IGNite B) brICk slICk Unscramble IGNIC: ICING is the answer. All 5 words will belong to a common group, and a smaller group inside that group. Can you figure out all the words, what common group they are in, and what smaller group they are in? Good Luck! 1) A) G _ _ _ E _ _ _ Y B) HOR _ _ _ _ _ _ ING 2) A) CO _ _ _ R S _ _ _ R B) DOM _ _ _ TE B _ _ _ RY 3) A) P _ _ _ E _ _ _ EY B) DE _ _ _ VO _ _ _ IZE C) EST _ _ _ RED _ _ _ 4) A) PL _ _ _ _ _ _ WER B) SE _ _ ER PE _ _ ING 5) A) S _ _ _ Y _ _ _ ITUDE B) _ _ _ ANIZE _ _ _ ANIC C) _ _ _ MENT S _ _ _ ING",All of the answers are animals.,"1) A) gLAZe LAZy B) horRID RIDing Unscramble LAZRID: LIZARD 2) A) coUGAr sUGAr B) domINAte bINAry Unscramble UGAINA: IGUANA 3) A) pHONe HONey B) deCAL voCALize C) estEEM redEEM Unscramble HONCALEEM: CHAMELEON 4) A) plANS ANSwer B) seEKer peEKing Unscramble ANSEK: SNAKE 5) A) sALTy ALTitude B) ORGanize ORGanic C) AILment sAILing Unscramble ALTORGAIL: ALLIGATOR All of the answers are animals (common group) that are reptiles (smaller group).",Language,07/31/06 #47471,Draw Me,3.18,1.34,dalfamnest,"I've been drawn by the artists these days, and of old; Yet I'm seen only when all around me is cold. For most of the time you just live and ignore me; Then you gasp for me, stop for me, mutter below me. You might say, in surprise, I've been taken away, But it's true I've been with you, at least 'til today. When I leave you, you leave too! Who am I?",No hint available.,"Breath Everyone draws breath, and it is seen on icy days. We breathe subconsciously, but might gasp or stop for breath. We mutter ""under our breath"" at times. We might say our breath is ""taken away"" but we have it as long as we live - until we ""leave"" this world!",Riddle,07/12/10 #10769,Feathered Vertebrate,2.36,1.37,spatulafreak00,"What's the common phrase? The previously arriving feathered vertebrate procures the invertebrate crawler.",No hint available.,The early bird catches the worm.,Language,02/27/03 #35922,Words With JO,2.39,2.31,cnmne,"Five words that contain JO as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **JO*, ***JO, JO****, JO*****, **JO*** Pool: A, A, A, A, B, C, D, E, I, L, L, N, N, N, R, R, U, U, V, Y",No hint available.,"ENJOY, BANJO, JOVIAL, JOCULAR, ADJOURN",Language,03/28/07 #34313,Twisted TV,2.35,2.64,CountdownCrispy,"Here are five well known TV shows as you've never seen them before - in anagram form. Can you uncover them all? 1) Who trashed equations?! 2) Nod, now cut! 3) Ships Mentos 4) That comfy head! 5) Craft the ox","You're looking for a... 1) ...human interest programme (3, 8, 8) 2) ...game show (9) 3) ...long running cartoon (3, 8) 4) ...football highlights programme (5, 2, 3, 3) 5) ...talent show (3, 1, 6)","1) The Antiques Roadshow 2) Countdown 3) The Simpsons 4) Match of the Day 5) The X Factor",Language,12/09/06 #37011,Guess That Number I,2.72,1.34,pokpic,"""And welcome back to Guess That Number! Before the break Mr. Pok got to the 1 million dollar question! So, Mr. Pok how are you feeling?"" ""Very nervous Bill, very nervous,"" replied Mr. Pok. ""Okay Mr. Pok, you know what to do. We'll put a set of clues on are screen, and you must figure out what number we're talking about! Today, the mystery number is represented by A. Mr. Pok, if you can figure out what number A stands for in 2 minutes or less, we'll give you 1 million dollars! Are you ready?"" asked Bill. ""I hope so,"" answered Mr. Pok. ""Okay! The clues are on our screen! On your mark! Get set! GO!"" screamed Bill. Mr. Pok turned around and faced the screen. My challenge to you is can you help Mr. Pok win the million dollar prize? Here are the clues given to Mr. Pok: 1. 100 is larger than A. 2. A is larger than 30. 3. A is a multiple of 6. 4. The sum of A's digits is 9. 5. The number in the tens place is larger than the number in the ones place. 6. The difference between A's digits is 1. Mr. Pok figured out the answer and scribbled it down on the notebook in front of him right when the buzzer sounded. He raised his answer for all to see. ""Congratulations Mr. Pok! You have won 1 million dollars!"" Bill said into the microphone. What number did Mr. Pok write in the notebook?",No hint available.,"Mr. Pok wrote 54. We first start with clue number 1. We figure out A is less than 100. Next we look at clue number 2. We figure out that A is bigger than 30. So we now know that A has to be between 31 and 99. The third clue tells us that it has to be a multiple of 6. So you write down all the multiples of six between 31 and 99. The multiples are 36, 42, 48 54, 60, 66, 72, 78, 84, 90, and 96. Next, we find out that the sum of A's digits is 9, so we can cross out 42, 48, 60, 66, 78, 84, and 96. Next, we find out that the number in the tens place is larger than the number in the ones place so we can cross out 36. The last clue tells us that the difference between A's digits is 1. So therefore the only number that fits all 6 clues is 54.",Math,06/20/07 #42644,G H W B = F of G W B,1.78,1.94,letmeforget4,G H W B = F of G W B,No hint available.,George Herbert Walker Bush = father of George Walker Bush.,Letter-Equations,07/29/08 #35513,Form Into a Shape,2.16,1.0,nascarfan19,"A man is sitting on a bench. He sees another man walking by and says, ""Would you like to win some money?"" He tells him that with 4 small sticks, all the same size, he has to form them into a rectangle. The man forms them into a square and wins the money. How does he win the money?",No hint available.,"A square is a type of rectangle, but not all rectangles are squares.",Math,03/03/07 #39908,Words With TT,2.31,2.48,cnmne,"Five words that contain TT as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **TT*, *TT***, **TT**, ***TT*, ***TT** Pool: A, B, D, E, E, E, E, E, G, H, I, J, L, N, O, P, R, R, U, Y",No hint available.,"JETTY, ATTEND, PUTTER, GHETTO, BRITTLE",Language,01/03/08 #27715,Scoring Drive,1.97,1.95,bigSWAFF_69_,"Pretend that you are playing a regulation game of American Football, and you start on your own 1 yard line. If no penalties are assessed, how many times can you run/pass for exactly one yard each down, in one drive, in hopes of scoring a touchdown? Remember, an American Football field is 100 yards long.",No hint available.,"4 You get 4 downs to travel 10 yards. If you only advance 4 yards in 4 downs, you will still be 6 yards short of getting a first down, ending your chances of scoring a touchdown.",Trick,12/27/05 #49727,This Bites,2.31,2.0,cnmne,"In the following rebus, what is described by ""hammerhead""? hammerhead basking, great white, grey reef, sand, tiger",No hint available.,"loan shark (these are types of sharks; the hammerhead is by itself, or a lone shark) A loan shark is a predatory lender, providing loans with extremely high interest rates. In a criminal context, such a lender enforces repayment by blackmail or threats of violence.",Rebus,01/12/13 #52096,Back To...,2.82,1.16,Patchyss,"I last 180 days out of the year. Adam Sandler made a movie about coming here. Many stick around to earn a career. After you've been here long enough, you can bring your parents to tears.",No hint available.,"School! School typically lasts 180 days out of the year, Adam Sandler's ""Billy Madison"" was about a man returning to school, many people continue to college for a career, and graduation can bring parents to tears.",Riddle,12/04/18 #40546,Lies to Decipher,2.08,1.55,Editor,"Can you decipher this phrase? lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies lies",No hint available.,A pack of lies!,Rebus,02/17/08 #3067,On What?,2.54,1.8800000000000001,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: ON THETHE",No hint available.,On the double,Rebus,03/31/02 #28032,Where's the Banana?,2.68,1.65,Question_Mark,"Skid Mark felt like doing a hard challenge one day. Question Mark was very happy to give him a challenge. He took a banana, a sheet of white paper, a red ball, and a few random things and put them all in a room where only red light could be seen. He found the ball and the paper no problem. Why couldn't he find the banana as easily?","What color is a banana? What color was the light?","He could not find the banana easily because a banana reflects yellow light and the yellow light goes into your eye. Since there is no yellow light, the banana looked black. The red ball and the paper were easy to find because they both reflect red light and therefore would look red. Skid Mark was really confused because he thought the banana would still be yellow.",Science,01/11/06 #4000,Created By Humans,2.29,2.23,mad-ade,"I am created by Humans, but can not be controlled. I will suck on wood, plastic and flesh alike. I am more of a hindrance than a help, and to my creator I can seem to be everywhere at once. What am I?",No hint available.,A baby.,Riddle,05/10/02 #39828,March Madness Gone Mad!,2.8,2.2,pokpic,"The next college basketball finals, known as March Madness, was going to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii. The four teams who made it to the finals were the Lions, the Destroyers, the Slam Dunkers, and the Alligators. Each team is from a different city; Boston, Chicago, Dover, and Phoenix. Each team took a different airline to get to Honolulu; American Airlines, Adventure Airlines, Jet Blue, and Song. Once they arrived in Honolulu each team stayed at a different hotel. These hotels were the Hilton, the Marriott, the Red Roof Inn, and the Aloha Springs Resort. The directors of the finals created a practice schedule, the times are 8 A.M., 10 A.M., 12 P.M., and 2 P.M. Find out which team came from where, what airline they took to get to Honolulu, what hotel they stayed at, and what time each team practices. Teams: The Lions, the Destroyers, the Slam Dunkers, and the Alligators Cities: Boston, Chicago, Dover, and Phoenix Airlines: American Airlines, Adventure Airlines, Jet Blue, and Song Hotels: The Hilton, the Marriott, the Red Roof Inn, and the Aloha Springs Resort Practice Times: 8 A.M., 10 A.M., 12 P.M., and 2 P.M. Clues: 1. The teams are, the one who practices at 12, the one who stays at the Hilton, the one who flew on Jet Blue, and the one from Chicago. 2. The Alligators faced the Boston team in the first round while the Slam Dunkers played the Dover team. 3. The Lions passed the Aloha Springs Resort where the Alligators were getting ready for their 12 P.M. practice. 4. The Destroyers flew to Hawaii on American Airlines and landed in Hawaii an hour before their afternoon practice. (NOTE: Afternoon practice=P.M. practice) 5. The team from the Marriott drove to dinner after their team scrimmaged the Dover team. 6. The Slam Dunkers were eating breakfast in their hotel lobby at 8 A.M., right before their 10 A.M. practice. 7. The Hilton, which is next door to the Boston team's hotel, is famous for its rivalry with the Marriott, which is three doors down from the Hilton. 8. Song Airlines is famous for being very very expensive but luxurious. On the contrary, Adventure Airlines and American Airlines are cheap. 9. Chicago University, home of the Slam Dunkers, was short on money, which meant that the basketball team couldn't afford things that were a lot of money.",No hint available.,"The Boston Lions flew on Jet Blue, stayed at the Red Roof Inn and practiced at 8 A.M. The Chicago Slam Dunkers flew on Adventure Airlines, stayed at the Marriott and practiced at 10 A.M. The Dover Destroyers flew on American Airlines, stayed at the Hilton and practiced at 2 P.M. The Phoenix Alligators flew on Song Airlines, stayed at the Aloha Springs Resort and practiced at 12 P.M.",Logic-Grid,12/29/07 #39255,Rewording V,2.63,1.8800000000000001,vlerma,"Below are three phrases, each with a well known meaning. Please read each phrase, and then by rewording it, come up with the meaningful phrase for each one. 1. Anguish adores association. 2. Immature around the breathing apparatus. 3. Putting more starting fluid on the grill.","""Peruse words below one line but above another"" can be reworded to mean ""read between the lines.""","1. Misery loves company. 2. Green around the gills. 3. Add fuel to the fire.",Language,11/18/07 #14354,appleINDEXapple,2.45,1.66,AuroraSturgeon,"What phrase does the following represent? appleINDEXapple lemonMIDDLEmeringue mississippiRINGmud steakandPINKYkidney",No hint available.,A FINGER in every pie.,Rebus,08/14/03 #3141,Break In,2.19,1.08,204_blaze_41,"Flossy returned to her apartment one evening to find that it had been broken into and vandalized. Pictures were smashed, personal letters were ripped, furniture was slashed, obscene graffiti written on the wall, and her favourite dresses torn. Flossy told Shadow that she suspected her ex-boyfriend, Sid. Shadow went to see Sid and explained that Flossy's apartment had been broken into. Sid said he knew nothing about it, but would be happy to help catch the person who wrote such nasty things and caused such damage. Shadow spoke with Sid for a few more minutes then told him he was under arrest for the crime. How did he know that Sid was the vandal?",No hint available.,Sid mentioned the obscene graffiti but denied knowledge of the break-in.,Logic,04/02/02 #40649,Presidential Assignment,2.61,1.65,luckylefty,"A history teacher gave each of her students a U.S. President to research. Each student was to give a five page report on the major actions made by their President. When it was time to present, one student had only one sentence about his President, yet he received full credit for his project. Why?",No hint available.,"The President the student was assigned was William Henry Harrison, who died of pneumonia one month after being sworn into office. He wasn't able to make any actions as President, and that is exactly what the student wrote.",Trivia,02/22/08 #28887,I Can Hide A Monster,2.85,1.11,spookboy0,"Surrounded by hills, I rest on an isle Known for its castles And ""baggy"" music style I can hide a monster At least some think But for what it's worth I'm one of nature's sinks What am I?",No hint available.,"Loch Ness in Scotland Surrounded by hills - The Loch is in a fjord surrounded by wetland hills. I rest on an isle Known for its castles And ""baggy"" music style - Scotland, part of the British Isles, is known for its numerous castles and bagpipe music. I can hide a monster At least some think that there is a monster lives in Loch Ness, but it isn't verifiable. But for what it's worth I'm one of nature's sinks - The Loch is drained by six major rivers.",Riddle,03/03/06 #42661,12 = E of a R O,1.83,2.46,shenqiang,12 = E of a R O,It's a common geometric shape. It is called an O because it has 8 F's.,"12 = edges of a regular octahedron. It is called an octahedron because it has 8 faces. Although there are more than one type of octahedra, the most symmetric one, the regular octahedron, has 12 edges.",Letter-Equations,07/31/08 #26986,Letter Pairs IV,2.72,2.15,phrebh,"Here are 30 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 10 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 10 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AB AL AS EA ED EM EQ ES ES ES ES LE LE OD OR PI RE RE RN RN RT SO ST TA TI TL TY UI VE YS 1. Vacation place 2. Brought in money 3. Homes 4. Rental agreements 5. Value of a property 6. Shops 7. Rights to properties 8. Narrow paths 9. Saloon 10. Realm","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Real Estate.","1. RESORT 2. EARNED 3. ABODES 4. LEASES 5. EQUITY 6. STORES 7. TITLES 8. ALLEYS 9. TAVERN 10. EMPIRE The theme is Real Estate.",Language,11/17/05 #18730,Anagram Riddle 5,2.5,2.18,cnmne,"Three anagram words, letters are five. Each one gets a clue that helps you derive. Word number one, it is hard to deny; This word is a place that is not nearby. Word number two, just lend me your ear; This word, when you count, is something you hear. The last of the words, there is no doubt; This word is a liquid that knocks you out. What are the words?",No hint available.,"there = a place that is not nearby three = you hear when you count ether = a liquid used for anesthesia (knocks you out)",Riddle,09/02/04 #24051,Won None,2.82,1.85,Javian,"What should come next? None/Won/Too/None/For/None/Sics/None/ ?",This sequence starts with none. Literally.,"""Ate"" The sequence is 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7, 8 When there is a homonym equivalent for the number (one=won, too=two...) then it is written. When there isn't one, the word ""none"" is substituted.",Series,06/27/05 #38083,Broken Family,2.63,1.66,Rob7,"Dad, Dad, Dad Mom Son, Son, Son Daughter, Daughter, Daughter Brother, Brother, Brother Sister, Sister, Sister","Pay attention to the title, and it's a concerningly common trait in North America.",Single mom.,Rebus,09/03/07 #23867,Child's Play,2.17,0.76,phildunphy,"The P Tail The Donkey",Played blindfolded,Pin the Tail on the Donkey,Rebus,06/20/05 #30309,Silly Sarah's School Studies: Part I,2.9,2.2,bigSWAFF_69_,"School starts tomorrow, and Silly Sarah has yet to purchase her school supplies! Last year, she received a list of the items she will need, but her teacher decided to have a little fun, and have it in a brain-teaser format. Could you help Silly Sarah out, so she can get to school with all the supplies she needs? 1. One who secretly keeps watch on another or others + A small rounded portion of bread + Not yes, but __ + 20th letter of the alphabet + A printed or written literary work 2. A fenced enclosure for animals + Window ____s 3. To withdraw from a game of poker in defeat + Err... 4. Pigment + 4th letter in the alphabet + A fenced enclosure for animals + Window ____s 5. Unsoiled + 24th letter in the alphabet 6. To tie or secure + Err... 7. Spherical object + A sharp or tapered end + What you hit when you bowl 8. Tigger's best friend + Lyr 9. Not fastened + Singular for what falls from trees in Autumn + To give money to in return for goods or services + To, for, or by each; for every 10. Common greeting + Something a lamp gives off + Err...",No hint available.,"Silly Sarah had to get: 1. Spiral Notebook (Spy + Roll + No + T + Book) 2. Pencils (Pen + Sills) 3. Folder (Fold + Err) 4. Colored Pencils (Color + D + Pen + Sills) 5. Kleenex (Clean + X) 6. Binder (Bind + Err) 7. Ball Point Pen (Ball + Point + Pin) 8. Ruler (Roo + Lyr) 9. Loose Leaf Paper (Loose + Leaf + Pay + Per) 10. Highlighter (Hi + Light + Err)",Language,05/06/06 #6784,It's Everywhere,2.16,1.41,aaddh187,"What goes up, down, and all around But you can't see it, You can't hear it And you can't smell it?",No hint available.,Air,Riddle,08/22/02 #122,88 K on a P,2.48,1.46,Phyllis,88 K on a P,No hint available.,88 Keys on a Piano,Letter-Equations,01/28/01 #1041,ERGRO,2.67,2.16,vivek,Take the letters ERGRO - put 3 letters before and the same three behind it to form a common English word.,No hint available.,UND (Underground),Language,10/03/01 #19781,Tracking Time,2.7,2.17,Zinzey16,"Ramik was asked how he spends his time during the week, starting from the time he gets home from school at 3:00 P.M., until he goes to bed at 10:00 P.M. He listed his weekly after-school activities as: 1. homework, studying, or reading 2. spending time with friends 3. eating 4. chores 5. music lessons 6. soccer He observed that: 1. He spends 50% of his time doing homework, studying, or reading. 2. He spends 1/3 as much time doing chores as he does eating. 3. The amount of time he spends on music lessons equals 50% of the time he devotes to soccer each week. 4. Soccer practices are scheduled twice a week for 2 1/2 hours each time. 5. Each week, the amount of time he spends eating and doing chores combined equals the amount of time he spends on soccer. 6. The rest of his free time is spent with friends. On average, how much time daily, in hours and minutes, does Ramik spend on each activity? For next week, if he reduces the amount of time he spends with friends by 50%, will he have enough time to fit in another soccer practice without taking any time from any other activities?",No hint available.,"On average, Ramik spends the following amount of time, daily, on each of these activities: 1. homework, studying, or reading: 3 hours, 30 minutes 2. free time with friends: 1 hour 3. eating: 45 minutes 4. chores: 15 minutes 5. music lessons: 30 minutes 6. soccer: 1 hour If Ramik reduces the amount of time he spends with friends by 50% next week, he will have just enough time (2 1/2 hours) for an additional soccer practice.",Logic,12/08/04 #35678,Sheng,2.28,2.79,jazzmusician46,22 = A P in the P R of C,No hint available.,"22 Administered Provinces in the People's Republic of China. Provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang. A province, in the context of China, is an administrative division of China (similar to a State). The PRC claims, but does not administer, Taiwan. Presently, Taiwan wants to become independent of China, but this is unlikely. N.B. The title 'Sheng' is the Chinese pinyin word for 'Province'.",Letter-Equations,03/14/07 #9106,It's A Living,2.17,2.73,MrIxolite,"What is this scientific Rebus? L-->LI-->LIF-->LIFE CCCC",No hint available.,Carbon Based Life Form. (The word LIFE is formed on a base of C's. C is the chemical symbol for Carbon),Rebus,12/12/02 #6280,feet feet,2.16,2.33,bluetwo,"What is this phrase: Maurice Greene feet feet",Think track and field,"Fastest man on two feet! As of today (8/6/2002), Maurice Greene has the fastest 100m dash time in the world, at 9.79s. He surpassed Donovan Bailey in 1999. Michael Johnson has been called the fastest man in the world, but he was a 200/400m sprinter; the title is generally given to the man who holds the 100m world record.",Rebus,08/06/02 #334,Four Jolly Men,2.77,2.33,Phyllis,"Four jolly men sat down to play, and played all night till break of day. They played for gold and not for fun, with separate scores for every one. Yet when they came to square accounts, they all had made quite fair amounts! Can you the paradox explain? If no one lost, how could all gain?",The answer is in `what` they were playing.,"The four men were all fiddlers in a German band and were each paid $5 at the end of the night. Most readers assume they were playing cards, but that is not stated.",Riddle,03/10/01 #38555,Word Connections #5,2.28,2.49,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect bird to stop. Bird F_ _ _ _ _ _ A_ _ _ _ R_ _ _ Stop WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","FE _ _ _ _ _ AR _ _ _ RE _ _","Bird Feather Arrow Rest Stop",Language,10/01/07 #44867,The Suspicious Bandit,1.94,1.46,lissiclown,A young girl is going on a journey. A masked bandit finds her and wants to steal something from her. You and the girl tell the thief not to steal and he simply walks away. Why was it so easy to get rid of the robber? What is going on?,No hint available.,"You are watching Dora the Explorer. When Dora says ""Swiper, no swiping"", Swiper, the thief, leaves her alone.",Situation,07/15/09 #10493,Letter Pairs II: Den Age,2.68,2.11,Gizzer,"Place two letters in the empty space which, when added to the ends of the words on the left and to the beginning of the right, form other English words. When all the blanks are filled in, an eight-letter word will be created. DEN __ AGE HIP __ RED FIR __ EEL BAR __ ODE",No hint available.,"IMPOSTER denIM/IMage hipPO/POred firST/STeel barER/ERode",Language,02/16/03 #19597,Remember That Train Scene In 'Stand By Me'?,2.19,2.69,strzynski,"A man is standing on a railway bridge joining locations A and B. He is 3/8 the distance across, walking from A to B. He hears a train approaching behind him (from A's side); it is traveling 80 kph (that's kilometers per hour for you non-metric fans!) If he were to run back to A, he would meet the train at A. If he were to run to B, the train would overtake him at B. How fast can the man run?","You will never know exact distances in this problem, nor will you actually need to. Remember distance equals rate times time, or D = RT. I recommend drawing a picture to map out other distances, such as the man to A and B, respectively.","Start by assigning some variables. We have three - the distance from the train to A, which I will call x; the distance from A to B, which I will call y; and the rate of the running man, in kph, which I will call z. The man is 3/8 the distance of A to B (which is y), so he is 3/8 y from A and 5/8 y from B (please note that the 'y' belongs in the numerator - the top of the fraction - not the bottom, so to be truly technical it is (3y)/8 and (5y)/8). The time it takes the train to reach A is its rate divided by the distance, or 80/x. The time it takes the man to reach A would then be z/(3/8 y). Since they meet there, 80/x = z / (3/8 y). Solve for z, and simplify, to get z = 30y /x. The time it takes the train to reach B is 80/(x + y), and the time it takes the man is z/(5/8 y). Again, since they meet there, 80/(x + y) = z/(5/8 y), and we get z = 50y /(x + y). Set these two z-values equal to each other, so that 30y /x = 50y / (x + y), and cross-multiply. You then get 30xy + 30 y^2 = 50xy. Regroup to get 30y^2 = 20xy. Divide by 30y to get y = 2/3 x. Don't worry about y being 0 and making this pointless - y is a distance, and distances *can't* be 0, right? So what does that do for us? Well, y is 2/3 of x. That means that the distance from A to B is 2/3 the distance from the train to A. Now, the man himself is 3/8 the distance from A to B (y), so he is 3/8 of 2/3 x away from A, or just 1/4 x away from A. So, in the time it takes the train to travel x, the man travels 1/4 x. So the man is running at 1/4 the speed of the train, or 20kph. Feel like checking? OK. The train travels x and 2/3 x to get to B, or just 5/3 x. The man travels 5/8 y, or 5/8 (2/3 x), which is 5/12 x. And 5/3 divided by 5/12 is 1/4 again, so there you go.",Math,11/29/04 #10777,Rebus Story,2.64,1.15,tangerine,"What words do the three rebuses in the following story represent? Once upon a time lived a girl on a S+&+E beach. She had a F+8+L disease. One day she was walking around the *-S road when she came to a man who cured her! -Created by my 6-year-old niece, Krisy!",No hint available.,"1st Rebus: SANDY (& = and) 2nd Rebus: FATAL 3rd Rebus: TAR (star - S)",Rebus,02/27/03 #17677,Behave,2.92,1.78,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? C = @ D = ! N = * O = % T = # U = / @%*!/@# = ?",No hint available.,A code of conduct,Rebus,05/18/04 #18785,Bikes,2.28,1.3800000000000001,pretty_ponyz,"Apple Lake Bike Shop has a total of 32 bicycles and tricycles for rent. The shop owner checked all 74 wheels at the beginning of the season to make sure they were in good condition. None of the bicycles had training wheels. How many of them are bicycles and how many are tricycles?",Can there be 16 tricycles and 16 bicycles? Why not?,"By guessing numbers of each kind that add to 32, and calculating the number of wheels they have, you will find that the bike shop has 22 bicycles and 10 tricycles.",Math,09/07/04 #17214,Marathon Results,2.53,2.16,MrIxolite,"What phrase is indicated below? Marathon Results 1st Place - Alive 2nd Place - Deceased 3rd Place - Deceased 4th Place - Deceased",No hint available.,"Survival of the fittest The marathon winner was the fittest and he is still alive.",Rebus,04/03/04 #21371,Hunt the Wumpus,2.77,2.31,iconofsin,"You are playing Hunt the Wumpus. In this game, the goal is to kill a wumpus from an adjacent room (by shooting an arrow from an adjacent room). However, there are obstacles that will interfere with the player. The first of these obstacles is a bottomless pit. There are two of them in the game (each room has a 10% chance of having a pit). Enter a room with a pit and you lose. When you are in a room adjacent to that of a room with a pit, a warning will come up saying ""You feel a draft"". The second obstacle is bats. Bats are just like pits, except that bats will randomly take you to any of the 20 rooms (even if the room has a pit or a wumpus) However, I have not included bats in this teaser. Each room has 3 adjacent rooms. In Room #7-- There is a draft. Exits are Room 6, Room 17, and Room 8. In room #1--There is a draft. Exits are Room 5, Room 2, and Room 8 In room # 4-- There is a draft. Exits are Room 5, Room 6, and Room 14 In room #6-- There is a draft. Exits are Room 5, Room 7, and Room 16. In room # 18-- There is a draft. Exits are Room 9, Room 17, and Room 16 In room #16-- There is a draft. Exits are Room 6, Room 17, and Room 18 In room #3-- A wumpus is in one of the adjacent rooms. Exits are Room 4, Room 2, and Room 13. In room #5-- A wumpus is in one of the adjacent rooms. Exits are Room 4, Room 6, and Room 14. Your mission is as follows: A.Find out the two rooms that have pits. B.Find out what room the Wumpus is in.","Each room that a draft could be felt from has only ONE room with a pit adjacent to that room. Another clue is one of the rooms that I am giving a clue from (in room ??) has a pit in THAT room.","The pits are in rooms 5 (yes one of the clues was in a pit room, but I, being the teaser creator have the power to fly in my imaginary teaser) and 17 and the wumpus is in room 4.",Logic,03/05/05 #39630,Opposites 35,2.56,1.98,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. r stands for L, A, K, S, or T A stands for S, X, F, E, or A K stands for Y, P, M, G, or N p stands for V, D, L, Q, or E S stands for U, B, I, M, or C The five letter code word, SpArK, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Clean and Messy.,Logic,12/15/07 #16062,My Mouth,2.78,2.11,bluetwo,"What phrase is represented below? my mouth my big mouth my big fat mouth my big fat wide mouth",No hint available.,Putting words in my mouth.,Rebus,01/06/04 #7505,Act Quickly,2.23,1.66,majd,"What is this common phrase? HIT IRON FIRE",No hint available.,"Strike while the iron is hot. (HIT on IRON=strike, IRON on FIRE=hot)",Rebus,09/17/02 #4760,Kebab Pies,2.31,1.96,mad-ade,"Mad Ade was making Kebab pies to send to his friends. He has 100 kebab pies and 5 boxes to put them in. Box #1 and Box #2 together contain 52 Pies. Box #2 and Box #3 together contain 43 Pies. Box #3 and Box #4 together contain 34 Pies. Box #4 and Box #5 together contain 30 Pies. How many Pies are there in each box?",No hint available.,"Boxes #1, #2, #4, and #5 together contain 82 Pies. Therefore, Box #3 must contain 18 Pies. With that piece of information, you can figure out how many kebab pies the other bags contain: You know Box #2 and Box #3 = 43 Pies; you know Box #3 = 18 Pies; therefore, Box #2 contains 25 Pies. You know that Box #1 and Box #2 = 52 Pies; therefore, Box #1 contains 27. You know Box #3 and Box #4 = 34 Pies; you know Box #3 = 18 Pies; therefore, Box #4 contains 16 Pies. You know that Box # 4 and Box #5 = 30 Pies; you know that Box #4 contains 16 Pies; therefore, Box #5 contains 14 Pies.",Math,06/16/02 #32055,A Drink Gone Wrong,2.67,1.1,TheSpartan1024,"John was drinking a bottle of Diet Coke, and he had a Mentos mint in his mouth. He accidentally back-washed and the mint went into the bottle. He screamed, dropped the bottle, and stepped back about ten feet. Why did he do this?","Think about the category of this teaser, and remember that Coke is made up of water, carbon dioxide, preservatives, and sugar.","When he loses the Mentos into the soda, the gelatin and gum arabic from the dissolving candy breaks the surface tension. This disrupts the water mesh, so that it takes less work to expand and form new bubbles. The reaction is physical, not chemical. Basically, the ingredients in the mentos and soda are similar to the reaction of baking soda and vinegar, and causes an eruption.",Science,07/26/06 #17790,Anagram Riddle 4,2.77,2.64,cnmne,"Anagram words, three to please. A belt, a tower, and used with cheese.",No hint available.,"garter = belt garret = watch tower grater = tool used with cheese",Riddle,05/31/04 #38865,Movie Stars #3,2.49,2.36,jazzmusician46,"The names of five (5) female movie stars have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. Your task is to rearrange the segments to identify the movie stars. 1. EL AC EK GR LY 2. AN TA OR NA EP LI TM 3. ER MA CA CK EM IN TH CC OR 4. ET CA EZ ES TH AJ ER IN ON 5. RE SA TE WR HT IG",No hint available.,"1. Grace Kelly 2. Natalie Portman 3. Catherine McCormack 4. Catherine Zeta-Jones 5. Teresa Wright",Language,10/21/07 #10700,Operators and Symbols,2.54,2.64,nettlett,"Add the appropriate mathematical operators or symbols to make the following correct: 3 4 5 = 90 Parentheses may be used freely.","The answer is not 3^4 + 4 + 5, as this introduces an extra 4.","(3/4)x5! = 90 5! is 1x2x3x4x5 = 120",Math,02/24/03 #16426,Double Up #1,2.7,1.71,fishmed,"Following are 10 words. Your challenge is to come up with another word for each one that starts with the same two letters that when combined, will create a familiar compound word or two-word phrase. Example: Basket & ball = Basketball 1: Tattle 2: Boom 3: Pet 4: Secret 5: Freeze 6: Hot 7: Welter 8: Sesame 9: Touch 10: Carrot",No hint available.,"1: Tale 2: Box 3: Peeve 4: Service 5: Frame 6: House 7: Weight 8: Seed 9: Tone 10: Cake",Language,02/04/04 #17141,All Aboard,2.63,2.25,slob,"Courtney and Megan rode the train from the station at the beginning of the line all the way to the terminal at the end of the line. When they got off the train in the city, 70 people got off along with them. Even though it was an express route, the train made 4 stops. People got on the train, but no one got off until they reached the terminal in the city. Two more passengers boarded the train at the first stop. After making the second stop, the train had three times as many people as it had when it entered the station. Then, just before the doors closed, 3 more people hopped on. After the third stop, the number aboard the train was 50% more than it had been when it entered that station. The number of people getting on at the fourth stop doubled the total number of passengers. How many people boarded the train with Courtney and Megan at the beginning of the line and at each additional stop?",No hint available.,"Courtney and Megan boarded the train along with 3 other people. 5 Started on the train First stop: 2 got on. 7 on the train Second stop (A): 14 got on 21 = 3 x the amount on the train before 2nd stop Second stop (B): 3 more got on before doors closed 24 on the train Third stop: 12 got on 36 on the train (50% more than 24) Fourth stop: 36 got on to double from 36 therefore doubling the number of passengers. 72 on the train, or 70 not including Courtney and Megan",Math,03/29/04 #52184,Common Saying I,2.33,0.96,cheeseislife,1 M's T = Another M's T,This saying means that what one thinks is worthless may be viewed by others as valuable.,One man's trash is another man's treasure.,Letter-Equations,04/23/19 #685,"SWIMS, NOON....",2.36,1.1,Phyllis,"SWIMS NOON MOW SIS What do these words have in common?",Maybe if you stand on your head you can figure it out!,They read the same when rotated 180 degrees to be upside-down.,Language,07/16/01 #7179,Wanna Bet,2.92,1.02,majd,"What is this rebus? NOSE your money CHIN",No hint available.,Put your money where your mouth is.,Rebus,09/04/02 #26038,Scrambled Description,2.77,1.08,Sunrose,"You need to unscramble the words below. Beside each scrambled word is a definition or description of the word. Each unscrambled word helps define or describe the answer. 1) eyrwejl - rings, necklaces. 2) saveoolnc - mountains that have an opening in the earth's crust. 3) thtenibrso - associated with the month of one's birth. 4) yavirnanres - couples celebrate these. 5) lnirmea - a substance obtained by mining.","Colored ones contain impurities or structural defects that cause the coloration, while pure or nearly pure ones are transparent and colorless. (This hint pertains to the answer not the scrambled words)","Diamond(s) 1) Jewelry - Diamonds are used as gems put in the different types of jewelry. 2) Volcanoes - Diamonds are found in Volcanoes. 3) Birthstone - Diamond is the birthstone of the month of April. 4) Anniversary - Diamond Wedding is the 60th or 75th anniversary. 5) Mineral - Diamond is a mineral.",Other,09/23/05 #4942,Race Driver,2.11,2.0,mad-ade,"A racing driver drove around a 6-mile track at 140 miles per hour for 3 miles, 168 miles per hour for 1.5 miles, and 210 miles per hour for 1.5 miles. What was his average speed for the entire 6 miles?",No hint available.,160mph,Math,06/25/02 #7121,"Artichoke, Apple,...",2.25,2.83,im_para_noid,"Consider the following list of words: Artichoke, apple, poodle, ostrich, song, syringe, soup, oboe, butt, umbrella, under,... Which word comes next? nuance, protein, esophagus",No hint available.,Nuance. Each successive word must start with the first or the second letter of the previous word.,Series,09/01/02 #37700,United States Scrambler Series 7,2.44,2.26,soccerguy0428,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a U.S. state, capital, or major city. NTCLEIRA (Take the 1st and 2nd letters) INATERBO (Take the 3rd and 6th letters) REMNAUSDR (Take the 3rd and 6th letters) (2 words) SBONSAO (Take the 5th and 6th letters) Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"Colorado Clarinet CL Baritone RO Snare Drum AD Bassoon OO C, L, R, O, A, D, O, O, Colorado",Language,08/08/07 #48316,Behead 16,2.82,2.28,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Percussion instrument -> Distilled spirit from sugarcane 2. Unit of musical rhythm -> Consume 3. A note raised by a semitone; crisp -> Angelic instrument 4. Music with several solo parts; hilarity -> Downwind 5. Numbered musical composition -> Fluid from an inflammation 6. Major or minor octave arrangement; manner -> Formal lyric poem 7. Property of sound based on frequency of vibration -> Rub; urge 8. Rapid alternation between notes a semitone apart -> Small stream","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. R 2. E 3. H 4. L 5. P 6. O 7. I 8. R","1. Drum -> Rum 2. Beat -> Eat 3. Sharp -> Harp 4. Glee -> Lee 5. Opus -> Pus 6. Mode -> Ode 7. Pitch -> Itch 8. Trill -> Rill",Language,12/21/10 #23087,Spazy Croonerisms 2,3.06,2.49,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) canine fur & porcine challenge 2) rock toss & to pack up royal furniture 3) arsonist's desire & to battle a fibber 4) underground amphibian & bar rules",No hint available.,"1) dog hair & hog dare 2) throw a stone & stow a throne 3) light a fire & fight a liar 4) cavern toad & tavern code",Language,05/22/05 #29121,Sale #2,2.21,1.03,Hana_Kimi,"What common phrase does this represent? price of 1 soda: $3.50 price of another soda: $1.75",How is $1.75 related to $3.50?,"Buy one, get one half price.",Rebus,03/16/06 #340,4 W on a C.,2.44,1.3800000000000001,Mr. G,4 W on a C. (6 if you C the S W and the S),Drive it home.,"4 wheels on a car. (Six, if you count the steering wheel and the spare.)",Letter-Equations,03/13/01 #44090,One Letter of Separation 16,2.15,1.8900000000000001,cnmne,"Each group of definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) more recently & to make a garden wet & to provide a supply of food (5 letters) 2) a jar for water or oil & infatuation & a hard surface layer (5 letters) 3) to lend & a fish-eating diving bird & a cut of meat from between the hip and lower ribs (4 letters) 4) sudden outburst & type of metamorphic rock & to glide on the ice (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) later, water, cater 2) cruse, crush, crust 3) loan, loon, loin 4) spate, slate, skate",Language,02/12/09 #38587,Happy Birthday!,2.19,2.04,PimpSlap,"What does this rebus represent? i t",Think of a birthday and cake.,Split it right down the middle.,Rebus,10/02/07 #351,Waterless Rivers,2.9,1.49,22ACE,"What has rivers but no water, cities but no buildings, forests but no trees, deserts but no sand, and mountains but no rocks?",No hint available.,It`s a map.,Riddle,03/15/01 #5993,Opposites,2.67,1.98,im_para_noid,"What two words, when said or written seem as though they are opposite, but really mean the same thing?",No hint available.,flammable and inflammable,Language,07/28/02 #107,Mirror,2.0,1.95,offsky,"Why does a mirror appear to invert the left-right directions, but not up-down?",No hint available.,"Mirrors invert front to back, not left to right.",Science,01/03/01 #7214,"4, 17, 9...",2.12,2.43,klopper,"What comes next in this series? 4, 17, 9, 20, 10, 19, 7, 14...",No hint available.,"0 The pattern is as follows... From the start(4) +13 -8 +11 -10 +9 -12 +7 -14 ODD NUMBERS DECREASE BY 2 EVEN NUMBERS INCREASE BY 2",Series,09/09/02 #46941,Ten Phonetics,2.4,2.58,MarcM1098,"Which two of the following words do not belong? are carnation elaborate endearing fir homeowner rob tan terrified woe","The group contains pairs of words (a 3-letter word and a 9-letter word). One pair of words doesn't have the same property as the other pairs. If you're still stuck, then look at the words in the title; they also belong to the group.","These two words don't belong: ""are"" and ""endearing"". The other 3-letter words in the group appear backwards in the middle of the 9-letter words. TAN carNATion ROB elaBORate FIR terRIFied WOE homEOWner TEN phoNETics (the title)",Group,05/06/10 #35180,Find the Words,2.95,1.83,vikingboy,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. The _____ on the water was giving the fisherman a headache. ""Oh, well"", he thought, ""maybe another _____ will help,"" as he reached for his cooler. 2. As the two lovers sat quietly staring into _____, they were both glad that they had brought their _____ on this chilly night. 3. It is not that Officer Smith _____ this part of his job, it was just that there was no easy way to tell someone about a _____ in the family.",All the missing words are five letters long.,"1. glare, lager 2. space, capes 3. hated, death",Language,02/02/07 #483,"2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19",2.07,1.5,Sydgal47,"2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19 What does this sequence represent?",No hint available.,Prime numbers in order of least to greatest 1-20,Series,05/20/01 #7254,Quiet,2.46,0.79,majd,"What is this rebus? HEAR P I N",No hint available.,Hear a pin drop.,Rebus,09/07/02 #39610,Roar 2,2.48,1.48,pirates2107,"Every right begins with me, I like to follow in my heir, The center of a carrot, can you see, That I like to be all over, You won't find me in a museum, But when I show up again, I'll really make it up in rewards",No hint available.,The letter R,Riddle,12/14/07 #23384,Snow White,2.93,2.34,katey,"Recently, Snow White's seven dwarfs met up with three of their friends and went to the cinema to see Bambi. From the clues below, can you determine the order in which they stood in the ticket queue? Grumpy was in front of Dopey. Stumpy was behind Sneezy and Doc. Doc was in front of Droopy and Happy. Sleepy was behind Stumpy, Smelly and Happy. Happy was in front of Sleepy, Smelly and Bashful. Bashful was behind Smelly, Droopy and Sleepy. Sneezy was in front of Dopey. Smelly was in front of Grumpy, Stumpy and Sneezy. Dopey was in front of Droopy. Sleepy was in front of Grumpy and Bashful. Dopey was behind Sneezy, Doc and Sleepy. Stumpy was in front of Dopey. Smelly was behind Doc.",No hint available.,"Doc Happy Smelly Sneezy Stumpy Sleepy Grumpy Dopey Droopy Bashful",Logic,06/03/05 #9485,Seven Letter Word 2,2.32,1.96,lesternoronha1,"Assign every letter of the alphabet its numerical value: A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on, up to z=26. Can you think of a familiar 7-letter word whose letter values total only 21?",It's edible.,"Cabbage. 3+1+2+2+1+7+5 = 21",Language,12/30/02 #12206,1 5 9 15 ...,2.25,2.6,superadam,"What is the next number in this sequence? 1 5 9 15 ...",These are pretty important things or I wouldn't be writing this...,"21. They signify the vowels in the alphabet. 1=A, 5=E, 9=I, 15=O, 21=U",Series,05/03/03 #13570,Breakfast Spread,2.39,0.9500000000000001,od-1,"Some like it on toast as breakfast spread. Though some like it in tea instead. It is the vomit of insects sometimes gold like the sun. Food fit of the queen for she's # 1. If left for too long it sometimes can crystallize. And next time you eat it you will realize. It's the vomit of insects that you can eat. A golden thick liquid, sticky and sweet. So tell me tell me if you know. What is this insect vomit please do show.",No hint available.,"It is honey. Honey is regurgitated by bees, much like vomit. Food for the Bees and the Queen. Honey is most often golden yellow, but not always. If honey is left for a long time it will usually crystallize.",Riddle,07/02/03 #50929,Magic Triangles,2.8,2.16,MarcM1098,"You've heard of Magic Squares; now it's time to meet Magic Triangles. Arrange the numbers 1 through 6 on a triangle, placing one number at each point and one number along each side between the points, such that the sum of the three numbers on any given side is equal. Once you account for rotation/reflection, there are four unique answers; each has a different sum. See if you can find them all!","The four solutions have sum 9, 10, 11, and 12.","Sum 9 - sides are 153, 342, and 261. Sum 10 - sides are 145, 523, and 361. Sum 11 - sides are 236, 614, and 452. Sum 12 - sides are 426, 615, and 534.",Math,01/13/17 #40969,Distorted Music - J,2.68,1.94,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter J. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Jib Glen Ells 2. Abuser Bijou Fuss 3. Cad Kinda Jean 4. A Slouch Jokier 5. Eel Jigs Sirs",No hint available.,"1. ""Jingle Bells"" 2. ""Jesus of Suburbia"" by Green Day 3. ""Jack and Diane"" by John Mellencamp 4. ""Jail House Rock"" by Elvis Presley 5. ""Jessie's Girl"" by Rick Springfield",Language,03/10/08 #49113,Third,2.77,1.51,Mathgeek007,"What group of three letters can be put in the blanks below? _ _ _ I R E S L _ _ _ L _ _ _ Y BONUS Rearrange those letters and put them into this word. _ L _ _",The Bonus is a type of fruit.,"UMP Umpire Slump Lumpy BONUS Plum",Language,10/26/11 #6195,Tunnel 2,2.31,0.87,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? Water Tunnel",No hint available.,Underwater Tunnel,Rebus,08/03/02 #9998,We've All Been There,2.69,1.74,MrIxolite,"You have just fallen 5 meters out of a window, completely naked! Directly beneath you is an enormous, spiky cactus. You haven't hurt yourself! How come?",No hint available.,The window was 10 meters above the ground and you are still falling.,Trick,02/02/03 #32092,Phoney Puzzle XIV,2.32,2.44,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 9325, 6. 2 2378246 6378687 34767337 2335428464 843 96864 263 4639737436233. 2 7277466 8428 46384 233673 2 777295. -- Ambrose Bierce 3973743623 74697 8428 7822377 47 383 5377 86 2245489 8426 86 9325. 843 946637 47 43 946 44837 4467353 86 447 9675, 2639 263 7685. -- Charles Buxton","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PQRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXYZ","ZEAL, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl. -- Ambrose Bierce Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul. -- Charles Buxton",Cryptography,07/27/06 #9659,Assurance = 5 in stock,2.46,1.18,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? ASSURANCE = 5 in stock IMAGINATION = 8 in stock CONTROL = 0 in stock CONFIDENCE = 10 in stock",Not exactly a level-headed person.,"Out of Control There is not stock left for the item 'control' therefore they are 'out of control'. ""Out of Control"" means someone is being unruly, unreasonable, or downright crazy for whatever reason.",Rebus,01/07/03 #9868,Scott's Job,2.61,2.32,snaps,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The ____ was closing in, making his ____ harder but through his ____ of contacts he was able to evade the police."" you would fill in NET, WORK, and NETWORK. I could not ____ Scott from accepting a job in the ____, which made me realise he had to ____ his own fate.",No hint available.,"DETER, MINE, DETERMINE",Language,01/17/03 #3975,MOEK,2.46,1.91,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this phrase: MO EK",No hint available.,Ok by me!,Rebus,05/09/02 #35923,Long Tongue,2.35,2.03,Trumalia,"This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD. My tongue is long, My voice is strong, And yet I breed no strife; You will me hear, Both far and near, And yet I have no life.",No hint available.,Bell,Riddle,02/22/07 #52163,Frugality Rains !!,2.28,1.36,LittleGreenMan,"What's the colloquial or idiomatic saying suggested by the lines of text below? w_ste, weste, wiste, woste, wuste w_nt, went, wint, wont, wunt",No hint available.,"""waste not, want not""",Rebus,04/13/19 #6124,"A=1, B=2",2.59,2.61,psychodude57,"Assign every letter of the alphabet its numerical value: A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on, up to Z=26. Can you find a familiar 11 letter word whose letter values total only 52?",No hint available.,Abracadabra!,Language,07/31/02 #23011,"Always Feeding, Never Filled",2.66,1.41,BobbyKat,"I can be born of a star, but it must be ultimately large. This can only be so, if the fuel has been discharged. I can be born in a merging, but my parents will be killed, I'm always found feeding, but I can never be filled. I'm the center of galaxies, so my nature is bestial. I'm gravity intense, and in these clues I'm celestial.",No hint available.,"A black hole. A celestial object of such extremely intense gravity that it attracts everything near it and in some instances prevents everything, including light, from escaping. It's only those stars greater than three times the mass of the sun that become black holes upon collapse. There are two main processes constantly going on in massive stars. Nuclear fusion which tends to blow the star's hydrogen outward from the star's center and gravitation which tends to pull all hydrogen back in the direction it had come. These two processes balance one another until all the star's hydrogen is exhausted, allowing gravitation to take over. Once gravitation dominates, the star becomes unstable and starts to collapse. Once the star starts to collapse, it does not stop, and the star and ultimately its atoms will cave inward upon itself, resulting in the formation of a black hole. In addition, a collision of two older black holes or two neutron stars will also result in the creation a new black hole. Astronomers have also recently learned that the center of our Milky Way galaxy harbors a black hole and have found three other galaxies that also each harbor a black hole as well.",Science,05/19/05 #16085,Mad Ade's Word Changer #1,2.24,2.48,mad-ade,"This is a letter teaser where the two words to be found differ by only one letter in each word, so the words are of equal length but each has one letter that differs from the other. For example ""Light Beers"" could be ""pale Ales"" these two word differ only by the P on pale and the S on ales. The altered letter can appear anywhere with in the word, so ""This teasers submitter"" would be ""Mad Ade"" the difference being the M from Mad becomes the E of Ade. 1, Gleeful advocator of flower power ? 2, Whip a pond amphibian ? 3, Smile at skating arena ? 4, Secure Pill ? 5, Rosey coloured Wood ?",No hint available.,"1, Happy Hippy 2, Flog Frog 3, Rink Grin 4, Stable Tablet 5, Pink Pine",Language,01/08/04 #26621,Three Cryptogram Quotes,2.75,2.39,Nytwynd,"D'E VWFN MW TDII RWB, JBM D CBIM KGIXNE PR XGDA. - JNMMN EGFDI D TZWK KXR IBYNAPGZ VNSM TARYMWZ. NGAMX KGI MXN WZVR YVGQN XN QWBVE LNM IMNAWDEI! - PDVMWZ JNAVN G LBR GM KWAT KNZM DZ SWA G QWPYNMDMDWZ GZE KWZ G MADY MW QXDZG. XN'I WBM MXNAN ZWK... MARDZL MW KDZ G MADY JGQT! - CNAAR ENZZDI","W=O Y=P","A = R B = U C = J D = I E = D F = V G = A I = S J = B K = W L = G M = T N = E P = M Q = C R = Y S = F T = K V = L W = O X = H Y = P Z = N I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair. -- Bette Davis I know why Superman left Krypton. Earth was the only place he could get steroids! -- Milton Berle A guy at work went in for a competition and won a trip to China. He's out there now... trying to win a trip back! -- Jerry Dennis",Cryptography,10/30/05 #486,More Eyes than One,2.49,1.27,Spikejw1,"A skin have I, more eyes than one. I can be very nice when I am done. What am I?",No hint available.,A potato.,Riddle,05/20/01 #20305,Tweedles,2.0,2.6,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented in the context of these two lists? List 1 - List 2 Apple - Plum Grape - Orange Plums - Figs RosefruitRosefruit Prune - Banana Peach - Blueberry Melon - Lemon",No hint available.,"The phrase is ""joined at the hip"" A hip is the fruit of the rose plant and this is the point where both List 1 and 2 are joined. Phrase is to describe two people who are very close and follow each other about",Rebus,01/11/05 #22927,This Teaser is Not Impossible.,2.14,3.1,DummyisDumb,"89, 47, 13, 95, 18, 33, 85, 79, 5, ? What is next in this pattern?",No hint available.,"56. These are the numbers of the elements in the periodic table of elements when their symbols are put in alphabetical order. 89 Ac Actinium 47 Ag Silver 13 Al Aluminum 95 Am Americium 18 Ar Argon 33 As Arsenic 85 At Astatine 79 Au Gold 5 B Boron 56 Ba Barium",Series,05/15/05 #8031,Ex Words,2.84,2.77,Bobbrt,"The following are clues to words that start with ""EX-"", but the clues do not refer to the words themselves. They refer to the two words formed when the word is split after the word ""EX"". For example, ""Ships don't dock there any more"" would result in the word ""EXPORT (EX PORT)"". Can you get all five words? 1. They don't publish the news any more. 2. Money that isn't worth anything any more. 3. It's not boring any more. 4. It's not used to sleep in any more. 5. It's no longer at the end of the line.",No hint available.,"1. EXPRESS 2. EXTENDER or EXCHANGE 3. EXPLAIN 4. EXTENT 5. EXTERMINATION",Language,10/13/02 #4784,Chocolate Profit,2.36,1.71,mad-ade,"Mad Ade went into his local corner shop to buy a chocolate bar. He paid 50 pence for the bar, and to his delight and astonishment, got back four times the change to which he was entitled. He noted that this was equivalent to twice the amount he had given the shop keeper. What was Mad Ade's total profit?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade's profit was £1.50 He gave the shop keeper £1.00 and got back £2.00 in change. His profit so far is £1.00. But he also got a chocolate bar valued at 50p. So his total profit is £1.50",Math,06/17/02 #825,31 F at B R,2.46,1.73,Michelle,31 F at B R,Ice cream,31 Flavors at Baskin Robbins.,Letter-Equations,09/16/01 #1837,Leading,2.62,1.69,missie,"Wheresoever I may be, Every man must follow me; He must go where I may lead, Though it be to change his creed. Though I vary in my size, I am still beneath your eyes; and though you may go astray, I must ever lead the way. Every creature in the land, Has me close at his command, For I lead to things unseen, By my properties so keen. What am I?",No hint available.,A nose,Riddle,12/23/01 #6099,You Stand,2.41,2.67,flynn,"What am I saying to you? YOU STAND I YOU LOOKED THE TIME ME",Ignore the 1st and last words and the rest of the puzzle is easier. Then figure out those two,"Between you and me, I understand you overlooked the overtime.",Rebus,07/31/02 #10342,Four Fine Fellows,2.24,2.87,Codammanus,"'From where did he come, this one called Max?' everyone did ask, To get him to appear today indeed was no small task. All admired his physique, from head to feet amazing! Gentlemen and ladies alike, eyebrows he was raising. Much talk there was about him though he did nothing shameful, nor noble, The looks, the whispers, and the expressions you wouldn't believe if I told you. And too, without 'Jack' to support him, and neither the 'Old Man,' He soon appeared in dire need of one or two big fans. He kept his poise for hours, and then all began to wane, Not his countenance, nor his physique, was Max able to maintain. Perhaps someone forgot a true Superstar was to make its presence, A spectacle Max was to be, but not the day's whole essence. Besides he was cold, proud in form, and really had no feelings, And no one engaged him in questionings, for they knew he would be unyielding. From deep and bitter isolation he came, you see, so to be in the light, In time proved to be the undoing of Max, perhaps he would have done better at night. Questions: (1)What is Max? (2)Who are 'Jack' 'The Old Man' and the 'Superstar'?",Max isn't a celebrity!,"1) Max is an ice sculpture of a bodybuilder. 2) Jack is 'Jack Frost' and The Old Man is 'Old Man Winter.' 3) The Superstar, or (Super Star), is The Sun. Clues Explained: -Making an ice sculpture is no small task. Max's physique is admired very much, which raises eyebrows during the event. There is quite a bit of talking, whispering, and staring, although he does nothing ""shameful"" nor ""noble"" (meaning ""bad"" nor ""good"") to talk about. Meaning he did nothing. He can only stand there and look good for the people. -It must be another season, because Jack Frost and Old Man Winter (which could have helped Max 'keep his cool' so to speak) aren't around to help. Beginning to melt, Max looks like he could use one or two big (industrial-size) fans, to slow the process-maybe. -Max is able to keep his poise or composure for hours, and then it was downhill from there. Being inanimate, he couldn't do anything to keep his face or body intact. Perhaps the person who ordered the sculpture didn't take into account that a 'true SuperStar' our wonderful Sun would be out today, making it difficult for Max. In any case, Max was there to add to the occasion, not be the entire center of attention, or 'the day's whole essence.' -A really good clue is that Max is COLD. Also, alluded to again is the fact that he is inanimate. He has no feelings. In the image of a bodybuilder, he stands 'proud in form' (Probably posing with his chest out or something. Use your imagination). No person in their right mind, regardless of how interesting, asks an ice-sculpture a question. He won't give, or 'yield' a response. (At least I hope not). -Max comes from 'deep and bitter isolation.' How about deep and bitter (cold) ICE-olation? Ice sculptures are usually stored in some sort of chest freezer before use. They probably don't have any company either. To be in the light, in time, proved to be the undoing of Max the ice-sculpture. If it was nighttime he probably would have lasted a little longer. -Lastly, max couldn't be a snowman because snowmen can't be carved to have a 'Physique,' as the expression is normally used, and certainly not one 'Simply amazing' (they're just round), and almost never have 'feet' as max has. Those among other reasons.",Riddle,02/11/03 #13725,"Born, Raised, and Died",2.61,1.16,AllsatrASH08,"What do you call a man who was born in Leavenworth, raised in Linwood, and died in Lawrence?",No hint available.,Dead!,Trick,07/09/03 #49033,Detective Tyler,2.08,1.56,juggler314,"Detective Tyler was strolling one day, when he saw an old friend of his, Michael. ""Hey Tyler! Long time, no see,"" said Michael. ""Anyways, the Super Bowl is on Sunday. I, as a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, wanted to see them defeat the New England Patriots! I was wondering if you could let me borrow the money to go see the game."" ""Come up with a better lie, and maybe I'll believe you next time,"" said Tyler. How did Tyler know that Michael wasn't going to use the money to see the Superbowl?",No hint available.,The Steelers and Patriots can't play each other in the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is between a team from the NFC and the AFC. The Steelers and Patriots are both from the AFC.,Trick,09/18/11 #22708,Foiled Again,2.42,1.68,exterminator,"Brock and his brothers bought their mom a 3 pound box of candy. Each candy was wrapped in colored foil and weighed 2 ounces. There were at least 3 wrappers of each color. There were twice as many blue wrappers as green wrappers. The number of gold wrappers equaled the number of silver wrappers. There was one more candy wrapped in green than in silver. The total number of gold and silver wrappers was equal to the number of red wrappers. How many candies were wrapped in each color? Remember, there are 16 ounces to a pound","Work with the first information to find the total number of candies, and then guess and check or use algebra.","Color Number Silver 3 Gold 3 Red 6 Blue 8 Green 4 Total 24",Math,05/06/05 #7910,stueuis,2.5,1.74,tissue,"In this group of mixed letters, one letter doesn't belong. What's that letter and what's the word that results from unscrambling the remaining letters? stueuis",No hint available.,"One of the ""u""s doesn't belong. The answer is tissue. :)",Language,10/06/02 #28218,Opposites 7,2.53,1.96,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. : stands for M, R, F, U, or Y # stands for R, H, L, Y, or S * stands for A, O, G, R, or E _ stands for T, D, L, J, or C The four letter code word, #*:_, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Soft and Loud or Soft and Hard.,Logic,01/23/06 #40914,Woody Allen Thoughts,2.26,2.26,aresII,"The following quotes are by Woody Allen. He started his career as a stand up comedian and became a playwright and director. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. A=N ""ZJO RQTA MAH ZJO NMRI YJMRR RQO HTEA ZTPOZJOC GVZ ZJO NMRI ETA'Z POZ SVNJ YROOB."" ""Q HTA'Z GORQODO QA ZJO MIZOC RQIO, MRZJTVPJ Q MS GCQAPQAP M NJMAPO TI VAHOCEOMC.""","Q=I T=O V=U","""THE LION AND THE CALF SHALL LIE DOWN TOGETHER BUT THE CALF WON'T GET MUCH SLEEP."" ""I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE AFTER LIFE, ALTHOUGH I AM BRINGING A CHANGE OF UNDERWEAR."" KEY: A=N B=P C=R D=V E=W G=B H=D I=F J=H M=A N=C O=E P=G Q=I R=L S=M T=O V=U Y=S Z=T",Cryptography,03/07/08 #27706,R.I.P.,2.77,1.85,bigSWAFF_69_,"Wednesday Died & Price for funeral service: $69,000 You have: $68,999",No hint available.,"A day late, and a dollar short. ""Late"" is another term for deceased, the day ""Wednesday"" is deceased: A day late and You are 1 dollar short: a dollar short",Rebus,12/27/05 #36054,Who are the Good Guys?,2.68,2.26,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to decide what name does not belong in the following group? Azrael Abaddon Gabriel Uriel Michael Jeremiel",No hint available.,"'Abaddon' does not belong in this group since it is one of the names of the 'devil' and the others are the names of God's archangels. (See Revelation 9:11) Note: An archangel is an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy and appears in Judaic, Christian and Islamic theology.",Group,04/04/07 #4782,Babelfish Court,2.27,2.23,mad-ade,"Many moons ago Mad Ade lived in a block of houses called Babelfish Court. There was a number of residents from different cultures all living together, speaking various languages. 3 speak Greek, Italian and English, 2 speak Greek and Italian, 7 speak English, 2 speak Italian and English, 1 speaks English and Greek, 1 speaks Italian only and 3 speak Greek only. How many residents are there altogether?",No hint available.,"There are 13 Residents of Babelfish Court. If we start by adding up the number of people who speak 1 language only. 1 speaks Italian only 3 speak Greek only Equals 4 people Then add up those who speak more than one language. 3 speak Greek, Italian and English 2 speak Greek and Italian 2 speak Italian and English 1 speak English and Greek Equals 8 people 4 + 8 = 12 However if you look at the people that speak more than one language 6 of them speak English but the clues tell you that 7 people speak English, hence 1 person speaks English only. So 4 + 8 + 1 = 13 Residents",Logic,06/17/02 #36654,You Better Run!,2.55,1.58,HarryPutter,mylifermylifeumylifenmylife,No hint available.,"Running (Runnin') for my life. mylifeRmylifeUmylifeNmylife run is in 4 my life.",Rebus,05/17/07 #24497,Walking or Driving,2.12,2.21,flipflopchica,"Can you decipher this well-known phrase? CU",The title helps.,short cut,Rebus,07/12/05 #36516,Backstroke Maybe?,2.48,2.56,jazzmusician46,"Below are two lists of ancient gods. One of the gods has been placed into the wrong group. Your task is to replace him or her into the correct group. Group A: Aegir Eurybia Poseidon Proteus Group B: Wodan Galene Shu Nut",No hint available.,"Galene belongs in Group A since she was the goddess nymph of calm seas. The others in Group B were ancient gods of the sky. The ones in Group A were ancient gods of the sea. NOTE: Aegir - he was the god of the sea in Norse mythology. Eurybia - she was an ancient Greek sea-goddess with power over the shifts of the sea. Poseidon - he was the ancient Greek King of the seas, and lord of the sea-gods. Proteus - he was an ancient Greek sea god who could change his shape at will. Wodan - he was an ancient Germanic sky god. Galene - she was the ancient Greek goddess nymph of calm seas. Shu - he was the ancient Eygptian god of dry air, wind and the atmosphere. Nut - she was the ancient Egyptian sky-goddess.",Trivia,05/05/07 #31888,3 = C C of SA,2.46,2.91,xsagirl,3 = C C of SA,Governmental power.,"3 = Capital Cities of South Africa Pretoria is the Administrative Capital, Cape Town is the Legislative Capital, and Bloemfontein is the Judicial Capital.",Letter-Equations,07/19/06 #26698,Auction Block,2.82,1.61,mejoza,"4 women were selling their spring cleaning finds. The auctioneer had taken meager notes on the acceptable (lowest bid) prices and who was selling what. He can only remember the following. The items are, bizarrely enough: a gold-plated feather duster, a talking Kleenex box, a marshmallow sculpture, and a locking lipstick organizer. Can you help him get the auction started? Going once, going twice.... 1.The four women were: Serafina, the one who wanted at least 35 dollars, the one who found her item in the garage, and the one who wanted 10 dollars less than the lady selling the locking lipstick organizer. 2. Fedora found her item under the bed. 3. Illumina did not want the most or the least for her item. 4. The cheapest starting price was for the Kleenex box that says ""Bless you"". 5. The item from the attic had to start at 20 dollars. 6. The sculpture (not Serafina's) was found in the linen closet. 7. The auctioneer thought Finnielle's high price of 35 dollars was absurd.",No hint available.,"Serafina found the gold-plated feather duster in the attic, wanted 20. Fedora found the talking Kleenex box under the bed, wanted 15. Illumina found the locking lipstick organizer in her garage, wanted 25. Finnielle found the marshmallow sculpture in the linen closet and wanted 35.",Logic-Grid,11/03/05 #24976,Colors on Your Head,2.19,0.72,tiny_dancer,"I'm in your ear. I'm in your nose. I'm on your head, dead, But yet I grow. What am I?","Look at the title, it may help.","Hair. Hair is in your ears and nose, on your head. It grows even though it's dead.",Riddle,07/30/05 #464,My Bottle Deposit,2.22,1.75,Mr. G,"In Delaware, you must pay a deposit on all bottles and you can return your bottles to receive your deposit back. If you buy a bottle of soda for $2 and the deposit is $1.60 less than the actual cost of the soda, how much is the deposit for?",The answer is not 40 cents.,"The answer is 20 cents. Since the deposit is $1.60 LESS than the cost of the soda, that the total for the cost for the soda must be $1.80, plus 20 cents deposit, which equals the $2 you paid for the soda.",Math,05/15/01 #5804,Batty,2.63,1.17,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? 1,D 2,R 3,A 4,C 5,U 6,L 7, A",No hint available.,Count Dracula,Rebus,07/23/02 #2058,A B I H= 2 I T B,2.3,1.9000000000000001,swanhillsguy,A B I H = 2 I T B,No hint available.,A Bird In Hand = 2 In The Bush,Letter-Equations,01/16/02 #45845,A Table With No Legs,2.7600000000000002,2.61,canse912,"What is a lovely shade of violet, lives on a crowded table, and contains one of Jupiter's moons and a very loud noise?",I believe the table is extremely crowded - about 110 things live on it!,"Iodine! Iodine is violet, lives on the Periodic Table with approximately 110 other elements, and contains (Io) and (din).",Riddle,11/29/09 #13851,Tan,2.64,2.27,fishmed,"What does the following represent? tantantantantan tantantantantantantan tantantantantantan tantantan tantantantantantantantan",No hint available.,Uneven tan lines.,Rebus,07/16/03 #36910,Pepperland Preschool,2.27,0.72,beatlesgirl,"Drew, Diego, Dean, and Dominick all go to Pepperland Preschool. They each have a different teacher (Mr. Lennon, Mr. McCart, Mr. Harrison, or Mr. Starr) who makes his students color in one of the following colors: blue, red, yellow, or orange. Your job is to match each student with their teacher and then match that with the color the teacher makes his class write in. Good luck! 1. Dominick must color in blue. 2. Mr. Lennon doesn't like blue or orange. 3. Mr. Starr tells his students to color in yellow. 4. Drew's teacher is Mr. Harrison. 5. Diego is coloring according to Mr. Starr's directions.",No hint available.,"1. Drew's teacher is Mr. Harrison, who is making his class color in orange. 2. Diego's teacher is Mr. Starr, who is making his class color in yellow. 3. Dean's teacher is Mr. Lennon, who is making his class color in red. 4. Dominick's teacher is Mr. McCart, who is making his class color in blue.",Logic-Grid,06/11/07 #12642,Pets,2.58,2.57,rose_rox,"John, Kimberly and Lucas all have dogs. Brian, Shawn, and Eric all have cats. Tina, Shane, and Joe all have birds. What pet does Andrea own?",Look at the letters.,"Andrea owns a bird. Every dog owner has a vowel following the first letter of their name. Every cat owner has a consonant following the first letter of their name. Every bird owner has a vowel at the end of their name.",Group,05/23/03 #32319,90 F,2.14,2.49,tonjawithaj,90 F = D B B on a R B D,No hint available.,90 Feet = the Distance Between Bases on a Regulation Baseball Diamond,Letter-Equations,08/06/06 #25911,Slow and Stupid Wins the Race?,2.8,2.19,norcekri,"Hare and Tortoise had to take a make-up class in math over the summer, a two-month, self-paced course with a test at the end of each of 12 chapters. The course requires a 70% grade to pass. In the first month, they both had difficulties with the concepts. Hare averaged 60% on his exams; Tortoise averaged 50%. Owl, the supervisor, spent three days of the next week helping them with their difficulties. It worked. In the second month, Hare averaged 90% on his exams; Tortoise averaged 80%. However, Tortoise got a passing grade of 75% in the class; Hare failed with 65%. When Hare protested to Owl that he'd outscored Tortoise in both months, Owl made Hare do the math on the board -- and sign up for another make-up class, after school in the fall. How did Tortoise pass while Hare flunked?",They worked at different speeds.,"In the first month, Hare took 10 chapter tests; Tortoise took only 2. In the second month, Hare took his remaining 2 exams and Tortoise took the 10 he needed to finish. Hare's average = (10*60 + 2*90) / 12 = 780/12 = 65 Tortoise's average = (2*50 + 10*80)/12 = 900/12 = 75 Mathematicians know this as Simpson's paradox.",Math,09/14/05 #17381,Can You Find the Palindrome? #1,2.64,2.2,spookboy0,"In the below sentence there are a number of clues to words within the square brackets - []. Solve these clues to get a word, then the resulting sentence will be a palindrome. [Not come, but ____] hang a [type of meat], I'm a [Italian dish] [pig]!",No hint available.,"Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog!",Language,04/14/04 #39430,Fender Bender,2.75,1.56,grilledcheese,"""Jon Banks doesn't look much like a murderer,"" said Sheriff Frost as a young man emerged from the farmhouse carrying a naked baby boy. The sheriff stopped the patrol car behind Banks' yellow Sedan. He drew his pistol, whispered to Dr. Smith to wait, and called: ""Raise your hands, Jon!"" Banks halted, amazed. He set his infant son carefully on the fender of his car and lifted his hands. ""What's it all about, Sheriff?"" ""Murder. We have a witness who says you entered Moose Long's bar last night after closing. Half an hour later, Mrs. Long found Moose strangled to death with a yellow scarf."" ""That's a lie. Why --"" ""Look out!"" cried Smith, as the baby scampered onto the yellow hood. Cooing happily, he attempted to stand. Smith just saved him from toppling to the ground. ""The witness is mistaken, Sheriff,"" Banks resumed calmly. ""I've been in this car driving down from Philadelphia since eight o'clock last night. I just arrived five minutes ago."" The sheriff looked at his watch. ""Then you drove the six hundred miles between Philly and here in a little over twelve hours,"" he said dubiously. ""Can you prove I didn't?"" snapped Banks. ""Nothing could be easier,"" declared Smith.",No hint available.,"Fenders get really hot after driving for a long time. Banks put his naked baby on the car. The baby would have gotten hurt from the heat, but didn't. This means the car hadn't been driven for a long period of time.",Mystery,12/01/07 #18942,Getting to Know the Band,2.5,2.24,Poker,"Thad is part of the little known band known as 'The Royal Flush.' He and his seven buddies each play a different instrument (guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, harmonica, saxophone, trumpet, or miscellaneous percussion). In addition to each playing an instrument, one member is the lead singer, and two others do backup singing. From the information given, can you determine who plays what, and who sings lead and who sings backup? 1. Curt absolutely cannot use his voice or breath in any way to contribute to the music of the band - he can't sing, and he can't play the harmonica, saxophone, or trumpet. 2. Only one of the guitar and bass players is singing. 3. The three singers are Ollie (who can't play the keyboard), the drummer (I know drummers aren't renowned for singing, but this one's an exception), and the lead singer. 4. The only reason that Ralph's in the band is because the drummer can't handle all of the percussion; Ralph does misc. percussion, and he doesn't even sing! 5. Neither Eddie nor Pat (who can't sing a note) plays the harmonica. 6. The guitarist isn't a backup singer, nor is the bass player the lead singer. 7. Harry is a fine drummer, and he also plays the trumpet. But aside from his voice, that's all he can do. 8. Mike has a very good singing voice, but someone had a better one, as Mike is only a backup singer. 9. In case it isn't obvious, nobody who plays the harmonica, saxophone, or trumpet also sings.",Figure out which instruments the singers play first.,"Ralph does misc. percussion and doesn't sing (clue 4). The other non-singers play the harmonica, saxophone, trumpet, and one of the guitar or the bass (clues 2 and 9). The drummer and keyboard player are singers, but neither of them is Ollie (also a singer, clue 3), so Ollie is the third singer, so the keyboard player is the lead singer (clue 3, only spot left). Mike sings backup, so he plays the drums (only spot on clue 3), and Ollie sings backup, so he plays the bass (clue 6). Curt does not sing (clue 1), but does not play the harmonica, saxophone, or trumpet (clue 1); he plays guitar. Harry plays the trumpet (clue 7, he cannot play the drums). Neither Eddie nor Pat plays harmonica (clue 5), that is Thad. Pat cannot sing (clue 5), so he does not play keyboard (lead singer); he plays saxophone, so Eddie sings lead and plays keyboard. In summary: Eddie plays the keyboard and sings lead. Curt plays the guitar. Ollie plays the bass and sings backup. Mike plays the drums and sings backup. Thad plays the harmonica. Pat plays the saxophone. Harry plays the trumpet. Ralph plays miscellaneous percussion.",Logic,09/25/04 #14910,Correct Equation?,2.53,2.55,Gerd,"2 x 10 = 2 x 11 This is a correct statement, because 2 x 10 (in base 10) equals 2 x 11 (in base 9). Generalized: N>=3; 2 x 10 (in base N) = 2 x 11 (in base N-1). Can you find another way to justify that this equation is actually correct?","Remember it is in the trick category, not math.","Twice ten is twenty, twice eleven is twenty too (two).",Trick,09/26/03 #38596,Word Combinations #2,3.0,2.48,jazzmusician46,"In each group below, I have listed four (4) unrelated words. Your job is to try and find a word that can either precede or follow each word in each group. Example: 1. picture, inner, top, test Answer: picture TUBE, inner TUBE, TUBE top, test TUBE. 1. sky, point, hat, knee 2. street, fight, pedal, off 3. shoe, french, powder, rims 4. moulding, roast, triple, jewels",No hint available.,"1. sky HIGH, HIGH point, HIGH hat, knee HIGH 2. BACK street, fight BACK, BACK pedal, BACK off 3. shoe HORN, french HORN, powder HORN, HORN rims 4. CROWN moulding, CROWN roast, triple CROWN, CROWN jewels",Language,10/03/07 #3070,More,2.9,2.23,PeaceJo,"MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE",No hint available.,Room for one more,Rebus,03/31/02 #34619,Missing Letters 8,2.88,2.12,jazzmusician46,"Below are incomplete words. Place three (3) letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck. acc (_ _ _) r urg (_ _ _) ity fas (_ _ _) acity dunga (_ _ _) ling fe (_ _ _) satile gos (_ _ _) ping",No hint available.,"accuse - user urgent - entity fasten - tenacity dungaree - reeling fever - versatile gossip - sipping",Language,12/28/06 #48528,Synonymous Countries,2.82,2.42,HarryPutter,"Use synonyms of the words used to arrive at country names. (Ex. Starving. Starving = Hungry. Solution: Hungary). 1) Greetings-chai 2) Analyze State 3) Cave-imprint 4) Angry-a-fume-vehicle 5) Chant-a-spill",No hint available.,"1) Hey-tea = Haiti 2) Check Republic = Czech Republic 3) Den-mark = Denmark 4) Mad-a-gas-car = Madagascar 5) Sing-a-pour = Singapore",Language,03/03/11 #8721,"10, 5, 13, ...",2.47,1.96,lesternoronha1,"Find the next three numbers in the series: 10, 5, 13, 10, 16, 20, 19, _, _, _",No hint available.,"40, 22 and 80 There are two series (10, 13, 16, 19, 22) and (5, 10, 20, 40, 80); one increasing by 3 and the other multiplied by 2.",Series,11/25/02 #8848,Re Pair,2.77,2.06,snaps,"Re: The clues below. These clues are for words that start with ""re"". The clues do not refer to the words themselves, but rather to the word that must be added to ""re"". eg. ""Re: starting a tennis rally"" would be ""reserve"". 1. Re: a noisy section in an orchestra 2. Re: legally accountable 3. Re: found under the Christmas tree 4. Re: a donation to the poor 5. Re: an electrical safety device 6. Re: a public transport vehicle",No hint available.,"1. repercussion 2. reliable 3. represent 4. realms 5. refuse 6. rebus",Language,12/01/02 #26864,Word Pyramid: Forgotten Wonders VIII,2.72,2.27,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck! Starting letter: A Clues: 1. sixth diatonic tone 2. to fail to keep pace 3. strong wind 4. mentally quick or alert 5. of or relating to the chin 6. ------- Tower","Located in Pisa, Italy.","A LA LAG GALE AGILE GENIAL LEANING The Tower of Pisa is the bell tower of the Cathedral. Its construction began in the August of 1173 and continued (with two long interruptions) for about two hundred years, in full fidelity to the original project, whose architect is still uncertain. In the past it was widely believed that the inclination of the Tower was part of the project ever since its beginning, but now we know that it is not so. The Tower was designed to be ""vertical"" (and even if it did not lean it would still be one of the most remarkable bell towers in Europe), and started to incline during its construction.",Language,11/11/05 #2346,No Vowels,2.25,1.9000000000000001,Mad-Ade,Name a seven-letter word with no vowels in it.,Assume y is not a vowel.,Rhythms,Language,02/18/02 #20860,Cold Comfort,2.73,2.35,Atropus,"Private Investigator, Jett Black has been tracking down a wanted man for 3 months. He finds the man he is looking for has been staying in a dingy hotel in Ashburton, but when he gets to the hotel, the man has eluded him once again. Black finds a notepad next to the phone with the top pages torn from it! Just like in all the movies, he runs a pencil over the page to find something indented on the page: ( Tik O Where does he renew his search?",No hint available.,"The Arctic Circle ( is a curve or ""arc"", O is a circle.",Rebus,02/06/05 #6968,Dead Mover,2.75,1.62,Cascas,"When I am alive I stay put where I am. It is only when I am dead that I move about here and there. Who am I?",No hint available.,A leaf.,Riddle,08/28/02 #27504,Bits & Pieces,2.49,2.46,peppamintp,"Can you piece together these South American countries and capitals from the clues given below? The capital is the top word and the country is the bottom word. 1. NTI HIL 2. OSA ENT 3. NCI ARA 4. UCR OLI 5. OGO MBI",No hint available.,"1. Santiago, Chile 2. Buenos Aires, Argentina 3. Asuncion, Paraguay 4. Sucre, Bolivia 5. Bogota, Colombia",Trivia,12/16/05 #5832,HH,2.03,3.12,missie,"Decipher this: H H",No hint available.,"parahydrogen (pair of hydrogen) the symbol of hydrogen is H",Rebus,07/23/02 #31269,Counting on Fingers,2.43,2.17,irar1792,"A mathematician walks in on his daughter counting on her fingers. He has no problem with this, but finds it odd that after counting to five (thumb to pinky finger), she doubles back and counts her ring finger as six, middle finger as seven, etc. When the girl gets to twenty, on her ring finger, her father asks her what she is doing. ""I want to see what finger the number 1972 lands on,"" the young girl replies. The father chuckles, does some quick arithmetic and tells the girl the finger on which she will land. How does he do it, and on what finger will his daughter finish?",No hint available.,"The girl will land on her ring finger. The number of the thumb minus one is always divisible by eight. Divide with remainder: 1972/8=246R4 Count the thumb as one. The ring finger is four.",Math,06/23/06 #33280,Word Mix Up - Animal Series 2,2.65,1.36,grungy49,"Your job is to unscramble the word, take the letters needed and then when you have all the letters unscramble them to make an animal. HYMT (take letters 1 & 2) APEK (take letter 4) ONEZ (take letter 2) JONEY (take letters 1 & 2)",No hint available.,"MYTH (take M & Y) PEAK (take K) ZONE (take O) ENJOY (take E & N) Unscramble these letters to get monkey. Monkeys belong to the ape family. They can be found in South America, Africa, southern Asia and Indonesia.",Language,10/01/06 #42091,Complete the Words,2.65,1.34,clutzy,"Place the same three letter word in each blank below to make five common words. ___ory ___ology ___rein ___me ___ater",No hint available.,"The (Theory, Theology, Therein, Theme, Theater)",Language,05/30/08 #5534,The Lazy Artist,2.75,1.05,doggyxp,"A king wished to build the most splendid palace imaginable. After years of construction, it was finally ready to be painted. Two artists were hired to make the palace look like no other in the world. The first artist was asked to decorate one side of each hallway, the second to adorn the facing walls. The first artist searched the world for beautiful colors and designs, and spent five years painting wonderful images of animals and landscapes. The second artist spent most of his time doodling and daydreaming. Finally the first artist was almost finished. The lazy artist began to worry, then to panic. With only a short time left to work, how could he equal the splendid pictures of his colleague?",He did not paint it.,He covered his walls with mirrors.,Logic,07/12/02 #16870,Powerful Eye,2.75,0.97,AhSeng,"With one blink, I can command others to move. With another blink, Others will start to wonder, Some will move and some will stop. With the last blink, I can command others to stop. What am I?",No hint available.,Traffic Light,Riddle,03/06/04 #41945,Friends and a Wallet,2.82,1.79,JZumun,"You and your five friends, conveniently named A, B, C, D, and E, were hanging out when you spotted a wallet on the floor. You have a poor memory, but you remember that it is owned by one of your friends. You: Whose wallet is this? A: That's mine. D: You're lying, A. C: Yeah, A, you are lying. B: A is not lying, guys. D: That wallet is owned by C. E: Yeah, D is telling the truth. B: No, E. That's your wallet. You remember that at least 2 of your friends always tell the truth (truthtellers), while at least 2 always lie (liars). Thanks to your memory, however, you can't remember which friend lies or tells the truth. Can you figure out who owns the wallet?",No hint available.,"C owns the wallet. EXPLANATION: B's first statement says that A is telling the truth that it is A's wallet. His second statement, however, says that it is E's wallet. The statements cannot be true at the same time, so B lied in both of them. B is a liar. Since B was lying when he said that A is telling the truth, A is the other liar, too. C and D are automatically truthtellers, since they both told the truth when they said A was lying. E is also a truthteller since he said that D told the truth. Therefore, C owns the wallet.",Logic,05/17/08 #39195,Groaners IV,2.27,2.22,aresII,"The following puzzle is a quip from an anonymous author. Can you decode it? D=T ""NAID IHM DAM XTJZEX TC I KYTKU NTHDA? Q XJVVTXM QC 'DQKU' KTXDX I YTD, DAMZ 'DTKU' QX KAMIV.""","K=C M=E Z=N","""WHAT ARE THE SOUNDS OF A CLOCK WORTH? I SUPPOSE IF 'TICK' COSTS A LOT, THEN 'TOCK' IS CHEAP."" KEY: A=H C=F D=T E=D H=R I=A J=U K=C M=E N=W Q=I T=O U=K V=P X=S Y=L Z=N",Cryptography,11/15/07 #28921,You Make Me,2.79,2.17,luckythirteen,"I am everywhere. Some say I came from a box full of frights and horrors. You can make me. Sometimes I am just naturally there, But some people don't have me at all. People use me when there are times of hardships and crisis. What am I?",No hint available.,Hope.,Riddle,03/04/06 #41176,Lord of the Rings?,3.1,2.05,mosca,"My story whispers ancient lore; The force at times my rings will hide. I've sixty minions, maybe more: Those unseen, these by my side. Wand'ring far from glowing light, Shape-shifting puzzles curious eyes; Oft my glorious rings shine bright, While men debate my family's size. My aspect seems to wax and wane, As the force dictates the deed; My namesake ruled vast fields of grain, But, legends tell, devoured his seed. What am I?",Where are those rings?,"Answer: The planet Saturn Saturn is named after the Roman god of the harvest. When the force of gravity causes Earth's orbit to take us into the plane of Saturn's rings, they seem to disappear, and the shape of the planet appears to change. Most of Saturn's 60 or more moons are visible only through strong telescopes. The sixth planet from the Sun in the Solar System, Saturn receives little heat and light. There is still controversy about the number of planets in the ""family"" of the Solar System. With the demotion of Pluto, some say there are eight planets. However, counting Pluto and also the dwarf planets Eris and Ceres, others would say there are eleven known planets. As the god of the harvest, Saturn ruled over all agriculture. Because he feared his children were about to kill him, he devoured them.",Riddle,03/23/08 #1519,"Black, Red, Grey",2.73,1.57,gokaran,"What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and grey when you throw it away?","When it's red, it is very hot.",Charcoal,Riddle,11/25/01 #38149,Who is This?,2.64,2.62,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you need to change one letter in each word to form the name of a famous person. Have fun! 1. Jetty Arable 2. Join Manor 3. Moire Spearer 4. Charges Buyer 5. Dandy Tennis 6. Noels Boor",No hint available.,"1. Betty Grable 2. John Major 3. Moira Shearer 4. Charles Boyer 5. Sandy Dennis 6. Niels Bohr",Language,09/07/07 #22470,Spazy Croonerisms,2.99,2.64,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) no-cost fish lures & honey shipment 2) leaping legumes & colliding dungarees 3) crustacean movement & criminal sunscreen 4) baseball term & seasonal pig",No hint available.,"1) free bait & bee freight 2) jumping beans & bumping jeans 3) lobster motion & mobster lotion 4) ball four & fall boar",Language,04/25/05 #16357,Top of the List,2.37,1.05,fishmed,"William Abbott was the least intelligent and laziest boy in a class of 30 students who took an examination. Yet when the results were posted, William's name was at the top of the list. How come?",No hint available.,The results were posted in alphabetical order.,Logic,01/29/04 #8378,1000 K in a T,2.24,1.54,glennyboy02,1000 K in a T,No hint available.,1000 kilograms in a tonne,Letter-Equations,11/05/02 #45917,Adage to Adage,3.13,1.32,Zag24,"This is another of my rhyming word ladders. Most people will have to work forwards and backwards to get all ten words. ----------- The old adage says to do this again. Add one, make a city of fame way back when. OY becomes IP and you'll have a nice fall. Change I to A and you'll catch it all. Insert an M: make an invention of Chaplin. Change T to C and with pain you'll be grapplin'. Replace second with H: a winner for sure! Lose second to last: you'll want balm for a cure. Drop the H to make something to go on your head. Change one and an adage will leave this thing dead.","Where is says ""add one"" and ""change one"" it refers to adding or changing a letter.","TRY: From the adage ""If, at first, you don't succeed, try, try again."" TROY: The Greek city which was the site of the Trojan War. TRIP: and fall. TRAP: to catch it all. TRAMP: Charlie Chaplin's famous character was the tramp. CRAMP: can be very painful. CHAMP: a winner! CHAP: Chapped lips or hands can be cured with a balm CAP: goes on your head. CAT: is left dead in the adage ""Curiosity killed the cat.""",Language,12/07/09 #35673,Confusing,2.11,2.48,braingle_7,"First I ate, Second and Third I applied, Fourth I rolled, Fifth I projected. What am I?",No hint available.,"Apple. This will take a little explaining. Take the number and the same letter of the word after I. For example: First I ate would be ""A"" because it is the first letter. Second and Third I applied ""PP."" Fourth I rolled ""L"". Fifth I projected ""E"".",Riddle,03/13/07 #7990,The Question,2.6,0.91,CCat20,"Follow the directions below: Read all of the directions before you start. Pick any number between one and ten. Multiply it by zero. Multiply by five Multiply it by two Add seventy-five Add twenty-five Subtract one hundred Add .75 Subtract .25 Multiply it by zero Add two Take the number that you started with and add it to the number you have now. Take the number of the number of milliliters in a liter and add it to what you have now Subtract 500 Add 2 Multiply by 0 Add 75 Click ""hint"" then read the problem. (Do this first)",The directions say to click here and here is the answer... You shouldn't do any of the steps in the teaser and can now happily click the answer.,"If your answer is 75 then it is incorrect and you didn't read the instructions properly. If you did nothing - you got it right!",Trick,10/10/02 #23723,Seven Letter Anagrams,3.09,2.27,lessthanjake789,"Seven letters are we, Four different words we make. Guess us or be ridiculed; Your reputation's at stake. The first has pictures, Paintings and such. The second causes sneezing, From ragweed or dust. The third is an adverb, It's hard to explain It's the same as immensely But it's much more plain. If you can act like a king, this word you will sing. These clues are sparse This riddle may be tough. But if you are smart Then it will be enough.",No hint available.,"Gallery, Allergy, Largely and Regally A gallery has pictures and paintings Allergies make you sneeze Largely is somewhat difficult to describe - it is certainly a synonym for immensely, but not as strong. Regally means to act royally, or kingly.",Riddle,06/16/05 #40274,Flammable,2.61,2.18,aresII,"My 3, 2, 5, 6, 11 is a computer appendage. My 10, 8, 3, 9 is a branch. My 1, 2, 4 is a deaf ear. My 3, 8, 6, 7 will leave you in a fog. My whole is flammable.",No hint available.,"COMBUSTIBLE. Clue 1 = mouse. Clue 2 = limb. Clue 3 = cob. Clue 4 = mist.",Riddle,01/31/08 #29069,Party Places,2.62,1.44,shenqiang,"There are 6 places set at each table for the big outdoor party. All the tables and chairs have 4 legs each, and altogether the tables and chairs have a total of 196 legs. If there is one place set for each person who will attend, how many people are expected to come to the big party?","Figure out how many chair and table legs are at each table, and then work backwards or guess and check.","42 people are expected to come to the big party. Each table has 6 chairs, so there are a total of 7*4=28 legs at each table. So, 196/28=7 tables. Therefore, 7*6=42 guests who are expected to come to the party.",Math,03/13/06 #43855,What Time 2,2.32,1.08,twin27,"Chris was worried about a math test coming up, so he asked his teacher if he could stay after school so she could help him study. She said 'yes' and gave him a note, but to his surprise, it said: 2^6*5^2 What time did the teacher mean?",No hint available.,"2^6*5^2 is 1600. 1600 would be 16:00, which in military time is 4:00 PM. Chris walked into his teacher's room at 4:00 after school. ""How did you know to come at this time?"" his teacher asked. ""Well, I just did the math,"" said Chris, ""and that's the prime factorization of 1600, and 16:00 is military time for 4:00."" ""You know all you need to,"" said the teacher.",Math,01/05/09 #42147,Roman Matches IV,2.54,1.98,MarcM1098,"The following equation involving Roman numerals is formed using matchsticks. The given equation is wrong. Can you correct it by moving just one matchstick? See if you can do it twice: the equation can be corrected in two different ways. Each solution must be an equation (i.e., it must contain one equals sign). Note: I(1) and -(minus) are each formed from one matchstick. V(5), X(10), L(50), +(plus), and =(equals) are each two matchsticks. C(100) is three matchsticks. The incorrect equation is: L = L + L","One solution involves an I, the other involves a C.","First solution: LI = L + I or LI = I + L Take one matchstick from the bottom of either L on the right side of the equation, turn it to form a I, and add it after the L on the left side of the equation. Second solution: L = C - L Take the vertical match from the plus sign (changing it to a minus sign), turn it horizontally, and add it to the top of the first L on the right side of the equation, changing it to a C.",Math,06/05/08 #666,Below the Floor,2.64,1.31,Spencer,"Below the floor A spider creeps, Some people sleep down here. Even though it can be dark Movement is detected. Enter, please come on down and Never have any fear. Tell me, what is this place?",No hint available.,"A basement, read the first letter of every line. The letters spell basement.",Riddle,06/29/01 #50047,Dropboxes IV,2.57,2.4,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Alley-goer [_] 2. Less high [_] 3. Part 4. Large wasp [_] 5. Floral defense [_] 6. Rent 7. Pickle condiment [_] 8. County [_] 9. Not his 10. Move, as on ice [_] 11. Middle (of a month) [_] 12. Metal caster 13. Colorful flower [_] 14. Judge [_] 15. Age 16. Cracker [_] 17. Perceive auditorily [_] 18. German mug 19. Duke, earl, and baron [_] 20. Ear parts [_] 21. High-arcing tosses 22. Demons [_] 23. Resides [_] 24. Conceal",No hint available.,"1. bowler [B] 2. lower [W] 3. role 4. hornet [E] 5. thorn [H] 6. torn 7. relish [L] 8. shire [I] 9. hers 10. slide [L] 11. ides [S] 12. die 13. aster [S] 14. rate [T] 15. era 16. saltine [A] 17. listen [L] 18. stein 19. nobles [N] 20. lobes [E] 21. lobs 22. devils [D] 23. lives [S] 24. veil ""Bells and whistles,"" an idiom meaning ""extra features.""",Language,12/26/13 #17682,The Case of the Disappearing Dimes,2.92,1.9000000000000001,doggyxp,"Nina had expected her great-great uncle's house to be like mansions in the movies, with marble columns and rose gardens, not peeling paint and a weed- filled lawn. But Dad explained that Waldo hated spending money, except on his collections. Nina's parents thought the kids were playing outside. Instead, they snuck into the candlelit parlor. ""Your mom will freak out if she catches us,"" Nina's cousin Max muttered. ""I know. But Uncle Waldo traveled a lot and I never got to meet him while he was alive. I just want to see what he looks like."" ""At least turn on some lights,"" Max grumbled. ""This is creepy."" ""Didn't you hear the lawyer talking to Mom and Dad? Uncle Waldo called the parlor his 'candle room.' He never had it wired for electricity."" She crept over to the coffin and peered inside. Waldo wore a tuxedo with a ruffled shirt and red cummerbund. His white hair was neatly combed, his nails manicured, and his diamond stickpin and silver cufflinks glittered in the candlelight. ""He looks nice,"" Nina whispered. Max took one glance inside, then pulled Nina away from the coffin. ""Weird,"" he said. ""I didn't think people wore tuxedos when they were buried."" ""He liked it. Dad said Uncle Waldo even had his portrait painted wearing this exact same outfit. He put it in his will that he wanted to be dressed for his funeral exactly the way he is in that portrait."" Max shivered. ""I wonder who had to dress him?"" ""Harvey, Waldo's assistant."" ""Like a butler?"" ""Sort of."" ""So he really was rich. Hey, your Dad was kidding about inheriting twenty cents, right?"" Nina led her cousin back down the hall. ""Well, Waldo did leave Dad two dimes. But Mercury is facing the wrong way or something, and that makes them worth a lot of money. Mom said it was enough to pay my way through college someday."" ""Cool."" ""Uncle Waldo's daughter, Fiona, inherited the house and all this stuff."" They entered the study where Nina's parents were talking to the lawyer, Mr. Baxter. Max gawked at Waldo's ""collections."" Display cases everywhere were filled with jewel-encrusted objects. Harvey, Waldo's assistant, handed glasses of lemonade to the kids, then left. Nina thought he looked as sour as the drink tasted. ""Fiona arrived earlier, but you probably won't see her until the funeral tomorrow,"" the lawyer was saying. ""Waldo requested burial near his gazebo. Harvey will dig the grave himself."" ""Poor Harvey,"" Dad murmured. Baxter nodded. ""At least Waldo set up a trust that will continue to pay Harvey's salary, small as it is. Now, would you like to see the dimes?"" In the master bedroom upstairs, the lawyer twirled the combination lock on a wall safe while Nina studied the painting of Waldo that hung above the fireplace. Decked out in his tux, ruffled shirt, jade cufflinks and diamond stickpin, he seemed to wink down at her. Baxter removed a box from the safe and opened it. Everyone gasped. The box was empty. ""Impossible!"" the older man exclaimed. ""They were here an hour ago."" ""The safe isn't damaged,"" Mom remarked. ""How many people know the combination?"". He frowned. ""Just myself, Fiona and Harvey. I'd better call the police."" ""Go ahead,"" Dad said. ""But no matter who stole the dimes, they're small enough to be hidden anywhere. Even if the police tear the house apart, I'll bet they never find them."" Nina stood up, staring at the portrait. ""I think I know who took the dimes,"" she whispered to Max. ""And if I'm right, I know where they are.""",No hint available.,"Downstairs in the parlor, Nina explained. ""Why would Mr. Baxter have even told Dad about the dimes if he had stolen them? And Fiona's already inheriting a lot of money. But Mr. Baxter said Harvey wasn't paid much."" ""So where are the dimes?"" Max asked. ""Right here."" Nina pointed at the coffin. ""In the painting, Waldo's cufflinks are green, but I remembered that he was wearing silver ones."" No one said a word about her sneaking in to see Waldo. Dad peeled a dime loose, rubbing glue off Mercury's profile. The cufflink was really the dime in disguise! ""Harvey would have retrieved them before he buried the coffin,"" said Baxter. ""Clever."" ""Not as clever as Nina,"" Mom said, hugging her.",Mystery,05/18/04 #42579,A Pause For Station Identification V,2.71,1.65,Hrsemn4,"In the United States all radio and television stations are represented by ""call letters"". Each set of call letters is 4 letters long. Call letters for stations east of the Mississippi river begin with a ""W"", while stations west of the river begin with ""K"". Using the description of their station and/or the format, figure out the call letters of these fictional stations. E.g., a station for people getting their affairs in order before they die might be W-I-L-L. Note: Some stations will use phonetics opposed to exact spelling. West of Mississippi River: 1) A station all about superhero neck wear, Superman and Batman call in often. 2) This station is always on the radio at fraternity parties. 3) A station devoted to a band made up of Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss. From time to time they also discuss a fun activity to do with your sweetheart. East of Mississippi River: 1) A station that discusses how to prepare presents to be given, and they play hip-hop music all the time. 2) This station talks all the time about turbines, fans, and flying kites. 3) A station that discusses a certain flirtatious eye movement.",No hint available.,"West: 1) KAPE (cape) 2) KEGS or KEGG 3) KISS East: 1) WRAP (Wrapping paper and Rap music) 2) WIND 3) WINK",Other,07/23/08 #4862,Costly Kebabs,2.28,2.38,mad-ade,"Mad Ade stood in his local Kebab shop ""The Sweaty Chef"". He has $15 to spend. From the Menu he can see that: A, 2 Kebabs, 1 portion of chips and a can of pop = $7.90 B, 1 Kebab, 1 burger, 2 chips and 2 cans of pop = $8.55 C, 2 Burger, 1 chips and 3 cans of pop = $7.70 D, 2 Kebabs, 1 Burger and 3 portions of chips = $11.25 Would Mad Ade have enough money left after he had purchased 2 kebabs, 2 burgers, 2 chips and 2 cans of pop to be able to afford a carton of chilli sauce that cost 80p?",No hint available.,"Unfortunately for Mad Ade, he would be 10p short. Kebabs =$3.25 x2 = $6.50 Burgers=$2.50 x2 = $5.00 Chips =$0.75 x2 = $1.50 Pop =$0.65 x2 = $1.30 $6.50 + $5.00 + $1.50 + $1.30= $14.30 + $0.80 = $15.10",Math,06/20/02 #40283,Sympathy,2.56,2.12,chocolatecake,"My 1, 5, 10 can be made of aluminum. My 5, 3, 4 intensifies sound. My 1, 2, 10, 7 are inmates. My 4, 8, 10, 6 are bowling targets. My 1, 9, 3, 5 is a deadly sleeping illness. My whole is a feeling of deep sympathy.",Look at the title.,"COMPASSION. Clue 1 = can. Clue 2 = amp. Clue 3 = cons. Clue 4 = pins. Clue 5 = coma.",Riddle,02/01/08 #42102,This Doesn't Seem to Add Up!,2.57,2.5,jazzmusician46,"What are the four (4) missing numbers that follow the given series? 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, ?, ?, ?, ?.",Practice your spelling!,"Missing numbers: 18, 19, 21 & 22 If you spell the numbers in the series, you will discover the four missing numbers. If you take these numbers in pairs, you will find that each has the same number of letters as the other. one, two (3) four, five (4) seven, eight (5) eleven, twelve (6) thirteen, fourteen (8) fifteen, sixteen (7) eighteen, nineteen (8) twenty-one, twenty-two (9)",Series,06/01/08 #17625,It's a Crime,2.4,2.7600000000000002,snaps,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The ____ was closing in, making his ____ harder but through his ____ of contacts he was able to evade the police."" you would fill in NET, WORK, and NETWORK. It is a crime, the ____ they pull using their modern-day ____ tactics, but the police claim that no ____ exists.",No hint available.,"CONS, PIRACY, CONSPIRACY.",Language,05/11/04 #21187,Favorite Colors,2.03,0.51,JessicaLynn,"Jessica, Jennifer, and Jordan all have different favorite colors. (yellow, purple, and red.) They also have three different favorite foods. Figure out who likes what color and what food (french fries, hamburgers, and ice cream) with these clues. 1) Jessica, whose favorite color is not red, loves ice cream the most. 2) The person who likes red also likes hamburgers. 3) Jordan's favorite color is yellow.",No hint available.,"Jordan-yellow-french fries Jessica-purple-ice cream Jennifer-red-hamburgers",Logic-Grid,02/23/05 #20992,Troti's Case #1,2.68,0.85,Therulerofthem,"It was an average day. Troti (The ruler of the Inspectors) was walking down the street. He heard a gunshot and ran towards it. A nearby restaurant owner had gotten shot. He ran inside. The owner had left a suicide note on top of the gun, which was on the table. He had a bullet wound in his head. The cops came in and said it was an obvious suicide, the reason being his restaurant was failing and about to be bankrupt. They had his suicide note, in handwriting that looked like his. But Troti wasn't sure. What changed his suspicion about the suicide?",No hint available.,"If the owner of the restaurant had shot himself in the head, he would have had no time to put the gun and the note on the table, and if the note was already written and placed, it would be under the gun, not on top of it.",Mystery,02/12/05 #22709,"1, 2 Step",2.73,2.2,Master_Yoda,"You and a police officer are standing side by side. What expression is made after you finish all five steps? 1) You take two steps forward 2) The cop takes three steps back 3) You turn around and walk four steps forward, then turn around again 4) The cop takes one step forward and two steps back 5) You moonwalk one step back and stop.","Note the positions that you and the officer are, when facing forward.","One step ahead of the law. The officer is considered the law, and following the steps, you end up one step in front of him/her.",Other,05/06/05 #52197,Package Problem,2.32,1.28,brainy,"When Brainy sends a package, he uses PackagesR'Us. When somebody uses PackagesR'Us to send packages, they don't have to put a postage stamp, but they have to put money inside the package, 0.05$ per ounce. When PackagesR'Us receives the package, they weigh it and check the money, before sending it to the recipient. Brainy was sending some cookies to his grandmother, and when he weighed it, it was 2 pounds and 3 ounces. Brainy put in 7 quarters inside the package, and sent it to his grandmother. A couple days later, the package came back, saying that he didn't pay enough money. What happened?",The money was inside the package when PackagesR'Us weighed it...,"The quarters added on weight to the package, but Brainy weighed it when there were no quarters inside, while the PackagesR'Us workers weighed it when the quarters were inside the package.",Situation,06/01/19 #16281,Mad Ade's Word Changer #6,2.27,2.55,mad-ade,"This is a letter teaser where the two words to be found differ by only one letter in each word, so the words are of equal length but each has one letter that differs from the other. For example ""Light Beers"" could be ""Pale Ales"" these two word differ only by the P on pale and the S on ales. The altered letter can appear anywhere with in the word, so ""This teaser's submitter"" would be ""Mad Ade"" the difference being the M from Mad becomes the E of Ade. 1, Rodent Elk ? 2, Reception area for pastimes ? 3, Review Fruit Bunch ? 4, Mildly funny rebuke ? 5, Squander Vital liquid ?",No hint available.,"1, Mouse Moose 2, Hobby Lobby 3, Grade Grape 4, Corny Scorn 5, Waste Water",Language,01/21/04 #10176,Newspaper Pages,2.6,1.6300000000000001,dumbell,My newspaper has a special 16-page feature in the middle today. Unfortunately my copy is incomplete. The third page of the supplement (page 15 of the newspaper) is missing. What other pages must also be missing?,No hint available.,"Pages 16, 25 and 26. Page 16 must be missing as it is on the back of page 15. The supplement must be numbered from 13 to 28. Since the second sheet from the start of the supplement is missing, then it must be connected to the second sheet from the end of the supplement. This sheet contains pages 25 and 26.",Logic,02/02/03 #29016,Opposites 15,2.36,2.21,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. ^ stands for M, O, I, U, or W V stands for Y, U, F, E, or L < stands for H, E, B, K, or T > stands for J, A, G, N, or P The four letter code word, <^>V, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Huge and Tiny,Logic,03/10/06 #6187,Noisy,2.47,1.41,mad-ade,"What is this rebus? BOLT TH",No hint available.,"Thunderbolt ""th"" under Bolt",Rebus,08/02/02 #31753,Mixed Up Tennis Stars,2.49,2.19,Linlou18uk,"If the code for Monica Seles is GIHCWU MYFYM, who are these other famous tennis stars? 1. JUN WUMB 2. MNYZZC ALUZ 3. UHXLY UAUMMC 4. GULNCHU HUPLUNCFIPU 5. WIHWBCNU GULNCHYT",No hint available.,"1. Pat Cash 2. Steffi Graf 3. Andre Agassi 4. Martina Navratilova 5. Conchita Martinez The alphabet is 6 letters out of phase: A= U B= V C= W D= X E= Y F= Z G= A H= B I= C J= D K= E L= F M= G N= H O= I P= J Q= K R= L S= M T= N U= O V= P W= Q X= R Y= S Z= T",Cryptography,07/13/06 #22989,The Coin,2.49,1.39,smarty_blondy,"Put 4 coins in the four corners of a square. Can you move a single coin, so that you form 2 rows with 3 coins on each?",The coin can be placed anywhere...,Take one coin and put it on top of the one in the opposite corner.,Other,05/18/05 #40750,Cake Theft,2.57,1.76,lab123,"During a recent police investigation, Chief Inspector Stone was interviewing five local villains to try and identify who stole Mrs. Archer's cake from the mid-summer's fair. Below is a summary of their statements: Arnold: ""It wasn't Edward."" ""It was Brian."" Brian: ""It wasn't Charlie."" ""It wasn't Edward."" Charlie: ""It was Edward."" ""It wasn't Arnold."" Derek: ""It was Charlie."" ""It was Brian."" Edward: ""It was Derek."" ""It wasn't Arnold."" It was well known that each suspect told exactly one lie. Can you determine who stole the cake?",No hint available.,"Charlie committed the terrible crime. The way to solve this puzzle is to look at each clue. We know that exactly one of each person's statements is true. Looking at Arnold's statements, let's check to see if 'it was Brian' is true. If 'it was Brian' is true, then we know the other statement is false, therefore it was Edward. This is a contradiction. Hence we now know it wasn't Brian, nor Edward (as 'it wasn't Edward' must be the true statement). Looking at Charlie's statement, we can similarly determine that it wasn't Arnold either. Edward's statement gives us that it wasn't Derek, which leaves only Charlie as the culprit. It is always wise to check this against the other clues.",Logic,02/27/08 #29642,Attack the Numbers!,2.58,2.79,ffoppia,"What does each number in this group of six represent? 2, 8, 8, 13, 14, 27",It don't matter if you're black or white. Think in all directions and you will get the answer.,"There are 6 types of chess pieces in all. Each number in the group above represents the maximum possible squares that each type of piece can potentially attack. Pawns can attack 2 squares diagonally forward. Knight: 8 in all directions. King: 8 in all directions Bishop: 7 in one diagonal, 6 in the other. Rook can attack: 7 vertically and 7 laterally. Queen = range of rook + bishop. Each piece needs to be at the center of the board for maximum threat.",Other,04/09/06 #28065,I Stayed On Venus,2.46,1.31,mufffin09,"Mr. C. was telling a story to his class. '' We sent a robot probe to Venus. Recently, it sent back data that it found an odd solution on the planet. It is an aqueous solution, with a solute of salt. What is your response to this?'' One student responded '' Mr. C., either you're misinformed, or we need to fix that probe.'' Why did the student say this?",No hint available.,"The student knew that there could not have been an aqueous solution on Venus. An aqueous solution has a solvent of water. Liquid water is not found on Venus, only on Earth.",Science,01/13/06 #9071,Not a Rotting Banana,2.58,2.14,Phily,"I started out green, then went to black. From solid to liquid, and sometimes gas. Now everywhere you see me. I'm clear, opaque, or solid you see. What am I?","I'm coloured with all rainbow hues. From reds to blacks to green and blues. I'm much older than you are. And I'm hiding in your car.","Plastic, or anything made out of fossil fuels works. Green - fossil fuels start as plants. Black - crude oil. Shaped into tons of objects, and products made from plastics can be see-through or not.",Riddle,12/11/02 #27239,Look at Me!,2.8,1.06,sweetime,"What does the following rebus represent? August 24th, 2005 at 12:03pm - everybody knows your name. August 24th, 2005 at 12:18pm - everybody has now forgotten who you are.",No hint available.,Fifteen minutes of fame.,Rebus,11/30/05 #41161,White and Small,2.38,1.39,xojohannyxo,"I am regularly white and tiny. You can't touch, feel, hear or smell me but you can see me. People who work with technology see me very often. You can change how I look, and make me move, but that will never change what I do. I change shapes and names often, and maybe, just maybe, without me you wouldn't be reading this teaser. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am a cursor. Often the cursor is white and very small. You can't touch it, feel, hear or smell it since it is on a computer monitor. People who work with technology would most often be around computers so they see cursors often. You can customize how your cursor looks to fit your style or mood. Cursors change shapes and names when you hover over hyper-links and text. Some names are the text cursor, the mouse cursor and the resize cursor.",Riddle,03/22/08 #47859,Dead Numeral,1.71,2.62,racoonieboy,"If only DEAD people understand hexadecimal, how many people understand hexadecimal?","The question isn't asking what it seems to be asking. Hexadecimal should be quite a big hint.","Only 57005 (Base 10), which is DEAD (Base 16), people would understand hexadecimal. DEAD= (13*16^3)+(14*16^2)+(10*16^1)+(13*16^0)= 53248+3584+160+13= 57005",Trick,08/26/10 #34364,What's Your Name Again?,2.7,2.02,froggygg,"Oh No! It seems that some of the holiday characters were hiding when you last unscrambled the holiday names. The holiday season has already begun and Christmas is not far away. These characters desperately need your help in order to join the other holiday characters you have already unscrambled. Below you will find anagrams of these joyous (and still jumbled) characters that represent the holiday season and winter. The number of letters in each word is provided for you in brackets. Can you unravel this scrambled mess in time for Christmas? Ah reds [6] A clan sat us [5] [5] Be censer ego zero [8] [7] Car end [6] Fame thorn owns sty [6] [3] [7] Cot me [5] Tin it my [4] [3] Biz lent [7]",Seasons Greetings!,"Dasher Santa Claus Ebenezer Scrooge Dancer Frosty the Snowman Comet Tiny Tim Blitzen",Language,12/12/06 #38002,Quotes #3,2.7,2.34,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to try and unscramble the set of letters in each set of brackets to complete these quotations. Good luck! 1. The most (ptortinma) single (geidertinn) in the (urmaflo) of (seccssu) is (wningko) how to get (ganlo) with (epoepl). 2. (ehtiern) should a (psih) (yler) on one small (nrocah) nor (uhsdlo) life rest on a (einsgl) (ehpo). 3. (omyen) can't (yub) you (enippshsa) but it does (irbgn) you a more (aelptnas) (romf) of (simyre).",No hint available.,"1. The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. - Theodore Roosevelt 2. Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor nor should life rest on a single hope. - Epictetus 3. Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. - Spike Milligan",Language,08/29/07 #22652,Four Brothers!,2.91,2.06,chidam11,"We are four brothers in this world and we're all born together. The first one runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is ever thirsty, The fourth sings a song that is barely heard. Who are we?",No hint available.,"Water, Fire, Earth and Wind.",Riddle,05/04/05 #24793,Group Values,2.65,2.67,WENZY675,"In each group each of the letters A through H has one of the eight values listed. No two letters have the same value. The simple arithmetic problems are clues for determining the values of each letter. The three groups are independent. Group 1 2,5,6,8,10,13,15,21 H+D=G E-C=D H+G=A F+H=C E-F=G B+E=A Group 2 3,4,5,9,12,13,17,22 C-A=B H+D=A D+F=G F-A=E C-D=G Group 3 4,5,6,10,11,14,15,20 B-G=H A+E=C F-C=H D-B=A A+H=G E+F=D",No hint available.,"1. A=21, B=6, C=10, D=5, E=15, F=2, G=13, H=8 2. A=9, B=13, C=22, D=5, E=3, F=12, G=17, H=4 3. A=6, B=14, C=11, D=20, E=5, F=15, G=10, H=4",Math,07/23/05 #31035,Colored Beans,2.37,1.09,horses_rock101,"Jessica put six different colored beans in a bag. She had red, blue, pink, orange, yellow, and purple colored beans. There were 30 beans total in the bag. There were 4 red beans, 2 blue beans, 6 pink beans, 5 orange beans, 4 yellow beans, and 9 purple beans. What is the probability that someone could pull a pink or a yellow bean out of the bag?",No hint available.,"You have a one third chance of getting a pink or a yellow bean. 6+4=10 10/30 = 1/3",Probability,06/13/06 #38895,Can Never Flee,2.72,1.73,grilledcheese,"It runs and runs but can never flee. It is often watched, yet never sees. When long it brings boredom, When short it brings fear. What is it?",No hint available.,Time,Riddle,10/23/07 #33341,The Four Doors,2.71,2.29,calmsavior,"A man wakes up in a room. He sees no windows, a table with a note on it, and four doors ahead of him. Each door has a different symbol on its face: rectangle, kite, rhombus, and trapezoid. He then walks to the table and reads the message: ""Three of these doors hold behind them a deadly booby trap, and one of them leads to the exit of this house. You can only open one door. The door that leads to the exit of this house can be deduced by looking at a string of numbers hidden somewhere in the house. Figure it out quickly, however, because as soon as the clock strikes noon, all the doors in the house will become permanently locked."" He then searched everywhere in the room, until he found a string of numbers carved under the table: 1 - 4 - 8 - 11 - 1 He thought long and hard as the clock ticked away, getting closer and closer to his potential doom. Suddenly he realized what the numbers meant, and promptly went over to the correct door, which he opened and managed to escape the house unhindered. Which door leads to the exit?","Think really hard. Time is running out. Tick, tock, tick...",The correct door is labeled with the trapezoid. The shape formed by connecting the string of numbers on the face of a clock is a trapezoid.,Other,10/05/06 #18460,It's a No No,2.78,1.8900000000000001,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? NoNoPNoNo NoNoANoNo NoNoYNoNo NoNoINoNo NoNoNNoNo NoNoGNoNo",No hint available.,"Paying through the nose. The word PAYING through the No's. Meaning to pay an extortionately high price for something.",Rebus,08/03/04 #14963,3 = 60-D A in an E T,2.4,1.76,eggbert,3 = 60-D A in an E T,geometry,3 = 60-Degree Angles in an Equilateral Triangle,Letter-Equations,10/01/03 #3810,CUS TOM,2.24,1.69,missie,"Can you decipher this phrase: CUS TOM",No hint available.,Breaking a custom.,Rebus,04/29/02 #37676,Phonopia 4,2.25,2.47,mik512,"In the wacky land of Phonopia, everybody has their name as their phone number. The phones are the same way as the phones in the real world, so can you figure out what well-known person you are calling? 2=A, B, C 3=D, E, F 4=G, H, I 5=J, K, L 6=M, N, O 7=P, Q, R, S 8=T, U, V 9=W, X, Y, Z 1) 72852 22385 2) 7285 622278639 3) 74646 78277 4) 467366 726729",No hint available.,"1) Paula Abdul 2) Paul McCartney 3) Ringo Starr 4) Gordon Ramsay",Cryptography,08/06/07 #4872,Late Again,2.24,0.9500000000000001,mad-ade,"Can you decipher this phrase: TRASTUCKFFIC",No hint available.,Stuck in traffic,Rebus,06/21/02 #3399,That That,2.59,2.2,jaxzi,"Can you decipher this phrase? ""that"" ""that""",No hint available.,Say that again.,Rebus,04/10/02 #4196,DIiiSC,2.68,2.52,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this phrase: DIiiSC",No hint available.,In Disguise (in disc-i's),Rebus,05/22/02 #29649,"2, 8, 32, 128, 512, ?",2.21,1.44,Desired,"2, 8, 32, 128, 512, ? What's the next number of this sequence?",No hint available.,"2048. Each number is its preceding number times 4.",Series,04/10/06 #29350,Freezing Point,2.56,1.1,bigSWAFF_69_,"The freezing point of pure water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius). However, by simply adding a common household ingredient, you then can easily cool the water 20 degrees past the freezing point, and still keep it in liquid form. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"By adding salt to water, you lower the freezing point of the water. If you add enough, it is possible to get it 20 degrees below the typical freezing point.",Science,03/27/06 #39733,Vine Leaves,2.53,1.13,icestar12,"Juanita was helping her mom and dad weed their garden. She noticed an interesting thing about the pea vines. No matter how tall they were, their leaves started one foot from the ground. Above that point, there was one leaf every four inches. The three vines in the garden were five, seven, and eight feet tall. How many leaves are there altogether?",No hint available.,The five-foot vine has 13 leaves; the seven-foot vine has 19 leaves; and the eight-foot vine has 22 leaves. The total number of leaves on the three vines is 54.,Math,12/22/07 #38427,Division,2.38,2.36,Victor,"When A is divided by B, the quotient is C and the remainder is D. B, C, D are 1-digit numbers. What are the maximal and minimal values of A?",No hint available.,"A=BC+D. For the maximal value of A, B and C have to be 9, and D is at most 8, A=9*9+8=89. For the minimal value of A, B is at least 2(otherwise there's no remainder), and C and D have to be 1, A=2*1+1=3.",Math,09/23/07 #37974,Nursery Rhyme?,2.49,0.75,MikeMan1216,"What famous Nursery Rhyme is represented below? AllAllAllAllAllAllAll AllTheMulberryAll AllAllBushAllAllAll AllAllAllAllAllAllAll",No hint available.,"All Around the Mulberry Bush! The beginning of the rhyme is: All around the mulberry bush The monkey chased the weasel. The monkey thought 'twas all in fun. Pop! goes the weasel.",Rebus,08/26/07 #28658,Word Challenge,2.65,1.27,SPUTNIK2,"The same 3-letter word can be placed in front of the four following words to create a new word. PUT BREAK SIDE STANDING",No hint available.,"OUT Output Outbreak Outside Outstanding",Language,02/16/06 #6331,rodiamondugh,2.23,1.1,michelle,"What does this mean? rodiamondugh",No hint available.,Diamond in the rough,Rebus,08/08/02 #18103,Run If You Dare,2.47,1.45,beanie89,"As I watch I see the world pass me by. All the good, the bad, in the twinkle of an eye. I watch and wait, and patiently sit. I never began, so I shall never quit. My only presence is in my being. It is hardly noticed, and not worth a thing. I'm fast as light, thin as air. Run if you can. Run if you dare. To avoid me is the mark of a fool. For all you're worth, your life is my tool. Though concealed, I am not shy. What am I?",No hint available.,Time,Riddle,07/03/04 #26029,Word Fusion 7,2.63,2.17,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is the part of a book that describes sheep. 2) This is the natural way to turn a grape into a raisin. 3) These are informal neckwear. 4) This is the admission price for an enthusiastic follower to enter a stadium.",No hint available.,"1) ram + page = rampage 2) sun + dry = sundry 3) casual + ties = casualties 4) fan + fare = fanfare",Language,09/23/05 #31344,Poet Thief,2.45,2.82,dodger,"X X X X Each of these four X's represents a whole five letter word. Each word is made up of the same five letters, rearranged each time to form a different word. The whole sentence describes a girl who loses her food to a poet.",K T K S,Keats takes Kate's steak.,Language,06/26/06 #4908,DIINGO,2.21,1.96,rose_rox,"Can you decipher this? DIINGO",No hint available.,Indigo (In digo),Rebus,06/25/02 #4848,Five Pound Seventy Pence,2.19,2.71,mad-ade,"Mad Ade was in his local news agents looking at the various magazines on display, He picked a copy of ""Kebabs and Me"" a copy of ""Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Nylon Underpants"" and a copy of ""Indoor Hang Gliding"". He passed the magazines to the shop keeper, who duly entered the amounts of each magazine into the till. ""Wow, hang on a minute"" said Mad Ade. ""You just pressed the multiplication button each time between amounts instead of the addition button."" The shop keeper smiled with new false teeth and replied, ""it doesn't matter either way, it still comes to £5.70p"". What were the prices of the magazines, that could either be multiplied or added to make £5.70",No hint available.,"£2.85*£1.60*£1.25= £5.70 £2.85+£1.60+£1.25=£5.70",Math,06/19/02 #32758,Dear God,2.28,0.8300000000000001,brainy40,"Catherine and Mary are both sisters. They do not have the same parents, and do not share a parent. They are in no way blood related. Neither of them was adopted. How can this be?",No hint available.,They are sisters in a religious order.,Situation,08/31/06 #13079,Gaseous Water,2.39,1.83,just_moi,Can you show someone gaseous water using apparatus found in a standard kitchen? Explain.,No hint available.,"You can't! Gaseous water is invisible. The steamy mist you see coming out of a boiling kettle or any boiling water is actually liquid water formed when hot gaseous water comes into contact with the cooler air. The liquid water condenses into minute droplets and this is what we see as ""steam"".",Science,06/12/03 #6164,River Rebus,2.09,1.11,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? Death Nile",Agatha Christie.,Death on the Nile.,Rebus,08/02/02 #9450,Mark's Sweets,2.24,1.42,SPRITEBABE44,"Mark has two younger sisters who each always get twice as many sweets as him. If Mark's mum gives them 30 sweets to ""share"" and each of his sisters give him 1/4 of their sweets, how many does he have left after feeding Rover, his dog, 1/3 of them and eating 1/4 of them left after Rover has eaten his share?",No hint available.,"Six. He originally started with 6, but then receives another 6 after the donations from his sisters. He then has 12. He then gives his dog 4 sweets leaving him with 8 - after eating 1/4 of these, he has 6 sweets left - like he started with!!!",Math,12/28/02 #41351,Spellcheck!,2.11,2.5,soccercow10,"What do all these words have in common? Delicious Banana Love Independent",Title is a hint,"They are all spelled out in songs! Delicious - Fergalicious, by Fergie Banana - Hollaback Girl, by Gwen Stefani Love - Love Addict, by Family Force 5; or L.O.V.E., by Ashlee Simpson. Independent - INDEPENDENT, by Webbie Note that these answers are not limited to these songs, but that there are most likely more songs that spell out these words. These are just some examples of songs.",Language,04/03/08 #26045,A Shocking Tale,3.0,2.97,Steve1973,"A man walks into a building and begins to wander around. After a few moments, someone hears a firecracker go off. A moment or two later, smoke can be smelled, and the fire department is called. What caused the fire, and did the man in question have anything to do with it?",No hint available.,"Static electricity started the fire, as this is based entirely off a REAL experience. This answer is so unbelievable, I copy and pasted the newspaper article here to try and explain how it actually came to be. SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man built up a 40,000-volt charge of static electricity in his clothes as he walked, leaving a trail of scorched carpet and molten plastic and forcing firefighters to evacuate a building. Frank Clewer, who was wearing a woolen shirt and a synthetic nylon jacket, was oblivious to the growing electrical current that was building up as his clothes rubbed together. When he walked into a building in the country town of Warrnambool in the southern state of Victoria Thursday, the electrical charge ignited the carpet. ""It sounded almost like a firecracker,"" Clewer told Australian radio Friday. ""Within about five minutes, the carpet started to erupt."" Employees, unsure of the cause of the mysterious burning smell, telephoned firefighters who evacuated the building. ""There were several scorch marks in the carpet, and we could hear a cracking noise -- a bit like a whip -- both inside and outside the building,"" said fire official Henry Barton. Firefighters cut electricity to the building thinking the burns might have been caused by a power surge. Clewer, who after leaving the building discovered he had scorched a piece of plastic on the floor of his car, returned to seek help from the firefighters. ""We tested his clothes with a static electricity field meter and measured a current of 40,000 volts, which is one step shy of spontaneous combustion, where his clothes would have self-ignited,"" Barton said. ""I've been firefighting for over 35 years and I've never come across anything like this,"" he said. Firefighters took possession of Clewer's jacket and stored it in the courtyard of the fire station, where it continued to give off a strong electrical current. David Gosden, a senior lecturer in electrical engineering at Sydney University, told Reuters that for a static electricity charge to ignite a carpet, conditions had to be perfect. ""Static electricity is a similar mechanism to lightning, where you have clouds rubbing together and then a spark generated by very dry air above them,"" said Gosden.",Situation,09/23/05 #34714,Five Letter Word,3.13,1.81,seanlandrews,"I am a solitary word, 5 letters long. Behead me, and I am still the same. Behead me again, and I am still the same. What word am I?",Reread the first line.,"Alone. Behead me and I am Lone. Behead me again and I am One.",Language,01/04/07 #27308,Anagram Power II,3.05,2.21,peppamintp,"Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B. Group A 1. Sharp 2. Snaky 3. Toner 4. Agree 5. Optic 6. Neigh 7. Rosin Group B 1. Singing voice 2. Golf clubs 3. Subject 4. Stringed instruments 5. Jointed device 6. Type of beaver 7. Americans overseas",No hint available.,"1. Harps (4) 2. Yanks (7) 3. Tenor (1) 4. Eager (6) 5. Topic (3) 6. Hinge (5) 7. Irons (2)",Language,12/10/05 #42513,A Pause For Station Identification IV,2.67,2.02,Hrsemn4,"In the United States all radio and television stations are represented by ""call letters"". Each set of call letters is 4 letters long. Call letters for stations east of the Mississippi river begin with a ""W"", while stations west of the river begin with ""K"". Using the description of their station and/or the format, figure out the call letters of these fictional stations. (e.g. A station for people getting their affairs in order before they die might be WILL.) Note: Some stations will use phonetics opposed to exact spelling. West of Mississippi River: 1) A station all about baseball fans' headgear. 2) A station that should be avoided by those on the Atkins diet. 3) A station playing nothing but applause, all day and all night. East of Mississippi River: 1) A station discussing an ancient torture device. 2) A station devoted to a certain type of small bird. 3) A station all about Wicca and those who practice it.",No hint available.,"West: 1) KAPS or KAPP 2) KARB (The Atkins diet pushes a low carbohydrate menu.) 3) KLAP (clap) East: 1) WRAK (rack) 2) WREN 3) WICH (witch)",Other,07/16/08 #28529,Which One Does Not Belong?,2.47,2.37,fishmed,"One of the five words does not belong with the list of 5 and one of the 2nd set of 5 does belong. Which ones need to be switched and why? SERIES SPY REPLAY PARTY SORTIE CAR FAMILY WART FRAME TARGET",No hint available.,"REPLAY and FAMILY need to be switched. The first group uses ""IES"" when written in plural and the latter group just adds an ""S""",Language,02/09/06 #28421,Bullets,2.3,0.88,redraptor50,"Three vampires were shot with silver bullets, but didn't die. Why?",No hint available.,"Werewolves can be killed with silver bullets. To kill a vampire, you need to put a wooden stake through its heart.",Trick,02/03/06 #36804,Stand By Me,2.24,2.37,Battery,"John was trying to take a short cut through a very narrow tunnel when he heard the whistle of an approaching train behind him. Having reached three-eighths of the length of the tunnel, he could have turned back and cleared the entrance of the tunnel, running at 10 miles per hour, just as the train entered. Alternatively, if he kept running forward at that same rate of speed, the train would reach him the moment he would jump clear of the tracks. At what speed was the train moving?",No hint available.,"At 40 miles per hour, the train would enter the tunnel when John was still two-eighths from the exit or a quarter of the tunnel's length. If the train was to reach him at the exit, it would have to travel at four times John's speed, i.e. 40 miles per hour.",Math,06/01/07 #17303,The Domino Effect,2.29,1.3800000000000001,ccccc,Charlotte picks up a teaspoon quantity of sugar using only one finger. How?,No hint available.,The sugar was in the form of a cube allowing Charlotte to pick it up by merely wetting her fingertip and touching the top.,Other,04/10/04 #3795,"English, French and Spanish",2.14,1.7,princess_d,"What word is pronounced the same in English, French and Spanish?",No hint available.,"No, non and no.",Language,04/28/02 #27612,One of These Does Not Belong,2.64,2.55,fishmed,"One of these words does not share a certain characteristic and does not belong with the others. Can you tell which word it is and why it does not belong? NEUROLOGY COMMISSARY MISREAD ARID IMPORTANT ALREADY",No hint available.,"IMPORTANT does not belong as it is the only word whose first two letters are not abbreviations for US states. NEurology - Nebraska COmmissary - Colorado MIsread - Michigan ARid - Arkansas ALready - Alabama",Group,12/21/05 #46633,Heavenly,2.26,2.48,Panther91,9 = O of A,Check the title.,"9 = Orders of Angels The nine orders of angels, from lowest to highest, are: Angels, Archangels, Principalities, Powers, Virtues, Dominions, Thrones, Cherubim, and Seraphim.",Letter-Equations,03/29/10 #2196,Hand Shakes,2.38,1.34,Cascas,"If seven people meet each other and each shakes hands only once with each of the others, how many handshakes will there have been?",No hint available.,21.,Math,01/28/02 #15590,Delete and Add 5,2.74,2.18,7catac7,"Delete a letter from the words below and then add a 3-letter word to them (doesn't matter where) to form a new word that matches the clues in the ( ). 1. Rich (to look; to ____) 2. Spite (a place you go to when you are on the internet) 3. Mite (to send; to ____) 4. Elf (to show what something is, like to put a ____ on an item to show what type of item it is) 5. Ice (when you use your brain, you use your ____)",No hint available.,"1. Search (delete 'i' and add 'sea') 2. Website (delete 'p' and add 'web') 3. Submit (delete 'e' and add 'sub') 4. Label (delete 'f' and add 'lab') 5. Logic (delete 'e' and add 'log')",Language,11/28/03 #41592,Who Won the Race?,2.56,2.07,Carlos16,"Four people finished a race, but only the runners know the results. If the top two placing runners are truthful, while the bottom 2 placing runners are lying, then who really won the race? Delvon: Jevon got 1st. Trevon: Delvon did worse than Jevon. Kevion: Trevon is lying. Jevon: I did better than Kevion.",No hint available.,"Jevon couldn't have gotten 1st because then Delvon would be the other truth teller and would have to be 2nd. Trevon would have to be lying that Delvon did worse than Jevon, which isn't a lie. Since there is a contradiction, Jevon was definitely not 1st and Delvon is lying. If Trevon is the other liar, then Jevon and Kevion must be the truth tellers. That means Delvon had to have done worse than Jevon, resulting in Trevon telling the truth. Since there is a contradiction, Trevon isn't the other liar. Kevion has to be lying about Trevon lying, so Kevion and Delvon are in the liars in the bottom 2. Jevon has to be in the top 2, but since Delvon is lying about Jevon being 1st, Jevon is 2nd and Trevon is 1st. Kevion and Delvon are still somewhere in the bottom 2. Answer: Trevon",Logic,04/19/08 #8481,Leader of the Opposition,2.5100000000000002,2.22,snaps,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The ____ was closing in, making his ____ harder, but through his ____ of contacts he was able to evade the police"", you would fill in NET, WORK, and NETWORK. As the leader of the opposition party, he always stood behind his country's ____ and would often ____ to the media about the ____ misuse of government funds by the current Prime Minister.",No hint available.,"FLAG, RANT, FLAGRANT",Language,11/12/02 #19652,The Real List,2.53,2.54,MrIxolite,"What is this saying? Figment Hallucination Mirage Your Name .....Mr.Ixolite",No hint available.,I am under no illusions.,Rebus,12/01/04 #51172,"Collusion, Maybe ??",1.5,1.16,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus? ade & ""ten on the black nine""",Title is a hint,"""aid and abet""",Rebus,06/01/17 #26742,Twisted Personas 3,2.6,2.48,cnmne,"The names of four famous people have been scrambled. They are: a British military hero, a music entertainer, a racecar driver, and a television actor/actress (though not necessarily in that order). Who are they? 1) amid rotten air 2) bland boy 3) rallies want him 4) the noon sailor",No hint available.,"1) Mario Andretti (12 career victories, including the 1967 Daytona 500 and the 1969 Indianapolis 500) 2) Bob Dylan (American singer, songwriter, musician, poet) 3) William Shatner (actor, Captain Kirk of Star Trek fame) 4) Horatio Nelson (British admiral at the Battle of Trafalgar)",Other,11/05/05 #32578,Gray Area,2.82,1.02,GebbieRose,"From where I sit in my lofty home, I direct the affairs of man: His comings & goings, his matters of heart, Whether he succeeds or fails. I take him to places that know no limits And guide him through intricate schemes. And when he sleeps, I continue on To take him on wondrous journeys. And though I control his every move, His habits can disrupt my work: Exposed to abuse, disuse, or neglect, I no longer may ably serve him. What am I?","If you can think, then you know me.","The brain. ""Use it or lose it"" - another good reason to work puzzles & brain teasers, read, & play games.",Riddle,08/21/06 #15297,Exact Postage With Three Stamps,2.39,2.93,Gerd,"In each of the problems below, you need to determine what stamp denominations you need to provide postage from 1 cent up to the given amount, using no more than three stamps per letter. For example: Which two different stamps are needed to provide postage from 1 to 7 cents using no more than three stamps at a time? Answer: you need some 1-cent and some 3-cent stamps: 1 = 1; 1 + 1 = 2; 3 = 3; 1 + 3 = 4; 1 + 1 + 3 = 5; 3 + 3 = 6; 1 + 3 + 3 = 7 (note that you can't make 8 cents without using four stamps) Remember, for each problem below you can only use one, two, or three stamps per letter, even though you have several different types of stamps to choose from and an unlimited number of each. First problem: With three different denominations you should be able to reach a postage of 15 cents without an interruption. What different stamps do you need? Second problem: With four different denominations you should be able to reach a postage of 24 cents without an interruption. What stamps do you need? Third problem: With five different denominations you should be able to reach a postage of 36 cents without an interruption. Name the stamps. Fourth problem: With six different denominations you should be able to reach a postage of 52 cents without an interruption. (There are two sets of stamps) Last problem (very hard and time consuming!): With seven different denominations you should be able to reach a postage of 70 cents without an interruption.",No hint available.,"First: Three stamps: 1 - 4 - 5 go up to 15 Second: Four stamps: 1 - 4 - 7 - 8 up to 24 Third: Five stamps: 1 - 4 - 6 - 14 - 15 up to 36 Fourth: Six stamps: 1 - 3 - 7 - 9 - 19 - 24 (and the other set is: 1 - 4 - 6 - 14 - 17 - 29) up to 52 Last problem: Seven stamps: 1 - 4 - 5 - 15 - 18 - 27 - 34 up to 70.",Math,11/01/03 #6283,The Game,2.23,1.56,arij,"Can you decipher this? game gam ga g -",No hint available.,Game Over,Rebus,08/06/02 #30343,24 P in C,2.37,1.69,Draw,24 P in C,It's a game.,24 pieces in checkers.,Letter-Equations,05/08/06 #44500,Do This When You're Done,2.55,1.94,Zag24,"Another of my rhyming word ladders. You may have to work forwards and backwards to get all ten words. This is what pays for what seems to be free. Add one and a scoundrel is what you will see. Insert an R and you might find a king. Change A to O for a power-bearing thing. Longer word, sounds the same: a musical term. Change the D to an E to make children squirm. Dump the first, insert S: might be a nice ride. Drop the middle: a device you use (usually) outside. Last becomes T: one who leads in the fun. Change H to P: Do this when you're done.",The third word might be bringing power right now to the device you are currently using.,"AD: pays for what seems to be free, such as TV shows and web sites. CAD: a scoundrel. CARD: It might be a king. CORD: a power-bearing thing CHORD: a musical term CHORE: makes children squirm HORSE: a nice ride, if you know how to ride one HOSE: usually used outside HOST: leads in the fun POST: I hope you'll post a message below, now that you're done.",Language,05/21/09 #25779,Out Of This World,2.47,1.31,haldir,"What does this mean? S U I T",No hint available.,spacesuit,Rebus,09/04/05 #39519,Frost,2.24,2.28,aresII,"The following quotes are from four time Pulitzer Prize winning American poet, Robert Frost (1874 - 1963). Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. A=N ""NSA'Y XPXZ YOIX O DXAUX NSFA BAYWE HSB IASF FTH WY FOL QBY BQ."" ""YTWAIWAR WLA'Y ORZXXWAR SZ NWLORZXXWAR. YTOY'L PSYWAR.""","F=W S=O U=C","""DON'T EVER TAKE A FENCE DOWN UNTIL YOU KNOW WHY IT WAS PUT UP."" ""THINKING ISN'T AGREEING OR DISAGREEING. THAT'S VOTING."" KEY: A=N B=U D=F E=L F=W H=Y I=K L=S N=D O=A P=V Q=P R=G S=O T=H U=C W=I X=E Y=T Z=R",Cryptography,12/09/07 #8933,ADOPQR,2.43,2.34,lesternoronha1,"On what basis are the following groups made: 1)CEFGHIJKLMNSTUVWXYZ 2)ADOPQR 3)B",No hint available.,"CEFGHIJKLMNSTUVWXYZ - no enclosed area ADOPQR - one enclosed area (in some fonts, Q encloses two) B - two enclosed areas",Group,12/07/02 #22072,Caesar Box,3.0,2.63,HughJazz510,"What does this message say? G T Y O R J O T E O U I A B G T",Count the letters and try splitting the letters up into groups.,"""Great Job You Got It"" This type of code is known as a Caesar Box (Julius Caesar was the first to write codes this way.) To decipher the message, simply divide the code into four groups of four (you can also divide them into groups such as 5 groups of 5 or 6 groups of 6 depending on the number of letters in the phrase), and rearrange them vertically like this... G T Y O R J O T E O U I A B G T Then you read vertically column by column.",Cryptography,04/05/05 #2431,Coal and Lime,2.62,2.66,missie,"In some European countries, if coal is transported in open railway trucks the top is sprayed with a solution of lime. Why?",No hint available.,"The lime solution covers the coal with a white film. If coal is stolen after loading, it is evident that the theft was committed in route and is easily discovered as the train passes by stations on its way to its destination.",Trivia,02/25/02 #2880,BROADXL,2.25,1.49,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? BROADXLENCECASTING",No hint available.,"Excellence in Broadcasting BROAD XLENCE CASTING",Rebus,03/25/02 #40089,Add it Up,2.8,1.8800000000000001,Scubee,"Beginning with the word ""at,"" add one letter from the given pool to create a new word until you get a seven-letter word meaning ""up to a particular standard or level of knowledge of recent developments"". Pool: S B A E R 1) AT 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) The hint gives definitions for each additional word.","2) a stout solid stick or club 3) to strike repeatedly 4) a four-footed mammal as distinguished from a human being, a lower vertebrate, and an invertebrate 5) the fore or ventral part of the body between the neck and the abdomen 6) up to a particular standard or level especially of knowledge of recent developments","1) AT 2) BAT 3) BEAT 4) BEAST 5) BREAST 6) ABREAST",Language,01/17/08 #44429,Two Scoops,2.04,1.19,Jarhead,"Which word from Group B will fit in Group A? Group A: Apple, Book, Carrot, Deeds, ______ Group B: Enemy, Blood, Elephant, Drives, Giant",The title has a word that could fit in Group A.,Blood (All the words in Group A have two of the same letter next to each other.),Group,05/09/09 #17113,In Your Face,2.58,2.17,snoopdogg,"I might be in your face, but it could be said that I am learning.",look in the mirror,"Pupil In your face, as it is a part of the eye but pupil is also a synonym of student",Riddle,03/22/04 #44712,Words With HU,2.07,2.04,cnmne,"Five words that contain HU as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? HU***, *HU**, HU****, *HU****, ***HU** Pool: B, C, D, E, E, E, I, K, N, N, N, R, R, R, R, S, S, T, T, Y",No hint available.,"HURRY, CHUNK, HUBRIS, THUNDER, ENTHUSE",Language,06/22/09 #44248,Richard Said:,2.12,1.87,mosca,"This bit of wisdom is over 200 years old. Some words and punctuation have been included to help you solve it. E T B and E T R M A M H, W, and W.",Was Richard rich?,"""Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."" This bit of advice was printed in ""Poor Richard's Almanack"", published by Benjamin Franklin.",Letter-Equations,03/14/09 #5691,One Dollar Notes,2.54,1.47,glennyboy02,"A popular attraction at an exhibition was a sealed glass box containing 500,000 dollar notes. This was a fundraiser where for $10 a ticket a person could guess how many notes the box contained. At the end of the exhibition, when the seal was broken and the notes counted, there was only $470,000. Mr Koorc was responsible for enclosing the money. When questioned by Mr Ecilop, he said that he had personally counted every note by hand and to be sure, he had counted every note twice by hand during the five day exhibition. He insisted he may have been off by 80 or 90 dollars, but not 30,000! Mr Ecilop insists he is lying and arrests him immediately, but how can he be so sure?",No hint available.,"It wouldn't have been possible to count the notes. Even once by hand and averaging one note per second, it would have taken over a week of nonstop counting.",Logic,07/19/02 #19024,Higher Card,2.5,2.08,stcaeyg449,"You find yourself at the Greenjack table. Greenjack is similar to Blackjack, except that it is completely different. It is played with a deck of only 16 cards, divided into 4 suits: Red, Blue, Orange and Green. There are four cards in each suit: Ace, King, Queen and Jack. Ace outranks King, which outranks Queen, which outranks Jack - except for the Green Jack, which outranks every other card. If two cards have the same face value, then Red outranks Blue, which outranks Orange, which outranks Green, again except for the Green Jack, which outranks everything. Here's how the game is played: you are dealt one card face up, and the dealer is dealt one card face down. The dealer then makes some true statements, and you have to work out who has the higher card, you or the dealer. It's that simple! Round 1: You are dealt the Green Ace and the dealer makes three statements: 1. My card would beat any Queen. 2. Knowing this, if my card is more likely to beat yours, then my card is Blue. Otherwise it isn't. 3. Given all of the information you now know, if your card is more likely to beat mine, then my card is a King. Otherwise it isn't. Who has the higher card, you or the dealer?",No hint available.,"The dealer's card is higher: after #1 you know that you have a Green Ace (GA) and the dealer's card can beat any Queen, therefore the dealer must have one of the following cards: RA, BA, OA, RK, BK, OK, GK, GJ. Of these 8 cards, 4 can beat yours, therefore by #2 the dealer can't have a blue card, which means that his card must be one of: RA, OA, RK, OK, GK, GJ. Of these 6 cards your card can beat 3, therefore by #3 the dealer can't have a King, which means he has one of: RA, OA, GJ - all of which can beat your card. Therefore the dealer's card is higher.",Logic,10/04/04 #1443,Trapped in a Room,2.52,1.95,dariban,"A young man is trapped inside a solid steel room with 10"" thick walls. There is only one steel door which is locked. There are no windows. The young man has a baseball and bat. How does he get out?",No hint available.,"He takes the baseball bat, throws the ball up in the air three times, swings with the bat and misses each time. Three strikes and he's out.",Trick,11/18/01 #29320,Sand Buckets,2.43,2.06,____,"Jemal, Lara, and Oren were making a giant sandcastle on the beach. They had 4 buckets: 2 red buckets that carry 3 lbs of sand each, 1 blue bucket that carries 5 lbs of sand, and 1 orange bucket that carries 7 lbs of sand. They took turns carrying full buckets of damp sand back to their sandcastle spot. Altogether, they made 12 trips to the water's edge to get the damp sand. Jemal made 4 trips, carrying 2 buckets each time. He used every possible combination of colored buckets. Oren made 1 less trip than Jemal, using the blue and orange buckets each trip. Lara used the 2 red buckets for each of her trips. How many pounds of sand did they haul from the water's edge to their sandcastle spot?","Make a chart, then work backwards.","They carried 102 pounds of sand from the water's edge to their sandcastle spot, and they made a beautiful castle! Jemal: (3+3)+(3+5)+(3+7)+(5+7)=36 Oren: (5+7)*3=36 Lara: (3+3)*(12-4-3)=30 Total: 36+36+30=102",Math,03/25/06 #26910,The Wire,2.45,1.07,tommy2,"A man was looking at a wire that was one hundred meters long, but he did not know how long it was. Using just your eyes, how do you know how long it is?",No hint available.,"You know because I told you. The story about THE MAN was just to throw you off. I asked you how YOU knew, and I told you that it was one hundred meters.",Trick,11/14/05 #34155,Holiday,2.42,1.43,Moogra,T is on the 4th T in N in the USA,It's holiday related,Thanksgiving is on the 4th Thursday in November in the USA,Letter-Equations,11/28/06 #17117,A History Lesson,2.64,1.86,toast9897,"When Carl Friedrich Gauss was six years old (back in 1783), his schoolteacher asked the students to add up all the numbers from 1 to 100. Unfortunately for the teacher, who was hoping to keep the class occupied, it took young Gauss only a few seconds to work out the answer. Can you figure out what Gauss did to come up with the answer?",There is a pattern...,"Gauss realized that the series 1+2+3+4...+97+98+99+100 could be written as 1+100+2+99+3+98+4+97... or 101 times 50 to get the total 5,050. This trick works for any sum of sequential integers. The general formula is n(n+1)/2, which is the equation for triangular numbers.",Math,03/22/04 #45166,Three Consecutive Letters,2.16,1.91,brainglue,"Three consecutive letters in the English alphabet have been removed in the four words below. You must identify what three letters are missing in the words and what the words are. 1. *o*ot*ne 2. *us*e* 3. *a**rate 4. ***orm",No hint available.,"1. monotone - MNO 2. russet - RST 3. saturate - STU 4. deform - DEF",Language,08/29/09 #32540,Murder in the Cities,2.85,1.58,medster99,"It was terrible. The spinning blades came closer. I was tied down to the ground, with thick ropes, and I could not run. I saw hundreds around me get decapitated, and I had no chance of escape. The blades drew ever closer. A huge roaring filled the air. The blades drew closer, and closer. The last thing I saw were the blades, before I died, and was covered by the decapitated heads of my fellows. This story is true. The worst part is, it happens all the time, all across the world. What is going on?",No hint available.,"It is a dandelion, about to be cut by a lawn mower or a weedwacker. It is tied down by its own roots.",Situation,08/20/06 #38104,Not Too Sure of This One,2.81,1.93,MikeMan1216,"What common word is represented below? Shirtshortspantssocksjacketshoesbelt",No hint available.,Clothesline!,Rebus,09/04/07 #30489,Lots of Flight!,2.81,3.18,Jim1029,"Matthew Shelborn frequently has to travel for his company, which gives him a chance to meet many people from all parts of the USA. In April, Matthew flew to five different US cities on business and he flew a different airline each time. During each trip he chatted with the person next to him, and no two people he talked to were in the same profession. From the information, can you determine the date Matthew made each flight (each was on a Monday exactly one week apart starting on April 2nd), the airline he flew, his destination, and the profession of the person who sat next to him on each flight? Dates: April 2nd, April 9th, April 16th, April 23rd, April 30th Airline: Air Express, Fly America, MidUSA Air, Skyways, WTA Airways Destination: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, San Diego, Seattle Seat Mate: Attorney, Ballet Dancer, Doctor, Sports Coach, Teacher 1. Three consecutive flights were, in order from first to last, the flight Matthew took with WTA Airways, the flight where he sat next to the teacher, and the flight he took to Atlanta. 2. Matthew sat beside the sports coach on a flight some time earlier in the month than the one he took to Seattle. 3. The week he flew Air Express was some time earlier in the month than the trip to Boston, which was some time earlier in the month than the trip where he sat next to the ballet dancer. 4. It wasn't on the trip to San Diego where Matthew sat next to the doctor. 5. Matthew didn't fly Skyways on his trip to Seattle, and he didn't fly WTA Airways on the trip where he sat next to the sports coach. 6. Atlanta was not Matthew's destination on the trip where he made the acquaintance of the ballet dancer. 7. The Fly America flight was exactly two weeks before the flight where Matthew passed the time chatting with the attorney.",No hint available.,"Date Airline Destination Seat Mate April 2nd, WTA Airways, Chicago, Doctor April 9th, Fly America, San Diego, Teacher April 16th, Air Express, Atlanta, Sports Coach April 23rd, Skyways, Boston, Attorney April 30th, MidUSA Air, Seattle, Ballet Dancer The trip to Atlanta (1), the trip where Matthew sat next to the ballet dancer (3), and the trip where Matthew sat next to the attorney (7) were among the last three trips [April 16th, 23rd, and 30th (intro)], and the trip to Atlanta wasn't the one where he met the ballet dancer (6) or the attorney [he flew WTA Airways exactly two weeks before the one to Atlanta, and he flew Fly America exactly two weeks before he sat by the attorney (7)], thus, these three are separate flights, in some order. He didn't sit by the teacher on the trip to Atlanta (1), so the flight were he sat by the teacher was on one of the first two flights [April 2nd and April 9th (intro)], but it wasn't first [after WTA Airways](1), therefore, April 2nd flight was the WTA Airways flight, the one where he sat by the teacher was the April 9th flight, and the one to Atlanta was the April 16th flight, and he sat by the ballet dancer and attorney on the April 23rd and April 30th flight, in some order. He didn't sit beside the sports coach on the WTA Airways flight (5) so that wasn't April 2nd, he sat beside the sports coach on the Atlanta flight [April 16th] and it was the April 2nd flight where he sat next to the doctor. April 2nd [first flight, WTA Airways, doctor] wasn't to Seattle (2), Boston (3), or San Diego (4), that flight was to Chicago. The April 9th flight wasn't to Seattle [after sports coach, which was April 16th] or to Boston [after Air Express, which would have to be April 2nd, but WTA Airways was April 2nd (1)](3), thus, on April 9th he flew to San Diego. Boston wasn't the last destination (3), so it was his destination on April 23rd and Seattle was his destination on April 30th. Boston [April 23rd] was before the one where he sat by the ballet dancer (3), so he sat by the ballet dancer on April 30th flight to Seattle, and it was on the April 23rd flight to Boston that he sat by the attorney. Since he sat by the attorney on the April 23rd flight, then he flew Fly America on the 9th [exactly two weeks before](7). He flew Air Express before the flight when he flew to Boston [April 23rd](3) so he flew Air Express on the 16th. He didn't fly Skyways to Seattle [April 30th](5), thus, he flew Skyways to Boston on the 23rd and his last flight that month was on MidUSA Air (intro).",Logic-Grid,05/15/06 #32368,Useful Possession,2.44,1.99,spuds,"To rich and poor we useful are; And yet for our reward, By both at last we're thrown away, Without the least regard.",No hint available.,Shoes.,Riddle,08/09/06 #1705,Many Colors,2.33,1.41,shortangel,"I can be many colors. If you step on me I don't notice. I live only for 7 months. I come in many shapes and sizes . You may see me when you're outside. What am I?",I die in the fall.,Leaves,Riddle,12/13/01 #29553,Troubles,2.14,0.84,FrauSchmit,Can you decipher this?,No hint available.,Double trouble,Rebus,04/05/06 #17949,Oronyms,2.82,2.85,doggyxp,"Oronyms are phrases that can be read two ways and have the same sound but have different spellings (eg. a name/an aim). Find an oronym for each of the following clues (eg. An idea; Atlantic = A notion; an ocean). 1. Pleasant person; very cold person 2. Large primate; colorless ribbon 3. First-class result; dull time period 4. I yell; sweetened frozen liquid 5. Spring bark; abscond 6. Tariff during hours of darkness; acidic salt 7. Fruit-filled pastry; swollen organ of sight 8. Measuring and calculating instrument; crafty drivel 9. Spring flowers; facial feature 10. A number of singles; a number of feeble birds 11. Accursed dowels; slightly wet ovum 12. I smell; writing material","I'll give you the first one of each, see if you can find the second: 1. A nice man; 2. Great ape; 3. Grade A; 4. I scream; 5. May cough; 6. Night rate; 7. Plum pie; 8. Slide rule; 9. Tulips; 10. Twenty-six ones; 11. Damn pegs; 12. I stink;","1. A nice man; an ice man 2. Great ape; Grey tape 3. Grade A; grey day 4. I scream; ice cream 5. May cough; Make off 6. Night rate; Nitrate 7. Plum pie; plump eye 8. Slide rule; sly drool 9. Tulips; two lips 10. Twenty-six ones; Twenty sick swans 11. Damn pegs; damp eggs 12. I stink; iced ink",Language,06/18/04 #114,"J, F, M, A, M, J ....",2.2,1.23,glurk,"J, F, M, A, M, J .... what's next?","J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A...","First letters of each month. J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O, N, D",Series,01/03/01 #25271,Categorical Anagrams #2,2.7600000000000002,2.6,Tammy93,"The letters below form words that are related to each other. Unscramble them, then find out what they have in common. 1. tnaeha 2. ionpsoed 3. mdertee 4. shnporepee 5. passhteeuh 6. tmairse 7. ynoisdus 8. leohis 9. prtdieaho 10. sitaeh",No hint available.,"1. Athena 2. Poseidon 3. Demeter 4. Persephone 5. Hephaestus 6. Artemis 7. Dionysus 8. Helios 9. Aphrodite 10. Hestia All the names on this list are the names of the Greek gods and goddesses.",Language,08/12/05 #26141,Family is Grand,2.25,1.79,smarty_blondy,"All of the following nouns have a mutual characteristic. It's not the fact that they all start with the ""grand"" prefix and, it has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation. Also, it's not the fact that they all represent people and family members. Can you tell me what this characteristic is? 1. Grandmother 2. Grandfather 3. Grandparents 4. Granddaughter 5. Grandson 6. Grandchildren",That is a very large in size family.,"You can attach the word ""great"" in front of every noun on the list and form another noun. 1. Great-grandmother 2. Great-grandfather 3. Great-grandparents 4. Great granddaughter 5. Great-grandson 6. Great-grandchildren Another solution would be to remove the ""grand"" prefix and form new nouns. 1. Mother 2. Father 3. Parents 4. Daughter 5. Son 6. Children The hint eliminates the second possibility, ""Very large in size"" being part of the definition of the word ""great"".",Group,09/30/05 #2383,Monkeys,2.15,0.78,zzzzzzzzzz,"He is a how monkey He is a to monkey He is a keep monkey He is an a monkey He is a dork monkey He is a busy monkey He is a for monkey He is a forty monkey He is a seconds monkey! Get it?",Look at the words before monkey in each line!,You've just been tricked into calling yourself a dork!,Trick,02/22/02 #28047,What Words #15,2.91,2.05,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. GRAND - _________ - OUT 2. QUARTER - ___________ - MIND 3. HAIR - _______________ - FIRE",No hint available.,"1. GRAND - STAND - OUT 2. QUARTER - MASTER - MIND 3. HAIR - BRUSH - FIRE",Language,01/12/06 #14120,Just Breath,2.79,1.75,dumbell,"BRE_TH ---a--",No hint available.,A little out of breath,Rebus,08/01/03 #220,"Valentino, the Roseate Proboscis Wapiti",2.49,2.05,Phyllis,"Valentino, the Roseate Proboscis Wapiti. Can you decipher the real name of that song?",Think Christmas!,Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,Language,02/02/01 #5645,T _ _ _ R,2.38,1.9000000000000001,Bobbrt,"The following four words together contain 10 different letters, each used exactly twice. For instance, there will be another O somewhere, but no more T's, R's or A's. Can you figure out the words? T _ _ _ R O _ C _ R A _ A _ T I _ _ _ E","The letters that are not showing are W, S, and U.","TOWER OCCUR AWAIT ISSUE",Language,07/17/02 #47759,Slice & Splice 39,2.31,2.68,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: CAR, EGO, HOT, NOR, RAM, YET Group B: C*****, ***A**, *R****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are fruits. CHERRY, TOMATO, ORANGE",Language,08/15/10 #680,Striking the Elephant,2.65,2.48,Jacob,A man uses a stick to strike a part of an elephant and after a few seconds it disappears. The man is then a lot richer. Why?,The man is very skillful in his use of the stick. The man strikes something made of ivory.,"The man is playing billiards with balls made of ivory. By pocketing a ball with his cue, he wins the match.",Situation,07/16/01 #49509,After the Sunrise,2.57,1.6400000000000001,babyjuice,"What comes after the sun rises, after it sets, but not during the day or night?",Take it literally,A comma!,Trick,06/25/12 #22582,Weird Science,2.14,1.98,something,"What is represented by the knee's reaction to electrocution? Body Parts' Reaction to Electrocution: Elbow-Sets on fire Ankle-Trembles spastically Wrist-Sizzles Knee-Thrusts suddenly away",No hint available.,Knee-jerk reaction.,Rebus,04/30/05 #29214,Word Clues III,2.73,1.84,aznboi1324,"For each of the following clues, what is a synonym that contains the letters in the ()? 1. A talk (LEC) 2. A challenge between 2 or more people (CON) 3. To sign up (REG) 4. An organization established to help the needy (TY) 5. To talk (CATE) 6. In charge (SPON) 7. Place (CA)",No hint available.,"1. (LEC)ture 2. (CON)test 3. (REG)ister 4. Chari(TY) 5. Communi(CATE) 6. Re(SPON)sible 7. Lo(CA)tion",Language,03/21/06 #3690,Wash Cloths and Cleaner,2.16,2.14,cathalmccabe,"A shopkeeper has two products, a wash cloth and a cleaning product. The wash cloth sells at £0.32, and the cleaner at £0.74. However, people buy lots of the wash cloths, but little of the cleaner. He wants to get rid of the cleaner by selling off all the remaining stock by bundling wash cloths with it. He wants to keep the same profit margins as he would have originally. If the average price for each item is £0.40, what is the smallest possible bundle, and what does it cost?",No hint available.,"He bundles 17 wash cloths with 4 cleaners for £8.40. Let x = quantity of wash cloths Let y = quantity of cleaners (0.32x + 0.74y) / (x + y) = 0.40 0.32x + 0.74y = 0.40x + 0.40y 0.34y = 0.08x 0.17y = 0.04x The smallest integers are: x = 17 wash clothes, y = 4 cleaners. The total cost is: 0.32(17) + 0.74(4) = 8.40. The average cost is 8.40 divided by 21 items, or 0.40.",Math,04/22/02 #14682,Cleverest in the Land,2.48,2.54,Smithy,"In the village of Einstown, every villager thought they were the cleverest. They used to argue about it all the time, so eventually the leader devised a clever plan. He pretended to hold a vote for who was the cleverest person, where people had to nominate other villagers to go up to the vote. Everyone in the village would know of everyone nominated except themselves, and they all knew that at least one person got nominated. Once the nominations were over the leader announced his plan. He said that the first person to come forward and say that they were nominated with proof would be the cleverest person in the village. He told them to go to the village hall at exactly 7:00 pm once they had worked it out. None of the people told each other if they got nominated, as they all wanted to win. After the first night nobody had come forward. Nobody came forward on the second night either. Nor the third, fourth fifth etc. Eventually on the 30th night a certain number of people came forward claiming to have been nominated. They were all right. How many people came forward on the 30th night and why? (Assume that they all were clever enough to work the method out).",No hint available.,"Call the number of people nominated N. Any person nominated would know of N-1 people nominated, as they would not know that they themselves were nominated. If there was 1 person nominated, the nominee would know of nobody who was nominated, and therefore would know that they were nominated. Because nobody came forward on the first night there was more than one person nominated. Using the same logic, anyone on the second night who knew of one person nominated would then be able to work out that they were nominated as there was at least two people. Because nobody came forward on the second night there was at least three. This carries on all the way up. Nobody came forward on the 29th night, meaning there was at least thirty. People now came forward the next night, so everyone who came forward knew of 29 nominees, meaning 30 people came forward on the 30th night.",Logic,09/05/03 #40507,How Many Feet?,2.23,1.23,emkapath,What has one foot on each side and one in the middle?,No hint available.,A yardstick,Riddle,02/14/08 #20572,Trapdoors,3.01,1.17,Therulerofthem,"There are five doors, one leads to the exit, the others lead to traps. They are in a line. The clues tell you which position the doors are in the line and where the door to freedom is. All the clues are true. Each door has a clue written on it. The clues read: The blue door: This door is two spots away from the door to freedom. The red door: This door is at the far right, and is two spots away from the blue door. The purple door: This door is not next to the door to freedom. The green door: This door is left of the blue door. The orange door: This door is not next to the red or blue doors. Which door leads to freedom?",No hint available.,The orange door leads to freedom.,Logic,01/24/05 #46519,Ever Changing 3,2.62,2.25,mathisnice,"Using the following hints, how can you get from the first word to the fourth word to the seventh word? Word 2 is an antonym of Word 1. Word 3 is a synonym of Word 2. Word 4 is a synonym of Word 3. One letter of Word 4 was changed and another was removed to make Word 5. Word 6 is a synonym of Word 5. One letter of Word 6 was removed to make Word 7. Die _____ _____ Flow _____ _____ Font","Watch out for homophones! Also, Word 2 begins with L. Word 3 with C. Word 5 with B. Word 6 begins with F.",Die to Live to Current to Flow to Bow to Front to Font,Language,03/13/10 #14995,Mad Ade's Chess Night,2.26,2.3,mad-ade,"Mr. and Mrs. Mad Ade & Mr. and Mrs. Potato competed in a Chess tournament. Of the three games played: In only the first game were the two players married to each other, The men won two games and the women won one game. The Mad Ades won more games than the Potatos. Anyone who lost a game did not play a subsequent game. Who did not lose a game?",No hint available.,"Mrs. Potato did not lose a game. List out all the possibilities and remove the possibilities which contradict the given conditions. There are only 3 possibilities: Mr. Mad Ade won one game, Mrs. Mad Ade won one game and Mr. Potato won one game. Mr. Mad Ade one two games and Mrs. Mad Ade won one game. Mr. Mad Ade won two games and Mrs. Potato won one game. If (I) is correct, then Mr. Potato beats Mrs. Potato in the first game. Then Mr. Potato would have lost to either Mr. Mad Ade or Mrs. Mad Ade in the second game. And Mr. and Mrs. Mad Ade would have played the third game which contradicts the statement (1). So (I) is not correct. Similarly, (II) is not correct. (III) is correct. Mr. and Mrs. Mad Ade played the first game and Mr. Mad Ade won the game. Mr. Mad Ade won the second game against Mr. Potato and lost the third game against Mrs. Potato. Thus, only Mrs. Potato did not lose a game.",Logic,10/05/03 #5530,Bonnie And Clyde,2.23,1.41,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? CPRARTINMERSE",No hint available.,Partners in crime,Rebus,07/12/02 #4966,Elise,2.4,2.62,bluetwo,"What do the following names have in common? Elise Holden Cooper Silvia Morgan",No hint available.,"They are all names of car models (Elise, Silvia) or car makes (Holden, Morgan, Cooper)",Group,06/26/02 #9678,Off the Wall,2.5100000000000002,0.96,electronjohn,"You may envy me, When you want to snoop. But the waiter gets hostility, If you find me in your soup. What am I?",I am named after what I do best.,"A fly. When you want to snoop you may say ""I wish I were a fly on the wall when..."" and everyone gets mad when they find a fly in their soup.",Riddle,01/08/03 #5055,Write Soon,2.24,1.01,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? TOkeepUCH",No hint available.,Keep in touch,Rebus,06/29/02 #50405,Joe's Age,2.18,0.7000000000000001,Ghostology,"Joe's age plus 3 is a square number Joe's age minus 3 is the square root What is Joe's age?",No hint available.,"Joe is 6 years old 6 + 3 = 9 6 - 3 = 3 3^2 = 9",Math,07/28/14 #3705,Hidden Country #10,2.7,1.68,lil_thugsta,"Can you find the hidden country in the following sentence? All of our newspaper undermanagers require a ten percent pay increase before they will consider working again.",No hint available.,Peru: All of our newspaPER Undermanagers require a ten percent pay increase before they will consider working again.,Language,04/22/02 #34030,Letter Pairs XVIII,2.62,2.07,phrebh,"Here are 27 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 9 six-letter words. Using the clues provided, find all 9 words using each letter pair only once. When you are done, the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. DD DE DO DU EA EL ER ES GL IO LE LE LU MI MU NG NS NT RO RS SA ST TH TO UD WA WI 1. Central 2. Residents of Des Moines 3. Superior city 4. Coldest season 5. Bald birds 6. ___ Clemens 7. Home of Mud Hens baseball 8. Cow mammary glands 9. Stalwart","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Midwest U.S.","1. MIDDLE 2. IOWANS 3. DULUTH 4. WINTER 5. EAGLES 6. SAMUEL 7. TOLEDO 8. UDDERS 9. STRONG The theme is Midwest U.S.",Language,11/20/06 #4420,Sweet Tooth for Wonkles and Winkles,2.25,2.05,mad-ade,"In the land of MADADIA there are two popular types of sweets/candies. Wonkles and Winkles. If six winkles and three wonkles cost 15p, and you can buy nine wonkles and three winkles for the same 15p, what will it cost to buy one hundred wonkles?",No hint available.,"wonkles cost 1p winkles 2p. Therefore 100 Wonkles = £1",Math,06/02/02 #48149,Lets Face It,2.47,2.1,rlc327,"Which of the following does not belong and why? MUSIC CAMERA SCRIPT FIRING SQUAD","1. Think of FIRING SQUAD as one word 2. The answer has to do with a common phrase, not the letters or formation of any of the words. 3. Read the title.","The odd word out is SCRIPT because the other three words work in the phrase ""face the ---"" (either face the music, face the camera, or face the firing squad).",Language,10/24/10 #5560,The Yard 2,2.44,1.26,NotSoLilGeorge,What can cover the whole yard but still be smaller than a fully grown man?,No hint available.,A yard stick.,Trick,07/13/02 #1834,One Hundred Years,2.66,1.86,missie,"A hundred years I once did live, And often wholesome food did give, Yet all that time I ne'er did roam, so much as a half a mile from my home, My days were spent devoid of strife, Until at last I lost my life. And since my death - I pray give ear, I oft have traveled far and near. What am I?",No hint available.,An Oak Tree,Riddle,12/23/01 #13580,Before Eating,2.54,1.78,MrIxolite,"What are represented below? Grace Kelly Ctrl + S Grace Darling Ctrl + S",No hint available.,"Saving Graces Ctrl + S is a computer shortcut for Saving",Rebus,07/02/03 #41226,Leaving By Window,2.7600000000000002,1.58,npf2005,How can you leave a place by closing a window?,You wouldn't be in a building.,"You are on a computer! When you want to leave a program or other item, you simply close that window to exit.",Trick,03/27/08 #37118,Phonopia,2.6,2.38,mik512,"In the wacky land of Phonopia, everybody has their name as their phone number. The phones are the same way as the phones in the real world, so can you figure out what well-known person you are calling? 2=A, B, C 3=D, E, F 4=G, H, I 5=J, K, L 6=M, N, O 7=P, Q, R, S 8=T, U, V 9=W, X, Y, Z 1) 5333 467366 2) 72747 445866 3) 53846 4278425 4) 2748639 773277",No hint available.,"1) Jeff Gordon 2) Paris Hilton 3) Kevin Harvick 4) Britney Spears",Cryptography,06/27/07 #9460,Rattlesnake Jake,2.35,1.7,k2w2man,"It's time to paint the Big Barn, and Paul has enlisted the help of ""Rattlesnake"" Jake, his rancher neighbor from across the Snake River. Jake is feelin' a mite achy, having spent the previous day bustin' some broncs, so it takes him six hours to paint one wall. Paul plans to spend some time with Miss Rosy Boa later in the afternoon, so he gets his wall done in three hours. Assuming all the walls are the same size, how much time would it take Paul and Jake to complete another wall while working together at their previous pace?",No hint available.,"2 hours. Breaking down the job on an hourly basis, Paul can finish 1/3 of the job in an hour, while Jake completes 1/6 of the wall in the same hour. Working together, they will complete 1/3 plus 1/6 (or 1/2) of the wall in one hour, and finish the job in two.",Math,12/28/02 #4534,A Teller,2.35,1.32,flipakosayo,"A teller of truth and lies. History is told by me. Wonders and mystery I shall show. For the world can be reached when I am held. What am I?",No hint available.,A Book,Riddle,06/06/02 #40122,"Once A Hunter, Always A Hunter",2.4,1.9000000000000001,kkpink,"Below are game animals that have been scrambled and divided into two groups. Use one set from each group to get the animal. Figure it out and check your answers. GROUP A: RE LRUS RCON CD GROUP B: QEIR COA ED KU",No hint available.,"Answer: DEER RACCOON DUCK SQUIRREL",Language,01/19/08 #27277,You're Dreaming!,2.91,1.51,phrebh,"What's this rebus? OUTER SPACE 3.14159 GROUND",What is between the ground and outer space?,"Pie in the sky! The pi(e) is where the sky should be. The title is a reference to the meaning of the idiom: an empty wish or promise.",Rebus,12/02/05 #26712,A Lucky Shot.,2.46,1.5,metallicman,"A man was sitting down to eat, and a woman came behind him with a gun and shot him at his back seven times. The man knew exactly what was going to happen and when it was going to happen, and who was going to do it. Even though he knew all this, he became good friends with the woman and laughed about his experience. Why?",No hint available.,"He starred in a movie, and the woman had a fake gun. Afterwards, they became friends.",Situation,11/03/05 #10434,Building a house,2.38,1.7,ka-boom,Joe and Bob can build a house together in 45 days. Bob works exactly half the speed that Joe does. How many days can Joe and Bob each build a house on their own?,No hint available.,"Since it takes them 45 days together to build one house, they can build 1/45 of a house in one day. Therefore you can set up an equation to add up each person's contribution to this 1/45 of a house: 1/x + 1/2x = 1/45 Since the fractions on the left side of the equation represent each person's contribution, solving for x and then inverting each fraction will give their output in days/house: Joe takes 67.5 days and Bob takes 135 days.",Math,02/14/03 #33593,Tie the Knot,2.24,1.73,say_aah,"Two thin ropes hang from the high ceiling of an empty room, just far enough apart from each other that you cannot grab both at the same time. How can you tie a knot with both ends using only a pair of scissors?",The scissors do not need to be sharp to solve this.,Tie the scissors to one of the ropes and swing it. Then grab the other rope and grab the scissors as they come towards you. Tie the knot.,Logic,10/21/06 #33998,Top in Tennis,2.69,2.55,Winner4600,"One year, tennis fans all over the world saw four players, Federer, Nadal, Hewitt, and Baghdatis, dominate the sport's four biggest events. These men reached either the quarterfinals, semifinals, finals, or won in each of the four Grand Slams. However, due to a glitch in the computer system, officials have lost the specific results and are depending on you to help them out! They can only provide a few facts that they remember. Can you piece together the information? Nadal's poorest showing was in Australia. The four tennis players are: Nadal, the Australian Open semifinalist, the U.S. Open finalist, and the Australian Open champ, who was runner-up at Wimbledon. The player who finished in the quarters at Roland Garros (in Paris) had the same result at the U.S. Open. Federer won the most Grand Slams. The semifinalist in France was the quarterfinalist in England. Hewitt didn't win any Grand Slams. The four men are Hewitt, the French Open quarterfinalist, the French Open champion, and the U.S. Open champion. Baghdatis managed to scrape out a win Down Under, while Nadal followed up with a win on clay.",The French Open is played on red clay courts.,"Federer - Semifinalist at Australian Open - Finalist at French Open - Won Wimbledon - Won US Open Nadal - Quarterfinalist at Australian Open - Won French Open - Semifinalist at Wimbledon - Semifinalist at US Open Hewitt - Finalist at Australian Open - Semifinalist at French Open - Quarterfinalist at Wimbledon - Finalist at US Open Baghdatis - Won Australian Open - Quarterfinalist at French Open - Finalist at Wimbledon - Quarterfinalist at US Open",Logic-Grid,11/17/06 #29408,Where are the Forks?,2.49,2.78,bigSWAFF_69_,2 = D N for S (104 C),No hint available.,"2 = Decks Needed for Spoons (104 Cards) Spoons is a card-matching and bluffing game enjoyed by all ages.",Letter-Equations,03/29/06 #48160,Words With BE,2.14,2.65,cnmne,"Five words that contain BE as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **BE*, ***BE, BE****, BE*****, *BE**** Pool: A, F, G, I, I, I, K, L, N, O, O, O, O, P, R, R, S, S, T, W",No hint available.,"FIBER, PROBE, BESTOW, BEGONIA, OBELISK",Language,10/28/10 #31854,Anagramorphosis,2.71,2.5100000000000002,cnmne,"TAR is an anagram of ART. NOW is an anagram of OWN. Morph ART into TAR by changing one letter at a time. Do the same for OWN and NOW. The catch is that the OWN-NOW morphing must be part of the ART-TAR morphing. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. ART ----> OWN ----> NOW ----> TAR",No hint available.,"ART <<<<< ARE AWE OWE OWN <<<<< OWL OIL NIL NIT NOT NOW <<<<< TOW TAW TAR <<<<<",Language,07/18/06 #27770,Cats in Spring,3.31,2.33,goatroper605,"On a beautiful spring day in the park, there were five female cats walking together and gossiping about their humans. Up ahead, there were five males walking together bragging about their conquests. When the two groups met, there were five cupids flying through the air. Next thing ya know, there were five couples walking away in separate directions. The couples began talking and soon found that they had amazing things in common. Well, long story short, we all know what happens to cats that fall in love in the springtime, oh my what a racket! Can you figure out who the couples were, what treats they liked, what their favorite activity was and how many kittens each had in their litter? Male: Punkin, Batman, Billy, Jake, Dibii Female: Pepper, Sally, Ruby, Spot, Starbuck Snack: Chicken, Mice, Tuna, Ice Cream, Chips Activity: Laser, String, Sleep, Beat Up, Ball # in Litter: 1,3,5,7,9 1. The five males were: Jake, the one that liked tuna fish & had five kittens, the one that liked Spot, the one that liked to beat up other cats, and the one that loved ice cream. 2. The five females were: Starbuck, the one that had nine kittens, the one that liked to eat chicken & chase a ball, the one that liked to sleep, and the one that liked Punkin. 3. Dibii (who had three kittens) liked to chase the laser light but not mice. On the other hand, Sally loved to chase mice but not string. 4. Batman didn't have a thing for Sally and he didn't have seven kittens. Billy, who thought of himself as very big & tough, had the most kittens & wasn't about to chase some stupid string around - what a waste of time! 5. Ruby loved to cuddle up to her male for a long afternoon nap in the sun but hated it when he ate his chips in bed. That may be the reason they didn't have the most kittens (they didn't have the least either). 6. Pepper & Punkin didn't have one kitten but they did like tuna fish.",No hint available.,"Punkin=Pepper=Tuna=String=5 Batman=Spot=Chicken=Ball=1 Billy=Sally=Mice=Beat Up=9 Jake=Ruby=Chips=Sleep=7 Dibii=Starbuck=Ice Cream=Laser=3",Logic-Grid,12/29/05 #26829,Where'd He Go?,2.47,1.77,sissy245,"A man had been going to a beach every day since it opened for the year. One day, he stopped coming. He never came to the beach again, although he really did love it. Why didn't he go to the beach he loved anymore?",No hint available.,"He had been on vacation. He had made sure to book his stay for the first week that the beach was open, and after his stay, he left. He never took a vacation there again.",Situation,11/09/05 #26800,How Long?,2.73,1.8900000000000001,metallicman,"What is the number pattern? 31, 59, 90, 120, 151, 181, 212, 243, 273, 304, 334, 365",Think about time,"The pattern is every month, starting from January going to December. The numbers are the number of days in each month, and each time the pattern goes on, that number is added to the total. Here are the month's days in order from January to December: 31 28 31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31",Math,11/08/05 #49752,Palindromic Time,2.97,1.94,Puzzle_Master,"On a 12-hour digital clock, what is the smallest interval between two times that are palindromic (can be read forwards and backwards as the same number)?",It's shorter than 10 minutes!,"The interval is two minutes, between the times of 9:59 and 10:01.",Math,02/03/13 #7260,No Goal,2.36,1.1,kiwioz9,"My favourite team has won every game this season, yet they haven't scored a goal. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"They were a cricket team, or for those of you in the US and other places without cricket, any sport where 'goal' isn't the word for a score would be the correct answer.",Trick,09/07/02 #22138,CLOCK Analogy,2.25,0.91,Matildagird,"If CBLDFOPLNCIUYTK = CLOCK Then JPURGDPOIY = ?",?U?Y.,"JUDY. The equation goes like this: J, then one other letter, U, then two other letters, etc.",Other,04/08/05 #10262,Pat Rat?,2.44,2.78,jizzyhuggs,"The moon nine days old, The next sign to Cancer, Pat rat without a tail, Now sir, I'll have your answer. Who am I?",No hint available.,"Cleopatra. A crescent moon looks like a C, the sign after Cancer is Leo, and if you take the ending, or tail off pat rat, you get pat ra.",Riddle,02/05/03 #50163,Unjust Confinement,2.6,2.11,ThinksForFun,"What phrase does the following represent? FALSEPRE SAYSSAYS SAYSSAYS SAYSSAYS SAYSSAYS SAYSSAYS BREATHER",No hint available.,"arrest under false pretenses ""BREATHER"" is another word for ""rest"". Therefore, it is a rest (""arrest"") ""under"": a) ""FALSEPRE"" or ""false pre"" + b) ten ""SAYS"" or ""tenses"", thus a) + b) = ""false pre"" + ""tenses"" = ""false pretenses"". Therefore, altogether we have: ""arrest under false pretenses"".",Rebus,03/07/14 #25890,Missing Marbles,2.45,1.97,deepsea,"Deepsea was walking to her computer when she lost her marbles. They fell out of the bag and rolled under the couch. Deepsea has 3 times as many green marbles as blue marbles, and 5 more red marbles than green marbles. The total number of marbles is the number of red marbles plus 4 times the number of green marbles. Deepsea reaches her hand under the couch. She pulls something out. She knows it's a marble but doesn't know what color. What is the probability of it being a blue marble?",It's lower than the chances of it being a red marble.,"Zero! Deepsea only has 5 red marbles.",Trick,09/12/05 #34811,In a Cone,2.74,0.9400000000000001,tukuwakatiki,"Walking around in the hot sun, I taste good when you're having fun. You often find me at a fair; Watch me, I'm too good to share! When you are hot, I keep you cool. I'm in a cone so you may eat me by a pool. I am made of ice; I come in many flavors that are nice. And though it may seem, My name does not include cream.","I can come in red, green, or yellow; I'm usually served by a cheery fellow!",A snow cone!,Riddle,01/10/07 #3039,GTABEEVSLE,2.79,2.27,comet16,"Can you decipher this? GTABEEVSLE",No hint available.,Mixed Vegetables,Rebus,03/30/02 #26714,Cryptoxymorography II,2.67,2.86,bigSWAFF_69_,"Oxymorons are words with opposite or incongruous meanings that when linked together, form a descriptive phrase. Cryptography teasers are teasers in which a phrase or expression has been encoded in some way. Cryptoxymorography teasers are teasers in which oxymorons are concealed in a cryptic mass of letters. Can you decipher the oxymorons? They all use the same code. 1. hzokcs azkv 2. hkwje nja 3. uwwa ukonh 4. Uknze Andknxxowj 5. bwdncnxxcs wdeopoxeot 6. bwpncnxx xbncenk 7. occ bnzceb 8. ojxezje tczxxot 9. iwg xntrkoes 10. irpgw xbkopd","A is represented by: Z E is represented by: N I is represented by: O O is represented by: W U is represented by: R","1. fairly dark 2. front end 3. good grief 4. Great Depression 5. hopelessly optimistic 6. homeless shelter 7. ill health 8. instant classic 9. job security 10. jumbo shrimp The code was: A:Z B:G C:T D:A E:N F:H G:U H:B I:O J:I K:V L:C M:P N:J O:W P:D R:K S:X T:E U:R Y:S",Cryptography,11/03/05 #32464,Can You See It If You're in It?,2.45,1.59,Guy8,"I'm a home to many animals. When you see me, I am black. When the sun shines on me, You could see what's inside me. I'm used for a sport. My main shape is a circle, But also I can appear in other ones. I can appear in foods, items and places. You should know me by now.","Take a look at the title. (Humph, it's easy)",A hole,Riddle,08/16/06 #4130,fa th,2.63,1.83,missie,"Can you decipher this: Fa th",No hint available.,blind faith,Rebus,05/18/02 #12068,"34 L, 15 V and 14 S in S",2.39,3.06,Codammanus,"34 L, 16 V and 14 S in S",No hint available.,"34 Letters, 16 Vowels, and 14 Syllables in Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.",Letter-Equations,04/27/03 #22008,The Case of Henry's Prison Messages,2.83,2.6,Mysterious,"Henry is in federal prison on a charge of tax fraud. He is actually innocent and was framed by his dishonest accountant. He has been in prison for five years and is growing very weary of prison life. He is up for parole in 2 years. He has even thought about escaping over the years, but only one prisoner has ever made it out successfully. That person used to be his cellmate. Henry is still angry that the other guy didn't take him with him. At the time of his cellmate's escape, Henry had been sick in the prison hospital. Each month, he gets to send 10 letters and postcards to anyone he chooses. He has used all of his quota for the month except for one. The mail-metering machine is broke, and the prison is passing out stamps to the prisoners instead. Officials always censor all outgoing mail and inspect it before mailing. Henry hates this and usually tries to hide messages in his mail that the prison officials are sure to miss. He writes the following postcard to his wife: I miss you so much. Love you very much. You are the best. See you very soon I hope. You are so wonderful. Very much miss you and the kids. Soon, I will be outta here on parole. (If the board gives their stamp of approval) Love, Henry Henry has included two hidden messages on his postcard. What are the messages and where can they be found?","You probably found the first message very quickly. Now, the second is far more tricky, or even the prison officials would have found it. Read Henry's message carefully. He has provided his wife a clue to one of his messages.","The first message is ""I Love You See You Very Soon."" This message is found by simply taking the first word from each of line of the message to his wife. The clue for the second message is in Henry's very last line to his wife. He is not up for parole for 2 more years, so she knew the last line was a clue and not what it appeared. The second message is hidden under the stamp. You will not be able to solve what it says because it is hidden. Henry wrote, ""Escaping on 4/15 Pick up at Grand Central Station 8AM under the clock""",Situation,04/03/05 #48770,Almost Paradise,2.95,0.97,MarcM1098,"What phrase is this? itsits diediediedie",How many of each word are there?,"It's to die for! itsits = its two = it's to diediediedie = die four = die for This idiom refers to something that is greatly desired.",Rebus,06/02/11 #20359,Fruit Tree,2.67,1.71,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Apple Orange Pear T R E E (Strong gust of wind) T R E E Apple Orange Pear",No hint available.,"The Apple doesn't fall far from the tree. The phrase applies to the assumption that children do not turn out vastly different from their parents in personality and character traits.",Rebus,01/12/05 #113,Change for a Dollar,2.25,2.63,duckrocket,"Assuming you have enough coins of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents, how many ways are there to make change for a dollar?",There are more than 200.,There are 292 ways.,Math,01/03/01 #5674,gway gway,2.35,1.72,missie,"Decipher this: gway gway",It's a country,Paraguay,Rebus,07/18/02 #5529,Not At Home,1.94,1.45,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? 14 days vacation",No hint available.,Two weeks on vacation,Rebus,07/12/02 #31572,Natural History Museum,2.8,2.31,FreddyPharkas,"I hailed from the Isle of Mauritius, I liked people though they were malicious, soon I was but one, then totally gone, my demise was so terribly pernicious.","If only I'd said ""Please don't. Don't!""","I was the dodo, a flightless bird hunted to extinction around the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century. I am one of at least 784 known species of animals to have become extinct since the year 1500, but many more may have passed unnoticed. Many estimates suggest huge numbers, as many as 50% of all species, will be extinct in just 100 years time.",Riddle,07/05/06 #6291,_IDER,2.27,2.48,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? _IDER",No hint available.,Headless horseman (RIDER/_IDER),Rebus,08/07/02 #2373,The Pack,2.63,1.79,missie,"A man was in the forest, dead, when the police found him. His death has to do with the pack on his back. What was the pack?",No hint available.,It was a pack of wolves.,Situation,02/21/02 #28766,"The Random Family, Pt.2: Random Weddings!",2.94,1.94,TalkingOptimist,"Now that their last sibling has tied the knot, the Random Family has gotten together to reminisce about how all the couples met and how fun their weddings were. Can you figure out how each couple met, the last name of each spouse, and how many people were invited to each wedding? 1.Dora could not believe it when she got the notice that they had surpassed capacity of 327 and had to find a new reception facility! But one of her brothers invited even more people to his wedding than she did! 2. The couple that met on a blind date (which included neither Alex nor Ms. Myers), wanted a small wedding, but Mrs. Random talked them into inviting more people. However, they still had the smallest wedding of the four. 3. The Random Family added the same names to the guest list for all 4 weddings. Because the Fleetwood family is smaller than the Hughey family, The Random-Hughey wedding, naturally, was larger than the Random-Fleetwood wedding. 4. Nathan did not meet his wife, who is not named Myers or Burton, at college. 5. Gabriel and his bride, who did not meet on a blind date or through mutual friends, wanted to invite the whole world, but settled for 500. 6. Though they work together now, Ms. Burton and her husband did not meet at work; they met in a class they shared at Purdue University. 7. The couple who met through mutual friends, invited those two friends, as well as 398 other people. 8. Alex made sure to ask Mr. Burton for his daughter's hand before they set a wedding date, but Dora's fiance did not ask Mr. Random for his blessings.",No hint available.,"Dora met Mr. Hughey through mutual friends. They invited 400 people to their wedding. Alex met Miss Burton at college. They invited 350 guests. Nathan met Miss Fleetwood on a blind date. They invited 300 guests. Gabriel met Miss Myers at work. They invited 500 people to their wedding.",Logic-Grid,02/23/06 #13347,4 = W on a S,2.12,2.12,rose_rox,4 = W on a S,No hint available.,4 = Wheels on a Skateboard,Letter-Equations,06/23/03 #38059,"Joey, Jimmy, and Josh",2.6,1.49,MikeMan1216,"What well-known saying is represented in this rebus? Joey ventured out into the forest and found a bag full of money. Jimmy ventured out to his basketball game and scored two points! He gained some self-esteem. Josh stayed at home all day. He did not gain anything.",No hint available.,"Nothing ventured, nothing gained. (Josh did not do anything, so he did not gain anything.)",Rebus,09/01/07 #41323,Broken #8,2.67,2.78,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given a series of letters in groups of two. These letters have been taken from a quotation, with the spaces and punctuation between the words removed. Your job is to rearrange the pieces to reconstruct the message. The dashes indicate the number of letters in each word. (Unfortunately, each word must be set out vertically due to spacing problems). ng ah ve th lw at lo si sa ea rt ay sy ou ""- ----- ---- ----- -- ------ -----.""",No hint available.,"""A heart that loves is always young."" Greek Proverb",Language,04/02/08 #42017,What Separates Us From The Canine,2.27,2.12,aresII,"The following quote is from Mark Twain. Can you decode it? * Hint contains three vowels. U=H ""SY DGV ESJO VE F ZXFATSIW LGW FIL KFON USK EAGZENAGVZ, UN RSMM IGX HSXN DGV. XUSZ SZ XUN EASIJSEFM LSYYNANIJN HNXRNNI F LGW FIL F KFI.""","G=O S=I V=U","""IF YOU PICK UP A STARVING DOG AND MAKE HIM PROSPEROUS, HE WILL NOT BITE YOU. THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DOG AND A MAN."" KEY: A=R D=Y E=P F=A G=O H=B I=N J=C K=M L=D M=L N=E O=K R=W S=I T=V U=H V=U W=G X=T Y=F Z=S",Cryptography,05/23/08 #42010,Tallest to Shortest,2.67,1.78,brain23,"Five boys are very close in height, but they want to know how tall they are in order. If the shortest person is lying, and the rest are telling the truth, can you order how tall each boy is from tallest to shortest? Andrew: Keith is taller than me. Danny: I'm taller than Andrew. Mitch: Andrew is the second tallest. Carlos: Danny is lying. Keith: Carlos is the third tallest.",No hint available.,"Keith, Andrew, Carlos, Mitch, Danny The way we can determine this is by looking at Andrew's statement. If he's lying, he's the shortest, and Keith is shorter than him. This is impossible because no one can be shorter than the shortest. Andrew and Keith must be telling the truth. That means Carlos is the third tallest, so he isn't lying. That means Danny is lying and is the shortest. Mitch must be telling the truth, so Andrew is the second tallest. Since Keith is taller than Andrew, he must be the tallest and Mitch must be the second shortest.",Logic,05/22/08 #3286,"Make it, Don't Want it",2.23,2.35,chicka1992,"People who make it don't want it. People who buy it don't use it. People who use it don't know it. What is this item?",You use it in your everyday life.,Garbage,Riddle,04/06/02 #39470,Jump and Rescue,2.1,1.42,shenqiang,"M jumps onto B's head several times, and P is rescued. What is happening? Who are they?","Q: Are they people in real life? A: No. Q: Are they characters in a video game? A: Yes. Q: Is the video game very popular? A: Yes.","M is Super Mario, B is Bowser and P is Princess Peach!",Situation,12/05/07 #29093,Detective Charles,2.7,1.29,chidam11,"Detective Charles knocked on Mr. Ricky's door. It was a case of robbery. Mr.Ricky's diamond, worth millions of dollars, had been stolen. The thief was very intelligent. He first disabled Mr. Ricky's safety device and then stole the diamond. Detective Charles went to the safely guarded place where the diamond had been kept. He tried getting some fingerprints but failed to get any. Then Detective Charles tried questioning Mr. Ricky. Mr. Ricky said that he had been sound asleep when the incident happened, and he did not know at what time the diamond was stolen. Detective Charles then went out to question the keeper, the only other person living with Mr. Ricky at that time. The keeper said that he had been to his mother's place and did not have any information on the incident. Then Detective Charles walked around outside the house to see if he could get any more clues. Walking on pieces of the glass, he saw that the window was broken. After a closer examination he saw that the window had been broken with the help of a hammer. After some time, Detective Charles decided to arrest Mr. Ricky for faking robbery. How did Detective Charles come to know that Mr. Ricky had a part to play in this crime?",No hint available.,"When Detective Charles was outside, he saw the window, along with shattered pieces of glass under his feet. This meant that the glass was broken from inside. The keeper had gone to his mother's place, and the only person who had access to the inside of the house was Mr. Ricky. It was confirmed that Mr. Ricky faked the robbery to get the insurance money.",Mystery,03/14/06 #27820,Hanna-Barbara Characters Part II,2.61,1.62,froggygg,"Everyone, both young and old, has enjoyed cartoon characters and is familiar with many that have been created over the years. I have devised a challenge for you to see how many of these memorable little characters you can remember. Below are clues to ten Hanna-Barbara characters for you to test your memories. How many can you correctly solve? 1. To gamble or wager + drink made by steeping leaves in boiling water + the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up 2. A legal document declaring how a person's estate will be distributed after death + a 2 letter word for mother + hard variety of quartz which produces a spark when struck with steel + another word for rock 3. Another word for excellent + opposite of woman 4. Color made by mixing red and white + a black unspotted leopard 5. Another name for the skipper of a ship + a den, hollow or natural passage under or into the earth + opposite of woman 6. Opposite of above + canine 7. Slang term for a toilet + on bended _____ + a crusade, adventure or seeking journey 8. Scoot minus the t + an insect that stings + a rooster crows ""cock-a-doodle-____"" 9. What a bullet does when it hits a hard impenetrable object and bounces around + small furry animal with large ears that hops 10. Glossy, blackish, many-seeded berry + a breed of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears",No hint available.,"1. Betty Rubble (bet + tea + rubble) 2. Wilma Flintstone (will + ma + flint + stone) 3. Superman (super + man) 4. Pink Panther (pink + panther) 5. Captain Caveman (captain + cave + man) 6. Underdog (under + dog) 7. Jonny Quest (john + knee + quest) 8. Scooby Doo (scoo + bee + doo) 9. Ricochet Rabbit (ricochet + rabbit) 10. Huckleberry Hound (huckleberry + hound)",Language,01/02/06 #9597,53 C in A,2.28,2.56,hprulz,53 C in A,No hint available.,53 Countries in Africa,Letter-Equations,01/03/03 #8926,Solve Able,2.56,2.63,snaps,"Each of the clues given below has a two-word answer which, when said, sounds like another word. Can you figure out each of the answers? eg. The answer to ""Going nude"" would be ""no wear"" which sounds like ""nowhere"" when said out loud. 1. Vandalise the environment 2. Hitting the jackpot 3. Star gazing 4. A quartet of vocalists 5. Only horses and lions live here 6. Find the total hours worked",No hint available.,"1. wreck creation (recreation) 2. win dough (window) 3. up stares (upstairs) 4. four sing (forcing) 5. mane land (mainland) 6. sum times (sometimes)",Language,12/05/02 #30323,Read 'Em and Weep,2.68,2.04,Ouchy1,"What is next in this sequence? A,T,T,F,F,S,?,?,...",title,"A,T,T,F,F,S,S,E,N,T,J,Q,K. (J) Ace, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Jack, Queen, King. (Joker) The playing cards from Ace to King,and sometimes The Joker.",Series,05/07/06 #46861,Back in Forth 2,2.71,1.85,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. sa____le (something that entices) 2. de____ed (device for catching things) 3. l____ies (animal prison) 4. co____ts (prisoner room)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. able to be fulfilled 2. gone or dead 3. gifts in a will 4. gathers together","1. satiable (BAIT - sa_TIAB_le) 2. departed (TRAP - de_PART_ed) 3. legacies (CAGE - l_EGAC_ies) 4. collects (CELL - co_LLEC_ts)",Language,05/02/10 #28073,"1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, ?",2.37,2.66,kiss,"What's the next number in this series? 1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, ?",No hint available.,"19. The nth entry is the nth prime number minus n. 1=2-1, 1=3-2, 2=5-3, 3=7-4, 6=11-5, 7=13-6, 10=17-7, 11=19-8, 14=23-9, 19=29-10.",Series,01/14/06 #37596,Poor George,2.88,1.8,Hrsemn4,"George is dead. He was found face down in the street, squashed nearly flat. He must have been there some time as he was cool to the touch. In addition, when he was found, there was a bird perched on the back of his head. Who is George?",I cannot tell a lie...the person who discovered George was happy to find him.,"The George in question is George Washington, specifically the picture of Washington on the quarter. He was, in fact, dead when he was found. As he is on a coin, he would be nearly flat, and cool to the touch. Finally, when you turn the quarter over, on the ""back of the head"" you will find a perching eagle.",Mystery,07/31/07 #5632,BCDIJ......,2.12,2.37,mad-ade,"What is special about these letters? BCDIJLMNOPQRSUVWZ",No hint available.,Can all be written in capital form without taking the pen off the paper.,Group,07/16/02 #24837,Driving Away,2.15,1.44,dreaminggemini,"Four friends (Sarah, Max, Jen, and Maison) are going to see a movie together that starts at 12:30pm. They each have different last names and drive different types of cars. Can you figure out which last name and vehicle belongs to each person, and what time they left for the movie? First names: Sarah, Max, Jen, Maison Last names: Sadler, Pack, Melkus, Baron Cars: Mustang, Camaro, Jeep, Van Time left: 11:00, 11:15, 11:30, 12:00 1) Sarah married a man named John Sadler. She was not the first to leave her house. 2) Max (who did not leave first) does not drive a Mustang. 3) Maison Baron left his house 30 minutes after Jen (who does not own a Mustang). 4) The person who left second owns a Van. 5) The woman with the last name Pack drives a Camaro. 6) The person who left last (who is not Mr. Melkus) owns a Jeep.",No hint available.,"First name/Last name/Car/Time Jen Pack/Camaro/11:00 Max Melkus/Van/11:15 Maison Baron/Mustang/11:30 Sarah Sadler/Jeep/12:00",Logic-Grid,07/25/05 #43678,Eliza Pseudonym and the Daily Word,2.38,2.29,mathgrant,"During a six-day period from Monday through Saturday, Eliza Pseudonym and her friends Anna, Barbra, Carla, Delilah, and Fiona have subscribed to an internet mailing list that features a new word every day. No two women subscribed on the same day. On each day during the six-day period, a different word has been featured (abulia, betise, caryatid, dehisce, euhemerism, and floruit, in some order). From the clues below, determine the day on which each woman subscribed, and the day on which each word was featured. 1. Exactly one of the women has a name beginning with the same letter of the alphabet as the word featured on the day that she subscribed to the mailing list. 2. The word ""caryatid"" was featured precisely two days prior to Fiona joining the mailing list. 3. Carla joined the mailing list on Friday. 4. Anna signed up for the mailing list precisely one day after the word ""euhemerism"" was highlighted. 5. Wednesday's word did not end with the letter ""e"". 6. Barbra subscribed precisely three days after the word ""dehisce"" was featured.",No hint available.,"Monday: Eliza, dehisce Tuesday: Delilah , euhemerism Wednesday: Anna, abulia Thursday: Barbra, caryatid Friday: Carla, floruit Saturday: Fiona, betise",Logic,12/06/08 #21360,The Race - Part II,2.85,1.96,Sane,"Alexa, Breanna, Larry, Arnold and Michael were now finished their workouts in preparation for the race. They would now all enter a different racing event, then proceed to race each other for the winnings! Can you match the competitor with the racing event they entered, the place they got in their event, and the place they got in the group? 1. The person who got 10th in their event got last in the group and only one person did better in the group than Larry. 2. The woman who entered the 100m dash got 2nd in the event. 3. The competitor who entered the 10km run, who did not do the best in their group, is not Arnold. 4. A man got 1st place in the group and the person who got 4th in their event only got 4th in the group! 5. Larry entered the 5km and did not get 14th; Breanna entered the 800m and did not get 5th in the group. Names: Alexa, Larry, Arnold, Breanna, Michael Events: 100m, 800m, 2km, 5km, 10km Group Placing: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Event Placing: 2, 4, 6, 10, 14",No hint available.,"Alexa did the 100m event, got 2nd in that event, and did 3rd in the group. Larry did the 5km event, got 6th in that event, and did 2nd in the group. Arnold did the 2km event, got 14th in that event, and did 1st in the group. Breanna did the 800m event, got 4th in that event, and did 4th in the group. Michael did the 10 km event, got 10th in that event, and did 5th in the group.",Logic-Grid,03/04/05 #1762,Unusual fractions,2.62,2.18,Nishoo,"What is so unusual about these fractions ? 19/95 26/65 16/64",No hint available.,Each one can be reduced to its simplest form merely by cancelling the number which is common to both its numerator and its denominator.,Math,12/20/01 #50638,Cozee !!,1.79,0.89,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus? cheek, cheek cheek",Title is a clue.,"""cheek to cheek""",Rebus,06/13/15 #2658,Ship and Boiler,2.4,2.07,cathalmccabe,"A ship is twice as old as its boiler was when the ship was as old as the boiler is now. The sum of their ages is 21. How old is the boiler, and how old is the ship?","Once you get your head around the wording, I think it's easy enough. Try and write down the equations for everything you know.","There is an age difference between the ship and the boiler, lets call it D. It will always be the same SHIP = BOILER + D (1) The SHIP = 2 * (what the BOILER was) (2) BOILER NOW = BOILER's age then + D (3) SHIP NOW + BOILER NOW = 21 (4) There are now 4 equations with 4 unknowns which can be solved simultaneously To give : Ship is 12 Boiler is 9",Math,03/13/02 #3707,Three Dads,2.2,2.39,fruitloop986,I have 3 dads and 4 sisters. My immediate family (living in my house) consists of 7. Two of my sisters only have 2 dads. How is this possible?,My nephew lives with me and I'm the middle child.,"I have a biological dad, who I don't know. An adopted dad- my sisters' dad and a step dad- who lives with me. My two younger sisters never knew my biological dad. My oldest sister (19) lives by herself. Her son lives with me, my 3 other sisters, my mom, and step dad.",Logic,04/23/02 #17511,The Poison of Dragons,2.78,2.94,Rowsdower,"Most of these men were kings, most are mentioned in the Bible, and a few of them were even prophets. Six of them, however, share a special relationship. What do six of these names have in common? Saul Manasseh Sennacherib David Jeroboam Rehoboam Methuselah Ezekiel Salmanazar Balthazar Malachi Nebuchadnezzar","Are you thirsty? Or more specifically, do you want a drink?","Six of the names are used to denote the sizes of champagne bottles. The complete list of bottle sizes from smallest to largest is as follows: Split Half bottle Bottle Magnum Jeroboam Rehoboam Methuselah Salmanazar Balthazar Nebuchadnezzar The title has do with a Bible verse that refers to wine as ""the poison of dragons.""",Trivia,04/30/04 #42973,The Card Collector,2.53,2.13,donquixote235,"Philpot Nerdling collects baseball cards and keeps them in a three-ring binder. Rather than regular pages made of paper, the binder contains plastic sleeves that are large enough to hold nine cards per page, arranged in a 3x3 grid. Cards numbered 1 through 9 are on the first page, 10 through 18 on the second page, and so forth. Philpot has just started collecting for this season, and the first card he finds is numbered ""258"". Philpot managed to locate the proper page, but couldn't remember which of the nine spaces should contain the card. Without using division or subtraction, can you help him locate the right space?",No hint available.,"The card should go in the sixth spot. Adding all the digits of a 10-base number together will give you a number from 1 to 9, which corresponds to the lowest digit in the 9-base system to which you're converting. In other words, 2+5+8 = 15, and 1+5 = 6. The card goes in the sixth spot.",Math,09/02/08 #15009,E = 0 D L,2.56,2.44,adoontourious,"Can you solve this? E = 0 D L",No hint available.,Equator = 0 Degrees Latitude,Letter-Equations,10/06/03 #28405,Put 'em Together,2.79,2.17,medster99,"For every number, read the lettered clues and try to find what that clue refers to. Once you have found out all the words in that section, put them together to try to make a single, larger word. The lettered clues are in the order they are in the word. The spelling may be off, so you will have to sound it out. Example: A) Not out: _ _ B) One two three: _ _ _ _ C) Slang for mother: _ _ D) To avoid: _ _ _ _ Answer: in-four-ma-shun Information Try the following. 1) a) Plus: _ _ _ b) Opening for fumes: _ _ _ _ c) Of course!: _ _ _ _ 2) a) Before suffix: _ _ _ b) Did convey: _ _ _ _ c) 1st in alphabet: _ d) Avoid: _ _ _ _ 3) a) 5th in alphabet: _ b) Joke: _ _ _ _ c) Deliberate intention: _ _ _ _ _ 4) a) Opposite of out: _ _ b) One eyed beast: _ _ _ _ _ _ c) 5th in alphabet: _ d) 4th in alphabet: _ e) Singular: _ 5) a) Plus: _ _ _ b) Large car: _ _ _ c) 19th in alphabet twice: _ _ 6) a) 24th in alphabet: _ b) 5th in alphabet: _ c) The 40 days before Easter: _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1) Adventure (add-vent-sure) 2) Presentation (pre-sent-a-shun) 3) Equipment (e-quip-meant) 4) Encyclopedia (in-cyclop-e-d-a) 5) Advance (add-van-ss) 6) Excellent (x-e-lent)",Other,02/02/06 #4303,Good Ideas,2.22,2.5100000000000002,mad-ade,"some good + ----- ideas Exchange the letter for numbers to make the sum work, bear in mind that none of the rows of numbers begin or end in zero, and if x=2 then all X's equal 2.",No hint available.,"8795 4773 + ---- 13568",Math,05/28/02 #49117,Fine and Modern,2.69,1.46,Skybet,"I may be modern, and sometimes fine, If you place me after a pop, I can be quite divine. A look at me might raise a brow, Some time ago, you might have found me after thou. From a fortune to very little my value can span, But this is not important, for I still am what I am. People go to special places to come and look at me, But I am all around you, just use your eyes, and see.","Read aloud, and have a listen, The clues are quite an exhibition.","Art (Modern Art, Fine Art, Pop-Art, ""thou art..."")",Riddle,10/31/11 #35896,Can I?,2.42,1.9000000000000001,renae,"What does the following rebus represent? Your body <= No thanks Your hair <= No thanks Your brain <= I'll take it Your feet <= No thanks",No hint available.,"Pick your brain! A common phrase used to probe for information or advice from someone who has this knowledge.",Rebus,03/27/07 #10533,Soda Bottle,2.24,2.26,Bobbrt,"You have a typical soda bottle, which is designed such that the bottom 3/4 is a perfect cylinder and the top 1/4 is an irregular shape. The bottle is filled about half way with soda. Using only a ruler, how can you determine exactly what percentage of the bottle's volume is filled?",No hint available.,"First measure the height of the liquid in the bottle with the bottle upright. Then, turn the bottle upside-down and measure the amount of space: the distance from the top of the liquid to the bottom of the bottle. You have now found the heights of liquid and air in terms of the cylinder only. You have essentially taken the irregular shape out of the equation. Simply divide the height of the liquid by the sum of the two heights to get the volume percent of the liquid in the bottle.",Math,02/18/03 #8322,Reds in the Forest,2.77,2.01,CCat20,"A little eight year old boy went to confession and told the priest that he murdered a red. The priest was sure the boy meant Indian because ""red"" was a non-politically correct term for Native American. He thought the boy's parents were old-fashioned because it was just wrong to say Native American that way. Also, there was an Indian reservation just past a forest next to the school. The priest thought that the boy did this by accident, but the little boy said he and all his white friends were murdering reds in the forest together. The priest was shocked and said for penance to go apologise to the family of the victim. The next day when the boy came home he was covered with red bumps. Why?",No hint available.,"The boy had meant ""red ants"" and there was an ant hill in the forest. When the priest said apologise to the family he went to the ant hill and got bitten by the ants while he was sitting next to the ant hill begging for forgiveness.",Situation,11/03/02 #2940,Run Byacar,2.16,0.85,cliff,"Can you decipher this: Run Byacar",No hint available.,run over by a car,Rebus,03/26/02 #25038,Manny the Juggler #3,3.05,2.4,onlyeeyore,"With his tossing partner, Lenny, Manny is about to try another daring trick using five balls! Manny will start with five four-letter words and Lenny will hold five letters: A, B, C, D, and E. After Manny rearranges each word to form another four-letter word, Lenny will toss one of the letters over to Manny which, when put at the beginning of each new four-letter word, will create a new five-letter word! Unfortunately Lenny has forgotten just which letter to toss at which time..... Here's an example. Manny starts with the word PALM. He juggles it to create LAMP. Now Lenny could toss over the C to make the word CLAMP! Here are the words. First, rearrange each four-letter word into a new one. Then, add either A, B, C, D or E at the beginning of the new word to create a brand new five-letter word. Each of Lenny's five letters will be used only once. MEAL TALE LANE TARP VEIL WARNING! While some words can be rearranged different ways to be used with more than one of Lenny's letters, there is only one combination that will allow each of his letters to be used only once.",No hint available.,"MEAL to LAME + B = BLAME TALE to LATE + E = ELATE LANE to LEAN + C = CLEAN TARP to PART + A = APART VEIL to EVIL + D = DEVIL If ALIVE, BLEAT, CLEAT, or CAMEL are created, all five letters cannot be used.",Language,08/03/05 #6151,Who's Next?,2.4,1.12,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? come<< come come Served<< served served",No hint available.,"First come, First served",Rebus,08/01/02 #38707,For Your Consideration VI,2.48,2.41,aresII,"The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. M=C ""WY T MLDDSVS OSTMASE GSES JFWDDSK TO XLVT, AS'K UELITIDX IS FHLGH TJ OAS FHLOOX UELYSJJLE."" ""BX AZJITHK THK W ILOA QZJO ATK AWU JZEVSEX, ZJWHV OAS JUTES BLHSX WH LZE QLWHO TMMLZHO.""","F=K Q=J U=P","""IF A COLLEGE TEACHER WERE SKILLED AT YOGA, HE'D PROBABLY BE KNOWN AS THE KNOTTY PROFESSOR."" ""MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH JUST HAD HIP SURGERY, USING THE SPARE MONEY IN OUR JOINT ACCOUNT."" KEY: A=H B=M D=L E=R F=K G=W H=N I=B J=S K=D L=O M=C O=T Q=J S=E T=A U=P V=G W=I X=Y Y=F Z=U",Cryptography,10/09/07 #45136,Rags to Riches 2,2.0,2.14,cnmne,"Waldo has created a get-rich-quick scheme. His scheme can turn any poor person into a rich person. Can you discover his secret? To do so, you must go from poor to rich by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. Waldo made the change in 7 steps. POOR ----> RICH",No hint available.,"POOR, POOL, POLL, ROLL, RILL, RILE, RICE, RICH",Language,08/24/09 #29996,"The Total is 14, Part I",2.77,2.29,tsimkin,"Mr. Simkin, the new math teacher at school, pulled aside three students, and handed them each a sealed envelope with a number written inside. He told them that they each had a positive integer, and the sum of their numbers was 14. Sage and Rosemary opened their envelopes, and on seeing his number, Sage said, ""I know that Rosemary and Tim have different numbers."" Rosemary replied, ""I already knew our numbers were all different, and now I know everyone's number."" Tim said, ""Then I do, as well,"" even though he never opened his envelope. How could he have known? What numbers did everyone have?",No hint available.,"Sage had a 1, Rosemary had an 11, and Tim had a 2. From Sage's statement, he had to have an odd number. He knew that the sum of all three numbers was even, so if his number was odd, one of the other two numbers would have to be odd, and the other even, leaving them unequal. Rosemary could deduce this, too, so when she saw an 11, she knew that Sage had a 1 and Tim had a 2. If she had seen a 12, she would have known that the other two boys each had a 1, which is contradicted by her saying that she already knew they all had different numbers. If she saw any number other than an 11 (say 9, for example), she would not have know which odd number Sage held. (In our example, he could have had a 1 and Tim a 4, or he could have had a 3 and Tim a 2). Tim, understanding all of this, therefore knew their numbers.",Logic,04/24/06 #51749,A Very Quiet Place,2.18,0.26,Patchyss,"I am a place you must be quiet in, Even though much information is shared within, I have everything you need in order to learn, But the people who run me are often stern. What am I?",No hint available.,"A library. Sorry this one was so easy.",Riddle,02/21/18 #27986,Orange?,2.81,1.39,jodocroco,"Two friends were talking. Bob said ""Have you ever thought about what rhymes with orange?"" Ben replied, ""Nothing rhymes with orange."" ""Actually something rhymes with orange,"" said Bob. Who is right?",Look at the category.,"Neither of them were right. Ben said, ""nothing rhymes with orange,"" and Bob said, ""something rhymes with orange."" Neither of these words rhyme with orange.",Trick,01/09/06 #35454,I Learned This From My Sensei,2.1,3.04,Fomi_luvs_RENT,"What letters come next in this series? I, N, S, S(Y), G, R, N(S), ?, ?, ?",Look at the title.,"H, K(K), J They are the numbers 1-10 in Japanese. Ichi, Ni, San, Shi (Yon), Go, Roku, Nana(Shichi), Hachi, Kyu(Ku), Ju",Series,02/26/07 #33994,Giddy-up!,2.62,2.75,jazzmusician46,"Below are two groups: Group A and Group B. Your task is to discover which member from Group A has been incorrectly placed into Group B and vice versa. Good luck. Group A: Spanish Mustang Appaloosa Paso Lusitano Percheron Criollo Andalusian Group B: Suffolk Flemish Clydesdale Lipizzaner Brabant Shire Belgian Ardennais",No hint available.,"Group A are Spanish horse breeds, therefore the Lipizzaner from Group B needs to be placed into Group A. Group B are Western European horses, therefore the Percheron in Group A needs to be placed into Group B.",Group,11/17/06 #49612,Every Term Must End Erstwhile Leaders Know,2.77,2.4,ThinksForFun,"Some heads of state and figures regal Would assure you that I am legal Being my opposite it may take To bring this attribute to your steak Moments that might be described as me Expressions of love shared quietly As a mixologist I'll go far So long as I am mixed with a bar What am I?","If you're having a tough time with this one, go in the opposite direction.","tender lines 1-2: legal tender - Many banknotes and coins carry the image of a political leader, monarch, or emperor. lines 3-4: tender steak - In order to tenderize your steak, you may need to pound it i.e. be tough with it. lines 5-6: tender moments - These are quiet and calm bonding moments that are usually shared between just two people. lines 7-8: bartender - A mixologist is another word for a bartender (""bar"" + ""tender""). The perhaps subtle hint hinges on the fact that the word ""tough"" is an antonym (or opposite) of the word ""tender"". The title was probably not very helpful, but was a cryptic clue in that between the words ""Must End Erstwhile"" the word ""tender"" is actually spelled out.",Riddle,09/24/12 #3856,LASE,2.29,2.69,missie,"What common word is represented below? LASE",No hint available.,Argon laser,Rebus,05/02/02 #14116,River 2,2.59,2.11,fishmed,"What does the following represent? THEAM RIVER",River with the most water in the world.,"The Amazon River (THEAM is on River)",Rebus,07/31/03 #26830,Deadly Sleep Over,2.69,2.13,metallicman,"Tom had a sleepover and invited all his friends over. They played video games, watched movies, watched TV, and roughed around. Everyone fell asleep, except for Tom and his bud Mike. Finally, Tom fell asleep. When he woke up in the morning, he saw that all his friends were murdered, and Mike was the only one alive. Mike was awake and had blood all over himself. He screamed at Tom, ""I didn't do it!"" How come Tom believed him?",Mike couldn't exactly move at this moment.,"Mike was tied up in a chair, both of his legs and his arms. There is no way Mike did it and then managed to tie himself up like that.",Situation,11/09/05 #13110,Where Satan Washes His Hands,2.39,2.53,MrIxolite,"What two phrases are represented below? 1) 1st HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinki 2) Helsinki Mail 1st",Helsinki is the capital of Finland,"1) First over the Finish(Finnish) line a line of Helsinki , the Finnish capital. 2) First past the Finish (Finnish) post Post = Mail",Rebus,06/13/03 #16350,Perfect Pyramid 2,2.12,2.63,cnmne,"Arrange the numbers 1 through 15 in the shape of a pyramid (1 number at the peak, 2 numbers in the second row down, 3 in the next row down, 4 in the next row, and 5 in the bottom row). The numbers must be arranged such that each number is equal to the difference of the two numbers directly below it. For example, if 6 and 13 are next to each other in the same row, then 7 must be placed on top of them. To demonstrate, a three-level pyramid using the numbers 1 through 6 could be arranged as follows: top row: 2 second row: 5 3 bottom row: 6 1 4",No hint available.,"top row: 5 second row: 9 4 third row: 2 11 7 fourth row: 10 12 1 8 bottom row: 13 3 15 14 6",Math,01/29/04 #51102,Swap Time,2.73,3.0,Snowdog,"This puzzle is split into an initial logic based piece and then a rigorous math piece, so everyone can play. Picture a standard clock with continuously moving hour and minute hands. A ""Swap Time"" is a time when you can swap the hour and minute hand, and still get a valid time. For example, 3:00 is NOT a Swap Time. If we swap the minute hand and the hour hand, then the minute hand points directly at the 3 and the hour hand points directly at the 12. This is not a valid time. When the minute hand points at the three, the hour hand will not be pointing directly at any number. A) Find one Swap Time. B) What are the Swap Times between 1:00 and 2:00? Times will be specified as hours, minutes, and seconds rounded to two decimal places. Ignore a.m. and p.m. distinctions. Bonus: How many Swap Times are there in total?",No hint available.,"A) Noon is a Swap Time. Since both hands are pointing at 12, swapping them generates the exact same valid time. In fact, all eleven times when the hands point in the exact same direction are Swap Times. B) Let's do some math. Rule 1) For a valid time, the fraction of the minute hand's progress around the full circle must be equal to the fraction of the hour hand's progress between two numbers. For example, when the minute hand points at the 6, halfway around the clock, the hour hand must be pointed halfway between two numbers. Rule 2) For a Swap Time, it must also be true that the fraction of the progress of the hour hand around the full circle is equal to the fraction of the progress of the minute hand between two numbers. Let H = hour hand angle in degrees Let M = minute hand angle in degrees Note that there are 360/12 = 30 degrees between numbers on the clock. Rule 1 H = + H = 30 * i + / 30 : i = 0, 1, 2,..., 11 H = 30 * i + (M / 360) / 30 H = 30 * i + M / 12 Rule 2 M = 30 * j + H / 12 : j = 0, 1, 2,..., 11 Substituting for H: M = 30 * j + (30 * i + M / 12) / 12 M = 30 * j + 5 * i / 2 + M / 144 143 * M / 144 = 30 * j + 5 * i / 2 M = 144 / 143 * (30 * j + 5 * i / 2) : i = 0,1,2,...,11 j = 0,1,2,...,11 Let s be the number of seconds that have elapsed in the current hour. Since the minute hand moves at 0.1 degrees per second (360 deg / 3600 s), s = 10 * M s = 10 * [144 / 143 * (30 * j + 5 * i / 2)] : i = 0,1,2,...,11 j = 0,1,2,...,11 To find all Swap Times between 1:00 and 2:00, set i = 1 and check all values of j. j = 0, s = 25.17482517, time = 1:00:25.17 j = 1, s = 327.2727273, time = 1:05:27.27 Remaining swap times are 1:10:29.37 1:15:31.47 1:20:33.57 1:25:35.66 1:30:37.76 1:35:39.86 1:40:41.96 1:45:44.06 1:50:46.15 1:55:48.25 Swap Time occur every 12 * 3600 / 143 = 302.0979 seconds. There are 143 total swap times.",Math,05/20/17 #16965,Mr.Luck,2.5100000000000002,2.18,MrIxolite,"What phrase is cunningly hidden below? This Morning: Mr. Luck Tonight: Mrs. Luck Tomorrow: Master Luck",No hint available.,Luck be a lady tonight,Rebus,03/10/04 #1859,Lots of Fives,2.36,2.17,jokester8000,"Fill in the blanks to make the equation work: 5 55 55 5 555=599",No hint available.,(5*55-55)/5+555=599,Math,12/24/01 #35459,True Story: Light Headed?,2.9,2.21,cyberstar5150,"After a long day of work, I was relieved. I had been working since 4pm in a circuitry lab, working on the next big project. I observed the sun just starting to descend as I started to walk out to my car. All of a sudden, however, I had an urge to sneeze furiously! If it's the middle of January on a windy day, what's happening here?","- It's January, so there isn't very much pollen... at least not enough to be the cause. - I don't have any allergies. - It's windy, so dust can't really settle anywhere. - I'm not sick. - This is a common occurrence for me. - 20-25% of people will get this teaser right off the bat.","I have what's called the photic sneeze reflex. A few people have this quality which makes them sneeze when they are subjected to bright light, like the sun... especially if they are just coming from a darker room or place. About 20-25% of people have the photic sneeze reflex. The funny thing is it's difficult to monitor who has it and who doesn't... because all people who have this reflex tend to assume that all people have it and those who don't have it don't recognize this as a possibility! You have no idea how many times I've been nailed when I try to explain this one ;-)",Science,02/27/07 #17726,Fearful 2 Decease,2.6,2.5,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? Fearful 2decease/2",You are very afraid... so much so you feel that 50% of your life has gone.,"Scared half to death Fearful = scared 2decease/2 = two (to) death divided by two, or ""half two death"", or ""half to death"".",Rebus,05/23/04 #23964,A Phone Call Away,2.86,2.17,i_am_hated,"A man had flown to Chicago on a business trip. In the hotel, he couldn't sleep. So, he called someone on the telephone provided in the room, and once the person hung up, he fell sound asleep. The caller didn't even know the person on the other line. Who was the mystery person on the other end of the phone?",No hint available.,"The mystery person was the neighboring hotel guest. He had been snoring, and the man called him to tell him that. He stopped, to let the man fall back asleep, then he too, fell back asleep.",Situation,06/23/05 #39052,Just Push My Buttons,2.75,0.81,bookworm91,"A lot of people use me when they're driving in their cars You'll probably see me hanging around grocery stores and bars My only purpose is to play for your delight Sometimes I do not stop for whole days or even nights I often convey a mood, be it lighthearted or heavy But if it pleases you, I can change my tune at any time. Savvy?","You can push my buttons all you want, You know it turns me on You can't provoke me because I'll only play a song.",A radio,Riddle,11/03/07 #25845,Word Swap #5,2.64,1.98,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. The poor practice by the offensive line ________ any hopes of a shortened practice. The team's best hope now is to get to the _________ area under the oak tree to cool down. 2. The contestant's appeal was without _____ due to the fact that he had not completed the competition before the _____ went off. 3. Bill was tired from being in a hot _______ all day. And now he realized his sauce was too thin, and he had to _______ it quickly before his dinner guests arrived.",No hint available.,"1. DASHED & SHADED 2. MERIT & TIMER 3. KITCHEN & THICKEN",Language,09/10/05 #5404,hsup & tis,2.13,1.49,peppermintwist,"Can you decipher this phrase: h s u p and... t i s",No hint available.,Push-ups and Sit-ups!,Rebus,07/09/02 #17227,1.0936,2.66,2.78,Jake,"The following numbers are all related in some way. Can you figure it out? 39.37 3.281 1.0936 0.00062",Your IQ meter will be stuck at 1.0 if you can't get this teaser after reading this clue.,"All of the values are equal to 1 meter when you add the appropriate units. 39.37 inches = 1 meter 3.281 feet = 1 meter 1.0936 yards = 1 meter 0.00062 miles = 1 meter",Group,04/03/04 #38853,Two Dozen,2.14,1.94,Fire_Shell96,"Using the following digits, create the number 24. 5,5,5,1 (You may use each digit only once.)",None,5(5-1/5),Math,10/20/07 #44430,Missing Word #3,2.11,1.41,StewieGriffin,"Can you figure out what four-letter word, when used to fill the blanks below, will create five new words? _ _ _ _breadth _ _ _ _lock Cross_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _splitters _ _ _ _worm",No hint available.,"Hair. Hairbreadth Hairlock Crosshair Hairsplitters Hairworm",Language,05/09/09 #30073,Letter Pairs VII,2.74,2.47,phrebh,"Here are 30 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 10 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 10 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AC AD AR BE BI CA CE CO DS EA EF ER ER FI FO ID LE LE LS NA NA NS OF ON RD RT TI TI TT VE 1. Agreement 2. Facial growths 3. Serious try 4. Written communication 5. High standards 6. Country 7. Log homes 8. Elected position of authority 9. Ruler 10. Local resident","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Abe Lincoln.","1. ACCORD 2. BEARDS 3. EFFORT 4. LETTER 5. IDEALS 6. NATION 7. CABINS 8. OFFICE 9. LEADER 10. NATIVE The theme is Abe Lincoln.",Language,04/26/06 #49447,Words With EE,2.2,2.68,cnmne,"Five words that contain EE as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **EE*, ***EE, **EE**, *EE****, ****EE* Pool: A, B, C, D, G, G, H, I, K, M, N, P, R, R, R, S, T, W, Y, Z",No hint available.,"CHEEK, SPREE, BREEZY, MEETING, RAGWEED",Language,04/18/12 #30941,6 Words... 7 Letters,2.77,2.66,mercenary007,"These 6 words can be made using the same 7 letters... try to figure out the 6 words using the clues: (Note I have chosen the less obvious definitions of the words so as to make this a bit more difficult for you guys... enjoy) Word#1: A number written in a certain base and is also not an integer. Word#2: Refers to an organism that ungulates with two-toed feet Word#3: To deliver a formal recitation, especially as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution. Word#4: Stated to be true, especially when open to question. Word#5: Describes someone who has been the victim of extreme ill will or spite Word#6: A thorough physical examination by a doctor.",No hint available.,"Word#1: DECIMAL Word#2: CAMELID Word#3: DECLAIM Word#4: CLAIMED Word#5: MALICED Word#6: MEDICAL",Language,06/07/06 #32613,Anasquare VIII,2.5100000000000002,1.56,phrebh,"Find an anagram for each word listed below and then reorder the new words to create a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. RAIL 2. REAM 3. RAIA 4. LAMP",No hint available.,"PALM ARIA LIAR MARE",Language,08/23/06 #16298,Different Perspectives,2.95,1.93,silver_sword,"You can actually view words from a different perspective. For example, number could mean getting more numb, while a butter could simply be a goat or a ram. And now for the problem. What do you call a wicked thing?",No hint available.,Candle.,Language,01/23/04 #13345,Gould's Gold,2.08,2.89,amalie,"What phrase is represented below? e'qu;il.!ibr,iu:m",No hint available.,"Punctuated equilibrium. This is an evolution theory that major changes come in spurts, followed by long periods without change.",Rebus,06/22/03 #39094,More Than A Shadow,2.53,2.09,aresII,"My 4, 5, 3, 7, 1 are vacant spaces. My 3, 2, 10, 1 are fabricated truths. My 9, 4, 6, 1 is ergo. My 1, 2, 3, 8 forms by river banks. My whole is more than a shadow.",No hint available.,"SILHOUETTE. Clue 1 = holes. Clue 2 = lies. Clue 3 = thus. Clue 4 = silt.",Riddle,11/06/07 #8500,Water Juggling,2.66,2.93,sakirski,"Here's what you have: -Two 8-liter jugs, filled with water -One 3-liter jug, empty -Four infinite size, empty pools Here's what your objective is: Fill each of the four pools with exactly 4 liters of water. Here are your constraints: -You have nothing else at your disposal. -There is no other water aside from the two 8-liter water filled jugs. -Once water is poured into any of the 4 pools it cannot be removed from there. -The jugs are not symmetric so you cannot measure amount by eye or judge based on shape.","I am not sure how to help you :). I solved this in 24 steps (you may have more or less). It helps to label the jugs and pools, and then draw. Oh, main key, try to work backwards, from filled pools, and see what final steps are even possible.","It's not short but it's right - use a piece of paper and follow the steps using A, B, C and pools. Change the quantities in each as you complete each step - it is worth it to see it come out right. Lets label the jugs. Jug A - first 8-liter Jug B - second 8-liter Jug C - 3-liter. The four infinites are pool 1, pool 2, pool 3, and pool 4. 1. Jug A to Jug C 2. Jug C to pool 1 3. Jug A to Jug C 4. Jug A to pool 2 5. Jug C to Jug A 6. Jug B to Jug C 7. Jug C to Jug A 8. Jug B to Jug C 9. Jug C to Jug A At this point, we have: Jug A - 8 Jug B - 2 Jug C - 1 Pool 1 - 3 Pool 2 - 2 Pools 3&4 - empty 10. Jug C to pool 3 11. Jug B to Jug C 12. Jug A to Jug C 13. Jug C to Jug B 14. Jug A to Jug C 15. Jug C to Jug B 16. Jug A to Jug C 17. Jug A to pool 4 At this point, we have: Jug A - 0 Jug B - 6 Jug C - 3 Pool 1 - 3 Pool 2 - 2 Pool 3 - 1 Pool 4 - 1. 18. Jug C to Jug B 19. Jug C to pool 1 20. Jug B to Jug C 21. Jug C to pool 3 22. Jug B to Jug C 23. Jug C to pool 4 24. Jug B to pool 2 ... And we end up with the desired result: Jug A - 0 Jug B - 0 Jug C - 0 Pool 1 - 4 Pool 2 - 4 Pool 3 - 4 Pool 4 - 4 Tough, but workable.",Logic,11/14/02 #35635,Menacing Matchsticks V,2.44,2.63,calmsavior,"You will need thirteen matchsticks for this teaser. Using all of the matchsticks, make the number 631, as the number would appear digitally. Now, as the fifth Menacing Matchsticks teaser, try to move only two matchsticks to make exactly 5! You cannot: Bend or break the matchsticks. Stack the matchsticks. Remove the matchsticks.","A different viewing angle will also assist you. Also, look carefully at punctuation.","Step 1: Turn the 6 into a 0. Step 2: Turn the 3 into a 2. View the matchsticks upside-down. You should get 120, or 5! (5 factorial).",Trick,03/10/07 #8192,Faster Than the Rest,2.68,1.57,Ember,"I stop and go 86,400 times a day. I only stop and go one way. I am faster than the rest But that doesn't make me the best. What am I?",No hint available.,"A second hand on a clock. Meanings: Stop and go 86400 times - there are 86400 seconds in a day and when a second is passed the second hand stops and pauses before moving on. One way - second hand only moves clockwise. Faster than the rest - the second hand is faster than the minute and hour hands. Doesn't make me the best - it doesn't make it better than the minute or hour hands.",Riddle,10/24/02 #40025,Boston Americans,2.22,1.96,petey127,1903 = Y of the F W S,What does the title have to do with it?,1903 is the Year of the First World Series. (The Boston Americans won the first World Series.),Letter-Equations,01/12/08 #50808,Names Are Heroic,2.54,1.6300000000000001,dalfamnest,"The title itself is an anagram of an even more appropriate title for these two famous people. 1. I'll ban a monarch 2. Her idol can jam [Each anagram phrase fits the person well!] The hints give the title anagram and the initials of the people.","HINT 1 Title: American Heroes . . HINT 2 1. A L 2. M J","1. Abraham Lincoln 2. Michael Jordan ...and in case anyone needs an explanation: * Lincoln developed Republican ideals, which include opposition to monarchy. * Jordan is closely associated with the spectacular 'jam' in his sport, basketball.",Language,04/29/16 #48382,"Smelly, Clean, Blue, Green",2.38,1.51,MysteriousLight,"I can be smelly. I can be clean. I can be blue. I can be green. People wear me. Or they are bare. Worn in or outside. Worn here or there. Many sizes. Not many shapes. I'm usually not zoomed in on, In family tapes. What am I?","If you do not know me, You must be freezing, If you do know what I am, You won't get a-breezing.","I'm a sock or socks. Socks can be stinky or clean(ed). Socks can be any color. Socks are worn on people's feet, or the feet are bare (unless sneakers are worn). Socks can be worn anywhere. Socks can be crew, knee-high, etc. Socks are usually the regular 'L' shape. Socks are usually not seen on tapes or in movies.",Riddle,01/11/11 #47839,What's in a Name 3,3.25,2.23,MarcM1098,"Some people's names (such as ""Will Power"") suggest a certain personality or career choice. Given below are some last names and professions (in no particular order). For each last name, your task is to think of a common first name, such that it suggests one of the given professions. Each last name and profession must be used just once. Example: Sonny Day would suggest a meteorologist. Last Names: Ding, Flay, King, Lynn, Payne, Peace Professions: Musician, Author, Chef, Comedian, Architect, Politician The hint provides the first names.","First Names: Amanda, Bill, Cam, Joe, Sue, Warren","Bill Ding - Architect (building) Sue Flay - Chef (souffle) Joe King - Comedian (joking) Amanda Lynn - Musician (a mandolin) [also: Vi Lynn = violin] Cam Payne - Politician (campaign) Warren Peace - Author (""War and Peace"")",Other,08/28/10 #22226,Bridge Falling.......,2.53,1.92,tikiwop9,"A bridge, 2 miles long, is rated for 12,000 lbs. Even one ounce more will cause it to collapse. A truck weighing precisely 12,000 lbs begins to cross. At the halfway point, a sparrow weighing 5 ounces lands on the truck. The bridge does not collapse. Why?",No hint available.,"By the time the sparrow lands on the truck, it has already consumed more than 5 ounces of fuel.",Logic,04/13/05 #40297,My Older Brother,2.67,0.79,shdwhawk,"Leong and Tobias were comparing information about their siblings. At one point Tobias said, ""My older brother was born on the Fourth of July. I remember the day because I was watching the fireworks."" Leong immediately knew it was a lie. How did he know?",No hint available.,"If Tobias' brother is older, Tobias couldn't have been there to remember.",Trick,02/01/08 #19648,It's Fate,2.37,2.38,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? LONDON Bullet PARIS Bullet NEW YORK Bullet ROME Your name Bullet BERLIN Bullet MOSCOW Bullet",No hint available.,Somewhere there is a bullet with your name on it.,Rebus,12/01/04 #4512,Law,2.26,1.13,im_para_noid,"Can you decipher this common phrase? I'm law",No hint available.,I'm above the law.,Rebus,06/05/02 #24564,Oh Tom!,2.3,0.92,sambean,"In the country Tom lives in slavery is illegal, but it is not illegal for Tom to be owned by someone. How is this possible?",No hint available.,Tom is a cat.,Other,07/15/05 #49190,Sprinters,2.4,2.15,cnmne,"What is the rebus, as indicated by the second portion? On your mark ... get set ... (starting line) It (starting line) Saying Starting gun is fired. (starting line) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It (finish line) (starting line) Saying",No hint available.,"It goes without saying (It goes toward the finish line, while Saying stays at the starting line).",Rebus,12/08/11 #41836,Four Answers,2.68,2.48,aresII,"Your job is to find, using the same letters, the four answers to this riddle. Don't lose me, friends, though day and night, I mock the swiftest bird in flight. I'm murdered by mankind at large. Reverse me - quickly I discharge. Transposed, I'm in a bill, it's clear. Once more, an insect will appear.",No hint available.,"TIME, EMIT, ITEM, MITE.",Riddle,05/06/08 #12114,Snoozing,2.21,1.18,rose_rox,"Can you name the correct title? Snoozing Pretty One",Sleeping...,Sleeping Beauty,Rebus,04/29/03 #49328,"Pony Carts, Wonton Tubs, and Moody Babies",2.88,1.22,firefox99,"What do the following sentences have in common? Tracy, no panic in a pony cart! But not now a wonton tub! Marge let a moody baby doom a telegram.",Sides reversed is...,"They are all palindromic sentences, sentences that read the same backwards as they do forwards! If you read the hint, then you might have also figured out that the hint was a palindrome, too.",Language,02/28/12 #43761,Tolkien Mathology,1.96,2.56,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Tolkien (author of ""The Lord of the Rings"" trilogy) mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find the solution. VARDA + VAIRE + OROME = MANWE",No hint available.,13643 + 13067 + 56587 = 83297,Cryptography,12/21/08 #29833,Word Within A Word,2.95,1.6400000000000001,peppamintp,"Can you find the word within a word for each set of clues listed below? The dashes beside each clue tell you how many letters are in the word you are to find. (ex. A young lion...in skin diving gear = ScubA) 1. A snooze...in a hiking bag: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 2. An armed conflict...in one who lacks courage: __ __ __ __ __ __ 3. A line of seats...in a king's headdress:__ __ __ __ __ 4. A brooch...in a statement of belief:__ __ __ __ __ __ __ 5. A math term...in a fireman's climbing apparatus:__ __ __ __ __ __",All the words within a word are three letters.,"1. KnapSACK 2. COwarD 3. CrowN 4. OpinION 5. LaddER",Language,04/17/06 #45617,Kangaroo Words 4,2.43,2.13,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. transgression 2. departed 3. destruction 4. facade 5. cleanser See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word: 6. deteriorate",No hint available.,"1. sin (tranSgressIoN) 2. dead (DEpArteD) 3. ruin (destRUctIoN) 4. face (FACadE) 5. cleaner (CLEANsER) 6. die / rot (DeterIoratE / deteRiOraTe)",Language,11/04/09 #34838,Movies,2.62,1.07,Princeford93,"A man rented movies at the same place for ten years. He never rewound the movies, and he always got charged a dollar per movie for a rewind fee. The store didn't change its policy and he still doesn't rewind his movies, but they stopped charging him the fee. Why?",No hint available.,He switched to DVDs.,Situation,01/11/07 #25470,Flutter Gently,2.67,1.29,sweetime,"My first is in beauty, but not teary. My second is in flutter, but not reflect. My third is in petal but not leaf. My fourth is in tulip, but not pail. My fifth is in elf, but not fairy. My sixth is in rose, but not lose. My seventh is in flower, but not tower. My eighth is in leaf but not fear. My ninth is in youth but not truth. What am I?",No hint available.,Butterfly,Riddle,08/21/05 #40124,3-digit Number,2.42,1.53,shenqiang,"There's a 3-digit number. The sum of its digits is 10, the product of its digits is 20, and it is divisible by 7. What is the 3-digit number?",No hint available.,"The 1-digit factors of 20 are 1, 2, 4 and 5, therefore, the number is made up of 1, 4 and 5. Out of the six numbers formed by the 3 digits, 145, 154, 415, 451, 514 and 541, only 154 is divisible by 7.",Math,01/19/08 #50529,KVC'E AVRC VPP EON ERTN,2.28,2.56,zigthepig,"Can you name the film these three quotations come from? JRKERTL; VANC'E MN VPP? LXGGNCPQ R ONVAG V EVDDRCB, VL FH LFTNFCN BNCEPQ AVDDRCB, AVDDRCB VE TQ KOVTUNA GFFA. V MOFPN IFPPQ KPXU MREO IFPPQ DRAVEN CRKSCVTNL!","The title is also a quotation. DRAVEN is a significant clue.","The film is The Crow. Victims; aren't we all? Suddenly I heard a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. A whole jolly club with jolly pirate nicknames! The title is ""Can't rain all the time"". DRAVEN is the surname of the main character, Eric, portrayed by Brandon Lee, who tragically died on set. The film is dedicated to him and his fiancee Eliza. A - V B - U C - K D - G E - N F - H G - B H - O I - R J - I K - S L - P M - T N - C O - F P - D R - A S - L T - E U - X V - J W - M Y - Q",Cryptography,03/29/15 #40549,A French Poet Once Said...,2.26,2.02,aresII,"The following quotes are from French writer and poet Francois-Marie Arouet, pen name Voltaire (1694 - 1778). Can you decode it? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. T=G ""JSESH MHTIS MG GWS OZJJSH GMRAS, VKH GWS KJS LWK ZB JKG WIJTHQ MALMQB TSGB GWS RSBG KV GWS MHTICSJG."" ""KJS THSMG IBS KV LKHOB ZB GK WZOS KIH GWKITWGB.""","I=U K=O M=A","""NEVER ARGUE AT THE DINNER TABLE, FOR THE ONE WHO IS NOT HUNGRY ALWAYS GETS THE BEST OF THE ARGUMENT."" ""ONE GREAT USE OF WORDS IS TO HIDE OUR THOUGHTS."" KEY: A=L B=S C=M E=V G=T H=R I=U J=N K=O L=W M=A O=D Q=Y R=B S=E T=G V=F W=H Z=I",Cryptography,02/17/08 #4180,Suspended Meter Stick,2.24,2.42,cathalmccabe,"A meter stick is suspended exactly at its 45 cm mark from a piece of string, and an 8kg is fixed to the stick and hangs from the 0cm mark. You have six 1kg weights you can hang anywhere on the stick (you can put more than one on the same point if you wish). How can you get the system to balance?",No hint available.,"The turning force of the 8kg is 360 The max force on the other side would be if you put all 6 on the 100cm mark - 6*55 turning force = 330 Which isn't enough to balance, so the only way you can to this is by moving the point of suspension of the metre stick! If you change the point of suspension to the 40cm mark, the 8kg has a turning force of 320; so you could put 5kg at the 100cm mark giving a turning force of 5*60, and put 1kg at the 60cm mark, giving a turn of 1*20 =320 in total (There are other ways to do this if you chose a different point of suspension, but this is the key to the puzzle.)",Math,05/21/02 #1292,Wedding Day,2.21,1.55,Yanivster,"On their wedding day, the ratio between the groom's age and the bride's age was 3:1. 15 Years later the ratio would be 2:1. How old were they when they got married?",No hint available.,"The groom was 45, the bride was 15.",Math,11/04/01 #30872,On Your Mark,2.67,0.74,kimberlykay,"Sometimes I'm fast, and rarely I'm slow. I'm at my best after you say go. If I don't do well, my fans will nag. If I win, I'll see a checkered flag. I like the street, but the track's my true home. The name of me is a palindrome.",No hint available.,Race Car.,Riddle,06/04/06 #9009,"2, 5, 5, 4, 5, 6, 3, 7, __",2.36,2.89,electronjohn,"Find the next number in the series: 2, 5, 5, 4, 5, 6, 3, 7, __",The answer may be as close as your wrist.,"The final number in this series is 6. The series is based on the number of bars or blocks used to display digital numbers in LED displays such as those used in common digital watches, microwaves, etc.: #1 uses 2 bars #2 uses 5 bars #3 uses 5 bars #4 uses 4 bars #5 uses 5 bars #6 uses 6 bars #7 uses 3 bars #8 uses 7 bars (all of them) #9 uses 6 bars",Series,12/08/02 #7746,Coconut Grove,2.95,2.15,SunGal97,"This is a true story: An American nightclub called the Coconut Grove had a terrible fire in which over 400 people died. Everyone was conscious and would have had the ability to get out of the building under normal circumstances, but they couldn't. Why?","It has to do with a design flaw in the building. This flaw led to the death toll being so high. Subsequently, regulations were changed to ensure that all public buildings throughout the country eliminated this one detail which proved so deadly.","The doors at the Coconut Grove opened inward. In the mad dash to escape the fire, people were crushed against the doors and couldn't pull them open. After the Coconut Grove disaster in 1942, all public buildings had to have doors which opened outward.",Situation,09/28/02 #26633,Who Done It?,2.75,1.73,shabz4lyf,"The weather was fine and Tory was enjoying the flight when suddenly he saw something in the distance, a bright light, ""I have to get closer to see this strange sight."" he thought to himself. He steered closer to the light when suddenly there was a loud crack and Tory was electrocuted. What killed Tory?",Tory is not who he seems to be.,"Tory is a fly, he got electrocuted by those glowing electric fly killers.",Trick,10/31/05 #38952,Reason and the Law,2.65,2.29,4demo,"Mr. Mind married Miss Reason fifteen years ago. They were deeply in love and often told family and friends that one could not live without the other. Two years ago, Miss Reason died in a tragic car accident. In his grief and his frenzy to let go of the past and all the tearful memories it brought back, Mr. Mind changed his name to Mr. Law. What saying is represented above?",No hint available.,"Law is mind without reason. - Aristotle Explanation: During their marriage, Mr. Mind was with Miss Reason, but after he became a widower, he became Mr. Law. Therefore, Mr. Law is Mr. Mind without Miss Reason, or ""law is mind without reason"".",Other,10/26/07 #34746,Wizard or Magician,2.81,3.05,MarcM1098,"This is quite a group I've found; Look who belongs, it will astound. In this group, find BY and LO, But see neither HIGH nor LOW. This group is not very big, But it has GRIT, GIRT and TRIG. HOVELS is in, but move the ""s"", this group SHOVEL does not possess. It is sad but true, this thought: VOLE belongs, but LOVE does not. Now, which one belongs, tell me quick: WIZARD, MAGICIAN, MEDIUM or MAGIC?","I think you will do better, If you focus on each letter. Look close and you will see, Group members have a symmetry.","WIZARD is in the group. The group contains words with symmetrically distributed letters. For example, in VOLE, the first and last letters, V and E, are equidistant from the centre of the alphabet, as are the middle two letters, O and L. However, LOVE does not belong because the L and E are not equidistant; neither are the O and V. Can you think of any other words that belong in this group? Here is a chart showing pairs of equidistant letters: AZ BY CX DW EV FU GT HS IR JQ KP LO MN",Group,01/05/07 #1686,El Rey,2.28,2.21,Beanie18,"Too much pressure, is this job I do, working as recreation, a calendar too. I rule a quarter, of my world, on the table, I get hurled. El Rey I'm called, patronized too, My twin as well, who's mirrored true. Through my head, this sword shall go, too much pressure, this job I know. What is he?","El Rey means ""The King""",The King of Hearts (The Suicide King),Riddle,12/12/01 #29828,Pep-A-Mint Day Camp,2.97,2.52,peppamintp,"During last summer, Ziggy and four other part time counselors at Pep-A-Mint Day Camp each worked on a different weekday, Monday through Friday, on which they had complete responsibility for that day's activities. In the mornings, the counselor on duty took the campers into the woods for a nature hike, during which the campers were taught to recognize and gather a different type of wild growing food. In the afternoons, the counselor taught the campers a different craft. From this information and the clues below, can you determine each counselor's food, craft, and day? 1. The counselor who taught the campers how to make miniature canoes worked the day before Jennifer, who worked the day before the woman who taught the children how to recognize edible mushrooms. 2. The woman who taught the campers how to find wild raspberries worked earlier in the week than the one who taught clay modeling, who worked earlier in the week than Sally. 3. The counselor who taught the kids to find blueberries worked the day before Patti; the one who taught jewelry making worked earlier in the week than the one who taught the children to recognize a cherry tree. All four counselors mentioned enjoying their jobs. 4. The five counselors are Maureen, the one who taught the kids how to gather nuts, the one who taught soap carving, the one who worked on Tuesdays, and the one who worked on Fridays. 5. The counselor who taught the campers to make collages (who isn't Sally) isn't the one who taught them to find wild cherries.",No hint available.,"1. Ziggy, cherries, clay, Tuesday 2. Jennifer, blueberries, soap, Thursday 3. Maureen, raspberries, jewelry, Monday 4. Patti, mushrooms, collage, Friday 5. Sally, nuts, canoes, Wednesday",Logic-Grid,04/17/06 #35619,And a Few More Common Themes,2.92,2.62,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to change one letter in each of the following words, in order to find eight (8) words with a common theme. Stark Curfew Petrol Oil Raffle Strike Thrash Swat",No hint available.,"The common theme: they are all birds. Stork Curlew Petrel Owl Yaffle Shrike Thrush Swan",Language,03/09/07 #13255,Let It Ride,2.4,1.5,fishmed,"What phrase is represented below? OR OR NULL",No hint available.,Double or nothing,Rebus,06/18/03 #50910,Hyphen Word-Hunt 2,3.2,1.72,dalfamnest,"** or Hyphen-Word Hunt! ** Some English words are usually paired with a hyphen. The rules for this are interesting to browse, and some word pairs can even be correctly written in three different ways - e.g. playgroup, play group, or play-group. This teaser invites you find a commonly hyphenated word-pair inside a pair of words. e.g. undisCLOSEd - cUPbearer gives us CLOSE-UP **CLUES** 1. Drunken - King 2. Proliferate - Synthesizer 3. Pothole - Dehumidifier 4. Superclean - Prosecutor ... and a triple! 5. Acknowledge - Excited - Footballer Meanings or synonyms are provided in the Hint below, but be careful - these might make it too easy.","1. Confrontation 2. Full-scale 3. Boring 4. Sharply outlined 5. Wise guy","1. RUN-IN 2. LIFE-SIZE 3. HO-HUM 4. CLEAN-CUT 5. KNOW-IT-ALL",Language,10/11/16 #342,1 H on a H.,2.04,2.0,Mr. G,1 H on a H.,Cover up.,1 hat on a head.,Letter-Equations,03/13/01 #1528,Two Twice,2.21,1.12,LiL_MaN,What is 2 times the half of 2 twice?,No hint available.,4,Math,11/26/01 #42784,146097 = D in 400 Y,2.12,1.57,shenqiang,146097 = D in 400 Y,No hint available.,"146097 = days in 400 years. Years that are divisible by 4 are leap years. However, for the years ending in 00, only those divisible by 400 are leap years. Therefore, there are 97 leap years in every 400 years, and 365*400+97=146097.",Letter-Equations,08/13/08 #867,Three Women,2.49,1.7,Michelle,"Of the three women lunching together, Melanie is older than the woman with black hair, but younger than the bookkeeper. The computer operator is the doctor's younger sister. Rebecca is younger than the brunette, and Debbie is older than the blonde. What color is each woman's hair, how old is she compared to the others, and what is her profession?",No hint available.,Melanie is the blonde doctor. Rebecca is the black-haired computer operator and is the youngest. Debbie is the brunette bookkeeper and the oldest.,Logic,09/23/01 #4658,Body Part,2.69,1.92,bobbrt,"Change the first letter of a word for part of the human body and you will get something worn on that part of the body. Surprisingly, the two words will not rhyme.",No hint available.,Foot and Boot,Language,06/12/02 #15938,Fall and Break,2.97,2.21,catsrfun37,"I break, she falls. I break, she falls. Who am I, and who is she?",No hint available.,"I am day, and she is night.",Riddle,12/24/03 #19696,The Five Cards,2.52,1.13,weirdness_-_-,"Five cards sit on the table. Each has a different design or shape on it. The five cards are: Diamond, Wavy Lines, Square, Triangle, and Circle. Given the following 5 clues, can you decide the order of the five cards? 1.The Square and the Diamond have 2 cards between them. 2.The Wavy Lines are to the right of the Diamond. 3.The Square and Wavy Lines are as far apart as possible. 4.The Circle is not to the side of the Diamond. 5.The Triangle is not first in the sequence.",This teaser is very easy if you draw a diagram.,"The order was Square, Circle, Triangle, Diamond, Wavy Lines. Clue 1: We know now that the Square and Diamond are 3 cards apart, so the Square must fall 1st or 2nd and the Diamond 4th or last. 2.The Wavy Lines are to the Diamond's right, so the Diamond falls 4th leaving the Square at 1st. 3.This is just a hint to let you know the Square was 1st. 4.The Circle wasn't to the side of the Diamond, so it had to fall 2nd, next to the Square. 5. The Triangle wasn't 1st, so it had to fit in the last place not taken, 3rd, or to the left of the Diamond.",Logic,12/04/04 #26483,Word Pyramid: Modern Wonders II,3.03,1.26,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: I Clues: 1. 3.1415926535... 2. to cut, tear apart 3. a support for two adjacent bridge spans 4. first in excellence, quality, or value 5. ------ State Building","Located in ""The Big Apple"".","I PI RIP PIER PRIME EMPIRE The Empire State Building is once again New York City's tallest skyscraper (it was for nearly 40 years prior to the World Trade Center). The building is a symbol of this city and was constructed in only two years - 1930 to 1931. It stands 1,453 feet tall and weighs approximately 365,000 tons.",Language,10/21/05 #50682,Words With OL,2.19,2.69,cnmne,"Five words that contain OL as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **OL*, *OL***, **OL**, ***OL*, **OL*** Pool: A, A, C, C, D, E, E, E, E, F, G, H, I, I, J, N, R, T, V, W",No hint available.,"WHOLE, GOLDEN, FROLIC, CAJOLE, VIOLATE",Language,08/30/15 #26821,Phrase Run,2.78,2.7600000000000002,cdrock,"A boy was running around the bases of a ball diamond, but the bases had 5 letters at them. He ran around the bases 5 times, and at each base he took a letter with him. These letters spelled a phrase, can you figure out what it is?? Note: Start with a letter at home plate, not 1st base. Home plate - A B L E M 1st Base - E N P R S 2nd Base - A E O S W 3rd Base - C E N O W",No hint available.,A new broom sweeps clean,Language,11/09/05 #18434,Oh Say Can You See?,2.78,1.17,fishmed,"What was the largest, single, man-made object visible with the naked eye to Neil Armstrong when he first stepped onto the moon's surface?",It's not the Wall.,"The Lunar Landing Module - Contrary to popular belief, no man-made terrestrial object, including the Great Wall of China, can be seen from the surface of the moon. However, Mr. Armstrong could definitely see the Lunar Lander from which he had just stepped.",Trick,08/03/04 #7691,CNRTLTOSNIAUAGO,2.7600000000000002,1.69,BigSurf18,"The following word is scrambled, but with a particular pattern. What is the word? CNRTLTOSNIAUAGO","Try LEFT, THEN RIGHT, THEN LEFT, THEN RIGHT. etc.","CONGRATULATIONS. First letter, last letter, second letter, second to last letter, third letter...",Language,09/27/02 #5895,4 Grades,2.53,2.36,Bintot,"Just before the end of the term four high school students were discussing their chances for certain grades. The following remarks contain the gist of their hopes and fears. Jack: We'll all get different grades. If I get an A, then Lucy will get a D. Jean: If Lucy gets a C, then Jack will get a D. Jack will get a better grade than Paul. Lucy: If Jean doesn't get an A, then Jack will get a C. If I get a B, then Paul won't get a D. Paul: If Lucy gets an A, then I'll get a B. if Jean doesn't get a B, I won't either. When the final examinations were graded and the term marks made out each of the four passed, and strange as it may seem, each received a grade that checked exactly with all the ideas they had previously expressed. What grade did each receive?",No hint available.,"Jack, Jean, Lucy, and Paul received B, A, D, and C, respectively.",Logic,07/25/02 #38106,Sports Heroes II,2.41,2.53,merrimackxc2010,"Can you decipher this? N R=T 7 N-H in his C",No hint available.,"Nolan Ryan=Threw 7 no-hitters in his career. Nolan Ryan was in the Major League for an astonishing 27 years. He was the first pitcher to throw 7 or more career no-hitters in the Major League .",Letter-Equations,09/04/07 #263,S E Q U E N C _,2.96,2.05,Mr. G,"S E Q U E N C _ What letter can you place on the line, other than E, to complete this sequence?",The clue is in the question.,Place an F on the _ to form an E.,Trick,02/05/01 #5045,Blind Monkey Fingers,2.78,1.86,im_para_noid,"You are imprisoned within a small jail cell. Your cellmate is a large monkey that is blind in one eye and does not have all its fingers on one hand. Your captors turn to you and say, ""Do you feel more sorry because of the monkey's eye or hand? If you answer correctly, we will set you free.""",No hint available.,"Say ""EYE"". The monkey's hand is normal. Its fingers should be equally spread over two hands, so it's okay that it does not have all its fingers on one hand.",Trick,06/29/02 #10455,A Label,2.31,1.52,tissue,"A label for those who cannot bear children. My first letter is second, and my second letter is first. My first 3 make a supporter. What word am I?",No hint available.,"The answer is ""barren"". People who cannot bear children are barren. The first letter is the second in the alphabet, and the second letter is the first letter in the alphabet. The first 3 letters of the word is a bar, which is often used to support something.",Riddle,02/14/03 #5088,Place Ant,2.73,1.71,badbrian08,"Name a four letter word that can be added to all of these words to make a new one. Place Ant Lane Arm House",No hint available.,Fire,Language,07/01/02 #3970,Frog Bank,2.7,1.75,piffle,"A frog needs a loan so he goes to a bank. He hops in and hops up to the front desk. The clerk there, whose name is Paddywack, asks him, ""Can I help you, sir?"" The frog replies, ""Yes, I'd like to take out a loan."" Paddywack says, ""What's your name, sir?"" The frog says, ""Mick Jagger."" Paddywack laughs and says, ""What like the Rolling Stone?"" The frog responds, ""Yes, as a matter of fact, he was my father."" Paddywack says, ""Ok, we'll give you a loan. But first, in this bank, you need to present your collateral before we give you your loan."" The frog rummages in his pocket and finally comes up with a little golden strangely shaped object. He says, ""All I've got is this. Will you accept it?"" Paddywack studies the object for a moment and asks, ""What is it?"" The frog shrugs and says, ""I don't know. I inherited it from my father."" Paddywack takes the object and says to the frog, ""Ok, I'll go take this to my boss. Maybe he'll know what it is."" Paddywack leaves the room and enters another smaller office. When he comes back out, he grants the loan. What did his boss say to make him grant the loan?",No hint available.,"Paddywack presented the gold object to his boss and his boss said, ""It's a knick-knack, Paddywack. Give the frog a loan! His old man's a Rolling Stone!""",Other,05/08/02 #27008,Robbers,2.41,1.46,Shawnheyhey123,"There are 2 robbers that go into a store and rob it. After the robbery, they each get 12 months, but they didn't get caught. How come?",No hint available.,They robbed a calendar shop and stole 1 calendar for each of them (12 months).,Trick,11/18/05 #17090,Find the Number 2,2.23,1.9000000000000001,liltunalol,"Find the five-digit number in which the first digit is one less than the second and three times the third, the second digit is two less than the fourth, and the second and third digits, when added together, make the fourth. The sum of all digits is 25.","The sum, 25, will let you find the last digit.","67,291",Math,03/20/04 #10943,Three-Dimensional Ousting,2.36,1.7,codammanus,"The group below consists of three-dimensional objects. Among them, there is one that just does not belong. Which one of these things does not fit in with the rest of the group? Beads in an Abacus (Chinese) a Pendulum a Toilet Seat an Elevator",No hint available.,"All except the Pendulum belong. It is the only thing that can move from LEFT TO RIGHT. All the others, can only go either UP OR DOWN.",Group,03/06/03 #22542,A Dead Rabbit,2.3,1.34,blondinthebrain,"A man came home from work one day to find his neighbor's rabbit in his dog's mouth. The rabbit was dead. When his neighbor came home, he went next door to explain what happened. When he said that he came home and the rabbit was in the dog's mouth, he begged for forgiveness. The neighbor said not to worry about it, that the rabbit was not harmed. The man was puzzled. How was the rabbit not harmed?",No hint available.,"The rabbit had died a day earlier from a sickness, and was buried in the neighbor's backyard. The dog had dug up the rabbit.",Situation,04/28/05 #30969,"Paper On, Dude!",2.29,2.89,norcekri,"The All-Portland Rock-Scissors-Paper League follows the canonical rules: at a given signal, both contestants reveal their choices. Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, and paper beats rock. However, for tournament play, the stakes are altered. Losers pay winners 3 chips if the latter wins with ""rock"", 2 points with ""scissors"", and 1 point with ""paper"". Each minute, everyone must find a new opponent, play one ""throw"", pay off, and get ready for the next switch. The players with the most chips at the end of the evening get the big prizes: first place is a bag of Portland cement, second is a hedge trimmer, and third place is a choice of stationery. Also, any chips you've won are redeemable for drinks at the bar. Knowing nothing about the other players' preference, mind games, etc., what's your best strategy (mixture of rock, paper, and scissors) for maintaining your balance of chips throughout the evening?","(1) The answer is not 1:1:1; this loses to people who throw nothing but rocks. (2) This is a ""zero-sum"" game: what one player wins, the other loses. (3) The game is ""symmetric"": everyone is playing with the same information, the same options, and the same risks. (4) The game is ""open"": there is no hidden information, such as secret agreements or rules that only one player knows.","Randomly throw paper 1/2 the time, rock 1/3 of the time, and scissors the remaining 1/6. Method: To avoid dredging through matrix math, I'll present a couple of basic principles of game theory. (1) Playing the best strategy possible allows you to expose your overall strategy to your opponent without affecting your expected payoff. No matter what your opponent does in response, you'll still expect at least a given amount in the long run. (2) Since the game is symmetric and open, every player will have the same best strategy -- and the same expected payoff if they use it. (3) Since the game is zero-sum, that expected payoff must be zero. (4) Given the payoff structure, the best grand (overall) strategy will involve all three choices. With these principles, we can now look for a strategy that gives an expected payoff of zero, regardless of what the opponent does. Granted, if we *knew* the opponent was playing some other strategy, we could change to get an advantage -- but getting the best stable payoff includes the assumption that the opponent will take advantage of any exposed weakness. So, we're looking to mix our ""throws"" in some useful proportion that will give us a stable, zero payoff. First, let's compare against someone throwing nothing but rocks. If we throw rock, it's a tie (no payoff). If we throw scissors, we lose 3. If we throw paper, we win 1. This yields the equation E = 0*R -3*S +1*P where E = expected payoff R = proportion of rocks S = proportion of scissors P = proportion of paper Against an all-paper opponent: E = -1*R + 2*S -0*P Against someone running with scissors all the time: E = 3*R + 0*S -1*P We know that E=0; we can now solve the three equations in three variables. We get a stable proportion, rather than a fixed answer. P = 3*S; R = 2*S. Normalizing to a total probability of 1, we get S = 1/6, R = 1/3, P = 1/2. Q.E.D. I realize that it's a bit counterintuitive that the choice with the best potential gain (rock) is not the largest proportion of the optimal mix. Rather, note that what *beats* rock gets the highest share, and what beats scissors gets the next highest.",Math,06/08/06 #33069,Middle Initial,2.19,2.8,grungy49,"I met 5 men today each with a unique name: Albert S. Hawkins John D. Hawkins James I. Hawkins Colin K. Hawkins and Daniel Hawkins, who would not give me his middle initial. Nevertheless I was able to work out the initial. What was it?",You will need to do a fair bit of work with placings in the alphabet.,"Daniel H. Hawkins. Take the first letter of Daniel's name (D) and find its place in the alphabet (4). Now take the last letter of Daniel's name (L) and find its place (12). Now subtract 4 from 12 to get 8 - and the 8th letter is H.",Other,09/18/06 #46727,Colorful Deliveries,3.06,2.09,NikkiBabi,"Determine each person's first and last name, the color of each package, what each contained, and what time it was delivered. Clues: 1. Michelle did not receive shoes and did not receive her package at 1:00 PM. Mr. Jones didn't receive his package in the afternoon. 2. The button up shirt did not come in a black or purple package. The shirt Michael received is not a sweatshirt. The purple package did not contain shoes. 3. Mrs. Marks, who received her package at 3:00 PM, didn't receive a light pink package, which was not delivered at 9:00 AM. 4. Kevin's last name isn't Johnson and he didn't receive his package at 4:00 PM. The high heels did not come in the hot pink package and were not delivered at 11:00 AM. 5. The hot pink package was delivered two hours after the button up shirt and two hours before Kara received her package. 6. The order of the appointments is the person who ordered the clogs, Ms. Green and her shirt, the owner whose last name is Smith, the person who received the red package, and Jason.",No hint available.,"Michael Smith, Hot Pink, Flannel Shirt, 1PM; Kevin Jones, Black, Clogs, 9AM; Jason Johnson, Purple, Sweatshirt, 4PM; Michelle Green, Light Pink, Button Up, 11AM; Kara Marks, Red, High Heels, 3PM",Logic-Grid,04/13/10 #50424,No New Digits,2.71,2.62,Ghostology,"What 6 digit number when multiplied by either 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 has no new digits which appear?",No hint available.,"142857. 142857 * 2 = 287514 142857 * 3 = 428571 142857 * 4 = 571428 142857 * 5 = 714285 142857 * 6 = 857142",Math,09/01/14 #25468,Concerts,2.86,1.71,princess_pinkie,"Five friends went to five different concerts in this past week (Monday to Saturday). From the following clues, can you determine each child's full name, the day they went to their concert, and which concert they attended? 1. Estaban and his friend, the Montgomery girl, both went to concerts before Thursday. 2. The Chen boy saw the Metalheads later in the week than Micheal saw his concert. 3. Country Kickin' played a concert earlier in the week than the Wild Yahoos, who Dawn saw in concert. 4. The Hawthorne girl, the child who went to Friday's concert, and Dawn all ride the same bus to school. 5. Backyard Blues Band played on Thursday, three days after the Guerro child went to his concert. 6. Estaban saw his concert before the Chen child and five days before the girl who saw Stonestown Symphony.","Estaban, Lucas and Michael are boys; Dawn and Emma are girls.","Estaban Guerro, Country Kickin', Monday Dawn Montgomery, Wild Yahoos, Wednesday Micheal Juarez, Backyard Blues Band, Thursday Lucas Chen, Metalheads, Friday Emma Hawthorne, Stonestown Symphony, Saturday",Logic-Grid,08/21/05 #7582,Audubon Society,2.29,2.88,dewtell,"Here is a list of birds: Cardinal Western Meadowlark Mockingbird Bluebird/Mountain Bluebird ?????????????? Eastern Goldfinch Baltimore Oriole Is the missing bird: Chickadee Purple Finch Rhode Island Red Roadrunner Robin",This may require an encyclopedia.,"Robin The birds are state birds of the United States, arranged by decreasing order of the number of states having that bird as the state bird. Seven states have the Cardinal, six have the Western Meadowlark, five have the Mockingbird, four have either the Bluebird or Mountain Bluebird, three (Wisconsin, Michigan, and Connecticut) have the Robin, two have the Eastern Goldfinch, and one (Maryland, of course) has the Baltimore Oriole as their state birds. All the other birds listed are the state birds of only one or two states.",Series,09/20/02 #33314,There Was A Small Plane...,2.56,1.06,tintiniscool,"There was a small plane getting ready to land. It was almost time, and the pilot had to land without using any wheels! Miraculously, the plane landed, and nobody was hurt. How is this so?","Yes, there were people in the plane, and it was flying before landing.","The plane was a sea plane, thus not needing wheels when landing (on water!)",Trick,10/04/06 #6235,Leaf,2.18,1.39,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? LLL EEE AAA FFF",No hint available.,Falling leaves!,Rebus,08/05/02 #26068,Weather or Not,3.2,2.54,mejoza,"There are five weather forecasters getting ready for a weekend forecast. Each forecaster is predicting different weather and is choosing a suit and ""tie"" (yes, the women, too) of different color combinations. There are 3 men (John, Matt and Tim) and 2 women (Karen and Sarah). Can you determine the color of the suit, the color and pattern of the tie, and the weather prediction for each forecaster? 1. The forecaster who wore a black suit did not predict snow or rain. 2. Many viewers called in to comment on the whimsically printed tan tie and brown suit combination. 3. The five forecasters were: Matt, the woman who predicted high winds, the person in a black suit, the man with a striped tie, and the woman in an olive suit. 4. A solid white tie was chosen to represent the snowy forecast that day. 5. John's orange tie was hated by his wife. 6. Sarah had a teal colored tie which was not floral. 7. Tim predicted sun and did not wear brown or black. 8. The man who predicted rain did not wear a striped tie. 9. The blue suit was worn by a man.",No hint available.,"John, black suit, orange floral tie, foggy Tim, blue suit, striped pink tie, sunny Sarah, gray suit, dotted teal tie, windy Matt, brown suit, whimsical tan tie, rainy Karen, olive suit, solid white tie, snowy",Logic-Grid,09/24/05 #27458,Used Everyday...,2.57,0.9400000000000001,metallicman,"I am used to live, to get what you need, You have all used me, I come from many different places, On me are many different faces. Every country is in need of me. Too little of me has been a cause for poverty, I am a primary target for people to steal. If you think I am power, you are getting close. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am money. People use me to get food to live, everyone who bought something used money, many different countries make it. All sorts of faces are on money. Poverty is a result of not having enough, and money is stolen all the time.",Riddle,12/13/05 #45479,Punished For Good Behavior?,2.67,2.11,tigerlily34,A woman tells her three sons to do something. Only one son obeys. The woman says something to him and he storms away and sulks. What's happening?,The son isn't upset because he got in trouble. He is simply rather competitive.,"The family is playing a game of Simon Says. The one son acted when his mom didn't say ""Simon says,"" and he got angry when his mom told him he's out.",Situation,10/12/09 #46495,Ever Changing 2,2.52,2.44,mathisnice,"Using the following hints, how can you get from the first word to the fourth word to the seventh word? Word 1 had one letter changed and another removed to make Word 2. Word 3 is a synonym of Word 2. Word 3 had one letter changed to make Word 4. Word 5 is a synonym of Word 4. Word 5 has had two letters changed to make Word 6. Word 7 is a synonym of Word 6. Change _____ _____ Spin _____ _____ Find",The second and fifth words begin with R. The third begins with S. The sixth begins with L.,Change to Range to Span to Spin to Rotate to Locate to Find,Language,03/07/10 #30913,The Vowel-less Knights #9,2.8,2.25,ScoutMan,"Just when you thought the Knights were running out of things to say, they find more: 1. W'v ll gt t rmmbr t pck r bttls crfll, t b prprd t ls smll ns, nd t hld t fr bg ns. 2. Whn th sndppr nd th clm grppl, t s th fshrmn tht prfts. 3. t shld cm s n srprs t n f s tht th sltn t ndng bckrng n fmls s t tlk t n nthr mr ftn wtht blmng, mkng jdgmnts, r nsltng n nthr.","1. Written by two ladies, in a book about single parenting. Bonus: who are they, and what book did they write? 2. This is an actual Chinese proverb. Yes, really. It is not a fortune cookie saying. 3. Written by two men and a woman in a book on children. Bonus: who are they, and what book did they write?","1. We've all got to remember to pick our battles carefully, to be prepared to lose small ones, and to hold out for big ones. Bonus: Marge Kennedy and Janet King, authors of ""The Single Parent Family"" 2. When the sandpiper and the clam grapple, it is the fisherman that profits. 3. It should come as no surprise to any of us that the solution to ending bickering in families is to talk to one another more often without blaming, making judgements, or insulting one another. Bonus: Donald Medeiros, Barbara Porter, and David Welch, authors of ""Children Under Stress""",Language,06/06/06 #25389,The King,2.35,0.92,teaser88,"Once there was a king who was loved by millions, yet when he died no royalty attended his funeral. Who was this king?","Think ""Rock and Roll""",Elvis Presley,Trivia,08/17/05 #6253,"NT, NO, Z, O...",2.2,1.93,Canary05,"Complete this series: NT, NO, Z, O, ?, ?",It starts out in a negative way...,"The answer is T, T. The initials represent the first letters in Negative Two, Negative One, Zero, One, Two, Three.",Series,08/06/02 #5336,belt hitting,2.17,0.89,Cascas,"belt hitting What does this mean?",No hint available.,Hitting below the belt,Rebus,07/08/02 #41185,Einstime,2.74,1.94,jazzmusician46,"What phrase does this rebus represent? 2.47pm 54lbs & 70lbs 4 no 1",No hint available.,"'Time waits for no one.' Explanation: 2.47pm = time 54lbs x 70lbs = weights (waits) 4 = for no 1 = (no one)",Rebus,03/24/08 #7702,A Sea House,2.32,1.13,stargirl,"I am found around water, and only one thing lives in me. In a way I'm a house by the sea. I move very rarely, now please guess, What do you think I am?",No hint available.,"A shell (clam, conch, etc...)",Riddle,09/25/02 #44905,Storks,2.32,0.9,dragunlord13,"If it takes 5 storks 5 minutes to catch 5 frogs, then how long will it take 1000 storks to catch 1000 frogs?",No hint available.,5 minutes!!,Trick,07/20/09 #16101,Not So Great Inventions #1,2.26,1.09,od-1,"A would-be inventor was having trouble scraping the thick sheet of ice from his car windows when he came up with an idea. He had just bought a new snow shovel and it had a metal edge on it to help break up ice. Why not create a car ice scraper with a metal blade? He drew up the plans, had them manufactured and began marketing his new invention. Initial sales were excellent but his newly formed company soon went bankrupt as there were no reorders at all. His product removed ice better than any other on the market. It was a great price; well built and there were still 3 months of winter left. What went wrong seeing as the product worked so well?",He made a lot of windshield repair shops happy.,"Most ice scrapers are plastic; some are wooden, but other than this one, never metal. Plastic and wood rarely scratch glass. Metal, on the other hand, can scratch glass quite easily; especially when it is run across a windshield vigorously in an attempt to remove ice and snow, as the unfortunate owners of the metal ice scraper soon found out.",Other,01/09/04 #26692,Test Scores,2.5,1.18,hamburger,"Bob shows his test score to John, Marty, and Shana, but they keep theirs hidden. John thinks, ""At least two of us have the same score."" Marty thinks, ""I didn't get the lowest score."" Shana thinks, ""I didn't get the highest score."" In what order did John, Marty, and Shana score from lowest to highest?",No hint available.,"Lowest: Shana Middle: John Highest: Marty",Logic,11/02/05 #36629,Mortal Privation,2.59,1.8900000000000001,BobbyKat,"Marking mortal privation, when firmly in place. An enduring summation, inscribed in my face. What am I?",No hint available.,A tombstone,Riddle,05/15/07 #17716,When Things Go Wrong,2.49,1.25,Newf,"When things go wrong, what can you always count on?",No hint available.,Your fingers!,Trick,05/22/04 #2903,Jugs of Water,2.36,1.76,204_BLaZe_41,"There are two plastic jugs filled with water. How could you put all of this water into a barrel, without using the jugs or any dividers, and still tell which water came from which jug?",No hint available.,"First, you would freeze the water in one or both jugs. Then, cut the plastic away, leaving only the ice. You could now put them into a barrel and see which water came from which jug.",Logic,03/25/02 #22323,Construction Worker,2.88,0.88,DummyisDumb,"What am I? I will help you with your writing, Probably through me you will see, But if you want to ship me, You'll put me right inside of me. I wear many different hats you know, In construction plus I'm tracing, I also do work for the board, Lots of kids use me for a racing. You can fold me, tear me, Rip me without using all your might, But be careful how you touch me, I may give you my famous bite.",No hint available.,"Paper. I will help you with your writing- You draw on paper Probably through me you will see- Usually you can see through paper But if you want to ship me, You'll put me right inside of me- An envelope, you put a letter (paper) inside an envelope (paper) I wear many different hats you know, In construction plus I'm tracing, I also do work for the board- Construction Paper,Tracing Paper,Cardboard Paper Lots of kids use me for a racing- Paper Airplane Race You can fold me, tear me, Rip me without using all your might- It's easy to rip paper But be careful how you touch me, I may give you my famous bite- Paper cut",Riddle,04/18/05 #22935,A Man and His Seas,2.41,2.68,bigSWAFF_69_,"A man was put in a strange place, and got lost. The only things he could see were many seas and volcanoes. After a few hours, he found himself with other people, going home. Where was he, and why?",No hint available.,"The man was an astronaut on the moon. The seas related to maria, the dark parts on the moon. The biggest parts of maria are know as seas (the Sea of Serenity, the Sea of Tranquility, and a few others). Photographs have proven that there are volcanoes on the moon. He was exploring the moon, and then he went back to the shuttle with the other astronauts, and went back to Earth (home).",Situation,05/15/05 #14661,Home in an Alley,2.71,1.85,smileysteve,"We are a family. We live in an alley on oily ground. We all look exactly the same, and when we get hurt we get pushed out of the way and replaced. We fear the almighty sphere of death. What are we?",No hint available.,"Bowling pins. Bowling pins are in a bowling alley, the lane is covered in oil. All pins are the same. When they get knocked over the machine clears them out of the way and puts up new pins. The bowling ball is round like a sphere.",Riddle,09/03/03 #5267,St. George's Cross,2.15,2.06,mad-ade,"The drawing is of the flag of St. George. It consists of a red cross on a white background. Both arms of the red cross are the same width. The flag measures 60 cm by 91 cm. If the area of the red arms is equal to the area of white, what should be the width of the red arms?",No hint available.,21 cm wide,Math,07/06/02 #46083,Missing Word...7,1.72,0.76,cutegagangel,"Figure out the missing word based on the clues below. _____ tumor _____ cancer _____ surgery _____ stem _____ freeze",No hint available.,"The missing word is brain! Brain tumor Brain cancer Brain surgery Brain stem Brain freeze",Language,12/26/09 #19102,Smart Dog,2.45,2.49,Gander,"Each letter of the cryptogram has been replaced by a number. A letter is always represented by the same number throughout the code. One word has been decoded to help you out. Good luck. 9-14-2 16-17-11 15-19 V E R Y 19-5-7-6-9. 14-2 4-2-2-3-19 19-17-6-6-8 4-17-6 5-2 20-2-1-7-18-19-2 15 6-2-1-2-15-13-2 19-17 5-18-1-14 5-7-15-3; 9-14-7-9 ' 19 12-14-8 14-2 9-6-15-2-19 9-17 20-15-9-2 9-14-2 5-7-15-3-5-7-10 . 7-3-20-2-6-9 2-15-10-19-9-2-15-10",No hint available.,THE DOG IS VERY SMART. HE FEELS SORRY FOR ME BECAUSE I RECEIVE SO MUCH MAIL; THAT'S WHY HE TRIES TO BITE THE MAILMAN. ALBERT EINSTEIN,Cryptography,10/09/04 #7389,Religion,2.38,1.81,tissue,"What common name, when a letter is added to the end, creates a major religious word?",No hint available.,Chris(t),Language,09/12/02 #13868,pochickent,2.5,1.71,adoontourious,"What does the following represent? pochickent pochickent pochickent pochickent",No hint available.,"A chicken in every pot. (a phrase made famous by U.S. President Hoover during his election campaign).",Rebus,07/17/03 #19351,What Letter is Missing?,2.26,3.12,howdyall1311,"What letter is missing from this sequence: A A A A ==?== A A A A A A U Note: the answer is not A, nor is it U.",Think Greek,"N: from epsilon, last letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu.",Series,11/05/04 #51584,Clover Rover ?? (02),1.76,0.72,LittleGreenMan,"Complete the Rebus using your ""lateral thinking"" skills, ""fuzzy logic"" ability, ""cluster mapping"" technique, and ""intuitive leaping"" (if appropriate), to identify a common phrase suggested by the information below. luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck luck",No hint available.,"""a lot of luck""",Rebus,12/07/17 #33580,Legends,2.35,2.72,jazzmusician46,"Which one of these people do not belong? Subhashchandra Gupte Don Bradman Hansie Cronje Seve Ballesteros Imran Khan Zaheer Abbas",Sport,"Seve Ballesteros is a golfing legend, whilst the rest of the people in the group are International cricketing legends. Spanish born Seve Ballesteros won the US Masters - 1980, 1983 and the British Open - 1979, 1984, 1988.",Group,10/21/06 #25855,Cleft to Grout,2.57,2.37,sweetime,"Changing only one letter at a time to form a new (and valid) word, can you change ""CLEFT"" to ""GROUT"" in 8 steps?",No hint available.,"CLEFT CLEAT CLEAN GLEAN GLEAM GLOAM (to become twilight) GLOAT GLOUT (frown or scowl) GROUT",Language,09/10/05 #37501,Aesop's Fables IX,2.7,1.53,brainster,"We've all read Aesop's Fables in one form or another. These interesting stories captivate our attention and always leave us with a moral. One of those morals is represented below. Can you find it? Welcome to the marathon conducted by The Society Of The Fleet-footed. Our contestants are ready to go and the race just began! 50 of the greatest runners are participating today. It will be great to see who among these make it to the top! Keep listening to our commentary ladies and gentlemen, for up to date news on the progress! (a little while later) And we're reaching the finish line now, and this is amazing! Mr. Leisurely and Mr. Solid have both crossed the finish line together! We have a tie for the gold medal ladies and gentlemen! What a great time we've all had today and what a great ending!",No hint available.,"Slow and steady wins the race. Leisurely and Solid are synonyms for slow and steady respectively.",Other,07/22/07 #3040,Survival in a Wet Room,2.79,1.18,lil_thugsta,"There is a man locked up in a room, which has no windows or any way out except for a firmly locked door that can't be unlocked or destroyed by any means. There is an open tap at a corner of the room from which great amounts of water get into the room. What can the man do to escape from drowning, if he only has a large rope and a bucket that can hold up to 5 liters of water?",No hint available.,Turn the water tap off.,Trick,03/30/02 #1770,Cigarettes,2.53,2.03,Nishoo,"If you were on a raft with a pack of cigarettes but had no matches, how would you light your cigarette ?",No hint available.,Throw one cigarette overboard to make the raft a cigarette lighter.,Trick,12/20/01 #50109,Dropboxes XXVIII,2.47,2.1,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Partial; opinionated [_] 2. Reside [_] 3. Concept 4. Fuel a fire [_] 5. Appendages [_] 6. Adjust a clock 7. Large Western landmass [_] 8. Ukrainian peninsula [_] 9. Felony or misdemeanor 10. Military hat [_] 11. Root _____ [_] 12. Honey provider 13. Hidden [_] 14. Satan [_] 15. Like some wires or bait",No hint available.,"1. biased [S] 2. abide [B] 3. idea 4. stoke [K] 5. toes [O] 6. set 7. America [A] 8. Crimea [A] 9. crime 10. beret [T] 11. beer [R] 12. bee 13. veiled [E] 14. Devil [D] 15. live ""Skateboard""",Language,01/25/14 #292,The Confession,2.73,1.83,Mr. G,"A woman was found dead in her bedroom by her husband. Apparently, she had committed suicide by using her husband's gun. She had recorded her last moments, along with a confession to her suicide. After the police listened to the tape, they immediately arrested her husband for murder. How did they know he did it?",The clue was on the tape.,"On the tape, the police heard the woman's confession followed by a gun shot. This was immediately followed by the sound of the tape recorder being stopped. Obviously, if the woman had shot herself, she wouldn't have been able to stop the tape recorder!",Situation,02/20/01 #28671,The Dice Game,2.33,2.78,Question_Mark,"Xavier and Rex were playing a game that involved 5 dice. In each turn, they would roll the 5 dice. Each face of the die is worth a different amount of points. On their first 2 shots, they rolled this: Xavier 1: 1, 3, 3, 4, 6 = 177 points Rex 1: 2, 4, 4, 5, 6 = 268 points Xavier 2: 1, 1, 1, 4, 4 = 203 points Rex 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 = 216 points Using this information, can you work out how many points Xavier and Rex each got on their third turn and how many points each face is worth? Xavier 3: 1, 2, 2, 3, 4 = ? Rex 3: 1, 3, 4, 6, 6 = ?",Xavier scored more than Rex and the difference between the two total scores is 26 points.,"Xavier: 281 (Total: 661) Rex: 151 (Total: 635) 1 = 25 points 2 = 77 points 3 = 38 points 4 = 64 points 5 = 51 points 6 = 12 points From Xavier's first shot and Rex's second shot, we can deduce that a 2 is worth more than a 3. From Xavier's second shot, we can deduce that a 1 is worth an odd number. By trial and error we can work out the value of each face.",Math,02/17/06 #25821,Slice & Splice 3,2.5,2.49,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. The first letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: ALE, BUM, CAB, LAP, MET, SIR Group B: B-----, M-----, P-----",No hint available.,"The Group B words are rocks. BASALT, MARBLE, PUMICE",Language,09/09/05 #34329,Solver on the Case,3.01,2.26,phemme,"Law enforcement officials in the city of Brane Gully face a peculiar challenge. The city's criminal element, the Witty Mafia, violates all the laws on the books and attempts to obscure its crimes using riddles and puzzles of all kinds. When the BGPD is stumped, they call in Miss Terry Solver, P.I. to help solve the case. Twenty-four Amazonian artifacts had disappeared from the Brane Gully Natural History Museum, so the police rounded up the usual suspects. The small carved fish were worth a fortune, and could be hidden nearly anywhere. Evidence and leads from interrogations led the police to the public library, where the artifacts were being hidden until they could be shipped safely out of the country. One officer's hunch proved correct when he searched through books on the Amazon and found 12 fish hidden in the hollowed-out tomes. The last book he searched contained no fish--but a riddle for the courier divulging the location of the remaining artifacts. Time was of the essence, so police called in Solver to make sense of the puzzle. Solver read: Let this note be your Reference, Your guide for where to look. You don't have to search the World for a Book. You may feel heartbreak, Like you lost your first beau, Just remember that old cliche, And you'll know just where to go. Solver looked pensive for only a moment, then a smile spread across her face. She led detectives directly to a large book, and produced all of the remaining artifacts from the hollowed-out volume. How did Solver know where to find the remaining artifacts?",No hint available.,"The riddle guided her to the reference section, and to the World Book encyclopedias. She knew to grab the third volume, because when you are heartbroken someone is likely to tell you, ""There are always other fish in the sea (C).""",Mystery,12/09/06 #9038,Modern,2.54,1.6400000000000001,warrior,"Find a word that can follow or precede each word below to make new words or phrases: Modern, old, space, stone",No hint available.,"Age (modern age, old age, space age, stone age)",Language,12/10/02 #17181,Two Candles 2,2.81,1.74,NYJFan196,"I have two candles. One of them is 5 inches wide, 2.5 inches deep, and 7.5 inches tall. The other one is 6 inches wide, 3 inches deep, and 6.25 inches tall. If I light them both at the same time, which one will burn longer?",No hint available.,Neither. They will both burn shorter.,Trick,03/31/04 #25710,4 Corners,2.24,1.95,qwsxza,"I have 4 corners all about, black within red without. What am I?",No hint available.,A chimney,Riddle,09/01/05 #32042,Rebus Rob: #3,2.66,0.98,Shawnheyhey123,"Rebus Rob is a 12-year old kid who lives in Rebuston, North Carolina. Everybody born in Rebuston instinctively writes in rebus form. But, Rebus Rob wasn't born in Rebuston; so he has trouble with rebuses. Can you help him throughout his day? Today is Saturday. On Saturdays, all Rob does is watch t.v. On a certain channel, he sees a commercial. It says: At 7 P.M., watch ALEX+ER THE GRGRGRGRGRGRGRGR What does this commercial/ad mean?",It was on the History Channel.,"At 7 P.M. watch Alexander the Great. ALEX+ER---The plus stands for 'and' alexANDer GRGRGRGRGRGRGRGR----8 GR'S Gr8=Great Alexander the Great. Alexander was a successful leader/commander in Ancient Times.",Rebus,07/26/06 #25610,Between .56 and 100,2.19,2.3,rhianon,"I'm between .56 and 100. I'm not a decimal. I'm not 100. I'm not even. I'm not in the middle tens. I'm lower than 50. I'm above 2. I'm less than 10. I'm not 7. I don't go into 10. What am I?",The middle tens are the 50's!,"The answer is the word ""and"". It's between .56 and 100 letters. It's not a decimal ( You can't have decimal letters!). It's not 100 letters. It's not an even # because it isn't a #. There aren't between 50 and 59 letters. The word has more letters than 2. There are less than 10 letters. There are not 7 letters. The word ""and"" does not go into the word ten. So the word ""and"" fits the bill.",Trick,08/30/05 #43237,O = M A E in E's C,1.94,2.34,shenqiang,O = M A E in E's C,"""M A"" stand for ""most abundant"".",Oxygen = most abundant element in Earth's crust.,Letter-Equations,10/03/08 #3557,Not Six,2.31,3.02,Mogmatt16,"A: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,19 B: 12,18,20 What are the groups and why is the number 6 not included?","It has nothing to do with even or odd, but all primes are in the same group","All numbers in group A are greater than the sum of all numbers they are divisible by (except for themselves). I.e, 1+2+5<10. In group B, all numbers are less than the sum of all numbers they are divisible by (except for themselves). I.e, 1+2+3+4+6>12. The number 6 is omitted because all numbers it is divisible by add up to 6. 1+2+3=6",Group,04/16/02 #50085,Dropboxes XX,2.66,2.5,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Viewpoint [_] 2. Hindu class [_] 3. Religious group 4. Large wading bird [_] 5. Roman emperor [_] 6. As a unit 7. Wound [_] 8. Script, to an actor [_] 9. Camera's eye 10. Disgusting person [_] 11. Is unproductive [_] 12. Price reduction 13. Male bee [_] 14. Took a bicycle [_] 15. ""Stop"" color 16. Venom [_] 17. Fork and knife's friend [_] 18. Accident reaction 19. Comfortable [_] 20. Wholesaler [_] 21. Senior",No hint available.,"1. aspect [P] 2. caste [A] 3. sect 4. heron [H] 5. Nero [R] 6. one 7. lesion [O] 8. lines [I] 9. lens 10. sleaze [E] 11. lazes [Z] 12. sale 13. drone [N] 14. rode [O] 15. red 16. poison [I] 17. spoon [N] 18. oops 19. relaxed [X] 20. dealer [A] 21. elder ""Phoenix,"" the capital of ""Arizona""",Language,01/20/14 #43643,Daytime,2.08,2.5100000000000002,emily103,"My first's in desk but not in table, My second's in willing but not in able, My third's in urn but not in pot, My fourth's in care but not in thought, My fifth's in window but not in door, My sixth's in many but not in more, My seventh's in leave but not in away, My whole means something to do with day. What am I?",No hint available.,"The adjective diurnal, used to describe something having to do with day or something that is done daily.",Riddle,11/28/08 #14736,You Need Me,2.49,2.1,Smithy,"I'm there when you have fun in the sun, You'll use me to get from Devon to Heaven. You'll have me to get far with a car, And you'll see me in a man with a plan. What am I?",No hint available.,"A rhyme. It's written from the point of view of somebody writing a rhyming poem. e.g. you'll need to use rhyme to get the word 'fun' with the 'sun'.",Riddle,09/11/03 #2735,Two Numbers,2.08,1.25,zoltan_90,What numbers when added or multiplied together produce the same result both ways?,No hint available.,2 and 2 or 0 and 0,Math,03/19/02 #32282,Control the Deck,2.7,2.15,MarcM1098,"Can you decipher this? J K A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Q",Each letter represents a card.,"Hijacking. The Jack and King are high.",Rebus,08/04/06 #376,1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 100,2.68,2.18,Mr. G,"Can you place + and - signs between the following numerals to make the equation true? You can only use a total of 3 symbols and you cannot rearrange the numerals. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = 100","You will use - - +, in that order.",123 - 45 - 67 + 89 = 100,Math,03/27/01 #52344,The Froopaloop Island Ferry,3.09,2.09,wimpykidfan37,"Every two hours, a ferry leaves Froopaloop Island and heads due east to the mainland, taking exactly one hour. Then it leaves the mainland and heads due west back to the island, again taking exactly one hour. Then it repeats. Instead of taking the ferry to Froopaloop Island, Heather prefers to do something very risky: she dons her gorgeous white bikini and swims to the island. (The inhabitants of the island don't know what she looks like with clothes on.) One day, Heather left the mainland terminal at exactly the same time the ferry left the island terminal. Exactly 50 minutes later, the ferry passed her. Assuming both Heather and the ferry travel at a constant speed, and ignoring the time the ferry spends at the mainland terminal, how much time passed between the ferry passing Heather in the opposite direction and passing her in the same direction?","Fifty minutes after leaving the island terminal, the ferry will go in the opposite direction of Heather.","Twenty-five minutes passed. When the ferry first passes Heather, it still has 10 minutes to reach the mainland, which means it can travel the same distance in 10 minutes that Heather can in 50 minutes, and therefore is 5 times as fast. If the distance between the two terminals is x, and the distance Heather has travelled when the ferry passes her the second time is y, then the distance the ferry would have travelled at that time is x+y. Therefore, x+y=5x, which means that y=4x. Since x takes 60 minutes for the ferry, y must take 15 minutes, and x+y must take 75 minutes. Therefore, the time between Heather leaving the mainland and the ferry passing her for the second time is 75 minutes, and the time between the first and second times the ferry passed her is 75-50, or 25, minutes.",Math,01/19/20 #30055,Three Statements III,2.63,1.22,lips,"Which of these three statements are true? 1. If you hold up your right hand in the mirror your image would appear to be holding up its right hand. 2. 17 minutes until 9 o'clock is the same as 8:43. 3. A group of old ladies meet for an afternoon tea party. They bring all their cats. In all there are 22 heads and 72 feet. This means that there are 7 old ladies and 15 cats in the room.",No hint available.,"Statement 2 is true, and statements 1 and 3 are false. In statement 1, the mirror image of a right hand is a left hand. In statement 2, 60-17=43, and it is true. In statement 3, 7*2+15*4=74, which is 2 more than 72, hence there are, in fact, 8 old ladies and 14 cats in the room.",Logic,04/25/06 #40543,"2,2,2?",2.05,1.14,Pope_Greg4,How can the numbers 2 2 2 be arranged to equal 3?,Order of operations,2+(2/2)=3,Math,02/16/08 #24720,Stone-washed Genes,2.61,2.01,norcekri,"Both of my parents have brown eyes, as do I. My brother and my wife have blue eyes. Using the simple brown-blue model (two genes; a brown gene dominates blue gene), what are the chances of my first child having blue eyes?","Given my brother's blue eyes, what are the odds on my pair of eye-color genes?","1 in 3. Since my brother has blue eyes (bb), both of my parents carry one brown and one blue gene (Bb). The three possibilities for my genotype, equally likely, are BB, Bb, and bB. Thus, there is a 2/3 chance that I carry a blue gene. If I carry a blue gene, there is a 50% chance I will pass it on to my first child (and, obviously, 0% if I carry two brown genes). Since my child will certainly get a blue gene from my wife, my gene will determine the eye color. Multiplying the probabilities of those two independent events, there is a chance of 1/2 x 2/3 = 1/3 of my passing on a blue gene.",Probability,07/20/05 #550,What gets bigger...,2.46,1.07,Spencer,What gets bigger and bigger the more you take from it?,No hint available.,A hole.,Other,05/30/01 #42933,Wordy Puzzle,2.04,2.53,darkpaladin2692,"What numbers come next in this series? 23 8 1 20 0 14 21 13 _ _ _",The title isn't completely accurate...,"2, 5, 18 The numbers are the position of the letter in the alphabet (A=1, B=2, ...). The space is 0.",Series,08/29/08 #16643,Three of a Kind Words,2.98,2.2,fishmed,"Following are groups of three words. Can you figure out the common link within each group? Example: Hurricane, camera, needle (answer: eyes) 1: Barber, Rooster, Beehive 2: Bowling Alley, Tailor, Wrestling Match 3: Telephone, Deck of Cards, Car Trunk 4: Fishing Rod, Actor, Checkout Counter 5: Watermelon, Tennis Tournament, Idea",No hint available.,"1: Combs 2: Pins 3: Jacks 4: Lines 5: Seeds",Language,02/18/04 #2537,Nigafterht,2.55,1.66,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this common phrase? nigafterht",No hint available.,After Midnight,Rebus,03/06/02 #4783,Pet Emporium,2.17,1.71,mad-ade,"One of Mad Ade's after-school jobs when he was younger was at ""Dodgy Pete's second hand Pet Emporium"". His boss, Dodgy Pete himself, told Mad Ade to stack 35 cartons of ""chicken and postman"" flavoured dog food so that each row of cartons would have one more than the row above it. How many rows of cartons did Mad Ade have when he was finished?",No hint available.,"7 rows. 8 cartons in the bottom row, 2 in the top.",Logic,06/17/02 #25583,Wood 2,2.48,2.24,ndnumber1fan,"A block of wood, in the form of a cuboid 4"" x 7"" x 14"", has all its six faces painted pink. If the wooden block is cut into 392 cubes of 1"" x 1"" x 1"", how many of these would have pink paint on them?",No hint available.,"The 1"" x 1"" x 1"" cubes that do not have any pink paint on them will be at the core of the wooden block. This core will be 2"" x 5"" x 12"", and will contain 120 cubes. Out of a total of 392 cubes, there are 120 cubes without any pink paint on them. Therefore, the remaining 272 cubes will have one, two or three sides with pink paint on them, depending on whether they were at the face, edge or corner of the wooden block.",Math,08/26/05 #45114,Words With SNT,2.0,2.3,brainglue,"Four words with the letters SNT, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. _ _ S _ N T _ _ _ S _ _ N T S _ N _ _ T S _ _ _ N T Pool: A, A, E, E, E, I, I, L, L, Q, S, S, U, U",No hint available.,"The words are: essential slant sunset squint",Language,08/21/09 #42395,Truth Or Dare?,1.65,1.45,pinkhakix3,"""Lets play Truth Or Dare. Jenny, truth or dare?"" ""Dare."" ""Johnny, truth or dare?"" ""Dare.""",No hint available.,Double Dare,Rebus,07/01/08 #24763,Guess My Species,2.54,2.08,teaserboy,"I am the most common animal species in Africa, with several subspecies of me in North America. Plus, I have at least one car named after me. What species am I?",No hint available.,"I am an Antelope (Antilocapra). I am the most common animal in Africa. My North American cousins are in the deer family. Plus there is the Impala, which is a car and one of my subspecies.",Trivia,07/21/05 #34131,Fun at the Beach,1.92,0.89,Dontrelle,"Jeffrey, Cody, and Dontrelle went to the beach. They all had three different color towels, (blue, green, and yellow) and they all had a different type of food (hot dog, hamburger, ham sandwich). What you need to do is solve the puzzle. #1 Jeffrey has the yellow towel. #2 Cody doesn't have the hot dog. #3 Dontrelle doesn't have the green towel. #4 Jeffrey has the ham sandwich.",No hint available.,"Jeffrey has the yellow towel and the ham sandwich. Cody has the green towel and the hamburger. Dontrelle has the blue towel and the hot dog.",Logic-Grid,11/27/06 #11681,Poetic Licence,2.33,1.87,MrIxolite,"A verse can be a line or a section of poetry. Poetry can be about a multitude of things What's the biggest thing you can include in a poem using just one verse?",No hint available.,"Universe (Uni Verse) Uni = 1",Language,04/10/03 #8923,Ten Coins,2.31,1.49,electronjohn,"A man has ten coins totaling $1.19. From these coins, he cannot make exact change for a dollar, half-dollar, quarter, dime, or nickel. What are the coins?","He can have any of the coins listed, he just can not make change for them.","A half-dollar, a quarter, four dimes, and four pennies.",Math,12/06/02 #29342,That's Gonna Hit The Bottom Line II,2.16,3.09,a_person,2 = C on a S,Modified Fangs.,"2 = Chelicerae on a Spider. Chelicerae are modified fangs on the spiders cephalothorax. They are sometimes hollow to allow the spider to inject venom into prey.",Letter-Equations,03/26/06 #24319,Who's Who?,2.59,1.1,Cheerleader_09,"Try to find each person's full name and her age. First names- Hannah, Tonnie, Abbey, and Kayla Middle names- Ann, Elizabeth, Ranae, and Nicole Last names- Clark, Linn, Marino, and Kimble Ages-13, 14, 15, and 16 1. Abbey's last name comes before Tonnie's alphabetically. 2. The 14 year old doesn't have the names Hannah, Ann, or Marino. 3. No one's first name starts with the same letter as her middle name. 4. Hannah is the oldest and has the shortest last name. 5. Kayla's last name starts with the same letter as her first. 6. Tonnie's middle name has the same number of letters as her first. 7. Kayla's and Abbey's middle names both start with vowels. 8. Tonnie isn't the youngest.",No hint available.,"Abbey Elizabeth Clark-14 Hannah Ranae Linn- 16 Tonnie Nicole Marino- 15 Kayla Ann Kimble-13",Logic-Grid,07/07/05 #3829,Himalayan Bus Ride,2.52,1.26,arij,"There was a public bus travelling through the roads of the Himalayan region. There, suddenly, the bus stopped and three people came out of the bus. Then the bus started again and went on. A few minutes later, when the bus was just within the sight of the three people it had left, an earthquake occurred which resulted in a huge rock breaking from a mountain and falling straight into the bus. The bus exploded and everyone in it died. The three people, after seeing the whole incident, exclaimed in sorrow, ""Oh! If only we had not stopped!"" Why did they give such a reaction?",No hint available.,"The three people thought that if they had not stopped, there wouldn't have been any start - stop delay of the bus. Thus, the bus would have crossed the area quicker, before the earthquake and hitting of the rock, and so all the people and bus would have been safe.",Situation,04/30/02 #1365,Two Girlfriends,2.35,2.27,Rado,A man has two girlfriends. Each lives at the opposite final stop of the same train. The man gets up every day at a random time. He goes to a train stop and takes the first train to come regardless of the direction and goes to the final stop to see the girlfriend which lives there. Surprisingly he sees one of the girlfriends 4 times more often than the other one. How can this be?,Think about train time intervals.,"The trains go in 10-minute intervals. One direction, it is every hour at 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 minutes and the other direction it is every hour at 2, 12, 22, 32, 42, and 52 minutes. When the man comes to the train stop at a random time, he will take the first train if he comes within the first two minutes in any of the 10-minute intervals, i.e. with probability of 20%. The ratio of visiting girlfriends is then 20%:80% or 1:4.",Probability,11/12/01 #14627,Warm Enough?,2.59,2.94,Gerd,"What instructions are being given in short form below? If the B mt put: If the B. putting:",No hint available.,"If the grate be (i.e. great B) empty, put coal on (i.e. colon). If the grate be full, stop (i.e. full stop) putting coal on.",Language,08/31/03 #48442,Words With SC,1.94,2.43,cnmne,"Five words that contain SC as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *SC**, SC****, *SC***, ***SC*, **SC*** Pool: A, A, D, E, E, E, E, F, H, I, N, O, O, R, T, T, U, V, W, Y",No hint available.,"ASCOT, SCURVY, ESCHEW, FIASCO, DESCENT",Language,02/02/11 #23276,Whose Birthday Party?,2.79,1.52,katey,"At a recent birthday party, there were four mothers and their children, aged 1, 2, 3 and 4. From the clues below can you work out whose child is whose and their relevant ages? It was Jane's child's birthday party. Brian is not the oldest child. Sarah had Anne just over a year ago. Laura's child will be 3 next birthday. Daniel is older than Charlie. Teresa's child is the oldest. Charlie is older than Laura's child.",No hint available.,"Mother Child Age Jane Charlie 3 Teresa Daniel 4 Laura Brian 2 Sarah Anne 1",Logic,05/30/05 #33099,A Capital Idea,2.62,2.71,Barticus,"The following are national capitals. What distinguishes Group A from Group B? Group A Washington, USA Abuja, Nigeria Islamabad, Pakistan Canberra, Australia Nouakchott, Mauritania Brasilia, Brazil Group B Paris, France London, United Kingdom Buenos Aires, Argentina Dodoma, Tanzania Dhaka, Bangladesh Guatemala City, Guatemala",Try to take the title literally.,The cities in Group A are planned cities which were built to be national capitals. The cities in Group B were existing cities before they were capitals.,Group,09/21/06 #3977,Three Brothers,2.26,1.3,Eowyn,"If the age of each of the three brothers were laid together, we would get 40. What was the age of each brother when you know that the eldest brother is as twice as old as the youngest brother, and the number 4 added to the youngest's age will give us the age of the brother in-between?",No hint available.,"The youngest one is 9 years old, the one in the middle is 13, and the eldest is 18. Because: The youngest = x The one in the middle = x+4 The eldest = 2x x+(x+4)+2x=40 x+x+4+2x=40 x+x+2x=40-4 4x=36 4x/4=36/4 x=9",Math,05/09/02 #28471,"Swaffs, Cools, Swells, and Dudes",2.45,1.26,bigSWAFF_69_,"If all Swaffs are Cools, all Cools are Swells, and all Swells are Dudes, then is it safe to say all Dudes are Swaffs?",No hint available.,"No. All Swaffs would be Dudes, but not necessarily the other way around.",Logic,02/06/06 #6822,20 10 5,2.82,2.6,dumbell,"Add one straight line to make this true 20 10 5 = 4.40",No hint available.,"Add a line to the top of the 1: 20 T0 5 = 4.40 (time)",Trick,08/24/02 #35514,Opposites 26,2.46,2.47,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. @ stands for M, O, F, L, or V $ stands for B, N, R, E, or J % stands for T, F, B, L, or A ! stands for W, T, S, E, or I # stands for F, O, A, T, or L The five letter code word, %$#@!, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Above and Below,Logic,03/03/07 #21164,Summer Job,2.84,2.04,sftbaltwty,"5 boys decided to get summer jobs caring for the gardens and lawns of their neighbors. Each boy cared for the lawn of a different neighbor, worked for a different number of hours each day, and got paid a different amount for each hour of work. Can you figure out which boy worked for which neighbor, how often he worked, and how much he got paid using the following clues? *note* just because one boy works more hours than another, does NOT mean he gets paid more per hour or even in a single day. 1. None of the boys worked for a family who shared the same first initial with him. 2. Aaron, the boy who works for the Dilweeds, and the boy who works 6 hours a day are all brothers. 3. The two boys who work 4 and 8 hours a day get paid the same amount as hours that they work; Jack is one of these boys but Eric is not. 4. The Emmertons do not employ any of the three brothers, but they do pay $10 an hour. 5. The Dilweeds only need service 2 hours a day, and therefore pay the least amount. 6. Aaron works twice as long as Eric but half as long as Jack. 7. The Williams pay more than the Jungers but less than the Simons. 8. Brad works more hours than Sean but gets paid less.",No hint available.,"-Brad, Williams, 6 hrs/day, $5 -Eric, Dilweeds, 2 hrs/day, $3 -Aaron, Jungers, 4 hrs/day, $4 -Jack, Simons, 8 hrs/day, $8 -Sean, Emmertons, 5 hrs/day, $10",Logic-Grid,02/22/05 #41697,Top Sellers,2.47,2.0,reddragon,"If you can unscramble the 5 following, you will find out who they are and can tell me what they have sold the most of. 1. TAT BELEESH 2. FOND PLIKY 3. HOW HET 4. TOSSING NOLLER 5. PEZ PELLINED",Boulder,"1. THE BEATLES 2. PINK FLOYD 3. THE WHO 4. ROLLING STONES 5. LED ZEPPELIN These five ""rock"" bands have sold the most albums ever, in the order they appear.",Language,04/26/08 #52590,Who Are These People?,2.1,2.0,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? _ABINETRY M_LDING _ITER JOINT PARQU_TRY",No hint available.,"come out of the woodwork The letters ""C"", ""O"", ""M"", and ""E"" (spelling ""COME"") have been taken ""out of"" various terms related to ""woodwork"". C <== (C)ABINETRY O <== M(O)LDING M <== (M)ITER JOINT E <== PARQU(E)TRY",Rebus,04/17/21 #51519,Missed It 2,2.09,1.68,LittleGreenMan,"Complete the Rebus using your ""lateral thinking"" skills, ""fuzzy logic"" ability, ""cluster mapping"" technique, and ""intuitive leaping"" (if appropriate), to identify a common phrase suggested by the information below. knots--h--o--t",No hint available.,"""not by a long shot"" ""not"" = ""knot"" (homophone)",Rebus,11/19/17 #12800,15 = F on a Q K,2.18,2.65,smileysteve,15 = F on a Q K,No hint available.,"15 = F's on a Qwerty Keyboard (F1, F2, F3, F4... one in both of the Shift keys, and the normal letter F)",Letter-Equations,05/29/03 #22460,Alternate Dictionary Definitions IV,3.03,1.56,dsquared,"This teaser is based on 'funny' alternative definitions a word could have if you broke the word up into its syllables and treated the syllables as words in themselves. I will provide a list of words or names and a list of definitions, it is your job to match them up. They are meant to be a bit light hearted and may not have perfect pronunciation so work the words in your head a bit. Having the definitions should provide help in this regard. Also note that sometimes the 'new word' syllables may not only be using one syllable in the word. An example would be: Word: Contemplate ""Con template"": A stencil that criminals are made from. Words: Primate Innovation Awesome Control Bernadette Definitions: A short, ugly inmate The act of removing your spouse from in front of the TV A rousing applause for the motel/hotel The act of torching a mortgage A unit of measurement for the number of rowing implements used",No hint available.,"Primate - 'Pry mate': The act of removing your spouse from in front of the TV Innovation - 'Inn ovation': A rousing applause for the motel/hotel Awesome - 'Oar sum' : A unit of measurement for the number of rowing implements used Control - 'Con troll' : A short, ugly inmate Bernadette - 'Burn a debt' : The act of torching a mortgage",Language,04/24/05 #20465,Doom Gloom,2.73,1.71,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown here? Doom Gloom Doom Gloom Doom Gloom Broom Gloom Doom Gloom Doom Gloom",No hint available.,"It's not all doom and gloom. (An easy one for the youngsters)",Rebus,01/18/05 #25328,Full of Keys,2.97,2.22,spookboy0,"I'm full of keys whenever I'm made I came about wooden when the Renaissance played Hundreds of years later, I was divided And two new keys to me were provided Then in 1760, and that's forty years later Three keys were added by Florio, Gedney, and Potter Around the 80's of the century mentioned I was used by Mozart and Haydn Over the years, new keys were gained In the 1830's, Beethoven used me to entertain Near the end of the 1800's, or the 19th century I was used by Brahms, Strauss, and Tchaikovsky Now, modern renditions are made of me Without my holes, I wouldn't be What am I?",No hint available.,"The Flute The keys are the sounds made. Flutes were wooden in the Renaissance era. Then in 1720, the middle joint was divided in two, and in turn, two new keys were added. Forty years later, in 1760, three new keys were added. In the 1780's (the century mentioned), Mozart and Haydn used the flute in their symphonies. 1782 through 1827, keys were added. In the 1830's, Beethoven used the flute in his symphonies. At the end of the 19th century, the flute appeared in the orchestral pieces of Brahms, Strauss, and Tchaikovsky. Now, flutes are made from metal, wood, and plastic.",Riddle,08/15/05 #24044,Apt Anagram,2.64,3.06,piers,What is an apt anagram for Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott?,No hint available.,A novel by a Scottish writer,Language,06/27/05 #6447,Lem ade,1.36,0.28,michelle,"What is this word? lem ade",No hint available.,Lemonade.,Rebus,08/11/02 #772,Bottom at its Top,2.77,1.92,Spencer,What has a bottom at its top?,No hint available.,Your Leg,Riddle,08/13/01 #37861,Viva La France,2.13,2.22,HeartBreakKid1,N B = F E of F,Very important person in the French Revolution.,Napoleon Bonaparte = Former Emperor of France,Letter-Equations,08/19/07 #12036,Weather,2.44,1.31,juliairis,A man from Nepal arrives by plane to meet the man from China who is wearing a chain. What is the weather like when the man from Iran arrives?,No hint available.,"Rain The key words in the sentences are anagrams of each man's home country: Nepal...plane China...chain Iran...rain",Language,04/25/03 #5397,Spare Stair,2.35,1.96,mad-ade,"Mad Ade's office is on the 3rd floor of the ""Multinational Kebab and Lard Insurance Company"" building and, though there is a lift, he likes using the big circular staircase. He goes up the stairs 2 at a time (to get more exercise) but is annoyed that there is always just 1 stair left over when he gets to his landing. One day, in a burst of energy he went up the stairs 3 at a time, and still had 1 stair left over! By counting (certainly not by doing it!) Mad Ade established that even if he could go up 4, 5 or 6 stairs at a time there would still be 1 left over. Worse yet, no matter how many stairs Mad Ade did at a time (except for 1 or the lot) there would always be some left over. How many stairs are there to Mad Ade's office?",No hint available.,61 stairs,Math,07/09/02 #10872,Slice my Head,2.69,1.21,VolsToTheWall,"You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?",No hint available.,An onion.,Riddle,03/03/03 #5039,Argument,2.97,1.66,mad-ade,"Can you decipher this phrase: friends standing miss friends",No hint available.,Misunderstanding between friends,Rebus,06/28/02 #19749,Heavenly Meal Time... or not,2.83,1.8900000000000001,mosoh,"In both heaven and in hell, meal times have people sitting around circular tables with particular eating instruments and rules. The rules are, they are forced to sit ten feet away from the food and must reach the food with long chopsticks. They must hold the chopsticks at the end at all times and must use the chopsticks to eat with (i.e. no hands). This is extremely difficult, and a catch is rare. Interestingly enough, the people in heaven are well fed and the people in hell go hungry - I guess that's the idea ;). Why? (Note: It is not ""they are already dead"", keep thinking)",No hint available.,"The people in heaven would share, i.e. they will feed the people around them with their chopsticks and be fed by those around them in return. The people in hell would not.",Situation,12/06/04 #32336,Spoil Me,2.79,1.83,GebbieRose,"In jest, some say I'm God's reward For surviving the turbulent teens: For showing grace and self-control While youth boldly vented its temper. For some I am a second chance To relive years - avoiding past mistakes - Or to see again the joys of life From a less jaded point of view. But for all I am a blessing, Bringing delight, fun, and fulfillment. And best of all: I come to you No strings attached, except your heartstrings. Who am I?",No hint available.,A grandchild.,Riddle,08/07/06 #22666,Seattle to Portland,2.83,1.92,Palsha,"Five people drove their cars from Seattle to Portland, a distance of 185 miles. To check the accuracy of their odometers, they each set their mileage indicators to zero in a parking lot at Safeco Field. They each drive a different colored car. Using the clues I'm going to offer, figure out the full names of all the drivers, the colors of the cars they drive, and the reading of their odometers as they cross the I-5 bridge into Portland three hours later. 1) Shepard is not Roberta, nor is his car green. 2) The driver of the tan car is not Lester or Danny. 3) The odometer of the white car reads 6.9 miles fewer than the black car. 4) Rudy is neither Fisher nor Delphino. 5) The car driven by Swank is tan and the mileage is 2.2 more than Delphino's black car. 6) Lester's green car has 5.8 more miles than Roberta's red one. 7) Willy's tan car has .8 more miles than Curley's.",No hint available.,"1) Curley Lester drove a green car 187.7 miles. 2) Roberta Fisher drove a red car 181.9 miles. 3) Danny Delphino drove a black car 186.3 miles. 4) Rudy Shepard drove a white car 179.4 miles. 5) Willy Swank drove a tan car 188.5 miles.",Logic-Grid,05/04/05 #38735,Ten-letter Words #3,2.58,2.93,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you can only use the letters given. You have to fill in the dashes to form 10-letter words. Each letter is used only once. Good luck and have fun! AA CC DDD EEEE G HH IIIII LL MM NNNNN OO PP RR SSS T W Y 1. p-l-p-o-e- 2. r-i-r-a-e- 3. u-d-r-h-l- 4. s-e-t-c-s- 5. e-c-y-t-n- 6. t-c-n-c-a- 7. u-a-c-n-e- 8. s-n-b-a-t-",No hint available.,"1. polyphones 2. railroader 3. underwhelm 4. scepticism 5. encrypting 6. technician 7. unaccented 8. sandblasts",Language,10/12/07 #29952,IIIIII,2.27,2.93,Question_Mark,"What is the last item in this series? I, I, I, I, I, I, ?",Do you really expect the answer to be I?,"The answer is E. This series is the last letters of each day in French. Lundi Mardi Mercredi Jeudi Vendredi Samedi Dimanche",Series,04/22/06 #17647,Photon Emitter,2.82,1.17,od-1,"This ad sounded quite intriguing to me until I found out what they were really selling. ""Attention sci-fi addicts and kids of all ages. Now you too can have your very own Photon Emitter Module. Yes, it's true! For only $39.99, you can impress your friends when you show off your Photon Emitter. It's safer than a laser and easy to install in any home. The amazing Photon Emitter Module converts electrons into photons and safely releases them for your viewing pleasure. To get yours, just send $39.99 to ..."" What are they really selling?",You probably already have a dozen or more of these in your home already.,It's just a normal light bulb.,Science,05/15/04 #20869,Macy Reject,2.4,1.49,joegro01,"A man was shopping at Macy's one very beautiful day. He bought a very expensive perfume for his wife and paid with a $100 bill. The cashier put a pen to the bill, made a black mark, then told the man that the bill was invalid. How did the cashier know the bill was fake?",No hint available.,"The pen was a counterfeit detector that most cashiers have. It contains Lugols solution in it that turns dark purple/black when it comes in contact with starch. All paper has starch in it, except the paper that US paper bills are made out of (to prevent counterfeiting).",Trivia,02/06/05 #43436,Tick,2.73,1.07,grilledcheese,"When one gazes at my face I'm running, but always in place My father helps keep me alive and well Even with a caged bird in my cell Every hour the bird goes free But soon is back in captivity Now tell me, if you can, Tell me what I am.",No hint available.,Cuckoo clock,Riddle,10/27/08 #28268,Good Advice,2.63,2.28,scm14,"Both of these quotes were spoken by the same person. Xr pwp qjf xr pwp zxupk ocp icjbp ijfbl sberl. - Zxcxozx Nxrlce Icxophpf wjg lj iebb sp erkenreqemxro, sgo eo ek hpfw ezvjfoxro ocxo wjg lj eo. - Zxcxozx Nxrlce","F=q R=f D=l","A=x B=s C=m D=l E=p F=q G=n H=c I=e K=u L=b M=z N=r O=j P=v R=f S=k T=o U=g V=h W=i Y=w An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. - Mahatma Gandhi Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - Mahatma Gandhi",Cryptography,01/26/06 #2639,Hypothermia in Chicago,2.48,2.46,missie,"A body is discovered in a park in Chicago in the middle of summer. It has a fractured skull and many other broken bones, but the cause of death was hypothermia. What happened?",No hint available.,"A poor peasant from somewhere in Europe desperately wants to come to the United States. Lacking money for airfare, he stows away in the landing gear compartment of a jet. He dies of hypothermia in mid-flight and falls out when the compartment opens as the plane makes its final approach.",Situation,03/12/02 #1459,Hot Handle,2.45,0.75,psychodude57,"What is represented here? HOT HOT HANDLE HANDLE",No hint available.,Too hot to handle,Rebus,11/19/01 #7434,Alexandre Dumas,2.08,3.15,tissue,34 = E D C N,The Count of Monte Cristo...,34 = Edmond Dante's Cell Number,Letter-Equations,09/14/02 #43940,Our Purpose Fulfilled,2.61,1.13,mosca,"My brothers and I stand out on a hill, Our gaze looks far over the land; We don't have a way to go where we will; While we live, we must stay where we stand. Some cousins can thrive beside a clear stream; They grow old there and scatter their seed. For us to be so is naught but a dream; We exist to be killed for a need. Many were taken, their space now but sod; Those most shapely were first sacrificed, Their deaths offered up to an old pagan god, Though some say that they honor Christ. We live for a while, in a house or a hall; But too soon, then, we wither and fall. Our purpose fulfilled, we're soon cast away; Can you guess what we were in our day?",No hint available.,"Trees on a Christmas tree farm. They are planted to grow and then cut down to be used as Christmas trees, after which they become trash or, perhaps, mulch. Evergreens were once used in pagan ceremonies near the winter solstice.",Riddle,01/17/09 #39048,Toothpick Equation,2.61,1.91,tricky77puzzle,"This teaser requires 30 toothpicks to do. Place the toothpicks in a way so that they read ""82 - 41 = 43"" in digital numbers. (To avoid ambiguity, the 4 must be made with perpendicularly placed lines.) You may not modify the equal sign in any way. Now, the challenge: move only one toothpick to make the equation true.","Moving two is too easy, just change the 2 to 3 and the 3 to 2. Think outside the box.","Move the toothpick in the middle of the 8, and place it crossing and perpendicular to the minus, turning it into a plus sign. The equation should now read ""02 + 41 = 43"" which is correct!",Logic,11/02/07 #10598,Some Will Use Me,2.71,2.08,VolsToTheWall,"Some will use me, while others will not. Some have remembered, while others forgot. For profit or gain, I'm used expertly. I can't be picked off the ground or tossed into the sea. Only gained from patience and time. Can you unravel me from this here rhyme?",No hint available.,Knowledge.,Riddle,02/20/03 #29895,Twenty-One Syllables,2.81,2.07,peppamintp,"Fill in the answers to the clues by using all the syllables. The number to be used is in parentheses. A CHER CLA DER EX FY GER IN ING LIN LUM MA ME NI O RO SI TEN TION UB YON 1. Celestial being (2) 2. Graduates (3) 3. Juliet's fellow (3) 4. Dawdling (3) 5. Over there (2) 6. Deepen (4) 7. Outcry (4)",No hint available.,"1. Cherub (cher ub) 2. Alumni (a lum ni) 3. Romeo (ro me o) 4. Lingering (lin ger ing) 5. Yonder (yon der) 6. Intensify (in ten si fy) 7. Exclamation (ex cla ma tion)",Language,04/19/06 #35553,Bzrr Brds f Nrth Mrc,2.61,1.71,snowmonster,"Fill in the missing vowels to complete the names of these interesting and unusual birds of North America. 1) Flmng 2) Rst Spnbll 3) Pltd Wdpckr 4) Crssblls 5) Chmny Swft 6) Blck Skmmr 7) rctc Trn 8) ystrctchrs 9) mrcn Dppr 10) Snl Kt","4 are known for their ""odd"" Bills, 3 are known for their great flying abilities, and 3 are known for their hunting abilities.","1) Flamingo 2) Roseate Spoonbill 3) Pileated Woodpecker 4) Crossbills 5) Chimney Swift 6) Black Skimmer 7) Arctic Tern 8) Oystercatchers 9) American Dipper 10) Snail Kite",Language,03/05/07 #20590,CROWD to GLASS,2.72,1.56,fishmed,"In 5 steps, can you move from the word CROWD to the word GLASS where each move is a one letter change and each move is a valid word? CROWD _______ _______ _______ _______ GLASS","CROWD CROWS","CROWD CROWS CROSS GROSS (or CRASS) GRASS GLASS",Language,01/25/05 #31246,Praise the Pagans,2.5100000000000002,2.61,settra626,"What god or goddess in Group B belongs in Group A? Group A: Atun Khepri Re Shu Nut Group B: Tefnut Horus Hapi Nun Sobek",No hint available.,"Horus belongs in Group A. All of the gods/goddesses presented here are Egyptian. Group A deals with the sky, and Group B deals with water. Horus is the God of the Sky, and is also a Sun God along with Re, so he belongs in Group A.",Group,06/21/06 #24383,CAT in the Synonym,3.14,1.69,aznboi1324,"For each of the following clues, what is a synonym that contains the letters CAT? 1.Baseball position 2.Copy 3.What you get with a doctor's prescription 4.Underground cemetery 5.Time off from school or work 6.Ten-event contest 7.Disaster 8.Mimic 9.Cows 10.Teacher",No hint available.,"1.(cat)cher 2.dupli(cat)e 3.medi(cat)ion 4.(cat)acomb 5.va(cat)ion 6.de(cat)hlon 7.(cat)astrophe 8.copy(cat) 9.(cat)tle 10.edu(cat)or",Language,07/09/05 #28353,Foul? Or No Foul?,2.5,1.62,Question_Mark,"Jimmy and John were playing a game of pool. Jimmy broke, but sunk none of the balls. John carefully aimed. He hit the 1 ball, which ricocheted off of the 8 ball and the 8 ball went into the pocket. However Jimmy did not win the game. Why not?",No hint available.,"Jimmy and John were playing 9-ball pool. In 9-ball, it is okay if you pot the 8-ball early (providing you hit the lowest ball on your shot). Whereas in regular 8-ball pool, potting the 8-ball early will make you lose the game.",Trivia,01/30/06 #41328,It Ends As It Begins: E,2.47,2.35,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, E, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? E(4)E, E(5)E, E(6)E, E(7)E Pool: A, C, E, G, I, I, M, N, N, O, O, P, P, R, R, R, R, T, U, U, V, Y",No hint available.,"EMPIRE, EPICURE, EVERYONE, ENTOURAGE",Language,04/02/08 #44360,Can You Find It? III,2.0,2.03,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word CONSTANTINOPLE, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. A piece of paper currency used during the American Revolution 2. A friendship that is not based on any romantic feelings or desires 3. To prevent or limit expansion 4. Bending readily, supple or flexible 5. A mineral, often used as an iridescent gem, made of silica, SiO2, and water 6. Pertaining to the Post Office 7. Struggling or striving together in opposition 8. Free from moral wrong, pure 9. Any towering, pointed formation, as in rock or mountains 10. A large bird with a large bill, with a distensible pouch 11. Pointed, conical teeth 12. Dating from a remote period; of great age",No hint available.,"1. Continental 2. Platonic 3. Contain 4. Pliant 5. Opal 6. Postal 7. Contention 8. Innocent 9. Pinnacle 10. Pelican 11. Canines 12. Ancient",Language,04/19/09 #35423,Magic V,2.45,2.3,beatlesgirl,"3 = H in T L K (S, B, & E)","""Who you callin' oopid-stay?""","3 = Hyenas in The Lion King (Shenzi, Banzai, & Ed)",Letter-Equations,02/24/07 #322,The Handshakes.,2.26,1.1,Mr. G,Four people shake hands with each other only once. How many handshakes occurred?,No hint available.,"Six. If each person is named A, B, C, and D, then the six handshakes are AB, AC, AD, BC, BD, and CD",Math,03/01/01 #48331,Half and Half,2.08,0.71,Panther91,Try this out. Take the number one hundred twenty-three thousand four hundred and fifty-six and break that number in half. What do you get?,Unconventional thinking will help you out.,"You would get 123 and 456. You would take 123,456 (one hundred twenty-three thousand four hundred and fifty-six) and literally break the number in half instead of finding out half of that number!",Trick,12/28/10 #434,Football,2.78,1.94,mavrick,"A man takes his friend to a little league football game. His friend has never been to a football game before. They each pay the 25 cent admission charge. The friend seems to be enjoying the game. After the game, the man asks his friend what he thought of the game. ""It was great,"" the friend replies, ""But it's just too bad nobody else liked it"". The man asks his friend what makes him think so. What is his friend's reason?",No hint available.,"His friend says it's because everybody in the stands kept yelling ""Get the quarter back!""",Other,05/01/01 #41160,Eternal Life,2.7600000000000002,2.07,chocolatecake,"My 5,4,7,3 is to wander around. My 2,7,1,8 mainly comes in the form of bills. My 10,7,9,8 is used as an extra hand or foot for a monkey. My 2,7,11 is the fifth month of the year. My 6,5,7,9,10 is also known as a characteristic. My whole is eternal life.",No hint available.,"IMMORTALITY Clue 1: roam. Clue 2: mail. Clue 3: tail. Clue 4: May. Clue 5: trait.",Riddle,03/22/08 #30942,Silly Sarah's School Studies: Part IV,2.88,2.34,bigSWAFF_69_,"It's 9 AM, time for English class. Silly Sarah is excited, because she has heard that the English teacher is the coolest person ever. When she got to class, she was quickly saddened. They had a substitute today, even on the first day of school! The teacher, Mr. Meeneeyfase, forced the students to do a worksheet on the different topics that would be covered during the year in English. Sarah, being lazy, needs your help to complete it. Can you figure out the different things that have to do with English? 1. A male gypsy + A light metallic sound 2. Writer of ""Annabel Lee"" + A large plant found in forests 3. Not excited or agitated + Prefix meaning earlier, before, or prior to + Female chicken + Front part of the leg between the knee and ankle 4. Where you buy things + 5th letter of the alphabet 5. Prefix meaning again + A small dent in a car 6. Sound of first letter of the alphabet + Carelessly discarded refuse + First letter of alphabet + To avoid deliberately 7. Short for a simulation + Sick + EEEEE 8. One thousandth of a kilogram + A disfiguring mark 9. Vo + The compartment in a motor vehicle where the driver sits + Not me, but ___ + Short for Lawrence 10. A short, indefinite period of time + Suffix with three letters",No hint available.,"1. Writing (Rye + Ting) 2. Poetry (Poe + Tree) 3. Comprehension (Calm + Pre + Hen + Shin) 4. Story (Store + E) 5. Reading (Re- + Ding) 6. Alliteration (A + Litter + A + Shun) 7. Similes (Sim + Ill + E's) 8. Grammar (Gram + Mar) 9. Vocabulary (Vo + Cab + You + Larry) 10. Spelling (Spell + -Ing)",Language,06/07/06 #17305,What's Missing?,2.36,2.34,newf,"What's missing? NL, NS, NB, ____","Check a map of Canada. NL= Newfoundland NS= Nova Scotia NB= New Brunswick","PEI, they're the 4 Atlantic provinces of Canada. The Atlantic provinces are the four provinces of Canada that lie along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and share a historical and cultural heritage: NL=Newfoundland, PEI=Prince Edward Island, NS=Nova Scotia, and NB= New Brunswick.",Group,04/11/04 #9369,Hidden Country #6,2.75,1.48,warrior,"Find the name of a country that is hidden in this sentence: The engineers decided to construct a special bridge to span a major highway.",No hint available.,"Panama. (sPAN A MAjor)",Language,12/23/02 #21970,Shuts Out the Morning Light,2.64,1.25,BookMidget,"It sleeps on the sea Until wind pushes it away Then it travels free But for long it cannot stay When it comes upon a home The doors are tightly shut It hides the dawn, so brightly fair Air so thick it could be cut It muffles any noise It smothers all the sight It coldly numbs my skin Shuts out the morning light What is it?",No hint available.,Fog.,Riddle,04/01/05 #50440,Delete a Letter 25,2.64,1.14,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) to stand about idly (6 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) a volume measurement 2) a sudden sharp pain (6 letters) & (delete 5th letter) a cord of two or more strands twisted together 3) a small stream (5 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) to record charges against someone onto a police record 4) a source of risk or peril (6 letters) & (delete 1st letter) a strong feeling of hostility or displeasure",No hint available.,"1) loiter & liter 2) twinge & twine 3) brook & book 4) danger & anger",Language,09/29/14 #21477,The Case of the Viper and the Dead Doctor,3.01,2.15,Mysterious,"It is a scorching afternoon in the piercing Texas sun when Detectives Sloan and Penter arrive at the scene of a fatal car accident. It is a one car accident. They are here to gather the facts and to submit a report as to what happened. At this time, there are no witnesses. The accident has happened just outside of the small town of Springs Crossing on Hwy 128. The car is a brand new Viper and inside is a very lovely but dead young woman. The car is embedded into a tree, and the victim's head is against the steering wheel. Upon checking the scene, the detectives make some interesting observations. Here is a list of observations and findings that they have included in their report: Crash scene details: Victim identity: Dr. Rachel Wells of Springs Crossing, Texas. The cherry red car was purchased two weeks before from Regency Dodge in nearby Dallas, Texas. Very few items are found in the car with the victim. Inventory of Viper: Trunk contents: Spare tire, car jack, exercise workout bag, small suitcase packed for a short getaway - possibly to the beach, and her work briefcase. Inside the briefcase, they found patient medical files, a partial box of Elidel samples, an Epi Pen, a partial box of Benadryl, seminar materials and ticket stubs for an allergy conference from last month, a pocket medical reference book, and a pocket drug reference book. Car interior contents: victim's purse (usual purse contents plus Epi Pen and box of motion sickness patches), white Dr. coat with name badge, open tin of gourmet chocolaty chocolate chunk cookies with a signed gift tag attached from Fran's Gourmet Bakery ""To: Rachel - My apologies! Jealousy and bitterness are hard to get over. Enjoy! Try my newest creation - I made them just for you!! From: Fran"". Cell phone is plugged into charger in the car. When the detectives checked the cell phone for messages, they found the following new messages all from 2 days ago: Message 1: From Dr. Greer of Springs Crossing Family Medical Practice: ""Rachel, quit stealing my patients! I don't care that you are a local gal and know everyone. I have been in this town for the last 10 years, and you better not even take one more of my patients or else!! I was the Dr. here when you were still in Med. School. Go away or you will be sorry!"" Message 2: Fran, owner or Fran's Gourmet Bakery: ""Rachel, Hi. Well, I guess that you are back in town after all these years. Have you heard from Jon in all these years? I still can't believe that he broke our engagement to chase you. You always were so beautiful - all the guys loved you! You would think I would have known that he could not resist. I have known you since kindergarten. A lot of good it did Jon! If he would have chosen me, he and I both would have a family by now. Well we need to bury all that from the past. Call me, please, Fran"" No skid marks of any kind are present on the roadway. The car appears to be in good mechanical condition with no pre-accident damage to the tires or brakes. The Dr. was not taking any medications, and her toxin tests have come back clear. Dr. was not a diabetic or epileptic and did not have a heart attack or stroke. Falling asleep at the wheel was an unlikely cause of accident. Cause of death: impact of head on dashboard during accident. When the Chief of Detectives read their findings, he turned purple with anger. ""You bumbling idiots! How could you miss something so obvious? It is right here in black and white. GET OUT and call in Blake and Jones. Your department is through with this case!"" Why is the Chief so angry and what did Sloan and Penter miss in their investigation?",Check the inventory again!,"Blake and Jones are homicide detectives. Dr. Rachel Wells was murdered. She did not die from injuries in the crash. She had an anaphylactic allergic reaction to the crushed up nuts in the cookies. Fran had ground up nuts and added them to the cookies. She knew that Rachel was deathly allergic to nuts and that Rachel couldn't resist anything chocolate. Further, Fran knew that the chocolate taste would disguise the nut taste in the cookies. Fran was still angry about Jon and wanted revenge for all the years she had been alone. Rachel had been eating Fran's cookies while driving. She was trying to get her Epi Pen when she died of anaphylactic shock. The car then crashed into the tree.",Mystery,03/11/05 #27222,A-E-I-O-U,2.47,3.02,bigSWAFF_69_,What is the longest word in the English language that consists entirely of vowels (excluding Y)?,6 letters,"Euouae - a medieval musical term (also referred to as ""evovae"")",Trivia,11/29/05 #18685,What's Up?,2.23,1.8800000000000001,adam,"What phrase is represented by the following? e d i s r ete dos noa ufb",Look at the title.,"""Bottoms up"" The three words - base, underside & foot - are synonyms of ""bottom"" and are written up(wards). So it is ""[synonyms of] bottoms [written] up"".",Rebus,08/29/04 #47517,Curtail 4,3.02,2.4,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Position; observe -> Compete 2. Introductory textbook -> First in rank 3. School subject -> Floor covering 4. Written composition -> Show displeasure 5. Make again -> A colour 6. What person (objective) -> What person (subjective) 7. Close together; slow to learn -> Lairs 8. Therefore -> Unit of energy Bonus: Take the eight curtailed letters and form a one-word anagram; you will find an assignment.","The words start with these letters: 1. V 2. P 3. M 4. B 5. R 6. W 7. D 8. E","1. View -> Vie 2. Primer -> Prime 3. Math -> Mat 4. Book -> Boo 5. Redo -> Red 6. Whom -> Who 7. Dense -> Dens 8. Ergo -> Erg Bonus: HOMEWORK",Language,07/16/10 #27215,Word Pyramids: World Countries XVIII,2.91,2.44,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: D Clues: 1. A suffix meaning in the direction of or toward. 2. A unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation, equal to 100 ergs per gram or 0.01 joules per kilogram of irradiated material. It has been replaced as a standard scientific unit by the gray. 3. Lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or woody plants. 4. Any of several units of gold and silver currency formerly used in the Middle East. 5. American astronaut who as a crew member of Apollo 11 became the second person to walk on the moon (July 20, 1969). 6. This country borders one other country, two seas and one ocean.",Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600-150 B.C.,"D AD RAD ARID DINAR ALDRIN IRELAND Ireland is located in Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. English invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than seven centuries of Anglo-Irish struggle marked by fierce rebellions and harsh repressions. A failed 1916 Easter Monday Rebellion touched off several years of guerrilla warfare that in 1921 resulted in independence from the UK for 26 southern counties; six northern (Ulster) counties remained part of the United Kingdom. In 1948 Ireland withdrew from the British Commonwealth; it joined the European Community in 1973. Irish governments have sought the peaceful unification of Ireland and have cooperated with Britain against terrorist groups. A peace settlement for Northern Ireland, known as the Good Friday Agreement and approved in 1998, is being implemented with some difficulties.",Language,11/29/05 #3749,Lottery Odds,1.97,2.5,cathalmccabe,What are your odds of winning the lottery?,No hint available.,"It depends on how many numbers are in your game. In Ireland, there are 42 numbers (I think!) You have to pick the six winners as follows: The first ball can be any of the six: Your chance of getting the first ball is: 6/42 Next ball can be any of the 5 left, but the number of balls is gone down by one: 5/41 and so on. 4/40, 3/39, 2/38, 1/37 so its 6*5*4*3*2*1/42*41*40*39*38*37 =720/3776965920 That works out at 1/5,245,786 We pay 2euro for a chance to win maybe 2million euro (estimate) so you can see how the money is made. If one person wins, then chances are there are about 5 million people playing (statistically) 10 million euro raised. Although there are other prizes given out for match 5 numbers etc. For your lottery you can follow the same pattern to work out your odds!",Probability,04/26/02 #27815,"""Dairy King""",2.78,2.5100000000000002,sugarnspice4u7,"Which of these Presidents does not belong? (refer to the title for a hint) Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln Bill Clinton Lyndon Johnson James Madison George Washington","Answer's quote: ""We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.""","Bill Clinton. All the other presidents label a dairy food as their favorite food: Thomas Jefferson- ice cream Abraham Lincoln- cheese Lyndon Johnson- ice cream James Madison- ice cream George Washington- ice cream Bill Clinton, on the other hand, is allergic to dairy products. He, during his presidential run, sported a milk mustache to promote milk to younger children (although he is allergic to milk). Just a fun fact! :)",Group,01/01/06 #6219,Scared,2.09,1.87,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? WEAKTERROR",No hint available.,Weak with terror!,Rebus,08/04/02 #5750,One Letter Opposites,2.5,1.6400000000000001,mad-ade,"By adding one letter to each of the following words, make their meanings opposite fast treat fiend he here",No hint available.,"fEast tHreat fRiend She There",Language,07/21/02 #14203,2 = S K on a K,2.14,2.35,newf,2 = S K on a K,No hint available.,2 = Shift Keys on a Keyboard,Letter-Equations,08/07/03 #42129,Scaramouche Jones,2.5,2.86,jazzmusician46,"Scaramouche Jones, the local professional circus clown spent most of his lunch-hour painting his portrait on an eggshell. The portrait looked realistic enough, but he was not a serious painter. Moreover, his artistic rendition was not done for fun. Why would Scaramouche be doing this?",No hint available.,"Scaramouche was a professional clown who tried to have a unique face. By painting his face on an eggshell, his face is actually copyrighted and the egg is deposited with the International Clown's Club in a bank vault in England. If someone copies another clown's face, that person is actually stealing the clown's spirit. When a clown dies, the egg is crushed. All that is left of the clown's spirit are fragments of the eggshell.",Trivia,06/03/08 #24017,Twisted Personas 2,2.82,2.67,cnmne,"The names of four famous people have been scrambled. They are: an astronaut, a dictator, an inventor, and a sportsman (though not necessarily in that order). Who are they? 1) had most noise 2) lady riles 3) man rolled par 4) triad of hell",No hint available.,"1) Thomas Edison (inventor of the phonograph and incandescent light bulb) 2) Sally Ride (first American female astronaut) 3) Arnold Palmer (professional golfer, 92 professional championships) 4) Adolf Hitler (German leader during World War 2)",Other,06/25/05 #23969,Anagrams Galore,2.71,1.78,lessthanjake789,"We are words with 5 letters each. Three anagrams to find, we beseech. First, a person on a horse, let's say. Then, worse circumstances than before. Lastly, where your clothes should go today. What words are in store?","For the third word, this hint may be better. It's what your clothes become after they get wetter.","Rider, Direr and Drier. A ""rider"" on a horse Dire circumstances that have become worse? ""Direr"" Your clothes go in a ""drier"" and also once they are wetter, then they will become ""drier""",Riddle,06/23/05 #52394,How Many?,2.87,0.41000000000000003,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,Too funny for words,Rebus,03/23/20 #914,64 S on a C,2.23,1.85,Michelle,64 S on a C,No hint available.,64 Squares on a Checkerboard,Letter-Equations,09/28/01 #23169,Yet More Words,2.49,1.72,Palsha,"What do these words all have in common? DREW OIL DEFT RED LOOK DEFER LOP",Think about the keyboard,They can all be typed by moving to adjacent letters (including those diagonally adjacent) on a standard Qwerty keyboard.,Other,05/26/05 #17225,Wheel 2,2.32,2.36,slob,"Consider a vertical wheel of radius 10 cm. Now suppose a smaller wheel of radius 2 cm, is made to roll around the larger wheel in the same vertical plane while the larger wheel remains fixed. What is the total number of rotations the smaller wheel makes when its center makes one complete rotation about the larger wheel?",No hint available.,"The correct answer is 6 rotations. Suppose you rotate the smaller wheel and the larger wheel together without rolling through one rotation clockwise, the small wheel has rotated through 1 turn clockwise. Now rotate the larger wheel back to its original position counter-clockwise through one rotation at the same time holding the center of the small wheel in the original position but allowing the wheel to rotate without sliding. It will rotate through 5 more turns due to the ratio of the circumferences of the wheels. The total number of rotations of the small wheel is 5 + 1 = 6.",Math,04/03/04 #18540,Mad Ade's Missing Words 3,2.43,2.13,mad-ade,"Mad Ade gives you three or four words, and you must type in the single word that can be added to each to make three or four new words. Example: fish, board, dust. Answer: star (starfish, starboard, stardust) The word can go at either end of the given words. Way, dog, ground, hand",No hint available.,"Under Underway, Underdog, Underground, underhand",Language,08/13/04 #17711,Quarter Lineup,2.58,2.47,jholman,"120 quarters are lined up on a table. Every second coin is replaced with a dime. Then, every third coin is replaced with a nickel. Finally, every fourth coin is replaced with a penny. How much are the coins remaining on the table worth?",Consider the value of twelve coins after the replacements.,"The value of the remaining coins is $13.80. Since the least common multiple of 2, 3, and 4 is 12, the value of each consecutive set of 12 coins will have the same value as the other sets after the replacements. Here is a diagram of the replacements for 12 coins: QQQQQQQQQQQQ QDQDQDQDQDQD QDNDQNQDNDQN QDNPQNQPNDQP 4 quarters = $1 2 dimes = $.20 3 nickels = $.15 3 pennies = $.03 12 coins = $1.38 120 coins = $13.80",Math,05/22/04 #4281,Send More Money,2.27,2.41,mad-ade,"SEND +MORE ----- MONEY Replace each letter with the appropriate digit to make the addition work. Bear in mind that neither the first or last number of each row is a 0 (zero) and if X=4 then all X's are 4 and so on.",No hint available.,"9567 +1085 ----- 10652",Cryptography,05/26/02 #15085,7 = G in the WS,2.24,2.27,beanie89,7 = possible G in the W S,No hint available.,7 possible Games in the World Series.,Letter-Equations,10/12/03 #28617,U.S. Founding Fathers II,2.45,2.27,paul726,"""Xua xusvdqi zq pjv hllhzdi ul thq. Hqa zl h ichddub whqqup lhee pu pjv xdugqa bzpjugp Jzi qupzwv, zi zp cdufhfev pjhp hq vtczdv whq dziv bzpjugp Jzi hza? Bv jhsv fvvq hiigdva zq pjv Ihwdva Bdzpzqxi pjhp vkwvcp pjv Euda fgzea pjv jugiv, pjvm ehfud zq shzq pjhp fgzea zp. Z lzdtem fvezvsv pjzi. Z heiu fvezvsv pjhp, bzpjugp Jzi wuqwgddzqx hza, bv ijhee igwwvva zq pjzi cuezpzwhe fgzeazqx qu fvppvd pjhq pjv fgzeavdi ul Fhfve."" ~Fvqrhtzq Ldhqyezq - Wuqipzpgpzuqhe Wuqsvqpzuq ul #### The #### represents the date of the quote. They're not all the same digit, but I chose to hide it to not make the source too obvious. (warning: The hint will reveal the vowels)",h=a v=e z=i u=o g=u (code=solution),"a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z h f w a v l x j z r y e t q u c n d i p g s b k m o ""God governs in the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel."" ~Benjamin Franklin - Constitutional Convention of 1787",Cryptography,02/14/06 #41925,Easy Peasy,2.57,0.97,TRILLIONAIRE,"If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY, What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?",No hint available.,"HARD 1st + 2nd + 3rd + 4th letter of advancing words = Answer",Logic,05/14/08 #30938,Lazy Sam the Journalist Part 8,3.06,1.76,triskit,"Sam the journalist has landed a job somewhere. The problem is, he doesn't know where. All he knows is that it is in one of 6 cities lined up in a row in northern Canada: Eh Land, Hockeyville, Curling Town, Snowburg, New France, and Canada City. However his employer has left clues. 1. Curling Town is 2 cities away from the job's location. 2. Hockeyville is 3 cities away from Snowburg. 3. Snowburg is on the right end. 4. New France is not the location. 5. Eh Land is 3 cities from Curling Town. 6. Canada City is 4 cities away from Snowburg. 7. Eh Land is next to the location and another place that isn't the location. Sam is lazy, so he is paying you to find out where he is working.",No hint available.,"Order: Curling Town, Canada City, Hockeyville, Eh Land, New France, Snowburg. Location: Hockeyville (Sorry though, no money)",Logic,06/07/06 #34718,Heavens Above 2,2.56,0.97,tukuwakatiki,"I am up when you are down Look hard and you may see a clown Most times I am blue But that does not always hold true You look up at me when you pray I am never very far away But I'm not something you can touch Do you know what I am, or is this too much","At night look at me And a star You might see From afar","The sky You might see a clown in the clouds in the sky, it is blue during the day, but at night it turns various hues of orange. Many people look up toward the sky (heaven) when they pray.",Riddle,01/04/07 #16363,Three Large Holes,2.42,0.9500000000000001,fishmed,Wally went out to a grand dinner and a show wearing pants that had three large holes. He was neither kicked out or ridiculed. Why?,No hint available.,All pants have three large holes. Your legs go out two of them and the other one is where your waist is.,Trick,01/29/04 #51122,The Light 2,1.47,1.34,brainy,"One stormy, and dark night, 2 men were sitting in a room. One said that it was dark, and go open the lights. But then the other man broke the lights. Man #1 was furious, and asked why he did that. Man #2 just calmly answered. Man #1 then politely said sorry, then fixed the lights later. What did man #2 say?","This is easy, so no hints, Sorry. :)","Man #2 told him that he said for him to open the lights, as in actually opening the light bulbs.",Trick,05/25/17 #25540,Find the Rhyme,2.73,2.08,liltunalol,"Each of the following definitions can be answered by two words that rhyme. A fastening in a type of tree _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A brand of car suffering from ennui _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A time-out from a meat meal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A tardy dinner _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"Maple staple, bored Ford, steak break, late plate",Language,08/24/05 #1364,Red House,2.59,0.72,psychodude57,"If a red house is made from red bricks and a yellow house is made from yellow bricks, what is a green house made from?",No hint available.,Greenhouses are always made of glass.,Trick,11/11/01 #24332,It's All Dogs,2.91,2.83,Philly,"The four people in this puzzle all competed in different classes of dog agility at a recent competition. The competitions all required the dogs to run over jumps, through tunnels and various other obstacles in as quick a time as possible. Each had a different result - one came first, one third, one fourth and one ninth. All four dogs were each of a different breed. Can you work out who handled which dog, at what level each competed, the place each finished in and the breed of each dog? 1. If Tiff finished first, then Terry finished fourth. 2. If Terry finished fourth, then Jago is a collie, otherwise Jago is not a collie. 3. If Jane competed in the Senior class, then she finished third. If Jane competed in Novice, then she finished fourth. 4. The dog that finished ninth was an alsatian. This was either Jago, in which case Jago competed in the Elementary class, or this was Kelly, in which case Terry handled Kelly. 5. Mark won Starters. 6. If Mark's dog is called Patti, then Patti is a labrador, otherwise Patti is a collie. 7. Ruth's dog is called Jago. 8. If Jago finished fourth, then she competed in the Novice class, otherwise she competed in the Senior class. 9. If Patti finished first, then Terry's dog is an alsatian, otherwise Terry's dog is a collie. 10. If Jane's dog is a doberman, then Jane finished fourth, otherwise Jane finished third. Handler's Names: Jane, Mark, Ruth and Terry Dog's Names: Tiff, Patti, Jago and Kelly Breed: Alsatian, Collie, Labrador and Doberman Level: Starters, Elementary, Novice or Senior",No hint available.,"Dog Handler Class Place Breed Tiff Jane Senior 3rd Collie Patti Mark Starters 1st Labrador Jago Ruth Novice 4th Doberman Kelly Terry Elementary 9th Alsatian",Logic-Grid,07/07/05 #7256,Poison Ivy,2.34,2.06,majd,"In the blank below, fill in an adverb that both tells how Jack said the statement and applies to the meaning of his statement: ""This poison ivy is making me itch"" exclaimed Jack _________.",No hint available.,"The adverb is: Rashly. (as an adverb means hastily and also describes the ""rash"" caused by poison ivy).",Language,09/07/02 #35931,Molding,2.19,1.0,coolcow35,You can mold me into any shape and fit me back into my can. I come in many colors. Children play with me. What am I?,No hint available.,Playing dough.,Riddle,03/28/07 #9080,Whatever,2.58,2.18,dsquared,"What saying is represented below? BOAT WHATEVER WATER",No hint available.,"Whatever floats your boat. This saying is a longer version of the popular ""Whatever!"" The ""boat"" is on the ""water"" however it is on top of ""whatever"" ie. the word ""whatever"" is the thing that is 'floating' the ""boat"" on the ""water"".",Rebus,12/11/02 #50941,Furry Scurry,1.92,0.58,ThinksForFun,"My moves look erratic I'm a nut fanatic My tail is distinctive My actions instinctive Inside a leafy nest Is where I take my rest What am I?",No hint available.,a squirrel,Riddle,12/07/16 #13341,Slide Me,2.53,1.26,rose_rox,"Slide me, Twist me, Turn me, Throw me, I'm quite difficult to configure. Every twist and every slide Will leave you a mess that's bigger! Different colours, same shapes, same face Can YOU place them in the right place? What am I?","""...SAME shapes, SAME face""",A Rubik's cube.,Riddle,06/22/03 #46617,Antonym in the Middle 7,2.16,2.36,cnmne,"TAKE and KEEP are antonyms of GIVE. Change TAKE to GIVE to KEEP by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. TAKE ----> GIVE ----> KEEP",No hint available.,"TAKE <<<<< RAKE RAVE GAVE GIVE <<<<< FIVE FILE FILL FELL FEEL KEEL KEEP <<<<<",Language,03/26/10 #30704,A Fruit,2.61,1.91,qqqq,"I am fruit. Usually orange, am I. Most go for what's under my skin, While others enjoy my skin. What am I?",I am very festive.,"A pumpkin. (Yes, a pumpkin is a fruit.)",Riddle,05/26/06 #7704,Again and Again,2.25,1.65,supershlop,"again O again D again D again S",No hint available.,"Against all odds. (agains + tall odds. The odds are vertical, implying tall.)",Rebus,09/25/02 #11908, 5-digit Numbers,2.65,2.65,Mhalun,"How many 5-digit numbers are there that do not contain the numbers 3 and 5, and are multiples of 4? (It cannot start with 0, ie. 01234 is not a 5 digit number)",Permutations,"9408! The rule of divisibility says that a number is a multiple of 4 if its last 2 numbers are multiples of 4. So the last 2 numbers can be 21 different options:00, 04, 08, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 40, 44, 48, 60, 64, 68, 72, 76, 80, 84, 88, 92, 96 because they are multiples of 4 and do not have 3's or 5's. We have the last 2 digits we need to know how many can be in the first digit: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and the second and third numbers can have these 7 and number 0 too. By using permutations we give the possible numbers in each digit and the last 2 digits together. 1st*2nd*3rd*(4th and 5th)=? 7x8x8x21=9408",Math,Unknown #3491,I can be Cool,2.48,1.83,comet16,"I can be cool, but not cold, I can be sorry, but not guilty, I can be spooked, but not scared, I can be sweet, but not friendly, I can be flammable, but not burn. What am I?",No hint available.,Words with double letters,Riddle,04/14/02 #21753,Not Born or Created.,2.36,1.95,mangezmoi25,"I did not come about by birth or creation, I am found in every land and in every nation, I am what people want when they consume food, The lack of me prevents people from doing what they ordinarily would. What am I?",No hint available.,Energy. Nobody gives birth to energy itself and it is not created in a lab somewhere. Energy is found everywhere and there is no place where it does not exist (even if it is dormant). The main reason people eat is to give the body energy. If someone has no energy then he/she would obviously be tired and not be able to do things they would do if they had energy.,Riddle,03/24/05 #1973,32 T in an A H M,2.29,1.8800000000000001,swanhillsguy,32 T in an A H M,No hint available.,32 Teeth in an Adult Human's Mouth,Letter-Equations,01/06/02 #6675,Uncommon Set,2.28,2.32,Gizzer,"There is more to me than the common set Four more pages you will get Plus something else that is not the norm Symbols of an older form With 22 much more arcane Each of which has a name Ask a question if you want to see What your destiny might be. What am I?",No hint available.,"A deck of tarot cards. The tarot deck has 4 suits (cups, wands, swords and pentacles) with 14 in each suit, including 4 Pages. The deck also has 22 cards known as the Major Arcana, including the Fool, the Lovers, Death, etc",Riddle,08/19/02 #35108,Am I a Fossil?,2.79,2.21,dumbdude,"Some relate me to a million, while for others I am just a dental crown. People call me precious with their naked eyes, while others say I am just two less than four score. What am I?",Too precious.,"Platinum. Precious metal - Atomic number 78 - 2 less than 4 x 20 (score), million copies of CD or cassettes refers to platinum, and dental crowns are made of platinum too.",Riddle,01/29/07 #20986,The Roman Road,2.27,1.49,Gandalf,"To move their armies, the Romans built over 50,000 miles of roads. Imagine driving all those miles! Now imagine driving those miles in the first gasoline-driven car that has only three wheels and could reach a top speed of about 10 miles per hour. For safety's sake, let's bring along a spare tire. As you drive the 50,000 miles, you rotate the spare with the other tires so that all four tires get the same amount of wear. Can you figure out how many miles of wear each tire accumulates?",No hint available.,"Since the four wheels of the three-wheeled car share the journey equally, simply take three-fourths of the total distance (50,000 miles) and you'll get 37,500 miles for each tire.",Math,02/12/05 #20415,"Some Grain, a Goose and a Fox",2.5,1.35,CROSSKAYLIE,"The farmer comes to a river and finds a boat that will only hold two passengers. For obvious reasons, he can't leave the goose alone with the fox, or the goose with the grain. How does he get his cargo safely to the other side in one trip?",No hint available.,The goose swims and the fox and the grain go in the boat.,Trick,01/15/05 #4682,Penny Brands,2.5100000000000002,1.62,bobbrt,"Every word of a familiar phrase has been replaced by a rhyme in the following sentence. Can you determine the phrase? Penny brands break night clerk.",No hint available.,Many hands make light work.,Language,06/13/02 #13225,The Impossible Dream?,2.13,2.2,dsquared,"What situation is represented in the second line below? O(Legal)ff(Letter)ic(Notepad)e Office","Technology was supposed to help this happen, but many wonder if it actually has.","Paperless office Legal, letter, and notepad are all different types of paper that are in the first word 'office' but are gone from the second word. Therefore you have a 'paperless' 'office' in the second word.",Rebus,06/17/03 #44513,Missing Word #6,1.94,1.6300000000000001,StewieGriffin,"Can you figure out what four-letter word, when used to fill the blanks below, will create five new words? _ _ _ _wife _ _ _ _house Super_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _work _ _ _ _land",No hint available.,"FARM. Farmwife Farmhouse Superfarm Farmwork Farmland",Language,05/24/09 #50318,"No More, Please",2.0,0.19,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus, below? enough=enough",No hint available.,"enough is enough For definition and usage enter either/both the below - as shown - in any internet computer search engine: idiom:enough is enough define:enough is enough",Rebus,05/14/14 #10736,Walking to the Park,2.86,2.04,frankenweoburger,"When leaving his office every day, Frank walks in short, waddling steps down the hallway. On the elevator he acts normally. Once outside he walks almost normally but takes an extra large or small step now and then. He crosses the street with wide, long steps. Once in the park across the street, he walks normally. Can you explain this strange behavior?",No hint available.,"Frank is superstitious, and he is trying not to step on the lines and cracks on the ground. In the office there are little tiles on the floor. The elevator is carpeted. A sidewalk has bigger squares so he can step almost normally. The street has big crosswalk lines so he has to take big steps. In the park he can walk on a path or the grass.",Situation,02/26/03 #7100,Tons of Books,2.27,1.69,tissue,"Tissue wrote 27 books over a 3 year time period. He wrote three times as many books in year 3 as in year 1. In year 2, he wrote more books than in year 1 and 3 combined. In no year did he write more than 15 books. How many books did he write in year 1, 2, and 3?",No hint available.,"Year 1: 3 Year 2: 15 Year 3: 9",Math,09/01/02 #2333,Rope,2.53,2.16,missie,"A man ordered a length of rope by telephone from his nearest hardware shop. But when he went to collect the rope, he found that the assistant had miswritten the order by interchanging feet and inches. As a result of this, the rope was only 30 percent of the length that the man wanted. So, what length did he want and what length did he get?",No hint available.,"Ordered: 9 feet and 2 inches Received: 2 feet and 9 inches",Math,02/15/02 #49281,Soccer Match,2.0,0.97,Gwabu,"A soccer team played six matches, out of which they won two, drew two and lost two. During these matches the team scored three goals and conceded two goals. What were the results of all six matches?",No hint available.,"Matches: - won 1-0 , 2-0 - lost 0-1 , 0-1 - draw 0-0 , 0-0",Logic,02/06/12 #1396,Mind Reader,2.56,1.25,TallPaul5k,"Think of a number between 1 and 10. Multiply the number by 9. Add the digits of your result. Subtract 5 from your new number. Find the letter that corresponds to your number, if 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, etc. Think of a country that begins with your letter. Write down your country. Think of an animal beginning with the second letter of your country. Think of the color of that animal. Write down the animal and its color. Think of an animal that begins with the last letter of your country. Think of a fruit that begins with the last letter of this second animal. Write down the fruit and the animal.",No hint available.,"Sadly, Denmark is an unlikely place to find gray elephants and orange kangaroos.",Other,11/13/01 #31458,Birbal the Wise - XII,2.93,1.17,brainster,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer? Birbal had been invited to lunch by a rich man. Birbal went to the man's house and found that the lunch was in fact a big party and there were many people around. His host greeted him warmly. ""I did not know there would be so many guests,"" said Birbal, who hated large gatherings. ""They are not guests,"" said the man, ""They are my employees, all except one man. He is the only other guest here beside you."" Then the host saw the perfect opportunity to test Birbal's wit and wisdom. ""Can you tell me which of them is the guest?"" he asked. ""Maybe I could. I will definitely give it a try,"" said Birbal. ""Talk to them as I observe them. And tell them a joke."" The man told a joke that Birbal thought was perhaps the worst he had heard in a long time. By the time the host finished telling the joke, Birbal knew who the guest was. ""Well,"" said the rich man. ""I've told my joke. Now tell me who my other guest is."" Birbal pointed out the man to him. ""How did you know?"" asked his host, amazed. What was Birbal's reply?",No hint available.,"Birbal said to the host, ""Employees tend to laugh at any joke told by their employers out of loyalty and respect to the employer,"" explained Birbal. ""When I saw that this man was the only one not laughing at your joke, and in fact, looked positively bored, I at once knew he was your other guest."" The host was amazed at Birbal's perception skills and was happy to have invited him to lunch and get a glimpse of Birbal's wit and wisdom.",Logic,07/01/06 #14555,Brave Knights,2.86,2.5,taniapereira99,"A king heard that the nearby kingdoms were being destroyed by a fierce dragon. He called forth his most trusted and skilled knights to meet and plan how to protect the kingdom. The 6 knights, Sir William, Sir Andrew, Sir Luke, Sir Calvin, Sir Charles and Sir Vincent, decided that two knights would venture out to find and slay the dragon while the other 4 would defend the kingdom. From the statements below, which two knights went to seek the dragon? 1. If neither Sir William or Sir Vincent rode out, then Sir Calvin did. 2. If either Sir Calvin or Sir Vincent went to kill the dragon, then Sir Andrew did not. 3. If neither Sir Andrew or Sir William were of the brave two that left the kingdom, then Sir Charles was. 4. If neither Sir Luke or Sir Andrew went out, then Sir Vincent did. 5. If Sir William was one of the two, then either Sir Calvin or Sir Charles was with him. 6. If Sir Vincent was not of the two who went to slay the dragon, then neither was Sir Andrew nor Sir Charles.",No hint available.,"Sir Vincent and Sir Charles went out of the kingdom to slay the dragon. If statement 1 is valid, Calvin was one of the two that left. If not, either William or Vincent was one of the two. Therefore the PAIR could not be Andrew and Luke, Sir Andrew and Charles or Luke and Charles. From 3, the PAIR that left was not Luke and Calvin, Luke and Vincent or Calvin and Vincent. From 4, the two could not have been William and Calvin, William and Charles or Calvin and Charles. From 5, William did not venture out and therefore from 4 the pair was not William and Calvin or William and Charles. From 6, Vincent must have been one of the two since the statement identifies three of the four knights not eliminated. From 2, Vincent was one of the two, and by elimination, the other is Charles.",Logic,08/26/03 #27601,The Three Musketeers,2.54,0.9400000000000001,peppamintp,"One Saturday morning, Veya saw the three musketeers in the mall. Three friends, Pep, Asia, and Fe-Fe call themselves by that name because they are always together. ""I've been shopping for sandals,"" Pep told Veya. ""But I have such a wide foot, nothing seems to fit. We've been looking everywhere."" ""And it's been slow going,"" Fe-Fe added. ""because of Asia's injury."" ""I know."" Veya said, looking at Asia. ""I heard you sprained your ankle in gym yesterday. Does it still hurt a lot?"" ""It's okay as long as I move really slowly,"" Asia told her. ""We're going to get ice cream at the Just Desserts Shop now. Want to join us?"" ""I had better not. Lee is meeting me at home. See you all later."" Veya was taking a short cut through Washington Park when she saw Mr. King kneeling beside a new sidewalk. The city maintenance man frowned as she drew closer. ""Somebody jumped right in the middle here while the cement was still wet."" He said as he pointed at two narrow footprints embedded in the concrete. ""Now I'll have to rip out this section and re-do it. I Sure can't leave the sidewalk looking like this!"" ""Do you have any idea of who did it?"" Veya asked. ""A kid over there on the slide said that three girls named Pep, Asia, and Fe-Fe were the only ones near here, but he doesn't know which one ruined my sidewalk."" ""I know who did it,"" Veya said. Who was it and how did Veya figure it out?",No hint available.,"Fe-Fe The footprints in the cement were narrow. Pep had wide feet and, because of her sprained ankle, Asia would not have jumped. Since Fe-Fe was the only one left, she had to be the guilty one.",Mystery,12/20/05 #38415,I Beam And Shine,3.05,1.75,Stormcrafter,"I beam, I shine, I sparkle white I'll brighten the gloom with my light I'll mystify and enchant all I'll bring out the best in you all Goofy, bucked, green or gold Young and charming, wise and old Sly, cunning, empty some times Mirthful, uplifting, within the lines A fleeting glimpse or prolonged show I'm sometimes sad, sometimes mean Sometimes I'll say more than you know Or betray what you think you've seen Now, if you know me, tell me so You have me too, you know!",No hint available.,A smile.,Riddle,09/23/07 #13355,Feeling Hot Hot Hot,2.97,1.29,MrIxolite,"Mr. Ixolite was in Mexico on his holidays and was looking to try the hottest chili he could find. He went into a restaurant and ordered a hot one. After the fire in his mouth had been put out, and he sat there gasping for breath, the waiter came up to him and said, ""Excuse me, Senor Ixolite, we are very sorry, but we accidentally gave you the wrong chili. We gave you the mild one instead of this very hot one. Would you like it?"" MrIxolite paled, but being unable to speak, grabbed a napkin and wrote out the following rebus: Hose A) Hose B) Way Hose C) Way What was Mr. Ixolite trying to say?",No hint available.,"NO WAY JOSE! (No Way at Hose A)",Rebus,06/23/03 #38543,For Your Consideration II,2.44,2.56,aresII,"The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. K=I ""IGBW OYUBNYFD UYHBO XY XGB NBRHBQ OXRXB, IYTSF DYT ORD GB'O TWFBQCYWB RW YQBCYW XQRWOZSRWX?"" ""KA R NYISBQ JRW'X PWYJP FYIW RSS XGB ZKWO RAXBQ QYSSKWC XGB NRSS XIKJB, KO GB KW FB-OZRQB?""","C=G J=C O=S","""WHEN SOMEBODY MOVES TO THE BEAVER STATE, WOULD YOU SAY HE'S UNDERGONE AN OREGON TRANSPLANT?"" ""IF A BOWLER CAN'T KNOCK DOWN ALL THE PINS AFTER ROLLING THE BALL TWICE, IS HE IN DE-SPARE?"" KEY: A=F B=E C=G D=Y F=D G=H H=V I=W J=C K=I N=B O=S P=K Q=R R=A S=L T=U U=M W=N X=T Y=O Z=P",Cryptography,09/30/07 #27286,Swaffergies: Letter D,2.98,2.05,bigSWAFF_69_,"A Swaffergy is a word that can be broken up into two parts: a different word and a letter of the English Alphabet. The word ""defense"" is a common Swaffergy. It can be broken up into the letter ""D"", and the word ""Fence"". As a Swaffergy, it would be written like this: D + A structure serving as an enclosure, a barrier, or a boundary, usually made of posts or stakes joined together by boards, wire, or rails. Which will give you ""D-Fence"", or ""defense"". Can you find the answers to the following Swaffergies? 1. D + Plural of 12 inches 2. D + A young cow or bull 3. D + A narrative of real or imaginary events; a story 4. D + Dispatch 5. D + French playwright 6. D + A surface of an object 7. D + Of superior quality, skill, or appearance 8. D + A garland of flowers, especially one worn around the neck 9. D + What a lamp makes 10. D + A displayed structure bearing lettering or symbols, used to identify or advertise a place of business",No hint available.,"1. Defeat (D-Feet) 2. Decaf (D-Calf) 3. Detail (D-Tale) 4. Descend (D-Send) 5. Describe (D-Scribe) 6. Decide (D-Side) 7. Define (D-Fine) 8. Delay (D-Lei) 9. Delight (D-Light) 10. Design (D-Sign)",Language,12/10/05 #10407,I Disagree,2.53,2.0,MrIxolite,"What Phrase is this? 8 Points of View - 6 Points of View = ->2 Points of View<-",No hint available.,A Difference of Opinion,Rebus,02/12/03 #7712,-straw,2.8,1.41,warrior,"Can you determine what word goes in front of these words? -straw, -draft, -episode, -Frontier, -curtain",No hint available.,"Final. The final straw, the final draft (my favourite), the final episode, the 'Final Frontier' (a UK TV show), and the final curtain (another way of saying the end).",Language,09/26/02 #42948,Words With AG,2.13,2.58,cnmne,"Five words that contain AG as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *AG**, **AG*, ***AG*, *AG****, ***AG** Pool: B, C, E, E, E, E, H, I, I, I, M, N, O, P, P, R, S, T, W, X",No hint available.,"MAGIC, SWAGE, TRIAGE, BAGPIPE, HEXAGON",Language,08/31/08 #28465,Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen,2.23,1.76,Draw,"What comes next in this sequence: boron carbon nitrogen oxygen",No hint available.,"Fluorine, these are the elements in atomic number order.",Series,02/06/06 #2937,CITYlight,2.26,1.25,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? CITYlightlight",No hint available.,Big City lights,Rebus,03/26/02 #8776,Made Me Think,2.41,2.52,Palsha,"I was very popular at one time in my life, but I guess I was just a fad. But, you can still find me melting away at your taste buds. The pyramids on the boxes are a big clue. By looking into the hot flame, my kettle is very hot with liquid glue. What am I?",No hint available.,Fondue,Riddle,12/08/02 #43094,What! 2,1.5,2.55,cacmjc,E S E in an E P.,No hint available.,Exclamatory sentences end in an exclamation point.,Letter-Equations,09/15/08 #4818,Mugs and Balls,2.54,1.31,arij,"The fair had arrived in town. ""A prize for guessing the number of balls under the mugs,"" shouted one stall owner, as he placed four upturned mugs on the counter in front of him. Each concealed the same number of balls and on each mug was a statement about the number of balls underneath : One or four; Two or four; Two or three; One or two. Only one of the statements was correct. How many balls were under a mug and which statement is true?",No hint available.,Three balls under each mug and the third statement was true. The number three appears in only the third statement so that must be the correct one.,Logic,06/18/02 #34228,Parade Time,2.69,0.92,fishmed,"Eight kids all wanted to be in the class parade. They were all very excited. Using the clues below, please identify what their order was in the parade. 1. Alyce is just before Madison, who has nobody behind her. 2. Latoria is just before Juan. 3. Miguel is just after Juan. 4. Only two students are in front of JR. 5. Kim gets to be the leader. 6. Pedro is in front of all but one person.",No hint available.,"The line-up, front to back is: Kim, Pedro, JR, Latoria, Juan, Miguel, Alyce & Madison.",Logic,12/03/06 #48594,Dexter's Inventions,2.4,1.08,Radd_stuff,"Dexter, the wannabe inventor, has come up with what seems to be a great invention. It's a special lock that is fitted on your bathroom door. Every time you enter the bathroom and shut the door behind you, it automatically locks. When you want to leave, you just pull on the handle and the door will open! Although this seems like a good invention, there is a design flaw that would stop people from buying this product. What is it?","The lock is extremely strong, no one can get in from the outside.","There are two reasons why this product wont sell: 1: If no one is in the bathroom and the door closes, no one can get in. 2: If you're in the bathroom and for some reason you can't get the door, you're stuck because no one could help you.",Other,03/25/11 #6336,sailing ccccccc,2.31,0.61,Cascas,"What does this mean? sailing ccccccc",7 seas,Sailing over the seven seas,Rebus,08/08/02 #9144,Lions,2.65,2.57,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented here? Lions Autumn",Autumn in America is called...,"Pride Comes Before A Fall. (The collective noun for lions is a ""pride"" and ""autumn"" is another name for ""fall"".)",Rebus,12/14/02 #29840,Fit the Number,2.62,2.16,Princeford93,"What number fits in all of these words/phrases? Deck Year Vietnam Desert Storm Singing in the Rain",No hint available.,"52. 52 cards in a deck. 52 weeks in a year. Vietnam and Desert Storm used B-52s. ""Singing in the Rain"" musical was made in 1952.",Other,04/17/06 #12779,Shame me not!,2.29,2.93,Codammanus,"Can you tell me what this expression is: ""Condensed control adding symbolS visage""",No hint available.,"The expression is: ""Save Face"" -""Condensed control adding symbolS"" = Ctrl+S (The ""Universal"" shortcut for ""Save"") -""Visage"" = Face The expression ""Save face"" means doing something to avoid embarrassment.",Language,05/28/03 #18331,Yogi Storage,2.57,2.17,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? HH OO UM SEaten Eaten",No hint available.,"Eaten out of house and home (Yogi's storage = bear cupboards)",Rebus,07/24/04 #9275,The Babysitter,2.05,1.58,lesternoronha1,"A babysitter came over one day to babysit 10 children. She decided to give them a snack. In a jar there were 10 cookies. She wants to give each one a cookie, but still keep one in the jar. How will she do it? (WITHOUT BREAKING ANY COOKIES, EACH CHILD HAS TO GET A WHOLE COOKIE!)",No hint available.,She hands the 10th child the jar with one cookie left in it.,Logic,12/21/02 #40059,Omnis Via,2.5100000000000002,1.05,jazzmusician46,"What expression does this rebus represent? Road 1 --> Rome Road 2 --> Rome Road 3 --> Rome Road 4 --> Rome Road 5 --> Rome Road 6 --> Rome Road 7 --> Rome Road 8 --> Rome",Look to the title,"""All roads lead to Rome"". Explanation: There are a total of 8 roads in this rebus and every one points (or leads) directly to Rome. N.B. The title translates to 'All [or every] roads'.",Rebus,01/14/08 #14330,The Protector,3.18,2.27,luvupurple,"I am a protector. I sit on a bridge. One person can see right through me, while others wonder what I hide. What am I?",No hint available.,"Sunglasses. (they sit on the bridge of your nose)",Riddle,08/13/03 #4070,lofallingve+you,2.23,0.81,einat16,"Can you decipher this? lofallingve+you",No hint available.,falling in love with you,Rebus,05/14/02 #11288,Their Love,2.21,2.15,MrIxolite,"What phrase or saying is shown below? Then: Bloodstream Their Love Bloodstream Now: Their Love",No hint available.,Their Love Was in Vain (Vein).,Rebus,03/19/03 #2044,F's,2.46,1.28,ripstein,"How many times does the letter 'F' occur in the following sentence? Friends will not follow your advice if they feel that your words are full of flattery.",No hint available.,"Seven Don't forget the 'f' in ""if"".",Language,01/16/02 #169,Kittens,2.86,1.48,Karin,"A cat had three kittens: Mopsy, Topsy and Spot. What was the mother's name.",Consider the punctuation.,What,Trick,01/26/01 #1942,Dangerous to Conquer,2.42,1.29,DarkJester,"Beautiful when seen from a distance. Dangerous I am to conquer. Those that have tried I swallowed whole, choked, buried in snow, or threw them to their death. If you do conquer me, the prize is worthwhile. I'll show you things no man can. If you do beat me, you'll feel as if you're on top of the world. What am I?",No hint available.,A mountain.,Riddle,01/07/02 #30677,Squared Numbers,2.65,2.23,cdrock,"Imagine a 3x3 grid, the rows being 1, 2, 3, and the columns being A, B, and C. Using the clues below, can you place the numbers 1-9 in the grid? Clues: 1. Row 1 is made up of odd numbers. 2. The sum of Column C, is twice the sum of Row 1. 3. Row 2's sum is 24. 4. The number in square C3 is not 4. 5. The sum of Column A is 11.",No hint available.,"1...3...5 8...9...7 2...4...6",Logic,05/24/06 #5518,Debate Team,2.72,1.61,Bobbrt,"The following limerick has had the last word of each line scrambled. Can you figure it out? The debate had been pretty much TOHUGF, So the coach now was clearly SUGARTIDTH: His squad GADERSIDE - Press ahead or ECDEOCN? Thus giving the team food for HOGUHTT.",No hint available.,"The debate had been pretty much FOUGHT, So the coach now was clearly DISTRAUGHT: His squad DISAGREED - Press ahead or CONCEDE? Thus giving the team food for THOUGHT.",Language,07/12/02 #32982,Letter Blocks II,2.43,2.71,peanut,"You have four kiddies' building blocks with a different letter on each side. You notice that by rearranging the blocks several times, the following list of words can be formed: pink jest rope quip goal cony frog dark site glum wack have tiny wish bins What letters appear on each block?",The letters n and e are on the same block.,"Block 1: p, a, f, m, y, s Block 2: i, r, l, c, v, j Block 3: n, e, d, g, q, w Block 4: k, o, u, t, h, b",Logic,09/12/06 #13820,CT Scanner,2.61,2.44,Gizzer,"The technicians in the Radiology Department love to play word games on their breaks. Since they spend all day taking images of internal structures, they are particularly fond of finding words within words. One day, Gizzer created a theme puzzle for the techs to solve, based on the CT (computed tomography) scanner, sometimes called a CAT scanner. Gizzer created a list of words that begin with C and end with T. The letters between the C and T also form a word. Each clue provides a ""definition"" of both the full word and the embedded word. The length of each word is provided. Example: Healthy house in Switzerland (6) = ChaleT Note that HALE means healthy (as in hale and hearty) and a CHALET is a house in Switzerland. Can you figure out these clues? 1) Footwear to prevent falls in a meadow (5) 2) Customer's claim against property (6) 3) Misplace storage (6) 4) Hidden above (6) 5) Variation of a game played with mallets (7)",No hint available.,"1) CleaT 2) ClienT 3) CloseT 4) CoverT 5) CroqueT Explanation: 1) A CLEAT is worn on the sole of a shoe to prevent slipping, and a LEA is a meadow. 2) A CLIENT is a customer, and a LIEN is a legal right to take personal property when a debt is not paid (such as a mechanics' lien). 3) A CLOSET is used for storage, and to LOSE something is to misplace it. 4) COVERT means hidden or secret, as in covert actions, and OVER means above. 5) CROQUET is a lawn game played by hitting balls through wickets with mallets, and ROQUE is an earlier variation of that game played on a court.",Language,07/15/03 #22735,Is it Fair,2.46,1.85,Tammy93,"At the fairground, Ben was watching a cup and balls trick. The stall owner had labeled the cups A-D. There was a total of four balls under the cups. The owner made the following claims: ""There is 1 ball under cup A, zero or 1 ball under B, 2 balls under C, and zero or 2 balls under D."" In reality, no cup had more than 2 balls underneath and exactly three of his four claims were lies. If we know that cup A had no balls underneath, how many balls did each cup have?",No hint available.,"A=0 B=2 C=0 D=2 We know that claim 1 is a lie because A has no balls under it. If claim 3 is true, then C has 2 balls under it, which would mean that either B or D would have to have 2 balls under them, or they would each have 1 ball. This means that if claim 3 is true, then either claim 2 or claim 4 would also be true. Also, if C had 1 ball, then B has 1 and D has 2 which makes claims 1 and 4 true, or B has 2 and D has 1 which makes all claims lies. As only one claim is true, then this means that claim 3 must be false and C must have 0 balls. This means that both B and D must have 2 balls, which means that claim 2 is a lie and claim 4 is true.",Logic,05/07/05 #48707,Symbolistic I,2.23,1.67,Mathgeek007,"I will give you a group of numbers with an equals sign somewhere in the middle. Your goal is to add addition, subtraction, multiplication and division signs to make a true math statement. For example: 45=731 The answer is... 4+5=7+3-1 Get it? Here's your puzzle. 453402=1022",Each side is equal to 51.,453-402=102/2,Math,05/09/11 #34996,Pumpkin Sale,2.21,0.99,Thel,"Last week, I went to market with a whole crop of pumpkins which I had grown in my pumpkin patch. I sold half of them plus half a pumpkin, and found that I had one whole pumpkin left. How many pumpkins did I take to market?","As a novice farmer, my first crop wasn't anything to go by.",I took three pumpkins to market.,Math,01/23/07 #52438,Logitopia 2,2.77,1.68,wimpykidfan37,"Lisa, Martha, Nora, and Ophelia live in the strange country of Logitopia. This country is inhabited by four races of people: the type A people and type B people who always tell the truth, and the type C people and type D people who always lie. Each of them is of a different race. Lisa says, ""Martha is a type A person."" Martha says, ""Nora is a type C person."" Nora says, ""Ophelia is a type D person."" Ophelia says, ""Lisa is NOT a type B person."" Who is which race?",No hint available.,"Lisa is a type D person, Martha is a type B person, Nora is a type C person, and Ophelia is a type A person. Suppose Lisa is a truthteller. This means that Martha is a type A person, which means that Nora is a type C person. Since Lisa is a truthteller who is not a type A person, she is a type B person, which means Ophelia is lying. Since Ophelia is a liar who is not a type C person, she must be a type D person. But since Nora is a type C person, Ophelia cannot be a type D person. So this cannot work. This means that Lisa is a liar and cannot be a type B person, which means that Ophelia is telling the truth and cannot be a type D person, which means that Nora is lying. Since Lisa and Nora are both lying, Martha and Ophelia must be the two truthtellers, which means that Nora is a type C person and Lisa is a type D person. Since Lisa is lying, Martha cannot be a type A person and must be a type B person, and Ophelia must be a type A person.",Logic,08/14/20 #22795,What's Next?,2.5,2.02,fishmed,"Can you figure out the next 3 numbers in this series? 5, 8, 17, 44, 125, ?, ?, ?",Three's a charm.,"368, 1097, 3284 The difference between each number is a power of 3: 3, 9, 27, 81, 243, 729, 2187",Series,05/10/05 #17549,Love Hz,2.4,1.05,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Love Hz",SI unit of frequency,"Love Hurts Love Hertz (Hz)",Rebus,05/04/04 #32190,Wear the Green and White,2.48,2.69,bigSWAFF_69_,"McIntosh and Newton gave birth to me. I've lived all of my life in Tennessee. Created to help defeat an alien race. Battling on an artifact, way in outer space. Trained from a young child, to know how to fight. I have proven that I can wear the green and white. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Spartan. The Spartan apple is a cross between a McIntosh, and a Newton. Sparta is a city in Tennessee. Its citizens are Spartans. In the Halo video game and novel series, Spartans are super-soldiers that were created to help protect humans from an alien race. Halo is a giant artifact in space where most of the series takes place. The Spartans of ancient Greece were trained since they were very young to be great warriors. Green and White are the colors of Michigan State University - home of the Spartans.",Riddle,07/31/06 #36404,Joy of Life,2.24,2.09,majd,"What is this expression? Your Chest Your Tummy Apple Orange Grape Your Legs",No hint available.,"Fruits of your loins. Apple, Orange and Grapes (fruits) are located (position-wise) where ""Your Loins"" are.",Rebus,04/25/07 #2956,Haanyesetdalcek,2.27,1.4,dodobird,"What common phrase does this represent: Haanyesetdalcek",No hint available.,Needle in a haystack,Rebus,03/26/02 #23083,Sequencing,2.13,1.44,skywiluv,"What is the next number in this sequence? 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 22, 23, 46, 47, ...",x2,"94 The pattern is to add one then multiply by two. 1, 1+1=2, 2x2=4, 4+1=5, 5x2=10, 10+1=11, 11x2=22, ...",Series,05/22/05 #24071,What's Her Name?,2.4,1.06,i_am_hated,What is so peculiar about the name Alicia Baicila?,No hint available.,"The name is a palindrome (Mind you, this is one of my Mother's good friends).",Language,06/27/05 #51035,Captain Obvious,2.19,1.23,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus? 2+2",No hint available.,"""put two and two together""",Rebus,04/13/17 #2132,Famous Or Unknown,2.52,1.79,missie,Margot likes knights but not battlers; she likes writing but not typing; she likes to listen but not to sing. Does she like an unknown or a famous author?,No hint available.,"Unknown, she only likes words with silent letters.",Language,01/22/02 #4321,"60, 30, 20, 15, ?, ?",2.37,1.93,mad-ade,"Find next two numbers in the series: 60, 30, 20, 15, ?, ?",No hint available.,"12 and 10 The pattern is 60 divide by the position of the number. The first number is 60/1 = 60 The second number is 60/2 = 30 The third number is 60/3 = 20 The fourth number is 60/4 = 15 The fifth number is 60/5 = 12 The sixth number is 60/6 = 10 Another pattern might be subtract 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, etc. from the previous number. Hence the next two numbers in the series are 12 and 10",Series,05/29/02 #33142,Colonial Days,2.23,2.46,Shawnheyhey123,"KOI EIQK BNUI KONK WTIIAW SDVX KOI EVDKO TJUU RDJEB KV VYD INDW KOI ZUNWO VS DIWVYEGJEB NDXW. VYD RDIKODIE NDI NUDINGL JE KOI SJIUG. TOL WKNEG TI OIDI JGUI? TONK JW JK KONK BIEKUIXIE TJWO? TONK TVYUG KOIL ONPI? JW UJSI WV GIND, VD AINZI WV WTIIK, NW KV RI AYDZONWIG NK KOI ADJZI VS ZONJEW NEG WUNPIDL? SVDRJG JK, NUXJBOKL BVG. J MEVT EVK TONK ZVYDWI VKOIDW XNL KNMI; RYK NW SVD XI, BJPI XI UJRIDKL VD BJPI XI GINKO. ~~ANKDJZM OIEDL","encrypted letter = actual letter C=J K=T W=S L=Y I=E G=D The title is a hint.","A year after the Boston Tea Party, Patrick Henry said, The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already in the field. Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death. ~~Patrick Henry encrypted letter = actual letter A=P B=G C=J D=R E=N F=Q G=D H=Z I=E J=I K=T L=Y M=K N=A O=H P=V Q=X R=B S=F T=W U=L V=O W=S X=M Y=U Z=C",Cryptography,09/23/06 #49653,Words With SU,2.44,2.31,cnmne,"Five words that contain SU as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? SU***, SU****, **SU**, ***SU*, ***SU** Pool: A, A, B, E, G, G, I, I, L, L, L, M, N, P, R, T, T, T, W, Y",No hint available.,"SUGAR, SUBTLE, INSULT, GYPSUM, LAWSUIT",Language,10/30/12 #10155,Six Cylinder Engine,2.44,1.6300000000000001,dumbell,"Engineers are working on a new six-cylinder diesel engine. It will have a 1.2 litre capacity. The average speed of use is 2,000 revolutions per minute. However the engine can only work at temperatures of up to 500 degrees Celsius. How many spark plugs would an experienced engineer recommend to be put in the engine?",No hint available.,None - only petrol (gasoline) engines use spark plugs.,Science,02/01/03 #6467,stuff,2.09,1.37,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? DON'T SWEAT THE stuff",No hint available.,Don't sweat the small stuff!,Rebus,08/12/02 #5728,Thirsty,2.34,1.74,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? 15 years old guzzling gulping",No hint available.,under age drinking,Rebus,07/20/02 #38012,Add a Letter 9,2.96,2.23,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) low in fuel content & to gain knowledge (4 letters) 2) a small vessel for liquids & essential (4 letters) 3) a low or open slipper & malicious gossip (6 letters) 4) a mark used to indicate the place where something is to be inserted & a floor covering (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) lean & learn 2) vial & vital 3) sandal & scandal 4) caret & carpet",Language,08/29/07 #3612,1 F 2 F R F B F,2.62,1.74,bobbrt,1 F 2 F R F B F,Do you know your Dr. Seuss?,"One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish",Letter-Equations,04/18/02 #9549,Eggsactly What Happened,3.02,2.66,od-1,"Sam Rottenegger got some free tickets to go and see his least favorite band. Sam, feeling a little unruly, stopped at the corner store so he could bring a 1/2 dozen eggs with him to the concert. The concert was packed and the tunes were so loud that Sam could hardly stand it. He started making his way through the crowd when one of the eggs broke in his pocket and ran down the inside of his shirt. Sam squirmed with disgust but thought how great it would be to see that yellow ooze on the band members. It took him 60 grueling minutes to make his way close enough to launch his attack. Sam chucked one right at the bass player but it just bounced off him without breaking. ""Odd,"" Sam thought, but every one of the 4 eggs he threw just landed unbroken. He never got to throw the 5th as security removed Sam promptly. Sam, now half deaf, bruised, battered, and confused looked closely at the egg and noticed it wasn't exactly raw anymore. Frustrated, Sam chucked the egg over his shoulder hitting an Officer who gladly gave him a free nights stay at the Bars Inn. So what happened to the eggs that caused them not to break? Note that they were totally raw when he brought them in .",Remember Sam was almost deaf at the end of the concert.,High volume sound waves at certain frequencies can cause the proteins in an egg to stick together almost like when it is boiled. Thus the eggs bounced like a hard boiled egg instead of breaking.,Science,01/02/03 #23479,Albert's Dogs,2.75,1.45,Philly,"Albert is a keen dog admirer and over the years has had a number of dogs. He has had an Alsatian, a Dalmatian, a Poodle and a Great Dane, but not necessarily in that order. Albert had Jamie first. The Dalmatian was an adored pet before the Great Dane. Sammy, the Alsatian, was the second dog Albert loved. Whitney was housed before the Poodle and Jimmy was not a Great Dane. Can you tell each of the dogs' name and the order in which Albert had them?",No hint available.,"Albert had Jamie the Dalmatian first, then Sammy the Alsatian, Whitney the Great Dane and finally, Jimmy the Poodle.",Logic,06/07/05 #31338,Yellow House 2,2.25,2.42,tsimkin,"Upon the hill there sits a yellow house; Inside the yellow house there is a cream house; Inside the cream house there is a pink house; And inside the pink house there's a lot of little white babies.",No hint available.,Cantaloupe,Riddle,06/26/06 #44946,Dream Rides,2.69,2.49,mrsfessler,"5 American friends were excited about their upcoming 16th birthdays and getting their driver's licenses. What they weren't excited about was the cars their parents owned that they would soon be driving (one was a Ford Focus). Each had a ""dream ride"" (one was a Ford Mustang) that they one day hoped to own. From the clues provided, determine each teen's first and last name, the color and model of their parents' cars and the model of their dream rides. 1. The owners of the two blue cars were Mr. Lusk and the Buick Regal's owner. The other cars were owned by Christopher's mom, Mrs. Emery and the owner of the Nissan Sentra. 2. Glenn's dad and the girl who wanted the Chrysler Crossfire's mom owned imported cars. Mrs. Harper, Elizabeth's parent, and the one whose child wanted the Chevy Camaro did not. 3. The 5 teens were the one who wanted the Dodge Ram, Austin, the ones whose parents drove the Ford Taurus and Nissan Sentra and the daughter of the one who drove the white car. 4. Mr. Lange and Karen's mom owned the white and green cars in some order. The one who wanted the Chevy Corvette called his mom's car ""The Black Bomb."" 5. Mr. Wallace's daughter loved pickup trucks! The Toyota Corolla was owned by either Mrs. Emery or Mr. Lusk.","Toyota and Nissan are imports Dodge Ram is a pickup truck","Karen Emery, white Corolla, Crossfire Glenn Lange, green Sentra, Mustang Austin Lusk, blue Focus, Camaro Christopher Harper, black Taurus, Corvette Elizabeth Wallace, blue Regal, Ram",Logic-Grid,07/27/09 #19643,Courtroom Drama,2.62,2.48,MrIxolite,"Court 1 The State vs War and Peace by Tolstoy Rt.Hon Dust-Jacket-of-War-and-Peace Presiding Status: Case Dismissed",No hint available.,You can't judge a book by its cover.,Rebus,12/01/04 #40899,Notepad,2.22,2.54,King_of_Smart,"What do all these have in common? Head Body Table Frame Embed Face",No hint available.,"All of these are used in HTML. ",Language,03/06/08 #3653,Confectionery Manufacturer,2.91,2.14,PeaceJo,A manufacturer of confectionery has a work force of thousands of workers. They never strike or demand better conditions. They work up to twenty hours per day and receive no wages except food and shelter. Yet every year a completely new work force is brought in and none of the existing workers are re-employed. Why?,No hint available.,The workers are bees in a beehive.,Situation,04/20/02 #13026,"Sky Down, Ground Up",2.09,0.77,rscgal87,"When is the sky down, the ground up, the grass above you and the clouds below you?",No hint available.,When you are standing on your head!!!,Trick,06/09/03 #26705,Deal?,2.8,1.85,ilovehimalways,"It has been a busy month for music promoter Charlie Banks. He's traveled to 5 towns on leads, and , in each town, he was able to sign a band with a different lead singer. Each band performs a different type of music. Determine the band from each town, the lead singer, and the type of music. 1) Roz Trotter isn't the lead singer for the Buzztones, who are the rockabilly band. 2) The Pea People play reggae music. Sandwich Shop is the band from Whitehall. 3) The rap band is from Lombard, Illinois. 4) Richard Van Stone is the lead singer for the heavy-metal band. 5) The Heatseekers, who aren't the band from Florissant, aren't the folk band, which is fronted by Dr. Sonic. 6) Stig O'Tracy is the lead singer of the Crazy Club. 7) Flo Fontana's band is from Junction City.","JC = Junction City SS = Sandwich Shop","Junction City-Buzztones-Fontana-Rockabilly Lombard-Crazy Club-Stig O'Tracy-Rap Lewisburg-Heatseekers-Richard Van Stone-Heavy Metal Florissant-Pea People-Roz Trotter-Reggae Whitehall-Sandwich Shop-Dr. Sonic-Folk",Logic-Grid,11/03/05 #20016,About Those Cats...,2.29,1.93,I_am_the_Omega,"What's ""special"" about these sentences? 1.) Every darn cacophony begets alarm. 2.) No more leeches kill jumping iguanas!",No hint available.,The first letters of the words of both sentences appear in reverse alphabetical order (Every Darn Cacophony Begets Alarm; EDCBA--->ABCDE),Language,12/21/04 #3586,petsaek,2.68,2.5,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? petsaekatandyourlookself",No hint available.,"Take a step back and look inside yourself. pets a ekat and yourLOOKself",Rebus,04/17/02 #38694,One Lump or Many?,2.86,1.39,Hrsemn4,"The following is a true story. My friends and I were enjoying the atmosphere (and food) at an authentic English pub in town. We all ordered tea, and the barmaid brought us all our preferred variety. She passed by each of us and asked, ""Would you like milk or lemon?"" One of my friends simply said ""Yes"" and quickly poured a bit of milk and squeezed a lemon wedge into his cup. He passed the milk back to the young lady who smiled and said ""I'll be right back with another cup for you, sir."" My friend was confused at first, but upon her return he was happy to have a fresh cup. What had happened to necessitate a new cup of tea?",No hint available.,"My friend was unaware that you NEVER add milk AND lemon to your tea as the citric acid in the lemon will cause the proteins in the milk to curdle, making for an unpleasant cup of tea indeed. The young lady had seen this happen before and moved quickly to remedy the problem. Afterwards, she only teased him a little about it.",Science,10/09/07 #22605,Nature's Radiance,2.57,0.74,killalady05,"I'm nature's radiance, I shine with radiance, I give smiles ear to ear, and shine with beautiful colors, I arch my back high and get noticed by thousands of people, After the sky cries, I come to brighten the gloomy face of the heavens, What am I?",After rain...,A rainbow!,Riddle,05/01/05 #10967,Yesterday That,2.46,1.23,MrIxolite,"What expression is represented below? Yesterday = That Today = This",No hint available.,"That was then, this is now.",Rebus,03/07/03 #48488,Birthday Number,1.96,1.53,shenqiang,"A ""birthday number"" is defined as follows: add all digits of the month and day of the birthday. For example, November 24th has ""birthday number"" 1+1+2+4=8. What are the birthdays that share the second smallest birthday number?",What is the smallest birthday number?,"The smallest birthday number is 2, as in 1.1 and 10.1. The second smallest birthday number is 3, as in 1.2, 1.11, 1.20, 2.1, 2.10, 10.2, 10.11, 10.20, 11.1, 11.10.",Math,02/19/11 #32599,Crossquare VIII,2.55,2.11,phrebh,"Solve each clue below. The answers will form a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. Strange 2. Method 3. Slackens pressure 4. Spit out 5. Silences",No hint available.,"1. QUEER 2. USAGE 3. EASES 4. EGEST 5. RESTS",Language,08/22/06 #33910,...doth Smell As Sweet!,2.49,1.47,jazzmusician46,"What popular expression is represented by this rebus? rose = rose = rose!",No hint available.,"A rose is a rose is a rose! The meaning most often attributed to this is notion that when all is said and done, a thing is what it is. The line is from Gertrude Stein's poem Sacred Emily, written in 1913 and published in 1922, in 'Geography and Plays'. The verbatim line is actually, 'Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose'.",Rebus,11/10/06 #3355,Greetings,2.64,1.1,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this? ccccccccc Greetings",No hint available.,Season Greetings,Rebus,04/08/02 #9676,Desert Suicide,2.22,2.73,frankenweoburger,"A man is sitting in a broken-down car in the desert, waiting to be rescued. He turns a page in the book he's reading, a fiction novel. He then grabs a gun from the glove compartment and shoots himself. Why?","It doesn't matter how he got there, what he was reading, or why he had a gun.","He was a hemophiliac and when he turned the page, he got a big paper-cut. Rather than bleed to death, he decided on a less painful death.",Situation,01/08/03 #32265,What Words #24,2.57,1.37,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. BITTER - __________ - BREAD 2. SWEET- __________ - FELT 3. HEART - __________ - BED",No hint available.,"1. BITTER - SWEET - BREAD 2. SWEET - HEART - FELT 3. HEART - SICK - BED",Language,08/03/06 #40053,Phonopia 5,2.31,2.15,mik512,"In the wacky land of Phonopia, everybody has their name as their phone number. The phones are the same way as the phones in the real world, so can you figure out what well-known person you are calling? 2=A, B, C 3=D, E, F 4=G, H, I 5=J, K, L 6=M, N, O 7=P, Q, R, S 8=T, U, V 9=W, X, Y, Z 1) 846 83269 2) 8669 727537 3) 436743 56739 4) 6453 89766",No hint available.,"1) Tim Tebow 2) Tony Parker 3) George Lopez 4) Mike Tyson",Cryptography,01/14/08 #6329,MTV related,2.19,2.29,bmotts,"What could be this ""MTV-related"" sentence? is Number 1 ---------- M e n a t w o r k",Think 80's,"Men at Work ""Down Under"" is Number 1!",Rebus,08/08/02 #24470,Flour Power,2.86,1.42,tjm531,"While studying to be a nutritionist, Kristen learned of the many health benefits of using alternate types of flour -- but convincing her family was another matter! To win them over, Kristen prepared a different type of dessert (including beignets) each weekday last week, each time using a different type of flour. After tasting her delicacies, Kristen's family didn't complain any longer -- they were too busy eating! From the information provided, determine the type of flour used to make dessert she served on each week day. Desserts: beignets, brownies, cookies, cupcakes, turnovers Flours: barley, oat, rice, soy, wheat Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 1. The cupcakes were served the day after the dessert made with wheat flour. The turnovers were made on Friday. 2. Kristen used rice flour to make Wednesday's dessert (which wasn't cupcakes). 3. The barley flour dessert was served later in the week than the cookies, which weren't Monday's dessert. 4. The brownies were made with oat flour.",No hint available.,"Monday, beignets, wheat Tuesday, cupcakes, soy Wednesday, cookies, rice Thursday, brownies, oat Friday, turnovers, barley",Logic-Grid,07/12/05 #31244,25-9=2?,2.46,1.74,bballer21,"Can you make this statement true by adding two mathematic symbols? 25-9=2",No hint available.,"Take the square roots. Square root of 25 is 5. Square root of 9 is 3. 5-3 is 2.",Math,06/21/06 #5167,Geography and Maths,2.13,2.06,hippychick,If 3=e what does 50337=?,Think about the title.,Leeds=A town. If you put the numbers 50337 in a calculator and turned it upside down it would read Leeds.,Math,07/03/02 #18194,World War II Fighter Planes,2.67,1.75,biztycl,"You are the Head Researcher working on improving the survival rate* of the WW2 Alliance Force's fighter planes. In those days, fighter planes are on single propeller engines. Your task is to collect statistics on the number of bullet holes on fighter planes that just returned from their missions, and use this statistics as a basis to recommend improvement to the design of the fighter planes. After studying 10,000 planes that returned from the battle field, you discovered that A)60% of the bullet holes are found at the wings of the airplane, B)39% around the cockpit area and only C)1% on the engine area. Your immediate duty is to use this information to recommend which area (A, B or C) to increase armor plating. You could only increase the armor plating on 1 area instead of all because additional armor plating affects the agility of the fighter plane. Justify your rationale for your choice of section (linking to the % of bullet holes found). * Survival rate is determined by whether the plane return safely to ground.",This is based on real statistical methodology.,"Section C - the engine area. On the surface, the engine area seemingly received the least bullet hits (1%) and should not be warranted additional protection. However, this is not true because majority of planes that suffered engine hits have not survived to return from battleground. So there are very few planes contributing to the count on engine hits. On the other hand, the fact that there are many hits on wings and cockpit area and yet many of these planes still returned safely show that these 2 areas are not the most critical area. Since you could only add armor plate to 1 area - increasing armor plating to the engine area will be most viable in improving the survival rate of the planes.",Logic,07/12/04 #6740,"JL, PM, GH,...",2.33,2.16,klopper,"JL, PM, GH, ... What's next? 1. MN 2. BK 3. RS 4. FV",nah nah nah na na na nah!,"RS (The 4 Beatles members) John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr",Group,08/25/02 #43928,Slice & Splice 26,2.07,1.85,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: BAD, BEE, BET, HEN, LID, NOR Group B: B*****, ****A*, ***D**",No hint available.,"The Group B words are sewing terms. BOBBIN, THREAD, NEEDLE",Language,01/15/09 #9941,EPAYNNVAS...,2.17,3.02,Bobbrt,"What is the last letter of this series? EPAYNNVASIDEPASNNEAEYENR?",321654987...,"D. The series was created by removing the spaces and reversing groups of three letters at a time of the phrase ""A penny saved is a penny earned"".",Series,01/21/03 #15581,Mad Ade's Word Workout #1,2.32,1.48,mad-ade,"With this type of teaser the idea is to simply add two words together to make another word. But you have to work out what the two words are first. For example, Elevated + easy to carry = (High/light) Highlight Above + Fatality = (over/kill) overkill. 1, lower appendage + Round bouncy object = ? 2, Not over + Not sit = ? 3, A building where people live + to carry or grasp = ? 4, Not tall + slice or divide = ? 5, Dark colour + Flat piece of wood = ?",No hint available.,"1, Foot + Ball = Football 2, Under + Stand = Understand 3, House + Hold = Household 4, Short + Cut = Short cut 5, Black + board =Blackboard",Language,11/28/03 #2678,Vision,2.18,0.97,Chrissy---,"Can you decipher the following jumble of words into a commonly used phrase? vision vision","People usually wear glasses when this happens, but not all the time!",Double Vision!,Rebus,03/14/02 #19270,Anything You Want,2.6,2.19,phildunphy,3 W from a M L,Open sesame,3 Wishes from a Magic Lamp,Letter-Equations,10/28/04 #25533,Evolution 3,2.63,2.98,cnmne,"Make SHARK (fish) evolve into TIGER (mammal) by changing one letter at a time. Each change must produce a valid word in the English language. But there is a catch. The evolution must go through VIPER (reptile) and RAVEN (bird). No word can be used more than once. SHARK ----> VIPER ----> RAVEN ----> TIGER",No hint available.,"SHARK <<<<< STARK STARS SPARS SPATS SPOTS SLOTS CLOTS COOTS COONS CORNS CORES CARES CAPES CAPER PAPER PIPER VIPER <<<<< WIPER WIPES WIVES WAVES RAVES RAVEN <<<<< RAVEL REVEL LEVEL LEVER LIVER LIVES LIMES TIMES TIMER TIGER <<<<<",Language,08/23/05 #5939,3 = R of the E K,2.33,2.29,dewtell,3 = R of the E K,Famous Books (but not necessarily a title),"3 = Rings of the Elven Kings (J.R.R. Tolkien - Lord of the Rings)",Letter-Equations,07/31/02 #919,How Many Gloves,2.3,1.6400000000000001,Michelle,"Cathy has six pairs of black gloves and six pairs of brown gloves in her drawer. In complete darkness, how many gloves must she take from the drawer in order to be sure to get a pair that match?",No hint available.,"13. She could possibly take out 6 black left hand gloves and then 6 brown left hand gloves, the next one would have to be either the black right hand or brown right hand match.",Probability,09/30/01 #2676,I Stand,2.23,0.8,Chrissy---,"Can you decipher the following? stand I",Where's the I?,I understand!,Rebus,03/14/02 #10329,Land of the Giants,2.56,2.72,griphook,"Land of the giants, it is often called, Where warriors and wizards play with wolves; Its suns and stars get hot and cold, Whether one is at home or on the road. Fourteen tribes live in the west, we are told, One less than those in the eastern world; The weakest thirteen will give up and fold. While the strongest continue their quest for gold. The kings are powerful and the magic is bold, Others can fly and are a site to behold; But when the season is past and the story is told, New stars are born and old tribes evolve. What is the Land of the Giants?",No hint available.,"The National Basketball Association. The riddle is referring to several of the teams (The Warriors, The Wizards, The Timberwolves, etc.)",Riddle,02/09/03 #34592,Double Feature 5,2.31,2.61,cnmne,"The Cinemarebus Theater is showing two movies. True to its name, the marquee displays each movie title in the form of a rebus. What movies are represented by the following two rebuses? (Note: <<<<< = indicated entry) Movie #1 Tonight's Execution Schedule 11:25 PM: Ed, by hanging 11:35 PM: Nick, by electric chair 11:45 PM: Vince, by gas chamber 11:55 PM: Roger, by lethal injection 12:05 AM: Chuck, by firing squad <<<<< Movie #2 The Ning Family Oscar: Arrogant Wilma: Gossipy Brent: Confident Nancy: Bashful <<<<<","One movie starred Jack Nicholson, the other was released in 2002.","Movie #1 Die Another Day (the last execution takes place after midnight, or the next day; Chuck will die another day), 2002 Movie #2 The Shining (Nancy Ning is bashful, or the shy Ning), Jack Nicholson",Rebus,12/26/06 #32977,Divided,2.19,0.88,DevilBunny,P / EA soup,No hint available.,Split Pea soup,Rebus,09/12/06 #48514,Calendar,2.36,2.31,shenqiang,"Tom's birthday is exactly 6 weeks later, and today is his birthday with month and day reversed. What is Tom's birthday?",Consider all possibilities.,"Tom's birthday must be in the next year; otherwise, if you reverse the month and day, it will be a few days less than one or two months, and not 42 days. (For example, 2.1 is 30 days after 1.2, and 5.3 is 59 days after 3.5.) If Tom's birthday is in the next year, it's easy to see that it must be on January 12, and today is December 1st.",Math,02/27/11 #29576,Red or Blue,2.39,1.23,jntrcs,"Was the robber's car red or blue? Read the story to see if you can figure it out: The police already knew the getaway car was red or blue. Luckily, Charlie saw the robbery and was able to tell them. Charlie's brother later told some friends what had happened. ""Charlie said the car was blue,"" he said. The problem is that one brother always tells the truth, but we don't know which. The other always tells lies.",No hint available.,The car was red. If Charlie lied then the brother told the truth it would be red. But if Charlie told the truth and his brother lied it would be red.,Logic,04/06/06 #28753,The Sharpness Found in The Dullest of Them All,2.8,1.91,twixy,"I may be pretty, Or I may not, It all depends on what you like. I start out sharp, but I don't bite! I'm not even strict! You can use me, But don't abuse me, Or I can become quite dull. I may define a certain mood, But just like hearts, I can melt and break. I always wear my true colors And I'll never hide them. This riddle is short and quite easy, So who exactly could I be?",No hint available.,"A crayon. If you continually use a crayon, then it will become dull. It starts out sharp when you buy it, but its tip doesn't hurt. A crayon is a specific color and can change if it is melted or broken. Makers of crayons sometimes name them for a mood they represent. For example, a blue crayon may be named ""Sadness"" or perhaps ""Feeling Blue"".",Riddle,02/22/06 #43064,Just a Slice,2.74,2.21,MarcM1098,"What is the first number in this series (represented by the question mark): ?, 14, 15, 92, 653, 5897, 9323, ... If that was too easy, do you know what the next missing number is?","Perhaps if you looked at just the numbers: ?14159265358979323...","The first number is 3. The next missing number is 84626. 3, 14, 15, 92, 653, 5897, 9323, 84626, ... This series, known as ""Slices of Pi"", is the digits of pi grouped so that each term is greater than the one before.",Series,09/10/08 #27952,Mysterious Liquid,2.94,1.94,zonahobo,"Zona, the nutty professor, gathered the class one day for an experiment. Zona began, ""I have in my hands a rock and a piece of wood. I am going to place them in this beaker of mysterious liquid, and you may observe what happens."" Surprisingly, the rock floated and the wood sank! He turned to the class and said, ""My question is: What is this mysterious liquid in the beaker?"" Do you know the answer?",This liquid occurs naturally.,The mysterious liquid is water. The rock is pumice or volcanic glass which floats in water and the wood was from the desert ironwood tree which is so dense that it actually sinks in water.,Science,01/07/06 #19526,Match Game,2.39,2.9,cnmne,"The following 16 words can be divided into 8 groups of 2 words. The words in each pair will share a similar characteristic. What are the pairings? Why? acupuncture, advantage, allegory, brainchild, charming, disturbance, escapade, escargot, facsimiles, hibiscus, monetary, paternity, plasterboard, prosecute, speckled, weightlifter",No hint available.,"Each word contains an embedded word. Each pairing contains embedded words that are related to each other. acupuncture & speckled > volumes > aCUPuncture & sPECKled > cup & peck advantage & escargot > vehicles > adVANtage & esCARgot > van & car allegory & charming > body limbs > alLEGory & chARMing > leg & arm brainchild & facsimiles > distances > braINCHild & facsiMILEs > inch & mile disturbance & escapade > headwear > disTURBANce & esCAPade > turban & cap hibiscus & paternity > birds > hIBIScus & paTERNity > ibis & tern monetary & weightlifter > numbers > mONEtary & wEIGHTlifter > one & eight plasterboard & prosecute > flowers > plASTERboard & pROSEcute > aster & rose",Group,11/22/04 #13558,PumPkin Pie,2.22,1.65,fishmed,"What does the following represent? PumPkin Pie","No, you can't have the whole thing for dessert.","Piece of Pumpkin Pie (P's of ""pumpkin pie"")",Rebus,07/01/03 #38350,Incomplete Words XIII,2.61,1.59,tedger,"Below are ten words each missing the same two letter combination. Can you figure out what those two letters are? Vo_ _t Consu_ _ng _ _xer O_ _tted Trans_ _t _ _ndset Se_ _ E_ _nent Her_ _t _ _a_ _",No hint available.,"The letters are MI Vomit Consuming Mixer Omitted Transmit Mindset Semi Eminent Hermit Miami",Language,09/18/07 #23163,The Thing,2.5,1.44,Zomboman,"I'm a whirlpool. Used by men and women. I suck things down. What am I?",Shhh...,A toilet.,Riddle,05/25/05 #17432,FullparrotHouse,2.56,1.51,dsquared,"What phrase is represented below? FullparrotHouse = shrparrotparrotub",Something is worth more if you actually have it than if you are still yet to get it.,"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Fullparrothouse = A full house is a 'hand' in poker and the parrot, a bird, is 'in' the hand The bird in the hand = or 'is worth' two parrots that are in the word 'shrub' or 'in the bush'",Rebus,04/20/04 #3739,Hotel Infinity,2.24,2.26,Mogmatt16,"You need a place to rest for the night and come across a hotel called Hotel Infinity. It has infinite rooms. You walk in, ask for a room, and the clerk says, ""We're full right now, but hold on a second."" Then he gets the person in room one into room two. Then, room two moves into room three, and so on and so forth. You are getting settled in your room, when a bus from Busline Infinity pulls up an Infinite amount of mathematicians in town for the Big Number Expo. What order does the clerk give to make room for them?",You can't do what he did the first time to make room for you.,"He tells you in room one to move to room 2, the person in room 2 to room 4, room 3 to room 6, 4 to 8, so on and so forth.",Other,04/25/02 #1824,Attorney in Alabama,2.22,0.78,missie,"A doctor has a brother who is an attorney in Alabama, but the attorney in Alabama does not have a brother who is a doctor. How can this be?",No hint available.,The doctor is his sister.,Logic,12/23/01 #26911,The Examination,2.48,2.15,shenqiang,"Bab, Beb, Bib, Bob and Bub took part in an examination. There were five subjects: biology, history, maths, physics, and geography. Use the clues below to find who got how many points in which subject. 1. Every subject awarded each pupil with a different score between 1 - 5. 2. Bab got the highest total score, which was 24 points. Beb got second, Bib third, Bob fourth, and Bub last. No two of them got the same total score. 3. Bib got the same number of points in 4 subjects. 4. Bob got 4 points in history. 5. Bub got 3 points in biology and 5 points in physics.","There's only one answer to this teaser, but neither maths nor geography was mentioned in the clues. What would that mean?","Bab got 4 points in physics, and 5 points in the other four subjects. Beb got 2 points in history, 1 point in physics, and 4 points in the other three subjects. Bib got 1 point in biology and 3 points in the other four subjects. Bob got 4 points in history and 2 points in the other four subjects. Bub got 3 points in biology, 5 points in physics, and 1 point in the other three subjects.",Logic,11/14/05 #39802,Riverboard,2.71,2.46,cnmne,"Enter words into the following word chain such that each pair of words in the chain forms a compound word. No word can appear in the chain more than one time. Each ""?"" represents a missing word. Example: girl ? ? shape = girl friend ship shape = girlfriend friendship shipshape. river ? kick ? ? coach ? ? bar ? ? print ? ? ? board",No hint available.,river side kick off stage coach man handle bar tender foot print out score card board,Language,12/27/07 #25347,8D - 24H = 1W,2.23,0.85,deadeye823,8D - 24H = 1W,No hint available.,8 Days - 24 Hours = 1 Week,Letter-Equations,08/16/05 #28398,Here Comes the Bride,2.75,1.57,scm14,"What is shown in this teaser: Kindhearted Turn says to his friend, ""Benevolent Turn and I are getting married."" His friend responds, ""That's fantastic! You deserve each other!""",Think synonyms,"One good turn deserves another. ""Kindhearted"" and ""Benevolent"" are both synonyms of ""good.""",Language,02/01/06 #25010,The War of the Worlds - Part I,3.12,2.05,smarty_blondy,"No place is a safe place, for in the caves of The World Beneath, the evil Lord Zyron has decided he will not rest until his terrific Master Plan is complete. If he succeeds in his conquest, all humanity will melt down into the darkness of The Underground, and the world, as we know it, will soon be transformed into a desert of dust and ashes! He wishes to assign three of his most trusted myrmidons to climb up to the surface and complete his terrific task, declare and lead The War of the Worlds. But The World Beneath has many dreadful monsters, sorcerers and witches from which Lord Zyron must chose. Lurking in the archive of The Underground, he has found the files of five of his most loyal servants, partly consumed by fire. Can you find out the details about each of Lord Zyron's myrmidons from what's left of the files? Myrmidons' names: Tamika, Vidomina, Axsis, Galthran, Xarfax; Occupations: Death Knight, Demon, Black Witch, Alchemist, Vampire; Experience: 629 years, 274 years, 56 years, 31 years, 9 years; Area of Expertise: Wisdom, Fire Magic, Tactics, Mysticism, Scouting; Magical Artifact: Cape of Wickedness, Helm of Chaos, Celestial Necklace, Shield of the Damned, Sorcerer's Stone. 1. Vidomina, the wisest of them all, and Xarfax, the possessor of the Sorcerer's Stone, are the only immortals, and so have more experience than the mortals. 2. The most inexperienced servant is the Demon, possessor of the Helm of Chaos. 3. The Black Witch was born and raised in the spirit of fire, and is therefore an expert in its magic. 4. The most experienced mortal, and possessor of the Shield of the Damned, is neither Tamika nor Vidomina, but the Death Knight. 5. Xarfax has been an expert in his area for 629 years, but not in Tactics or in Scouting. 6. The Alchemist is an expert in Mysticism. 7. The Vampire is well known for her long life; therefore she has become an expert in Wisdom. 8. Axsis has been an expert in his area for 9 years, but not in Scouting or Mysticism. 9. Tamika, the Fire expert, is possessor of the Cape of Wickedness.",No hint available.,"1. Tamika is the Black Witch, expert in Fire Magic for 31 years now, and possessor of the Cape of Wickedness. 2. Xarfax is the Alchemist, expert in Mysticism for 629 years now, and possessor of the Sorcerer's Stone. 3. Galthran is the Death Knight, expert in Scouting for 56 years now, and possessor of the Shield of the Damned. 4. Vidomina is the Vampire, expert in Wisdom for 274 years now, and possessor of the Celestial Necklace. 5. Axsis is the Demon, expert in Tactics for 9 years now, and possessor of the Helm of Chaos Thank you for completing Lord Zyron's task! After seeing the list with his top five humble myrmidons, he has chosen the most worthy three, and is now preparing his evil Master Plan in secret.",Logic-Grid,08/01/05 #16610,Albert Einstein,2.7600000000000002,1.92,snaps,"What phrase is depicted below? Albert Einstein, Marie Curie Joe Bloggs Leonardo Da Vinci, Mother Teresa Abraham Lincoln, Florence Nightingale",No hint available.,Behind every great man there is a great woman.,Rebus,02/17/04 #37451,Take Me Out to the Ball Game!,2.59,1.02,cowman12,"I'll give you a unusual name or a hint for something commonly eaten at baseball games. You need to figure out what the real item is called. 1) A warm canine. 2) George Washington Carver might be proud to see you eating these. 3) This pastry is very twisted. 4) This has a first name of a crumbling and crunchy food and has a last name of a boy's first name.",No hint available.,"1) Hot Dog(s) 2) Peanuts (George Washington Carver found many uses for the peanut.) 3) Funnel Cake (Funnel Cake gets into its twisted shape when the batter is poured from a funnel.) 4) Cracker Jack(s)",Language,07/18/07 #10800,Do The Hula Dance,2.32,0.81,pinkibili,"Try to answer the question as fast as you can: What's Hawaii's national anthem?",No hint available.,"""The Star-Spangled Banner"", which is of course the U.S. national anthem.",Trick,02/28/03 #48237,Cor!,2.39,1.61,JQPublic,"Which one is the odd one out? Glamor, Color, Donor, Odor, Humor",Look at the title! Surely it can't be unrelated to the teaser?,"Donor. All the other words end with -our in British English. In British English, 'Cor!' means 'Whoa!', and it ends with 'or', which means it shares the same property as 'donor'.",Group,11/27/10 #6118,T T T T RRRRRRRRR,2.62,1.45,Cascas,"What does this mean? T T T T RRRRRRRRR",Football Team,49ers,Rebus,07/31/02 #10179,Not Mountains,2.54,2.67,dumbell,"What does this represent? .____ Alps",No hint available.,"Point blank range. ( . = decimal point; then a gap, or blank; the Alps are a range of mountains)",Rebus,02/02/03 #41319,Relationships #7,2.71,1.9000000000000001,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your job is to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck! GROUP A Chic Plan Star Spun Thin GROUP B Full Only Mind Hear Turn",No hint available.,"All the words in Column A can form a new word when followed by 'K'. 1. Chick 2. Plank 3. Stark 4. Spunk 5. Think",Group,04/02/08 #51308,Immaterial,2.66,2.55,HarryPutter,"What does this rebus represent? ⊄ {N, E, S, W} ⊄ {Square, Triangle, Circle, 2D, 3D...} ⊄ {Matter}","⊄ in mathematics is a symbol which indicates an element is not contained within a set of elements. E.g. A ⊄ {B, C} means A is not contained within a set of B and C.","In no way, shape, or form. No way - It is not in the North, East, South, or West. No shape - It is not a square, triangle, circle, two-dimensional shape, three-dimensional shape, etc. No form - It does not consist of matter.",Rebus,07/10/17 #18612,Boundary of a Sleep Image,2.9,1.68,cnmne,"What does this rebus represent? gloomy turquoise temperamental cyan sullen aquamarine despondent azure morose cerulean",No hint available.,The Moody Blues,Rebus,08/22/04 #31822,A Closed Fist,2.23,1.83,danielzerman,"Flying it looks like a handkerchief, Landing it appears like a closed fist.",wings,bat,Riddle,07/17/06 #1040,8 = T on an O,2.27,1.81,vivek,8 = T on an O,No hint available.,8 = Tentacles on an Octopus,Letter-Equations,10/04/01 #4495,Many Words in One,2.46,2.08,mad-ade,"I am eight letters long - ""12345678"" My 1234 is an atmospheric condition. My 34567 supports a plant. My 4567 is to appropriate. My 45 is a friendly thank-you. My 678 is a name. Q: What word am I?",No hint available.,M I S T A K E N,Language,06/05/02 #1177,Card Tricks,2.29,2.3,Ichabod Clay,"The following groups are the values of the 13 cards in the Hearts suit. Why are they separated into groups A and B? A: 2,3,6,8,9,10,Q B: A,4,5,7,10,J,K",No hint available.,"Group A has values that are rounded at the top. Group B has values that either have a point or a flat top. 10 is in both because one of its numbers has a round top, and one a point.",Group,10/20/01 #9271,SMTWTF_,2.09,1.36,jellybean,"What comes next in this sequence? S M T W T F __",No hint available.,"S - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, SATURDAY",Series,12/21/02 #49978,Delete a Letter 16,3.05,1.8900000000000001,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) a pale blue gas and unstable form of oxygen (5 letters) & (delete 1st letter) a section of a city restricted by law for a specific use 2) a type or class, as of literature or music (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a hereditary unit on a chromosome 3) to mark with a hot iron (5 letters) & (delete 5th letter) the outer layers of grain 4) a protector or champion of the people (7 letters) & (delete 4th letter) being three in one",No hint available.,"1) ozone & zone 2) genre & gene 3) brand & bran 4) tribune & triune",Language,10/26/13 #31690,Missing Anagrams II,2.78,2.71,thompson1,"Below are several sets of words with some letters taken out. For each letter (A, B, or C) there are 2 words. Find the 2 or 3 letters that will fit into both words. Take the letters that you put into the words for A, B and (maybe) C and unscramble them. That is your answer for that number. Example: 1) A) FORE _ _ _ _ _ _ ITE B) BR _ _ K SL _ _ K Answer: A) foreIGN IGNite B) brICk slICk Unscramble IGNIC: ICING is the answer. All 5 words will belong to a common group, and a smaller group inside that group. Can you figure out all the words, what common group they are in, and what smaller group they are in? Good Luck! 1) A) _ _ _ ARD REA _ _ _ E B) B _ _ _ ER _ _ _ OR 2) A) SE _ _ _ E PRO _ _ _ E B) _ _ RATE _ _ ROBIC C) G _ _ UP P _ _ VE 3) A) P _ _ _ ER SP _ _ _ B) _ _ _ THY P _ _ _ YA C) B _ _ LE J _ _ GLE 4) A) BE _ _ _ A _ _ _ EMY B) _ _ GHT ATH _ _ ST 5) A) REM _ _ _ L M _ _ _ BLE B) _ _ VES RE _ _ C C) VIS _ _ LE PROH _ _ IT","All the answers are countries. All spellings are American English.","1) A) LIZard reaLIZe B) bARBer ARBor Unscramble LIZARB: BRAZIL 2) A) seDUCe proDUCe B) AErate AErobic C) gROup pROve Unscramble DUCAERO: ECUADOR 3) A) pRAYer spRAY B) APAthy pAPAya C) bUGle jUGgle Unscramble RAYAPAUG: PARAGUAY 4) A) beLCH aLCHemy B) EIght athEIst Unscramble LCHEI: CHILE 5) A) remOVAl mOVAble B) LIves reLIc C) visIBle prohIBit Unscramble OVALIIB: BOLIVIA All of the answers are countries (common group) in South America (smaller group).",Language,07/11/06 #34651,Mr. Gilles,2.92,2.54,Winner4600,"What a week! Mr. Gilles, in charge of the Lost and Found, has been busy with students looking for lost items! Five students came, one on each day of the week, to retrieve their misplaced articles and possessions. So many came that Mr. Gilles has messed up his daily log! Can you help him piece the information back together? 1. The five students are Dominique, Mr. Harris, the one who lost a notebook, the one who retrieved her lost item Tuesday, and the one who came at noon. 2. Elsie picked her key up before Peterson came. 3. Ms. Sanson came at 9:50 a.m. to pick up a purse. 4. Birch came on Friday to pick up a lost item; Mary came on Wednesday. 5. Jacob spent an entire weekend worrying about his sweatshirt; he picked it up first thing on Monday. 6. Allen came earlier in the day than the one who picked up an iPod. Girls: Mary, Dominique, and Elsie Boys: Jacob and Allen",No hint available.,"Mary Peterson came at 12:00 noon on Wednesday to pick up an iPod. Jacob Harris came at 8:30 a.m. on Monday to pick up a sweatshirt. Dominique Sanson came at 9:50 a.m. on Thursday to pick up a purse. Allen Birch came at 10:05 a.m. on Friday to pick up a notebook. Elsie Jaroth came at 2:25 p.m. on Tuesday to pick up a house key.",Logic-Grid,12/30/06 #8950,1 = D at a T,2.27,1.53,Cascas,1 = D at a T,No hint available.,1 = Day at a Time,Letter-Equations,12/06/02 #5697,Tunnel Vision,2.19,2.02,Bobbrt,"A train passes through a long tunnel in the mountains. The train is 125 meters long, and travels at 40 kilometers per hour. Just as the last car is completely inside the tunnel, a man begins walking from the end of the train to the front. He walks at 5 kilometers per hour and reaches the front of the train just as it emerges into the daylight. How long is the tunnel?",No hint available.,"Let x = the length of the tunnel in meters. The man travels x meters at 45 kilometers per hour (the combined speed of the train and his walking) in the same time that the train travels (x-125) meters at 40 kilometers per hour. The equation x/45 = (x-125)/40 solves to x=1125. Therefore, the length of the tunnel is 1125 meters.",Math,07/19/02 #11129,Madadian Motor Cars,2.15,2.46,mad-ade,"Madadian Multi-Squillionaire Sheik Ratelunroll has bought four prestige cars from the Madadian Motor Company (MMC) - The Silver Dream, The Golden Pleasure, The Devine Lightning, and a The Rusting Bucket, - as presents for his sons' birthdays, all of which are next week (strange things like this happen in Madadia all the time). Given the following information, what will each son get? 1, Derek will not get The Golden Pleasure unless Berrick gets The Silver Dream and Eric gets The Rusting Bucket. 2, Berrick will not get The Rusting Bucket unless Merick gets The Devine Lightning and Derek gets The Silver Dream. 3, Eric will not get The Devine Lightning unless Derek gets The Golden Pleasure and Berrick gets The Silver Dream. 4, Derek will not get The Silver Dream unless Merick gets The Devine Lightning and Eric gets The Rusting Bucket. 5, Berrick will not get The Silver Dream unless Derek gets The Devine Lightning and Eric gets The Rusting Bucket. 6, Derek will not get The Devine Lightning unless Berrick gets The Golden Pleasure and Merick gets The Silver Dream. 7, Merick will not get The Devine Lightning unless Berrick gets The Golden Pleasure and Derek gets The Rusting Bucket. 8, Derek will not get The Rusting Bucket unless Berrick gets The Devine Lightning and Eric gets The Golden Pleasure. 9, Merick will not get The Silver Dream unless Eric gets The Golden Pleasure.",No hint available.,"Starting with the simplest requirement, #9, assume that Eric does in fact get The Golden Pleasure, then Merick gets The Silver Dream. This leaves The Rusting Bucket and The Devine Lightning for Berrick and Derek. Going to rule #8, Eric already has The Golden Pleasure, so if Berrick gets The Devine Lightning, then Derek can have The Rusting Bucket. This gives us the following that complies with rules 8 & 9: Eric = The Golden Pleasure Merick = The Silver Dream Berrick = The Devine Lightning Derek = The Rusting Bucket Now, to see if this works, just check it out against rules 1 through 7, where you'll find no rules are violated and everyone's happy except Derek who got stuck with The Rusting Bucket.",Logic,03/13/03 #38934,Frankly Franklin,2.39,2.23,aresII,"The following quotes are that of Benjamin Franklin. Can you decode these quotes? Both puzzles use the same code. H=G ""OC KCNXERAXCR KC YCFTVXMHX JOZE RUX DXER KCRXSXER."" ""OCHXS KE CXNXS TKRUFLR SXOEFC, DLR EXVMFA O HFFM FCX.""","A=M N=V V=L","""AN INVESTMENT IN KNOWLEDGE PAYS THE BEST INTEREST."" ""ANGER IS NEVER WITHOUT REASON, BUT SELDOM A GOOD ONE."" KEY: A=M C=N D=B E=S F=O H=G J=P K=I L=U M=D N=V O=A R=T S=R T=W U=H V=L X=E Y=K Z=Y",Cryptography,10/25/07 #13249,John's House,2.3,2.52,MrIxolite,"What phrase is illustrated below? John's House Cutlass John's Death Bed Cutlass",The Pen is Mightier than it,"He Who Lives By The Sword, Dies By The Sword.",Rebus,06/18/03 #51231,Mission: Possible,2.9,1.45,ThinksForFun,"The five words in the group below have something special in common. To discover what this is, continue reading this message. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to transform each of the following five words, so as to create a group of five new words, by applying exactly the same change to each word. Good Luck! This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds... , 4... , 3... , 2... , 1... , (""boom""). men no opera ova viola",No hint available.,"The special thing that these words have in common, is that for each word, if the suffix ""tion"" is added to it, the result is a new word which is completely unrelated in meaning to the original word, as follows: men + tion ==> mention no + tion ==> notion opera + tion ==> operation ova + tion ==> ovation viola + tion ==> violation Congratulations, if you successfully completed your mission! Otherwise, better luck next time.",Group,06/19/17 #32755,Letter Pairs XIII,2.53,2.2,phrebh,"Here are 42 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 14 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 14 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AC AD AU BA CR EA ED ED EM EW FA GU ID LI ME MO NE NG NI NS OC OW PI RE RI RI RK RS RS SA SE ST TI TO TO TY UI UM UR VE VE VI 1. Hunting expedition 2. Baseball official 3. Travels by car 4. Grassy field 5. Get on a boat 6. Bodies of water 7. Looked at 8. Hot month in northern hemisphere 9. Boat trip 10. On the go 11. Took a sightseeing trip 12. Doing nothing 13. Surfers' milieux 14. Warm Fahrenheit temperature","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Summer Vacation.","1. SAFARI 2. UMPIRE 3. MOTORS 4. MEADOW 5. EMBARK 6. RIVERS 7. VIEWED 8. AUGUST 9. CRUISE 10. ACTIVE 11. TOURED 12. IDLING 13. OCEANS 14. NINETY The theme is Summer Vacation.",Language,08/31/06 #9611,Forceful,2.5100000000000002,2.0,MrIxolite,"The following is a quote that could have been made by the main character of a popular movie, but wasn't. For example, ""I will cause torrential downpours on this town to avenge the death of my wife"" could refer to the main character in the movie ""Rain Man"". The quote has no real reference to the actual movie - only the title. Can you guess the movie? ""I am the Ghost of Dennis! I have come to haunt you, Mr. Wilson!""",No hint available.,"The Phantom Menace ""Dennis the Menace- cartoon character""",Language,01/05/03 #37573,United States Scrambler Series 6,2.52,1.9000000000000001,soccerguy0428,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a U.S. state, capital, or major city. NFTRADGEHRA (Take the 1st and 4th letters) IUSOCN (Take the 4th and 5th letters) NEUCL (Take the 2nd and 4th letters) GRADTUEH (Take the 2nd letter) Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"Lansing Grandfather GN Cousin SI Uncle NL Daughter A G, N, S, I, N, L, A Lansing",Language,07/28/07 #23679,Tae Kwon Do Tournament,2.98,1.11,aymlss,"Four Tae Kwon Do students, each with a different belt rank and a different instructor, won medals in four different events at a recent tournament. Using the clues below, can you figure out the correct instructor, belt rank and event for each student? Students: John, David, Janet, Katie Instructors: Master Smith, Mr. Brown, Ms. Campbell, Mr. Long Student ranks: Black belt, blue belt, yellow belt, white belt Events: Patterns, Sparring, Breaking, Hosin-Sul Clues: 1. David's instructor is not female. 2. Neither John nor Katie is a black belt. 3. The white belt won her Breaking division. 4. Mr. Brown's student is a black belt. 5. The Master instructor teaches the blue belt. 6. Ms. Campbell's student won Sparring. 7. Janet has never competed in Hosin-Sul. 8. Either David or John won the Sparring division. 9. The yellow belt's name begins with J. 10. Janet is a student of Mr. Brown.",No hint available.,"John - Ms. Campbell - Yellow belt - Sparring David - Master Smith - Blue belt - Hosin-Sul Janet - Mr. Brown - Black belt - Patterns Katie - Mr. Long - White belt - Breaking",Logic-Grid,06/14/05 #49470,Fork It Up,2.37,1.03,selpy123,"Find the kitchen utensils in these sentences. 1. I made this for Kate 2. Let's help otters for the Zookeeper. 3. Wear a bow like a woman! 4. He has pork in a Subway sandwich.",The words are in obvious places.,"1. I made this FOR Kate 2. Let's helP OTters for the zookeepers. 3. Wear a BOW Like a woman! 4. He haS PORK in a Subway sandwich.",Trivia,05/25/12 #9637,"Room, Broken Glass, Dead Body",2.22,2.4,amorn01380,There is a room and the only way in is a window with a 15 cm gap. There is a broken glass on the floor and a dead body. What happened?,No hint available.,"The dead body is a bird. The bird flew in and knocked the glass off the table; as he flew in, he knocked the latch off the hook and died of starvation.",Situation,01/06/03 #42847,Nightmares,2.21,1.45,TRILLIONAIRE,"Can you figure out the rebus shown below? Nightmare Nightmare Nightmare Nightmare Nightmare Nightmare",No hint available.,Recurring Nightmare,Rebus,08/19/08 #19425,Grocery Shopping,2.7600000000000002,1.67,Jake,"Bobby Braingle is shopping at the grocery store. He purchases a different amount of apples, oranges, bananas, grapes and pineapples. Each of the fruit was either $1, $2, $3, $4 or $5 each and Bobby purchased either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of each fruit. Can you figure out exactly what Bobby purchased? Clues: 1) The $2 orange was delicious. 2) Bobby bought more apples than oranges, but fewer apples than the $4 fruit. 3) Bobby spent $20 total on grapes. 4) The two $5 fruits needed to be peeled. 5) He did not purchase four apples or four grapes. 6) The pineapples cost $10 which was more than Bobby spent on bananas.",No hint available.,"Bobby purchased 3 apples at $3 each, 1 orange at $2, 4 bananas at $1 a piece, 5 grapes at $4 and 2 pineapples at $5 each.",Logic-Grid,11/14/04 #48027,Antonym in the Middle 12,2.11,2.47,cnmne,"PURE and NEAT are antonyms of FOUL. Change PURE to FOUL to NEAT by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. PURE ----> FOUL ----> NEAT",No hint available.,"PURE <<<<< PORE PORT POUT POUR FOUR FOUL <<<<< FOOL FOOT BOOT BOAT BEAT NEAT <<<<<",Language,10/02/10 #42511,A Legend in Sports 9,1.98,2.32,brainyboy615,E J = M J,Think basketball.,"Earvin Johnson = ""Magic"" Johnson He is known as one of the greatest players in NBA history.",Letter-Equations,07/16/08 #7790,Playing With Fate,2.65,1.65,dsquared,"What phrase is represent here? CMTHA ---> MCTHA ---> MATHC ---> MATCH",It has to do with relationships,"Match Making ie. in the beginning you just have a scramble of letters and slowly you have made the word ""match"". Therefore you are 'match making'.",Rebus,10/01/02 #3577,In a Can,2.27,1.77,gokaran,"I reside in a container or can, You can see and feel me, But I do not affect the capacity of the can in any way. I am weightless, colorless, and odorless. What am I?",No hint available.,A Dent.,Riddle,04/17/02 #10170,11 + 2,2.5,1.81,jizzyhuggs,When can you add two to eleven and get one?,No hint available.,"ONE baker's dozen (11 + 2= 13), or on an analog clock (11am + 2hrs= 1pm).",Other,02/01/03 #32409,Nails,2.16,0.55,dolphingurl12,"A woman was building a birdhouse. She had exactly the right amount of nails to complete the project - no extras. While she was hammering, she broke a nail! But she was still able to finish the birdhouse. How?",No other materials can be used to put the house together. She didn't get any more nails.,She broke a fingernail!,Situation,08/11/06 #1339,Polly Perkins,2.45,1.45,Gokaran,"Polly Perkins was after a talking parrot, so she went to the local pet shop in the hope of securing such a find. She was in luck. The shop assistant assured her that the parrot would learn and repeat any word or phrase it heard. Polly was delighted. However, a week later, the parrot still hadn't spoken a word. Polly returned to the shop to complain, however, it appeared that the assistant was accurate in what he had said, and refused a refund. Why didn't the parrot talk?",No hint available.,The parrot was deaf and as such couldn't repeat a single word it had heard!,Mystery,11/09/01 #13667,Find the Connection,2.49,1.8900000000000001,macca_k,"Bed, Blur, Mellow, Greed, Grange. What ONE word from the list below is connected with the words above? Flow, Grape, Sink, Chair, Book, Snow.",No hint available.,"All the words from the list are the names of colours with one letter changed each time: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange. So ""SINK"" is connected to these words as it can become PINK.",Language,07/07/03 #48507,Antonym in the Middle 14,2.28,2.58,cnmne,"TINY and PUNY are antonyms of HUGE. Change TINY to HUGE to PUNY by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. TINY ----> HUGE ----> PUNY",No hint available.,"TINY <<<<< TINE LINE LUNE LUGE HUGE <<<<< HUGS PUGS PUNS PUNY <<<<<",Language,02/23/11 #20639,Seven Jack O'Lanterns,3.03,2.45,fishmed,"It appears that you have angered the spirit of Halloween by failing to revere the Great Pumpkin, and now a curse has befallen you. On the walkway to your house is a Ward of Seven Jack O'Lanterns arranged in a circle. If midnight comes and any of the seven are still lit, a dark reaper and seven dark horses with seven dark riders shall visit thy abode. They shall surround thy domicile and, while circling it, they will proceed to pelt thy dwelling with eggs and cream of shaving. And come morn there will be a great mess to be reckoned with. Verily. So you better get those lanterns out. You quickly discover something odd about these lanterns. When you blow out the first one, the lanterns on either side extinguish as well! But there is more. If you blow out a lantern adjacent to one that is extinguished, the extinguished one(s) will relight. It seems that blowing on any lantern will change the state of three - the one you blew on and its two neighbors. Finally, you can blow on an extinguished lantern and it will relight, and its neighbors will light/extinguish as applicable. After trying once and finding all seven lit again, you decide, being the excellent puzzler, you sit down and examine this closer. But hurry, I hear the beating of many hooves...",No hint available.,"If you examine the setup carefully, you'll note a number of facts which make the puzzle easier to solve by deduction. First, blowing on a lantern is a commutative property; blowing on lanterns 1, 5, then 3 is the same as blowing on 3, then 1, and then 5. No matter what order the lanterns are blown on, if the same lanterns are blown on the same number of times, the result won't change. For that reason, blowing on a lantern twice is as good as not blowing on it at all. And three times is as good as one time. So, it seems that it should be able to be done in seven steps or less. What else can we tell about the solution? Since each operation changes the state of three lanterns, and there are 7 lanterns, and each lantern must change its state an odd number of times, it's a safe bet that there will need to be an odd number of steps. We can easily see it can't be done in 1 or 3 steps, so it must be 5 or 7. Trying 5 steps comes up with 3 different patterns that are not symmetrical and fail to leave all lanterns extinguished. So that leaves 7 steps and to your surprise, based on the commutative property, the easiest solution is to blow on each one in order! So doing this, the Great Pumpkin has decided to give you a treat for figuring this out and you find all seven lanterns full of candy the next morning! Congratulations!",Logic,01/26/05 #4986,Gorilla,2.64,3.07,im_para_noid,"What animal comes next in this sequence: GORILLA HEDGEHOG CAMEL MOUSE FOX BEAR MOLE ==?== Choose from: PORCUPINE BADGER COW GIRAFFE SQUIRREL RHINOCEROS",No hint available.,Badger; the length of the words is the same length as the months of the year. January = 8 = Gorilla. The next month required is August = 6 and Badger is the only option with 6 letters.,Series,03/28/04 #42835,The Maru Crisis,2.62,3.18,JasonD,"It was no surprise that the environmental alarm was blaring. They'd all heard a terrible CRACK when something had struck the vessel. ""This is bad,"" said Jack Peters, the science specialist, examining a gauge. ""The damage extends across the airlock, so we can't shelter there. We're leaking across half the vessel! What about the bridge?"" ""The bridge isn't designed to be sealed,"" answered Marvin Corey, the logistics officer. ""Quick! Get out the emergency suits!"" But, to Marvin's horror, not all of the emergency equipment had been packed. The self-contained breathing apparatuses were there, along with plenty of oxygen, but the pressure suits were missing. ""Who screwed this up!?"" he demanded loudly. ""This kind of incompetence might have been common in the early twenty-first century, but now--"" ""Quiet,"" ordered Captain Joan Suder. ""Let's work the problem."" She calmly picked up a breathing kit. ""Put these on. Once you're wearing your masks, unpack the balloon from the science lab and meet me on the bridge."" Marvin and Jack hastened to obey. A few minutes later, they entered the cockpit dragging what looked like a large rubber balloon and three spare oxygen bottles. Captain Suder was seated at the comm station. She inhaled from her tank, then pulled aside the mask and said, ""I just spoke with the Commander at Farpoint Seven. They're prepping the Andorra, and expect it to be underway in half an hour... which means we'll be rescued in about three hours."" ""What about the Maru?"" asked Marvin. He, too, was careful to inhale only from his equipment. ""Our own engines are fine,"" answered the Captain. ""Then we could make it to Farpoint Seven in only two and a half hours!"" ""Bad idea,"" answered Captain Suder, ""very bad, indeed. We have plenty of oxygen, so we'll wait here. I'll run the cabin heaters at maximum power on the bridge. If necessary, we'll crawl into the balloon and huddle together to stay warm."" She arched an eyebrow at Marvin. ""Just don't get too friendly."" 1) Where is the Maru? 2) Why does Captain Suder refuse to take the Maru back to base (Farpoint Seven)? 3) Will Marvin get frisky despite the captain's warning? [Important note: The cause of the accident is not relevant to the riddle.]","Despite being set in the future, the scenario does not require any new science and no particular advance in technology, just time and lots of resources. The location is one that is already known. It is not hypothetical. The Maru is currently 53,000 km from Farpoint Seven.","1) They are on the surface of Titan, a moon of Saturn. Whatever is leaking in cannot be breathable air, because they need to use breathing kits. It cannot be the vacuum of space (air leaking out), because that would kill them in the time allotted. It cannot be water, because the balloon huddling strategy would be inneffective while immersed in liquid. It cannot be the thin upper atmosphere of Earth, because that wouldn't explain the forced wait. The atmosphere of Titan is darned cold and contains trace amounts of cyanide. However, its pressure is 146.7 kPa, near enough to Earth's 101.3 kPa to be reasonably comfortable. Also, a buoyant weather balloon would be very useful on Titan, thus explaining the science equipment. 2) Farpoint Seven is their space station. Leaving the surface to get there would require traveling through the vacuum of space, thus depressurizing the Maru. (If you read the hint and you're really into astrometrics, you might realize that 53,000 km is the distance from Titan to an L2 Lagrange Point.) 3) The first intoxicating pressure phenomenon is Nitrogen Narcosis, which doesn't kick in until the pressure exceeds 3 atm (about 300 kPa). So there's no excuse for Marvin to misbehave.",Science,08/18/08 #6527,Name The Book,2.37,2.79,missie,"The beginning of a well known book has been encrypted below. Can you name the book? ""B dj blrtquctek tm cmjjulbcdte tm abj,"" rdbk Jq. Fdsseqr, taqmwbls abr nblseq dt je rbkewdyr, ""tadt ae wbhh cmje bltm d adlkrmje oqmoeqty. Nuqtaeq, tadt bt br tae kerbqe mn tae oqerelt omrrerrmq mn tadt oqmoeqty, tadt ae ie bjjekbdtehy qejmvek nqmj abr oqerelt roaeqe mn hbne dlk nqmj tabr ohdce, dlk ie iqmusat uo dr d selthejdl - bl d wmqk, dr d ymuls nehhmw mn sqedt exoectdtbmlr.""",No hint available.,"The piece of text is from the original Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens and should read: ""I am instructed to communicate to him,"" said Mr. Jaggers, throwing his finger at me sideways, ""that he will come into a handsome property. Further, that it is the desire of the present possessor of that property, that he be immediately removed from his present sphere of life and from this place, and be brought up as a gentleman - in a word, as a young fellow of great expectations.""",Cryptography,08/14/02 #8560,Kebabama Canal,2.3,1.77,mad-ade,"Since the turn of the last century one of the quickest ways to traverse from one end of the legendary land of Madadia to the other was via the Kebabama canal. Regular passenger cruises traveled the length of the Kebabama canal every day. On one particular run there were six passengers who all required certain conditions whilst travelling on the three day journey. Each level of the cruiser contains six cabins numbered 1-6 consecutively, and were arranged in a row and are separated by thin dividers. These cabins must be assigned to the six passengers based on following facts. Miss Fortune's work as a travelling Kebab salesperson requires her to speak on the phone frequently throughout the day. Miss D'work prefers cabin number 5 as 5 is her lucky number. Mr. Buss and Mr. Allot often talk to each other during their work as second hand underpants repairers and prefer to have adjacent cabins. Mr. Lastrain, Mr. Buss and Mr. Meaner all smoke. Miss D'work is allergic to smoke and must have non-smokers adjacent to her. Mr. Meaner needs silence during work. Can you tell the cabin numbers of each of them?",No hint available.,"The cabins from left to right (1-6) are of Mr. Meaner, Mr. Lastrain, Mr. Buss, Mr. Allot, Miss D'work and Miss Fortune From (2), cabin number 5 is assigned to Miss D'work. As Miss D'work is allergic to smoke and Mr. Lastrain, Mr. Buss & Mr. Meaner all smoke, they must be in cabin numbers 1, 2 and 3 not necessarily in the same order. Also, Miss Fortune and Mr. Allot must be in cabin 4 and 6. From (3), Mr. Buss must be in cabin 3 and Mr. Allot must be in cabin 4. Thus, Miss Fortune is in cabin 6. As Mr. Meaner needs silence during work and Mr. Buss is in cabin 3 who often talks to Mr. Allot during work, Mr. Meaner must be in cabin 1. Hence, Mr. Lastrain is in cabin 2. Thus, the cabins' numbers are 1# Mr. Meaner, 2# Mr. Lastrain, 3# Mr. Buss, 4# Mr. Allot, 5# Miss D'work, 6# Miss Fortune",Logic,11/17/02 #23062,World Traveler,2.65,2.23,zonahobo,"Always traveling round the pole I give a push but never pull Never touching earth or ground Never counting times around What am I?",You don't have to be a jet setter to get it.,The jet stream,Riddle,05/22/05 #45787,Exit and Entrance,3.21,2.66,dalfamnest,"If you throw me from the window, I will leave a grieving wife. Bring me back, but in the door, and You'll see someone giving life! What am I?",No hint available.,"The letter 'n'. wiNdow - widow door - doNor",Riddle,11/22/09 #22266,Uncle Peter,2.14,1.18,i_am_hated,My Uncle Peter says he can easily bite his eye. How is this possible?,No hint available.,"He has a glass eye, which he can remove from his socket.",Trick,04/14/05 #43164,"7, 17, 38, 81, ?",2.08,2.08,shenqiang,"What goes next in this sequence? 7, 17, 38, 81, ?",No hint available.,"168. The pattern is, *2+3, *2+4, *2+5, and the next one should be *2+6.",Series,09/23/08 #14121,LEKE,2.07,2.31,dumbell,"What does the following represent? S HS OPF VAOH EDRO LEKE",No hint available.,Down tools.,Rebus,08/01/03 #17624,Bear,2.03,1.87,george1978,"If John and Jane appeared to be getting attacked by a bear, why were they not running away?",No hint available.,"The bear that appeared to be attacking them was a stuffed bear statue at the local wild life museum, so that is why they did not run away.",Situation,05/11/04 #11695,Alternate Sports Titles,2.34,1.03,od-1,"I often tease my buddies who are sports freaks. I do so by referring to their favorite sports in unusual ways. Grown men acting like children running on water covered concrete with plastic and steel tied to their feet, chasing after a piece of vulcanized rubber with twigs. What sport is this?",No hint available.,Ice Hockey.,Logic,04/11/03 #34348,Missing Letters I,2.98,1.15,jazzmusician46,"Below are incomplete words. Place two letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck. Perfu (--) rge Barb (--) itor Again (--) ain Sta (--) sture Giraf (--) deral Featu (--) medy",No hint available.,"Perfume - merge Barbed - editor Against - stain Stage - gesture Giraffe - federal Feature - remedy",Language,12/12/06 #12414,Graduation Riddle,2.49,0.91,jimbo,"I am a unit of measurement. I am rather confused however, because I am used to measure different things. Physicists use me to measure temperature. In that case, I come in 3 different types, named after a German, A British lord, and a Swedish astronomer. In America, they prefer one type, but in Europe they like another. Scientists don't particularly like either of these. In Geography, I am divided into minutes, but I am not used to measure time. And just for good measure, I am not used at all by mathematicians who like to use Calculus. What am I?","If you get the answer to this riddle, you will graduate.","I am the Degree. Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin for temperature and 1/360 of a revolution in angular measure, but in Calculus, radian measure is used for angles.",Science,05/17/03 #19977,Ascension,2.45,2.49,MrIxolite,"After a long pull of ale I may insist that you fight, With a pain in your neck if slept in me tonight, I am rough, unfinished and sketchy at best, A dose of medicine to send you to rest. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am a Draught or Draft (British/American spelling) Pulling out beer or ale from a keg is a Draught/Draft The government can Draught/Draft you into the army to fight If you sleep in a Draught/Draft at night it is not uncommon to wake with a stiff neck. A rough sketch of something is also known as a Draught/Draft Finally a dose of medicine is also called a Draught/Draft.",Riddle,12/20/04 #24733,Relational Algebra 2,2.19,2.5100000000000002,cnmne,"The following three equations represent words that have a common relationship. The first letter of each word is given. Where will you find the following equations to be true? L = 0, F = 1, T = 2","If you can't figure this one out, it's not your fault.","Tennis, the point value of scores Love equals 0 (L = 0) Fifteen equals 1 (F = 1) Thirty equals 2 (T = 2)",Other,07/21/05 #8356,"Chicken: ""Snicker, snicker""",2.44,1.81,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? Chicken: ""Snicker, snicker"" Cow: ""Hehehehaha"" Horse: ""Wooohoohoohoo"" Pig: ""Eeeeeahahahaha""",No hint available.,Funny Farm.,Rebus,11/04/02 #7319,Five Consonants,2.66,2.77,im_para_noid,"The words ""Dumbstruck"" and ""Thumbscrew"" have five consonants in a row. What other word also has this property?",The word begins with the letter B,Birthplace,Language,09/09/02 #18737,What Am I,2.42,2.23,master85,"My first is a creature whose breeding is unclear. My second, a price you must pay. My whole can be found in the river of Time and refers to events of today. What am I?",No hint available.,a current,Riddle,09/02/04 #34124,Position,2.32,2.6,phrebh,"S CAHZYZGR SYYZYTUR BSI VAY HAJGR SJJ IATK CKAQJRBH, QTY ZY LZJJ SVVAI RVATDW CRACJR YA BSXR ZY LAKYW YWR RPPAKY. -- WRKB SJQKZDWY Z WSCCRV YA PRRJ YWSY YWR URDKRR AP S CRKHAV'H ZVYRJJZDRVOR ZH UZKROYJI KRPJROYRU QI YWR VTBQRK AP OAVPJZOYZVD SYYZYTURH HWR OSV QKZVD YA QRSK AV YWR HSBR YACZO. -- JZHS SJYWRK",R=E,"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. -- Herm Albright I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic. -- Lisa Alther A=O B=M C=P D=G G=V H=S I=Y J=L K=R L=W O=C P=F Q=B R=E S=A T=U U=D V=N W=H X=K Y=T Z=I",Cryptography,11/26/06 #46597,0 to 10 Pyramid IV,3.0,2.07,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next word. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car can do 0 to 60 in 10 seconds, but can you do 0 to 10 in 60 seconds? Get out the stopwatch! This one is a little easier than the previous ones ... The hint gives the starting letters of the even numbered words. 1. Roman one 2. Ratio of 'circumference : diameter' for circles 3. Edible homonym of #2 4. Long poem or film about heroic deeds 5. 'There's a _____ on his head' (a reward) 6. Give the main points of a story 7. Contents of Cordon Bleu book 8. Money taken in from sales 9. Likely to cause the most unpleasant sensations of fear 10. Particular, belonging separately to each","2. P 4. E 6. P 8. R 10. R","1. I 2. Pi 3. Pie 4. Epic 5. Price 6. Precis 7. Recipes 8. Receipts 9. Creepiest 10. Respective",Language,03/24/10 #32045,Scrambled Eggs,2.4,1.97,Sir_CombusTable,"If 4 frogs lay 4 eggs in 4 days, and 3 ducks lay 3 eggs in 3 days, and 2 hens lay 2 eggs twice in two days, how many eggs will 1 frog, 1 duck, and 1 hen lay in total from the beginning of February to the end of March in a leap year?",No hint available.,"95 If 4 frogs lay 4 eggs in 4 days, then 1 frog would lay 1 egg every 4 days. Using the same logic, we can say that 1 duck would lay 1 egg every three days. If 2 hens lay 2 eggs TWICE in 2 days, then that means 2 hens would lay 4 eggs in 2 days. Using the same logic as before we can say 1 hen lays 2 eggs every 2 days, therefore it lays 1 egg per day. In a leap year February has 29 days and March has 31, which is a total of 60 days. At a rate of 1 egg per day, the hen would lay 60 eggs. At 1 egg every 3 days, the duck would lay 20 eggs. And at 1 egg every 4 days the frog would lay 15 eggs. 60 + 20 + 15 = 95",Math,07/26/06 #45052,Slice & Splice 30,1.95,2.28,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: ACE, FUR, HOG, MAN, MET, OIL Group B: *A****, **C***, *E****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are length measurements. FATHOM, MICRON, LEAGUE",Language,08/12/09 #28102,Music Time...,2.55,2.26,thepianistalex,13 = M and M K in an O on a P.,No hint available.,13 = Major and Minor Keys in an Octave on a Piano.,Letter-Equations,01/15/06 #36917,Triple Treat 2,2.85,2.03,MarcM1098,"Find a rhyme for each word below so you end up with a familiar three-word phrase in the form ""__, __, and __"". Example: Clue = ""Cook, Wine, Drinker"" Answer = ""Hook, Line, and Sinker"" 1. Won, Dune, Cars 2. Wed, Night, Two 3. Shove, Goner, Betray 4. Wraith, Soap, Clarity 5. Steak, Cattle, Sole 6. Find, Field, Shivered 7. Blast, Pheasant, Suture",No hint available.,"1. Sun, Moon, and Stars 2. Red, White, and Blue 3. Love, Honour, and Obey 4. Faith, Hope, and Charity 5. Shake, Rattle, and Roll 6. Signed, Sealed, and Delivered 7. Past, Present, and Future",Language,06/12/07 #5366,Pick-Up Scene,2.53,1.76,Bobbrt,"In the limerick below, the word that goes in the first blank will be used for the second blank after one letter has been added to its beginning. All further blanks will be filled using the same rule. For example, the first word could be ""an"", the second ""ran"", and the third ""bran"". If you've ____ got lifting to do, Let a man be your ""____."" (It's true It's not P.C., but hey, It's a ____ girl's way To get work done - but not done by you.)",No hint available.,"If you've EVER got lifting to do, Let a man be your ""LEVER."" (It's true It's not P.C., but hey, It's a CLEVER girl's way To get work done - but not done by you.)",Language,07/09/02 #37200,Cryptopearls I,2.72,2.34,brainster,"Once upon a time, there was a land filled with wisdom and intelligence in the form of pearls. Most of the quotes we use today come from this land, which was called Lifeland. However, each pearl of wisdom was safely hidden under a Cryptoweb and called a Cryptopearl, because in those days, words were considered to be powerful weapons. You had to earn a Cryptopearl to learn some new piece of wisdom about life. Once you successfully opened the Cryptopearl, you were then awarded with whatever life changing information was inside that Cryptopearl. If you opened 4 Cryptopearls successfully, you were knighted as the Lord of Life. In this way, over generations, many such pearls have been passed down to us. Four such Cryptopearls are given below, in their original form. Can you open the Cryptopearls like the ancients did and find out what famous life's teaching it holds? Here's your chance to become the Lord or Lady of Life! 1. WEIE HRLI EELS RITA ESHW TAEA HWRY. 2. NVDG OENG TNOA HTTI IUHN NRIE GEND. 3. AISD FNAI RNFN IERD EEIE NDEE DIND. 4. YTRE OHCA UAAT CVKI AEET NYAT NONO OUDO.",No hint available.,"Take the first letter of each word, then the second letter of each word and so on and rewrite the sentence. You will then get - WHERETHEREISAWILLTHEREISAWAY In the same way, the others can be deciphered. The four cryptopearls are - 1. Where there is a will there is a way. 2. Nothing ventured nothing gained. 3. A friend in need is a friend indeed. 4. You cannot have your cake and eat it too.",Cryptography,07/03/07 #22431,Water Wolf Trapdoor,2.54,2.19,JuneBug2591,"What do the following words have in common? Water Wolf Trapdoor",No hint available.,They are all spiders.,Group,04/23/05 #4857,notic,2.33,1.77,pinkie,"Can you decipher this phrase: notic",No hint available.,short notice,Rebus,06/20/02 #14792,Top of the Charts,2.7600000000000002,1.83,mathemagician,"On the charts, I remain number one; This position cannot be undone. If I burn, you may get Just a little bit wet. In a Zeppelin, I am no fun. What am I?",H,"Hydrogen It's listed first in the periodic table of elements. The combustion of hydrogen produces water. Hydrogen used to be used in zeppelins, but it was very dangerous.",Riddle,09/16/03 #17244,Scribbled Picture on a Notepad,2.29,2.38,dsquared,"Bob was out shopping one day and had a look at a few items as listed below. Item 1.) Scribbled picture on a notepad Item 2.) Portrait of a mouse Item 3.) Da Vinci's ""The Last Supper"" Bob decided on Item 3.) meaning, in rebus form, he was interested in...?",Bob is the sort of person who isn't so concerned with small details. People like Bob tend to be C.E.O.'s or Directors of companies.,"The Big Picture Da Vinci's ""The Last Supper"" is a larger picture than the other two.",Rebus,04/13/04 #6039,Deal With It!,2.14,2.03,mad-ade,26 = C of E C in a D,No hint available.,26 = Cards of Each Colour in a Deck,Letter-Equations,07/29/02 #22880,Sea Sick?,2.13,1.54,dntdodrugsulosr,"People go to me and so do boats. The boats bring the people, and the people bring the boats. What am I?",No hint available.,"I'm a doc(k) People take boats to the dock and when people get sea sick the boats can ""bring them to the doc.""",Riddle,05/13/05 #6386,e a v e s,2.27,0.99,Cascas,"What does this mean? e a v e s",No hint available.,eavesdropping,Rebus,08/09/02 #644,Military Armies,2.15,1.41,Christine,Where does the United States military keep its armies?,No hint available.,In their sleevies,Trick,06/23/01 #35229,So Many Roles,2.52,2.29,dumbdude,"Many roles do I play, some are great, some okay. At times I conceal, that which ought not to be seen. But most times drown you, I may, to a blissful slumber on a blue day. Great skills I unveil, and entertain you with many a tale. I appear in many shapes, sizes or colours to the eye, Can you guess truly, what am I?",No hint available.,"Curtain A curtain provides visual separation in most situations. Curtains are often hung on the inside of a building's window to block or obscure the travel of light, for instance at night to aid sleeping, or provide privacy by stopping people outside from being able to see inside. Yet sometimes when people are depressed (blue), they shut the windows, draw curtains and stay in the dark, to sleep off their worries. In a Broadway show, a drama theatre, or musicals, the curtain typically opens when the show begins and closes for substantial pauses in the performance. When opened for such shows, a great number of talents are revealed, as well as some of the great epics, stories, and dramas (Shakespeare) are shown on the stage to entertain the viewers. Curtains comes in a variety of colours and patterns and different materials and sizes such as in blinds and wooden shutters.",Riddle,02/07/07 #45352,Words With SL,2.1,1.77,cnmne,"Five words that contain SL as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *SL**, *SL***, **SL**, ***SL*, ***SL** Pool: A, B, B, D, E, E, E, E, G, I, I, I, M, N, O, P, R, T, U, Y",No hint available.,"ISLET, ASLEEP, MUSLIN, GRISLY, BOBSLED",Language,09/24/09 #24859,Best In Show,3.09,2.56,ragsdaleam,"Five dogs recently competed for best in show in the local kennel club. Each dog belonged to a different AKC group, preferred a different kind of treat, and wore a different color lead. Can you determine each dog's group, lead color, favorite treat, and the place he or she took in the show? Note: The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a member of the Hound Group. 1. The dog with the red lead finished before the dog who liked chicken bites, but after the dog that belonged to the herding group (who is not Sadie). 2. The dog that placed third was not Rusty (who is a working dog). 3. The sporting dog placed just ahead of the one with a pink lead, and somewhere behind Charlie (who didn't like rawhide treats). 4. The hound did not like the beef or liver treats. 5. Rusty did not wear the blue lead. 6. Wags, who hated Scooby snacks, was a Rhodesian Ridgeback, and his handler hated the color green, so she would never let him wear a green lead. 7. Neither Pharaoh nor Sadie liked Scooby snacks or wore green. 8. The herding dog, who hated beef biscuits, had a blue lead for good luck, but did not take first place. 9. The 3rd place dog did not wear a red lead. 10. Pharaoh is not a sporting dog. 11. The five dogs in order of rank, from 1st to 5th, were: The one who ate Scooby snacks, Charlie, the one who loved beef biscuits, the sporting dog, and the one with the pink lead.",No hint available.,"Rusty - Working - Green - Scooby Snacks - 1st Charlie - Herding - Blue - Liver Cubes- 2nd Pharaoh - Toy - Purple - Beef Biscuits - 3rd Sadie - Sporting - Red - Rawhide Chews - 4th Wags - Hound - Pink - Chicken Bites - 5th",Logic-Grid,07/25/05 #35822,What's So Special?,2.38,1.82,Writer_fighter,"What is so special about this date and time? 3:14 on January 5th in the year 9265.",No hint available.,"If you put it into all numeral forms, it is the first 9 digits in pi. 3:14 = 3.14 Jan. 5th = 15 year 9265 =9265 So, in total, it is 3.14159265.",Other,03/23/07 #11482,Sweet & Sour,2.52,1.58,VolsToTheWall,"What phrase or saying is represented below? HoneyHoneyHoneyHoney HoneyFlyFlyFlyFlyHoney HoneyHoneyHoneyHoney VinegarVinegarVinegar VinegarFlyVinegar VinegarVinegar",No hint available.,You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.,Rebus,03/29/03 #18033,I Turn The Small Into The Big.,2.48,2.3,spookboy0,"I am of rectangle form. I turn the small into the big. I turn the counted into signs. Above my twin and I are the two That give my users ease. What am I?",I turn the eighth into a randomizer.,"Shift The ""shift"" key is rectangle-shape It changes small letters into big letters(a=A, z=Z). It turns numbers into signs(6=^, 8=*). There are two ""shift"" keys on a keyboard. Above one is the ""Caps Lock"", which automatically capitalizes small letters, while on the other side, above the other ""shift"" key, is the ""Enter"" key. Hint: ""Shift"" turns 8, the eighth number, into the asterisk, or star, which is used as a randomizer in Internet search engines.",Riddle,06/28/04 #47387,The Steamy Mirror,2.32,0.91,kwelchans,"This morning my shower went a little longer than usual. When I went to blow dry my hair, I found that my mirror was all steamed up. I tried wiping it with a towel, but that just left a streaky smear. I know that if I leave the door open, it will clear off eventually, but I'm running late and don't have time. How can I quickly clear the steam off the mirror so I can blow dry my hair and get to work on time?",No hint available.,Just use the blow drier. It will clear the steam off the mirror in seconds!,Situation,07/04/10 #26261,Ahoy Mate,2.88,1.61,sdm1177,"What is represented below? S V K E I S P S P E E L R",There are two words.,"The captain goes down with the ship. Skipper is another word for captain. Vessel is another word for ship. These two words both go down.",Rebus,10/08/05 #33999,7 S in the F of the C S of A D the C W,2.31,2.52,TechA,7 S in the F of the C S of A D the C W,Think History,7 Stars in the Flag of the Confederate States of America During the Civil War,Letter-Equations,11/17/06 #34602,Four-Letter Words,2.28,2.88,calmsavior,"The following list of words all share a common characteristic. Only three of the six choices available below can be sorted into the group. Can you figure out which three those are? This is the group: INNS SAGE COIN SORE TICS RANT SAIL BETS LACE TERM MUSE CHAT BILE PATH Choose from: HERO PALS PINE RUIN TRIP SEAS","Although not four-letter words, SIP, PUN, and ARK can be sorted into the group.","The correct words are HERO, TRIP, and SEAS. The letters of the words in the group can be split into two distinct elements. Furthermore, the two elements are one proton apart from each other. INNS = Sn + In SAGE = As + Ge COIN = Co + Ni SORE = Os + Re TICS = Sc + Ti RANT = Rn + At SAIL = Si + Al BETS = Sb + Te LACE = La + Ce TERM = Er + Tm MUSE = Sm + Eu CHAT = Ac + Th BILE = Li + Be PATH = Th + Pa HERO = Ho + Er TRIP = Ir + Pt SEAS = Se + As From the hint: SIP = Si + P PUN = U + Np ARK = Ar + K",Group,12/27/06 #27916,Opposites in Code,2.85,2.12,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. + stands for I, J, G, A, or M * stands for N, B, P, Q, or W = stands for R, U, C, X, or T & stands for H, E, K, Z, or Y ? stands for O, L, F, H, or V The five letter code word, *?+=&, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,White and Black.,Logic,01/05/06 #31945,One Great Mind IV,2.72,2.7,luckythirteen,"""WO MSJKS IM PMSD CO WDDCHTZCIK DKDFKS MP C PZMHY MP NVKKU MOK DTNI, CFMRK CZZ, FK C NVKKU."" ~CZFKSI KWONIKWO ""UKCHK HCOOMI FK YKUI FL PMSHK. WI HCO MOZL FK CHVWKRKJ FL TOJKSNICOJWOQ."" ~CZFKSI KWONIKWO ""KJTHCIMO WN EVCI SKDCWON CPIKS MOK VCN PMSQMIIKO KRKSLIVWOQ VK ZKCSOKJ WO NHVMMZ."" ~CZFKSI KWONIKWO",No hint available.,"""In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep."" ~Albert Einstein ""Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."" ~Albert Einstein ""Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school."" ~Albert Einstein A = C B = F C = H D = J E = K F = P G = Q H = V I = W J = X K = Y L = Z M = D N = O O = M P = U Q = G R = S S = N T = I U = T V = R W = E X = B Y = L Z = A",Cryptography,07/21/06 #23117,Can You Find the Word?,2.63,2.0,Newf,"If you give each letter of a word into its alphabetical position, you can then add these digits, or you can multiply them. For example CART = 3, 1, 18, 20. Adding gives 42 and multiplying gives 1080. Can you find a word which has the same total whether you add them or multiply them?",No hint available.,Cab,Other,05/24/05 #19937,"O, O, T...",2.35,2.73,horse_luver,"O, O, T, T, F, E, T, T, ?",No hint available.,"T. They are the first letters of the numbers in the Fibonacci Sequence. A Fibonacci Sequence is a famous mathematical sequence where you add the previous two numbers to arrive at the next number. Hence, 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21",Series,12/17/04 #34015,Our Indigenous Friends,2.52,2.77,jazzmusician46,"Below are two groups: Group A and Group B. Each group has three members incorrectly placed within them. Your task is to remove the three wrongly placed members from both groups and replace them into their correct group. Good luck! Group A: Kainah Airiman Amangu Tewa Djalakuru Gunwinggu Ithu Janda Wintun Darkinjang Group B: Hupa Cochiti Barkindji Washo Brule Hidatsa Jinwum Klikitat Banbai Yokuts",No hint available.,"Group A: Aboriginal tribes Jinwum Banbai Barkindji Group B: North American Indian tribes Kainah Tewa Wintun",Group,11/19/06 #3428,Airet,2.6,1.91,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this: Airet",No hint available.,"Bacteria Bac(back)teria",Rebus,04/11/02 #15343,I Can be a Rainy Day,2.3,2.21,Katelin,"I can be like a rainy day, But I make the world more clear; People almost always have me, But they might lose me in a few years.",No hint available.,"An eye. The rainy day is your tears, Your sight lets you see the world, Most people can see, But they can lose their sight if they aren't careful.",Riddle,11/06/03 #18467,Tied Laces,2.57,1.81,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? START! 0.000 seconds NOWHERE NOWHER NOWHE NOWH NOW NO N STOP! 0.587 seconds",No hint available.,"Going nowhere fast The word ""Nowhere"" disappears in 0.587 seconds, fast.",Rebus,08/05/04 #26847,Balls in a Jar,2.47,2.17,shenqiang,"You're walking down a street, when you see some people gambling on the roadside. The dealer says: ""There are 10 black balls and 10 white balls in this jar. You are blindfolded and you randomly pick 10 balls. If 5 of the balls you picked are black and the other 5 are white, you lose $2. Otherwise you win $1."" Is the gamble fair?","You know that, in most gambles, the dealer wins more than he loses. If not, why does he hold the gamble?","The number of combinations to take 10 balls out of 20 is 20!/(10!)^2=184756. The number of combinations to take 5 balls of each color is (10!/(5!)^2)^2=63504. This means in 184756 games you lose 63504 games and win 121252 games in average, totaling a loss of $5756. In other words, you lose about $0.03116 per game in average. Therefore, the gamble is not fair.",Probability,11/11/05 #126,Get Me Out of Here,2.39,2.08,Karin,"You are in a room with no window, no doors, and no way out. The only thing in the room is a mirror. How do you get out?",No hint available.,Look in the mirror - see what you saw - take the saw - saw the mirror in half - two halves make a whole - crawl out the hole.,Trick,01/12/01 #32272,Nicknames,2.06,3.11,xsagirl,"Try and unscramble the nicknames of the following cities and then match them up with the city they belong to. Nicknames: 1. ABCEFFHILOTTUY 2. ACDEEFGGILLLOOOP 3. CDEEFHIILNRTTYY 4. AAAACCDIJNRTY 5. CEEHHIMORTTTY Cities: 1. AEIOPRRT 2. ACENOPTW 3. ABEGHJNNORSU 4. ADELNNOOST 5. ABEEHILOPRTTZ",These are all cities in South Africa.,"Nicknames: 1. The Buffalo City 2. Egoli, place of gold 3. The Friendly City 4. Jacaranda City 5. The Mother City Cities: 1. Pretoria -> Jacaranda City 2. Cape Town -> The Mother City 3. Johannesburg -> Egoli, place of gold 4. East London -> The Buffalo City 5. Port Elizabeth -> The Friendly City",Trivia,08/03/06 #36454,It's Not My Heart,2.36,2.25,aresII,"Can you decode this little rhyme? Z=T ""'ZHM CEZ JPK TEBRCPMM, NXZJPK, ZJXZ TJHBBM AW BXVEKHCL VKPXMZ; HZ'M ZJXZ TECNEYCRPR TYTYAVPK H'OP XZP XCR TXC'Z RHLPMZ."" -K.J. VXKJXA","K=R N=F T=C","""'Tis not her coldness, father, That chills my laboring breast; It's that confounded cucumber I've ate and can't digest."" -R.H. Barham KEY: A=M B=L C=N E=O H=I J=H K=R L=G M=S N=F O=V P=E R=D T=C V=B W=Y X=A Y=U Z=T",Cryptography,04/28/07 #5317,29.5 D in a M C,2.41,1.87,glennyboy02,29.5 D (A) in a M C,No hint available.,29.5 Days (Approximately) in a Moon Cycle,Letter-Equations,07/07/02 #49128,Antonym in the Middle 16,2.16,2.83,cnmne,"DANK and DAMP are antonyms of ARID. Change DANK to ARID to DAMP by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. DANK ----> ARID ----> DAMP",No hint available.,"DANK <<<<< DARK DART WART WAIT WRIT GRIT GRID ARID <<<<< ACID ACED ACES AWES AWLS AILS AIMS DIMS DAMS DAMP <<<<<",Language,11/20/11 #37810,"Chair, Lamp or Table",2.26,2.55,sarah7,"You're out shopping one day and you see several items you would like to buy, but sadly you can afford only one of them. Which of the following items can you buy with 2 ponies, 1 mother hen, and 3 squid? Chair: £72 Lamp: £63 Side Table: £69",What country are you buying them in?,"The lamp. The odd currency you are carrying is English money. Pony is slang for £25, mother hen is slang for £10, and squid is slang for £1. In total, the amount you have is £63, so you can afford the lamp.",Other,08/17/07 #24746,Commonym,2.85,1.78,kgripp,"What is the common link for these items? bubble, cork, question",No hint available.,They all can be popped.,Other,07/21/05 #47221,Cryptic Nonagrams - W,2.28,2.27,dalfamnest,"A nonagram is a 9-letter word made from three 3-letter words. In this teaser, each sentence gives three clues, leading you to the three short words that make the nonagram. Example: Worker on a curved path, with a little twitch. Hint: Polar (region) Answer: Antarctic - [Worker = ANT; Curved path = ARC; Twitch = TIC] These nonagrams all begin with the letter ""W"". 1. Conflict hastened the start of the golf. 2. Which of you has the (French) beer? 3. Misery! Plead for a single item. 4. Used to be the lady's guy","1. One who receives a guarantee 2. Selling for resale; on a large scale 3. Downhearted 4. Laundry worker","1. WARRANTEE [Conflict = WAR; Hastened = RAN; Start of golf = TEE] 2. WHOLESALE [Which of you = WHO; the (French) = LES; Beer = ALE] 3. WOEBEGONE [Misery = WOE; Plead = BEG; Single item = ONE] 4. WASHERMAN [Used to be = WAS; Lady's = HER; Guy = MAN]",Language,06/13/10 #41140,Red Skelton's Overview of Marriage III,2.41,2.11,aresII,"The following quotes are from Richard Bernard ""Red"" Skelton (1913 - 1997). He was an American comedian who was best known as a top radio and television star from 1937 to 1971. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. P=K Z=H ""X MOPC LV SXAC CUCIVSZCIC...KRM JZC PCCBJ AXHEXHY ZCI SOV KOGP."" ""JZC YDM O LRE BOGP, OHE NDDPCE YICOM ADI MSD EOVJ. MZCH MZC LRE ACNN DAA.""","C=E D=O O=A","""I TAKE MY WIFE EVERYWHERE...BUT SHE KEEPS FINDING HER WAY BACK."" ""SHE GOT A MUD PACK, AND LOOKED GREAT FOR TWO DAYS. THEN THE MUD FELL OFF."" KEY: A=F B=P C=E D=O E=D G=C H=N I=R J=S K=B L=M M=T N=L O=A P=K R=U S=W U=V V=Y X=I Y=G Z=H",Cryptography,03/20/08 #22239,Hammer Time,2.37,2.31,spookboy0,"I'm a word of letters four; Myself, a fastener, and one thing more. This one thing more is clear to see; Because you notice when people bite me. Behead me and I shall be What some use for seasoning. What am I?",The title is a hint.,"The word ""Nail."" Stanza 1: Four letters. It fastens things, like ""to nail a window."" Stanza 2: You notice it when people bite their nails (as in fingernails). Stanza 3: Remove the N and you get ""Ail,"" an aromatic bulb used for seasoning (like garlic).",Riddle,04/13/05 #4987,"Dog, Cat, Mouse",2.27,2.5,im_para_noid,"What comes next in this sequence: dog, cat, mouse, mole, deer, pig, ==?== Choose from: llama, cow, rabbit, frog.",No hint available.,"Llama; the length of each word is the same length of the numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, etc.",Group,06/27/02 #19858,Three and One,2.86,2.29,Araldite,"Some say I changed the course of ALL history. My medicine is powerful and is almost free. It is fabled I inspired a very heavy truth. And Bill Gates was a little uncouth.","Could be red, green, yellow or even rainbow.","Apple Adam & Eve's apple, An apple a day, etc. Newton was never really hit on the head by an apple. Windows was inspired by the Apple GUI, which Gates got to copy through a legal trick.",Riddle,12/11/04 #46643,Letter Juggle 2,3.12,1.31,MarcM1098,"Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. East - Up 2. West - Oak 3. Blog - Ranch 4. Over - Plaint 5. Outage - Ranger","1. Consume 2. Water terms 3. Tree terms 4. Clear 5. Strong emotions","1. Eat - Sup 2. Wet - Soak 3. Log - Branch 4. Overt - Plain 5. Outrage - Anger",Language,04/01/10 #682,Man Overboard,2.92,1.75,Christine,A man holidaying abroad was alone on his yacht when he fell off into deep water. He was a non-swimmer and wasn't wearing anything to help keep him afloat. He was rescued half an hour later. Why didn't he drown?,The previous day he had bought some postcards of Jerusalem.,"He fell into the Dead Sea, which lies between Israel and Jordan. The water of the Dead Sea is so salty and dense that anyone floats very easily.",Situation,07/16/01 #21711,Chains For All,2.29,2.83,dsquared,"The rich and poor have me, but with chains it's true I can be involved in a purchase for you If only you hold my value and work within my bounds with control you don't shirk. I leave you now with a couple more thoughts, of lessons, since in the beginning I've taught, I am the omnipotent medicine for sure a sky dweller's skill mine in happy furores","On occasions my height is questioned but this Is usually when line four's, message is missed Well you will do, to enjoy my chains For life is all about this sort of vein If you are skilled and solve me before you look at the answer then something's for sure The following puzzle I am part of, and you give life to its meaning if it's one that you knew 5:3righteous0pm","Did you get it, or have you just given in? Just wanted the answer in this poetic din But wait! you might solve, if you're patient and think and into this riddle you let your mind sink But don't waste too much on working it out For the answer below I am going to shout There's still a chance you can not be 'just close' Just give a little more TIME! as the dose... Dang - too late. The answer is TIME. Explanation: BODY: The rich and poor have me, but with chains it's true - everyone has the same amount of time in a day to use and the chains are the limit of time we all have I can be involved in a purchase for you If only you hold my value and work within my bounds with control you don't shirk. - sometimes it can be said that you can 'buy more time' but only if you manage and control your time well I leave you now with a couple more thoughts, of lessons, since in the beginning I've taught, - often lessons of life can be called 'timeless' or 'age-old' therefore 'since the beginning' I am the omnipotent medicine for sure - from the expression 'time heals all wounds' A sky dweller's skill mine in happy furores - a sky dweller's skill is simply flying and happy furores are when you are having fun.. time flies when you're having fun HINT: On occasions my height is questioned but this Is usually when line four's, message is missed - From the expression 'time is short' therefore height is 'short' but often when time maybe hasn't been managed that well, hence ref to line four. Well you will do, to enjoy my chains For life is all about this sort of vein - this is the 'nice message' part of the riddle about enjoying life. Kind of from the saying ""Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."" - Benjamin Franklin If you are skilled and solve me before you look at the answer then something's for sure The following puzzle I am part of, and you give life to its meaning if this riddle you knew 5:3righteous0pm - that's how to get an OUT rebus into a teaser ;) ... the answer of course is 'just' 'in' 'time'. righteous = just and it's in a 'time' and this verse is saying that if you solved it before looking at the answer you solved it just in time. Also 'time' is a part of the puzzle.",Riddle,03/22/05 #50982,Waring It Well,2.6,2.47,Snowdog,"All natural numbers can be written as the sum of cubes of other natural numbers. For example: 37 = 27 + 8 + 1 + 1 = 3^3 + 2^3 + 1^3 + 1^3 All but two natural numbers can be written as the sum of eight or fewer cubes. Two numbers require the sum of at least nine cubes. a) One such number is 239. Write 239 as the sum of nine cubes. b) What is the other natural number that requires a sum of at least nine cubes?","a) Don't use 4^3 = 64. b) It is fairly small. Start at 1 and test each number.","a) 239 = 125 + 27 + 27 + 27 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 1 b) 23 = 8 + 8 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 In 1770, Edward Waring asked if for every number k, there is a number s such that every natural number can be represented as the sum of at most s powers of k. It was not until 1909 that a proof of Waring's problem was developed, the Hilbert-Waring Theorem.",Math,01/24/17 #2107,(6 ? 3),2.23,1.76,ChemicalBoy08,"Can you replace the question marks with math symbols and make the equation correct: (6 ? 3) ? 2 ? (4 ? 3) = 6",No hint available.,"(6 + 3) * 2 - (4 * 3) = 6 or (6 - 3) * 2 * (4 - 3) = 6 or (6 - 3) + 2 + (4 - 3) = 6.",Math,01/20/02 #35135,Frigid Heart,2.73,1.16,jesus_freak,"I am a powerful force A ""cold"" hearted thing Powerful trees go weak under my strength People become frightened and cold when I strike Many have to leave their homes to find warmth Yet I help cool down drinks on a hot summer day. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am ice. An ice storm hit my town and it destroyed huge trees, messed up power lines, and left people in the dark and in the cold.",Riddle,01/31/07 #7526,Shy & Daring,2.62,1.7,majd,"Some of the times I am very shy But I dare you to look me in the eye I am huge and tiny in your world and mine So close and far at the same time Who am I?",No hint available.,"The sun. (very shy=hiding behind clouds, look me in the eye=you can not look directly into it, huge in your world=relative to earth, tiny in mine=relative to the universe, close=sun rays can be felt by people and far=far away from earth).",Riddle,09/18/02 #48240,Words With RG,1.87,2.18,cnmne,"Five words that contain RG as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **RG*, *RG***, **RG**, ***RG*, ****RG* Pool: A, C, D, E, E, E, E, I, J, L, L, N, N, O, P, S, T, U, U, Y",No hint available.,"DIRGE, URGENT, JARGON, CLERGY, SPLURGE",Language,11/30/10 #23064,Can You Guess the Number,2.34,2.13,phrebh,"Fred and Bob are sitting around, shooting the mathematical breeze, when they decide to play a game of ""Guess the Number"". Fred tells Bob that he is thinking of a number between 13 and 1313. Bob asks Fred if the number is below 500. Fred says, ""Yes."" Bob asks Fred if the number is a perfect square. Fred says, ""Yes."" Bob asks Fred if the number is a perfect cube. Fred says, ""Yes."" Fred then tells Bob that one of his answers was incorrect and the number he is thinking of starts with an odd digit greater than 3. What is the number that Fred is thinking of?",No hint available.,"729 To work it out, first separate the numbers at the 500 hundred point and find all of the perfect squares and perfect cubes. 13-499: Perfect squares - 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100, 121, 144, 169, 196, 225, 256, 289, 324, 361, 400, 441, 484 Perfect cubes - 27, 64, 125, 216, 343 Both - 64 500-1313: Perfect squares - 529, 576, 625, 676, 729, 784, 841, 900, 961, 1024, 1089, 1156, 1225, 1296 Perfect cubes - 512, 729, 1000 Both - 729 In the lists of squares and cubes less than 500, there are no numbers that begin with an odd number greater than 3. Therefore, we can conclude that the first answer Fred gave was the incorrect one, and that 729 must be the answer.",Math,05/22/05 #15705,Mad Ade's Word Workout #9,2.36,1.72,mad-ade,"With this type of teaser the idea is to simply add two words together to make another word. But you have to work out what the two words are first. For example, Elevated + easy to carry = (High/light) Highlight Above + Fatality = (over/kill) overkill. 1, Skin blemish + Large Pig =? 2, Arm appendage + Not sit =? 3, Public transport vehicle + Young male =? 4, Big boat + Crash and smash =? 5, White drinkable liquid + tremble =?",No hint available.,"1, Wart + Hog = Warthog 2, Hand + Stand = Handstand 3, Bus + Boy = Busboy 4, Ship + Wreck = Shipwreck 5, Milk + Shake = Milkshake",Language,12/07/03 #44438,Word Sequence,2.48,1.78,Zag24,"These words define a sequence. toll, eagle, limb, evil, very, ____, ... Which of the following words could fit in the blank? eager, lair, root, tipple","Add something to the front of each word (different for each, but related).","LAIR You can put successive letters of the alphabet in from of each of the words to make a new word. A + toll = atoll B + eagle = beagle C + limb = climb D + evil = devil E + very = every F + lair = flair",Series,05/11/09 #22746,Broken,2.84,1.92,deadeye823,"Can you decipher this rebus? toraleve","Unscramble it! The title is also a hint.",Elevator out of order (toraleve unscrambled makes elevator),Rebus,05/08/05 #30789,Mates Unbalanced,2.74,2.48,bigSWAFF_69_,"Mates unbalanced, Or so they seem; But paired in tandem, A deadly team. She so gently round, Him so firm and straight, Yet when they are compounded, Woe to them they hate.",No hint available.,Bow and Arrow,Riddle,05/30/06 #35796,Planet Earth,2.12,2.67,cnmne,"Where does Earth belong in the following series? Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Mars, Mercury, Venus",No hint available.,"The series lists the planets in order of increasing rotational period. Earth belongs between Uranus and Mars. Rotational Period (in Earth days) Jupiter = 0.41 Saturn = 0.44 Neptune = 0.67 Uranus = 0.72 Earth = 1.00 Mars = 1.03 Mercury = 58.65 Venus = 243.02",Series,03/21/07 #47545,Words With RU,1.8800000000000001,2.45,cnmne,"Five words that contain RU as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *RU**, **RU*, *RU***, *RU****, ***RU** Pool: A, B, C, D, D, E, E, E, E, G, L, L, M, N, P, S, T, T, T, X",No hint available.,"GRUEL, SCRUM, BRUTAL, PRUDENT, EXTRUDE",Language,07/21/10 #14708,Stealing,2.34,1.48,AllsatrASH08,Kara stole things. Her mother and father thought it was great when she stole. What did she steal?,No hint available.,She stole the bases when she played baseball.,Situation,09/08/03 #33661,Am I the Boss?,2.29,2.44,jazzmusician46,"What does ""Bouvier des Flandres"" represent in this rebus? Bouvier des Flandres Shiba-Inu Brussels Griffon Kuvasz Chinese Shar-Pei Coton De Tulear Weimaraner Fila Brasileiro",No hint available.,"Top Dog The Bouvier des Flandres is on the top of other dog breeds. Therefore the Bouvier des Flandres is the 'top dog'.",Rebus,10/25/06 #35316,Drive My Best Half,2.69,1.53,dumbdude,"Drive my first half, Pat my second half. Spread me and stomp on me, I hardly care. Guess me.",No hint available.,"Carpet The first half is ""car"", which you can drive. The second half is ""pet"", which you can pat.",Riddle,02/15/07 #8049,Tensile Strength,2.74,1.62,Bobbrt,"Which has a higher tensile strength? A 1"" diameter, 6 foot long steel rod, or a 6 foot long steel cable made out of the same amount of steel as the rod? More importantly, why? If you don't know what tensile strength is, click on ""hint"".","Tensile strength is how well a material resists being pulled apart. In a tug-of-war, for example, you are testing the tensile strength of the rope.","The cable will be stronger because as a material is made into smaller and smaller fibers, the chance for defects causing a major failure decreases. Think of it this way: cut 1/4 of the way through the rod, and do the same to the cable. With the cable, 3/4 of the wires will still be in perfect condition. The rod, however has a large crack in it now, and it is very easy to break something when there is already a crack started.",Science,10/14/02 #1863,zou eid b tuper kob,2.21,1.97,jokester8000,"Try to figure out what the real meaning of this sentence is: zou eid b tuper kob",No hint available.,"""you did a super job"" The letter before z is y The letter before e is d The letter before b is a The letter before t is s The letter before k is j",Language,12/28/01 #46297,Words With OU,2.12,2.69,cnmne,"Five words that contain OU as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *OU**, **OU*, **OU**, **OU***, *****OU Pool: A, B, C, E, E, G, G, H, H, I, J, L, N, P, R, R, S, T, T, W",No hint available.,"JOULE, SPOUT, ENOUGH, WROUGHT, CARIBOU",Language,02/02/10 #30817,Faces,2.85,2.08,DevilBunny,"Blue face, Snow face, Black when I have no face. Every hour like the flowers, Many colors do I show. Kitchen counter, car or den; Just to name where I have been. What am I? -M.L. Middleton",No hint available.,TV or Computer Screen,Riddle,05/31/06 #20545,Office Work,2.85,2.25,rose_rox,"Gwen, Stefan, Ian and Bob are typical miserable office workers, disliked by many, wasting time and always getting stuck in traffic. Your job (which I assure you is more exciting then theirs) is to figure out How long they were stuck in traffic: 20 min, 45 min, 1 hour, 1 hour and a half How many dirty looks they received: 3, 5, 9, 15 How much time they wasted: 20 min, 45 min, 1 hour, 3 hours How was their wasted time spent: chatting online, playing with a magic eight ball, styling their nails, sleeping Clues: The person chatting online was wasting nine times as much time they were stuck in traffic. The person who wasted 20 minutes was repeatedly shaking their magic eight ball. Gwen received 5 dirty looks (and a couple of threats). Bob wasted five times the amount of looks he received. Stefan got a third of the number of dirty looks the person who was stuck in traffic for 90 minutes received. Ian was stuck in traffic the least amount of time. The person who slept wasted neither the most or least amount of time; the same applies with how long they were stuck in traffic. Bob wasn't the one muttering to a black inanimate object. It was his male colleague who was stuck in traffic 30 minutes less than him. For the logic grid: T=Traffic W=Time Wasted",No hint available.,"Gwen was stuck in traffic for 45 min, received 5 dirty looks and wasted 1 hour sleeping. Stefan was stuck in traffic for 1 hour, received 3 dirty looks and wasted 20 minutes playing with a magic eight ball. Ian was stuck in traffic for 20 minutes, received 15 dirty looks and wasted 3 hours chatting online. Bob was stuck in traffic for 1 hour and a half, received 9 dirty looks and took 45 minutes to get his perfect French manicure.",Logic-Grid,01/22/05 #6548,2 Holes,2.81,1.92,Drunky,"A hole leading in, a hole leading out, I connect to a cavern that is slimy all throughout. What am I?",No hint available.,A nose,Riddle,08/15/02 #294,The Beginning of Eternity...,2.78,1.26,Phyllis,"The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space The beginning of every end, and the end of every place.",No hint available.,The letter e.,Riddle,02/21/01 #15674,Camouflage,2.7600000000000002,0.89,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown here? camouflAged disGuised concEaled uNseen shrouDed mAsked",No hint available.,"A hidden agenda The capital letters spell out the word agenda, which is hidden in six words that also mean hidden.",Rebus,12/05/03 #21921,Janus,2.68,2.66,badbunnee,"What rebus is shown by the pair below? harp prah",Think of a different word (similar meaning) for either of the words above. Then look at the direction each of the words in the pair is turned. The title is also a hint.,"Two-faced liar. (two-faced lyre) A lyre is a type of harp. And the word *harp* is *faced* (turned) in two directions. Janus, from Roman mythology, was the god of doorways and passages; and is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head. We now have a contemporary word, Janus, describing (usually) anybody who is duplicitous or deceitful (two-faced). It also has a less-used connotation of somebody who is both *coming-and-going*.",Rebus,03/30/05 #6358,The Necklace,2.88,1.7,RHPSRuLeS,"Mr. Whatshisface owns a jewellery store downtown. His prized possession is his 10-carat diamond necklace that he so lovingly cares for. Everyone downtown knows that he keeps a glass replica in the small case on his counter so people can view this exquisite piece of jewellery. On December 24, 9 PM Eastern Standard Time, two tall, skinny men wearing black ski masks barged their way into the shop and stole the code to the safe. Mr. Whatshisface was not at the shop and the robbers decided to take his prized necklace. For fake blackmail, they took the one on the counter too. In case they had to give him back one, they would give him the fake one. The robbers tiptoed across the marble floor and out of nowhere, a loud siren went off. They slipped what they thought was the real one in their pocket and dropped the other one as they skittered out the lock-picked door. Mr. Whatshisface came into his shop in a hurry. He picked up the necklace and examined it. Police sirens rang in the distance and soon the cops arrived to examine the scene. ""Don't worry,"" Mr. Whatshisface said as he closed the open safe. ""They didn't get away with anything."" What did Mr. Whatshisface figure out, and how?",No hint available.,"The robbers took the glass necklace, not the real one. If they dropped the glass one, it would've shattered. But the necklace Mr. Whatshisface found was intact and didn't have a scratch on it, so it must've been made out of diamonds.",Situation,08/08/02 #20197,The CD Store,1.96,0.8,besbball917,"Bob went to the CD store and bought 3 CDs by 3 different artists with a different song on each CD. Each CD cost a different amount. The three artists were Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, and Keith Urban. The songs were Live Like You Were Dying, How Far, and Days Go By. The prices were $14.95, $12.99, and $13.50. With these hints, try to match up the artist, song and price that go together. 1. Keith Urban's CD cost the least. 2. The highest priced CD had the song, Days Go By on it. 3. Tim McGraw sings How Far. 4. Martina McBride's CD costs $14.95","If you know country music, don't think that that will help you because I mixed up the songs and the artists.","Martina McBride - Days Go By - $14.95 Keith Urban - Live Like You Were Dying - $12.99 Tim McGraw - How Far - $13.50",Logic-Grid,01/02/05 #2247,Fill the Blanks,2.38,2.66,jokester8000,"With the common mathematical operators +, -, *, / try to fill in the blanks in the equation below to make it work. 2 5 2 2 6 4 10 10 7=10 For an extra challenge, whatever operators you use in the first 4 spaces, you must use in the same order in the last 4 spaces.",No hint available.,(((2*5-2)/2+6)*4-10)/10+7=10,Math,02/03/02 #35115,"Sequins? No, Sequence!",2.31,2.75,boodler,"Complete the following series: 32, 30, 34, 34, 36, 36, 38, 39, 39, 41, ??, ??",No hint available.,"41 and 43. The numbers are made up of the number days in the month plus the number of the month itself; January 31 + 1 = 32, February 28 + 2 = 30, March 31 + 3 = 34, and so on.",Series,01/29/07 #6294,Elevator stops,2.37,1.15,pilp07,"Katie went to visit her friends in their apartment building. She took the elevator to the 4th floor to Randy's apartment. She met Randy and they walked down 2 flights of stairs to Chrissy's apartment. Then Chrissy, Randy and Katie got in the elevator. They went up and passed 2 floors to meet Scott at his apartment. Scott lives 1 floor below the top floor. What floor is on the top of the building?",No hint available.,"There are 6 floors in the building. Explanation Katie took the elevator to the 4th floor to Randy's apartment. Now she is on the 4th floor. She met Randy and they walked down 2 flights of stairs to Chrissy's apartment. Now they are on the 2nd floor. Then Chrissy, Randy and Katie got in the elevator. They went up and passed 2 floors to meet Scott at his apartment. They passed 2 floors. That means they went past floors 3 and 4, so now they are on the 5th floor. That means Scott lives on the 5th floor. Scott lives 1 floor below the top floor. If Scott lives on the 5th floor, 1 floor above that is the 6th floor. There are 6 floors in the building.",Math,08/07/02 #4471,Broken Clock Face,2.24,1.93,mad-ade,A clock on the wall falls to the floor and the face breaks into three pieces. The numbers on each piece add up to the same total. What are the numbers on each piece?,The sum of the numbers on each piece is 26.,"piece 1: 11, 12, 1, 2 piece 2: 10, 3, 9, 4 piece 3: 5, 6, 7, 8",Math,06/04/02 #3931,Souvenir,2.55,2.23,Mogmatt16,"A man goes to a museum and walks off with part of an exhibit, and yet he is never caught or even looked for. What happened?",It was very old and he didn't want what he took.,He had gone to a Civil War museum to see a ship that had been recently raised. He ran his hand along it and got a splinter. He couldn't get it out until he left.,Situation,05/07/02 #40113,News Flash,2.78,1.67,jazzmusician46,"What expression does the 3rd news flash represent in this rebus? 1. News flash --> ""Destitute man wins the $10,000,000 lottery."" --> 2 miles an hour. 2. News flash --> ""Retrenched widow left billionaire oil tycoon's entire fortune."" --> 3 miles an hour. 3. News flash --> ""War declared on island nation."" --> 300 miles an hour.",No hint available.,"""Bad news travels fast."" Explanation: News flash 1 & 2 are reporting 'Good News', which are traveling very slowly (2-3 miles an hour). New flash 3, however, is reporting 'Bad News', that is traveling fast (300 miles an hour).",Rebus,01/19/08 #3834,Ann And Real Estate,2.1,2.2,missie,"Ann purchased a house for $166,902. She wants to sell it for a profit of exactly 13%. However, she does not want to sell it herself. She wants a Real Estate Agent to sell it for her. The Agent must make a commission of exactly 5.7% (in addition to Ann's 13% profit). How much must the Agent sell the house for? Give your answer to the nearest dollar.",No hint available.,"The Agent must sell Ann's house for $ 200000. The Agent gets $ 11400 as commission (i.e., 0.057 x 200000). Ann gets (including profit) $ 188600, i.e., 200000 - 11400. It may be noted that: (188600 - 166902) / 166902 x 100 = 13%. Importantly, profit is calculated on purchase cost (by Ann) and commission is calculated on selling price (by the Agent). The problem may also be solved by setting up the following equation: Purchase Cost + Ann's Profit + Agent's Commission = Selling Price 166902 + (13/100) 166902 + (5.7/100) S = S where S is the Selling Price in $. The equation may be solved as shown below. 188600 + 0.057 S = S S = 188600 / (1 - 0.057) = 200000.",Math,05/01/02 #17366,Homonymical Tendencies I,2.77,1.85,dsquared,"Below are clues to a pair of homonyms. A homonym is two or more words that have the same sound, may or may not be spelt the same, but differ in meaning. eg. Hold, holed. Can you figure out what homonyms these clues are describing? (the first is done for you) ""Bug's"" locks ... Hare hair A boisterous gathering of badminton devices A basic truth about a school leader What a metal thief would do",No hint available.,"A racquet racket A principal principle Steal steel",Language,04/13/04 #5152,The Electricity Shop,2.53,1.8,GAZZA30,"Gazza went to the electricity shop to get stuff for his new house. He needed 5 items - a stereo, a cooker, a TV, a washing machine and a tumble dryer. Each item was priced exactly to the pound and no two items cost the same. If Gazza had only 349 pounds to spend what is the maximum price of the cheapest item?",No hint available.,67 pounds - items were priced at 67/68/69/70/71 total 345 pounds as if it were 68/69/70/71/72 the total price would be 350 pounds and Gazza could not afford it!,Math,07/03/02 #31932,Steev McCheapskate,2.7600000000000002,2.07,bigSWAFF_69_,"Steev McCheapskate was trying to mail a package to a friend far away. The person at the Post Office weighed the package and figured out the total amount to ship it. The total to ship the package was $7.83, but Steev only had $7.80. He took the package home to try and lighten the weight (thus lowering the cost). He didn't have any extra boxes, so a smaller box was out of the question. After an hour or so of thinking, he finally decided what to do. What did Steev do to lower the weight of the box?",Steev had a birthday party the day before...,"All Steev did was squish a helium filled balloon (that was leftover from his birthday party the previous day) in the package. When the box was weighed, the helium balloon lowered the weight just enough to knock $0.03 off the shipping total.",Situation,07/20/06 #50501,Linked,2.25,2.54,tedger,"Neither together as together can be, nor separate as separate will decree, On my either side, absent is the customary divide. Like a bridge joins more than one shore, I strengthen the relations presented in lore. In another life, I am a thief, but I do not always equate to grief. Note that my size is important. To misuse me is abhorrent. In an act of abeyance, You must lengthen me to cut short your conveyance. I have perhaps bemused you with my performance? I assure you, in many a role, my visage is in conformance. Now think long and hard. What is the answer I guard?",No hint available.,"To your pen, I am the same, but of what you call me, I have many a name. When words find me in company, I may keep long lines from getting lumpy. Betwixt a compound modifier, I'll also sit. Here, a hyphen, you should not forget. Stretch me longer and your dialogue, I'll clip, perfect for a quick quip. When I get you to the next line in a flash, or stand in for other punctuation, I am called a dash. Among numbers, I also operate, but only with my own kind do I copulate. Stealing from positive integers, but adding to my own kind, subtraction can be a wicked sign. A method actor, under many a name, I come to call. Who would have thought a mere line could do this all?",Riddle,03/20/15 #27827,"You, Me and She",2.44,2.03,peppamintp,A man goes to jail and tells his girlfriend she can use his car until he gets out. One day she is going to visit him and as she is leaving she gets arrested. Why?,No hint available.,"The man didn't have a license and had the car registered in his ex-wife's name. When she found out he was in jail she reported the car stolen.",Situation,01/02/06 #41869,Dead Poet's Society,2.5,2.75,aresII,"In the following lines are buried the names of eight English poets. Can you find them all? The sun is darting rays of gold Upon the moor, enchanting spot; Whose purpled heights, by Ronald loved, Up open to his shepherd cot. And sundry denizens of air Are flying, aye, each to his nest; And eager make at such an hour All haste to reach the mansions blest.",No hint available.,"The sun is dartin(G RAY)s of gold Upon the (MOOR, E)nchanting spot; Whose purpled heights, (BY RON)ald loved, U(P OPE)n to his shepherd cot. And sun(DRY DEN)izens of air Are flyin(G, AY)e, each to his nest; And eager ma(KE AT S)uch an hour All haste to reach t(HE MANS)ions blest.",Other,05/10/08 #17416,Four Conservative,2.23,2.63,Palsha,My last four letters denote a conservative. I am an 'established record.' What am I?,No hint available.,History,Riddle,04/18/04 #9494,Gib is to Llams,2.65,1.53,something,Gib is to llams as nepo is to desolc as pu is to ==?==,No hint available.,"Nwod. Opposites reversed; big, small; open, closed; up, down.",Language,12/30/02 #891,66= B in the B,2.33,1.81,Michelle,66= B in the B,(KJV),66 = BOOKS in the BIBLE (King James Version),Letter-Equations,09/25/01 #52441,Cats Have 9 Squares,3.11,1.92,Rove_Tarts,"9 cats Andar, Balak, Collo, Erec, Indan, Kyft, Meva, Qupuwu, & Yitsim are positioned in a 3 by 3 grid; you know 3 things about them: 1. Balak, the leader, always sits in the top left. 2. Erec, the kitten, never sits in the top row. 3. None of the adjacent cats (even diagonal) share a single letter. Where are they positioned?",Meva is in a corner.,"Balak; Yitsim; Andar Erec; Qupuwu; Collo Indan; Kyft; Meva Steps: 1. Qupuwu is the only one to share no letters, therefore they must be in the middle. 2. The only 2 to not share a letter with Balak are Yitsim & Erec; Erec cannot be in the top row, so Erec is below Balak & Yitsim is beside. Balak; Yitsim; ???? Erec; Qupuwu; ???? ????; ????; ???? 3. Since there are 4 ""A"" names, they must go in the corners. The remaining ""A"" names are Andar, Indan, & Meva. For the corner next to Yitsim only Andar can go there because of Indan's ""I"" and Meva's ""M"". 4. The remaining name to not share a letter with Yitsim is Collo, so they go below Andar. Balak; Yitsim; Andar Erec; Qupuwu; Collo ????; ????; ???? 5. Kyft must go in the center of the last row because of the previously mentioned 4 ""A""s. 6. Meva & Erec can not be next to each other so Indan is below Erec & Meva is below Collo. Balak; Yitsim; Andar Erec; Qupuwu; Collo Indan; Kyft; Meva",Logic,08/14/20 #20362,Spear Shakers,2.65,1.6,MrIxolite,"What are these? *Lovers* L*over*s Lo*ve*rs Lov*ers Lo*ve*rs L*over*s *Lovers* *Lovers* L*over*s Lo*ve*rs Lov*ers Lo*ve*rs L*over*s *Lovers*",No hint available.,A pair of star crossed lovers,Rebus,01/12/05 #3369,Six Pint Glasses,2.42,2.4,cathalmccabe,"This is a great pub trick! How do you hold six pint glasses in such a way that you can pour a perfect pint into one of them, without stacking them, or getting your fingers wet?",No hint available.,"Turn one glass upside down and put it on a table. Put five glasses around it in a circle, right way up. Put a finger (and your thumb) into each glass right way up. You should be able to pick up the middle glass (the one upside down) and keep a grip of the other five. Turn your hand upside down so the glass in the middle is right way up. You can now pour a perfect pint into the middle glass provided you know how to pull a perfect pint!!!",Trick,04/09/02 #18981,Finding the Word,2.36,2.37,alan,"What word in the English language contains the letters ""SUL"", in the beginning and the end?",Read the question carefully,"Insulin Insulin contains SUL and has IN at the beginning and IN at the end.",Trick,09/28/04 #3493,Integer Product,2.28,1.12,magisastar,What is the product of all non-negative integers less than or equal to 10?,No hint available.,Zero. 0 times anything will always equal zero.,Math,04/14/02 #9361,Gulps rum,2.36,2.25,hprulz,"In the following sentence, there is an anagram hidden in three of the words. The sentence itself is a clue for the hidden word: Gulps rum as well as these Christmas treats. What is the hidden word?",No hint available.,"Sugarplums. It is hidden in ""Gulps rum as"".",Language,12/23/02 #815,Weigh the Beer,2.13,1.42,Michelle,"A balance scale is perfectly balanced when there are three cans of beer on one side of the scale and one can of beer and a one-half pound bar of gold on the other. Since all the cans of beer are exactly the same size and weight, how much does one can of beer weigh?",No hint available.,One-quarter pound.,Math,09/16/01 #13136,Rain's Relative,2.4,1.0,smileysteve,"I am related to what makes rain. If you run into me I cause no pain. I could be there in the morning or there at night. I make the sun not so bright. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am Fog. Fog is a type of cloud. It is in front of you but you can go through it. Fog appears mainly in the morning and at night. It blocks a lot of sun light.",Riddle,06/13/03 #3534,Hole in the Head,2.69,1.84,magisastar,"A man is lying dead on the front porch of his best friend's house. There is a large hole in the top of the man's head, yet there is little blood around. When he was discovered, there was nothing around to indicate what caused the injury. He was not murdered. What happened?",This would more likely have happened in Greenland than Mexico.,"A large icicle broke off of the roof when the man knocked on the door. It fell and left a gaping hole in the mans head. The icicle inhibited the bleeding from the man's wound, then melted and disappeared.",Situation,04/16/02 #20461,Investment Opportunity,2.64,2.26,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Mr.Broom invests £20 - Returns £30 Mr.Gloom invests £20 - Returns £25 Mr.Doom invests £20 - Returns £35 £15 = ?",No hint available.,"Prophets of doom lit. The profits of Mr.Doom",Rebus,01/18/05 #445,Forwards I Am Heavy...,2.55,1.42,teensrule519,"Forwards I am heavy, backwards I am not. What am I?",No hint available.,A ton,Riddle,05/06/01 #38375,Friends of The Bard,3.05,2.57,jppbl,"Jennifer and four of her friends are members of ""Friends of The Bard"", a Shakespeare fan club. The last meeting of the year is tomorrow morning, and each member is coming dressed as her favorite character and will read a passage from her favorite play. Everyone signed up to bring refreshments. Unfortunately, Jennifer's mischievous cat spread chocolate icing (from Jennifer's refreshment) all over the sign up sheets and she can't read it! Can you help her determine the full name of each member, their favorite characters, their favorite plays, and what refreshment they signed up to bring? First names: Cheryl, Jennifer, Marilyn, Patty, Stacey Last names: Carlson, Jameson, Malone, Pennington, Sullivan Characters: Ariel, Kate, Mercutio, Ophelia, Puck Plays: Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest Refreshments: Brie, chips and dip, crackers, cupcakes, soda. 1. No one's first name begins with the same letter as their last name. 2. No one is bringing a snack that begins with the same letter as their first or last name. 3. The five members are Cheryl, Ms. Malone, the one who is bringing Brie, the one whose favorite character is Puck, and the one whose favorite play is The Tempest. 4. Ms. Sullivan, who is not Marilyn (whose favorite play isn't The Taming of the Shrew), once played Ophelia (who is not her favorite character) in her favorite play Hamlet. 5. Cheryl's favorite character reminds her of a certain red-haired mermaid. 6. Ms. Jameson (who hates Romeo and Juliet) feels that she can relate to her favorite character Ophelia. 7. The one who is bringing the chips and dip (who isn't Marilyn) loves The Tempest. 8. Patty loves the wit of Mercutio and can't wait to read a monologue from Romeo and Juliet.","If you get stuck, reread the introduction.","Jennifer, Sullivan, Puck, Hamlet, cupcakes Cheryl, Pennington, Ariel, The Taming of the Shrew, soda Patty, Malone, Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, crackers Marilyn, Carlson, Kate, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Brie Stacey, Jameson, Ophelia, The Tempest, chips and dip",Logic-Grid,09/20/07 #343,12 N on a C.,2.3,1.33,Mr. G,12 N on a C.,It`s about time.,12 numbers on a clock.,Letter-Equations,03/13/01 #14552,What're You Looking At?,2.46,1.87,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Peanuts say nothing. Pretzels remain silent. Pint of Lager says ""What are you looking at?""",No hint available.,"It is just the drink (alcohol, liquor) talking.",Rebus,08/26/03 #39614,Oliver Wendell Holmes,2.4,2.16,aresII,"The following quote is from Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894). He was a physician by profession but his fame is attributed to his writing; he is known to be one of the best American poets of the 19th century. Can you decode it? T=Z ""JWS'F IGLFFNB VWRBDNGI FULF IBANSJDUAZ LRFUWBATND VWR FW DLV JADLOBNNLKGN FUASOD FW VWRB ASFAQLFND. FUN SNLBNB VWR PWQN ASFW BNGLFAWS XAFU L ZNBDWS, FUN QWBN SNPNDDLBV JW FLPF LSJ PWRBFNDV KNPWQN.""","F=T O=G Q=M","""DON'T FLATTER YOURSELF THAT FRIENDSHIP AUTHORIZES YOU TO SAY DISAGREEABLE THINGS TO YOUR INTIMATES. THE NEARER YOU COME INTO RELATION WITH A PERSON, THE MORE NECESSARY DO TACT AND COURTESY BECOME."" KEY: A=I B=R D=S F=T G=L I=F J=D K=B L=A N=E O=G P=C Q=M R=U S=N T=Z U=H V=Y W=O X=W Z=P",Cryptography,12/15/07 #4082,Belief Bored,2.33,1.11,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this phrase: belief bored",No hint available.,bored beyond belief,Rebus,05/15/02 #12913,Linx,2.58,2.87,Codammanus,"The object of these teasers is to figure out a commonly used phrase of two words. The phrase has omitted from it any letters that the two words have in common with each other. The number of missing letters from each appear next to the word. A hint has been included to round it out. Example: B(2) TRY(2) + ""Tale of Tears"" = SOB STORY Based on the above principle, what are these five two-word phrases? 1. TETIAL(4) DWPU(4)+ ""Forget the umbrella"" 2.ALY(2) TIMNT(5)+""Why wait until I'm a Senior Citizen?"" 3.FT(3) MPEON(6)+ ""Right foot first?"" 4.ELEPNE(3) B(4)+ ""Super dressing room?"" 5.DE(3) COSTCTIO (4)+ ""In Progress""",No hint available.,"The two-word phrases are: 1. Torrential Downpour 2. Early Retirement 3. First Impressions 4. Telephone booth 5. Under Construction",Language,06/04/03 #50093,Born in Air,2.53,2.32,SaraGrace,"It lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, and is born in air. What is it?",No hint available.,An echo.,Riddle,02/01/14 #17832,Shock,2.5,1.8900000000000001,adeshola,There is a city that can be the most dangerous in the world. You shouldn't come near it as it is deadly. Can you name the city?,electrocute,Electricity,Trick,06/13/04 #10084,Technically True Or False,2.48,1.12,angie,"Is the following sentence technically true or false? The sun will rise tomorrow morning.",No hint available.,False. The sun doesn't rise. The earth spins around.,Trick,01/29/03 #23370,Sovreign,2.8,2.02,fishmed,"All except one of the following words have something in common. What is common and which one doesn't belong? Sovreign Abcess Innocuous Innoculate Committment Embarass",No hint available.,Innocuous is the word that does not belong and the reason is that it is the only word that is spelled correctly.,Group,06/03/05 #25353,Shrinking Arrangement,2.77,1.46,sweetime,"I am a word of meanings two; If you can guess me, good for you. The first meaning is to shrink, getting smaller in size. The second is an agreement, binding in the law's eyes. What am I?",No hint available.,Contract,Riddle,08/15/05 #24089,Two Doors,2.72,0.91,MasterofTricks,"Two doors are we to this day. Of course ajar when just awake. By night we're shut closed till day. What are we?",This belongs to you.,"Eyelids. When you are sleepy your eyelids are slightly open. By night when you sleep, your eyelids are closed.",Riddle,06/28/05 #49225,Words With SI,2.06,2.0,cnmne,"Five words that contain SI as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *SI**, **SI*, **SI**, **SI***, ***SI** Pool: A, A, A, A, A, B, C, C, D, E, L, M, N, N, O, R, T, U, V, Y",No hint available.,"ASIDE, BASIN, CASINO, MUSICAL, VARSITY",Language,01/03/12 #25141,A Series of Unfortunate Integers,2.18,3.07,CoinMan,"What comes next in this series? 34, 58, 56, 60 ..?","1-2-3 As easy as a-b-c","42 It is the series One Two Three Four Five The letters are converted to numbers representing their position in the alphabet. The value for the word is the sum of the values for each letter. Five = 6+9+22+5= 42",Series,08/09/05 #48392,Hydrologic Cycle,2.26,0.61,summer868,"Little Johnny, after a science lesson on the laws of gravity, returned home, determined to prove his teacher Mr. Knowles wrong. ""Not everything that goes up comes back down, and I'll prove it!"" After some brainstorming, he placed a bowl of water in the 12PM, windless, Sunday sun, and watched as it evapourated. ""It all went up,"" he said. The next day at school, he confronted his teacher about his little science project. But Mr. Knowles told Little Johnny that he was a bit short sighted. How so?",The title should help!,"Little Johnny was short sighted because he had not waited to see the water come back down a few days later as rain or some other form of precipitation.(even if advection took place, the water would still come back down). Little Johnny should have consulted his geography teacher before doing the experiment. He would have learnt about the water cycle.",Science,01/15/11 #52429,Don't Bug Me,2.43,1.0,Rove_Tarts,"It was a sunny day in Washington D.C., but no bugs could be seen flying around at all, why?",No hint available.,It was winter.,Trick,07/09/20 #23908,Name Them,3.11,1.86,Javian,"What do these groups of words have in common? 1. Man true, hairy 2. Son nick, yard rich 3. Son will, row wood 4. Grant, us list you 5. More fill, lard mill 6. Ding hard, wren war","Think of a hairy, true, man.","If you read the words in each group from right to left, each group sounds out the name of a US President, with commas separating the first and last names. 1. Harry Tru-man 2. Rich-ard Nix-on 3. Wood-row Wil-son 4. U-lyss-es Grant 5. Mil-lard Fill-more 6. War-ren Har-ding",Language,06/21/05 #37546,Take It Easy,2.71,1.7,LeafFan4life,"I come in all shapes and sizes, But if you got me don't be expecting any surprises. You use me in a mall, But don't use me to call. I can be Texas or Sharp, But I can't play the harp. You can punch me all you want, And you may see me in a restaurant. I get what you want in an instant, And figure out some things you can't. Just select the parallel key, And the object you were searching for is what you will see. What am I?",No hint available.,"A calculator. Explanation: 1. I come in all shapes and sizes, But if you got me don't be expecting any surprises. Calculators come in many shapes and sizes. The main function of a calculator is to figure out an equation which will not surprise the user. 2. You use me in a mall, But don't use me to call. This is referring to cash registers which have calculators to add up a cost total. This is pointing out it is not a phone. 3.I can be Texas or Sharp, But I can't play the harp. Texas and Sharp are both calculator brands, This is referring to the fact it does not play music. 4.You can punch me all you want, And you may see me in a restaurant. Punching is referring to punching the calculator keys. Calculators can be seen in restaurants to calculate cost totals. 5. I get what you want in an instant, And figure out some things you can't. Calculators calculate equations very quickly. Some equations can be solved using a calculator which can't be solved manually by some. 6. Just select the parallel key, And the object you were searching for is what you will see. This is referring to the equal button because it is two horizontal parallel lines. After you enter this key the answer to the equation is shown.",Riddle,07/26/07 #22789,7777,2.55,2.62,fishmed,Can you take 4 7's and arrange them with any math symbols needed to make the total be 100?,Division is needed,77/.77=100,Math,05/10/05 #16598,Showdown at the Rembrandt Hotel,2.39,1.65,something,"John was strolling past the Rembrandt Hotel. Mary saw him through the window and rushed out to say hello. She called out and when John turned around and waved, Mary was 400 metres behind and walking towards him. They each walked 200 metres in a direct line, facing each other. After their 200 metre walk, they were still 400 metres apart. How could this be?",No hint available.,"Their faces were pointing toward each other, and they were going in a direct line, however, when John saw Mary, he walked backwards for 200 metres.",Situation,02/16/04 #3527,ever ever ever ever,2.11,1.22,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this word: ever ever ever ever",No hint available.,forever,Rebus,04/15/02 #23201,Something and Nothing.,2.29,2.15,musa_karolia,"Pick out the word to complete the series: NOTHING, EVERYTHING, SOMETHING, _________? A: ANYTHING B: WHATTHING C: THATTHING D: THISTHING",It's easier to navigate once you have the first clue.,"B : WHATTHING. The first letter of each word is a point on a compass, North, East, South and West.",Series,05/26/05 #4002,Lost Cargo,2.31,2.14,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is on a barge in a lock on a canal. The lock is 25 feet long, 12 feet wide and 20 feet deep. It holds enough water to reach the 10 foot level normally. With the barge, the water is at the 13 foot level. Your cargo is concrete blocks that are 6 inches cubed, and Mad Ade has just accidentally dropped 800 of them overboard. By how much would the water level rise?",No hint available.,"It wouldn't rise at all. The weight of the blocks when aboard the barge had already made the level rise, dropping them overboard would make the barge lighter, but the water level would remain constant, because the weight has only transferred from the barge to the actual water.",Other,05/13/02 #50828,Curious Calculation,2.7,1.3,ThinksForFun,"What number, when 10 is subtracted from it, ends up, absolutely, as the same number that we started with?",No hint available.,"5 Explanation: 5 - 10 = -5 The absolute value of -5 (written as |-5|) is 5, the same number that we started with. So, ""absolutely"" it's the same.",Trick,05/31/16 #17032,Moving Backward,2.84,1.92,kalliann,What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?,No hint available.,Niagara Falls - The rim is worn down about 1 foot each year because of the hundreds of thousands of gallons of water that move over it every minute,Trivia,03/16/04 #5608,S _ _ FR _ N,2.67,2.02,Bobbrt,"The same three letters must be used to complete each of the following words. The letters are not necessarily in the same order in each word. What are the words? S _ _ FR _ N A _ L _ _ T _ _ C _ L S _ _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"SAFFRON AFLOAT FOCAL SOFA OAF",Language,07/15/02 #18776,Mad Ade's House Number,2.24,2.71,Mad-Ade,"Mad Ade lives on a long street In Sunny Madadia and he has noticed that the sum of the house numbers up to his own house, ""The Kebabers rest"", but excluding it, equals the sum of the numbers of his house to the end of the road. If the houses are numbered consecutively, starting from 1, what are the possible numbers of Mad Ade's house? There are less than 1000 houses on the road.",No hint available.,"There are four possible answers if the total number of Houses is no more than 1000. Mad Ade's house could be #3 out of 3, #15 out of 20, #85 out of 119, or #493 out of 696.",Math,09/16/04 #40729,Distorted Music - D,2.61,2.77,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter D. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. A Modern 2. Decade Pruner 3. Cancan Deed 4. A Bravely Remedied 5. A Descended Dirtied Trophy",No hint available.,"1. ""Dream On"" by Aerosmith 2. ""Dear Prudence"" by The Beatles 3. ""Dance, Dance"" by Fall Out Boy 4. ""Daydream Believer"" by The Monkees 5. ""Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"" by AC/DC",Language,02/26/08 #49133,Table Chips,2.92,1.99,Skybet,"Cunning Chris decided to go to his local pub one night in the rain as he was bored at home. As he entered the pub he greeted some old acquaintances, like Jazz Jake and Swift-Hand Steve. He purchased a drink and sat with his old friends and had an idea how to lighten up the evening. ""I have a challenge for you Swift-Hand Steve"" said Cunning Chris. ""Well bring it on then Cunning Chris"" goaded Steve, forgetting how cunning Cunning Chris was. Chris then grabbed a handful of poker chips from behind the bar, scattered them across the table and placed two paper cups by opposite edges. ""Right, here we have fifty white chips and fifty black chips. My challenge is that I can place all the black chips in my cup before you can place all the white chips in your cup. The rules are, you must have one hand on the cup at all times, you can only touch one chip at a time, you can only use your hands and you can't use any object to help you gather the chips."" ""Easy"" replied Swift-Hand Steve. A smile had spread across his face, he knew he had the quickest hands in town. ""Ok then, Go"" Swift-Hand Steve was true to his name and he quickly had over ten chips in his cup before Cunning Chris even had two. But moments later, it was Cunning Chris who wore the giant grin. What had he done to secure his victory?",Look at the rules again,"Soon after the game had commenced, while Swift-Hand Steve was so engrossed in grabbing his chips, Cunning Chris slowly slid his cup over one of the white chips, concealing it. After he had done so, he casually collected the rest of his chips. Even though it appeared that Steve had finished before him and looked triumphant, after Chris had finished, he moved his cup, revealing the concealed chip and watched Steve's face fall.",Situation,11/07/11 #33520,Are We 'Broke'?,2.45,2.92,jazzmusician46,"There are two things one must do to complete this teaser properly. 1. In Group A, there is a person who belongs in Group B. Similarly, there is a person in Group B who does not belong there. He should be in Group A. Discover who the odd-person-out is in each Group. 2. Discover the occupations of the people in Group A and Group B. Group A: Yves Tanguy Francois Couperin Max Ernst Rene Magritte Salvador Dali Andre Masson Group B: Dietrich Buxtehude Johann Wolfgang Franck Joan Miro Jean-Baptiste Lully Johann Pachelbel Georg Philipp Telemann",No hint available.,"Francois Couperin (1668-1733) belongs in Group B. Joan Miro (1893-1983) belongs in Group A. Group A: Were all artists from the Surrealist period. Group B: Were all musicians from the Baroque period. The term 'Baroque' is pronounced like the word 'broke' (the word in the title of this teaser).",Group,10/17/06 #26604,"Zero, One, Two...",2.57,2.3,angel11,"What does this represent? 2,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,3,1,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2",Start counting with 0.,The number of syllables in every number from 0 to 20.,Series,10/29/05 #10027,I Bring Laughs,2.26,0.97,Jenna,"To some people I bring laughs, For others tears. I can be about the future, Or about past years. I can be educational, Or just plain dumb. Come see me with friends, You are sure to have fun. What am I?",No hint available.,A movie or play.,Riddle,01/24/03 #20844,Littleton Employment,2.68,1.28,kellgo,"Littleton has five major sources of employment: JJ's Food Market, Poppy's Deli, Meat Heads Gym, Barber Bobs, and the Post Office. Each of these places is located on a different street in town: Maple Blvd, Royal Rd, Main St, Fern St, and Apple Ave. Peter, Joe, Alice, Bruce, and Betty all work at different locations on different streets. With the clues below figure out who works where and on what street. ~Good Luck Bruce has to pass Fern St. on his way to work. Employees with names beginning with ""B"" both work on streets with plant names. Meatheads Gym is a men's only gym and only has male employees. Nobody's first letter in their name matches the first letters in their employer's name. Poppy's Deli is on Apple Ave. Betty, Joe, and Bruce work at places that do not entail selling food. The person who works at JJ's Food Market doesn't work on Royal Rd. Betty and Alice met after work to go to the Food Market.",No hint available.,"JJ's Food Market... Main St... Peter Post Office... Fern St... Betty Barber Bob's... Royal Rd... Joe Meatheads Gym... Maple Blvd...Bruce Poppy's Deli... Apple Ave... Alice",Logic-Grid,02/04/05 #51139,Just Dust,2.32,0.61,theriddler,"Sought in far places, (Some seekers go bust), I cause a fever That's a lot like lust. Heavy with value In a world unjust Men rushed to get me But I am just dust.",No hint available.,"Gold. Men smitten with gold fever joined the Gold Rush with hopes of gaining much gold dust.",Riddle,05/26/17 #37204,Speedy 2,2.07,2.53,sportygirl98989,4 = W on S R B,No hint available.,4 = Wheels on Standard Roller Blades,Letter-Equations,07/04/07 #48105,Curtail 12,2.46,2.24,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Refuse to accept -> Comfortable room 2. Sloped land; storage place -> Prohibit 3. Earthy colour -> The peak of a hill 4. Sharp intake of breath -> State of matter 5. Type of dance -> Tree part 6. Type of restaurant -> Eat 7. Underground story -> Certain infielders 8. Talk about -> A round plate thrown for sport","The words start with these letters: 1. D 2. B 3. B 4. G 5. L 6. D 7. B 8. D","1. Deny -> Den 2. Bank -> Ban 3. Brown -> Brow 4. Gasp -> Gas 5. Limbo -> Limb 6. Diner -> Dine 7. Basement -> Basemen 8. Discuss -> Discus",Language,10/15/10 #4748,Shady Ladies,2.59,0.98,bobbrt,"Miss White, Miss Black, and Miss Gray are out for a stroll together. One is dressed in white, one in black, and one in gray. ""Isn't it odd,"" says Miss Gray, ""that our dresses match our last names, but no one of us is wearing a dress that matches her own name?"" ""So what?"" said the lady in black. Give the color of each lady's dress.",No hint available.,"Miss Gray's dress cannot match her name, so it must be white or black. Since the lady in black responded to Miss Gray's comment, Miss Gray must be wearing white. This leaves Miss Black wearing gray (since the only choices left for her are black and gray) and therefore Miss White is wearing black.",Logic,06/15/02 #13116,5 = L in a L,2.52,2.43,humannature311,5 = L in a L,No hint available.,Five = Lines in a Limerick,Letter-Equations,06/13/03 #38412,A Square,2.38,2.0,Victor,"Some students are standing in a square. Counting from any of the eight directions, Victor is the fifth. How many students are there?",It is not 100.,"Since Victor is the fifth counting from any direction, there are 5+5-1=9 students on each row and each column, and there are 9*9=81 students. The students stand like this, V is where Victor stands: S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S V S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S",Math,09/22/07 #6924,R E _ _ _ T,2.53,1.66,dumbell,"Which three letter word can make six letter words by being dropped in to the spaces below? R E _ _ _ T H A P _ _ _ _ _ _ N O N",No hint available.,"PEN repent happen pennon",Language,08/27/02 #50754,Anagram Dictionary 10,3.17,2.4,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob) Words: armadillo, grandmother, pharmacist, sedimentary, vacation Definitions: a bed for a bird a mob, all carrying guns a wagon accident filthy sailors pungent pickle odor",No hint available.,"armadillo: pungent pickle odor (dill aroma) grandmother: a mob, all carrying guns (armed throng) pharmacist: a wagon accident (cart mishap) sedimentary: filthy sailors (dirty seamen) vacation: a bed for a bird (avian cot)",Language,01/28/16 #23065,Pendulum,2.68,0.84,sing4evr,"I'm a pendulum that many children will see, I become so when someone sits on me. I rock back and forth with a gentle glide, But I'm so thin you couldn't use me to hide. What am I?",You'll find me on a playground.,A swing.,Riddle,05/22/05 #41259,More Numbers,2.41,2.53,TRILLIONAIRE,"There is a certain relationship between these two sets of numbers. Can you find the relationship? First set: 1,2,3,2,1,2,3,4,2,1 Second set: 8,4,C,4,8,4,C,2,4,8",No hint available.,"The second set of numbers are the binary reverse of the first set of numbers...if you consider four binary digits. For example: 1=0001, in reverse order 1000=8 2=0010, in reverse order 0100=4 3=0011, in reverse order 1100=12 (C) 4=0100, in reverse order 0010=2",Group,03/29/08 #25884,Hearing Voices,2.16,1.41,sdm1177,"Frank is in a doctor's office. He is talking to someone, but he is alone in the room. The office has no telephone. A nurse walks by, sees he is alone, and hears that he is talking to someone. However, the nurse doesn't do anything about it. Why?",No hint available.,He is talking on his cell phone.,Situation,09/12/05 #5323,The Woodworker,2.72,2.37,Bobbrt,"In the limerick below, the word that goes in the first blank will be used for the second blank after one letter has been added to its beginning. All further blanks will be filled using the same rule. For example, the first word could be ""an"", the second ""ran"", and the third ""bran"". The woodworker lived on the ____ So one day he stepped out on a _____. Onlookers yelled ""Why? You cannot want to die!"" He yelled back ""But I'm all out of ____.""",No hint available.,"The woodworker lived on the EDGE So one day he stepped out on a LEDGE. Onlookers yelled ""Why? You cannot want to die!"" He yelled back ""But I'm all out of PLEDGE.""",Language,07/08/02 #32638,Rodney's Childhood,2.77,1.81,kayleeskitties,"To lighten the mood at your next school board meeting, you decided to crack a few jokes. Only one problem; Jack (a jealous rival board member) got nosy and thought it would be funny to switch up the order of the phrases. Can you figure out the quotes and who said them in time? 1. Me htdn u of sya w lait ub, to lade vo mst ner apymd ikasa win ehw. 2. Oid arad narets aotae rews y othta bym. Emde tahs tner ap y mta htll etdlu oci. 3. Tell awsi h hti we maco hwdi kehtf oe rutc ipeh tdn uor a se ir racreht afym. -Dlei fregn adyen Dor",No hint available.,"The quotes were backwards! You showed that lousy Jack. You were a hit at the meeting 1. When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. 2. I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio. 3. My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet. -Rodney Dangerfield",Cryptography,08/25/06 #34467,The Case of the Missing Ice Cream Sandwich,2.9,2.27,calmsavior,"Earl and Joe are best friends, who secretly sent encrypted messages to each other ever since they were little. Now they're both in college, and Earl had aced his midterm on cryptology. Joe congratulated Earl by buying him a Neapolitan ice cream sandwich (Joe couldn't afford much), hid the sandwich somewhere in Joe's house, and he later encrypted, on a piece of paper, where he hid the sandwich. Soon after Joe hid the sandwich, he realized he placed the sandwich near the sun, meaning that he'd better relocate it, otherwise the sandwich would melt. Unfortunately, Joe, being extremely forgetful, had misplaced the sandwich and forgot where he put it. He still had the encryption note in his hand, and so he turned to his best friend Earl to solve it. ""I was gonna give you this later, but you gotta hurry now and find the ice cream I got you, otherwise it'll melt."" The note said this: T embrace embrace pound embrace kiss Where did he hide the ice cream sandwich?","""Pound"" is not referring to the verb or money, but rather the measurement. Also, pound is the only word not being encrypted for one letter.","He hid the ice cream sandwich in the TOOLBOX. T = T Embrace = hug = O Kiss = X (as in XOXO: Hugs and Kisses) pound = lb. T [embrace][embrace](pound)[embrace]{kiss} = T [O][O](lb)[O]{X} = TOOLBOX. Earl solved the cryptogram and found the ice cream in the toolbox. Unfortunately Earl, being a bit of a chocoholic, ate only the chocolate of the sandwich, leaving vanilla and strawberry.",Logic,12/19/06 #38528,Word Within a Word! #11,2.8,2.19,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have two tasks. First, you need to fill in the correct blank letter of each word. Second, when you have done this, each letter then needs to be transferred to the numbered blanks in order to discover the keyword. 1. hy_ra 2. f_b 3. dra_hm 4. de_ain 5. p_nt 6. pr_be 7. pi_tle 8. p_ten 9. pa_titive 10. _ard 1. _ 2. _ 3._ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _",No hint available.,"1. hyDra 2. fIb 3. draChm 4. deTain 5. pInt 6. prObe 7. piNtle 8. pAten 9. paRtitive 10. Yard Keyword: DICTIONARY",Language,09/29/07 #21948,AC-DC,2.71,1.68,badbunnee,"The language allows many fun opportunities to play. It's REALLY fun to combine words that are spelled the same (look the same), but are pronounced differently and have different meanings.. And it's even MORE fun when you can make a meaningful two-word phrase out of them. Example; a *wound wound* could be *a bandaged injury*, with the first word pronounced to rhyme with *found* and the second word pronounced to rhyme with *tuned*. These are called homograph-heteronyms; same spelling, different pronunciation, different meanings. Below are some possible definitions or descriptions for paired homograph-heteronyms. What's the two-word pair for each? I've done the first one. Remember; they are spelled the same but are pronounced differently (sound different). 1. A ribbon tied to the front of the boat. (bow bow) 2. Someone who repairs garments in the city septic system. 3. A fiddle-strumming big inland lake game-fish. 4. A tiny one-sixtieth division of an hour. 5. Sing the first or last musical note on the scale.","If you think of a possibility, try pronouncing it several different ways.","Below each word in the answer pair is another word that rhymes with it, to help in the pronunciation. 1. bow bow ----(cow, go) 2. sewer sewer ----(fewer,mower) 3. bass bass ----(case, mass) 4. minute minute* ----(second syllable rhymes with *loot*, second syllable rhymes with *it*) 5. (do do)** ----(to, doe) * *minute* (pronounced as last-syllable rhyme with *loot*) means something very small or tiny. ** *do* (pronounced to rhyme with *doe* is part of the vocalized music scale; *do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do*",Language,03/31/05 #47163,Cryptic Nonagrams - A,2.39,2.65,dalfamnest,"A nonagram is a 9-letter word made from three 3-letter words. In this teaser, each sentence gives three clues, leading you to the three short words that make the nonagram. Example: Worker on a curved path, with a little twitch. Hint: Polar (region) Answer: Antarctic [Worker = ANT; Curved path = ARC; Twitch = TIC] These nonagrams all begin with the letter ""A"". 1. Fuss made by a rodent with a charged particle. 2. Near the back of the ship there's a work unit lacking energy. 3. The Egyptian snake, with skill, consumed its food. 4. Donkey has to cause pain to a social insect.","1. Love and devotion 2. Radiance just after sunset 3. Amino acid; associated with artificial sweetener 4. Attacker","1. ADORATION [Fuss = ADO; Rodent = RAT; Charged particle = ION] 2. AFTERGLOW [Back = AFT; ERG = 'work' unit; LOW = lacking energy] 3. ASPARTATE [Snake = ASP; Skill = ART; Consumed = ATE] 4. ASSAILANT [Donkey = ASS; AIL = cause pain; ANT = social insect]",Language,06/06/10 #6684,The 50 States,2.15,2.65,lizard450,Across the United States there are many areas of land that are not owned by any state. If you simply look at a map you would probably try to argue with me but this is in fact true. Which is the largest area of land not governed by one of the 50 states in the USA?,You're thinking Washington D.C... well you're wrong but on the right track,Wrangell - St Elias. It's in Alaska. You may be more familiar with Disney Land.,Trivia,08/21/02 #13581,1961 = F M I S,2.55,1.76,MrIxolite,"What event is being referred to below? 1961 = F M I S",Before the giant leap.,"1961 = First Man In Space Yuri Gagarin",Letter-Equations,07/02/03 #10472,What Sport?,2.78,1.62,athechin,What 4-letter sport starts with a T?,No hint available.,Golf - starts with a tee.,Trick,02/15/03 #31334,Return to Innocence,2.74,2.35,brainster,"My first does innocence express; My second, 'tis part of a dress: United, they a period show That's free from vices, guilt and woe.",No hint available.,Childhood,Riddle,06/26/06 #14442,ABCDEFG HIJKLM,2.59,2.24,mathemagician,"The following is something a physicist might do: ABCDEFG HIJKLM What is it?","What contains a nucleus, electrons, and protons?","Split the atom. ABCDEFGHIJKLM = A to M or Atom.",Rebus,08/20/03 #28808,She's an Extraordinary Girl,2.5100000000000002,1.49,swithie,"I was just flicking through some old newspaper clippings and came across the headline; ""Upcoming Artist Is Extraordinary!"" It brought back some memories and inspired me to write this teaser; She was born in 1975 in Sheffield, England. At the age of two, she could read simple books and started to tackle the dictionary. In 1978 she won her first spelling bee and a gold fish at the local fair. In 1981 she decided to become an athlete and won the British Youth Games that very year. In 1998 she got bored of athletics (she had medals in almost all Olympic sports) and became an artist, her work selling at a minimum price of £1,000,000. Then in 2001 she tragically trapped her hand in a toaster and died from major burns. What was my sister's name?",No hint available.,Extraordinary,Trick,02/26/06 #18601,Better Than The Best,2.54,1.16,waker,"Four men want to form two doubles teams for tennis. The four men have only this advice from their coach which they MUST follow when forming teams: In order to have a great team, you need to play with a partner better than yourself. The four men are: Ted - The Worst John - Second Worst Juano - Second Best Kuwatcha - The Best How many different combinations of teams can they form?",No simple math equation can solve this one. Go one by one.,"None, no matter how you put the teams together they will not follow the rule. Example: Ted and John, Ted does have a partner better than himself but John doesn't.",Trick,08/21/04 #32768,A Chin,2.64,0.96,grungy49,"Marty the Magician was about to perform his famous act in front of a huge crowd. The crowd was very excited and as a result was talking a lot. Marty's assistant was a specialist in rebus and he had become so used to it he sometimes wrote in it, like this time. He held up a sign to the crowd, but nobody understood it. Do you? A CHIN CHIN CHIN CHIN CHIN CHIN CHIN CHIN CHIN CHIN",No hint available.,Attention (a + 10 chin),Rebus,09/01/06 #25999,Who's in Charge 2,2.63,1.76,dutchymonster,"What do the following countries have in common? Belgium Denmark Japan Luxembourg Norway Spain Thailand United Kingdom",Ruler,They are all Monarchies.(They have a King and/or Queen.),Group,09/20/05 #38901,A U.S. State,2.62,2.02,aresII,"My 3, 2, 6, 7 keeps one's head on their shoulders. My 1, 2, 8 dictates that legend would have it. My 4, 5, 3, 2, can be done to a piano but not a fish. My whole is a U.S. State.",No hint available.,"clue 1= neck. clue 2= key. clue 3= tune. My whole is Kentucky.",Riddle,10/23/07 #1360,Find the Fake Coin,2.6,2.56,Yanivster,"There are 12 gold coins. One of the coins is fake. It is known that a fake coin weighs either slightly less or slightly more than a real coin. Using a balance scale, how can you find the fake coin, and determine if it weighs less or more than a real coin, in only three weighings?",No hint available.,"Divide the coins into three groups of 4 coins each. First, weigh two of the groups. If they balance, then the fake coin is in the third group, so take three of the coins, and weigh them against three of the coins that we know for sure are real (from the first 8 coins). If they balance, then the remaining coin is the fake one, but we still don't know if it is lighter or heavier, so weigh it against a real coin to determine that. But if it didn't balance, then we know that the fake coin is one of the three, and we also know if it is lighter or heavier, because we know which side had the real coins. So weigh two of the coins against each other, if they balance then the third coin is fake, if they don't balance we know which coin is fake, because we already know if it is lighter or heavier. Now let's go back to the first weighing; if the two groups didn't balance, we know that the fake coin is in one of the groups, but we don't know which group. Let's mark the group that was heavier as group A, and the group that was lighter group B. For the second weighing, weigh two coins of group A and one coin of group B, against the other two coins of group A and one coin of group B. If they balance, the fake coin must be one of the remaining two, and a weigh between them will tell us which one (they are both from group B so we know that it's lighter). If the second weigh didn't balance, look at the side that is heavier: Either the fake coin is one of the two group A coins, or it can the group B coin on the other side of the scale. Take the two group A coins, and weigh them against each other. If they balance, then it is the group B coin that is fake, and if they don't balance, then the heavier one is the fake coin. And that's that. We have covered all possibilities.",Logic,11/11/01 #25511,I Can Be Square,2.7,1.57,Princeford93,"I can be a square, I can be a circle. I can be on any kind of decoration piece you want. I can sound like a wind chime or a bird. I can glow in the dark. I can be carried around in your pocket or sit on your dashboard. I can talk or not talk, use my hands or not use my hands. Either way I get my message across. What am I?",No hint available.,A clock.,Riddle,08/24/05 #46447,Ever Changing 1,2.97,2.13,mathisnice,"Using the following hints, how can you get from the first word to the fourth word to the seventh word? Word 2 is a synonym of Word 1. One letter of the second word has been changed to make Word 3. Word 3 was changed to present tense to make Word 4. Word 5 is a synonym of Word 4. One letter was removed from Word 5 to make Word 6. Word 7 is a synonym of Word 6. Giant _____ _____ Bite _____ _____ Chop","Try working backwards. Also, the second and third words begin with B. The fifth word begins with C. The sixth word begins with H.",Giant to Big to Bit to Bite to Chew to Hew to Chop.,Language,02/27/10 #15080,No Reward,2.89,1.62,rose_rox,"Bruno was with no doubt the fastest in the race, running by the other contenders and crossing the finish line well before the others. He had won the race, but someone else was given the winner's trophy. Why?",No hint available.,Bruno is a horse. The trophy was given to the jockey.,Situation,10/12/03 #446,My First is in Little....,2.55,1.5,Phyllis,"My first is in little, but not in stand. My second is in finger, but not in brand. My third is in big, but not in bite. My fourth in home, but not in mite. My fifth in think, but not in hide. My whole what you need, at night, inside.","If you pick the right letter from each of the first five lines, it spells the answer to the riddle.",Light,Riddle,05/06/01 #33206,You Made It!,2.77,1.79,jazzmusician46,"What expression is represented here? Justice without the ice, in (past, present and future)",No hint available.,"Just in time. Justice without the ice = Just (without 'ice') in (past, present and future) = time",Language,09/27/06 #6400,death,2.21,1.71,pinkie,"Can you decipher this phrase? You Are deathdeathdeathdeathdeathdeathdeathdeath",No hint available.,You are on death row.,Rebus,08/12/02 #50010,The Times They Are A-Changin',2.66,2.0,Smithy,"What does the following represent? 07:21:40 PM 07:21:39 PM 07:21:38 PM 07:21:37 PM 07:21:36 PM","The absolute times are not important, only the differences between them.","Going back for seconds. Each successive time displayed is going back by a second, so overall it is going back four seconds.",Rebus,11/24/13 #52076,Preservation Mission,2.53,1.3800000000000001,ThinksForFun,"I'm going in on a mission To improve a head condition With a squeeze I have been equipped For a daily task ought not skipped Using the most proper technique I'll traverse every trough and peak I strive to keep them all intact Let nothing from my goal distract What am I?",No hint available.,a toothbrush,Riddle,11/16/18 #50033,Words With KL,1.8900000000000001,2.46,cnmne,"Five words that contain KL as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? KL***, KL****, **KL**, ***KL*, ***KL** Pool: A, A, A, B, C, C, C, E, E, G, H, I, N, O, P, T, T, T, U, Z",No hint available.,"KLUTZ, KLATCH, ANKLET, PICKLE, BACKLOG",Language,12/18/13 #32152,Bix and His Gang?,2.22,2.87,jazzmusician46,"Try and unscramble the names of the following people and attempt to discover which person does not belong to this list and why. GANROMRSTSLIOU ROELVIGKNI EBKECIEDBERXBI EGIIPLSLEYDZIZ TSRTAEWXRE SMIALRASNWOYTN",Jazz musicians,"Unscrambled names: Louis Armstrong King Oliver Bix Beiderbecke Dizzy Gillespie Rex Stewart Wynton Marsalis The person who does not belong is: Bix Beiderbecke: Although he was a jazz trumpet player, he was a white musician. All the others were African-American jazz trumpet players.",Trivia,07/30/06 #43393,My Double Life,2.64,1.02,xmum,"I lie, abandoned, on the beach. My watery home I cannot reach. My former owner set me free. He has no further need of me. I have no tenant, nor any friend. Is this how I am doomed to end? An empty, useless, lonely stray. Without the means to move or play. But wait! I hear a strange, new sound. A creature moving across the ground. I sense him, as he checks me out. Looking for food, I have no doubt. But in another minute or less, This creature's purpose I can guess. He needs a home. A larger place. His need becomes my saving grace. So remember, when you are down and out. On a garbage heap, you have no doubt. Don't give up hope, for that's a sin. You may be in Nature's recycling bin. As I get used to my life on land, With my new tenant and his band. I ask you all to think of me, And try to guess just what I be.",No hint available.,"I am a sea shell. My former tenant, the sea snail, died. I was washed up on the beach and was taken over by a hermit crab.",Riddle,10/22/08 #4924,Can Can,2.37,2.18,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is hungry as usual, but unfortunately the Kebab shop is not open yet. As a result he decides to make himself an instant meal, the type where you just add boiling water. He needs to measure out a quarter litre of water. After a quick search Mad Ade finds that he doesn't possess any type of measuring jug. All he can find is an old baked bean tin that has a 1 litre capacity. Using only the old tin and a pen how can Mad Ade measure out the much needed quarter of litre of water?",No hint available.,"Fill the can to over half full, and tip it so that the water runs out until it reaches just from the lip of the can to the edge of the base. Now the can is one half full. Tilt the can upright and mark it inside to show how far the water comes. Finally, tip out the water a bit at a time, until when tilted, the water goes from the mark you scratched to the edge of the bottom. This will give you a quarter of a litre.",Logic,06/24/02 #30536,Egyptian History,2.75,2.56,Princeford93,"Late one evening in an ancient Egyptian household, a man sat down crying while everyone else shaved their eyebrows, then he went and dried his eyes and shaved his eyebrows. Why?",No hint available.,The man's cat died. If a cat died in ancient Egypt all the residents of the house shaved their eyebrows.,Situation,05/17/06 #16218,A Torch to Light the Way,2.55,2.07,cnmne,"What do the letters stand for below? B, Y, B, G, & R = C of the O R",No hint available.,"Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, & Red = Colors of the Olympic Rings",Letter-Equations,01/18/04 #17473,Anagram Riddle 3,2.77,2.26,cnmne,"Anagram teaser; same letters, of course. The first of the words is the movement of a horse. The second of the words is used to make honey, And the third is the look of a zombie. What are the words?",No hint available.,"canter = the movement of a horse nectar = raw material for honey trance = the look of a zombie",Riddle,04/25/04 #1923,From There to Here,2.57,1.52,gokaran,"I can travel from there to here by disappearing, And here to there by reappearing. What am I ?",No hint available.,"The letter ""T"".",Riddle,01/03/02 #32751,One Great Mind V,2.54,2.56,luckythirteen,"""GRW XACYEGVBG GRXBQ XF BYG GY FGYC DZWFGXYBXBQ. NZEXYFXGK RVF XGF YIB EWVFYB PYE WJXFGXBQ."" ~ VUMWEG WXBFGWXB ""GYY AVBK YP ZF UYYT ZCYB VAWEXNVBF VF OYUUVE NRVFWEF. GRXF XF V NEZWU UXMWU, WHWB XP XG XF EWXGWEVGWO GRYZQRGUWFFUK MK GRW VAWEXNVBF GRWAFWUHWF."" ~ VUMWEG WXBFGWXB ""BYG WHWEKGRXBQ GRVG NYZBGF NVB MW NYZBGWO, VBO BYG WHWEKGRXBQ GRVG NVB MW NYZBGWO NYZBGF."" ~ VUMWEG WXBFGWXB ""KYZ FWW, IXEW GWUWQEVCR XF V TXBO YP V HWEK, HWEK UYBQ NVG. KYZ CZUU RXF GVXU XB BWI KYET VBO RXF RWVO XF AWYIXBQ XB UYF VBQWUWF. OY KYZ ZBOWEFGVBO GRXF? VBO EVOXY YCWEVGWF WJVNGUK GRW FVAW IVK: KYZ FWBO FXQBVUF RWEW, GRWK EWNWXHW GRWA GRWEW. GRW YBUK OXPPWEWBNW XF GRVG GRWEW XF BY NVG."" ~ VUMWEG WXBFGWXB",No hint available.,"""The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."" ~ Albert Einstein ""Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves."" ~ Albert Einstein ""Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."" ~ Albert Einstein ""You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."" ~ Albert Einstein A = M B = N C = P D = Q E = R F = S G = T H = V I = W J = X K = Y L = Z M = B N = C O = D P = F Q = G R = H S = J T = K U = L V = A W = E X = I Y =O Z = U",Cryptography,08/31/06 #2102,$99,2.35,1.66,ChemicalBoy08,"A bank customer had $100 in his account. He then made 6 withdrawals, totaling $100. He kept a record of these withdrawals, and the balance remaining in the account, as follows: Withdrawals........Balance Left $50...................$50 $25...................$25 $10...................$15 $8.....................$7 $5.....................$2 $2.....................$0 ___________________ $100..................$99 When he added up the columns as above, he assumed that he must owe $1 to the bank. Was he right?",No hint available.,"There is no reason whatever why the customer's original deposit of $100 should equal the total of the balances left after each withdrawal. The total of withdrawals in the left-hand column must always equal $100, but is purely coincidence that the total of the right-hand column is close to $100.",Math,01/20/02 #35495,Laundry,2.61,1.22,solarsistim321,"A boy was doing his laundry. He took clean clothes out of the drier, and then accidentally dropped them onto his dirty clothes. They all looked exactly alike so he told his mom. She immediately picked out the clean clothes from the dirty ones. How?",No hint available.,The clean ones were warmer than the dirty ones.,Situation,03/02/07 #1385,War and Peace,2.22,1.8900000000000001,starman,A contronym is a single word that has two meanings that are contradictory in nature. What is a contronym for violent disorder vs. joyous revelry?,No hint available.,"Riot (as in ""We had a riot at the party."")",Language,11/13/01 #18689,5thMonthYOURtion,2.4,2.24,dsquared,"What expression is hidden below? 5thMonthYOURtion 5thMonthYOURtion 5thMonthYOURtion 5thMonthYOURtion NOTE: The caps are just to help with readability, it has no real effect on the final solution","""Oh, by the way..."" Below is a much simpler representation: MATYOURION MATYOURION MATYOURION MATYOURION","""For your information"" ""Four 'YOUR'"" IN ""Four '5th Month = May'"" tion = tion... Infourmaytion or Information.",Rebus,09/03/04 #33240,Chain Reaction: #1,2.77,2.34,Shawnheyhey123,"Your goal is to connect the first word with the last word by making compound words. Example: Ball Game Some Time Table Ware House The words connecting ball and house are: ballgame gamesome sometime timetable tableware warehouse Can you try? (number of letters) (first letter) (------ spaces of other letters) Cotton (4) W - - - (4) L - - - (4) M - - - (2) U - (3) S - - Back Got a clue?",No hint available.,"Cotton Wood Land Mark Up Set Back Cottonwood Woodland Landmark Markup (it's a word) Upset Setback",Language,09/29/06 #11542,8 = H on a P F,2.12,2.66,PhilDunphy,8 = H on a P F,4-a-side sport,8 = Horses on a Polo Field,Letter-Equations,04/03/03 #4292,Second Hand,2.26,2.21,mad-ade,"What is this common phrase? ALESS SLASE LASSE ASSEL",No hint available.,"Jumble sales Jumble sales are the same as garage or rummage sales in England",Rebus,05/27/02 #26973,Block of Ice,2.83,2.18,phrebh,"Warbucks and Swig were arguing about the best way to melt ice when Fred walked up. Warbucks was saying, ""That's ridiculous, the best way to melt a block of ice is to put it in the oven."" To which Swig replied, ""Nonsense, boiling water is the way to go. You drop the block into a pot of boiling water and it will melt much quicker than in the oven."" ""Listen,"" Warbucks averred, ""even an oven set to only 200 degrees Fahrenheit, the block would melt faster than in your boiling water."" Seeing that Fred had approached, and knowing Fred's penchant for all things esoteric, Swig asked him to intervene. Swig told Fred that he thought that the fastest way to melt a block of ice, without breaking it up first, would be to drop it in boiling water. He also told Fred that Warbucks insisted that a warm oven would be the fastest method. He then asked Fred which of them was right. Fred simply replied, ""why, neither of you, of course."" What is the fastest way to melt a block of ice without first breaking it up into smaller pieces?",No hint available.,"Fred went on, ""the fastest way to melt a solid block of ice is to put it in a bowl in the sink and run hot water into the bowl. It's all to do with convection and thermal transfer. The hot water, being closer to the temperature of the ice than boiling water, will more quickly dispense heat into the block. Couple that with the convection caused by the fact that the water is constantly moving while being replenished and you have ideal conditions for the transfer of heat necessary to melt the block."" Warbucks asked, ""but what about the oven and the boiling water?"" ""They both suffer from a similar problem,"" Fred answered. ""The boiling water does have a certain amount of convection, but because the water is so hot, the transfer of heat actually works to cool it down more than to heat up the ice. The oven is even worse because of the complete absence of external convection. All the block is doing is keeping your oven cool, which actually makes it the slowest way to melt a block ice short of leaving it in the freezer. Even running cool water over the ice in the bowl will melt it more quickly than using an oven or boiling water.""",Science,11/17/05 #16387,The Cow,2.62,0.9400000000000001,wild_dog,A lot was covered with grass. It takes a year for a cow to finish a quarter of it. How long will it take the cow to finish all of it?,No hint available.,The cow will never finish it because the grass won't stop growing.,Trick,02/01/04 #39960,Gardening Contest,2.88,2.25,pokpic,"Flowersville was having a gardening contest. The top four finishers in the contest are named Ally, Beth, Carla, and Ellyn. Their last names in alphabetical order are Bush, Jackson, Jones, and Monroe. Each person entered their most prized flowers. The flowers are tulips, daisies, roses, and cherry blossoms. Each person lives on a different street of Flowersville. The streets are Sunflower Street, Dandelion Drive, Buttercup Boulevard, and Lilac Lane. With the clues below determine the full name of each person, what place they got in the contest, what flower they entered, and what street they live on. Clues 1. The people are: Ally Bush, the person who got 3rd, the person who entered the roses, and the person who lives on Lilac Lane. 2. The person who lives at Sunflower Street finished one place ahead of the person who lives on Dandelion Drive, but one place after the person on Buttercup Boulevard. 3. Ms. Jackson, who planted the tulips, passed the house of Ellyn which is on Dandelion Drive. 4. Ms. Monroe entered the roses which beat Beth's tulips. 5. The person who planted the cherry blossoms got 1st.",No hint available.,"Ally Bush lives on Buttercup Boulevard, entered the cherry blossoms, and got 1st place. Beth Jackson lives on Lilac Lane, entered the tulips, and got 4th place. Carla Monroe lives on Sunflower Street, entered the roses, and got 2nd place. Ellyn Jones lives on Dandelion Drive, entered the daisies, and got 3rd place.",Logic-Grid,01/08/08 #34378,What One Word,2.56,1.4,Princeford93,"What one word is being representing by the following phrases? A publication that is issued periodically. A room or place for keeping gunpowder. A building or place for keeping military stores. A metal receptacle for a number of cartridges.",No hint available.,Magazine,Language,12/13/06 #39073,Dragon Olympics,2.91,2.36,dreamlvr1432,"Every year on Tyria, a competition is held to test the skills of the dragons hatched in the previous year. The citizens of Summerhaven erected an obstacle course consisting of 20 rings and 20 targets, strategically placed, to test agility, fire-breathing skills and accuracy, as well as flight speed. The dragon yearlings (including Azazeal) must hit the targets with their fire-breath while flying through the rings. They will be judged on the number of rings they fly through, the number of targets they hit, and how quickly they complete the course. Each dragon hit a different number of rings (one flew through 10) and targets (one hit 10), and completed the course in a different amount of time (including 15, 20 and 25 mins). Can you determine the outcome of these ""Dragon Olympics""? 1) The dragon that placed 3rd hit the same number of targets as the time it took her to finish the course. 2) Krale missed 14 rings, but only missed 2 targets. He placed somewhere ahead of Jaabel. 3) 4 of the 5 dragons are as follows: the one that flew through 4 rings, the one that hit 15 targets, the one that finished the course in 23 mins, and the dragon that placed 1st overall. 4) Zuria flew through exactly 5 more rings than the number of targets she hit. She hit exactly 5 fewer targets than the dragon that placed 4th. 5) Bael hit 5 more targets than the number of rings he flew through. He did not finish the course in the least amount of time, but he did finish faster than the dragon that placed 3rd. 6) The dragon that placed 5th completed the course in the same amount of time as the number of rings she flew through. 7) In order of overall placement, the 5 dragons are as follows: the one that hit 12 targets, the dragon that finished in 23 mins, the one that hit 20 targets, the one that completed the course in 17 mins, and the one that flew through 15 rings.",No hint available.,"Jaabel, 4 rings, 20 targets, 20 mins, 3rd place Krale, 6 rings, 18 targets, 23 mins, 2nd place Zuria, 15 rings, 10 targets, 15 mins, 5th place Azazeal, 20 rings, 12 targets, 25 mins, 1st place Bael, 10 rings, 15 targets, 17 mins, 4th place",Logic-Grid,11/05/07 #6395,"Nobby, Bobby and Rover Again",2.19,1.9000000000000001,mad-ade,"Nobby, Bobby and Rover wish to share a certain amount of money. Nobby is entitled to three fifths of the money, Bobby is entitled to 15% and lastly Rover will get £70. How much money was there to begin with?",No hint available.,"£280, Nobby got three fifths (£168), Bobby got 15%(£42) and Rover has the remaining £70.",Math,08/09/02 #14269,100 D C = B P of W,2.27,1.8,djacobs,100 D C = B P of W,Science,100 Degrees Celsius = Boiling Point of Water,Letter-Equations,08/11/03 #28473,Choose Your Disaster,2.94,1.12,Grey-Version2,"A group of four prisoners were held captive by the enemy and all of them were to be shot, one each day through the week. As natural disasters were common in this specific part of the world, the group of prisoners decided to make up a plan of distracting the guards. Before each prisoner would be shot, he would shout out a natural disaster, which would cause chaos and distract everyone to give enough time for that prisoner to escape. As three days passed the first three prisoners escaped by shouting out their chosen natural disasters and running away, however the final prisoner shouted out a disaster and was shot dead on the spot. What was the natural disaster he shouted?",No hint available.,Fire,Trick,02/07/06 #2869,Taxi Ride,1.49,0.46,204_BLaZe_41,"A taxi driver was called to take a group of passengers to the train station. The station is normally an hour away, but with traffic being extra heavy, it took a full hour and a half. On the return trip the traffic was still as heavy and yet it took only 90 minutes. Why?",No hint available.,There is no difference. An hour and a half is the same as 90 minutes.,Trick,03/24/02 #24627,Rhyme Time,3.12,1.34,gilco,"Find the synonymous word for each word in the following pair. For each pair, the words you find should rhyme with each other, the first word being an adjective and the second a noun. Some of these are easy, others are more challenging. Good luck! For example: angry father= mad dad sneaky insect humorous rabbit happy boy muscular tune close fright",No hint available.,"sneaky insect= sly fly humorous rabbit= funny bunny happy boy= glad lad muscular tune= strong song close fright= near fear",Language,07/17/05 #3582,Space Battles,2.83,1.24,bobbrt,What is the one law of nature that is broken in just about every outer space battle scene ever made in the movies?,No hint available.,"In the movies you almost always hear the sounds of other objects exploding, ships firing lasers, etc. Since sound can't travel in a vacuum, each person/alien could only hear the sounds that are created within their own vessel. Another answer could be that there is usually gravity present when in reality everyone would be floating around (although a few movies have addressed this issue with a gravity field generator or something).",Science,04/17/02 #23872,Nature Hunt,2.12,0.65,LittleWriter,"Anabell, Scarlet, Wind and Josh went on a nature hunt in the park. Each one found something different. One found a deer, one found a rabbit burrow, one found a rare kind of ivy and one found bright orange berries. Who found what and in what order did they find them? 1) Nothing the boys found has to do with animals. 2) Scarlet loves bunnies. 3) Neither girl likes berries. 4) Josh was the last to find something. 5) The one who found the ivy was first. 6) A girl was not first. 7) Wind found the ivy. 8) Anabell was third.","They each like what they found. Wind is a boy.","Wind found the ivy first. Scarlet found the rabbit burrow second. Anabell found the deer third. Josh found the berries fourth.",Logic-Grid,06/21/05 #25804,From The Sixth Day,2.82,1.61,spookboy0,"On the sixth day, God made me. Adam then was ordered to name me. Then after quite some time, a very strong man With God's help, tore me apart with his own hands. Then a most unfortunate young man of the dead king Was put in a hole filled with some brothers and me. However, an angel of God came down into the hole, And then our mouths were shut, and we couldn't eat the poor soul. My next big moment was beside God's throne, Where I stand guard with six wings of my own. You'll most often see me in zoos and parks. Be careful though, 'cause I could tear you apart. What am I?",No hint available.,"A lion. According to the Bible, God made the beasts of the earth on the sixth day, and after which, Adam named them. Samson met a lion in the wild, and when the lion attacked, the spirit of God came into Samson, and Samson tore the lion apart. Daniel interpreted the writing on the wall for Belshazzar, the dead king of the time. He was placed in a den of lion's because he continued to worship God, which was against the rule of the new king. Then, an angel came in and shut the lions' mouths. In Revelation, a lion stands beside God's throne and the lion has six wings. The last stanza is self-explanatory.",Riddle,09/07/05 #46723,Letter Juggle 4,3.2,1.2,MarcM1098,"Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Eat - Fact 2. Fist - Spam 3. Ham - Smock 4. Tilde - Food 5. Sale - Cranking","1. Accomplishment 2. Twitch 3. Fake 4. Water terms 5. Position","1. Feat - Act 2. Fit - Spasm 3. Sham - Mock 4. Tide - Flood 5. Scale - Ranking",Language,04/13/10 #40559,Big Paper,2.41,2.21,mosca,"My first is a ride; my second may make you caper. My whole comes from a word that means ""big paper"". I may teach, explain, entertain, or inflame; I sometimes amuse, satirize, deride, or cast blame. What am I?",Think: Funny Papers,"Cartoon. The word comes from the Italian word ""cartone"", which means ""big paper"". ""Paper"" in Italian is ""carta"", and the suffix ""one"" means ""large"". In painting the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo used ""cartoons"" to draw the figures he wanted to place on the walls and ceiling of the edifice. These were large pieces of paper on which he had drawn the scenes and personages for a particular ""giornata"", or ""day's work"". The word later became ""cartoon"" in English, which came to mean the drawings we see daily in Garfield, Doonsbury, or Blondie, or in political cartoons depicting some of our elected officials or other well-known persons in interesting situations.",Riddle,02/17/08 #447,Jay and Mary,2.38,1.31,Spikejw1,"Jay and Mary are playing cards for a stake of a dollar a game. At the end of the evening, Jay has won 3 games and Mary has won $3. How many games did they play?",No hint available.,"They played 9 games. (Jay won 3 games, and Mary won 6 games.)",Math,05/06/01 #20931,Space,2.36,1.8,Miku246,28= D in a L C,"moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon moon",28 Days in a Lunar Cycle,Letter-Equations,02/09/05 #1659,Feed Me,2.7,1.17,Boddo,"If you feed me I will live, If you give me water I will die. What am I?",No hint available.,A Fire.,Riddle,12/10/01 #48907,Mates + Dates - Easy,2.37,0.27,coolcat101202,"Three girls all got dates on the same day. From their texts, can you figure out which girl went with which guy and where they went on their dates. Names - Sarah, Natalie, Charlotte Dates - Nick, Matt, Ben Places - park, movie, dinner 5:45 Can't believe how cold it is and the grass is all wet, yuck. It's okay though, Matt gave me his coat, I think he really likes me. 8:34 Hey guys, hope you're having a better time than I am. Ben is such a bore, I don't think I'll be doing this again. xoxoxo love, Sarah oxoxox 9:24 Wow, this movie is fantastic and he's just as into it as I am. I don't think it'd ever be as fun with a geek like Matt (no offence). I don't ever want this to end. Good luck on your dates, love Natalie","I wouldn't want to go to the park on a date, it'd be cold and it might be wet.","Charlotte had a fabulous time on her date with Matt, even if she did get a bit wet sitting on the grass at the park. Sarah and Ben didn't really get on, but the dinner was good none the less. Natalie loved the movie and it was even better having Nick to hold on to at the scary parts.",Logic-Grid,08/01/11 #5431,Family Reunions,2.55,2.42,Bobbrt,"The following statements were made by each of eight people at a family reunion. They are each referring to one of the other seven people (in other words the person being referred to in the first statement, Maria, is making one of the other statements). Can you determine who made each statement? Assume that all parents are married and that all married couples are heterosexual, married only once, still married, and attending together. 1. ""I am Maria's niece."" 2. ""Christopher is my only cousin."" 3. ""Clarissa is my brother's wife."" 4. ""I am Donna's sister."" 5. ""Jonathan is my uncle."" 6. ""Theodore is my brother."" 7. ""Ben is my nephew."" 8. ""Judy is my daughter.""",No hint available.,"1. Donna 2. Ben 3. Theodore 4. Judy 5. Christopher 6. Jonathan 7. Maria 8. Clarissa I had trouble coming up with a nice, straightforward logical solution for this problem so I had to use a little trial and error. Since no grandchildren are mentioned, I assumed that there were only two generations present. I started with the women: I used statements 1 and 3 to put Maria and Clarissa in the older generation, respectively. Then I used statements 4 and 8 to put Donna and Judy in the younger generation, as sisters. Statement 7 puts Ben in the younger generation. If Christopher is also in the younger generation, then Ben must be Donna and Judy's brother and either Ben or Donna says statement 2. If Theodore and Jonathan are in the older generation, then Jonathan must be Clarissa's husband and Theodore must be Jonathan's brother (Statement 3). Statement 1 has to be said by Donna, since she is the only girl left in the younger generation who could say that. This leaves Ben saying statement 2. By elimination, Clarissa must give statement 8 and Maria statement 7. The only thing left is for Christopher to make statement 5.",Logic,07/10/02 #25737,Illili?,2.59,1.8800000000000001,marching_xc,What common word in the English language contains illili in the middle?,Think science,Milliliter,Language,09/02/05 #17386,Anagram Riddle 2,2.55,2.17,cnmne,"Three anagram words, Each one gets a clue: A joint; a movement; And floor one to floor two. What are the words?",No hint available.,"elbow - joint bowel - movement below - floor one is below floor two",Riddle,04/14/04 #41432,Free Wish Day!,1.91,0.72,brain23,"November 13 is Annual Free Wish Day! Each child in the universe gets to meet one fairy and wish for something. Unfortunately, Jorgen Von Strangle, the toughest fairy in the universe, can't remember who got what! Can you help him remember before he explodes the Earth? 1. Trixie did not wish for the chocolate shake. 2. A. J.'s fairy was Cosmo. 3. Jorgen was about to visit Earth when he heard Chester wish for something other than a hamburger. 4. Jorgen remembered that he had sent Juandissimo over to Trixie's house for the wish. 5. A. J. was really hungry at the moment, so he got Cosmo to give him a hamburger.","Juan = Juandissimmo Shake = Chocolate Shake","A.J had Cosmo grant him a hamburger. Chester had Wanda give him a chocolate shake. Trixie had Juandissimmo grant her some fries.",Logic-Grid,04/09/08 #42663,Words With UX,2.33,2.49,cnmne,"Five words that contain UX as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *UX**, *UX***, ***UX*, ****UX, **UX*** Pool: A, B, B, D, D, E, E, E, E, F, I, I, L, L, M, N, O, O, T, T",No hint available.,"BUXOM, TUXEDO, DELUXE, INFLUX, BAUXITE",Language,07/31/08 #5266,Total Odds,2.26,1.75,mad-ade,"All of the odd numbers from 1 to 999 are added together. What is the total?",No hint available.,"250,000 (1 + 999) + (3 + 997) + . .(etc) . . . . + (499 + 501)",Math,07/06/02 #50515,You Can Lean On Me,2.7,1.6400000000000001,theriddler,"I might be support for a reed in the wind, Or you can find me in the road, around the next bend. I'm also right at hand, opposite your elbow, you see, And a shepherd or bishop might carry me. So what am I?","With this clue, your work is done; Nixon said he wasn't one.","Crook A crook is a metal tube on which the reed of some wood instruments (such as the bassoon), rests. A shepherd's staff or bishop's crosier is also called a crook.",Riddle,03/29/15 #11035,Sshh They're Listening,2.78,1.79,od-1,"My wife and I often talk to each other in code so our kids don't know what's up. Using synonyms, descriptions, alternate sayings or play on words can you decipher this? Shall I use vehicular motion to propel my physical entity to an outlet to retrieve some molecularly slow infant bovine nutriment for our consumption during the hot arid region following the nightly intake?",No hint available.,"Vehicular motion= drive Outlet = store Molecularly slow infant bovine nourishment = ice cream Hot arid region = desert or (dessert) Simple version: Should I drive to the store to get some ice cream for dessert.",Language,03/10/03 #4922,Personal Pronouns,2.98,1.8,im_para_noid,"""She"" is a word that contains two personal pronouns: she and he. What five-letter word beginning with ""U"" contains four personal pronouns?",No hint available.,"usher: us, she, he, and her",Language,06/24/02 #44718,Challenge Match,2.5,1.5,nogoodnames,"Two golfers had a challenge match. One scored 69 and one scored 72. The player who scored 72 won, there were no handicaps. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"They may have been golfers, but they weren't playing golf!",Trick,06/23/09 #3850,"1, 3, 6",2.25,1.66,skye,"Your numbers are as follows: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28 What will be the 12th number?",Look at the order of the number. I.E. 1 was 1. 2 was 3.,78. Take the order of what I am asking you. That is 12. Then take that number (12) and multiply it by the number following it. (13) Then divide it by 2. You have your answer. This is also called the triangle puzzle.,Math,05/02/02 #5834,Maraang,2.4,1.19,cleverclogs,"What is this an anagram of? Maraang",No hint available.,ANAGRAM!,Language,07/23/02 #11720,32 W S,2.54,1.67,Didge53s,32 W S and 32 B S on a C B,No hint available.,32 White Squares and 32 Black Squares on a Chess Board.,Letter-Equations,04/12/03 #14505,The Room 2,2.59,1.77,mandy_16,"There are three girls and they walk into a small black room. This room has no windows, closets or any way to get out other than the door they came in. A couple of hours later only two girls walked out. No one was left in the room and no one had left earlier. How is it possible?","Three WALK in. Two WALK out.","One of the girls was claustrophobic and fainted. She got carried out by her friends, so therefore even though all three left the room together, only two walked out.",Trick,08/23/03 #49056,Riddle Me Not III,2.53,2.04,Mathgeek007,"Warriors flung from catapults small. Will hit one another, claiming them all. Move him, win the war. Until there's no more. And an army of soldiers stand tall. What are these warriors?","Warriors tough, small as they are. Can be lost the same way, from near or from far.","Marbles. To rephrase the teaser... Marbles flung from thumbs. Knock another marble out, you get to keep it. Knock an opposing marble, win it. You win if your opponent runs out of marbles. If you win, then stand loud and proud that you beat the enemy!",Riddle,10/21/11 #2135,Native or Visitor,2.48,1.58,Cascas,"Natives lie and visitors tell the truth. I was having lunch with a salesman and I needed to know if he was a native or a visitor. Instead of asking him, I saw a woman beside us. I said ""Go ask the woman if she's a native or a visitor"". When he came back he said that she was a visitor. From the answer I knew if he was a visitor or a native. Which is he?",No hint available.,"He is a visitor. If she's a visitor, she would be honest and say so. If she's a native, she'd lie and say she's a visitor. So no matter what, we know that she'll say that she's a visitor. NOW for the man. We know that he says that she's a visitor, therefore he MUST be telling the truth and be a visitor. If he were lying, his response (regardless of what the woman is) would be that she is a native. Make sense?",Logic,01/22/02 #36367,Pet Names and Owners,2.53,0.84,merrypippin246,"People: Mary, John, and Luke Pets: Cat, Dog, and Bird Pet Names: Jake, Buffy, Brownie Use these clues to decide who owns which pet, and what the pet's name is. 1) John's pet's name is Jake. 2) Brownie is the name of a bird. 3) Mary has a dog. 4) Jake is the name of a cat.",No hint available.,"Mary has a dog named Buffy. Luke has a bird named Brownie. John has a cat named Jake.",Logic,04/21/07 #47979,Back in Forth 19,2.77,2.09,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. d____rat (approach or arrive) 2. fa____ts (incites to attack) 3. d____ing (game cubes) 4. mod____e (weight of a container)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. advocate of majority-rule 2. right-wing radicals 3. choosing 4. not extreme","1. democrat (COME - d_EMOC_rat) 2. fascists (SICS - fa_SCIS_ts) 3. deciding (DICE - d_ECID_ing) 4. moderate (TARE - mod_ERAT_e)",Language,09/21/10 #37255,162 G = a M L B R S,2.27,2.13,merrimackxc2010,"Can you solve this? 162 G = a M L B R S",No hint available.,162 games in a Major League Baseball regular season.,Letter-Equations,07/06/07 #2000,Double E's,2.58,1.94,Majeen,Can you find three words which contain two double E's?,No hint available.,"Choose from: beekeeper, freewheel, geegee, greenfeed, greenweed, squeegee, teepee.",Language,01/08/02 #2056,The Hundred Foot Tree,2.7,1.69,missie,"Vic, a seven-year-old boy, was at the park with his mother. He climbed to the top of a one hundred foot tree. His mother called to him, ""Come down here, Vic."" He jumped from the top of the tree, landed uninjured on the ground, and ran to his unconcerned mother. How did he land without hurting himself?",No hint available.,The tree had recently been uprooted from the ground by a tornado and lay sideways. It was only eight feet or so above the ground.,Situation,01/16/02 #17904,And Sometimes Y 2,2.73,2.18,kvernphil,"Below are six words containing 5 letters each. In every word, the third letter is a vowel. The vowel has been removed and the 4 letters remaining have been split in half. Can you connect the two pairs with the correct vowel to recreate the 5 letter words? Each vowel, including the 'sometimes Y' rule, is only used once! ~~VOWELS~~ A E I O U Y BR ER ST DR CR FL IL BU OD EP ID MO",No hint available.,"BRAIL CREEP MOIST FLOOD DRUID BUYER",Language,06/13/04 #35956,What Time is It 2,1.93,2.54,thimblenoggin,What numerical sequence beginning with 1 precedes 25 of 1?,It's only a minute away!,12:34,Trick,03/29/07 #19522,Aussie Toilets,2.98,2.34,AXTON,"What word does not belong to the group below? Why? Earth CD's Clock Venus DVD's Watch",No hint available.,"Earth The rest of the words all involve something that spins clockwise. CD's/DVD's spin clockwise in machine Clock/Watch have hands moving clockwise Venus rotates clockwise on its axis Earth is not unique. All of the planets in our solar system, except for Venus, rotate anti-clockwise on their axes. Title: Aussie toilets are commonly misrepresented to spin clockwise due to the Coriolis effect.",Group,11/23/04 #1689,The Hammer,2.31,2.44,ChuckieChen,"Adam was jealous of Brenda's use of a computer. He changed that by means of a hammer. After that he could use the computer, but Brenda couldn't. What did he do with the hammer?","He could still use the computer, so he didn't damage it.",Brenda was blind and she depended on her braille manual while she was using the computer. Adam flattened the pages with his hammer.,Situation,12/12/01 #26124,Thud,2.7,0.81,Caim,"What rebus is depicted below? Tom - 5 feet, 6 inches - 150 pounds Joe - 7 feet, 5 inches - 275 pounds Tom falls ... thud Joe falls ... THUD",No hint available.,"The bigger they are, the harder they fall.",Rebus,09/29/05 #7246,Math Reunion,2.47,2.84,dewtell,"Dear Jim: Our twenty-fifth reunion went wonderfully last week. The Math Department put on a great spread. I'm sorry you couldn't make it. I ran into Ralph Jones there - remember him? It turns out he married Susie Jacobsen a couple of years after graduation - imagine that! They have three kids, all boys, and their ages make a nice puzzle. No two of them are the same age. Right now, Albert's age is the same as the sum of the digits of the ages of his two brothers. A year ago, Bill was in the same situation. Finally, six years from now it will be Charles' turn to have an age equal to the sum of the digits of his brothers' ages. I trust that's enough information to let you figure out their ages. Give my regards to Sharon, and I hope I'll see you at our next reunion. Jerry","Any non-negative integer is congruent to the sum of its digits, mod 9. (They have the same remainder when divided by 9.)","Albert is 11, Bill is 6, and Charles is 5, 11 = 6+5. A year ago, they were 10, 5, and 4, 1+0+4 = 5. In six years, they will be 17, 12, and 11, 1+7+1+2=11. You can solve this one by trial and error, but you can also solve simultaneous congruences mod 9. Let a, b, and c represent the present ages of the three boys. Since any non-negative integer is congruent to the sum of its digits, mod 9, we have three congruences: a = b + c (mod 9) b-1 = (a-1) + (c-1) (mod 9) c+6 = (a+6) + (b+6) (mod 9) Substituting the value of a from the first congruence into the other two and simplifying, we get: 2c = 1 = 10 (mod 9), so c = 5 (mod 9), and 2b = -6 = 12 (mod 9), so b = 6 (mod 9), so a = b + c = 2 (mod 9). Age 2 is too young for Albert to be equal to the sum of digits of his brother's ages, and 20 is too old (it would require that both brothers be 19, contrary to the required congruences), so Albert must be 11, and the rest follows quickly.",Math,09/06/02 #33495,The Groaners Continue to Groan,2.31,2.17,twixy,"What words relative to freedom are hidden below? Eliza, Leah, Mat, and Gerry Groaner are siblings. They love to groan. Eliza and her friend Nicole walked into the kitchen to find Mat and Leah absorbed in The March of the Penguins, spoken by Morgan Freeman. ""Aw, look at the baby penguins!"" Leah exclaimed. ""They're belly flopping on just ice! Wouldn't that be awesome if we could do that?"" Gerry was doing a mad lib. Era, tea, and Granny Smith Apple were the nouns he chose. All of a sudden, a crash was heard outside. Eliza turned to Nicole. ""I TOLD Grandma not to take the auto! No! My mom is going to be so angry!"" Fury soared through the Groaner children. ""What is going on?"" Ms. Groaner peered out the window and saw as Grandma Groaner stumbled into the household. ""Eliza, I told you to keep an eye on her! No sleepover for you! You can just forget about Jenny's fun shack! Leave a message for Jenny saying you can't come!"" The color of Eliza's face drained from purple to blue to pale white. She was mad at Grandma, upset with herself for not being responsible, and sad that she let her mother down. ""I'm sorry,"" She apologized. And the Groaners continue to groan.",No hint available.,"Free (FREEman) Justice (Just ice) Liberate (LIB. ERA, TEa) Autonomy (AUTO! NO! MY) Unshackle (fUN SHACK! LEave)",Language,10/14/06 #43725,The First Noel,2.21,1.68,MarcM1098,"What would ""Noel"" be with no ""L"" sound? It would just be ""no"", or if you think of just the sound, it could be ""know"". Several words are given below. Your challenge is to make new words by adding the sound of some letter to the sound of the given word. There may be several letters which could work, but only one is correct. Then take each of the added letters and rearrange them to form a word related to the first Noel (Christmas). Example: Given ""know + _"", one possible answer is Noel (adding an ""L"" sound). The letter ""L"" would then be used as part of some word related to Christmas. _ + night _ + cape not + _ _ + walk _ + a","The first missing letter is a ""U"". U + night = unite","U + night = unite S + cape = escape not + E = naughty or knotty J + walk = jaywalk S + a = essay The added letters, USEJS, are an anagram of JESUS. The first Christmas is when Jesus was born. Here are some lyrics from ""Mary's Boy Child"" that mention Jesus: ""Long time ago in Bethlehem So the Holy Bible say, Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ, Was born on Christmas day. Hark, now hear the angels sing A new King born today, And man will live for evermore Because of Christmas day.""",Language,12/15/08 #43400,"Red, Yellow, and Blue",1.98,0.6900000000000001,shenqiang,"Adam, Bob, and Charlie are wearing clothes and hats of three colors: red, yellow, and blue. From the clues below, figure out the color of hat and clothes each man is wearing. 1. Adam doesn't wear a red hat, and Bob doesn't wear a yellow hat. 2. The person who wears a red hat doesn't wear blue clothes. 3. The person who wears a yellow hat wears red clothes. 4. Bob doesn't wear yellow clothes.",No hint available.,"Adam wears a yellow hat and red clothes. Bob wears a blue hat and blue clothes. Charlie wears a red hat and yellow clothes.",Logic-Grid,10/23/08 #2680,Date,2.16,0.91,Chrissy---,"What's this common phrase? date date",No hint available.,Double Date!,Rebus,03/14/02 #50333,Words in a Vat XII,2.0,2.0,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: -R--D-. -A--T-D, -O--N-, -E-L- Individual Letters: E I D I U E H G E N E Y Y J L",No hint available.,"GREEDY, HAUNTED, IODINE, JELLY",Language,06/01/14 #44704,"Once Prime, Always Prime",2.13,1.62,whsprec,What is the smallest prime number with 3 distinct digits that remains prime no matter which one of its digits is removed?,No hint available.,"137. When you remove a number you get 13, 17, or 37. When you remove 2 numbers you get 1, 3, or 7. All prime.",Math,06/21/09 #34308,Lest We Forget,2.31,2.87,jazzmusician46,25 A = A D in A and N Z,No hint available.,"25 April = Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand ANZAC Day - 25 April - is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. Though the Gallipoli campaign failed in its military objectives of capturing Constantinople and knocking Turkey out of the war, the Australian and New Zealand troops' actions during the campaign bequeathed an intangible but powerful legacy. The creation of what became known as an ""Anzac legend"" became an important part of the national identity of both nations. This shaped the ways they viewed both their past and their future.",Letter-Equations,12/09/06 #47975,Words With LL,2.0,2.4,cnmne,"Five words that contain LL as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **LL*, *LL***, **LL**, ****LL, **LL*** Pool: A, B, D, E, E, I, I, J, N, O, O, O, P, R, S, T, U, U, W, Y",No hint available.,"JELLY, ALLUDE, PILLOW, STROLL, BULLION",Language,09/17/10 #3292,Birds on Wires,2.49,1.92,204_blaze_41,"Shady was introducing his invention to a ""Birds Unlimited"" convention. He explained that he developed a special insulation for high-powered electrical lines. This insulation is guaranteed to save thousands of birds that unwittingly land on the lines and are electrocuted each year. Shady claimed that with all the birds saved, the annual summer mosquito problem would practically disappear. As Shady was appealing for donations, Captain Frank, an avid bird lover, stood up and told Shady to peddle his line elsewhere. What was wrong with Shady's claim?",No hint available.,High-powered electrical lines have such a strong magnetic field that it is virtually impossible for birds to land on them. The magnetic field will actually repel the birds.,Science,04/06/02 #31967,Astro-Logical,2.85,2.09,Gizzer,"The five Lawson siblings - Lee, Leo, Leon, Leona and Lionel - all had their horoscopes done by the famous astrologer Starr Gazer. Madame Gazer puts particular emphasis on the planets Mars and Jupiter, to which other astrologers, she believes, have not granted true importance. On the day the Lawson siblings were due to collect their charts, Madame Gazer discovered that she had, by force of habit, labelled each of the charts with nothing more than the client's first initial and last name, without thinking of the consequences. Now she was faced with five charts identically labelled ""L. Lawson"", and only random recollections about her five clients. Can you help Madame Gazer by matching each Lawson with his or her occupation and the signs that contain Mars and Jupiter in his or her chart? 1. In the five charts, Mars and Jupiter were found only in the signs Aries, Capricorn, Gemini, Leo, and Scorpio; no two charts showed the same Mars sign or the same Jupiter sign, and no chart showed Mars and Jupiter in the same sign. 2. Lionel has his Mars in Scorpio. 3. The wrestler has Jupiter in Aries and Mars in Leo. 4. Neither Lee, Leo, nor Leon has any planet in Leo. 5. Lee (who has no planet in Capricorn) had argued with the sibling who has Mars in Gemini about whether Madame Gazer's fee was too high. 6. Capricorn, which is the sign that rules the teeth, is the appropriate location of the dentist's Mars. 7. Lee and the one with Jupiter in Gemini had joined forces to persuade the skeptical college professor to join them in visiting an astrologer. 8. The novelist, whose Jupiter is in Capricorn, shares an apartment with Leo. Names: Lee, Leo, Leon, Leona, Lionel Occupation: dentist, novelist, heavy-equipment operator, professor, wrestler Signs in Mars: Aries, Capricorn, Gemini, Leo, Scorpio Signs in Jupiter: Aries, Capricorn, Gemini, Leo, Scorpio",No hint available.,"Lionel has Mars in Scorpio. The wrestler has Mars in Leo, so cannot be Lionel, and cannot be Lee, Leo or Leon (clue 4), so must be Leona. Lee does not have Mars in Capricorn or Gemini (clue 5), so has Mars in Aries. The dentist has Mars in Capricorn. This accounts for 4 of the 5 Lawson siblings, leaving the 5th with Mars in Gemini. Leona has Jupiter in Aries, and Lee, Leo and Leon can't have Jupiter in Leo, so Lionel must. Lee doesn't have Jupiter in Capricorn (clue 5) or Gemini (clue 7), so Lee has Jupiter in Scorpio. The dentist, with Mars in Capricorn, cannot have Jupiter in Capricorn too (clue 1), so has Jupiter in Gemini. This leaves the last sibling with Jupiter in Capricorn, and therefore this sibling is the novelist (clue 8). From above, Lee is not the wrestler, the novelist or the dentist. Lee isn't the professor either (clue 7), so Lee is the heavy-equipment operator. This leaves Lionel as the college professor. Leo isn't the novelist (clue 8) and so he is the dentist, and Leon is the novelist. To summarize: Lee Lawson, the heavy-equipment operator, has Mars in Aries and Jupiter in Scorpio. Leo Lawson, the dentist, has Mars in Capricorn and Jupiter in Gemini. Leon Lawson, the novelist, has Mars in Gemini and Jupiter in Capricorn. Leona Lawson, the wrestler, has Mars in Leo and Jupiter in Aries. Lionel Lawson, the college professor, has Mars in Scorpio and Jupiter in Leo.",Logic-Grid,07/22/06 #35568,Bzrr Brds f Nrth Mrc 2,2.53,1.85,snowmonster,"Fill in the missing vowels to complete the names of these unusual and interesting birds of North America. 1) Wht Plcn 2) nhng 3) Cmmn Ln 4) Pffn 5) Rdrnnr 6) Brrwng wl 7) Grtr Prr Chckn 8) Clff Swllw 9) Whpng Crn 10) Clfrn Cndr","1 bird is known for their hunting abilities, 3 are associated with water, 2 live on the ground, 2 are known for their unusual courtship and nesting techniques and 2 are considered endangered.","1) White Pelican 2) Anhinga 3) Common Loon 4) Puffin 5) Roadrunner 6) Burrowing Owl 7) Greater Prairie Chicken 8) Cliff Swallow 9) Whooping Crane 10) California Condor",Language,03/06/07 #49425,Letter By Letter I,2.63,1.18,firefox99,"Beginning with the word ""AN"", continue adding letters from the given pool to create new words until you are left with a seven-letter word that refers to ""objects found in space"". You can add a letter to any spot in the word, but you cannot mix up the order of letters while doing so. Also, answers 5 and 6 are plural. Pool: E L P S T 1) AN 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) The hint gives short definitions of all words created in the process of finding the final seven-letter word (This will make the teaser really easy!).","2) a small insect (second answer = to criticize strongly) 3) to take short gasps of breath 4) This is worn on the legs. (second answer = something usually green) 5) They're green (usually)! 6) They're found in space.","1) AN 2) ANT (or PAN) 3) PANT 4) PANTS (or PLANT) 5) PLANTS 6) PLANETS",Language,04/03/12 #49791,Words With EF,2.59,2.25,cnmne,"Five words that contain EF as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *EF*, ***EF, **EF**, *EF****, ******EF Pool: A, B, C, D, D, D, H, I, I, I, I, M, P, R, R, R, S, U, X, Y",No hint available.,"DEFY, BRIEF, PREFIX, DEFRAUD, MISCHIEF",Language,03/03/13 #32360,I Prefer the '53 Myself,2.9,2.62,FreddyPharkas,"If O2 is O=O. H2O is H-O-H, and CO2 is O=C=O, then what might this represent? =James=",Would MQ be M-Q or M=Q?,"""Bond, James Bond."" In chemistry, particularly organic chemistry, molecules are drawn using - and = to represent covalent bonds between the atoms making a molecule. (There are triple bonds too, but I can't represent those using the basic character set). A covalent bond has both atoms sharing an electron pair, or sharing two electron pairs in a double bond. In the initial examples, there are representations of oxygen, water and carbon dioxide molecules. The advantage in organic chemistry, for these representations, is that larger and larger molecules could have the same atoms but in different configurations, (such as ketones and aldehydes, for example). The title is a quote from Bond in Dr No, referring to the age of the champagne bottle he was defending himself with. The hint is simply a reference to Bond's boss, M, and the research and development man, Q.",Rebus,08/09/06 #1868,The Cloak,2.41,1.79,missie,"A butler is promised $100 and a cloak as his wages for a year. After 7 months he leaves this job, and receives the cloak and $20 as his payment. How much is the cloak worth?",No hint available.,$92,Math,12/29/01 #4315,1 1 2 2 3 3,2.19,2.46,im_para_noid,"Insert any of the symbols: +, -, /, or * anywhere between the digits below so that they equal 133 1 1 2 2 3 3",No hint available.,1 * 1 + 2 * 2 * 33,Math,05/28/02 #50562,Not Four Your Eyes,2.25,1.53,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus? Bering I ii",No hint available.,"""see eye to eye"" Bering = sea = ""see"" I = ""eye"" ii = ""two eye""",Rebus,04/10/15 #45777,Word Square One,2.3,1.85,Starriddler,"A word square is a grid of letters that reads the same both across and down. Example: NAME ACED MERE EDEN Replace each number with a letter to make this a word square. Each time a number is mentioned, replace it with the same letter. 1231 2112 3113 1231 (Yes,the first and fourth words are the same)",1 is O.,"ONTO NOON TOOT ONTO",Other,11/19/09 #50088,Missing Word 2,3.05,0.98,firefox99,"A 3-letter-word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? _ _ _E VI_ _ _OR PO_ _ _IVE HE_ _ _ANT",_ _ _UATE,"SIT. SITE VISITOR POSITIVE HESITANT SITUATE",Language,01/18/14 #586,How many bricks ...,2.73,1.33,Spikejw1,How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of brick?,No hint available.,Only one - the `last` one.,Trick,06/04/01 #4486,Make - Make = 0,2.41,2.27,arij,"Can you decipher this phrase? Make - Make = Zero",No hint available.,Makes no difference.,Rebus,06/04/02 #31212,30 Minutes or 30 Days?,2.35,1.73,sniperkid990,"I have no fangs yet I constantly bite. I have no scales yet I slither through you. I can be delivered by eight legs, or no legs, and everywhere in between. I could cause death in minutes or be just a minor nuisance. What am I?",No hint available.,"Poison or Venom It is usually painful to those who get it. It will travel through your body. It can be delivered through a bite from a spider, ant, bee, bug, snake, or even human. Some of the fastest poisons on earth kill in under 30 minutes, but some poison is nonlethal to humans",Riddle,06/19/06 #6342,Telephoning Where?,2.41,2.08,mad-ade,"1=ABC, 2=DEF, 3=GHI, 4=JKL, 5=MNO, 6=PQR, 7=ST, 8=UV, 9=WX, 0=YZ. The above numbers and letters represent those found on a old fashioned dial telephone. Using this information can you work out the following places? (_ represents a space between words) A, 2534152 B, 261512 C, 1526311 D, 3265150 E, 37140",No hint available.,"A, England B, France C, America D, Germany E, Italy",Language,08/08/02 #45275,Words With PIC,2.0,2.05,brainglue,"Four words with the letters PIC, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. _ _ _ P I C _ _ P I _ _ _ _ C _ _ _ _ P I C _ _ P I _ C _ _ _ _ _ _ Pool: A, A, E, E, H, I, L, L, L, N, N, O, O, O, R, S, S, S, S, T, U, W",No hint available.,"The words are: tropical pillowcase spices pincushion",Language,09/11/09 #3700,Think of a Number,2.5,0.86,arij,"Think of any number in the world. Now, add the same number you chose into this number. Now, I give you 10 more to be added in your result. Now, pay half of the result as charity to some poor community. Now, subtract from the final resultant the number you chose at the first stage. Now, keep the result in your mind and click on the answer button.",No hint available.,Your final answer is 5.,Trick,04/22/02 #34231,10 = P of E in the B of E,2.34,2.6,spookboy0,10 = P of E in the B of E,Thou shalt not look in the Book for answers.,10 = Plagues of Egypt in the Book of Exodus,Letter-Equations,12/03/06 #44477,Musical Statues,2.34,1.17,whsprec,"A music shop sells statues of different composers: Mozart, Bach, Chopin, Strauss, and Beethoven. The statues cost 5 dollars, 10 dollars, 15 dollars, 20 dollars, or 25 dollars. The base of each statue is red, blue, green, gray, or yellow. What color is each statue and how much does it cost? 1) The Mozart statue is worth more than the yellow one, which cost more than the Bach. 2) The Chopin statue cost twice as much as the green one. 3) The blue statue cost less than the Strauss, but more than the 15 dollar red one. 4) The Mozart statue does not cost 20 dollars.",No hint available.,"The Bach statue is green and costs 5 dollars. The Chopin statue is yellow and costs 10 dollars. The Mozart statue is red and costs 15 dollars. The Beethoven statue is blue and costs 20 dollars. The Strauss statue is gray and costs 25 dollars.",Logic-Grid,05/17/09 #20119,Stuck 2,2.63,1.32,AlexHayward,"KK CC UU TT SS WORDWORDWORDWORD",No hint available.,Too stuck up for words.,Rebus,12/30/04 #28910,How Many Trucks?,1.92,2.85,Jay_,How many trucks are there on a military base?,No hint available.,"That depends on how many flag poles there are. On a military base, the pulley on top of a flag pole is called a truck; however, a ""truck"" is always called a vehicle.",Trick,03/04/06 #19904,Not So Good Habits,2.38,2.95,follydog,"A man smokes and drinks coffee lightened with cream. He is absolutely consistent in his habits. Every day, except every four years when he abstains on Leap Day, he smokes the same number of cigarettes, brews the same amount of coffee grinds, and uses the same amount of cream in his coffee. Every day he buys the daily newspaper, which he purchases more often than a pack of 20 cigarettes. The pack of cigarettes is purchased more often than a half-pint of cream, which in turn is purchased more often than a one pound can of coffee. On Flag Day (USA) he purchased all four items. The next time he purchased all four items on the same day was the Fourth of July of the following year. How many cigarettes does he smoke each day?",Flag Day (USA) is June 14,"4 cigarettes a day. The purchases are made according to 4 different cycles. There are 385 days from Flag Day until July Fourth of the following year excluding Leap Day. These purchasing cycles intersect every 385 days and are thus in the set of factors for 385 (1, 5, 7, 11, and 385). Since the newspaper is purchased every day, and the coffee and cream are purchased more often then the pack of cigarettes, then the pack is purchased either every 5 days or every 7 days. The pack contains 20 cigarettes which only has the factor 5 in common with the possible cycle for the cigarettes. Therefore a pack of 20 is purchased every 5 days.",Math,12/14/04 #48834,Grammar Lesson,2.54,2.96,celtichero,"What is represented by the rebus below? Atlantic: Wire Amazon: Ice Huron: Slide Caspian: Freight",No hint available.,"I before E except after C. For the words next to Atlantic(Ocean), Amazon(River), and Huron(Lake), the I comes before the E. However, for the word next to Caspian(Sea), which sounds like C, the E comes before the I.",Rebus,06/25/11 #32588,Word Fusion 11,2.79,2.07,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is an allotment of DNA. 2) This is poetry that is written by a criminal. 3) This is to be in favor of a specific song. 4) This is to ridicule a piece of pig meat.",No hint available.,"1) gene + ration = generation 2) con + verse = converse 3) for + tune = fortune 4) ham + mock = hammock",Language,08/22/06 #31265,"Thursday? No, Thirsty",2.29,1.5,boodler,8 = P in a G,No hint available.,8 = Pints in a Gallon,Letter-Equations,06/22/06 #42454,The Track Meet,2.33,1.47,nascarfan19,"5 friends, Mark, Joe, Jimmy, Freddy, and Craig, are all running in their district track meet. They each run different events in different places. Events: 100 Meter Dash, 200 Meter Dash, 400 Meter Dash, 4x800 Meter Run, and the 1600 Meter Run. 1. Craig is an endurance runner, so he only runs 4x800 or 1600 meter runs. 2. Joe was the only one to drop out in his event. 3. Jimmy is a sprinter, which means he runs 100, 200, or 400 meter dashes. 4. Mark is the fastest in his school, so he finished either 1st or 3rd. 5. Freddy ran the 400 meter dash. 6. Craig's teammate handed the baton to Craig in first place, but went down to 4th by the time he handed it off again, so he didn't finish 3rd or better. 7. Freddy stumbled at the start of his event, so he did not finish 6th or better. 8. Jimmy ran the 200 meter dash. 9. Joe is not a sprinter. 10. Mark isn't just the fastest in his school, he's the fastest in the district.",No hint available.,"Mark: 100 Meter Dash, 1st Place Joe: 1600 Meter Run, 12th Place Jimmy: 200 Meter Dash, 3rd Place Freddy: 400 Meter Dash, 9th Place Craig: 4x800 Meter Run, 6th Place",Logic-Grid,07/09/08 #26107,Family Trips,2.44,0.64,dcf525,"The Fennings encourage their four children to take the lead in planning family events. In each of the last four years, a different child has planned a different place he or she wanted to go. Can you determine the year each child came up with a vacation plan and what destination he or she chose? Years: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Children: Alexandra, Cliff, Ezekiel, Hazel Locations: Busch Gardens, Niagara Falls, Philadelphia, Williamsburg 1. Neither Alexandra nor Cliff planned the 2003 trip. 2. Ezekiel didn't plan a trip to Niagara Falls. 3. Hazel picked the 2002 destination. 4. Alexandra planned a trip to Busch Gardens. 5. Neither Ezekiel nor Hazel planned the trip to Williamsburg. 6. A boy planned the 2004 vacation trip.",Alexandra and Hazel are girls. Cliff and Ezekiel are boys.,"2001, Alexandra, Busch Gardens 2002, Hazel, Niagara Falls 2003, Ezekiel, Philadelphia 2004, Cliff, Williamsburg",Logic-Grid,09/28/05 #41113,Missing Lamas,2.47,1.72,fizzmaister,"John just came back from a trip to Tibet and is telling his friend Peter about his trip. However, he does have one complaint. ""I saw plenty of Tibetan monks - they're called Lamas - but I really wanted to see the Dalai Lama. I saw where he lives, but I didn't see him in person. I think I'll have to go back sometime."" To this Peter replied, ""No you don't. You won't see the Dalai Lama no matter how many times you visit Tibet."" Why did Peter say this? Why won't John see the Dalai Lama if he goes back to Tibet?",Tibet is currently a district of China.,"The Dalai Lama has lived in exile ever since Tibet was taken over by the PRC. John can see the Dalai Lama at one of his many speaking events around the world, but unless something drastic happens, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will not return to his country any time soon.",Trivia,03/19/08 #24920,Six Simple Steps,2.45,1.59,norcekri,"Change PURSUIT to CAPTURE, changing one letter at a time.","Use only six steps, changing one letter in each step.","One possible sequence: PURSUIT CURSUIT CARSUIT CAPSUIT CAPTUIT CAPTURT CAPTURE Nobody said the items in between had to form words ... 8-)",Trick,07/27/05 #26492,Word Pyramid: Natural Wonders IV,2.77,2.58,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: S Clues: 1. atomic number 99 2. bitter vetch 3. increases the speed of 4. to break up or dissolve 5. turns inside out 6. Mount -------",Once known as Peak 15 in Nepal.,"S ES ERS REVS SEVER EVERTS EVEREST Called Sagarmatha in Nepal (means goddess of the sky) or Chomolungma in Tibet (means mother goddess of the universe), Mount Everest is the tallest mountain. Its peak rests at over 29,000 feet above sea level. Mount Everest actually rises a few millimeters each year due to geological forces.",Language,10/22/05 #28204,Words With IC,2.54,2.8,cnmne,"Five words that contain IC as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? IC---, ---IC, -IC---, ---IC-, ----IC-- Pool: A, E, H, H, L, L, M, N, P, R, S, S, S, S, T, T, T, U, U, Y",No hint available.,"ICTUS, MUSIC, LICHEN, STRICT, PHYSICAL",Language,01/22/06 #3945,Psychic and the King,2.89,1.33,supermew30,There was once a king of a foreign country. He had a psychic who always made fun of him when he wasn't around. The king heard the psychic one day. He was going to ask the psychic one more question and then kill him. The psychic finds out about his plan. He had to save himself somehow. The king asked him when he (the king) would die. The psychic gave an answer that saved his life. What answer did he give?,No hint available.,He said the king would die the day that he (the psychic) dies himself. The king wanted to live so he just left him alone.,Situation,05/07/02 #8374,Three of a Kind,2.7,2.65,skaven,"What three words are represented? ABCDEFGHIJKLM ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP STUVW","Don't read them, say what you see.","ATOM ( A TO M) ATOP (A TO P) STOW ( S TO W)",Rebus,11/04/02 #49799,Twins 2,2.71,0.76,HABS2933,Willy and Wally are twins. Willy will celebrate his fifth birthday tomorrow. Wally will have to wait until next year to turn five. What is today's date?,"(1) The boys are not what is referred to as ""Irish Twins"" they are identical twins conceived at the same time. (2) Willy was born 10 minutes before Wally",Today is December 30th. Willy was born just before midnight on December 31st. Wally though only 10 minutes younger was born January 1st of the following year.,Logic,04/12/13 #43594,How Old is ____? #2,1.91,0.54,angelsluvme,Jane is 34. Kevin is 11. Lucy is half as old as Jane but three years younger than Mike. Mike is 3 times as old as Greg. How old is Greg?,Some useless information might be added. Use a decimal if needed.,6.7 years,Math,11/24/08 #411,Mountain,2.49,0.7000000000000001,Andy,"Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?",No hint available.,Mount Everest.,Trick,04/30/01 #39945,Baffled,2.6,2.3,aresII,"My 3, 10, 6 is a total. My 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14 is a type of stone. My 12, 2, 3, 11, 14 is a bride's path. My 15, 8, 13 is a type of polka? My 1, 2, 15 was completed. My whole is baffled.",No hint available.,"DISCOMBOBULATED. Clue 1 = sum. Clue 2 = cobble. Clue 3 = aisle. Clue 4 = dot. Clue 5 = did.",Riddle,01/06/08 #542,The Great Escape,3.05,2.1,Squidgy,"A Swiss woman was stuck at a Nazi checkpoint. There was a very long bridge at the border of Germany and Switzerland, but it took six minutes to cross. Observing the guard at the guardhouse, she found that he came out every three minutes to check that no one was trying to leave or enter. How did she manage to escape?",The guard`s orders were to send anyone back who didn`t have the correct papers.,"As soon as the guard reentered the guardhouse, she set out across the bridge. When she got halfway, she turned around, going back to Germany. When the guard saw her and waited for her to reach him, he saw she didn`t have the papers, so he sent her back to Switzerland, which is where she wanted to go.",Situation,05/31/01 #17764,The Magician,2.18,0.9400000000000001,allsatrash08,"A 6-foot tall magician had a water glass and was holding the glass above his head. He let it drop to the carpet without spilling a single drop of water. How could he manage to drop the glass from a height of six feet and not spill a drop of water?",No hint available.,It was an empty glass.,Logic,05/28/04 #2017,The Stolen Baby,2.45,2.2,missie,"A woman was walking with her 6 month baby in a stroller. A man walked up and said, ""My, what a beautiful baby."" The woman said thank you and walked on. A lady came up and said, ""What a nice baby boy, how old is he?"" The woman screamed, picked up the baby and ran away. Why?","Her baby had been kidnapped months before. The police found the baby and returned it, but they never knew who had taken it.","Since the woman's son had been stolen because he was a boy, she dressed him in girls' clothes. The lady obviously already knew that it was a boy and since the mother didn't know her, she must be the kidnapper.",Situation,01/11/02 #41997,Letter Boxing,3.01,1.8900000000000001,TRILLIONAIRE,"Complete the word square by inserting the 9 letters into the grid, to create the same words reading down & across. D E E L L L O O O E A C H A _ _ _ C _ _ _ H _ _ _",No hint available.,"E A C H A L O E C O O L H E L D Each, Aloe, Cool, Held",Language,05/20/08 #43167,Slice & Splice 23,2.22,2.26,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: COT, LIP, PER, RIB, SHE, SIC Group B: C*****, ****O*, *****T",No hint available.,"The Group B words are religious people. CLERIC, BISHOP, PRIEST",Language,09/23/08 #42861,A Bad Day at PizzaShop,2.23,0.73,brainyboy615,"PizzaShop was having a great day when the order forms for three customers were misplaced! Fortunately, the employees taking the orders remember a few small details. Help PizzaShop and you could win free pizza for a month! Do you have what it takes to get PizzaShop out of this plight? Clues: 1. The three people are Mr. Smith, the man with the large pizza, and the man with the sausage pizza. 2. Mr. Woods ordered a pepperoni pizza. 3. The cheese pizza was larger than at least one other pizza.",Mr. Woods has a big family.,"Mr. Smith ordered a medium cheese pizza. Mr. Jones ordered a small sausage pizza. Mr. Woods ordered a large pepperoni pizza.",Logic-Grid,08/20/08 #6514,The King's Son,2.81,2.47,arij,The king dies and two men both claim to be his long-lost son. One of the king's advisors proposes a test to determine the identity of the true heir. One claimant agrees to the test; the other refuses. The one who agreed is sent packing; the one who refused is identified as the rightful heir. How come?,No hint available.,"The proposed test was a blood test. Knowing that blood typing isn't very accurate, the impostor felt it was worth trying to get away with it. But the true heir was a hemophiliac and couldn't give blood for the test.",Situation,08/13/02 #34763,Shiny Hair,2.95,2.31,dutchymonster,"A lady, very concerned about her appearance and the environment, was being interviewed about keeping her beauty without compromising on environmental issues. When she was asked how she managed to keep her hair so shiny and silky without washing it every day, she declared she never washed it! How could this be true?",No hint available.,"According to scientific research, after an initial period of about 2 weeks, where the hair is dirty, smelly and greasy, it actually starts to clean itself! It produces natural oils that clean the hair from the roots, leaving you with lovely clean glossy hair; although, with some people, it may take several more weeks to actually notice any difference. I don't much fancy trying it myself though!",Science,01/06/07 #20843,Ladies Night Out,2.94,1.96,mindbender,"Sarah, Kelley, Jennifer, Erin, and Jan are all going out to party on Friday night. Each girl was picked up by the taxi service at a different house wearing different colored outfits (red dress, pink skirt, silver halter, black leather pants, and a white dress). Each girl met a man (Tyler, Christopher, Jacob, Tom, & Scott) while out at the clubs. Figure out which girl was picked up when, what they were wearing and who their dates were. Girls: Sarah, Kelley, Jennifer, Erin, & Jan Dates: Tyler, Christopher, Jacob, Tom, & Scott Outfit colors: Red, Pink, Black, Silver, & White 1.None of the men dated a girl with the same first letter in their name or their clothing color as the first letter in his name. 2.Scott dates the girl who wears red and wasn't picked up last. 3.Christopher is best friends with Sarah and Erin but doesn't date them. 4.Jacob is Kelley's brother who dates the girl wearing black leather. 5.The first girl to be picked up wasn't wearing pink or red but her date was Tom. 6.It wasn't after Labor Day so Jan wasn't breaking any fashion rules by wearing white. 7.Tyler's date was picked up last and hates to wear the color white. 8.Kelley was picked up before Sarah but not before Erin. 9.Jan ordered the taxi, so it picked her up first. 10.The fifth girl to be picked up was wearing silver. 11.Erin, looking fiery hot, was the second girl to be picked up. 12.Jacob and Tyler are twin brothers; one likes girls in black while the other prefers girls in silver.",No hint available.,"Kelley... Christopher... Pink... 3 Jan... Tom ... White... 1 Jennifer... Tyler ...Silver... 5 Erin... Scott... Red... 2 Sarah... Jacob ... Black...4",Logic-Grid,02/04/05 #14582,Handy People,2.6,2.71,taniapereira99,"Long ago, back before serious illness existed and the new inventions of today, there lived the Handy People. Their height was measured in hands, and they lived long lives. From the statements below identify each of the 5 Handy people's height (12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 hands) and their ages (100, 110, 120, 130 and 140 years). TWIST: One statement is FALSE. 1. Har was not the oldest, nor was he the shortest or tallest. 2. Winn was taller than Edvo, who was taller but younger than Frer. 3. Tolo, who was not the second oldest, was older than Har, and shorter than Frer. 4. The one who was 13 hands tall was the oldest. 5. Har was taller and older than Winn and Tolo. 6. The fourth oldest was taller than Tolo, but shorter than Edvo, who was older than Winn.",No hint available.,"Edvo, 15 hands, 130 years Frer, 13 hands, 140 years Har, 14 hands, 110 years Tolo, 12 hands, 120 years Winn, 16 hands, 100 years When going through all the statements, it is impossible that both 3 and 5 be true. (3 says Tolo is older than Har while 5 says Har is older than Tolo.) 2 gives the order of height as Winn, Edvo, and Frer. If 5 is true, then Har must be the tallest, but this contradicts 1, therefore 5 is false. From 1, 2 and 3 it can be seen that the order of height is Winn, Edvo, Frer, and Tolo - with Har somewhere in between but not the shortest or tallest. Therefore Winn is 16 hands, and Tolo is 12. Since Har is not the oldest, he is not 13 hands, which makes Frer 13 hands and the oldest. From 3 and 6, Tolo is not the 2nd or 4th oldest and is not the youngest. Therefore he becomes 120 years. Also from 6, Edvo is not the 4th oldest or youngest. Therefore he is 130 years. Since the 4th oldest is shorter than Edvo, Har must be it at 110 years. And Winn is the youngest. Since the 4th oldest was shorter than Edvo, Har is 14 hands and Edvo is 15 hands.",Logic,08/27/03 #35254,Love in the White House,2.61,2.54,vlerma,"Since Valentine's Day is approaching, I have collected some expressions of affection by residents of the White House, both Presidents and First Ladies. Please decipher the speakers and then match them with their ""terms of endearment"". 1) Ipxukg Nijaecp 2) Wiuwiui Wfez 3) Nmbbh Jiuvku 4) Nijamk Akppkxh A) M zitk cyvkp gipvkx vc xucgp bh vucfwoke, wfv M jip'v lkv bh gmyk vc lc egmbbmpl. B) M'oo wk i gmyk ipx bcvzku ymuev, vzkp Ymuev Oixh. C) Zkitkp gmoo wk pc zkitkp vc bk my M xc pcv bkkv bh gmyk vzkuk. D) Cpk vzmpl M jip eih iwcfv Lkculk, zk bih pcv wk iwok vc akkq i ncw, wfv zk'e pcv wcumpl.","W = B Y = F Q = P G = W","1 - C 2 - D 3 - A 4 - B 1) Andrew Jackson C) Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there. 2) Barbara Bush D) One thing I can say about George, he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring. 3) Jimmy Carter A) I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. 4) Jackie Kennedy B) I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady. i = a w = b j = c x = d k = e y = f l = g z = h m = i n = j a = k o = l b = m p = n c = o q = p d = q u = r e = s v = t f = u t = v g = w s = x h = y r = z",Cryptography,02/09/07 #45615,Kangaroo Words 3,2.53,1.5,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. myself 2. catacomb 3. cavern 4. diminutive 5. transportation See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word: 6. chariot",No hint available.,"1. me (MysElf) 2. tomb (caTacOMB) 3. cave (CAVErn) 4. mini (diMINutIve) 5. train (TRAnsportatIoN) 6. car / cart (ChARiot / ChARioT)",Language,11/04/09 #40163,Baa Baa Black Sheep,2.28,1.85,jazzmusician46,"What does this illustration represent in this rebus? Paddock 1: 100 sheep (99 white + 1 black) Paddock 2: 75 sheep (74 white + 1 black) Paddock 3: 50 sheep (49 white + 1 black) Paddock 4: 25 sheep (24 white + 1 black)",No hint available.,"""There's a black sheep in every flock."" Explanation: Every paddock has a certain number of sheep in it. However, each flock contains one black sheep amongst the other white ones, hence the expression.",Rebus,01/22/08 #52561,Vexatious Variables,2.66,2.27,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? mi(if x > y then)nt",No hint available.,"in mint condition The expression, ""(if x > y then)"" is a condition, and since this condition is in ""mint"", it is an in-mint (""in mint"") condition.",Rebus,01/04/21 #37818,In the Sky (with Diamonds),2.18,2.49,MMSMustang,"What are the next 3 numbers in the sequence: 1,4,5,9,10,15,24,__,__ ,__","Look at the title. Besides Lucy, what is in it?","26,32,37 Starting with one, you take the numbers of pi (3.14159265...) and add it to the last number. 1+3=4 4+1=5 5+4=9 9+1=10 10+5=15 15+9=24 24+2=26 26+6=32 32+5=37 The clue about in the sky refers to the expression, pie in the sky. And the reference to Lucy comes from The Beatles song ""Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.""",Series,08/17/07 #25988,The Light,2.81,1.82,underdog,"They walk in as if a herd of cattle They sit in the dark waiting A beam of light is cast down in front of them They sit for hours staring at it The light has the power to change their emotions The beam leaves, some are happy others are sad They leave as if they were zombies Or sailors who have not yet gained their sea legs Who am I speaking of?",No hint available.,The audience at a movie theater.,Riddle,09/19/05 #2978,One Word,2.2,1.22,bco89taurus,What one word contains the most letters?,No hint available.,Alphabet,Trick,03/28/02 #30448,The Vowel-less Knights #7,2.43,2.5100000000000002,ScoutMan,"A few more from the Vowel-less Knights: 1. Wr s bstl bsnss, t s tr, bt n prf w r hmn s r blt t lrn, vn frm t, hw bttr t xst. 2. Wr s nt lf: t s sttn, n whch m nthr b gnrd r ccptd. 3. Wr ... shld nl b dclrd b th thrt f th ppl, whs tls nd trsrs r t spprt ts brdns, nstd f th gvrnmnt whch s t rp ts frts.","1. Written by a noted culinary critic and autobiographer. 2. Written by one of the 20th century's most famous poets. 3. Written by a U.S. President. (not the current one)","1. War is a beastly business, it is true, but one proof we are human is our ability to learn, even from it, how better to exist. Bonus: M.F.K. Fisher, in How to Cook a Wolf, revised edition, 1951. 2. War is not life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored or accepted. Bonus: T.S. Eliot, a Pulitzer Prize winning poet. 3. War ... Should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. Bonus: James Madison, fourth U.S. President",Language,05/12/06 #21672,Employment,2.38,2.42,MrIxolite,"What term is this rebus trying to convey? EMPLOYMENT: EMP = Gives to Charity LOY = Gives to Charity MENT = Steals candy from babies <-",No hint available.,"A nasty piece of work Employment is work MENT is a piece of the word employment and compared to the other two pieces, is nasty.",Rebus,03/21/05 #13194,"for PRICE, insert COST",2.2,1.98,snaps,"What saying is represented below? for PRICE, insert COST for VALUE, insert WORTH for QUALITY, insert",Consider the words that are being substituted.,"There's no substitute for quality. (Each of the words has a substitute word. For QUALITY, there is nothing there at all ie. there is no substitute for quality.)",Rebus,06/16/03 #28499,East of the Mississippi,2.32,1.94,Jay_,"Mark Twain was born and raised in Florida, yet he never traveled east of the Mississippi River until he was 18. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"Mark Twain (aka Samuel L. Clemens) was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30th, 1835. He didn't leave Missouri until 1853 (at the age of 18) to work in New York.",Trick,02/08/06 #18609,Mad Ade's Word Links #4,2.27,2.4,mad-ade,"In the below teaser Mad Ade will give you three sets of three words. Each word has another word in common with the other two. The new word will make the three original words into common word pairs. For example CAP, DEEP and PAD could all be linked by KNEE to form Knee Cap, Knee Deep and Knee Pad. The linking word can be at either side of the given word. Can you find the link for the following words? 1, Pain, Crash, Sound 2, Plain, Clock, Out 3, Towel, Cream, Out",No hint available.,"1, Pain Barrier, Crash Barrier, Sound Barrier 2, Plain Speaking, Speaking Clock, Speaking Out 3, Hand Towel, Hand Cream, Hand Out",Language,08/22/04 #4528,Fishing Rod,2.46,1.83,mad-ade,"Mad Ade rides the bus to the local Hardware Store. While there he buys a fishing pole that's 5 feet long. As Mad Ade goes to get on the bus to go home, he is stopped by the bus driver. The bus driver tells him he can't board the bus with anything over 4 feet long. Mad Ade goes back to the Hardware store and buys one thing then returns and boards the bus. The pole can not be cut, bent, broken, or taken apart. What did the Mad Ade buy to allow him to board the bus with the fishing pole?",No hint available.,A box 4' X 3'. He then puts the pole in diagonally.,Math,06/06/02 #51554,The Non-Boxer,3.09,2.39,wimpykidfan37,"There are three brothers: Al, Ben, and Carl. Two of the three brothers are boxers. Here are some facts: 1. The shorter of Al and Ben is the older boxer. 2. The younger of Ben and Carl is the shorter boxer. 3. The taller of Al and Carl is the younger boxer. Which brother is not a boxer?",No hint available.,"Carl is not a boxer. From fact 1, we know that Carl is not the older boxer. From fact 3, we know that Ben is not the younger boxer. We now have three possible scenarios: 1. Al is the younger boxer and Ben is the older boxer. 2. Ben is the older boxer and Carl is the younger boxer. 3. Al is the older boxer and Carl is the younger boxer. If scenario 1 is true, fact 1 tells us that Ben is shorter than Al. If scenario 2 is true, fact 1 tells us that Ben is shorter than Al; fact 3 tells us that Carl is taller than Al, making Ben shorter than Carl. If scenario 3 is true, fact 3 tells us that Carl is taller than Al. We can now expand our three scenarios: 1. Al is the younger, taller boxer, and Ben is the older, shorter boxer. 2. Ben is the older, shorter boxer, and Carl is the younger, taller boxer. 3. Al is the older, shorter boxer, and Carl is the younger, taller boxer. Scenario 2 cannot be possible because it contradicts fact 2 by making the younger of Ben and Carl the taller boxer. Fact 2 also tells us that Al is not the shorter boxer, so scenario 3 cannot be possible, either. Therefore, scenario 1 is true, which means that Carl is not a boxer.",Logic,11/08/17 #7549,Word Game,2.36,3.1,ossa,"Six friends are playing a word game. To see who will start, they each draw a letter tile from a bag containing all the letters of the alphabet. Anna pulls out a J, Simon pulls out an R, Lauren pulls out an H, Joe pulls out a P and Marie Claire pulls out a C. Jaqueline's letter completes the sequence perfectly. WHAT IS IT??",No hint available.,"E. Starting from the middle of the alphabet (between M and N), the boys go forward the number of letters in their name. The girls go backward the number of letters in their name.",Series,09/19/02 #27672,A Tasty Treat,2.74,2.32,phrebh,"Which word from Group B belongs in Group A? Group A: Pecan Coconut Peach Olive Group B: Orange Raspberry Coffee Bean Watermelon",No hint available.,"Coffee Bean All of the things in Group A are individual drupes. A drupe is a type of fruit with a fleshy skin made up of the skin and flesh surrounding a hard shell that protects the seed. It should be noted that while raspberries are referred to as drupes, they are made up of many small drupes (called drupelets), and are therefore an aggregate fruit instead of single drupes like the items in Group A.",Group,12/25/05 #32754,Storigram IX,2.64,1.83,phrebh,"Below is a (very) short story with 10 capitalized words or phrases which are anagrams of words that all fit in a certain category. Can you find the anagrams and determine the category? There once was an eclectic farming family who would use A TRICK HOE on A SUGAR SAP maple and raised hens with one brown FOWL AURICLE and one white. They also had a SLY PEAR tree and an aquarium where you could hear an EEL CRY. The daughter once said, ""MOM, HOURS have been wasted listening to 'COLIC' ROB telling us that he had to BEG A CAB to take him TO A TOP beach to listen to a LUAU RAG.""",Category: Vegetables,"ARTICHOKE ASPARAGUS CAULIFLOWER PARSLEY CELERY MUSHROOM BROCCOLI CABBAGE POTATO ARUGULA Category: Vegetables",Language,08/31/06 #37611,Candy Scrambler Series 1,2.37,1.14,sportygirl98989,"Unscramble the words below and take the letters noted. Each of the words is a school supply. csrsioss (take the 3rd and 5th letters) kesramr (take the 4th and 7th letters) npceil (take the 2nd and 6th letters) ctcosh pate (take the 4th letter of the first word and the 1st letter of the second word) Now take all the letters you have collected and unscramble to make a candy.",No hint available.,"Skittles Scissors - i, s Markers - k, s Pencil - e, l Scotch Tape - t, t",Language,08/01/07 #41303,The Egg Game,2.41,2.43,kratsg,There are 2008 eggs lying in front of you. I am also with you waiting to start the game. The goal of the game is to be the person to take that very last egg (or eggs) to win. You and I can each only take between 1 and 100 eggs at a time. You go first. How many eggs must you take initially in order to always win (assuming we both play perfectly)?,"By a perfect game, that means over any two turns, the sum of the number of eggs you and I take is the same (except of course, excluding the initial move you make).","89 eggs. In order to see this, look at the smallest way possible to guarantee a win; you leave me with 101 eggs. If I take 1 egg, you take all 100; if I take 100 eggs, you take the last one. Therefore you would always win. If you try with 202, I can take from 1 to 100, so there is 201 to 102 left. Then you would take 100 or 1 egg(s) in order to leave me with 101 again. By simple analysis, you must take 101 eggs over two rounds in order to get down to 101. 19*101 = 1919, so we must take 2008-1919 = 89 eggs to start off with a multiple of 101.",Logic,03/31/08 #3028,Bad Dream,2.68,1.6300000000000001,lil_thugsta,"Two brothers were watching a horror film on video late one night. One brother dozed off and dreamed that he was being chased by the crazy man from the movie, who was trying to kill him. In the dream, he hid in a cupboard. There was no sound except his heart pounding, and he had no idea where his crazed captor was. He was terrified! At that moment, the video finished, and his brother put his hand on the shoulder of his sleeping sibling to wake him. The shock at that tense moment was enough that the sleeping brother suffered a massive heart attack and died instantly. Did this really happen?",No hint available.,"Of course it's not true! If he died instantly, how would anyone know what his dream was about?",Logic,03/30/02 #41064,Game Utensil,2.32,1.46,lizzard,54 C in a D (with J),54 bicycles,54 Cards in a deck (with Jokers),Letter-Equations,03/16/08 #34339,Needle in the Haystack,2.37,2.43,sexy_boy,"Below is a ""haystack"" of ten words. Nine of the words in the haystack, if paired with one of three mystery words, will produce a common phrase or compound word. When you have finished, each mystery word will be paired with exactly three words from the haystack, leaving only one word unmatched. That one word is the ""needle""; can you find it? bag bomb broken fingers free high peanut red up work",No hint available.,"carpetbag carpet bomb red carpet home free homework broken home butter up peanut butter butterfingers The needle was ""high"".",Language,12/10/06 #6225,Wigan Smith,2.28,1.81,mad-ade,"Whilst trekking through the jungles of Madadia, the intrepid explorer ""Wigan Smith"" discovers an isolated tribe of the legendary Kebab people. The Kebab people's written alphabet contains only six letters (call the letters A, B, C, D, E and F). The tribe has a fear against using the same letter twice in the same word, believing the great Gods of the ""Chillisauce Volcano"" will be angered. So it's never done. If each different sequence of letters constitutes a different word in the language, what is the maximum number of six-letter words that the language can employ?",No hint available.,"The language can employ a maximum of 720 six-letter words. It is a simple permutation problem of arranging 6 letters to get different six-letter words. And it can be done in 6! ways i.e. 720 ways. In other words, the first letter can be any of the given 6 letters (A through F). Then, whatever the first letter is, the second letter will always be from the remaining 5 letters (as same letter can not be used twice), and the third letter will always be from the remaining 4 letters, and so on. Thus, the different possible six-letter words are 6*5*4*3*2*1 = 720.",Math,08/04/02 #45629,Displayed in a Museum,3.05,2.24,whsprec,"A museum has 5 wings: North, South, East, West, and Central. These wings are where the museum displays their traveling exhibits. One year 5 different exhibits came, each one to a different wing. From the clues below, determine the name of the traveling exhibit, what month it opened, how long it was on display, and what wing it was housed in. 1- East Wing hosted the Ancient Greek, an exhibition which opened later in the year than the one which lasted four months. 2- The first exhibit to go on display lasted for 3 months. 3- The exhibitions in North Wing opened in June. 4- Aztec was on display for a period of five months. 5- The six month touring exhibit was allocated to West Wing. 6- The exhibition starting in September ran for longer than the display of the Samurai. 7- The exhibition entitled Masada and Dead Sea Scrolls opened two months before the display in Central Wing; their duration differed by more than a month.",No hint available.,"In February the Masada and Dead Sea Scrolls display opened in South Wing for 3 months. In April the Aztec display opened in Central Wing for 5 months. In June the Samurai display opened in North Wing for 4 months. In September King Tut opened in West Wing for 6 months. In November the Ancient Greek opened in East Wing for 2 months.",Logic-Grid,11/05/09 #5876,Contained,2.23,1.85,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? EspaceR",No hint available.,"inner space (in ER, space)",Rebus,07/25/02 #24817,Country Traits,2.79,2.73,kodhrawara,"Identify the trait that is common to the following 2 groups of countries, and the slight difference in that trait. Group A: Guatemala, Kuwait, Mexico, Panama. Group B: Luxembourg, Monaco, San Marino, Singapore.",No hint available.,"The Capital has the same name as the Country. Group A has ""City"" appended to that name.",Group,07/24/05 #28576,Hidden Proverb,2.78,1.91,kiss,"What proverb is hidden below? Laughing out openly kills bees. Even foxy orangutans relish eating yellowy orange umbrellas. Leopards eat angry people.",No hint available.,"Look before you leap. Use the initial letters of each word.",Other,02/11/06 #52816,Diverse Origins,2.9,2.34,ThinksForFun,"Change my beginning every time To realize another rhyme Start with a repair to apply Step before one's able to fly Do this and my freedom you take Find this and a couple you make Use me to make a gate secure As a baked group we may allure What are we?",No hint available.,"the words ""patch"", ""hatch"", ""catch"", ""match"", ""latch"", and ""batch"". patch - ""...a repair to apply"" hatch - ""Step before one's able to fly"" catch - ""...my freedom you take"" match - ""...a couple you make"" latch - ""...make a gate secure"" batch - ""...baked group we may allure""",Riddle,08/12/22 #30376,Word Swap #10,2.8,2.7600000000000002,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words 1. The coach did not mind being the __________. His last place team knew how to handle the constant pressure of the fans and media. Team members had class, character and were well __________ in who they were and what was important. 2. The entire coalition of the country's __________ rallied together and chanted their demands in __________ so the nation would sympathize with their deplorable working conditions. 3. Molly had fished for trout in the mountains for years. She had one particular __________ she liked best. She had truly become a fly-fishing __________.",No hint available.,"1. UNDERDOG, GROUNDED 2. UNIONS, UNISON 3. STREAM, MASTER",Language,05/09/06 #5554,Diffusion Or Osmosis,2.36,2.0,missie,"My first is in ""diffusion"" or ""osmosis"". My second is in ""acres"" or ""space"". My third is in ""illness"" or ""sickness"". My fourth is in ""Mercury"" or ""velocity"". My fifth is in ""onyx"" or ""ornament"". My sixth is in ""trance"" or ""consanguinity"". My seventh and last is in ""ailment"" or ""complacent"". So, what am I?",No hint available.,Science.,Language,07/13/02 #52322,Toilet in a Pocket?,1.47,1.09,Funfor1,How can you put a toilet in your pocket without destroying your pocket? Your pocket cannot be wet after you do the procedure.,There is a way to do it.,"Write, 'a toilet' on a piece of paper and put the piece of paper in your pocket.",Trick,01/02/20 #34872,Popular TV Shows,2.56,2.61,jazzmusician46,"Below are four (4) anagrams of actors from a popular 1960s TV show. Your job is twofold: firstly, name these people, and secondly, ascertain the TV show they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. Dad moans (3, 5) Fable or a brand (7, 6) Twaddle trap (6, 5) Task braver role (6, 8)","""You realize that you'll be facing every kind of danger imaginable"". ""And...loving it"".","Don Adams Barbara Feldon Edward Platt Robert Karvelas The TV Show is: Get Smart The Cast: Don Adams - Maxwell Smart - Agent 86 Barbara Feldon - Agent 99 Edward Platt - Chief Robert Karvelas - Larabee",Trivia,01/13/07 #15372,Smithy Spotted It,2.74,1.85,Smithy,"What phrase is represented by the following? Youritiiii Smithy spotted the word 'it'.",No hint available.,"I can see it in your eyes. I can see (Smithy spotted) the word 'it' in 'your eyes' (your i's).",Rebus,11/08/03 #5874,Find me in Cars,2.3,1.55,Dooreatoe,"You find me in cars, you find me in hats, You can usually find me in a cat. You see me in eggs, you see me in trees, You couldn't talk without me. You hear me in chimes, you see me in pigs, Without me a bald man can't wear a wig. You find me in dogs, you hear me in song, Sorry this poem took so long. You find me in mugs, and out and about, Without me you couldn't shout! What am I?",No hint available.,Vowels!,Riddle,07/25/02 #18928,Words and Numbers 3,2.47,2.17,something,"My 1,6,7,8 (or 5,6,7,8) is capable. My 2,3,4 is an abbreviation for a voice amplification device. My 4,5,6 is what you hail when you don't have a car. My whole is characterized by friendliness and good will.",No hint available.,"Amicable Is comprised of: Able Mic Cab",Language,09/24/04 #32565,Credibility,2.27,1.5,grungy49,"What does the following represent: Credi bility",No hint available.,Credibility gap.,Rebus,08/21/06 #35781,It's All Part Of Life,2.56,2.42,aresII,"Here are some thoughts relating to failing. Can you decode these quotes? F=H ""LDC NCRUAREA NSLCX YE OLA YO ORGRC BUSSYON, TDA YO CYEYON RGRCX AYJR ZR BUSS."" -PLOBDPYDE ""OLA BUYSDCR, TDA SLZ UYJ, YE PCYJR."" -SLZRSS ""ZR FUGR BLCAX JYSSYLO CRUELOE BLC BUYSDCR, TDA OLA U EYONSR RQPDER."" -HYVSYON","G=V P=C Q=X","""Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."" -Confucius ""Not failure, but low aim, is crime."" -Lowell ""We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse."" -Kipling Key: A=T B=F C=R D=U E=S F=H G=V H=K J=M L=O N=G O=N P=C Q=X R=E S=L T=B U=A V=P X=Y Y=I Z=W",Cryptography,03/20/07 #41451,Merlin's Pet,1.87,0.5700000000000001,pandastampede,"Merlin was walking to the pet store of Camelot thinking of the type of pet he wanted. He knew that the store carried griffins, trolls, and goblins. Later down the road he was thinking that, if he got a certain type of animal, they would need different qualities of food. The qualities were good, better, and best. Then he decides that the animals would need a certain size house for them to live in. The sizes are small, medium, and large. If Merlin draws a chart, which animal would get what food and what house? - The troll needs the biggest house, but not the best quality food. - The griffin needs the best quality food, but is too big for the smallest house. - The goblin needs the medium quality food. It also doesn't need a large house",No hint available.,"- The griffin needs the best quality food and the medium sized house. - The goblin needs the medium quality food and the smallest house. - The troll gets the low quality food and the largest house.",Logic-Grid,04/10/08 #4829,"Hoe, Foe, Woe",2.49,1.76,andmar22,"What do you use to hoe a row, slay a foe, and wring with woe?",No hint available.,Your hands,Riddle,06/19/02 #38879,10 C in a M,2.13,1.48,12345678,10 C in a M,No hint available.,10 centuries in a millennium.,Letter-Equations,10/22/07 #22904,Stuck in a Locked Room,2.16,1.81,DennysGirl,"You are locked in a room. The only things in the room with you are a bed, a poster on the wall, and a dresser with lots of junk in it. The key for the door is in the lock on the other side of the door. How do you unlock the door?",The door can be unlocked from both sides.,"First you take down the poster and slide it under the door. Then, you go into your dresser full of junk, find a paper clip and straighten it out. Wedge the key free with the paper clip. The key will fall onto the poster. You slide the poster back into the room, pick up the key and unlock the door!",Logic,05/14/05 #6838,Word Fun,2.53,1.55,StyLe89,"What comes next in the series? cat, wreck, hit, ton, _____ babe kitten burnt trash neck monkey stash live garbage tint",Look at the vowels.,"burnt - the words in the original list have only 1 vowel and they go from A, E, I, O. You should've looked for a word with only one vowel that is a U.",Series,08/24/02 #46455,Ever Changing 4,2.61,2.09,mathisnice,"Using the following hints, how can you get from the first word to the fourth word to the seventh word? One letter of Word 1 was changed to make Word 2. Word 3 is a synonym of Word 2. Word 3 has had one letter removed to make Word 4. Word 5 is a synonym of Word 4. Word 6 is a homophone of Word 5. Word 7 is an antonym of Word 6. Learn _____ _____ Cave _____ _____ Incomplete",The second word begins with Y. The third word begins with C. The fifth word begins with H. The sixth begins with W.,Learn to Yearn to Crave to Cave to Hole to Whole to Incomplete,Language,03/02/10 #18322,31 W in the P of A,2.31,2.48,Fhqwhgads,31 W in the P of A,No hint available.,31 Words in the Pledge of Allegiance,Letter-Equations,07/23/04 #37863,"Mysteries, Math and Breakfast",2.84,2.29,nikitafullmoon,"You might, perhaps at breakfast, See a sticky part of me, But I model, too--mathematics, And I'm true north, strong and free. Mrs. Christie's character could help you, though not well, For though she is quite close to me, She simply cannot spell. What am I?","If it seems a bit confusing, what, with math and food and ""free,"" There's one thing I ought to tell you: I also am a tree.","Maple. Maple syrup, which is made from boiling the sap of maple trees, is a sticky breakfast topping. Maple is also the name of mathematics modelling software. The maple leaf is a symbol of Canada. The line ""True north strong and free"" is from ""O Canada,"" Canada's national anthem. The name of Agatha Christie's well known character, Mrs. Marple, is very close to the word ""maple""... with a small spelling error!",Riddle,08/19/07 #43143,12 = A at the L S,2.28,1.94,GrayPanther,12 = A at the L S,No hint available.,12 = apostles at the last supper.,Letter-Equations,09/20/08 #7112,Tragic Loss,2.7600000000000002,2.62,michelle,"You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others. What is this thing?",No hint available.,Your Temper.,Riddle,09/01/02 #22778,Mermaid Comedy,2.13,2.81,cnmne,"What part of the human body could also be the definition of ""mermaid comedy""?",No hint available.,"Aqueous Humor (the clear fluid located between the cornea and the lens of the eye; aqueous = watery, humor = comical entertainment, watery comical entertainment = mermaid comedy)",Other,05/10/05 #10013,For Words,2.58,2.47,snaps,"Each of the clues below is FOR a word that begins with ""for"". The clues do not refer to the words themselves, but rather to the word that must be added to ""for"". eg. ""A place FOR patients in a hospital"" is ""forward"". 1. FOR nervous public speakers, this is said often. 2. FOR the cat to sit on. 3. FOR every year of your life you will do this. 4. FOR an object to stretch it must have some of this. 5. FOR an orchestra to sound melodious they must do this. 6. FOR the chemists out there: the product formed when mixing certain organic compounds.",No hint available.,"1. forum 2. format 3. forage 4. forgive 5. fortune 6. forester",Language,01/24/03 #30967,They Knead You,2.84,2.71,irishthistle,"The quotes below have a common theme. Each quote concerns those lovable little kitties who knead on our laps when we are wearing shorts and never come when they are called. And yet, they manage to make every life that they touch richer for the experience. Can you decipher these pieces of cat wisdom? N FKR UWIQ EX LWWM, RJA EAGQNQY WS VAQ, GQU HAA RJA PGR HENONQY NQRW JAC SKC GH HJA UAONPGRAOX PWELH NR INRJ JAC CWKYJ FNQM RWQYKA. PGR, N IWKOU OAQU XWK RJNH LWWM RW HRKUX LKR NR GFFAGCH XWK JGTA GOCAGUX CAGU NR. HJA OWWMH KF GQU YNTAH EA JAC SKOO YGVA. UWQ'R LA CNUNPKOWKH, HJA FKCCH, N ICWRA NR. - SCWE ""ENGW"" LX UNOXH OGNQY JWI QNPA NR NH RW RJNQM RJGR SAONQA UCAGEH, ONMA WKC WIQ, GCA FGNQRAU INRJ PCAGRNTA LCKHJ HRCWMAH SCWE RNEA RW RNEA. FACJGFH EX PGRH GQU N ATAQ HJGCA RJA HGEA UCAGE: G IWCOU IJACA GOO MNRRAQH GCA IGQRAU GQU OWTAU, GQU IJACA ATACX PGR JGH G HGSA, IGCE FOGPA RW HOAAF...GQU RW UCAGE. - LGCLGCG O. UNGEWQU","Encryped-Unencrypted M=K E=M O=L W=O","I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen, and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue. Cat, I would lend you this book to study but it appears you have already read it. She looks up and gives me her full gaze. Don't be ridiculous, she purrs, I wrote it. - from ""Miao"" by Dilys Laing How nice it is to think that feline dreams, like our own, are painted with creative brush strokes from time to time. Perhaps my cats and I even share the same dream: a world where all kittens are wanted and loved, and where every cat has a safe, warm place to sleep...and to dream. - Barbara L. Diamond Encrypted-Unencrypted A=E B=J C=R D=X E=M F=P G=A H=S I=W J=H K=U L=B M=K N=I O=L P=C Q=N R=T S=F T=V U=D V=Z W=O X=Y Y=G Z=Q",Cryptography,06/08/06 #6015,MOMANON,2.13,1.39,Cascas,"What does this mean? MOMANON",No hint available.,Man in the moon.,Rebus,07/29/02 #27679,Divide By 2,2.39,1.97,smarty008,"Which number doesn't belong? a) 32768 b) 2048 c) 524288 d) 3145728 e) 8192",No hint available.,"d) 3145728 All of the other numbers you can divide by 2 until you get 1.",Math,12/25/05 #17512,The World Outside,2.7600000000000002,1.33,kathyhoang,"Fred was often inquisitive about the world outside. Each day he gazed wistfully through the glass at a world he could never know. Then, one day the unthinkable happened. Some boys playing outside accidentally broke the glass. Instantly Fred regretted his curiosity. Why?",No hint available.,"Fred was a goldfish whose bowl was broken, with fatal results.",Situation,04/30/04 #9126,"Department, Away, Alarm",2.32,1.57,warrior,"Find a word that can precede each word in the following group to make four common words or phrases: Department, away, alarm, bug?",No hint available.,"Fire. Fire department, fire away, fire alarm, firebug.",Language,12/13/02 #18709,Sport,2.46,1.61,rfolwell,A man is playing a sport. He has red on his hands and his teeth but he isn't bleeding. Nobody knows who is ahead until the end when bang it's over and a winner declared. What sport is he playing?,No hint available.,Boxing. He has red gloves and mouth-guard.,Trivia,08/30/04 #24821,Everyone Has One,2.82,1.13,hamburger,"Every single human, plant and animal has had one at some point on Earth Many things can cause you to lose it, but many things can be done to preserve it, it can be very painful and hard, but very enjoyable at the same time, sometimes other people take them, and sometimes people take their own, but many people try to improve theirs. What am I?",No hint available.,A life.,Riddle,07/24/05 #13809,Bad Guy?,2.54,1.2,nickadeemus,"I get into the police station at night and destroy hundreds of fingerprints, yet I never get caught, or in trouble. Why don't I get arrested?",No hint available.,I am the night janitor,Riddle,07/14/03 #10470,Cliches,2.59,1.6300000000000001,KhRiSsY,"The following are a list of some well known cliches. Can you determine what they are? 1) Dig a hole and place in it a small axe, then proceed to cover it with dirt. 2) |IM| |AGE| 3) Similar to hurling bait in a large wooden bucket 4) Maintain the crossing of your digits. 5) Yank the sheep fabric concealing my peepers.",No hint available.,"1) Bury the hatchet 2) Split Image 3) Like shooting fish in a barrel 4) Keep your fingers crossed 5) Pull the wool over my eyes",Language,02/15/03 #9822,1:23pm Go Go,2.24,1.43,supershlop,"What phrase is represented below? 1:23pm go go",1:23pm stands for a word.,Time to go.,Rebus,01/15/03 #27878,Complete-A-Word X,2.73,2.09,phrebh,"Use the 26 letters of the alphabet to complete the ten words below, replacing each underscore with a letter. Each letter can only be used once. 1. _RI_E 2. F_ _ _ET 3. _ _E_TIO_ 4. _A_OR 5. _R_S_ _E 6. CRA_ _ 7. _HIC_ 8. _ _LT 9. _RAS_ 10. E_CL_I_",It helps if you write down the alphabet and then cross out the ones you've used.,"1. PRIDE 2. FORGET 3. QUESTION 4. FAVOR 5. WRESTLE 6. CRAZY 7. CHICK 8. JILT 9. BRASH 10. EXCLAIM",Language,01/04/06 #35804,Missing Words,2.39,2.56,jazzmusician46,"Category: Language Body: In this teaser, your job is to place a four-letter word that will link the two given words. Good luck! i.e. WAR - FARE - WELL Head - Comfort Birth - Down Landing - Lever Rising - Course Deputy - Waiter",No hint available.,"Head - COLD - Comfort Birth - MARK - Down Landing - GEAR - Lever Rising - DAMP - Course Deputy - HEAD - Waiter",Language,03/21/07 #2266,People Boat,2.86,1.6400000000000001,norman546,"When I was walking across a bridge, I saw a boat crowded with people. But there wasn't a single person on the boat. How could this be?",No hint available.,Everyone on the boat was married!,Trick,02/06/02 #8732,Time gain !!!,2.28,2.04,lesternoronha1,"A watch which gains 5 seconds every 3 minutes was set correctly at 7 a.m. In the afternoon of the same day, when the watch indicated a quarter past 4 o'clock, what was the true time?",No hint available.,"The true time is 4 p.m. The watch advanced 9 hours and 15 minutes (555 minutes) between 7 am and 4:15 pm. For every 3 minutes and 5 seconds (185 seconds) that the watch advances, actual time progresses 3 minutes (180 seconds). Therefore you need to figure out how many 185-second intervals there are in 555 minutes and then figure out how much actual time passes in the same number of 180-second intervals. Number of 185-second intervals in 555 minutes: (555 minutes * 60 seconds/minute)/185 seconds = 180 intervals Amount of time passing in 180, 180-second intervals: 180 intervals * 180 seconds / (60 seconds/minute) = 540 minutes Therefore, in the time that the watch advanced 555 minutes, actual time advanced 540 minutes. The difference is 15 minutes, making the actual time 4:00 pm.",Math,11/26/02 #39681,The Grasshopper,2.17,2.06,shenqiang,"A grasshopper is standing on a thin line, and it hops. The first time it hops 1 centimeter either forward or backward, the second time it hops 2 centimeters either forward or backward, the third time it hops 3 centimeters either forward or backward, and so on. The ninth and last time it hops 9 centimeters, and it ends up landing on its starting point. How can this be possible?","If you think normally, 1+2+3+...+9=45 is odd, and the total distance it hopped forward can't equal the total distance it hopped backward. However, look at its category.","I didn't say it hopped either forward or backward the last time. In fact, in the last time, it hopped upward into the air. Therefore, the distance it hopped forward or backward is 45-9=36 centimeters, which is even.",Trick,12/19/07 #28007,"Men, Women and Children",2.55,1.04,npf2005,In a party of 35 people there are twice as many women as children and twice as many children as men. How many of each are there?,No hint available.,"5 men, 10 children and 20 women.",Math,01/10/06 #29398,What's For Dinner?,2.52,2.62,phrebh,2 = T of D in C (S and S),No hint available.,"2 = Types of Dishes in Cooking (Sweet and Savory) The terms 'sweet' and 'savory' are used in cooking to describe the type of dish being prepared. Sweet foods are those that we consider desserts and some breakfast items (e.g. blueberry muffins) and are usually sweet in flavor, but not always. Savory foods are main courses, side dishes, and some other breakfast items (e.g. Eggs Benedict).",Letter-Equations,03/29/06 #7414,703 Sweets,2.52,1.74,warrior,"A local school teacher wanted to share 703 sweets equally among the pupils, if there were more than 20 pupils, how many sweets did each receive?",Try to figure out how many pupils in the class first.,"19 sweets for the 37 pupils. Besides 1 and 703, 19 and 37 are the only factors of 703.",Math,09/13/02 #40525,Balloon Race,2.01,2.07,rockstar1234567,"One class started to hold an activity in which three different lengths of straw attached to a fully blown up balloon and then a string was drawn through the straw, thus giving the balloon a railing in which it can move on. When the three balloons were let go all at the same time, the class went to see which one got there first. Try to figure out which balloon got there first using the following straw lengths: Group 1: 5 cm Group 2: 15 cm Group 3: 25 cm",Think about friction and gravity.,"Group 3's balloon got there first. Here's how it works: Gravity affects everything right? So since group 3's straw is the longest, less weight is distributed in any given area.",Science,02/15/08 #4107,Phrase and Famous Writer,2.63,2.82,librashorty,"Think of a phrase (consisting of two four-letter words) for a large vehicle. Remove one letter from each of the two words and you'll get the full name of a well-known writer. What are the phrase and the name?",No hint available.,Army tank and Amy Tan,Language,05/16/02 #35015,Crazy Cooking Catastrophes I,2.74,2.08,PineappleMama,"Welcome to Crazy Cooking Catastrophes. Today our host has decided to mix up a dessert course creature feature. Please follow these instructions carefully to unscramble [pun totally intended] the answer. Cooking Tips: Words like add, combine, stir in, etc mean to add those letters to the mix. Words like remove, drain, none left over, etc. mean to remove those letters from the mix. In a bowl, combine a handful of MITES and a BAR of melted chocolate, then place on a RED CHAIR. Once cooled remove half of the AIR, and keep ED away from the mix. What creatures will be in the bowl?","Hangman's Hint _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ 2 words. First word 6 letters. Second word 5 letters.",Hermit Crabs.,Language,01/24/07 #20314,Unfathomable,2.78,2.2,MrIxolite,"What expression is this? MOUNTAIN - fountain - Because it's there. COFFEE - toffee - Because it perks me up. TRAIN - plane - Because I don't drive. ORANGE - ? - ? <-",No hint available.,With no rhyme or reason,Rebus,01/10/05 #38891,Number of Siblings,2.36,2.55,leftclick,"Ten-year-old Bert Sampson lives in the town of Springvale, where, out of all households: 2% include five children 7% include four children 14% include three children 31% include two children 16% include one child 30% do not include any children What are the chances that Bert lives with two sisters and no brothers? (Consider all children living in any given house as siblings).",No hint available.,"6.646% Since Bert is a child, he cannot possibly live in a household with no children. Therefore there is a (14*3)/(16+31*2+14*3+7*4+2*5), or 26.582% chance that he lives with two other children (i.e. in a household with three children). There is a 50% chance that each of these other children is a girl, so there is a 25% chance that they are both girls. Therefore, the total chance that Bert lives with two sisters is 25% of 26.582%, or 6.646%.",Probability,10/23/07 #34650,Chitchat?,2.68,1.84,jazzmusician46,"What phrase is represented by the rooster and the bull in this rebus? The rooster tells a tale, whilst the Emu keeps silent. The kangaroo doesn't say a word, but the bull tells a tale, and the koala says nothing.",No hint available.,"A cock and bull story. The rooster (cock) and the bull tell a story, whilst the remaining animals stay silent. The phrase means: a fanciful and unbelievable tale.",Rebus,12/30/06 #13745,5 Shins,2.28,2.03,LoopyLouUK,"What word does the following represent? (5xShin)un(5xShin) all",No hint available.,"Unintentional (""un"" in ten shin...all)",Rebus,07/11/03 #11245,Joe Thunder,3.15,2.67,od-1,"As his name would suggest, Joe was not a meek, quiet fellow. In fact he had such difficulty keeping quiet, both his local and university library banned him. His roommate, being a music major and a sound engineer, said he could solve his problem, but Joe would need to trust him. He gave Joe his 75-watt ghetto blaster, a CD, fake mustache, and a long blond wig. Joe, who is sceptical but intrigued, decided to give it a shot. Joe, disguised as one of the professors, entered the university library. He placed the CD player on the table in front of him; loaded the CD; cranked the volume full and braced himself as he turned it on. Surprisingly there was only a very very faint sshh. Joe then realized that he couldn't hear anything at all. He spoke normally, and then yelled, but no one reacted. Awesome, he thought as he began flailing his arms around and shouting as loud as he could. Unfortunately, the librarian, seeing him moving but hearing nothing, assumed he was choking and performed the Heimlich maneuver on him, knocking his wig off, causing the librarian to perform the hind kick maneuver right out the door. Poor Joe. But what had his roommate done? What was on that mysterious CD that made everything quiet?",Think sound and what people can and can't hear.,"Most airline pilots could tell you. Joe's roommate used the same technology that airline and fighter pilots have in their noise cancelling headsets. It works like this; the CD had a low frequency sound (below the 20 Hz which humans can't hear) recorded on it. As long as the volume of the low frequency is louder than your voice or other noise, you hear almost nothing for the low sounds (which humans can't hear) and drown out other sounds. I heard that when this was first discovered that libraries actually used this concept to create quiet until they realized that even though humans couldn't hear the low sound, if loud enough, it would still damage the ears.",Science,03/17/03 #4440,Life,2.25,2.06,emmyluzam,"Decipher this phrase- FILE",It's an anagram,Change of life,Rebus,06/03/02 #19336,Where is He?,2.26,1.36,Therulerofthem,"A man decided to go fishing and went to a sea. He used the best bait and the best rod, but caught nothing for hours. Another man walked by and said, ""That is a pretty useless spot to fish, nothing lives in there."" Where was the man fishing?",No hint available.,"He was fishing in the Dead Sea. The sodium content is so high inside the Dead Sea, no marine life can live in it.",Situation,11/04/04 #49359,Which Word Doesn't Belong?,2.0,3.0,rob77,"Which word doesn't belong in this list: Alterations Flattering Lengtheners Linters Nevertheless Plastering Rationales Relisting",Think of a classic TV show.,"Flattering. Every other word contains all 6 letters initially given during the bonus rounds in Wheel of Fortune (R, S, T, L , N, E).",Group,03/16/12 #45555,Transformer,2.7,2.03,Zag24,"There are many things I can do. If you put me up on a hanger, I will transform things. If you cause me harm, I become lucky! If you want to go out on a limb, I can get you up the tree. When you enter, I'll find the middle for you. What am I, to have such abilities?","HANGER, HARM, LIMB, ENTER are the key words in their respective lines.","The letter C. C + HANGER = Changer: transforms things C + HARM = Charm: a symbol of luck C + LIMB = Climb: how to get into a tree C + ENTER = Center: the middle",Language,10/29/09 #38497,Hexagon From Nowhere,2.41,2.93,calmsavior,"Placed on an empty table in front of you are four large plastic letters. These letters are the lowercase ""a"", the lowercase ""n"", the lowercase ""t"", and the lowercase ""h"". Your challenge: Arrange the four letters to make a hexagon. The hexagon you must make has no curved side; do not use a curved side as a straight one. Also, the letters must be flat on the table, and no letters can be flipped over or stacked on top of each other. Assume the letters are small enough to allow room for rotation.",No hint available.,"Place the a in the middle of the table, and put the ""h"" to the right of it. Set the ""t"" to the left of the ""a"". Rotate the n so that it looks like a ""u"", and place it to the left of the ""t"" to get Utah, a U.S. state that has six sides, or a hexagon.",Trick,09/27/07 #16132,Winged Creatures,2.5100000000000002,2.84,griphook,"One or more alternative meanings of the names of some winged creatures are provided below. Identify the winged creatures. The first one is done for you. 1. Take in food = Swallow 2. Winks 3. Copycat 4. Sells wares on the streets 5. Earring metal fastener 6. Oppressive burden 7. Pair of white trousers 8. Wooden footstool 9. Two under par golf score 10. Glimpse or glance",No hint available.,"2. Bats 3. Parrot 4. Hawks 5. Butterfly 6. Albatross 7. Ducks 8. Cricket 9. Eagle 10. Gander",Language,01/11/04 #6525,Billy And Virginia,2.22,0.99,missie,"Billy started out on a trip from Virginia with a full tank of fuel, 12 gallons exactly. However, the moment Billy started out, the fuel tank sprung a leak. Billy travelled at 50 mph until he ran out of fuel exactly 4 hours later. Billy knows that the car does 25 miles for each gallon. How much fuel had Billy lost through the hole?",No hint available.,"Billy had lost 4 gallons. Since he travelled at 50 mph for 4 hours = 200 miles, Billy used 8 gallons for his journey.",Math,08/14/02 #16200,Racing Car Driver,2.6,2.41,snaps,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The ____ was closing in, making his ____ harder but through his ____ of contacts he was able to evade the police"", you would fill in NET, WORK, and NETWORK. Having spent hours trying to capture a rogue ____, he was ____ and had to ____ a racing car driver in order to get there on time.",No hint available.,"EMU, LATE, EMULATE",Language,01/16/04 #1672,Tire Trouble,2.14,1.49,Boddo,"A police officer is chasing after a bank robber in his vehicle. The robber, who is in his getaway car, shoots out of the window and hits the officer's tire. The officer catches up and arrests the robber even though his tire had burst. How did he do it?",No hint available.,He shot the spare tire.,Logic,12/11/01 #31091,Letter Pairs XI,2.52,2.28,phrebh,"Here are 36 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 12 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 12 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AL CO DS ED EL EN EN ER ES ES EV GY IN IN LE LE LE MB ME NE NG NI PO RE RN RV SE SS TH TO TS TS TT TU YI YS 1. Throws a ball 2. Competitions 3. Covered with a mesh 4. Agile 5. Financial intake 6. Puts the ball in play 7. Units of counting 8. Distance 9. Narrow lanes 10. Cedes 11. Vim and vigor 12. Give back","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Tennis Player.","1. TOSSES 2. EVENTS 3. NETTED 4. NIMBLE 5. INCOME 6. SERVES 7. POINTS 8. LENGTH 9. ALLEYS 10. YIELDS 11. ENERGY 12. RETURN The theme is Tennis Player.",Language,06/15/06 #5471,FELON,2.5,2.3,Bobbrt,"Each of the words below can be expanded into larger words by adding letters before and after (one letter per blank). What are the new words? 1. _ _ FELON _ 2. _ HOLES _ _ _ _ _ 3. _ _ GAME _ _ 4. _ _ MEOW _ _ _ 5. _ _ OPENS _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. LIFELONG 2. CHOLESTEROL 3. LIGAMENT 4. HOMEOWNER 5. PROPENSITY",Language,07/11/02 #4043,Two Ages,2.18,1.65,mad-ade,"Three years ago Mad Ade was 3 years more than 3 times older than his son (Mad Ade junior). Now Mad Ade is 10 years more than twice his son's age. How old is Mad Ade?",No hint available.,"36, his son is 13, by the way.",Math,05/12/02 #7824,100 Closed Lockers,2.85,2.83,warrior,"Suppose you're in a hallway lined with 100 closed lockers. You begin by opening every locker. Then you close every second locker. Then you go to every third locker and open it (if it's closed) or close it (if it's open). Let's call this action toggling a locker. Continue toggling every nth locker on pass number n. After 100 passes, where you toggle only locker #100, how many lockers are open?",No hint available.,"Answer: 10 lockers are left open: Lockers #1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, and 100. Each of these numbers are perfect squares. This problem is based on the factors of the locker number. Each locker is toggled by each factor; for example, locker #40 is toggled on pass number 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, and 40. That's eight toggles: open-closed-open-closed-open-closed-open-closed. The only way a locker could be left open is if it is toggled an odd number of times. The only numbers with an odd number of factors are the perfect squares. Thus, the perfect squares are left open. For example, locker #25 is toggled on pass number 1, 5, and 25 (three toggles): open-closed-open.",Math,10/03/02 #5268,Day Dreamer,2.26,1.32,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? CHLEOAUDDS",No hint available.,Head in the clouds,Rebus,07/06/02 #21304,Hell's Attack,2.57,1.23,iconofsin,"There are five monsters: A demon, a dragon, a gargoyle, a satyr, and a ghoul. There were five victims: John, Michael, Samuel, Paul, and George. There were five methods of death: hellfire, spikes, hanged, eaten, and beaten. Clues: (1) George was not beaten. (2) The person that was burned to death by the hellfire was killed by the dragon. (3) Sam was killed by the ghoul. (4) Satyrs are known to beat their victims (and they enjoy it) (5) Neither John nor George were killed by the spikes. (6) Paul was eaten, but not by a gargoyle. (7) The gargoyle threw his victim in the spike pits. (8) John was not hanged.","Uh, think carefully.","Michael was thrown into the spike pits by the gargoyle. George was burned by the dragon's hellfire. John was beaten by the satyr. Sam was hanged by the ghoul. Paul was eaten by the demon.",Logic-Grid,03/02/05 #38840,Lock it or Lose it,2.2,1.83,Sherilyn,"Before a woman went to sleep, she was feeling fairly confident. She went to sleep and when she woke up, she felt something was missing. What was she missing?",Her missing thing was ready to come out.,"She was put to sleep in a dentist chair and when she woke up, the dentist had pulled out her tooth. Her tooth was missing.",Situation,10/19/07 #50092,Words in a Vat,2.24,1.6300000000000001,sciencesteven,"There are four words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: A---, -AN--S, -E-O, H---ES Individual Letters: S R R A P T O E Z D N",No hint available.,"ANTS, PANDAS, ZERO, AND HEROES",Language,01/14/14 #19502,A Froggy Situation,2.65,1.6400000000000001,MeLaurie,"Two frogs fell into a container of liquid. The height of the container was six feet, so the frogs couldn't possibly get out. After a few minutes, one frog sank to the bottom and died. The other frog swam around in circles until eventually, the liquid became hard and the frog could jump out. What was the liquid?",No hint available.,The liquid was cream. The frog kept swimming in circles and the cream turned into butter and he was able to jump out.,Science,11/22/04 #15196,What Comes Next?,2.4,1.58,Sweetbabe,"Oprah Natalie Evans, Toad William Oath, Tina Heather-Rach EnEvomit, Fredrick Otto Ulan Robertson. From the list below, what's comes next in the above sequence of names? A. Obelia Nancy Earnest B. Faith India-Val Edmund C. Toddy John Forest D. Felecia Sarah Mace E. Kristie Glenda Tiny F. None Of these",No hint available.,"Oprah Natalie Evans, Toad William Oath, Tina Heather-Rach EnEvomit, Fredrick Otto Ulan Robertson, Faith India-Val Edmund The answer is B. B. Faith India-Val Edmund Here how it works. Take the first letter of each name and you get ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE.....etc. Example: Oprah Natalie Evans equals ONE.",Series,10/23/03 #3105,E-O-E-R-E-X-N-T-__,2.47,2.21,comet16,"What comes next in this series and why? E-O-E-R-E-X-N-T-__",No hint available.,"E, the last letter of nine ie: onE-twO-threE etc.",Series,04/02/02 #23865,Heightened Witticisms,2.49,2.04,tissue,"The following phrases are common sayings that have been mostly replaced with longer and rarer words. Decipher each phrase to find the common phrase underneath. 1) Prepossessing fellows terminate conclusively. 2) Cognition equals supremacy. 3) The excellent expire initially.",No hint available.,"1) Nice guys finish last. 2) Knowledge is power. 3) The good die first.",Language,06/21/05 #20616,Geo Graphic,2.83,1.99,fuzzie277,"Where is this rebus representing ? Feline Homo sapiens Hairstyle",No hint available.,"Kathmandu (cat + man + do) (Capital of Nepal) Feline = Cat Homo Sapiens = Man (Mankind) Hairstyle = Do (Hair Do)",Rebus,01/26/05 #45084,Let There be Cake!,1.6,0.34,mir77,"Three kids ordered cakes, but the cooks mixed up the orders. Use these hints to find out what cake each student had: 1: Bobby hates chocolate. 2: Charlotte would not be caught DEAD with vanilla. 3: Melonie ordered the fruit flavored cake. 4: Bobby was having a birthday. 5: Charlotte loved anything creamy. 6: Melonie loves to have little candies on her cake.",No hint available.,"Bobby had vanilla and candles. Charlotte had chocolate and frosting. Melonie had strawberry and sprinkles.",Logic-Grid,08/17/09 #7682,Always Behind You,2.8,1.94,warrior,"Though in theory I am always behind you, I am also around to remind you. But in case it's your way to give me too much say, I can hamper or, even worse, blind you. What am I?",No hint available.,The Past,Riddle,09/24/02 #17658,Crafty Words,2.81,3.06,fishmed,"Take the list of words below and arrange them into 3 sentences that all have something in common. Each word is only used once each time they appear in the list. ('A' can be used 4 times as it's in the list 4 times.) Punctuation is not an issue in this teaser. A, A, A, A, ANIMALS, BAR, BAT, DAN, DROOP, I, I, IN, IN, IS, IT, NET, OR, POOR, SAW, SLAM, TEN, WAS What are the sentences and what do they have in common?",RACECAR,"The three sentences are as follows. WAS IT A BAR OR A BAT I SAW? TEN ANIMALS I SLAM IN A NET. POOR DAN IS IN A DROOP. The common factor? All are palindromes.",Language,05/16/04 #3607,eeggnnee,2.69,2.09,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase? ee gg nn ee ll ll aa hh cc ee hh tt",No hint available.,Rising to the challenge.,Rebus,04/18/02 #15556,2 = E P on a S,2.15,3.06,scoutman,2 = E P on a S,No hint available.,2 = Ear Pieces on a Stethoscope.,Letter-Equations,11/26/03 #7302,HELL,2.54,1.67,majd,"What is this common phrase? LOHELLHELLHELLHELLOSE",No hint available.,"All hell broke loose. (many HELL words breaking the word LOOSE in the middle)",Rebus,09/09/02 #16474,"Chore, Cheap, Ant...",2.66,1.62,babyb,"Unscramble each word below to find a connection. 1.Chore 2.Cheap 3.Ant 4.Magnate 5.Cartels 6.Bream 7.Carol 8.Withe 9.Genre 10.Sliver","First letter hint 1. O_ _ _ _ 2. P_ _ _ _ 3. T_ _ 4. M_ _ _ _ _ _ 5. S_ _ _ _ _ _ 6. A_ _ _ _ 7. C_ _ _ _ 8. W_ _ _ _ 9. G_ _ _ _ 10. S_ _ _ _ _","When unscrambled they all make colours 1. Ocher-Pale brownish-yellow 2. Peach-Pinkish yellow 3. Tan-Yellow-brown 4. Magenta- Purplish red 5. Scarlet- Bright Red 6. Amber- Kind of Yellow 7. Coral- Redish pink 8. White 9. Green 10. Silver- Shiny white",Language,02/07/04 #10886,7 = L in RN,2.41,2.46,MrIxolite,7 = L in RN,No hint available.,"7 = Letters in Roman Numerals IVXDCLM",Letter-Equations,03/04/03 #4198,Moses,2.19,1.18,mad-ade,Can you decipher this?,No hint available.,Parting the Red Sea.,Rebus,05/22/02 #37383,Slice & Splice 11,2.41,2.26,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: CUE, FOE, OLD, PUN, RIP, SIR Group B: C*****, *U****, *****E",No hint available.,"The Group B words are chemical elements. COPPER, SULFUR, IODINE",Language,07/14/07 #1366,A Jeweler I am not,2.73,1.54,Gokaran,"I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I?",No hint available.,A Dentist,Riddle,11/12/01 #2504,Earring in a Coffee,2.21,1.16,Cascas,"Matt asked his secretary to make coffee. While it was being made, her earring fell into the cup. Even though the cup had coffee in it, it didn't get wet. Why?",No hint available.,The cup had dry instant coffee in it.,Logic,03/03/02 #48681,Whiz,1.81,1.29,Mathgeek007,"You, being a whiz at everything, take on any given challenge. Here was one recently given to you. [Insert Your Name Here], can you please help me with this problem? One of my friends is betting me $500 that he can throw an egg in the air, and, blindfolded, he'd be able to catch it and it not break! Is there any sure way of winning? Is there? If so, how?",Interference.,"The friend has very good coordination, most likely. If he throws the egg straight up in the air, the best way to win would be simply to hit the egg out of the air.",Trick,05/24/11 #8288,Familiar Stranger,2.33,1.31,quinnomatic,"Mike was watching T.V. and all of a sudden he leaps to his feet and says, ""That's Simon"", pointing at someone who was at the screen. Then his brother Mark comes in, looks at his brother, then looks back at the T.V. and says, ""So it is."" How do they know Simon if they hadn't seen him before, no pictures, nothing?",Take note of the fact that Mark looks at his brother Mike then looks back.,"He is their long lost, separated triplet brother.",Logic,11/06/02 #3891,"Pints, Inches and Seconds",2.19,1.92,mad-ade,"Which of these is the largest number? 1. Half pints in 45 gallons 2. Half inches in 10 yards 3. Half seconds in 6 minutes",No hint available.,They are all the same: 720,Math,05/05/02 #35643,Slice & Splice 8,2.27,2.23,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: CAP, EEL, EGO, LIE, LOB, OLD Group B: C*****, **A***, P*****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are breeds of dogs. COLLIE, BEAGLE, POODLE",Language,03/10/07 #39330,Simply Synonyms IV,2.26,1.54,chocolatecake,"I have given you three (3) pairs of words. Fill each blank below with a single letter to turn these pairs of words into synonyms. EX: _TUMBLE and _RIP Answer: STUMBLE and TRIP 1) _USTICE and _QUITY 2) _XTRACT and _VULSE 3) _HARE and _ART",No hint available.,"1) JUSTICE and EQUITY 2) EXTRACT and EVULSE 3) SHARE and PART",Language,11/24/07 #52403,The Mysterious Murder of Mister Matthew,2.79,0.73,jdwhite,"I am detective jdwhite, here to tell you the story of the Murder of Mister Matthew. Mr. Matthew was a well respected man in his community, but there were a few that did not like him. He had died in his sleep, which was unusual, because he was as healthy as a man half his age. He was 60 years old. After closer inspection, it was revealed that the water he drunk before going to bed had been poisoned. The three suspects were Bob, Jane, and Dave. All three had been to his house that day, but only someone who knew what Mr. Matthews usually did at night, and when, would know what to poison. Jane said: I was at his house from 5-6 to clean his house, because the usual person that did that was sick. I talked with Matthew a little bit after he came home from playing tennis, and I have no clue why anyone would want to murder someone like him. I left straight after that. Bob said: I was at his house to take him to our tennis match, which happened at 5:30. When we got back, I left, and Jane talked with him for a bit. Dave said: Mr. Matthews invited me to dinner at his house, which seemed unusual to me, because I had never been to his house before, although I knew him. After dinner, I sat in one of the living room chairs and watched him go about his nightly routine, like he usually did. We talked for a bit after that, and then he went to bed. I left after that. It did not take me very long to pin the murder on the right suspect, and take them to jail.",No hint available.,"The murderer was Dave. He said that ""he watched Mr. Matthews go about his nightly routine, like he usually did."" He couldn't have known what his nightly routine was, unless he had been watching Mr. Matthews house, or had been to his house before. After I presented this fact to him, he broke down, confessed, and was sent to jail. Case closed.",Mystery,06/04/20 #5607,Neighbours,2.67,2.42,jon14pople,"Adam, Ben and Cyril were born in 1309, 1310 and 1311 on the same road in old Jerusalem. They lived their whole life there, and all lived to be over 60. They also had a full active life. However, they never crossed paths with each other. Why should that be so?",No hint available.,"Adam was a Muslim, Ben was a Christian and Cyril was a Jew. Adam was born in 1309 of the Muslim calendar, Ben 1310 in the Christian calendar and Cyril 1311 in the Jewish calendar. Cyril was born over 3000 years before Ben, who in turn was born 619 years before Adam.",Logic,07/15/02 #12259,"1st, 2nd, or 3rd",2.28,3.01,ejasami,"Although we are one, we are ranked into three We basically help you in the same way you'll see First, second, or third is not the order we finish Moving a part on us causes our advantage to diminish. What are we?",No hint available.,"Levers. First, second, and third are the classes of levers based on the position of the fulcrum, input force, and load. Moving of one of these factors on the lever can increase or decrease the mechanical advantage of the lever.",Riddle,05/06/03 #42274,The Legend of Zelda Logic Grid,2.08,0.47000000000000003,beatlesman12,"Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf fought three different evil creatures. The creatures were an octorock, an iron knuckle, and a poe. They fought them with three different weapons, too. The weapons were a bow and arrows, magic, and a sword. Also, Zelda is a girl and Link and Ganondorf are boys. Determine who fought what creature and with what weapon. 1. Ganondorf did not fight a creature with the same number of syllables in his name. 2. The iron knuckle was not fought against with magic. 3. The girl fought the octorock. 4. Link has a sword and did not fight the poe. 5. Zelda fought with the bow and arrows.",No hint available.,"Link, Iron Knuckle, Sword Zelda, Octorock, Bow and Arrows Ganondorf, Poe, Magic",Logic-Grid,06/17/08 #3365,Smart Suitor,2.55,1.35,Drunky,"A wise king devised a contest to see who would receive the princess' hand in marriage. The princess was put in a 50x50 foot carpeted room. Each of her four suitors was put in one corner of the room with a small box to stand on. The first one to touch the princess' hand would be the winner and become the new king. The rules of the test were that the contestants could not walk over the carpet, cross the carpet, or hang from anything; nor could they use anything but their body and wits. One suitor figured out a way and married the princess and became the new king. How did he figure it out?",No hint available.,"He asked the princess, ""Would you please come over here and touch my hand?""",Logic,04/08/02 #44758,Bingo Card 3,2.06,2.7600000000000002,cnmne,"You are given a stack of bingo cards. Your task is to find a specific card. Given the following clues, what is the number arrangement of that card? Columns, left to right, are: B (contains numbers 1 through 15), I (contains numbers 16 through 30), N (contains numbers 31 through 45), G (contains numbers 46 through 60), O (contains numbers 61 through 75). Rows, top to bottom, are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. An example of coordinate nomenclature: B1 identifies column B row 1. N3 is a free space (contains no number). No number appears more than once. 1) For each column, the numbers are in either ascending order or descending order. 2) Row 1: the numbers are prime. 3) Row 5: the numbers are composite. 4) Column I: the numbers are spaced at equal intervals. 5) Column O: the numbers are spaced at different intervals. 6) The sum of the numbers in Row 1 equals the sum of the numbers in Row 5. 7) The product of B4 and O5 equals the product of B5 and O4. 8) The product of I2 and G2 equals the product of I3 and G3. 9) N4 is midway between B4 and G4. 10) Each column has one multiple of 6. 11) There is only one square number on the card.",No hint available.,"11 17 41 59 61 12 18 36 57 63 13 19 -- 54 66 14 20 33 52 70 15 21 32 46 75 1) Per clue 2, eliminate non-prime numbers from Row 1. 2) Per clue 3, eliminate non-composite numbers from Row 5. 3) Per clue 1, eliminate numbers that do not fit any possible (ascending or descending) sequence from Rows 2 through 4. 4) Per clue 4, determine the possible sequences for Column I. In conjunction with clue 8, eliminate numbers from Columns I and G. 5) Per clue 10, I2 must be 18 or 24, and G3 must be 48 or 54. Eliminate additional numbers from Column G. 6) Per clue 7, determine what combinations of numbers work. Eliminate those that to not work from B4, B5, O4, and O5. 7) Per clue 5, in order to have four different intervals, the spread from top to bottom must be at least 10. Eliminate from O1: 67 and 71. Eliminate from O5: 64 and 70. In conjunction with clue 7, only one combination of numbers works: O4 must be 70, O5 must be 75, B4 must be 14, and B5 must be 15. This leaves O1 as 61. 8) Per clue 10, 66 must be in either O2 or O3. 66 can not be in O2, because that would create an interval of 5 (which already exists between O4 and O5) between O1 and O2. O3 must be 66. O2 must be either 63 or 64. 9) Per clue 9, N4 must be 33 and G4 must be 52. This leaves G1 as 59, G2 as 57, and G3 as 54. 10) Per clues 4 and 8, Column I can be determined. I1 must be 17, I2 must be 18, I3 must be 19, I4 must be 20, and I5 must be 21. 11) Per clue 6, Column N must be in descending order. N5 must be 32. 12) Per clue 6, the only combination of numbers that works produces a sum of 189. B1 must be 11, N1 must be 41, G5 must be 46. 13) Per clue 1, B2 must be 12 and B3 must be 13. 14) Per clue 10, N2 must be 36. Per clue 11, O2 must be 63.",Logic,06/30/09 #13773,Letter Enders 4,2.73,1.48,MrIxolite,"Below are single letters or groups of letters with clues to whole words. To solve the clues and get the words, the SAME combination of letters should be placed before the given letter (s). For example, T = Allotted time of work K = Strong Smell G = Sharp pain The answer would be STIN to make STINT, STINK and STING Note: The Hint will be the number of letters you are looking for. Try this one N = Smile T = Sand particle M = Harsh P = Clasp D = #",3,"GRI GRIN, GRIT, GRIM, GRIP, GRID",Language,07/14/03 #13183,"W, R, Y, I, ?",2.11,2.36,bluestar21,"What comes next in this series? W, R, Y, I, ?",No hint available.,"P The series is made up of every other letter on the first letter row of a QWERTY keyboard, starting with W.",Series,06/15/03 #50300,Balance Beams 1,2.46,2.05,MarcM1098,"Two beams (rows of numbers) are given below. The first beam has a sum of 17; the second beam has a sum of 22. Your challenge is to balance the beams, so that the two rows have the same sum. You are only allowed to move two numbers; all of the numbers must be used in the answer. 1 3 5 8 2 4 7 9","The sum of all the numbers is odd. One of the numbers must be moved in a tricky way to make a smaller number.","Move the 9 to the top row, but as you do, turn it upside down, making it into a 6. Move the 5 to the bottom row. Both beams now have a sum of 18. 1 3 6 8 2 4 7 5",Math,05/09/14 #4418,Scotland to Dover,2.45,1.07,mad-ade,"A train was leaving Scotland and heading for Dover at the same time as a Mercedes. Mad Ade, who is the owner of the Mercedes, was unaware that both of the front tires had slow punctures, and by the time the car arrived in London those tires were already completely flat. Although Mad Ade did not change or have the tires repaired, the Mercedes reached Dover at the same time as the train. How could this be?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade's Mercedes was loaded on the train, as freight.",Logic,06/02/02 #1828,At Fires,2.43,1.53,missie,"At fires I attend, I am a kitchen friend; When my nose I blow, How the embers glow! When the wind compels, How my belly swells. What am I?",No hint available.,A Bellows,Riddle,12/23/01 #32420,Order and Progress,2.22,2.88,Question_Mark,27 S on the B F,No hint available.,"27 Stars on the Brazilian Flag. The phrase ""Ordem E Progresso"" also appears on the flag which means ""Order and Progress"", suggesting the title.",Letter-Equations,08/12/06 #3420,Fast Food Folly,2.5,1.78,OD-1,"Bob, Sid, Mary, and Kate went out to lunch and, as it happens with fast food, they messed up the order, and put everything in one bag. There are 2 burgers, 2 fries, 3 salads, and 3 drinks. Now Bob, being a 130 lb runt, ate one of everything. Bob also had 2 more items than Mary. Sid did not eat salad as it gave him gas so the others wouldn't let him have any, but he did drink something and had 1 more item than Mary. Mary was a potato rights advocate and would not eat fries, but had one more item than Kate. Kate, believing that the aspartame in the pop would cause her memory loss, didn't drink anything, and fearing ecoli for poorly processed meat, didn't eat a burger. Nobody ate 2 of anything. So who ate what?",Kate had salad only,"Bob 1 burger 1 fry 1 salad 1 drink Sid 1 burger 1 fry 1 drink Mary 1 salad 1 drink Kate 1 salad",Logic,04/11/02 #44396,Parade Problem,1.8900000000000001,0.55,cakewalk13,"3 different families went to the Fourth of July picnic in their town of Fernpot. The Annual Parade and Picnic of Fabulous Fernpot was famous for miles around for being perfect, but something went wrong! The Lloyds, the Cosytens, and the Dungbungs all mixed up their stuff. Can you figure out whose basket, blanket, and 4th of July banner is whose? Clues: 1. The Lloyd's son was best friends with the checked blanket owner and the canvas basket owner. 2. The ones who own the flag are not the Dungbungs. 3. The Cosyten family has the ""Go America!"" banner. 4. The Lloyds think patterns are much too exciting, so they have a beige blanket. 5. The Cosytens do not have the canvas basket. 6. Before the picnic, the Dungbungs realized that their blanket was stained, so they bought a new one that was striped. 7. Mrs. Lloyd grew up on a farm and she made her family's basket out of something that horses eat.",No hint available.,"Lloyds: solid blanket, straw basket, flag Cosytens: checked blanket, cloth basket, ""Go America!"" banner Dungbungs: striped blanket, canvas basket, ""Hooray, USA!"" banner",Logic-Grid,04/29/09 #14161,Chemically Speaking,2.74,2.7600000000000002,mathemagician,"What phrase is represented below? gaAute HIJKLMNO","Au = a chemical element HIJKLMNO = a chemical compound","Water under the bridge. Au = chemical symbol for Gold; Gold is ""in "" gate. Golden gate = bridge. HIJKLMNO = H ""to"" O or H2O = water.",Rebus,08/05/03 #40967,Distorted Music - Disney,2.8,2.15,grilledcheese,"Each of the following songs is from a Disney movie. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Heartened Us 2. Aha Auk Tam Tan 3. Obtuse Urge 4. Labia Wine Unyoke 5. Abashing Train",No hint available.,"1. ""Under the Sea"" - The Little Mermaid 2. ""Hakuna Matata"" - The Lion King 3. ""Be Our Guest"" - Beauty and the Beast 4. ""I Wanna Be Like You"" - The Jungle Book 5. ""Arabian Nights"" - Aladdin",Language,03/10/08 #40574,The Zoo 2,2.55,1.07,TRILLIONAIRE,"Zookeeper Robin has the job of feeding all of the zoo's animals in the morning. She has a schedule that she follows each day. Use the clues below to figure out her schedule. Bears are fed fifteen minutes after the zebras. Lions are fed after the monkeys. Giraffes are fed before the monkeys but after the zebras. The different times she feeds the animals are: 6:30, 6:45, 7:00, 7:15, 7:30 am.",No hint available.,"6:30 AM - Zebras 6:45 AM - Bears 7:00 AM - Giraffes 7:15 AM - Monkeys 7:30 AM - Lions",Logic,02/18/08 #38317,Who is This? #5,2.84,2.37,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word is a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue. Example: Statuette: fro evi gse rpu lor nai ngd rep Answer: Fgo evI Gse rpU loR naI Ngd rEp = FIGURINE Sight: vjj asi tys aai vob mnp Spectacles: ple byn emn agw dls tar shj bsn cem sff Artistic: aer sde gts htn mnh gej iot aiu abc Cheat: dsf tyw aei ern oud lkk ies",No hint available.,"Sight: VISION Spectacles: EYEGLASSES Artistic: AESTHETIC Cheat: SWINDLE",Language,09/16/07 #10063,All In The Family,2.04,1.37,Gmoney-Gdog,"Joe's dad is three times older than Joe. Joe's grandfather is twice as old as Joe's dad. The sum of all their ages is 100. How old are Joe, his dad, and his grandfather?",No hint available.,"Joe is 10, his father is 30, and his grandfather is 60. Set up the equations: D = 3 * J G = 2 * D J + D + G = 100 Solve these to get the answer.",Math,01/26/03 #29345,Magical Scroll Case,2.89,1.58,Sunrose,"After some relaxing, the Seekers of Knowledge received a gift from an anonymous person. The gift was a magical scroll case that had 12 gemstones on it. The Seekers were a bit shocked at the elegance of the scroll case as they knew it was very expensive. There was a catch with it. They had no idea how to open it. As they looked over the scroll case with amazement, suddenly a magic mouth appeared before them and said, ""The code to open this scroll case is hidden within the stones; you must press each stone in the proper order to open it."" The magic faded out. The stones are in this order on the scroll case: Turquoise, Diamond, Opal, Aquamarine, Topaz, Emerald, Moonstone, Garnet, Sapphire, Amethyst, Ruby, Peridot.",No hint available.,"After some thought, they knew how to open the scroll case. They pressed the stones in this order: Garnet, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Diamond, Emerald, Moonstone, Ruby, Peridot, Sapphire, Opal, Topaz, Turquoise. They are all birthstones, and in the order of the months: January, February, March and so on.",Other,03/26/06 #23079,Tall and Skinny,2.78,1.12,Javian,"I am tall and skinny, I can be rough or smooth. My tears can change colors, yet I can not move. My many arms can reach out, and I can be a danger. But there are those who do not mind, including chipmunks and some rangers. You can see me every day, if you bother to look my way. Don't hesitate to come by, but first do you know: What am I?",No hint available.,A tree.,Riddle,05/22/05 #5576,Heavens Above!!,2.23,2.29,mad-ade,"What comes next in this series? A, T, G, C, L,V, L, S, S, C, ..,..?",Think Birthdays,"A + P. They are the initial letters of the zodiac signs.",Series,07/14/02 #52252,Birbal the Wise - XX,3.18,1.91,MarcM1098,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer? Once Akbar challenged Birbal. He asked Birbal to write a line on the wall which when read in happy times makes you sad but when read in sad times makes you happy. What would he have written to satisfy the conditions given by his king?",It's about time you asked for a hint!,"Birbal wrote, ""This time will pass soon."" When read in happy times, you will feel sad that the good times will end. When read in sad times, you will have hope that the situation will improve, making you happy. It's a fact of life that there will be high points and low points. It can help deal with the difficult times knowing that they will pass, and appreciate the good times while you have them, knowing that they won't last forever. Learn to appreciate what you have, before time makes you appreciate what you had. Abraham Lincoln is known to have included this idea in one of his speeches, ""And this, too, shall pass away."" ""When life is good, enjoy it. But when life is hard, remember: God gives good times and hard times, and no one knows what tomorrow will bring."" (Ecclesiastes 7:14)",Situation,11/08/19 #40624,Vacation Book Assignment,2.9,2.37,dswilborn,"Five students from a South Carolina high school were each assigned a different book to read over Winter Break. Each of them had vacation plans in different locations, three to places in the United States and two to Canada and Mexico. Determine from the clues the full name of each student, the book each one was assigned, and the vacation spot each one visited. 1. The five students, in no particular order are: Jessica, the student who visited Mexico, Mr. Tyler, the student who read ""The Call of the Wild"", and the student who visited Hawaii. 2. Only one student rode in a car to his or her vacation spot, and did not cross any national borders. On the drive, several chapters of ""Pride and Prejudice"" were read. 3. The student whose last name was Jessup did not read Oliver Twist, but did leave the country on vacation. 4. Angela's last name is not Yee. 5. Victor Denim's book was appropriate for his trip to Alaska, as it was set in a cold climate. 6. The student who read ""Oliver Twist"" was not a female, but David read ""Catcher in the Rye"" on his vacation. 7. Ms. Bascom didn't read ""Pride and Prejudice"", and she did not visit another country. The five books are: ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", ""Oliver Twist"", ""Pride and Prejudice"", ""Catcher in the Rye"", and ""The Call of the Wild"". The five vacation locations are: Florida, Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico, and Canada. The five first names are: David, Jessica, John, Victor, and Angela. (Angela and Jessica are the two females.) The five last names are: Bascom, Denim, Jessup, Yee, and Tyler.",A knowledge of geography and literature will help you with some of the clues.,"Angela Bascom, ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", Hawaii John Tyler, ""Oliver Twist"", Canada Jessica Yee, ""Pride and Prejudice"", Florida David Jessup, ""Catcher in the Rye"", Mexico Victor Denim, ""Call of the Wild"", Alaska",Logic-Grid,02/21/08 #41765,Dice Games,2.18,1.22,AndrewWalker,5 of a K = Y,No hint available.,"5 of a Kind = Yahtzee Yahtzee is a dice game that involves five dice.",Letter-Equations,05/01/08 #49622,Five-letter Lineup,2.27,2.0,ThinksForFun,"Can you identify which one of the following words does not belong in the group? dingo gusto limbo lingo mango tango cameo",No hint available.,"mango For all of the other words, if their trailing ""o"" is removed, then you are still left with another valid word i.e.: dingo ==> ding gusto ==> gust limbo ==> limb lingo ==> ling tango ==> tang cameo ==> came",Group,10/08/12 #50642,The Dilemma of Bread,2.79,1.84,Hydra1234,"A hunter met two shepherds, one of whom had three loaves and the other, five loaves. All the loaves were the same size. The three men agreed to share the eight loaves equally between them. After they had eaten, the hunter gave the shepherds eight bronze coins as payment for his meal. How should the two shepherds divide this money based on the bread they gave to the hunter?",Eight divided by three,"The shepherd who had three loaves should get one coin and the shepherd who had five loaves should get seven coins. If there were eight loaves and three men, each man ate two and two-thirds loaves. So the first shepherd gave the hunter one-third of a loaf and the second shepherd gave the hunter two and one-third loaves. The shepherd who gave one-third of a loaf should get one coin and the one who gave seven-thirds of a loaf should get seven coins",Math,07/19/15 #26946,Word Pyramids: World Countries IV,2.74,2.61,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: A Clues: 1. The ancient Egyptian sun god, the supreme deity represented as a man with the head of a hawk crowned with a solar disk and uraeus. 2. A small box in the upper corner of the page in a newspaper or periodical that contains a printed notice, such as promotional material or weather information. 3. A current, eagerly adopted fashion; a fad or craze. 4. Remarkable or outstanding in magnitude, degree, or extent. 5. A process for sorting injured people into groups based on their need for or likely benefit from immediate medical treatment. 6. A common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica, used in monuments and for building. 7. The act of supplying with air or exposing to the circulation of air. 8. This country has an area of about 1,068,302 square miles and about 3,100 miles of coastline.",This country borders five other countries,"A RA EAR RAGE GREAT TRIAGE GRANITE AERATING ARGENTINA Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist dictatorship was followed by a military junta that took power in 1976. Democracy returned in 1983, and four free elections since then have underscored Argentina's progress in democratic consolidation.",Language,11/15/05 #36664,Glowing Emblem,2.5,1.76,Harmony_Girl,"I am a glowing emblem of egress. My light stays on To guide those To where they need to go. I shall not lead you wrong As you say goodbye.",I will send you on your way...,"I'm an exit sign. They usually glow, such as at movies or stage shows. They often have arrows, as to not lead you in the wrong direction.",Riddle,05/18/07 #21516,How Old is the House?,2.57,0.76,tsimkin,"Gretchen and Henry were looking to buy a house together, and finally found one with a beautifully landscaped yard, plenty of bedrooms, and a beautiful tree out front. They asked the owner how old the house was, and this was his reply: ""I planted that tree when the house was built. It was 7 feet tall at the time. It has grown 3 feet each year, and at the end of this past full year, it was four times its original height."" ""But how old is the house?"" asked Henry. Gretchen said, ""Don't be so dense. He just told us."" So, how old is the house?",No hint available.,"The house is 7 years old. The tree height is 28 feet, since it is four times its original height. To figure out the age of the tree, let x = age of the tree in years. The height of the tree is then 7 + 3x. Since we know that the tree is now 28 feet, we can say: 28 = 7 + 3x 21 = 3x 7 = x So the tree must be 7 years old, making the house just as old.",Math,03/13/05 #6223,"CFRZ, ARUA.......?",2.45,2.67,mad-ade,"Find the next four letters in this set: CFRZ, ARUA, NASM, ANSB, DCII, ????",No hint available.,"The next word in the series is AEAA. If you collect the corresponding letters from each word, they are names of places. Consider the following five names : C A N A D A F R A N C E R U S S I A Z A M B I A First letter of each word : C F R Z Second letter of each word : A R U A Third letter of each word : N A S M Forth letter of each word : A N S B Fifth letter of each word : D C I I Sixth letter of each word : A E A A Hence, the answer is . A E A A",Series,08/04/02 #12172,How did he?,2.13,1.68,coolbrain2291,"A person was looking for a yo-yo with exactly 3 1/2 feet of string. He had 1 week before a contest and had only enough money to buy 1 yo-yo. He did not open any yo-yo boxes (none were out where he could test them), it gave no measurement on the box, all of the yo-yo's were behind a glass door with a lock and he needed at least 4 days to practice. How did he find an exact measurement of the string?",No hint available.,"He simply asked the clerk to open the box, and then he borrowed a ruler.",Trick,05/02/03 #39817,A True Inspiration,2.23,2.22,aresII,"Helen Keller (1880-1967) Imagine that you couldn't see these words or hear them spoken. But you could still talk, write, read, and make friends. In fact, you went to college, wrote nearly a dozen books, traveled all over the world, met 12 U.S. presidents, and lived to be 87. Well, there was such a person, and she was born over a hundred years ago. The following is a quote from this remarkable woman. Can you decode it? I=M *The hint contains the key for all the vowels. ""Z SOJ RGG, OJU DAOD ZR KAT Z SOJ QG AOLLT, ZJ KAOD TXB SOPP DAG UOWN, QBD KAZSA DX IG ZR CXPUGJ. Z SOJ RGG O CXU-IOUG KXWPU, JXD O IOJ-IOUG KXWPU.""","B=U G=E O=A X=O Z=I","""I CAN SEE, AND THAT IS WHY I CAN BE HAPPY, IN WHAT YOU CALL THE DARK, BUT WHICH TO ME IS GOLDEN. I CAN SEE A GOD-MADE WORLD, NOT A MAN-MADE WORLD."" KEY: A=H B=U C=G D=T G=E I=M J=N K=W L=P N=K O=A P=L Q=B R=S S=C T=Y U=D W=R X=O Z=I",Cryptography,12/28/07 #50451,What Am I? #3,2.33,1.7,MDCTeasers,"Leaping the steps of an intricate dance Robes swirling in yellow and blue Leaping the steps above orange floors Scattered with black and grey stars whose molting was long overdue.",No hint available.,"Fire! Line 1: Flames flickering Line 2: The colors of the flame Line 3: The embers Line 4: Ash",Riddle,11/21/14 #6845,CardCard,2.1,1.23,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? cardcard table",No hint available.,Cards on the table.,Rebus,08/24/02 #12711,A Journey to Flower-Heaven,2.11,2.82,kvakk,"Hi. My name is mister Kvakk. I live in a very big house in the country. Outside my house I have a lot of big gardens. In one of them I have hundreds of beautiful, delicious, red flowers. At my house, my dog is waiting. I have told him about this flower-heaven-garden with hundreds of flowers, and it really wants to find that garden to eat the flowers (yes, my dog eats flowers). However, this flower-heaven is far away, and my dog wants to go there as soon as possible. It has to travel through some other gardens on its way, but it wants to travel between as few other gardens as possible. Your mission is to find the best route for my dog, from my house to the flower-heaven. The dog wants to go through as few gardens as possible on its way. Here are some facts about my gardens: 1. There are two gardens between my (mister Kvakk's) house and the house of my neighbour Quack, if you take the shortest route. 2. The only garden between The lawn and Soria is The field 3. It's one garden between The field and flower-heaven 4. One possible route (but not the shortest) from Kvakk to flower-heaven, is: The pool, Soria, Star, The mountain 5. To go from Kvakk to Quack as fast as possible, you don't need to go through The field, The forest, The angels valley or Star 6. You can go from The forest to The mountain by going through Longo 7. Duck country and The forest are my only two gardens that lie against Quack's house 8. From the garden The field, you can go directly to The lawn, Longo, The pool, Soria, Star and Kvakk's house 9. There are two gardens between Quack and flower-heaven. These are not the same gardens that are between Kvakk and Quack 10. Quack's house is to the east of Kvakk's house 11. Flower-heaven is south-west of Quack's house 12. Except for the two houses and flower-heaven, ten gardens of different size and shape are named in this teaser 13. You can go into flower-heaven from three different gardens 14. If you are at Star, you must go through one garden to come to flower-heaven 15. Star, The lawn, The mountain, The pool, Soria, The forest, Duck Country and the two houses lie beside the sea. It is not possible for the dog to travel through the sea. Luckily, no other gardens lie beside the sea. 16. The angel's valley is between flower-heaven and The forest Through which gardens should my dog travel?","It's easiest to solve this if you try to draw a kind of map. You should maybe start by using the information points in this order: 1, 10, 7, 9, 11, 4, 5, 6, 8","-You should start by drawing the two houses and the two gardens between them (1). The house to the west is my (mister Kvakk's) house (10). -From 7 we know that the garden to the left of Quack is either Duck country or The forest -Use 9 and 11 to draw flower-heaven to the south of Quack. The first garden to the south of Quack is either Duck country or The forest -Use 4 to draw the four gardens The pool, Soria, Star and The mountain between Kvakk and flower-heaven -From 5 you see that you don't need to go through The forest to go from Kvakk to Quack. Therefore, the garden to the left of Quack must be Duck country. And so on, the garden to the south must be The forest. -Use 6 to draw in the garden Longo -And finally, use 8 to draw the garden The field -By 3 and 13 we know se the solution. The three gardens that lie against flower-haven must be The angels valley, Longo and The mountain. The shortest route (measured in number of gardens) is: Kvakk's house / The field / Longo / Flower-heaven",Logic,05/26/03 #36005,Pandora's Boxes,2.79,1.47,Angelli,"Once upon a time, there was a girl named Pandora, who wanted a bright groom so she made up a few logic problems for the wannabes. Based upon the inscriptions on the boxes (only one is true) Choose one box where the wedding ring is hidden. Gold Box: The ring is in this box. Silver Box: The ring is not in this box. Lead Box: The ring is not in the gold box.",No hint available.,The given conditions indicate that only the inscription in the lead box is true. So the ring is in the silver box.,Logic,04/02/07 #36498,Knights & Knaves II,2.46,1.7,ChRmD1,"A very special island is inhabited only by knights and knaves. Knights always tell the truth, and knaves always lie. There, you meet three inhabitants: Abe, Bess, and Carol. Abe says, 'At least one of the following is true: that Carol is a knave or that I am a knight.' Bess says, 'Abe could claim that I am a knave.' Carol claims, 'Neither Abe nor Bess are knights.' So who is a knight and who is a knave?",Guess and Check,"Take Carol's statement and assume that it is true, and that she is a knight. This would mean that both Abe and Bess are knaves. This would mean that Abe couldn't claim that Bess is a knave, which works since, if he did, he would be telling the truth, which we have already said was not true. This means that Abe's statement is also false, so none of the following would be true, and Carol would be a knight and Abe would be a knave, which fits the previous information. Therefore, Abe and Bess are knaves, and Carol is a knight.",Logic,05/04/07 #760,1 H on a U,2.2,1.86,Tomdelonge,1 H on a U,No hint available.,1 horn on a unicorn,Letter-Equations,08/09/01 #3833,A Pole In A Lake,2.08,1.39,missie,"There is a pole in a lake. One-half of the pole is in the ground, another one-third of it is covered by water, and 9 ft is out of the water. What is the total length of the pole in ft?",No hint available.,"Fraction of pole in the ground = 1/2 Fraction of pole covered by water = 1/3 Fraction of pole in the ground and covered by water = 1/2 + 1/3 = (3 + 2)/6 = 5/6 Fraction of pole out of water = 1 - 5/6 = 1/6 Thus, one-sixth of the pole (out of water) is 9 ft. So, total length of pole = 54 ft. It may be noted that: Length of pole in the ground = 54/2 = 27 ft. Length of pole covered by water = 54/3 = 18 ft. Length of pole out of water = 9 ft. The problem may also be solved by setting up the following equation: x/2 + x/3 + 9 = x where x denotes the total length of the pole in ft. The equation may be solved as shown below. 5x/6 + 9 = x 9 = x - 5x/6 = x/6 x/6 = 9 or x = 54.",Math,05/01/02 #27708,Four Letters,3.06,1.86,bigSWAFF_69_,"The blanks below can be filled in with words spelled with the same four letters in different order. Find them. There once was a musical, _ _ _ _. It was performed in three _ _ _ _. When it was through, The audience flew And all of the _ _ _ _ went _ _ _ _.",No hint available.,"There once was a musical, CATS It was performed in three ACTS When it was through, The audience flew And all of the CAST went SCAT.",Language,12/26/05 #12467,I Can Be Cracked,2.22,1.3800000000000001,Millionaire,"I can be cracked I can be opened I can be found in a police station I can be found in your attic What am I?",No hint available.,A case,Riddle,05/18/03 #2632,Water Locks,2.29,2.83,jeanray,"A canal in UK has 13 locks and no water supply at the top. Each lock loses 7000 L of water when used. A truck capable of carrying 22 tons of water is rented to bring water from the bottom to the top. Is the contract reasonable, and why?",Where are the water losses?,"At first thought: We could think that 13 x 7,000 litres = 91,000 litres that would be lost, against 22 tons. 22 tons equal 22,000 Litres (1 ton of water = 1000 kg = 1000 litres = 1 m3). So we would lose 91,000 litres to gain 22,000 litres: contract is not worth it. On second thought: Certainly, each lock loses 7,000 litres, but it takes the water from the level above! Hence, by succession, we only lose 7,000 litres from the top level, no matter how many locks we have! The balance, then, is 22,000 litres - 7,000 litres = 15,000 litres: the contract is worth it! On third thought (the engineering approach): Unfortunately, waterways ""lose"" water in a continuous manner: by evaporation, by ""leaks"" to the underground water table, by ""leaks"" through the locks. Now come two more factors: the length of the canal (which determines the evaporation and leaks to underground), and the TIME it takes to bring the water upstream. If the whole of the canal loses 3,000 litres/hour and it takes the boat 5 hours to reach the top, the exercise is pointless (just maintaining the levels). Less time, and it is worth it. More time, and it is worthless. On fourth thought (the economics): If the engineering balance is ""close to equilibrium"", economics may make the exercise worthwhile, by careful planning of the traffic on the canal, i.e. making every lock crossing with TWO boats: one up, one down.",Logic,03/11/02 #12437,Mind the Gap,2.62,1.73,master123,"What three-letter word completes all of the following words? C _ _ _ ing Rec _ _ _ _ _ _ ocate G _ _ _ ery",No hint available.,All.,Language,05/17/03 #17361,The Case of the Dead Boxer,2.43,2.16,doggyxp,"Tony Jack's worldly possessions were laid out on a small table in police headquarters. They consisted of a T-shirt, sneakers, and white cotton trousers. In a pocket of the trousers was a card, which read: ""July 28. Your weight, 173 lbs. Your fortune, You will enjoy a long life."" ""His life lasted 22 years,"" Inspector Hobbs told Dr. Hall. ""Late last night,"" he continued, ""we got a call to come to the carnival. Somebody had started up a Ferris wheel. We found a male corpse jack-knifed over a strut. Glancing at the man's battered face, I thought he had been beaten. Then I recognized Tony. ""Last night Tony fought 'Killer Malone' for the state middleweight title,"" he continued. ""Tony took a pounding. We know he left the arena still pretty dazed. He must have come out to the carnival. He used to be a roustabout, and he knew his way around. ""It looks like he got here after closing,"" said the inspector, ""used the scale, and then started up the big wheel. He took a ride and fell out. The medical examiner says he died instantly."" Dr Hall, the famed criminologist, contemplated Tony's possessions. ""He might have been killed elsewhere and hung on the strut,"" said Hall. ""I heard rumors of a fix in the Malone fight. ""It looks to me like Tony refused to take a dive and the mob made him pay the full price. The killers apparently did a clumsy job. To avoid giving themselves away, they changed his clothes and staged the scene out at the Ferris wheel."" How did Hall know?",Reread the first paragraph.,"Tony fought on the night of his death for the middleweight, one hundred and sixty pounds. When found, he had on someone else's clothing, for the card in his pocket gave his body weight as an impossible ""173 lbs."" Tony could not have gained 13 pounds in just a few hours.",Logic,04/14/04 #30646,Lazy Sam the Journalist Part 7,2.45,2.59,triskit,"Sam, a journalist, got his job back at the newspaper and is doing puzzles. Today's puzzle is as follows. 9 C of H in D I This time Sam actually remembered to put in the answer but he forgot what the answer was. Sam has now hired you to solve it. What is the answer?",This is in a well known book.,9 Circles of Hell in Dante's Inferno.,Letter-Equations,05/23/06 #49891,Connect 4,2.13,2.41,pottercrazy,"Out of the 16 jumbled up clues, you have to see which 4 clues connect to make up 4 groups, there should be no clues left over and no clue used twice in any given group. Cyclops, King, Storm, En Passant, Leigh-Pemberton, Endgame, Stalemate, George, Gambit, Houblon, Footfalls, Rogue, Angel, Rockaby, Castle, Happy Days","X-Men. Chess Terms. Governors of the Bank of England. Plays by Samuel Beckett.","Cyclops, Storm, Rogue, Angel. En Passant, Stalemate, Gambit, Castle. King, Houblon, Leigh-Pemberton, George. Happy Days, Endgame, Footfalls, Rockaby.",Group,07/27/13 #34191,Friends 2,2.58,2.61,jazzmusician46,"Below is a list of anagrams. The anagrams are in capital letters and each anagram represents a person. (The story bears no relevance to the anagrams; rather the story is merely a thread to bind the anagrams together). There are two tasks to perform here: Each anagram is a person, and your task is to decipher and discover their name. The second task is to work out what occupation these people have in common? ""Do you know my so-called friend called me A MONSTROUS GIRL?"" ""Really?"" replied my sister, ""that's what I call VILE SADISM. I think HE IS A WART!"" ""By the way"", I said, ""I had another friend who thought I looked like A CUTIE SNOB. Personally, people who are really nice, resemble a GODLIKE TUNNEL"".",Music,"Task One: A monstrous girl - Louis Armstrong He is a wart - Artie Shaw Vile sadism - Miles Davis A cutie snob - Count Basie Godlike tunnel - Duke Ellington Task Two: The common occupation of each of these people is jazz musicians.",Language,12/01/06 #50793,Lottery Numbers,2.1,0.79,ultimatecub,"I have all the winning lottery numbers on a piece of paper, but I still have a very small chance of winning. Why?",No hint available.,"I have all the possible numbers (1-50) on the paper. The winning numbers will obviously be out of those numbers, but all the non-winning numbers are there as well. In other words, there are all the 50 possible numbers on the paper, so they must contain the winning numbers, as well as all the non-winning numbers.",Trick,04/17/16 #14899,Zinger?,2.11,2.8,jess1118,"The following numbers are zingers: 9, 57, 41, 89, 33, and 17. The following are not zingers: 2, 8, 59, 13, 68, and 36. What is a zinger?",Think multiplication.,"A zinger in this context is a number that is multiplied by eight and increased by one. For example, 8 x 2 = 16 and 16 + 1= 17. Therefore 17 is a zinger.",Math,09/24/03 #37917,Play on Words!,2.68,1.26,jasmin215,"G O S S I P","The letters are made into what? Not a row, but a what?",Gossip Column.,Rebus,08/22/07 #15785,Leapin' Lizards!,2.35,1.31,GavynAaron,"Five lizards are sitting on a log. One decides to jump to the ground, two decide to jump to a nearby leaf, and two decide to stay. How many lizards are now on the log?",No hint available.,"Five. There's a difference between deciding and doing. I said they decided to jump, not that they actually did.",Trick,12/13/03 #1426,Square Root of 2,2.21,2.84,mrice,"An iterative equation is one where an initial value is put into the equation to obtain a result, which is in turn put back into the equation as an input and the process is repeated for either a fixed number of times or until a final value is achieved (where you get the same number out as you put in). For example, if you start with the iterative equation, A{n+1} = 1/A{n} + 1 And you put in an initial value of 1, you would get 2 as the result. Put the 2 back in as the input and you would get 1.5, and so on. There is a simple iterative equation which, when repeated just five times, will give you a very good approximation of the square root of two (accurate to three decimal places, or less than 0.1%). What's more, you can put in any positive (and almost any negative) initial value into the equation (even zero) and you will end up at the same answer. This equation does not contain any square root expressions; just single-order algebra. Can you figure it out?","The only mathematical operators you need are addition and division. Try beginning with the expression: A^2 = 2 And keep in mind that this equation converges on a value. Don't give up!","A{n+1} = (A{n} + 2) / (A{n} + 1} To prove to yourself that this is right, assume that for a sufficiently large number of iterations, A{n+1} = A{n}, so you can rewrite the equation as: A(A+1) = A + 2 ... A^2 + A = A + 2 ... A^2 = 2 ... A = SQRT(2) !",Math,11/16/01 #17134,"GT, JQ, KP...",2.42,2.35,fishmed,"The seven pairs of letters below share a common pattern. Which one of the five pairs following belongs in this set and why? GT, JQ, KP, DW, CX, IR, HS Choose from: DE, AY, KZ, LO, ET",No hint available.,"LO belongs in the original set. All the paired letters are paired from the outside of the alphabet moving inward: AZ, BY, CX, DW, etc...",Group,03/23/04 #5223,Mixed up Nursery Rhymes,2.55,0.9500000000000001,peppermintwist,"What common nursery rhyme is this? A female Homo sapiens had a tiny Ovis aries whose fur was colorless as frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent hexagonal ice crystals that fall in soft, white flakes.",No hint available.,Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow!,Language,07/09/02 #14508,Triangle Numbers,2.72,2.91,Smithy,"Triangle numbers are formed by adding successive integers, i.e. 1 = 1+0, 3 = 1+2, 6 = 1+2+3, 10 = 1+2+3+4, etc. So the first few triangle numbers would be: 1,3,6,10,15,21,28, ... Suppose somebody tells you a random integer. How can you quickly find out whether or not it is a triangle number?",The method is linked to another common series.,"Multiply the number by 8 then add 1. If the result is a perfect square, then the original number is a triangle number. For example: 10*8+1 = 81. 81 = 9^2. So 10 is a triangle number. 11*8+1 = 89. 89 is not a perfect square, so 11 is not a triangle number.",Series,08/23/03 #49482,"Watch My Horse, Please",2.41,1.11,fishmed,"Two posts, 1 foot to a side, are seated in the ground exactly 2 feet apart. My horse is tied to an anchor on the outside of one post with a rope that is 30 feet long. He likes to walk, but can only go in circles due to the rope and posts. How many times can he go around the posts before he runs out of rope?",No hint available.,"3 times. One trip around the posts consists of 3 feet on each post, as he does not waste rope on the sides facing each other, plus 4 feet for the two gaps between the posts, making one trip around the posts 10 feet in total. 30 divided by 10 equals 3 laps around the posts.",Math,05/13/12 #51996,Introspection,2.71,2.37,ThinksForFun,"My first to third, the adult female supports My second to fifth, a dry spell aptly thwarts My third plus three, a negative condition My fourth plus one, a common preposition My fifth and sixth, a computer family My sixth and next two, a drink for you and me My seventh to tenth, means from toil you are free My eighth and ninth, used to compare A and B My ninth and next, joined with ""per"", means by itself My last two, a pause when expressing oneself What am I?",No hint available.,"the word ""brainteaser"" ""My first"", ""my second"", ""my third"", etc. refer to the first, second, third, etc. letters of the word ""brainteaser"" as follows: line 1: bra line 2: rain line 3: ain't (nonstandard = ""am not"", or ""are not"", or ""is not"") line 4: in (preposition) line 5: NT (Windows NT) line 6: tea line 7: ease line 8: as (e.g. ""It's as light as a feather."") line 9: se (of ""per se"", from Latin per sē meaning ""by itself"") line 10: er (interjection)",Riddle,08/21/18 #17335,Sesuber,2.99,2.99,snaps,"We've all seen a rebus like ""midstuckdle"" (stuck in the middle). The following clues are ""revrebuseserse"" (rebuses in reverse). That is, the clues below are answers to rebuses which all use the ""in"" construction. However, the original rebus from the clues below will actually form a word. For example, ""Not old in actually existing"" would be ""renewal"" (new in real). Can you solve the rest? 1. A short poem in scarlet 2. A room-dividing structure in a female pig. 3. A joining word in a close friend 4. A head of corn in grasping tightly 5. Nothing in what your eyes do 6. A wild beast's shelter in stinking decay",No hint available.,"1. Reversed (verse in red) 2. Swallow (wall in sow) 3. Mandate (and in mate) 4. Clearing (ear in cling) 5. Senile (nil in see) 6. Rodent (den in rot)",Language,04/14/04 #28834,East London,2.71,1.7,bigSWAFF_69_,"Two friends, Simon and Abjar, were chatting on a website, learning a lot about each other. Simon asked Abjar where he lived. ""East London,"" was his reply. Simon was amazed. He lived in the eastern part of London! Simon decided to invite Abjar to a local bar for a drink or two. When Simon gave Abjar the address, Abjar laughed and told him there was no way he could make it. How could he not make it, when he lives in East London?",Their names could possibly provide a clue...,"East London is actually in South Africa. Abjar lives in Africa, while Simon lives in London, England. Simon mistakenly figured that Abjar lived in London as well.",Trick,02/27/06 #21535,A Day at the Olympia Raceway,2.7600000000000002,1.6400000000000001,2wheelspeedster,"Here we are folks, at the Olympia raceway on the biggest race day of the year! Before we get started, let me tell you a little about each racer. Crystal has kept her bike the color that the company is famous for, which isn't black. Green is the color that Kawasaki is known for. It is surprising the place that Crystal took since she has the least experience. Jeremy took last place on his red bike because he doesn't have the most experience. Rob is the most experienced racer, and his bike is green. The 2nd place Suzuki, that is not green, is ridden by the only girl racer. The 'GO' color also means not third. The person with the red bike has the least experience of the three boys. Two of the racers have bike names that start with the last letter in their first name. Now that you know who is who, let's get racing!!",No hint available.,"Rob - Kawasaki - Green - 1st place - 16 years; Crystal - Suzuki - Blue - 2nd place - 3 years; Jeremy - Yamaha - Red - 4th place - 6 years; Robert - Triumph - Black - 3rd place - 12 years",Logic-Grid,03/14/05 #39207,Rewording III,2.44,1.66,vlerma,"Below are three phrases, each with a well known meaning. Please read each phrase, and then by rewording it, come up with the meaningful phrase for each one. 1. Understand the cords! 2. Scissor something from its place. 3. Final drinking tube.","""Peruse words below one line but above another"" can be reworded to mean ""read between the lines.""","1. Know the ropes! 2. Cut it out. 3. The last straw.",Language,11/15/07 #28037,Slippery Slide Shakeup,2.95,1.01,Kalliann,"Once again, it is play-date at the park for five children. For the last two weeks, the parents have been frustrated with the mix-ups at the end of the day. In order to save time and avoid another mix-up, the mothers decided to send their kids to the slide. It was not until an hour later that they realized what had happened. During playtime, the kids decided to use the slide as a racetrack for their items, and at the bottom of the slide lay a pile of toys and socks. Please help these tired moms find the correct socks and toys. Moms: Shelby, Marie, Monica, Lisa, and Abbie Children: Joey, Kate, Tori, Mike, and Jake Socks: Purple, White, Green, Red, and Black Toys: Doll, Bear, Truck, Dinosaur, and Block Clues: 1. The children are Jake, the boy with a truck, Marie's daughter, the girl with purple socks, and Joey. 2. The white socks belong to a girl. 3. Abbie's daughter had a doll. 4. Neither Jake nor Kate had purple socks, but Kate had her favorite teddy bear. 5. Lisa, Joey's mom, was looking for his black socks and favorite dinosaur. 6. Only one mother shared the same initial with her child. 7. Shelby was looking for her son's red socks. 8. Kate, Marie's daughter, hated the green socks that Mike had on.",Tori and Kate are the only two girls.,"Shelby: Jake: Red Socks: Block Lisa: Joey: Black Socks: Dinosaur Abbie: Tori: Purple Socks: Doll Monica: Mike: Green Socks: Truck Marie: Kate: White Socks: Bear",Logic-Grid,01/11/06 #30487,Stop Starving!,2.49,2.21,bigSWAFF_69_,B = the M I M of the D,No hint available.,Breakfast = the Most Important Meal of the Day,Letter-Equations,05/14/06 #286,Time does fly!,2.57,1.35,Mr. G,"Five years ago, Anthony was three times as old as his sister. Now he is only twice as old. How old are Anthony and his sister?",No hint available.,Anthony is 20 and his sister is 10. Five years ago he was 15 and she was 5.,Math,02/14/01 #23727,Occupation,2.74,1.71,buttons03,"What word is illustrated below? wood + playing card",Look at the title of the teaser.,Lumberjack,Rebus,06/16/05 #31083,Country Scramble 1,2.79,1.95,chidam11,"Unscramble these four word jumbles and use the instructions given below them to form the name of a country which is a jumble of those letters. 1. KSTA. Take the 2nd and 3rd letter. 2. DIRE. Take the 1st and the 2nd letter. 3. LSLE. Take the 1st letter. 4. DSEU. Take the 1st letter.",This Asian country shares land borders with 14 different countries.,"1. Task. 2. Ride. 3. Sell. 4. Used. The letters taken from the above words using the instructions form ASRISU. Russia is a country which can be formed by jumbling the above word. The 14 countries are: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea.",Language,06/14/06 #2773,Yesterday before Today,2.34,1.57,lil_thugsta,It is usual that yesterday is always before today. But there is a place where yesterday always follows today. Where?,No hint available.,In a dictionary,Language,03/20/02 #33163,Near Angry Print?!?!,2.74,2.71,calmsavior,"One day, Spy IQ found a note on the windshield wiper of his spymobile. It was from his boss. It concerned where the spy's next assignment was. Yet all the note said was: near angry print In what country is Spy IQ's next assignment?","Where did Spy IQ find the note? What is it used for?","Egypt. He found the note on the windshield wiper. Windshield wipers are typically used to clean off rain. Now, if you clean off the rain (R, A, I, and N) from the note, you get: (N)e(A)(R) (A)(N)g(R)y p(R)(I)(N)t = Egypt",Other,09/24/06 #5100,What Colour,2.2,2.69,mad-ade,"YELLOW +BROWN ------- PURPLE Change the letters to numbers to make the math work.",No hint available.,"649981 +52813 ------ 702794",Cryptography,07/01/02 #38986,Down The Stretch,2.3,2.28,Panther91,TC = KD + TP + BS,Remember Barbaro,Triple Crown = Kentucky Derby + The Preakness + Belmont Stakes,Letter-Equations,10/28/07 #50263,UN-announced !!,2.41,2.0,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus indicated by the three sets of items below? 1. What is used to color colas? (pick one) (a) Kola nuts (b) coal tar (c) beetle dung 2. True or False? The gas used to ""carbonate"" sodas is SO4. 3. Complete this phrase: Ginger ale is flavored with _ _ _ _ _ _.",No hint available.,"pop quiz For definitions and examples of usage enter these phrases independently in any computer search engine: idiom:pop quiz pop quiz",Rebus,04/23/14 #35328,299-part Harmony!,2.73,2.1,OldChinaHand,"Long ago in the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.) of China, there was a state called Qi. The Emperor of Qi was very fond of listening to the music played on the Yu, a piped instrument, so he convened a band of 300. From all walks of life and from all regions of the state the Yu players came, each seeking the prestigious position of a court performer, until the required band of 300 players was formed. Every day this band was called in to play the Yu for his Majesty at teatime. The Emperor's keen ears seemed to be very satisfied with the band and the harmonies performed, and the performers were well rewarded. As a matter of fact, for one of the players named Nan Guo, his ability on the instrument was poor at best, but he did manage to pass himself off. He was included just to make up the required 300 performers. He would usually seat himself in the middle and pretended to be playing the Yu together with the others, and everything seemed good for him. He had never been exposed and went on well with his inferior ability. After many years of lavish living in such a rich palace lifestyle, Nan Guo grew conceited, proud and even vain over his talent, or in reality his lack of it. Each day he would join the other members of the band, dressed in fine silks, and with a full belly would march out to the peony pavilion to play for the Emperor. Nan Guo had learned long ago that one among 300 would never be found out. But on a sad autumn day, dressed in the finest of white silks 'playing' among the three hundred in the Emperor's funeral procession, he was playing for his own passing days without realizing it. The new Emperor, Min, was also a lover of the Yu, like the old ruler, and every day would also enjoy the music of the Yu with his tea. Then suddenly one day Nan Guo packed up and fled the grand palace, leaving everything he owned behind, and was never to be heard of again. Why?",Only one thing had changed. There were neither human sacrifices nor eunuchs to be made of the band members. Nan Guo still wished to remain a part of the Yu band and this good life.,"Nan Guo found out his days of the good life were at an end when it turned out that Prince Min, who ascended to the throne, only enjoyed Yu in SOLO performances rather than harmony. He was known as a man who did not take kindly to incompetency, to put it mildly. So when he was called to play before the Emperor, it was said that Nan Guo jumped on a horse and rode away from the grand palace, never to be heard of again. Later people would use the idiom, ""using a bad piper to fulfill the number"", to describe those who don't have genuine abilities or experience and are included just to meet the required number.",Situation,02/16/07 #2051,Feathered Biped,2.48,1.16,missie,"Translate the following famous proverb from big words to normal: A feathered biped in the terminal part of the arm equals in value a pair of feathered bipeds in densely branched shrubbery.",No hint available.,A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.,Language,01/16/02 #32672,Where On Earth Am I?,2.22,2.98,Chakoteya,"I am standing on the earth's mantle. Arthur is outside the compound, gazing westwards as he has always done and listening. Guinevere, Merlin, Uther, Tristan and Isolde are part of the company within the compound. People work here, and people visit here. Rare plants grow here, safe, while dangerous reptiles bask in the sun. Where am I?",It is a major communications hub.,"Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall The rock that make up the peninsula are usually tens of kilometres below the ground. The junction of the crust and mantle is visible at Coverack. Arthur is the name of Antenna 1, which was built in 1962 to track Telstar. Many of the other 60 antennae are named after people in Arthurian legend, because of the connection with Cornwall. The surrounding countryside is Cornwall's first nature reserve, home to the fragrant orchid and the hairy buttercup as well as adders, Britain's only poisonous snake. Signs warn visitors to be careful about them basking in the summer sun.",Trivia,08/27/06 #186,Two Trains,2.7,1.4,trojan5x,"Two incredibly high speed trains are charging at a speed of 250 mph, on the same track, starting from opposite directions. They leave at the same exact time and continue at the same exact speed. They never slow down. The two trains never touch...how is that possible?",No hint available.,The two trains begin back-to-back and charge the track away from each other.,Situation,02/01/01 #5868,Rock,2.55,1.35,mollynoodl,"This common proverb is coded by a related word replacing each correct word (except for a). Can you crack the code? A spinning rock picks-up few weeds.",No hint available.,A rolling stone gathers no moss.,Language,07/24/02 #21312,Tall Lady,2.5,0.76,spookboy0,"I'm a tall lady, but that doesn't bother me; I'm here to fill newcomers with hope and glee. I once was shiny, not now, however; My luster is now gone, thanks to the weather. With my fire and book, I stand here alone; Here to welcome newcomers to their new home. Who/What Am I?",No hint available.,The Statue of Liberty,Riddle,03/02/05 #35636,Pen & Paper II,2.73,1.7,calmsavior,"You will need a sheet of paper and a working pen for this one. Orient the paper into landscape format, and draw a vertical line of about 2 inches (5 cm) in length: | The challenge: On the paper, add a line to create a citrus fruit.","What am I telling you to add? Perhaps this will help you. The challenge: On the paper, add a LINE to create a citrus fruit.","The trick is to write the word LINE onto the paper, such that the L and the I are to the left of the vertical line, the E to the right of the vertical line, and the N meeting up with the vertical to make an M. You should now have LIME, a citrus fruit.",Trick,03/10/07 #26218,Money,2.72,0.71,Caim,"What rebus is depicted below? FOR SALE: Happiness Offers: $689,798,787.99 - REJECTED $1,806,050.00 - REJECTED $10,000.67 - REJECTED $87.89 - REJECTED",No hint available.,Money can't buy happiness.,Rebus,10/05/05 #40552,"Step Down, Step Up (5)",2.39,1.85,TRILLIONAIRE,"Start with an eight-letter animal and I'll give you a clue to its meaning. The next word will have one letter less and may need unscrambling. Begin to add letters at question #8. 1. A quick-moving, horned, deer-like animal native to Africa and Asia. (8 letters) 2. A thick mush of cornmeal that is prevalent in Italian cuisine. (7 letters) 3. A large celestial body that revolves around the sun. (6 letters) 4. A flying means of transportation; also a flat surface. (5 letters) 5. Colorless or white. (4 letters) 6. The front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person. (3 letters) 7. Short for father or papa. (2 letters) 8. A shallow cooking container used for frying or baking. (3 letters) 9. A valley in Northern California known for wine-producing and vineyards. (4 letters) 10. An endangered, white-and-black, bearlike mammal found in China that feeds on bamboo. (5 letters) Hint will reveal the answers to #2 and #8.","2. Polenta 8. Napa","1. Antelope 2. Polenta 3. Planet 4. Plane 5. Pale 6. Lap 7. Pa 8. Pan 9. Napa 10. Panda",Language,02/17/08 #363,The Right Switch,2.96,2.07,Noctus,"In front of you are three light switches. Only one does anything, and it turns on the light downstairs. From here you can't see the light, and it makes no sound. You must determine which switch operates the light, BUT you can only go check it once. How do you figure out which switch is for the light?",Patience is a virtue.,"Flip any switch you want. Wait for about 5-10 minutes to let the bulb heat up. Flip that same switch off, and another one on. Go check the light. If it's off and hot, it was the first switch, if it's on it was the second and if it's cold and off, it was the last one.",Logic,03/21/01 #10962,Sir Snooze,2.65,1.8800000000000001,MrIxolite,"What is represented by the second list below? Sir Snooze Sir Catnap Sir Slumber Sir Sir Sir",New baby on the way so I'm expecting one or two of these.,Sleepless (K)Nights,Rebus,03/07/03 #3119,YINUEWEHADITOU,2.19,2.33,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? YINUEWEHADITOU",No hint available.,"I knew you had it in you! I NU EWE HAD IT in Y OU",Rebus,04/02/02 #477,Suzie Was Nine...,2.79,1.79,kaila912,The day before yesterday Suzie was nine years old. Next year she will be twelve. How is this possible?,This is not a trick question...there is an answer!,"Her birthday is on December 31. If today is January 1, then the day before yesterday, she was nine, yesterday she turned ten, this year she'll turn eleven and NEXT year she'll turn twelve! If you still don't get it, look at a calendar!",Logic,05/20/01 #4999,Strengthlessness,2.17,2.06,im_para_noid,"Which word does not belong? selflessness, selfishness, strengthlessness, defenselessness",No hint available.,"Selfishness, all the other words use only one vowel",Group,06/27/02 #647,The Deadly Bite,2.47,2.2,Spencer,"A woman gave a man something to eat. It caused him to die. It was not poisoned or poisonous. He did not choke, nor was he allergic to any part of the food. Why did he die?","The woman knew it was dangerous. The man knew it was dangerous. The food did not contain medical or physical danger.","The woman was Eve, who gave Adam the forbidden fruit from the tree in the Garden of Eden. By breaking God's instructions, Adam became mortal and died.",Situation,06/25/01 #39016,Missing in the Middle 9,2.66,1.6,snowmonster,"Fill in the middle word. This word should correspond with the first and last word. 1) Halloween ______________ Party 2) Candy _________________ Chowder 3) Wish ________________ Meal 4) Carved ________________ Seeds 5) Apple ________________ Vinegar 6) Thanksgiving ______________ Menu 7) Sweet ________________ Skins 8) Scare _______________ Feet 9) Pumpkin _______________ Plate 10) Harvested ______________ Duster",No hint available.,"1) Costume 2) Corn 3) Bone 4) Pumpkin 5) Cider 6) Dinner 7) Potato 8)Crows 9) Pie 10) Crop",Language,10/31/07 #52345,Pub Regulars,2.81,2.81,wimpykidfan37,"Edgar, Frank, and George are regulars at a pub. All three of them have been regulars since before this month. 1. One regular goes to the pub every two days, one goes every three days, and one goes every seven days. 2. The first day of a certain month that Edgar went to the bar was a Monday. The first day of the same month that Frank went to the bar was a Wednesday. The first day of the same month that George went to the bar was a Friday. 3. There was only one day in that month that all three men went to the pub. On which day of that month did all three men go to the bar?",No hint available.,"All three men went on the 27th. From fact 1, the first day the two-day man went to the pub was either the 1st or the 2nd of the month, and the first day the three-day man went was either the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. But from fact 2, they could not have gone on consecutive days, so from fact 3, the two-day man must have first gone on the 1st and the three-day man must have first gone on the 3rd. This gives us two possible scenarios: 1. Edgar went to the pub on Monday the 1st and every two days thereafter, Frank went on Wednesday the 3rd and every three days thereafter, and George went on Friday the 5th and every seven days thereafter. 2. Frank went on Wednesday the 1st and every two days thereafter, George went on Friday the 3rd and every three days thereafter, and Edgar went on Monday the 6th and every seven days thereafter. If scenario 1 is true, then Edgar went on the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, and, depending on the length of the month, the 29th and 31st, Frank went on the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 27th, and depending on the length of the month, the 30th, and George went on the 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th. But now there was no day when all three men went to the pub. So this cannot work. This means that scenario 2 is true. Edgar went on the 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th. Frank went on the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, and, depending on the length of the month, the 29th and 31st. George went on the 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 27th, and depending on the length of the month, the 30th. So all three men went on the 27th.",Logic,01/19/20 #46779,0 to 10 Pyramid VI,2.41,2.6,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or prefix, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car can do 0 to 60 in 10 seconds, but can you do 0 to 10 in 60 seconds? Get out the stopwatch! The hint provides the starting letters of the even numbered words. 1. Suffix in Australian slang, making words informal 2. One-third of a Christmas guffaw! 3. Unit of resistance; symbol 'omega' 4. Sounds like #3, aspirated 5. Greek poet known for his baseball talent? 6. Head of a female religious community 7. A statement that can be proved using other accepted principles 8. To 'put this on' is to exercise persuasion, to beguile - especially romantically 9. Animal that needs a heat source from outside its body; i.e. it's not an endotherm! 10. 'Rev counter' on the dashboard","2. H 4. H 6. M 8. C 10. T","1. O (e.g. Compo, Freo, Arvo) 2. Ho (from Ho! Ho! Ho!) 3. Ohm 4. Home 5. Homer 6. Mother 7. Theorem 8. Comether 9. Ectotherm 10. Tachometer",Language,04/21/10 #52625,Compound Word Closers 8,3.13,1.82,ThinksForFun,"For each of the following, find a word that may be appended to each of the three words in the group to form three new valid words. For example, given: ""friend, owner, dealer"", you would need to find the word ""ship"", which, when appended to these words, results in the three new valid words: ""friendship"", ""ownership"", and ""dealership"" respectively. 1. water, air, space 2. back, off, multi 3. car, white, hand 4. cow, dumb, door",No hint available.,"1. craft - watercraft, aircraft, spacecraft 2. stage - backstage, offstage, multistage 3. wash - carwash, whitewash, handwash 4. bell - cowbell, dumbbell, doorbell",Language,03/07/21 #22938,Acronyms,2.6,1.53,Cheerleader_09,"Mnemonic devices help people to remember the order of something by using the first letter of each name in the set to make other words in a catchier phrase or another word that is easier to remember. For example: ROY G. BIV stands for Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. These are the order of colors in the rainbow, or light spectrum. Try to figure these two out! 1. My very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas. 2. Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.",Use the first letter of each word.,"1. The planets -Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto- 2. Order of Operations - Parentheses, exponents, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction-",Trivia,05/16/05 #49908,Shape Shifter,2.71,1.11,ThinksForFun,"I'm a shape shifter varied in colour and size But when you see me I'm easy to recognize At times a shady character, other times not I might be able to help you in a hot spot Usually unemployed in the season of cold But working year-round if you are willing to hold With your assistance I act as a lightweight shield So as to counteract what the heavens may yield What am I?",No hint available.,"an umbrella lines 1-2: An umbrella is a ""shape shifter"" in that its shape changes dramatically between its extended and unextended states. lines 3-4: An umbrella may be used as a parasol (sunshade). lines 5-6: Umbrellas are not usually used in the wintertime, but may be if so desired. They work when they are held. lines 7-8: Holding up an umbrella protects you against the elements e.g. rain, sunshine.",Riddle,08/07/13 #3993,The Frog,2.5,0.66,godscook,"There is a frog dead in the center of the pond on a lily pad. The pond is 7 meters in diameter. There are 6 lily pads leading to the edge, which the frog MUST jump onto if he wishes to get out. The frog can only jump to 3 pads each day. How many days will it take him to get to the edge of the pond?",No hint available.,"He will NEVER get out as he is ""dead"".",Trick,05/10/02 #2013,2=1?,2.36,1.85,Mogmatt16,"Read this following proof carefully. X=Y Given X^2=XY Multiply both sides by X X^2-Y^2=XY-Y^2 Subtract Y^2 from both sides (X+Y)(X-Y)=Y(X-Y) Factor both sides (X+Y)=Y Cancel out common factors Y+Y = Y Substitute in from line (1) 2Y = Y Collect the Y's 2 = 1 Divide both sides by Y Now obviously, 2 doesn't equal 1. So what's wrong with this proof?",It's in lines 4 and 5.,"'Cancelling' the common factors from line (4) to (5) means dividing by the factor (X-Y). Since X=Y, this is a division by 0, the results of which are undefined.",Math,01/12/02 #24205,Faucet and Protector,2.49,1.1,puppygirl1213,"I am a faucet. I am a protector. I am a weather predictor. I come in many colors but, I am mainly white. I often hang out with the sun. Who am I?",No hint available.,Clouds,Riddle,07/02/05 #50866,"""Hurry and Solve This,"" Said Tom Swiftly.",2.66,1.14,theriddler,"Here are some Tom Swifties for you to complete. A Tom Swifty is a play on words. Tom's sentence is quoted, and the description of the way he is said to speak is a pun. Both meanings of the pun could be true. For example: ""I'm working as fast as I can, but the boat is still taking on water,"" said Tom balefully. Balefully refers to his tone of speaking, and also to his action (bailing). Choose one of the listed words below to fill each blank in the following sentences: 1. ""The bank must not want my money,"" said Tom ___________. 2. ""Camping is fun,"" said Tom __________. 3. ""The inmate escaped jail down a bed-sheet rope,"" said Tom ___________. 4. ""I put out the blazing jack-o-lantern,"" said Tom __________. 5. ""I'm definitely taller since I started taking this strange potion,"" said Tom __________. 6. ""The surgeon removed my left ventricle,"" said Tom __________. And your word choices are: delightedly unaccountably gruesomely bewilderingly intently frankly condescendingly half-heartedly.",No hint available.,"1. unaccountably (un-account) 2. intently (in-tent) 3. condescendingly (con-descending) 4. delightedly (de-lighted) 5. gruesomely (grew-some) 6. half-heartedly (half-hearted) According to Wikipedia, the name comes from the Tom Swift series of books, produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In this series, the young scientist hero underwent adventures involving rocket ships, ray-guns and other things he had invented. A stylistic idiosyncrasy of this series was that the author, ""Victor Appleton,"" went to great trouble to avoid repetition of the unadorned word ""said."" Since many adverbs end in ""ly"" this kind of pun was originally called a Tom Swiftly, the archetypal example being ""'We must hurry,' said Tom Swiftly."" This evolved to just ""Tom Swifty"", the term we use today.",Language,08/08/16 #11610,Bigshot Letter,2.49,3.07,griphook,"Add the indicated number of the same letter(the Bigshot Letter) to the following sets of letters and form three words that contain all five vowels. The letters given are not in the correct order. 1. AEIOUDNT + Bigshot Letter(1) 2. AEIOUMMNT + Bigshot Letter(2x) 3. AEIOULLRYNT + Bigshot Letter(4x) QUESTION: What is the Bigshot Letter and what are the words?","1. Experience is the best teacher. 2. Mean what you say. 3. Be ready for the ups and downs of business.","The letter C. 1. eduCation 2. CommuniCate 3. CounterCyCliCal",Language,04/07/03 #26943,Word Pyramids: World Countries I,2.72,2.18,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: N Clues: 1. Prefix meaning without or not 2. Used to indicate physical or mental ability 3. The first-born son of Adam and Eve 4. The parts of the breast gland where fluid or milk is produced 5. A white crystalline acid, that is a component of the vitamin B complex found in meat, wheat germ, dairy products, and yeast and is used to treat and prevent pellagra. 6. Of or relating to a negatively charged ion, especially the ion that migrates to an anode in electrolysis. 7. Of or related to a thin, tough, membranous sac that encloses the embryo or fetus of a mammal, bird, or reptile. It is filled with a serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended. 8. --------- REPUBLIC",This country borders 2 large bodies of water and one other country.,"N AN CAN CAIN ACINI NIACIN ANIONIC AMNIONIC DOMINICAN The Dominican Republic's historical overview is a legacy of unsettled, mostly non-representative, rule for much of the 20th century was brought to an end in 1996 when free and open elections ushered in a new government. The overall size of the country is an area of 18,815 square miles.",Language,11/15/05 #2636,Yacht,2.31,2.43,missie,In the middle of the ocean is a yacht. Several corpses are floating in the water nearby. Why?,No hint available.,"Solution #1 A group of people were on an ocean voyage in a yacht. One day, they decided to go swimming -- they put on their swimsuits and dove off the side. They discovered belatedly that they have forgotten to put a ladder down the side of the yacht and were unable to climb back in, so they drowned. Solution #2 The same situation, but they set out a ladder that was just barely long enough. When they dove into the water, the boat, without their weight, rose slightly in the water, putting the ladder just out of reach.",Situation,03/12/02 #36759,I Am Where You are,2.55,0.74,eagle_gurl,"I am everywhere you go that is on the earth's surface. Only creatures with gills can reach me from below. Plants put me out, you take me in. You need me to live without a doubt. What am I?",No hint available.,"Oxygen It is everywhere on earth's surface, but once you go underwater, you need gills to get oxygen. Through photosynthesis, plants give off oxygen, and we inhale it. Without oxygen, we die.",Riddle,05/28/07 #14844,California,2.59,1.19,marka,"True or false: California starts with C, and ends with e.",No hint available.,True. The word California does start with a C. The word ends does start with an e.,Trick,09/18/03 #1915,B+Y=G,2.15,1.24,sam7630,"B+Y=G R+Y=O R+B=P What does R+W equal?",No hint available.,"R=red O=orange Y=yellow G=green B=blue P=purple Pi=pink W=white R+W is red plus white, which is Pi, or pink.",Logic,01/01/02 #10682,Healthy Mind and Body,2.27,1.44,jimbo,"You have two magic pills! One decreases your life span by 10% and the other increases your life span by 10%. The trouble is, you don't know which is which. You take one but then start to worry that it was the bad one so you take the other one to counteract it. Will you now have a normal life span?",No hint available.,"No! 1.1 x 0.9 = 0.99. You'll still lose 1% of your life span!",Math,02/28/03 #32874,Pretty in Pink,2.52,2.29,dolphingurl12,"Common in the normal sense, flipping, diving, and swimming fast. Pink is our color, we really do exist, but not in the salt we normally use. Can you guess what us wonderfully pink creatures are?","Exotic lands, large rivers.","Amazon River Dolphins! These dolphins are pink. Scientists think it's because they have more pigment in their skin, and it turns reddish from the crabs they eat.",Riddle,09/06/06 #20068,The Diamond 2,2.7,1.19,bookworm696,"A group of tourists visits a museum. The museum's main attraction is a large diamond. After the tourists visit, the museum guard finds out the diamond has been stolen. The police get all the tourists who visited the exhibit and put them in a room. Unknown to them, the diamond has been covered with a solution that turns green when it comes in contact with salt. The detective who questions them tells his assistant to turn up the furnace. Why does he do this?",Tears.,"The sweat they will produce in the heat has salt. Since one of them obviously picked it up with their hands, the diamond will have stained the culprit's hands and in the heat, the person's hand will eventually sweat, giving away the culprit.",Mystery,12/24/04 #8145,Island,2.14,1.98,supershlop,"What is this rebus? I S L A N D",No hint available.,Long Island.,Rebus,10/20/02 #29298,One Great Mind I,2.59,2.64,luckythirteen,"""UYMSUZMFUAZ UE YADQ UYBADFMZF FTMZ WZAIXQPSQ."" ~~MXNQDF QUZEFQUZ ""DQMXUFK UE YQDQXK MZ UXXGEUAZ, MXNQUF M HQDK BQDEUEFQZF AZQ."" ~~MXNQDF QUZEFQUZ ""FTQ AZXK DQMX HMXGMNXQ FTUZS UE UZFGUFUAZ."" ~~MXNQDF QUZEFQUZ","A=M E=Q I=U O=A U=G","""Imagination is more important than knowledge."" ~Albert Einstein ""Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."" ~Albert Einstein ""The only real valuable thing is intuition."" ~Albert Einstein KEY: A=M B=N C=O D=P E=Q F=R G=S H=T I=U J=V K=W L=X M=Y N=Z O=A P=B Q=C R=D S=E T=F U=G V=H W=I X=J Y=K Z=L",Cryptography,03/24/06 #46971,Stronghold,2.68,2.7,MarcM1098,"What two words complete this series? betrayed, shortchange, playfellow, agreement, blunder, ____, ____ Choose from: borrowing, indigenous, painkiller, violent, whither",Think about Leprechauns (the title is a clue).,"The two words are: indigenous and violent. Within the words are hidden the seven traditional colours of the rainbow. betRayED, shORtchANGE, plaYfELLOW, aGREEmeNt, BLUndEr, INDIGenOus, VIOLEnT The other words also contain colours, but not the rainbow colours. BorROWiNg, PaINKiller, WHIThEr Did you find the pot of stronGhOLD?",Series,05/09/10 #17215,Where's Daylight?,2.29,2.6,shdwhawk,"As time passes, it steals something away. Some support it, others want it to return what it had stolen. No one has ever tried arresting it.",No hint available.,"Night. When day turns to night, it could be said as stealing the day/daylight away. Those who are looking forward to the night will be ""supporting"" it. Those who are in need of time will not support it, wanting it to ""return"" daylight. As the word arrest also means 'to stop', no one has tried 'stopping' the night .",Riddle,04/03/04 #9042, 10 = N on a T,2.26,2.15,warrior,10 = N on a T,No hint available.,10 numbers on a telephone.,Letter-Equations,Unknown #19568,Picnic,2.73,2.47,fishmed,"What two words, anagrams of each other, complete this sentence? The __________ threatened to _________ the family picnic. There were over 500 of them.",Buzz,"HORNETS, SHORTEN",Language,11/26/04 #42699,Who Bought What?,2.26,0.97,Cammi_27,"Sally, Samantha, Molly, and Kaylee all went shoe shopping together. They each had different tastes and ended up with heels, flipflops, flats, or wedges. All the shoes were different colors: green, blue, black, or white. The girls also picked different patterns for their shoes: stars, solid, stripes, or fruit. 1) Sally and Samantha's shoes were complete opposites in style and color, but not in patterns. 2) Molly liked high shoes but thought twice before buying another pair of them. 3) Samantha's whole wardrobe was white, so she bought another pair of white shoes to match. 4) Sally loved flats and finally bought a patterned pair. 5) Kaylee could never find a pair of shoes that was not the color green, but she finally did. 6) Samantha didn't like high shoes at all, but Kaylee talked her into it because she got wedges herself. 7) Sally loved to stare at the night sky, so her shoes matched the sky in pattern and had a black background. 8) Kaylee bought a pair of blue shoes. 9) Molly only liked solid colored shoes. 10) Kaylee loved stripes and bought a nice pair of striped shoes. 11) Samantha's favorite food is fruit, and that's the pattern she found on her favorite pair of shoes. Hint will tell Samantha's shoe color, style, and pattern.",Samantha bought white heels with little pictures of fruit on them.,"Samantha bought white heels with little pictures of fruit on them. Sally bought a pair of black flats with stars on them. Kaylee bought a pair of wedges with blue stripes on them. Molly bought green, solid colored flipflops.",Logic-Grid,08/04/08 #44295,Square Peg,2.3,1.44,mosca,"They say you can't put a square peg into a round hole, but it really depends on the sizes of the peg and the hole. What is the maximum size of a square peg that can be inserted into a round hole that is two centimeters in diameter?",Think Pythagoras!,"The square root of two, or approximately 1.414 centimeters. If the round hole is two cm. in diameter, a square peg that fits exactly inside it would have a diagonal equal to its diameter. A diagonal and two adjacent sides of the peg form an isosceles right triangle with the diagonal forming the hypotenuse. The sum of the squares of each of the two sides equals the square of the diagonal. This boils down to the square root of two, or approximately 1.414 centimeters.",Math,03/28/09 #14395,Mixolisms 3,2.79,2.09,MrIxolite,"Mixolisms are letter puzzles. There are two ways to solve them. There is one Main Word which will be a well known place, event or person. This word or words are shown as a collection of numbers with a Cryptic Clue. Underneath are a set of Minor Words that describe and / or are associated with the Main Word. These Minor Words are incomplete. When you have worked out the missing letters,put them in the corresponding position in the Main Word. Either Solve the clue to the Main Word to solve the Minor Words or Vice Versa. Example: Main Word(s) = 23541 Clue = Elizabeth's Isle Minor Words 1)R--- 2)---EN 3)ROY-L-Y 4)H-S-ORY 5)-EEFEATE- So if you could solve the word by the cryptic clue alone then well done, but to solve it with the Minor Clues it would be; 1)rAIN 2)GREen 3)royAlTy 4)hIsTory 5)BeefeateR Put the missing Letters in the number order given (23541) GRE AT BR IT AIN Right , Got all that? Then try this one; Main Word(s) = 423615 Clue : Contract item for Monica and Barbara? Minor Words: 1) N--ghty 2) Adve-- 3) S--k 4) -eason-l 5) Tin-el 6) S-eep",No hint available.,"1) nAUghty 2) adveNT 3) sACk 4) SeasonAl 5) tinSel 6) sLeep 423615 = SA NT AC L AU S = Santa Claus Clue = Clause is an item in a contract and the place names of Santa Monica and Santa Barbara.",Language,08/18/03 #12941,Scrabble,2.35,2.2,Gizzer,"What does this equation mean? Scrabble = 12 inches","Elementary, my dear Watson!",The game is afoot.,Rebus,06/05/03 #19347,I'm a Mammal,2.46,0.78,Tongue-Twister,"I live in water, air is what I need, I am incredibly intelligent indeed. I have small, round, beady eyes. My speed and agility never dies. I've been known to make a clicking sound. As I swim, sharks will bound. What am I?",No hint available.,A dolphin is what I am!,Riddle,11/05/04 #41197,Red Skelton's Overview of Marriage,2.45,2.15,aresII,"The following quote is from Richard Bernard ""Red"" Skelton (1913 - 1997). He was an American comedian who was best known as a top radio and television star from 1937 to 1971. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. K=M ""A KXZZALN KAYY ZADBW. A CFYW NANO'W EOQJ BLZ HAZYW OXKL JXY XGJXRY.""","L=E Q=O X=A","""I MARRIED MISS RIGHT. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW HER FIRST NAME WAS ALWAYS."" KEY: A=I B=H C=J D=G E=K F=U G=L H=F J=W K=M L=E N=D O=N Q=O R=Y W=T X=A Y=S Z=R",Cryptography,03/24/08 #37563,The MM,2.52,2.14,sportygirl98989,5 M = in the O S D G,"(V, D, F, S, S)","5 Members = in the Original Scooby Doo Gang (Velma, Daphne, Fred, Shaggy, Scooby) The title which says ""The MM"" means ""The Mystery Machine"".",Letter-Equations,07/27/07 #5309,Going On ...,2.48,0.98,bubblebobboy,"It cannot run It cannot walk It never gets tired Though it goes on for a long time It might never die All of them lead to Rome What is it?","Have you heard the expression ""All ______ lead to Rome?",A road. The expression is All roads lead to Rome.,Riddle,07/07/02 #49635,Who 2,2.74,1.8900000000000001,klsowell,"I see you, but you don't see me The ground beneath me is littered with bones The air above me is my path Go now, I am sleeping under your sun Now tell me who I am.",Who?,"An owl! Owls are difficult to see, because they are asleep and hidden during the day and out hunting at night. The ground beneath their hollows is full of bones because of the pellets of fur and bones that they spit up. Owls fly at night and sleep during the day. WHO??",Riddle,10/28/12 #3375,Dealing Cards,2.17,1.97,Mogmatt16,"A stack of cards is face down in front of you. Every time you move one into a second stack you can either deal (put the card on top on to the next pile) or dip (put the second card above the top card and deal both together) If you finish this with the stack twice, all cards will be in the same order. Why?",Try it with cards face up?,Because a dip is exactly like dealing twice.,Other,04/09/02 #18496,Which Way to Go?,2.32,2.1,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? r e d a e L O E C m u i n a r C",By the way...,"Heads up! Read it upwards. Leader, CEO, and cranium are all words that can be known as 'head'.",Rebus,08/10/04 #22846,I'm Going on a Picnic...,2.71,2.19,pawprints62391,"There were three friends- Jade, Alicia, and Damien, and they were playing a game called ""I'm Going on a Picnic."" The object of the game is to figure out the pattern of the objects listed. (Jade starts, then Alicia and Damien-Assume that they could all go to the picnic.) Jade: I'm going on a picnic. and I'm going to bring Ants. Alicia: I'm going to bring Dogs. Damien: I'm bringing some Juice. Jade: Lemons. Alicia: An Almanac. Damien: Art. Jade: Iguanas. Alicia: Money. Damien: Dirt. Jade: Cats. Alicia: Igloos. Damien: Elephants... What is the pattern?","Look at the first letters of what Damien says, then look at the first letter of what Jade and Alicia say. Think about it, but not too hard!","They were spelling out the name of the person who would go after them. (Damien said Juice, Art, Dirt, and Elephants-JADE) :)",Logic,05/12/05 #35103,Change-A-Letter II,2.73,1.73,grungy49,"To solve the puzzle, you have to change the first letter of each pair of words (the same letter for each pair) so that they form two new words. At the end, take each letter that you used to replace the words and they should read a six-letter word. Example: BAT TRY The letter would be F (FAT FRY) __________________________________ FOOD TREAT BATH MAT SIT TIGHT CREAM PIE GEL BARN DOT LINE",No hint available.,"The word is golden. GOOD, GREAT (G) OATH, OAT (O) LIT, LIGHT (L) DREAM, DIE (D) EEL, EARN (E) NOT, NINE (N)",Language,01/28/07 #9589,Two farmers,2.31,1.6300000000000001,tissue,"Two farmers, Tissue and Miss U, were chatting about their lots. Miss U said, ""My land is a mile square."" Tissue said, ""My land is a square mile."" ""There isn't a difference."" said Miss U. Is Miss U correct?",No hint available.,"No. The area is the same, but the shape could be different. A mile square is a square piece of property. A square mile could be just about any shape.",Other,01/03/03 #16873,Hair Dry,2.09,1.48,snaps,"What phrase is represented below? Hair dry Ears wet Face dry",No hint available.,Wet behind the ears.,Rebus,03/06/04 #5968,Subtract to Ten,2.22,2.19,arij,What word of 8 letters can you subtract 5 and leave 10?,No hint available.,Tendency,Language,07/27/02 #38916,Dog Breeds,2.42,2.62,jazzmusician46,"I have listed eight (8) dog breeds, but they are missing many of their letters. You need to fill in these missing letters to correctly spell the breeds. 1. A-f-n-i-s-h-r 2. G-l-e-d-o-l- 3. L-w-h-n 4. B-a-l- 5. B-o-d-o-n- 6. M-l-e-e 7. M-s-i-f 8. D-c-s-u-d",No hint available.,"1. Affenpinscher 2. Goldendoodle 3. Lowchen 4. Beagle 5. Bloodhound 6. Maltese 7. Mastiff 8. Dachshund",Language,10/25/07 #3995,DAYdayOUT,2.27,0.87,missie,"Can you figure this out: DAYdayOUT",No hint available.,day in day out,Rebus,05/10/02 #14907,The First Shall Be Last,2.65,2.15,od-1,"Once upon a time there was a wise king. He had three daughters who were the most beautiful girls in the land. But the young men in his kingdom were becoming a nuisance to the king. They lined up for hours to ask if they could date his daughters. ""I've had enough,"" cried the king. ""From now on, once a year I will have a race: three men to a team and the winners get a date with my daughters."" The day of the race the King read out the rules and laid out the course; but just before the start he proclaimed, ""The first shall be last and the last shall be first."" ""What? How can we race to be in last place?"" the young men complained. ""Figure it out"" yelled the King, and shot the starter gun. There was mass confusion as some ran slowly and others fought for last place. Others just stood there until they realized they had only 15 minutes to finish the course. But three very wise young men managed to claim the prize. How did they do it?",No hint available.,"The king said, ""the first shall be last and the last shall be first"". So while everyone else was confused and in a skirmish trying to come in last to be first, the three men simply did the opposite. They ran to win. Since they were first to finish, they placed last, thus making them first.",Other,09/26/03 #13271,Expressional Phrases II,2.16,2.88,dsquared,"Expressional phrases are teasers whereby the answer is a common phrase which you can derive from a statement or combination of statements given. The solution may derive from using synonyms or playing with sounds (and possibly homonyms) from the stated expression. Eg ""I'm taking that girl Andrea Walk out tonight to that 'tricky part' of town"" would solve to ""Take a walk on the wild side"" - or broken down further: ""Take A(ndrea) Walk on the wild (wiled - Trickery; cunning) side (of town)."" Therefore what would the following solve to: ""Our male competitor's name is Sin, you better check him out""","Regarding the answer: The creditors are chasing, you better keep them off your back with this comment. Regarding the construction: The answer uses mainly a rearrangement of the sentence and playing with the sounds within this arrangement.","SOLUTION: Check's/Cheque's in the mail This is an expression used when someone owes someone money and they are trying to avoid them by saying 'yeah, cheque's in the mail... no worries' when really they might be lying. EXPLANATION: The person is saying that ""you better check out Sin the male"" or or ""Check Sin, the male"" or ""Check's in the mail"".",Language,06/19/03 #40973,Torture,2.66,1.18,TRILLIONAIRE,I was carried into a dark room and set on fire. Then I started to weep. What am I?,No crime was being committed here.,I am a candle.,Riddle,03/11/08 #2727,Special Sentence,2.8,1.11,lil_thugsta,"What's so special about the following sentence? A big cuddly dog emitted fierce growls, happily ignoring joyful kids licking minute nuts on pretty queer rotten smelly toadstools underneath vampires who x-rayed young zombies.",No hint available.,The first letter of each word makes up the entire alphabet in order!,Language,03/16/02 #50224,Words in a Vat VI,2.32,1.82,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: -W--D, L--L-P--, A--S--E, --AY Individual Letters: W I E L O T O R M P A R O A",No hint available.,"AWARD, LOLLIPOP, AWESOME, TRAY",Language,04/06/14 #5403,iiiiiiiii bags,2.3,1.11,peppermintwist,"Can you decipher this phrase: your i i i i i i i i bags",No hint available.,Bags under your eyes!,Rebus,07/09/02 #4723,Longest River,2.12,1.15,librashorty,How many S's are there in the name of the longest river in the world?,No hint available.,"None; neither the Nile nor the Amazon contain an S, both of which can be classified as the longest in the world. You are tricked into thinking of the Mississippi, which has 4.",Trick,06/14/02 #20162,Connection 2,2.69,2.24,xXgemzXx,"What do these four words have in common? 1. dilly-dally 2. archive 3. message 4. bayonet",Tasty!,"Each word has the name of a herb within it: 1. DILLy-dally 2. arCHIVE 3. mesSAGE 4. BAYonet",Language,01/01/05 #52145,Tricky Palindrome Pronunciation,2.57,1.84,Nasdaq,A palindrome is a word that is spelled the same when spelled in reverse such as level. Think of a word that is not a palindrome but is still pronounced the same when pronounced in reverse.,"Try to think like a lawyer, manipulate interpretations.","The word is verse. It is pronounced the same when pronounced in the word ""reverse"".",Trick,03/03/19 #18221,4= S on a C,2.23,2.65,orangemonkey,4= S on a C,No hint available.,4= Strings on a Cello,Letter-Equations,07/14/04 #34346,Fantasy Books,2.29,2.25,dishu,14 B + S S in W o O S by L F B,The Title,14 Books + Short Stories in Wizard of Oz series by L. Frank Baum,Letter-Equations,12/12/06 #3123,PJMU,2.4,1.13,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? PJ MU UM JP",No hint available.,Jump up and down.,Rebus,04/02/02 #38256,Let's Go!,2.84,1.57,Panther91,"What does this rebus represent? J. Big travels 1 mile. C. Medium travels 5 miles. A. Little travels 1,000 miles.",Check the names.,"A little goes a long way. Get it? The person named A. Little travels 1,000 miles, which is, of course, a LONG way.",Rebus,09/12/07 #13616,Completely,2.63,2.15,MrIxolite,"Spot the phrase in Rebus form: Completely.",No hint available.,Completely beside the point,Rebus,07/04/03 #10946,Aeiea,2.56,1.45,Christina0213,"You are a traveler and stop in an inn to rest. While you sit by the fire, you meet another traveler, who introduces herself as Aeiea. You begin a pleasant conversation, and exchange information about why you are travelling. She says that she is travelling in search of gold that her ancestors buried, and if you come with her she will share it. You become excited until she adds one more comment about herself. ""Oh, I do need to tell you one thing. I always lie."" Now you need to figure out two things: 1) Is Aeiea telling the truth or lying when she says she always lies? 2) Can you trust her story?",It's not as hard as it might seem at first. Think CAREFULLY about what would be the case if she lied or told the truth with her final statement. Try not to make assumptions.,"1) Aeiea is lying. It's really fairly simple. If Aeiea is telling the truth, that means that she does not ALWAYS lie, because then the statement would be false. It leaves that Aeiea must be lying when she says that she always lies. A common misconception is that if she is lying about always lying, that means she must always tell the truth, and if that were the case then neither case would be possible. However, she doesn't have to ALWAYS tell the truth if she's lying about always lying, she simply has to tell the truth SOME of the time. 2) Taking into account the answer to number one, you cannot trust her story, as she does lie some of the time, not to mention the fact that she is obviously willing to lie to YOU.",Logic,03/06/03 #16137,R.I.P. Mr A. Racket,2.25,2.24,dsquared,"What expression is represented by this situation? Yesterday: R.I.P. Mr A. Racket Today: Mr A. Racket IS ALIVE!",No hint available.,"Raise a racket ""A. Racket"" has been raised from the dead.",Rebus,01/12/04 #8596,Madadian Cricket,2.24,2.57,mad-ade,"Smelly O'Riley, Drooling David and Gangly Gordon played in a Cricket match between Madadia and England. None of them scored more than 99 runs. If you add the digits of the runs scored by Smelly to his own score, you will get the runs scored by David. If you reverse the digits of the runs scored by David, you will get the runs scored by Gangly. The total runs scored by them is 240. Can you figure out their individual scores?",No hint available.,"Smelly, David and Gangly scored 75, 87 and 78 respectively. Smelly's score must be less than 86, otherwise David's score would be more than 99. Also, he must have scored at least 42 - in case David and Gangly scored 99 each. Also, as none of them scored more than 99 and the total runs scored by them is 240; their individual scores must be around 80.",Math,11/19/02 #27705,Cryptoxymorography V,2.68,2.74,bigSWAFF_69_,"Oxymorons are words with opposite or incongruous meanings that when linked together, form a descriptive phrase. Cryptography teasers are teasers in which a phrase or expression has been encoded in some way. Cryptoxymorography teasers are teasers in which oxymorons are concealed in a cryptic mass of letters. Can you decipher the oxymorons? They all use the same code. 1. ozgwcx udoexzl 2. Oguhaeob Ubkzacf 3. oipszzl kwwy 4. jzobq udrhuccawb 5. ezoccae bwnuz 6. yhl iabu 7. phuutuh jshb 8. zanu huewhyabk 9. ciuux cwhhwi 10. iwhqabk noeoxawb","A is represented by: O E is represented by: U I is represented by: A O is represented by: W U is represented by: S","1. almost exactly 2. American English 3. awfully good 4. blank expression 5. classic novel 6. dry wine 7. freezer burn 8. live recording 9. sweet sorrow 10. working vacation The code was: A:O B:J C:E D:Y E:U F:P G:K H:F I:A K:Q L:Z M:G N:B O:W P:R R:H S:C T:X U:S V:N W:I X:D Y:L Z:T",Cryptography,12/27/05 #3260,Cracked & Made,2.95,1.55,PeaceJo,"I can be cracked, I can be made. I can be told, I can be played. What am I?",No hint available.,A Joke!,Riddle,04/05/02 #5956,Three Letter Ends 2,2.33,2.45,mad-ade,"Below you will find 8 well-known six letter words, with only their endings remaining. Can you determine the words? ...hom ...ovy ...lpt ...hma ...voy ...web ...mur ...rnt",No hint available.,"fathom, groovy, sculpt, asthma, convoy, cobweb, murmur, learnt.",Language,07/27/02 #21243,Straightened,2.64,2.04,spookboy0,"When the thirty-two soldiers Are all out of line, We'll straighten them out But it will take time. Who are we?",No hint available.,Braces (for teeth),Riddle,02/26/05 #49538,Go Team!,2.07,1.12,fishmed,"The following table represents the attendance at Still's High School football games this month. Game 1: 456 Game 2: 508 Game 3: 399 Game 4: 550 Game 5: n If the median attendance for the five games was 456, and no two games had the same attendance, which of the following numbers represents the highest possible attendance for game 5? 400, 455, 457, 478, 549",No hint available.,"The median of five numbers can be found by putting the numbers in increasing order and picking the middle, or third, number from the list. Putting the four numbers you know in increasing order produces the following list: 399, 456, 508, 550 As the median is 456, it has to be the middle number of the list of five. That being said, the highest possible attendance of the list given, and the answer to this teaser is, 455.",Math,07/21/12 #20528,Something in Common,2.65,2.0,Taya,"What do the following words have in common? ODE GUN ARM PUT PEA FLOW",No hint available.,"They are all anagrams of animal: DOE GNU RAM TUP APE WOLF",Language,01/21/05 #43746,Spoiler,2.6,1.75,nikitafullmoon,"Fill in the blanks to form words. The missing letters spell out a well known idiom, reading down each column of blanks. CLUES: 1. stream 2. den 3. wants 4. jot 5. label 6. not now 7. clue 8. consumes 1. _ L _ W 2. _ A _ R 3. _ E _ S 4. _ O _ A 5. _ A _ E 6. _ H _ N 7. _ I _ T 8. _ A _ S",No hint available.,"1. _F_ l _O_ w 2. _L_ a _I_ r 3. _Y_ e _N_ s 4. _I_ o _T_ a 5. _N_ a _M_ e 6. _T_ h _E_ n 7. _H_ i _N_ t 8. _E_ a _T_ s FLY IN THE OINTMENT. A ""fly in the ointment"" is an idiom used to describe something small that spoils something else. E.g.: ""We're having a surprise party for Bob on Friday at his house."" ""Well, I hate to put a fly in your ointment, but Bob is in Europe till Saturday.""",Language,12/18/08 #48694,Symbolism III,1.8,2.31,Mathgeek007,"I give you some numbers in a specific order, and a few symbols. Arrange those symbols however you can to make a correct math equation. You must use all of them. For example... 753452120 +-= Answer: 7+534-521=20 Also, do not follow the order of operations, perform in the order of the numbers (ie: 3+3*3 normally equals 12, but not following the order of operations, equals 18.) Now, here's your puzzle. 8733191520 +--*=",Each side equals 100.,87+33-19-1=5*20,Math,05/09/11 #34533,Believe,2.37,1.71,deepsea,"Few without me can live And those your pity you should give For when you lose me you lose it all I can break your biggest fall I'll sit beside you through a storm And keep you safe and warm I am your creation An uplifting sensation I'm untouchable yet feelable believe the unbelievable Hold me in your heart I have told you now my part All I ask is the answer true To this riddle from me to you","I help you to survive by keeping your heart alive",Hope,Riddle,12/22/06 #27210,Guess the Pattern 2,2.68,3.13,cnmne,"What are the next three numbers in this series? 4, 6, 12, 18, 30, 42, 60, 72, 102, 108, ?, ?, ?",No hint available.,"The series lists numbers that are flanked by two prime numbers. 4 (3 and 5 are prime) 6 (5 and 7 are prime) 12 (11 and 13 are prime) 18 (17 and 19 are prime) 30 (29 and 31 are prime) 42 (41 and 43 are prime) 60 (59 and 61 are prime) 72 (71 and 73 are prime) 102 (101 and 103 are prime) 108 (107 and 109 are prime) thus 138 (137 and 139 are prime), 150 (149 and 151 are prime), 180 (179 and 181 are prime)",Series,11/29/05 #27334,Point Totals,2.22,2.03,bigSWAFF_69_,"Today's Point Totals Swaff: 2 Points *Books: 1 point* Geemiee: 0 points",No hint available.,One for the books,Rebus,12/10/05 #50573,Delete a Letter 28,2.4,2.0,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) a decorative sticker (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to distribute 2) a decorative fitting at the peak of a gable (6 letters) & (delete 4th letter) last 3) a lay member of a men's religious order (7 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) to disturb 4) tired or worn out (5 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) cautious",No hint available.,"1) decal & deal 2) finial & final 3) brother & bother 4) weary & wary",Language,04/13/15 #7499,hmeifs,2.27,2.85,dsquared,"What common expression is represented here? hmeifs aucand ndshan",Notice how the 'hands' are surrounding some wording in the middle. Translate what you use hands for in a literal sense.,"Catch me if you can. ie. the 'hands' in the shape of a 'U' around the bottom are literally hands that have 'caught' the words/letters ""me if u can"" hence you can derive the saying.",Rebus,09/17/02 #7345,100 GW in a BF,2.54,2.1,tissue,100 GW in a BF,Think Presidents,100 George Washingtons (1 dollar bill) in a Ben Franklin (100 dollar bill).,Letter-Equations,09/10/02 #49388,Fast and Slow,2.46,1.5,rach2cats,"I am fast and I am slow. I am high and I am low. I am quiet and I am loud. I am humble and I am proud. I am short and I am tall. I am big and I am small. I am black and I am white. I am dark and I am bright. What am I?",O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S,Opposites!,Riddle,03/13/12 #17045,Better Now,2.62,1.95,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? X Lipstick",If you sign a letter with a few X's they represent what?,"Kiss and Make up X = a kiss if written, and Lipstick is make-up, which sounds like the phrasal verb ""make up"".",Rebus,03/18/04 #34296,...keeps the Doctor Away!,2.7,2.69,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of popular varieties of apples. Your task is to unravel these anagrams. I have included the number of letters in brackets for each item. So loud diligence (6, 9) Army 'n' nights (6, 5) Blank as a rack (8, 5) Anorexic popping (3, 6, 6) An old jog (8) Inch most (8) Like or my pair (4, 8) Wise yet able (6, 5)",No hint available.,"Golden Delicious Granny Smith Arkansas Black Cox Orange Pippin Jonagold McIntosh York Imperial Bailey Sweet",Language,12/08/06 #30198,Chateaubriand With a Lovely Cabernet Sauvignon,2.54,3.04,PineappleMama,"Which Country actually belongs in both groups? Group A Argentina Germany Australia South Africa Portugal Group B China Colombia Brazil Sudan Ethiopia",Burgers & Bordeaux,"Argentina belongs in both groups. Group A contains countries that are in the top ten for wine production. Group B contains countries that are in the top ten for cattle population.",Group,05/01/06 #16629,1st Half: GA,2.14,1.94,snaps,"Decipher the phrase shown below. 1st half: GA 2nd half: ME",No hint available.,A game of two halves.,Rebus,02/18/04 #7650,ROTO,2.68,1.4,tissue,"What is this? RO TO",No hint available.,Square root.,Rebus,09/22/02 #16134,Surrounded,2.26,2.01,cnmne,"What phrase is represented below? IIIIIIII II it II IIIIIIII",No hint available.,The ayes (I's) have it.,Rebus,01/11/04 #42024,Last Valentine's Day,2.57,2.13,TRILLIONAIRE,"Last Valentine's Day, Jimmy and Shelly were looking for just the right card for each other. Shelly adored the diamonds she got from Jimmy, and it was no surprise when he stole her heart away. Sadly, their grandmother brought an end to their affair...if only for a moment, for they had the perfect idea to let it go on for as long as they liked. What were Jimmy and Shelly up to?",What type of card?,They were playing Old Maid.,Situation,05/23/08 #324,7 V of S.,2.26,2.42,Mr. G,7 V of S.,I`m Popeye the sailor man.,7 Voyages of Sinbad.,Letter-Equations,03/01/01 #37166,No Moms Allowed,2.71,1.84,Dontrelle,"Tell me what letter is missing. Y, A, D, S, R, E, H, T, A, _.",Read the title and really think about this one.,"F. Why F? Add the F, and read it backwards. It spells ""Father's day"".",Series,06/30/07 #35301,Pen & Paper I,2.54,2.66,calmsavior,"You will need a working pen and a sheet of paper for this one. Orient the paper into landscape form, and write this on the paper: 620 = 3000 Your challenge: Add only two lines to make the equation valid. You cannot: Cross the equation sign to obtain a ""not-equal"" sign. Fold the paper in any way. Draw any curves. Place any decimal points. Place any middle dots (for multiplication). Use ""000"" as a distinct number.",I am about 50% confident that this hint will help you.,"Draw a slash between the 6 and the 20, and another slash between the second and third zeroes of the 3000. You should have 6/20 = 30%.",Trick,02/13/07 #1693,100 Dollar Bill,2.7,0.91,maxmars,"Which would you rather have, an old hundred dollar bill or a new one?",No hint available.,The old bill. It is 99 dollars more than a new ONE (as a 1 dollar bill).,Trick,12/12/01 #10964,Caterpillar Hits,2.43,2.45,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? New Album by Kate and the Caterpillars: Song 1 - Why must I be a Caterpillar in love? Song 2 - Blue Suede Caterpillars Song 3 - Unchained Caterpillar Song 4 - Fly me to the Caterpillar",No hint available.,"Caterpillar Tracks. Used by the army on tanks and by builders on construction sites to give traction on their heavy vehicles.",Rebus,03/07/03 #52150,RE-Words 6,3.16,1.48,MarcM1098,"In English, ""re"" is a prefix usually meaning ""again"", such as in ""rebuild"" (build again). However, there are many words starting with ""re"" which have a totally different meaning without the ""re"". You will be given two definitions, one for a word starting with ""re"", and one for the remaining word without the ""re"" (either definition could be given first). Example: exhausting / ceasing employment Answer: tiring / retiring 1. rental contract / let go 2. give back / change direction 3. give food / hold back 4. illegal seizure of power / get back something lost 5. nuclear power structure / one who portrays others 6. criticize or correct someone / demonstrate true 7. small; money paid as a penalty / purify 8. distant or unlikely / speck; tiny piece",No hint available.,"1. lease / release 2. return / turn 3. serve / reserve 4. coup / recoup 5. reactor / actor 6. reprove / prove 7. fine / refine 8. remote / mote",Language,03/05/19 #20282,Back and Forth,2.87,1.04,dumbell,"Fill in the blank below with a word that means the same as the word on the left when read normally and fits the definition on the right when read backwards. Friends _________ hit sharply. Rinds of fruit __________ What we do with over one third of our lives.",No hint available.,"Pals, slap; peels, sleep.",Language,01/10/05 #12561,Radio Ga Ga,2.93,2.04,MrIxolite,"What different types of Radio are represented below? (Don't take it too seriously) 1) \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Radio 2) ^^^^^^^^^^ Radio 3) BAAAAAAAND Radio 4) 8 Fingers 2 thumbs Radio 5) BlackBeard Radio 6) 90% Fat free Radio 7) Sister to Sister Radio","1) and 2) compare the two (and view pictorially) 3) Faster Internet possibly? 4) Another name for fingers? 5) Illegal? 6) Calorie content? 7) Electrical component?","1) Long Wave Radio 2) Short Wave Radio 3) Broadband Radio 4) Digital (Digit All / All Digit) Radio 5) Pirate Radio 6) Local (Low Cal) Radio 7) Transistor (Trans Sister) Radio",Other,05/22/03 #8593,Amidst the Rocks,2.39,2.18,stonemug,"In a box amidst the rocks, and no one can see me. Where am I?",No hint available.,Buried in a graveyard,Riddle,11/21/02 #43689,Eliza Pseudonym and the Quintuple Feature,2.5,2.31,mathgrant,"Eliza Pseudonym and four of her friends recently went to the local movie theatre to watch five new movies together. After each movie, the five friends discussed what they thought, and rated each movie on a scale of one to five stars (with one star being the worst, and five being the best). To their astonishment, not only did no two movies get the same rating from the same moviegoer, but no two of the moviegoers gave the same movie the same rating! From the clues below, determine what rating each friend gave each movie. (Note: There were no fractional star ratings.) 1. Delilah's least favorite film was ""Nanos: The MP3 Players of Fate"", which wasn't Barbra's favorite film. 2. The woman who liked ""Maybe Geniuses"" the least didn't give ""Nanos: The MP3 Players of Fate"" a two-star rating. 3. ""You Got Curved"" was poorly received by Anna (who gave it a one-star rating) and Carla (who gave it a two-star rating). 4. Anna gave ""Maybe Geniuses"" precisely one more star in its rating than she did for ""Nanos: The MP3 Players of Fate"". 5. Barbra gave ""Giggly"" exactly twice as many stars as did the viewer whose least favorite film was ""Shoegirls"". 6. Carla didn't give ""Maybe Geniuses"" a four-star rating.",No hint available.,"Each woman's ratings, from least favorite (*) to favorite (*****): Anna: You Got Curved (*), Nanos: The MP3 Players of Fate (**), Maybe Geniuses (***), Shoegirls (****), Giggly (*****) Barbra: Maybe Geniuses (*), Shoegirls (**), Nanos: The MP3 Players of Fate (***), Giggly (****), You Got Curved (*****) Carla: Giggly (*), You Got Curved (**), Shoegirls (***), Nanos: The MP3 Players of Fate (****), Maybe Geniuses (*****) Delilah: Nanos: The MP3 Players of Fate (*), Maybe Geniuses (**), Giggly (***), You Got Curved (****), Shoegirls (*****) Eliza: Shoegirls (*), Giggly (**), You Got Curved (***), Maybe Geniuses (****), Nanos: The MP3 Players of Fate (*****)",Logic,12/09/08 #19381,One by One We Come to Life,2.72,2.37,Skybet,"One by one we come to life, Then side by side we wait While our company swells in numbers (Some come early, some come late); Some of us may bore you, And some of us enthrall, But you cannot choose between us You must take us one and all. We'll be bound together tightly For we're naught if we break free. If you would like to know about us, Then answer : WHAT ARE WE?",Think about writing,Chapters,Riddle,11/10/04 #22132,My Name From A God,2.85,1.75,spookboy0,"I'm the smallest of my kind, no doubt about that; Compared to my brothers, I seem like a rat. It's awfully cold here, with poisonous snow. My name came from a god, a god with great might; Although you know of me, I'm way out of your sight. What am I?",No hint available.,"The planet Pluto. Stanza 1: Pluto is the smallest planet. Stanza 2: The snow is a methane and nitrogen snow that is poisonous to us. Stanza 3: Pluto is the Roman god of the Underworld (Hades in Greek myths). Pluto is too far away to be seen from Earth (without a telescope).",Riddle,04/07/05 #29198,Soccer Seats,2.27,2.26,shenqiang,"The Centerville Soccer Field has 2 sections of seats, with 20 rows in each section. Each section has the same number of seats. There are fewer seats in the first row (row A) than in the last row (row T). The number of seats increases from row A to row T according to a pattern. The table below shows the number of seats for rows G through O of one section. Seats for the coming event to raise money for a homeless shelter sell for $3 each. All expenses will be paid by the local bank. Row Number of Seats G 72 H 75 I 78 J 83 K 86 L 89 M 94 N 97 O 100 If all the seats are sold, how much money will be raised?",Start by using the chart to establish the pattern of the seats to solve this multi-step problem.,"First, the number of seats increases in each row by 3, 3, then 5. Working backward from row G, subtract 5, then 3, then 3, and so forth. Working ahead from row O, add 5, then 3, then 3, and so forth. See the chart below for the results. Second, add the number of seats in each row to get the total seats per section: 86*21-122=1,684. Third, multiply the number of seats in each section by 2 for the total seats in the stadium: 3,368. Last, multiply the total number of seats by 3 for the amount of money raised: $10,104. Row Number of Seats A 50 B 53 C 56 D 61 E 64 F 67 G 72 H 75 I 78 J 83 K 86 L 89 M 94 N 97 O 100 P 105 Q 108 R 111 S 116 T 119",Math,03/19/06 #12282,Shy Entertainer,2.45,2.61,ny10gale,"Up, I'm brown and down, I'm white. I make myself heard, but they say I'm shy. I have entertained royalty on the East and inspired poetry in the West. But I don't really like to be in the (spot)light. What am I?",My name is Luscinia Megarhynchos.,"A nightingale A nightingale is usually brown on top and white underneath. Emperors have enjoyed its song and the 19th century English poet John Keats composed an ode to it. They're hard to spot, but one usually identifies it through hearing its song. Luscinia megarhynchos is its scientific name.",Riddle,05/09/03 #29965,"Double Shot, or Double Barrel?",2.71,2.7600000000000002,PineappleMama,"Which country actually belongs in both groups? Group A - Finland Sweden Norway Germany Austria Group B - Russia United States France Italy Netherlands","The title, but I'll give you a bonus hint too, shotgunning espresso is bad!","Germany belongs in both groups. Group A are some of the highest coffee consumers in the world; Group B belong in the top ten for weapons. Kinda scary huh?",Group,04/23/06 #18750,Mad Ade's One Word Anagrams. #1,2.41,2.53,Mad-Ade,"In these teasers, Mad Ade will give two sentences where one word is anagrammed to make another word with in the same sentence. For example: Whilst researching his ---------- Mad Ade was surprised to find that during the War his Uncle Pierre was in the ----------. In this case the anagrammed words are Ancestries and Resistance. Can you work out what the following anagrammed words are? 1, Due to the tour bus breaking down the poor old --------- had to pull the whole ---------. 2, Even though Mad Ade was ------- he was flattered to find out he had an -------.","1, Farm animal and large musical group 2, Not single and fan","1, Carthorse and Orchestra 2, Married and Admirer",Language,09/06/04 #50491,Perfect Decagon?,2.37,1.18,ultimatecub,"Jo claimed ""I can draw a perfect decagon using only a pencil. No ruler, no protractor, no compasses, nothing!"" She did it, even though she had never had any practice with drawing shapes, and she wasn't lucky. How?",What is a perfect decagon?,"Jo had simply drawn a shape with 10 sides. The teaser never said the decagon had to be regular. ""Perfect"" only meant fulfilling the requirements of a decagon; to have 10 sides, 10 angles etc.",Trick,01/20/15 #44075,Words With EC,1.8800000000000001,2.18,cnmne,"Five words that contain EC as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **EC*, *EC***, ***EC*, ****EC, *EC**** Pool: A, A, B, D, I, J, K, L, M, O, O, P, R, R, R, S, T, T, V, W",No hint available.,"WRECK, VECTOR, OBJECT, PARSEC, DECIMAL",Language,02/07/09 #51108,One Can Short ?,2.1,1.68,LittleGreenMan,"What is this rebus? there, there, here, there, there",Title is a hint.,"""not all there"" Title refers to the common expression; ""he's one can short of a six-pack"".",Rebus,05/10/17 #50101,Covering and Uncovering,2.5,1.6,eighsse,Who can't cover anything without uncovering it?,You'll usually see them on television.,"News reporters. When they ""cover"" a new issue, they ""uncover"" previously unknown information to the public.",Riddle,01/25/14 #34251,Beijing 2008?,2.7,2.47,jazzmusician46,"Below is a list of popular Olympic events presented as anagrams. Your task is to decipher these anagrams. I have included the number of letters of each sporting event in brackets that has more than one word. Good luck! Goons hit Mother not planned (6, 10) If wet lighting Lenient stab (5, 6) Stingy scam Bat on mind",No hint available.,"Shooting Modern Pentathlon Weightlifting Table Tennis Gymnastics Badminton",Language,12/05/06 #35107,A Leather Purse!,3.07,1.95,OldChinaHand,"A beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in the marketplace. Opening it, he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shout, ""A reward! A reward to the one who finds my leather purse!"" Being an honest man, the beggar came forward and handed the purse to the merchant saying, ""Here is your purse. May I have the reward now?"" ""Reward?"" scoffed the merchant, greedily counting his gold. ""Why the purse I dropped had 200 pieces of gold in it. You've already stolen more than the reward! Go away or I'll tell the police."" ""I'm an honest man,"" said the beggar defiantly. ""Let us take this matter to the court."" In court, the judge patiently listened to both sides of the story of a leather bag lost and a leather bag found. He counted the coins; 100 gold coins in total. Then said, ""If all was said is true then it's clear that no reward is necessary."" How did the judge rule on this case?","What was found, and what was lost?","The judge then said, ""Merchant, you stated that the purse you lost contained 200 pieces of gold. Well, that's a considerable loss, but the purse this beggar found had only 100 pieces of gold. Therefore, it couldn't be the one you lost."" With that, the judge gave the purse with 100 pieces of gold to the beggar, and told the merchant that he did not have to pay a reward. There might just be a leather bag out there somewhere still with 200 pieces of gold in it, but don't ask the merchant, the beggar, or me.",Situation,01/29/07 #31839,Have a Cold One!,2.26,2.34,gwnightmare101,23 = F in D P,No hint available.,23 = Flavors in Dr Pepper,Letter-Equations,07/17/06 #22436,Can't be Felt or Touched!,2.57,1.45,aznboi1324,"I cannot be felt, seen or touched; Yet I can be found in everybody; My existence is always in debate; Yet I have my own style of music. What Am I?",No hint available.,I'm a Soul.,Riddle,04/23/05 #43560,Leaving My Mark,2.69,1.6,emily103,"A flick of the wrist, and I travel across Leaving my mark wherever I go I'm used to make money, but also for fun I blend and create and cover and show I'm made of many different materials Of shapes and sizes, I have a variety I'm a tool used for communication But words I don't usually see. What am I?",No hint available.,A paintbrush.,Riddle,11/15/08 #35962,Pals?,2.4,2.96,jazzmusician46,"Which one of the following countries is the odd one out in this group? AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, CANADA, CHINA, JAPAN, LIBERIA, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, GERMANY, POLAND, SPAIN, SOUTH AFRICA and the UNITED KINGDOM.",No hint available.,"These are some of the original countries who joined the League of Nations on January 10, 1920. GERMANY is the odd country out in this group since it was not admitted to the league until 1926. NOTE: The League of Nations was an international organisation created after the First World War and was part of the Treaty of Versailles. The aims of the League were to promote international co-operation and to achieve international peace and security. The League of Nations formally came into existence on January 10, 1920.",Group,03/30/07 #18588,Heat,2.0,3.16,cnmne,"What are the last three letters in this series? S, L, S, A, P, A, L, B, L, H, M, R, T, M, M, M, M, L, S, ?, ?, ?",No hint available.,"B, A, S Host cities for the Summer Olympics in the 20th century: Saint Louis, London, Stockholm, Antwerp, Paris, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Berlin, London, Helsinki, Melbourne, Rome, Tokyo, Mexico City, Munich, Montreal, Moscow, Los Angeles, Seoul, Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney",Series,08/20/04 #13792,The Average Student,2.09,1.3800000000000001,cool_star,"Kelly got a very poor grade on her first homework assignment at her new school. She got only one star out of five stars! She wanted to do better, and get an average of four stars. How many more five star homework assignments does she have to do to achieve this goal?",No hint available.,"She needs three five star homework assignments. 3x5=15 plus the one star equals 16. Then, 16 divided by 4 homework assignments equals 4!",Math,07/14/03 #16231,Dark Misfortune,3.13,1.24,snaps,"I'm often seen around a lot, referred to many ways, See me black and you may find misfortune haunts your days. Tell a thing, that should have been kept quiet, to all around, Then look inside the sack, there I'm no longer to be found. Nosiness, prying, snooping, leaves me fearing, full of dread, For all these things are likely to see me soon lying dead. These clues combined should start to give a picture, an idea, Of who or what I am, so can you tell me? Is it clear?",No hint available.,"If you thought those clues lead to a cat then happily you're right, For bad luck is yours when a black cat should come across your sight. And when you reveal a secret, even though you said you wouldn't, You've let the cat out of the bag by telling what you shouldn't. Nosiness, prying, snooping and inquisitiveness, oh drat! They make up curiosity, which, we all know, killed the cat!",Riddle,01/18/04 #36194,"Trees of Silver, Green, and Gold",2.19,2.92,mufffin09,"Sarah is going off to college. Her parents decided to get her a gift that she could actually use. They said that they had gotten someone to build for her a very special dwelling for when she went away. Sarah, being very excited about surprises, begged them to tell her what it was. They refused each time, but after two weeks of incessant pleading, they gave her a sheet of paper. It was a riddle. It said: ""Sarah, we've devised these riddles for you. If you figure them out, you will be able to figure out what kind of dwelling we had built for you. 1. I am usually found east of misty mountains And north of animate trees I am said to be in a beautiful land But sadly, it is one you'll never see. 2. One whose name meant Silver Crowned Gift She forsook me early Her father left much later His name meant Silver Tree. 3. If you don't like heights I'm not the place for you You would hate me more If you hate nature too."" Sarah figured out what kind of home her parents built her, and ran upstairs to start planning out her furnishings. So, what kind of home did her parents build for her?",Look at the title.,"They build her a talan (or flet), like what the elves of Lothlorien live in in ""The Lord of the Rings"". The first riddle is describing Lothlorien. The land is east of the Misty Mountains, and north of Fangorn Forest (which is where the Ents live). It is said to be a very beautiful land, but you'll never see it because it doesn't exist. The second riddle describes some of the elves from Lothlorien, since they would have lived in telain (plural for talan). Celebrian means Silver Crowned Gift, and she left Lothlorien earlier than her parents, because she went to Rivendell when she married Elrond. Her father's name, Celeborn, means Silver Tree, and he left much later than her, to go to Rivendell to live with her sons Elladan and Elrohir, before leaving for Valinor to meet up with her and his wife Galadriel. The third riddle is describing the kind of environment in which you'd find a talan. If you hated heights, you wouldn't like it because it is up in a tree. Being in a tree, it is surrounded by nature. The title is describing the kind of tree that telain are built in: Mellyrn (plural of Mallorn), a fictional tree based off the real Beech Tree. Its bark is grey (hence silver), it has green leaves when the weather is warm, and the leaves turn golden in the winter. When they fall in the spring, they give way to yellow flowers.",Trivia,04/12/07 #49041,Words With LD,1.94,2.61,cnmne,"Five words that contain LD as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *LD**, **LD*, **LD**, ****LD, ***LD*** Pool: A, C, E, E, E, E, H, I, I, I, M, N, O, O, R, R, S, T, U, W",No hint available.,"OLDER, TILDE, MILDEW, SHIELD, CAULDRON",Language,09/24/11 #27093,"2, 10, 12, 21, 102, 111, 122, 201, 212, ?",2.31,2.97,kiss,"2, 10, 12, 21, 102, 111, 122, 201, 212, ? What's the next in the series?",No hint available.,"1002. These are the first ten prime numbers in the ternary system. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29.",Series,11/22/05 #49521,Count Your Fate!,2.08,2.23,Marple,A man is very bad at counting. He starts to count but gets confused and drops dead. What has happened?,It may have happened in the long distant past.,"He is taking part in a duel. He has been told to walk ten paces, turn and fire his pistol. However, he miscounts and is shot in the back and killed.",Situation,06/26/12 #17762,What Movie? #6,2.31,2.59,spookboy0,"Below, you see a group of mixed letters. Rearrange the letters in the COLUMNS they are in (i.e. each letter must stay in the column it is in, but can be moved to a new row), and the correct rearrangement will result in a movie title. |R|T|O|N|D| |T|H|A|F|S| |S|H|E|U|U| |T|I|E|F|A|",Stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker.,"Correct Arrangement: |T|H|E|F|A| |S|T|A|N|D| |T|H|E|F|U| |R|I|O|U|S| Movie Title: The Fast and the Furious",Other,05/28/04 #13543,Pears,2.6,1.69,adoontourious,"An old man has a series of pears, each in a glass jar, but every pear is bigger than the opening of the jar. How did the old man get them in?",The jars are not built around the pears.,He set the jars on the branches and had the pears grow inside the jars.,Other,07/01/03 #27542,Consonant Search,2.58,2.8,peppamintp,"Words pertaining to a theme are shown with all of their vowels already in place. Fill in the consonants that will complete the words. What is the theme? BB CC DD H LLLL PP Q RR SS TTT V 1. __ a __ __ e __ __ o __ __ 2. __ e __ __ __ __ e a __ 3. __ __ i __ __ o __ e __ 4. __ u i __ __",No hint available.,"Furniture coverings 1. Tablecloth 2. Bedspread 3. Slipcover 4. Quilt",Language,12/17/05 #35926,Loves to fall,2.45,1.78,Trumalia,"This is an old European riddle from 1300-1900 AD. Runs smoother than any rhyme, Loves to fall but cannot climb.",No hint available.,Rain,Riddle,02/22/07 #50427,Split Anagrams 3,2.1,1.77,cnmne,"You are given a pool of ten 3-letter words. Your job is to use all of the words in the pool to create five pairs of words such that each pair can be anagrammed into a 6-letter word. Example: nod + rug = ground. Pool: act, cub, die, ion, leg, lip, net, ore, per, spy",No hint available.,"act + per = carpet leg + net = gentle die + ion = iodine ore + spy = osprey cub + lip = public",Language,09/02/14 #35314,Within My Boundaries,2.29,2.05,dumbdude,"Found in many places, many shapes and sizes. Connected with landmark, history or attraction. Though I keep running day and night, I don't move out of my boundaries.",No hint available.,A clock tower.,Riddle,02/15/07 #33575,Solar System Series,2.6,2.09,MarcM1098,"What value completes this series? Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, ?","How many values are there? They are related to names that we use every DAY. It isn't necessary, but it will help if you know one of the Romance languages.","Saturn The Roman names for the days of the week were based on the heavenly bodies: Sunday was the Roman dies Solis or day of the Sun. Monday was the Roman dies Lunae or day of the Moon. Tuesday was the Roman dies Martis or day of Mars. Wednesday was the Roman dies Mercurii or day of Mercury. Thursday was the Roman dies Jovis or day of Jove (Jupiter). Friday was the Roman dies Veneris or day of Venus. Saturday was the Roman dies Saturni or day of Saturn. In English, it is easy to see the origins of Sunday, Monday and Saturday. In the Romance languages, it is easy to see the origins of the other days. For example, mardi (Tuesday in French) bears a resemblance to Mars; mercredi (Wednesday in French) bears a resemblance to Mercury.",Series,10/20/06 #679,My Son and Me,2.69,1.9000000000000001,vikass,"If you reverse the digits of my age, you have the age of my son. A year ago, I was twice his age. How old are we both now?",No hint available.,Father: 73; Son: 37,Math,07/14/01 #34631,Crypto Quotes,2.5,2.15,LordT,"1) ZBS HM SGD UZKKDX RN SGZS XNT MDDC MNS EDZQ SGNRD NM SGD GHKK Danish Proverb. 2) HSR JHMC NE ETM SN CN SGD HLONRRHAKD Walt Disney !!WARNING!! The hint will give part of the code away!","a=z z=y","a=z b=a c=b d=c e=d f=e g=f h=g i=h j=i k=j l=k m=l n=m o=n p=o q=p r=q s=r t=s u=t v=u w=v x=w y=x z=y 1) Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. Danish Proverb 2) It's kind of fun to do the impossible. Walt Disney",Cryptography,12/29/06 #22602,1 Line Makes it True,2.27,1.69,settra626,"Take this equation: ll-llll=ll Now move 1 line to make it true.",The signs count.,ll=llll-ll is the answer (You move 1 line from the equal sign and add it to the subtraction sign) this answer would technically be 2=4-2.,Math,05/01/05 #26162,Follow the Leader,2.32,1.71,jajajaja,"Kick, Girl, Plum, Nun, ______ In this series of words which comes after Nun? A) Dog B) Yo-yo C) Disk D) Flaps","OK here is my clue, it is not A or D","Answer : The answer is Yo-yo! The last letters of each word were going in alphabetical order starting from K, kick, L, Girl, Plum, M, and Nun, N, following this pattern the answer is Yo-yo, the only word ending in O.",Language,10/01/05 #30190,Ancient Patterns,2.75,2.03,fairelamour,"Twins Sari and Devon have gone to the jungles of South America to explore the lost city of Xaitec with their parents, who are part of a team of archaeologists. The path to the great temple is lined with pairs of stone columns, but the pairs of columns are not evenly spaced. Using a meter tape, the twins measure the distances between successive pairs of columns. Starting from the temple, the distances between pairs of columns are 7.8 m, 7.8 m, 15.6 m, 23.4 m, and 39 m. Since the paved road between the columns continues for some distance, the archaeologists suspect there are more fallen columns hidden in the jungle growth. Where should the twins tell the archaeologists to look for the next pair of columns?",Look for a pattern.,"The archaeologists should start looking 62.4 meters from the last pair of columns. 0 + 7.8 = 7.8 7.8 + 7.8 = 15.6 7.8 + 15.6 = 23.4 15.6 + 23.4 = 39 Guess what? The Xaitecans were using the equivalent of Fibonacci numbers! The next one in the series should be 23.4 + 39 = 62.4.",Series,04/30/06 #26196,Word Pyramid: Ancient Wonders I,2.86,2.27,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: D Clues: 1. pop-up material 2. assist 3. uttered aloud 4. surprise attacks 5. render harmless 6. indefinite number 7. polyhedrons",Giza,"D AD AID SAID RAIDS DISARM MYRIADS PYRAMIDS",Language,10/03/05 #29234,Hppf Yjomhd?,2.68,2.47,signmeup74,"The following are common pieces of advice that have been encrypted using more than just the 26 letters of the alphabet. Can you figure out the quotes and (for a bigger challenge) the encryption pattern? 1. Hppf yjomhd vp,r yp yjpdr ejp esoy. Imlmpem 2. Jsdyr ,slrd esdyr. Kpjm Jrueppf 3. [rp[;r ejp ;obr om h;sdd jpidrd djpi;f mpy yjtpe dypmrd. Imlmpem",Look at your hands.,"1. Good things come to those who wait. - Unknown 2. Haste makes waste. - John Heywood 3. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. - Unknown Pattern -- all of the quotes were typed with fingers one letter off on the home row (of a standard QWERTY keyboard). That's why there are no A's, Q's or Z's and S is an A N is a B V is a C F is a D R is an E G is an F H is a G J is an H O is an I K is a J L is a K ; is an L , is an M M is an N P is an O [ is a P W is a Q T is an R D is an S Y is a T I is a U B is a V E is a W C is an X U is a Y and X is a Z",Cryptography,03/22/06 #8280,Aluminium,2.4,1.71,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? Aluminium Lead <----- Magnesium",Think music.,"Heavy metal. Lead is the one selected as it is the 'heavy' metal, with the highest density of the three. Hence 'Heavy Metal'... rock on.",Rebus,10/30/02 #25654,Billy Bob's Crazy Travels: Part V,2.9,2.1,bigSWAFF_69_,"Billy Bob has almost run out of states in his search for a new home. With only ten states left, he needs to find a nice place to stay. He thought he had found his new home, but he suddenly developed a phobia of living near the geographical center of North America.... So, for one last time, Billy Bob sets off for 10 more U.S. states, hoping to find a new home. Can you figure out which states he visited by the clues listed below? 1. Abbreviation for Monday + Why You Stay in the Sun + First Letter of Alphabet 2. Me + Duh! + Garden Tool 3. Not Me, But _ _ _ + 20th Letter of Alphabet + An Overwhelming Feeling of Wonder or Admiration 4. Lofty + Area + First Letter of Alphabet 5. The Civil and Religious Leader of a Muslim State + Profitable Metal + Joint Between Thigh and Lower Leg + First Letter of Alphabet 6. Nuh + 22nd Letter of Alphabet + To Combine Numbers to Form a Sum + First Letter of Alphabet 7. Profitable Metal + Again 8. Bathing 2,000 Pounds With Soap and Water 9. Huh! + For what purpose? + Fifth Letter of Alphabet 10. Unfortunately + Unknown God","Remember, Crazy Billy Bob has to be able to drive from state-to-state. Therefore, each state must border the state before and after it. Except on two occasions. After countless tries at driving to a state (and after many different cars) Billy Bob decided that you just can't drive on water....","Crazy Billy Bob went to: 1. Mon Tan A (Montana) 2. I Duh Hoe (Idaho) 3. You T Awe (Utah) 4. Airy Zone A (Arizona) 5. Caliph Ore Knee A (California) 6. Nuh V Add A (Nevada) 7. Ore Again (Oregon) 8. Washing Ton (Washington) 9. Huh Why E (Hawaii) 10. Alas Ka (Alaska)",Language,08/29/05 #16739,Can You Do Better?,2.45,2.2,cnmne,"Steve is hunting for snakes in the grass. Can you find a snake in the grass by changing one letter at a time? Each step must create a valid word in the English language. Steve made the change in 8 steps. Can you do as well ... or better? GRASS ----> SNAKE",No hint available.,"GRASS GLASS CLASS CLAPS SLAPS SLATS SLATE SLAKE SNAKE",Language,02/25/04 #5566,Don't baseggsket,2.23,0.96,glennyboy02,"Can you decipher this common phrase? Don't baseggsket",No hint available.,Don't put all your eggs in one basket!,Rebus,07/13/02 #5867,Lies,2.4,1.94,mollynoodl,"Can you crack this code? A proverb lies below and is coded by having each word replaced with a related word, except for in, a, and or. Good luck! In a lot phrases, a false or 1+1 may come out.",No hint available.,"In many words, a lie or two may escape.",Language,07/24/02 #4377,toLIphONat,2.31,1.6400000000000001,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this phrase: toLIphONat",Think Dr. seuss,Cat in the Hat (lion inside tophat),Rebus,05/31/02 #49131,Quickly Now,2.64,1.73,Skybet,"You'll have to move quickly to solve this riddle, Because then you'll understand me and not get in a fiddle, You will usually find me in something embedded, It might be in skin or an object instead, I am also a part of a popular sport, Where a double is needed for a round to abort, In a jungle setting, I might be spotted, To administer my poison so prey can be thwarted.","In a swift manner, and suddenly so, Has the answer not come to you?",Dart,Riddle,11/20/11 #40472,Viva Voltaire,2.35,2.16,aresII,"The following quotes are from Voltaire (1694 - 1778). Voltaire's intelligence, wit and style made him one of France's greatest writers and philosophers. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. V=C ""QZSUDX ZIZJK LCVVZLLPCN ROD LAODXL O LCJFJULZX RBASZJ-UD-NOG."" ""WCXTZ O ROD QK SUL HCZLAUBD JOASZJ ASOD SUL ODLGZJ.""","B=O U=I Z=E","""BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL MAN STANDS A SUPRISED MOTHER-IN-LAW."" ""JUDGE A MAN BY HIS QUESTION RATHER THAN HIS ANSWER."" KEY: A=T B=O C=U D=N F=P G=W H=Q I=V J=R K=Y L=S N=L O=A P=F Q=B R=M S=H T=G U=I V=C W=J X=D Z=E",Cryptography,02/13/08 #17785,Beginnings and Endings,2.81,2.8,newf,"Below you can find 10 words which have had their beginnings and endings removed. In each case, the same two letters can be found at the beginning and the end. For example REspiRE. ..QUI.. ..YLI.. ..GIB.. ..SUL.. ..LIV.. ..IFI.. ..RMI.. ..ALG.. ..GRA.. ..STO",No hint available.,"Require stylist legible insulin enliven edified termite amalgam degrade restore",Language,05/31/04 #50084,Dropboxes XIX,2.8,2.33,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Wander aimlessly [_] 2. Tropical mammals [_] 3. Set of steps 4. Chihuahuas, for instance [_] 5. Movie theater [_] 6. Chop finely 7. Small waterway [_] 8. Be pungent [_] 9. Barely achieve, as a win 10. At the same time as [_] 11. Crush, like coffee beans [_] 12. Planetary jewelry? 13. Not poetry [_] 14. Tiny opening [_] 15. For each 16. Conifers [_] 17. Move like a top [_] 18. Drink slowly",No hint available.,"1. traipse [E] 2. tapirs [P] 3. stair 4. Mexican [X] 5. cinema [A] 6. mince 7. creek [C] 8. reek [R] 9. eke 10. during [U] 11. grind [D] 12. ring 13. prose [S] 14. pore [O] 15. per 16. pines [E] 17. spin [N] 18. sip ""Excuse"" and ""pardon"" -- two synonyms",Language,01/20/14 #33448,The Traveler & The Nut Tree,2.98,1.49,OldChinaHand,"A traveler who stopped to rest under a nut tree noticed a huge pumpkin growing on a thin vine near by. ""How foolish are the ways of nature,"" the traveler muttered. ""If things were as they should be, this big, strong tree would hold the large pumpkins, and the spindly vine would hold the small nuts. Now if I made the world, that is how I'd have done it!"" If indeed, he had ""made the world"", what flaw could there be with such a logical arrangement: big, strong trees growing big heavy crops, and small vines, small crops?",Think Newton!,"At that moment, from high up in the tree, a small nut fell and hit him squarely on the head. Startled, he looked up into the branches and thought, ""Forgive my arrogance! If it were a big pumpkin that fell out of the tree onto my head, it most certainly would have killed me!""",Situation,10/12/06 #50531,RE-Words,3.27,1.87,MarcM1098,"In English, ""re"" is a prefix usually meaning ""again"", such as in ""rebuild"" (build again). However, there are many words starting with ""re"" which have a totally different meaning without the ""re"". You will be given two definitions, one for a word starting with ""re"", and one for the remaining word without the ""re"" (either definition could be given first). Example: vehicle wheel / cease employment Answer: tire / retire 1. newspaper employee / hotel employee 2. one who belongs / bring past event to mind 3. unit of money / not long ago 4. money for the poor / kingdoms 5. income / event location 6. couple / fix 7. arrived at / felt long-term pain 8. at ease / cause sharp pain",No hint available.,"1. reporter / porter 2. member / remember 3. cent / recent 4. alms / realms 5. revenue / venue 6. pair / repair 7. reached / ached 8. resting / sting",Language,03/20/15 #5320,Steps,2.4,2.16,glennyboy02,"Glenn's step is 4 fifths of that of his father's and he walks 30 steps in a minute. Glenn's sister, Melanie has a step which is 3 quarters of Glenn's and walks 25 steps in a minute. Glenn's mother has a step which is twice the size of Melanie's and walks 20 steps in a minute, but gets tired very quickly and every 200 steps stops for a 3 minute rest. Glenn's Grandma and Grandpa have a step which is one eighth shorter than Glenn's step but walk 40 steps in a minute! While Glenn's Auntie and Uncle have a step that is one fifth larger than Glenn's father but only walk 15 steps in a minute. Glenn's father's step is exactly 1 metre and he walks 27 steps in a minute. Glenn's whole family go on a scenic bushwalk through Wakiri National Park, the walk is exactly 3 kilometres long. Who will finish the walk first and how long will it take? Who will finish the walk last and how long will it take them?","100 cm in a metre. 1000 metres in a km.","Glenn's Grandma and Grandpa will finish the walk first and it will take them 107 minutes. Glenn's sister Melanie, will finish the walk last and it will take her 200 minutes. How to do it: Find the length of everyone's step by using the length of Glenn's father's step multiply this number by the amount of steps they do in a minute and divide by 300000. Convert everything to cm. Glenn = 80 x 30 divided by 300000cm = 125 min Melanie = 60 x 25 divided by 300000cm = 200 min Grandparents = 70 x 40 divided by 300000cm = 107 min Aunt & Uncle = 120 x 15 divided by 300000cm = 167 min Mother = 120 x 20 divided by 300000cm = 125 min + 12 x 3 = 161 min Father = 100x 27 divided by 300000cm = 111 min.",Math,07/07/02 #49568,Locked Up Loot,3.02,2.6,JimShorts,"""Now, I know everybody in this little old town, and I had never seen him before in my life!"" Hilda Fiddlebottom, the town's biggest busybody, told Chief Graham over the phone. ""Plus he looked all suspicious like. So naturally I made sure to listen in to everything he was saying on his fancy cell phone."" ""Naturally,"" replied Chief Graham. ""Well you are not going to believe this! Apparently he robbed a bank a few years back, and he hid the loot right here in our town! He said it was going to be tough, but he just had to retrieve it by midnight tonight! I didn't catch why. But he said he was heading back to the motel to gather up his supplies and go get his loot! There are only a few hours left before his midnight deadline! GO GET HIM CHIEF!!"" Chief Graham and Detective Jefferson sped over to the town's only motel, only to discover that it looked empty. But there were tire marks in the parking space in front of one of the rooms, as if someone had spun their tires taking off in a hurry. ""I bet that's his room. He must have heard us coming and fled. You probably shouldn't have blared your siren the whole way over here, Jefferson."" ""Sorry Chief. I've just always wanted to use my siren! We don't get to see much action around here, you know?"" When they inspected his motel room, they discovered a curious array of equipment, half of which was packed into a very large, black duffel bag. Jefferson looked at the chief and said ""It looks like he was in the middle of packing up his supplies when he heard us and took off. We've got to find him! Maybe if we really analyze this equipment, we can figure out where he hid his loot. It looks pretty complicated. What do you think, Chief?"" ""Well, this is the only evidence we have. Let's see if we can deduce where he's headed!"" Here were the supplies they found in and around the duffel bag: A small folding step ladder; a can of WD-40; a roll of duct tape; two small tires, probably for a small lawn mower; a coil of thick, black nylon rope; some kind of gardening tool with a short, flat blade; a small blow torch; two empty Ziploc bags; a small air filter, possibly out of a vacuum cleaner; and a power drill. After contemplating the items for a moment, Chief Graham laughed and said ""I know exactly where's he's headed! If we hurry, we can catch him!",You are going to be SO mad about all the time you wasted analyzing each item that the bank robber was packing!,"""If he needs this elaborate array of equipment to get to his hidden stash, it must be pretty difficult, huh Jefferson?"" ""I guess so, Chief."" Jefferson replied. ""So we're trying to figure out where he's headed right now, using the knowledge that when he gets there, he will need to use all of this equipment to get to his loot, right?"" ""You got it!"" ""This equipment sitting right in front of us in his motel room."" ""Right Chief."" ""He's going to the hardware store, you idiot!"" the Chief exclaimed. ""He needs all this equipment to get to his loot, but he left it all in the motel room!""",Mystery,08/23/12 #43280,The Difference #1,2.43,1.6,Shadows,"Which of these words is not like the others and why? Wolf Fore Stop Reed Pans Burg Leer Ward",No hint available.,"Fore. Every other word spelled backwards forms a real word. For example, ""wolf"" backwards is ""flow"".",Group,10/07/08 #39750,Add 90,2.69,2.77,boodler,"What 7-letter word meaning ""difficult to define or describe"", with the addition of 90, becomes a 9-letter word meaning ""not divided or shared with others""?","How might ""90"" be made?","""Elusive"" becomes ""exclusive"" with the addition of ""XC"", which is Latin for ""90"".",Language,12/24/07 #9670,Kerchink!,2.37,2.05,MrIxolite,"What is this Rebus? Menu: Breakfast = U-shaped metal fastener with grapefruit juice. Lunch = U-shaped metal fastener salad with olive bread. Dinner = U-shaped metal fastener a la king with seasonal vegetables.",No hint available.,A Staple Diet,Rebus,01/08/03 #20523,Needle in a Haystack,2.66,2.54,doggyxp,"Below is a ""haystack"" of ten words. Nine of the words in the haystack will produce a common phrase or compound word when added to one of three mystery words (eg. the mystery word for ""hot"", ""bubble"" and ""bird"" would be ""bath""). When you are finished, each mystery word will be paired with exactly three words from the haystack, leaving only one word unmatched. That one word is the ""needle"". Can you find the ""needle"" in the ""haystack""?? Christmas elephant firm grand house lemonade paint poker save stump",No hint available.,"The needle was elephant. The mystery words were tree, stand and face. Christmas tree tree house tree stump grandstand lemonade stand stand firm face paint poker face save face",Group,01/21/05 #22472,Greek Proportion,2.36,2.66,irishthistle,"I am a ratio noticed by few. A pyramid, a flower, in math and in you. A golden mediocrity in planets and space, Fibonacci's forty in my fifteenth place. Though quite small, I stretch to infinity, The ancient Greeks raised me up to divinity. Fraternities exploit me without knowing my mean-ing Some people maintain I have a mystical leaning.","mediocrity, medium, mean.","The number Phi 1.618. The golden proportion used in architecture, found as a proportion in flowers, and the human body. The ratio between the fortieth place in the Fibonacci sequence, 102,334,155 and the number preceding it, 63,245,986 is Phi to the fifteenth place.",Riddle,04/25/05 #30626,An Ear to Lend,2.81,2.11,irar1792,"She's always ready to lend an ear With hair so light Too bad you she won't hear The devil inside her Is ready to burst But lucky for you, Of imps he's not the worst. What is she?","Light hair towards the inside, sometimes brownish, but also green on the outside","Corn! Legend has it that an imp lived inside corn kernels, and when his home was heated, he got so upset that he burst. From this we got popcorn!",Riddle,05/21/06 #2900,Two Ships,2.69,1.51,204_BLaZe_41,There are two ships of equal size and strength. One is made of wood and the other steel. Can you explain which is heavier?,No hint available.,"The ship made of wood is heavier. Since pound for pound steel is so much stronger that wood, the ship made of wood would require a great deal more material for it to be of equal strength.",Science,03/25/02 #230,Bouncy Ball,2.14,2.6,Phyllis,"If you drop a bouncy ball from a distance of 9 feet from the floor, the ball will continue to bounce. Assume that each time it bounces back two thirds of the distance of the previous bounce. How far will the ball travel before it stops?",Geometric series...,"45 feet. The distance can be calculated as 9 + (9)*(2/3)*(2) + (9)*(2/3)*(2/3)*(2)+..., with the 2 accounting for the upward and downward travel distance. Adding 9 to this will result in the formation of an infinite geometric series: 18*(2/3)^0 + 18*(2/3)^1 +... Factoring out the 18 will result in a series that is equal to (1/(1-(2/3))), which equals 3. Multiplying by the 18 and then subtracting the nine used to create the series will result in 54 - 9 = 45.",Math,02/03/01 #30096,Sporty Children,2.63,1.35,Psychic_Master,"The Cartidas family has several children. 5 of them play football, 4 of them play hockey, and 3 of them play tennis. Each child plays only 2 sports. What is the fewest number of children they could have?",No hint available.,"The answer is six. Let's do a small matching up. Football: F, Hockey: H, Tennis: T HT, FH, FH, TF, FT, FH",Logic,04/26/06 #23279,3=R in J,2.37,2.72,sexyxxl05,3= R in J,"J, DJ, FJ","3 Rounds in Jeopardy!. Hint: Jeopardy!, Double Jeopardy!, Final Jeopardy!.",Letter-Equations,05/30/05 #50003,Mystery Wheel,2.7,0.72,cnmne,"A wheel with ten holes, No lugs to see; Numbers with letters, Mostly with three. Spin me, spin me, Again and again; Though I always return, You can still reach a friend. What is being described?",No hint available.,"A rotary telephone. The dial on a rotary telephone has 10 holes. If this were a wheel on a car, you would fit the holes over the lugs on the hub. Each hole is for a number, 1 through 0. Letters are assigned to most of the numbers. Most of the numbers have three letters assigned. As you dial each number of a telephone number, the dial returns counterclockwise. After completing the dialing, you could reach your friend (or anybody else).",Riddle,11/09/13 #30684,Race Against Time,2.64,2.36,fairelamour,"A child in the remote mountain village of Pliluk has fallen ill. Dotan, his brother Forak, and his sister Loti must get their father, the village healer, who is gathering herbs on the other side of the mountain. To make sure they get him as quickly as possible, they decide to split up. Forak will ride his horse around the mountain's base, Dotan will travel by river raft, and Loti will climb the steep cliff trail. The raft can travel at 22 miles an hour along the 40 miles of the river, but there are 3 places where Dotan, at each place, will lose 0.4 hours by having to carry the raft around dangerous waterfalls. Forak's horse can travel 15 miles per hour on the flatter part of the 32-mile trail, but only 8 miles per hour on the steep part, which is 30% of the whole trail. Loti's road up and down the cliffs is the shortest, only 14 miles, but her average rate is only 5 miles an hour, and she must take a 10-minute rest at the summit. Assuming Dotan does not hit a rock, Forak is not attacked by an ice panther, and Loti is not bitten by a cliff snake, who will reach their father first? Round all decimals to tenths.",Choose your mathematical operations carefully.,"Forak will reach his father first. At the rate of 22 miles per hour, Dotan's raft covers the distance of 40 miles in 40/22 = 1.8 hours. Adding the time for three delays, 3*0.4 = 1.2 hours, his total time is 3 hours. Thirty percent of Forak's 32-mile trail (or 32*0.3 = 9.6 miles) is steep, and at a rate of 8 miles per hour he covers this steep section in 9.6/8 = 1.2 hours. At a rate of 15 miles per hour on the 22.4-mile flat section, Forak covers this in 22.4/15 = 1.5 hours. His total time is 2.7 hours. At her average rate of 5 miles per hour, Loti covers her 14-mile mountain trail in 14/5 = 2.8 hours, but her rest time at the summit takes 10/60 or nearly 0.2 hours, so her total time, like Dotan's, is 3 hours. Their father rides Forak's horse back to the village and treats the child. The child recovers, to everyone's joy.",Math,05/25/06 #19690,Mad Ade's Minus Letter Anagrams #1,2.59,2.18,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser the idea is to identify the blanked words. The secret is that each word is an anagram of the previous word, but minus one letter. For example: The ------- mopped up the spilt ------ and then made sure all the work surfaces were -----. The answer for the first word would be ""Cleaner"", then remove the ""N"" and make into ""Cereal"", then remove an ""E"" to make ""Clear"". Now try these: The ------ that Mad Ade has to ------ with his flat mate is so noisy, the people next door can ---- it. Mad Ade did not ------ when the ----- landed on his ---- whilst he was sunbathing. The Can of pop had cured Mad Ade's ------ but the chilli stain on his ----- caused quite a ---- with his wife.",No hint available.,"Washer, Share, Hear Flinch, Finch, Chin Thirst, Shirt, Stir.",Language,12/06/04 #40393,Drop-in Letters,2.73,2.56,jazzmusician46,"Using only the letters provided, your task is to fill in all the dashes to form 8-letter words. Each letter is used only once. Good luck! aaaa d gg h iiiii l o rr t yy 1. a - m - n - s - 2. b - u - k - n - 3. b - t - e - l - 4. c - l - m - t - 5. d - e - d - n -",No hint available.,"1. admonish 2. baulking 3. bitterly 4. calamity 5. dreading",Language,02/09/08 #47695,Three Gunmen,2.53,1.2,Mathgeek007,"There are three gunmen on horses. Ab has a 100% chance of hitting his target when he shoots, but has a weak gun. He never misses. Bob also has a 100% chance of hitting, but he has a tremendous strong gun. However, Cam only has a 50% chance of hitting with his musket. Simultaneously, they all take a shot. One man is left alive. Who?","If you know you and another person shoot their target perfectly, who would you go for first?","Cam is. The two other men, knowing they each shoot perfectly, would shoot each other knowing they still have a chance of surviving if Cam shoots at them. Nobody was shooting at Cam, therefore, he stays alive.",Logic,08/08/10 #4032,ti Ssap,2.31,1.3800000000000001,chickenpuff7,"What common school phrase is depicted below? ti ssap",No hint available.,Pass it back.,Rebus,05/11/02 #3976,Poor Robot,2.33,1.96,GoldieLuvNeopets,"Jilbert is delighted at her new purchase of a Wheelie Bot (robot). She looks at the box it came in, and reads that it is 'guaranteed to travel 10km on a single battery'. Wow, what a long way! Jilbert puts her Wheelie Bot on a specially designed 1-meter radius circular track, for exercise, and then leaves for the night. The Wheelie Bot starts moving, completing one lap every twenty seconds! Three hours after Jilbert leaves, her little sister Harriet arrives and sees the new toy. Shrieking with excitement Harriet shouts 'faster, go on, faster'. The Wheelie Bot complies and starts going five times its original speed, zooming around the track again and again - poor Wheelie Bot :( When Jilbert got back and saw her poor Wheelie Bot exhausted she was not a happy sister! The question is : How many minutes in total did it take for the Wheelie Bot to run out of batteries?? (please round your answer down to the nearest minute)",No hint available.,250 minutes,Math,05/09/02 #7065,Fields,2.59,1.84,shop-a-holic,"A field is in the middle of nowhere and not a living soul is around. The field has green grass and is perfectly ordinary, yet an ordinary man knows that when he enters this field he is going to die...how and why?",He might not enter the normal way...,He has just fallen out of a plane that is 3000 meters high in the sky.,Situation,08/31/02 #7723,Shopping is Good for You,2.73,1.71,duckychic4u,"One day, a man spent so long reading the morning paper that he didn't have time to go shopping before his flying lesson. During his flying lesson, he listened to his instructor the whole time, until it was time to land. Then, he completely ignored his instructor and crashed the plane into the ground, killing them both. If he had gone shopping like he had planned, the plane wouldn't have crashed. Why?",Think of reasons why he would have ignored his instructor. He may not have done it on purpose...,He was going to go shopping for a battery for his hearing aid. He ignored the instructor because he couldn't hear him.,Situation,09/27/02 #8986,Sm + ok + ing,2.72,2.03,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented here? Sm + ok + ing Bit + eY + our + Na + ils Grin + dYo + urTe + eth",Hard to break,Habit Forming (or Forming Bad Habits),Rebus,12/08/02 #36768,Aboriginal Community,2.53,2.53,jazzmusician46,"By deciphering the three (3) clues given, your task is to discover the name of an aboriginal community. Good luck! 1. Make a word from the chemical symbols for the chemicals whose atomic numbers are: 44, 28 and 6. 2. Change one letter to find an item of clothing. 3. Change one more letter and rearrange the word to find an Eskimo people.",No hint available.,"1. RuNiC (Ruthenium; Nickel; Carbon). 2. Tunic. 3. Inuit. N.B. I have used the word 'aboriginal' in the sense of a community of people who are the original inhabitants of a location. This is not to be confused with 'Aboriginal', with a capital 'A', which refers specifically to the Australian indigenous community.",Language,05/29/07 #35865,I'm Not a Grouch!,2.52,2.2,snowmonster,"I was born in 1928. I weighed 8.5 pounds. I was 13.5 inches long. Rumor has it that I was named after someone's Uncle. I've been popular all my life. A lot of people would love to take me home. My ""appearance"" has changed a little over the years. Who or what am I?","Yes, I have changed over the years, but my ""overall"" appearance has NOT changed.","The Academy Award of Merit - the ""Oscar"" The Academy Award of Merit, which we know as ""the Oscar"" was ""born"" in 1928. Weighing 8.5 pounds and standing 13.5 inches tall, the statuette was designed by MGM's chief art director Cedric Gibbons. A popular but unsubstantiated story has been that ""Oscar"" got his name when academy librarian and executive director Margaret Herrick said that the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar. In support of the World War II effort between 1942 and 1944, Oscars were made of plaster, to be traded in for golden statuettes after the war. The base of the Oscar was raised and changed from marble to metal in 1945.",Riddle,03/25/07 #33652,We Come In Different Forms,2.72,2.5100000000000002,twixy,"Though we may come in different forms, And though our skins are not the same, We are equal; And with thought Can line up Regardless of appearance. Whether we be orange, green, Yellow, purple, red, or blue It remains true And no one can change That we are worth the same, And we always will be Unless part of us crosses the line.",Skins is not literal.,"Tetris (Braingle Version) The tetris shapes are all worth four squares even though they are shaped differently and are in different colors (those are the metaphoric ""skins""). When they line up, the line disappears and part of each four square tetris block contained in that line goes away as well. The colors mentioned are the ones in the Braingle version of Tetris.",Riddle,10/25/06 #34327,The 12 L of H,2.24,2.19,elu93,The 12 L of H,It helps if you know some mythology.,"The 12 Labours of Heracles OR The 12 Labours of Hercules",Letter-Equations,12/09/06 #44394,In-state Rivalry,2.61,1.45,whsprec,"In a small North Carolina town live James, Ryan, Sam, Mark, and Collin. Their last names are Ware, Most, Sullivan, Woolard, and Ruiz. They are graduates of N.C. State, North Carolina, East Carolina, Wake Forest, and Duke. They are in the following professions: anthropologist, teacher, accountant, lawyer, and veterinarian. From the clues below, determine the first and last name of each man, his profession, and his alma mater. 1. Ryan was not the one who went to East Carolina or the one who became an accountant; neither was his friend Mr. Woolard. 2. Last week the lawyer, the anthropologist, James, the one who went to North Carolina, and Sam Sullivan had lunch together. 3. Collin is the veterinarian. 4. Neither Mark nor James is named Ruiz or Woolard, and it was not one of these four who became a teacher after going to East Carolina. 5. The anthropologist and the one who went to Duke went to high school with Mark before he was accepted to Wake Forest. 6. James is not Mr. Most.",No hint available.,"James Ware went to Duke to become an accountant. Ryan Ruiz went to N.C. State to become a anthropologist. Sam Sullivan went to East Carolina to become a teacher. Mark Most went to Wake Forest to become a lawyer. Collin Woolard went to North Carolina to become a veterinarian.",Logic-Grid,04/28/09 #20946,Mix 'n Match,2.22,0.71,MrBasKetBall,"An older sister bragged that she had 30 different new outfits to wear to school. Her younger brother said, ""That's not true. You have 3 pairs of jeans, 5 shirts, and 2 pairs of shoes. There's no way that makes 30 different outfits. You only have 10 outfits."" Who is correct and why?",No hint available.,"The older sister is correct. There are 30 different ways to mix and match the pants, shirts, and shoes. One pair of jeans goes with 5 shirts, so there are (3 x 5) or 15 jeans/shirts combinations. Each of these combinations can be worn with either of two pairs of shoes, which makes (15 x 2) or 30 different outfits.",Math,02/10/05 #4395,Two Clocks,2.29,2.56,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has two clocks in his living room. Once they're synchronized, the correct time shown on the clocks is noon. One clock keeps time accurately; the other gains time such that after only 45 minutes it shows that an hour has passed. When can Mad Ade expect the two clocks to again both read 12 o'clock, and will the correct time be noon or midnight?",No hint available.,"The two clocks would both read 12 o'clock in 36 hours and the correct time would be midnight. When the fast clock reaches 12 o'clock midnight the first time, the other clock (the correct one) will be showing 9pm. Since it takes the fast clock just 3/4 of an hour to show a move of an hour on its face, it will take 12 x 3/4 hours, which is 9 hours, to show the time as 12 midnight. In 9 more hours the fast clock will read 12 noon, while the accurate clock will read 6am. In 9 more hours, the fast clock will read 12 noon, and the accurate clock will read 12 midnight, solving Mad Ade's problem.",Other,06/01/02 #17153,Divide,2.8,1.01,Pitter,How many numbers between 1 and 799 can be divided by 2?,No hint available.,"All of them, but not all of them divide evenly.",Trick,03/30/04 #40821,Distorted Music - G,2.6,1.84,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter G. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Doodad Cringe 2. Egg Hitting Jig Witty 3. Bargemen Routine 4. Gold Known Soy 5. Longed",No hint available.,"1. ""Good Riddance"" by Green Day 2. ""Getting Jiggy With It"" by Will Smith 3. ""Green Tambourine"" by The Lemon Pipers 4. ""God Only Knows"" by The Beach Boys 5. ""Golden"" by Fall Out Boy",Language,03/03/08 #36895,Ribbon,2.27,0.87,Ilovepink4,"Sarah wants to be the first to tear the piece of ribbon in half. When she succeeds, she and her friends are rewarded with claps and cheers. What did Sarah do?",No hint available.,Sarah won a race! The ribbon is the finish line; her friends are her teammates.,Situation,06/09/07 #9719,A Colourful Gent,2.71,1.39,warrior,"Can you find two colours in the following sentence? ""I'm a gent and a lady's man,"" he said.",No hint available.,"Magenta & Tan. (I'M A GENT And) (genT ANd)",Language,01/10/03 #14648,Farley's Fishing,2.26,2.72,taniapereira99,"Fred Farley spent his summers up north in a cottage on Stoney Lake. There, he often debated with his friends what type of bait was best to use for the fish in the waters. He decided one year to hold a fishing tournament with the best fishers on the lake, each using a different casting lure. 5 men competed (Fred Farley was NOT one of them) and points were awarded in four categories to determine a winner: Greatest total Weight of fish caught: 4 points Greatest Number of fish caught: 3 points Largest Fish: 2 points Second-largest fish: 1 point Winning more than one category: 1 bonus point Two fishermen did not win any of the categories and first place ended up being a tie between two men who received the same amount of points. From the statements below, determine the first and last name of each of the contestants, what casting lure was used, and who won each category. 1. Mike (who was one of the category winners), Mr. Black (who is not Terry), and the one that used the plastic worm live near each other. 2. Vick, who did not win the total weight category, did not use the spinner bait; nor did Mr. McNess. 3. The one that used the weighted jig, who was not Terry, did not win any of the categories. 4. Neither Sam nor Mr. Larson live near any of the other three contestants, nor did either use a spinner bait or deep-running crank bait. 5. The fisherman who won the largest-fish category, who was not Mr. Smith, used spinner bait. 6. Mr. Jones, who caught the most fish, did not use a deep-running crank bait. 7. Both Mr. McNess (who did not use a deep running crank bait) and Terry (who did not use a plastic worm) had boat trouble and started after the others. 8. A wounded-minnow was used as one of the casting lures, and Kevin was one of the contestants.","Since only 3 of the contestants won the 4 categories, one of them won two and earned a bonus point. Since there were two first places, the only possible outcome was that they both received 4 points. Therefore, one contestant won the total weight category (4 points), and another won the largest, second largest category and earned a bonus point (2 + 1 + 1 points).","Kevin Black, spinner bait, largest fish and second largest fish category, bonus for winning two categories, 4 points. Mike Smith, crank bait, total weight, 4 points Sam McNess, weighted jig, no category, 0 points Terry Larson, wounded minnow bait, no category, 0 points Vick Jones, plastic worm, most fish, 3 points. From 1: Mike won a category, is not Mr. Black, and did not use the plastic worm. Mr. Black is not Mike or Terry and did not use the plastic worm. From 2: Vick is not Mr. Mc Ness, did not win total weight and did not use the spinner bait. Mr. McNess did not use the spinner bait. From 3: Terry did not use the weighted jig. The weighted jig won no category. From 4: Sam is not Larson or Black, and did not use the spinner, deep running crank or plastic worm bait. Mr. Larson is not Mike, and did not use the spinner, deep running crank or plastic worm bait. From 5: Mr. Smith did not win the largest fish or use the spinner bait. The largest fish was caught using the spinner bait. Since Vick and Sam did not use the spinner, they did not win the largest fish category. Since Mike won a category, he did not use the jig. From 6: Mr. Jones won the most fish and, therefore, did not use the spinner bait, did not use the deep running crank bait either. Therefore, Black used the spinner and was the largest fish winner. Since Vick did not win the largest fish, by elimination, Kevin is Mr. Black. From 7: Mr. McNess is not Terry and did not use a deep running crank bait. Therefore, Smith could have only used the crank bait. Terry did not use a worm. Therefore, Vick used the worm and Sam used the weighted jig (and therefore won no category). The worm (used by Vick) was thereby only used by either McNess or Jones, and since 2 says Vick is not Mc Ness, Vick is therefore Jones. Terry, then, is Larson and won no category. Mike then wins the total weight category. Then by summing up the leftover information, Terry uses the minnow and leaves Mike with the deep-running crank bait. That, in turn, makes Mike's last name Smith. Sam is then McNess.",Logic,09/02/03 #2164,Add two letters,2.4,1.1,Cascas,What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?,No hint available.,The word short.,Language,01/27/02 #7907,I Won't Cry,2.41,0.66,agent322,"Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?",What has a skin and makes you cry?,An Onion,Riddle,10/06/02 #32893,Eating For Free?,2.55,1.32,bigSWAFF_69_,"A family of eight were eating at a nice hometown diner. After all of them had their fill of grub, they received the bill. The bill ended up being exactly $69.69, but the family left the diner without paying a dime. They were not arrested for not paying the bill, in fact, their waitress wished them a good night before they left. How did they get away with a seemingly free meal?",No hint available.,"They paid with a $50, and a $20. They never spent a dime, but still paid for their meal. The waitress was extremely unhappy with her $0.31 tip, believe me.",Trick,09/08/06 #40160,A Thought From Stephen King,2.43,2.16,aresII,"The following quote is from Stephen King. This former teacher has become one of the most honored horror writers in recent history. Can you decode it? Y=R ""CSACHS OZXJP OZIO X KMNO FS I LSYE NOYIJWS CSYNAJ. OZXN XN JAO DAYYSDO. X ZILS OZS ZSIYO AU I NKIHH FAE. XO XN XJ I WHINN TIY AJ KE BSNP.""","D=C X=I Z=H","""PEOPLE THINK THAT I MUST BE A VERY STRANGE PERSON. THIS IS NOT CORRECT. I HAVE THE HEART OF A SMALL BOY. IT IS IN A GLASS JAR ON MY DESK."" KEY: A=O B=D C=P D=C E=Y F=B H=L I=A J=N K=M L=V M=U N=S O=T P=K S=E T=J U=F W=G X=I Y=R Z=H",Cryptography,01/22/08 #3265,Money in Water,2.45,2.17,cathalmccabe,"You drop two coins into a muddy river by mistake. You saw one falling in, a 1 Euro coin. You know the other one had to be either a 1 Euro coin, or a 2 Euro coin. After searching and pulling out one, and discovering it's a 1 Euro coin, what is the chance that the other is also a 1 Euro coin?",It's not 50/50!,"2/3 There are 3 possible combinations after you pull out a 1 Euro: A 1 Euro was in the river initially, and you pull out the second one you saw fall in; therefore a 1 Euro is in the river still. A 1 Euro was in the river initially, but you pull it out; therefore a 1 Euro is still in the river. A 2 Euro fell in first, you pull out the 1 Euro you saw fall in; therefore a 2 Euro is still in the river. These three states are all equally likely, so there is a 2 in 3 chance of pulling out a 1 Euro.",Probability,04/05/02 #25744,All Blacks,2.6,2.63,Gizzer,"The rugby season may be over, but the wheeling and dealing is just reaching a high point. Recently, each of six teams acquired a different, valuable, player to beef up its roster. Each player specializes in a different position (one is a prop), and, coincidentally enough, each was acquired from a different one of the other teams. Each felt a pang of regret at leaving his former team, but is eagerly awaiting the first scrum of the season with his new mates. From the following clues, can you match each player with his position, new team and former team? 1. The one from the Mountaineers didn't sign with the Scarlets. 2. The Mountaineers, Troopers and Typhoons signed the fullback, the player who left the Downers and Cowan, in some order. 3. The Downers, Scarlets and Jets lost Tuitupou, the center and the player who signed with the Typhoons, in some order. 4. Jeeper and the center signed with the Downers and the Typhoons, in some order. 5. Rokocoko and McGuyver left the Mountaineers and the Troopers, in some order. 6. The player who left the Troopers signed with the Jets. 7. The hooker cleared his stuff out of his former Downer locker last week. 8. Rokocoko isn't the fullback. 9. The wing's wife was delighted that her husband signed with the Scarlets. 10. Grippley didn't sign with the Scarlets. 11. The fly half, who isn't going to the Mountaineers, isn't Cowan.",No hint available.,"The player who left the Troopers signed with the Jets (clue 6). This player is either Rokocoko or McGuyver (clue 5); the other left the Mountaineers. A third player is the hooker, who left the Downers (clue 7). The wing signed with the Scarlets. Since the player from the Mountaineers didn't sign with the Scarlets (clue 1), this is a fourth player. Cowan is neither the hooker who left the Downers nor the wing who signed with the Scarlets (clue 2), so he is a fifth player. Cowan is not the fullback (clue 2) or the fly half (clue 11). The center cannot have signed with the Typhoons (clue 3), so the center must have signed with the Downers while Jeeper signed with the Typhoons (clue 4). This means that Cowan cannot be the center (clue 2), and must therefore be the prop. The center didn't leave the Troopers or the Mountaineers (clue 3), so he is the 6th player, leaving Rokocoko and McGuyver as the fullback and the fly half, in some order. At this point we know the following information about the 6 players: 1) Rokocoko/McGuyver, fullback/fly half, left the Troopers for the Jets 2) Rokocoko/McGuyver, fullback/fly half, left the Mountaineers 3) the hooker, left the Downers 4) the wing, signed with the Scarlets 5) Cowan, the prop 6) the center Since Jeeper signed with the Typhoons, he is one of the three people listed in clue 2: he obviously isn't Cowan, so he is either the fullback or the player who left the Downers, ie the hooker (clue 7). We've established that Jeeper cannot be the fullback, so he is the hooker. Grippley didn't sign with the Scarlets (clue 10), so he is the center. This leaves Tuitupou as the wing. At this point we have the following information: 1) Rokocoko/McGuyver, fullback/fly half, left the Troopers for the Jets 2) Rokocoko/McGuyver, fullback/fly half, left the Mountaineers 3) Jeeper, the hooker, left the Downers for the Typhoons 4) Tuitupou, the wing, signed with the Scarlets 5) Cowan, the prop 6) Grippley, the center, signed with the Downers The player that left the Mountaineers couldn't have also signed with the Mountaineers, so Cowan signed with the Mountaineers, and the player that left the Mountaineers signed with the Troopers. The fullback didn't sign with the Jets (clue 2), so the fullback signed with the Troopers and the fly half signed with the Jets. Rokocoko isn't the fullback (clue 8), so McGuyver is the fullback and Rokocoko is the fly half. At this point we have the following information: 1) Rokocoko, the fly half, left the Troopers for the Jets. 2) McGuyver, the fullback, left the Mountaineers for the Troopers. 3) Jeeper, the hooker, left the Downers for the Typhoons. 4) Tuitupou, the wing, signed with the Scarlets. 5) Cowan, the prop, signed with the Mountaineers. 6) Grippley, the center, signed with the Downers. Tuitupou left the Downers, the Scarlets or the Jets (clue 3). We've established that Jeeper left the Downers, and since Tuitupou signed with the Scarlets, he must have left the Jets. The Scarlets, therefore, lost the center (clue 3). By process of elimination, Cowan left the Typhoons. So these are the 6 players: 1) Rokocoko, the fly half, left the Troopers for the Jets. 2) McGuyver, the fullback, left the Mountaineers for the Troopers. 3) Jeeper, the hooker, left the Downers for the Typhoons. 4) Tuitupou, the wing, left the Jets for the Scarlets. 5) Cowan, the prop, left the Typhoons for the Mountaineers. 6) Grippley, the center, left the Scarlets for the Downers.",Logic,09/03/05 #8759,The Brother's Check,2.38,2.04,lesternoronha1,"Two brothers share a flock of x sheep. They take the sheep to the market and sell each sheep for $x. At the end of the day they put the money from the sales on the table to divide it equally. All money is in $10 bills, except for a few $1 bills (less than 10 of them). One at a time they take out $10 bills. The brother who draws first also draws last. The second brother complains about getting one less $10 bill so the first brother offers him all the $1 bills. The second brother still received a total less than the first brother so he asks the first brother to write him a check to balance the things out. How much was the check for?",No hint available.,"Since they sell x sheep for $x apiece, the total amount of money they will make is $x^2. In other words, the total is a perfect square. Since the first brother to draw a $10 bill is also the last one to draw, there must be an odd number of $10 bills. In other words the number in the 10's place of the total amount earned must be odd. Any perfect square with an odd number in the 10's place always has a 6 in the unit's place (check it out - it's true). Therefore the brothers must have $6 in one-dollar bills. If the first brother has an extra $10 and the second brother has the $6, then the difference is $4, and the first brother has to write a check for $2 to even things out.",Math,11/27/02 #35266,Countries Hidden in the Dark Continent,2.73,1.6400000000000001,pitapockets,"The earliest explorers of the Dark Continent found unseen lands, strange creatures and curious natives. Hidden in the following sentences are countries found on this continent; find them. 1. It's okay to laugh, Ana. 2. Look under Strategy Pt. 1 3. Robot swan, attack them! 4. Who left that Camero on the lawn? 5. Give your wand a twirl! 6. Marc had on the same shoes too. 7. There's Lili, by an oak tree! 8. Which animal is your favorite? 9. It's only a broken yardstick. 10. Let's change an' go lay down.","The ""Dark Continent"" is actually a phrase once used to describe Africa, when it was largely unexplored by Europeans. The countries you're looking for are all found in Africa.","1. It's okay to lauGH, ANA. GHANA 2. Look under StratEGY PT. 1. EGYPT 3. RoBOT SWAN, Attack them! BOTSWANA 4. Who left that CAMERO ON the lawn? CAMEROON 5. Give youR WAND A twirl! RWANDA 6. MarC HAD on the same shoes too. CHAD 7. There's LiLI, BY An oak tree! LIBYA 8. Which aniMAL Is your favorite? MALI 9. It's only a broKEN YArdstick. KENYA 10. Let's change AN' GO LAy down. ANGOLA",Language,02/10/07 #45863,Curtail B,2.62,1.6300000000000001,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Intricate network -> Plural pronoun 2. Flowering plant used for flavour -> Female pronoun 3. Perfectly upright; small lead weight -> Smooth skinned oval fruit 4. Door frame posts -> Fruit preserve 5. Hooked metal point; aggressive remark -> Rod; where drinks are served 6. Gasping cry; weep -> Thus; to a great extent 7. Short summary -> To make less clear; confuse 8. The highest quality (formal) -> Above normal quality (informal)","The words start with these letters: 1. W 2. H 3. P 4. J 5. B 6. S 7. B 8. S","1. Web -> We 2. Herb -> Her 3. Plumb -> Plum 4. Jamb -> Jam 5. Barb -> Bar 6. Sob -> So 7. Blurb -> Blur 8. Superb -> Super",Language,11/30/09 #1281,Telephone Problem,2.94,1.69,anneofgg14,"A woman depended on a public telephone to make her calls, but it was usually out of order. Each day she reported this to the phone company, but nothing was done. Finally she came up with a fib that she told the phone company. The phone was fixed the next day. What did she tell them?",How would a business never want to be cheated?,She told them that people were making calls without having to pay.,Mystery,11/03/01 #42206,Royal Musicians,2.66,2.48,MarcM1098,"Can you determine what famous musicians are described below? Each clue is an anagram of their full birth name. 1. Seen alive? Sorry, pal! 2. One cool dance musician. 3. Censor per song liner.","The musicians are so famous that they are each known by a single name. The title is also a clue.","1. Elvis Aaron Presley Known as just Elvis, he was an American musician and actor. The clue refers to the many rumours that Elvis is still alive. 2. Madonna Louise Ciccone Known as just Madonna, she is an American musician, dancer, and actress. 3. Prince Rogers Nelson Known as just Prince, he is an American musician. His song, ""Darling Nikki"", prompted Tipper Gore to urge warning labels on records. After a senate hearing on obscenity in popular music, some albums required a label such as: ""Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics"". The title refers to the artists' royal-sounding names or nicknames. Elvis has also been called ""The King of Rock and Roll"". Madonna has also been called ""The Queen of Pop"". Prince is already a royal-sounding name.",Trivia,06/11/08 #5503,Robert D O,2.62,1.4,im_para_noid,"Can you decipher this famous actor: Robert D O",No hint available.,Robert DeNiro (D near O),Rebus,07/12/02 #28610,Country Hunting,2.87,2.01,Grey-Version2,"Try and find the country in each of the following paragraphs: 1. Tom was a very sick boy and was bedridden for three weeks. He was given glandular fever by kissing a lot of girls. 2. Ale was the drink of choice for Andrew. He consumed 10 pints a day and doctors condemned him an alcoholic, which surprised Andrew. ""Ale sooths my feelings and makes me feel relaxed, what's wrong with that? I am still a normal person!"" 3. Baby intercoms are going to be replaced by LAN devices. They will give a better signal and are less likely to pick up background noise and are simply put near the baby, possibly in its cot. LAN devices have also been predicted to be used in other places around the house. 4. Sir Elan drove me to the coffee shop. He is such a gentleman, as I did not have to walk. Bravo I say!",Home Nations,"1. England - He was givEN GLANDular fever..... 2. Wales - ...which surprised AndreW. ""ALE Sooths my feelings... 3. Scotland - ...near the baby, possibly in itS COT. LAN Devices have... 4. Ireland - SIR ELAN Drove me...",Language,02/14/06 #45039,"Four Words With ""LA""",2.5100000000000002,1.1,Ammer,"All of the following words below contain the following two letters in them: ""LA"" Fill in the blanks below, using the following list of letters: E, E, F, G, H, K, P, R, U, Y, Y, Z 1. LA--- 2. LA-- 3. ---LA- 4. -LA--","1. Ends with the letter H 2. Ends with the letter Y 3. Starts with the letter R 4. Starts with the letter F","1. LAUGH 2. LAZY 3. REPLAY 4. FLAKE",Language,08/10/09 #2003,Triangle sizes,2.26,1.3,Mogmatt16,"Which triangle has the most area? Is it one with sides measuring: A) 23 in., 20 in., & 10 in. B) 2 in., 3 in., & 5 in. C) 15 in. 7 in., & 22 in.",No hint available.,"A is the largest. B & C don't form triangles! Those sides can only form a line. A is the only real triangle.",Math,01/09/02 #42802,Farm Animals 2,2.5,1.7,brainyboy615,4 = C of a C's S,Moo!,"4 = Chambers of a Cow's Stomach Strangely, cows have 4 chambers in their stomachs. The first stomach chamber is called the rumen. In the rumen, huge amounts of food are stored and softened. The food is regurgitated after being processed and softened in the rumen. This substance is called the cud. It is chewed again, and the chewed cud goes to the other chambers of the stomach. These chambers are the reticulum, omasum, and abomasum.",Letter-Equations,08/15/08 #5787,Age Minus Story,2.16,1.84,michelle,"What does this mean? age minus story",No hint available.,Ageless story,Rebus,07/22/02 #10817,Telephoney,2.17,2.27,mad-ade,"One boring, rainy Madadian evening, Mad Ade sat waiting for the ""Sweaty Chef Kebab"" shop to open. He was staring aimlessly at the telephone. He began to wonder to himself, ""If you were to dial any 7 digits on a telephone in random order, what is the probability that you will dial your own phone number?"" Assume that your telephone number is 7 digits.",No hint available.,"The answer is 1 in 9,000,000. To my knowledge it is only dialing codes that can start with a zero. As the number is only 7 digits long let's assume no dialing code is present. The first digit of the number is therefore 1-9. The 2nd to 7th digit of the number could be 0-9. Therefore the solution is: 1/9 * 1/10 * 1/10 * 1/10 * 1/10 * 1/10 * 1/10 = 1/9,000,000. If the first digit can be a zero, the answer would be 1 in 10,000,000.",Probability,03/01/03 #50735,Vacation Troubles,3.08,2.98,LanceAlot,"Five friends decided to take their families on a vacation. One night, while the wives and children slept, they snuck down to the hotel bar to reminisce. After many drinks they returned to their rooms, each forgetting something at the bar in the process. The bartender decided to bring the items back to the friends. Help the bartender figure out who the items belong to and where to take them. Note that odd rooms are on one side of the hall and even rooms are on the other. 1) Each man had a stumble or two getting to their room, but the one man whose full name is type of liquor had trouble seeing and stumbled a bit more then the rest. 2) Either Johnnie's room conjoined with another's, or Mr. Beam lost his phone. 3) The men whose rooms conjoined one of the others are; the one who lost his glasses, Mr.Goose, the man in 215, and Jose. 4) The men entered the stairwell together, but the one who forgot his jacket climbed one flight alone. 5) The man who left his phone could hear Jack's wife on the other side of the wall watching tv. 6) Jose's wallet was the first thing to be returned, later the hat was returned to 215, but, due to location, Mr.Daniels was the last person to receive his lost item. 7) The man in 216 either lost his wallet or is Mr.Quervo. 8) Jim's, Jack's, and Grey's room each ended in an odd number. 9) Mr. Walker was in 218.","Liquor Brands are (Jim Beam, Jack Daniels, Grey Goose, Johnnie Walker, and Jose Quervo). Pay close attention to clue 5 and 3.","Jose -> Beam -> Wallet -> 216 Grey -> Daniels -> Jacket -> 355 Jim -> Goose -> Cell Phone -> 217 Jack -> Quervo -> Hat -> 215 Johnnie -> Walker -> Glasses -> 218",Logic-Grid,11/23/15 #19623,Madadian Farm Animals,2.24,2.73,Mad-Ade,"Old Farmer McDoughnut owns a piece of grassland in the heart of Madadia and has three animals: a Madadian Burger Cow, a Spare Kebab Goat, and a Scotch Egg laying Goose. McDoughnut discovered the following: When the cow and the goat graze on the field together, there is no more grass after 45 days. When the cow and the goose graze on the field together, there is no more grass after 60 days. When the cow grazes on the field alone, there is no more grass after 90 days. When the goat and the goose graze on the field together, there is no more grass after 90 days also. For how long can the three animals graze on the field together?",No hint available.,"The cow, the goat, and the goose eat grass with a constant speed (amount per day): v1 for the cow, v2 for the goat, v3 for the goose. The grass grows with a constant amount per day (k). The amount of grass at the beginning is h. There is given: When the cow and the goat graze on the field together, there is no grass left after 45 days. Therefore, h-45x(v1+v2-k) = 0, so v1+v2-k = h/45 = 4xh/180. When the cow and the goose graze on the field together, there is no grass left after 60 days. Therefore, h-60x(v1+v3-k) = 0, so v1+v3-k = h/60 = 3xh/180. When the cow grazes on the field alone, there is no grass left after 90 days. Therefore, h-90x(v1-k) = 0, so v1-k = h/90 = 2xh/180. When the goat and the goose graze on the field together, there is also no grass left after 90 days. Therefore, h-90x(v2+v3-k) = 0, so v2+v3-k = h/90 = 2xh/180. From this follows: v1 = 3 x h/180, v2 = 2 x h/180, v3 = 1 x h/180, k = 1 x h/180. Then holds for the time t that the three animals can graze together: h-tx(v1+v2+v3-k) = 0, so t = h/(v1+v2+v3-k) = h/(3xh/180+2xh/180+1xh/180-1xh/180) = 36. The three animals can graze together for 36 days.",Math,11/29/04 #37184,Great Intelligence,2.15,2.7,nascarfan19,J S = I of the L B,No hint available.,Joseph Swan = Inventor of the Light Bulb,Letter-Equations,07/01/07 #29437,He-Boy-Girl-Dislikers Club #2,2.77,1.52,PineappleMama,"The He-Boy-Girl-Dislikers club is very strict about security. They don't want to risk their tree-house being contaminated by cooties, cosmetics or any other girl-borne plague. Each week they change their secret password to prevent infiltration. Decipher the clues to determine what this week's code is? catchy tune in an ad + wedding clangers + caped crusader + what your nose does",Robin laid an egg.,"Jingle Bells, Batman Smells ""We are He-Boy-Girl-Dislikers....we'll grow up to be big bikers"" ""H.B.G.D.'s rule this tree....Girls just bring on misery""",Other,03/31/06 #27335,"1, 3, 6, 11",2.63,2.11,hamburger,"What comes next in this series of numbers? 1,3,6,11,18,29,42,59,78,101....?",No hint available.,"130 You add the number in the sequence to the next prime number in order.2,3,5,etc. So 1+2, 3+3, 6+5 etc.",Series,12/10/05 #28389,Little Damian's Nap-time Adventure,2.85,1.24,marianj79,"Mrs. Willis teaches pre-kindergarten at Happy Child Day Care. When she went to wake the class after nap-time, she discovered that one of the children had not been asleep after all. Little Damian had been a very busy, very bad boy. Before nap-time, each child had put their shoes and snacks at the foot of their mat. Damian had quietly switched everyone's things. He had, of course, left his things alone. Help Mrs. Willis to sort out this mess. Here is what she remembers: First Names: Dianne, Shaun, Craig, and Kelly Middle Names: Marian, Anne, Robert, and Edward Shoe Colors: Red, Blue, Black, Green Snacks: Apple, Pudding, Brownie, and Banana 1. The children are Dianne, the child with the banana, the child with the red shoes, and the boy with the pudding. 2. The boy who had an apple liked things to match, and so wore sneakers the same color as his snack. 3. As you would expect, the two boys' middle names are Robert and Edward. 4. Kelly never ate her snack; she always traded at snack time - unlike the girl whose middle name is Marian. 5. Craig Robert loves the black shoes he just got yesterday, but Dianne wants new ones, since her favorite color changed to blue.","Dianne's shoes are not blue. The child with the apple must have red or green shoes.","Dianne, Marian, Green Shoes, Brownie Shaun, Edward, Red Shoes, Apple Craig, Robert, Black Shoes, Pudding Kelly, Anne, Blue Shoes, Banana",Logic-Grid,02/01/06 #45388,Words With CAR,2.5,2.45,brainglue,"Four words with the letters CAR, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. C _ A _ R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C A R _ _ _ C A _ R _ _ _ C _ A _ _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ Pool: A, A, C, C, E, E, E, H, H, I, I, I, I, I, M, N, N, O, O, P, R, R, R, R, S, S, T, T",No hint available.,"The answers are: chairperson macaroni carrier characteristic",Language,09/28/09 #24958,Number's Up,2.27,2.73,safire2191,"What are the next 5 numbers in the series? 1,4,2,6,3,8,5,9...",No hint available.,"7, 10, 11, 12, 13 The pattern alternates prime numbers with numbers divisible by more than two numbers.",Series,07/29/05 #18222,4= C on a T M,2.45,2.73,orangemonkey,4= C on a T M,No hint available.,4= Colors on a Twister Mat,Letter-Equations,07/14/04 #29524,Two Missing Numbers,2.69,2.72,fishmed,"What are the two missing numbers in the sequence below and why? 149 162 536 496 481 1??",Try regrouping,"The last two numbers are 0 & 0, as the numbers are the list of consecutive square numbers up to 100, beginning with 1, regrouped to 3 digits at a time. 1,4,9 16,2 5,36, 49,6 4,81, 100",Series,04/04/06 #15901,84 Dimes,2.27,0.86,beanie89,How many quarters can you get out of 84 dimes?,No hint available.,None! Because they are all dimes.,Trick,12/21/03 #5729,"1, 3, 5, 9, 12?",2.12,2.56,mad-ade,"What comes next in this series? 1, 3, 5, 9, 12, 21, .., ..?",No hint available.,"23 and 25 They are all numbers that end in the letter E when written out.",Series,07/20/02 #30537,Rome 2,2.44,2.55,Princeford93,In Rome an eagle flew over the streets and everyone went inside and made sure all the doors and windows were closed up and secured. Why?,No hint available.,Because in ancient Rome an eagle meant power and if you saw one a storm was on the way.,Situation,05/17/06 #2874,Estimate,2.01,1.19,204_BLaZe_41,"Can you decipher this: Estimate Under",No hint available.,Underestimate,Rebus,03/25/02 #1172,Dots on a Line,1.96,1.52,Ichabod Clay,How many points can you place on a single line?,No hint available.,"An infinite amount. Remember, a line stretches on forever.",Math,10/20/01 #2083,Peanuts,2.42,1.94,ChemicalBoy08,"There was a cabin in a forest, and everybody inside it was dead. There were peanut shells all over the floor. How did they die?",No hint available.,It was an airplane crash.,Situation,01/19/02 #34548,The Winning Combination 2,2.77,2.46,grungy49,"You are back on the same game show with four other contestants. You didn't realise last time that the winner gets another appearance on the show! You now have another chance to win half a million dollars and become a millionaire! The objective is to crack the combination of the safe using the clues. The first person to do so will win $500,000. The safe combination looks like this: ??-??-??-?? A digit can be used more than once in the code, and there are no zeroes. Here are the clues: 1. When adding the first number of the third set with the second number of the second set, you will get a number below 8. 2. The only digits not used in the code are 5 and 7. 3. When adding the two digits of the first set together, you will not get 10. 4. If you multiply the second set by 4, you will get the fourth set reversed. 5. No set has a number above 90. 6. The product of both the digits in the first set is below 30 but above 20. 7. One of the number sets is 66. 8. There is only one 8 in the combination, and it is in the last set. Now, get cracking! Warning: Hint shows which set the 66 is in.",??-??-66-??,"The set is 39-21-66-48. First of all, the second clue tells you there are no 5's or 7's in the combination. Now we go to the fourth clue. It tells you that if you multiply the second set by 4, you will get the fourth set reversed. There are only a few numbers that will satisfy this: 11, 12, 16, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Now we skip down to clue 8, which tells us there is one 8 only, and it is in the last set. It could either be the first digit or the second digit. However, this eliminates these numbers from being in the second set: 11, 16, 23 and 24. Now, only 12, 21 and 22 are the possibilities for being in the second set. Now, let's look at clue 7. This tells us that 66 is one of the four number sets. We know it can't be in the second, or fourth, and since clue six tells us the product of the two numbers in the first set ranges from 21-29, 66 must go in the third set. ??-??-66-?? Now we must look at the first clue. The first number of the third set (6) plus the second number of the second set will get a number below 8. This means it cannot be 12 or 22, because they would both total 8. This means that the second set of numbers is 21. Making good progress! ??-21-66-?? Now, we come back to clue 4 which tells us the second set multiplied by 4 equals the fourth set reversed. 21 multiplied by 4 is 84, which when reversed is 48! ??-21-66-48 Now, we come back to clue 6, which tells us the product of the digits in the first set is above 20 but below 30. These are the only numbers that satisfy that condition - and remember, no 5's, 7's or 8's are left in the combination: 39 (3 * 9 = 27) 46 (4 * 6 = 24) 64 (6 * 4 = 24) 93 (9 * 3 = 27) Now, we look at clue 5. This eliminates 93. Now, come to clue 3. This tells us the sum of the two digits in the first set does not equal 10. This eliminates 46 and 64. The only number left is.... 39! Now you have your answer; 39-21-66-48 Congratulations!!! You won, again!! You are over the moon! You have become the first millionaire in five generations of your family history!!",Logic,12/23/06 #21929,Era of Ahab,2.48,1.67,badbunnee,"What's the rebus? Moby Dick circa 1850's","Who (or what) was *Moby Dick*? *Circa* means around or approximately the date shown. The title is a hint, too.","Whale of a time. Moby Dick was a whale (book by Herman Melville about the whaling industry of the mid-19th century). *Whale of a time* is a colloquialism/idiom meaning WE HAD LOTS OF FUN !!!",Rebus,03/31/05 #17070,6 F G,2.28,2.58,rose_rox,"6 F G = G, V, F, M, M & B, O",No hint available.,"6 Food Groups = Grains, Vegetables, Fruits, Milk, Meat & Beans, Oils",Letter-Equations,03/19/04 #8657,560 = 600,2.49,1.8900000000000001,Glenbo,How can you make 560 = 600 using only 2 punctuation marks?,The punctuation marks are both colons.,"5:60 = 6:00 on a clock Another solution would be using ^: 56^0 = 60^0",Trick,11/22/02 #4929,Famous Author,2.69,1.97,im_para_noid,"I am a famous author I am a famous poet Credit for my work It is not mine Wouldn't ya know it For all that is done I get a lot a of credit You all have heard my name, But only some remember",No hint available.,Anonymous,Riddle,06/24/02 #36405,Crazy Cooking Catastrophes III,2.8,1.9000000000000001,PineappleMama,"Welcome to Crazy Cooking Catastrophes. Today our host has decided to mix up an Austin Powers Main Course Creature Feature... Please follow these instructions carefully to unscramble [pun totally intended] the answer. Cooking Tips: Words like add, combine, stir in, sprinkle, etc mean to add those letters to the mix. Words like remove, drain, none left over, give, etc. mean to remove those letters from the mix. In a large bowl, combine one BABY with four teaspoons of TALC. Gently shake [don't stir] until well blended. Sprinkle in a CUP of OATS, then take out the COALS. If your batter hasn't risen yet, then give UP and start over. What creature will be left in the bowl?",This recipe is the cat's meow.,Tabby Cat,Language,04/25/07 #32676,Be Perfectly Frank,2.32,1.2,hottiexo247,"A hot dog vendor at a soccer game sells one half of his supply of hot dogs during the first half of the game. During intermission, he sells a total of five hot dogs. During the second half, he sells three eighths of his original supply. He is left with only four hot dogs. How many did he have to start with?",No hint available.,"Five hot dogs (intermission) plus four hot dogs (left over) equals just one eighth of his original supply, because we know that a total of seven eighths was sold during the game itself. That means the vendor must have started the soccer game with 9 x 8 = 72 hot dogs.",Math,08/27/06 #46365,Shared Letter 2,2.52,2.7600000000000002,MarcM1098,"In each set below, pick any two words and you will find that they share one, and only one, letter. Each set consists of seven words that meet the above restriction; your task is to find the missing words. Set One 1. YEA 2. RAM 3. GYM 4. ERG 5. MET 6. ??? 7. ??? Set Two 1. NTH 2. ONE 3. PUN 4. HUE 5. ??? 6. ??? 7. ???","In each set, every letter that is used must occur exactly three times.","Set One: TRY, TAG Set Two: OUT, PET, HOP There are very few words that can form a set like this. In any set, there must be a word that is either all vowels (such as YEA) or all consonants (such as NTH).",Language,02/13/10 #23500,Manny the Juggler,3.06,2.27,onlyeeyore,"Manny the Juggler was getting pretty proficient at his craft, letter-juggling! He was able to juggle up to four letters at a time with ease! He now thought it time to try to move on to FIVE letters. He went and grabbed five related five-letter words (one plural) and proceeded to try to juggle each one. Alas, every time he tried, one letter of each word would invariably fall, bounce off his foot, and roll away. Each time he noticed that the leftover letters of each five-letter word could be rearranged to form a new four-letter one! Moreover, when he collected the five dropped letters (one from each word), he discovered that he could add a letter to that new group to make a six-letter word related to the other five five-letter ones! His excitement didn't last long, as he was still unable to juggle in fives. Sigh, maybe next time! Can you add a letter to each of the four-letter words and rearrange them to find out what the original five-letter words were that Manny juggled? Each word is related. reps chap page moan mole Now, take each letter added to the above words and add another to the group to create a six-letter word also related to the original five.",The five-letter words are objects that could really be juggled!,"reps + A = pears chap + E = peach page + R = grape moan + G = mango mole + N = lemon AERGN + O = ORANGE",Language,06/08/05 #8644,What Happened When,2.28,0.61,juzzztin,What happened on the 31st of June 1945?,No hint available.,Nothing. There are only 30 days in June.,Trick,11/22/02 #14124,Anthracite,2.26,2.31,dumbell,"Spot the well-known phrase or saying: Rake Anthracite Bituminous",No hint available.,Rake over the coals.,Rebus,08/01/03 #40407,'Z' Words #3,2.63,2.34,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'Z' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'Z' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun! 1. Smog results when - Z - - - forms a - - Z - mist. 2. The - Z - - of Russia had never encountered a religious Z - - - - -. 3. The waiter recommeded a white Z - - - - - - - - to drink with the - - - - - - Z - -. 4. Z - - - doesn't - - - - - Z - as easily as iron.",No hint available.,"1. Smog results when oZone forms a haZy mist. 2. The cZar of Russia had never encountered a religious Zealot. 3. The waiter recommeded a white Zinfandel to drink with the appetiZer. 4. Zinc doesn't oxidiZe as easily as iron.",Language,02/10/08 #46205,Four 0's,2.55,2.53,wicked_one,"Using only four ZERO'S (0) and any Mathematical Operations/Symbols, obtain the number 24.",No hint available.,"0! = 1 (0! + 0! + 0! + 0!)! = 24",Math,01/16/10 #43338,Battle!!!!!,2.3,2.09,gymboy09,B at F S = S of the A C W,No hint available.,Battle at Fort Sumter = Start of the American Civil War,Letter-Equations,10/15/08 #20592,What Words #3,2.8,1.6400000000000001,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that would fit in the middle of pair that would create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER ______ HORN Answer: EVER _ GREEN - HORN 1: hour ______ ware 2: rock ______ out 3: sir ______cloth",No hint available.,"1: hour - GLASS - ware 2: rock - FALL - out 3: sir - LOIN - cloth",Language,01/25/05 #35608,Popular TV Shows 7,2.69,2.64,jazzmusician46,"Below are four (4) anagrams of actors from a popular 1960's TV show. Your job is twofold: firstly, name these people and secondly, ascertain the TV show they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. Dynamo in role (7, 5) Animal whistler (7, 7) Sleeky, deft role (8, 6) Hello! Hen clinics (8, 7)","""Space, the final frontier...to boldly go where no man has gone before"".","Leonard Nimoy William Shatner DeForest Kelley Nichelle Nichols The TV show is 'Star Trek' (1966-69). THE CAST: Leonard Nimoy - Mr. Spock William Shatner - Captain James T. Kirk DeForest Kelley - Dr. McCoy Nichelle Nichols - Lt. Uhura",Trivia,03/08/07 #2053,Timorous Heart,2.3,1.75,missie,"Translate the following famous proverb from big words to normal: A timorous heart at no time succeeds in acquiring the beautiful damsel.",No hint available.,Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.,Language,01/16/02 #12490,I Get to Travel,2.7,2.28,Newf,"Used left or right, I get to travel, Over cobblestone or gravel. Used up, I vie for sweet success, Used down, I cause men great duress. What am I?",No hint available.,"Your Thumb You can use your thumb (left hand or right) when hitching (travelling over cobblestone or gravel). Thumbs up is a show of success, thumbs down not so great.",Riddle,05/20/03 #4472,Kebab Kidnap,2.35,1.67,mad-ade,"Mad Ade was kidnapped by the K.L.F (Kebab Liberation Federation), and taken to a hideout. From overheard conversation, he knew he was either in London, England or in Sydney, Australia. He was drugged by using a decoy Kebab and transported, and when he came to, he had been locked in a room with no windows or other way to see outside. There was a table, a bed, a chair, and a sink in the room, but nothing else. However, Mad Ade was able to easily figure out which city he was in. How did Mad Ade do it?",No hint available.,"Since water drains counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere (London), and clockwise in the southern hemisphere (Sidney), Mad Ade simply put some water in the sink and watched which way it drained.",Logic,06/04/02 #11092,Disaster,2.37,1.12,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? Disaster Height x Disaster Length",No hint available.,Disaster Area.,Rebus,03/12/03 #48123,Tom Swifties Yet Again,3.17,1.78,dalfamnest,"A Tom Swifty is a play on words. Tom speaks, and the way he is said to speak is a pun - both meanings are relevant. e.g. ""I love hot dogs"", Tom said frankly. ""Frank"" connects how he spoke and the hot dog! [Frankfurter!] The Tom Swifty can also use a phrase or homophone. e.g. ""You didn't order enough carpet"", said Tom with a cold stare. ""Cold stare"" expresses his annoyance and suggests uncarpeted stairs! Choose one of the listed words or phrases to fill each gap. ** CLUES ** 1. ""No, don't come in. I'm changing!"" said Tom _____. 2. ""This is a grave situation"", said Tom, _____. 3. ""Hooray! The radio reception is clear again"", said Tom _____. 4. ""So? Buy a proper pencil sharpener!"" said Tom _____. 5. ""I'm going to be head of the CIA in a few years"", said Tom _____. ** WORD LIST ** bluntly, fondly, graciously, aspiringly, hopefully, ecstatically, in fun, briefly, cryptically, cautiously ** YOUR TURN! ** Think of a better Tom Swifty for one of Tom's statements in the teaser, and maybe write it as a comment.",No hint available.,"1. briefly 2. cryptically 3. ecstatically 4. bluntly 5. aspiringly If you really need an explanation, scroll down... Tom Swift was an adventure hero created by American writer Victor Appleton. In the books, many of Tom's remarks were written with an adverb or adverbial phrase. From this style, the term ""Tom Swifty"" has come to be used for this form of word play. ** EXPLANATIONS ** 1. Briefly = in his briefs! 2. Crypt is another name for a grave; a hint of mystery. 3. It sounds like ex-STATIC-ly (static spoils a radio signal). 4. The pencil was blunt and so was the way he spoke - harshly. 5. Aspiringly means ""with ambition"" - but it sounds like ""a-SPY-RING-ly""!",Language,10/19/10 #17041,When Will I Be Famous?,2.18,2.22,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? When will I be famous? Lifestyles of the rich and famous. Madonna is famous.",No hint available.,Famous last words,Rebus,03/17/04 #4542,Dark Shadows,2.39,1.59,Drunky,"You can find us in darkness but never in light. We are present in daytime but absent at night. In the deepest of shadows, we hide in plain sight. What am I?",There's a common thing to some of the key words,The letter D,Riddle,06/06/02 #8952,8 = P of S in the E L,2.59,2.66,Cascas,8 = P of S in the E L,No hint available.,"8 = Parts of Speech in the English Language (Nouns, verbs, prepositions, adverbs, adjectives, interjections, pronouns, conjunctions).",Letter-Equations,12/06/02 #39332,Missing Mo,2.61,1.75,rt1819,"Mo was nine years old when he was taken from his home to a soft, dark place. A couple hours later, a fairy came and took him away, and he was never seen again. What happened?",I never said that Mo was a human...,Mo was a molar! He fell out and was put under a pillow until the tooth fairy came and took him away.,Situation,11/24/07 #24181,Kennel Madness,3.02,1.28,ragsdaleam,"7 dogs were boarding at the local Pet Lodge. Each dog was in a separate run, all in a single row. One of the employees left the cages unlocked and the dogs have all gotten out of their runs. She needs to put each of them back in the right cage, but this is all she remembers. Help her get them in the right cages, and QUICK! Dogs: Beau, Duke, Fluffy, Lady, Princess, Rover, and Spike 1. Spike doesn't like other dogs much, so he was on one of the ends. 2. Princess was somewhere to the left of Beau. 3. Rover was in the third run from the right. 4. The only dog between Fluffy and Lady was Princess. 5. Duke was directly to the left of Lady.",No hint available.,Duke-Lady-Princess-Fluffy-Rover-Beau-Spike,Logic,07/01/05 #47881,Curtail 8,2.73,2.11,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Serious -> Cut off 2. Scorch -> Body of water 3. Deck member -> Vehicle 4. Smelled -> Shock; surprise 5. Spotted horse -> Imperial volume 6. Young farm animal -> Escape; to beat 7. Second; pre-release version -> Wager 8. Anger -> Hair Bonus: Take the eight curtailed letters and form a one-word anagram; you will see something peripheral.","The words start with these letters: 1. S 2. S 3. C 4. S 5. P 6. L 7. B 8. F Bonus: A device attached to a computer is a peripheral.","1. Severe -> Sever 2. Sear -> Sea 3. Card -> Car 4. Stunk -> Stun 5. Pinto -> Pint 6. Lamb -> Lam 7. Beta -> Bet 8. Fury -> Fur Bonus: KEYBOARD",Language,08/30/10 #19630,People Profiles,2.83,1.16,mrguyguy,"5 men-- Bob, Joe, Riley, Thomas, and Xavier, last names Imith, Jones, O'Donnell, Roader, and Popper, each have different careers--farmer, carpenter, realtor, stock broker, and chemist, and different favorite sports-- tennis, bowling, soccer, volleyball, and basketball. Can you figure out who has what last name, career, and favorite sport? Clues: 1. Both Joe's last name and career begin with the same letter. 2. Bob does not like bowling or volleyball. 3. Mr. O'Donnell is a chemist. 4. Xavier plays a sport with a net down the middle of the field. 5. Riley Jones is not a carpenter, but Bob is. 6. Mr. Imith's friend Xavier is a farmer. 7. Riley is a stock broker. 8. The carpenter plays tennis (he built the rackets). 9. Mr. Imith loves tennis, but Riley and Thomas like sports with 2 nets at the goals. 10. The basketball player is a chemist.",No hint available.,"Bob-Imith-Tennis-Carpenter Joe-Roader-Bowling-Realtor Riley-Jones-Soccer-Stock Broker Thomas-O'Donnell-Basketball-Chemist Xavier-Popper-Volleyball-Farmer",Logic-Grid,11/29/04 #24722,800 Things,2.46,1.47,qqqq,"800 things fell off a shelf, yet only one sound was heard. How can this be?",No hint available.,"800 pages fell off the shelf, but one book fell off the shelf.",Trick,07/20/05 #29839,Tic-Tac-Toothpick,3.05,1.53,Jake,"Moving only three toothpicks, can you make three identical squares from the arrangement below?",No hint available.,Move the toothpicks marked with grey into the positions marked with green.,Logic,04/11/06 #32210,Word Jumble 4 - Famous Landmarks of India,2.5100000000000002,2.8,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed. Unscrambling these letters will form the answer to this teaser: ULTIQAY - Take letters 1,2 & 3 DMNECIIE - Take letters 1,4 & 7 UBELDN - Take letters 1 & 2 FRPTYIE - Take letters 3 & 4 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?","This landmark is located in Delhi, India.","ULTIQAY - Take letters 1,2 & 3 - QUALITY, take Q,U,A DMNECIIE - Take letters 1,4 & 7 - MEDICINE, take M,I,N UBELDN - Take letters 1 & 2 - BUNDLE, take B,U FRPTYIE - Take letters 3 & 4 - PETRIFY, take T,R Unscramble the above to get 'Qutub Minar' Qutub Minar is the tallest brick minaret in the world. The tower is located in South Delhi, India. The Qutub Minar is 72.5 metres high and requires 379 steps to get to the top. In recent times though, it has not been possible for visitors to ascend the tower due to safety reasons. The diameter of the base is 14.3 metres wide while the top floor measures 2.7 metres in diameter. The construction of the Qutub Minar was ordered by Qutb-ud-din Aybak, the first Muslim ruler of Delhi in the 11th century. He could not complete its construction during his lifetime and in fact, the complete structure was ready only a couple of generations later in the 13th century. The minaret is made of fluted red sandstone covered with intricate carvings and verses from the Qur'an.",Language,08/01/06 #578,Friday to Friday,2.42,0.74,Spikejw1,"Before the days of motor cars, a man rode into town on his horse. He arrived on Friday, spent three days in town and left on Friday. How is that possible?",Can you guess the horse`s name?,The horse`s name is Friday.,Trick,06/04/01 #28229,Enjoyable Journey,2.19,1.73,froggygg,"What's the phrase below shown by single: triple off the highway double down the street single for the road quadruple on the sidewalk",No hint available.,"One For the Road. Meaning: An idea to be considered after one departs, but which won't be discussed now. Origin: The phrase originates from the context of a person having one more drink for the road. The individual has the drink to make the journey ahead more enjoyable. In the same way, an interesting question can fuel conversation or thought on a journey.",Rebus,01/24/06 #34672,A Block Series,2.17,2.47,calmsavior,"What is the fifth block in this series? 1. G B E R M O S X A W Y I H K U 2. E O U V P A O A E U Z K A I U 3. U O I F B E E A O Y M A U E U 4. A R I E C O O E U Q J I P V E ? Choose from: a) E O I R K O N L A P Q U X T I b) O M E E K I U O A A W E U D U c) E A I O L D A U O F P I O E U","The key is not within the individual letters, but rather a pattern within the block. Also, pay special attention to the number of each block.","The answer is C. If you look carefully in block 1, you should see that the vowels form the digital representation of 1. g b E r m O s x A w y I h k U The vowels in block 2 form the shape of a 2: E O U v p A O A E U z k A I U And so on. The C block was the only choice that digitally represents the number 5.",Series,12/31/06 #36797,The Shooting 2,2.31,1.52,yerg,"A person sneaked up behind someone and shot her in the head several times. She survived, and that was no surprise. The victim was angry. What happened?",He DID use a gun.,The person shot his mom with a NERF gun while she was washing dishes.,Situation,05/31/07 #29753,Heavy Lifting,3.03,2.22,zonasurance,"It was officer Smith's first day on the job. All the detectives were buzzing about a recent robbery from Fort Knox. One hundred pounds of gold had been stolen right from under the guards' noses. It was obviously an inside job, and the list of suspects was rather short. Jim Python was at the top of the list, but they had checked his house and found nothing. Hank Pank, the Captain, ran into the room. ""I've just received an e-mail from our robber."" Everyone ran into the conference room to see it. ""I can't believe how smug this robber is, rubbing it in our faces!"" thought Smith. The e-mail said: ""Greetings, you capitalist swine! I trust you have realized your ridiculous inability to catch a master thief. I have hidden the gold a short flight away which was difficult due to its weight. You will never catch me!!"" The officers, keeping Jim's house under surveillance, suddenly radioed in. ""The suspect has left his home in a hurry and appears to be moving towards the airport"". Every officer in the room ran to their cars except Smith. Two hours later, Captain Pank returned disheartened. ""We got Jim, but without the gold we don't have much of a case"". Smith replied ""I have the gold, it was easy to find once I deciphered the e-mail"". What had Smith figured out?",Jim was an avid word puzzle solver and enjoyed playing with words that had double meanings.,"The gold was hidden at his house. It was upstairs (a short flight) in the workout room where Jim had configured it to look like regular weights. With the gold found, Jim confessed, and Smith was quickly promoted.",Mystery,04/13/06 #48272,Let The Games Begin,3.36,2.73,harmonize9,"Assassin is a popular game on college campuses. The game consists of several players trying to eliminate the others by means of squirting them with water pistols in order to be the last survivor. Once hit, the player is out of the game. Game play is fair play at all times and all locations, and tends to last several days depending on the number of participants and their stealth. At Troyhill University, 5 students participated in a game that only lasted four days. Can you determine each player's first name, their color, their assassin alias, how they were eliminated, and their major? Names: Liam, Anabel, Bella, Oliver, Ethan Colors: Red, Green, Blue, Purple, Black Alias: Captain Dawn, Night Stalker, Dark Elf, McStealth, Billy Capture: Caught at weekly study group, Caught helping friend with car trouble, Ambushed during sleep, Caught on the way to class, Winner Major: Economics, Biology, Art History, Sociology, Psychology MONDAY: Liam, the girl named Captain Dawn, and the person in purple avoided any action that day. The psychology major was able to easily catch Ethan because she already had a study group meeting with him that day. Since it was a weekly engagement, he didn't suspect a thing. Goodbye red player. TUESDAY: Everyone tried to get in on the action today. The girl masquerading as the Dark Elf (who was wearing either black or red) and the sociology major lived to see another day. The purple player was able to catch the obliging yet naive green player by calling her and pretending he had car trouble. WEDNESDAY: The biology major (who was still ""alive"") was surprised to hear that the Psychology major, who wasn't Anabel the art history major, ambushed Night Stalker as he slept in his dorm. THURSDAY: The black player was declared the victor after luckily spotting ""Billy"" on his way to Mammalian Physiology, a class required by his major.","All names are conventional for their gender. Mammalian physiology is a course that biology majors would take.","Liam, Blue, Night Stalker, Ambush, Sociology Anabel, Green, Captain Dawn, Car, Art History Bella, Black, Dark Elf, Winner, Psychology Oliver, Purple, Billy, Class, Biology Ethan, Red, McStealth, Study Group, Economics",Logic-Grid,12/08/10 #51169,Not Interested ??,1.5,0.52,LittleGreenMan,"What is the Rebus? thebirds thebirds thebirds thebirds",No hint available.,"""for the birds""",Rebus,06/01/17 #52268,The Landlord,2.54,2.47,wimpykidfan37,"Al, Ben, Carl, and Dan live in four adjacent apartments. The apartments are set up like this: |1|2|3|4| with apartment 1 being the westernmost apartment and apartment 4 being the easternmost. One of the four is the landlord. Here are some facts: 1. If Carl does not live next to Ben, then Al is the landlord and he lives in apartment 1. 2. If Al lives east of Carl, then Dan is the landlord and he lives in apartment 4. 3. If Ben does not live next to Dan, then Carl is the landlord and he lives in apartment 3. 4. If Dan lives east of Al, then Ben is the landlord and he lives in apartment 2. Who is the landlord?","All four facts are in the form of ""hypothesis and conclusion"" statements. If the hypothesis of such a statement is false, the whole statement is true. If the conclusion is true, the whole statement is true. However, if the hypothesis is true and the conclusion is false, the statement is false. This means that each statement has either a false hypothesis or a true conclusion.","Carl is the landlord. Obviously only one conclusion is true at most. Let us suppose that all conclusions are false. This would mean that each hypothesis is also false. From facts 1 and 3, Ben lives next to both Carl and Dan, and therefore between Carl and Dan. Then either Al lives east of both Carl and Dan (contradicting fact 4) or Carl and Dan both live east of Al (contradicting fact 2.) So there must be exactly one true hypothesis, which will be paired with the one true conclusion. Obviously each of the three false conclusions is paired with a false hypothesis. If conclusion 1 is true, then Al lives in apartment 1. But since hypothesis 4 is false, Al has to live east of Dan. So this cannot be right. If conclusion 2 is true, then Dan lives in apartment 4. But since hypothesis 4 is false, Al must live east of Dan. So this cannot be right, either. If conclusion 4 is true, Ben lives in apartment 2. Then, since hypotheses 1 and 3 are false, Ben lives between Carl and Dan, putting Al in apartment 4. But since hypothesis 2 is false, Carl must live east of Al. Therefore, conclusion 3 is true.",Logic,09/12/19 #4714,Cardinal,2.6,1.4,missie,"Decipher this phrase: Cardinal Crow Robin And Honey bumbles",No hint available.,The birds and the bees.,Rebus,06/14/02 #17007,Who Will Marry the Princess?,2.93,1.48,dieblondboff,"A wizard left each of his three sons a gift before he died. The eldest received a mirror, through which he could see anyone in the world. The second, a horse which could ride to any place in the world in one day. The third, a magic apple which would never rot, and when eaten would cure any disease. One day the brothers heard about a princess in a faraway land who was dying of an unknown disease. Rumour had it the king would let the man who saved his daughter marry her. The brothers sprung into action. The first looked in his mirror and saw the ill princess and the land she lived in. All three jumped on the second brother's horse, and they rode so fast they got to the princess' land the next morning. Then the third son took his apple to the princess, who ate it and recovered full health instantly. The king was grateful, and indeed intended to let one of them marry the princess. But it had taken the co-operation of all three brothers to save her. Which one did the king decide should marry his daughter?",No hint available.,"The king decided that the youngest of the brothers was most worthy of marrying his daughter, because he made the greatest sacrifice in saving the princess: he had lost his magical gift, while the other two still had the mirror and the horse.",Situation,03/13/04 #2685,Sgeg,2.41,0.91,Chrissy---,"Decipher the following phrase: SGEG","Man, I hate it when words are SCRAMBLED.",Scrambled Eggs!!,Rebus,03/14/02 #5782,1 knows,2.26,1.93,Cascas,"What does this mean? 1 knows",No hint available.,Won by a nose,Rebus,07/22/02 #43308,Not So Formal,2.99,2.78,grilledcheese,"Detective Allison Carr pushed her way through the crowded hotel lobby and into an elevator. At the tenth floor she found a forensics crew already at work. ""What have we got here?"" she asked Officer Frost. ""Victim is one Jacob Williams,"" Frost said. ""He and his wife and another couple are here for a week's vacation."" ""I need names,"" Carr said. ""Wife's name is Kate. The other couple is James and Cindy Jones."" Carr jotted the names into a small notebook. ""Okay. Now, what happened?"" ""The two couples were in the casino gambling. They had plans to eat at one of the city's most exclusive restaurants. Very classy place. Anyhow, Williams left the casino first to come up here to shower, shave, and dress. The others came up later. When they were dressed and ready to go out, Williams hadn't come out of his room yet. That's when Mr. Jones came in here and found the body."" ""Didn't Mrs. Williams see her husband when she came up here to dress?"" Carr asked. ""Mr. Williams was a snorer. His wife couldn't sleep in the same room with him, even at home. They had separate suites here, so she didn't know anything was wrong until Jones told her."" Allison Carr shook her head. ""How did Williams die?"" she asked. ""He was shot with his own gun,"" Frost said. ""He takes it with him all the time for protection. He's a jeweler and often carries a lot of gems when he's working. I guess it worked against him this time. ""He was shot in the heart at close range. There was quite a bit of blood, as you'll soon see. The medical examiner says with that kind of wound Williams may have lived for ten or fifteen seconds, but not much longer."" Frost ushered Detective Carr into the bedroom of the late Jacob Williams' hotel suite. Several policemen were combing the room for clues. One of them approached Carr. ""We found something interesting here. As you'll notice, this room has a fireplace. The hotel doesn't really expect the guests to use it, but it is a working fireplace. Someone DID use this one, though, and not too long ago. We found this in it."" With that, the officer held out an evidence bag in which he had gathered some samples of ashes. Carr noticed the ashes had a peculiar texture: it wasn't the type of ash left by wood or paper. In another evidence bag were seven melted pieces of plastic and metal. Along with them was a charred piece of metal that appeared to be some sort of clip. ""Have you searched this room completely?"" Carr asked. ""Yes. Here's what we found."" Frost handed a list to the detective. Carr read, ""Five undershirts, five pair of undershorts, three pairs of brown socks, two pairs of blue socks, two blue dress shirts, three sport shirts, two pull-overs, six pair of slacks - two brown, two blue, and two black - along with a black belt, six ties - all in the current style and all different colors to match the shirts and slacks - two sport jackets - one brown and one blue - a pair of brown shoes, one pair of walking shoes, an electric razor, pre-shave and after shave, a toothbrush and toothpaste, a pair of walking shorts, pajamas, seven handkerchiefs."" ""Is that it?"" she asked. ""We found the usual things on the body,"" Frost said. ""You know, wallet, change, keys, things like that. You ready to view the body now?"" ""I think so,"" Carr said as she moved toward the bed. Jacob Williams' body lay on the floor near the bed. A fairly large man, he was face down with his right hand outstretched and his left hand tucked under him. A large pool of blood spread out from under the body. Williams was in his underwear and slippers. His right hand was coated with blood. ""Looks like he tried to wipe the blood off his hand before he died,"" Carr said with a frown. Then she turned her attention to Williams' bed. Neatly laid out on it were a pair of tuxedo pants, a tuxedo jacket, and a red cumber-bun. Next to the pants was a pair of black socks. At the foot of the bed was a pair of black shoes. ""Looks like he never did get dressed for that dinner,"" Carr said. ""I'd like to speak to the others in the party. Where are they?"" ""Next door in the wife's suite,"" Frost said. Carr went to Mrs. Williams' suite where three people sat; all were pale and nervous. The woman who was introduced as Mrs. Williams had obviously been crying. She wore a long yellow evening gown with shoes and purse to match. She was a short woman. ""I know what you're going to say,"" she sobbed. ""You're going to say I shot Jacob because I hated his philandering. But that's not true. So what if he had affairs? He loved only me."" Carr's eyebrows went up at this remark and she turned to James Jones, a once-handsome man who was slowly showing the effects of his age. Jones was dressed in a tuxedo, white shirt, and black bow tie. ""She's obviously upset,"" Jones said of Mrs. Williams. ""Jacob really was devoted to her, even if he did fool around. We were partners, you know, and he confided in me."" ""Partners?"" Carr said. ""Does this mean you'll take over the entire business now?"" ""Well, yes, but...,"" Jones began but never finished. ""And how about you?"" Carr asked Cindy Jones, a tall, graceful woman dressed in a red gown. ""You're very beautiful, if I may be so bold. Were you one of Mr. Williams' affairs?"" ""Good heavens, no!"" Mrs. Jones said. ""Not that he didn't try. Oh, I'm sorry, Kate, but the truth is your husband did make several passes at me, but I never gave in, and nothing ever happened between us."" ""If I have the details straight,"" Detective Carr said, ""Mr. Williams left your group to go to his room to prepare for dinner while you all stayed in the casino. Were you all together?"" ""No,"" James Jones said. ""I was playing blackjack."" ""I was at the slot machines,"" Kate Williams said. ""And I was at the roulette wheel,"" Cindy Jones said. ""I think one of you came to Mr. Williams' suite earlier than you claim,"" Carr said. ""You argued with him, lost your temper, and shot him with his own gun. And I think I know which of you it was. As soon as I have some evidence examined, I'm sure I can prove it.""",No hint available.,"James Jones killed Jacob Williams. When she was shown the scene of the crime, Detective Carr realized something was missing. Jacob Williams was preparing to go to a formal dinner, but nowhere in the room were the white dress shirt, bow tie, or studs he would need for his tuxedo. Then she remembered the smear on Williams' hand. Nothing in the room was found that indicated where he had wiped the hand. She realized that after he was shot, Williams must have clutched at his wound, getting his hand bloody. Then he wiped the hand on the closest thing he could - his killer's clothing. The killer certainly couldn't leave Williams' room with bloody clothes, so he removed them, burned them in the fireplace, and put on Williams' shirt, tie, and studs. The only person in the group in a tux was James Jones, so Carr deduced he was the killer.",Mystery,10/12/08 #40945,A Presidential Proclamation,2.31,2.27,aresII,"The following quotes are from John Adams (1735-1826). He was the second President of the United States through the years 1797-1801. Can you decode it? Both puzzles share the same code. * The hint provides three vowels. E=M B=R ""MS PTYB XVNMTCF MCFHMBO TNKOBF NT QBOXE ETBO, GOXBC ETBO, QT ETBO XCQ ZOVTEO ETBO, PTY XBO X GOXQOB."" ""NKO KXHHMCOFF TS FTVMONP MF NKO OCQ TS UTJOBCEOCN.""","M=I O=E X=A","""IF YOUR ACTIONS INSPIRE OTHERS TO DREAM MORE, LEARN MORE, DO MORE AND BECOME MORE, YOU ARE A LEADER."" ""THE HAPPINESS OF SOCIETY IS THE END OF GOVERNMENT."" KEY: B=R C=N E=M F=S G=L H=P J=V K=H M=I N=T O=E P=Y Q=D S=F T=O U=G V=C X=A Y=U Z=B",Cryptography,03/09/08 #1456,Four Clowns,2.52,1.96,psychodude57,Four clowns were getting ready for the evening's performance. From the clothes trunk each clown had to get their socks and shoes. There was one pair of each shoes and socks in each color. The red socks went with the blue shoes. Baba had yellow shoes but not yellow socks. The clown with green shoes did not have blue socks. Boba had neither red shoes nor red socks. Bilbo's shoes were the same colour as Babil's socks. The clown with red shoes had green socks. Can you tell who had which color shoes and socks?,No hint available.,"Baba had yellow shoes and blue socks. Boba had green shoes and yellow socks. Bilbo had red shoes and green socks. Babil had blue shoes and red socks.",Logic,11/19/01 #44012,Gardening Troubles,2.18,0.67,eggface,"Gardeners Frank, George, and Ben all work on large properties. One of them tends to the Smith's garden, one tends to the Jones's garden, and one tends to the Maple's garden. In one garden, only native plants are grown. In another, exotic plants are everywhere. In the third garden, vegetables are grown for the family's supper. Using the clues below, work out which gardener grows which plants in which garden. Good luck! Clues: 1. Frank is the only gardener who grows vegetables. 2. The exotic plants aren't grown in the Smith's garden. 3. George doesn't work at the Jones's. 4. Vegetables are grown at the Jones's. 5. Ben doesn't work at the Smith's.",No hint available.,"Frank grows vegetables in the Jones's garden. Ben grows exotic plants in the Maple's garden. George grows native plants in the Smith's garden.",Logic-Grid,01/28/09 #49330,What's the Verb ?,2.36,1.8800000000000001,Gwabu,"You have a mysterious letter and a verb in present simple tense behind it. When you put them together you will get a word by meaning the same as the word: deed. If you change the verb to the past simple tense, you will get a new word with the meaning of something that will happen to you. What is the verb from the first word?",The mysterious letter is: F.,"The verb is: Eat. The first word is: Feat ( F + Eat ). The second word is: Fate ( F + Ate ).",Language,02/29/12 #20691,"A, C, F, H, __",2.21,1.17,hotblondee12121,"What is the next letter? A, C, F, H, ___",No hint available.,"The next letter is K because in between A and C there is one letter, in between C and F there are two letters, and then the pattern repeats.",Series,01/28/05 #48939,Small House,2.52,1.41,Faith511,"I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows. If I want to go out, I must break through the wall. What am I?",No hint available.,A chick in an egg.,Situation,08/10/11 #50967,RE-Words 3,3.26,1.82,MarcM1098,"In English, ""re"" is a prefix usually meaning ""again"", such as in ""rebuild"" (build again). However, there are many words starting with ""re"" which have a totally different meaning without the ""re"". You will be given two definitions, one for a word starting with ""re"", and one for the remaining word without the ""re"" (either definition could be given first). Example: exhausting / ceasing employment Answer: tiring / retiring 1. difficult search / politely ask 2. trustworthy / legally responsible 3. hospital room / prize for achievement 4. back in good health / put something over 5. rhythmic force in arteries / drive back by force 6. smooth by ironing / subdue by force 7. become less severe / provided in loan 8. process of updating / act of seeing",No hint available.,"1. quest / request 2. reliable / liable 3. ward / reward 4. recover / cover 5. pulse / repulse 6. press / repress 7. relent / lent 8. revision / vision",Language,01/13/17 #25090,Lost In A Cave,2.78,2.87,spookboy0,"Three boys were out hiking one day and they came across a cave. They went inside the cave for a while and when they exited, a boy was missing. The other two went back inside the cave to look for him. On the walls were numbers in green paint that they hadn't noticed beforehand. The numbers were as follows: 4 8 20 21 10 27 36 23 22 After they wrote the numbers in a notebook, they came across a letter written in the same green paint. It read: Oh, it bothers me to write letters like this. Of how I came across this event I am not aware. However, things must be done. I have written the numbers on the walls. You must use these numbers to find my hiding spot. Good Luck. - The Missing Boy How should you find him?",No hint available.,"By using the numbers in combination with the letter. Start at the beginning of the letter the boy wrote and skip the number of letters indicated in the number sequence given to get each letter in turn. (Note that spaces do not count as letters.) Skip 4 letters from beginning: B Skip 8 letters: E Skip 20 letters: H Skip 21 letters: I Skip 10 letters: N Skip 27 letters: D Skip 36 letters: Y Skip 23 letters: O Skip 22 letters: U Therefore, he is hiding BEHIND YOU.",Cryptography,08/07/05 #14158,Fe at 100,2.67,2.14,MrIxolite,"What saying is represented below? Fe at 100 degrees F = Walkout Fe at 0 degrees F = Happy workers",No hint available.,"Strike while the iron is hot. Fe = Chemical symbol for Iron Walkout = Strike",Rebus,08/05/03 #15204,Mad Ade's Watch,2.26,2.53,mad-ade,"Predictably Mad Ade is once again waiting for the ""Sweaty Chef Kebab Shop"" to open (he always arrives early). In this instance he has arrived over an hour early and as a consequence stands looking at his watch and counting the seconds and minutes until the ""Sweaty Chef"" opens. He noticed something odd about his watch: The minute and the hour hand meet every 65 minutes exactly. How much does the watch lose or gain time and by how much per hour?",No hint available.,"The minute and the hour hand should meet 11 times in 12 hours in a normal watch i.e. they meet after every = (12 * 60) / 11 minutes = 65.45 minutes or 65 minutes and 27.16 seconds But in Mad Ade's case they meet after every 65 minutes, which means the watch is gaining 27.16 seconds per hour.",Math,10/23/03 #35924,Wooden Birds,2.3,2.13,Trumalia,"This is an old American riddle from 1500-1900 AD. Those wooden Birds are now in sight Whose voices roare, whose wings are white, Whose mawes are fill'd with hose and shooes, With wine, cloth, sugar, salt and newes, When they have eas'd their stomacks here They cry farewell, until next years.",No hint available.,Ships,Riddle,02/22/07 #15817,200 Laps,2.67,1.4,Rowsdower,"What U.S. city can be made from these things: An antonym of ""out"" + The Roman Goddess of the hunt + A citizen of Poland + You and I ?",Think the Midwest. The title relates to a famous event held in this city every year in May.,"Indianapolis IN + DIANA + POLE + US",Language,12/16/03 #18751,Mad Ade's One Word Anagrams #2,2.29,2.79,Mad-Ade,"In these teasers Mad Ade will give two sentences where one word is anagrammed to make another word with in the same sentence. For example Whilst researching his ---------- Mad Ade was surprised to find that during the War his Uncle Pierre was in the ----------. In this case the anagrammed words are Ancestries and Resistance. Can you work out what the following anagrammed words are? 1, According to the writing on the side of the yoghurt pot, the ------------ it contained had special ------------ values. 2, It appears that the animals that had just arrived at the Madadian airport from ------ had all contracted ------.","1, Milky goodness and guarding 2, East European country and disease","1, Lactoprotein and Protectional. 2, Serbia and Rabies.",Language,09/06/04 #35979,Even More George Carlin,2.55,2.36,aresII,"These are quotes from George Carlin, one of America's most popular wise guys. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. J=W ""BU TRV JSEM MR YNSIIT MNAM S USBMK KNSINY, MNII KBH TRV JSEM S AHSIINY AKRN ABON."" ""YNHNHCNY: GBAKRENAMT BA MKN ANFREG CNAM DRIBFT.""","G=D O=Z U=F","""If you want to really test a faith healer, tell him you want a smaller shoe size."" ""Remember: Dishonesty is the second best policy."" Key: A=S B=I C=B D=P E=N F=C G=D H=M I=L J=W K=H M=T N=E O=Z R=O S=A T=Y U=F V=U Y=R",Cryptography,03/31/07 #39085,They Said This?,2.6,2.27,grilledcheese,"Below are amusing quotes said by two famous people. Can you decode them? Each quote uses the same code. ""ONI YHBR NFXXR FVOEJO EJ F PIFP FVOEJO, CIMFZJI YHBR ONIH RYZ MFH'O MNFHSI. FQOIV E PEI, E'BB XVYCFCBR MYWI CFMU FJ F XFEHOCVZJN."" ""E GFJ ZHPIV WIPEMFOEYH GNIH E WFPI ONI PIMEJEYH OY CZVH ONI OFXIJ.""","A = F B = C","""The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can't change. After I die, I'll probably come back as a paintbrush."" - Sylvester Stallone, Actor ""I was under medication when I made the decision to burn the tapes."" - Richard Nixon, former U.S. President A = F B = C C = M D = P E = I F = Q G = S H = N I = E J = T K = U L = B M = W N = H O = Y P = X Q = A R = V S = J T = O U = Z V = D W = G X = L Y = R Z = K",Cryptography,11/06/07 #28272,One Really Effective Weapon?,2.7,2.38,sgtammo,"Zvu viokx hkdu vkq gxu hukffs uccudzenu aukbgx, kxl zvkz eq fkimvzuh. Okhj Zakex.","A: K D: L O: G S: Q The title is part of the answer.","A: K B: T C: D D: L E: U F: C G: M H: V I: E J: W K: J L: F M: O N: X O: G P: B Q: Y R: H S: Q T: Z U: I V: N W: A X: P Y: S Z: R The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain. This quote is furnished courtesy of Mark Twain (1835-1910). American writer famous for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer novels.",Cryptography,01/26/06 #18755,Mad Ade's Digital Watch,2.15,2.48,Mad-Ade,"Mad Ade is once more perched outside the ""Sweaty Chef Kebab Shop"" waiting for it to open. He glances at his new digital watch and notices that the time and date display used 10 digits in its HH:MM:SS Month/Day format. It was 17:59:56 09/03. Mad Ade wondered to himself, if all ten digits 0-9 appear on the display, what is (a) the earliest, and (b) the latest date and time in the year this could happen? Obviously he didn't work out the answer as the doors opened and his mind turned to more important things. What would the answer be?",No hint available.,"A, The earliest time of the year is 17:48:59 03/26 B, The latest time of the year is 17:56:43 09/28",Logic,09/06/04 #39551,Are You Thirsty?,2.38,1.31,happyhak,"Which letter comes before the word ""bag"" to make something that makes a drink?",The letter sounds like another word,T,Riddle,12/12/07 #24328,Barbecue Roundup,2.94,1.29,phrebh,"Four people entered the cook-off at the Barbecue Roundup (Bob, Bubba, Cathy, and Fred). They all had different last names (Kent, Kahn, Miser, and Tin) and entered different foods (brisket, pork butt, ribs, and sausage). Using the clues provided determine who brought what and how they placed in the competition (1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th). 1. The sausage did not come in last. 2. Mr. Miser came in third and was beaten by Bob's ribs. 3. The pork butt came in second. 4. Cathy came in two places behind Fred Tin. 5. Mr. Kent won.",No hint available.,"Bob Kent came in 1st with his ribs. Fred Tin came in 2nd with his pork butt. Bubba Miser came in 3rd with his sausage. Cathy Kahn came in 4th with her brisket.",Logic-Grid,07/07/05 #2140,Fish not Snail,2.63,1.33,missie,"My first is in fish but not in snail My second in rabbit but not in tail My third in up but not in down My fourth in tiara not in crown My fifth in tree you plainly see My whole a food for you and me",No hint available.,FRUIT,Riddle,01/23/02 #7663,Alleyr,2.73,1.5,dsquared,"What well known phrase is represented here? alleyr streeto highwaym avenuee",What do all the words have in common (minus the last letter of each - and just what do those last letters mean?),All roads lead to Rome,Rebus,09/22/02 #34265,I Wouldn't Mess With These People!,2.73,2.64,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of popular American Lawmen from the Wild West. Your task is to unravel these anagrams and name the people correctly. I have included the number of words in brackets for each persons name. Enjoy a red bug (5, 3, 4) Cool flabby fluid (7, 4, 4) Male locust (6, 4) A wet party (5, 4) Target trap (3, 7) Shh! Enjoy lewd rain (4, 6, 6) Icy hood lad (3, 7)",No hint available.,"Judge Roy Bean Buffalo Bill Cody Samuel Colt Wyatt Earp Pat Garrett John Wesley Hardin Doc Holiday",Language,12/06/06 #6564,A Ferret and Rabbit,2.2,1.78,master123,"What word completes this series: ferret rabbit otter ==?== Choose from: giraffe, mink, cow, bison.",No hint available.,Giraffe; the initial letters of the words spell FROG.,Series,08/15/02 #2563,Eight Day Clock,2.52,1.55,204_blaze_41,"As a rule, how long will a so-called 'eight day clock' run without winding?",No hint available.,"If the clock isn't wound, it wouldn't run at all.",Trick,03/06/02 #43395,Four For Dinner,2.85,1.43,whsprec,"A family of four - father, mother, sister, and brother - went out to dinner. They each had a different meat, potato, and vegetable. The meats were either steak, ham, chicken, or lamb. The potatoes were either baked, mashed, french fried, or boiled. The vegetables were peas, carrots, corn, or spinach. From the clues given, determine the meal eaten by each member of the family. 1. One child had lamb and the other french fried potatoes. 2. One of the females had spinach and the other chicken. 3. The father sat on the right of the person who had corn, who sat on the right of the person who had chicken, who sat on the right of the person who had baked potatoes, who sat on the right of the person who had peas. 4. One parent had boiled potatoes and the other steak. 5. One of the males had steak and the other had french fried potatoes.",No hint available.,"Father had steak, mashed potatoes, and peas. Mother had chicken, boiled potatoes, and carrots. Sister had lamb, baked potatoes, and spinach. Brother had ham, french fried potatoes, and corn.",Logic-Grid,10/22/08 #5054,Biblical Miracle,2.43,1.42,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? stroll amble trudge hike H2O",No hint available.,Walks on Water,Rebus,06/29/02 #40740,How Many are There?,2.12,1.5,TRILLIONAIRE,"Fill in the blanks to make the sentences correct: Number 1) In this sentence there are three a's, two c's, two d's, twenty six e's, four f's, six h's, ten i's, thirteen n's, five o's, _____ r's, twenty seven s's, seventeen t's, two u's, six v's, six w's, five x's, and three y's. Number 2) In this sentence there are three a's, one b, two c's, two d's, thirty e's, four f's, two g's, nine h's, eight i's, one j, one k, three l's, sixteen n's, twelve o's, eleven r's, twenty three s's, twenty two t's, ____ u's, three v's, nine w's, two x's, and four y's.",No hint available.,"1) Seven 2) Four",Logic,02/27/08 #38179,A Tricky Chain,2.61,2.75,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have given you twelve (12) words. Begin with the letter in capitals and try and make the other words follow it thus: 1. rhyme with it, 2. have the same meaning, 3. be an anagram of it, or 4. have one different letter. Work forward and backward to complete the chain. The first and last words will not connect. Good luck and have fun! Example: STATE...great...large...lager...later. LUCID, spare, sight, trail, clear, pries, flair, sighs, scene, frail, clean, spire.",No hint available.,LUCID...clear...clean...scene...sight...sighs...pries...spire...spare...flair...frail...trail.,Language,09/08/07 #39236,11 Bottles Of ?,2.9,1.6400000000000001,relay,"There are 11 bottles sitting in front of you. You have been told that you're slowly dying and that there is only one antidote here to help you. You must drink from one of these bottles. There are Empty Bottles, Water Bottles, Poisoned Bottles, and one Antidote. Drinking from a Poisoned Bottle will surely kill you. You know the following facts about the bottles... Bottles: 1) 2) Empty Bottle 3) 4) 5) 6) Poisoned Bottle 7) 8) 9) Empty Bottle 10) 11) Poisoned Bottle 1) There are 4 Empty Bottles in front of you. 2) There is always a Poisoned Bottle next to another Poisoned Bottle, but never on both sides. 3) There are two other bottles between the Water Bottles. 4) There are only 2 Water Bottles. 5) Empty Bottles are just like Poisoned Bottles, there is always one of the same kind next to it but never on both sides. 6) The Antidote is in between a Poisoned Bottle and an Empty Bottle.",No hint available.,"Bottles: 1) Water 2) Empty 3) Empty 4) Water 5) Poison 6) Poison 7) Antidote 8) Empty 9) Empty 10) Poison 11) Poison",Logic,11/17/07 #47751,Matrix+Matrix,1.9000000000000001,1.75,quizwizAhn,"1. The math teacher gave Pat two matrices and told her to add them. But she said she couldn't add them even though she learned how to do matrix addition the day before. The funny thing is that the teacher said that she did a good job. Why? 2. The math teacher then gave Mat two matrices and told him to add them. This time, Mat added them and showed the results to the teacher. But the teacher looked at him strangely. Why?",dimensions,"You have to understand about dimensions in a matrix in order to solve this teaser. Each matrix has its own dimension, and it's determined by the number of rows and columns of numbers in it. You can add or subtract matrices only when they have same dimensions. 1. The two matrices had different dimensions. So, it was impossible to add. Therefore, you are right if you say you cannot add them. 2. The teacher gave him matrices with different dimensions, too. But he somehow added them even though it is not possible!",Situation,08/14/10 #43221,Naming Cats and Dogs,3.0,2.5100000000000002,whsprec,"Joe, Bill, Bob, Jack, and Tom, whose last names are Carter, Dawson, Mingus, Wood, and Cole, all live in the same building. Each man owns a cat and a dog. The names of the dogs are Dusty, Midnight, Ginger, Smokey, and Daisy. By chance, cats also have the same 5 names as the dogs. From the clues given, determine each man's first and last name and the names of his pets. (Hint: no man gave the same name to both his cat and his dog.) 1. Joe and Jack each have a pet named Ginger. 2. Jack, Joe, and Mr. Carter do not have pets named Midnight. 3. Bob's dog and Jack's cat have the same name, as do Bill's cat and Tom's dog. 4. The cat Daisy is not owned by Jack Cole, Mr. Mingus, Mr. Carter, or Bill. 5. Smokey the cat does not live with Ginger the dog, and neither of them live with Tom or Mr. Dawson. 6. Joe's dog is named Daisy.",No hint available.,"Joe Mingus: Daisy dog and Ginger cat Bill Dawson: Smokey dog and Midnight cat Bob Carter: Dusty dog and Smokey cat Jack Cole: Ginger dog and Dusty cat Tom Wood: Midnight dog and Daisy cat",Logic-Grid,09/30/08 #21004,Who's on First?,1.85,0.6900000000000001,DennysGirl,"Bases are loaded. Based on the clues below, can you figure out each person's last name, and their position? names: Alice, Emily, David last names: Price, Smith, Smart places: catcher, pitcher, left field 1)Alice Smart is the farthest away from home base. 2)Price is the pitcher. 3)Emily's arm is tired from being overused.",No hint available.,"Alice Smart-left field David Smith-catcher Emily Price-pitcher",Logic-Grid,02/13/05 #41058,It Ends As It Begins: R,2.49,2.32,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, R, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? R(4)R, R(5)R, R(6)R, R(7)R Pool: A, A, A, A, A, D, E, E, E, F, G, I, I, L, O, O, R, S, T, T, T, T",No hint available.,"RAFTER, REALTOR, RADIATOR, REGISTRAR",Language,03/15/08 #9970,Drink Like Us,2.53,1.8800000000000001,Bobbrt,"Drink like us and you'll need be excused. Sleep with us and your soul's diffused. What are we?",No hint available.,"Fish. The riddle refers to the phrases ""Drink like a fish"" (which will cause you to have to excuse yourself to the restroom) and ""Sleep with the fishes"" (you're dead).",Riddle,01/22/03 #16094,Mad Ade's Anagram Teaser #5,2.38,2.23,mad-ade,"This is a basic anagram teaser where the clues will lead to two words that are anagrams of each other. For example ""Attach Father"" would be ""Add Dad"" Or ""Canine Deity"" could be ""God Dog"" 1, To daze pea, monkey and brazil ? 2, Avid leg joint ? 3, Rent Painter stand ? 4, Directional Yell ? 5, Ruffians with Fragrant, pinkish flowers ?",No hint available.,"1, Stun Nuts 2, Keen Knee 3, lease easel 4, South Shout 5, Lotus Louts",Language,01/08/04 #18415,Creepy Wager,2.72,2.18,spookboy0,"One day, John and Sue were out hiking. They saw a few tarantulas on the way. This gave John an idea to win some money. ""Sue,"" he said, ""I'll bet you five dollars that the tarantula over there can crawl without using its own leg muscles."" Sue thought that she would win, but she didn't. How can this be?",No hint available.,Tarantulas do not use muscles to move their legs. They control the amount of blood pumped into them to extend and retract their legs.,Science,08/03/04 #48279,Katie's Birthday Party,2.95,2.88,didem666,"Katie has a birthday party. She has invited 5 friends (Julie, Suzie, Yasmin, David, Richard) and their spouses (Drew, Barry, Conner, Sally, James) to her party. Each friend brings a gift (music box, scarf, necklace, perfume, handbag) and dessert (apple pie, chocolate cake, muffins, cupcakes, cookies) and they all arrive at different time (7:00, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:00). So try to find the spouses, the gifts, the desserts, and the arrival time of each friend. 1. The five friends are: Julie, the one who arrives last, the one who brings the muffins, the one whose husband is Barry, and the one who brings the perfume. 2. Neither David nor Richard arrives first, but one of them arrives last. 3. Yasmin doesn't like eating or cooking fruit. 4. James (who shares his initial with his wife) is the husband who arrives first. 5. Katie's female friends are the ones who bring the necklace, the music box, and the handbag. 6. Julie's husband is a musician so he likes gifts about music. 7. Neither Suzie nor Julie is a fan of chocolate. 8. The guest who arrives second either brings the handbag or brings the chocolate cake. 9. Neither Conner's wife nor Yasmin brings the cupcakes. 10. Sally, whose husband neither likes perfumes nor cupcakes, is famous for her delicious cookies. 11. David and his wife arrive 30 minutes later than the guest who brings the muffins. 12. The guest who brings the cupcakes is the one who arrives after the guest who brings the necklace.",Drew is female.,"Julie, James, music box, 7:00, apple pie Suzie, Conner, handbag, 7:15, muffins Yasmin, Barry, necklace, 7:30, chocolate cake David, Drew, perfume, 7:45, cupcakes Richard, Sally, scarf, 8:00, cookies",Logic-Grid,12/11/10 #23464,Dead Man Talking?,2.67,1.72,Judyth777,"A man was shot near his house and was found by a neighbor. The neighbor called the police immediately. Without any physical evidence, how did the police know the person who was guilty?",No hint available.,"The man was not yet dead and was just ""shot"". So the man told the police the person who was guilty of shooting him!",Situation,06/06/05 #28666,The Locket,2.5100000000000002,1.06,jodocroco,"It was Jodie's birthday, and she received a gorgeous golden locket from her mum. She couldn't wait to show all her friends, but she couldn't decide whose picture to put in it. She knew that if she put one friend's picture in it, the others would be upset. So she made a way that whichever of her friends looked at it would see a picture of themselves, so no one would get upset. How did she do it when the locket could only hold one picture?",No hint available.,"Instead of putting a picture in it, she put a mirror in, so whichever of her friends looked at it, they would see their reflection.",Logic,02/17/06 #8531,Number Relatives,2.21,2.25,lesternoronha1,"Lester gives his friend Terrance a problem. He has to find 2 three-digit numbers which should satisfy the following conditions: There are two numbers x and y with x The Ridiculous",No hint available.,From the sublime to the ridiculous.,Rebus,08/28/03 #18825,Where's Neo?,2.7600000000000002,1.98,MrIxolite,"What situation is shown below? 3.O 2.U 1.T",No hint available.,Outnumbered 3 to 1,Rebus,09/13/04 #14402,"W, S, E, N, E, I, T, _",2.2,2.75,Smithy,"What is the next letter going to be? W, S, E, N, E, I, T, _",No hint available.,"E The first letter is the first letter of the first word. Then it's the second letter of the second word and third letter of the third. Then it goes back to the first letter of the fourth, second letter of the fifth, etc.",Series,08/18/03 #35752,Making Sense,2.5100000000000002,2.29,aresII,"The following are wise advise from unknown authors. Can you decode them? Both quotes use the same code. ""OTPWDT EWG IDURUIUKT XWYTWZT, EWG XCWGAS HNAV N YUAT UZ RCTUD XCWTX. RCNR HNE, HCTZ EWG IDURUIUKT RCTY, EWG'DT N YUAT NHNE NZS EWG CNLT RCTUD XCWTX."" ""RCT ICUIVTZ INYT PUDXR-BWS HWGAS AWWV XUAAE XURRUZB WZ NZ TBB.""","R=T T=E Z=N","""Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes."" ""The chicken came first-God would look silly sitting on an egg."" Key: A=L B=G C=H D=R E=Y G=U H=W I=C K=Z L=V N=A O=B P=F R=T S=D T=E U=I V=K W=O X=S Y=M Z=N",Cryptography,03/19/07 #39153,Closely Watched By Many,2.63,1.96,aresII,"My 5, 8, 9, 3, 2, 1 is a color or a name. My 3, 2, 5, 4, 3 is a tier. My 7, 1, 9, 10, 4 is an alternative to rock. My 6, 10, 1, 9 is to be interested. My 7, 6, 4, 5, 2 is a colander. My whole is closely watched by many.",No hint available.,"TELEVISION. Clue 1 = violet. Clue 2 = level. Clue 3 = stone. Clue 4 = into. Clue 5 = sieve.",Riddle,11/11/07 #50120,Missing Word 3,2.62,1.93,firefox99,"A 3-letter-word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? _ _ _HIC BI_ _ _ E_ _ _IST AR_ _ _",ZY_ _ _E,"GOT. GOTHIC BIGOT EGOTIST ARGOT ZYGOTE",Language,01/25/14 #12852,"T, Q, P...",2.48,2.63,horse_luver,"What is the next letter in this series? T, Q, P, H, S, ?",No hint available.,"O. This is the series of numeric prefixes, starting with Tri: Tri- Quad- Pent- Hex- Sept- Oct-",Series,05/31/03 #22537,"""WSP""",2.9,2.11,horse_luver,"What common, English word has the letters ""WSP"", in that order, without any letters between?",Read,neWSPaper,Language,04/28/05 #1047,Murder on a Train,2.85,2.2,vivek,"The midnight train is coming down the mountains. Art Farnanski seems to be dozing off in his seat. Someone knows that this is not true. At the station, all the passengers get off the train, except one. The conductor comes and taps him on the shoulder to let him know they have arrived. Art Farnanski does not answer. He is dead. Hours later the four people that had shared the train compartment with the dead man are at the police station. The man in the dark suit: ""I'm innocent. The blonde woman was talking to Farnanski."" The blonde woman: ""I'm innocent. I did not speak to Farnanski."" The man in the light suit: ""I'm innocent. The brunette woman killed him."" The brunette woman: ""I'm innocent. One of the men killed him."" That same morning, while he is serving him coffee, the waiter at the Petit Piccolo asks the commander, ""This is an easy case for you, isn't it?"" ""Yes"", answers the commander. ""Four true statements and four false ones. Easy as pie."" Who killed Farnanski? (Only one person is guilty).",No hint available.,"The blonde woman killed Mr Farnanski. There are only four true statements. Only one person is guilty. Therefore, three of the ""I'm innocent"" statements are true. Only one more statement can be true, and this must be the one made by the man in the dark suit or by the blonde woman. Therefore, ""The brunette killed him"" and ""One of the men killed him"" are false statements, so the blonde woman is the killer.",Logic,10/05/01 #8966,IdiotBill,2.69,2.04,MrIxolite,"What proverb is represented here? IdiotBill Idiot...Bill",No hint available.,A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted,Rebus,12/07/02 #4745,STEP x STEP,2.14,1.23,zoltan_90,"Decipher this: STEP x STEP",The 'X' means times or multiplied.,step by step,Rebus,06/15/02 #8066,Arthur Minit's Clock,2.26,2.81,mad-ade,"Mad Ade was visiting his friend, computer tycoon and Olympic Kebab hurling champion, Mike Rohsopht. He was there on Sunday and when the radio gave the time at the hour, Mad Ade noticed that the Madadian antique clock, designed by Madadian clock maker Arthur Minit (teaser #4891) was exactly 3 minutes slow. ""It loses 7 minutes every hour,"" said Mad Ade's friend. ""No more and no less, but I've gotten used to it that way."" When Mad Ade spent a second evening with Mike Rohsopht later that same month, he remarked on the fact that the clock was dead right by radio time at the hour. It was rather late in the evening, but Mike assured Mad Ade that his treasured Arthur Minit clock had not been adjusted nor fixed since his last visit. What day of the week was Mad Ade's second visit?",No hint available.,"The answer is 17 days and 3 hours later, which would have been a Wednesday. This is the only other time in the same month when the two would agree at all. In 17 days the slow clock loses 17*24*7 minutes = 2856 minutes, or 47 hours and 36 minutes. In 3 hours more it loses 21 minutes, so it has lost a total of 47 hours and 57 minutes. Modulo 12 hours, it has ""gained"" 3 minutes so as to make up the 3 minutes it was slow on Sunday. It is now (fortnight plus 3 days) exactly accurate. Since the clock was not adjusted since the last visit, it's also possible that the radio time shifted by one hour due to a change to or from summer daylight saving time. However, it turns out that the only additional possibilities that need to be considered are those of 4 days 15 hours later, when the clock would have lost 12 hours 57 minutes, and 29 days 15 hours later, when the clock would have lost 3 days 10 hours 57 minutes. Without even considering the rules for when in the month the clock is changed, these possible solutions are ruled out because we know that both visits were in the evening (""Mad Ade spent a second evening with Mike Rohsopht"") and they involve times in a different part of the day.",Math,10/14/02 #37137,Daily Schedule?,2.3,2.06,grungy49,"Walking = 6:31am, the park. Playing football = 9:30am, Willsborough Oval. Eating = 5:41pm, kitchen. Sleeping = 11:01pm, the bed. Running = 3:20pm, the driveway. Driving = 1:10pm, Lerence Rd. Talking = 10:41am, Farceville.",No hint available.,There's a time and place for everything.,Rebus,06/29/07 #1625,3 S and Y O,2.42,1.4,abrakadabra_12,3 S and Y O,Baseball,3 Strikes and You're Out,Letter-Equations,12/05/01 #36480,Suited Connectors,2.5100000000000002,1.96,liser,"Which one is the odd one out? FLOP RIVER TURN TRIPS BRUISE KICKER LIMP TILT",No hint available.,Bruise. All the rest are Texas Hold'em poker terms.,Group,05/01/07 #5229,Care Bears,2.82,2.32,Bobbrt,"Every word of a familiar phrase has been replaced by a rhyme in the following sentence. Can you determine the phrase? Care Bears broke mare's tire.",No hint available.,Where there's smoke there's fire.,Language,07/05/02 #34877,Shoe Available,2.73,3.02,Gizzer,"The old woman who lives in a shoe has finally reached mandatory retirement age, and Mother Goose is now interviewing possible replacements. None of the five applicants is currently living in a shoe, though each notes on his or her application that he or she is living in a different eccentric domicile. And, although none has children, each applicant shares his or her abode with a number of domestic animals. No two keep the same type of animal. While Mother Goose checks with her personnel department, see if you can match each applicant up with his or her domicile, as well as with the number and type of domestic animals each owns. Names: Fanny, Gladys, Horace, Inez, Joe Domiciles: banjo, churn, gourd, hat, jukebox Animals: cats, chickens, geese, pigs, sheep Numbers: not provided - you have to figure them out! TBD (in the grid) = to be determined Clues: 1. Two applicants have the same number of animals, while each of the others has a different number. 2. The one who keeps geese lives in a jukebox. 3. Joe shares his abode with chickens. 4. The one who lives in a gourd has four fewer animals than Gladys (who doesn't raise sheep). 5. Fanny has 15 animals, which isn't the lowest number. 6. The one who shares his or her domicile with 19 sheep (who doesn't live in the churn) doesn't have the most animals. 7. The one who keeps cats doesn't have the lowest number of animals, but he or she does have three fewer animals than the applicant who lives in a banjo. 8. Inez (who doesn't live in a hat) has three fewer animals than another applicant.",No hint available.,"Fanny lives in a gourd with 15 pigs. Gladys lives in a churn with 19 cats. Horace lives in a hat with 19 sheep. Inez lives in a jukebox with 12 geese. Joe lives in a banjo with 22 chickens. Explanation: Someone has fewer than 15 animals (clue 5), and someone has more than 19 animals (clue 6). Therefore, the four unique numbers of animals are: the least, 15, 19 and the most. The fifth number matches one of these (clue 1). The number of cats is neither the least nor the most, nor can there be 15 cats, as then someone would have 18 animals, which isn't possible. Therefore, there are 19 cats, and the ""most"" animals is 22 (clue 7). There are also 19 sheep (clue 6), so the numbers of animals are: the least, 15, 19, 19 and 22. Gladys can't have the least animals, or the most (22), as then someone would have to have 18 animals (clue 4). Since Fanny has 15 animals, Gladys must have 19, and since she doesn't have sheep (clue 4), she has the 19 cats. This means that Fanny lives in the gourd (clue 4). She doesn't keep chickens (clue 3) or geese (clue 2), so Fanny has 15 pigs. The geese live in the jukebox, therefore Joe must live in the banjo with his 22 chickens (clues 3 and 7). The sheep don't live in the churn (clue 6), so they live in the hat, and the cats live in the churn. (Remember, ""The Cat in the Hat"" is Dr. Seuss, not Mother Goose!) Inez doesn't live in the hat, so Horace does, while Inez lives in the jukebox with her 12 geese (clue 8).",Logic-Grid,01/14/07 #14696,Odd One Out #3,2.7,2.45,luvupurple,"Which word is the odd one out: brawl clover proper carrot swing change travel sacred stone",No hint available.,"Carrot; each of the other words remains a real word if you remove the first and last letter: b-raw-l, c-love-r, p-rope-r, s-win-g, c-hang-e, t-rave-l, s-acre-d, s-ton-e.",Language,09/06/03 #19363,Lots of Volts,2.33,0.86,Caim,"Mike was a very intelligent kid. He told his fifth grade science teacher that he knew how to create thousands of volts of electricity with only a comb. The teacher didn't believe him and told him to prove it to her. The next day Mike proved it and brought information on the subject. How did Mike do it?",No hint available.,He brushed his hair with the comb. Brushing your hair with a comb separates the positive and negative charges in the comb and thousands of volts of static electricity can be measured.,Science,11/08/04 #42431,Switch It!,2.56,2.07,billy314,"In each of the following sentences, you must switch the capitalized word with a word that means the same as it. The new word must sound the same as a word that would correctly complete the sentence. For example, if the sentence was ""He REQUIRED the dough"", ""required"" would change to ""needed"". The completed sentence would be, ""He kneaded the dough"". 1.He smelled the fragrant PADDLES. 2.It only held a MOUTHFUL of data. 3.There was a letter in the MAN. 4.The POST was very tasty. 5.He wrote on the STILL.",No hint available.,"He smelled the fragrant rose (rows). It only held a byte (bite) of data. There was a letter in the mail (male). The steak (stake) was very tasty. He wrote on the stationery (stationary).",Language,07/06/08 #25424,How High Can You?,2.54,2.03,jimmym,I'm the best jumper in the school. I can jump the highest and the longest. My teacher laid a pencil on the ground and told me to jump over it. I tried and I tried but I just couldn't. Why?,No hint available.,The pencil was under a door.,Trick,08/18/05 #9116,First Floor,2.86,2.33,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Left Side...1st Floor...Right Side Left Side...2nd Floor...Right Side Left Side...3rd Floor...Right Side",No hint available.,There are always two sides to every story (storey).,Rebus,12/13/02 #43258,One Letter of Separation 14,2.77,2.12,cnmne,"Each group of definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) to set apart for a special purpose & to mark out plainly & to reduce to a lower rank (6 letters) 2) to get a momentary glimpse of & a swine enclosure & timid (3 letters) 3) to throb & to scold violently & a shortage (4 letters) 4) a grassy open space & a glassy coating & a harsh dazzling light (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) devote, denote, demote 2) spy, sty, shy 3) pant, rant, want 4) glade, glaze, glare",Language,10/05/08 #20360,Dastardly,2.55,1.82,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Love Miss.Aul (Redhead) Marriage Love Miss.All (Blonde) War Love Miss.Awl (Brunette) Hate",No hint available.,"All is fair in love and war lit. Miss.All is blonde (fair) in Love and War",Rebus,01/12/05 #42251,Tall and Short of a Store,2.17,0.75,whsprec,"Four people, of varying heights, each bought a different item at a store. The customer's names were Rafael, Lennox, Pierre, and Frank. Their heights were 3'1"", 5'2"", 6'4"", and 7'3"". They bought either a toothbrush, a basketball, a bag of candy, or a golf tee. Match the customer to their height and the item they bought. 1) The shortest person bought the golf tee. 2) Rafael is neither the tallest nor shortest and he did not buy the candy. 3) Lennox bought the toothbrush. 4) Frank is 5'2"".",No hint available.,"Rafael- 6'4"" basketball Lennox- 7'3"" toothbrush Pierre- 3'1"" golf tee Frank- 5'2"" bag of candy",Logic-Grid,06/15/08 #34108,SALE SALE SALE!,2.8,1.65,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? Sale Item: Yoursel",No hint available.,Selling yourself short,Rebus,11/25/06 #20300,Suspension,2.52,1.93,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? suSPENDERS suSPENDERS suSPENDERS<- suspenders suspenders",No hint available.,The last of the big spenders,Rebus,01/11/05 #14141,3 = L on a K,2.2,2.62,funkey-monkey,3 = L on a K,No hint available.,"3= Locks on a Keyboard (Num lock, Caps lock, Scroll Lock)",Letter-Equations,08/03/03 #500,42 D on a P of D,2.42,1.97,Squidgy,42 D on a P of D,No hint available.,42 dots on a pair of dice,Letter-Equations,05/28/01 #24894,Having Fun!,2.86,1.14,trickster2005,"Sharron, Leah, Vivian, Barbara, and Vaughnie are all friends that love to do their own thing (age may have something to do with it). Their ages are 60, 50, 40, 23, and 20. Their hobbies are watching TV, playing PC games, reading, gambling and dating. Did I forget to mention that they have a favorite dish or food? The edibles are fish, candy, cookies, gum, and spicy foods. 1. Barbara does not know how to operate a computer. 2. Sharron loves candy. 3. The oldest person loves to watch TV. 4. The twenty year old's name does not start with the letter V. 5. Leah likes cookies. 6. The youngest person likes to read. 7. Vaughnie is older than Barbara by 10 years. 8. The person whose age is in the middle likes to play computer games. 9. The one who likes to watch TV likes to eat fish. 10. Barbara is the gum chewer. 11. Barbara does not date. 12. Sharron is younger than Leah. 13. Leah does not like to gamble. 14. Leah is not older than 29. 15. Vivian loves spicy foods. 16. Vivian is twenty years older than Sharron.",No hint available.,"Sharron- 20, read, candy Leah- 23, date, cookies Vivian- 40, PC games, spicy foods Barbara- 50, gamble, gum Vaughnie- 60, watching TV, fish",Logic-Grid,07/26/05 #6094,The Truth-Telling Ball,2.19,1.62,gladiator1442,"A superstitious woman bought a truth-telling ball. It said that something devastating would happen to the woman the next day. From the moment she woke up to the minute she went to sleep, nothing drastic happened. The next day, the woman was still worried about what would happen. Why?",No hint available.,"The woman believed what the ball said word by word, and always thought that that devastating event would happen THE NEXT DAY.",Trick,08/03/02 #34207,Anagrammed Synonyms 1,2.56,2.44,kashakomin,"In each of the following, study the list of three words. Your task is to find two of the three words which can be paired to form an anagram of one word which is a synonym of the word remaining. For example: LEG - MEEK - NET The words LEG and NET are an anagram of GENTLE, which is a synonym of the word remaining, MEEK. 1. BIDS - TOO - SEE 2. VEERED - WEAK - TAN 3. SIT - HIND - POORER 4. OUT - KISS - SCALE 5. POST - SLAP - AIDE",No hint available.,"1. TOO - BESIDES 2. WEAK - ENERVATED 3. HIND - POSTERIOR 4. KISS - OSCULATE 5. POST - PALISADE",Language,12/02/06 #5280,Erudite What?,2.64,1.79,Bobbrt,"The following limerick has had the last word of each line scrambled. Can you figure it out? Said an envious, erudite MEEIRN, ""There's one thing I can't quite RNEEEITDM: When a dame wears my TACO, She's a lady of OTEN. When I wear it, I'm called only MNEIVR.""",No hint available.,"Said an envious, erudite ERMINE, ""There's one thing I can't quite DETERMINE: When a dame wears my COAT, She's a lady of NOTE. When I wear it, I'm called only VERMIN.""",Language,07/07/02 #9614,Find The Country,2.25,1.75,kered1990,"Find a country hidden in the following sentence: I am Erica Hadring and you should know that I can show fast because I am Erica from Australia.",No hint available.,"America (am Erica)",Language,01/05/03 #49892,Delete a Letter 13,2.48,1.83,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) a gentle push with the elbow (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) unclothed 2) to break or wrench apart (6 letters) & (delete 1st letter) beneath 3) to catch sight of something, especially distant or obscure (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to speak out against strongly and openly 4) to be engaged in activity (4 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to purchase",No hint available.,"1) nudge & nude 2) sunder & under 3) descry & decry 4) busy & buy",Language,07/28/13 #26797,House Cat?,2.54,0.8,Kalliann,"In a small, clean, residential neighborhood, a tiger has been seen. The tiger appears to move around the house throughout the day, but at night, he is put in a small space with a young child. The child is not in danger, and no one in the neighborhood is worried about the tiger. How can this be?",No hint available.,"The tiger is the favorite stuffed animal of a small child, and they sleep in a crib.",Trick,11/08/05 #5494,The King's Ruby...,2.95,1.43,MonkeyPigDog,"The aging king is at Death's door. But, alas, he has no heir to follow in his noble steps. He decides a test will ensure that only the wisest subject in his kingdom will take the throne after his eventual passing. The test is simple: he places a 100 carat ruby in a golden chalice in the center of a 20 foot by 20 foot tapestry. The next ruler and successor to the throne must grasp the ruby from the chalice with his bare hand without suspending from the ceiling or stepping on the tapestry. Three days pass as nobleman after nobleman fails miserably to retrieve the ruby from its golden perch. On the fourth day, as the kingdom nobility looked on in shock and bewilderment, a sole young peasant boy grasped the ruby from the shimmering chalice without so much as his shadow gracing the tapestry. Their new king was chosen. How did he do it?","Don't quit now, you're on a roll!","The noblemen looked on in amazement as the peasant, starting from one end of the long stretch of tapestry, slowly and neatly rolled the fabric until eventually, sitting just inches away, his bare hand grasped the fiery ruby and the boy became king!",Logic,07/11/02 #3072,Reality,2.58,1.34,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: REALITY E C A F",No hint available.,Face up to reality,Rebus,03/31/02 #36042,Weeps Without Eyes,2.29,2.35,Trumalia,"This is an old Hebrew riddle from 1300-1900 AD. What weeps without eyes or eyelids, her tears rejoicing sons and fathers-- And when she laughs and no tears fall, her laughter saddens all hearts?",No hint available.,Cloud,Riddle,02/28/07 #32725,This One Doesn't Fly,1.95,3.07,cnmne,"3 = N-C-L P to D a G P (N-C-L represents a three-part hyphenated word)",No hint available.,3 = Non-Co-Linear Points to Define a Geometric Plane,Letter-Equations,08/29/06 #41547,Multiply and Divide,2.59,1.81,brainyboy615,When are multiplying and dividing the same thing?,No hint available.,In cell reproduction: The cells split up (divide) and create new cells (multiply).,Science,04/16/08 #4387,Brown Eared Dog,2.23,2.4,devils_daughter,"In the morn you see me walk in to town, I seem to be a dog with ears of brown, but when night falls I walk back, and seem to have ears of black. How is that so?",parents ,"My mother has ears of brown, my father black. I have 1 ear of brown 1 ear of black. I walk to town and you see one side of me, and when I walk back you see the other",Riddle,05/31/02 #13593,Tree Falls,2.22,0.81,guam44,"If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, would you hear a sound?",No hint available.,"No. The question didn't ask if the tree MADE a sound. It asked if YOU would HEAR a sound, which of course you would not because there was no one around to hear it.",Trick,07/02/03 #25204,Penguin Problems,2.74,1.23,teaserboy,"In the beginning of March, the great emperor penguin makes its 70 mile journey to its breeding grounds in Antarctica; however, in September, it only has to go a couple of miles to get back to the water. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"In March, it is the start of fall, and the water is frozen solid for long distances. In September, the temperature starts to warm up, and the ice melts very quickly. So, their journey is shortened considerably.",Trivia,08/09/05 #31420,Complete Three Words,2.55,1.5,maxvu,"Complete the following three words by inserting the same three letters in each: FU___E U___ITY UN___",No hint available.,"Insert the letters TIL in each word. FUTILE, UTILITY, UNTIL.",Language,06/28/06 #19164,Value of Words,2.2,2.44,Gander,"What letter starts the last word? Match Kink Say Teas _end",Letters = Numbers,"""V"" Give each letter in the alphabet a number value, that is: A=1, B=2, C=3 ... to Z=26. Using this value system, the previous four words have a value of 45. The three letters in the unfinished word have a value of 23. 45-23=22, hence V=22",Series,10/15/04 #50378,Words in a Vat XVIII,2.18,1.78,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some if the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: --B--I-T-, -R-S-, --G-L-S, M--N--H- Individual Letters: S A B I T G D I H N R A L Y G O E G",No hint available.,"LABYRINTH, BRASS, GOGGLES, MIDNIGHT",Language,06/26/14 #46325,Executive Travel Woes,2.99,3.33,caberet,"Ms. Langston and four other executives are experiencing the downturn in the economy. While traveling on Wednesday of last week, they had to fly on commercial aircraft instead of enjoying the comfort of private jets. Each executive is an expert in a particular area of business. Use the following clues to determine the first and last name of each executive along with her position, company and her special expertise. No two executives share the same name, position, company or forte. First Names: Ann, Arlice, Meg, Patricia, Rene Last Names: Barnes, Langston, Mulcahy, Russo, Whitman Positions: Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chairperson, Commissioner, President Companies: ieTrade, Lenamar Tech, Licent Co., Sabancci Ltd., The Surat Group Fortes: Invention, Leadership, Political Connections, Profit Margin, Stock Options 1. Neither the CEO (who is not the leadership guru) nor the one with the excellent political connections (who is not a CFO or with Licent Co.) is surnamed Russo (who is neither Patricia nor Rene.) 2. Both Ann and Ms. Langston boarded in San Francisco and deplaned in Chicago; the leadership specialist and the chairperson flew from Chicago to Washington, D.C.; the flight of the Sabancci Ltd. executive (who is not surnamed Mulcahy) was from D.C. to New York. 3. The Lenamar Tech. executive (who has no special political connections) and the inventor (who is neither CEO nor CFO) are either the commissioner and chairperson in some order, or are surnamed Russo and Barnes, in some order; only one of these alternatives is true, the other is false. 4. Arlice is neither the ieTrade CFO nor Ms. Barnes; the profit margin specialist is not amongst the three executives. 5. Neither Meg (who is neither the stock options specialist nor the inventor) nor Ms. Mulcahy (who is not Arlice, who is not the chairperson) is affiliated with either Licent Co. or The Surat Group (who is not Rene). 6. Of the CEO (who is not Ms. Russo) and the profit margin specialist (who is not Rene, who is not the chairperson), one is Ms. Whitman and the other is associated with Lenamar Tech (who is not Ann). 7. The stock option specialist is either Ms. Barnes or the executive that works with Sabancci Ltd. (who is neither Patricia, who is not the commissioner, nor Rene.) 8. The president (who is not with Sabancci Ltd.) is not the inventor (who is neither surnamed Whitman nor Barnes.) Ms. Barnes is not the leadership guru. 9. The Surat Group executive is neither surnamed Langston nor Whitman.","The inventor must be the chairperson or the commissioner (not CEO or CFO from clue 3 or president from clue 8.) Clue 3 tells us that the inventor cannot be either Ms. Russo or Ms. Barnes. This also means that the Lenamar Tech. executive also is not surnamed either Russo or Barnes, and that the commissioner and the chairperson cannot be either Russo or Barnes. Ms. Barnes must be Ann because she does not fit into any of the other options in clue 2. The Sabancci executive (who can only be CEO or Commissioner) is not Ms. Russo who can only be! CFO or President. As you fill in the grid, you will see that the person with Sabannci ( who can only be Arlice or Meg) cannot be Ms. Mulcahy (who can only be Patricia or Rene.) Ms. Surat cannot be commissioner or chairperson because she only can be surnamed Barnes or Russo, but commissioner and chairperson can't be either of those two surnames. Once we discover that the inventor is the Commissioner, we know that the Lenamar executive must be Chairperson and the rest of the answers fall into place.","First, Last, Position, Company, Forte Rene, Langston, Commissioner, Licent Co., Invention Arlice, Whitman, CEO, Sabancci Ltd., Stock Options Meg, Russo, CFO, ieTrade, Leadership Ann, Barnes, President, Surat Group, Political Connections Patricia, Mulcahy, Chairperson, Lenamar Tech., Profit Margin",Logic-Grid,02/06/10 #50385,Words With PU,1.9000000000000001,2.22,cnmne,"Five words that contain PU as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? PU***, PU****, **PU**, ***PU*, ***PU** Pool: A, A, C, D, E, E, E, G, I, L, L, M, O, R, R, R, S, S, S, T",No hint available.,"PURGE, PULSAR, AMPULE, CORPUS, DISPUTE",Language,07/01/14 #21264,The Shortest Refrain,2.67,1.74,badbunnee,"What famous classical composition is shown by the following: Bach, Berlioz, Bizet, Borodin, Beethoven, Brahms","TA TA TA taaaaaaa (three quick G's and a long Eflat)","Beethoven's Fifth (Beethoven is fifth in the list)",Rebus,02/28/05 #13284,Take Care!,2.3,1.27,andrewcs,"Andrew's neighbor asked him to take care of their rabbits while they were gone. The instructions are as follows: 1. Fill food bowl in morning. 2. Give each a carrot at lunch. 3. Fill food bowl again at dinnertime. 4. Check water bowl. When the neighbors came back they found all the rabbits dead from malnutrition. Andrew protested, saying that he had followed the instructions exactly. How could he have followed the instructions and still have let the rabbits die?",No hint available.,"Instruction number 4 says to check water bowl, not fill it up! They died of dehydration.",Other,06/19/03 #26090,Friends For Life,2.83,1.12,deepsea,"Unconditional love I provide When you return I'll be by your side I'll take care of you and you of me For the rest of my life, friends we'll be When you feel sick, I'll be your nurse You'll always feel better, never worse Some of us will learn tricks Others will smell mint for kicks Some of us will play for fun While your eyes become bright as sun I'll always care through thick and thin And I'll always consider you kin Now you've heard what I would say If I could speak to you this way What am I?",No hint available.,A pet.,Riddle,09/27/05 #34253,Improper Prefixes 3,2.64,2.26,cnmne,"The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. The pronunciation for the ""incorrect definition"" may be different (""co ward"" instead of ""coward""). Example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix). 1) 96000 ounces 2) to write a poem again 3) widespread pain 4) no longer abundant",No hint available.,"1) triton (tri ton) 2) reverse (re verse) 3) panache (pan ache) 4) example (ex ample)",Language,12/05/06 #31757,Cafeteria Food,2.74,1.6400000000000001,teen_wiz,"Maura, Bradley, Leia and James had all just graduated from grade 5, and were now moving up to Kim Jameson Middle School. To them, middle school meant one thing: bought lunch, not brought lunch (brought lunches are for losers!). On the first day of school, the four of them sauntered into the school cafeteria, bills and coins in hand. Unfortunately, this is what they saw: ~TODAY'S LUNCH MENU~ -Mystery Meat Tourtiere -Fried Frog (whole) -Chocolate Cabbage Chickpea Salad -Surprise Soup Special ""Ugh!"" said Maura. ""Nothing good ever comes from 'surprise' foods. At least we can look forward to dessert."" ""Uh oh,"" whispered James. ""Check out the dessert menu."" ~TODAY'S DESSERT MENU~ -Broccoli and Sugar Pie -Honey and Bean Brittle -Chocolate Pickle Crunch -Pork Pudding ""I can't eat that garbage!"" Leia whined. ""We don't actually have a choice. We can't go off the school grounds, we can't call our parents to bring us something, and we can't beg for food from other kids...we're newbies, remember? It goes against the newbie code,"" said Bradley. ""Let's just all order something different and see if there's anything good we can share."" They all sadly agreed to this and bought their lunches. Can you figure out which lunch/dessert combo each kid bought? 1. Neither of the girls order the Surprise Soup Special or the Chocolate Pickle Crunch. 2. The one who ordered Honey and Bean Brittle seriously thought they saw the Mystery Meat Tourtiere move, so decided a definite NO to that one. 3. The one who reluctantly bought the Pork Pudding did not buy the Chocolate Cabbage Chickpea Salad (ew! vegetables!) or the Mystery Meat Tourtiere. 4. Bradley very much disliked olive green as a colour, and as the soup was of that exact hue, he chose another entree. 5. Eating an actual thing with legs you can see grossed Leia out, so she quickly left the Fried Frog station without spending a penny there. 6. The person who chose the Mystery Meat Tourtiere did not want another brown item, so they did not choose the Broccoli and Sugar Pie. 7. James knew his younger sister would kill him if he ate anything to do with pigs, so he ignored the Pork Pudding station. 8. One of the kids in line told the friends that having soup and pie together made for an absolutely disgusting meal, so none of the kids chose that.","MMT= Mystery Meat Tourtiere FF= Fried Frog CCCS= Chocolate Cabbage Chickpea Salad SSS= Surprise Soup Special BSP= Broccoli and Sugar Pie HBB= Honey and Bean Brittle CPC= Chocolate Pickle Crunch PP= Pork Pudding","After much contemplation and disgusted looks, the four friends chose the following combos: Leia had the Chocolate Cabbage Chickpea Salad and a slice of Broccoli and Sugar Pie. James decided on a steaming bowl of the Surprise Soup Special and a piece of Honey and Bean Brittle. Maura chose a Fried Frog and a bowl of Pork Pudding. Bradley selected a Mystery Meat Tourtiere and a plate of Chocolate Pickle Crunch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After picking at their food for quite a while, James, Bradley, Maura, and Leia all decided that brought lunches WEREN'T for losers. Every one of them brought a plain old PB&J sandwich the very next day.",Logic-Grid,07/13/06 #1559,Before This and That!,2.32,1.95,abrakadabra_12,"I occur before this. I occur before that. I occur before Miss, and I occur before Chap. Though I'm before many, I am after some. Before you can answer, the day will be done! Who am I?",No hint available.,I am BEFORE!,Riddle,12/01/01 #47363,Add a Letter 41,2.33,2.6,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) to torment by nagging or teasing & a range of hills (4 letters) 2) a small plant shoot & a source of groundwater (5 letters) 3) without warmth or feeling & the possibility that something might happen (4 letters) 4) to control the movement of an automobile & to get by reasoning (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) ride & ridge 2) sprig & spring 3) cold & could 4) drive & derive",Language,06/29/10 #40702,A Thought By Charles Schultz,2.48,2.2,aresII,"The following quote is from the creator of ""Peanuts"" cartoon, Charles M. Schultz (1922-2000). Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. ""Y UMXP M HPS JUYAFLFJUI. Y'E FHAI WFYHW QF RGPMR FHP RMI MQ M QYEP.""","F=O M=A Y=I","""I HAVE A NEW PHILOSOPHY. I'M ONLY GOING TO DREAD ONE DAY AT A TIME."" KEY: A=L E=M F=O G=R H=N I=Y J=P L=S M=A P=E Q=T R=D S=W U=H W=G X=V Y=I",Cryptography,02/25/08 #17098,Another Story,2.82,2.19,Pitter,What sort of story begins with a limb and ends with a finish?,No hint available.,"Legend It begins with a limb (Leg) and ends with a finish (End).",Riddle,03/21/04 #50430,What Am I? #1,2.35,0.56,MDCTeasers,"I'm on the tip of your tongue. I can't be tasted nor chewed. I may be noisy, I may be rude And yet I still may be shrewd. What am I?",No hint available.,I'm a word!,Riddle,09/12/14 #21098,DIRTY,2.75,2.4,fishmed,"Which one of the following words does not belong with the others and why? DIRTY ACCESS PRISM EMPTY EFFORT FIRST",There is an order to all this.,PRISM does not belong as it is the only one whose letters are not in alphabetical order.,Language,02/18/05 #17835,Shark Attack,2.84,1.77,siameseifuplz,"A man was surfing one day when he saw another man being attacked by a shark. The first man did nothing to help the second, but watched with interest. Why?",No hint available.,He was channel surfing!,Trick,06/06/04 #23198,People and Pepsi,2.05,0.56,orlie0618,"There are three people.... Katy, Jen, and Rory who like to drink....Diet Pepsi, Pepsi, and Pepsi with lime. One has red hair, one has orange hair and one has black hair. Which is which? Figure it out!!! Katy doesn't have red hair. The one who drinks Pepsi likes the color orange. Jen likes a sour taste on the end of her Pepsi. Katy's on a diet.",It's not that hard. Sheesh....it's my first one!!,"Katy-black-Diet Pepsi Jen-red-Pepsi with lime Rory-orange-Pepsi",Logic-Grid,05/26/05 #7200,"11, 17, 21",2.31,2.2,kiwioz9,"What is the next number in the series? 11, 17, 21, 22, 23, ?",Say the numbers out loud.,"24. They are, in ascending order, the numbers with three syllables.",Series,09/05/02 #2219,BRD SFF THR FLC KTG THR,2.66,1.59,PyroTekniks,"All the vowels (A, E, I, O, and U, but not Y) have been removed from the following proverb, and the remaining letters broken into groups of three letters each. Replace the vowels to find the proverb. BRD SFF THR FLC KTG THR",No hint available.,Birds of a feather flock together.,Language,01/31/02 #14237,100 Percent,2.14,1.31,scoutman,What two 2-digit numbers add up to 100 and together contain a digit that is present three times?,"If the numbers had to add up to 56, the answer would be 23 and 33. The 3 is present three times in these two numbers.",45 and 55,Math,08/09/03 #38967,Twisted Personas 7,2.7,2.45,cnmne,"The names of four famous people have been scrambled. They are: an American president, a Hollywood actor, a singer, and a tabloid celebrity (though not necessarily in that order). The lengths of the first and last names are given. Who are they? 1) I paint a vocal tour (7, 9) 2) less gray nuts (7, 5) 3) no split hair (5, 6) 4) old west action (5, 8)",No hint available.,"1) Luciano Pavarotti (Italian operatic tenor) 2) Ulysses Grant (18th president of the United States, Union general during the American Civil War) 3) Paris Hilton (hotel heiress, ""actress"", and ""model"") 4) Clint Eastwood (starred in television Western ""Rawhide""; movies ""A Fistful of Dollars, ""For a Few Dollars More"", and ""The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"")",Other,10/27/07 #42290,How Many Mice?,3.03,0.93,RiddleMeThis91,"Mice are famous for their ability to multiply at breakneck speeds. The type of mouse we have here gives birth once a month, birthing 12 babies each time. Baby mice mature and can give birth two months after they are born. You picked up one of these cute baby mice at the pet shop and brought it home the day after it was born. In 10 months from now, how many mice will you have?",No hint available.,"One. The mouse cannot birth any babies by itself.",Trick,06/19/08 #31735,Beyond Star Crossed,2.99,1.08,deepsea,"She so peaceful, yet causes fear Him so bright and full of cheer She rests the body, he wakes the soul Him so light, she black as coal Her with mole and tiny bright freckles He covers us with tiny tear speckles She hides us, he beams with pride He her husband, she his bride He in bright silk, her all in velvet A yin-yang marriage as they tell it Two lovers who meet but twice a day When he must go, she need stay Now I ask you, who are they?","One more thing you should know She tucks us in, he bathes us in glow.",Day and night.,Riddle,07/12/06 #10879,D+O+O+R,2.55,1.85,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented Below? D+O+O+R",No hint available.,Making An Entrance,Rebus,03/04/03 #30202,Sounds 2,2.23,1.86,Ilovepink4,"I am the sound a lion makes, and I am not sharp. Yet I am not loud, What am I?",No hint available.,"A dull roar! Lion=Roars Not Sharp=Dull",Riddle,05/01/06 #7856,Hurt Feelings?,2.91,1.08,dsquared,"You mix and disrupt me, But it makes me stronger. You just ignore me, But I get harder the longer. To cap it off, It's surprising to see, You end up walking All over me. What am I?",You really couldn't hurt this item's feelings.,"Don't worry too much Or my feelings lament For in fact what I am, Is simply cement.",Riddle,10/04/02 #22040,Fine Print,2.75,2.26,MrIxolite,"What expression is hidden here? A) little red riding hood B) snow white and the seven dwarfs C) goldilocks and the three bears D) alice'S AdvenTures in wonderlANd",Looking carefully would be a CAPITAL Idea.,"The devil is in the detail lit ABC &D are all stories or Tales in the D) Tale the capitalised letters spell out SATAN or the Devil. Phrase means that the hardest or nastiest part of any job, contract, agreement is in the small details. A good example would be the Fine Print in a contractual document.",Rebus,04/04/05 #49002,Football and Ballet,2.11,1.13,clevergurl,"There were 11 people on the Lake Sam football team. The coach decided that they should all take ballet to make them more flexible. He said that by next Thursday, they must all find a partner with a little bit of ballet experience and meet the team at Miss Sara's Dance School. That Thursday, all 11 players showed up with their partners, however, there were only 20 people there in all. How is this possible?",The twenty people do not include the coach and the teacher.,"Their was 1 girl on the team, and because she and another boy on the team had some ballet experience, they decided to go together. Thus, there would only be twenty people.",Situation,08/30/11 #14361,Boys and Girls,2.22,1.39,adoontourious,Each child in a family has at least 4 brothers and 4 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?,No hint available.,"If each boy in the family has at least 4 brothers, then the smallest number of boys is 5. Similarly , if each girl in the family has at least 4 sisters, then the smallest number of girls is 5. Thus, the smallest number of children the family might have is 10.",Math,08/14/03 #9690,Math Signs,2.16,2.19,julia,"Insert the correct mathematical signs to make the following calculations work: 7 8 20 32 = 44 9 3 42 12 = 94.5 8 2 12 9 = 57 6 7 15 13 = 44 5 32 6 20 = 18.75",No hint available.,"You could have come up with something different, but this is my answer: 7 x 8 + 20 - 32 = 44 9 x 3 x 42 / 12 = 94.5 8 / 2 x 12 + 9 = 57 6 x 7 + 15 - 13 = 44 5 / 32 x 6 x 20 = 18.75",Math,01/09/03 #15333,Delete and Add,2.63,2.09,7catac7,"Delete a letter and add a 3-letter word to the following words (does not matter where you put it) to make a new word that fits the clues that are in ( ). 1. Paint (an animal) 2. Beds (a movement of the hands. For example: He _____ the cat's back) 3. Ages (to gather food)",No hint available.,"1. Panther (delete 'I' and add 'her') 2. Rubbed (delete 's' and add 'rub') 3. Forage (remove 's' and add 'for')",Language,11/05/03 #4056,Simple Addition,2.83,1.8900000000000001,webbtrump,"5 + 5 + 5 = 550 Add ONE STRAIGHT LINE to the above to make the sum correct.",No hint available.,"5 4 5 + 5 = 550 Add a straight line to the first ""+"" to make it a ""4"".",Trick,05/13/02 #38816,Simply Synonyms II,2.74,1.75,PimpSlap,"I have given you five (5) pairs of words. Fill each blank below with a single letter to turn these pairs of words into synonyms. EX: _TUMBLE and _RIP Answer: STUMBLE and TRIP 1) _ROUND and _OIL 2) _ARROW and _LENDER 3) _EJECTED and _AD 4) _LIMB and _SCENT 5) _HARP and _CUTE",No hint available.,"1) Ground and Soil 2) Narrow and Slender 3) Dejected and Sad 4) Climb and Ascent 5) Sharp and Acute",Language,10/17/07 #19964,Mad Ade's Fourth Connection #4,2.41,2.38,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser, there are three words in a sentence that are all connected in some way by a fourth word. The connected words are in capitals, all you have to do is think of the fourth word that connects them all. For example: The school MASTER realised that the young BOY had a great deal of hidden TALENT. The answer would be SCOUT as in Scout Master, Boy Scout and Talent Scout. Now try and guess the connecting word in the following sentences. Mad Ade's first job was to TEST the workings of the STATION'S bulbs and LIGHTING. The mechanic was happy to EXCHANGE Mad Ade's SPARE tire, and did it during his dinner TIME break. Mad Ade looked at the BOOK in the SHOP window and made his MIND up to buy it.",No hint available.,"TUBE = Test Tube, Tube Stations, Tube Lighting PART = Part Exchange, Spare Part, Part Time CLOSED or OPEN = Closed/OPEN Book, Closed/OPEN Shop, Closed/OPEN Mind",Language,12/20/04 #8960,Stamps,2.39,1.98,lesternoronha1,"""Dad wants one-cent, two-cent, three-cent, five-cent, and ten-cent stamps. He said to get four each of two sorts and three each of the others, but I've forgotten which. He gave me exactly enough to buy them; just these dimes."" How many stamps of each type does Dad want? A dime is worth ten cents.",No hint available.,"The easy way to solve this is to sell her three each, for 3x(1+2+3+5+10) = 63 cents. Two more stamps must be bought, and they must make seven cents (since 17 is too much), so the fourth stamps are a two and a five.",Math,12/07/02 #14860,Normal Phrase at Site,2.72,1.57,xiaobaby,"Put the same letters in front of these three sensible words to still make them sensible. For example, adding Ne in front of Gate, On and At would make them Negate, Neon and Neat. Normal Phrase Site","The same letters could be placed in front of Chute, Graph, Pet and Troops.","Paranormal Paraphrase Parasite",Language,09/20/03 #19725,11111 iiiii,2.71,1.52,dsquared,"What expression is hidden here? 11111 iiiii fit fit fit fit fit Everyone",Just say it out loud (and find a synonym for everyone - I couldn't make it that easy! ;) ),"One size fits all Or Ones i's fits all",Rebus,12/06/04 #1725,"Exactly 1,000,000,000.",2.61,2.45,Nishoo,"Which two whole numbers, neither containing any zeros, when multiplied together equal exactly 1,000,000,000 ?",No hint available.,"512 and 1,953,125. That is, 2 to the ninth power and 5 to the ninth power.",Math,12/17/01 #42665,Quite Serious,2.5,2.74,aresII,"Through my first for ever flow, Peals of laughter, cries of woe. In my second neatly made, Thousands, night by night, are laid. In my whole men never jest, Vows are uttered, sins confessed.",No hint available.,"EARNEST. My first = EAR. My second = NEST.",Riddle,07/31/08 #2724,Clothing Store,2.49,1.45,lil_thugsta,"There is a clothing store in Winnipeg. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?",No hint available.,At $5 a letter you'd be charged $45 for underwear.,Logic,03/16/02 #37065,Spazy Croonerisms 9,3.0,2.25,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) ales in Madrid & to refuse javelins 2) sluggish crawl & insane jump 3) very warm poodle & selfish hoarder of specks 4) large cetacean & bundle of toupees",No hint available.,"1) Spanish beers & banish spears 2) lazy creep & crazy leap 3) hot dog & dot hog 4) big whale & wig bale",Language,06/25/07 #5842,"bze, dph, dsf ?",2.25,2.24,mad-ade,"Can you find some common English words that contain the following letter combinations ? 1, bze 2, dph 3, dsf",No hint available.,"bze= subzero dph= headphone/ headphones dsf= handsful",Language,07/24/02 #34247,Compounds XVII,2.4,1.68,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. DHGT _ O _ _ O _ 2. MHSDEPL _ A _ _ _ _ A _ _ 3. HESGUD _ O _ _ O _ _ _ 4. MIHRCR A _ _ _ _ A _ _ 5. DANEUWE _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ R 6. SKIWOFE _ _ R _ _ _ _ R _ 7. ELIRTHESEV S _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. WELFANKO _ _ _ _ _ S S _ _ _ 9. ULNSESAG _ _ _ _ S _ _ S _ _",No hint available.,"1. HOTDOG 2. LAMPSHADE 3. DOGHOUSE 4. ARMCHAIR 5. UNDERWEAR 6. FIREWORKS 7. SHIRTSLEEVES 8. SNOWFLAKES 9. SUNGLASSES",Language,12/04/06 #25961,"Much Dreaded, Always Present",2.57,0.85,lil_valentine13,"What can't be chased, but can be caught, Is present more often in winter than not, Is dreadful to both very young and old, And mothers will often relate to the snow?",No hint available.,The common cold.,Riddle,09/17/05 #15810,Mad Ade's Rhyme Time #12,2.33,1.8900000000000001,mad-ade,"This style of teaser is to use the clues given to find two words that rhyme and fit the description, for example a weird ape would be a funky monkey, or a wealthy Halloween gal would be a rich witch. 1, Decaying t-shirt material? 2, A mean fight? 3, Definite healing? 4, Adorable small lizard? 5, Dentist's practice?",No hint available.,"1, Rotten cotton 2, Cruel Duel 3, Sure cure 4, Cute newt 5, Denture venture",Language,12/15/03 #46315,Van Gogh's Relatives Return,3.06,2.18,dalfamnest,"Van Gogh (pronounced ""Go"") is back, with more of his relatives. e.g. One of them was a well-known musical cousin from Liverpool, England. His name? Ring Gogh! (Ringo) From the clues, can you guess the other names? 1. An elderly uncle who plays the numbers game at his community hall. 2. His young nephew who bounces everywhere. 3. A long-lost brother who had been on his yacht exploring a group of islands in the Pacific. 4. An aunt, famous for her milk pudding recipe. 5. His cousin with the skin infection. 6. The teenage niece who wears dark, trendy shades of blue and purple. 7. His Great Uncle Emil, the famous lecturer on self-esteem. The hint gives the first letter, and number of letters, for each word.","1. B**** 2. P*** 3. A********** 4. S*** 5. I******* 6. I***** 7. E**","1. Bing Gogh (Bingo) 2. Poe-Gogh (Pogo) 3. Archie Pele-Gogh (Archipelago) 4. Sae Gogh (Sago) 5. Impa Tai-Gogh (Impetigo) 6. Indy Gogh (Indigo) 7. Prof. E Gogh (Ego)",Language,02/06/10 #16082,Libby and the Teenage Boys,2.48,2.29,brgdo1994,"The sound of thunder was all around. Libby ran down the alley as fast as she could, and the unpredictability of the teenage boys was all around her. She was afraid that she would get hit. Finally she had to turn around. She then bravely walked past the teenage boys without incident. What was going on?",No hint available.,"Libby was a worker at the ten pin bowling alley. The teenage boys were bowling, the ball got stuck in the middle of the alley, so Libby had to run down and get the ball before the boys bowled again.",Situation,01/07/04 #1846,300 to 400,2.31,1.39,maxmars,If you wrote all the integers from 300 to 400 how many times would you write the digit 3?,No hint available.,120 times,Math,12/23/01 #529,Never Five Weeks Old,2.64,2.21,kaila912,"Born at the same time as the world, destined to live as long as the world, and yet never five weeks old. What is it?",No hint available.,The moon,Riddle,05/31/01 #50858,Cube Corners,2.66,2.23,cnmne,"A cube has six faces (sides) and eight vertices (corners). Arrange the numbers 1 through 8, placing one number at each corner, such that the sum of the four corners of each side is the same for all six sides.",No hint available.,"The sum of the four corners of each side is 18. The four numbers on one side are 8 (upper left), 1 (upper right), 6 (lower right), and 3 (lower left). On the opposite side, directly behind those four numbers, are 2, 7, 4, and 5. There are seemingly other arrangements, but they are all due to the orientation of the cube.",Math,08/02/16 #29855,Bits & Pieces IV,2.2,2.67,peppamintp,"Can you piece together these authors from the clues given? The first name of the author is on top and the last name is on the bottom. 1. ACK LLI 2. ANI EEL 3. ARB LIN 4. ATR RNW 5. AND OWN",They are all women.,"1. Jackie Collins 2. Danielle Steel 3. Barbara Delinsky 4. Patricia Cornwell 5. Sandra Brown",Trivia,04/18/06 #38471,Da Level Ad!,2.82,0.88,jasmin215,"Which of the following is not like the others? Dr. Awkward Delicious Racecar Don did nod! Delia failed",No hint available.,"Delicious doesn't belong! The other words are ""palindromes"". This means that the word can be spelt the same way forward and backward.",Group,09/26/07 #40601,Backwards or Forwards,2.21,2.33,aresII,"Whether backwards or forwards I'm read, It matters to me not a bit. I am gentle and light, and transposed I am ever ready and fit.",Three letter word requiring three answers.,"PAT, TAP, APT.",Riddle,02/19/08 #41186,Delete Some Letters #2,2.8,2.63,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your task is to discover words, names and phrases relating to the holiday season. You are to delete a few letters in each unrelated phrase in order to show the holiday. The remaining letters will be in the right order. For example: 1. EACH WRIST MASHED becomes: **CH *RIST MAS*** 1. FROGS TRY THEM SO NO WORM CAN (delete 7 letters) 2. CLINT TILED RED HUMMER BODY (delete 7 letters) 3. SPRINT FACE OFF PREFACE (delete 7 letters) 4. THE CREEP WISHES A MENU (delete 7 letters)",No hint available.,"1. FRO - S T - Y THE - S - NO W -- M - AN (Frosty the Snowman) 2. - LI -T T - LED R -- - UMMER BO - Y (Little Drummer Boy) 3. - PRIN - -- CE OF- P - E - ACE (Prince of Peace) 4. TH - - REE - WIS - E - - MEN - (Three Wise Men)",Language,03/24/08 #29452,Seven Publications,2.55,2.66,buttons03,"TMN + TLTWaTW + THaHB + PC + TVot""DT"" + TSC + TLB = TCoN",One of these publications was made into a major motion picture in December of 2005.,"The Magician's Nephew + The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe + The Horse and His Boy + Prince Caspian + The Voyage of the ""Dawn Treader"" + The Silver Chair + The Last Battle = The Chronicles of Narnia",Other,03/31/06 #32195,O' Canada,2.38,2.71,bigSWAFF_69_,I-H R = 200 f X 85 f,No hint available.,"Ice-Hockey Rink = 200 feet (long) by 85 feet (wide) Canada is where the sport is most predominately played.",Letter-Equations,07/31/06 #30727,Formal Ladders,2.6,2.89,norcekri,"Jenn Rahlwitz stood in front of her shallow closet, staring at the left side, where she kept outfits she hardly wore. In two hours, Allen Nella would ring her doorbell and expect her to be ready for the party. She pulled out a dress that helped accent what Monique told her was still a girlish figure. She tried it on, liked the effect, and went hunting for the earrings that complemented the soft red fabric. After ten minutes of futile searching, she remembered where she'd left them: on loan to her niece at college. However, the blue topaz studs caught her eye. They clashed horribly with the dress, but they went well with her new jeans. Change DRESS to JEANS, changing one letter and making a legal English word at each step. She picked out a baby-blue cashmere blouse to go with it, thinking of meeting Allen's artsy friends. The more she looked in the mirror, the less she liked the informality of jeans. Back to the closet, where she switched to a skirt. Change JEANS to SKIRT, using the same rules -- and you may not repeat any words. She took off her earrings and blouse, sat in front of the make-up mirror, and contemplated her naturally pasty complexion. This part would be easy: a little foundation, a little blush, frequent smiles, and an active mind would be all she'd need for the evening. Change PASTY to BLUSH; you know the rules by now. Just as she was finishing, she saw Allen pull up to the curb and get out of his ... that wasn't his Mazda, that was a rented Lexus! She suddenly realized that he hadn't said ""block Thai affair"", he'd said ""black-tie affair"". Twenty seconds upgraded her shadow and lipstick as her mind raced through the back of the closet, coming up with a long-unused evening dress that would complement the earrings. Thanks to her frequent downtown walks with her nephew, she still fit into it. Change SKIRT back to DRESS, avoiding any of the words you used in the first two clothing changes (DRESS to JEANS to SKIRT). By the time he'd extricated the corsage from the back seat and figured out how to lock the car automatically, she'd managed to pull on the dress and change shoes. Thanks to the long, winding front walk with two gates and a hedge, she beat him to the front door by several seconds. The next hour was a pleasant collage of fancy car, formal presentations, gourmet snacks, and polite conversation. Then the music started, and she realized that the number was not the free-form rock with which she was comfortable -- it was a Latin-American rhythm. She saw Allen's hand in front of her, the classic ""May I have this dance"" offering. ""Do you Samba?"" One last time, change DANCE to SAMBA.","(1) DANCE to SAMBA includes an adjective that is better known as a girl's name. (2) Some of the words are not in everyday use. (3) In the clothing changes, those words include ""thens"", although a longer answer with only common words is available. (4) In DANCE to SAMBA, those include hance, pense, terne, gemmy, and gammy.","DRESS to JEANS dress dregs drags brags brans beans jeans JEANS to SKIRT jeans weans wears weirs whirs whirr shirr shirt skirt PASTY to BLUSH pasty paste passe pause cause cruse crush brush blush SKIRT to DRESS skirt skint skins shins thins thens thews trews tress dress ""then"" has a noun definition of ""a particular point in time""; ""thens"" is its plural. --- or --- skirt shirt short shorn shown shows chows chews chess cress dress DANCE SAMBA dance hance hence pence pense tense terse terne terns terms germs germy gemmy gammy gamma gamba samba ""hance"" means ""eleveate"", more common in the form ""enhance"". ""pense"" means ""think"". ""terne"" means ""gloomy"" or ""fierce""; in another derivation, it's ""lacking in brilliance"". ""gemma"" is a bud-like growth. ""gammy"" is ""bad"", now seen as ""gamy""; it also refers to a local cant (language). For those not into classical music, the ""viola di gamba"" is a common period instrument.",Language,05/27/06 #18826,Pass the Carrots,2.67,1.16,MrIxolite,"What is shown below? Vit_min",No hint available.,"A Vitamin A deficiency (Carrots are a good source)",Rebus,09/12/04 #4865,Young Old Lady,2.26,1.69,mad-ade,"Whilst relieving his bladder in a shop doorway one Friday night, Mad Ade met a lady who has 2 children, 3 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren. The lady who had all of these kids told Mad Ade that she was only 25. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"The lady was born on 29th February. Her birthday comes once every 4 years. Thus, her age is 25, but she is actually 100 years old. By the way, she reported Mad Ade to the police.",Logic,06/20/02 #8442,"14, 19, 29, ...",2.63,2.29,Glenbo,"What are the next two numbers in this series? 14, 19, 29, 40, 44, 52, 59, 73, __, __",It has to do with the digit numbers.,"The next two numbers are 83 and 94. The pattern is: Take the two digits in each number, like the 1 and 4 in ""14"" for example, and add them together (to get 5 in this case). 5 plus 14 equals 19, which is the next number.",Series,11/08/02 #3629,Center,2.11,2.6,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? center retrauqehtis",No hint available.,The quarterback is under center.,Rebus,04/19/02 #13557,Tr ial,2.34,1.91,fishmed,"What does the following represent? Tr ial",No hint available.,Trial Separation,Rebus,07/01/03 #44473,"""What are We, Where are We?""",2.66,2.16,megabreath,"Quentin, he sits next to Will. Veronica sits next to Bill. Graham sits just right of Fred, And Mortimer sits next to Ned. Charlie sits just under Fred, And under Dave, it could be said. Yasmin's sitting right of Trevor, And Will and Edgar sit together.",The answer's right in front of you.,We are the keys on your computer keyboard. First letter of each name is the letter on each key.,Riddle,05/16/09 #38583,Hyphens Hyphens Everywhere,3.0,2.43,fierceandsassy,"Five couples were surprised to find out that not only did they all have hyphenated last names, they had all gotten married in the same year! Determine from the clues below the first and last names of each couple and in what month they were married. Note: There were no same-sex couples in the group; each of the men married a woman and vice versa. Women: Beatrice, Emily, Lucy, Teresa, Wendy Women's Last Names: Baker, Ingalls, Landon, Morse, West Men: Gary, Isaac, Jonathan, Michael, Samuel Men's Last Names: Emerson, Gasero, Jimenez, Smith, Thompson Months: February, April, June, August, October 1. No one had a last name that started with the same letter of their first name before they were married. No one married someone whose last name started with the same letter as their first name. 2. Emily convinced her husband that Smith-Landon sounded too much like Smith and Wesson, so they hyphenated their names the other way around. 3. The five couples are represented by: Wendy, the couple who was married in October, Gary, the Jimenez-Wests, and the couple with Thompson in their name. 4. Lucy Ingalls, as she was known before she was married, was thrilled to be able to have the June wedding she had always wanted. Samuel's bride was perfectly happy having an April wedding. 5. Teresa, whose last name included either Morse or West, escaped the winter wonderland of her wedding day by honeymooning in Hawaii. Michael, on the other hand, left the dog days of summer behind when he honeymooned with Beatrice in Alberta.",No hint available.,"Beatrice and Michael Jimenez-West were married in August. Emily and Isaac Landon-Smith were married in October. Lucy and Jonathan Ingalls-Thompson were married in June. Teresa and Gary Emerson-Morse were married in February. Wendy and Samuel Baker-Gasero were married in April.",Logic-Grid,10/02/07 #23661,An Unbearable Mystery,2.89,1.5,MikoChan,"It was Detective QuickWit's first day on the job in Middleboorn MD. He had been called down to ""Uncle Walt's Traveling Circus Fantastic"" to investigate the deaths of two local teenagers. Bill and Ben Brook had been found dead, locked inside of Willy Bearish's Dancing Bear Chuck's cage. Both boys were covered in bite and claw marks, leaving them nearly torn to shreds. Upon approaching the crime scene, the detective noticed two local cops accosting Mr. Bearish rather savagely. ""Now wise up, Bub, and just confess, we know ya did it!"" The old man shook his head. ""No no, it wasn't me. Sure, them kids bothered the livin outta me but I'd never lock 'em in there with Chuck!"" The detective walked over calmly. ""Alright, now what is all this?"" ""This here old man, he's the one ya want. He locked those two kids in there so his bear could maul 'em! People heard him threaten the kids on several occasions."" ""But, officer, they were threatening me too! And I never once said I'd lock em up with Chuck to get mauled! You think I'd wish that on anyone?"" ""Now hold on here, let me get the whole story before I hear you flinging accusations, officer,"" the detective interrupted. The officers calmed down to explain to Quickwit exactly what the situation was. It seems that Bill and Ben belonged to an animal rights group. This group had been organizing protests against the circus months before it came into town. They were all up in arms about the pony rides and the trick dogs but what really lit their fire was Chuck, the dancing grizzly bear. Chuck had been hand-raised since he was a cub by Willy and had been trained to dance and perform tricks for the circus. Willy insisted that not only was Chuck well-cared for but that he LOVED performing. Still, the protests continued. Bill and Ben had been not only harassing but outright threatening Willy if he didn't let the bear go. Willy tried to explain to them that Chuck wouldn't last too long in the wilderness being hand-raised and all, but they would have none of it. Several workers at the circus had witnessed these confrontations, although none could say for sure if Willy had threatened to harm the kids in any way. However, it was said that the boys seemed determined to free Chuck with any means possible. The detective pondered over what he had heard for a moment, before continuing. ""What evidence, aside from threats, have you discovered that lead you to believe that Willy here locked the kids in deliberately?"" he asked. ""Well, we already figured the kids had died some time around 11-12 pm last night. Now the whole circus was out celebrating the bearded lady's thirtieth birthday last night and old Willy here was seen leaving at 10 last night."" ""I already told you officers that I wasn't feeling well at all. I had a bad reaction to the shrimp served at the party. I went home to lie down."" ""And you didn't hear anything when you got here?"" ""Nope, my trailer is all the way in the front of the lot. All the animals are kept here in the back, plus I took some heavy meds to help me sleep, and with my age and all, I can hardly hear anything anymore!"" ""Cut making excuses, old man, and tell the detective about the key."" ""What key?"" asked the detective. ""The key to the bear cage. Seems our friend here just had to get a new one for the brand new lock on it and he hasn't had time to make a copy for anyone."" ""Is that true?"" The old man sadly nodded. ""Yep, Chuck nearly chewed the old lock off once. Had to replace it yesterday. I didn't have time to make a copy what with the party and all."" ""What did you do with the old key?"" ""I threw it out, detective. No reason to keep it."" ""Did you see anyone else on the grounds?"" ""Nope, detective; there's no way to get in the front anyway. The back, maybe, but you'd need a ladder to get over the fence but there's an electric one out front. No getting in there. Quickwit nodded once more. ""Alright officers, you escort Mr. Bearish back to his trailer and wait outside it for me. I'm going to check out the crime scene now."" The officers left with Mr. Bearish while Quickwit went to the bear's cage. Chuck had been sedated and moved by animal control already, but the bodies of Ben and Bill were left in place. Quickwit looked around in disgust. The boys were ripped apart and blood was splattered all over, even the bear's water pool was filled with bloody water. Both boys were laying near the still locked cage door; near them lay a bent and filthy key and a pair of wire cutters. Quickwit looked up at the roof of the twenty foot high cage. While the sides were constructed of metal bars, the top of the cage was covered in metal mesh and some of the mesh was bent around the middle. Outside the cage a large ladder lay against the back. After this quick glance around, Quickwit strode back to the officers. ""I think you owe Mr. Bearish an apology, "" he said. ""What? Why?"" ""What we have here, officers, is a sad and ironic accident, but no murder. And I think speaking to some of Ben and Bills' animal activist friends will confirm what I think."" What clues did Detective Quickwit find? And what really happened to Ben and Bill?",Think about what Quickwit saw at the crime scene.,"Quickwit's first clue was the damaged mesh roof of the cage. His second clue was the wire cutters. ""Why would Mr. Bearish cut open the top of his bear's cage to throw in Ben and Bill? Didn't he have a key of his own? He could have pushed the boys in the front door, and since Chuck was used to him, most likely he would have attacked the boys first."" Quickwit's next clue was the ladder against the cage back. ""Any ideas how it got there, and why it was there in the first place officers?"" They had no answer. ""Simple,"" continued Quickwit. ""The old man himself said you'd need a ladder to get in the back over the fence. The front wasn't safe because of the electric, and besides, the boys wanted to get into the cage so it made sense that they go in through the back. ""Say what, detective?"" ""This was my last clue,"" said the detective holding up the bent key. ""Why, that's my old key!"" cried Bearish, ""But I threw it away!"" ""You did, which may have been a mistake, but you could not have known the boys would do something so foolish."" ""Detective, are you saying that Ben and Bill put themselves into the bear cage?"" ""Yes, I am, officers. They used the ladder to safely get over the fence in the back, and then used it to climb on top of the bear's cage. They used these wire cutters to get into the cage and were going to use this key to open the front door to set Chuck free."" ""But that key doesn't work for that new lock,"" cried Bearish. ""Yes, you and I know that, but Bill and Ben did not. They must have found the key near your trailer while visiting the circus and planned to use it to free Chuck. ""You mean they locked themselves in with the bear?!"" ""I'm sorry to say, but yes they did. Chuck, being a very territorial grizzly bear, must have been woken up by the sounds of Ben and Bill trying desperately to open the lock which is why the key is bent. Chuck smelled the strangers and attacked them. No one was back here to hear them cry for help and they foolishly did not bring a rope to help them get back out of the cage, because they thought they could get out through the front door."" Quickwit and the officers excused Mr. Bearish and went to speak to Ben and Bill's animal activists friends. They admitted they knew about the boy's plan, but foolishly did nothing to stop them.",Mystery,06/14/05 #50930,RE-Words 2,2.8,1.31,MarcM1098,"In English, ""re"" is a prefix usually meaning ""again"", such as in ""rebuild"" (build again). However, there are many words starting with ""re"" which have a totally different meaning without the ""re"". You will be given two definitions, one for a word starting with ""re"", and one for the remaining word without the ""re"" (either definition could be given first). Example: exhausting / ceasing employment Answer: tiring / retiring 1. leisure time / beginning of time 2. say again / marshy organic material 3. immoral act / sticky yellow organic substance 4. was not truthful / depended on 5. feel bitterness toward / delivered 6. indulgences or luxuries / withdraws army 7. electric potential / violent uprising 8. circuit breaker / deny",No hint available.,"1. recreation / creation 2. repeat / peat 3. sin / resin 4. lied / relied 5. resent / sent 6. treats / retreats 7. volt / revolt 8. fuse / refuse",Language,12/11/16 #42219,Checkerboard Chances,2.35,2.89,billy314,"Timothy has a checkerboard with ten rows and ten columns and a spinner with the numbers 1, 2, and 3. There is an equal chance of each number being spun. He first spins the spinner and moves a checker from the bottom-left corner up the number of spaces spun. He then spins the spinner again, this time moving the checker right the number of spaces spun. If he repeats this process twice more, what are the chances the checker will land on the same color as the square on which it started?","If in total, the checker moves up an even number of spaces and to the right an even number of spaces it will land on the same color it started on. If it moves up and to the right an odd number of spaces it will also land on the same color it started on.","Answer: 365/729 If the checker moves in total up an even number of spaces and to the right an even number of spaces, it will land on the same color it started on. If it moves up an odd number of spaces and to the right an odd number of spaces, it will land on the same color it started on. The spinner is numbered 1, 2, and 3. The combinations of three of those numbers whose sum is even are the following: (2, 2, 2), (2, 1, 1), (2, 3, 3), (2, 1, 3). These three spins represent either the total move up (three moves up) or the total move to the right (three moves to the right). Since the numbers can be spun in any order, the total number of permutations is 1+3+3+6=13. Therefore, the probability that three spins will total an even number is 13/27 (27 is the total number of ways the spinner could have been spun). The probability that three spins will total an odd number is 1-(13/27)=14/27 since a number is either even or odd. The probability that both sets of spins will be even is (13/27)^2. The probability that both will be odd is (14/27)^2. The probability that both will be either even or odd is (13/27)^2+(14/27)^2=365/729",Probability,06/13/08 #13775,Letter Enders 5,2.59,2.19,MrIxolite,"Below are single letters or groups of letters with clues to whole words. To solve the clues and get the words, the SAME combination of letters should be placed before the given letter (s). For example, T = Allotted time of work K = Strong Smell G = Sharp pain The answer would be STIN to make STINT, STINK and STING Note: The Hint will be the number of letters you are looking for. Try this one S = Show IT = Closed path M = Round prefix",5,"CIRCU CIRCUS, CIRCUIT, CIRCUM",Language,07/14/03 #20490,Odd Act,2.75,1.07,MrIxolite,"What phrase? ACT CHAR ER",No hint available.,Act out of character,Rebus,01/20/05 #39751,Clever Jenny III,2.7,1.26,mosca,"Jenny's friend Tom needed to move his mother's sewing machine up to her third floor apartment. He had attached a winch to his mother's window and was preparing to hoist the sewing machine up by using a long chain wrapped around the full-sized machine in its heavy wooden cabinet. Jenny looked at the setup and said, ""Tom, that chain doesn't look strong enough for the sewing machine; it may break and your Mom's machine will be ruined."" Tom said, ""No, it's OK, Jenny. This chain is made up of 1000 links; each link was tested and each one can hold 12 pounds. I could hoist a piano with this chain!"" ""Tom, please listen to me; please get a stronger chain! You know, a chain is..."" She didn't get any further. Tom, being a bit headstrong, had already started hoisting. As Jenny predicted, the chain broke and the sewing machine fell and was badly damaged. What did Jenny know that she didn't get a chance to tell Tom?",What do we know about chains?,"A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Each link could hold 12 pounds, but that means the whole chain could only hold 12 pounds. Tom had needed a much stronger chain.",Situation,12/24/07 #5667,3 = L K that L T M,2.42,2.06,Bobbrt,3 = L K that L T M,No hint available.,3 = Little kittens that lost their mittens,Letter-Equations,07/18/02 #47307,Word Grid 5,1.68,2.98,cnmne,"Arrange 25 five-letter words in a 5-by-5 grid. The five words in each row share a common letter. The five words in each column share a common letter. The five words in each diagonal share a common letter. There are 12 different common letters. The grid cells are identified by row (1 to 5, top to bottom) and column (1 to 5, left to right). Example: Cell 3.2 identifies Row 3 Column 2. The words are: after, amble, beard, broth, build, daisy, gleam, graph, humor, imbue, marsh, peony, prism, prude, rebut, rouge, shard, slave, slept, study, surge, truck, wench, xylem, young. One letter of each word is provided in the grid. Row 1: r t m i u Row 2: d e b l m Row 3: a c s a r Row 4: i y l n g Row 5: h o a c p",No hint available.,"prude rebut humor imbue surge build slept amble slave gleam beard truck prism after rouge daisy study xylem peony young shard broth marsh wench graph Common Letters Rows 1 to 5: u, l, r, y, h Columns 1 to 5: d, t, m, e, g Diagonals 1 and 2: p, s 1) For Cell 5.4, there are only two words with ""c"": ""truck"" and ""wench"". If it were ""truck"", then Cell 4.4 would have to be ""young"", as that is the only word that contains ""n"" and shares a common letter with ""truck"" (""u""; ""wench"", with ""c"", would fit, but there are no other words that could share the common ""c"" in Column 4). However, there are no words that contain ""a"" and the common ""u"" for Cell 3.4. Cell 5.4 is ""wench"". Cell 4.4 is ""peony"" (""young"" would fit, but there are not enough words to share a common ""n"" in Column 4). The words in Column 4 must share ""e"". Cell 1.4 is ""imbue"", as it is the only word that contains ""i"" and shares the common ""e"". Cell 3.2 is ""truck"" (the only remaining ""c"" word). 2) The words in Row 5 must share ""h"", as ""wench"" has only two letters that it could share (""e"" and ""h""), and ""e"" has already been assigned to Column 4. Cell 5.5 is ""graph"", as it is the only word that contains ""p"" and the common ""h"". The words in Diagonal 1 must share ""p"". 3) Cell 4.1 contains ""i"", so it is ""daisy"" (""build"" shares no letter with ""peony"", and ""prism"" must be somewhere in Diagonal 1). The words in Row 4 must share ""y"". Cell 4.5 contains ""g"", so it is ""young"". Cell 4.3 contains ""l"", so it is ""xylem"". That leaves Cell 4.2 being ""study"". 4) The words in Column 5 must share ""g"". Cell 2.5 contains ""m"", so it is ""gleam"". 5) The word in Cell 2.2 contains ""e"" and a shared ""p"". It can not be ""prude"", as ""e"" (the only letter that it shares with ""gleam"") has been assigned to Column 4. Cell 2.2 is ""slept"". Cell 3.3 contains ""s"" and ""p"", so it is ""prism"". That leaves Cell 1.1 being ""prude"". 6) The words in Row 2 must share ""l"". Cell 2.1 contains ""d"" and ""l"", so it is ""build"". Cell 2.3 contains ""b"" and ""l"", so it is ""amble"". That leaves Cell 2.4 being ""slave"". 7) The words in Column 1 must share ""d"", as the words already assigned to Column 1 share only that letter. Using the same reasoning: Column 2 shares ""t"", Column 3 shares ""m"", Diagonal 2 shares ""s"", Row 3 shares ""r"", and Row 1 shares ""u"" (""e"" has already been assigned). 8) Cell 5.1 is ""shard"". Cell 5.2 is ""broth"". Cell 5.3 is ""marsh"". 9) Cell 1.2 is ""rebut"". Cell 1.3 is ""humor"". Cell 1.5 is ""surge"". 10) Cell 3.1 is ""beard"". Cell 3.4 is ""after"". Cell 3.5 is ""rouge"".",Other,06/22/10 #49012,Delete a Letter,2.87,1.69,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) something absurd or ridiculous (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) money paid for transportation 2) a type of fruit (6 letters) & (delete 1st letter) a place for shooting practice 3) a dead body (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a thicket of small trees or shrubs 4) to chew loudly (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a great amount or quantity",No hint available.,"1) farce & fare 2) orange & range 3) corpse & copse 4) munch & much",Language,09/05/11 #29045,Nothing Ever Seems to Get Done,2.44,1.82,keveffect1,435 M in the US H of R,Represent You!,435 Members in the United States House of Representatives,Letter-Equations,03/11/06 #24778,Seal Eggs,3.16,2.58,ThreeTwoOne,"Translate each word group into a phonetic sound, and then string them all together to form the name of a body of water. For example: polar or grizzly, finger jewelry, not curved Translation... Bear, Ring, Straight Answer... Bering Strait 1. Vehicle, curved bone, to exist, not yang, to look at 2. Circle segment, bloodsucking arachnid, to be in debt, tibia 3. Cat sound, dreidel letter, 18-hole sport 4. Unaffiliated film, Japanese currency, interjection, to eschew 5. Helper, flightless South American bird, clock sound, programming language","Some of these are stretches, but they'll be obvious if you focus on the sounds.","1. Car - Rib - Be - Yin - See == Caribbean Sea 2. Arc - Tick - Owe - Shin == Arctic Ocean 3. Purr - Shin - Golf == Persian Gulf 4. Indie - Yen - Oh! - Shun == Indian Ocean 5. Aid - Rhea - Tick - C == Adriatic Sea",Language,07/22/05 #49647,Delete a Letter 3,2.7,2.05,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) a ceasefire (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) loyal or faithful 2) a very stupid person (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a planetary satellite 3) to release or discharge (7 letters) & (delete 7th letter) hidden, covert, private 4) a marine polyp, a yellowish pink color (5 letters) & (delete 1st letter) spoken or uttered",No hint available.,"1) truce & true 2) moron & moon 3) secrete & secret 4) coral & oral",Language,10/28/12 #12767,Wholly Boat,2.6,1.1,od-1,"Duffus had an incident a while back that left him with a sizable hole in his boat. After repeated attempts to fix it failed, he became quite frustrated and called over Mr. Od-1 for help. ""I get the thing patched, but every time I get it on the lake, it starts to leak again. If there was only a way to know if it was fixed without rowing it out on the lake each time,"" Duffus muttered. ""Is that all you want? I thought you wanted me to fix it (but that's another teaser). Go get the garden hose, an ice tea, a lawn chair, and you'll never have to leave shore again to check for leaks,"" exclaimed Mr Od-1. How was Mr. Od-1 planning to help Duffus find his leaks?",No hint available.,Mr. Od-1 put the garden hose in the boat and turned the water on. Then he sat on the chair and sipped his ice tea while they waited to see if the water leaked out of the boat.,Situation,05/28/03 #28933,In Other Words...Novels,2.72,2.28,Winner4600,"Below are five titles of novels. However, they have been rephrased, and it is your job to figure them out. 1. Blanched canine tooth 2. The vindictive woody vines of the genus Vitis 3. Blessed and evil spirits 4. The Foreigners 5. Journals of a Japanese entertainer",No hint available.,"1. White Fang 2. The Grapes of Wrath 3. Angels and Demons 4. The Outsiders 5. Memoirs of a Geisha",Language,03/05/06 #50848,I Can See Clearly Now,1.82,0.9400000000000001,ThinksForFun,"What phrase does the following represent? COME11CENSUS",No hint available.,"Come to one's senses. come <== ""COME"" to one's <== ""11"" (two ""1""s) senses <== ""CENSUS""",Rebus,09/04/16 #5666,8 D a W (in the B S),2.39,1.45,Bobbrt,8 D a W (in the B S),No hint available.,8 Days a Week (in the Beatles Song),Letter-Equations,07/18/02 #3622,Threading a Needle,2.48,2.7,arij,"Many, many years ago when there used to be kings and royal foundations, there was a person who went to the king to show him what he could do the best. The king agreed to watch. The man took out a sewing needle from his pocket and stood it on the ground. Then he went ten feet away from the needle and took out a piece of thread from his pocket. He let go of the thread in such a way that it ended up getting inside the hole of the sewing needle. The king smiled and ordered his men to give the person 100 gold coins and then punish him with 100 lashings. Why did the king react in such a manner?",No hint available.,"The king said that the man must have struggled by using his mental skills as well as physical for so long, probably years, in order to do what he did then. Therefore, he was rewarded with 100 gold coins. But, the thing on which he used all of his brains, time, and physical power, was simply meaningless. If he had struggled so much in some really good thing, he probably would have been able to gain a lot of success. Thus, he was punished for wasting himself on such a meaningless thing.",Situation,04/18/02 #33151,CrossDigit 6,2.21,2.19,dishu,"This teaser is similar to a crossword puzzle, but there is a twist. Instead of words, it uses digits 1-9 and empty (black in crossword puzzles) spaces in a 4 by 4 grid. The grid is arranged as follows: A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 B4 C1 C2 C3 C4 D1 D2 D3 D4 With the help of the given rules and clues, you have to figure out which box contains which digit. The rules are: 1: No row or column can have the same digit appearing more than once. 2: 0 (Zero) is not permissible. 3: Empty spaces cannot contain any digit. They are empty. And the clues are: 1. The empty spaces are A3, A4, B4, C1, D1 and D2. 2. The sum of digits in row A equal 4. 3. The sum of digits in row B equal 17. 4. The sum of digits in row C equal 23. 5. The sum of digits in row D equal 4. 6. The sum of digits in column 1 equal 7. 7. The sum of digits in column 2 equal 20. 8. The sum of digits in column 3 equal 9. 9. The sum of digits in column 4 equal 12. Now figure out which box contains which digit and do not forget the rules.","A number can be present more than once in the grid, but not the same row or column.","The solution grid looks like this: The digits are laid out as follows: A1: 1, A2: 3, A3: Blank, A4: Blank B1: 6, B2: 9, B3: 2, B4: Blank C1: Blank, C2: 8, C3: 6, C4: 9 D1: Blank, D2: Blank, D3: 1, D4: 3",Math,09/24/06 #43838,Who Said What? III,2.5100000000000002,1.93,tedger,"Below are two quotes, each by a different individual. However, some of their letters have been removed. Your task is twofold: first, determine what letters have been removed and, secondly, take those letters and unscramble them to spell out the individual's name. Do this for each quote. Do not mix the letters between the two quotes. An example has been provided. EXAMPLE: Incomplete quote: ""Human eing are the onl creatures n earth that aow their children to ome ack home."" - I Completed quote: ""Human (B)eing(S) are the onl(Y) creatures (O)n earth that a(L)(L)ow their children to (C)ome (B)ack home."" Given letters: I - Missing letters: B, S, Y, O, L, L, C, B Unscrambled letters: Bill Cosby Now that you see how it works, here are your two puzzles: ""ll yanny need to gai a ootold is fr people o god conscience to rain ilnt."" - J ""rt s ne fishe, ny baned."" - C",No hint available.,"""All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."" - Thomas Jefferson Missing letters: A, T, R, S, N, F, H, O, F, O, E, M, S, E ""(A)ll (T)y(R)anny need(S) to gai(N) a (F)oot(H)old is f(O)r people o(F) go(O)d conscience to r(E)(M)ain (S)il(E)nt."" - (T)(H)(O)(M)(A)(S) J(E)(F)(F)(E)(R)(S)(O)(N) ""Art is never finished, only abandoned."" - Leonardo da Vinci Missing letters: A, I, V, E, R, N, I, D, O, L, A, N, D, O ""(A)rt (I)s ne(V)(E)(R) fi(N)(I)she(D), (O)n(L)y (A)ba(N)(D)(O)ned."" - (L)(E)(O)(N)(A)(R)(D)(O) (D)(A) (V)(I)(N)c(I)",Language,01/02/09 #30045,Anagram Power XI,2.66,2.5,peppamintp,"Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B. Group A 1. Eland 2. Dried 3. Enate 4. Nurse 5. Lento Group B A. Corroded B. ""Cape Fear"" star C. Remodeled D. Burdened E. Indy family name",No hint available.,"1. Laden (D) 2. Redid (C) 3. Eaten (A) 4. Unser (E) 5. Nolte (B)",Language,04/25/06 #26091,Teasergle,2.36,0.71,phrebh,"Three online friends, one female (Sara) and two males (Frederick and Tim), like to spend time on the same brain teaser oriented site, Teasergle. Each of them like all aspects of Teasergle, but they each gravitate to different sections (Forums, Games, and Teasers). One day, they all visited Teasergle for different lengths of time (4 hours, 8 hours, and 12 hours). Using the clue below, can you find out which friend went to what section for how long? The three friends are the one who played for the least amount of time, the person whose name shares an initial with his section, and the one who boasted in the Forums that she had been on the longest.",No hint available.,"Frederick was in the Games section for 4 hours. Sara was in the Forums section for 12 hours. Tim was in the Teasers section for 8 hours.",Logic-Grid,09/27/05 #10038,From House to House,2.29,1.23,morrigan,"From house to house I go, Sometimes narrow, sometimes wide. Whether there's rain or snow, I always stay outside. What am I?",No hint available.,A path or road.,Riddle,01/25/03 #559,60 M in an H,1.95,1.12,kaila912,60 M in an H,No hint available.,60 minutes in an hour,Letter-Equations,05/31/01 #6986,A Birthday Present,2.73,1.1,Galadriel,"John really wanted to know how much money he would get from grandpa for his birthday. But grandpa didn't want to tell him. Instead he said: ""You get so much!"" ""But how much is so much?"", John asked. ""If I gave you so much, plus so much, plus the half of so much, plus 1/4 of so much, plus 1 EURO, you would have 100 EURO's. How much will John get?",No hint available.,36 EURO's : 36+36+18+9+1=100,Math,08/29/02 #52808,Egg in a Bottle,2.84,1.33,corsicanwarrah,How can you put an egg which is 5 cm in diameter into a bottle with a mouth that is 2 cm in diameter? You may not damage the bottle in any way.,"1. The egg is raw. 2. This is a Trick question, not a Science question!","1. Poke holes in the egg and drain the contents into the bottle 2. Crumble up the eggshell and drop it into the bottle I never said that the egg had to be intact inside the bottle!",Trick,05/21/22 #41487,Add it Up 11,2.5100000000000002,1.79,Scubee,"Beginning with ""se"", add letters from the given pool to create an eight-letter word for ""what you could do with all those extra pears"". Do not rearrange the letters as you go. In this teaser, you will add two letters in the fifth step. Pool: V E E R R P 1. SE 2. _ _ _ 3. _ _ _ _ 4. _ _ _ _ _ 5. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The hint gives definitions/clues for each additional word.","2. To perceive 3. Being dried and withered 4. To put the ball into play in tennis 5. To set aside","1. SE 2. SEE 3. SERE 4. SERVE 5. RESERVE 6. PRESERVE Many fruits can be canned or made into jams and jellies called preserves. The word can also be used as a verb.",Language,04/13/08 #19650,Dart Exhibition,2.92,2.13,MrIxolite,"Eagle-eye Ixolite, the world famous dart player, was at an exhibition match and was showing off to the audience. ""I can throw a dart and it will hit the board anywhere I want!"" he cried. ""Where on the board shall I put my next dart?"" he asked the crowd. A small boy came up to Eagle-Eye and passed him a slip of paper. Eagle-eye, who liked a rebus, took one look at the note, threw his head back and laughed, then threw the dart. Where did it land? This is what was on the note: Perfume Bottle R.I.P.",No hint available.,"It landed in the bullseye. The Rebus said Dead Center or Dead Scenter.",Rebus,12/01/04 #35603,Magic VI,2.24,2.86,beatlesgirl,2 = E of U in T L M (F & J),"""The human world is a mess.""","2 = Eels of Ursula in ""The Little Mermaid"" (Flotsam & Jetsam)",Letter-Equations,03/08/07 #2684,Town,2.11,0.66,Chrissy---,"Decipher this common location: t o w n",The middle of a big city,Downtown!!,Rebus,03/14/02 #13360,Cats: Appetisers,2.0,2.42,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Cats: Appetisers Dogs: Appetisers and Entrees Cows: Appetisers, Entrees and Mains Horses: Appetisers, Entrees, Mains, and Desserts",No hint available.,"Horses For Courses (Horses Four Courses)",Rebus,06/23/03 #5306,The Less You See,2.65,1.29,chantelmystiq,"The more of me there is, the less you see. The less of me there is, the more you see. What am I?",No hint available.,Fog.,Riddle,07/07/02 #37264,"Money, Money, Money, Money",2.17,2.79,jazzmusician46,"You need to place these 12 groups into pairs to make six currencies. Cha Int Kor Kwa Lar Udo Una Dir Dol Esc For Ham",No hint available.,"Dirham Dollar Escudo Forint Koruna Kwacha",Other,07/07/07 #4089,Frying Pan,2.54,0.96,valeriy,"There is a frying pan that's big enough to hold 2 pieces of meat. It takes one minute to fry the piece of meat on one side. You have 3 pieces of the meat and you have to cook them in 3 minutes. Is it possible? And how?",No hint available.,Fry pieces 1 and 2 on one side. Then fry the 1st piece on the second side and the 3rd on the first side. And in the last minute fry the 2nd and 3rd on the second side.,Logic,05/15/02 #12861,1/2 D = 12 H,2.1,1.43,heather777,1/2 D = 12 H,No hint available.,1/2 Day = 12 Hours,Letter-Equations,06/01/03 #3436,Strange Creature,2.32,2.05,Drunky,"The strangest creature you'll ever find. Two eyes in front and many many more behind.",No hint available.,"A Peacock or a driver with some passengers in the back.",Riddle,04/11/02 #34342,Word Fusion 13,2.79,2.07,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create an unrelated word. The clues do not necessarily indicate the order of the two words. The pronunciation of the new word is not necessarily the same as the individual words. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is a rodent that is missing an electron. 2) This is a male hole-making tool. 3) This is where a semicircle makes honey. 4) This is a shelf in a saloon.",No hint available.,"1) rat + ion = ration 2) man + drill = mandrill 3) arc + hive = archive 4) bar + rack = barrack",Language,12/11/06 #3680,James' Birthday,2.65,1.55,lil_thugsta,"James said that he was born on February 29, 1900. What birthday will he celebrate in the year 2000?",No hint available.,"James was lying, 1900 was not a leap year.",Trick,04/21/02 #6233,Where's Apple?,1.82,2.3,CheshireCatGirl,"There once was a girl. She was very sad and lonely, until one day when she met this girl whose name was Apple Cheerios (Apple being her nickname). Apple walked up to the girl and began to talk to her. After about ten minutes, the little girl realized that she had seen Apple before, but she didn't know where. Then, Apple soon explained where the little girl had seen her. What did she tell the little girl?",Milk,Apple had been kidnapped 2 months before. Her parents put her picture on the local milk cartons. The little girl's family bought that very brand of milk and she saw the picture.,Situation,08/04/02 #23590,Muhammad's Mountain,2.46,1.84,froggygg,"What rebus does this progressive (top-down) show? over here.................(heaven and earth) over there over here..........(heaven and earth)......over there over here (heaven and earth)...............over there","Title is a hint. Here's another hint: The progressive rebus-body shows a ""change"" in the relative position of three key words. We also refer to a ""change in position"" as _ _ _ _ _ _.","Moving Heaven and Earth The words ""Heaven and Earth"" are shown to be ""moving"" from one position (""over there"") to a new position (""over here""). The phrase ""Moving Heaven and Earth"" is a common colloquialism or idiom meaning to go to great lengths and effort to accomplish something, as in ""We are moving Heaven and Earth in our efforts to attain knowledge."" The Title (Muhammad's Mountain) refers to the quote: ""If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain."" The word missing in the hint is ""moving"".",Rebus,06/11/05 #29280,The Five Digit Number,2.45,2.09,Desired,"Can you find a five digit number which has no zeros and no repeated digits, where: The first digit is a prime number. The second digit is the fifth digit minus the first digit. The third digit is twice the first digit. The fourth digit is the third digit plus three. The fifth digit is the difference between the first digit and the fourth digit.",No hint available.,23475,Math,03/23/06 #39276,The Emperor Is Not As Forgiving As I Am,2.09,2.37,empy,"A S = D V, A of the D L of the S",No hint available.,"Anakin Skywalker = Darth Vader, Apprentice of the Dark Lord of the Sith",Letter-Equations,11/19/07 #48095,An Arm and a Leg,2.44,1.83,cutieluck,"Change just one letter on each line to go from the top word to the bottom word. Do not change the order of the letters. You must have a real word at each step. ARM ____ ____ ____ ____ LEG","ARM AIM (This is the first step) ____ ____ ____ LEG","ARM AIM AID LID LED LEG",Language,10/13/10 #46563,Devil's Odd One Out,2.36,2.29,griphook,"Find the odd one out 1. Odd month out a. February b. March c. April d. May 2. Real Berry a. grape b. peach c. Chuck d. strawberry 3. Universal language a. MXVI b. CCVII c. MDI d. CLVII 4. What do you say a. purple b. yellow c. silver d. orange 5. Bourne Identity a. Bruce Wayne b. Clark Kent c. Peter Parker d. Tony Stark",The headings tell a lot.,"1. April. The others can be anagrams. 2. Chuck is the only one who can have Berry for a surname. Note the others are not capitalized. 3. MXVI. The others can be rearranged to form CIVIL DIM and CIVIC 4. Yellow. The others have no rhymes. 5. Clark Kent. It is not the birth name of Superman unlike the others.",Group,03/17/10 #50636,Warp Speed?,2.07,1.12,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus? Where no one has ______ before.",Be very careful; you shouldn't miss this one!,"""gone missing""",Rebus,06/13/15 #4996,Jump into Water,2.13,1.65,madman44,"A child jumps into 10 feet of water and gets soaked. He never went swimming at all. How?",It's a child.,"He jumps into a sprinkler, hose, or anything else water squirts out of.",Trick,06/27/02 #4269,ar row,2.32,0.79,arij,"Can you decipher this phrase: ar row",It was a Travolta movie.,Broken Arrow,Rebus,05/25/02 #30083,Crossquare V,2.67,2.12,phrebh,"Solve each clue below. The answers will form a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. Prefer 2. Living 3. Climbing plant parts 4. Shortened covert 5. Relaxes",No hint available.,"1. FAVOR 2. ALIVE 3. VINES 4. OVERT 5. RESTS",Language,04/26/06 #47895,Lot of Zeroes,2.5100000000000002,2.2,bluegrasss,G=1FBAGOZ,Bigger then a googol.,Googolplex = 1 Followed By A Googol Of Zeroes.,Letter-Equations,09/05/10 #27272,Jailer and Jeweler,2.94,2.42,kiss,"Fill in the blanks with four words, such that the first and the fourth are the same, while the second and the third are homonyms. A jailer _ _, and a jeweler _ _.",No hint available.,"A jailer watches cells, and a jeweler sells watches.",Language,12/10/05 #22251,New Squares,2.04,2.9,filetmerlot,"4 7 9 2 8 7 3 6 4 6 9 3 7 8 8 6 1 0 8 3 5 2 4 9 1 9 2 5 7 6 3 1 8 x x+1 x+2 What number does x represent?",No hint available.,"2. Multiply the top row across, then the second row across. The sum of these two will be the written as the third row. 5x7x6=210 3x1x8=24 Therefore 210+24=234.",Math,04/14/05 #41696,Who Doesn't Belong,2.24,2.43,reddragon,"Which one of these titles does not belong? Wide Glide Hummer Fat Boy Low Rider Super Sport Road King",Two Wheels,"Super Sport does not belong, because it is not a model of motorcycle made by Harley-Davidson. All of the others are Harley-Davidson models.",Group,04/26/08 #51687,He Never Got To See His Children.,2.74,1.11,Patchyss,"John divorced his wife Marie yet she won a custody battle over the children. Marie promised him that she would arrange visits between him and the kids. Marie never broke her promise to John, but he never got to see his kids. How is this possible?",John had never seen his children.,John is blind.,Trick,01/27/18 #33373,The Blood Of The Earth,2.54,2.0,grungy49,"Mrs. Kedringham was a riddle-obsessed teacher. Every day, she would put a riddle on the board, and whoever solved it would have a reward. The bright student Jane almost always solved them, but on this occasion she was stuck. Can you help her? I drink the blood of the Earth, And the trees fear my roar, Yet a man may hold me in his hands, I can even be bought at a store.",AAAAAH! Cut out that racket!,"A chainsaw. The blood of the Earth refers to petroleum, and the hint refers to the loud noise that it makes.",Riddle,10/07/06 #36842,Derrick's Theory,2.35,2.13,pokpic,"Captain Derrick Washington is one of the four captains of the Timberland Tigers basketball team. Derrick has this theory: If he drinks water every 8 minutes, milk every 12 minutes, and coffee every 14 minutes, he will do better in that day's game. If Derrick woke up at 9:30am and drank all three drinks at 9:35am, what is the latest time he would have drank all three drinks at the same time if his game starts at 7:30pm?",No hint available.,"5:59pm It took 168 minutes, or 2 hours and 48 minutes, for Derrick to drink all of them at the same time again. If you repeatedly add 2 hours and 48 minutes to 9:35am, you'll find the last time prior to the game that all drinks were had at the same time was at 5:59pm.",Math,06/04/07 #11113,Bride and Groom,2.42,1.71,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? Bride: Miss Win Chester Groom: Mr Rye Fell",No hint available.,"A Shotgun Wedding Winchester and Rifle.",Rebus,03/13/03 #407,An EGGSellent Situation,2.61,1.31,Mr. G,A man has two eggs. One is raw and the other is boiled. He would like to eat the boiled egg for lunch and save the raw one to have for breakfast the next morning. How can he find the boiled egg without breaking the wrong egg by mistake?,"Round and round we go, what's the answer, someone must know!","If the man spins the eggs on a flat surface, the hardboiled egg will spin more smoothly than the raw egg. The raw egg will wobble when spun.",Science,04/25/01 #49492,The Man 2,2.44,1.8,donaldtrumpet,John put the man's face in his hands. Then he asked his friend what he wanted. Then he threw the man's face high up in the air. Then John celebrated winning. What is going on?,"You have seen ""The Man"" before, and probably have done the same thing as John did.","John was tossing a penny. ""The Man"" was Abraham Lincoln.",Situation,05/27/12 #34968,Not A Clue,2.12,2.27,grungy49,"What is represented by this: CARBOU",No hint available.,"No idea. There is no I in caribou, which is a type of deer... so it reads ""No I deer.""",Rebus,01/21/07 #24619,Tubular!,2.2,2.92,phrebh,"What is the following word? GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU",Sound it out.,"POTATO! GH sounds like P in Hiccough. OUGH sounds like O in Dough. PHTH sounds like T in Phthisis. EIGH sounds like A in Neighbor. TTE sounds like T in Gazette. EAU sounds like O in Plateau. The title was another subtle hint.",Language,07/17/05 #49409,Doublets,2.77,0.96,cnmne,"Some words can be used as both nouns and adjectives. In this teaser, you will be given a definition. That definition can be replaced by a single word that is used twice, once as an adjective, the other as a noun. For example: ""a 12 inch podiatrist specialty"" is a ""foot foot"". Given the following four definitions, what are the corresponding doublets? 1) an underweight source of illumination 2) an ordinary prairie 3) a quick period of not eating 4) a cruel average",No hint available.,"1) light light 2) plain plain 3) fast fast 4) mean mean",Language,03/27/12 #48663,The Four Integers,2.46,1.49,Mathgeek007,"There are four different integers. Here are eight clues to help you find out what they are. The sum of the three lowest numbers is 0. The two lowest numbers are negative, and consecutive. The highest number is the second-lowest number squared. The difference of all the numbers (in order from greatest to least) is 9. The difference of all the numbers (in order from least to greatest) is -17. The difference of the two highest numbers is 2. The sum of the two lowest numbers is -7. The second-lowest number plus 10 is the second-highest. What are the four integers?","You didn't forget about negative numbers, did you?","9, 7, (-3), (-4) 7 + (-3) + (-4) = 0 (-3) and (-4) are negative and consecutive. (-3sqrd) is (-3)*(-3), which is 9. 9 - 7 - (-3) - (-4) = 9 (-4) - (-3) - 7 - 9 = -17 9 - 7 = 2 (-3) + (-4) = -7 (-3) + 10 = 7",Math,04/23/11 #20184,Three Guys and Their Towns,2.7600000000000002,2.03,something,"Mr. E. from Birth Mr. E. from Marriage Mr. E. from Death",No hint available.,Mysteries of Life,Rebus,01/01/05 #25441,Loving Proverb,2.29,2.3,cowzrHOTT,"Xjojp qpzdj bfgp ufbnpzjxr'm xksj zx k wjkpd ujikgmj wjkpdm upjkc. Qpzdj zd zx k izpivj ujikgmj izpivjm ef fx nfpjojp. ~ Kxfxbsfgm",i=z,"a=k b=u c=i d=r e=j f=n g=e h=w i=z j=h k=c l=v m=s n=x o=f p=a q=v r=p s=m t=d u=g v=o w=q x=l y=b z=t Never write your boyfriend's name in a heart because hearts break. Write it in a circle because circles go on forever. ~Anonymous",Cryptography,08/25/05 #16914,5 = S in the S C,2.24,2.64,Newf,5 = S in the S C,No hint available.,5 Stars in the Southern Cross,Letter-Equations,03/08/04 #45334,Missing Letters From 5 Words #7,2.47,1.62,nogoodnames,"What three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words? AR___AL D___ER DE___E P___ET T___IUM",No hint available.,"RIV. ARRIVAL DRIVER DERIVE PRIVET TRIVIUM",Language,09/22/09 #16800,Mr. Brown's Pictures,2.37,1.91,brains5000,"Mr. Brown looks at five pictures. One of them is a picture of Miss Peaches. One is a picture of a dog named Spot. One is a picture of a female angel. One is a picture of a pizza pie, and one was a picture of a car. The first one is related to something you eat. The second one is to the left of the car. The fourth and fifth one have one thing in common. The fifth one has two things in common with the first one as well. In what order were the pictures?","The third one is obvious. Think about how #4 and 5 could be alike. Take two of the pictures and think of their similarities. After that, how could 1 and 5 be alike? And the only one not talked about is the second one.","The 1st one is the pizza, because it is related to something you eat. The second one is Spot, the third one is the car, the fourth one is the angel and the fifth one is Miss Peaches. 4 and 5 are alike because they are both female. 1 and 5 are alike because pizza and peaches are both foods, and both start with the letter P.",Logic,02/29/04 #41455,More Odds Oddities,2.06,1.91,Editor,"I roll my die 100 times, and you see the results are as follows: [1] 18 times [2] 16 times [3] 17 times [4] 15 times [5] 34 times [6] 0 times What are the odds of the 101st throw being a six?","This is under trick, remember.","Zero. If you roll a die 100 times and get the result above, chances are that it has no 6, but it has two fives.",Trick,04/11/08 #1833,Long Jumbled Sentence,2.6,2.19,missie,"A Cryptogram: below is a sentence in which one set of letters has been substituted for another. The words are in their correct order, with a space after each. RTVY HYTHMY RCF KE'R JYEEYG ET JY HTTG CDB WCHHF EWCD GKUW CDB VKRYGCJMY; K'B RYEEMY ZTG VTBYGCEYMF GKUW CDB VTTBF",Y=E,"Some people say it's better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable; I'd settle for moderately rich and moody. B=D C=A D=N E=T F=Y G=R H=P J=B K=I M=L R=S T=O U=C V=M W=H Y=E Z=F",Cryptography,12/23/01 #26235,Ooh Man,1.7,0.7000000000000001,phillyfatcake,Jim studied really hard before the science test Friday. He was supposed to study chapter 1. When he took the test he got every question wrong. Why did he miss every question?,When he took the chapter 2 test he got them all right.,He studied chapter 2 instead of chapter 1.,Trick,10/06/05 #25013,Life 2,2.46,2.7600000000000002,Nytwynd,"VJGT JX AQXPTM CU PIT VJHJUO. - MCDOVQX QMQNX VJGT ECUXJXPX UCP JU ICVMJUO OCCM EQKMX ZDP JU SVQFJUO PICXT FCD ICVM ATVV. - BCXI ZJVVJUOX",A=W,"Q = A Z = B E = C M = D T = E G = F O = G I = H J = I B = J V = L N = M U = N C = O S = P K = R X = S P = T D = U H = V A = W F = Y Life is wasted on the living. - Douglas Adams Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. - Josh Billings",Cryptography,08/07/05 #10669,Paranoid,2.27,1.25,jiminycricket128,"What does this represent? LOOK LOOK LOOK U LOOK LOOK LOOK",No hint available.,Look all around you.,Rebus,02/23/03 #30778,Magic Triangle,2.71,2.19,phrebh,Arrange the digits 1 through 9 on a triangle so that there is one digit on each point and two digits on each side between the points. The total of the four digits on any given side must equal 17.,Remember that the digits on the points will be included in the totals for both sides that meet at that point.,"There are two possible solutions. Side One: 1682 Side Two: 2573 Side Three: 3491 Side One: 1952 Side Two: 2483 Side Three: 3761 Variations of the order of the middle numbers are acceptable.",Logic,05/30/06 #49260,Four Houses at an Intersection,2.7,1.75,Scorefire,"At a + shaped intersection, four different-coloured houses are at the four corners of the intersection so that each house is separated by a road. All you know about the colours of the houses is: 1. The blue house is directly north of the purple house. 2. The orange house is directly west of the green house. What colours are the two houses that are across the road from the green house?",No hint available.,"Purple and blue. It is impossible for north to align with the roads, but if north is across the diagonal then it works out. If north went in the direction from the bottom left to the top right of the + intersection, then the blue house would be in the top right corner, the orange in the top left, the purple in the bottom left, and green in the bottom right.",Logic,01/20/12 #36418,Double Meanings #4,2.53,1.58,fishmed,"Below are words or phrases grouped in pairs. There is a different word that fits in the middle of each set that can be defined by both sides. Your task is to find those words. Example: Flower ________ Stood Answer: Rose 1. Telegram - __________ - Cable 2. Spinning toy - __________ - Summit 3. Cardboard container - __________ - Fight 4. Back - __________ - Raise",No hint available.,"1. Telegram - Wire - Cable 2. Spinning toy - Top - Summit 3. Cardboard Container - Box - Fight 4. Back - Rear - Raise",Language,04/26/07 #39922,Winning Words,2.69,2.37,Barticus,"What do these words have in common? Sting Sunrise Platoon Gladiator Wings Crash Apartment",Check the title.,"They are names of movies which won the Academy Award. The Sting (1973) Sunrise (1927-28) Platoon (1986) Gladiator (2000) Wings (1927-28) Crash (2005) The Apartment (1960)",Group,01/05/08 #50376,Words in a Vat XVI,2.36,1.8900000000000001,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: --N-E---I-M, -R-I-G, --O-N-, F--H-I- Individual Letters: N Y F A S C U U N O M D A P D U R G",No hint available.,"PANDEMONIUM, FRYING, GROUND, FUCHSIA",Language,06/27/14 #45625,Missing Word...4,1.76,0.6000000000000001,cutegagangel,"Figure out the missing word based on the clues below. Microsoft _____Point _____ Rangers _____ of Attorney _____ful _____house",No hint available.,"Microsoft PowerPoint Power Rangers Power of Attorney Powerful Powerhouse",Language,11/04/09 #50273,BB02 METAPHOR-MIX #02,2.41,1.6300000000000001,BadBunnee02,"Our Motto : ""We never metaphor we didn't like."" Here's the deal: Following is an example of a ""three word phrase"" illustrative of many common-use colloquial or idiomatic expressions in our society: ""live and learn"" It consists of one ""before"" word; ""live"", one ""mid"" word; ""and"", & one ""after word; ""learn"". BB02 visited the local Ye Olde Language Shoppe for their half-off sale so he could replenish his supply. But when he got home he discovered his backpack had a small rip and ALL the ""mid"" words had fallen out, leaving only the first and last words of the six three-word phrases he had purchased. Help BB02 reconstruct all six of the three-word phrases complete with the ""missing"" middle words. Here are the 12 ""before"" and ""after"" words he has: alive, clear, done, ear, egg, free, if, lay, lend, said, well, when","One of the phrases is ""lay an egg"", consisting of ""lay"" (""before"" word), ""an"" (""mid"" word), & ""egg"" (""after"" word).","alive and well free and clear if and when lay an egg lend an ear said and done If you wish definitions and usages enter either or both (individually) the expressions below in any computer search engine: idiom:lay an egg define:lay an egg",Language,04/23/14 #23622,Sleep Walker?,2.75,2.54,zonahobo,After a nice meal of wine and cheese Rimple Stultzkin settled down against a tree for a nap. When he awoke he was in a completely different country! How could this be?,Everyone around him seemed to be celebrating something.,"Rimple was a resident of Alsace-Lorraine, known for wines, beer and quiche, which was officially ceded to France at the end of World War II after it had been occupied by Germany. Lucky for Rimple that he was too old to be drafted by the German Army! The area has passed back and forth between Germany and France five times as a result of various wars since it was first ceded to France in 1648. So, Rimple fell asleep in Germany and woke up in France!",Situation,06/12/05 #50881,2 and 2 = 5,3.13,3.32,dalfamnest,"Two 2s can be combined in many ways to express different numbers. Here are some! 2-2=0 2/2 = 1 .2 + 2 = 2.2 (2^2)! = 24 (4! means 4x3x2x1) (2^2 is 2 to the power of 2) **CHALLENGE!** Can you write an expression that has the value of exactly 5, using: * two, and only two, 2s, and * any mathematical symbols or operations? You may not use any other numbers. The symbols used would be known by most high school maths students. The hint below lists the symbols that are used in this solution. Even with that information, it is a worthy challenge! Of course, other solutions may be possible! Solvers should write these in the Comments section.","These operations or symbols are used, in some order: * exponent (index or power) * a minus (-) sign * brackets * square root * a decimal point","The square root of point 2 to the power of minus 2. sqrt ( (.2)^(-2) ) .2^(-2) is the same as 1/0.04, i.e. 25 [Point 2 is usually written as 0.2, but .2 is also correct.]",Math,08/11/16 #38988,Similar Spelling #4,2.7,2.61,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given two (2) clues in each line. Each word differs by only one (1) letter, which I have given you. Your task is to discover the answers to the clues provided. The order of the letters do not change. Example: Remove _ _ _ I _ _ / _ _ _ U _ _ Justify Answer: E X C (I) S E / E X C (U) S E 1. Tease B_ _ _ _ _ / C _ _ _ _ _ Gallop 2. Dwell _ _ _ O _ / _ _ _ A _ Expanse 3. Temperament _ _ _ _ D / _ _ _ _ M Flower 4. Golf club _ _ _ _ _ R / _ _ _ _ _ L Saliva",No hint available.,"1. banter / canter 2. brood / broad 3. blood / bloom 4. driver / drivel",Language,10/29/07 #46805,What is the Country?,2.81,2.06,andee,The capital and a former capital of a certain country are anagrams of one another. What is the country?,No hint available.,Tokyo and Kyoto (Japan),Trivia,04/23/10 #14688,Wonderful Creations,2.7600000000000002,2.09,Smithy,"What phrase is represented by Phillip's action below? Alex constructed 30% of ""it"". Phillip built 3/5 of ""it"". Casey created 1/10 of ""it"".","What's another word for constructed, built and created? The fractions and percentages are important too....","Making the most of it. They were all making the word ""it"". Phillip has made the most.",Rebus,09/06/03 #34153,How's That Again?,2.64,2.52,vlerma,"Did our past presidents have something specific in mind when they made these remarks? Hurry, unscramble their names and quotes, and then match them up. Current and future presidents could use their sage advice. 1. Nczp Dfmpjh Ixibe 2. Lkculk Z. G. Wfez 3. Luctku Joktkoipx 4. Xgmlzv X. Kmekpzcgku 5. Foheeke E. Luipv 6. Zkuwkuv Zcctku 1. Coxku bkp xkjoiuk giu. Wfv mv me vzk hcfvz vziv bfev ymlzv ipx xmk. 2. Gk gmoo wipaufqv cfuekotke mp vzk timp ekiujz ycu iwecofvk ekjfumvh. 3. M zitk pktku ixtcjivkx giu ksjkqv ie i bkipe cy qkijk. 4. M wip vkoo hcf vzme. My M'b ktku mp i qcemvmcp vc jioo vzk ezcve, M'b pcv lcmpl vc ufez vc ekpx ecbkcpk koek'e amx mpvc i giu. 5. Ibkumji xcke pcv lc iwucix mp ekiujz cy bcpevkue vc xkevuch. 6. Vzk Fpavkx Evivke mx pcv i pivmcp nc szmjz qkijk mx i pkjkeemvh.","W = B Y = F N = J Q = P T = V","1 and 5 John Quincy Adams, ""America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy."" 2 and 4 George H. W. Bush, ""I can tell you this; if I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send someone else's kid into a war."" 3 and 6 Grover Cleveland, ""The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity."" 4 and 2 Dwight D. Eisenhower, ""We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security."" 5 and 3 Ulysses S. Grant, ""I have never advocated war except as a means of peace."" 6 and 1 Herbert Hoover, ""Older men declare war, but it is the youth that must fight and die."" I = A W = B J = C X = D Y = F L = G Z = H M - I N = J A = K O = L B = M P = N C = O Q = P D = Q U = R E = S V = T F = U T = V G = W S = X H = Y R = Z",Cryptography,11/28/06 #21080,The Candles On The Cake,2.46,1.45,MrBasKetBall,"You are at a birthday party and the cake is brought in. The birthday candles on the cake are in a pattern: red, yellow, red, yellow, blue, red, yellow, blue, green. The pattern continues, adding pink, orange, purple, and white candles. How many candles are on the cake in all?","Illustrate the pattern with colors or letters, adding each new color in its turn.","The pattern: red, yellow, red, yellow, blue, red, yellow, blue, green, red, yellow, blue, green, pink, red, yellow, blue, green, pink, orange, red, yellow, blue, green, pink, orange, purple, red, yellow, blue, green, pink, orange, purple, white Total Candles: 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 = 35",Math,02/17/05 #16329,Not So Great Inventions #4,2.45,0.8200000000000001,od-1,"A young computer programmer who had run out of post-it notes (those small square yellow sticky pieces of paper) came up with this almost great invention. He placed self-adhesive magnetic tape around his computer monitor so that he could stick notes and whatever he liked to his computer monitor using fridge magnets. Hey, it worked great on the fridge; why not? It worked great, just as he planned, but there was one problem that ultimately led to him remove his invention and run out to get more sticky notes. But what was the problem if it worked so well?",No hint available.,"Computer monitors (at least CRT ones) can be affected by magnetic fields, causing the colors and images on the screen to become distorted. At first this was not very noticeable but as he added magnets this became more evident and ultimately caused him to remove the magnets. It's never a good idea to place magnets near any computer or electronic components.",Science,01/26/04 #5396,Inherited Clocks,2.25,2.08,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has inherited two clocks. One from his Great Grandmother who sadly perished in a unfortunate skateboarding accident and one from his strange uncle Syndey, who gave up drinking, and died of thirst. One of them gains 6 seconds in every hour, while the other loses 9 seconds in every hour. If they are both set to show the same time, and then set going, how long will it be before they are exactly 1 hour different.",No hint available.,240 hours.,Math,07/09/02 #1404,How Old is Grandpa,2.55,2.49,gokaran,"Grandpa says, ""My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks, and my grandson is as many months as I am in years. My grandson, my son and I together are 100 years. Can you tell me my age in years?""",No hint available.,"This problem is conveniently solved by writing down the necessary equations. Let m be my age in years. If s is my son's age in years, then my son is 52s weeks old. If g is my grandson's age in years, then my grandson is 365g days old. Thus, 365g = 52s. Since my grandson is 12g months old, 12g = m. Since my grandson, my son and I together are 100 years, g + s + m = 100. The above system of 3 equations in 3 unknowns (g, s and m) can be solved as follows. m / 12 + 365 m / (52 x 12) + m = 100 or 52 m + 365 m + 624 m = 624 x 100 or m = 624 x 100 / 1041 = 60. So, I am 60 years old."" Food for thought: Why is the word ""about"" used in the Problem Statement in the sentence ""My grandson is about as many days as my son is weeks""? Calculate the son's age and the grandson's age. Then, verify whether the first equation (i.e., 365g = 52s) is exactly satisfied. An elegant solution is possible on realizing the significance of the word ""about"" in the Problem Statement. Elegant Solution: The first equation (365g = 52s) can be approximated by 7g = s. As before, the other two equations are 12g = m g + s + m = 100. The above system of 3 equations in 3 unknowns (g, s and m) can be simply solved as follows. g + 7g + 12g = 100 or 20g = 100. m = 12g = 12 x 100 / 20 = 60. So, Grandpa is 60 years old.",Math,11/15/01 #25050,Sitting on a Cushion on a Dock,2.88,1.81,sweetime,"What am I? My first is in sound, but not in thunder. My second is in noise, but not in poise. My third is in outrage, but not in grater. My fourth is in whimper, but not in whisper. My fifth is in squash, but not in squelches. My sixth is in mutter, but not in murmur. My seventh is in gosh, but not in gasp. My eighth is in yelp, but not in yell. My ninth is in hoarse, but not in harsh. My tenth is in eerie, but not in fairy. My eleventh is in bliss, but not in bless. My last is in splat, but not spilt.","These letters you'll find, If you place them combined Gives a word whose meaning (and I'm not joking) Are words that seem like sounds when they're spoken.","onomatopoeia This is a word whose sound suggests the sense (eg buzz and hiss).",Riddle,08/02/05 #10733,Game Show Predicament,2.4,1.7,CCat20,"Mr. Lowry is on a game show. He has to figure out what's so special about this group and has to choose one of four answer choices that goes with it. What word below belongs with this group? Here's the group: antsy freebie mother flyable grubby insecticide The choices: bugle yolk wetter chubby",No hint available.,"Bugle. All of the words in the group relate to insects: bugle contains bug, mother contains moth, antsy contains ants, etc.",Group,02/26/03 #35776,The Same Word,2.32,1.59,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to change only one letter in each of the following seven (7) words, in order to form the same common word in each. Have fun. Aread Broad Dread Bream Oread Tread Break",No hint available.,"The word is: BREAD Bread brEad Bread breaD Bread Bread breaD",Language,03/20/07 #48552,Double Jumble,2.57,2.63,MarcM1098,"First, unscramble each of the seven words below to form common English words. Then, take the first letter of each of those seven words and unscramble them, and take the last letter of each of those seven words and unscramble them. The result will be two words that form a common phrase. 1. pluit 2. ftiles 3. uuienq 4. tbxiieh 5. ilscsca 6. itererpt 7. belemers","Some of the seven words have more than one way they can be unscrambled. The seven first letters are (in no particular order): cpuirte.","1. tulip 2. itself 3. unique 4. exhibit 5. classic 6. prettier 7. resemble The double jumble is: picture perfect.",Language,03/18/11 #24240,Occupation Part II,2.79,1.46,buttons03,"Name the occupation that is illustrated below. 3.14 + A piece of real estate",No hint available.,Pilot,Rebus,07/03/05 #3144,Car Rally,2.22,1.45,204_blaze_41,"The Soul-Ace Hotel held its annual car rally. Sandy Beach was the favourite to win since she won the last three years in a row. Also in the race were Tim Duncan, Anthony Imp, and Chewy Chubalba. Duncan, who finished three places in front of last place Chewy Chubalba, came two places in front of seventh place Anthony Imp. How many people were in the rally?",No hint available.,Eight.,Logic,04/02/02 #48646,The Notes,2.5100000000000002,0.85,rach2cats,"Detective Brown reviewed the information they had on the case so far. A lady was found shot and they already had a list of suspects - John, Mark, Sarah, Henry, and Carol. Plus, there were five notes that were found that were from the killer. The first was found in a supply room. The second was found in an art studio. The third was in a restroom, the fourth in an animal shelter, and the fifth at the harbor. All of the notes read the same thing, ""The clues are where you find the notes."" Yet, nothing was found at anyplace the notes were. Taking one more look at all the clues, Detective Brown immediately solved the case. Who did it?",Take one more look at what the notes said.,"Sarah. The notes said that the clues were where you found them. From this, you could put the places where you found the notes in order, like this: Supply Room Art Studio Restroom Animal Shelter Harbor Then, if you read the first letter in each of the locations, you get SARAH.",Mystery,04/20/11 #40394,Drop-in Letters #2,2.58,2.67,jazzmusician46,"Using only the letters provided, your task is to fill in all the dashes to form 8-letter words. Each letter is used only once. Good luck! aa eeee ii ggg l o r ss ttt x 1. c - l - e - e - 2. e - e - e - e - 3. g - n - r - t - 4. i - r - t - n - 5. l - f - w - n -",No hint available.,"1. colleges 2. exegetes 3. generate 4. irritant 5. leftwing",Language,02/09/08 #38468,Previous President? Or Next President?,2.61,1.94,FatHead,"They call me the Fathead. I attribute it to a typographical error whereby I lost the C in my nickname; it should have been ""Facthead"". But it stuck. Anyway, a friend of mine asked for my help once in the spring of 2007, knowing about my head of facts. I told him what a nice day it was, and he said: ""Yeah, whatever. You recognize this guy here?"" At which point my friend indicated a picture of a President of the United States. It took me a moment. ""Yeah, I know that one. What about him?"" ""Well, who came before him as President? No, I meant after him. No, wait, before--"" ""Actually, it doesn't matter what you meant, because the answer is the same no matter what."" And I told him the answer, and it was true, and he remembered it well. What was my answer?","Why would the answer be the same no matter what? Remember that each President can serve two terms, and note that what I'm talking about happened with only one President.","Grover Cleveland. He was the 22nd and 24th President, and both succeeded and preceded President Benjamin Harrison, who was pictured in my friend's text. That was why it didn't matter which my friend meant.",Trivia,09/26/07 #22924,Happy Trails,2.24,2.33,zonahobo,"In flickering frames I have been mounted Some remember happy trails That sometimes led me into danger Settled by my name",Don't horse around too long with this!,"Roy Roger's Horse Trigger (and gun trigger) ..Happy Trails to You! (Note: flickering frames=old movies -- Roy mounts trigger)",Riddle,05/15/05 #11434,Three Digits 2,2.67,1.78,Melyo,"I have three of the same digits. Added together they make twelve. The digit is not 4. What is it?",No hint available.,"1: 11 + 1 = 12",Trick,03/27/03 #41499,Defacement in the Chapel!,2.94,2.54,Hrsemn4,"Art is to be appreciated from afar, rarely touched, and certainly never altered from the artist's original vision. One would never pencil in eyebrows on the Mona Lisa or dare to bolt mannequin arms to the Venus de Milo. Yet, despite all this, there is a well-known piece of art that has been blatantly defaced. What is even stranger is that the offending defacer, though he meant to do his nasty work, did not WANT to. His identity was known, yet he was never arrested and never punished. Quite the opposite, his defacement was encouraged by the highest of powers in his day. What is the piece of art?",It's in the Sistine Chapel...,"The work in question is Michelangelo's ""Last Judgment"" in the Sistine Chapel. The fresco depicts the Earth, Heaven, and Hell. The figures are of various saints, all bearing the instruments of their deaths. These figures, each and every one, is entirely nude. Or at least they WERE. Michelangelo originally painted every figure completely naked, saying that in the end times the fresco represents, there would be no secrets, nothing would be unknown. These nude figures caused quite a stir even before the final masterpiece was revealed. Many called it shocking and obscene, but it wasn't until 23 years later that anything was done. Pope Pius IV brought in Daniele da Volterra, one of Michelangelo's students, against his will to cover up the objectionable parts with painted cloths. Some of the cloths have since been professionally removed, but the debate over the decency of the painting continues to this day.",Trivia,04/14/08 #35418,Magic IV,2.35,2.62,beatlesgirl,7 = D of T (in T L M),"All of them start with the letter ""A"".","7 = Daughters of Triton (in The Little Mermaid) The daughters were Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Atina, Adella, Allana, & Ariel.",Letter-Equations,02/23/07 #39072,Repelled By Apples,2.59,1.95,aresII,"My 1, 8, 5, 9 is an ache. My 5, 6, 2 is a fish disease. My 6, 2, 8, 5, 9 is a tether. My 1, 8, 9, 4, 3 is a colorful flower. My whole is kept away by apples.",No hint available.,"Physician. Clue 1 = pain. Clue 2 = ich. Clue 3 = chain. Clue 4 = pansy.",Riddle,11/04/07 #30145,Prefix Problems,2.75,2.3,brainster,"The following words can be split into two groups of three words each. Can you find out what these groups are and why? distasteful, untoward, mistake, dismember, misrepresent, untidy",No hint available.,"The groups are as follows - Group 1 distasteful misrepresent untidy In this group, removing the prefix of the word gives the exact opposite of that word. Thus, distasteful - tasteful misrepresent - represent untidy - tidy Group 2 untoward mistake dismember When the prefix of these words are removed, they are not opposites of the original words.",Group,04/29/06 #30686,Four Equations,2.65,2.29,phrebh,"Checkers, the smartest dog in the world, was doodling in his math diary and come up with three equations: A-B=C D/E=F G+H=I He was about to write a fourth equation using multiplication when an interesting thought occurred to him. Instead of using a new set of numbers (J, K, L) for his fourth equation, he would use the answers of the three existing equations: C*F=I Now the only question in his mind was, ""Can I replace the letters A through I with the digits 1 through 9 in such a way that all four of my equations are correct?""",No hint available.,"Without too much thought or fanfare, and realizing that slight variations could occur, Checkers wrote the four equations using the digits 1 through 9: 9-5=4 6/3=2 1+7=8 4*2=8",Math,05/25/06 #24263,Anagrams X 5,2.69,2.69,carousel,"What four letters can be re-arranged to make this sentence work? A **** old woman on an **** bent, put on her **** and off she went. ""****"", she said as she shut the door, ""if I **** I'll be back by four (o'clock)."".",Denim,"A vile old woman on an evil bent, put on her veil and off she went. ""Levi"", she said as she shut the door, ""if I live I'll be back by four (o'clock)."".",Language,07/04/05 #145,Bowling ball,2.19,2.45,duckrocket,"A man lets go of a bowling ball. A short while later, he is rushed to the hospital. What happened?",No hint available.,"A physics professor is demonstrating conservation of energy by suspending a bowling ball from a piece of rope. He pulls the ball back until it`s right in front of his nose, then lets go. It is supposed to swing away from him, then back at him, stopping just in front of his nose. Unfortunately, he gave the ball a slight push, resulting in the ball crashing into his nose upon its return.",Situation,01/12/01 #27703,I Think Not,2.84,2.04,metallicman,"""One of the volcanoes on the Hawaiian islands just erupted and sent all kinds of rock and ash into the air! I just saw it on the news!"", Fred spouted, running into the room. Everyone paid close attention to the television set as they changed it to the news channel. Liz, knowing that isn't true said, ""Hawaii? I think not"". How did Liz know the eruption never happened?",Hawaii has eruptions every day. The way Fred explained it is what is wrong.,"The type of volcano on Hawaii is a ""Shield"" volcano, and the volcano Fred explained is a ""Composite"" volcano. A shield volcano has slowly flowing lava with no ash spouting out. Every volcano on Hawaii is this way. On the other hand a composite volcano shoots out rock and ash, with a small amount of lava. A good example would be Mt. St. Helen's. If a composite volcano were to erupt it would not be on Hawaii.",Science,12/26/05 #16310,Bedtime,2.53,1.45,absy,What do you always take off last before you get into bed?,It's not an article of clothing.,You take your feet off the floor.,Trick,01/24/04 #27133,Word Pyramids: World Countries XIV,2.64,2.48,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: N Clues: 1. The Noble gas in period number two of the periodic table. 2. The longest division of geologic time, containing two or more eras. 3. At one time in the past; formerly. 4. The entire body of salt water that covers more than 70 percent of the earth's surface. 5. The transparent convex anterior portion of the outer fibrous coat of the eyeball that covers the iris and the pupil and is continuous with the sclera. 6. Ardent emotional attachment or involvement between people. 7. A country of west-central Africa on the Bight of Biafra.","This country borders six others in Africa with an area of 183,568 square miles.","N NE EON ONCE OCEAN CORNEA ROMANCE CAMEROON Because of its offshore oil resources and favorable agricultural conditions, Cameroon has one of the best-endowed, most diversified primary commodity economies in sub-Saharan Africa. Still, it faces many of the serious problems facing other underdeveloped countries, such as political instability, a top-heavy civil service, and a generally unfavorable climate for business enterprise. The development of the oil sector led rapid economic growth between 1970 and 1985. Growth came to an abrupt halt in 1986, precipitated by steep declines in the prices of major exports: coffee, cocoa, and petroleum.",Language,11/24/05 #11486,11 = H and S in the C S R,2.56,2.4,PhilDunphy,11 = H and S in the C S R,Finger lickin' good.,11 = Herbs and Spices in the Colonel's Secret Recipe,Letter-Equations,03/30/03 #15930,Time Turner,2.69,1.61,peacefrog2006,"My top and bottom are twins of a kind. The middle of me makes one body combined. I'm used to pass time and provide quite a thrill. If I stand tall and still, run faster I will.",No hint available.,"An hourglass Top and bottom of Hour glasses are the same shape and size, twins of a kind. They are joined at the middle. They are used to time things. If you move them it interferes with the timing and running of the sand.",Riddle,12/23/03 #30724,Cupid? Ulysses??,2.84,2.49,i_am_hated,"Put 2 of Group B into Group A: A: Coelus Aphrodite Cronus Poseidon Hades Zeus B: Hermes Persephone Hercules Ares Cupid Ulysses",No hint available.,"Hermes and Ares would both fit into Group A because they are both the Greek mythological name of a planet. Coelus- Uranus Aphrodite- Venus Cronus- Saturn Poseidon- Neptune Hades- Pluto Zeus- Jupiter Ares- Mars Hermes- Mercury",Group,05/27/06 #40520,"Step Down, Step Up (2)",2.43,1.92,TRILLIONAIRE,"Start with a seven letter word and I'll give you a clue to its meaning. The next word will have one letter less and may need unscrambling. Begin to add letters at question #7. 1. Demanded as being one's property. (7 letters) 2. Situated towards the midline of the body. (6 letters) 3. To have pointed a weapon in the direction of a target. (5 letters) 4. A coin used in the United States and Canada which is worth ten cents. (4 letters) 5. To stop functioning as a living breathing human being. (3 letters) 6. Short for ""in other words"". (2 letters) 7. To try to mislead someone by not speaking the truth. (3 letters) 8. A unit of length equivalent to 1760 yards. (4 letters) 9. A soft mucous substance produced by a slug. (5 letters) 10. A figure of speech used to compare two things things that are not alike. (6 letters) (Hint will reveal answers to #1 and #10)","1. Claimed 10. Simile","1. Claimed 2. Medial 3. Aimed 4. Dime 5. Die 6. Ie 7. Lie 8. Mile 9. Slime 10. Simile",Language,02/15/08 #32395,State Swap,2.5100000000000002,2.14,bigSWAFF_69_,"Which two U.S. states should swap places? Kansas Wisconsin Montana Georgia Michigan California Texas Nevada Washington Louisiana",No hint available.,"Georgia and Nevada should switch places. The first group of states all do not border any Oceans. The second group of states do.",Group,08/11/06 #13995,Leadership Coupon,2.53,2.63,dsquared,"What phrase is represented here? Leadership coupon exchanged for 10% discount on purchase Positive Attitude coupon exchanged for 5% discount on purchase Hard Working coupon exchanged for 15% discount on purchase Compassionate coupon exchanged for 20% discount on purchase",The value of the %'s have nothing to do with the solution. Focus on the activity and what is happening.,"Redeeming Qualities Each of the coupons is a 'quality' that is being 'redeemed' for a discount.",Rebus,07/23/03 #16858,Nine Pack?,2.56,2.68,smithy,"Here are two groups of words: GROUP A - sing, rink, bade GROUP B - nine, lice, pack The words in each group have a special link. None of the words from group A would fit in Group B, and vice versa, but the link between the groups of words is the same. What group would the word ""tick"" fit into, and why?",No hint available.,"""Tick"" belongs in Group A. The special property in each group is that the first two letters in one word can be switched with the first two letters of another word in the same group, and still form a proper word. The same also works for swapping the last two letters round. So for Group A: SI makes SING, SINK and SIDE RI makes RINK, RING and RIDE BA makes BADE, BANG and BANK And Group B: NI makes NINE, NICE and NICK LI makes LICE, LINE and LICK PA makes PACK, PANE and PACE TICK fits into Group A because: TI makes TING, TINK and TIDE And: --CK makes SICK, RICK and BACK.",Group,03/05/04 #23090,Don't Look at Me,2.66,0.7000000000000001,Master_Yoda,"You shouldn't look at me, It's not that I'm ugly. You should try to avoid me, Or you might die a young death. I can make you hurt, If you stay out too long. I can turn white to black, And the other way around. I'm far away, But you can still feel me. You know when I'm there, 'Cause it's really hot. What am I?",I'm not from this Earth.,"The sun. You shouldn't look at the sun. It can give you skin cancer. It can give you a tan, to make you darker, or fade colors. It gives off heat from far away, but you know the sun is there.",Riddle,05/22/05 #5330,Hi Way,2.23,0.99,michelle,"Hi Way Pass What does this mean?",No hint available.,Highway overpass,Rebus,07/08/02 #285,Clowning Around,2.86,1.93,Mr. G,"A clown is out hiking in the woods. He comes to a large ravine with a rickety old bridge spanning the width. He needs to cross this bridge. There is a sign posted saying that the bridge's weight capacity is only 160 pounds. Fortunately, the clown only weighs 158 pounds, clothes and all. Unfortunately, he is carrying a 1 pound apple (his lunch), a 2 pound red nose (an old clown gag) and a 2 pound rubber ball (something to amuse himself as he travels.) Knowing that he cannot risk exceeding the weight limit of the bridge and that he cannot throw away any of his items, how does the clown cross the bridge in only one trip?",No hint available.,He simply juggles the three items as he crosses the bridge.,Situation,02/14/01 #39523,Shuttlewater,2.13,2.25,cnmne,"Enter words into the following word chain such that each pair of words in the chain forms a compound word. No word can appear in the chain more than one time. Each ""?"" represents a missing word. Example: girl ? ? shape = girl friend ship shape = girlfriend friendship shipshape. shuttle ? sure ? ? flower ? ? gun ? ? child ? ? ? water",No hint available.,shuttle cock sure fire wall flower pot shot gun lock step child birth day break water,Language,12/09/07 #27860,25 = P S on a G J,2.29,2.02,ScoutMan,25 = P S on a G J,No hint available.,25 = People Sitting on a Grand Jury,Letter-Equations,01/03/06 #13627,Countries all Alone,2.82,2.37,wxman,"Names of the world's nations start with all letters of the alphabet except for the letter X. No country starts with an X. What letters of the alphabet have just one country that starts with that letter?",There are two.,The letters O and Q (Oman and Qatar).,Trivia,07/04/03 #36850,Vladimir Putin,2.26,2.68,fishmed,"Following are four quotes from Vladimir Putin. Can you figure out the code and what he said? 1. NALBAR JUB QBRFA'G ERTERG GUR CNFFVAT BS GUR FBIVRG HAVBA UNF AB URNEG. NALBAR JUB JNAGF VG ERFGBERQ UNF AB OENVAF. 2. UVFGBEL CEBIRF GUNG NYY QVPGNGBEFUVCF, NYY NHGUBEVGNEVNA SBEZF BS TBIREAZRAG NER GENAFVRAG. BAYL QRZBPENGVP FLFGRZF NER ABG GENAFVRAG. JUNGRIRE GUR FUBEGPBZVATF, ZNAXVAQ UNF ABG QRIVFRQ NALGUVAT FHCREVBE. 3. EHFFVN JVYY ABG FBBA ORPBZR, VS VG RIRE ORPBZRF, N FRPBAQ PBCL BS GUR HAVGRQ FGNGRF BE RATYNAQ - JURER YVORENY INYHR UNIR QRRC UVFGBEVP EBBGF. 4. ZL FNPERQ QHGL VF GB OEVAT GBTRGURE GUR EHFFVNA CRBCYR, HAVGR GUR CRBCYR NEBHAQ PYRNE GNFXF. JR UNIR BAR SNGUREYNAQ, BAR CRBCYR NAQ N PBZZBA SHGHER.",No hint available.,"1. Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains. 2. History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior. 3. Russia will not soon become, if it ever becomes, a second copy of the United States or England - where liberal value have deep historic roots. 4. My sacred duty is to bring together the Russian people, unite the people around clear tasks. We have one Fatherland, one people and a common future. Code (coded letter - actual letter) A = N B = O C = P D = Q E = R F = S G = T H = U I = V J = W K = X L = Y M = Z N = A O = B P = C Q = D R = E S = F T = G U = H V = I W = J X = K Y = L Z = M",Cryptography,06/05/07 #9398,Find a Country,2.5,1.47,warrior,"Find a country in this sentence: The government realized that raising taxes would anger many people.",No hint available.,"Germany. (anGER MANY)",Language,12/25/02 #40940,Carnival Booth,2.54,1.21,Carlos16,"You are at a carnival booth where you need to figure out which door the money is behind. Door 1 says: The money is behind door 2. Door 2 says: The money is not behind door 3. Door 3 says: Door 1 is lying. Which door is the money behind if only one door is telling the truth?",No hint available.,"If door 1 is telling the truth, then the money is behind door 2. That means door 2 is lying, and if door 2 is lying, then the money is behind door 3. The money is only behind one door, so door 1 is lying. If door 1 is lying, then door 3 has to be telling the truth. Since only one door is telling the truth, door 2 is lying, which means the money is behind door 3. Answer: Door 3.",Logic,03/08/08 #1826,Lots of Sheep,2.23,1.61,missie,"An Australian farmer dies and leaves his sheep to his three sons. Alfred is to get 20 percent more than John, and 25 percent more than Charles. John's share is 3600 sheep. How many sheep does Charles get?",No hint available.,"3,456 Sheep",Math,12/23/01 #4417,Workmen,2.37,1.98,mad-ade,"The same seven letters, if rearranged, will make two different words. These words will make the following sentences (more or less) complete. Fill in the missing letters. The job they were doing was long and -------. Every few hours, the workmen put down their tools to go - - - - - - -.",No hint available.,TEDIOUS + OUTSIDE,Language,06/02/02 #30720,Showtime,2.65,1.6300000000000001,lips,"At the Pine Hill School, each grade of students has one turn each year to put on a show for the rest of the school. There is a different grade performing every month beginning in October. The Pine Hill School has a kindergarten and grades 1 through 8. Clues: 1. The oldest students present the first performance of the school year, while the youngest put on theirs during the last month of the school year. 2. The fourth-graders get dressed up as different U.S. Presidents for Presidents' Day, and the seventh-graders' performance is the month after. 3. The Thanksgiving play is traditionally done by fifth-graders who are learning about the Pilgrims. 4. Second-graders lead the holiday sing-a-long the month after Thanksgiving, followed by sixth-graders the next month with a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. 5. First-graders perform the one month between the third-graders and the kindergarten class. Which grade is scheduled to put on the performance each month?","Make a chart listing the months in order except for July, August, and September. Then use the clues to solve the problem. Check a calendar for holiday dates.","October: 8th grade November: 5th grade December: 2nd grade January: 6th grade February: 4th grade March: 7th grade April: 3rd grade May: 1st grade June: kindergarten",Logic,05/26/06 #21464,1 = 2,2.26,2.33,munchtipq,"Bob and Sue were having a discussion one day about 1 and 2. Sue reckoned she had seen a way that you could make 1 = 2 but Bob who wasn't called 'logical Bob' for nothing was obviously adamant that this just wasn't possible. Sue said ""Ok smarty pants here's the equation to prove you wrong""... Assumptions: There are two numbers, a and b, and they are equal. Proof: a = b Multiply the equation by b ab = b^2 Subtract a^2 from the equation ab - a^2 = b^2 - a^2 Factor difference of squares ab - a^2 = (b - a)(b + a) Factor a on the left-hand side a(b - a) = (b - a)(b + a) Divide by common factor a = (b + a) Substitute a for b a = (a + a) Simplify a = 2a Divide by common factor 1 = 2 Question: Bob didn't take long and found the line where there is a crucial mistake in the working though was understanding of Sue's issue as it is well hidden... can you see it?",Give a and b a value and look at the numbers at each step.,"Going from a(b - a) = (b - a)(b + a) to a = (b + a) is not allowed, because the equation is divided by (b - a), which is equal to 0, given that a = b.",Math,03/10/05 #5860,timertimer,2.22,0.99,Cascas,"What does this mean? timertimer",No hint available.,Two-timer,Rebus,07/24/02 #24331,Pets Reunion,2.43,1.37,Philly,"At a recent Pets Anonymous reunion, the attendees were discussing which pets they had recently owned. James used to have a dog. The person who used to own a mouse now owns a cat, but the person who used to have a cat does not have a mouse. Kevin has now or used to have a dog, I can't remember which. Becky has never owned a mouse. Only one person now owns the pet they previously had. Rebecca kept quiet throughout the meeting and nobody mentioned the hamster. Can you determine who owns which pet and what they used to own?",No hint available.,"Name Current pet Previous pet Becky hamster hamster Kevin dog cat James mouse dog Rebecca cat mouse",Logic-Grid,07/07/05 #11737,1912 = the Y the TS,2.33,1.29,dogpet97,1912 = the Y the T S,No hint available.,1912 = the Year the Titanic Sank,Letter-Equations,04/13/03 #1314,Seven Letters and Ten Words,2.52,2.61,Michelle,What word contains seven letters and has ten words inside it without rearranging any of its letters?,No hint available.,"Therein: the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, and herein.",Language,11/07/01 #27192,Short Fall?,2.75,1.97,tommy2,"A man was in his garden, and today he wanted to eat some apples. He was on a ladder that was only two meters high and fell to his death by breaking every bone in his body. How did he die?",The title is a clue.,"He was in an apartment and had a rooftop garden. He fell off the ladder and also off the edge, and the very long fall killed him.",Situation,11/28/05 #20883,Rearranged Letters - Qy,2.22,2.72,Moondancer,"This is hard, and probably you'll need the hint to solve it if you can.... Try and figure out what this really means.... Xqq qnet jupsij xky zuxkvtj. P ynk'I rknf ps bnd zxk wt funqtutxgityqb pk qnet xqq iut iplt. - Odqpt Xkygtfj",Odqpt Xkygtfj = Julie Andrews,"All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time. - Julie Andrews A = x B = w C = z D = y E = t F = s G = v H = u I = p J = o K = r L = q M = l N = k O = n R = g S = j T = i U = d V = e W = f Y = b",Cryptography,02/07/05 #43069,What Do You Have?,2.91,1.94,whsprec,"Dylan, Brandon, Chris, and Boris were playing Texas-Hold'em where each player receives two cards. In this hand, each man received two cards in the same suit and no man received cards in the same suit as any other man. The first cards were an ace, a king, a queen and a jack. The second cards were a ten, a nine, an eight, and a seven. From the clues given, determine the first and second card and that suit the cards were in. 1) Chris and Boris both have a picture card, and one of them has spades and the other the nine. 2) The man with the king does not have hearts or the seven and neither does Dylan. 3) Brandon does not have the jack or the eight. 4) Chris sits to the right of Brandon who sits to the right of the man with diamonds, who sits to the right of the man with the queen of clubs. 5) The jack, the ten, the eight, and the diamonds are in four different hands.",No hint available.,"Dylan had Queen and eight of Clubs Brandon had Ace and ten of Hearts Chris had Jack and seven of Spades Boris had King and nine of Diamonds",Logic-Grid,09/11/08 #3741,Schkidsool,2.22,1.19,Tori,"Can you decipher this phrase: Schkidsool",No hint available.,Kids in school,Rebus,04/25/02 #618,24 H in a D,1.81,0.89,kaila912,24 H in a D,No hint available.,24 hours in a day,Letter-Equations,06/11/01 #41204,Scary Stuff,2.36,1.86,mosca,TTGB in the N,Afraid of the dark?,"Things That Go Bump in the Night From an old Celtic prayer: ""From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties, And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!""",Letter-Equations,03/25/08 #45861,Behead B,2.59,1.41,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Round object; a dance -> The whole amount 2. Hold responsible; find fault with -> Unable to walk 3. Airship; dirigible -> Walk with a limitation 4. Tree covering -> Noah's vessel 5. Tree part -> Cattle farm 6. Dental appliances -> Competes; people groups 7. Flex; to cause to curve -> Last part; terminate 8. Boundary line -> Command; request","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. A 2. L 3. L 4. A 5. R 6. R 7. E 8. O","1. Ball -> All 2. Blame -> Lame 3. Blimp -> Limp 4. Bark -> Ark 5. Branch -> Ranch 6. Braces -> Races 7. Bend -> End 8. Border -> Order",Language,11/30/09 #25817,What # is Next?,2.24,3.04,Caim,"What number is next in the sequence? Why? 8, 31, 77, 156, ?",No hint available.,"278 The pattern is: 2 ^ PI, 3 ^ PI, 4 ^ PI, 5 ^ PI (Numbers after the decimal point eliminated)",Series,09/08/05 #47757,Words With SP,1.75,2.64,cnmne,"Five words that contain SP as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***SP, SP****, *SP***, **SP**, ***SP** Pool: A, C, D, E, E, E, H, H, I, I, L, N, O, O, R, R, T, W, X, Y",No hint available.,"CLASP, SPHINX, OSPREY, DESPOT, WHISPER",Language,08/14/10 #35982,Opposites 29,2.53,2.55,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. $ stands for O, W, G, S, or U & stands for H, L, A, N, or D # stands for E, F, M, P, or V * stands for I, O, K, J, or Y The four letter code word, #$&*, can be translated into two English prefixes that are opposites. What are the two prefixes?",It's not a game...,"Mono and Poly, meaning one and many, not as in the game.",Logic,03/31/07 #42858,Never Travel Alone,2.39,2.15,aresII,"My 7, 13, 3, 10, 8, 5 is a male title. My 3, 8, 2, 11, 4, 14, 5 has a political career. My 7, 6, 12, 4, 14, 9 is a type of meat. My 9, 1, 15, 8 makes a baseball team. My whole can aid you in navigation during inclement weather.",No hint available.,"INSTRUMENTATION. Clue 1 = mister. Clue 2 = Senator. Clue 3 = mutton. Clue 5 = nine.",Riddle,08/20/08 #38640,Sports Heroes V,2.1,2.48,merrimackxc2010,W G=894 G S in his C,Gordie Howe,"Wayne Gretzky=894 Goals Scored in his Career Wayne Gretzky is said to be the greatest hockey player ever. He was nicknamed ""The Great One"". He holds the NHL record for most goals scored in a career with 894. Gordie Howe has 801 in second.",Letter-Equations,10/05/07 #13659,Airport Lounge,2.75,1.67,MrIxolite,"What phrase is insinuated by the following fictional departure board: Flare Air Flight #2034 = Cancelled Air Flicker Flight #2117 = Cancelled Gleam Airways Flight #704 = Cancelled Sparks Air Flight #3221 = Boarding",No hint available.,Sparks will fly.,Rebus,07/07/03 #39637,Dieters' Club,2.75,2.45,pokpic,"A new diet club was started in Phattsburg, Fatslyvania. The first five members to join the club are named Biggs, Gross, House, Piles, and Tubbs. Two of them are men named Barney and Whalen, while three of them are ladies named Bertha, Fanny, Fatima. Each started out at a different weight: 300 lbs., 275 lbs., 250 lbs., 225 lbs., and 200 lbs. After 6 months each dieter had lost a different amount of weight: 125 lbs., 100 lbs., 75 lbs., 50 lbs., and 25 lbs. From the information given below, determine each person's first and last name, the weight they started at and how much weight they each lost. Last Names: Biggs, Gross, House, Piles, and Tubbs First Names: Barney, Bertha, Fanny, Fatima, and Whalen. Starting Weights: 300 lbs., 275 lbs., 250 lbs., 225 lbs., and 200 lbs. Weight Lost: 125 lbs., 100 lbs., 75 lbs., 50 lbs., 25 lbs. 1. At the beginning of the diet Whalen weighed less than than Mr. Piles and the woman who lost the most weight in the whole group, but more than Ms. House and the woman who lost the least amount of weight in the whole group. 2. Barney did not lose exactly 75 lbs. and he was not the same weight as Ms. Gross at the end of the diet. 3. Mr. Tubbs at the beginning of the diet, weighed more than Ms. Biggs and less than Fanny. 4. Fatima started out lighter but lost twice as much weight as Ms. Biggs.",No hint available.,"Barney Piles weighed 300 pounds at the beginning of the diet and lost 100 pounds. Fanny Gross weighed 275 pounds at the beginning of the diet and lost 125 pounds. Whalen Tubbs weighed 250 pounds at the beginning of the diet and lost 75 pounds. Bertha Biggs weighed 225 pounds at the beginning of the diet and lost 25 pounds. Fatima House weighed 200 pounds at the beginning of the diet and lost 50 pounds.",Logic-Grid,12/16/07 #25703,Chunky Situation,2.58,2.54,metallicman,"Below, 10 nine letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These chunks have been mixed up, no chunk is used twice and all chunks are used. Can you determine what the 10 words are? cer ent ead rat uti spr ful oun pro ann ope ock nce een oat est liv ion nou sev ion ast hou akf bre bea ens dim bed seb",No hint available.,"Pronounce, beautiful, dimension, livestock, operation, announcer, bedspread, houseboat, seventeen, breakfast.",Language,08/31/05 #6095,Miracles,2.21,2.14,glennyboy02,"What's this common phrase? Miracle, miracle, miracle, miracle, miracle ....",No hint available.,Miracles never cease!,Rebus,07/31/02 #35749,British Royalty,2.44,2.73,jazzmusician46,"What is the missing letter in this series? C P ? G M W",Look to the title,"The missing letter is 'A'. These are the full initials of Prince Charles. Charles Philip ARTHUR George Mountbatten Windsor.",Series,03/18/07 #34450,First or Last?,2.56,2.5100000000000002,grungy49,"My first's last starts with S, and ends with Y, And oddly, my last's first does too. At the end of its last, it is sure to die, For my last first's to rise anew. The five between the first and last, Are not around when I awaken. If you think there is anything between last and first, Alas, you are sadly mistaken. My first's last, last is at my last's first last! And last of the five between, By the time you are through the last first, The first last will have been! So, now, tell the answer to this rhyme; Come on, come on, it is about time! If you think hard, it won't be long - 'Til I won't have to speak in song.",No hint available.,"The weekend. The first last is Saturday - it means it is the first day of the weekend but the last day of the week. Sunday is the last day of the weekend, and the first day of the week. At the end of its last, refers to the end of the week - which is followed by the last's first - a.k.a Sunday. The five between the first and last refer to the five days between the first day of the week and the last day of the week - and they are not around when the weekend awakens. By the time Sunday is finished, Saturday will have been. Once you understand what first last is and what last first is, this riddle gets a lot easier. The next stanza is a little more confusing. My first's last (Saturday) last (day) is at my last's first last (Sun*day*) - and all of the five days between. Of course - there is nothing between Saturday and Sunday.",Riddle,12/18/06 #39082,Chess Tournament 1,2.62,1.7,soccerguy0428,"Seven friends gather to play in a chess tournament. The players were divided into two sections: Section A has 4 players; and Section B has 3 players. Each player played against every other player in his/her Section. With the information below, can you determine each person's section, and to whom they won and lost. Players: Alyssa, Caitlin, Connor, Jeremy, Mark, Megan, and Tyler. 1. Megan won every game. 2. Caitlin beat Mark who beat Jeremy. 3. Everyone in Section A and B had different win and loss records. 4. Tyler lost to Alyssa. 5. The people whose names begin with a C were in the same section. One of them won all of their games while the other lost all of their games.",No hint available.,"Section A: Caitlin: Beat everyone. Mark: Beat Jeremy and Connor, but lost to Caitlin. Jeremy: Beat Connor, but lost to Caitlin and Mark. Connor: Lost to everyone. Section B: Megan: Beat everyone. Alyssa: Beat Tyler, but lost to Megan. Tyler: Lost to everyone.",Logic,11/05/07 #52000,Burglers,2.56,1.58,Nasdaq,"A guy with a ABC can rob a WXYZ A guy with a WXYZ can rob the world The guy with the ABC gets jailed The guy with the WXYZ gets bailed What can ABC and WXYZ be?",Think the 2007 - 2009 U.S. Great Recession,"ABC = gun WXYZ = bank A guy with a gun can rob a bank A guy with a bank can rob the world The guy with the gun gets jailed The guy with the bank gets bailed",Language,08/31/18 #28725,"2, 1, F, 1, 1, F, 0, 1, F, 9, F, ?, ?, ?",2.29,2.24,Draw,"What are the next three in this sequence? 2, 1, F, 1, 1, F, 0, 1, F, 9, F, ?, ?, ?",No hint available.,"8, F, 7. They come from the function keys on a computer keyboard. Starting with F12, F11, F10 and then read backwards.",Series,02/21/06 #30013,Eccentric Optic Solutions,2.32,0.89,princess0611,"Gilda and her three best friends, Belinda, Yancy, and Rhonda, all loved to wear glasses that stood out. They would try to find a pair of unique shades every time they went someplace new together to commemorate their trip. On one of their many road trips, they came across a gas station with all kinds of different glasses. They decided that with such a great selection, they would each get a completely different kind. From the following information, determine who got what shape of glasses and the color of each of their pairs. Names - Gilda, Yancy, Belinda, Rhonda Glasses Shapes - Crescent, Heart, Trapezoid, Cloud Glasses Colors - Blue, Red, Yellow, Green 1) The four friends are Gilda, the one who bought the red glasses, the one who likes clouds, and the one who hates glasses with curvy frames. 2) No one has the same first initial in their name as the first letter of the color they chose. 3) Yancy did not buy red glasses. 4) Belinda hates the color green, and she doesn't like glasses without curves. 5) Yancy will only buy glasses with straight-lined frames. 6) Rhonda's favorite color is green. 7) Gilda loves things that remind her of the night sky. 8) The person who had the cloud glasses chose green.",No hint available.,"Gilda - crescent - yellow Yancy - trapezoid - blue Belinda - heart - red Rhonda - cloud - green",Logic-Grid,04/24/06 #14865,A Place of Water in a Place of Fire,2.56,2.13,Inferno_D,"What is: A place of water, in the middle of a place of fire, A place of life, in the middle of a place of scorched earth, A place of regeneration, in the middle of a place of depletion, A place of gathering, in the middle of a place of wandering?",No hint available.,An oasis in the middle of a desert.,Riddle,09/21/03 #26198,Word Pyramid: Ancient Wonders III,2.78,1.48,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: S Clues: 1. pronoun 2. employ 3. Father of Gods",Olympia,"S US USE ZEUS",Language,10/03/05 #17089,Two Meanings,2.81,1.55,liltunalol,"Fill in each blank with a word that has the same meaning as the words on either side but is pronounced differently in each definition. (time segment)_________(very small) (rip)_________(body fluid) (subject matter)_________(satisfied)",No hint available.,"Minute Tear Content",Language,03/20/04 #6396,Gramophone Record,2.17,2.15,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has found an old style gramophone type record player, along with several 12 inch gramophone records to go with it, including the all time classic, ""Stig O'Tonedeaf Hums the theme from M.A.S.H !"". Each disc has a 4 inch diameter middle section and a quarter inch outer border. Ignoring the fact that the discs have only a single spiralling groove, but measuring from the outer edge inwards, Mad Ade determines that there are 100 separate grooves per inch on the remaining playing surface. How far does the needle travel during one complete play of one side of the record?",No hint available.,"The needle only travels 3.75 inches, as it really only moves from the outer edge of the record to the middle piece.",Trick,08/09/02 #32516,Miracle Man?,2.65,0.85,thompson1,"There was a man who fell over 50 stories, without anything to slow his descent, and landed without any injuries, alive. How did he survive?",Anybody that saw him would not have thought it was amazing that he survived the fall (although they might have laughed at him).,"The man tripped over a book of short stories or fairy tales, that had over 50 stories in it!",Trick,08/19/06 #35634,One Special Day,2.33,2.96,OldChinaHand,"Every one hundred years as the song has it, I appear but for one day, one special day, where the heather grows. One could stay but none could leave less the miracle would be broken. What am I?","""Down On MacConnachy Square"".","I am the mythical Scottish town of Brigadoon. It appears for one day every one hundred years. In Lerner and Loewe's play, the Scottish village of Brigadoon was put under a spell centuries ago. This village remains unchanging and 'invisible to the outside world except for one special day every hundred years, when it could be seen and visited by outsiders'. According to the spell, a visitor might be allowed to stay, but if anyone ever left Brigadoon, the miracle would be broken and that would be the end of Brigadoon. ""Down On MacConnachy Square"" is a song by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe from the musical. The story is originally from a German tale.",Riddle,03/10/07 #17738,Satellite Depression,2.29,2.83,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? depressed 111111 satellite",No hint available.,"Once in a blue moon or 1111's (Once) in a depressed (blue) satellite (moon)",Rebus,05/24/04 #49703,The Escape,2.7,1.68,ThinksForFun,"THUMBS PINKLY INIDEX PRING",No hint available.,"slip through your fingers thumb with ""s"" pinky with ""l"" index with ""i"" & ring with ""p""",Rebus,12/18/12 #12582,Blueberry tastes the best!,2.39,1.3800000000000001,Glenbo,3.14 = P in its S F,Think math.,3.14 = Pi in its Shortened Form,Letter-Equations,05/22/03 #4819,King's Path,2.58,2.53,arij,"A medieval king needed to work out how he could recruit fighting men for the battle ahead. However, there were so many distractions around the castle, his thinking became confused. So in order to change his daze into knights, he asked for a secluded walk to be made so he could ponder in peace. The head gardener was given the job of planting lines of high bushes. First, he planted a line running 100 paces east. Then from the end of that line he planted a line 100 paces north, then 100 west, 98 south, 98 east, 96 north, 96 west, and so on. This made a square spiral path 2 paces wide. If the king intended to walk down the middle of the path, how long was the path?",No hint available.,"The path was 5000 paces long. If the path is straightened out into a line, its area is that of the square, 100x100 square paces. Dividing by the path width 2 gives the solution.",Math,06/18/02 #19530,Mad Ade's Homonyms #5,2.44,1.93,Mad-Ade,"This teaser features HOMONYMS, or words that are spelt different, but sound alike. There are three blank spades in each sentence below, and the answers are all homonyms. For example ""In his job as a nurse's ____, Mad ___ regular had to administer first ___."" The answers would be Aide, Ade and Aid. See if you can solve the following homonym teasers. ""______ my _____"" said the shopkeeper as he searched for his supply of gentlemen's undergarments, the type he _____ himself. After he had _____ and dined at the Sweaty Chef's, Mad Ade ______ that he was going to be late for work as he had forgotten to ____ his watch. It suddenly struck a _____ with Mad Ade that he would not be able to thread the ____ until he had _____ a hole through the conker.",No hint available.,"Where's, Wares, Wears Wined, Whined, Wind Chord, Cord, Cored",Language,11/24/04 #10261,Blind Leading the Blind,2.61,1.6400000000000001,jizzyhuggs,"Though blind I am, I lead the blind Whichever way he's so inclined, I bear the man who first bears me, By what name, you soon will see. What am I?",No hint available.,"A walking stick, or a cane.",Riddle,02/05/03 #49185,Which Two Letters? #1,2.25,1.45,CrazyPineapple,"Which two letters can replace the blank spaces? The same two letters go in every single blank. For an example look below. _ _ O O N _ _ I T T O O N The two letters s and p could replace the blanks, making the words spoon and spittoon. Now for the real puzzle! Which two letters can replace the blanks? L_ _ N B_ _ N G_ _ N There may be more than one possible answer!",No hint available.,"1) The two letters O and O can replace the blanks. The words are now this: L O O N B O O N G O O N 2) The two letters E and A can replace the blanks. The words are now this: L E A N B E A N G E A N",Language,12/17/11 #10291,"HAIR Today, Gone Tomorrow",2.81,1.69,just_moi,"Can you decipher this common phrase? HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR",No hint available.,Receding Hair line,Rebus,02/07/03 #30673,You Can See Me,2.64,1.59,horses_rock101,"I may be high I'm not real low Sometimes fast Sometimes slow You can't reach me But you can see me What am I?",No hint available.,Clouds.,Riddle,05/24/06 #15146,Bac,2.62,1.92,Smithy,"What is represented by the following? Bac S Bac Wich","You might want h c t e k with that!","Bacon Sandwich. It's ""bac"" on ""S"" and ""wich"", or with some of the spaces removed bacon sandwich. (Hint : You might want 'KETCHUP' with that! 'Ketch' is written upwards to get ketchup)",Rebus,10/18/03 #2855,Escape,2.36,1.76,204_BLaZe_41,"Jay escaped from jail and headed to the country. While walking along a rural road, he saw a police car speeding towards him. Jay ran toward it for a short time and then fled into the woods. Why did he run toward the car?",No hint available.,Jay was just starting to cross a bridge when he saw a police car. He ran toward the car to get off the bridge before running into the woods.,Logic,03/24/02 #16398,Twenty One...,2.34,2.98,Drakar,"Which number comes next? 21 32 13 34 15 16 17",Read each digit separately.,"28 The first digit in every number is how many homophones there are for the second. There are two homophones for 8: eight and ate. 1 = one, won 2 = to, too, two 4 = four, for, fore",Series,02/01/04 #39493,Number Madness,2.55,2.12,jsdodgers,"There are two different groups of numbers. In each group there is a number that belongs in the other group. Find what categorizes each group and which numbers are in the incorrect group locations. Group 1: 3 4 5 6 7 12 Group 2: 0 8 13 15 18 20",No hint available.,"The numbers in group 1 are one syllable and the numbers in group 2 are two syllables. Group1: 3 4 5 6 ...8... 12 Group 2: 0 ...7... 13 15 18 20",Group,12/07/07 #28116,Will There Ever Be Such Thing As a Time Machine?,2.63,2.15,mufffin09,"Megan was showing her friend Sarah around her laboratory. She took her for a tour around and stopped at the ''Time Machine''. She lectured Sarah, '' I have a fully capable time machine here, capable of going back to the Big Bang!'' Sarah was quite smart and had a lot of knowledge about history and science. She inspected the machine. It looked capable of time travel. Megan continued on with her story. ''I've even tried it once! I went back to the 1540's and met a man going north from Mexico. I asked him in Spanish what his name was. He said his name was Juan Ponce de Leon. I went north with him up to where Kansas might be today, and then returned to Mexico. Then, I came back home to 2006.'' Sarah replied ''Meg, what a convincing story, but not convincing enough! I know you're an actress, but today is not your day to act!'' How did Megan go wrong?",No hint available.,"Megan had stated that the man said his name was Juan Ponce De Leon, and he was going north from Mexico. Sarah, knowing her history, knew that this man's name was Francisco Vazquez de Coronado. He travelled north from Mexico in 1540, and went up to Quivira, in present day Kansas, and finding little wealth, went back to Mexico. Meg had used the name Juan Ponce de Leon. Ponce de Leon is the explorer credited with the discovery of Florida while searching for the fabled ''Fountain of Youth'', in 1513. Although both came from Spain, they did not explore during the same time, nor did they explore the same area of the present day United States.",Trivia,01/16/06 #41545,A Slippery Riddle,2.15,1.14,King_of_Smart,"If you submerge me underwater, I will live. If you take me out of the water, I will die. If you sell me, I will become food, unless poisonous, or a pet.",No hint available.,A fish.,Riddle,04/16/08 #18402,BBC's Best,2.22,3.02,spookboy0,"6 = ""M P"" C M (G C, J C, T G, T J, E I, and M P)",No hint available.,"6 = ""Monty Python"" Cast Members (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, and Michael Palin)",Letter-Equations,07/30/04 #33791,Senorita Cucurbita,2.79,2.53,kodhrawara,"I am a single word, though I wear a coat of many colors. As a sport, I am just too hectic Exactly the recipe for the sporting and energetic. But as a verb there's no escaping me When collapsing into a soft and comfortable settee. Apply that verb to a juicy fruit and I name the drink In a tall, cool glass, which all would readily sink. As a weaning infant you may have consumed me Appearing as a noun in a mashed, digestible recipe. I symbolize a time of fear, but not of pain. I foolishly grin, though no knowledge can I hope to gain. From seasonal eyes that totally fail to see As you enlighten my head after you have enlightened me. What in the world am I?","Eye of bat, tail of newt, add one cucurbita to boot. (Fairy Godmother's ingredients) Swallow me in one gulp Lest you be smashed to a pulp","SQUASH (genus Cucurbita) i) Game of squash ii) to squash iii) Citrus or Pineapple squash iv) Mashed Pumpkin v) Jack-o-Lantern",Riddle,11/01/06 #27760,Hawaii Lies,2.78,1.32,metallicman,"Blondulla is very imaginative and is known to ""spice"" up stories a bit, making some parts untrue. After her trip to Hawaii, she was going to tell her mom what happened, but she really didn't do many exciting things. So, Blondulla, being the imaginative thinker she is, came up with a scenario. ""Mom, it was so exciting! I got to see one of the volcanoes erupt, it was amazing! The lava shot a few stories into the air, I've never seen anything like it! Oh, and I was watching a river of lava too! I was only seven feet away from it!"". After her mom heard this story, she knew that a part of it wasn't true. Which part wasn't true and why?","Lava is known to spout a couple dozen stories into the sky, it wasn't that.","The part that wasn't true is the part about watching the river of lava. The temperature of lava flow is usually about 700° to 1,250° Celsius, which is around 2,000° Fahrenheit, which would have blistered and burnt her skin in seconds at that range. To safely watch lava, you need to be farther away.",Science,12/29/05 #18158,Donkey's Dilemma,2.28,1.56,wizecracker55,"A donkey is tied to a stake by a 10 foot rope. 20 feet away is a carrot. Yet he easily reaches and eats the carrot, without breaking the rope or any sort of help. How?",No hint available.,The donkey is ten feet away from the stake holding him to begin with. Ten more feet is the carrot patch (10+10=20). They're on opposite sides of his circle of movement.,Math,07/08/04 #23891,Money Mayhem,2.41,1.57,Tori592,"In Shmithalithaophogous the currency is marbles. A yellow one is equal to about 87 American dollars. A green one is twice that. A red one is a third of a green one. A blue one is 4x a red one. A purple one is 10% of a blue marble. What would be the simplest combination to make $1856?",No hint available.,"First, you must establish what the values are. Yellow-87 Green-174 Red-58 Blue-232 Purple-23.2 Then, you divide 1856 by 232 to see how many blue marbles are needed. The answer is 8 blue marbles.",Math,06/21/05 #48500,Pleasing Words,1.92,3.04,MarcM1098,"Which of the following words is the odd one out? pleasing, biplanes, replicas, captions, pralines, jackpots, displant","Words must be eight letters long and have a ""p"" to belong to this group. Some other words in the group are: lifespan, plainest, and clasping.","The odd one out is ""replicas"". The other words are typed (normally) by using each of your eight fingers once. For ""replicas"", you would use the same finger to type ""e"" and ""c"", and you wouldn't use your right index finger at all.",Group,02/22/11 #3593,Research Team,3.15,1.33,arij,"What do these sentences translate to? ""A research team proceeded towards the apex of a natural geologic protuberance, the purpose of their expedition being the procurement of a sample of fluid hydride of oxygen in a large vessel, the exact size of which was unspecified. One member of the team precipitously descended, sustaining severe damage to the upper cranial portion of his anatomical structure; subsequently the second member of the team performed a self rotational translation oriented in the same direction taken by the first team member.""",It's a common nursery rhyme.,"Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after",Language,04/17/02 #5224,Bad Hand,2.37,1.57,Mogmatt16,"What is the worst hand possible in poker? Assume there are no jokers, and aces are high.",Don't forget about straights.,"2-3-4-5-7, with at least one card of a different suit. If your hand was 2-3-4-5-6, you'd have a straight. If you said 2-2-2-2-3, you'd have four of a kind.",Other,07/04/02 #5738,Ovum of Albumen,2.82,0.98,Bobbrt,"Can you determine the nursery rhyme being stated below? Once upon a time there was this ovum consisting of an envelope of albumen, jelly and membranes which decided to moor its entirety on a parapet. Then rather suddenly, and without notice, the ovular succumbed to the Brobdingnagian gravitational pull. The result was that the entire embodiment of the paramount's yeomanry and herbivores were unequal to the task of assemblage.",No hint available.,"HUMPTY DUMPTY Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again.",Language,07/20/02 #2386,My Opinion,2.53,1.42,ripstein,"Translate the following famous phrase: It is my opinion that we are no longer present in the Sunflower State.",No hint available.,I don't think we are in Kansas anymore!,Language,02/22/02 #1872,Math and Money,2.47,1.47,missie,"In order to encourage his son to study math, a father agrees to pay his boy 8 cents for every problem correctly solved and to fine him 5 cents for each incorrect solution. At the end of 26 problems, neither owes anything to the other. How many problems did the boy solve correctly?",No hint available.,"Ten Problems let x represent the number of problems answered correctly, then 26-x represent the number of problems answered incorrectly: 8x - 5(26-x) = 0 8x - 130+5x = 0 13x = 130 x = 10 26-x = 16 Therefore, 10 answers were correct and 16 were incorrect.",Math,12/29/01 #31941,Fly The Flag,2.52,2.21,zigthepig,"T O S S for M, O G L for M = F W S on the M",No hint available.,"That's one small step for Man, one giant leap for mankind = First words spoken on the Moon.",Letter-Equations,07/21/06 #31209,Leading You,2.56,1.58,Sadie3801,"What leads me, I cover its tracks. But if I'm gone, I won't come back. What am I?","The answer is ""write"".",An eraser!,Riddle,06/19/06 #2122,The Violin Lesson,2.66,1.61,missie,"During Santiago's violin lesson, Professor Arion suddenly said, ""You really should play piano."" Santiago kept on playing the violin. Finally, Professor Arion clapped his hands and said, ""Good!"" What change had Santiago made in his violin playing?",No hint available.,Santiago played softer. The musical term 'piano' means low in volume.,Language,01/21/02 #43767,The First Noel 2,2.44,2.06,MarcM1098,"What would ""Noel"" be with no ""L"" sound? It would just be ""no"", or if you think of just the sound, it could be ""know"". Several words are given below. Your challenge is to make new words by adding the sound of some letter to the sound of the given word. There may be several letters which could work, but only one is correct. Then take each of the added letters and rearrange them to form a word related to the first Noel (Christmas). Example: Given ""know + _"", one possible answer is Noel (adding an ""L"" sound). The letter ""L"" would then be used as part of some word related to Christmas. bird + _ _ + bull monk + _ _ + bow din + _","The first missing letter is an ""N"". bird + N = burden","bird + N = burden A + bull = able monk + E = monkey L + bow = elbow din + G = dingy The added letters, NAELG, are an anagram of ANGEL. An angel announced the birth of Jesus to the shepherds. Here are some lyrics from ""The First Noel"" that mention an angel: ""The first Noel, the angel did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay In fields where they lay keeping their sheep On a cold winter's night that was so deep. Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the King of Israel!""",Language,12/22/08 #29257,Yard By Yard,2.94,1.23,zonahobo,"Blade to blade I always win, My foe laid low and even. Yard by yard through thick and thin, I'm busiest in season.","Pushed and pulled I stay the course, My power is measured by the horse.","A lawn mower. Explanation: It cuts blades of grass with its blade, leaving them low and even. It is used in home yards and is busiest in summer when grass grows fastest. (Hint) You push and pull when cutting and generally stay in a straight course, and your lawn mower engine has a horsepower rating (like 3.5 horsepower). Hope it was enjoyed more than mowing the yard!",Riddle,03/22/06 #8318,Sound + Sound = Silence,2.62,1.66,Ga_z,In which situation can 2 sounds make silence?,No hint available.,"It is possible to make 2 sounds which are 'mirror images' of each other. E.G. Sound 1 + Sound 2 = Silence. If both sounds were viewed on an oscilloscope the waves of sound 1, would be opposite of the waves of sound 2. Sound 2's peaks and troughs appear to 'fill in' the spaces which sound 1's wave does not. This effect is called Anti-Noise. It is how noise canceling headphones work.",Science,11/09/02 #6304,PARA___M,2.44,1.72,Gizzer,"The same three letters, in the same order, can be placed in the blanks to form English words. What three letters? PARA___M PRO___IOUS IN___ENT ___RESS",No hint available.,"DIG paradigm, prodigious, indigent, digress",Language,08/08/02 #18530,Boat,2.39,1.36,tissue,What is represented below?,Germans.,U-boats.,Rebus,08/10/04 #10771,Refrain,2.3,1.4,spatulafreak00,"What's the common phrase? Refrain from lamenting over precipitately scattered lacteal fluid.",No hint available.,Don't cry over spilled milk.,Language,02/27/03 #50022,We Cause PAIN!!!!,2.5100000000000002,1.52,SaraGrace,"We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size. What are we?",No hint available.,Words,Riddle,12/08/13 #23739,Day at the Pet Shop,3.13,2.03,Puppypaws129,"Five People went to the pet shop on different days of the week. They each bought a different breed of dog and a different color dog bowl for them. There are three girls and two guys. Girl's Names: Ashley, Camile, and Jenny Guy's Names: Andrew and Brandon Last Names: Anderson, White, Miller, Green, and Smith Dog Breeds: St. Bernard, Pug, Golden Retriever, Australian Shepherd, and Bulldog Bowl Colors: Pink, Purple, Green, Blue, and Yellow Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 1. No one's first name starts with the same letter as their last name or the first letter of the breed of dog they bought. 2. Andrew's last name is Green, but it's not his favorite color, nor is it the color of his bowl. 3. The order in which they bought their dogs are as follows: The guy whose bowl is yellow, the one who bought the St. Bernard, the girl whose last name is White, the person with the pink bowl, and Brandon. 4. Camile bought her dog before Ashley (who has a blue bowl) but after the person with the yellow bowl. 5. Jenny and Camile both hate the color green and they spent all day at the park together on Wednesday. 6. The girl whose last name is Miller and the girl whose last name is Smith are, in some order, the one who bought the Australian Shepherd, and the one who bought their dog on Tuesday. 7. Each of the guys bought one of the two small dogs. 8. The girl whose last name is Miller bought her dog after the girl who bought the purple bowl.","If they hate a color then they didn't buy that color bowl. The two small dogs are the Pug and the Bulldog. If they spent the whole day at the park then they didn't have time to go to the pet shop that day.","Ashley: White, Golden Retriever, Blue, Wednesday Camile: Smith, St. Bernard, Purple, Tuesday Jenny: Miller, Australian Shepherd, Pink, Thursday Andrew: Green, Bulldog, Yellow, Monday Brandon: Anderson, Pug, Green, Friday",Logic-Grid,06/16/05 #49607,Words With EP,2.26,2.74,cnmne,"Five words that contain EP as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **EP*, EP****, *EP***, ***EP*, *EP**** Pool: A, A, B, C, D, H, I, I, L, M, N, N, O, R, R, S, S, T, T, Y",No hint available.,"SLEPT, EPONYM, DEPART, BICEPS, HEPARIN",Language,09/23/12 #2151,Fast and Slow Watches,2.25,1.57,missie,"My husband and I can't seem to get our watches to work properly. His consistently runs one minute per hour fast, and mine runs two minutes per hour slow. This morning we nearly missed a wedding because our watches were an hour apart and we looked at the slower one. How many hours had elapsed since we set both of them properly?",No hint available.,20 hours,Math,01/25/02 #19049,Calendar Troubles !!!,2.33,1.71,lesternoronha1,"The other day, I was going through the calendar looking for the next holiday that comes on a weekday because I just love holidays. Just then I observed that this calendar year had started with a Sunday and ended with a Sunday too. If I had delved into further observations about this calendar year, I would have observed that one of the statements given below about this year was false. Which one? 1) This calendar year is not a leap year. 2) In this calendar year, the 15th of January and 15th of October fall on the same day of the week. 3) In this calendar year, the 10th of July and 10th of October fall on the same day of the week. 4) There will be 53 Sundays in this calendar year.",No hint available.,"Statement 3 is false The statements given about the calendar year are 1) This calendar year is not a leap year. 2) In this calendar year, the 15th of January and 15th of October fall on the same day of the week. 3) In this calendar year, the 10th of July and 10th of October fall on the same day of the week. 4) There will be 53 Sundays in this calendar year. Since the calendar year started with a Sunday and ends with a Sunday too, the year must not be a leap year, since only non leap years start and end on the same day of the week. Hence statement 1 is definitely true. Also in a non leap year, the calendar of January matches with that of October. Hence the 15th of January and 15th of October must fall on the same day of the week. Hence statement 2 is also true. Lastly if a year starts on a Sunday and ends on a Sunday too, that calendar year has 53 Sundays. Hence statement 4 is also true. Thus statement 3 which states that the 10th of July and 10th of October fall on the same day of the week should be false.",Logic,10/11/04 #41689,Words With UA,2.09,2.38,cnmne,"Five words that contain UA as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *UA**, *UA***, **UA**, ***UA*, ****UA* Pool: B, C, D, D, E, G, I, L, L, L, N, O, R, R, S, T, T, V, X, Y",No hint available.,"GUARD, DUALLY, TRUANT, SEXUAL, BIVOUAC",Language,04/26/08 #12088,Cutting the Cake,2.11,1.92,misiu,"During her birthday party, Mary noticed that from a rectangular cake a rectangular piece was missing (it doesn't matter where). With two guests remaining without cake, she wanted to give them equal pieces of the cake. Remembering Professor Voronka's geometry class, she said, ""I know how to cut the cake in half using a single cut!"" and proceeds to do so. How did she cut the cake using a SINGLE STRAIGHT cut? Can you think of another way? Assume that the cake is uniform so that both pieces will have the same ingredients no matter how the cake is cut.","To the first way: This wouldn't be possible if the cake was two-dimensional. To the second way: What are the ways you can divide a rectangle in half using a straight line? (There are more than 4) Major Hint: Where do these lines all cross?","First Way: Cut the cake horizontally in the middle. Second Way: Cut the cake along the centers of the two rectangles. (i.e., the missing piece and the entire cake)",Math,04/28/03 #46603,Curtail R,3.17,1.32,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Measuring stick -> Law 2. Prophet; visionary -> To perceive 3. Rip; pull apart -> Beverage 4. Topic; anything with mass and volume -> Not glossy; flat 5. Moon depression -> Large box 6. One who digs for ore -> Belonging to me 7. Police person -> Place of work 8. Vocalist -> Scorch; burn superficially","The words start with these letters: 1. R 2. S 3. T 4. M 5. C 6. M 7. O 8. S","1. Ruler -> Rule 2. Seer -> See 3. Tear -> Tea 4. Matter -> Matte 5. Crater -> Crate 6. Miner -> Mine 7. Officer -> Office 8. Singer -> Singe",Language,03/24/10 #16338,Young and Old,2.71,0.98,od-1,"The young are they that have this but some would sell it to the old. The old would gladly buy it if indeed it could be sold. Many old they want and chase it; chase it with a passion. Some claim they can sell it in pill, potion or fashion. Some claim it's just a state of mind so just believe you see. Others try to hold on to it for young they want to be. So what am I referring to, tell me if you know? What the young have and old do not though some put on a show.",No hint available.,"It's YOUTH my friend; it's youth they have. It is quite plain to see. It can't be bought or sold its given to the young just for free. Some kids would gladly trade it to be older in a day. Some elderly would gladly buy it to get rid of the old and gray. Some hang on and live life like it will never go away. But sure as I'm writing this we get older every day. You're as young as you feel I have heard it said. But is that still the case when youth is gone and a long time you've been dead?",Riddle,01/27/04 #19724,"I Baptise You, 'Ings'",2.62,2.26,dsquared,"What expression is hidden here? Y - 1, O - 2, U - 3, R - 4 ""I baptise you, 'Ings', in the name of the Father, and the Son...""","The first part of this represents two words, the second part represents one word. The saying means to be thankful for what you have.","Count your blessings The letters of 'Your' are being counted therefore 'Count your' Followed by 'Ings' being blessed therefore ""Bless Ings""",Rebus,12/06/04 #29017,For Rhyme or Reason,2.52,1.76,schatzy228,"What phrase is represented below? Swimming / Summer Raking leaves / Autumn Ice fishing / Winter Sowing fields / Spring",No hint available.,"For everything, there is a season.",Rebus,03/10/06 #41096,Add it Up 7,2.73,2.05,Scubee,"Beginning with ""le"", add letters from the given pool to create an eight-letter word which gives ""a great place for a cup of coffee"". Do not rearrange the letters as you go. In this teaser, you will add two letters in the last step. Pool: P T T B O A 1) LE 2) _ _ _ 3) _ _ _ _ 4) _ _ _ _ _ 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The hint gives definitions/clues for each additional word.","2) an alcoholic beverage brewed by rapid fermentation 3) a libelous report or piece of gossip 4) has four legs but can't run; a systematic arrangement of data usually in rows and columns for ready reference 5) a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription","1) LE 2) ALE 3) TALE 4) TABLE 5) TABLET 6) TABLETOP",Language,03/18/08 #9923,Uphill Quicker,2.86,1.58,doggyxp,What goes uphill faster than it goes downhill?,No hint available.,"A fire. Hot air rises, causing flames to travel upward. This will allow them to climb the slope faster than they go down the slope.",Science,01/20/03 #25063,Kabob Thefts,2.78,2.62,phrebh,"Detective Frederick F. Fredinstein was called in to investigate a rash of stolen kabobs. The investigative team theorized that there might be a Bobsylvanian gang behind it, but couldn't prove it. The team has been tracking several key members of the gang for weeks, but can't place any of the members at the same place at the same time. The only thing that they know for certain is that all of the members get their sheets cleaned at the same place: Checkers Bobsylvanian Sheet Dry Cleaners. The team thought that the plans for the kabob heists must be at the cleaners, but when the team served a search warrant, they couldn't find anything out of the ordinary. After all, everyone knows that what a Bobsylvanian likes best, after kabobs of course, is nice, clean sheets. When Detective Fredinstein came in on the case, the first thing that he did was to meet with the lead investigator, Miss Sissy. She showed him the report on the search of the dry cleaners. The report detailed everything that they didn't find. ""As you can see from the report, Fred,"" said Miss Sissy, ""there was nothing out of the ordinary: hangers, laundry bags, chemicals, detergents, boxes for shirts, a couple of big tubs of water, bill pads, account books, and a bunch of other stuff you'd see in a normal business."" She concluded, ""There wasn't even an above normal amount of cash on hand. If this were the headquarters of a kabob theft ring, we should have found something."" Fred looked pensive for a moment. ""There wasn't even a shish stick to be found, huh?"" Miss Sissy replied directly, ""Not even a toothpick."" After looking over the report again and thinking for about a minute, the detective said, ""Well, we better take the wagon and a few units over to the cleaners. We'll want to stash them someplace where they won't be seen though. Put a couple of plainclothes out front and have them arrest everyone coming out of the place on suspicion of being involved in the largest stolen kabob ring in history. And make sure that all of their dry cleaning is confiscated."" Miss Sissy looked shocked. ""How do you know they're up to something, Fred?""",No hint available.,"After rounding up a dozen suspects, Detective Fredinstein took Miss Sissy into the briefing room. There, he spread out the first sheet onto the floor and turned out the lights. He pulled a hand-held black light from his voluminous coat, turned it on, and played it upon the sheet. As if by magic, the apparently clean sheet revealed dates, times, locations, and dollar amounts. One by one, they checked all of the sheets and all of them revealed similar information. All but one, that is. The last one just revealed a list of names with large dollar amounts next to each name. Detective Fredinstein had the team go out and pick up everyone on the list whom they hadn't already arrested. Detective Fredinstein explained that most liquid laundry detergents on the market today will show up under black light even if they don't appear under visible light. When he saw the water and detergents on the lists of items found at the dry cleaners, he knew that they weren't being used for the cleaning. Being a good detective, and having had loads of dry cleaning done in the past (pun intended), Detective Fredinstein knew that the detergents and water were out of place at a dry cleaners. The process only uses liquid chemicals for the cleaning. The ""dry"" in dry cleaning refers to that fact that no water is used. He surmised that they were using the detergent to write the planned heists on the sheets of everyone involved in the kabob ring. The water was used to clean the sheets of the detergent in the case that a mistake was made or the place was raided by the police. Since the suspects were only arrested after they left the cleaners, the person working had no reason to wash away the evidence. Pictures were taken of the sheets under a black light and were used to convict the guilty parties under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) act. None of the stolen kabobs could be recovered, but their owners were able to make more.",Mystery,08/05/05 #50136,Missing Word 6,2.82,1.6400000000000001,firefox99,"A 3-letter-word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? B_ _ _TE _ _ _SE F_ _ _L OP_ _ _TE",TH_ _ _PY,"ERA. BERATE ERASE FERAL OPERATE THERAPY",Language,02/07/14 #36094,Not Again!,2.18,3.06,jazzmusician46,3 = M against C W B,Think of sailing ships,"3 Mutinies against Captain William Bligh. Note: Of the three mutinies carried out against Bligh during his career, the most famous was the 'Mutiny on the Bounty'.",Letter-Equations,04/06/07 #30098,Fill Her Up!,2.84,2.07,paul726,"I often eat junk, but also things with more bulk. What I eat, I do not consume, and what goes in my mouth comes back out of it. I don't speak to you, but you can still get information from me. I'm numbered among many friends. What am I?","I come in various shapes and colors, and can most often be found loitering outside, just hanging around or sitting on a post.","A mailbox. ""Junk mail"" is the term often used for advertisements sent through the mail. ""Bulk"" mail, now called ""standard"" in the U.S., is often used by businesses and other types of organizations. Bulkier mail-pieces such as packages can be delivered in some mailboxes too. In urban areas, mailboxes are usually hung beside the front door, in more rural settings, boxes are placed on a post beside the road.",Riddle,04/26/06 #50478,Words With LC,2.18,1.8900000000000001,cnmne,"Five words that contain LC as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *LC**, **LC*, **LC**, **LC***, ****LC* Pool: A, A, B, E, E, H, H, I, M, N, O, Q, R, S, T, U, U, U, Y, Z",No hint available.,"ULCER, ZILCH, TALCUM, BALCONY, SQUELCH",Language,11/21/14 #34316,Given Life By Breath or Limb,2.8,2.47,Stormcrafter,"From the souls and hearts of mortal man, Made spontaneous or planned; Given life by breath or limb From finger tip to glasses' rim. To each their own style of it, The birds' chatter or fox's chit; A gift, divine, by any standard A guide to life, by some t'was branded. Used in churches or in homes, Written inside books or tomes. Falling, soaring, it twists and writhes, Bandages or poisoned knives. Hark! It marches out to war, Then leaves you coming back for more, As angels give it grace and life, Whilst some may help it wreak their strife. Sold for money or for joy, Given as a form of toy. Pray, tell me, am I famed? What have I so been named?",No hint available.,"Music. From the plucking of a string, to the touching of a crystal goblet's rim. Birds chatter away with their lovely (or not so lovely as the case may be) songs, daily, while foxes too add to the music of the wild. Some people use music to help them in times of trouble, for example. Music falls in pitch, but at the same time can rise, it can also bring emotional pain or comfort. There are also war songs.",Riddle,12/09/06 #30827,Hit The Brakes Cap'n,2.61,2.04,PineappleMama,"A strange creature came floating over the waves, she cried her beauty from ship to shore, resounded loudly; her laughter was terrible and fearsome to all; her edges were sharp. She was so fierce - slow to engage, savage in the fight; she stove in ship's sides. She bound them with a baleful charm, and spoke with native cunning: 'My mother, one of the beloved maidens, is my daughter also, swollen and strong, known by all people as she falls on the earth, she stands in joy in every land.'",Titanic Proportions,"An Iceberg Originally found in the Exeter Book",Riddle,06/02/06 #37653,On the Road In Twos,2.87,2.28,chaskey,"Five pairs of people rode five busses to five towns to see five other people. Who went where with whom can be mapped by following the clues below. Travellers: men: Albert, Andy, Arthur, Bill, Bob women: Alice, Anne, Barb, Bess, Betty Bus drivers: Spedmo, Quickson, Gasly, Walkless, Buster Towns: Elsewhere, Crossings, Weedview, Uptown, Downtown People visited: Carl, Charley, Chris, Carla, Carrie Clues: 1. Alice and Barb went to see Carla for the next day's good shopping. 2. Spedmo drove Bob and his brother through Weedview and Elsewhere on their way to see their sister Carrie on her birthday. 3. Bill often goes to see his old college friend Charley. 4. Quickson's bus company has the service to Uptown. In Downtown, Carl always enjoys it when his out-of-town friends come to play tennis. 5. Ironically, before Arthur and Betty had met, they each had known Buster, who was now driving them to see Chris. 6. Andy to this day has never been in Elsewhere, and so has never met Charley, who has never been to Andy's town. Charley had introduced Andy's cousin Anne to her future husband, who had wanted Andy to go with them to see Charley, but he, Andy, had already hopped Spedmo's bus. 7. Gasly drove Albert and Bess to Downtown, and there they stayed.",No hint available.,"Albert--Bess--Gasly--Downtown--Carl Andy--Bob--Spedmo--Crossings--Carrie Arthur--Betty--Buster--Weedview--Chris Alice--Barb--Quickson--Uptown--Carla Anne--Bill--Walkless--Elsewhere--Charley",Logic-Grid,08/04/07 #41516,Seven Entry Series,2.08,2.94,TRILLIONAIRE,"What is the next number in this series: 341, 39, 602, 50, 1003, 64, _______?",11th-20th primes,"The answer is 1420. Looking at the 11th-20th primes, we do the following: Multiply the prime by the Nth spot it holds, average the next two primes, and repeat. 31x11 (341), average 37 & 41 (39), 43x14 (602), average 47 & 53 (50), 59x17 (1003), average 61 & 67 (64), 71x20 (1420).",Series,04/15/08 #14920,Street Signs,2.8,1.95,fishmed,"What phrase is represented below? STOP POTS PS OT TO SP",Look both ways before proceeding.,"4-way stop. (The word stop is being presented in 4 different ways {directions}) Editor's note: apparently this phrase is not used in many places outside the U.S. and Canada. A four-way stop is an intersection in which all four directions have a stop sign.",Rebus,09/27/03 #1126,Hard to Punish,2.39,2.15,BigMan,Two men are charged with murder. One committed the act but the other is quite innocent. The judge is confused as to how to go about punishing the guilty man but letting the innocent go free. Finally he calls for a doctor to advise him. Why?,No hint available.,The two men are twins that were joined at birth and the judge needs the doctor to cut them apart so the judge can punish the guilty man.,Situation,10/15/01 #3222,Muchnothingado,2.3,1.26,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? muchnothingado",No hint available.,"Much Ado About Nothing --William Shakespeare",Rebus,04/04/02 #19030,40 X 30,2.47,0.47000000000000003,spookboy0,"You see a strainer. The measurements of it are the following: 40 feet in height 30 feet in width Considering these measurements, how much water, at most, can it hold?",Drawing a diagram might help.,"No water. A strainer does not hold water.",Trick,10/02/04 #26968,Word Pyramid: Forgotten Wonders X,2.5100000000000002,1.76,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: O Clues: 1. to perform or execute 2. silent affirmation 3. completed or finished 4. A durable, water-repellent, coarse woolen fabric used chiefly for coats and jackets 5. ------ Gate Bridge",San Francisco Bay ...,"O DO NOD DONE LODEN GOLDEN With an overall length of 8,981 feet, the Golden Gate Bridge was the longest span in the world from its completion until the Verrazano Narrows Bridge was built in New York in 1964. Today, it still has the seventh-longest main span in the world.",Language,11/17/05 #36659,Movie Alternates (Easy),2.84,0.96,squishysqueak,"Use synonyms of the following phrases to decode popular movie titles. 1.) Arachnid Boy 2.) Melody and Words 3.) Parade of the Flightless Birds 4.) Has to Like Canines 5.) Male of the 12 Months 6.) Swashbucklers of the Tropical Sea",No hint available.,"1.) Spider Man 2.) Music and Lyrics 3.) March of the Penguins 4.) Must Love Dogs 5.) Man of the Year 6.) Pirates of the Caribbean",Trivia,05/18/07 #35593,Synonym Syno-fun,2.27,2.18,soccer_chick70,"What do these words' synonyms have in common? irritable offensive spiteful attractive savory",I just love those 'ty' beanie babies!,"All of these words are synonyms for words that end in 'ty' Irritable = Testy Offensive = Nasty Spiteful = Catty Attractive = Pretty Savory = Tasty",Language,03/07/07 #35043,Near Lame Arms,2.84,2.74,grungy49,"What is strange about the words in the group below, apart from the fact that they are all four letters long? NEAR LAME ARMS CAME DEAL GAIN WINE SCAR HIND",Break them down into groups of two letters.,"The words are made up entirely of abbreviations for states in the United States of America. NE AR LA ME AR MS CA ME DE AL GA IN WI NE SC AR HI ND AL = Alabama AR = Arkansas CA = California DE = Delaware GA = Georgia HI = Hawaii IN = Indiana LA = Louisiana ME = Maine MS = Mississippi ND = North Dakota NE = Nebraska SC = South Carolina WI = Wisconsin",Group,01/25/07 #28760,Scrambled Words,2.73,2.04,kimberlykay,"Can you rearrange the letters in these phrases and come up with the words they describe?? MOON STARER THEY SEE IS NO AMITY LIES - LET'S RECOUNT",No hint available.,"ASTRONOMER THE EYES ANIMOSITY ELECTION RESULTS",Language,02/23/06 #5312,Lickin' Coop,2.44,1.72,peppermintwist,"Can you figure out which book this rhymes with? Lickin' Coop soar a Bowl",No hint available.,Chicken Soup for the Soul,Language,07/15/02 #48302,"Surely, Hospital, Buzzy, Stress.",2.53,2.7600000000000002,celtichero,"Which country can join the words in the title and why? Iceland, Bolivia, Germany, Afghanistan, New Zealand",You're going for 100.,"Afghanistan finished the group because if you take each letter and add up their alphabetic values, you get 100. S=19 U=21 R=18 E=5 L=12 Y=25 19+21+18+5+12+25=100.",Group,12/21/10 #21697,Tiles of Might,2.78,1.11,Kabuki,"Tiles of Might, Where tiny armies come to fight. I am where kings crawl, and where queens brawl. Each unique they can all be dead, or finish the fight like a loaf of old bread.","Black and white, they all will fight.","I am a chessboard. Tiles make up the board. Tiny armies are the pieces. Kings only move once space at a time. Queens are considered by some to be the most powerful piece. Each piece moves differently, none immune to being taken. The game can end in a ""stale""mate.",Riddle,03/22/05 #31898,Humorous Quotes III,2.7,2.83,bigSWAFF_69_,"The following humorous quotes are from various people. Try and decipher them. R=H and X=V WRSI UQUCYKQFB SI XCYO SDWCYCIWSDE, KMW S TSDN SW PSZZ DCXCY YCUZQFC Q RQYNFJXCY KJJB- SW VQBCI Q XCYO UJJY NJJYIWJU. S FJMZND'W YCVCVKCY PRCD S RQN KCCD IJ NSIQUUJSDWCN. CGFCUW UCYRQUI WRC WSVC S TJMDN JMW WRQW V&VI YCQZZO NJ VCZW SD OJMY RQDN... S QV WPJ PSWR DQWMYC. WARNING: The hint gives all the vowels.","Q=A C=E S=I J=O M=U","THIS PAPERBACK IS VERY INTERESTING, BUT I FIND IT WILL NEVER REPLACE A HARDCOVER BOOK- IT MAKES A VERY POOR DOORSTOP. ~Alfred Hitchcock I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHEN I HAD BEEN SO DISAPPOINTED. EXCEPT PERHAPS THE TIME I FOUND OUT THAT M&MS REALLY DO MELT IN YOUR HAND... ~Peter Oakley I AM TWO WITH NATURE. ~Woody Allen Encrypted/Plain A=Q B=K C=E D=N E=G F=C G=X H=Z I=S J=O K=B L=J M=U N=D O=Y P=W Q=A R=H S=I T=F U=P V=M W=T X=V Y=R Z=L",Cryptography,07/20/06 #8843,Three Surgeons,2.39,2.12,lesternoronha1,"How can three surgeons, with open wounds on their hands, operate on a patient with only two surgical gloves so that nobody is directly exposed to anybody else's blood? They can operate one at a time and can all operate one-handed.",No hint available.,"Call the gloves A and B, and the surgeons 1, 2, and 3. First, surgeon 1 operates with glove A inside glove B. Second, take glove A out of glove B. Third, surgeon 2 operates using glove B. Fourth, turn glove A inside out. Fifth, surgeon 3 operates with glove A inside glove B.",Logic,12/01/02 #3341,MYinHOUSE,1.95,1.59,eahtriscuit,"Can you decipher this: MYinHOUSE",No hint available.,Inside my house.,Rebus,04/07/02 #17744,Braving the Elements,2.59,3.01,cnmne,"Which element in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: Iridium, Vanadium, Xenon, Lanthanum, Carbon, Dysprosium Group B: Radon, Barium, Uranium, Platinum, Manganese, Phosphorus",No hint available.,"The first letter of each element in Group A is a Roman numeral. Thus, Manganese can be added to Group A.",Group,05/25/04 #15865,Which One is It?,2.67,2.45,intelligence,"The spellings of each location (city and country) in column A have something in common that only one place name in column B shares. Which one is it? Column A Arlon, Belgium Burgdorf, Switzerland Lvov, Ukraine Moulins, France Column B Moma, Mozambique Oulu, Finland Quan Long, Vietnam Dezhou, China",No hint available.,"Dezhou, China (all five vowels appear just once)",Language,12/20/03 #20173,"Letters, Hyphen, Commas, Stop",2.21,2.45,doggyxp,"In each of these the three sentences below, replace the missing number in the form of a hyphenated word (as opposed to digits). For example, the answer would be twenty-one (instead of 21), thirty-two (rather than 32), etc. This sentence contains _-_ letters, one hyphen, two commas and a full stop. Interestingly, this sentence contains _-_ letters, one hyphen, three commas and the final full stop. Finally, this sentence contains _-_ letters, one hyphen, three commas and one full stop.",No hint available.,"This sentence contains sixty-seven letters, one hyphen, two commas and a full stop. Interestingly, this sentence contains eighty-nine letters, one hyphen, three commas and the final full stop. Finally, this sentence contains seventy-nine letters, one hyphen, three commas and one full stop.",Language,01/01/05 #10671,All For One,2.47,2.32,MrIxolite,"What term is represented below? >(I+T+S)",Mathematical Equation,"Greater than the sum of its parts. > = Greater than (I+T+S) = sum of ITS parts",Rebus,02/27/03 #33708,A Trip to the Library,2.36,2.05,mmpp123,B K,No hint available.,Book ends.,Rebus,10/27/06 #15545,Eternal Cycle of Up and Down,2.61,2.38,ktqu,"What seemingly goes up must come down An eternal cycle of the crown The ruler of Versailles would surely attest It benefits you and me and all the rest. What am I??",No hint available.,"The sun. It rises and sets. It always continues its cycle. Louis XIV was the ruler of Versailles. He was known as the sun king. The sun is necessary for life.",Riddle,11/26/03 #27550,Fruits and Veggies,2.96,1.92,Mysterious,"Identify the fruits and vegetables from the following clues: (Don't assume that you know how part of a clue is pronounced. There may be more than one way!) 1. ""Mom, may we please go outside? Will you please let us play? PLEASE! PLEASE!"" 2. Another name for a taxi + the rings in a tree indicate what? = ___________________. 3. A pool stick + C + a burnt brownish color = ______________________. 4. Your mother pairs socks at the toes. 5. A drink + me + the end of the word ""talon"" = _____________________.",No hint available.,"1. Lettuce 2. Cabbage 3. Cucumber 4. Tomato 5. Watermelon Explanation of each answer: 1. The words ""let us"" point to lettuce. 2. Cab is another name for a taxi, and the rings in a tree tell its age. When we combine cab and age, cabbage is the result. 3. A pool stick is called a cue stick. Burnt umber is a brownish color. When we combine cue, c, and umber, cucumber is the result. 4. Mating socks is an expression for pairing socks. When mating socks at the toes, tomato is the result. 5. Water is a drink. When we combine water, me, and ""lon"", watermelon is the result.",Language,12/17/05 #32651,Missing Anagrams IV,2.65,2.32,thompson1,"Below are several sets of words with some letters taken out. For each letter (A, B, or C) there are 2 words. Find the 2 or 3 letters that will fit into both words. Take the letters that you put into the words for A, B and (maybe) C :and unscramble them. That is your answer for that number. Example: 1) A) FORE _ _ _ _ _ _ ITE B) BR _ _ K SL _ _ K Answer: A) foreIGN IGNite B) brICk slICk Unscramble IGNIC: ICING is the answer. All 5 words will belong to a common group, and a smaller group inside that group. Can you figure out all the words, what common group they are in, and what smaller group they are in? Good Luck! 1) A) JUI _ _ _ _ RTIFY B) PAS _ _ _ _ _ _ L C) P _ _ TER B _ _ CHER 2) A) _ _ _ DIT _ _ _ EPY B) PAR _ _ _ GAL _ _ _ 3) A) _ _ _ TURE TY _ _ _ AL B) RA _ _ ES _ _ ADE C) _ _ PKIN G _ _ SH 4) A) B _ _ _ LE L _ _ _ ER B) SC _ _ _ TR _ _ _ S 5) A) COM _ _ _ E _ _ _ RY B) FUN _ _ _ _ _ _ TO C) L _ _ _ GNA PLE _ _ _ NT",All of the answers are foods.,"1) A) juiCE CErtify B) pasTEL TELl C) pUTter bUTcher Unscramble CETELUT: LETTUCE 2) A) CREdit CREepy B) parLEY galLEY Unscramble CRELEY: CELERY 3) A) PICture tyPICal B) raSHes SHade C) NApkin gNAsh Unscramble PICSHNA: SPINACH 4) A) bATTle lATTer B) scOOP trOOPs Unscramble ATTOOP: POTATO 5) A) comPARe PARry B) funGUS GUSto C) lASAgna pleASAnt Unscramble PARGUSASA: ASPARAGUS All of the answers are foods (common group) that are vegetables (smaller group).",Language,08/26/06 #51395,Glad We Got That Cleared Up,2.7,1.29,ThinksForFun,"My first is near an organ which thinks My second can contain your cold drinks My whole helps you to see between blinks What am I?",No hint available.,eye glasses,Riddle,08/12/17 #31392,Word Scrambles II,2.74,2.08,Psychic_Master,"Here's how it goes; there will be 3 scrambled word puzzles with a clue above each. The unscrambled word/s will have something to do with the clue. 1. Clue: How evolution works Puzzle: Ancestral outline 2. Clue: Fruity raincoat Puzzle: Laptop machines 3. Clue: Spy's Drink Puzzle: Ensnared hot skirt",No hint available.,"1. Natural selection 2. Apple Macintosh 3. Shaken, not stirred",Language,06/28/06 #12926,Bike,2.26,0.8300000000000001,rdl381,"Bob is riding his bike inside his house when someone walks in front of him. He doesn't bother to stop, even when his TV is right in front of him. Why?",Think about the kind of bike.,Bob is riding an exercise bike.,Trick,06/04/03 #39709,A Pugilist's Motto,2.45,2.24,aresII,"F L A B, S L A B.",No hint available.,"Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee.",Letter-Equations,12/20/07 #50353,Debug the List,2.7600000000000002,1.32,Zykezex,"Five of the six listed words share a common characteristic. Which word does not belong? 1. fantasy 2. smother 3. smidge 4. stick 5. bunker 6. smite",The commonality shared makes them the most populous species than all other land animals put together.,"Answer: Number five (5) bunker does not belong. The common words hidden inside each original word are insects. 1. ant 2. moth 3. midge 4. tick 6. mite",Group,06/06/14 #11255,Elevator,2.26,0.61,smileysteve,"There is a building with thirty stories, with one elevator. On floor twenty-one, four people get on and zero get off. On floor thirteen, six get on and two get off. On floor nine, eight people get on and four get off. How many people would get on and off on floor thirty-one?",No hint available.,NONE. The building is only thirty stories tall.,Trick,03/17/03 #3537,Blackmail,2.8,2.19,magisastar,"A rather nasty criminal developed a seemingly foolproof way of extracting money from bereaved families. He would scan the obituary columns in order to choose the name of a wealthy man who had recently died. Then, he sent an invoice for pornographic books addressed to the man and claimed payment for goods previously dispatched. To avoid any scandal the family would eventually pay. How was he eventually caught?",No hint available.,The crook sent an invoice to a blind man who had recently died. His wife knew it must be a con and called the cops.,Situation,04/16/02 #36739,Shuffle #4,2.98,2.18,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to start with the letter 'I' and then each time add a letter and shuffle it to make a new word. You need to continue this process until you reach the word 'CAMPING'. Not including 'I', you must do this in six (6) turns. Good luck. I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C A M P I N G",No hint available.,"I IN PIN PAIN PANIC PACING CAMPING",Language,05/26/07 #6352,Quite the Pair,2.64,1.13,SkEwL_gUrl,"We are quite the pair, great loads we do share All day are constantly stressed Yet this I'm certain, we're not hurt'n It's just part of getting dressed",No hint available.,A pair of shoes!,Riddle,08/08/02 #6800,Missing 3 Letter Word,2.8,1.48,bluetwo,"A simple 3 letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? ___tina de___ter ___cel chi___ery","Need more words? Here are a couple of giveaways: ameri___ ___adian",The missing word is CAN!,Language,08/23/02 #26007,How Long Did You Say?,2.17,2.96,phrebh,"What is the next item in this group? 0:01 0:16 1:21 4:16 ?",Squares of squares.,"10:25 These are found by taking the numbers one through five and squaring them twice (fourth power), using base 60 math and putting the answer into time form.",Series,09/21/05 #15847,What Word,2.62,1.94,froghop833,"I'm thinking of a common word. This word has three syllables. If you restate this sentence correctly you'll be able to find my word: THE SENTENCE: There's a girl named Eve and she's falling off a cliff right now. What word am I thinking of?",No hint available.,"Eavesdropping (Eve's dropping)",Language,12/18/03 #35029,"I, ......",2.25,2.91,dutchymonster,"What comes next in this series? Ti, Cl, Ca, Au, ??",No hint available.,"Ge. The series is the initial 2 letters of the full name of Roman Emperor Claudius: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus The hint in the title refers to the book, ""I, Claudius"".",Series,01/24/07 #40272,Trivial String,2.46,2.78,calmsavior,"The following clues lead to answers that can be simplified into a letter pair. Solve the clues, truncate the answers, and rearrange the letter pairs to make a car model. 1. Invention inspired by the second railroad ever built in the U.S. 2. The first nation to allow women to vote. 3. Abbreviation for pedagogy 4. The only U.S. state to border only one other state. 5. Nickname for the largest city in Louisiana. 6. Artificial element named after a clerk from a Swiss patent office.","The answers to clues are arranged in this order: 4-1-3-6-5-2","1. Invention inspired by the second railroad ever built in the U.S. = Roller Coaster = RC 2. The first nation to allow women to vote = New Zealand = NZ 3. Abbreviation for pedagogy = ED (as in education) 4. The only U.S. state to border only one other state = Maine = ME 5. Nickname for the largest city in Louisiana = Big Easy (New Orleans) = BE 6. Artificial element named after a clerk from a Swiss patent office = Einsteinium = ES The letter pairs are RC-NZ-ED-ME-BE-ES, which can be rearranged to form MERCEDES BENZ.",Trivia,01/31/08 #49671,Delete a Letter 4,2.38,1.79,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) seaside (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) footwear 2) a line made by folding (6 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) to stop 3) facade or surface (4 letters) & (delete 1st letter) an unreturned serve 4) flickering gently, softly radiant (7 letters) & (delete 4th letter) to mourn",No hint available.,"1) shore & shoe 2) crease & cease 3) face & ace 4) lambent & lament",Language,11/19/12 #40271,Mr. Jones,2.38,1.42,Dontrelle,"Mr. Jones is 28 years older than his son. In 11 years, he will be 3 times as old as his son. How old is each person now?",Using algebra will be the easiest way to solve this.,"3(x + 11) = x + 28 + 11 Mr. Jones: 31; son: 3",Math,01/31/08 #35150,More Good Advice,2.57,1.99,cnmne,"What is the following rebus? TWICE(5 letters long) ON(snip)CE",No hint available.,"Measure twice, cut once (""TWICE"" is measured, ""ONCE"" is cut).",Rebus,02/01/07 #22606,Rainbow Reasoning,2.23,1.83,Tammy93,"It is a little known fact that due to an error in the original design of the rainbow, the order of the colors- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet- is actually incorrect! Consider the letters of ""rainbow"" R A I N B O W Place one and only one color under each of the seven letter so that each color is under a letter that it contains. Now consider only their first letters. If there are no adjacent vowels then the correct order is _ _ _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"ROVGBIY (Red, orAnge, vIolet, greeN, Blue, indigO, yelloW.)",Logic,05/01/05 #40099,From the Heart,2.91,1.98,fishmed,"The phrase ""From the heart"" has been known to bring thoughts of love and passion to many. However, if you rearrange the 12 letters, you can come up with two 6 letter words that are opposite of each other, but also bring about thoughts of love and passion to many. What are those two words?",No hint available.,FATHER & MOTHER,Language,01/17/08 #37416,Aesop's Fables VII,2.32,2.86,brainster,"We've all read Aesop's Fables in one form or another. These interesting stories captivate our attention and always leave us with a moral. One of those morals is represented below. Can you find it? The zoologists at the Institute Of New Species have found a new type of bird. Scientifically named the ""Egretta Multicolor"", it is of the heron family, and a multicoloured version of the tricolored heron. Because of the splendid variety of colours it displays and the seeming confusion of colours, the scientists lovingly call it ""Squabble"" for now. They've also found out that it will eat only brush.",No hint available.,"Strife feeds on conflict. Squabble and brush are synonyms for strife and conflict respectively.",Other,07/16/07 #27579,Dreams,2.47,2.25,Nytwynd,"G bpmgy omtvymf g xvgw jdmc gteqvc qf egrmc evjgpb qef gtdqmamymce. -Ov Omccmee ""Gczvcm tgc mftgsm qcev fwmms, jm gpm gww xmcqlfmf jdmc jm bpmgy, edm oletdmp'f edm svme'f milgw edmpm."" -M. Y. Tqvpgc, Edm Emysegeqvc Ev Mnqfe","C=N X=G","A=V B=D C=N D=H E=T F=S G=A I=Q J=W L=U M=E N=X O=B P=R Q=I R=K S=P T=C V=O W=L X=G Y=M Z=Y A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement. -Bo Bennett ""Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there."" -E. M. Cioran, The Temptation to Exist",Cryptography,12/18/05 #32133,They're The Best,2.29,2.69,mufffin09,"These groups are names of Broadway shows. One show in Group A belongs in Group B and vice versa. Which shows belong in the other group? Group A: Guys And Dolls My Fair Lady Crazy For You Kiss Me Kate Ain't Misbehavin' A Little Night Music Group B: Cats The Producers Rent City of Angels The Wiz Les Miserables 42nd Street",No hint available.,"Crazy For You belongs in Group B, and The Wiz belongs in Group A. The shows in group A won Best Musical before 1980, and the shows in Group B won Best Musical after 1980. Crazy For You won in 1992, and The Wiz won in 1975.",Group,07/28/06 #44599,Can You Find It? VI,1.93,1.78,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word CATASTROPHE, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. The tube extending from the larynx to the bronchi. 2. A diplomatic official attached to an embassy. 3. A former title held in countries under Turkish rule, usually placed after the name. 4. A single bed of sedimentary rock, usually of one type of material. 5. A person who trespasses on private property to illegally fish or hunt. 6. To proclaim or make known by sermon. 7. A main division of a book, sometimes with a title or number. 8. A person who looks on or watches, such as an audience member. 9. Appearance to the eye; countenance. 10. A fastener consisting of a wedge or pin used to hold two other pieces together. 11. A toothed bar in which a pawl engages. 12. Pure, decent, free from obscenity; celibate.",No hint available.,"1. TRACHEA 2. ATTACHE 3. PASHA 4. STRATA 5. POACHER 6. PREACH 7. CHAPTER 8. SPECTATOR 9. ASPECT 10. COTTAR 11. RATCHET 12. CHASTE",Language,06/07/09 #41018,'X' Words,2.5,2.55,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'X' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'X' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun! 1. An increase in the number of -- X --- can improve the quality of graphics - X ----------- . 2. The --- X of the matter is that the supervisor blatantly made a -- X --- remark. 3. The - X ------- survived a --- X - vote. 4. ---- X treatments are risky and may be too -- X -- for some people. 5. She created a ----- X using Microsoft - X --- .",No hint available.,"1. piXels and eXponentially 2. cruX and seXist 3. eXecutive and proXy 4. botoX and toXic 5. matriX and eXcel",Language,03/13/08 #11935,At the Farm,2.85,2.19,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this rebus? Cluck Cluck Quack Quack Gobble Gobble",No hint available.,Foul (Fowl) Language,Rebus,04/22/03 #34360,Where is He 2,2.91,1.55,fishmed,ACT_O_,"Oh soldier, oh soldier, where are you hidden?",Missing in action,Rebus,12/12/06 #6032,Airplane!,2.97,1.52,bmotts,"The Pope, Celine Dion, George Bush, and Bill Gates are on the same plane. There are only 3 parachutes left for the 4 of them. Bush says: ""As the President, I think I should have the right to have a parachute, because I rule millions of people in the greatest nation of all."" Celine Dion says: ""As one of the greatest singers of all-time, I think I should deserve to be safe. I bring tears and laughter to millions of people, and I'm an important contributor to pop music."" Bill Gates says: ""As one of the richest successful company owners, I think I should live because I'm on top of the economics cycle, creating jobs and incomes for millions of people. I am a wealthy and intelligent man."" Finally, the Pope says: ""I'm an old, religious man. I lived a life that's full, I helped millions of people find their way through God, I'm ready to let go of a parachute and to face my fate."" Which one of them will abandon the parachute and die?",No hint available.,Did I ever mention the plane was crashing? No one's gonna die.,Trick,07/29/02 #7557,Everywhere,2.66,1.95,majd,"I stay with God, but am born with Devil I am the last winner, in fourth level I play the same role in good or bad If small or big, I make a perfect dad",No hint available.,"The letter ""D"". (stay with God=last letter of God; born with Devil=first letter in Devil; last winner in fourth level=indicating grade ""D"" which is the minimum passing grade preceded by 3 grades A, B, C; same role in good or bad=ending letter in both words; small or big I make a perfect dad=whether in small ""d"" or capital ""D"" letters, I make the word dad complete.)",Riddle,09/19/02 #41183,Distorted Music - R,2.71,2.12,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter R. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Poof Tors 2. Violent Our 3. A Unwary 4. Freaked Gone Funs","1. 1 word 2. 1 word 3. 1 word 4. 3 words","1. ""Rooftops"" by Lost Prophets 2. ""Revolution"" by The Beatles 3. ""Runaway"" by Del Shannon 4. ""Renegades of Funk"" by Rage Against the Machine",Language,03/23/08 #29034,Forumgle,2.5100000000000002,1.29,EnderofGames,"Four people, each with a different nickname, job, and nationality, met on a forum site called Forumgle. With the clues below, you are to figure out who's who. Nicknames: Sorcerer, Champion, Dorothy, Demosthenes. Jobs: Nurse, Mechanic, Writer, Mathematician. Nationalities: Australia, Canada, U.S., Cayman Islands. 1) The four people are the writer, Champion, the Canadian, and the Cayman Islander. 2) Sorcerer is the mathematician. 3) Dorothy is from the Cayman Islands. 4) The writer and the Australian were friends before the other two had accounts, but the mechanic and the Australian never became buddies.",Math = Mathematician,"Champion, nurse, Australia. Demosthenes, writer, U.S. Dorothy, mechanic, Cayman Islands. Sorcerer, mathematician, Canada.",Logic-Grid,03/11/06 #1324,"0, 10, 1110, 3110...",2.59,2.34,gokaran,"What number comes next in this sequence: 0, 10, 1110, 3110, 132110, 1113122110, ?",No hint available.,"311311222110 Each terms describes the previous one. We start with 0, which is one zero = 10. 10 is one one, one zero = 1110. 1110 is three ones, one zero = 3110, etc.",Series,11/08/01 #49543,Missing Case Files,2.7,1.6300000000000001,ThinksForFun,"For each missing case file below, figure out what noun or compound noun is represented. Each answer ends with ""case"". As an example, for ""the case of the missing writing instruments"", the answer would be ""pencil case"". 1) The case of the missing steps. 2) The case of the missing jacket. 3) The case of the missing ice cubes. 4) The case of the missing coffee filters.","1) not the elevator 2) and trousers 3) chill out 4) not cone","1) staircase 2) suitcase 3) cold case 4) basket case",Language,07/30/12 #27597,Multilinguist,2.78,2.12,lips,What is the one thing in the world that can speak all the languages?,No hint available.,The echo.,Riddle,12/20/05 #12108,White Mountains,2.25,1.06,od-1,"I'm filled with things vile and disgusting. Dirt, bacteria, and that pus thing. When some see, they want to squeeze me. Others they just laugh and tease me. Doctor they prescribe a cream. But when puberty ends most come clean. What am I?",No hint available.,A zit or pimple.,Riddle,04/29/03 #52305,Weight In Gold,2.88,2.62,Snowdog,"During the California Gold Rush, an assessor in San Francisco used a balance to measure out quantities of gold dust. He had a set of weights to place on the balance. The assessor needed to be able to measure out gold dust in exact ounces, no fractions, for every number of ounces starting at 1. If the assessor has four weights, what is the largest number of ounces of gold dust he can measure? Note: The answer is not 15 ounces",Weights can be placed on the balance plate with or without the gold dust.,"The maximum weight is 40 ounces. The weights are powers of 3: 1 ounce, 3 ounces, 9 ounces, 27 ounces. Example: 7 ounces – Plate A: 9 oz. and 1 oz. weights. Plate B: 3 oz weight and gold In any weighing, each weight can be placed in one of three ways: on the plate with the gold, on the plate without the gold, on the desk next to the balance. So given n weights, there are 3^n possible combinations. Throw out the case where all weights are on the table. That leaves 3^n – 1 cases. Half of those cases would weigh negative gold, so eliminate half of these. Thus, the number of valid combinations for n weights is (3^n – 1) / 2. For four weights, (3^4 – 1) / 2 = (81 – 1) / 2 = 80 / 2 = 40.",Logic,11/26/19 #32902,Monkey Fun!,2.59,1.79,lorial,"Three types of monkeys - monkeys of the same type weigh the same - were amusing themselves in the jungle. By chance they found a small wobbly tree, where, by varying the amounts of monkeys on each side they could keep the tree in an upright position. They found out that: 2 howler monkeys and 1 squirrel monkey on one side balanced with 4 spider monkeys on the other side. 2 spider monkeys and 1 squirrel monkey on one side balanced with 3 howler monkeys on the other side. Can you determine how many squirrel monkeys on one side it would take to keep the tree upright with 4 howler monkeys on the other side?",No hint available.,"3 In the following explanation assume: spider monkey =sp squirrel monkey = sq howler monkey = h If (2h+1sq) = 4sp then divide by 2 giving: (1h+ 0.5sq) = 2sp Therefore: (1sq + 2sp) = (1sq + 1h + 0.5sq) = (1h + 1.5sq) Therefore: 3h = (1h + 1.5sq) Therefore: 2h = 1.5sq Then multiply this all by 2, giving: 4h = 3sq",Math,09/09/06 #48069,Needed in a Hand,2.94,0.98,PedroArSp,"They use me to build castles, but I'm not a brick. They use me to make hands, but I'm not a finger. I'm international, and cosmopolitan. I'm very often in Monte Carlo, Las Vegas, Atlantic City and even in Punta del Este. I'm not alive but I have 81 hearts. What am I?",I'm compound by 54 parts.,"I'm a deck of cards. Because there are 52 cards plus two jokers in a deck, the total is 54. If you count all the hearts drawn in the 13 cards of hearts, you'll find 81.",Riddle,10/09/10 #4109,Seconds,2.75,1.3,librashorty,How many seconds are there in a year?,No hint available.,"12; 2nd of January, 2nd of February, etc.",Trick,05/16/02 #38864,Movie Stars #2,2.58,2.32,jazzmusician46,"The names of five (5) male movie stars have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. Your task is to rearrange the segments to identify the movie stars. 1. BB YD AR BO IN 2. ES NN LP HF RA IE 3. DA AN AL AL 4. BL FF GO JE LD UM 5. DE PP ER IS HO NN",No hint available.,"1. Bobby Darin 2. Ralph Fiennes 3. Alan Alda 4. Jeff Goldblum 5. Dennis Hopper",Language,10/21/07 #51032,And Twice On Sunday,2.5100000000000002,1.29,Snowdog,"Chris was so organized. Everything in her life was meticulously ordered into lists, rituals, and established patterns. She even had the name of a day of the week stitched into the waistband of her underpants, and would only wear them on the proper day. She had one pair for each day Monday through Saturday, but had two pairs of underpants labeled Sunday! Why?",The teaser title is actually misleading.,"Obsessive as always, Chris did laundry every Sunday. So, each pair of ""Sunderpants"" would only be worn once every other weak.",Situation,03/29/17 #204,My Final Wish?,2.4,0.85,Mr. G,Can a man living in Texas be buried in Tennessee?,It's a grave decision.,"No, because he is LIVING in Texas. We only bury the dead.",Trick,02/01/01 #20426,Paralysed,2.19,0.6900000000000001,The_best,"It has arms, It has legs, It has a back; But it cannot move by itself?? What is it???",No hint available.,A chair,Riddle,01/16/05 #21486,Dice Tournament,2.55,1.74,cdrock,"I was gambling against some of my best friends at a dice tournament (a game we made up). In the game you get to roll 6 dice and the person across from you gives you clues to figure out the numbers of the dice and the order you rolled them (left to right). One of the most unknown rules is that if you role a straight (1, 2, 3, 4, 5,and 6), then you triple your money but you only get five clues. Believe it or not, on my first roll I rolled a straight. My friend thought a while and finally figured out the clues and immediately told me them. Clues: 1. The die that was rolled 4 was on one of the ends. 2. The die that was rolled 1 is two dice away from both the die that was rolled 2 and the die that was rolled 5. 3. The die that was rolled 3 is somewhere to the left of the die that was rolled 6. 4. The die that was rolled 2 is next to the die that was rolled 4. 5. The die that was rolled 5 is somewhere to the right of the die that was rolled 4.",No hint available.,"4, 2, 3, 1, 6, and 5 reading from left to right",Logic,03/11/05 #17663,An Incredible Life,2.69,2.43,dsquared,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The _____ of the group was extremely _____, not just physically, for he was also particularly _____"", you would fill in HEAD, STRONG, and HEADSTRONG. The fact that he was out doing his daily _____ was not so surprising, what was incredible was his _____ and the _____ he would have covered in his lifetime.",He is obviously a fit fella.,"MILE, AGE, MILEAGE",Language,05/17/04 #18342,At What Intervals?,2.24,1.15,bintot,"Anderson, working in his garden, looked up and saw his neighbor Brown chopping down a tree 1,100 feet away. Brown struck the tree once every second. How much time elapsed between the two strokes of Brown's axe, as the sound reached Anderson? We all know, of course, that sound travels at the rate of 1,100 feet per second.",No hint available.,"One second. It would take longer for the sound of the woodcutting to begin to reach Anderson, but the time lapses between the strokes would not be affected---they would still be one second apart.",Trick,07/25/04 #42392,5 = C in the S-S H S,2.03,2.83,mln1225,5 = C in the S-S H S,Think weather.,5 = Categories in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale,Letter-Equations,06/30/08 #5249,Speedy,2.11,1.22,NuttyPrince,"Can you decipher this phrase? Going 55 mph",No hint available.,Going over 55 mph.,Rebus,07/06/02 #41336,On Six Feet,2.95,2.21,Scubee,"The following riddle was originally printed in 1867 in ""London Society"". On six feet, I am a noxious drink, Of whose effects you shudder to think. Change only my second foot, and then You convert me into a horrible den Where the culprit, who gave the noxious drink, Awaits the fate of which you shudder to think.","Try reading it with ""letters"" instead of ""feet"".","poison/prison ""On six feet"" means a six letter word. The first two lines refer to poison. The next two lines refer to prison. The last two refers to where ""the culprit"" who gave you the poison would go -- prison.",Riddle,04/02/08 #12593,The Swiss Army Lieutenant,2.35,1.6300000000000001,gogogo1,"George met an old man on the street, and, every day when he walked home from school, he stopped by and the man would tell stories of his wildest adventures. He'd been a gold miner in Ballarat, an explorer in the Amazon jungle and he'd even served 5 years as a lieutenant in the Swiss army. Can you tell me a good reason why George shouldn't believe him?",Refer to the title of this teaser,There is no rank of lieutenant in the Swiss army.,Other,05/23/03 #37824,P.O.W. Again.,2.55,2.7,sbuske,"I escaped from a Nazi concentration camp in WWII Germany. I spoke fluent German; and with the help of the French Underground, I had authentic German clothes and travel papers of the time. Before crossing into Switzerland, I was stopped by the German Police. In our conversation, the Police were informed that my name was F.R. Braun. I was going to Geneva. I was married, with six children, and had traveled two hundred and fifty miles on my journey to visit relatives in Switzerland. My papers were in perfect order. I was immediately arrested and returned to my P.O.W. camp. Where did I make my mistake(s)?",I could blame the French but not the French Underground.,"During WWII, the Germans used the metric system. I stated miles instead of kilometers. Although the French did not invent the metric system, metrication began in France in the 1790s and spread during the following two centuries to encompass all but three countries.",Trick,08/17/07 #44784,Missing Vowels III,2.03,1.96,brainglue,"Three quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche have all their vowels removed. You must put the appropriate vowels in each blank. Ready? 1. _n _rt_st h_s n_ h_m_ _n _ _r_p_ _xc_pt _n P_r_s. 2. _rt _s th_ pr_p_r t_sk _f l_f_. 3. _g_ _sm _s th_ v_ry _ss_nc_ _f _ n_bl_ s_ _l.",No hint available.,"1.An artist has no home in Europe, except in Paris. 2.Art is the proper task of life. 3.Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.",Language,07/03/09 #31237,Presidential Scrambler 2,2.48,1.86,bigSWAFF_69_,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a former U.S. President. creosc (take the 1st and 2nd letters) lobatolf (take the 4th and 6th letters) glicurn (take the 6th and 7th letters) stingrewl (take the 1st and 8th letters) nothatirl (take the 3rd and 6th letters)",No hint available.,"The unscrambled words are: soccer football curling wrestling triathlon s, o, t, a, n, g, w, n, i, h Unscramble the letters to get: Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799) was the Commander in Chief of American forces in the American Revolutionary War (1775 -1783), and, later, the first President of the United States, an office he held from 1789 to 1797. Because of his central role in the founding of the United States, Washington is often called the ""Father of his Country"". Scholars rank him among the greatest of United States presidents.",Language,06/21/06 #23527,Technobabble III,3.06,1.44,CPlusPlusMan,"The following are colloquialisms/idioms written in their literal form. This time though, there are only three that you need to find. Example: A Panthera Pardus is incapable of altering its texture. (A leopard can't change its spots) 1. In the general area, but failing to acquire the roll of tobacco. 2. Please pardon my accidental use of a romance language derived from Latin. 3. Direct your attention to the melodic tones currently occurring.",No hint available.,"1. Close but no Cigar--This means to come close to succeeding, but not quite reaching your goal. 2. Excuse my French--This is a term used when someone curses at an inappropriate time. 3. Face the Music--This means to accept what will happen, instead of running from it or denying it.",Other,06/09/05 #10557,Don't Tell the Kids,2.35,1.52,OD-1,"My wife and I often talk to each other in code so our kids don't know what's up. Using synonyms, descriptions, or alternate sayings can you decipher the sentence below? Shall we obtain a holding device containing some slender, savory, lube fried, tuberous pieces, to ingest ?",No hint available.,"Holding device = bag Slender = thin Savory = spicy Lube fried = boiled in oil Tuberous pieces = potato slices Ingest = eat So the simple version is: Shall we get a bag of spicy chips to eat?",Language,02/19/03 #43696,Smudgy Glass,2.35,1.0,bookwrmKP,"There once was a small family named Smith. The father had to work all day, and often the mother took her kids with her to go grocery shopping on the weekends. One winter day in the middle of December, it was once again a weekend and Mrs. Smith once again had to go grocery shopping. But this time, the oldest child David (who was twelve), decided that he was old enough to stay home with the younger kids: a 3-year-old (Tim) and a 4-year-old (Jane). Anyway, Mrs. Smith agreed and went out shopping without them. The whole time, she worried and worried about her kids at home alone and finally rushed home as fast as she could. When she got home, she found her kids safe and relatively happy. She also found a whole bunch of smudgy fingerprints all over the glass windows! Mrs. Smith was not very happy about this and accused David of making them. ""I didn't do it, Mom, I swear! It was the younger kids!"" David said. Unfortunately for him, his mom was no fool and had proof that he had made the smudges. What proof did she have?",Think about the age differences between David and Tim and Jane.,"Mrs. Smith looked carefully at the smudges and concluded that Tim and Jane couldn't have made them because they were too high up! David confessed that he had been looking outside, and his breath had fogged up the glass. He thought it would be fun to make pictures in the fog, and he did, leaving smudgy fingerprints behind. Needless to say, David was grounded for lying to his mom.",Situation,12/08/08 #48994,Words Out of Order,2.85,2.77,Gizzer,"Can you rank the following series of words in the proper order? admission, cook, governor, league, message, mustard, pepper, punishment",Who outranks whom?,"message, punishment, pepper, governor, cook, league, mustard, admission The reverse order is also acceptable. Explanation: Each of the words can be preceded by a military rank to form a phrase. (private) message, (corporal) punishment, (sergeant) pepper, (lieutenant) governor, (captain) cook, (major) league, (colonel) mustard, (general) admission",Series,08/29/11 #22151,Animal Olympics- 100 Meter Dash,2.87,1.23,cdrock,"In Animal world all the best competitors from all over the world are warming up for the big animal olympics. The first olympic games is the 100 meter dash. Can you figure out who is which animal, and how they placed? Names- Tina, Aaron, John, Jessica, and Jamie Animals- dog, cat, horse, mouse, and monkey Clues: 1. Aaron finished either 2nd or 3rd. 2. The animal that finished 2nd was the monkey. 3. Aaron is not a cat or mouse. 4. Jamie is not a cat or monkey. 5. Jamie did not finish 4th or 5th. 6. The animal that finished 4th is not the cat or dog. 7. Neither John nor Jessica finished 4th. 8. John is the horse. 9. Jessica finished in 3rd.",No hint available.,"Tina-4th-mouse Aaron-2nd-monkey John-5th-horse Jessica-3rd-cat Jamie-1st-dog",Logic-Grid,04/08/05 #475,Which came first?,2.09,2.8,Mr. G,"What are the next three numerals in this series... 8, 12, 9, 7, 11, 13, 8, __, __, __...",It`s a stately affair!,"The numerals represent the number of letters in the first ten states` name, listed in the order of their joining the union. So the next three numerals are 13, 12, 8. The states are: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia...",Series,05/16/01 #4705,Isa's Mother,2.44,1.36,figure8,"Lisa is the mother of Isa. Isa is the daughter of Lisa. Therefore, Lisa is the ________ of Isa's mother.",No hint available.,NAME,Riddle,06/13/02 #670,Penguins and Bears,2.72,1.09,vikass,"At the North Pole, I happened to spy, 50 animals swimming by, I saw 10 seals chasing their tails, I saw 10 walruses, I saw 10 whales, I saw 10 Polar bears, me oh my! So how many penguins went swimming by?",No hint available.,None. Penguins live at the South Pole.,Riddle,09/20/01 #50122,The Enemy Within,2.68,1.53,ThinksForFun,"I know I'm not welcome But I keep coming back Eventually I'll Be under your attack At a time you will choose I will be swept away Although ultimately I will return some day Keep in mind through it all Part of me comes from you So you'll win the battle But the war starts anew What am I?","The sight of me is not pleasing I may even cause one's (a word that rhymes with ""pleasing"")","household dust The line ""part of me comes from you"" is a reference to the fact that household dust originates partly from human skin cells and human hair. For the hint, the missing rhyming word is ""sneezing"". This line is a reference to the fact that dust may worsen hay fever. The title is a reference to dust as being ""the enemy within"" your own home.",Riddle,01/25/14 #43854,12-digit Oddities,2.46,3.24,javaguru,"What characteristic do these three 12-digit numbers share with each other, but with no other 12-digit number? 100307124369 111824028801 433800063225","316713 334401 656635","They are all square numbers: 100307124369 = 316713^2 111824028801 = 334401^2 433800063225 = 656635^2 The sum of their digits are square numbers: 1+0+0+3+0+7+1+2+4+3+6+9 = 36 = 6^2 1+1+1+8+2+4+0+2+8+8+0+1 = 36 = 6^2 4+3+3+8+0+0+0+6+3+2+2+5 = 36 = 6^2 The sum of their digit pairs are square numbers: 10+03+07+12+43+69 = 144 = 12^2 11+18+24+02+88+01 = 144 = 12^2 43+38+00+06+32+25 = 144 = 12^2 The sum of their digit triplets are square numbers: 100+307+124+369 = 900 = 30^2 111+824+028+801 = 1764 = 42^2 433+800+063+225 = 1521 = 39^2 The sum of their digit quadruplets are square numbers: 1003+0712+4369 = 6084 = 78^2 1118+2402+8801 = 12321 = 111^2 4338+0006+3225 = 7569 = 87^2 The sum of their digit sextuplets are square numbers: 100307+124369 = 224676 = 474^2 111824+028801 = 140625 = 375^2 433800+063225 = 497025 = 705^2",Math,01/05/09 #46193,Couch Potato 6,2.68,2.9,cnmne,"You know that you're a couch potato if ... you can name the television series in Group B that can be added to Group A, and give the reason. Group A: The Andy Griffith Show, The Bob Newhart Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Patty Duke Show Group B: The Bill Cosby Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Doris Day Show, The Eve Arden Show, The Phil Silvers Show, The Redd Foxx Show",No hint available.,"Each of the shows had a title that included the lead actor's name. The lead actor of each series in Group A played a character with the same first name as that actor. Andy Griffith starred as Andy Taylor. Bob Newhart starred as Robert ""Bob"" Hartley. Mary Tyler Moore starred as Mary Richards. Patty Duke starred as Patty Lane. Thus, ""The Doris Day Show"", starring Doris Day as Doris Martin, can be added to Group A. Bill Cosby starred as Chet Kincaid, Dick Van Dyke starred as Robert ""Rob"" Petrie, Eve Arden starred as Liza Hammond, Phil Silvers starred as Ernest ""Ernie"" Bilko, and Redd Foxx starred as Al Hughes.",Trivia,01/14/10 #1058,Used Car,2.23,1.12,Michelle,Michelle Knaw bought a used car for $600 and sold it for $800. She later bought it back for $1000 and resold it for $1200. Did Michelle make any profit and if so how much?,No hint available.,"At first it appears that Michelle made a profit of $200, however this is not the case. Michelle made a total profit of $400 since she made $200 profit each time she sold the car.",Math,10/08/01 #43810,Who Said What? II,2.29,1.79,tedger,"Below are two quotes, each by a different individual. However, some of their letters have been removed. Your task is twofold: first, determine what letters have been remove and, secondly, take those letters and unscramble them to spell out the individual's name. Do this for each quote. Do not mix the letters between the two quotes. An example has been provided. EXAMPLE: Incomplete quote: ""Human eing are the onl creatures n earth that aow their children to ome ack home."" - I Completed quote: ""Human (B)eing(S) are the onl(Y) creatures (O)n earth that a(L)(L)ow their children to (C)ome (B)ack home."" Given letters: I - Missing letters: B, S, Y, O, L, L, C, B Unscrambled letters: Bill Cosby Now that you see how it works, here are your two puzzles: ""In the bginning the was othing. Go said, 'Let ther b ight!' And there was ight. Ther was till othing, but you could se it a whole lot better."" - G ""Tat i the rt of mkng a point ithut makig a nemy."" - T",No hint available.,"""In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better."" - Ellen DeGeneres Missing letters: E, E, R, N, D, E, E, L, L, E, S, N, E ""In the b(E)ginning th(E)(R)e was (N)othing. Go(D) said, 'Let ther(E) b(E) (L)ight!' And there was (L)ight. Ther(E) was (S)till (N)othing, but you could s(E)e it a whole lot better."" - (E)(L)(L)(E)(N) (D)(E)G(E)(N)(E)(R)(E)(S) ""Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy."" - Isaac Newton Missing letters: C, S, A, A, I, W, O, N, N, E ""Ta(C)t i(S) the (A)rt of m(A)k(I)ng a point (W)ith(O)ut maki(N)g a(N) (E)nemy."" - (I)(S)(A)(A)(C) (N)(E)(W)t(O)(N)",Language,12/28/08 #23967,Rhyming Pair,2.75,2.68,lessthanjake789,"Take a word of letters eight That means ""to alleviate"". Replace the first letter with the letter that precedes it in the alphabet and ""to engage in legal proceedings"" is what you'll get. What are the two words?","In case its confusing, the replacement of letters works like this: fats-->eats (replaced the first letter with the one that precedes it in the alphabet... f-->e)",Mitigate and Litigate.,Riddle,06/23/05 #201,360 D in a C,2.4,0.98,jerry1,360 D in a C,Think roundly!,360 Degrees in a Circle,Letter-Equations,02/01/01 #23379,2 Step,2.26,2.26,Cheerleader_09,"What are the next two numbers in this sequence? 0, 3, 15, 63, 255, _ _","x, +","1,023 4,095 You have to multiply the first number by four and then add three to it. 0*4=0+3=3 3*4=12+3=15 15*4=60+3=63 255*4=1020+3=1023 1023*4=4092+3=4095",Series,06/03/05 #17427,Can You Find the Palindrome? #'s 2 & 3,2.56,2.18,spookboy0,"In the below sentences there are a number of clues to words within the square brackets - []. Solve these clues to get a word, then the resulting sentence will be a palindrome. [Lord] A [The color of cherries, apples, etc.] [At McDonalds, you'd get some Chicken Mc______s], a [big; stout] [chicken offspring] under a [canine]! [Street mice] [dwell; inhabit] on no [wicked] [celestial body].",No hint available.,"#2: God, a red nugget, a fat egg under a dog! #3: Rats live on no evil star.",Language,04/19/04 #13924,Fruity 2,2.75,2.94,MrIxolite,"Locate each missing letter noted. Guessed correctly and placed expertly, the answer will please all who see. LEM?N G?APE ?AWPAWS Oh, and the correct answers are NOT O, R, and P. That would be too easy.",No hint available.,"The correct answer is L, C and T The Letters shown do not spell out types of fruit, they are the first letters from each word that makes up the teaser question ie (L)ocate (E)ach (M)issing (L)etter (N)oted. (G)uessed (C)orrectly (A)nd (P)laced (E)xpertly, (T)he (A)nswer (W)ill (P)lease (A)ll (W)ho (S)ee.",Language,07/21/03 #10270,D+M=R,2.17,3.02,melly,"Can you work out the logic that is being used here, and thus supply either of the two letters that can satisfy the final equation? D+M=R X-N=C (K+R)/R=T (BxW)+E=Y RxNxA=H+X (X/G)+F-K=?",No hint available.,"Each letter should be replaced by the number of ""ends"" which each letter has. For example, D is 0, M is 2 and T is 3. So, the answer to the final equation is (4/2)+3-4=1. So the answer must be P (or Q, depending on how you write it).",Other,02/05/03 #28231,Fit in Your Pocket,2.81,1.32,brainster,"When I was young, I occupied an entire room... And now, after so many decades, I can fit even in your pocket! What am I?",No hint available.,"A computer. The first computer, the ENIAC, occupied an entire room. Today's PCs come even in pocket size!",Riddle,01/24/06 #19681,Start to Finish,2.22,2.29,snaps,"What phrase could be used to describe the course shown below? Start: the tall pillar First Checkpoint: the rusty gate Second Checkpoint: the blue lagoon Third Checkpoint: the tall tree Finish: the wooden post",The three checkpoints are red herrings.,"From pillar to post The race starts at a pillar and finishes at a post.",Rebus,12/03/04 #50291,Don't Let It Be Me,2.83,1.65,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? 1 1 1=EGROTG",It's a children's phrase sometimes used while playing.,"last one is a rotten egg last ""1"" (one) ""="" (is) a ""ROT"" in ""EGG"" (rotten egg)",Rebus,05/08/14 #24910,Class Pets,2.42,0.63,teaserboy,"At Glendale Elementary school there are five classes (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade), and each class has a different amount of students (25, 30, 35, 40, and 45). Plus each class has a different pet (turtle, frog, fish, bunny, and snake). Using the clues below, determine how many students are in each class and what pet they have. 2nd grade has the least amount of students. 5th grade wanted the snake, but got the bunny. 1st grade, which is stuck in the middle student-wise, thought that its pet snake was scary. 4th grade , which isn't the largest class, has a fish. The turtle is in the largest class. The second biggest class got the bunny.",No hint available.,"1st: 35, snake 2nd: 25, frog 3rd: 45, turtle 4th: 30, fish 5th: 40, bunny",Logic-Grid,07/27/05 #6744,15 Pigs,2.7,1.92,pemalova,"Your name is Cedrick, you're a Ukrainian farmer with 15 pigs. Being a poor farmer in this country, you are given strange laws to abide by. 1. You must have exactly 4 pens. 2. You must have an odd number of pigs in each pen. How do you do it?","You're a peaceful farmer. No killing or adding to your stash of pigs. It may seem like it's impossible, but really, it works.",Place 5 pigs in each of three pens. Then put the fourth pen around the other 3. The fourth pen has all 15 pigs.,Math,08/21/02 #14571,Bargain,2.46,1.84,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? 100 Years purchased for £100.",No hint available.,Sale of the century.,Rebus,08/27/03 #592,Part of the bird,2.69,1.8900000000000001,snoopdogg,"The part of the bird not in the sky, which can swim in the ocean and always stay dry",No hint available.,Its shadow,Riddle,06/06/01 #15508,Three Letter Comb,2.28,2.73,mad-ade,"Find the only words in the English language that contain these Three Letter Combinations. 1) ADQ 2) EKD 3) FSP 4) GNP",No hint available.,"headquarters =ADQ weekday = EKD offspring = FSP signpost = GNP",Language,11/23/03 #12029,Snaps' TRIPE Question 7,2.69,2.38,snaps,"The Snapsinski Test of Responsiveness, Intelligence, Perceptivity and Elucidation (more commonly known as Snaps' TRIPE) is used to examine a person's excogitations of insensate disquisitions, inter alia (ie. a person's thoughts about senseless babble, among other things). Question 7 of Snaps' TRIPE is shown below. Question 7: STARCH, TALENT, PLEASE, MINGLE, FACETS Remove two letters from each of the five words above so that, without rearranging the removed letters, a 10-letter word is formed. However, the remaining four letters of each word must also form a new word, with those letters being kept in the existing order as well. (eg. If given the words SPOILT and PRIEST to form a 4-letter word, the resulting words would be SILT (PO), PIES (RT) and the combined letters would form the word PORT).",No hint available.,"The 10-letter word is CHALLENGES. The 4-letter words formed are (with the removed letters shown in brackets): STAR__ (CH) T__ENT (AL) P_EAS_ (LE) MI__LE (NG) FAC_T_ (ES)",Language,04/25/03 #30350,Phoney Puzzle VI,2.42,2.44,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 436487 64448 23 337274233 27 2 7877363 22722489 367 4388464 487 7677377677 4686 8768253 63 255 54637. -- Samuel Butler 843 782542 47 96633738559 86537268. 48 36744837 3837984464 392378 436487. -- Oscar Wilde","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXY","Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds. -- Samuel Butler The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. -- Oscar Wilde",Cryptography,05/08/06 #2084,4 L on a H,2.13,2.32,ChemicalBoy08,4 L on a H,No hint available.,4 limbs on a human,Letter-Equations,01/19/02 #25202,Spice World,2.49,2.89,phrebh,"This is not the object of vice, But merely a flavorful spice. It comes from the bark of a tree And is ground for food, savory. It is the color of rust, tan. For pumpkin pie, it's a must, man. Even a dumb automaton Knows that it's not cinnamon.",No hint available.,"Cassia. Cinnamonum cassia is sold in the United States as ""cinnamon"", but it is not true cinnamon (Cinnamonum verum). Cassia does have a similar flavor, but isn't as aromatic. Also, the bark from the cinnamon tree curls in from both sides when dried, but cassia only curls from one side. Most Europeans prefer cinnamon, but in Southern Europe, cassia is preferred.",Trivia,08/09/05 #41963,"4 Classes, 4 A's",2.58,1.54,whsprec,"Adam, Billy, Caroline, and David each have an A in their favorite subject. Each student has only one A and it is in either Calculus, Biology, Physics, or English. Each student's favorite class is taken during a different time from first to fourth period, and there is only one A per period. Match the student to their favorite class and the period in which the class is taken. 1) Adam's class is after Physics and before Biology. 2) Caroline has an A in Biology, so she tutors Billy during their free 4th period. 3) David is grounded for failing Physics 1st period. 4) The student with the A in English has the class 4th period.",No hint available.,"Adam - Calculus, 2nd period Billy - Physics, 1st period Caroline - Biology, 3rd period David - English, 4th period",Logic,05/18/08 #41047,Distorted Music - P,2.43,2.37,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter P. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Zeal Parry 2. A Genome Moor Usurps 3. Are Pry 4. A Regenerate Plops","1. One word 2. Five words 3. One word 4. Three words","1. ""Paralyzer"" by Finger Eleven 2. ""Pour Some Sugar On Me"" by Def Leppard 3. ""Prayer"" by Disturbed 4. ""People Are Strange"" The Doors",Language,03/14/08 #29808,Blocks,2.62,2.78,peppamintp,"A single letter is on each of the six sides of four toy blocks. No letter is repeated. Any side of a block can be face up, and the blocks can be in any order. The twelve words listed below can be spelled face up using the four blocks. What are the six letters on each block? 1. Brim 2. Clip 3. Hank 4. Hoax 5. Home 6. Puny 7. Quit 8. Rude 9. Stow 10. Vein 11. Wife 12. Zeal",No hint available.,"1. ACMUVW 2. BEKPTX 3. DHISYZ 4. FLNOQR",Logic,04/16/06 #1880,Roller Coaster,2.54,1.14,supermew30,"A father took his sons to an amusement park one day. He told them to meet him at the entrance at 5:00 later that day. When the kids finally showed up at the end of the day, it was 5:30. The father said that he was angry and wouldn't take them again for a whole month. One of the boys said, ""Wait, it wasn't our fault! We were on a roller coaster, but as we went down the first hill the engine blew out!"" After thinking for a while, he grounded the boys. How did he know they were lying?",No hint available.,"Roller coasters don't have engines. They have a special motorized track to get them up the first big hill. After that, gravity takes over and they can coast all the way to the end.",Mystery,12/31/01 #12164,On a Plane,2.12,2.13,Peat,"Whenever I move, I change planes. How can this be since I never fly?",Geometry,"This ellipsoid called Earth is made up of an infinite number of geometric planes, as is any sphere. We can only be perpendicular to one plane at a time, so whenever we move it is always a movement between different planes, in a geometric sense. Thus whenever we move we change planes.",Math,05/01/03 #28155,13 Animals,2.75,1.95,lips,"Can you find 13 animals in this rather curious poem? A person, as simple we are. Catch the kid o'er the bridge. Follow the chief, oxtail soup we like. Anagram ANPI gives us PAIN, cower under a ridge.",No hint available.,"Ape, ass, ewe, cat, kid, doe, fox, ox, nag, man, pig, cow, ram.",Language,01/19/06 #18792,Truman,2.44,1.79,accordionman,"M a l e D e e r <---",No hint available.,"The buck stops here The title is Truman because President Harry Truman had these words on his desk.",Rebus,09/08/04 #36775,Aesop's Fables VI,2.34,1.65,brainster,"We've all read Aesop's Fables in one form or another. These interesting stories captivate our attention and always leave us with a moral. One of those morals is represented below. Can you find it? Andy helps me: Good Mom helps me: Better Dad helps me: Even better I help myself: Best!",No hint available.,Self help is the best help.,Rebus,05/30/07 #22124,Nickers II,2.48,2.03,badbunnee,"BtB (Bad-the-Bunny) made another visit to his friend's farm yesterday and gave some more animals nicknames based on common-phrases. He had previously called the turkey, for example; ""Cold Turkey"" The animal name could be in front of, or behind, these words below. The _____ shows the position of the animal name. The last one (bottom line) was a pair of siblings. What are the animals? _____ Punch Old _____ _____ Down Sour _____ Jimminy _____",Quickly try each of the nicks with several farm animals or wild animals that might be near a farm. You'll get it.,"Rabbit Punch Old Coot Wolf Down, or Chow Down Sour Puss Jimminy Crickets Rabbit Punch: a sharp, disabling blow to the neck or shoulder. Old Coot: ""Old Coot"" is colloquial for somebody of advanced years. Wolf Down: to eat one's food rapidly, in large bites, and without chewing thoroughly Chow Down: to eat a meal Sour Puss: means the ""look"" on somebody's face when they are ""down"" or ""depressed"" or in a humorless mood. Also someone without a sense of humour Jimminy Crickets: to express surprise or confoundment,",Language,04/07/05 #44397,Cake Carelessness,1.92,0.75,cakewalk13,"Four people were celebrating birthdays on April 4th. They all ordered cakes from Caketown. The only problem is, the baker mixed up all of the orders! Can you figure out who ordered what? 1. For his topping, Felipe realized he needed to buy something to make it bright. 2. Kat ordered glaze. 3. The color of Kat's cake is the color of a vanilla bean. 4. The cake that Jane ordered is named after the game in which the players roll glass spheres around. 5. The one whose cake is frosted like a donut has berries. 6. Similar to confetti, Jane loves these toppings on her cake. 7. Ever read the Swiss Family Robinson? What they used to treat animals' wounds is what Timmy's frosting tastes like. It's similar to margarine. 8. The Mexican man loves the taste of vanilla, so that's the frosting he picked. 9. Easter is almost here! The one who has dripping wax wants his cake the color of chicks. 10. Timmy loves flowers. He also loves rich, yummy cake that has a name like what you measure weight with.",Felipe requested candles on his cake.,"Timmy: roses, buttercream, pound cake Jane: sprinkles, chocolate, marble cake Felipe: candles, vanilla, yellow cake Kat: berries, glaze, chocolate cake",Logic-Grid,04/29/09 #12877,Jane and Henry,2.42,1.03,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? TheHeart + Absence = TheHeartF TheHeartF + Absence = TheHeartFO TheHeartFO + Absence = TheHeartFON TheHeartFON + Absence = TheHeartFOND TheHeartFOND + Absence = TheHeartFONDE TheHeartFONDE + Absence = TheHeartFONDER",No hint available.,"Absence makes the heart grow fonder. (title - Henry and Jane Fonda)",Rebus,06/02/03 #17641,Weather Man 2,2.55,2.74,MrIxolite,"What saying is represented below? Mr Ix, ""Bing!"" Weatherman, ""You said Bing, so today will be full of sunshine"" Mr Ix, ""Ting!"" Weatherman, ""You said Ting, so today will be full of blizzards"" Mr Ix, ""Ving!"" Weatherman, ""You said Ving, so today will be full of showers""",No hint available.,"Saving for a rainy day Say ""Ving"" for a day full of rain",Rebus,05/15/04 #40225,What's Your Number?,2.1,2.02,TRILLIONAIRE,"Start with a number larger than 0, square it, add 4, double it, take away 3, multiply times 4 and finally subtract the original number. If you were now left with 20, what number did you start with?",It's between 0 and 5.,1/8,Math,01/27/08 #6773,Half of Two,2.22,0.8300000000000001,k2w2man,Is half of two plus two equal to two or three?,No hint available.,"Three. It seems that it could almost be either, but if you follow the mathematical orders of operation, division is performed before addition. So... half of two is one. Then add two, and the answer is three.",Math,08/22/02 #19651,Baseball Facts?,2.34,2.39,MrIxolite,"What are shown below? 1st Base - The moon is made of cheese 2nd Base - Winston Churchill was a woman 3rd Base - Pandas can breathe underwater 4th Base - London is England's capital 4th Base - The Earth orbits the Sun 4th Base - Humans are mammals",No hint available.,"A few home truths Fourth base in baseball is also known as home base. At these bases, the statements are true, whilst the others are not.",Rebus,12/01/04 #50029,Clues to a Phrase,2.56,2.78,eighsse,"In this teaser, you are given clues. The blanks to each answer are numbered, and if you arrange all of the letters in numerical order, you will have a phrase or quote. The first letter of each answer, in order, will reveal the name of the person who said or wrote the quote, or a related word or phrase. 1. Xylem : water :: arteries : _____ [27][33][31][48][17] 2. Make a shallow cut [40][49][9][50] 3. Cyrano's flaw [45][24][21][12] 4. Thwart [30][25][6][39] 5. Force away [20][7][14][13][38] 6. Privy [19][35][16][42][51] 7. Intersection [8][1][2][28][15] 8. Seaweed [11][18][26][3] 9. Lend, contractually [37][4][41][34][10] 10. Of a steely sarcasm? [44][5][47][46][36][22] 11. A compass direction [43][32][52][29][23]",No hint available.,"1. Blood 2. Etch 3. Nose 4. Foil 5. Repel 6. Aware 7. Nexus 8. Kelp 9. Lease 10. Ironic 11. North ""Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."" -- Ben Franklin",Language,12/14/13 #20152,I Wonder!,2.65,1.65,josbuc,"Find a four letter word that fits with the clues for the following puzzle. Avoid using names, words with repeated letters, or plurals of three letter words. The number in parentheses is the number of letters in the final answer. Use processes of elimination to figure this out. For example the letter T in tune is not one of the letters in the final answer so you should cross out any T's in the entire puzzle. Also (2) means that two of the letters are in the final answer. You will end up with four different letters after completing the upper part of the puzzle. TUNE (0) LAMB (0) DOWN (1) FOUR (1) COLT (2) PRAY (2) FOIL (1) __________",I suggest you write this down on a piece of paper and not try to solve this while looking at the computer monitor.,Copy,Logic,12/28/04 #41735,Square Flag,2.06,2.35,cnmne,"A square flag has a blue field with two white diagonal bars that form a cross. Each bar extends across the entire diagonal, from corner to corner. The cross occupies half of the flag's area. The flag measures 60 inches on each side. To the nearest 0.01, what is the width of the bars?",No hint available.,"12.43 inches a) The square flag measures 60 inches on a side, so its area is 60*60 = 3600. b) The white cross occupies half of the area, or 3600/2 = 1800. c) Since the flag is square, the cross divides the flag's blue field into four equal-sized isosceles right triangles. Each of those triangles has an area of 1800/4 = 450. d) The area (A) of an isosceles right triangle is calculated by the formula 0.5(X^2) = A, where X is the length of one of the two perpendicular legs. 0.5(X^2) = 450, or X^2 = 900, or X = 30. These perpendicular legs form the border between the field and the cross. e) The hypotenuse (H) of an isosceles right triangle is calculated by the formula H = (2(X^2))^(1/2), where X is the length of one of the two perpendicular legs. H = (2(30^2))^(1/2) = (2(900)^(1/2) = 1800^(1/2) = 42.43. f) The hypotenuse of each triangle lies along the perimeter in the center of each side of the flag. The remaining length of each side is split equally between the two bars, leaving (60-42.43)/2 , or 8.79, for each bar. g) Where the bars extend into the corners of the flag, isosceles right triangles with legs of 8.79 are formed. Again, use the formula H = (2(X^2))^(1/2). H = (2(8.79^2))^(1/2) = (2(77.26))^(1/2) = 154.52^(1/2) = 12.43 = H. The hypotenuse of 12.43 is the width of the bars.",Math,04/29/08 #16662,Who Wants Warts?,2.44,2.04,cnmne,"Princess Veronica wants to kiss a frog and turn it into a prince. But all she has is a toad. Can you turn a toad into a frog by changing one letter at a time? Each step must create a valid word in the English language. Veronica made the change in 7 steps. Can you do as well ... or better? TOAD ----> FROG",No hint available.,"TOAD GOAD GLAD CLAD CLOD CLOG FLOG FROG",Language,02/20/04 #49807,Chain Letters 2,2.35,2.0,cnmne,"The following two 4x4 grids each contain a 12-letter word. Each word is formed by a chain of letters. A word can begin with any of the letters. The second letter of a word is adjacent (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) to the first letter, the third letter is adjacent to the second, and so on. No letter can be used more than once. Four letters in each grid will be unused. RCSE OKAO NPLD EEIN XTDM OERI AXBO OMUS",The first letter of the first word is in the second row. The first letter of the second word is in the third row.,The words are KALEIDOSCOPE and AMBIDEXTROUS.,Language,04/13/13 #42607,Wrestling Superstars II,1.86,2.62,RiddleMeThis91,R F = The N B,No hint available.,"Ric Flair = The Nature Boy Ric Flair is a 16-time world champion: eight-time NWA Champion, six-time WCW Champion and two-time WWF/E Champion. He retired March 30th, 2008.",Letter-Equations,07/25/08 #17087,"1,048,576",2.5100000000000002,1.44,Takua_Nui,"1,048,576 = B in a MB","You don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure this out. (Though a computer geek would be nice.)","1,048,576= Bytes in a Megabyte",Letter-Equations,03/20/04 #30106,Jazz,2.34,1.5,dancergirl,,think dance,jazz square,Rebus,04/27/06 #50482,Model Modification 4,2.94,2.39,MarcM1098,"Have you ever been stuck in traffic, staring at the vehicle ahead of you? Did you notice the make and model? Now you can use that to your advantage. Each clue below takes the model name of a vehicle and modifies it to form a normal English word. Any letters in quotes must be added to the model name (either before, after, or inside). See how many you can figure out. Example: Don't be greedy! Inserting ""PERABU"" into this Plymouth model is just too much. Answer: SU-PERABU-NDANCE, a modified Plymouth SUNDANCE. A ""superabundance"" is an excessive amount. 1. You may get a hole in one of these Volkswagen models, but you will be beaten backwards. 2. Insert ""AT"" into this Ford model to establish the validity of your will. 3. You must insert an ""ITIM"" in this Subaru model to be in compliance with the law. 4. This Mitsubishi model is a summary, but it needs an ""E"" to be strictly correct. 5. Following this Toyota model with ""RY"" will lead you to a conclusion. 6. Adding ""BLE"" to this Oldsmobile model is something we can definitely do. 7. Inserting a ""C"" into this Honda model will make it impossible to occur.","Here is a list of models; only some are needed. Achieva, Alero, Beetle, Civic, Colt, Corolla, Escape, Expo, Fit, Forester, Golf, Integra, Legacy, Neon, Precis, Prelude, Prius, Probe, Quest, Scorpio, Tempo","1. FLOG, a modified (backwards) Volkswagen GOLF. To ""flog"" is to beat; a hole-in-one is a perfect shot in golf. 2. PROB-AT-E, a modified Ford PROBE. A ""probate"" is the process of proving that a will is authentic. 3. LEG-ITIM-ACY, a modified Subaru LEGACY. ""Legitimacy"" refers to conforming with the law. 4. PRECIS-E, a modified Mitsubishi PRECIS. To be ""precise"" is to be exactly correct; a ""precis"" is a summary. 5. COROLLA-RY, a modified Toyota COROLLA. A ""corollary"" is something easily shown based on what is already proved. 6. ACHIEVA-BLE, a modified Oldsmobile ACHIEVA. Anything that can be done is ""achievable"". 7. PRE-C-LUDE, a modified Honda PRELUDE. To ""preclude"" is to make impossible or to prevent from occurring.",Trivia,11/24/14 #2836,Good Lookin' Please,2.74,2.21,sonic,"Can you decipher this? sweet N low Good lookin' please",A way to beg.,Pretty please with sugar on top.,Rebus,03/23/02 #39921,Not Burnt,2.52,1.51,shenqiang,"John spilt some molten metal on his hand. However, he didn't get burnt. How can this be possible?","Q: Is John wearing gloves? A: No Q: Is John a real human on earth? A: Yes Q: Is the molten metal iron? A: No Q: Is John handicapped and wearing a fake hand? A: No","The molten metal is mercury (Hg)! Mercury's melting point is lower than that of water and is a liquid at room temperature. It's got something to do with the very weak Hg-Hg bonding, and that's due to the fact that Hg atoms do not share their valence electrons readily. Mercury is poisonous and should be handled with care. However, unlike other liquids, it doesn't stick to or infiltrate solid surfaces unless they're made of metals. Therefore, mercury poisoning is unlikely to be caused by skin contact.",Science,01/07/08 #5426,Cirkeepcle,2.52,1.74,michelle,"What does this mean? Cirkeepcle",No hint available.,Keep in shape,Rebus,07/10/02 #16606,Typo,2.71,1.06,kiwioz9,"What well known phrase does this represent? T_RN",No hint available.,No U-Turn,Rebus,02/17/04 #8434,Bring it Down,2.84,1.91,Skellum,"What do these words have in common? Full Green Halfway Light Tree Ware",All of the words are missing something.,They are all types of houses.,Group,11/08/02 #34488,Couch Potato 2,2.53,2.49,cnmne,"You know that you're a couch potato if ... you can name the television series in Group B that can be added to Group A, and give the reason. Group A: Beverly Hillbillies, Happy Days, Leave It to Beaver, Seventh Heaven Group B: All in the Family, Bonanza, Dallas, Family Ties, Father Knows Best, Home Improvement",No hint available.,"Each series in Group A centers around a family whose last name begins with ""C"". Thus, ""Bonanza"" can be added to Group A. Beverly Hillbillies = Clampett, Happy Days = Cunningham, Leave It to Beaver = Cleaver, Seventh Heaven = Camden, and Bonanza = Cartwright The other series, respectively, are: Bunker, Ewing, Keaton, Anderson, Taylor",Group,12/20/06 #13059,BD N TE HAD,2.65,1.72,dakini,"There is one entire word left out, and several other letters left out. What well known phrase is this? There are altogether 13 missing letters, including the missing word. (missing word) BD N TE HAD I WTH TW I HE BUH.",Have you ever gone bird watching?,A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush.,Language,06/11/03 #52107,Dollar and Cents,2.91,1.52,MarcM1098,"What is wrong with the following logic that ""proves"" 1 dollar = 1 cent? See if you can determine at which line(s) a mistake is made. 1 dollar = 100 cents = 10 cents x 10 cents = 1/10 dollar x 1/10 dollar = 1/100 dollar = 1 cent","Try replacing money (dollar and cent) with length (metre and centimetre). What is 10cm x 10cm?","The chain of equality breaks down at the second equals sign. 10 cents x 10 cents = 100 cents^2 (whatever a square cent is). It's like mixing length (metres) with area (square metres). It should read 100 cents = 10 x 10 cents. The same type of error is made again when dollar x dollar is asserted equal to dollar instead of dollar^2. Here is corrected logic: 1 dollar = 100 cents = 10 x 10 cents = 10 x 1/10 dollar = 10/10 dollar = 1 dollar",Logic,12/30/18 #42851,Multiple Words,2.3,2.07,coltonr1,"I am a seven letter word. Letters 7-4-5 spell a type of metal. Letters 2-3-4-5 spell a synonym of acquire. Letters 6-7-1-2 spell an adult deer. What word am I?",No hint available.,"Against letters 7-4-5 = Tin letters 2-3-4-5 = Gain letters 6-7-1-2 = Stag",Language,08/20/08 #11494,An Old Classic,2.64,2.48,PeaceJo,"Song Title: Where am I? _____ Road _____ Avenue _____ Boulevard _____ Crescent",U2,"""Where the Streets Have No Name"" - song by U2.",Rebus,03/31/03 #1102,If a man carried my burden,2.47,1.8800000000000001,vivek,"If a man carried my burden He would break his back. I am not rich, But leave silver in my track.",No hint available.,A Snail,Riddle,10/11/01 #6145,"HD, SS, KS",2.19,2.8,missie,"Finish the series: HD, SS, KS, TS, KS, ?",No hint available.,"TS. They are the first and last letters (in order) from that song Head & Shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes.",Series,08/01/02 #35420,Odd One Out #9,2.53,2.25,LordT,"Which of these is the odd one out in this group? EGG FISH TABLE FOUNDATION BET",No hint available.,FISH. You can lay everything else.,Group,02/23/07 #28578,"Threes, Fives and Sevens",2.18,2.96,shenqiang,"Which is the smallest natural number that satisfies the following conditions: (1) Its digits consist only of, and only of 3's, 5's and 7's. (2) Its digital sum is divisible by 3, 5 and 7. (3) The number itself is divisible by 3, 5 and 7.",It's easier than some of you might think.,"From condition 2, its digital sum is at least 105. From condition 3, it must end with 5, but its divisibility by 3 is guaranteed, so we only have to check 7. From condition 1 and 2, it has an odd number of digits. 105/7=15, so it has more than 15, and at least 17 digits. We can have: (1) 13 7's, 1 5, and 3 3's; (2) 12 7's, 3 5's, and 2 3's; (3) 11 7's, 5 5's, and 1 3. In the second case, we verify that neither 33557777777777775 nor 33575777777777775 is divisible by 7, but 33577577777777775 is divisible by 7 (the quotient is 4796796825396825.) In the first case, the only number they make that is less than 33577577777777775 is 33377777777777775, which is not divisible by 7. In the third case, they can't make a number less than 33577577777777775. Therefore, the number we're looking for is 33577577777777775.",Math,02/11/06 #36682,This is a Mix Up!,2.34,2.88,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to add the same three (3) letters to each of these three words and mix them up to make three well-known geographical locations. 1. ATMAS 2. EBBRS 3. RDW",Australia,"The missing three letters are: A I N 1. Tasmania 2. Brisbane 3. Darwin",Language,05/20/07 #10998,Word of Letters Four,2.54,2.72,just_moi,"I'm a word of letters four with close ties to snow. Just half of my first my third letter will show. One fifth of my fourth my first you may call. Of my second 'tis best to say nothing at all. What word am I?",No hint available.,"COLD Here's how: According to the 2nd line, ""half of my first (C), my third will show (L). This is because in Roman numerals, C = 100 and L = 50. Half of C (100) is, of course, 50 (L). According to the 3rd line,"" One Fifth of my fourth my first you may call"". This works out since one fifth of D, which is 500 in Roman numerals, is 100 (which is C - the first letter). According to the 4th line, ""Of my second tis best to say nothing at all"". This is because 0 is well... nothing.",Riddle,03/09/03 #4873,Overnight Lock Up,2.24,2.07,mad-ade,"Mad Ade and two of his friends ( Smelly Nelly and Strange Bob O'Flatulent) accidentally got themselves locked in the store room of the ""Sweaty Chef"" kebab shop overnight. After several minutes of being locked in, hunger struck and Mad Ade found some unguarded kebabs in a box. The three friends divided the kebabs equally. After all of them had eaten 4 kebabs each, the total number of kebabs remaining is equal to the number of kebabs each had after division. How many kebabs had Mad Ade found in the box?",No hint available.,"18 Assume that initially there were 3*X Kebabs. So they got X kebabs each after division. All of them ate 4 kebabs. So now they have (X - 4) kebabs each. But it is given that, after they ate 4 kebabs each, total number of kebabs remaining is equal to the kebabs each had after division i.e. X Therefore, the equation is 3 * (X - 4) = X 3 * X - 12 = X 2 * X = 12 X = 6 Therefore the total kebabs before division is = 3 * X = 18. Although by the time they were released the next day a lot more kebabs and numerous cans of pop had mysteriously ""disappeared""",Math,06/21/02 #5851,siinformationde,2.35,1.2,michelle,"What does this mean? siinformationde",No hint available.,Inside information,Rebus,07/24/02 #5020,Rise to vote sir,2.57,1.02,glennyboy02,"What is so special about this phrase? Rise to vote sir",No hint available.,It's a palindrome (it reads the same thing backwards as well as forwards),Language,06/28/02 #11725,Skydiving,2.11,1.19,divawoman11520,"Quintuplets, Sara, Kara, Mara, Lara, and Tara all went skydiving. Sara went before Mara, but after Kara. Lara went first. If Tara went after Mara, in what order did the girls go?",Sara is 3rd.,"Lara went first, then Kara, then Sara, then Mara, and then Tara.",Logic,04/12/03 #12623,Command,2.77,2.11,MrIxolite,"What Command is represented below? High card 1 Pair 2 Pairs 3 of a Kind Straight Flush Full house Four of a kind Straight Flush Royal Flush All 52 Cards",Poker,"All hands on deck All the legal HANDS in the card game of Poker are ON All 52 Cards which is known as a DECK",Rebus,05/23/03 #38197,Three Sportsmen,2.39,2.72,shenqiang,"Three sportsmen, Tom, Jim and Sam, are standing in a row, and we can see their backs. Each of them wears a suit, which are red, yellow and blue in no particular order. Each suit has a different number, between 2 and 9, inclusive. Clues are: 1. In the order they stand, the three numbers form a perfect square. 2. Tom's number is smaller than the rightmost sportsman's number. 3. The yellow suit's number is odd. 4. The factorial of Sam's number, plus one, is divisible by the red suit's number.",One of the clues is very important.,"Left: Tom, yellow, 5; Middle: Jim, red, 7; Right: Sam, blue, 6. From clue 4, the red suit's number must be greater than Sam's number, and must be odd. By trial and error, the possible combinations are (3,2), (5,4), (7,3), (7,6). From clue 1, the square can only be 324 or 576, where 3 or 7 is the red suit's number. From clue 3, the square must be 576, and 5 is the yellow suit's number and 6 the blue one. From clue 2, Tom must be the 5 and Jim the 7.",Logic,09/10/07 #49438,I and Friends,1.73,0.9400000000000001,selpy123,How do you make friends into I by removing one letter at a time?,There are 7 steps.,"Friends Friend Fiend Find Fin In I",Language,04/23/12 #28699,Movie Scramble II,2.81,2.33,sgtammo,"Can you unscramble the movies in Part 1 and match them with who the star was in Part 2? And your answer is? Part 1 1. LANEI 2. TOCMELA 3. GEISNRLM 4. OPCYSH 5. RMAOB 6. PASUARSCT 7. EUTKL Part 2 1. Kirk Douglas. 2. Sylvester Stallone. 3. Donald Sutherland. 4. Sigourney Weaver. 5. Phoebe Cates. 6. Richard Harris. 7. Anthony Perkins.","1. Monster in the belly. 2. King's marriage in England. 3. Malevolently mischievous monsters. 4. Female embezzler at the Bates Motel. 5. Vietnam Veteran. 6. Slave leads revolt against Roman empire. 7. Small town detective searches for a missing man.","1. Alien: Sigourney Weaver. 2. Camelot: Richard Harris. 3. Gremlins: Phoebe Cates. 4. Psycho: Anthony Perkins. 5. Rambo: Sylvester Stallone. 6. Spartacus: Kirk Douglas. 7. Klute: Donald Sutherland.",Trivia,02/18/06 #40843,"All About ""The""",2.39,1.46,Scubee,"Each of the following clues refers to a word that begins with ""the"". Can you guess them all? 1) An unlawful taking 2) An unproved assumption 3) The 16th U.S. President was assassinated in one 4) The 26th U.S. President's first 5) A specialist in the area of disorders The hint reveals the total number of letters in each word.","1) 5 2) 6 3) 7 4) 8 5) 9","1) Theft 2) Theory 3) Theater 4) Theodore 5) Therapist",Language,03/04/08 #27666,First Snowfall,2.88,1.79,Rob2003,"Lucy looked outside on Friday morning to see snow on the ground. She was so excited - it was the first snowfall of the winter! School was delayed an hour that morning as the town plowed the four inches of snow off the roads. She looked forward to school with keen anticipation. She couldn't wait to chat online with her Northern friends during her study block. When she compared notes with them, it turned out that each of her friends had gotten snow that week, though all from different storms on different days - even different amounts! Determine the full name of her friends, where each of them lived, and on what day and how much snow each got. 1. The five friends were, in no particular order, Alice Parker, the person who lived in New York, the person whose last name is Smith, the person who got snow on Thursday, and the boy who got one inch of snow. 2. Five inches of snow fell in St. Paul, but not on Thursday. Harold lived in New York, but he didn't get snow on Wednesday. Jay got snow on Friday. 3. Gregory, whose last name wasn't Trip, didn't live in Cleveland. Mr. Ward didn't get snow on Tuesday. Brenda did not live in Chicago. 4. One town got two inches of snow on Monday. The person who got snow on Tuesday lived in St. Paul. 5. The girl from Richmond got the same amount of snow as Lucy did. The person whose last name was Trip got snow on Thursday. 6. Gregory got one inch less of snow than the person who lived in Richmond, but he got two more inches than the person whose last name was Crombie.",No hint available.,"Alice Parker, St. Paul, Tuesday, 5 inches. Brenda Trip, Richmond, Thursday, 4 inches. Gregory Smith, Chicago, Wednesday, 3 inches. Harold Ward, New York, Monday, 2 inches. Jay Crombie, Cleveland, Friday 1 inch.",Logic-Grid,12/24/05 #4384,What's the Date?,2.25,2.83,mad-ade,"How many days before the 17th of August is it, if 50 days ago, it was four times as many days since March 30th?",No hint available.,18 days,Other,05/31/02 #47721,Back in Forth 15,2.78,2.82,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. re____ed (pull; trace) 2. cur____s (transmitted) 3. fa____ll (water pitcher) 4. a____ble (military meal)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. bestowed honour upon 2. being rudely abrupt 3. polite parting words 4. come together","1. rewarded (DRAW - re_WARD_ed) 2. curtness (SENT - cur_TNES_s) 3. farewell (EWER - fa_REWE_ll) 4. assemble (MESS - a_SSEM_ble)",Language,08/11/10 #10332,Six-Letter Fill-Ins,2.52,2.28,Bobbrt,"The letters in the following six-letter words will fill in the blanks of one of the longer words below. The letters will not retain their order when used to fill in the blanks. For example, ""lot"" could fill in the blanks in ""S _ _ _ E N"" to make the word ""STOLEN"". A. Access B. Strain C. Staged D. Pretty E. Slates 1. D I _ A _ V _ N _ A _ _ 2. _ O M _ R _ _ U _ _ 3. _ _ N I _ E N _ I A _ _ 4. _ E _ _ _ _ E R _ 5. _ _ _ R _ I T I _ _",No hint available.,"1. Disadvantage (Staged) 2. Somersault (Slates) 3. Penitentiary (Pretty) 4. Retainers (Strain) 5. Scarcities (Access)",Language,02/09/03 #30010,"The Total is 14, Part III",2.7,2.7,tsimkin,"Mr. Simkin, the new math teacher at school, was impressed by his students' ability to solve logic puzzles. He pulled aside three more students, and handed them each a sealed envelope with a number written inside. He told them that they each have a positive integer, and the sum of their numbers was 14. Manny, Moe, and Jack each opened their envelopes. Mr. Simkin asks Manny if he knows anything about the numbers the other two are holding, and Manny says, ""I know that Moe and Jack are holding different numbers."" Moe answers, ""IN THAT CASE, I know that all three of our numbers are different."" Jack thinks for a bit, and then says, ""Now I know all of our numbers."" Mr. Simkin turns to the class and asks if anyone in the class knows the numbers. Gretchen's hand shoots up into the air, and after waiting for a while to see if anyone else will get the answer, Mr. Simkin calls on Gretchen. What numbers does she say they each are holding?",No hint available.,"Manny has a 3, Moe has a 2, and Jack has a 9. From Manny's statement, we can deduce that his number is odd. Since Moe did not know that they were all different until Manny said that, we know that Moe is not holding a 7, 9, or 11. (Otherwise, he would have already known they were all different.) If he were holding a 1, 3, or 5, he would not be able to be sure his number was different than Manny's. If he were holding a 4, 8, or 12, he could not know that Manny and Jack didn't have the same number, since there are odd pairs that would bring the total to 14. Therefore, Moe must be holding a 2, 6, or 10. There are 12 triples for (Manny, Moe, Jack) that satisfy all three statements. They are: (1, 2, 11) (1, 6, 7) (1, 10, 3) (3, 2, 9) (3, 6, 5) (3, 10, 1) (5, 2, 7) (5, 6, 3) (7, 2, 5) (7, 6, 1) (9, 2, 3) (11, 2, 1) Since Jack can reason flawlessly, he knows these are the possibilities. In order to make his statement, his number has to be a unique solution. Therefore, he must be holding a 9 or an 11. If he were holding 11, though, he would have known from Manny's statement that Manny had a 1, Moe had a 2, and he had an 11. Since he didn't know them all until after Moe spoke, he must have a 9, leaving Manny a 3 and Moe a 2. Mr. Simkin suggests to Gretchen that she may have a career in law enforcement if she can further hone these impressive deductive reasoning skills.",Logic,04/24/06 #7759,Digging Rabbits,2.75,1.94,hprulz,"If one small rabbit can dig a warren in nine hours, a medium rabbit can dig a warren in 6 hours and a large rabbit can dig a warren in four and a half hours, how long will it take one small, one medium and one large rabbit to dig a warren if they all work together?",No hint available.,"2 hours. In one hour, each rabbit can dig 1/9, 1/6, and 1/4.5 of a warren, respectively. To figure out how much the three of them can do in an hour, just add these up (convert to 18ths first): 2/18 + 3/18 + 4/18 = 9/18 = 1/2. Since together they can dig half of a warren per hour, it will take two hours to dig a whole warren.",Math,09/29/02 #38792,Just Equivalent,2.44,2.4,aresII,"My first's my head (my tail is just the same). My next lives in a hill; you'll know its name. My third-whatever the sum may be, you'll show My whole is just equivalent, I know.",No hint available.,T-ANT-AMOUNT,Riddle,10/15/07 #40724,Distorted Music - B,2.71,2.15,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter B. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Bleed Houses Use 2. A Dab Heroism Phony 3. Blab Can Kick 4. A Dabbed Forevers Lurk Moon 5. Bleeding Worry",No hint available.,"1. ""Blue Suede Shoes"" by Elvis Presley 2. ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" by Queen 3. ""Back In Black"" by AC/DC 4. ""Boulevard of Broken Dreams"" by Green Day 5. ""Brown Eyed Girl"" by Van Morrison",Language,02/26/08 #547,Toothless bites,2.49,1.97,snoopdogg,"Voiceless it cries, Wingless it flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters. What is it?",No hint available.,The Wind.,Riddle,05/31/01 #31699,Small Plastic Object,2.48,1.58,JeffJ99,"I may be black I may be white Or any color in between I come in contact with strings I am small I am made of plastic I am very light I am used during the day, and especially at night I am not round But I am moved up and down And I am used to create a sound What am I?",Think about musical instruments and accessories.,Guitar pick,Riddle,07/11/06 #1144,Canary Cargo,2.57,1.58,starman,"A cargo plane loaded with canaries is set to take off but the co-pilot has calculated the weight of the plane and its contents is just a few pounds over its maximum allowable takeoff weight. ""No problem,"" he tells the captain. ""I'm going back to the cargo area. When you hear me yelling, go ahead and take off."" What was he planning to do?",No hint available.,"The co-pilot was planning to make a lot of noise yelling, scaring the canaries into flying which would lighten the load enough for the plane to take off. The fuel burned during takeoff would lighten the load enough for the birds to alight again after the plane was airborne. (The captain, however, knew this little trick wouldn't work and taxied back to the loading area to have some canaries removed. He knew that the canaries were heavier than the air they displaced from the closed interior of the aircraft and that their combined weight while flying would still be distributed to the airplane by air molecules)",Science,10/15/01 #36482,Aesop's Fables I,2.46,2.08,brainster,"We've all read Aesop's Fables in one form or another. These interesting stories captivate our attention and always leave us with a moral. One of those morals is hidden in the story below. Can you find it? Young Creation Smith went to the bank on a trip from school. The trip was meant to show children how banks worked and to instill in children the concept of saving. Creation was surprised and told the teller explaining the facilities offered by the bank, ""Mr. Teller, I'm here all the time! My mom has an account here!"" ""Really? That's great!"" said Mr. Teller. ""What's her name?"" Creation said his mom's name was Mrs. Need Smith.",No hint available.,"Necessity is the mother of invention. Mrs. Need (Necessity) Smith is the mother of young Creation (Invention) Smith. This moral is described in the Aesop's Fable titled ""The Crow and The Pitcher"", where the crow learns by necessity, a way to bring the water in the pitcher to the brim to enable the crow to drink it.",Other,05/02/07 #28337,Dan Quayle I,2.77,2.32,Dave,"D qcyg Bjqdeczsdj, D xzjbkdbjqqn izga px ds Xfcgsdu. J qca yckgz kpzscpk dh js dstdbjkdcs ce egagz xgcxqg icdsi kc kfg xcqqh. Csg aczt hplh px xzcwjwqn kfg zghxcshdwdqdkn ce jsn ydbg xzghdtgsk, jst kfjk csg aczt dh 'kc wg xzgxjzgt'. Ljog sc ldhkjog jwcpk dk: Cxgzjkdcs Tghgzk Hkczl kzpqn ajh j ydbkczn ce icct cygz gydq, ce ezggtcl cygz knzjssn, ce xgjbg cygz ajz. D hkjst wn jqq kfg ldhhkjkglgskh kfjk D'yg ljtg.","Q = L U = X A = W Y = V L = M E = F","I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix. A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls. One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'. Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war. I stand by all the misstatements that I've made. A = W B = C C = O D = I E = F F = H G = E H = S I = G J = A K = T L = M M = J N = Y O = K P = U Q = L R = Z S = N T = D U = X V = Q W = B X = P Y = V Z = R",Cryptography,01/29/06 #40738,Master of the Cellar,2.4,2.61,mosca,"To Benedictine cloth, sworn I, With humble lot; my garb was dull. But in the cellar; naught 'scaped my eye; As I the grower's yield must cull. I sought in all the best to do, To prune the wand'ring vine to size, And foreign substance all eschew, The vintage fine to optimize. To blindness tales I beg a lie; Too, the myth my reputation scars, That I to brothers gave the cry, ""Come quickly; I am drinking stars!"" Who am I?",My first name is Pierre.,"Dom Pierre Perignon. The pricey brand of champagne, Dom Perignon, is named after him. Pierre Perignon entered into the Benedictine at the Abbey of Saint-Vannes in the town of Verdun. He transferred to the Abbey of Hautvilliers, near Espernay, where he served as cellar master until his death. While he was in this position, the Abbey increased the size of its vinevards. Some of the rules he developed for wine making survive to this day. He believed that fine wine should be made only from Pinot Noir grapes; rotten and overly large grapes should be discarded. Perignon preferred multiple presses rather than treading the grapes and used only natural processes without the addition of foreign substances. He aggressively pruned the vines to produce a smaller crop of higher quality. He was said to have invented the process to make champagne and on his first taste of the bubbly allegedly called out to the rest of the Abbey, ""Come quickly, I am drinking stars!"" This story was probably invented by a later cellar master to add importance to the Abbey.",Trivia,02/27/08 #44418,A Bargain!,2.73,1.69,Zag24,"This is another of my rhyming word ladder teasers. You may have to work forward and backward to get all eight words. A bargain is what I have to offer as the first for you to create. Last two swap, then add one: something to make you late. Lose the E and scramble: one a tramp would never marry. Change last to be EN: under burden, hard to carry. Turn N to R and add another: store food and goods in here. Change the D to be a G. You've gotten heavy, dear. Change first and last to B and S: strong ships without a keel. Drop ES but add three more: now that is quite a deal!",No hint available.,"DEAL: a bargain DELAY: something to make you late LADY: would never marry a tramp (This is a reference to the Disney movie, ""Lady and the Tramp"" in which the title characters do get married in the end.) LADEN: under burden LARDER: store food and goods in here LARGER: heavier BARGES: strong ships without a keel BARGAIN: quite a deal",Language,05/05/09 #43576,Improper Prefixes 7,2.66,2.56,cnmne,"The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. The pronunciation for the ""incorrect definition"" may be different (""co ward"" instead of ""coward""). Example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix). 1) no longer meditative 2) to remove a flower 3) to follow (for surveillance) someone again 4) to be against a musical group",No hint available.,"1) expensive (ex pensive) 2) disaster (dis aster) 3) retail (re tail) 4) contraband (contra band)",Language,11/17/08 #21316,Skydiving Elvis,2.85,2.01,MrIxolite,"What phrase is hidden here? Genie's Gift Skydiving Elvis",No hint available.,"Wish upon a falling star Genie's Gift = A Wish Skydiving (falling) Elvis (Star)",Rebus,03/03/05 #51399,Commuter Problems,2.65,1.05,danielj2,"Five friends (Men: Larry, Harry, and Jerry; Women: Carrie and Mary) each had trouble getting to work one day. Identify which friend used which mode of transport, and the corresponding reason they were late to work. FRIENDS: Larry, Carrie, Harry, Mary, and Jerry. MODES OF TRANSPORT: Car, Motorcycle, Bus, Bike, Walk REASONS: Construction, Flat tire, Accident, Storm, Traffic signal CLUES: 1. Neither of the women took public transportation. 2. Mary is still fuming over that faulty traffic signal. 3. The rider on two wheels (who wasn't Carrie) decided to wait out the storm. 4. Harry passed Carrie (who wasn't affected by construction or the storm) on his way to work. She later caught up to him because he forgot to pack his air pump. 5. Jerry hoped to bypass other vehicles on the road by letting someone else drive, but the construction delays were too much. 6. Larry and Mary worked too far away to walk to work and were glad they had full tanks of gas. 7. The walker was an eyewitness to an accident and had to wait around to give a statement to police.",No hint available.,"Larry - Motorcycle - Storm Carrie - Walk - Accident Harry - Bike - Flat tire Mary - Car - Traffic signal Jerry - Bus - Construction",Logic-Grid,08/17/17 #46299,Curtail L,3.19,1.33,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Pebbles, rock fragments -> Tomb; serious 2. Prearranged fight with weapons -> Payable on demand; owed 3. Experience emotion; touch -> Fixed charge 4. Implement used for a job -> Also; excessively 5. Standard of perfection -> Mental concept; thought 6. Speech pattern with long vowels -> To sketch 7. Artist's tripod -> Freedom from hardship 8. Pale tint of colour -> Glue; a soft malleable mixture","The words start with these letters: 1. G 2. D 3. F 4. T 5. I 6. D 7. E 8. P","1. Gravel -> Grave 2. Duel -> Due 3. Feel -> Fee 4. Tool -> Too 5. Ideal -> Idea 6. Drawl -> Draw 7. Easel -> Ease 8. Pastel -> Paste",Language,02/03/10 #34646,Add a Letter 4,2.69,2.0,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). 1) an animal with antlers & gloomy 2) a volume & a sailing ship 3) to scorch lightly & the only one 4) a sour substance & caustic",No hint available.,"1) moose & morose 2) gallon & galleon 3) singe & single 4) acid & acrid",Language,12/30/06 #6211,Fate,2.19,1.68,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? Dest12/05/69iny",No hint available.,A date with destiny,Rebus,08/03/02 #30473,Lost Numbers,2.66,1.72,fairelamour,"While walking along the river, you come upon a Countess. The Countess looks very sad, so you ask what is wrong. It seems that the Countess has lost some numbers and needs to find them. She says they are special numbers because: 1. They are all between 300 and 600. 2. The middle digit is odd and the other digits are even. 3. The sum of the digits is 13. Can you find the lost numbers for the Countess?","1. What digit must each number start with? 2. Numbers ending in zero are even numbers.","The lost numbers are 418, 436, 454, 472, and 490. Try 3-digit numbers that begin with 4 and have an odd middle number and an even ones digit. Then add the digits to see if the sum is 13.",Math,05/14/06 #38975,Spazy Croonerisms 11,2.73,2.15,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) a garden tool and a body organ & a body of water and a body of water 2) unfavorable chance & young male deer 3) barber's job & shack maintenance 4) a sock in Oslo & a harsh-sounding smeller",No hint available.,"1) rake and liver & lake and river 2) bad luck & lad buck 3) cut hair & hut care 4) Norse hose & hoarse nose",Language,10/28/07 #15014,Daddyo,1.99,2.39,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented by the number 8 below? Daddy 8 Mummy 4 Son 3 Daughter 7",No hint available.,"8 is a ""Father figure""",Rebus,10/07/03 #17853,Particularly Worrying,2.84,1.77,snaps,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The ____ was closing in, making his ____ harder but through his ____ of contacts he was able to evade the police."" you would fill in NET, WORK, and NETWORK. The ____ count in the imported food was particularly worrying as there weren't ____ holes in the packaging, which had been shipped from ____.",No hint available.,"GERM, ANY, GERMANY",Language,06/07/04 #17082,Valueless If Bought,2.94,1.39,dieblondboff,"The cost of making only the maker knows, Valueless if bought, but sometimes traded. A poor man may give one as easily as a king. When one is broken pain and deceit are assured. What am I?","Everyone makes a lot of them, Yet few they keep.",A Promise.,Riddle,03/20/04 #19499,At a Restaurant,2.27,1.7,dsquared,"What expression is hidden here? At a restaurant: It It It $20 gratuity given to waiter by my tongue","You may feel the answer describes your current predicament if you are on the verge of getting the answer but it just won't come out. And if you're really stumped, I'll throw some brackets in to help with the key parts: (It It It) ($20 gratuity) given to waiter (by my tongue)","It's on the tip of my tongue. It It It = Its These are 'on' $20 gratuity given to waiter = the tip (a gratuity is another word for a tip) by my tongue = of my tongue",Rebus,11/19/04 #29003,Tests,2.56,1.13,thompson1,"4 kids had tests in 4 different classes today. Each one studied a different amount of time for their test. Figure out which kids had which tests and how long they each spent studying. Kids - Jim, Sara, Ted, and Kaitlyn Subjects - English, Math, Science, and History Times - 5, 20, 35, and 40 minutes 1. The girl that had a math test did not study for the longest amount of time. 2. Jim, who had an English test, studied 15 minutes longer than Kaitlyn. 3. Ted did not take a science class. 4. The kid taking the science class studied for 20 minutes.",Jim and Ted are boys; Sara and Kaitlyn are girls.,"Jim studied 35 minutes for his English test. Sara studied 5 minutes for her math test. Ted studied 40 minutes for his history test. Kaitlyn studied 20 minutes for her science test.",Logic-Grid,03/09/06 #5083,Under 3000,2.2,2.83,alex,"There is a number less than 3000 that when divided by 2 leaves a remainder of 1, when divided by 3 leaves a remainder of 2, when divided by 4 leaves a remainder of 3, When divided by 5 leaves a remainder of 4, when divided by 6 leaves a remainder of 5, and so on up to nine. What is that number?",No hint available.,2519,Math,06/30/02 #49026,Operation: Automobile-Ectomy,2.35,2.77,cnmne,"Six words have had their automobiles removed. The automobiles have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each automobile with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: bus, cab, car, sedan, truck, van Group B: deit, ditto, eqet, hmer, tafstess, unble",No hint available.,"bus + eqet = bequest (BeqUeSt) cab + hmer = chamber (ChAmBer) car + ditto = dictator (diCtAtoR) sedan + tafstess = steadfastness (StEaDfAstNess) truck + unble = turnbuckle (TuRnbUCKle) van + deit = deviant (deViANt)",Language,09/15/11 #1036,27 B in the N T,2.3,1.84,vivek,27 B in the N T,No hint available.,27 Books in the New Testament,Letter-Equations,10/03/01 #51903,Fruitful Loop,2.8,2.38,ThinksForFun,"What is represented by the following? THE DUST360°TURNRIAL","Think history, not cereal.","The Industrial Revolution The ""360°TURN"" (360-degree turn) is a revolution (a single turn) in ""DUSTRIAL"". Therefore, it is ""THE"" in-""DUSTRIAL"" revolution.",Rebus,07/07/18 #959,Between the Trains,2.24,1.92,Michelle,Two trains are on a head on collision course. The trains are currently 65 miles apart. The north bound train is traveling at 55 miles per hour and the south bound train is traveling at 80 miles per hour. What is the distance between the trains two minutes before they collide?,No hint available.,If the trains are moving toward each other we combine their speeds to give us their speed basis. So: 55+80=135mph. Divide this speed by 60 minutes to give the speed they are traveling each minute=2.25 miles/minute. Therefore: 2 minutes before impact they are 4.5 miles apart.,Math,10/01/01 #33738,Menacing Matchsticks II,2.41,2.07,calmsavior,"You will need twelve matchsticks for this teaser. Take four matchsticks and arrange them into an upright square. Below that, take two matchsticks and connect a backwards L to the lower-right corner of the square. You should now have a 9. With the six other matchsticks, make an identical 9 to the right of the one you have just made. Be sure the space between the two 9s is about one matchstick wide. You should now have 99. Now, moving only two matchsticks, can you make 9? You cannot: Bend or break the matchsticks. Remove the matchsticks. Involve a zero in your answer.",I didn't say you couldn't stack.,"Take the matchstick from the upper-left of one of the 9s and place it diagonally slanting downwards (\) in between the 9 and what now looks like a 3. Take the matchstick from the upper-left of the other 9 and place it diagonally slanting upwards (/) onto the first matchstick. You should now have 3x3, which equals 9.",Other,10/29/06 #12541,Approved Pugilist,2.72,2.54,Codammanus,"Implies approval like a big red check, When compromised, a sure sign to reject. No arms, no legs, but gets around, Pugilist at sea, on and off ground. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am a SEAL. SEAL 1: (SEAL of APPROVAL) SEAL 2: (PROTECTIVE SEAL) SEAL 3: (Mammal that has 'Flippers' not arms or legs) SEAL 4: (NAVY S.E.A.L. Sea, Air, Land)",Riddle,05/21/03 #27852,Touch Down,2.43,2.09,peppamintp,"This past fall's homecoming football game at Albany High School was a joyous occasion. The home team scored five touchdowns while holding its rivals to a score of zero. In addition, five of the top senior players (including the boy whose last name is Hurd) each scored one of the five touchdowns. From this information and the clues below, can you determine each player's full name and the order in which they scored? 1. The second one to run the ball past the goal posts and Hixson are Marc and Murphy, in some order; the other three players are the third one to score, Haynes, and Holmes. 2. The first player to score a touchdown is either Morris or Murphy. 3. The fifth player to get a touchdown and Haynes are Marc and Matt, in some order. 4. Mike isn't Hudson.",No hint available.,"1. Marc Hixson, fifth 2. Matt Haynes, fourth 3. Mike Hurd, third 4. Murphy Hudson, second 5. Morris Holmes, first By clue 1, Marc isn't Haynes. Since the fifth player to score and Haynes are Marc and Matt, in some order (clue 3), Marc is the fifth player and Matt is Haynes. By clue 1, then, Marc is Hixson and Murphy scored second. Morris scored first (clue 2). Since Matt Haynes didn't score third (clue 1), he scored fourth. By elimination, Mike scored third. By clue 1, Holmes didn't score second or third; he scored first. Since Mike isn't Hudson (clue 4), he's Hurd, and Murphy is Hudson.",Logic,01/03/06 #4936,Eleven Thousand,2.06,1.28,librashorty,"Write down the number eleven thousand, eleven hundred, and eleven. What do you have?",No hint available.,"12,111",Math,06/25/02 #30272,"5, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 23, 25, ?",2.25,1.91,kiss,"What's the next number in this series? 5, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 23, 25, ?",No hint available.,"28. The nth entry is the nth composite number plus n. 5=4+1, 8=6+2, 11=8+3, 13=9+4, 15=10+5, 18=12+6, 21=14+7, 23=15+8, 25=16+9, 28=18+10.",Series,05/05/06 #12000,6 = U S T Z,2.36,1.99,Glenbo,6 = U S T Z,No hint available.,6 = United States Time Zones,Letter-Equations,04/23/03 #4282,Evaporation,2.22,1.79,mad-ade,Mad Ade has left a glass of water on the window ledge in direct sun light. On the first day 1/3 of the water evaporates. On the second day 3/4 of the remainder evaporates. By the end of the second day Mad Ade remembers the glass. How much water is left expressed as a fraction?,No hint available.,1/6 of the water is left.,Math,05/26/02 #4780,Snow Plow,2.96,0.88,bobbrt,"The following limerick has had the last word of each line scrambled. Can you figure it out? In a snowstorm the plow wasn't TWIFS, So Jim was decidedly FIDFEM; His street really ENDEDE The plow, so he DAPELED, But the driver did not get his FIDTR.",No hint available.,"In a snowstorm the plow wasn't SWIFT, So Jim was decidedly MIFFED; His street really NEEDED The plow, so he PLEADED, But the driver did not get his DRIFT.",Riddle,06/17/02 #7082,Not Yet,2.24,2.71,majd,"What is this rebus? ITIT'S'S",No hint available.,"It's not over till It's over. (The outer IT'S is not finished until the inner IT'S is finished)",Rebus,09/01/02 #14657,Cryptogram Quotes I,2.54,2.3,taiya2003,"Each letter in the alphabet has been replaced by another letter. Solve the quotation. QFL HCVPS PX V ANSWLCEZK NCJVS; PQ XQVCQX QFL BPSZQL RNZ JLQ ZT PS QFL BNCSPSJ VSW WNLX SNQ XQNT ZSQPK RNZ JLQ QN QFL NEEPGL. -- CNHLCQ ECNXQ","A one-letter word is always A or I. In a two letter word, one letter must be a vowel. J represents G.","The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts the minute you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get to the office. -- Robert Frost",Cryptography,09/02/03 #4725,Basket of Oranges,2.47,1.35,bluetwo,"A fruit vendor had a basket of oranges. A customer approached him and purchased one half of the oranges plus half an orange. A second customer came and purchased one half of what he had left plus half an orange. A third customer bought one half of what was left plus half an orange, leaving the vendor's basket empty. He did not cut or break any orange. How many did he have when he started?",No hint available.,"He started with 7 oranges. Half of 7 + 1/2 an orange = 4, leaving the man with 3 oranges. Half of 3 + 1/2 an orange = 2, leaving the man with one orange. Half of 1 + 1/2 an orange = 1, leaving the man with no more oranges.",Math,06/14/02 #4618,Sandcastles,2.23,1.56,mad-ade,"If it takes 20 buckets of sand to make a sandcastle, how many buckets will it need to make another castle of the same shape, but twice as big in each direction ?",No hint available.,"160 buckets. Since the large castle will be twice as long, twice as wide and twice as high, it will be 2 * 2 * 2 = 8 times the mass of the small one.",Math,06/10/02 #51367,Perhaps Try a Different Key ?,1.52,1.72,LittleGreenMan,"Using your ""intuitive leap"" skills, what's your best guess for the Rebus shown below? Me: ""mi, mi, mi, fa, fa, so, so"" Me: ""mi, mi, mi, fa, fa, so, mi"" Me: ""mi, mi, mi, fa, fa, mi, mi""",No hint available.,"""changing my tune""",Rebus,07/30/17 #8782,Drug Tests,2.3,2.17,lesternoronha1,"10% of the people in a certain population use an illegal drug. A drug test yields the correct result 90% of the time, whether the person uses drugs or not. A random person is forced to take the drug test and the result is positive. What is the probability he uses drugs?",No hint available.,"The probability of event A given event B is Pr(A and B)/Pr(B). In this specific case this is [(.1)(.9)]/[(.1)(.9)+(.9)(.1)] = 1/2. You could think of it this way: Say the total population is 10 people. In this case there is one drug user and 9 non-users. If the drug user gets tested 10 times, the result will be 9 positive and 1 negative. If the non-users get tested 10 times each, the results will be 9 negative and 1 positive for each user. Therefore, if everyone is tested 10 times, there will be a total of 18 positive results: 9 for the user and 1 for each of the non-users. In other words, if you get a positive result, it is correct half of the time (9 out of 18 times in this case).",Probability,11/27/02 #17618,Casually Lower,2.5,2.74,rose_rox,"These four words have something in common: casually properly locale lower Which word from the list below also fits in the list above? numeral apocope pily lineage",No hint available.,"The word 'pily' belongs on the list above because an L in the word can be replaced with a T and will still be a real word. casualty property locate tower pity",Group,05/11/04 #13479,3 = W on a R R,2.12,2.99,Didge53s,3 = W on a R R,No hint available.,3 = Wheels on a Reliant Robin (it's a three-wheeled car).,Letter-Equations,06/28/03 #5299,ginlkaw,2.17,1.25,cleverclogs,"What's this phrase? gniklaw",No hint available.,Walking backwards!,Rebus,07/07/02 #26170,Symbol Minded,3.08,1.57,tjm531,"As part of a lesson the Middle Ages, a ninth-grade teacher spent a day teaching about medieval heraldry. To spice things up, he offered extra credit to any student who took the time to research his or her family history. The students' enthusiasm made the lesson a success. From the information provided, can you determine the crest and motto belonging to the family of each student? First Names: Fiona, Howard, Missy, Paul, Shannon Last Names: Cole, Killman, Nathanson, Ruff, Zeigler Crest: griffin, helmet, mastiff, rising sun, three stars Motto: Ad Finem Fidelis, Ex Merito, In Veritate Victoria, Omnia Pro Bono, Te Ipsum Nosce 1. The family crest of the student surnamed Nathanson (who isn't Shannon) depicts three stars. 2. Fiona Kilmann's family crest depicts a rising sun, but isn't the one inscribed with the motto ""Ex Merito"" (which means ""With Merit""). 3. Shannon's family's motto is ""In Veritate Victoria"" (which means ""Victory in Truth""). 4. Missy's family's motto is ""Omnia Pro Bono"" (which means ""All Things for Good""). 5. The student surnamed Zeigler isn't the one whose family crest is a helmet. 6. Howard Cole's family crest depicts a griffin. 7. The crest depicting a mastiff is inscribed with the motto ""Ad Finem Fidelis"" (which means ""Faithful to the End"").",Please note that the mottos were shortened on the grid due to the amount of space allowed.,"Fiona Killman, rising sun, Te Ipsum Nosce Howard Cole, griffin, Ex Merito Missy Nathanson, three stars, Omnia Pro Bono Paul Zeigler, mastiff, Ad Finem Fidelis Shannon Ruff, helmet, In Veritate Victoria",Logic-Grid,10/01/05 #23068,I Can Break a Heart,2.9,1.66,blue4ever16,"I'm sometimes white but always wrong. I can break a heart and hurt the strong. I can build love and tear it down. I can make a smile but more often a frown.",No hint available.,A Lie.,Riddle,05/22/05 #9487,A Suspension Bridge,2.55,1.9000000000000001,lesternoronha1,"Before airplanes were invented, a suspension bridge was being planned to span a violent river. There was no way a boat could carry the suspension cables across the violent water, and the bridge could not be built until the cables were in place. The builders decided to hold a contest to solve the problem. The contest was won by a young boy. Shortly thereafter the cables spanned the water. What contest could have been used to solve this problem?",No hint available.,"The builders offered a prize to the first person to fly a kite from one side to the other. Once the kite string made the crossing, a heavier cord was tied to the string and it was pulled across. This process was repeated until the first cable crossed the river.",Logic,12/30/02 #27148,Easy DROpalMS - For The Youngsters,3.21,2.09,smarty_blondy,"A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same, if it's turned back-to-front. The names Bob, Eve, and Otto are all palindromes. So is the name of the pop group Abba. Try to identify palindromic words from the following clues. Good luck! Example: Part of the body Answer: Eye 1. Midday 2. A young dog 3. Flat 4. Word for addressing a lady 5. An Eskimo canoe 6. A system for detecting aircraft, ships, etc. 7. An action 8. Pieces of music for one person 9. Grass that grows on the seashore 10. In music, half a semibreve 11. Doctrine 12. Restorer",No hint available.,"1. Midday - Noon 2. A young dog - Pup 3. Flat - Level 4. Word for addressing a lady - Madam 5. An Eskimo canoe - Kayak 6. A system for detecting aircraft, ships, etc. - Radar 7. An action - Deed 8. Pieces of music for one person - Solos 9. Grass that grows on the seashore - Marram 10. In music, half a semibreve - Minim 11. Doctrine - Tenet 12. Restorer - Reviver",Language,11/25/05 #5712,Catch-22,2.44,2.47,cornogeek,"Can you break this simple code to reveal a quote from Joseph Heller's masterpiece ""Catch-22""? HLNV NVM ZIV YLIM NVWRLXIV, HLNV NVM ZXSRVEV NVWRLXIRGB, ZMW HLNV NVM SZEV NVWRLXIRGB GSIFHG FKLM GSVN.",S=H,"Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. C is the third letter of the alphabet and corresponds to X, which is third to last; E is the fifth letter of the alphabet and corresponds to V, which is fifth to last, etc.",Cryptography,07/20/02 #9217,Cool Iced Tea,2.81,1.26,od-1,"One hot afternoon two friends were out relaxing on the back porch. ""Would you like some iced tea?"" one man asked his friend. ""Oh yes as long as it is good and cold."" The host then brought his friend a large glass of iced tea and dropped two small ice cubes in it. His friend took a sip and remarked, ""It's not very cold."" ""Give it a minute,"" the host said. The iced tea then appeared to start boiling. After a minute or so the ice melted, the boiling stopped, and the glass was ice cold. The man took a sip and thanked his friend for the very cool drink. So what made the iced tea cool in this unusual way ?",Think of the boiling and the ice cubes.,"The man put dry ice cubes in his friend's drink. This gave it the appearance of boiling as the ice melted. This also super-cooled the drink in a short time. It's a great holiday party trick. Just don't swallow the ice - very dangerous.",Science,12/18/02 #38602,Eight-letter Words #2,2.57,2.66,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you can only use the letters given. You have to fill in the dashes to form 8-letter words. Each letter is used only once. Good luck and have fun! A BB C DDD EEEE G I LLL NN OO P RRRR S UU W YYY 1. O-T-L-G- 2. A-O-T-N- 3. S-M-O-I- 4. T-L-O-E- 5. G-E-N-R- 6. C-C-M-E- 7. W-E-T-E- 8. U-F-E-Z-",No hint available.,"1. ONTOLOGY 2. ADOPTING 3. SYMBOLIC 4. TALLOWED 5. GREENERY 6. CUCUMBER 7. WRESTLED 8. UNFREEZE",Language,10/03/07 #14119,Because,2.71,1.86,dumbell,"What does the following represent? Because Because Be",No hint available.,Lost cause.,Rebus,08/01/03 #2445,Wish for it,2.87,1.65,watupchicks,"At times we wish for it and at times we don't. It is never here but sometimes we want it to be. I am not a thing I am not an imagination I will never be here What am I?",No hint available.,Tomorrow,Riddle,02/27/02 #14640,13 cm Ruler,2.41,2.59,Gerd,"With a blank ruler (without marks) of exactly 13 cm you can only measure 13 cm. Now you are allowed to set 4 marks so that you can read off all full centimeter values from 1 to 13 cm directly from the ruler. Where must these 4 marks be? Much harder question: The blank ruler has a length of 36 cm and you need 8 marks. Set the marks.",No hint available.,"Marks on the 13 cm-ruler: 1 - 2 - 6 and 10 cm. You could then use these marks together to measure any length of 13 cm or less. For example, you could measure 8 cm by using the distance between the 2 and 10 cm marks. Marks on the ruler with 36 cm: 1 - 3 - 6 - 13 - 20 - 27 - 31 - 35 cm",Math,09/01/03 #821,12 M in a Y,1.98,1.12,Michelle,12 M in a Y,No hint available.,12 Months in a Year,Letter-Equations,09/16/01 #49211,Country Anagrams III,2.43,1.17,dawnrising,"These are anagrams of countries. Can you get all five? 1. And Lice 2. Ten Handlers 3. Moan 4. Eco Mix 5. Rad Line","The first letters of the countries are: 1.I 2.N 3.O 4.M 5.I","1. Iceland 2. Netherlands 3. Oman 4. Mexico 5. Ireland",Language,01/03/12 #5470,English Teacher,2.57,1.8800000000000001,Bobbrt,"The same four letters will be used to finish each incomplete word in the sentence below. The letters will appear in the same order in each word. Can you figure out the words? The usually long-winded English teacher grew uncharacteristically _ _ R _ _ every time we would _ _ A _ _ him by deliberately using the wrong _ _ N _ _ or grammatical case.",No hint available.,The usually long-winded English teacher grew uncharacteristically TERSE every time we would TEASE him by deliberately using the wrong TENSE or grammatical case.,Language,07/11/02 #4331,Fake Wrestler,2.35,1.6300000000000001,supermew30,"At the WFO (Wrestling Federation Organization) there was going to be a great main event match between Rickey Steamboat and Razor Ramon. Before the match one of the wrestlers got kidnapped and an imposter took his place. During the trash talk Rickey said, ""I'll get you in a Cobra Clutch that'll have you gasping for air!"" Razor said, ""Well, I'll get you in a Full Nelson that'll have your legs screaming in pain!"" Right before the match the ring announcer said, ""We have found an imposter in the ring!"" Who was it and how did they know?",Did you look at the names of the moves and what they said it would do?,"It was ""Razor Ramon"" who was the imposter. A Full Nelson is a move on the arms, not the legs.",Situation,05/29/02 #674,What Occurs?,2.33,1.13,vikass,"What occurs four times in every week, twice in every month, only once in a year but never in a day?",No hint available.,The letter `e`,Riddle,06/29/01 #37484,Yellow Holes,2.12,2.47,sportygirl98989,42H = on a C4B,No hint available.,42 Holes = on a Connect 4 Board,Letter-Equations,07/21/07 #42989,Olympic Meeting,2.96,2.65,MarcM1098,"Four friends, Bryan and Simon (men), and Emily and Tatiana (women), met at lunch to discuss the results of their Olympic competitions. They all had a different top 4 finish in a different competition, either the Triathlon (3 events), the Modern Pentathlon (5 events), the Heptathlon (7 events), or the Decathlon (10 events). They are all from English speaking countries (Australia, Britain, Canada, and the U.S.). See if you can figure out where each person is from, which event they competed in, and in what position they finished. 1. Both women received a medal. (Gold is awarded for first, silver for second, and bronze for third.) 2. Tatiana competed in more events than the Briton. 3. The Australian was proud of her silver medal. 4. The Canadian had a better finish than the woman who competed in the Heptathlon. 5. The American competed in more events than the person who won a bronze medal. 6. The person who competed in the Modern Pentathlon didn't have the best finish, but it was better than Bryan. 7. Emily is not Canadian.","Based on clues 1 and 4, the woman who competed in the Heptathlon wasn't fourth. Therefore, the Canadian must have finished first or second.","Bryan, the American, finished 4th in the Decathlon. Emily, the Briton, finished 3rd in the Modern Pentathlon. Simon, the Canadian, finished 1st in the Triathlon. Tatiana, the Australian, finished 2nd in the Heptathlon.",Logic-Grid,09/05/08 #19340,Cater,2.74,2.25,Therulerofthem,"C A T E R",No hint available.,Caterpillar,Rebus,11/04/04 #7207,One of the Best,2.57,2.08,dsquared,"An anagram of the following phrase is a person who others may have thought this way about his, at times, unbeatable ability. pest ape arms",Think tennis and you will be on the money.,Pete Sampras,Language,09/05/02 #25519,One Big Mess,2.66,0.98,metallicman,"Jacob, Dustin, Brittany, Michelle, and Scott were eating at a restaurant. They each liked one of the following: apples, carrots, Starburst, sandwiches, or Skittles. Their ages, in no specific order, are: 38, 14, 18, 43, 16. Their food was under cooked, and they got bad food poisoning. Therefore, no one could remember who was who, but what they could remember was this: 1. The one who is 14 likes Skittles. 2. The one who is 18 has a name that doesn't start with the letter S or B. 3. Michelle is not 14 or 43. 4. Dustin likes Starburst. 5. Brittany is older than Jacob. 6. Scott is older than Dustin and Michelle. 7. Jacob is younger than Dustin. 8. Scott doesn't like sweets or fruit. 9. Michelle likes sandwiches. 10. Michelle is five years younger than Scott. Can you straighten out this mess and discover who is who?",Skittles and Starburst are sweets (candies).,"Jacob, 14, likes Skittles. Brittany, 16, likes apples. Dustin, 18, likes Starburst. Michelle, 38, likes sandwiches. Scott, 43, likes carrots.",Logic-Grid,08/25/05 #22385,Storm,2.83,1.34,queen1-ash,"A man owned a casino and invited some friends. It was a dark stormy night, and they all placed their money on the table right before the lights went out. When the lights came back on, the money was gone. The owner put a rooster in an old rusty tea kettle. He told everyone to get in line and touch the kettle after he turned the lights off, and the rooster will crow when the robber touched it. After everyone touched it, the rooster didn't crow, so the man told everyone to hold out their hands. After examining all the hands, he pointed out who the robber was. How did he know who stole the money?",No hint available.,"Because the tea kettle was rusty, whoever touched it would have rust on their hands. The robber didn't touch the kettle, therefore he was the only one whose hands weren't rusty.",Mystery,04/21/05 #45426,Let Them Eat Meat,2.47,1.79,cnmne,"Change FISH to PORK to BEEF by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. FISH ----> PORK ----> BEEF",No hint available.,"FISH DISH DISK DIRK DORK PORK PERK PEEK REEK REEF BEEF",Language,10/03/09 #18046,Ana-Grammar 2,2.72,2.93,cnmne,"Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set). 1) The big lamp threw a dazzling light upon the royal robe. 2) The goose put his life in jeopardy when he ate the flowers in the plot. 3) Startled by the warning signal, Jack tumbled into the sap; yet he only had to lightly wash his hair to remove the residue. 4) As Ed traveled around the country, he was directed to an alternate highway.",No hint available.,"large = big glare = a dazzling light regal = royal gander = a male goose (his) danger = jeopardy garden = a plot of flowers siren = warning signal resin = tree sap rinse = lightly wash toured = traveled routed = directed detour = an alternate highway",Language,06/28/04 #34878,Words With PT,2.49,2.02,cnmne,"Five words that contain PT as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***PT, *PT***, **PT**, ****PT, **PT*** Pool: A, A, C, C, D, E, E, E, I, I, L, N, N, O, R, S, U, U, U, X",No hint available.,"ADOPT, UPTURN, SEPTIC, EXCEPT, NUPTIAL",Language,01/14/07 #26827,Senseless and Fast,2.98,1.23,amy32,"In your future and in your past I come and go so senseless and fast My purpose is unknown to all Remembrance seems to drift then fall I travel by night and fade by day Because that is my common way",We all have them,Dreams,Riddle,11/09/05 #43284,Miss Brown Murder,2.81,0.99,eggface,"Miss Brown was walking alone in her over-sized house, when suddenly a figure jumped out and killed her. ""It is like a Cluedo case,"" commented Mr. Lombang, a detective. ""Who killed her, what was their weapon, and where did they kill her?"" The murderer would have been someone staying in Miss Brown's home. Therefore, it is either Mr. Blues, Sir Red, Mr. Whitehall, Countess Marigold, or Miss Pinkham. The weapons most likely to be used were a candelabra, a dagger, a plumbing piece, an ancient sword, or a piece of rope. The room in which Miss Brown was murdered was either the lounge, the kitchen, the porch, the hall, or the study. Now the detective Mr. Lombang must figure out who did it based on the following clues. Work out where everyone was: the person in the hall was the murderer. 1. Mr. Blues was in the kitchen when Miss Brown was murdered. 2. The person with the sword was in the study the whole time. 3. Countess Marigold wasn't in the hall and didn't have the rope. 4. Both ladies didn't have access to a weapon with a blade. 5. Sir Red was in the study for the evening. 6. There was a magnificent candelabra in Miss Pinkham's room. 7. The person in the kitchen had a dagger. 8. Mr. Whitehall wasn't in the lounge or the porch. 9. The person with the bit of plumbing most accessible was on the porch.",No hint available.,"Mr. Blues was in the kitchen and had the dagger. Sir Red was in the study and had the sword. Miss Pinkham was in the lounge and had the candelabra. Countess Marigold was in the porch with the bit of plumbing. Mr. Whitehall was in the hall and had the rope. So Mr. Whitehall murdered Miss Brown. Congratulations if you solved this, detective!",Logic-Grid,10/08/08 #51585,Paucity ??,2.0,1.54,BadBunnee02,"Complete the Rebus using your ""lateral thinking"" skills, ""fuzzy logic"" ability, ""cluster mapping"" technique, and ""intuitive leaping"" (if appropriate), to identify a common phrase suggested by the information below. (left)0 <=====> (right)lots of stuff",Title is a hint.,"""there's nothing left""",Rebus,11/19/17 #45797,Consecutive Double Letters 3,3.18,2.16,lifeisgood812,"Feed, good, and kiss are 3 examples of words with double letters. Use the clues and fill in the blanks to find words with consecutive double letters. Remember, these words have 2 sets of double letters in a row! 1. It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a... B _ _ _ _ _ N 2. Body modification. T _ _ _ _ O 3. A Group of people. C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E 4. Acuteness or acumen. K _ _ _ _ _ _ S ---Experts Only!--- 5. Kangaroos, dingos, and kookaburras! C _ _ _ E","1. B A _ _ _ _ N 2. T A _ _ _ O 3. C O M _ _ _ _ _ E 4. K _ _ _ N _ _ S ---Experts Only!--- 5. C _ _ E E","1. Balloon Clue: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a... The first balloon was invented in 1709. Now, balloons are used as an airship design, in celebrations, and even in medicine! Military use of the balloon first occurred in the American Civil War in map-making and in signaling armies. Now, hot air balloons can be seen and ridden during parades and festivals. 2. Tattoo Clue: Body Modification Tattooing is a form of body modification. Many cultures all over the world practice tattooing. The first tattoos were found on ancient Egyptian mummies and on ""Otzi the Iceman,"" who was found frozen in the Italian Alps! 3. Committee Clue: A group of people. Committees are often formed when a group of people need to make a decision. They can range in size from just a few people to a very large group of people. The most well-known examples of committees are in government where committees are delegated to decide on legislation. 4. Keenness Clue: Acuteness or acumen. Keenness is a synonym for acuteness, acumen, brilliance, cleverness, and other similar words. The word 'keen' comes from an Old English word that means brave. 5. Cooee Clue: Kangaroos, dingos, and kookaburras! Cooee is a chant used in the Australian Outback. It is usually shouted to attract attention, indicate one's location, or find missing people. Sherlock Holmes used his knowledge of this word to solve ""The Boscombe Valley Mystery."" (Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle).",Language,11/23/09 #50733,Anagram Dictionary 8,2.97,2.15,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob) Words: coriander, editorial, marsupial, tributary, wolverine Definitions: a person who enjoys a fermented beverage a restaurant for killer whales a true moron cougar dens red, as related to gemstones",No hint available.,"coriander: a restaurant for killer whales (orca diner) editorial: a true moron (real idiot) marsupial: cougar dens (puma lairs) tributary: red, as related to gemstones (ruby trait) wolverine: a person who enjoys a fermented beverage (wine lover)",Language,11/13/15 #1986,Diver,2.44,1.99,Majeen,A man wearing a wetsuit and scuba gear was found burnt and dead in the middle of a forest. How did he get there?,No hint available.,He was scuba diving when he got picked up by a monsoon bucket to put out a bush fire and got dropped into the fire.,Situation,01/08/02 #153,Apple Cider,2.71,1.76,Karin,"A customer arrives at an apple cider farm with a five gallon container and asks the farmer to put four gallons of his finest cider into it. Unfortunately, the only measure the farmer has is a three gallon jug. Can you think of a way that the farmer can measure out exactly four gallons of cider using just these two containers?",No hint available.,"First, fill up the three gallon jug. Pour the three gallons into the five gallon container. Refill the three gallon jug and once again pour it into the five gallon container until it is full. The three gallon jug now contains one gallon. Empty the five gallon container back into the storage tank and then pour the one gallon of cider into it. Now, fill the three gallon jug up again and pour it into the customer`s five gallon container. The container will now contain the desired four gallons.",Math,01/23/01 #38264,Behold The Night,2.81,0.79,grilledcheese,"They set forth to behold the night, Surrounding the dark with their gorgeous sight. A sailor's guide, a child's fears, They're lost to sight as daytime nears. From Heaven, their tears descend, Make a wish before darkness ends.",No hint available.,Stars,Riddle,09/13/07 #49100,Soccer Bet,2.25,1.9000000000000001,rob77,"An egoistic soccer player sees a whole adult soccer team practicing in a soccer field. Wanting to show off, he bets the team $1,000 that he can take them all on by himself and win a game without anyone assisting him. Why is that a good bet for him to make?","""a game"" is different than ""that game"".","He plays a game against them and loses of course. He has ""(taken) them all on by himself"". Then he opens his laptop and wins a game of FreeCell. He has now ""taken them all on by himself and (won) a game""...and $1,000.",Trick,10/21/11 #13930,Reach,2.25,2.31,MrIxolite,"What phrase is illustrated below? HandsHands/HandsHands",No hint available.,Hands across the divide (/).,Rebus,07/21/03 #42543,Add a Letter 19,2.44,2.29,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a moral fault & to utter (4 letters) 2) an interval in a process & to express in words (5 letters) 3) to blaspheme & direction of progress (5 letters) 4) having an active feeling of dislike & unfavorable (6 letters)",No hint available.,"1) vice & voice 2) phase & phrase 3) curse & course 4) averse & adverse",Language,07/19/08 #17400,Snaps' TRIPE Question 4,2.4,2.96,snaps,"The Snapsinski Test of Responsiveness, Intelligence, Perceptivity and Elucidation (more commonly known as Snaps' TRIPE) is used to examine a person's excogitations of insensate disquisitions, inter alia (ie. a person's thoughts about senseless babble, among other things). Question 4 of Snaps' TRIPE is shown below. ""Question 4: Sort the following list of 15 words into three groups. Clearly explain why you decided to group the words in such a way. The words are: alter, and, ant, ark, art, even, hard, hen, jam, just, mat, pet, rich, sea, trick."" Of the many hundreds of thousands of people who have attempted to understand Snaps' TRIPE only one person, Mr. Richard Shunary, received full marks on this question. He sorted the words into the following groups. Group 1: and, jam, just, mat, pet, rich, sea Group 2: alter, ark, even, hard, trick Group 3: ant, art, hen Can you explain why he grouped the words in this way?","Interestingly, Mr. Shunary didn't realise until after completing the question that his own NAME was involved in its solution.","The reasons given by Mr. Shunary for these groupings were: Group 1: words that can have letters at the end to form male names (Andrew, James, Justin, Matthew, Peter, Richard, Sean). Group 2: words that can have letters at the beginning to form male names (Walter, Mark, Steven, Richard, Patrick). Group 3: words that can have letters at the end and beginning (though not at the same time) to form male names (Grant/Anthony, Stuart/Arthur, Stephen/Henry).",Language,04/16/04 #30140,Word Jumble 7 - The Gemstone Series,2.92,1.18,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser: YLAP Take letters 1 & 2 DRAAW Take letters 1 & 4 ELT Take letter 2 Unscramble the letters you collected... What do you get?",No hint available.,"YLAP Take letters 1 & 2 - PLAY, take P,L DRAAW Take letters 1 & 4 - AWARD, take A,R ELT Take letters 2 - LET, take E Unscramble the above to get 'Pearl' Pearls are an organic gem, created by Nature. A pearl is created when oysters cover any object with beautiful layers of nacre. Long ago, pearls were considered to be very sound and important financial assets, equivalent to owning a house of your own, as thousands of oysters had to be searched for only one pearl. They were rare because they were created only by chance. Today, pearls are cultured by man. Oysters are stimulated to cover beads with nacre and create the pearls. Pearls are available in white and beautiful hues of off white and pink. They are also available in black.",Language,04/29/06 #52186,Brownie,2.6,1.33,cutebunny4444,Billy made brownies in less than 2 minutes. He did not go to the store to buy eggs and flour or chocolate. How did he make his brownies?,No hint available.,He made brown e's. The letter E cut out of brown paper.,Riddle,06/01/19 #48278,Eye Rhymes 6,2.88,0.74,MarcM1098,"In each sentence below, two words are incomplete. The two words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each sentence. Example: One symptom of bronchitis is a ro___ co___. (The two words are: rough & cough.) 1. Now that I can fly a kite, I don't m___ the w___. 2. Children in Alabama could be called the Deep So___ yo___. 3. That bully must ce___ to te___ his fellow students. 4. By his 18th birthday, the prince had gr___ into his cr___.","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. mi__ wi__ 2. sou__ you__ 3. cea__ tea__ 4. gro__ cro__","1. mind wind 2. south youth 3. cease tease 4. grown crown",Language,12/13/10 #25552,Institution,2.48,1.74,phrebh,7 = Y of L at H (S of W and W),J. K. Rowling,7 Years of Learning at Hogwarts (School of Witchcraft and Wizardry),Letter-Equations,08/25/05 #362,Two Dead!,2.42,1.44,Noctus,You walk into a room with two dead bodies lying on the floor. Both are surrounded with broken glass and the floor is damp. How did they die?,No hint available.,The two dead bodies were those of fish. The fish tank fell and broke causing death to each fish.,Situation,03/21/01 #8041,Elementary Subtraction,2.7600000000000002,1.41,Wolf,"How can you perform a subtraction on seven so that the result will be even, but without subtracting any odd numbers?",No hint available.,"Subtract the ""s"" from ""seven"" to make ""even"".",Trick,10/14/02 #30238,Common Groups,3.02,1.19,Angelli,"Can you uncover what each group of three has in common? 1. doughnut notebook golf course 2. turtle peanut oyster 3. brown polar Kodiak 4. cough tear rain 5. soap granola candy",No hint available.,"1. They all have holes 2. They all have shells 3. They are all kinds of bears 4. They are all kinds of drops 5. They are all kinds of bars",Group,05/03/06 #33929,Water in the Cup,3.34,2.52,koma,"A man in a restaurant asked a waiter for a juice glass, a dinner plate, water, a match, and a lemon wedge. The man poured enough water onto the plate to cover it. ""If you can get the water on the plate into this glass without touching or moving this plate, I will give you $100,"" the man said. ""You can use the match and lemon to do this."" A few minutes later, the waiter walked away with $100 in his pocket. How did the waiter get the water into the glass?",The glass will be upside-down when the water is in it.,"First, the waiter stuck the match into the lemon wedge, so that it would stand straight. Then he lit the match, and put it in the middle of the plate with the lemon. Then, he placed the glass upside-down over the match. As the flame used up the oxygen in the glass, it created a small vacuum, which sucked in the water through the space between the glass and the plate. Thus, the waiter got the water into the glass without touching or moving the plate. You can try this experiment at home with appropriate supervision.",Science,11/11/06 #47065,Back in Forth 5,2.81,1.9000000000000001,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. gal____s (Christmas) 2. d____ate (fail to keep) 3. her____s (mention or quote) 4. r____ing (story)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. large sailing ships 2. forlorn; uninhabited 3. dissenters; skeptics 4. telling a story","1. galleons (NOEL - gal_LEON_s) 2. desolate (LOSE - d_ESOL_ate) 3. heretics (CITE - her_ETIC_s) 4. relating (TALE - r_ELAT_ing)",Language,05/21/10 #3942,How Long to Count,2.18,2.07,mad-ade,"How long would it take to count to one billion, if you counted 200 every minute and were given one day off every four years?",No hint available.,"9 years, 187 days, 5 hours, 20 minutes. the days off were there to account for leap years.",Math,05/07/02 #11111,Where's Duffus?,2.4,1.77,OD-1,"Duffus Mcclutski loved his tea and often had friends over who shared his passion. On one particular occasion Duffus had Mr. & Mrs. Blue, their 2 boys and 2 girls, Mr.& Mrs. Redneck, their 4 boys and his 3 nieces were over. As the kids didn't drink tea and quickly got bored they convinced the adults to play hide and seek with them. As the clutter in his house could hide a small army it was perfect. There were 2 bedrooms; a kitchen; bathroom; living room; dining room and basement to hide in. Though no one hid in the basement for fear of finding Duffus's used tea bag collection (but that's another teaser). All Duffus's nieces were in one bedroom and two boys in the other. The other girls hid in the dining room. One of the adults was in the bathroom for she had drank too much tea. There were adults hiding in the bathroom; living room; kitchen and dining room. Mrs. Blue wasn't hiding, as she was the one who was to find everyone. One adult and four boys were in the kitchen, so that if the game dragged on they could get a snack. The man with no daughters was fighting with Mr.B's girls for the same hiding spot. There were no kids in the living room, and the man in the dining room had four children. When the game was over, everyone was found except Duffus who had fallen asleep from too much herbal tea. Where did Duffus hide?",Just figure out where the adults are.,"Yes, Duffus was in the living room asleep behind the couch. If he had been the man in the kitchen the four boys would have known his whereabouts and wouldn't have eaten all his snacks. Well, maybe they would have, but that too is another teaser.",Logic,03/13/03 #14444,Hooded Apple,2.63,0.73,MrIxolite,"Little John, Robin Hood and Friar Tuck were hiding from the Sheriff's men in Sherwood forest. They had been hiding up a tree for days and were down to one last apple left to eat. Being a kind and holy man, Friar Tuck said that Robin and Little John could share it between them. Robin promptly sliced the apple in half and asked John which half he wanted. ""The bigger half of course,"" replied John hungrily. ""Ye mean the biggest half surely,"" retorted Robin angrily. ""Use the King's English, ye big oaf."" ""It's bigger."" ""No it's biggest."" A verbal fight ensued until finally Robin turned to Friar Tuck. ""Good Friar, are ye not an educated man?"" ""Yes indeed Robin"" replied the Friar. ""Then settle this. Which of us is correct?"" ""Neither of ye actually, my friends."" Why isn't either of them correct?",No hint available.,"Because if you cut something in half, both halves should be the same size. There is neither a ""bigger"" half nor a ""biggest"" half.",Trick,08/20/03 #19894,One Piece,2.71,1.78,smfsfnfmf4,What remains in 1 piece after it breaks?,Some people shoot other people with it..,A rubber band,Trick,12/13/04 #5118,1440=M in a D,2.28,1.6300000000000001,badbrian08,1440=M in a D,No hint available.,1440 MINUTES in a DAY,Letter-Equations,07/01/02 #49060,Word Chains,1.71,2.3,Gizzer,"Can you find the answer to this teaser? baby, grand, ____, box, turtle",Check the category of this teaser!,"missing link This rebus takes the form of a word chain. The word junction fits in the blank to complete the chain: baby grand, Grand Junction (a city in Colorado), junction box, and box turtle. Since the word junction is not in the chain, it represents the missing link of the chain.",Rebus,10/10/11 #51631,Trying Super Hard,2.54,1.45,ThinksForFun,"What do the following represent? Aquaman litre Batman degree Superman meter Wonder Woman pound",No hint available.,"heroic measures The (fictional) superheroes are being associated with measures, or units of measurement.",Rebus,12/26/17 #8071,You're What?,2.54,2.73,dsquared,"What well known line is represented below? MALIL",Are you an Elvis fan?,"I'm All Shook Up Explanation: the letters ""malil"" make up ""I'm All"" but they have been 'shook up' ie. mixed around, hence (I'm all) shook up.",Rebus,10/14/02 #4456,animal - lava,2.26,1.29,RoseJ0,"animal - lava egg - glove inches - ski octopus - so uncle - emu What is the resemblance between the two words in each row?",No hint available.,The 1st and last letters of one word are the same as the last and first letters of the other word,Language,06/03/02 #3251,End,2.69,1.83,PeaceJo,"END N D",No hint available.,Making ends meet.,Rebus,04/05/02 #32176,Falling On Deaf Ears?,2.59,2.29,jazzmusician46,9 = B S,Look to the title for help.,9 = Beethoven Symphonies,Letter-Equations,07/31/06 #30383,I'll Be There For You,2.82,2.09,tsimkin,"Joey is on Mt. Everest. Homer is in Death Valley. Monica is on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Marge is at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Phoebe is at the top of K2. Bart is at the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp. Ross is atop the Matterhorn. Lisa is touring the Mediterranean in a submarine. Rachel is flying in a hot air balloon. Maggie is sucking on a pacifier while sitting on the beach. Chandler is climbing Mt. Fuji.",It doesn't matter where The Simpsons are...,Friends in high places,Rebus,05/09/06 #48751,Clap Your Hands,2.6,2.03,Mathgeek007,"There is a special auditorium that holds 100 people. It is not full. Each person claps seven times after a performance. Every time ten claps are heard, the man in the front twitches. Every third twitch, one of the actors hops. Every two hops, a person in the crowd cheers. Every four cheers, the actors bow. If they only bowed once, what is the least amount of people that can be in the auditorium? BONUS! How many bows will the actors do if the auditorium is full?","Just try going through the whole process backwards. BONUS! Try doing the process forward. (Remember you can't have a fraction of a twitch or a clap, ect.)","One bow = 4 cheers. 4 cheers = 8 hops. 8 hops = 24 twitches. 24 twitches = 240 claps. 240/7 = 34.28 Since you can't have a fraction of a person, there must have been at least 35 people. BONUS! 100 people = 700 claps. 700 claps = 70 twitches. 70 twitches = 23 hops. (You can't have .3 of a hop) 23 hops = 11 cheers. (You can't have half of a cheer) 11 cheers = 2 bows. (You can't have three-quarters of a bow) At most, they will bow twice.",Logic,05/25/11 #39246,The Power of the Dark Side,2.28,2.17,empy,"The 4 ""S W"" M S = D M, D T, D S, and D V",No hint available.,"The 4 ""Star Wars"" Movie Sith = Darth Maul, Darth Tyranus, Darth Sidious, and Darth Vader",Letter-Equations,11/17/07 #3203,240 V in a M C,2.22,2.45,RoseJ0,240 V in a M C,No hint available.,240 volts in a main circuit,Letter-Equations,04/03/02 #7060,Spectacle,2.28,1.29,majd,"What is this rebus? SiGHT",No hint available.,Short eye sight,Rebus,08/31/02 #35581,A Meter Reading?,2.8,2.21,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to decide which word does not belong in the following group. accelerometer rheometer anemometer seismometer tachometer speedometer",No hint available.,"'Seismometer' is the odd word out, since it is used for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and like concussions. The other words are all instruments used to measure speed.",Group,03/07/07 #44838,The Body Bag,2.27,1.52,bookwrmKP,"Mary and Mitch had been going out for about one week when she found it. Mitch was driving her home after school, and he absentmindedly put their backpacks into the trunk. Mary glimpsed a body in the back, mostly covered by a body bag. It was a young boy, fully dressed, but one arm was broken. At first Mary was very surprised, but then she just laughed and shook her head. Why didn't she report the body to the police?","CLUES: The body bag was used for protection. The boy was six years old. The boy was not anyone Mary had ever seen before. He was not related to Mitch. Mitch loved the boy.","The ""body"" was a puppet that Mitch was using to practice ventriloquism. Mitch had told Mary several days before that he was an amateur ventriloquist, but she had never seen his puppet before. At the time of this story, Mitch was taking the dummy to someplace where his arm could be fixed.",Situation,07/12/09 #50746,Words With OC,2.36,2.45,cnmne,"Five words that contain OC as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *OC**, **OC*, OC****, *OC***, ***OC*** Pool: A, A, E, E, E, F, H, I, K, L, L, L, P, R, S, T, T, U, V, Y",No hint available.,"FOCAL, EPOCH, OCULAR, SOCKET, VELOCITY",Language,12/18/15 #27972,Floral Arrangements,2.77,2.18,peppamintp,"Can you figure out the following anagrams? They are types of flowers. 1. Handy gear 2. A silly arm 3. Any hitch 4. Doff a lid",No hint available.,"1. Hydrangea 2. Amaryllis 3. Hyacinth 4. Daffodil",Language,01/08/06 #10477,Ring Ring 2,2.28,1.04,melly,"What does this represent? Ring Ring Ring Ring Roses Ring Ring Ring Ring",No hint available.,Ring around the Roses,Rebus,02/15/03 #18703,Pay My Bill,2.43,2.7,gooseash,"At a certain fast food restaurant, Brain can buy 3 burgers, 7 shakes and one order of Fries for $120 exactly. At the same place it would cost $164.50 for 4 burgers, 10 shakes, and one order of fries. How much would it cost for an ordinary meal of one burger, one shake, and one order of fries?",No hint available.,"If b stands for burgers, S for shakes and f for fries 3b + 7s + f = 120 4b + 10s + f = 164.50 solving these two we get b + 3s = 44.50 rewriting 3b +7s + f as 2b + b + 7s + f = 120 2(44.50 - 3s)+ b + 7s + f = 120 89 -6s + b + 7s + f = 120 b + s + f = 120 - 89 = 31",Math,09/01/04 #35885,Middle of the Night,2.34,2.38,Trumalia,"This is an old Italian riddle from 1300-1900 AD. In the middle of the night, Rises one with his beard bedight. Though no astrologer be he, He marks the hours which pass and flee; He wears a crown, although no king; No priest, yet he the hour doth sing; Though spurred at heel, he is no knight; No wife he calls his own by right, Yet children many round him dwell. Sharp wits you need this thing to tell.",No hint available.,Rooster,Riddle,02/20/07 #27360,Trade-Off,2.96,2.36,peppamintp,"The answers to the two clues in each line below are six letter words that differ by only one letter. Example, if you trade off the p from stripe with the letter k in the same position you get strike. (chevron=stripe, hit=strike) 1. sew___swap____ 2. ravine__mounted gun____ 3. grumble___green club___ 4. short doze___Tabby's treat___ 5. stronghold ___ranch animals___",The order of the letters will not change.,"1. Stitch, Switch 2. Canyon, Cannon 3. Mutter, Putter 4. Catnap, Catnip 5. Castle, Cattle",Language,12/08/05 #37626,Direction,2.66,0.64,Harmony_Girl,"I lead you in the right direction Though I don't guarantee perfection. Magnetism is the key For me to find just what you need.",No hint available.,A compass!,Riddle,08/02/07 #5206,Suicide,2.31,1.14,Beaglesangel,"Norman watched his wife, Normella, jump off a cliff and kill herself. When he got home later that day, Normella sat in the arm chair and offered him a cup of tea. How?",Think films,Normella is a stunt woman and was jumping off the cliff as a part in a film!,Situation,07/04/02 #26967,Find the Wrong Word #2,2.82,1.03,fishmed,"The following sentences contain a wrong word. This word can be fixed by first deciding which word is wrong. Second, replace the word with a synonym. Lastly, replace the new word with a homophone and the sentence should now make sense. Example: Did you comb your rabbit? Wrong word: Rabbit Synonym : Hare Homophone: Hair Corrected sentence: Did you comb your hair? 1. This recipe calls for two cups of blossom. 2. I scarlet that book last year. 3. Footwear fly! Don't land on that pie.",No hint available.,"1. Blossom - flower - flour 2. Scarlet - red - read 3. Footwear - shoe - shoo",Language,11/17/05 #49595,The Dog Ate My Homework!,2.9,1.46,dawnrising,"Jack went to school one day with an excuse and no homework. When he got to class, he went up to his teacher. ""Buddy, my dog, ate my homework,"" he told her. ""OK, now I know you're lying,"" she said. ""How?"" he asked. ""You know I have a dog named Buddy."" What did the teacher respond?","Some things are implied, not said.","""Jack, you weren't given any homework!"" exclaimed the teacher.",Situation,09/21/12 #7137,Bomb Disabling,2.33,2.84,Puzzled_Puzzler,"You are in charge of a bomb squad, recently called to disarm one implanted in a group of glaciers. Everything should have gone smoothly, but the bomb is protected with a powerful force field, and the only way to disarm it is to enter the ""eject"" sequence. Here it is: 13, 25, ? 100, 300, ? 542, 251, ? Luckily, to understand the numbers you should input, you also found a special ""tip"" sheet: 1, 2, 5 1, 4, 9 5, 5, 15 Using this information, what numbers can you input to deactivate the bomb, and save the world from another cataclysm?",No hint available.,"The answers are 63, 700, and 1044. Let the numbers in each row be represented by x, y, and z, respectively. For each line, z = x + 2*y.",Series,09/02/02 #17261,Hungry Man,2.06,2.37,Palsha,A hungry man has food on his plate but can't eat it. Why?,No hint available.,He has some food stuck on his dental plate.,Trick,04/06/04 #29633,Self-Esteem Builder,3.07,1.28,iteachkids,"As the school year was progressing, a teacher was distressed that more and more of her students were beginning to tease and make fun of one another. She decided to do something about it. When they returned to the classroom after Spring Break, they saw a mirror on the wall with a sign next to it. When one of the students came to her crying about the names she had been called at recess, she sent the girl to the mirror with these directions: Read that sign quietly to yourself. Repeat it over and over, gradually running the sounds together. Each time, look at yourself in the mirror. Soon you will be smiling. Sure enough, when the student followed these directions, she came away smiling. Each time a student would come to the teacher feeling low, she would give them the same directions. Sometimes they would have difficulty, so she would go over to read the sign with them. Eventually, each one would come away smiling. This is what the sign said: I.Y.Q.Y.Q.R. Why did this little exercise help her students feel better about themselves?","When read correctly, the message may sound like it is being said with a speech impediment.","When the students read the letters out loud, running them together, and looking in the mirror, they realized that they were telling themselves, ""I like you like you are!"" It may not be perfect grammar, but the teacher reached her goal of building self-esteem in her students who had a low opinion of themselves because of teasing.",Mystery,04/09/06 #26575,Outlaw Laundry,2.5,2.0,dolphingurl12,"In 1935, a girl says her friend had her shirt laundered by famous outlaw, Al Capone. How is this possible?","In 1935, Al Capone was in the Alcatraz prison.","Some of the prison guards and their families at Alcatraz lived on the island. They placed their dirty laundry in bags, which criminals washed. They were returned to the families, clean. The girl's friend could have been living on Alcatraz and snuck the girl's shirt in with her laundry bag, and possibly washed by Al Capone.",Situation,10/27/05 #45903,Pablo the Wise Man I,2.67,0.62,canse912,"Three hundred years ago, there was a Wise Man named Pablo. He worked as a blacksmith, but he was the cleverest in the land of Serbia, and because of this, people were always trying to outsmart him- and failing. The main culprit of this was Pablo's friend, Billy, who was quite jealous of Pablo and was forever devising challenges that Pablo found tiresome. One day, Pablo was returning home from church in a massive horse and cart. When he got home, his heart sank when he saw Billy with a massive, smug grin. Billy said to Pablo, 'I bet you two weeks' wages that you can't go down that narrow alley without touching the sides! That cart is simply enormous!' Billy was certain he would finally beat Pablo, but Pablo won the bet easily. How come?","Pablo did not cheat; he followed exactly what Billy said. The alley near Pablo's house was fairly narrow, and the cart would have great difficulty going down it!","Billy didn't say to drive down the alley in the horse and cart, he just said to go down the alley! Pablo promptly walked down the alley several times before returning to a red-faced Billy.",Trick,12/06/09 #7473,My Posterior,2.82,1.76,warrior,"My posterior is adorned with feathers. I have a rather long neck and quite a pointy nose. I am able to fly, yet I have no wings. What am I?",No hint available.,An arrow,Riddle,09/16/02 #25365,Automobile Makes 2,2.62,2.69,drussel3,"Name the automotive makes. These may be lesser known or defunct companies: 1. October birthstone 2. Reddish-brown / Alabama Univ 3. Wiener dog 4. 128 cu. ft. of firewood 5. What King Arthur kept in his scabbard 6. Crosby & Still's partner 7. Early Excel competitor 8. Large sandwich roll 9. Canadian Rock Trio from the 80's (not Rush)",No hint available.,"1. Opel (opal) 2. Auburn 3. Datsun (Dachshund) 4. Cord 5. Excalibur (King Arthur, Sword in the Stone) 6. Nash 7. Lotus (Lotus 1-2-3, spreadsheet) 8. Kaiser 9. Triumph Brief info on each car make. Opel - German auto, now part of GM, 1899-now Auburn - US auto, '00-'37 Datsun - Japanese auto, '32-'83, now Nissan Cord - US auto, from '29-'37 Excalibur - hand built American auto since '66 Nash - US auto, merged into AMC, '16 - '57 Lotus - British Sports car, '52 - now Kaiser - US auto, '46-'63, once sold thru Sears Triumph - British auto, '21-'84 Safe Driving.",Language,08/16/05 #11251,An Open-ended Barrel,2.55,2.32,VolsToTheWall,"An open-ended barrel, I am shaped like a hive. I am filled with the flesh, And the flesh is alive. What am I?",No hint available.,A thimble.,Riddle,03/17/03 #27891,Who Stole What?,2.7600000000000002,1.47,Dontrelle,"Sherlock Holmes sat opposite Inspector Lestrade in Lestrade's office at Scotland Yard. Sergeant Smith entered the room with three prisoners, who stood in line in front of Lestrade's desk. Holmes watched with interest as Lestrade interrogated the three men. Barnett stood between the man who was clean-shaven and the man who stole the cigar case. Black, who had stolen the wallet, had been arrested at the same time as Wetherby. It was the man with the mustache, not the one with the beard, who had stolen the gold watch. Can you identify each of the men, matching them to: 1. The item each had stolen and 2. Whether each was clean-shaven or had a mustache or a beard.",No hint available.,"Barnett. Mustache. Gold Watch Wetherby. Beard. Cigar Case Black. Clean-Shaven. Wallet",Logic,01/04/06 #32295,Saturday Has None,2.18,2.43,say_aah,"Sunday has 6, Monday and Tuesday each have 2. Wednesday has 1, Thursday and Friday each have 2. Saturday has none. What is it?","MOnday, TuEsday, Wednesday","New letters. Sunday - the first of the list, has 6 ""new"" letters (S, U, N, D, A & Y) Monday - has 2 ""new"" letters (M & O) Tuesday - also has 2 ""new"" letters (T & E) Wednesday - has only 1 ""new"" letter (W) Thursday - has 2 ""new"" letters (H & R) Friday - also has 2 ""new"" letters (F & I) Saturday - no new letters",Riddle,08/05/06 #5749,Secret Organisation,2.29,0.98,glennyboy02,"A top secret organisation used codes to keep their conspiracy secret. They called themselves the blamenck, who were they?",No hint available.,The men in black!,Rebus,07/21/02 #41724,Who Does He Call Next?,2.67,1.35,Scubee,"Jim is raising awareness for ""National Talk Like a Pirate Day"" by calling people in his community, but Jim is very specific about who he calls. So far, he has called the following: Albert Bartel Arnold Roland Dale Adel Erich Reich Who will Jim call next, Edna Dean or Leon Neal?",No hint available.,"Edna Dean. The first and last name of each person is an anagram.",Group,04/28/08 #45087,Minute or Minute,2.53,2.8,ScottBuchanan,"You are reading a book and you come across the word minute. You know instantly that the word is minute (small) and not minute (60 seconds). You did not conclude this based on the words before or after it, its placement in the sentence, or the title of the book. What the book is about is irrelevant. The book is written in English, and the answer is NOT that the print was small. So, how did you know the word was minute (small) and not minute (60 seconds)?",No hint available.,"The word was hyphenated (half at the end of one line and the rest at the beginning of the next line). When this happens, the word is separated between the syllables. The two words separate at different points, as minute (small) would appear as mi-nute and minute (60 seconds) would appear as min-ute.",Situation,08/18/09 #16340,Fan,2.18,1.67,smartathlt,A fan turns 60 right angles in 10 seconds. How many full circles will the fan turn in 1 minute?,No hint available.,"90 circles. There are four right angles in a circle, so 15 full circles (60/4) in 10 seconds. There are six 10-second increments in a minute, so six times 15 is 90.",Math,01/27/04 #3576,5-Letter Anagrams,2.74,2.21,gokaran,"The same five letters can be anagrammed into four different words that fill in the blanks in the sentence to make (somewhat) good sense. What are the missing words? The farmer with hundreds of _ _ _ _ _ , deeply _ _ _ _ _ about the amount of rainfall, and _ _ _ _ _ around with artificial watering systems when the ground is dry enough to _ _ _ _ _ him about the possibility of crop failure.",No hint available.,"Acres, Cares, Races, Scare",Language,04/17/02 #27671,Oddity Shared By Words,2.48,1.94,Gnerb_25,"What oddity is shared by these words: Bestow, cordial, designation, golden?",No hint available.,"Double one letter and two new words are formed. Bestow: best-tow Cordial: Cord-dial Designation: Design-nation Golden: Gold-den",Language,12/24/05 #17921,Birds in Space,2.82,2.7600000000000002,andrewcs,"When NASA was considering animals to experiment on in space, they picked birds, because of the low maintenance. Although NASA was aware that most birds require gravity to swallow and would not survive the weightlessness of space, they did manage to find two types of bird that would survive the trip. Which birds were they?",No hint available.,"Doves and Pigeons. Since most birds swallow water by tilting their heads back and using gravity to let the water run down their throats, they would dehydrate in space. Doves and Pigeons are the only birds that can drink without tilting their heads back.",Trivia,06/15/04 #14024,Cute E Cool,2.57,2.0,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Your PINS stored under P Your TACKS stored under T",No hint available.,Filing Your Nails,Rebus,07/25/03 #28378,Three Consecutive Evens,2.53,2.37,kiss,"Which three consecutive even numbers, when multiplied together, give the product 8xxxx2? Each x here represents a digit, not necessarily the same.",No hint available.,"94, 96 and 98. It's easy to get: since 90^3=729000, they must all begin with 9. Because the last digit of 2*4*6 is 8, and the last digit of 4*6*8 is 2, it must be 94*96*98, which equals 884352.",Math,01/31/06 #35624,Magic VII,2.19,2.34,beatlesgirl,"2 = C in ""M P"" (J & M)","""She's tricky.""","2 = Children in ""Mary Poppins"" (Jane & Michael)",Letter-Equations,03/09/07 #7039,What a Trip,2.69,1.6400000000000001,sullivan,"A man decided to take his family on a trip across the U.S. He traveled to all of the following places in this order. It took him almost a year to complete visiting them all. Richmond Orlando Yosemite Greenville Brooklyn Indianapolis Lastly, he wanted to take them somewhere really great to conclude their tour. Where did they go? Waynesborro Larksville Augusta Vidalia San Francisco",No hint available.,"The father took them to his hometown of Vidalia, Louisiana. The first letters of both the cities and the colors of the rainbow are shared. The colors of the rainbow in order are, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. So Vidalia has to be the correct answer, since it shares its first letter with the last color of the rainbow, violet.",Language,08/30/02 #13402,Fat Baby,2.49,1.58,cool_star,"I was born a fat baby on the first day of the year. I lose a piece of me every month that passes. When it reaches the end of the year, I will be nothing but an old skeleton. What am I?",There is always a new baby every year.,"I am a calendar. I was born with all 12 months in me. I lose a piece of me, a month, for every month that passes. When it reaches the end of the year, I will be nothing but an old skeleton of the calendar. In the hint, it meant that there is a new calendar for every year.",Riddle,06/24/03 #21602,I Just Sit Here,2.77,0.9,spookboy0,"I just sit here, watching the time pass me by; The strange thing is I don't have any eyes. Sometimes I have a mustache with uneven sides; Other times I have a pulse that almost never dies. Sometimes I have a face, but no emotion shows; But numerous expression always from me flows. Sometimes I'm bounded to somebody's arm; Other times I bring the day by alarm. People refer to me almost every day; And I wouldn't have it any other way. What Am I?",No hint available.,"A Clock or Watch The ""mustache"" is the two hands of a clock's face. The ""pulse"" is the electric currents that make digital clocks run. The ""numerous expressions"" are the numbers themselves that we read.",Riddle,03/17/05 #10796,Kidstuff,2.63,1.8800000000000001,jimbo,"Bicycles, tricycles, pedal cars galore Some have 2 wheels, some 3, some 4 One each they belong to some girls and boys Eighteen is the number of these toys If I change 1 tyre a week I fear To change them all will take me a year There are half as many cars as trikes How many of each are owned by these tykes?",How many weeks are there in a year?,"Suppose there is 1 car. There are 2 tricycles and 15 bikes. This makes 40 wheels - not enough. Suppose there are 2 cars. There are 4 tricycles and 12 bikes. This makes 44 wheels. Each time I add 1 car I get 4 extra wheels. I need 52 wheels so I want 2 more cars. Answer 4 cars, 8 tricycles and 6 bikes.",Math,02/28/03 #26220,Far Away Names,2.71,2.28,SaturnCat08,"What do these names have in common and which one does not belong? Helene Dione Samantha Rhea Janus",No hint available.,"Samantha does not belong. The others are some of many natural satellites (moons) of the planet Saturn. Helene's year of discovery - 1980 Dione's year of discovery - 1684 Rhea's year of discovery - 1672 Janus's year of discovery - 1966",Group,10/05/05 #27072,Disney Characters Part II,2.85,1.62,froggygg,"Everyone knows and loves Disney Characters, so I have created a little challenge to test your knowledge of the many characters created by the Disney Studios over the years. Can you figure out the characters represented by each clue below? Good luck and have fun reminiscing about all these memorable characters! 1. Cheapskate, tightwad or miser + fertilizer, compost or manure + bird that says ""quack"" 2. To repair clumsily or inexpertly + chimes or rings such as a door ____ 3. Form of frozen water such as _____ flake + opposite of black + and + the + number between one and ten + midgets or opposite of giants 4. Opposite of him + prompt, hint or signal + please without the p 5. Sound a bee makes + opposite of heavy + 12 months 6. To jab or nudge + A + what a ghost does + bus minus the b 7. To take or steal + opposite of out + the cover of an automobile engine 8. What Emeril Lagasse says + insect that stings 9. Opposite of lose + part of leg that bends + the + rhymes with boo 10. Opposite of smart + decoration made of ribbon on a gift or present",No hint available.,"1. Scrooge McDuck (scrooge + muck + duck) 2. Tinkerbell (tinker + bell) 3. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (snow + white + and + the + seven + dwarfs) 4. Hercules (her + cue + lease) 5. Buzz Lightyear (buzz + light + year) 6. Pocahontas (poke + a + haunt + us) 7. Robin Hood (rob + in + hood) 8. Bambi (bam + bee) 9. Winnie the Pooh (win + knee + the + poo) 10. Dumbo (dumb + bow)",Language,11/21/05 #35984,According To Shaw,2.67,2.32,aresII,"These are a few thoughts from George Bernard Shaw. He was considered the greatest English playwright since Shakespeare. Each puzzle uses the same code. H=Q ""C ADNSJBYSBZ VEMKE JDGL FSZSJ ZD FCP FCXU KCB CUVCPL KDXBZ DB ZES LXFFDJZ DW FCXU."" ""MW CUU SKDBDYMLZL VSJS UCMO SBO ZD SBO ZESP VDXUO BDZ JSCKE C KDBKUXLMDB."" ""M DWZSB HXDZS YPLSUW; MZ COOL LFMKS ZD YP KDBNSJLCZMDB.""","E=H F=P N=V","""A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul."" ""If all economists were laid end to end they would not reach a conclusion."" ""I often quote myself; it adds spice to my conversation."" Key: A=G B=N C=A D=O E=H F=P G=B H=Q I=J J=R K=C L=S M=I N=V O=D P=Y S=E U=L V=W W=F X=U Y=M Z=T",Cryptography,03/31/07 #27890,Eponyms II - High Fashion,2.79,2.12,irishthistle,"An eponym is a person or place, real or fictitious, whose name has become so ingrained in the English language that a word or phrase is named after them, giving true immortality. An example of an eponym is Romulus, who founded Rome which was subsequently named after him, according to Roman legend. Both Group A and Group B contain a list of eponyms; all the words are styles or items which we wear for the sake of fashion. However, the words have been separated to fit a specific criteria. Can you determine which group the word Cardigan fits into and what method of selection was used to group the words? GROUP A Sideburns Bloomers Leotard Pompadour GROUP B Denim Bikini Cologne Tuxedo",No hint available.,"Cardigan fits into Group A. Each of the words in Group A is named after people who invented or popularized the fashion item, while the words in Group B are named after a place. Cardigan is named after James Thomas Brudenell, the 7th Earl of Cardigan, who set the style. In one account, he even wore such a jacket while leading the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava in 1854. Sideburns are named for Ambrose Everett Burnside, an American general who sported the distinctive whiskers. Bloomers are named for Amelia Jenkins Bloomer, a 19th century American feminist who introduced the style. Leotards are named after Jules Leotard, a French acrobat who not only invented the garment, but also popularized the flying trapeze. Pompadour is named for Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, a French aristocrat who popularized the style. Denim is named for Nimes, France, where denim was originally manufactured. It was originally called Serge De Nimes, which eventually became shortened to denim. Bikini is named for Bikini Atoll. In 1946, the US tested the atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Popular culture was quick to use ""bikini"" as a general purpose word for something powerful or shocking. The bathing suit meaning caught on, while the other meanings died out. Cologne is named for Koln, Germany; previously known as Colonia Agrippia back in Roman times. Koln became famous in the 18th century for making cologne. The French name for the city, Cologne, was used to describe this liquid. The Tuxedo is named for Tuxedo Park in New York City, New York. It was in Tuxedo Park in 1896 that Griswald Lorillard cut off the tails of his evening coat to make the first tuxedo.",Language,01/04/06 #2655,Elephant,2.24,1.36,jerret,"What is as big as an elephant, but doesn't weigh as much?",It may be bigger.,An elephant's shadow!,Riddle,03/12/02 #5767,mstickud,2.22,1.05,Cascas,"What does this mean? mstickud",No hint available.,Stick in the mud,Rebus,07/21/02 #49109,Until Christmas,1.71,0.42,Radd_stuff,"Dexter and Amy were cleaning up after a wonderful Christmas dinner. ""What a great day,"" Dexter said, ""only 365 days until the next one."" ""No, it's more,"" Amy corrected. How?",No hint available.,"The next year was a leap year, so there was actually 366 days until the next Christmas.",Situation,10/26/11 #480,Sam Walks and Rides...,2.19,1.3800000000000001,Sydgal47,Sam walks to her best friend's house at 2 miles per hour. She eats lunch there for 1 hour and then borrows a bike and rides home 5 times faster than she could walk. There are 10 miles between the two houses. What time must Sam leave from her house in the morning to be back by 4:00 p.m.?,No hint available.,9:00 am,Math,05/21/01 #17975,A Puzzle of Biblical Proportions,2.75,1.54,accordionman,"Look at the following groups, then decide where the word ""flood"" should go. Group 1: snake, sea, creation, manna, dream Group 2: leper, cross, birth, wine, fish",Look at the title.,"The words in group 1 all relate to miracles in the Old Testament of the Bible, while all of the words in group 2 relate to miracles in the New Testament of the Bible. Therefore, since the flood of the world happened in the Old Testament, flood should be in group 1.",Trivia,06/21/04 #32741,"7, 6, 7, 8...",2.13,2.71,grungy49,"Fill in the next 3 numbers. 7, 6, 7, 8, 10, 8, 11, 8, 7, 7, 6, 5, ?, ?, ?",U.S.A.,"8, 7, 4. The series is the number of letters in the states of the U.S.A, starting with Alabama and continuing alphabetically: Alabama (7) Alaska (6) Arizona (7) Arkansas (8) California (10) Colorado (8) Connecticut (11) Delaware (8) Florida (7) Georgia (7) Hawaii (6) Idaho (5) These are the next 3: Illinois (8 letters) Indiana (7 letters) Iowa (4 letters)",Series,08/30/06 #42063,Faith,2.29,2.7,jazzmusician46,15 of A = The A of the B V M.,No hint available.,15th of August = The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.,Letter-Equations,05/28/08 #52009,Just once!,2.41,0.32,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,Once in a blue moon,Rebus,08/22/18 #1173,Flipped Out,2.11,1.02,Ichabod Clay,"If you flip 5 coins and they all come up heads, what is the probability that the 6th coin will be heads?",No hint available.,1/2. The other flips have nothing to do with the 6th coin flip.,Probability,10/20/01 #1765,Touch and Separate,2.96,1.99,Nishoo,"They don't touch when you say TOUCH, but when you say SEPARATE, they do touch. What are they ?",No hint available.,Our lips.,Riddle,12/20/01 #7420,Hammer,2.22,2.29,majd,"In the blank below, fill in an adverb that both tells how Jack said the statement and applies to the meaning of his statement. The first letter of the answer is provided: ""Does anyone have a hammer?"" asked Jack s_________.",No hint available.,Strikingly.,Language,09/14/02 #15580,Which Letter 2,2.52,1.58,isisruler,"Can you get from the first word to the last by changing just one letter in each step? Eg: GLASS CLASS CRASS CROSS CROWS CROWN 1.PLATE to STORM",No hint available.,"PLATE, SLATE, STATE, STARE, STORE, STORM",Language,11/28/03 #39182,Groaners III,2.4,2.15,aresII,"The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. X=T ""XFW GUBZGWQXBU QJPW XB XFW YBBXFAVVZ LWVAWTAIC FW'S YAIS ZBPW CBVS, LRX IBXFAIC GJIIWS BRX."" ""YRVVD JIAPJXWS YAVP JLBRX YAIJIQAJVVD ZRGGBUXAIC J ZRLPJUAIW QJGXJAI: 'YRISAIC IWPB.'""","G=P Q=C R=U","""THE PROSPECTOR CAME TO THE FOOTHILLS BELIEVING HE'D FIND SOME GOLD, BUT NOTHING PANNED OUT."" ""FULLY ANIMATED FILM ABOUT FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING A SUBMARINE CAPTAIN: 'FUNDING NEMO.'"" KEY: A=I B=O C=G D=Y F=H G=P I=N J=A L=B P=M Q=C R=U S=D T=V U=R V=L W=E X=T Y=F Z=S",Cryptography,11/13/07 #36459,Crazy Cooking Catastrophes IV,2.78,2.03,PineappleMama,"Welcome to Crazy Cooking Catastrophes. Today our host has decided to mix up a Side Dish Creature Feature... Please follow these instructions carefully to unscramble [pun totally intended] the answer. Cooking Tips: Words like add, combine, stir in, sprinkle, garnish etc. mean to add those letters to the mix. Words like remove, drain, none left over, give, etc. mean to remove those letters from the mix. In a bowl, mix one cup WHITE flour with one ROLL of peppermint lifesavers. If your mix seems lumpy add a SAD gummy bear. Remove any TOADS you might find flitting about. Plate your dish and garnish with a KALE leaf. What creature will be left in the bowl?",You would be hard pressed to get Willie to eat this dish.,Killer Whale (Orcinus orca),Language,04/29/07 #2783,$0.01,2.18,0.89,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? $0.01yourthoughtyourthoughtyourthoughtyourthought",No hint available.,Penny for your thoughts!,Rebus,03/22/02 #15350,Yrut...,2.49,1.13,bluetwo,"What phrase is represented below? Century-->yrutneC",No hint available.,Turn of the Century,Rebus,11/07/03 #26460,Will He Make It?,2.54,1.82,Yoyobug02,"Gino's mom has told him he needs to take a bucket of water over to their neighbor since she is experiencing problems with her water supply. He doesn't want to waste much time since he has a soccer game to play later in the afternoon. From past experience he knows if he uses the small hose it takes 45 minutes to fill the bucket with water. He also knows that the larger hose can do the same in 30 minutes. If he uses both hoses, how long will it take him to fill the bucket?",No hint available.,"The small hose can fill 1/45 of the bucket every minute. The larger hose can fill 1/30 of the bucket every minute. To add the two speeds, we need to first find a common denominator. 1/45 = 2/90 and 1/30 = 3/90 Adding the two speeds: 2/90 + 3/90 = 5/90 = 1/18 Since both hoses together can fill 1/18 of the bucket every minute, it will take 18 minutes. By doing this Gino will save at a minimum 12 minutes. This will get him to his soccer game just in time.",Math,10/20/05 #30633,Spring Flowers,3.05,2.11,locomom,"Spring is here! All the gardens on Hilldale Avenue are ablaze with color from flowering bulbs. The five gardens are each filled with different flowers. Alice and her neighbors, including Taylor, planted their bulbs at different times last summer and fall. From the following clues, can you determine each neighbor's first and last name, type of bulbs in each garden, each neighbor's address and when their bulbs were planted? First names: Alice, Bob, Carl, Denise, Evelyn Last names: Stewart, Taylor, Upland, Vickers, Wilson Addresses: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 Bulbs: Tulips, Daffodils, Crocus, Snowdrops, Hyacinths Planting Dates: Aug.30, Sept.10, Sept.26, Oct.2, Oct.31 1. The 5 neighbors are Carl, the daffodil lady, Stewart, the neighbor who always plants last, and the one who resides at number 24. 2. Ms. Wilson returned from her vacation on the last day of September, just in time to plant her bulbs at number 23 Hilldale Avenue. 3. Vickers planted her bulbs after number 27 but long before the crocus went into the ground. 4. Denise always plants her bulbs, which have an initial letter that is the same as the initial of her last name, on the date that corresponds with her address. 5. Mr. Taylor gave out Halloween goodies for ""Trick or Treat"" on the same day that he planted his crocus bulbs. 6. Alice Vickers dislikes the smell of hyacinths.",No hint available.,"Alice Vickers, Tulips, Sept.10, No. 24 Bob Taylor, Crocus, Oct.31, No.25 Carl Upland, Hyacinths, Aug.30, No.27 Denise Stewart, Snowdrops, Sept.26, No. 26 Evelyn Wilson, Daffodils, Oct.2, No.23",Logic-Grid,05/22/06 #4285,Safe at First,2.35,2.03,bobbrt,"In major league baseball, there are six ways for the batter to make it safely to first base without getting a hit. What are they?",No hint available.,"1) Base on balls (walk). 2) Hit by pitch (bean ball). 3) Catcher's interference (the batter hits the catcher with the bat instead of the ball) 4) Fielder's choice (someone else is thrown out at 2nd base, 3rd base, or home plate). 5) The batter strikes out swinging but the catcher drops the ball and can't throw the batter out. 6) Someone in the field makes an error and the batter makes it to first safely.",Trivia,05/28/02 #10427,Rhyming Cities,2.92,2.37,mrtuba,What two names of US capital cities rhyme but share no vowels?,No hint available.,Austin and Boston,Language,02/13/03 #3063,OWHER,2.82,2.46,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: OWHER",No hint available.,"The middle of nowhere nOWHERe",Rebus,03/31/02 #47021,Letter Juggle 9,3.23,0.78,MarcM1098,"Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Our - Start 2. Strip - Tumble 3. Clause - Idea 4. Cash - Broom 5. Plight - Lam","1. Sharp taste 2. Lurch 3. Movement; belief 4. Noise 5. Beacon","1. Sour - Tart 2. Trip - Stumble 3. Cause - Ideal 4. Crash - Boom 5. Light - Lamp",Language,05/15/10 #29671,More Famous People,2.78,3.11,medster99,"For each number, unscramble the capitalized letters (the two groups in each number do not intermix) to form first a famous person and then a famous work or theory of theirs. 1) LONE ROAD, known for painting PAPER SHUTTLES. 2) ACTIONS WANE, known for the TWO HEEL FORMATIONS. 3) HELICAL GNOME, known for painting CATHERINE FOOTMAN. 4) SITE NINE, known for the THRIFTY EYE VIOLATOR. 5) SUPERCONIC, known for the EITHER TOY CHRONICLE.",No hint available.,"1) LEONARDO, known for painting THE LAST SUPPER. 2) ISAAC NEWTON, known for the THREE LAWS OF MOTION. 3) MICHELANGELO, known for painting THE CREATION OF MAN. 4) EINSTEIN, known for the THEORY OF RELATIVITY. 5) COPERNICUS, known for the HELIOCENTRIC THEORY.",Other,04/10/06 #9946,Homonyms and Synonyms,2.3,2.24,Bobbrt,"Each of the following words in the numbered list has a synonym that is a homonym of a synonym of a word in the lettered list. For example, ""bucket"" could link up with ""light"", using the words ""pail"" and ""pale"". Can you figure out which words match below? All of the linking words are very common English words. 1. Crimson 2. Elk 3. Pair 4. Soothsayer 5. Step 6. Quote A. Locale B. Gawk C. Scorch D. Darling E. Also F. Perused",No hint available.,"1. Crimson - Red - Read - Perused (F) 2. Elk - Deer - Dear - Darling (D) 3. Pair - Two - Too - Also (E) 4. Soothsayer - Seer - Sear - Scorch (C) 5. Step - Stair - Stare - Gawk (B) 6. Quote - Cite - Site - Locale (A)",Language,01/21/03 #24479,Double the Fun,2.32,2.88,verve640,"The two word made-up phrase ""eerie dress"" begins with a word that contains repeat letters at the front (two e's), and ends with a word that contains repeat letters at the back (two s's). Name a famous tennis player whose name (first and last) shares this characteristic.",He comes from a land down under...,Lleyton Hewitt,Trivia,07/12/05 #27909,No Losers Here...,2.7,0.68,exterminator,What does this rebus represent?,No hint available.,Winner's Circle.,Rebus,01/05/06 #21884,"Whispered in Heaven, Muttered in Hell",2.87,2.7,snoopdogg,"'Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in Hell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell; On the confines of Earth, 'twas permitted to rest, And in the depths of the ocean its presence confessed; 'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder, Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder; 'Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath, Attends him at birth and awaits him at death, Presides o'er his happiness, honor and health, Is the prop of his house and the end of his wealth. In the heaps of the miser, 'tis hoarded with care, But is sure to be lost on his prodigal heir; It begins every hope, every wish it must bound; With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned; Without it the soldier and seaman may roam, But woe to the wretch who expels it from home! In the whispers of conscience its voice will be found, Nor e'er in the whirlwind of passion be drowned; 'Twill soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear, It will make him acutely and instantly hear. Set in shade, let it rest like a delicate flower; Ah! Breathe on it softly, it dies in an hour.",No hint available.,"The letter ""H"" This riddle was written by Catherine Maria Fanshawe, an English Romantic poet.",Riddle,03/29/05 #33711,Colour Me?,2.45,2.41,boodler,"Below is a list of singers and songs, with the song titles indicated by their initials. Each song title includes a colour: Boney M - B G in the R; Madness - G D; Jeff Beck - H H S L; Elvis Presley - B S S; Neil Diamond - F in B J; Prince - P R; Bing Crosby - W C; Chris de Burgh - L in R; Dawn - T a Y R R the O O T; Rolling Stones - L R R; Tom Jones - G G G of H; David Bowie - G Y.",No hint available.,"Brown Girl in the Ring; Grey Day; Hi Ho Silver Lining; Blue Suede Shoes; Forever in Blue Jeans; Purple Rain; White Christmas; Lady in Red; Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree; Little Red Rooster; Green, Green Grass of Home; Golden Years.",Letter-Equations,10/27/06 #19610,Mad Ade's Cousin's Raise,2.26,2.6,Mad-Ade,"In the legendary land of Madadia, everything is wonderful. There is no inflation, so Madadian wonks (local currency 100 winks = 1 wonk) are constant in value. Mad Ade's cousin Manic Martin works as an accountant in one of Madadia's leading accounting firms. After his first year his salary was a straight 10,000 wonks, with which Manic Martin was quite happy. His manager was so impressed with his work he offered Manic Martin a wage rise. Now this being Madadia, things are not always done as they are elsewhere, the wage rise was offered over a 17.5 year contract period, These contracts are immutably binding, and will still be paid to benefactors in the event of death or permanent disability. Manic Martin has a choice of how to receive his raise. The first option was for an immediate 5% raise to 10,500 wonks annually, with an additional 5% raise every 6 months. The second option was for an immediate 10% raise to 11,000 wonks annually, with an additional 10% raise every year. Manic Martin's salary, based upon his current annual, was paid bi-weekly. Which deal would benefit Manic Martin the most?",No hint available.,"The 5% semi-annual raise yields a higher return. This may have been your first guess, but there is something odd about the answer. At the start of the problem, the 10% raise is earning more- 11,000 annually vs. 10,500. After the first year, the 5% option has earned 10,762 compared to 11,000. What are the two options earning at the moment the contract closes, after 17.5 years? Surprisingly, the 5% option only realizes a little more than 55,160, compared to the 10% option which is still ahead with just under 56,000. So where's the advantage in the 5% option? It hides in the second half of every year. Even in the first year, the 5% option makes more in the second six months than the 10% option. For the first few years, this is not enough to offset the difference. But cumulatively, over seventeen and a half years, 5% realizes a grand total of 390.27 more than the 10% option. This in spite of the fact that the 10% option starts with a higher salary- and finishes with a higher salary.",Math,11/29/04 #3044,PUNISHMENT,2.26,1.02,comet16,"Can you decipher this? PUNISHMENT",No hint available.,Capital Punishment,Rebus,03/30/02 #49098,Restaurant,2.1,0.5,wolvesstar97,"Ricardo, Steve, and Will went to a restaurant. They each ordered different dishes, and when they left, they each took a different flavor of mint. The dishes that they ordered were Chicken Soup, Greek Salad, and Steak. The types of mints available were Classic, Lemon, and Menthol. CLUES: Ricardo did not order the steak. The person that ordered the salad didn't have menthol. Steve (who did not have the classic mint) did not order the salad. Will ordered the soup. Will did not have the lemon mint. Steve did not have the menthol. The person who ordered the soup did not have a classic mint.",No hint available.,"Ricardo had the salad and the classic mint. Steve had the steak and took a lemon mint. Will had the soup and had a menthol mint.",Logic-Grid,10/21/11 #31023,When Fortune Smiles On You,2.45,0.66,irar1792,"You draw a deep breath. It is your first day on the new job. You had been worried sick for weeks before your new boss called you to say that you'd made it. Only one other person applied for the job, and she is not happy that she did not get it. It seems Fortune smiled on you, but not on her. What was the name of the person who interviewed you?",Capitalization is important!,Fortune... s/he smiled on you because s/he liked you.,Trick,06/11/06 #50975,Trip to Nowhere,2.88,1.07,ThinksForFun,"Experience my height As you conquer your fright And behold a new sight I am fun for most folks Hanging high by my spokes Above the elms and oaks So why not climb on in And take me for a spin? Let your round trip begin What am I?",No hint available.,a Ferris wheel,Riddle,01/11/17 #3474,The Stick,2.4,2.26,missie,A man is found dead in an alley lying in a red pool with a stick near his head. There are no visible injuries and it seems to be deserted. What happened?,The red pool is not blood.,The man died from a poisoned popsicle.,Situation,04/13/02 #14219,Same Room Different Place,2.77,1.24,luvupurple,"A man walks into a room, turns around and walks out the same door he went in. When he gets out he is in a different room than when he started. How is this possible?",No hint available.,He walks into an elevator.,Logic,08/08/03 #4657,Go Choose,2.65,2.07,bobbrt,"Every word of a familiar phrase has been replaced by a rhyme in the following sentence. Can you determine the phrase? Go choose his wood shoes.",No hint available.,No news is good news.,Language,06/12/02 #40254,Add it Up 5,2.96,1.81,Scubee,"Beginning with the word ""in,"" add one letter from the given pool to create a new word until you get a seven-letter word meaning ""being in a state of suppressed agitation, worry, or resentment."" Pool: T G E S W 1) IN 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) The hint gives definitions for each additional word.","2) to be the victor 3) a feathered appendage of a bird 4) to cause to move through a wide arc or circle; commonly found on a playground 5) the act of using needle and thread as to mend 6) being in a state of suppressed agitation, worry, or resentment","1) IN 2) WIN 3) WING 4) SWING 5) SEWING 6) STEWING",Language,01/29/08 #32610,3 Quotes From Szrfsj Zsrfh,2.7,2.56,Question_Mark,"The following 3 quotes are all from the same person. They all use the same code. Using the same code, the person who said these would be Szrfsj Zsrfh. Have fun solving. ""WZGFJTGFW T XFJ JKF IFFDTHX JKF QKZDF QZSDM TW NXNTHWJ GF, RBJ MFFY MZQH T AHZQ JKNJ'W HZJ JSBF. WZGF WGNDDFS OZBHJSTFW NSF HFBJSND."" ""JKFSF'W WZ GBOK YZDDBJTZH TH JKF NTS HZQ JKNJ TI TJ QFSFH'J IZS ZBS DBHXW JKFSF'M RF HZ YDNOF JZ YBJ TJ NDD."" ""JZ FSS TW KBGNH--NHM JZ RDNGF TJ ZH N OZGYBJFS TW FEFH GZSF WZ."" -SZRFSJ ZSRFH","Q=W R=B S=R T=I","""Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that's not true. Some smaller countries are neutral."" ""There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all."" ""To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so."" -Robert Orben A=K B=U D=L E=V F=E G=M H=N I=F J=T K=H M=D N=A O=C Q=W R=B S=R T=I W=S X=G Y=P Z=O",Cryptography,08/23/06 #34712,Heavy Truck,2.72,1.3,dutchymonster,"It was a grey miserable evening. A truck driver had his truck loaded with dry sand, ready for his first delivery in the morning. He filled his tank with diesel and checked his oil and water. He went to the weighbridge and checked its weight. It weighed in at 44 tonnes, the maximum weight he was allowed to carry. Imagine his surprise when he was pulled over the next day by the police and given a fine for being overweight. Nobody added anything to his truck as it was locked away in a secure compound. How was his truck overweight, despite being OK the night before?",No hint available.,"It rained hard during the night, causing the dry sand to become wet, and thus over the vehicle's maximum weight.",Situation,01/04/07 #52014,Who Robbed the Bank?,3.1,1.46,wimpykidfan37,"The angry chief of police did roar, ""Who robbed the bank out of you four?"" When Al was asked, he said right then, ""The thief was Ben! The thief was Ben!"" Ben said to the policin' man, ""The thief was Dan! The thief was Dan!"" When Carl was questioned, he exclaimed, ""I'm not the one who should be blamed!"" When Dan was questioned, he replied, ""When Ben said it was me, he lied!"" If three of four suspects speak true, And one speaks false, then who oh who? And what if only one was frank? But most of all, who robbed the bank?",No hint available.,"If only one is lying, Ben robbed the bank. If only one is telling the truth, Carl robbed the bank. Since Dan's statement was that Ben was lying, exactly one of these two must be telling the truth and the other must be lying. If Ben is telling the truth and Dan is lying, Dan must be the thief, which means that Al is lying and Carl is telling the truth. But now we have two truthtellers and two liars. So this cannot be right. Therefore, if there is only one liar, it must be Ben. Al can only be telling the truth if Ben was the robber. If there is only one truthteller, it must be Dan. Carl can only be lying if Carl was the robber.",Logic,11/19/18 #44315,Clever Jenny XIV,2.75,1.02,mosca,"Dana led Jenny up the stairs to the new apartment she and Tom had rented. ""This place is much nicer than our old place, and it's closer to Tom's work."" ""And it's in a quieter neighborhood, too,"" Jenny added. ""Hey, want to stay for dinner?"" ""Love to, but I need to wash my hair; it's getting too oily, and I want to look good for a big meeting tomorrow."" ""Got it. Here we are!"" Dana fished out her key and put it into the lock. The key did not turn; Dana wrestled with it a while. ""Uh-oh! The lock seems to be stuck."" ""Is it an old key? If it's worn, it might not work."" ""No, the landlord put in a new lock, and the keys are new too."" ""New key? Umm, can I see it a minute? Maybe one of my magic tricks will work here."" ""Yeah, right!"" But Dana held out the key. Jenny took the key, pushed it through her hair, held it to the side of her head, and closed her eyes in an attitude of mock concentration. ""Hocus-pocus, dominocus; Concentrate and try to focus!"" Then she raked the key through her hair, mumbling as she did. ""OK, try it now, Dana."" The key turned the way it should and the door opened. ""All right, Jenny, what on earth are you up to now? Don't expect me to believe that magic story!"" What had Jenny done?",No hint available.,"Jenny replied, ""Dana, Honey! You heard me talk about my oily hair! Pushing the key through my hair put it into contact with that oil and coated the business end with a tiny film of oil. A lot of times new locks and new keys don't have enough lubrication on them to allow the lock to work properly. Often, only a small bit of oil will help a new key to fit into a lock and do its work. The hocus-pocus was just goofing around! Ask Tom to squirt some oil into the lock to make double sure you don't have any more trouble. Now, let's see that apartment!"" And they went inside, laughing.",Situation,04/03/09 #48624,Words With GO,2.0,2.5,cnmne,"Five words that contain GO as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *GO**, GO****, **GO**, ***GO*, *GO**** Pool: A, A, A, E, E, F, H, I, L, M, N, N, P, R, R, S, T, T, U, Y",No hint available.,"AGONY, GOPHER, RAGOUT, FLAGON, EGOTISM",Language,04/05/11 #40689,A Good Loss?,2.5,1.8800000000000001,HarryPutter,"One day Harry P went to visit a friend of his named Harold. During his visit, Harry found out he lost something that had been a part of him for years. The strange thing was that he was happy he lost it and knew even if he looked he wouldn't be able to find what he lost. What did Harry P lose?",No hint available.,"Weight. Harold was Harry's doctor, who also happened to be his friend. Harry P was happy he lost the weight that he had had for years.",Situation,02/24/08 #21973,Taylor Trucking,2.15,1.62,MrBasKetBall,"Mr. Taylor loaded lumber at the Taylor Trucking warehouse. Then he drove 60 miles north where he dropped the lumber off at a furniture factory and picked up a load of furniture. He continued driving north another 40 miles where he dropped off the furniture. He returned 40 miles south to the furniture factory, picked up another load, and continued south another 120 miles. He dropped the furniture off, then continued south 10 miles to pick up more. With the truck loaded, he turned around and headed north 60 miles where he left the truck overnight. Mr. Ward loaded another truck at the Taylor Trucking warehouse. He drove west 40 miles and unloaded the boxes at the Handy Home Hardware Center. He picked up a dozen cartons and drove east with them 70 miles to Eastville. There he filled his truck and drove on east another 100 miles. He unloaded his truck and returned 125 miles west to his home. How many miles did each driver travel, and how far was each driver from the Taylor Trucking Warehouse at the end of the day?","Draw a diagram to illustrate how far each man traveled. Label your diagram with North, South, East and West and keep track of how far each man drove in each direction as well as the total mileage.","Mr. Taylor drove 330 miles and ended up 10 miles from the Taylor Trucking Warehouse. Mr. Ward drove 335 and ended up 5 miles from the Taylor Trucking Warehouse.",Math,04/01/05 #47847,Conversions,2.49,1.39,Mogmatt16,"When you convert from an English measurement to a Metric measurement, you multiply by a number. For example, to find out how many kilograms are in 10 pounds, you multiply 10 by .454. To find out how many meters are in 10 yards, you multiply 10 by .914. This is the procedure for every conversion except for one. When you convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius, you subtract 32 and multiply by 1/9. Why does the temperature conversion require a subtraction and a multiplication, while all the other conversions require just a multiplication?",Compare the zeros.,"For distance, weight, and every other measure, a result of zero is the same no matter what the units are. The temperature scales, however, have arbitrary zeros. This means that 0 degrees Celsius and 0 degrees Fahrenheit are not the same temperature. (As an interesting side note, the Kelvin and Rankine scales both have their 0 degrees set to Absolute Zero, so you can convert from one to the other with a simple multiplication.)",Science,08/28/10 #13550,Four Card Monte,2.32,1.77,bobdole,"The face cards of a deck of red-backed playing cards and blue-backed playing cards are shuffled together. Then they are cut, one side is turned face up and they are shuffled together face-up and face-down. Then four cards are dealt out on the table like this: Red Blue King Jack How many cards must you turn over to correctly answer the question: ""Does each red card on the table have a jack on the other side?"" You must choose all of the cards to be flipped before any of them are flipped.",No hint available.,"Only two: the red card and the king. Some people mistakenly include the jack, but it doesn't matter if the Jack showing is red or blue in order to answer the question.",Logic,07/01/03 #46109,Antonym in the Middle 4,2.21,2.5,cnmne,"DROP and FALL are antonyms of RISE. Change DROP to RISE to FALL by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. DROP ----> RISE ----> FALL",No hint available.,"DROP <<<<< PROP POOP POOH POSH POSE ROSE RISE <<<<< RILE RILL FILL FALL <<<<<",Language,12/30/09 #26055,Talent Show,2.52,0.8,upper90xox,"Gavin, Danny, Zander, and Stan teamed up with Galinda, Allyson, Sarah, and Deanna to sing songs at their school talent show. Determine which duo (boy-girl teams) sang which song, and who the partners were, using the clues below. 1. Zander was half of the duo that had a hit with the hip-hop song: ""Dirty Pop"". 2. The male half of the duo that had a hit with the rock beat ""Welcome to the Jungle"" wasn't Stan or Gavin. 3. Stan (whose partner wasn't Allyson or Deanna) wasn't the male half of the duo who had a hit with the reggae tune ""Jamming"". 4. Danny did not perform with Galinda or Deanna. 5. Galinda (whose partner wasn't Gavin) wasn't the female half of the duo who sang the country song ""Man! I Feel Like a Woman!""",No hint available.,"Danny and Allyson sang ""Welcome to the Jungle"". Gavin and Deanna sang ""Jamming"". Stan and Sarah sang ""Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"" Zander and Galinda sang ""Dirty Pop"".",Logic-Grid,09/23/05 #29829,Trade Off III,2.81,2.37,peppamintp,"The answers to the two clues in each line below are six letter words that differ by only one letter. Example, if you trade off the p from stripe with the letter k in the same position you get strike. (chevron=stripe, hit=strike) 1. Install___Accuse____ 2. Sends money__Negligent____ 3. White-tie___Layout___ 4. Stylish___Irritable___ 5. Swiss state___Reckless___",No hint available.,"1. Induct, Indict 2. Remits, Remiss 3. Formal, Format 4. Snappy, Snippy 5. Canton, Wanton",Language,04/17/06 #44197,Long Snake,2.6,1.84,Zag24,"A long dense snake that makes me boil, The denser it is, the worse for all. It has no skin, nor scales, nor coil. But it moves along, speed down to a crawl. It has many voices. A rhythm, but no heart. You'll know when you see one; You might even take part. Escape from its clutches can bring you some ease. Now you'll get where you're going as fast as you please. What is it?",Think of going to the beach on a hot summer Saturday.,"Traffic Dense traffic on the highway is like a long snake, and it usually makes people who are stuck in it angry, especially if it only moves at a crawl. The voices are the car horns. The rhythm is the revving of motors as the line of cars starts and stops. When you finally get out of the traffic, it is a relief, and you can finally get where you are going.",Riddle,03/02/09 #5643,Preview,2.79,2.23,Bobbrt,"Which word below belongs in this group and why? PREVIEW, TALLOW, SELECTION, GOLDEN, BRAIDED, CLAMP Choices: a) CASHEW b) TRACING c) CONVERT d) PLACID",No hint available.,"TRACING All of the words become new words when the first letter is removed.",Group,07/17/02 #4773,String,2.27,1.75,scorpio666,"When I was young I had a string, and no one would tell me what was this strange thing. Then they took it away and I was mad for a bit, for I was quite attached to it. As I got older I asked around, but nobody would tell me what I had found. Then one day I asked my dear mother, she told me and I realised that was my bread and butter.",No hint available.,The umbilical cord.,Riddle,06/16/02 #37957,Drift With The Current,3.19,1.98,grilledcheese,"I drift forever with the current Down these long canals they've made Tame, yet wild, I run elusive Multitasking to your aid. Before I came, the world was darker Colder, sometimes, rougher, true But though I might make living easy, I'm good at killing people too.",No hint available.,Electricity,Riddle,08/25/07 #48362,Morphing Words,2.16,2.74,nakajima01,"Try to know what word(s) should come next. Proper nouns are not accepted. 1. CART, DART, DIRT, DIET, ???? 2. DIVER, LIVER, LOVER, HOVER, ???? 3. BREAD, DREAD, HEAD, MED, ??? Click hint for more explanation.","The first word is the original, the following words will be the morphing ones. Example: BAG - Original Word BEG - 1st morph BIG - 2nd morph BOG - 3rd Morph ****** BUG - Answer","1. DIED and/or DIES Pattern of morphing word is: 1st let, 2nd let, 3rd let and 4th let 2. HAVER Pattern of morphing word is: 1st let, 2nd let, 1st let again and 2nd let again. 3. SAID Pattern of morphing word is: 1st letter changes alphabetically with an increasing interval of consonants. (1, 1-2, 1-2-3, ...n ) Words all end with ""ed"" sound.",Series,01/05/11 #50237,BB02 METAPHOR-MIX #01,2.0,1.23,BadBunnee02,"Here's the deal: There are six three-word common expressions (idioms) below but BB02 dropped them on the way home from the Idiom-Shoppe and they got all mixed up. Untangle them. wax to conclusions answers on empty for the jowl wane and ante jump up running quest by cheek","One of them is ""running on empty"".","cheek by jowl jump to conclusions quest for answers running on empty up the ante wax and wane If you want definitions and usage, enter any one of these in a search engine as such: idiom:cheek by jowl",Language,04/13/14 #8242,"Day, Week, Year...",2.24,2.25,msuvols13,"Which of the following does not belong in the group of words below? day, week, month, year",No hint available.,"Month, because nothing rhymes with it.",Group,10/27/02 #49115,Improper Prefixes 14,2.26,2.16,cnmne,"The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. The pronunciation for the ""incorrect definition"" may be different (""co ward"" instead of ""coward""). Example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix). 1) before being tardy 2) to delete swear words 3) extending across both father and mother 4) to bring into the condition of being crushed or squeezed",No hint available.,"1) prelate (pre late) 2) discuss (dis cuss) 3) transparent (trans parent) 4) empress (em press)",Language,10/27/11 #9639,Slewov,2.86,2.86,MrIxolite,"What is the longest common word that uses all five vowels only once, and in reverse alphabetical order?",That wasn't very nice,Uncomplimentary,Language,01/06/03 #36064,Some Squares,2.5100000000000002,1.8800000000000001,rzhao,"You are a 3rd grader. You have been victorious during the food fight today in school. As you walk home, a 5th grader suddenly jumps up behind you, with some moldy food from last week in his hand. He threatens to splat you unless you answer the following question correctly in 10 seconds: What is the square of 11,111,111?","The 5th grader looks down at you, and says, ""I'll give you one hint: The square of 111 is 12,321.""","123,456,787,654,321 Using the hint, and the fact that the squares of 1 and 11 are 1 and 121, respectively, we can see a pattern in the series. When all the digits of a number are 1, and there are under 10 digits, the square of the number is 123...n...321, where n is the number of digits in the original number. Note however that this pattern only works for numbers with less that 10 digits, and all the digits must be 1.",Math,04/05/07 #46611,Letter Juggle,3.1,1.53,MarcM1098,"Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Claw - At 2. Rag - Below 3. Shred - Ban 4. Table - Seven 5. Potless - Purse","1. Legal terms 2. Storm words 3. Farm buildings 4. Not changing 5. Innocent","1. Law - Act 2. Rage - Blow 3. Shed - Barn 4. Stable - Even 5. Spotless - Pure",Language,03/26/10 #29415,Coenobita Confusion,2.74,3.05,PineappleMama,"I love to climb up high in trees, digging holes, and feeling the breeze. I eat eggs, apples, carrots, meat, even peanut butter, is a treat. Around the world, my kin are found. ""Chirping"" is our signature sound. So, what am I?","Born in the sea, but live on the land. I have ten legs, but not a single hand.","A Land Hermit Crab! Coenobita Clypeatus is the most commonly found land hermit crab in the United States. Also known as purple pinchers, or Caribbean crabs, these guys have been found miles from the coast. Hermies are scavengers by nature and enjoy having a variety of foods to choose from. My hermies happen to love peanut butter, raisins, sweet potatoes, and bananas! Purple pinchers are also known for being the most ""fashion conscious"" of the land hermit species. These guys LOVE to change shells, sometimes spending hours ""shell swapping."" Listening to these guys ""chirp"" is like nothing else I've ever heard. It's not quite like a cricket, or a mouse, or really anything I can think of, but it is fascinating!",Riddle,03/30/06 #50745,Anagram Dictionary 9,2.66,2.0,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob) Words: attorney, celery, decoration, pitcher, supermarket Definitions: a basket for carrying crochet threads a wealthy domesticated animal frozen water falling from a twister the whine of a lamprey vomit where you put your elbows when sitting in a chair",No hint available.,"attorney: a basket for carrying crochet threads (yarn tote) celery: the whine of a lamprey (eel cry) decoration: frozen water falling from a twister (tornado ice) pitcher: a wealthy domesticated animal (rich pet) supermarket: vomit where you put your elbows when sitting in a chair (armrest puke)",Language,12/18/15 #33434,Famous People III,2.67,2.63,medster99,"For each number, unscramble the capitalized letters (the two or three groups in each number do not intermix, when they are separated by lower case letters) to form first a famous person and then a famous work or theory of theirs, or why they are famous. 1) DOTE ON ALL, known for carving the first freestanding nude ADDIV. 2) AH HATING MADAM, known for SENSITIVE SEA CARPS. 3) STICK TRAP, known for bringing TAN IRISH CITY to ENDRAIL. 4) RUB PIANO PIE, known for sending out the SCARED FRUITS. 5) HE HANGS KING, known for creating the SEVER MIGRATE REPEL.",No hint available.,"1) Donatello, known for carving the first freestanding nude David. 2) Mahatma Gandhi, known for Passive Resistance. 3) St. Patrick, known for bringing Christianity to Ireland. 4) Pope Urban II, known for sending out the First Crusade. 5) Genghis Khan, known for creating the Largest Empire Ever.",Other,10/11/06 #16608,Start With IT,2.58,1.37,snaps,"What expression shown here? Step 1: IT Step 2: IT b Step 3: o IT bo Step 4: no IT bon Step 5: no IT bone Step 6: no IT bones",No hint available.,"Make no bones about it. The words ""no bones"" are being made around the word ""it"".",Rebus,02/17/04 #26176,When,2.83,1.53,sdm1177,"What does this represent?: 3:00 - Angry 4:00 - Frightened 5:00 - Upset 6:00 - Joyful <----",No hint available.,Happy hour,Rebus,10/02/05 #40931,Inter-departmental Jam Making Contest,2.63,1.59,letmeforget9,"At the recent inter-departmental jam-making contest, four lucky candidates took part in making the juiciest strawberry jam. The ages of the contestants were 14, 17, 20 and 22. As it happens, the person who came last was the oldest, whereas Stuart was three years older than the person who came in second. James was neither the oldest nor the youngest, and Kev finished ahead of the 17 year old but didn't win. John was also unlucky this time and didn't win either. Can you determine who finished where and how old they are?",No hint available.,"Place, Name, Age: 1 James 20 2 Kev 14 3 Stuart 17 4 John 22",Logic-Grid,03/07/08 #31517,The Shining,2.93,1.36,jazzmusician46,"I with borrowed silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, like the bow that guards the Tartar; Then the half, and then the whole, ever dancing around the pole; And true it is, I chiefly owe my beauty to the shades below. Who am I?",No hint available.,The Moon,Riddle,07/04/06 #32972,"Drink, Look, Sweep",2.81,1.43,DEJL,"Get me to drink, Look through me to see. As I drop get a broom, Sweep, sweep, sweep. Sand my friend, floor my foe. What am I?",No hint available.,"Glass. Take first letter from each line.",Riddle,09/12/06 #19016,Van Gogh's Relatives,3.09,2.63,Gander,"David Van Gogh (pronounced ""Go"") had many relatives. Can you guess by the clues who they are? Example: His dizzy Aunt? Answer: Verti-Gogh How many other relatives can you guess? A fruit loving cousin? The Grandfather from Yugoslavia? The cousin from Illinois? His Mexican cousin? His Great Grandfather who drove a stage coach? The ballroom dancing aunt? The bird lover Uncle? A sister who loved disco? And his niece who travels the country in a van?",No hint available.,"A fruit loving cousin: Man-Gogh The grandfather from Yugoslavia: U-Gogh The cousin from Illinois: Chica-Gogh His Mexican cousin: Amee-Gogh His Great Grandfather who drove a stage coach: Wellsfar-Gogh The ballroom dancing aunt: Tan-Gogh The bird lover uncle: Flamin-Gogh A sister who loved disco: Go-Gogh And his niece who travels the country in a van: Winnie Bay-Gogh",Language,10/02/04 #28648,Allen Nella Stops Pots,2.71,2.72,norcekri,"Allen Nella, the ceramic artist who produced strangely symmetric works, came home at NOON to find an official notice posted on his studio door. He'd been half expecting it, living in the suburbs after Pamela divorced him, but he'd hoped for enough time to make ware for Ceramic Showcase, the big spring show. The ""cease and desist"" order shut down his kiln, under the city's air quality laws. He would have to find either another home or another line of work. Given the expense of moving and his range of artistic skills, he tried metalworking. However, as he tried to form the grips and handles into his trademark forms, the metal would break more often than not, ruining several hours of careful sculpting. After three months of failure, he needed to pay the rent. He phoned his old boss, Marc Mercury -- the following Monday, he was back at work as an organic chemist for Palindrome Products. Marc was happy to have Allen's brain back on the team, helping others refine ideas, and coming up with innovations of his own. Although Allen developed only one new compound on his own, the profits easily paid for his salary and overhead, and they all synthesized happily ever after. Can you form the word ladder of Allen's return to industrial R&D? The sequence must run through STOP - POTS - PANS - SNAP - LONE - ENOL. You may change only one letter at each step, and each step must form a common (uncapitalized) English word.","The only way to get to ""ENOL"" is through ""ENOW"" (generally spelled ""enough"" these days).","STOP-STEP-SEEP-SEES-SETS-PETS-POTS POTS-PATS-PANS PANS-PENS-PEAS-SEAS-SEAM-SLAM-SLAP-SNAP SNAP-SOAP-SOAK-SOCK-BOCK-BONK-BONE-LONE LONE-LOSE-LOST-LOOT-SOOT-SNOT-SNOW-ENOW-ENOL",Language,02/15/06 #1688,Unclimbed Volcano,2.71,1.84,ChuckieChen,Why has no one climbed the largest known volcano?,No hint available.,The largest known volcano is on Mars. It is called Olympus Mons.,Trick,12/12/01 #36541,Please Stand Up,3.15,1.91,grilledcheese,"D N A T S , D",No hint available.,Stand up comedy (stand up comma D),Rebus,05/07/07 #28602,"The Random Family, Pt. 1: Gramma Random",2.75,2.02,TalkingOptimist,"Gramma Random has 5 grandchildren (girls Dora and Gwenevere; boys Alex, Nathan, & Gabriel) for whom she likes to fix their favorite foods on their respective birthdays. Can you determine what she makes for whom and when? Gramma Random: 1. Does not do baking while school is out for the summer. 2. Finds it odd that, despite the fact Nathan loves chocolate, and Alex loves oatmeal, neither likes her no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies. 3. Also finds it odd that neither Dora nor Gwen cares for her mashed potatoes, which she thinks it's silly to make so close to Memorial Day, but does it anyway. 4. Nicknamed Gabe ""Pizza the Hut"" because all he ever wants is pizza, and loaded with meat at that! 5. Is grateful that she doesn't have to make bacon for Nathan's birthday, because she doesn't eat meat before Easter. 6. Is grateful that her granddaughter (whose birthday is in August) likes a treat that doesn't have to be fried. 7. Thinks it's exciting that Gwenevere was born on Fathers' Day. Note, for unclear dates or holidays: School lets out in early May, and usually resumes the last week in August. Easter is in early April. Labor Day is the first Monday in September. Memorial Day is the last Monday in May. Father's Day is the 3rd Sunday in June.",No hint available.,"Gramma Random: Bakes bread for Nathan on March 7. Mashes potatoes for Alex on May 28. Fries bacon for Gwenevere on June 20. Makes chocolate-oatmeal no-bake cookies for Dora on August 12. Makes pizza, loaded with meat, for Gabe on September 6.",Logic-Grid,02/13/06 #42654,Free Worm,2.75,2.22,MarcM1098,"In this verse four words are missing. They all consist of the same five letters, arranged in a different way in each case. Can you fill them in? Rob's an early bird; he gets the worms. But one day, the worm _____ in fear. _____ of ""Spare me!"" are heard as it squirms. Rob gives in: a mental _____, it's clear. Today, a new proverb Rob keeps: He now looks before he _____.",No hint available.,"Rob's an early bird; he gets the worms. But one day, the worm PALES in fear. PLEAS of ""Spare me!"" are heard as it squirms. Rob gives in: a mental LAPSE, it's clear. Today, a new proverb Rob keeps: He now looks before he LEAPS.",Language,07/30/08 #44081,Seating Chart,2.45,1.55,Zag24,"mr. a - MR. A mr. b - MR. B mr. c - MR. C mr. d - MR. D mr. e mr. f - MR. F mr. g - MR. G mr. h - MR. H",No hint available.,"No big mystery (No big Mr. E)",Rebus,02/09/09 #32441,Yellow Birds,2.77,2.14,Tammy93,"Abel, Mabel, and Caleb went bird watching. Each of them saw one bird that none of the others did. Each pair saw one bird that the third did not. And one bird was seen by all three. Of the birds Abel saw, two were yellow. Of the birds Mabel saw, three were yellow. Of the birds Caleb saw, four were yellow. How many yellow birds were seen in all? How many non-yellow birds were seen in all?",No hint available.,"Three birds were seen by one person each, three were seen by each unique pair (Abel-Mabel, Abel-Caleb, and Mabel-Caleb), and one was seen by all three. So seven birds were seen in all, and each person saw a total of four. Hence, all of the birds Caleb saw were yellow. These four birds are: (1) the one Caleb saw alone, (2) the one Caleb saw with Abel, (3) the one Caleb saw with Mabel, and (4) the one all three saw together. This accounts for both of the yellow birds Abel saw, and two of the three yellow birds Mabel saw. The third yellow bird Mabel saw could not have been the one Abel and Mabel saw together, because Abel only saw two yellow birds; so the third yellow bird Mabel saw must have been the one she saw alone. So five yellow birds were seen (the one Mabel saw, the one Caleb saw, the one Abel and Caleb saw, the one Mabel and Caleb saw, and the one all three saw), and two non-yellow birds were seen (the one Abel saw and the one Abel and Mabel saw) by the group.",Logic,08/14/06 #32337,Nation State,2.16,1.11,DevilBunny,"I am in Ontario, but not in Canada. I am in London, but not in England. I am in Boston, but not in Massachusetts. What am I?",No hint available.,"The letter ""O"".",Riddle,08/08/06 #2986,Fire,2.27,2.05,missie,A man ran into a fire and lived. A man stayed where there was no fire and died. What happened?,No hint available.,"The two men were working in a small room protected by a carbon dioxide gas fire extinguisher system, when a fire broke out in an adjoining room. One of the men ran through the fire and escaped with only minor burns. The other one stayed in the room until the fire extinguishers kicked in and died of oxygen starvation.",Situation,03/28/02 #18710,Mad Ade's Letter Math #6,2.26,2.9,Mad-Ade,"Substitute digits (0-9) for the letters to make the following addition true. ALPHABET + LETTERS = SCRABBLE Keep in mind that the first number of each word is NOT a 0 (zero) and if x=4 then all x's are 4 and so on.",No hint available.,17531908 + 7088062 = 24619970,Cryptography,09/01/04 #11801,I'm Awfully Clamorous,2.67,1.8900000000000001,VolsToTheWall,"I'm named after nothing, Though I'm awfully clamorous, And when I'm not working, Your house is less glamorous. What am I?",No hint available.,"A vacuum cleaner. Note: Another meaning for the word vacuum is a space empty of matter or in other words a space full of nothing.",Riddle,04/17/03 #18614,Madadian Combined Cheese and Dog Show,2.24,2.35,mad-ade,"Mad Ade, Daft Derrick, Sue Denim, two pieces of Madadian ""Kebabrie"" Cheese, two pieces of Madadian ""Chillirella"" Cheese, and ""Beef Curry"" the dog were on their way to the annual Madadian combined Cheese and Dog show (it's Madadian, these things happen). Mad Ade's ""Kebabretta"" scooter can only carry two objects at a time. Mad Ade, Daft Derrick and Sue Denim can all drive the scooter. If Mad Ade is not around, Daft Derrick will eat the ""Kebabrie""; if Daft Derrick is not around, Mad Ade will eat the ""Chillirella"". If Sue Denim is not around, ""Beef Curry"" will eat the cheese and bite Mad Ade and Daft Derrick. Can they all get to the Cheese/Dog show without anything bad happening? If so, what's the smallest number of trips needed (each way counts as one trip)?",No hint available.,"Yes, they can do it, and the smallest number of trips is 17. There are essentially two ways of doing this in 17 steps. One way is: Sue Denim and ""Beef Curry""; Sue Denim; Sue Denim and ""Kebabrie""; Sue Denim and ""Beef Curry""; Mad Ade and ""Kebabrie""; Mad Ade; Daft Derrick and Mad Ade; Daft Derrick; Sue Denim and ""Beef Curry""; Mad Ade; Daft Derrick and Mad Ade; Daft Derrick; Daft Derrick and ""Chillirella""; Sue Denim and ""Beef Curry""; Sue Denim and ""Chillirella""; Sue Denim; Sue Denim and ""Beef Curry"". The other method is to do this in reverse. Another way of looking at it is that we're swapping ""Kebabrie"" and ""Chillirella"", Daft Derrick and Mad Ade, since from the point of view of the other restrictions this changes nothing.",Logic,08/24/04 #18526,When was I Married,2.19,1.98,am53,Joe Simmons of New York married his second wife in 1900. His age in whole years at his death was one twenty-ninth of the year of his birth. In the year he died he had already celebrated his birthday. How old was he at his second wedding?,No hint available.,"He was born in 1856, died in 1920 (at age 64), and was 44 at his second wedding in 1900.",Math,08/10/04 #35169,Laundry List,2.36,2.06,cnmne,"Per this rebus, what is the meaning of the indicated (<<<<<) entry? lip - starch <<<<< mouth - fabric softener lip - bleach",No hint available.,"Stiff Upper Lip (starch is used on the upper lip, producing a stiff upper lip)",Rebus,02/02/07 #38436,Word Within a Word! #5,2.98,2.26,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your job is to try and discover a shorter word within the given word that relates to the theme. The word must be an extension of the 'theme' word. The letters of the hidden word are NOT jumbled. Example: Theme: NIGHT______ Sneaky = SKY (NIGHT SKY) Theme: NIGHT______ 1. Amplifier = ? (NIGHT______) 2. Vowel = ? (NIGHT______) 3. Counteract = ? (NIGHT______) 4. Persimmon = ? (NIGHT______)",No hint available.,"1. Amplifier = LIFE (NIGHT LIFE) 2. Vowel = OWL (NIGHT OWL) 3. Counteract = COURT (NIGHT COURT) 4. Persimmon = PERSON (NIGHT PERSON)",Language,09/24/07 #2605,Best Friends,2.39,2.32,204_BLaZe_41,"One day, two guys who were best friends and hadn't seen each other for a long time met each other. Neither of them were blind or deaf, and both of them were able to speak. Yet, they didn't talk to each other. Why?",No hint available.,They were scuba-diving.,Situation,03/09/02 #4371,Handed,2.23,1.52,gokaran,"What does this represent? HAND ED",No hint available.,Underhanded,Rebus,05/31/02 #50108,Delete a Letter 19,2.72,1.58,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) distinctive elegance or style (5 letters) & (delete 1st letter) any place of refuge or for hiding 2) to govern (4 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to feel remorse 3) earliest (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a clenched hand 4) a usually sweet course served at the end of a meal (7 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to abandon",No hint available.,"1) flair & lair 2) rule & rue 3) first & fist 4) dessert & desert",Language,01/25/14 #1121,10=Y in a D,2.18,1.11,BigMan,10=Y in a D,No hint available.,10 Years in a Decade,Letter-Equations,10/14/01 #50271,Beware a Gift Horse,2.19,2.82,cnmne,12 = T O in a T P,No hint available.,12 = Troy Ounces in a Troy Pound,Letter-Equations,04/27/14 #49977,Mother of Triplets,1.93,2.96,ThinksForFun,"Determine what eleven-letter word, the letters of which have been used to make each of three clue words (""triplets""), is the answer (""mother"") word for each of the following. Each of the clue words consists of a subset of the letters found in the answer word. All eleven letters of the answer word are used at least once in the formation of the three clue words. Example: birth, innate, trio Answer: hibernation 1) fiscal, frail, racial 2) chip, gender, grind 3) rewrite, rut, unwed 4) chore, hair, stomp Bonus: For an additional challenge, put the extra letters from the clue words in 2), 3), and 4) above in the correct order giving you the eleven-letter bonus word!",No hint available.,"Note: The extra letters for the bonus have been capitalized below. 1) sacrificial <== fiscal, frail, racial 2) deciphering <== chip, gender, GRiND 3) underwriter <== rewrite, ruT, UnWEd 4) atmospheric <== chore, HaiR, stOmp And the solution to the bonus challenge is: UNDERGROWTH",Language,11/02/13 #4551,Boats and Planes,2.25,2.04,mad-ade,"A ship went on a voyage. After it had travelled 180 miles a plane started with 10 times the speed of the ship, following the same path as the ship. Find the distance when they meet from starting point.",No hint available.,"200 miles Given that speed of the plane is 10 times the speed of the ship. So it is obvious that the distance covered by plane will be 10 times the distance covered by the ship for the given time. i.e. Distance covered by plane = 10 * (Distance covered by ship after plane started) Now from the given data, Distance covered by plane = 180 + Distance covered by ship after plane started 10 * (Distance covered by ship after plane started) = 180 + Distance covered by ship after plane started 9 * (Distance covered by ship after plane started) = 180 Distance covered by ship after plane started = 20 miles Total distance covered by ship from starting point = 180 + 20 = 200 miles",Math,06/07/02 #41949,What Four Digit Number?,2.59,1.8900000000000001,Editor,What four digit number has digit 1 three less than digit 4 which is one more than digit 2 which is twice digit 3 which is not a prime number and is one more than 1/3 of digit 4?,No hint available.,6849.,Math,05/17/08 #43187,14 = P in W W's P,1.77,2.7,letmeforget1,14 = P in W W's P,No hint available.,14 = points in Woodrow Wilson's plan.,Letter-Equations,09/25/08 #8806,Cereal Gift,2.23,2.68,lesternoronha1,"There is a free gift in my breakfast cereal. The manufacturers say that the gift comes in four different colors, and encourage one to collect all four (thus eating lots of cereal). Assuming there is an equal chance of getting any one of the colors, what is the expected number of boxes I must consume to get all four?",No hint available.,"25/3 trials are required. First I'll show that if the probability of an event happening is p then the mean number of trials to obtain a success is 1/p. Number of Trials -- Probability of Success ---------------------------------------------- 1 -- p 2 -- p*q 3 -- p*q^2 4 -- p*q^3 . -- . . -- . . -- . Since there must eventually be a success, the sum of probabilities is: p + p*q + p*q^2 + p*q^3 + ... = 1. The mean number of trials (m) is: m = p + 2p*q + 3p*q^2 + 4p*q^3 + ... m*q = p*q + 2p*q^2 + 3p*q^3 + ... m-q*m= p + p*q + p*q^2 + p*q^3 + ... m(1-q) = 1. m = 1/(1-q) = 1/p. Secondly, the answer to the problem can be express as the sum of the following: Number of trials to get a first toy Number of trials to get a second toy once you have one toy Number of trials to get a third toy once you have two toys Number of trials to get the final toy once you have three toys The number of trials to get one toy is obviously one. Once you have one the probability of getting a different toy in the next box is 3/4, thus the expected number of trials is 1/(3/4) = 4/3 to get the second toy. By the same logic the number of trials to get the third is 1/(1/2)=2 and 1/(1/4)=4 for the final toy. Summing these yields 1 + 4/3 + 2 + 4 = 25/3.",Probability,12/09/02 #42602,Common Substance,2.05,1.6,kunju,"What do the following have in common? Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene, and Paraffin wax",No hint available.,All are the products of petroleum.,Group,07/25/08 #48491,Front Loader 2,2.11,2.17,snowmonster,"What 3 letter word can you fill the blanks in with, to make 8 new words? 1) _ _ _ ax 2) _ _ _ le 3) _ _ _ end 4) _ _ _ ict 5) _ _ _ uce 6) _ _ _ uct 7) _ _ _ able 8) _ _ _ lepated",No hint available.,"1) Addax 2) Addle 3) Addend 4) Addict 5) Adduce 6) Adduct 7) Addable 8) Addlepated",Language,02/17/11 #5059,MOM,2.23,1.58,something,If MOM = WOW then what does DOWE =?,No hint available.,DOME,Language,06/29/02 #43225,Computerebus,2.3,2.31,cnmne,"Similar to a rebus, the following computer program conceals a statement or phrase. Per this computer program, what does the variable C represent? BEGIN A = ""bacteria""; B = ""protozoa""; C = A / B; END",No hint available.,"Cell division (bacteria and protozoa are single-cell organisms, one is being divided by the other)",Other,09/30/08 #38948,Word Connections #20,2.6,1.77,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect German to handle. German C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C_ _ _ P_ _ Handle WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","CH _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CA _ _ PA _","German Chocolate Cake Pan Handle",Language,10/25/07 #46701,Change a Letter 2,2.16,1.66,mathisnice,"The object of this teaser is to get from the first word to the fifth by changing only one letter each time. Each word in between must be a valid word. You will be given the definitions of each five words. Word 1: A certain type of music. Word 2: A split. Word 3: An added payment. Word 4: Fasten. Word 5: A type of metal.",Each word is three letters long.,Rap to Rip to Tip to Tie to Tin,Language,04/10/10 #50948,Man in Scrubs,3.13,2.66,TheRiddleTroll,"A man lies in a field, dead. He is wearing scrubs and has a large hole in his chest. How did he die?",The man had previously had a surgical implant.,"The man is lying in the magnetic field of an MRI machine. The strong magnetic field ripped the man's pacemaker (surgical implant), which the doctor overlooked, out of his chest. Believe it or not, this has actually happened multiple times.",Situation,12/30/16 #15911,Snow,3.11,1.7,andrewcs,"What phrase is shown in the figure below? S-n-o-w",No hint available.,Dashing through the snow.,Rebus,12/22/03 #26430,Quotable Quotes,2.63,2.23,Nytwynd,"Quotations came from one source. Answer pattern works for all. --- D CUUG K HXZZJ YZKJDAN RUMYHZ KAJ YZKJ 'IKY KAJ XZKRZ' DA CIZACE QDAMCZH. DC DATULTZH YMHHDK. D'Q AUC KBYKDJ CU JDZ. D PMHC JUA'C IKAC CU FZ CWZYZ IWZA DC WKXXZAH. UA CWZ XLMH HDJZ, JZKCW DH UAZ UB CWZ BZI CWDANH CWKC RKA FZ JUAZ PMHC KH ZKHDLE LEDAN JUIA.","I=W u=o j=d e=y K=A l=l z=e a=n","A = N B = F C = T D = I E = Y F = B G = K H = S I = W J = D K = A L = L M = U N = G P = J Q = M R = C T = V U = O W = H X = P Y = R Z = E I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.",Cryptography,10/18/05 #29213,An Interesting Book,2.59,1.23,coltonr1,"Jeff got a new book in the mail. It is called ""How to Feed Hamsters"". On each page there are 10 words, and there are 50 pages in the book. How many words are there?",No hint available.,"504 There are 500 words in the book and 4 words in ""How to Feed Hamsters"".",Trick,03/21/06 #35884,In Every Mountain,2.36,1.41,Trumalia,"This is an old Scottish riddle from 1300-1900 AD. It is in every mountain, It's not in any hill, It's not in all the world, And yet it's in the mill.",No hint available.,m,Riddle,02/20/07 #40117,Cost of Freedom,2.31,2.53,onua9159,"This quote comes from former United States President John F. Kennedy. Can you decode it? E=L ""WQO USVW SD DTOOFSP CV BEHBZV QCIQ, RKW BPOTCUBMV QBGO BEHBZV YBCF CW. BMF SMO YBWQ HO VQBEE MOGOT UQSSVO, BMF WQBW CV WQO YBWQ SD VKTTOMFOT, ST VKRPCVVCSM.""","C=I F=D A=Q","""The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission."" - John F. Kennedy KEY: A=Q B=A C=I D=F E=L F=D G=V H=W I=G J=Z K=U L=K M=N N=X O=E P=M Q=H R=B S=O T=R U=C V=S W=T X=J Y=P Z=Y",Cryptography,01/19/08 #39260,Chinese Noodles,2.61,1.24,King_of_Smart,"A young man was given a challenge: if he could eat a plate of Chinese noodles without using his hands, he could win $1,000! He also had to somehow use chopsticks, and not just slurp it down with his mouth. 5 minutes later, he beat the challenge and won that $1,000. How did he do it?","It doesn't matter how he eats it, as long as the chopsticks are feeding him the food.",Someone else fed it to him.,Trick,11/18/07 #21593,Lucky Little Devil,2.41,2.31,badbunnee,"What phrase is shown by the rebus below? VI,vii,VIII",No hint available.,A Little Odd.,Rebus,03/16/05 #50958,Superman's Dilemma,2.86,0.74,Snowdog,"It used to be that in a time of need for the minimal price of the dime you cede I would stand ready with a book you read to find a number which can be keyed which connects you up with relative speed to someone with whom you could beg or plead. And if you are lucky they may take heed and from your troubles you will be freed. What am I?","Think of me fondly I'm a dying breed Wireless technology has taken the lead. I have been torn out like an unwanted weed.","I am a pay phone. The title is a reference to the old Superman TV show, where Clark Kent would use pay phone booths to change into Superman.",Riddle,12/30/16 #33406,Complete-A-Word XV,2.69,2.3,phrebh,"Use the 26 letters of the alphabet to complete the ten words below, replacing each underscore with a letter. Each letter can only be used once. 1. W_ _LE 2. _A_IN_ 3. _EE_ 4. E_ _A_A_IONS 5. _E 6. _O_ND 7. _ _ME 8. _U_I_T 9. _ _ON_E 10. _ _WE_R_",It helps if you write down the alphabet and then cross out the ones you've used.,"1. WHILE 2. MAKING 3. DEEP 4. EXCAVATIONS 5. WE 6. FOUND 7. SOME 8. QUAINT 9. BRONZE 10. JEWELRY The answers form a pangram.",Language,10/09/06 #12144,What Is The Suit,2.32,1.16,andrewcs,If you are wearing this suit you can't be in a suit. What is it?,No hint available.,"Your birthday suit. Your birthday suit is an expression for what you were wearing when you were born, ie. nothing.",Trick,04/30/03 #44696,Two States in One,2.18,1.27,bpkeller,What U.S. state has the name of another U.S. state in it?,It is NOT West Virginia.,Arkansas (Kansas).,Trick,06/20/09 #718,Pronounced as one letter...,2.79,1.75,GarnetGurl,"Pronounced as one letter, and written with three, Two letters there are, and two only in me: I`m double, I`m single, I`m black, blue and gray, I`m read from both ends and the same either way.",No hint available.,Eye,Riddle,07/25/01 #27600,Letters For Numbers III,2.32,2.8,NomadShadow,"In the puzzle below, the numbers in a logical sequence have been replaced by the corresponding initial letter. For example, the letters O, T, F, S, N, E correspond to the sequence 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. Your job is to determine the original sequence. F T O S T S E F T O",No hint available.,"512 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 A reverse series of the powers of two",Series,12/20/05 #11924,Everybody,2.36,1.75,holes418,"People say if everyone in the world were to do the exact same thing at the exact same time it would be the end of the world. Well, factually, there is one thing everybody does every second of every day. What is it?","As a matter of fact, everything in existence does this every second of every day. And no, the answer is not ""exist."" It's a little more complicated than that.",Get older.,Other,04/21/03 #35871,Wise Guy II,2.54,2.5,aresII,"The following are more examples of H. L. Mencken work. He was one of America's most famous newspaper columnists. His claim to fame was his acid-tongued social commentary. Can you decode them? X=K ""OBMAOHDMOD HA Z GBVNDF-HM-SZE ENBAD LHAHV MDLDF DMIA."" ""IDGBOFZOK HA VND ZFV BY FQMMHMT VND OHFOQA YFBG VND GBMXDK OZTD.""","K=Y L=V Q=U","""Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends."" ""Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage."" Key: A=S B=O D=E E=W F=R G=M H=I I=D K=Y L=V M=N N=H O=C Q=U S=L T=G V=T X=K Y=F Z=A",Cryptography,03/25/07 #6340,ARUPMS,2.17,1.17,Klopper,"Can you decipher this? ARUPMS",No hint available.,Up in arms,Rebus,08/08/02 #6812,MuchMuch Time,2.19,0.62,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? muchmuch time your handhand",No hint available.,Too much time on your hands.,Rebus,08/23/02 #29432,Number Letter Code 2,2.82,2.81,RainyMysteria,"Write a table that contains a row of letters and a row of numbers where you can clearly tell that A=1, B=2, C=3 etc until Z=26. Using it, decipher the clues to find a nine letter word which could describe someone evil. - The 2nd and 7th letters are the same and divisible by 5. - The 6th letter is an even number which is LESS than 13. - The 5th is the 1st and 6th letter's value added together. - The 8th letter is a prime number between 15 and 25. - The 3rd letter is a vowel, whose value is less than 10. - The 1st letter has a value 10 less than the 4th. - The last letter's value is equal to double the 8th and then subtract 19.","- The 4th letter has digit/s which add up to 7, 8, or 9.","Heartless. Values: 8 5 1 18 20 12 5 19 19",Other,03/30/06 #29380,SATP?,2.28,2.9,signmeup74,"What is represented by this Equation? 2 = L E at SATP",Hg & Br,"2 = Liquid Elements at Standard Ambient Temperature and Pressure (SATP). SATP is defined at 25 deg C (77 deg F) and 0.10 MPa (1 atm). Hg = Mercury which melts at -39 deg C (-38 deg F) Br = Bromine which melts at -7 deg C (19 deg F)",Letter-Equations,03/28/06 #17497,Be Creative,2.81,1.93,fishmed,"Using one sheet of paper (8&1/2 by 11 inches), support a heavy hardcover book 1 inch above a tabletop. You may use this one sheet of paper, scissors, a pencil and tape only. Once you are done, only the paper may hold up the book.",I did not use a full sheet of paper. Try it first.,"Cut the paper into six strips, 1 inch wide by 11 inches long. Wind each strip around a pencil to make a tight cylinder. Slide the cylinder off the pencil and fasten with a small piece of tape. Finally, stand all 6 cylinders on their ends in a cross arrangement, with 4 at the corners of the intended book and two in the center of book, side by side, along the long axis of the book. Lay the book on its side on top of this arrangement. It will hold the book one inch off the tabletop. (FYI, when I did this, it held 35 large books before the paper tubes collapsed.)",Logic,04/27/04 #45571,Animal Friends II,2.5100000000000002,1.86,tigerlily34,"Millie the Platypus got a call from a friend that some of the animals of the zoo were having a meeting. When Millie arrived at the meeting place, she found that the animals who were already present had formed themselves into two groups. The groups were as follows: Group 1 Katie the Stork Olivia Ostrich Amy Alligator Pat the Tortoise Group 2 Holly the Giraffe Bella the Cheetah Jade the Tigress Delilah Dolphin Millie immediately realized how the animals had grouped themselves and she joined one of the groups. Which group did Millie join?",No hint available.,"Millie is a platypus, which means that she is a monotreme. Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs, so Millie decided to join the other egg-laying animals in Group 1.",Group,10/31/09 #44862,2 = O E P N,1.92,1.71,cutegagangel,2 = O E P N,Think numbers.,2 = Only Even Prime Number,Letter-Equations,07/14/09 #25167,Categorical Anagrams,2.81,2.2,Tammy93,"The letters below form words that are related to each other. Unscramble them, then find out what they have in common. 1. lubl 2. rnsue 3. bnloig 4. hlaew 5. griet 6. lube 7. likm 8. plorade 9. dlnib 10. mgymu",No hint available.,"1. Bull 2. Nurse 3. Goblin 4. Whale 5. Tiger 6. Blue 7. Milk 8. Leopard 9. Blind 10. Gummy These words are all types of sharks.",Language,08/09/05 #43580,"Your Friend, the Barber.",2.57,1.78,xmum,"It is best to try to avoid me, as you make your way through life. But, if you chance to meet me, don't give me any strife. Just co-operate and do as I say and your suffering will be less. And you will be able to get on with your life with less damage to your flesh. When I am not actually plying my trade, I blend in with the mob. You would not be able to pick me out. My clothes give no hint to my job. But then, when I am dressed for work, I stand out like a thumb. There is no doubt of my purpose, or why it is I've come. I wear a mask, I carry a knife, and I sometimes use a gun. And then I take your money. Sorry, but that's how it's done. I often am a wanted man, but not by you, I trust. When finished, I often hug your spouse, but it's nothing to do with lust. It's just another part of my job. Something I'm expected to do. Maintaining good public relations is a part of my job, too. So guess what I am, don't be afraid. You've nothing to fear from me. The more of my subjects to survive, the better my record will be.",No hint available.,"I am a surgeon. The title refers to the early days, when doctors were physicians. The risky and messy business of surgery was carried out by barbers, hence the red and white barber's pole, in memory of the blood-soaked bandages. In many countries the surgeon is still given the honorable title of Mister, in memory of the earlier practitioners. The gun in the clues, refers to the staple gun, which modern surgeons use in place of many of the old fashioned sutures. I take your money, is obvious, and don't yell that you have free medical care or insurance. The money paid to doctors comes from insurance companies or the government. Either way, whether from premiums, or taxes, it is your money.",Riddle,11/19/08 #37072,A Tough World!,2.72,2.59,jazzmusician46,"In the following group of Roman Emperors, who is the odd person out? Caligula Julius Caesar Claudius Augustus Caesar Tiberius Nero",No hint available.,"Augustus Caesar is the odd person out in this group. Augustus Caesar died of natural causes. The other emperors were either assassinated or died by their own hand.",Group,06/25/07 #1317,Make a Pig Fly,2.68,1.73,trainer,How do you make a pig fly with only 3 additional letters?,Think of a bird....,pig + eon = pigeon,Language,11/07/01 #6047,The Quick Brown Fox,2.08,1.37,NotSoLilGeorge,"What is strange about this sentence? ""The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog""",No hint available.,Every letter in the alphabet is used.,Language,07/29/02 #1320,"Card, Box, Code...",2.57,1.76,gokaran,"Which four letter word can be added to the front of each of the following words to create other English words? CARD BOX CODE BAG HASTE",No hint available.,"Post Postcard Postbox Postcode Postbag Posthaste",Language,11/08/01 #47615,Behead 5,2.56,2.07,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Burden; vertical force -> A number 2. A number -> Balanced; matching 3. A Shape -> A number 4. A number -> Possessive pronoun 5. Protecting material -> Increasing the number 6. Glorify -> Minus; fewer in number 7. In addition; greater in number -> Mineral 8. Division -> Something done","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. E 2. E 3. O 4. O 5. A 6. L 7. O 8. A","1. Weight -> Eight 2. Seven -> Even 3. Cone -> One 4. Four -> Our 5. Padding -> Adding 6. Bless -> Less 7. More -> Ore 8. Faction -> Action",Language,08/01/10 #1334,Meeting of Four,2.53,2.09,mrice,"Every Tuesday at BizCo, Joe, Abby, Bob and Pam get together for a meeting, and each sits on a separate side of a square table. There is one employee present from each department of the company. 1. Three of the people always drink coffee, and each owns a different color cup, the other person never drinks coffee. 2. The person with the red cup sits across from the person who owns the blue cup. 3. Abby sits to Joe's right, but Pam sits to the left of the marketer. 4. Joe drinks from a yellow cup, and the engineer's cup is blue. 5. The accountant's wife is the sister of the marketer's wife. 6. Sometimes Bob forgets his cup and has to borrow a spare one from Joe. So, who doesn't drink coffee?",No hint available.,"Pam does not drink coffee! Proceeding clockwise around the table are Pam, then Abby the Engineer with her blue cup, then Joe the Accountant with his yellow cup, and then Bob from Marketing with his red cup.",Logic,11/08/01 #30270,How Many Am I?,2.95,2.58,warmonkey318,"My first is a number, my second another, And each, I assure you, will rhyme with the other. My first you will find is one-fifth of my second, And truly my whole, a long period reckoned. Yet my first and my second (nay, think not I cozen), When added together, will make but two dozen. How many am I?",No hint available.,Four Score.,Riddle,05/04/06 #3350,AMOLEHILL,2.71,1.76,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? AMOLEHILL -LEH +UNTA -LL +N",No hint available.,"Making a mountain out of a mole hill . A MOLE HILL A MO** *ILL (-LEH) A MOUNTAILL (+UNTA) A MOUNTAI (-LL) A MOUNTAIN (+N)",Rebus,04/08/02 #40320,"An ""A"" Pyramid . . .",3.13,1.98,snowmonster,"See if you can figure out the words in this ""pyramid"" using the hints given below. Each new word contains the same letters as the previous word, plus a new letter. 1) First letter of the English alphabet 2) Present; attending 3) Loves picnics 4) A small biter 5) Pro ballplayers have one 6) An attracting object 7) An article of clothing 8) A heated debate",No hint available.,"1) A 2) At 3) Ant 4) Gnat 5) Agent 6) Magnet 7) Garment 8) Argument",Language,02/03/08 #18754,Mad Ade's One Word Anagrams. #5,2.46,2.48,Mad-Ade,"In these teasers Mad Ade will give two sentences where one word is anagrammed to make another word with in the same sentence. For example Whilst researching his ---------- Mad Ade was surprised to find that during the War his Uncle Pierre was in the ----------. In this case the anagrammed words are Ancestries and Resistance. Can you work out what the following anagrammed words are 1, Mad Ade ------ the one day a week that The Sweaty Chef Kebab shop closes and he gets ------ as it comes around. 2, Even though Mad Ade's new Chilli sauce recipe was very --------, it was soon noticed that some of the ingredients had very -------- properties and melted through the table.","1, feared and more miserable. 2, ingenious and unstable.","1, Dreads and Sadder 2, Creative and Reactive.",Language,09/06/04 #8032,Homophones,2.92,2.32,Bobbrt,"Below are two clues for words that are homophones of each other. For example, ""Number after one...Also"" would result in ""Two...Too"". Can you get all of the words? 1. Tiny Spider...Not sure if I will or not 2. Made the gun more accurate...Quoted 3. Container...Light 4. Head organ...Yes",No hint available.,"1. Mite...Might 2. Sighted...Cited 3. Pail...Pale 4. Eye...Aye",Language,10/13/02 #8770,Donkey Series,2.64,2.33,stonemug,"Which word, listed below, could come next in the following sequence? DONKEY REYKJAVIK MIGHT FARM SOIL LADLE TIN ? Choose from: ELEPHANT DELBERT HAND CAR DONUT",No hint available.,"DONUT The beginning of each word is the first two characters of music's, ""do re mi fa sol la ti do"" scale.",Series,12/02/02 #51857,What Do You Get?,3.0,1.21,fishmed,"Looking at the 3 ""equations"" below, what is the answer to the 4th one? 8 + 2 = 16106 5 + 4 = 2091 9 + 6 = 54153 7 + 3 = ?",No hint available.,"21104 To arrive at each answer you first multiply the two numbers, then add the two numbers, and finally subtract the two numbers. Your final answer is each of these answers strung together.",Math,05/22/18 #45855,Television 2,2.37,2.37,jello4426,"""Qbb jubulyiyed yi utksqjyedqb. Jxu gkuijyed yi, mxqj yi yj juqsxydw?"" -Dysxebqi Zexdied",No hint available.,"""All television is educational. The question is, what is it teaching?"" -Nicholas Johnson A=Q B=R C=S D=T E=U F=V G=W H=X I=Y J=Z K=A L=B M=C N=D O=E P=F Q=G R=H S=I T=J U=K V=L W=M X=N Y=O Z=P",Cryptography,11/29/09 #27362,Phoney Puzzle III,2.61,2.17,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 663 63 843 47328378 72467 86 48626 628873 47 843 7246 63 2 639 4332. - Walter Bagehot 48626 628873 47 843 7263 255 6837 843 96753. - Philip Dormer","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXY","One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. - Walter Bagehot Human nature is the same all over the world. - Philip Dormer",Cryptography,12/08/05 #20401,Birthday Party,2.07,0.76,hcut3,"Five guests arrived to little Latoya's B-day at 5 different times with 5 different presents. The children were Andrea, Joseph, Anthony, Brian, and Hannah. The times they arrived were noon, 12:02 p.m, 12:07 p.m.. 12:09 p.m., and 12:13 p.m. The presents that Latoya received were a doll, ball, card with money, clothes, and a game. Figure out who brought which gift and at what time they had arrived to the party. 1)Joseph was first and Anthony was right after him and neither of them brought the ball or clothes. 2) A boy did not bring the doll. 3) Hannah was not last and she did not bring the doll. 4) Brian was after Hannah but before Andrea and he did not bring the game, clothes, or card with money. 5) Andrea told Latoya that she heard the 1st person tell the 3rd person that the 2nd person had given her a card with some money in it for her birthday.",No hint available.,"Joseph-Game-12:00 Anthony-Card with money-12:02 Hannah-Clothes-12:07 Brian-Ball-12:09 Andrea-Doll-12:13",Logic-Grid,01/14/05 #36133,3 More Integers,2.12,0.98,mik512,"What are the only three consecutive numbers that when all are added, the sum equals double the last integer?",x + y + z = 2z,"1, 2, and 3!",Math,04/10/07 #44482,Can You Find It? IV,2.0,2.04,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word DEMONSTRATION, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. To invest with ministerial functions. 2. To propose for an office, award, or an appointment. 3. A remedy or medicine to cure a disease or poison. 4. The act of passing across or through. 5. A salt or ester of nitric acid. 6. To strand, as on an island, or a loud, British firework. 7. A localized, funnel-shaped, violently destructive windstorm. 8. Following or behind one another. 9. An act of giving something as a gift, grant, or a contribution. 10. One of a pair of metal stands, of iron or brass, used to hold logs in a fireplace. 11. Proceeding or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern. 12. One who stubbornly adheres to rules, a strict disciplinarian.",No hint available.,"1. ORDAIN 2. NOMINATE 3. ANTIDOTE 4. TRANSIT 5. NITRATE 6. MAROON 7. TORNADO 8. TANDEM 9. DONATION 10. ANDIRON 11. RANDOM 12. MARTINET",Language,05/19/09 #17740,Hungry Termites,2.55,2.96,Jake,You have two very hungry termites and two sticks of wood. One stick of wood is 12 inches long and the other is 16 inches long. One termite can eat sticks at the rate of 1 inch every 3 minutes. The other termite can eat 1 inch in 4 minutes. How would you use the termites and sticks to measure 61 minutes?,No hint available.,"Start the slow termite eating the longer stick. It will take the slow termite 16 minutes to eat the 4 inches that will make the sticks the same size. When the sticks are the same size, start the fast termite on the other stick. This termite will finish his 12 inch stick in 36 minutes. That's 52 minutes elapsed so far and the slow termite still has 3 inches left on his stick. Remove the slow termite and let the fast termite finish off the 3 inches in 9 minutes for a total of 61 minutes.",Math,05/25/04 #45685,I Am...,2.68,0.74,Scorefire,"I bake, I rest, I come in different shapes, sizes, types, and I sometimes live with a flame on top of my head. I am eaten, I am sliced, I am licked, poked, squashed, and I sometimes have a man and woman on my head. Who/What am I?",I am celebrated with.,"Cake. Cake is baked, Cake rests, to cool, Cake comes in different shapes, sizes and types. Cakes sometimes have candles above them on birthdays. Cake is eaten, Cake is sliced, Cake is licked and poked and sometimes even squashed. Wedding cakes have a man and woman on the top.",Riddle,11/09/09 #2714,Rot-13,2.25,2.83,Pongalopete,"What word is this if it is in Rot-13? Evqqyr",No hint available.,"Riddle Rot-13 is a method of encoding words by counting 13 letters after the letter and going to A after Z. The following code works both ways. A=N B=O C=P D=Q E=R F=S G=T H=U I=V J=W K=X L=Y M=Z",Other,03/16/02 #9547,On The Stand,2.34,1.85,Palsha,"A suspect was questioned in a case he was being accused of. He was asked by the court if his statements were true, and he replied... ""I guarantee that it is untenable to deny the opposite of the veracity of my affirmations."" Q)Is the suspect telling the court the truth or is he lying?",No hint available.,"A)He's lying ""To deny the opposite of the veracity""=to deny falsehood=to affirm the truth ""I guarantee that it is untenable""=it cannot be maintained",Logic,01/02/03 #20480,The Bicycling Bishop,2.65,2.11,stm8r1,"What phrase is represented here: Pope playing craps Cardinal riding a skateboard Deacon giving a perm Priest compacting fresh pavement",No hint available.,"Holy Rollers (extremely conservative religious persons)",Rebus,01/19/05 #6355,No Head or Hands,2.58,1.41,SkEwL_gUrl,"What has a neck but no head; two arms but no hands?",No hint available.,A shirt!,Riddle,08/08/02 #38940,Heidi,2.03,2.72,1smart_okie,J S= A o t b H,Person= what she did,Johanna Spyri= Author of the book Heidi,Letter-Equations,10/25/07 #1742,Decoder Ring,2.31,1.6,JOKESTER8000,"Can you decode this message? 9 20,8,15,21,7,8,20 19,15",No hint available.,"""I thought so"" 9=i, 20=t, 8=h, 15=o, and so on",Cryptography,12/18/01 #8350,Thought Follows Me,2.67,2.09,Allsatrash08,"I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?",No hint available.,A nose.,Riddle,11/03/02 #4382,Missing Cakes,2.38,1.9000000000000001,mad-ade,"As a youngster Mad Ade had a job working as an errand boy. One day he was given the task of collecting boxes of cakes for the Summer Fair. He collected boxes from various people in his local village and each box was labelled in Roman Numerals with the number of cakes in the box. By the time Mad Ade had collected the last box, he was quite hungry, and really needed to eat at least one cake. Luckily the last box was marked with an XI, meaning there were 11 cakes in it. He had the brain wave of turning the box around and underlining the number to give the impression there were IX, that is 9 cakes. However, after eating the 2 cakes, (predictably) Mad Ade was still hungry. How did the young Mad Ade change the number shown on the box again and eat even more cakes, without any one knowing?",No hint available.,"He could add an S to the IX to give the impression there were supposed to be 6 cakes in the box, thus eating 5 cakes in total.",Logic,05/31/02 #26346,Thinking Heads,2.58,0.67,soccercow10,"What does this rebus represent? (headhead) > (head)",No hint available.,Two heads are better or greater than one.,Rebus,10/13/05 #45955,Curtail D,2.66,1.3,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Reduce to small pieces -> Smile 2. Slide without control -> Glide on snow 3. Fertilized plant ovule -> Perceive visually 4. Facial hair -> Massive hairy mammal 5. Group of animals -> Female pronoun 6. Small building for tools -> Female pronoun 7. Repair; fix -> Adult males 8. Cut into cubes -> Game cubes","The words start with these letters: 1. G 2. S 3. S 4. B 5. H 6. S 7. M 8. D","1. Grind -> Grin 2. Skid -> Ski 3. Seed -> See 4. Beard -> Bear 5. Herd -> Her 6. Shed -> She 7. Mend -> Men 8. Diced -> Dice",Language,12/10/09 #12700,Cool Down,2.46,0.86,od-1,"Mrs. Duffus would often complain when Duffus left the door to the basement open. ""The cool air from the basement makes the upstairs cold; close that door, Duffus!"" she would rant. ""It won't do any such thing,"" Duffus would reply and go on his way. Duffus was right, but why?",No hint available.,"Hot air rises and cold air descends, so cool air from the basement wouldn't rise and make upstairs rooms colder.",Science,05/26/03 #14372,120 = M in a D,2.23,1.78,luvupurple,120 = M in a D,No hint available.,120 = Months in a Decade,Letter-Equations,08/15/03 #11495,Lovely,2.57,2.36,MrIxolite,"What message is represented below? 13 25 8 5 1 18 20 Your left hand A = 1 E = 5 H = 8 M = 13 R = 18 T = 20 Y = 25 Your Right Hand","K = 11 E= 5 Y = 25","You Hold The Key To My Heart. By using the ""Key"" that is between both ""Your hands"" (Holding) you can decipher the top set of letters to read MY HEART. Hence You Hold The Key To My Heart.",Rebus,03/31/03 #23570,3 Letter Words?,2.59,2.42,drussel3,"What does not belong? DEN ICE OAK PIT SEA",Don't let words deceive you.,"ICE The rest are 3 letter IATA Airport Codes. Denver International Airport, Oakland International Airport, Pittsburgh International Airport, Seattle/Tacoma Airport",Group,06/11/05 #264,A Capital Situation,2.87,1.71,Mr. G,"In which six-letter country can the following capitals be found? Athens, Delhi, London, Nassau, Oslo, and Peking.",The clue is in the question.,"POLAND. The capitals refers to the capital letters, not the Capital cities.",Trick,02/05/01 #2982,Torn Suit,2.33,2.15,missie,"A man is doing his job when his suit tears. Ten seconds later, he's dead. What happened?",No hint available.,"The man works at a factory. His clothing got caught on a piece of machinery, which dragged him in and killed him.",Situation,03/28/02 #39065,Take Note...,2.11,2.1,Hrsemn4,"The following was encrypted using a simple Caesar Shift cipher. Can you decode the message? Xpf up uibu obujpo xiptf mjufsbuvsf jt dvu tipsu cz uif jousvtjpo pg gpsdf. Uijt jt opu nfsfmz joufsgfsfodf xjui gsffepn pg uif qsftt cvu uif tfbmjoh vq pg b obujpo't ifbsu, uif fydjtjpo pg jut nfnpsz. - Bmfyboefs Tpmaifojutzo",Solve by using a Caesar Shift cipher of -1. Do not include punctuation.,"Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory. - Alexander Solzhenitsyn A=B B=C C=D D=E E=F F=G G=H H=I I=J J=K K=L L=M M=N N=O O=P P=Q Q=R R=S S=T T=U U=V V=W W=X X=Y Y=Z Z=A",Cryptography,11/04/07 #1020,"Male, Female ...",2.82,1.69,Michelle,"There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great man, and the whole word a great woman. What's the word?",Start off with two letters and then work your way up.,"Heroine. HE, HER, HERO, HEROINE.",Language,10/06/01 #42745,They're All Unique,2.5,2.31,aresII,"My 8, 9, 3, 4 is a pugilist's workplace. My 1, 5, 6, 10 is a popular house plant. My 1, 9, 11 can be a tantrum. My 12, 7, 2, 6, 9, 11 can be found in school. My whole is unique.",No hint available.,"FINGERPRINTS. Clue 1 = ring. Clue 2 = fern. Clue 3 = fit. Clue 4 = spirit.",Riddle,08/08/08 #6828,Incomplete,2.24,2.95,naveen_the_great,"All the vowels have been removed from the following sentence. (Y is not counted as a vowel.) Put back the vowels to find the sentence. The letters have been broken into groups of 5. THRSN TMSCN NTHSW HLPLC SDTHC NDCTR TNLSS LY.",No hint available.,"There isn't a musician in this whole place, said the conductor tonelessly.",Language,08/24/02 #24643,Smile of a Baby,2.71,2.56,phrebh,"With the sounds of laughter, My first half may be a jar. With the sounds of a crowd, My second half knows a matador. With a smile of a baby, My whole knows no par. Given the three above, What am I and what am I used for?",No hint available.,"Adorable The first verse is reference to the old ""when is a door not a door?"" joke. The second verse is reference to a bull. The third verse is reference to a cute baby smile.",Riddle,07/18/05 #18944,The Romankachi Clock Problem !!!,2.18,2.87,lesternoronha1,"I always remember the days when I was at high school, whiling away my time with my friends. Those were the days when I'd spent the maximum time with my grandfather Rudolf the world-famous Romankachi. He'd come over to our house at one of the weekends leaving behind his Romankachi estate in the village in capable hands. One day when I returned home from school, he put this clock problem in front of me which I was required to solve in the alloted time frame. Considering time represented in twelve hour format H:M1M2 where H is a single-digit or a two-digit number indicating the hours and M1 and M2 the digits indicating the minutes (M1 representing the tens digit of the minutes and M2 the units digit of the minutes), he wanted me to find out that in a day how such instances would occur so that H is exactly divisible by M1 and gives M2 as quotient? He further added that if H:M1M2 was the time represented in 24-hour format instead of a 12-hour format, then how many instances were there in a day such that H is exactly divisible by M1 giving M2 as the quotient? In the 24 hour format, 12 o' clock midnight is represented as 00:00.",No hint available.,"Clearing the scope of the problem, we have to divide H by M1 getting M2 as the quotient with remainder as 0. First let us consider the time format to be a 12-hour format. Here H can take values from 1 to 12. For M1 = 0, no value exists since divisor itself is 0. For M1 = 1, M2 takes values from 1 to 9 i.e., 9 values, for H = 1 to 9. For M1 = 2, M2 takes values from 1 to 6 i.e., 6 values, for H = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. For M1 = 3, M2 takes values from 1 to 4 i.e., 4 values, for H = 3, 6, 9, and 12. For M1 = 4, M2 takes values from 1 to 3 i.e., 3 values, for H = 4, 8, and 12. For M1 = 5, M2 takes values from 1 to 2 i.e., 2 values, for H = 5 and 10. Any further values of M1 cannot be considered since M1M2 will then exceed 60 minutes which is not possible. Hence the total = 9+6+4+3+2 = 24 This is for 12 hours. In a day the number of instances where H is exactly divisible by M1 giving M2 as quotient is = 24 * 2 = 48 instances in a 12-hour format. Now let us consider the time format to be a 24-hour format. Here H can take values from 0 to 23. For M1 = 0, no value exists since divisor itself is 0. For M1 = 1, M2 takes values from 0 to 9 i.e., 10 values, for H = 0 to 9. For M1 = 2, M2 takes values from 0 to 9 i.e., 10 values, for H = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18. For M1 = 3, M2 takes values from 0 to 7 i.e., 8 values, for H = 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 21. For M1 = 4, M2 takes values from 0 to 5 i.e., 6 values, for H = 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20. For M1 = 5, M2 takes values from 0 to 4 i.e., 5 values, for H = 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20. Any further values of M1 cannot be considered since M1M2 will then exceed 60 minutes which is not possible. Hence the total = 10+10+8+6+5 = 39 This is for 24 hours. In a day the number of instances where H is exactly divisible by M1 giving M2 as quotient is = 39 instances in a 24-hour format.",Math,09/26/04 #9664,You View,2.35,2.67,hprulz,"What is represented here? Fleshy flap sounds like you view the sixth note.","""Do, a deer, a female deer""","Uvula. Sounds like ""you view"" = UVU. Sixth note = LA. Therefore fleshy flap = UVULA.",Language,01/07/03 #6319,HSAW,2.26,1.49,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? HSAW",No hint available.,Backwash!,Rebus,08/08/02 #49397,Game Night With Friends,2.95,1.5,Rhythmic,"Five friends got together every December to celebrate the holidays. Last December, they decided they would like to see each other more often. So, they decided to schedule time where they got to play their favourite games and share their favourite snacks. Can you figure out their schedule? Friends: Andrea, Jennifer, Mark, Susan, Travis Games: Rummy, Go Fish, Monopoly, Chess, Charades Months: January, March, June, August, October Snacks: Chips, Donuts, Fruit, Pretzels, Chicken wings 1) The five friends are Jennifer, Mark, the rummy player, the one who signed up for January, and the pretzel bringer. 2) Susan wanted as much time as possible to prepare even though her favourite game only requires a deck of cards. 3) Jennifer loves meat and chose her snack and game accordingly. 4) Mark is very active and likes to move around a lot when he plays games. 5) When one friend signed up for June, Andrea laughed and said, ""Donuts? Are you serious?"" 6) Andrea picked the healthiest snack for the body and the game she deemed most stimulating for the mind. Some of the others wondered why she picked a game for only two players since they would have to do a tournament. 7) Mark signed up earlier in the year than Travis. 8) The rummy player did not sign up to bring what he or she considered to be a breakfast food. 9) Everyone agreed that it would be nice to have pretzels in the summer and chips in the fall.","For this puzzle, assume summer months are June, July, and August, whereas fall months are September, October, and November.","Andrea loves chess, signed up for January, and agreed to bring fruit. Jennifer loves Go Fish, signed up for March, and agreed to bring wings. Mark loves charades, signed up for June, and agreed to bring donuts. Susan loves rummy, signed up for October, and agreed to bring chips. Travis loves Monopoly, signed up for August, and agreed to bring pretzels.",Logic-Grid,03/27/12 #34239,Classic Films of a Bygone Era,2.35,2.72,jazzmusician46,"Below are six (6) anagrams of film actors/actresses from the Silver Screen. Your job is twofold: firstly, try and name these people and secondly, ascertain the classic movie they all featured in. Civil clone Lace Maker Jobs 'n' hole Fair folk robs Now dear vandals Dr. Refer kicker","Famous Quote: ""It's Alive! It's Alive!"" One more famous quote: ""You're crazy!"" ... ""Crazy, am I? We'll see whether I'm crazy or not.""","Colin Clive - Civil clone Mae Clarke - Lace Maker John Boles - Jobs 'n' hole Boris Karloff - Fair folk robs Edward Van Sloan - Now dear vandals Frederick Kerr - Dr. Refer kicker The Film? 1931 Frankenstein The Cast: Colin Clive - Dr. Henry Frankenstein Mae Clarke - Elizabeth John Boles - Victor Moritz Boris Karloff - The Monster Edward Van Sloan - Dr. Waldman Frederick Kerr - Baron Frankenstein",Trivia,12/04/06 #14021,Diary Note,2.42,2.23,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Diary note 5th September : Dinner with Mr Desmond Tiny",No hint available.,A Date With Destiny (Des Tiny),Rebus,07/25/03 #27391,Breakfast IV,2.78,1.24,Tiggr,"I am a fruity cereal that can be known as artifices, antics, frauds, hoaxes, guiles, impostures, ruses, ploys, stratagems, deceits, jests, and jokes. If you want me ALL for yourself, be sure not to eat me in the presence of small furry mammals.",get a thesaurus,Trix,Riddle,12/10/05 #3627,itaint,2.48,1.81,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? itaint tillits yogiberra",No hint available.,"It ain't over, till it's over. -Yogi Berra",Rebus,04/19/02 #30587,Girl Power - VII,2.73,2.53,brainster,"The quotes below are by the late Ayn Rand, a 20th century novelist and philosopher. Her philosophy is termed Objectivity and her novels ""Atlas Shrugged"" and ""The Fountainhead"" among others expound this philosophy. Vb dfq bwfcb mbfgjyt, exy vb dfqqpy bwfcb ykb dpqzbnxbqdbz pa bwfcjql mbfgjyt. Bwbmtpqb kfz ykb mjlky yp rfhb kjz pvq cbdjzjpqz, exy qpqb kfz ykb mjlky yp apmdb kjz cbdjzjpq pq pykbmz. F dmbfyjwb rfq jz rpyjwfybc et ykb cbzjmb yp fdkjbwb, qpy et ykb cbzjmb yp ebfy pykbmz. Ykb nxbzyjpq jzq'y vkp jz lpjql yp gby rb; jy'z vkp jz lpjql yp zypo rb. J qbbc qp vfmmfqy apm ebjql, fqc qp vpmc pa zfqdyjpq xopq rt ebjql. J fr ykb vfmmfqy fqc ykb zfqdyjpq.","A F E B I J O P U X","We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. Everyone has the right to make his own decisions, but none has the right to force his decision on others. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. A F B E C D D C E B F A G L H K I J J I K H L G M R N Q O P P O Q N R M S Z T Y U X V W W V X U Y T Z S",Cryptography,05/20/06 #29131,Opposites 16,2.5,2.07,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. } stands for C, N, T, E, or M ] stands for O, B, R, M, or K > stands for I, H, R, E, or C ) stands for A, S, P, D, or Y The four letter code word, >)]}, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Harm and Care,Logic,03/16/06 #34045,Two Up!,2.65,2.36,Coolfreeze,"My sister and I, when both up together, Might tell of good things, possibly the weather, That something's completed; or maybe ""ten four"", I mean these things and maybe much more.",No hint available.,A thumb,Riddle,11/21/06 #33773,Compounds XVI,2.3,2.33,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. MARWTS _ _ _ E _ _ E _ 2. DEWYH _ _ A _ _ A _ 3. GSNKP _ _ I _ _ I _ 4. AIRTENAS M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M 5. HIGTIAT L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L 6. MELULD _ _ _ B B _ _ _ 7. PRATPSTN _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ E _ 8. PLEGEHNI _ _ _ _ O _ _ O _ _ 9. EGHOCONI _ _ M _ _ _ _ _ M _",No hint available.,"1. STEMWARE 2. HEADWAY 3. PIGSKIN 4. MAINSTREAM 5. TAILLIGHT 6. DUMBBELL 7. STEPPARENT 8. PIGEONHOLE 9. HOMECOMING",Language,10/31/06 #33062,42 T,2.22,2.5100000000000002,DEJL,42 T in R,I declare war!,42 Territories in Risk.,Letter-Equations,09/18/06 #42812,Gold For Sale,2.5100000000000002,1.6,unklemyke,"Last month when the price of gold was pushing $1000 an ounce, my nephew Ernie dropped in with a proposition. He said an acquaintance was in a bit of a bind and needed some fast cash. ""My friend has ten ounces of 24k pure white gold he needs to sell quickly!"" said Ernie. ""He'll let it go for $8000! If you can lend me $3000 to go with the $5000 I already have, I'll split the profits with you."" Why did I tell my nephew, ""Forget about it!""?","It was genuine white gold, and I had the $3000 to lend. I trust my nephew, too.","There is no such thing as ""24k pure white gold!"" Pure gold is a luscious yellow color and it requires the addition of at least 25% of a white metal alloy (usually nickel) to produce white gold. This reduces the value of the final product. Ernie's ""friend"" probably bought his white gold at a much lower gold price and saw an opportunity in the rising market.",Situation,08/17/08 #49875,Model Modification,2.55,2.63,MarcM1098,"Have you ever been stuck in traffic, staring at the vehicle ahead of you? Did you notice the make and model? Now you can use that to your advantage. Each clue below takes the model name of a vehicle and modifies it to form a normal English word. Any letters in quotes must be added to the model name (either before, after, or inside). See how many you can figure out. Example: Don't be greedy! Inserting ""PERABU"" into this Plymouth model is just too much. Answer: SU-PERABU-NDANCE, a modified Plymouth SUNDANCE. A ""superabundance"" is an excessive amount. 1. This Chevy model sounds fast, but by adding ""MI"", you will see there is something wrong. 2. Have you ""SCENA"" the script for the Kia model? I can't imagine how it will play out. 3. You just need some ""TE"" to bring it all together with this Acura model. 4. It would've been smashing if ""I'D"" been in the middle of this Hyundai model. 5. A good vehicle is rare; this Ford model with ""RARY"" will not last forever. 6. Designing a floor? Add a ""TILE"" to this Nissan model and it will have many uses. 7. Insert an ""NSU"" into this Dodge model and you will be able to seek advice.","Here is a list of models; only some are needed. Accent, Accord, Achieva, Aries, Astro, Avenger, Capri, Corolla, Colt, Deville, Element, Escape, Estate, Excel, Expo, Fit, Festiva, Flex, Forester, Golf, Impulse, Integra, Ion, Lancer, Legacy, Lumina, Lynx, Metro, Neon, Optima, Precis, Prelude, Probe, Quest, Ram, Ranger, Reatta, Regal, Rio, Rogue, Sable, Scorpio, Sedona, Sprint, Taurus, Tempo, Tribute, Venture, Versa, Vibe, Voyager.","1. MI-SPRINT, a modified Chevy SPRINT. A ""sprint"" is a fast race; a ""misprint"" is an error in printing. 2. SCENA-RIO, a modified Kia RIO. A ""scenario"" is both an imagined sequence of events, and the script of a play. 3. INTEGRA-TE, a modified Acura INTEGRA. To ""integrate"" is to bring parts together into a whole. 4. ACC-ID-ENT, a modified Hyundai ACCENT. An ""accident"" happens unexpectedly; such as the smashing of cars in a collision. 5. TEMPO-RARY, a modified Ford TEMPO. Something ""temporary"" will only last for a short time. 6. VERSA-TILE, a modified Nissan VERSA. Something ""versatile"" can be used in many different ways. 7. CO-NSU-LT, a modified Dodge COLT. To ""consult"" is to seek advice from someone, usually an expert.",Trivia,07/20/13 #24568,Spazy Croonerisms 3,2.98,2.6,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) punched when starting work & discussion about scaling a mountain 2) a container of fibs & a shortage of baked goods 3) hasty vacation & prank gibe 4) a mongoose & artificial precipitation",No hint available.,"1) time clock & climb talk 2) pack of lies & lack of pies 3) quick trip & trick quip 4) snake foe & fake snow",Language,07/15/05 #6737,Midday,2.85,2.96,dumbell,"Which word is suggested by: ""Midday starting block last of the Mohicans second in command bottom of the barrel second guess at wit's end beginning of the end starting line early years""?",break it up,"ABSOLUTELY midday = middle of the word day = A starting block = 1st letter of block = B last of the Mohicans = S second in command = O bottom of the barrel = L second guess = U at wit's end = T beginning of the end = E starting line = L early years = Y",Language,08/21/02 #26622,Arts and Fashion,2.6,2.41,Nytwynd,"""Ulb vlinjtgo jwza bspxwo mspts rlgcjgxbza kgtieg eilg kgujbprjz mpbs bpeg. Ruospix, ix bsg ibsgl suxn, vlinjtgo kgujbprjz bspxwo mspts uzmuao kgtieg jwza mpbs bpeg."" -Ygux Titbguj","R = F U = A N = D","A = Y B = T C = Q E = M G = E I = O J = U K = B L = R M = W N = D O = S P = I R = F S = H T = C U = A V = P W = G X = N Y = J Z = L ""Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time."" -Jean Cocteau",Cryptography,10/30/05 #38556,Word Connections #6,2.52,2.2,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect cotton to road. Cotton P_ _ _ _ _ C_ _ _ C_ _ _ _ _ Road WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","PI _ _ _ _ CA _ _ CL _ _ _ _","Cotton Pillow Case Closed Road",Language,10/01/07 #29793,Three Statements,2.58,1.97,lips,"Which of these three statements are true? 1. All humans are mortal. Socrates is human. This implies that Socrates is mortal. 2. The next number in the series 3968, 63, 8, 3... is 2. 3. The next number in the series 1, 3, 6, 10... is 16.",No hint available.,"Statements 1 and 2 are true; statement 3 is false. Statement 1 is the simplest form of syllogism, and it's true. In statement 2, each number is the square root of its preceding number increased by 1, and it's true. In statement 3, the differences of neighboring terms are 2, 3, 4... and the next number should be 15, so it's false.",Logic,04/15/06 #47073,Missing Link 2,2.31,2.05,Prinesca,"Find the missing word in each missing link, but every time you insert a word, you need to change one of its letters to make the next one. Ex: 1. ___way 2. shopping ____ Answers: 1. hallway 2. shopping mall 1. back____ 2. ____house 3. over____ful 4. hand____ 5. counter____",#1 and #2 begins with the letter W.,"1. ward (backward) 2. ware (warehouse) 3. care (overcareful) 4. cart (handcart) 5. part (counterpart)",Language,05/22/10 #21408,Campout,2.68,2.73,sftbaltwty,"The wind hit the faces of the four friends with vigor force. Todd jerked Clea's arm and whispered, ""No, it's this way.."" ""You're crazy,"" she shot back. ""I know these trails better than you ever will. You wanna win this thing? Follow me."" Todd retorted stubbornly, ""No way! I'll manage on my own."" He walked off down one of the paths and soon disappeared into the dark trees. Clea scoffed and continued on in a different direction. ~ A few hundred yards away, Jake and Bryan were stealthily making their way through the prickly shrub. ""Found anything yet?"" Jake whispered as softly as he could but the silence of the night still made his voice stand out. ""Keep it down, wouldya?"" Bryan scolded. ""No, I haven't found anything. We don't even know what we're looking for, remember?"" ""Well, neither do they."" ""Yeah but they seem to have the brains.."" Jake rolled his eyes at Bryan's insult. ""That is, if they can manage to get along long enough."" Both boys chuckled at the thought of their best friends actually getting through one hour, let alone one night, without an argument. ""Let's just keep walking,"" Jake suggested. ""At least maybe we'll find the campsite. How many different ones are there, anyway?"" ""Four. Shadybrook, Hillside, Pebblespring and...I can't recall the fourth."" Bryan shrugged and the two kept walking. ~ ""Found one!"" Clea exclaimed as she picked up the mystery item from its hiding place. She heard someone stumble and fall with an abrupt ""Ah!"" and she quickly spun around to catch Todd face dive a few feet behind her. ""Would you watch where you're going?"" she snapped. ""They'll figure out our location! And besides, weren't you going solo for the rest of the night."" ""Well I was,"" Todd mumbled, brushing dirt and leaves from his sweatshirt. He looked up at Clea and smirked, ""'Til I stumbled across you on my path. Thought you knew these trails well."" ""You weren't even on a path, Todd. Don't kid yourself. And yeah, you certainly stumbled didn't you?"" Clea's comment caused Todd's smirk to quickly drop from his face. Suddenly noticing the new object in Clea's hand, Todd tried to snatch it as he said, ""Hey! When'd you get this?"" Clea promptly snatched it back. ""Just now."" ""Is it one of the items?"" ""It certainly fits the clues doesn't it?"" Todd studied the piece for a bit, shuffled through his pockets eventually coming up with some slips of paper, looked at them, back at the piece, back at the papers, and eventually nodded in agreement. Clea groaned and rolled her eyes. ""C'mon. We still have one more to find plus the right campsite."" She grabbed Todd's hand and they hurried off. From the story, you should have been able to decipher that the four friends are involved in a scavenger hunt on a camping trip. Help place them at the right campsite and with the correct objects using the same clues below (some clues are the actual clues given to the children). Also, try to figure out where each object was hidden. Each team goes with one campsite and two items. *Make* Clea and Todd- Red Team Jake and Bryan- Blue Team Note that only one campsite per team will be used but each team gets clues for two of the four. It is your job to decipher the clues AND decide which one is the actual site. Good luck! :) 1. Blue Team: Your water is plenty. Though the sun may be hot, You're guarded much better In this bug-thriving spot. OR The sunburn's relentless. You're thirsting for more. The only thing you won't get Is a sudden downpour. Which of these will be your home? And which will leave you all alone? 2. The clue for the hairdryer was not given to Clea, but she was given the following hiding spot clue: I am not hollow, Am not round, You'll find me running Through the ground. 3. Jake had clues for none of these three: the frying pan, the object found underneath the leaves, and a campsite containing a double consonant in its spelling pattern. 4. Neither the clues to the log hiding spot nor the frying pan belonged to the Red Team. 5. The belt was found in the leaves but was not found by a member of the Blue Team, whereas the frying pan was found in someplace other than the log. 6. The Red Team's campsite had the following clue: A naturally rounded fragment between 4 and 64 millimeters along with a small stream of water flowing naturally from the earth.",No hint available.,"Answer: Red Team-Pebblespring Clea-toothbrush, stream Todd-belt, leaves Blue Team-Shadybrook Jake-hairdryer, log Bryan-frying pan, shack ~ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas (two of the leader) announced to the campers that the Red Team was victorious, having found all of their items and the correct campsite first. Clea and Todd slapped high fives and Jake and Bryan groaned. ""We'll see who comes out a winner in our NEXT game.."" Jake said with a sportsmanlike smile. ~ **Please leave a comment.** If you guys like this style, I'll be sure to come up with more like this featuring the four friends. Feel free to use this type of style in your own teaser creations :) Hope you enjoyed it! ~Kristyn (sftbaltwty)",Logic-Grid,03/07/05 #2224,"0, 1.557, -2.185...",1.87,3.03,0-0-0-0,"What comes next in this sequence: 0, 1.557, -2.185, -0.143, 1.158, -3.381, ?",tan(x)=y,"tan(6)=-0.291 tan(0), tan(1), tan(2), tan(3)....",Series,02/01/02 #1418,1 L Y = 366 D,2.21,1.15,mrice,1 L Y = 366 D,No hint available.,1 Leap Year = 366 Days,Letter-Equations,11/16/01 #32123,The Royal Eye,2.49,2.01,twixy,"You can consider me a royal For I rest upon a throne But leave it I must If something goes wrong. A careful eye I must have Upon those who lay before me.",No hint available.,A lifeguard.,Riddle,07/28/06 #1818,Had had had had,2.1,2.62,missie,"You can make the following into grammatically correct English merely by adding punctuation. You may not change the word order, nor add or subtract any words. John while Jim had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher",No hint available.,"John, while Jim had had ""had"", had had ""had had""; ""had had"" had had a better effect on the teacher. The meaning of the sentence can be explained as follows; ""While Jim had used ""had"", John had used ""had had"". The teacher preferred ""had had"".""",Language,12/23/01 #25385,Scrabble 2,2.29,1.29,Question_Mark,"In Scrabble, is it possible to place down the word ""kick""?",No hint available.,"It is possible, but only when using a blank. (There is only 1 K).",Trick,08/17/05 #14386,Wanna Story,2.87,0.73,MrIxolite,"It was Louis Ixolite's bedtime and as usual he wanted a bedtime story. He was a bright young man and had managed to communicate in Rebuses before he could speak. Daddy asked Louis which story he would like to hear and Louis scribbled down the following Rebus in crayon. Soybeans ""blah blah blah"" Jack ""blah blah blah"" Kidneybeans ""blah blah blah"" What story did Louis want to hear?",No hint available.,"Jack and the Beanstalk. Jack and the beans talk.",Rebus,08/17/03 #2761,Place To Stop,2.57,2.16,vanz,"I am a place to stop Yet my name says I'm a place to go What am I?",No hint available.,A Driveway,Riddle,03/20/02 #19217,Mind Readers?,2.27,1.8,hilow8p,"Tom and Sue are hosting a party. They decide that they want to show the guests a neat trick that they had thought of earlier. Sue leaves the room and Tom draws 9 boxes on a piece of paper in a 3x3 square formation. Tom has a guest pick one of the nine boxes. Sue comes back in and Tom points to random boxes, never in the same order. Sue gets the box correct every time, how did she do it?",No hint available.,"Tom points to the same spot on each box, that being the spot that corresponds to the chosen box's position in the square. i.e. If the top right box were chosen then that is the spot that Tom would point to on each box when pointing out to Sue on her return. Once he actually pointed at the top right box, Sue would then proclaim that as the selected box and amazingly, be correct.",Other,10/20/04 #38001,Shuffle Series 1,2.57,2.0,soccerguy0428,"In this teaser, you are to start with the first word which is given to you. Then, change a letter to make a new word. You need to continue this process until you reach the last word which is also given to you. DUST _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MILK",No hint available.,"DUST MUST MIST MISS MILS MILK",Language,08/29/07 #26453,Stock Buys,2.54,2.25,sdm1177,"Someone got a bonus and decided to buy some stock. What does this list of purchases (assume they can actually be purchased) represent?: - 100 shares of EMI Records. - 200 shares of Sony Music. - 100 shares of Bose Corporation. - 200 shares of Pioneer Corporation.",100 shares of Microsoft WAV And MP3 Files Corporation.,"Sound investments. Making investments in companies (stocks) that generally deal with music / sounds.",Rebus,10/20/05 #7134,A Name,2.55,2.25,Gouranga,"My first is nothing but a name My second is more small My whole is of so little fame It has no name at all What's the word?",First & Second refer to syllables and the Whole refers to the word.,Nameless,Riddle,09/02/02 #38216,Synonym Safari 3,2.81,1.1,MikeMan1216,"Replace each word or words in parentheses with a one-word synonym to decipher a common phrase. 1. (Diversity) is the (zest) of (existence). 2. (Training) (creates) (excellence). 3. (Adoration) is (sightless).",No hint available.,"1. Variety is the spice of life. 2. Practice makes perfect. 3. Love is blind.",Language,09/09/07 #23920,The Missing Jewels,2.9,1.0,sweetime,"Detective Sing arrived at the scene of the robbery of a coastal house to find a man, Mr. Jones, complaining that his jewels had been stolen. Detective Sing arranged to have him taken to the local police station to give a statement. After a quick search of the area, they found the thief not far away (he hadn't had time to escape), but he was refusing to give up the location of the jewels, and the name of his accomplice. Because the thief had been found quickly, Detective Sing ordered a search of the nearby area. The jewels were found buried beneath a beech tree. Detective Sing arrived at the police station to talk to Mr. Jones, who was complaining that he had been left alone in the interview room for hours. Detective Sing quickly explained that they had caught the thief, and discovered the jewels. Mr. Jones, agape, asked where they had found the jewels. Detective Sing explained that they were found buried at the beech. ""But how did you know which tree they were buried under?"" asked Mr. Jones. Detective Sing immediately arrested Mr. Jones as the missing accomplice. Why?",Think homophones,"Given that Mr. Jones lived at a coastal property, it would be reasonable to assume that when Detective Sing tells him that the jewels were found buried 'at the beech', he meant ""at the beach"". The fact that he doesn't means that he probably has an idea of what has happened to them.",Mystery,06/21/05 #31649,Domo Arigato?,2.81,2.26,bigSWAFF_69_,"On a clear December morning in Kansas, students filed into Science class ready for a good nap. Before the first student could get to sleep, the teacher, Mr. Roboto, walked in. Noticing his class seemed particularly sleepy this cold day, he decided that a nice trip outside should wake 'em up. ""Class! We are going to go on a little walk outside."" Hearing most of the class whine about the cold, he decided that he shouldn't be completely heartless. ""Ok, ok. We will still be going outside, but I guess we can have a little fire to keep us nice and warm."" This seemed to make the class a little more willing, so without further discussion, they all set out to the school's football field. Mr. Roboto led them to midfield, where he seemed to have a little display set up. He turned to the class, and said: ""Class, I know you are all freezing, and are wondering when I'm going to start a fire. However, I seem to be in a bit of a jam. All I have is some water, wood shavings, and all ol' Mother Earth has to offer. How in the world could I make a fire?"" At this, most of the students began whining. But a few of them started yelling out ideas: ""Wait for it to start storming, and start one from the lightning!""; ""Try to make super-hot steam!""; ""Build a fire ray out of dirt and grass!"" the students shouted out. ""All great guesses, but no. There is a much easier, faster way than all of that,"" Mr. Roboto replied. After a few more minutes of wrong guesses, Mr. Roboto decided to go ahead and show them how to build the fire. It's your job to explain how it could be possible.",No hint available.,"Mr. Roboto used a convex lens made out of ice - a form of water. This convex lens works just like a magnifying glass, it focuses the sun's rays on the wood shavings, and in a matter of minutes starts a small fire going. He just adds a few sticks lying around, and voila: he had himself a nice warm fire. The temperature plays no factor in this, he only needed sunlight, which he got on the clear day.",Situation,07/09/06 #44653,Whats for Breakfast?,2.39,1.22,whsprec,"One week a family decided to serve each other breakfast in bed. So Monday through Thursday each member was treated to his or her choice of breakfast. From the clues below match the family member to the breakfast and the day they were served. 1-The sister ate on either Wednesday or Thursday. 2-One of the children ate cornflakes, but they did not eat on Tuesday. 3-The member that ate on Monday had neither toast nor pancakes. 4-The mother did not eat the pancakes. 5-A female ate on Wednesday, but she did not eat toast. 6-The person that ate pancakes is not the brother and did not eat on Thursday. 7-The father did not eat on Tuesday and did not have porridge. 8-The brother did not eat on Thursday.",No hint available.,"The brother had cornflakes on Monday The mother had porridge on Tuesday The sister had pancakes on Wednesday The father had toast on Thursday",Logic-Grid,06/14/09 #10842,Knock-Knock,2.64,1.81,MrIxolite,"What Phrase is represented below? (""Knock-Knock"", ""Who's There?"" ...) (Your Name Here)",No hint available.,The Joke's on You.,Rebus,03/03/03 #34497,Missing Letters 3,2.68,2.5,jazzmusician46,"Below are incomplete words. Place three letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck. mea (_ _ _) ager ar (_ _ _) ia die (_ _ _) dom he (_ _ _) icle asha (_ _ _) ieval attr (_ _ _) ing hon (_ _ _) selves",No hint available.,"meadow - dowager armed - media diesel - seldom heart - article ashamed - medieval attract - acting honour - ourselves",Language,12/20/06 #52075,Do It Yourself,2.82,1.94,ThinksForFun,"My first, to hold liquid you might appropriate My second may be an agenda or a slate My whole tells you what to do before it's too late What am I?",No hint available.,bucket list,Riddle,11/16/18 #34205,The Right Way?,2.44,2.34,Stormcrafter,"Something groups the words below into the same group. Can you work out what it is? UNDERSTAND HOPPING ITEM UTOPIA REGAL DOME COILS QUIBBLE",Length? I think not.,"In each and every word, the vowels appear backwards to as they would alphabetically - that is, they always appear in the order of UOIEA. Though, not all vowels are in each word. Just backwards.",Group,12/02/06 #49497,Know Your Veggies,2.73,2.03,firefox99,"Can you figure out the veggies described in the clues below? 1. A journey across snow with a dogsled + space 2. Basement + to pore over a book - 4th letter of the alphabet 3. A liquid + foamy top of waves - 20th letter of the alphabet 4. Plant container gobbled zero! 5. An extra mat + we 6. Paintings I strangle!",No hint available.,"1. Mushroom (mush + room) 2. Celery (cellar + read - d) 3. Watercress (water + crest - t) 4. Potato (pot ate O) 5. Asparagus (A spare rug + us) 6. Artichoke (Art I choke)",Language,06/14/12 #3248,Step Pets,2.9,1.8,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this? Step Pets Pets",No hint available.,"One step forward, two steps back.",Rebus,04/05/02 #43406,The Four Digit Number,2.04,1.3800000000000001,twin27,"There are 4 digits in a number. Using these clues, figure out what the digits are. Each blank can only contain a one digit number. The answer and clues will use this lettering to put them in an order. _ _ _ _ A B C D Here are the clues. Digit C is one more than digit A, which is twice digit D, which is ten less than digit A plus 8. Digit B is digit A+C+D minus two. What is the number?",No hint available.,"Digit A is 4, digit B is 9, digit C is 5, and digit D is 2. So the numeral is 4952.",Math,10/23/08 #17317,First and Third,2.7600000000000002,2.79,kvernphil,"Below are six words. Change the first and third letters of each word to form 6 new words so that when downward, two six-letter words are formed. Meaning, what now reads WCCEBC and LIRGAP will now be two six-letter words! Both words are related and have something in common! WALK CRIB CARD EDGE BEAN CAPS",They serve our country,"MASK ARAB RAID IDLE NEON EARS Two six-letter words: MARINE and SAILOR",Language,04/10/04 #12855,Cup Four,2.25,0.85,tiffmiko,"Under cup one there is a ball, Under cup two there is a bell, Under cup three there is a bill. What is under cup four?",No hint available.,"There is a boll (a seed capsule) under cup four. Use the pattern A, E, I, O, U: bAll, bEll, bIll, bOll",Series,05/31/03 #22749,Dead at the Desk,2.54,2.67,tnaboner,A secretary (or executive assistant) decides to check on her boss who she hasn't heard from in a few hours. She finds him dead behind his desk in a pool of blood. Nobody has entered the room since he opened it and turned off the alarm. The windows are closed. There is a broken pencil on the floor in front of the window. How did he die?,"It wasn't the secretary, or natural causes.","He had propped the window up with the pencil. A shooter in another building shot him through the pencil, causing the window to close.",Situation,05/08/05 #25136,Snowstorm Blues,2.49,0.73,dolphingurl12,"""Hurry up, Alexa!"" I shouted as I struggled with the door knob, which proved difficult to turn in my heavy gloves, ""We are going to be late!"" My sister, Alexa, appeared from around the corner and helped me with the door knob before putting on her own bulky gloves. We were going to meet a few other friends to shovel snow. There had been a gigantic snowstorm that had blown out the power, which hadn't been repaired until a few minutes ago. I smiled as we approached the meeting spot. There was a good turnout. Our cousin, Cassie, waved. I looked around at all the bundled girls, all engaged in different conversations. ""Where's Erica?"" I asked. ""She promised she'd be here."" ""I don't know,"" Cassie replied, ""we called her house an hour ago, but there was no reply."" ""If she doesn't want to come, her loss. Let's get to work,"" Alexa said. A few hours later, we were all gathered at our house sipping hot chocolate, when Erica knocked on the door. ""Where were you?"" I asked as I let her in. ""I've been at home! Why didn't you guys call?"" she asked. ""We did, why didn't you answer?"" Cassie snapped. ""You must have called when I was blow drying my hair, I didn't hear it ring,"" Erica explained. Alexa stood up. ""Really, Erica, why didn't you help us shovel?"" Why didn't Alexa believe Erica?",Remember the snowstorm.,"Erica couldn't have been blow drying her hair, because the power was out. She told everyone that she was sorry that she tried to get out of helping shovel the snow.",Mystery,08/08/05 #35065,Try Not to Upset This Bunch!,2.84,2.1,jazzmusician46,"Even though this is a group of superheroes, which one does not belong? Spiderman The Hulk Batman Thor Iron Man Captain America Nightcrawler",No hint available.,"This is a list of ""Marvel"" comic superheroes. Batman does not belong. Batman made his first appearance as a comic book superhero in DC Comics ""Detective Comics No. 27, May 1939"". Bob Kane has been credited with the original creation of Batman.",Group,01/27/07 #5768,Math with Fish,2.81,2.48,doggyxp,"I caught ten fish without an I, And nine without a tail. Six had no head, And half of eight I weighed upon the scale. Now who can tell me as I ask it, How many fish were in my basket?",No hint available.,"0. If you take the I(1) off the 10 you have 0. If you take the tail off 9 you have 0. If you take the head off 6 you get 0. If you cut 8 in half, you get 0. Do the math. It's 0!",Riddle,07/21/02 #7815,At Times You Love Me,2.74,1.57,tissue,"At times you love me, At times you hate me. About what I have to say Girls worry more, But some guys worry too. The lower I read, The happier you are. What am I?",No hint available.,A bathroom scale.,Riddle,10/02/02 #20134,Spanish... French...,2.57,2.26,I_am_the_Omega,"What does the following stand for? Spanish: 34 points. French: 34 points. Greek: 34 points.","Languages are also known as ""tongues.""",Tongue-tied.,Rebus,01/01/05 #34209,Bracketed Words,2.63,2.17,grungy49,"Place two letters in each bracket so that these finish the word on the left and start the word on the right. The letters in the brackets, read downwards in pairs, will spell out a 10-letter word. ME (..) AS UN (..) UT SA (..) NE MO (..) IN LE (..) GO",No hint available.,"The final word is 'altogether'. Meal, alas Unto, tout Sage, gene Moth, thin Leer, ergo",Language,12/02/06 #6367,Children,2.2,2.7600000000000002,cathalmccabe,"The chances of a mother giving birth to a son compared with a daughter are 55%-45% (This is true in the real world due to a higher male infant mortality rate although the percent might be closer together depending on the type of country. 1st world, 3rd world - more males are born than females) In a family of four children, what are the odds a mother will have 2 boys and a girl?",No hint available.,"I've listed all the possibilities b = boy g = girl The chance of a child being male/female is independent, but the chance of having a certain order is just the probability multiplied by each other. Because one child doesn't matter; the desired scenarios are any with either 3 boys 1 girl or 2 girls 2 boys. I've marked with an X the desired outcomes, and at the end I have the probability of each occurrence. Simply add the probabilities together for each desired case! (as an eg of the calculation, bbgg is 0.55*0.55*0.45*0.45 which is the same answer as ggbb/ bgbg) b bbb x 0.09150625 b bbg x 0.07486875 b bgb x 0.07486875 b bgg x 0.06125625 b gbb x 0.07486875 b gbg x 0.06125625 b ggb x 0.06125625 b ggg x 0.05011875 g bbb x 0.07486875 g bbg x 0.06125625 g bgb x 0.06125625 g bgg x 0.05011875 g gbb x 0.06125625 g gbg x 0.05011875 g ggb x 0.05011875 g ggg x 0.04100625 Answer is 0.6670125 or approx 2/3 (As a check all the probabilities should sum 1)",Probability,08/09/02 #39698,The Farmer,2.19,1.0,tigerlily34,"A farmer is planting a garden. He is planting some lettuce, squash, and potatoes. He also has some radish and carrot seeds with him. How many vegetables is the farmer planting?",No hint available.,"Three. I said that he has radish and carrot seeds with him, not that he's going to plant them.",Trick,12/19/07 #25105,Arson in Kenya,2.57,2.7600000000000002,verve640,"Two brothers from Kenya were preparing their boats for a day of fishing on Lake Victoria. The younger and less experienced brother was confused when he saw a thick brown cloud near the middle of the lake. He wondered if something had caught on fire and asked his brother if they should check for any victims. Upon seeing the cloud, the older brother laughed and assured his brother that as long as they steered clear of the cloud, no one would be hurt. At the end of the day the younger brother laughed at his mistake and even appreciated the cloud as he ate his dinner. What was that mysterious cloud?","If the cloud was approaching your house, you would be quick to close your windows.","The cloud was a huge swarm of midges. These insects breed in enormous clouds containing billions of midges and even early European explorers were fooled by this 'smoke'. As it was suggested above, it is very common for locals to catch midges, pat them into small cakes, deep fry them, and eat them. Bon appetit...",Trivia,08/05/05 #51799,Joke,2.6,0.91,Jake,Can you figure out the common phrase that this image represents?,No hint available.,Crack a Joke,Rebus,03/19/18 #2772,Legs,2.19,0.96,lil_thugsta,What has legs but can't walk?,No hint available.,A Table,Riddle,03/20/02 #28767,C-Yah 1,2.14,2.7600000000000002,stm8r1,46656 C I = 27 C F,No hint available.,"46,656 cubic inches = 27 cubic feet",Letter-Equations,02/23/06 #23101,Losing Your Head...,2.29,0.6900000000000001,smarty_blondy,"Have you ever lost something and kept looking and looking? Most definitely yes! But have you ever wondered why the place you found it is always the last place you look?",No hint available.,"Because after you find it, you don't have to look any more... :)",Other,05/23/05 #1312,Electrical Storm,2.5,1.98,Michelle,"Kerry Queen, a professional writer, was sitting in his cabin writing a letter. There was a violent electrical storm outside and suddenly Kerry died. How did he die?",He's a professional skywriter.,"Kerry Queen is a professional skywriter. While writing a letter, his plane was hit by lightning and he died in a plane crash.",Situation,11/07/01 #43516,Defensive Position,1.62,2.69,mosca,CTW!,You may have read it on the sports page.,"Circle the wagons! The circling of wagons was a defensive posture adopted to protect persons and property and to provide the best conditions for defense against attackers. Throughout history (not just in the American West, but in Europe and elsewhere long before), groups of people traveled in wagon caravans for safety. In modern times, the term has in recent months been seen used in business, politics and sports. A Yahoo search of the term resulted in over three million related URLs, the most interesting of which noted that the earliest written record of a wagon circling maneuver for the purpose of defense was in the 4th century by a Roman army officer, Ammianus Marcellinus. Today, the term ""circle the wagons"" is most often used allegorically in a business, battle, or political sense. It means that when a group within a corporation, a military unit, or a political faction is under attack, they must all stick together and each one defends the group as a whole.",Letter-Equations,11/10/08 #15323,What Time Does the Clock Read?,2.83,1.84,IVIatrixSamurai,"On a clock, the big and small hand are exactly between 1 and 2. Both hands lie on top of each other. What time is it?",No hint available.,"12:00. The hands lie exactly between the 1 and 2 in the number ""12"".",Trick,11/04/03 #17431,Fabrication Cycle,2.55,1.23,Palsha,"Life begins upon the mulberry tree, Where they eat until their appetites leave. Eat and eat is what they do, Yet they have the softest cocoon! Our pupa is what is considered the best, But any further things brings a mess! Lots are needed to make one look flash, And to buy what we produce brings the cash! What are we and what do we make?",No hint available.,The silkworm that makes silk.,Riddle,04/20/04 #24356,Everybody Loves a Nut!,3.13,2.02,zonahobo,"We're all nuts .. can you name us? 1. Big country in South America. 2. A pod is my pad. 3. This came down in Germany. 4. Confection ingredient. 5. Sneaking a look-on. 6. Gorillas show dominance by beating this. 7. May be found in the company of a witch. Scoring: 1-3 right. Sorry, you're normal. 4-5 right. I'm beginning to worry about you! 6-7 right. Definitely certifiable nut expert!",Trouble getting into the meat of this? Almond is not on this list.,"1. Brazil 2. Peanut 3. Walnut (The Berlin wall) 4. Coconut 5. Pecan (Peek on) 6. Chestnut (Gorillas drum on their chest as a threat) 7. Hazelnut (Witch Hazel)",Language,07/08/05 #27016,What is This? 3,2.12,2.33,Princeford93,"What is this? USA-CB-Station",No hint available.,A country radio station.,Rebus,11/18/05 #6656,NFREIENEDD,2.6,1.02,majd,"What is this saying? NFREIENEDD IS A DFREIENEDD",No hint available.,A friend in need is a friend indeed.,Rebus,08/19/02 #9498,Anagram Animals,2.38,2.21,something,"Place the words below into pairs. You will then have 5 lots of eight letters, each of which is an anagram of an animal. What are the original 5 animals? PINK TENT MOST MUCH THEN LEAP SOOT AREA TIRE MARE",No hint available.,"Tortoise = soot + tire. Marmoset = most + mare. Chipmunk = much + pink. Anteater = area + tent. Elephant = leap + then.",Language,12/30/02 #39481,A Surrealistic Idea,2.42,2.1,aresII,"The following quote is from Salvador Dali (1904-1989). He is considered the greatest artist of the surrealist art movement. Can you decode it? B=O ""LEZHZ GJ BSWM BSZ XGAAZHZSVZ TZLQZZS R URXURS RSX UZ. LEZ URXURS LEGSYJ EZ GJ JRSZ. G YSBQ G RU URX.""","E=H J=S S=N","""THERE IS ONLY ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MADMAN AND ME. THE MADMAN THINKS HE IS SANE. I KNOW I AM MAD."" KEY: A=F B=O E=H G=I H=R J=S L=T M=Y Q=W R=A S=N T=B U=M V=C W=L X=D Y=K Z=E",Cryptography,12/06/07 #36391,An Introducer,2.69,2.36,aresII,"My first to us must point, it's clear, And what I say is true, sir. My next to her your thoughts will steer; My whole's an introducer.",No hint available.,"USHER. My first is US, my second is HER.",Riddle,04/23/07 #929,Paris to New York,2.59,1.19,Michelle,Two planes take off at the same exact moment. They are flying across the Atlantic. One leaves New York and is flying to Paris at 500 miles per hour. The other leaves Paris and is flying to New York at only 450 miles per hour. Which one will be closer to Paris when they meet?,No hint available.,They will both be the same distance from Paris when they meet!!,Trick,10/01/01 #29685,Window 2,2.28,1.0,FrauSchmit,"Can you decipher this? win dow",No hint available.,broken window,Rebus,04/11/06 #18932,1 Pint of Ap For Stan,2.71,1.86,dsquared,"What expression is represented here: Joe's shout, he buys: 1 pint of Ap for Stan 1 pint of pl for Jack 1 pint of au for Cyril 1 pint of se for Phil",I'll give you a big clap if you get this right.,"A round of applause 'A round' is a term often used to describe when someone buys drinks for a group of friends. Combine the letters in each line and it works out to be a 'A round of applause'.",Rebus,09/25/04 #45865,Antonym in the Middle 2,2.2,2.0,cnmne,"TAME and CALM are antonyms of WILD. Change TAME to WILD to CALM by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. TAME ----> WILD ----> CALM",No hint available.,"TAME <<<<< TIME TILE WILE WILD <<<<< WILL WALL CALL CALM <<<<<",Language,11/30/09 #22572,I'm Getting Married in the Morning,2.77,0.84,MAroxmysoxonice,"There were four guys and four girls that were all friends. They each got married to one of their pals. The girls all wore different colored dresses and each couple had a different kind of cake that the husband smeared all over the wife. Guys: Brad, Joe, Zach, Matt Girls: Lisa, Mary, Kayla, Corinne Dress Color: white, blue, cream, pink Cake: marble, carrot, vanilla, chocolate 1. Lisa's husband got cake all over her white dress. 2. Kayla's cream dress was smeared with marble cake. 3. Zach was driven nuts by his wife's blue dress. 4. Joe loved Corinne dearly, but hated carrot cake and refused to have it at his wedding. 5. The only thing that bothered Lisa about her love, Brad, was his obsession with vanilla cake. 6. Mary's blue dress matched her eyes.","Anyone who loves somebody or who has a ""love"" got married to them.","Brad-Lisa-White-Vanilla Joe-Corinne-Pink-Chocolate Zach-Mary-Blue-Carrot Matt-Kayla-Cream-Marble",Logic-Grid,04/30/05 #8586,Prime Operations,2.23,2.18,lesternoronha1,"Solve the following with the conditions given :- D A - B C ------ B D a) All the numbers used A, B, C and D are prime. b) The answer BD is also a prime number. c) The numbers DA and BC are not prime. d) Also the number A < C. Find the numbers A, B, C and D.",No hint available.,"The computation above is nothing but 72 - 35 ----- 37",Math,11/19/02 #31291,Buy Me Some Peanuts...,2.54,1.79,say_aah,3 = O on a B T,"RF, LF, CF","3 Outfielders on a Baseball Team (Right Field, Left Field, Center Field)",Letter-Equations,06/24/06 #7440,Anny and Fanny,2.84,1.62,arij,"Anny and Fanny are walking on the middle of a highway. From the front came a car, but they kept on walking fearlessly. From the front came a bus, but they kept on walking fearlessly. From the front came an airplane flying, but they kept on walking fearlessly. From the front came an ant and both of them stopped in front of it. How come?",No hint available.,Anny and Fanny are also ants from the same colony.,Situation,09/14/02 #47143,Find Me,2.75,2.35,Trickster1992,"I am a 9-letter word. 1, 2, 3, 7, 4, and 5 spread germs. 1, 5, 3, and 6 bring out the best in food. 1, 8, and 9 are a form of offspring. 1, 2, 9, 6, and 5 is not real. Sorry to disappoint you.",No hint available.,"1=S 2=A 3=L 4=V 5=A 6=T 7=I 8=O 9=N ""Salvation""",Riddle,06/03/10 #43336,Slice & Splice 24,2.18,2.44,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: GEM, PER, ROT, SHY, SIN, SOP Group B: ****G*, ****E*, ****M*",No hint available.,"The Group B words are sea creatures. SPONGE, OYSTER, SHRIMP",Language,10/14/08 #34556,Back to Basics,2.48,1.79,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? t h o u g h I ' m t",No hint available.,"I'm deep in thought ""I'm"" is ""deep"" in ""thought""",Rebus,12/24/06 #44518,5 Weddings and a Mistake,1.76,1.91,whsprec,"A church is having 5 weddings in one day. However, due to a clerical error, the church has no idea which couple they are expecting and in what order they are scheduled to be wed. Each name is in the correct column, but only 1 of the names within each column actually appears in the correct row. Using the clues below, match the grooms, the brides, and the surnames, then place each couple in its proper order. Groom Bride Surname Peter Amber Kent Paul Elonna Dixen James Brittany Adams Matthew Whitley Moss Luke Chelsea Smith 1) Luke is 1 place after Whitley. 2) Chelsea is 1 place before the Mosses. 3) James is not marrying Whitley nor is he a Moss. 4) The Kents are 1 place before Brittany, who is 2 places after James. 5) Peter is 2 places before the Smiths.",No hint available.,"Groom Bride Surname James Elonna Dixen Peter Whitley Kent Luke Brittany Adams Matthew Chelsea Smith Paul Amber Moss",Logic,05/25/09 #49069,"Friends, Romans, Countrymen...",2.27,3.08,Gizzer,"mule sale acinus repasts The 3 words/phrases above are anagrams of lesser known words with a common theme - if you first remove one letter from each. The 3 removed letters will spell a word that relates to the theme.",No hint available.,"The title ""Friends, Romans, countrymen..."" is from Mark Antony's speech in Julius Caesar. The line continues with ""...lend me your ears."" The common theme is the EAR. Remove an E from MULE SALE, and you have an anagram of malleus. Remove the A from ACINUS, and you have an anagram of incus. Remove the R from REPASTS, and you have an anagram of stapes. The malleus, incus and stapes are the bones of the middle ear, more commonly called the hammer, anvil and stirrup.",Group,10/16/11 #7135,Orchard,2.35,2.08,Gouranga,"Last year, the average number of apples on each tree equalled the number of trees in the orchard. However this year there were 640 less apples than last year's harvest. If the average number of apples per tree this year was 72, how many trees are there in my orchard? Please Note: No extra trees have been planted or any removed! There are no tricks to this question.",No hint available.,"There are 80 trees in my lovely little orchard. Let T = the number of trees and N = the total number of apples. Set up two equations, one for each year: Last year: N/T = T or N = T^2 This year: (N-640)/T = 72 Substitute N = T^2 into the second equation to get: (T^2 - 640)/T = 72. Multiplying both sides by T and rearranging gives you the polynomial: T^2 - 72*T - 640 = 0. Solving this gives roots of -8 and 80. Obviously, there can't be -8 trees in the orchard, so there must be 80.",Math,09/02/02 #18372,The Pole,2.67,2.06,CaNaDiAnGiRl,"A man is lying dead in a tent. There is a pole beside him. What happened?",Think about what kind of tent he is in.,"He is a tightrope walker. He was in a circus tent doing his performance when he slipped,fell and died. The pole beside him was his balancing pole.",Situation,07/27/04 #48842,The Coffee Mystery,1.96,1.01,mj1321,"It was a dark and gloomy morning when Anna woke up. ""I am glad I don't have to go to work today,"" Anna thought, as she made her morning coffee. As Anna put sugar into her coffee mug, she noticed something was wrong. The sugar did not dissolve! Why?",No hint available.,"Anna had forgotten to add boiling water to her coffee, therefore there was nothing for the sugar to dissolve into.",Situation,07/09/11 #43365,Candle in the Sky,2.65,1.07,mosca,"I'm not the brightest candle in the sky, But my name is well known, and I am sought By sailors and young schoolchildren, who eye The others that show the way to me. Taught To them when small by friends or fathers. Long Centuries back, Plato saw another In the place I now own; Kochab, my strong Guardian, who is my dear bright brother, Was once the light that mariners would hold. Across dark waters, he showed them the way, A small bear's child, who was by then grown bold, Till I rose on the stage, my part to play. Dear Reader, I have told you of my fame; Will you be able, now, to guess my name?",No hint available.,"Polaris, the North Star The North Star can easily be located by finding the Big Dipper. The two stars at the front of the Dipper's bowl point to the North Star. Polaris is one of the stars in the constellation Ursa Minor, the Small Bear or the Little Dipper. The two stars in front of the dipper's bowl are called the ""Guardians of the Pole"", because they seem to march around the North Star like guards. Polaris, not the brightest star in the sky, ranks 49th in brightness. As the centuries pass, the celestial pole shifts in the sky, and other stars have become the North Star at varying times. Kochab, one of the two present Guardians, was the North Star at the time of Plato, around 400 BC.",Riddle,10/18/08 #1166,The Dead Driver,2.52,1.86,BigMan,"When the police arrived, a man was lying dead under a car. Investigations revealed that although he was not the car's owner, he was the last person to drive it. The car had last been driven that morning, but the man's time of death was established at about 3 P.M. The car's owner was discovered in the south of France. No one else was involved in the affair and eventually the police and the coroner were satisfied that no crime had been committed. What is the explanation?",No hint available.,"The man was a mechanic. While the owner was away, he was working on the car, but the jack gave way and the car fell on him.",Mystery,10/20/01 #34383,Middle Word 2,2.58,1.76,grungy49,"In each of the following insert a word in the bracket which when tacked onto the first word forms a new word and when placed in front of the second word makes a new word. For example: ARC (---) RING would be HER - to form archer and herring. The number of dashes indicate the number of letters in the word to be inserted. 1. OUT (---) DOWN 2. SUN (-----) WEIGHT 3. GO (--) STAGE 4. CROW (---) MAID 5. RAMP (---) HILL",No hint available.,"1. RUN (outrun, rundown) also possible: LET or PUT 2. LIGHT (sunlight, lightweight) 3. ON (goon, onstage) 4. BAR (crowbar, barmaid) 5. ANT (rampant, anthill)",Language,12/14/06 #39582,Dog and Cat Breeds,2.6,3.01,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to discover the name of a cat or dog breed. From the clues given, you are to find the synonym for the word suggested. I have given you the number of letters for each word in brackets. You have to rearrange the letters of each synonym to find the name of a dog or cat breed. Example: Brief sleep (3) + Caesar salad lettuce (7) NAP + ROMAINE = Pomeranian 1. Close to (4) + Drink slowly (3) 2. Unrestricted choice (3) + Unwarranted preference (4) + Trespass (3) 3. Pea covering (3) + Astrological lion (3) 4. Male goose (6) + Consume (3) 5. Sweet potato (3) + Unit of Medication (4)",No hint available.,"1. NEAR + SIP = Persian 2. ANY + BIAS + SIN = Abyssinian 3. POD + LEO = Poodle 4. GANDER + EAT = Great Dane 5. YAM + DOSE = Samoyed",Language,12/13/07 #42630,Fill In the Words! IV,2.49,1.58,coltonr1,"Each of the five words below have the same two letter combination. Can you help me solve them? Emp _ _ _ _ po Uni_ _ _ _ mpani Dir_ _",No hint available.,"letter combination - TY Empty Typo Unity Tympani Dirty",Language,07/28/08 #25108,Chicken Farm,2.15,0.73,kittykatkate96,Farmer Ben has a chicken farm. It has ten chickens. One night a wolf eats all the chickens. In the morning Farmer Ben still has one bird left. How can that be?,No hint available.,Farmer Ben has a pet parrot.,Trick,08/08/05 #38905,Hatching Dragons,3.11,2.32,dreamlvr1432,"In Tyria, 5 dragon eggs are about to hatch, and people from all over the land have gathered for the big event. After hatching, each dragon sought out a human companion from the crowd, with whom they would form a lifelong bond. No 2 dragons are the same color, and each human chosen lives in a different village. From the clues below, can you determine the name, color and hatching order of each dragon, as well as the name and village of their chosen companions? 1) The dragon that will reside in Cranston hatched before Krale and after the one that bonded with Ahren. 2) Evan (who is not from Greystone) was not chosen by Zuria, nor was he chosen by the green dragon. 3) Azazeal (who did not hatch 4th) hatched before the red dragon, but after the bronze (who did not choose Raven). 4) No dragon chose a human whose name begins with the same letter as their own. On the same note, no dragon's name begins with the same letter as their color. 5) The dragons hatched in the following order: Bael, the one whose companion is from Cairn, the blue dragon, the purple dragon, and the one who chose Jaron. 6) Jaabel did not choose Brandon (who isn't from Summerhaven), or Raven (who isn't from Shadowbrook). 7) Raven of Summerhaven was honored to have been chosen by Azazeal. 8) Jaabel hatched before the dragon that bonded with Brandon and after the one that will go to Shadowbrook with Ahren.",No hint available.,"Answers are listed in order of hatching: 1) Bael, green, Ahren, Shadowbrook 2) Jaabel, bronze, Evan, Cairn 3) Azazeal, blue, Raven, Summerhaven 4) Zuria, purple, Brandon, Cranston 5) Krale, red, Jaron, Greystone",Logic-Grid,10/24/07 #17470,Naked,2.37,1.78,matnoo,"Naked with fur, I catch shoal in mid flight, Blindingly quick with true awesome might, I charge with both power and juggernaut force, Faster than man, woman or horse. What am I?","Dainty enough to climb a tree, Black, white, brown are the colors you'll find me.",A bear.,Riddle,04/28/04 #36618,Digraphs #3,2.56,2.6,jazzmusician46,"Below is a list of word meanings. The answers to these word meanings have been omitted except for the two-lettered consonants that appear in each word, namely: 'SH'. The word meanings are not in order, so it is your job to try and associate the meanings with the correct word by filling in the missing letters. 1. Someone who collects garbage for removal. 2. Any fairly large instrument with a broad blade or scoop for taking up or removing loose matter. 3. An educational institute where Jewish students study sacred texts. 4. The characteristic of one who is not modest. 5. Someone who supports the separation of church and state. Words: 1. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. s h _ _ _ _ 3. _ _ _ s h _ _ _ 4. _ _ _ _ _ s h _ _ 5. _ _ s h _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. Someone who collects garbage for removal. -- 3. trashman 2. Any fairly large instrument with a broad blade or scoop for taking up or removing loose matter. -- 2. shovel 3. An educational institute where Jewish students study sacred texts. -- 5. yeshivah 4. The characteristic of one who is not modest. -- 4. unabashed 5. Someone who supports the separation of church and state. -- 1. disestablishmentarian",Language,05/13/07 #48708,Small?,2.26,1.79,jordy56,"I could seem to mean small water. But in reality if you use it, something will be hot, while not using it, something will stay cold. What am I?",No hint available.,Microwave,Riddle,05/10/11 #24749,Scent in Stone,3.05,1.81,tjm531,"After months of hard work, five scientists have eliminated the need for perfume by perfecting a procedure for creating scented jewelry! By altering the chemical composition of the metal, each scientist saturated a different piece of jewelry with a different scent. Upon completion of the items, the ingenious scientists brought them to the designers at Sentir Jewelers who set a different stone in each piece. From the information provided, determine the piece of jewelry each scientist had scented and the stone that was set within each piece. Scientist: Dr. Phil, Dr. Ruth, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Spock, Dr. Zhivago Piece of Jewelry: Bracelet, Brooch, Earrings, Necklace, Ring Scent: Lavender, Musk, Patchouli, Rose, Sandalwood Stone: Amethyst, Cat's Eye, Garnet, Moonstone, Opal 1. Neither the opal necklace nor the piece set with a moonstone is the patchouli-scented item (which wasn't created by Dr. Ruth). 2. Dr. Phil's piece of jewelry is neither the lavender-scented one nor the rose-scented item. 3. The amethyst (which wasn't placed in the ring altered by Dr. Zhivago) wasn't set in the pair of earrings Dr. Seuss altered. 4. Dr. Spock is neither the scientist who worked on the brooch nor the one who fashioned the necklace. 5. Dr. Seuss scented his jewelry with musk. A garnet was set in Dr. Ruth's piece. 6. The piece set with moonstone (which isn't rose-scented) isn't the pair of earrings.",No hint available.,"Dr. Phil, necklace, sandalwood, opal Dr. Ruth, brooch, rose, garnet Dr. Seuss, earrings, musk, cat's eye Dr. Spock, bracelet, patchouli, amethyst Dr. Zhivago, ring, lavender, moonstone",Logic-Grid,07/21/05 #3384,A Heart that Never Beats,2.66,1.71,Drunky,"I have a heart that never beats, I have a home but I never sleep. I can take a man's house and build another's, And I love to play games with my many brothers. I am a king among fools. Who am I?",It's a part of a game...,The king of hearts in a deck of cards.,Riddle,04/09/02 #48485,Front Loader,2.72,1.83,snowmonster,"What 3 letter word can you fill the blanks in with, to make 8 new words? 1) _ _ _ ice 2) _ _ _ al 3) _ _ _ key 4) _ _ _ cut 5) _ _ _ erer 6) _ _ _ hand 7) _ _ _ shore 8) _ _ _ ertory",No hint available.,"Answer: 1) Office 2) Offal 3) Offkey 4) Offcut 5) Offerer 6) Offhand 7) Offshore 8) Offertory",Language,02/16/11 #27349,Words Of Wisdom 2,2.67,2.36,titanoftheocean,"VEVIBLMV RH RTMLIZMG, LMOB LM WRUUVIVMG HFYQVXGH. -DROO ILTVIH ML NZM RH HNZIG, VCXVKG YB XLNKZIRHLM GL GSLHV DSL PMLD OVHH. -VWTZI DZGHLM SLDV DSZGVEVI BLF WL, LI WIVZN BLF XZM, YVTRM RG, YLOWMVHH SZH TVMRFH, KLDVI, ZMW NZTRX RM RG. -QLSZMM DLOUTZMT EZM TLVGSV","A=Z M=N N=M Z=A","Key A=Z B=Y C=X D=W E=V F=U G=T H=S I=R J=Q K=P L=O M=N N=M O=L P=K Q=J R=I S=H T=G U=F V=E W=D X=C Y=B Z=A Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects. -Will Rogers No man is smart, except by comparison to those who know less. -Edgar Watson Howe Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. -Johann Wolfgang van Goethe",Cryptography,12/07/05 #40048,Vacation in Shriekville,2.75,1.77,Editor,"Five people were taking a vacation in Shriekville. Unfortunately, all their vacations were cut short by a terrifying encounter with a resident ghost. Can you determine the type of accommodation, its name, and the name of the resident ghost? Archibald stayed at St George's: he was not frightened off by Macabre Malcolm. The pub was the home of Chilling Charlie, who frequently turned down the thermostat and then let out gruesome shrieks, chilling everyone to the bone. Lucas or Archibald's vacation was at the castle: was Terrifying Tony the resident ghost there? Charlie went to stay with friends. This was in a bungalow, but it did not have the name Briar Hill. He was not terrified by Bloodcurdling Brian, the ghost that left bloodstained footprints behind. Billy vacationed at a place named Rosedale, which was not a hotel. Creepy Craig really did scare Gary by scraping his fingernails on the bedroom window as he was settling down to sleep. This was not at a hotel and it wasn't a place named Avalon. The bed and breakfast accommodation was not High Lodge, which was also not the castle where Macabre Malcolm was resident.",No hint available.,"Name, Ghost's Name, Place Name, Type of Dwelling: Archibald, Bloodcurdling Brian, St. George's, Hotel Billy, Chilling Charlie, Rosedale, Pub Charlie, Terrifying Tony, High Lodge, Bungalow Gary, Creepy Craig , Briar Hill, Bed and Breakfast Lucas, Macabre Malcolm, Avalon, Castle",Logic-Grid,01/14/08 #8078,One of Nine,2.25,2.99,mad-ade,"A hundred and one by fifty divide, And if a cipher is rightly applied, The answer is one from nine.",No hint available.,"CLIO Using Roman numerals, a hundred and one is CI and fifty is L. Dividing CI by L gives CLI. Add cypher (0) to the right gives the answer: Clio, being the name of one of the nine muses from Greek Mythology.",Riddle,10/15/02 #753,No Repeating Letters,2.71,2.44,beans,What is the longest word that can be spelled without repeating a single letter?,No hint available.,uncopyrightable,Language,08/09/01 #3143,Breaking Curfew,2.1,1.85,204_blaze_41,"The coach of the college baseball team, Mike Buck, was checking the residence grounds to be certain his players were in by curfew. Suddenly, he heard a loud crash and turned to catch a glimpse of a man running into the residence. Buck thought it was his star right-handed pitcher, James Macullah, but he couldn't be sure. Buck went to James' room and opened the door. James stood in the middle of the room, his right leg in his pants and his left leg out. James, looking at the wristwatch on his left arm said, ""I heard a loud crash and was getting dressed to see what happened"", he stammered. ""Forget the bull,"" said Buck, ""I'm certain it was you who just ran in here. For that little caper, you won't be playing tomorrow."" How could Buck be so certain it was James who had been out after curfew?",No hint available.,Mike was certain it was James because he was getting undressed not dressed as he claimed. A right-handed person will put their left leg in their pants when dressing.,Logic,04/02/02 #12932,Linx..2,2.31,3.05,Codammanus,"The object of these teasers is to figure out a commonly used phrase of two (or more) words. The phrase has omitted from it any letters that the two have in common with each other. The number of missing letters from each appear next to the word. (In this group, there is one where the ENTIRE WORD has been omitted). A hint has been included to round it out. Example: DOY(2) BA(1) + ""Leftovers to go""= DOGGY BAG Got it? Good! Now try these: 1. CAL(4) NTT(5) GOU(2) + ""Together for specific action"" = 2. CURR(3) VS(4) + ""Timely Topics"" = 3. BKT(3) C(3) + ""Worn out terribly"" = 4. TRMA(4) SS(5) + ""Recovery=Mission Impossible"" = 5. PR(5) [Entire Word Omitted](5) + ""Is.Now."" =",No hint available.,"The phrases are: 1. SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP 2. CURRENT EVENTS 3. BASKET CASE 4. TERMINAL ILLNESS 5. PRESENT TENSE",Language,06/04/03 #23852,What are You Saying?,2.39,1.81,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? ^suggestion",No hint available.,"The power of suggestion The symbol ^ can be known to mean 'the power of' in math.",Rebus,06/21/05 #7206,Am Not Yours,2.45,1.76,jpalmer,"You buy me but to you I do not belong, I come in almost any shape and size, Such as short, wide, or long. You can buy me special ""outfits"", Or leave me plain as can be, But the biggest hint I will give you is that I make others happy.",No hint available.,A Present or a Gift,Riddle,09/05/02 #43266,Xchanging It. . .,2.59,1.3800000000000001,snowmonster,"Change one letter in each of the following words to an X to create a new word. The letters you change, in order, will spell something marked by an X. 1) tenon 2) bored 3) flue 4) neat 5) twist 6) lou 7) later 8) foe",That something marked by an X is a Pirates dream! Arrrrgh!,"1) xenon 2) boxed 3) flux 4) next 5) twixt 6) lox 7) latex 8) fox The letters changed spell out TREASURE. Arrrrgh!",Language,10/06/08 #36334,Magic XI,2.13,2.31,beatlesgirl,"2 = G S in ""C""",No hint available.,"2 = Glass Slippers in ""Cinderella""",Letter-Equations,04/20/07 #2875,Wear Tight,2.19,0.98,204_BLaZe_41,"Decipher this: wear tight",No hint available.,tight underwear,Rebus,03/25/02 #52430,A Card Puzzle,1.9000000000000001,1.59,Rove_Tarts,"I have ten cards 1-10. I turn three facedown. I turn the 2 and 8 faceup. What is the probability of drawing a 1?",No hint available.,"1/8 Facedown cards do not effect the probability. For example: I have three cards and I turn one facedown. There is a 1/3 chance that the 1 card is facedown... 1/3(1/1)+2/3(0/2)=1/3 ...and a 2/3 chance that it isn't: 1/3(0/1)+2/3(1/2)=1/3 Both have the same probability.",Probability,07/09/20 #11981,Nothing Ever,2.77,2.14,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented in the following Rebus? You've NOTHING2 EVE NOTHIN EVER NOTHI EVERY NOTH EVERYT NOT EVERYTH NO EVERYTHI N EVERYTHIN EVERYTHING2",No hint available.,You've nothing to lose and everything to gain.,Rebus,04/23/03 #33256,Word Mix Up - Animal Series 1,2.64,1.82,grungy49,"Your job is to unscramble the word, take the letters needed and then when you have all the letters unscramble them to make an animal. 1. TECPAC (take letters 4 & 5) 2. DOLOB (take letters 3 & 5) 3. RAENA (take letters 1 & 2) 4. LETLAB (take letter 4)",No hint available.,"Leopard ACCEPT (E and P) BLOOD (O and D) ARENA (A and R) BALLET (L) Unscramble these to get leopard. A leopard's life span ranges from 12 to 19 years. It is the fourth largest cat in the world. Leopards live in nearly all of Africa and southern Asia.",Language,09/29/06 #2147,Passageway,2.17,1.6400000000000001,RoseJ0,"I am a passageway That wants to help you I am used throughout the world I am blue, pink, green or brown Whatever color you want me to be What am I?","In a house, quite like a window",A door,Riddle,01/24/02 #9874,DROVES and NEWS,2.63,0.93,lesternoronha1,Using the words DROVES and NEWS write seven words using each letter once.,No hint available.,SEVEN WORDS.,Trick,01/17/03 #14425,What Do You See?,2.29,1.94,Bobbrt,"You are standing in the middle of a cube-shaped room. Two of the walls that are adjacent to each other are completely covered with mirrors (one large mirror is covering each wall). You raise your right hand. How many images of yourself will you see in the two mirrors, and which hand will each of the images appear to be raising? You can turn your head as needed to view the full range of each mirror.",No hint available.,"In the mirrors you will be able to see four images of yourself: - Looking directly into each mirror you will of course see your normally inverted mirror image. The person in each mirror will appear to be raising his left hand. - Looking toward the corner between the two mirrors, you will see two more images of yourself, but these will be double-inverted because in each mirror you will see the reflection from the OTHER mirror. Because of this, the person in the mirrors will appear to be raising his right hand, just like you are.",Other,08/19/03 #28994,Naming Rights,2.82,2.02,fishmed,"Amy was pregnant with her 7th child. Everyone was excited. She had named her children Sandy, Adam, Denton, Edward, Dina and Ira, in their order of birth and according to a specific rule. She knows her 7th child will be a girl. Which of the following names is she likely to use, and why? Mary Kimberly Rachel June Yolanda",No hint available.,"Of the names listed, she will likely use Rachel, as all the others, after the first, are named with their first letter being that which was the second letter of the child before them.",Series,03/09/06 #42799,Household Objects,2.52,1.02,bookwrmKP,"I often display children's artwork and symbols of their accomplishments. But I do have a more practical side. Whatever would you do without me? Never leave me open for long, Mother warns. What am I? Look at the hint if you want to know where in the house I'm found.","Usually, I am found in the kitchen.",I am a refrigerator!,Riddle,08/15/08 #50348,Words With UO,1.99,2.11,cnmne,"Five words that contain UO as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *UO**, **UO*, ***UO*, ****UO*, ***UO** Pool: A, A, A, E, G, G, I, I, L, L, L, N, N, Q, Q, Q, R, R, S, T",No hint available.,"QUOTA, GLUON, LIQUOR, LANGUOR, SEQUOIA",Language,06/07/14 #3255,Pushedmehe,2.19,2.42,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase? pushedmehe",No hint available.,He pushed me first!,Rebus,04/05/02 #39278,Menacing Matchsticks IX,2.22,2.63,calmsavior,"You will need thirty-three matchsticks for this puzzle. Arrange all the matchsticks into the number 700000, as the number would appear digitally. Moving only two matchsticks, can you make a value well over 1,000,000,000? You cannot: Break the matchsticks. Stack the matchsticks. Remove the matchsticks. Make a factorial. Make the symbol for infinity (an 8 rotated 90 degrees). Use exponents.","In order to solve this teaser, you must make a WORD.","Rotate the lower-left matchstick of the second 0 horizontally and slide it upwards until it reaches the upper-left matchstick. Do the same for the lower-left matchstick of the last 0, turning it horizontally and sliding it upwards until it reaches the upper-left matchstick. View the matchsticks upside-down. You should now have the word GOOGOL, which is 1 followed by 100 zeroes.",Trick,11/19/07 #24735,Billy Bob's Crazy Travels: Part I,2.97,1.9000000000000001,bigSWAFF_69_,"Crazy Billy Bob has become unhappy with the small town he lives in and has decided that he wants to move, but isn't sure where he wants to move to. Thus, begins his crazy and weird journey as he visits different places. Since Crazy Billy Bob is somewhat crazy, he may get lost along the way. Can you figure out what U.S. States he visited by the clues listed below? 1. Male Lion's neck hair 2. Recent + Deli Meat + 16th Letter of Alphabet + Former Administrative District of Britain 3. Rhymes With Germ + Your Mother's Sister's Relationship to You 4. Unified Body of Matter + Sneeze + Put Down 5. Lane + What Mass Surrounded by Water is Called 6. Fasten Together + Me + Separate Into Parts 7. Recent + Former Ruling House of England 8. Recent + A Close-Fitting Pullover Shirt, Jacket, or Sweater 9. Cylindrical Writing Implement + Futile + Knee + Uh 10. Brand of Computer + First Letter of Alphabet + What You do With Clothing","Remember, Crazy Billy Bob has to be able to drive from state-to-state, so each state must border the state before, and after it.","Crazy Billy Bob went to: 1. Mane (Maine) 2. New Ham P Shire (New Hampshire) 3. Verm Aunt (Vermont) 4. Mass ""Achoo"" Sets (Massachusetts) 5. Road Island (Rhode Island) 6. Connect I Cut (Connecticut) 7. New York (New York) 8. New Jersey (New Jersey) 9. Pencil Vain Eeea (Pennsylvania) 10. Dell A Wear (Delaware)",Language,07/21/05 #48903,My Favorite Quote,2.6,2.56,21kaldridge21,BCF HWUBWRXZYP WL BCF RXGP DGZUF LQUUFLL URVFL KFARYF TRYM. CZYH TRYM WL BCF DYWUF TF VQLB DZP ARY LQUUFLL. W BCWXM PRQ UZX ZUURVDGWLC ZXPBCWXS WA PRQ ZYF TWGGWXS BR DZP BCF DYWUF. (IWXUF GRVKZYHW),"Actual Letter = Code Letter: T = B V = I","The dictionary is the only place success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you are willing to pay the price. (Vince Lombardi) Actual letter = Code Letter A = Z B = K C = U D = H E = F F = A G = S H = C I = W K = M L = G M = V N = X O = R P = D R = Y S = L T = B U = Q V = I W = T Y = P",Cryptography,07/26/11 #45919,Words With WO,2.07,2.27,cnmne,"Five words that contain WO as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *WO**, WO****, *WO***, **WO**, *WO**** Pool: A, A, B, B, D, E, E, E, F, K, L, L, M, N, R, R, S, T, T, Y",No hint available.,"AWOKE, WOMBAT, TWOFER, BYWORD, SWOLLEN",Language,12/07/09 #13686,And,2.34,2.55,fishmed,"What does the following represent? and and and aaaaannnnnnnnddddddd",No hint available.,"4th and long (a term in American football)",Rebus,07/08/03 #17704,What Movie? #4,2.28,1.97,spookboy0,"Below, you see a group of mixed letters. Rearrange the letters in the COLUMNS they are in (ie. each letter must stay in the column it is in, but can be moved to a new row), and the correct rearrangement will result in a movie title. |M|B|A|O| |A|O|R|T| |M|L|K|T|",This is also a video game in the fighting genre.,"Correct Rearrangement: |M|O|R|T| |A|L|K|O| |M|B|A|T| Movie Title: Mortal Kombat",Other,05/21/04 #34133,Captured,2.39,0.68,Coolfreeze,"At the touch of a button, a moment is captured. A marriage, a birth or a birthday I see. Later, an image might leave thee enraptured, All due to a flash, or a mere click indeed. Yet some people say that I am quite evil, That my staring eye might just capture your soul! At least to my knowledge it is utter nonsense, Only moments I capture, that is my sole goal.",No hint available.,A camera,Riddle,11/27/06 #4677,9 = E in the S W S,2.34,2.4,im_para_noid,9 = E in the S W S,No hint available.,9 = Episodes in the Star Wars Saga,Letter-Equations,06/13/02 #1554,AAAACCCDFGHIIIIKKLM...,2.25,2.15,sam7630,"Can you figure out what these letters represent? AAAACCCDFGHIIIIKKLMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNOOOPRSSTTUVVWWWW",There are 50 letters total.,"The first letters of the US states in alphabetical order: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.",Logic,11/30/01 #47155,The Broken Vase,2.3,0.71,shlee,"One day, Jessica Brown and Arthur Brown, the parents of Jenny and Harry Brown, awoke to find one of their valuable vases broken on the ground. They immediately suspected that either their children, Jenny or Harry, or their Yorkshire Terrier, Hershey, had somehow accidentally broken it. Both parents didn't want to punish anyone before they knew who had done it, so they investigated the ""crime scene"". They found a long piece of brown hair. That didn't help much, since oddly, all the Browns had brown hair, and so did Hershey. Unfortunately, that was all that they found. After Arthur thought about it for a while, he knew who had broken the vase. Who broke it, and how did Arthur know?",The piece of hair is very important.,"Jenny Brown had broken the vase. Arthur knew this because she was the only person (other than Jessica, the mom) who had long hair. Boys tend to have short hair, and Yorkshire Terriers normally do not shed. After being accused, Jenny admitted that she had clumsily knocked the vase over when she wasn't paying much attention.",Mystery,06/05/10 #32500,What Words #25,2.7600000000000002,1.69,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN MEMBER - __________ - WRECK SHOE - __________ - PIPE SHOCK - __________ - READ",No hint available.,"MEMBER -SHIP - WRECK SHOE - HORN - PIPE SHOCK - PROOF - READ",Language,08/18/06 #20546,Which Group,2.35,2.04,bookworm696,"Five of the six pairs of letters below belong, and their pattern is consistent. Can you tell which one does not belong and why? CI, GM, PV, NT, BH, TY",No hint available.,"TY does not belong. This is because all the other pairs have 5 letters in between them. e.g C,d,e,f,g,h,I",Group,01/22/05 #35951,Quenchable,2.13,1.59,Trumalia,"This is an old American riddle from 1500-1900 AD. It increases and decreases, Yet no one see it. It is not a fire, And yet it can be quenched.",No hint available.,Thirst,Riddle,02/23/07 #7786,It Sounds Easy,3.03,2.1,flynn,"Can you figure out the logic I used to decide the order of the following words: gun, shoe, spree, door, hive, kicks, heaven, gate, line, den",The title is a clue,"Each word rhymes with its numeric position in the list. (e.g. ""gun"" rhymes with ""one"", etc.)",Series,10/01/02 #18779,Mad Ade's Letter Math #5,2.32,2.48,Mad-Ade,"Substitute digits (0-9) for the letters to make the following addition true. APPLE + LEMON = BANANA Keep in mind that the first number of each word is NOT a 0 (zero) and if x=4 then all x's are 4 and so on.",No hint available.,67794 + 94832 = 162626,Cryptography,09/11/04 #46273,Antonym in the Middle 5,2.24,1.94,cnmne,"STOP and HALT are antonyms of MOVE. Change STOP to MOVE to HALT by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. STOP ----> MOVE ----> HALT",No hint available.,"STOP <<<<< SHOP SHOT SOOT SORT SORE MORE MOVE <<<<< MOLE MOLT MALT HALT <<<<<",Language,01/30/10 #15619,Murdered,2.44,1.61,dsquared,"What expression is represented in this murder situation? Victim: The Conversation Suspect List: This = innocent It = innocent That = guilty",No hint available.,"That killed the conversation Or more clearly: ""That"" killed ""The Conversation""",Rebus,11/30/03 #35893,Common Theme #3,2.6,2.69,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to change one letter in each of the following words, in order to find four (4) words with a common theme. Loan Crab Cold More",No hint available.,"Roan Arab Colt Mare The common theme: words associated with horses.",Language,03/26/07 #8842,"Maker, Unwritten, ...",2.64,1.56,warrior,"Find a word that can follow or precede each word in the following group to make four common items: Maker, unwritten, suit, degree",No hint available.,"The word is ""Law"": Lawmaker, unwritten law, lawsuit, law degree.",Language,11/30/02 #6792,Countries,2.58,2.64,curly,"Libya, Poland, Germany, Ethiopia... Which country follows? France Seychelles Panama Cameroon",No hint available.,"Seychelles, The colour on the countries flag increases by one. Libya=1 to Seychelles which has 5.",Series,08/23/02 #42207,Anti-Nike,2.54,2.16,MarcM1098,"What phrase is shown below? rticulate ommunicate attle nform rate egotiate","Each word above is missing the initial letter. Those letters form a word. Think the opposite of Nike's famous slogan.","All talk, no action. The words are all synonyms of ""talk"", but they are missing their first letters, which are ""action"". Articulate Communicate Tattle Inform Orate Negotiate This phrase is quite the opposite to Nike's famous ""Just Do It"" ad campaign.",Rebus,06/12/08 #17043,Not RACECAR?,2.35,2.26,bobyrogers,Name a 7-letter word apart from RACECAR that is a palindrome (it says the same thing forward and backward).,No hint available.,ROTATOR,Language,03/17/04 #30915,Presidential Wisdom IV,2.59,2.66,paul726,"Below are encoded quotes from the sixteenth through twentieth presidents of the United States. Your task is to first decode them, and then correctly assign them to the presidents who spoke them. 16) ""K LMTC MBUCV KS CTCOW KSIUMSBC XOAD M BASIBKCSUKAYI VCIKOC UA VA RLMU RMI OKZLU, BASIUKUYUKASMF, RKULKS ULC FMR, MSV XAO ULC TCOW NCIU KSUCOCIUI AX ULC RLAFC JCAJFC. XMKFYOCI LMTC NCCS COOAOI AX HYVZDCSU, SAU AX KSUCSU."" 17) ""...ULMU RC LCOC LKZLFW OCIAFTC ULMU ULCIC VCMV ILMFF SAU LMTC VKCV KS TMKS; ULMU ULKI SMUKAS ILMFF LMTC M SCR NKOUL AX XOCCVAD; MSV ULMU ULKI ZATCOSDCSU AX ULC JCAJFC, NW ULC JCAJFC, XAO ULC JCAJFC, ILMFF SAU JCOKIL XOAD ULC CMOUL."" 18) ""JATCOUW KI YSBADXAOUMNFC; NYU SKSC UKDCI AYU AX UCS ULC NCIU ULKSZ ULMU BMS LMJJCS UA M WAYSZ DMS KI UA NC UAIICV ATCONAMOV MSV BADJCFFCV UA IKSG AO IRKD."" 19) ""KS MTAKVKSZ ULC MJJCMOMSBC AX CTKF, K MD SAU IYOC NYU K LMTC IADCUKDCI YSSCBCIIMOKFW VCJOKTCV DWICFX MSV AULCOI AX KSSABCSU CSHAWDCSUI."" 20) ""KX ULC OMNNFC RCOC FAJJCV AXX MU ASC CSV MSV ULC MOKIUABOMUI MU ULC AULCO, MFF RAYFV NC RCFF RKUL ULC BAYSUOW.""","Vowel encoding is as follows: A=M E=C I=K O=A U=Y","The solutions are given in the order in which each president served, followed by the president's name and term in office. The answer key is below. 17) ""...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."" - Abraham Lincoln 1861 - 1865 20) ""If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country."" - Andrew Johnson 1865 - 1869 16) ""I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right, constitutional, within the law, and for the very best interests of the whole people. Failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent."" - Ulysses S. Grant 1869 - 1877 19) ""In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments."" - Rutherford B. Hayes 1877 - 1881 18) ""Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim."" - James Garfield 1881 A=M . . N=S B=N . . O=A C=B . . P=J D=V . . Q=P E=C . . R=O F=X . . S=I G=Z . . T=U H=L . . U=Y I=K . . V=T J=H . . W=R K=G . . X=E L=F . . Y=W M=D . . Z=Q",Cryptography,06/06/06 #717,Aging Down,2.47,1.14,GarnetGurl,"A guy was born in the year 1940 and died in the year 2002, shortly after his 15th birthday. How is this possible??",No hint available.,He was born on February 29th.,Trick,07/25/01 #19273,Boutique Bouquets ...,2.21,2.74,lesternoronha1,"The owner of a Romankachi flower boutique follows a particular pattern for his business. During a period of inflation, he raises his prices by Y% and during a slowdown he decreases his existing prices by Y%. After a year in which there was inflation first, followed by a slowdown, the cost of a Red Rose bouquet decreases by 162 Roka (Roka being the native Romankachi currency). After another year in which there was inflation once more followed by a slowdown, the cost of this bouquet reduces by a further 147.42 Roka. What was the original price of the Red Rose bouquet ?",No hint available.,"The original price of the Red Rose bouquet is 1800 Roka. Let the original price of the Red Rose bouquet be 'B' Roka. It is given that during a period of inflation, he raises his prices by Y% and during a slowdown he decreases his existing prices by Y%. Hence after a year in which there was inflation first, followed by a slowdown, and the cost of a Red Rose bouquet decreased by 162 Roka, the price of the bouquet = B(1+Y)(1-Y) = B(1-Y^2) (since B(1+Y) is the price during inflation and B(1-Y)(1+Y) the price during the slowdown) Therefore the decrease in price after one year = B - B(1-Y^2) = B - B + B*Y^2 = B*Y^2 = 162 ... Equation 1 Hence after another year in which there was inflation first, followed by a slowdown, and the cost of a Red Rose bouquet decreased by 147.42 Roka, the price of the bouquet = B(1-Y^2)(1+Y)(1-Y) = B(1-Y^2)(1-Y^2) = B(1-Y^2)^2 (since B(1-Y^2) is the price at the end of the previous year and B(1-Y^2)(1+Y)(1-Y) the price during the slowdown this year) Therefore the decrease in price this year = B(1-Y^2) - B(1-Y^2)^2 = B(1-Y^2)[1 - (1-Y^2)] = B(1-Y^2)( Y^2) = 147.42 ... Equation 2 Dividing Equation 2 by Equation 1, we get (1-Y^2) = 0.91 => Y^2 = 0.09 Substituting the above value of Y^2 in equation 1, we get B*0.09 = 162 Hence B = 162/0.09 = 1800 Roka. Therefore the original price of the Red Rose bouquet is 1800 Roka.",Math,10/29/04 #50002,Difficult Danny 2,2.32,2.68,eighsse,"Difficult Danny has acquired his nickname (and some other, less polite nicknames) due to the fact that, whenever he buys anything, he insists upon paying the exact amount, with precisely 100 pieces of currency. Danny wanted an xCube365 (it lasts 365 days before programmatically disabling itself, so that a new one must be purchased), the highly coveted gaming system that had just been released. It cost $230, but he managed to save up enough to buy one. He paid using some quantity (possibly zero) of each the following denominations of bills: $1, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100. Of those six quantities (including any zeros), there is one -- and ONLY one -- distinct triplet that can be made into a true multiplication sentence. For example, if there were 2 ones, 3 twenties, and 6 tens, 2 x 3 = 6, so this would fit the rule. How many of each denomination did Danny use to buy the xCube365?",No hint available.,"Can at least one of each denomination be used? That totals $186 with only 6 bills, plus at least $94 with the rest of the bills. This is too high. Can two or more of the denominations not be used? Any number multiplied by 0 is 0. Therefore, if there are two or more 0 quantities, any of the other three could be multiplied by one of the 0's, using the other 0 for the result. This means that there would be more than one triplet that fits the rule. So we know that exactly 5 of the 6 denominations are used. If a $100 bill is used, there are only two combinations that have the proper total quantity of bills and dollar sum, but they both involve two 0-quantities. So $100 bill is the denomination that is not used. We now know that at least one of each of the other bills is used. That totals $86 with 5 bills, leaving 95 bills to make the other $144. There are only 4 ways to make $144 with these denominations, which are listed in order from $1 bills to $50 bills in each of these sets: {84,10,1,0,0}, {89,1,5,0,0}, {89,3,2,1,0}, {94,0,0,0,1}. Adding in one of each bill, which we have already determined, gives {85,11,2,1,1}, {90,2,6,1,1}, {90,4,3,2,1}, {95,1,1,1,2}. {1,1,1} is the only triplet here that can make a true multiplication sentence: 1 x 1 = 1. Therefore, Danny paid with 95 $1 bills, a $5 bill, a $10 bill, a $20 bill, and 2 $50 bills.",Math,11/24/13 #51999,In the Blink of an Eye,2.85,1.94,ThinksForFun,"My first offers a variety of drinks My second defines the way a program thinks My whole can be read as fast as the eye blinks What am I?",No hint available.,bar code,Riddle,08/17/18 #8323,Turn Without Moving,2.5100000000000002,1.44,Glenbo,What can turn without moving?,There is more than one correct answer.,"Milk can turn sour without moving. A person can turn twelve (or any other age) without moving.",Riddle,11/02/02 #27324,Guess Who,2.83,1.8800000000000001,peppamintp,"Change one letter in each word to form the name of a famous person. (Bet Stifler = Ben Stiller) 1. Delta Geese 2. Halve Ferry 3. Since Girl 4. Mew Roan 5. Tint Burner 6. Row Lose 7. Tone Dale 8. Amp Giant 9. Earth Brooms 10. Bray Pita",No hint available.,"1. Della Reese 2. Halle Berry 3. Vince Gill 4. Meg Ryan 5. Tina Turner 6. Rob Lowe 7. Tyne Daly 8. Amy Grant 9. Garth Brooks 10. Brad Pitt",Language,12/10/05 #28388,"See No Evil, Hear No Evil",2.55,2.5100000000000002,lessthanjake789,"What anatomical letter equation is represented below? 4 = L of the B (O, P, T and F)",No hint available.,"4 = Lobes of the Brain (Occipital, Parietal, Temporal and Frontal) The title refers to the fact that the occipital lobe processes visual content and the parietal processes auditory input.",Science,02/01/06 #25585,Smugglin' Sam,2.8,1.97,_fire_fly,"Doc Jim and the police were investigating a drug smuggler who was staying at a local hotel. Unfortunately, when they arrived, the suspect, Smugglin' Sam, had already left. Luckily for them, he had left a list of the places where he was staying. ""According to his list,"" began the Captain, ""he will be in Paris for two weeks, then Naples, then Athens, London, Palestine, and finally Moscow. He sure knows how to disguise himself. His girlfriend said he just recently bought a ten-gallon hat! Well, tonight I'll have my men fly out to France to get him. We'll search every hotel there, but we'll find him."" ""Unfortunately,"" said Doc, ""Your men will be flying in the wrong direction to catch ol' Sam."" Where was Sam hiding?",You can't fly into Palestine.,"Texas. Doc knew that, because Sam wrote Palestine instead of Israel, that he wasn't planning a transatlantic flight - but a continental one: Paris, Naples, Athens, London, Palestine, and Moscow are all cities in Texas.",Mystery,08/26/05 #20376,Polar Bears,2.72,2.73,Cardshark812,"""Polar bears around an ice hole, like petals around a rose. The game is in the name, and the name is in the game. How many polar bears are there?"" Johnny asked as he rolled the five dice. The first roll produced 4, 6, 1, 3, 2. ""Six,"" said Billy. ""No, two,"" Johnny replied. The next roll was 5, 1, 5, 2, 4. ""Four?"" said Billy. ""No, eight,"" Johnny said. The next rolls were 3, 5, 3, 1, 2. There were 8 polar bears. The next rolls were 6, 2, 1, 2, 4. There were no polar bears. How does Johnny figure out the number of polar bears?",A rose by any other name...could be a die?,"Dice all look the same. On a die, the 1, 3, and 5 all have a dot in the center. The 3 has 2 dots on either side of the center dot, and the 5 has 4 dots around the center dot. Johnny simply counted the number of dots around the outside. A ""3"" has 2 ""petals around the rose, or polar bears around an ice hole."" The ""5"" has 4 ""petals"" or ""polar bears."" Roll some dice and it will become clear!!",Riddle,01/12/05 #9198,Fashion The Answer,2.61,2.4,MrIxolite,"What is this phrase? Shirt Trousers Armani Suit Necktie",Acrostic.,The clothes make the man (STAN),Rebus,12/16/02 #15365,Delete and Add 2,2.53,1.83,7catac7,"Delete 1 letter from each of the words below and then add a 3-letter word to it (doesn't matter where you put it) to form a new word that fits each clue that's in the ( ). 1. Bet (under) 2. Red (to recycle; to ___ ) 3. Deaf (to destroy; to _____)",No hint available.,"1. Below (delete 't' and add 'low') 2. Reuse (delete 'd' and add 'use') 3. Defeat (delete 'a' and add 'eat')",Language,11/08/03 #7209,hedaretoeftepxas,2.19,1.85,george1978,"Can you decipher this phrase: hedaretoeftepxas",No hint available.,Deep in the heart of Texas,Rebus,09/05/02 #12597,What Doesn't Belong?,2.23,1.13,alex1234,"What word doesn't belong in this group? that, hat, what, mat, cat, sat, pat, chat",No hint available.,"What. It's pronounced differently...all of the others rhyme.",Group,05/23/03 #8353,Vis Hotel,2.54,2.24,dsquared,"What common phrase is represented below? Vis Hotel Vis Hote l Vis Hot El Is Hot El V Shot El Vi Hot El Vis",Love me tender,"Elvis has left the building. Initially you had the building the ""Vis Hotel"" and you are left with just Hot and El Vis (Elvis) ie. he has 'left' the building as all the letters of his name have been extracted from the ""Vis Hotel"" to leave the words 'hot' and 'El Vis' (Elvis).",Rebus,11/04/02 #13017,The $100 Tip,2.7,2.59,bluestar21,"A man named Tom walks into a restaurant for lunch. He asks the waitress if she is good at solving puzzles. She replies, ""I am the best."" So Tom says, ""I'll have sausage and noodles drenched with ice cream, hashed. And if you bring me what I really want I'll leave you a $100 tip."" A few minutes later she brought him exactly what he wanted, and he left her the large tip. What did Tom really eat for lunch?",No hint available.,A sandwich (the first letters of what he ordered),Language,06/09/03 #5173,Runs All Day,2.15,1.67,J_L_Quicksolve,"Runs all day. Never runs away. What is it?",No hint available.,A clock,Riddle,07/03/02 #14652,Googlebunnies I,2.55,2.06,taiya2003,"Googlebunnies are creatures that come in two types (spooky and flitty) and two genders (male and female). The spooky males and flitty females always tell the truth; flitty males and spooky females always lie. You come across 3 Googlebunnies. Determine the type and gender of each based on their statements: A: Ask B what my type is - he will give a truthful answer. C is flitty. B: A and I are both males. C is a female. C: A and B are both females. B is spooky.",No hint available.,"A. Spooky Female B. Spooky Female C. Spooky Male If A is truthful, B must be truthful which would make C a Flitty Female. Since that would mean C speaks the truth then A and B are both predators which would make B's statement false. Therefore A must be lying. Therefore if A lies then B must lie (from A's statement). From A's false statement then, C is spooky and from B's false statement. C is male. Therefore C is truthful and A and B are both Spooky Females.",Logic,09/02/03 #52323,Three Married Couples and a Widow,2.9,1.61,wimpykidfan37,"Four women, Audrey, Brenda, Charlotte, and Dawn, and three men, Edgar, Frank, and George, are tennis players. These seven people consist of three heterosexual married couples, plus one widow. Whenever they play doubles, no man is on the same team as his wife. If a game of doubles is played, there is never more than one couple in this game. One day, four games were played: 1. Audrey and Edgar vs Brenda and Frank 2. Audrey and George vs Dawn and Frank 3. Brenda and Charlotte vs Frank and George 4. Charlotte and Edgar vs Dawn and George Who is the widow?",No hint available.,"Charlotte is the widow. First, we must figure out who Frank's wife is. From games 1 and 2, we know that Frank's wife cannot be Brenda or Dawn and must be Audrey or Charlotte. Let's make Frank's wife Charlotte and see what happens. From games 2 and 4, we know that George's wife cannot be Audrey or Dawn, and it obviously cannot be Charlotte either, so it must be Brenda. But game 3 features both Brenda and George, and Charlotte and Frank. So Frank's wife cannot be Charlotte, and must therefore be Audrey. From game 4, we know that George's wife cannot be Dawn, and it cannot be Audrey either, so it must be either Brenda or Charlotte. If George's wife is Charlotte, then Edgar's wife cannot be Audrey or Charlotte, and must be Brenda or Dawn. But now Edgar's wife cannot be Brenda because game 1 features both Audrey and Frank, and Brenda and Edgar. It cannot be Dawn either because game 4 features both Charlotte and George, and Dawn and Edgar. Therefore, George's wife cannot be Charlotte and must be Brenda. If Frank's wife is Audrey and George's wife is Brenda, Edgar's wife must be Charlotte or Dawn. Game 4 tells us that Edgar's wife must be Dawn. Now that Audrey, Brenda, and Dawn have all been assigned husbands, this leaves only Charlotte without a husband.",Logic,01/02/20 #6683,Mangara,2.31,2.53,Puzzled_Puzzler,"What do the following five words have in common? Mangara Imordenlap Carotisc Argohmhop Surbe",The first word holds some of the answer.,"All five words are anagrams of Language Terms. Mangara=Anagram Imordenlap=Palindrome Carotisc=Acrostic Argohmhop=Homograph Surbe=Rebus",Group,08/19/02 #8583,Number Unknown,2.18,1.6400000000000001,lesternoronha1,"There is a number, the second digit of which is smaller than the first digit by 4 and if the number is divided by the digit's sum, the quotient would be 7. Find the number.",No hint available.,The number is 84.,Math,11/19/02 #120,21 D on a D,2.6,2.21,Phyllis,21 D on a D,No hint available.,21 dots on a die,Letter-Equations,01/09/01 #25329,Risen,3.0,1.91,tamjp,"I'm seven times seventy, Plus a decade more. This has all happened before. Red and gold, I am no liar. My nursery will be made From my funeral pyre. Who am I?",I'm a mythical creature.,"The phoenix! The phoenix, in mythology, is a fabulous bird that periodically regenerated itself, used in literature as a symbol of death and resurrection. According to legend, the phoenix lived in Arabia; when it reached the end of its life (500 years), it burned itself on a pyre of flames, and from the ashes a new phoenix arose. As a sacred symbol in Egyptian religion, the phoenix represented the sun, which dies each night and rises again each morning. According to Herodotus, the bird was red and golden and resembled an eagle.",Riddle,08/15/05 #37915,Round And Round We Go,2.18,2.61,chittermouse3,1893 = Y the FWWI,No hint available.,1893 = Year the Ferris wheel was introduced,Letter-Equations,08/22/07 #25004,Farm Dog,2.04,2.85,cnmne,"The numbers 2 and 5 are the only two prime numbers that end in 2 or 5. What is the rationale for the following groups of numbers? 3 17 31 47 61 7 19 37 49 67 11 23 41 53 71 13 29 43 59 73",No hint available.,"The numbers are grouped by column according to their BINGO letters (B = 1 through 15, I = 16 through 30, N = 31 through 45, G = 46 through 60, O = 61 through 75).",Trick,08/01/05 #26529,"Bab, Beb, Bib, Bob and Bub Chess Tournament",2.7,1.94,shenqiang,"5 men, whose names are Bab, Beb, Bib, Bob and Bub, took part in a chess tournament, and each player was going to play against each other player once. After some days passed, they decided to have a get-together. Bub asked the other men how many matches until then they had played. Bab said: ""I have played 1 match."" Beb said: ""I have played 2 matches."" Bib said: ""I have played 3 matches."" Bob said: ""I have played 4 matches."" How many matches had Bub played?","If you can't figure it out, draw a diagram.","Since Bob had played 4 matches, he must have played against all 4 other players, i.e. Bab, Beb, Bib, and Bub. The only match that Bab had played must have been against Bob. Bib had played 3 matches, and he couldn't have played against Bab. Hence, Bib had played against Beb, Bob and Bub. Beb had played against Bib and Bob, so he couldn't have played against Bab or Bub. Therefore, Bub had played 2 matches, against Bib and Bob.",Logic,10/24/05 #30423,Professional Anagrams 2,2.99,2.88,MarcM1098,"Can you determine the professions/jobs described below? Each clue is an anagram of the answer. One Word 1. Stamp on 2. For trees 3. Remit sin 4. Menial cop 5. Court poser Two Words (first word is ""a"" or ""the"") 6. Dints teeth 7. He tots income 8. Sit, chat, pay, sir 9. I seen at birth cot 10. Their art's caustic Two Words 11. Spirit shaper 12. Poles gather a report Bonus (two jobs, middle word is ""and"") 13. Mass dress alteration",No hint available.,"1. Postman 2. Forester 3. Minister 4. Policeman 5. Prosecutor 6. The dentist 7. The economist 8. A psychiatrist 9. The obstetrician 10. The caricaturists 11. Parish priest 12. Telegraph operators 13. Seamstress and tailor",Language,05/11/06 #27030,Jumbled Countries,2.62,1.73,metallicman,"Which country in group 1 belongs in group 2? Group 1 Canada Argentina Honduras Peru Panama Brazil Mexico Italy Group 2 Congo Austria Zambia Germany South Africa Romania Japan Luxembourg",No hint available.,Italy. All the countries in group 1 are in the America's (south and north).,Group,11/19/05 #25784,Complete-A-Word IV,2.75,2.23,phrebh,"Use the 26 letters of the alphabet to complete the ten words below, replacing each underscore with a letter. Each letter can only be used once. 1. _EA_ _R 2. _E_I_N 3. _H_LK 4. _I_ACK 5. _RA_S 6. _U_C_ 7. S_NO_Y_ 8. _ _O_EN 9. _ _ _SY 10. E_I_S",It helps if you write down the alphabet and then cross out the ones you've used.,"1. BEAVER 2. DESIGN 3. CHALK 4. HIJACK 5. WRAPS 6. QUICK 7. SYNONYM 8. FROZEN 9. LOUSY 10. EXITS",Language,09/05/05 #38024,Guess Who 2,2.5100000000000002,2.82,Hrsemn4,"Which of the following does not belong? Swan, Bull, Nursemaid, Shower of Gold, Eagle",Some men lie to conceal their infidelity...,"Nursemaid All of the others are disguises used by the Greek God Zeus to seduce or abduct a mortal. Leda was seduced by Zeus disguised as a swan and she bore two sets of twins, Castor and Polydeuces, Clytemnestra and Helen of Troy. Zeus seduced Europa as a bull and she gave birth to Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. Zeus visited Danae as a shower of gold and she gave birth to the hero Perseus. Ganymede was abducted by Zeus disguised as an eagle and he became Zeus' cup-bearer. The disguise of a nursemaid was used by Zeus' wife, Hera, to discover his affair with Semele.",Group,08/30/07 #35936,Is William Shaking a Spear?,2.32,2.45,jazzmusician46,"An abnormal hunch I had, or perhaps not. A bit of a curve in a particular spot? Maybe? Maybe not! Perchance my looks were just a simple Tudor plot! Did a homicide I commit On those two princes? I do not know; yet, there is no doubt that I'm guilty If Shakespeare's writing convinces! Who am I?",No hint available.,"I am Richard III. NOTE: The first two lines refer to King Richard III who was known as the evil king; a deformed and malevolent ruler depicted by later propagandists and, most famously, in William Shakespeare's play, The Life and Death of Richard III (1592). Sir Thomas More's description of Richard not only influenced Shakespeare but has held enduring sway over the popular imagination of Richard's looks to this day. More wrote: 'Little of stature, ill-featured of limbs, crook-backed, his left shoulder much higher than his right.' Even given that Shakespeare depicted him as a hunchback, there is a strong lack of evidence that Richard III was even deformed. King Richard is said, however, to have committed numerous brutal murders, including the callous murder of his two nephews, Edward Prince of Wales (the uncrowned Edward V) and Richard Duke of York, the so-called Princes in the Tower.",Riddle,03/28/07 #49490,Slow Down a Bit,2.34,1.72,fishmed,"What does the following represent? PACE APEC",No hint available.,A change of pace,Rebus,05/27/12 #8355,Ate Too Much,2.61,1.6300000000000001,dsquared,"What common phrase is represented below? Monty: ""Whoah, I ate too much.""",It is an expression and also a movie.,Full Monty.,Rebus,11/04/02 #3291,A Walk in Manhattan,2.15,2.0,204_blaze_41,It happened in midtown Manhattan during the July 4th celebration; Sam walked several kilometres from West 32nd Street all the way to West 63rd Street without seeing anyone or being seen by anyone. It was a clear sunny day and he could see where he was going. He did not use any disguise or unusual method of transportation. Even though Manhattan was swarming with people not one person saw him. How could this be possible?,No hint available.,He was walking through the city sewer system.,Logic,04/06/02 #41313,Case of the Missing I's,2.71,1.14,Scubee,"The letter ""i"" has been removed from the following words. Can you guess them all? 1) ntal 2) mplct 3) llct 4) nquty 5) dotc 6) mtaton 7) gnton 8) nablty 9) magnatve 10) mmgraton","There are three i's per word, and each begins with i.","1) initial 2) implicit 3) illicit 4) iniquity 5) idiotic 6) imitation 7) ignition 8) inability 9) imaginative 10) immigration",Language,04/01/08 #42559,A Legend in Sports 10,2.39,2.02,brainyboy615,"B R = The S of S, AKA The G B","AKA means ""also known as.""","Babe Ruth = The Sultan of Swat, also known as The Great Bambino He is commonly considered the greatest baseball player ever.",Letter-Equations,07/22/08 #17394,Mad Ade's Kebab Essay,2.07,2.86,mad-ade,"When Mad Ade was at University he completed an essay on ""The molecular construction of a standard Kebab"". After printing the work he was surprised to find that the number of digits used to number all the pages was a multiple of the number of actual pages the essay contained. Using this information can you work out how many pages the essay contained in total? Just to help, the essay was more than 1000 pages but less than 10,000 pages.",No hint available.,"1107 pages. The number of digits used to number all the pages is 3321. 1-9: 9 digits 10-99: 180 digits 100-999: 2700 digits 1000-1107: 432 digits Total: 3321 digits 3321/1107= 3",Math,04/18/04 #20963,Famous People's Not-So-Famous Quotations,2.53,2.94,CPlusPlusMan,"The below cryptograms are lesser known quotes by famous people. The cipher (key) for all of them is the same. 1. BZLDJC DC KLZ IZQNZLS DLCIDQRSDKL RLG LDLZSH-LDLZ IZQNZLS IZQCIDQRSDKL. --SAKORC R. ZGDCKL 2. SAZQZ'C LKSADLB QZORQMRXPZ RXKJS DS. RPP KLZ ARC SK GK DC ADS SAZ QDBAS MZHC RS SAZ QDBAS SDOZ RLG SAZ DLCSQJOZLS IPRHC DSCZPE. --YKARLLZC CZXRCSDRL XRNA 3. D RO LKS R CIZZG QZRGZQ. D RO R CIZZG JLGZQCSRLGZQ. --DCRRN RCDOKW 4. D ARWZ LZWZQ OZS R ORL CK DBLKQRLS SARS D NKJPGL'S PZRQL CKOZSADLB EQKO ADO. --BRPDPZK BRPDPZD 5. D ARWZ XJS KLZ PROI XH FADNA OH EZZS RQZ BJDGZG; RLG SARS DC SAZ PROI KE ZUIZQDZLNZ. D MLKF KE LK FRH KE YJGBDLB SAZ EJSJQZ XJS XH SAZ IRCS. --IRSQDNM AZLQH","K=O G=D 1st quote is by an inventor 2nd by a Composer/Musician 3rd by a Sci-Fi writer 4th by an Astronomer 5th by a Revolutionist","1. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. --Thomas A. Edison 2. There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself. --Johannes Sebastian Bach 3. I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. --Isaac Asimov 4. I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. --Galileo Galilei 5. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. --Patrick Henry The Cipher is as follows: F=W U=X K=O G=D L=N Z=E I=P Q=R N=C S=T B=G D=I J=U C=S R=A H=Y A=H O=M M=K X=B P=L E=F Y=J W=V",Cryptography,02/11/05 #16949,Two Clocks 2,2.48,2.6,kalliann,"At midnight on Sunday, December 31st, Professor Lawrence set two of her analog clocks to the correct time. One of her clocks gains one minute every hour and the other loses two minutes every hour. 1. When will the clocks next show the same time as each other? 2. When will the clocks both show the correct time?",No hint available.,"1. Midnight after 10 days, which is 240 hours later. They both show 4 o'clock, one clock has gained 240 minutes (4 hours) and the other has lost 480 minutes (8 hours). 2. Midnight after 30 days, which is 720 hours later. They both now show 12 o'clock.",Math,03/09/04 #27660,Shuffle II,2.61,1.8900000000000001,peppamintp,"Find the famous people that are mixed up in each row of letters. 1. DIRAOSNSA 2. ECLARPITONC 3. TITUNRNEAR 4. BILILDOYL 5. CLAYUNPEDIR",They are all musicians.,"1. Diana Ross 2. Eric Clapton 3. Tina Turner 4. Billy Idol 5. Cyndi Lauper",Trivia,12/23/05 #32818,Hidden Countries I,2.68,1.7,grungy49,"It was bad. Grungy had once again gotten in trouble in class and now had to write every detail about each country. But the problem was - his teacher hadn't even been kind enough to give him a proper list of countries, and forced him to work them out from the sentences she gave him by telling him that the countries were actually hidden in the sentences. Grungy managed the first one easily, but can you help him find the other countries? Do you think I RAN very fast at the sports carnival? (IRAN) The circus bought a lion cub and an adult lion for their shows. David had forgotten his song that he had created three years ago - he couldn't even hum a line. ""I would stay for longer but I have to go,"" said the man. The zoo bought a toucan a day until they had enough. The man's chin and neck were covered by a huge bruise. There should be a lot of detail in diagrams.",No hint available.,"Cuba (lion CUB And) Mali (huM A LIne) Togo (have TO GO) Canada (touCAN A DAy) China (CHIN And neck) India (IN DIAgrams) Thankfully, Grungy managed to work all of them out and his report on the countries was in the next day.",Language,09/03/06 #5847,living LIFE,2.2,1.39,glennyboy02,"What is this rebus? living LIFE",No hint available.,Living life large!,Rebus,07/24/02 #32719,Word Jumble 7 - Famous Landmarks of India,2.4,2.65,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed. Unscrambling these letters will form the answer to this teaser: ITNGKH- Take letters 1, 3 and 5 HUASPCER - Take letters 1, 2, 3 and 7 IYFFLAS - Take letters 1, 2 and 5 TYREPT - Take letters 2, 3 and 4 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",This landmark is situated around 25 miles from Agra.,"ITNGKH- Take letters 1,3 and 5 - KNIGHT, take K, I, H HUASPCER - Take letters 1, 2, 3 and 7 - PURCHASE, take P, U, R, S IYFFLAS - Take letters 1, 2 and 5 - FALSIFY, take F, A, I TYREPT - Take letters 2, 3 and 4 - PRETTY, take R, E, T Unscramble the letters collected to get ""Fatehpur Sikri"". Fatehpur Sikri was the political capital of India's Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar's reign for about one and a half decades after which it was abandoned, presumably due to lack of water. Fatehpur Sikri shared its imperial duties as a capital city with Agra, where a bulk of the arsenal, treasure hoards, and other reserves were kept at its Red Fort for security. During a crisis, the court, harem, and treasury could be removed to Agra, only 26 miles away, less than a day's march. It is regarded as emperor Akbar's crowning architectural legacy. Indeed, its numerous palaces, halls, and masjids satisfy his creative and aesthetic impulses, typical of Mughals. Fatehpur Sikri now is a World Heritage Site.",Language,08/29/06 #40177,Twins.... Or Not?,2.24,1.0,bookwrmKP,"Two girls look alike, have the same parents, and share the same birthday but are not twins: how is that possible? (Note: They are not any sort of triplets, quadruplets, or anything like that.)",No hint available.,They were born in two different years!,Riddle,01/23/08 #1346,Find the Murderess,2.59,2.29,Yanivster,"Three women - Anna, Barbara and Jayne were arrested for the murder of Susan. One of these three was the murderess, one was an accomplice, and one was innocent. Three statements were collected: A. ""Anna was not the accomplice"" B. ""Barbara is not the murderess"" C. ""Jayne is not innocent"" The following facts are also known: 1. A statement does not concern the woman who gave it. 2. The innocent woman gave at least one statement. 3. Only the innocent woman tells the truth. Which woman is the murderess?",No hint available.,"The innocent woman gave one or two statements. If she gave one statement, then the other two must be false, but that situation is not possible, because you always come to a discrepancy. So she must have given two statements. Those statements must be A and B (that's the only way it works out), which means that Anna is the murderess.",Logic,11/09/01 #18419,ZZzzZZzz,2.69,1.8800000000000001,siameseifuplz,"What phrase does this represent? Teacher: What is 2+2? Narcoleptic Cat: 0? Teacher: No. Bored Horse: 3? Teacher: No. Snoozing Dog: 5? Teacher: I'll accept that.",No hint available.,Let sleeping dogs lie.,Rebus,08/03/04 #44675,Anagrams #3,2.05,0.91,gymboy09,"Unscramble these anagrams to form other words. The theme is the United Sates. #1 - Agog Ire #2 - Sakala #3 - Keno Wry #4 - Oar Cod Lo",No hint available.,"1# - Georgia 2# - Alaska 3# - New York 4# - Colorado",Language,06/17/09 #39456,Board Game,2.06,2.64,AndrewWalker,29 P = the B H in C,No hint available.,29 Points = the Best Hand in Cribbage.,Letter-Equations,12/03/07 #51537,Scrapbook Scramble,3.03,2.13,FiaTzu,"Lizzie wants to upload the contents of her serial killer scrapbook into an online database, however she discovers her little brother has spilled juice all over the pages. She manages to get most of them apart but five pages are almost completely unreadable. Help Lizzie get the information she needs for her database from what she remembers and what's left of the shredded pages. 1.) The serial killer that started the earliest did not have the most victims, the one who started the latest didn't have the least. 2.) The American had more victims than the axe murderer, who had more victims than the man who started killing in 2005. None of these had the highest or lowest body count. 3.) Either Onoprienko is the Latvian and Kumar preferred to strangle his victims; or Denke began killing in 1900 and Petrovs was the strangler. 4.) The five killers are the American, the man who shot his victims, the man with exactly 20 confirmed victims, the German, and the strangler. 5.) Of the killer who started in 2003 and the one who started in 2005, one was from India and the other has the fewest victims. 6.) Considered handsome and charismatic by his friends and collegues, Ted Bundy began either poisoning women in 1989 or bludgeoning women in 1974. 7.) The preferred methods of murder were: the method preferred by Denke, the one used by the Latvian killer, poison, the one used to kill exactly 35 confirmed victims, and the one used by the killer who began in 1989. 8.) The five countries of origin are represented by: India, the strangler, Ted Bundy, Germany and the killer who began in 1989. 9.) The man who started killing first didn't use a gun and was not Kaspars Petrovs 10.) The Latvian was active after the shooter and the German, but before at least one other killer and none of these four men were named Bundy. 11.) Either Onoprienko was the Russian and killed the most people or Denke was the Russian and poisoned his victims.",Ted Bundy committed 35 confirmed homicides in seven US states beginning in 1974.,"Ted Bundy (USA) preferred to bludgeon his victims and had 35 confirmed kills, beginning in 1974. Karl Denke (Germany) hacked his victims to death with an axe; he killed at least 30 beginning in 1900. Mohan Kumar (India) lured women with promises of marriage before poisoning them with cyanide, he killed 20 women beginning in 2005. Anatoly Onoprienko (Russia) dispatched his victims with a sawed off shotgun, he killed at least 52 people beginning in 1989. Kaspars Petrovs (Latvia) strangled elderly people from his community, he confessed to many more but is only confirmed to have killed 13 beginning in 2003.",Logic-Grid,10/27/17 #10150,Mathematicians,2.1,3.14,rajeshwar,"There are 4 mathematicians - Brahma, Sachin, Prashant and Nakul - having lunch in a hotel. Suddenly, Brahma thinks of 2 integer numbers greater than 1 and says, ""The sum of the numbers is..."" and he whispers the sum to Sachin. Then he says, ""The product of the numbers is..."" and he whispers the product to Prashant. After that, the following conversation takes place : Sachin : Prashant, I don't think that we know the numbers. Prashant : Aha! Now I know the numbers. Sachin : Oh, now I also know the numbers. Nakul : Now I also know the numbers. How did they know the numbers?",No hint available.,"The numbers are 4 and 13. As Sachin is initially confident that they (i.e. he and Prashant) don't know the numbers, we can conclude that - 1) The sum must not be expressible as sum of two primes, otherwise Sachin could not have been sure in advance that Prashant did not know the numbers. 2) The product cannot be less than 12, otherwise there would only be one choice and Prashant would have figured that out also. Such possible sum are - 11, 17, 23, 27, 29, 35, 37, 41, 47, 51, 53, 57, 59, 65, 67, 71, 77, 79, 83, 87, 89, 93, 95, 97, 101, 107, 113, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 131, 135, 137, 143, 145, 147, 149, 155, 157, 161, 163, 167, 171, 173, 177, 179, 185, 187, 189, 191, 197, .... Let's examine them one by one. If the sum of two numbers is 11, Sachin will think that the numbers would be (2,9), (3,8 ), (4,7) or (5,6). Sachin : ""As 11 is not expressible as sum of two primes, Prashant can't know the numbers."" Here, the product would be 18(2*9), 24(3*8 ), 28(4*7) or 30(5*6). In all the cases except for product 30, Prashant would know the numbers. - if product of two numbers is 18: Prashant : ""Since the product is 18, the sum could be either 11(2,9) or 9(3,6). But if the sum was 9, Sachin would have deduced that I might know the numbers as (2,7) is the possible prime numbers pair. Hence, the numbers must be 2 and 9."" (OR in other words, 9 is not in the Possible Sum List). - if product of two numbers is 24: Prashant : ""Since the product is 24, the sum could be either 14(2,12), 11(3,8 ) or 10(4,6). But 14 and 10 are not in the Possible Sum List. Hence, the numbers must be 3 and 8."" - if product of two numbers is 28: Prashant : ""Since the product is 28, the sum could be either 16(2,14) or 11(4,7). But 16 is not in the Possible Sum List. Hence, the numbers must be 4 and 7."" - if product of two numbers is 30: Prashant : ""Since the product is 30, the sum could be either 17(2,15), 13(3,10) or 11(5,6). But 13 is not in the Possible Sum List. Hence, the numbers must be either (2,15) or (5,6)."" Here, Prashant won't be sure of the numbers. Hence, Prashant will be sure of the numbers if the product is either 18, 24 or 28. Sachin : ""Since Prashant knows the numbers, they must be either (3,8 ), (4,7) or (5,6)."" But he won't be sure. Hence, the sum is not 11. Summerising data for sum 11: Possible Sum PRODUCT Possible Sum 2+9 18 2+9=11 (possible) 3+6=9 3+8 24 2+12=14 3+8=11 (possible) 4+6=10 4+7 28 2+12=14 3+8=11 (possible) 4+6=10 5+6 30 2+15=17 (possible) 3+10=13 5+6=11 (possible) Following the same procedure for 17: Possible Sum PRODUCT Possible Sum 2+15 30 2+15=17 (possible) 3+10= 13 5+6=11 (possible) 3+14 42 2+21=23 (possible) 3+14=17 (possible) 6+7=13 4+13 52 2+26=28 4+13=17 (possible) 5+12 60 2+30=32 3+20=23 (possible) 4+15=19 5+12=17 (possible) 6+10=16 6+11 66 2+33=35 (possible) 3+22=25 6+11=17 (possible) 7+10 70 2+35=37 (possible) 5+14=19 7+10=17 (possible) 8+9 72 2+36=38 3+24=27 (possible) 4+18=22 6+12=18 8+9=17 (possible) Here, Prashant will be sure of the numbers if the product is 52. Sachin : ""Since Prashant knows the numbers, they must be (4,13)."" For all other numbers in the Possible Sum List, Prashant might be sure of the numbers, but Sachin won't. Here is the step by step explanation: Sachin : ""As the sum is 17, two numbers can be either (2,15), (3,14), (4,13), (5,12), (6,11), (7,10) or (8,9). Also, as none of them is a prime numbers pair, Prashant won't be knowing numbers either."" Prashant : ""Since Sachin is sure that both of us don't know the numbers, the sum must be one of the Possible Sum List. Further, as the product is 52, two numbers can be either (2,26) or (4,13). But if they were (2,26), Sachin would not have been sure in advance that I don't know the numbers as 28 (2+26) is not in the Possible Sum List. Hence, the two numbers are 4 and 13."" Sachin : ""As Prashant now knows both the numbers, out of all possible products - 30(2,15), 42(3,14), 52(4,13), 60(5,12), 66(6,11), 70(7,10), 72(8,9) - there is one product for which list of all possible sum contains ONLY ONE sum from the Possible Sum List. And also, no such two lists exist. [see table above for 17] Hence, two numbers are 4 and 13."" Nakul figured out both the numbers just as we did by observing the conversation between Sachin and Prashant. It is interesting to note that there are no other such two numbers. We checked all the possible sums till 500!!!",Math,01/31/03 #48370,Hot(not),2.34,2.03,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus? Y : Chilled always O : Refrigerated permanently U : Unwarmed forever R : Shaded constantly S : Heated often","""C-R-U-S-H"" is irrelevant to the answer.","keep your cool (Y-O-U-R)",Rebus,01/09/11 #7933,I Travel to Taipei,2.62,1.6300000000000001,jazzkay,"I come in many different shapes and sizes. Sometimes I can carry surprises. I travel hundreds of miles everyday. All over the world, even Taipei. But most times I bring what nobody wants, but most people have. What am I?",No hint available.,"An envelope (Carry surprises like birthday cards, checks, etc., & bring what nobody wants, but everybody has BILLS!!)",Riddle,10/08/02 #10755,What Process?,2.23,1.86,MrIxolite,"What Process is Represented Here? Tn Sn Mg Pb-->Au H Hg Na Zn-->Au",No hint available.,"Alchemy - Turning Base Metals into Gold. The Base (element) of each list is turned into Au (Gold).",Rebus,02/27/03 #5098,Grandfather's Will,2.53,1.43,peppermintwist,"Grandfather thinks it is time to prepare his will. He has three daughters: Anne, Beatrice, and Caroline. Each of his daughters has at least one child. The six grandchildren are: Frederic, Gregory, Henry, John, Laura, and Mary. Grandfather wishes each of his grandchildren to receive an equal share, but he can't remember how many children each of his daughters has. However, he does remember that: Beatrice has the largest family. Anne doesn't have a daughter. Mary has two brothers. Henry's brother is six months younger than Gregory. Laura has neither a brother nor a sister. How many children does each child have?",Use a piece of paper to work it out!,"Beatrice has three children, Anne has two, and Caroline has one.",Logic,07/01/02 #9769,Porridge,2.77,1.3800000000000001,MrIxolite,"What story is represented here? Au-E-Ness, Au-E-Pad, Au-E-Combination, Polar, Grizzly, Panda.",No hint available.,"Goldilocks and the three bears Au = symbol for Gold Loch Ness, Padlock, Combination Lock.",Rebus,01/12/03 #7180,H A N G,2.18,1.83,majd,"What is this rebus? H A N G",No hint available.,Hang Loose,Rebus,09/04/02 #3426,Erif,2.19,1.03,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this: Erif",No hint available.,Backfire,Rebus,04/11/02 #29791,Numerals,2.69,1.1,JessicaLynn,"In Roman numerals, five is V and eleven is XI. What is the numeral for nineteen?",No hint available.,"19! The question was: What is the NUMERAL, not the roman numeral.",Trick,04/15/06 #34728,Choose Your Sides Wisely,2.48,2.57,Writer_fighter,"Find the next 2 letters in the series. H, D, T, Q, P, H, H, O...",No hint available.,"N, D They are the names of shapes based on the number of edges starting at one and going to ten. 1=Henagon 2=Digon 3=Triangle 4=Quadrilateral 5=Pentagon 6=Hexagon 7=Heptagon 8=Octagon 9=Nonagon 10=Decagon",Series,01/04/07 #25315,Upside Down 2,2.79,1.48,Scoberman,"Can you move three x's to make the triangle flip upside down? X X X X X X X X X X",No hint available.,"First, move the last two X's in the bottom row to the end of the second row: X X X X X X X X X X Then, move the top X to a new row on the bottom: X X X X X X X X X X",Logic,08/14/05 #31313,In the Springtime?,2.66,2.53,boodler,"The following phrases are anagrams of well-known Paris sights (number of letters in each word in brackets) : - 1 RELIEF TO FEW (6, 5) 2 DIRT CHEAP ROME (3, 2, 8) 3 SPEECHLESS AMY (6, 7) 4 TORMENT RAM 5 I BLUDGEON OBOES (4, 2, 8) 6 I NEVER RISE (5, 5) 7 BLITHEST ALE (3, 8) 8 NO RED MEAT (5, 4) 9 I UNGLUE ROOM (6, 5) 10 HOT VELURE (3, 6)",No hint available.,"1 Eiffel Tower 2 Arc de Triomphe 3 Champs Elysees 4 Montmartre 5 Bois de Boulogne 6 River Seine 7 The Bastille 8 Notre Dame 9 Moulin Rouge 10 The Louvre",Language,06/25/06 #42223,Harmony of Homophones,2.63,1.91,reddragon,"See if you can figure out the five sets of homophones by the two definitions listed side-by-side below. 1. Denoting reference to two -- A fight between two, over honor. 2. Pierced by an animals horns -- Fleshy fruit with a hard skin. 3. Grouped together -- sail pole. 4. Measured by footsteps -- Thick glue. 5. Split leather -- Curved; convinced.",No hint available.,"1. Dual -- Duel 2. Gored -- Gourd 3. Massed -- Mast 4. Paced -- Paste 5. Suede -- Swayed",Language,06/13/08 #4396,TEGO,2.96,1.35,emmyluzam,"Decipher this: T E GO",No hint available.,Get up and go,Rebus,06/01/02 #22968,School Subjects,2.06,0.58,beachbabe1218,"Three friends go to three different schools and like three different subjects. Who goes to what school and likes which subject? Names: Jeff, Sarah, Melissa Schools: Long, Meadow, First Subjects: Math, Science, Spanish Jeff likes math. Sarah doesn't attend Meadow. The girl that attends Meadow likes science. The person that attends First likes math.",No hint available.,"Jeff-First-Math Sarah-Long-Spanish Melissa-Meadow-Science",Logic-Grid,05/17/05 #9887,Out of Order,2.97,2.6,Bobbrt,"In the following list, the words are out of order (the correct order is NOT alphabetical). Can you figure out the pattern and put them in the proper order? A. Leaf B. Part C. Mitt D. Corn E. Saw","I say ""Amen"" because it's the season for development.","The words, when combined with the placement letter, form new words. A. Corn (Acorn) B. Leaf (Belief) C. Saw (See-Saw) D. Part (Depart) E. Mitt (Emit)",Language,01/17/03 #43136,Beacon,2.58,1.08,emily103,"I am a beacon, a light I am a guide, a sign I lead those who seek me To where they need to be From the vast expanse To firm safety What am I?","I show the way with my light When nothing is visible in the night Though now I'm not as often seen Replaced by other, newer means","A lighthouse (The vast expanse refers to the ocean; firm safety refers to solid ground. Lighthouses are being replaced by modern electronic navigational devices.)",Riddle,09/19/08 #5352,Adecyclopaedia,2.21,1.6,mad-ade,"Mad Ade recently bought a 10-volume set of encyclopaedias. At present he has only arranged the first 9 volumes in order on his shelf, as shown below. 8,5,4,9,1,7,6,3,2 Using Mad Ade's system, where should Volume 10 go?",No hint available.,"Between 6 and 3, they are arranged alphabetically",Logic,07/08/02 #50548,Thin,2.21,1.55,LittleGreenMan,"What is the same thing the following five words have, potentially, in common? money fly tiger brown white",No hint available.,"They all can form compound or two-word common expressions by adding the word ""paper"" in front or back; paper money flypaper paper tiger brown paper white paper",Group,03/21/15 #5668,1 = R A in E B,2.28,2.26,Bobbrt,1 = R A in E B,No hint available.,1 = Rotten apple in every barrel,Letter-Equations,07/18/02 #30305,Weave and Live,2.74,2.37,CCat20,"I live in the hills I weave through the night I break into halls, chambers, and rooms Yet no one ever puts up a fight Everyone knows me Everyone loves parts of me, most dislike parts of me as well I rest occasionally in conversations but most of the time I dominate the room in which I dwell. What am I?",No hint available.,"Music. line 1: ""The hills are alive with the sound of music""-Sound of Music line 2: ""Listen to the music of the night""-Phantom of the Opera line 3: Chamber music, concert halls, practice rooms ------ Second part: line 2: People like different genres and most dislike a particular one line 3: Rest-pause in music.",Riddle,05/06/06 #39302,Scrambled Quotes,2.27,2.18,Dontrelle,"Try to un-scramble this inspirational quote: ""Abcd efghi gj abcdklme gk fmm abc ngmm lold ifol. Pbj'h mlh fjabjl hfql gh fnfa edbr abc lold."" ~ Ibmma Rfdgl Tbruk",This is written by Holly Marie Combs.,"""Your faith in yourself is all you will ever have. Don't let anyone take it away from you ever."" ~ Holly Marie Combs Key: A=Y B=O C=U D=R E=F F=A G=I H=T I=H J=N K=S L=E M=L N=W O=V P=D Q=K R=M T=C U=B",Cryptography,11/21/07 #25807,Secret Word I,2.37,2.58,lisha_kc,"Find the secret 5 letter word (_ _ _ _ _) that shares: 2 letters with MAGIC 2 letters with YEARN 2 letters with BLAME 2 letters with GRABS 2 letters with KARMA 3 letters with BREAK eg. strESSEs shares four letters with the word ESSEnce.",The second letter of the first word is in the secret word.,The secret word is CAKES.,Logic,09/06/05 #5974,decen--,2.13,1.97,glennyboy02,"What's this common phrase? decen--",No hint available.,A shred of decency,Rebus,07/28/02 #26646,946052....,2.38,2.14,horse_luver,9460528400000=M in a LY,or 9460528400000000=K in a LY,9460528400000= Megameters in a Light Year (a megameter is 1000 kilometres),Letter-Equations,10/31/05 #8880,6 Acorns,2.26,2.15,scharfy,"6 acorns there, have a look 3 from them my mother took. 2 were yellow, 1 was blue, The other 3 I didn't think, just threw. But when I was older one day home I came to have a stay. To my surprise there they were all 6 of them, there they are. The 3 I threw were colored red But in my delight came some dread, they weren't in proper line I'd had. Let's give them names to make it easier. Name Color Size A = Yellow = Small B = Red = Small C = Blue = Medium D = Red = Medium E = Yellow = Medium F = Red = Large I'll give clues for you to find the answer 1)The smallest is always found between two mediums. 2)The order starts and finishes with a red colored acorn. 3)The blue acorn can be found in the 4th position. 4)Red is not found beside its own. What order are they in?",No hint available.,"The correct order is as follows: F, E, B, C, A, D",Logic,12/04/02 #6030,"ED, RE, EW, RN...",2.26,2.82,missie,"Finish the series: ED, RE, EW, RN, LE, NO, ?",No hint available.,"IT, Violet. They are the second and last letters of all the colors in the rainbow.",Series,07/29/02 #49887,The Great Palladium Theft,2.85,2.14,extremeblueness,"The jewelry store in Ennuiville had recently had a theft. The police were confused by just one aspect, however, the thief had only stolen palladium. Quite a bit of palladium, at that. A quick search of the crime scene, however, gave no clues. Nonetheless, they DID get a location of a potential suspect from the witnesses. Detective Cerveau and his assistant, Mr. Bete, had been sent by the police department to see if the suspect would let them in, as search warrants take time. When they arrived, the suspect opened the door. Cerveau started out by introducing themselves. ""Mr. Vole, we're here from the police department. We have you under suspicion for a robbery that recently happened. We were wondering if you could give us a tour of your home,"" he said with an outstretched hand, while observing the man's reaction. ""Of course,"" he said, ""I have nothing to hide. However, you'll have to excuse my lack of a handshake, as I've developed a rash on my hands."" The detective and his assistant followed Mr. Vole into his house, observing the intricate architecture, and the apparently ancient decorations. ""Mr. Vole, where did you get these decorations?"" Detective Cerveau asked. Vole replied, ""On E-Bay. You can buy anything on there, you know."" The two detectives continued to observe the decorations - several vases, a few statues, and a beautiful mirror propped up against a wall. As they concluded the tour, Vole gave the two some store-bought cookies and glasses of milk. ""Cerveau, I don't think the man has any palladium here. And even if he did, he's probably already sold it."" Just then, a knock on the door was heard, turning out to be a fellow member of the EVPD with the search warrant, which had just arrived. ""Mr. Bete, you've overlooked a key detail. I think I know where the palladium is, and with this search warrant, I think we can prove it. ""But Cerveau, how?""",Look up uses of palladium.,"Detective Cerveau led his colleague directly to the mirror. ""Mr. Bete, I think we'll find upon closer inspection that this mirror has the missing palladium in it."" Upon saying this, he flipped the mirror over and rubbed his hand over it, which developed a rash after a few minutes. ""Mr. Vole, you're under arrest for the theft of this palladium."" Information behind this: In addition to being a slight skin irritant, palladium, when put behind glass, will form a mirror.",Mystery,07/27/13 #42054,Measure Exactly 6 Gallons,2.82,1.84,Editor,"Using a tap, a nine-gallon container and a four-gallon container, can you measure exactly 6 gallons?",No hint available.,"Here are the contents of the two containers after each stage (A=nine-gallon container, B=four-gallon container) : A B 9 0 fill A 5 4 fill B from A 5 0 empty B 1 4 fill B from A 1 0 empty B 0 1 fill B from A 9 1 fill A 6 4 fill B from A 6 0 empty B This leaves 6 gallons in container A.",Logic,05/27/08 #33600,Letter Switch,2.3,2.36,calmsavior,"What four-letter word and what five-letter word, after switching the last letter of the four-letter word with the first letter of the five-letter word, make antonyms?",Think operations.,"PLUM and SINUS, which, after the switch, becomes PLUS and MINUS.",Language,10/22/06 #44531,Subtract a What? II,2.17,1.84,brainglue,"Which word in Group B will fit in Group A? Group A stone shiver seats flies theirs Group B sake screws bucket store softly",No hint available.,"screws Each word in group A can form a new word if you subtract their first and last letters. stone - ton shiver - hive seats - eat flies - lie theirs - heir screws - crew",Group,05/27/09 #46207,The Cards,2.18,1.32,162129,"Pamela, Phillipe, Pilar, and Pablo whose main sports (in no particular order) were skating, skiing, basketball, and tennis, were seated at a square table playing cards. 1.) The boys sat opposite each other. 2.) The skater sat opposite to Pablo. 3.) The basketball player sat to the right of Pablo. 4.) Pilar didn't like tennis or basketball. 5.) Pablo sat at spot #1. What was each person's sport, and at which number on the table did each person sit? Table: 1 4 2 3",No hint available.,"Pamela plays basketball, Phillipe skates, Pilar skis, and Pablo plays tennis. They sit at the following spots. 1: Pablo 2: Pilar 3: Phillipe 4: Pamela",Logic,01/17/10 #1636,Bobo the Clown,1.91,0.5700000000000001,trainer,What is Bobo the Clown's middle name?,No hint available.,"The Bobo 'the' Clown",Trick,12/07/01 #34978,Time to Play,2.2,2.2,fishmed,"Whenever I WORK really hard, I love to come home at the end of the day and PLAY a game with my family. Sometimes it seems like I'll never get to the PLAY. Your job, to help me is to get from WORK to PLAY in 4 steps by changing one letter at a time. Each change must result in a real word.",No hint available.,"WORK PORK POAK PLAK PLAY POAK - Waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, etc. PLAK - a deposit of saliva and bacteria which forms on the teeth",Language,01/22/07 #34583,Familiar Misquotes Series VI,2.81,2.65,aresII,"Whenever a phrase or sentence becomes part of the common language, there is a strong possibility that it will be quoted inaccurately. Over the course of time, a letter gets shifted or a word is changed and forevermore the quotation becomes a cliche that nobody ever gets quite right. Try to complete each proverbial cliche: 1.) ""Beggars _______ choosers."" - Beaumont and Fletcher 2.) ""Winning isn't everything, _______ ."" - Vince Lombardi 3.) ""_________ better part of _______ ."" - William Shakespeare",No hint available.,"1.) must be no 2.) but wanting to win is 3.) The; valor is discretion",Language,12/26/06 #10160,Gravity,2.69,1.27,skaven,"What does this represent? graVity",No hint available.,Centre of gravity.,Rebus,02/01/03 #24021,"Synonymous With an 80's ""Rock"" Star.",2.46,2.96,nappysquid,"I like beavers. They give me a place to swim. I am a word that can mean hard, rigid, fixed, unmoving, and determined. I am an 80's ""Rock Star"" with a white line across my face. An 80's punk band wanted to exterminate me with their ""spray"" name. Who am I and what is the word?","The 80's punk band is Black Flag. Beavers make dams. The 80's ""rock"" star splits the word in two, but the word has 3 syllables.","A dam ant. (An ant in a dam.) Adam Ant (80's rock star with a line across his face.) Hard, fixed, determined, etc are all synonymous with adamant.",Trivia,06/26/05 #29669,Acrobats,2.66,1.77,EnderofGames,"Barbara, Corliss, Dexter, and Edward, who are acrobats, use different kinds of equipment (flying rings, horizontal bars, parallel bars, trampoline). Match them up using the clues below: 1) The girl who uses the trampoline is younger than Barbara and the person who uses the horizontal bars. 2) Edward is younger than Corliss and the person who uses the flying rings.",Barbara and Corliss are girls; Dexter and Edward are boys.,"Barbara - Flying Rings Corliss - Trampoline Dexter - Horizontal Bars Edward - Parallel Bars",Logic,04/10/06 #40920,Distorted Music - F,2.67,1.8800000000000001,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter F. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Vainly Modifier 2. A Swarms Foldouts 3. Fearing Fell 4. Decaf Now 5. Baa Ya Frowsy",No hint available.,"1. ""Friday I'm in Love"" by The Cure 2. ""Famous Last Words"" by My Chemical Romance 3. ""Free Falling"" by Tom Petty 4. ""Face Down"" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 5. ""Far Away Boys"" by Flogging Molly",Language,03/07/08 #49086,One Weird Soccer Game,2.19,0.6000000000000001,dawnrising,"One day, two soccer teams played a soccer game. Each team scored on two kicks during the course of the game. However, all kicks were shot into the same goal. How is this possible?",Soccer teams play 2 halves of 45 minutes.,The teams scored their points in different halves. They switch sides during halftime. So they were all shot into one of the goals.,Logic,10/16/11 #19789,RAM Series,2.26,2.91,AXTON,"Can you fill in the question marks (?) with the appropriate numbers? 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, ?, ?, ?",RAM,"The three numbers needing to complete the series are 16, 19, 20. The numbers correspond to RAM (relative atomic mass) of the first ten elements on the periodic table.",Series,12/08/04 #2163,Shortest Sentence,2.4,2.63,Cascas,What is the shortest sentence that includes every letter of the alphabet?,No hint available.,Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.,Language,01/27/02 #41166,What Country?,2.27,2.12,littlestud,"What country am I? I am a 9-letter word! My 1234 is a harmonious verb, 456 is a brand name, 567 is an island peak, 89 is a prefix. What country am I?",No hint available.,"Singapore 1234=Sing, 456=Gap, 567=Apo, 89=Re.",Riddle,03/22/08 #17081,Sensu's Rainy Day,2.49,2.12,tangerine,"On a rainy day, Sensu was playing with her friends with a certain type of paper. After a fold with the paper, rather than being happy about this accomplishment, she was quite sad. Why was this, and what was Sensu doing?",No hint available.,"Sensu was playing poker with her friends. Cards are made out of cardboard paper, and at the end of the game, Sensu folded (for non-Poker players, this is how you give up at the end of a game).",Trick,03/20/04 #10724,Remember This?,2.68,1.58,MrIxolite,"What 70's / 80's TV show is represented here? Breast Crawl Back Butterfly",Gary Coleman Stars,Diff'rent Strokes (swimming strokes),Rebus,02/26/03 #979,Dumplings,2.21,1.71,Michelle,Kerry loves dumplings. He can eat 32 of them in an hour. His brother Pete needs 3 hours to eat the same amount. How long will it take them both together to eat 32 dumplings?,No hint available.,"If Kerry eats 3 times as fast as Pete, he must be able to eat 3 times as many dumplings as his brother. Therefore, Kerry eats 24 while Pete eats 8 ( 32 / 4 = 8 ). Together it takes them 45 minutes.",Math,10/04/01 #38314,Shuffle #13,2.81,2.07,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to start with the word 'FETED', and then each time, change a letter to make a new word. You need to continue this process until you reach the word 'MINOR'. You must do this in five (5) turns. Good luck. FETED _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ MINOR",No hint available.,"FETED METED METER MITER MINER MINOR",Language,09/16/07 #6165,Very loud,2.21,0.89,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? Yelling Your Voice",No hint available.,Yelling at the top of your voice.,Rebus,08/02/02 #50301,Balance Beams 2,2.0,1.9000000000000001,MarcM1098,"Two beams (rows of numbers) are given below. The first beam has a sum of 17; the second beam has a sum of 22. Your challenge is to balance the beams, so that the two rows have the same sum. You are only allowed to move two numbers; all of the numbers must be used in the answer. 1 2 5 9 3 4 7 8","The sum of all the numbers is odd. One of the numbers must be moved in a tricky way to make a larger number.","Move the 1 to the bottom row, placing it immediately to the left of the 3, making a 13. Move the 8 to the top row. Both beams now have a sum of 24. 8 2 5 9 13 4 7",Math,05/09/14 #33913,Bags of Wind?,2.33,2.72,jazzmusician46,"Below are two groups of woodwind instruments: Group A and Group B. The instruments in each group each have a common similarity (besides being in the woodwind family). Two instruments from Group A have been incorrectly added to Group B and vice versa. Your job is two-fold. You need to ascertain what two (2) instruments have been moved, and why they should not be be in their new group. Good luck! Group A: C melody saxophone alto saxophone treble shawm baritone saxophone cor anglais alto clarinet bassett horn contra-clarinet Group B: bassoon contra-bassoon soprano clarinet oboe bagpipes alto shawm tenor shawm tenor saxophone",No hint available.,"Group A: treble shawm cor anglais They belong in Group B because both are double-reed woodwind instruments. Group B: soprano clarinet tenor saxophone They belong in Group A because both are single-reed woodwind instruments.",Group,11/10/06 #46405,Deadly Movies,1.9000000000000001,2.43,cnmne,"According to the following rebus, what term is depicted by each of the following four movies? Title: ""Death of the President"" Starring: Harry Fordison as James Shallomar, President of Umberland Plot: President Shallomar is murdered Title: ""The Premier Conspiracy"" Starring: Andrew Joules as Clarence Denali, Premier of Juvenistan Plot: Premier Denali is murdered Title: ""Prime Minister Down"" Starring: Pete Sela as Reginald Eastwick, Prime Minister of Greater Fenmark Plot: Prime Minister Eastwick is murdered Title: ""To Kill a Monarch"" Starring: Patrick Dickens as Rollo IV, King of Fluoridia Plot: King Rollo is murdered",No hint available.,"character assassination (the characters, all political leaders, have been murdered; the murder of a political leader is an assassination)",Rebus,02/21/10 #9768,Get Set Go,2.55,2.0,MrIxolite,"What is this representing? The 110m Hurdle: Lane 1 - R. Ifle of Canada Lane 2 - S. Hotgun of Great Britain Lane 3 - G. Renade of USA Lane 4 - P. Istol of France Lane 5 - M. Issile of Russia On your marks...get set....go!",No hint available.,The Arms Race,Rebus,01/12/03 #3553,Water Pump,2.66,1.96,Bobbrt,"You have a 100 ft deep well, and your water pump is damaged and in need of repair. You hire two plumbers to quote you a new pump. One says that he will replace the existing submersible pump with a similar model for $200. The other says that he will sell you a high efficiency vacuum pump, which will cost you $50 less and will have the added benefit that you can keep it in your basement for easy maintenance instead of having to put it back down the well. Which pump should you buy?",No hint available.,"You should buy the $200 submersible pump. A vacuum pump can only draw water from a height of about 30 feet, no matter how powerful the pump is. With a 100 foot deep well, the pump would not provide any water to the house. The second plumber obviously has no idea what he's talking about.",Science,04/16/02 #16065,What Happened to the Man,2.57,1.68,steph-anderson,A man died with a hole in his suit. There was no visible blood. How did he die?,No hint available.,He was in space and he got a hole in his suit and the oxygen escaped through the hole and suffocated him.,Situation,01/06/04 #46331,Behead M,3.21,1.1,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Female parent -> Not one already mentioned; alternate 2. Several; large indefinite number -> One; some indefinite number 3. A story's lesson -> Relating to the mouth; using speech 4. Face disguise -> To request 5. Trough for animal food -> Wrath; strong displeasure 6. Sparse, poor quality -> Showing keen interest 7. Symbolic team figure -> Necktie or scarf with broad ends 8. Anything that belongs to a group -> Glowing wood fragment","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. O 2. A 3. O 4. A 5. A 6. E 7. A 8. E","1. Mother -> Other 2. Many -> Any 3. Moral -> Oral 4. Mask -> Ask 5. Manger -> Anger 6. Meager -> Eager 7. Mascot -> Ascot 8. Member -> Ember",Language,02/08/10 #27581,Winning Colors,2.74,1.93,ilovehimalways,"This is the season for the Triple Crown races, the highlight of the year for everyone interested in horse racing, both fans and sportsmen alike. The three races - the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont - have only been won by the same horse nine times in over 100 years of events. For this year's race, there were four popular horses signed up to run in the Kentucky Derby. While all four of them placed in the top four winners, none of them placed in the same position as their starting post position (the gate number where each horse started the race from). Determine the name of each racehorse, their starting post positions, the winning placement of each horse, and the stable colors of each racehorse. Horses: Galloping Grocer, Alec's Pride, OneForTheMoney, EatMyDust Post Positions: 2, 5, 6, 7 Placed: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Stable Colors: Green and Black, Hot Pink, Blue and White, Purple and White 1. Galloping Grocer didn't have hot pink stable colors. The fourth place horse didn't have the post position 2. 2. The second place horse had a higher numbered post position than OneForTheMoney, but a lower post position than the Galloping Grocer. 3. Eat My Dust had a post position one higher than the horse with blue & white stable colors. 4. The purple and white stable colors belonged to the horse who won third place. 5. The horse with post position 7 won the race. Alec's Pride had the green & black stable colors. 6. The horse at post position 5 was not OneForTheMoney.",Galloping Grocer did not win. In fact he was last.,"Galloping Grocer-6-4th-Blue and White Alec's Pride-5-2nd-Green and Black OneForTheMoney-2-3rd-Purple and White Eat My Dust-7-1st-Hot Pink",Logic-Grid,12/18/05 #48691,Add a Letter 49,3.12,1.52,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a female relative & to challenge in a mocking manner (4 letters) 2) the point where two edges meet & a person who investigates the causes of deaths (6 letters) 3) a person of low social or cultural status & a long-tailed game bird (7 letters) 4) nimble or agile & a jet of fine vapor, as from an atomizer (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) aunt & taunt 2) corner & coroner 3) peasant & pheasant 4) spry & spray",Language,05/02/11 #50245,'Scuse ME !!,2.06,1.24,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus? bu mp",No hint available.,"bump into (""bump"" is divided into ""two"")",Rebus,04/13/14 #52378,Wordknot #4,2.71,2.5,KDestroyer9,"Three related 10-letter words are hidden within the following ten lines. The first lines has the first letters of each word, the second line has their second letters, and so on. The catch is that on each line, the letters are jumbled together. In the hint, the theme is listed, but jumbled around. Good luck! 1. AMS 2. ZOE 3. YEN 4. TRC 5. HEB 6. ANE 7. LIE 8. GJL 9. ARE 10. SON",RUEICSOTN,"(1,2,3 mean different words) Theme: Countries 1. 123 2. 123 3. 312 4. 213 5. 321 6. 123 7. 312 8. 213 9. 123 10. 321 Words: Azerbaijan, Montenegro, and Seychelles",Other,04/17/20 #10239,3/7 Chicken,3.07,1.8,KhRiSsY,"What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 1/2 goat?",No hint available.,"Chicago. 3/7 chicken= CHI 2/3 cat = CA 1/2 goat= GO",Trick,02/04/03 #6370,Spade and Cake,2.07,0.74,_wot_9,"If a man had a spade in 1 hand, and a cake in the other, what did he have on his feet?",No hint available.,Shoes,Trick,08/09/02 #40051,Flightless Flier,2.31,1.15,AndrewWalker,"There was a research center in Des Moines, IA, with a special team of scientists. They were trying to design a perfect flying aircraft that was lightweight, strong, and fast. One of the researchers went to the head chief and proclaimed,""We have done it! We have created an aircraft with zero drag! Isn't this great?"" The chief stared at him and said plainly,""You think you created an aircraft with zero drag. Well, you obviously slept during physics class. Now go back and try again."" What's the matter?",No hint available.,"It is impossible to build an aircraft with zero drag. On Earth there is air, air is made of matter, any matter rubbing against other matter makes friction, and friction leads to drag. Also there are four forces that must be balanced in order for an aircraft to fly. The forces are: thrust, lift, gravity, and drag. If any one of these are missing, it is impossible to fly.",Science,01/14/08 #18218,Smart Monkeys,2.68,0.5700000000000001,wizecracker55,"You're in a room with three monkeys. One has a stick, one has a banana, and one has nothing. What is the smartest primate in the room?",No hint available.,"Hopefully, you. You see, humans, like monkeys, are primates.",Trick,07/14/04 #6258,What You Seek,2.66,1.62,k2w2man,"Almost everybody sees me without noticing me, for what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I?",No hint available.,A window,Riddle,08/06/02 #25408,Complete-A-Word I,2.78,2.63,phrebh,"Use the 26 letters of the alphabet to complete the ten words below, replacing each underscore with a letter. Each letter can only be used once. 1. TI_EL_ 2. _LOSE_ 3. A_ _OM_ 4. _E_EL 5. _ _IL_RE 6. _E_ _E 7. _O_ES 8. _ _AC_ET 9. _ _ _ST 10. _UI_TE_",It helps if you write down the alphabet and then cross out the ones you've used.,"1. TIMELY 2. CLOSET 3. AXIOMS 4. JEWEL 5. FAILURE 6. PEEVE 7. ZONES 8. BRACKET 9. GHOST 10. QUILTED",Language,08/18/05 #27721,Triples 3,2.73,1.83,bigSWAFF_69_,"A Triple is a Series with 6 sets, each with 3 numbers apiece. The relationship between the first two numbers are the same throughout all of the sets, and the relationship between the last two numbers is also the same, however, it is different than the first relationship.Try and find the missing numbers: 2 3 5 3 8 15 4 15 29 5 __ __ _ 35 __ _ __ 95",No hint available.,"2 3 5 3 8 15 4 15 29 5 24 47 6 35 69 7 48 95 Relationship for first two numbers: square it, subtract 1 (2 squared = 4, 4-1=3) Relationship for last two numbers: double it, subtract 1 (3 doubled = 6, 6-1=5)",Series,12/27/05 #38722,Sports Heroes VI,2.16,1.94,merrimackxc2010,"K A-J = 38,387 P S in his NBA C",No hint available.,"Kareem Abdul-Jabbar = 38,387 Points Scored in his NBA Career He is currently the NBA career points leader. The closest person to him is Karl Malone, who is 2,000 points behind him.",Letter-Equations,10/11/07 #5075,True Romance,2.38,0.89,mad-ade,"What is this common phrase: head loheelsve",No hint available.,Head over heels in love,Rebus,06/30/02 #45687,Missing Letters Three,2.82,1.57,GreenApples27,"What same three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words? S _ _ _ V E _ _ _ D Y A L _ _ _ N E C _ _ _ R O _ _ _ Y",No hint available.,"TAR STARVE TARDY ALTAR NECTAR ROTARY",Language,11/09/09 #3468,Disabled Typist,2.09,1.33,wonder,"Solomon Singer is disabled in one arm. He is a computer lover, and always talks on instant messenger. Most of the time, he types words like ""kool"" and ""ok"" and ""oh"". Which hand is he disabled in?",Look at the keyboard,His left hand because you can type the words kool ok and oh with the right hand only.,Other,04/13/02 #43451,Secret Words I,1.67,0.46,Malika123,"Unscramble these words. Category-- school supplies enpilc agb llab enp onetooksb apper",No hint available.,"pencil bag ball pen notebooks paper",Language,10/30/08 #33388,What Words #26,2.74,2.0,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. STRANGLE - __________ - UP 2. SNOW - __________ - SHARE 3. WAVE - __________ - WISE",No hint available.,"1. STRANGLE - HOLD - UP 2. SNOW - PLOW - SHARE 3. WAVE - LENGTH - WISE",Language,10/08/06 #11665,Bike Contest,2.65,1.43,PeaceJo,"Sarah, Daniel and Megan had a contest to see who could bike the most miles. Together Sarah and Daniel biked 21 miles. The combined total for Sarah and Megan was 19. Together Megan and Daniel rode 22 miles. Who was the winner?",No hint available.,"Daniel is the winner. Sarah = 9 miles Megan = 10 miles Daniel = 12 miles Set up three equations: S + D = 21 S + M = 19 M + D = 22 and solve for S, M, and D.",Math,04/09/03 #50902,At Your Service,2.64,1.52,ThinksForFun,"Invisible energy, awakened when depressed Just a few simple touches, and I will do the rest A transformation will take place within my four walls I'm very effective; I don't take much time at all I'm a contrivance that's designed for your convenience I can do wonders given the right ingredients What am I?",No hint available.,"a microwave oven 1st stanza: When using a microwave, all you need to do is press a few buttons and it will cook your food. 2nd stanza: The microwave transforms your food from cold/frozen to ready to eat in a short length of time. 3rd stanza: A microwave oven is a device ""at your service"" (as per the title) that makes cooking convenient. Just supply it with the ""ingredients"" (the food) and it will make them/it ready to eat for you lickety-split.",Riddle,09/29/16 #33150,CrossDigit 5,2.39,2.27,dishu,"This teaser is similar to a crossword puzzle, but there is a twist. Instead of words, it uses digits 1-9 and empty (black in crossword puzzles) spaces in a 4 by 4 grid. The grid is arranged as follows: A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 B4 C1 C2 C3 C4 D1 D2 D3 D4 With the help of the given rules and clues, you have to figure out which box contains which digit. The rules are: 1: No row or column can have the same digit appearing more than once. 2: 0 (Zero) is not permissible. 3: Empty spaces cannot contain any digit. They are empty. And the clues are: 1. The empty spaces are A3, A4, B4, C1, D1 and D2. 2. The sum of digits in row A equal 10. 3. The sum of digits in row B equal 19. 4. The sum of digits in row C equal 18. 5. The sum of digits in row D equal 3. 6. The sum of digits in column 1 equal 4. 7. The sum of digits in column 2 equal 24. 8. The sum of digits in column 3 equal 18. 9. The sum of digits in column 4 equal 4. Now figure out which box contains which digit and do not forget the rules.","A number can be present more than once in the grid, but not the same row or column.","The solution grid looks like this: The digits are laid out as follows: A1: 1, A2: 9, A3: Blank, A4: Blank B1: 3, B2: 7, B3: 9, B4: Blank, C1: Blank, C2: 8, C3: 7, C4: 3 D1: Blank, D2: Blank, D3: 2, D4: 1",Math,09/23/06 #24192,The Concealed Proverb,2.91,1.97,metallicman,"In each sentence a word is concealed, such as the word no in sentence five. If you can find the buried words and read them in order from 1 to 6, they will form a well-known proverb. 1.The word buried here has only one letter. 2.Did you find a jelly roll in Gaskin's Bakery? 3.It's the best one I've ever seen. 4.The rug at her stairway was made in India. 5.He's an old friend. 6.Amos sold his bicycle to a friend.",No hint available.,A rolling stone gathers no moss.,Other,07/02/05 #42359,Triple Homophones,3.03,1.7,reddragon,"See if you can figure out three words that are homophones of each other in each of the five problems below. 1. Worthless - flat piece moving with the air - blood vessel 2. Path or direction - to measure weight - watery part of milk 3. Having no money - careful study; microscopic hole - to flow freely 4. Warty frog - having toes - pulled ahead 5. A cry - welt; corduroy ridge - large oceanic mammal",No hint available.,"1. Vain - vane - vein 2. Way - weigh - whey 3. Poor - pore - pour 4. Toad - toed - towed 5. Wail - wale - whale",Language,06/27/08 #38469,Not Very Nice,2.72,2.39,zigthepig,"7 D S = P, A, E, L, S, G and A.",No hint available.,"7 Deadly Sins = Pride, Avarice, Envy, Lust, Sloth, Gluttony and Anger.",Letter-Equations,09/26/07 #34338,The Final Number,2.41,2.67,calmsavior,"What is the last number in this series? 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 43, 44, 47, 48, 60, 67, 72, 76, 92, 96, 108, 112, ???",It has to do with square numbers.,"The last number is 128. Altogether, these numbers are impossible to express as the sum of distinct squares. For example, 10 can be expressed because 10 = 9 + 1. 41 can be expressed as 36 + 4 + 1. It is conjectured that all the numbers in the series are the ONLY numbers that cannot be expressed as the sum of distinct squares.",Series,12/10/06 #25528,Use That Leg!,2.32,1.54,ALwossy,"What do these words have in common? Penalty Corner Free Off",No hint available.,"They can all be attached to the word ""kick"". Penalty Kick Corner Kick Free Kick Kick Off",Group,08/23/05 #2766,Head and Foot,2.31,1.65,lil_thugsta,What has a head and a foot but no body?,No hint available.,Bed,Other,03/20/02 #49269,Math Magicians,2.67,1.19,firefox99,"An infinite number of mathematicians are standing behind a bar. The first asks the barman for half a pint of beer, the second for a quarter pint, the third an eighth, and so on. How many pints of beer will the barman need to fulfill all mathematicians' wishes?",No hint available.,Just 1. Add 'em up!,Math,01/24/12 #10827,3 = P C in the C W,2.35,2.16,Ninjaxdream,3 = P C in the C W,No hint available.,3 Primary Colors in the Color Wheel,Letter-Equations,03/02/03 #37603,Soccer Strain,2.03,0.63,MikeMan1216,"Mike, Chris, and Kyle all play soccer (football). They all play for different teams: the Shooters, the Kickers, and the Scorers. Each team wears a different colored jersey: green, yellow, and blue. Decide the team each person plays for and their uniform color. 1. Mike doesn't play for the Shooters. 2. The player who plays for the Shooters wears the green jersey. 3. Chris plays for the Scorers. 4. The blue jersey belongs to the Scorers.",No hint available.,"Mike plays for the Kickers and wears a yellow jersey. Chris plays for the Scorers and wears a blue jersey. Kyle plays for the Shooters and wears a green jersey.",Logic-Grid,07/31/07 #41232,Counting Its,2.83,2.16,cnmne,"What statement is described by the following rebus? It1 It 2 It3 It 4 It5 It 6 It7 It 8 It9",No hint available.,"The odds are against it (the odd numbers are touching, or against, it).",Rebus,03/27/08 #1677,Arab's Camels,2.75,1.96,Boddo,"A rich old Arab has three sons. When he died, he willed his 17 camels to the sons, to be divided as follows: First Son to get 1/2 of the camels, Second Son to get 1/3rd of the camels, Third Son to get 1/9th of the camels. The sons are sitting there trying to figure out how this can possibly be done, when a very old wise man goes riding by on his camel. They stop him and ask him to help them solve their problem. Without hesitation he divides the camels properly and continues riding on his way. How did he do it?",No hint available.,"The old man temporarily added his camel to the 17, making a total of 18 camels. 1/2 = 9 1/3 = 6 1/9 = 2 For a total of 17. He then takes his camel back and rides away",Math,12/12/01 #13950,With an 'S' for a Centrepiece,2.61,1.58,dsquared,"What expression is hidden here? Take an 'S' as your centrepiece Screw an 'I' and a 'T' into either side of it Next hammer on your 'M' and an 'A' Be sure to leave some room on the left before attaching your 'O' but put the 'K' directly on the right of the 'A' Finally plaster on the 'N' to the left and the 'E' to the right and you are done, admire your work.",Just carry out the steps and you will 'form' the answer.,"Make no mistake. You are building or 'making' the words 'no mistake' as per the steps: S IST MISTA O MISTAK (leave some room on the left before attaching your 'O' but put the 'K' directly on the right of the 'A') NO MISTAKE",Rebus,07/21/03 #16171,Loony Library 3,2.61,2.22,MrIxolite,"In Mr.Ix's Library the books have had all the authors names removed and jumbled up. Can you match the author's name with the correct title? The names will reflect the title of the book when said aloud (some in a humorous way). eg: Title:Seabirds, the author would be Albert Ross (Albatross being a type of seabird) Just to add some confusion, there are four name elements in the mix that are red herrings. Try these, 1) Explosives and Their Uses by ? 2) How to Escape from Tigers by ? 3) Dining Out On One Pound by ? 4) Dog Breeders Handbook by ? 5) Done Deeds by ? 6) Funeral Services by ? 7) Underpants on the Outside by ? 8) Oil Extraction by ? Choose from: Roland Paul Purman Jay Dina Derek Nynes Eileen Berra Tacomplee Bilder Sue Claude Fay Might Kay Back Walker Butter Bacon",No hint available.,"1) Explosives and Their Uses by Dina might (Dynamite) 2) How to Escape from Tigers by Claude Back (Clawed Back) 3) Dining Out On One Pound by Roland Butter (Roll and Butter) 4) Dog Breeders Handbook by Kay Nynes (Canines) 5) Done Deeds by Fay Tacomplee (Fait Acomplis) 6) Funerral Services by Paul Berra (Pall Bearer) 7) Underpants on the Outside by Sue Purman (Superman) 8) Oil Extraction by Derek Bilder (Derrick Builder)",Language,01/14/04 #41928,Second Youngest,2.46,1.0,Carlos16,"Ted is younger than Shelby, who is older than Sebastian. Roy is older than Diego. Ted is older than Roy. Sebastian is younger than Diego. Who is the second youngest?",No hint available.,"The order from eldest to youngest is Shelby, Ted, Roy, Diego, and Sebastian. Answer: Diego",Logic,05/14/08 #32085,The Root Tells All,2.68,2.23,kayleeskitties,"Unscramble. Which one doesn't belong? Mwdsoi Anneic Spucid Alorms Rentclas Raletals Ittsend",No hint available.,"Dentist. The others are the names of teeth. Wisdom Canine Cuspid Molars Centrals Laterals Dentist",Group,07/27/06 #32293,Would You Like Lemmon In That?,2.79,2.29,FreddyPharkas,"What movie does this represent? '2 + 2 = 4' prefers freshly steeped tea. '2 x 2 = 4' prefers iced tea. '2 - 2 = 0' prefers iced tea. '2 / 2 = 1' prefers iced tea.",The title is not a mistake.,"'Some Like It Hot'. The sum of two and two preferred hot tea, rather than iced. It is the title of the classic 1959 movie, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon.",Rebus,08/05/06 #10574,When You Claim,2.72,1.3800000000000001,something,"When you claim to be me, you aren't. When you don't, you are. When you act high of yourself, You never were or will be.",No hint available.,Modest.,Riddle,02/20/03 #35094,3 Letter Word,2.68,1.05,dutchymonster,"Which 3 letter word can be placed before all the words in this list, to make 5 new words? agonise (or -ize) arctic eater elope hems",an insect,"Ant. Antagonise (or -ize) Antarctic Anteater Antelope Anthems",Language,01/28/07 #3820,-ectomy,3.07,1.21,magisastar,"Removing an appendix is called an appendectomy, removing tonsils is called a tonsillectomy. What is it called when they remove a growth from your head?",No hint available.,A haircut,Trick,04/30/02 #662,Birthday Cake,2.44,1.56,vikass,Suppose you are given a birthday cake which is round in shape (like a perfect circle) and you are asked to make eight equal pieces out of it by using a knife only three times. How would you proceed?,No hint available.,"Use the knife a first time to cut it across one of its diameters. Then use the knife a second time to cut across another diameter and you will have four equal parts. Use the knife a third time to cut the cake horizontally, half way across its thickness, and you have the eight equal pieces!!!",Math,08/25/01 #23374,Ice Cream,2.5,1.13,dbs241,"Ten ice cream bars and 6 ice cream cones cost $13. But if you buy 6 ice cream bars and 10 ice cream cones, the bill will be $11. How much does an ice cream bar cost?",No hint available.,Ice cream bars cost $1. (Ice cream cones cost 50 cents.),Math,06/03/05 #6307,R's,2.24,1.79,SMARTESTMANALIVE,"Can you decipher this: rrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrr",No hint available.,49'rs,Rebus,08/07/02 #27384,Prime Time TV,3.07,2.09,rose_rox,"THIS WEEK... It's sweeps week! Five major television networks battle it out every Wednesday night on prime time TV for television dominance. These networks skillfully, or not so skillfully, play out their best advertising strategies to grab as many viewers as possible for their 8 pm time slot. Who will win?!!? TO BE REVEALED IN THE NEXT TEASER.... Actually, just figure out the shows that the networks aired, what the advertising strategy was for each, how many people watched (ratings), and the genres of these shows. Networks: ROX, The WC, MBC, 123, TWTV Contenders: ""Loss"", ""Smalltown"", ""Crime Scene Inventory"", ""During Prison Break"", and ""The Octopus"" Genres: drama, sci-fi, comedy, reality, animated No. of viewers: 13 million, 10.4 million, 5.5 million, 3.8 million, 1.2 million Advertising strategies: magazine ads, promotional giveaways, special guest stars, lots of explosions, billboard ads Clues: The WC aired the animated series. ""Smalltown"" had greater ratings than ""The Octopus"". However, it did NOT receive the highest ratings. Promotional giveaways were distributed by the 123 network. Explosions were watched by 3.8 million viewers. ""Crime Scene Inventory"" is a sci-fi show. The reality show did very poorly once again, receiving the lowest ratings. Billboard ads drew in 10.4 million viewers. MBC was able to book very famous celebrities for an episode of their comedy. The loveable 2-D characters of ""Loss"" were pasted inside every magazine. ""During Prison Break"" is not a reality show. The studio audience of ""Smalltown"" was in fits of laughter. ROX came in second in the ratings. About half of the 1.2 million viewers that tuned into this show were drawn in by promotional giveaways. TWTV, that did not air the drama or reality series, was followed by 123 in the ratings.",No hint available.,"The ROX network played a very intense episode of the drama ""During Prison Break"", in which our favourite cell dwellers went through the physically and emotionally demanding task of community service. This was advertised on billboards everywhere, and an impressive 10.4 million people watched. The WC aired the ever popular ""Loss"", the animated series about seagulls lost at sea. No real surprise as is takes the lead with 13 million viewers this week. The WC ran an ad campaign for ""Loss"" in many popular magazines. MBC's never disappointing comedy, ""Smalltown"", may have been a bit disappointing with only 5.5 million viewers, a sub-average score for the network. Too bad! Special guest stars Rose Welling and Tom Kent had amazing chemistry. 123 aired the fan favourite reality tv show ""The Octopus"". Ratings have been steadily declining, evident by this week's measly 1.2 million. Looks like the free promo cards didn't do much. TWTV original series ""Crime Scene Inventory"" came in second to last with 3.8 million viewers. The action-packed sci-fi series had a combustible too many that screamed desperate for ratings.",Logic-Grid,12/10/05 #44039,Add a Letter 25,2.0,1.97,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a flower & a chemical element (8 letters) 2) a system of rigid social stratification & rook (5 letters) 3) malevolence & elf or fairy (5 letters) 4) Old Norse letter & to cut off unwanted parts (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) geranium & germanium 2) caste & castle 3) spite & sprite 4) rune & prune",Language,02/01/09 #33087,Reverse Words,2.65,2.26,grungy49,"Your job is to fill in the blank spaces. The second word will be the first word reversed (e.g. tar & rat) Ok, let's get started! As he was packing the _____ he noticed a few _____ on his arm. He got a _____ for putting the papers in the _____. She was so _____ she forgot to make the _____. The poor man had to _____ next to the pile of orange ______. The _____ was wearing a _____ so he could be recognised. The _____ had made just one _____ in their class project - they had forgotten to add the flag at the back.",No hint available.,"Straw > Warts Reward > Drawer Stressed > Desserts Sleep > Peels Gateman > Nametag Pupils > Slipup",Language,09/20/06 #15750,RIDER to HOPES,2.44,1.8900000000000001,isisruler,Change RIDER to HOPES by changing one letter at a time in the least possible number of steps.,No hint available.,"RIDER RISER RISES ROSES HOSES HOPES",Language,12/10/03 #27483,Which One?,2.62,2.78,fishmed,"One of these words does not share the same characteristic that the other four do. Which word does not belong and why? BEDCLOTHES SOLEMN CAPON STRUTS STUFFED",No hint available.,"The word SOLEMN does not fit as it is the only word that does not have 3 consecutive letters in the alphabet, backwards.",Language,12/14/05 #44745,Elvis,2.06,1.6,zigthepig,"JAMES, PATRICIA, CAMERON, DARREN, CHARMAINE, LUKE, SOPHIE, ANTHONY and LISA love Elvis Presley. Use the letters in their names to reveal their 9 favourite Elvis Presley songs. _ _ _ _ HOUSE _ O _ K _ _ U _ _ D _ G V _ V _ L _ _ V _ G _ _ _ LL S _ O _ _ U _ _ US _ I _ _ O _ S _ _ _ DS _ _ _ UR _ TO S _ _ D _ _ L _ WD _, _ _ SS _ L _ WDY H _ _ _ _ B _ E _ K _ OTEL _ OV _ _ E TE _ DER",No hint available.,"Jailhouse Rock Hound Dog Viva Las Vegas All Shook Up Suspicious Minds Return To Sender Lawdy, Miss Clawdy Heartbreak Hotel Love Me Tender",Language,06/29/09 #48655,Spazy Croonerisms 24,2.62,2.27,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) a gas-filled bag flying upward & a barroom full of tedious dullness 2) compassionate disease-causing organisms & male and female, for examples 3) a count of highways & a mass meeting of warty amphibians 4) a rigid surgical dressing made of a pungent yellow condiment & a pole on a ship used for supporting sails made of a baked or frozen sweetened mixture of milk and eggs",No hint available.,"1) soaring balloon & boring saloon 2) tender germs & gender terms 3) road tally & toad rally 4) mustard cast & custard mast",Language,04/20/11 #9010,Lines,3.02,1.7,doggyxp,"Birbal was jester, counselor, and fool to the great Moghul emperor, Akbar. The villagers loved to talk of Birbal's wisdom and cleverness, and the emperor loved to try to outsmart him. One day Akbar (emperor) drew a line across the floor. ""Birbal,"" he ordered, ""you must make this line shorter, but you cannot erase any bit of it."" Everyone present thought the emperor had finally outsmarted Birbal. It was clearly an impossible task. Yet within moments the emperor and everyone else present had to agree that Birbal had made the line shorter without erasing any of it. How could this be?",No hint available.,"Birbal simply drew a line longer than the first, which made the first line shorter than the second.",Other,12/08/02 #21150,Twice Shy,2.26,2.39,Atropus,"Steven was writing out an equation in English, when he realised that if he multiplied ten by two, his answer (twenty) also had twice as many letters as the word ten. Ten (3 letters) x2= Twenty (6 letters) How many other integers are there that if you double the number, you get an answer with twice the number of letters?",No hint available.,"4. Six (3 letters) x2= Twelve (6 letters) Nine (4 letters) x2= Eighteen (8 letters) Fifty (5 letters) x2= One Hundred (10 letters) Fifty One (8 letters) x2= One Hundred and Two (16 letters)",Math,02/21/05 #116,A Quarter and a Dime,2.58,0.87,Phyllis,Place a quarter and a dime in the middle of a table. Can you take the dime and place it under the quarter without touching the quarter with anything at all? How?,Under doesn`t have to mean touching,Take the dime and place it on the floor under the table--and thus under the quarter.,Trick,01/08/01 #21802,All-time Record Language Teaser!!,2.57,1.52,badbunnee,"This list of seventeen one-word items can be turned into common expressions by the addition of the same two new words, in the same order, to each. What are the two words? books, bottle, brakes, bricks, ceiling, deck, dirt, fan, hay, jackpot, road, roof, sack, sauce, skids, spot, trail",No hint available.,Put the words *hit the* in front of any word on the list and it will make a common expression.,Language,03/26/05 #30347,5-letter Words,2.8,2.34,calmsavior,"Group 1: MONTH POISE ALIAS TIMER NIECE Group 2: EXILE DIGIT PROUD HUMID CREEK According to the logic, which group should LUNGE be sorted to?",Remove something from the words...,"LUNGE should go in Group 1. The middle letter of the word can be removed to create another word. MONTH = MOTH POISE = POSE ALIAS = ALAS TIMER = TIER NIECE = NICE LUNGE = LUGE",Group,05/08/06 #5361,Obscure Oblong,2.46,1.81,Sir_Col,"A 4 by 4 square is unusual in that it is the only square, with integral (whole number) length sides, for which the area and perimeter are equal in value. Find the dimensions of the only oblong (non-square rectangle) with integral length sides, such that the area is equal to the perimeter in value.",No hint available.,"3 by 6 (area=3x6=18, perimeter=3+6+3+6=18)",Math,07/09/02 #6746,4=L on a C,2.21,1.77,missie,4=L on a C,No hint available.,4=legs on a chair,Letter-Equations,08/21/02 #2819,100 Z in a G,2.59,2.28,204_BlaZe_41,100 Z in a G,No hint available.,100 zeros in a googol,Letter-Equations,03/23/02 #17732,Closed,2.73,2.27,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below, or What am I? Customer A ""Open the shop!"" Mr Ix = Closed Customer B ""Please Open the shop!"" Mr Ix = Closed Customer C ""Shouldn't you open the shop?"" Mr Ix = Open",No hint available.,I am open to suggestions.,Rebus,05/24/04 #26336,Fell From A Star,3.09,2.49,markmonnin,"It fell from a star, But not very far. It seems to fly Above you and I. Look further down to see Cousin Jay below us three. Jump down further to see an empty space. Tell me what ""it"" is, and where is this place?","Above the star you may just find A place designated for a function of some kind. To its left is seven and to its right you'll find nine, I should tell you that there is no in front or behind.","By looking at the standard US-style keyboard, you see the answer is the number 8. The 8 is below the asterisk, though on the same button. It is above the letters U & I. Underneath those is the letter J. Skip a row down and you see the space bar. Above the 8 are the F6 and F7 function keys. To the left is the seven, which has the & symbol. To the right is the number nine.",Riddle,10/12/05 #45022,Words With RS,1.72,1.78,cnmne,"Five words that contain RS as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **RS*, *RS***, **RS**, ***RS*, *RS**** Pool: A, C, E, E, E, E, H, I, I, I, L, M, N, N, O, P, T, T, U, U",No hint available.,"PURSE, URSINE, MORSEL, THIRST, ARSENIC",Language,08/05/09 #31949,A Handful of Keys,2.17,2.83,jazzmusician46,25 = M P C,Music.,25 = Mozart Piano Concertos,Letter-Equations,07/21/06 #6203,gener ation,2.23,0.91,Cascas,"What does this mean? gener ation",No hint available.,Generation gap,Rebus,08/03/02 #6196,63360,2.19,1.86,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? mi63360""le",No hint available.,63360 inches in a mile.,Rebus,08/03/02 #14297,Dots,2.58,0.79,luvupurple,"How many dots do you see here? .....",No hint available.,There are six: five at the bottom and one in the question mark.,Trick,08/12/03 #40819,Distorted Music - E,2.56,2.38,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter E. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Laborer Eying 2. Maternal Feel 3. Hyena Pip 4. Eerie Hefty Got 5. Radar Exiting Lorry",No hint available.,"1. ""Eleanor Rigby"" by The Beatles 2. ""Eternal Flame"" by The Bangles 3. ""Epiphany"" by Staind 4. ""Eye of the Tiger"" by Survivor 5. ""Extraordinary Girl"" by Green Day",Language,03/03/08 #50655,Words In A Vat XXI,2.28,2.09,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: T-M--R--, --LO--U-, -E--, S--O-H--E Individual Letters: I P A R P O A N L P X O B A N O M E",No hint available.,"TEMPORAL, POLONIUM, BEAR, SAXOPHONE",Language,07/19/15 #4225,Yeeha,2.29,1.75,mad-ade,"What is this? DAN CER",No hint available.,Square Dancer,Rebus,05/23/02 #21274,More Painters,2.62,0.8300000000000001,Cocokitty,"At the Painted House painting company they have 5 painters. The home-owners can choose from 5 paint colors; white, green, blue, yellow and brown. Can you figure out which painter painted which house with which color? Clues: 1. Painter 3 painted his house white. 2. House 1 wasn't painted green or yellow. 3. Painters 1 and 4 didn't use green or blue paint. 4. Houses 1, 3 and 5 weren't painted brown. 5. Painters 2, 4 and 5 didn't use brown paint. 6. Houses 1, 3 and 4 weren't painted white. 7. Painter 2 didn't use green or yellow paint. 8. Houses 2 and 5 weren't painted green. 9. Houses 3 and 4 weren't painted yellow. 10. House 2 was not painted white.",No hint available.,"Painter 1. House 4. Brown Painter 2. House 1. Blue Painter 3. House 5. White Painter 4. House 2. Yellow Painter 5. House 3. Green",Logic-Grid,02/28/05 #4589,Piebrokences,2.23,0.99,AlliePotter,"Can you decipher this phrase? piebrokences",No hint available.,Broken into pieces.,Rebus,06/09/02 #51430,"Try, Try Again",1.9000000000000001,1.3,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? teg equine",No hint available.,get back on the horse,Rebus,09/24/17 #3489,Fountain,2.52,2.15,comet16,"I am a fountain from which no one can drink; For many I am considered a necessary link; Like gold I am sought for, But my continued death brings wealth to more.",No hint available.,Oil,Riddle,04/14/02 #5073,Madadian Wonks,2.33,2.07,mad-ade,"""I see you have a Madadian stamp there, from the legendary country of MADADIA. Very nice design, especially the picture of Crown Prince Mad Ade eating a kebab. Do you have any more?"" asked Norma Leigh-Sober. ""No. I did have a 3-wonk, a 9-wonk, a 10-wonk, a 12-wonk, a 13-wonk, and a 14-wonk stamp,"" replied Rod Wolloper, ""But at the airport I used five of them to mail a postcard and a letter. The letter took twice as much postage as the postcard, and that left me with only this one stamp."" What was its value (in wonk)?",No hint available.,"The total value of the stamps is (3 + 9 + 10 + 12 + 13 + 14) = 61 The 5 stamps used at the airport totalled a multiple of 3 wonk, so the remaining stamp must be of value = 1(mod 3). The only stamps meeting this condition are the 10-wonk and the 13-wonk. Assume the 13-wonk stamp remains. Then the total postage was (3 + 9 + 10 + 12 + 14) = 48 = (16) But no combination of stamps will make 16, so the 13-wonk must not be the remaining stamp. If 10-wonk stamp remains, the total postage is (3 + 9 + 12 + 13 + 14) = 51 = (17) Thus the postcard took (3 + 14) = 17 wonk, the letter took (9 + 12 + 13) = 34 wonk, and the 10-wonk stamp remains.",Math,06/30/02 #4627,Zodiac Math,2.18,1.68,mad-ade,Multiply the number of letters in the sign of the lion by the number of letters in the sign of the bull. Subtract the number of letters in the sign of the fish. Divide by the number of letters in the sign of the crab. Multiply by the number of letters in the sign of the twins. What is the answer?,No hint available.,"12. 3 (Leo) x 6 (Taurus) = 18 18 - 6 (Pisces) = 12 12 / 6 (Cancer) = 2 2 x 6 (Gemini) = 12",Math,06/11/02 #8594,Sweaty Chef,2.25,2.02,mad-ade,"A man went into the ""Sweaty Chef"" Kebab shop and ate a meal costing 105 Madadian Wonks (local currency Madadian Wonk=MW), giving the owner, Mr Juan, a 500 MW note. He kept the change, came back a few minutes later and ordered some kebabs for his girlfriend. He gave the cashier a 100MW note and received 20MW in change. The following day the bank told Mr Juan that both the 500MW and the 100MW notes were counterfeit. How much money did the""Sweaty Chef"" lose? Ignore the profit of the takeaway.",No hint available.,"600 Madadian Wonks Since the man's entire payment for each visit was counterfeit, everything he took - food and change - constituted a loss to the ""Sweaty Chef"". On the man's first visit, the restaurant lost the 105MW meal that the man ate and the 395MW that the cashier gave the man in change. Thus, 500MW. On the man's second visit, the restaurant lost the 80MW meal that the man's girlfriend took, and the 20MW that the cashier gave the man in change. Thus, 100MW. In all, the ""Sweaty Chef"" lost 600MW in notes and food (or 415MW in just notes, but they should also count the value of the food lost).",Math,11/19/02 #26232,The Long Vigil,2.99,1.31,princess0611,"My history is long in telling, Though my origins are unknown. I watch the tender earth most carefully, Clothed in discards long disowned. I guard against the raucous poachers, Praying for a gust of wind that will animate my lifeless form. The autumn winds will signal the completion of my job. Maybe if I had a brain I'd choose to move south for the winter. Who am I?","They say I have a head of straw, but superstition gives me a soul.",A Scarecrow.,Riddle,10/06/05 #17839,Word Fusion,2.79,2.4,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the average oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is an automobile's domesticated animal. 2) This is a group of wolves, much like stone or bronze. 3) This is an alcoholic beverage that is made from a part of a fish. 4) This is a volume's military partner.",No hint available.,"1) car + pet = carpet 2) pack + age = package 3) fin + ale = finale 4) liter + ally = literally",Language,06/06/04 #36778,This Just Isn't Fair,2.53,0.87,spookboy0,"You treat me like I'm nothing, Like I'm some kind of jerk; You always have to use my teeth To do your dirty work. You drag me around the yard Holding me by the spine; You make me clean up a mess That surely isn't mine. What am I?",No hint available.,I am a rake.,Riddle,05/30/07 #1939,If the World,2.21,2.03,--DarkMark--,"If the world was nice then the world would be something that is like your majesty. If you think of this word, then what do you think of? Nothing that would make sense right here would rhyme with think of What is it?",There is only one part of this riddle that is needed for the answer.,A king,Riddle,01/03/02 #29526,Odd Dice,2.67,1.3800000000000001,smarty008,"If you roll two dice, what is the probability the sum of the numbers you get is odd?",It's not 1/3.,"1/2 The first die you roll - whether it's even or odd doesn't matter. The second die you roll has to be the opposite.",Probability,04/04/06 #49080,Words With EG,1.86,2.41,cnmne,"Five words that contain EG as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *EG**, EG****, *EG***, ****EG, *EG**** Pool: A, A, B, C, I, I, L, L, M, M, N, N, O, R, R, S, T, U, U, Y",No hint available.,"BEGIN, EGOISM, LEGACY, NUTMEG, REGULAR",Language,10/14/11 #24419,A Strange Situation,2.83,1.96,just_moi,"A man who appears to be a plain clothes police officer (he has a badge, but no uniform) is aiming his firearm at another man wearing a trench coat and a hat. Several feet away and to the right of the man resembling an officer is a third man; he is shooting, and both the ""officer"" and the man in the trenchcoat are his targets. Then, storming in is a fourth person who charges up in the midst of all this (while the third man is shooting) and he is yelling and firing! The most interesting thing is that there is only one person with a firearm, and he never fires it. The man who shoots the ""officer"" and the guy with the trenchcoat never had a weapon, and the fourth man who enters and begins firing doesn't either. Yet, all in all 2 people are shot, but they remain unharmed, and no bullets are anywhere to be found. If you are the man in the hat and trenchcoat what is your occupation?","There are no knives at this shootout, but there might be a cut","You are an actor, as is the man appearing as a plain-clothes officer. The man shooting you both is a cameraman. The fourth man that storms in yelling and firing is the director, who begins firing the cameraman and one of the actors (I guess he can't get the shot right, and someone can't act).",Situation,07/11/05 #40752,Would You Like A Drink?,2.13,1.98,TRILLIONAIRE,"Try to decipher this humorous quote by Emo Philips. Zg nb ovnlmzwv hgzmw R fhvw gl trev gsv urihg tozhh zdzb uivv zmw xszitv urev wloozih uli gsv hvxlmw tozhh. Gsv ivuroo xlmgzrmvw gsv zmgrwlgv.",C=X,"At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote. This teaser uses the Atbash cypher. A=Z B=Y C=X D=W E=V F=U G=T H=S I=R J=Q K=P L=O M=N N=M O=L P=K Q=J R=I S=H T=G U=F V=E W=D X=C Y=B Z=A",Cryptography,02/27/08 #48671,Symbolism I,2.09,2.28,Mathgeek007,"I give you some numbers in a specific order, and a few symbols. Arrange those symbols however you can to make a correct math equation. You must use all of them. For example... 753452120 +-= Answer: 7+534-521=20 Now, here's your puzzle. 173476210 ++--=",Each side equals 0.,17-3+47-62+1=0,Math,04/27/11 #31980,Nighty Night,2.67,0.96,ava199345,"While her four daughters were at camp, Mrs. Smith decided to clean their rooms for them. She vacuumed their floor, and washed their laundry and their bedclothes. When she took the laundry out of the dryer, she couldn't remember what went on which bed. She did, however, remember certain things about each girl that helped her. Can you figure it out? Girls- Daphne, Rose, Gabi, Chelsea Color of comforter- orange, pink, purple, blue Number of pillows- 1, 2, 3, 4 Stuffed animal- dog, bear, rabbit, cat 1) The girls are Rose, the girl that likes purple, the one that has a stuffed rabbit, and the person that has two pillows. 2) Chelsea doesn't have the most pillows or the least. 3) The girl with the most pillows also has a stuffed rabbit. 4) Gabi feels snug in the most pillows. 5) Rose has a blue bear to match her comforter. 6) Daphne and Chelsea both have animals that begin with the same letter as their name. 7) Daphne's favorite color is orange and Chelsea has three pillows.",No hint available.,"Daphne- 2 pillows, orange, dog Rose- 1 pillow, blue, bear Gabi- 4 pillows, pink, rabbit Chelsea- 3 pillows, purple, cat",Logic-Grid,07/23/06 #17816,Wheels 2,2.11,1.28,McGuireM,"A family has 3 bikes, 2 cars, 4 wagons, and 1 unicycle. How many wheels are there altogether?",You have to include the steering wheels.,"33 wheels 3 X 2 for the bikes = 6 2 X 4 + 2 for the cars = 10 4 X 4 for the wagons = 16 + 1 for the unicycle 6 + 10 + 16 + 1 = 33",Trick,06/03/04 #10381,Second Letters IV: Fall Band,2.44,1.94,Gizzer,"One letter can be substituted for the second letter of each pair of words to make new English words. All the substituted letters, in order, will form a new word. What is the word? 1. FALL/BAND 2. SLUG/OPEN 3. FLED/STEP 4. BEAN/CHOP 5. CURT/DIME 6. BOOT/SWIM 7. EMIT/ISLE",The answer is a colour shade.,"Emerald 1. fEll/bEnd 2. sMug/oMen 3. fEed/sEep 4. bRan/cRop 5. cArt/dAme 6. bLot/sLim 7. eDit/iDle",Language,02/11/03 #37459,Most Vivid,2.72,2.61,fishhooky,"Most vivid of legerdemain, This union of forces does refrain. Bows to no one, Leaves purity broken, And only a promise remains.","The answer to this riddle, untold, Is like searching for a big pot of gold.","A rainbow This riddle was written by my friend Philip H. Donald. Explanation: 'Most vivid' - It's colourful. 'Legerdemain' (an artful or illusory trick) and 'does refrain' refers to the fact that rainbows appear to end at a particular place; however, that spot can never be reached, a trick of the eye. 'This union of forces' - A rainbow is created by the diffraction of light through water (rain), thus, the combination of these forces. 'Bows to no one' - Of nature; rainbows happen irrespective of humankind. 'Leaves purity broken' - A rainbow is white light (purity) broken into all the other colours. 'And only a promise remains' - A reference to the Biblical account of Noah and his sighting of a rainbow. Also, if you study the rhythm of this riddle (in limerick form so lines 1,2 and 5 the same and lines 3 and 4 the same) you'll notice that line 2 is long and line 3 is short. This is deliberate to draw attention to the fact that the word 'rainbow' is broken over these two lines, as alluded to by the use of the word 'broken' in line 4.",Riddle,07/19/07 #9216,Three and Four,2.8,1.93,Princess_Neopia,Find a four-letter word that sounds like a three-letter word but is spelt like another four-letter word that sounds different?,No hint available.,"Read (past tense) sounds like red (colour) but is spelt just like read(present tense). or... Lead (the metal), lead (as in leader), led (past tense of the second ""lead""). Can you think of others?",Language,12/21/02 #2020,Cressida,2.24,1.41,missie,"Cressida didn't like to tell her age, so when she was asked, her mother answered for her. Her mother said, ""I'm just seven times as old as she is now. In twenty years, she'll be just half the age that I will be then."" How old is clever little Cressida?",No hint available.,Cressida is four years old.,Math,01/12/02 #1776,7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7=14,2.15,1.59,jokester8000,"Fill in the blanks using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division signs, using each sign at least once, to make the equation true: 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7=14",No hint available.,7+7+7/7*7-7-7+7=14,Math,12/20/01 #13144,Turn-around,2.34,1.74,Kougra,What turns everything around but does not move?,It looks as though it has another side.,A Mirror,Riddle,06/14/03 #19988,Plead the 5th,2.17,2.79,MrIxolite,"What is this below? 50ft above sea level- Question 50ft under sea level- R.I.P Question < -",No hint available.,"A Loaded question or Low Dead Question",Rebus,12/20/04 #8486,4 weights,2.26,2.67,lesternoronha1,Lester has 40 kilograms of wheat. He has a simple balance and 4 weights of whole number denominations. The 4 weights are such that he is able to measure any whole number amount of wheat from 1 to 40 (no fractions). He can use a combination of two or more weights on any side of the balance as required. He can also use one weight on the left side and two or more weights on the right along with the wheat to weigh the required amount if necessary. What are the 4 weights Lester has?,No hint available.,"The weights Lester uses are 1,3,9 and 27 kg. For 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 13, 27, 28, 30, 31, 36, 37, 39 and 40 kg, he just needs to put the wheat on one side and the right combination of weights on the other side. For 2, 8, 11, 26, 29, 35 and 38 kg he needs to put the wheat plus the 1 kg weight on one side and enough weights to make 1 more kg than he is trying to weigh up on the other side. For 6, 7, 24, 25, 33, and 34 kg he needs to put the wheat plus the 3 kg weight on one side and enough weights to make 3 more kg than he is trying to weigh up on the other side. For 5, 23, and 32 kg he needs to put the wheat plus the 1 and 3 kg weights on one side and enough weights to make 4 more kg than he is trying to weigh up on the other side. Similarly, 14 = 27-9-3-1 15 = 27-9-3 16 = 27+1-9-3 17 = 27-9-1 18 = 27-9 19 = 27+1-9 20 = 27+3-9-1 21 = 27+3-9 22 = 27+3+1-9 ...where negative numbers indicate weights that are on the same side of the wheat and positive numbers indicate weights that have been placed on the opposite side of the wheat.",Math,11/14/02 #20495,Hide and Seek,2.54,2.11,MrIxolite,"What are represented here? MassMass (Sword Slash) MassMas (Gunfire) MassM (Missile strike) Mass (Knife stab) Ma (Grenade explosion) M (Laser beam)",Topical items in modern Persia maybe?,"Weapons of mass destruction lit. The word weight (Mass) is gradually being destroyed with each successive weapon strike.",Rebus,01/20/05 #38066,Incomplete Words VIII,2.7,1.4,tedger,"Below are ten words, each missing the same three-letter combination. Can you figure out what those three letters are? Fum_ _ _d Peb_ _ _dash No_ _ _st A_ _ _ Tangi_ _ _ Ena_ _ _ment _ _ _nd Ca_ _ _ Sta_ _ _d _ _ _acha_ _ _",No hint available.,"The letters are BLE Fumbled Pebbledash Noblest Able Tangible Enablement Blend Cable Stabled Bleachable",Language,09/01/07 #37332,What Words #34,2.63,1.54,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. HUMAN - __________ - HEARTED 2. POOR - __________ - KEEPING 3. SNOW - __________ - STRING",No hint available.,"1. HUMAN - KIND - HEARTED 2. POOR - HOUSE - KEEPING 3. SNOW - SHOE - STRING",Language,07/11/07 #35544,Always Moving On....,2.71,1.16,deepsea,"They say that I'm a dimension, But all others I contain. Slipping away through your fingers, Never me will you regain. Many try to measure me, And never have I been caught. You can't keep me still, I hold every thing, person, thought. I've been around forever, Since the very dawn. And I'll be here long after, You have come and gone. You may wish for more of me, With a longing sigh. But that will only waste me, Now quickly: Who am I?",No hint available.,Time.,Riddle,03/04/07 #6724,Forty Cups,2.7600000000000002,1.3,silver_sword,"If there are forty cups on the table and one cup breaks, how come there are 3 tea cups left?",What does forty sound like?,"There are 4 tea (For-ty) cups at first. When one breaks, there would be 3 tea cups left! Admittedly, this doesn't work when written, but go use it on your friend.",Language,08/21/02 #38700,Operation: Alphabet-Ectomy,2.53,2.57,cnmne,"Six words have had their Greek letters removed. The Greek letters have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each Greek letter with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: beta, delta, iota, omega, sigma, theta Group B: aricl, asni, biite, prante, tat, vdepe",No hint available.,"beta + asni = absentia (aBsEnTiA) delta + biite = debilitate (DEbiLiTAte) iota + vdepe = videotape (vIdeOTApe) omega + prante = pomegranate (pOMEGranAte) sigma + tat = stigmata (StIGMatA) theta + aricl = theatrical (THEaTricAl)",Language,10/09/07 #8579,Sum of the Parts,2.02,1.78,lesternoronha1,"There is a number which is greater than the sum of its third, tenth, and twelfth parts by 58. Can you find the number?",No hint available.,The number is 120.,Math,11/18/02 #25936,Fill 'er Up,2.94,1.71,madleon,"Insert the words in COLUMN II into the spaces in COLUMN I to form words. Do not rearrange the letters. COLUMN I............. COLUMN II IN_ _ _ _O.............ACHE CON_ _ _ _ NT........AUNT H_ _ _ _ING...........BAND EX_ _ _ _ENT..........BITE OR_ _ _ _R............CELL TA_ _ _ _RY...........CENT DIS_ _ _ _T............CHAR FOR_ _ _ _ TE.........COLA AL_ _ _ _ R.............DIME EM_ _ _ _ Y.............DOME PER_ _ _ _ TE..........EACH A_ _ _ _ ON.............FERN DIS_ _ _ _ GE..........JOIN O_ _ _ _ TER...........LOVE IN_ _ _ _ IVE...........PATH IM_ _ _ _OR............PEST B_ _ _ _LOR............POST T_ _ _ _ER..............TUNA",No hint available.,"INFERNO CONDIMENT HAUNTING EXCELLENT ORBITER TAPESTRY DISJOINT FORTUNATE ALLOVER EMPATHY PERCOLATE ABANDON DISCHARGE ODOMETER INCENTIVE IMPOSTOR BACHELOR TEACHER",Language,09/16/05 #3890,Names,2.29,2.57,mad-ade,"What have the girls names DOLLY, DIANA, IRENE and LYNNE got in common?",No hint available.,"they are all anagrams of boys names (or vice versa) LLOYD, AIDAN, ERNIE and LENNY",Group,05/05/02 #35738,Robin's Ravings,2.59,2.46,aresII,"The following are comments made by Robin Williams. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. ""AGDX'E PBFGX BE AGDX'E WRCX BC NST LS RZRPNXGBOF RWER APSOF."" ""LRDXG BE ODXTPR'E ADN SC EDNBOF 'NSTP XDYWR BE PRDLN.'""","D=A F=G X=T","""What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong."" ""Death is nature's way of saying 'Your table is ready.'"" Key: A=W B=I C=F D=A E=S F=G G=H L=D N=Y O=N P=R R=E S=O T=U W=L X=T Y=B Z=V",Cryptography,03/17/07 #31466,Show Cats,2.32,2.12,dolphingurl12,"Ms. Finicky held up a fist full of blue ribbons. ""My great grandmother's cat, dear Horris, won the 5 very first cat shows ever!"" she declared. ""Why can't he be in the Cat Hall of Fame?"" She broke into dramatic sobs, and flung the ribbons for effect. ""I've even got newspaper articles from 1869, which picture him with his ribbons!"" She sobbed. The Cat Hall of Fame representative escorted her out of the office. Why wouldn't they let Horris in?","The cat doesn't need to be living, if that's what you thought. And only official cat shows count.","Horris couldn't have won cat shows in 1869 because the first official cat show wasn't until July of 1871, in Great Britain at the London's Crystal Palace. Organized by Harrison Weir, 160 cats competed for $100 prize money. Ms. Finicky's articles proved to be fake. She really wanted her 15 minutes of fame.",Situation,07/01/06 #27790,"Music, Music, Everywhere",2.63,2.26,mufffin09,"Can you guess the relationship between the items in Group A and the items in group B? (Not how they are related to one another, just how the items within each group are related.) Group A Fiddler on the Roof Hello Dolly Annie Rent Group B Beauty and the Beast The Lion King Tarzan (opening on Broadway in May of 2006)","Group B is NOT related because of Disney. Neither group is related because of books.","Group A are related because the musicals came before the movies. Group B are related because the musicals came after the movies.",Group,12/31/05 #51784,Homage,2.79,1.5,Snowdog,"My first is a layer designed to protect My second, as merry men hard to detect My whole are imitators showing respect What am I?",No hint available.,"I am a cover band Line 2 refers to Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Men, hiding in Sherwood Forest.",Riddle,03/23/18 #37786,Ready To Go!,2.93,1.91,LeafFan4life,"I can help you have some fun, Sometimes I get stronger from the sun. If you never give me a break, You will find I may never again wake. I am optimistic on one side, I can be short, fat, tall, or wide. Rectangle, cylinder are just a couple of my shapes, And maybe I can even help you make some videotapes. Sometimes you have to wait long for me to get ready, Just hold on for a few hours and be steady. I can help you get around to the market or mall, and even help you make a call. What am I?",No hint available.,"A battery. Explanation: 1. Batteries are found in many gaming systems and other devices that can be used to have fun. Some batteries are charged using solar energy. 2. This is referring to when you use a battery for a long time and don't turn it off, its power may begin to drain. 3. This is referring to the fact that one side of a battery is positive thus optimistic. A battery can come in many sizes. 4. Rectangle and cylinder are just 2 shapes among many that a battery can come in. Batteries can be found in video cameras which help make videotapes. 5. Some batteries take long periods of time to charge so you need to be patient. 6. Cars use batteries which can help you get to different places. Batteries can be found in phones which are used to make calls.",Riddle,08/16/07 #49618,Sunnies,2.8,1.35,dalfamnest,"It was going to be another really hot day, but Ted needed a new pair of cool sunnies* before he could hit the surf. He needed another $52 to buy the ones he wanted. Ted decided to sell home-made smoothies at his gate: $2 each, or three for $4. He had the $52 after selling 32 smoothies, stopped work and headed off to the beach. How many smoothies had been sold at the $2 price? * sunnies = sunglasses in New Zealand & Australia",No hint available.,"14 [14 @ $2 = $28; 18 @ 3 for $4 = $24] Solution: If he had sold them all at $2, he would have earned $64. The $12 difference is the discount he gave to six people buying 3 for $4. So 18 were sold at the discount price - the other 14 were sold individually.",Math,10/06/12 #28057,Sound-Out Salad,3.02,2.7600000000000002,Javian,"Can you name the salad veggies? Use synonyms of each word in the clue; put them together to sound out the answer. EG. Clue: Dog Bloom Answer: Cauliflower Explanation: ""Collie"" ""Flower"" 1. Caution Groove 2. Rotate Bite 3. Fish-egg Hair 4. Allow We 5. Twirl Scratch 6. Taxi Shift 7. Animal-park Crucial Leg-joint 8. Signal Burden 9. Awesome Plate 10. Invigorate Each Bonus: -Room Jumble -Compel Whip -Not Age",I included some roots and fruits classified as 'salad vegetables'.,"1. Carrot (Care-rut) 2. Turnip (Turn-nip) 3. Romaine (Roe-mane) 4. Lettuce (Let-us) 5. Spinach (Spin-itch) 6. Cabbage (Cab-budge) 7. Zucchini (Zoo-key-knee) 8. Cucumber (Cue-cumber) 9. Radish (Rad-dish) 10. Pepper (Pep-per) Bonus: -Celery (Cell-lurry) -Garlic (Gar-lick) -Onion (Un-eon)",Language,01/13/06 #16173,Loony Library 5,2.6,2.18,MrIxolite,"In Mr.Ix's Library the books have had all the authors names removed and jumbled up. Can you match the author's name with the correct title? The names will reflect the title of the book when said aloud (some in a humorous way) eg: Title: Seabirds, the author would be Albert Ross (Albatross being a type of seabird) Just to add some confusion, there are four name elements in the mix that are red herrings. Try these: 1) Disagree With Everything ? 2) Happy Mediums by ? 3) It Wasn't Me by ? 4) Achieving The Bald Look by ? 5) No Gloss Painting by ? 6) To Be Continued by ? 7) Fishing For Beginners by ? 8) Gin Flavour by ? Choose from Theresa Voyant Matt Bye Daniels June Hanger Ypper Dean Jack Finish Ouncer Cliff Green Close Anlyne Claire Ali Sean Rod",No hint available.,"1) Disagree With Everything by Dean Ouncer 2) Happy Mediums by Claire Voyant 3) It Wasn't Me by Ali Bye 4) Achieving The Bald Look by Sean Close 5) No Gloss Painting by Matt Finish 6) To Be Continued by Cliff Hanger 7) Fishing For Beginners by Rod Anlyne (Rod and Line) 8) Gin Flavouring by June Ypper (Juniper- Gin is flavoured with juniper berries)",Language,01/14/04 #27755,Consonant Search II,2.71,2.29,peppamintp,"Words pertaining to a theme are shown with all of their vowels already in place. Fill in the consonants that will complete the words. What is the theme? B CC FFF G H K L MM NN P RRRR SSSSSS TTTT 1. __ai__ __oa__ 2. ea__ __ u __ __ __ 3. __ oo__ __ 4. __ __ a __ __ 5. __ i __ __ e __ __ 6. __ a __ __ a 7. __ a __ o __ __ e __",No hint available.,"Foul weather wear 1. Raincoat 2. Earmuffs 3. Boots 4. Scarf 5. Mittens 6. Parka 7. Galoshes",Language,12/29/05 #33898,All in Order,2.91,2.14,boodler,"Complete the words below using three consecutive letters in alphabetical order, e.g. _ _ A _ U S would be ABACUS. 1. _ _ F I _ Y, 2. _ A _ _ R N, 3. _ U _ S E _, 4. _ _ _ B B Y, 5. _ E _ T _ R, 6. _ _ _ A C E.",No hint available.,"1. Effigy, 2. Saturn, 3. Russet, 4. Stubby, 5. Mentor, 6. Deface.",Language,11/09/06 #30766,Drop Out IV,2.81,1.94,peppamintp,"The answer to each clue is the name of a famous person whose initials in the clue have been replaced with asterisks. (For example: base*all g*eat - Babe Ruth) 1. A mayo* of the Bi* Apple 2. ""*harlie's Angels"" hea*liner 3. She and her *ister are a court t*osome 4. *riendly host for child*en 5. Au*hor of ""*lear and Present Danger""",No hint available.,"1. RG - Rudy Giuliani 2. CD - Cameron Diaz 3. SW - Serena Williams 4. FR - Fred Rogers 5. TC - Tom Clancy",Trivia,05/29/06 #39866,Odd Country Out,2.57,2.8,Barticus,"The countries in Group A have something in common. The countries in Group B have something in common which distinguishes them from Group A. Of the three countries in Group C, move one to Group A and one to Group B. The third doesn't belong in either. Group A Japan Ecuador Egypt Bulgaria Belarus Bolivia Bolivia Group B United Kingdom Canada Austria Colombia Cuba Greece Group C Germany France Italy","You might solve this by looking at a map or by looking at a list of countries. Why is Bolivia listed twice?","The capitals of the countries in group A have five letters: Tokyo, Japan; Quito, Ecuador; Cairo, Egypt; Sofia, Bulgaria; Minsk, Belarus; La Paz, Bolivia; Sucre, Bolivia. Paris, France belongs in Group A. The capitals of the countries in group B have six letters: London, UK; Ottawa, Canada; Vienna, Austria; Bogota, Colombia; Havana, Cuba; Athens, Greece. Berlin, Germany belongs in Group B. Rome, Italy doesn't belong in either. Hints: You could solve this by looking at a map with capitals marked. You could solve this by looking at a list of countries and capitals. Bolivia is listed twice because it has two capitals, both with five letters.",Group,12/31/07 #29658,Partners,2.53,2.24,peppamintp,"Can you guess the partner to the phrase below. (ex. arrogant = high & mighty) 1. All right _ _ _ _ & _ _ _ _ _ 2. Out of danger _ _ _ _ & _ _ _ _ _ 3. At great length _ _ & _ _",No hint available.,"1. Fine & Dandy 2. Safe & Sound 3. On & On",Language,04/10/06 #33385,Spungy's Groonerisms 2,2.82,2.27,grungy49,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that when they have their initial sounds switched, they make new words. They do not have to sound the same, and may be separated with an 'a', for example 'fat horse, hat fours'. From the definitions below, can you figure out each spoonerism? Understand your hard crushing attacks + Breathing hard to clear your organ of smelling. A slightly wet robber + Someone who sells things you put on an envelope To yell at the end of 60 minutes + Not in the place where you bathe standing up To have a brawl in your competitive run + Annoying you by following you around",No hint available.,"Know your blows + Blow your nose Damp stealer + Stamp dealer Shout of the hour + Out of the shower Fight in your race + Right in your face",Language,10/08/06 #5692,Mixed and Muddled,2.3,2.64,glennyboy02,"At night we fly, You better run. These winged creatures Are not much fun! They march and eat And march and eat: If I were you I'd watch my feet! Feline spots In the jungle blend: She's very fast so be cautious of her As she's not your friend! Now take our first and mix us around, What have you found?",No hint available.,"A cab! The answer to the first riddle is bat. The answer to the second riddle is ants. The answer to the third riddle is cheetah. Now take the first letter of each answer and you are left with BAC, if you mix us around you'll find the answer is CAB.",Riddle,07/19/02 #8359,IGAR,2.96,1.46,bluetwo,"What common phrase is represented below? IGAR CIGR CGAR CIGA CIAR",No hint available.,"Close, but no cigar.",Rebus,11/04/02 #42289,A Legend in Sports 2,2.12,2.58,brainyboy615,W M = The S H K,Think baseball.,"Willie Mays: The Say Hey Kid He is commonly known as one of the best baseball players in history.",Letter-Equations,06/19/08 #17156,Blood Sports,2.46,2.32,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below Teams: Blood 1 Blood 2 Blood 3 Mr. Ixolite Round 1: Blood 3 vs Blood 2 Mr Ixolite vs Blood 1",No hint available.,I've drawn first blood.,Rebus,03/30/04 #669,Copying Tapes,2.34,1.22,vikass,"Marty and Jill want to copy three 60 minute tapes. They have two tape recorders that will dub the tapes for them, so they can do two at a time. It takes 30 minutes for each side to complete; therefore in one hour two tapes will be done, and in another hour the third will be done. Jill says all three tapes can be made in 90 minutes. How?",No hint available.,"Jill will rotate the three tapes. Let's call them tapes 1,2, and 3 with sides A and B. In the first 30 minutes they will tape 1A and 2A, in the second 30 minutes they will tape 1B and 3A (Tape 1 is now done). Finally, in the last 30 minutes, they will tape 2B and 3B.",Logic,06/29/01 #33955,Composer,2.7600000000000002,1.03,DaleGriffin,"My first is in Monday, but not in Tuesday, My second is in gloom, but not in misery, My third is the 26th letter of the English alphabet, My fourth is in start, but not in finish, My fifth is in right and also in wrong, and my sixth is in cute, but not in handsome. My whole is the name of a composer. Who is the teaser referring to?",No hint available.,Mozart.,Riddle,11/14/06 #12233,Baked Enchilada,2.67,2.44,Gizzer,"Swap one word from Group A with one word in Group B such that the two groups have a similar, though different, property. Which two words must be swapped and what is the property? A: baked, wheat, life, time, wit B: enchilada, some, mast, number, sale",No hint available.,"WHEAT and MAST must be swapped. Group A words will then form phrases with the word HALF: half baked, half life, half time, half wit and half mast. Group B words will then form phrases with the word WHOLE: whole enchilada, wholesome, whole number, whole sale and whole wheat.",Group,05/05/03 #35744,Wise Guy,2.53,2.31,aresII,"Have you ever heard of H. L. Mencken? In the 1920's, he was one of America's most famous newspaper columnists. His claim to fame was his acid-tongued social commentary. Can you decode these examples of his work? The same code is used for both puzzles. ""KNYZKCS OMS AGSYORG YP Y URE ARNSXKYC, YCX YO RCAS OMS ERGUX TSARNSP SFJUKAYTUS."" ""YC KXSYUKPO KP RCS EMR, RC CROKAKCZ OMYO Y GRPS PNSUUP TSOOSG OMYC Y AYTTYZS, ARCAUBXSP OMYO KO EKUU YUPR NYIS TSOOSG PRBJ.""","A=C T=B U=L Z=G","""Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable."" ""An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup."" Key: A=C B=U C=N D=F E=W F=X G=R I=K J=P K=I M=H N=M O=T P=S R=O S=E T=B U=L X=D Y=A Z=G",Cryptography,03/18/07 #35275,2 = M L,2.13,2.7600000000000002,beatlesgirl,2 = M L S in S A (P & S),Hola.,2 = Major Languages Spoken in South America (Portuguese & Spanish),Letter-Equations,02/11/07 #46391,Add a Letter 36,2.79,2.23,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) of little importance & beautiful or attractive (5 letters) 2) nearly or almost & period between dusk and dawn (4 letters) 3) legally obligated & flexible (6 letters) 4) peculiar or odd & to throttle (7 letters)",No hint available.,"1) petty & pretty 2) nigh & night 3) liable & pliable 4) strange & strangle",Language,02/17/10 #27899,Naming Names II,3.11,1.72,peppamintp,"In each equation below, part of a common name has been replaced with a definition for a word that is contained within that name. By answering the definition and completing the equation, you will find the name. (Ric + difficult = ric + hard = Richard) 1. Put on clothes + ald 2. Fishing pole + ney 3. P+ make a mistake + y 4. Be in debt + n 5. That girl + r + adult guy 6. D + eager 7. B + lease an apartment",Each is a male name,"1. Don + ald = Donald 2. Rod + ney = Rodney 3. P + err + y = Perry 4. Owe + n = Owen 5. She + r + man = Sherman 6. D + avid = David 7. B + rent = Brent",Language,01/05/06 #10739,Black = Sight,2.48,2.15,CCat20,"Tell me how to get from each word on the left to the word across from it, and which pair does not belong. black.........sight or site even.........sod hot............sold bright........sim love..........set",No hint available.,"First find the opposite of the first word (for example, hot changes to cold), then pick a word that rhymes with cold that begins with the letter ""S"". The pair that does not belong is love...set.",Group,02/26/03 #20074,Bat Attack,2.93,3.15,lorial,"Vampire bats have been attacking a different person in the village of Batsrus on different days of the week and they all managed to succeed in sucking a little blood from their victim. The victim fought off the attacking bat by using any weapon to hand. Can you determine the amount of blood sucked from which person, on what day and what they defended themselves with? 1) Miss Fitch had 4ml of blood sucked from her neck before managing to fight the bat off, but not with her Handbag or Fist and this wasn't on a Saturday. 2) The bat that was fought off with a Walking Stick managed to suck 1.5ml more than the bat that attacked 2 days before the victim that used a Slipper to defend themselves, which was not Mr. Sachs. 3) Mr. Sachs had more blood sucked from him than the Saturday victim. 4) A bat was hit with a Fist 2 days after a bat was hit with a Handbag. 5) The victim that had 7ml of blood sucked was attacked the day before the victim having the least amount of blood sucked, which was not on a Wednesday. 6) Monday's bat attack was on Mrs Melbury who didn't fight the bat off with a Slipper. 7) Ms Trews did not use an Umbrella as her weapon. Victim: Miss Fitch / Mrs Melbury / Mr. Sachs / Ms Trews / Mr Twiddle Day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday Weapon: Handbag, Fist, Walking Stick, Umbrella, Slipper Blood Sucked: 1ml, 2.5ml, 4ml, 6ml, 7ml",No hint available.,"Answer: Victim / Day / Weapon / Blood Sucked Miss Fitch / Tuesday / Walking Stick / 4ml Mrs Melbury / Monday / Handbag / 6ml Mr. Sachs / Wednesday / Fist / 2.5ml Ms Trews / Friday / Slipper / 7ml Mr. Twiddle / Saturday / Umbrella / 1ml",Logic-Grid,01/01/05 #17750,Correct,2.39,2.67,MrIxolite,"What phrase is ""rebused"" below? JE""Correct"",""Right"",""Accurate"",""Pure""ST",No hint available.,Many a true word spoken in jest,Rebus,05/26/04 #50798,Words With FI,1.72,2.09,cnmne,"Five words that contain FI as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? FI***, FI****, **FI**, ***FI*, ***FI** Pool: A, C, D, E, E, E, G, L, L, M, N, N, O, O, P, R, R, R, T, U",No hint available.,"FINAL, FIGURE, DEFILE, PROFIT, CONFIRM",Language,04/17/16 #39651,Clever Jenny,2.35,1.39,mosca,"Jenny woke up late Monday morning to a freezing cold house. The furnace had gone off during the night. She reset the circuit breaker and the furnace kicked on, but then she thought: ""It will take too long to heat up the house; I'll just have to take my shower in a cold bathroom. Thank goodness the water heater stayed on!"" As she stepped into the tub, she thought of a way to make her bathroom warmer while she took her shower, and still get to work on time. What simple ploy did she use?","Remember, she did have hot water!",Jenny plugged the drain in the tub and collected the hot water from her shower. It sent up warm vapors that took the chill off the bathroom!,Situation,12/17/07 #48968,Multicolour Doors - Easy,2.05,0.31,coolcat101202,"Three friends all live in houses with painted doors. Can you use these clues to find out what colour door they have and what road they live on? Friends - Carly, Harry, Alan Colours - Red, Blue, Pink Streets - Oak St, South Ave, Drury Ave 1) Carly just loves the colour pink and she was ecstatic when her mom painted the door for her. 2) Alan's always around at Harry's house. It's easy to get there because Oak St is only just around the corner from Alan's house. 3) South Ave has mostly white doors, so the red one, belonging to one of the friends, stands out easily to the passing cars. 4) Alan thinks that his friend's blue door clashes badly with their house but he doesn't want to tell them in case he hurts their feelings.",No hint available.,"Harry lives on Oak St and has a blue door. Carly lives on Drury Ave and has a pink door. Alan lives on South Ave and has a red door.",Logic-Grid,08/20/11 #27437,What's it Say?,2.45,2.39,Nytwynd,"""For vk mpn irwb qdnomgdn mpom dnsgknk mi ln apom pn vk."" -Owlndm Qofgk ""Mpn irwb mbdorm v oqqncm vr mpvk aidwt vk mpn kmvww jivqn avmpvr."" -Fopomfo Yortpv","G=U P=H Q=C","A=W B=Y C=P D=R F=M G=U I=O J=V K=S L=B M=T N=E O=A P=H Q=C R=N S=F T=D V=I W=L Y=G Z=K ""Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is."" -Albert Camus ""The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within."" -Mahatma Gandhi",Cryptography,12/12/05 #11596,I am Not Wet...,2.35,1.26,PebblesExtreme,"I am not wet, yet dribbling I can be. Pimples I have, yet happily people touch me, I do not have legs yet I still find a way to get up in the air, When I hear a buzz, I am ignored till I hear another. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Basketball You dribble a basketball. A basketball has those bumps on the ball (pimples). A basketball has no legs yet is shot in the air. When a buzzer ends the game (a buzz) no one uses it until another game.",Riddle,04/05/03 #39381,Simply Foxworthy,2.42,2.05,aresII,"The two following puzzles contain quips from the redneck comic, Jeff Foxworthy. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. A=G ""KCIBAEBA I MEIFOJ EL I WDY WEUO AOYYEBA I FJOLOBY QJDZ TDXJ AJIBMZDYCOJ - TDX'JO BDY LXJO PCIY TDX'NO ADY GXY TDX'JO FJOYYT LXJO TDX'JO BDY ADEBA YD WEUO EY."" ""MEM TDX UBDP GIGEOL IJO BIXLOIYOM GT YCO LZOWW DQ I KWOIB LCEJY?""","F=P L=S P=W","""CHANGING A DIAPER IS A LOT LIKE GETTING A PRESENT FROM YOUR GRANDMOTHER - YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT YOU'VE GOT BUT YOU'RE PRETTY SURE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE IT."" ""DID YOU KNOW BABIES ARE NAUSEATED BY THE SMELL OF A CLEAN SHIRT?"" KEY: A=G B=N C=H D=O E=I F=P G=B I=A J=R K=C L=S M=D N=V O=E P=W Q=F T=Y U=K W=L X=U Y=T Z=M",Cryptography,11/27/07 #38233,Incomplete Words XI,2.73,1.21,tedger,"Below are ten words each missing the same two letter combination. Can you figure out what those two letters are? Bru_ _ Mit_ _n _ _a Ga_ _au Hun_ _r Sta_ _ _ _xt Af_ _r Mid_ _rm _ _rmina_ _",No hint available.,"The letters are TE Brute Mitten Tea Gateau Hunter State Text After Midterm Terminate",Language,09/10/07 #41415,1 C = L B in B,1.98,2.65,shenqiang,1 C = L B in B,No hint available.,1 club = lowest bid in bridge.,Letter-Equations,04/08/08 #15922,Holidays!,2.25,1.08,rnpps,"Below are 3 anagrams of holidays. Can you figure them out? 1. Charm sits 2. Art see 3. Ale hen low",No hint available.,"1. Christmas 2. Easter 3. Halloween",Language,12/23/03 #17093,Mix and Match #3,2.6,2.39,fishmed,"Here is a group of common three-letter words. Can you take these and turn them into half as many 6 letter words? Each three-letter word is used only once. act, age, cat, did, don, for, ion, out, ten, wit",No hint available.,"1: Outwit 2: Didact 3: Tendon 4: Forage 5: Cation (A chemistry term)",Language,03/20/04 #47071,Unscramble and Sort 1,2.2,2.87,mathisnice,"The object of this teaser is to unscramble each word in Group 1 and move one of the words to Group 2. Group 1: NEHOPXI, URDTRBENDIH, OCNHCNOH, TMUNROAI, ZUKSAU Group 2: Basilisk, Unicorn, Yale WARNING: Only look at the hint if you are entirely stumped!","Unscrambled, NEHOPXI starts with a P, URDTRBENDIH with a T, OCNHCNOH with a C, TMUNROAI with an M, and ZUKSAU with an S.","Group 1 (Unscrambled): PHOENIX, THUNDERBIRD, CHONCHON, MINOTAUR, SUZAKU A ""minotaur"" is a mythical beast. The rest of Group One are all mythical birds. ""TMUNROAI"" should be unscrambled to ""MINOTAUR"" and moved to Group 2. Some brief facts about each mythical creature are listed below. Phoenix - One of the most famous mythical birds. Phoenixes are sometimes considered immortal. After their ""deaths"", they are reborn from their own ashes. Thunderbird - Another somewhat famous bird, this time in Native American lore. Chonchon - A mythical bird that often inspires fear. The chonchon is the transformation of a Kalkus sorcerer. Suzaku - A less well-known Chinese mythical bird. Minotaur - A large, frightening beast in Greek Mythology with the head of a bull and the body of a man. Basilisk - A creature who had a fatal glare, but could be killed by the crowing of roosters. Unicorn - A horse-like animal with a horn. Yale - A horse-sized mythical beast with two horns.",Group,05/22/10 #6869,11block11,2.69,1.59,kiwioz9,"What is this phrase? 111111111111111 11111block11111 111111111111111",No hint available.,Once around the block,Rebus,08/25/02 #15184,Another Mad Ade Clock Teaser!,2.21,2.95,mad-ade,"Whilst waiting outside the ""Sweaty Chef Kebab Shop"" for it to open, Mad Ade looks across at Madadia's Town hall clock (Designed by the legendary Arthur Minit). He began to wonder how often in every 24 hours the second hand of the clock would pass over and be exactly parallel to the other hands of the clock. He had almost worked it out, but was disturbed by the doors of the kebab shop opening, and he never gave it a second thought after that. Can you work out the answer to Mad Ade's question?",No hint available.,"Most people would surmise 2880. The second hand is parallel to the minute hand once a minute, and parallel to the hour hand once a minute. Therefore, it is parallel 2 times a minute. no. of minutes in 24 hrs =1440 2 times/minute 2*24*60=2*1440=2880 But within each of the 1440 minutes in the day, the second hand meets both other hands separately, except within 12 midnight (both hands at once) 11:59AM (no hands until 12 noon) 12 noon (both hands at once) 11:59PM (no hands until next day) and within the 22 other N:59's (the hour hand only, since, within an N:59 minute, the second hand doesn't meet the minute hand until the onset of the following minute). Thus, the second hand will meet another hand 2852 times a day.",Other,10/22/03 #51661,Delete a Letter 48,2.82,2.5,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) harsh in sound (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a frame used to support a piece of wood while it is being cut 2) a distinct variety or sort (6 letters) & (delete 1st letter) something that is worthless, unimportant, or of poor quality 3) a sauce made from the juice of cooked meat (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) having an intermediate and often vaguely defined position, condition, or character 4) showing little knowledge, thought, or feeling (7 letters) & (delete 1st letter) to treat as sacred",No hint available.,"1) hoarse & horse 2) stripe & tripe 3) gravy & gray 4) shallow & hallow",Language,01/13/18 #11260,I Fly Into the Sky,2.55,1.59,VolsToTheWall,"I love to dance and twist and prance. I shake my tail, as away I sail. Wingless, I fly into the sky. What am I ?",No hint available.,A kite.,Riddle,03/18/03 #22206,Picture Day!,2.07,0.79,mpspss,"It was picture day and everyone was getting their pictures taken. May, Alex, and Eric got their pictures taken at different times. It was either 9:00 AM, 11:30 AM, or 2:15 PM. They also had different hair colors. It was either red, black, or blond. 1) May does not have black hair. 2) Eric got his picture taken after 1:00 PM. 3) Alex has red hair. 4) Alex had lunch between the hours of 11:00 AM and 2:45 PM.",No hint available.,"May has blond hair and got her picture taken at 11:30 AM. Alex has red hair and got his photo taken at 9:00 AM. Eric has black hair and got his photo taken at 2:15 PM.",Logic-Grid,04/13/05 #44345,The Grandson,2.79,2.11,whsprec,"Mrs. Hendricks has five grandsons, Cy, Ben, Chris, Brad, and Luke. Each was born in a different year (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005) and each was born in a different month (January, April, July, September, and November). No grandson was born on the weekend, but each grandson was born on a different day of the week. From the clues given determine the day of the week, the month, and the year of birth of each grandson. 1- The grandson who was born on Wednesday, the grandson who was born in July, and Brad, all go to the same school. 2- Chris is older than the grandson born on a Tuesday and younger than the grandson born in November, however, it is the two remaining grandsons who are the eldest and youngest. 3- The second eldest one and Ben both wear braces, but the grandson born on Friday, the grandson born in January, and Brad do not. 4- The grandson born in April was not born on Tuesday or Thursday, and the grandson born in 2003 was not born on Monday or Friday. 5- The grandson born in 2001 was born on Wednesday, and Cy was born on Monday.",No hint available.,"Ben born Wednesday, April 2001 Cy born Monday November 2002 Chris born Thursday January 2003 Brad born Tuesday September 2004 Luke born Friday July 2005",Logic-Grid,04/12/09 #22926,Payday,2.89,1.4,princess0611,"The new accountant is putting together payroll. She is having a hard time remembering who does what in the office, which makes it hard to print out the pay checks. This is what she does know. The secretary makes the least amount of money, and has worked there the shortest amount of time. Jill makes less than the catering manager, but has worked there longer than everyone but the general manager. The Sales Manager position pays $800.00. The Administrative Assistant has worked there for 12 years. The General Manager makes the most money because he has the highest position with the most experience. Carla makes the least amount of money. Laurie is the catering manager. Warren has worked there for 10 years.",No hint available.,"Carla - Secretary - $500 - 4 yrs Jill - Admin. Asst. - $600 - 12 yrs Laurie - Catering Manager - $700 - 6 yrs Mike - General Manager - $900 - 15 yrs Warren - Sales Manager - $800 - 10 yrs",Logic-Grid,05/16/05 #36460,1+1+1,2.2,1.95,hersheyugget,When does 1+1+1=1?,No hint available.,1 foot + 1 foot + 1 foot = 1 yard,Trick,04/29/07 #9829,The Tool Shed,2.67,1.8,od-1,"Duffus Mcclutski had a little tool shed in back of his farm. But being that there were no windows and the transformer that ran the lights got fried when Duffus tried to curl his hair to impress the cute girl next door(But that's another teaser), Duffus was always cutting himself on his sharp tools whenever he went to retrieve them from his tool shed to use. So one day Duffus had an idea so that he would never cut himself again. He got 10 candles, a pot, and a blow torch. His idea worked rather well too. Duffus didn't use the candles or the torch for light as most people would; no he did something quite different to keep from cutting himself. What did Duffus do ?",He did what many Industrial saw blade manufacturers do.,"Duffus melted the wax and dipped the tools in it to cover the cutting edge. Industrial suppliers of saw blades and cutting equipment use a similar method to coat and protect sharp edges. When the item is first used, the wax simply peels off. Then when finished with the blade he can simply reapply the wax.",Other,01/16/03 #4362,North Pole,2.22,1.26,librashorty,How far will you travel if you start at the equator and go to the North Pole always heading north-west?,No hint available.,"Infinity. You will never reach the North Pole. If you were at the North Pole, the only direction in which you can leave is South. Therefore you must arrive by walking North. But you are walking North-west.",Logic,05/30/02 #39229,Water + You Drinking It = What!?,2.31,1.52,AndrewWalker,"""Hello folks, I am a man with a weird situation. Every week I will give you a situation in which you will have to find the answer to the question. Okay, here is the scenario: ""Two men were talking about water. One man was a chemist, and the other was a doctor. The doctor said, 'If you have pure water and drink it, it could potentially kill you.' But the chemist said, 'That's ridiculous! If you have pure water with nothing else in it, it won't kill you. If that was true I'd have been dead for years.' ""So which man was correct?""","It is only pure water, and it has not been tampered with.","The doctor was right. If you drink enough water in a short period of time, it could potentially cause you to drown on a cellular level, resulting in death. Don't worry, it would take a lot of water with no bathroom breaks!!!",Science,11/16/07 #27919,Never Give Up,2.64,2.23,sgtammo,"My beginnings, some say, were very humble. Oft times traveling down life's winding path I would stumble. Since determination and perseverance are part of my character makeup. I would never let failure make me give up. My store failed, leaving me a serious liability. Then my partner dies, increasing my responsibility. I had an episode of severe depression, feeling dejected. When I proposed marriage I was rejected. Again, I have an episode of depression... I'm prone to disconsolation. Then I have an unsuccessful run at a Congress election. I made an appeal regarding the Illinois statute of limitations, but continued failing. Then my son Edward dies after two months ailing. I lose a U.S. Senator Selection. Four years later, I've lost another Senate election. For the answer to my question, you need not cram. Do you know who I am?","I have been quoted as saying: My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has few virtues.","Abraham Lincoln. November 6, 1860, I am elected as the 16th U.S. president and the first Republican. Abraham Lincoln is remembered for his vital role as the leader in preserving the Union during the Civil War and beginning the process that led to the end of slavery in the United States. He is also remembered for his character, his speeches and letters, and as a man of humble origins whose determination and perseverance led him to the nation's highest office.",Riddle,01/05/06 #31868,Minerals,2.74,1.78,DevilBunny,"Minerals are found in me. And I am found in minerals too. What am I?",No hint available.,"A mine. (The word ""mine"" is in the word ""MINErals"".)",Riddle,07/18/06 #13400,A Short Tree,2.28,1.9000000000000001,cool_star,"I'm a short tree with many branches. One thick root is all I have, curly or straight. One upside down flower I carry on my back. It blooms beautifully as soon as it rains. Who am I?","My flower can have any colour, shape, or patterns.","I am an umbrella. My stick is like a very short tree with many branches. My handle is like my root, which is thick, and it either curls or it's straight. My top is like an upside down flower, which opens as soon as it rains. In the hint, it tells you that the top can have any colour shape, or patterns.",Riddle,06/24/03 #16047,Addends,2.36,1.98,griphook,"IF : B + G = C R + G = Y R + B = M THEN R + B + G = ?",No hint available.,"R + B + G = W The equations represent Additive Color Mixing formulas (mixing colors of light) Blue + Green = Cyan Red + Green = Yellow Red + Blue = Magenta Red + Blue + Green = White",Science,01/04/04 #25560,Never Go Back,2.72,2.64,dolphingurl12,A man was dead in a big open room with musical instruments lying all around him. He was clutching a bottle of brandy. Why did he die?,"If it wasn't for the brandy, he would still be alive.","It was on the Titanic. The man got out of his life boat to go get the bottle of brandy, and drowned. This is a true story.",Situation,08/25/05 #3199,10 lbs.,2.23,1.03,204_blaze_41,"Can you decipher this? 10 lbs. weight",No hint available.,10 pounds overweight,Rebus,04/02/02 #50038,Spoonerism Sentences,2.74,2.16,eighsse,"You will be presented with sentences, each with two blanks representing a given number of omitted words. The two blanks will contain spoonerisms of each other. A spoonerism is a swapping of phonetic sounds between or within words. Example: When an earthquake strong enough to [shake a tower] caused great damage to the bathroom, Gregory was glad that he had decided not to [take a shower] at that time. Theme: At the Hospital 1. Have the x-rays of the patient's [2 words] [2 words] to her yet? 2. Is [2 words], or is she still on her [2 words]? Last I heard, she was in critical condition. 3. Although he was a master at [2 words] and dangerous stunts individually, trying to name a volunteer's card while swallowing a sword proved to be a [2 words].",No hint available.,"1. shin bone; been shown 2. Beth dead; death bed 3. magic tricks; tragic mix",Language,12/24/13 #42449,A Legend in Sports 4,2.15,2.28,brainyboy615,W G = The G O,Think hockey.,"Wayne Gretzky = The Great One He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, and he is commonly known as the greatest hockey player ever.",Letter-Equations,07/08/08 #23093,Forward and Back,3.21,1.68,gabe1991,"Each pair of hints below relates to two words. One of the words is the other one spelled backward. What are the ten word pairs? Example: married, moisture Answer: wed, dew 1. light source, rodents 2. dwell, wicked 3. retain, sneaking look 4. weapons, tight fit 5. portion, catching device 6. prize, furniture compartment 7. drinking aid, skin blemishes 8. stopper, big swallow 9. implement, stolen goods 10. precinct, illustrate",No hint available.,"1. star, rats 2. live, evil 3. keep, peek 4. guns, snug 5. part, trap 6. reward, drawer 7. straw, warts 8. plug, gulp 9. tool, loot 10. ward, draw",Language,05/23/05 #7299,Relation Anagram,2.82,1.54,Mogmatt16,"The following not only describes a popular stereotype for a relation, but is an anagram for it. Which relation is it? Woman Hitler",No hint available.,Mother-in-law,Language,09/08/02 #27479,Word Pyramids: World Countries XV,2.8,2.37,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: N Clues: 1. A space equal to half the width of a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing. 2. The base number of the decimal number system. 3. A brief record, especially one written down to aid the memory. 4. American architect who was an exponent of the International Style. Among his notable designs is the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. 5. Makes amends, as for a sin(s) or fault(s). 6. This country was forcefully incorporated into the USSR in 1940.","A country of north-central Europe west of Russia, bordering on the Baltic Sea. For clue number 4, the architects name is Edward Durrell -----.","N EN TEN NOTE STONE ATONES ESTONIA Settled before the 1st century A.D., it was held successively between the 13th and 18th centuries by the Danes, German Livonian Knights, Swedes, and Russians. Estonia became an independent republic in 1918 but was annexed by the USSR in 1940. Occupied by Germany in 1941, it reverted to Soviet control in 1944 and was known as the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.",Language,12/14/05 #14888,Ship Shape Shelves,2.29,1.73,Worsum,"The Fernandez family is making shelves to hang on wall brackets for the three kids' bedrooms. They bought a 4 foot by 8 foot sheet of plywood to cut into shelves 24 inches long by 8 inches deep. This would make the correct number of shelves, with no wood left over. They also bought some trim to edge the shelves. They are making Ricardo 3/4 as many shelves as they are making for Anthony. Corinthia is getting four more shelves than her brother Ricardo. How many shelves are being made for each person?",No hint available.,"Anthony gets 8 shelves. Ricardo gets 6 shelves. Corinthia gets 10 shelves. From a 4 ft by 8 ft piece of plywood they could cut 24 shelves measuring 24 in. by 8 in. deep. Let A = Anthony's number of shelves. Then Ricardo's shelves are 3/4 times A and Corinthia's shelves are 3/4 times A plus four more. A + (3/4 x A) + (3/4 x A) + 4 = 24 2.5A + 4 = 24 [combine like terms and convert fractions] 2.5A = 20 [subtract 4 from each side of the equation] A = 8 [divide each side of the equation by 2.5] Once you know the value of A (Anthony's number of shelves), you can find the answer for everybody else. So, Anthony gets 8 shelves, Ricardo gets 6, and Corinthia gets 10.",Math,09/23/03 #52417,Love or Hate,2.69,0.96,cathy9898,"I am something people love or hate. I change people's appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of themselves I will go up even higher. To some people I will fool them. To others I am a mystery. Some people might want to try and hide me but I will show. No matter how hard people try, I will never go down. What am I?",What goes up but never comes down?,Age,Riddle,06/21/20 #38777,Climbing Steps,2.32,2.77,calmsavior,"Christopher pays $500 just to get up six steps. He is relieved, however, as it would have taken much longer to go around. Where is Christopher and what are the steps? The steps are actual physical steps.","France once tried to make these steps, but the United States actually finished the job.","Christopher was traversing through the Panama Canal. He paid about $500 to pass his ship through from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. The steps are actually the different flights of the Canal, separated into three locks. It would have taken Christopher much longer to travel around the southern tip of South America had he not passed through the Canal.",Situation,10/15/07 #18163,A Lawyer's Jam Problem,2.42,2.93,horse_luver,"Maria was a health nut. She was also a Canadian lawyer. She was in the supermarket one day looking for some jam, but of course it had to be sugar-free, as she was crazy about health. As soon as she found some, she looked closely at the label. It clearly read ""Sugar Free Jam"". After reading this, she made a notation of the brand name of the jam and prepared to file a case against the company. The jam was actually sugar-free, so what other problem could she have with it?",It wasn't a problem with false advertising or something similar.,"In Canada, anything called ""Jam"" has to have at least 10% sugar, so it is legally impossible to have ""Sugar free jam"". However, it can be called ""Sugar-free fruit spread"", as an example.",Trivia,07/09/04 #46141,Orphans,2.77,0.63,162129,"Two sisters walked up to a house. They were dressed in dirty clothes and looked starving. They knocked on the door, and when it was answered, the elder sister spoke. ""We are in need of money. My name is Ella, and this is my little sister Sarah,"" she said, gesturing to the other girl. ""Our mother died giving birth to me, and our father died recently due to an illness. We are starving. Would you be so kind as to give us some money?"" Ella said. The lady who answered the door thought for a moment, then answered, ""You are a liar. I will not lend you any money."" Why does she think the sisters are lying?",No hint available.,"If Ella's mother died giving birth to her, then how could she have a younger sister?",Trick,01/03/10 #19329,6 Foot Feather,2.27,1.78,AXTON,"A six-foot tall, wide-shouldered American man told his Russian colleague, 'I weigh 38 kg'. The Russian replied 'I only weigh 26 kg'. How is this possible?",What type of men were they?,"The men are astronauts, and they are on Mars. Weight = mass x gravitational pull. On Mars, there is far less gravity and so a man weighing 100 kg on Earth weighs only 38 kg on Mars.",Logic,11/04/04 #24701,Hidden Body Parts,3.12,1.34,sarahbeth1011,"A part of the body is hidden in each of the following sentences. The first sentence contains ""head."" Can you find the rest? 1. The ad is for Monday's sale. 2. The tour group can go to either country. 3. My car makes funny noises sometimes. 4. Sarah and Tony are getting married. 5. That casino seems shady. 6. Can't you see that Hank needs help? 7. The sea is so calm out here. 8. Would you like to go surfing, Erin?",No hint available.,"1. head 2. toe 3. arm 4. hand 5. nose 6. knee 7. mouth 8. finger",Language,07/20/05 #48171,Office Day,2.08,0.54,Oldcustard,"Steve, Reggie, Gordon and Frank all work at an office skyscraper. They all work on different floors, and all leave at different times. The data: Names: Steve, Reggie, Gordon, Frank Floors: 1, 2, 3, 4 Times: 3:00, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00 The clues are: 1) Frank has to be home in time for the quarter past 3 basketball match! 2) Steve's floor is higher than Reggie's, but lower than Gordon's. 3) Gordon has a wonderful view from his office! 4) The person on floor 1 leaves the latest. 5) The noisy cars driving right by his window leave Reggie in a bad mood. 6) Frank's office is above Steve's. 7) Steve leaves the office 1 hour and 15 minutes after Frank, but only 45 minutes after the person on floor 4.",No hint available.,"Steve, 2, 4:15 Reggie, 1, 5:00 Gordon, 4, 3:30 Frank, 3, 3:00",Logic-Grid,11/02/10 #39198,Five Anagrams,2.48,2.28,aresII,"Can you make 5 familiar English words by rearranging the letters in each of the following phrases? 'Tis ye govern. On real catgut. Made in pint pots. Into my arm. There we sat.",No hint available.,"The words are SOVEREIGNTY, CONGRATULATE, DISAPPOINTMENT, MATRIMONY, and SWEETHEART.",Language,11/15/07 #14256,A Man and Two Doors,3.15,1.39,pennyisgifted,A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?,No hint available.,He waits until night time and then goes through the first door.,Logic,08/10/03 #45783,Consecutive Double Letters 2,3.14,2.62,lifeisgood812,"Feed, good, and kiss are 3 examples of words with double letters. Use the clues and fill in the blanks to find words with consecutive double letters. Remember, these words have 2 sets of double letters in a row! 1. A woodwind instrument that dates back to the mid 16th century. B _ _ _ _ _ N 2. A sweet treat that is sometimes made with nuts or raisins. T _ _ _ _ E 3. A term that can be used to describe boats and ships. K _ _ _ _ _ _ S 4. A character in a courtroom. A _ _ _ _ _ _ E ---Experts Only!--- 5. A Belgian language. W _ _ _ _ _ N ---Just For Fun!--- 6. This word has 3 consecutive double letters! B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R","1. B A _ _ _ _ N 2. T O _ _ _ E 3. K _ _ _ _ _ S S 4. A P _ _ _ _ _ E ---Experts Only!--- 5. W A _ _ _ _ N ---Just For Fun!--- 6. B O _ _ _ _ _ _ E R","1. Bassoon Clue: A woodwind instrument that dates back to the mid 16th century. The bassoon is a woodwind instrument that finds its origins in the dulcian, a Renaissance era woodwind instrument. The bassoon is commonly used to play bass and tenor-range music. Composers often write music for the bassoon. Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven all wrote pieces that feature the bassoon prominently. 2. Toffee Clue: A sweet treat that is sometimes made with nuts or raisins. Toffee is a candy that is made by boiling molasses with butter. Common toffee flavors are rum & butter, chocolate, vanilla, chocolate, rum & raisin, and honeycomb. 3. Keelless Clue: A term that can be used to describe boats and ships. A keel is a structural element of a ship that is called the ""spine of the ship."" It is a long beam in the center of the ship that the hull is built around. Keel is an interesting word because some scholars believe it to be the first English language word ever recorded in writing. 4. Appellee Clue: A character in a courtroom. An appeal, in law jargon, is the request to change a ruling made by one court. Often appeals are filed in higher courts that have the ability to reverse rulings made by lower courts. The party that files the appeal is appellant. The appellant wants the first ruling changed. The other party is the appellee. The appellee won the case in the lower court and wants the ruling to stay unchanged. 5. Walloon Clue: A Belgian language. Walloon is a Romance language heard in Wallonia, Belgium. It sounds most like the French language. However, it is not a French dialect. People who speak the Walloon language are called Walloons. 6. Bookkeeper Clue: This word has 3 consecutive double letters! This is a fun word that can be used to stump your friends. It is one of only a few words in the English language that has 3 consecutive double letters. If you consider hyphenated words, sweet-toothed also has 3 consecutive double letters.",Language,11/21/09 #37066,Bridge Builders,2.39,2.82,dunchen22,"There was a new and very popular Emperor in a small country in the Pacific Ocean. The country consisted of two small islands 3 miles apart. The only way to get to the other island was an old, small ferry boat. The new Emperor was very progressive and wanted to shape up the community to attract tourists and hopefully new residents to stop the population from shrinking. He decided to connect the islands by a new bridge. Everyone knew the job would be difficult and dangerous, and when he put out the word only two companies were even willing to attempt it. Company A was the first to offer and said they could do it for $800,000. When the Emperor told the contractor of Company B what Company A offered, the contractor of Company B said they could not do it for less than $1,000,000. The Emperor took a while to think it over. Contractor B, being very smart and confident, came back to the Emperor and said, ""Sir, I will give you an offer you cannot refuse. The decision is completely up to you in the end, but you can pay me $200,000, $750,000, or $1,000,000 for the job."" Contractor B proceeded with his details and the Emperor immediately accepted his offer. Company B ended up being paid $1,000,000 for the job. Contractor B did not lie, cheat, or swindle the Emperor in any way. He is a very honest businessman. Why did Company B's offer sound so good to the Emperor, and more importantly, how did Company B end up with the highest amount?","2 Hints: 1. Company A is part of Company B's idea. 2. Use your math and accounting skills","Contractor B was very confident in his company's excellent work. It was high quality work so could not lower the full price to under $1,000,000. He suggested to the Emperor that each company start building from opposite ends and each complete a quarter of the bridge. The emperor could then examine the 2 quarters and make his decision on which company would complete the job, based off of quality. Each company would be paid $200,000 for their quarter, that way if Company A won, the emperor would still only be paying $800,000 ($400,000 more to Company A for the rest of the bridge). If Company B won, Contractor B argued, it would be because they were obviously superior in bridge building and thus worthy of the extra money. The Emperor would still only be paying $950,000 that way anyway, which is still cheaper than Company B's full offer, while Company B would still get paid their full ¾ pay for ¾ of a bridge ($750,000). When Company A heard this offer, they knew they were beat because they knew their bridge-building skills were far inferior. They figured it was not worth the $200,000 to start even building since it was so dangerous and immediately backed out, forcing the Emperor to pay Company B their full asking price of $1,000,000.",Logic,06/25/07 #51084,Having Fun 2,2.34,1.9000000000000001,BadBunnee02,"this (best) it (better) it (good)",No hint available.,"""it doesn't get any better than this""",Rebus,05/05/17 #46635,One Out of Six,1.9000000000000001,0.8300000000000001,sashomarine,Rolling three once on a regular die is 1/6 likely. Rolling three twice in a row on a regular die is 1/36 likely. How likely is it that your next roll on the same die will be a three?,This is not the same as asking how likely it is that you'll roll the die three times and get three on all of those rolls.,It is 1/6 likely.,Trick,04/02/10 #14823,Record Breaking Time,2.61,1.18,adoontourious,What is the fastest time that a person could run through four U.S. states?,No hint available.,"Less than 1 minute. It can be done at Four Corners, where four states (Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico) all meet at the same point.",Trivia,09/17/03 #50984,Watchful?,2.33,1.58,LittleGreenMan,"d_sbelieving disbel_eving disbeliev_ng","what's missing? title is also a hint","""keeping an eye out"" ""i"" = ""eye"" (homophone)",Rebus,01/30/17 #23121,Good or Bad?,2.83,2.09,KnightsTale,"Most people by now have me Many people have paid much to get rid of me And many of the same have paid to get me I am constantly in your business and sometimes make things very easy Other times I am a pest and ruin most things I touch What am I?",I have been known to infest someone's house.,"A mouse! People call exterminators to get rid of them. People buy them for their computers.",Riddle,05/24/05 #34361,Word Swap #13,2.58,2.05,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. Rumors are __________ that the government is in financial difficulty. If things don't change soon, they will have to __________ several employees. 2. The sensitive topic of assessing city taxes __________ its ugly head again when a well-informed __________ wrote to the local paper and listed the waste of government dollars. 3. This was the __________ I had ever seen John's parents. They were so upset, they kept yelling, ""You three kids are the biggest __________ we've seen,"" over and over again.",No hint available.,"1. Rife, Fire 2. Reared, Reader 3. Angriest, Ingrates",Language,12/12/06 #49219,Tangent Circles,1.79,1.97,shenqiang,"Four circles are situated in the plane so that each is tangent to the other three. If three of the radii are 3, 4, and 5, what's the largest possible radius of the fourth circle?","It looks like a math teaser, but look at its category.","The four circles can be tangent to each other at the same point, therefore there is no upper bound to the radius of the fourth circle!",Trick,01/04/12 #42855,I Can Lead to a Cure,2.5100000000000002,2.27,aresII,"My 11, 4, 3, 6, 7 is a very thin pancake. My 6, 4, 7, 5, 11, 2 should be practiced. My 9, 4, 5, 11, 7 is an amount of evidence. My 6, 10, 1, 11, 2, 3, 4 can throw you a curve. My 11, 8, 4, 3 is to set. My whole can lead to a cure.",No hint available.,"THERAPEUTIC. Clue 1 = crepe. Clue 2 = preach. Clue 3 = trace. Clue 4 = pitcher. Clue 5 = cure.",Riddle,08/20/08 #32346,"1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4...",2.14,2.71,phrebh,"What are the next three numbers in this series? 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 6, 2, 6, ?, ?, ?",What is the prime difference?,"4, 2, 4 The series represents the differences between consecutive prime numbers, starting at 2: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47.",Series,08/08/06 #29500,Couch Potatoes,2.97,2.14,phrebh,"This logic grid is a little bit different from ones that we are used to seeing. It has two sets of clues. The harder set is listed below and an easier set is in the hint. There are five guys (Dewey, Cheatem, Howe, Hackneyed, and Jokendunnit) who have different favorite snacks (bacon botty, Grandma Utz potato chips, pecan log, topfenstrudel, and Vegemite), sit on different seats (Barcalounger, chaise, couch, Lay-Z-Boy, and slipper chair), and watch different things on TV (The A-Team, Family Guy, the Marx Brothers, The Simpsons, and the Three Stooges). Using the clues provided, can you determine who eats what snack while watching what show, and sitting in what seat? 1. The five programs are the Three Stooges, the one watched by Hackneyed, the one watched on the couch, the one watched while Grandma Utz chips are being eaten, and The A-Team. 2. Someone's seat, snack, and show all have letters that are rarely used in English, but are often used in Euclidean Geometry. 3. The five people are Jokendunnit, the one who eats pecan logs, the one who watches the Marx Brothers, Dewey, and the one who sits on a chaise lounge. 4. The owner of the barcalounger loves action shows, but hates Vegemite. 5. The five snacks are Vegemite, the one eaten on the Lay-Z-Boy, the one eaten while Family Guy is being watched, the one eaten by Howe, and topfenstrudel. 6. Dewey, who watches the Three Stooges, does not eat meat, but does like his slipper chair. 7. The five seats are the slipper chair, the one with bacon crumbs in it, the one Cheatem uses, the Barcalounger, and the one that The Simpsons is watched from. 8. The owner of the couch loves pecans, and snacks on them while watching The Simpsons.","1. Howe likes that The Simpsons has a weekly couch gag because he likes to watch from his couch. 2. Jokendunnit, who likes topfenstrudel, watches TV from his Barcalounger. 3. The slipper chair is covered with the same Vegemite crumbs as the Three Stooges DVD box set. 4. Hackneyed likes to watch Family Guy while eating a bacon botty. 5. Cheatem loves the nostalgic feelings that the flavor of Grandma Utz potato chips and the Marx Brothers bring him. 6. Grandma Utz chips and chaises do not go together.","Dewey eats Vegemite while watching the Three Stooges on his slipper chair. Cheatem eats Grandma Utz while watching the Marx Brothers on his Lay-Z-Boy. Howe eats pecan logs while watching The Simpsons on his couch. Hackneyed eats bacon botties while watching Family Guy on his Chaise. Jokendunnit eats topfenstrudel while watching The A-Team on his Barcalounger.",Logic-Grid,04/02/06 #35681,More Bombeckisms,2.58,2.49,aresII,"Here are some thoughts from Erma Bombeck, one of America's wittiest dispensers of common sense. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. B = H ""DBS XOY DRPSC R KOL BOLYAS. RD'C DBS WTTY DRPSC DBOD YIRUS PS KIOHN. MBSL RC DBS TDBSI CBTS WTRLW DT YITE?"" ""WVRAD RC O WRZD DBOD GSSEC TL WRURLW.""","O = A R = I W = G","""The bad times I can handle. It's the good times that drive me crazy. When is the other shoe going to drop?"" ""Guilt is a gift that keeps on giving."" Key: A = L B = H C = S D = T E = P G = K H = Z I = R K = C L = N M = W N = Y O = A P = M R = I S = E T = O U = V V = U W = G X = B Y = D Z = F",Cryptography,03/14/07 #29192,Who Likes Coffee?,2.52,2.04,lips,"Richard, Kev, and James like coffee, but Andrew, Anne and John don't. Does Simon like coffee?",No hint available.,"Yes, because there is an odd number of letters in the name.",Group,03/19/06 #11319,Family Pets,2.52,2.83,griphook,"MR. KIXS and his family have six pets. In deference to his wife ROSE who thinks water creatures are unlucky, he agreed not to keep any aquatic animals. Their only daughter VIOLET hates pigs. The family pets names are: MATIZE, WATCH, FISH, STAR, DAYS, and LATIN. QUESTION: What kind of pets do the family keep?","""They all have ears and legs,"" chorused Mr. Kixs, Rose and Violet.","DOGS. The names can all be preceded by ""DOG."" DOGmatize (to express strongly held opinions) DOGwatch (on a ship, the late afternoon or early evening watch) DOGfish ( a small,long-tailed shark) DOG Star ( the brightest star SIRIUS) DOG days ( the hottest days of summer) DOG Latin ( spurious Latin, especially a word that is falsely made to look or sound Latin for humorous effect) Dog Ears ( worn or well-thumb pages) DogLEG ( a sharp bend in a road, also a hole in golf in which the fairway has a gentle or sharp bend). KIXS reads K-9s(Canines) DOG Rose is a European wild rose. DOG Violet is a kind of violet flower with blue and yellow flowers.",Language,03/20/03 #42120,Strange Connection,2.37,2.86,V_Bapat,What is the connection between 567 and 854?,Think about the magic of 9.,"SQUARE(567) = 321489 SQUARE(854) = 729316 Both the equations use each of the digits 1 to 9 once each. These are the only two numbers with this property.",Math,06/02/08 #18949,A Tool of the Naughty?,2.53,2.15,dsquared,"My outer a tool of the naughty, well versed My inner, a part, for a shaker, immersed My whole in a bag easily transported With my mates, a popular bunch purported",If you 'slip' up on the way to the answer then you may actually be closer to it than you think... well at least the 'outer' anyway. I am certainly a very tasty answer that you should enjoy.,"I'm in most decent, fruit and veg stalls But try to limit the amount of my falls Or brown I will turn before I am due For I am simply a healthy banana it's true. Line 1.) Often the 'naughty' may use a banana skin (outer) as a trap Line 2.) Often bananas (the inner) can be used in a milk/thick shake therefore the shaker would immerse it in the shake Line 3.) Bananas are easily transported in a bag or pack given their make up and their very handy skin covering Line 4.) A group (mates meaning many) of bananas is known as a bunch and they seem a fairly popular food",Riddle,09/26/04 #34679,What Word 4,2.6,1.3,grungy49,"I have 6 letters. Letters 1-2-5-3-4 mean a sudden fright or alarm. Letters 4-5-3 mean a part of corn, wheat, etc. Letters 6-5-2-4 mean a weapon for attacking used chiefly in the Middle Ages. Letters 1-4-5-6 mean a part of a cricket ball. The whole word means to utter a loud, sharp, piercing cry.",No hint available.,"SCREAM SCARE EAR MACE SEAM",Language,01/01/07 #43843,American Presidents 15,2.07,2.33,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: Thomas Jefferson, James Garfield, Warren Harding, Ronald Reagan Group B: James Polk, Andrew Johnson, Benjamin Harrison, William Taft, John Kennedy, Richard Nixon",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A were elected to a first term in a year ending with 0 (zero). Thomas Jefferson was elected in 1800, James Garfield was elected in 1880, Warren Harding was elected in 1920, and Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980. Therefore, John Kennedy, who was elected in 1960, can be added to Group A.",Group,01/03/09 #5573,Three Digits,2.33,2.08,mad-ade,"Using the same digit three times, the number 24 can be made in different ways. One of the ways is 8 + 8 + 8. Find three other ways of using three digits (all the same) to make 24.",No hint available.,"22 + 2 3^3 - 3 9 x sqrt(9) - sqrt(9)",Math,07/14/02 #2400,Halfsies,1.83,1.34,Mad-ade,What is a half times a half?,Try it on a calculator.,A quarter.,Math,02/23/02 #17105,All That Glitters,2.91,1.84,tangerine,"A simple riddle you behold, All that glitters is not gold. My first is second in line, I'll send shivers up your spine. Though I'm not quite shining bright, I seem to glitter in the light. What am I?",No hint available.,"Ice, of course! My first letter, 'I', is the second letter in the word, 'LINE'. In daylight, ice seems to glitter. =)",Riddle,03/21/04 #18624,Mad Ade's Grid,2.17,2.0,mad-ade,"Mad Ade drew a grid on a piece of graph paper. It was 5 inches by 5 inches, and the grid is made up of 1 inch squares. How many squares in total could be found in his picture?",No hint available.,"There are 55 squares in a 5 by 5 grid. There are 25 squares of one grid. There are 16 squares of four grids i.e. 2 by 2 There are 9 squares of nine grids i.e. 3 by 3 There are 4 squares of sixteen grids i.e. 4 by 4 There is 1 square of twenty five girds i.e. 5 by 5 Hence, there are total 25 + 16 + 9 + 4 + 1 = 55 squares.",Other,08/29/04 #7966,Reverse Inserts,2.34,2.67,snaps,"What two words when inserted in reverse into the spaces of the following words produce two different words with similar meanings? co _ _ _ _ ting co _ _ _ ting",Both inserts contain the same double letters.,CELL (coLLECting) and ALL (coLLAting),Language,10/09/02 #42504,The Birthday Party,2.71,1.0,j279,"Four friends have been invited to a birthday party. Using the clues below, can you determine which friend brought which present and in what color paper it was wrapped? Friends: Allison, Betty, Christine, Diana Presents: stationery, a CD, a book, a necklace Colors of wrapping paper: red, yellow, green, blue Clues: 1. Betty doesn't like to read and therefore doesn't buy books. She knew that the birthday girl's favorite color was red, so she chose that color to wrap her gift. 2. When the girl who bought the CD went to the store to buy wrapping paper, the only color they had was green. 3. The people invited to the party were Christine, the girl who brought the present that was wrapped in yellow, the girl who bought the necklace, and the girl who used green paper. 4. Diana knew that the birthday girl had family who lived out of town. She bought stationery so that her friend could keep in touch with them.",No hint available.,"The present that Allison brought was the CD, and it was wrapped in green paper. Betty brought the necklace, which was wrapped in red paper. Christine's present was the book, which was wrapped in blue paper. Diana brought the stationery, and it was wrapped in yellow paper.",Logic-Grid,07/15/08 #51863,Circumfrequine,2.71,2.07,Snowdog,"My first is how you feel on a day that's happy and bright. My second forms a landscape of stones, black and white. My third, a song like ""Row Your Boat"", but not like ""Silent Night"". My whole will take you nowhere, but fill you with delight. What am I?",Some may get the answer just from the title.,"Merry-go-round. Go is a game where black and white stones are placed on a grid. ""Row Your Boat"" is sung in a round.",Riddle,05/22/18 #14970,Musical Interlude,2.31,2.45,MrIxolite,"What famous piece of music is represented below? Inheritor ggggggg",No hint available.,"Air on a G string by J.S Bach or Heir (inheritor) on a string of Gs",Rebus,10/02/03 #14948,100 = S in the U S S,2.39,1.76,beanie89,100 = S in the U S S,No hint available.,100 Senators in the United States Senate.,Letter-Equations,09/30/03 #24132,Guess the Word,3.11,1.3800000000000001,jinzcarmela,"This word has 10 letters namely 1234567890 1234 - carries heredity 456 - is a period of time 567 - is a pest and 890 - is a charged particle What is the word?",No hint available.,"GENERATION 1234 carries heredity - gene 456 - is a period of time - era 567- is a pest - rat 890 is a charged particle - ion",Language,06/29/05 #6287,Quality,2.17,1.59,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? QUALITY<-- quality quality quality quality",No hint available.,High quality!,Rebus,08/07/02 #35051,Litmus Name,2.72,2.36,cnmne,"Justin was in his sophomore year in college, pulling a double major in chemistry and baseballogy. For his final research paper for the year, he needed to visit the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The reason for the trip was that, during his preliminary research of hall inductees, he had come across a baseball player whose name had a certain chemical property. Justin decided that he needed to test a theory. Armed with litmus paper, he went to Cooperstown. He toured the site until he came to that player's kiosk. Justin took out his litmus paper and placed it on the player's name. In great anticipation, he waited for the paper to turn blue. To his disappointment, the paper did not change color. Upon returning to campus, Justin decided that his double major was worthless. He immediately dropped chemistry and concentrated all of his efforts into becoming the world's preeminent baseballogist. What Hall of Fame baseball player has a name that Justin thought would turn the litmus paper blue?",No hint available.,"The player is Al Kaline, whose first and last names spell ""alkaline"". The key clue is the use of litmus paper, which is used to determine if a substance is an acid or an alkali (base). Justin expected the paper to turn blue, which would indicate an alkaline substance. Al Kaline played for the Detroit Tigers from 1953 through 1974, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1980.",Trivia,01/26/07 #17584,False Ticket,2.77,1.42,yelli177,"A man parks his car and gets out. He heads into the bank. While in the bank he holds up 25 people and walks out with $200. While walking back to his car a policeman stops him and gives him a warning. Why did the man receive only a warning?",No hint available.,"The man parked his car in the street, holding up the traffic, and the police warned him about it. No one said he robbed the bank.",Trick,05/08/04 #29698,Can I Take Your Order?,2.97,2.22,peppamintp,"Pep the waitress had a colorful first day at the Fritter Fry. After the lunchtime rush, the manager took her aside and said, ""maybe we could switch you to the scrambled eggs department."" Pep had scrambled all the orders. She had five tables with two people at each table, and in each case they both ordered the same meal, but this didn't seem to help Pep. From the information given, determine what the pair at each table ordered for meat (one ordered lamb), vegetables, and potatoes (one ordered them sauteed). 1. The father of the child who ordered fish and peas sent back the baked potatoes that Pep brought by mistake. 2. The married couple had to ask twice for their mushrooms. At another table, the correct order of salad and mashed potatoes arrived only after a series of errors. 3. One customer complained when her broiled chicken arrived without her order of french fries. 4. A woman sent for the manager after waiting half an hour for her pork and corn. 5. Pep remembered the man who had ordered the beef and beans, but forgot which woman had ordered boiled potatoes for herself and her grown companion.",No hint available.,"Man & woman, chicken, mushrooms, french fries. 2 men, beef, beans, baked potatoes. 2 women, pork corn boiled potatoes. Man & child, fish, peas, sauteed potatoes. Woman & child, lamb, salad, mashed potatoes.",Logic-Grid,04/11/06 #1838,Three Errors,2.73,1.15,missie,"There is three errers in this sentence. Can you find them?",No hint available.,"1. Errors is spelled incorrectly. 2. Is should be Are. 3. There are only two errors.",Other,12/23/01 #32444,Good Exercise,2.5,2.38,TheRiddler1024,"1,860 = the N of S to the T of the E S B",No hint available.,"1,860 = the Number of Steps to the Top of the Empire State Building",Letter-Equations,08/14/06 #41309,A Good Read,2.73,1.8,Scubee,"Letters have nourished me, but I know not what letters are. I have lived in books, but I am no more studious thereby. I have devoured many, and I have made little progress myself. What am I?",Think small.,"A bookworm. Bookworm is a generalized term used to describe many types of insects that can damage books. Most are actually feeding on molds and other organic matter found in the books.",Riddle,04/01/08 #4482,No Legs,2.27,1.18,odcsurferchick,"A man is walking down a street in Richmond. He sees a sign out of a store window that says ""Get a dog with no legs for only $233."" What did the sign mean?",Is there something missing?,"The ""dog with no legs"" was a hot dog. The man/woman that put the sign out forgot to put the decimal point before the 33. It would look like this: Get a dog with no legs for only $2.33.""",Logic,06/07/02 #31912,Quotes By Oscar Wilde,2.65,2.32,Psychic_Master,"Can you decode these 3 quotes by the hilarious Oscar Wilde? WDZWMN UKFTQXR MKVF RJRLQRN - JKSYQJT WJJKMN SYRL NK LVEY. W DQSSDR NQJERFQSM QN W IWJTRFKVN SYQJT, WJI W TFRWS IRWD KU QS QN WONKDVSRDM UWSWD. W HRNNQLQNS QN KJR ZYK, ZYRJ YR YWN W EYKQER KU SZK RXQDN, EYKKNRN OKSY.","A=W E=R I=Q O=K U=V","""Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much."" ""A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."" ""A pessimist is one who, when he has a choice of two evils, chooses both."" Normal letter = cryptography letter A=W B=O C=E D=I E=R F=U G=T H=Y I=Q J=P K=A L=D M=L N=J O=K P=H Q=G R=F S=N T=S U=V V=X W=Z X=C Y=M Z=B",Cryptography,07/20/06 #15502,Mad Ade's Funky Fractions 5,2.37,1.65,mad-ade,"The idea of this teaser is to split the given words into the relevant fractions and then add the two fractions of words into one single word, once you have worked out which fraction of the word you need. For example 3/5 of Green and 1/2 of Neat would be Great. 3/5 of green =Gre 1/2 of Neat= at gre+at= Great The first part of the fraction in the teaser will be in the first part of the finished word and all letters are used in the correct order with no skipping of letters, i.e. 2/5 of Green cannot be GE because it skips the letter R, but it could be EE. 1. 3/7 of garbage + 3/8 of struggle 2. 3/4 of mean + all of sure 3. all of one + half of wondrous 4. 3/4 of with + 4/7 of sadness 5. 3/5 of newly + a third of eat",No hint available.,"1, gargle 2. measure 3. onerous 4. witness 5. newt",Language,11/22/03 #17640,Magic,2.68,1.91,MrIxolite,"What saying is represented below? ""Sawing the lady in half"" Exam - Rover passed as a puppy ""Pulling a rabbit out of the hat"" Exam - Rover passed aged 4 ""Making the Statue of Liberty Disappear"" Exam - Rover failed aged 12",No hint available.,"You can't teach an old dog new tricks. Chronologically, the magic trick of making the Statue of Liberty disappear is a newer trick than the traditional sawing of the lady in half and the production of rabbits from formal headwear.",Rebus,05/15/04 #757,Bug on the Plate,2.28,0.76,beans,"A man was eating at a restaurant. When his food came, his waitress told him that they had run out of their usual fancy dinner plates and had to serve him their only plain dish. The man did not object, but there was a bug on his food. His waitress took it away and said she would bring him a new plate with new food. When she came back the man knew she had only tossed off the bug. How?",Read again...slower,"His waitress had told him she served him their only plain dish. When she brought his ""new food"", it was on the same dish.",Mystery,08/09/01 #27187,Looney Tunes Characters Part II,2.86,1.9000000000000001,froggygg,"Everyone knows and loves Looney Tunes Characters, so I have created a little challenge to test your knowledge of the many characters created over the years. Can you figure out the characters represented by each clue below? Good luck and have fun reminiscing about all these memorable characters! 1. A warning sound to ships during hazy, blurry weather + a human limb used for walking or standing + the pommel of a saddle 2. Trickery, cunning, craftiness or deception + E + a wolflike North American animal common in the U.S. 3. Another name for a street, thoroughfare, highway or lane + one who participates in a sprint or fast paced foot race 4. The name of a river located in Western Siberia + hair on the back of a horse's neck + E + can without the c + another name for the Prince of Darkness 5. Female chicken that lays eggs + sounds like hurry without the h + a raptor bird of prey 6. A plant with funnel-shaped, fragrant flowers in shades of red, purple and white + the other white meat 7. Grand minus the d + the joint between the thigh and lower leg 8. The joint between the thigh bone and the pelvis + word describing a family cat or dog + E + to jump up and down on one foot + er 9. To act silly, foolish or daffy + red means stop, green means ___ + fluffy hair like covering on an animal + S 10. The horizontal part at the bottom of a window frame + rhymes with west + to mix with a spoon + not Sr. but ____",No hint available.,"1. Foghorn Leghorn (foghorn + leg + horn) 2. Wiley E. Coyote (wile + E + coyote) 3. Road Runner (road + runner) 4. Tazmanian Devil (Taz + main + E + an + devil) 5. Henery Hawk (hen + urry + hawk) 6. Petunia Pig (petunia + pig) 7. Granny (gran + knee) 8. Hippety Hopper (hip + pet + E + hop + er) 9. Goofy Gophers (goofy + go + fur + s) 10. Sylvester, Jr. (sill + vest + stir + jr.)",Language,11/27/05 #19048,Romankachi Goodies !!!,2.23,1.98,lesternoronha1,"Last week, I'd been to the famous Romankachi cookie store ""Cookie World"" and found that there were three types of cookies to my liking - kachie costing $11 each, chococook costing $7 each and peacon costing $8 each. I had spent any amount between $45 and $50 (Both values inclusive). In how many ways could I have purchased the items, if I wanted to purchase at least one of each type of cookie ?",No hint available.,"There are 6 ways. Since it is given that one item each has to be definitely bought, the minimum amount spent by me was $11 + $7 + $8 = $26. Using this minimum amount I should have bought at least one kachie, one chococook and one peacon cookies. Since my total expenditure was $45 to $50, the extra amount I still have to spend (after having spent the minimum amount of $26) is $19 to $24, both $45 and $50 inclusive. This extra amount can be spent in 6 possible ways as shown below :- 1) 2*11 = $22 (two kachie cookies). 2) 1*11 + 1*8 = $19 (one kachie cookie and one peacon cookie). 3) 2*7 + 1*8 = $22 (two chococook cookies and one peacon cookie). 4) 2*8 + 1*7 = $23 (two peacon cookies and one chococook cookie). 5) 7*3 = $21 (three chococook cookies) 6) 8*3 = $24 (three peacon cookies). Hence there are six ways of spending the extra amount.",Logic,10/05/04 #226,The Wave,2.07,2.3,trojan5x,"A man stands by the ocean and reads a book. He sees a wave begin to form, but no matter how bad the wind gets or how fast a boat goes by, the wave never changes. How?",No hint available.,The man is looking at a sine wave in his math book.,Trick,02/02/01 #1972,10 P in C,2.27,2.37,swanhillsguy,10 P in C,No hint available.,10 Provinces in Canada,Letter-Equations,01/06/02 #16153,Passengers on the Train,2.69,0.99,DEskjet2187,"You are driving a train. There are 1,002 people on the train. In Topeka 213 people get off and 194 get on. In Witchita 118 people get off and 46 get on. In Missouri 298 people get off and 7 get on. In Washington 341 get off and 357 get on. Finally, you reach the final destination in New York. After the passenger exchange, you verify the number of passengers left on the train. How many are there?",No hint available.,None. When you reach your final destination everyone has to get off the train.,Trick,01/13/04 #20531,Family Dinner,2.79,1.12,kellgo,"The Logic Family (Dad, Mom, their children Charlie and Susan, and Uncle Robert) went out for dinner to their favorite restaurant. Each person ordered something different (cheese sandwich, chicken tenders, hamburger, steak, and a fruit salad). Figure out who ordered what and in what order from the information provided below. The 4th person ordered steak. Uncle Robert didn't order his meaty dinner first. ""Girls/ladies first,"" said the waiter. Both men ordered meat. Dad ordered before Uncle Robert but not before Mom. The fruit salad was ordered second. Susan is lactose intolerant. Charlie took the longest to figure out what he wanted to order. The steak was ordered before the grilled cheese but after the hamburger. The fruit salad was ordered after the chicken tenders but before the hamburger. Dad heard one of his children order the chicken tenders and placed his order for the hamburger before someone ordered the cheese sandwich.",No hint available.,"Dad.... Hamburger.... 3rd Uncle Robert.... Steak.... 4th Mom..... Fruit Salad.... 2nd Charlie.... Cheese Sandwich.... 5th Susan.... Chicken Tenders..... 1st",Logic-Grid,01/21/05 #31698,Stringing You Along,2.77,2.19,jazzmusician46,"This creature is odd and sings through its sides. Its neck is curved, skillfully carved, and above its back it has pointed shoulders. It plays its fated part gracefully. It stands high and handsome and sings ever so sweetly.",No hint available.,A harp.,Riddle,07/11/06 #30072,Compounds X,2.77,2.67,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. TOTRABM _ O _ _ _ O _ _ _ 2. RIDBM _ A _ _ _ A _ 3. RONUPI _ _ T _ _ _ _ T 4. NOLOSD _ _ W _ _ _ _ W 5. ESIHTAH W _ _ _ W _ _ _ _ 6. CADOSOBE _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ R _ 7. BADLRHCN _ _ _ I _ _ _ I _ _ 8. BAXDHSW _ _ _ _ O _ _ O _ 9. HTECGOCS _ _ A _ _ _ _ A _ _",No hint available.,"1. MOTORBOAT 2. BARMAID 3. PRINTOUT 4. SLOWDOWN 5. WHITEWASH 6. SCOREBOARD 7. BRAINCHILD 8. SHADOWBOX 9. STAGECOACH",Language,04/26/06 #1295,B A C B D C E D F ?,2.33,1.55,gokaran,"Which letter comes next in this series of letters? B A C B D C E D F ?",No hint available.,E. Alternate letters increase by one.,Series,11/05/01 #49266,OIZEA,2.38,2.49,CosminBotoc,"What are the next letters in this series? O, I, Z, E, A, S, G, ...","hint 1: count from 0 to 9 hint 2: there are only 3 letters left","The answer: T, B, P, because: O looks like 0 I looks like 1 Z looks like 2 E looks like 3 A looks like 4 S looks like 5 G looks like 6 T looks like 7 B looks like 8 P looks like 9",Series,01/26/12 #980,Oranges,2.43,1.2,Michelle,"Joe bought a bag of oranges on Monday, and ate a third of them. On Tuesday he ate half of the remaining oranges. On Wednesday he looked in the bag to find he only had two oranges left. How many oranges were originally in the bag?",No hint available.,"He had 6 oranges to start with, and ate 2 the first day and 2 the second day.",Math,10/05/01 #1832,Common Word,2.54,1.6300000000000001,missie,"What common word contains two Es, one W, one M, one C, one L, and one other vowel?",No hint available.,WELCOME.,Language,12/23/01 #28778,Taking a Test,2.58,1.56,fishmed,Robert took a test of 20 questions. The test was graded by giving 10 points for each correct answer and deducting 5 points for each incorrect answer. Robert answered all 20 questions and received a score of 125. How many wrong answers did he have?,No hint available.,"He had 5 wrong answers. If he had answered all 20 questions correctly, he would have scored 200. Since he scored 125, this means he lost 75 points. We must deduct 15 points for each wrong answer; 10 points that he did not earn for getting it right, plus the 5 points that are deducted for the answer being wrong. 75 lost points divided by 15 equals 5 wrong answers.",Math,02/24/06 #27032,What Animal,2.67,1.55,medster99,"What has the body of a male human, the eyes of a deer, the legs of a rabbit, and says ""moo""?",This is in the trick section.,"A male human, a deer, a rabbit, and a cow.",Trick,11/19/05 #24389,Pale Hare,2.08,2.87,cnmne,"According to this rebus, what does the indicated (<<<<<) entry represent? 1st) George, USS Monitor 2nd) John, SS Titanic 3rd) Thomas, Spirit of Saint Louis <<<<< 4th) James, Sputnik 5th) James, Apollo 11 6th) John, Skylab",No hint available.,"Jefferson Airplane (the list is the first names of the first six presidents of the United States, Thomas Jefferson being the third; the Spirit of Saint Louis is the name of the airplane flown by Charles Lindbergh when he made the first solo trans-Atlantic airplane flight in 1927), musical group",Rebus,07/09/05 #12014,Little Tiddlers Count,2.26,1.78,didge53s,8 F and 2 T on 2 H,No hint available.,8 Fingers and 2 Thumbs on 2 Hands,Letter-Equations,04/24/03 #9833,Soldiers Line Up,2.96,2.25,lesternoronha1,"Soldiers line up spaced with pride, Two long rows lined side by side. One sole unit can decide, If the rows will unite or divide. Tell me, tell me, scream it out. What's the thing I talk about?",No hint available.,A Zipper,Riddle,01/16/03 #3261,Eternally Joined,2.96,2.25,PeaceJo,"With pointed fangs I sit and wait, With piercing force I dole out fate, Over bloodless victims proclaiming my might, Eternally joining in a single bite. What am I?",No hint available.,A Stapler,Riddle,04/05/02 #49357,Begin Or End 1,2.53,1.6,MarcM1098,"Several clues are given below. Each answer will either begin or end with the same three letters. 1. Type of grain 2. Lower spine 3. Cylindrical container 4. Trade without money 5. Secondary discussion 6. An artistic style 7. Prying tool 8. Roast outdoors 9. Type of moustache 10. Measures pressure",The common letters are BAR.,"1. Barley 2. Lumbar 3. Barrel 4. Barter 5. Sidebar 6. Baroque 7. Crowbar 8. Barbecue 9. Handlebar 10. Barometer",Language,03/13/12 #769,Three Boys,2.65,2.29,peterbradfor,"Two mathematicians, who are old friends, meet in the street. Alan: Hi, Bill. I hear you just adopted three boys. How old are they? Bill: If you multiply their ages together you get 36. Alan: I can't work it out from that. Bill: Well, if you add their ages together, you get the number of the house you used to live in when you lived in Salisbury. Alan: Hmm, I still can't work it out. Bill: Well, the eldest boy plays the harpsichord. Alan: Ah! Now I know. How did Alan work out the ages of the three boys, and what are their ages?","Look at all the combinations of ages that give 36 when multiplied together - there's not as many as you might think. Even though WE don't know the number of Bill's old house, presumably he and Alan do.","Their ages are 9, 2 and 2. There are eight possible combinations that have a product of 36. Each combination has a unique sum, except for two; 6,6 and 1, and 9, 2 and 2. They both add up to 13. Since Alan still couldn't solve the problem even after being effectively told what the sum was, we must assume the number of the house was indeed 13. Being told the ELDEST plays the harpsichord tells us there IS an eldest, so the combination must be 9, 2 and 2.",Other,11/01/01 #1397,24 C of S = 1 C of S,2.19,2.13,mrice,24 C of S = 1 C of S,Think beverage distribution,24 Cans of Soda= 1 Case of Soda,Letter-Equations,11/14/01 #49107,Getting a Pet,2.27,0.31,juggler314,"Three people bought a pet one day. Their names were Zach, Rachel, and Hubert. The animals they bought were a snake, a parrot, and a guinea pig. They bought their pets for $100, $50, and $25. Can you find out which person bought which animal for which amount of money using these clues? 1. Zach is allergic to birds. 2. Hubert couldn't get the $100 pet, so he bought the snake. 3. Rachel saved $10 a week for ten weeks in order to get her pet. 4. The mammal was $25.",No hint available.,"Zach - Guinea Pig - $25 Rachel - Parrot - $100 Hubert - Snake - $50",Logic-Grid,10/24/11 #36058,An Angling Pastime,2.74,2.43,aresII,"In the following stream of words are concealed eighteen fish. How many can you land? This is how you catch them. The words ""Mack ere long"" conceal the word ""Mackerel,"" and the fish ""cod"" will be caught in the words ""tobacco, Dick."" Now see if you can land the remaining sixteen. ""I expect Dick and Mack ere long - they are coming to supper, Charles,"" said Mr. Wilkins, walking to and fro. ""A cheerful fellow is Dick - never melancholy or sombre among his friends, but as bright as his prattling child. He is in that tram-car, perhaps, though he does not often choose that manner of travelling."" Dick soon arrived, and another ring at the bell brought Mack,who had a certain solemn air. He is reading for the Bar, believing that he has forensic power, though he really does not possess a whit. In golf he distinguished himself, but, if we take his word, fishing is his great point. Dick is very popular at routs and balls, and has such ubiquitous habits. ""Have some tobacco, Dick,"" said Mr. Wilkins, ""or a piece of this cake, which has almonds in it.""",No hint available.,"In addition to the two examples given, it is possible to land the following sixteen fish in order: perch, roach, bream, sprat, ling, carp, tench, herring, dace, sole, barbel, whiting, trout, chub, and salmon. ""I expect Dick and Mack ere long - they are coming to sup(per, Ch)arles,"" said Mr. Wilkins, walking to and f(ro. ""A ch)eerful fellow is Dick - never melancholy or som(bre am)ong his friends, but as bright as hi(s prat)t(ling) child. He is in that tram-(car, p)erhaps, though he does not of(ten ch)oose that manner of travelling."" Dick soon arrived, and anot(her ring) at the bell brought Mack,who ha(d a ce)rtain (sole)mn air. He is reading for the (Bar, bel)ieving that he has forensic power, though he really does not possess a (whit. In g)olf he distinguished himself, but, if we take his word, fishing is his great point. Dick is very popular a(t rout)s and balls, and has su(ch ub)iquitous habits. ""Have some tobacco, Dick,"" said Mr. Wilkins, ""or a piece of this cake, which ha(s almon)ds in it.""",Language,04/05/07 #25312,Wild Daughters Clone Dogs,2.57,2.67,froghop833,"The 3-word name of a famous poet, mathematician, and children's author can be anagrammed into the following sentence: WILD DAUGHTERS CLONE DOGS. He was better known by his pen name (two words), which can be anagrammed into this sentence: LORE WILL SCAR. Who was this person?",No hint available.,"Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who was better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll",Language,08/14/05 #36166,Magic IX,2.08,2.71,beatlesgirl,"3 = G S in ""T H of N D"" (H, V, & L)","""God Help The Outcasts""","3 = Gargoyle Statues in ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"" (Hugo, Victor, and Laverne)",Letter-Equations,04/11/07 #10182,NIGHT,2.6,1.98,skaven,"IT IGT NIGT NIGHT",No hint available.,Make a night of it.,Rebus,02/02/03 #35236,Slice & Splice 7,2.26,2.26,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: BEG, CUR, HOT, RUE, STY, TEE Group B: B*****, **E***, **G***",No hint available.,"The Group B words are dairy products. BUTTER, CHEESE, YOGURT",Language,02/08/07 #3967,Land Time,2.16,1.17,piffle,"Can you solve this rebus? Land Time",No hint available.,Land Before Time,Rebus,05/08/02 #12942,I TALL,2.82,1.54,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented in the following Rebus? ITALL STALL STALE STASE SEASE SENSE",No hint available.,"Making sense of it all. Starting with ITALL , I change a letter each time to make SENSE.",Rebus,06/05/03 #31170,We Share,2.63,2.81,froggygg,"I wander about the land, never settling permanently in one place. An unconventional way of life I live, at my own pace. In my time, I struggled with a notorious and controlling mama flower. And bloomed when you let me entertain you in my finest hour. With the help of a small rodent who will point the way, My system was the first to assist you with records and instruments throughout your day. Although you might think I am harmless as I flit from here to there, I can strip and weaken giants of their green covering, which they may wear. When I am done, I leave behind a path of destruction and barren despair. I was given by a famous dame with raven hair and beautiful violet eyes, To an eccentric king who is known for telling you to beat it and often wears a disguise. I can appear quite robotic in a mysterious and scientific realm and view, And am quite the hostess during movie intermissions for which I was created to do. My final clue is that of a short lived charter member who fought for justice in a league. I am very good at blending in which adds to my intrigue. If you have solved each of the clues I have given without err, Tell me now; what is the name that we all share?",There are many different forms of me.,"I am a nomad, a system and a moth you see, An elephant, a robot and a comics super heroine; that's me. My name is quite clear you must agree, I am all the above for I am a Gypsy! Per Dictionary: Gypsy: One inclined to a nomadic, unconventional way of life. Gypsy Rose Lee, the famous striptease artist, struggled with her mother, Mama Rose, whose name has become synonymous with ""the ultimate show business mother."" The musical Gypsy: A Musical Fable was based on her memoirs and contained many songs that became popular standards, including ""Let Me Entertain You."" Gypsy was the first modern document preparation system, using the modern style of graphical user interface (in which the mouse was used to initiate commands), and would be familiar to any user of a modern personal computer. Per Thesaurus, records and instruments are listed as documents. In North America the European Gypsy moth has spread through the NE United States and adjacent parts of Canada, West to Wisconsin and South to North Carolina. The Asian variety has begun to damage areas of the Pacific Northwest. Gypsy moths defoliate millions of acres of trees in the United States yearly; repeated infestations weaken and kill the trees. Michael Jackson is known as the King of Pop. In 1983 his hit ""Beat It"" reached #1 on the U.S. Singles Pop Chart. He is also known for his eccentric life style. Gypsy is the name of the elephant given to Michael Jackson from Elizabeth Taylor. He named the elephant, Gypsy, after what Elizabeth Taylor was wearing. Elizabeth Taylor received the title ""Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire"" by Queen Elizabeth in 1999, and may now be addressed as ""Dame Elizabeth."" Gypsy is one of the robot characters on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. Gypsy normally only appeared during the host segments part of the series, but once took a seat in the theater to watch one of the movies. Gypsy was first introduced during the ""Justice League Detroit"" era in the 1980s, which also included such characters as Vibe, Vixen, Martian Manhunter, and Elongated Man. She was created to cash in on the look of pop star Cyndi Lauper, which was popular at the time. She was also a charter member of The Justice League Task Force and the first incarnation of the short-lived Conglomerate. Gypsy will become an official member of the Birds of Prey during the One Year Later event. She has chameleon abilities, which enable her to blend into her background. Note: There are other things that share the name ""Gypsy"" which have not been listed.",Riddle,06/17/06 #6159,Bridge Water,2.13,1.21,michelle,"What does this mean? bridge water",No hint available.,Water under the bridge,Rebus,08/01/02 #28575,Dead Man with a Ring,2.56,1.97,solarsistim321,"A man is lying in the middle of a field, dead. He has a ring in his hand. How did he die?",Think of what the ring might be and how it could kill him.,It is the ring to a grenade and it had blown up because he had pulled it.,Situation,02/11/06 #30858,Your Very Own Empire,3.15,3.07,AwwwSweet,"You thank the last person as they step outside, ""It's been a lovely evening, drive safely!"" You wait in the doorway to see them off, waving as the car begins to pull away. Closing the door, you breathe a tired sigh. You stroll into the living room before it finally hits you. After weeks of discussions and the purchase of a 5-story building downtown, you are finally the proud owner of your very own clothing empire! You've just closed negotiations with 5 designers who have started their own small companies, but haven't been able to hit it big yet. Aside from settling on a salary for each of them, you also agreed to hire the employees they already have. This is indeed a wonderful moment for you! ""YES,"" you yell enthusiastically! Startled, your cat jumps sideways off the couch, landing on the coffee table and knocking a glass of wine all over your papers. Your delight quickly turns to horror as you realize what your precious (and soon-to-die) tabby has just done. You dash into the kitchen for some napkins but it's too late; half of your papers are already ruined. You can't believe it. You just spent all night sorting out the details, and you would really prefer to not have another 8 hour evening with those crazy designers! Besides, they might try to change their salaries. With the information you have left, can you figure out what salary you agreed on with each designer, which item they design, how many employees they have, and on which floor of your new building they will be located? Designers: Aimee, Claude, Darla, Evan, Faye Items: Purses, Pants, Skirts, Shoes, Tops Floors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Number of Employees: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Salary: 133k, 138k, 141k, 146k, 152k 1. The salary of the person designing pants is more than Darla, but less than the designer on the 2nd floor. 2. The five unique designers are: Faye, the one designing purses, the one on the 5th floor, the one whose salary is 146k, and the one with 5 employees. 3. Only 15 employees will work above the 3rd floor. 4. The shoe designer does not have the lowest salary, despite having the fewest employees. 5. The sum of the numbers in one designer's salary is also their total number of employees. 6. The salary of the designer on the 3rd floor is 138k. 7. The five different floors are: the floor with 9 employees, the floor of the 133k salary, the floor Aimee is on, the 2nd floor, and the floor where the tops are designed. 8. The designer on the 1st floor has the same number of employees as letters in their name. 9. The purse designer has the most employees, but she doesn't have the highest salary. 10. You remember that Faye really likes purses, but that has nothing to do with this puzzle.",No hint available.,"Aimee: Pants, 5th Floor, 8 employees, 141k Claude: Tops, 1st Floor, 6 employees, 146k Darla: Purses, 3rd Floor, 9 employees, 138k Evan: Shoes, 2nd Floor, 5 employees, 152k Faye: Skirts, 4th Floor, 7 employees, 133k",Logic-Grid,06/03/06 #3797,Six Kings,2.62,2.0,bluebon01,Six kings can be converted into what other word?,Think numerals,VI kings = vikings,Language,04/28/02 #25873,Born of War,2.15,2.7,cnmne,42 = O M of the L of N,No hint available.,42 = Original Members of the League of Nations,Letter-Equations,09/11/05 #1702,5 Little Items,2.5100000000000002,1.8800000000000001,gokaran,"We're 5 little items of an everyday sort, you'll find us all in a tennis court. What are we?",No hint available.,The vowels in order (A tEnnIs cOUrt).,Riddle,12/13/01 #21236,5 Books,2.8,1.73,cdrock,"My best friend just left the room and told me not to touch his books, but I wanted the book back that I have let him borrow. Not remembering which color book was mine I took them all off the shelf. The problem is I only remember a few things about the order of them and I can't seem to remember which one was mine. I heard my friend walking back down the hall so I have to think quick. From the information I remember about the books, can you figure out the order of the books and which one is mine? 1. The blue book is not next to the green book, and two books away from the book I let him borrow. (one book in between) 2. The yellow book is next to the blue book, but not the red book. 3. The red book is the only book that isn't three books away from any other books (2 books in between). 4. The yellow book is somewhere to the left of the green book. 5. The green book is somewhere to the left of the purple book.",No hint available.,"From (3), the red book must be in the middle. The yellow book cannot be to the right of the red book, as both the green and purple books must be to its right (4,5). Nor can yellow be next to red (2), so it is in the first position. From (2), blue must be in the second position. From (5) green and purple must be in position 4 and 5, respectively. The books are therefore in this order: yellow, blue, red, green, purple From (1), my book is green.",Logic,02/26/05 #43765,Three Word Phrases,2.87,1.35,Psychic_Master,"The following are five pairs of words. Each word in each pair has a rhyming word which, when put together using ""and"" forms popular English phrases. E.g. rack, bite = black and white 1. Sins, doubts 2. Drum, flow 3. Kites, songs 4. Sack, north 5. Bride, rested","1. Details of a situation 2. Arrive and depart 3. Ethics of something 4. Backward and forward 5. Known to work","1. Ins and outs 2. Come and go 3. Rights and wrongs 4. Back and forth 5. Tried and tested",Language,12/22/08 #27720,Triples 2,2.7600000000000002,1.8900000000000001,bigSWAFF_69_,"A Triple is a Series with 6 sets, each with 3 numbers apiece. The relationship between the first two numbers is the same throughout all of the sets, and the relationship between the last two numbers is also the same, however, it is different than the first relationship. Try to find the missing numbers: 2 3 7 3 5 11 4 7 15 5 _ __ _ 11 __ _ __ 27",No hint available.,"2 3 7 3 5 11 4 7 15 5 9 19 6 11 23 7 13 27 Relationship for first two numbers: double it, subtract 1 (2 doubled =4, 4-1=3 Relationship for last two numbers: double it, add 1 (3 doubled =6, 6+1=7)",Series,12/27/05 #38235,If Not a Nickel,2.33,1.31,Xpurrt,Your friend has two coins in his hand. He says he will give them to you if you can find out what type of coins they are. He tells you that they add up to thirty cents. Neither of them is a nickle. What are they?,Watch spelling.,"A nickle is a bird. A nickel is a coin. One is a quarter and the other is a nickel.",Trick,09/10/07 #6594,Closest in Meaning,2.37,1.19,Cascas,"Which of the following proverbs is closest in meaning to the saying, ""Birds of a feather, flock together.""? ""One swallow doesn't make a summer."" ""A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."" ""A man is known by the company he keeps."" ""Fine feathers make fine birds."" ""Don't judge a book by its cover.""",No hint available.,"""A man is known by the company he keeps.""",Language,08/16/02 #18047,Casino,2.67,2.2,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? This year's play: Casino The Parts available: ""Croupier"": Audition on Monday ""Roulette wheel"": Audition on Tuesday ""Deck of cards"": Audition on Wednesday ""Die"" will be played by MrIxolite ""Chips"" : Audition on Friday",No hint available.,The die has been cast,Rebus,06/28/04 #13592,Wine Bottles,2.96,2.15,LoonyAx,"In a land far away, a kingdom was famed for its wine. In one month, the king was scheduled to throw a huge banquet in honor of his birthday. Unfortunately, the king had many enemies. One day, about a month prior to the banquet, he went down to the wine cellar and found a spy poisoning one of the wine bottles. Unfortunately, the king did not notice which of the bottles was poisoned. The spy was interrogated and questioned, but refused to answer. He said that since they didn't know which bottle was poisoned, they were all rendered useless. Since they couldn't get anything out of him, they killed the spy for his treachery. Before he died, however, the spy did tell them a few things about this particular poison: 1.) The poison is so strong that any amount of dilution will have no effect on it, so if they tried to dilute the wines, it would still be poisonous. 2.) The poison would take 1 month to work. Only if after 1 month someone dies, then you know he was poisoned. This made the king very upset. Three brave men came forward and said they would sacrifice their lives to honor the king. In short: You have 8 wine bottles, 1 month, and 3 expendable men. Since you have 1 month, you only have one shot at this. At the end of the month, you have to know EXACTLY (without guessing) which wine bottle is poisoned and what other 7 are good. Obviously this will require arranging the 3 men to drink the bottles in a certain fashion.",Think about all the possible outcomes that can happen at the end of the month. See if you can map that back to the bottles.,"Let's call the 3 men A, B and C. Here's how you should assign them to drink: 1.) A 2.) B 3.) C 4.) A, B 5.) A, C 6.) B, C 7.) A, B, C 8.) None in other words, if the 5th bottle was poisoned, then at the end of the month, A and C would die. The rule to help you here would be the power rule. It states that any set of items can be combined to form 2^n combinations. 2^3 = 8.",Logic,07/02/03 #48385,WhereWolf?,2.0,2.41,BadBunnee02,"I've always been fascinated by werewolves (lycanthropes). In my research I've discovered some little-known information about them. Substituting homophones (sound-alike words) below for where ""were"" appears, identify some of this unusual data by adding appropriate letters. Definitions or clues are given and the underline dashes indicate the number of letters to complete the word or phrase. Hyphens show a multiple-word phrase. Example: _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ - were : no-iron lycanthrope (wash-and-wear) 1. _ _ _ _ were : that rather odd hirsute chef you recently hired 2. were _ _ _ _ _ : where they live 3. _ _ _ _ _ were : subordinate werewolf 4. _ _ _ _ were : roadkill lycanthrope 5. were - _ _ _ : three strikes 6. were - _ _ _ _ : depressed werewolf 7. were - _ _ _ _ : anorexic one 8. _ _ _ _ were : he feels cute 'n cuddly, but WATCH OUT 9. _ _ _ _ _ were : ""just a moment and I'll call our waiter"" 10. bonus - Know how to kill a werewolf? If you do, then what kind of adornment would be a bane to all knowledgeable werewolves?",No hint available.,"1. cookwere (cookware) 2. werehouse (warehouse) 3. underwere (underwear) 4. flatwere (flatware) 5. were-out (wear-out) 6. were-down (wear-down) 7. were-thin (wear-thin) 8. softwere (software) 9. tablewere (tableware) 10. silverwere (silverware) Werewolves can - according to legend - be harmed or killed by any weapon made of silver; such as a bullet or blade. AND ... (more bonus) - can you think of and contribute any others in the comments?",Language,01/13/11 #18150,Garath Loops,2.28,2.83,Mogmatt16,"A Garath Loop is a sequence of one digit numbers where the next number is determined by adding the two numbers that come before it and using the number in the ones place (eg, 7+7=14, with 4 in the ones place). It is called a loop because every sequence possible eventually repeats itself. It is named by the two numbers it starts with. With the exception of the loops starting with a 0 or double numbers, what Garath Loop is the smallest? ie, Which one goes through the least numbers before it repeats?",No hint available.,"Either loop 2-6, 6-8, 8-4, or 4-2. They are all part of the shortest loop; 2-6-8-4",Series,07/07/04 #5925,The Statement,2.18,2.27,gladiator1442,"There's an explorer exploring an island. A group of cannibals capture him. They can't decide how to kill him for trespassing, as no one has done it before. So the cannibals decide to give him his final statement. If it's true, they'll burn him at the stake. If it's false, they'll cut off his head. If it's not a statement, they'll drown him. What does the explorer say that'll make the cannibals let him go?",No hint available.,There is a God.,Situation,07/26/02 #3198,WHAT'S DA PHRASE97,2.24,1.22,204_blaze_41,"Using synonyms, decipher this common phrase: HAHAHAHA is the Greatest Advil",No hint available.,Laughter is the best medicine.,Language,04/02/02 #12763,3 = B of the USG,2.38,1.81,lauramarie,3 = B of the USG,"Legislative, judicial, and executive",3 = Branches of the United States Government,Letter-Equations,05/28/03 #15900,Delete and Add 7,2.59,1.73,7catac7,"Delete a letter from the words below and then add a 3-letter word to them to form a new word that matches the clues in the ( ). Example: Mint (a small fish) You would delete 't' and add 'now'. 1. Heart (you do it to your oven before you cook) 2. Comet (a polite, phrase or sentence said about something) 3. Show (sort of like your reflection, but it's black) 4. Tile (babies drink from it) 5. Ape (there's ____ colors and secondary colors)",No hint available.,"1. Preheat (delete 'r' and add 'pre') 2. Comment (delete 'e' and add 'men') 3. Shadow (delete 'h' and add 'had') 4. Bottle (delete 'i' and add 'bot') 5. Prime (delete 'a' and add 'rim')",Language,12/21/03 #29177,What's Common #2,2.7,2.37,medster99,"The items in each group are related to each other. Try to figure out the noun or adjective that can be common to all the items in the group. Group A A Hurricane A Human A Needle Group B A Football Game A Golf Match A Cooking Show Group C A Cabbage A Ship A Hammer",No hint available.,"Group A- an eye Group B- a cup Group C- a head",Group,03/19/06 #39855,Steven Wright Ponders,2.49,2.14,aresII,"The following quotes are from comedian Steven Wright. Can you decode them? S=P *The hint contains three vowels. ""OGOI HAEWFO NAU WIAHK NXGO X KOEEWHL JAI SOIDXHOHE SIOKK? W ZAH'E LOE WE."" ""ZA BWSEAH ODSBAVOOK EXRO FAJJOO QIOXRK?""","A=O W=I X=A","""EVER NOTICE HOW IRONS HAVE A SETTING FOR PERMANENT PRESS? I DON'T GET IT."" ""DO LIPTON EMPLOYEES TAKE COFFEE BREAKS?"" KEY: A=O B=L D=M E=T F=C G=V H=N I=R J=F K=S L=G N=H O=E Q=B R=K S=P U=W V=Y W=I X=A Z=D",Cryptography,12/31/07 #5526,tery?,2.62,2.24,jon14pople,"What is this common word? teryteryteryteryteryteryteryterytery",No hint available.,Lottery,Rebus,07/13/02 #27488,Only Four,2.63,1.95,metallicman,"4 = E (E, W, F, A)",No hint available.,"4 = Elements (Earth, Water, Fire, Air)",Letter-Equations,12/14/05 #4468,Coin Story,2.62,1.81,arij,"Scatterbrain the Treasurer was a bit of a ... well, scatterbrain, and he had forgotten how many gold, silver and bronze coins were kept in the town vaults. So he decided to ask the three guards, each of whom guarded one type of coin, how many coins were in his charge. However, the guards were uncooperative, and the best that Scatterbrain could get from each was a statement about the numbers of coins in the other two vaults. Dimwit, who was guarding the gold, said there were 3000 silver and 5000 bronze coins; Thickplank, who was in charge of the silver, said there were 3000 gold and 5000 bronze; while Beefbrain, who was protecting the bronze, said there were 4000 gold and 3000 silver. Unfortunately, only one guard was being truthful, each of the other two stating at least one false amount. If there were 12000 coins altogether, how many of each type were there?",No hint available.,"There were 3000 gold coins, 4000 silver and 5000 bronze. Assume each statement to be true in turn and examine the consequences. If Dimwit is telling the truth, there are 3000 silver coins, 5000 bronze coins and hence 4000 gold coins. However, this would make Beefbrain's statement true also. By symmetry if Beefbrain is truthful so is Dimwit. Only if Thickplank is telling the truth are the other statements false.",Logic,06/09/02 #227,Late for work,2.39,1.98,trojan5x,"A man lives one block from where he works. He needs to be at work by 9:30 AM. He sets his alarm for 9 AM, and gets to work at 9:30 AM. When he gets there, his boss fires him for being late. The boss and the man both had accurate clocks. What happened?",No hint available.,The man lived on the line where the time zone changed.,Situation,02/02/01 #13998,The Four Kings,2.69,2.52,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? 1920 - 1924 King Rufus = ""It"" does nothing 1924 - 1926 King It = ""It"" cascades 1926 - 1928 King Bob = ""It"" does nothing 1928 - 1930 King It = ""It"" flows",Why is it that bad things always tend to happen all at once?,"When it rains it pours. In the period where ""It"" reigns (rains), ""It"" cascades/flows (pours).",Rebus,07/24/03 #47923,Good Advice from Mary Poppins,2.38,2.55,dalfamnest,"""A JB = D/2"" [MP] Simple but effective advice and a person associated with it.",No hint available.,"""A job begun is half done."" [Mary Poppins]",Letter-Equations,09/05/10 #41380,Hello!,2.12,2.26,mosca,"What does this sequence represent? ""Hello! Jigger of rum?"" ""Hello! Jigger of gin?"" ""Hello! Jigger of bourbon?""",Is it a wrong number?,Calling the shots,Rebus,04/05/08 #36076,Double Letters,2.26,1.34,cowman12,"I will give you a clue and you will have to think of a word that fits that definition. The word MUST have two of the same letter in a row. 1) A storm with wind and snow. 2) A space without any air. 3) A sport in which you score touchdowns. 4) Mental ability. 5) To draw absent-mindedly.",No hint available.,"1) Blizzard 2) Vacuum 3) Football (American) 4) Intelligence 5) Doodle",Language,04/06/07 #3358,Pointing Fingers,2.13,1.5,204_BLaZe_41,"Have you ever heard the phrase, ""never point a finger at someone because there will always be three pointing back at you"". If there were three people talking to each other, and two of them point one finger at a 3rd person. If the third person points one finger from each hand at each of the other two, how many fingers will be pointing at the third person?",No hint available.,"Eight. 6 from himself 2 from the 2 other people",Math,04/08/02 #14908,Life's a Trek,2.86,2.22,geniusboy,"I am often described as, A smooth talker who keeps on trekking, I don't stop until the end of the day, That's why I'm always sweating. My strength is so immense, My physique a blood-tangled mesh, And while fellow knights wear armour of fresh snow spray, And as they catch and torture prey, My body really tastes the flesh. I love to dance and prance around, My whole life is a party rave, My only drawback and lack of freedom, Is I'm tied down at the depth of a cave. Sometimes when I talk I'm serious, Often I just roll about, But when feeling as merry as cupid, I really start to say something stupid, I even manage to get my knights knocked out. I often greet random, unknown people, Sometimes I have to say bye, But still I keep on moving in my dampness, Can you guess - WHAT AM I??",No hint available.,"I'm a tongue. (the knights are referring to teeth)",Riddle,09/26/03 #1488,Barrel of Wine,2.5,1.83,gokaran,"There is a barrel with no lid and some wine in it. ""This barrel of wine is more than half full,"" said Curly. Moe says, ""No it's not. It's less than half full."" Without any measuring implements and without removing any wine from the barrel, how can they easily determine who is correct?",No hint available.,"Solution: Tilt the barrel until the wine barely touches the lip of the barrel. If the bottom of the barrel is visible then it is less than half full. If the barrel bottom is still covered by the wine, then it is more than half full.",Logic,11/22/01 #25759,Bouncers,2.98,2.46,cinnamon30,"Each of 5 bouncers who work different night spots in town has been working out at a different gym for a different number of years. Determine each bouncer's name, his place of employment (one man works at the Hi-Jinx Lounge), his gym (one is Waldo's), the number of years he's been exercising there, and the weight he maintains. 1. Axel (who weighs 255 pounds) is good friends with the bouncer at the Hollow Leg Bar (who's been going to his gym for two years). 2. Butch, who isn't the lightest of these bouncers, works at the Dewdrop Inn. 3. Gino has been a member at Pop's Gym for four years or fewer. 4. Kiko has been a steady customer at his gym for six years. 5. The patron of Shemp's Gym, who works at the Lamppost, isn't Axel. 6. The 210-pound bouncer works out at Tiger's Gym. 7. The 220-pound bouncer has been a member at his gym for five years. 8. Max, who weighs 235 pounds, isn't the bouncer who's been going to his gym for four years. 9. The guy who goes to Rocky's gym has been a member there a year longer than the bouncer at the Floods Dance Club has been at his.",No hint available.,"Axel, Floods, Waldo's, 4 years, 255 pounds Butch, Dewdrop, Rocky's 5 years, 220 pounds Gino, Hollow Leg, Pop's, 2 years, 240 pounds Kiko, Hi-Jinx, Tiger's, 6 years, 210 pounds Max, Lamppost, Shemp's, 3 years, 235 pounds The 5 bouncers are: Axel who weighs 255 lbs (1), the 210-pound bouncer who goes to Tiger's Gym (6), the 220-pound bouncer who's been going to his gym for 5 years (7), Max who weighs 235 pounds (8) and the 240 pound bouncer. Butch who works at the Dewdrop weighs either 220 or 240 pounds (2). Gino can't weigh 210 pounds because he works at Pop's, and can't weigh 220 pounds because he has been a member of his gym for four or fewer years (3). Therefore Butch weighs 220 pounds and Gino weighs 240 pounds. Max works at the Lamppost and goes to Shemp's gym (5 and 1). Kiko is the 210 pound bouncer who has been going to his gym for 6 years (4). Gino works at the Hollow Leg and going to his gym for 2 years (1). Max has been going to his gym for 3 years (8), which leaves Axel going to his gym for 4 years. The guy who works at Floods is either Axel or Kiko. Axel works at Floods because Kiko has been at his gym for 6 years and the guy at Floods has been a member of his gym a year less than the one who goes to Rocky's gym (9). This leaves Kiko working at the Hi-Jinx, only one left, and Axel goes to Waldo's gym, only one left.",Logic-Grid,09/04/05 #10159,Paracending,2.57,1.3800000000000001,skaven,"Tom had just jumped out of an aircraft at 5000 ft above hard ground when he looked up and saw a relatively large hole in his parachute. He did not use his reserve chute, no one else was around to help him, and yet he landed safely. How did he survive?",No hint available.,"Most parachutes need a hole in them. If they didn't let some air through, the parachute would swing wildly from side to side.",Science,02/01/03 #34874,Popular TV Shows 3,2.6,2.35,jazzmusician46,"Below are three (3) anagrams of actors from a popular 1960s TV show. Your job is twofold: firstly, name these people, and secondly, ascertain the TV show they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. Tamed saw (4, 4) Raw but Dr. (4, 4) A million then? (4, 8)","""Atomic batteries to power. Turbines to speed."" ""Roger. Ready to move out."" ""If the caped crumb is here, the cowled creep can't be far behind.""","Adam West - Batman Burt Ward - Dick Grayson Neil Hamilton - Police Commissioner James Gordon The TV show is: Batman (1966-68) The cast: Adam West - Bruce Wayne (Batman) Burt Ward - Dick Grayson (Robin) Neil Hamilton - Police Commissioner James Gordon",Trivia,01/13/07 #32802,Idiom,2.72,0.9500000000000001,Princeford93,"Find the three words that mean the opposite of the following words to complete a common idiom. right low wet",No hint available.,Left high and dry.,Language,09/02/06 #49289,B-U-T,2.89,1.76,firefox99,"What common phrase does this rebus represent? SKIN B-U-T SKIN SKIN SKIN FLESH FLESH FLESH FLESH MUSCLE MUSCLE MUSCLE BONE BONE BONE BONE",Don't be too concerned about your appearance!,"Beauty is only skin deep. When spoken quickly the letters B-U-T sound like the word ""beauty,"" and ""B-U-T"" is only as deep as the word ""SKIN"" is.",Rebus,02/02/12 #44316,Add a Letter 27,2.37,1.91,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a level or flat surface & a celestial body (5 letters) 2) a body organ & a splinter (5 letters) 3) region or field & a sphere of activity or competition (4 letters) 4) tractable or docile & pagan (6 letters)",No hint available.,"1) plane & planet 2) liver & sliver 3) area & arena 4) gentle & gentile",Language,04/03/09 #20703,Do the Math,2.45,2.54,froghop833,"This list just doesn't add up. One of the words doesn't belong. Which is it, and why? happiness generation gladdened agenda meaningful",No hint available.,"Agenda doesn't belong. All of the other words have math-related words inside of them: hapPIness, geneRATIOn, glADDened, MEANingful",Group,01/29/05 #10722,Dempsey & Ixolite,2.73,2.17,MrIxolite,"What Police Phrases are represented below? 1) L Aaaarrrrrrrrmmmm W 2) NY.PD 3) NAP Your-name-here",No hint available.,"1) The Long Arm of the law. 2) Stop (.) in the name of the law. 3) You are under arrest (a rest).",Rebus,02/26/03 #13486,Snoozing Angels,2.7,1.82,MrIxolite,"What common phrase is represented by the rebus below? Angels Snoozing Mother Teresa Napping The Apostles Siesta Lucifer Insomnia",No hint available.,No Rest For The Wicked,Rebus,06/29/03 #4603,0 1 2 3 4.......,2.46,1.65,rose_rox,"Put the appropriate + or - signs between the numbers, in the correct places, to make this equation true: 0123456789=1",0+1+2.........,0+1+2+3+4-5+6+7-8-9=1,Math,06/09/02 #11525,Coat,2.28,1.19,shaneele,What coat can you only put on when it is wet?,No hint available.,A coat of paint.,Riddle,04/02/03 #5484,Skin,2.12,1.08,jon14pople,"What is this song? My Skin I've got you",No hint available.,I've got you under my skin,Rebus,07/13/02 #50965,Back in Forth 21,2.71,1.44,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1.con____e (tears) 2.di____ts (spoils) 3.t____ing (fabricator) 4.mis____s (strokes)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. plot against 2. alters the shape 3. falling behind 4. trips; blunders","1. conspire (RIPS - con_SPIR_e) 2. distorts (ROTS - di_STOR_ts) 3. trailing (LIAR - t_RAIL_ing) 4. missteps (PETS - mis_STEP_s)",Language,01/13/17 #112,AEFHIKLMNTVWXYZ,2.62,1.36,duckrocket,"What is the basis for dividing the alphabet into the two groups below? AEFHIKLMNTVWXYZ BCDGJOPQRSU",How are the letters drawn?,"AEFHIKLMNTVWXYZ are drawn with straight lines only. BCDGJOPQRSU all have curved lines in them.",Group,01/03/01 #13881,Bendable Point,2.47,1.2,jubjub,"I bend in 3 places and can beckon or accuse. I'm known to make a very good point. What am I?",No hint available.,A finger.,Riddle,07/18/03 #8278,R.I.P. mond,2.7,2.52,dsquared,"What expression is represented below: ""R.I.P. mond"" off the edge of the fairway",A good sort of a person really.,"Diamond in the rough. R.I.P. is to die, then add 'mond' and you get 'Diamond'. Off the edge of the fairway is 'in the rough'. Combine to get ""Diamond in the rough.""",Rebus,10/29/02 #14441,861 Candles,2.57,2.11,mathemagician,"I have always had the correct number of candles on each of my birthday cakes. I have had exactly one birthday cake for each year of my life. If I have blown out a total of 861 candles thus far, how old am I? Can you find the answer without just adding up numbers until you reach 861?","1+ 2+ 3 + ... + n = 861 . To sum up the first n positive integers, the following formula is helpful: Sum = n*(n+1)/2 Think of it this way: find the smaller of two consecutive positive integers such that half the product of the integers is 861.","41 If n = 41 , we see that: S = 41(41+1)/2 = 41(42)/2 = 861. Thus, if you add up the integers from 1 to 41, you will get a total of 861.",Math,08/20/03 #4959,Torture Device,2.58,1.44,missie,"I torture children and parents, Many people scream and wail in my presence. Parents drag their kids to me. I am supposed to create smiles, But often there is only a frown. What am I?",No hint available.,A Dentist,Riddle,06/26/02 #5805,Mothering,2.29,1.51,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? protective Lee",No hint available.,"overly protective (over lee, protective)",Rebus,07/23/02 #6010,foulballterritory,1.77,1.17,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? foulballterritory",No hint available.,Ball in foul territory!,Rebus,07/29/02 #24147,Online...,2.55,1.95,Chaosking881,Rearrange the letters in the word online to spell the number 10.,"You aren't trying to spell the number itself, but the digits in the number.","Online --> One Nil --> 10 (Nil means nothing or zero) Copyright(C) on this teaser by The Realm of Chaos Inc.",Trick,06/30/05 #36267,The Olympic Swim Meet,2.19,1.94,nascarfan19,"Read the following sign, and then find the mistake. ATTENTION ALL SWIMMERS: The first event is on 7/5. This will be freestyle. The next day, we will do butterfly. Afterwards, it will be sidestroke. On the last day, we will have backstroke and breaststroke.",No hint available.,Sidestroke is not an Olympic stroke.,Trivia,04/16/07 #7614,"A, S, D...",2.44,1.55,BigSurf18,"What comes next in this series? A, S, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, __?",No hint available.,"; the semi-colon, look on your keyboard!",Series,09/21/02 #51023,Caesar Says,2.63,2.05,Snowdog,"Caesar says 5 = 4 Caesar says 6 = 9 Caesar says 9 = 1 According to Caesar, 12 = ?","Caesar says FIVE = 4 Caesar says SIX = 9 Caesar says NINE = 1","12 = 55 Spell the first number and extract the Roman numeral value of the second number. fIVe = 4 sIX = 9 nIne = 1 tweLVe = 55 Caesar never told me what 11 is equal to. Is it 55 or 50 and 5? I'll ask next time I see him.",Logic,03/26/17 #52372,Word Transformation,3.06,1.09,ThinksForFun,"We start with what a pen can write Then add an ""s"" for a tool of lesser might Change ""d"" to ""n"" for an oath professed Remove letter one for a condition no longer the best Change ""w"" to ""t"" for something forced apart Reverse my ends, then add an ""h"" for what's atop a chart Change ""n"" to ""w"" to learn how much an item can fetch Finally, anagram me for what in baseball may follow a stretch What did we start with? What do we end up with?",No hint available.,"Each line of this riddle is explained as follows: 1. word - We start with - A ""pen can write"" a word. 2. sword - Then add an ""s"" - ""for a tool of lesser might"" - This alludes to the adage: ""The pen is mightier than the sword."" 3. sworn - Change ""d"" to ""n"" - ""for an oath professed"" 4. worn - Remove letter one - ""for a condition no longer the best"" - If something is worn, then its condition has deteriorated. 5. torn - Change ""w"" to ""t"" - ""for something forced apart"" 6. north - Reverse my ends, then add an ""h"" - ""for what's atop a chart"" - Switch the first and last letters of ""torn"" giving ""nort"", then add an ""h"" giving ""north"". ""North"" (or ""N"" representing ""North"") is usually found at the top of a chart. 7. worth - Change ""n"" to ""w"" - ""to learn how much an item can fetch"" - The worth, or value, of something will determine how much money it can get in exchange for it. 8. throw - Finally, anagram me - ""for what in baseball may follow a stretch"" - ""Throw"" is an anagram of ""worth"". In baseball, the pitcher may throw the ball after a certain windup known as a stretch.",Riddle,02/23/20 #11914,Russian Racer,2.68,2.07,x3mai,"At the height of the Cold War, a U.S. racing car easily beat a Russian car in a two-car race. How did the Russian newspapers truthfully report this in order to make it look as though the Russian car had outdone the American car?",No hint available.,The Russian newspaper reported (correctly) that the American car came in next to last while the Russian car came in second.,Other,04/20/03 #6303,yourheadiii,2.35,1.39,bluetwo,"What is this common phrase? yourheadiii",Your mom has these...,Eyes (i's) in the back of your head.,Rebus,08/07/02 #50497,Chain Letters 11,2.4,2.58,cnmne,"The following two 4x4 grids each contain a 12-letter word. Each word is formed by a chain of letters. A word can begin with any of the letters. The second letter of a word is adjacent (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) to the first letter, the third letter is adjacent to the second, and so on. No letter can be used more than once. Four letters in each grid will be unused. PERO YOHC HLAT PIPN NQUR ATOI FRZL REIO",The first letter of the first word is in the 4th row. The first letter of the second word is in the 2nd column.,The words are PHILANTHROPY and TRANQUILIZER.,Language,01/23/15 #25984,OR OR #1,2.99,1.67,fishmed,"Every clue below can be answered with a two word phrase in which each word contains OR. Your job is to figure out what they are. Good luck. 1. Person on an assembly line 2. Whiskey made from ears of a certain vegetable 3. Vet with an equine practice 4. 1970s-'80s tennis champ from Sweden 5. Listing in the Guinness Book 6. Home of Texas Christian University 7. Person who gives a kidney or liver 8. Piece of fiction not as long as a novel","Here are the initials of the words: 1. F W 2. C L 3. H D 4. B B 5. W R 6. F W 7. O D 8. S S","1. Factory Worker 2. Corn Liquor 3. Horse Doctor 4. Bjorn Borg 5. World Record 6. Fort Worth 7. Organ Donor 8. Short Story",Language,09/19/05 #28896,Opposites 13,2.54,2.11,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. ; stands for N, O, L, U, or T ( stands for K, B, M, E, or Y 3 stands for H, E, P, C, or W * stands for F, A, J, E, or R The four letter code word, 3;*(, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Work and Play.,Logic,03/04/06 #4979,Never Coming,2.79,1.13,Master123,"Often talked of, never seen, Ever coming, never been, Daily looked for, never here, Still approaching, coming near, Thousands for its visit wait, But alas for their fate, Tho' they expect me to appear, They will never find me here. What is this poem about?",No hint available.,Tomorrow,Riddle,06/26/02 #14172,Love and Hate,2.31,0.92,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Love finefinefinefine Hate",No hint available.,There is a fine line between love and hate.,Rebus,08/06/03 #5680,Cyclecyclecycle,2.02,1.07,michelle,"What does this mean? cyclecyclecycle",No hint available.,Tricycle,Rebus,07/18/02 #50305,BB02 GROUPIE CHALLENGE #02,2.53,1.66,BadBunnee02,"You have two tasks in order to solve this teaser: 01. Determine what all eight of the words below have in common. 02. Prove your assumption by adding something to each word. bell, billy, charley, hill, hunt, tom, white, with","What you ""add"" to each word is another word thereby making a standard two-word phrase.","All can be turned into standard two-word phrases by adding an ""animal"" word before or after the listed word. Examples (there might be others) : cow bell, billy goat, charley horse, ant hill, snipe hunt, tom cat, white elephant, monkey with",Group,05/09/14 #41657,Relationships #13,2.49,2.83,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your job is to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck! COLUMN A Deal Valid Hint Valor Rabble COLUMN B Boat Proud Big Lime Closed",No hint available.,"All words in COLUMN A can form a new word by replacing the first letter with 'squ'. Deal = Squeal Valid = Squalid Hint = Squint Valor = Squalor Rabble = Squabble",Group,04/24/08 #12583,Will You Make it Out?,2.3,2.74,Rosey27,"Almost everyone makes it in but not many make it out. What is being alluded to here?",No hint available.,"Double-digits (10 years old through to 99) in terms of age. Almost everyone makes it to 10 years old yet not many reach 100.",Riddle,05/22/03 #29264,Bookmark,2.77,1.26,MarcM1098,"A man is reading a wonderful book but must put it down. He desperately wants a bookmark so that he doesn't lose his place (he is not willing to dog-ear the page). When he is offered a fine bookmark for only a dollar, he agrees. However, he then smiles and refuses the bookmark. Why?",He already has a better alternative.,"As he is paying, he realizes the dollar bill itself can be used as a bookmark. When he is done reading the book, he can then spend the money on something else.",Logic,03/23/06 #30122,Words With MB,2.75,2.72,cnmne,"Five words that contain MB as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? -MB--, --MB-, ---MB, ---MB--, ---MB--- Pool: C, D, E, E, E, I, I, J, L, L, N, O, O, O, R, R, S, T, U, U",No hint available.,"IMBED, JUMBO, CLIMB, SLUMBER, TROMBONE",Language,04/28/06 #43662,The Miracle Food.,2.32,1.31,xmum,"For centuries now, the English horse has had this as part of his feed. The English say that this is why their horses are best of the breed. The Scotsman, on the other hand, has eaten the stuff himself. It often staved off starvation when there was nothing else on the shelf. The English say this is the reason their horses are best, but then, The Scots give the very same reason for breeding the best of men. Tell me now, what is this stuff of various and mighty powers That makes both sides declare that 'theirs' are inferior to 'ours'?",No hint available.,Oats. The mighty grain. It promotes stalwart hearts in men and horses.,Riddle,12/02/08 #44434,The Triathletes,2.11,0.81,bigpat,"Andy, Bob, and Carl are three friends who are triathletes. One day they decided to race each triathlon event (Swimming, Cycling, and Running) separately to see how they stacked up. Can you figure out who placed where in each of the three events? - One person (who placed ahead of Andy in swimming) didn't place first in cycling, second in swimming, or third in running. - Carl didn't place ahead of Andy in running or swimming. - A person placed second in all events.",No hint available.,"Andy - 2nd swimming, 2nd cycling, 2nd running Bob - 1st swimming, 3rd cycling, 1st running Carl - 3rd swimming, 1st cycling, 3rd running",Logic-Grid,05/10/09 #8668,Square's Area,2.21,1.67,glennyboy02,A square has the area of (x+y) squared. What is the perimeter of this square?,No hint available.,"A square has four EQUAL sides. So the area of a square is A x A. Or x + y. Thus making one side = x + y 4 times x + y = 4(x+y) PERIMETER = 4(x+y)",Math,11/23/02 #32396,State Swap Two,2.49,2.37,bigSWAFF_69_,"Which two U.S. states should swap places? Kansas Louisiana Georgia Virginia Florida California Texas Nevada New York Minnesota",No hint available.,"Kansas and Texas should switch places. The first group of states were all Confederate (During the U.S. Civil War). The second group were all from the Union.",Group,08/11/06 #5071,Nutsinhell,2.1,1.18,glennyboy02,"What does this mean: nutsinhell",No hint available.,In a nutshell!,Rebus,06/29/02 #17421,A Shooting at Midnight,2.87,2.26,ccccc,"A man walks into his back yard in the middle of the night and fires a gun. Due to his strange behaviour he never sees another sunrise. (No, he didn't kill himself.) Can you explain this odd occurrence?","Did he want to hit his target? Yes.","The man shot his rooster, which had awakened him with its crowing every morning for the past ten years. Since he had recently retired, there was no longer any reason to be wakened at such an early hour.",Situation,04/18/04 #31640,Board With My Post,2.58,1.84,spookboy0,"All but one of these words have two things in common. Which one shares only one trait? Business Post Board Index",No hint available.,"Board All words can have the word ""card"" by them, but ""cardboard"" is a type of material, not an actual card.",Group,07/09/06 #35069,Anagram Homework,2.54,2.34,MarcM1098,"Below is a short story with two groups of words missing. The words within each group are anagrams of each other. The words in group one (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e) are not related to the words in group two (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d). Can you figure out the missing words? Sam put down his pencil and let out a sigh, __1a__ me to his trouble. I remembered taking calculus so it was easy __1b__ to his struggles. Rather than calculating the given __1c__, it was sometimes easier __1d__ the problem. In this particular case, once we had solved the problem, we could check the answer by finding the area of a __1e__. For me, calculus had been optional, but now you need to know it if you want to earn your __2a__. Without a degree, you can't earn any bread, and I don't mean the kind that __2b__. You also don't want to end up as someone who begs or __2c__ bread. I remember when we were first allowed to use calculators in school. Today, some schools allow graphing calculators, but my parents used slide rules and my grandparents just used __2d__.","Here are definitions of the missing words: 1a. notifying or warning 1b. establishing a sympathetic relationship 1c. number computed by a limiting process 1d. changing or making different 1e. three sided polygon 2a. a pendant ornament consisting of a bunch of threads 2b. loses freshness 2c. takes without permission 2d. writing tablets made of fine-grained metamorphic rock","1a. alerting 1b. relating 1c. integral 1d. altering 1e. triangle 2a. tassel 2b. stales 2c. steals 2d. slates",Language,01/27/07 #13114,Past It,2.37,1.19,MrIxolite,"What phrase is intimated below in this ""mathematical"" style Rebus? Let x Gones B x Gones",No hint available.,"Let bygones be Bygones As in 2 x 3 can be said as multiply 2 BY 3.",Rebus,06/13/03 #28413,Relativity,2.77,2.16,RainyMysteria,"What 3 words can the following 3 words start with? Once you work it out, you must find a relation between the 3 ADDED words. 1. _ _ _ ante 2. _ _ deal 3. _ _ _ ton",Relation: They are all coordinating conjunctions.,"1. ANDante : Played or sung fairly slowly and evenly. 2. ORdeal: A severe test or hardship. 3. BUTton: A small, usually round, object sewn onto clothing to join two parts together. The relation was that the words were all coordinating conjunctions.",Language,02/02/06 #15921,Sports!,2.4,1.24,rnpps,"5 well-known sports are anagrammed below. Can you figure them out? 1. Wings mim 2. Flab loot 3. Sec roc 4. Corn curtsy so 5. Ball lovely",No hint available.,"1. Swimming 2. Football 3. Soccer 4. Cross Country 5. Volleyball",Language,12/23/03 #18573,Salt and Sugar Are the Best Mix,2.73,2.29,twixy,"Sometimes I am salty, While sometimes I am sweet, Yet at other times, I can even be made of wheat. I can be made from a fruit, And I can be made from a soft bread. And although I don't turn out the way I'm supposed to when I do, I am sometimes said to bake and burn in the sun, And yes when I do, I'm not actually red. Sometimes when you gather a lot of me, it means that you've won. I have different shapes, tastes, color, meanings, and sizes you see, So tell me, just what could I be?",No hint available.,"A Chip A potato chip is salty, While chocolate chips are sweet, Don't forget tortilla chips, And tortillas are made from wheat. Some of us like banana chips, And some people would like a sunburned one. In many games, you must try and get many chips, and that means that you've won. Chips come in triangles, not just circles, And sometimes the salt makes chips sparkle. Whether it's a playing chip, Or one for eating, It can be yellow as the yolk of eggs that had a beating. Yet, even so, it can be as yellow as cheese dip.",Riddle,08/21/04 #17850,What Letter?,2.15,2.45,fishmed,"Write on a piece of paper a 5x5 letter square using the alphabet, minus the letter Q, where A is in the upper left-hand corner and Z is in the lower right-hand corner. After you have done this, can you tell me which letter comes just above the letter which comes between the letter just before the letter just below B and the letter just before the letter just above Y?",No hint available.,"The letter is G. The two letters to initially find are F & S. The letter above the one which is between them is G.",Logic,06/07/04 #24461,It's Not Fruit,2.28,2.66,sdm1177,"5 B in the ""BA"" (M, B, Q, B and SI)",The financial center of the world,"5 Boroughs in the ""Big Apple"" (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, and Staten Island).",Letter-Equations,07/12/05 #18458,Suicide Jumper,2.64,1.8800000000000001,xpitxbullx,"A man loses all his money at a Las Vegas casino and decides to end his life. If he were to jump from the second floor, he would fall 20 feet. If he were to jump from the third floor, he would fall 30 feet. Each floor higher would add another 10 feet to the distance of the fall. How many feet would the jumper fall if he jumped from the 20th floor?",It's bad luck to be superstitious.,"190 feet. There are no 13th floors in some hotels, so the 20th floor is actually the 19th.",Trick,08/03/04 #7891,Key that Cannot Open,2.53,0.84,warrior,"I am a key that cannot open a lock. I live in harmony with many others like me, both black and white. I make a solitary sound when you tickle me. What am I?",No hint available.,A piano key.,Riddle,10/05/02 #8767,Skier and Forces,2.15,2.55,Palsha,"Patrick, a student who was humiliating himself on the ski slopes, decided to take a break in the lodge. Patrick was so discouraged that he turned to his physics teacher for help in skiing. Dr. Moore, the professor, was very keen on seeing daily lives as physics problems. So, the professor wanted Patrick to prove that skiing dealt with conservative forces. The professor said, ""My mass is exactly 80kg. If I started from rest at the top of the slope and skied down the slope (total elevation = 110m) and you clocked my speed at 20m/s at the bottom of the slope, would this system be conservative?"" What's the answer to the professor's question?","If this example is conservative, then total initial mechanical energy will equal total final mechanical energy.","The system is not conservative. To solve: 1) First write down the givens: mass = 80kg velocity initial = 0 velocity final = 20m/s height = 110m 2) First calculate the initial potential energy at the top of the slope. Assume that the bottom of the slope is the true point of zero height. Energy initial = mgh (80kg)(9.8m/s^2)(110m)= 8.6*10^4J 3) After you found that figure, you must find the mechanical energy at the bottom of the slope. Energy=1/2mv^2 1/2(80kg)(20m/s)^2=1.6*10^4J 4) Since the final energy is much less than the initial energy, the system is not conservative. Energy was lost on the way down the slope, most likely due to friction and wind resistance.",Science,11/27/02 #17500,Smokey,2.28,1.18,Jake,"Can you figure out this song title? Smokey Old",No hint available.,On Top of Old Smokey,Rebus,04/28/04 #31823,Cattatackya,2.36,2.03,npf2005,"In the fictional, rat infested village of Cattatackya (where cats live) last month, each cat killed the same number of rats as every other cat. The total number of rat fatalities (deaths) during the month came to a total of 2117. Less than 50 cats achieved this remarkable number of rat killings. How many cats were living in Cattatackya that month, and how many rats did each kill?",No hint available.,29 cats each killed 73 rats.,Math,07/17/06 #24703,Why Skid Mark Why? Part 2,2.89,1.6400000000000001,Question_Mark,"When Question Mark unlocked the door, he thought that he would see his wallet straight away. But Skid Mark (Question's brother) decided to put the wallet in a safe. The combination is three 2-digit numbers which can be expressed like this: xx-xx-xx You are given the following clues to work out the combination: The total of the three numbers is 39. The second number is half of the third number. The first number is the third number minus 1. Can you find Question's wallet in time? It's all up to you.",No hint available.,The combination is 15-08-16. Thank you for helping Question get his wallet back.,Logic,07/20/05 #35778,It Takes Two,2.53,2.42,aresII,"The following is a poem by Thomas Hood. He equals a blame that has been one sided for a long time. If you can decode it, then you will know what I mean. A=H ""BALI LZL VCRI EAL GHXOE RG TLI EAL SCCQL CXLOOLY, BHEA OCLUHRVO USIE. RA! BASE S EARVOSIY CHEHLO EALI EASE SYST BSO IRE SYSTSIE!""","C=P I=N U=C","""When Eve upon the first of men the apple pressed, with specious cant. Oh! what a thousand pities then that Adam was not Adamant!"" Key: A=H B=W C=P E=T G=F H=I I=N L=E O=S Q=L R=O S=A T=M U=C V=U X=R Y=D Z=V",Cryptography,03/20/07 #44540,Bar Floors,2.81,1.23,xdbtcp,"In this sci-fi movie series, the spaceships are quite speedy. Change the R's to double L's, and you might find some graffiti. Now A's become I's, these legal documents won't move. Change T & W to P, a clumsy pharmacist you'll prove.",The title rhymes with the first one...,"STAR WARS STALL WALLS STILL WILLS SPILL PILLS",Riddle,05/28/09 #21453,Which Body Part?,2.39,0.78,jen13,"I am in every person, I am large in the dark. I am black but surrounded by color; If you put shampoo to my surface it'll hurt. What am I?",When you sleep I am not visible.,I am the pupil of your eye.,Riddle,03/09/05 #2138,Experience,2.27,2.45,starman,"A contronym is a single word with two or more contradictory meanings. What is a contronym meaning experienced versus inexperienced?","One meaning as an adjective, one as a verb.","Practiced He was a practiced expert in his field. vs. He practiced on the violin every day.",Language,01/23/02 #607,A Man Walks Over,2.44,1.55,snoopdogg,"A man walks over, A man walks under, In times of war he burns asunder. What is it?",No hint available.,A bridge.,Riddle,06/06/01 #4114,Balloon Stationary,2.59,0.87,bumblecon,"In a balloon stationary off the coast of Ireland, I dropped two wine bottles, one full, the other empty, off the side. Which hit the ground first?",No hint available.,Neither hit the ground - I was over the sea.,Trick,05/17/02 #50209,Go to Bed!,2.45,1.0,BadBunnee02,"What would you call the following expression? it = 1/7 of a week","Two of the make a weekend. Title is also a hint. First line of teaser body is also a hint.","call it a day call (""it"") a day (one-seventh of a week is a day) Common expression meaning to quit work and go home; to say that a day's work has been completed. Example of usage: ""I'm tired. Let's call it a day.""",Rebus,04/03/14 #43233,R + B = P,1.9000000000000001,1.0,zjmyslin,R + B = P,No hint available.,Red + Blue = Purple,Letter-Equations,10/02/08 #31034,Presidents 2,2.69,2.08,bigSWAFF_69_,"Which U.S. Presidents should swap groups? Group A: Garfield Kennedy Lincoln Adams Group B: Reagan McKinley Washington Clinton",No hint available.,McKinley and Adams should switch places. Group A is a list of Presidents who were assassinated. Group B Presidents were not.,Group,06/12/06 #23884,So When's Your Birthday?,2.83,1.17,flipflopchica,"Try to find out who was born what year and in what month using the following clues. The names are Summer, Jenae, Bill, Adam, and George. The years are 1910, 1920, 1942, 1952, and 1955. The months are January, April, July, August, and October. Summer was born before Jenae who was born after Bill. Adam and George, in no particular order, were born October 1952, and July 1910. No one was born the month that shared the same first letter as their name's first letter. A girl was born in a month that is also a girl's name. Whoever was born in 1955 was born in August. Jenae and Adam are the youngest and oldest, but not necessarily in that order, but possibly could be... Bill was not born in a warm month (i.e. spring and summer months are considered warm in this case.) He was born in 1942.",No hint available.,"Summer born April 1920 Jenae born August 1955 Bill born January 1942 Adam born July 1910 George born October 1952",Logic-Grid,06/21/05 #30907,Unheeded Warnings,2.66,2.23,OldChinaHand,"This mystery involves the loss of countless lives, which, for the most part, went unreported. All the signs of a looming natural disaster were there. The leader's instinct had focused on the safety of the whole community. The scouts and gatherers of the doomed community were sent out in search of a safe haven while all about them a city began to panic. There had been news bulletins that urged evacuation of a whole region. Water levels were already dangerously high, but this went unnoticed by the scouts as they kept up their desperate search. All about them a great city had began its exodus. Long lines of traffic filled the highways and byways leading out of the city. Local police and public safety officials had cruised each street making loud final warnings, and yet the doomed community waited for the scouts and gatherers to return and lead them to safety. The forces of nature at their worst roared above the community. Heavy rains driven by gale force winds swept across the city's landscape. The darkened sky from time to time was ripped open by searing bolts of lightning and nature itself seemed to tremble to the roaring thunder. Undaunted, the scouts continued in their search. The levies weakened by days of rain, gave way to deafening sounds of the loud screaming sirens and the last moment warnings. This also went unheeded by any of the doomed community members. Some of the scouts and gatherers had been lost, but the rest reported that a safe haven had been found. Even as the scouts returned to spread this most welcomed news, the message was too late. The community was destroyed as incoming floodwaters inundated it to its deepest reaches. Only a few remained alive from the countless members of the doomed community. Nearly all the people from the city had heard and heeded the warning. They were saved, yet practically all of the community was lost and never reported in the news. Why?",Think of a small community within a city and a story within a story.,"It was an ant community and ants cannot hear. They never heard or understood any of the city's audio warnings. Ants, even to survive, do not ever act individually. They all would remain together to try to protect the community or colony. Ants can't hold their breath forever, although they have a limited capacity to live underwater for an amount of time. A large percentage would drown. The great city of New Orleans and many surrounding communities were ravaged by hurricane Katrina and fortunately most of the human population was spared. However, many other communities of living creatures were not so fortunate and felt the full and final effect of this natural disaster.",Mystery,06/06/06 #40458,Walking With Hands For a Mile and a Half,2.35,1.8900000000000001,icestar12,A magician recently claimed that he had been to New York City performing a feat that no one else had accomplished. He boasted that he had walked on his hands for a mile and a half down a typical cement sidewalk before he lost his balance and fell. What is wrong with the magician's claim?,No hint available.,"There is no such thing as a cement sidewalk in New York City or anywhere else. Sidewalks are made of concrete. Cement is merely one of the several ingredients that make up concrete. Concrete is made of sand, gravel, water, and finally cement, which is the active agent that binds all of the materials.",Trick,02/12/08 #12007,Disappearing Numbers,2.11,2.4,jimbo,"For every number that exists between 0 and 1 (say for example 2/3) there exists exactly one other number called its reciprocal (in this case 3/2) that is bigger than 1. Also, for every number that exists between 0 and 1 (say 0.5) there is exactly one number that exists, found by adding 1 (1.5) that must lie between 1 and 2. Since every number between 0 and 1 corresponds to exactly one number between 1 and 2 and at the same time corresponds to a number bigger than 1 then there must be the same number of numbers that lie between 1 and 2 as there are bigger than 1. That means that all of the numbers bigger than 1 lie between 1 and 2 so there aren't any numbers bigger than 2. This is clearly false, so where is the error?",Reversing the reasoning will give you the same correspondence. Every number bigger than 1 has a reciprocal less than 1 and every number between 1 and 2 has a corresponding number less than 1 found by subtracting 1. No error here.,The problem lies in how many numbers there are. There are an infinite number of numbers between 0 and 1 and hence an infinite number of numbers between 1 and 2 and also greater than 2. Surprisingly there can be different sized infinities so you cannot say that two infinite quantities are equal. (Take 1 away from infinite and you still have infinite).,Math,04/23/03 #13197,To Fly or Not,2.47,1.87,od-1,"Duffus decided he would start raising chickens again. He didn't want to do all the work, so he hired Mr. Redneck's son to clean the cages. ""Just make sure you close the cage behind you when you go in,"" Duffus told Jr. Redneck. Things went well for a week or two until Duffus and Mr. Redneck found Jr. R frantically chasing the chickens around the yard. ""Oh no, you left the gate open!"" cried Duffus. ""No I didn't! They must have all flown out that hole,"" exclaimed Jr. Redneck, pointing to a large hole in the cage wire about 2 meters up. ""Oh, sorry. Ok, then let's round 'em up,"" Duffus muttered, as he chased after some hens. ""No, it's not ok,"" said Mr. R, grabbing his son by the scruff of the neck. ""Don't you dare lie to us, boy, everyone knows chickens can't fly!"" ""Now, wait a minute, I believe him!"" Duffus interrupted, just in time to save young Redneck's neck. Why did Duffus believe him even though he knew that chickens can't fly?",No hint available.,"Duffus explained to Mr. R., ""While in England once, I read on the back of a Crazy Fruit drink bottle that chickens can sometimes flap hard enough to get enough lift to clear a 3 meter fence. So though unlikely, it is possible that they could somewhat fly a short distance.""",Situation,06/16/03 #38291,Broken #4,2.6,3.09,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given a series of letters in groups of three. These letters have been taken from a quotation, with the spaces and punctuation between the words removed. Your job is to rearrange the pieces to reconstruct the message. The dashes indicate the number of letters in each word. (Unfortunately, each word must be set out vertically due to spacing problems). Have fun! dep gto ada end son the the ble one per sis rea unr son abl ema nad apt shi dto him sel fth ewo rld tsi ntr yin ess the unr eas ptt hew mse lft oth orl ere for eal lpr ogr ona ble man eas ona _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _; _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.",George Bernard Shaw,"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw",Language,09/15/07 #9478,Mystery at the Manor,2.2,2.11,Princess_Neopia,"You are detective Sherlock Holmes.You have been assigned to a murder case. There's a scream in Buckingham Manor, and Sir Buckingham has been murdered. He lived there with a fortune in his will for the only people he knew...Cadaver, his cook...Corpse, his butler...and Creeper, his groundskeeper. Of course, now you should expect one of the three to be the murderer. Here are the clues for you to find out the murderer: 1)Cadaver always suspected Creeper because he always sneaked around. 2)Creeper suspected Corpse because he was always suspicious of the butler for trying to steal Sir Buckingham's ruby. 3)Corpse suspected Cadaver because he always saw her putting something very strange in Sir Buckingham's soup.",No hint available.,"It could only be Cadaver, the cook. She is spotted trying to put something in Sir Buckingham's soup, and why would she worry about Creeper sneaking about if she might not have been doing anything wrong? As soon as she found out about Corpse stealing the ruby, she decided to steal it for herself. Creeper saw her at the time of the burglary and the time of the murder. Sneaking about in the garden is sort of his job.",Situation,12/30/02 #32598,Crossquare VII,2.71,1.85,phrebh,"Solve each clue below. The answers will form a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. Tennis score 2. Spoken 3. Barrels 4. Otherwise",No hint available.,"1. LOVE 2. ORAL 3. VATS 4. ELSE",Language,08/22/06 #2764,Ears,2.18,1.32,lil_thugsta,What has ears but can't hear?,No hint available.,Corn,Other,03/20/02 #9950,6-Letter Words,2.7600000000000002,2.75,snaps,"The first 4 letters in the words below have been removed. There is a common property held by the following six 6-letter words that make them somewhat unique when compared with other 6-letter words. What are the words and what is the unique property? _ _ _ _le _ _ _ _on _ _ _ _cs _ _ _ _ng _ _ _ _ng _ _ _ _ad Also, can you find any other 6-letter words with the same property as those above?","Let's have a look at that first word... Ah yes... I see, I see...","The common and somewhat unique property of these words is that the first two letters of the word are repeated. So, the words are: icicle cocoon mimics miming piping reread Other 6-letter words (and this isn't an exhaustive list) with this property are: acacia jojoba papacy vivify",Language,01/22/03 #6452,Driving A Car,2.63,2.06,NuttyPrince,"You are driving a car. On your right is a steep cliff. Right in front of you there is a horse and right behind an elephant, both of which travel at your own speed. On your left there is a fire truck blocking you. How do you stop your car?",No hint available.,Ask the merry-go-round operator to stop.,Trick,08/11/02 #28585,The Age of Dinosaurs,2.64,2.83,sgtammo,"Since I have been often described as being older than dinosaurs, I thought it would be fun to create a teaser about them. Can you unscramble the names of the dinosaurs in Part 1 and match them with their facts in Part 2? Don't worry about showing off your knowledge. Knowing about them isn't the same as being as old as them. Part 1 1. Eouspltarasu 2. Paroeotr 3. Solrausukyan 4. Tosrebalausur 5. Rosbaursua 6. Gospmocsuthna Part 2 1. Plant eater from the Triassic Period. 2. Meat eater from the Triassic Period. 3. Plant eater from the Cretaceous Period. 4. Meat eater from the Cretaceous Period. 5. Plant eater from the Jurassic Period. 6. Meat eater form the Jurassic Period.",No hint available.,"1. Plateosaurus: Plant eater from the Triassic Period. 2. Eoraptor: Meat eater from the Triassic Period. 3. Ankylosaurus: Plant eater from the Cretaceous Period. 4. Albertosaurus: Meat eater from the Cretaceous Period. 5. Barosaurus: Plant eater from the Jurassic Period. 6. Compsognathus: Meat eater from the Jurassic Period.",Trivia,02/12/06 #1192,Detroit City Airport,2.39,1.77,starman,"You depart Detroit City Airport (Michigan, USA) in an airplane and head south. Assuming you have plenty of fuel and that you are an American, what is the first foreign country you will arrive at?",Detroit City Airport is northeast of downtown Detroit. You can find the answer using a travel atlas with a map of Detroit in it. The answer would be very different if you departed from Detroit Metro (Wayne County) Airport on the southwest side of Detroit.,Canada,Other,10/23/01 #35538,A Thought From Douglas Adams,2.72,2.74,silent_lucidity,"This thought is from Douglas Adams, author of 'The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. Can you decode it? ""IVOLO PR C IVOXLF AVPZV RICIOR IVCI PW ONOL CEFTXUF UPRZXNOLR OMCZIJF AVCI IVO KEPNOLRO PR WXL CEU AVF PI PR VOLO, PI APJJ PERICEIJF UPRCGGOCL CEU TO LOGJCZOU TF RXSOIVPEB ONOE SXLO TPYCLLO CEU PEOMGJPZCTJO. IVOLO PR CEXIVOL IVOXLF AVPZV RICIOR IVCI IVPR VCR CJLOCUF VCGGOEOU.""","K=U N=V R=S","""There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."" Key: A=W B=G C=A E=N F=Y G=P I=T J=L K=U L=R M=X N=V O=E P=I R=S S=M T=B U=D V=H W=F X=O Y=Z Z=C",Cryptography,03/04/07 #7234,PACHINKO,2.7600000000000002,1.42,dumbell,"Anagrams seem quite popular with people on Braingle. What is the longest word you can make from these letters? PACHINKO",No hint available.,"PACHINKO I never said this was an anagram, just that they seemed popular. Before anyone asks, it's a Japanese game.",Trick,09/06/02 #26274,I Know You!,2.78,1.52,HogwartsGirl05,"I know you, and from whence you came. I know your heart and your brain. We can be alike, the two of us or we can be opposites and drive each other nuts. We share a past either long or brief and we share a future and we've shared the grief. We have lost others and gained new. You know me as I know you. I am a person or thing that you hold dear and many times you've whispered your secrets in my ear. From first crush to truest love we have shared them all. More than anyone can ever count we have been each other's intellectual fount. We share ideas and games and pranks. Those who are lucky are members of our ranks. Who am I?","Read and think, that's all you need to do. Soon the answer will come to you.","I am your friend. It is said those who can count their true friends on one hand are rich indeed but those who need both, are a rare and wondrous breed. Which one are you?",Riddle,10/09/05 #45833,Artist Lunch,3.16,2.56,caberet,"Five budding artists are meeting for lunch today at the new Thai restaurant in town. Use the following clues to determine the first (Allie, Billie, Callie, Donnie and Effie) and last (Adams, Booker, Cheek, Devlin and Efferman) names of each artist, along with her favorite medium (Acrylic, Oil, Pastels, Pen and Ink and Watercolor) current focus (Children, Dancers, Fish, Landscapes and Nests) of each artist, along with their ""day job"" (Banquet Server, Bartender, Cashier, Driver and Teacher.) Nobody shares the same name, favorite medium, current focus or day job with anyone else in the group. 1. The driver has never been drawn to landscapes and the teacher paints with either acrylic or oils. Ms. Efferman is currently focusing on either children or fish. The oil painter is either the bartender or the driver. 2. Billy paints with either acrylic or watercolors. The surname of the driver is either Cheek or Adams. Callie is either Ms. Adams or Ms. Devlin. Donnie uses either acrylic or oil paint. The oil painter is focused on either dancers or landscapes. 3. The watercolorist is either the banquet server or the teacher. The one working with pen and ink is neither Allie nor Effie. The acrylic painter is not focusing on landscapes or dancers. Neither acrylic nor watercolor is used to portray children. 4. Ms. Adams is either the bartender or cashier. Allie either uses pen and ink or is focusing on children. Either Allie or Billy is the banquet server. Ms. Adams' work portrays either dancers or fish. 6. Effie and the acrylic painter shared a pizza, Ms. Cheek had a salad, while the banquet server and the nest aficionado both had the soup of the day.",No hint available.,"First-Last-Medium-Theme-Day Job Allie-Cheek-Pastels-Children-Driver Billy-Booker-Watercolor-Landscape-Banquets Callie-Devlin-Pen and Ink-Nests-Cashier Donnie-Efferman-Acrylic-Fish-Teacher Effie-Adams-Oil-Dancers-Bartender",Logic-Grid,11/27/09 #4619,Shipwrecked,2.48,1.4,mad-ade,"There was a shipwreck at sea and Mad Ade, Smelly O'Riley and Elvis impersonator Tavish McPresley were washed ashore on a small island. Reaching the shore, exhausted, they all fell asleep. Mad Ade woke first (whilst having a glorious dream about living in a land where Kebabs were served every meal, and twice for breakfast), and saw that a box of bananas had been washed ashore. Being greedy as he is, he ate one third of the bananas and went back to sleep to continue his Kebab related dreams. Next, Smelly O'Riley woke up, and seeing the box of bananas, ate one third of what was left and went back to sleep. Tavish McPresley woke up next and assumed that the other two hadn't eaten any bananas, so he ate one third of what remained. When Tavish McPresley had finished, there were eight bananas left over. How many bananas were in the box originally?",No hint available.,"27 Solution: When Tavish finished, the remaining 8 bananas represented 2/3 of the amount that had existed when he started (so each 1/3 = 4). Therefore there were 12 bananas (4 + 4 + 4)when he started, and when Smelly O'Riley finished. Following the same logic, the remaining 12 bananas represented 2/3 of the amount that had existed when Smelly O'Riley started (and each 1/3 = 6). Therefore there were 18 bananas (6 + 6 + 6) when he started, and when Mad Ade finished. Again, following the same logic, the remaining 18 bananas represented 2/3 of the amount that had existed when Mad Ade started (and each 1/3 = 9). So, there must have been 27 (9 + 9 + 9) bananas originally.",Logic,06/10/02 #41966,Where Am I 2,2.78,2.24,TRILLIONAIRE,"You find yourself half way between Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro; about as far from Mexico City as from Moscow. Albert Einstein waits to the left, ready to explain his theory of relativity. A short distance to your right James Watt hopes to recount his development of the steam engine to you. John Steinbeck and Isaac Bashevis Singer crouch over you, vying for your attention. Your surroundings are conventional and functional. One aspect stands out: A piece of furniture - represented in 2 or 3 specimens in the typical home - recurs here hundreds of times. What is this piece of furniture, and where are you?",No hint available.,"The answer is a book shelf. The setting is a library, which typically has dozens or hundreds of bookshelves. You are standing in front of the ""S"" nonfiction section.",Situation,05/18/08 #9926,Boing Thud,2.5,1.76,dsquared,"What expression is represented by the following situation? run run *leap* rifle *land* run run",Don't be too hasty,"Jump the gun. Running along and leaving the ground (the *leap*) before the rifle (gun) and landing (the *land*) on the other side.",Rebus,01/21/03 #13466,Reapermatic-3000,2.25,2.31,MrIxolite,"What phrase could be interpreted by the sentence below? I finely chop one onion while The Grim Reaper finely cubes one carrot.",No hint available.,I'm Dicing with Death,Language,06/28/03 #49697,Heavenly 2,2.27,2.69,Panther91,"Can you solve this equation? 4 MA= M+G+R+U",No hint available.,4 Major Archangels = Michael + Gabriel + Raphael + Uriel,Letter-Equations,12/20/12 #5713,Tell Me a Story,2.28,1.25,glennyboy02,"Decipher this: 1111111111111 time",No hint available.,"Once upon a time! (Ones sounds like Once)",Rebus,07/20/02 #49257,***!,2.3,0.49,incredibotsmast,"How many stars are there above? * * * * * * * * * *",This is a trick question.,3. Above the question is the title.,Trick,01/20/12 #33858,Bus Stops,2.42,2.26,tintiniscool,"In Seattle, Washington, USA, four people in the same group were waiting near the bus stop. The most popular of the four yelled ""Bus Stop!"" And they all charged toward it, as if they had seen it many times before. Unfortunately, one person was late for the bus stop, and was withdrawn from the group. Why?",This was no ordinary bus stop.,"They were playing a game of Foursquare. In Foursquare the ""King or Queen"" (the person standing in the special square) can call bus stop. All four of the players charge toward the center, and the last one there is out.",Situation,11/05/06 #27203,"Hurry, Said the Joker.",2.92,2.1,sweetime,"What does the following rebus represent? ""Hurry, let me in,"" said the Jester. ""No, me first!"" said the Joker. ""Perhaps we should be careful about walking there,"" said Gabriel. ""A wiser course may be to avoid stepping on the area,"" said Uziel.",No hint available.,"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. The joker and jester are other words for the court ""fool"", and Gabriel and Uziel are two well known angels.",Rebus,11/28/05 #42993,Spazy Croonerisms 14,2.7,2.27,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) adhesive and donkey sound & a color and a color 2) briny digit & imperfect vocalist 3) vixen nibble & a brawl between rectangular containers 4) a leaky faucet in Bangkok & a thirsty pointed end",No hint available.,"1) glue and bray & blue and gray 2) salty finger & faulty singer 3) fox bite & box fight 4) Thai drip & dry tip",Language,09/05/08 #33464,Don't Get Stressed!,2.48,1.78,twinklyspangle,"Which is the odd word out? Convict Transport Compact Project Respect",No hint available.,"The answer is 'Respect'. The other words can be stressed in two different ways, giving two different meanings. conVICT /CONvict TRANSport/transPORT comPACT/COMpact PROject/proJECT",Language,10/13/06 #7034,A Subtle Person,2.39,1.68,cubeplayr,"Decipher this common phrase: tahsengarkaess",No hint available.,"A snake in the grass tAhSeNgArKaEss TaHsEnGaRkAeSS",Rebus,08/30/02 #5354,"3,7,8,40,50,60",2.4,1.87,mad-ade,"The numbers 3, 7, 8, 40, 50 and 60 have one property in common which is NOT possessed by any other whole number. What is that property?",No hint available.,Each has exactly five letters in its written form.,Group,07/08/02 #3038,Des Des,2.63,2.04,lil_thugsta,"Decipher this word: Des Des",No hint available.,Despair,Rebus,03/30/02 #26040,Where are They Now?,2.44,2.64,norcekri,"Which city or town in Group B should join Group A? Group A: Lumbini Shantung Teheran Ch'u-jen Porbunder Group B: St. Martin le Redon Mecca Saskatoon Charing Cross Cocoa Beach",Think of Christmas.,"Mecca joins the group. They are the birthplaces of major spiritual leaders: Lumbini.......Buddha Mecca..........Mohammed Shantung ....Kung-Fu-Tse (Confucius) Teheran ......Baha'u'llah (Baha'i) Ch'u-jen.......Lao-Tse (Tao) Porbunder....Mohandas Gandhi",Group,09/23/05 #6739,Dracula,2.18,2.49,dumbell,"What phrase comes to mind? BASIE MONTE CRISTO DRACULA",No hint available.,The final countdown,Rebus,08/21/02 #11873,Three the Hard Way,2.25,2.82,Codammanus,"Using the Periodic Table, and the table alone, without any in-depth knowledge or insight, I challenge you to tell me the missing members of the unique group of elements below. Group: As, Dy, Ir, Ra, Cs, Ti Given: 1. The saying about felines would not be false if they had as many lives as this group has members. 2. Cs [Cesium, or Caesium] is in the middle of the group, when placed in order of what gives the members their membership. (Let's call these their ""membership cards"".) 3. There is ONLY ONE member in this group that is missing which, if their ""membership card #"" is squared, will give you a year in the 20th century in which the second digit is a perfect square, the third is the square root of that perfect square, and the last is a multiple of the square root of that perfect square. 4. ""Those Extremely Smart go to the rear of the group, please"". What's missing from the group?",No hint available.,"Solution: Na(11) Ru (44) Es(99) Explained: There are only NINE elements on the Periodic Table whose ATOMIC NUMBER is composed completely of a DOUBLE: Na (11) Ti (22) As (33) Ru (44) Cs (55) Dy (66) Ir (77) Ra (88) Es (99) 1. If cats had 9 lives, the saying would be true. The group has 9 members out of 103 elements. (Easy Start) 2. Cs [Caesium, or Cesium] is in the middle of the group, when placed in order of what gives the members their membership: out of 9 members, it would be number 5. 3. No other member in this group has an atomic number that, when squared, gives you a year in the 20th Century. (Try it). 1936 is the year in the 20th Century (based on the ""membership card #"" being squared) in which the second digit is a perfect square, the third is the square root of that perfect square, and the last is a multiple of the square root of that perfect square. 1936 is equal to 44 squared. (44 would be the ""Membership Card #"" for Ru (Ruthenium), because its atomic number is 44). 4. Einsteinium, named after Albert Einstein, will be last, with its atomic number being 99. ""Extremely smart people to the rear of the group, please"". (No clue provided for Na)",Other,04/19/03 #42115,How Does It Do That? #1 - Worldwide,2.16,2.5100000000000002,RampaginRobo,"In an inaccurate book of facts, there was a list of countries' populations that, of course, were incorrect. Here's the list: ROMANIA = 28,000 PERU = 8,000 BULGARIA = 32,000 CHINA = 10,000 URUGUAY = 28,000 Given this list, what is the population of the PHILIPPINES?","This rule makes ARGENTINA = 36,000.","44,000 The rule is that the population is (the number of letters in the country's name x the number of vowels in the country's name x 1000). The PHILIPPINES has 11 letters and 4 vowels. Therefore, the PHILIPPINES' population is (11 x 4 x 1, 000) = 44, 000.",Other,06/01/08 #51071,What Do You Do Then ?,1.72,1.99,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus? xnx",Title is a hint.,"""in between times"" ""n"" is between two ""x"" symbols (maths for ""times"")",Rebus,05/20/17 #50671,What Word is Next?,3.09,0.6900000000000001,fishmed,"Based on the pairings that you see below, what word is next, replacing the ? mark? rotate - tare refits - firs sneaky - easy throne - rote tepees - ?",No hint available.,"The answer is pets. The second word in each pair is created by taking the middle two letters of the first word and then adding the first letter of the first word and the last letter of the first word.",Group,09/13/15 #1895,75 N in a BG,2.23,2.36,JUSTIN,75 N in a BG,No hint available.,75 Numbers in a Bingo Game,Letter-Equations,01/01/02 #33519,A Glass of Jameson Anyone?,2.98,2.21,jazzmusician46,"Two professors were sitting in front of an open fire at the local university's elite Professor's Club. They were chatting about some of their new classes. During the course of their conversation, one of the professors asked the other if he would like to sample some fine Irish Whiskey while they talked. ""Absolutely! That would be splendid!"" ""Waiter! Bring me a bottle of your finest Irish Whiskey please"", called the Professor. ""Certainly sir"", replied the waiter. A few minutes later, the waiter returned and said, ""Here you go sir. This bottle of 'Jameson' is one of Ireland's best single malt grain whiskeys. I hope you both enjoy it!"" ""Thank you waiter. I'm sure we will. Can you let me look at the bottle please before you go?"" The waiter passed the bottle to the Professor. The label read: ""Jameson Genuine Irish Single Malt Grain Whisky"". Without opening the lid of the bottle or tasting, smelling or examining its contents, the Professor became very angry with the waiter saying, ""This is NOT genuine Irish whiskey. It is a fraud and absolute rubbish! Take it back!"" By simply reading the label, and without smelling, examining or tasting the fluid first, how did the Professor know that the contents of the bottle was not Irish whiskey?",No hint available.,"The Professor knew it was not really Irish Whiskey because of the difference in how the Irish spell ""whiskey"" (with an ""e"") and how the Scottish spell it - ""whisky"". The label read: ""Jameson Genuine Irish Single Malt Grain Whisky"". A true bottle of Irish whiskey would have read: ""Jameson Genuine Irish Single Malt Grain Whiskey"". There appears to be no known reason, legal or otherwise why this difference exists.",Trivia,10/17/06 #48282,Yarnland,2.01,2.22,Crystal_Heart,"In the country of Yarnland, it is illegal to drown a piece of string. However, I sank a piece of string and left it there, and I was not arrested. Many people saw me do it and were happy that I did. Why?",Think art class.,"I was sinking the string into a yarn basket that I was making. In art, sinking means to get the string under other string so it will stay and you can start weaving.",Trick,12/10/10 #19368,Cowardly Thrash,2.28,2.86,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: cowardly, melancholy, strand, thrash Group B: broomstick, isotope, pierce, zoo",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A has a synonym that is a color. cowardly - yellow melancholy - blue strand - maroon thrash - tan thus pierce - pink",Group,11/09/04 #49216,Islamic Tower,2.11,1.56,Yazmeen,5=P of I,Basics of Islam,5 Pillars of Islam,Letter-Equations,01/03/12 #18972,What You Want,2.45,1.02,jacintan,"I'm what you really want, I'm a group of lions, I show off, I feel I have high standards. What am I?",No hint available.,"Pride. If you pride in something, you really want it. A pride is a group of lions, Pride often leads to showing off, If you take pride in something it is often because you feel you have high standards.",Riddle,09/28/04 #22792,Diagonal Possibility,2.74,2.32,chidam11,"Fill the eight spaces below with numbers from 1 to 8. No number that comes before or after any other number should be placed in an adjacent space, either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. (For Example 2 should not be next to the number 1 or the number 3) The arrangement of the space is * __ __ * __ __ __ __ * __ __ *",No hint available.,"* 3 5 * 7 1 8 2 * 4 6 * Other possibilities are mirror images of the above answer.",Math,05/10/05 #40897,Slippery,2.78,2.06,suprfrek96,"I'm a slippery fish in a cloudy sea; Neither hook nor spear will capture me; With your hand you must hunt and seize this fish, To see that it ends up in the dish.",No hint available.,Soap,Riddle,03/06/08 #6552,PICTURE,2.16,1.21,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? PICTURE",No hint available.,The big picture!,Rebus,08/15/02 #26976,Compounds II,2.7,2.31,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. BALIPY _ _ _ L _ L _ _ 2. LAKIN M _ _ M _ _ _ 3. PTIEAUFG _ R _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ 4. TRTEDALH _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ E _ 5. SOMOTE R _ _ _ R _ _ _ 6. LANIEPE P _ _ _ _ P _ _ _ 7. RSOYTHCNR _ _ _ _ E _ _ E _ _ _ 8. BLULLB _ E _ _ _ _ _ E 9. MANORLWT _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ E _",No hint available.,"1. PLAYBILL 2. MILKMAN 3. GRAPEFRUIT 4. LETTERHEAD 5. RESTROOM 6. PINEAPPLE 7. CHERRYSTONE 8. BLUEBELL 9. WATERMELON",Language,11/17/05 #42615,Strange Recipe,3.11,1.49,BJBland2004,"Susan needed to go to the store to buy some ingredients to cook with. She started writing them down: Butter Milk Eggs Baking Soda Cashews Oranges Vinegar Lemon Juice What was Susan making?",No hint available.,A shopping list.,Trick,07/26/08 #20742,What's This Phrase?,2.18,0.9,kramerluvslyn,"What is the sentence that can be made out of this? PRI/CE",No hint available.,Slashing the price,Rebus,01/30/05 #24522,The Desk,2.29,0.6000000000000001,deadeye823,"Two boys were sitting on opposite sides of a desk. There was nothing between them but the desk, and yet they couldn't see each other. They weren't blind, so how was this possible?",They may not have been sitting normally.,They had their backs to each other!,Trick,07/13/05 #51086,Let's Do The Twist,2.66,1.99,ThinksForFun,"My first, a place where liquid stays My second shields your eyes from rays A thread leads my whole's spiral ways What am I?","If my path to removal is not by a thread There's intervention by a third party instead","bottle cap For the hint, a bottle cap is removed by a bottle opener (""a third party"") if it is not the type that can be twisted off.",Riddle,05/04/17 #48815,Words With LI,2.54,2.69,cnmne,"Five words that contain LI as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *LI**, *LI***, **LI**, ***LI*, **LI*** Pool: A, A, C, D, E, E, F, H ,K, M, N, O, P, R, S, S, T, T, U, V",No hint available.,"FLICK, PLIERS, HELIUM, STOLID, VALIANT",Language,06/19/11 #21423,State Of Order,2.36,2.03,SliceOPi,"Dr. Aldear was a U.S. history professor who loved creating puzzles for his friends and family to solve. When the Dr. died his will stated that he had acquired a number of historical U.S. relics worth a substantial amount of money. These relics he kept locked away in a deposit box at the bank and in order for his family to retrieve the treasures they would have to solve one of his puzzles. The answer to the puzzle was the combination to the box. The Puzzle: 1. There are no letters in the combination, only numbers. 2. There are seven digits in the combination. 3. Each of the U.S. states relate to a number in the combination. 4. The numbers in the combination range from 1-9 there are no zeros and the numbers in the combination are in the same order in which the states below are written. 1. Maryland 2. Connecticut 3. New Jersey 4. New Hampshire 5. Delaware 6. New Jersey 7. Delaware",No hint available.,"The Combination: 7-5-3-9-1-3-1 The numbers in the combination correspond to the order in which each state received statehood. Maryland was the 7th Connecticut was 5th New Jersey was 3rd etc.",Trivia,03/08/05 #45837,Pretty,2.84,0.5,Shadows,"Reds and oranges, purples too Set against the deepest blue Now and then a golden ray What a colourful display! Sit outside and have a rest Point your eyes toward the west Beauty waits for you and me What do you think you will see?",No hint available.,A sunset.,Riddle,11/27/09 #38671,The Rock in the Bucket,2.43,0.71,jsdodgers,A pumice rock (from a volcano) is placed in a bucket. Will it go to the bottom or will it stay at the top?,"Pumice is a rock that is less dense than water, but...","Go to the bottom. Since I did not say there was water or anything else in the bucket, it will fall to the bottom because the rock is more dense than air. Even though most people know that pumice is less dense than water, so it floats on water.",Trick,10/07/07 #3880,mgivee,2.14,1.49,arij,"can you decipher this? mgivee",No hint available.,Give Into Me,Rebus,05/03/02 #26631,Cryptoxymorography,2.62,2.75,bigSWAFF_69_,"Oxymorons are words with opposite or incongruous meanings that when linked together, form a descriptive phrase. Cryptography teasers are teasers in which a phrase or expression has been encoded in some way. Cryptoxymorography teasers are teasers in which oxymorons are concealed in a cryptic mass of letters. Can you decipher the oxymorons? They all use the same code. 1. oqh bohifozzm 2. oihvsbhwq fsdzwqo 3. por ziqy 4. pwhhsf gkssh 5. Qwjwz Kof 6. qckofrzm zwcb 7. rsotsbwbu gwzsbqs 8. rsohv psbstwhg 9. smsg kwrs gvih 10. sjsb crrg","A is represented by: O E is represented by: S I is represented by: W O is represented by: C U is represented by: I","1. Act naturally 2. Authentic replica 3. Bad luck 4. Bitter - sweet 5. Civil War 6. Cowardly lion 7. Deafening silence 8. Death benefits 9. Eyes Wide Shut 10. Even odds The code was: A: O B: P C: Q D: R E: S F: T G: U H: V I: W K: Y L: Z N: B O: C P: D R: F S: G T: H U: I V: J W: K Y: M",Cryptography,10/30/05 #21345,Like Clockwork,2.5100000000000002,2.09,cnmne,"What does this rebus represent? 2:53 AM = maelstrom 9:48 AM = conundrum 6:17 PM = talisman",No hint available.,The third time is a charm (a talisman is a charm; the third time is equal to a charm).,Rebus,03/04/05 #50104,Dropboxes XXV,2.57,2.21,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Amount of medication [_] 2. 19th century impressionist [_] 3. Like cheese or wine 4. Against the current [_] 5. Damages a lock or a seal [_] 6. Expert 7. Painter or sculptor [_] 8. Indian instrument [_] 9. _____ up trouble 10. Adhesive graphic [_] 11. Clothed [_] 12. Boy 13. Great Barrier _____ [_] 14. Monetary penalty [_] 15. Iron",No hint available.,"1. dosage [O] 2. Degas [S] 3. aged 4. upstream [U] 5. tampers [P] 6. master 7. artist [T] 8. sitar [A] 9. stir 10. decal [E] 11. clad [C] 12. lad 13. Reef [R] 14. fee [E] 15. Fe ""Outer space""",Language,01/25/14 #22521,Hidden Message,2.83,3.13,Gander,"Find a short hidden message in the list of words below. carrot fiasco nephew spring rabbit sonata tailor bureau legacy corona travel bikini object happen soften picnic option waited effigy adverb report accuse animal shriek esteem oyster",First and last.,"Starting with the first two words, Take the first and last letters, reading from left to right. Example: Carrot fiascO ""from these pairs"" the message is as follows: CONGRATULATIONS CODE BREAKER",Cryptography,04/28/05 #17516,Royalty,2.63,2.09,CCat20,"The most common way people know me Is through my affiliation with royalty. I am also used to receive the most needed of amenities. With all of the new technology, I can make your mouth right, although painfully, And if you hit me you will see stars (figuratively).",No hint available.,"A crown. Affiliations with royalty - worn by Kings and Queens Amenities - type of money Mouth - It can fix it Your head is also called your crown.",Riddle,04/30/04 #4437,nhappy,3.02,1.96,emmyluzam,"Decipher this phrase- NHAPPY",What's missing?,Unhappy without you,Rebus,06/03/02 #7476,Yummie Gummies,2.5,2.42,hprulz,"Mikey was looking through his drawer where he was saving all of his packages of gummy fruit candy. He found a dozen packages of candy altogether. He kept a chart listing how many pieces of candy there were in each package and figured out that he had 81 pieces of candy in all. His chart listed the color of each package, but not the names of the candy. Each kind of candy comes in only one color. The chart looked like this: Green packages 2 pieces per package Yellow packages 5 pieces per package Brown packages 9 pieces per package Gray packages 12 pieces per package Each Zing Zong is so big that these packages contain the fewest candies. There are an equal number of Zing Zong packages as Gummy Ape packages. There are 2 dozen pieces of Egg Smasher candies, and a dozen more pieces of Power Busters than Egg Smashers. Which candy is in each color package, and how many packages of each kind does Mikey have?",No hint available.,"Looking at the column that shows the number of pieces per package, you can see that 12 is the only number left in this column that is a factor of 24, so Egg Smashers belong in the gray packages, and there must be 24 ÷ 12 = 2 gray packages. Looking at the same column, you can see that 9 is a factor of 36 but 5 is not, so Power Busters come in the brown packages, and there must be 36 ÷ 9 = 4 brown packages. You now know that Gummy Apes come in the yellow packages. You also know that there are 12 - 4 - 2 = 6 packages to be accounted for, of which 3 are green and 3 are yellow. So, there must be a total of 3 x 2 = 6 pieces of Zing Zong and 3 x 5 = 15 Gummy Ape candies. Check the total pieces of candy: 24 + 36 + 6 + 15 = 81.",Math,09/16/02 #38823,For Your Consideration VIII,2.33,2.26,aresII,"The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. V=Y ""MSCCZMGWA I QGPPQU DZJMU DIM ZWQV I MGWAQU PGWV CIJIMGPU, G JUONZW PDIP'M I ZWU-PGON CZWV."" ""EDIP OZSQR VZS OIQQ CQGUJM, EJUWODUM IWR DITTUJM SMUR LV EIJPV ITCDGLGIWM? PZIR PZZQM.""","A=G N=K T=M","""SUPPOSING A LITTLE HORSE HAS ONLY A SINGLE TINY PARASITE, I RECKON THAT'S A ONE-TICK PONY."" ""WHAT COULD YOU CALL PLIERS, WRENCHES AND HAMMERS USED BY WARTY AMPHIBIANS? TOAD TOOLS."" KEY: A=G C=P D=H E=W G= I I =A J=R L=B M=S N=K O=C P=T Q=L R=D S=U T=M U=E V=Y W=N Z=O",Cryptography,10/18/07 #7608,Treated Unfairly,2.8,1.5,majd,"What is this common expression? STICk",No hint available.,Short end of the stick.,Rebus,09/21/02 #33132,It Helps To Know Your Cricket,2.24,2.54,grungy49,"Which of these terms is the odd one out? Leg glance Hook On drive Cut Sweep",They are all types of cricket shots.,Cut is the odd one out. The other shots are all shots through the leg side and cut is a shot through the off side.,Group,09/23/06 #9780,Not a Yellow Brick Road,2.2,1.37,dsquared,"What saying is represented below? Rubber >< Road","Rubber: ""Hi there road, I'm pleased to meet you"" Road: ""Likewise rubber, a pleasure to meet you too""","Where the rubber meets the road. The arrows are pointing to the middle showing the place where the rubber would meet the road.",Rebus,01/14/03 #45551,Tournaments at Gaming Town,2.96,1.82,whsprec,"The town of Gaming holds five different tournaments throughout the year. People come from all over the country to compete and to watch. There are five different games and 5 different prizes for each tournament. Last year five different people won and they defeated 5 different people in the championship round. From the clues below determine the tournament champion, the runner-up, the game that they played, and the prize money for the winner. 1 - Austin played against Blake; the amount Austin won and the amount won at Monopoly differed by 70 dollars. 2 - Tori spent his time playing Magic; he won less than the person who beat Paul, who did not play poker. 3 - It wasn't Chelsea who beat Caroline to win 630 dollars. 4 - Penny won 700 dollars in his tournament. 5 - The amount won playing Scrabble was immediately less than that won at poker. 6 - Will did not lose to the winner of 610 dollars.",No hint available.,"Austin beat Blake at chess to win 560 dollars Chelsea beat Will at poker to win 720 dollars Tori beat Shelby at Magic to win 610 dollars Don beat Caroline at Monopoly to win 630 dollars Penny beat Paul at Scrabble to win 700 dollars",Logic-Grid,10/27/09 #26676,Treasure Hunt,3.03,1.65,shabz4lyf,"The wind eased itself gently through Captain Sheba's hair as he pressed his eye against his spy glass. ""Land! At last we are rich!"" he shouted to his crew members. They anchored not very far away from the strange little island, rowed toward the shore and arrived safely. ""Brethren, we've found the island. From the information we have so far, the treasure is hidden under one of these colored rocks on the shore and the rest of the rocks have a poisonous gas trapped beneath them. Alas, I can't afford to lose any of my crew members. If we could only decode the last part of these writings, we would know which rock the treasure is under. I will give ten percent of the find to anyone who is able to decode this last message!"" At the end of your power At the beginning of eternity Blessed is he who finds me He who still exists after uncovering me To enjoy my riches forever My last is in mud somewhere wherever That's all the writings say. There are four rocks. They are blue, red, white, and black respectively. Which one has the treasure hidden under it?",Read again; you can do it!,"The Red rock! At the end of power is R. At the beginning of eternity is E. My last is in mud somewhere, so it has to be D.",Riddle,11/02/05 #25432,Guess the Animals #3,2.55,2.13,Javian,"Find out what the animals are! (for example, ""To run away or escape"" could be a ""flea"") 1. to chatter incessantly 2. to couple it 3. more weird 4. blowin' 5. to elevate 6. a minor parish official 7. an internet scam",#5 refers to animals in the plural form.,"1. yak (yack) 2. parrot (pair it) 3. otter (odder) 4. puffin (puffin') 5. rays; plural of ""ray"" (raise) 6. beetle (beadle) 7. fish (phish)",Language,08/22/05 #40489,Blank You Very Much,2.36,1.66,jonasandrainbow,"What word can go in the blanks? ____ure ____age ____acle ____nish ____ned",No hint available.,"Man. Manure Manage Manacle Mannish Manned",Language,02/13/08 #42731,Confucius Says...,2.35,2.28,aresII,"The following quote is from Confucius. Can you decode it? * The hint provides three vowels. U=H ""UX HUZ CXMSPR LNO JZXR PZO OUFPD FR CZRO! UX HUZ OUFPDR LNO JZXR PZO CXMSP FR FP VSXMO JMPVXS.""","F=I M=A Z=O","""HE WHO LEARNS BUT DOES NOT THINK IS LOST! HE WHO THINKS BUT DOES NOT LEARN IS IN GREAT DANGER."" KEY: C=L D=K F=I H=W J=D L=B M=A N=U O=T P=N R=S S=R U=H V=G X=E Z=O",Cryptography,08/07/08 #39859,Can You Relate?,2.36,2.18,aresII,"The following quotes are by comedian Steven Wright. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. G=C *The hint contains three vowels. ""GBLZAEZXT JZUUIH XYI GOX, NBX QAL O PYZUI Z POE EBECIGX."" ""HAS'X TAB YOXI PYIS TABL YOSH QOUUE OEUIIC OSH TAB JSAP ZX PZUU NI BC OUU SZWYX?""","I=E O=A Z=I","""CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, BUT FOR A WHILE I WAS SUSPECT."" ""DON'T YOU HATE WHEN YOUR HAND FALLS ASLEEP AND YOU KNOW IT WILL BE UP ALL NIGHT?"" KEY: A=O B=U C=P E=S G=C H=D I=E J=K L=R N=B O=A P=W Q=F S=N T=Y U=L W=G X=T Y=H Z=I",Cryptography,12/31/07 #42391,Circle's Corner,2.0,2.7,Cogmatic,"Consider the two lines AO and BO. These two lines intersect at point O and are perpendicular to each other. If you were to draw a circle that were to intersect these two lines at points A and B and only at points A and B, what would be the smallest integral size of the larger arc AB in degrees?","Integral means ""in integers"". An arc is a portion of a circle.","181 degrees. If you created a circle with points A, B, and O on it, since angle AOB is a right angle, line AB is the diameter of this circle. Therefore, arc AB would be 180 degrees if it actually were to intersect O as well as A and B. However, the problem says the arc can only intersect A and B. To do this, the circle must be slightly larger than the one described above. As stated in the problem, the larger arc must be the next largest integer size, which is 181 degrees.",Math,06/30/08 #21087,Grandmas and Trolls,3.22,1.39,Gandalf,"You are on your way to visit your Grandma, who lives at the end of the valley. It's her birthday, and you want to give her the cakes you've made. Between your house and her house, you have to cross 7 bridges, and as it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll, quite rightly, insists that you pay a troll toll. Before you can cross their bridge, you have to give them half of the cakes you are carrying, but as they are kind trolls, they each give you back a single cake. How many cakes do you have to leave home with to make sure that you arrive at Grandma's with exactly 2 cakes?",No hint available.,"2: At each bridge you are required to give half of your cakes, and you receive one back. Which leaves you with 2 cakes after every bridge.",Math,02/18/05 #11814,Dangerous 235,2.26,2.63,Glenbo,235 = I of U in the A B,No hint available.,235 = Isotope of Uranium in the Atomic Bomb,Letter-Equations,04/17/03 #33398,Athletics Carnival,2.7600000000000002,1.91,grungy49,"The state athletic carnival had just finished and a group of five friends had each participated in a different event. They each raced on a different day and each finished in a different spot. Can you figure out all of the friends' last names, the event they participated in, how they finished, and on what day they raced? Boys: Robert, Fred Girls: Samantha, Kelly, Jessica Surnames: Turner, Liedwick, Perry, Bullock, Champion Races: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m Placings: 1st, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 10th Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Clues 1. The person whose last name was Champion won the 100m sprint. 2. Kelly's last name does not have a single 'C' in it. 3. The three girls raced in the 400m, the 800m and the 1500m. 4. Neither of the two boys' last names was Liedwick. 5. The person whose last name was Bullock raced on the Saturday. 6. Tuesday was the shortest day because the race held on that day was the 100m sprint. 7. Jessica's last name started with a 'P', and she raced on the day before the weekend. 8. Robert almost won first place, but he was overtaken by two runners right at the end. 9. The person who raced on the Monday finished 10th in their race. 10. The person who raced in the 800m finished 7th. 11. The person who finished 8th ran the race that was longer than 1000 metres. 12. Kelly raced in the 400m. 13. Jessica did not finish 7th.",No hint available.,"Samantha Liedwick raced in the 800m on Thursday, and finished 7th. Robert Bullock raced in the 200m on Saturday, and finished 3rd. Kelly Turner raced in the 400m on Monday, and finished 10th. Fred Champion raced in the 100m on Tuesday, and finished 1st. Jessica Perry raced in the 1500m on Friday, and finished 8th.",Logic-Grid,10/09/06 #4341,The Competition,2.78,1.6300000000000001,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this phrase: G E L A the competition",No hint available.,A leg up on the competition,Rebus,05/30/02 #27824,Wilde Ideas,2.63,2.24,Nytwynd,"Both quotes came from the same source and uses the same crypt: Mgx lvmzki ekueql akeq teyhkq uvxg mgx vel bvx uyggygo rehil. Bm iyleohxx uybv bvhxx-tmzhbvl mt bvx phybylv azpkyr yl mgx mt bvx tyhlb hxnzylybxl mt legybq.","N=Q R=C T=F","A=P B=T E=A G=N H=R I=D K=L L=S M=O N=Q O=G P=B Q=Y R=C T=F U=W V=H X=E Y=I Z=U One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards. To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity. Note: Quoted from Oscar Wilde",Cryptography,01/02/06 #42209,My Radio,2.12,1.17,jazzmusician46,"Last week whilst driving home from work I was listening to my favourite radio station, enjoying the music. Suddenly, the radio went off for one minute and came back on again. I did not touch the radio controls. There was nothing wrong with the radio or my car; nor was there any problems with the radio station and its program transmission. Most people listening to the same radio station did not experience any loss of reception. Why did the radio suddenly go off for a minute and then come back on again?",No hint available.,"I entered a tunnel on the road that passed through a mountain. Because it took me one minute to drive through the tunnel, the radio reception was temporarily interrupted.",Situation,06/11/08 #38666,Word Connections #11,2.5,2.35,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect muscle to plate. Muscle B_ _ _ _ S_ _ _ P_ _ _ _ Plate WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","BE _ _ _ SA _ _ PA _ _ _","Muscle Beach Sand Paper Plate",Language,10/07/07 #7612,Country,2.45,1.26,sailingwrestler,"Take the following countries and put them in such an order that you get a new country. Albania Australia Iran Russia Sweden Thailand Ukraine",No hint available.,Austria,Language,09/21/02 #17002,They Can See Every Sight,2.71,1.03,Jmbannana,"They are windows to every sight. They're opened by day and closed by night. They're very handy, and useful a lot. Don't take care of them and work they may not. Without them you won't find your way. They help you eat, read, write, and play. What are they?",No hint available.,Eyes.,Riddle,03/12/04 #45775,Words With EW,2.11,2.5,cnmne,"Five words that contain EW as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***EW, *EW***, ***EW*, ****EW, *EW**** Pool: A, A, B, C, D, D, F, H, K, L, N, N, O, P, R, R, R, S, S, U",No hint available.,"ASKEW, DEWLAP, SHREWD, CURFEW, NEWBORN",Language,11/19/09 #35950,Sunbeams,2.46,2.08,Trumalia,"This is an old American riddle from 1500-1900 AD. I'm round as a globe, as a feather I'm light; I shine in the sunbeams resplendent and bright. I rival the rainbow in richness of hue; I live but a moment, then vanish from view. Two of the elements give me an existence, But to other agents I owe my consistence. By air I'm produced, and by air I'm destroyed; Essay you to grasp me? Your hand will be void. To childhood's glad time my short life is due; And p'rhaps I've been sent forth, kind reader, by you.",No hint available.,Bubble,Riddle,02/23/07 #3581,loboxok,2.55,1.53,fruitloop986,"Can you decipher this phrase: loboxok",No hint available.,look outside the box,Rebus,04/17/02 #38734,Ten-letter Words #2,2.58,2.81,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you can only use the letters given. You have to fill in the dashes to form 10-letter words. Each letter is used only once. Good luck and have fun! AAAAAA BB CC D EEE IIII GG L M N OOO P RRR SSS TT U V YYY 1. a-o-i-a-l- 2. p-e-i-u-l- 3. b-l-t-l-n- 4. c-l-m-t-u- 5. r-h-a-s-n- 6. f-l-a-i-u- 7. m-l-d-p-e- 8. o-e-s-p-l-",No hint available.,"1. abominably 2. preciously 3. belittling 4. calamitous 5. rehearsing 6. fallacious 7. maladapted 8. oversupply",Language,10/12/07 #531,Lives in Winter...,2.71,1.86,kaila912,"Lives in winter, dies in spring, grows with its root upwards. What is it?",No hint available.,An icicle.,Riddle,05/31/01 #1357,Today or Tomorrow,2.31,2.19,psychodude57,"When the day before yesterday was referred to as the day after tomorrow, the day that was then called yesterday was as far away from the day we now call tomorrow as yesterday is from the day which we shall now be able to speak of last Monday as a week ago yesterday. What day is it?",No hint available.,Thursday.,Other,11/10/01 #36811,The Grandaddy of Them All,2.38,2.79,jazzmusician46,The D D of A and S = I J and E,No hint available.,"The Direct Descendants of Abraham and Sarah = Isaac, Jacob and Esau. This lists the direct descendants of Abram (Abraham) by his wife Sarai (Sarah) to Jacob (the father of Joseph and his 11 brothers). N.B. Abraham had 6 children to Keturah and one child to his concubine Hagar. Taken from the Book of Genesis, 15:18 onwards (New Revised Standard Version Bible).",Letter-Equations,06/01/07 #41440,Artificial Additives,2.7,1.91,Scubee,"An infinite variety of words can be created by adding and subtracting words or letters to and from existing words. Clues are also provided for the new word. An example follows: Q: Add a tree to h; may your sloop answer to it. A: h+elm = helm 1. Drop the n from gun, and add a home for swine; you had better hold on to your hat. 2. Drop the t from count, and add effort; it has less pollution than the city. 3. Add a tree to s; every book needs a good one. 4. Drop the final l in bell, and add ""to cook in fat""; you will find it in a tower. 5. Add a tree to b; it shows you are no longer a youth but can't do much about it.",No hint available.,"1. gu+sty = gusty 2. coun+try = country 3. s+pine = spine 4. bel+fry = belfry 5. b+alder = balder",Language,04/10/08 #30118,"4, 4, 2, 5, 5, 5, 8, 8...",2.82,2.6,yoshinode,"This is a quote by a very famous person. Can you decipher it? I won't include capitals in the cipher. ""oltsitemsienevfruodngania."" -ebjnmanirfnalkni","The title is a clue, and the last three letters in the quote are different.","To decipher: put a space after every 2 letters. Except for the last three letters. Leave them be: olts - ol ts. nia - nia. Then, switch the two (or three) letters around: ol ts - lo st. Nia - ain. Repeat for the next letters: lo st ti me is ne ve rf ou nd ag ain. Put them together, minus spaces: losttimeisneverfoundagain. Then, look at the title: 4, 4, 2, 5, 5, 5, 8, 8... they represent letters before a space: lost time is never found again. Use this rule (this time, all letters are the same) for the last part. It now should read: Lost time is never found again. -Benjamin Franklin.",Cryptography,04/27/06 #3448,ORREEO,2.09,1.91,Mogmatt16,"Figure this out: ORREEO orreeo ORREEO orreeo",No hint available.,Double Stuffed Oreos,Rebus,04/12/02 #30809,Snakes Through My Belly,2.68,2.16,thompson1,"When I bend and the battle-sting Snakes through my belly, I am primed to drive off the death-stroke. When my lord and tormentor releases my limbs, I am long again. As laced with slaughter, I spit out The death-blend I swallowed before. What whistles from my belly does not easily pass, And the man who seizes this sudden cup Pays with his life for the long, last drink. Unwound I will not obey any man; Bound tight, I serve. Say what I am.","Wob is my name twisted about I'm a strange creature shaped for battle.",A Bow!,Riddle,05/31/06 #21358,"""SPB""",2.89,1.83,horse_luver,"What word has the letters ""spb"", next to each other, in that order?",fruit,Raspberries or raspberry,Language,03/04/05 #33628,Not This One Again,2.48,1.12,bigSWAFF_69_,"What weighs more, a bag full of a pound of feathers, or brick weighing a pound?",No hint available.,"The bag of feathers. The feathers weigh a pound, which is the same as the brick. However, the bag has weight too. It isn't an extreme amount, but still enough for the total weight of the feathers to be greater than that of the brick.",Trick,10/23/06 #19379,Mad Ade's Magic Square #2,2.21,2.31,Mad-Ade,"Mad Ade placed the numbers 1 through 9 into a 3x3 grid, such that in each of the 8 directions of 3 squares (horizontally, vertically and diagonally) the sum of the first and last numbers minus the center number gives the same result.",No hint available.,"There is only one answer 2 1 4 3 5 7 6 9 8",Math,11/11/04 #1585,It Goes Up,2.95,1.91,gokaran,"It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground. It's present tense and past tense too. Come for a ride, just me and you. What is it?",No hint available.,It's a See-Saw.,Riddle,12/04/01 #39573,Dali,2.36,2.05,aresII,"The following quotes are from Salvador Dali (1904 - 1989). He is considered the greatest artist of the surrealist art movement. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. U=A ""SULM YV OMUP VO TMPOMZDAVY - JVF'GG YMLMP PMUZS AD."" ""DSM OAPBD IUY DV ZVITUPM DSM ZSMMEB VO U JVFYQ HVIUY DV U PVBM HUB VWLAVFBGJ U TVMD; DSM OAPBD DV PMTMUD AD HUB TVBBAWGJ UY AKAVD.""","A=I S=H H=W","""HAVE NO FEAR OF PERFECTION - YOU'LL NEVER REACH IT."" ""THE FIRST MAN TO COMPARE THE CHEEKS OF A YOUNG WOMAN TO A ROSE WAS OBVIOUSLY A POET; THE FIRST TO REPEAT IT WAS POSSIBLY AN IDIOT."" KEY: A=I B=S D=T E=K F=U G=L H=W I=M J=Y K=D L=V M=E O=F P=R Q=G S=H T=P U=A V=O W=B Y=N Z=C",Cryptography,12/13/07 #48953,What is It? 2,1.54,1.14,clevergurl,"Paul has something on the tip of his nose, but he's not sure what it is. He can't take it off because he doesn't have arms. He can't ask his parents because they are blind and deaf. There is no one near his house for twenty miles. He lives on a farm. He doesn't own a car because he rarely needs to go into town to get anything, so he can't ask anyone. What should he do?",It's easier than you think.,Look in a mirror!,Situation,10/22/11 #6466,After all,2.2,2.32,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? all gdog the right thing",No hint available.,Do-in-g the right thing after all,Rebus,08/12/02 #7061,Story,2.33,0.89,majd,"What is this rebus? STORYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY...",No hint available.,Never ending story,Rebus,08/31/02 #30048,Four is the Magic Number,2.95,1.3800000000000001,peppamintp,"Without changing the order of the letters, place the four letter words on the dashes to form eight letter words. All the words will not be used. Veto, Lent, Rake, Hilt, Clam, Abut, Tile 1. __ um__ __ i __ y 2. Pro __ __ __ i __ 3. __ err __ b __ __ 4. __ __ xa __ i __ n 5. Ove __ t __ __ __",No hint available.,"1. Humility - hilt 2. Proclaim - clam 3. Terrible - tile 4. Vexation - veto 5. Overtake - rake",Language,04/25/06 #23936,Beheadings,2.84,1.98,phrebh,"I am found in great fields. With my kin, provide great yields. Decapitate me with no regret. What makes me bread is what you'll get. Cut once again, again I implore And you will do this thing evermore. What have you found from me? Give me the words above, all three.",No hint available.,"""Wheat"" is found in great fields. With its kin, provides great yields. Decapitate ""wheat"" with no regret. And the word ""heat"" is what you'll get. Cut once again, again I implore And you will ""eat"", yes eat evermore. What have you found with this treat? The three words above, ""wheat"", ""heat"", and ""eat"".",Riddle,06/22/05 #7507,Lie,2.68,1.04,majd,"What is this common expression? TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTH.",No hint available.,Stretch the truth.,Rebus,09/17/02 #13189,Hunting,2.35,2.91,dragonfang,"Everything you catch you throw away, but everything you don't catch you keep. What are you hunting?",No hint available.,Lice,Riddle,06/15/03 #2774,A Snubbed Friend,2.59,1.27,tell-UN-igent,"I point figures out but haven't a finger. I have hands but can carry nothing. Many rely on me to stay in order, But few ever yield me proper reverence. What am I?",I have a face but it's neither happy nor sad.,A clock (or watch).,Riddle,03/21/02 #28283,The Grass Is...,2.19,0.66,metallicman,"What does this rebus represent? Your side of the fence: green/yellow grass Jeff's side of the fence: green/orange grass Tinman's side of the fence: green/purple grass The other side of the fence: green grass",No hint available.,The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.,Rebus,01/26/06 #18835,Elemental Tendencies,2.5100000000000002,1.85,spookboy0,"Which two of these chemical element symbols do not belong and why? Ac, Al, Au, Ar, As, At, Am, Ag",No hint available.,"Au and Ag Here's Why: Ac, Al, Ar, Am, As, At are the symbols for chemical elements that start with the letter A, while Au is Gold and Ag is Silver. Simpler: Ac = Actinium Al = Aluminum Am = Americium Ar = Argon As = Arsenic At = Astatine while: Au = Gold Ag = Silver",Group,09/12/04 #3392,Jewelry Robbery,2.29,1.43,204_BLaZe_41,"James received a near hysterical call from Tokar. 'Some thief pried my safe open and made off with all my wife's jewellery! Come over straight away, please!' When James arrived Tokar recounted his story. 'My wife's in the hospital so I've had to fend for myself. I was in the kitchen fixing dinner when I heard a loud noise in the basement. I rushed to the hall to see this woman race past me and out the front door. I suddenly realized she was carrying my wife's jewellery case. I ran down the street after her, but she was a very fast runner and after several blocks she lost me. I walked to a nearby phone and called you immediately.' James looked down at the damaged safe and remarked, 'You better not try that pathetic story on the insurance company or they'll charge you with fraud.' What's wrong with Tokar's story?",No hint available.,"Tokar said he chased the thief, and when he lost her, he gave up and called from a nearby phone. At that point Tokar had not yet been down in the basement, so he could not have known the thief had pried the safe open.",Logic,04/09/02 #40482,Magic XIII,2.49,2.17,beatlesgirl,"3 = N of D D (H, D, & L)",No hint available.,"3 = Nephews of Donald Duck (Huey, Dewey, & Louie)",Letter-Equations,02/13/08 #52354,Eventual Change,2.5100000000000002,1.3,ThinksForFun,"My first has a game ball named after its hide My second, outdoors, may be a riverside My whole's heart, for a rainy day set aside What am I?",No hint available.,"piggy bank Line 1 refers to the word ""pigskin"" which is an informal name for a football. Line 2 means that ""a riverside"" is a type of bank. Line 3 refers to the idiom ""save for a rainy day"". The ""heart"" of the piggy bank is the collection of coins stored within it.",Riddle,01/19/20 #39518,Homer,2.35,2.37,aresII,"It is not possible to supply for Homer a biography in the accepted sense of a life history, since there is no authentic record of who he was, when and where he was born, nor how long he lived. He is the Greek poet to whom are attributed the great epics, the 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'. The two following quotes were also attributed to him. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. G=H ""GSHPRTK HZ YP SJ HGP ESHPJ ZR GSNPJ AJ HGSH YSM QGZ GANPJ ZMP HGAME AM GAJ GPSVH SMN JXPSLJ SMZHGPV."" ""UP JHAKK YB GPSVH; HGZT GSJH LMZQM QZVJP HGSM HGAJ.""","K=L J=S S=A","""HATEFUL TO ME AS THE GATES OF HADES IS THAT MAN WHO HIDES ONE THING IN HIS HEART AND SPEAKS ANOTHER."" ""BE STILL MY HEART; THOU HAST KNOWN WORSE THAN THIS."" KEY: A=I B=Y E=G G=H H=T J=S K=L L=K M=N N=D P=E Q=W R=F S=A T=U U=B V=R X=P Y=M Z=O",Cryptography,12/09/07 #34817,Missing Triplets 2,2.45,1.98,grungy49,"A missing triplet is simply where three letters have been left out of the word. In this case, I have given you five words, with the same three letters taken out of each. Can you put the same three letters back into each word? You may not jumble the word, and the letters will always remain in the same order. They may not be all next to each other, but if the missing triplet is NTP, there will never be a T before an N. And, I'll give you a little clue. One of the letters in the triplet is 'K'. 1. F R A L 2. M O E S 3. U L U C 4. J U A R D 5. B L A L Warning: Hint gives away another letter in the triplet.",Another letter in the triplet is 'N'.,"The missing triplet is 'NKY'. 1. FRANKLY 2. MONKEYS 3. UNLUCKY 4. JUNKYARD 5. BLANKLY",Language,01/10/07 #34624,Painting Up a Storm!,2.31,2.6,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of important French artists from the 19th century. Your job is to unscramble these anagrams and figure out their names. (I have included the number of letters of each name in brackets for you). Located menu (6, 5) Class or imperial (7, 8) I err (re-use rouge paint) (6-7, 6) Aged grades (5, 5) No undue beige (6, 6)",No hint available.,"Claude Monet Camille Pissarro Pierre Auguste Renoir Edgar Degas Eugene Boudin",Language,12/29/06 #31979,Who Would Do This?!,2.5,1.51,tintiniscool,"People were standing in awe of this man's ability. He was a forging professional. He could forge almost anything. And with this man's power, he could make lots of money. The audience was like no other though. They were very calm about it. And everybody walked out of the scene as if no crime was committed. Why?",No hint available.,The man was a blacksmith. You do a different kind of forging when blacksmithing!,Trick,07/23/06 #28714,The Vowel-less Knights #1,2.91,1.58,ScoutMan,"For those of you who never played Might and Magic (a computer game), the Vowel-less Knights would always say something without vowels. It was up to you, the player, to figure out what they were saying. In their tradition, what are these famous quotes? 1) Spk sftl nd crr bg stck. 2) gv hm th whl nn yrds! 3) Nvr hv s fw gvn s mch fr s mn.","1) Spoken by a World War 1 national leader. Bonus point: who? 2) Spoken by many World War 2 pilots. Bonus point: what were they describing? 3) Spoken by a World War 2 era national leader. Bonus points: who, and what was he referring to?","1) Speak softly and carry a big stick. Bonus: Theodore Roosevelt. 2) I gave him the whole nine yards! Bonus: Fighter pilots would say this when they shot all 27 feet of ammunition at one target. 3) Never have so few given so much for so many. Bonus: Winston Churchill, praising the British fighter pilots who won the Battle of Britain.",Language,02/19/06 #14986,The Last Piece,2.74,1.31,jess1118,"Mom bakes a cake. Dad ate 1/6 of the cake. Brother ate 1/5 of what was left. Then sister had 1/4 of the remaining cake. After that the dog ate 1/3 of the remaining cake, and finally another kid ate 1/2 of what was left after the dog was finished. What fraction of the whole cake is left for mom to eat?",She cut it into six pieces after she baked it.,1/6 - the same amount everyone else got to eat.,Math,10/03/03 #40706,Follow the Rules!,2.04,2.06,kratsg,"You have four cards on the table: [ BRAIN ] [ strain ] [ MIND ] [ teaser ] You know that each card has capitalized letters on one side and lowercase letters on the other. There is a rule that says, ""If a card has 'BRAIN' on one side, it must have 'strain' on the other."" Which card(s) must be turned over to make sure that the rule was not violated?","Rules, rules, rules...","Two cards: [ BRAIN ] and [ teaser ]. Let's examine this card by card... [ BRAIN ] - this must have [ strain ] on the other side or else we would violate the rule, therefore we must turn this card over. [ strain ] - this ""can"" have but doesn't require [ BRAIN ] on the other side. If it does, the rule is not violated. If it doesn't, the rule is still not violated. Therefore, we do not need to turn this card over. [ MIND ] - will not violate the rule since it was stated that lowercase must be on the other side of this card. We do not need to turn this over. [ teaser ] - this can violate the rule. First situation is not having [ BRAIN ] on the other side which does not violate the rule. Second situation is having [ BRAIN ] on the other side which DOES violate the rule. Therefore, we need to turn this one over too.",Logic,02/25/08 #21937,Petrified,2.48,2.22,muff,"I was the son of a mighty man, I did something great in a far off land. This thing there was terrible to see, With two sisters it was horror times three. So what I did was I rid the land, With some help from my fam. One gave me a blade that was great, as you'll see, the other a shield to help me. I killed the worst of three horrible things, although others behind me, stone was more their thing. Who am I?",No hint available.,"Perseus He was the son of a God (Zeus, a mighty man if you ask me) He killed Medusa on an island far from where he lived Medusa was a terrible thing to see, and she had two sisters that were just like her. He got help from his family, his brother Hermes gave him a magic sword that would cut anything, and his sister Athena gave him a magic shield, so polished that it was used as a mirror. He only killed Medusa, not her sisters, and all the people that had tried before him, failed, and turned to stone (petrified) when they saw Medusa.",Riddle,03/31/05 #31300,The Big Freeze,2.16,2.86,Jim1029,"What comes next in this series? C, S, L, G, S, O, C, S, I, G, S, I, L, S, C, A, ?, ?",No hint available.,"L and N. Hosts of the Winter Olympics in the 20th century: Chaminox, St. Moritz, Lake Placid, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, St. Moritz (again), Oslo, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Squaw Valley, Innsbruck, Grenoble, Sapporo, Innsbruck (again), Lake Placid (again), Sarajevo, Calgary, Albertville, Lillehammer, Nagano.",Series,06/24/06 #5196,Merchant's Gold,2.79,2.42,Cascas,"A rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He did not want anybody to know about them. One day, his wife asked, ""How many gold coins do we have?"" After pausing a moment, he replied, ""Well! If I divide the coins into two unequal numbers, then 32 times the difference between the two numbers equals the difference between the squares of the two numbers."" The wife looked puzzled. Can you help the merchant's wife by finding out how many gold coins they have?",No hint available.,"The merchant has 32 gold coins. It is easy to check this... Let's divide the 32 coins into two unequal numbers, say, 27 and 5. Then, 32 (27 - 5) = (27 x 27) - (5 x 5).",Math,07/03/02 #50367,Split Anagrams 2,2.19,1.8800000000000001,cnmne,"You are given a pool of ten 3-letter words. Your job is to use all of the words in the pool to create five pairs of words such that each pair can be anagrammed into a 6-letter word. Example: nod + rug = ground. Pool: all, bar, bog, can, elm, lot, rat, rob, spy, tie",No hint available.,"bar + elm = ambler, marble, or ramble can + rob = carbon all + bog = global rat + spy = pastry lot + tie = toilet",Language,06/25/14 #9488,Black I Am,2.41,1.74,lesternoronha1,"Black I am and much admired, Men seek me until they're tired. When they find me, they break my head, And take from me my resting bed. What am I?",No hint available.,Coal.,Riddle,12/30/02 #41320,Relationships #8,2.67,2.4,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your job is to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck! COLUMN A 1. Rite 2. Oven 3. Hole 4. Ring 5. Itch COLUMN B 1. Race 2. Boil 3. Held 4. Item 5. Rope",No hint available.,"All the words in COLUMN A can form a new word when preceded by the letter 'W'. 1. Write 2. Woven 3. Whole 4. Wring 5. Witch",Group,04/02/08 #2036,Weird Wheel,2.57,2.0,Mogmatt16,"Lenny was out at the street one morning when he saw a rare sight: a car that has wheels with spokes driving down the road. As he jogged closer for a good look, he noticed the spokes on the top were going so fast they were blurred. But when he looked at the bottom half of the wheel, the spokes appeared to be going so much slower he could have counted them. If all the spokes were on the same wheel, how did this happen?",Think of the treads on a tank.,"When viewed by a stationary object, the top spokes seem to be zipping by because they are going the speed of the car plus the rotation speed. But the spokes on the bottom of the wheel are going the opposite direction as the car, which is moving the same speed, but in the opposite direction, appearing still.",Science,01/15/02 #8567,Sweaty Chef's Xmas Party,2.28,2.45,mad-ade,"At the Christmas party of the ""Sweaty Chef"" kebab shop, the owner Mr Juan, took note of how many people were present. Although he was a bit tipsy when he made his note, and thus made a mistake. His notes were as follows:- 1, There were 9 men and children. 2, There were 2 more women than children. 3, The number of different man-woman couples possible was 24. Note that if there were 7 men and 5 women, then there would have been 35 man-woman couples possible. Also, of the three groups - men, women and children - at the party: 4, There were 4 of one group. 5, There were 6 of one group. 6, There were 8 of one group. Exactly one of the above 6 statements is false. Can you tell which one is false? Also, how many men, women and children are there at the party?",No hint available.,"Statement (4) is false. There are 3 men, 8 women and 6 children. Assume that Statements (4), (5) and (6) are all true. Then, Statement (1) is false. But then Statement (2) and (3) both can not be true. Thus, contradictory to the fact that exactly one statement is false. So Statement (4) or Statement (5) or Statement (6) is false. Also, Statements (1), (2) and (3) all are true. From (1) and (2), there are 11 men and women. Then from (3), there are 2 possible cases - either there are 8 men and 3 women or there are 3 men and 8 women. If there are 8 men and 3 women, then there is 1 child. Then Statements (4) and (5) both are false, which is not possible. Hence, there are 3 men, 8 women and 6 children. Statement (4) is false.",Logic,11/17/02 #31801,Word Scrambles XIII,2.85,1.82,Psychic_Master,"Here's how it goes; there will be 3 scrambled word puzzles with a clue above each. The unscrambled word/s will have something to do with the clue. 1. Clue: Machine of warmth Puzzle: Pea thump 2. Clue: Not the beginning Puzzle: Lie ego up 3. Clue: Referential book Puzzle: Or tiny acid",No hint available.,"1. Heat pump 2. Epilogue 3. Dictionary",Language,07/16/06 #7172,What Kind of Wood?,2.68,2.17,Michelle,"As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?",No hint available.,Sawdust.,Riddle,09/03/02 #3964,Battleground,2.49,1.56,Mogmatt16,"A man is visiting a famous war battleground, when the tour guide asks if anybody had any relatives in the war. The man was proud of his relationship to a war hero but didn't mention it. Why?",It was America's Civil War,He was visiting a warground in the South of the Civil War. He is related to General Sherman.,Situation,05/08/02 #2720,Reading,2.79,1.52,lil_thugsta,"James and Sally were sitting in their family room one night. While James was watching T.V., his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden, the power went out and James decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How?",No hint available.,Sally was blind. She was reading a book in Braille.,Situation,03/16/02 #43379,Mystery Number 3,2.0,2.79,cnmne,"There is a ten-digit mystery number (no leading 0), represented by ABCDEFGHIJ, where each numeral, 0 through 9, is used once. Given the following clues, what is the number? 1) B + C + F + J = E + G + H + I = AD 2) B - H = J - G = 3 3) C - F = E - I = 5 4) B * I = AJ",No hint available.,"2951804637 A = 2, B = 9, C = 5, D = 1, E = 8, F = 0, G = 4, H = 6, I = 3, J = 7 1) 9 + 5 + 0 + 7 = 8 + 4 + 6 + 3 = 21 2) 8 - 3 = 5 - 0 = 5 3) 7 - 4 = 9 - 6 = 3 4) 9 * 3 = 27 A) The sum of the ten digits is 45. Two digits (A and D) form a two-digit number. If A and D are 8 and 9, then the remaining eight digits sum to 28. If A and D are 0 and 1, then the remaining digits sum to 44. These sums must be split equally between two groups of four digits. Therefore, each group of four digits must sum to one of the following: 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22. B) If the sum of each group is 14, then A and D must be a combination of 1 and 4, which sum to 5. Subtract 5 from 45, leaving 40. Divide 40 by 2, leaving 20. 20 does not equal 14, so the sum of each group can not be 14. Repeating the preceding sequence for each of the possible sums leaves only two possible results: 18 (1 + 8 = 9, 45 - 9 = 36, 36 / 2 = 18) and 21 (2 + 1 = 3, 45 - 3 = 42, 42 / 2 = 21). A must be: 1, 2. D must be: 1, 8. C) To satisfy equation #2, B and J must be 3 greater than H and G, respectively. B and J must each be one of the following: 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. H and G must each be one of the following: 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. D) To satisfy equation #3, C and E must be 5 greater than F and I, respectively. C and E must each be one of the following: 5, 7, 8, 9. F and I must each be one of the following: 0, 2, 3, 4. E) For equation #4, there are six possibilities for B and four possibilities for I, creating 24 possible equations. Eliminate any equation where A is not 1 or 2. Eliminate any equation where J is not 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9. Eliminate any equation where any digit is duplicated. B must be: 6, 7, 8, 9. I must be: 2, 3, 4. J must be: 6, 7, 8. F) Returning to equations #2 and #3, eliminate additional possibilities. E must be: 7, 8, 9. G must be: 3, 4, 5. H must be: 3, 4, 5, 6. This results in F = 0 and C = 5. G) Since H can not be 5, B can not be 8. Since G can not be 5, J can not be 8. Going back to equation #4, eliminate those equations where either B or J is 8. B = 9, I = 3, A = 2, and J = 7. H) The last four letters can now be assigned values. D = 1, E = 8, G = 4, and H = 6.",Logic,10/20/08 #4290,Sir Lancelot,2.48,1.42,mad-ade,"What is this popular phrase? Sir Lancelot town",No hint available.,A night (knight) on the town.,Rebus,05/27/02 #52646,Future Shock,2.85,1.99,ThinksForFun,"My first is that which with activities one does fill My second delivers medication, like a pill My whole is a receptacle where my first stands still What am I?",No hint available.,time capsule,Riddle,04/14/21 #41148,"Darts, Pt II",3.09,1.13,donquixote235,"Boudreaux, a master dartsman, was bragging to his bar mates that he was such a consummate player, he could hit the dartboard in any location at will. ""I'll wager a hundred dollars that, no matter what position you name on the board, I'll be able to hit it."" Thibedeaux, tired of Boudreaux's windbaggery, shouted out an answer. Boudreaux stammered for a few moments and at first refused to pay. The other bar patrons, however, made sure he held up his end of the wager. Boudreaux slammed a hundred dollar bill on the counter and stormed out. Where on the dartboard did Thibedeaux suggest?",No hint available.,The back of the board.,Trick,03/21/08 #45827,Mystery Number 6,1.96,3.07,cnmne,"There is a ten-digit mystery number (no leading 0), represented by ABCDEFGHIJ, where each numeral, 0 through 9, is used once. Given the following clues, what is the number? 1) Digit A is either a square number or a triangle number, but not both. 2) Digit B is either an even number or a cube number, but not both. 3) Digit C is either a cube number or a triangle number, but not both. 4) Digit D is either an odd number or a square number, but not both. 5) Digit E is either an odd number or a cube number, but not both. 6) Digit F is either an odd number or a triangle number, but not both. 7) Digit G is either an odd number or a prime number, but not both. 8) Digit H is either an even number or a square number, but not both. 9) Digit I is either a square number or a cube number, but not both. 10) Digit J is either a prime number or a triangle number, but not both. 11) A < B, C < D, E < F, G < H, I < J 12) A + B + C + D + E < F + G + H + I + J",No hint available.,"3605891247 A = 3, B = 6, C = 0, D = 5, E = 8, F = 9, G = 1, H = 2, I = 4, J = 7 1) 3 is a triangle number, but not a square number. 2) 6 is an even number, but not a cube number. 3) 0 is a cube number, but not a triangle number. 4) 5 is an odd number, but not a square number. 5) 8 is a cube number, but not an odd number. 6) 9 is an odd number, but not a triangle number. 7) 1 is an odd number, but not a prime number. 8) 2 is an even number, but not a square number. 9) 4 is a square number, but not a cube number. 10) 7 is a prime number, but not a triangle number. 11) 3 < 6, 0 < 5, 8 < 9, 1 < 2, 4 < 7 12) 3 + 6 + 0 + 5 + 8 = 22, 9 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 = 23, 22 < 23 A) First, determine what two subsets of numbers qualify for each digit. However, each digit can only be in one of the subsets, not both. B) Digit A can not be 0 (a leading zero is not allowed). C) Next, eliminate those numbers that do not satisfy Condition 11. Digit I can only be 4. Digit A can only be 3. Digit B can only be 6. Digit C can only be 0. D) Digit D and Digit J must be some combination of 5 and 7. Digit E can only be 8. Digit F can only be 9. Digit G can only be 1. Digit H can only be 2. E) To satisfy Condition 12, Digit D is 5 and Digit J is 7.",Logic,11/30/09 #47611,Word Chest Challenger 1,2.68,2.24,dalfamnest,"Word Chests are miniature crossword puzzles, with no gaps. e.g. J OB ARE MET This word chest contains three words spelled horizontally and three vertically. Clues are given, but not necessarily in order. Can you work out the six 3-letter words and place them correctly in the chest? The extra challenge is that you do not know whether the clues are across or down. Clues: * Pickup truck (slang, especially in Australia) * American girl * American boy * Up until now * Tennis umpire call - replay a serve * Had a meal","The top left and bottom right letters are given: G** *** **T","GAL UTE YET or GUY ATE LET",Language,07/28/10 #21585,Letter Color Size and Type,2.7600000000000002,2.37,Zehrapushu,"I display things neatly in rows, Things common, exotic and some rarely known. Many of these things there can be, A few, a dozen or a hundred and three. By combining my wares one can make cakes, One can make forests, or one can make lakes. I can be found color coded, Black and white, or diligently noted. I organize ingredients from light to heavy The selection of which there is a bevy. Although my order occurs naturally, It also makes sense to organize factually.",I organize things by letter and type.,The Periodic Table!,Riddle,03/16/05 #24653,Big League Nicknames,2.69,2.14,jakeodee,"Which word does not belong? Rocket Joltin' Catfish Express Big Unit",The title.,"Joltin' The rest are nicknames for major league baseball pitchers. The Rocket = Roger Clemens Catfish = Jim ""Catfish"" Hunter The Express = Nolan Ryan The Big Unit = Randy Johnson Joltin' Joe DiMaggio was an outfielder.",Group,07/18/05 #8491,In and Out,2.58,1.79,snaps,"What common phrase is represented below? In: 1. Stephanie 2. Mark 3. Hannah 4. Erin 6. Glenn 7. Brooke 8. Jesikah Out: 5. Simon","Ignore the in list, focus on the out.","Odd man out. Simon is the only man with an odd number next to his name, and he's out.",Rebus,11/13/02 #35841,Fibers Laid Thick,2.79,1.3800000000000001,bookworm000,"Fibers laid thick To not shred in the wash Stamped in a factory Hold me up to the light And you may see someone you know What could I be?",No hint available.,It's a dollar bill.,Riddle,03/23/07 #20408,Can You Find The Palindrome? #7,2.46,2.18,spookboy0,"In the sentence below there are a number of clues to words within the square brackets - []. Solve these clues to get a word, then the resulting sentence will be a palindrome. A [jolly holiday man] [caresses] rats, as Pat [touches gently and quickly] a star [a rest for the foot while going up or going down] at NASA.",No hint available.,"(The words from the clues are in CAPS.) Answer: A SANTA PETS rats, as Pat TAPS a star STEP at NASA.",Language,01/14/05 #3691,Measure the Amoeba,2.19,2.15,tedi,"There are items: - Scissors - Ruler - Thread Problem: There is 2d object; the shape is like an amoeba. How do you measure the circumference of the object in two ways using the items above?",Think about using scissors and thread.,"- By using thread, cut the thread using scissors and follow the line of the object and then measure it. - Second using scissors, measure the max blade of the scissors by ruler. And then cut the object using one cut (without moving your hand twice when you cut). And then measure it by ruler.",Other,04/22/02 #3048,ablueoncemoon,2.32,0.92,comet16,"Can you decipher this? ablueoncemoon",No hint available.,Once in a Blue Moon,Rebus,03/30/02 #41266,Car Wash Cycle,2.54,1.36,rockstar1234567,"Three cars go to the car wash. For each car to complete the cycle, they must go through all three stages in the right order, and each stage takes 1 minute to complete: 1.Pre-soak 2.Rinse/polish 3.Dry How long does it take for all three of the cars to complete the cycles?",Continuously going.,"5 minutes. Here's why: 1st minute: Pre-soak: Car 1 Rinse/polish: empty Dry: empty 2nd minute: Pre-soak: Car 2 Rinse/polish: Car 1 Dry: empty 3rd minute: Pre-soak: Car 3 Rinse/polish: Car 2 Dry: Car 1 4th minute: Pre-soak: empty Rinse/polish: Car 3 Dry: Car 2 5th minute: Pre-soak: empty Rinse/polish: empty Dry: Car 3 6th minute: Pre-soak: empty Rinse/polish: empty Dry: empty",Logic,03/29/08 #25843,What Words #10,2.81,1.86,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN SHIP - ___________ - AGE MOUTH - __________ - BOARD SOFT - _____________ - HOUSE",No hint available.,"SHIP - WRECK - AGE MOUTH - WASH - BOARD SOFT - WARE - HOUSE",Language,09/10/05 #41416,What's Inside This Word?,2.64,1.92,snowmonster,"Think of a three-letter word meaning HOAX and a three-letter word meaning SKILL. Put the word for ""skill"" inside the word for ""hoax"" and you'll have a six-letter word meaning BOX. What's this new word?",No hint available.,Put ART inside CON and you've made the word CARTON!,Language,04/08/08 #16461,Palindromic Feline,2.32,1.76,Fhqwhgads,What is a palindrome (word or phrase that when read backward is the same forward) for a cat who eats too much Mexican food?,No hint available.,"A ""TACO CAT""",Language,02/06/04 #7102,Sock Drawers,2.63,0.74,tissue,"Tissue is reorganizing his sock drawer. He owns 107 white socks, 17 red socks, and 3 black socks. He is in pitch black darkness. What are the chances he'll draw 2 pairs of black socks?",No hint available.,"Zero. He only has 3 black socks, therefore he cannot draw 2 pairs of black socks.",Trick,09/01/02 #12245,2 S on a T B,2.46,2.31,phildunphy,2 S on a T B,It's better to be at the back (you can always do less),2 Seats on a Tandem Bicycle,Letter-Equations,05/05/03 #10848,"I Say ""Hello World""",2.52,2.77,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? I say ""Hello World."" You respond ""6/10"". I say ""What's Up?"" You respond ""4/10"". I say ""See You."" You respond ""9/10"".",No hint available.,You Mark My Words,Rebus,03/03/03 #47791,All-American Girls?,2.63,2.24,dalfamnest,"Which of the following six names is the odd one out? Eva, Sophia, Diana, Carol, Lin, or Mary? Two hints are given, the second of which might be a giveaway...","The title may help direct your thoughts. Another girl's name that would be IN the group is Virginia.","Five of the names are found in the names of American states. Nevada, Indiana, Carolina, Illinois and Maryland. Sophia does not fit with the others.",Group,08/21/10 #18019,Periodically 79,3.0,2.31,beanie89,"I am periodically the number 79. Long ago some attempted to make me from 29, but learned it couldn't be done. If you add me to 80 I appear to be 47 temporarily. What am I?",No hint available.,"Gold Gold is represented by the number 79 on the Periodic table of elements. Long ago alchemists tried to make gold from copper.(number 29) If you add gold to mercury (number 80) it will appear to be silver for a time.",Trivia,06/24/04 #46209,Behead H,2.83,1.26,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Belonging to him -> Exists 2. Time interval -> Belonging to us 3. Sharpen; improve -> A number 4. Stature; altitude -> A number 5. Device from which clothing is suspended -> Feeling of great annoyance 6. To be suspended in the air -> Complete; above 7. Regarded as holy -> Permitted 8. Visit frequently (as a ghost) -> Female relative","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. I 2. O 3. O 4. E 5. A 6. O 7. A 8. A","1. His -> Is 2. Hour -> Our 3. Hone -> One 4. Height -> Eight 5. Hanger -> Anger 6. Hover -> Over 7. Hallowed -> Allowed 8. Haunt -> Aunt",Language,01/18/10 #19155,The Chairman,2.23,1.79,lesternoronha1,"Five men among A, B, C, D and E sitting in this order at a round table had to decide as to who among them would be the chairman by voting. None of the five members voted for himself or his neighbors. The first ballot was a tie off. The second time, C voted for E while the others stuck to their old choices, thereby resulting in E's victory. Who voted for B in the first ballot?",No hint available.,"D voted for B in the first ballot. A, B, C, D and E are sitting in this order at a round table. The observations given are 1) None of the five members voted for himself or his neighbors. 2) The first ballot was a tie off. 3) The second time, C voted for E while the others stuck to their old choices, thereby resulting in E's victory. From observation 1, we can deduce the following table for the first ballot:- Person --> Voted for A --> D or C B --> E or D C --> A or E D --> A or B E --> B or C From observation 2, all of them must have got one vote each since the first ballot was a tie off. Now the above table can be split into one of the following two tables using observation 2. Table 1: Person --> Voted for A --> D B --> E C --> A D --> B E --> C OR Table 2: Person --> Voted for A --> C B --> D C --> E D --> A E --> B The two tables above would ensure a tie-off for the first ballot. Now from observation 3, the second time, C voted for E while the others stuck to their old choices, thereby resulting in E's victory. This situation can emerge only if table 1 is the initial voting pattern and not table 2 (since from table 2, C anyway votes for E. If the others stuck to their choices, the second ballot would also result in a tie off). Keeping the initial pattern to be table 1, E won the second ballot because he received two votes from B and C. Hence if table 1 was the initial voting pattern, then D voted for B in the first ballot.",Logic,10/21/04 #34388,Familiar Misquotes Series II,2.79,2.27,aresII,"Whenever a phrase or sentence becomes part of the common language, there is a strong possibility that it will be quoted inaccurately. Over the course of time, a letter gets shifted or a word is changed and forevermore the quotation becomes a cliche that nobody ever gets quite right. Try to complete each proverbial cliche: 1.) ""Play it, ______ ."" - Humphrey Bogart, as Rick in 'Casablanca'. 2.) ""Give him an inch, he'll take ______ ."" - John Ray 3.) ""Pride goeth before _______ ."" - Proverbs",No hint available.,"1.) Sam 2.) an el 3.) destruction",Language,12/14/06 #6282,McDonald's,2.33,2.02,bluetwo,"What is this book title: Universe McDonald's",Douglas Adams,"The restaurant at the end of the universe This is the title of a book by Douglas Adams, the 2nd in the 5 part Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.",Rebus,08/06/02 #39181,Nothing New,2.56,2.13,aresII,"My 5, 6, 10, 11, 3 is a serious search. My 11, 8, 1, 7, 2 is easy to get, but can be hard to remove. My 5, 6, 4, 10, 8 is expected in a library. My 9, 3 is often in the mail. My whole is nothing new.",No hint available.,"ANTIQUITIES. Clue 1 = quest. Clue 2 = stain. Clue 3 = quiet. Clue 4 = it.",Riddle,11/13/07 #30457,33 L in R C A,2.37,2.67,shenqiang,33 L in R C A,"The ""L"" stands for ""letter"", and it's easy to guess what the ""A"" stands for, and so on...",33 Letters in Russian Cyrillic Alphabet.,Letter-Equations,05/13/06 #31778,The Seconds Are Ticking,2.16,0.98,tintiniscool,"Sally's child, Catherine, had been learning about telling time in school. When Sally asked Catherine what time it was, Catherine said ""Thirteen o'clock"". Is Catherine correct? Why did she say this?","Catherine, being the unique child she is, wanted to learn a different way to tell time.","Catherine is correct. Thirteen o'clock (13:00 or thirteen hundred hours) is 1:00 PM in military time. Catherine wanted to be an individual and learned a different way to tell time, so she chose military time!",Other,07/14/06 #31788,Words With ZE,2.62,2.57,cnmne,"Five words that contain ZE as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ---ZE, ZE----, --ZE--, ----ZE, ----ZE- Pool: A, A, A, A, A, B, B, C, G, H, I, I, I, L, M, N, N, O, T, T",No hint available.,"AMAZE, ZENITH, GAZEBO, ABLAZE, CITIZEN",Language,07/15/06 #34660,Famous People Anagrams I,2.23,2.07,DaleGriffin,"Below are three anagrams of famous people's names, but who are they? (The numbers in brackets represent the number of letters required for each name.) 1) A GREMLIN HIT TRUNK (6,6,4) 2) BONY TRIAL (4,5) 3) BACK DAM HIVED (5,7)","1) Was the leader of the American Civil Rights Movement 2) A prime minister (past or present) 3) A professional footballer (past or present)","1) Martin Luther King 2) Tony Blair 3) David Beckham",Language,12/31/06 #10055,"When, Today?",2.61,2.15,MrIxolite,"What two grammatical terms are represented here? Yesterday = Teepees Today = Wigwams",No hint available.,"Past Tense (Tents) Present Tense (Tents)",Rebus,01/26/03 #1347,Responsibility,2.39,2.46,starman,"A contronym is a single word that has two meanings that are contradictory in nature. What is a contronym for having ""watchdog"" responsibility vs. the result of failing to be watchful and responsible?",No hint available.,Oversight,Language,11/09/01 #42893,0 D C = M P of I at S C,1.84,2.15,shenqiang,0 D C = M P of I at S C,"The ""S C"" stands for ""standard condition"".",0 degree centigrade (or Celsius) = melting point of ice at standard condition.,Letter-Equations,08/25/08 #27029,The Righteous Son,2.77,2.75,brainster,"At the age of eighty, King Winthrop started having doubts about the true intentions of his children.... after all, he was the ruler of Winthropland and he wanted to make sure his wealth was put to good use after he left for the heavenly abode. To this end, he set a test for both his sons. He created two maps of the treasure, and gave both of his sons a copy of both the maps. He was sure the son who was the most righteous would choose the correct map and reach the treasure. One night, old King Winthrop was no more. The next day after the funeral, both the sons set out, each deciding on a different map as their father had envisioned. Donald Winthrop followed one map and reached a graveyard. There, he found an open grave and a note inside which said... OOFFER! TAME.FOR GNHEREIS NYSONWSU IMESTHTC HNHEHOHH TOCAEREA OTHGILBS NEVAHINO Knowing his father's love for cryptography, he could easily see the message and burst into a fit of anger. Legend has it that he can still be seen in the graveyard pulling his hair out after what his father did to him! Ronald Winthrop followed the other map and also reached another graveyard where he found a marble vault without a coffin. Atop this vault were inscribed the words... NDTREASUR IHTEOUSSE FGISVAUOE DIHNEWLNN NRTOTHT.O AYSEHOIOU !TMDNIFSPG RLDEEDNIEH EUAVSIHTNT VEROFTSALO Ronald smiled and took the treasure that was rightfully his. Legend has it that the people of Winthropland never wanted for anything in their life and neither did Ronald himself.",No hint available.,"First Message: OOFFER! TAME.FOR GNHEREIS NYSONWSU IMESTHTC HNHEHOHH TOCAEREA OTHGILBS NEVAHINO Start from ""T"" in the line ""IMESTHTC"" and work clockwise in a spiral direction. You get the message - THE SON WHO REACHES HERE IS THE BLIGHT ON MY NAME. FOR SUCH A SON I HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER! Second Message: NDTREASUR IHTEOUSSE FGISVAUOE DIHNEWLNN NRTOTHT.O AYSEHOIOU !TMDNIFSPG RLDEEDNIEH EUAVSIHTNT VEROFTSALO Start from the ""T"" in the line ""NRTOTHT.O"" and work clockwise in a spiral direction. You get the message - THE ONE WHO FINDS THIS VAULT IS INDEED MY RIGHTEOUS SON. OPEN THIS VAULT AND FIND TREASURE ENOUGH TO LAST FOREVER! Alternatively you could start at the tail end and go anti-clockwise until you reach the beginning and then reverse it to read the message!",Cryptography,11/19/05 #33977,What's A Mother To Do?,2.57,2.17,OldChinaHand,"What's a mother to do? Every day I get heavier and heavier. I put on tons and yet I eat nothing. How is this possible?",What comes down comes down.,"Each day nearly 100 tons of dust, rock and space particles enters the Mother Earth's upper atmosphere and settle downwards to the surface or remain suspended in the atmosphere.",Science,11/15/06 #50983,IV Removal,2.09,1.59,ThinksForFun,"What phrase does the following sequence represent? Before: ENDIVEND After: ENDEND",No hint available.,"make ends meet The ""IV"" has been removed to make the ""END""s meet.",Rebus,03/07/17 #6394,Box of Kebabs,2.26,2.11,mad-ade,A box of kebabs weighs 25 kg divided by a quarter of it own weight. How much does the box of kebabs weigh?,No hint available.,"10kg 25 divided by 2.5 = 10",Math,08/09/02 #50078,Dropboxes XV,2.57,2.55,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Large fish-eating bird [_] 2. Mountainous [_] 3. Unfamiliar 4. Leech, tick, or flea [_] 5. Pittsburgh ballplayers [_] 6. Wide line 7. Instructions [_] 8. Bait [_] 9. Deep regret 10. Coarse, hard rock [_] 11. Take back [_] 12. Rule 13. Bum [_] 14. Sounds like an old door [_] 15. Question's origin 16. Intangible [_] 17. Cow hide [_] 18. Noose",No hint available.,"1. pelican [C] 2. alpine [P] 3. alien 4. parasite [A] 5. pirates [A] 6. stripe 7. rules [S] 8. lure [L] 9. rue 10. granite [T] 11. regain [A] 12. reign 13. slacker [L] 14. creaks [C] 15. asker 16. ethereal [E] 17. leather [E] 18. halter ""Castle"" and ""palace"" -- nobles' dwellings.",Language,01/12/14 #12071,Big Numbers,2.14,2.36,Glenbo,1000000 = T to the S P,No hint available.,1000000=Ten to the Sixth power,Letter-Equations,04/27/03 #37942,Hinky Dinky III,2.7,1.43,sk8ergrl,"Hinky Dinky is a teaser which consists of two words or phrases (e.g. writing utensil, chicken). To solve the Hinky Dinky, you must find synonyms for the words that rhyme (e.g. pen, hen). 1. Mollusk, How you receive your letters 2. Inhumane, Learning environment 3. Not low, Where planes fly 4. To make a plan, A costume meant to cover ones true identity.",No hint available.,"1. Snail, Mail 2. Cruel, School 3. High, Sky 4. Devise, Disguise",Language,08/24/07 #23337,A Wonderful Delight,2.31,0.65,alissa3210,"Sometimes I bring happiness, To people who are unhappy. When you're beneath the ground I lay on your mound. I bloom all day long Till the moon shines bright. And I sit in the light All day and all night.",No hint available.,"A Flower. You give people flowers when they're sad. When you die you get buried beneath the ground and flowers are placed on top of your grave mound. Flowers bloom when there is sunlight and when it's dark they don't bloom. A flower can't move so it sits there day and night.",Riddle,06/01/05 #6715,5 P K in the B M,2.12,2.91,something,5 P K in the B M,No hint available.,5 people killed in the Boston massacre.,Letter-Equations,08/20/02 #36407,Golden Pearls,2.31,2.0,Trumalia,"This is an old Lithuanian riddle from 1300-1900 AD. A young lady walked through the meadow and scattered her golden pearls. The Moon saw this, yet didn't tell her. The Sun woke up and gathered the pearls.",No hint available.,Dew,Riddle,03/19/07 #37853,Your Cousin's Aunt,2.19,0.81,Dishhead5,"How can all your cousins have the same aunt, who is not your aunt?",No hint available.,Your mum is their aunt!,Trick,08/19/07 #38224,Mantras For the Hard Times...,2.34,2.66,Hrsemn4,"Decode the following to discover two helpful phrases. Punctuation is not part of the coding. S HRZ VSMMPY NR QPAODJRF EOYJPIY GTOVYOPM, MPT S ZSM QRTGRVYRF EOYJPIY YTOSAD. - AIVOID SMMSRID DRMRVS EJSY FPRD MPY LOAA ZR, ZSLRD ZR DYTPMHRT. - GTORFTOVJ MORYXDVJR",No hint available.,"A GEM CANNOT BE POLISHED WITHOUT FRICTION, NOR A MAN PERFECTED WITHOUT TRIALS. - LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA WHAT DOES NOT KILL ME, MAKES ME STRONGER. - FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE A=S B=N C=V D=F E=R F=G G=H H=J I=O J=K K=L L=A M=Z N=M O=P P=Q Q=W R=T S=D T=Y U=I V=B W=E X=C Y=U Z=X",Cryptography,09/10/07 #35037,What Words #33,2.58,1.98,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. SHORT - __________ - ABLE 2. LETTER - __________ - WOOD 3. FAIR - __________ - SWELL",No hint available.,"1. SHORT - CHANGE - ABLE 2. LETTER - BOX - WOOD 3. FAIR - GROUND - SWELL",Language,01/25/07 #38716,Norse Mathology,2.28,3.13,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Norse mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the six possible solutions. LOKI + IDUN + ODIN = THOR",No hint available.,"2174 + 4693 + 1643 = 8510 2194 + 4673 + 1643 = 8510 3104 + 4567 + 1547 = 9218 3164 + 4507 + 1547 = 9218 1543 + 3082 + 5032 = 9657 1583 + 3042 + 5032 = 9657",Cryptography,10/10/07 #8286,Magical Animal,2.69,1.51,quinnomatic,"What moves without touching the ground, breathes without breath, and can't fly?",No hint available.,A fish.,Riddle,10/30/02 #31630,Finding Thayar I,2.63,2.73,medster99,"There were once three travelers, Medster, Glake and L'antos. They were in search of an evil king, Thayar. While on their search, they came upon a door that they had to go through, but it had an odd lock, consisting of three levers (red, orange and blue), and a padlock. The answer of how to open it appeared to be in some sort of code engraved on the door. It said: ESC GDKYOC PCWCD HL FIPPCM KNECD ESC FKMPGVQ HL LGPWCM, BSHVS HL KNECD ESC DCM PCWCD, BSHVS HL FIPPCM KNECD ESC ZPIC PCWCD. ESC PGVQ'L NHDLE YIXZCD HL 10 PCLL ESKY ESC LCVGYM, KYM ESC ESHDM HL 20 XGDC ESKY ESC NHDLE. ESC EGEKP GN KPP ESC KMMCM YIXZCDL HY ESC VGXZHYKEHGY HL 42. (numbers stay the same) Figure out how to open the door.","T = E H = S E = C","Pull the blue lever, then red lever, then dial '4, 14, 24' on the padlock, and then pull the orange lever. Cryptogram Solved: The orange lever is pulled after the padlock is solved, which is after the red lever, which is pulled after the blue lever. The lock's first number is 10 less than the second, and the third is 20 more than the first. The total of all the added numbers in the combination is 42. Math Solved: x + (x + 10) + [x + 20] = 42 x + (x + 10) + [x + 20] - 10 = 32 x + (x) + [x + 20] = 32 x + (x) + [x + 20] - 20 = 12 x + (x) + (x) = 12 3x = 12 3x/3 = 4 x = 4 Meaning: 4 + (4 + 10) + (4 + 20) = 42 4 + 14 + 24 = 42 Cryptogram Key A=Q B=W C=E D=R E=T F=P G=O H=I I=U J=Y K=A L=S M=D N=F O=G P=L Q=K R=J S=H T=Z U=X V=C W=V X=M Y=N Z=B",Cryptography,07/08/06 #48379,Silver and Gold 2,2.69,1.8,tinypenguin,"Dr. Sorani had just ordered a small drink at the bar in the Las Vegas motel when a lean young stranger with sun-bleached golden hair and tanned cheeks took the stool beside her. After asking for a gin and tonic, the sunburned young man nodded toward the gaming tables. ""Name's Alan Silver,"" he said genially. ""It's sure great to be back in civilization and hear money talking out loud."" The renowned detective introduced herself. ""You spent some time in the desert?"" ""Got back yesterday,"" said Silver. ""Washed the dust out of my ears, had a real live barber shave off seven months of whiskers and beard and trim this mop of wheat. Then I bought a whole wardrobe on credit. All I had to show was my assay report. Boy, am I ever ready to celebrate."" ""You found gold?"" ""That's right. Hit pay dirt."" Silver stroked his bronzed chin thoughtfully. He lowered his voice confidently. ""Listen,"" he said. ""If I can find a backer, I'll take enough out of those hills to buy ten pleasure palaces just like this one. ""Of course,"" he added apologetically, ""I'm not trying to interest you, honey. Still, if you know somebody who'd like to get in on a sure thing, let me know. I'm staying in room 210. Can't give out details here, you understand."" ""I understand,"" said Sorani, ""that you'd better improve your story if you want to part some sucker from his money."" What is wrong with Silver's story?",No hint available.,"If Silver had really been in the desert for 7 months, then his cheeks and chin should at least be lighter than the rest of his face, since he had his ""whiskers and beard"" shaved after he came back to civilization.",Mystery,01/17/11 #2253,Meet the Boss,2.41,1.45,PyroTekniks,"Your boss has gone out of town. Her secretary is angry at you for some reason, so he tells you, ""She wants to see you in her office at 8:30 A.M. two days after the day before the day after tomorrow."" What day will you show up half an hour early to see your boss? Today is Tuesday.",No hint available.,Friday,Logic,02/04/02 #2541,Ins{ }ide,2.29,1.92,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this common phrase? Ins{ }ide",No hint available.,Inside out!,Rebus,03/06/02 #34096,Double Trouble II,2.3,0.85,shdwhawk,"Fill in the blank of each question with two same letters. 1) RA _ _ IT 2) BU _ _ ERFLY 3) SH _ _ P 4) GORI _ _ A 5) PA _ _ OT 6) GIRA _ _ E 7) KANGAR _ _","Eg. PU _ _ LE Word: PUDDLE, PUZZLE Theme: animals","1) RABBIT 2) BUTTERFLY 3) SHEEP 4) GORILLA 5) PARROT 6) GIRAFFE 7) KANGAROO",Language,11/25/06 #28559,Cruisin',2.65,1.92,Nytwynd,"On a riverside town, four vacationing families tied their cabin cruisers near various riverside pubs. From the clues given, can you give the name of the families, the names of their boats, the pubs their boats are tied to, and the position of the pubs? (Note, the pubs are in a row, and numbered 1-4 from upriver to downriver.) Clues: 1. The Marches' boat is tied near the Triomph, which is farther downstream than the pub where the Helmsway is tied. 2. The cabin cruiser Kestrel is alongside the jetty at the Cat's Eye. 3. The 3rd pub is called the Blue Moon; the boat tied up there, which is not the Smithon family's vessel, is not the Rivet. 4. The boat farthest downstream belongs to the Byre family.",No hint available.,"1st Pub, Smithon, Helmsway, Hook & Line 2nd Pub, Marches, Rivet, Triomph 3rd Pub, McKay, Vision, Blue Moon 4th Pub, Byre, Kestrel, Cat's Eye",Logic-Grid,02/10/06 #2861,Irresistible Force,2.54,1.5,204_BLaZe_41,What would happen if an irresistible force (i.e. a cannonball that cannot be stopped by anything) met an immovable object (i.e. a wall that cannot be moved by anything)?,No hint available.,"Nothing would happen because the situation is impossible. The term irresistible force and immovable object cannot coexist. If a force is irresistible, there cannot be an object that is immovable, Conversely, if an object is immovable, there cannot be a force that is irresistible. It's as absurd a situation as two people each being taller than the other.",Science,03/24/02 #27378,Deadly Horizon,2.97,1.65,bookworm91,"I hover out there in darkness unseen. I will shred things to pieces 'till they're just smithereens. I might serve as a gateway to places unspoken, Yet I'm sealed off to man, forever unbroken. I twist and distort, only darkness escapes, I destroy all I find Whatever I take.","I'm a wonderful thing, a mysterious lure. But if you reach my horizon you're a goner for sure.","A black hole. Scientists theorize that black holes and wormholes might lead to other dimensions or different parts of the universe and so on. Thus a ""gateway to places unspoken."" Man cannot (as yet) enter a black hole. The end is self-explanatory. As for the hint, black holes have an event horizon, and if something is to pass it, there is no way of escaping. (At least none that we know of.)",Riddle,12/09/05 #2575,Ball and Train,2.17,1.04,204_blaze_41,"You're on a train that's moving forward at 50 mph. You throw a ball in the direction that the train is moving. Relative to you and the train, the ball leaves your hand travelling at 20 mph. From the point of view of someone standing alongside the tracks, how fast is the ball moving?",No hint available.,70 mph.,Science,03/07/02 #25724,Car Crash!!,2.5,0.67,matthewscott,"Ralphie Lay was racing his car when he crashed it into a concrete wall and it was crushed so badly that it was only a foot in length! But, Ralphie was unscathed!! How is this possible?!!",Has anybody found the REMOTE CONTROL!!!,"Ralphie was racing his remote control car and crashed it, therefore Ralphie couldn't get hurt because he wasn't in it!",Trick,09/02/05 #32809,Sum-day Soon,3.03,2.23,hottiexo247,"Some people believe that January 1, 2000 is the first day of the 21st century. Other people believe that the honor belongs to January 1, 2001. But everyone should agree that January 1, 2002 is the first ""sum-day"" of the new century- when you write out that date in standard notation, it becomes 01/01/02, and 1+1=2. More generally, a sum-day is a date in which the day and month add up to the year. With that in mind: A) What is the last sum-day of the 21st century? B) How many sum-days are there in the 21st century?",No hint available.,"A) The last sum-day of the 21st century is December 31, 2043, because 12+31=43, and both the month and day are as big as possible. B) This one is much easier than you might think. The correct answer is 365, because every day in a standard (non-leap) year is part of a sum-day for some year. For example, November 26 is a sum-day for the year 2037, because 11+26=37. The only date for which this principle doesn't work is the leap day, February 29. That's because 2+29=31, but 2031 is not a leap year.",Math,09/02/06 #27777,Anagram Guru 4,2.92,2.36,chidam11,"The following word pairs are anagrams which can be combined to form the name of an animal or insect.Try to figure it out. 1.Log, Rail 2.Lone, Tape 3.Cot, Soup 4.Moral, Dial",No hint available.,"1.Gorilla. 2.Antelope. 3.Octopus. 4.Armadillo.",Language,12/30/05 #25983,Language Confusion,2.52,2.77,chicaespanola,"One evening two friends, Carmen and Ana, were talking in Spanish via instant messenger. Both women were from Sevilla, Spain but Carmen was currently in Rome, Italy. Both friends traveled a lot and did not often get to spend time together, so they agreed to meet at a certain tourist attraction the following evening. When the appointed time rolled around and Carmen wasn't there, Ana called her on her cell phone. Carmen insisted she was in the right place, and that Ana was the one that was late. Eventually the confusion was sorted out, and it was discovered that both women were technically right. How is this possible?",The answer lies in the cities.,"The name of the tourist attraction, in Spanish, was ""Plaza de España"". In Sevilla there is a tourist attraction by this name, it is the location of the 1929 Worlds Fair. Since the women were speaking Spanish, not Italian, the same name would be used to refer to the Roman tourist attraction made famous by Audrey Hepburn's movie ""Roman Holiday"", the famous ""Piazza di Spagna"". Since both women traveled a lot, they both assumed that the other was traveling to the ""Plaza de España"" closest to them.",Trivia,09/18/05 #13806,lu + mp,2.39,1.54,dumbell,"What does the following represent? lu + mp = lump",No hint available.,Lump sum.,Rebus,07/14/03 #43703,What Did They Say?,2.54,1.72,sammydj,"Unscramble these foolish quotes: 1. Serte cuesa remo luplonoit naht amouotibels od. 2. Letvinoesi to'wn stal. T'is a slafh ni het pna. 3. I saw dlag ot ese taIly nwi. Lal eht yugs no het mate rewe lainItas. 4. Uoy nac sobvere a tol yb tawingch. 5. Rebwae! Ot octuh hetse wrsei si tnsaint dahet. Neynao oufnd ongid os liwl eb pseedrtcuo.","The first three words of each: 1. Trees cause more ____________. 2. Television won't last __________. 3. I was glad __________________. 4. You can observe _____________. 5. Beware! To touch ____________.","1. Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do. - Ronald Reagan 2. Television won't last. It's a flash in the pan. - Mary Somerville, 1948 3. I was glad to see Italy win. All the guys on the team were Italians. - Tommy Lasorda 4. You can observe a lot by watching. - Yogi Berra 5. Beware! To touch these wires is instant death. Anyone found doing so will be prosecuted. - Sign at a US railroad station",Language,12/10/08 #33161,School Time Rhymes II,2.65,2.06,GebbieRose,"Find the pairs of rhyming words that fit the following clues. Each one will be related to school. Example: Sprinting team = Fleet feet 1. Cramming partner 2. Rage against calculus 3. Non-swimmer who jumps in the deep end 4. Speculation on teacher's oral address 5. Discreet scholar",No hint available.,"1. Cramming partner = Study buddy 2. Rage against calculus = Math wrath 3. Non-swimmer who jumps in the deep end = Pool fool 4. Speculation on teacher's oral address = Lecture conjecture 5. Discreet scholar = Prudent student",Language,09/24/06 #37349,Scrambled,2.45,2.21,HeartBreakKid1,S M = I of M C,The invention made by this person was greatly helpful on ships during WWII.,Samuel Morse = Inventor of Morse Code,Letter-Equations,07/12/07 #10952,We Have a Problem,2.5100000000000002,2.09,griphook,12 = M on the M,No hint available.,"12 Men on the Moon. There are 12 astronauts who have stepped on the moon.",Letter-Equations,03/07/03 #35066,Associated People,2.63,2.7,jazzmusician46,"Below are a series of initials that each represents a well-known name. All these people were closely associated with each other for at least three (3) years. Your job is to figure out these names, as well as the ones that are missing from this series. S, A, ?, J, P, B, M, T, ?, S, ? and J I.",Look to Jerusalem,"These are the men chosen by Jesus Christ to be his 12 apostles, according to Luke 6: 12-16 1.Simon (whom he also named Peter), 2. Andrew, 3. James, 4. John, 5. Phillip, 6. Bartholomew, 7. Matthew, 8. Thomas, 9. James, 10. Simon, 11. Judas (the brother of James), 12. Judas Iscariot.",Series,01/27/07 #35900,Common Theme #4,2.74,2.34,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to change one letter in each of the following words, in order to find five (5) words with a common theme. Mouth Recession Suave Ear Broth",Think of American history,"South Secession Slave War Booth The common theme here is: Abraham Lincoln. Each word can be associated with him.",Language,03/27/07 #9270,Very Tense,2.74,1.87,Bobbrt,"My closest friends are very tense. I'm difficult to use and hence I'm beautiful with learned hand. With untrained folk I'm not so grand. You know not what I am, you say? Well half of me's already given away. What am I?",No hint available.,"A grand piano. (the ""closest friends"" are the strings)",Riddle,12/20/02 #2024,Feared by the living,2.34,1.73,darkjester,"Feared by the living In your everyday life I am used, seen, or felt Restless I am when let loose Easy to let free but dangerous to control",Each line holds one letter to the answer,Fire,Riddle,01/13/02 #8783,Two Ladders,2.36,2.42,lesternoronha1,"There is a 6 foot wide alley. Both walls of the alley are perpendicular to the ground. Two ladders, one 10 feet long, the other 12 feet, are propped up from opposite corners to the adjacent wall, forming an X shape. All four feet of each ladder are firmly touching either the corner or the wall. The two ladders are also touching each other at the intersection of the X shape. What is the distance from the point of intersection to the ground?",No hint available.,"The answer is sqrt(108)/(1+(sqrt(108)/8)) =~ 4.52 feet. Consider the two ladders two lines on a graph. Let the shorter ladder extend from (0,0) to (6,8). Let the longer ladder extend from (6,0) to (0,sqrt(108)). The square root of 108 can be found using the Pythagorean formula. Then solve for the slope and y intercept to find the equations of the two lines: The shorter ladder has the equation y=(4/3)*x. The longer ladder has the equation y=(-sqrt(108)/6)*x + sqrt(108). The lines meet where the ladders cross. Use substitution to solve for y.",Math,11/27/02 #39680,Meters on Meters,2.47,2.23,shenqiang,"Which doesn't belong? Terameter Gigameter Megameter Kilometer Meter Centimeter Millimeter Micrometer Nanometer Picometer",Read carefully.,"Centimeter doesn't belong. If you remove it, the others each differ by a factor of 1000.",Group,12/19/07 #26151,Grape Rouge,2.84,2.36,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: forty, grape, react, rouge Group B: carat, claim, coast, crass, curse",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A can have its last letter replaced with the letter ""h"" to make a new word. forty - forth grape - graph react - reach rouge - rough thus crass - crash",Group,09/30/05 #11735,Sunday Sunday Sunday,2.4,1.68,PeaceJo,"What phrase does the following represent? Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Never Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday",No hint available.,Never in a month of Sundays.,Rebus,04/12/03 #32551,To Laugh or Cry?,2.2,2.07,PineappleMama,"What is it, then, at which our heart laughs merrily when it weeps, but makes our heart sad and mournful when it shines too brightly?",No hint available.,The Sky.,Riddle,08/21/06 #10220,Human Creep,2.2,3.03,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? Human waste plumbing / to creep Wolves home oceans Wolves home oceans Wolves home oceans Wolves home oceans Wolves home oceans Wolves home oceans Wolves home oceans Wolves home oceans Wolves home oceans Wolves home oceans","This is one of those synonym type of solutions. The answer is two words and below is a break up of the clues to help solve and combine them. Please note that each separation isn't necessarily one syllable. I have indicated how many syllables make up each part of the word: 1st word: Human waste plumbing (2) / to creep (2) 2nd word: Wolves home (1) / oceans (1) There is one more thing to figure out but that is fairly obvious so I'll leave that to you ;o). The whole answer describes a condition that isn't particularly good and someone experiencing this needs help.","Suicidal Tendencies 1st word: Human waste plumbing = Sewer To creep = Sidle Therefore 'Sewersidle' or Suicidal 2nd word: Wolves home = Den oceans = Seas There are 10 of these = Ten Therefore Tendencies Put it all together and what have ya got?",Rebus,02/03/03 #33784,Open Wide...,2.61,2.6,grungy49,"I'll open my mouth, If you startle me. What's inside is amazing, And I got it free I'm found in Australia, Indonesia as well, I'm the largest of my family Yet many predators dwell I'm named after a body part That is my main feature I won't really hurt you I'm just a friendly creature!",No hint available.,"A blue tongue lizard! There are six different types of blue tongue lizards. Its main feature, is of course, its blue tongue. When it is startled, it will open its mouth to try and scare predators away. It is a member of the skink family, and some of its predators include cats, dogs, kookaburras and snakes. It is found mainly in Australia, but it is also found in Indonesia and New Guinea. Blue tongue lizards can grow up to 60cm long. Most types are omnivorous. In one Aboriginal legend, a man was sitting around a campfire when he spotted the lizard. He thought to himself, ""If that lizard is still around in three days, I will do something terrible. The spirits will curse me for what I am about to do."" Three days later, the lizard was still there so he threw a bit of blue ochre at the lizard just as it was poking its tongue out. The lizard has had a blue tongue ever since.",Riddle,11/01/06 #51005,"11, 17, 19, 23, 71...",2.5,2.3,Quickq,"What number comes next in the following series? 11, 17, 19, 23, 71, 73, 79, 83, ...","The rule contains the words ""at least"". If I changed that to ""exactly"", I'd have to get rid of 17 and 73.","97. This is the series of prime numbers that are spelled with at least three E's.",Series,03/07/17 #1262,Too Many Women,2.27,1.7,Yanivster,"In a far far land, there was a long war. Many men died in that war, and when it was over there were not enough men to marry all the women in the kingdom. The king wanted balance between men and women, so he issued an order that any woman who gives birth to a girl, will stop having children after that. His theory was that there would be several families with one girl and one or no boys, but there would also be families with several boys and only one girl, and so after a few years the number of males in the kingdom would increase. What was wrong with the king's plan and why won't it work?",No hint available.,"Assuming that the birth rate between boys and girls is 1:1, At first, half the women would give birth to boys, and half would give birth to girls. Then, only one half would be able to continue having children, so half of them will have boys, and half will have girls, and so on... As you can see, the number of boys and girls remains the same.",Logic,11/02/01 #242,"1, 3, 3, 6, 5, 9, 7, 12, 9 ...",2.19,2.32,cruiser,"What are the next 3 numbers? 1, 3, 3, 6, 5, 9, 7, 12, 9, ... , ... , ...",No hint available.,"15, 11, 18 The two series 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, etc. and 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, etc. alternated.",Series,02/04/01 #24054,07734,2.49,2.17,Therulerofthem,"Which letter from group B should be in group A? Group A: H L E O B Group B: Q F V G Z C",The title.,"G is the letter that fits, the letters in a group can be made when you turn a calculator upside down. The title is a hint, for when it is flipped it spells ""hello.""",Group,06/27/05 #4154,Initial Family,2.31,0.96,mad-ade,"Some of Mad Ade's family are unable to spell, so as a result many members of the family are known only by a letter of the alphabet. A is the brother of B, C is the daughter of B. E is the sister of A, and Mad Ade is the brother of C. F is the father of E. Who is Mad Ade's Uncle?",No hint available.,A is Mad Ade's Uncle.,Logic,05/19/02 #19202,Cap in Hand,2.24,1.87,MrIxolite,What is this?,No hint available.,A staggered start,Rebus,10/19/04 #3008,Salt Dealer,2.86,1.81,PeaceJo,"Ali ben-Ibrahim was a salt dealer in old Baghdad. Every day he went from his home just outside the city to the market with two huge sacks of salt tied to the back of his donkey. His donkey was a small, evil-smelling brute called Roxanna. It was, however, not lacking in the brains department. One hot day, as they passed along the banks of the Tigris, it broke free from Ali and plunged into the cool water. When the irate salt-seller finally persuaded the beast to leave the river it immediately noticed that much of the salt had dissolved and its load was therefore considerably lighter. After that, no matter how hard Ali tried, he could not prevent the donkey from diving into the river and ruining its load of salt. But when it came to lateral thinking, Ali himself was no slouch. One day he loaded up the donkey as usual and, as usual, the animal plunged into the river. Then it learned its lesson and never tried that trick again. What had Ali done?",No hint available.,"He had loaded the sacks with sand, so they were actually heavier after their dip in the Tigris.",Logic,03/30/02 #2473,"In Silly, not in Fool",2.5,1.19,missie,"Figure out the word concealed in the following poem. (First, second, etc., refer to letters of a word.) By selecting the right letter you will come up with an appropriate word. My first is in silly but not in fool My second in pupil but not in school My third in read and also write My fourth in glimpse and also light My fifth in ten but not in three My last in glad and also glee My whole a season of the year That's clue enough to solve it here.",No hint available.,Spring,Riddle,03/02/02 #34041,Little Johnny #3,2.71,2.68,fishmed,"Little Johnny was at it again. His big brother had some small race cars that he wanted to play with, and his brother did not want him to have them. Finally, he made a deal with Little Johnny. If he could figure out the math problem that his teacher had given them that afternoon, he'd let him have the cars for a week. The problem was to figure out the following. IT + TAKES + A + LITTLE = EFFORT The numbers 0-9 are used and the teacher had already told them that A = 9 and E = 7. Little Johnny's brother could not figure it out, so he knew that he'd be safe. Ten minutes later, Little Johnny's mother was watching while his big brother grudgingly gave up his cars for a week. Can you figure out what the letters represent, like Little Johnny?",No hint available.,"I = 8 T = 1 A = 9 K = 2 E = 7 S = 4 L = 6 F = 0 R = 3 O = 5 So, 81 + 19274 + 9 + 681167 = 700531",Math,11/21/06 #28181,A World of Happiness,2.69,2.13,twixy,"What words relative to happiness are hidden below? She is going to be late for cheerleading! She raced downstairs, not even eating breakfast! Unfortunately, she missed cheerleading and had to go straight to her first class, which was History. They were going to get their project grades back. Her paper had a one hundred on it. But there was one X! ""Cite your sources,"" the question with the X on it read. She went up to her teacher and told her what happened. Her teacher simply patted her dress's cuff, understanding the situation. She always did that when she was disturbed. But she didn't change the grade.",There are five of them.,"Elate (be late) Cheer (cheerleading) Fortunate (unfortunately) Excite (one X! ""Cite) Fun (cuff understanding)",Language,01/20/06 #29392,Young Love,2.6,1.77,zonarita,"Read this rebus backward to reveal a famous song. 2 T T T T","This song is from the 1925 Broadway musical, ""No, No Nanette!""","Two four T = Two for Tea read backward = Tea for Two. Perhaps no song of the 20th century has been as famous as ""Tea for Two"". It is, in effect, a proposal from a young man to his love, declaring they will be happy in the proverbial cottage, sipping tea, raising a family and spending their lives together.",Rebus,03/29/06 #44242,Rachael Ray Quotes III,1.98,1.81,chittermouse3,"Can you decipher these quotes from Rachael Ray? (The hint gives all the vowels.) ""K'b s ugpwx inkwhucf. K jsv'h bszc jgttcc, K jsv'h dszc sva K jsv'h inkwhuc. Hncfc. K'b gphca, gv suu uclcuw."" ""Xgp jsv nslc s igvacftpu, bpjn dchhcf mpsukhx gt uktc hnsv xgp hnkvz. Xgp fcsuux ag hnkvz xgp ucsa s fkjn uktc kt xgp ag wgbchnkvy sw wkbouc sw bszkvy akvvcf tgf xgpfwcut. Xgp agv'h nslc hg dc ucth gph gt svxhnkvy. Bsxdc xgp jsv'h whsx kv hnc tklc-whsf wpkhc, bsxdc xgp jsv epwh wkh kv hnc jgjzhsku ugpvyc sva uggz sh hnc dcsphktpu lkci, dph xgp jsv whkuu yg hncfc.""","If D=A, then all D's in the encrypted quote should be changed to A's. D=A J=E W=I P=O L=U","""I'm a lousy whistler. I can't make coffee, I can't bake and I can't whistle. There. I'm outed, on all levels."" ""You can have a wonderful, much better quality of life than you think. You really do think you lead a rich life if you do something as simple as making dinner for yourself. You don't have to be left out of anything. Maybe you can't stay in the five-star suite, maybe you can just sit in the cocktail lounge and look at the beautiful view, but you can still go there."" A=S B=D C=J D=A E=C F=T G=Y H=N I=K J=E K=Z L=U M=B N=V O=G P=O Q=M R=F S=W T=H U=P V=L W=I X=Q Y=X Z=R",Cryptography,03/11/09 #49067,The Original Cast,2.49,2.87,Gizzer,"Science Fiction. Some people love it, some people hate it. Even those who love it know that some stories are great and some... well... aren't. The following movies represent some good and some not so good science fiction. But these movies were selected because of an interesting connection. Cocoon The Island of Dr Moreau Meteor Planet of the Apes One star from each of these movies worked together on another, earlier, production. Can you find the name of that earlier production?",One of the actors could have been a contender.,"Jessica Tandy was one of the stars of Cocoon. Marlon Brando, whose famous quote from On the Waterfront was the basis of the hint, starred in the 1996 remake of The Island of Doctor Moreau. Kim Hunter starred as Zira in the 1968 version of The Planet of the Apes - and its sequels. Karl Malden starred in Meteor. These four actors were the original cast of Broadway's A Streetcar Named Desire.",Trivia,10/10/11 #30799,Word Jumble 2 - Greek Mythological Creatures,2.77,2.52,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser: AXRET Take letters 1 & 4 MBGHUU Take letters 1 & 3 ENCLAC Take letters 1 & 2 NIILST Take letter 5 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"AXRET Take letters 1 & 4 - EXTRA, take E,R MBGHUU Take letters 1 & 3 - HUMBUG, take H,M ENCLAC Take letters 1 & 2 - CANCEL, take C,A NIILST Take letter 5 - INSTIL, take I Unscramble the above letters to get 'CHIMERA' In Greek mythology, the Chimera has varying descriptions, but the widely accepted one is that of a creature that had the head of a lion, the tail of a snake and the body of a goat. It is also believed to be a fire-breathing creature. Seeing the Chimera was a sign of some impending natural disasters like shipwrecks or storms",Language,05/31/06 #44917,The Companion,2.09,0.68,twin27,"I am a humble companion, and people love me so, even though I am big trouble- it easily does show. I am known to obey, and I often run around- although I also stay. What am I?",No hint available.,A puppy.,Riddle,07/22/09 #42371,How Does It Do That? #2 - Pun Run!,2.69,2.12,RampaginRobo,"Follow the steps to change one string of letters to a different one. The starting string is NONSPEAKINGSOLDIER, and your clue for the ending string's pun is ""Christmas!"" 1) Eliminate all 15's. 2) Eliminate all 14's. 3) Remove the summit. 4) Change ""DIE"" into its antonym. 5) Change the last five letters to ""the opposite of day"". 6) Eliminate the second 19. 7) Eliminate the first 7. 8) Insert 5-14-20-11 between the 12 and the 14.",No hint available.,"Start: NONSPEAKINGSOLDIER After step 1: NNSPEAKIGSLDIER (Remove all 15's - O's) After step 2: SPEAKIGSLDIER (Remove all 14's - N's) After step 3: SIGSLDIER (Remove the summit - ""peak"") After step 4: SIGSLLIVER (Change ""DIE"" into its antonym - ""live"") After step 5: SIGSLNIGHT (Change last 5 letters into opposite of day - NIGHT) After step 6: SIGLNIGHT (Remove the second 19 - the second S) After step 7: SILNIGHT (Remove the first 7 - the first G) After step 8: SILENTKNIGHT (Add 5-14-20-11 between the 12 and the 14 - insert ENTK between the L and the N) Answer: SILENTKNIGHT",Language,06/28/08 #24270,First Dates,2.06,0.76,irock3001,"Michelle, Loren, and Chelsea are going on their dates. Their date's names are David, Grant, and Dan, in no particular order. They each have a flower they are given on their dates. The flowers are: carnation, rose, and corsage, again, in no particular order. Clues: 1. The girl whose favorite flower was the corsage went out with Grant. 2. Dan gave his date a rose. 3. Michelle hates carnations. They make her think of spiders' webs, for whatever reason. 4. Loren and Grant never really got along. 5. Chelsea just can't stand Grant or Dan.",The girl's favorite flower is the one they are given.,"Michelle went with Grant, and she got a corsage. Loren went with Dan, and she got a rose. Chelsea went with David, and she got a carnation.",Logic-Grid,07/04/05 #30416,"""Trade"" Pirates",2.49,1.8,metallicman,"In 1753, Captain Barbarosa of the Pyrate Mc.Takey (his ship) was travelling to the new world, America, from England. He went there and pillaged dozens of towns before he was satisfied. When he tried to get back to England on the same route, he found it was quite impossible. How come?","The title is a clue. Also ""wind"".","There are definite wind circulations that would make this impossible. From 40 degrees north latitude to 60 degrees north, the wind generally blows east, while from the equator to 30 degrees north it blows westward. If he wanted to take the same route, it wouldn't be possible because of the wind.",Science,05/10/06 #13356,Feeling Cold Cold Cold,2.35,2.28,MrIxolite,"MrIxolite went to a health farm for the day, because, let's face it, he needed it. He tried all the various treatments and had one left to try. Unfortunately, the owner of the health farm liked a good Rebus, so he put the following on the door to the treatment room. H2O: H2:O H:2O :H2O Once MrIxolite had figured out the Rebus, he decided that he would give this particular treatment a miss. What was it?","Literally, what you see is happening is the actual process.","Colonic Irrigation, Literally represented is water (H2O) passing through a Colon (:)",Rebus,06/23/03 #3467,Dednah,2.22,1.37,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this word: Dednah",No hint available.,Backhanded,Rebus,04/13/02 #7992,One for the Romantics,2.5,1.92,dsquared,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The _____ of the group was extremely _____, not just physically, for he was also particularly _____"", you would fill in HEAD, STRONG, and HEADSTRONG. As he walked _____ the lane with his bride-to-be, he thought of her humourous _____ as another pleasant aspect that confirmed for him that she was who he wanted to be _____ for the rest of his life.",No hint available.,"ALONG, SIDE, ALONGSIDE",Language,10/11/02 #22711,Portraits,2.81,2.43,cdrock,"There were 9 portraits of animals (bear, cat, dog, hamster, horse, lion, monkey, mouse, and tiger) on a wall of a museum. As I was studying them, I tripped and fell into the wall and they all fell down. I have to get them back up on the wall in the correct order before I get into some serious trouble. I only remember a couple of things about the order of the portraits. Can you help me figure out the order of the portraits using the clues I remember about them? They were displayed as follows: Note: The Letter and Numbers in the graph are labels for their corresponding rows. ...........A...............B.............C 1 _________ l _________ l _________ 2 _________ l _________ l _________ 3 _________ l _________ l _________ Clues: 1. The bear is in the same row as the hamster. 2. Two portraits in both rows 3 and C have two animals that start with the same letter. 3. The horse is in the same row as the monkey. 4. The dog is in 2A. 5. Either the lion or the tiger is below the cat. 6. The monkey is either above or below the dog. 7. The dog is not next to the tiger.",No hint available.,"bear l cat l hamster dog l lion l tiger monkey l mouse l horse",Logic,05/06/05 #8228,Hidden Category II,3.02,2.43,Bobbrt,"Remove a letter from each of the words below and rearrange the remaining letters to form new words. The 10 words will all fall into a certain category. For example, given the words DEAR, ANGRY, and RENEGE, you could drop the ""A"" in DEAR to get RED, drop the ""N"" in ANGRY to get GRAY, and drop an ""E"" in RENEGE to get GREEN. These would all fall into the category of ""Colors"". If you're stuck, the hint will name the category. The tough part is getting all 10 words. EPOCH EXPEL WRIST BUNDLE INWARD REPUTE UNSEAT ASCRIBE MEMOIRS PHRASING",They are all recipe directions.,"Like the hint says, these are all recipe directions: CHOP PEEL STIR BLEND DRAIN PUREE SAUTE BRAISE SIMMER GARNISH",Language,10/25/02 #18691,A Hearty Teaser,2.4,1.57,dsquared,"What expression is hidden here? PHEART AHEART SHEART S",No hint available.,"Triple heart bypass or Triple heart by (next to) pass",Rebus,08/28/04 #45247,Stair Syllables,2.09,2.56,jtolley,"Choose one syllable from each row to form 7 words: one 7 syllable one, one 6, etc. down to a one syllable word. Use each syllable once. Don't change the order of the syllables [i.e., if a syllable is in row 2, it will be the second syllable]. 1. GE, MA, IN, TEN, STA, EM, DI 2. CRO, SIS, O, FIN, A, PER 3. IT, OR, EC, BE, ME 4. TES, TRIC, ES, O 5. AL, IM, NOM 6. AL, ICS 7. LY","The lengths of the 7 words [in order from the one syllable word to the 7 syllable word] are: 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, and 15 letters","Ten Stasis Emperor Diabetes Geometrical Macroeconomics Infinitesimally",Language,09/07/09 #3186,Fe fere re,2.08,2.34,204_blaze_41,"Can you decipher this word: fe fere re",No hint available.,interfere,Rebus,04/02/02 #47367,Cryptic Nonagrams - B,2.63,2.4,dalfamnest,"A nonagram is a 9-letter word made from three 3-letter words or abbreviations. In this teaser, each sentence gives three clues, leading to the three short words (or abbreviations) that make the nonagram. Example: Worker on a curved path, with a little twitch. Hint: Polar (region) Answer: Antarctic - [Worker = ANT; Curved path = ARC; Twitch = TIC] These nonagrams all begin with the letter ""B"". 1. Young male abbreviation for the sixth day finale. 2. Where flowers are planted, a little rascal showed the way. 3. It's a huge snake, yet (briefly) with a purpose. 4. ""A place to sleep? Clear out the study!""","1. Her sweetheart 2. Having smile marks? 3. Where the gondolas are stored 4. Immobilised by sickness, perhaps","1. BOYFRIEND [young male = BOY; 6th day = FRI; finale = END] 2. BEDIMPLED [flower BED; rascal = IMP; showed the way = LED] 3. BOATHOUSE [snake = BOA; yet (briefly) = THO'; purpose = USE] 4. BEDRIDDEN [place to sleep = BED; clear out = RID; study = DEN]",Language,06/30/10 #5356,1st of February,2.17,1.43,mad-ade,"If there are 5 Mondays, 5 Tuesdays and 5 Wednesdays in January, on what day of the week will February 1st fall?",No hint available.,Thursday,Logic,07/08/02 #34736,How are These Related?,2.41,1.43,DaleGriffin,"Can you unscramble the following 10 words/names and tell me in what way they are related? 1)aanst 2)beeehhlmt 3)eeilmostt 4)hlloy 5)cgiknost 6)adentv 7)dhlopru 8)ejssu 9)amnnosw 10)aiinttvy",No hint available.,"1)Santa 2)Bethlehem 3)mistletoe 4)holly 5)stocking 6)advent 7)Rudolph 8)Jesus 9)snowman 10)nativity They are all related to Christmas in some way.",Language,01/05/07 #569,Hated Opponent,2.21,1.72,Squidgy,How do you spell a hated opponent in three letters?,No hint available.,"NME (enemy) or Foe",Language,06/01/01 #29525,What are These Numbers?,2.61,2.7600000000000002,fishmed,"Can you tell what the missing numbers are and why? a. 333333 b. 200000 c. 142857 d. ?????? e. 090909 f. 076923 g. ?????? h. 058824 i. 052632 j. 047619 k. ??????","I would say the best thing to do would be to ""divide"" and conquer.","The missing numbers are; d. 111111 g. 066667 k. 043478 The numbers, starting with 'a', represent 1/3, 1/5, 1/7, 1/9, up to 1/23 up to 6 digits, rounded, with the decimal points removed.",Series,04/04/06 #42657,Joker's Enemy,2.55,1.2,grilledcheese,"B W = B, AKA the D K",Gotham City,"Bruce Wayne = Batman, also known as the Dark Knight",Letter-Equations,07/31/08 #19275,Chess-o-mania !!!,2.17,2.69,lesternoronha1,"In a chess tournament conducted by the Romankachi World Chess Federation, every person played one game with every other person in the group. The total number of games that men played between themselves exceeded those played by men with women by 18. If there were 4 women on the tournament, totally how many games were played in the tournament?",No hint available.,"Totally 120 games were played in the tournament. Let N be the number of men in the tournament. Then the number of games played by men between themselves = N*(N-1)/2 The number of games played by men with women = 4*N (since there were 4 women in the tournament) It is given that the total number of games that men played between themselves exceeded those played by men with women by 18. Hence N*(N-1)/2 - 4*N = 18 N*(N-1) - 8*N = 36 N*N - N - 8*N = 36 N^2 - 9*N - 36 = 0 Factorizing we get, N^2 - 12*N + 3*N - 36 = 0 N*(N - 12) + 3*(N - 12) = 0 (N - 12)(N + 3) = 0 Hence N = 12 or -3 (not possible). Hence the number of men in the chess tournament = N = 12 Therefore the total number of people participating in the chess tournament = 12 + 4 = 16. The total number of games played in the tournament = T*(T-1)/2 = 16*15/2 = 120",Math,10/29/04 #50021,Let It Slide,2.75,1.57,ThinksForFun,"My hash marks are not used For setting up a tweet Instead they designate A place where couples meet My blues are not the ones Involving emotion But they serve to restrict Certain forward motion When you cross my red line You won't be in trouble You will have reached the goal Should your distance double Periodically cleaned To facilitate play Helping a cylinder To move along its way What am I?",No hint available.,"an ice hockey rink lines 1-4: The ""hash marks"" are the markings on the ice surface indicating where the two players (a ""couple""), one from each hockey team, position themselves to take a face-off, a means by which the play is resumed after a stoppage. The ""hash mark"" character (""#"") is used on a social networking website, such as Twitter, in the formation of a hashtag. lines 5-8: The ""blues"" here are referring to the two blue lines, which divide the hockey rink into three zones: the neutral zone, the attacking zone, and the defending zone. The blue lines are used to determine whether a team's entry into the attacking zone is legal. If not, there is a stoppage in play (and a subsequent resulting face-off) due to the play being ruled as ""offside"". lines 9-12: The reference to ""red line"" here is not in the figurative sense, but is an actual red line which is referred to as such or alternatively as the ""centre line"", since it is located at the centre of the ice hockey rink. Therefore, if an attacking player has just crossed this red line, they have just passed the midpoint of the rink, and therefore would be about halfway to the opposing team's ""goal"". lines 13-16: For each hockey game the rink is cleaned at least three times: before the first period (before the game), before the second period (during the first intermission), and before the third period (during the second intermission). This is why it is described as being ""periodically cleaned"". This helps the ""cylinder"" which is the hockey puck, to move better along the ice, as the cleaning/resurfacing smoothens out the ice surface.",Riddle,12/12/13 #20186,Greetings Earthlings,2.6,2.27,AXTON,"What word does not belong to the group of words below? Guten Tag Tot ziens Aman Konnichi wa Annyong hashimnikka Goddag",No hint available.,"Tot ziens is the odd word, as all the other words mean hello. Tot ziens means goodbye. Guten Tag - German (Central Europe) Tot ziens - Dutch (Netherlands) Aman - Harari (Ethiopia) Konnichi wa - Japanese (Japan) Annyong hashimnikka - Korean (Korea) Goddag - Norwegian [Nynorsk] (Norway)",Group,01/01/05 #13354,POW,2.79,1.84,MrIxolite,"I was a POW in the war, and was held prisoner by a cruel and malicious guard. I could tell he liked a good rebus, however, because etched onto the wall of my cell was the following rebus: A) Cape Horn B) Cape of Good Hope C) Cape Horn D) Cape of Good Hope E) Cape Horn F) Cape Horn G) Cape of Good Hope H) Cape Horn I) Cape of Good Hope J) Cape Horn K) Cape Horn L) Cape of Good Hope M) Cape Horn N) Cape of Good Hope O) Cape Horn P) Cape Horn Q) Cape of Good Hope R) Cape Horn T) Cape of Good Hope U) Cape Horn V) Cape Horn W) Cape of Good Hope X) Cape Horn Y) Cape of Good Hope Z) Cape Horn What was he trying to say?",No hint available.,There Is No Escape ( S) Cape ).,Rebus,06/23/03 #13476,Snail Racing Contest,2.54,1.82,braingle44,"After a snail racing contest, the four contestants were congratulating each other. Only one snail wore the same number as the position it finished in. Alfred's snail wasn't painted yellow or blue, and the snail who wore 3, which was painted red, beat the snail who came in third. Arthur's snail beat Anne's snail, whereas Alice's snail beat the snail who wore 1. The snail painted green, Alice's, came second and the snail painted blue wore number 4. Anne's snail wore number 1. Can you work out whose snail finished where, its number and the colour it was painted?",No hint available.,"First: Alfred wore 3 and was red. Second: Alice wore 2 and was green. Third: Arthur wore 4 and was blue. Fourth: Anne wore 1 and was yellow.",Logic,06/28/03 #37265,Elastic!,2.71,1.02,tedger,"I have a number of ways in which I am used, while some are practical, in others I may be misused. When I hold together that which is loose, an office is where I am most commonly put to use. When school children wish to play, I may become a projectile for a day. When used in the mouth, after a while, I can help improve your smile. Bind me, along with brothers and sisters, around a core, and I will bounce back up when I hit the floor.","Keep me cold, and more slowly, will I grow old.","I come in many colors, most commonly a tan, What am I, why I'm a rubber band. Rubber bands are generally used to hold several objects together. Children often shoot rubber bands at one another. In orthodontics, rubber bands help align teeth over a period of time. You can create a rubber band ball with many rubber bands, which will bounce. Rubber bands last longer when kept refrigerated.",Riddle,07/07/07 #2911,Liquid vs Solid,2.5100000000000002,1.05,204_BLaZe_41,What substance is more dense in its liquid form than in its solid form?,No hint available.,"This rather popular substance is water. At 32 degrees Fahrenheit, the density of ice is .9175, whereas the density of water at 32 degrees is .9988. When you add ice to water, you will notice it always floats.",Science,03/25/02 #49567,The Psychic Hobo,3.3,1.48,dangerouspie101,"One day, I was waiting to get on the subway. I was eating the apple I always have for breakfast, and I decided to sit next to a homeless man on the bench. While waiting, we saw a fat man walk by us. The hobo then muttered, ""Pig."" I didn't give it a second thought, except that the comment was rude. There were still a few minutes until the next subway train arrived, and another man walked past us. He was tall, wearing a business suit. As he walked past, the hobo said, ""Human."" I thought nothing of this remark, other than he was, obviously, a human. The subway finally arrived, and I left for work. The next day, the hobo was still there at the subway station. Today I watched from a distance. Several people walked past him; a skinny woman, a muscular man, and an old lady. In turn he muttered, ""Soup,"" ""Pork,"" and ""Cookie."" Odd labels, I thought, because obviously none of them was a cookie. I got on the subway again, and proceeded to work. I could not stop thinking about the odd man at the subway station. I observed him for days to come, and he continued this odd behavior. He would call people bread, carrot, rabbit, milk, and other strange things. The next day, I walked by the homeless man once again, and he silently muttered, ""Apple."" At that point, I finally recognised what was going on. Then, remembering something, I was stricken with horror. What was the hobo's ability, and why was I horrified?",I wonder what I'm going to eat for breakfast...,"He was able to tell what people last ate. I told you in the beginning of the teaser that I ate an apple every day before work, and at the end he said ""Apple"" to me. The reason I was horrified was because the first day I saw him, he had said ""Human"" to somebody, implying that they were a cannibal.",Situation,08/23/12 #12082,100 = Y on an A F F,2.18,1.47,Jordan4114,"Figure out this letter equation! 100 = Y on an A F F",Sport!,100 Yards on an American Football Field!,Letter-Equations,04/28/03 #37320,Eight Sevenths?,2.64,1.28,Dontrelle,From which heavy seven letter words can you take away two letters and have eight left?,Notice this is in the trick category.,"Weights, Freight, or Weighty.",Trick,07/10/07 #7961,Conquer,2.73,1.08,majd,"What is this common phrase? A/N/D CONQUER.",No hint available.,"Divide and conquer. (A/N/D (spaced by division sign)= divide and)",Rebus,10/09/02 #47313,Onnicle 5: Sports Stars,2.58,1.6,dalfamnest,"Onamography is a new puzzle style based on an old idea. The sentence clues (""onnicles"") conceal the names of famous personalities. e.g. I have loved cappuccino with carob infusions since my childhood. Answer: Robin Hood - ""... caROB INfusions ... childHOOD."" The onnicle below contains the names of two sports stars: ""That's seven US Open titles, and now the course renamed for us! Wow! I'll...I am speechless!""",Onniclue: Sibling Stars,"Venus and Serena Williams seVEN US ... AND ... courSE RENAmed ... woW! I'LL...I AM Speechless!",Language,06/25/10 #1031,"Front, Ski, Melon, Fall",2.6,2.07,Michelle,"What word from group B belongs to group A and why? A) front, ski, melon, fall B) road, tire, tower, cliff",No hint available.,Tower. Tower and all the words from group A can be preceded by the word water.,Group,10/06/01 #43347,CDs,2.14,0.98,LavaIcee,"Karla has ten songs that she likes, but they are all on different CDs. It takes her 15 seconds to switch between CDs and each song is exactly 2 minutes and 48 seconds long. How many seconds will it take for Karla to finish listening to all of her favorite songs if she started with a CD in her player, and didn't take the last one out?",No hint available.,1815,Math,10/16/08 #3737,On the 7th Day,3.0,1.09,rayneeday,"On July 7th, I had a most unusual day. I woke up at exactly 7:07, stumbled to my refrigerator and had a 7up. I got dressed, went downstairs, and caught the number 7 bus to go to my office on 77th street. While sitting in my office on the 7th floor, it dawned on me how my day was going so I called my bookie and placed a $777 bet on the number 7 horse in the seventh race, whose name was Seventh Heaven, to win. Do you know what happened?",No hint available.,He came in 7th.,Trick,04/25/02 #29884,The Wonderful Lucid Dreams of Little Sue - For the Youngsters 1,2.78,2.34,smarty_blondy,"Sweet Sue is an 11 year old little girl born and raised in the good town of Ottawa, Kansas. Unfortunately, ever since her pet goldfish, Silky, passed away and had to be turned over to Mr. Toilet, Sue has had some very interesting dreams. She keeps dreaming Silky is kidnapped on his way to Fish Heaven from Mr. Toilet by some very tricky Goo-monsters, and it's up to Sue to save him (lucid dreaming helps...)! Sue is ready to go to bed, knowing she will once again dream of her good friend, Silky. Just as she closes her little eyes and goes to sleep, the Goo-monsters appear. Oh no! They have Silky trapped in a sealed aquarium! The Goo-monsters throw the key into a little ciphered box, and leave poor Silky trapped between Earth and Fish Heaven for ever. Now, it's completely up to Sue to open the little box, get the key, and free her goldfish. The box looks regular at first, but modern technology seems to be to the Goo-monsters' liking. On one of the sides, Sue sees a touchscreen panel, with the following five words written one on top of the other: AQUARIUM BELATED CAIRO MELODY HUMOUR Just before they leave Sue all alone, the Goo-monsters say: ""1,2,3, We like chronology, Push the right 5 letters And silky you will free! Mwahahahahaha!!!!!"" ""It must be some sort of pattern between the letters I have to push"", Sue thinks to herself. ""What are the right 5 letters that can free my very good friend Silky?""","The Goo-monsters offer a big clue just before they leave. You will have to look for a pattern that involves some sort of order. The words depend on each other...","Sue pushed the first letter from the first word, the second from the second word, and so on, forming the 5 vowels: A, E, I, O, U. Happy with her success, she takes out the key and frees Silky, who is thankful to have such a clever friend. The Goo-monsters offer a clue when they refer to chronology or, in other words, order. ""The words depend on each other..."" in the hint refers to the fact that the code would no longer make sense if one of the words were taken out or switched with another one of the five words. Sue wakes up happy that Silky is free. She is well aware that the following night she will have to be tested again, but she feels confident. She will do anything to keep the Goo-monsters from stopping her friend from reaching Fish Heaven!",Language,04/19/06 #51689,But What Then ??,1.45,1.55,BadBunnee02,"Complete the Rebus using your ""lateral thinking"" skills, ""fuzzy logic"" ability, ""cluster mapping"" technique, and ""intuitive leaping"" (if appropriate), to identify a common phrase suggested by the information below. Phase 01:i<===>t Phase 02:i<==>t Phase 03:i<=>t Phase 04:i<>t Phase 05:it Phase 07:it",No hint available.,"""getting it together"" The 'glitch' between Phase 05 & Phase 07 is an intentional 'red herring' (look it up) - no system is ever perfect..",Rebus,02/18/18 #32950,Try and Crack This One!,2.94,1.9000000000000001,jazzmusician46,"I am not a human, nor am I an animal. I have eyes, but cannot see, and I have hair that you cannot comb. My brown skin has several layers but this seems a paradox, because one is smooth and the other is hard. My skin protects my soft white flesh; and within my flesh is my opaque blood. What am I?",No hint available.,"A coconut The coconut is the seed and edible fruit of the coco palm tree (Cocos nucifera). Each coconut has several layers: a smooth, deep tan outer covering; a brown fiber of 1-2"" thickness; a hard, dark brown hairy husk with three indented ""eyes"" at one end; a thin brown skin; the cream white coconut meat; and at the center, a thin opaque coconut juice.",Riddle,09/10/06 #12889,I am Third,2.59,2.13,ELTRACY,"I am third, I can sense, and I am the home of many. We aren't the same but we sound like we are. What are the three of us?",No hint available.,"C, See, Sea C - third in the alphabet See - is a sense Sea - the home of many",Riddle,06/03/03 #27726,Words in Common II,2.64,2.32,kiss,"What do the following words have in common? begin, drink, ring, shrink, sing, sink, spring, stink, swim.","It's more than ""they all contain the letter i"".","When changing to past tense, change their i to a. When changing to past participle, change their i to u.",Language,12/27/05 #48208,Words With NN,1.8,2.66,cnmne,"Five words that contain NN as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *NN**, *NN***, **NN**, ***NN*, **NN*** Pool: A, A, A, E, E, E, H, I, I, I, L, O, P, R, S, T, T, U, W, Y",No hint available.,"ANNUL, INNATE, SONNET, WHINNY, PANNIER",Language,11/14/10 #17301,Discount Coupon Shopper,2.65,2.19,absy,"Until last week, Mandy had been putting off the purchase of four major items for her home, waiting for her town's annual bargain days. Each year, the town's four main stores (including Nickels) each send out a coupon for a different percentage discount (10%, 15%, 20%, or 30%) on the purchase of a single item. Can you find the discount that Mandy received on each of her buys, and determine from which store she purchased each item? Given: Discounts: 10%, 15%, 20%, 30% Store Names: Stears, Pal-Mart, Nickels, Dullard's Appliances: Computer, Dishwasher, Lawnmower, VCR Clues: 1) The percentage discount Mandy received on her new computer was twice that of the item she bought at Dullard's. 2) The discount on the Stears purchase was ten percentage points lower than the one on the riding lawnmower. 3) The discount on the dishwasher wasn't 15%. 4) Pal-Mart, (which didn't issue the 30% off coupon) isn't the store at which Mandy purchased the VCR.","Make a list of one set of givens and list another set of givens that would correspond to them. i.e (Discounts) -- (Store Names) 10% -- Stears, Pal-Mart, Nickels, Dullard's 15% -- Stears, Pal-Mart, Nickels, Dullard's, etc. Cross off what you know is NOT the correct answer from the clues, and when you find out a discount that fits a store name circle it, or write the information on a piece of paper in a different section to keep track. Do the same with the other correlations that can be surmised by looking at the clues: (Discounts) -- (Appliances) (Store Names) -- (Appliances) Keep in mind, for example, that if you find a discount for a store, the other discounts can NOT be for the same store, so that gives you more options to mark off to narrow the correct answer down.","Stears -- Dishwasher -- 10% Pal-Mart -- Lawnmower -- 20% Nickels -- Computer -- 30% Dullard's -- VCR -- 15% **Clue #1: According to this clue, we know that the computer discount couldn't be 10% or 15%. By the same token, the Dullard's discount can't be 20% or 30%. We also know that the computer wasn't bought at Dullard's. **Clue #2: Here we know that the discount used on the lawnmower can not be 15% because the Stears discount has to be 10 points lower. Nor can it be 10% for the same reason. Which means that the Stears discount can only be 20% or 10%. The lawnmower was also not purchased at Stears. **Clue #3: This clue is self explanatory. This leaves the VCR as the 15% discount. Which in turn makes the dishwasher the 10% discount. **Clue #4: Pal-Mart didn't give out the 30%. Marking this off leaves Nickels as the 30% discount holder. The VCR was not bought at Pal-Mart. *********We know that the Nickels discount was 30%. The only appliances that could be purchased with the 30% discount coupon are the lawnmower and the computer. So we can mark off the dishwasher and the VCR from Nickels. Since we know that the VCR was purchased with the 15% discount coupon, and Stears can not be the issuer of that coupon, the VCR was not purchased at Stears. Which leaves the VCR purchase at Dullard's, which we now know issued the 15% coupon. Now, from clue #1, we know that the computer discount is twice that of Dullard's. We know Dullard's is 15%, so the computer is 30%, and was purchased at Nickels. Marking these off leaves the dishwasher at Stears and the lawnmower at Pal-Mart. We know that the dishwasher is 10%, so we know that Stears is the 10% coupon issuer. This leaves Pal-Mart as the 20% coupon issuer.",Logic,04/09/04 #7878,Color Order,2.53,1.07,CCat20,"Which one of these words is white? army green, red, blue, black, green, yellow, pink, grey, brown, orange, cerulean blue, tangerine, or white",Read the question a bit more slowly.,None of them! They're all in black type!,Trick,10/06/02 #34109,1cm Saving,2.7600000000000002,1.84,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? 1000m high profile - sold it 500m high profile - gave it away 1cm high profile - saving it",Shady operators would do this when there are cops around.,Keeping a low profile.,Rebus,11/25/06 #37844,Apartment Building 20234,2.47,1.18,ava199345,"In apartment building 20234, there live six best friends. Each of them lives on a different floor of the building. Can you figure out who lives on which floor? 1) Andrea lives below Ben, yet above Jade. 2) Ben lives below Kim, yet above Mike. 3) Mike lives below Andrea, yet above Jade. 4) John lives on the first floor.",No hint available.,"6th floor-Kim 5th floor-Ben 4th floor-Andrea 3rd floor-Mike 2nd floor-Jade 1st floor-John",Logic,08/18/07 #32875,Dinner Time 2,2.6,1.82,redbunny016,"Kelly and Felipe had reservations for dinner at Seoul Food for 7:00PM. However, the restaurant mixed up their names and didn't get them seated on time. By analyzing the clues below, you should be able to figure out what time they finally got a table. Clues: 1. They sat down within two hours of their reservations. 2. All three digits in the time that they were seated are different. 3. The second two digits in the time are equal to the first digit plus four.","The final answer will also complete this riddle: What did Scotty Sweettooth do when he saw the dessert tray loaded with 13 pies?",8:12 (ate twelve),Logic,09/07/06 #49643,Peculiar Realm,2.7,2.18,ThinksForFun,"I often make my home Inside of a glass dome In my domain a sound Is never to be found But through me I permit Any light to transmit In science articles Virtual particles Always annihilate When ""pro-"" and ""anti-"" mate What am I?",I'm invisible.,"a vacuum lines 1-2: Incandescent light bulbs and old-fashioned television and radio tubes contain a vacuum. lines 3-4: Sound cannot travel through a vacuum. lines 5-6: Light can travel through a vacuum. lines 7-10: In a vacuum, at the quantum (subatomic) level, matter and antimatter in the form of virtual particles are continuously being created and then almost immediately collide with each other, destroying themselves.",Riddle,10/18/12 #26378,Word Pyramid: Natural Wonders II,2.79,1.77,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: A Clues: 1. silver 2. duration of life 3. strong wind 4. A guardian spirit or guiding influence",Located in Venezuela by Devil's Canyon.,"A AG AGE GALE ANGEL Angel Falls is located in the Guayana highlands, one of five topographical regions of Venezuela. It plunges off the edge of a ""tepui"", or table-top mountain, and free falls 2,421 feet to the river below, making it the tallest waterfalls on earth. In total, it is 15 times higher than Niagara Falls with a total of 2,937 feet.",Language,10/15/05 #28066,Wintertime,2.64,2.18,pharmgirl27,"EZ RM YSH JX REJVMI, VYM PBIEJC RXQUH JXV TM PX BUMSPSJV: EZ RM HEH JXV PXDMVEDMP VSPVM XZ SHGMIPEVO, BIXPBMIEVO RXQUH JXV TM PX RMUKXDM. --SJJM TISHPVIMMV BMIYSBP E SD S TMSI, XI PXDM YETMIJSVEJC SJEDSU QJHMIJMSVY, ZXI VYM EJPVEJKV VX TM YSUZ SPUMMB SUU REJVMI EP PX PVIXJC EJ DM. --SJJM DXIIXR UEJHTMICY","S=A J=N I=R","B=P C=G D=M E=I G=V H=D I=R J=N K=C M=E O=Y P=S Q=U R=W S=A T=B U=L V=T X=O Y=H Z=F If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. --Anne Bradstreet Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me. --Anne Morrow Lindbergh",Cryptography,01/13/06 #35373,Funny Clothes,2.03,0.84,sftball_rocks13,"A man is dressed up in brightly colored makeup and funny clothes. He has a lot of candy, but it is not Halloween. What is this man doing?",No hint available.,The man works at a circus and is dressed up as a clown. The candy is for all the kids who come and watch the circus.,Situation,02/20/07 #36776,Shuffle #5,2.77,2.18,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to start with the letter 'I', and then each time add a letter and shuffle it to make a new word. You need to continue this process until you reach the word 'FOREIGN'. Not including 'I', you must do this in six (6) turns. Good luck. I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ F O R E I G N",No hint available.,"I IF FIN FINE FEIGN FRINGE FOREIGN",Language,05/30/07 #25254,Packing For Pluvia,2.88,2.11,ndnumber1fan,"Kemal and his parents are part of an expedition that is going to settle a new planet, called Pluvia Three. Kemal knows that at the colony site on the planet, the average temperature is 45 degrees Centigrade, average wind speeds are 8,000 meters per hour, the planet rotates on its axis 431 times for every time it goes around its sun, and each rotation takes a third longer than Earth's. Rainfall is 254 centimeters per year, and gravity is about 78% of Earth's. Kemal is allowed to pack any four items from this list of his favorite belongings. down-filled parka battery-powered portable refrigerator Asian fighting kite baseball bat Mickey Mouse® calendar watch inflatable raft hockey skates book collection Which four items should Kemal pack?",Assemble and interpret your data carefully. Make comparisons between Pluvia and Earth.,"Kemal should pack his inflatable raft, refrigerator, baseball bat, and books. 45 degrees Centigrade = 113 degrees Fahrenheit 8,000 meters per hour = 8 km per hour = 5 miles per hour 431 revolutions (days) > 365 days in an Earth year 254 cm = 100 in. of rainfall You can use an encyclopedia, the World Wide Web, or a call to your local weather station to get weather information for the place where you live. You will see that the Pluvia Three colony is very hot, not at all windy, and very wet. Clearly, it is too warm for the parka or the hockey skates, and there is not enough wind to fly the kite. The Mickey Mouse® watch won't be much use since the planet has a different calendar from Earth's 365 days per year and 24 hours per day. On the other hand, with all that rainfall, there must be lakes and seas where a raft would come in handy. Kemal would want to keep his snacks cool, so the refrigerator would be useful. It would be possible (and probably fun) to play baseball on a planet with lower gravity, although Kemal and his friends might want to make the diamond bigger than it would be on Earth because the ball will fly farther. Finally, you can read books anywhere. That's one of the nice things about them.",Logic,08/11/05 #31022,Swaffergies: Alphabet 2,2.83,2.44,bigSWAFF_69_,"A Swaffergy is a word that can be broken up into two parts: a different word and a letter of the English Alphabet. The word defense is a common Swaffergy. It can be broken up into the letter D , and the word Fence . As a Swaffergy, it would be written like this: D + A structure serving as an enclosure, a barrier, or a boundary, usually made of posts or stakes joined together by boards, wire, or rails. Which will give you D-Fence , or defense . Can you find the following Swaffergies? They all use a different letter of the alphabet, excluding the letters W, and H. 1. A + Male cow 2. B + A convict 3. C + Coastal bird 4. D + Common bed in a ship's cabin 5. E + Shelter of a wild animal 6. F + Where your eyes are 7. G + A lyric poem with complex stanza forms 8. I + Bargain 9. J + Past tense of ""do"" 10. K + Slang for insolent talk or behavior 11. L + Nervous or irritable 12. M + A supervisor 13. N + A movable structure that closes off an entrance 14. O + Prolonged bark 15. P + A crazy or eccentric person 16. Q + A company who makes both lighters and pens 17 R + A male descendant 18 S + To seek someone's love 19 T + Small, round vegetable 20 U + A machine that hoists and moves heavy objects 21. V + Any of the digits of a foot 22. X + What you normally sleep in on a camping trip 23. Y + Abbreviation for a word meaning ""originating"" 24. Z + Prefix meaning ""not""",No hint available.,"1. Able (A-Bull) 2. Beacon (B-Con) 3. Seagull (C-Gull) 4. Debunk (D-Bunk) 5. Eden (E-Den) 6. Efface (F-Face) 7. Geode (G-Ode) 8. Ideal (I-Deal) 9. Jaded (J-Did) 10. Cable (K-Bull) 11. Elegy (L-Edgy) 12. Emboss (M-Boss) 13. Indoor (N-Door) 14. Obey (O-Bay) 15. Peanut (P-Nut) 16. Cubic (Q-Bic) 17. Arson (R-Son) 18. Escort (S-Court) 19. Tipi (T-Pea) 20. Ukraine (U-Crane) 21. Veto (V-Toe) 22. Extent (X-Tent) 23. Wider (Y-Der) 24. Xenon (Z-Non)",Language,06/11/06 #32497,Arnold and Carlos: Part 2,2.5,2.7600000000000002,HiImDavid,"Arnold and Carlos love math puzzles. They are constantly making them up for each other to solve. One day, Carlos presents his friend Arnold with a problem. This problem has six clues. Here is the problem Carlos gave: -------------------------------------------- I am thinking of a mystery number. 1. The mystery number is a 3-digit prime number with digits ABC. 2. Two 2-digit prime numbers occur in the mystery number (AB and BC). 3. A, B, and C are all distinct digits. 4. The mystery number does not contain a 9. 5. If A, B, and C are re-arranged from greatest to least, a 3-digit prime number is formed. 6. If A, B, and C are re-arranged from least to greatest, a 3-digit prime number is formed. What is the mystery number?"" ---------------------------------------- Can you help Arnold solve Carlos's problem?","Make a list and organize your possibilities. It will lead down to one answer. The 3-digit prime numbers are: 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 251, 257, 263, 269, 271, 277, 281, 283, 293, 307, 311, 313, 317, 331, 337, 347, 349, 353, 359, 367, 373, 379, 383, 389, 397, 401, 409, 419, 421, 431, 433, 439, 443, 449, 457, 461, 463, 467, 479, 487, 491, 499, 503, 509, 521, 523, 541, 547, 557, 563, 569, 571, 577, 587, 593, 599, 601, 607, 613, 617, 619, 631, 641, 643, 647, 653, 659, 661, 673, 677, 683, 691, 701, 709, 719, 727, 733, 739, 743, 751, 757, 761, 769, 773, 787, 797, 809, 811, 821, 823, 827, 829, 839, 853, 857, 859, 863, 877, 881, 883, 887, 907, 911, 919, 929, 937, 941, 947, 953, 967, 971, 977, 983, 991, and 997.","Answer: 617. Clue #1- ""The mystery number is a 3-digit prime number with digits ABC."" The 3-digit prime numbers are: 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 251, 257, 263, 269, 271, 277, 281, 283, 293, 307, 311, 313, 317, 331, 337, 347, 349, 353, 359, 367, 373, 379, 383, 389, 397, 401, 409, 419, 421, 431, 433, 439, 443, 449, 457, 461, 463, 467, 479, 487, 491, 499, 503, 509, 521, 523, 541, 547, 557, 563, 569, 571, 577, 587, 593, 599, 601, 607, 613, 617, 619, 631, 641, 643, 647, 653, 659, 661, 673, 677, 683, 691, 701, 709, 719, 727, 733, 739, 743, 751, 757, 761, 769, 773, 787, 797, 809, 811, 821, 823, 827, 829, 839, 853, 857, 859, 863, 877, 881, 883, 887, 907, 911, 919, 929, 937, 941, 947, 953, 967, 971, 977, 983, 991, and 997 After Clue #1- we have 143 possibilities. Clue #2- ""Two 2-digit prime numbers occur in the mystery number (AB and BC)."" The two digit prime numbers are 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, and 97. Since the two prime numbers are AB and BC, they share one digit- B. The only combinations for ABC such that AB and BC are prime numbers is: 113, 117, 119, 131, 137, 171, 173, 179, 197, 231, 237, 297, 311, 313, 317, 319, 371, 373, 379, 411, 413, 417, 419, 431, 437, 471, 473, 479, 531, 537, 597, 611, 613, 617, 619, 671, 673, 679, 711, 713, 717, 719, 731, 737, 797, 831, 837, 897, 971, 973, and 979.Out of these 51 numbers, only 113, 131, 137, 173, 179, 197, 311, 313, 317, 373, 379, 419, 431, 479, 613, 617, 619, 673, 719, 797, and 971 are prime. After Clue #2 we have 21 possibilities: 113, 131, 137, 173, 179, 197, 311, 313, 317, 373, 379, 419, 431, 479, 613, 617, 619, 673, 719, 797, and 971. Clue #3- ""A, B, and C are all distinct digits."" Out of our 21 possibilities, 113, 131, 311, 313, 373, and 797 do not have distinct digits. After Clue #3, we have 15 possibilities: 137, 173, 179, 197, 317, 379, 419, 431, 479, 613, 617, 619, 673, 719, and 971. Clue #4- ""The mystery number does not contain a 9.""179, 197, 379, 419, 479, 619, 719, and 971 all contain a 9. After Clue #4, we have 7 possibilities: 137, 173, 317, 431, 613, 617, and 673. Clue #5- ""If A, B, and C are re-arranged from greatest to least, a 3-digit prime number is formed."" With our 7 possibilities (137, 173, 317, 431, 613, 617, and 673) we arrange their digits from greatest to least getting 731, 731, 731, 431, 631, 761, and 763 respectively. Of these new 7 numbers, only 431 (from 431), 631 (from 613), and 761 (from 617) are prime. After Clue #5, we have 3 possibilities: 431, 613, and 617. Clue #6- ""If A, B, and C are re-arranged from least to greatest, a 3-digit prime number is formed."" With our 3 possibilities (431, 613, and 617), we arrange their digits from least to greatest to get 134, 136, and 167 respectively. 134 (from 431) and 136 (from 631) are non-prime. 167 (from 617) is prime. After Clue #6, we have one possibility: 617. 617 is the mystery number.",Math,08/18/06 #11769,Cane Bar,2.6,1.23,Lizzieruth,"What word can precede or follow the following words to make new objects? CANE BAR HARD SHOP",TREATS!,"CANDY Candy bar, candy cane, hard candy, candy shop.",Language,04/14/03 #30906,Amazing Reproduction!,2.53,2.48,zigthepig,"If I'm born on a Sunday, I could be a grandparent by Wednesday. The female of the species is inside its mother, She's already parthenogenetically producing her own daughter. Keep lady beetles away from us, It will consume us with success. What am I?",No hint available.,A Greenfly. (Aphid),Riddle,06/06/06 #21135,The Case of the Kidnapped Heiress,2.82,2.0,Mysterious,"It was a dark and foggy evening. Audra was an heiress who lived in a mansion on a large estate in the country. She was feeling very ill with the flu. Izzy, her maid, brought her some very strong flu medicine, and Audra took a dose. The warnings on the bottle warned of extreme drowsiness, but she wasn't worried. Her only plans for the next day were to rest and watch for the security system repair person. All of the staff had the day off for a festival in town. Many hours after having retired to her room for some rest, two dark figures broke into the mansion. They were friends of Izzy at the security company; and she had told one of them, jokingly, that this would be the perfect night to break into this mansion. Quickly, Butch and Ugly made their way upstairs to Audra's room to kidnap her. They had been planning her kidnapping, but this had been their first opportunity. Izzy, Butch's girlfriend, had mentioned that Audra was ill. Quickly, they carried her out of the mansion and into a waiting late model sedan. Luckily, they had not been seen. Once at the car, they taped her mouth shut. They put her in the trunk and drove quietly away. They were pleased with themselves that they had gotten away with it so easily. They would certainly enjoy spending the ransom! After a little ways down the road, they had to stop for gas. Butch blows up in anger. The rental place had been so busy informing him of the broken escape latch in the trunk, that they had forgotten to fill the car up with gas. While the full-service attendant filled it up, the two guys talked freely all about their plans. Their windows were rolled up so the attendant couldn't hear anything. While waiting, Butch realized that he was out of cigarettes. Ugly remembered that he had forgotten to eat dinner. They both got out and ran into the station. They had a ways to drive ahead and needed to get some food and smokes now. The attendant finished before they came back and went inside to collect payment from the guys. Soon they were back in their car and back on the road again. After leaving there, they drove about another six hours and even crossed state lines before they reached the hotel where they planned to stay the night. Since she had been sleeping when they took her, and the weather was pleasant, they left Audra in the trunk. They went inside to their rooms for a good night's rest. The next morning after breakfast, Butch and Ugly went back to the car and opened the trunk. They were shocked to find Audra gone, and there was no evidence of how or where she had gone. While still standing with the trunk open, they were arrested for Audra's kidnapping. What happened to Audra? How did she get out of the trunk? When did she leave the car and was she alone? How did the police find Butch and Ugly so quickly?",The men can only be punished in one state for their crimes.,"When they put Audra in the trunk of the car, she woke up. She quickly started searching in the dark for a way out. She felt the car come to a stop. During the drive, she had been pushing on the back of the trunk when she felt part of it give way. She looked out through the opening and saw that it opened into the back seat. The men were loudly discussing where they were going. After the guys got out of the car, she quietly and carefully got into the back seat and out the back door. She quickly crawled behind the next car and from there she could see the license plate of the car she had been in. After the guys drove away, she ran inside the gas station and called the police with all of the information. Butch and Ugly were arrested the next morning at their car.",Mystery,02/20/05 #9192,987654321,2.31,1.79,warrior,How many addition signs should be put among the digits of the number 987654321 and where should they be put to get a total of 99?,No hint available.,"Answer #1; Six addition signs are required: 9+8+7+6+5+43+21 = 99 Answer #2; Seven addition signs could be used: 9+8+7+65+4+3+2+1",Math,12/16/02 #41858,You Just Can't Win ...,2.49,2.35,aresII,"The following quotes are from Peter De Vries (1910 - 1993). He was an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. J=N ""ESLAL TAL EZYLB QSLJ FTALJESHHN BLLYB JHESZJO YHAL ESTJ KLLNZJO ESL STJN ESTE RZELB CHI."" ""ESL IJZWLABL ZB VZUL T BTKL EH QSZPS ESLAL ZB T PHYRZJTEZHJ. RIE ESL PHYRZJTEZHJ ZB VHPULN ZJ ESL BTKL.""","H=O I=U T=A","""THERE ARE TIMES WHEN PARENTHOOD SEEMS NOTHING MORE THAN FEEDING THE HAND THAT BITES YOU."" ""THE UNIVERSE IS LIKE A SAFE TO WHICH THERE IS A COMBINATION. BUT THE COMBINATION IS LOCKED IN THE SAFE."" KEY: A=R B=S C=Y E=T F=P H=O I=U J=N K=F L=E N=D O=G P=C Q=W R=B S=H T=A U=K V=L W=V Y=M Z=I",Cryptography,05/08/08 #44994,Words With YS,1.93,2.07,cutegagangel,"The words below contain the letters YS. The remaining hidden letters are in a pool below. *****YS* *YS******* ******YS*** ******YS ****YS***** Letters: A, A, A, A, B, C, C, C, D, D, D, E, E, E, E, H, H, I, I, K, L, L, L, N, N, N, O, O, O, R, R, S, T, T, T, T, U, U",No hint available.,"Catalyst Bystanders Countryside Holidays Honeysuckle",Language,08/01/09 #37648,More Chance of Being Trampled By a Herd of Elephants!,2.21,2.36,leftclick,"Leftclick Lotteries Inc. runs a lottery in which 5 balls are drawn from a barrel of numbered white balls (so that each white ball may be drawn once only), and 1 ball is drawn from a different barrel of numbered black balls. There are 45 white balls and 45 black balls. Players must correctly select the numbers of all 5 white balls, as well as that of the black ball in order to win the main prize. What is the probability of winning the main prize with any single given entry?",No hint available.,"The probability of winning the main prize is 1 in 54,979,155. The probability of winning is the probability of guessing each ball correctly. For the black ball, this is 1/45. For each white ball, it is 5/45 (there are 5 correct balls out of 45 possible), 4/44 (there is 1 less correct ball and 1 less to choose from), 3/43, 2/42 and 1/41. This gives a probability of winning of 1 in 45*(45!)/(40!)*(5!), or 1 in 54,979,155. The title is an expression that describes an event as being highly unlikely. Of course, the actual chance of being trampled by a herd of elephants is very difficult to measure and varies widely!",Probability,08/04/07 #30470,Birbal the Wise - IV,2.93,0.65,brainster,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer? There was once a blacksmith who used to make spears and shields. He came to Emperor Akbar's court and claimed - ""Your Majesty, nobody can make shields and spears like mine. My shields are so strong that nothing can pierce them and my spears are so sharp that there is nothing they cannot pierce."" On hearing this statement, Birbal immediately said, ""You lie and I can prove that you are lying."" What did he find wrong with the man's statement?",No hint available.,"Birbal told the man - ""I can prove you wrong. Let's do a simple test."" The man, supremely confident, agreed. Birbal said smilingly - ""OK, hold up one of your shields and I will pierce it with one of your spears."" The man realized he had been outwitted because both his statements could never be true at the same time. Only one of his statements would hold true under any situation. Shamed to silence, he quietly left the court.",Logic,05/14/06 #27539,Anagram Power IV,2.85,1.6300000000000001,peppamintp,"Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B. Group A 1. Inter 2. Knead 3. Torte 4. Bleat 5. Lance Group B A. Dining Board B. Spotless C. Saltpeter D. Playful water mammal E. Unclothed",No hint available.,"A. Bleat = (4) Table B. Lance = (5) Clean C. Inter = (1) Niter D. Torte = (3) Otter E. Knead = (2) Naked",Language,12/17/05 #32011,Painting You Into a Corner?,2.39,2.91,jazzmusician46,"Which one of these people do not belong? Domenico Ghirlandaio Sandro Botticelli Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Paolo Uccello Piero della Francesca",Look to the title for help.,"Giovanni Battista Tiepolo does not belong. He was one of the central artists of the Rococo period: 1715-1774. The others were important artists from the Early Renaissance period: the 15th century.",Group,07/24/06 #45404,One Letter of Separation 19,2.44,1.61,cnmne,"Each group of definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) a type of riding whip & a padded bed coverlet & free from noise (5 letters) 2) a path in the woods & a connected series & a characteristic (5 letters) 3) a grave & a tool for hair care & a fused explosive device (4 letters) 4) the outer covering of a tree & to arrange in a tier & a hindrance or setback (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) quirt, quilt, quiet 2) trail, train, trait 3) tomb, comb, bomb 4) bark, bank, balk",Language,09/30/09 #6674,Holiday Destinations,2.7600000000000002,2.55,scout2001,"Last year some of my mates went on holiday. Bridget went to Barbados, Louis visited Mauritius, Victoria went to the Seychelles, Kath ventured into Asia and visited Nepal, Raj went looking for adventure and set out to Bosnia-Hertzegovina, while Sofia loved Bulgaria. Nic told us he loved his visit to Cyprus. Botswana was seen by Ron, and Rob had a safari in Kenya. George had two holidays, one in Guyana and the second in the Cayman Islands. Of course by now you will know where my mate Don went, won't you?",No hint available.,"Don went to England. Each person visited a capital city that contained their name: BRIDGETown, St. LOUIS, VICTORIA, KATHmandu, saRAJevo, SOFIA, NICosia, gaboRONe, naiROBi, and GEORGEtown twice. lonDON.",Language,08/19/02 #8660,"Noisy, Noisy, Noisy",2.87,2.22,Glenbo,What makes more noise when it is dead than when it is alive?,No hint available.,A Leaf,Riddle,11/22/02 #5351,Reversible Words,2.67,2.44,Sir_Col,"Although not palindromic (reading the same forwards and backwards), the word ANIMAL reads as a good English word backwards: LAMINA. What is the longest non-palindromic reversible word in the English language?","You might get frustrated with this, but a generous helping of ice-cream and cheesecake is sure to help...",stressed <---> desserts (8 letters),Language,07/08/02 #18940,Complex Teaser,2.72,2.21,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: complex, on, rat, stall Group B: accord, gallop, new, tandem",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A can be suffixed with the word ""ion"" to make a new unrelated word. complex - complexion on - onion rat - ration stall - stallion thus accord - accordion",Group,09/25/04 #24293,O E R D V B R A O,3.07,2.56,Tammy93,"Using the grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central V and no letter can be used twice, however, the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word. O E R D V B R A O Genius: 28 words. Excellent: 20 words. Good: 16 words. Average: 12 words.","Look at all the possible combinations, then see which ones make words.","above, adverb, ave, aver, brave, braved, braver, bravo, bravoed, deva, dove, drove, drover, ova, over, OVERBOARD, OVERBROAD, overdo, rave, raved, raver, rev, rove, roved, rover, var, verb, voe.",Language,07/05/05 #10153,The F's,2.74,1.07,morrigan,"How many F's are in the following sentence? See if you can get it right with only one reading. Finished files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of years.",No hint available.,There are six F's. Most people miss the F in OF as the brain tends to see it as a V.,Language,02/01/03 #46909,Odd One Out: Music,2.29,2.16,mathisnice,"Which word doesn't belong? Why? Semihemidemisemiquaver, Octave, Breve, Sixty-fourth note, Longa",No hint available.,Octave. The others are all names of musical notes.,Group,05/03/10 #27964,Which Word Is It?,2.8,2.01,peppamintp,"One of these words doesn't belong. Can you tell me which one it is and why? 1. Hand 2. Play 3. Tooth 4. Ice 5. Nit",No hint available.,"Play, every other word can be followed by the word pick. Handpick Toothpick Icepick Nitpick",Group,01/08/06 #10492,Letter Pairs I: Cad Lax,2.37,2.06,Gizzer,"Place two letters in the empty space which, when added to the ends of the words on the left and to the beginning of the right, form other English words. When all the blanks are filled in, an eight-letter word will be created. CAD __ LAX BEG __ CUT DIG __ EMS CAN __ SAY",Don't fall to pieces.,"REUNITES cadRE/RElax begUN/UNcut digIT/ITems canES/ESsay",Language,02/16/03 #43173,Justin's Marbles,2.13,2.82,cnmne,Justin has a bag of marbles and nine friends. He gives Mike exactly 1/2 of the marbles. He gives Paul exactly 1/3 of the remaining marbles. He gives Dave exactly 1/4 of the remaining marbles. He gives Bert exactly 1/5 of the remaining marbles. He gives Kyle exactly 1/6 of the remaining marbles. He gives Andy 1/7 of the remaining marbles. He gives Rick 1/8 of the remaining marbles. He gives Fred 1/9 of the remaining marbles. He gives Will 1/10 of the remaining marbles. What is the smallest quantity of marbles that Justin still has in the bag?,No hint available.,"For each friend that Justin gives marbles, you need to calculate the fraction of the original quantity of marbles that Justin keeps in his possession (keep), the fraction of the original quantity of marbles that Justin gives to that friend (give), and the prime factorization of the denominator of the fraction given to that friend (factor). Mike: keep 1 * 1/2 = 1/2, give 1 * 1/2 = 1/2, factor 2 = 2 Paul: keep 1/2 * 2/3 = 1/3, give 1/2 * 1/3 = 1/6, factor 6 = 2 * 3 Dave: keep 1/3 * 3/4 = 1/4, give 1/3 * 1/4 = 1/12, factor 12 = 2 * 2 * 3 Bert: keep 1/4 * 4/5 = 1/5, give 1/4 * 1/5 = 1/20, factor 20 = 2 * 2 * 5 Kyle: keep 1/5 * 5/6 = 1/6, give 1/5 * 1/6 = 1/30, factor 30 = 2 * 3 * 5 Andy: keep 1/6 * 6/7 = 1/7, give 1/6 * 1/7 = 1/42, factor 42 = 2 * 3 * 7 Rick: keep 1/7 * 7/8 = 1/8, give 1/7 * 1/8 = 1/56, factor 56 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 7 Fred: keep 1/8 * 8/9 = 1/9, give 1/8 * 1/9 = 1/72, factor 72 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 Will: keep 1/9 * 9/10 = 1/10, give 1/9 * 1/10 = 1/90, factor 90 = 2 * 3 * 3 * 5 The lowest common multiple of the denominators of the ""give"" fractions is: 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 5 * 7 = 2520 The quantity of marbles that Justin still possesses is: 2520 * 1/10 = 252 Justin starts with 2520 marbles. Mike gets 1/2 of 2520, or 1260. Justin still has 1/2 of 2520, or 1260. Paul gets 1/3 of 1260, or 420. Justin still has 2/3 of 1260, or 840. Dave gets 1/4 of 840, or 210. Justin still has 3/4 of 840, or 630. Bert gets 1/5 of 630, or 126. Justin still has 4/5 of 630, or 504. Kyle gets 1/6 of 504, or 84. Justin still has 5/6 of 504, or 420. Andy gets 1/7 of 420, or 60. Justin still has 6/7 of 420, or 360. Rick gets 1/8 of 360, or 45. Justin still has 7/8 of 360, or 315. Fred gets 1/9 of 315, or 35. Justin still has 8/9 of 315, or 280. Will gets 1/10 of 280, or 28. Justin still has 9/10 of 280, or 252.",Math,09/24/08 #17115,Teaching,2.49,2.13,MrIxolite,"What are represented below? T H O University Grammar H T",No hint available.,"Different schools of thought Grammar school and University originating (or of the) word Thought.",Rebus,03/22/04 #32433,Guerin Remembers,2.88,2.56,FreddyPharkas,"In Flanders fields, where once was blood, From battles for so few yards of mud, I woke from such slumber deep, And mocked the blood the havoc wreaked. But now I show our future hope, And enable veterans to cope, By provoking memories of blood, Before new battlefields can flood. What am I?",No hint available.,"The poppy. The poppy became a symbol of remembrance for the victims of war. This is due to the war poem 'In Flanders Fields', written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian military physician, (the title of which is mentioned in the first line of the teaser). Poppy seeds can lay dormant, deep in the soil for hundreds of years, but the violent shelling, on the Western Front during the First World War, would have unearthed them. This led to the blood and bodies being watched over by tall red flowers, dancing in the wind. The artificial poppies sold today, to raise money for war veterans, were the idea of Madame Guerin, a Frenchwoman, mentioned in the title. Other colours of poppy are now sold as well as the original red, normally as a statement of peaceful resolution to conflict. However, it is predominantly Madame Guerin's poppy seen across much of the World and in military cemeteries.",Riddle,08/13/06 #11949,4 = T on a C's U,2.14,2.39,eelliott2,4 = T on a C's U,No hint available.,4 = Teats on a Cow's Udder,Letter-Equations,04/22/03 #47893,Sight Rhymes 10,2.71,1.9000000000000001,MarcM1098,"In each group below, the three words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each group. Example: plo___, tho___, to___ would be plough, though, tough. 1. parf___, portr___, w___ 2. ar___, mor___, se___ 3. b___, b___, cutl___ Note: In #3, the first two words are spelled the same but sound different.","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. parfa__, portra__, wa__ 2. arg__, morg__, seg__ 3. ba__, ba__, cutla__","1. parfait, portrait, wait 2. argue, morgue, segue 3. bass (ace), bass (ass), cutlass",Language,09/07/10 #29938,The Complexities of Simplicity,2.69,2.17,twixy,"My machine is simple, And down I am not. If you truly make a mess of things, Then you will hear this a lot.",No hint available.,"Screw up. A screw is a simple machine. And the opposite of down is up. People call you a ""screw up"" if you make a mess of things.",Riddle,04/21/06 #871,Share the Money,2.14,2.32,Michelle,"Nine boys and three girls agreed to share equally their pocket money. Every boy gave an equal sum to every girl, and every girl gave another equal sum to every boy. Every child then possessed exactly the same amount. What was the smallest possible amount that each child then possessed?",No hint available.,Every boy and girl had three cents at the beginning. Then every boy gave one cent to every girl and the boys were left with nothing and the girls were left with 12 cents each. Then every girl gave one cent to every boy and they were all finally left with three cents each.,Math,09/23/01 #1565,Strawberry Jam,2.5100000000000002,1.78,psychodude57,"At the recent inter-departmental jam making contest, four lucky candidates took part to make the juiciest strawberry jam. The ages of the contestants were 14, 17, 20 and 22. As it happens the person who came last was the oldest, whereas Stuart was three years older than the person who came second. James was neither the oldest nor the youngest and Kev finished ahead of the 17 year old, but didn't win. John was also unlucky this time and didn't win either. Can you determine who finished where and how old they are?",No hint available.,"James is 20 and came first. Kev is 14 and came second. Stuart is 17 and came third. John is 22 and came last.",Logic,12/02/01 #22953,Too Many Children,2.27,2.81,stormtrooper,A man has nine children born at regular intervals. The sum of the square of their ages is equal to the square of his own age. What are the ages of his children?,No hint available.,"The ages are 2,5,8,11,14,17,20,23 and 26. The man's age is 48.",Math,05/16/05 #30923,2 Strikes- Now What?,2.4,2.08,irar1792,"The baseball whipped by Ned twice. Each time, a strike was counted, but Ned knew that it was impossible for him to get out with the next pitch. How is this possible?","3 strikes- you're out, except when the strikes are...","Ned is in the field, not at bat. The batter has hit two foul balls, which count as strikes. Ned was trying to catch the foul balls to get an out, but did not succeed.",Trivia,06/06/06 #7506,Accept it,2.3,2.48,majd,"What is this common phrase? SYOTUROPMRIADECH",No hint available.,"Swallow your pride. (YOUR PRIDE in STOMACH=sYOtURoPmRIaDEch)",Rebus,09/17/02 #41045,Distorted Music - N,2.46,2.5100000000000002,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter N. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Eye Union Look 2. Avenue Penguin Groovy 3. Average Inn 4. Brown En",No hint available.,"1. ""No One Like You"" by The Scorpions 2. ""Never Gonna Give You Up"" by Rick Astley 3. ""Never Again"" by Nickelback 4. ""Newborn"" by Muse",Language,03/14/08 #25487,Trailer Murder,3.02,1.9000000000000001,DancAllNiteLong,"""Rupert Brown's radio was blaring loud enough to wake the dead!"" said Betty Beety. ""Anyway, I went over to give him a piece of my mind. When I arrived there, I found his front door open, with his feet sticking out!"" ""Must have been quite a shock,"" Lieutenant Georgeton said. ""Not as big a shock as when I walked in and saw that he had been plugged between the eyes!"" ""Oh my,"" Georgeton agreed. ""Now tell me Mrs. Beety, did you see or hear anything else?"" ""Nope, I just flicked off the radio and hightailed it back here to call you folks."" Georgeton glowered. ""You shouldn't have touched the radio, Mrs. Beety."" Georgeton returned to Rupert Brown's trailer and found Sergeant Sprott standing out front with two women. ""Lieutenant, this is Allison and Maggie White. They live just across the way. Allison just got home a few moments ago but--"" ""I saw the killer,"" Maggie blurted. ""Plain as day."" ""What?! You didn't tell me that!"" exclaimed Allison. ""I didn't have a chance to tell you anything yet since you got home, with the police being here."" ""What happened?!"" Allison demanded. ""Well..."" Maggie began. ""That woman was running from Rupert's place. I had gone into the kitchen to get a snack, and I just happened to peek out the window to look across at Rupert's and there she was-- running out his door."" She sobbed into a pink hanky. Georgeton patted her shoulder. ""If you mean Betty Beety, then I've already talked with her."" ""Did she tell you about throwing the murder weapon in the trash can?"" ""What?"" Georgeton was stunned. ""I saw her. She stopped at Rupert's trash can and threw something in."" ""You saw her throw in a gun?"" ""She threw in something."" Sergeant Sprott crossed to the trash can and leaned all the way in. He did indeed find a recently fired gun right on top. He told Georgeton about his findings. Georgeton turned to Maggie again. ""You referred to Brown by his first name, were you two friends?"" She nodded. ""We broke up last night. He just couldn't be faithful to one woman and--"" ""He was a heel!"" snapped Allison. ""Gave you nothing but heartache."" ""So the two of you broke up, eh?"" Georgeton asked. ""Yes, but I'm not lying about what I saw. The woman threw something in his trash can!"" ""How about the gunshot, ma'am, did you hear it?"" ""No, I--"" Tears streamed down her cheeks. ""Now look what you've done!"" Allison snapped. ""Of course she didn't hear the gunshot, his radio was too loud! But she did see the killer."" Georgeton turned to Sprott. ""You stay here with these two. I'm going to have another talk with Mrs. Beety."" * * * * * * * ""It was just a couple tissues!"" Mrs. Beety sobbed. ""That's all I threw in the can. When I saw him shot like that....I- I got queasy, and I saw a tissue dispenser. So I grabbed a couple to cover my mouth..."" * * * * * * * ""I'll check the can for tissues,"" Sprott said to Georgeton when he got back from Mrs. Beety's trailer. ""Go right ahead. But it's not gonna prove anything,"" Georgeton replied. ""She could have thrown both the gun and the tissues in."" ""But then we're at dead end!"" Georgeton smiled grimly. ""Wrong. The killer slipped up. Killers usually do."" Whom does Lieutenant Georgeton suspect?",No hint available.,"Allison White If Allison White had ""just got home"" how could she know her sister didn't hear the gunshot because ""the radio was too loud""? The only way she could have known the radio was on at the time of Brown's murder was to be on the scene. When confronted by this fact, Allison broke down. ""I visited him on the sly to have it out with him on how he'd treated Maggie. He was drunk. He turned the radio on real loud and grabbed me. I got free, but he came at me again. I saw a gun lying on the counter and-- It was self-defense."" The evidence supported Allison's story. Brown's blood-alcohol was found to be extremely high. Plus, the gunpowder residue around the bullet hole indicated he was shot at very close range.",Mystery,08/24/05 #23853,A Shoe'm Nothing,2.52,2.1,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? In Police interrogation room: Witness: ""For the most versatility, buy black shoes, they go with anything.""",What is a proclamation by a witness often referred to as in a crime?,"A fashion statement A proclamation by a witness in interrogation is generally called a statement and this particular statement is one about fashion (not bad coming from a man hey? ;o) )",Rebus,06/21/05 #28629,Martini Music,2.81,2.86,cnmne,"Which artist from Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: Carly Simon, Duran Duran, Lulu, Paul McCartney and Wings, Sheena Easton, Shirley Bassey Group B: Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Madonna, Nancy Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Rita Coolidge, Tina Turner",No hint available.,"The artists in Group A performed the title songs for the James Bond movies that starred Roger Moore in the title role. Rita Coolidge can be added to Group A. Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings The Man With the Golden Gun - Lulu The Spy Who Loved Me - Carly Simon Moonraker - Shirley Bassey For Your Eyes Only - Sheena Easton Octopussy - Rita Coolidge A View to a Kill - Duran Duran",Group,02/15/06 #52132,Valiant Crew,2.82,1.16,ThinksForFun,"We cannot mount a great attack Unless we somehow reach the back We have a unique travel style Sir, may I ride with you awhile? We don't get in each other's way Since on our own colour we stay We start the clash on either side Beware, our reach is far and wide Her varied moves make her scary All around her should be wary Most important among the crew If he falls, your struggle is through What are we?",No hint available.,"chess pieces lines 1-2: The pawns are weak pieces, but can be exchanged for a stronger piece if they reach the farthest rank opposite your end of the chessboard. lines 3-4: The knights move in a unique way, not possible by the queen. ""Sir"" is the title of a knight. lines 5-6: The bishops move diagonally, always staying on their respective colours, so they never interfere with each other. lines 7-8: The rooks are positioned ""on either side"" of the chessboard at the start of the game. Their reach is ""far and wide"" i.e. they can move straight up and down (along files) and straight from side to side (along ranks). lines 9-10: The queen is the most powerful piece, having the greatest number of ways to move, therefore posing a greater threat than the other pieces. lines 11-12: The king is the ""most important"" piece of all. If it ""falls"" (i.e. if it is checkmated by your opponent), then ""your struggle is through"" since you have lost the game at this point.",Riddle,02/12/19 #49199,Collision Course,2.61,2.67,ThinksForFun,"With opposing forces you will collide Your goal is to get to the other side To defeat your opponent you must pass him by To do so, your strength must in strategy lie The points number as the hours of the day But are not collected in any way The bar is a good place, one might think But no one there partakes in a drink In fact, it is the worst place to be A visit there hinders your victory Some hits you may sustain in battle Let not such your composure rattle In reverse directions your courses are bound Your movements restricted by spots that are found Before the victory cry may you shout You have to get in, before you get out What's going on?",No hint available.,"A game of backgammon Explanation: With opposing forces you will collide Your goal is to get to the other side {In backgammon, you must move your {game pieces around the board in the {opposite direction of your opponent. To defeat your opponent you must pass him by To do so, your strength must in strategy lie {Although backgammon uses dice, {strategy is a significant component in {determining the game's outcome. The points number as the hours of the day But are not collected in any way {There are 24 triangles on the board {known as points, which are used as {markers to position the game pieces. The bar is a good place, one might think But no one there partakes in a drink {There is a middle spine on the backgammon {board known as ""the bar"". In fact, it is the worst place to be A visit there hinders your victory {The bar is where game pieces are sent {after being knocked off the board, or ""hit"" {by your opponent. This is undesirable {because it inhibits your progress. Some hits you may sustain in battle Let not such your composure rattle {If a hit (described above) occurs, don't {get too frustrated. In reverse directions your courses are bound Your movements restricted by spots that are found {Each player's game pieces move in opposite {directions. The legal moves are determined {by the roll of dice. The ""spots"" refer to the {value of the dice after having been rolled. Before the victory cry may you shout You have to get in, before you get out {In order to win the game, you must {""bear off"" or remove all of your game pieces {from the board. But before you can do this, {all of your game pieces must be moved {into the portion of the board known as your {""inner table"".",Riddle,12/31/11 #5096,A Day at the Beach,2.44,1.66,peppermintwist,"During summer vacation, four children, Alex, Belinda, Eric, and the eldest child, spend their days at the beach. One day at lunch their mother asks: 'Did anyone go surfing this morning?' The eldest child answers: I wasn't paying very close attention to the others, but I think Alex and Belinda weren't together. However, if Alex did go surfing, it wasn't alone. If Eric surfed, Alex and Belinda were with him. Who went surfing?",No hint available.,The eldest child,Logic,07/01/02 #46843,Onnicle 2: Musical Pair,2.29,2.5100000000000002,dalfamnest,"Onamography is a new puzzle style based on an old idea. Each sentence clue (called an 'onnicle') conceals the name(s) of a well-known personality. e.g. The hiker kept carob inside the hood of his coat. Answer: Robin Hood - ""... caROB IN ... HOOD ..."". The onnicles below hide the names of a well-known partnership. 1. My script was returned: ""Re-think and rewrite it. How can an alloy-driven mechanical spider in a plastic cobweb be realistic?"" 2. Sigh! I had thought my ideas were timeless and priceless!",Onniclue: Writers,"Andrew Lloyd Webber - ""... AND REWrite ... aLLOY-Driven ... cobWEB BE Realistic ..."" Tim Rice - ""... TIMeless ... pRICEless ...""",Language,04/27/10 #10782,You Don't Mean It,2.56,2.18,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? Level 3 Crocodile Level 2 Crocodile Level 1 Crocodile",No hint available.,"Crocodile Tears (Crocodile Tiers)",Rebus,02/28/03 #22344,Familiar Words,2.69,1.2,pupstarfire,"What do these have in common? a river feet a nose an engine",No hint available.,They all run.,Group,04/19/05 #37739,Three Letters Only #7,2.66,2.37,jazzmusician46,"What same 3 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? The problem in this teaser is that the 3 letters you use may not necessarily be placed in the same order within each word! 1. H O _ _ _ K E 2. R _ _ K E _ 3. _ _ N _ O 4. _ _ _ K",No hint available.,"The missing letters are: C A T 1. HOTCAKE 2. RACKET 3. CANTO 4. TACK",Language,08/12/07 #1267,Who's in the middle?,2.35,1.75,Yanivster,"Five kids are standing in a line holding hands: George, Kelly, Michael, Jennifer and Roy. It is known that: If Michael isn't at the right end of the line, then there are more than two kids between Kelly and George. If Jennifer and Roy are standing next to each other, than George doesn't stand at the end of the line. Kelly is standing at the right end of the line. Who is standing in the middle?",No hint available.,Michael is standing in the middle.,Logic,11/02/01 #35276,Feelings,2.04,0.89,Zelvinrocks,"Bob, who had anger management issues, lost his temper. He drove his car to a building, parked, then stormed in. He went to a front desk and waited. After a while a person came and told him he could come with him. Bob followed this man into a room and told him everything. Bob never met this man before, why would he tell him all that stuff?",Bob had anger management ISSUES.,The man that Bob was talking to was a therapist. Bob drove to a therapy building and the man was there to help him control his anger like the help group that he was in suggested.,Situation,02/11/07 #38595,Word Combinations,3.08,1.77,jazzmusician46,"In each group below, I have listed four (4) unrelated words. Your job is to try and find a word that can either precede or follow each word in each group. Example: 1. picture, inner, top, test Answer: picture TUBE, inner TUBE, TUBE top, test TUBE. 1. ankle, puppet, wind, away 2. draft, hall, belly, root 3. alphabet, bowl, spoon, kitchen 4. upright, wire, grand, tuner",No hint available.,"1. ankle SOCK, SOCK puppet, wind SOCK, SOCK away 2. draft BEER, BEER hall, BEER belly, root BEER 3. alphabet SOUP, SOUP bowl, SOUP spoon, SOUP kitchen 4. upright PIANO, PIANO wire, grand PIANO, PIANO tuner",Language,10/03/07 #861,52 = C in a D,2.13,1.6300000000000001,Michelle,52 = C in a D,No hint available.,52 = CARDS in a DECK,Letter-Equations,09/21/01 #23592,Bringing The Present,2.65,1.62,spookboy0,"I bring the present for all to see Mostly, it costs money to see me Maybe what the weather will be bringing near Or maybe the scores that've previously appeared I might bring entertainment and joy to you And I usually provide information anew Soft and dim I usually am Some see me while eating breakfast ham What am I?",No hint available.,"A Newspaper The Present is the current events. It costs money to get a newspaper most of the time. Some papers report weather forecasts, some report the scores of previous games. Some papers have ""comics"" or ""funnies,"" and they usually provide new information to the reader. Usually the papers are soft and not brightly colored. Some read it in the morning while eating breakfast.",Riddle,06/12/05 #1086,Rows of Apple Trees,2.7,2.1,mephistopheles,"An apple farmer goes to the nursery to buy 10 apple trees. The owner says that if the farmer can plant the 10 trees in 5 rows of 4, he can have the trees for free. How does the farmer do it?",No hint available.,He places the trees in the shape of a 5 pointed star.,Math,10/09/01 #51247,A Line For the Sign,2.18,1.73,kzmonopoly,The sign DENTAL SUPPORT can be changed into a sign promoting another type of doctor by adding a line to one of the letters in the sign. How do you accomplish this?,What two letters differ by a line?,"Add a line to the bottom of the T to make DENIAL SUPPORT, a sign promoting a therapist instead of a dentist.",Logic,06/24/17 #17125,Attorney Client Privilege,2.92,1.12,brgdo1994,Sam is talking to his lawyer in jail. They are very upset because the judge has refused to grant bail. At the end of the conversation Sam is allowed to leave the jail. Why?,"Q: Is it important why Sam was in jail? A: Yes Q: Did Sam's lawyer provide Sam with any legal assistance that day? A: No Q: Would Sam have been able to get out of jail if his lawyer had not been there? A: Yes","Sam is visiting his lawyer, who had been arrested and jailed.",Trick,03/22/04 #49641,Sudden Rebus,2.44,1.46,BadBunnee02,"What common saying is indicated by the third set of characters below when compared to the other two sets? 01. _udden 02. sudde_ 03. sudden","Character sets 01 and 02 are not complete, as indicated by the blanks. Character set 03 is complete. What synonym do we sometimes use to describe something that is ""complete"" or ""whole""?","All Of A Sudden ""All of a sudden"" is a colloquial expression to signify something that happens rapidly, unexpectedly, or hastily. Example of usage: ""BBjr had this brainstorm all of a sudden and decided to enter it as a rebus.""",Rebus,11/13/12 #30945,Power And Treasure,2.58,1.93,dodger,"Power and treasure for a prince to hold, Hard and steep-cheeked, wrapped in red Gold and garnet, ripped from a plain Of bright flowers, wrought - a remnant Of fire and file, bound in stark beauty With delicate wire, my grip makes Warriors weep, my sting threatens The hand that grasps gold. Studded With a ring, I ravage heir and heirloom. To my lord and foes always lovely And deadly, altering face and form.",Arthur found his in a stone.,A Sword.,Riddle,06/07/06 #25348,S + H of R = U S C,2.45,2.0,deadeye823,S + H of R = U S C,No hint available.,Senate + House of Representatives = United States Congress,Letter-Equations,08/16/05 #12908,3 G in a HT,2.17,2.32,JimBob,3 G in a HT,No hint available.,3 Goals in a Hat Trick,Letter-Equations,06/03/03 #38711,Represent Love,2.93,1.91,tukuwakatiki,"I represent love. I'm the daughter of Heaven and Sea. You may find me in the sky above, And many envy my beauty. My love belongs to fire, But if I said I was true to him I would be a liar, But I have no shame for my whims. My son taught many to love. To me the only earthly items of worth Are myrtle, sparrow, swan, and dove. And no one remembers my birth.","I have many names, depending on your culture.","The goddess Venus. Line 1: She represents love, fertility, and beauty. 2: She is known as the daughter of Heaven and Sea. 3: Venus is also a Planet. 4: Same as line 1. 6-8: She was married to Vulcan the God of fire, but had affairs with many others. 9: Her son was Cupid. 10-11: Those were known to be sacred to her. 12: There are 2 theories of her birth.",Riddle,10/10/07 #3547,DATEnite,2.74,1.19,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase? DATEnitenite",No hint available.,Big date tonight!,Rebus,04/16/02 #31005,"Books, Authors and Characters",2.05,1.03,dishu,"The four friends are fighting again. This time, it's about how their favourite characters were shaped up in their favourite books by their favourite authors. The fight became so bad that the friends became clueless about who was in which book and who wrote which book. Can you match their favourite characters with their books and authors with the help of these clues? Friends: Dis, Dip, Raj, Rich Character: Marple, Huck, Hermione, Darcy Book: Sleeping Murder, Tom Sawyer, Harry Potter, Pride and Prejudice Authors: Agatha Christie, Mark Twain, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austen 1. Rich and Dip hate the childish Harry Potter books. 2. Rich fell in love with Darcy's attitude in Jane Austen's classic. 3. Raj just can't stop admiring Hermione's comfort with magic. 4. Dis is a fan of murder mysteries. 5. Dip became Mark Twain's fan because of Twain's imagination in shaping Huck's character. 6. Jane Austen's novel's title did not include any person's name, just emotions/ideas. 7. Agatha Christie was awarded the title of Mystery Queen for her murder mysteries.",The knowledge of the books will be a great help but is not necessarily required.,"Friend, Character, Book, Author: Dis, Marple, Sleeping Murder, Agatha Christie Dip, Huck, Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain Raj, Hermione, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling Rich, Darcy, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen",Logic-Grid,06/11/06 #9865,Paraffin Lamp,2.62,1.79,hip2b2,"I was caught in a storm at night in a rowboat, which capsized and sank. I swam to a small deserted island nearby where I found a paraffin lamp and some matches. There was only a little paraffin in the lamp, not enough to reach the wick and enable me to light it. How could I use the lamp?",Think of the properties of paraffin and water.,Put some water in the lamp. The paraffin will float on the water and will soak the wick. You will be able to use the lamp until all of the paraffin is finished.,Science,01/16/03 #3996,MEAL,2.3,1.44,missie,"Can you figure this out: ME AL",No hint available.,square meal,Rebus,05/10/02 #165,A Glass of Water,2.87,1.81,jerry1,A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. The bartender reaches under the bar and brings out a gun and aims it at the man. The man says thank you and leaves. What happened?,Why would the man want a glass of water?,"The man had the hiccups and wanted a glass of water to help get rid of them. The bartender could hear the hiccups when the man spoke, so he brought the gun out to scare the hiccups away. It worked and the man thanked him and left, no longer needing the glass of water.",Situation,01/25/01 #4749,Balancing Beams,2.48,2.49,bobbrt,"The following task involves several steps, but they are out of order. Arrange them so that a person who follows the steps exactly can perform the task: You have three heavy beams marked A, B, and C, and want to find out which one is the heaviest. You also have a scale that tells you which of any two beams is heavier, but it does not give the specific weight of any beam. In what order must you perform the following steps to determine which beam is the heaviest, and to mark it accordingly? Assume that all three have different weights. a) Weigh A against B. b) Weigh B against C. c) Weigh A against C. d) If A is heavier, skip the next three statements. e) If A is heavier, skip the next four statements. f) If B is heavier, skip the next five statements. g) Mark A ""heaviest."" h) Mark B ""heaviest."" i) Mark C ""heaviest."" j) Skip the next statement. k) Skip the next two statements. l) Skip the next three statements. m) End.","The first two steps are ""a"" and ""d"", in that order.","a) Weigh A against B. d) If A is heavier, skip the next three statements. b) Weigh B against C. f) If B is heavier, skip the next five statements. k) Skip the next two statements. c) Weigh A against C. e) If A is heavier, skip the next four statements. i) Mark C ""heaviest."" l) Skip the next three statements. h) Mark B ""heaviest."" j) Skip the next statement. g) Mark A ""heaviest."" m) End.",Logic,06/15/02 #3600,Braingle Triathlon,2.54,1.84,lil_thugsta,"During the latest round of the Braingle triathlon, Parker was fourth. Adrian is not the oldest, but is older than Duncan, who was not second. The child who was next in age to the youngest, finished second. The child who finished in third place is older than the child who finished first. Antonio is younger than the child who finished in third place. Can you determine who finished where and place the children in order of age?",No hint available.,"Parker, the oldest, finished in last place. Adrian finished in third. Antonio finished in second. Duncan, the youngest finished in first place.",Logic,04/17/02 #36979,Military Fun,2.77,2.13,soccerguy0428,"One day 7 friends, Stephen, Felicia, Anna, Clark, Brad, Abby, and Jessica, decided that they wanted to pretend they were in a war. So, Stephen went to his older brother, and his brother said that you need to be ranked in an army before you go into battle. So, for the next week the brother set up obstacles that the kids had to do and moved them up or down in rank depending on how well they did. Here is the list of ranks that the brother came up with: Ranks 1. Lieutenant General 2. Brigadier General 3. Colonel 4. Lieutenant Colonel 5. Major 6. Captain 7. First Lieutenant 8. Second Lieutenant 9. First Sergeant 10. Sergeant 11. Corporal 12. Private Can you figure out how high each of the 7 friends is ranked if they all started out as a Private with these clues? Day 1 Brad is promoted by 1, Abby doubled that, Felicia doubled Abby's promotion, and Stephen doubled Felicia's promotion. Day 2 Jessica is moved to First Sergeant, Anna is moved 2 above that, and Clark is moved 4 below Anna. Day 3 Stephen and Anna are both promoted by 2, Clark is promoted by 1, and Jessica is demoted by 1. Day 4 Abby is demoted by 1, Jessica is moved to the lowest rank, and Felicia is moved to Captain. Day 5 Everyone who had been promoted on Day 1 is moved up by 1. Day 6 Anna moves up by 2, Clark moves up by 4, and Jessica moves up by 1. Day 7 No promotions or demotions. Do you know the order of how high the 7 friends are ranked in their play army?",No hint available.,"On Day 1 we know that Brad is moved up to Corporal; Abby doubled that, so she moved up by 2. So, she is now a Sergeant. Felicia doubled Abby's promotion, so she is moved up to Second Lieutenant. Stephen is moved up by 8, a Lieutenant Colonel. Then on Day 2, it says that Jessica is moved to First Sergeant, and Anna moved 2 higher than that, a First Lieutenant, and Clark is moved 4 below Anna to Corporal. On Day 3 Stephen is moved up to Brigadier General and Anna to Major. Clark is moved to Sergeant, and Jessica is moved down one to Sergeant. Day 4, Abby is moved down to Corporal, Jessica is moved down to Private, and Felicia goes up to Captain. Day 5, everyone who had been promoted on Day 1 is moved up, and that's Stephen, Felicia, Abby, and Brad. Stephen is now Lieutenant General, Felicia is a Major, Abby is a Sergeant, and Brad is a Sergeant. Day 6, Anna is moved up to Colonel, Clark is moved to Captain, and Jessica is moved to Corporal. The order of the 7 friends at the end are: 1. Lieutenant General Stephen 2. Colonel Anna 3. Major Felicia 4. Captain Clark 5. Sergeant Abby 5. Sergeant Brad 7. Corporal Jessica",Logic,06/18/07 #12949,All Jammed Up,2.63,1.61,od-1,"Duffus came home one afternoon to find his wife in the kitchen making homemade jam. She had a few jars on the table, and was attempting to tape the vacuum hose on a lid, when Duffus arrived. ""What are you doing, dear?"" he asked, confused by the piles of twisted tape that clung to everything in the kitchen. Mrs. Redneck says that vacuum sealing the jars helps keep them fresher and tasting good longer. Duffus laughed as he put a large pot on the stove to heat up, then filled up the sink with water, took the vacuum and tape from his wife and said, ""Let me show you how it's done, dear."" How was Duffus planning to vacuum seal the jars?",Think what happens when things get hot and when things get cold.,"Duffus took the lids off the jam jars and placed them in the hot water, which caused the jam to expand in the jar. When they were hot, he removed them, put the lids back on and placed them in the cooler water in the sink, which caused the jam to contract. Since the lid was sealed tight, the air pressure inside was less than the pressure outside the jar, which created a sort of vacuum-sealed effect.",Science,06/05/03 #7705,MANMONKEYMAN,2.25,1.74,BigSurf18,MANMONKEYMAN,No hint available.,Monkey In The Middle,Rebus,09/25/02 #49860,Delete a Letter 12,2.68,1.81,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) to return to an original state or condition (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) the cessation of work, activity, or motion 2) the taste of something (6 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) to prefer one thing over another 3) a flat piece of sawed lumber (5 letters) & (delete 5th letter) a wild pig 4) complete, intensive, absolute, very careful (8 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) completed, done, finished, over",No hint available.,"1) reset & rest 2) flavor & favor 3) board & boar 4) thorough & through",Language,06/28/13 #239,The Tunnel,2.56,1.33,Mr. G,"A train one mile long, traveling at one mile per minute, enters a mile long tunnel. How long does it take to go through the tunnel?",No hint available.,"Two minutes. One minute to enter the tunnel, one minute to exit.",Other,02/04/01 #47243,Unscramble #1,2.19,1.25,beyonce123,"Unscramble these words. Category: food 1. zizpa 2. bsertlo 3. tho ogd 4. nrocppo 5. okoice 6. cota 7. kihncec gungtes 8. bgrmahuer 9. cie rceam 10. pous",No hint available.,"1. pizza 2. lobster 3. hot dog 4. popcorn 5. cookie 6. taco 7. chicken nuggets 8. hamburger 9. ice cream 10. soup",Language,06/15/10 #36110,Home Free,2.59,2.43,solarsistim321,"Two men were sent from their base to explore a mineral find. They were almost there when a vicious animal attacked them. The first man panicked and fled, but the other went very slow and kept a watchful eye on it. Although the one man fled and he did not get attacked, he died immediately as he reached the base. Why?",No hint available.,"The two men were deep sea diving, and they were below 100 metres. At that depth, air in its natural proportions becomes dangerous. During resurfacing, nitrogen bubbles can form in the diver's circulation, causing fatal blockages. To allow for safe decompression, the re-ascent can take hours. That is why the one man went very slow.",Situation,04/08/07 #18663,The Missing Wonk,2.15,2.23,Mad-Ade,"Two women, SHEEZA PHOOL and SHIRLEY KNOTT, were selling Kebananas (a cross between a Kebab and a Banana, full of greasy goodness) in the Madadian open market. SHEEZA PHOOL was selling 3 Kebananas for a Wonk (Madadian currency/ 100 Winks= 1 Wonk) and SHIRLEY KNOTT was selling 2 Kebananas for a Wonk. One day each of them had 30 Kebananas unsold. They put together the two lots of Kebananas and decided to sell 5 Kebananas for Ws. 2. According to their calculation, 3 Kebananas for Ws. 1 and 2 Kebananas for Ws. 1 was exactly the same as 5 Kebananas for Ws. 2 Now, they were expecting to get Ws. 25 for the Kebananas, as they would have got, if sold separately. But to their surprise they got only Ws. 24 for the entire lot of the 60 Kebananas. Where did the one Wonk go?",No hint available.,"SHEEZA PHOOL was selling 3 Kebananas for a Wonk. Hence, the average price of one Kebanana is (1/3) = Ws. 0.3333 SHIRLEY KNOTT was selling 2 Kebananas for a Wonk. Hence, the average price of one Kebanana is (1/2) = Ws. 0.5 Now they put together 60 Kebananas. Hence, the average price of one Kebanana is (0.3333+0.5)/2 = Ws. 0.4167 But, they were selling 5 Kebananas for Ws. 2. Hence, the average price of one Kebanana is 2/5 = Ws. 0.4 The difference is (0.4167 - 0.4) = 0.0167 There are 60 Kebananas. Hence (0.0167 * 60) = 1 So here is that one Wonk. Thus, one Wonk didn't go anywhere, they did their math wrong.",Math,09/01/04 #10794,You Have It,2.58,2.57,griphook,"A sewing machine has it, A stem has it, A poem has it, A page has it, You have it. What is it?",No hint available.,"A foot. The part of a sewing machine, close to the needle, that is lowered onto the material to hold it in position is called a FOOT. The lower part of the stem of a plant is called a FOOT. FOOT is a basic unit of rhythm in poetry. The bottom of a page is called the FOOT of the page.",Riddle,02/28/03 #14302,What Book? 2,2.79,1.8800000000000001,beanie89,"There is a book that was once owned by only the rich, but now can be owned by almost anyone. You can't buy it in a bookstore or check it out of the library. What book is it?",No hint available.,A telephone book.,Trivia,08/12/03 #32125,Noms De Plume,2.15,3.17,PineappleMama,"P of the B S = C, E, and A B","""Passion"", ""Hope"", and ""The Student's Life"" in 1846","Pseudonyms of the Bronte Sisters = Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell Currer/Charlotte published the poem ""Passion"" in 1846. Ellis/Emily published the poem ""Hope"" in 1846. Acton/Anne published the poem ""The Student's Life"" in 1846.",Letter-Equations,07/28/06 #38428,Synonym Safari 5 (Holiday Edition),2.98,0.98,MikeMan1216,"Replace each word or words in parentheses with a one-word synonym to decipher a common holiday. (The first holiday is only one word long. The second and third are two words long.) 1. (Right of north ) (she) 2. (Hotel) D (ink stick) (boogie) (24 hours) 3. (Work) (24 hours)",No hint available.,"1. Easter (east + her) 2. Independence Day (inn + d + pen + dance + day) 3. Labor Day",Language,09/23/07 #14905,Logik,2.62,1.61,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented here? Your Logik",No hint available.,A flaw in your logic.,Rebus,09/26/03 #1963,Bilbo,2.38,2.26,briarsagemoss11,"If ten is added to bilbo minus bil, then added to the thing that an addressee gets, what do you have?",No hint available.,mailbox (ten is x in roman numerals and bilbo minus bil is bo so that would be box. and the thing that an addressee gets (mail) and you have mailbox.),Language,01/06/02 #10871,"I Run, I Sit, I Wait",2.61,1.53,VolsToTheWall,"I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?",No hint available.,A shoe.,Riddle,03/03/03 #8028,Hidden Category,2.91,2.63,Bobbrt,"Remove a letter from each of the words below and rearrange the remaining letters to form new words. The 10 words will all fall into a certain category. For example, given the words DEAR, ANGRY, and RENEGE, you could drop the ""A"" in DEAR to get RED, drop the ""N"" in ANGRY to get GRAY, and drop an ""E"" in RENEGE to get GREEN. These would all fall into the category of ""Colors"". If you're stuck, the hint will name the category. The tough part is getting all 10 words. AGENT FABLE PAWNS TOUSLE ANOTHER CARDIAC CONSULT GAWKIER GRUBBED TEMERITY","The category is ""Insects"".","Like the hint says, the category is ""Insects"". The words are: GNAT FLEA WASP LOUSE HORNET CICADA LOCUST EARWIG BEDBUG TERMITE",Language,10/13/02 #38929,Happens But Once A Year,2.59,2.2,aresII,"My 7, 4, 5, 6, 10 has beds and banks. My 4, 2, 8, 1, 3, 6 is the loss of faculty. My 7, 11, 6 is a deli buy. My 9, 10, 4, 6, 8 is an April butt-er. My whole happens but once a year.",No hint available.,"Anniversary. Clue 1 = river. Clue 2 = insane. Clue 3 = rye. Clue 4 = Aries.",Riddle,10/25/07 #6547,No Eyes,2.42,1.73,Drunky,"I don't have eyes, But once I did see. Once I had thoughts, But now I'm white and empty. What am I?",No hint available.,A skull,Riddle,08/15/02 #3648,Twelve Thousand,2.08,1.34,Angelicious,"Can you write down this number using digits? Twelve thousand twelve hundred twelve",No hint available.,"13,212",Math,04/20/02 #4146,In the Church,2.32,1.49,wouldilie,"What is in the church, But not the steeple? The parson has it, But not the people.",No hint available.,"the letter ""r""",Riddle,05/18/02 #38174,"A, B, C, D, E",2.04,3.08,slicktrumpet,"Can you figure out what number comes next? 2, 14, 3, 32, 10, ...",e,"48 The answer is the digits of e multiplied by increasing positive integers, not including zero. 2x1=2, 7x2=14, 1x3=3, 8x4=32, 2x5=10, 8x6=48",Series,09/07/07 #33077,Riddle #1,2.39,1.74,dodger,"What is it you have to answer? But to answer you have to ask? And to ask you have to think? And if you think you just might find, the answer.",No hint available.,This Riddle.,Riddle,09/19/06 #7223,Hangin' Around,2.22,2.11,tissue,"What is this phrase? HEAVY | | |",No hint available.,Top Heavy,Rebus,09/05/02 #52805,A Cure For Baldness,2.72,2.0,ThinksForFun,"I would be bald without my first Without my last, I quench your thirst My odds, combined, used to convey My evens, something first to say What am I?",No hint available.,"the word ""chair"" Line 1: ""without my first"" = chair - c = hair Line 2: ""without my last"" = chair - r = chai, a type of tea Line 3: ""my odds"", my odd letters (letters 1, 3, & 5) = c + a + r = car Line 4: ""my evens"", my even letters (letters 2 & 4) = h + i = hi",Riddle,05/25/22 #6609,Make You Sick,2.16,1.86,sheepdrew,"I'm not made The moon has an effect on me but I never go You can see me from almost anywhere And I make you sick What Am I?",2/3 of Earth is covered by these,Ocean,Riddle,08/16/02 #35903,Operation Clothing-Ectomy,2.7,2.25,cnmne,"Six words have had their clothing removed. The clothing has been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each article of clothing with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: coat, dress, pants, shirt, shoe, vest Group B: arb, ears, ibruh, pycatis, raile, wilen",No hint available.,"coat + arb = acrobat (aCrObAT) dress + wilen = wilderness (wilDeRnESS) pants + ibruh = paintbrush (PAiNTbruSh) shirt + pycatis = psychiatrist (pSycHIatRisT) shoe + ears = seahorse (SeaHOrsE) vest + raile = versatile (VErSaTile)",Language,03/27/07 #26031,A Trio of Seventh Grade Students,2.14,0.55,Acestudent04,"Three seventh grade students all got their test grades back from their teachers on Friday. Determine their test grades, last names, and teachers. Test grades- 100, 80, 50 Students- Abby, Alison, Adam Last names- Anderson, Grey, Smith Teachers- Mrs. Boggs, Mrs. Hui, Mr. Sharp 1. Adam failed, but he does not have either of the female teachers. 2. The Anderson student made 100 and is not male. 3. Mrs. Hui enjoys having Alison in her class, but the student with the last name Anderson was not enrolled in her class. 4.The student with the last name Grey is female.","Adam is male, Abby and Alison are female.","Abby Anderson 100 Mrs.Boggs Alison Grey 80 Mrs.Hui Adam Smith 50 Mr.Sharp",Logic-Grid,09/22/05 #49034,Historical Teaser,2.44,1.56,Gwendalla,"whailsktionrgy What is the rebus?","There are two words in this rebus: History Walking",Walking Through History,Rebus,09/19/11 #3674,The Hasty Robber,2.7600000000000002,2.04,GiantIQ,"A man robbed a bank. If he had seen the other gun, he would not have been in such a hurry and would not have been caught. Why not?",No hint available.,The other gun was a radar gun. He was caught speeding as he fled the scene.,Situation,04/21/02 #18798,Terminated Termites,2.5,2.64,rashad,Rashad bought some termites and put them in a suitably ventilated jar. He gave them some leaves to eat that contain important elements termites need to live on. After some days he noticed that many were dying. Rashad was very sad. Can you help him by telling him what was wrong with his termites?,Second-Hand Food!,"Termites cannot digest the cellulose in plants themselves, so they get fungi to do it for them. They pile up pieces of leaves underground, and use this to grow fungi. The fungi digest and take in the plant food. The termites then eat pieces of the fungi, which they can easily digest. Rashad had no soil in his jar, thus fungi needed a lot of time to grow. Meanwhile the termites die because they had no cellulose. All this is a definition of the hint: Second-Hand Food.",Science,09/09/04 #30959,Yogi Berra Quotes 2,2.69,2.72,bigSWAFF_69_,"The following quotes are all by none other than Yogi Berra himself. Can you figure them out? They all use the same code. DVS OEVSBA HBMHDO QV RV VREWJ ZWVZBW'O KSPWJHBO. VREWJMTOW REWD MVP'R UVLW RV DVSJO. T GPWM WIHURBD MEWJW TR MHO, T XSOR UVSBAP'R KTPA TR. DVS NWRRWJ USR REW ZTFFH TP KVSJ ZTWUWO. T'L PVR ESPQJD WPVSQE RV WHR WTQER.","Y:D O:V G:Q I:T B:N E:W R:J R:J A:H","You should always go to other people's funerals. Otherwise they won't come to yours. I knew exactly where it was, I just couldn't find it. You better cut the pizza in four pieces. I'm not hungry enough to eat eight. -Yogi Berra The Code: A:H B:N C:U D:A E:W F:K G:Q H:E I:T J:X K:G L:B M:L N:P O:V P:Z Q:C R:J S:O T:R U:S V:Y W:M X:I Y:D Z:F",Cryptography,06/08/06 #13669,ping 2,2.31,2.36,fishmed,"What does the following represent? ping WIL",No hint available.,"Weeping Willow 'Wee' ping: wee = small ping. Wil low: Wil is low down the page.",Rebus,07/07/03 #18180,Four Letter Word,2.39,1.37,thebuddhawithin,"What one four letter word can be placed in front of each of these words to make new words: trap place bug fly",No hint available.,"fire (firetrap) (fireplace) (firebug) (firefly)",Language,07/10/04 #29344,Ladder,2.7600000000000002,1.87,Crazycriely,"Assume the ladder is NOT an extension ladder. A 25 ft ladder is placed with its foot 7 ft away from a building. If the top of the ladder slips down 4 ft, how many feet will the bottom slide out?",It is not 4 ft. Try some Pythagorean theoreming.,"8 ft First triangle: 7 squared + 24 squared = 25 squared, so the top of the ladder was 24 feet high. 24 - 4= 20. 25 squared - 20 squared = 225. Take the square root of that and you get 15: the new base of the triangle. 15 - 7 (the old base) = 8ft",Math,03/26/06 #33563,Speeding Blues,2.64,2.89,dishu,"Car 1 started from Point A towards point B. At the same time Car 2 started from point B towards A. They crossed each other at point C. After which, Car 1 reached point B in another 9 hrs, and Car 2 reached point A in another 4 hrs. If both the cars maintained a constant speed throughout the journey, and the speed of Car 1 was 36 miles/hr(mph), then what was the speed of Car 2?",No hint available.,"54 miles/hr. Here's how to solve: Speed of Car 1 = 36 mph Time taken from point C to B = 9 hrs thus, distance between C to B = 36 * 9 = 324 miles (Distance = Speed * Time) Now let the distance between point A and C be 'a' miles and let the speed of Car 2 be 'b' mph. Thus time taken by Car 1 to travel from A to C = a/36 (Time = Distance/Speed). and the time taken by car 2 to travel from B to C = 324/b (Distance between C and B is 324 miles as explained above) Since both the cars meet at C, then these two times are equal, i.e. a/36 = 324/b or b = 324 * 36/a =11664/a Now time taken by Car 2 to travel from C to A can be described as a/b or a*a/11664 (writing b in terms of a). But it is given that Car 2 takes 4 hrs to travel from C to A. Thus, we get a * a/11664 = 4 or, a * a = 46656 Now taking square root on both sides, we get a = 216. (distance cannot be negative). Thus we get b = 11664/216 = 54. Thus speed of Car 2 = 54 miles/hr",Math,10/20/06 #18828,Can I be Franc?,2.7600000000000002,1.53,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? Nice 18:54 Paris 09:15 Toulouse : Marseille 12:42",No hint available.,"There's no time to lose. (No time Toulouse)",Rebus,09/12/04 #49829,Brrrrrrrrr,2.19,0.63,klsowell,"When I drop, you shiver, When I rise, you break out in sweat I'm always there. I'm always around you to some degree. But to you I differ whether you're dry or wet. What am I?",No hint available.,The temperature.,Riddle,05/09/13 #9506,Group 3,2.5100000000000002,2.2,tissue,"What word in Group 1 should go into Group 2? Group 1 --------- BOARD SQUARE CHEESE WINDMILL Group 2 --------- AISLE SHOOT BE RAIN",No hint available.,"""Board"" belongs in group 2. All of the words in group 2 have a homonym (or homophone). This means that all of the words in group 2 have a word that sounds the same, but is spelled differently: AISLE (ISLE) BE (BEE) RAIN (REIN, REIGN) SHOOT (CHUTE) BOARD (BORED)",Group,12/30/02 #7358,Two Eyes?,2.27,2.72,majd,"What common phrase does the following represent? The Iman rules the Kngdom.",No hint available.,"In a country of blind, the one eyed man is a king. (Iman=one-eyed man, Kngdom=missing the letter ""I"" indicating blindness).",Rebus,09/11/02 #34581,Strangle Cord...?,2.59,0.98,Stormcrafter,"Here I sit upon your chest, Or perhaps your neck I make my nest. A gift, a token, perhaps a safe Where I rest may yet be chafed. I sometimes glitter, sparkle, too But I am not always golden. Set with precious things whose Presence may embolden. I may have a chain, yet I'm free On display for all to see. How easily I could kill, If strangulation was your will. Beautiful or sentimental, Usually I'm ornamental. I have a name, it is true, But has it yet come to you?",No hint available.,"Often bought in jewellery stores A thing that people often adore; Around your neck I'm put in place, Whatever else but a necklace?",Riddle,12/25/06 #33842,Musical Mayhem.,2.34,2.38,jazzmusician46,"Below are two groups of musical instruments. The instruments in Group A all have one thing in common. The same can be said for Group B. Your task is to ascertain which instruments have been incorrectly placed in each group and replace them into their proper grouping. Group A: bouzouki, pipa, viola da gamba, sitar, yueqin, chimes, erhu, piano, viola, and ukulele. Group B: marimba, cimbalom, hurdy-gurdy, dulcimer, timpani, castanets, celesta, timbales, berimbau and cabaca.",No hint available.,"Group A are all stringed instruments. The piano and chimes belong in Group B since both these instruments are classified as percussion instruments. They are both struck. Group B are percussion instruments. The hurdy-gurdy and berimbau belong in Group A, since they are classified as stringed instruments.",Group,11/04/06 #2059,1 F T M 2 F T S,2.52,1.96,swanhillsguy,1 F T M 2 F T S,No hint available.,1 For The Money 2 For The Show,Letter-Equations,01/16/02 #8665,Laugh,2.24,0.6000000000000001,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? Laughed her HEAD Laughed her HEA Laughed her HE Laughed her H Laughed her",No hint available.,Laughed her head off,Rebus,11/22/02 #36880,Favourite Number,2.61,1.69,TheSmartest,"Sky likes the number 5, but not 6. She likes 32, but not 33. She likes 41, but not 42. Which of the following numbers does she like and not like? 50 39 23 14 16",No hint available.,"50, She likes 39, She does not like 23, Sky likes 14, She likes 16, She does not like Sky only likes numbers that ""add up"" to 5. 50... 5 + 0= 5 23... 2 + 3= 5 14... 1 + 4= 5",Other,06/08/07 #32302,The Groaners,2.77,1.44,twixy,"How many common chess words are hidden below? Eliza, Leah, Mat, and Gerry Groaner are siblings. They love to groan. ""Check, Mat!"" Eliza groaned deeply at her brother's ignorance. Leah lost her Queen CD. Being kin, Gerry, Eliza, and Mat felt obligated to help her find it. Besides, helping Leah would make things all the easier due to the fact that she wore a cast. Leah felt lucky to have such kind brothers and sisters. ""Hey, I think I'm going to head out with Gabi, shop, and then come back to help you some more. Does that sound okay?"" Her siblings groaned.",No hint available.,"Checkmate- probably the most obvious (""Check, Mat!"" E) Queen King (kin, Gerry) Castle (cast. Leah) Bishop (Gabi, shop,)",Language,08/05/06 #32099,Phoney Puzzle XVII,2.18,2.39,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 7453623 47 6673 6874225 8426 269 7664. -- Christina Rossetti 7453623 47 843 6678 7373328 3977377466 63 72676. -- George Bernard Shaw","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PQRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXYZ","Silence is more musical than any song. -- Christina Rossetti Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. -- George Bernard Shaw",Cryptography,07/27/06 #3457,Enob,2.22,1.18,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this word: Enob",No hint available.,Backbone,Rebus,04/12/02 #15786,Watchman,3.12,1.82,japeth,"Once there was a night watchman who had been caught several times sleeping on the job. The boss issued the final warning. On the next night he was caught with his head on his hand and his elbows on the desk. ""Aha, I've caught you again,"" exclaimed the boss. The watchman's eyes popped open immediately and he knew what had happened. Being a quick thinking man, he said one word before looking up at the boss. The boss apologized profusely and went home. What was the one word?","Sorry, no hints. :)","The one word was ""AMEN"", thus making the Boss believe he was praying rather than sleeping.",Other,12/13/03 #51413,Anagram Dictionary 30,3.18,2.25,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob). Words: archery, cavalier, foresight, tourniquet, watercress Definitions: an equine donated as a present covert military conflicts newton-meter or pound-foot to perceive a wail volcanic grain",No hint available.,"archery: to perceive a wail (hear cry) cavalier: volcanic grain (lava rice) foresight: an equine donated as a present (gift horse) tourniquet: newton-meter or pound-foot (torque unit) watercress: covert military conflicts (secret wars)",Language,09/05/17 #32090,Cryptolist XVI,2.39,2.37,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: XSBDDV KNJSYVX SBQVR EDDR EQL UNQSBNF QKKVN BDGNCDFR NFQXNFX BYXUDFP EVQSREDQFZ QVLNEFQ","Category: School N=E","Category: School Pencils Chalk Book bag Teacher Apple Homework Erasers History Blackboard Algebra B=H C=W D=O E=B F=R G=M J=N K=P L=G N=E P=Y Q=A R=K S=C U=T V=L X=S Y=I Z=D",Cryptography,07/27/06 #44421,Book Club,2.5,1.44,whsprec,"Five ladies - Lopez, Moore, Ruiz, Sullivan, and Gardner - took turns hosting book club. They each hosted once during the first five months of the year and once the last 5 months of the year. They took June and July off. From the clues below, determine the two months each lady hosted book club. 1- Mrs. Moore hosted the first time before Mrs. Gardner, who was before Mrs. Sullivan; for the second hosting, the order was reversed. 2- The lady who hosted in March also hosted in September. 3- Mrs. Lopez did not host in April or March. 4- Neither Mrs. Lopez nor the lady who hosted in January hosted again in August or December. 5- Mrs. Ruiz hosted the second time before Mrs. Moore but after Mrs. Lopez.",No hint available.,"Ruiz hosted in January and November. Moore hosted in February and December. Gardner hosted in March and September. Sullivan hosed in April and August. Lopez hosted in May and October.",Logic-Grid,05/06/09 #49684,T.P,2.63,2.71,rashad,"What two numbers come next : 0 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 5","The title : T.P Think Primes.","1 5 This series describes the number of numbers existing between two consecutive primes : 2 () 3 (4) 5 (6) 7 (8 9 10) 11 (12) 13 (14 15 16) 17 (18) 19 (20 21 22) 23 (24 25 26 27 28) 29 (30) 31 (32 33 34 35 36) 37... Hope you enjoyed.",Series,12/09/12 #11524,Marooned,2.28,2.53,just_moi,"What cliche is represented below? MAROON VERMILLION MAGENTA | | V M A R O O N V E R M I L L I O N M A G E N T A",No hint available.,"""Turned three shades of red."" The three shades of red (Maroon, Vermillion, Magenta) are ""turned"" through a 90 degree angle.",Rebus,04/02/03 #41654,Relationships #10,2.48,2.91,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your job is to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck! COLUMN A Cap Up No Cart Her COLUMN B Eat Down Yes Home May",No hint available.,"All words in COLUMN A can form a new word when followed by 'on'. Cap = Capon Up = Upon No = Noon Cart = Carton Her = Heron",Group,04/24/08 #7795,Big Punch,2.28,1.07,tissue,"If I were to punch at you, what would be the chances of my busting your lip?",No hint available.,"Zero. You're way over there, probably in another state or country.",Trick,10/01/02 #887,3= W on a T,2.22,1.71,Michelle,3= W on a T,No hint available.,3= Wheels on a Tricycle,Letter-Equations,09/23/01 #49965,Model Modification 3,2.48,2.43,MarcM1098,"Have you ever been stuck in traffic, staring at the vehicle ahead of you? Did you notice the make and model? Now you can use that to your advantage. Each clue below takes the model name of a vehicle and modifies it to form a normal English word. Any letters in quotes must be added to the model name (either before, after, or inside). See how many you can figure out. Example: Don't be greedy! Inserting ""PERABU"" into this Plymouth model is just too much. Answer: SU-PERABU-NDANCE, a modified Plymouth SUNDANCE. A ""superabundance"" is an excessive amount. 1. Start with ""VAU"" and add a Cadillac model to find an early form of variety entertainment. 2. Insert a ""T"" into this Mercury model, and your barn should not fall down. 3. Insert a small ""ION"" in this Buick model, and it refers to an entire geographic area. 4. Adding an ""N"" to this Mercury model may result in a sting. 5. If you put a ""RAT"" into this Pontiac model, it will shake things up. 6. You might see this Dodge model with ""SC"" if you don't dodge the animals on the road. 7. Cat got your tongue? Inserting ""AR"" into this Mercury model will give a cat its voice.","Here is a list of models; only some are needed. Accord, Achieva, Aries, Avenger, Corolla, Colt, Dart, Deville, Element, Escape, Estate, Expo, Fit, Festiva, Flex, Forester, Forte, Fusion, Golf, Impulse, Integra, Lancer, Legacy, Lynx, Metro, Neon, Optima, Precis, Prelude, Probe, Ram, Regal, Rogue, Sable, Scorpio, Sonic, Sprint, Taurus, Tempo, Venture, Vibe.","1. VAU-DEVILLE, a modified Cadillac DEVILLE. ""Vaudeville"" often includes juggling, acrobatics, song-and-dance, and animal acts. 2. S-T-ABLE, a modified Mercury SABLE. A ""stable"" is both a place for animals, and something unlikely to fall. 3. REG-ION-AL, a modified Buick REGAL. Something ""regional"" applies to an entire area or region. 4. SCORPIO-N, a modified Mercury SCORPIO. A ""scorpion"" has a curved tail with a stinger on the end. 5. VIB-RAT-E, a modified Pontiac VIBE. To ""vibrate"" is to move rapidly back and forth. 6. SC-AVENGER, a modified Dodge AVENGER. A ""scavenger"" feeds on dead animals such as road-kill. 7. L-AR-YNX, a modified Mercury LYNX. The ""larynx"" holds the vocal cords; the ""lynx"" is a species of wildcat.",Trivia,10/05/13 #23595,M+M+M+M,2.8,2.02,exterminator,"Figure this out: M+M+M+M family",This used to be a television show.,Addams Family,Rebus,06/12/05 #43993,Coin Dropped on a Chessboard,2.27,2.99,javaguru,"A table has a chessboard integrated into the center of the table. A round coin fits exactly inside of a square on a chessboard. The coin is dropped on the table and lands face-down, with at least part of the coin on the chessboard. What is the probability that the coin covers the corner of four chessboard squares?",No hint available.,"49Pi/(320+Pi) ~ .47638 The diameter of the coin is equal to the length of the side of a square on the chessboard. For part of the coin to land on the chessboard, the center of the coin must be no more than the radius of the coin from the chessboard. If the length of a side of a square on the chessboard is one, then this describes a 9 x 9 square with rounded corners. The area missing from the rounded corners is equal to the size of a chessboard square minus the size of an inscribed circle (the coin). So the size of the area that the center of the coin must land in is: 9 x 9 - (1 - Pi/4) = 80 + Pi/4 For part of the coin to cover a corner, the center of the coin must be within a circle centered over the corner that has a radius equal to the radius of the coin. The area of this circle is (1/2)^2 x Pi = Pi/4 There are 7 x 7 = 49 corners that are shared by four squares, so the total area that the center of the coin can land in to cover the corner of four squares is: 49 * Pi/4 The probability is then: (49Pi/4) / (80 + Pi/4) = 49Pi / (4 x (80 + Pi/4)) = 49Pi / (320 - Pi) ~ .47638",Probability,01/24/09 #4611,Shorter Longer,2.45,1.18,Cascas,What 7-letter word becomes longer when the third letter is removed?,No hint available.,Lounger,Language,06/10/02 #2741,"3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5...",2.11,2.86,Cascas,"What next? 3, 3, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 5, ?",No hint available.,"1 3+3+5=11 4+4+3=11 5+5+1=11",Series,03/18/02 #45651,Words With GU,1.8800000000000001,2.38,cnmne,"Five words that contain GU as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **GU*, GU****, **GU**, ***GU*, ***GU** Pool: A, A, A, D, E, E, E, I, I, J, L, M, N, N, N, O, P, R, R, T",No hint available.,"MOGUL, GUITAR, JAGUAR, DENGUE, PENGUIN",Language,11/06/09 #15616,Cat-a-lyst,2.08,2.47,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? Cat's (unborn child) feet","Hint: Ok, I'll give you a hint.......................................... no, actually I won't.","Pregnant pause (paws) Cat's feet = paws Unborn child = the paws are pregnant HINT: An example of a pregnant pause",Rebus,11/30/03 #9562,Saved Tibet,2.28,2.29,hprulz,"The following is an anagram for a celebrity's name. Can you figure out the name? Saved Tibet",No hint available.,Bette Davis.,Language,01/02/03 #6941,"Susie, Ned, Tom, Sal",2.22,1.33,sullivan,"Susie is six years old. Her brother Ned is four years younger than Tom. Sal is a decade older than Tom. Sal is three times Susie's age. How old are Ned, Tom and Sal?",No hint available.,"Ned is four, Tom is eight, and Sal is eighteen.",Math,08/27/02 #14267,"2, 6, 15, 28, ?, 78",2.37,2.38,hari,"Find the missing number in the following series: 2, 6, 15, 28, ?, 78",No hint available.,"55 First take 1 multiplied by the first prime number (2), 2 * second prime number (3), 3 * third prime number (5) and so on. Therefore the answer is 5 * 11 = 55.",Series,08/11/03 #24061,Not Cross Country,2.38,2.72,cnmne,10 = M per P in C C,No hint available.,10 = Marbles per Player in Chinese Checkers,Letter-Equations,06/27/05 #36809,Double Feature 7,2.54,2.32,cnmne,"The Cinemarebus Theater is showing two movies. True to its name, the marquee displays each movie title in the form of a rebus. What movies are represented by the following two rebuses? Movie #1 leftbreeze Movie #2 boron","One of the movies starred Vivien Leigh, and the other was released in 1997.","Movie #1 Gone With the Wind (""left"" is synonymous with ""gone"", ""breeze"" is a light wind; ""left"" is connected to ""breeze"", or ""gone with the wind""), Vivien Leigh Movie #2 The Fifth Element (Boron is the fifth element of the Periodic Table.), 1997",Rebus,06/01/07 #33102,Forgotten,2.82,1.71,shoulder_angel,"My first is in companion, but not in enemy My second in both peace and war My third in simple, but not complex My fourth in water, but not shore To ignore me much must be forgotten And so now you must try To figure out this riddle And answer: What Am I?",No hint available.,Past,Riddle,09/21/06 #5889,i o,2.55,1.82,michelle,"What does this mean? i i o o o o o o",No hint available.,Circles under the eyes.,Rebus,07/25/02 #640,The Deadly Melody,2.64,2.19,Christine,A woman heard a tune that she recognized. She took a gun and shot a stranger. Why?,"She was in her room when this happened. She had heard the tune many times before. Normally, she was happy when she heard this tune. The stranger was trying to rob her.","The woman was alone, and asleep, in her home. In the middle of the night, she was awakened by the sound of her musical jewel box. She knew a burglar was in her bedroom. She reached under her pillow, pulled out her gun, and shot him.",Situation,06/23/01 #37003,Birbal The Wise - XIX,3.23,2.62,brainster,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler; and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find the answer? One day the Emperor Akbar stumbled on a small rock in the royal gardens and momentarily went off balance. He was in a bad mood that day and the incident only served to make him more angry. Finding a target for his mood of the day, he ordered the gardener's arrest and execution. Birbal heard of this and visited the gardener in the cell where he was being held awaiting execution. Birbal had known the gardener for many years and also knew of the gardener's immense respect and sense of loyalty for the king. He decided to help the gardener escape the death sentence and explained his plan to the gardener, who reluctantly agreed to go along. The next day the gardener was asked what his last wish was before he was hanged, as was custom. The gardener requested an audience with the emperor. This wish was granted, but when the man neared the throne he tried to attack the emperor. The emperor was shocked and demanded an explanation. The gardener looked at Birbal, who stepped forward and explained why the gardener had attacked the emperor. The emperor immediately realised how unjust he had been and ordered the release of the gardener. How did Birbal manage this?",No hint available.,"""Your Majesty,"" said Birbal, ""there is probably no person more loyal to you than this unfortunate gardener. Fearing that people would say you hanged him for a silly reason and question your sense of justice, he went out of his way to give you a genuine reason for hanging him.""",Situation,06/20/07 #5795,Most Desirable,2.12,2.32,dsquared,"Can you discover what this item is? CGHOLESDT",No hint available.,Treasure Chest,Rebus,07/22/02 #10933,3.141 Mr.Ixol*i*te,2.56,2.4,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? iiiiii 3.141 Mr.Ixol*i*te",No hint available.,"I spy with my little eye (I). iiiiiii = i's 3.141 = Pi and the little i highlighted in my name.",Rebus,03/06/03 #15260,What Babe Was Trying To Say?,2.66,2.5100000000000002,MrIxolite,"What can bleed without being cut, Will lose you across the Atlantic one way But will get you coming back?","Poetic Licence on the ""You""","Colours Colours can bleed together in the wash. Colour loses the ""U"" from UK to USA and vice versa. And the title? What the PIG MEaNT.....",Riddle,10/28/03 #26066,Lost In Translation I,2.88,1.62,lisha_kc,"These well known sayings were translated by computer to another language then back into English. What were the original sayings? 1. It hits while the iron is warm. 2. Initially come, initially been useful. 3. As for evidence of the pudding there are times when you eat. 4. More than one road it removed the skin from the tomcat. 5. Is human to mad.",No hint available.,"1. Strike while the iron is hot. 2. First come, first served. 3. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 4. There is more than one way to skin a cat. 5. To err is human.",Language,09/24/05 #26101,Name's the Same (Almost),2.49,1.92,seanlandrews,There used to be two cities which had an NFL and MLB team with the same name - New York (Giants) and Saint Louis (Cardinals). Then the baseball Giants moved to San Francisco and the football Cardinals moved to Arizona. Now there is a city whose NFL and MLB teams have almost the same name. Can you figure out which city?,Listen to the wind blow!,"Chicago has the NFL Bears and the MLB Cubs (baby bears). The hint refers to Chicago's nickname ""The Windy City.""",Trivia,09/27/05 #38539,A Thought on Literature,2.44,2.44,aresII,"The following thoughts are those of American author and journalist, Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). Both puzzles use the same code. O=W ""QWW RJJI AJJYB UQSZ JLZ DUXLR XL EJTTJL - DUZP QFZ DFVZF DUQL XM DUZP UQI UQKKZLZI."" ""QWW TJIZFL QTZFXEQL WXDZFQDVFZ EJTZB MFJT JLZ AJJY AP TQFY DOQXL EQWWZI UVEYWZAZFFP MXLL.""","A=B M=F R=G","""ALL GOOD BOOKS HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON - THEY ARE TRUER THAN IF THEY HAD HAPPENED."" ""ALL MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE COMES FROM ONE BOOK BY MARK TWAIN CALLED HUCKLEBERRY FINN."" KEY: A=B B=S D=T E=C F=R I=D J=O K=P L=N M=F O=W P=Y Q=A R=G S=V T=M U=H V=U W=L X=I Y=K Z=E",Cryptography,09/30/07 #33425,Word Mix Up - Animal Series 4,2.65,1.77,grungy49,"Your job is to unscramble the word, take the letters needed and then when you have all the letters unscramble them to make an animal. MOBCAT (take letters 1 and 3) VEERF (take letters 2 and 4) HATLEW (take letter 6) CLANCE (take letters 3 and 6) LAYEL (take letter 1) POISBH (take letter 5)",No hint available.,"COMBAT (take C and M) FEVER (take E and E) WEALTH (take H) CANCEL (take N and L) ALLEY (take A) BISHOP (take O) Unscramble these to get chameleon. The chameleon is known mainly for its ability to change colour depending on the environment, its sticky long tongue and for their eyes which can be moved independently of each other.",Language,10/11/06 #20464,Pamphlet,2.61,1.83,MrIxolite,"What is this? READING (typed in black bold letters) READING (typed in black bold letters) reading (typed in faint grey letters) <-",No hint available.,A little light reading,Rebus,01/18/05 #38533,Menacing Matchsticks VII,2.01,2.92,calmsavior,"You will need ten matchsticks for this. First, take seven matchsticks and make the digital representation of 8. After that, take the other three matchsticks and place them on the short edge of the 8, such that the matchsticks look like a 3x1 rectangle. The last three matchsticks take away the distinction of the matchstick body to the number 8. The number 8 is known to be just above 7. The challenge is this: move three matchsticks to make something that is ""just above 7"". All matchsticks must be within the object. Matchsticks must not be removed, stacked, or broken. The matchsticks must all stay together connected.","Hint: Try looking around for a 7, and see what's just above it!","Take the bottom horizontal matchstick and, without rotating it, place it directly left of the horizontal matchstick that is third from the top. Next, take the bottom right-hand vertical matchstick, and, again without rotating it, place it as an extension of the first matchstick you moved, such that the bottom tip of the matchstick meets up with the protruding tip of the first matchstick moved. (In other words, the two matchsticks you have moved form an L.) Lastly, take the lower matchstick of the right edge (which consists of two matchsticks), rotate it 90 degrees, and place it such that the left-hand tip of the matchstick touches the uppermost tip of the second moved matchstick, and the right-hand tip is directly left of the horizontal matchstick second from the top. View the matchsticks from a 45 degree angle (either move your perspective to the left or the matchsticks counter clockwise) to see an ampersand (&), which, on a keyboard, is directly above the 7.",Trick,09/30/07 #13288,Snaps' TRIPE Question 3,2.78,2.24,snaps,"The Snapsinski Test of Responsiveness, Intelligence, Perceptivity and Elucidation (more commonly known as Snaps' TRIPE) is used to examine a person's excogitations of insensate disquisitions, inter alia (ie. a person's thoughts about senseless babble, among other things). Question 3 of Snaps' TRIPE is shown below. ""Question 3: Snapsinski Double-Radices In Very Elliptical Lists (more commonly known as Snaps' DRIVEL) consist of pairs of letters arranged in such a way that each successive pair-of-pairs can be combined to form a four-letter word with the list looping back to the beginning. eg. The following letter-pairs form Snaps' DRIVEL: at, om, it, ch (atom, omit, itch, chat). Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to rearrange the following letter pairs into Snaps' DRIVEL: to, so, re, on, ne, ly, in, ch, ea, ar, al Note: proper nouns, abbreviations and acronyms can not be used.""",No hint available.,"ar, ea, ch, in, to, ne, on, ly, re, al, so (area, each, chin, into, tone, neon, only, lyre, real, also, soar)",Language,06/19/03 #39329,Song of Darkness,2.72,2.64,bookworm91,"I slipped through hallways and corridors under the cover of night For the most part unseen but sometimes giving people a fright I fled my painful life to this strange fairytale of song I only wished for happiness but often did what was wrong The love of my life loved back for a time, then turned to another But jealousy drove me to possess her, and that was my blunder For her lover loved her deeply and wished for her joy as well So he fought me at every turn, trying to break my powerful spell In the end I let her go, for her I loved with all my soul They left me here alone, and in my heart she left a hole.","Few people saw me in person I was known for leaving notes Dictating my instructions Trying to achieve my secret hopes.","I am the Phantom of the Opera, also known as Erik or the Opera Ghost. The title is a play on ""Music of the Night"".",Riddle,11/23/07 #38319,You've Piqued My Interest...,2.28,2.24,Hrsemn4,"Steve has a bank account that yields 10 percent monthly interest. The trick is that the interest only applies to an amount up to and including $25,000. One of his accounts already has $25,000 in it, Steve decides to deposit the amount of the monthly interest into a new account and let it continue to grow. Assume that the interest on his first account is tabulated before the second and that he has time to remove the excess money and deposit it before the interest is calculated on the subsequent account. Also, round all amounts up to the next penny. How many months will it take Steve to reach $25,000 (or more) in the second account?",No hint available.,"7 Months Each month Steve transfers the amount of accrued interest ($2,500) from his first account into his second. Interest is then calculated on the second account and that amount is added to the account balance. The monthly breakdown is as follows: Month 1: Starting balance: $0 + $2,500 x 10% = $250 Ending balance: $2,750 Month 2: Starting balance:$2750 + $2,500 = $5,250 x 10% = $525 Ending balance: $5,775 Month 3: Starting balance: $5,775 + $2,500 = $8,275 x 10% = $827.50 Ending balance: $9,102.50 Month 4: Starting balance: $9,102.50 + $2,500 = $11,602.50 x 10% = $1,160.25 Ending balance: $12,762.75 Month 5: Starting balance: $12,762.75 + $2,500 = $15,262.75 x 10% = $1,526.28 Ending balance: $16,789.03 Month 6: Starting balance: $16,789.03 + $2,500 = $19,289.03 x 10% = $1,928.91 Ending balance: $21,217.94 Month 7: Starting balance: $21,217.94 + $2,500 = $23,717.94 x 10% = $2,371.80 Ending balance: $26,089.74 It only took him 7 months to double his money! Don't you wish this were your bank account?",Math,09/16/07 #39448,Dim The Lights,2.79,1.19,grilledcheese,"The way it sets forth is simply amazing, It appears above, the mood appraising. Dim the lights, flames, and all, A flood of glow during nightfall. Look closely and you will see The face that is deep within me. What am I?",No hint available.,The moon.,Riddle,12/03/07 #13169,3 C S = 1 T in B,2.26,2.35,WhAcKo1,3 C S = 1 T in B,No hint available.,3 Consecutive Strikes = 1 Turkey in Bowling,Letter-Equations,06/14/03 #337,Weighing Bricks,2.7,1.9000000000000001,Phyllis,"A bricklayer has 9 bricks. 8 bricks weigh the same amount, but one brick is slightly heavier than the rest. The bricklayer wants to find the heavy brick. He has a balance scale. How can he find the heavy brick in only two weighings?",No hint available.,"He should divide the bricks into 3 groups of 3. He then weighs 2 sets of 3 bricks against each other. If they balance, the heavy brick is in the group that was set aside. If they do not balance, he then takes the group that was heaviest. He has 3 bricks left. He takes the 2 bricks from the 3 and weighs them against each other. If they balance, the heavy brick is the one which is set aside. If they do not balance, the scale will show which is the heavier brick.",Math,03/12/01 #34431,Catchin' More ZZZZs,2.73,1.68,fishmed,"The object here is to take the words below, add 'ZZ' and then rearrange the letters to form a new word in each case. 1. NAYS + ZZ 2. LIES + ZZ 3. APIA + ZZ 4. LIFE + ZZ 5. RUBE + ZZ",No hint available.,"1. SNAZZY 2. SIZZLE 3. PIAZZA 4. FIZZLE 5. BUZZER",Language,12/16/06 #29508,Question Mark's Function Machine MKII,2.42,2.68,Question_Mark,"Question Mark has re-written the formula of his function machine. If a number goes in, a different number comes out. If: 7 -> 315 8 -> 480 9 -> 693 10 -> 960 11 -> 1287 What will come out if 20 goes in?",No hint available.,"7920. The formula is n^3 - n*4. In other words: 7^3 (343) - 7*4 (28) = 315 8^3 (512) - 8*4 (32) = 480 9^3 (729) - 9*4 (36) = 693 10^3 (1000) - 10*4 (40) = 960 11^3 (1331) - 11*4 (44) = 1287 And therefore: 20^3 (8000) - 20*4 (80) = 7920.",Math,04/03/06 #35409,Mr. Ollie Lee,2.8,1.46,solarsistim321,Mr. Ollie Lee wanted the license plate number 337 31770 bad enough to pay a thousand dollars for it. Why?,No hint available.,Because if you turn the numbers upside down it spells Ollie Lee.,Other,02/23/07 #27870,Rivalry,2.91,1.17,bigSWAFF_69_,"What classic western phrase is represented by this? TtHhIeSbToOtWhNof us",No hint available.,"This town ain't big enough for the both of us. The words ""The both of us"" do not entirely fit into the words ""This town."" ""This Town"" isn't large enough for ""The both of us.""",Rebus,01/04/06 #34816,Vowel Disappearance (Proverbs 2),2.58,1.37,grungy49,"The following are all proverbs that have had all the vowels taken out of them. The number in brackets beside the proverb indicates how many words are in the proverb. Good luck on finding those vowels, and putting them back in there! 1. Bldsthckrthnwtr (5) 2. Thrlybrdctchsthwrm (6) 3. Btysnlyskndp (5)","Number 3, 'btysnlyskndp' may be only 4 words, depending on if you put a hyphen between the last two words.","1. Blood is thicker than water. 2. The early bird catches the worm. 3. Beauty is only skin deep.",Language,01/10/07 #5290,1234 US,2.25,1.17,Cascas,"1234 US What does this mean?",No hint available.,Count on us,Rebus,07/07/02 #27005,Anagram Triplets - II,2.96,1.26,brainster,"There are two groups of four-letter words used in the sentences below. The first missing words of each sentence are anagrams of each other, and the second missing words are also anagrams of each other. Can you find them? 1. The hunters set a ____ for the hare. How else were they to enjoy its succulent _____ ? 2. They all listened in ____ attention as their leader spoke and motivated them to work as a ____. 3. There will always be a small ____ of wildness in a cat, though it is considered to be a ____ animal today.",No hint available.,"1. The hunters set a TRAP for the hare. How else were they to enjoy its succulent MEAT ? 2. They all listened in RAPT attention as their leader spoke and motivated them to work as a TEAM. 3. There will always be a small PART of wildness in a cat, though it is considered to be a TAME animal today. Group I - TRAP, RAPT, PART Group II - MEAT, TEAM, TAME",Language,11/18/05 #42411,Double Murder,3.02,1.53,TRILLIONAIRE,"Colin Hammond was working in his study before dinner. As he sat at his desk filling out paperwork, the door behind him opened slowly and silently. Peter Wall was in the room with the door closed behind him before Hammond became aware of his presence. Hammond stood to confront the intruder. ""What are you doing here?"" He inquired, trying to conceal his annoyance at the intruder's presence in his private office. ""What do you think I'm doing here?"" Wall answered with another question. ""Any business we have will be handled at our appointment this evening. Please leave right now and come back later as I asked you to do. How did you get up here, anyway? The doors are all locked and nobody gets by my guard, Bruce. Get out of here!"" ""Not just yet. Do you know how much it hurt me to discover that my own brother-in-law planned to turn me in to the police?"" ""You embezzled the firm's money! I would never have let you join the firm if you hadn't been Diana's brother! I never trusted you, but I always thought that you were simply incompetent, not a thief."" ""Thief? I deserved that money by putting up with your arrogance all these years. I am not going to jail for simply taking something I earned!"" Wall punctuated his statement by producing a revolver from his pocket. ""Don't be a fool, Peter! Put that stupid gun away!"" As Peter Wall drew a threatening aim on his brother-in-law's heart, there came a pounding on the office door. ""Sir! Mr. Hammond, sir! It is I, Bruce. I heard voices. Is everything all right?"" Wall yanked the door open and jerked the astonished butler into the room. ""Too bad you had to interfere, Bruce; now you'll have to go too. Too bad; goodbye, Bruce."" The two shots that killed Bruce and Colin Hammond were fired. Wall muttered to himself, ""All right, take both wallets... that big jeweled ring... anything else? Bruce has nothing more. Empty the drawers. Ransack everything as a proper robber should, and then descend out the window."" *********** Three men descended the stairs toward the front foyer after investigating at the scene of violence on the second floor of the Hammond home. ""A clear case of robbery, I think, Mr. Johnson,"" Inspector Lewis said. ""It would seem that the unfortunate Mr. Hammond and the butler Bruce stumbled upon the intruder and it cost both of them their lives."" ""That is the obvious explanation, Inspector... you did say that it was Mrs. Hammond, Colin Hammond's wife, who found the bodies?"" Detective Gregory Johnson asked. ""Yes, sir, Mrs. Diana Hammond,"" replied Inspector Lewis. ""She found them very much where you saw them yourselves."" ""That must have been quite a shock for the lady,"" Mr. Wilson interjected. ""Where is she now?"" ""Upstairs in her room with a police physician,"" the Inspector answered. ""Excuse me, but I must go back upstairs and assist at the scene. I should not have bothered you with such an obvious case of murder associated with robbery. Have no doubt, sir, we will find the murderer."" ""I'm sure you will, Inspector,"" Johnson agreed. ""Let us be about our business, Mr. Wilson."" ""Thank you, gentlemen,"" Inspector Lewis said. ""Could you please show yourselves out?"" ""Very well,"" Mr. Wilson called to the Inspector, turning back towards the murder scene. As Mr. Johnson opened the front door, he found himself confronted by a dismayed stranger. ""Who are you?"" the stranger asked. ""Why, I'm Detective Gregory Johnson and this is my friend and colleague, Mr. Wilson. Who are you, if we might ask?"" ""I am Peter Wall and I have an appointment with my brother-in-law, Colin Hammond. What are you people doing here?"" ""I regret that I have to tell you that your brother-in-law is dead,"" explained Johnson. ""Oh my!? What happened?"" ""I'm afraid that he was murdered,"" Johnson explained. ""Oh my God! Murdered? Who could have done such a horrid thing?"" ""There seems to have been a robbery, Mr. Wall."" ""Oh no! Where is my sister? Is she all right?"" ""Yes, Mrs. Diana Hammond is upstairs in her room with a physician. She was not injured. The police are upstairs, but their investigation of the scene is nearly finished and there shouldn't be a problem with your going upstairs to speak with sister now, if you wish to do so."" ""The police are still here? I would like to talk to them and see what progress they are making in this horrible matter! Is my brother-in-law still here? Have they removed the bodies yet?"" ""The police are still in Mr. Hammond's office upstairs. You should ask for Inspector Lewis, who is in charge of the investigation. Actually, when you see him, would you please ask him to come see me? I would like to have a word with him."" Within three minutes after Peter Wall vanished up the stairs, Inspector Lewis appeared in the foyer. ""Lewis, this crime might not be a simple as we had thought,"" Johnson suggested. ""I believe that we are faced with a case of cold-blooded, premeditated murder. I strongly suggest that you interrogate the dead man's brother-in-law, Mr. Wall. I have reason to believe that he, and not some nameless burglar, had a hand in this gruesome matter."" *********** Why did Detective Johnson think Mr. Wall was part of the crime?",No hint available.,"""So, Johnson, I was surprised to hear you virtually accuse that Peter fellow. What on earth led you to believe that he had a hand in the murder of his own sister's husband?"" Mr. Wilson asked as the pair left the Hammond mansion. ""Really, Wilson, I can't believe that you would ask me such a thing. You see, and yet do not observe. It would seem that you also hear and yet do not observe."" ""What did you hear that I did not, Johnson?"" ""Nothing, old friend. I merely drew an inference which you did not from something we both heard. Did you not hear Mr. Wall ask if the bodies had been removed? Did you not wonder about his choice of the plural noun? We only advised him that his brother-in-law was dead. We never mentioned the demise of the butler, Bruce. How could Wall have known that there was more than one body to be removed unless he had greater knowledge of the events than he had learned from us? And how, old friend, would he have gained such information unless he had a hand in the matter? If I am not mistaken, Lewis's interrogations will reveal the truth.""",Mystery,07/03/08 #3765,Honks the Horn,2.62,2.5100000000000002,Angelicious,"A man leaves a motel room, goes into his car, honks the horn, and returns. Why?",No hint available.,"It is the middle of the night. The man goes outside to get something from his car, but forgets which room he is in. His wife is deaf so he honks his car horn, waking everyone up in the hotel. All the other residents, who aren't deaf, wake up and turn on their lights. The man returns to the room with the light remaining off.",Situation,04/26/02 #38318,Make Some New Words,2.83,2.24,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is form four (4) complete words from list A, B, & C. In each list, there are parts of words. Choose one word part from each list (A, B, C) to form the new word. Example: CORN + ERST + ONE = CORNERSTONE A: PEN FLAG DEB IN B: ON FAN EL TAG C: LATE ON TILE AIR",No hint available.,"1. PENTAGON 2. FLAGELLATE 3. DEBONAIR 4. INFANTILE",Language,09/16/07 #6619,Add Up,2.03,1.78,Bekki,"If John is 7 and Bob is 3 years older than John and Jack is half the age of Bob and Sally is Jack's age plus 8, then how old is Sally?",No hint available.,"John is 7, Bob is 3 years older. Bob is 10. Jack is half Bob's age. Jack is 5. Sally is Jack's age plus 8. Sally is 13.",Math,08/17/02 #45669,Easy As Pie ... or Chocolate,2.67,2.92,dalfamnest,"""Can I have a chewy chocolate to devour?"" asked Kat. Uncle answered, ""Certainly, dearest Katherine. Can we get anything else?"" ""Really?"" ""Of course, dear!"" ""Pie!"" What does the little conversation above have to do with the title of this teaser?",Perhaps the title could be 'Easy as Pi' or 'Chocolate Mnemonic!',"The first 25 digits of the number 'pi' are given by the number of letters in each word. Impress your math teacher! 3.1415 92653 58979 32384 62643",Other,11/08/09 #24898,Criminal In Training,2.91,2.2,tjsmom2005,"A man went to a drive through of a bank with his mind set on robbing it. When he pulled up to the window he put a note in the box and sent it to the teller. The note read, ""I have a gun and I am a very dangerous man, if you quietly cooperate I will not shoot. If you don't I will kill you and the teller next to you. Fill a money bag with as many one hundred dollar bills from the safe as you can fit and bring it back to me quickly."" The teller nodded, did as the man asked and the man drove quickly away. When the man drove several blocks out of harm's way, far away from the crime scene, he got out of his car, took the false license plate off and placed the legitimate one back on - so he could not be traced. He threw the false tag and fake gun in the dumpster and headed home. Feeling like he was invincible and could get away with anything, he took a quick peek at his goods - nothing was inside but a bunch of wadded up tissues to give the bag a nice bulge. The man was absolutely beside himself with shock. He considered going back to the bank, but decided it was best not to as the police were probably swarming. So after disposing of the money bag he decided to just head home. Upon arrival at his house he was greeted by 6 police cars and 3 Sheriff cars. He knew there was no way for them to have traced him, so he pulled up into his driveway and got out nonchalantly. ""Hello, officers. What's going on? This is usually a quiet neighborhood. Need my help with anything?"" An officer approached the man and said ""Yes sir, I was wondering if I could see your I.D.?"" The man saw no problem and politely handed it over. After glancing at the man's I.D. the officer read him his Miranda Rights and arrested him. Now, if the man threw away all evidence connecting him to the bank robbery, how was the officer so sure it was him, and how did they know where to find him?","The man got rid of all the evidence, but left something a bit valuable to his act at the scene.","When the man wrote the note to the teller giving her the instructions, he stupidly wrote it on the back of his own bank statement from another local bank. The officers thought it best to check it out (even though they could not imagine someone being so careless) and got his information from the other bank. They were able to get his name, his address, and his SS#. They drove to the address that was listed on the account and waited for the owner to arrive. When he finally showed up the officer asked to see his I.D. to see if the name and address added up. They did. That was enough evidence for the officer to arrest him. In case you were wondering: the teller at the bank knew the man would be in a hurry and would not have time to check the bag, as he would probably assume she hit the silent alarm - which she did. The man stupidly asked her to go to the safe specifically (even though they have the money in front of them in a register at the window, so they don't have to run back and forth to the safe). The teller got smart and instead of going to the safe, she had the perfect opportunity to go to the ladies' room to get some tissue to fill the bag, give it a bulge, and hit the silent alarm. Needless to say, she got an award from the police department for her quick wit, and the Employee Of The Month award at the bank.",Situation,07/27/05 #41815,"Oh, How Times Change",2.31,2.43,aresII,"The following quote is from an anonymous author. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. A=W ""AT ZPTL RX PSU 'AQSR'P VXXWOEK?' AQTE AT VSJT QXJT BNXJ AXNW. EXA OR'P 'AQSR'P RQSAOEK?'""","O=I S=A Z=U","""WE USED TO SAY 'WHAT'S COOKING?' WHEN WE CAME HOME FROM WORK. NOW IT'S 'WHAT'S THAWING?'"" KEY: A=W B=F E=N J=M K=G L=D N=R O=I P=S Q=H R=T S=A T=E U=Y V=C W=K X=O Z=U",Cryptography,05/04/08 #26246,What's That You Said? II,3.08,2.22,fishmed,"Here are some well-known expressions rewritten into ""Cliff-ese"". For those of you who don't know what that means, he was a very wordy person on the TV show ""Cheers"" and never used a small word where a larger one would work. Try to figure out the phrases in simpler terms. 1. Projecting short, loud, canine-like noises erroneously toward the top of an incorrect arboreal plant. 2. To subject a slender illumination device to rapid carbonization on its antipodal points. 3. To slay a brace of avian creatures with just a single petrous conglomeration. 4. Like sending dense shelly concretions through the air to fall in front of stout-bodied, artiodactyl creatures.",No hint available.,"1. Barking up the wrong tree. 2. Burn the candles at both ends. 3. Kill two birds with one stone. 4. Casting pearls before swine.",Language,10/07/05 #28072,Bunk Beds,2.84,2.03,lips,"Six girls, Beth, Haley, Kayla, Liza, Reeva, and Zoe, are in the junior cabin at camp. They sleep in bunk beds. Each girl has a different color blanket on her bed. The beds are lined up in a row with red, black, yellow, brown, blue, and green blankets. Clues: 1. Reeva and Haley's bed is closest to the door. 2. The color of the blankets on the bottom bunks all begin with the same letter. 3. The color of Beth's blanket does not begin with the same letter as the beginning of her name. 4. Reeva's blanket color does begin with the same letter as her name. 5. The blue blanket is under the red blanket. 6. Liza and Kayla like their lower bunks. 7. Kayla is in the middle bed. 8. Zoe does not share a bunk with Kayla. 9. The brown blanket is at the end of a row. 10. The yellow blanket is above the black blanket. Can you determine the color of each girl's blanket, the order of their beds, and who their bunkmate is?",Draw a diagram and make a chart to eliminate the impossibilities.,"Reeva's blanket is red, Beth's is yellow, Zoe's is green, Haley's is blue, Kayla's is black, and Liza's is brown. Beds from nearest to the door to the farthest: Reeva on the top bunk, Haley on the bottom; Beth on the top bunk, Kayla on the bottom; Zoe on the top bunk, Liza on the bottom.",Logic,01/14/06 #12645,"Trees, Cars, Cities!",2.4,1.93,alex1234,"Where will you find roads without cars on them, forests without trees in them and cities without houses in them?",No hint available.,In a Dictionary.,Riddle,05/24/03 #10756,Magnificent Seven,2.56,3.12,griphook,"Eight and five, last name and given, We are one six six six even; The first in cow, the last in oxen Three in damsel, three in vixen. Question: What are we called?","One of five, I the only one, One in cat, two in mitten, Two are odd, five are even Seven in all, one in seven.","ROMAN NUMERALS. Explanation of the riddle: The last name has eight letters (NUMERALS) while the first or given name has five (ROMAN). Using each of the numerals once gives MDCLXVI, which is 1,666. C ( which is found in Cow) is first of the seven in the alphabet while X ( which is found in oXen) is last. Three of seven are found in DaMseL. Three are also found in VIXen. Explanation of the hint: I is the only one of five vowels among the seven Roman numerals. C is found in Cat, M and I in MItten. I and V are odd numbers. The rest are even numbers. There are seven Roman numerals. One of them is found in seVen (the V).",Riddle,02/27/03 #27433,Fourteen Syllables,2.7,1.71,peppamintp,"Fill in the answers to the clues by using all the syllables provided. Each syllable will only be used once. The number of syllables that will be used in each clue will be in parentheses. CIOUS VA COMB SIS NI EY O A HON DE JA GEM LI I Zodiac Twins (3) Tasty (3) Coffee (2) Desert Waterhole (3) Hive Structure (3)",No hint available.,"Gemini (Gem i ni) Delicious (De li cious) Java (Ja va) Oasis (O a sis) Honeycomb (Hon ey comb)",Language,12/12/05 #37842,Shiershengxiao,2.36,1.8900000000000001,4demo,12 A in the C Z,No hint available.,"12 Animals in the Chinese Zodiac The twelve animals are: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. The title is the Chinese name for the twelve zodiac signs.",Letter-Equations,08/18/07 #9718,A Colour Where?,2.32,1.3,warrior,"Can you find a colour in the following sentence? You'll find I got it elsewhere.",No hint available.,"Indigo. (fIND I GOt)",Language,01/10/03 #31326,Fred's Flag Day,2.94,2.71,FreddyPharkas,"Fred ran a flag making business. Things were looking bleak when, out of the blue, someone called from the Paraguayan Embassy. They needed an urgent consignment of 1000 Paraguayan flags by the following week. Fred got to work straight away. He got a picture of the current Paraguayan flag, got hold of the required cloth and he and his staff worked without stopping until the flags were dispatched. The business was saved, or so he thought. Unfortunately, the Embassy refused to pay and returned them all. Fred has now lost his business, but why?",He should have worked from a flag instead of a picture.,Paraguay's flag has two different sides. Fred's picture only gave one side and that design was used front and back. Had he used a real flag for reference he could have turned it over and seen the difference.,Trivia,06/25/06 #27311,Word Links II,2.88,2.02,peppamintp,"Insert one word in each pair to link the two words together. The end of the first word is the beginning of the second. 1. Rain___Tie 2. Tooth__Tale 3. Sea____Hole 4. Circuit__Yard 5. Third___Board 6. Stone__Flower 7. High___Star",No hint available.,"1. Bow 2. Fairy 3. Port 4. Court 5. Base 6. Wall 7. Five",Language,12/10/05 #3752,"2, 5, 12, 31, 86....",2.2,2.38,cathalmccabe,"What's the next number in this sequence? 2, 5, 12, 31, 86.... 246 249 252 255 258",Three is a magic number!,"The answer is 249. 3^0 + 1 = 2 3^1 + 2 = 5 3^2 + 3 = 12 3^3 + 4 = 31 3^4 + 5 = 86 3^5 + 6 = 249",Series,04/26/02 #1518,Forcefully Yet Gently,2.74,2.09,gokaran,"What force and strength cannot get through, I with a gentle touch can do. And many in the street would stand, were I not a friend at hand. What am I?",No hint available.,A Key.,Riddle,11/25/01 #23795,Avg Salary ??,2.48,2.31,vetriselvan,"Three coworkers would like to know their average salary. However, they are self-conscious and don't want to tell each other their own salaries, for fear of either being ridiculed or getting their houses robbed. How can they find their average salary, without disclosing their own salaries?",No hint available.,Guy 1 adds a constant to his salary and tells guy 2. Guy 2 adds his salary and tells Guy 3. Guy 3 adds his salary and tells Guy 1. Guy 1 subtracts the original constant and then divides by 3 to get the average.,Math,06/19/05 #14799,volume,2.56,1.16,bluetwo,"What phrase is represented below? volume volumE voluME volUME voLUME vOLUME VOLUME",No hint available.,Pump up the volume.,Rebus,09/16/03 #6854,Rolling Stones,2.62,2.11,dumbell,"What's this title? Rolling Stones London marathon",Paul McCartney and Wings,Band on the run,Rebus,08/25/02 #26278,Word Pyramid: Modern Wonders I,2.71,2.07,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: E Clues: 1. A scale drawing of the side, front, or rear of a structure for short 2. Fermented alcoholic beverage 3. A narrow country road 4. Free from foreign matter 5. A bituminous coal that burns brightly with much smoke 6. ------- Tunnel",Folkstone -- Coquelles link,"E EL ALE LANE CLEAN CANNEL CHANNEL The Channel Tunnel goes underground and underwater. It links England with the rest of Europe.",Language,10/09/05 #21154,What Words #6,2.72,1.94,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that would fit in the middle of pair that would create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER ______ HORN Answer: EVER _ GREEN - HORN MAST ______ STRONG SEVEN ______ AGE GRAND ______ STILL",No hint available.,"MAST - HEAD - STRONG SEVEN - TEEN - AGE GRAND - STAND - STILL",Language,02/22/05 #37020,I Am Hidden in Here #10,2.54,2.68,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this famous 19th century reformer and writer. 1. I am revered as a hero of Islam, uniting Arab forces and recapturing the holy city of Jerusalem from Christian Crusaders in the 12th century A.D. 2. I am considered one of the great Hollywood stars of the 20th century, starring in the 1944 film ""National Velvet"". 3. I am considered the greatest ruler of ancient Rome. I was a ruthless politician and soldier who used my power to restore order and prosperity to Rome with such success that my reign (27 B.C. to 14 A.D.) became known as the ""Augustan Age"". 4. I am the loyal companion of detective Sherlock Holmes, and the narrator of nearly all the Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 5. I was the great genius inventor of the electrical age. My hundreds of inventions made me a public figure around the world at the turn of the 20th century.","""Uncle Tom's Cabin"".","1. Saladin 2. Taylor (Elizabeth) 3. Octavius (Gaius Octavius) 4. Watson (John H.) 5. Edison (Thomas) The name: STOWE (Harriet Beecher) Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American reformer and writer whose novel ""Uncle Tom's Cabin"" (1852) is a classic of 19th century anti-slavery literature. While living in Cincinnati, she became active in the anti-slavery movement.",Trivia,06/21/07 #3772,13579 AZ,2.67,2.11,bluebon01,"Can you decipher this phrase: 13579 AZ",No hint available.,"Odds and Ends 13579 are ""Odd"" numbers and AZ are the ""Ends"" of the alphabet",Rebus,04/27/02 #30302,** and ++,2.29,2.74,mercenary007,"If 3**5 = 27 but 5**3 = 35 4++8 = 20 but 8++4 = 16 Then what is the result of (8**7)++9?",No hint available.,"The result is 106. For the operator **, you add 4 to the second number and then multiply, so a**b = a * (b + 4) and a++b = a + (b * 2) So therefore (8**7) ++9 = (8*(7 + 4)) ++ 9 = 88++9 = 88 + (9 *2) = 88 + 18 = 106",Math,05/06/06 #27866,Anime-shun,2.86,2.54,norcekri,"Forrie Agincourt waved to his Aunt, Jen Rahlwitz, across the floor of the old train depot. She wended her way through the crowd to join him near the main counter. ""I bought our tickets already,"" she said, ""so are you prepared for a day of anti-shopping?"" This was their family tradition, returning surplus Holiday presents on Epiphany and donating the proceeds to charities. ""You bet. Who did you and Dad pick this year? The Church of the Helping Hand?"" ""No, but they'd be a good one. We thought that 'a hand up, not a hand-out' fit the local Rescue Mission a bit better this year."" Forrie wrinkled his nose; he didn't like all the proselytizing, a word he'd learned from Auntie Jen at Thanksgiving. ""You don't like them, Forrie?"" she inquired politely. He explained. ""You'd rather shun people like that?"" ""What does 'shun' mean? Like a politi-shun?"" ""Not at all. It means to avoid someone. Some groups have a formal shunning process they use to discipline wayward members. If someone violates a group law, they can sentence him to be shunned. Nobody else in the group will speak to him, notice him, or give him any help."" Forrie thought for a moment. ""Yeah, sometimes that happens in school. We used to call it 'cooties'. Now, it's just being avoided."" ""Yes, I understand. But you've given me an idea for today's game."" Forrie looked interested, but Sarah made him wait until they were seated on the train. She could see the excitement in his eyes, which had nothing to do with the bundles they'd brought along to return. ""Okay, Forrie. If I avoided low-income families, I'd call it 'portion'."" He looked puzzled. ""Poor-shun."" His eyes lit up. ""Oh, I get it. P-O-R-T-I-O-N."" ""Right. And if I refused to see 'Gigli' or 'Good Will Hunting', I'd have ...?"" He thought for half a minute before the light bulb went on. ""You'd have a serious Affleck-shun! Oh, my sister would *die*!"" How many of the following avoidances can you get before the train pulls into Union Station? 1. Avoidance of valleys and canyons 2. Avoidance of the new pope elected in 2005 3. Avoidance of Bush's second-term Secretary of State 4. Avoidance of calling crows 5. Avoidance of baseball hats 6. Avoidance of trivial issues 7. Avoidance of prison garbage",No hint available.,"1. lotion (low-shun) 2. benediction (Benedict-shun) 3. condition (Condi-shun) 4. caution (caw-shun) 5. caption (cap-tion) 6. petition (petty-shun) 7. conjunction (con-junk-shun)",Language,01/04/06 #10974,Less than a Gram,2.45,1.57,rckergrl87,"I weigh less than a gram but can destroy a house. I come with many brothers and sisters when I am bought and I can light up a whole room. What am I?","I can be bought at a grocery store, home improvement store, and even the dollar store.",A match.,Riddle,03/07/03 #11758,From the 8th,2.44,2.89,Codammanus,"What is the commonly used expression below? TEFOPERAELLS PUFORPRAOSLLES",No hint available.,"""FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES"" 1. The words FOR ALL are lodged in the words ""TEPEES"", which is another word for TENTS. Thus, FOR ALL is ""IN-TENTS"" (INTENTS) making up the part of the expression: ""For all intents"" 2. The words FOR ALL are then also lodged in the word ""PURPOSES"", thus adding the second part of the expression: ""and purposes,"" (because now the FOR ALL is in TENTS AND in PURPOSES) 'FOR ALL IN TENTS [INTENTS] and PURPOSES'",Rebus,04/14/03 #7255,Compassionate,2.44,2.0,majd,"What is this rebus? HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART OUTDOOROUTDOOROUTDOOROUTDOOR",No hint available.,Heart as big as all outdoors,Rebus,09/07/02 #41274,Distorted Music - T,2.61,1.76,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter T. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Levitated On 2. Uttering Unionism 3. Badge Integrate","1. 2 words 2. 4 words 3. 2 words","1. ""Tainted Love"" by Soft Cell 2. ""Time is Running Out"" by Muse 3. ""Teenage Dirtbag"" by Wheatus",Language,03/30/08 #47405,So Let Us Meet Again,2.73,1.6,nakajima01,"What phrase do the following sets represent? Set A. 3:45 PM and quarter to 4:00 PM. Beijing and Capital of China. Set B. 14:00 o'clock and 2:00 PM Big Apple and New York. Set C. The next day and tomorrow. In this place and here.","Hmm, I think something up there is similar. And of course, the title is a clue.","Same time, same place! The value of the times given are similar and so are the places. Making it Same time; same place.",Rebus,07/05/10 #50493,Dogged,1.55,2.43,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus shown in the following possible Xmas gift check list? down (maybe) left (OK) right (possible) up (not a chance) back (diamond; only) front (if red or green) side (left or right OK)","Consider all these initial words as indicators of ""direction"". All are suitable as ""gifts"" - even with conditions - except one. Which one is that? Put two more words with it and you've got the Rebus connection.","""don't give up"" Check any lexicography work for colloquial (common usage) definition.",Rebus,02/07/15 #35886,Hold it Together!,2.52,2.09,Subtox,"Which word does not belong in this group? FEED, MOON, RUST, FACE, HIGH, CEDE",The hint is in the title.,FACE does not belong. All of the other words are made up of consecutive letters of the alphabet.,Group,03/26/07 #36486,Less Than Elite,2.05,2.91,cnmne,10 = P C per I on a T,No hint available.,"10 = Pica Characters per Inch on a Typewriter There are 12 elite characters per inch on a typewriter.",Letter-Equations,05/02/07 #29686,Jeopardy,2.32,0.6000000000000001,FrauSchmit,"Can you decipher this? Jeopardy Jeopardy",Unable to be tried twice.,Double Jeopardy,Rebus,04/11/06 #26307,Carroll's Legal System,2.34,2.36,sweetime,"Can you work out what phrase is being said? Ten years imprisonment. wards You're guilty.",Alice in Wonderland,"""Sentence first, verdict afterwards."" This is a famous line in ""Alice in Wonderland"", in which Carroll mocks the then current English legal system.",Rebus,10/10/05 #19291,Barley,2.5100000000000002,1.66,MrIxolite,"What saying is this? Go v Barley",No hint available.,Go against the grain,Rebus,10/31/04 #8111,"5 ""Ands""",2.54,2.28,magisastar,"Mr. Johnson and Mr. Smith decided to start a business together. It was to be called ""Johnson and Smith."" Unfortunately, when painting the shop window, the signwriter made a mistake and the sign read as follows: JohnsonandSmith Johnson was very cross and proceeded to tell off the signwriter. In telling him off, how can he use the word 'and' five times in a row, and still make a proper sentence?",No hint available.,"Johnson told the signwriter, ""Mr. Signwriter, you forgot to put the space between Johnson and 'and', and 'and' and Smith.""",Language,10/18/02 #46729,Slice & Splice 36,2.06,2.71,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: AIL, AIR, BUS, FUR, MUD, SAC Group B: *A****, ***I**, ****L*",No hint available.,"The Group B words are bones. SACRUM, RADIUS, FIBULA",Language,04/13/10 #29002,Boat Trip,2.8,1.34,smarty008,"One night, a king and a queen went on a boat trip. Their boat sank and they all drowned. What three people died?",The first sentence has spelling and grammar errors.,"The Knight, the King, and the Queen died.",Trick,03/09/06 #25153,Not Cold Shouldered,2.29,2.27,kodhrawara,"Citizenship of our country has multiple definitions. In one definition, the implication is that we originate from the colder extremes of the planet. At the same time it defines our charm as ""magnetic"". In the other definition, our citizenship implies refinement or elegance, but we have to work hard at it (especially with our elbows). Who are we?",No hint available.,Poles or Polish,Riddle,08/09/05 #30035,Time is the Capital,2.74,1.69,dodger,"In deepest dark Warwickshire I laid my head, Trinity Church became my deathbed. I always wrote Time with a capital T. The death of my son was just TO BE. I spend most nights treading the boards of the Globe, My writing was the subject of a literary probe. My reputation was scratched and my sonnets were marred, Yet was Bacon or Marlowe the true English Bard? Whom be I?",The Bard.,William Shakespeare.,Riddle,04/25/06 #50050,Dropboxes VI,2.47,2.31,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Pester [_] 2. Facial hair [_] 3. Exposed 4. Showed up [_] 5. Eclectic [_] 6. Spoke wildly 7. Tastes [_] 8. Paper piercer [_] 9. Type of wheat 10. Run playfully [_] 11. Shriek [_] 12. Concerns 13. Superficial [_] 14. Permits [_] 15. Perimeter 16. Express a belief [_] 17. Lidless [_] 18. ""The Raven"" author 19. Leave behind [_] 20. Wind instrument parts [_] 21. Fortune-teller 22. Mortar's counterpart [_] 23. Slumbered [_] 24. Strike repeatedly",No hint available.,"1. badger [G] 2. beard [D] 3. bare 4. arrived [R] 5. varied [I] 6. raved 7. palates [A] 8. staple [A] 9. spelt 10. scamper [P] 11. scream [M] 12. cares 13. shallow [H] 14. allows [O] 15. walls 16. opine [I] 17. open [N] 18. Poe 19. desert [T] 20. reeds [D] 21. seer 22. pestle [E] 23. slept [S] 24. pelt ""Graphite"" and ""diamonds"" -- two contrasting forms of carbon.",Language,12/28/13 #33562,Stupid Quotes II,2.47,2.5100000000000002,grungy49,"Okay, so we've all said some stupid or embarrassing things. Can you decipher these *stupid* quotes? GY LGX GY CK QTUC, UAX IUSVAZKX NGY TKBKX NGJ GT ATJKZKIZKJ KXXUX. -CKOYKXZ YAXK ZNKXK NGBK HKKT OTPAXOKY GTJ JKGZNY OT HUDOTM - HAZ TUTK UL ZNKS YKXOUAY. -GRGT SOTZKX JAXOTM ZNK YIXOSSGMK, ZGXQGTOGT VGIKJ ZNK YOJKROTK COZN NOY NGTJY OT NOY VUIQKZY CNORK HOZOTM NOY TGORY. -IUSSKTZGXE",No hint available.,"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error. -Weisert Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious. -Alan Minter During the scrimmage, Tarkanian paced the sideline with his hands in his pockets while biting his nails. -Commentary Encrypted/Plain A/G B/H C/I D/J E/K F/L G/M H/N I/O J/P K/Q L/R M/S N/T O/U P/V Q/W R/X S/Y T/Z U/A V/B W/C X/D Y/E Z/F",Cryptography,10/20/06 #27251,Word Pyramids: World Countries XX,2.67,2.6,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: I Clues: 1. The seventh tone in the diatonic scale in solfeggio. 2. A British-English word for a small island. 3. A short account of a person's life. 4. Of or characteristic of a prophet; oracular. 5. Pertaining to a remote ancestor. 6. The papal government; the papacy. (------- CITY)",The Holy See.,"I TI AIT VITA VATIC ATAVIC VATICAN Popes in their secular role ruled portions of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further circumscribed when Rome itself was annexed. Disputes between a series of ""prisoner"" popes and Italy were resolved in 1929 by three Lateran Treaties, which established the independent state of Vatican City and granted Roman Catholicism special status in Italy. In 1984, a concordat between the Holy See and Italy modified certain of the earlier treaty provisions, including the primacy of Roman Catholicism as the Italian state religion. Present concerns of the Holy See include religious freedom, international development, the Middle East, terrorism, interreligious dialogue and reconciliation, and the application of church doctrine in an era of rapid change and globalization.",Language,12/01/05 #1992,Prizes,2.19,1.01,Majeen,"Caris, Tina and Stephen each won a prize at the Christmas party. Caris gave her chocolate to Tina in exchange for her water pistol. Caris then changed with Stephen for the book. Then Tina and Stephen swapped prizes. Who has which present?",No hint available.,Stephen now has the chocolate. Tina now has the water pistol. Caris now has the book.,Logic,01/08/02 #26223,Bed Time,3.0,1.44,upper90xox,What does this symbol represent?,the title has importance,pillow = pill + O,Rebus,10/05/05 #782,11 P on a C T,2.25,2.35,gven,11 P on a C T,No hint available.,11 Players on a Cricket Team,Letter-Equations,08/22/01 #5673,Nature,2.35,1.42,jajanova,"It Jingles first, It Uncovers second, Its Nightly third, Its Garden fourth allover, Its Lovely fifth to view and its Exciting at its sixth point ! What are we talking of ?",No hint available.,JUNGLE,Riddle,07/19/02 #26319,More Twin Trouble,2.41,1.42,deepsea,"James, a lovable 5 year-old, was happily sitting at home with his babysitter, playing with his blocks. The phone rang, and when she came back, she looked excited and told him that his parents were coming home. She also said that they adopted Siamese twins. She explained that they were born in America even though they were ""Siamese"". When James' parents came home, they introduced the twins to their son. One of the twins, Mandy, was very tired, so she immediately went to sleep on the parents' bed. However, the other twin, Susie, was very anxious to meet James and they played together. The babysitter was very embarrassed after seeing them, but she had never said anything untruthful to James. What happened?",*sings* That's why the LADY is a TRAMP.,They were Siamese cats from the same litter.,Logic,10/11/05 #10402,Cleveland Potatoes?,2.48,2.09,MrIxolite,"What Food Product is represented here? #Ochre #Umber #Chocolate",Think Colours,Hash Browns,Rebus,02/12/03 #8901,The Things I Do,2.3,2.11,zzwill,"What does this represent? . ( SDRAW UUUU",Marriage !!!!,I bent over backwards for you.,Rebus,12/04/02 #36429,What's in a Number?,2.29,2.61,Twen,"Complete the sequence: 21, 13, 24, 26, ??",Who needs the decimal system? Sometimes numbers are just slapped together!,"48 The first digit of each number is the absolute value of the result of subtracting the preceding number's digits from each other (|2-6|=4), and the second number is the sum of the preceding number's digits (2+6=8).",Series,04/27/07 #8772,Twitter Tally,2.62,1.76,stonemug,"What is the next word in the following sequence? Once Twitter Tally fought forty sea soldiers easily never ??? Choose from: stopping tumbling stalking hopping roamed",No hint available.,"tumbling The story has nothing to do with the answer. The first letter of each word corresponds to the first letter of the numbers 1-10.",Series,11/27/02 #44313,Alpha-Grid,2.54,2.61,cnmne,"20 cells are arranged in a 5x4 grid. The cells are occupied by 20 birds (10 different birds, a pair (2) of each). The cells are labeled as follows: ABCDE FGHIK LMNOP RSTUW The birds are: albatross, bunting, cardinal, chickadee, finch, flamingo, hawk, magpie, penguin, and swan. A bird can only occupy a cell if the cell is labeled with a letter that is in the bird's name. For example, a hawk can only be in cell: H, A, W, or K. Each pair of birds must be in the same row or the same column. Where are the birds located?",No hint available.,"1) Determine the locations of the swans. The only cells that are in the same row/column are in row 4. 2) Determine the locations of the hawks. One of the cells is eliminated because it is occupied by a swan. The only remaining cells that are in the same row/column are in row 2. 3) Determine the bird that is in row 1 column 2. Placing the bunting in that cell will lead to a dead end. Therefore, an albatross must be in that cell. 4) The remaining cells can be easily filled with the remaining birds. Row 1: albatross, albatross, chickadee, chickadee, penguin Row 2: finch, magpie, hawk, finch, hawk Row 3: cardinal, magpie, flamingo, flamingo, penguin Row 4: cardinal, swan, bunting, bunting, swan",Logic,04/01/09 #19707,Beer FRENCH COIN Mug,2.78,1.97,snaps,"What is shown below? beer FRENCH COIN mug",No hint available.,"Frankenstein A French coin is a franc, and a beer mug is sometimes called a stein, so it is a franc in stein.",Rebus,12/05/04 #40518,Summer Paintings,2.17,1.55,lab123,"At a recent painting competition, Eileen's rendition of a Constable was not last. Jenny only just managed to avoid last place and came third. The lady who painted a Monet was very successful and took first place. Ada beat the lady who painted the Taylor and the lady who painted the Van Gogh beat Vera. Can you determine who painted what and who won?",No hint available.,"# Name Artist 1 Ada Monet 2 Eileen Constable 3 Jenny Van Gogh 4 Vera Taylor",Logic,02/15/08 #48455,Chain Reaction I,2.0,2.23,Mathgeek007,"Each two words create a common phrase or compound word. Complete this chain. Business _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Reef Hint has the first letter of each word.","Business H _ _ _ O _ _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ _ L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ B _ _ _ _ _ _ Reef","Business Head Office Romance Language Barrier Reef Did you get it?",Language,02/07/11 #19688,"Without Clues, No Teaser!",2.5100000000000002,2.84,snaps,"""Without"" clues, there would be ""no"" teaser! This teaser gives clues that describe words containing ""no"" in them. The clues below do not refer to the words themselves; rather they refer to the word that must be added to ""no"". For example, ""Without any possible object"" would be ""nothing"". 1. Without the group of people I'm in. 2. Without a material frame for support. 3. Without a supporting piece of furniture. 4. Without vocally accompanying. 5. Without an immoral habit. 6. Without the state of a disordered mind.",No hint available.,"1. nous 2. nobody 3. notable 4. nosing 5. novice 6. nomad",Language,12/03/04 #36933,"Snore, Wheeze, Grunt!",2.67,2.38,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of furniture found in some bedrooms at home or in motels. Your task is to unravel these anagrams. I have included the number of letters in brackets for each item. Shade palm (9) Will aunt (4, 4) Zest smirking seat (4-4, 8) Nice tab (7) Shrewd of traces (5, 2, 7)",No hint available.,"Lampshade Wall unit King-size mattress Cabinet Chest of drawers",Language,06/14/07 #46901,Animal Identity,2.63,2.25,griphook,"Using each of the eight letters under ""HEADS"" only once as the first letter and each of the eight letters under ""TAILS"" as the last letter, fill in the blanks to identify the animals. HEADS: C D K L M S T Y TAILS: D E G I K R W Y _ONKE_ _IGE_ _RO_ _AR_ _OA_ _LU_ _A_ _O_ If you need less than five minutes to solve this teaser, I salute you. There is only one solution.",Familiarity breeds contempt.,"DONKEY LIGER CROW MARE TOAD SLUG YAK KOI A LIGER is an offspring of a male lion and a female tiger. A special breed indeed.",Language,05/03/10 #5875,Doesn't Add Up?,2.46,1.95,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? 11x12=144",No hint available.,Gross miscalculation,Rebus,07/25/02 #298,90 D in a R A,2.54,1.28,Phyllis,90 D in a R A,Turn a corner and maybe you`ll find the answer!,90 Degrees in a Right Angle,Letter-Equations,02/23/01 #24992,43rd President Riddle,2.24,1.22,dlq4everfan,"President Bush is listed as the 43rd US president, but only 42 men have held the office. Why?",No hint available.,Grover Cleveland held office during 2 nonconsecutive terms. He was our 22nd and 24th president.,Trivia,08/05/05 #51893,Shortest Distance Between Point A & Point C,2.43,1.27,LittleGreenMan,"What phrase does the following represent? bbbbbbbbbbbb",Title is a hint,'a bee line',Rebus,06/10/18 #11840,Not a Math Teaser,2.17,0.79,horse_luver,"What is represented below? DDDDIIIIVVVIIISSSSIIIOOONNNN",No hint available.,Long division.,Rebus,04/18/03 #12316,No Match?,2.61,2.47,Codammanus,"Group A consists of acronyms of things that contain four members. Example: NSEW (North South East West=FOUR directions). Each word in Group B relates to an acronym in Group A. However, there is one in Group B that does not relate to any member in Group A. Which Group B member is matchless? Group A WSSA DSHC SLGP Group B Matter Cold Poker Finger",No hint available.,"FINGER does not have a match. -(COLD in group B) relates to the FOUR SEASONS (W)inter (S)pring (S)ummer (A)utumn -(POKER in group B) relates to FOUR SUITS (cards) (D)iamonds (S)pades (H)earts (C)lubs -(MATTER in group B) relates to FOUR STATES OF MATTER (S)olid (L)iquid (G)as (P)lasma",Group,05/12/03 #48101,Behead 12,2.52,2.32,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Accept without proof -> Continue 2. Fixed -> Stopped 3. Help a criminal -> Wager 4. Harsh criticism -> Guarantee 5. Little; disrespect -> Illumination 6. Not mainland dweller -> Speak ill of 7. Annoy -> Not the one already mentioned 8. Sharp protuberance -> Annoy persistently","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. R 2. E 3. B 4. E 5. L 6. S 7. O 8. N","1. Presume -> Resume 2. Mended -> Ended 3. Abet -> Bet 4. Censure -> Ensure 5. Slight -> Light 6. Islander -> Slander 7. Bother -> Other 8. Snag -> Nag",Language,10/15/10 #985," 2,000=P in a T",2.26,1.39,Michelle,"2,000=P in a T",No hint available.,"2,000= Pounds in a Ton",Letter-Equations,Unknown #16522,Bowling League,2.57,2.12,absy,"Joyce and her four best friends bowl together on a team named the Alley Cats. The team played a great game last Friday as each woman's score was higher than her average. Can you find each bowler's full name and her Friday night score? Given: Scores -- 170, 175, 195, 210, 230 First Names -- Amy, Evelyn, Hillary, Joyce, Opal Last Names -- Marin, Peterson, Rielly, Shapiro, Webster Clues: #1) Hillary, whose average is 197, isn't Ms. Webster #2) Opal scored exactly 20 more points than Ms. Shapiro #3) Ms. Rielly (who isn't Evelyn), scored lower than Opal's average #4) Amy's score was higher than Ms. Peterson's #5) Opal is NOT Ms. Marin and neither woman scored 230 points.","Make a list of one set of givens and list another set of givens that would correspond to them... i.e. (first names) -- (last names) Amy -- Marin, Peterson, Rielly, Shapiro, Webster Evelyn -- Marin, Peterson, Rielly, Shapiro, Webster, etc. Cross off what you know is NOT the correct answer from the clues, and when you find out a last name that fits a first name circle it, or write the full name on the piece of paper in a different section to keep track. Do the same with the other correlations that can be surmised by looking at the clues: (last names) -- (bowling scores) (first names) -- (bowling scores) Keep in mind that for example, if you find a last name for a first name, the other first names can NOT have that last name, so that gives you another answer to mark off to narrow the correct answer down.","Joyce Rielly -- 170 Evelyn Shapiro -- 175 Amy Webster -- 230 Hillary Marin -- 210 Opal Peterson -- 195 **Clue #1: We know Hillary isn't Ms. Webster, so you can cross that off immediately. We also know that Hillary's bowling average is 197. The problem states that it was a good night because each lady scored higher than her average. We know then, that Hillary's average must be either 210 or 230. Cross off the others for Hillary. **Clue #2: Opal scored 20 more points than Ms. Shapiro. Looking at the scores, there are 2 sets of the numbers that have differences of 20. 175 ; 195 and 210 ; 230. So for Opal and Ms. Shapiro, you can immediately mark off the 170 score. Also, Opal can NOT be Ms. Shapiro. **Clue #3: Ms. Rielly is NOT Evelyn, so cross off Rielly on Evelyn's list. Rielly scored lower than Opal. This means that Opal cannot have the lowest score, which was crossed off in the last clue, and Rielly can NOT have the highest score. So cross off the 230 on Rielly's list. Also, if it says Rielly scored lower than Opal, we can assume Opal is NOT Ms. Rielly...mark it off. **Clue #4: If Amy's score was higher than Ms. Peterson's, then Amy cannot have the lowest score (170) and Ms. Peterson cannot have the highest score (230). Cross them off. Here as well, we can assume that if they have different scores, Amy can NOT be Ms. Peterson. **Clue #5: Opal is NOT Ms. Marin, neither scored 230 points. Cross them off. If Opal did not score 230 points, then the 20 point difference is not the 210 ; 230. So we know that Opal and Ms. Shapiro's scores are 195 and 175, respectively. Since we know Shapiro has a 175, any of the first names that have 175 crossed off can NOT be Shapiro, therefore Hillary can NOT be Ms. Shapiro...mark it off. Also note that Ms. Webster scored 230. *********Once we know that Opal's score is 195, we know that Rielly scored lower than that. So Rielly's score is either 170 or 175. Shapiro's score is 175, so we know that Rielly's score is 170. First names with 170 marked off already can NOT have a last name of Rielly. SO mark off Rielly on Amy's, Hillary's, and Opal's list. We now see that the full name is Joyce Rielly with a score of 170. Now you have the first complete section of the answer. Also, we know Opal is NOT Ms. Marin, so you can cross off 195 from Ms. Marin's score list. Now we know Marin scored 210. That leaves Peterson with 195. Opal is Ms. Peterson. We know that Amy scored higher than Ms. Peterson, who scored 195. So Amy could only have scored a 210 or 230. Marking 175 off Amy's list shows you Evelyn has 175. which makes her Ms. Shapiro. Marking Webster off of Opal's list, leaves Amy as Webster which in turn leaves Hillary as Marin.",Logic,02/10/04 #26245,What's that You Said?,3.18,1.96,fishmed,"Here are some well-known expressions rewritten into ""Cliff-ese"". For those of you who don't know what that means, he was a very wordy person on the TV show ""Cheers"" and never used a small word where a larger one would work. Try to figure out the phrases in simpler terms. 1. To place a primitive agricultural conveyance in a position anterior to the animal Equus caballus. 2. It requires a number of people greater than one to perform a terpsichorean series of low dips and twisting steps on the toes. 3. To accumulate an excess of temperature beneath a circular, tight-fitting clothing component. 4. Emanating from a culinary vessel into a site of pyrogenic activity.",No hint available.,"1. Putting the cart before the horse. 2. It takes two to tango. 3. Get hot under the collar. 4. Out of the frying pan and into the fire.",Language,10/07/05 #29161,Movie Night,3.08,2.12,aprilsprings29,"Finally! A night out without the kids! Five couples went to the movie theater, and each couple watched a movie of a different genre, shared a snack, and then returned home at a different time. Can you figure out who is husband and wife, the snack they shared, the genre they saw, and what time they came home? Wives: Theresa, Rochelle, Nikki, Anne, and Chanice Husbands: Danny, Sam, Max, Kevin and Rick Snack: Popcorn, Hotdog, Pizza, Nachos, and M&Ms Movie Genre: Comedy, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, and Romance Time: 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:00, and 11:30 1) The couple that saw the action movie shared nachos. 2) It was almost midnight by the time Anne and Sam came home. 3) Rochelle hates sci-fi, but saw it with her husband anyways. 4) The couple that shared popcorn didn't see a horror movie or an action movie. 5) Theresa arrived at home an hour after Max and his wife. 6) The movie was so funny, Nikki almost choked on her hotdog, she was laughing so hard. 7) Danny chose not to see an action movie or sci-fi. 8) The five women were: Chanice, the one who shared a bag of M&Ms with her husband, the lady who saw the comedy, the woman that came home at 8:00 and Kevin's wife. 9) The horror movie didn't start until 8:30. 10) Max and his wife came home the earliest. 11) Theresa thought her movie went a little overboard with the explosions and gunfights. 12) Chanice, who saw the horror movie, came out of the theater petrified and her husband, who wasn't Danny, had to calm her down.",Theresa saw the action movie.,"Theresa and Kevin - Nachos - Action - 9:00 Rochelle and Max - Popcorn - Sci-Fi -8:00 Nikki and Danny - Hotdog - Comedy - 8:30 Anne and Sam - M&Ms - Romance - 11:30 Chanice and Rick- Pizza - Horror -10:00",Logic-Grid,03/18/06 #16331,Perfect Pyramid,2.34,2.48,cnmne,"Arrange the numbers 1 through 10 in the shape of a pyramid (1 number at the peak, 2 numbers in the next row down, 3 in the next row, and 4 in the bottom row). The numbers must be arranged such that each number is equal to the difference of the two numbers directly below it. For example, if 5 and 1 are next to each other in the same row, then 4 must be placed on top of them. To demonstrate, a three-level pyramid using the numbers 1 through 6 could be arranged as follows: top row: 2 second row: 5 3 bottom row: 6 1 4",No hint available.,"top row: 3 second row: 7 4 third row: 2 9 5 bottom row: 8 10 1 6",Math,01/26/04 #142,Circles in a triangle,1.68,3.17,offsky,Find the radius of the inscribed and circumscribed circles for a triangle.,No hint available.,"Let a, b, and c be the sides of the triangle. Let s be the semiperimeter, i.e. s = (a + b + c) / 2. Let A be the area of the triangle, and let x be the radius of the incircle. Divide the triangle into three smaller triangles by drawing a line segment from each vertex to the incenter. The areas of the smaller triangles are ax/2, bx/2, and cx/2. Thus, A = ax/2 + bx/2 + cx/2, or A = sx. We use Heron`s formula, which is A = sqrt(s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)). This gives us x = sqrt((s-a)(s-b)(s-c)/s). The radius of the circumscribed circle is given by R = abc/4A.",Math,01/12/01 #49883,Begin Or End 2,2.8,1.42,MarcM1098,"Several clues are given below. Each answer will either begin or end with the same three letters. 1. Celestial body 2. Attracts metal 3. Lower in position 4. Poem 5. Stinging insect 6. Plant with stinging hairs 7. Storage cupboard 8. Connected computers 9. Baby cradle 10. Woodwind instrument",The common letters are NET.,"1. Planet 2. Magnet 3. Nether 4. Sonnet 5. Hornet 6. Nettle 7. Cabinet 8. Network 9. Bassinet 10. Clarinet",Language,07/22/13 #4113,Oxymoronic,2.46,2.06,RayneeDay,"Can you decipher this phrase: tellirmegence",No hint available.,"R-me intelligence Army intelligence",Rebus,05/17/02 #32182,So Strange!,2.7600000000000002,2.53,BunnyCup,"A woman carefully steers with her pedal to the metal. She has covered the length of a football field while leaving a neat row of tracks behind her. Yet after the last yard, when she stands up, she's in the place where she began. Even though she didn't go in a circle or turn back, this is normal for her. What has just happened?",The title may point you in the right direction.,"The woman is a professional seamstress and she has just finished sewing through yards of fabric at top speed. The tracks she left behind were stitches, so it would have been strange if she had ended up anywhere except where she'd begun!",Trick,07/31/06 #15128,How Many Ounces?,2.43,1.8900000000000001,adoontourious,"Joey has 8 drinking glasses, all of different sizes. He has lined them up from smallest to largest and numbered them 1 (smallest) to 8 (largest). He knows that glass #4 holds 10 ounces and that glass #7 holds a pint, or 16 ounces. Now he wants to figure out how much all the others hold! He experiments by filling up different glasses with water and pouring the water back and forth into other glasses. Here are his results: -Pouring water from glasses #1 and #2 filled glass #4. -Pouring water from glasses #1 and #3 filled glass #5. -Pouring water from glasses #2 and #3 filled glass #6. -Pouring water from glasses #1 and #5 filled glass #7. -Pouring water from glasses #1 and #7 filled glass #8. -Pouring water twice from glass #3 filled glass #7. -Pouring water twice from glass #4 filled glass #8. How much water does each glass hold?",No hint available.,"The glasses hold this much water: -Glass #1 holds 4 ounces. -Glass #2 holds 6 ounces. -Glass #3 holds 8 ounces. -Glass #4 holds 10 ounces. -Glass #5 holds 12 ounces. -Glass #6 holds 14 ounces. -Glass #7 holds 16 ounces. -Glass #8 holds 20 ounces. Since (2) #4s = #8 and #4 holds 10 ounces, #8 must hold 20 ounces (10 +10 = 20). Since (2) #3s = #7 and #7 holds 16 ounces, #3 must hold 8 ounces (16 ÷ 2 = 8). Since #7 holds 16 ounces and #7 + #1 = #8, then #1 must hold 4 ounces (20 - 16 = 4). Since #1 + #2 = #4, #2 must hold 6 ounces (10 - 4 = 6). Since #1 + #5 = #7, #5 must hold 12 ounces (16 - 4 = 12). Since #2 + #3 = #6, #6 must hold 14 ounces (6 + 8 = 14).",Logic,10/16/03 #16287,Mix and Match #1,2.86,2.2,fishmed,"Here is a group of common three-letter words. Can you take these and turn them into half as many 6 letter words? Each three-letter word is used only once. act, age, bed, can, cat, cud, dam, did, don, dot, for, gel, get, ion, lam, nap, out, par, pen, rag",No hint available.,"Action Dotage Bedlam Candid Catnap Cudgel Dampen Pardon Ragout Forget",Language,01/22/04 #7466,Look kool,2.94,1.45,dsquared,"What phrase is represented by the following? Look kool XtXhXeXrXoXaXdX","It's a safety tip, usually for small children.","Look both ways before crossing the road. ie. 'Look' is spelt forwards and backwards (both ways) and it comes before the words 'the road' which has X's all through it ie. it has been 'crossed'.",Rebus,09/15/02 #38287,Describe Him!,2.62,2.16,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to fill in the blanks with the letters of the name 'Arthur Hailey'. The words you complete will be a good description of him. Good luck! A _ THO _ OF ""_ _ RPOR _,"" ""HOT _ _,"" _ ND ""T _ E MONE _ C_ANGE _ S"".",No hint available.,"AUTHOR OF ""AIRPORT,"" ""HOTEL,"" AND ""THE MONEYCHANGERS"".",Language,09/14/07 #5936,116 Y = L of the H Y W,2.69,2.28,dewtell,116 Y = L of the H Y W,European History,"116 Years = Length of the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453)",Letter-Equations,07/27/02 #37704,Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting,2.1,2.59,HeartBreakKid1,J L = F M A E,No hint available.,Jet Li = Famous Martial Arts Expert,Letter-Equations,08/09/07 #9757,"120, 60, 40, ...",2.17,1.95,warrior,"What comes next? 120, 60, 40, 30, 24, ??",No hint available.,"20. It all starts with the number 120. Then divide by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.",Series,01/11/03 #29326,Discoveries are Made,2.66,2.56,Desired,"My 10, 8, 3 is a boisterous lad. My 9, 4, 8, 7 is the underground part of a tree. My 6, 5, 7 is admired by some. My 3, 4, 1, 7 can be used to keep a door shut. My 2, 1, 7, 6, 9 is where many pray. My whole is where some discoveries are made.",No hint available.,"Laboratory. Yob, root, art, bolt, altar.",Riddle,03/25/06 #20330,Nautilus Palindrome,2.65,2.78,dumbell,"A palindrome is a word, sentence or group of words that reads the same backward or forward. Find the palindrome that fits here. Talking to the captain of the Nautilus, the crew voices its feelings about females. N_ _ _, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N.",No hint available.,"Nemo, we revere women.",Language,01/11/05 #32082,Move It!,2.07,2.6,Linlou18uk,4 P in a B D G,No hint available.,Four Players in a Badminton Doubles Game,Letter-Equations,07/27/06 #49501,In the Dark of Night,2.63,0.88,fedex337,"One day a family of four (mother, father, and two kids) started a new collection. The collection grew as the days passed, and at the end of the week, content with their efforts, the father placed the collection in its entirety on display just outside the house. While the family slept, however, a few men drove up and swiped the whole collection before simply driving away. The family didn't know any of these men, and the men, likewise, had interacted with neither the parents nor the two children ever before. The following morning the family awoke and discovered the collection was missing. Unfazed by and even rather pleased with the turn of events, the family again teamed up and worked together on a brand new collection. Why wasn't the family upset? What's went on in the dark of night?","It was also readily apparent to the family that countless similar ""swipe-and-runs"" had occurred to nearly all the neighbors. Such was also the case the week prior (and the week before that, and the week before that...).",The family was merely placing that week's worth of garbage out for the garbage men to pick up early in the morning.,Situation,06/18/12 #23949,Nighttime,2.26,0.5,broomvsrooster,"It is something you do in a bed at night. Both a man and a woman do it. Some people make noise when they do it. There are even pills you can take to help you do it. What is it?",No hint available.,Sleeping!,Riddle,06/22/05 #16123,The Truth is Out There,2.53,2.04,Rowsdower,"What U.S. government service is an anagram of the opposite of what it seeks? Also, what other U.S. government service becomes a foreign word that can be used for greeting or farewell when a letter is added to the end?","For the first one, think Mulder and Scully. For the second, the language is Italian.","FBI is an anagram for ""fib"" but of course seeks the truth. If you add an ""O"", CIA becomes ciao, which is Italian for goodbye. It also can be used for hello.",Language,01/10/04 #33097,Reverse Words 2,2.71,2.1,grungy49,"Your job is to fill in the blank spaces. The second word will be the first word reversed (e.g. tar & rat) Ok, let's get started! The man was so evil some people said he _____ with the _____. Sometimes he wished he could _____ his hands for his cat's _____. The _____ man who was visiting Melbourne decided to skip the _____ - they were usually slower than driving. The man could tell he was a _____ - he grabbed the _____ tightly and had an extremely nervous expression. Jack was a good miner - in a day he had _____ enough stone to buy a _____ jacket. She _____ the man for buying a _____ for her baby when she was out of money.",No hint available.,"Lived > Devil Swap > Paws Smart > Trams Liar > Rail Mined > Denim Repaid > Diaper",Language,09/21/06 #19826,3 C on a T L,2.55,1.95,Fhqwhgads,3 C on a T L,"They are R, Y, G","3 Colors on a Traffic Light Hint: Red, Yellow, Green",Letter-Equations,12/10/04 #38451,We Were Apes Too... Before This,2.4,1.13,air_up_there_jr,"M MA MAN MANK MANKI MANKIN MANKIND",No hint available.,The evolution of mankind.,Rebus,09/24/07 #49576,By Chance,2.03,1.83,ThinksForFun,37 or 38 = N on a R W,"37 for French/European, 38 for American","Numbers on a Roulette Wheel On a roulette wheel, there are 36 numbered pockets each of which is either red or black. There is also a green pocket numbered 0 (zero). And in American roulette, there is a second green pocket marked 00 (double zero).",Letter-Equations,08/26/12 #44524,Watson Family Vacation,2.62,1.82,mrsfessler,"The Watsons are planning their summer vacation. Each family member wants to visit a different setting in a different state and do two different activities. From the clues, determine the state and setting where each member wants to vacation and the two activities each wants to do. 1. The 5 family members are represented by Rose, the boy who wants to visit NC, the one who likes to hike, the boater and the girl who likes to swim. 2. The two sightseers are the sister who wants to go to the lake and the sister who wants to go to PA. Like most men, Bud and Bruce hate shopping. 3. Bud's little sister loves to hike. Both of the activities of the one who wants to visit SC involves water. The mother would love to see some shows in the big city! 4. The oldest sibling, Lisa, loved her last trip to TN and wants to return. The brother loves the mountains and horses. 5. Bruce's youngest daughter loves rural scenery.",Rose is the mother. Bruce is the father. Jordan is the youngest daughter. Bud is the middle child.,"Lisa: Lake, TN, Swimming and Sightseeing Rose: City, NY, Shopping and Shows Bud: Mountains, NC, Horseback Riding and Waterparks Jordan: Rural, PA, Hiking and Sightseeing Bruce: Beach, SC, Fishing and Boating",Logic-Grid,05/26/09 #7653,Deliberation,2.32,2.58,mad-ade,"In Column-I below, are given some words. These have been translated into a code language. The code equivalents of the words in Column-I are given in Column-II, not necessarily in the corresponding positions. Also, the codes for the different letters in each word have not been given in the same order as these letters occur in the original word. COLUMN-I -------------- DELIBERATION CONSIDERATE GHOSTLIKE WORLDLY KNOWLEDGE ROCKET COLUMN-II --------------- aemrqs ccehlmo cfhmoqqrx cdgmqrsxz adefmopqqsz cefkmopqqszz Can you decode the individual letter codes?",No hint available.,"We first find the exact codes of the each given words. DELIBERATION is a 12-letter word. So its code is cefkmopqqszz. CONSIDERATE is a 11-letter word. So its code is adefmopqqsz. GHOSTLIKE and KNOWLEDGE both are 9-letter words. But KNOWLEDGE has 2 E's and so its code is cfhmoqqrx and hence the code for GHOSTLIKE is cdgmqrsxz. WORLDLY is a 7-letter word. So its code is ccehlmo. ROCKET is a 6-letter word. So its code is aemrqs. Thus, the words and their codes are: DELIBERATION--- cefkmopqqszz CONSIDERATE ---- adefmopqqsz GHOSTLIKE --------cdgmqrsxz WORLDLY ---------ccehlmo KNOWLEDGE ------cfhmoqqrx ROCKET -------------aemrqs The common letter in the given words is O and the common code letter is m. So m stands for O. In GHOSTLIKE and WORLDLY, the other common code letter c stands for L. In WORLDLY and ROCKET, the other common code letter e stands for R. In DELIBERATION and WORLDLY, the remaining common code letter (other than c, e and m) o stands for D. Working similarly, we get a-C, c-L, d-S, e-R, f-N, g-H, h-W, k-B, l-Y, m-O, o-D, p-A, q-E, r-K, s-T, x-G, z-I",Cryptography,09/22/02 #8077,Add an S,2.71,2.58,datra16,"A word there is of plural number. For to ease and tranquil slumber. Any other word you take, and add an ""s"" will plural make. But if you add an ""s"" to this. So strange the metamorphosis Plural is now plural no more. And sweet what bitter was before. What is the word?",No hint available.,cares to caress,Riddle,10/28/02 #14801,Car Rivalry,2.45,0.77,LexiCuzn,"There are two vehicles on a one-way, single-lane road. There is a grand luxury limo driving at 50 mph. Then, only 50 feet away, there is a sports car traveling at 70 mph. Assuming the vehicles are real and working, and neither of them stop, slow down, or pull over, how does the sports car avoid hitting the limo?",Don't assume what the teaser doesn't state. Think about what wasn't stated.,"The sports car is 50 feet AHEAD of the limo, traveling in the same direction.",Trick,09/16/03 #25302,And the Third Event of the Day is The...,2.29,1.28,deadeye823,"Can you decipher this rebus? _________________________ ^^Length-100 meters.^^","Another word for the line is a ____. The title is also a hint.",100-meter dash.,Rebus,08/14/05 #5044,Omnipotent or Not?,2.26,1.75,skunkali,Can an omnipotent god create a stone that he couldn't lift?,No hint available.,"Neither yes nor no are correct answers. If he CAN create the stone, then there's something he can't do - lift it. If he CAN'T create the stone, then again there's something he can't do. Either way, if there's something he can't do he's not omnipotent.",Other,06/28/02 #9721,Planet Somewhere,2.49,1.56,warrior,"Can you find a planet hidden in the following paragraph? If you enjoy quizzes you will not suffer from this particular fear. The phobia known as Epistemophobia or Gnosiophobia is the fear of knowledge.",No hint available.,"Earth. fEAR. THe",Language,01/10/03 #22822,Letter Mirror,2.79,1.94,i_am_hated,"What four letters, when all are on the 4 quadrants of a X and Y axis grid, are reflected and mirrored perfectly?",lower case,"Q, B, P, and D In lower case, they would look like: db qp",Other,05/11/05 #16010,Loony Library 2,2.82,2.47,MrIxolite,"In Mr.Ix's Library the books have had all the author's names removed and jumbled up. Can you match the author's name with the correct title? The names will reflect the title of the book when said aloud. (Some in a humourous way) In this selection all the authors have a middle initial to take into account Eg Bad Breath might be by Hal E Tosis. Just to add some confusion, there are four name elements and two middle initials in the mix that are red herrings. Titles: 1) Cricket Bat Maintenance by ? 2) Yuletide Greetings by ? 3) Nuclear Emissions by ? 4) Improve Your IQ by ? 5) Honest Points Of View by ? 6) Walking to Work by ? 7) Searching For Flying Saucers by ? 8) Seducing Women by ? Choose from the following possible first and last names: Emma Sproken Will Muss Hugh Frank Ray Romans Trader Gene O'Spire Doyle Pinyons Mike Ayshun Lynne Chanter Yuss Dusty Mary Middle initials: E O D R T C X F B N",No hint available.,"1) Cricket Bat Maintenance by Lynne C Doyle ( Linseed Oil is used to treat and protect Cricket Bats) 2) Yuletide Greetings by Mary X Muss (Merry Xmas) 3) Nuclear Emissions by Ray D Ayshun (Radiation) 4) Improve Your IQ by Gene E Yuss (Genius) 5) Honest Points Of View by Frank O Pinyons (Frank Opinions) 6) Walking to Work by Mike R Sproken (My Car's Broken) 7) Searching For Flying Saucers by Hugh F O'Spire (UFO Spyer) 8) Seducing Women by Will N Chanter (Will Enchant Her)",Language,01/02/04 #38109,Incomplete Words IX,2.64,1.66,tedger,"Below are ten words each missing the same two letter combination. Can you figure out what those two letters are? Je_ _ing Pi_ _ Tol_ _able _ _adicate Z_ _o Che_ _ful N_ _dy Stapl_ _ H_ _e _ _as_ _",No hint available.,"The letters are ER Jeering Pier Tolerable Eradicate Zero Cheerful Nerdy Stapler Here Eraser",Language,09/04/07 #24836,7 Letter Word,2.78,2.47,seanlandrews,"There is a 7 letter word in the English language that can be split into two smaller words, both of which have the same meaning as the original word. What is it?",No hint available.,Taxicab,Language,07/24/05 #11692,Missing Street,3.04,2.12,silver_sword,"In a country, there are over 100 streets. Street 1 is named First Street, street 2 is named Second Street, and so on and so forth. A traveller decides to walk through all these streets in the country. He could find all the streets except Street 62. No matter how hard he tried, he could not find it. He later found that the locals had given the street another name. What is the name?",What would the street name have been if it followed the pattern?,"Minute street. This is because Street 62 is named Sixty Second Street, and Sixty Seconds = 1 Minute, hence Street 62 is also called Minute Street.",Trick,04/11/03 #24403,Under This Old Hat,2.7,2.19,mxclint68,"Solve the following (simple)word puzzles; the first letter of each correct response will, in order, spell out the name of one my favorite singers. Bovine + young male= Equine + grown male= not smooth + put goods on a shelf = hotel + relies on others = beach granules + broom rider= term of existence + one who protects= create (a business) + after dinner candy = canine + Gomer (USMC) = above + throw a football = below + dirt = former spouse + manta ___ =",This singer also won a world championship in his chosen sport before making singing his career.,"Bovine + young male= cow boy - cowboy Equine + grown male=horse man - horseman not smooth + put goods on a shelf = rough stock - roughstock hotel + relies on others = inn dependent - independent beach granules + broom rider= sand witch - sandwich term of existence + one who protects= life guard - lifeguard create (a business) + after dinner candy =establish mint - establishment canine + Gomer __ (USMC) = dog Pyle(old TV show) - dogpile above + throw a football =over pass - overpass below + dirt =under ground - underground former spouse + manta ___ = ex ray - x-ray Making the singer : Chris Ledoux, who won a world championship in saddle bronc riding back in the 1970's",Language,07/11/05 #223,Circle Logic,2.58,1.39,Mr. G,How many sides does a circle have?,No hint available.,Two. The inside and the outside.,Trick,02/02/01 #11799,Out of Order Clues,2.46,2.67,Codammanus,"Each line below is a hint for one or two words. Put the words together to form a common phrase. - ""Home"" of the pupil that sees all, yet learns nothing. - 1 of 5 produced by the ""Ol' Factory"" - Region where the Ark parked, minus a Star deity.",That would be an EGYPTIAN star deity.,"I SMELL A RAT. -The pupil that SEES all, yet learns nothing has as it's ""home"" your EYE, or (I). -1 of 5 [Senses] produced by the ""Ol' Factory"" [Olfactory Nerve] is SMELL. -The Ark parked, or rested on the mountains of ARARAT [according to THE BIBLE]. Also, ARARAT minus a ""Star"", or SUN Deity: RA (Egyptian Sun-God), gives you ARAT= (A RAT) I SMELL A RAT",Language,04/16/03 #32580,Person Swap I,2.19,3.0,grungy49,"The following are all badminton players. Which person from group 1 should be in group 2? Group 1 Chris Kinard Steve Butler Tariq Wadood Kevin Han Rodney Barton Chris Jogis Gary Higgins Group 2 Andy Chong Tan Aik Huang Mike Walker Stan Hales Rudy Hartono Ferry Sonneville Mike Adams",U.S. Open Badminton Champions,"Steve Butler should be in Group 2 and Stan Hales should be in Group 1. The players in group 1 have all won the U.S. Open multiple times, while the players in group 2 have only won it once.",Group,08/21/06 #27787,Seven Bells,3.02,2.08,exterminator,"A little shop in New York is called The Seven Bells, yet it has eight bells hanging outside. Why?","The shopkeeper could easily change the sign, but chooses not to.","It was originally a mistake, but the shopkeeper found that so many people came into his shop to point out the mistake that it increased his business.",Situation,12/31/05 #11611,Rolling Stones 2,2.22,2.75,griphook,"What phrase is represented below? The STRAIGHT That STONES The PLACE OF BIRTH",No hint available.,"The HAND that ROCKS the CRADLE. A Straight is a HAND in poker. Stones are also called ROCKS. A CRADLE is a place of birth, or an origin.",Language,04/07/03 #47855,Jan and Friends,2.71,2.11,dalfamnest,"Jan and I were having coffee with our friends, when suddenly she said, ""Hey guys, there's something remarkable about most of our names."" We looked around blankly at one another. We went through our names: Bru', Em, Gus, Jan, Marc, and Sam. What could she mean? Then it hit me! Five of the names had something in common. Mine was the odd one out! What is my name? What did the other names have in common?","One of our other friends, May, fits in the group, too. When she arrived with her friend Al, he and I went to sit at another table!","I am Sam. The other names are found as continuous groups of letters ""hidden"" in the months of the year. Sam (and Al) are not. JANuary, feBRUary, MARCh, auGUSt, septEMber...and MAY",Group,08/28/10 #49666,What are the Odds?,2.84,1.84,christiangrl,"If you choose to answer this question at random, what are the chances you will be correct? A) 25% B) 50% C) 60% D) 25%",What category is this question under?,"0% If you were to choose 25%, that would be wrong, because there are two 25% answers, giving you a probability of 50%, which is also not possible, because the answer 50% is only offered once as an option. It's a probability paradox!",Trick,11/18/12 #17405,FTFT Puzzle,2.5100000000000002,2.91,kathyhoang,"F, T, F, T, T, T, T, F, F, F, F, ?, ?, ?, ? What are the next 4 letters?",No hint available.,"S, S, S, S. Count by 5s and take the first letter: Five, Ten, Fifteen, Twenty, Twenty-five, Thirty, etc. So, S, S, S, S, is Sixty, Sixty-five etc.",Series,04/16/04 #1378,Only 8's,2.03,1.25,psychodude57,"What is the smallest integer, which, when multiplied by 2 gives a number consisting of only 8's?",No hint available.,4.,Math,11/12/01 #3670,Library Lunacy,2.8,2.09,PeaceJo,A public library suddenly announced that each member could borrow an unlimited number of books and not return them for up to six months. Why?,No hint available.,"The library was moving to a new building, but due to poor budgeting, they had little money left for the move. By giving borrowers extra time, it ensures that the borrowers moved most of the books.",Logic,04/21/02 #16324,Eggs!,2.19,1.42,liltunalol,"Half a crate of eggs holds half a dozen cartons, each of which holds half a dozen eggs. The truck just delivered a crate and a half. How many eggs?",No hint available.,"108 eggs. Half a crate holds 6 cartons of 6 eggs = 36 eggs. A crate and a half was delivered which is 3 x (half a crate), therefore 3 x 36 eggs = 108 eggs.",Math,01/25/04 #15659,Word Pairs 1,2.7600000000000002,1.92,fishmed,"Look at each word pair. They are actually anagrams of other words. Each word pair shares something in common once rearranged. 1: Flee, Laze 2: West, Luge 3: Sing, Sinew 4: Yaws, Hinge 5: Busy, Rezip","The pairs, once rearranged, rhyme.","1: Feel, Zeal 2: Stew, Glue 3: Sign, Swine 4: Sway, Neigh 5: Buys, Prize",Language,12/04/03 #26988,Phoney Puzzle II,2.42,2.66,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 38379 47328 263 2666263464 666368 46 843 266257 63 843 96753 47 843 8748674 63 7663 3684874276. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 66 737766 946 47 368487427842 22688 447 9675 427 26984464 86 3327 3766 5433. -- Samuel Goldwyn","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXY","Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life. -- Samuel Goldwyn",Cryptography,11/17/05 #28109,Beethoven's Wig II,2.65,2.36,beethovenswig,"Draw a diagram of the Fantasylands to help you with this teaser... Beethoven's Wig has been stolen again! Instead of hiding it in a box, the enemy, who remains anonymous, has hidden it inside one of four castles. Each castle is located in a different fantasyland and has a creature guarding its gates. Use the clues below to put the lands in order (1st,2nd,3rd, and 4th), figure out which castle belongs in which land, which creature belong to which castle, and help Beethoven reclaim his wig! Object: Beethoven's Wig Fantasylands: Lothlorien, Mordor, Narnia, and Malacandra. Creatures: Dragon, Troll, Giant, and Balrog. Castles: Stone, Gold, Glass, and Silver. 1. Narnia is to the left of Lothlorien, which is to the right of the Balrog. 2. The Stone Castle is to the right of the Wig, and is placed at either Malacandra or Lothlorien. 3. The Giant is not at Lothlorien and is not in the same place as the wig. 4. The Balrog is not in Lothlorien, but he stays at the Stone Castle. 5. The Troll doesn't live at the Golden Castle, which is to the left of where the Balrog stays and to the right of the Silver Castle. 6. Mordor is to the left of the Dragon, who stays at the second place. 7. The Troll is not at the Silver Castle, which is 1 fantasyland to the left of the wig.",No hint available.,"Mordor is the first fantasyland. It contains the Giant and the Silver Castle. Narnia is the second land. It has the Dragon, the Golden Castle, and the Wig. Malacandra is the third land. It has the Stone Castle and the Balrog. Lothlorien is the fourth land. It contains the Troll and the Glass Castle.",Logic,01/17/06 #6366,Math Symbols,2.43,2.04,cathalmccabe,"You have the numbers 2 3 4 6 7 8 represented by the symbols # $ & % ? ! Each symbol represents one and only only number. From the following can you figure out which number matches which symbol? (X means multiplied by) ?# = # X ! ?# = $ X % #? = ! X & $? = % X #",No hint available.,"? 2 $ 3 # 4 ! 6 & 7 % 8 From the first two equations: ?# = # X ! ?# = $ X % You need to find the same product from four different numbers. And the second digit of the product (#) must be a factor 2 * 6 = 12 (2) or 3 * 4 = 12 or 6*4 = 24 (4) or 8*3 = 24 The 3rd equation is the opposite so its either 21 or 42 Which can only be made from 7*6 or 7*3 We could have 2 * 6 = 12 3 * 4 = 12 3 * 7 = 21 But then we have fail to use 8! so we must have 24 = 6*4 24 = 8*3 42 = 7*6 so we know ? 2 # 4 so ! is 6 & is 7 3 and 8 can be got from: $? = % X #",Math,08/09/02 #16283,Mad Ade's Word Changer #8,2.31,2.77,mad-ade,"This is a letter teaser where the two words to be found differ by only one letter in each word, so the words are of equal length but each has one letter that differs from the other. For example ""Light Beers"" could be ""Pale Ales"" these two word differ only by the P on pale and the S on ales. The altered letter can appear anywhere with in the word, so ""This teaser's submitter"" would be ""Mad Ade"" the difference being the M from Mad becomes the E of Ade. 1, Handle Thick cord ? 2, Cranial Creeping ? 3, Coastal water schedule ? 4, Created a Style ? 5, Roof timbers Desserts ?",No hint available.,"1, Grope Ropes 2, Skull Skulk 3, Tide Time 4, Made Mode 5, Rafter Afters",Language,01/21/04 #16907,The Mouse Visitor,2.81,1.5,tangerine,"One day a mouse visited my top And, since then, my fame hasn't stopped. If what I tell you isn't true, People will point the blame at you. This last hint is in popular demand: Sometimes I'm missing my two hands.",No hint available.,"It's a clock, of course. The first two lines refer two the nursery rhyme, 'Hickory Dickory Dock' in which the mouse climbs up the clock. The next two lines refer to the clock telling you the wrong time, in which people will be angry and blame you for being late. The last clue in the riddle is in regards to that some clocks are digital and do not have hands.",Riddle,03/07/04 #32163,Whistling Up a Tune,2.66,2.75,jazzmusician46,"Which one of these people do not belong? Antonio Vivaldi Johann Sebastian Bach Johannes Brahms George Frederic Handel Claudio Monteverdi Henry Purcell Jean-Philippe Rameau",Musicians,"Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Brahms does not belong because he is a composer from the Romantic era of the 19th century. The others are from the 17th century Baroque period.",Group,07/30/06 #10000,eeeee,2.6,1.73,Bobbrt,"What does this represent? eeee e eee e eeee pppp p ppp p pppp",No hint available.,"Easy Peasy. The first ""E"" is made of ""e's"", so it is an ""e's""-E. The second ""E"" is made of ""p's"", so it is a ""p's""-E.",Rebus,01/23/03 #2438,The Fearless Seven,2.77,1.71,rayneeday,"Through the day they toiled away At night their plight was in disarray A woman entered the picture And the changes came Their lives would never be the same Then the evil showed up and almost sent her to heaven Many can name some, But can you name all of this fearless Seven",No hint available.,"DOC HAPPY SLEEPY SNEEZY BASHFUL GRUMPY DOPEY",Riddle,02/26/02 #25842,Riparian,2.38,2.2,fishmed,"One of these does not belong. Which one is it and why? RIPARIAN MAJOLICA EVENTATE CHORISTER FERRULE",No hint available.,"Eventate does not belong as it's not really a word. Riparian = Of, on, or relating to the banks of a natural course of water Majolica = Tin-glazed earthenware that is often richly colored and decorated, especially an earthenware of this type produced in Italy. Chorister = A singer in a choir, especially a choirboy or choirgirl Ferrule = A metal ring or cap placed around a pole or shaft for reinforcement or to prevent splitting.",Language,09/10/05 #38582,Symmetrical And Beautiful,2.94,0.74,dodger,"On the wing, the breeze seduced me. Newly born to take my flight. From the darkness I did rupture. From my prison, wrapped up tight. Come to rest on petals of brightness. All can see, my change is cast. I flutter by in paper lightness. And my species, they are vast. Darwin wrote of my pure beauty. I'm collected, caught in nets. Forever free to dance my duty. Never kept as pets. What am I?",Flutter By,I'm a butterfly.,Riddle,10/02/07 #13077,Love is All You Need,2.74,1.65,just_moi,"Which does not belong? LOVE ZILCH GOOSE EGG EPISODE NIL DUCK",No hint available.,"EPISODE does not belong. All the other words represent zero at certain times, if not always e.g LOVE represents zero in tennis DUCK represents zero in cricket NIL is zero in football GOOSE EGG is an expression for if you scored zero somewhere as well, this is more a generic term.",Language,06/12/03 #52291,Speaking of Tennis...,2.79,1.8900000000000001,wimpykidfan37,"Heather, her father, her husband, and her daughter are playing a tennis game. One of them says truthfully: ""I am standing directly across the net from the server's daughter. My partner, who is on the same side of the net as me, is standing directly across the net from the receiver's father. The server and the receiver are standing diagonally across the net from each other."" Who said this?",No hint available.,"Heather's father said this. From the speaker's first two statements, we know that the court is set up like this: speaker | speaker's partner _________________ server's daughter | receiver's father From the speaker's last statement, we have two scenarios: 1. The receiver's father is the server and the speaker is the receiver. 2. The speaker's partner is the server and the server's daughter is the receiver. If scenario 1 is true, then the receiver's father is the father of both the receiver and the server's daughter. But no one is the father of more than one person, so this is impossible. This means that scenario 2 is true. Since the receiver was the server's daughter, she was the daughter of both the server and the receiver's father. This means that the server is Heather herself, the receiver's father is Heather's husband, and the server's daughter is Heather's daughter. The fourth player, the speaker, could clearly only have been Heather's father now.",Logic,11/19/19 #40231,Poppies,2.59,2.01,jazzmusician46,"What does this Letter Equation represent? The S of the A = The 11th H of the 11th D of the 11th M on N 11, 1918.",No hint available.,"The Signing of the Armistice = The 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month on November 11, 1918. N.B. At 11 a.m on 11 November 1918, the guns of the Western Front in Europe fell silent after more than four years of continuous warfare, signaling the end of the First World War. The title also reminds us that November is the time of the year when we wear a red poppy in memory of those who sacrificed their lives for us during war.",Letter-Equations,01/28/08 #17556,Seeing is Believing,2.26,0.81,thegermangemini,"There be a place, 'Tis oh so true, Where you can see yourself, But yourself can't see you.","The PLACE is not a specific spot, but a specific Thing.",In a mirror.,Riddle,05/05/04 #44461,Added a What?,2.28,1.85,brainglue,"Which word in group B fits in group A? Group A are ear ore rink ape Group B pal own king jet net",No hint available.,"own All words in group A can form another word if you add ""sh"" at the front are=share ear=shear ore=shore rink=shrink ape=shape own=shown",Group,05/20/09 #34993,Homonyms One,2.54,1.4,Princeford93,"What is this homonym? If you spell me this way, I am 1/100th of a hectare. If you spell me this way, I mean to make a mistake. If you spell me this way, I mean eventually. If you spell me this way, I am something you breathe in. If you spell me this way, I am a person that inherits things.",No hint available.,"are err ere air heir",Language,01/22/07 #8719,Fractional Operations,2.36,1.68,lesternoronha1,"A fraction becomes 2/3 when 1 is added to both its numerator and denominator and it becomes 1/2 when 1 is subtracted from both the numerator and denominator. Find the fraction.",No hint available.,"The original fraction = 3/5. You can solve this fairly quickly by trial-and-error, or you can set up two equations using the information given: 1) (x+1)/(y+1) = 2/3 2) (x-1)/(y-1) = 1/2 where x is the original numerator and y is the original denominator. First isolate x in equation 1: x+1 = 2/3*(y+1) x = 2/3*y-1/3 Plug this value for x into equation 2: 2/3*y - 4/3 = 1/2*(y-1) Solve this for y to get y = 5. Plug this value for y into equation 2 to get x = 3. Therefore the original fraction is 3/5.",Math,11/25/02 #19152,Catching Up,2.22,1.8900000000000001,lesternoronha1,"Rakesh and Shyam are competing in a 100m race. Initially, Rakesh runs at twice Shyam's speed for the first fifty meters. After the 50m mark, Rakesh runs at 1/4th his initial speed while Shyam continues to run at his original speed. At what distance from the finish line does Shyam catch up with Rakesh?",No hint available.,"Shyam catches up with Rakesh at a distance of 25m from the finish line. Let Rakesh's and Shyam's speeds be 'r' and 's' initially. Then we have for the first 50m, Rakesh's speed = Twice Shyam's speed i.e., r = 2s. After the 50m mark, Rakesh's speed = 1/4th his original speed = Half of Shyam's speed i.e., r = s/2. Now let Rakesh and Shyam meet at 'X' m from the start line, after a time 't'. Time taken by Rakesh to cover 'X' m = Time taken by Shyam to cover 'X' m (since they meet after having covered X m.) Time taken by Rakesh to cover 'X'm = (Time taken by Rakesh to cover first 50 m) + (Time taken by Rakesh to cover the remaining 'X-50' m) = (50/2s) + ((X-50)/(s/2)) (since Rakesh's speed is 2s for first 50m and then onwards s/2) Time taken by Shyam to cover 'X' m = (X/s) (since Shyam ran at the same speed s throughout) Hence (50/2s) + ((X-50)/(s/2)) = (X/s) 25/s + ((2X-100)/s) = X/s (25+2X-100)/s = X/s Hence X = 25+2X-100 i.e., X = 75m Thus Rakesh and Shyam meet at a distance of 75m from the start line. Hence Rakesh and Shyam should be meeting from the finish line at a distance = 100 - X = 100 - 75 = 25m",Math,10/16/04 #2312,Challenging Cryptogram,2.44,2.42,missie,"Can you solve the following cryptogram? RGD VZR HM ODQEDBS BNMCHSHNM DWBDOS ENQ NMD SGHMF - RGD VZR CDZC. ----PTHMBX, ""PTHMBX""",No hint available.,"She was in perfect condition except for one thing - she was dead. ----Quincy, ""Quincy""",Cryptography,02/13/02 #5077,History,2.48,1.8900000000000001,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? Youthepast",No hint available.,Putting the past behind you,Rebus,06/30/02 #30149,Word Jumble 10 - The Gemstone Series,2.78,2.07,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser: ATHCC Take letters 1 & 3 DRPIE Take letters 2 & 3 NBOE Take letters 3 & 4 XOTCI Take letter 4 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"ATHCC Take letters 1 & 3 - CATCH, take C,T DRPIE Take letters 2 & 3 - PRIDE, take R,I NBOE Take letters 3 & 4 - BONE, take N,E XOTCI Take letter 4 - TOXIC, take I Unscramble the above to get 'Citrine' Citrine is so known because of the citrus colour this gemstone has, usually a juicy lemon colour, sometimes golden, orange or brown as well. Citrine was believed to be a protection against snake venom and evil thoughts in ancient times.",Language,04/29/06 #30027,20 I M in C,2.23,2.61,____,20 I M in C,It's a game.,20 initial moves in chess.,Letter-Equations,04/24/06 #36795,"New York, New York",2.63,1.91,boodler,"The following are anagrams of places in the Big Apple, with the number of letters in each word in brackets where there is more than one word: 1. A raw body 2. Nailed sills (5, 6) 3. Masqueraders gain nod (7, 6, 6) 4. Swat teller (4, 6) 5. US yak dementia (6, 7)",No hint available.,"1. Broadway 2. Ellis Island 3. Madison Square Garden 4. Wall Street 5. Yankee Stadium",Language,05/31/07 #10731,24 = W T Z,2.5100000000000002,2.38,MrIxolite,24 = W T Z,No hint available.,24 = World Time Zones,Letter-Equations,02/26/03 #12268,The Captive Assassin,2.93,2.12,Puzzled_Puzzler,"Listo, the leader of a band of assassins, was taken captive by an opposing kingdom. ""Give your daggers,"" said one of the generals, ""Or you are to be executed. But since you killed so many of our knights, we shall give you a small test. You must say a statement. If the statement is true, we burn you on a stake. If the sentence is false, we stab you through the heart. If you do not say anything, you are thrown to the lions. If you say something we can't verify, you will be forced to drink a cup of hemlock. If it is not a statement or if it is a paradox, we simply toss you into the nearby volcano. We shall give you one hour to ponder."" What should Listo say?",No hint available.,"""Here are my daggers!""",Trick,05/07/03 #35138,Collecting Food,2.68,1.99,nick93,"Two girls (Dawn and Europa) and two boys (Franklin and Gin-tan) worked all day last Saturday collecting canned food for needy families. The last names of the girls and boys are Qualman, Rockland, Sutton, and Talbot, and their ages are 8, 10, 11, and 12. The streets they live on are Marker Avenue, Nesbitt Road, Oddway Road, and Portland Avenue. The numbers of cans of food each collected were 100, 110, 132, 144. Read the clues below and match up everything. 1. Rockland and Gin-Tan's ages are each 1/10 the number of cans of food each collected. 2. Dawn and Sutton are girl scouts. 3. The boy who lives on Marker Avenue collected more cans than Talbot. 4. The number of letters in the name of Europa's street is the same as her age. (When counting the letters in the street, the words ""road"", and ""avenue"" are not counted. Example: Marker Road counts as having 6 letters.) 5. Europa is 2/3 as old as, and collected more cans of food than, the girl who lives on Oddway road.",No hint available.,"Dawn Qualman, 12 years old, 132 cans, lives on Oddway Road. Europa Sutton, 8 years old, collected 144 cans, lives on Portland Avenue. Franklin Rockland, 11 years old, collected 110 cans, lives on Marker Avenue. Gin-Tan Talbot, 10 years old, collected 100 cans, lives on Nesbitt Road.",Logic-Grid,01/31/07 #36253,Red Velvet,2.19,1.7,Trumalia,"This is an old Turkish riddle from 1300-1900 AD. I've got a beautiful, beautiful hall All walled in red velvet, With all white armchairs made of bone, And in the middle a woman dances.",No hint available.,Mouth,Riddle,03/09/07 #49195,20=Y in a S,2.23,1.6,CrazyPineapple,"What does the following letter equation stand for? 20 = Y in a S",No hint available.,20 = Years In A Score,Letter-Equations,12/17/11 #6725,Finger Multiplication,2.83,1.93,silver_sword,"If you multiply together the number of fingers on one person's right hand to another person's to another person's till you get the product of the fingers on the right hands of everyone in the world, what is the most likely product? For instance, one person has 5 fingers, and his friend has 5 fingers. The product is 25. Another person with 5 fingers would make the product 125. This goes on till everyone's finger number is multiplied. What's the answer?",No hint available.,"0. There just needs to be one person without any fingers to cause the product to be 0.",Trick,08/21/02 #39328,Mixed Feelings,2.69,1.34,tedger,"Group 1: Star Devil Stressed Deliver Group 2: Desserts Lived Rats Reviled Which of these words could go in both group 1 and group 2? a) Going b) Level c) Enter d) Tree",No hint available.,"Level The words in group 2 are the words in group 1 spelled backwards (star = rats). Level, being a palindrome, would belong in both.",Group,11/23/07 #41860,Monkey Island,2.41,1.8,Dishhead5,"There are people and strange monkeys on this island, and you can not tell who is who. They speak either only the truth or only lies. Who are the following two guys? A: B is a lying monkey. I am human. B: A is telling the truth.",No hint available.,"Assume B is not lying. Then, A would be telling the truth, however, A says B lies. Therefore A would be lying, and hence B cannot be telling the truth. This means A is not telling the truth. Hence B is not a lying monkey, rather, he is a lying human. And A is a lying monkey.",Logic,05/09/08 #35269,Relativity 5,2.37,1.81,RainyMysteria,"What 3 words can the following 3 words start with? Once you work it out, you must find a relation between the 3 ADDED words. 1. _ _ _ ward 2. _ _ night 3. _ _ _ ton",Relation: Numbers.,"1. FORward: Onwards. 2. TOnight: The present night or coming night of the present day. 3. WONton: A dumpling filled with minced pork and spices, usually boiled in and served with soup but sometimes fried as a side dish. Relation: Words that have the same sound as numbers. (One = Won, To = Two, For = Four)",Language,02/11/07 #2833,Darkness,2.34,1.06,204_BlaZe_41,"Which one of the three would see most clearly in total darkness? A leopard, a bat, or an owl?",No hint available.,None. In TOTAL darkness it's impossible to see anything.,Trick,03/23/02 #40438,Words With KI,2.11,2.19,cnmne,"Five words that contain KI as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *KI**, KI****, *KI***, ***KI*, *KI**** Pool: A, B, B, C, D, E, F, F, H, L, L, M, N, O, O, S, S, S, T, T",No hint available.,"SKIFF, KITSCH, AKIMBO, BODKIN, SKILLET",Language,02/11/08 #27018,Teaser Shopping,2.97,1.31,cdrock,"Professor C. D. Rock ran out of teasers, so he went to Teaserville to buy some more. After arriving there he went to 6 different stores. He first went to the ""Theater"" to buy some teasers about movies. He then went to the ""ER Hospital"" to buy teasers about health, and the human body. Then he went to, in order, the ""Art Center,"" the ""Supermarket,"" and the ""Energy Plantation."" He then went to one last store. It was one of the following: A. Library B. High School C. Dance Arena D. Saloon E. Dog Pound F. Railroad Station G. Petting Zoo H. Carnival Can you figure out which place Professor C. D. Rock visited lastly?",The order of the places he visited has great significance.,"F. Railroad Station The first letter of each place he went to spells out the word ""teaser."" Theater Er Hospital Art Center Supermarket Energy Plantation Railroad Station",Series,11/18/05 #49272,Don't Pull Jack's Leg!,2.45,2.85,Gizzer,"The following quotations all have a common theme. Can you decipher them? JACKLEG MUGL, ONE WE FAKLC'E LKKY EA MUG KCANRJ EA LNWE LAYK MKAMQK. - XWC JNOOUBF EJK OKLE YKULNBK AS U YUC'L JACKLEG WLC'E JWL WCPAYK EUH BKENBC. WE'L EJK TKBA UFVNLE AC JWL OUEJBAAY LPUQK. - UBEJNB P. PQUBXK EJKBK UBK ACQG EDA DUGL AS EKQQWCR EJK PAYMQKEK EBNEJ - UCACGYANLQG UCF MALEJNYANLQG. - EJAYUL LADKQQ DJKC LAYKEJWCR EJUE JACKLE WL LUWF WE NLNUQQG CKKFL U SKD YWCNEKL AS LWQKCPK EA FWLLWMUEK. - MUYKQU BWOAC WS EJK EBNEJ FAKLC'E LUIK NL, DJUE FAKL EJUE LUG UOANE NL? - QAWL YPYULEKB ONVAQF",No hint available.,"The theme is HONESTY. A = O B = R C = N D = W E = T F = D G = Y H = X I = V J = H K = E L = S M = P N = U O = B P = C Q = L R = G S = F T = Z U = A V = J W = I X = K Y = M Z = Q (not used) Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people. - Kin Hubbard The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. - Arthur C. Clarke There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously. - Thomas Sowell When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate. - Pamela Ribon If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us? - Lois McMaster Bujold JACKLEG is an adjective that describes someone who is unscrupulous or without the accepted standards of one's profession, such as a jackleg lawyer.",Cryptography,01/26/12 #35773,Don't Underestimate,2.7600000000000002,1.48,coltonr1,"I may look small, but I am not. I may look close, but I am far. There can be many of me; there can be few. You can sometimes see me, but you can't usually in the light. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Star. Stars look small but are big. They look close but are far. There can be a lot and can be few. You see the most stars at night and not in the light.",Riddle,03/20/07 #8391,"12, 6.928, ...",2.11,3.07,stonemug,"What is the next number in the sequence below? 12, 6.928, 5.264, 4.589, 4.284, ??",No hint available.,"The relationship is: (Square root of 12) x 2 = 6.928, (square root of 6.928) x 2 = 5.264, etc. The next number in the sequence would be 4.140.",Series,11/08/02 #20280,Letter Shuffle,2.42,2.77,dumbell,"What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same eight letters, can be used to complete the sentence below? The young mother _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that her children clean up their own rooms as she was determined to teach them _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same seven letters, can be used to complete the sentence below? Unfortunately, we soon learned that ""_ _ _ _ _ _ _ "" is the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ term for a stony beach.",No hint available.,"Insisted, tidiness Shingle, English.",Language,01/10/05 #46865,Marine Food,2.17,2.59,rolugomi,"My first is a verb, a place or a letter My second a rod, a sign, or another My third is an order, to get where I am My fourth is a sound, or sometimes a plant. What am I?","The different parts refer to the sounds of each of the words, which are also the sounds of the syllables. I am actually two words.","I am a sea cucumber. First: see, sea, C Second: Cue, Q Third: come Fourth: burr",Riddle,04/29/10 #31553,The Wind and the Wave,2.82,2.3,jazzmusician46,"Often I must strive with wind and wave, and battle them both when under the sea. I feel out the bottom, a foreign land; in lying still I am strong in the strife. If I fail in that they are stronger than I, and wrenching me loose, soon puts me to sea. They wish to capture what I must keep, but I can master them both if my grip holds out; if the rocks bring succor and lend me support and strength in the struggle. What am I?",No hint available.,A ship's anchor.,Riddle,07/05/06 #34240,Classic Films of a Bygone Era 2,2.43,2.36,jazzmusician46,"Below are five (5) anagrams of film actors/actresses from a classic film of a bygone era. Your job is twofold: firstly, try and name these people and secondly, ascertain the classic movie they all featured in. Black glare Hi! Vile given Wielders halo An allied, vivid halo I'm the calm sloth","Three memorable quotes: ""I'm very drunk and I intend on getting still drunker before this evening's over."" ""No, I don't think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how."" ""Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.""","Black glare - Clark Gable Hi! Vile given - Vivien Leigh Wielders halo - Leslie Howard An allied, vivid halo - Olivia de Havilland I'm the calm sloth - Thomas Mitchell The movie? 1939 Gone With the Wind. The Cast: Clark Gable - Rhett Butler Vivien Leigh - Scarlett O'Hara Leslie Howard - Ashley Wilkes Olivia de Havilland - Melanie Hamilton Thomas Mitchell - Gerald O'Hara",Trivia,12/04/06 #4470,Trapped Bird,2.33,1.73,mad-ade,"Whilst out walking one day, Mad Ade comes across a sparrow that had fallen into a hole in a rock. The hole measures three inches in diameter and is three feet deep. Due to the depth of the hole, the sparrow cannot be reached by hand. Mad Ade cannot use sticks or canes, because he could hurt the bird. How can Mad Ade free the bird without causing it any harm?",No hint available.,"By gradually pouring sand into the hole. The bird will keep moving so that it is not buried in the sand, forcing it higher until it comes out.",Logic,06/04/02 #24740,Checker Circle,2.66,1.98,phrebh,"Arrange twelve checkers in a circle, like they were the numbers on a clock. Pick up one checker and jump over two other checkers, either clockwise or counterclockwise, and put it on the third checker. Using that same methodology, can you create 6 stacks of 2 checkers each?",Remember that a stack of two checkers still contains two checkers.,"12 onto 9 5 onto 8 2 onto 6 4 onto 11 1 onto 10 3 onto 7 That is one possibility. Rotational and reflective symmetry allow for many others.",Logic,07/21/05 #4033,Pinkish Purple,2.32,1.94,librashorty,"What's sometimes pinkish purple, other times black, or even white and blue?",No hint available.,The sky,Riddle,05/12/02 #7708,Six Letters Have I,2.97,2.32,snaps,"Six letters have I, and many more; One word tells what the others are for; Conceal a thing is what I do; So what am I? Need a clue?","Words together make this rhyme; Now while you ponder for a time, Your brain is on a merry chase, And I'm staring you right in the face!",A riddle!,Riddle,09/25/02 #6637,Band Camp IV,2.2,2.97,Mogmatt16,"A marching band has two types of blocks: 4 by 4 and 2 by 2. In a 4x4, everyone is in a 4 step grid and either on a yard line or half off. In a 2x2 block, everyone is in a 2 step grid, and everyone is either on a yard line, in between, or 2 steps off. Even though it is never used and has no logical reason for being used, what would be between those 2 types of blocks?","8 steps = 5 yards (Yes, I know this is different from another teaser, but that one was an error.)",2 2/3 steps by 2 2/3 steps. This puts everyone on a yard line or 2 2/3 steps off.,Other,08/17/02 #3574,So Many Legs,2.27,2.09,gokaran,"I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but no head. I cannot see, and I'm neat and tidy, as can be. What am I?",No hint available.,A Broom.,Riddle,04/17/02 #29172,Coin Collection,2.58,1.57,12345678,"A numismatist decides to divide his coin collection among his children. The oldest gets 1/2 of the collection, the next gets 1/4, the next gets 1/5, and the youngest gets the remaining 49 coins. How many coins are in the collection?",No hint available.,"There are 980 coins in the collection. 490 + 245 + 196 + 49 = 980",Math,03/18/06 #44885,One Letter of Separation 18,2.3,2.03,cnmne,"Each group of definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) to falter & to bet & a thin crisp cracker (5 letters) 2) the region drained by a river & fundamental & a fragrant mint used in cooking (5 letters) 3) a twilled woolen cloth & threshold & to combine into one (5 letters) 4) to enjoy something warmly comforting & job or chore & a barrel-shaped container (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) waver, wager, wafer 2) basin, basic, basil 3) serge, verge, merge 4) bask, task, cask",Language,07/18/09 #19738,A Snip!,2.63,2.09,MrIxolite,"What is this showing? ""Mr____, you're sacked."" ""Miss _____, contract terminated."" ""Mr_____, it's the can for you.""",No hint available.,Firing blanks,Rebus,12/06/04 #495,A Man and the Club,2.74,1.58,Sydgal47,"Tim really wants to join the new luxury fitness club that opened up downtown. The only problem is that to join you have to sign up at the desk and, to get inside, you have to answer a riddle. He thinks this won't be too hard. The guy in line before him goes up to the security guard. The guard says ""six"", and he answers back ""three"". The guard lets him in. The next lady goes up and the guard says ""twelve"". She says ""six"" and goes in. Now it is Tim's turn. The guard says ""four"" and Tim, thinking he was so smart, says ""two"". The guard says ""you're wrong"". What should he have said?",No hint available.,"He should have said FOUR. SIX has THREE letters. TWELVE has SIX letters. FOUR has FOUR letters.",Trick,05/25/01 #47227,Animal Antics,2.82,2.64,dalfamnest,"All except one of the following animals have something in common. What feature connects them? Which does not fit with the others in the list? Dog, Cat, Ape, Goat, Wolf, Badger, Monkey, Squirrel",The title will give you a clue.,"GOAT does not fit - the others are all human actions (verbs) Dog = to follow (someone) closely Ape = to copy, mimic Cat = to raise an anchor or flirt (slang) Wolf = to eat greedily Badger = to pester (someone), ask repeatedly for something Monkey = to fool around; to tamper (with) Squirrel = to hide things away in a safe place",Group,06/13/10 #30147,Word Jumble 8 - The Gemstone Series,2.83,1.47,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser: CTZAE Take letters 1 & 2 NRTO Take letters 1 & 2 GPI Take letter 1 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"CTZAE Take letters 1 & 2 - AZTEC, take A,Z NRTO Take letters 1 & 2 - TORN, take T,O GPI Take letter 1 - PIG, take P Unscramble the above to get 'Topaz'. The Topaz gemstone comes in hues of golden, oranges and browns and that is probably why in ancient Egypt, the topaz was associated with the Sun God Ra, and it was believed to be very powerful and protective. Another interesting legend surrounding the topaz says that it helps one to be clear-sighted - in literal terms, it improves your eyesight, but it also dispels any enchantment! Topaz was also believed to act as a cure to certain health conditions like insomnia, asthma, and hemorrhages.",Language,04/29/06 #24456,Strange Collection...,3.0,1.62,pleroux,"Which is the odd one out? Boundaries Cancerous Librarian Scorpions Chameleon Keyboards",Look to the night sky for a clue...,"""Keyboards"". All the other words contain names from the 12 signs of the zodiac: bound-Aries, Cancer-ous, Libra-rian, Scorpio-ns, chame-Leo-n",Group,07/12/05 #19442,Murray Magpie,2.5100000000000002,2.93,AXTON,"What links the countries in the group below? Dominica Mexico Zambia Kiribati Fiji Egypt",If South Australia was a country it would fit in this group also.,"They all have birds on their flags. Title: the Murray Magpie is on the South Australian flag.",Trivia,11/16/04 #27445,In Other Words...Music,2.84,2.31,Winner4600,"Below are five band names and one of each of their songs. However, they have been rephrased and it is your job to figure them out. 1. Blue and yellow in a period after night sings ""Avenue containing shattered nighttime fancies"". 2. ""Numerically"" also, the 21st letter of the alphabet sings ""A sensation of dizziness"". 3. Illuminated sight organs sings ""A chemical substance that can injure or kill"". 4. Involuntary shutting and opening of the eye #91 doubled sings ""Merry-go-round"". 5. The thankful deceased sings ""Carton of condensation"".",No hint available.,"1. Green Day sings ""Boulevard of Broken Dreams"". 2. U2 sings ""Vertigo"". 3. Bright Eyes sings ""Poison"". 4. Blink 182 sings ""Carousel"". 5. The Grateful Dead sings ""Box of Rain"".",Language,12/13/05 #33900,Mel's Movie,2.3,2.61,jazzmusician46,"How is Robert I (The Bruce) represented here in this rebus? Robert I (The Bruce): Not Guilty Henry VIII: Guilty Elizabeth I: Guilty Henry II: Guilty Richard III: Guilty Edward IV: Guilty",No hint available.,"Scot free Explanation: Robert I (The Bruce) = Scot (The others are all English monarchs). Since being found 'Not guilty', Robert the Bruce is subsequently 'free'.",Rebus,11/09/06 #10856,Please Don't Cry,2.5,1.78,electronjohn,"I shed a tear then disappear, or so you think. Cry a valley in dark alleys, stars, at me, wink. What am I?",I have a happy friend that is numbered 9.,"A cloud. When it rains, it can be said to shed a tear or cry. The hint is referring to being on ""Cloud 9"".",Riddle,03/03/03 #22512,In All Directions,2.78,2.39,KnightsTale,"A man walked three blocks north, then two miles west, rode a bicycle three and one half miles east and finally walked another three blocks south only to find himself right back where he started. How is this possible?",Distances can be confusing!,"He walked three blocks north to the gym where the treadmill faced west and the stationary bicycle faced east. Then he walked the three blocks home (south)",Situation,04/27/05 #19960,Mad Ade's Minus Letter Anagrams #10,2.38,2.69,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser the idea is to identify the blanked words. The secret is that each word is an anagram of the previous word, but minus one letter. For example: The ------- mopped up the spilt ------ and then made sure all the work surfaces were -----. The answer for the first word would be ""Cleaner"", then remove the ""N"" to make ""Cereal"", then remove an ""E"" to make ""Clear"". Now try these: Aladdin noticed whilst -------- that smoke was ------- from his -----'- lamp. The old ------- has become a bit of a ------; only yesterday he told everyone he ----- his car to work. The cocky --------- soon stopped -------- when all their ------- broke down.",No hint available.,"Sweeping, Seeping, Genie's Widower, Weirdo, Rowed Engineers, Sneering, Engines",Language,12/20/04 #18606,Mad Ade's Word Links #1,2.32,2.48,mad-ade,"In the below teaser Mad Ade will give you three sets of three words. Each word has another word in common with the other two. The new word will make the three original words into common word pairs. For example CAP, DEEP and PAD could all be linked by KNEE to form Knee Cap, Knee Deep and Knee Pad. The linking word can be at either side of the given word. Can you find the link for the following words? 1, Name, Noun and Fraction 2, Wire, Day and Ego 3, Goal, Game and Bee",No hint available.,"1, Proper Name, Proper Noun and Proper Fraction 2, Trip Wire, Day Trip and Ego Trip 3, Goal Keeper, Game Keeper and Bee Keeper",Language,08/22/04 #5550,Anniversary,2.26,1.67,mad-ade,"On Mad Ade's parents' wedding anniversary, four years ago, Mad Ade's mother was able to say to Mad Ade's father, that she had been married to him for three-fifths of her life, but that he had been married to her for only one-half of his life. But then, there is a 10-year difference in Mr and Mrs Mad Ade seniors' ages. How long have they been married and what were their ages four years ago?",No hint available.,"They have been married 34 years (= 30 + 4) Four years ago Mad Ade's mother was 50 (3/5 of 50= 30) Mad Ade's father was 60 (1/2 of 60= 30)",Math,07/13/02 #33992,Monarchs,2.49,2.55,jazzmusician46,"Below are two groups of people: Group A and Group B. Each group has two people incorrectly placed within them. Your task is to remove the two wrongly placed people from both groups and replace them into their correct group. Group A: Henry II Richard I Alexander II Henry III Duncan I James I William III Group B: Malcolm I Kenneth II Constantine III Edward II Kenneth III George II Malcolm II",No hint available.,"These men need to be removed from Group B and placed into Group A, since Group A are all English kings: Edward II (1307-1327) George II (1727-1760) These men need to be removed from Group A and placed into Group B, since Group B are all Scottish kings: Alexander II (1214-1249) Duncan I (1034-1040)",Group,11/17/06 #43878,Rocket Angle,2.29,1.98,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: angle, here, lash, rocket Group B: beard, instep, out, thick, war, zest",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A can have ""sp"" added to its beginning to make a new word. angle - spangle here - sphere lash - splash rocket - sprocket thus out - spout",Group,01/09/09 #1696,"Y,Y,H,L,E...",2.43,2.04,maxmars,"What comes next in this pattern? Y, Y, H, L, Y, E...",A calendar will help you.,Y. It's the last letter of the 12 months.,Series,12/12/01 #19256,2 = T on a B,2.26,2.25,ace_of_spades,2= T on a B (P and N),Think electronics,2 = Terminals on a Battery (Positive and Negative),Letter-Equations,10/26/04 #14140,East meets West,2.68,2.45,supercal,"As far east as east... As far west as west... If north is the future What name fits me best?","Discover the last frontier... ...well, assuming you're an American, anyway.","Alaska. Alaska has the western-most point in the U.S. (Little Diomede Island), AND the eastern-most point in the United States (Semisopochnoi Island in the Aleutians) This is possible because Alaska straddles the international date line. Alaska's State motto is: North to the future.",Trivia,08/02/03 #1249,The Butcher,2.58,0.87,Spencer,"A butcher is 6' 5"" and his shoe size is 8 1/2. What does he weigh?",No hint available.,Meat!,Trick,11/01/01 #37843,St. Petersburg Paradox,2.28,2.59,spinnercat,"You are offered a game to play with a single fair coin. It costs 20 dollars to play this game, but you can win much more than that. The way it works is that you continue to flip the coin until you get tails. For every heads you get before that, your payoff doubles. For example, if you get: Heads Heads Tails, then you would earn 4 dollars. In other words, you get: 2^heads dollars after you play. The question is: would you come out with more or less money after you played this game an INFINITE number of times? Remember, each game costs 20 dollars!",No hint available.,"Neither! You would come out with an INFINITE amount of money! Here's why: The way to calculate an expected value of a game=(the probability of event1)*(the payoff from event1)+(the probability of event2)*(the payoff from event2)... Let's say: event1=Tails event2=Heads,Tails event3=Heads,Heads,Tails, and so on. The probability of these events are: event1=1/2 event2=1/2*1/2=1/4 event3=1/2*1/2*1/2=1/8, and so on. The payoff of these events are: event1=1 event2=2 event3=4 event4=8, and so on. Plugging this into the expected value formula, we get: EV=(1/2*1)+(1/4*2)+(1/8*4)+(1/16*8)... This simplifies to: EV=1/2+1/2+1/2+1/2... Any number added an infinite number of times will sum to infinity, so your expected value of this game is infinity.",Probability,08/18/07 #10818,Kebab Race,2.21,1.76,mad-ade,"Mad Ade and Rod Lightning decide to race each other to the ""Sweaty Chef Kebab Shop"", exactly one mile away, and then back again. Mad Ade, being the Kebab lard-ladened beast he is, ran (more like staggered) at 10 miles per hour to the kebab shop, but managed a whopping 30 miles per hour back (down hill with a following tail wind). Rod Lightning, on the other hand, being less kilogramically challenged than Mad Ade, ran at a constant 20 miles per hour each way. Who won the race?",No hint available.,"Rod did, because at 20 mph, when he reached the ""Sweaty Chef"" Mad Ade (running at half the speed of Rod) was only half way there, and by the time Rod had run home again, Mad Ade would have just made it to his favourite kebab shop.",Math,03/01/03 #29066,Number 9,2.34,1.84,Victor,"I am compiling a world almanac, and it now contains lots of pages. I know that it takes 121 digits to print the page numbers in sequence. How many numbered pages does the book have, and how many times does the number 9 appear?",No hint available.,"There are 65 pages and the number 9 appears 6 times. 9+56*2=121 9 appears in 9, 19, 29, 39, 49 and 59.",Math,03/13/06 #34856,Putting Out the Fire,2.78,2.09,Gizzer,"A fiery adjective you should know, With letters seven and syllables two. Add a letter and watch it grow, To become a noun with paler hue.",No hint available.,"The difference is ""O"" so plain to see, If you take the time to stop and think. A fire is FLAMING, it's a fiery red, But the FLAMINGO is a paler pink.",Language,01/13/07 #35470,Things in Common 2,2.75,2.92,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to discover what the following words have in common with each other. Good luck: Comanche Hesperus Minimalist Nebuchadnezzar Piranha",No hint available.,"Each word has a country hidden within. cOMANche hesPERUs miniMALIst nebuCHADnezzar pIRANha",Group,03/01/07 #49380,Tick Tock Bad Clock,2.72,1.93,firefox99,"Your friend gave you a clock for your birthday, but unfortunately, it's very unreliable. This one gains exactly 12 minutes every hour. It is now showing 10pm and you know that it was correct at midnight, when you set it. If the clock stopped four hours ago, what is the correct time now?",No hint available.,"Since the clock gains 12 minutes every hour, for every real hour that has passed 72 minutes will pass on the clock. It has been 22 fake hours from midnight to the time the clock stopped, so in order to find the number of real hours we must first find the number of fake minutes, then divide the number of fake minutes by the number of minutes that pass by in an hour for the clock (72) to find the number of real hours that have passed from midnight to when the clock stopped. The following shows arithmetic work: 22 x 60 = 1320 (clock minutes that have passed from midnight to when the clock stopped) 1320 / 72 = 18.333333... (real hours that have passed from midnight to when the clock stopped) 18.333333... hours = 18 hours 20 minutes. Therefore it was 6:20pm when the clock stopped. And because the clock stopped four hours ago, it is now 10:20pm!",Math,03/23/12 #14997,The Sweaty Chef's Opening Days,2.33,2.14,mad-ade,"In order to conduct the work at Mad Ade's Favourite Take-away The Sweaty Chef KebabShop it is necessary to have a minimum of three workers each day. The staff consists of five persons who work on part time basis. Lily Livard can work on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Bea Sting cannot report for work on Wednesdays. Minnie Skurt can report for work on Tuesdays and Wednesdays only. Dinah Sore cannot work on Fridays. Eve Ning is available anytime except on the first Monday and Thursday of the month. During which day of the week might it be impossible to conduct the work at The Sweaty Chef KebabShop? Note that The Sweaty Chef KebabShop remains closed on Sundays, much to Mad Ade's dismay.",No hint available.,"One Thursday each month. Since Eve Ning cannot work during one of the Thursdays of the month, that will be the one day per month that the The Sweaty Chef KebabShop cannot be run. Otherwise, the days could look like this: Monday: Lily Livard, Bea Sting, Dinah Sore Tuesday: Bea Sting, Minnie Skurt, Eve Ning (or Dinah Sore) Wednesday: Lily Livard, Minnie Skurt, Dinah Sore (or Eve Ning Thursday: Bea Sting, Dinah Sore Friday: Lily Livard, Bea Sting, Saturday: Bea Sting, Dinah Sore, Eve Ning",Logic,10/05/03 #26298,Lamby Lambs!,2.58,1.33,i_am_hated,Why do black sheep eat less grass than white sheep?,No hint available.,There are less black sheep on the planet.,Trick,10/10/05 #4568,Jack's Eyes,2.35,1.22,mad-ade,"At a card game Mad Ade asked a question. ""In an ordinary deck of playing cards, two of the Jacks have two eyes and two of the Jacks have one eye. How many eyes are on all four Jack cards?""",No hint available.,"12 (Remember, each card has 2 faces)",Logic,06/08/02 #42561,Last Year's Gifts,2.72,1.27,j279,"Four friends were talking about what their boyfriends gave them as a birthday present last year. Using the clues below, determine who their boyfriends are, when their birthdays are, and what they received. Friends: Allison, Betty, Christine, Diana Boyfriends: Chris, Dave, Tom, Bill Birthdays: February 18, April 7, August 24, October 30 Gifts: bracelet, flowers, earrings, diamond ring Clues: 1. The four girls are Diana, the girl who has a birthday in February, the girl who received the diamond ring, and Allison. 2. Christine received the ring in October, but it wasn't from Tom or Dave. 3. Betty is allergic to flowers, so her boyfriend, Tom, knew not to get them for her. 4. Dave gave the bracelet to his girlfriend in August, and Bill proposed in October. 5. Allison's boyfriend did not buy flowers for her.",The diamond ring was given when one of the men proposed.,"Allison's boyfriend is Dave, and he gave her the bracelet on August 24. Betty's boyfriend is Tom, and he gave her the earrings on February 18. Christine's boyfriend is Bill, and he gave her the diamond ring on October 30. Diana's boyfriend is Chris, and he gave her the flowers on April 7.",Logic-Grid,07/22/08 #28988,A Hamlet,2.45,1.55,solarsistim321,"Tyler went on the web one day and found a cryptography teaser. He tried and tried to solve it, but he couldn't. Can you? Iz op zh rzi iz op. Ibmi ej ibp kfpjiezr. -Shakespeare",Look at the title.,"A=m b=o c=n d=q e=p f=a g=c h=b i=e j=s k=t l=u m=w n=r o=z p=x q=k r=h s=j t=i u=f v=g w=l x=y y=v z=d. To be or not to be. That is the question. -Shakespeare",Cryptography,03/08/06 #14518,Mad Ade's Fishing Trip,2.2,3.12,mad-ade,"Mad Ade went on an eight day fly fishing trip around the purple ridged mountains of Madadia and got to fish seven days of it last May. On every day, from May 14 to the 21st, except the 16th, when a severe thunderstorm kept him in his tent, he fished around Madadia. Though he caught many fish--all of which he released--each day, one special fish stood out. Each special fish was of a different variety: Monkey Trout, Brookside Trout, Cut Throat, Dolly Varden, Humpback, Lake Trout, and Rainbow, and a different size: 8 inches, 16 inches, 17 inches, 19 inches, 22 inches, 24 inches, and 27 inches. Every day, Mad Ade tried a different secret fishing spot: Big Little Falls, Bottle Well, Deep Channel, Old Cutbank, Big Rock Isle, Dish Creek, and Little Curl. And each special fish was caught on a different fly that Mad Ade tied himself: a Parachute Adams, an Elk Hair Caddis, a Humpy, a MayFly, Mad Ade's Little Mouse, a Stonefly Nymph, and a Yuk Bug. Three of the flies, Mad Ade's little Mouse, the Yuk Bug, and Stonefly Nymph, were fished as wet flies, the rest were fished as dry flies. 1) Mad Ade caught the smallest of his special fish, a little Brookside, after he caught the fish on his Elk Hair Caddis, but before he caught the fish in Deep Channel. His shiny Dolly Varden was not the fish lured from the depths of Bottle Well. Mad Ade caught either the smallest or his second to largest fish on his third fishing day. 2) Mad Ade caught a fish off Big Rock Isle on the 19th. He fought either the Humpback or the 24 inch monster on the 21st. On the fourth day of his trip, Mad Ade landed a fish over twenty inches long by the Old Cutbank on a wet fly. The fish Mad Ade landed with a net at Little Curl was larger than the one he worked onto shore at Dish Creek, but it was not as large as the one he lifted from the water at Big Little Falls. 3) Mad Ade caught the 24 inch fish on his Little Mouse after he caught the Dolly Varden, but before he hooked a real jumper with his Parachute Adams. Because he preferred dry flies, Mad Ade only used dry flies after using a wet fly on the 19th. Mad Ade used a Mayfly to fish Dish Creek. Mad Ade caught his fish on the Mayfly three calendar days (two fishing days) after he caught a fish with the Stonefly Nymph. 4) Mad Ade's five mile hike, along a mountain trail to Big Little Falls, paid off on his last day with a prized Humpback trout. At least four fishing days passed between the time that Mad Ade used the Stonefly Nymph and his Humpy. The Monkey Trout Mad Ade caught on the 17th was longer than the Rainbow he caught, but smaller than his Lake Trout. 5) The deep hole of Bottle Well yielded Mad Ade a 19 incher on the first or second day of his trip. With one exception, Mad Ade caught fish of even sizes on even number days and fish of odd sizes on odd days. Although they both jumped and splashed over the water the same way, the Rainbow Mad Ade caught was bigger than his Cut Throat.",No hint available.,"Mad Ade caught a fish off Big Rock Isle on the 19th (2). The Monkey Trout Mad Ade caught on the 17th (4). Mad Ade caught either the smallest or his second to largest fish on his third fishing day. (1) 17th is 8 or 24. On the fourth day of his trip, Mad Ade landed a fish over twenty inches long by the Old Cutbank on a wet fly. (2) 17th is 24 and Cutbank. Mad Ade caught the 24 inch fish on his Little Mouse (3). With one exception, Mad Ade caught fish of even sizes on even number days and fish of odd sizes on odd days. (5) He fought either the Humpback or the 24 inch monster on the 21st. Humpback is 21st. (2) Mad Ade's five mile hike, along a mountain trail to Big Little Falls, paid off on his last day with a prized Humpback trout. (5) Humpback is Big Little Falls. The deep hole of Bottle Well yielded Mad Ade a 19 incher on the first or second day of his trip. (5) First day is 14th, so 19 incher had to be second day, 15th. 15th then is Bottle. Mad Ade caught the 24 inch fish on his Little Mouse after he caught the Dolly Varden (3). Mouse is 24 inch fish on 17th. Dolly is 14th or 15th. Mad Ade caught his fish on the Mayfly three calendar days (two fishing days) after he caught a fish with the Stonefly nymph. (3) Mayfly can only be 18th, as Mouse is 17th. Stonefly is 15th. Mad Ade used a Mayfly to fish Dish Creek. At least four fishing days passed between the time that Mad Ade used the Stonefly Nymph and his Humpy. (4) Stonefly is 15th, so Humpy is 21st. Mad Ade only used dry flies after using a wet fly on the 19th. (3) Only wet fly left is Yuk Bug, so Yuk Bug is 19th. Mad Ade caught the smallest of his special fish, a little Brookside, after he caught the fish on his Elk Hair Caddis, but before he caught the fish in Deep Channel. (1) Elk Hair Caddis can only be 14th. Parachute Adams, the only fly left, is 20th. His shiny Dolly Varden was not the fish lured from the depths of Bottle Well. Bottle is 15th, so Dolly is 14th. (1) Mad Ade caught the smallest of his special fish, a little Brookside, after he caught the fish on his Elk Hair Caddis, but before he caught the fish in Deep Channel. (1) Brookside, 8 inches, (even) can only be Mayfly or Adams. The fish Mad Ade landed with a net at Little Curl was larger than the one he worked onto shore at Dish Creek, but it was not as large as the one he lifted from the water at Big Little Falls. (2) Adams can only be Little Curl or Deep Channel. It's not Channel (1) and not Little Curl (2), so Brookside is Dish Creek. Mad Ade caught the smallest of his special fish, a little Brookside, after he caught the fish on his Elk Hair Caddis, but before he caught the fish in Deep Channel. (1) So, Deep Channel is 20th, and 14th is Little Curl (last one). The Monkey Trout Mad Ade caught on the 17th was longer than the Rainbow he caught, but smaller than his Lake Trout. (4) 17th is Monkey, 24 inches, so Lake can only be 27. Only odd without a named fish name is 19th. So 19th is Lake Trout and 27 inches. 21st is 17 inches, only odd left. Deep Channel is 22 inches. The fish Mad Ade landed with a net at Little Curl was larger than the one he worked onto shore at Dish Creek, but it was not as large as the one he lifted from the water at Big Little Falls (2). Little Curl is less than 17 inches. 16 inches. Although they both jumped and splashed over the water the same way, the Rainbow Mad Ade caught was bigger than his Cut Throat. (5) So, Rainbow is 22 inches and Cut Throat 19 inches. Summary: 14th, Elk Hair Caddis, Dolly Varden, 16, Little Curl 15th, Stonefly Nymph, Cutthroat, 19, Bottle Well 17th, Mad Ade's Little Mouse, Monkey Trout, 24, Old Cutbank 18th, Mayfly, Brookside Trout, 8, Dish Creek 19th, Yuk Bug, Lake Trout, 27, Big Rock Isle 20th, Parachute Adams, Rainbow, 22, Deep Channel 21st, Humpy, Humpback Trout, 17, Big Little Falls",Logic,08/23/03 #28419,Dress Code,2.77,2.78,cnmne,"The sign at the restaurant read ""No shirt, no shoes, no service"". Wally put on a shirt and a pair of shoes, tried to enter without pants and socks, but he was still turned away. Apparently, he had to be fully dressed. Help Wally get dressed, starting with his shirt, then his pants, followed by his socks, and finally his shoes. Change SHIRT to SHOES by changing one letter at a time. The change must go through PANTS and SOCKS. Each change must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. SHIRT ----> PANTS ----> SOCKS ----> SHOES",No hint available.,"SHIRT <<<<< SHIRE SHINE WHINE WHITE WRITE WRITS WAITS WANTS PANTS <<<<< PACTS PACKS SACKS SOCKS <<<<< SOAKS SOAPS SLAPS SLOPS SHOPS SHOES <<<<<",Language,02/03/06 #33458,Mr. Motor,2.46,1.99,irar1792,"A motor running softly by your ear, A loving car moving gracefully, A teddy bear, ready for cuddles, A football player, ready for tackles, All this I am, and sometimes more Who am I that you adore?","If in my presence you do sneeze, Please accept my apologies.",I am a cat.,Riddle,10/12/06 #2715,C U L8er,2.11,1.13,Pongalopete,"Can you decipher this? C U L8er",Bye.,See you later.,Rebus,03/16/02 #38344,All Kinds of Spuds . . .,2.8,2.34,snowmonster,"All these folks have something in common. What is it? 1) Some people never seem motivated to participate, but are just content to watch, while others do the work. What are they called? 2) Some people never do anything to help, but are gifted at finding fault with the way others do the work. What are these people called? 3) Some people are very bossy and like to tell others what to do, but don't want to soil their own hands. These people are . . . 4) Some people are always looking to cause problems by asking others to agree with them. It is too hot or too cold, too sour or too sweet. These people are called . . . 5) There are those who say they will help, but somehow just never get around to actually doing the promised help. These people are called . . . 6) Some people can put up a front and pretend to be someone they are not. What are these people called?",There's a hint in the title.,"1) Spectators or ""Spec Taters"" 2) Commentators or ""Comment Taters"" 3) Dictators or ""Dick Taters"" 4) Agitators or ""Agie Taters"" 5) Hesitaters or ""Hezzie Taters"" 6) Imitators or ""Emma Taters""",Riddle,09/18/07 #36189,Here's Johnny II,2.6,2.36,aresII,"These are quips from the late-night talk show host, Johnny Carson. Can you decode them? The same code is used for both puzzles. W=O ""CPI HWZDC OTNC TD K NZETCJKUI. CPIZI TD WQRA WQI NZETCJKUI TQ CPI IQCTZI HWZRM, KQM XIWXRI UIIX DIQMTQO TC CW IKJP WCPIZ."" ""KQACTVI NWEZ QIH AWZUIZD OIC TQCW K JKL CWOICPIZ HTCPWEC KZOETQO, K LKQU ZWLLIZA PKD SEDC CKUIQ XRKJI.""","J=C Q=N X=P","""The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other."" ""Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place."" Key: A=Y C=T D=S E=U H=W I=E J=C K=A L=B M=D N=F O=G P=H Q=N R=L S=J T=I U=K V=M W=O X=P Z=R",Cryptography,04/12/07 #36989,"2, 8, 18, 32, 50, 72, 98, ?",2.16,2.28,DrummerRob,"What comes next in this series? 2, 8, 18, 32, 50, 72, 98, ?",No hint available.,"2*(8^2)=128 or 2*64=128 All the numbers are squared and then doubled. [ex: 2*(1^2)=2, 2*(2^2)=8, etc.]",Series,06/19/07 #38301,Special Delivery,3.16,2.46,dreamlvr1432,"Joe needed some extra money, so he decided to take a summer job with a local gift shop, as a delivery boy. Joe had just loaded the van, when a gust of wind blew his delivery list out of his hand and into a puddle of water. The ink ran and 5 entries were smudged out. Joe remembers some of the details of the deliveries, but needs help reconstructing his list so he can get back to work. Using the clues below, can you help Joe figure out who each gift was delivered to, the occasion for the gift, the street each recipient lives on and the time the gifts are to be delivered? Recipients: Tava, Gretta, Diane, Jill, Sarah Gifts: Roses, tulips, teddy bear, tiger, balloons Occasions: birthday, anniversary, get well, baby, promotion Streets: Julian Ave, Story St, Brady Ln, Dory Dr, Manor Ct. Times: 10 am, 11 am, noon, 1 pm, 2 pm 1) Gretta does not live on Story St. 2) Both the 11 am delivery and the one made to Sarah were flowers. 3) The 5 deliveries are the roses, the one on Story St, the one made at 1 pm, the one with a get well message, and the one made to Tava. 4) The last delivery of the day was a stuffed animal given as a birthday gift. 5) Jill (who just had a baby) did not receive a stuffed animal, nor was her gift delivered at noon. 6) The delivery on Julian Ave (which wasn't to Gretta) was tulips. 7) The deliveries were made in the following order: the balloons, the one made to Dory Dr, the one made to Diane, the gift given to celebrate a promotion, and the one made to Manor Ct. 8) The teddy bear was delivered 1 hour before Sarah received her gift, but 2 hours after the delivery on Story St.",No hint available.,"Thanks to you, Joe remembered the missing details of the list. He made his deliveries on time and managed to take home $25 in tips! Jill's friends sent balloon to her home on Story St. at 10 am to welcome the new baby. Gretta received roses from her husband at 11 am for their anniversary. They live on Dory Dr. Diane heard a knock at her door on Brady Ln at noon. She received a teddy bear ""bearing"" get well wishes, as she had been ill for several days. Sarah just received a promotion and her co-workers sent tulips to her Julian Ave home at 1 pm. Tava received a tiger for her birthday at 2 pm. She lives on Manor Ct.",Logic-Grid,09/15/07 #28742,A Lesson Learned,2.56,2.52,Kalliann,"Kaleb Kurious was in trouble! He was caught in the school playground pushing girls down and running. As he sat in front of his mother, he looked at his feet and wondered what his punishment would be. After listening to what happened in the playground and reading the note that was sent home, Mrs. Kurious decided on a punishment. Mrs. Kurious gave Kaleb a piece of paper with letters all over it. She told him that the letters formed famous quotes, but the quotes were in a code. Kaleb was told to go to his room and decode the paper. Once it was done, he should have a lesson learned on the importance of kindness. Can you help Kaleb decode the paper, so that he doesn't miss the nightly baseball game? DLMFW IRPP IBVTBJ SYLFHRPX VTMV VFRMHLFR, GBJWJRHH. GJYI TYI VY DBUR IBVTYLV TRHBVMVBYJ, TYI VY PYHR IBVTYLV FRDFRV, TYI VY MAOLBFR IBVTYLV ERMJJRHH. -George Sand (1804 - 1876) BX SYL IMJV YVTRFH VY ZR TMCCS, CFMAVBAR AYECMHHBYJ. BX SYL IMJV VY ZR TMCCS, CFMAVBAR AYECMHHBYJ -The Dalai Lama (1935 - )","A=M E=R I=B O=Y U=L","Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. George Sand (1804 - 1876) If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. The Dalai Lama (1935 - ) A=M B=Z C=A D=W E=R F=X G=D H=T I=B J=N K=G L=P M=E N=J O=Y P=C Q=O R=F S=H T=V U=L V=U W=I X=K Y=S Z=Q",Cryptography,02/21/06 #48571,Patterns In Four,2.19,1.17,MysteriousLight,"Find the pattern and figure out the next number in the 5th sequence. 2,5,1,8 7,1,1,9 4,2,3,9 4,3,1,8 1,2,4,_","Another sequence that can fit is: 1,2,3,6","The pattern: The first 3 numbers add up to the fourth number. The next number in the 5th sequence: 7.",Logic,03/18/11 #37202,Cryptopearls III,2.45,2.48,brainster,"Once upon a time, there was a land filled with wisdom and intelligence in the form of pearls. Most of the quotes we use today come from this land, which was called Lifeland. However, each pearl of wisdom was safely hidden under a Cryptoweb and called a Cryptopearl, because in those days, words were considered to be powerful weapons. You had to earn a Cryptopearl to learn some new piece of wisdom about life. Once you successfully opened the Cryptopearl, you were then awarded with whatever life changing information was inside that Cryptopearl. If you opened 4 Cryptopearls successfully, you were knighted as the Lord of Life. In this way, over generations, many such pearls have been passed down to us. Four such Cryptopearls are given below, in their original form. Can you open the Cryptopearls like the ancients did and find out what famous life's teaching it holds? Here's your chance to become the Lord or Lady of Life! 1. JGCNVJ KU YGCNVJ. 2. NQQM DGHQTG AQW NGCR. 3. KIPQTCPEG KU DNKUU. 4. UGGKPI KU DGNKGXKPI.",No hint available.,"For these, go two letters back in the alphabet and rewrite the sentence. Thus, when you rewrite JGCNVJ KU YGCNVJ by going two alphabets back, you will get - 1. Health is Wealth. Continue in the same manner for the others to get - 2. Look before you leap. 3. Ignorance is bliss. 4. Seeing is believing.",Cryptography,07/03/07 #42080,J = B P in the S S,2.43,1.36,shenqiang,J = B P in the S S,Our earth is in the S S.,Jupiter = biggest planet in the solar system.,Letter-Equations,05/29/08 #13739,"US State, not Straight",2.77,1.08,electronjohn,"There is only one U.S. state that has no straight-line borders. Can you determine which one it is? A border which is formed by a line of longitude or latitude qualifies as ""straight"", even though it is slightly curved.",You need to know very little about U.S. geography to get the answer.,Hawaii. Since its borders are naturally formed by the ocean they have no straight lines as do all the other US States.,Trivia,07/10/03 #38831,Thoughts of a Philosopher,2.57,2.17,aresII,"The following quotes are that of Benjamin Franklin. Philosophy was among his many talents. Can you decode these quotes? Both puzzles use the same code. A=B ""ENL URWCE BRCEOTL RF IKAPRD AKCRFLCC RC SXRFS RFEX RE."" ""O PLOWFLG APXDTNLOG RC O SWLOELW APXDTNLOG ENOF OF RSFXWOFE XFL.""","D=C G=D X=O","""THE FIRST MISTAKE IN PUBLIC BUSINESS IS GOING INTO IT."" ""A LEARNED BLOCKHEAD IS A GREATER BLOCKHEAD THAN AN IGNORANT ONE."" KEY: A=B B=M C=S D=C E=T F=N G=D I=P K=U L=E N=H O=A P=L R=I S=G T=K U=F W=R X=O",Cryptography,10/18/07 #29187,Largest Sum,2.58,1.95,Draw,"Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right, adding up the numbers along the way, what is the largest sum which can be made? 5 2 5 4 1 7 6 1 7 3 5 9 4 1 5 2 3 8 3 2 3 1 4 9 6",No hint available.,"38. 3+2+5+9+6+1+7+4+1=38.",Math,03/19/06 #27932,Are You Ready For Some Football?,2.36,2.3,bigSWAFF_69_,"Swaff finished up watching a game of American Football when his older brother Abjar walked in. Abjar asked what the score was: Swaff replied: ""It was 20 to 0"" Abjar was excited, because his team had won in a shut-out. Being the curious dude that he was, Abjar asked Swaff how they amassed 20 points. Swaff wanted to have some fun, and told Abjar to guess. Abjar decided he must first list ALL the possibilities of scoring 20 points, then pick the one that seems the most reasonable. How many different possibilities could Abjar come up with? (Assuming that anything at all can happen, within the rules of American Football)","In American Football, you can score a few ways: 6 points for a touchdown -after a touchdown you have the option to go for 1 or 2 extra points. 3 points for a field goal 2 points for a safety","Abjar could come up with 24 different ways. The 24 Options for Scoring are: Three touchdowns(18), one safety(2) =20 Three touchdowns(18), one 2 point extra point(2) =20 Three touchdowns(18), two 1 point extra points(2) =20 Two touchdowns(12), four safeties(8) =20 Two touchdowns(12), three safeties(6), one 2 point extra point(2) =20 Two touchdowns(12), three safeties(6), two 1 point extra points(2) =20 Two touchdowns(12), two safeties(4), two 2 point extra points(4) =20 Two touchdowns(12), one safety(2), two field goals(6) =20 Two touchdowns(12), one safety(2), one field goal(3), one 1 point extra point(1), one 2 point extra point(2) =20 Two touchdowns(12), two field goals(6) two 1 point extra points(2) =20 Two touchdowns(12), two field goals(6) one 2 point extra point(2) =20 Two touchdowns(12), two safeties(4), one field goal(3), one 1 point extra point(1) =20 One touchdown(6), seven safeties(14) =20 One touchdown(6), six safeties(12), one 2 point extra point(2) =20 One touchdown(6), five safeties(10), one field goal(3), one 1 point extra point(1) =20 One touchdown(6), four safeties(8), two field goals(6) =20 One touchdown(6), three safeties(6), one 2 point extra point(2), two field goals(6) =20 One touchdown(6), two safeties(4), one 1 point extra point(1), three field goals(9) =20 One touchdown(6), one safety(2), 4 field goals(12) =20 One touchdown(6), one 2 point extra point(2), 4 field goals(12) =20 Ten safeties =20 Seven safeties(14), two field goals(6) =20 Four safeties(8), four field goals(12) = 20 One safety(2), six field goals(18) =20",Math,01/06/06 #43353,American Presidents 13,2.31,2.56,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, James Polk, Jimmy Carter Group B: James Madison, James Monroe, John Tyler, James Buchanan, James Garfield, John Kennedy",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A served only one elected full term, with no partial term served as a result of the death of the previous president. Therefore, James Buchanan can be added to Group A. Madison and Monroe served two full terms, Tyler finished the term of William Harrison, and Garfield and Kennedy were assassinated during their first term.",Group,10/17/08 #37154,Woof Woof... BOOM!,2.91,1.33,fedex337,"A man walked up to a young kid and handed him a dog. The kid was very happy when suddenly the dog exploded! The man apologized and handed him a new dog. The kid, happy with this, thanked the man and walked away. Why did he not find the exploding dog strange at all?",The first dog was bright red; the second one was an almost transparent yellow.,The man was a clown at a carnival making balloon animals.,Situation,06/29/07 #21017,Almost Looks Like RAM Amounts,2.14,2.56,castanz,"What follows next in the series: 0, 2, 16, 54, 128, 250, ?, ?, ?",Break down each number in the series. See if you can find a pattern.,"432, 686, 1024 0 cubed *2 = 0 1 cubed *2 = 2 2 cubed *2 = 8 *2 = 16 3 cubed *2= 27 *2= 54 ... 6 cubed *2 = 216*2 = 432 7 cubed *2 = 343*2 = 686 8 cubed *2 = 512*2 = 1024",Series,02/13/05 #5964,Red and White Lights,2.35,1.44,angie,"There is a place where in front of you, you see red lights and in back of you, you see white lights. Where is this place?",No hint available.,On a road in a car.,Other,07/27/02 #12765,Not the Days of Christmas,2.24,2.77,island-paradise,12 = T of I,No hint available.,12 = Tribes of Israel,Letter-Equations,05/28/03 #19269,Not Spaghetti and Meatballs,2.45,2.88,cnmne,"4 = S in a S M (B, B, B, F)",No hint available.,"4 Strokes in a Swimming Medley (Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle)",Letter-Equations,10/28/04 #19891,Seven Pieces,2.69,1.8800000000000001,Fhqwhgads,"I am still here today just in seven pieces, I used to be a whole but first I broke into two, Then I broke apart many more times into seven, I haven't been proved but there is lots of evidence I used to exist, If scientists are right I just might form again.",Not exactly 7 pieces or 2 pieces but I was divided into 7 or 2 parts.,"Pangaea. The theoretical super continent that was said to have existed 200 million years ago. Pangaea is here today but in 7 pieces (the continents). Pangaea used to be a whole but it broke into 2 large continents (Laurasia and Gondwanaland) Then it broke apart further to form our 7 continents (Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica, Europe, North America, South America). It hasn't been proven but there is evidence of it, (the continents seem to fit together like pieces of a puzzle). Scientists think that if the Earth keeps moving like it has been, then a gigantic super continent will form again.",Riddle,12/13/04 #36394,"Winging It, Too",2.82,1.68,chaskey,"Five pilots, flying with different airlines in many kinds of weather, being otherwise under the weather, took some time off and went to their respective homes in various towns. Who lives where and how much time they took from their jobs can all be determined by following the clues below. MEN: Awtoe, T'rane, Roebote WOMEN: Misskete, Kettal AIRLINES: Fleefly Flights, Skysters, Wingdom Ways, Airflue Airtimes, Taxiecloud Hops STREETS: Path Way, Alley Boulevard, Avenue Street, Road Circle, Lane Court TOWNS: Square Lakes, Los Purses, Shortview, Townton, Cityville TIME OFF: 3 days, 5 days, 6 days, 7 days, 9 days CLUES: 1. Path Way, despite its name, is the widest street in Cityville. 2. The pilot for Fleefly Flights took off (from work) one day more than the one who lives on Alley Boulevard, and 3 days more than Misskete, who lives on Road Circle. 3.Roebote rested for two days more from his work for Wingdom Ways than did the pilot who retired for a few days to her home in Los Purses. Roebote lives in Square Lakes. 4. T'rane, who works for Taxiecloud Hops, spent some of his seven days at home in Townton helping his neighbors clean their beautiful Avenue Street, as they periodically do. 5. Airflue Airtimes management, after several discussions with Kettal, decided that they could spare her for as long as nine days to be at home in Shortview.",No hint available.,"Awtoe--Fleefly Flights--6 days--Path Way--Cityville T'rane--Taxiecloud Hops--7 days--Avenue Street--Townton Roebote--Wingdom Ways--5 days--Alley Boulevard--Square Lakes Misskete--Skysters--3 days--Road Circle--Los Purses Kettal-Airflue Airtimes-9 days--Lane Court--Shortview",Logic-Grid,04/24/07 #30521,"4, 3, 8/3, 9/4, 2, 2, 2, 15/8, 16/9, ?",2.17,2.81,kiss,"What's the next number in this series? 4, 3, 8/3, 9/4, 2, 2, 2, 15/8, 16/9, ?",No hint available.,"9/5. The nth entry is the nth composite number divided by n. 4=4/1, 3=6/2, 2=10/5=12/6=14/7, 9/5=18/10.",Series,05/17/06 #4681,Tea,2.63,1.04,bobbrt,"Which word below belongs in this group and why? Tea, eye, sea, queue, are Choices: a) ate b) you c) the d) bar",No hint available.,"The words are all homophones of letters - Tea (T), eye (I), sea (C), queue (Q), and are (R). Therefore the answer is you (U).",Language,06/13/02 #9095,9 = P on a B F,2.3,1.87,hprulz,9 = P on a B F,No hint available.,9 = Players on a Baseball Field,Letter-Equations,12/12/02 #17204,AEFHIJLPRSUVW,2.62,3.07,Jake,"The letters of the alphabet have been split into two groups. In which group would you put the letter Z? 1. AEFHIJLPRSUVW 2. BCDGKMNOQTXY",S.O.S. This teaser is hard.,"The letters in group 1 are those whose Morse code starts with a dot. The letters in group 2 start with a dash. Z belongs in group 2 because its Morse code is ""--.."".",Group,04/02/04 #45821,Curtail A,2.72,1.59,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Region; section -> Exist 2. Fur coat -> Green space 3. Pop; drink -> Grass; turf 4. Flat bread -> Hole; cavity 5. Insect stage -> Young dog 6. Shaped unleavened dough; macaroni -> Gone by; previous 7. Brass instrument -> Washing container 8. Epic story -> Droop","The words start with these letters: 1. A 2. P 3. S 4. P 5. P 6. P 7. T 8. S","1. Area -> Are 2. Parka -> Park 3. Soda -> Sod 4. Pita -> Pit 5. Pupa -> Pup 6. Pasta -> Past 7. Tuba -> Tub 8. Saga -> Sag",Language,11/26/09 #30974,Word Jumble 4 - Greek Mythological Creatures,2.7600000000000002,2.33,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser: PRACE - Take letters 2 & 4 IMTNGUPO - Take letters 1 & 2 ISLMEP - Take letters 1 & 4 PTSAM - Take letter 1 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"PRACE - Take letters 2 & 4 - CAPER, take A,E IMTNGUPO - Take letters 1 & 2 - GUMPTION, take G,U ISLMEP - Take letters 1 & 4 - SIMPLE, take S, P PTSAM - Take letter 1 - STAMP, take S Unscramble the above letters to get 'PEGASUS' Pegasus in ancient Greek mythology was a winged horse. It is believed that wherever this horse's hoof struck the earth, a spring burst forth. Pegasus aided many heroes in their conquests against other monsters and evil creatures of Greek mythology. He is believed to have aided Bellerophon in the slaying of the Chimera, as well as bringing thunderbolts to Zeus.",Language,06/09/06 #18843,5 Wood-cutting Machines,2.27,2.84,nenad,"In a wood-cutting factory, five large sawing machines stand in a windowless room. Each machine has an on/off switch attached, there being no doubt as to which switch controls which machine. Outside the door to the room are five back-up on/off switches, one for each machine inside. The power for each machine must first pass through the back-up switch, and then the machine switch before reaching the saw. The problem is, the new manager cannot decide how these back-up switches match with the machines inside the room. One day, the manager's brother visits. The manager takes him inside the sawing room where all five machines are at work and explains the problem. The brother announces that he intends to leave the room and that when he returns he will be able to match correctly the five switches outside the room to the five machines inside. The brother works alone, cannot see the machines from outside the room and solves the problem purely by operating switches. How is it possible?","Aside from sight, use other senses.","1) Turn off two machines while inside. Let's call those two machines turned off with inside switch 'inactive', and call remaining three machines 'active'. 2) Go outside. 3) Find out which two outside switches correspond to inactive machines, and which correspond to active machines. To do that, try all of following ten combinations, where 'x' represents turned-off outside switch, while 'O' represent turned on switch: xxx00,xx0x0,x0xx0,0xxx0,xx00x,x0x0x,0xx0x,x00xx,0x0xx,00xxx . Only one of these combinations is a 'silent' combination that eliminates all sound, by turning off all three active machines. 4) Label outside switches related to active machines (those marked with 'x' in the silent combination) with A, B, and C. Label outside switches related to inactive machines with D and E. 5) For inactive machines, turn D off and E on. 6) For active machines, turn A and B on, and turn C off. 7) Wait enough time for machine connected to C switch to cool off, and then turn B off, too. 8) Go inside. 9) The only machine that is still working inside is connected to outside switch A. 10) Check both machines that were active and are now turned off. The one that is warmer is connected to switch B (since it was on most recently), and the cooler one is connected to switch C (which was turned off first). 11) Turn inside switches on for both 'inactive' machines. The one that starts working is connected to outside switch E. The one that is still not working is connected to outside switch D.",Logic,09/16/04 #1822,A Cryptogram,2.4,2.47,missie,"A Cryptogram: Below is a sentence in which one set of letters is substituted for another. The words are in their right order, with a space after each. ML MK RYL SRSKSXA LQXL X AMLLAZ NQXHU XRF NQZZHOSARZKK YOLZR UXRSOXNLSHZK MLK YVR MUUZFMXLZ HZVXHFK.",No hint available.,It is not unusual that a little charm and cheerfulness often manufactures its own immediate rewards.,Cryptography,12/23/01 #27150,Troti's Case #2,2.78,1.77,Therulerofthem,"When Troti (The Ruler of the Inspectors) walked into the house, a police officer approached him. ""We have two people in custody,"" said the officer, ""But we have to release them both if we can't find out who did this. There's Mary, a former business partner, but they got in an argument a while back and split the business up. Then there's Roger, her ex-boyfriend. When we came they were both looking at the body."" ""Where are they?"" said Troti. ""They are upstairs in the victim's room, where she was shot."" Troti walked upstairs to the room. He saw the body, the light from the open window illuminating the waist to the head. The window looked old, and there was no screen, just sliding glass. Through it you could see her backyard. There was a bullet high in her back. Troti looked at the suspects in the room. ""I would like to have a word with both of you."" Mary walked out in the hall with Troti and began to speak with Troti. ""I don't really know what happened. I heard the shot from my house, our houses are back to back. When I ran over I saw Roger pale as a ghost looking down at the body. I think Roger shot the poor girl. Even if I was angry at her, she didn't deserve what she got at all."" She reentered the room and Roger came out. ""I came over to apologize to Julie. I knocked on the door, then heard a gunshot. I ran in and looked down at her. I was absolutely horrified at what I saw, but I didn't do it. Mary came over a few minutes later, saying she heard the shot from her house."" Troti then had an idea about who had murdered the girl. Do you know whom?",No hint available.,"Mary shot Julie. Julie was obviously face down because the bullet in her back was visible. But you know that she was standing with her back to the window because when she fell, the light was on the upper half of her body. You could not shoot her by coming in to the room. That means someone shot her through the open window. Roger had no access to any vantage points from where he could shoot her, yet Mary did. She shot the bullet from her window, which was just opposite hers, as their houses are back to back.",Mystery,11/25/05 #41996,Broken #13,2.65,2.23,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given a series of letters in groups of five. These letters have been taken from a common phrase, with the spaces between the words removed and rearranged. Your job is to arrange the pieces to reconstruct the phrase. The dashes indicate the number of letters in each word. (Unfortunately, each word must be set out vertically due to spacing problems). whatt heykn forgi ownot mfort vethe heydo ""------- ---- --- ---- ---- --- ---- ---- --""",No hint available.,"""Forgive them for they know not what they do"".",Language,05/20/08 #40205,Dr. Seuss,2.26,2.48,onua9159,"From Theodor Geisel, more widely-known as Dr. Seuss, comes this quote about imagination. G=T ""GPYMK URQG NME GPYMK ZYTPG NME GPYMK UHL NME GPYMK PYTP. HP, GPR GPYMKX VHA ONM GPYMK AB YQ HMUV VHA GZV!""","K=K M=N P=H","""Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!"" - Theodor Geisel KEY: A=U B=P C=J D=V E=D F=M G=T H=O I=B J=Z K=K L=W M=N N=A O=C P=H Q=F R=E S=X T=G U=L V=Y W=Q X=S Y=I Z=R",Cryptography,01/25/08 #33235,Stupid Quotes,2.7,2.32,grungy49,"Ok, so we've all said some stupid or embarrassing things without realising it. Can you decode these very stupid quotes? The same code is used for all of them. 1 Reg no ln eve rofri aeh tnig nahot dem ee sl labe hty alper noit omw olsni yleg narts. -Dleif cadi vad 2 Esla fera sed nolb tuob aseil ts om. -(eni ldaeh tno rf) Rat ssemit it annic nic 3 Rev irdeh tylla usu tna pucco en oyl noev ahs daor ru ono sra cts om. -Nam owrohc na cbb aila mlorac.",No hint available.,"The quotes are only backwards. 1 Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer. -David Acfield 2 Most lies about blondes are false. -Cincinnati Times Star (front headline). 3 Most cars on our roads have only one occupant, usually the driver. -Carol Malia, BBC anchorwoman.",Cryptography,09/29/06 #8590,Doughnut Pool,2.29,2.4,Gizzer,"Some office workers were holding a daily pool on the number of doughnuts their boss would eat each weekday morning during March. Each person set aside funds in their desk with which to bet. Each day from Monday, March 3rd, they all bet a dollar - Kevin bet on 2, Kate on 3 and Kathy on 3.5 doughnuts. Kathy won twice as many times as Kevin, who was right once more than Kate; sometimes there was no winner. By April, they all had $20 in their desks. How much was the most anyone could have had in their desk at the beginning of March?","The pot does not accumulate if there is no winner - each person gets his ""stake"" back.","$27 There would be 21 working days in a March where the first weekday is the third. The combination of wins in which anyone will have lost the most money has a total of 19 wins (10 for Kathy, 5 for Kevin and 4 for Kate). In this scenario, Kate would have lost 15 times ($15) and won 4 times ($8), for a net loss of $7. Since she now has $20, she must have started with $27.",Logic,11/19/02 #23629,"0.5, 2, 4.5, 8, 12.5, ...",2.63,1.74,dutchymonster,"0.5, 2, 4.5, 8, 12.5, ... What comes next?",No hint available.,"18 They are all consecutive square numbers - divided by 2",Series,06/13/05 #349,Angry Response,2.32,0.89,22ACE,A man called his wife to say that he'd be home at eight o'clock. He got home two minutes past eight yet his wife was extremely angry with him. Why?,She was angry because he was late.,He called and said that he would be home at 8:00 P.M. and he came home at 8:02 A.M.,Trick,03/15/01 #38395,Incomplete Words XIV,2.8,1.43,tedger,"Below are ten words, each missing the same two-letter combination. Can you figure out what those two letters are? R_ _ger Bra_ _ P_ _po_ _t _ _tangible Cr_ _ge _ _ane Stra_ _ful H_ _ted Coll_ _ear _ _gra_ _",No hint available.,"The letters are IN Ringer Brain Pinpoint Intangible Cringe Inane Strainful Hinted Collinear Ingrain",Language,09/21/07 #4530,Spelling Test,2.44,2.13,mad-ade,"It was Mad Ade junior's turn in the class spelling test. The teacher said a word and asked Mad Ade junior to spell it. Mad Ade junior realized that there was more than one way to spell the word he heard, so he asked the teacher to use the word in a sentence. The teacher didn't catch on as to why a sentence was necessary, but used the word in a sentence anyway. Mad Ade junior still wasn't sure how to spell the word, so he asked the teacher, ""Up or down?"" The teacher finally caught on and answered his question. After hearing the teacher's reply, Mad Ade junior spelled a six letter word and got the word right and went on to win the spelling test. What word did Mad Ade junior spell?",No hint available.,RAISED (as opposed to razed),Language,06/06/02 #15707,Mad Ade's Funky Fractions 8,2.34,1.86,mad-ade,"The idea of this teaser is to split the given words into the relevant fractions and then add the two fractions of words into one single word, once you have worked out which fraction of the word you need. For example 3/5 of Green and 1/2 of Neat would be Great. 3/5 of green =Gre 1/2 of Neat= at gre+at= Great The first part of the fraction in the teaser will be in the first part of the finished word and all letters are used in the correct order with no skipping of letters, i.e. 2/5 of Green cannot be GE because it skips the letter R, but it could be EE. 1. 3/4 of star + 3/7 of Tuesday 2. 2/7 of diamond + 4/9 of resurrect 3. 1/2 of wind + 1/2 of vine + 2/5 of skate 4. 1/2 of showed + all of ding 5. 4/9 of partridge + 3/4 of vial",No hint available.,"1. statue 2. direct 3. invite 4. wedding 5. partial",Language,12/07/03 #52308,Hans vs Heather,3.04,1.04,wimpykidfan37,"Hans Ernest Froopaloop, Jr. wants to drive his motorboat across a lake. At the same time, Heather wants to swim across the lake. So, Heather dons her gorgeous white string bikini and jumps into the lake at the same time Hans starts his motor. They both follow exactly the same path and maintain a constant speed. Hans's motorboat's speed is exactly ten times as fast as Heather's swimming speed. However, when Hans is three-quarters of the way to the destination, the motorboat runs out of gas. Then it decides to ignore Newton's First Law and immediately comes to a complete stop. Now poor Hans has to row his boat the rest of the way. But he is such a slow rower, and Heather is such a fast swimmer, that she swims exactly four times as fast as he rows. Who will reach the destination first?",No hint available.,"Heather will make it first. Since Heather swims exactly four times as fast as Hans rows, it will take her as much time to swim the whole way as it will for him to row one quarter of the way, that is, from the three-quarter point to the end. Therefore, if the motorboat's speed is anything short of infinite, Heather will reach the destination first.",Logic,11/26/19 #8172,#'s,2.29,1.05,jake101,"What comes at the end? 1!2@3#4$5%6^7&8*9(0? Note: the question mark at the end is not part of the series. It represents the part that is missing.",Look at the keyboard.,") They are the numbers on a QWERTY keyboard, followed by the characters that appear above them.",Series,10/23/02 #34997,Missing in the Middle . . .,2.66,1.78,snowmonster,"Please add the middle word - this word should correspond with the words on each side of it. Example - rain - coat - tail 1) Sewing ______________ Gun 2) Laser ________________ Sale 3) Gravel _______________ Bull 4) Fire _________________ Board 5) Wine ________________ Neck 6) Wire ________________ Water 7) Pizza ________________ Crust 8) School _______________ Work 9) Cat __________________ Ball 10) Saw ________________ Brush",No hint available.,"1) Machine 2) Tag 3) Pit 4) Wall 5) Bottle 6) Tap 7) Pie 8) House 9) Hair 10) Tooth",Language,01/23/07 #15178,Talk,2.5,1.76,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented by the second line below? TALK t + a + l + k =",No hint available.,Making small talk.,Rebus,10/22/03 #26429,Teasergle II,2.92,3.07,phrebh,"Five online friends, two guys (Asthma and Checkers) and three girls (Jaymee, Miss Sissy, and Warbucks) like to spend time on the same brain teaser oriented site, Teasergle. Each of them like to solve different types of teasers (Language, Logic, Math, Riddle, and Trick) and each of them likes to write different types of teasers (Language, Logic, Math, Riddle, and Trick). One day, they each wrote a teaser, taking a different amount of time to do so (10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 40 minutes, and 50 minutes). The same day, they also each solved a teaser, taking a differing amount of time to do so (1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, and 5 minutes). Using the clues below, can you determine which friend likes to write what category of teaser, solve what category of teaser, and how long it took them to write one and solve one? 1. Three people liked to write the same kind of teaser that they liked to solve. 2. Three people took ten times longer to write a teaser as they did to solve one. 3. Jaymee took longer to solve her teaser than the girl who spent 50 minutes writing her teaser. 4. The group follows the generalization that guys don't like language and girls don't like math, so no girl wrote or solved a math teaser and no guy wrote or solved a language teaser. 5. Trick teasers are always written the fastest and language teasers take the longest to solve. 6. Logic teasers take more time to write than math teasers, which take more time to write than language teasers. 7. Two people liked to write the same kind of teaser that they liked to solve and took ten times longer to write their teaser as they did to solve a teaser. 8. Asthma wrote the riddle teaser. 9. The five people are the girl who took 30 minutes to write a teaser, the person who took 3 minutes to solve a teaser, the person who wrote and solved a math teaser, the person who solved the riddle, and Miss Sissy.",No hint available.,"Asthma took 20 minutes to write a Riddle teaser and 2 minutes to solve a Riddle teaser. Checkers took 40 minutes to write a Math teaser and 4 minutes to solve a Math teaser. Jaymee took 30 minutes to write a Language teaser and 5 minutes to solve a Language teaser. Miss Sissy took 10 minutes to write a Trick teaser and 1 minute to solve a Logic teaser. Warbucks took 50 minutes to write a Logic teaser and 3 minutes to solve a Trick teaser.",Logic-Grid,10/18/05 #33414,"A Penny, a Quarter, and a Nickle",2.68,2.5,MJfan23,"If a penny is copper, and a quarter is silver, what color is a nickle?",Everything is spelled correctly.,The N-I-C-K-L-E is a green woodpecker. The coin is spelled N-I-C-K-E-L.,Trick,10/09/06 #10775,In the shade,2.36,1.05,timmyboym,"My first is in door but not in floor, My second's in apple but not in core. My third and fourth can be found at the end of bark, My fifth is in prank, but never in park My very last three are all in less, I am cold, sunless, and nothingness. What am I?",No hint available.,Darkness,Riddle,02/27/03 #32243,Deep Within,2.71,1.57,deepsea,"When you have nowhere else to turn, You can turn to me. When you have no one else, You know there I'll be. I'm your truest friend, From birth until you die. I know everything about you, I'm the worst to which you can lie. If I love you too much, You're in for trouble; But if I don't love you, That trouble more than doubles. Now a question I ask you, One to test your mind's eye, That question put simply is, Who am I?",No hint available.,Yourself.,Riddle,08/02/06 #30079,Crossquare I,2.6,2.29,phrebh,"Solve each clue below. The answers will form a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. Truncated sword 2. Prefix for anagram of tread 3. Anagram of incomplete order 4. Anagram of prod",No hint available.,"1. WORD 2. OVER 3. REDO 4. DROP",Language,04/26/06 #20668,The Music Outlet,1.9000000000000001,1.17,do_you_yahoo,"Joel, Tim, Allison, and Hayley are all shopping at The Music Outlet. Each buys a CD. The CDs are Hilary Duff, Mud On The Tires, The Chronicles of Life and Death (by Good Charlotte), and Sweat. The prices of the CDs are $14, $16.50, $15.95, and $17. Who bought which CD? 1) Joel didn't buy Sweat. 2) Tim likes Good Charlotte, but bought Sweat instead. 3) Allison didn't buy Hilary Duff, Sweat, or The Chronicles of Life and Death. 4) Hayley hates Good Charlotte. 5) Sweat costs $16.50. 6) The Chronicles of Life and Death was the most expensive CD. 7) Hilary Duff didn't cost $15.95 or $16.50.",The name of each person has something to do with the band or artist that recorded the CD that the person bought.,"Joel-The Chronicles of Life and Death-$17 Tim-Sweat-$16.50 Allison-Mud on The Tires-$15.95 Hayley-Hilary Duff-$14",Logic-Grid,01/28/05 #9003,After-words,2.45,1.17,master123,"Which word can go after all these words to make new words? Back____ Collar____ Wish____",No hint available.,Bone,Language,12/08/02 #9273,Cheese Head,2.41,2.17,jellybean,"These words are all associated with one word. What is the word? Cheese, Head, Laugh, Teeth, Happy",No hint available.,Smile!,Language,12/21/02 #13100,Common Words,2.81,2.5100000000000002,krishnan,"What is common to the following words? buy, catch, seek, teach, bring, fight, work, think.",No hint available.,"All their past tenses rhyme! BOUGHT, CAUGHT, SOUGHT, TAUGHT, BROUGHT, FOUGHT, WROUGHT, THOUGHT.",Group,06/12/03 #33111,Operation Length-Ectomy,2.78,2.71,cnmne,"Six words have had their lengths removed. The lengths have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each length with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: foot, inch, league, meter, mile, yard Group B: crinhos, gerrmndee, pole, rems, tris, ultpir",No hint available.,"foot + rems = foremost (FOremOsT) inch + pole = pinochle (pINoCHle) league + crinhos = clearinghouse (cLEArinGhoUsE) meter + tris = trimester (triMEsTER) mile + ultpir = multiplier (MultIpLiEr) yard + gerrmndee = gerrymandered (gerrYmAndeReD)",Language,09/22/06 #35455,Bitter Shrub,2.34,2.62,silent_lucidity,"My first often preys upon my second; My whole a bitter shrub is reckoned.",No hint available.,WORM-WOOD,Riddle,02/27/07 #19940,A Race,2.25,0.7000000000000001,AlexHayward,A racecar driver enters a local race on a small oval track. The race is ten laps long. He completes the race in its entirety and wins. How many times did he pass the start/finish line during the race?,No hint available.,He will pass it eleven times. He has to cross it at the beginning of the race to begin his first lap. He will then pass it once for every lap he completes.,Logic,12/17/04 #3877,Loburgervewpepsiar,2.06,2.83,arij,"Can you decipher this? loburgervewpepsiar",No hint available.,"LOburgerVEWpepsiAR fare is a food and a drink that are regularly consumed so we can say that 'All is fare in love and war' fare is pronounced in the same way as is fair, therefore: loburgervewpepsiar = All is fair in love and war",Rebus,05/03/02 #36125,The Mask,2.65,2.47,solarsistim321,"A man doing a dangerous and difficult job has to wear a mask for protection. Suddenly he tears off his mask and as a consequence, dies. He is not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and he did not mean to commit suicide. What made him tear off his mask?",No hint available.,"The man is a deep sea diver. A diver at great depth can be affected by a phenomenon commonly referred to as ""rapture of the deep."" This condition causes euphoria, and the affected person loses grasp on reality and becomes convinced that equipment, such as his mask, is not necessary and should be discarded.",Situation,04/08/07 #29467,Sheerluck Holmes,3.05,3.18,cnmne,"A series of burglaries has plagued London. The famous private investigator, Sheerluck Holmes, is on the case. He has five suspects. As usual, Sheerluck has bungled again, and has lost his notes. Fortunately, he has memorized some of the clues. Help Sheerluck determine each man's age, height, weight, and hair color. Also, help identify the culprit so that he can be put behind bars. Men: Ben, Gus, Ron, Sam, Tim Ages: 29, 32, 37, 42, 46 Weights: 166, 178, 190, 201, 216 Heights: 5'8"", 5'9"", 6'0"", 6'3"", 6'4"" Hair (descending order of darkness): black, brown, red, blonde ... plus bald 1) The man who is 6'0"" tall is older than the man who weighs 178 pounds, who is older than Ben (one of these is the guilty man). 2) Ron weighs more than the brown-haired man, who weighs more than the man who is 32 years old. 3) Ben is taller than the blonde-haired man, who is taller than the man who weighs 166 pounds. 4) The man who is 32 years old has darker hair than the man who weighs 190 pounds, who has darker hair than Tim (one of these is the guilty man). 5) Each man has one measurement (age, weight, or height in inches) that is an odd number. 6) The youngest, the lightest, and the shortest ... are three different men ... and do not have red hair (the guilty man is not among them). 7) The oldest, the heaviest, and the tallest ... are three different men ... and do not have black hair (one of these is the guilty man). 8) Ben and Gus have a weight difference of 12 pounds. 9) Sam and Tim have a height difference of 3 inches. 10) Ron is not 4 years older or younger than any other man. 11) The guilty man does not have blonde hair.",No hint available.,"First, fill in as much of the grid as possible, while ignoring the clues about the guilty man. Then, use those clues to fill in the rest of the grid. Given that the grid has been correctly filled, the following conclusions can be drawn. A) From clues 1 and 4, we know that the guilty man is one of the following: 6'0"" and 32, 6'0"" and 190, 6'0"" and Tim, 178 and 32, 178 and Tim, Ben and 32, Ben and 190. B) From clue 6 and since Ben is the youngest, Ben can be eliminated. Since Ben weighs 190, 190 can also be eliminated. This leaves the following combinations: 6'0"" and 32, 6'0"" and Tim, 178 and 32, 178 and Tim. C) From clue 6 and since the lightest man is also 32, 32 can be eliminated. This leaves: 6'0"" and Tim, 178 and Tim. D) Both of the remaining pairs involve Tim, so Tim is the guilty man. E) From clue 7 and since Tim is neither the heaviest nor the tallest, he must be the oldest, or 46. F) From clue 11, Tim can not have blonde hair. Ben, 29 years, 190 pounds, 6'4"", brown Gus, 42 years, 178 pounds, 6'3"", blonde Ron, 37 years, 216 pounds, 5'8"", bald Sam, 32 years, 166 pounds, 5'9"", black Tim, 46 years, 201 pounds, 6'0"", red, guilty Another case solved by sheer luck.",Logic-Grid,04/01/06 #52401,I Know He Knows; You Don't Know I Don't,2.18,1.9000000000000001,Rove_Tarts,"-I walk into a room -I know everyone who knows who was first in the room -You walk in after me -You don't know everyone who knows who was first in the room How many people are now in the room?",Try to figure out how many were to start then add 2.,"There are 4 in the room At least 2 people enter the room; me and you. If 1 person were in the room to start, I would know who was first in the room, as well as everyone who who knows who was first in the room. Therefore, if you walk in with 1 other person & I, you know we both know who was first. If there were 0, same story. If there are 3 or more, I don't know who knows who was first in the room, because only 2 of them know. Therefore, the answer is 4.",Logic,06/08/20 #47973,Frozen Cabbage Band,2.81,1.93,hellokitty,"Five friends pooled their resources one day and pieced a CD together from songs they had written. They called their band Frozen Cabbage and ended up playing a number of live gigs at local events. Determine the full name of each band member, the instrument (or mixing console) each played, the brand of equipment each used, plus each member's favorite magazine. 1. Steve wasn't the sound engineer. One of the women enjoyed EQ magazine. 2. Angie and Steve didn't like Recording magazine. The bass player used Ibanez equipment. 3. Mr. Magnus didn't use Mackie equipment. Mark's last name wasn't Hydal and he didn't play the keyboard. 4. The sound engineer, whose last name wasn't Engel, enjoyed reading Mix magazine. The person who used Yamaha drums wasn't Robert, but their last name is Hydal. 5. The five band members (in no particular order) were: Mark Scott, the female bass player, the person who read Musician, the one who used Peavey equipment, and Robert. 6. Shelley's last name was not Hydal or McArthur, and she didn't use Roland equipment. Mackie only developed equipment for live sound and recording, not musical instruments. 7. Steve McArthur was the guitarist.",No hint available.,"Angie Hydal, drums, Yamaha, Musician Mark Scott, sound, Mackie, Mix Robert Magnus, keyboard, Roland, Recording Shelley Engel, bass, Ibanez, EQ Steve McArthur, guitar, Peavey, Home Recording",Logic-Grid,09/17/10 #15842,I Want to Live a Life of Danger,2.59,2.09,Rowsdower,"I believe this riddle will be a treat, So get off of that chair and move your feet. If you're feeling tired or you've got the blues, I'll keep you company while you wear out your shoes. I've got rhythm and usually rhyme, I keep morale up and help to mark time. I might mention rangers and soldiers too. I know what I am, so how about you?",No hint available.,"A cadence. A cadence call is a song sung in the military to help keep everyone in step and count the pace, i.e. mark time.",Riddle,12/18/03 #1165,Funny Money,2.33,1.13,BigMan,What can you spend but not buy?,No hint available.,Time.,Riddle,10/18/01 #50927,What a Mouthful!,2.7600000000000002,1.14,Snowdog,"Which item from the following list does not belong? Nibble Bit Chew Word Byte",Byte is not misspelled.,"Chew does not belong. All of the other items are measures of memory in computers. Computers store information in binary format: a series of ones and zeroes. Bit = a single '1' or '0' Nibble = A set of 4 bits (i.e. '1001') Byte = 8 bits. Word = 2 Bytes.",Group,11/23/16 #21054,Hungry Dog,2.15,0.8300000000000001,HughJazz510,"A dog is on a chain leash on one side of a railroad track. His food is on the other side of the track. The dog's leash is long enough for him to be able to cross to the other side the track, but it is not long enough for him to reach his food. How can he break the chain leash to get the food?",The dog must get to the side where the food is on to somehow break the leash.,The dog can break the chain leash by crossing the track and waiting for a train to run over the leash and break it.,Logic,02/15/05 #45430,Words With RED,2.21,2.5100000000000002,brainglue,"Four words with the letters RED, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. R E D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R E _ D _ _ _ _ _ _ R E _ _ _ _ _ _ D _ R E D _ _ _ _ _ _ Pool: A, C, E, E, I, I, I, I, M, M, N, N, N, N, O, O, O, P, P, P, R, S, T, T, U, V, Z",No hint available.,"The words are: redemption rendezvous reprimand prediction",Language,10/05/09 #5219,Painters,2.54,1.71,Cascas,"A painting job can be completed by 7 painters in 17 days. If 7 more painters join the team 7 days after starting work on the job, then how many more days are required to complete the job?",No hint available.,"Total effort required by 7 painters for 17 days = 7 x 17 = 119 man-days. Initial effort by 7 painters for 7 days = 7 x 7 = 49 man-days. Job still requires 119 - 49 = 70 man-days, and there are 14 painters available to do it. Additional effort required by 14 painters for 70 man-days = 70 / 14 = 5 days. Thus, 5 more days are required to complete the painting job.",Math,07/04/02 #5472,Weight Gain,2.44,2.49,Bobbrt,"When the blanks below are properly filled, the result will be a palindrome (it will read the same forward and backwards, with only the spaces between the words being changed). Since you gained so much weight, your shoe doesn't fit any more. You must have _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.",No hint available.,"Since you gained so much weight, your shoe doesn't fit any more. You must have TOO FAT A FOOT.",Language,07/11/02 #37121,Grab a Cab,2.53,1.27,pating,"Pating and his wife are at the entrance of their subdivision. Their subdivision is actually just a long straight road with no side streets. Their house is 1 kilometer away from the entrance. While waiting for a cab to take them home, Pating decides to just walk his way to their house (he needs the exercise) leaving his wife in the entrance. He walks at a steady pace of 3km/hr. After 18 minutes, his wife finally manages to hail a cab and orders the driver to take her home. The cab goes at a constant speed of 40km/hr. Who will reach their house first?",No hint available.,"Using the formula of D = RT, where D is distance, R = rate or speed, T = time: For Pating, he will reach the house if he continues on walking in (1km)/(3km/hr) = .33333hr or 20 minutes. For his wife, she will reach the house in (1km)/(40km/hr) = .025hr or 1.5 minutes. Counting the 18 minutes lead time of Pating, 19.5 minutes. So Pating's wife will reach their home first. But if this is a combination of a math and trick question, they will arrive at their house together. If his wife really loves him, she'll let him inside the cab as soon as the cab overtakes Pating.",Math,06/28/07 #29151,Prime Suspects,2.58,1.95,Jimbo,Two hundred people in an auditorium are asked to think of a single digit number from 1 to 9 inclusive and write it down. All those who wrote down a prime number are now asked to leave. Ninety people remain behind in the hall. How many of these are expected to have written down an odd number?,Remember that 1 is not a prime number.,"Those that remain behind must have written {1,4,6,8,9} and from this only {1,9} are odd. The probability of an odd number is thus 2/5. Expected number of odds is 2/5 * 90 = 36.",Probability,03/17/06 #25577,Code Green,2.57,2.5,norcekri,"A surgeon plans a four-day series of procedures at a well-known local venue. He shows up at the appointed time Thursday morning and works hard all day, but ends the day unsatisfied with his performance. After performing just as poorly on Friday, he has not made a cut, and the governing officials of the venue inform him that he has to leave now, after only two of the four days. The surgeon fully expects this dismissal due to his performance. He tosses his bag of instruments into his trunk, slams the lid, and returns home. What has the surgeon been doing for two days?",What activity sometimes associated with doctors has a performance review halfway through?,"He's been playing in a golf tournament. He did poorly, and ""missed the cut"". Players who finish below a certain point in the standings after two days are cut from the tournament. ""Slamming the trunk"" (with your golf clubs inside) is tournament slang for missing the cut.",Situation,08/26/05 #24972,Nursery Playground,2.3,0.91,katey,"At the local nursery school, I was chatting to my daughter's friends and noticed a number of things. Jessica has mousey coloured hair and the girl with black hair was wearing a green dress. Lucy is not blonde, Lauren does not have brown hair, and Chloe was wearing a blue dress. The blonde girl was not wearing red and Lauren was not wearing green. I can't remember which girl was wearing a yellow dress. Can you determine the colours of the girl's dresses and their hair?",No hint available.,"Name Dress Colour Hair Colour Jessica red mousey Lauren yellow blonde Lucy green black Chloe blue brown",Logic-Grid,07/30/05 #10801,All Washed Up,2.57,1.12,pinkibili,What appears in water but never gets wet?,No hint available.,Your reflection.,Riddle,02/28/03 #18274,Stars Glitter...,2.29,1.33,Rashad,"Try to decipher the sentence shown below: Stars glitter... Christmas trees glitter... Diamonds glitter... Eyes glitter... Careers glitter... Gold does not glitter...",No hint available.,All that glitters is not gold.,Rebus,07/20/04 #784,"Rabbit, Wolf, and Lettuce",2.35,1.08,Nike01,"A man comes to a river with a boat. He has with him a wolf, a rabbit and a head of lettuce. The man can only carry one single passenger besides himself in the boat. How can he get them all to the other side without the rabbit eating the lettuce, or the wolf eating the rabbit?",There are more than three steps involved,"First take the rabbit over. Then take the lettuce over and bring back the rabbit. Then take the wolf over and finally the rabbit.",Logic,08/24/01 #6354,Anyone,2.5,1.69,SkEwL_gUrl,"Keep me whole and I can be anyone Break me to pieces and I am no one What am I?",No hint available.,A mirror!,Riddle,08/08/02 #27786,Bottled Up,2.73,2.23,exterminator,"A cleaning woman asked the man she worked for if she could take home his empty bottles. When she got home, she threw them out. Why did she do this?","The bottles remained unbroken, unchanged, and unused throughout. They were worthless when empty, but had been expensive when full.",She took home the man's empty champagne bottles after a party. She then left them out with her garbage for collection in order to impress her neighbors.,Situation,12/30/05 #11101,The Twins,2.26,2.94,Codammanus,"The Twins divulging deep things inside, A part, no doubt of Billionaire 1's pride. Crucial moments of time or ways to prospects better, Building necessities, extras to what holds your letters. What are we?",No hint available.,"We are WINDOWS. -The Twins that divulge deep things inside are the eyes. Often referred to as the 'WINDOWS TO THE SOUL.' -Billionaire 1 is of course the Top Billionaire, or Bill Gates. [MICROSOFT] WINDOWS, his creation is no doubt a part of his proud accomplishments. -A WINDOW is a moment in time in which something must take place. It is limited, or crucial. (e.g. ""We only have a 30 sec. window to launch"") -A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY is a possibility, or prospect of something better. -Buildings need WINDOWS, but ENVELOPE WINDOWS, aren't necessary, but are added so one can see the inside of a letter at a glance.",Riddle,03/12/03 #9246,Homeroom,2.23,2.34,something,"There are three teachers: Mrs. Shatto, Mrs. Watts, and Mrs. Peterson. There are four subjects: Math, Science, Social Studies, and English. All teachers teach their homeroom students what they teach all other kids. They also each teach one other thing. The students switch classes in the morning. Mrs. Peterson teaches Science and English. Mrs. Shatto teaches Math and Social Studies. Mrs. Watts teaches Science and Social Studies. Mrs. Shatto's kids do not get Social Studies taught to them in the morning. Mrs. Peterson's kids get taught Social Studies and English in the morning. When does each teacher teach each subject and to who?",No hint available.,"Mrs Peterson: Morning-English (everyone); Afternoon-Science (Peterson) Mrs Shatto: Morning-Math (Everyone); Afternoon-Social Studies (Peterson) Mrs Watts: Morning-Social Studies (Peterson) & Science (Shatto) Afternoon-Science (Watts)",Logic,12/23/02 #11499,1316,2.25,1.61,smileysteve,Can you make the number 1316 using only the numbers 4 and 7 twice each? You may only use the sign ( ) in the problem.,"Putting something in parentheses is the same thing as multiplying it. Like 4(3)=12, if you didn't already know that.","4(7)47=1316 4 x 7 = 28 28 x 47 = 1316",Math,03/31/03 #4591,No S L in N,2.21,2.87,rose_rox,"Decipher this saying: No S L in N",No hint available.,No straight lines in nature.,Letter-Equations,06/09/02 #38982,A Kung-Fu Legend,2.55,2.17,aresII,"My 1, 7, 9, 6, 10, 2 is a flunky. My 2, 3, 8 is Dr. Dre's genre. My 6, 7, 11, 5, 10, 4 can be lead to water. My 4, 6, 3, 9, 10 is what potters do with clay. My whole was a role played by David Carradine.",No hint available.,"Grasshopper. Clue 1 = gopher. Clue 2 = rap. Clue 3 = horses. Clue 4 = shape.",Riddle,10/28/07 #32832,CrossDigit 3,2.37,2.22,dishu,"This teaser is similar to a crossword puzzle, but there is a twist. Instead of words, it uses digits 1-9 and empty (black in crossword puzzles) spaces in a 4 by 4 grid. The grid is arranged as follows: A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 B4 C1 C2 C3 C4 D1 D2 D3 D4 With the help of the given rules and clues, you have to figure out which box contains which digit. The rules are: 1: No row or column can have the same digit appearing more than once. 2: 0 (Zero) is not permissible. 3: Empty spaces cannot contain any digits. They are empty. And the clues are: 1. The empty spaces are B4, C2, C3 and D3. 2. The sum of digits in row A equal 10. 3. The sum of digits in row B equal 21. 4. The sum of digits in row C equal 12. 5. The sum of digits in row D equal 19. 6. The sum of digits in column 1 equal 10. 7. The sum of digits in column 2 equal 19. 8. The sum of digits in column 3 equal 13. 9. The sum of digits in column 4 equal 20. Now figure out which box contains which digit and do not forget the rules.","A number can be present more than once in the grid, but not the same row or column.","The solution grid looks like this: The digits are laid out as follows: A1: 1, A2: 2, A3: 4, A4: 3 B1: 4, B2: 8, B3: 9, B4: Blank C1: 3, C2: Blank, C3: Blank, C4: 9 D1: 2, D2:9, D3: Blank, D4: 8",Math,09/04/06 #36478,The End of a Riddle,2.33,0.88,Trickster1992,"I'm in your mother, I'm in your brother, I'm in a sifter, I'm in a drifter. I'm in a ewe, but I'm not in you. I'm in your best guess, And I'm there when you rest.","This hint will reveal me, For I am a letter, you see.","The letter ""E""",Riddle,05/01/07 #9159,Shipwreck,2.37,1.46,glennyboy02,"Victims of a shipwreck were lost at sea. Due to strong waves they were all soon separated. Search parties quickly went out to find them. On the first day 1/6 of the survivors were found. The next day 1/5 of those still lost were found. On the third day 1/4 of those still lost were found. On the fourth day 1/3 of those still lost were found. 1/2 of those still lost were found on the fifth day, and on the sixth and last day the 3 remaining boatmen and boatwomen were found. How many people were originally lost at sea?",No hint available.,"There were 18 people originally lost at sea. The amount of people remaining lost after each day is as follows: DAY 1 = 15 DAY 2 = 12 DAY 3 = 9 DAY 4 = 6 DAY 5 = 3 DAY 6 = 0",Math,12/14/02 #7426,Ungrateful,2.49,1.72,majd,"Beauty and style we do spread Extremely obedient and so easily led Though you should be grateful but instead You repay us by cutting our head! What are we?",No hint available.,"Hair. (extremely obedient and so easily led=can be brushed, dyed, combed the way you want)",Riddle,09/14/02 #8867,The Three Santas,2.24,2.16,the_smart_one,"Storburty children become quite confused when, in the month of December, they see three Father Christmases (or is it Fathers Christmas?) heading for the public bar of the Horn of Plenty at lunchtime - but, of course, they're just three retired gentlemen who stand in for the real Santa in local stores in the festive season. From the clues given below, can you work out each Santa's full name, and the name and address of the store he works for? The first names are Alf, Fred, and Ted. The surnames are Frost, Snow, and Winter. The names of the stores are Letten's, Nadine's, and Thurlow's. The addresses are King St, Market Hill, and North St. 1. Fred is the Santa at Thurlow's, where he worked on 'goods in' before his retirement. 2. Nardine's store is on the Market Hill, in the shadow of the town's Christmas tree. 3. Mr. Winter, who doesn't play Santa for Letten's isn't employed by the shop in King Street. 4. Ted, who works for the department store in North Street, isn't surnamed Snow.",No hint available.,"Fred works for Thurlow's (clue 1), and Nardine's is in Market Hill (clue 2), so Ted's employers in North Street (clue 4) must be Letten's. By elimination, Fred must work in King Street and Alf must work for Nardine's. Winter can't be Fred or Ted (clue 3), so it must be Frost, and Fred must be Snow. IN SUMMARY: Alf Winter-Nadine's-Market Hill Fred Snow-Thurlow's-King Street Ted Frost-Letten's-North Street",Logic,12/02/02 #17777,Drugging,2.92,1.07,jmcleod,"Mr. Jones filed a lawsuit against the company he worked for. He claimed that the company he worked for was drugging him to make him a better worker. He claimed that the coffee the company provided contained a drug called Trimethylxanthine. Trimethylxanthine is an addictive drug that increases alertness, improves concentration, and gives you a euphoric feeling. It operates using the same mechanisms that amphetamines, cocaine, and heroin use to stimulate the brain only to a lesser degree. When the coffee was tested it was found that it did contain large amounts of Trimethylxanthine. But, Mr. Jones did not win his lawsuit. Why?",No hint available.,Trimethylxanthine is also known as caffeine.,Science,05/29/04 #3154,Dig a Hole,2.49,1.54,204_blaze_41,"If it takes a man one hour to dig a hole two meters long, two meters wide, and two meters deep, how long would it take the same man to dig a hole four meters long, four meters wide, and four meters deep, assuming he digs at the same rate of speed?",No hint available.,"Eight hours. It takes twice as long to double the length, twice as long to double the width, and twice as long to double the depth. To find cubic measurement you multiply length x width x height; therefore, on the first hole, one hour equals 2m x 2m x 2m = 8 cubic meters. On the second hole, the formula is 4m x 4m x 4m=64 cubic meters.",Math,04/02/02 #28223,Twisted Personas 4,2.81,2.65,cnmne,"The names of four famous people have been scrambled. They are: an explorer, a Hollywood actor/actress, a sports figure, and a world leader (though not necessarily in that order). Who are they? 1) find, name large land 2) no, I marry ol' men 3) only a Brit 4) server itch",No hint available.,"1) Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese explorer, commanded the first voyage to circumnavigate the world, killed in the Philippines) 2) Marilyn Monroe (Hollywood actress) 3) Tony Blair (British prime minister) 4) Chris Evert (tennis player, 18 career Grand Slam singles championships)",Other,01/23/06 #27180,Who are We?,2.67,1.32,Xpert007,"We are in beauty, But not in handsome We are in you, But not in she One of us is in pretty, But both of us are in ugly Please tell who are we?",No hint available.,u and y,Riddle,11/27/05 #3108,Isisisisisisisisenough,2.14,1.47,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following T.V. show from way back? isisisisisisisisenough",No hint available.,Eight is enough!,Rebus,04/02/02 #39274,Stones,2.34,1.92,jasmin215,"Finish the sequences to spell out words: 4, 9, 1, 13, 15, 14, _, _ 18, 21, _, _ 16, 5, 1, _, _ 19, 1, 16, 16, 8, 9, _, _",The words are all stones.,"4, 19 2, 25 18, 12 18, 5 Each letter is equivalent to its numerical position in the alphabet. For example, a=1, b=2, c=3, d=4, etc. The words are: DIAMONDS, RUBY, PEARL, and SAPPHIRE.",Cryptography,11/19/07 #6074,Sleeping Job,1.77,0.72,Cascas,"What does this mean? sleeping job",No hint available.,Sleeping on the job.,Rebus,07/30/02 #4597,Boy and Dying Man,2.3,1.76,supermew30,"A boy and a man were separated by a glass. The man dies, but the boy shows no change of expression. How come?",No hint available.,The boy was playing a video game.,Other,06/09/02 #17675,Eve Took a Bite,2.85,2.56,MrIxolite,"What are these? ""Cherries, come here!"" ""Raspberries, come here!"" ""Apples, come here!"" ""Pineapples, come here!""",No hint available.,"Forbidden Fruits or Four Bidden Fruits",Rebus,05/18/04 #15421,Mad Ade's Funky Fractions 2,2.31,1.77,mad-ade,"The idea of this teaser is to split the given words into the relevant fractions and then add the two fractions of words into one single word, once you have worked out which fraction of the word you need. For example 3/5 of Green and 1/2 of Neat would be Great, as per: 3/5 of green =Gre 1/2 of Neat= at gre+at= Great The first part of the fraction in the teaser will be in the first part of the finished word and all letters are used in the correct order with no skipping of letters, i.e. 2/5 of Green cannot be GE because it skips the letter R, but it could be EE. 1. Half of fume + 3/5 of petal 2. 2/5 of steak + 3/7 of command 3. 1/3 of lumber + half of wick 4. 3/4 of hang + 2/5 of whole 5. 3/7 of perfume + 3/6 of mantle + 3/4 of dent",No hint available.,"1. me-tal 2. st-and 3. lu-ck 4. ang-le 5. per-man-ent",Language,11/13/03 #28825,American Presidents 2,2.61,2.84,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Dwight Eisenhower Group B: William Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, George Bush, Bill Clinton",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A rose to the rank of General in the United States Army. William Harrison can be added to Group A. Theodore Roosevelt was a Colonel in the Army, John Kennedy was a Lieutenant in the Navy, Lyndon Johnson was a Commander in the Navy, George Bush was a Lieutenant in the Navy, Bill Clinton did not serve.",Group,02/27/06 #8177,Always Losing and Always Gaining,2.69,1.39,Ember,"I always change in time, Sometimes I can be hard to climb, Always losing and always gaining, One of my favorite times is when its raining. What am I?",No hint available.,"A tree Meanings: Always losing & gaining - loses leaves in the fall and gains them in the spring. Favorite time is when it rains - trees grow from water.",Riddle,10/23/02 #7216,Traditionalist,2.08,2.75,im_para_noid,"What is unusual about the word ""traditionalist""?",No hint available.,"It is the longest word that both begins and ends with the letter ""t.""",Language,09/05/02 #37143,Strange Times,2.55,1.27,tommy2,"What makes a second longer than an hour, a minute longer than a year, and a fortnight longer than a month?",Think of a certain word repeatedly used in each question.,"The words second, minute, and fortnight are ""longer"" because they have more letters.",Riddle,06/29/07 #17471,Playful Sun,2.34,1.79,matnoo,"I come from the heat of the midday sun, Jumping playing having fun, Across the ground I dance and blur, Neither stone, nor beast, nor him or her. What am I?",No hint available.,Heat haze.,Riddle,04/28/04 #29714,"7, 14, 17, 21, 27, 28, 35, 37, ?, ?",2.82,1.72,Draw,"What are the next two numbers in this sequence? 7, 14, 17, 21, 27, 28, 35, 37, ?, ?",These numbers are passed in a game.,"42, 47. They are the numbers that either contain the digit 7 or are divisible by 7.",Series,04/12/06 #47149,Back in Forth 7,3.02,2.08,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. co____ed (pickle flavour) 2. ou____ts (seasoning and preservative) 3. di____ed (edible tubers) 4. san____e (tubular pasta)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. impacted 2. endures longer 3. disheartened 4. clean","1. collided (DILL - co_LLID_ed) 2. outlasts (SALT - ou_TLAS_ts) 3. dismayed (YAMS - di_SMAY_ed) 4. sanitize (ZITI - san_ITIZ_e)",Language,06/04/10 #668,What gets smaller and smaller....,2.26,1.91,Christine,What gets smaller and smaller the more you add to it?,No hint available.,Your debt.,Other,06/29/01 #40263,Scrub Behind Your Ears!,2.13,0.5700000000000001,1smart_okie,"I was getting my bath ready. I had forgotten to get my rubber duck! I put it in the tub, and the duck hit the bottom of the bathtub! Why did my duck hit the bottom?",No hint available.,I hadn't put in the water! Therefore the duck would not be able to float.,Trick,01/30/08 #39986,Unconcerned,2.58,2.54,aresII,"My 9, 4, 8, 13, 1 is an ability. My 6, 2, 10, 9 is a raised platform. My 9, 12, 3, 4 can be used for toting. My 11, 5, 6 is someone to avoid. My 7, 10, 1 is to be sick. My whole is unconcerned.",No hint available.,"LACKADAISICAL. Clue 1 = skill. Clue 2 = dais. Clue 3 = sack. Clue 4 = cad. Clue 5 = ail.",Riddle,01/10/08 #18597,Elementary Series,2.31,3.09,Poker,"What number comes next in this series? 89, 13, 95, 51, 18, 33",No hint available.,85. The numbers are the atomic numbers of the chemical elements when the elements are listed in alphabetical order.,Series,08/21/04 #46845,Letter Juggle 6,3.26,1.1,MarcM1098,"Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Burn - Bead 2. Rid - Tripe 3. Grove - Rout 4. Charm - Rush 5. Cream - Sweep","1. Food 2. Journey 3. Indentation 4. Damage 5. Outcry","1. Bun - Bread 2. Ride - Trip 3. Groove - Rut 4. Harm - Crush 5. Scream - Weep",Language,04/27/10 #8319,"Red, Blue, Green, Purple",2.41,1.15,cliff,"red, blue, green, purple, ... Find the next word that fits into the above series from: bag lukewarm pillow rabbit stop giraffe",Count the letters.,Giraffe (each word in the series has one letter more than the one that comes before it).,Series,11/02/02 #5816,Nafish,2.77,1.1,Cascas,"What does this mean? nafish nafish",No hint available.,tunafish,Rebus,07/23/02 #1199,Stop and Drop,2.28,2.64,ChuckieChen,Something stopped. A person dropped some edible sugar. A lot of bugs died. What happened?,The food wasn't poisoned.,There was a party. They were playing musical chairs. The person dropped some sugar. Ants came on the chair and started to collect the scattered sugar. When the music stopped a person sat on the chair and SQUASHED them.,Situation,10/25/01 #31666,Two Brothers Run,2.27,2.18,phrebh,"There are two brothers. However much they run, they do not reach each other.",No hint available.,Wheels.,Riddle,07/10/06 #50973,Nine From Nine,2.6,2.08,ThinksForFun,"Discover the link joining the following nine words in order to transform them into the nine new answer words. park plum mania bear cod of son bus tax",The sequence of the words matters.,"The nine answer words are: parka plumb maniac beard code off song bush taxi Each answer word is derived by appending to the corresponding original word each successive letter of the alphabet, starting with the letter ""a"".",Language,01/11/17 #7144,Love Giving Birth,2.28,2.22,majd,"What is this phrase? Love giving birth",No hint available.,Labor of love,Rebus,09/03/02 #32766,Wishing You A Forest,2.81,1.91,GebbieRose,"I'm like a sheltering tree You planted in fertile ground: When you carefully nurtured me, My roots grew deeply bound. I protected you from the rain And life's many raging storms. You delighted in me again When days were sunny and warm. My wood, it has no worth. My fruit you cannot eat, But above all things on Earth, I am most precious and sweet. There's one last thing to tell, A hint from me to you: You can't raise me by yourself - I must be cultivated by two. What am I?","Treasure me, and I will last a lifetime.",Friendship.,Riddle,08/31/06 #7188,Cities in Common,2.21,2.8,bluetwo,"What do these cities/towns have in common? Hope, AR Milton, MA Omaha, NE Plains, GA Tampico, IL",They are #37-41,"They are the birthplaces of former US presidents! Hope, AR - Bill Clinton Milton, MA - George Bush Omaha, NE - Gerald Ford Plains, GA - Jimmy Carter Tampico, IL - Ronald Reagan",Group,09/04/02 #7635,Bank Man,2.2,2.42,bluelightnign,"There are 10 people who could be the owner of the bank. They all sit in separate chairs across a long table facing north. The table is made of aluminium. The owner of the bank sits next to M. M sits on the left side of the banker. M sits next to C. C sits 4 places to the left of L. L sits next to O and rarely talks to S, E or Z, because they hate him and because they sit on the far right of the bank. O does not sit next to the owner of the bank. The two people left are F and T. T hates the owner of the bank and is considering resigning. Give the names of all the bankers from left to right.",Think from the banker's point of view and draw a diagram.,TCMBFLOSEZ.,Logic,09/22/02 #35359,Magic III,2.42,2.63,beatlesgirl,2 = E S of C (A and D),"""Oh sweet nightingale, sing sweet nightingale...""",2 = Evil Stepsisters of Cinderella (Anastasia and Drizella),Letter-Equations,02/18/07 #45841,Math Matches,2.33,2.29,wicked_one,"Suppose these lines were some matches. Move just one match to make the following equation correct. I + II + III = IIII a) What's after "" = "" cannot be changed. b) Move only ONE match.",No hint available.,"Take a match from ""II"", put it on the middle of ""III"" and you'll have I + I + I + I = IIII.",Math,11/28/09 #42580,Take Note...IV,2.34,2.09,Hrsemn4,"Decode the following: ""Drgslfg uivv hkvvxs ml hvzixs uli gifgs rh klhhryov... ml wrhxlevib lu gifgs rh fhvufo... Yvggvi z gslfhzmwulow zyfhv lu uivv hkvvxs gszm wvmrzo lu uivv hkvvxs. Gsv zyfhv wrvh rm z wzb, yfg gsv wvmrzo hozbh gsv oruv lu gsv kvlkov, zmw vmglnyh gsv slkv lu gsv izxv."" - Xsziovh Yizwozfts",The code is an Atbash Cipher,"""Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful... Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race."" - Charles Bradlaugh Charles Bradlaugh was a well known 19th century political activist and atheist. He lived from 1833-1891. One attendant at his funeral was Mohandas Gandhi. The Atbash Cipher is a very simple substitution method of encoding, where the alphabet is simply reversed. For example: A= Z, B= Y, C= X, and so forth.",Cryptography,07/23/08 #22910,Petals in the Rose,2.17,2.77,DummyisDumb,"You roll five dice. If you roll 5, 3, 2, 1, 6 you get 8 points. 2, 2, 3, 5, 1 = 8 points 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 = 8 points 1, 2, 6, 6, 6 = 6 points 2, 2, 5, 6, 6 = 6 points 4, 3, 6, 2, 6 = ? points",No hint available.,7 points. You get one point per vowel.,Logic,05/16/05 #41157,Very Thorough,2.6,2.26,aresII,"My 3, 10, 2 is a curse. My 9, 1, 6, 7 makes the three piece. My 3, 4, 6, 7, 1 makes waste. My 3, 5, 10 is my tint. My 8, 7 is a pronoun. My whole is very thorough.",No hint available.,"EXHAUSTIVE. Clue 1 = hex. Clue 2 = vest. Clue 3 = haste. Clue 4 = hue. Clue 5 = it.",Riddle,03/21/08 #8762,"Origin, Duck, Ten, ...",2.48,2.5,snaps,"Which one of the following words does not belong with the rest and why? origin, duck, ten, statistic, thorough, bet, jet",Add something.,"""Thorough"" is the word that doesn't belong. All of the other words can have a male name added to the end and another word results. originAL duckBILL tenDON statisticIAN betRAY jetSAM",Language,11/27/02 #26991,What is Pi?,2.52,2.25,phrebh,"What's this rebus? Me: What is pi? Wonders: Pi is 3.1415926535897932384626433832795...",No hint available.,Will wonders ever cease?,Rebus,11/17/05 #35204,Bushisms V,2.52,2.26,DaleGriffin,"The following are funny quotes spoken by George Bush, but what do they say? 1) G IDGAY JF TXX TQPFF, IDF VTUI GU EOFP. 2) REPF TAB REPF EZ EHP GRVEPIU KERF ZPER EOFPUFTU.","In the teaser, a letter D = H.","a = n b = d c = b d = h e = o f = e g = i h = u i = t j = w k = c l = j m = q n = l o = v p = r q = g r = m s = x t = a u = s v = p w = z x = y y = k z = f 1) ""I think we all agree, the past is over."" ~March 2000 2) ""More and more of our imports come from overseas."" ~Beaverton, Ore., Sep. 25, 2000",Cryptography,02/05/07 #12710,The Sick Dog and the Flower,2.53,2.67,kvakk,"Hi, my name is mister Kvakk. I live in a very big house in the country. Outside my house I have a lot of very big gardens, and it is in one of these gardens my dog (which is also my best friend) lives. But although my dog is just a dog, it has also got the ability to think. And not just that, my dog is a really smart and rational dog too. Unfortunately, the dog is not happy. It is infected by a virus. It feels ill. The doctor says it's a 50% chance that it will die, and a 50% chance that it will be fresh again. But in this garden where my dog lives, I have also a lot of plants. Some days ago, I put a new seed in my garden. The seed will grow up to a beautiful, red flower. So delicious will the flower be, that my dog really will want to eat it when it has grown up (yes, my dog eats flowers). But the flower is even more wonderful. If my dog eats this flower, this will kill every virus in it, and the dog will survive. But this flower is also a very special kind of plant, because it has the ability to think too. And it is completely rational. It knows that my dog will want to eat it one day later. Therefore, the flower has the option to develop a weapon: At any time it may start to develop poison. If my dog is so unlucky to eat a flower full of poison, it will surely die, which, of course, it doesn't want to. So if the flower decides to develop poison, it's best for the dog not to eat it. But the poison development is not an easy task to do for the flower. It doesn't want to make poison just to make poison. If it could avoid developing poison, it wouldn't do it. But, of course, the flower would like to live too, and it's better for it to develop poison than to be eaten by the dog. Unfortunately, there is no way for the dog to see or know whether the flower has decided to develop poison or not. Both the dog and the flower know this. The dog knows, however, that the flower is just as rational as itself. The dog knows that the flower has the option to make poison, and the dog knows that the creation of poison is a hard task to do for the flower, and that it will only do it if it can save its life. In the same way, the flower knows that my dog is completely rational. My dog also knows that the flower cares only about itself. Whether the dog dies or not is irrelevant to the flower. No other red flowers will ever grow in this garden. Let's sum up the assumptions: 1. The flower is rational and wants to make its own life as good as possible. 2. The flower knows that the dog is rational. 3. The flower doesn't want to die. 4. The flower doesn't care about what will happen to the dog. 5. The flower doesn't want to make poison. It's a hard task to do. 6. But the flower will make poison if that could prevent the dog from eating it. 7. The dog is rational. 8. The dog knows that the flower doesn't care about whether the dog dies or not. 9. The dog doesn't want to die. 10. The dog knows that the flower is rational (there is no uncertainty at this point, it knows it for sure). 11. The dog knows that the flower will make poison if that could prevent the dog from eating it. 12. The dog cannot see or know whether the flower actually makes poison or not. 13. The dog knows that the flower knows that the dog cannot see or know this. 14. If the dog eats a flower without poison it will survive. If it is poisonous it will die. 15. If the dog doesn't eat the flower, it is a 50 % chance that it will die. So now, the question is: Will the dog eat the flower? Why or why not?","Hint 1: We know from assumption 5 and 6 that the flower will only develop poison if that could prevent it from being eaten. And we know that the dog knows this (assumptions 10 and 11). It therefore knows how the flower thinks, but it's impossible for the dog to actually see if the flower has produced poison or not. And the flower knows this. Hint 2: Since the dog cannot see whether the flower has developed poison or not, its action must be independent of what the flower actually has done. Should the flower make poison? Remember that the dog knows for sure that the flower is rational. So, the dog should try to think what it would have done if it had been the case that it were the flower.","The dog will eat the flower, and because the flower does not develop poison, the dog will survive. (As you can see, the flower was my medicine to the dog!) But why will the dog eat the flower? 1. If the dog does not eat the flower, it's a 50 % chance that it will die 2. Remember further, that the dog cannot see or know whether the flower has actually produced poison or not. So what the dog decides to do is therefore independent of what the flower decides to do. If the dog has decided to eat, the flowers action cannot prevent it, and if the dog has decided not to eat, the flower cannot do any thing about this either. It has only some control over whether the dog will die or not, but it doesn't care about this. 3. The flower knows that the dog cannot know whether it has produced poison or not. Consequently, the flowers choice of action is unimportant for what the dog will do. Poison creation cannot change the action of the dog. 4. We know that the flower will only make poison if it could prevent it from being eaten. But it can't. The only reason the flower could have to make poison was to get revenge over the dog. But we know from assumption 4 that the flower doesn't want revenge. 5. That's why the flower has no reason to make poison. What the dog will do is INDEPENDENT of whether it will create poison or not. 6. The flower has no reason to make poison. Because what the dog decides to do is not dependent of whether it makes poison or not. If the dog should eat it, it will die no matter what it has done. And in that case it is best for it to not make poison, because that will make its life better. In the same way; if the dog will not eat the flower, it will be best for the flower to live a life without poison. 7. It doesn't matter what the dog will do: In any case, the flower will not produce poison OK, this is half of the solution. We now know that the flower will not make poison. And from assumptions 7, 8, 10 and 11 we now that the dog will know this too. The dog can be fairly sure about that the flower will not make poison. This is because the dog knows that the flower is rational, and it knows how the flowers preferences are (assumptions 8 and 11). We know that the flower will not be poisonous if it is rational, and the dog will know this too. Therefore, the dog can eat the flower (and save its life!). 8. Because the dog knows that the flower is rational, it can guess how the flower might think. Therefore, it will know that the flower will not be poisonous 9. It can eat the flower. The probability of death will certainly be much higher if it doesn't.",Logic,05/26/03 #18783,The King's Home.,2.57,1.33,nae-nae,"Begin at the beginning, For foundation lay a square. Triangle isosceles, For walls you'll need two pair. Join the four together, Circling in a ring, And build a home eternal, Where sleeps our lifeless king.",No hint available.,A pyramid,Riddle,09/06/04 #2842,Water Glasses,2.7600000000000002,1.46,204_BlaZe_41,"If boiling water is poured into a thick drinking glass as well as a very thin wine glass, of the two, which is more likely to crack? Explain.",No hint available.,"Surprisingly enough, the thick glass is more likely to crack since glass is a poor conductor of heat. In a thin glass, the heat passes more quickly from the glass into the surrounding air, causing the glass to expand equally. When hot water is poured into a thick glass, the inner surface expands, but the outer surface does not. It is this extreme stress on the glass that causes it to crack.",Science,03/23/02 #6437,Stable,2.17,2.36,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? decpoendoemince",No hint available.,"Economic independence dECpOeNdOaMInCe DEcPoENDoEmiNCE",Rebus,08/11/02 #4297,Better Safe,2.15,1.27,QtistLilShorTy,"Can you figure out what is wrong with this popular phrase? Better safe then sorry.",No hint available.,The then should be than!,Language,05/27/02 #18989,Mono-Grammar 2,2.43,2.66,cnmne,"Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each sentence describes a different set). Example: malt, melt, molt. 1) To reduce the strength of the enemy, the general ordered a siege of the citadel. 2) The winner of the contest won a vessel and the loser received a kick in the pants. 3) Bill tried to remove a piece of wood from the pile, but it was jammed between two logs. 4) Ed grabbed the bucket of hot water with his bare hands, causing an ache to two of his fingers.",No hint available.,"lower = reduce power = strength tower = citadel bout = contest boat = vessel boot = kick stick = piece of wood stack = pile stuck = jammed pail = bucket pain = ache pair = two",Language,09/29/04 #39773,43 C in a N R,1.94,2.11,nascarfan19,43 C in a N R,Think of a sport.,43 Cars in a NASCAR Race,Letter-Equations,12/25/07 #4590,spi rit,2.2,1.22,AlliePotter,"Can you decipher this phrase: spi rit",No hint available.,A broken spirit,Rebus,06/09/02 #4746,Light of the Silvery Earth,2.65,1.09,bobbrt,"From the Earth we can see the moon rise and set. When the day comes that we can live on the moon, will we see the Earth rise and set?",No hint available.,"No. The moon's rotation is synchronized with its orbit around the Earth, which is why we can only see one side of the moon from Earth. From an observer on the moon, the Earth would appear to be in the same place at all times.",Science,06/15/02 #32482,Spilled Heart,2.65,1.79,twixy,"An item I am Come into my world if you dare Unlock what mysteries I may hold- All you need is a key. Lies, deceit, and hate May rise If this home is broken into. A heart I hold Feelings are spilled All hidden like secret treasures. Dig if you dare But you may regret What I may or may not tell you.",No hint available.,"A diary. A diary is like a secret little world composed of the thoughts and 'mysteries' of the writer. You usually need a key to unlock it, and feelings of hate may rise if the diary finds its way into the wrong hands. A diary holds a heart because it is basically a storage of one's thoughts.",Riddle,08/17/06 #41104,13 D in an I S B N,2.1,2.23,shenqiang,13 D in an I S B N,No hint available.,13 digits in an International Standard Book Number.,Letter-Equations,03/19/08 #5332,a chance n,2.68,1.76,michelle,"a chance n What does this mean?",No hint available.,An outside chance,Rebus,07/08/02 #30530,The Vowel-less Knights #6,2.78,2.61,ScoutMan,"And now, for more in the tradition of the Vowel-less Knights: 1. Th cnvntnl rm lss f t ds nt wn. Th grrll wns f h ds nt ls. 2. n vlr r thr qls; n ncsst, th lst nd strngst wpn, thr sprrs. 3. Wr-mkng s n f th fw ctvts tht ppl r nt sppsd t vw ""rlstcll""; tht s, wth n t xpns nd prctcl tcm.","1. Spoken by a former Secretary of State, the first foreign born politician that people tried to change the U.S. Constitution for, in order to allow him to become President. 2. Spoken by the Roman historian most people know. 3. Written by a modern essayist, at the start of the AIDS era.","1. The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose. Bonus: Henry Kissinger. 2. In valor you are their equals: in necessity, the last and strongest weapon, their superiors. Bonus: Titus Livius, aka Livy, the most quoted Roman historian. 3. War-making is one of the few activities that people are not supposed to view ""realistically""; that is, with an eye to expense and practical outcome. Bonus: Susan Sontag, from ""AIDS and its Metaphors"".",Language,05/17/06 #2074,Turning Soldiers,2.19,1.07,Cascas,"A group of soldiers were standing in the sun facing due west. Their sergeant shouted at them: Right turn! About turn! Left turn! What direction are the soldiers now facing?","A right turn is 90 degrees, an about turn is 180, and a left turn is also 90 degrees.",East.,Logic,01/19/02 #50080,Over the River...,2.27,1.65,mocha613,"From noon to 5 PM we drive Finally at Grandma's we arrive! But going home is much more fun. We leave at 10 AM and are home by one (PM)! What happened?",No hint available.,"You crossed into a different time zone between ""home"" and ""grandma's house"". So the trip lasts 4 hours, but you have to add an hour when you travel east, then subtract an hour when you head west.",Riddle,01/11/14 #49432,Words With IB,2.0,2.44,cnmne,"Five words that contain IB as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **IB*, ***IB, *IB***, *IB****, ***IB** Pool: A, C, E, E, E, H, K, L, L, O, Q, R, R, R, S, S, T, T, U, Y",No hint available.,"TRIBE, SQUIB, KIBOSH, LIBERTY, CALIBER",Language,04/05/12 #15990,Ground,2.56,1.58,fishmed,"What does the following represent? Ground B&O","Big secret before and, less so, during American Civil War","Underground Railroad (B&O is one of the original US railroad companies and is also listed as one of the 4 railroads in the original US Monopoly game)",Rebus,12/30/03 #38900,Your Clues Come in Twos,2.16,1.91,PimpSlap,"In each category below, the first two letters are the same as the first two letters of the answer. EX: ""Planet in our solar system"" Answer: Pluto 1) Automaker __________ 2) Dog breed ___________ 3) Capital of a western state _______",No hint available.,"1) Audi 2) Doberman pinscher 3) Carson City",Language,10/23/07 #42568,He Knows His Numbers,2.59,0.54,letmeforget5,"The teacher asked little Andy if he knew his numbers yet. ""Yes, teacher,"" he said, ""my dad taught me while playing poker."" ""Good, Andy. Tell me what comes after two,"" the teacher said. ""Three,"" replied Andy. ""Very good. What comes after five, Andy?"" asked the teacher. ""Six,"" answered Andy. ""Excellent. Your dad did a very good job. Now, what comes after ten?"" the teacher asked. What did Andy answer?",It's NOT eleven.,"""A jack!"" replied Andy.",Trick,07/23/08 #37473,What's an Infdayant?!,2.19,2.25,dsquared,"What title is represented here? infdayant, toddaydler, pre-scdayhooler",Will Smith starred in it,"Independence Day Explanation: In 'dependants' (infant, toddler, pre-schooler), 'day'",Rebus,07/21/07 #29318,Chemical Company,2.22,2.94,BobbyKat,"A chemical company spends x million dollars on research and finds that its profit can be expressed as a function of the amount of money spent on research. If Profit(x)= 30 + 6 log (x+2) how much will the company have to spend on research to increase its profit from its present level, with a research investment of 5 million dollars (P(5)), to 80 million dollars.",1) assume all number's have millions as units.,"P(5) = 30 + 6 log(5 + 2) ---------------------------- log 2 = 46.84 million dollars 80 = 30 + 6 log2 (x + 2) 50 / 6 = log2 (x + 2) 250/6 = (x + 2) x = 320.54 million dollars. Therefore: increase in spending = 320.54 - 5 = 315.54 million",Math,03/25/06 #30128,4 = T of B in the H B,2.56,2.68,beatlesgirl,4 = T of B in the H B,"(L,S,F, and I)","4 = Types of Bones in the Human Body (Long, Short, Flat, and Irregular)",Letter-Equations,04/28/06 #18906,Operation: Color-Ectomy,2.59,2.32,cnmne,"Six words have had their colors removed. The colors have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each color with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: blue, brown, cyan, green, pink, red Group B: agssivess, astr, bac, rstllie, snaer, urig",No hint available.,"blue + astr = baluster (BaLUstEr) brown + urig = burrowing (BuRrOWiNg) cyan + rstllie = crystalline (CrYstAlliNe) green + agssivess = aggressiveness (aGgREssivENess) pink + snaer = spinnaker (sPInNaKer) red + bac = braced (bRacED)",Language,09/22/04 #207,7 = C in a R.,2.48,1.8,Mr. G,7 = C in a R.,No hint available.,"7 Colors in a Rainbow. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet",Letter-Equations,02/01/01 #4858,chimadena,2.39,1.15,pinkie,"Can you decipher this phrase: chimadena",No hint available.,Made in China,Rebus,06/20/02 #9651,"Post, Birthday, Board",2.24,1.37,woowoos,"Which one word can be added to each of these words to make new items? Post Birthday Board",No hint available.,Card,Language,01/07/03 #31463,One+One=One,3.23,1.05,Hana_Kimi,"Add together each of the defined words to get a whole new word. Example: to shout + what you say when you feel pain = a color = yellow. 1) A light brown color + to leave = a dance. 2) A store's announcement + a type of women's clothing = a building's location. 3) A vehicle + an animal pal = a floor covering. 4) The ocean + a father's boy = part of the year. 5) Another name for dad + a yellow veggie = a white fluffy snack.",No hint available.,"1) tan + go = tango. 2) ad + dress = address. 3) car + pet = carpet. 4) sea + son = season. 5) pop + corn = popcorn.",Language,07/01/06 #52196,4 Numbers,2.56,1.84,Rove_Tarts,"There is a combination lock with four inputs 0-9. Can you figure it out? The second isn't a 6. Only one digit starts with a vowel. The fourth is greater than the first, is greater than or equal to the third, and is greater than the second. Either the first two numbers are even & the last two numbers are odd or vice versa. The difference between the 1st & 2nd is the same as the difference between the 4th & 3rd (order matters). One of the numbers is prime; three are composite.",1 & 0 are neither prime nor composite & there is no 2.,"8, 4, 5, 9",Logic,06/01/19 #29101,5 * 7 = 37,2.13,1.96,DakarMorad,"According to basic algebra, (A + B)(A - B) is equal to A^2 - B^2 (A^2 is ""A squared""). Substituting 1 for B, we get A^2 - 1^2. A^2 - 1^2 is the same as A^2 + (-1^2). Since -1 times -1 is one, we end up with A^2 + 1. If we substitute 6 for A, we get (6+1)(6-1) = 6^2+1, or 37. Since 6+1 is 7 and 6-1 is 5, five times seven is thirty-seven. What's wrong with this proof?",No hint available.,"A^2 - 1^2 is NOT the same as A^2 + (-1^2). It is actually A^2 + -(1^2), or the negative of 1 * 1.",Math,03/14/06 #37619,City Driving,2.3,1.02,4demo,"PARKING PARKING",No hint available.,"Parallel parking The two words (parking) are written such that they are parallel to each other. The title refers to how parallel parking is common in large cities where parking space is sparse. However, people also parallel park in larger open space at the side of the road.",Rebus,08/01/07 #52499,Birth Months,3.25,1.52,wimpykidfan37,"Four sisters, Sara, Ophelia, Nora, and Dawn, were each born in a different one of the months September, October, November, and December. ""This is terrible,"" said Ophelia one day. ""None of us have an initial that matches the initial of her birth month."" ""I don't mind at all,"" replied the girl who was born in September. ""That's easy for you to say,"" said Nora. ""It would at least be cool if the initial of my birth month was a vowel, but no."" In which month was each girl born?",No hint available.,"Sara was born in October, Ophelia was born in November, Nora was born in December, and Dawn was born in September. Nora's birth month obviously cannot be November. Since it doesn't start with a vowel, it cannot be October. Since she was talking to the girl who was born in September, it cannot be September. Therefore, it must be December. The girl born in September obviously cannot be Sara. Since she was talking to both Ophelia and Nora, it cannot be either of them. Therefore, it must be Dawn. This leaves the girls Sara and Ophelia and the months October and November. Ophelia cannot be born in October, so she must be born in November, and Sara was born in October.",Logic,11/19/20 #45543,Time Lines 2,2.94,2.53,MarcM1098,"A clock has 60 lines on it; one at each minute interval. Everyone knows that the hour and minute hands point to the same line at 12:00. Can you figure out what time it is for these situations? 1. The hour hand is exactly on one line, and the minute hand is exactly on the NEXT line. 2. The hour hand is exactly on one line, and the minute hand is exactly on the PREVIOUS line.","Each hour, the minute hand moves 60 intervals, while the hour hand moves 5 intervals. The hour hand is exactly on a line every 12 minutes. ( 60 / 5 = 12 )","1. The time is 2:12. 2. The time is 9:48. The hour hand is exactly on a line every 12 minutes, so we only need to look at times ending in 00, 12, 24, 36, and 48. The hands exactly overlap at 12:00. They are 5 lines apart at 11:00 and 1:00, and farther apart at other hours. At times ending in 12, the hands are closest at 2:12, where they are 1 line apart. At times ending in 24, the hands are closest at 4:24, where they are 2 lines apart. At times ending in 36, the hands are closest at 7:36, where they are 2 lines apart. At times ending in 48, the hands are closest at 9:48, where they are 1 line apart.",Logic,10/27/09 #8925,Lazy Daughter,2.71,1.45,electronjohn,"A wealthy wise old woman feared that her daughter was lazy and, as a result, rather stupid. When the old woman died, her will stipulated that her assets were to be liquidated and a check was to be written for the full amount. The check was to be placed in one of three envelopes. The other two envelopes would contain a blank piece of paper. If the daughter could determine from the writing on the envelope which envelope contained the check, she would inherit her mother's fortune. Otherwise, the fortune would go to the old woman's favorite charity for animals. The daughter was not allowed to touch the envelopes. Her decision had to be made based on the writing on the envelopes. The daughter was told that only one envelope had a true statement and that the other two statements were false. The envelopes had the following writing: 1. This envelope does not have the check. 2. This envelope has the check. 3. The second envelope does not have the check. Which envelope should the daughter pick?",No hint available.,"The daughter should pick envelope 1. Statements 1 and 2 were false, and the only true statement was statement 3. If the check was in envelope 1, that would make statement 1 false, statement 2 false and statement 3 is the only true statement. If the check was in envelope 2, statements 1 and 2 would both be true. If the check was in envelope 3, statements 1 and 3 would both be true.",Logic,12/05/02 #45939,A Chase?,2.0,0.63,coolkcoolk,"There ran Patrick, on Independence Avenue, at 10:00 A.M. There were 2 men behind him, trying to maintain a pace, and at the same time, trying to close in on him. There were people nearby, but the people just stood there and watched. Patrick could see several people and a long white flag ahead, about 200 yards away. What is Patrick doing?",No hint available.,Patrick was in a marathon. The big white flag indicated the finish line. The 2 men behind him were trying to win the race.,Situation,12/07/09 #30033,What Words #21,2.74,2.06,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN FIBER - __________ - HOUSE POCKET - __________ - MARK SPORTS - __________ - AWAY",No hint available.,"FIBER - GLASS - HOUSE POCKET - BOOK - MARK SPORTS - CAST - AWAY",Language,04/25/06 #25310,Placed Es,2.16,2.93,Therulerofthem,"What does this rebus mean? 1) EEE 1890 - 1960 2) TTT 1950 - Not yet deceased 3) SSS 1960 - Not yet deceased 4) RRR 1972 - Not yet deceased",No hint available.,"Ladies first! OR Late (another word for dead) Es first!",Rebus,08/17/05 #22913,These Words are the Same in What Way?,2.79,1.73,Chowchillian,"Other than the fact that they all have double letters, what do these words have in common? dessert, dinner, filling, furry, hiss, hopping, mopping, posse, supper, tapped",No hint available.,Take away one of the double letters and it forms another word.,Language,05/14/05 #34005,A Punt or a Torpedo?,2.29,2.67,jazzmusician46,18 = P in a T of A R F,Aussie Rules,"18 Players in a Team of Australian Rules Football (The title refers to two popular styles of kicking the ball) The game originated in Melbourne, Australia in 1858, and was devised to keep cricketers fit during the winter months. The first rules of Australian football were published in 1859 by the Melbourne Football Club. The dominant governing body and most prestigious professional competition is the Australian Football League (AFL), which culminates in the annual AFL Grand Final, one of the biggest club championship events in the world. Australian football around the world is fast growing as an amateur sport, with more than 20 countries around the world participating in the sport. In 2004, a total of over 25,000 participants participated outside of Australia.",Letter-Equations,11/18/06 #27834,The Hobo and the Zen Master,3.07,2.34,zonahobo,"A hobo had just been kicked off the train by one of the bosses. As he made his way down a dusty side road, he noticed a saffron robed man sitting next to a campfire apparently deep in thought. A wonderful smelling stew was bubbling in a pot next to him. It had been a full day since the hobo's last meal, so he went over to the man and tapped him on the shoulder. ""I see by your robes that you are some kind of holy man,"" said the hobo. The Zen Master turned to the hobo and said, ""You speak the truth."" The hobo spoke, ""I would sure like to try the stew you have on the campfire there; perhaps if I could tell you something to increase your wisdom, you will agree to share your meal."" The Zen Master turned to the hobo and said, ""Please, you are welcome to share my meal because you have already increased my wisdom!"" What had the Zen Master learned from the hobo to increase his wisdom?",The lesson was taught before the hobo spoke.,The Zen Master learned that he should find a more private place to meditate if he doesn't want to be interrupted by every vagabond that happens by.,Situation,01/02/06 #5292,Botulism Express Cafe,2.29,1.81,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is having an off day, and as a result doesn't fancy a Kebab. Instead he visits the ""Botulism Express"" cafe. The ""super economy, extra lard"" menu is as follows:- Egg and chips 72p Egg and bacon 84p Egg, chips and beans 94p Egg, chips and bacon 118p Egg, chips and 2 sausages 98p But Mad Ade doesn't like eggs and so orders 'Chips, beans and 2 sausages' What should that cost?",No hint available.,82p,Math,07/07/02 #40691,Be Scared!,2.59,1.62,soccercow10,"What is Joey? Joey killed Density x Volume","This is really easy, think science.","Mass Murderer. If you didn't know, density multiplied by volume equals mass. Therefore, Joey killing mass would mean Joey was a MASS murderer.",Rebus,02/24/08 #10184,a S in T S 9,2.44,1.84,eggbert,a S in T S 9,No hint available.,A Stitch In Time Saves 9,Letter-Equations,02/02/03 #6083,Furless Cat,2.54,0.92,RHPSRuLeS,"Apparently, one side of a cat has more hair. The findings of the Swedish scientific establishment have been corroborated by a special inquiry by the BB Feline Federation. Many hair counts were taken of the side in question and it was consistently found to have more hair. The scientists determined that more hair was required on this side to insulate the cat from the elements while it was lying down. Perhaps you would like to examine a cat to confirm the findings. Before you do, can you guess which side of a cat has more hair?",No hint available.,The outside!,Trick,07/30/02 #50903,Isn't it Interesting?,2.28,1.09,kzmonopoly,"How are all these words related? Peck Wood Seashore Peppers Would",No hint available.,"They are all words used in famous alliteration examples: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Sally sells sea shells by the seashore.",Group,09/27/16 #37902,"To Be ""Da Man""...",2.1,2.55,Panther91,"Can you solve this equation? R F = 16 T W H C",No hint available.,"Ric Flair = 16 Time World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair won the World Title in professional wrestling 16 times in his historic career, spanning from the National Wrestling Alliance to the WWF (now the WWE).",Letter-Equations,08/22/07 #31969,The More You Share Me,2.34,1.99,stephiesd,"The more you share me, The more you'll have without making me any smaller. I can help you see or destroy you. What am I?",No hint available.,Flame (or fire).,Riddle,07/22/06 #33945,Tick and Tock,1.74,0.71,LordT,"I tick and I tock, I count every second. I can be a grandfather too. What am I?",No hint available.,A Clock!,Riddle,11/13/06 #29056,Word Clues II,2.77,1.57,aznboi1324,"For each of the following clues, what is a synonym that contains the letters in the ()? 1. Refused to accept (JEC) 2. Relating to vision (TIC) 3. Spectators for a performance (ENCE) 4. To arrange (PARE) 5. An additive (GRE) 6. Two or more elements together (COM) 7. Performance (PRES)",No hint available.,"1. Re(JEC)ted 2. Op(TIC)al 3. Audi(ENCE) 4. Pre(PARE) 5. In(GRE)dient 6. (COM)pound 7. (PRES)entation",Language,03/12/06 #33397,Hidden Countries III,2.5100000000000002,1.96,grungy49,"Once again, Grungy was caught talking in class. Even though he had done and helped out his friends on finding countries that he didn't even know existed, his teacher was still able to think of another collection. Can you help him? Example: Do you think I RAN very fast at the school carnival? (IRAN) ""We'll need to raise the bar, Bad Ostrich,"" said the man to his friend who was nicknamed Bad Ostrich for his ability to run. They had trapped Ben inside the building. ""Are you going to take up Tai Chi, Lewis?"" Dominic and Charles were hiding in the sports shed. Put the choc malt and the ice-cream in the blender to make a milkshake. ""Mad Ag as Caretaker Lucy,"" announced the man giving out the roles for the play.",No hint available.,"(BAR, BAD OStrich) BARBADOS (BEN INside) BENIN (CHI, LEwis) CHILE (DOMINIC And) DOMINICA (MALT And) MALTA (MAD AG AS CARetaker) MADAGASCAR",Language,10/09/06 #30807,Bitter Sweet,2.58,2.5100000000000002,twixy,R = a D B S C,No hint available.,Revenge = a Dish Best Served Cold,Letter-Equations,05/31/06 #17057,Silly Cow,1.8900000000000001,3.1,SliceOpi,"Can you translate what the following really means? Sidney and his wife Flora were sitting in a restaurant eating. Suddenly Flora noticed a handbag on the floor. Just as Sidney was slicing his fresh cabbage, on all fours, the cow stole money.",Look very closely at what Sidney was doing... play with the words.,"Beef Grab Cash If you ""slice or rearrange"" ""fresh cabbage"" into ""all fours"" that is three four letter words you get the solution meaning Cow Stole Money.",Riddle,03/18/04 #3368,10+SNAKE-H,2.23,2.15,cathalmccabe,"Decipher this sport: 10+SNAKE-""H""",What sound does a snake make?,"Tennis 10 Ten Snake makes a hiss sound take away the ""H""",Rebus,04/09/02 #30093,"10, 9, 17, 50, 199, ?",2.7600000000000002,2.78,Draw,"Which number comes next? 10, 9, 17, 50, 199, ?",No hint available.,"994. 10*1-1=9 9*2-1=17 17*3-1=50 50*4-1=199 199*5-1=994",Series,04/26/06 #33893,Couch Potato,2.7,2.35,cnmne,"You know that you're a couch potato if ... you can name the television series in Group B that can be added to Group A, and give the reason. Group A: Full House, Monk, Nash Bridges, That's So Raven Group B: Bonanza, Charmed, Dynasty, Home Improvement, Rat Patrol, Step By Step",No hint available.,"Each series in Group A was set in San Francisco. Thus, ""Charmed"" can be added to Group A.",Group,11/09/06 #23596,This Means War,2.25,2.47,cnmne,"According to this rebus, what does the indicated (<<<<<) entry represent? Start: BATTLE 1/4: BATTLE 1/2: BATTLE <<<<< 3/4: BATTLE Finish: BATTLE",No hint available.,"The Battle of Midway (the indicated battle is 1/2, or midway, between start and finish) During World War 2, this was the turning point of the war in the Pacific Theater between the United States and Japan.",Rebus,06/12/05 #20564,Joust,2.13,2.96,MrIxolite,"Final placings and awards: 1st J.Heart (Bold Type), Prize = Female Blonde 2nd R.Heart (Bold Type), Prize = Female Blonde 3rd B.Heart (Light Grey Type), Prize = Female Brunette",No hint available.,"Faint heart never won fair lady. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place were all taken by people called Heart. The first two both won female blondes as prizes. Another term for blonde hair is fair. The 3rd place Heart (written in grey type, so faint) didn't win a fair lady, rather his prize was a brunette.",Rebus,01/24/05 #28568,What's Common,2.88,2.16,medster99,"The items in each group are related to each other. Try to figure out the noun or adjective that is common to all the items in the group. Group A A person A clock A cliff Group B A dress A ship An aircraft Group C A feather A torch A low calorie beer",No hint available.,"Group A- a face Group B- trim Group C- light",Group,02/11/06 #42730,What Does Not Define Us,2.34,2.25,aresII,"The following quote is from Gautama Buddha, who was believed to have lived from 563 BCE to 483 BCE. He was a spiritual teacher from ancient India and the founder of Buddhism. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. V=T ""R OBX JU CBV PBCUJOZTZO R XBBO OBX QZPRKUZ WZ JU R XBBO QRTHZT. R DRC JU CBV PBCUJOZTZO R XBBO DRC QZPRKUZ WZ JU R XBBO VRGHZT.""","B=O J=I K=U","""A DOG IS NOT CONSIDERED A GOOD DOG BECAUSE HE IS A GOOD BARKER. A MAN IS NOT CONSIDERED A GOOD MAN BECAUSE HE IS A GOOD TALKER."" KEY: B=O C=N D=M G=L H=K J=I K=U O=D P=C Q=B R=A T=R U=S V=T W=H X=G Z=E",Cryptography,08/07/08 #43328,How Many Campers?,2.97,1.59,Thinker1995,"Camp Pineveiw's cook, Margaret Johnson, was just about to begin preparing the picnic lunch for all the campers. She already knew she needed to fill 55 bowls of the same size and capacity with the same amount of food. When she was done, she decided to read the guidelines for the picnic, just out of curiosity. The guidelines said: 1. Every camper gets their own bowl of soup. 2. Every two campers will get one bowl of spaghetti to share. 3. Every three campers will get one bowl of salad to share. 4. All campers are required to have their own helping of salad, spaghetti, and soup. After some rapid calculations, Margaret was able to figure out how many campers were going to the picnic. Can you?","If there were only six campers, there would be six bowls of soup, three bowls of spaghetti, and two bowls of salad.",30 campers.,Math,10/13/08 #44165,Lines and Dots,2.11,1.18,Jarhead,"If 2 lines and 4 dots equals 14 and 3 lines and 2 dots equals 17, what does 1 line and 3 dots equal? 2 lines + 4 dots = 14 3 lines + 2 dots = 17 1 line + 3 dots = ?",No hint available.,"8 This is Mayan math. A line represents 5, a dot represents 1, and a shell represents 0 (place holder.)",Math,02/23/09 #10379,Second Letters II:Star Ants,2.57,2.31,Gizzer,"One letter can be substituted for the second letter of each pair of words to make new English words. All the substituted letters, in order, will form a new word. What is the word? 1.STAR/ANTS 2.PLAY/BLOW 3.SACK/WANE 4.ACID/SHUT 5.TEAR/ARKS 6.RIPE/VALE 7.GOAT/IONS",The answer is a colour.,"Crimson 1. sCar/aCts 2. pRay/bRow 3. sIck/wIne 4. aMid/sMut 5. tSar/aSks 6. rOpe/vOle 7. gNat/iNns",Language,02/11/03 #38869,Words With MP,2.18,2.44,cnmne,"Five words that contain MP as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *MP**, *MP***, **MP**, ***MP*, ***MP** Pool: A, A, C, E, E, E, H, I, I, L, O, O, R, S, S, T, U, U, X, Y",No hint available.,"IMPLY, UMPIRE, CAMPUS, EXEMPT, SHAMPOO",Language,10/21/07 #24112,Kittens And Kids,2.81,0.78,Palsha,"Four kittens weigh four pounds together, but they don't weigh one pound each. No, no, that would make this puzzle too easy for such a smart person as you! Two of the kittens weigh less than a pound and two of them weigh more than a pound. Four kids come along and take the four kittens. Makes sense, the kittens being really cute and all! So, see if you can figure out which kid takes which kitten and how much each one weighs (no, not the kids... the kittens) from the clues presented below. 1) Catapult weighs more than the kitten taken by Martha. 2) The kitten that weighs 17 oz. is not Bandit. 3) Codi weighs just under a pound but is not the lightest. 4) Kurt's kitten is not Bandit. 5) Ted's kitten is not the largest, but weighs over a pound. 6) Hallie weighs less than Codi. 7) Martha's kitten weighs 14 oz.",No hint available.,"1) Martha gets Codi, who weighs 14 oz. 2) Pam gets Bandit, who weighs 20 oz. 3) Kurt gets Hallie, who weighs 13 oz. 4) Ted gets Catapult, who weighs 17 oz.",Logic-Grid,06/28/05 #24122,Colorama,2.63,0.9,katn255,"If Purple, Green and Orange are children, who are each of their parents, and how are the children related?",No hint available.,"Purple's parents are Blue and Red. Green's parents are Blue and Yellow. Orange's parents are Red and Yellow. The parents are the primary colors that make up the secondary colors. The children are all half-brothers and half-sisters, because they share one parent with the others.",Riddle,06/29/05 #3549,Medical Mixup,2.58,2.23,od-1,"There are 4 doctors who all work out of one medical building. Dr. Adam, Dr. Bob, Dr. Chuck and Dr. Dannielle. They must all share space in the facility. Each gets one day of the week from Monday to Thursday. But as luck would have it the facility's schedule got mixed. They are a cosmetic surgeon, a podiatrist, a vet and a dentist. Their patients are Spot, Joe, Kate and Sid. Their bookings where for nasal hair removal, neutering, tooth filling and foot fungus removal. Dr. Adam works only on Mondays and never on animals as they give him hives. Kate requires a filling because she's a Krispy cream addict. Fortunately, Joe was not neutered. Dr. Bob had scheduled surgery, but not on Thursday or Wednesday; that's when he had nasal hair transplant classes. Dr. Dannielle never took patients named Sid or ones with mushrooms protruding from their toes, and she liked pets but felt her husband was enough. Sid was booked for cosmetic surgery on Tuesday because Wednesday he had to take his dog to be neutered. Dr. Chuck didn't mind nasal hair, but preferred his patients to have hair all over. He also played golf Thursday-Sunday. So can you reschedule everyone?",spot is a dog,"Monday Dr. Adam podiatrist Joe foot fungus Tuesday Dr. Bob cosmetic surgeon Sid nasal hair removal Wednesday Dr. Chuck vet spot neutering Thursday Dr. Dannielle dentist Kate tooth filling.",Logic,04/16/02 #21692,Mysterious Loss,2.89,0.87,Taya,"At a train station in Sydney, Australia, an intelligent rich man was awaiting his upper class rail transport. He was sorting through his wallet and pulled out credit cards, receipts, and $200 in cash. An egotistical scam artist (and a talented one at that) approached the man and said to him, ""I'll bet you, on all the money in your wallet, that I can get a packet of chips out of that snack machine without inserting any money!"" The rich man, who was intrigued by this 'talent', readily agreed. The scam artist walked over to the snack dispenser, stuck his hand up through the compartments, and a chip packet fell out. The rich man was amazed, but being a faithful businessman, stuck to his word, yet the scam artist walked off without a penny.",What was in his wallet at the time?,"The rich man had already removed all the money and items from his wallet before he made the bet. Therefore, when he gave the scammer all the money in his wallet, it totaled $0!",Trick,03/22/05 #29032,Car Pool,2.82,1.8900000000000001,Tammy93,"Three men named Greene, Grey, and Tann, along with two women named Browne and Whyte, each drive the car in their car pool on a different one of the five weekdays each week. Each person's car is a different one of these five colors: brown, gray, green, tan, and white. From the information given, determine the day on which each person drives, as well as the color of his or her car. 1. The color of no person's car is similar to his or her name. 2. They ride in the green car earlier in the week than the tan car but later than in the gray car. 3. The woman who drives the brown car drives later in the week than Mr. Greene, but earlier than Mr. Grey, who is not the man who drives on Friday. 4. The man who drives the tan car drives earlier in the week than the man who drives the white car but later than Ms. Browne, who does not drive on Monday. 5. Ms. Browne does not drive on Tuesday.",No hint available.,"Monday-Mr. Greene-gray Tuesday-Ms. Whyte-brown Wednesday-Ms. Browne-green Thursday-Mr. Grey-tan Friday-Mr. Tann-white",Logic-Grid,03/10/06 #25349,Screen Test,2.74,2.03,norcekri,"Can you identify these movies? 1 = F over the C N 2 = T (in The L of the R) 3 = D of the C 4 = W and a F","1: Jack Nicholson 2: Frodo Lives! 3: Robert Redford 4: Hugh Grant","One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Three Days of the Condor Four Weddings and a Funeral",Letter-Equations,08/16/05 #534,Amoebas,2.64,1.21,kaila912,Amoebas reproduce by splitting in two. An amoeba which does so every minute is placed in a jar at exactly ten o`clock in the morning. At 12:00 noon the jar is full. At what time is the jar half full?,No hint available.,"11:59. Since they double every minute, at 11:59 it was half full. One minute later it had doubled and was full.",Math,05/31/01 #14950,Out to Sea?,2.34,2.2,scoutman,"Can you figure out this nautical expression? ~~~~~~~~~~~ \\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\ \\\\6\\\\",No hint available.,"Deep six. ""Deep six"" is a term for a burial at sea.",Rebus,09/30/03 #36056,I Am Hidden in Here,2.79,2.36,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this famous Austrian composer. 1. Besides Picasso, he probably shares in having the greatest influence on 20th century art. 2. He was accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy in 1963. 3. She won an Oscar as best supporting actress for her role in the 2002 film Chicago. 4. He was a world famous jazz trumpet player, born in New Orleans in 1900. 5. He played the role of Felix Unger in the T.V. series, 'The Odd Couple' from 1970-75. 6. The author of the trilogy 'The Lord of the Rings'.",No hint available.,"1. Matisse (Henri) 2. Oswald (Lee Harvey) 3. Zeta-Jones (Catherine) 4. Armstrong (Louis) 5. Randall (Tony) 6. Tolkien (J. R.) The famous composer: MOZART - born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756.",Trivia,04/04/07 #33453,Chain Reaction #4,2.81,2.17,Shawnheyhey123,"Your goal is to connect the first word with the last word by making compound words. Example: Ball Game Some Time Table Ware House The words connecting ball and house are: ballgame gamesome sometime timetable tableware warehouse Can you try? (number of letters) (first letter) (------ spaces of other letters) Dog (5) H - - - - (4) W - - - (3) M - - (4) L - - - (4) W - - - Crack",No hint available.,"Dog House Work Man Like Wise Crack Doghouse Housework Workman Manlike Likewise Wisecrack Did you get that?",Language,10/12/06 #49135,Words With OS,2.27,2.85,cnmne,"Five words that contain OS as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***OS, *OS***, **OS**, ***OS*, *OS**** Pool: A, C, E, E, E, F, H, I, L, M, N, P, Q, R, R, T, T, U, X, Y",No hint available.,"CHAOS, MOSQUE, FROSTY, EXPOSE, NOSTRIL",Language,11/10/11 #52198,8 = What?,2.64,1.84,sunny211,8 = 'C' K on a P,No hint available.,8 = 'C' Keys on a Piano,Letter-Equations,06/01/19 #43340,At the Movies,2.99,2.42,whsprec,"Chris is a movie nut. There are 5 movie theaters in town. They are on 1st St., 2nd St., 3rd St., 4th St., and 5th St.. Chris went to a different theater each night for a week and saw a different movie. The films starred Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Ashley Judd, Drew Barrymore, and Sharon Stone. The films were a drama, comedy, western, thriller, or mystery. From the clues given, determine the star, the theater, the genre, and the night on which Chris saw each film. 1. He did not see the western first, but he saw it before the Drew Barrymore film, which he saw before the movie on 5th St. 2. Neither Julia Roberts nor Ashley Judd played in the comedy, but one of them was in the film at 1st St. 3. He saw the Ashley Judd film before the mystery, but after the drama. 4. The films at 3rd St. and 4th St. were not the Angelina Jolie movie or the Sharon Stone western. 5. The mystery starred Angelina Jolie. 6. He saw the comedy before the thriller but after the film at 3rd St.",No hint available.,"Monday- Julia Roberts, Drama at 3rd St. Tuesday- Sharon Stone, Western at 2nd St. Wednesday- Drew Barrymore, Comedy at 4th St. Thursday- Ashley Judd, Thriller at 1st St. Friday- Angelina Jolie, Mystery at 5th St.",Logic-Grid,10/15/08 #33581,"La, La, La!",2.42,3.0,jazzmusician46,"Which person does not belong in the following group of people? Enrico Caruso Beniamino Gigli Mario Lanza Jose Carreras Alfredo Kraus Jan Peerce Robert Merrill Fritz Wunderlich",Singers,"Robert Merrill is the odd person out because he was a famous baritone singer, whilst the other people are famous tenors. Robert Merrill (June 4, 1919 - October 23, 2004) was an American operatic baritone. Relatively late in his singing career, Merrill also became known for singing ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" at Yankee Stadium. He first sang the national anthem to open the 1969 baseball season, and it became a tradition for the Yankees to bring him back each year on Opening Day and special occasions.",Group,10/21/06 #33780,Death Cured?,3.02,2.43,MarcM1098,"My great-grandmother was exceptional from first to last. She was the first baby born in the state in 1851. She was almost the first centenarian in the family, but she died in 1950, one day before her 100th birthday. The cause of her death was not unusual; thousands of people died of the same cause that year and also in previous years. Her death was exceptional because she was the last person ever to die from that cause in the United States. What was the cause of death?","Her age isn't important, but the date is. If she had lived just one more day, she wouldn't have died from that cause. No major disease was cured in 1951, but it would have been illegal to die from that cause.","Old age. No American has died of old age since 1951. Old age was ""cured"" at a Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics. All state and federal agencies were ordered to adopt a standard list of 130 contributing and underlying causes of death. In 1951, the list deleted ""old age"" as a cause of death. There is still some debate over whether old age is an appropriate cause of death. If someone dies peacefully in their sleep at age 95, one or several organs may have shut down, but isn't the underlying cause old age?",Trivia,10/31/06 #144,Darts,2.32,2.13,duckrocket,"Peter throws two darts at a dartboard, aiming for the center. The second dart lands farther from the center than the first. If Peter now throws another dart at the board, aiming for the center, what is the probability that this third throw is also worse (i.e., farther from the center) than his first? Assume Peter`s skillfulness is constant.","Suppose instead of dart tosses, they were coin flips. Does that help find the answer?","Since the three darts are thrown independently, they each have a 1/3 chance of being the best throw. As long as the third dart is not the best throw, it will be worse than the first dart. Therefore the answer is 2/3.",Probability,01/12/01 #43177,With Hair,2.83,2.22,mosca,"I came long ago, from icy realms far; I may have seen the newborn Superstar. Giants reached out to grab me, as they say; I turned aside, and there my pathway lay. England's King, in me a dark omen saw; People watched me in horror, fear, and awe. And as the frightened folk did weep and wail, I calmly left and then did turn my tail. A pope banished me for my sins, 'tis said; My travels in the Talmud can be read. And sometimes I throw fire from the sky. Now, reading this, can you say what am I?",Look at the title!,"Halley's Comet (The title, ""With Hair"", is a translation of the word ""Comet"". Early philosophers called a comet a ""Hairy Star"".) I came long ago, from icy realms far; (Halley's Comet was seen as early as 240 BC, perhaps earlier. It originated in the Oort Cloud, a sphere of cometary bodies about 50,000 Astronomical Units away.) I may have seen the newborn ""Superstar"". (Giotto painted a comet, thought to be Halley, in a Nativity scene. The term ""Superstar"" refers to the musical, ""Jesus Christ, Superstar"".) Giants reached out to grab me, as they say; (Halley's orbit was altered by gravity from the giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn.) I turned aside, and there my pathway lay. England's King, in me a dark omen saw; (King Harold II saw the comet six months before the Battle of Hastings, in which he was killed and his kingdom seized by William the Conqueror.) People watched me in horror, fear, and awe. And as the frightened folk did weep and wail, I calmly left and then did turn my tail. (A comet's tail always points away from the sun.) A pope banished me for my sins, 'tis said; (Pope Callixtus III excommunicated the comet in 1456, believing it to be an evil omen for the Christian defenders of Belgrade.) My travels in the Talmud can be read. (In 66 AD, the Talmud said, ""There is a star which appears once in seventy years that makes the captains of the ships err."") And sometimes I throw fire from the sky. (According to scientists, the comet is the parent body of two meteor showers: the Eta Aquarids in early May and the Orionids in late October.) Now, reading this, can you say what am I?",Riddle,09/24/08 #2952,Low Ball,2.23,1.8900000000000001,rohddawg,"In bowling, if you are playing a game of low ball, what is the best possible score you can achieve?",In low ball if you throw a gutter ball or hit no pins it automatically counts as a strike or spare.,"20 The best you can do is to hit 1 pin on each throw of a ball. 10 frames, 2 balls per frame. 20 points.",Logic,03/26/02 #35933,Five Letters Only #4,2.41,2.62,jazzmusician46,"What same sequence of 5 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? _ _ _ _ _ erating non_ _ _ _ _ un_ _ _ _ _ erate _ _ _ _ _ erine",No hint available.,"The word: ADULT adulterating nonadult unadulterate adulterine",Language,03/28/07 #47415,Can You Find It? XIV,2.33,2.06,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word AUTHORIZATIONS, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. An anise flavored liquor from Greece. 2. A jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women. 3. A trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful. 4. A break or interruption in a body of work, or in an employment. 5. To dull the luster of a metallic surface. 6. A sweet, or sweetened, variety of grape, dried by natural or artificial methods. 7. Pasta in the shape of rice-like grains. 8. A person who writes a book, poem, article, or other literary work. 9. The fur of the coypu, used in coats, hats and trimmings. 10. A distinguishing characteristic or quality. 11. The limit, or range of perception or knowledge. 12. A person skilled in an applied art.",No hint available.,"1. Ouzo 2. Tiara 3. Taint 4. Hiatus 5. Tarnish 6. Raisin 7. Orzo 8. Author 9. Nutria 10. Trait 11. Horizon 12. Artisan",Language,07/06/10 #23294,Exchanged Students,2.54,0.91,sissy245,"Five American students are in a foreign exchange program. There are three boys (James, Jacob, and Alex) and two girls (Liz and Melissa). Each student went to a different country (Mexico, Canada, Brazil, China, and Italy) and brought a different musical instrument (Guitar, Harmonica, Sax, Piano, and Flute) with them. Find who went where and who brought what from these facts: 1) Liz has been studying Italian and she loves it. 2) James loves Chinese food. 3) Alex loves Jazz and cannot go long without his instrument. 4) Jacob didn't need an extra bag or case for his instrument, as it fit in his pocket. 5) Melissa wanted to see the Amazon. 6) James had a hard time getting his '64 Strat through security. 7) Melissa's case for her instrument lined one side of her suitcase. 8) Alex wanted a Spanish feel. 9) Liz's family had a baby grand piano. 10) Jacob wanted to go back to his French roots, but he didn't want to leave the continent.","Where is the Amazon? Where is Quebec?","James - China - Guitar Melissa - Brazil - Flute Alex - Mexico - Sax Liz - Italy - Piano Jacob - Canada - Harmonica",Logic-Grid,05/30/05 #7591,"3, 4, 6, 9...",2.56,2.78,BigSurf18,"Finish this series: 3, 4, 6, 9, 1, 6, ?",No hint available.,"12 Starting with 3 o'clock, the series is +1 hours, +2, +3, etc.",Series,09/20/02 #1132,Add 2 to 11,2.5,1.7,Michelle,When can you add 2 to 11 and get 1 as the correct answer?,No hint available.,"When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock.",Trick,10/15/01 #11125,5 = B P in M B,2.08,3.11,jizzyhuggs,5 = B P in M B,No hint available.,5 = Basic Positions in Modern Ballet,Letter-Equations,03/13/03 #43847,Secret Santas I,2.2,2.95,javaguru,"A group of about twenty friends decide to exchange gifts as secret Santas. Each person writes their name on a piece of paper and puts it in a hat and then each person randomly draws a name from the hat to determine who has them as their secret Santa. What is the probability that at least one person draws their own name?",The probability converges on a single value as the number of people approaches infinity. At ten people the probability is accurate to better than 1 millionth for any number more than ten people.,"1 - 1/e or approximately 0.63212 where e is the mathematical constant (e ~ 2.71828). This comes from the number of derangements (permutations in which no element appears in its original position). There are n! ways to draw n names out of the hat. There are [n!/e + .5] derangements of n elements (where [x] is floor x--the integer portion of x). This gives: [n!/e + .5] / n! as the probability of nobody drawing their name. Ignoring the .5 added for rounding (which becomes increasingly insignificant as n increases) this gives (n!/e) / n! = n!/e * (1/n!) = 1/e Subtract this from 1 to get the probability that somebody draws their own name.",Probability,01/05/09 #44648,Pattern in the Middle,1.6300000000000001,2.23,quesadillaman12,"These words have something in common: radium, fading, refine, campus Which of these words would also belong? WONDER, TACKLE, AVIATE, ROBUST","These words would belong, even though they aren't 6 letters long: MAGIC TORN PAID USE SLOPE SEC","TACKLE All of the words in the list have their letters in alphabetical order except for the first and last. r-AbcDefghIjklmnopqrstU-m f-AbcDefghIjklmN-g r-abcdEFghIjklmN-e c-AbcdefghijklMnoPqrstU-s t-AbCdefghijKL-e m-AbcdefGhI-c t-...nOpqR-n p-AbcdefghI-d u-...qrStu...-e s-...LmnOPq...-e s-...dEf...-c",Group,06/13/09 #42911,7 = A of M,1.93,2.21,letmeforget3,7 = A of M,This is a reference to Shakespeare.,7 = ages of man.,Letter-Equations,08/26/08 #25603,A Trick About a Magical Forest,2.7600000000000002,1.78,smarty_blondy,"At the end of the most beautiful rainbow there is a forest unlike one you have ever seen before. This forest is different, because its inhabitants can walk and can talk. Therefore it is called The Magical Forest. The cuddliest bunny, Tibby, said, ""Quickly friends, I have received word from our most beloved Lion King! His Majesty said that the humans have become aware of our existence, and we must leave now! He wants us all to meet tomorrow morning at sunrise, in the valley, to receive further instructions."" Sara, a witty fox, said, ""Why, Tibby, that is horrible! One thing I know, we have to stick together, and if we want to make it in time, we must start our journey now!"" After Harry the Bear and Sara made the preparations, the three good friends started their long, long trek. They climbed mountains, crossed a river full of alligators, made their way through thick, tall trees and finally, after such a long journey, they reached the valley. They looked around and saw all their friends and family, and realized, to their surprise, ""It's morning!"" In a matter of seconds, the King spoke. ""I am glad to see most of you here, but this meeting cannot begin until everyone is present. Look around you and tell me who is missing!"" his Majesty then ordered. Everyone formed little groups with all their family and friends, but they still didn't discover who was missing. Can you help?",Tibby and his friends arrived a few seconds before the king started his announcement...,"The family of alligators is missing! The alligators were still at the river, and if they were planning on being in time for the meeting, they would have started their journey at the same time Tibby and his friends reached the river.",Trick,08/29/05 #35942,How Many Nickels?,2.25,0.78,Writer_fighter,How many U.S. nickel (5 cents) coins will it take to make one U.S. dollar (100 cents) bill?,No hint available.,"None: a dollar bill is made out of paper, while the nickel coin is composed of various metals.",Trick,03/29/07 #48439,Mittens Mystery,2.17,1.02,coolboy66,"Detective John G. Abergail was on break from his life-saving career. He was just about to rest on his newly furnished hammock when he got a call from his cousin, Laura Plimott. ""John, I know you are on break, and this may be kind of silly, but no one else will listen."" Laura sped through her words. ""Laura, pause. What's going on?"" ""My son lost his mittens and he really wants to find them."" Detective Abergail shook his head. ""What's so special about them?"" ""They were his father's."" Laura's husband passed away years before, and he'd left his childhood mittens to their son, Chris. Detective Abergail sighed, scratched his forehead, and drove to Laura's house. ""Okay, Chris. I want you to tell me what happened."" Chris, the 8 year old boy, whined and ran to his mom. ""Chris, honey, tell your uncle John what happened."" Chris nodded and skipped back to John. ""I got off the bus and went inside the school like every other day. I walked inside the classroom and up to my cubby. I took off my jacket, hat, and scarf and put it in the cubby. Then, I took my mittens off and placed them on top of my hat. At the end of the school day, I grabbed my jacket, scarf, and hat, forgetting that I put my mittens in there. Then, I went on the bus and remembered my mittens. I had to wait until the next day to look for them. So, today, I went inside the classroom and looked around my cubby. At the end of the day, the teacher let me look at the lost-and-found center. They weren't there. Do you know what happened to my gloves?"" Detective Abergail smiled. ""I have a good feeling about where they are."" He stood up, walked over to Laura, and laughed. ""Where does your son put his outerwear?"" Where were Chris's mittens and how did Detective Abergail know?","Reread the story. Also, no one stole Chris's mittens.","Chris, when putting his mittens on top of his hat, placed his mittens inside of it. Detective Abergail knew how small the mittens were and how big Chris's hat was, so there was no mistake that the mittens were hiding.",Mystery,02/02/11 #4284,Cheers,2.15,1.43,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is at a big dinner party with 67 other guests. After shaking hands with everyone, they all sit down at a large circular table. Mad Ade makes a toast and everyone clinks glasses with the person to their left. How many clinks to the left were there in total?",No hint available.,"68, there can only be one left sided clink per person, and there are 68 people there.",Logic,05/26/02 #9134,"Board, Flower, Street, Stone",2.4,1.74,warrior,"What word goes before or after these words to make new words or phrases? Board, flower, Street, stone",No hint available.,"Wall. Wallboard, wallflower, Wall Street, stonewall.",Language,12/13/02 #48339,Hungry Dinos,2.3,1.18,crocodile,"No matter how hungry a Tyrannosaurus Rex was, it would never attack a Stegosaurus. Can you guess why?",Think about it.,Stegosaurus was long extinct by the time Tyrannosaurus evolved!,Trick,12/27/10 #2069,100 Times Stronger,2.49,2.15,missie,"Willie started an exercise program and when he finished, his right arm was 100 times stronger than when he started. He told Sam, a boxer, about this amazing thing. Sam said thank you, but that he wasn't interested. Why not?",No hint available.,Willie had had a stroke that temporarily paralyzed his arm. The program was rehabilitative exercises.,Situation,01/18/02 #44257,Spazy Croonerisms 16,2.31,1.9000000000000001,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) state of matter and a tavern & a fish and a fish 2) underweight magician & albino gecko 3) an inclined trough for a winged insect & a timid musical instrument 4) an eminent man from Copenhagen & to go steady with wheat",No hint available.,"1) gas and bar & bass and gar 2) light wizard & white lizard 3) fly chute & shy flute 4) great Dane & date grain",Language,03/16/09 #34991,All in Order 5,3.16,1.93,boodler,"Complete the words below using three consecutive letters in alphabetical order, e.g. _ _ A _ U S; add A B and C it would become ABACUS. 1. F _ _ R I _, 2. T H I _ _ _, 3. A _ U _ _ A, 4. _ _ _ I N E, 5. A _ _ _ T E, 6. _ _ _ A C K.",No hint available.,"1. Fabric, 2. Thirst, 3. Alumna, 4. Define, 5. Astute, 6. Hijack.",Language,01/22/07 #16309,Odd Word Out.,2.48,1.72,7catac7,"There are 5 words below. Just figure out which word doesn't belong. Grass Bass Pass Brass Glass",No hint available.,Bass doesn't belong because it's the only one that can sound like 2 different words (base and bass).,Language,01/24/04 #25139,Mrs. Braun,2.88,1.75,_fire_fly,"There once was a man named Mr. Braun. Not much was known about him, except for these things: he was married to a piano teacher, he was born and lived and married in Germany, and he had died a week earlier. Now, since he was dead and had no other living relatives, his estate would go to his wife (he left no will). The problem is, two women came forward, claiming to be the real Mrs. Braun. Now, you're a detective, trying to figure out who is the real Mrs. Braun by having a piano competition. Mrs. Braun was an exceptional pianist, who could play many complex pieces. When you met them, they were sitting in a room with a couch and a piano. You extended your hand to greet them. One of them, a blonde, wore one ring (her wedding ring), which dug painfully into your hand when she shook it. The other (brunette) had one wedding ring also, but since it was on the other hand, you figured it was safe to shake. Anyway, you put on the show with a lawyer as your witness. The blonde sat down and played Beethoven's Fifth with no trouble whatsoever, as did the brunette. They were both equal, but you managed to tell who the REAL Mrs. Braun was. Who was it and how did you know?",It's important that he didn't live in the United States.,"The blonde, since her wedding ring was on her right hand. In other countries including Germany, wedding rings are worn on the right hand, not the left.",Mystery,08/08/05 #50739,Chain Letters 12,2.57,2.57,cnmne,"The following two 4x4 grids each contain a 12-letter word. Each word is formed by a chain of letters. A word can begin with any of the letters. The second letter of a word is adjacent (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) to the first letter, the third letter is adjacent to the second, and so on. No letter can be used more than once. Four letters in each grid will be unused. EAIP RVBA NBIT GOID EBRA NLOD SUFN HFEN",The first letter of the first word is in the 1st row. The first letter of the second word is in the 1st column.,The words are ABBREVIATION and SHUFFLEBOARD.,Language,11/25/15 #11959,Knights,2.78,2.07,Mhalun,What is the maximum number of chess knights that you can place on a chess board so that none of them can attack each other in one move?,There's something very peculiar about the movement of knights!,"The thing with the movement of the knight is that it always lands on the opposite color, so if you place all the knights on the same color none will attack each other. Hence you can put 32 knights and none will be able to attack another one.",Other,04/22/03 #29071,Words With PH,2.69,2.72,cnmne,"Five words that contain PH as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? -PH--, PH----, -PH---, --PH--, ---PH-- Pool: A, A, C, D, G, I, I, I, I, L, L, L, M, N, O, R, S, U, U, Y",No hint available.,"APHID, PHYLUM, UPHILL, SIPHON, GRAPHIC",Language,03/13/06 #29723,3 Cuts,2.7,1.46,RainyMysteria,"Professor Mysteria went to his class and asked them to complete a problem. ""Using the square piece of paper in front of you, get 8 triangles of the same shape in 3 cuts, using the scissors only."" No one got the problem except for one person. How did they do it?",Half,"Cut the paper in half. Stack the two pieces of paper and cut in half again. Now you have four pieces of paper, stack again and cut diagonally. These are the 8 triangles.",Other,04/12/06 #39231,Losing Your Marbles,2.23,1.11,tricky77puzzle,"There are 3000 marbles in a machine - 1000 red, 1000 green, and 1000 blue. The machine churns out a random number of marbles into a bag (any number from 1 to 3000), without letting you see the inside, so you don't know how many of each colour, or in total, there are. What is the probability, without looking into the bag, that you will pick out a red marble?","The bag is only an intermediary step... The answer is the same even when weighing out all the cases, because you don't know what marbles the machine churned out.","The probability is 1/3. The bag is an intermediary step intended to mislead you into thinking it's something else. Even if the machine does churn out only blue and green marbles and the probability directly from the bag is 0%, you don't know that, and it could have picked out only red marbles, in which case the probability is 100%. All the cases average out to 1/3. The probability is the same as if you picked one directly from the machine.",Probability,11/16/07 #1553,f(g(2)),1.95,2.11,jrung14,What is f(g(2)) if f(x)= 2x-3 and g(x)= x+4,No hint available.,9,Math,11/30/01 #15657,Anagram,2.45,2.05,puzzler,Which day of the week has an anagram?,No hint available.,Monday is an anagram of dynamo.,Language,12/04/03 #27198,Not As Simple,2.34,1.85,Question_Mark,"Find the 37th, 81st and 223rd terms in this sequence. 8, 15, 22, 29, 36.......",No hint available.,"37th - 260 81st - 568 223rd - 1562 In the sequence, there is a common difference of 7. (8+7=15, 15+7=22 etc.) So, this means that you must multiply the term number by 7. 37X7=259 81X7=567 223X7=1561 If we look back at the original sequence, 1X7=7, but we want 8. 2X7=14, but we want 15. So you must add 1 on to give you the final numbers.",Series,11/28/05 #28935,Hidden Countries,2.74,1.91,solarsistim321,"Can you find the two hidden countries below? Mike and Troy were sitting together. ""If there is no mom in the house, can a dad be a mom? I don't think so,"" said Troy. ""Well, some people might think that, but I don't. So like us, we deny that ever happens, but others might think otherwise,"" replied Mike.",No hint available.,"Canada (CAN A DAd), and Sweden (uS WE DENy).",Language,03/05/06 #33130,The Elysian Fields?,2.27,2.84,jazzmusician46,"What expression is represented here? purchase of shoes purchase of groceries purchase of clothes purchase of a computer Ruled by Pluto; ruled by Persephone; separated by the Styx or A riverbed in drought. A creek in drought. A lake in drought. --> The Antarctic affected by global warming <--",No hint available.,"By hell or high water purchase of shoes purchase of groceries purchase of clothes purchase of a computer: By (buy) Ruled by Pluto; ruled by Persephone; separated by the Styx: Hell or A riverbed in drought. A creek in drought. A lake in drought. --> The Antarctic affected by global warming <-- :High Water (the effects of global warming on the oceans of the Antarctic).",Rebus,09/23/06 #35247,Spanish Instrument,2.74,2.12,aresII,"What Spanish instrument's familiar name And fisher's occupation are the same?",No hint available.,Castanet (Cast a net),Riddle,02/09/07 #29068,Number One,2.84,1.82,lips,"On the charts I remain number one, This position cannot be undone, If I burn, you may get Just a little bit wet. In a Zeppelin, I am no fun.",H,Hydrogen.,Riddle,03/13/06 #5532,Not Last,2.23,1.07,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? LI1stNE",No hint available.,first in line,Rebus,07/12/02 #30352,Phoney Puzzle VIII,2.67,2.41,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 2 5423725 47 2 626 866 27623646333 86 8253 447 696 7433 46 2 7827735. -- Robert Frost 2 266737828483 47 2 626 946 23543837 8428 6684464 746853 23 3663 367 843 34778 8463. -- Alfred E. Wiggam","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PQRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXYZ","A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. -- Robert Frost A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time. -- Alfred E. Wiggam",Cryptography,05/08/06 #39845,Christmas Gifts,2.62,3.0,mocha613,"The Smith family was getting very excited for Christmas Eve. Because they have some ""package shakers"" in their family (people who like trying to figure out what they are getting by shaking their gift), the family has decided to hold off on adding gift tags until the giving begins. Unfortunately, they have forgotten what package goes to which family member! There are only 5 packages under their tree, and each person will receive one gift. They are each wrapped in different paper as well as different color ribbon. Help the Smiths sort out their gifts!!! One of the men gave a gift to their sister and the other gave one to their son. Neither of them used the Snowflake or Bell wrapping paper because they are too ""girly."" No gift was wrapped in paper and ribbon of the same color. Else loved the gift she received, which was wrapped in her favorite wrapping paper, the white snowmen, and a ribbon that was not silver or gold. The girl who received the package with green ribbon did not receive the bracelet or book. The package with red ribbon was not for the man who gave a bowling ball or bicycle. The five family members were the one who gave to mother, the one who gave a bowling ball, the one who used silver ribbon, the one who used the blue snowflake wrapping paper, and Lauren. Else didn't give a gift to her mother because she lives 3 states away. She also didn't give a gift to her husband, Russ, because they had just recently celebrated their anniversary. Ned didn't want a bicycle, so he received something else. Neither daughter received a gift with a green ribbon. Santa lost his shape when one family member tried to wrap a gift that was spherical. The book was wrapped in paper that did not have snow on it. Gift givers: Cindy, Ned, Russ, Lauren, Else Gift recipients: Mom, Dad, Son, Daugher, Sister Wrapping Paper: Blue Snowflakes, Red Santas, Green Trees, White Snowmen, Gold Bells Ribbon Color: Blue, Red, Green, Silver, Gold Gift: Bicycle, Book, Building Blocks, Bracelet, Bowling Ball",It will be helpful to determine the relationships between people as you go along.,"Cindy gave her mom, Else, building blocks wrapped in white snowmen paper with green ribbon. Ned gave his sister, Lauren, a bicycle wrapped in green trees paper with silver ribbon. Russ gave his son, Ned, a bowling ball wrapped in red Santa paper with gold ribbon. Lauren gave her dad, Russ, a book wrapped in gold bells paper with blue ribbon. Else gave her daughter, Cindy, a bracelet wrapped in blue snowflakes paper with red ribbon.",Logic-Grid,12/30/07 #26657,Ling O'Tool,2.86,2.41,cnmne,"Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of construction tool. The other word is that tool with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (awl bawl), a letter deleted anywhere (plane plan), a letter changed anywhere (giblet gimlet). There is no rearrangement of the other letters. No tool is used more than once. 1) This is a sage tool. 2) This is a dancing tool. 3) This is a grieving tool. 4) This is a tool that is used to dry things. 5) This tool is used for defamation. 6) This tool is a cooking utensil. 7) This tool is a local magistrate. 8) This tool is used to keep a mollusk from opening its shell. 9) This is a morally despicable tool. 10) This is a ditch for a tool. 11) This is a large basket for a tool. 12) These bridge supports are made of tools.",No hint available.,"1) wise vise 2) ballet mallet 3) sad saw 4) towel trowel 5) slander sander 6) grill drill 7) squire square 8) clam clamp 9) vile file 10) wrench trench 11) hammer hamper 12) pliers piers",Language,11/01/05 #231,Proceed to declare....,2.65,1.8,Phyllis,"Proceed to declare something upon a specific geographical alpine formation. Can you decipher the real name of that song?",No hint available.,Go Tell it on the Mountain,Language,02/03/01 #23146,How Much Brine is in the Tank?,2.21,2.5100000000000002,hahor,"There is a brine in a storage tank that contains 2.5% sodium chloride (NaCl)in water. When you add another kilogram of NaCl the concentration goes up to 3%. How much brine was originally in the storage tank?",No hint available.,"Let there be X kg of NaCl and W kg of water in the original solution. From the first statement, X / (X + W) = 2.5% = 0.025 ---- (1) After adding 1 kg of NaCl, (X + 1) / (X + 1 + W) = 3% = 0.03 ---- (2) From (1): (X + W) / X = 1 / 0.025 = 40 (1a): W = 39X From (2): (X + 1) / (X + 1 + 39 X) = 0.03 (2a): X = 4.85 kg (1b): W = 189.15 kg X + W = 194 kg (original amount of brine in storage tank)",Math,05/25/05 #35863,Jumble #2,2.61,1.87,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPER word. #1) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O F T O L A B L (Take the 5th and the 8th letters.) #2) _ _ _ _ _ _ C O R C S E (Take the 5th letter.) #3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ K A B B E T L A S L (Take the 1st, 8th and 9th letters.) #4) _ _ _ _ _ _ C A N S R A (Take the 2nd and 3rd letters.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPER word is. (You should have 8 letters.) SUPER word) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",Sports related.,"#1) Football (You should have taken the B and L.) #2) Soccer (You should have taken the E.) #3) Basketball (You should have taken the B, A, and L.) #4) NASCAR (You should have taken the A and S.) Leaving you with: SUPER word) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ B L E B A L A S SUPER word) Baseball",Language,03/25/07 #31215,Helpdesk Horrors!,2.79,1.69,brainster,"It was a crazy day at All Seas Shipping. The IT Helpdesk was working overtime to sort out problems that were coming at them from all directions! Mona was just about ready to unplug the computer to just make them stop for a while, when the computer decided to crash! Mona was frantic now! The last 5 things on her priority list was all she remembered, and that too, in bits and pieces. Can you help her put the information together so she can save the day yet again? Users: Faith, Cindy, George, Reginald, Bill Problems: Crash, General Failure, Floppy Stuck, Backup System, RAM failure Location: Ship, Head Office, Branch Office, Port Office, Overseas Office Time when complaint was logged: 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00 1. None of the users had a request starting with the same letter as their first name. 2. The five users are: the one with the floppy stuck, the one on the ship, the one who logged the request at 10:30, the one in the overseas office and George. 3. Faith was very conscientious about her work and always logged support requests for backup before any major meeting. Mona remembered getting an overseas call from Faith at 11:00 for this purpose. 4. Bill was enjoying Cindy's embarrassment as she related to him over the phone how she reversed the direction of the floppy and now it would not come out of the drive! His laughter and glee were shortlived however. Half an hour after he spoke to Cindy, his PC crashed, and he logged in a request immediately using the phone. 5. The order of time in which the first two support requests were logged was the one in the head office and the one with the computer crash. 6. Bill was the Branch Supervisor and George was the Port Supervisor. 7. The call from the Port Office was the last call Mona recalled.",No hint available.,"Faith - Backup - Overseas Office - 11:00 Cindy - Floppy Stuck - Head Office - 10:00 George - RAM Failure - Port Office - 12:00 Reginald - General Failure - Ship - 11:30 Bill - Crash - Branch Office - 10:30",Logic-Grid,06/20/06 #18538,Mad Ade's Missing Words 1,2.47,2.26,mad-ade,"Mad Ade gives you three words, and you must type in the single word that can be added to each to make three new words. Example: fish, board, dust. Answer: star (starfish, starboard, stardust) The word can go at either end of the given words. Ray, Hole, Ion",No hint available.,"PORT Portray, Porthole, Portion",Language,08/12/04 #3153,Ball Bearing Box,2.71,1.6,204_blaze_41,Suppose you have an open topped box that is 5cm x 5cm x 5cm. (capacity: 125 cubic centimetres) Inside the box is a steel ball bearing that is 25 cubic centimetres in size. Next to the box is a two-liter pail filled with mercury. How many cubic centimetres of mercury would you have to pour into the box to completely submerge the ball bearing?,No hint available.,You couldn't. Mercury is so dense steel floats in it.,Science,04/02/02 #21206,Pocket Full of Change.,2.42,2.37,ti-jayz6,"You have 55 coins totaling $10.00. There are more nickels than pennies, more dimes than nickels, and more quarters than dimes. How many of each coin do you have?",No hint available.,"35 quarters $8.75 9 dimes .90 6 nickels .30 5 pennies .05 $10.00",Math,02/24/05 #26795,Jungle Gym Hoopla,2.64,0.64,Kalliann,"After the sandbox disaster the week before, five fathers were in charge of taking the children to the park. The fathers did not want to have the same mix-up with the sandbox that their wives went through, so this week they kept all their children on the jungle gym. Everything was going good until it was time to leave and the kids had to put their shoes on. It was at that time that the fathers realized that the shoes were all mixed up. Can you help these fathers figure out which shoes belong to which child? The Fathers: Pete, Sam, Mark, Kaleb, and Zander. The Children: Zach, Tim, Chris, Laura, and Natalie. The Shoes: Black, Red, Yellow, Green, and Pink. Clues: 1) Pete bought his son black shoes, but his son is neither Chris or Tim. 2) Chris hates the colors green and pink, but his friend Laura loves green. 3) Sam, Tim's dad, was searching for shoes the same color as a firetruck. 4) Kaleb and Zander are the only dads with daughters. 5)Natalie's dad is not Kaleb.",Laura and Natalie are the only girls,"Pete is the father of Zach who has Black shoes. Sam is the father of Tim who has Red shoes. Mark is the father of Chris who has Yellow shoes. Kaleb is the father of Laura who has Green shoes. Zander is the father of Natalie who has Pink shoes.",Logic-Grid,11/08/05 #4645,"sleets, sloops, swoops, snoops",2.5,1.91,im_para_noid,"Which word does not belong? sleets, sloops, swoops, snoops.",No hint available.,Swoops. All the other words make completely different words when they are spelled backwards,Group,06/11/02 #5710,A Cricket Match,2.35,1.58,arij,"The cricket match between India and Pakistan was over. Harbhajan scored more runs than Ganguly. Sachin scored more runs than Laxman but less than Dravid Badani scored as many runs as Agarkar but less than Dravid and more than Sachin. Ganguly scored more runs than either Agarkar or Dravid. Each batsman scored 10 runs more than his immediate batsman. The lowest score was 10 runs. How much did each one of them score?",No hint available.,"60-Harbhajan 50-Ganguly 40-Dravid 30-Badani 30-Agarkar 20-Sachin 10-Laxman",Logic,07/19/02 #37572,Sports Heroes I,2.53,1.6,merrimackxc2010,"Can you solve this? L A = W of 7 T de F",No hint available.,"Lance Armstrong = Winner of 7 Tours de France Lance Armstrong is an amazing athlete. He won all 7 of his Tours de France titles in a row. He is also a cancer survivor.",Letter-Equations,07/28/07 #32255,The Osteon Factor,2.84,1.79,jazzmusician46,"I am alive and growing and am used mainly for support; but when I die I can be used in a variety of ways. I am a protector of important parts. What am I?",No hint available.,"A bone. The bone is the hard form of connective tissue that constitutes the majority of the skeleton of most vertebrates. It is a living tissue that not only supports the body, it also protects the major organs. Some communities, such as native Americans have used bone for many tools and ornaments. The title (osteon) is the Greek word for 'bone'. So I gave you the answer!",Riddle,08/03/06 #8565,"Push, Pull",2.47,1.08,CCat20,"I push, I pull, I am a useful tool. If you lose me, you'll be very sorry - I never return, as you'll soon learn. I have a humerus in me but I'm never that funny. The only way you'll remember me constantly, is the feeling you get when you lose me. What am I?",No hint available.,"An Arm. The humerus line is talking about your upper arm bone. The last line is about how you feel the arm even though it's gone, commonly known as a phantom arm.",Riddle,11/17/02 #37613,Stacking CD's,2.18,1.44,The-stranger0,"Andrew has a new 3 foot wide bookcase with two shelves, each 15 inches high. He plans to store his CD's on the shelves using new CD racks. Each CD rack is 17 inches wide and 7 inches high, and holds 3 stacks of 12 CD's. Will Andrew have enough room for his 250 CD's in the bookcase if he uses the two shelves inside the bookcase and doesn't put any CD's on top of it? How many CD's will he be able to store?",Drawing a diagram may be helpful.,"Yes, Andrew will have enough room on the two shelves to fit his 250 CD's. In fact, he will be able to fit up to 288 CD's. Each CD rack holds 36 CD's. (12 x 3 = 36) Each shelf is 3 feet or 36 inches wide, and therefore wide enough to hold 2 CD racks. (2 x 17 = 34) Each shelf is 15 inches high, and therefore high enough to hold 2 layers of CD racks. (2 x 7 = 14) Therefore, each shelf holds 4 CD racks, or 36 x 4 = 144 CD's. There are two shelves, each holding 144 CD's, or 288 CD's in all.",Math,08/01/07 #20698,Start Off Tall,2.8,2.77,doggyxp,"What do each of the following words have in common? brandy, pirated, swingers, tramps, grangers","They start off tall, but end up small.","Each of the words can be reduced, one letter at a time, to form new words. Each time you remove either a first or a last letter and be left with a new word. The answers are sometimes different depending on which letter you drop. brandy, brand, bran, ran, an, a pirated, pirate, irate, rate, ate, at, a swingers, swinger, swinge, swing, wing, win, in, I tramps, ramps, ramp, ram, am, a grangers, rangers, ranger, range, rang, ran, an, a",Language,01/29/05 #267,What's the Order?,2.84,2.5,Mr. G,"The following sports are listed in an order. What is it? Soccer Hockey American Football Baseball Bowling Golf",No hint available.,"They are listed in the increasing order of the number of periods. Soccer = 2 halves Hockey = 3 periods Football = 4 quarters Baseball = 9 innings Bowling = 10 frames Golf = 18 holes",Group,02/07/01 #4318,Symbols,2.52,2.69,cathalmccabe,"Each letter ABCDEFGH represents the numbers 1 to 8 inclusive: FA*A=CF DG*A=BA H*E=DH F*A = C Can you match the letter to the number?",G = 1,"1 = G 2 = A 3 = D 4 = F 5 = H 6 = B 7 = E 8 = C 42*2=84 31*2=62 5*7=35 4*2 = 8 Solution: (From 2: means 2nd line etc:) From 2: G=1 because A*G = A (A is not 5, because then from 1, F should also be 5) From 4: F*A has to be a single number so it can only be 2*3 or 2*4 (or vice versa) and C can only be 6 or 8 There are four possibilities here, 4*2 = 8 2*4 = 8 3*2 = 6 or 3*2 = 6 They would give from 1: 42*2 (=84) 24*4 (=92) 32*2 (=64) or 23*3 (=69) Can't be 2*4 or 3*2 (because 92 and 69 are not possible), so A=2 From 2: B is twice something, so it can only be 4 6 or 8 (not 2 because it's already known) D is half 4 6 or 8, so it can only be 2, 3, or 4 From 3: All the possible combinations of numbers multiplied that would give a two digit number: (Eliminate any with 1 or 2 in the product eg 3*7=21 or 3*8=24 etc) 4*8 =32 5*6 =30 5*7 =35 5*8 =40 6*7 =42 6*8 =48 The second term of the product must be one of the numbers multiplied by each other, so eliminate any that don't fit in here leaving: 5*7 =35 6*8 =48 So, filling in what's known so far: F2*2=CF D1*2=B2 H*E=DH F*2 = C From 1: F=4, then C = 8 From 2: B = 6 From 3: H*E = 5*7 or 5*7 = 35 D=3 H= 5, so E = 7",Math,05/29/02 #20304,Happy New Year,2.38,2.05,MrIxolite,"What phrase is hidden here? Bid becomes biRd Ran becomes raIn Bug becomes buNg Sin becomes siGn Pan becomes paIn Dug becomes duNg Doe becomes doGe",No hint available.,"Ringing in the changes The capitalised letters in the ""changed"" words read RINGING top to bottom.",Rebus,01/11/05 #33374,Screaming and Soaring,2.82,1.37,grungy49,"Screaming, soaring, Seeking sky Flowers of fire, Flying high Blue, green, red, gold Gaze at me in the night An amazing feat, I give out light Eastern art, From ancient time. Name me now, And solve this rhyme.",No hint available.,Fireworks!,Riddle,10/07/06 #10221,Neighbors,1.7,0.85,cutie,"There are two people, Meg and Kat. Meg lives in Florida, Kat lives in Georgia. They're next-door neighbors. How is that possible?",No hint available.,The border line of Florida and Georgia is in between them.,Logic,02/03/03 #50920,Waiting For You,2.6,1.18,ThinksForFun,"Lying flat in a box, I'm neither dead nor alive To my final destination, I've yet to arrive I'm a bearer of bad news, or one who makes your day Either a surprise, or seen coming from far away Once you have discovered me, my news cannot be reached Until my protective outer layer has been breached What am I?",No hint available.,a letter in a mailbox,Riddle,11/11/16 #33327,Royalty 2,2.47,2.61,jazzmusician46,"The following list of people attended a concert: a Count, a Duke, a First Lady, a Lady, three Kings, a Knight, a Professor, and a President. There was no one from royalty, politics, or education present, nor were any very important dignitaries attending the concert either. What is happening here?",No hint available.,"Answer: They were all jazz artists performing at the concert. These titles are their nicknames. Count: William Basie Duke: Edward Kennedy Ellington A First Lady: Ella Fitzgerald Lady: Billie Holiday King [of Swing]: Benny Goodman King [of the clarinet]: Artie Shaw King: Joseph Oliver A Knight (Sir): Roland Hanna Professor: Buster Smith The President or ""The Prez"": Lester Young (There were two ways of referring to Lester Young. Both are correct).",Trivia,10/05/06 #18087,Hubble Bubble,2.38,2.25,PhilDunphy,3 W in M,It's bad luck to mention this name backstage.,3 Witches in Macbeth,Letter-Equations,07/01/04 #4147,On the Hill,2.45,2.0,wouldilie,"On the hill there is a mill, Round the mill there is a walk, Under the walk there is a key. Where is this place?",No hint available.,"Milwaukee (Mill-Walk-Key)",Riddle,05/18/02 #31502,Counting Wrappers,2.56,2.1,MarcM1098,"Your favourite chocolate bar is having a special promotion, buy 10 get 1 free! To get a free bar, simply collect 10 wrappers and turn them in for 1 free bar. What fraction of a bar is each wrapper worth?",Remember that the free bar has a wrapper.,"Each wrapper is worth 1/9 of a bar. 10 wrappers are worth 1 free bar, so it appears each wrapper is worth 1/10 of a bar, except that the free bar comes with a wrapper. 10 wrappers are worth 1 free bar (with 1 free wrapper), so each wrapper is worth 1/10 of a bar plus 1/10 of a wrapper. The 1/10 of a wrapper is worth 1/100 of a bar plus 1/100 of a wrapper, and so on. 1/10 + 1/100 + 1/1000 + ... = 0.111... = 1/9. The answer can be shown with the following algebra, where w is the value of a wrapper, and b is the value of a bar. 10w = b + w (10 wrappers are worth 1 bar with 1 wrapper) 9w = b (subtract w from each side) w = b/9 (divide both sides by 9) Each wrapper (w) is worth 1/9 of a bar (b).",Math,07/05/06 #14059,Gulp 2,2.97,2.32,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? YOUR LIONS Gulp UR LIONS GulpGulp LIONS GulpGulpGulp NS GulpGulpGulpGulp",No hint available.,"Swallow Your Pride Collective noun for Lions = Pride",Rebus,07/28/03 #43430,Sir Richard Murder,2.19,0.63,eggface,"""What? Another murder?"" exclaimed Mr. Lombang after hearing the news that the incredibly wealthy Sir Richard had been murdered. Mr. Lombang found this case very similar to the murder of Miss Brown and, sure enough, Sir Whitehall, an ex-murderer, was on the list of suspects. The suspects are the dashing young Lord Burgundy, the elderly Lady Green, and the rather arrogant Sir Whitehall. The places where the murder could have been committed are the kitchen, lounge, and bedroom. The weapons that are likely to have been used are a length of strong twine, an ancient dagger, and a gun. All that Mr. Lombang knows is that the murderer had access to the gun, so help him to uncover the truth using these clues: 1. Sir Whitehall had no access to the twine, although it was rumored by all of the staff that he kept a dagger in his room in case of assassination. 2. The person in the bedroom was at the opposite side of the house to the gun. 3. Sir Whitehall was verified to have been complaining to the cook in the kitchen for the majority of the evening. 4. Lady Green constantly complained about the quality of the couches in the lounge and kept clear of them as a result. 5. The person with the dagger was in the kitchen. Can you work out who murdered Sir Richard and in what room?",No hint available.,"Lord Burgundy was in the lounge with the gun. Sir Whitehall was in the kitchen with his dagger. Lady Green was in her bedroom with the twine. So Sir Richard was killed by Lord Burgundy with the gun in the lounge.",Logic-Grid,10/27/08 #51322,"Just a Little, Please !",2.08,1.4,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus? pppppp ssshhh",No hint available.,"""peace and quiet""",Rebus,07/11/17 #43267,The Tiniest Bouquet,2.58,1.6300000000000001,nikitafullmoon,"Tiny flower bowl Filled with an iris Gives the gift of sight What am I?",No hint available.,A contact lens,Riddle,10/06/08 #23981,More Crazy Math,2.53,2.53,GarnetLover,"How is the following equation possible? 10=509",The puzzle involves French and Roman numerals.,"In French, 10 is spelled DIX. In Roman numerals, 509 is written DIX.",Language,06/24/05 #51847,Knowledge 2,2.72,1.54,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,Encyclopedia,Rebus,04/23/18 #30477,Why Words 1,2.59,2.38,Quickq,"Which word from group A belongs in group B and why? Group A Unlock Star Latest Copies Pat Bounced Group B Dirtier Practice Answering Gaping Crashes Check",No hint available.,"Latest All the ones in Group A except latest are spelt without repeating a letter. All the ones in group B are spelt with one letter repeated.",Group,05/14/06 #44614,Missing Vowels II,2.03,1.72,brainglue,"Three quotes by Tony Robbins have had all their vowels removed. You must add the appropriate vowels for each word. 1. _n l_f_ y_ _ n_ _d _ _th_r _nsp_r_t_ _n _r d_sp_r_t_ _n. 2. _t _s _n y_ _r m_m_nts _f d_c_s_ _n th_t y_ _r d_st_ny _s sh_p_d. 3. _t's n_t kn_w_ng wh_t t_ d_, _t's d_ _ng wh_t y_ _ kn_w. Good luck!",No hint available.,"1. In life you need either inspiration or desperation. 2. It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. 3. It's not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.",Language,06/10/09 #26951,And Still DuChamp-een,2.53,2.65,norcekri,"""8:00 A.M. Friday? I'll be there, with bells on."" Nora Shekrie said as she hit 'end' on her cell phone, pleased with the call. After more than a month of casual contacts and interactions, Wilby Habenpfun, the handsome bank manager, had asked her personally to attend a function with him. The invitation was based on her one course in art history in a year to which she didn't readily admit, but it was still a day at his side. That was the good news. The bad news was that the function was the estate sale for his father's ""surplus collection"", a sale mandated by the IRS before Wilby could inherit the remaining small percentage of his father's apparent wealth. Still, there were several unusual items in the auction, including minor works by Marcel DuChamp, Picasso, and Grant Wood. Wilby stood to keep the family's stock in the bank intact, with enough funds left over for a life of relative comfort. Wilby spotted her immediately when she entered the grounds at 7:43. ""Nora, I'm so glad you could come!"" He looked her up and down, as if seeing her in a different light -- such as a moonlit front porch. He took her arm and introduced her to several local dignitaries as his ""art expert"". Privately, Nora thought that the minor items alone should cover the amount that Wilby said his father owed Uncle Sam. She was on her fourth mocha when Wilby took her to a chair in the front row and suggested she take a break. ""But I'm having so much fun!"" ""I noticed. You just spent nearly five minutes straight talking to Ida Bindair about that ugly little Picasso thing."" Wilby replied. ""Well, it's one of the things I know."" said Nora, a bit defensively. ""She was being polite. She knows more than you do. Enough that she paid top dollar for it."" Nora was silent for the first time in nearly half an hour. ""It's okay. Some people chatter. I just thought that someone might be noticing by now, and thought you'd like a little time off."" ""Thanks."" Just then, the auctioneer brought up the final piece before their lunch break. He read from his note cards. ""Lot number 114, an oil painting by Marcel DuChamp, titled 'The Bridesmaid'. DuChamp is most noted for his 1912 painting, 'Nude Descending a Staircase #2', which helped define the cubist movement. This smaller piece, roughly thirty by twenty-four inches, is his last known work. It's signed by the artist and dated '66, two years before his death."" ""Wilby!"" Nora whispered, ""Stop the auction!"" ""Are you sure you haven't had too much caffeine? This is supposed to be the third biggest price tag of the day!"" Mrs. Bindair spoke up from behind him. ""Wilberforce, she may be a chatterbox, but she knows her art. What happens if he sells the piece, dear?"" ""It will be the third biggest check he gets, but he'll have to give it all back after he loses the fraud suit!"" ""Mr. auctioneer, the estate has decided to retain that piece. Please strike the lot, and we'll negotiate your commission after a fair appraisal."" The auctioneer took it in stride; he'd seen stranger things. ""Now, Nora, perhaps you can calm down enough to tell me why I just gave up two years of retirement?"" a confused Wilby inquired. How did she know something was wrong?",Look up the biography of Marcel DuChamp.,"Marcel DuChamp did paint 'Nude' in 1912. Its display at the New York Exposition in 1913 galvanized modern art of the time, and was a major piece in the cubist style. However, he is better known for his sculpture -- that painting was his last. In fact, he gave up making art altogether around 1928, and spent the remainder of his life on chess. A later painting, especially after 1928, must be the work of someone else.",Mystery,11/15/05 #41358,O M = H M on M,2.17,2.71,shenqiang,O M = H M on M,No hint available.,Olympus Mons = highest mountain on Mars.,Letter-Equations,04/04/08 #28281,Break it Down! #2,3.0,1.76,sugarnspice4u7,"For each of the following fill in the best answer to the saying or definition on a separate sheet of paper. The # of blanks are given in or after the clue. After, repeat the small answers (in order) until you get the larger word. For the clues that refer to the alphabet, pronounce the letter as it is pronounced in the alphabet. You might have to repeat the smaller words over and over again to get the larger word. An example is given below. Example: A) expert: _ _ _ B) devoted churchwoman : _ _ _ C) 3rd in the alphabet: _ D) # after seven: _ _ _ _ _ E) to avoid: _ _ _ _ Answer: pro-nun-c-eight-shun Pronunciation Try the following. 1) a) upper limb: _ _ _ b) 1st in alphabet: _ c) TV show :""Let's Make a _ _ _ _"" d) 15th in alphabet: _ 2) a) feed in past tense: _ _ _ b) possessive form of she: _ _ _ c) a small, rounded portion of bread: _ _ _ _ 3) a) miles _ _ _ hour b) agent paid to obtain secret information: _ _ _ c) body part used to hear: _ _ _ 4) a) aquatic animal associated with a beach ball: _ _ _ _ b) 1st in alphabet: _ c) edible ice cream holder: _ _ _ _ 5) a) opposite of down: _ _ b) a _ _ _ _ of socks c) _ _ _ _ the movie instead of buying it 6) a) a convict: _ _ _ b) to lie is a deadly _ _ _ c) receptacle used for serving/holding dishes and meals: _ _ _ _ d) to ignore or snub: _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1) armadillo (arm-a-deal-o) 2) federal (fed-her-roll) 3) perspire (per-spy-ear) 4) silicone (seal-a-cone) 5) apparent (up-pair-rent) 6) concentration (con-sin-tray-shun)",Other,01/26/06 #43463,Not a Single Man,2.58,1.28,Superwolf26,"Mr. Jones and his team of eight men were exploring a pyramid to reach a fabled treasure in the center. Their rival team, led by Mr. Smith, was also in pursuit of the treasure. The two teams had entered from opposite sides of the pyramid. When both teams reached the treasure room, they found a case surrounding the treasure. The case could not be moved or taken from the room unless the riddle was solved. The groups read the following on the side of the case: ""Not a single man may open this chest, for he who does will be cursed for all eternity."" Not a single man took the treasure, but when both groups left the pyramid, Mr. Smith's group had the treasure with them. How is it possible that they weren't cursed?","The answer is not ""There was no real curse"", and the treasure was not taken by multiple men.",Mr. Smith's wife had come on the trip along with his team. She was the one who removed the treasure because not a single MAN could remove it.,Trick,10/31/08 #21058,Who Ate Which Fruit?,2.41,0.55,Unicorns,"There are 4 people - Jenny, Bob, Kate and Joseph They each had a piece of fruit - Orange, Apple, Grapes and Banana On a certain day - Monday, Friday, Saturday, Tuesday Can you work out who has which fruit on which day? Clues - 1. The person that had the orange ate it on Saturday. 2. The woman who had the apple did not eat it on Tuesday. 3. Joseph did not eat the bananas and did not eat on Friday. 4. People with O in their name did not eat the orange. 5. Bob ate his fruit on Tuesday. 6. Jenny loved eating her orange.",No hint available.,"Jenny - Orange - Saturday Bob - Banana - Tuesday Kate - Apple - Friday Joseph - Grapes - Monday",Logic-Grid,02/16/05 #51673,Leap Frog,2.71,2.0,Snowdog,"Figure out what word comes next in each line. 1. Happy to Happy to Happy dear Happy ??? 2. Is the life this fantasy in landslide escape ??? 3. Somebody told the is roll I the tool the She ??? 4. Picture in boat a with trees marmalade somebody you answer ???","1. Traditional - the answer here is ""to"" 2. Queen 3. Smash Mouth 4. The Beatles","Each line contains every other word from a song's lyrics. 1. to - From ""Happy Birthday"" 2. reality - from ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" 3. looking - from ""All Star"" 4. slowly - from ""Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"" Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality Smash Mouth - ""All Star"" Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb Beatles - ""Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"" Picture yourself in a boat on a river With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A girl with kaleidoscope eyes",Trivia,01/21/18 #23157,The Case of the Snack Shack,2.88,0.8,Tammy93,"Harborville's Beach Snack Shop had been open only an hour when Ben stopped in and noticed a new poster announcing a price increase. ""I put the sign up this morning,"" Mr. Levine told him. ""Had to raise my prices ten percent because I have so many new expenses. Like now I need a new window for my back room. Somebody broke it, trying to get into my store last night."" ""Have you called the police?"" Ben asked. ""No. Nothing was stolen."" He led Ben to a small storeroom in the back. ""I use this space as an office. Sat here and made my price change poster last night. As soon as I was done, I left it on that old desk. When I went out, I locked the door to the main part of my store. So whoever got in was stuck in this little storeroom. Nothing here to steal."" When Ben left he wandered down to the break wall, where Nathan and Trevor were fishing. ""Did you hear that somebody broke a window at the Shack?"" he asked. ""Nope,"" Nathan said. ""We've been here since dawn. Haven't talked to anybody."" Trevor gestured to the bucket. ""We've caught some big ones."" Nathan stood. ""But now I'm starving. I've got a dollar left from my allowance. If Mr. Levine is there now, I'm going up to the Shack to get a Big Beach Bun."" ""Better get another dime from somewhere,"" Trevor told him. ""A dollar's not enough any more. As for me, I'm going home to get a couple sandwiches for myself."" ""You both stay right here,"" Ben said. ""I know which one of you broke that window. You'd better think of a way to pay for it, because I'm telling Mr. Levine.""",No hint available.,"Mr. Levine had just put up his poster about the price increase that morning. Nathan and Trevor said they had been fishing since dawn and had spoken to no one. Since Trevor knew that a dollar bun was now a dollar and ten cents, he must have been the one who broke the window and got inside the back room, where he read the poster lying on the old desk. ""That was good detective work,"" Nina, his friend, told Ben later. ""Mr. Levine thought so too."" Ben opened a bag. ""He gave me a Big Beach Bun for free. Want some?"" ""Yes. At least ten percent of it,"" Nina told him, reaching for the bag.",Mystery,05/25/05 #38732,NBA Game,2.19,1.39,sora,"Pistons and Detroit were squaring off at The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was one of the biggest games in history because the game went into the fourth overtime, but in the end, the score was 105-102. Why is this game impossible?",It is not about the score or the overtime games.,Because they are the same team.,Trick,10/12/07 #6582,EXPECTATIONS,2.13,1.21,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? EXPECTATIONS",No hint available.,Great expectations!,Rebus,08/16/02 #4638,4 5 6 7 8 9,2.5,2.5,bobbrt,"What number is missing? 4 5 6 7 8 9 61 52 63 94 46 ?",No hint available.,"18 Each number in the bottom row is the square of the number above it, with the digits reversed.",Series,06/11/02 #49867,How to Get Along,2.25,2.5100000000000002,bababawhomp,"Weighs Other Look Ways Other Look Wheys Other Look",No hint available.,Always look after each other,Rebus,07/22/13 #32077,Geographical Grouping,2.54,2.32,Question_Mark,"Which groups do these countries go into? Latvia, Bolivia, Guatemala, Hungary, Romania GROUP A: France Italy Ireland Belgium Ivory Coast GROUP B: Germany The Netherlands Russia Bulgaria Sierra Leone",No hint available.,"GROUP A: Guatemala and Romania GROUP B: Latvia, Bolivia and Hungary The flags of the countries in Group A have 3 vertical stripes. The flags of the countries in Group B have 3 horizontal stripes.",Group,07/27/06 #27749,Word Links IV,2.87,1.73,peppamintp,"Insert one word in each pair to link the two words together. The end of the first word is the beginning of the second. 1. Short __ __ __ __ Light 2. Arch __ __ __ Station 3. Dill __ __ __ __ __ __ Barrel 4. Corn __ __ __ __ __ Box 5. Bar __ __ __ __ __ Pigeon",No hint available.,"1. Stop 2. Way 3. Pickle 4. Bread 5. Stool",Language,12/29/05 #6218,Disgraceful conditions!,2.23,1.18,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? ruinlivingruin",No hint available.,Living in ruins!,Rebus,08/04/02 #30338,I V X,2.79,1.74,Chakoteya,"What comes next in this sequence? India Victor X-ray Lima Charlie",No hint available.,"Delta. The sequence is the call signs for the letters used as Roman numerals: I = 1 V = 5 X = 10 L = 50 C = 100 D = 500 M = 1000",Series,05/08/06 #22312,Lazy Warning,2.75,2.18,dsquared,"What is represented here? Lazy warning Slothful menace Sluggish risk","Don't be afraid, none of them really hold any real concern.",Idle threats,Rebus,04/17/05 #8459,Freddo Frogs,2.28,1.49,glennyboy02,"Sammie's mother gave Sammie $20. Before I continue with this teaser, you must realise that Sammie is a young girl who is obsessed with saving money! She will go to extraordinary lengths to save money, and she was also a chocoholic. Sammie wanted as much chocolate as possible through spending as little money as possible. Anyway, Sammie went to the shops one day, with her $20! By the way, I must mention that there is only one type of chocolate that this particular chocoholic eats, and that is ""Freddo Frogs""! So, within these certain shops there are four chocolate shops that Sammie could visit. They are as follows; Glenn's Scrumptious Choccies! Freddo frogs = $5 = 4 Freddo frogs Glenn's Yummy Chocolates! Freddo Frogs = $4 = 3 Freddo frogs Glenn's Haven for Chocoholics Freddo Frogs = $2.50 = 1 Freddo frog Glenn's Freddo Frogs Freddo Frogs = $10 = 7 Frogs (There was rumour going around that Glenn owned all the chocolate stores!) Anyway, time to think, which chocolate store would Sammie visit?",No hint available.,Sammie would visit Glenn's Scrumptious Choccies where she would purchase 16 frogs for $20!,Math,11/16/02 #5617,Baker's Death,2.59,1.6300000000000001,glennyboy02,"Wolfgang emigrated from East Germany and settled in London three years ago. He barely spoke English and was determined to earn enough money to send for his wife. He was a baker by profession, and after two years of working two jobs, seven days a week, he finally owned his own store. One morning a delivery man found Wolfgang lying on the floor of his bakery, dead. His right hand held a small gun. A letter and suicide note lay near by. The letter said that his wife was killed in an auto accident in Germany. The suicide note read, 'I had almost attained my goal of reunification with my wife. Now it will be sooner than I thought. I have lost my will to live.' Detectives declared that this was not suicide but murder. How did they know?",No hint available.,"Wolfgang would not have been able to write, punctuate and express himself so clearly in English.",Situation,07/16/02 #28151,"All You Need is Bread, Toothbrushes, and Barbie Dolls",2.81,1.65,bigSWAFF_69_,"What common phrase is represented by this? 1928: Sliced Bread = 95% Perfect 1938: Nylon Bristle Toothbrush = 90% Perfect *1959: Barbie Doll = 96% Perfect*",No hint available.,The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread.,Rebus,01/18/06 #24820,Alphabet Quiz,2.59,2.54,phrebh,"1. What letter is like an island? 2. What letter adds great value to a pear? 3. What letter has the same effect as thunder? 4. What letter is like a cow's tail? 5. What letter is like a school principal? 6. What letter is like a selfish friend? 7. What letter comes once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years? 8. What letter is like a scandalmonger? 9. What letter is like a mystery? 10. What letter is like a guide? 11. What letter is like a buck's tail? 12. What letter is the center of joy and the principal mover of sorrow? 13. What letter is like death? 14. What letter widens a road? 15. What letter cannot be seen? 16. What letter is invisible yet never out of sight? 17. What letter changes the sex of a lad? 18. What letter is like noon? 19. What letter is like a pig's tail? 20. What letter is like the sun? 21. What letter is like a wedding ring? 22. What letter is the cleanest in the alphabet? 23. What letter is always the center of mirth? 24. What letter is like the monkey cage? 25. What letter is always discovered in the center of a maze? 26. What letter is like New Year's Day?",No hint available.,"1. T is in the middle of water. 2. L makes a pear into a pearl. 3. S makes our cream sour cream. 4. F comes at the end of beef. 5. C forms lasses into classes. 6. P is the first in pity and the last in help. 7. M. 8. W makes ill will. 9. X is inexplicable. 10. Q goes ahead of u (you). 11. N is at the end of venison. 12. O. 13. E is at the end of life. 14. B makes it broad. 15. V is invisible. 16. I. 17. Y changes lad to lady. 18. A is in the middle of day. 19. K is at the end of pork. 20. G is in the center of light 21. D because we could not be wed without it. 22. H because it is in the middle of washing. 23. U is in the middle of fun. 24. Z is the leading feature of the zoo. 25. R is in the middle of labyrinth. 26. J is the first of January.",Language,07/24/05 #24484,No Snore Sally,2.69,1.2,dolphingurl12,The amazing No Snore Sally has gone 11 days without sleeping. How does she do it?,No hint available.,She slept during the nights.,Trick,07/12/05 #47815,Priceless,1.95,0.92,wwestar1000,50 C in a HD,No hint available.,50 Cents in a Half Dollar.,Letter-Equations,08/22/10 #42241,Another Plan,2.21,1.14,TRILLIONAIRE,"What does the last line of this rebus represent? ITEM -- LOCATION Book -- On the bookcase Paper -- On the table Itinerary -- In the folder Agenda -- Concealed",No hint available.,A hidden agenda,Rebus,06/14/08 #1490,Quick Thinking,2.11,1.18,tepuchi,What is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 400?,No hint available.,"5. 1/10 of 400 is 40. 1/4 of 40 is 10, and 1/2 of 10 is 5.",Math,11/22/01 #35422,T4 and D4,2.35,1.97,t4mt,"D4 was trying to impress everyone at T4's birthday party by giving T4 a math problem. Celebrating 1994, T4's birth year, what is the 1994th digit in the decimal expansion of 1/7 to the right of the decimal point?",Actually do the math for a bit...,"4. Any number not a multiple of 7 will divide out with the pattern 1,4,2,8,5, and 7. 1/7 is simply 0.1428571428571428571428757... Divide 1994 by 6 and get 332 with remainder 2. 4 is the second digit of the six-digit pattern, so it is also the 1994th digit.",Math,02/24/07 #37715,Easter Eggs,2.58,2.21,say_aah,"In 1874, Good Friday fell on a Tuesday. How can this be?","Some people hoped that Good Friday wouldn't fall on that day, but were disappointed.","In 1874, a horse called Good Friday was running in a race on a Tuesday and fell.",Trick,08/10/07 #18945,The Romankachi Siblings !!!,2.08,2.6,lesternoronha1,"We were all celebrating the 25th birthday of my beloved sister, Lavi the kindhearted Romankachi. She was younger to me Rudy the business-minded Romankachi by two years and to our elder brother Fred the well-settled Romankachi by four years. Just as the celebrations were in full swing, I realized something about our ages. I found that I could say at least two things definitely about each of the following two integer values formed by manipulating our ages taken as integers:- a) The number formed by adding 1 to the product of Lavi's and my age considered during any one year right since she was a year old. b) The number formed by adding 1 to the product of Fred's and my ages considered during any one year right since I was a year old. Though I forgot about this the next moment and got busy enjoying myself, could you tell what were the two things that flashed across my mind. Consider all ages to be integer values. Also during any given year, Lavi was exactly two years younger to me and exactly four years younger to Fred.",I'm exactly two years elder to Lavi and exactly two years younger to Fred.,"a) The number formed by adding 1 to the product of Lavi's and my age considered during any one year right since she was a year old. The two things that I could definitely say about the above integer value are :- 1) It is a perfect square. 2) The number formed is the square of a number 1 less than my age in that year. Example: When Lavi was 3, I was 5 -> (3*5)+1 gives 16 which is the square of 4, which is 1 less than my age(5) in that year. b) The number formed by adding 1 to the product of Fred's and my ages considered during any one year right since I was a year old. The two things that I could definitely say about the above integer value are :- 1) It is a perfect square. 2) The number formed is square of a number 1 more than my age in that year. Example: when I was 6, Fred was 8-> (6*8)+1 gives 49 which is the square of 7, a number 1 more than my age(6) in that year.",Math,09/26/04 #52567,Which Door?,3.02,0.61,Vanonymous,"You are driving on a road when suddenly lightning strikes right in front of you. When you can see again, there are three doors to the side of the car. One has 5 million dollars behind it, one has fame (when you walk through it you will become famous instantly), and the last one has your dream vacation place. Which door do you go through first?",No hint available.,The car door!,Trick,01/10/21 #24326,Operation: Vegetable-Ectomy,2.97,2.49,cnmne,"Six words have had their vegetables removed. The vegetables have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each vegetable with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: bean, beet, corn, kale, pea, radish Group B: acdio, bning, lieb, nfi, rthig, scagot",No hint available.,"bean + rthig = breathing (BrEAthiNg) beet + nfi = benefit (BEnEfiT) corn + acdio = accordion (aCcORdioN) kale + lieb = likeable (liKeAbLE) pea + scagot = scapegoat (scaPEgoAt) radish + bning = brandishing (bRAnDISHing)",Language,07/07/05 #49997,We Think Alike,2.8,1.05,fishmed,"Frank Page 11 Sarah Page 22 Me Page 23 Paul Page 113 Agnes Page 1 You Page 23 Adelle Page 54",No hint available.,You and I are on the same page,Rebus,11/08/13 #23046,Sandy,2.79,0.8200000000000001,leinad88,"From sand it comes in many colors bright We use it to let in the vibrant light In many shapes and sizes does it come Many church sanctuaries have some.",No hint available.,Stained Glass,Riddle,05/21/05 #33059,Snappy's Potions,2.08,0.5,12345_lewis2,"Help! Snappy (a VERY forgetful successor of Snape) has forgotten which potion goes where, or what it does! Colors: Red, Green, Blue Places: Shelf, Floor, Table Effects: Invisibility, Polyjuice, Luck 1. He remembers that the Polyjuice Potion goes on the shelf, but it was clearly not red. 2. The Luck Potion would break if placed on the floor. Snappy would NOT like that! It is not red. 3. The Polyjuice potion is not blue.",No hint available.,"Polyjuice Potion: green, on shelf Luck Potion: blue, on table Invisibility: red, on floor",Logic-Grid,09/18/06 #35308,4 = P T,2.26,1.8900000000000001,calmsavior,4 = P T to which F D R was E,American history,"4 = Presidential Terms to which Franklin Delano Roosevelt was Elected The limit for a U.S. President is now fixed at two.",Letter-Equations,02/14/07 #42191,Japanese Mathology,2.23,2.81,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the figures of Japanese mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the three possible solutions. AKUMA + AMIDA + UZUME = BENZAI",No hint available.,"20892 + 29742 + 85893 = 136527 89368 + 86758 + 34361 = 210487 69846 + 64376 + 80841 = 215063",Cryptography,06/10/08 #48065,Cryptic Nonagrams - N,2.49,2.29,dalfamnest,"A nonagram is a 9-letter word made from three 3-letter words or abbreviations. In this teaser, each sentence gives three clues, leading to the three short words (or prefixes) that make the nonagram. e.g. *Clue* Worker on a curved path, with a little twitch. *Hint* Polar (region) *Answer* Antarctic - [Worker = ANT; Curved path = ARC; Twitch = TIC] These nonagrams all begin with the letter ""N"". 1. Recently developed health resort for each 2. French rejection of professional sportsman in good health 3. Egg of louse and rodent, formed by electro-chemical decomposition 4. New prefix sparked off a little hiccup The HINT gives - some suggestions to help you with cryptic clues - a further clue for each complete nonagram","* You can often ignore words such as ""with"", ""before"", ""on"", and ""join""; these are links between clues. * ""Little"" or ""briefly"" may suggest an abbreviation. * Words are commonly used English, unless part of a clue suggests otherwise. CLUES FOR THE NONAGRAMS 1. Periodical publication 2. Describing charitable organisations, usually 3. Chemical process caused by fertilizer 4. Archaeological period","1. NEWSPAPER - Recent = NEW; Resort = SPA; For each = PER 2. NONPROFIT - French ""no"" = NON; Professional = PRO; Good condition = FIT 3. NITRATION - Egg = NIT; Rodent = RAT; Formation = ION 4. NEOLITHIC - Prefix = NEO; Sparked off = LIT; Hiccup = HIC",Language,10/06/10 #50656,End the Sentence,2.71,0.96,Marple,"Quick Wesley! Encourage Richard to yawn, unless Ian offers.. Which one of the following items belongs at the end of the sentence? Scotch eggs Bananas Chips Pumpkins",Typewriter!,Pumpkins. The initials of the sentence are the leters on the top row of a QWERTY keyboard (QWERTYUIOP),Language,07/19/15 #12950,Thirsty Tails,2.84,1.66,theteaser,What animal eats and drinks with its tail?,No hint available.,All animals with tails do. No animal takes off their tail when eating or drinking.,Trick,06/05/03 #27054,World Domination IV,2.88,2.56,sweetime,"Mad scientist Sassi the Sane was holed up in her latest hideout. Unfortunately, due to a series of bungling attempts on the part of her assistants (of course), they were forced to remain where they were for the time being. No one could enter or exit the secret hideout. In order to keep themselves entertained, one of Sassi's minions, Fred, suggested that they play a game. This game consisted of Fred deciding on a theme for a picnic, and by guessing items, each person had to try to ascertain what the theme of the picnic was. Unfortunately, Fred was wasting all his deviousness on this picnic, rather than in helping Sassi to take over the world, and as a result, no one was able to guess the picnic. Each person guessed a different amount of items which could be brought, and each of them had managed to determine one item that they could bring. In sheer frustration, each person had also suggested a unique way in which Fred could be disposed of, thus ending the nastiness of the picnic, and each had their own suggestion for a new picnic. The five number of guesses were: twelve items, ten items, six items, three items, four items. The correct guesses were: goat, diamond, cake, fire, streamers. The ways of exacting vengeance on Fred were: hitting him with a piece of wood, forcing him to sit through someone's aria, stealing his teddy bear, a mutiny and a makeover. The five people were: Spambringer, Kayyou, Warbucks, Aquatic, and Woodlady. The five suggested new picnics were: things in 60's comedy shows, things in fast food restaurants, words which contain the letters A and O, words which contain silent letters, and things associated with flowers. Using the following clues, can you determine who guessed which amount of items, the one item they identified correctly, their method of torture for Fred, and their new suggested theme? 1. The five people were: Spambringer, the person who suggested stealing the teddybear, the person who had flowers as their theme, the person who had 6 guesses, and the person who guessed the goat. 2. The person who guessed the streamers did not suggest mutiny, nor did the person who suggested mutiny use silent letters as a theme. 3. The person who guessed the goat had a number of guesses divisible by three. 4. Kayyou did not suggest hitting Fred with a piece of wood, but she did guess an even number of guesses. 5. Neither Woodlady nor Aquatic suggested the cake. 6. The person who guessed the streamers correctly was also the person who threatened to sing. 5. The number of guesses made by Aquatic was divisible by both two and three. 6. Warbucks made neither the most guesses, nor the least. 7. Spambringer did not have a theme which contained the letters A and O, nor did he suggest the makeover. 8. The person stealing the teddybear did not suggest a silent letters theme, but they did make the largest number of guesses. 9. The person who suggested the fast food theme did not correctly guess a cake, nor did they guess the fire. 10. The person who guessed the diamond made more guesses than the person who guessed the goat. 11. Kayyou did not guess the diamond, nor did she threaten to sing. 12. The person who wanted a theme with flowers correctly guessed the diamond. 13. The person who guessed streamers made a number of guesses which was not divisible by 3. 14. The person who suggested mutiny made neither the most, nor the least amount of guesses. 15. The person who guessed the goat suggested hitting Fred with a piece of wood, and they also wanted a picnic which was language based. 16. Kayyou thought that since she'd made the most guesses, she should be able to make the next picnic. 17. The person who wanted the fast food picnic did not have a number of guesses divisible by three. 18. The person who suggested the makeover made four guesses. 19. The person who guessed fire did not suggest a makeover, nor stealing Fred's teddy bear. 20. The person who wanted a picnic with words with the letters A and O in them wanted to mutiny.",No hint available.,"Spambringer, ten items, streamers, singing, things in fast food restaurants. Kayyou, twelve items, cake, stealing the teddybear, 60's comedy shows. Warbucks, four items, diamond, makeover, things associated with flowers. Aquatic, six items, fire, mutiny, words which contained the letters A and O. Woodlady, three items, goat, hitting Fred with a piece of wood, words which contain silent letters.",Logic-Grid,11/20/05 #16797,Twice As Old,2.49,1.53,Nite_Owl,"A girl is twice as old as her brother and half as old as her father. In 22 years, her brother will be half as old as his father. How old is the daughter now?",No hint available.,"She is 22. Her brother is 11 and her father is 44. In 22 years, her brother would be 33 and their father would 66.",Math,02/29/04 #9972,2 S Under P = An E In G,2.53,2.18,MrIxolite,2 S under P = An E in G,No hint available.,2 Shots (or strokes) under Par = An Eagle In Golf,Letter-Equations,01/22/03 #4558,So it's been found,2.62,1.76,zoltan_90,"The name of this is sweet and round Married folks like it, So it's been found. What is it?",No hint available.,A honeymoon.,Riddle,06/08/02 #39018,Changelings,2.87,2.52,jppbl,"Changelings kidnap children and replace them with one of their own. Great care must be taken when choosing a child to switch places with. The changeling must watch the child and be able to mimic the personality and history of the child, including any talents or abilities of the child. In the past century, five children, three boys (Brian, Henry, and Oscar) and two girls (Ruth and Tess) have been kidnapped by changelings. Can you determine the last name and talents of each child, the changeling who switched places with them, and the age at which they were taken? Last names: Chase, Day, Hays, Love, Tanner Changelings: Bekar, Caliban, Igel, Puck, Speck Talents, Art, Dance, Piano, Poetry, Singing Ages: 4,6,7,9,10 1. Ruth, who was not the artist, was older than Tanner (who was kidnapped by Speck), but younger than the dancer (who was not Oscar). 2. The 5 children are Ms. Hays, Henry, the child that Caliban took, the dancer, and the youngest. 3. Day is older than the girl Bekar stole, who is older than the poet. 4. Chase, who was 9, was older than Ruth. 5. The changeling who stole Brian (who wasn't the oldest) had to exercise his voice, but this wasn't Igel. 6. Love was younger than Tess, who was younger than Puck (who practiced Mozart night and day). 7. The artist was the middle child.",No hint available.,"Brian, Tanner, Speck, Singing, 4 Henry, Day, Puck, Piano, 10 Oscar, Love, Caliban, Art, 7 Ruth, Hays, Igel, Poetry, 6 Tess, Chase, Bekar, Dance, 9",Logic-Grid,10/31/07 #38110,I Bring Serenity,2.99,2.52,grilledcheese,"It's true I bring serenity, And hang around the stars, But yet I live in misery, You'll find me behind bars. With thieves and villains I consort, In prison I'll be found, But I would never go to court, Unless there's more than one.",No hint available.,The letter S,Riddle,09/05/07 #2233,Paper Room,2.21,1.76,Trev,"A room is 12' x 8' when it is designed on paper. You decide to make it square, and take 2 feet off the length and add it to the width to make it 2 feet wider. The room is now 10' x 10'. The total square footage of the first room was 96sq feet, the total footage of the second room is 100sq feet. Where did the extra 4sq feet come from?",No hint available.,"The 2' taken off the first room is 2' x 8' for a total size of 16sq feet. To add it onto the second room you make it 2' x 10', which is 20sq feet. That's the extra 4 sq feet.",Math,02/02/02 #41278,Add it Up 9,2.46,1.79,Scubee,"Beginning with ""ri"", add letters from the given pool to create a nine-letter word meaning ""making provision for the future"". Do not rearrange the letters as you go. In this teaser, you will add two letters in the last two steps. Pool: O T P V D N E 1) RI 2) _ _ _ 3) _ _ _ _ 4) _ _ _ _ _ 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The hint gives definitions for each additional word.","2) To make free: relieve 3) To sit and travel on 4) A company of lions 5) To meet a need","1) RI 2) RID 3) RIDE 4) PRIDE 5) PROVIDE 6) PROVIDENT",Language,03/30/08 #29410,5 Men Fishing,2.23,3.08,MadDog72,"Five men are fishing. 1st man: Wow! That's a huge fish! 2nd man: Watch out for that whirlpool! 3rd man: I've got him in the mesh nets! 4th man: We could get big money from selling that fish! What is the name of the fifth man?",Intercal,"James Bond. 1st man: WOW! That's a huge fish! 2nd man: Watch out for that WHIRLPOOL! 3rd man: I've got him in the MESH nets! 4th man: We could get BIG MONEY from selling that fish! WOW, WHIRLPOOL, MESH, and BIG MONEY are the names for !, @, #, and $, respectively (the symbols above 1, 2, 3, and 4), in the Intercal programming language. The Intercal name for % (the symbol above 5) is 007, hence the answer is James Bond.",Other,03/29/06 #35948,Used in Cold Weather,2.39,2.46,Trumalia,"This is an old English riddle from 1300-1900 AD. My back and belly is wood, And my ribs is lined with leather. I've a hole in my nose and one in my breast, And I'm oftenest used in cold weather.",No hint available.,Bellows,Riddle,02/23/07 #36188,Quick Temper?,2.05,2.92,tintiniscool,B of B B = a C H S,No hint available.,"Billions of Blistering Barnacles = a Captain Haddock Saying Captain Haddock, from The Adventures of Tintin, has a quick temper. One of his more famous lines is this one!",Letter-Equations,04/12/07 #52248,Extraction,2.64,1.75,HarryPutter,"After a laborious, excruciating day at work, a man got in his car and headed down the highway. Halfway home, a police checkpoint was positioned blocking the highway. As the driver carefully rolled up, an officer walked up to his window as he came to a complete stop. The driver, too tired to say a word, silently handed his ID, registration, and insurance to the officer. After a quick glance at the documentation, the officer barraged him with 4 questions: ""Whose car is this? Where are you coming from? What do you do for work? Where are you headed?"". The driver with a tired smile said one word to the officer. The officer laughed satisfied with his answer, handed him his documentation, and sent him on his way. What word did the driver say?",The title alludes to the driver's place of work.,"""Mine"". Explanation: Q: ""Whose car is this?"" A: Mine (The car belongs to me.) Q: ""Where are you coming from?"" A: Mine (The driver was leaving from his work at a mine.) Q: ""What do you do for work?"" A: Mine (The driver was a miner.) Q: ""Where are you headed?"" A: Mine (It is common slang to refer to your home as 'mine'.)",Trick,07/25/19 #15149,10 = S on a D,2.15,1.81,beanie89,10 = S on a D,No hint available.,10 Sides on a Decagon,Letter-Equations,10/18/03 #49770,Compound Confusion #1,2.53,0.8200000000000001,ForrestGumpster,"Below there are five words. Four of the five words can be paired with one word to create a compound word, and the left over one is the odd one out. Find the odd one out. Man Ball Mobile Flower Flake","One of the following is the odd one out: Mobile Flower Flake","The answer is the word ""flower"". All of the words can be paired with snow: Snowman Snowball Snowmobile Snowflake",Group,02/17/13 #32502,Numbered Countries,2.55,2.27,stormtrooper,"Without using any reference material, can you find the hidden countries? In each case, the letter indicates the first letter of the country in question, the number represents the number of letters in the country. For example, L7 would be Lebanon. H5 V9 D7 J7 F6 E8 Z8 R7 Q5",No hint available.,"Haiti, Venezuela, Denmark, Jamaica, France, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Romania, Qatar.",Other,08/18/06 #38435,"Courage, Heart, and Brains",2.87,1.97,grilledcheese,"A young woman is whisked away to a far off land, where she kills the first person she meets. Then she teams up with three others and kills again. Who is this woman?",She could be considered a hero.,"The woman is Dorothy from ""The Wizard of Oz"".",Situation,09/24/07 #38892,Call The Sandman,2.75,1.77,grilledcheese,"Jon was very tired after a long day of work. He went to bed at 10 p.m., wound his alarm clock and set it for noon the next day. Since Jon fell asleep almost immediately, how many hours of sleep did he get before the alarm woke him?",Read it carefully.,"Two hours. Wind-up clocks can't be set more than 12 hours in advance, so the clock assumed Jon meant midnight.",Other,10/23/07 #36645,"Buttons, Buttons...",2.15,0.9,eagle_gurl,"Nicole finds 27 buttons on the ground that are black. She adds them to her collection of 4 blue buttons, 3 black buttons, 13 white buttons, and 3 red buttons. What is the probability that Nicole will draw a black button out of the container that holds all of her buttons?",No hint available.,"3/5 You have to add the 27 black buttons to the three that Nicole already had.",Probability,05/16/07 #25846,The Chocolate Catastrophe,2.35,0.73,twixy,"Four girls (Nikki, Tara, Clarissa, and Cindy) all wanted to buy their friend Cleo gifts for her birthday. However, when they got to her house, they realized they had all given her chocolates and an extra gift. Chocolates: cherry cordials, chocolate truffles, Hershey's chocolate, or Reese's Pieces. Extra Gift: a movie, a CD, a board game, or makeup. Who gave what? The person who bought the cherry cordials also bought a CD. One person bought chocolates and an extra gift that both started with the same letter as her first name. Tara did not give makeup. Nikki was about to buy a board game for Cleo, but in the end decided that she should buy something else. Clarissa did not buy a CD. Tara bought Cleo's favorite chocolate. Nikki was about to buy Cleo's favorite chocolate, but decided not to in the end. Cleo's favorite chocolates are chocolate truffles. Clarissa knew that Cleo wanted new mascara, so she decided to buy that for her. Nikki bought Reese's Pieces. Tara bought the board game Clue.",No hint available.,"Nikki gave Reese's Pieces and a movie. Tara gave chocolate truffles and a board game. Clarissa gave Hershey's Chocolate and makeup. Cindy gave cherry cordials and a CD.",Logic-Grid,09/09/05 #20358,Jungle Bank Statements,2.5,1.8800000000000001,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Bank for Tigers 4.2% interest rate Bank for Lions 4.1% interest rate Bank for Cheetahs 0.0% interest rate",No hint available.,"Cheaters never prosper lit. The cheetah's bank offers an interest of 0% so any money invested will not accrue any interest and they will not prosper",Rebus,01/12/05 #4632,Promise,2.14,0.8200000000000001,AlliePotter,"Can you decipher this phrase: Prom ises",No hint available.,Broken promises,Rebus,06/11/02 #44566,The Brave One's Last Breath,2.24,1.83,donquixote235,"A 1233452 sailed into the 4321 So that he could give his last 254321 - ""My wounds are fatal, I've gone to 431, ""And surely soon I'll lie and 231 ""Beneath the 2331 of a mighty 1255... ""But that's the fate, 'twas chose for me, ""For a 1233452 I shall always be."" What is this person?",No hint available.,"He's a TROOPER. T=1, R=2, O=3, P=4, E=5 The full version is below: A TROOPER sailed into the PORT So that he could give his last REPORT - ""My wounds are fatal, I've gone to POT, ""And surely soon I'll lie and ROT ""Beneath the ROOT of a mighty TREE... ""But that's the fate, 'twas chose for me, ""For a TROOPER I shall always be.""",Language,06/02/09 #1769,Fastest Runner,2.31,1.9000000000000001,Nishoo,Who was the fastest runner in all history to date?,No hint available.,Adam....He came first in the human race.,Trick,12/20/01 #25270,Anytown Real Estate Sales,2.98,1.77,dddlite,"Anytown USA Real Estate company recently reviewed their salespersons' most recent deals. While reviewing the documents, several papers were accidentally dropped into the paper shredder. Determine which salesperson sold which house for how much and when it sold. This is what the manager can remember: 1. Roy's sale closed before Ron's and after Dale's. 2. Pete's sale was neither the most nor least expensive and closed before Roy's. 3. Dale's sale on Main Street closed before Katie's sale on Oak Street. 4. The house on Water Street closed in December for $20,000 more than Pete's sale. 5. The house on First Street closed the day after Election Day for $20,000 less than Pete's sale. 6. Dale's & Katie's sales were the most and least expensive sales, in some order. 7. The houses on numbered streets were not the least expensive, and closed in September and November, in some order. 8. Pete's sale on Fourth Street closed after Katie's house sold for $125,000.",Election Day is in November.,"Dale sold the house on Main Street for $50,000 in July. Katie sold the house on Oak Street for $125,000 in August. Pete sold the house on Fourth Street for $95,000 in September. Roy sold the house on First Street for $75,000 in November. Ron sold the house on Water Street for $115,000 in December.",Logic-Grid,08/12/05 #8315,Valentine's Day Mascara,2.36,1.98,mad-ade,"Annie Warthogg, Bunnie Bentknows, Candy Potboiler and Dina Noteef, Madiadia's least desirable and ugliest ladies, visited Mad Ade on February 14th. The time of each visit was as follows: - Annie at 8:00 - Bunnie at 9:00 - Candy at 10:00 - Dina at 11:00 (1) Each time mentioned above may be either AM or PM. (2) Candy did not visit Mad Ade between Bunnie and Dina. (3) At least one female visited Mad Ade between Annie and Bunnie. (4) Annie did not visit Mad Ade before both Candy and Dina. Can you tell at what time and in what order they each visited Mad Ade?",No hint available.,"Bunnie (9:00AM) - Dina (11:00AM) - Annie (8:00PM) - Candy (10:00PM) From the given data, it is clear that at least one female visited Mad Ade in the morning and at least one female visited Mad Ade in the evening. Also, from (4), Annie did not visit Mad Ade first. It means that Annie visited Mad Ade at 8:00 PM. From (3), Bunnie must have visited Mad Ade at 9:00 AM. Also, either Candy or Dina, or both, visited Mad Ade in the morning. But from (2), only Dina could have visited Mad Ade in the morning, at 11:00 AM, and hence, Candy visited Mad Ade at 10:00 PM.",Logic,11/01/02 #7215,"82, 44, 25...",2.25,2.05,klopper,"What is the next number in this series? 82, 44, 25, 15.5...",No hint available.,"10.75 Each number is followed by half of itself plus 3",Series,09/05/02 #44005,"A Small, Fine Thing",2.7600000000000002,1.8900000000000001,Valcrist,"A small thing, and fine. Elegant simplicity. A base and five projections, articulated delicately. The most exacting of tasks it pursues with great facility. And yet terrible deeds it performs with grim efficiency.","It can then be seen as evident that nature knows it's art. This small, fine thing is of a size with the human heart.",The human hand,Riddle,01/27/09 #49530,Sensory Stimulator,2.69,1.12,ThinksForFun,"A sweet and simple palindrome Order in food with me from home When one is faced with great surprise I might describe reacting eyes A single genre of your tunes I spell disaster for balloons As a kernel alters its state Or cork and bottle separate I'm singular in construction But in meaning I'm more than one What am I?",No hint available.,pop,Riddle,07/03/12 #21650,2 < 1,2.26,2.1,munchtipq,"Sue was disappointed after Bob showed her that 2 was not, in fact, equal to 1. She was not quite done, though. She told Bob that while 2 may not be equal to 1, she could show conclusively that 2 was in fact less than 1. Bob said it couldn't be done, of course, and Sue offered the following: Proof: 1 < 2 Multiply the equation by log (0.5) 1 * log(0.5) < 2 * log(0.5) Make the log factors exponents log(0.5 ^ 1) < log(0.5 ^ 2) Carry out the exponentiation log(0.5) < log(0.25) Raise 10 to the power of each side of the inequality 10^(log(0.5)) < 10^(log(0.25)) By definition of logarithms, 10^log(a) = a, so... 0.5 < 0.25 Then just multiply both sides by 4 2 < 1 Question: Bob found the problem almost immediately. Can you?",Remember that the logarithm of any number less than 1 is less than 0.,"When Sue multiplied the inequality by log(0.5), she was multiplying by a negative number, and multiplying an inequality by a negative number switches the direction. This first step should result in: 1 * log(0.5) > 2 * log(0.5), which leads to 2 > 1, as expected.",Math,03/20/05 #8317,Not a Priest,2.24,1.46,something,"A man married a sister. How? He is not a priest, minister, pastor, etc.",No hint available.,"He married a nun. (another word for nun is sister, as in Sister Mary)",Situation,11/06/02 #5070,Moon,1.24,0.65,glennyboy02,"Can you decipher this common phrase: Over Moon",No hint available.,Over the moon!,Rebus,06/29/02 #26965,What Words #4,2.9,1.68,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN SLIP ___________ LINED BREAD __________ CASE OTHER __________ CRACK",No hint available.,"SLIP - STREAM - LINED BREAD - BASKET - CASE OTHER - WISE - CRACK",Language,11/17/05 #4655,No Bones Here,2.32,1.9000000000000001,angie,"A dog dug up something that was not on his property. Some people found out and told the dog's owner. They said to the owner, ""Your dog has dug in a place that he is not allowed in, but he has inspired us to check that area again. So you will only be fined $95. Thank you."" Later the people found out what else the dog did and got mad at the owner. What happened?","Why would someone search an area, and why would they be mad after that?","The land was a Native American preserve. The dog dug up an artifact. The people were the owners of the preserve. Later, they searched the area where the dog found the artifact, but they only found that the dog used the ground as a bathroom.",Situation,06/12/02 #16185,Scrabble Cheater,2.39,2.33,cnmne,"Mike and Dave like to play Scrabble. Mike never cheats. He always plays valid words and never plays out of turn. Dave, however, cheats. Sometimes he plays invalid words, but Mike never challenges. Sometimes he makes two plays in one turn. Mike never notices. Today, Mike and Dave have started playing a game. Mike played first. After 7 plays, the board looked like this: SPUD PORE OPEN TEAT As usual, Dave has already cheated one time. How has Dave cheated?",There are four aces in a deck of cards.,There are only 2 'P' tiles in a Scrabble game. Dave has taken an extra 'P' from another game and used it in this game.,Other,01/15/04 #5502,One Fifth,2.36,2.5,im_para_noid,"Arrange the digits 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 to form a single fraction that equals 1/5 (Here is one expression, which, alas, is not true: 101/23467 = 1/5)",No hint available.,"1234/6170=1/5 with others that also work",Math,07/12/02 #25678,Nine Words In One..,2.67,2.28,themarresaty,"""All the answers to the definitions are words formed with the letters of the word B R A I N S T O R M I N G. Letters are taken in order, from left to right, not randomly. For example, a possible answer is BASTING, but you can't form the word INSOMNIA."" 1. An object that connects Herbert von Karajan, Carl Lewis, and Lee Remick in the movie ""A Face in the Crowd"". 2. The name given to the territory that is drained by one river and its tributaries. 3. A part of a guitar or a piano, a sequence, or a type of bikini. 4. Name given to the people who inhabited Britain before the Anglo-Saxon invasions. 5. The higher the better for a person's credit or for a TV show. 6. Dull. 7. An amount paid in exchange for someone's release. 8. A dried grape. 9. A Canadian who was awarded a Nobel Prize for the discovery of insulin.",No hint available.,"1. Baton 2. Basin 3. String 4. Briton 5. Rating 6. Boring 7. Ransom 8. Raisin 9. Banting",Language,08/31/05 #50499,Beginnings,2.2,2.57,tedger,"Begin at the foot, a Latin root in new life, our perspective, it puts. Next, take the alpha of the English, affix its solidarity existence, and you've quickly finished. Scarcely longer is our next clue. One would not pass it in escort of sirens red and blue. Finally, pray tell, if you declare your exclamations PG, what sound do you yell? Together these syllables four open the door. What is it that has begun, but upon which never sets the sun.",No hint available.,"Our first is the Latin root of ""foot"", as I said. Though in Greek, ""child"" is the meaning of ""Ped"". Second, a return to the English alphabet, I say. The first letter we learned, of course, an ""A"". Third, you ought know, When sent to jail, you can't pass ""Go"". The fourth is hidden twofold. The easier to see, Is not so well hidden, for the sound ""Gee"" is right behind ""pee"". Now formally instructed you will be. That is the essence of ""Pedagogy"".",Riddle,03/20/15 #15706,Mad Ade's Word Workout #10,2.31,1.73,mad-ade,"With this type of teaser the idea is to simply add two words together to make another word. But you have to work out what the two words are first. For example, Elevated + easy to carry = (High/light) Highlight Above + Fatality = (over/kill) overkill. 1, Hot Beverage + Cooking vessel =? 2, Royal Colour + Flying Animal =? 3, Bursting sound + Yellow Vegetable =? 4, Bodily food grinder + Sweeping implement =? 5, Flower colour + Unopened flower =?",No hint available.,"1, Tea + Pot = Teapot 2, Blue + Bird = Bluebird 3, Pop + Corn = Popcorn 4, Tooth + Brush = Toothbrush 5, Rose + Bud = Rosebud",Language,12/07/03 #21480,I Like Rain?,2.55,0.77,dancer4life,"When the rain falls, I come out to join it. When I'm in or on the ground, I eat a brown delicacy. People don't like rabbits in gardens, But love having me. What am I?","Slimy, long",A worm,Riddle,03/11/05 #13054,Making 24,2.14,2.3,heather777,"Try using any operation you want to make the each set of four numbers equal 24. You have to use all four numbers. You can rearrange the numbers if you need to. 1. 2, 4, 3, 9 2. 5, 1, 3, 2 3. 4, 5, 6, 2 4. 2, 5, 2, 1 5. 8, 4, 8, 7 6. -3, 6, -2, -4",No hint available.,"1. (2x4x9)/3 2. 5(2+3)-1 3. (5x6)-2-4 4. (5+1)x(2x2) 5. (8x7)-(8x4) 6. (-3+6)x(-2x-4)",Math,06/11/03 #272,500 FC,1.8800000000000001,2.59,Phyllis,500 FC,No hint available.,500 Fortune Companies,Letter-Equations,02/13/01 #50898,Your Friend,2.69,1.03,theriddler,"I'm more than a fair weather friend, On me you can depend, To hang around at least 'til summer's end. I serve your house, the store, the school, I'm liked everywhere 'cause I'm so cool. What friend is this?","In spite of all I do, One thing I know darned well, You'd want me there too, If you went to hell.",Air conditioning!,Riddle,09/18/16 #44188,Rachael Ray Quotes II,2.06,1.84,chittermouse3,"Can you decipher these quotes from Rachael Ray? (The hint gives all the vowels.) ""Vun y mud uv baubma, tejunla ec dnyisydel, pid vun ic, ed syta vun y rybbean vysemo. Ed fyc secanypma du fydlr baubma meja dukadran fru cruimth'd."" ""Oui tu ed fedr ouin ufh dfu ryhtc, cu drana'c y cahca uv bneta. Oui naymmo tu vunkad ymm uin bnupmasc, palyica oui'na vulicehk uh dra vuut.""","If Y=A, then all Y's in the encrypted quote should be changed to A's. Y=A A=E E=I U=O I=U","""For a lot of people, divorce is traumatic, but for us, it made for a happier family. It was miserable to watch people live together who shouldn't."" ""You do it with your own two hands, so there's a sense of pride. You really do forget all our problems, because you're focusing on the food."" Y=A P=B L=C T=D A=E V=F K=G R=H E=I Z=J G=K M=L S=M H=N U=O B=P X=Q N=R C=S D=T I=U J=V F=W Q=X O=Y W=Z",Cryptography,02/28/09 #17972,Integers of a Feather,2.14,2.9,cnmne,"In the finite set of integers 1 through 50000000, the following six integers share a characteristic that no other integers in the set share. What is the characteristic? 1, 36, 1225, 41616, 1413721, 48024900",No hint available.,"They are the only triangle numbers that are also squares of whole numbers. 1 = 1^2 36 = 6^2 1225 = 35^2 41616 = 204^2 1413721 = 1189^2 48024900 = 6930^2",Math,06/21/04 #44953,Too Many Pills,2.33,1.25,grilledcheese,"A man has been prescribed 10 pills. Starting today, he must take one pill a day, but because the concentration of the medicine is different in each pill, he must take them in a specific order. Since the pills look the same, the man decided to write numbers on each pill to help him remember the order he needs to take them in. What is the least amount of pills he has to number if he wants to keep track of the order?",No hint available.,"8 Since he has to start the medicine today, the first thing for him to do is take the first pill. Next, he labels 2-9. He doesn't need to label pill number 10 because it will be the only one without a label.",Logic,07/26/09 #5694,Rare,2.47,2.67,Bobbrt,"Each of the words below can be expanded into larger words by adding letters before and after (one letter per blank). What are the new words? 1. _ _ _ RARE _ 2. _ _ ORBIT _ _ _ 3. _ THERE _ _ 4. _ _ _ BLEST _ _ _ 5. _ _ _ _ AURA _ _",No hint available.,"1. INFRARED 2. EXORBITANT 3. ETHEREAL 4. COBBLESTONE 5. RESTAURANT",Language,07/19/02 #29126,Deeper Than the Sea,2.82,2.21,WyndRyder76,"What can be deeper than the sea, More intriguing than stars and space, Simple as can be, Duller than an empty place, As innocent as a gentle word, And guilty like a mean jailbird, From whence comes most of the things we see, Which otherwise just wouldn't be. What can it be, what can it be?",No hint available.,"Thought. It can be deep, simple, intriguing, dull, innocent, and guilty. The last two lines are obvious.",Riddle,03/16/06 #28861,Ringing All Around,2.29,2.92,miyukina,"It's easy to see that a ring can completely hold (surround) two identical smaller rings with half the diameter, without overlapping. Three times the diameter, the bigger ring is space enough to seat seven rings; the outer six touching both the middle ring and the bigger circle/perimeter. Using this basic information and your imagination, determine the maximum number of rings that could be housed inside another ring with four, five, six and seven times the diameter.","I would say ""go and chop down your trees"" but Greenpeace people might sue me.","For 4D (four times the diameter) ring, place the 2D ring exactly at the center inside 4D, and you will have donut-shaped empty space with a width of a D ring, around the 2D. The number of rings to be fit in this vacancy, R, is determined from the formula R < (n - 1)*pi where n is the nth times the diameter and R is an integer. This formula is derived from the fact that the circumference of a polygon with R sides (made up by connecting all the nucleus of the rings in the donut area) is always smaller (actually is inscribed in) than the locus of the donut area. This locus is, of course, neither the donut's outer nor inner ring, but the one in between those two. In a 4D ring: central 2D = 2 R < (4 - 1)*pi = 9 number of rings, x = 2 + 9 = 11 In 5D ring with 3D center: x = 7 + 12 = 19 6D: x = 11 + 15 = 26 7D: x = 19 + 18 = 37 The center for nth ring is always the (n - 2)th one. This calculation is based on the hypothesis that the accumulated/shared empty spaces (outside small rings) among central and donut area is small enough to fit for another ring.",Math,03/02/06 #47735,'The Hardest Riddle Ever' Event,2.7,2.9,jtolley,"This past weekend, Dr. Riddler invited a group of friends to a party of puzzles and games. During the night, Dr. Riddler presented a ""special riddle"" to his guests. Whoever figured it out fastest would win a great prize! The six guests who attended were Calvin Peterson, Florence Oak, David Gardner, Lester Page, Joel Pastor, and Veronica Andrews. After a lavish dinner and a few more hours of puzzle fun, Dr. Riddler began to announce the name of the person who figured out the ""special riddle:"" ""OK now everyone...!"" ""The winner of..."" ""'The Hardest Riddle Ever' Event..."" But before the good doctor could congratulate the winner, a loud noise from outside interrupted him. However, everyone knew who had won. Who won and how do you know?","This puzzle could easily be placed in the ""Series"" category.","Florence Oak won. The first letter of each word in a line of Dr. Riddler's speech spells out the numbers One, Two, and Three. The next number being Four means that Florence Oak is the only person who could've won. His last line would have been: Florence Oak: Ultimate Riddler!",Mystery,08/12/10 #23038,It's Just a Glass of Water.,2.44,0.9500000000000001,odyssey,"A glass is filled to the brim with ice water. Another single drop, and it will overflow. Its contents breakdown is as follows: 8.9341 ounces of water and 4.4493 ounces of ice. If it is 84.5 degrees F and the ice is melting at a rate of 103.552 times faster than the rate of evaporation, how far will the glass overflow once the ice melts?",No hint available.,"The glass would not overflow at all. Since the ice is already in the water it is causing as much, if not more displacement than when it melts.",Trick,05/20/05 #52379,Cut Edges,2.57,2.0,Funfor1,"In this teaser, you will have to find words that follow the following guideline: it is possible that you can remove the letters on either edge one by one to form valid words. One word that satisfies the guideline: mask(mask—>ask—>as—>a) Each required word will have a hint and number of letters. 1. Frequency(4) 2. Body Part(5) 3. Fruit(6)","These are extra information about the words. 1. Also a verb 2. Upper Part of the Body 3. Also a color","1. Rate—>ate—>at—>a 2. Spine—>pine—>pin—>pi/in—>I 3. Orange—>range—>rang—>ran—>an—>a",Language,03/09/20 #29592,Movie Scramble: Academy Awards II,2.88,1.6,sgtammo,"Can you unscramble the movies in Part 1 and match them with who the star was in Part 2? And your answer is? Part 1 1. IILLONM LLOARD BBYA 2. A AUITEBUFL NMDI 3. AAIRCNEM YBTUEA 4. RRFTSOE MGPU 5. NRIA NMA 6. ETH NSITG 7. IIMDGNTH OOCYBW Part 2 1. Dustin Hoffman. 2. Jon Voight. 3. Kevin Spacey. 4. Clint Eastwood. 5. Paul Newman. 6. Tom Hanks. 7. Russell Crowe.","1. Selfish Yuppie travels cross-country with savant brother. 2. Determined woman attempts to be a boxer. 3. A naive man and sickly friend struggle to survive on streets of New York City. 4. A man of low IQ accomplishes great things in his life. 5. Brilliant mathematician's life takes a turn to the nightmarish. 6. Young con man teams up with a master of the big con to win fortune. 7. A man turns his life around and everyone else's upside down.","1. Million Dollar Baby: Clint Eastwood. 2. A Beautiful Mind: Russell Crowe. 3. American Beauty: Kevin Spacey. 4. Forrest Gump: Tom Hanks. 5. Rain Man: Dustin Hoffman. 6. The Sting: Paul Newman. 7. Midnight Cowboy: Jon Voight.",Trivia,04/07/06 #10712,Rings but No Jewelry,2.46,1.98,CCat20,"I can come mostly from one thing. This thing does not look like me. This thing has many rings, but not any jewelry. I have probably given it all away, So now I have only one more thing to say: What am I, and what is this thing? Remember that I and it could be gone in a blink.",No hint available.,I am paper and the thing is a tree.,Riddle,02/25/03 #2234,A + B = C,2.26,1.69,joelfelix21,"If A + B = C, what does C + D equal?",No hint available.,"G, because each letter represents the number it is in the alphabet. For example: A = 1, B = 2, etc.",Logic,02/02/02 #30843,"No-Fat Frankfurters, A Last Hope",2.37,2.93,norcekri,"Patty O'Furniture, Kurt, & Rod were walking downtown when they spotted a forlorn friend staring at a small object in her hand. She was propped against a wall, one foot off the ground. ""I know her,"" Patty said. ""She looks like she could use some help. I think she broke a heel off her shoe."" Patty was right; the small object was a 3-inch heel. ""This is my sole sister,"" the girl groaned, ""with the obvious name."" Kurt looked blank. After a few seconds, Rod's face lit up. ""Pleased to meet you, Eileen,"" he smirked. ""I wish it could be under better circumstances. You wouldn't have any superglue on you? Maybe an extra pair of size-5 sneakers?"" They searched their pockets -- no spare shoes, no modern adhesives. Kurt fell back on his usual solution for all depressing problems: a Rnkfurer. ""Is that a spare heel?"" Eileen asked. ""No, it's the world's best snack. Non-fat, low-calorie, high-fiber, made of recycled materials, fortified with five vitamins, and contains 100% of your recommended daily allowance of Public Broadcasting."" ""Right,"" she grumbled, ""and it tastes like recycled history essays?"" The three grinned broadly at her. ""Try one,"" Kurt said, proffering one of the shrink-wrapped torpedoes. Eileen shifted some of her weight back to the toe of the damaged right shoe and tentatively accepted the Rnkfurer. She unwrapped it, took one bite, and saw her ecstatic grin reflected on the faces of the other three. ""Where can I get more of these?"" ""We were about to go order more tomorrow. But there's a catch: we always order so one of us gets the quantity that the other has for a percentage."" Eileen got it right away. ""So we each get 25 of them, and have 25% of the total."" Rod grinned. ""That's cheating. We use different numbers."" ""Oh, all right."" She thought for a few seconds. ""So you can do it a few ways for two people, round off for three, but we couldn't do it for four."" ""Really?"" Rod wasn't as quick with the enlarged problem. ""I'm not surprised, but that means we'll just have to buy in pairs."" ""Or change the rules a little,"" Eileen added. ""How so?"" Kurt was ready to do almost anything that would get a Rnkfurer refill. ""Well, how about if Kurt buys twice as many as Rod's percentage, Patty gets twice as many as Kurt's percentage ..."" Kurt looked hopeful, Patty was expectant, and Rod's analytical gears were grinding. ""It's a big order, but we could do it,"" he finally declared. The grocer now orders Rnkfurers only in cases 100, but that didn't disturb anything. How many did each student get this time?",They got a total of 600 Rnkfurers.,"Rod 405, 67.5% ... 67.5 * 2 = 135 Kurt 135, 22.5% ... 22.5 * 2 = 45 Patti 45, 7.5% ... 7.5 * 2 = 15 Eileen 15 TOTAL 600 Method: Let E, P, K, and R stand for the quantity each of them had. Let T be the total, R+K+P+E. The math works much like last time, but with four-hundredths instead of percentages. Since four times Rod's percentage equals Kurt's quantity, and so on for the other three students, we get 2 * 100 * R/T = K. Rearranging ... R = K * T/200. Now, for the other students ... K = P * T/200 P = E * T/200 Now, look at the common factor, T/200. Let's call this F, the factor relating one quantity to the next. P = E * F K = P * F = E * F^2 R = K* F = E * F^3 and T = E*(1+F+F^2+F^3) ------------- Since E, P, and K are each four times a percentage, and those percentages are less than the whole order, E+P+K<200. All the order amounts are integers; an exhaustive search shows that there are no solutions for F<1. Since F=1 is ""cheating"", F>1, which means K>P>E, and E<200/3. E+P+K=E*(1+F+F^2)<200, so F cannot be more than 13; K is a multiple of a perfect square (numerator of F^2); E is a multiple of a perfect cube (denominator of F^3); the cube cannot be more than 4 (4*4*4). Now, a brute-force search of the finite possibilities for F (numerator 1-13, denominator 1-4) and possible multiples that leave E+P+K<200, we end with only one option where the total is a multiple of 100: F=3 and E=15.",Math,06/03/06 #1120,50=S in the U,2.22,1.34,BigMan,50= S in the U,No hint available.,50 states in the Union,Letter-Equations,10/14/01 #51202,What's Without?,1.8,1.22,LittleGreenMan,"What's the rebus? _____ for speed _____ to know in hour of _____ friend in _____",What's missing?,"""no need""",Rebus,06/20/17 #49782,Operation: Fabric-Ectomy,2.4,2.33,cnmne,"Six words have had their fabrics removed. The fabrics have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each fabric with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: cotton, denim, felt, satin, silk, wool Group B: bais, idiy, lphiu, lvao, mpeii, tfd",No hint available.,"cotton + mpeii = competition (COmpeTiTiON) denim + lphiu = delphinium (DElphiNIuM) felt + idiy = fidelity (FidELiTy) satin + lvao = salvation (SAlvaTIoN) silk + bais = basilisk (baSILisK) wool + tfd = twofold (tWOfOLd)",Language,02/23/13 #32105,Cryptolist XIX,2.3,2.56,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: ANTNFDZTSNX FITVND XENZDE YBHHNA QNTZLDNA DZLVZAQ FBDTENA HIWSND DJPWSNA FJLTEWIOS DJANNL","Category: Receptacles N=E","Category: Receptacles Pocket Sheath Jigger Decanter Tankard Pitcher Goblet Tumbler Punchbowl Tureen A=R B=I D=T E=H F=P H=G I=O J=U L=N N=E O=W P=M Q=D S=L T=C V=K W=B X=S Y=J Z=A",Cryptography,07/27/06 #17453,Tennis Championship,2.38,1.68,slob,"A tennis championship is played on a knock-out basis (ie. a player is out of the tournament when he loses a match). (a) How many players participate in the tournament if 63 matches in total are played? (b) How many matches are played in the tournament if 28 players in total participate?",Is it true that all players except the champion have to lose one match?,"The final: total matches = 1 (2 players) Semi-finals: 2 matches (4 players) and total matches = 1 + 2 = 3 matches Quarter finals: 4 matches (8 players) and total matches = 1 + 2 + 4 = 7 matches Pre-Quarter finals: 8 matches (16 players) and total matches = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 = 15 Note that half the players lose their matches at each stage and are out of the tournament. More importantly, the above explanation shows that the total number of matches played is always one less than the number of players participating in the tournament. This is basically because all players except the champion have to lose a match. One can now easily answer the two questions posed. (a) If 63 matches are totally played, then 64 players participate in the tournament. (b) If 28 players participate in the tournament, then 27 matches are played in total.",Math,04/22/04 #25889,The Title Has Nothing to Do With it,2.87,0.76,ateddybear0,"I will make your day great But during the night I'll keep you up late. Away the darkness runs from me Just so that you may see. By nature and by man I am made. Call me and I'll come to your aid. Even though you may try so much You'll never touch. I am faster than a speeding train, Faster than any plane. So who may I be? You'll just have to guess and see.",No hint available.,"Now I have to keep a deal And my name I must reveal I drive away the night Because I am ""the light""",Riddle,09/12/05 #9165,A Dinner Party,2.89,2.28,jellybean,"At the dinner party, there were 5 people. They each had a meal. No one ate the same meal. They each had a different number of servings of food. (1-5). Also, each of them had a Bad Habit... People at the Party: Miss Red, Mr Green, Mr Orange, Miss Yellow, Miss Blue. Food they ate: Spaghetti, Beef & Veggie Stew, Caesar Salad, Soup, Lamb Roast. Servings: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5. Bad Habits: One talked very loudly at the table, one kept burping at the table, one had a cold and kept sniffing, one was a very messy eater, and one was giving everyone shifty looks. :) Find out what each person ate, how many servings they ate, and what their bad habits were. Clues: 1. The person that was sniffing constantly, ate four servings of food. 2. Miss Yellow did NOT eat the Beef & Veggie Stew. 3. The female guest who ate the Spaghetti, helped herself to 2 servings. 4. The guest who burped throughout the meal (who was not Miss Blue) ate the Soup. 5. Mr Orange ate one less serving than the person who ate the Beef & Veggie Stew. 6. Both Miss Yellow, and the shifty-looking guest when back for more than one serving of food. 7. Mr Green, who did not speak loudly because he was too busy eating, had the Lamb Roast. 8. Mr Orange liked food that is messy.",No hint available.,"Miss Red - Ate 1 serving of Soup. She burped constantly. Mr Green - Ate 5 servings of Lamb Roast. Gave everyone shifty looks. Mr Orange - Ate 3 servings of Caesar Salad. Was a very messy eater. Miss Yellow - Ate 2 servings of Spaghetti. Spoke loudly the whole night. Miss Blue - Ate 4 servings of Beef & Veggie Stew. Sniffed constantly.",Logic,12/25/02 #29923,All You Phans Should Know,2.34,1.03,mufffin09,"I'm made of rope Farms and rodeos I'm used on I capture things And I'm the Phantom of the Opera's favorite weapon. What Am I?",No hint available.,"A lasso On farms and rodeos, they use lassos to capture cows. They're made of rope. If you've seen or read any version of the Phantom of the Opera, you'd know that he uses a Punjab Lasso as his weapon to kill people.",Riddle,04/20/06 #36254,Under the Hill,2.18,2.26,Trumalia,"This is an old American riddle from 1500-1900 AD. Down under the hill there was a mill; In the mill there was a chest, And in the chest there was a till; In the till there was a cup, And in the cup there was a drop. No man could drink it, No man could eat it, No man could do without it.",No hint available.,Heart,Riddle,03/09/07 #5864,Getting...,2.39,1.35,missie,Decipher this:,No hint available.,Getting away from it all,Rebus,07/24/02 #9305,Odometer Reading,2.49,1.03,lesternoronha1,"A car's odometer shows 72927 miles, a palindromic number. What is the minimum number of miles you would need to travel to form another?","A palindrome can be read both forwards and backwards, like ""Kayak"".",110 miles. (73037),Math,12/22/02 #13391,Double the Contrary,2.68,1.72,willymapo,"Lucy and Lory are sisters. They are special. They usually tell the truth in all cases, but when recalling something her sister has said, then they twist it a little bit. For instance, when referring to something Lory had said, Lucy always says quite the contrary: ""Lucy, look, the sky is beautiful."" ""Did you say the sky is ugly?"". In Lory's case, when referring so something Lucy said, She always doubles any quantity that appears in the sentence: "" Hey, Lory, I found two flowers."" ""Mom, Lucy says she found four flowers"". Some day they were talking about a friend of theirs and mom came by. She heard this: - As you say, Jorge is the younger brother. - But you said his brother was 20 years younger. - No, it was you who said that his brother was three times Jorge's age. - Well, that is not important. The important thing is that, as you said, Jorge is 30 years old. What are Jorge's and his brother's ages?",Looks like Lucy talked first.,"Jorge is 15 years old, and his brother is 5 years old. Lucy is the one that talks first, so Jorge is the older, not the younger. Then Lory talked, so Jorge's brother is 10 years younger, not 20. Again Lucy, so it was Jorge who was 3 times his brother's age. And last, Lory says that Jorge is 30 years, meaning 15 is the actual age. So, Jorge is 15, his brother 15-10 = 5, and Jorge is 3 times as old as his brother (3*5=15).",Logic,06/24/03 #31134,What Costs Nothing?,2.96,1.22,TheRiddler1024,"What costs nothing but is worth everything, weighs nothing, but can last a lifetime, that one person can't own, but two or more can share?",No hint available.,Friendship,Riddle,06/16/06 #9433,Sharkie,2.4,0.89,Julia,"Dan and his best friend Dave were out fishing when they noticed a shark circling their dinghy. Whenever they tried to move the boat, the shark would barge into it, nearly causing it to capsize. ""Never mind,"" said Dan. ""If we wait long enough, it'll get tired, and while it's asleep we can sneak away."" Was this good advice?",No hint available.,No; sharks don't sleep.,Science,12/27/02 #12978,Post not on Ice,2.54,2.41,heather777,"What does the following represent? post not on ice",No hint available.,"Post Office 'not on ice' = off ice or office",Language,06/06/03 #1885,The Race,2.28,1.49,jokester8000,Two men are going to have a race. Each of them starts and ends at the same place as the other. They are running at the same speed and neither of them speeds up or slows down. The result is not a tie. How is this possible?,No hint available.,They each took separate routes and one route was longer than the other.,Logic,01/01/02 #2350,Fred and Ethel,2.24,2.17,Iambraindead,"Fred and Ethel go to the golf course. They meet 3 other couples there, and everybody gets introduced. After introductions, Fred asks everyone how many hands they shook. He gets seven different answers. Presume that no one shook their partner's hand How many hands did Ethel shake?",No hint available.,"3 Since no one shakes his own hand or his spouse's, the most handshakes is 6. Since there are seven different answers, then the given answers are 0 through 6. If Mr A shook 6 hands, Mrs A had to be the one who shook no hands. Similarly, if Mr B shook 5 hands, then Mrs B could only have shaken 1 hand; and Mr and Mrs C shook 4 and 2 hands respectively; and Mr and Mrs D would have shaken 3 hands each. Since only one person could have given an answer of 3, then Fred had to be Mr D, meaning that Ethel was Mrs D. This means that Ethel shook 3 hands.",Logic,02/18/02 #29620,On the Road Again...,3.0,2.41,Gadget,"Joe often travels for his job. Last week he ate at a different restaurant each weekday. He ordered a different entree and a different dessert at each. Determine where Joe ate each day, what entree he ordered and what he had for dessert with each meal. 1. Joe ate at the Beach Grill (which is either where he had mixed fruit or the ice cream) on Friday. 2. Joe ate at Irene's (where he had either pecan pie or cheesecake) later in the week than he ate at the Cove. 3. Joe ate at the restaurant where he had the chicken exactly one day before he ate at Lou's Loft (where he had either the pecan pie or the cheesecake). 4. Joe had mixed fruit for dessert at either Irene's or the restaurant where he had the veal. 5. Joe ate at the restaurant where he had the steak (and either pecan pie or cheesecake for dessert) before he ate where he had the mixed fruit (which he didn't have on Thursday or Friday) but after he ate at Anthony's. 6. Joe ate where he had the pecan pie for dessert later in the week than when he had the cheesecake. He did not order pecan pie on the day he had spaghetti.",No hint available.,"Monday, Anthony's, chicken, brownie Tuesday, Lou's Loft, steak, cheesecake Wednesday, the Cove, veal, mixed fruit Thursday, Irene's, barbeque, pecan pie Friday, Beach Grill, spaghetti, ice cream",Logic-Grid,04/08/06 #46361,#19,2.78,2.26,fedex337,"For most, I am made going left first then right. Right-and-then-left's an unusual sight. I'm used at the end when there isn't enough, Sometimes I'm used to show other people's stuff.","You're thinking too hard! I'm common as can be! In this teaser, you can find seventeen of me.","The letter s. Most people write an s from the top down, curving on the left first and then the right, though some do it the other way. S is used for many plural nouns and can also be used with an apostrophe to show possession (Clayton's). The title refers to s's location in the English alphabet - the 19th letter.",Riddle,02/12/10 #2543,Youryouryouryouriiionly,2.54,1.19,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this common phrase? youryouryouryouriiionly",No hint available.,For your eyes only,Rebus,03/06/02 #26639,Missing Idioms: Animals #2,3.0,2.2,smarty_blondy,"Welcome to the Missing Idioms language game! An idiom is a speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or, cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in ""keep tabs on"". Below you will find 10 sentences, with the missing idiom replaced, in brackets (...). To solve the game, you will need to complete each sentence with an idiom, but there is a twist to it. Each round you will be given a Main Clue and, all missing idioms must relate to it. The Main Clue for this round is ""Animals"", therefore all missing idioms must relate to animals. Good luck and enjoy! 1. He is the (most important person, main character) in his company. 2. I hadn't seen my cousin in a year, so when we finally met we talked (for a very long time). 3. You should (not worry about those problems from before). It is too late now to do anything about them. 4. There is no need to be concerned about your new landlady. Her (words are worse than her actions). 5. My grandfather moved to the country to get away from the (busyness and confusion) in the city. 6. Be careful of that man. He is a (pretending to be good but, he is really bad). 7. My aunt decided (to take action and not worry about the results) and begin preparations for the family reunion. 8. I think that buying a ticket before we make any plans is (doing things in the wrong order). 9. She is always (behaving with arrogance) and telling people what to do. 10. I wish that she would (begin to be humble and agreeable) and begin to care about how other people feel about things.",No hint available.,"Here are the missing idioms. 1. top dog 2. until the cows came home 3. let sleeping dogs lie 4. bark is worse than her bite 5. rat race 6. wolf in sheep's clothing 7. to take the bull by the horns 8. putting the cart before the horse 9. getting on her high horse 10. get off her high horse",Language,10/31/05 #44088,Can You Find It? II,2.27,1.31,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word CALENDAR, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. An artificial waterway for navigation 2. Of or pertaining to the kidneys and surrounding area 3. A usually rectangular piece of stiff paper or other material used to communicate with other people 4. The primary color of a shade similar to blood 5. A specially prepared paper with a picture, phrase, or design, created to be transfered onto a surface 6. A network of ornamental fabric made with string 7. Not dirty 8. A long wooden shaft usually ending with a metal head 9. A large bird, or a large piece of construction equipment with a hook 10. A disease of the skin, usually on the face, often associated with teens 11. A unit of land measurement equal to 43,560 square feet 12. A group of families or households, the heads of which claim a common ancestor",No hint available.,"1. CANAL 2. RENAL 3. CARD 4. RED 5. DECAL 6. LACE 7. CLEAN 8. LANCE 9. CRANE 10. ACNE 11. ACRE 12. CLAN",Language,02/12/09 #36592,Country Scramble 4,2.62,1.96,chidam11,"Unscramble these four word jumbles and use the instructions given with them to form the name of a country which is a jumble of those letters. 1. RTNEAP. Take the 1st and the 2nd letter. 2. FKEIN. Take the 1st and 2nd letter. 3. PARTMEL. Take the 1st and the 3rd letter. 4. SSTIER. Take the 2nd and the 3rd letter.",5 of the 14 highest independent peaks in the world are present in this country.,"1. Parent. 2. Knife. 3. Trample. 4. Sister. The letters taken from the above words using the instructions are PAKNTAIS. Pakistan is the country which can be formed from the jumble. The five highest mountains in Pakistan are K2, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum I, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum II, which rank 2, 9, 12, 13, 14 respectively in terms of the world's highest independent peaks.",Language,05/10/07 #27059,Shortest Month,2.48,0.65,kiss,Which month is the shortest?,No hint available.,May. It has only 3 letters.,Trick,11/20/05 #5202,CC Ticket,2.72,1.67,cpfc,"Can you decipher this phrase? CC TICKET",No hint available.,Season Ticket,Rebus,07/04/02 #4577,Grandma's Age,2.53,1.35,arij,"""I've always been 45 years older than your Dad"", said Grandma to young Trickle. ""But now the two digits in my age, both prime, are the reverse of the two in your Dad's age"". How old is Grandma?",No hint available.,"Grandma was 72 years old. Let the two digits be A and B. Then 10A+B-10B-A=45 so 9(A-B)=45. This gives A-B=5. Of the pairs 5,0; 6,1; 7,2; 8,3; 9,4 only 7,2 are both prime numbers.",Math,06/09/02 #31877,Humorous Quotes II,2.71,2.69,bigSWAFF_69_,"The following humorous quotes are from various people. Try and decipher them. E=W and O=U PFO DLH FHAP TK PFOHS FHDK. TOQ PFO DLH LAELPG TK WNNLQOBK. W QFAX NP RGPDUWLQBWGQ QULQ KIKBPFHK ULQKG NK. UK GLWX W ELG TKWHS BWXWDOAFOG - KIKBPFHK ULGH'Q NKQ NK PKQ. QBLSKXP WG EUKH W DOQ NP MWHSKB. DFNKXP WG EUKH PFO ELAY WHQF LH FRKH GKEKB LHX XWK. WARNING: The hint gives all the vowels.","L=A K=E W=I F=O O=U","YOU CAN ONLY BE YOUNG ONCE. BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS BE IMMATURE. ~Dave Barry I TOLD MY PSYCHIATRIST THAT EVERYONE HATES ME. HE SAID I WAS BEING RIDICULOUS - EVERYONE HASN'T MET ME YET. ~Rodney Dangerfield TRAGEDY IS WHEN I CUT MY FINGER. COMEDY IS WHEN YOU WALK INTO AN OPEN SEWER AND DIE. ~Mel Brooks Encrypted/Plain A=L B=R C=Z D=C E=W F=O G=S H=N I=V J=X K=E L=A M=F N=M O=U P=Y Q=T R=P S=G T=B U=H V=J W=I X=D Y=K Z=Q",Cryptography,07/19/06 #11512,Divine NINES,2.27,3.09,griphook,"What are the next two numbers in this series? 9 10 11 12 13 14 21 ? ?","BASEd on a local survey, many lady golfers carry Heaven Sevens and Divine NINES in their golf bags.","100 and 1001. The series is the number NINE shown in decreasing Reference Numbers(BASE)i.e. from Base 10 to Base 2. NINE is 9 in base 10, 10 in base 9, 11 in base 8...21 in base 4, 100 in base 3 and 1001 in base 2. Hint: BASEd suggests the use of reference numbers and Divine NINES suggests the number nine.",Series,04/01/03 #41050,Twitch,2.6,1.71,Majher,"With a twitch of your finger, I can take you many places. I must avoid many traps to stay alive. What am I?",No hint available.,A mouse,Riddle,03/14/08 #19862,Prime Ponderings,2.71,2.7,snaps,"What are the largest and smallest 5-digit numbers that satisfy the following conditions? 1. Each digit of the number is a prime digit. 2. Each successive pair of digits forms a 2-digit number that is NOT a prime number. 3. Each of the prime digits must appear at least once in the 5-digit number.",No hint available.,"Largest - 35772 Smallest - 32257 Prime digits are 2, 3, 5 and 7. Taken as pairs, the only combinations that fit criterion 2 are: 22, 25, 27, 32, 33, 35, 52, 55, 57, 72, 75 and 77. Of that list, 33 is the only number that contains a 3 as the second digit and so for criterion 3 to be satisfied, 3 can only appear at the start of the 5-digit numbers. From there it is simply a matter of choosing the next digits using the list above so that criterion 2 is satisfied, making sure that criterion 3 is also satisfied.",Math,12/11/04 #11631,Licence To Kill,3.09,2.7600000000000002,MrIxolite,"Inspector Ixolite of the Yard was investigating a murder at Nottonmye Manor. It was a difficult case, and Ixolite was completely stumped until he noticed a message sent to him by the killer cunningly hidden in a newspaper advertisement selling Car Licence Plates. Inspector Ixolite thought about it for a while, and when he had solved the puzzle, immediately arrested the guilty man. Q1) How did Ixolite know the advert was a clue for him? Q2) Solve the code and tell me who Ixolite arrested. This is the newspaper advert (Car licence plates for sale) that Inspector Ixolite saw. Plates For Sale; [W 05 NWO] [H 13 HSR ] [O 05 EBM] [D 08 UNE] [U 10 HTY] [N 04 BRE] [N 16 TTE] [I 26 LHC ] [T 10 AEE] [I 26 CNA] [X 22 VDA]","It is spelled out for you ! ! uoy rof tuo delleps si tI","1)The first bit is easy, as the first letter of each plate spells WHODUNNIT IX (A challenge to our Inspector.) 2)The second bit is a little trickier, but I gave you the solution. If you read the last three letters in each plate from the bottom up and right to left you get ADVANCE EACH LETTER BY THE NUMBER SHOWN, so advance W by 5 to get B, H by 13 to get U and so on until you spell BUTLER DID IT.",Other,04/08/03 #12332,Excelmmmm Smithers,2.12,2.32,MrIxolite,"What are represented below? Excel Mmmm Word Mmmm Powerpoint Mmmm",No hint available.,"Application Forms (Four M's following Microsoft Computer Applications)",Rebus,05/13/03 #50653,Anagram Dictionary 5,3.11,2.13,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob) Words: asterisk, broadcast, hydrate, lighthouse, pirate Definitions: a baked pastry filled with asphalt a burglary committed by a ghost high temperature, low humidity the quantity of smooches per hour untalented thespians",No hint available.,"asterisk: the quantity of smooches per hour (kiss rate) broadcast: untalented thespians (bad actors) hydrate: high temperature, low humidity (dry heat) lighthouse: a burglary committed by a ghost (ghoul heist) pirate: a baked pastry filled with asphalt (tar pie)",Language,07/19/15 #38525,Make Some New Words #3,2.72,1.48,jazzmusician46,"In each list, there are parts of words jumbled around that form the names of popular television shows. Your job is to construct eight (8) complete 8-letter words from list A and B. List A: ARDY SEIN MACG MOKE IVOR ROSE BAYW SIDE List B: FELD GUNS IRON JEOP SURV YVER ATCH ANNE",No hint available.,"BAYWATCH GUNSMOKE IRONSIDE JEOPARDY MACGYVER ROSEANNE SEINFELD SURVIVOR",Language,09/29/07 #3940,Coin Logic,2.24,1.53,mad-ade,"Bob and John were counting how many £1 coins they each had. Bob said to John, ""If I were to give you one of my coins, you would have twice as much as me"". John replied, ""If I were to give you one of my pound coins, then we would both have the same amount"". What is the minimum amount of £1 coins they could each have in this situation?",No hint available.,"Bob has 5 £1 coins. John has 7 £1 coins.",Logic,05/07/02 #49934,Let It Go,2.72,1.42,ThinksForFun,"Just how successful you will be Depends on your delivery Looking forward to a collapse Don't let your concentration lapse Exhibiting good lane control Is key for you to reach your goal That wondrous crash will greet your ear When the target's met by a sphere What am I?",No hint available.,"The game of bowling. lines 1-2: The way that you deliver the bowling ball will determine whether you are successful or not e.g. if you get a strike, or if your ball falls into the channel (gutter). lines 3-4: The ""collapse"" is that of the pins falling down, which is your objective. It takes concentration to successfully deliver the ball to where you want it to go. lines 5-6: ""Lane control"" is keeping the ball on the bowling lane, nothing to do with driving! lines 7-8: The ""wondrous crash"" is the sound of the ball hitting the pins, and the pins hitting each other, especially during a strike. The ""target"" is the set of pins, and the ""sphere"" is the bowling ball.",Riddle,09/07/13 #38507,The Land of Wonder,2.34,2.47,aresII,"Lewis Carrol (1832-1898) He is especially remembered for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The two following puzzles contain quotes from his infamous work. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same key. X=D ""BJ WGS XGE'Q NEGA AVDMD WGS FMD PGBEP, FEW MGFX ABTT PDQ WGS QVDMD."" ""B RFE'Q PG LFRN QG WDOQDMXFW - LDRFSOD B AFO F XBJJDMDEQ IDMOGE QVDE.""","L=B P=G S=U","""IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING, ANY ROAD WILL GET YOU THERE."" ""I CAN'T GO BACK TO YESTERDAY - BECAUSE I WAS A DIFFERENT PERSON THEN."" KEY: A=W B=I D=E E=N F=A G=O I=P J=F L=B M=R N=K O=S P=G Q=T R=C S=U T=L V=H W=Y X=D",Cryptography,09/28/07 #37313,Parcel Predicament,3.02,2.26,nikitafullmoon,"Percy Parcelle, bicycle courier extraordinaire, just came barrelling around a blind corner and collided unceremoniously with a man in a duck suit handing out flyers. In addition to the flyers and feathers, Percy's five parcels with the recipient names, addresses, street names, and delivery instructions are scattered around him and the unconscious duck-man. All he knows now are a few bits of information he can remember from the dispatcher. Help Percy get his five deliveries sorted so he can cycle away before the duck man wakes up! Parcels: letter, tube mailer, padded envelope, box, can Recipients: Mr. Anderson, Doozen Communications, Harold and Sons, Smythe LLB, Mrs. Williams Addresses: 4, 10, 23, 52, 71 Street names: Lilac Lane, Magnolia Ave, Olive St, Sycamore Close, Zinnia Crescent Delivery instructions: fragile (""Oops!"" says Percy), no signature required (NSR), rush, COD, leave at front desk 1. Mr. Anderson's house number is 4. 2. Doozen Communications is on Lilac Lane, which only has buildings numbered up to 40. 3. The letter is for Smythe LLB. 4. Number 10 is getting the box. 5. Doozen Communications did not request ""leave at desk,"" and Williams' is a private residence, so there is no desk there, either. 6. The fragile parcel is going to Magnolia Avenue. 7. Number 52 is the only destination that requires no signature for delivery. 8. The tube is going to Magnolia Avenue. 9. Mrs. Williams lives on Sycamore Close. 10. The can is the rush delivery, but not to number 71. 11. Harold and Sons is paying COD. 12. Smythe LLB is not on Zinnia St.",No hint available.,"Percy delivered the following: 1. A tube marked ""fragile"" to Mr. Anderson, 4 Magnolia Ave. 2. A letter marked ""leave at front desk"" to Smythe LLB, 71 Olive St. 3. A padded envelope marked ""no signature required"" to Mrs. Williams, 52 Sycamore Close. 4. A box marked ""COD"" to Harold and Sons, 10 Zinnia Crescent. 5. A can marked ""rush"" to Doozen Communications, 23 Lilac Lane. Unfortunately, the trail of feathers and flyers led the police right to his door (and five others). He was charged and sentenced to community service...handing out flyers in a chicken suit!",Logic-Grid,07/10/07 #15704,Mad Ade's Word Workout #8,2.34,2.08,mad-ade,"With this type of teaser the idea is to simply add to word together to make another word. But you have to work out what the two words are first. For example, Elevated + easy to carry = (High/light) Highlight Above + Fatality = (over/kill) overkill. 1, Finished Digging + Not in =? 2, Cut roughly + Did see =? 3, Torso + Matching Jacket and trousers =? 4, Malicious + Duration of time =? 5, Different/alternative option + Having great Knowledge =?",No hint available.,"1, Dug + Out = Dugout 2, Hack + Saw = Hacksaw 3, Body + Suit = Bodysuit 4, Mean + While = Meanwhile 5, Other + Wise = Otherwise",Language,12/07/03 #16700,Bubbly Universe,2.38,2.5,Jake,"In a universe with the same physical laws, but which is mostly water with little bubbles in it, do the bubbles attract, repel, or what?",No hint available.,"A bubble should produce a gravitational field that is the negative of that produced by an equal volume of water in an empty universe. This is because a point in space would be affected only by the water in the symmetric image of the bubble with respect to that point. The effect on another bubble in that field would be to attract that bubble since it would be pushing the water around it away. Therefore, the bubbles should attract.",Science,02/22/04 #31500,A Flight of Fancy?,2.42,2.86,jazzmusician46,"Angelic food to folk I often dispense, While sounds majestic fill attentive ears, Yet neither voice have I nor tongue for speech. In brave equipment of two wings I shine, But wings without any skill to fly: One foot I have to stand, but not a foot to go.",No hint available.,"An Eagle Lectern. A Lectern is used to support the Bible in a church and has been used for centuries. It is what the reader/priest stands behind when reading the Word. The concept of the eagle lectern is symbolic for taking the Word of God, or the sermon high into the heavens for all to hear. The eagle is also the symbol of St. John the Evangelist.",Riddle,07/03/06 #8133,Algebraic Sugar Cane,2.55,2.09,bluelightnign,"10 factories produce sugar cane. The second produced twice as much as the first. The third and fourth each produced 80 more than the first. The fifth produced twice as much as the second. The sixth produced 40 more than the fifth. The seventh and eighth each produced 40 less than the fifth. The ninth produced 80 more than the second. The tenth produced nothing due to drought in Australia. If the sum of the production equaled 11,700, what did the first factory produce?",Use algebra. Eg / The first factory is X and the second is 2X.,"500. First write down what each factory produced in relation to the first factory (whose production is X): 1: X 2: 2X 3: X+80 4: X+80 5: 4X 6: 4X+40 7: 4X-40 8: 4X-40 9: 2X+80 10: 0X Add them all up and set equal to 11,700 to get the equation: 23X + 200 = 11,700 Solution is: X = 500",Math,10/19/02 #13522,Protector from Elements,2.34,1.05,alex1234,"When you need a view, look at me, Though I am not what you see. Go ahead and take a stare, I protect you from the elements, yet block you from fresh air. I can be opened, or remain closed. Though when I'm open, you're exposed. What am I?",No hint available.,A window.,Riddle,06/30/03 #19287,Floating Rocks,2.29,1.28,AXTON,"As Axton and his good mate G were driving along the mighty River Murray, Axton said, ""I bet you I can make a rock float on the River."" G said, ""That's impossible! I bet you $10 you can't."" Axton drove home with the $10 in his pocket. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"Axton threw a rock called PUMICE into the river. Pumice is created in volcanic eruptions and is loaded with gas bubbles. Pumice is known to float in small quantities.",Science,10/31/04 #44106,Multiples of 7,2.26,1.25,shenqiang,"There are eight different 2-digit numbers: AD, BA, BG, CE, DB, DH, EF, and FC. Each is less than 70 and divisible by 7. Each of the distinct letters represents a different digit. The same letter represents the same digit. Given E=5, what is G?",No hint available.,"8. Since E=5, F=6 and C=3. The remaining numbers divisible by 7 are 14, 21, 28, 42 and 49. The number 1 appears in the tens digit only once; therefore, A=1, B=2, D=4, G=8, and H=9.",Logic,02/15/09 #28934,Baby Time,2.8,1.31,Sunrose,"Can you decipher what the man did? Baby = Slept peacefully Child = Slept well Woman = Slept restlessly Man = Slept peacefully",No hint available.,Slept like a baby.,Rebus,03/05/06 #38151,Similar Spelling #2,2.93,2.63,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given two (2) clues in each line. Each answer to the clue comprises six (6) letters. Each 6-letter word differs by only one (1) letter, which I have given you. Your task is to discover the answers to the clues provided. The order of the letters do not change. Example: Remove _ _ _ I _ _ / _ _ _ U _ _ Justify Answer: E X C (I) S E / E X C (U) S E 1. Pliant _ _ _ _ _ E / _ _ _ _ _ Y Stash 2. Inundate _ _ _ _ G _ / _ _ _ _ X _ Elegant 3. Expenditure P _ _ _ _ _ / L _ _ _ _ _ Spread 4. Chevron _ _ _ _ P _ / _ _ _ _ K _ Hit",No hint available.,"1. Supple Supply 2. Deluge Deluxe 3. Payout Layout 4. Stripe Strike",Language,09/06/07 #10934,Hawk Award,2.4,1.0,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? 7:00 am: Hawk awarded the nightcrawler. 8:00 am: Eagle 9:00 am: Sparrow",No hint available.,The early bird gets the worm.,Rebus,03/06/03 #30960,Yogi Berra Quotes 3,2.56,2.65,bigSWAFF_69_,"The following quotes are all by none other than Yogi Berra himself. Can you figure them out? They all use the same code. N DODBCCJ MBZH B MGU PUDL FBI, SLUX UFH MU SUDL. N BCGBJO MPUDKPM MPBM LHEULV GUDCV OMBFV DFMNC NM GBO YLUZHF. NS JUD EUXH MU B SULZ NF MPH LUBV, MBZH NM.","Y:J O:U G:K I:N B:Y E:H R:L R:L A:B","I usually take a two hour nap, from one to four. I always thought that record would stand until it was broken. If you come to a fork in the road, take it. -Yogi Berra The Code: A:B B:Y C:E D:V E:H F:S G:K H:P I:N J:A K:Z L:C M:X N:F O:U P:I Q:R R:L S:O T:M U:D V:W W:G X:Q Y:J Z:T",Cryptography,06/08/06 #5056,Swimming Stroke,2.3,1.27,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? EKORTS",No hint available.,Back stroke,Rebus,06/29/02 #27320,Sick Computers,2.41,0.7000000000000001,hamburger,"What is represented below? A PC has the flu. A Macintosh has influenza. A laptop has a cold.",No hint available.,Computer viruses.,Rebus,12/10/05 #45765,Add a Letter 34,2.61,2.09,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) shape or structure & a public assembly for panel discussion (4 letters) 2) a small compartment or bounded space & a stringed instrument (4 letters) 3) correct or fitting & to succeed (6 letters) 4) a prong & a slight coloring (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) form & forum 2) cell & cello 3) proper & prosper 4) tine & tinge",Language,11/17/09 #43257,X Marks the Spot 2,3.13,1.61,snowmonster,"In each of the cases below, scramble the letters and then add an X at the end to make a new word. Example: coven + x = convex 1) real + x = 2) torah + x = 3) compel + x = 4) claim + x = 5) nasty + x = 6) hoboes + x =",No hint available.,"1) Relax 2) Thorax 3) Complex 4) Climax 5) Syntax 6) Shoebox",Language,10/05/08 #50981,Gotcha 3,2.2,0.9500000000000001,LittleGreenMan,lifeless rite write,one synonym and two homophones,dead to rights,Rebus,01/20/17 #7381,49 N in the U K L,2.17,2.9,JTJS,49 N in the U K L,No hint available.,49 numbers in the U.K Lottery,Letter-Equations,10/14/02 #34082,Weird Words,2.5100000000000002,2.27,grungy49,"Can you fill in the dashes to make four English words? 1. _ K Y J _ _ _ 2. _ _ Z Z S _ _ 3. _ _ _ P E V _ _ _ 4. _ _ _ _ E Z V _ _ _",No hint available.,"In order: Skyjack, buzzsaw, grapevine, rendezvous.",Language,11/23/06 #37426,Which is Heavier?,2.57,1.11,TheSmartest,"If you fill a 5 gallon bucket with cold water and another 5 gallon bucket with hot water, which bucket will be heavier?",No hint available.,"The bucket full of cold water. Cold water is heavier than hot water because its molecules are denser.",Science,07/16/07 #44021,S in a G,1.8800000000000001,2.31,Lord_Hawk,21 = S in a G,Old British money.,"There are 21 shillings in a guinea. The guinea was made from gold, imported from The Republic of Guinea, and was originally supposed to be of a value of one British Sterling Pound, or 20 shillings. However, due to the varying price of gold, the value of the guinea changed often, sometimes as high as 30 shillings. The first guinea was produced in 1663, and the last was made in 1813. The guinea is now obsolete, but after minting of the coin stopped, the value was fixed at 1 pound and 1 shilling, or 21 shillings.",Letter-Equations,01/30/09 #23517,Paris Pairs,3.07,1.29,tamjp,"The following sentences can be completed by adding two words that are anagrams of one another. Each word has only four letters. Enjoy! 1. If you prick your finger while picking a ____, it may be very ____. 2. If you take a ____ at the Mad Hatter's party, you still may not get a sip of his ____. 3. If you need some stamps, then you must ____ by the ____ office. 4. If you eat a whole ____ of a wedding cake, you may develop a spare ____ around your middle. 5. If you have a ____ with your friend, you should forgive them and focus on the future, not on the ____.",No hint available.,"1. rose, sore 2. seat, teas 3. stop, Post 4. tier, tire 5. spat, past",Language,06/09/05 #3125,Venus,3.13,2.13,im_para_noid,"You awake inside a small transparent capsule sitting on the surface of Venus. From a small speaker you hear a voice that says, ""We will leave you here either for a day or a year. If you choose to stay a day, we will give you $1 million. If you choose to stay a year, we will give you $2 million. Either way, you will have sufficient food and water. We will make sure the temperature is a constant 70 degrees Fahrenheit. We will also supply cable TV."" What is your choice? (Don't let money decide your answer).",No hint available.,"Choose to stay one year and win $2 million. Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate on its axis, but it takes 225 Earth days to go around the sun. On Venus a day is longer than a year.",Science,04/02/02 #14972,Stolen,2.69,2.38,MrIxolite,"When these are stolen they are often returned. If taken unexpectedly the victim seems burned. They can be associated with death and given for life, Seen on slate tables from Forfar to Fife. What are they?",No hint available.,"Kisses. When you steal a kiss from someone they often kiss you back. If the recipient isn't expecting it they can blush and it looks like their face is burning. Kiss of Death and Kiss of Life. Slate tables refer to Snooker / Pool / Billiard tables where the term for two balls hitting each other is called a kiss.",Riddle,10/02/03 #32211,Word Jumble 5 - Famous Landmarks of India,2.54,2.66,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed. Unscrambling these letters will form the answer to this teaser: NGIAR - Take letters 1,3,4 & 5 LOLFY - Take letters 1,2 & 5 ATNW - Take letters 1 & 2 DRTEAEMI - Take letters 1,2,3,6 & 7 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?","This landmark is located in Mumbai (Bombay), India","NGIAR - Take letters 1,3,4 & 5 - GRAIN, take G,A,I,N LOLFY - Take letters 1,2 & 5 - FOLLY, take F,O,Y ATNW - Take letters 1 & 2 - WANT, take W,A DRTEAEMI - Take letters 1,2,3,6 & 7 - DIAMETER, take D,I,A,T,E Unscramble the above to get 'Gateway of India' The Gateway of India is a monument located in Mumbai, India. Located on the waterfront in South Mumbai, the Gateway is an arch that is 26 metres high. It is traditionally the first thing visitors arriving by boat would see of Bombay. The Gateway is built from yellow basalt and reinforced concrete. The central dome is 15 metres in diameter and 26 metres above ground at its highest point. The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay, prior to the Darbar in Delhi in December 1911. The foundations were completed in 1920, and construction was finished in 1924. The Gateway was opened on December 4, 1924 by the Viceroy, the Earl of Reading.",Language,08/01/06 #41539,It's Alive!,2.52,2.17,snowmonster,"Except for one, all of the following phrases have something seasonal in common. Find their common element and the one bad seed. 1) Bean Soup 2) Plane Money 3) Bistro Service 4) Idaho State 5) Kansas Territory 6) Fair Isle 7) Velcro Cushion",No hint available.,"Except for Bean Soup, every phrase contains the name of a flower. 2) Anemone 3) Rose 4) Hosta 5) Aster 6) Iris 7) Crocus",Language,04/16/08 #1289,Going North,2.37,0.74,beans,"I was going to the North Pole and I met 9 elves. Each elf had 9 reindeer, each reindeer had 9 bags, each bag had 9 puppies and 9 kittens in it. Reindeer, elves, cats, and dogs, how many were going to the North Pole?",No hint available.,"Just me, I met them as they were passing by the other way. (Note: this is a variation of the popular St. Ives teaser.)",Trick,11/04/01 #14568,100 Camels,2.7,1.65,jubjub,"""That Sam is one rich man!"" muttered Tom. ""As a matter of fact, he owns 100 or more camels."" ""Not a chance,"" replied John, ""I know for a fact he owns fewer than 100 camels."" Frank joined in, ""Well, he owns at least one camel."" If only one of their statements is true, how many camels does Sam own?",No hint available.,"Sam doesn't own any camels. If the first statement is true then the last is true as well. If the last is true then so is either the first or the second statement. But if the second is true, the first and last aren't necessarily true. Sam can own no camels, making the first and third false, but the second statement true. Since only one can be true, the second is true. He owns zero camels.",Logic,08/26/03 #10534,Spooneristic Tendencies I,2.56,2.5100000000000002,dsquared,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have the initial sounds switched to form new words. For example, ""hurting flare"" is a spoonerism for ""flirting hair"" (note that the pairs do not have to be spelled the same - only sound the same). From the definitions below, can you figure out the following spoonerisms. 1. Chilled torso wear ... A carpentry policeman 2. A looney end ... A trendy friend 3. A strapping edge ... ""War & Peace"" as a comic 4. Impressive techniques ... Your friend is a dancing guru 5. Rather high plumbing ... A coffin receptionist",No hint available.,"1. Cool Top ... Tool Cop 2. Mad Fate ... Fad Mate 3. Strong Lip ... Long Strip 4. Great Moves ... Mate Grooves 5. Tall Piping ... Pall Typing",Language,02/18/03 #32132,The Great White Way,2.28,2.24,mufffin09,"Sarah Oppenstein, the Broadway actress, was looking for a new show to be in. She needed to provide a resume. She asked her personal assistant, Megan Rowsand to write up the list of shows she was in. This was Megan's last chance. She had been very mean and backstabbing in the past, and if she messed this up, she'd be fired, and never get a job again. ""Megan, did you finish?"" ""Yes, here it is!"" ""MEGAN!!!! Every show name is scrambled!!! You know what this means! Megan you're fired."" ""Man, I still need to write up the resume.I need to unscramble all these shows."" Sarah unscrambled them, can you? a ltietl gtihn smciu 7671 mstapoal tnuess bdelvroua het olni nkig eht nhtmapo fo het porea mreeoj bsnirob drawboya tian hevabniism",No hint available.,"A Little Night Music 1776 Spamalot Sunset Boulevard The Lion King The Phantom of the Opera Jerrome Robbin's Broadway Ain't Misbehavin' PS: The Great White Way is another name for Broadway.",Trivia,07/28/06 #26344,Rolling the Dice,2.88,2.05,kiss,"A gambler goes to bet. The dealer has 3 dice, which are fair, meaning that the chance that each face shows up is exactly 1/6. The dealer says: ""You can choose your bet on a number, any number from 1 to 6. Then I'll roll the 3 dice. If none show the number you bet, you'll lose $1. If one shows the number you bet, you'll win $1. If two or three dice show the number you bet, you'll win $3 or $5, respectively."" Is it a fair game?","What will happen if there are 6 gamblers, each of whom bet on a different number?","It's a fair game. If there are 6 gamblers, each of whom bet on a different number, the dealer will neither win nor lose on each deal. If he rolls 3 different numbers, e.g. 1, 2, 3, the three gamblers who bet 1, 2, 3 each wins $1 while the three gamblers who bet 4, 5, 6 each loses $1. If two of the dice he rolls show the same number, e.g. 1, 1, 2, the gambler who bet 1 wins $3, the gambler who bet 2 wins $1, and the other 4 gamblers each loses $1. If all 3 dice show the same number, e.g. 1, 1, 1, the gambler who bet 1 wins $5, and the other 5 gamblers each loses $1. In each case, the dealer neither wins nor loses. Hence it's a fair game.",Probability,10/13/05 #37817,The Bank Singer,2.69,2.29,say_aah,"A man in a bank began to sing loudly. The cashier, who had never served him before and did not recognize him, handed him a large amount of money. This did not involve a theft or crime. How could this be?",The man sang very well.,"In this true story, the man was the great tenor Caruso. He attempted to cash a check in a New York bank but had no identification with him. A strong blast of an aria was enough to convince the teller who he was.",Situation,08/17/07 #1761,Keyboard Mania,2.71,2.94,Nishoo,Can you name at least 3 words of ten or more letters that can be typed entirely using only the top letter row of a standard typewriter keyboard ?,There's one in the puzzle statement itself.,"TYPEWRITER PEPPERROOT PEPPERWORT PERPETUITY PEWTERWORT PIROUETTER PREREQUIRE PRETORTURE PROPRIETOR REPERTOIRE REPETITORY TETTERWORT. If hyphens are allowed, then TEETER-TOTTER (12 letters) is possible, as is TEETER-TOTTERER (14 letters), although the latter is not found in dictionaries. Another possible 12-letter word, POWERTRIPPER, is also not in any major dictionary.",Language,12/20/01 #52295,Am I Not Making Myself Clear?,2.74,0.85,Marple,"STANDS 023456789",See the title.,No-one understands,Rebus,12/23/19 #16823,A Young Traveler,2.27,1.22,spookboy0,"A young traveler once traveled to every country in the world. He also said that he had never never been to India, yet he claims to have a recording of when he went. How can this be?",No hint available.,"He had NEVER NEVER been to India, which means that he had been to India (double negative).",Trick,03/02/04 #7383,1EitAR,2.66,1.74,majd,"What is this common phrase? 1EitAR AND iEARt",Are you listening?,"It goes in one ear and out of the other. (IT in one ear=1eITar, and out of the other=IearT)",Rebus,09/12/02 #21707,Spring Parade,2.74,1.37,MrBasKetBall,"This year's Spring parade has a marching band, pairs of dancers, a float of jugglers, a dozen circus clowns, a Girl Scout troop, a Boy Scout troop, and a championship football team. Read the description of each group carefully and decide how many are in each group and in what order they marched in the parade. The marching band was not the leader, but their 6 rows of 4 musicians in each row were near the front, just ahead of the Girl Scouts. The football team had 2 fewer marchers than the Girl Scouts, and took their time signing autographs as they marched at the end. The Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts were separated by the 3 groups of 4 jugglers on the jugglers' float. The 3 pairs of dancers were between the Boy Scouts and the football team. The Boy Scouts had 5 rows of 3 marchers and the Girl Scouts had twice as many.",Draw a diagram to illustrate how many marchers are in each group and the order that they marched. Another strategy is to write the name of each group on a different piece of small paper. Then move the papers around to fit the order.,"The groups are listed in the order that they marched, from first to last: 12 circus clowns 24 musicians in the marching band 30 Girl Scouts 12 jugglers 15 Boy Scouts 6 dancers 28 football players",Logic,03/22/05 #26195,Aussie Food,2.27,2.5,sweetime,"Which is the odd one out, and why? Anzac biscuits, Lamington, Pavlova, Damper, Vegemite?",It's not got to do with what type of food they are.,"Pavlova. This is the only food whose origins are not clearly Australian.",Group,10/03/05 #3840,Sugary Condiments,2.74,1.83,bighippo4,"I have obscured a phrase into the most obtuse language possible. What phrase am I meaning to say? ""Sugary condiments are delightful, but fermented beverages accelerate at a greater rate.""",No hint available.,Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker!,Language,05/01/02 #3953,Making Beds,2.54,1.34,PeaceJo,"On Saturday morning, Millicent took four sets of sheets out of the linen closet to make the four beds in her house (one was her daughter's bed). Each set of sheets was of a different solid colour (one was green). Combine this information with the clues below to put the four beds in the order in which Millicent made them and match each with the colour of its sheets. 1. Millicent made the beds in this order: first the bed with the tan sheets, then her son's bed, then the guest bed and finally the bed with white sheets. 2. The white sheets didn't go on the master bed. 3. The blue sheets didn't go on her son's bed.",No hint available.,"First - master bed - tan sheets Second - son's bed - green sheets Third - guest bed - blue sheets Fourth - daughter's bed - white sheets",Logic,05/08/02 #14758,21 = C in the A,2.32,2.21,juniperpegasus,21 = C in the A,No hint available.,21 = Consonants in the Alphabet,Letter-Equations,09/13/03 #50909,Delete a Letter 35,2.49,1.5,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) relating to the sun (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to rise quickly upward to a great height 2) the overall condition of the body (6 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a tract of wasteland 3) the forward part or surface of something (5 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) a basin to hold water for baptism 4) relating to the treatment of diseases and injuries (7 letters) & (delete 5th letter) a thing situated centrally between two extremes",No hint available.,"1) solar & soar 2) health & heath 3) front & font 4) medical & medial",Language,10/07/16 #1212,The Magic Ball,2.28,1.8,ChuckieChen,"There was a magic show. A man put a solid metal ball under an opaque cover. After a while, he took the cover off of the ball and there was nothing left but some liquid. What happened?",No hint available.,"It was a ball of gallium at 80F. After the ball was heated to 85F, it melted and became a liquid. Gallium's melting point is 85F.",Science,10/29/01 #42660,6 = V of a R O,1.84,2.41,shenqiang,6 = V of a R O,It's a common geometric shape. It is called an O because it has 8 F's.,"6 = vertices of a regular octahedron. It is called an octahedron because it has 8 faces. Although there are more than one type of octahedra, the most symmetric one, the regular octahedron, has 6 vertices.",Letter-Equations,07/31/08 #1379,Missing Symbols,2.5100000000000002,1.71,psychodude57,"Can you replace the question marks with maths symbols and make the equation correct: (6 ? 2) ? (3 ? 4) ? (6 ? 2) = 25",No hint available.,(6 - 2) * (3 + 4) - (6 / 2) = 25,Math,11/12/01 #48781,Terminate Average,2.03,2.37,Mathgeek007,"There is a scoring system in which the highest is 4, and the lowest is 1, and you may only vote whole numbers. Imagine that six people voted before you, and they all voted the same thing, however you do not know what they rated. You vote seventh, and your two friends behind you would vote whatever you did. If you are the one in the end tallying the scores, and you want the average to be a simple, terminating decimal number, what would your best bet to vote for be?",No hint available.,"The format of the answers will be... [Previous 6], [Your Choice], [Average of all 9] 1, 1, 1 1, 2, 1.3(cont) 1, 3, 1.6(cont) 1, 4, 2 2, 1, 1.6(cont) 2, 2, 2 2, 3, 2.3(cont) 2, 4, 2.6(cont) 3, 1, 2.3(cont) 3, 2, 2.6(cont) 3, 3, 3 3, 4, 3.3(cont) 4, 1, 3 4, 2, 3.3(cont) 4, 3, 3.6(cont) 4, 4, 4 If you choose 1, then you have a 2/4 chance of having a terminating end average. If you choose 2, then you will have a 1/4 chance of having a terminating average. If you choose 3, then you will have a 1/4 chance of having a terminating average. If you choose 4, then you will have a 2/4 chance of having a terminating average. Your best bets are choosing 1 or 4. Now, you can still vote based on whether you liked it or not. If you did, then you choose 4. If you didn't, choose 1. If you choose 1 or 4, it won't have a difference on whether the average is terminating or not.",Math,05/31/11 #19512,Mad Ade's Homonyms #3,2.47,2.1,Mad-Ade,"This teaser features HOMONYMS, or words that are spelt different, but sound alike. There are three blank spaces in each sentence below, and the answers are all homonyms. For example ""In his job as a Nurses ____, Mad ___ regular had to administer first ___."" The Answers would be Aide, Ade and Aid. See if you can solve the following homonym teasers. The old ____ began to ____ us with tales of how he used to hunt wild ____. The Church counsel tried to ban, or in a sense, ______ the use of the ______ as it kept setting off the smoke ______. The germs ____ down the ____ and gave Mad Ade the ___.",No hint available.,"Boor, Bore, Boar Censor, Censer (incense burner), Sensor Flew, Flue, Flu",Language,11/23/04 #42407,Divisible?,2.31,2.42,billy314,The digits one through nine are randomly arranged to make a number. What is the probability that the resulting number is divisible by eighteen?,Use your divisibility rules!,"Answer: 4/9 If the digits one through nine are arranged, the resulting number will always be divisible by nine (a number is divisible by nine if the sum of its digits is divisible by nine). The question can be simplified to ask for the probability that the resulting number is even. Now, there are four options for the last digit (2, 4, 6, 8). There are then eight options for the digit before the last (one option is already taken). There are seven options for next, and so on. The total number of combinations divisible by eighteen is 4*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1. The total number of combinations is 9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1. The probability a combination is divisible by eighteen is 4*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1/9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1 or 4/9.",Probability,07/02/08 #27776,"A,B,C,D,E and F!",2.84,2.35,brainster,"Which is the shortest word in English that contains the letters A, B, C, D, E and F ?",No hint available.,Feedback,Language,12/29/05 #5909,Last Time we Met,2.16,2.72,Bintot,"Said Alf to Bert, ""The last time we met, our ages were both prime numbers, and when I was a quarter of the age I am now, you were that age plus half the age your father would have been thirty years previous to when he was six times the age you would have been when I was half your age"". Said Bert to Alf ""I'm off down the pub"". How old were Alf and Bert the last time they met?",No hint available.,"Alf and Bert were 2 and 5 years old respectively the last time they met. If A and B are Alf and Bert's present ages and a and b are their ages when Alf was half Bert's age then B - 3A/4 = (A/4) + (6b - 30)/2 Since their ages have always had the same difference we have B - A = 3b - 15 = b - a and since 2a = b then a = 3 and b = 6. So their ages differ by 3. Since all primes except 2 are odd and differ by an even number we can only have 2 and 5, Bert being the older of the two. The father plays no part in the problem!",Math,07/26/02 #14080,Wishing Well,2.48,1.73,samm,"Ably Lively Lucid Skillfully Well",No hint available.,"All's well that ends well. All's=Ably-Lively-Lucid-Skillfully are all synonyms for ""well"", therefore ""All's"" is well, and the list ends with Well.",Rebus,07/29/03 #10889,Duffus the Tea Tipper,2.89,1.95,OD-1,"Duffus Mcclutski loves his tea plain and hot. Every day he drank several cups which caused a rather large mess on his floor. You see Duffus didn't have the steadiest hands and he used his stove to boil the water for his tea; not wanting to buy a kettle. He also refused to have anything less than a full cup of tea (though after spilling it on the way he rarely had a full cup). You see he drank his tea out on his porch which was a good 100 ft walk through most of the house, which at the best of times was so cluttered that you could have lost a dozen small children (but that's another teaser), a large dog, a herd of sheep...well you get the picture, it was a mess. Despite the clutter Duffus didn't like tea stains on the floor so he changed ""one"" thing about the preparation of his tea to make sure he would never have to clean up the floor again. He didn't use a different cup or get an electric kettle so he could boil the water on the porch or even half fill the cup. He did almost everything the same. So what was the one thing he changed so that he wouldn't spill his tea?",No hint available.,He waited until he was on the porch before he put the tea bag in. He still spilled hot water on the way but that evaporated without leaving a mess.,Mystery,03/04/03 #40400,Mark Twain Quoted,2.34,2.44,aresII,"The following quote is from Mark Twain. Can you decode it? The hint contains three vowels. Z=G ""XNQXUG MA ETZVI. IVTG QTNN ZEXITHU GALK CKACNK XJM XGIAJTGV IVK EKGI.""","A=O T=I X=A","""ALWAYS DO RIGHT. THIS WILL GRATIFY SOME PEOPLE AND ASTONISH THE REST."" KEY: A=O C=P E=R G=S H=F I=T J=N K=E L=M M=D N=L Q=W T=I U=Y V=H X=A Z=G",Cryptography,02/09/08 #42351,A Legend in Sports 6,2.05,2.5,brainyboy615,R J = The B U,He is a famous pitcher.,"Randy Johnson = The Big Unit He is known for his fastballs that can reach nearly 100 miles per hour.",Letter-Equations,06/26/08 #10878,Cart Spinning,2.2,2.81,MrIxolite,"What Is Represented Below? CartSpinningWaterCatherine:\",Think :\ in relation to computers,"Four Wheel Drive CartWHEEL SpinningWHEEL WaterWHEEL CatherineWHEEL In computing (DOS) :\ denotes a Drive as in C:\ = C Drive.",Rebus,03/04/03 #5699,Safari Game,2.81,2.08,Gizzer,"A group of friends is on safari (a photo-safari, no animals were killed during the creation of this teaser!). During the game, they are awarded points for each animal they get. For example, LION=4 points minimum HYENA=11 points minimum GIRAFFE=14 points minimum, but would be worth over 64 points in a certain situation. Based on this information, what is the minimum number of points for a ZEBRA? Bonus question: when would a GIRAFFE be worth more than 64 points?",What game gives points for words?,"ZEBRA=16 points minimum The game they were playing is Scrabble, so the minimum number of points therefore Z=10, E=1, B=3, R=1 and A=1, for a total of 16 points. Note that this minimum is based on not forming other words with letters, and not placing letters on a double/triple letter or double/triple word score. Bonus: GIRAFFE is a seven letter word. If you use all 7 of your letters when forming a word, you get a 50 point bonus!",Logic,07/19/02 #8889,Pizza Pieces,2.21,2.8,lesternoronha1,"What is the largest number of pieces you can form with n straight cuts of a pizza? The pieces do not need to be of equal size.",No hint available.,"The answer is n*(n+1)/2 + 1. With every cut you should cut through every previous cut. As long as you keep doing this you will always be able to do so again with your next cut. The number of additional pieces formed on cut x will always be x. The sum of all integers from 1 to n is n*(n+1)/2. So the sum of additional pieces cut will be n*(n+1)/2. Finally add 1 because we start with 1 piece: n*(n+1)/2 + 1.",Math,12/04/02 #15766,An Ancient Riddle,2.5,1.93,shadowx8m,"Once I was as one with water, full of scaly fish; But, by a new decision, Fate has changed my nature. Having suffered fiery pangs, I now gleam white, like ashes or bright snow. What am I?",I am an enemy of some mollusks.,"Salt, from sea water after the water has been evaporated by the sun.",Riddle,12/12/03 #3059,Vestiprivategator,2.19,0.81,comet16,"Can you decipher this? vestiprivategator",No hint available.,"Private Investigator (private in vestigator)",Rebus,03/31/02 #40536,Mix it Up,2.56,1.3800000000000001,icestar12,"TAILR RIALT LIRTA TLRIA","Try to ""mix"" them up.",Trail mix,Rebus,02/16/08 #33768,A New Type of Word Pyramid 3,2.69,2.02,Battery,"In this word pyramid, you have to take the letters from the first line and combine them with the letter on the second line shown in its position to form a new word. Once you have the next word, do the same as before and continuing to the end. Rod _ _ _ p _ _ _ e _ _ _ u _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ c _ _ e _ _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"Rod Drop Roped/pored Poured Produce Recouped",Language,10/31/06 #9239,All Fall Down,2.4,2.75,MrIxolite,168 = S on a SS of D,No hint available.,168 Spots on a Standard Set of Dominoes,Letter-Equations,12/19/02 #37323,Anonymous,2.29,1.32,fishmed,"What does this represent? NAMEHELDREQUEST",No hint available.,Name withheld by request,Rebus,07/11/07 #15845,Changing Words 2,2.55,1.72,fishmed,"What do the 4 following words have in common? House Seat Boat Snare",You need to change one letter in each word.,"When you change one letter in each word, they all become animals. Mouse Seal Goat Snake",Language,12/18/03 #33830,"Certainly, This is Not Boring!",2.4,2.94,jazzmusician46,"Below are two groups of musical instruments. There is one instrument in Group A that belongs in Group B and vice versa. Your task is to decide which instrument does not belong in each group and why. Good luck! Group A: Flute Trumpet Trombone Oboe Alto clarinet Bass clarinet Contra-alto clarinet Contrabass clarinet Group B: Flugelhorn French horn Basset horn Tuba Euphonium Alto saxophone Tenor saxophone C melody saxophone",Look to the title,"Group A are woodwind and brass instruments that all have cylindrical bores. The oboe belongs in Group B because it has a conical bore. Group B are woodwind and brass instruments that all have conical bores. The basset horn (which resembles the bass clarinet) belongs in Group A because it has a cylindrical bore.",Group,11/04/06 #35492,Do Re Mi?,2.68,2.48,jazzmusician46,"In the following group, which is the odd one out? Emperor Pathetique Moonlight Appassionata",No hint available.,"Emperor is the odd one out. The other names are nicknamed Beethoven piano sonatas, whilst the 'Emperor' is a concerto.",Trivia,03/02/07 #23205,Re Quest,2.84,2.1,snaps,"Re: The clues below. These clues are for words that start with ""re"". The clues do not refer to the words themselves, but rather to the word that must be added to ""re"". eg. ""Re: starting a tennis rally"" would be ""reserve"". 1. Re: a contract of rental 2. Re: a strong wind 3. Re: ill will, malice 4. Re: someone aligned with you 5. Re: the place where an event is held 6. Re: change direction",No hint available.,"1. release 2. regale 3. respite 4. really 5. revenue 6. return",Language,05/27/05 #7558,Squares,2.45,2.57,rickey,"The square of one whole number minus the square of another whole number equals 73. What are the two numbers? This can be done by trial and error but a little mathematical knowledge and maybe some algebra will get the answer fast.","73 is similar 41,29,19 etc.","The two numbers are 37 & 36. Therefore (37x37)1369 minus (36x36)1296 = 73. The number 73 is a ""prime"" number i.e. the only two multiples for it are ""73"" & ""1"". By algebra, x2-y2 = 73 which is (x+y)(x-y)=73. One of those two numbers must be ""1"". It can't be x+y (that would be more than ""1"") so it must be x-y=1. By simple substitution the answer is revealed.",Math,09/19/02 #41502,A Snake?,2.33,2.55,CatsAreCute,"John sat at a table reading a book. When his intelligent friend Jane came in, he casually adjusted his glasses lenses as they slid down his nose and glanced up at her. Suddenly, she burst out laughing. John asked, ""What is so funny?"" Jane answered, ""You remind me of a snake!"" How did John remind Jane of a snake, when to most people John did not look, sound, or seem like a snake?",What is one of the things that makes snakes' vision different from people's vision?,Snakes adjust their vision by moving their eyes' lenses forward and backwards rather than bending them.,Trivia,04/14/08 #16872,Table,2.73,1.65,nbell,"What is put on a table and cut, but is never eaten?",No hint available.,A deck of cards.,Riddle,03/06/04 #33294,All About Nothing #4,2.35,2.36,keosborne,"""Zyrx nbevr jvljhx aixbvti jph ryxgesi fh njvvypm ys. Bpi bu sqik lyvv xjh, 'Y mbs sqi uabps xijs! Y ljps sqi uabps xijs! Y njvvir ys!' Jpr sqi bsqia zyr qjx pb ainbeaxi. 'Qi njvvir ys; lqjs njp Y rb?' Yu sqiai ljx j zyr nbeas bu vjl, ys qbvrx eg. 'Hbea Qbpba, kh nvyips ryr jxz uba sqi uabps xijs.' Squ cermi xjhx, 'Ryr qi njvv ys?' 'Livv, pb, qi ryrp's njvv ys.' Qi fjpmx squ mjtiv. 'Bfcinsybp btiaaevir. Qi qjx sb njvv ys. Njxi nvbxir' "" -Ciaah Xiypuivr",No hint available.,"""Kids could always resolve any dispute by calling it. One of them will say, 'I got the front seat! I want the front seat! I called it!' And the other kid has no recourse. 'He called it; what can I do?' If there was a kid court of law, it holds up. 'Your Honor, my client did ask for the front seat.' The judge says, 'Did he call it?' 'Well, no, he didn't call it.' He bangs the gavel. 'Objection overruled. He has to call it. Case closed.' "" - Jerry Seinfeld J = A F = B N = C R = D I = E U = F M = G Q = H Y = I C = J Z = K V = L K = M P = N B = O G = P W = Q A = R X = S S = T E = U T = V L = W D = X H = Y O = Z",Cryptography,10/02/06 #34936,Some People Call Us Important,2.45,2.53,jazzmusician46,"Which person does not belong in this group? James Callaghan Edward Heath Margaret Thatcher Robert Bly John Major Harold Wilson",No hint available.,"This group are past English Prime Ministers. The person who does not belong is Robert Bly (1926 - ). He is an American author. Edward Heath 1970-1974 Harold Wilson 1974-1976 James Callaghan 1976-1979 Margaret Thatcher 1979-1990 John Major 1990-1997",Group,01/19/07 #28912,Earth,2.75,1.3,Anupriya9,"Around the Earth I go, I don't move fast or slow, I have no beginning or end. See me you cannot, Where I am, it's often hot. What am I?",No hint available.,Equator.,Riddle,03/04/06 #49815,Delete a Letter 10,2.64,1.4,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) to spoil or contaminate (5 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) hue or shade of color 2) a private or secret meeting (8 letters) & (delete 5th letter) curved inward 3) something that takes place (5 letters) & (delete 1st letter) an opening that allows the escape of gas 4) to turn aside, as to avoid a collision (6 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) to act in a certain capacity",No hint available.,"1) taint & tint 2) conclave & concave 3) event & vent 4) swerve & serve",Language,04/21/13 #3914,"SPORT, SWORD, SAGE",2.55,2.02,mad-ade,"Which same three letters can be added to the beginning of each of the following words to make 5 new words? SPORT SWORD SAGE SABLE TIME",No hint available.,PAS,Language,05/06/02 #15134,Word Builder,2.71,2.28,Smithy,"In a word builder you are given a word which you have to transform into a bigger word in a series of steps. With each step you can rearrange the letters and either add a new letter or swap a letter already in the word for a different one. Each step must form a common English word. The objective is to get to the bigger word from the smaller word in the least number of steps. Try to change RED to SCARLET in the smallest number of steps.",The smallest number of steps is 5.,"One solution with 5 steps is: RED -> Read -> Race -> Trace -> Traces -> SCARLET There are other solution with 5 steps as well.",Language,10/17/03 #13583,Triun,2.18,1.75,bluetwo,"What is represented below? Triunme Trinme u Tinme ru *Time Run*",No hint available.,Run out of Time,Rebus,07/02/03 #1025,CD's in a Box,2.42,1.26,SarBear590,"How many CD's can you put in an empty box, 2 feet on each side?",No hint available.,"One, after that it's not empty anymore.",Trick,10/02/01 #580,Can a man?,2.44,0.78,Spikejw1,Can a man legally marry his widow`s sister in the state of California?,No hint available.,"No, because he`s dead.",Trick,06/04/01 #14616,Joe's Diner,2.32,2.68,master123,"Too many people knew the code to Joe's menu and he was losing a fortune in free pizza. Now he has a new code (based on the value of letters). Can you crack it, discover the price of pancakes, and win a free hamburger? MENU Apple Pie ... $13.60 Ice cream ... $15.90 Chocolate cake ... $24.90 Pancakes ... $?",No hint available.,"The letters are valued in reverse alphabetical order (A = 26 B = 25, etc) and multiplied by 10. Pancakes cost is $14.60",Math,08/30/03 #48965,Ignorance to Answer,1.91,1.55,Gwendalla,"A woman sits on her couch as the doorbell rings. However, the woman doesn't answer. She is completely aware of the ringing, she has an ability to get it, and is not waiting for another person to respond. She doesn't dislike this person. In fact she cherishes them. What is the situation?","The person is someone in her family. The person is able to get in, so she is not ignoring them, technically.","The woman's young son is playing with the doorbell, with the front door swung open.",Situation,08/20/11 #6167,Snores,2.26,1.4,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? Sleepsleep Problem",No hint available.,To sleep on a problem!,Rebus,08/02/02 #24309,Hmmmm...,2.81,1.0,Tammy93,"Assume that penguins live with a density of 1,000 penguins per square mile and can run at an average speed of 7 miles per hour on land and swim at 20 miles per hour. Also assume that a polar bear has a territory of 10 square miles, can run at 25 miles per hour and swim at 10 miles per hour. How many penguins will an average polar bear eat in any given month, remembering that a polar bear could, as a maximum, only eat one penguin per hour and 7% of the land is next to the sea.",No hint available.,None. Polar bears live at the North Pole and penguins live at the South Pole.,Trick,07/06/05 #32550,Condemnation,2.63,1.83,mufffin09,"Five people were condemned to a life of worshipping supernatural beings by 5 different deities from either Greek, Egyptian or Norse mythology. They were each condemned to worship a different supernatural being. Also, you'll need to find out how old they are. The people are Sarah, Jessica, Sebastian, Dana and Chandler. The deities are Circe, Odin, Osiris, Artemis, and Isis. The ages are 14, 15,15, 20, and 11. Lastly, the supernatural beings are: vampires, witches, spirits (ghosts), trolls, and werewolves. 1. The troll worshipper is younger than the girl who worships witches. 2. Jessica and the vampire worshipper are the same age. 3. The Scandinavian deity would only condemn someone of Scandinavian descent. 4. Sebastian was condemned by an Egyptian deity. 5. The spirit worshipper and the boy condemned by Osiris are starting their sophomore year in high school (which you must be 15 to be a sophomore) 6. Sarah follows Greek myth 7. The 14 year old, Sarah, is friends with the girl condemned by Isis. 8. Circe, being a witch, condemned her person to witch worship. 9. The oldest worships werewolves. 10. Chandler is 11 years old. 11. Sarah is best friends with one 15 year old, and is dying to go out with the other 15 year old. 12. The 20 year old was condemned by Artemis. 13. The 11 year old is of Scandinavian descent.","The Greek deities are Circe and Artemis. The Egyptian deities are Osiris and Isis. The Scandinavian deity is Odin.","Sarah is 14, and was condemned by Circe to worship witches. Jessica is 15, and was condemned by Isis to worship spirits. Sebastian is 15, and was condemned by Osiris to worship vampires. Dana is 20, and was condemned by Artemis to worship werewolves. Chandler is 11, and was condemned by Odin to worship trolls.",Logic-Grid,08/21/06 #17325,The Case of the Mischief Maker,2.17,0.5700000000000001,doggyxp,"One hot, dry day Nina saw Mr. Bentz shaking his head as he stood by his flowerbed. ""Somebody ruined all my flowers,"" he said. ""I had the hose out watering them. When I went to put it away, somebody tromped through the rows and stomped on my flowers."" ""Who'd do a mean thing like that?"" Nina asked. Mr. Bentz sighed. ""Somebody who likes mischief, I guess."" ""I'm walking to the mall now. Maybe later I can find out who did it,"" Nina told him. Soon she saw three girls playing hopscotch. She decided to stop and watch how expertly they moved over the chalk marks. Lindsay had to hop very carefully because one of the straps was broken on her left sandal. Katie hopped slowly. She wore purple sneakers that looked worn-out. Katie seemed worn-out, too. Sarah hopped the fastest. The muddy soles of her white jogging shoes hardly seemed to touch the sidewalk as she moved. ""Would you like to play a game?"" Katie asked. ""I think I'll sit this one out."" ""Sorry. I'm going shopping,"" Nina told her. Then she paused. Suddenly she knew Sarah had ruined Mr. Bentz's garden. How did Nina figure it out?",No hint available.,"Nina knew because Sarah's shoes were muddy. Mr. Bentz had just watered his garden. Since the day was hot and dry, Sarah must have stepped in the mud around the flowers as she tromped in the garden.",Mystery,04/15/04 #40435,Clever Jenny VIII,2.81,2.09,mosca,"On a warm Saturday morning, Jenny left her apartment house to shop for groceries. She smiled at the little tent in the back yard next door. Nine-year-old Raul had invited two friends for a sleepover in the tent last night, but not much sleep had happened! As she walked to her car, she heard loud shouting and crying. She went into the Romanos' yard, where Estelle, Raul's mother, and Ricardo, his dad, were arguing with the teary-eyed little boy. Jenny greeted them, ""Hi, Stell, Rick, what's up? Raul, are you hurt? You guys had fun in the tent, didn't you?"" Estelle answered, ""A bug got into Raul's ear last night. We want to take him to the doctor, but he doesn't want to go."" Raul sobbed, ""I-I don't want to go to the doc; he-he'll stick something in my ear!"" Jenny asked, ""Is the bug hurting you? Did it bite you?"" ""N-no, but it rattles around in there and I'm s-scared! Ricardo put in, ""Now listen, young man! We're taking you to the doctor, no argument!"" Jenny said, ""Well, Rick, Stell, maybe there's a way to deal with this without involving a trip to the doctor. Would you let me try?"" Raul sobbed, ""You won't stick anything in my ear, will you?"" Jenny answered, ""No, I want to use what I learned at Scout campout last summer. It might not work, so if it doesn't, will you go to the doctor with your dad like a good guy?"" ""W-well, ok!"" What did Jenny do?",She tried to make the little critter want to come out.,"Jenny got a flashlight and a clear plastic tub with a lid. She took Raul into the bathroom and shut the door. She had Raul sit down and tip his head sideways, with the buggy ear closest to the floor. Then she put the plastic tub over his ear and turned out the light. She shone the flashlight up through the plastic tub and talked cheerfully to the trembling boy. After a few minutes, Raul said, ""It's moving around a lot! Oooh! It's gone, I think!"" Quickly, Jenny turned on the light and capped the plastic tub. Inside was a small, gray spider, running around and trying to get out. She showed Raul's parents the source of the trouble. Then she asked Raul to take it out back and turn it loose over the fence. Explanation: This particular spider wanted out as much as Raul wanted it gone. Providing a single source of light showed it the way to the exit and it found its way out. I have been told that this won't work with all spiders, but it is worth a try.",Situation,02/11/08 #20804,Fairy Oops,2.11,1.23,Z2-d2,"What is wrong with the following sentence? Hansel and Gretel were identical twins.",No hint available.,A girl and a boy can't be identical twins; they would have to be fraternal.,Other,02/02/05 #41520,Element,2.93,2.15,TRILLIONAIRE,"Simple nearly beyond compare. He is noble. He is rare. He makes you squeak! Quiescent! Light! Bright coloured things He brings to flight! For all of that (so we are told) He can be amazingly cold. Who is He?",No hint available.,"ANSWER: ""He"" is the chemical symbol for Helium. Helium is the second simplest element. Helium is a ""rare"" or ""noble"" gas. When inhaled, helium leads to a high-pitched voice. Helium is stable and lighter than air, two properties which make it the natural choice for filling balloons. Helium can be supercooled down to a few millionths of one Kelvin.",Riddle,04/15/08 #6158,bucdropket,2.31,1.0,michelle,"What does this mean? bucdropket",No hint available.,Drop in the bucket,Rebus,08/01/02 #30527,Mystery U.S. State,2.79,2.36,calmsavior,"What U.S. state does the following mean? HLIBNMT Hint: becomes a",I have already given you instructions on how to solve this teaser.,"ALABAMA. Hint: becomes a = Take the letters in HINT, and change it into the letter A. (H)L(I)B(N)M(T) = ALABAMA",Other,05/17/06 #34600,Anagram Spring,2.89,2.28,MarcM1098,"My father gave me a brain teaser with two groups of words missing. The four words in each group are anagrams of each other. I've solved the first group, but I'm stuck on the second group. Can you help? Last spring, a GANDER and his mate began frequenting the small pond in my backyard. Their diet RANGED from grass in the spring to corn in the fall, so while it wasn't a problem yet, I feared that my vegetable GARDEN would be in DANGER later that year. I had to relocate them. This wasn't one of my __1__, but I knew a little about their habitat. My lawn was probably __2__ than what they were used to, but it wasn't a great location. They prefer to nest on an island where they can safely __3__ their young. Behind my property was a large pond beside a __4__. To make that pond more attractive than mine, I added a floating platform, anchored to the bottom, to serve as an artificial island. When they saw this, they were happy to move.","Here are definitions of the missing words: 1. talents; strong points 2. more pliant 3. to bring up; raise 4. wooded area","1. fortes 2. softer 3. foster 4. forest",Language,12/27/06 #9015,4 = P bigger than E,2.47,1.29,glennyboy02,4 = P bigger than E in our S S,No hint available.,"4 Planets bigger than Earth in our Solar System (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)",Letter-Equations,12/09/02 #20459,Take It,2.28,2.27,MrIxolite,"What phrase? Cup of Earl Grey - No restrictions Cup of Darjeeling - No restrictions Cup of Assam - Only to be drunk by women <-",No hint available.,"Not everyone's cup of tea lit. Earl Grey, Darjeeling and Assam are all varieties of tea. The indicated cup, Assam, is not drinkable by everyone.",Rebus,01/18/05 #33493,911 Call,3.04,2.47,bigSWAFF_69_,"An old fellow is driving home. It's late at night. He's travelling along the highway, and he's some considerable distance from home. Suddenly, he feels himself having a heart attack. He says, ""Oh my God. It's the big one."" Thinking quickly, he takes the first available exit. As luck would have it, he winds up in a residential neighborhood. It's very late at night. He pulls over to the side of the road behind some parked cars. He's fading fast, but he has the presence of mind to pull out his cell phone and call 911. He says to the dispatcher, ""I need help. I'm having a heart attack."" She says, ""Where are you?"" And the rest of the conversation goes something like this: He: ""I don't know where I am."" She: ""What exit did you take?"" He: ""I don't remember."" She: ""Were you going north or south or east?"" He: ""I don't remember."" She: ""Can you tell me what street you're on?"" He: ""I'm in the middle of the block. I'm parked behind some cars. I didn't see any street signs."" She: ""Start blowing the horn. Someone will come out of the house."" No one comes out. She then asks him to do one more thing. Minutes later, an ambulance is on its way there and saves his life. What did she ask him to do?",No hint available.,"She asked the man to give her the license plate number of the vehicle in front of him, thinking that whoever owned the vehicle lived in that neighborhood. Since it was a residential neighborhood, and late at night, this is very likely.",Situation,10/14/06 #50806,Half Time,2.5,1.33,ThinksForFun,"The minute of the hour is half of the hour of the day, which is half of the day of the month, which is half of the month of the year, which is half of the 2-digit year of the 21st century 4-digit year (i.e. the last two digits of the 4-digit year ""20##""), which is therefore, in a sense, half of the 4-digit year. What is the exact time, including the minute, hour, day, month, and year?",No hint available.,"2:01 a.m., August 4th, 2016 The minute (1) is half of the hour (2). The hour (2) is half of the day (4). The day (4) is half of the month (August, the 8th month of the year). August (8) is half of the 2-digit year (16, the last two digits of ""2016""). Two (2) digits (""16"") of the 4-digit year are half of the four (4) digits of the 4-digit year (""2016""). The same type of thing won't happen again until the year 2116.",Other,04/24/16 #13728,Ending Sequence,2.27,2.8,nickadeemus,"What is the next number in this series? 1, 8, 10, 19, ?",Think about the title..,"90 onE EighT TeN NineteeN Ninety The next number begins with the ending letter of the number before it, being the next correct number increasing in value.",Series,07/10/03 #27098,Compounds IV,2.73,2.31,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. UHROSENG _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ E _ 2. ETPRBCT _ U _ _ U _ _ _ _ 3. LONPOS _ _ _ W _ _ _ W 4. HSIFGAHT L _ _ _ _ _ L _ _ _ 5. ENTKOB _ O _ _ _ O _ _ 6. FTMLSRP _ _ _ I _ _ I _ _ 7. KMAPESTUE _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R 8. CHSAISE _ _ _ P _ P _ _ _ 9. PUKHEROES _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E",No hint available.,"1. GREENHOUSE 2. BUTTERCUP 3. SNOWPLOW 4. FLASHLIGHT 5. NOTEBOOK 6. FILMSTRIP 7. SUPERMARKET 8. SPACESHIP 9. HOUSEKEEPER",Language,11/22/05 #35940,PRC,2.57,2.72,jazzmusician46,"Which one of the following list of popular tourist places is the odd one out in this group? Tiananmen Square The Summer Palace The Temple of Heaven The Terracotta Warriors The Forbidden City",No hint available.,"'The Terracotta Warriors' is the odd one out in this group, since they are located in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi. The other places are all located in Beijing, the capital of China.",Group,03/29/07 #6266,ENTURY,2.88,2.47,Cascas,"What does this mean? ENTURY",No hint available.,"Long time no see (Century - C = ENTURY)",Rebus,08/06/02 #33043,All About Nothing #3,2.26,2.41,keosborne,"""Tjhpv ld pvj xhdp zlk abqj bu gbeo xluj. Pvj vjhodj ld xlmj pvj qhy, pvj nhxxzjhojod hoj gbeo ixbdj uoljytd - pvj byxg byjd gbe ibext ojhxxg hdm pb vjxn gbe flpv h zlk abqj xlmj pvhp - hyt pvj ihdmjp ld pvhp kojhp njoujip zbr gbe'qj zjjy xbbmlyk ubo gbeo fvbxj xluj. Pvj byxg nobzxja ld byij gbe'qj ubeyt lp gbe'oj ly lp."" -Wjoog Djlyujxt",No hint available.,"""Death is the last big move of your life. The hearse is like the van, the pallbearers are your close friends - the only ones you could really ask to help you with a big move like that - and the casket is that great, perfect box you've been looking for your whole life. The only problem is once you've found it, you're in it."" - Jerry Seinfeld H = A Z = B I = C T = D J = E U = F K = G V = H L = I W = J M = K X = L A = M Y = N B = O N = P C = Q O = R D = S P = T E = U Q = V F = W R = X G = Y S = Z",Cryptography,09/17/06 #49051,Common Sentences 4,2.0,1.95,cnmne,"The four sentences in Group A share a special feature. If you correctly identify that common feature, you will find that one of the sentences in Group B also has that same feature. What is the feature? What sentence in Group B can be added to Group A? Group A: A herd of elk got lost in the grass. His dog has no spots. No man knows the path of truth. The girl has lost her doll. Group B: Bob hit the ball with a bat. Mike likes beans over rice. Oak trees have acorns. Plaid jeans look stupid. There are three dead mice. Whales eat plankton.",No hint available.,Each sentence in Group A consists of words that only have one vowel. The first sentence in Group B has that characteristic.,Group,10/10/11 #11754,Bird Brains,2.53,2.0,jimbo,"If 3 thistled thrushes eat 3 packs of birdseed in 3 weeks and 4 feathery finches eat 4 packs of birdseed in 4 weeks and 6 coloured cockatoos eat 6 packs of birdseed in 6 weeks then how much birdseed will feed 12 thistled thrushes, 12 feathery finches and 12 coloured cockatoos for 12 weeks?",It must be dozens and dozens!,"3 thrushes eat 3 packs in 3 weeks 3 thrushes eat 12 packs in 12 weeks 12 thrushes eat 48 packs in 12 weeks. 4 finches eat 4 packs in 4 weeks 4 finches eat 12 packs in 12 weeks, 12 finches eat 36 packs in 12 weeks. 6 cockatoos eat 6 packs in 6 weeks, 6 cockatoos eat 12 packs in 12 weeks, 12 cockatoos eat 24 packs in 12 weeks So 48+36+24 = 108 packs. Answer: 108 packs.",Math,04/14/03 #27468,How Many Pages?,2.5,1.74,Tammy93,"Josh is writing a book. He starts on page 1. When he finished, he used a total of 228 digits. How many pages does he have?",No hint available.,112 pages.,Math,12/13/05 #13433,Buckets of Water,2.46,1.02,mind-twister_75,There is a fire in a building. They need exactly 7 quarts of water to put it out (don't worry about why). A man goes out to the river with the only two buckets they have: a 5 quart bucket and a 3 quart bucket. The buckets are not see-through and they have no level indicator markings. How does the man get exactly 7 quarts of water?,No hint available.,The man takes the 5 quart bucket and fills it up. Then he dumps the water into the 3 quart bucket. Then he dumps the 3 quart bucket back in the river. He then dumps what's left in the 5 quart bucket (2 quarts) into the 3 quart bucket. Then he fills up the 5 quart bucket. Both buckets together now total 7 quarts: 5 quarts in the 5 quart bucket and 2 quarts in the 3 quart bucket.,Logic,06/26/03 #29743,Yum Yum,2.72,1.9000000000000001,Heatalinn,"B M = 2 A B P, S S, L, C, P, O on a S S B","McDonald's, here I come!","Big Mac = 2 all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun",Letter-Equations,04/13/06 #21009,Name that Grafitto,2.47,2.5,Atropus,"You're heading into class and your classmate Denni sits down next to you and finds the following written on the desk: K P C O F G s Wondering why the ""s"" is lowercase, Denni asks you. What does the ""s"" stand for?",It was a biology classroom.,"species. The list is of ""taxa"", the terms used in the latin names of living organisms. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, species. When referring to an organism by its species in scientific notation, the genus is capitalized and the species is in lower case (eg. Homo sapiens, Felis domesticus). These names are normally italicized or underlined.",Series,02/13/05 #50028,Dropboxes,2.72,2.43,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Large blood vessels [_] 2. Swelter [_] 3. Crafts' partners 4. Hanging lamp [_] 5. Temporary purchase [_] 6. Modify 7. Wandered [_] 8. Fantasy [_] 9. English weight unit 10. Inactive [_] 11. Patternless [_] 12. Embellish 13. Pay- or cell- [_] 14. Receptive [_] 15. Write 16. Free of germs [_] 17. Larger than quarts [_] 18. Mosaic components 19. Blessing [_] 20. Desire to harm [_] 21. Statement",No hint available.,"1. aortas [A] 2. roast [O] 3. arts 4. lantern [N] 5. rental [N] 6. alter 7. roamed [O] 8. dream [E] 9. dram 10. dormant [T] 11. random [M] 12. adorn 13. phone [H] 14. open [O] 15. pen 16. sterile [E] 17. liters [R] 18. tiles 19. miracle [R] 20. malice [E] 21. claim Synonymous terms: ""Another"" and ""One more""",Language,12/10/13 #432,There Was a Murder!,2.32,1.59,Spikejw1,"There was a murder in my front yard. The neighbors saw it but the police weren't called. The best detectives in the world couldn't find a body. What happened?",Think nonhuman.,A bird came and ate a worm.,Situation,05/01/01 #4023,Weird Food,2.5100000000000002,1.91,Mogmatt16,"You eat me from the inside out, and I have no shell.",What do you want on your Tombstone?,"Pizza. (In case you didn't get the hint, Tombstone is a brand for frozen pizza. Or was.)",Riddle,05/11/02 #39764,Believable?,2.22,1.01,shenqiang,"You may believe something. However, something else that you don't believe is hidden in ""believe"". What is it?",No hint available.,"Lie. (beLIEve)",Other,12/24/07 #19520,Mad Ade's Homonyms #4,2.39,2.03,Mad-Ade,"This teaser features HOMONYMS, or words that are spelt different, but sound alike. There are three blank spades in each sentence below, and the answers are all homonyms. For example ""In his job as a nurse's ____, Mad ___ regular had to administer first ___."" The answers would be Aide, Ade and Aid. See if you can solve the following homonym teasers. The boat was over weighted, so Wigan Smith had to decide whether to throw the gold ___ over board __ the ____, and just drift. With a ______ cough the potential new ______ declared how _____ the room looked. The pirate always ____ an opportunity to _____ the gold from the other ships while in the open ____.",No hint available.,"Ore, Or, Oar Rheumy, Roomie, Roomy Sees, Seize, Seas",Language,11/24/04 #36562,Chores,2.01,0.67,merrypippin246,"Today is Sunday, and you know what that means, chores, chores, and more chores. Sally, Jamie, and Max were given some chores. Use the following clues to find out who did what, and how long it took them. People: Sally, Jamie, and Max Chores: Empty the trash cans, Clean the cat litter, and vacuum Times: 15 minutes, 30 minutes, and 45 minutes Clues: 1) Sally cleans the cat litter. 2) Jamie's chore doesn't take 30 minutes. 3) Max doesn't vacuum. 4) Sally's chore takes 45 minutes.",No hint available.,"Sally - Cat litter - 45 minutes Jamie - Vacuum - 15 minutes Max - Empty trash cans - 30 minutes",Logic-Grid,05/08/07 #4481,Lighting Candles,2.06,1.61,kkats4,"A man walks into a dark room with only one match. What does he light first, a birthday candle (one that would go on a cake but in this case isn't on one), a regular candle, or a bonfire? The match is lit.",No hint available.,"The birthday candle, because he can carry it to the regular candle, then light that, and then use both candles to light the bonfire!",Logic,06/04/02 #34926,Popular TV Shows 5,2.58,2.79,jazzmusician46,"Below are five (5) anagrams of actors from a popular 1960s TV show. Your job is twofold: firstly, name these people and secondly, ascertain the TV show they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. Choral junket (4, 8) Market trains (5, 7) Drag odd mark (4, 7) Wail slim guy (3, 8) An ash or thin jar (8, 6)","""Now come along with me, you ludicrous lump, there's much to be done."" ""Silence, you mental midget."" ""Yours not to question why; yours to do as I say or die.""","June Lockhart Marta Kristen Mark Goddard Guy Williams Jonathan Harris The TV series: Lost in Space (1965-68) The cast: June Lockhart - Maureen Robinson Marta Kristen - Judy Robinson Mark Goddard - Maj. Don West Guy Williams - Prof. John Robinson Jonathan Harris - Dr. Zachary Smith",Trivia,01/19/07 #31277,Time on the Clock,3.03,0.7000000000000001,amygurl101,"At noon, you look at the clock in your bedroom. The big hand is on the five and the little hand is in between the 3 and the 4. What time is it?",Just think...,"Noon. (However, if you answered that it's time to get a new clock, you're right, too.)",Trick,06/23/06 #34932,How Well Do You Know Roots?,2.17,1.94,Writer_fighter,S R of -1 = I N i,No hint available.,Square Root of -1 = Imaginary Number i,Letter-Equations,01/19/07 #4601,Kit Makes Stew,2.47,1.83,bobbrt,"Every word of a familiar phrase has been replaced by a rhyme in the following sentence. Can you determine the phrase? Kit makes stew, chew dang slow.",No hint available.,It takes two to tango.,Language,06/10/02 #40033,A Change is at Hand . . . .,2.67,1.75,snowmonster,"In this type of puzzle you are given a word that must be changed into another word in a series of moves. During each move, you much change one letter in the previous word so as to form a new word. In the example, you will see that WILD was changed to TAME in four moves. Example - Wild, Wile, Tile, Tale, Tame See if you can change the following five words in four moves. 1) Face to Lift 2) Hand to Book 3) Neck to Ties 4) Time to Card 5) Left to Hand",No hint available.,"1) Face, Lace, Lice, Life, Lift 2) Hand, Hank, Honk, Hook, Book 3) Neck, Nick, Tick, Tics, Ties 4) Time, Tire, Tare, Care, Card 5) Left, Lent, Lend, Land, Hand",Language,01/13/08 #5521,Confederate Soldiers,2.34,2.07,Bobbrt,"The same four letters will be used to finish each incomplete word in the sentence below. The letters will appear in the same order in each word. Can you figure out the words? The way many _ _ B _ _ soldiers would carouse and _ _ V _ _ in the overtaken cities was enough to _ _ P _ _ even the most faithful supporters of the Confederacy.",No hint available.,The way many REBEL soldiers would carouse and REVEL in the overtaken cities was enough to REPEL even the most faithful supporters of the Confederacy.,Language,07/12/02 #30865,Very Confusing Numbers,2.21,2.92,coolblue,"Find the next three numbers in the sequence below: 31, 62, 113, 144, 175, 226, ?, ?, ?",No hint available.,"These are all regular numbers converted to the Octal system. Decimal: 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225 Octal: 31, 62, 113, 144, 175, 226, 257, 310, 341 The next three numbers are 257, 310, and 341",Series,06/04/06 #27914,"Sally, George, and Frank",2.34,0.7000000000000001,EnderofGames,"Sally, George, and Frank were picking up their fast-food orders: a burger, a plate of fries, and a slice of pizza. ""Who ordered what?"" asked the man at the counter. George didn't order the pizza, but the boy who ordered the fries thought he did. This was all the waiter needed to know. Who ordered what?",No hint available.,"Sally ordered the pizza, George ordered the burger, and Frank ordered the fries.",Logic,01/05/06 #10658,Wheels and Flies,2.42,1.22,island-paradise,"What has wheels and flies, but is not an aircraft?",No hint available.,A garbage truck.,Riddle,02/23/03 #42495,Overview of Marriage IV,2.45,2.3,aresII,"The following quote is from Richard Bernard ""Red"" Skelton (1913 - 1997). He was an American comedian who was best known as a top radio and television star from 1937 to 1971. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. J=W ""E ZNLQS XF JEPQ JBQKQ NBQ JZUWQS WR AR PRK RTK ZUUEDQKNZKF. 'NRXQJBQKQ E BZDQU'W YQQU EU Z ORUA WEXQ!' NBQ NZES. NR E NTAAQNWQS WBQ LEWVBQU.""","E=I R=O Z=A","""I ASKED MY WIFE WHERE SHE WANTED TO GO FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY. 'SOMEWHERE I HAVEN'T BEEN IN A LONG TIME!' SHE SAID. SO I SUGGESTED THE KITCHEN."" KEY: A=G B=H D=V E=I F=Y J=W K=R L=K N=S O=L P=F Q=E R=O S=D T=U U=N V=C W=T X=M Y=B Z=A",Cryptography,07/15/08 #720,Guess Me,2.26,1.8,GarnetGurl,"My hard round body gets shorter while my pink tail leaves a trail behind me. You see me almost every day. What am I?",No hint available.,A Pencil,Riddle,07/25/01 #19307,Die Verse!,2.77,1.59,MrIxolite,"What is this saying? 3.1F4159 3.1I4159 3.1N4159 3.1G4159 3.1E4159 3.1R4159",No hint available.,"A finger in many pies Pi = 3.14159 Saying means to have an interest in diverse areas, such as having investments in various different stocks and shares.",Rebus,11/01/04 #12675,I Give the Troubled Spirit Rest,2.26,2.15,sunnyfunny,"Scorned by the meek and humble minded, And often by the vain possessed, Heard by the deaf, seen by the blind. I give the troubled spirit rest.",No hint available.,"""NOTHING"" is the correct answer. NOTHING is scorned by the meek and humble minded. The vain possess NOTHING. The deaf hear NOTHING and the blind see NOTHING. And NOTHING gives the troubled spirit rest.",Riddle,05/25/03 #41853,Words With AC,2.28,2.52,cnmne,"Five words that contain AC as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***AC, AC****, *AC***, **AC**, **AC*** Pool: B, D, D, E, E, I, I, I, K, L, L, L, M, N, P, R, T, T, U, Y",No hint available.,"ILIAC, ACUMEN, DACTYL, PLACID, BRACKET",Language,05/08/08 #21011,Desiccate..,2.14,2.42,I_am_the_Omega,"What is the following? D-E-S-I-C-C-A-T-E-D",No hint available.,A dry spell.,Rebus,02/13/05 #34500,Lateral Thinking 1,3.01,2.14,shogun,Why did the old lady always answer the door wearing her hat and coat?,She was not cold...,"If it was someone she wanted to invite in, she'd say that she had just come in. If it was someone she did not want to invite in, then she'd say she was just about to go out.",Situation,12/20/06 #2662,Tshhipes,2.36,2.41,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? tshhipeshnipipagsshingt",No hint available.,"Two ships passing in the night tSHhIPeSHnIPiPAgSShINGt",Rebus,03/13/02 #17268,2 Palindromes,2.8,2.49,froghop833,"Can you find the palindromes? The number of letters in each word are given. 1. Clue: A crimson alcoholic drink, politely oh knight, is homicide. _ _ _ / _ _ _, _ _ _, _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Clue: (to the doctor's aid): I see nomadic European people, so we should leave quickly! _ _ _ _ _, _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _! _ _ _!",No hint available.,"1. Red rum, sir, is murder. 2. Nurse! I spy gypsies! Run!",Language,04/06/04 #50117,Geological Groups,2.26,2.84,JQPublic,"Find the odd one out in each of the following: a) fjords, stacks, tombolos, waterfalls b) sea arches, bays, headlands, valleys c) basalt, granite, obsidian, pumice d) Hawaiian Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Marianas Islands, Aleutian Islands","a) Think about the four processes of denudation. b) Think about the nature of the rocks in these landforms. c) Where were these rocks formed? d Where are these islands found?","a) Tombolos. Tombolos are depositional landforms; the rest are erosional landforms. Fjords are formed by glacial erosion, stacks by wave erosion and waterfalls by fluvial erosion. b) Headlands. Headlands are made of resistant rocks and are less vulnerable to erosion, which is why they stand out from the neighbouring bays. The other three, being less resistant, have been eroded more. c) Granite. Although all four are igneous rocks, granite is the only plutonic rock. The other three are volcanic rocks. d) Hawaiian Islands. They are the only island chain formed in the middle of a plate. The location of the hot spot in the asthenosphere is fixed while the Pacific Plate moves northwest. This carries old volcanoes away and creates new volcanoes, forming the chain. The other three island chains were created along destructive plate boundaries.",Group,02/22/14 #41218,A Bright Riddle,2.49,1.25,jonasandrainbow,"I have two homes: in the East and in the West. I ""power"" a citrus drink. There have been numerous songs about me. What am I?",Look at the title.,"The sun. The sun comes up in the East and sets in the West. Sunny-D's slogan is ""Unleash the power of the sun"". ""Here Comes the Sun"", ""Oh Mister Sun"", ""Turn Up the Sun"", etc.",Riddle,03/26/08 #33377,Birbal the Wise - XIV,3.26,2.29,chidam11,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer? A farmer and his neighbour once went to Emperor Akbar's court with a complaint. ""Your Majesty, I bought a well from him,"" said the farmer pointing to his neighbour, ""and now he wants me to pay for the water."" ""That's right, your Majesty,"" said the neighbour. ""I sold him the well but not the water!"" The Emperor asked Birbal to settle the dispute. How did Birbal solve the dispute?",No hint available.,"""Didn't you say that you sold your well to this farmer?"" Birbal asked the neighbour. ""So, the well belongs to him now, but you have kept your water in his well. Is that right? Well, in that case you will have to pay him a rent or take your water out at once."" The neighbour realized that he was outwitted. He quickly apologised and gave up his claim.",Situation,10/07/06 #5799,Infestation,3.06,2.42,Bobbrt,"In the paragraph below, each blank must be filled by a five-letter word, and the words are all anagrams of each other (the words all contain the same five letters, in different order). Can you fill in the blanks? Quaint _____ this hotel supplies, That don't appear upon the bill. I speak of roaches, _____, and flies. You _____ and slap. They're with you still. At _____ each guest _____ pained screams That ought to plague the owner's dreams.",The solution to the first blank is ITEMS.,"Quaint ITEMS this hotel supplies, That don't appear upon the bill. I speak of roaches, MITES, and flies. You SMITE and slap. They're with you still. At TIMES each guest EMITS pained screams That ought to plague the owner's dreams.",Language,07/22/02 #2271,Obscene Manipulations,2.33,2.34,RayneeDay,"Translate the following famous proverb from big words to normal: Obscene manipulations of an ornithol's protective exterior facade horde constantly.",No hint available.,Birds of a feather flock together.,Language,02/07/02 #8190,The Cabin,2.64,2.23,chkclchk2,Two men are lying dead on the floor of the cabin. The door to the cabin is open and three straws are on the floor. How did they die?,There are two long straws and one short straw.,Three men were trapped in a submarine at the bottom of the ocean. There was only one diving suit. They drew straws to see who would get the suit. The winner escaped with the suit and the other two men drowned.,Situation,10/24/02 #26229,Read Between the Lines 2,2.85,0.77,smarty_blondy,What does the following rebus represent?,No hint available.,"Eye chart! If you ""read between the lines"", you will notice the word ""chart"" written only with the letter ""i"". Also, the letter ""i"" has the same pronunciation as the word ""eye"".",Rebus,10/06/05 #16086,Mad Ade's Word Changer #2,2.16,2.43,mad-ade,"This is a letter teaser where the two words to be found differ by only one letter in each word, so the words are of equal length but each has one letter that differs from the other. For example ""Light Beers"" could be ""Pale Ales"" these two word differ only by the P on pale and the S on ales. The altered letter can appear anywhere with in the word, so ""This teaser's submitter"" would be ""Mad Ade"" the difference being the M from Mad becomes the E of Ade. 1, Happy Female ? 2, Warm Chairs ? 3, Thoroughfare for Amphibians ? 4, Hut Leader ? 5, Heavenly messenger rage ?",No hint available.,"1, Glad Lady 2, Heating Seating 3, Toad Road 4, Head Shed 5, Angel Anger",Language,01/08/04 #23002,Face It,2.9,2.68,dsquared,"What expression is hidden here? time+time you dough manipulation take take pets take take step step",No hint available.,"Sometimes you need to take one step backwards to take two steps forwards Sometimes: time+time = sum times or 'sometimes' you need: dough manipulation = knead or 'need' to take: take take = two take or 'to take' one step backwards: pets = step written backwards once to take: as above two steps forwards: step step = step written forwards twice",Rebus,05/19/05 #1787,Halves,2.34,2.15,supermew30,When is four half of five?,Think Roman numerals.,"If you take out the F and the E you have 2 letters left. The letters are IV. IV is the Roman numeral for four. Since there are 2 letters left, 2 is half of four which makes four half of five.",Trick,12/21/01 #30017,He-Boy-Girl-Dislikers Club #5,2.7,2.36,PineappleMama,"The He-Boy-Girl-Dislikers club is very strict about security. They don't want to risk their treehouse being contaminated by cooties, cosmetics or any other girl borne plague. Each week they change their secret password to prevent infiltration. Decipher the clues to determine what this week's code is. spike attached perpendicular to a handle + opposite of down + Potamoi daughter of Okeanos","Two words to describe a Silverado, F150, Tundra, or Ram could replace the first two clues.","Pick up sticks ""We are He-Boy-Girl-Dislikers....we'll grow up to be big bikers"" ""H.B.G.D.'s rule this tree....Girls just bring on misery"" ""If you want to join our club....then girls you have to always snub"" ""Jimbo wants to be pals with Sue...criminitly what are we gonna do?"" ""Down by one, but going strong....need some help with this lame song""",Other,04/24/06 #27112,2001,2.52,2.97,lips,"Use addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and parentheses to make the following equation hold. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1=2001 You can't use two or more of the digits to make multiple-digit numbers (i.e. solutions like (987+6-5+4*3)*2+1=2001 are not allowed.)",No hint available.,9*8*(7+6*5)/4*3+2+1=2001.,Math,11/23/05 #17605,What Movie?,2.25,2.94,spookboy0,"Below, you see a group of mixed letters. Rearrange the letters in the COLUMNS they are in (ie. each letter must stay in the column it is in, but can be moved to a new row), and the correct rearrangement will result in a movie title. |E|S|W|C| |D|H|N|O| |T|V|W|S| |L|A|E|I|","COLUMNS go up and down, so rearrange the letters up and down, NOT sideways.","Correct Rearrangement: |D|A|N|C| |E|S|W|I| |T|H|W|O| |L|V|E|S| Movie Title: ""Dances With Wolves""",Other,05/10/04 #38550,Three Dice,2.17,1.87,lips,Roll three fair cubic dice and get the sum 5. What's the probability of it?,No hint available.,"The sum 5 has two combinations: 3+1+1 or 2+2+1. Each combination has 3 different possible orders, which total 6 different permutations. Three dice have a total of 6^3=216 outcomes, and so the probability is 6/216=1/36.",Probability,09/30/07 #43220,Never Ask a Woman Her Age,2.65,1.06,whsprec,"Jennifer, Shannon, Jessica, Kate, and Janice, whose last names are Peterson, Smith, Malone, Ware, and Lewis, all go to the same exercise gym. From the clues below, try to determine the first and last name of each woman and her age. Their ages are 80, 60, 50, 40, and 20. 1) Jennifer's name is not Malone. 2) Kate is twice as old as Lewis, but only half as old as Shannon. 3) Jessica is 10 years older than Mrs. Smith, but 10 years younger than Mrs. Peterson. 4) Janice is 20 years older than Kate and 20 years younger than Mrs. Ware. 5) Kate is 10 years younger than Jessica but 20 years older than Jennifer.",No hint available.,"Shannon Ware is 80. Janice Peterson is 60. Jessica Malone is 50. Kate Smith is 40. Jennifer Lewis is 20.",Logic-Grid,09/30/08 #41029,More Silly Sentences,2.58,1.24,TRILLIONAIRE,"Replace the words in the parenthesis with a proper synonym that would make sense in the sentences. 1. Dave herded the pigs back to their (instrument for writing). 2. The umpire screamed, ""Strike three - you're out!"" and Jack reluctantly headed back to the dugout. The crowd waited expectantly as the next (mixture of flour, milk and eggs) stepped up to the plate. 3. The old man raised the (competition between two teams) to his pipe and lit it. 4. Bob looked at the lake. It was frozen solid and ready to be tested. He wanted to skim across it immediately. He reached down and fastened the (large flat fish) to his foot.",No hint available.,"1. Pen An instrument for writing is a pen - which is also an enclosure for pigs. 2. Batter. A mixture of flour, milk and eggs is known as a batter - as is a baseball player stepping up to the plate to face the pitcher. 3. Match. A competition between two teams is a match, which you also need to light a pipe. 4. Skate. A large flat fish is a skate - which is also needed on the foot when actually skating.",Language,03/13/08 #37179,I Can Be Huge or Small,2.9,1.53,miss_emo_girl,"I can be huge, or I can be small. I can be long like a sausage, or round like a ball. I might stay with you, or I might travel for miles. For those of few years, I always bring smiles. What am I?",Think of a fake dog.,A balloon.,Riddle,07/01/07 #26959,Nerdsery Time!,2.72,2.48,Swordoffury1392,"These are well known nursery rhymes or songs translated into a new language called Nerd! See if you can figure out what they are... 1. In some point of the elapsed time there was an individual of specified character with a deed for a region of land cultivated for the purpose of agricultural production who had a carnivorous, warm-blooded vertebrate of the family Canidae 2. Toward the body of a clear, tasteless, and odorless liquid enclosed by a topographically distinct, solid ground in the area where African vines cultivated for their large, edible fruits develop and reach the state of becoming matured 3. The complex, social insects of the family Formicidae proceed in walking rhythmically forward being single entities 4. Become refrained from the act of allowing others to understand your perceptions through making sound waves move, infantile being who is slight in magnitude",No hint available.,"1. There was a farmer had a dog 2. Down by the bay where the watermelons grow 3. The ants go marching one by one 4. Hush little baby",Language,11/16/05 #20212,A Mother's Worst Nightmare ...,2.64,0.98,I_am_the_Omega,"A mother is walking with her two kids, when all of a sudden, an evil wizard materializes before her! He gives her a terrible choice: She must give up one of her kids to be sacrificed for the wizard's own evil purposes! Immediately, she chooses, pointing to the one on the left. How could she do such a thing?","The choice of wording is specific.. as in, it's ""kid,"" not ""child.""","The ""kid"" she chose was a baby goat. The other kid was her child.",Trick,01/03/05 #27392,Breakfast V,2.49,1.72,Tiggr,"I am a cereal that is both bland and flavored. Other names for me could be punts, boots, or remonstrates.",No hint available.,Kix,Riddle,12/10/05 #14438,Close Quarters,2.42,2.5,fishmed,"Take two ordinary U.S. quarters and touch them together. Tough, huh? Now take a third quarter and position it in a fashion so that it touches the other two. How many quarters can you add so that each quarter touches every other quarter? For those of you outside the U.S., a quarter is a circular coin about 2.4 cm in diameter, and a thickness of about .15 cm.",No hint available.,"5 You take one, lay it flat, then take two more, laying them partially on the 1st quarter so they touch each other. The last two are tricky in that they have to be standing on edge, like a teepee or playing cards leaning against each other at the tops, but standing on the bottom quarter, with their edges touching the 2 and 3rd quarters placed. This is not easy, but is the most you can place, with each quarter touching all the others.",Other,08/19/03 #37604,The Transporter,2.7,1.32,tedger,"I travel the same path day after day, a never ending loop that is to say. I have many uses, many indeed, for each I may travel a different speed. I am commonly associated with an assembly line, a transporter which can stand alone or be part of many in a vine. I can move an object from point A to point B, not a person is needed, leave it all to me. I am furthermore found in many a store, a helping hand to do a chore. Now please tell me, if you will, what am I, which hardly stands still?",No hint available.,"A Conveyor Belt A conveyor belt is a continuous loop of material which rotates around a system of pulleys. Conveyor belts are often used in assembly lines to transport goods around a factory. Conveyor belts run on their own. While sometimes a person may be present to supervise, a conveyor belt runs on its own. Conveyor belts are almost always found in a store at the check-out counter.",Riddle,07/31/07 #19880,SOMething,2.5100000000000002,2.02,BRAINFREEZE,"What phrase? SOMething",No hint available.,The start of something big,Rebus,12/13/04 #36545,SD Poker Tourney,3.01,2.6,goatroper605,"Mr. Slickdeals is back ... He's decided to go into the poker tournament business to supplement his sweepstakes sponsoring income. He's finding that this group of people are a little more demanding than any of his sweepstakes participants. So, he's had the players submit their food & drink orders prior to the beginning of the tourney. Being a shrewd (somewhat skewed) businessman, he's decided to charge the players at the final table for whatever they ate or drank. What a cheapskate! So, Monday morning rolls around, the tourney's over and Mr. Slickdeals begins the process of sending out prizes & food/drink bills when he realizes that, yet again, his computer has crashed (Mr. Slickdeals needs a new computer!). From the notes he's taken, can you determine how much money each player started and ended with & what they had to eat and drink? 1. The beer-drinking Rambunctious didn't have a bologna sandwich. The person who had pastrami exactly doubled their money. Big John started with $250. 2. Vec is not the person who started with $350 and ended with $450. The lemonade drinker, not Iconian, didn't have a turkey sandwich. 3. Mavtech started with more money than the ham sandwich eater but he ended with $100 less than the tequila drinker. 4. The person eating a turkey sandwich ended the day with more money than the iced tea drinker but less than the person who had roast beef. 5. Vec didn't drink tequila. The vodka drinker didn't start with $400 but he ended with $150 more than he started with. The person who had a ham sandwich had $300 to start with, but it wasn't Vec. 6. The five players were Mavtech, the man who started with $500, the person who had a turkey sandwich, the man who ended with $600 and the iced tea drinker.",No hint available.,"Rambunctious, beer, ham, $300, $600. Iconian, tequila, turkey, $400, $550. Mavtech, lemonade, bologna, $350, $450. Vec, vodka, roast beef, $500, $650. Big John, iced tea, pastrami, $250, $500.",Logic-Grid,05/07/07 #19419,Arrow Route?,2.64,2.02,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Scene opens with hero in a ruined temple. (Low Viscosity) Hero defeats monster, rescues Princess. (Medium Viscosity) Falls in love, lives happily ever after. (High Viscosity)",No hint available.,"The plot thickens Viscosity is a measurement of thickness in liquids etc",Rebus,11/14/04 #29485,There and Back,2.3,2.31,medster99,27.3 D = 1 O P of the M,This could take -days-,27.3 Days = 1 Orbital Period of the Moon,Letter-Equations,04/02/06 #37125,Crypto-Quotes 2,2.52,2.28,fedex337,"""D FER XHPRS DZ RQJHHX. OGEX [YGRRGK] PA. E YHOHZ. D FER EZBDRHQDEX EZK KDKZ'B IHBJGO FDBJ BJG HBJGO LDKR. E OGEXXS IEK RBPKGZB. D KDKZ'B JEWG EZS IOEDZR. D KDKZ'B LZHF FJEB D FER KHDZM BJGOG. BJEB'R FJS D IGQEYG EZ EQBHO."" -RDO EZBJHZS JHALDZR (hint will give away all vowels.)","A=E E=G I=D O=H U=P","""I was lousy in school. Real [messed] up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's why I became an actor."" -Sir Anthony Hopkins A=E B=I C=Q D=K E=G F=T G=M H=J I=D J=V K=L L=X M=Y N=Z O=H P=A Q=U R=O S=R T=B U=P V=W W=F X=C Y=S Z=N Absolutely no offense to actors! I happen to be one, myself.",Cryptography,06/28/07 #17908,A Bit Fruity,2.0,2.68,MrIxolite,"What phrase is hidden below? Banana 8 bits Peach 8 bits Cherry 8 bits + 8 bits",Computer Jargon,"Two bites at the cherry or a second bite at the cherry In computer terminology 8 bits = 1 byte",Rebus,06/13/04 #5451,Small Cubes,2.31,2.73,mad-ade,"A solid wooden cuboid is made which measures an exact, and even, number of centimetres along each of its edges. It is then painted black all over its exposed faces and, when the paint is dry, the cuboid is cut up into 1 centimetre cubes. These small cubes are counted and it is then found that the number having NO paint on them at all, is exactly the same as the number which do have some paint on them. What is the LEAST number of small cubes there could be in total?",No hint available.,Least is 960 (8 by 10 by 12),Math,07/10/02 #46863,Daily Playmate.,2.58,1.46,deepsea,"From fears I creep and so I begin a world of horrors from within A looming monster a glaring eye As all your hope waves goodbye. Runners can't outrun me or even keep my pace Nor can a doctor cure me He too may cower at my face Sometimes I can take a different tune Of what transpired last afternoon. A mistrust you misplaced, told yourself was out of place. Or I can play with your desire Set your heart aglow, afire Find yourself in someone's arms Or in a place of calming charm You may find granted a long time wish but be forewarned it will vanish When I take my leave, it will too and you'll be left with what is true Even if you can tame me I will never stay No matter how tight the reins I will run away Before I see you next I ask that you sit down and take this task Answer my riddle, and my answer spy To put it simply ""who am I?""",No hint available.,A dream.,Riddle,04/29/10 #40061,Increasing Order,2.19,2.33,shenqiang,"The following numbers are in increasing order: 3/5 < 7/a < 9/4 < 5/b < 16/(a+b), where a and b are positive integers. What is the value of a+b?",No hint available.,"3/5<7/a implies 3a<35, or a<=11; 7/a<9/4 implies 28<9a, or a>=4; 9/4<5/b implies 9b<20, or b<=2; 5/b<16/(a+b) implies 5(a+b)<16b, or 5a<11b. We see that a is at least 4, but b can be only 1 or 2. Since 5a<11b, a=4 and b=2, whose sum is 6.",Math,01/15/08 #7261,As Tall As Can Be,2.26,2.53,NotSoLilGeorge,"Because I am as forgetful as can be, I forgot who I am. Could you help me find out who I am? I'm as tall as can be, I'm as short as can be. I'm as fast as can be, I'm as slow as can be. I'm as strong as can be, I'm as weak as can be. I'm as graceful as can be, I'm as clumsy as can be. I just remembered who I am because I'm as smart as can be, but try to figure out who I am anyways.",No hint available.,Canby(can be),Riddle,09/07/02 #1956,Tuesday,2.43,0.79,missie,"How should you pronounce the second day of the week? Tee-use-day, or Twos-dee",No hint available.,"Neither, the second day of the week is pronounced Mon-day.",Trick,01/06/02 #39884,Success,2.57,2.4,onua9159,"Bill Gates once stated this quote about success. Can you decode it? T=S ""TIYYJTT ET B GHITR QJBYWJC. EQ TJUIYJT TKBCQ SJHSGJ EDQH QWEDXEDF QWJR YBD'Q GHTJ.""","W=H Q=T Y=C","""Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."" - Bill Gates KEY: B=A C=R D=N E=I F=G G=L H=O I=U J=E K=M Q=T R=Y S=P T=S U=D W=H X=K Y=C",Cryptography,01/02/08 #36218,A Five-Letter Charade,2.68,2.74,aresII,I am a word of five letters. Multiply my fifth by two and you have my first. Divide my first by twenty and you have my third. Divide my third by five and you have my second or fourth.,No hint available.,"CIVIL. L (50) multiplied by 2 equal C (100). Divide C by 20 and you have V. Divide V by 5 and you have I.",Logic,04/13/07 #48602,Stately Words 3,2.66,2.48,HABS2933,"Each state and province has a two letter postal abbreviation. In this teaser, you are required to place one abbreviation between the letters of a second abbreviation (so that they form the first and fourth letters) to get the word described. Example - Arkansas (AR) + Connecticut (CT) C+AR+T =CART 1) Place the two letter abbreviation of one state between the two letter abbreviation of another state to make a word meaning labyrinth. 2) Place the two letter abbreviation of one state between the two letter abbreviation of another state to make a word meaning store. 3) Place the two letter abbreviation of a province between the two letter abbreviation of a state to make a word that means finished. 4) Place the two letter abbreviation of a province between the two letter abbreviation of another province to make a word that means grabs. 5) Place the two letter abbreviation of one state between the two letter abbreviation of another state to make a word meaning hello.","1)The Grand Canyon, Lobsters 2) Big Sky Country, Little Rock 3) The first state, Blue Jays 4) Sydney, Rodeo 5) Rockies, Corn","1) Maine and Arizona M+AZ+E = Maze 2) Montana and Arkansas M+AR+T= Mart 3) Delaware and Ontario D+ON+E = Done 4) Nova Scotia and Alberta N+AB+S = Nabs 5) Colorado and Iowa C+IA+O = Ciao",Language,04/05/11 #1094,"Door, Stove and Table",2.24,2.22,vivek,"What goes through the door without pinching itself? What sits on the stove without burning itself? What sits on the table and is not ashamed?",No hint available.,Sunlight,Riddle,10/10/01 #35674,"Eating, Laughing, Thinking, and Yawning",2.71,1.6400000000000001,NoQuestion,"Twice the number of people eating equals half of the people who are laughing; if twenty people are thinking, and all of the people thinking are also all of the people laughing... and a quarter of the people laughing are also yawning, then how many people are yawning? How many people are eating?","It is a low level of math, nothing too hard. It just takes some thinking.","E= eating L= laughing T= thinking Y= yawning E= 0.25L 20= T 20= L E= 0.25 x 20 E= 5 Y= 0.25 x 20 Y= 5 There are five people eating and five people yawning.",Math,03/13/07 #41838,W B = C B in B,2.26,2.0,shenqiang,W B = C B in B,No hint available.,White ball = cue ball in billiards.,Letter-Equations,05/06/08 #20756,Coat Dirt,2.28,2.03,something,"The following is an anagram of a former leader, and also pretty descriptive of him. Who is he? thrilled oaf",No hint available.,Adolf Hitler,Language,01/31/05 #23513,"One, Two, One",2.25,2.21,tissue,"What number comes next in the series? 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, ?",The answer is in the teaser itself.,"Two. The numbers count out every syllable in the phrase ""What number comes next in the series.""",Series,06/08/05 #35145,Royal Menace,2.9,1.07,menz,"Against your royalty I attack, Going black to white and white to black And one by two or two by one, Until I'm caught or the war is done.",No hint available.,A knight on a chessboard.,Riddle,01/31/07 #9386,Get Me if You Can,2.89,1.86,lesternoronha1,"A house with two occupants, sometimes one, rarely three. Break the walls, eat the boarders, then throw away me. What am I?",No hint available.,A Peanut.,Riddle,12/24/02 #38727,Batman!,2.18,1.17,1smart_okie,N Y C = G,"city = nickname This nickname is home to Robin and the Batmobile.",New York City = Gotham,Letter-Equations,10/11/07 #10792,BLOWN $.25,2.45,2.63,IronMaiden980,"What phrase is represented below? BLOWN $.25",A cowboy from the Old West would have an easy time with this one.,"Blown to bits. In olden days, a gold one dollar coin had 8 different parts, each called a bit. So 25 cents is two bits.",Rebus,02/28/03 #40261,Tennis Balls 2,2.79,1.74,bookwrmKP,"You have 27 tennis balls. One is heavier than all the others, which all weigh the same. Using the scale which you have, what is the minimum amount of weighings you must make to determine with all certainty which is the heavier tennis ball?",Think about grouping the tennis balls...,"You only have to use the scale 3 times: First, divide the balls into three groups of nine each. Then, weigh two of the groups on the scale separately. If there is a large difference, then the heavier group has the heavier ball in it. If they are the same weight, then the third group must have the heavier ball in it. Third, divide this group into three smaller groups of three tennis balls each. Again, weigh two of them separately. Once you have identified the cluster of tennis balls with the greatest weight, for the third time compare two of the tennis balls. Using the logic as in the first and second steps, you can now define the heaviest tennis ball!",Logic,01/30/08 #248,46 H C,2.16,2.12,Mr. G,46 H C,Genetically speaking that is.,46 Human Chromosomes.,Letter-Equations,02/04/01 #18673,Mad Ade's Heteronyms#3,2.41,2.2,Mad-Ade,"In this Teaser Mad Ade has created a sentence using heteronyms, which are identical words that have two separate differing meanings. In many occasions despite the same spellings the words are pronounced differently. For example : ""Please excuse me while I think of an excuse."" The word EXCUSE is used in one sentence, but has two very different meanings and pronunciations. Can you work out the heteronyms for these two sentences? 1,While the winds continued to ------ the marquee, inside Mad Ade's guests enjoyed the Kebab style ------. 2, The Madadian rubbish dump was so full, they had to ------ to accept more ------",No hint available.,"1, Buffet = hit or beat repeatedly Buffet = selection of food 2, Refuse = deny, bar Refuse = waste, unwanted rubbish.",Language,08/29/04 #35191,Snow And Palm Trees,2.92,1.8900000000000001,OldChinaHand,"The groom said, ""Pack your bikini, Darling. I'm taking you to the tallest mountain in the world, and you'll need it for the nearby beaches."" Where was he taking Darling?",Think snow and palm trees.,"He was taking Darling to Mauna Kea in Hawaii. Mauna Kea (or ""White Mountain"") has the remnants of glacial terrane from the last global ice age on its summit, and snow in the winter. From base to summit, at over nine kilometers, the volcano Mauna Kea is the world's tallest mountain. Most of Mauna Kea happens to be below water, and its summit is only a couple of hours from a beach. Mt. Everest is the highest but not the tallest because it stands on the high Tibetan plateau, and also there are no ocean beaches near by the mountain.",Trivia,02/04/07 #11122,CDILMVX,2.26,1.41,jizzyhuggs,"Below is the alphabet, divided into two groups. What makes one group different than the other? CDILMVX ABEFGHJKNOPQRSTUWYZ",No hint available.,"The first group contains letters used as Roman numerals, the second does not.",Group,03/13/03 #5778,flumediaence,2.38,1.05,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? flumediaence",No hint available.,Media influence,Rebus,07/22/02 #23780,Walk- A- Thon,2.32,2.48,flirtmaster123,"Alyssa, Juan, Myisha, Tracy, and Scott raised a total of $550.68 for the nearby homeless shelter by walking in a ""walk-a-thon."" Before the walk, they each got promises (pledges) from a number of people to contribute money for each mile they walked. The total amount per mile which each person raised ranged from $7.10 a mile to $20.70 per mile, and the total distance each person walked ranged from 5 3/4 miles to 13 1/2 miles. At the end of the walk-a-thon, they collected the exact amount that had been pledged to them for each mile they walked. All amounts are rounded to the nearest penny. Using the information above and the clues below, how far did each person walk, and how much did they each earn to contribute to the shelter? Alyssa walked the fewest miles, but her total pledge per mile was 50% more than Scott's. Juan had a total of $10.35 pledged per mile, and walked 3 1/4 more miles than Alyssa. Myisha walked .25 mile more than Alyssa, but her total pledge per mile was twice Juan's. Tracy had the least amount per mile pledged. Scott walked twice as far as Alyssa and had an total of $1.45 more per mile pledged than Juan.","Make a chart to figure out what the total pledge per mile to each person was, and how far each person walked.","Alyssa walked 5.75 miles and received a total of $101.78 to contribute to the shelter. Juan walked 9 miles and received a total of $93.15 to contribute to the shelter. Myisha walked 6 miles and received a total of $124.20 to contribute to the shelter. Tracy walked 13.5 miles and received a total of $95.85 to contribute to the shelter. Scott walked 11.5 miles and received a total of $135.70 to contribute to the shelter.",Math,06/18/05 #45987,Behead C,3.21,1.66,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Outer layer -> Oxidized metal 2. Defraud; violate rules -> Thermal energy in transit 3. Sensation of cold -> Local land elevation 4. Go upward -> Jointed appendage; branch 5. Strong metal rope -> Having necessary skill 6. Confined; restrained -> Old; grew older 7. Stop; discontinue -> Freedom from hardship 8. Lacking dirt -> Lacking fat","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. R 2. H 3. H 4. L 5. A 6. A 7. E 8. L","1. Crust -> Rust 2. Cheat -> Heat 3. Chill -> Hill 4. Climb -> Limb 5. Cable -> Able 6. Caged -> Aged 7. Cease -> Ease 8. Clean -> Lean",Language,12/13/09 #48453,First Day on the Job,3.24,2.5,MarcM1098,"It's your first day on the job. Your team member's introductions went so fast; it's all a blur. There are three males: Alex, Carlos and Edward, and two females: Brenda and Deborah. The other employees are all celebrating a work anniversary this week, for being with the company either 1, 3, 5, 10, or 20 years. Each of them has been using the same form of transportation for their entire career. Try to piece together what each person's role is, how they get to work, and how long they have been with the company. 1. Alex has been at work longer than the engineer but not as long as the bus rider. 2. Because she takes public transit, Brenda can do the crossword on her way to work. 3. Carlos has been on the job exactly twice as long as the manager. 4. Either Deborah or the one who takes the train just received their 10 year service award. 5. Edward's last promotion was 2 years ago when he became a specialist. 6. The developer doesn't always get a seat and sometimes has to stand on the way to work. 7. The architect role requires at least 6 years of on-the-job experience. 8. The engineer can leave whenever she wants, she isn't tied down to a particular transit schedule. 9. The subway was built 8 years ago. 10. The owner of the motorcycle has been using it to come to work for more than 6 years. 11. On the day of the snowstorm last week, only Alex and the Manager arrived on time; everyone who relied on the roads (bus, car, motorcycle) was late.","By clue 1 and 10, the engineer cannot own the motorcycle. Based on the above and several other clues, Brenda can only take the subway or train. By clue 11, Alex can also only take the subway or train. Therefore, the other three people cannot take the subway or train.","Alex is the developer; he has taken the subway for 3 years. Brenda is the manager; she has taken the train for 10 years. Carlos is the architect; he has taken a motorcycle for 20 years. Deborah is the engineer; she has taken a car for 1 year. Edward is the specialist; he has taken the bus for 5 years.",Logic-Grid,02/19/11 #3412,Nisnackght,2.54,1.01,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this phrase: Nisnackght",No hint available.,Midnight snack,Rebus,04/10/02 #19958,Mad Ade's Minus Letter Anagrams #8,2.39,2.4,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser, the idea is to identify the blanked words. The secret is that each word is an anagram of the previous word, but minus one letter. For example: The ------- mopped up the spilt ------ and then made sure all the work surfaces were -----. The answer for the first word would be ""Cleaner"", then remove the ""N"" to make ""Cereal"", then remove an ""E"" to make ""Clear"". Now try these: They -------- everywhere for the ------- plane, but all they found were a few pieces of ------ metal that could have been part of the craft's body. Just from learning the ------, Mad Ade developed some ----- on his fingers whilst practicing the ---- guitar. Mad Ade was having a nice ------- kebab joint for Xmas dinner, the type he ------, so he ----- the cooking instructions carefully before putting it into the oven.",No hint available.,"Searched, Crashed, Arched Basics, Scabs, Bass Roasted, Adores, Reads",Language,12/20/04 #49712,I Won't Let You Down,2.91,1.55,ThinksForFun,"I've many holes but I will never leak Not comfortable? Just give me a tweak Though often together most of the day Come bedtime we'll go our separate ways Life without me might be kind of a drag 'Cause when I'm not around things tend to sag Doing my job, your reliable mate This is a ""hold-up"" you'll appreciate What am I?",No hint available.,"a belt lines 1-2: The holes are those in the belt for adjusting the circumference around one's waist according to one's comfort. lines 3-4: Normally, one wouldn't wear their trousers to bed and therefore also not their belt. lines 5-6: One's trousers may droop and potentially drag on the floor/ground without a belt. lines 7-8: The belt is a reliable ""companion"" which holds up one's trousers. The title alludes to the function of a belt which is to hold up (or not let down) one's trousers.",Riddle,12/29/12 #29968,Digital Numbers and Letters,2.39,2.05,Unstumpable,"What comes next in this sequence? l,2,E,h,5,9,L,8,? all of these numbers and letters are supposed to be written digitally, so the last one given is supposed to be like: _ l_l l_l as an 8, etc.",Think digital numbers.,"6 written digitally will come next. The pattern is the numbers in order as they would be seen upside down on a digital clock, like 9 upside down is 6.",Series,04/23/06 #26415,"Gretchen, Henry, and the Missing Jewels",2.93,2.17,tsimkin,"Detective Gretchen looked out of her window at a beautiful California sunset, but she was not enjoying it at all. She was sure that Henry was up to no good again, but she didn't have as clean a case as she needed. She had him under arrest for stealing the jewels from the traveling exhibit at the museum, but since she couldn't find the jewels, she was afraid she was going to have to let him go. One of the guards said Henry was sending a letter to his girlfriend, but there was not much useful information in it. ""Let me see that letter,"" demanded Gretchen, sure that she would find enough in it to get the jewels. The guard gave her the letter, but warned he was only talking about eating and drinking, and there wasn't much to go on. The letter read: ""Dear Lizzie, I can't wait to be released from here so we can be together again. I was thinking we could go to drink some dessert wine by the water where I recently dropped my waffle on the beach under the tree closest to the parking lot. I will bring myself, if you can bring the ice and anything else we need. Love, Henry"" ""What a fool,"" muttered Gretchen, as she dispatched her team of officers to gather the evidence. Where did she send them to get the jewels?",No hint available.,"The jewels were found in a recently-covered hole under a tree at the San Diego port. In Henry's letter, he mentioned the dessert wine (Port), the waffle he dropped on the beach (Sandy Eggo -- hence, San Diego), and the tree. Gretchen knew he wouldn't need ice for the wine, so the ice he referred to must have been the diamonds from the exhibit.",Mystery,10/17/05 #2409,Man in the Winter,2.21,1.2,ka_ado7,"One winter day, there was a man standing in the middle of someone's front yard. The person stayed there for several weeks without moving and the owner of the yard didn't mind. Eventually the man left. Who was the man?",You can make them in winter.,A snowman.,Logic,02/24/02 #4585,Gulp!,2.1,1.94,Mogmatt16,"There is a club of 50 superstitious people. At their last meeting, 14 people got inducted, now for a total of 64. The leader proposed a toast to the new members. Assuming there is 500ml of their choice beverage in each glass, how much was drunk at the toast?",They are superstitious.,"25000ml. If you said 32000ml, you forgot, they are superstitious and it is supposedly bad luck to drink to your own toast.",Math,06/09/02 #21110,Decapitation,2.94,3.11,AquaOcean,"Decapitate me and all becomes equal. Then truncate me and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started. What am I?",No hint available.,"The word Seven. seven even (equal) eve (2nd person, according to the Bible) v (Roman numeral five; two less than seven) Now you get it :D",Riddle,02/19/05 #36915,School Bus Scramble 2,2.82,2.24,Smeraldina,"Whew! Miss Appleday has been teaching first grade for a month, and is starting to get the hang of things. She's been doing such a good job with bus dismissal that the principal, Mr. Office, has asked her to help out with the after-school clubs and activities. The school day is done, and five first graders are starting new activities today. Can you help Miss Appleday keep her attendance roster organized? She needs to know each student's first and last name, each student's chosen activity, and how each student is getting home today. She also needs to remember who goes to the school's aftercare program instead of going home after the activities are done. First names: Chloe, David, Iris, Joe, Nikolas Last Names: Beresford, Hastings, Plum, Watson Activities: Brownies meeting, Drama Club, Hands on Science, Piano Class, Spanish Club Getting Home: Aftercare, Blue Bus, Brown Bus, Minivan, Walking 1. The twins usually both ride the bus home, but David's mom picked him up from his activity twenty minutes early to drive him to his dentist appointment. David's sister took the bus as usual. 2. The child studying Spanish practiced his vocabulary afterwards on the Blue Bus. 3. Niko Plum is shy and does not take Drama; Miss Beresford is in Hands On Science. 4. Mr. Watson is completely tone deaf. Happily, he has no interest in music whatsoever. 5. Iris H. walked to her grandmother's house after her activity. 6. The student taking piano played a very good five-note scale at the end of class.","In the U.S., Brownie Girl Scouts, or ""Brownies"", are Girl Scouts who are ages 6-8. They are called ""Brownies"" because their uniforms are brown rather than the green or blue worn by the older girls.","Answer: Chloe Beresford took the Brown Bus home after Hands on Science. David Beresford, Chloe's twin brother, left Drama twenty minutes early; his mom picked him up in her minivan and drove him to a dentist appointment. Iris Hastings walked to her grandmother's house after her Brownies meeting. Joe Watson took the Blue Bus home after Spanish. Nikolas (Niko) Plum went to aftercare after piano class.",Logic-Grid,06/11/07 #14019,Already Passed,2.45,1.75,gladiator1442,What can only come after it has already passed?,No hint available.,Yesterday,Riddle,07/25/03 #42321,"Fish, Planes, and Flags",2.04,2.31,Abstain,"David's father is in charge of decorating the 2-layer cake for Great Grampa's birthday. Great Grampa's birthday is on the Fourth of July, he used to be a pilot, and he loves fishing. David and his father have decided to decorate the sides of the bottom layer of the cake (measuring 9 in. * 15 in.) with fish and the sides of the top layer (6 in. * 9 in.) with airplanes. They are going to wrap a flag around each corner of both layers. Each decoration is 1 inch wide, and each flag is folded so that one-half inch of flag shows at each side of the corner. Show one corner of one layer with the Polish flag in place, with 1/2 of the flag visible on each side. ""We need 2 inches between all decorations,"" says David's father. ""Otherwise it will look too crowded."" How many decorations of each kind do David and his father need?","Start with a diagram of the longest side, and plan the arrangement for that side. Don't forget the flags!","David and his father need 8 flags, 12 fish, and 6 airplanes. David and his father will place 12 fish decorations along the bottom layer of the cake. Each of the longer sides of the bottom layer measures 15 in. Allowing 1/2 in. at each end for the flags and 2 in. between all the 1 in. decorations, they can place 4 fish along each 15 in. side like this: (flag) (fish) (fish) (fish) (fish) (flag) 1/2 in. +2 in. +1 in. +2 in. +1 in. +2 in. + 1 in. +2 in. +1 in. +2 in. + 1/2 in. = 15 in. Each of the shorter sides of the bottom layer measures 9 in. They can place 2 fish along this short side: (flag) (fish) (fish) (flag) 1/2 in. +2 in. +1 in. +2 in. +1 in. +2 in. + 1/2 in. = 9 in. Altogether, they can fit 12 fish (4 + 4 + 2 + 2 = 12) along the bottom layer. The longer side of the top layer is the same length as the shorter side of the bottom layer. David and his father can fit 4 (2 + 2) airplanes on the longer sides of the top layer. On each 6-in. side of the top layer they can fit just 1 airplane, like this: (flag) (plane) (flag) 1/2 in. + 2 in. + 1 in. + 2 in. + 1/2 in. = 6 in. Altogether, they can fit 6 airplanes (2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 6) on the top layer.",Math,06/23/08 #3696,Pint of Guinness,2.63,2.34,cathalmccabe,How can it be possible that the bubbles in a pint of Guinness move downwards?,No hint available.,"Overall the bubbles travel upwards, and they do this especially in the center of the glass (free from the drap of the glass), but since they cannot escape at the top of the glass, some (the smaller ones) are forced into a circle and move down around the outside of the glass. Thus some bubbles do move down, but overall they travel up!",Science,04/22/02 #3184,Moteinos,2.61,2.44,204_blaze_41,"Can you decipher this: Moteinos",No hint available.,mixed emotions,Rebus,04/02/02 #46993,The Dragon Slayer,3.05,1.81,griphook,"Victor the Viking lived in a distant land inhabited by dragons and sea monsters. The dragon population later became a threat to the kingdom. The King, who married Victor's sister and made her his queen, announced a contest. The warrior who could kill the most number of dragons from sunrise to sunset of next Sunday would be declared winner and marry the King's only daughter. On the eve of the contest, Gringo the Gorgeous, first born of and heir to the King, slept early to conserve his energy with his sharpened ax beside him. Victor the Viking, who almost forgot his ax and shield, rode his black gelding into the forbidden forest and camped there overnight to gain a headstart. Abner the Able spent the night in his house sharpening his spatha and polishing his bronze shield. he had his squire prepare his stallion for the contest. Brav the Bold woke up very late the morning of the contest and had to ride his horse like crazy to catch up with the others. Igor the Terrible, the only warrior who used two weapons was able to kill 4 dragons with his ax and 5 dragons with his spear. At the wedding dinner hosted by the king later that evening, the winner, who killed more than a half dozen dragons with his ax, and his proud parents were honored by the King. The winner's horse was castrated and retired from duty. The winner's bronze shield was permanently displayed in the King's Hall. Who won the contest?",No hint available.,"Brav the Bold won the contest. (by process of elimination) Gringo the Gorgeous, first born of the king, could not be the winner because the winner was not the king's son. The winner and his parents were honored by the King. Abner the Able, whose only weapon was a spatha( a sword) could not be the winner because the winner used an ax to kill dragons. Only Igor used two weapons. Igor the Terrible, who killed only 4 dragons with his ax (and 5 dragons with his spear), could not be the winner because the winner killed more than a half dozen dragons with his ax. Victor the Viking, whose horse was a gelding(castrated horse), could not be the winner because the winner's horse was castrated after the contest. Brav the Bold must have killed at least 10 dragons because Igor killed a total of 9. More than a half dozen means a number greater than 6, including 10.",Logic,05/14/10 #31311,Playful One,2.77,2.33,nelaimepas,"I always wash my hands before I wash my face And see me, I move with ultimate grace Something I eat could also be a toy I'm usually a girl and very rarely a boy I have a close cousin who lacks my white And I may hiss and spit when in a fight",The food or toy is an animal.,"A calico cat The calico coloring (orange, brown and white) comes from a recessive sex-linked gene, so can only be found in females (XX chromosomes) or in XXY males, which are rare. The tortoiseshell coloring (orange and brown) comes from the same gene.",Riddle,06/25/06 #34512,Pluralise Me,2.61,2.13,grungy49,What word becomes pluralised when the letter 'a' is added in front of it?,No hint available.,Yes (ayes).,Language,12/21/06 #1836,Made of two bodies,2.67,2.25,missie,"Made of two bodies joined, Without foot or hand; And yet you will find, I can both run and stand. What am I?",No hint available.,An Hourglass,Riddle,12/23/01 #37650,Good to the Last...,2.36,1.6,MMSMustang,"There are two drinking glasses in identical size and shape. Both have the exact same amount of water poured into them, yet one is more full than the other. Both were empty to start. Both were filled with water in its liquid state. How can this be?",Did one have something the other did not?,"The one had a hole in the bottom, thus all the water ran out.",Trick,08/04/07 #48181,Crossed Crocodiles,2.42,1.07,dalfamnest,"On a recent visit to the local Crocodile Rehabilitation Unit I took a photo of the rectangular area where several were kept to recover from injuries. There was at least one very large crocodile in each of the four corners of the area. Opposite each crocodile were three crocodiles, and at each crocodile's tail lay at least one crocodile. What is the smallest number of crocodiles that would make this photo description possible?",It was not a very large area.,"Four crocodiles were in my photo. Each one was in a corner of the floor, facing the corner. Thus, each crocodile was opposite three others (either across or diagonally). The area was small enough so that their tails were almost touching as they pondered their escape! The diagram below illustrates this solution. \ / / \",Logic,11/07/10 #17112,Complete and Half,2.55,2.41,snoopdogg,"Complete, I destroy your problems; in half, I am part of your sleep. What am I?",No hint available.,"REMedy remedy - destroys your problem REM - is a stage of sleep",Riddle,03/22/04 #38782,"Shirts, Pants, and Hats",2.07,1.1,luna_lovegood,"Bobby has 5 shirts: red, blue, green, yellow, and black. He has 4 hats, red, blue, green, and black. He has 3 pairs of pants. How many outfits can he make?",No hint available.,"5 x 4 x 3 = 60 He can make sixty outfits.",Math,10/15/07 #22702,Try This Time Taker,2.46,2.15,dntdodrugsulosr,"Which word from this group does not belong? hi pi in an ran pan sap old rip",No hint available.,"""sap"" does not belong. All of the other words can become a new word if ""t"" is added to the front or back of them. ""sap"" is the only one that this can't be done. The title is your only clue here, being an alliteration with the letter ""t""",Group,05/06/05 #5372,To rn,2.22,0.8300000000000001,michelle,"What does this mean? To rn",No hint available.,Torn in half,Rebus,07/09/02 #29208,Blank Change 4,2.96,1.77,cdrock,"In the four sentences below, are two blanks. You must fill them in with words that are either anagrams, synonyms, antonyms, or homonyms. You can only use each of these one time each sentence. Can you figure out each word? 1. The golfer has yelled out ""____,"" ____ times today. 2. They began to ____ scones, and drink ____. 3. She used one ____ to look down at her wrist and see her ____. 4. He ran ____ the dog in order ____ not get bitten by it.","The words are related like this: 1. Homonyms 2. Anagrams 3. Synonyms 4. Antonyms","1. The golfer has yelled out ""FORE,"" FOUR times today. (homonyms) 2. They began to EAT scones, and drink TEA. (Anagrams) 3. She used one EYE to look down at her wrist and see her WATCH. (Synonyms) 4. He ran FROM the dog in order TO not get bitten by it. (Antonyms)",Language,03/20/06 #5094,Industrialization,2.25,1.49,peppermintwist,"Can you find eight shorter words that are in the long one below? For example, intergenerational has in, gene, ratio, era, ration, etc. industrialization",No hint available.,"in, dust, at, ion, us, industrial, on, trial",Language,07/01/02 #19812,Common Men,2.32,2.7600000000000002,cnmne,"What unique attribute do the following men have in common? American Revolutionary General Francis Marion World War II German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel Country Music singer Charlie Rich",No hint available.,"They all have nicknames involving ""fox"". Francis Marion is the Swamp Fox, Erwin Rommel is the Desert Fox, Charlie Rich is the Silver Fox.",Trivia,12/09/04 #1821,My Third and My First...,2.3,2.91,missie,"My third in my first is most awful at sea, Yet many outlive it, so therefore may we. My first in my third is the charm of the wood And type of whatever is noble and good: Do you ask for my second? - I've mentioned it twice, Nay, in these very lines you will meet with it thrice. What am I?",No hint available.,Nightingale,Riddle,12/23/01 #32379,Frequently,2.69,2.57,MarcM1098,"Can you decipher this? 10 0 10 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10",Think of another name for zero.,"More often than not. Zero may also be called naught. More of 'ten' than 'naught'.",Rebus,08/10/06 #9096,Going Around in Circles,2.52,1.59,lesternoronha1,"I go around in circles, But always straight ahead. I never complain No matter where I am led. What am I?",No hint available.,Wagon wheel (or any type of vehicle's wheel).,Riddle,12/12/02 #19374,Anagram - Disgust And Lust,2.29,2.33,spookboy0,"Two clues I have that you might need To solve this anagram riddle indeed One is to express absolute disgust The other to show affection, not lust.",No hint available.,"Disgust - Ugh Affection - Hug",Riddle,11/09/04 #50096,Dropboxes XXI,2.5,2.33,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Strength [_] 2. Spanish for ""but"" [_] 3. Fish eggs 4. Prepares potatoes [_] 5. Baseball grip [_] 6. Disorganized room 7. Humongous [_] 8. Tartness [_] 9. Picnic-spoiler 10. Large wooden box [_] 11. Land area measurement [_] 12. circle section 13. Extraneous [_] 14. Harsh sound [_] 15. Quantitative standard",No hint available.,"1. power [W] 2. pero [P] 3. roe 4. mashes [H] 5. seams [A] 6. mess 7. giant [I] 8. tang [G] 9. ant 10. crate [T] 11. acre [E] 12. arc 13. spare [E] 14. rasp [S] 15. par ""White pages,"" a type of telephone directory",Language,01/25/14 #1968,Shower Mistery,2.43,1.31,lyddia,"A woman entered the local police station in hysterics. She proceeded to tell the policeman how that very morning, she'd been attacked. ""It was horrible. I'd just gotten out of the shower when I was attacked from behind. I freaked out but caught a glimpse of the man's face in the mirror. It was my ex-partner; I know it. Please arrest him, he's dangerous."" With that, the policeman replied, ""Lady, you better get out of here before I throw you in jail for false accusations."" How did he know she was lying?",No hint available.,She'd just gotten out of the shower so her mirror would have been all misted up. Therefore she could not have seen anything in the mirror.,Situation,01/06/02 #43235,Alien Feet,2.43,1.26,getoffursausage,"BREAKING NEWS! A Mars probe sent from Earth has disturbed a colony of Martians. They have come to Earth and have taken over our planet. The Martian leader has decided to change the unit of length used in the United States from 12 inches in a foot to 10 inches in a foot because the Martian's foot is only 10 inches long. The Martians are allowing the United States to keep the mile the same length as before so that no new road signs and mile markers have to be created. Now that the Martians have taken over our planet, how many feet are in one mile?","In the original mile there are 5,280 feet.","6,336 feet. In the original mile there are 5,280 feet. That means that there were 63,360 inches in a mile (5,280x12). There are still 63,360 inches in a mile because the inches and overall length of the mile are unchanged. Because there are 10 inches in a foot, divide 63,360 by 10. This will give you the new amount of feet in a mile--6,336!",Math,10/02/08 #21866,Spaced Out Garden Tool?,2.57,2.68,MrIxolite,"What expression is this? Dopey Doc Wicked Witch R.I.P Snow White R.I.P",No hint available.,"Too little, too late. Two little (Doc and Dopey are two of the seven dwarfs) Two late (the other two characters from the same film are dead or late) and the title? High Hoe",Rebus,03/29/05 #19252,Lotto Luck,2.23,3.1,cnmne,"Professor Abacus is purchasing a ticket for the Deca Lotto. The lotto number has ten digits, using the numerals 0 through 9, each numeral used once. The clerk asked what number he wanted to pick. Professor Abacus handed the clerk a piece of paper with nine statements, saying ""If you can correctly figure out the number, I will give you half of whatever I win."" What is the number? 1) The sum of the first five digits is a prime number. 2) The sum of the last five digits is a triangle number*. 3) The sum of the digits in the odd positions is an odd number. 4) The sum of the middle two digits is a square number. 5) The sum of the middle four digits is a cube number. 6) The difference between the 1st and 10th digits is two. 7) The difference between the 2nd and 9th digits is three. 8) The difference between the 3rd and 8th digits is four. 9) The numeral 4 is somewhere in the first five positions. * You can form a triangle arrangement by building it in the pattern row 1 = 1, row 2 = 2, row 3 = 3 etc. eg. 10 is a classic triangle number as per ten pin bowling. They are arranged in a triangle 1, 2, 3, 4.",No hint available.,"7342105869 7 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 17 (prime), 0 + 5 + 8 + 6 + 9 = 28 (triangle), 7 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 6 = 23 (odd), 1 + 0 = 1 (square), 2 + 1 + 0 + 5 = 8 (cube), the difference between 7 and 9 is 2, the difference between 3 and 6 is 3, the difference between 4 and 8 is 4, 4 is in the 3rd position.",Logic,10/24/04 #5695,More Building Blocks,2.31,1.43,Gizzer,"What is the next letter in the following series? D, R, M, F, S, L, T, ?",The Sound of Music,"D. The letters represent notes, the ""building blocks"" of any song: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti. Which, according to the song in the play/movie, brings us back to Do!",Series,07/19/02 #6510,SET,2.39,1.3800000000000001,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this rebus: T E S A fall A fall A fall A fall",No hint available.,Set up for a fall,Rebus,08/13/02 #38964,La Belle France,2.25,2.4,4demo,1665 = S of the E T,No hint available.,"1665 = Steps of the Eiffel Tower Construction of the Eiffel Tower was completed on March 31, 1889, when the flag was raised to the top. The Eiffel Tower was built for the Universal Exhibition to commemorate the French Revolution. The landmark structure, located in Paris, France, is named for its designer Gustave Eiffel and is widely recognized as one of the most famous monuments in the world. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most popular tourist destinations and is visited by millions of people each year.",Letter-Equations,10/27/07 #1388,Camel and Watermelons,2.25,2.69,Rado,"In city A on desert, there is a guy with his camel and 1000 watermelons. He wants to sell the watermelons in city B where a fair takes place. The distance between A and B is 99km. However, the camel can only carry a maximum of 100 watermelons at a time. In addition to that, the camel eats one watermelon per each kilometer it travels. The guy wants to bring to the fair as many watermelons as possible. How can he do it? And what is the maximum number?",What if the distance was just 1km? What if it was 2? What if it was 5?,"If the distance was 1, the obvious maximum would be 981 (as the camel needs to travel 19 times). If the distance was 2, the result is same as if the man had 981 watermelons and to go only 1km, so the result would be 962. When using this method, we can calculate that the final number of watermelons is 140. (Note: The result for distance of 6 is 886 but from this moment the camel needs to travel only 17 times to get all the watermelons 1km further, so the result for distance of 7 is 869)",Math,11/13/01 #33777,At The Zoo,2.56,2.34,boodler,"The following are anagrams of some of the stock you might find in a zoo, with the number of letters in each word in brackets if there are two words: Biped raged (7, 3); Aerating a tent (5, 8); A grub dirge; In greasier bit (8, 5); Zip men ache; Prime donkeys (6, 6); Milan fog; She arose (3, 5).",No hint available.,"Bearded pig; Giant anteater; Budgerigar; Siberian tiger; Chimpanzee; Spider monkey, Flamingo; Sea horse.",Language,10/31/06 #33524,Sound of Fitness,2.81,2.96,MarcM1098,"I'm a ten-letter word, but when I am heard, It is a surprise, but I'm half that size. My first sound is found when half isn't around. When a pair is amiss, the other is called this. The second has one where normally two form a pair. You will get the nod if you look in a pod. Together, my fifth and third hold music that is heard. A pair you are seeking, alphabetically speaking. And the fourth sound, it will be found If you look where I send, in the middle of end. What word am I?","There are five letters that sound just like a word of ten letters. The word means fitness or appropriateness to the purpose at hand.","Expediency (XPDNC) The five letters, XPDNC, sound just like the ten-letter word expediency. After a divorce (a couple is amiss), the former partner is called an ex (X). Normally there are two peas in a pod, but here we just want one pea (P). C and D are beside each other in the alphabet, and together hold music as a CD. In the middle of END is the letter N.",Riddle,10/17/06 #32694,The Fundamental,2.74,1.22,Writer_fighter,"S T ONE",No hint available.,Cornerstone,Rebus,08/28/06 #5148,Elusive Thief,2.82,1.41,speedymcg,"A thief, being chased by policemen, went into a theatre with no windows or secret passages, it only had doors. The police chief told his men ""Guard all exits!"" How did the thief escape?",No hint available.,He went out through an entrance.,Trick,07/02/02 #40131,Thoughts of Josh Billings,2.26,2.07,aresII,"The following quotes are from American humorist Josh Billings (1818-1885). Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same key. * The hint gives one vowel. X=H ""YAHK YAABE JXQASZX U JKYKEOADK; KLHN, JXQASZX U CVOQAEOADK."" ""JXKQK UQK JGA JXVLZE VL YVIK IAQ GXVOX GK UQK LKHKQ JQSYN DQKDUQKM: JGVLE.""","A=O G=W Z=G","""LOVE LOOKS THROUGH A TELESCOPE; ENVY, THROUGH A MICROSCOPE."" ""THERE ARE TWO THINGS IN LIFE FOR WHICH WE ARE NEVER TRULY PREPARED: TWINS."" KEY: A=O B=K C=M D=P E=S G=W H=V I=F J=T K=E L=N M=D N=Y O=C Q=R S=U U=A V=I X=H Y=L Z=G",Cryptography,01/20/08 #50148,Missing Word 7,3.02,1.82,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? _ _ _IO C_ _ _ER W_ _ _H O_ _ _OR",MIG_ _ _E,"RAT. RATIO CRATER WRATH ORATOR MIGRATE",Language,02/11/14 #46411,Van Gogh Reunion,2.62,2.74,dalfamnest,"Van Gogh (pronounced ""Go"") had such fun finding relatives that he invited them for a family reunion. From the clues, can you guess their names? e.g. His nephew, the political activist, who wanted everyone to boycott canned tuna, was named Em Bar-Gogh (Embargo). 1. The African cousin, a native drummer. 2. His astrologist aunt, with a birthday at the end of August. 3. His sister, a linguist who specializes in foreign dialects. 4. His grandfather, still suffering from back pains. 5. The bad-tempered dragon of a sister-in-law, who insisted on taking charge of everything. 6. His great uncle, the Spanish gentleman. 7. His pianist niece who performed a stately solo work by Handel at the party. 8. The Vietnamese son-in-law who held a top job in a semi-public administrative organization. Everyone was contacted, except the famous illusionist from Botswana, Whairdiddy Gogh. Indeed, where did he go? NOTE: The hint gives the first letter, and number of letters, for each word.","1. B**** 2. V**** 3. L**** 4. L****** 5. V***** 6. H****** 7. L**** 8. Q*****","1. Bong Gogh (Bongo) 2. Vir Gogh (Virgo) 3. Lynne Gogh (Lingo) 4. Lumbay Gogh (Lumbago) 5. Vira Gogh (Virago) 6. Hidal Gogh (Hidalgo) 7. Lahr Gogh (Largo) 8. Quang Gogh (Quango)",Language,02/22/10 #6205,Don't Cry,1.51,0.44,michelle,"What does this mean? Don't cry Spilled Milk",No hint available.,Don't cry over spilled milk,Rebus,08/03/02 #702,To Most I am Everything,2.24,1.79,flipakosayo,"To most I am everything, Yet to many I am missing. To most I give power and health, Yet to many I bring grief and death. What am I?",No hint available.,Money,Riddle,07/20/01 #50885,I Have My Ups and Downs,2.64,0.93,theriddler,"Sometimes I feel all wound up tight. To unwind, I play, and that's alright. But there are strings attached and that's a bore. I might have to walk the dog some more, or rock the cradle, or do some other chore. So, like everyone, I have my ups and downs; I'm just glad I cause smiles, not frowns. Who or what am I?",No hint available.,A yo-yo,Riddle,08/19/16 #36305,8-Letter Doublagrams II,2.56,2.4,phrebh,"Rearrange the letters to form two 4-letter words, then rearrange them again to form one 8-letter word. Example: AACOPRSU Answer: AURA, COPS, ACARPOUS 1. AADGIMPR 2. BEEEMMRR 3. AALRSTUY 4. CEEENNST 5. CDEHIMRS",The long words are in alphabetical order from 1 to 5.,"1. PAID, GRAM, PARADIGM 2. BERM, MERE, REMEMBER 3. ALAS, YURT, SALUTARY 4. CENT, SEEN, SENTENCE 5. CHID, REMS, SMIRCHED",Language,04/18/07 #52003,Friend and Foe,2.69,0.9,ThinksForFun,"A life sustainer But match restrainer The farmer's top aid I quell a parade What am I?",No hint available.,"rain Line 2 refers to the holding of an outdoor match, such as a tennis match or other sporting event, being limited or precluded by rain.",Riddle,08/28/18 #2205,Born in Boston,2.4,1.76,Cascas,"A child was born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who were born in Boston, Massachusetts. This child is not an American citizen. Why Not?",No hint available.,"The child was born before 1776, the year of the Declaration of Independence, and is therefore a British subject.",Other,01/30/02 #46935,Onnicle 3: OS V OS,2.74,2.12,dalfamnest,"Onamography is a new puzzle style based on an old idea. The sentence clues ('onnicles') conceal the name(s) of famous personalities. e.g. I have loved cappuccino with carob infusions since my childhood. Answer: Robin Hood - ""... caROB INfusions ... childHOOD."" The onnicle below contains the names of a well-known rivalry. ""Quite a tomb, I'll admit,"" the delegate said. ""But right from the first evening, I had my view of the 'Taj' obstructed by thousands of tourists.""",Onniclue: The title.,"Bill Gates [""...tomB I'LL ... deleGATE Said...] Steve Jobs [...firST EVEning ... 'TaJ' OBStructed...]",Language,05/06/10 #14818,5 = GT in WW and the CF,2.48,2.5,beanie89,5 = GT in WW and the CF,No hint available.,5 = Golden Tickets in Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.,Letter-Equations,09/17/03 #43050,What Do I Eat?,2.33,2.59,megabreath,"If I eat two, it cures my hunger. If I eat twenty-one, don't want another. Eighteen could be all I need. Maybe seven more, to fuel my greed. Five will do, good appetite. Eighteen more, my belt seems tight. Nineteen, I can't do that trick. Now I think I will be sick!",No hint available.,Burgers. Each number relates to the position in the alphabet. A=1 etc.,Riddle,09/08/08 #27676,Fossils,2.68,1.4,metallicman,"Two scientists, Fred and Liz, were working at a dig site to find fossils. They both had just gotten their degrees in Geology and were very excited to start work. Fred had suspected that Liz wasn't who she said she was, mostly because she messed up terms and almost seemed to lack some basic skills in excavation and classification of fossils. One day Liz was looking at a well-preserved fossil when Fred walked in. He decided to test her and asked, ""What kind of rock is that preserved in?"" She answered back, ""Igneous of course!"" He then knew that she didn't have a degree in Geology and told the boss who, of course, fired her. What answer should she have given?","Think about the three rock typs: Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary. Also think about how well preserved the fossil is.","The correct answer should have been Sedimentary. During the process of a bone becoming a fossil it is very fragile. During the Igneous rock process the rock must be melted to create a different rock, therefore melting the fossil. Metamorphic may have been a correct answer, but the fossil was well preserved. Very uncommon is a fossil found in metamorphic rock, and if it is it is found in terrible condition because the metamorphic process used heat and pressure which would also destroy the fossil. The only way a fossil can survive in metamorphic rock is if the rock was only just slightly changed, and the fossil would be in terrible condition.",Science,12/25/05 #19622,Madadian Ferries,2.2,2.72,Mad-Ade,"On the great ""Chilli"" lake of Madadia are two ferry boats that transport tourists from one side to the other. One boat is the ""Lead Balloon"", the other is the ""Iceberg Magnet"". They travel from the Kebab Fountains on the east side of the lake and the Lard Sculpture on the west side of the lake. Each ferry travels at a constant speed, although the ""Lead Balloon"" is faster than the ""Iceberg Magnet"". The two boats leave from opposite shores at the same time. They pass at a point of 720 yards from Lard Sculptures. Upon arriving at the opposite shore, each boat stays in its slip for 5 minutes, and then starts back. They pass again 400 yards from Kebab Fountains. Assume both boats travel along a straight line. How far is it from Kebab Fountains to Lard Sculptures by water?",No hint available.,"Let X = the distance between the two ports. Note that the 5 minutes spent in their slips is irrelevant to solving the problem. The ratio of the distance traveled by the two boats when they pass each other for the first time is: (X - 720) / 720. The ratio of the total distance traveled by the two boats when they pass each other for the second time is: (2x - 400) / (X + 400). Since the boats travel at a constant speed, the ratios are equal. (X - 720) / 720 = (2X - 400) / (X + 400) (X - 720) * (X + 400) = (2X - 400) * 720 X^2 - 320X - 288000 = 1440X - 288000 X^2 - 320X = 1440X X^2 = 1760X X = 1760 Kebab Fountains and Lard Sculpture are 1760 yards apart.",Math,12/01/04 #14822,Random Numbers With Constraints 2,2.52,2.21,j72883,"One of ten different furbies was randomly placed into each box of some type of cereal. If a mother decided to buy this cereal for her children until she obtained at least one of each of the ten different furbies, what is the number of boxes of cereal that she is expected to purchase?",The probability of selecting a different toy is 1/10.,"This is a problem that uses elementary probability. We know that the probability of selecting a different toy is 1/10. But, when we purchase that first box of cereal, we have a 100% chance of getting a toy that we don't have. Applying a probability distribution, we are expected to purchase 1/1 boxes of cereal initially. Next, we have a 90% chance of getting a toy that we don't have, so total we purchase 1/1 + 1/.9 so far. The probability of getting a toy that we don't have thus decreases with each successive purchase, down to a 10% chance of getting one that we don't have once we've gotten all the others. Thus, we are expected to purchase: 1/1 + 1/.9 + 1/.8 + 1/.7 + 1/.6 + 1/.5 + 1/.4 + 1/.3 + 1/.2 + 1/.1 boxes of cereal for a total of 29.29. She will probably need to buy 30 boxes before she gets one of each toy.",Probability,09/17/03 #8818,"0, 3, 6, 8, ...",2.61,2.63,oreo31500,"What number comes next? 0, 3, 6, 8, 9, 30, ??",No hint available.,"33 Starting with zero, these are the numbers that contain no straight lines.",Series,11/29/02 #32474,United States Scrambler Series 1,2.68,2.11,soccerguy0428,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a U.S. State, Capital, or Major City. LAOSNIE (Take the 5th and 7th letters) ESLAWE (Take the 1st and 4th letters) VOLIENWER (Take the 2nd and 7th letters) TNAUCO (Take the 4th and 6th letters) LONAMS (Take the 1st letter) Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"You get Wisconsin. Sea Lion IN Weasel WS Wolverine IO Toucan CN Salmon S I, N, W, S, I, O, C, N, S Wisconsin",Language,08/17/06 #44923,Add a Letter 30,2.37,1.67,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) to feign & to arouse (8 letters) 2) pleasing & a female relative (4 letters) 3) a frame to hold a painter's canvas & mammal related to a mink (5 letters) 4) to vie & to finish (7 letters)",No hint available.,"1) simulate & stimulate 2) nice & niece 3) easel & weasel 4) compete & complete",Language,07/22/09 #3790,Cactus,2.23,2.43,missie,A man lies dead next to a cactus. Stuck to the cactus is a slip of paper. What happened?,No hint available.,"The man was lost in the desert for days. He couldn't find any landmarks, so he started sticking slips of paper to cactuses he passed. After another day of walking, with almost no water left, he came across this cactus, which had a slip of paper on it already; he knew that he was walking in circles, so rather than wait to die of thirst he shot himself.",Situation,04/28/02 #21919,Got the Edge,2.88,2.14,badbunnee,"What's the rebus shown by this display below? My---------Your 10:30","Look at the display as having four sides; top side, bottom side, left side, and right side. Where is time?",Time is on my side.,Rebus,03/30/05 #40807,Point of View,2.5,2.33,kratsg,"What is the longest word to which the letter 'S' can be added (not to pluralize) to create another word that relates to the title of this teaser, ""Point of View""? **Read the hint for definitions and clues","First Word: 10 letters, having the ability to understand, having a ""Point of View"" Second Word: 11 letters, a way of regarding situations or topics, also called a ""Point of View""","First Word: PERCEPTIVE Second Word: PERSPECTIVE",Language,03/02/08 #29323,Arriving at the Area,2.42,2.08,shenqiang,"Ramona's parents have promised her a beautiful new blue carpet for her room. All she has to do is figure out how many square feet her room is. Ramona measures her room with a tape measure. It is 9 ft 6 in. long and 7 ft 3 in. wide. In one of the longer sides is an alcove, 4 ft wide and 2 ft deep, where Ramona keeps her horse collection on shelves. On the opposite side, the radiator stands in front of the wall. It is 15 in. deep and 27 in. wide. The carpet can't go under it. As long as she is carpeting the room, Ramona has decided to put a piece of carpet on top of her built-in dresser. The dresser covers the floor and sticks out 18 in. from one of the short walls and is 32 in. wide. How many square feet of carpet does Ramona need for her room, to the nearest whole square foot?",Rewrite the inches as decimal fractions of a foot.,"Room's area: 9.5ft*7.25ft=68.88sqft Alcove's area: 4.0ft*2.0ft=8.00sqft radiator's area: 1.25ft*2.25ft=2.81sqft 68.88+8.00-2.81=74.07 Rounding up to the nearest whole number, Ramona needs 75 square feet of carpet. There is no carpet underneath the built-in dresser, so carpeting its top doesn't add to or subtract from the room's area.",Math,03/25/06 #39801,It's All Foreign to Me...,2.33,2.82,Fire_Shell96,"Which word from group A should belong in group B? Group A: 1.Extravagant 2.Introvert 3.Hierarchy 4.Rebel 5.Captive Group B: 1.Anthropology 2.Micron 3.Pentathlon 4.Pseudopod 5.Autograph",Latin and Greek...,"Introvert should belong in group B. The words in group A are derived from Latin stems: Extravagant = Extra (beyond) Hierarchy = Archy (government) Rebel = Bell (war) Captive = Cap (take) Whereas introvert (intro, meaning within) is derived from a Greek stem. Group B: Anthropology = Logy (science) Micron = Micro (small) Pentathlon = Penta (five) Pseudopod = Pseudo (false) Autograph = Auto (self) All of the stems in group B are Greek.",Group,12/27/07 #6484,The Cloud,2.55,0.76,bluetwo,"What is this phrase? cloud cloud cloud cloud cloud cloud cloud cloud I'M cloud",No hint available.,I'm on cloud nine!,Rebus,08/12/02 #7819,Talk to Me,2.78,0.89,bigsurf18,"You can talk to me, I will not answer you. Someone else will, that's just what I do. Make plans, or something simple you see. I will not be hurt when you decide to hang me.",No hint available.,Telephone,Riddle,10/02/02 #27492,Cryptolist VII,2.5,2.34,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: JILASD BILJILVU PUWLXYXS FYLESC GIZCO HYCCSWREV CEWQST CWUC FIOEWQI RELLT PUX API-API PEDCZS","Category: Dances S=E","Category: Dances Fandango Hornpipe Minuet Waltz Jitterbug Turkey Trot Mazurka Bunny Hop Cha-Cha Hustle A=C B=F C=T D=S E=U F=M G=W H=J I=A J=D L=N O=Z P=H Q=K R=B S=E T=Y U=O V=G W=R X=P Y=I Z=L",Cryptography,12/15/05 #50645,Strongest Man?,2.38,0.6000000000000001,Marple,"Arthur was walking in the park when he saw his friend, Daniel. He saw that Daniel had his eyes closed. Arthur asked Daniel if he was OK and Daniel said he was very tired because he had carried a tree for five miles. Arthur told Daniel he was either a liar or completely mad! However, Daniel was able to prove he did, in fact, carry a tree for five miles. How was that possible?",There are many types of trees!,He had carried a Bonsai Tree. Daniel showed the tiny tree to Arthur. It was the five mile walk that made Daniel tired!,Trick,06/14/15 #1661,1248 1632......,2.39,2.29,Nishoo,"What's the next term in this series : 1248 1632 6412 8256 ?",No hint available.,"5121. Regrouping the series as 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 and 256, the next two terms in this series are 512 and 1024 (powers of two). But we are grouping in 4s so the answer is 5121",Series,12/10/01 #38559,Word Connections #9,2.3,2.24,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect bedroom to closed. Bedroom L_ _ _ _ S_ _ _ _ _ L_ _ _ _ Closed WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","LI _ _ _ SW _ _ _ _ LA _ _ _","Bedroom Light Switch Lanes Closed",Language,10/01/07 #19054,Tales of Evolution,2.48,2.02,horse_luver,"Complete the following series: G, E, L, N, ?","Gen, Exo, Lev, Num, ?","D. They are the first letters of the first 5 books of the Bible. Genesis, Exodus, Levictus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.",Series,10/05/04 #27552,The Llama Fiasco,2.88,2.25,Llama-Llover,"Like all detectives in Washington, Agent Llearson liked to get away once in a while. One day, while looking at the news, he noticed that there was a carnival in town, complete with an animal show. Llearson had always had a fondness for animals, so it was all the more reason to take off the day and head on down, which is just what he did. After purchasing a ticket, Llearson stepped through the gate and into the carnival itself. All around him there were games and people, and as he walked down the main path, his ever-observant detective ears caught little snippets of conversations of the people walking by. ""...didn't I tell you not to eat that stick?"" ""... of course it's a bay, what could go wrong?"" ""C'mon Johnny, take the rag and get that mess cleaned up..."" ""... are you sure this is California, honey?..."" ""... and then he got 3 dollars worth of gum!"" Deciding that there was nothing important going on, Llearson headed toward the animal convention to watch a couple of shows. He was just about to take a seat when, all of the sudden, he heard angry yells, and a few seconds later a man came running into the field with a llama, followed closely by a shouting man. ""Come back you thief! That is my llama! I had it tied right next to my car and you had the nerve to go and steal it boy! Oh, if only there were police here..."" The other man attempted to run out of the other side of the field, but Llearson stepped in front of him and asked, ""Just what is going on here?"" ""That man stole my prize bay llama, he did!"" The angry person yelled, ""Quick call the police or something!"" Agent Llearson sighed. So much for the day off. ""I'm all the help you're going to need, sir. Llearson's the name. Detective Llearson. With 2 l's. ""Llearson?"" The man with the llama asked. ""Well, my name is... Tony. And I did not steal that man's llama!"" ""Oh yes you did!"" the other man howled. ""You are a no-good llama thief, that's what you are, and if you do not give me back my llama now, I will take it back by force!"" ""Detective, I did not steal this llama! My family owns a black calico llama farm down in Oregon, and I decided to bring my favorite and enroll him in the contests. That's the honest truth!"" The angry man leapt forward and grabbed at the llama's tail, but all he got for his efforts were a few limp black hairs, which he promptly threw on the ground in disgust. ""You let my llama go now, or I will phone a SWAT team down here in 3 seconds!"" ""No way!"" Tony yelled back, ""This is my llama, and there's no way you're going to get it!"" Both men advanced on each other, but Agent Llearson stepped between them and said, ""Now, now, gentlemen. I know which one of you fellows is lying, and if a confession is not made, I will be forced to make an arrest for attempted burglary."" Who stole the llama? And how did Agent Llearson know who did it?",Just what did the angry man get for his efforts? Take a closer look and think about it.,"It was the rather angry man who was lying. He said that the llama was his ""prize bay llama."" However, if you did a little research, you would know that bay llamas are red, with black hair on their heads and legs. And yet, when the man grabbed at the tail of the llama, he got a few black hairs. Also, if you look back in the story, you will see that someone in the carnival was talking about a ""bay."" This was no doubt the angry man and his partner trying to determine the type of the llama they were going to steal. Too bad they guessed wrong. Tony is the real owner. He knew the llama was a black calico all along, even if he couldn't really remember his name very well. As it turned out, the angry man did confess. ""Well,"" he said to Agent Llearson, ""you foiled my llama-getting plans once again. But next time, you will not be so lucky!"" ""Hey!"" said Llearson. ""You're that guy who tried to steal from the frantic farmer that one time!"" ""Well spotted,"" the man said, ""but I must be off now!"" And with that, he ran around the corner of a tent and disappeared.",Mystery,12/17/05 #49902,Pete'sa Pete's Pizza Prices,2.99,0.71,fishmed,"Pete'sa Pete lists prices for his extra toppings in pairs. How much does each topping cost by itself? Each price is whole-dollar increments. Pineapple & Hot Peppers $7 Broccoli & Extra Cheese $6 Mushrooms & Onions $2 Black Olives & Hot Peppers $5 Pepperoni & Mushrooms $4 Onions & Black Olives $3 Extra Cheese & Mushrooms $5",No hint available.,"From the list above and the note about only whole-dollar amounts we note that if Mushrooms & Onions are $2 together they must be $1 each. From there it is simple math to figure out the following. Onions $1 Mushrooms $1 Pepperoni $3 Black Olives $2 Extra Cheese $4 Broccoli $2 Hot Peppers $3 Pineapple $4",Logic,08/06/13 #33313,Twisted Personas 5,2.6,2.38,cnmne,"The names of four famous people have been scrambled. They are: an American military/political figure, a conqueror, a singer/comedian, and a traveler (though not necessarily in that order). Who are they? 1) a cool romp 2) am south son 3) dream in tan 4) he hangs king",No hint available.,"1) Marco Polo (Venetian trader who traveled to China in the 13th century) 2) Sam Houston (led the victory over Santa Anna at San Jacinto, helping Texas gain its independence from Mexico; president of the Republic of Texas) 3) Dean Martin (Italian-American singer and film actor; formed comedy duo with Jerry Lewis) 4) Genghis Khan (founded the Mongol Empire)",Other,10/04/06 #46267,Curtail - Body Parts 2,2.41,1.83,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Move forward suddenly -> Body part 2. Assume reverent posture -> Body part 3. Body part -> Revolve quickly on an axis 4. Body part -> Listen to 5. Body part -> Narrow runner for gliding on snow 6. Body part -> Friend, buddy 7. Body part -> Seen in real-time; reside 8. Body part -> Horn blast; honk","Here are clues for the body parts: 1. Part of respiratory system 2. Limb joint 3. Part of nervous system 4. Part of circulatory system 5. Body covering 6. Part of the hand 7. Detoxifying organ 8. Mechanical part of digestive system","1. Lunge -> Lung 2. Kneel -> Knee 3. Spine -> Spin 4. Heart -> Hear 5. Skin -> Ski 6. Palm -> Pal 7. Liver -> Live 8. Tooth -> Toot",Language,01/29/10 #42171,Word Groups 1,2.83,2.04,MarcM1098,"The following list of words can be arranged into four groups, with three words per group. Part of the teaser is to figure out why they can be grouped like this, but check the hint if you need help. ABLE, CARE, DISC, FREE, IONS, KING, LESS, NESS, OVER, STAT, THIN, WORK",The three words in each group can be combined into one 12-letter word.,"CARE LESS NESS (carelessness) DISC OVER ABLE (discoverable) FREE THIN KING (freethinking) WORK STAT IONS (workstations)",Language,06/07/08 #34496,Middle Word 4,2.47,1.61,grungy49,"In each of the following insert a word in the bracket which when tacked onto the first word forms a new word and when placed in front of the second word makes a new word. For example: ARC (---) RING would be HER - to form archer and herring. The number of dashes indicate the number of letters in the word to be inserted. 1. CHAMPION (----) WRECK 2. SEA (-----) FISH 3. OVER (-----) PILE 4. PATH (---) WARD 5. OFF (---) LESS",No hint available.,"1. SHIP (championship, shipwreck) 2. SHELL (seashell, shellfish) 3. STOCK (overstock, stockpile) 4. WAY (pathway, wayward) 5. END (offend, endless)",Language,12/20/06 #49969,Parakeet Basketball,2.85,2.31,eighsse,"Your favorite college basketball team, the Fighting Parakeets, is playing against a rival, but you haven't been able to see any of the game yet because you have been busy. However, your brother was in a nearby room watching it. Your brother sees a statistics display during the halftime break and decides to give you a trick math test. You come into the room as the second half is beginning and see that your team is winning 32-29. Your brother says, ""The Fighting Parakeets have scored on 18 shots. They have made at least twice as many 2-point shots as free throws. How many free throws, 2-pointers, and 3-pointers have they made?"" He thinks you will become confused in your figuring because he has not given you quite enough information to find the solution. However, you could hear bits and pieces of the game from the next room while you were busy, and you happened to hear that your favorite Fighting Parakeets player nailed a long 3-point shot. What is the answer to your brother's question?",A free throw scores 1 point.,"5 free throws, 12 2-point shots, and 1 3-point shot. Let x be the number of free throws made, y be the number of 2-pointers made, and z be the number of 3-pointers made. From the score, you know (A): x + 2y + 3z = 32 From the quote, you know (B): x + y + z = 18 Multiply (B) by 3 to get (C): 3x + 3y + 3x = 54 Subtract (A) from (C) to get: 2x + y = 22, or (D): y = 22 - 2x From the quote, you also know (E): 2x <= y Substituting (D) into (E) gives: 2x <= 22 - 2x, or (F): x <= 5.5 If x=5, then from (D) you get y=12, and from (A) you get z=1. If x=4, then y=14, and z=0. If x=3, then y=16, and z=-1. This is not possible because z cannot be negative. If you continue decrementing x, then z will continue to decrease too. So, you have two options that fit the criteria given by your brother: 5 free throws, 12 2-point shots, 1 3-point shot, or 4 free throws, 14 2-point shots, 0 3-point shots. So it's a good thing that you heard that your favorite player made a 3-pointer, because that eliminates the second option!",Math,10/11/13 #42960,Two-Digit Number,2.21,0.93,cacmjc,I am a two-digit number. The sum of my digits is 11. I am divisible by both 4 and 7. What number am I?,No hint available.,56,Math,09/01/08 #4505,Basketball,2.18,1.9000000000000001,angie,"Kevin and Angie are playing basketball at night. They both can play well, except for one thing. Whenever Angie misses, Kevin gets the ball in. But when Angie gets the ball in, Kevin misses. Kevin's dad says that he has to come in because tomorrow Kevin has school. (Just to let you know, Kevin and Angie are neighbors) Angie's on vacation so she doesn't have to go in. But she'll go in when Kevin goes in because she messes up a lot when she's alone at night. Kevin says that when he gets the ball in the hoop, he'll go in. But Angie keeps on getting the ball in. Kevin's dad is getting mad when Kevin has an idea. What's his idea to get the ball in?",When does Angie mess up at night?,"Right when Angie's about to try to get the ball in, Kevin pretends to leave causing her to miss. Then Kevin gets the ball in. (Angie's a little mad, but she gets over it)",Logic,06/05/02 #7875,Repeating an action,2.24,0.88,fionahz,"What phrase does this represent? Repeating an action and improving it creates flawless work.",No hint available.,Practice makes perfect.,Language,10/05/02 #5420,Burn,2.54,1.61,Cascas,"B B U U R R N N What does this mean?",No hint available.,Sideburns,Rebus,07/10/02 #23959,Profit.,2.22,1.76,chidam11,A shopkeeper sells no more than 20 shirts of each color. At least twice as many green ones are sold as white ones. If the profit on each white shirt is $20 and that of green $25 how many of each kind has to be sold to get maximum profit?,No hint available.,"Maximum profit is $700,to achieve this white and green shirts are to be made 10 and 20 respectively.",Math,06/23/05 #40842,Strong Winds,2.78,1.6,dutchymonster,"It was a very windy day. On a narrow but busy country road, the wind blew over 3 trucks. However, this had no effect on the rest of the traffic in either direction. Even if the trucks had been blown to the side of the road, it would still not have caused delays with recovery. Why were there no effects on the traffic?",No hint available.,I said the wind blew OVER the trucks: it did not blow the trucks over.,Trick,03/04/08 #27988,Reputation Vs. Character,2.66,2.39,Nytwynd,"Mrilhuhsfg sj cyuh efl umr sg hyr dspyh; wyumuwhrm sj cyuh efl umr sg hyr tumv. --Uarmswug Imformq Wyumuwhrm sj cyuh pft ugt hyr ugprdj vgfc fx lj; mrilhuhsfg sj cyuh arg ugt cfarg hysgv fx lj. --Yfmuwr Augg","I=P A=M Q=B","A=M C=W D=L E=Y F=O G=N H=T I=P J=S L=U M=R O=V P=G Q=B R=E S=I T=D U=A V=K W=C X=F Y=H Reputation is what you are in the light; character is what you are in the dark. --American Proverb Character is what God and the angels know of us; reputation is what men and women think of us. --Horace Mann",Cryptography,01/09/06 #28011,Storigram I,2.8,2.06,phrebh,"Below is a (very) short story with 10 capitalized words or phrases which are anagrams of words that all fit in a certain category. Can you find the anagrams and determine the category? NOTE: One of the answers contains two words. A couple of ALERT WOMEN who lived on the COAST once made A SMALL BET with a man with a BEARD. ""USE A GAS or liquid, "" one said, ""to BOLSTER a lie or A DECEIT to a child who ACTS UP with many a cry and MANY A NOISE when his oatmeal has too many LUMPS.""",Category: Food,"WATERMELON TACOS MEATBALLS BREAD SAUSAGE LOBSTER ICED TEA CATSUP MAYONNAISE PLUMS Category: Food",Language,01/10/06 #51053,Making Omelets,2.71,0.6000000000000001,kzmonopoly,"A joyous character Achieved a great feat. But then he tumbled, And fell on the street. Although there were many people That, on hearing his fate, despaired, Many people that tried to, Never got him repaired.",No hint available.,"Humpty Dumpty This character is from a nursery rhyme. He is an egg who climbed on a wall, but then fell down. The rhyme states that all the king's men could not fix Humpty.",Riddle,04/20/17 #23047,A Passage,2.74,1.21,leinad88,"A passage from one place to another Many times does it have a brother Surrounded on all sides but one by walls It lies at both ends of most long halls",Focus on line 2 or 4 not 3,"A door! Line 2: Some doorways have two doors Line 3: Most doors are surrounded on all sides but the floor",Riddle,05/21/05 #9008,What day is it?,2.38,1.06,master123,"If yesterday's tomorrow was Thursday, what day is the day after tomorrow's yesterday?",No hint available.,Friday,Other,12/08/02 #24616,Beautiful Music,2.24,1.84,nickmanning214,"I make beautiful music. Africa is my home. I am not a drum, although I am in its family. I have wide wooden bars. What am I?",It rhymes with Simba,I am a marimba!,Riddle,07/17/05 #40464,"No, Really? II",2.43,2.26,luckythirteen,"F JCNESC AK VMSLCJ ABVA DECSAFKM KM ABC ZJKEMYS ABVA F YKM'A HMKL ABC VMSLCJ. -- YKEZUVS VYVQS F VQ NJCC KN VUU RJCPEYFGCS. F BVAC CTCJXKMC CDEVUUX. -- L.G. NFCUYS SKQC NKUHS VJC LFSC VMY SKQC KABCJLFSC. -- PKSB IFUUFMZS YEGA AVRC FS UFHC ABC NKJGC. FA BVS V UFZBA SFYC, V YVJH SFYC, VMY FA BKUYS ABC EMFTCJSC AKZCABCJ. -GVJU WLVMWFZ",No hint available.,"I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer. -- Douglas Adams I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally. -- W.C. Fields Some folks are wise and some otherwise. -- Josh Billings Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together. -Carl Zwanzig A = T B = H C = E D = Q E = U F = I G = C H = K I = B J = R K = O L = W M = N N = F O = X P = J Q = M R = P S = S T = V U = L V = A W = Z X = Y Y = D Z = G",Cryptography,02/12/08 #47799,Disemboweled Words 4,2.42,2.39,RomanG417,"A disemboweled word is a five letter word whose middle letter has been removed. Example: dwelling - pipe Answer: house - hose breast - expansion amber - harness book - Christmas thread - blaze","The removed letters are: S S V B","bosom - boom resin - rein novel - Noel fibre - fire",Language,08/21/10 #20595,Country Club,2.22,2.9,cnmne,"Which country in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? It has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation. Group A: Argentina, Russia, Tanzania, United States of America Group B: Canada, Ethiopia, Iran, Morocco, Nepal, Peru",No hint available.,"The countries in Group A are where the highest points on their respective continents are located. Cerro Aconcagua, Argentina, South America; Gora El'brus, Russia, Europe; Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Africa; Mount McKinley, United States of America, North America. The highest point in Asia is Mount Everest in Nepal (also shared with China).",Group,01/25/05 #9119,When Is Christmas?,2.05,2.15,mistress,"In six more days it's Christmas, In seven days it's not. Yet in six days it's Christmas eve, And in seven days it's not. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"In six days, it's the EVENING of Christmas day, so in seven days it's not Christmas, but Boxing Day. ""Eve"" is short for ""evening"".",Trick,12/13/02 #51727,But You Have to Kiss My Ring !!,2.0,0.61,BadBunnee02,all=given given given given,No hint available.,"""all is forgiven""",Rebus,03/21/18 #4323,Walls,2.28,2.29,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has hired some builders to build a series of walls between sections of a large garden. There was just one more wall to be built than there were men in the group, and the number of hours the whole job took was one less than the number of men in the group. Assuming that all the walls were equal in size, and that any man on the team could build one wall by himself in exactly five hours and 15 minutes, how many men were in the group?",No hint available.,"There were seven men in the group, who built eight walls in six hours.",Math,05/29/02 #17691,Geography,2.31,1.94,stuckupwhitekid,"There is a place on earth that you could refer to as a cold shape. Can you figure out where that might be?",No hint available.,Arctic circle,Language,05/20/04 #8511,Odd Element Out,2.29,2.65,snaps,"Which of the following atomic elements does not belong in the following list? Carbon, Neon, Silicon, Phosphorus, Iodine, Xenon",Check the spelling and atomic symbols.,"Iodine is the odd element out. It is the only one that can not be spelt using atomic symbols. CArBON NeON SiLiCON PHOSPHORuS XeNON",Science,11/24/02 #26822,Blank Change,2.57,2.74,cdrock,"In the four sentences below, are two blanks. You must fill them in with words that are either anagrams, synonyms, Antonyms, or Homonyms. You can only use each of these one time each sentence. Can you figure out each word? 1. The _____ words were visible in the _____. 2. We have been _____, _____ times already. 3. The _____ was only to slay the dragon during the _____. 4. He would always _____ off his _____ when he stepped through the door.","Here how the words are related in each sentence. 1. Antonym 2. Anagram 3. Homonym 4. Synonym","1. The DARK words were visible in the LIGHT. 2. We have been THERE, THREE times already. 3. The KNIGHT was only to slay the dragon during the NIGHT. 4. He would always KICK off his BOOT when he stepped through the door.",Language,11/09/05 #2552,IM you,2.38,1.56,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? IM you",No hint available.,I'm bigger than you!,Rebus,03/06/02 #50871,Will It Never End?,2.4,1.28,BadBunnee02,thing thing,"Where is one of the things? Title is also a hint.",One Thing After Another,Rebus,08/11/16 #13969,March Showers Bring May ...,2.6,1.81,mathemagician,"Complete the following analogy: March : Earth as May : ____",Think planets .,"Jupiter. March = 3rd month ; Earth = 3rd planet(from the sun) May = 5th month ; Jupiter = 5th planet",Other,07/22/03 #39663,'Q' Words,2.7,2.75,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'Q' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'Q' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun! 1. - - - Q - - - - - - was known for his inhumane treatment of people during the Spanish - - Q - - - - - - - -. 2. Q - - - - - and - - - Q are the French names for two of the ten Arabic number symbols. 3. The soldiers encountered a - Q - - - - - - of planes encircling them. 4. The film star experienced a feeling of - - Q - - each time a reporter - - - Q - - - - - him. 5. It was possible her - - Q - - - - - - - demeanour was due to her feminine - - - - - Q - - .",No hint available.,"1. TORQUEMADA was known for his inhumane treatment of people during the Spanish INQUISITION. 2. QUATRE and CINQ are the French names for two of the ten Arabic number symbols. 3. The soldiers encountered a SQUADRON of planes encircling them. 4. The film star experienced a feeling of PIQUE each time a reporter MISQUOTED him. 5. It was possible her COQUETTISH demeanour was due to her feminine MYSTIQUE.",Language,12/17/07 #4930,PUUP,2.23,2.37,missie,"Decipher this: PU U",No hint available.,"Upside-down and backwards. (Up, side down, and backwards)",Rebus,06/25/02 #31826,Animal Homophones,2.68,2.28,MarcM1098,"Homophones are words with the same sound but a different spelling (e.g. dear and deer). For each of the following clues, find an animal homophone. For example: ""Precious"" means ""dear"" so the animal homophone would be ""deer"". 1. Not old 2. Hurried flight 3. Tibetan monk 4. Inspiring horror 5. Come to a point 6. Irregular warfare 7. Rotate or bend",No hint available.,"1. Gnu (new) 2. Lamb (lam) 3. Llama (Lama) 4. Grizzly (grisly) 5. Tapir (taper) 6. Gorilla (guerrilla) 7. Tern (turn)",Language,07/17/06 #32957,It Helps to Know Your Sport,2.08,2.58,Question_Mark,90 M + I T and E T = G T in a S M,No hint available.,90 Minutes + Injury Time and Extra Time = Game Time in a Soccer Match,Letter-Equations,09/11/06 #30076,Anasquare II,2.66,1.96,phrebh,"Find an anagram for each word listed below and then reorder the new words to create a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. DEER 2. DOOR 3. NODE 4. CONE",No hint available.,"ODOR DONE ONCE REED",Language,04/26/06 #20409,You See Me,2.67,1.24,anonys,"I can take the shapes of many things. In the forms of birds or ships I'm most commonly clad. Many people watch me. I can be either good or bad. From water, I am bright and happy. From miasma, I am dark and sad. One can walk through me when the day is gloomy, or I can block one's view on a sunny day. During winter I bring good cheer, during summer I take it away. I have been given as a name to humans, I have been called a bad omen on a traveler's way. What am I?",No hint available.,"Clouds People see cloud shapes in the sky. Water vapor forms white clouds. Miasma (pollution) forms smog. Fog is actually clouds near the ground. Clouds fly over the sun occasionally on sunny days. Clouds bring snow during winter. Clouds bring rain during summer. Some people name their children ""Cloud."" Dark clouds on the day a journey begins can mean bad fortune for travellers.",Riddle,01/14/05 #16188,Split and Share,2.61,2.29,snaps,"The following list contains 10 four-letter words. Two of these words can be split up into individual letters which can be added at the start of the remaining words to form 8 five-letter words. Which two words must be split and what are the 8 five-letter words? ACES, ALES, AUNT, DEAL, EAST, HIPS, ITCH, LOUD, OUCH, RAYS",No hint available.,"The two words that must be split up are ITCH and RAYS. The 8 words formed are: IDEAL TALES COUCH HAUNT RACES ALOUD YEAST SHIPS",Language,01/15/04 #16760,It Happen,2.31,1.42,7catac7,"What phrase is represented below? It + Hap + pen = It Happen",No hint available.,Making it happen.,Rebus,02/26/04 #2868,Scissors,2.59,2.33,204_BLaZe_41,"Mrs. Faster is lying dead on a bed, and on the floor beside it is a pair of scissors. The scissors were instrumental in her death, yet there is no trace of blood. Mrs. Faster's body reveals no signs of any cuts or bruises. How could she have been murdered with the pair of scissors?",No hint available.,Mrs. Faster slept on a waterbed. Her assailant used the scissors to cut the bed open and drown her.,Situation,03/24/02 #497,Down They Go!,2.94,1.77,Squidgy,"Two workmen were repairing a roof. Suddenly, they both fell down the chimney and found themselves in the large fireplace. One man`s face was smeared with soot and one wasn`t. The one with the clean face washed his and the dirty man did not and went back to work. Why?",Neither one said a word.,"When the two men looked at each other, the clean man thought his face was dirty as well. The dirty man, looking at the first`s face, thought his was clean.",Situation,05/25/01 #46311,Word Chain 4,1.8900000000000001,2.86,cnmne,"In a word chain, the words are arranged so that they are linked by a common thread. Example: Chain: grass rabid aisle islet scent chuck horse outer under never event Link: the second letter of a word is the first letter of the following word Task: complete the chain by inserting the words from the pool Chain: violet ______ ______ ______ ______ strand ______ ______ ______ ______ astute Pool: blithe bushel corpse faucet option school thread yellow",No hint available.,"Chain: violet option corpse school faucet strand blithe yellow thread bushel astute Link: the second letter of a word is the fourth letter of the following word",Language,02/05/10 #24748,Commonym #2,2.37,1.49,kgripp,"What is the common link? A Beetle, A Rabbit, A Passat",who makes them?,Volkswagen,Language,07/21/05 #27669,6500,2.68,2.93,stephiesd,6500 = W in the E S B,No hint available.,6500 = Windows in the Empire State Building,Letter-Equations,12/24/05 #20281,Letter Shuffle 2,2.46,2.55,dumbell,"What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same seven letters, can be used to complete the sentence below? A masterpiece table setting arrangement was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for the very elegant _ _ _ _ _ _ _ wedding. What two words, formed from different arrangements of the same eight letters, can be used to complete the sentence below? The blame was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ equally between the two people involved, when one car was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .",No hint available.,"Created, catered. Allotted, totalled.",Language,01/09/05 #2961,TSTIITMCHE,2.47,1.6,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? TSTIITMCHE SAVESAVESAVE SAVESAVESAVE SAVESAVESAVE",No hint available.,"A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE TstIitMchE save X 9",Rebus,03/27/02 #16668,A Memory of Time,2.74,1.56,Katelin,"I am one, though worth a thousand, Usually a memory, sometimes surrounded By the remnants of a long-gone tree; A portion of time is captured by me.",It has to develop over time.,"A picture. ""Picture"" is one word, though a picture is said to be ""worth a thousand words."" A picture usually holds memories for people. Sometimes, a wooden picture frame is used to encase the picture. A picture is a portion of time, captured on paper. (For hint) Film takes time to develop.",Riddle,02/20/04 #41214,Singers,2.59,2.54,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the last name of a famous singer within each sentence. Each missing word has the sound of a singer's name. You must find a famous singer's last name that sounds like familiar words to complete these sentences so they make sense. Example: ""The shirt I ______ be usable as a rag."" Answer: The shirt I TORME be usable as a rag. (Tore may) 1. If you took a picture of Big ______ means you have been to London. 2. Was the wizard of _____ in the month of January? 3. She put advancement in her _____ her number one goal. 4. Whenever she eats _____ skin breaks out in a rash.",No hint available.,"1. BENNETT (Ben, it) 2. OSBOURNE (Oz born) 3. CARRERAS (Career as) 4. FISHER (Fish, her)",Language,03/26/08 #295,40 D and N of the G F,2.28,1.45,Phyllis,40 D and N of the G F,No hint available.,40 days and nights of the great flood,Letter-Equations,02/21/01 #44998,Can You Find It? X,2.07,2.04,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word DICTIONARY, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. Extremely caustic, sharply stinging, or bitter. 2. A person employed at a carnival. 3. Utterly senseless or foolish behavior. 4. A small mountain pool. 5. A piece of metal stamped and issued for use as money. 6. A daily, usually private record of a person's thoughts and/or experiences. 7. Having a rank, stale smell or taste. 8. Any positively charged atom or atoms. 9. A confection made with sugar or syrup, often combined with fruit, nuts, or chocolate. 10. A judicial assertion; a maxim. 11. A black and white predatory whale. 12. The lowest point; greatest despair.",No hint available.,"1. ACRID 2. CARNY 3. IDIOCY 4. TARN 5. COIN 6. DIARY 7. RANCID 8. CATION 9. CANDY 10. DICTA 11. ORCA 12. NADIR",Language,08/02/09 #48268,Curtail 15,2.47,2.05,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Money set aside for something -> Move slightly 2. Money or property -> Individual person (used with per) 3. Bet -> Income for work 4. Price for travel -> A great distance 5. Most wealthy -> Wealth 6. Unleavened Indian bread -> Having little money 7. Symbol or sign; former German money -> Disfigure 8. Desire; Japanese money -> Plural of thou (archaic)","The words start with these letters: 1. B 2. C 3. W 4. F 5. R 6. P 7. M 8. Y","1. Budget -> Budge 2. Capital -> Capita 3. Wager -> Wage 4. Fare -> Far 5. Richest -> Riches 6. Poori -> Poor 7. Mark -> Mar 8. Yen -> Ye",Language,12/06/10 #30146,"B, E, H, K, N, Q, U...",2.73,2.2,Desired,"What is the next letter in this series? B, E, H, K, N, Q, U, ?","Be aware, the letter after Q is U, not T, so look at your phone.","X. Look at the numbers on your phone. They are all the second letter in every number on your phone. #2-ABC #3-DEF #4-GHI #5-JKL #6-MNO #7-PQRS #8-TUV #9-WXYZ",Series,04/29/06 #18144,Look to the Skies,2.59,1.86,PhilDunphy,13 M in a L Y,From new to full,13 Months in a Lunar Year,Letter-Equations,07/07/04 #14730,Sport is Life!!,2.54,1.79,geniusboy,"Can you change one letter in each of these words to create a common phrase? Live in top sport.",Title,Life is too short.,Language,09/10/03 #48061,Word Chest 4 (4x4),2.73,2.1,dalfamnest,"Word Chests are miniature crossword puzzles, with no gaps. e.g. J OB ARE MET This word chest contains four words spelled horizontally and four vertically. Clues are given, but not necessarily in order. Can you work out the eight 4-letter words and place them correctly in the chest? Clues across: * strong and healthy * broadcast ""as it happens"" * supreme god (mythological) * scored a top ""A"" grade Clues Down: * Hebrew patriarch; maker of jeans * light crown for a saint * turns litmus paper red * Biblical garden",The top-left and bottom-right letters are H and N respectively.,"HALE ACED LI VE ODIN",Language,10/05/10 #37124,Birthday Buddies,2.56,1.67,beepbeeptnm,"Al, Betty, Charlie, Derrick, and Emily are good friends, and they all have consecutive birthdays. 1) Al's birthday is as many days before Charlie's as Betty's is after Emily's. 2) Derrick is 3 days older than Emily. 3) Charlie's birthday this year is on Wednesday. On which day of the week is each person's birthday?",No hint available.,"Derrick's birthday is on Monday. Al's birthday is on Tuesday. Charlie's birthday is on Wednesday. Emily's birthday is on Thursday. Betty's birthday is on Friday.",Logic,06/28/07 #4604,7 to 11,1.81,1.65,Lorelel,How do you change 7 to 11 without doing any math at all?,No hint available.,eleven=(seven-s)+el,Trick,06/09/02 #20056,Clumsy Card Player,2.4,2.22,thepenguin,"One cold, cold night four people were playing cards. One clumsy person laid down a card and another player immediately jumped up and started to take her clothes off. Why?",They weren't playing strip poker and stripping wasn't a forfeit or penalty involved in the game.,"When the clumsy man went to play a card, he knocked over a hot coffee mug. The hot drink poured over the other player, who immediately jumped up and started to take her clothes off.",Situation,12/24/04 #38123,12 P in P,2.09,3.11,12345678,12 P in P,It's a children's game.,12 pieces in pentominoes.,Letter-Equations,09/05/07 #17655,Tree Manipulator,2.52,1.08,od-1,"It helps you manipulate stuff made from trees. Changing its shape to something you please. Mostly paper or cardboard quite thin. Just start to fold and you can begin. It is an art and it is a skill. No need for tools just fold if you will. A plane or a swan or maybe a hat. So what is this thing that helps you do all of that?",It's an oriental art.,"ORIGAMI yes that's what I said. It'll help you fold paper to sit on your head. Or maybe a bird or frog if you like. Yes I've even seen an Origami bike.",Riddle,05/16/04 #344,1 M = 1000 Y,2.25,1.07,Mr. G,1 M = 1000 Y,Once in a lifetime.,"1 Millennium = 1,000 years.",Letter-Equations,03/13/01 #50691,A Rose By Any Other Name,2.7,1.51,HABS2933,"All the words in Group A have something in common. The words in Group B share a different characteristic. Which word in Group B actually belongs in Group A? GROUP A Lily Petunia Rose Veronica GROUP B Aster Black-Eyed Susan Chrysanthemum Daffodil Poppy Yarrow",No hint available.,"Poppy. Each item in Group A is not only a flower, but also a common girl's name. Famous people named Poppy include: Poppy Adams (British documentary director) Poppy Harlow (American Journalist) and Poppy Montgomery (Australian-American actress)",Group,09/14/15 #28269,Witch and Delia,2.56,2.14,Sunrose,"The witch spent many days and nights preparing a mixture for the mayor's wife, Delia. She knew that the Seekers of Knowledge were not the ones who desired the recipe. The witch was annoyed and thought of Delia as a coward. To send someone out, whom she knew would be worthy enough to open the bottle, is petty, and insulting. The anger stirred within the witch as she walked into Raptin. She was tricked, and the trickster would pay for her deceit. The witch approached the town, and the air chilled around her. It was quiet and dark, the way she loved it. She saw the mayor's house, and slowly walked up the steps and lightly knocked on the door. The door barely opened as Delia answered the door, ""Yes, is there a problem?"" Delia turned as pale as a ghost seeing the old witch. ""Yes, there is a problem, and its name is Delia,"" the witch said in a very cold, calm, and steely voice. ""I am here to collect payment for the recipe that you tricked out of me."" Delia stood there and said nothing. The witch waited patiently and finally opened the beaker, slowly pouring the liquid on the ground. ""Read what it says, and if you answer correctly, I will let you keep what is yours; if you don't, I will take what is mine,"" the witch said. The magical liquid formed words on the ground, and read: I come within the night. A mask of calmness covers my voice. Within my heart, anger stirs. I bring vengeance, and death. My judgment has been made. Who am I?",No hint available.,"Witch The first sentence in the riddle is referring to the witch, who did come in the night because it was dark. The second part of the riddle is the first time the witch spoke to Delia; her voice was cold and steely, but still calm. The fact that Delia tricked her caused anger within her heart while she waited to get back what belonged to her. The witch brought a way to right the wrong with death; she had already decided what she was going to do with Delia even before arriving there. Delia looked at the words and read them slowly. The words would disappear once she read them. She had a look of fright upon her face, as she realized whom it was speaking of. Delia stuttered as she answered the riddle, ""It's you, isn't it?"" Delia looked at the witch, ""I'll give you your recipe back,"" she said with tears. ""Yes, it is I, and I bring with me death. The recipe can go to your children."" The witch reached out, hands glowed a deathly black, and touched Delia. Delia screamed, but only for a moment, then her body withered up as the life was drained out of her. The witch laughed, as the bones of Delia turned to dust and fell to the ground. A slight breeze blew, and the dust began to scatter. The witch turned and went back to her home.",Other,01/26/06 #14155,Letter Logic,2.29,2.25,cool_star,"In the following puzzle every letter stands for a number, different letters have different numbers and same letters have the same numbers. To give you a head start the number five is already shown. END + 5G -------- GAME What numbers do the letters stand for?",No hint available.,"978 + 51 ------ 1029",Math,08/05/03 #41100,"Shimmer, Shimmer",2.64,1.31,luckythirteen,"Shimmer, shimmer We can glimmer. We cause pain For your gain. Made to straighten, Don't be hatin'. We go on those pearly whites. We know having us bites. Gear on head, May ready our bed. What are we?",No hint available.,"Braces. Braces are made of metal, hence the ""shimmer"" and ""glimmer"". The first few days of first getting braces or having your braces tightened causes some pain. But, in the end, you end up with perfectly straight teeth. ""Pearly whites"" obviously refers to your teeth. And ""gear on head"" is a different way of putting head gear. Head gear helps braces cure severe bite problems.",Riddle,03/18/08 #36563,Egyptian Mathology,2.34,2.67,cnmne,"Professor Abacus, the self-proclaimed ""Father of Mathology"", has discovered a mathematical correlation with some of the gods and goddesses of Egyptian mythology. Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the three possible solutions. HATHOR + OSIRIS + ISIS = ANUBIS",No hint available.,"168147 + 435753 + 5353 = 609253 462417 + 138783 + 8383 = 609583 287259 + 514941 + 4141 = 806341",Cryptography,05/08/07 #8853,Wheels on a Car,2.29,1.34,Mach3,How many wheels does a 4-door car have?,No hint available.,"6. 2 on the front, 2 on the back, a spare tire, and a steering wheel.",Trick,12/01/02 #39149,Double Edged Weapon,2.73,1.66,majd,"Every now and then you cut my head Yet I don't complain but obey instead I am a way for your thoughts and feelings to be spread Despite the fact that I am totally dead A double edged weapon that is easily lead So don't always believe me: use your head",No hint available.,"The pencil. Cut my head: by sharpening Obey instead: write whatever you want Way for your thoughts and feelings to be spread: by expressing them through writing Totally dead: being an object Double edged weapon: can be used to write wrongly or rightly, truly or falsely Don't always believe me: believe what is written and read Use your head: in distinguishing wrong from right",Riddle,11/11/07 #42208,Roman Matches III,2.59,2.0,MarcM1098,"The following equation involving Roman numerals is formed using matchsticks. The given equation is wrong. Can you correct it by moving just one matchstick? See if you can do it three times; the equation can be corrected in three different ways. Each solution must be an equation (i.e., it must contain one equals sign). Note: I(1) and -(minus) are each formed from one matchstick. V(5), X(10), L(50), +(plus), and =(equals) are each two matchsticks. C(100) is three matchsticks. The incorrect equation is: IV = XII - VI","One solution only affects the right side of the equation; another only affects the left side, the other affects both sides.","First solution: IV = XI - VII Take the matchstick from the right of the XII and add it to the right of the VI. Second solution: VI = XII - VI Take the matchstick from the left of the IV and put it on the right of the same numeral, changing it to VI. Third solution: V = XII - VII Take the matchstick from the left of the IV and add it to the right of the VI.",Math,06/11/08 #3115,Only One Color,2.57,1.71,comet16,"Only one color, but not one size; Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies; Present in sun, but not in rain; Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?",No hint available.,A Shadow,Riddle,04/02/02 #3308,Ma1ny,2.25,2.26,bighippo4,"Can you decipher the following phrase? MA1NY",No hint available.,"E Pluribus Unum (In many, one)",Rebus,04/06/02 #13768,Teacher Affects What?,2.74,2.45,smithy,"Fill in the first two blank spaces and combine them for the third space to make a sentence that makes sense. Do not ______ your _____ teacher because it will affect your ________.",No hint available.,Do not con your science teacher because it will affect your conscience.,Language,07/13/03 #16198,Separate and Scatter,2.5100000000000002,2.31,snaps,"The following list contains 10 four-letter words. Two of these words can be separated into individual letters which can be added at the start of the remaining words to form 8 five-letter words. Which two words must be split and what are the 8 five-letter words? ALMS, EASE, HEAT, ISLE, LAPS, LICK, LUSH, OVER, OWLS, PENS",No hint available.,"The two words that must be split up are LAPS and OWLS. The 8 words formed are: LOVER AISLE PALMS SLICK OPENS WHEAT LEASE SLUSH",Language,01/16/04 #13372,The Drowning,2.77,2.63,Bobbrt,"A man and his wife were in a boat in the middle of a lake when suddenly the wife fell overboard and quickly sank. The man dove in and tried to find her, to no avail. Two weeks after the funeral, the man decided to go to the lake to try to make peace with his situation. He wanted to be alone, but he soon found himself in a conversation with an old-timer who was fishing. As an act of politeness, he asked the old-timer how the fishing was, and the response was as follows: ""Well, son, I'm a big bass fisherman but I never seem to have any luck in this lake. I think that it's because I honed my fishing skills by fishing weed beds, and this lake has absolutely no weeds at all. I see other fisherman pull fish out of here using worms as bait, but as far as I'm concerned, worms are for amateurs. Any yahoo can catch a fish using live bait."" The man gave the old-timer a polite good-bye, and then went home and killed himself. Why?","His wife was a real beauty: big brown eyes, long flowing hair, and a smile that would light up a room.","While the man was swimming around trying to find his wife, he touched what he thought was a patch of underwater weeds. After finding out that the lake was weedless, he came to the realization that what he actually had touched was his wife's hair. He couldn't live with the knowledge that he had actually found her in time to save her.",Situation,06/23/03 #49027,Simple Phrases,2.82,1.47,Life_Sucks,"Each of the following definitions corresponds to a common word or phrase: Example: a) Make musical sounds with the voice b) Singing or vocal music Answer: SING-SONG 1a) A piece of old cloth 1b) To attach a label to 2a) To ride on the crest of a wave 2b) A surface layer of earth 3a) Large 3b) A hairpiece 4a) A newly hatched domestic fowl 4b) To propel with the fingers",All of the answers are rhyme phrases.,"1) RAG-TAG 2) SURF & TURF 3) BIGWIG 4) CHICK FLICK",Language,09/18/11 #366,Fair Fight,2.86,1.8,22ACE,A boxer left the ring after winning the world championship. His trainer took all the money and he didn't get a cent. Why not?,"The boxer won fairly, but without throwing a punch. The boxer didn't expect to collect any money.",The boxer was a dog that had just won the world championship at a dog show.,Situation,03/22/01 #28874,It's Fair!,2.72,1.19,Ouchy1,"What does this rebus represent? LO all=just VE WA all=just R",No hint available.,All is fair in love and war.,Rebus,03/03/06 #16722,OdOoOmO,2.91,1.78,Newf,"What is represented below? OdOoOmO",No hint available.,Dominoes,Rebus,02/24/04 #40399,Voltaire,2.25,2.34,aresII,"The following quotes are from French writer and poet Francois-Marie Arouet, pen name Voltaire (1694 - 1778). Can you decode it? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. A=M ""TGAAGB OMBOM RO BGF OG TGAAGB."" ""MYMLD AXB RO KHREFD GJ FNM KGGP NM PRP BGF PG.""","H=U M=E R=I","""COMMON SENSE IS NOT SO COMMON."" ""EVERY MAN IS GUILTY OF THE GOOD HE DID NOT DO."" KEY: A=M B=N D=Y E=L F=T G=O H=U J=F K=G L=R M=E N=H O=S P=D R=I T=C X=A Y=V",Cryptography,02/09/08 #26148,Elementary,2.21,2.67,smarty_blondy,"The following elements have a mutual feature (it has nothing to do with their chemical proprieties, with the fact that they each contain the vowel ""i"" or with the fact that they all finish in a consonant). Also, only one of them has another interesting characteristic (it has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation). What is the feature and the interesting characteristic? 1. Palladium (Pd) 2. Antinomy (Sb) 3. Actinium (Ac) 4. Rubidium (Rb) 5. Gallium (Ga) 6. Seaborgium (Sg)",No hint available.,"They all start with a three letter word. PALladium, ANTimony, ACTinium, RUBidium, GALlium, SEAborgium. The word with the interesting characteristic would have to be antinomy, which is not an element. Antinomy is an anagram for the element antimony (Sb).",Language,09/30/05 #14954,My Family's Insane,2.73,1.3800000000000001,od-1,"I'm a seed that's underground. Many like to spread me around. But my family it's said is quite insane. And if you've a low I.Q you've this kind of brain. Eat me raw and I'll make you sick. Eat too much and you tongue will stick. What am I?",I'm a nut.,"A peanut. Peanuts grow underground. You spread peanut butter. If you're insane people say you're nuts. If you have a low I.Q you're a peanut brain. Peanuts need to be roasted before eating. If you stuff your mouth with peanut butter you'll have trouble opening it.",Riddle,10/01/03 #41591,Paintball War,2.64,2.23,Carlos16,"There are four people involved in a free for all paintball war. Once someone is shot down, they are out and can no longer shoot. If the last person standing is the only one telling the truth, then who is it? RJ: I was the last person standing. Lori: I was the last to get shot down. Connor: Glebb shot down RJ. Glebb: Connor was out before RJ.",No hint available.,"Lori cannot be the last person standing, otherwise she'd be telling the truth that she got shot down. Lori is lying and was therefore either the first or second to get shot down. If Glebb is the last one standing, then Connor got shot down before RJ. Connor and Lori would have to be the first 2 shot down. RJ would be the last to get shot down, but then Connor would be telling the truth since Glebb is the only person left to shoot RJ. Since there is a contradiction, Glebb cannot be the last man standing; it was either RJ or Connor. It can't be RJ because then Glebb would be telling the truth that Connor did worse than RJ. Now we know Connor was the last man standing by process of elimination. Answer: Connor",Logic,04/19/08 #4817,The Hidden Confession,2.49,2.47,arij,"When Sid Bone was murdered, in a rather compromising position, Inspector Twiggit suspected Sid's wife, Nora. Nora however, steadfastly maintained that on the evening of the murder, she was in a restaurant with a man friend. Twiggit had found an entry in Nora's diary for that evening which, apparently, confirmed her alibi as follows : TIPS THE BRUSHED CHEFS. However, Twiggit realized that the message was coded, and that each letter could be moved either one place forwards or one place backwards in the alphabet to reveal a startling confession. What was the hidden confession?",No hint available.,The hidden message was SHOT SID ASTRIDE BIDET.,Cryptography,06/18/02 #18778,Mad Ade's Letter Math #4,2.19,2.64,Mad-Ade,"Substitute digits (0-9) for the letters to make the following addition true. ONE + TWO + FOUR = SEVEN Keep in mind that the first number of each word is NOT a 0 (zero) and if x=4 then all x's are 4 and so on.",No hint available.,"There are several possible answers to chose from with this teaser. 350 + 683 + 9372 = 10405 530 + 645 + 9528 = 10703 630 + 546 + 9627 = 10803 940 + 739 + 8925 = 10604",Cryptography,09/11/04 #10625,"Draw, Fire, Fill",2.62,1.86,island-paradise,"You can draw me, fire me or fill me in. What am I?",No hint available.,A blank.,Riddle,02/22/03 #26130,A Starring Role?,2.78,2.06,dolphingurl12,"A vain actress got the title role in a movie, which was based on a novel. She was happy, but after the start of filming, she was very displeased. Why?","The book was called ""Rebecca"".","Even though the title is ""Rebecca"", Rebecca herself is dead before the story starts, therefore she had no lines.",Situation,09/29/05 #23630,Beethoven's Second Riddle,2.63,1.68,beethovenswig,"Sometimes I can look like milk that has been spilled. Sometimes I can look like people. Sometimes I can look like an ice cream cone that has been chilled. And sometimes I can look like a church building with a steeple. I can trick people's eyes into thinking that I am a cat, A lion, a dog, an elephant and even a giraffe. What am I?",No hint available.,Clouds,Riddle,06/13/05 #17292,Watch Me Shrink,2.85,1.41,dieblondboff,What do you use from your head to your toes and the more it works the thinner it grows?,No hint available.,Soap,Riddle,04/08/04 #28009,Letter Pairs VI,2.77,2.0,phrebh,"Here are 30 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 10 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 10 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AR AT AW CH CT DR DS EL HO HS IL IL JE LE LS LS LS NO OB ON OR OR OR RS SK SP SS US UT YO 1. Abilities 2. Singing group 3. Academic distinction 4. Public speaker 5. End result 6. Recitation 7. Practices 8. Prizes 9. Young persons 10. Forms words with letters","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is School Days.","1. SKILLS 2. CHORUS 3. HONORS 4. ORATOR 5. OBJECT 6. LESSON 7. DRILLS 8. AWARDS 9. YOUTHS 10. SPELLS The theme is School Days.",Language,01/10/06 #28457,Pauline's Five Men in Europe,3.21,2.52,teaserboy,"All of Pauline's favorite male relatives live in Europe. They are her father, her uncle, her first cousin, her brother, and her husband. In no particular order, their names are Daniel, Edgar, Wilfred, Luther, and Walter. Although they all live in Europe, no two men live in the same city. The cities in which they live are London, Paris, Rome, Madrid, and Berlin. From the clues given, try to determine not only the city in which each man lives and his relationship to Pauline, but his occupation as well, be it diplomat, correspondent, student, artist or professor. Assume her husband is only related to the other men through marriage to her. 1. The man in Berlin is the father of the correspondent and the diplomat is the father of the man in Paris. 2. Luther is the son of the man in Rome and Walter is the artist's son. 3. Daniel is the father of the man in Madrid and Wilfred is the father of the student. 4. Her cousin does not live in Paris.",No hint available.,"Daniel-Uncle-Berlin-Artist Edgar-Husband-London-Professor Wilfred-Father-Rome-Diplomat Luther-Brother-Paris-Student Walter-Cousin-Madrid-Correspondent",Logic-Grid,02/05/06 #17910,10 = T on a S,2.59,2.65,johnnyd,10 = T on a S,like 8 = T on an O,10 = Tentacles on a Squid,Letter-Equations,06/14/04 #48739,Marathon Race,2.48,1.21,shenqiang,"Takashi took part in a marathon race. At half-time, he is 6th last. After that, he is overtaken by three more contestants, but then he struggled and overtook 10 in a row, getting himself the bronze prize (3rd place). How many contestants were there in total?",Try to work backwards.,15.,Math,05/26/11 #6148,I've Got the Power,2.25,0.86,bmotts,"What's that? POWERPOWERPOWER POWER aust POWER POWERPOWERPOWER",Funny Movie,"Austin Powers ( Aust in Powers )",Rebus,08/01/02 #6222,3:15pm,2.29,1.91,mad-ade,"Once more, Mad Ade is waiting for the local Kebab shop to open. He glances at his clock and notices the time is 3:15pm. Out of sheer boredom Mad Ade works out the angle between the minute and hour hand. What was the angle between the hour and the minute hands at 3:15pm?",No hint available.,"7.5 degrees At 3:15, the minute hand will be perfectly horizontal pointing towards 3, whereas the hour hand will be moving towards 4. Also, the hour hand must have covered 1/4 of angle between 3 and 4. The angle between two adjacent digits is 360/12 = 30 degrees. Hence, 1/4 of it is 7.5 degrees.",Logic,08/04/02 #8635,Kids,3.17,2.07,just_moi,"Using real names to make common words/phrases, name the offspring: (the first one is free!) 1. Mr and Mrs Voyant - Clare (as in Clairvoyant) 2. Mr and Mrs Tress 3. Mr and Mrs Nasium 4. Mr and Mrs Tate 5. Mr and Mrs Anthemum 6. Mr and Mrs Mander 7. Mr and Mrs Mite 8. Mr and Mrs Time",No hint available.,"2. Matt 3. Jim 4. Dick 5. Chris 6. Sally 7. Dinah 8. Justin",Language,11/24/02 #20600,Surprise,2.77,1.66,Kalliann,"I am full of shimmer and shine. Every color of the rainbow shows yet I am clear. When I appear there is fun for all but I always disappear. What Am I?",No hint available.,Soap Bubble,Riddle,01/25/05 #8418,"G, D, S, B, H, S...",2.83,1.71,im_para_noid,"What is the next letter in this fairy tale sequence? G, D, S, B, H, S, ??",Mirror mirror on the wall...,"D. These are the first letters of Disney's seven dwarfs: Grumpy, Dopey, Sneezy, Bashful, Happy, Sleepy, Doc",Series,11/07/02 #41934,Bearing It,2.27,2.23,psychoserenity,"Like the wise timepiece and his foe, And compass points to-and-fro, I am a pair and I'm never wrong. On the other hand, farewell, I have gone.",No hint available.,"Right and Left. They are relative directions like clockwise and anticlockwise, east and west.",Riddle,05/15/08 #2671,Wife & Husband,2.36,1.77,missie,"A woman comes home with a bag of groceries, gets the mail, and walks into the house. On the way to the kitchen, she goes through the living room and looks at her husband, who had been killed. She then continues to the kitchen, puts away the groceries, and makes dinner. Why?",No hint available.,"The husband killed himself a while ago; it's his ashes in an urn on the mantelpiece that the wife looks at.",Situation,03/13/02 #29015,Sale 2,2.06,0.64,Hana_Kimi,"What common phrase does this represent? Price of 1 soda: $3.50 Price of another soda: FREE",Supermarkets use this phrase all the time.,"Buy one, get one free.",Rebus,03/10/06 #10680,"Rode, Earth, Heart, Lump",2.38,2.49,snaps,"Swap one word from the first list with one word in the second list so that the two lists have a similar, though different, property. Which two words must be swapped and what is the property? List 1: rode, earth, heart, lump List 2: oar, triple, though, dye",No hint available.,"The words that must be swapped are ""heart"" and ""oar"". The property is that each word can have a letter from one end of the word added to the other end and a new word will be formed. ""List 1"" words must have the last letter added to the beginning of the word, while ""list 2"" words must have the first letter added to the end of the word. List 1: (e)rode, (h)earth, (r)oar, (p)lump List 2: heart(h), triple(t), though(t), dye(d)",Language,02/24/03 #52478,Beware of Reptile,2.8,1.33,ThinksForFun,"My first is a reptile to beware My second is sometimes used to stare I'm one combo for a cubic pair What am I?",No hint available.,"snake eyes Line 3 refers to one combination for a pair of dice (""a cubic pair""). A dice roll of two ones is referred to as ""snake eyes"".",Riddle,09/17/20 #28103,"Information, Please",2.62,2.59,norcekri,"Nora Shekrie listened attentively to the tall, dark gentleman with the smooth baritone delivery. She nursed the rum rickey in her hand -- she didn't want to lose her place at the edge of the group. She found him utterly distracting, and knew how easily she could drink too quickly and make a fool of herself. She didn't bother looking around for the friend that had invited her to this academic conference's after-hours mixer. Dear Doctor Denise was doubtless off in some corner, debating the summer's geological news with a colleague or two, the debate as dry as most of the exploration trips. The local conversation turned from the Putnam Exam to anomaly detection. Two of the inner circle departed for the buffet, and Nora moved tentatively forward. ""Corman diNoni, Information Technology"" -- Nora read his badge as he followed his portly companion's article summary with interest. Nora struggled to follow their discussion about artificial intelligence as applied to anomaly detection. Eventually, Corman noticed her name tag. ""Ah, speaking of anomaly detection, here is a live practitioner. Ms. Shekrie,"" ""Nora, please."" He nodded. ""Denise tells us that Nora recently solved two murders and an art forgery through subtle anomaly detection. We're pleased to have you at the conference."" ""Really, it's just trivia, not a practice. But I'm glad to be here."" Corman introduced the group, and Nora stayed quiet as the scholarly discussion continued. Eventually, she outwaited the other professors, and found herself more or less alone with him. ""So, you've survived awake and standing?"" ""Very much. I even took notes for three articles to look up."" ""Glad to be of assistance. You'd like to know how the computers do what you do naturally?"" ""They may know something I don't; most sentient entities do."" ""Intelligent, creative, and humble. My type of person. Refill?"" he asked, indicating her empty glass. ""If I do, I'm afraid I'll get silly. Or worse, I sometimes get pedantic. Hardly the impression I want to leave on our first meeting."" ""Ah. So there is going to be a second?"" Nora blushed: caught red-handed, not to mention red-faced. She bulled ahead. ""If you'll give me your phone number, there might well be a second meeting."" He grinned at her, the merry devil dancing in his eyes. ""How about if I just give you some clues?"" She returned his grin, rising to the challenge. ""Shoot."" ""Not taking notes?"" ""My memory is excellent when the stakes are sufficient."" ""Fine. I live two blocks from my college; we won this year's Bronze Turkey game. That much should give you the area code. The phone number you need is the launch date of Apollo XIII."" ""Got it. This should be fun, since the badges don't have the schools on them. How long do I have?"" ""Since I'm not even seeing anyone at the moment, I don't see any functional time limit. From what Denise has told us, and from what I've read, I seriously doubt it will take you more than half an hour after you get to a terminal. I'll keep tomorrow evening free, and dinner's on me."" Nora had the surf-and-turf special, and paid for the movie tickets afterward. How did she track down Dr. diNoni?",She didn't need the year of the launch.,"The Bronze Turkey goes to the loser of each year's football game between Knox and Monmouth colleges in Illinois; it's the oldest football (US rules) rivalry outside of the Northeast. When she looked up the launch date, she laughed out loud: 11 April, 1970. She could call 309-411-1970, but that wouldn't help -- 411 can't be used for a telephone exchange. She realized that he'd left her with the number for directory information. Nora called 411, using her two requests to check both Monmouth and Galesburg.",Other,01/15/06 #49327,Different Strokes,2.81,2.0,ThinksForFun,"There are likely many of us in the house Consider us a companion of the mouse Captains who encounter a string of bad luck Could end up deserted on one of me stuck But whether or not they will stay afloat When I am depressed you will make a note ""Off me"" doesn't produce a pleasant sound For propagation I spin to the ground If you'd like to get in, then give me a turn A mystery's answer with me you will learn I'm often associated with a ring Although I'm multi-faceted in meaning What am I?",No hint available.,"A key lines 1 & 2: keys/buttons on a keyboard, used together with a mouse of a computer lines 3, 4, & 5: captains of ships could get stuck (shipwrecked) on a key (island) line 6: the pressing of a key of a musical instrument produces a note line 7: off-key music or singing sounds unpleasant line 8: samara/key such as that of the maple tree line 9: use a key to open a locked door line 10: the key to a mystery is crucial to solving it line 11: a key is often found on a key ring line 12: the word ""key"" has many different meanings The title is a subtle hint for the word ""keystroke"" which contains the answer word ""key"".",Riddle,02/21/12 #41610,Not Spelled Correctly,2.5,1.39,annvie9,"Which word(s) are not spelled correctly? answer signature browse February",Look carefully,"All of them. Answer, signature, browse, and February are not spelled C-O-R-R-E-C-T-L-Y.",Trick,04/21/08 #18315,The 150,2.32,2.65,spookboy0,150 = C in the B of P,'Tis of Biblical proportions,150 = Chapters in the Book of Psalms,Letter-Equations,07/23/04 #32080,Swish,2.22,2.15,Crazycriely,24 = S in the N B A S C,No hint available.,24 = Seconds in the National Basketball Association's Shot Clock,Letter-Equations,07/27/06 #31090,Letter Pairs X,2.61,2.16,phrebh,"Here are 30 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 10 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 10 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AL AN CE EC EL EN ES EV FI GR LE MA NA NO OF ON OU PS RM RS RS RU SS TA TE TI TS TS VO XM 1. Assemblages 2. Public position 3. Electors 4. Happenings 5. Leaders 6. Usual 7. Large bodies of people 8. Chooses 9. Cohesive group of people 10. IRS agent","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Government.","1. GROUPS 2. OFFICE 3. VOTERS 4. EVENTS 5. RULERS 6. NORMAL 7. MASSES 8. ELECTS 9. NATION 10. TAXMAN The theme is Government.",Language,06/15/06 #1014,Heaven and Earth,2.53,1.45,Michelle,"What is the one thing that all wise men, regardless of their religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth?",No hint available.,"The word ""and"".",Riddle,10/01/01 #22334,Evolution,2.64,2.7600000000000002,cnmne,"Make GAR (fish) evolve into DOG (mammal) by changing one letter at a time. Each change must produce a valid word in the English language. But there is a catch. The evolution must go through BOA (reptile) and OWL (bird). No word can be used more than once. GAR ----> BOA ----> OWL ----> DOG",No hint available.,"GAR < BAR BAY BOY BOA < BOG BIG BID AID AIL OIL OWL < OWE EWE EYE DYE DOE DOG <",Language,04/19/05 #23178,Halt!,2.91,1.71,tamjp,"Can you identify what phrase is represented here? nasmetofolopve",Motown tune,"na S me T of O lo P ve Stop, in the name of love!",Rebus,05/26/05 #11052,Madadian Grand National,2.18,1.76,mad-ade,"Five horses ran, or rather limped and wheezed, in the Madadian Grand National race. There were no ties. Milkmans Delight did not come first. Dogmeat Reject was neither first nor last. Three Legged Dobbin came in one place after Milkmans Delight. Glue Pot Boy was not second. Potential Kebab was two places below Glue Pot Boy. In what order did the horses finish?",No hint available.,"Let's find the possible places horses can finish. Possibilities are: Milkmans Delight - 2,3,4 (not 5th as Three Legged Dobbin came one place after him) Dogmeat Reject - 2,3,4 Three Legged Dobbin - 3,4,5 Glue Pot Boy - 1,3 (not 4th & 5th as Potential Kebab is two place after him) Potential Kebab - 3,5 So the result is: 1 Glue Pot Boy 2 Dogmeat Reject 3 Potential Kebab 4 Milkmans Delight 5 Three Legged Dobbin",Logic,03/11/03 #39903,Not Little Women?,2.28,2.05,1smart_okie,L M A = A of L M,No hint available.,"Louisa May Alcott = Author of ""Little Men""",Letter-Equations,01/03/08 #4965,8=S on an O,2.16,1.69,librashorty,8=S on an O,No hint available.,8=Sides on an Octagon,Letter-Equations,06/26/02 #33025,The Sky's the Limit With This Teaser...,2.52,2.17,Crazycriely,"""JRPJ'V HOB VAPSS VJBD WHT APO, HOB MCPOJ SBPD WHT APOGCOI."" - OBCS PTAVJTHOM, XDHO SPOICOM HO JRB AHHO, ZXSK 20, 1969 ""EBPXJCWXS! EBPXJCWXS! APMOCWCUBOJ IBVHSPJCHO."" - JRB 2OI QHTIV XJJBTBI HO JRB AHHO EK BIQCO 'EXFF' PSITCO, ZT. ""CJ'V EBBO P SHOM QPK, EXJ QB'TB RBTB."" PSPO E. VRBDPTI, ZT.",The man in the moon might have the answer to this one...,"""That's One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap For Mankind."" - Neil Armstrong, Upon Landing On The Moon, July 20, 1969 ""Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificent Desolation."" - The 2nd Words Uttered On The Moon By Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr ""It's Been A Long Way, But We're Here."" Alan B. Shepard, Jr. A=M B=E C=I D=P E=B F=Z G=K H=O I=D J=T K=Y L=X M=G N=V O=N P=A Q=W R=H S=L T=R U=C V=S W=F X=U Y=Q Z=J",Cryptography,09/16/06 #41671,Basketball Game,2.39,1.6,TRILLIONAIRE,"At the end of the first half of the basketball game, the Magnets and the Scouts were tied at 24 points. Each team had scored 12 baskets, including at least one each of 1-, 2-, and 3-point baskets. However, the Scouts had made more 3-point baskets than the Magnets. The Magnets had scored an equal number of 1-, 2-, and 3-point baskets. How many 1-, 2-, and 3-point baskets did each team score?",No hint available.,"The Magnets scored four 1-point baskets, four 2-pointers, and four 3-pointers. The Scouts scored five 1-point baskets, two 2-pointers, and five 3-pointers.",Math,04/24/08 #4863,Big Number,2.26,1.66,mad-ade,"Multiply by 7 the number of 8's immediately followed by 3, but not by 5, in the number below: 381654783298514285838385737983256941837408326 It looks a lot harder than it really is!",No hint available.,"Simply count the occurrences of 83 There are 6 (six) 8's followed by 3 Now multiply it by 7 Hence the answer is 42.",Math,06/20/02 #40013,'Z' Words #2,2.67,2.6,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'Z' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'Z' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun! 1. The room was ---ZZ with talk and laughter. 2. My friend was ----- Z --- so much over her forthcoming exams. 3. I was completely agog at the ---Z - of jewels that stood before me in the old cave. 4. We cannot go out today to play football due to the continual --- ZZ --. 5. Back in the golden years of the 1960's, many people didn't like the ""-- ZZ""!",No hint available.,"1. The room was ABUZZ with talk and laughter. 2. My friend was AGONIZING so much over her forthcoming exams. 3. I was completely agog at the BLAZE of jewels that stood before me in the old cave. 4. We cannot go out today to play football due to the continual DRIZZLE. 5. Back in the golden years of the 1960's, many people didn't like the ""FUZZ""!",Language,01/12/08 #28163,The Two Favorites,2.41,2.67,mufffin09,"There are four songs: Colors of the Wind, Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, I'm Not That Girl and Bustopher Jones. It's your job to figure out which groups these songs go into. Group A: The Rum Tum Tugger A Gift For Living Well All The Love I Have Girl Meets Boy Coda of Freight Damned For All Time Think of Me Group B: As Long As You're Mine The Mark Of Cain All Good Gifts Spread a Little Sunshine God Help the Outcasts Just Around the Riverbend Blame It On The Summer Night",No hint available.,"Colors of the Wind and I'm Not That Girl belong in Group B. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again and Bustopher Jones belong in Group A. Group A has songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber (Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again is from The Phantom of the Opera, and Bustopher Jones is from Cats) Group B has songs by Stephen Schwartz (Colors of the Wind is from the movie Pocahontas, and I'm Not That Girl is from the musical Wicked)",Group,01/19/06 #19969,Reindeer Rescue,3.12,2.7600000000000002,lorial,"Whilst delivering Christmas presents, Santa became stuck in different chimneys and became very behind schedule. At what time was Santa rescued from each chimney, which child was he delivering what present to and which reindeer hauled him out? Santa was not delivering the Train Set to Craig. Rudolph hauled Santa out of one chimney exactly 1 hour before Santa was rescued from Diana's chimney. Building Blocks were delivered to Ryan after 1:30a.m. but before 4:00a.m. Blitzen hauled Santa out of one chimney exactly half an hour after Donner hauled him out of another. Comet helped Santa when he was stuck in Jerry's chimney: this was not the last chimney that he was stuck in that morning. The Teddy Bear was delivered directly before the Doll, but not to Diana and wasn't with Santa when Rudolph pulled him out. Prancer did not help Santa when he was stuck in the chimney with Drums. No reindeer helped Santa out of a chimney with a toy having the same initial as the reindeer's name. Times: 1:00a.m, 1:30a.m, 2:00a.m, 2:30a.m, 4:00a.m. Reindeer: Blitzen, Comet, Donner, Prancer, Rudolph Child: Craig, Diana, Jerry, Ryan, Sadie Toy: Building Blocks, Doll, Drums, Teddy Bear, Train Set",No hint available.,"Reindeer / Child / Time / Toy Blitzen / Diana / 2:30a.m / Drums Comet / Jerry / 1:00a.m / Teddy Bear Donner / Ryan / 2:00a.m / Building Blocks Prancer / Sadie / 4:00a.m / Train Set Rudolph / Craig / 1:30a.m / Doll",Logic-Grid,12/20/04 #32150,Fill in the Blanks III,2.4,2.92,ferretlover1991,"In this teaser, you are challenged to find the missing letters in the following list of words. Written to the right of each word is the value of that word. Each letter in the alphabet is assigned a different worth: a=1, b=2, c=3... and so on. By adding together the worth of each individual letter, you will get the value of the word. As I have said before: it is your job to figure out the missing letters. Good luck! Here is an example: Ap_le (50) ~ the missing letter is ""p"" Now, it's your turn: 1) _uc_r_ (60) 2) co_ _ ub_ al (91) 3) im_ro_l_o (100)","Figure out the value of the letters that you know, and subtract it from the total. You will then know what value the letters that you find should add up to.","1) e, h, e ~ euchre: cheat; trick 2) n, n, i ~ connubial: of or pertaining to marriage 3) b, g, i ~ imbroglio: a complicated or embarrassing state of things",Language,07/30/06 #4414,I got call,2.48,2.11,Drunky,"Can you decipher this phrase: got got call I got call got",No hint available.,I forgot to call.,Rebus,06/01/02 #10897,MAL+EGAZ+ELLE,2.48,2.46,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? MAL+EGAZ+ELLE=",No hint available.,"Making A Quick Buck The Words form ""Male Gazelle"", a type of fast African deer or antelope. A male of this species is a buck.",Rebus,03/05/03 #49555,The Sunsets,2.47,1.51,Bajanator,"On a road trip to the Rocky Mountains, the Smith family experienced something interesting. They live in Montana, so they traveled westward on a day long trip there, where they would stay for 5 days and then travel back home. On their trip they decided that they would watch the sunset each night. So, they did! But on one of the nights, their sunset watching was especially fun. This is because they watched the sun as it set three times! How did this work?",Think about the trip... where are they going to?,"On the first day of the trip they were still driving at night. When the sun started to set, because they were travelling westward, it would set in front of them and then the car would drive to a higher altitude in the mountains. That way, they were able to watch it set twice more.",Situation,08/23/12 #24860,Exploding Traffic?,2.3,2.46,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? T h e o v explosion r t a k e n",What is another word for overtaken and then what is a homonym of it? The expression means something like 'an old acquaintance'.,"A blast from the past (overtaken = passed) The explosion is coming 'from' the passed (past)",Rebus,07/26/05 #42202,German Philosophy,2.28,2.3,aresII,"The following quote is from German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804). Many consider him to be the most influential thinker of modern times. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. R=H ""ZD AXL X BXD ZC PFZAEO LRKD RK HZGAXEKC ERK WZPREC GN GERKWC. ZD KERZSC RK ZC PFZAEO ZN RK GDAO ERZDTC GN JGZDP CG.""","G=O K=E Z=I","""IN LAW A MAN IS GUILTY WHEN HE VIOLATES THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. IN ETHICS HE IS GUILTY IF HE ONLY THINKS OF DOING SO."" KEY: A=L B=M C=S D=N E=T F=U G=O H=V J=D K=E L=W N=F O=Y P=G R=H S=C T=K W=R X=A Z=I",Cryptography,06/11/08 #2852,Dog Show,2.72,0.97,supermew30,"There is a dog show in New York City. There is a big labrador, a pit bull and a chihuahua. The winner of the dog show gets a big mystery prize. 10 minutes before the show, the prize is stolen by one of the dogs. The pit bull says, ""I'm a guard dog. It's not my nature to steal!"" The labrador says, ""I'm way too big. I'd be spotted in an instant!"" The chihuahua says, ""I'm way too small! There is no way that huge crystal food dish will fit in my mouth!"" Before the dog show, one of the dogs was punished harshly and disqualified for theft. Who did it and how do they know?",No hint available.,The chihuahua did it. The prize was a mystery prize. There is no way he could have known it was a crystal food dish.,Situation,03/24/02 #49273,Hole in the Middle,2.72,0.98,babyjuice,"This riddle is from the book ""The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma"". It was written by Trenton Lee Stewart. The answer to this riddle has a hole in the middle, And some have been known to fall in it. In tennis it's nothing, but it can be received, And sometimes a person may win it. Though not seen or heard it may be perceived, Like princes or bees it's in clover. The answer to this riddle has a hole in the middle, And without it one cannot start over.",No hint available.,Love,Riddle,01/26/12 #9760,3 by 3 Square,2.26,2.49,hprulz,"Take a 3 by 3 square. The first row reads: 9, 1, 7. The second row reads: 8, 2, 4. The third row reads: 7, 3, ... ? What's in the end of the last column?",No hint available.,"1 (The first column) - 2 x (the second column) = the third column. So 7 - 2 x 3 = 1.",Series,01/11/03 #287,Gold and Feathers,2.12,1.86,Phyllis,"Which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?",No hint available.,"A pound of feathers is heavier! Precious metals are weighed in TROY pounds, which are only the equivalent of 0.8228 pounds avoirdupois (lbs).",Trick,02/18/01 #6925,Wonder Number,2.13,2.06,majd,"Try to find out a multi-digit number that if multiplied by the number 9 or any of its multiplications products (18, 27, 36, 45,..) will result in the multiplication factor repeated (n) number of times.",No hint available.,"The number is: 12345679 12345679 * 9 = 111111111 12345679 * 18 = 222222222 12345679 * 27 = 333333333 And so on...",Math,08/27/02 #2249,"Sphinx, Listen, Talion",2.65,2.36,PyroTekniks,"These words follow a logical progression: SPHINX, LISTEN, TALION. Which of the following words could be next in the progression: AUREOLE SPROUT IODINE PROTON",No hint available.,"IODINE - The list contains six-letter words with one, two, three and four vowels.",Series,02/04/02 #5473,Three Vacations,2.54,1.6300000000000001,Bobbrt,"Miss English, Mrs. French, and Ms. Lapp all went on vacation recently, one to England, one to France, and one to Lapland. If only one of the following four statements is true, who went where? 1. Ms. Lapp went to England. 2. Ms. Lapp did not go to France. 3. Miss English did not go to France. 4. Miss English did not go to Lapland.",No hint available.,"The third statement is the only one that can be true and satisfy the conditions of the puzzle. Therefore, Ms. Lapp went to France, Miss English went to Lapland, and Mrs. French went to England.",Logic,07/11/02 #17788,The Cycle Race,2.59,2.74,ansh93,"In a 14-stage cycle race there were a 100 competitors, among them ""Crazy"" Charles In all 14 stages ""Crazy"" Charles finished in the same position: 93rd. However, at the end of the race, ""Crazy"" Charles was declared runner-up in the competition: his accumulated time was less than that of all the other competitors except one, the champion. Bearing in mind the fact that none of the 100 competitors withdrew from the race, how was it possible for ""Crazy"" Charles to finish second if he never even made it into the top 90 competitors?",No hint available.,"""Crazy"" Charles was runner-up in the race because in each of the 14 stages he beat 7 different competitors, and he beat them all by more time than the accumulated time that they beat him by in all the other stages of the tour. Since 7*14=98, there was only one cyclist that he never beat and that was the champion.",Math,05/31/04 #49070,Listening to Directions,2.59,2.23,Gizzer,"If you add a letter to the beginning of each of the 8 words below, you can create another word. That word may not be spelled correctly, but it will sound like a valid word. knee sir wash send corn trap sun girly If you do this correctly, the letters you add, when read downward, will spell out a word that represents what you are looking for when listening to directions.",No hint available.,"G + knee = genie U + sir = user I + wash = eyewash D + send = descend A + corn = acorn N + trap = entrap C + sun = season E + girly = eagerly So, the 8-letter word you are listening for is GUIDANCE.",Language,10/09/11 #27838,"Anything, and Nothing at All",2.22,1.12,bigSWAFF_69_,"What two phrases, that basically have the same meaning, are represented below? Anything = achievable Nothing = unachievable",No hint available.,"Anything is Possible and Nothing is Impossible Achievable is a synonym for possible, and unachievable is a synonym for impossible",Rebus,01/02/06 #42590,Pi = R in 180 D,1.83,1.8900000000000001,shenqiang,Pi = R in 180 D,Think angles.,Pi = radians in 180 degrees.,Letter-Equations,07/24/08 #17072,Cold Fusion,2.41,2.61,cnmne,"Angus needs to boil water to steam open an envelope, but he can not get the stove lit. Can you turn water into steam by changing one letter at a time? Each step must create a valid word in the English language. Angus made the change in 17 steps. Can you do as well ... or better? WATER ----> STEAM",No hint available.,"WATER MATER MATES MALES MALTS MELTS MEATS SEATS SCATS SCANS SCANT SCENT SPENT SPEND SPEED STEED STEAD STEAM",Language,03/19/04 #24982,It's an Editor's Job,2.34,2.88,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? Exnxgxlxixsxh Bx...reakfast Hxexrxbx...al Exaxrxl Gxrx...ey N.e.e.d.l.e.'s. h. etc...ole V.i.e.w.i.n. etc...g organ C.a.p.t.a.i.n.'s s.a. etc...lute NOTE: the ...'s and etc are intended to show continuation",Pedantic people are generally particularly good at the answer to this teaser.,"Crossing the t's and dotting the i's as per Crossing (x'ing) the t's (teas) and dotting (.'ing) the i's (eyes, ayes) English Breakfast, Herbal, and Earl Grey are all types of tea (t) and they are being x'd or crossed A needle's hole = eye Viewing organ = eye Captain's salute = aye or aye aye All pronounced 'i' and these are being .'d or dotted.",Rebus,07/30/05 #38438,Make Some New Words #2,3.09,2.55,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to form eight (8) complete words from list A, B, & C. In each list, there are parts of words. Choose one word part from each list (A, B, C) to form the new word. Example: CORN + ERST + ONE = CORNERSTONE List A: FOR ANT EM BOO PER IN MAT NO List B: CUB IS ME ON IT EN AD PA List C: COPE THY DAY SIC ATE RUST RANG OR",No hint available.,"1. FORENSIC 2. ANTITRUST 3. EMPATHY 4. BOOMERANG 5. PERISCOPE 6. INCUBATE 7. MATADOR 8. NOONDAY",Language,09/24/07 #10996,Living in Style,2.43,2.5100000000000002,griphook,"Round, I am a swing. Open, I am inviting. Full, I am winning. Green, I am steaming. What am I?",No hint available.,"A House. A roundhouse is a a blow delivered with a wild swing. An open house is ready for all comers. A full house is a poker winning hand. Greenhouse means of or relating to the warming of the atmosphere caused by the greenhouse effect.",Riddle,03/09/03 #48414,Slice & Splice 42,2.17,2.78,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: AIL, MAY, RAP, RUM, SET, TAR Group B: A*****, ***I**, *L****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are related to the circulatory system. ARTERY, ATRIUM, PLASMA",Language,01/23/11 #28680,Damper than Moist,2.79,1.77,kiss,"My 6, 7, 3 is a tear to a newspaper. My 5, 4, 1 is damper than moist. My 1, 7, 6, 4 makes you weary blowing it up. My 5, 7, 6, 9 helps electricity to flow. My 8, 10, 2 is an attempt at this teaser. My whole might have been used to create this teaser.",I only consist of letters on the top row of a keyboard.,"Typewriter. A rip is a tear to a newspaper. Wet is damper than moist. A tire makes you weary blowing it up. A wire helps electricity to flow. ""Try"" is an attempt at this teaser. A typewriter might have been used to create this teaser.",Language,02/17/06 #333,Antique lamps,2.43,1.87,Phyllis,"A collector of antique lamps bought two lamps, and then, discovering she was short of money, immediately had to sell them again. She sold each lamp for $600. On one of the lamps she made 20% and on the other one she lost 20%. Did she make or lose money on the whole deal? How much?",No hint available.,She lost money. You can calculate that the one lamp cost $500 and the other one cost $750. That means she paid $1250 for them together and then sold them for $1200 losing $50.,Math,03/10/01 #43903,Sporty People,2.46,1.04,kaipolani114,"Brandon, Britney, Brianna and Bronson each play a sport that has a competition on a different day of the week. Also, each person is in a different grade. Can you figure out each person's grade, the sport they're in and what day they compete? The sports are basketball, track and field, soccer, and swimming. The competitions are either on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Each person is either a high school freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior. 1. Neither of the girls plays basketball or swims, and neither has competitions on Fridays or Sundays. 2. The person who plays basketball is a senior. The basketball game is on Fridays. 3. Bronson is one grade higher than Brianna. 4. In the sport Britney is in, she gets kicked a lot. 5. Bronson is in a sport that doesn't require running during the competitions. 6. Britney is a freshman. 7. The soccer games are on Thursdays.",No hint available.,"Britney is a freshman who plays soccer. Her games are on Thursdays. Brianna is a sophomore who is in track and field. Her meets are on Saturdays. Bronson is a junior who is on the swim team. His meets are on Sundays. Brandon is a senior who plays basketball. His games are on Fridays.",Logic-Grid,01/12/09 #50947,A Strong Defense,2.6,0.99,ThinksForFun,"I'm usually out of sight Unless you see me at night From my markings one can tell I've the power to repel Your lawn I may traumatize To get to my grubby prize What am I?",No hint available.,a skunk,Riddle,12/17/16 #28840,Country Club 6,2.6,2.9,cnmne,"Which country in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? It has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation. Group A: Argentina, Iran, Jordan, Netherlands Group B: Bolivia, Finland, Mongolia, Pakistan, Rwanda, United States",No hint available.,"The lowest land elevation of each country in Group A is below sea level. Respectively, the lowest points (in meters) are: Laguna del Carbon (-105), Caspian Sea (-28), Dead Sea (-408), and Zuidplaspolder (-7). Thus, the United States, whose lowest point is Death Valley (-86), can be added to Group A.",Group,02/28/06 #25685,Light Year,2.66,1.15,Steve1973,"Since there are 365 days in a year, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute, how many seconds are there total in a light year?",No hint available.,"NONE. A second is a measurement of TIME. A Light Year is a measurement of DISTANCE. You might as well ask, ""How many seconds are in a mile"", as to ask how many are in a light year.",Trick,08/31/05 #22734,5 X 5 Chess Board Puzzle,2.29,2.29,rotwyla98,You have a 5 x 5 chess board. You must place 5 queens so that you can place three pawns on the board and they will not be taken.,No hint available.,"In (row, column) format Queens: (1,3) (2,1) (1,4) (3,1) (2,4) Pawns: (4,5) (5,5) (5,2) The board can also be rotated for all of the different positions.",Logic,05/07/05 #37071,Hail Caesar!,2.41,2.84,jazzmusician46,"In the following group, who is the odd person out? Vitellius Julius Claudius Hadrian Galba Domitian Augustus",No hint available.,"Hadrian is the odd person out in this group. All of these people ruled ancient Rome as Caesars. Hadrian, however, was not included in the famous literary work entitled ""The Twelve Caesars"", which was written in 121 AD by Hadrian's personal secretary, Suetonius. This book documents the biographies of the first 12 Emperors of the Roman Empire from Julius Caesar to Domitian. Vitellius: 69 - 69 AD Julius Caesar: 49 - 44 BC Claudius: 41 - 54 AD Hadrian: 117 - 138 AD Galba: 68 - 69 AD Domitian: 81 - 96 AD Augustus: 27 BC - 14 AD",Group,06/25/07 #44448,Time's Up!,2.1,1.84,da1bearsfan,"JAFE MAAP MAJU JUAU SEOC ????","- 2 - Title is a hint","NODE Every two letters are the first two letters of a month. For example: JA= January, FE= February And when you got all the way to OC=October, the next two months are November and December. NO= November DE= December",Series,05/13/09 #31470,Word Scrambles VI,2.61,2.0,Psychic_Master,"Here's how it goes; there will be 3 scrambled word puzzles with a clue above it. The unscrambled word/s will have something to do with the clue. 1. Clue: Unwanted company Puzzle: He threw lid 2. Clue: Get out of the way, celestial object! Puzzle: All spice rose 3. Clue: King's laughter Puzzle: Rust ejector",No hint available.,"1. Third wheel 2. Solar eclipse 3. Court jester",Language,07/01/06 #5164,From V to U,2.71,2.32,bobbrt,Can you think of a five-letter word of one syllable that becomes a different word of two syllables when the fourth letter is changed from V to U?,"What's a faucet worth nowadays, anyway?","Valve changes to value. Another acceptable answer would be ""no, I can't.""",Language,07/03/02 #14663,Lots of Jumping,2.99,1.39,fishmed,"What phrase is represented below? JG UN MI PP IM NU GJ Good New New",No hint available.,Jumping up and down over good news.,Rebus,09/03/03 #29049,Word Jumble 4 - The Gemstone Series,2.92,2.26,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser: LIUQA Take letters 1 & 2 PDIET Take letters 1,2 & 4 ETRSO Take letters 1 & 4 DONU Take letters 1 & 4 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"LIUQA Take letters 1 & 2 - QUAIL, take Q,U PDIET Take letters 1,2 & 4 - TEPID, take T,E,I ETRSO Take letters 1 & 4 - STORE, take S,R DONU Take letters 1 & 4 - UNDO, take U,O Unscramble the above to get 'Turquoise'. Turquoise is a beautiful blue gemstone known since ancient times for its beauty. Through today, it is believed to bring wealth to one who wears it. In some cultures, it is known to act as a talisman to avoid any untoward accidents or dangers in life.",Language,03/12/06 #25393,Work 2,2.73,0.9400000000000001,deadeye823,"A mother and a father routinely watch their son at work 5 nights a week. Yet, no words are ever exchanged between the parents and son; and to make this even more baffling, the parents live a few states away from their son. How can this be?",The parents watch their son from their living room.,The son is a newscaster!,Situation,08/17/05 #5698,Reviled,2.65,1.62,Bobbrt,"Which word below belongs in this group and why? REVILED STRESSED REPAID STAR DRAWER PARTS Choices: a) VILE b) REGARD c) STINK d) PASSIVE",No hint available.,"STINK All of the words form new words when spelled backwards.",Group,07/19/02 #2583,Rock Rock Rock,2.47,0.74,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? rock rock rock rock clock rock rock rock rock",No hint available.,Rock around the clock,Rebus,03/08/02 #8547,The Card Animal,2.7600000000000002,1.58,CCat20,"I am an animal, long and thin, I am not a fish because I don't have fins. My name puts me near the top, of the deadliest ones on Earth. My back is a card and you should beware of me, because you never know what I'll do when you're hurting me. What am I?",No hint available.,A diamondback snake.,Riddle,11/16/02 #27944,Use Your Illusions Part I,2.7600000000000002,1.77,metallicman,"The following are famous books and their authors. Letters have been taken from each book and each author. From the letter list below fill in each letter to give the names of the books and authors. An-e-s and D-m-ns D-n -ro-n Pe- Se-at-r- S-ep-en K-n- C-r-nic-es of N-r--a C - L-wi- A F-re-e-l to A-m- E-n-st H-mi-gw-y A M-sq-e of Me-c- Ro-e-t Fr-s- T-e Hu-t for R-d Oc-o-e- T-m C-a-cy Bl-ac-e-s Jo-n Gri-h-m aaaaaaabbbeeeeeegghhhhhiillllmnnnnoooorrrrrrssssttttuwwyy","The third one isn't a book, but rather a series.","Angels and Demons Dan Brown Pet Sematary Stephen King Chronicles of Narnia C S Lewis A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway A Masque of Mercy Robert Frost The Hunt for Red October Tom Clancy Bleachers John Grisham",Language,01/07/06 #36831,United States Scrambler Series 2,2.7,2.28,soccerguy0428,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a U.S. state, capital, or major city. PERCTOUM (Take the 2nd and 3rd letters) NHETPELOE (Take the 3rd and 9th letters) WIEHRASHDS (Take the 6th and 10th letters) WVIOCMREA (Take the 2nd letter) SATRETO (Take the 5th letter) NEBLRED (Take the 1st letter) Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"You get Baltimore Computer OM Telephone LE Dishwasher AR Microwave I Toaster T Blender B O, M, L, E, A, R, I, T, B Baltimore",Language,06/03/07 #404,32 White Horses..,2.35,1.82,Phyllis,"32 white horses upon a red hill Now they tramp Now they champ Now they stand still. What are they?",No hint available.,teeth and gums,Riddle,04/24/01 #18224,Arresting Issues,2.4,1.18,horse_luver,"A man was in trouble due to an arrest. However, he didn't break the law in any way and he was not falsely accused of doing so! How is this possible?",He was an old man with heart troubles.,He was in cardiac arrest!,Trick,07/14/04 #28528,What to Add?,2.96,1.33,fishmed,"The same five-letter word can be added to either the front or back, but not both, of the following words to create four new words. Can you determine what the five-letter word's identity is? KEY WALL GEM WASHED",No hint available.,"The word you need is STONE. KEYSTONE STONEWALL GEMSTONE STONEWASHED",Language,02/09/06 #30715,Presidential Wisdom II,2.66,2.44,paul726,"Below are encoded quotes from the sixth through tenth presidents of the United States. Your task is to first decode them, and then correctly assign them to the presidents who spoke them. 6) ""XNR YRDD JTSRMVGRVX UVXRMIRMRD ZUXN FMUSPXR FEMDEUXD, XNR LRXXRM ITM JRVRMPY FMTDFRMUXA."" 7) ""ZR PKGUX TI VT JTSRMVGRVX LA KUSUVR MUJNX....XNR TVYA YRJUXUGPXR MUJNX XT JTSRMV UD PV RWFMRDD JMPVX TI FTZRM IMTG XNR JTSRMVRK."" 8) ""FTDXRMUXA: ATE ZUYY VRSRM BVTZ NTZ GEON UX NPD OTDX GA JRVRMPXUTV XT FMRDRMSR ATEM IMRRKTG. U NTFR ATE ZUYY GPBR JTTK EDR TI UX."" 9) ""ZRPYXN OPV TVYA LR POOEGEYPXRK LA XNR RPMVUVJD TI UVKEDXMA PVK XNR DPSUVJD TI IMEJPYUXA."" 10) ""FRPOR, PLTSR PYY XNUVJD, UD XT LR KRDUMRK, LEX LYTTK GEDX DTGRXUGRD LR DFUYYRK XT TLXPUV UX TV RCEPLYR PVK YPDXUVJ XRMGD.""","Vowel encoding is as follows: A=P E=R I=U O=T U=E","The solutions are given in the order in which each president served, followed by the president's name and term in office. The answer key is below. 8) ""Posterity: You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it."" - John Quincy Adams 1825 - 1829 10) ""Peace, above all things, is to be desired, but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms."" - Andrew Jackson 1829 - 1837 6) ""The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity."" - Martin Van Buren 1837 - 1841 7) ""We admit of no government by divine right....the only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed."" - William Henry Harrison 1841 9) ""Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality."" - John Tyler 1841 - 1845 A=P . . N=V B=L . . O=T C=O . . P=F D=K . . Q=C E=R . . R=M F=I . . S=D G=J . . T=X H=N . . U=E I=U . . V=S J=Q . . W=Z K=B . . X=W L=Y . . Y=A M=G . . Z=H",Cryptography,05/26/06 #37116,Cubes,2.37,1.59,sportygirl98989,6 = the C of a RC,"(R,B,G,O,Y,W)","6 = the Colors of a Rubik's Cube. (Red, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, White)",Letter-Equations,06/27/07 #49820,Something's Up,2.24,2.53,ThinksForFun,"Can you identify which one of the following words does not belong in the group? because cringe drink final lips meow","First consider the individual letters of each word, and then these letters grouped together as a whole for each word.","final The solution is based on the ordinal values of the letters in the alphabet. Since ""a"" is the first letter of the alphabet, it has an ordinal value of 1. Likewise, ""b"" is the second letter of the alphabet, so it has an ordinal value of 2, and so on for each letter of the alphabet. If you sum the ordinal values of the letters in each word (i.e. ""a"" = 1, ""b"" = 2, ""c"" = 3,... ""z"" = 26), then for the word ""final"", the total of the values is 42. For all of the other words in the group, the total is 56. The title is a play on words for ""sum things up"".",Group,04/28/13 #50633,Desperate Situation,2.66,1.33,ThinksForFun,"What phrase does the following represent? HANGING PRANCER DASHER COMET CUPID LIFE",No hint available.,"hanging on for dear life hanging <== ""HANGING"", which is on: for <== (the names of) four (of the fabled Santa Claus's) dear <== (rein)deer (""PRANCER"", ""DASHER"", ""COMET"", and ""CUPID"") life <== ""LIFE""",Rebus,06/13/15 #44586,Central Casting,2.43,1.77,dswilborn,"A new situation comedy with five main characters is being cast in Hollywood. One of the show's ongoing plots involves the complicated love story between the main characters. From the information below, can you determine the name of the character, their profession, who their love interest is, and what personality 'quirk' that character has? Characters: Aimee, Bert, Kate, Tom, Lewis Profession: accountant, banker, fashion consultant, journalist, real estate agent Personality Quirk: compulsive, funny, insecure, tough, unreliable 1. Two of the male characters are in love with the same woman, but Lewis is not one of those men. 2. The real estate agent is good on the job, but is seen as insecure in relationships. 3. The five characters are: Tom, the fashion consultant, the compulsive woman in love with Bert, the funny guy, and the real estate agent. 4. The accountant and the banker are in love with each other, but the journalist's love for Kate complicates that relationship. 5. Though seen as unreliable, Lewis knows he can someday make Aimee love him. 6. Tom acts tough, but the real estate agent loves him anyway. 7. Kate is in love with the banker.",All characters are straight. No one is in love with Lewis.,"The characters are: Aimee, real estate agent, insecure, loves Tom Bert, banker, funny, loves Kate Kate, accountant, compulsive, loves Bert Lewis, fashion consultant, unreliable, loves Aimee Tom, journalist, tough, loves Kate",Logic-Grid,06/05/09 #38701,Read Me 2,2.81,1.02,friesaregood,"I can be large, I can be small. The things inside me; can you guess them all? The words within me always vary, You never know what I may carry. Be it dragons, be it war. Be it love, raging forevermore. Pick me up, take me home, And keep me safe for years to come.",You see me every day.,"A Book. Books can be any size, and there are innumerable books of different topics.",Riddle,10/09/07 #5800,bbaseball,2.16,2.09,Bobbrt,"Can you decipher this phrase? bbaseball",No hint available.,Baseball double-header,Rebus,07/22/02 #2653,Hans & Fritz,2.48,2.2,missie,"Hans and Fritz are German spies during World War II. They try to enter America, posing as returning tourists. Hans is immediately arrested. Why?",No hint available.,"Crossing the border, Hans and Fritz were required to fill out a personal information form, which asked, among other things, their birthdays. The German date ordering is day/month/year, rather than the American way, month/day/year. Fritz was born on, say, July 7th, so he wrote down 7/7/15 -- no problem. Hans was born on, say, July 20th, so he wrote down 20/7/15 instead of the American way, 7/20/15. Since Hans had claimed to be a returning American, he was found out by the border police.",Situation,03/12/02 #50413,Words With VE,1.9000000000000001,2.31,cnmne,"Five words that contain VE as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **VE*, VE****, **VE**, ***VE*, **VE*** Pool: A, C, D, G, I, L, L, N, O, O, O, P, R, R, S, T, T, U, X, Y",No hint available.,"GAVEL, VELOUR, DIVEST, CONVEX, POVERTY",Language,08/09/14 #27764,Eighteen Syllables,2.96,1.58,peppamintp,"Fill in the answers to the clues by using all the syllables. The number to be used is in parentheses. BOG BRA DO EX GAN GNA LA MEN MENT NA NA O PERT SA TO TOR TOUR VO 1. Baked pasta dish (3) 2. Forewarning (2) 3. Long sled (3) 4. Well done! (2) 5. Master (2) 6. Athletic competition (3) 7. Twister (3)",No hint available.,"1. Lasagna (la sa gna) 2. Omen (o men) 3. Toboggan (to bog gan) 4. Bravo (bra vo) 5. Expert (ex pert) 6. Tournament (tour na ment) 7. Tornado (tor na do)",Language,12/29/05 #16341,Maria's Party,2.19,1.19,catsrfun37,Maria is going to her father's mom's husband's grandma's daughter's party. Everyone only had 1 child. Whose birthday party is Maria going to and what relation is that person to her?,No hint available.,It is her great grandma's party. It is her father's mom's (her grandma) husband's (granddad)grandmom's (great great grandma) daughter (great grandma).,Logic,01/27/04 #1263,"Lies, Lies, Lies",2.54,1.12,Yanivster,"Here are ten statements: 1. Exactly one of these statements is not true. 2. Exactly two of these statements are not true. 3. Exactly three of these statements are not true. 4. Exactly four of these statements are not true. 5. Exactly five of these statements are not true. 6. Exactly six of these statements are not true. 7. Exactly seven of these statements are not true. 8. Exactly eight of these statements are not true. 9. Exactly nine of these statements are not true. 10. Exactly ten of these statements are not true. How many and which of the above statements is true?",No hint available.,"Only one of these statements can be true, and it has to be number 9.",Logic,11/02/01 #40644,Nobody?,2.44,1.06,Superwolf26,"There were eight men walking by an apple tree with eight apples on it. Nobody took one. When they looked back, there were only seven apples. Why?",Look at the word 'nobody' carefully.,One of the men was named Nobody. Nobody is capitalized because it is the beginning of the sentence and a name.,Trick,02/22/08 #3589,Spheres,2.6,1.66,Mogmatt16,How can you create a perfect sphere in less than one minute using only one tool? What would the tool be?,The sphere would be hollow.,Blow a bubble with a bubble wand.,Other,04/17/02 #47629,Curtail 5,3.03,1.56,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Soapsuds -> Woodworking machine 2. Discover -> Fish part 3. Glue -> Gone before 4. Dismissed from the mind -> Do without 5. Boast -> Supporting undergarment 6. Woman -> Boy 7. A harsh, rumbling sound -> Become larger 8. Area cut by a scythe's swing -> Hit swiftly","The words start with these letters: 1. L 2. F 3. P 4. F 5. B 6. L 7. G 8. S","1. Lather -> Lathe 2. Find -> Fin 3. Paste -> Past 4. Forgot -> Forgo 5. Brag -> Bra 6. Lady -> Lad 7. Growl -> Grow 8. Swath -> Swat",Language,08/01/10 #594,Touching One,2.72,1.72,snoopdogg,"Touching one, yet holding two. It is a one-link chain. Binding those who keep words true, Till death rend it twain.",No hint available.,Wedding Ring,Riddle,06/06/01 #5042,Greenvy,2.15,1.31,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? Greenvy",No hint available.,Green with envy,Rebus,06/28/02 #48829,"Three Things, One Bond",2.69,2.16,celtichero,"Identify the common bond for the three things in each group. Once you've done that, take the three answers and find their common bond to win a fabulous prize. Group One: Balloon, Bubble, Weasel Group Two: Banana, Duck, Sun Group Three: Dumbo, Mickey Mouse, Despereaux the Mouse The hint will either provide another word with the same bond or a hint to the bond.","Group One: Tire Group Two: Certain Types of Cheese Group Three: Yes, they are all fictional characters, but you need to look at them a bit more, specifically their appearance.","Group One: Pop. You can pop a balloon, pop a bubble, pop goes the weasel, and tires can pop. Group Two: Yellow. Bananas, ducks, the sun, and certain types of cheese are yellow. Group Three: Ears, Dumbo, Mickey Mouse, and Despereaux the Mouse all had notoriously big ears. So, that leaves you with: Pop, Yellow, and Ear. The answer is then: Corn. You can pop corn, corn is yellow, and corn comes in ears. Congratulations. You win. Your prize: You can go to a store and buy a yellow ear of corn to make popcorn out of.",Language,07/06/11 #34618,Missing Letters 7,2.91,2.33,jazzmusician46,"Below are incomplete words. Place three (3) letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck. unf (_ _ _ ) est to (_ _ _) tures hic (_ _ _) ful eit (_ _ _) etic fee (_ _ _) eder he (_ _ _) ful",No hint available.,"unfold - oldest topic - pictures hiccup - cupful either - heretic feeble - bleeder heart - artful",Language,12/28/06 #18365,"Pete, Andy and The Lampposts",2.29,2.24,bintot,"Pete and Andy were employed by the local town authorities to repaint the lampposts on Main Street. Pete, an early riser, arrived first on the job and had already painted three on the south side of the street when Andy turned up and pointed out that Pete was supposed to do the north side. So Pete started all over on the north side and Andy continued on the south side. When Andy finished his side he went across the street and painted six posts for Pete. There were an equal number of lampposts on each side of the street. Which man painted more lampposts, and just how many more?",No hint available.,"Andy must have painted six more lampposts than Pete, no matter how many lampposts there were. Let us say there were 20 on each side; then Andy painted 23 and Pete 17.",Math,07/27/04 #45271,Can You Find It? XII,2.11,1.8800000000000001,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word PHILANTHROPISTS, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. A slab-like rock at the base of a column. 2. A finely corded fabric, often of cotton, for drapery or dresses. 3. A need, or desire for something, as with knowledge. 4. The object of plundering or looting. 5. A short, usually one-handed firearm. 6. Desolately stark, severe, and/or uncomfortable. 7. To beat soundly, as in a punishment; to flog. 8. One of the two outside openings of the nose. 9. A building or place for the confinement of persons lawfully convicted of crimes. 10. A small container, usually of glass, for holding liquids. 11. A strip of leather used for sharpening razors. 12. A mass of lymphoid tissue found on both sides of the throat.",No hint available.,"1. PLINTH 2. POPLIN 3. THIRST 4. SPOILS 5. PISTOL 6. HARSH 7. THRASH 8. NOSTRIL 9. PRISON 10. PHIAL 11. STROP 12. TONSIL",Language,09/11/09 #51499,Suspicion ?,1.53,1.58,LittleGreenMan,"Complete the Rebus using your ""lateral thinking"" skills, ""fuzzy logic"" ability, ""cluster mapping"" technique, and ""intuitive leaping"" (if appropriate), to identify a common phrase suggested by the information below. I it I it I it ... ...",No hint available.,"""keeping an eye on it"" eye = I (homophone)",Rebus,10/12/17 #41605,BJ = A + 10 P C,2.16,1.92,shenqiang,BJ = A + 10 P C,No hint available.,Blackjack = ace + 10 point card.,Letter-Equations,04/21/08 #33115,A-Hunting For Computers?,2.1,0.99,akl21,"One day, Akl decided that she wanted a notebook, and went job-hunting. Akl finally found a job mowing lawns. She earned $6 a week cutting lawns, and in no time flat she had all the money she needed to go notebook shopping. She stopped at several stores and left each of them dissatisfied. It seemed that her perfect notebook was not to be found. She wanted to be able to use Paint in it, and she did not want an expensive one. Eventually, she found one at a discount store for $2.50. How was this possible?",You shouldn't really need one... Just re-read it! =),"She was buying a notebook. Not the laptop sort. Just a normal notebook. For some reason, she wouldn't buy the cheap $.50 ones, but that's another teaser.",Trick,09/22/06 #4106,I Give You Three...,2.02,2.83,arij,"I give you three dollars, you give me five. Though you are gloomy here, it cost me my drive. What's going on?",No hint available.,"A cricket bat is being traded for $2. A cricket bat is used to play shots such as straight drive, cover drive, etc.",Riddle,05/17/02 #19784,Favorite Instrument,2.13,1.08,pianofox,"One day in music class, the teacher said, ""Today we're going to talk about our favorite string instruments. All you have to do is tell me your favorite string instrument and you'll get an A."" The teacher asked one kid and he said piano. He got an F. Why?",No hint available.,The piano is a percussion instrument because of the hammer that hits the strings.,Trick,12/08/04 #39745,Are You Superstitious?,2.28,2.09,aresII,"The following superstitious thoughts are from random authors. Can you decode them? O=B ""KZLZWK UW BTZ IQOOGB'N XUUB GX SUP RGAA, OPB IZYZYOZI GB KGKW'B RUIC XUI BTZ IQOOGB."" ~ I. Z. NTQS ""GX Q YQW RTU MQWWUB MUPWB XGWKN Q XUPI-AZQX MAUDZI, GN TZ APMCS?"" ~ NBQWGNAQR E. AZM","E=J K=D Q=A","""DEPEND ON THE RABBIT'S FOOT IF YOU WILL, BUT REMEMBER IT DIDN'T WORK FOR THE RABBIT."" ~ R. E. SHAY ""IF A MAN WHO CANNOT COUNT FINDS A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER, IS HE LUCKY?"" ~ STANISLAW J. LEC KEY: A=L B=T C=K D=V E=J G=I I=R K=D L=P M=C N=S O=B P=U Q=A R=W S=Y T=H U=O W=N X=F Y=M Z=E",Cryptography,12/24/07 #51797,Dust,2.88,0.88,Jake,Can you figure out the common phrase that this image represents?,No hint available.,Bite the dust,Rebus,03/19/18 #30898,Video Visions,2.42,2.28,maxvu,"Tobin is thinking of joining a video club. He received this offer in the mail: ""Buy 7 videos for just 1 penny apiece! (You must follow either Plan A or Plan B.) Plan A: Buy 2 more videos for $6.95 each with your initial order. Then buy only 3 more videos over the next 3 years at regular club prices. Plan B: Buy only the 7 videos for 1 penny apiece. Then buy 5 videos over the next 3 years at regular club prices. Regular club prices: Each video normally costs between $19.95 and $39.95. Send no money now. We'll bill you later."" Tobin has $23.00 in an empty peanut-butter jar in his room, so he estimates he can afford to send for the 9 movies because they will cost around $14.00. Tobin tells his Uncle Ben about the video deal, and his uncle says, ""Tobe, do yourself a favor and look through the fine print to find out how much they're actually going to bill you for those videos."" Tobin finds this information: Shipping and Handling For the first 7 movies ... $1.60 each For additional movies ... $1.70 each State sales tax on all purchases is 3%. How many videos can Tobin afford to order right now? Then, how much would it cost Tobin for his total of 12 videos over the next 3 years, using an average of the regular club prices?","1. Break down the problem into smaller problems. 2. Shipping and handling charges should not be taxed.","Tobin can afford to order only 7 videos right now. The total cost for all 12 videos will be $174.01. Plan A: Tobin will pay $ .07 + (2 * $6.95) = $13.97 for the first 9 videos. With a 3% sales tax, the videos will cost $14.39. However, Tobin must also pay for the shipping costs: (7 * $1.60) + (2 * $1.70) = $14.60, boosting the total price of the first 9 videos to $28.99. He cannot afford this right now, so he must consider Plan B. Plan B: Tobin's initial order will cost $ .07 (including sales tax) + (7 * $1.60) for shipping and handling = $11.27. The average club price is ($19.95 + $39.95) / 2 = $29.95. So the remaining 5 videos will cost 5 * $29.95 = $149.75. With a 3% sales tax, the videos will cost $154.24 + (5 * $1.70) for shipping and handling = $162.74. Adding the cost of the first 7 videos to the cost of the other 5 gives a total cost of $174.01.",Math,06/05/06 #22444,Sharing Marbles,2.25,1.91,tsimkin,"Henry and Gretchen each collected marbles, and they were discussing sharing their collections. Here is the conversation they had: Henry: ""If I shared with Lizzie, we would each get 10 marbles."" Gretchen: ""If Lizzie shared with Courtney, who has 10 marbles, they would each end up with half as many marbles as I have."" Henry: ""Now I know how many marbles we will each end up with if we share."" How many marbles will they each have?",No hint available.,"15. Using the variables H, G, L, and C to stand for Henry, Gretchen, Lizzie, and Courtney, we get: (H + L)/2 = 10, so H + L = 20 (L + C)/2 = G/2, so (L + 10)/2 = G/2, and L + 10 = G (H + G)/2 = (H + L + 10)/2 = (H + L)/2 + 5 Since we know (H + L)/2 = 10, we get (H + G)/2 = 15. You can also plug in numbers to make this work. If Henry has 10, Lizzie has 10, Courtney has 10, and Gretchen has 20, all of these answers hold. Even if you change the mix (e.g., H = 5, L = 15, C = 10, G = 25), the answer remains the same.",Math,04/24/05 #44595,Growing Younger...?,2.62,1.58,GreenApples27,"A man was 35 years old in the year 1935. In the year 1945 the man was only 25 years old. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"The years are 1935 B.C. and 1945 B.C. The years go downwards in B.C.",Trick,06/11/09 #3898,What Could I Be?,2.48,0.9,Drunky,"I'm a god, A planet, And measurer of heat. Who am I?",No hint available.,Mercury,Riddle,05/05/02 #24302,A Little Riddle,2.72,2.03,jinzcarmela,"Guess the word or phrase I've been wanting to tell you. Youth vanishes when I always come Over me is the brightest light Under me are lovers looking at me At morning, I can't live Rest is my duty on morning Every night I come to work To be more than a billion years old Rough work it should be In times, I get tired but still rocking Covering darkness to light Keep on working to give you path End is impossible for me Darkness never prevails.",No hint available.,"""YOU ARE TRICKED"". Look at the first letter in every first word in the riddle.",Trick,07/06/05 #24168,Old Oak Tree,2.2,2.63,drussel3,"Homer had always contemplated the size of the old oak tree in the field behind his house. Standing 5 feet away from the 8 foot high fence in the back of the yard, he could just barely see the top leaves of the tree over the top of the fence. He knew that the tree was 200 feet from the fence. Homer was 6 feet tall, making his line of vision, 67 inches from the ground. Estimate how tall the old oak tree is.","TAN A = opposite / adjacent, remember trigonometry","tree height = TAN of angle of vision * distance to the tree = 104.7 feet tall First you need to figure out the angle of vision. The angle of the line of vision over the fence, is the same angle of vision of the eye to the tree top. Height of eyes (67 inches), height of fence (8 ft = 96 inches), distance to fence (5 ft = 60 in) Angle of vision = inverse TAN ( (96 - 67) / 60) = 25.80 degrees Distance to tree = 5 ft + 200 ft = 2460 inches Tree height from eye level = TAN (25.80 deg) * 2460 inches = 1189 inches Tree height estimate = 1189 inches + 67 inches = 104.7 feet This is an old lumberjack method of estimating a tree height. With pure math the height of 104.7 feet is correct. With the measurement capabilities available to any lumberjack (or any average Homer) precise measurements are not possible. Thus the need to clarify these calculations as estimates.",Math,07/01/05 #50276,Absent the Word,1.8,1.29,BadBunnee02,"In your mind complete the partial phrases below and you will get the rebus. What is it? All or ... A whole lot of ... Good for ... Much ado about ... Not for ... Will stop at ... Without you, I'm ...",The same word is absent in all seven phrases. Make a common phrase with that word and you'll have the rebus.,"nothing is missing For more information on the phrase enter it (as below) in any computer search engine: define:nothing is missing",Rebus,04/23/14 #40034,Let's Just Drop It!,2.73,2.18,snowmonster,"Please use the word FACTORIES as your base word. As you drop one letter at a time, try to make 8 additional words, using the following hints as guidelines. 1) Where goods are made = Factories 2) What weathermen do 3) Found under a drinking glass 4) Wooden containers 5) A wide-eyed gaze 6) Clear, salty liquid 7) A long period of time 8) Egyptian sun god 9) Abbreviation for chess piece",No hint available.,"1) Factories 2) Forecast 3) Coaster 4) Crates 5) Stare 6) Tear 7) Era 8) Ra 9) R (rook)",Language,01/13/08 #14854,Numbers Written in Letters,2.64,2.89,Gerd,"Try to fill in the numbers from 1 to 12 (written in letters, i.e. ""one"", ""two"", etc.) into a 6x6 grid, like you may know from word search puzzles. Words may be spelled across, up, down, backward, or diagonally.",No hint available.,"T F O U R E WS N W V L E I E I T E L X F V N V V T H R E E E I G H T N",Other,09/19/03 #51992,Generous Application,3.0,0.89,ThinksForFun,"Packaged in a jar or perhaps a tub Enjoyed from Wellington to Timbuktu Although some may think I come from a nut Nutritionists would know that I do not Use me to form a delicious lunch slice Tastier yet with my fruity topper What am I?","The answer is found in a certain spot which enables this riddle to rhyme not.","peanut butter Regarding the hint, if you have another look at the riddle, you'll see that the first letters of each line together spell the word ""peanut"", and the last letters of each line together spell the word ""butter"" (not including the ""What am I?"" line). Since I decided that the riddle's lines would end with ""butter"", I wasn't able to make it rhyme. lines 1-2: Peanut butter is available in jars or tubs, and is ""enjoyed"" throughout the world. lines 3-4: Although ""nut"" is in ""peanut"", a peanut is a legume, not a nut. Therefore, peanut butter does not ""come from a nut"". lines 5-6: The phrase ""lunch slice"" refers to a sandwich, and the phrase ""fruity topper"" refers to jam or jelly. The title alludes to applying or spreading a generous amount of peanut butter on a sandwich.",Riddle,08/21/18 #25839,Doomed,2.77,1.76,fishmed,"The 5 following words share an interesting characteristic. Can you tell what it is? (It's not just that they all have double letters.) Doomed Capped Tapped Losses Matting",No hint available.,"If you remove one of the double letters in each word, you get a new word. Doomed - o = domed Capped - p = caped Tapped - p = taped Losses - s = loses Matting - t = mating",Language,09/10/05 #5421,Thought An,2.35,1.07,Cascas,"What does this mean? thought an",No hint available.,An afterthought,Rebus,07/10/02 #43871,Dr. Seuss Quotes,2.05,1.48,chittermouse3,"Can you decode these quotes from Dr. Seuss? ""Hlnvgrnvh gsv jfvhgrlmh ziv xlnkorxzgvw zmw gsv zmhdvih ziv hrnkov."" ""Z kvihlm'h z kvihlm, ml nzggvi sld hnzoo.""",Use the Atbash Cipher.,"""Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."" ""A person's a person, no matter how small."" This uses the Atbash Cipher, which is a substitution cipher that reverses the letters of the alphabet. In other words, A = Z, B = Y, C = X, etc.",Cryptography,01/08/09 #42175,Rivers 2,2.54,2.6,aresII,"Rearrange the letters in the following and you may discover ten different European rivers: 1. Henri. 2. Le Roi. 3. A gust. 4. O sell me. 5. Set in red. 6. Biter. 7. Heron. 8. Sue me. 9. Red pine. 10. Nerves.",No hint available.,"1. Rhine. 2. Loire. 3. Tagus. 4. Moselle. 5. Dniester. 6. Tiber. 7. Rhone. 8. Meuse. 9. Dnieper. 10. Severn.",Language,06/08/08 #48945,Word Grid 7,2.18,2.75,cnmne,"Arrange 25 five letter words in a 5 by 5 grid. The five words in each row and each column and each diagonal share a common letter. There are 12 different common letters. The grid cells are identified by row (1 to 5, top to bottom) and column (1 to 5, left to right). Example: Cell 3.2 identifies Row 3 Column 2. The words are: anvil, boast, brake, cable, chose, globe, hound, joust, ounce, phase, plumb, prove, quash, rabid, ripen, rough, spawn, suave, tepid, topic, trunk, venom, voice, wheat, yearn. One letter of each word is provided in the grid. Row 1: h k l n b Row 2: a u s d o Row 3: o i e r t Row 4: w g m e i Row 5: s c v u p",No hint available.,"phase brake anvil spawn boast quash plumb suave hound joust rough rabid prove yearn trunk wheat globe venom ripen tepid chose cable voice ounce topic Common Letters Rows 1 to 5: a, u, r, e, c Columns 1 to 5: h, b, v, n, t Diagonals 1 and 2: p, o 1) Cell 4.1 contains ""w"", so it must be either ""spawn"" or ""wheat"". Cell 4.2 contains ""g"", so it must be either ""globe"" or ""rough"". Cell 4.3 contains ""m"", so it must be either ""plumb"" or ""venom"". Only one combination of those words share a common letter. Cell 4.1 is ""wheat"", Cell 4.2 is ""globe"", and Cell 4.3 is ""venom"". The words in Row 4 must share ""e"". 2) Cell 1.2 is ""brake"", since that is the only word with a ""k"" that shares a letter with ""globe"". Since ""e"" has already been assigned, the words in Column 2 must share ""b"". Cell 2.2 contains ""u"", so it is ""plumb"". Cell 3.2 contains ""i"", so it is ""rabid"". Cell 5.2 contains ""c"", so it is ""cable"". 3) There is only one unused word that contains ""l"", so Cell 1.3 is ""anvil"". For a similar reason, Cell 1.5 is ""boast"". The words in Row 1 must share ""a"". 4) Cell 2.4 is ""hound"", since that is the only unused word that contains ""d"" and also shares a letter with ""boast"" and ""globe"". The words in Diagonal 2 must share ""o"". 5) The words in Column 3 must share either ""n"" or ""v"". Cell 5.3 contains ""v"". There is no other word that has both ""n"" and ""v"", so the words in Column 3 must share ""v"". Cell 2.3 is ""suave"". 6) The words in Row 2 must share ""u"". Cell 2.1 is ""quash"". 7) Cell 1.1 contains ""h"" and must share ""a"", so it is ""phase"". 8) The words in Diagonal 1 must share ""p"". Cell 3.3 contains ""e"" and must share ""p"" and ""v"", so it is ""prove"". Cell 5.3 is ""voice"". 9) The words in Row 3 must share ""r"". Cell 3.1 is ""rough"". Cell 3.5 is ""trunk"". 10) The words in Column 1 must share ""h"". Cell 5.1 is ""chose"". 11) The words in Column 5 must share ""t"". Cell 2.5 must also contain ""o"" and ""u"", so it is ""joust"". Cell 4.5 must also contain ""i"" and ""e"", so it is ""tepid"". Cell 5.5 is ""topic"". 12) The words in Row 5 must share ""c"". Cell 5.4 is ""ounce"". 13) The words in Column 4 must share ""n"" (""o"" and ""u"" are already assigned). Cell 4.4 must also contain ""e"" and ""p"", so it is ""ripen"". Cell 3.4 is ""yearn"". Cell 1.4 is ""spawn"".",Other,08/12/11 #10093,440 C per S in a P A,2.16,2.9,jizzyhuggs,440 C per S in a P A,No hint available.,"440 Cycles per Second in a Perfect A In music, an ""A"" note is considered to be at the perfect pitch when it vibrates at 440 cycles per second.",Letter-Equations,01/28/03 #41842,15 Well-known Five Letter Words,2.1,1.58,Editor,"Below you will find 15 well-known five letter words, with only their endings remaining. Can you determine the words? ..lta ..yss ..pty ..dth ..day ..ybe ..dex ..fth ..nda ..aph ..alp ..era ..njo ..eue ..xty",No hint available.,"Delta, abyss, empty, width, today, maybe, index, fifth, panda, graph, scalp, opera, banjo, queue, sixty.",Language,05/07/08 #688,High Tide,2.63,1.01,flipakosayo,"A boat has a ladder hanging off the side that has six rungs. Each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs are under water?",No hint available.,"None, the boat rises with the tide.",Trick,07/16/01 #44669,One Word Fits VI,1.8800000000000001,0.9400000000000001,Jarhead,"What one word, when added, creates new words? feed____ flash____ ____ward ____wash",No hint available.,"Back Feedback, flashback, backward, backwash.",Language,06/16/09 #3370,Game of Darts,2.11,2.46,cathalmccabe,"If playing darts, what is the lowest possible score you CAN'T get with three darts on a standard dart board?",No hint available.,"163 Scoring combinations to achieve 0 thru 162 points: all three darts miss --- 0 points 1st misses (0 points), 2nd misses (0 points), 3rd hits single 1 thru 20 (1 thru 20 points) --- 1 thru 20 points 1st misses (0 points), 2nd hits single 20 (20 points), 3rd hits single 1 thru 20 (0 thru 20 points) --- 21 thru 40 points 1st misses (0 points), 2nd hits double 20 (40 points), 3rd hits single 1 thru 20 (1 thru 20 points) --- 41 thru 60 points 1st misses (0 points), 2nd hits triple 20 (60 points), 3rd hits single 1 thru 20 (1 thru 20 points) --- 61 thru 80 points 1st hits double 20 (40 points), 2nd hits double 20 (40 points), 3rd hits single 1 thru 20 (1 thru 20 points) --- 81 thru 100 points 1st hits double 20 (40 points), 2nd hits triple 20 (60 points), 3rd hits single 1 thru 20 (1 thru 20 points) --- 101 thru 120 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 20 (60 points), 3rd hits single 1 thru 20 (1 thru 20 points) --- 121 thru 140 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 20 (60 points), 3rd hits triple 7 (21 points) --- 60 + 60 + 21 = 141 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 20 (60 points), 3rd hits double 11 (22 points) --- 60 + 60 + 22 = 142 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 19 (57 points), 3rd hits double 13 (26 points) --- 60 + 57 + 26 = 143 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 18 (54 points), 3rd hits double 15 (30 points) --- 60 + 54 + 30 = 144 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 17 (51 points), 3rd hits double 17 (34 points) --- 60 + 51 + 34 = 145 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 16 (48 points), 3rd hits double 19 (38 points) --- 60 + 48 + 38 = 146 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 16 (48 points), 3rd hits triple 13 (39 points) --- 60 + 48 + 39 = 147 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 16 (48 points), 3rd hits double 20 (40 points) --- 60 + 48 + 40 = 148 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 19 (57 points), 3rd hits double 16 (32 points) --- 60 + 57 + 32 = 149 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 18 (54 points), 3rd hits double 18 (36 points) --- 60 + 54 + 36 = 150 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 17 (51 points), 3rd hits double 20 (40 points) --- 60 + 51 + 40 = 151 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 20 (60 points), 3rd hits double 16 (32 points) --- 60 + 60 + 32 = 152 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 19 (57 points), 3rd hits double 18 (36 points) --- 60 + 57 + 36 = 153 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 18 (54 points), 3rd hits double 20 (40 points) --- 60 + 54 + 40 = 154 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 19 (57 points), 3rd hits double 19 (38 points) --- 60 + 57 + 38 = 155 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 20 (60 points), 3rd hits double 18 (36 points) --- 60 + 60 + 36 = 156 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 19 (57 points), 3rd hits double 20 (40 points) --- 60 + 57 + 40 = 157 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 20 (60 points), 3rd hits double 19 (38 points) --- 60 + 60 + 38 = 158 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 20 (60 points), 3rd hits triple 13 (39 points) --- 60 + 60 + 39 = 159 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 20 (60 points), 3rd hits double 20 (40 points) --- 60 + 60 + 40 = 160 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 17 (51 points), 3rd hits center bull's eye (50 points) --- 60 + 51 + 50 = 161 points 1st hits triple 20 (60 points), 2nd hits triple 20 (60 points), 3rd hits triple 14 (42 points) --- 60 + 60 + 42 = 162 points 163 points can not be achieved for the following reasons: If two darts each hit a triple 20 for 60 points each, that produces 120 points, which requires another 43 points to reach 163. 43, being prime, can not be achieved with any single, double, or triple score. If one dart hits triple 20 and another hits the center bull's eye, that achieves 110 points, leaving the need for an additional 53 points. 53 is prime, so can not be reached by any hit. If two darts both hit the center bull's eye for 100 points, that still leaves a need for 63 points. 63 is not prime, but can not be reached, since it would require a triple 21 (there is no 21 on a dart board).",Math,04/09/02 #41546,Clear and Shiny,2.55,1.0,King_of_Smart,"When there are two of them, they go on forever. When one of them is taken away, there's only one. If you bring light to it, it will reflect. What is it?",No hint available.,"A mirror. Since mirrors reflect, you can see them over and over again if they are both facing each other, since they reflect each other.",Riddle,04/16/08 #5390,"j, k, m, q, u, x, z",2.6,2.71,im_para_noid,"What special property do the following letters of the alphabet have? j, k, m, q, u, x, z",No hint available.,"They are the only ones not in the sentence ""What special property do the following letters of the alphabet have?""",Group,07/09/02 #5784,Dinner dinner,2.28,0.88,michelle,"What does this mean? Dinner dinner table",No hint available.,Dinner's on the table,Rebus,07/22/02 #12047,15 B on a S PT,2.3,1.97,didge53s,15 B on a S P T,No hint available.,15 Balls on a Standard Pool Table [Plus 1 White ball],Letter-Equations,04/26/03 #12781,Long Distance Runner,2.52,1.84,adoontourious,"Adoontourious wanted to run the shore-to-shore marathon next month, a 26-mile race from one side of the island where he lived to the other. He decided to work up the 26 miles by running five days a week for the next five weeks. Each day he'd run one mile longer than he did the day before, except for the first day of each week, when he'd run the same number of miles he ran on the last day of the previous week. He wanted his last two practice runs to be 26 and 27 miles long. How many miles would he have to run on his first practice run?",No hint available.,"Adoontourious will have to run 7 miles on his first run in order to run 27 miles on his last run. Since he will run the same amount of miles on the first day of each week as on the last day of the previous week, and he will run one more mile than the previous day on the other four days of each week, then he will add four miles to the length of his daily practice run by the end of each week. In five weeks he will have added 20 miles to his daily run, so he will have to start at seven miles to reach is goal (27-20=7).",Math,05/28/03 #18497,Title 2,2.22,2.49,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? Title -> Title ----> Title",Looks like you're on course to solve this one!,"Heading in the right direction Title = Heading",Rebus,08/10/04 #27408,The Question 2,2.72,1.6300000000000001,intelligence,"JJ is the laziest and weakest student in his class. He never answers his teacher's questions correctly. One day he came home from school and excitedly announced to his father, ""Dad, guess what? A miracle happened today at school! Miss Brainy, our science teacher, asked us a question, and I'm the only one who could answer that question!"" Do you know what Miss Brainy's question was?",No hint available.,The question was: Who has not turned in the assignment?,Trick,12/11/05 #15973,Give Me a Line,2.73,1.06,joanie,"Until you need me I'm kept in a box. Then you give me a line and use me. If you're skillful you'll keep me away from the rocks Or else I might never get free. When we both do our jobs well You'll have stories to tell. Now what could I possibly be?",No hint available.,A fish hook or a fishing lure.,Riddle,12/29/03 #42544,Easy or Not?,2.63,2.16,coltonr1,"What is represented with this rebus? Wineeee",No hint available.,"Win with ease. Win with ease (E's)",Rebus,07/19/08 #34202,Anniversary Discount,2.95,1.6400000000000001,bigSWAFF_69_,"A fancy restaurant in New York was offering a promotional deal. A married couple could eat at the restaurant for half-price on their anniversary. To prevent scams, the couple would need proof of their wedding date. One Thursday evening, a couple claimed it was their anniversary, but didn't bring any proof. The restaurant manager was called to speak with the couple. When the manager asked to hear about the wedding day, the wife replied with the following: ""Oh, it was a wonderful Sunday afternoon, birds were chirping, and flowers were in full bloom."" After nearly 10 minutes of ranting, she comes to tell him that today was their 28th wedding anniversary. ""How lovely"", the manager said, ""However, you do not qualify for the discount. Today is not your anniversary, you are a liar"". How did the manager know that it wasn't their anniversary?",No hint available.,"The calendar repeats itself every 28 years. So, if they were married on a Sunday 28 years ago, the day they were at the restaurant would also have to be a Sunday. Since it was a Thursday, the manager knew they were lying, and abruptly kicked them out of his restaurant.",Logic,12/02/06 #17565,After Dinner Car Troubles,3.13,2.88,Rowsdower,"This teaser is based on a weird but true story from a few years ago. A complaint was received by the president of a major car company: ""This is the fourth time I have written you, and I don't blame you for not answering me because I must sound crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of having ice cream for dessert after dinner each night. Every night after we've eaten, the family votes on which flavor of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. I recently purchased a new Pantsmobile from your company and since then my trips to the store have created a problem. You see, every time I buy vanilla ice cream my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream the car starts just fine. I want you to know I'm serious about this question, no matter how silly it sounds: 'What is there about a Pantsmobile that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to start whenever I get any other kind?'"" The Pantsmobile company President was understandably skeptical about the letter, but he sent an engineer to check it out anyway. He had arranged to meet the man just after dinner time, so the two hopped into the car and drove to the grocery store. The man bought vanilla ice cream that night and, sure enough, after they came back to the car it wouldn't start for several minutes. The engineer returned for three more nights. The first night, the man got chocolate. The car started right away. The second night, he got strawberry and again the car started right up. The third night he bought vanilla and the car failed to start. There was a logical reason why the man's car wouldn't start when he bought vanilla ice cream. What was it? (The hint may prove helpful)","The man lived in an extremely hot city, and this took place during the summer. Also, the layout of the grocery store was such that it took the man less time to buy vanilla ice cream.","Vanilla ice cream was the most popular flavor and was on display in a little case near the express check out, while the other flavors were in the back of the store and took more time to select and check out. This mattered because the man's car was experiencing vapor lock, which is excess heat boiling the fuel in the fuel line and the resulting air bubbles blocking the flow of fuel until the car has enough time to cool. When the car was running there was enough pressure to move the bubbles along, but not when the car was trying to start. Moral of the story: Sometimes even insane sounding problems are real. A better moral: Chocolate ice cream cures vapor lock.",Situation,05/06/04 #44481,American Presidents 17,1.92,2.52,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: John Tyler, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson Group B: James Monroe, Millard Fillmore, Rutherford Hayes, Chester Arthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Gerald Ford",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A each remarried after the death of his first wife (Tyler married Letitia Christian and Julia Gardiner, Harrison married Caroline Lavinia Scott and Mary Scott Lord Dimmick, Roosevelt married Alice Hathaway Lee and Edith Kermit Carow, Wilson married Ellen Louise Axson and Edith Bolling Galt). Therefore, Millard Fillmore, who married Abigail Powers and Caroline Carmichael McIntosh, can be added to Group A.",Group,05/17/09 #51869,Metamorphic Me,2.87,2.43,ThinksForFun,"Mix me up for beauty in halls and theatres Shuffled, I am an unelected leader Jumble me, and we become roof leak beaters Scrambled, we're long-tailed, omnivorous eaters I am an entertainment craving feeder What am I?",No hint available.,"the word ""star"" Each of the first four lines is a clue to an anagram of ""star"". The last line is a clue to the word itself. line 1 - arts (works of art (e.g. musical compositions) found in concert halls and theatres) line 2 - tsar ((= czar) an emperor or king) line 3 - tars (roofing tar, fixes roof leaks) line 4 - rats (rats have long tails and eat whatever they can find) line 5 - star (e.g. a movie star, satisfying one's craving for entertainment)",Riddle,05/24/18 #39139,Poor Unfortunate E,2.11,2.56,empy,"The P of the O = E, the O G",No hint available.,"The Phantom of the Opera = Erik, the Opera Ghost",Letter-Equations,11/10/07 #5963,Well Fancy That,2.16,2.25,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? N the Bible R the Dictionary U the Atlas T the paperback",No hint available.,Turn up for the books.,Rebus,07/27/02 #41233,"""Recover"" the Words",2.24,1.98,metallicman,12 = The N of S in AA,"If you used to drink, you would know this.",12 = The Number of Steps in Alcoholics Anonymous,Letter-Equations,03/27/08 #27228,Fighting Styles,2.2,2.82,AXTON,"Below are two groups of words. However, when compiling these groups, Axton left out the word 'Shii-Cho'. Can you tell Axton which group the word 'Shii-Cho' belongs? Group 1 Makashi Soresu Ataro Niman Vaapad Group 2 Tang Soo Do Aikijujutsu Eskrima Kendo Yiquan",No hint available.,Shii-Cho fits into group 1. This is because it is a form of 'lightsaber combat' - Group 2 is made up of different types of martial arts.,Trivia,11/30/05 #5880,Reverse Engineering,2.07,2.86,dewtell,"While rating some Braingle teasers recently, I started taking notes on how my vote affected the ratings. Some of my data is presented below. Can you figure out what is the likely formula that computes the ratings from the votes? Can you determine for each teaser how many votes were cast for each attribute prior to mine, and how many of those were positive (fun/hard)? Remember, not every voter necessarily votes for both attributes. Notation: The notation for Teaser A below shows that it started with a fun rating of 2 and difficulty 1.33, based on 6 voters, that I voted positively on the first attribute (fun) and negatively on the second (easy), and that it wound up with ratings of 2.29 and 1.14, respectively, after my vote. Teaser A: (2.00, 1.33)[6] (+, -) -> (2.29, 1.14) Teaser B: (1.14, 0.67)[7] (-, -) -> (1.00, 0.57) Teaser C: (3.00, 0.67)[8] (+, +) -> (3.11, 1.14) Teaser D: (3.11, 0.89)[9] (+, -) -> (3.20, 0.80) Teaser E: (2.33, 2.46)[13] (+, -) -> (2.46, 2.29)","Try to recognize common fractions represented by the decimal part of each rating. Also: remember that the ratings range from 0 to 4.","The apparent formula, for p positive votes out of v cast, is 4*p/v. The following lists the fractions that gave rise to the data above. To get the number of positive votes, divide the numerators by 4. Teaser A: (12/6, 8/6)[6] (+, -) -> (16/7, 8/7) Teaser B: (8/7, 4/6)[7] (-, -) -> (8/8, 4/7) Teaser C: (24/8, 4/6)[8] (+, +) -> (28/9, 8/7) Teaser D: (28/9, 8/9)[9] (+, -) -> (32/10, 8/10) Teaser E: (28/12, 32/13)[13] (+, -) -> (32/13, 32/14)",Math,07/25/02 #5540,Blue to Black,2.4,1.58,speedymcg,"I have no use during the day Because it isn't cold But when the sky turns from blue to black I am worth more than gold. What am I?",No hint available.,A blanket,Riddle,07/13/02 #50956,Sensibility,2.78,2.42,cnmne,"What message is hidden in the following list of words? crisis, giving, hijinks, iris, kiwi, love, mimic, picnic, rigid spirit, vigil",No hint available.,"Love is blind (all of the words, except for ""love"", have two 'I's; ""love"", having no 'I's, is blind).",Rebus,12/30/16 #14816,Homonym Sentences,3.25,1.8900000000000001,Bobbrt,"The blanks in the following sentences will be filled in with three different homonyms (words that are spelled differently but sound alike) to make valid sentences. The dashes indicate the number of letters in the words. Can you fill in the blanks? 1. The cut on his _ _ _ _ won't _ _ _ _ in time for the race, so _ _ '_ _ have to drop out. 2. The man was so upset about being _ _ _ _ that he regularly _ _ _ _ _ _ himself up on the bed and _ _ _ _ _ _ his eyes out. 3. I couldn't _ _ _ _ _ any of the _ _ _ _ _ _ in the flower shop, because for some strange reason I had 50 _ _ _ _ _ crammed up my nose. 4. A bloodthirsty pirate will wander the _ _ _ _ and essentially _ _ _ _ _ everything he _ _ _ _.",No hint available.,"1. The cut on his HEEL won't HEAL in time for the race, so HE'LL have to drop out. 2. The man was so upset about being BALD that he regularly BALLED himself up on the bed and BAWLED his eyes out. 3. I couldn't SENSE any of the SCENTS in the flower shop, because for some strange reason I had 50 CENTS crammed up my nose. 4. A bloodthirsty pirate will wander the SEAS and essentially SEIZE everything he SEES.",Language,09/17/03 #34955,Hot Water Vs. Cold Water,2.23,1.33,Moogra,"When he goes to the bathroom, a man does not know if the hot water faucet is the one on the left or on the right. What can he do to be sure that he does not turn on the cold water before he turns on the hot water?",No hint available.,He must turn on both faucets at the same time.,Situation,01/20/07 #24514,Emeralds and Rubies,2.72,1.48,mufffin09,"The three equations below are related to each other... 1) 4= W in O 2) 2, N and S are good 3) 2, E and W are wicked",No hint available.,"1) 4= Witches in Oz 2) 2, North and South are good 3) 2, East and West are wicked",Letter-Equations,07/13/05 #15342,The Third Letter,2.5100000000000002,0.93,Katelin,"If the word three starts with t, And ends with e, What's its third letter?",No hint available.,"The third letter of ""its"" is s.",Trick,11/06/03 #38506,Making Sense 2,2.49,2.34,aresII,"These two puzzles are Chinese Proverbs and share some wise advice. Both of these puzzles use the same key. Can you decode them? L=P ""BES LSTXHD NEH XCVX MB KCDDHB GS OHDS XEHFUO DHB MDBSTTFLB BES LSTXHD OHMDA MB."" -CDHD ""GS DHB CWTCMO HW ATHNMDA XUHNUV, GS CWTCMO HDUV HW XBCDOMDA XBMUU."" -CDHD","H=O T=R W=F","""THE PERSON WHO SAYS IT CANNOT BE DONE SHOULD NOT INTERRUPT THE PERSON DOING IT."" -ANON ""BE NOT AFRAID OF GROWING SLOWLY, BE AFRAID ONLY OF STANDING STILL."" -ANON KEY: A=G B=T C=A D=N E=H F=U G=B H=O K=C L=P M=I N=W O=D S=E T=R U=L V=Y W=F X=S",Cryptography,09/28/07 #44844,W M = T A P to be A,2.04,1.82,TechA,W M = T A P to be A,No hint available.,William McKinley = Third American President to be Assassinated,Letter-Equations,07/12/09 #22700,Footprints in the Sand,2.25,2.07,michelle192837,"It was a fine day on Sandy Beach. Two friends went for a stroll on the beach to get their toes wet and feel the sand beneath their feet. John and Joe, their names were, and they always went out together somewhere at least once a week. Anyway, John fell asleep under a palm tree during one of their breaks, leaving two sets of footprints behind him. When he woke up, he found he was still under a palm tree, but there was only one set of footprints behind him, not two. He understood at once what happened, and got up to join his friend, who was standing a foot away, for coffee and cake. What happened?","There isn't only one palm tree along the beach, and Joe works out every other day at the local gym for two hours a day.","Joe carried John along the beach, and left him under another palm tree by his house, so when John woke, they could have coffee and cake together (like they usually did).",Situation,05/06/05 #22113,Futuristic,2.43,1.87,phildunphy,"What is being represented below? $1 Roger Roger Roger",400 years in the future,"Buck Rogers Hint: ( In the 25th Century )",Rebus,04/07/05 #41752,"Hickory Dickory Dock, the Spider Went Round the Clock...",2.28,2.18,TRILLIONAIRE,"At exactly six o'clock, a spider started to walk at a constant speed from the hour hand anticlockwise round the edge of the clock face. When it reached the minute hand, it turned round (assume the turn was instantaneous) and walked in the opposite direction at the same constant speed. It reached the minute hand again after 20 minutes. At what time was this second meeting?",No hint available.,"First, we set up the equation for the time (t) that the spider meets the minute hand the first time. The minute hand moves at 6 degrees per minute, and the spider moves at x degrees per minute. Since the spider starts at the 6 or at 180 degrees away from the minute hand, 6(t) = 180 - x(t) Now if we say that the spider and minute hand are at the same spot, and start moving in the same direction, and the spider laps the minute hand (360 degrees plus the distance traveled by the minute hand, or 360 + 6(20) or 480 total degrees) then the distance traveled by the spider in 20 minutes must be 480 degrees. The spider, therefore, travels 24 degrees per minute. Plug 24 degrees per minute into the equation for x, and solve: 6(t) = 180 -24(t) 6(t) + 24(t) = 180 30(t) = 180 t = 6 So the first meeting is at 6 minutes after 6, or 6:06. 20 minutes later at the second meeting is 6:26.",Math,04/30/08 #26682,What Happened?,3.08,1.93,fishmed,"Tom and his wife went to a local club to have dinner and see a show. They had been eating their meal and watching the show when Tom started losing voluntary control over most of his body. His legs, arms, back and chest became tense. His facial muscles squeezed upwards. His stomach muscles and diaphragm began to spasm. His heart began to race and his blood pressure rose quickly. Yet nobody did anything for him and no medical attention was given. Why not?","What kind of club was it? Were others experiencing the same?",He and his wife were at a comedy club and the symptoms are the description of what happens to someone who is laughing.,Situation,11/02/05 #50479,Delete a Letter 27,3.0,2.28,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) heavily decorated (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to speak formally 2) to establish or bring into being (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) affectionate or tender 3) to ransack, pillage, or plunder (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) abundant or numerous 4) a fugitive or deserter (7 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a narrow platform extending from a stage into an auditorium",No hint available.,"1) ornate & orate 2) found & fond 3) rifle & rife 4) runaway & runway",Language,11/21/14 #1690,Golf Bag,2.53,2.25,ChuckieChen,"During a golf competition, Paul's ball ended up in a sand trap inside a little brown bag that had blown into the course. He was told that he must either play the ball in the bag or take the ball out and incur a 2 stroke penalty. If he took the ball out, he would lose. What did he do?",No hint available.,"To deliberately ignite the paper bag would interfere with the lie and incur penalty. So, while he pondered the problem, he smoked a cigarette. Then he discarded the cigarette onto the bag and it burned. No penalty was incurred.",Situation,12/12/01 #14654,Do you know Kurt Vonnegut?,2.84,2.75,Gerd,"Only a small space and a single mark turns a deadly situation into a funny one. What can that be?",Kurt Vonnegut wrote a book named 'The Children's Crusade' also called 'Slaughterhouse 5'.,"With a small space and an apostrophe you can change a ""manslaughter"" into a ""man's laughter"".",Language,09/02/03 #5714,Home,2.25,1.29,glennyboy02,"Decipher this rebus: home",No hint available.,Home alone!,Rebus,07/20/02 #3816,Lips,2.13,0.84,GoldieLuvNeopets,"Can you decipher this word? LIPS LIPS",Flower,Tulips,Rebus,04/29/02 #50039,Spoonerism Sentences II,2.4,2.08,eighsse,"You will be presented with sentences, each with two blanks representing a given number of omitted words. The two blanks will contain spoonerisms of each other. A spoonerism is a swapping of phonetic sounds between or within words. Example: When an earthquake strong enough to [shake a tower] caused great damage to the bathroom, Gregory was glad that he had decided not to [take a shower] at that time. Theme: At the Salon 1. On a global scale, it is extremely unusual, but if you live in Scotland or Ireland, [2 words] will not make your [2 words]. 2. It is much easier to remove elastic [2 words] with [2 words] than with gloves on. 3. The chauffer took the [2 words] to the beauty parlor to have her hair [2 words] just before the wedding, to surprise everyone.",No hint available.,"1. red hair; head rare 2. hair bands; bare hands 3. bride down; dyed brown",Language,12/24/13 #29616,Animal Habitats,2.73,1.84,Victor,"Alison, Chad, Ivelisse, Jaimie, Nick, Tony, and Vicky are all illustrating animals and their habitats for their wildlife project. Each person signed up with Mrs. Fisher to be sure that no one else was using the same animal. Use the data and the clues below, and your knowledge of animals to find out who painted each picture. Data: antelope: grassy plains camel: deserts hippopotamus: swampy forests ocelot: forests orangutan: trees in forests polar bear: arctic ice and land zebra: grasslands Clues: 1. Tony and Vicky checked several books to learn about the grassy habitats for their animals. 2. Alison, Ivelisse, and Jaimie all noticed that their animals like trees. Jaimie commented that hers was the only animal that was a member of the ape family. 3. Nick's animal survives in extremely cold climates, and Chad's animal can tolerate extreme heat as well as cooler temperatures. 4. Ivelisse said her animal was one of the heaviest, sometimes weighing up to 9,000 pounds. Her picture shows the huge animal in water. 5. Vicky had fun drawing the striped pattern on her animal.",Make a chart to eliminate the impossibilities.,"Alison illustrated an ocelot. Chad illustrated a camel. Ivelisse illustrated a hippopotamus. Jaimie illustrated an orangutan. Nick illustrated a polar bear. Tony illustrated an antelope. Vicky illustrated a zebra.",Logic,04/08/06 #20021,"0, 0, 4, 18, ...",2.5,2.79,I_am_the_Omega,"What are the next three numbers in this series? 0, 0, 4, 18, 48, 100, 180, 294, 448, ?, ?, ?, ...",Are you squared off?,"648, 900, 1210. The number cubed, minus its square. For example, 9^3=729. 9^2=81. 729-81=648. I used the numbers 0-8, you had to solve 9, 10 and 11.",Series,12/21/04 #35307,Famous People Anagrams VI,2.18,2.08,DaleGriffin,"Below are three anagrams of famous people's names, but who are they? (The numbers in brackets represent the number of letters required for each name) 1) COMEDIAN LINK (6,6) 2) BRANCH SONAR RID (7,7) 3) SANDAL LONE MEN (6,7)","1) An Australian actress. 2) A British entrepreneur who has the title 'Sir' after his knighthood in 1999. 3) An anti-apartheid activist who was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic elections.","1) Nicole Kidman 2) Richard Branson 3) Nelson Mandela",Language,02/14/07 #8042,ROY,2.17,1.26,JTJS,"Complete this series: R, O, Y, G, B, I, ?",No hint available.,"Answer: V The order of the rainbow spectrum: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet",Series,10/14/02 #34375,Familiar Misquotes Series I,2.79,1.68,aresII,"Whenever a phrase or sentence becomes part of the common language, there is a strong possibility that it will be quoted inaccurately. Over the course of time, a letter gets shifted or a word is changed and forevermore the quotation becomes a cliche that nobody ever gets quite right. Try to complete each proverbial cliche: 1.) ""_____ is the root of all evil."" - I. Timothy 2.) ""A penny for your _____ ."" - John Heywood 3.) ""Till death _____ part."" - wedding vow",No hint available.,"1.) The love of money 2.) thought (singular) 3.) us do",Language,12/13/06 #22588,A Day at the Zoo,3.19,1.82,kellgo,"Three boys (Jake, Anthony and Carlos) and two girls (Abigail and Paige) went on a trip to the zoo. All five kids have five different favorite animals that they want to see: monkeys, alligators, bears, lions, and giraffes. Each of the five children ate one of the five different things as a snack: popcorn, chips, pretzel, nachos with chips and cheese, or crackers. Each child bought one souvenir: a stuffed rabbit, a lion t-shirt, a key chain, a plastic snake, or a stuffed monkey. Figure out from the clues below which child likes which animal, who ate what for snack, and who bought what for a souvenir. One of the kids got so excited to see their favorite animal, the alligators, that they spilt their popcorn all over the place. Paige really didn't want to see the alligator exhibit because she doesn't like reptiles or anything that has scales. The stuffed monkey got a little bit of nacho cheese on its face from its owner's kisses. All day after visiting the zoo, Jake kept making lion noises, even in his sleep! Abigail and Carlos both got a snack that involved chips. The kid who bought the t-shirt loved it so much that he slept in it despite pretzel crumbs getting into his bed. The nacho lovers' favorite animal is the monkey, which is why they wanted to go that exhibit. None of the boys bought a stuffed animal. The kid who got the keychain picked the one with their favorite animal, the alligator, on it. One of the girls just loved the new bear exhibit. It was her favorite part of the day.",No hint available.,"Jake: lions, pretzels, t-shirt Anthony: alligators, popcorn, keychain Carlos: giraffe, chips, plastic snake Abigail: monkeys, nachos, stuffed monkey Paige: bears, crackers, stuffed rabbit",Logic-Grid,05/01/05 #25088,29179?,2.65,2.85,phrebh,"What number replaces the question mark to complete this series? 29179?",You may need to use a calculator.,"2 When the series is displayed on a calculator and then viewed in a mirror, it says ""series"".",Series,08/07/05 #43312,G W B = 43rd P of the USA,1.68,0.65,shenqiang,G W B = 43rd P of the USA,No hint available.,George Walker Bush = 43rd President of the United States of America.,Letter-Equations,10/12/08 #37023,Colors and Candy,2.24,2.01,sportygirl98989,5 C = The O S,"(R,O,Y,G,P)","5 colors = The original Skittles (red, orange, yellow, green, and purple)",Letter-Equations,06/21/07 #40659,Time 2,2.21,2.34,onua9159,"This quote about time comes from Saint Augustine. Can you decode it? B=T ""MQXB BQHC RO BRNH? RG CP PCH XOUO NH, R UCPM MQXB RB RO. RG R MROQ BP HSVAXRC RB BP QRN MQP XOUO, R LP CPB UCPM.""","G=F M=W Q=H","""What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know."" - Saint Augustine KEY: A=L B=T C=N G=F H=E L=D M=W N=M O=S P=O Q=H R=I S=X U=K V=P X=A",Cryptography,02/22/08 #30731,Herbal Horror,2.54,2.18,PineappleMama,"Now they hate me, Now they don't. Sometimes they rush against me, Sometimes they flow with me. I am invisible. I am everywhere at all times, Nothing can touch me, even the wind and the ghosts.",The Title!,Time!,Riddle,05/27/06 #7817,Flying,2.3,1.08,bigsurf18,"You can throw me, I will fly. Throw me the right way, I'll get nice and high. The more weight the worse, the less weight the better. I can be made of light material, try a letter. What Am I?",No hint available.,A paper airplane.,Riddle,10/02/02 #49516,Rev Up,2.24,2.08,Panther91,24 = H of LM,It's in France.,24 Hours of Le Mans,Letter-Equations,06/26/12 #23940,Five Lines and Four Spaces,2.7600000000000002,2.01,buttons03,"Found at weddings and funerals and other important rites, I can be learned as a child, I am older than monks and medieval knights. I can make you rich as royalty, I can make you poor as dirt, but one thing is certain, I have more power than words to ease your hurts. I always have five lines and four spaces, But I could have more than that-- Now it's time for you to guess my name, Put on your thinking hat! What am I?",Title,I am music,Riddle,06/22/05 #26980,Complete-A-Word VI,2.74,2.25,phrebh,"Use the 26 letters of the alphabet to complete the ten words below, replacing each underscore with a letter. Each letter can only be used once. 1. _IRA_LE 2. _OUC_ _O_N 3. _REE_IN_ 4. ST_ _ _E 5. S_RU_ 6. DE_U_E 7. _U_TE 8. _TO_E 9. _D_OUR_ 10. _A_BL_",It helps if you write down the alphabet and then cross out the ones you've used.,"1. MIRACLE 2. TOUCHDOWN 3. FREEZING 4. STROKE 5. SYRUP 6. DELUXE 7. QUITE 8. STOVE 9. ADJOURN 10. BAUBLE",Language,11/17/05 #13568,Who Hates Who?,2.14,1.27,funnyhunnie20,"Kayla, Jenna, Beth, and Shelby each hate one of Hannah, Chelsey, Jorden and Austin. Find out who hates who. 1. Kayla does not hate Chelsey or Austin. 2. Shelby and Austin are best friends. 3. Jenna hates a male. 4. Beth and Jorden are never apart! That's why Kayla is never with them. 5. Hannah and Beth got in a HUGE fight last year and have never made up.",No hint available.,"Kayla hates Jorden Beth hates Hannah Shelby hates Chelsey Jenna hates Austin",Logic,07/02/03 #196,One Man Catch?,2.54,0.96,Mr. G,A man throws a baseball about fifty feet when it turns around and returns to the man. The man catches it easily. How is this possible?,"If you have ever done this, you could say it is uplifting.",The man throws the ball straight up into the air and then catches it when it falls back down.,Situation,02/01/01 #38660,Murder at Brainteaser Mansion #2,2.69,0.77,Mystery-King,"Four guests, Ms. Emerald, Mr. Green, Sir Jade and Mr. Olive, were all invited to an exclusive party at Brainteaser Mansion. However, during the long, dark night, the owner of the spectacular mansion, Mr. Death, was found dead in the study. Since no one apparently knew what happened, rumours were multiplying by the second, because everyone was suspected of killing him with a different weapon. From the following clues, can you work out who killed him? 1. The candlestick was ""apparently"" used by a female. 2. Mr. Olive's motive was either love or revenge. 3. Sir Jade's motive was greed, but he didn't use the sword. 4. The motive of the person who used the rope was revenge. 5. No male's motive was love. The person who used the sword is the real killer. Who did it?",No hint available.,"Ms. Emerald, Candlestick, Love. Mr. Green, Sword, Rage. Sir Jade, Revolver , Greed. Mr. Olive, Rope, Revenge. So, therefore, Mr. Green was the real killer.",Logic-Grid,10/07/07 #3009,Tell the Truth,2.65,2.39,PeaceJo,Sid always moans that if only people told the truth he would sell more of his goods. What does he make?,No hint available.,Birthday Candles,Other,03/30/02 #36071,Where the Wild Things are,2.22,1.9000000000000001,soccer_chick70,"My first is in cat but not in dog; My second is in penguin but not in polar bear; My third is in Canadian goose but not in snow goose; My fourth is in mammal but not in reptile; My fifth is in puma but not in lynx; My sixth is in beetle but not in bug.",No hint available.,The word animal,Riddle,04/06/07 #4275,Without a Camera,2.47,1.37,arij,"Alan claimed that he could take a picture of Kevin without a camera. Kevin clearly disagreed and they placed a bet of $50 on this. In the end Kevin lost the bet, how?",No hint available.,"Alan had to take Kevin's picture without a camera. So, Alan asked Kevin to give him his wallet. From the wallet, Alan took out Kevin's passport size picture. Thus, Alan had taken Kevin's picture without a camera.",Situation,05/26/02 #10096,Name Train III,2.81,2.28,electronjohn,"A Name Train is a puzzle where each name is connected together like box cars in a train. Every two consecutive cars will form a name of a person or character. Here is an example Name Train:Joan [ ] Li. The answer is Joan Jet Li (Joan Jet-Female singer, Jet Li-Actor). [ (s)] means the name has an ""s"" at the end in one case but not the other (hey, good name trains are hard to find). Ready? OK here goes: 1. Ron [ ] Stern 2. Edmund [ ] Clinton 3. Martha [ ] [ ] Nicky 4. Markie [ ] [ ] Hopkins 5. Tom[ (s)] [ ] Neville","1. Actor/Director, TV/Radio Personality 2. Mountain Climber, U.S. Politician 3. TV Personality, Movie Character, Movie Character 4. 80's Singer, Historic Figure, Actor 5. Actor, Athlete, Singer","1. Ron Howard Stern 2. Edmund Hillary Clinton 3. Martha Stewart Little Nicky 4. Markie Mark Anthony Hopkins 5. Tom Hank(s) Aaron Neville",Language,01/30/03 #18269,How Many are Left?,2.16,2.2,scoutman,"Anna has 4 guns with 5 loaded clips, Bobby has 3 guns with 5.5 loaded clips, and Chuck has 2 guns with 4.25 loaded clips. During a day of target shooting on Scoutman's range, Chuck shoots 3.5 clips, Anna shoots 3.25 clips, and Bobby shoots 3.75 clips. At the end of the day, how many guns still have loaded clips? Assume that each shooter shoots all bullets in a clip before starting to use the next one.","Count the clips, not the bullets. A loaded clip has 1 or more bullets in it.","Anna has 1.75 clips left, so she has 2 guns with loaded clips. Bobby also has 1.75 clips left, and thus has 2 guns with loaded clips. Chuck has 0.75 clips left, so he has 1 gun with a loaded clip. So the answer is 5 of the 9 guns still have loaded clips.",Math,07/19/04 #28484,Apartment Block Fire,2.74,2.62,Dave,"Dave, the janitor of an apartment block, notices that the boiler pressure is rising, and will shortly explode. He phones two of the residents, tells them the news, asks them to do the same and phone just two more people, and then get out of the building. Assume that each of the residents is in, and answers the phone immediately. If each phone call takes 30 seconds, and it takes each person 90 seconds to get out of the building, how long will it take to empty all 375 apartments?",Fibonacci might have the answer!,"7 minutes. In the first 30 seconds, Dave rings one other person, call him A. In the second 30 seconds, Dave rings B, and leaves the building. A rings C. 3rd: A rings D, and leaves. B and C ring E and F. 4th: B and C ring G and H. D, E and F ring I, J, K. 5th: D, E, F ring L, M, N. G, H, I, J, K ring O, P, Q, R, S. The number of residents informed in each time period is as follows: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ... These are known as Fibonacci Numbers, where each number is the sum of the preceding two. The total number of people informed is: 1, 3, 6, 11, 19, ... Each number is the sum of the previous two, plus 2. Continuing this series we get: 32, 53, 87, 142, 231, 375. Thus 375 people were informed after 11 periods of phone calls. 11 calls at 30 seconds each = 5.5 minutes, plus 90 seconds for the last people to exit the building gives 7 minutes.",Math,02/07/06 #44232,Son of Spoonerisms,2.72,1.34,perrygf,"Spoonerisms are two words whose first sounds have been traded. They are named after a Reverend Spooner. In the columns below, six pairs of words have been ""Spoonerized"", creating two new words. They have been changed phonetically, so the original words may have different spellings. Example: boy tote = toy boat Can you match each word from Column A to its match in Column B and find the original familiar word pairs? These are all things that may be found in a bathroom. Column A....Column B bill..............bat drink...........hope fail..............Nile math...........pox sand............sane wild.............tall",No hint available.,"bill pox = pill box drink sane = sink drain fail Nile = nail file math bat = bath mat sand hope = hand soap wild tall = tiled wall",Language,03/09/09 #9111,Unravel Me,2.58,1.4,lesternoronha1,"To unravel me You need a simple key; No key that was made By locksmith's hand, But a key that only I Will understand. What am I ?",No hint available.,A cipher or a code.,Riddle,12/13/02 #3053,Where's the Father?,2.68,2.13,arij,"The mother is 21 years older than the child. 6 years from now, the mother will be 5 times as old as the child. Question : Where is the father?",No hint available.,"The mum is 21 years older than the child, so... M = C + 21 In 6 years from now the mum will be 5 times as old as the child. M + 6 = (C + 6) * 5 (C + 21)+ 6 = (C + 6) * 5 C + 27 = 5C + 30 -3 = 4C C = -3/4 The child is -3/4 years old, i.e. it'll be born in 9 month's time. So, the father is probably nearby.",Math,03/30/02 #4901,Alphabet Letters,2.26,2.63,mad-ade,"A L P H A B E T + L E T T E R S ----------------- S C R A B B L E Replace the letters with numbers to make the sum work. There are no leading or ending zeros in the two numbers being added, and if X=1 then all X's equal 1.",No hint available.,"1 7 5 3 1 9 0 8 + 7 0 8 8 0 6 2 ----------------- 2 4 6 1 9 9 7 0",Cryptography,06/23/02 #39118,This Couldn't Happen! IV,2.06,1.3800000000000001,merrimackxc2010,"The Boston Red Sox were in the 2010 World Series. The New York Yankees were also in the 2010 World Series. Why couldn't this happen?",They are both MLB teams.,"Both teams are in the American League. In the World Series, there is one team from the National League and one team from the American League.",Trivia,11/09/07 #32429,CrossDigit 1,2.26,1.59,dishu,"This teaser is similar to a crossword puzzle, but there is a twist. Instead of words, it uses digits 1-9 and empty (black in crossword puzzles) spaces in a 3 by 3 grid. The grid is arranged as follows: A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3 With the help of the given rules and clues, you have to figure out which box contains which digit. The rules are: 1: No row can have the same digit appearing more than once. 2: No column can have the same digit appearing more than once. 3: 0 (Zero) is not permissible. 4: Empty spaces cannot contain any digits. They are empty. And the clues are: 1. The empty spaces are A3, B3 and C1. 2. The sum of digits in row A equal 15. 3. The sum of digits in row B equal 3. 4. The sum of digits in row C equal 13. 5. The sum of digits in column 1 equal 7. 6. The sum of digits in column 2 equal 19. 7. The sum of digits in column 3 equal 5. Now figure out which box contains which digit and do not forget the rules.",No hint available.,"The digits are laid out as follows: A1: 6, A2: 9, A3: Blank B1: 1, B2: 2, B3: Blank C1: Blank, C2: 8, C3: 5",Math,08/13/06 #7177,How Annoying,2.43,0.96,dsquared,"What phrase is represented here: Morning: rain drops my head Noon: rain drops my head Night: rain drops my head",No hint available.,Raindrops keep falling on my head,Rebus,09/03/02 #21235,A Giant Puzzle (Part 2),2.96,1.7,cdrock,"I sorted out a bunch of shoes the other day and as such, when I came to the shirts, to put them in their correct position I felt pretty confident. I have to act fast because time is running out. Can you figure out the order of the shirts from the clues I was given? The shirts are the same colors as the shoes - purple, red, blue, yellow, brown, orange, and green. 1. The Yellow Shirt is not by the Orange Shirt. 2. The two colors that start with ""b"" are not next to each other. 3. The Red Shirt is directly between two of the colors with a second letter of ""r"". 4. The Orange Shirt is the second to the left. 5. The Blue Shirt is next to the Orange Shirt. 6. Either the red, purple, or both are somewhere to the right of the Brown Shirt. 7. The Yellow Shirt is next to the Green Shirt. 8. The Green Shirt is 2 Shirts away from the Orange Shirt (1 in between).",No hint available.,"blue, orange, red, green, yellow, brown, purple",Logic,02/26/05 #22796,Can You Figure,2.42,1.77,fishmed,"Using the digits 0-9, only once each time, can you solve the below equation? AB8C + D4 ------ 6EF1",No hint available.,"5987 + 34 ------ 6021",Math,05/10/05 #1329,How Big is the Trout?,2.31,1.72,gokaran,"A trout's tail weighs eight pounds. Its head weighs as much as the tail and one-half of the body combined, and the body weighs as much as the head and tail combined. What does the whole trout weigh?",No hint available.,"64 pounds. The head weighs 24 pounds, the body weighs 32 pounds and the tail weighs 8 pounds.",Math,11/08/01 #27921,Soft Water or Hard Water?,2.58,1.45,metallicman,"Two friends, Fred and Liz, were having a fun night out. They went to the bowling alley, bowled for a while, went to the bar, then left. They went to Liz's apartment, at which Fred had never been before. Out of the blue Fred said, ""How much do you want to bet I can figure out, without guessing, if the water in your apartment is hard water or soft water?"" Liz thought to herself and decided he wouldn't be able to tell, so she bet him twenty dollars. They bought some cheap soap at the local gas station, and a minute after they got back to her apartment, he told her the water was soft. He was right, and Liz handed him a twenty dollar bill. How did he know it was soft water so fast?",He figured it out at the sink.,"All he had to do was wash his hands. When you take a bar of soap and wash with soft water it leaves your skin soft, and your hand will glide right over it. On the other hand, (pun intended) when you take a bar of soap and wash with hard water, the soap reacts to the minerals in it and forms a very, very small layer of soap over your hands, which leaves it rough. All Fred had to do was wash his hands and he instantly knew if it was soft or hard water depending on how his hands felt afterwards.",Science,01/06/06 #8871,Socks,2.65,0.79,crosseyek_17,"Your sock drawer contains ten pairs of blue socks and ten pairs of red socks. If you're only allowed to take one sock at a time from the drawer, what's the minimum number of socks you need to take out before you're guaranteed a pair?",It's easy. Don't rack your brain.,Two. You only have to take out two socks. I never said they had to be a matching pair.,Trick,12/02/02 #29366,Hi Dude,2.77,2.82,Freaks,"If 125207 is ""Hi"", and 031993121212 is ""Dude"", then 125207031993121212 is ""Hi Dude"". Then what is 799717777010909230151693122001983?",No hint available.,"It's ""You Are Great"". Separate the numbers into groups of three, and then add up the three numbers. The total amount will point to a certain letter, and if you continue doing it until all numbers are used, it'll form the sentence ""You Are Great"".",Math,03/28/06 #233,"12,1,1,1,2,1,3,",2.29,2.45,Phyllis,"12,1,1,1,2,1,3.....What are the next four numbers in this progression?",It is time to find the answer....,"1,4,1,5...The numbers are the chimes of a clock that strikes once on the half hour.",Series,02/03/01 #29688,Don't Forget the Popcorn & Candy!,2.56,2.78,PineappleMama,"Which country actually belongs in BOTH groups? GROUP A France Italy Brazil Argentina China GROUP B Indonesia Nigeria Cameroon Ecuador Malaysia",The Title!,"Brazil Group A consists of corn producing countries. Group B consists of cocoa producing countries.",Group,04/11/06 #3241,Beach Murder,2.6,1.95,204_blaze_41,"'I was walking along the beach,' said Sid Shady, 'Watching my kite soar over the ocean when I came upon this body washed up on shore. I immediately phoned the police.' Shadow noted the nearby tracks of a seagull that lead out toward the ocean. 'The gull must have run across the sand in a take-off within the last 20 minutes or else the receding high tide would have washed its print away,' said Shadow. When Shadow inquired about the whereabouts of the kite, Shady said that in his excitement he must have let it go. 'It's probably over the ocean somewhere.' 'It's perfectly calm now,' noted Shadow. 'Yes, the wind suddenly died moments before you arrived,' replied Shady. 'I don't know what you're mixed up in,' said Shadow, 'but your story has a gaping hole.' What is it?",No hint available.,"The seagull's footprints proved that the wind blew from the ocean and not from the land. A seagull, like an aeroplane, will always take off into the wind. Consequently, Shadow knew that Shady was lying about flying his kite over the ocean and quite likely the rest of the story.",Situation,04/04/02 #33692,'Polly' Want a Cracker?,2.5,2.88,jazzmusician46,"There are two groups of famous Australians. Your task is to discover which person in Group A belongs in Group B and vice versa. Group A: Robert Hawke John Gorton Gough Whitlam Sir Henry Bolte John Howard Malcolm Fraser Paul Keating Group B: Sir Rupert Hamer Steve Bracks Jeff Kennett William McMahon Joan Kirner John Cain II Lindsay Thompson",Politicians,"Sir Henry Bolte in Group A belongs in Group B, since all the people in Group A are Australian Prime Ministers. William McMahon in Group B belongs in Group A, since he was an Australian Prime Minister and Group B are Victorian Premiers.",Group,10/27/06 #27397,Insert A Word,2.97,2.7,peppamintp,"Insert a word from group B into a word from group A to form a larger word. (Try & Eat = Treaty) Group A Slight Bless King Pain Hock Shed Rue Hen Wing Group B One Now Lad Eight Tar Even Cat Itch Add",No hint available.,"1. Starlight 2. Boneless 3. Knowing 4. Paladin 5. Haddock 6. Scathed 7. Revenue 8. Heighten 9. Witching",Language,12/10/05 #3374,Knowing People at a Party,2.29,2.72,neo1,"Prove that at any party, there are two people who know the same number of people. Assume that if A knows B , then B knows A . Assume also that everyone knows himself or herself.",Use indirect reasoning.,"Lets suppose that at a party, there are no two people who know the same number of people. Now lets say there are ""n"" people at the party. Now the nth person will know (n-1) people; (n-1)th person will know (n-2) people because no one knows the same number of people; similarly (n-2)th person will known (n-3) people. Thus, the 2nd person will know 1 person. Hence the 1st person[say A] will know 0 people or will know no one. Now since the nth person knows every one, he knows A .Therefore A knows the nth person. Hence our supposition is wrong and at least 2 people know the same number of people.",Math,04/09/02 #35701,Special Cows,2.24,2.17,cowman12,"What different kinds of cow breeds are represented below? Cow Meat + A person with the ability or power to use or control. A dark shade with a yellowish or reddish hue + A firm, pale-yellow or whitish cheese, containing many holes. Battling + Male cow",No hint available.,"Beefmaster Brown Swiss Fighting Bull * All definitions were used from ""The Random House College Dictionary.""",Language,03/15/07 #27229,It's Just Not Possible,2.66,1.68,Question_Mark,"When Question Mark was showing Skid Mark that he could turn 3 cups up the right way in 2 moves, turning 2 cups at a time, Skid laughed and said ""That's easy!"" The cups were arranged like so: Down - Up - Down The 2 moves were: Up - Down - Down Up - Up - Up When Question Mark turned 1 cup over to reset the challenge, Skid just couldn't do it. Why?",No hint available.,"Question Mark turned over 1 cup to make the set up like so: Up - Down - Up That setup is impossible to solve.",Other,11/30/05 #9281,Sporting Chance,2.09,2.47,MrIxolite,"What piece of sporting equipment is this? Total x Total x Total","Things to the power of two are squared, things to the power of three are......","Cue Ball (Cube All or All Cubed)",Rebus,12/21/02 #24539,Peerless Personages,2.64,2.6,norcekri,"Which item from group B should be added to group A, and why? Group A: William Allen Edward Kennedy Ellington Marion Robert Morrison Dana Elaine Owens Group B: Mordecai Brown Nathaniel Adams Coles Frances Gumm Archibald Leach Norma Jean Mortenson",Who are they now?,"Nathaniel Adams Coles (Nat ""King"" Cole) also became famous with a nickname from the peerage (royalty and lower ranks). The two lists show the birth names of celebrities. Respectively, they are Group A: William Allen -- Count Basie (band leader) Edward Kennedy Ellington -- Duke Ellington (band leader) Marion Robert Morrison -- John ""Duke"" Wayne (actor) Dana Elaine Owens -- Queen Latifah (actress / singer) Group B: Mordecai Brown -- Three-finger Brown (baseball pitcher) Nathaniel Adams Coles -- Nat ""King"" Cole (singer) Frances Gumm -- Judy Garland (actress) Archibald Leach -- Cary Grant (actor) Norma Jean Mortenson -- Marilyn Monroe (model / actress)",Group,07/14/05 #1570,Two and Two,2.33,2.37,gokaran,"I am just two and two. I am hot. I am cold. I am the parent of numbers that cannot be told. I am a gift beyond measure, a matter of course. I am given with pleasure when taken by force. What am I?",No hint available.,I'm a Kiss!,Riddle,12/02/01 #41989,Slice & Splice 19,2.26,2.26,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: FUR, NET, RED, ROD, SAT, SET Group B: F*****, *U****, ****R*",No hint available.,"The Group B words are geographic land features. FOREST, TUNDRA, DESERT",Language,05/20/08 #35836,Four Letters Only #5,2.53,2.69,jazzmusician46,"What same sequence of 4 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? co_ _ _ _ tic backs_ _ _ _ r s_ _ _ _ borne un_ _ _ _ d dis_ _ _ _ d",No hint available.,"The word: PACE copacetic backspacer spaceborne unpaced dispaced",Language,03/23/07 #29062,Total 85008,2.39,2.13,kiss,Can you find three consecutive even numbers that total 85008 when multiplied together?,No hint available.,"42, 44 and 46. Since 4^3=64<85<125=5^3, they must lie between 40 and 50. Since 2*4*6 ends in 8 and 4*6*8 ends in 2, they must be 42, 44 and 46.",Math,03/13/06 #20378,Shape 2,2.26,1.0,alex_jane,180 D in a S-C,Think round.,180 Degrees in a Semi-Circle,Letter-Equations,01/13/05 #22797,Which Word?,2.62,1.79,fishmed,"Which of the following words does not belong and why? BAILIFF ANOINT ASININE LOGORITHM GAIETY",No hint available.,LOGORITHM does not belong as it is the only word that is misspelled. It should be Logarithm.,Language,05/10/05 #38852,Most Romantic,3.11,2.01,jppbl,"Last night during their weekly poker game, five men (Brad, John, Mitch, Paul, and Ron) were bragging about how romantic they were. In order to decide who was the best husband, they planned to take their wives on a special date this Friday night, including dinner, flowers, and a movie. Can you figure out the name of each wife, where the couple went for dinner, the flowers she received, and the movie they saw? The wives are: Belinda, Jessica, Monica, Penelope, and Robyn The flowers are: Daisies, Pansies, Roses, Sunflowers, and Tulips The restaurants are: Bella Notte (Italian), Cowhide (Steak), Juan's (Mexican), OoLaLa (French), and Wok In and Out (Chinese) The movies are: Gone in 20 Seconds (a movie about car thieves), Lonely Canary (a western), The Journal (a romance), Pretty Lady (a romantic comedy), and Shriek (a horror movie). 1. John, who didn't take out Belinda (who went to Bella Notte, but not with Ron or Mitch), had to turn on all the lights and check under the bed for killers before his wife would come inside the house and put the tulips in a vase. 2. The couple that dined at Cowhide did not see ""The Journal"" or ""Gone in 20 Seconds"". 3. Penelope, who didn't get pansies, loved the car movie her husband took her to (he wasn't Paul, who gave roses to his ""Pretty Lady""). 4. Robyn did not get roses, but she found a romantic message in her eggroll, which wasn't from Ron. 5. The couple that went to Juan's enjoyed the daisies, but they did not see ""The Journal"". 6. Monica got sunflowers from her husband. 7. Mitch and his wife filled up on tacos before their movie. 8. Jessica, who was not married to Brad (who gave pansies to his wife), went to OoLaLa. 9. Robyn's husband wanted to see ""Shriek"", the new slasher film, but she insisted on a more romantic movie.",No hint available.,"Brad, Robyn, Pansies, Wok In and Out, ""The Journal"" John, Jessica, Tulips, OoLaLa, ""Shriek"" Mitch, Penelope, Daisies, Juan's, ""Gone in 20 Seconds"" Paul, Belinda, Roses, Bella Notte, ""Pretty Lady"" Ron, Monica, Sunflowers, Cowhide, ""Lonely Canary""",Logic-Grid,10/20/07 #15042,Opposite of Opposite,2.68,1.04,jacintan,"I am the opposite of the opposite of left, and I am always incorrect. I start silently, but the rest of me can easily be heard. What word am I?",No hint available.,"Wrong. The opposite of ""left"" is ""right"", and the opposite of ""right"" is ""wrong"". Wrong means ""incorrect"". I start with a silent ""W"", and the rest of the letters in me can be heard.",Riddle,10/08/03 #16100,Missing in the Desert,2.47,1.93,od-1,"An American spy found himself on an assignment in the Arabian Desert. He was running out of supplies and needed to send a coded message to let his support know what he needed. Can you decipher the code to see what he is missing? Items needed -bcd-fghijklmnopq-s-uv-xyz abc-e-ghijklmn-2 pqrstuvwxyz",No hint available.,"He was in need of water & food. The letters were replaced with -(minus) to indicate what he was missing. The -2 indicated two of the same letters were missing.",Other,01/09/04 #44922,Come Fly With Me,1.8900000000000001,0.65,eggface,"A family of four went on an aeroplane to Australia. Although all four of them went on the same plane, only three tickets were purchased. How come?",The family consisted of two adults and two children.,"One of the children was under two years of age, and didn't require a ticket. The child sat on their mother's knee for the duration of the flight.",Situation,07/22/09 #17037,Not Middle Earth,2.44,2.85,cnmne,"3 = P of the M E (T, J, C)",No hint available.,"3 = Periods of the Mesozoic Era (Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous)",Letter-Equations,03/17/04 #37218,With Justice For All?,2.46,2.3,4demo,"What does the following rebus represent? On the notice board at the entrance: Entry permitted until 3 pm only. All late arrivals will be denied entrance. Arrival List: 8:30 am Freedom 10:00 am Prosperity 12:15 pm Equality 2:30 pm Love 4:00 pm Justice",No hint available.,"Justice delayed is justice denied. - William E. Gladstone (1809-1898) Justice was late, or ""delayed"", and so was the only one ""denied"" entrance.",Rebus,07/04/07 #4001,Corked Bottle,2.21,1.3800000000000001,mad-ade,A bottle with a cork costs £25. The bottle on its own costs £20 more than the cork. How much does each item cost?,No hint available.,"Bottle £22.50 cork £2.50",Math,05/10/02 #240,What Do They Have in Common?,2.29,1.1,Mr. G,What do John the Baptist and Attila the Hun have in common?,No hint available.,They have the same middle name (THE).,Trick,02/04/01 #1860,The Blind and The Mute,2.52,0.58,missie,A mute walks into a store and wants to buy a pencil sharpener. He tells the clerk by putting one finger in his left ear and cranking at his right ear. The clerk understands immediately. A blind man walks in to the store. How does he tell the clerk that he wants a pencil sharpener?,No hint available.,"He says, ""I need a pencil sharpener.""",Trick,12/26/01 #33289,Booty?,2.9,1.84,jazzmusician46,"What expression is represented here? Brrr....shake, shake....brrrrr; me Maple, oak, blackwood, acacia, birch and mountain-ash.",No hint available.,"Shiver me timbers Brrr....shake, shake....brrrrr: shiver (Shivering) me Maple, oak, blackwood, acacia, birch and mountain-ash: timbers (a group of trees).",Rebus,10/02/06 #9962,The Other Two Trains,2.22,1.95,Jake101,"Along the Pennsylvania turnpike there is a mountain with two tunnels under it. One is a large two-lane tunnel for cars and trucks. The other is a small tunnel for one train to go through. One day two trains entered the tunnel at exactly 8:00. They both traveled in opposite directions. They both passed the middle at 8:01, but they did not crash. Why not?",No hint available.,"The ""trains"" were not locomotives. They were two long lines of cars traveling in opposite directions through the two-lane tunnel. Any long line of vehicles, people, etc. is also known as a train.",Trick,01/22/03 #43514,More Sins of Men,2.42,0.85,xmum,"For generations now we've strived To please you, with our heart. But people gather in large groups, To break us all apart. You hang us high, from trees or hooks, Or any place you find; And then you strike at us with sticks. Oh, you are so unkind. We take on many different forms; Bird, fish, and fowl are found. You beat us 'til our sweetness falls, Like petals, to the ground. Perhaps we break too fast for you, You would prolong your pleasure. And so you wear a blindfold To delay our loss of treasure. Whatever may be your reasons To bind your eyes up, thus. This riddle has gone on far too long. End it now. Name us.",No hint available.,We are pinatas.,Riddle,11/10/08 #19573,Help Me Work!,2.3,2.59,eyecue,12 = F B on a C K,No hint available.,12 function buttons on a computer keyboard.,Letter-Equations,11/29/04 #42477,Military Motion,2.98,1.25,cnmne,"What phrase is described by the following rebus? serGeant geNeral ensIgn priVate colOnel adMiral",No hint available.,"Moving up through the ranks (this is a list of military ranks; one letter in each of the ranks is uppercase; the uppercase letters spell ""moving"" from bottom to top, or up).",Rebus,07/11/08 #43260,Infiltrator!,2.61,2.73,TheNinja,"During one meeting with a clan of ninjas, it has been noticed that more ninjas have turned up to the meeting than usual. The ninjas realised that these infiltrators must be the enemy of the ninjas (the pirates). Each person dressed as a ninja at the meeting made a statement. The cunning ninjas lied about their fellow ninjas in order to remain secret and told the truth about the pirates. The pirates tried to mock the cunningness by lying about the pirates and telling the truth about the ninjas. From the following statements, can you identify the ninjas and pirates? Ninja A: Ninja B is a ninja Ninja B: Ninja C belongs to Ninja A's group Ninja C: Ninja C doesn't belong to Ninja F's group Ninja D: Ninja A belongs to Ninja B's group Ninja E: Ninja B belongs to Ninja C's group Ninja F: Ninja E belongs to Ninja A's group Remember, the ninjas and pirates will lie about individual ninjas or pirates, not groups of ninjas or pirates.",No hint available.,"Ninja A is a pirate Ninja B is a ninja Ninja C is a ninja Ninja D is a pirate Ninja E is a pirate Ninja F is a ninja Ninja A said that Ninja B is a ninja. This is because Ninja A is a pirate and Ninja B is a ninja, so Ninja A told the truth. Ninja B said that Ninja C belongs to Ninja A's group. Ninja B is a ninja and Ninja C is a ninja, so Ninja B lied. Ninja C said that Ninja C doesn't belong to Ninja F's group. Ninja C is obviously from the same group as Ninja C, so Ninja C lied. Ninja D said that Ninja A belongs to Ninja B's group. Ninja D is a pirate and Ninja A is a pirate so Ninja D lied. Ninja E said that Ninja B belongs to Ninja C's group. Ninja E is a pirate and Ninja B is a ninja, so Ninja E told the truth. Ninja F said that Ninja E belongs to Ninja A's group. Ninja F is a ninja and Ninja E is a pirate, so Ninja F told the truth.",Logic,10/05/08 #104,"Who Makes It, Has No Need of It.",2.8,1.8,Jake,"Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?",No hint available.,A coffin.,Riddle,01/03/01 #17977,Land Ahoy,2.25,2.24,PhilDunphy,6080 F in a N M,3 F in a Y,"6080 Feet in a Nautical Mile Hint 3 Feet in a Yard",Letter-Equations,06/21/04 #41182,Distorted Music - S,2.58,2.18,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter S. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. A Seaworthy Native 2. Humaneness Styli 3. A Sniggered Wrung Woo 4. Newsweekly Meow Honor","1. 3 words 2. 3 words 3. 4 words 4. 4 words","1. ""Stairway to Heaven"" by Led Zeppelin 2. ""Steal My Sunshine"" by LEN 3. ""Sugar, We're Going Down"" by Fall Out Boy 4. ""Somewhere Only We Know"" by Keane",Language,03/23/08 #43212,R + Y = O,1.97,1.13,zjmyslin,R + Y = O,No hint available.,"Red + Yellow = Orange This is true in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 585 to 620 nm!",Letter-Equations,09/28/08 #45915,62 = 49?,2.22,2.81,dalfamnest,"How can you change the statement below into a correct equation? You may freely move the digits but do not remove or add any new digits or symbols. 62 = 49",No hint available.,"Move the 6 to the top right of the 2, so it represents 2 to the power of 6. Rotate the 9 by 180 degrees and place it in front of the 4. 2^6 = 64",Trick,12/07/09 #3695,"199, 197, 193, 191, 181, 179",2.27,2.14,cathalmccabe,"What comes next? 199, 197, 193, 191, 181, 179",No hint available.,"173, Prime numbers in reverse",Series,04/22/02 #3452,Thats,2.77,2.27,arij,Can you make a sentence having 'that' involved five consecutive times in it?,No hint available.,"Situation: There's a boy who has made a sentence in which he has used the word 'that' in the wrong way. The teacher observes this and so the sentence having five 'that's involved goes like this: ""The teacher said that that that that that boy used in a sentence was wrong""",Language,04/12/02 #50031,Dropboxes II,2.38,2.33,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Climb [_] 2. Walking supports [_] 3. Mentally healthy 4. Evaporated [_] 5. Like an ear or a cam [_] 6. Drained 7. Hear, actively [_] 8. Information, abbr. [_] 9. Sharp point 10. Failing engine's sound [_] 11. Bursts [_] 12. _____ throat 13. Entangled (as, in a situation) [_] 14. A U.S. coin [_] 15. Board game device 16. Fundamentals [_] 17. Wound coverings [_] 18. Surname from ""Silas Marner"" 19. Spoiled; sour [_] 20. A sink's exit [_] 21. Mend a garment 22. Alloy ingredient [_] 23. Limping [_] 24. Tall tree",No hint available.,"1. ascend [D] 2. canes [C] 3. sane 4. boiled [I] 5. lobed [O] 6. bled 7. listen [S] 8. intel [L] 9. tine 10. sputter [T] 11. erupts [U] 12. strep 13. mired [R] 14. dime [M] 15. die 16. basics [I] 17. scabs [B] 18. Cass 19. rancid [C] 20. drain [I] 21. darn 22. metal [T] 23. lame [A] 24. elm ""District [of] Columbia,"" or Washington, DC, the capital of the United States of America.",Language,12/21/13 #4764,GQWIX...,2.62,2.57,bobbrt,"Rearranging any two letters, what is the longest word you can make within this group of letters? The letters of the word formed must all be together and in order after the two are switched. As an example, you could switch the ""W"" and the ""B"" to form the word ""know"". GQWIXTRYSCALFDEPZHUMKNOBJV",No hint available.,"Switch the ""T"" and the ""C"" to form the word ""crystal.""",Language,06/16/02 #3862,Ring Ring,2.34,2.31,Drunky,"I have two rings. I move by request. If the mixture is not right, I just sit at rest. What am I?",No hint available.,Piston,Riddle,05/02/02 #36397,Murder in a Lab,2.99,2.42,scallio,"Detective Wingate was called to Lab Tech Industries to investigate a murder. Lying on the floor of Lab D was Violet Robinson, dead from an apparent gunshot to the head. There were two drops of blood on her right shoe, her lab coat was missing one button, and the latex glove on her left hand had one small tear; but other than that, nothing seemed too noteworthy about the body. A small puddle of blood around the entry wound and a decanter on its side at the workstation were the only things out of place in the otherwise spotless laboratory. Lab supervisor James Bensen had found her at 7:42 am. Upon arrival of the CSI team, Detective Wingate directed his attention to the employees that had worked with Violet the evening before. Each was interviewed separately from the others. James Bensen was the first to be taken to the employee lounge for interrogation. James: ""I worked with Violet in Lab A last night for about 45 minutes. We completed our assignment, and she left. I assume she went back to Lab D where she usually works. That was at like 6:00 o'clock. I swear I didn't see her again until I came in this morning and found her laying there dead."" Detective: ""When did you leave last night?"" James: ""I left around 8:07 after my shift ended. I thought I was the last one out. The lights were all off."" Detective: ""Why were you in so early this morning if you'd worked so late last night?"" James: ""I am filling in for Adrian this week. She's our boss, and she's on vacation until Friday. I'm responsible for opening and closing the lab each morning and night. I can leave in between if I want, but we've been making some pretty important breakthroughs in endocraniological disorders; and I didn't want to miss any of it. If you have helped work on a project that has a major break-through, it can make your career."" Detective: ""Do you guys always wear your lab coats and masks?"" James: ""Yes. We must maintain a perfectly clean environment or our work could be contaminated by outside influences. We don't take them off unless we're in the employees' lounge or have exited the building."" Next, Detective Wingate spoke with Meggy Riddle, a janitor for Lab Tech Industries. Detective: ""Tell me what happened last night."" Meggy: ""I had been cleaning in Lab D earlier in the evening, but when Violet started getting territorial around a project, I left. That was at maybe 7:15 or so. Dean went in after that, and I saw them arguing; at least I think it was Dean. I went to Lab F, which is kitty-corner from D, so I couldn't see perfectly. I cleaned in F until about 7:50 then cleaned G until 8:00 and left for the night. When I walked by the other labs, only Dean and James' lights were still on. They're in A and B. I was sure Violet had already gone home."" Detective: ""How was Violet territorial?"" Meggy: ""She got all weird about me being near her endocraniological diatrope testing. She started getting snotty, so I left. She and I don't get along very well, but that's no secret around here. She doesn't get along with most everyone."" Detective: ""Tell me about the argument you witnessed between Violet and the other individual."" Meggy: ""I could see them arguing through the window. Violet got so mad she picked up a heavy decanter and tried to hit him over the head with it. He stepped back, and she ended up missing. Then he just blew her off and went down the hall toward his lab. When he came out the doorway and turned to go down the hall, that's when I saw him, and I'm sure it was Dean."" When Dean Falcone was interviewed by Detective Wingate, he was adamant that he had not set foot in Lab D. Dean: ""I worked from 3:00 to a little after 8:00 without a single break. I didn't work with Violet last night and didn't even talk with her other than to say hello when I passed her once in the hall. I was never in Lab D. I don't know what Meggy is talking about. When I left, only James was still here."" Detective: ""I heard you and Violet sometimes butt heads."" Dean: ""Only because she gets so possessive about the projects. She thinks she should get all the credit in a major discovery. I have argued with her a lot, but not since last week; and certainly not last night! I swear it."" When the CSI completed their investigation of the crime scene, they called to tell Detective Wingate that Violet's prints were found on the decanter in Lab D. The decanter was otherwise clean. Was Meggy telling the truth about the confrontation between Dean and Violet? Detective Wingate didn't think so and ordered the arrest of Meggy Riddle. Why?",Review what Violet was wearing and Meggy's explanation of the previous night's events.,"Violet was found dead wearing latex gloves, which tend to be worn exclusively in the lab because they can't risk compromising their data. Her fingerprints would not have been found on any laboratory equipment. Detective Wingate suspected that Meggy had obtained the decanter from the employee lounge where Violet would have handled it without gloves on. Meggy placed the decanter in the lab after shooting her and turned off the light. She then concocted the story about Dean in order to make him look like the killer. The motive was not entirely clear, but Meggy did seem very knowledgable about Violet's work considering she was in a very different line of work. A search warrant of Meggy Riddle's apartment turned up the gun and silencer believed to have been the murder weapon. The trial is scheduled for next fall.",Mystery,04/24/07 #26405,Billy Bob's Crazy Travels: Part VI,2.87,2.56,bigSWAFF_69_,"Crazy Billy Bob easily got tired of Alaska, it was ""Too cold"" he said. He suddenly realized that he was all out of U.S. states, and somehow had to go to something else. Being ""up north"", he found it fitting to head over to Canada, hoping that Canada would be much warmer than Alaska. He travels through each province and territory in Canada, for his new home. So, Billy Bob sets off again; yes, again, for hopes of a new place to live. This time, there are 12 different places for him to visit. Can you figure out where he visited by the clues listed below? 1. Not Me But ___ + A Convict + To Pull Apart + Industrial Technology + Profitable Metal + Fifth Letter of Alphabet 2. A British Person + Novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart + To Pick Out From Others + Expression of Doubt or Uncertainty + Small Buzzing Insect + Expression of Hesitation or Uncertainty 3. Male Name + First Letter of Alphabet 4. Halfway Between Due North and Due West + To Pull Apart + Industrial Technology + Profitable Metal + Fifth Letter of Alphabet Multiple Times 5. Back Talk + Capture + Expression Used in Asking a Question or in Seeking Repetition or Confirmation of a Statement + Juan 6. Recent + Neh + 22nd Letter of the Alphabet + Sound Owls Make 7. Male + Sound of 9th Letter in the Alphabet + Brass Wind Instrument 8. EEOH ....----- ....Tear 9. White Ball in Billiards + A Beckoning Gesture 10. Recent + End + The Solid Ground of the Earth + & + Laboratory + The Ancient Egyptian Sun God + A Movable structure Used to Close-off an Entrance 11. Recent + A Region and Former Duchy of North-Central Germany 12. A Male Member of a Royal Family Other Than the Monarch + Short for ""Education"" + A Room in a Hospital Usually Holding Six or More Patients + A Small Land Mass Entirely Surrounded by Water 13. A Star That Suddenly Brightens, Then Returns to its Former Brightness + Sko + Expression for ""Be Quiet!"" + First Letter of Alphabet","Remember, Crazy Billy Bob has to be able to drive from place-to-place. Therefore, each place must border the place before and after it. Billy Bob wasn't thinking, and had to back-track through #10, to reach his destination. He also had to rent a small boat, to reach #12, and then used the same boat, to reach #13.","Crazy Billy Bob went to: 1. You Con Tear I.T. Ore E (Yukon Territory) 2. Britt Tish Cull Ummmm Bee Uh (British Columbia) 3. Albert A (Alberta) 4. Northwest Tear I.T. ore eee's (Northwest Territories) 5. Sass Catch Eh Juan (Won) (Saskatchewan) 6. New Neh V Oot (Nunavut) 7. Man I Tuba (Manitoba) 8. On Tear, Ee Oh (Ontario) 9. Cue Beck (Quebec) 10. New Fin Land And Lab Ra Door (Newfoundland and Labrador) 11. New Brunswick (New Brunswick) 12. Prince Ed Ward Island (Prince Edward Island) 13. Nova Sco Shhh A (Nova Scotia)",Language,10/16/05 #34963,Guess the Pattern 4,2.36,2.15,cnmne,"What is the next number in this series? 2, 3, 5, 7, 23, 37, 53, 73, ?",No hint available.,"223 Each number is a prime number whose individual digits are also prime. The following digits are prime: 2, 3, 5, 7. Prime numbers that contain digits other than these four do not fit this requirement.",Series,01/21/07 #51981,Inevitable Exchange,2.58,1.75,ThinksForFun,"You visit me to conduct a transaction It's an exchange that's a needed distraction When you arrive, you'll look for an open spot There may be waiting involved, like it or not A fluid situation is fixed through me Whether it's one routine or of urgency Our next meeting, based on your mobility A matter of inevitability What am I?",No hint available.,"a gas station lines 1-2: You visit a gas station to ""conduct a transaction"" which is to purchase fuel for your vehicle. Sometimes it may not be a convenient time to buy gas, but you must make time for it, which may delay your other activities. It's an ""exchange"", a business transaction where money (i.e. cash, credit, etc.) is exchanged for the fuel. lines 3-4: When you enter a gas station, you must find an available pump or ""open spot"". Sometimes you may not be able to find one immediately, as all of them are being used by other customers. lines 5-6: The ""fluid situation"" is the need to buy the gas, which may be a ""top up"" situation, or one where you are nearing an empty tank. lines 7-8: Assuming that you drive a gasoline-powered vehicle, eventually you will need to return to a gas station to buy fuel again.",Riddle,08/07/18 #6618,Carry Home,2.39,2.0,Bekki,"I rush through the night My light flashes bright I carry home Stray friends that roam",No hint available.,A train,Riddle,08/17/02 #26615,Watch Out!,2.63,1.22,redraptor50,"I can be short, but I can be long. I will get ticked off if I hear an alarm. I start in 60 seconds and am gone in 60 seconds. In New York it is all in the way some perceive me. What am I?",Not the movie,A minute.,Riddle,10/29/05 #6652,Jack & Jill,2.13,2.89,majd,"Jack and Jill are climbing down a vertical wall. They both use ropes hanging from the ceiling of a huge room. They start at the same time from the top of the wall which is 16 meters tall. The race is divided into two stages; the first 8 meters and the last 8 meters. A penalty of half a minute waiting time is placed upon whoever loses the first stage (first 8 meters) and it commences as soon as the winner finishes the first 8 meters. The following describes their climbing techniques: 1. Jack climbs down in a zigzag way (moving one step downwards diagonally at a fixed angle from the horizon line). In each step movement he completes the distance of 1 meter diagonally. Initially, his feet are distant 60 cm apart aligned on a perfectly horizontal line. It takes him 15 seconds to complete each move. Jack has to rest for 1 minute for every 8 meters he vertically completes. 2. Jill hops down according to a perfect half circular arc movement. In each hop, she moves a distance of 1.57 meters along the arc path (not the vertical). It takes her 15 seconds to complete each hop. Jill has to rest for 1 minute for every 6 meters she vertically completes. Who will reach the ground first and how many additional minutes will it take the loser to finish the race?",No hint available.,"Jack will win the race and it will take an additional half minute to catch up with him. Jacks moves 0.8 meters vertically in each step movement: According to Pythagoras theorem for right angled triangle: A^2 = B^2+C^2 (where A is the hypotenuse) Replacing A by the diagonally crossed distance, B by the distance between Jack's feet and C by the vertically climbed distance: 1^2 = 0.6^2+C^2 C = 0.8 m Jill moves 1 meter vertically in each hop. According to the circle circumference calculation: Circumference = Diameter * Pi (where Pi = 3.14 and Diameter is the vertically climbed down distance) 2 * 1.57 = D * 3.14 Diameter = 1 meter 1.Time: 1.5 minutes elapsing Jack: Finished 4.8 meters Jill: Finished 6.0 meters and starting her 1 minute rest 2.Time: 2.5 minutes elapsing Jack: Finished 8.0 meters (crossed an additional 3.2 meters in 1 minute while Jill is resting) Jill: Finished 6.0 meters and ending her 1 minute rest Note: Losing the first stage (8 meters), Jill has to wait for half minute penalty time and at the same time Jack starts his 1 minute rest having crossed 8.0 meters. 3. Time: 3.0 minutes elapsing Jack: Finished 8.0 meters and still resting for another half a minute Jill: Finished 6.0 meters and resuming her climb down having finished the half minute penalty 4.Time: 3.5 minutes elapsing Jack: Finished 8.0 meters and ending his 1 minute rest Jill: Finished 8.0 meters (crossed an additional 2.0 meters in half minute while Jack is resting) 5. Time: 4.5 minutes elapsing Jack: Finished 11.2 meters Jill: Finished 12.0 meters and starting her 1 minute rest 6.Time: 5.5 minutes elapsing Jack: Finished 14.4 meters (crossed an additional 3.2 meters in 1 minute while Jill is resting) Jill: Finished 12.0 meters and ending her 1 minute rest 7.Time: 6.0 minutes elapsing Jack: Finishing the race (16 meters) as the winner Jill: Finished 14.0 meters and needing another two meters to finish the race which will take her an additional half minute",Math,08/19/02 #42949,Where Do We Live?,2.56,1.14,megabreath,"Nathan and Simon live in Spain. David and Paul live in Poland. Nigel and Sven live in Sweden. Daniel and Eric live in England. Where do Edgar and Frank live?",Look at their names.,"France. The first letter of each of the names is the first and last letter of the country.",Other,08/31/08 #37989,Clockman,2.55,2.66,cnmne,"Enter words into the following word chain such that each pair of words in the chain forms a compound word. No word can appear in the chain more than one time. Each ""?"" represents a missing word. Example: girl ? ? shape = girl friend ship shape = girlfriend friendship shipshape. clock ? crack ? ? gun ? ? water ? ? hill ? ? ? man",No hint available.,clock wise crack pot shot gun fire break water mark down hill top sail boat man,Language,08/28/07 #13072,"ACRON,Inc.",2.35,3.13,griphook,"Lew W. Reese, Jr. was seated comfortably in one of the boardrooms of ACRON, Inc. One final test and he would then be hired as one of the company's top executives with a seven figure monthly salary and all the perks. Exactly for what top level office, he was not told by the executive search committee. Our Chairman feels strongly about your name, they told him. After a few minutes, the charming assistant of the Chairman entered the room and gave him a piece of paper marked 44444. He almost fell from his chair when he read it because he was clueless as to the officers of the company. The paper read: A.EXECUTIVE OFFICES 1. PRESIDENT: Mountains of Work. Rush Work. More Work or Bust. 2. CFO: Number Crunches. Value Operations. 3. CORPSEC: monthly meetings every 30 days. 4. VP-PLANNING: Environment and Competition Analysis 5. VP-MARKETING: Market Expansion in all Directions. B. NAMES OF EXECUTIVES (not in order) 1. Steve A. Norfolk, Jr. 2. Milton David A. Swanson 3. Norman S. E. Waldorf 4. Wilma S. Ocier-Tellaney Questions: a. Who occupies which position? b. Why are you being considered for the vacant office aside from your qualifications? Note: Please do not disappoint us by looking at the HINT. What should be Lew's answers?","copy furnished: SANJ MDAS NSEW WSOT The category is group.","a. MDAS is CFO. Multiply, Divide, Add and Subtract are the 4 basic arithmetic OPERATIONS. SANJ is CORPSEC. Sept., Apr., Nov., and June are the 4 MONTHS with 30 days. WSOT is VP-PLANNING. Weaknesses, Strengths, Opportunities and Threats are the 4 areas of ANALYSIS in business planning. NSEW is VP-MARKETING. North, South, East and West are 4 DIRECTIONS. b. LWRJ is being considered as PRESIDENT because of his initials Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt and Jefferson are 4 PRESIDENTS whose BUSTS are in MOUNT RUSH MORE.",Group,06/11/03 #8163,"8, 13, 8, 7, 8 ...",2.24,3.07,snaps,"What number comes next in this series? 8, 13, 8, 7, 8, ___, ___",No hint available.,"7, 7 The series is the number of letters required to spell the regular shapes (triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, ...)",Series,10/21/02 #3788,Beulah and Craig,2.36,2.27,missie,"Beulah died in the Appalachians, while Craig died at sea. Everyone was much happier with Craig's death. Why?",No hint available.,Beulah and Craig were hurricanes.,Other,04/28/02 #27145,Large Portrait of a Small Picture,2.74,1.55,bigSWAFF_69_,"Portrait too big Photo too small >Picture just right<",No hint available.,"Picture Perfect Both ""portrait"" and ""photo"" are either too small, or too big. ""Picture"" is just perfect.",Rebus,11/25/05 #39593,Lunch Time,2.81,1.9000000000000001,chocolatecake,"Two sisters are we, one dark and one fair. In twin towers dwelling, we're quite the pair. One from the land and one from the sea. Tell us truly, who are we?",Look at the title.,Salt and Pepper.,Riddle,12/14/07 #6459,The Kebab Express,2.27,2.32,mad-ade,"In the land of MADADIA there are two cities, one called Kebabville and one called Kebabchester. Each at opposite ends of the country. There is a train service between the two cities called the ""Kebab Express"" that starts at 10:00pm for each city and arrives at their respective destinations at 11:30pm three days later. So a train will leave every day from either city at 10:00pm and arrive at the opposite city at 11:30pm in three days time. One day Mad Ade got on the train at Kebabville and travelled all the way to Kebabchester. How many other ""Kebab Express"" trains would Mad Ade see go the opposite direction during his journey?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade would see seven ""Kebab Express"" trains go past in the opposite direction. Let's say that Mad Ade travelled on the ""Kebab Express"" on Wednesday 10:00PM from Kebabville. The first train he would have crossed is the one scheduled to arrive at Kebabville at 11:30 PM the same day i.e. the one that left Kebabchester at 10:00 PM on last Sunday. He will pass 7 other trains before arriving at his destination. The first, he will see approximately 45 minutes after departure. Then he will see one train approximately every 12 hours for three days. This is because the trains leave from each end of the track once every 24 hours travelling toward each other. Also, he would have crossed the last train just before reaching Kebabchester on Saturday. Thus, Mad Ade must have crossed 7 ""Kebab Expresses"" during his journey.",Logic,08/11/02 #6387,S H U T,2.19,1.07,Cascas,"What does this mean? t u h s",No hint available.,Shut up,Rebus,08/09/02 #50167,Paintings I,1.82,1.25,MDCTeasers,"Three paintings have one word on each of them. But, the painter accidentally spilled ink on some of the letters! Can you help him repaint the words? Words: F--E, BA--N-, -CA-- Smudged Letters: N, S, R, R, F, I, A, A",No hint available.,"FIRE, BANANA, SCARF",Language,03/07/14 #17110,Find the Next Number,2.49,2.85,yor18,"What are the next numbers in the series? 2,6,20,42,110, ?, ?",No hint available.,"The next two numbers in the series are 156 and 272. The series follows the pattern X(X-1) where X is a prime number starting from 2.",Series,03/22/04 #27655,Cats,2.05,0.96,kiss,"There are cats in a drawer. Each cat is in a corner, and each cat sees three cats. Do you know how many cats are there?",No hint available.,Four.,Logic,12/23/05 #30444,Siblings,2.48,1.6400000000000001,JessicaLynn,Mallory Garett and Gabrielle Poke are sisters. They have the same mom and the same dad. Neither of them are adopted or married. Why are their last names different?,No hint available.,"Mallory was born before her mom and dad were married, so she has her mom's maiden name. Gabrielle was born when they were married, so she took her dad's last name.",Other,05/12/06 #34901,Bushisms IV,2.6,2.13,DaleGriffin,"The following are funny quotes spoken by George Bush, but what do they say? 1) V GUVAX V ZNL ARRQ N ONGUEBBZ OERNX. 2) GURL ZVFHAQRERFGVZNGRQ ZR.",No hint available.,"This teaser uses a code which is rarely used. It involves placing the first 13 letters of the alphabet (A-M) on one row, and underneath a second row of the last 13 letters of the alphabet (N-Z). A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z For example, a letter A would be represented by the letter underneath it, which is N. Likewise, a letter V would be represented by a letter I, which is above. 1) ""I think I may need a bathroom break."" In a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a U.N. Security Council meeting ~September 14, 2005 2) ""They misunderestimated me."" ~November 6, 2000",Cryptography,01/16/07 #17926,120=,2.16,3.09,accordionman,120=N of B B on the F A,Look at the author of the riddle.,120=Number of Base Buttons on the Full Accordion,Letter-Equations,06/15/04 #49753,Let's Get Digital,2.77,1.76,ThinksForFun,"For what can the following sequence be used? 2 adjustable baseball caps 3 dragons exhaling fire 4 horses galloping in 5 lively kangaroos jumping 6 orange nut muffins 7 seas pirate rum quest 8 vegetables united together 9 zebras were x-rayed yesterday","It is related to the alphabet. The sequence starts with ""2"" intentionally (i.e. ""1"" has not been inadvertently omitted).","It can be used as a mnemonic device (memory tool) for which of a telephone's number buttons the letters of the alphabet are grouped together on: (1=No letters, therefore ""1"" is not in the sequence.) 2=ABC 2 A)djustable B)aseball C)aps 3=DEF 3 D)ragons E)xhaling F)ire 4=GHI 4 H)orses G)alloping I)n 5=JKL 5 L)ively K)angaroos J)umping 6=MNO 6 O)range N)ut M)uffins 7=PQRS 7 S)eas P)irate R)um Q)uest 8=TUV 8 V)egetables U)nited T)ogether 9=WXYZ 9 Z)ebras W)ere X)-rayed Y)esterday (0=No letters) Note: What matters is that the initial letters of the words of each phrase comprise the letters that belong together in each group. Therefore, the sequence of the initial letters for each group's phrase doesn't necessarily have to be in alphabetical order. The title is meant to be a humourous indirect reference to the answer in that both the numbers on the telephone and fingers which are used to press their buttons may be referred to as digits.",Other,02/03/13 #30985,In The Night,2.34,1.02,ManInTheShadows,"My teeth are sharp, I'm ready to feed, I come out at night, To fulfill my need, There are movies about me, I can be seen on T.V., I can hunt by myself, And my prey almost always flees. What am I?","In the day I am hidden, I hang upside down, Darkness is my ally, In the night I am found.",Vampire or Vampire Bat,Riddle,06/09/06 #22604,Girl Scouts,2.44,0.71,wordwizz,"Girl Scout Troop #123 is going on a field trip. Each girl going on the trip has a partner (the troop leader is using the buddy system), a sack lunch and a type of girl scout badge. Your job is to find Janie, Anna and Lauren's buddy, lunch and badge while using the clues. Good Luck! * Partners: Zoey, Amelia, Jade Lunches: PB&J, tuna sandwich, Lunchables Badges: Cooking, community service, 1000 cookie boxes sold Clues: -Jade's partner has the 1000 cookies sold badge. -Anna doesn't like fish. -Lauren messed up her lunch because she wasn't a good cook, so she got the Lunchables. -Amelia is surprised about her partner because she thought her partner would be nice considering the community service badge she has. -None of the girls share initials with their partners. -Zoey and Janie are best friends so they were thrilled when the troop leader made them partners.",No hint available.,"Janie-Zoey - Tuna - Cooking Anna-Jade - PB&J - 1000 cookies sold Lauren-Amelia - Lunchables - community service",Logic-Grid,05/01/05 #17498,Milwaukee Express,2.81,1.8900000000000001,Jake,"A steam engine is traveling in a straight line from Detroit to Milwaukee, which is a distance of 250 miles. The train is traveling at 125mph due west, but there is a headwind of 10mph coming from the northwest. How long will it take the train to reach its destination?",No hint available.,"The train will never reach Milwaukee because if it is traveling in a straight line, it will fall into Lake Michigan.",Trick,04/27/04 #27395,"R, T, B...",2.28,2.93,scm14,"What completes this series? R, T, B, C, H, A, A, H, P, ___, ___, ___, ____",American History,"D, R, C, A The series represents the current capital cities of the first 13 original colonies, in the order of settlement. Richmond, VA; Trenton, NJ; Boston, MA, Concord, NH; Harrisburg, PA; Albany, NY; Annapolis, MD; Hartford, CT; Providence, RI; Dover, DE; Raleigh, NC; Columbia, SC; Atlanta, GA",Series,12/10/05 #34312,Movies Down-under 2,2.47,2.83,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of popular Australian movies. Your task is to unravel these anagrams into their correct movies. I have included the number of words for each title in brackets, as well as the first letter of each word. Enjoy! I pill goal - G_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (9) Abbe - B _ _ _ (4) Say for out and away - S _ _ _ _ _ T _ _ F _ _ A _ _ _ (6, 3, 3, 4) Hmmm! A nifty, slick hatchet job - T _ _ C _ _ _ _ O_ J _ _ _ _ B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (3, 5, 2, 5, 10) Disrupt heavenly gold - T _ _ D _ _ _ _ _ P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (3, 6, 10)",No hint available.,"Gallipoli Babe Sunday Too Far Away The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith The Devil's Playground",Language,12/09/06 #34105,We've Come a Long Way,2.71,2.33,aresII,"The following are anagrams of common home entertainment items used today. Each has 2 words to the answer and the number of letters in each answer is provided to the right in brackets. vast lamp (6, 2); I code east vest (5, 8); oily tan past (4, 7); trial gama dice (7, 6).",No hint available.,"plasma tv video cassette play station digital camera",Language,11/25/06 #3280,Sammy's World,2.67,1.61,Drunky,"You're in a place called Sammy's World and there is only one Law. There is a mirror, but no reflection. There is pizza with cheese, but not sausage. There is pepper, but no salt. There is a door, yet no entrance or exit. What is the law?",No hint available.,Everything in Sammy's World must have double letters.,Group,04/05/02 #38489,Quotes #6,2.7,2.94,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to try and discover the quotation concealed in the lines. The quote has been broken up into two-letter fragments. Furthermore, I have removed any punctuation and jumbled the two-letter fragments about so the word order has been disarranged. You have to rearrange the quotation and decide where the words begin and where they end. Good luck! cp ra bo ec nr ae st nt ci en ra tw ni co en si sa tp hk er ap re tn lo bf ik eh ew pf di un jg ul pa wl im ti he oy en cs tm qe ru id ar yd",Procrastination,"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Don Marquis",Language,09/27/07 #47867,Anyone For Dinner?,2.31,1.22,dalfamnest,"Our dinner guests howl that we're evil When they notice their place in the meal. But it's no big deal why; We're just one happy tribe, And we get really fed up with people! Who, or what, are we?",Anyone for dinner? Anyone!,"Cannibals The opening lines refer to a guest's role in dinner - as the main course! ""Tribe"" and the pun, ""fed up"", are the main clues.",Riddle,08/28/10 #8201,T in R L,2.18,3.08,glennyboy02,6 T = T in R L,No hint available.,6 Tackles equals a turnover in rugby league.,Letter-Equations,10/25/02 #23845,Missed Birthday Present!,2.11,1.06,verdah,"Jay received this note from his Uncle Mario: P.S. I planned to enclose $50.00 with the note, but I sealed the envelope and forgot. Does the note make sense? Why or why not?",No hint available.,"No, it does not make sense. If he wrote that he planned to enclose the money and then forgot, how did he write that? Even if he went back and ripped the seal, he still could have put the money in.",Logic,06/19/05 #41688,Water and Ice,2.1,2.23,shenqiang,"When water changes into ice, the volume increases by one ninth. Consider a 20 cm-tall cylindrical beaker, full of ice. On top of the beaker, there is a cone of ice of the same diameter and 5 cm-tall. When all the ice melts into water, what is the height of the water in the beaker?",Is the cylinder enough to hold all the water?,"When water changes into ice, the volume increases by one ninth. This means that the ratio of the volumes of water and ice is 9:10. A 5 cm-tall cone of ice is as large as a 5/3 cm-tall cylinder, which makes a total of 20+5/3=65/3 cm of ice, and will yield 65/3*9/10=19.5 cm of water. Because 19.5<20, the cylinder itself can hold all the water, and the cone is emptied. Therefore, the height of water is 19.5 cm.",Math,04/26/08 #41275,Distorted Music - U,2.68,1.78,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter U. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Debuted Herring 2. A Uncoiled Hymned 3. A Cad Referee Shunt Hunt 4. Label Rum","1. 3 words 2. 2 words 3. 3 words 4. 1 word","1. ""Under the Bridge"" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers 2. ""Unchained Melody"" by the Righteous Brothers 3. ""Underneath the Surface"" by Prime STH 4. ""Umbrella"" by Rihanna",Language,03/30/08 #31125,"4 L of E (C, M, OC, IC)",2.64,1.93,SPUTNIK2,"4 L of E (C, M, OC, IC)",What a beautiful place we all live on.,"4 Layers of Earth Crust Mantle Outer Core Inner Core",Letter-Equations,06/16/06 #8932,666 = N of the B,2.39,1.4,lesternoronha1,666 = N of the B (in the B of R),No hint available.,666 = Number of the Beast (in the Book of Revelation),Letter-Equations,12/06/02 #3523,bid bid bid bid,2.14,1.36,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this word: bid bid bid bid",No hint available.,forbid,Rebus,04/15/02 #14725,Waterloo Street,2.47,2.06,taniapereira99,"On Waterloo Street, there are five neighbours: the Chaes, the D'Costas, the Lams, the Mazumdars and the O'Neils. All neighbours live either adjacent to, or directly across the street from one another. Two of their houses are white, one is grey, one is green and one is blue. From the clues below, determine which side of the street each neighbour lives (north or south) and the colour of their house. 1. The two white houses are directly across from one another on the west end of the street. 2. The Chaes do not live adjacent to either of the white houses. 3. The D'Costas live on the same side of the street that the Chaes live. 4. The blue house is immediately east of the D'Costa house, on the same side of the street. 5. The Lams house is not grey or white, and is next door to the O'Neils (which is on the south side of the street). 6. The Mazumdar house is directly across the street from the Lams.",No hint available.,"From 1, a white house is on either side of the west end of the street. Since from 2, the Chaes cannot live next to the white houses, it on the east end of the street (north or south, unknown). From 3, the D'Costas are in a white house or in the middle between one of the white houses and the Chaes. (Assuming of course that there is a maximum of 3 on either side of the street). From 4, the blue house therefore is either the in between house (if the D'Costa's are in the white house) or the Chae house. Since from 5, the Lam and the O'Neil houses are on the south side, the Chaes, D'Costas and Mazumdars(from 6) are on the north side. That would make The O'Neils be owners of the white house on the south side, and the Lams the owners of the house beside it. That would make the Mazumdars live in the center house (therefore blue on the north side) and the D'Costas live in the white house. Since the Lams do not have a grey house, the Chaes do. This leaves the Lams with the green house.",Logic,09/09/03 #15942,The Mountain Climber,2.8,2.27,doggyxp,An explorer was halfway up a mountain when he slipped and lost his grip. After the slip he was mysteriously at the peak of the mountain. If he was halfway up the mountain when he slipped how could he have ended up at the top?,Where do you fall up...?,It was an underwater mountain that he was actually climbing down. Natural buoyancy made him float to the top of the mountain.,Situation,12/25/03 #921,Take a Picture,2.54,1.19,Michelle,Why can't you take a picture of an Indian woman with hair curlers?,No hint available.,You can't take a picture with hair curlers. You need a camera!,Trick,10/01/01 #7894,I'm Amazing,2.8,0.76,hprulz,"I'm amazing 'cause I've got the force To hold down a cow or a horse. As you've doubtlessly found, I am always around, And I'm constantly working, of course. What am I?",No hint available.,Gravity.,Riddle,10/05/02 #30364,1000000 G in a M T,2.21,2.01,lips,1000000 G in a M T,No hint available.,1000000 grams in a metric tonne.,Letter-Equations,05/08/06 #38082,Words With OP,2.42,2.69,cnmne,"Five words that contain OP as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***OP, *OP***, **OP**, ****OP, **OP*** Pool: A, A, B, C, D, D, E, H, H, I, L, R, R, S, S, T, T, T, U, Y",No hint available.,"STROP, COPULA, TROPHY, BISHOP, ADOPTED",Language,09/03/07 #10237,Points Of What?,2.89,1.48,MrIxolite,"What is represented here? Maine Idaho Nevada Delaware",Points of view.,"Different States Of Mind (Read MIND vertically)",Rebus,02/04/03 #39137,They're Alike,2.91,1.49,BlackBelt,"What do all the words in this list have in common? Lead Sow Bass Wind Tear Object","Row, Bow, and Invalid could be added to the list.",All these words are heteronyms. Heteronyms are words which are spelled exactly the same way but have different pronunciations and different meanings.,Group,11/10/07 #3225,Pblues,2.82,2.22,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: PBLUESAISNUERSES",No hint available.,"Mixing business with pleasure. PbLuEsAiSnUeRsEs",Rebus,04/04/02 #8895,Modems,2.59,1.98,MrIxolite,"What is represented here? Le Modem",No hint available.,The French Connection.,Rebus,12/04/02 #5250,Bottoms Up!,2.22,1.41,NuttyPrince,"Can you decipher this phrase: Scotch Rocks",No hint available.,Scotch On The Rocks,Rebus,07/06/02 #42052,It Ends As It Begins: O,2.22,2.62,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, O, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? O(4)O, O(5)O, O(6)O, O(7)O Pool: A, A, A, A, B, B, C, E, G, G, I, I, L, N, O, R, R, R, T, T, T, V",No hint available.,"OCTAVO, OREGANO, ORATORIO, OBBLIGATO",Language,05/26/08 #1327,"20,000 L U the S",2.23,1.3,gokaran,"20,000 L U the S",No hint available.,"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.",Letter-Equations,11/08/01 #22563,Which Witch is Which?,2.68,2.02,twixy,"Which word from Group B belongs in Group A? Group A: easyz okayk airconditionerc sewo Group B: helloi stars rarec",No hint available.,"The word helloi belongs in Group A because all the words in that group spell out a word, and then if you take the first and last letters of the word, it will spell out an abbreviation or homophone of that word. hello- hi easy- ez okay- ok sew- so air conditioner- ac (this one probably gave it away)",Group,04/29/05 #34511,Sylastarter 3,2.62,1.75,grungy49,"Sylastarters are teasers that require you to patch together words from a group of syllables. There will be the same syllable at the start of each word. Starter: Ten List: A, cious, cle, cy, den, der, nis, sion, ta, ta, tive 1st word: 2 syllables 2nd word: 2 syllables 3rd word: 2 syllables 4th word: 3 syllables 5th word: 3 syllables 6th word: 3 syllables 7th word: 3 syllables",No hint available.,"1. Tennis (ten + nis) 2. Tension (ten + sion) 3. Tender (ten + der) 4. Tentative (ten + ta + tive) 5. Tendency (ten + den + cy) 6. Tentacle (ten + ta + cle) 7. Tenacious (ten + a + cious)",Language,12/21/06 #39620,Styrofoam Cup,2.25,2.14,King_of_Smart,"A man grabbed a large cup made of Styrofoam. He went outside and found a person. He said to the person, ""Watch this!"" Out of nowhere the cup appeared to be levitating. How did he do this?",No hint available.,"He did it by poking a hole in the back of it. He then put his thumb slightly in the hole, and kept all his other fingers outward. He then moved the cup a little to the side, so the thumb is invisible from an angle. Then, he opened all his other fingers in a butterfly formation outward. You can do this with lots of practice in the mirror. A plastic or paper cup will work too.",Other,12/15/07 #6381,friends :(,2.16,2.05,bmotts,"What is this phrase: B fr- U - S - I - N - E - S - S B - U - S - I ie- N - E - S - S B - U - S - I - N - E - S nds- S friends :(",No hint available.,No place for friends in Business!,Rebus,08/09/02 #44700,Find The Author II,1.96,1.85,zigthepig,"In each of these two quotes, the missing letters make up the author's name. There are more letters missing than there are for each name. The first quote is missing letters from the first name and the second quote is missing letters from the surname. Can you decipher the author? _ little _in_e_ity i_ _ d_nge__u_ thing, _nd _ g_e_t de_l _f it i_ _b__lutely f_t_l. _ a__ays __k_ to kno_ _v_ryth_ng about my n__ fr__n_s, an_ noth_ng about my o__ on_s.",No hint available.,"Oscar Wilde. A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.",Language,06/21/09 #33938,Grungy's Prefixes,3.13,1.36,grungy49,"Can you find a three-letter word that will go in front of each word in the group to make a new, compound word? For each group, the three-letter word will have just one letter changed from the answer to the previous group! (Example: Group 1 = Run, Group 2 = Fun, Group 3 = Sun) 1) Fight, walk, fish, nap 2) Back, throat, lass, let 3) Case, cracker, house, shell 4) Side, come, match, size",No hint available.,"1) = cat (catfight, catwalk, catfish, catnap) 2) = cut (cutback, cutthroat, cutlass, cutlet) 3) = nut (nutcase, nutcracker, nuthouse, nutshell) 4) = out (outside, outcome, outmatch, outsize)",Language,11/12/06 #25352,Fashion Fixer-Upper,3.01,1.47,mejoza,"Muffi, Maddie, Trixie, and Libby live for fashion. Together, they've sought the advice of the trendiest fashion guru. To their surprise, they found that they had been wearing the wrong type of clothing for years! The consultation consisted of measuring, color charting, body shape identification, and pattern choices for each woman. After the consultation each woman was given her correct dress size and the best pattern and color for her body shape. No woman was the same size or shape as another, nor did any share color or pattern choices. Can you determine the best look for each shopper? Dress sizes were 6, 8, 10, and 12. Body shapes were hourglass, pear, apple, and stick figure. Patterns were dots, solids, plaid, and stripes. Colors were pink, red, blue, and black. Clues: 1. The fashionista with the pear shaped body was the one who could wear plaid. 2. Neither the girl who looked good in blue nor the one who shone in pink wore the largest size. 3. Trixie is a size 10. 4. Stripes looked good on the largest woman. 5. Libby was smaller than Trixie, but larger than Maddie. 6. The woman who looked good in pink polka dots had a stick figure. 7. Neither the apple nor the hourglass looked good in blue. 8. Trixie could not wear plaid or dots and Muffi was told to always wear red. 9. Solid black looked great on the apple shaped woman. 10. The stick figure is not the smallest woman, but she is smaller than the woman who now wears black.",No hint available.,"Muffi, 12, red, hourglass, stripes Maddie, 6, blue, pear, plaid Trixie, 10, black, apple, solids Libby, 8, pink, stick, dots",Logic-Grid,08/15/05 #24545,How Long Until...,2.65,2.05,CuteNis,"Complete this series of words... Nom., Utes, Dew, Ruths, - ? -","Choose from: Honey Irk Suet Fir Dec.","Fir The words are anagrams of the abbreviation for the days of the week. Mon = Nom, Tues = Utes, Wed = Dew, Thurs = Ruths, Fri = Fir",Series,07/14/05 #30082,Crossquare IV,2.74,2.57,phrebh,"Solve each clue below. The answers will form a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. Neck adornment 2. Throw out 3. Eve's undoing 4. Search for facts 5. Frozen rain",No hint available.,"1. BEADS 2. EXPEL 3. APPLE 4. DELVE 5. SLEET",Language,04/26/06 #37891,The Misfit Game,2.34,1.24,slicktrumpet,"Which of the following does not belong? Monopoly Life Skip-Bo Checkers Chess",No hint available.,Skip-Bo does not belong. It is the only game in the bunch that is not a board game.,Group,08/21/07 #29353,What's the Correct Time?,2.71,2.24,Draw,"I recently gave a new watch to my friend for their birthday. However, as usual with my presents, it was quite useless, as it gains 6 minutes every hour. I set it using my own accurate clock at midnight, and the watch now shows 8:26 am. I know that it stopped 30 minutes ago, so what is the correct time now?",No hint available.,"8:10 am. Since the watch is gaining 6 minutes every hour, for every real hour that has passed, the watch will show 66 minutes. Since the watch shows 8:26 am, we know that 506 watch minutes have passed. This therefore equals 460 real minutes and hence 7 hrs and 40 minutes. The watch stopped 30 minutes ago, therefore the time must now be 8:10 am.",Math,03/27/06 #23174,Canine Capers,2.54,1.14,froggygg,"What's the rebus, here? Rover to Lassie: ""You're it."" Lassie to Spot: ""You're it."" Spot to Benji: ""You're it."" Benji to Rover: ""You're it.""","In a game, when we use the term ""You're it"", to what are we referring, and what is the name of the game?","Dog tag. In the game of ""tag"", when one person ""tags"" another, then that new person becomes ""it"" and can then ""tag"" some other player who then becomes ""it""...and so on. The names in the body are popular dogs' names or (also) names of movie or celebrity dogs. The phrase ""dog tag"" is also a colloquial or idiom indicating a form of identification tag similar to that worn by dogs that has (perhaps) name of animal, owner, phone number, address, vaccination record, etc. The phrase was first popularized in the military and used to describe the metal tags worn around the neck by military personnel. It has since been co-opted by other organizations to describe most any kind of externally worn ID such as a name badge.",Rebus,05/26/05 #43002,Famous People In History II,2.38,2.04,RiddleMeThis91,J W B = A of A L,No hint available.,John Wilkes Booth = Assassin of Abraham Lincoln,Letter-Equations,09/06/08 #51141,Naked Singularity,1.8,0.87,BadBunnee02,"What's the Rebus? wolf",Title is a hint.,"""lone wolf""",Rebus,05/26/17 #9395,"Hello, Mr. Smith",2.52,2.53,queenlila,"Arthur Smith and his secretary Carol fell in love and got married. One day, Arthur came home early from a business trip to see Carol. When he saw her, she was very pleased to see him, but she addressed him as Mr. Smith, which she had not done for a long time. Why?","Nobody was having an affair. Unfortunate circumstances had caused Arthur to come home early.","Carol had had brain surgery. Arthur was visiting her in the hospital. The surgery had damaged Carol's memory; she remembered Arthur as her boss, but did not remember their marriage.",Situation,12/24/02 #45795,Writing After Retiring?,2.8,2.77,whsprec,"Writing novels is hard work, and despite the fame and fortune, writers decide to retire. One publishing company decided to pay others to write using some of their author's names. There were 3 men, Toby Brooks, Tom Lewis, and Bronson White, and 2 women, Chelsea Clark and Katrina Reed, who have been retired for some time. However, ""new"" books with their names continue to appear. From the clues below match the author to their main character, the year they retired, and how many books have been published since they retired. 1- The author writing as Bronson White has written one more novel than the writer who retired in 2000, but one fewer than has been published featuring the Elf Jerlle. 2- It was a male writer who created the Wizard Broman, and another man who retired in 1994. 3- Chelsea Clark, whose name doesn't appear on exactly 5 novels, retired 3 years before the creator of mobster Small Tony, who has not been featured in exactly 7 books. 4- The creator of serial killer Arnold Fox retired three years after the man who has had four books written in his name. 5- There has been an even number of murder mysteries written about Captain Gibbs, whose writer retired after 1997. 6- The company has produced one more Toby Brooks book than books by the author who retired in 2006 who was not Katrina Reed.",No hint available.,"Toby Brooks wrote about Jerlle and has had 7 books published in his name since retiring in 1994. Chelsea Clark wrote about Captain Gibbsand has had 8 books published in her name since retiring in 2003. Tom Lewis wrote about Bromanand has had 4 books published in his name since retiring in 1997. Bronson White wrote about Small Tony and has had 6 books published in his name since retiring in 2006. Katrina Reed wrote about Arnold Fox and has had 5 books published in her name since retiring in 2000.",Logic-Grid,11/24/09 #15142,Clone a Letter,2.31,2.17,CCat20,"Take the letter that is a result of cloning and put it with the letter that is first in help. Then, put it with a letter that has one peak when it is tall. Lastly, take a cross letter to spell ... What word is it?",No hint available.,"What. W - phonetically it sounds like double-u (or a cloned ""u""). h - first letter in help a - looks like a mountain or peak when uppercase t - the cross letter (""x"" is also a ""cross letter"", but ""whax"" is of course not a word).",Language,10/18/03 #3492,Left Hand Typing,2.53,2.66,comet16,What are the two longest words in the English language that can be typed with your left hand on a keyboard (typing PROPERLY)?,No hint available.,"1: Stewardesses 2: Reverberated",Language,04/14/02 #1704,Statue Somewhere Strange,2.29,2.34,shortangel,"I am a statue somewhere strange. I am a person but some say nay. I am of stone but not of bone. I carry treasure that you may not see some are worthy of me but you are not. Who am I?","Think of a place in Africa. I am in desert but hate the ocean!!",The Sphinx,Riddle,12/13/01 #8379,1000 M = 1 L,2.11,1.44,glennyboy02,1000 M = 1 L,No hint available.,1000 millilitres equals one litre.,Letter-Equations,11/05/02 #29925,Rentheads Unite!,2.61,2.36,mufffin09,"This is a series of riddles, whose answers all have a relation to each other. Answer the riddles to find the relation. Riddle 1: I invade and conquer, I kill all in my path, Though I do not kill directly. People can usually fight off my brothers and cousins when they invade, But when I come, I allow them to conquer and kill. Riddle 2: Some say I conquer all And I even have my own holiday. I am given and received And I can cause joy or grief. Everybody wants me And everybody hates to lose me. Riddle 3: I am gigantic And everybody loves to come see me. I was the home of the government of the USA, But now I am the home of the theatre. Though I'm not famous because of fruit, People call me an apple. Riddle 4: I'm given and received, Although the people who have to give me don't want to part with me. I'm only given by people who don't own something, And I'm usually associated with apartments.",Look at the title. A renthead is a name for someone who likes this.,"They all relate to the musical RENT. The answers to the riddles are (in order): AIDS, love, New York City, rent. AIDS comes from HIV, which is a virus that invades your cells, and it has no cure, therefore conquers you, and kills all in its path. It weakens your immune system, so it doesn't kill you, but other, usually harmless, viruses and bacteria can. There is a saying that love conquers all, and Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrating love. People give and get love, and people are happy when they have it, and sad when they don't have it. Everybody wants to be loved, and people hate losing love. New York City is a very large city, and people love to visit it. It was once the capital of the United States, and now because of Broadway, it is almost synonymous with the theatre. Some people call New York City the ""Big Apple"". People pay rent, and people (landlords) receive it, although many people hate paying rent. Only people who don't own something that they use have to pay it, and most people think of rent as the rent you pay to live in an apartment.",Trivia,04/20/06 #2615,Run vs Walk,2.52,1.07,204_BLaZe_41,"Since a person uses about the same amount of energy walking for ten kilometers as running for ten kilometers, would a person use more energy running for ten minutes, walking for ten minutes, or is the same amount of energy spent? Why?",No hint available.,"In the first situation, the measurement was distance so the runner would finish much earlier than the person walking; therefore, the amount of energy spent would be approximately the same. In the second situation, the measurement is time, and a person who runs for ten minutes will cover a much greater distance and therefore burn more energy than a person walking for ten minutes.",Logic,03/09/02 #52130,Winning Strategy,2.0,1.36,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? Yours: DEF(snip)EAT DEF(snip)EAT",No hint available.,Cut your losses.,Rebus,04/06/19 #31028,My Silent Friend,2.8,1.99,twixy,"My silent friend Has a face. It has no eyes, no nose, no mouth! Many freckles coat its face And a patch of green hair it has. A heart-shaped face it is said to have So tell me once and tell me here, Who is the sweet yet silent friend that I have?",No hint available.,A strawberry.,Riddle,06/12/06 #43611,The Office Potluck,2.94,1.34,dswilborn,"Every year at Thanksgiving, the employees at Dunder-Mifflin hold a potluck. This year, the ladies of the office (including Meredith) brought in their favorite holiday foods, although some of their choices were not quite traditional. Can you determine from the clues below the food each employee brought, what color plate the food was served on, and how much of the food was left when the potluck was over? 1. Two of the ladies brought home empty plates, but Angela and the person who brought green beans weren't as lucky. 2. The person who brought the Taquitos used a paper plate. 3. The four employees are Kelly, the lady who brought the red plate, the lady who brought the Marshmallow Yams, and the person whose plate was 1/2 full after the party. 4. After the potluck, the brown plate had food left on it, but it wasn't pizza rolls. 5. Angela's plate was green. Phyllis's plate was not brown but was empty after the party. 6. The Marshmallow Yams were the least popular item of the potluck and had the most food remaining afterwards.",Angela would never bring Taquitos or pizza rolls!,"Meredith brought green beans on a brown plate and had 1/2 left. Kelly brought Taquitos on a paper plate and the plate was empty. Angela brought Marshmallow Yams on a green plate and had 3/4 left. Phyllis brought pizza rolls on a red plate and the plate was empty.",Logic-Grid,11/23/08 #34983,"A, D, I, P, ?",2.31,2.07,jsdodgers,"What is the next letter in this series? A, D, I, P, ?",think numbers,"Y- All the letters are the letter value of the first five perfect squares: 1- A 4- D 9- I 16- P 25- Y",Series,01/22/07 #2871,Blindfolded Money Bowl,2.32,1.35,204_BLaZe_41,"If you were blindfolded and placed in front of a large bowl containing $50, $20, $10, and $5 bills, and you were allowed to take one bill at a time until you have taken four bills of the same denomination, what would be the largest amount of money you could draw?",No hint available.,$305. You could take 3-$50's. 3-$20's. 3-$10's. 3-$5's. And the last bill would be another $50 bill.,Math,03/24/02 #42838,400 = Y in a G C,1.98,2.41,shenqiang,400 = Y in a G C,Look before you leap.,"400 = years in a Gregorian cycle. The ""leap"" in the hint can lead you to think about leap years.",Letter-Equations,08/19/08 #11497,Duffus's Tea Goes Green,2.41,1.69,od-1,"Duffus Mcclutski drank a lot of tea and enjoyed collecting teas from all around the world. But Duffus, not wanting to waste any tea, collected the bags after he used them, which posed a little problem as soggy tea bags don't keep well, so he placed them in his basement to dry. But when he went to organize them he forgot what was what, and, wanting to show off his famous Chinese green tea, needed to figure it out before his guests arrived. He had 6 piles, each from a different country: Canada, England, China, Jamaica, India, and the U.S. Pile A had 2 round and 2 square bags. Pile B had 4 double folded bags with fuzzy green mould string and tags. Pile C had 1155 double folded bags with tags string and enough mould to supply a large hospital with penicillin. Pile D had 2 double folded bags. Pile E had 1 new unused double folded bag. Pile F had 10 round and 20 double folded bags with blue slime mould. - Most of the tea Duffus drank came from England thus leaving the most used bags. - Canadian tea came in two shapes. - The tea from India tasted so bad that Duffus burned it as incense rather than drink it. He kept only 1 bag for his collection. - The Jamaican tea had tags so Duffus knew which they were. - Duffus remembered that the green tea came in double folded bags - Duffus also recalled being told that Canadian tea would not go mouldy because the igloos in which the tea was bagged was too cold for mould spores to exist. (Remember he's named Duffus) - The U.S tea, however, did go mouldy. So which pile is the Chinese green tea in?",No hint available.,"Pile D had the green tea bags. A= Canada / had 2 round and 2 square bags no mould / Canadian tea came in two shapes / Canadian tea would not go mouldy. B= Jamaica / had 4 double folded bags with fuzzy green mould string and tags / tea had tags so Duffus knew which they were/ this is the only other tea with tags other than England. C= England / had 1155 double folded bags/ Most of the tea Duffus drank came from England thus leaving the most used bags. D= China / had 2 double folded bags (no mould) / green tea came in double folded bags/ E= India / had 1 new unused double folded bag / tea from India tasted so bad that Duffus burned it as incense rather than drink it. He kept only 1 bag for his collection. F= U.S / had 10 round and 20 double folded bags with blue slime mould. / U.S tea, however, did go mouldy. So the only tea in double folded bags that didn't go mouldy was in pile D",Logic,03/31/03 #42719,How Could This Happen?,2.03,0.63,coltonr1,"I was framed, yet I didn't commit a crime, and the person who framed me committed no crime. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"I am a picture, and I was put in a picture frame.",Situation,08/06/08 #36458,Pen & Paper IV,2.38,2.81,calmsavior,"You will need a piece of paper and a working pen for this one. In the center of the piece of paper, write out the following (draw the I without serifs): 250 = IX The challenge: Draw four lines, two lines on each side of the equation, to make the equation true. You cannot: Change the = into a not-equal sign. Manipulate the paper in any way. Draw any curves. Draw any dots or points.",The right side of the equation will still be expressed in roman numerals. Both sides of the equation will have fraction bars.,"On the left side of the equation, write a 1 above the number 250, and draw a division bar between the 1 and the 250. On the right side, draw a horizontal line through the IX, such that it looks like a fraction bar. Next, connect the lower-left tip of the X with the intersection of the horizontal line and the I. You should have: 1/250 = IV/M, which is true (they both equal .004).",Other,04/29/07 #13824,Can a Number be a Palindrome?,2.25,1.24,bobdole,"What number, when multiplied by itself, is a palindrome when used nine times or fewer? For example, if the digit is ""A"", then the products: AA x AAA A x AAAAA AAA x AAA AAAAAA x AAAAA etc. would all have palindromes for answers. A palindrome is a word (or in this case a number) which is read the same way forward and backward.",No hint available.,"1 is one answer. 1x1=1 11x11=121 111x111=12321 1111x1111=1234321 11x111111=1222221 etc, etc...",Math,07/15/03 #46245,Behead K,2.42,1.42,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Possessed information -> Recently made 2. Possess information -> The present time 3. Soldier in the Dark Ages -> Dark time 4. Put to death -> Sick 5. Typed on a computer -> Looked at intently 6. Sharp bend in a rope; muscle soreness -> Writing fluid 7. Rope tied on itself -> Negative word 8. Relatives; family -> Negative of out","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. N 2. N 3. N 4. I 5. E 6. I 7. N 8. I","1. Knew -> New 2. Know -> Now 3. Knight -> Night 4. Kill -> Ill 5. Keyed -> Eyed 6. Kink -> Ink 7. Knot -> Not 8. Kin -> In",Language,01/25/10 #37176,Super....,2.23,1.98,beatlesgirl,"F 4 = M F, I W, H T, & T",No hint available.,"Fantastic 4 = Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, & Thing",Letter-Equations,07/01/07 #41656,Relationships #12,2.84,1.96,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your job is to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck! COLUMN A Moped Bow Resume Bass Lead COLUMN B Pride Harp Bell Toll Bright",No hint available.,All the words in COLUMN A can be pronounced more than one way.,Group,04/24/08 #12537,Madadian TV Dilemma,2.19,2.63,mad-ade,"For a TV entertainment show on Madadian TV entitled ""I am a Celebrity, get me a Kebab!!"" the producer, Mad Ade (no relation) must choose a group of two Directors and two Musicians. At least one of them must be an Actor and at least one a Singer. Available Directors are Holly Wood, Jed I. Knight, Ty Tanick, Winnie DePooh and Zoltan Pepper. Available Musicians are Howard Eyeno, Eve O'Looshun, Di O'Bolic and Brighton Early. Ty Tanick, Howard Eyeno and Eve O'Looshun are Actors. Winnie DePooh and Brighton Early are Singers. Howard Eyeno will not sit in the same room with Ty Tanick, and will take part only if Holly Wood is there. Winnie DePooh refuses to take part with Eve O'Looshun. Zoltan Pepper refuses to take part with Brighton Early. How many acceptable groups can the producer put together?",No hint available.,"There are 60 possible groupings of two directors and two musicians. However, some of them are not acceptable, because they do not include both an actor and a singer. This brings the possible combinations down to 36. When you eliminate the combinations that represent people who refuse to work together, you end up with 9.The acceptable groups are: 1) Holly Wood, Jed I. Knight, Howard Eyeno, and Brighton Early; 2) Holly Wood, Jed I. Knight, Eve O'Looshun, and Brighton Early; 3) Holly Wood, Ty Tanick, Eve O'Looshun, and Brighton Early; 4) Holly Wood, Ty Tanick, Di O'Bolic, and Brighton Early; 5) Holly Wood, Winnie DePooh, Howard Eyeno, and Di O'Bolic; 6) Holly Wood, Winnie DePooh, Howard Eyeno, and Brighton Early; 7) Jed I. Knight, Ty Tanick, Eve O'Looshun, and Brighton Early; 8) Jed I. Knight, Ty Tanick, Di O'Bolic, and Brighton Early; 9) Ty Tanick, Winnie DePooh, Di O'Bolic, and Brighton Early. Some interesting points arise here. For instance, Brighton Early appears in eight of the nine groups, while Zoltan Pepper doesn't appear at all. He's completely blocked out by his own and others' conditions on working with certain people, and Brighton Early benefits greatly by being the only musician/singer, especially when he doesn't refuse to work with anyone else. Winnie DePooh doesn't get a similar advantage by being the only director/singer because he refuses to work with Eve O'Looshun, which limits his availability. I guess the moral of the story is, be willing to work with anybody and you'll be able to work more.",Logic,05/21/03 #13687,The Number Pattern,2.72,2.22,jokester8000,"When is the following true? 11+5=16 Add 7 more and it becomes 13.",No hint available.,"In a game of Black Jack. An ace is originally counted as 11 points, but if a card is received that causes the total to go over 21, the ace can be converted to one point.",Trivia,07/08/03 #45303,U.S. Presidential Scrambler Series 1,2.19,1.91,soccerguy0428,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get a U.S. president's last name. OMSNWNA (Take the 2nd and 3rd letters) ISCTNKEAIG (Take the 1st and 2nd letters) (2 words) DGLSEIND (Take the 2nd and 7th letters) WELSANKFO (Take the 6th letter) Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"Lincoln Snowman NO Ice Skating IC Sledding LN Snowflake L Unscramble N, O, I, C, L, N, L to get Lincoln.",Language,09/16/09 #5685,Cool to Heat,2.82,1.71,master123,"Starting with COOL, change one letter at a time until you have the word HEAT. Each change must result in a proper word. What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?",No hint available.,"5 steps; COOL, COAL, COAT, BOAT, BEAT, HEAT.",Language,07/18/02 #19709,Chess Games,1.86,3.0,AXTON,"The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves for both players in a game of chess is 318 979 564 000 How many different possible moves can be made in the first ten moves by each player?",No hint available.,169 518 829 100 544 000,Math,12/05/04 #18291,"Up, Up, and Away",2.56,1.46,kered1990,"I do not often come around, and you never let me touch the ground, I don't like water, holding my breath, or being scared, for these three things get rid of me. What am I?",Bodily Function,"Hiccups. When you have the hiccups you always say hiccUP not hiccDOWN.",Riddle,07/20/04 #51647,Missing Word 38,2.58,1.54,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? LA_ _ _ O _ _ _ T HA _ _ _TY CO_ _ _",DA_ _ _ TER,"UGH. LAUGH OUGHT HAUGHTY COUGH Hint: DAUGHTER",Language,12/31/17 #15589,Odd Months,2.46,1.05,sungal97,Which four consecutive calendar months have an odd number of days in them?,No hint available.,"December, January, February (in a leap year) and March",Trivia,11/28/03 #6288,Telephone Where?,2.26,2.17,mad-ade,"1=ABC, 2=DEF, 3=GHI, 4=JKL, 5=MNO, 6=PQR, 7=ST, 8=UV, 9=WX, 0=YZ. The above numbers and letters represent those found on a old fashioned dial telephone. Using this information can you work out the following places? (_ represents a space between words) A, 1331135 B, 5151327726 C, 585313 D, 7217742 E, 0564",No hint available.,"A, Chicago B, Manchester C, Munich D, Seattle E, York",Cryptography,08/07/02 #42196,Body Temperatures,1.62,2.13,brainyboy615,"What is represented by this rebus? Head: 150 degrees Fahrenheit Body: 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit",No hint available.,Dead head!,Rebus,06/10/08 #26398,30 and 30,2.53,1.37,Pop_Qla,When is 30 plus 30 equal to 1?,No hint available.,"In time! 30 seconds plus 30 seconds is 60 seconds. 60 seconds is one minute!",Trick,10/16/05 #3484,DAYS DAYS,2.04,2.75,arij,"Can you decipher this: DAYSDAYSDAYSDAYS DAYSDAYSDAYSDAYS DAYSDAYS1.1.00",No hint available.,"END OF DAYS AFTER JANUARY 1, 2000",Rebus,04/14/02 #692,My Mom and I,2.28,1.6400000000000001,Christine,My mom was 27 years old when I was born. How old will I be when my age is the exact reverse of my mother`s?,No hint available.,"I would be 14, my mother would be 41.",Math,07/17/01 #26367,Word Swap #2,2.79,2.18,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those word(s). 1. Jennie thought it would be impossible for one candidate to ________ another candidate so badly, so she made sure there would be a ___________ to review the outcome. 2. The small-time thief was through pulling his late-night __________. He knew that one more __________ with the law would land him behind bars for a long time. 3. The camp counselor thought that since ten of the older boys lived in a _____________, it would be easier to keep clean. In the end, it was just another big _______ _______!",No hint available.,"1. trounce, recount 2. capers, scrape 3. dormitory, dirty room",Language,10/14/05 #48750,Elemental Opposites,2.42,1.96,logicgenius,"You have a bowl of water. Placed in the center of it is a paraffin candle. The water level is below the top of the wax by about a few milliliters. How can you use any ONE common household object so that when the candle is lit, the wick will go below the water level with the fire still going? A lighter is provided.",Wax floats on water.,"You can take any object with you; it doesn't matter. Light the candle and the wax will float up to the surface, protecting it from water enough so that it will melt below the water.",Science,05/26/11 #419,How much dirt?,2.39,0.52,Spikejw1,How much dirt is in a hole 2ft. in diameter and 4ft. in depth?,No hint available.,None; it's a hole.,Trick,04/30/01 #42733,Philosophical Wit III,2.58,2.14,aresII,"The following quote is from Steven Wright, who was born in 1955. He is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He is known for his lethargic voice and slow manner, with which he delivers his ironic, witty, and deeply philosophical jokes and one-liners. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. U=T ""K EKTS AB Z ABS-LZP XUGSSU UNZU'X ZEXA Z VSZV SBV. K'D BAU XJGS NAL K OAU UNSGS.""","A=O K=I S=E","""I LIVE ON A ONE-WAY STREET THAT'S ALSO A DEAD END. I'M NOT SURE HOW I GOT THERE."" KEY: A=O B=N D=M E=L G=R J=U K=I L=W N=H O=G P=Y S=E T=V U=T V=D X=S Z=A",Cryptography,08/07/08 #47267,Breaking Knots,2.52,1.85,shlee,"I break knots in every strand, Helping those who have it at hand, Often found inside the spot, Where cleaning's done quite a lot. What am I?",No hint available.,"A hairbrush! (A comb is also correct.) The first two lines are saying that ""I"" break knots in every strand of hair. The third and fourth line are saying that ""I"" am often found inside a bathroom, where people clean themselves using the shower, bathtub, or sink.",Riddle,06/17/10 #36057,More Notes On the Warm Coats,2.8,1.61,chaskey,"This past winter, when four friends donated their extra coats to charity, they told their girlfriends about it, and were not surprised to learn that the girlfriends had also donated extra coats. Four friends: Robert, Roy, Charles, Donald Girlfriends (in no relevant order): Alice, Virginia, Margaret, Nell Coat fabrics: wool, faux fur, faux leather, corduroy Coat ages: 2, 4, 6, 7 years Coat conditions: fair, good, very good, excellent Clues: 1. Donald already knew about Virginia's faux leather coat, because he had bought it new for her six years earlier. 2. The faux fur was in only fair condition because the dog mistook it for an encroaching animal; the coat was only half as old as the wool coat Alice told Charles about. 3. The coat that was in very good condition was five years older than Nell's coat. 4. The coat that was in good condition was four years older than the faux fur that Roy heard about.",No hint available.,"Margaret told Robert about her corduroy coat, 7 years old, in very good condition. Nell told Roy about a faux fur, 2 years old, in fair condition. Alice told Charles about a wool coat, 4 years old, in excellent condition. Virginia told Donald about the faux leather coat, 6 years old, in good condition.",Logic-Grid,04/05/07 #37877,Word Up!,2.2,1.84,Hrsemn4,"Add a word to the beginning or end of each of the following words to make new words. Then take the words you added and rearrange them to form a famous quote. Day On Low Pro Bit Can",That is the question...,"TO + Day = Today On + TO = Onto BE + Low = Below Pro + BE = Probe OR + Bit = Orbit Can + NOT = Cannot Rearranged, the words form: ""To be or not to be..."" A famous quote from Shakespeare's ""Hamlet"".",Language,08/21/07 #7520,Armless Aliens,2.28,2.8,warrior,"On planet ?*!@, the inhabitants are robots with various numbers of arms. The robots are grouped into tribes according to the numbers of arms they have so that in any tribe, no member has a different number of arms to the other members. Each tribe follows the same fertility ritual before bed each night, a ritual that also reveals the number of members in a tribe. In the ritual, each arm of a male links with an arm of a female, no male-female pair of robots linking more than once. The minimum number of robots required to link all arms once only is the number belonging to that tribe. Now one night, the Creaky tribe cornered half of the Rusty tribe and despite being outnumbered two to one, unscrewed one arm from each, there being an equal number of male and female victims. However, the Creaky tribe were extremely poor at arithmetic and had failed to realise that they needed 24 times their actual haul of spare arms in order that the number of links their members could then make, each with the same number of extra arms, was half the maximum number of links the Rusty tribe could then make. How many Creakies and Rusties were there?",No hint available.,"ARMLESS ALIENS. There were 14 Creakies and 56 Rusties. A robot with n arms requires n females and vice-versa, and the number of members is 2n with n squared links. Let the Creaky tribe have x arms each and the Rusty tribe have y. Then the maximum number of links that the Rusty tribe can make after the mutilation is y(2y-1)/2. The number of extra arms each Creaky needs is 24y/2x allowing x(x + 24y/2x) links. Forming the links equation we have 2(y squared) - 49y - 4(x squared) = 0. We must have y=4x so that y - 4x is a factor. A long division shows that the condition for zero remainder is x=7 so y=28. The numbers of members are twice these.",Math,09/18/02 #10684,Purposeful Activity,2.45,1.31,island-paradise,"What common phrase does this represent? A maximum amount of purposeful activity and a minimum amount of disport and dalliance cause Jack to become a dim-witted, stagnant dunce of the male species.",No hint available.,All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.,Language,02/24/03 #33481,Timing Prang,2.6,2.41,twinklyspangle,"Can you work out these 'Cockney Rhyming Slang' phrases and their (single word) definitions? Example: Pink-tinted boys name / A very English drink = Rosy Lee / Tea 1. Bother & Contention / A Husband's Partner 2. Round and funny shaped green fruits / The wooden hill 3. Delicate crockery / Friend 4. Green croaking thing and its larger friend / Vehicles causeway","Here are the first letters of the Cockney Rhyming Slang you are looking for. (Not the definitions!) 1. T & S 2. A & P 3. C P 4. F & T","1. Trouble & Strife / Wife 2. Apples & Pears / Stairs 3. China Plate / Mate 4. Frog & Toad / Road",Language,10/14/06 #36238,Anagramorphosis 3,2.43,2.69,cnmne,"PEACH is an anagram of CHEAP. STEAL is an anagram of LEAST. Morph CHEAP into PEACH by changing one letter at a time. Do the same for LEAST and STEAL. The catch is that the LEAST-STEAL morphing must be part of the CHEAP-PEACH morphing. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. CHEAP ----> LEAST ----> STEAL ----> PEACH",No hint available.,"CHEAP <<<<< CHEAT CLEAT BLEAT BLEST BLAST BEAST LEAST <<<<< LEASE CEASE CHASE CHARE SHARE SPARE SPACE SPICE SPICK SPECK SPEAK STEAK STEAL <<<<< STEEL STEEP SLEEP BLEEP BLEED BLEND BLAND BLANK PLANK PLANE PLACE PEACE PEACH <<<<<",Language,04/14/07 #43534,Toxic,2.56,1.51,toucan_dan,"I am a very powerful combination of atoms that everybody needs, but what people fail to tell you is that I can be deadly. I contribute to the greenhouse effect and can cause severe burns. I've been found in tumors and lungs at the morgue. People often fall in me and sometimes they even die. I often ruin land and cause everything to die.","Although I am dangerous, it is clear that I am needed. If a nation is without me, hunger will kill it.",Water.,Riddle,11/13/08 #18252,Pools of Water,2.78,2.43,zodiacus303,"A strange, but short-lived, phenomenon baffled employees of pubs and clubs in Camden, North London. Pools of water appeared under the cigarette-vending machines. What do you think had happened?","Was somebody's action responsible for the pools of water? Yes","An organised street gang of youngsters had discovered an ingenious method to steal thousands of cigarettes, by freezing water into ice coins of a size which triggered the dispensing mechanism of the older style vending machines that relied purely on size and weight of coins to work.",Situation,07/18/04 #39315,Halloween Party,3.19,2.41,dreamlvr1432,"Happy Hauntings costume store threw their annual Halloween party, complete with food, dancing, and a little friendly competition. The company arranged 5 competitions (bobbing for apples, ring toss, scavenger hunt, pumpkin carving, and a scariest costume contest), with 5 different prizes (movie premier tickets, theater tickets, 4 passes to a local amusement park, and 2 gift certificates to a local restaurant). Each competition was won by a different employee, wearing a different costume purchased from the Happy Hauntings store. Can you determine the full name of each employee, what costume they wore, what contest they won, and which prize they received? 1) Belinda did not bob for apples, but she did win a gift certificate, which she shared with the man who won the tickets to the theater. 2) The 5 employees were: Amy, Mr. Brown, the one who dressed as a bat, the one who won the theater tickets, and the woman who won the pumpkin carving contest (who did not win movie tickets). 3) Robert, John, and Mary have the same last initial. 4) The women's costumes were: the one worn by Ms. Smith, the one worn by the woman who won the ring toss, and the skeleton. 5) During dinner, John sat at the same table as Frankenstein, the skeleton, and the woman who won the apple bobbing contest (who was not dressed as Dracula). The bat sat 2 tables over. 6) The man who won scariest costume received a $50 gift certificate, which he later used to take Ms. Black to dinner. 7) Later that week, John Beals went to dinner with the woman dressed as a bat, after they went to the theater, using the prizes they won at the party.",No hint available.,"Amy Smith, ghost, bobbing for apples, movie tickets Robert Brown, Frankenstein, scariest costume, $50 gift certificate Belinda Martinez, bat, ring toss, $20 gift certificate John Beals, Dracula, scavenger hunt, theater tickets Mary Black, skeleton, pumpkin carving, amusement park passes",Logic-Grid,11/22/07 #41570,Improper Prefixes 6,2.26,2.0,cnmne,"The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. The pronunciation for the ""incorrect definition"" may be different (""co ward"" instead of ""coward""). Example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix). 1) not a seabird 2) not seeing a doctor 3) to damage a car by producing ten depressions in the body 4) to erase a journalist",No hint available.,"1) intern (in tern) 2) impatient (im patient) 3) decadent (deca dent) 4) describe (de scribe)",Language,04/17/08 #23227,"2 E, 1 N, and 1 M on Y F",2.56,1.35,humancalclator9,"2 E, 1 N, and 1 M on Y F",Face it,"2 Eyes, 1 Nose, and 1 Mouth on Your Face",Letter-Equations,05/27/05 #16628,Hair - bubbling,2.08,1.3800000000000001,snaps,"What saying is depicted below? Hair - bubbling Forehead - boiling Eyes - boiling Nose - bubbling Mouth - foaming Chin - bubbling",No hint available.,Foaming at the mouth.,Rebus,02/18/04 #13528,The See-Saw,2.48,1.28,cool_star,"On one side of a balanced see-saw is an ice cube, on the other side is a basketball. The ice cube and the basketball have the same weight. Questions: 1. Which side will the see-saw tilt toward first? 2. Which side will the see-saw tilt toward at the end?",No hint available.,"1. The see-saw will tilt toward the basketball first after the ice has melted a bit. The water won't be able to stay on the see-saw, so that side's lighter. 2. The see-saw will balance out in the end, because the basketball will roll off after it tilts towards it, and the ice will melt entirely and the water will run off and/or evaporate. So there will be nothing on the see-saw at the end.",Logic,06/30/03 #41714,It's Up to You,2.18,2.18,aresII,"The following quote is from John Dewey (1859-1952). Educated in Vermont and Johns Hopkins University, John Dewey enjoyed a lengthy career as an educator, psychologist, and philosopher. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. X=B Q=L ""QPJB, XMU AR VKC DKKU, SAQQ MQSMHT XG SACO PT. XPC AC OMT M SMH KR RMEKIAVD COG AVCGQQADGVC MVU TOKSAVD ACT XMJB CK COG TCPZAU.""","A=I G=E P=U","""LUCK, BAD IF NOT GOOD, WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US. BUT IT HAS A WAY OF FAVORING THE INTELLIGENT AND SHOWING ITS BACK TO THE STUPID."" KEY: A=I B=K C=T D=G E=V G=E H=Y I=R J=C K=O M=A O=H P=U Q=L R=F S=W T=S U=D V=N X=B Z=P",Cryptography,04/27/08 #23665,Above The Law?,2.27,2.18,smgreyuk,"A woman rang the police to report that a man had broken into her house. As the man broke in, she screamed in shock and told the police the horrific details. ""Quick please come! Oh no! He is cutting their skin, sucking their brains out with a straw, and what's he doing now? He is cutting through the skin! Oh no! He must be severing veins! Quick! Please come and stop him!"" The police rapidly drove to the house with sirens blazing. When the police got there, they calmed the woman down and said that they would catch the man who did this. They also stated that the most this man was going to get was community service. How can this be after what the man has done?",No hint available.,The man had broken into the woman's greenhouse and destroyed plants. He sucked out the plant cells nuclei (brains) and severed the leaves' veins. So the man had vandalized the woman's property and for this will probably get community service.,Trick,06/14/05 #35955,Three 9s,2.11,1.66,mercedes13,When do three 9s equal 8?,You need a little bit of math skills to solve this one.,"Nine minus (9 divided by 9) equals 8, in other words, 9 minus 1 equals 8. Nine divided by nine equals one, right?",Other,03/29/07 #27826,Earthquake Scare,2.64,1.2,metallicman,"Recently Fred hasn't been getting much attention because Liz, his sister, just received a medal for the spelling bee. To get attention one day, he came into the living room and said, ""There was an earthquake at school today during recess and everybody felt it! It was amazing!"" His mom, who didn't know too much about science asked if he knew how strong it was. He told her they went to a seismology research center as a last minute field trip (because of the earthquake) and found out it was a 2.0 on the Richter Scale. Without turning his head, his dad said it was a lie and kept on doing what he was doing. How did he know it was a lie?",No hint available.,"An earthquake that weak wouldn't be felt outside or inside a building. It is too weak to even damage things. If Fred would have known there was an earthquake, he would have had to have learned it after the fact because the quake was too weak.",Science,01/02/06 #22869,Family Weddings,2.84,1.27,Tammy93,"Last June, five brothers married five sisters on the same day, in the same church, five different ceremonies. The five brothers are Ben, Colin, Chase, Griffin, and Matt. The five sisters (and brides) are Tammy, Jennie, Ayesha, Maddie, and Amber. From the clues given, try to determine the composition of each couple and the order in which the ceremonies were performed. 1. Chase was married after Amber and Ayesha but before Ben and Griffin. 2. Tammy was not Chase's bride. 3. The first and last couples to be married featured Amber, Maddie, Colin, and Griffin.",No hint available.,"Ben-Tammy-Fourth Colin-Amber-First Chase-Jennie-Third Griffin-Maddie-Fifth Matt-Ayesha-Second",Logic-Grid,05/13/05 #43382,It's a Party and Who Came with Whom?,2.98,2.09,whsprec,"The Carsons had a party and invited the O'Neals, Larsens, Jeffersons, Martins, and Samsons. The five husbands were named Elmer, Jeff, David, Charles, and Sam. The wives were named Mary, Helen, Madalene, Jessica, and Marlene. From the clues given, determine not only the first and last name of each guest, but also the order in which they arrived at the party. Each couple arrived together as a couple. 1- When Mary arrived, her brother David was already there, talking with Elmer Samson and the O'Neals. 2- The Jeffersons arrived after the Larsens but before Jessica. 3- No person at the party has first and last names beginning with the same letter. 4- Neither Helen nor Mrs. Martin is married to David. 5- Jeff and Marlene arrived together after Elmer and before Mary, but none of these people arrived first. 6- Charles is not married to Jessica.",No hint available.,"1st: David and Madalene Larsen 2nd: Elmer and Helen Samson 3rd: Jeff and Marlene O'Neal 4th: Charles and Mary Jefferson 5th: Jessica and Sam Martin",Logic-Grid,10/20/08 #24668,Family Tree 2,3.01,2.75,cdrock,"One day, a college student named Tina walked into her logic class and waited for her fun day of logic once again. Finally the professor, Professor C. D. Rock, walked in saying, ""I just went through some stuff and stumbled upon an old family tree, that belonged to my grandparents, that gave me an idea. I have here a few clues, and you have to use them to figure out their family tree!"" Tina then gets the clues, and tries to work them out. Unfortunately this puzzle is a little harder than the normal ones Professor C. D. Rock gives out. Can you help her? The family tree consists of two grandparents, who had 3 children, each of whom get married and have 2 children. Males: Cole, Cristian, Jason, Neil, and Steve Females: Amanda, Ashley, Beth, Erin, Kaitlyn, Katherine, Makayla, Payton, and Tammy Clues: 1. One of Makayla's cousins is Jason's son. 2. One of Ashley's aunts is Tammy. 3. Tammy's brother-in-law is Neil's son. 4. Kaitlyn's sister is Ashley's cousin. 5. Ashley's uncle, Steve, is Erin's brother-in-law. 6. The three uncles are Payton's dad, Cristian, and Katherine's son. 7. The three aunts are Kaitlyn's mom, Ashley's mom, and Cristian's sister-in-law. 8. Jason's brother is Ashley's dad. 9. Amanda's sister is Steve's niece. 10. Beth is not Cole's aunt.","Use paper and pencil, it's almost impossible to do in your head.","The grandparents are Katherine and Neil, who had 3 sons: Cristian, Jason, and Steve. Cristian married Erin, and had Ashley and Amanda. Jason married Beth, and had Payton and Cole. Steve married Tammy, and had Makayla and Kaitlyn.",Logic,07/18/05 #9720,Country Somewhere,2.66,2.08,warrior,"Can you find a country hidden in the following paragraph? Precipitation is the primary mechanism for transporting water from the atmosphere to the surface of the earth. Different forms of precipitation are rain, freezing rain, sleet, hail and snow.",No hint available.,"Thailand. sleeT, HAIL, AND",Language,01/10/03 #33997,Camp Curatos,2.99,1.95,Winner4600,"Far off in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, there is a place called Camp Curatos. No, it is not named after some random tribe; rather, it is a camp dedicated to curing teens of all ages of bad and childish habits. Recently, the camp advisors have taken on five new challenges (3 boys - Mark, Joseph, and Kev; and 2 girls - Selene and Ariadne). However, in their files, the advisors seem to have gotten a few facts mixed up about these five teens! Can you help them piece together the facts? 1. The 5 teens are Joseph, the 12-year-old, the pencil-snapper, the procrastinator, and the one rewarded with ice cream. 2. Selene is one year younger than the procrastinator. 3. The pencil-snapper left after the shortest amount of time; he was rewarded with a Chevy (which he was able to drive). 4. Ariadne is not the oldest; however, she did take the longest time to leave Camp Curatos. 5. The 15-year-old took 23 days to be cured of his nail-chewing habit. 6. Mark received $20; CDs were sent to Joseph. 7. The 12-year-old spent 3 weeks in camp, but it was well worth his time, for he could now pay attention in class without fidgeting.",No hint available.,"NAME - AGE - HABIT - TIME - REWARD Mark - 12 - Fidgeting - 3 weeks - $20 Joseph - 15 - Chewing Nails - 23 days - CDs Selene - 13 - Sucking Thumb - 17 days - Ice Cream Ariadne - 14 - Procrastinating - 1 month - Cruise Trip Kev - 17 - Snapping Pencils - 2 weeks - Car Congratulations! You have successfully helped the advisors and saved them from months of worry and nervous breakdowns. Give yourself a pat on the back - you should be proud of yourself!",Logic-Grid,11/17/06 #13211,Common Theme,2.46,2.61,Gizzer,"If you can find the correct answer to the following clues, you will get 5 words that have something in common: 1) African ""earth pig"" 2) Elizabeth, daughter of George 3) ""Lei"" person 4) What Nixon was not 5) Nothing to it What are the answers and what is the common theme?",No hint available.,"The theme is words with doubled vowels: 1) aardvark (AA) 2) queen (EE) 3) Hawaiian (II) 4) crook (OO) 5) vacuum (UU)",Trivia,06/17/03 #45106,The Experiment,2.29,2.26,solarsistim321,"Three human subjects underwent an experiment. They were each given one letter that could be found in the following words: The, fit, lid, bet, and big. If all three put their letters together, they would be able to spell one of the words above. However, the letter they were given could not be shared with any of the other four. They were all in the same room when a woman came through the door and sat down in front of them. She asked the first patient if he knew the what the word was that could be spelled using all three of the letters. He said yes. She then asked the other two patients and they both said yes. What was the word and how did all three know having only one letter and not knowing the other two?",Assume that they did not cheat in any way and that each genuinely knew only the letter that they were given and that they told the truth when they said yes.,"The word it spelled was 'the'. The first subject answered yes, he knew the word. This told subject two that subject one had a letter that appeared only once throughout all five words. This means patient one's letter had to have been 'h', 'f', 'l', 'd', or 'g'. This in turn informed subject two that 'bet' could not be the word. The third subject also made the same progress as subject two, figuring out that subject one's letter had to have been one that appeared only once. 'Bet' was then eliminated and subject two said yes, he knew the word. Subject three knew that if subject two knew the word, he had to have had a 'b', 'e', 'l', or 'd'. Subject three could then eliminate the word 'fit' from the list. Patient three could only have had either an 't' or an 'i'. If he had an 'i', the word could have been 'lid' or 'big', but since he said yes he must to have had an 't'.",Logic,08/20/09 #11771,Rain Riddle,2.53,3.13,griphook,"Gertie just came from the office of her dear departed aunt's lawyer. She was told that her aunt (who loved language teasers) left her a certain amount of money in US Dollars. The lawyer explained that according to the terms of her aunt's Last Will and Testament, Gertie will get fifty times the original amount bequeathed if she could correctly guess the amount left her by midnight tomorrow. ""God, that would be thousands of dollars if you succeed,"" the lawyer said as he handed her a note from her aunt. It read: RAIN RIDDLE: OLD ASTRONOMY HOST ALLOWS ABLE LASS ENTRY IN OWN LAND ESTATE. Love Aunt Alley. Question: How many thousand dollars did her millionaire aunt leave Gertie?","Right or wrong, Gertie gets to buy a thousand BIKINIS.","16 Gs. Her aunt left her 16 thousand dollars. A G is a thousand dollars. Each word in the note may be preceded by a G. Grain Griddle Gold Gastronomy Ghost Gallows Gable Glass Gentry Gin Gown Gland Gestate Glove Gaunt Galley. HINT. Bikinis or G-strings. A string of Gs may be added to all the words in the note.",Language,04/14/03 #34947,Vowel Disappearance (Words 1),2.71,1.6,grungy49,"The following words have been stripped of all their vowels. Can you put the vowels back in each word? 1. DNDLN 2. FBRC 3. JKBX 4. JCKHMMR 5. SCRTY 6. NYLN 7. RDVRK 8. STRNMY 9. MBRLL 10. DFNTN",No hint available.,"1. DANDELION 2. FABRIC 3. JUKEBOX 4. JACKHAMMER 5. SECURITY 6. NYLON 7. AARDVARK 8. ASTRONOMY 9. UMBRELLA 10. DEFINITION",Language,01/20/07 #11244,Swapped Letters,2.62,1.35,od-1,"The following is a scramble saying where the first 1 or 2 letters ""may have"" been removed or swapped with another word in the sentence. Example: che tat dand og would be the cat and dog A sign found at a Swedish health club : se yon't dwim pin iour Woilet dlease to pot iee pin nour ool.",No hint available.,We don't swim in your toilet please do not pee in our pool .,Language,03/17/03 #35623,Double Feature 6,2.37,2.56,cnmne,"The Cinemarebus Theater is showing two movies. True to its name, the marquee displays each movie title in the form of a rebus. What movies are represented by the following two rebuses? (Note: <<<<< = indicated entry) Movie #1 Jupiter rotates on its axis in 9.84 hours Saturn rotates on its axis in 10.2 hours Uranus rotates on its axis in 17.9 hours Neptune rotates on its axis in 19.1 hours <<<<< Movie #2 T minus 10 seconds, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, shuttle mission scrubbed","One of the movies starred Sarah Jessica Parker, the other was released in 1962.","Movie #1 The Longest Day (One complete rotation equals one day; of the four planets listed, Neptune has the longest day.), 1962 Movie #2 Failure to Launch (The countdown for launching the space shuttle has been stopped; there is a failure to launch.), Sarah Jessica Parker",Rebus,03/09/07 #21708,Hidden Homework Assignments,2.7,2.27,MrBasKetBall,"Mrs. Kodiac added an extra challenge when she typed this week's homework assignments for math, literature, science, and history. She hid the homework assignments in the following secret code. ,syj [shr doc rcs,[;rd yep yjtpihj yrm ;oyrtsyitr trsf [shrd yermyu yjtpihj docyu dvormvr etoyr i[ upit ;sdy rc[rto,rmy jodyptu trsf vjs[yrt rohjy smf smdert yjr wirdyopmd sy yjr rmf pg yjr vjs[yrt What should the homework assignments really be?","Make a chart and list the alphabet. First, guess and check to find the letters to match each subject. Then guess and check for the unknown letters. Or, look carefully at your keyboard.","Mrs. Kodiac's code has to do with the way she typed the assignments. The code for each letter is the key to the right of that letter on a standard keyboard. Here are the real assignments: Math Page six, examples two through ten Literature Read pages twenty through sixty Science Write up your last experiment History Read chapter eight and answer the questions at the end of the chapter",Cryptography,03/22/05 #2788,sni edi,2.22,2.38,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? sni edi",No hint available.,inside out,Rebus,03/22/02 #1440,Stuck in a Bathroom,2.58,0.8300000000000001,bigpimpin83605,"If you are stuck in a bathroom and you have no way out (no window, airtight door is stuck) and you're taking a bath and the handle breaks with water coming out, how do you not drown?",No hint available.,Pull the plug.,Trick,11/17/01 #38204,Get Your Wallet Ready!,2.08,2.67,FreddyPharkas,"What phrase is represented below? Roll up, roll up! For the ridiculously low price of just one dollar, yes you heard me correctly sir, just one dollar, you can join in this teaser. Okay, you've made a wise decision my friend. Now put your hand in this simple cloth bag containing five differently coloured pieces of paper. That's correct, well done. Grab one of the pieces of paper and......that's it.",No hint available.,Pay your money and take your choice.,Rebus,09/09/07 #40709,What Month?,2.4,1.03,Nym_Pimplyee,In what month do Americans eat the least?,No hint available.,February; it has fewer days.,Trick,02/25/08 #5051,Chessboard,2.0,2.14,Smart,"If a chessboard has 64 squares and you roll a die across white, what is the probability of the die landing on a white square?",No hint available.,32/64 or 1/2,Probability,06/29/02 #21555,Persons of Interest,2.89,1.94,cnmne,"What is the meaning of this rebus? marcus Brutus john wilkes Booth Billy the kid Bonnie parker clyde Barrow",No hint available.,"Killer Bees (these people are all murderers, and each has ""B"" for an initial)",Rebus,03/15/05 #21319,Dear Mum,2.35,2.05,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Dear Mum, ........., Love from Me",It's a letter.,"Nothing to write home about (BTW My mum doesn't call me Mr.Ix)",Rebus,03/03/05 #47255,Cobbler Cook-Off,3.03,1.6,whsprec,"A neighborhood block party had a Dutch oven cobbler cook-off. All cobblers were made with a cake batter and a fruit. Five people entered the cook-off, each one using a different cake and fruit. From the clues below determine the name of the person, the type of cake and fruit used, and what place they took. The boys are George, Russell, and Cory and the girls are Chelsea and Mary 1) The 2nd place cobbler had raspberry as the fruit, while the 1st place cobbler had marble. 2) The cobbler that used white cake did not use apple. 3) The cobbler that mixed yellow cake and cherry placed higher than 4th, while a female baked the 4th place cobbler. 4) Cory's cobbler was made with mixed fruit while Russell placed 3rd. 5) Devil chocolate was used with George's cobbler which did not place last. Chelsea's cobbler placed either 2nd, 3rd,or 5th but did not use pineapple as the fruit.",No hint available.,"George's cobbler was made with devil chocolate and raspberry and placed 2nd. Russell's cobbler was made with yellow and cherry and placed 3rd. Cory's cobbler was made with marble and mixed fruit and placed 1st. Mary's cobbler was made with white and pineapple and placed 4th. Chelsea's cobbler was made with caramel and apple and placed 5th.",Logic-Grid,06/16/10 #38483,A Matched Set,2.56,1.85,Hrsemn4,Sgt. Hill is a numerophiliac; he loves numbers. He wants to figure out how many times his digital watch shows the same number in all places (not including seconds). He starts noting this at just after midnight. How many instances like this occur in a 24 hour period?,Ten-HUT!,"3 times Sgt. Hill is in the military, his watch is likely set for military time. The three times are: 11:11 22:22 (10:22) 00:00 (midnight)",Trick,09/27/07 #35389,Number Letter Code 3,2.32,2.16,RainyMysteria,"Write a table that contains a row of letters and a row of numbers where you can clearly tell that A=1, B=2, C=3 etc until Z=26. Using it, decipher the clues to find a seven letter branch of mathematics. - The 1st and last letter values are the same. - The 2nd letter has an even value between 10 and 20 inclusive. - The 6th letter divided by the 5th letter equals 9. - When the 4th letter, a vowel, is squared, and the 3rd letter's value is subtracted, the answer is the 6th letter's value. - The 2nd is equal to the 3rd and 4th letter's value added together. - The product of the 1st and the 7th letter is 1 less than the 5th letter's value.",- All but the 6th letter has a value less than 15.,"Answer: Algebra. Values: 1 12 7 5 2 18 1",Other,02/22/07 #4365,Matter transporter,2.45,1.75,Mogmatt16,"You received a pair of matter transporters from your nerdy friend. It has a screen that you can put matter in and have it come out the other transporter, using science you cannot understand. Assuming no laws of physics change, can sound and light be transported through it?","One can, one can't.","Sound can, light can't. Sound can because it is really just all the particles in the air bumping into the next ones and creating a domino effect. Some will get pushed through the transporter, thus carrying sound. Light cannot because it is not matter and does not use matter to travel.",Science,05/30/02 #15918,Mad Ade's Rhyme Time #10,2.34,1.59,mad-ade,"Use the clues given to find two words that rhyme and fit the description. For example a weird ape would be a funky monkey, or a wealthy Halloween gal would be a rich witch. 1. Hogs' Toupees 2. Dark Sign 3. Cow noise, Adhesive 4. Cheerful Diaper 5. Painful Ground",No hint available.,"1. Pigs Wigs 2. Black Plaque 3. Moo Glue 4. Happy Nappy 5. Sore Floor",Language,12/22/03 #29011,Break it Down! #4,3.02,1.61,sugarnspice4u7,"~Countries Edition* For each of the following, fill in the best answer to the saying or definition on a separate sheet of paper. The # of blanks is given in or after the clue. After, repeat the small answers (in order) until you get the larger word. For the clues that refer to the alphabet, pronounce the letter as it is pronounced in the alphabet. You might have to repeat the smaller words to get the larger word. An example is given below. Example: a) false statement: _ _ _ b) a teddy _ _ _ _ c) 5th in the alphabet: _ d) 1st in the alphabet: _ Answer: Liberia (lie-bear-e-a) Try the following: 1) a) opposite of love: _ _ _ _ b) type of drink: iced _ _ _ 2) a) a six- _ _ _ _ of soda b) 19th in the alphabet: _ c) browning of the skin by exposure to the sun: _ _ _ 3) a) to get married: _ _ _ the knot b) the plane will _ _ _ _ on the runway 4) a) angry: _ _ _ b) 1st in the alphabet: _ c) water can be a liquid, solid or a _ _ _ d) an automobile:_ _ _ 5) a) 22nd in the alphabet: _ b) I love _ _ ! c) ""name"" minus ""e"": _ _ _ 6) a) to _ _ _ _ a song! b) 1st in the alphabet: _ c) a very tiny opening in the skin: _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1) Haiti (hate-tea) 2) Pakistan (pack-s-tan) 3) Thailand (tie-land) 4) Madagascar (mad-a-gas-car) 5) Vietnam (v-it-nam) 6) Singapore (sing-a-pore)",Other,03/10/06 #11257,Golden Treasures,2.99,1.69,VolsToTheWall,"Golden treasures I contain, Guarded by hundreds and thousands. Stored in a labyrinth where no man walks, Yet men come often to seize my gold. By smoke I am overcome and robbed, Then left to build my treasure anew. What am I?",No hint available.,A beehive.,Riddle,03/18/03 #3147,Forgotten Watch,2.68,1.91,204_blaze_41,"Mr. Greenwich and his wife were shopping when they decided to go their separate ways to speed things up. They agreed to meet at the bank at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Greenwich realized several minutes later that he had forgotten his watch. He asked a lady walking by for the correct time. Her watch was five minutes fast, but she thought it was ten minutes slow. Mrs. Greenwich had also forgotten her watch so she asked a gentleman passing by for the correct time. The man's watch was ten minutes slow, but he thought it was 15 fast. Taking into account the errors in the watches, who was at the bank first and at what time did they arrive?",No hint available.,Mr. Greenwich arrived first at quarter to two. He was told a time that was actually 15 minutes faster than the true time. Mrs. Greenwich arrived at 25 after since she was told a time that was 25 minutes slower than the true time.,Math,04/02/02 #49422,Variable Switch,1.97,2.26,rob77,"You're a computer programmer, and the program you're writing has numeric variables A and B. You need the computer to switch the variables so that the number in variable A becomes variable B, and the number in variable B becomes variable A. Adding a third variable would use more memory though, so how can you do that switch without using another variable? Use commands such as B=B-A to assign a new value to B.",You can do it in three steps.,"B = A+B A = B-A B = B-A Using an example, if A=5 and B=4: B = 5+4 A = 9-5 B = 9-4 A is now 4 and B is now 5.",Logic,04/16/12 #45559,Two Bags,2.68,1.49,Plutoking,You have two bags. Inside them are 100 marbles total between them. How can one bag have twice as many marbles as the other bag?,No hint available.,Place 50 marbles into each bag and then put one bag inside the other.,Situation,10/29/09 #41173,What's Right and What's Wrong,2.58,1.91,brain23,"Mrs. Richards was grading papers one day when she came across some old tests. They were about states. But Mrs. Richards could only remember that one person got all five right. One person got three right. One person got one right. And one person got them all wrong. Here are the test answers: Jason 1. New York 2. Louisiana 3. Oregon 4. Texas 5. Michigan Stephan 1. Oregon 2. Texas 3. New York 4. Louisiana 5. Michigan Nancy 1. Oregon 2. New York 3. Louisiana 4. Michigan 5. Texas Bridget 1. New York 2. Louisiana 3. Oregon 4. Michigan 5. Texas What were the correct answers? Who got them all right? Who got three right? Who got one right? And who got them all wrong?",No hint available.,The correct answers were: 1. New York 2. Louisiana 3. Oregon 4. Texas 5. Michigan. Jason got them all right. Bridget got three right. Stephan got one right. And Nancy got them all wrong.,Logic,03/23/08 #35980,Too Much Candor,2.56,2.37,aresII,"This puzzle is a limerick. Can you decode it? J=Q KFOAO ETB T QDVMC PTLQ DR UOMK, EFD TPETQB BTXL IVBK EFTK BFO GOTMK; SODSPO BTXL, ""BFO'B T LOTA- BD VMXJVO- BD BXMZOAO-"" WVK KFOQ BFVMMOL FOA WQ ZDGGDM ZDMBOMK.","C=G I=J T=A","There was a young lady of Kent, Who always said just what she meant; People said, ""she's a dear- So unique- so sincere-"" But they shunned her by common consent. Key: A=R B=S C=G D=O E=W F=H G=M I=J J=Q K=T L=D M=N O=E P=L Q=Y R=F S=P T=A U=K V=U W=B X=I Y=Z Z=C",Cryptography,03/31/07 #10751,Luxury,2.82,1.91,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? Halle Berry, Orlando Bloom, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy, Leonardo Di Caprio.",No hint available.,"Five Star Hotel. (the first letters of the stars' first names combine to spell ""HOTEL"")",Rebus,02/27/03 #50854,Curtailing Again - X,2.5,1.5,dalfamnest,"To curtail a word you remove its final letter so a new word is formed. Clues are given for both words. The first words all end in '-x', which is then removed. Most of them are very common. *EXAMPLE* Fashionable and impressive >> Soft song of a pigeon ---Answer: cool, coo *CLUES* 1. Peak >> Mimic 2. Continuous change >> Viral infection causing fever and pain 3. Bewitch >> Pronoun 4. Bringer of bad luck >> Chinese Dynasty 5. Rubber tree fluid >> Overdue 6. Images (colloquially) >> Greek letter between omicron and rho 7. Tariff >> Short way of saying goodbye 8. Building divided into 3, or a flat on 3 floors >> threefold *SMALL HINT* Words are in alphabetical order. *HINT BELOW* Starting letters are given.","1. A 2. F 3. H 4. J 5. L 6. P 7. T 8. T","1. Apex, Ape 2. Flux, Flu 3. Hex, He 4. Jinx, Jin 5. Latex, Late 6. Pix, Pi 7. Tax, Ta 8. Triplex, Triple",Language,07/03/16 #29976,Let's Paint,3.02,2.88,peppamintp,"""This house needs a face lift,"" Tess Ross pronounced, and her family (two men, Mitch and Shane, and two women Lana and Penelope) thought the same. A quick paint job on five different rooms was all that was really needed, and the five Rosses eagerly set to work. A different white paint (one was Atrium White) was selected for each room, each of which required a different number of gallons of paint. Each family member painted a room. When, at the end of a weekend of painting, Tess's son announced ""Well, Mom, you were right. We were done in no time,"" her two daughters and her husband quickly agreed. The family then settled in for an enjoyable evening in their newly painted living room. From the information provided, can you determine the person who painted each room, the color of the paint each used, and the number of gallons (1, 2, 3, 4, or 6) that were used for each room? 1. One daughter used the Feather White paint in the room she painted, while the other daughter painted her father's office. 2. Tess's husband used three gallons of paint to complete the room on which he worked. Tess's son painted the master bedroom. 3. Combined, the number of gallons of paint required to paint the master bedroom and the office equaled the number of gallons required for the kitchen. 4. Exactly twice as many gallons of paint were used to paint the dining room as Lana used in the room she painted. Penelope required exactly twice as many gallons in the room she painted as were used of the Topper White. 5. Mitch and the person who used the Feather White paint worked on the kitchen and the living room, in some order. 6. Exactly twice as many gallons of Graduate White were used as Polar Bear White. Shane didn't use Polar Bear White.",No hint available.,"Lana, office, Polar Bear, 2 Mitch, kitchen, Topper, 3 Penelope, living room, Feather, 6 Shane, master bedroom, Atrium, 1 Tess, dining room, Graduate, 4",Logic-Grid,04/23/06 #31095,Cryptolist XIII,2.59,2.48,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: KBHCGCIJ KDZHCDYATG JATDGA IDYKDCXT KZCYA YCTCJGAZ AHAIGBZDH IBHHAXA IBYYCGGAAJ WEUCICDZF ALAIEGCMA HAXCJHDGEZA KZAJCUATG","Category: Politics A=E","Category: Politics Parliament Senate Campaign Prime Minister Electoral College Committees Judiciary Executive Legislature President A=E B=O C=I D=A E=U F=Y G=T H=L I=C J=S K=P L=X M=V T=N U=D W=J X=G Y=M Z=R",Cryptography,06/15/06 #40664,Clever Jenny X,2.62,1.6300000000000001,mosca,"Jenny pulled her car up into her Mom's driveway. She got her package and walked into the house. ""Hey, Rusty!"" The little dog scampered in front of her. ""Hi, Mom! It's me; where you at?"" ""I'm in the kitchen, Hon; come on back!"" Jenny opened up her package and said, ""I found this fabric for your new curtains. Hope you like it; it has the daisies you wanted in the border. What do you think?"" ""Oh, it's just right! How much do I owe you?"" ""Not a cent, Mom! I owe you more than I can ever repay! How's it all going for you?"" ""Oh, I'm having a time with my garage door opener! It opens the door fine, but sometimes when I go to put it down, it starts, but then goes back up. I had to pull the door down myself last night! I have to call a repairman tomorrow!"" ""Oh, Mom! That will cost you at least a hundred just to have him look at it! You say it doesn't do it every time?"" ""No, only every once in a while. Maybe it's a loose wire?"" ""Let me go look at it, Mom. Maybe it's something Dad showed me."" After a while Jenny came back in and said, ""Hey Mom! Come see this!"" Out in the garage, her Mom watched Jenny send the door up and down perfectly. ""Dear Jenny, what did you do? Is it fixed for good?"" What had Jenny done?","Think, what's an important feature of most garage door openers?","Jenny said, ""Look at this, Mom; see these two little devices down there on either side of the door? See the green lights on each one? Watch this!"" She held a leaf between the two devices and the lights went out. ""This door opener has a safety feature; without it, if Rusty was in the way of the door, he could be hurt. The door opener doesn't know Rusty from a leaf, so if anything turns those lights off, it sends the door back up. Some leaves got in the way, and made the door act so funny. So all you have to do if it does it again is check if anything is keeping those two lights from shining, and it should work ok."" ""Oh, Jenny, dear, thank you! You're so smart!"" ""Not really, Mom! I just remembered what Dad taught me!""",Situation,02/23/08 #21340,Holy Remedy,2.33,1.2,Minas,"A man takes two tablets. As a result, he becomes famous, and will not be forgotten in the foreseeable future. Who is this man?",These tablets would not go down easy.,Moses (He took the tablets of the Ten Commandments.),Situation,03/03/05 #21615,Folder,2.11,1.76,badbunnee,Can you fold a 8.5 in x 11 in (US Standard) piece of notebook or typing paper in half and draw a single 13 inch straight line on ONE of the four faces of the folded paper?,"Think of different ways you can fold the piece of paper so it is ALWAYS folded in half. An unfolded sheet has two sides (faces); front and back. A sheet folded in half has four faces (sides); two each on what was the *front* and two each on what was the *back*.","Fold the paper corner to corner so the crease is diagonal. Don't fold it horizontally or vertically. The four faces, or sides, would then be triangular and not rectangular (as other folds might be). But the paper IS folded in half. Then, along the longest edge of one of the four faces, draw your single 13 in. straight line.",Trick,03/18/05 #42335,"3, 4, 5 = S of the S I P T",2.18,2.24,shenqiang,"3, 4, 5 = S of the S I P T",It's a common geometric shape.,"3, 4, 5 = sides of the smallest integral Pythagorean triangle.",Letter-Equations,06/25/08 #19594,Reverse Dictionary,2.7600000000000002,1.49,Mogmatt16,"If a dictionary were made with all the words spelled backwards and then put into alphabetical order, which word would be first?","No, they are not all spelled b-a-c-k-w-a-r-d-s.",A.,Language,11/29/04 #35551,Right on Target,2.73,0.68,menz,"Sharp projectiles at me fly To try and pierce my dark red eye, And while my number skills are fine, I place twelve between five and nine. What am I?",No hint available.,A dartboard,Riddle,03/05/07 #29103,Something That I Hear,2.5100000000000002,1.97,WyndRyder76,"It spins, it cheers It flaps near my ear What is it that I hear?",No hint available.,"A fan. A human fan cheers. Then there are also those other fans that produce wind, like the ones on the ceiling (spin) and the ones made of paper (flap).",Riddle,03/14/06 #44562,Misunderstood or Inventive?,2.59,0.81,sgtammo,"My teachers called me ""addled"" and, to further my education, I had to be home schooled. This just goes to show how many people can be fooled. Often, people thought my questions excessive. In reality, my mind was simply inquisitive. Candy, newspapers, and vegetables I sold. I would do anything to stay out of the cold. To follow my dream, I built a research center. As a result, I became America's most prolific inventor. Creating inventions, I soon became a champ. I'm best known for creating the electric lamp. With all these facts, give it a try. Can you figure out my name; who am I?","Often, you may here people remark. ""There goes the wizard of Menlo Park.""","If you still don't have the answer to my question, My name, Braingle friends, is Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.",Riddle,06/01/09 #20775,"1, 4, 9, 3, 6, 11, 5...",2.17,1.84,luckanani,"What comes next? 1,4,9,3,6,11,5,?",No hint available.,"8 because the pattern is add 3, add 5, subtract 6.",Series,02/01/05 #904,Throw Away the Outside,2.48,1.66,Michelle,"You throw away the outside and keep the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside. What is it?",No hint available.,"An ear of corn...Shuck it and throw away the outside-keep the inside,eat the kernels and throw away the cob.",Riddle,09/30/01 #6084,Seatbelts,2.7600000000000002,1.28,RHPSRuLeS,"A man (let's call him Dave) was driving another man (let's call him Joe) to a ceremony. Now, the cops on this road were very strict about wearing seatbelts. The police pulled the car over and asked if the men were wearing their seatbelts. Dave was. Then, the cop went to the back of the car to see if anyone else was unbuckled back there. Joe had no seatbelt on! The cop opened the door and looked inside at Joe. The cop became embarrassed. ""Oh, I'm so sorry!"" He apologized to Dave and set him on his way. If Joe didn't have a seatbelt on, then why did the cop let them go?",No hint available.,Joe is dead. He was in a casket going to his funeral (the ceremony).,Trick,07/30/02 #1307,In a Race,2.32,0.84,gokaran,"You are participating in a race. You overtake the second place runner. What position are you?",No hint available.,"You overtake the second and you take his place so you arrived second.",Logic,11/07/01 #16122,Lancelot OK,2.19,2.52,dumbell,"What is represented below? >>>>>ALL Lancelot",No hint available.,"Alright on the night. Lancelot was a knight of the round table.",Rebus,01/10/04 #7038,"Guam, Poland, Spain",2.2,2.61,kidkilowatt,"In this series of countries, which country below would come next? Guam, Poland, Spain, Finland, Canada, Portugal....... USA Argentina Mexico Ireland China Colombia",No hint available.,"The answer would be Ireland. The format went +2 letter, -1 letter, +2, -1 and so on.",Series,08/30/02 #49619,Tom Swifties Continue,2.95,1.95,dalfamnest,"A Tom Swifty is a play on words. Tom speaks, and the way he is said to speak is a pun. Both meanings of the pun could be true. e.g. ""I love hot dogs"", Tom said frankly. ""Frank"" describes how he spoke and relates to the hot dog! [Frankfurter!] Choose one of the listed words or phrases to fill each gap. ** CLUES ** 1. ""I was adopted,"" said Tom _____. 2. ""Pass the playing cards,"" said Tom _____. 3. ""I know the square root of 64,"" said Tom ____. 4. ""The prisoner escaped down a rope,"" said Tom ____. 5. ""None of my teeth has had any decay yet,"" said Tom ____. Choose one of the listed words to fill each gap. ** WORD LIST ** belatedly condescendingly congenially considerately gracefully ideally precariously suddenly transparently unwittingly ** BONUS ** Complete this one yourself and write your answer as a ""Comment"". ""This is tedious"", said Tom _____.",No hint available.,"Answers: 1. transparently 2. ideally 3. considerately 4. condescendingly 5. precariously Scroll down for explanations and some related trivia... 1. Trans = across; so from one set of parents to another 2. I deal (the cards) 3. Consider 8 (the square root of 64!) 4. A con (short for convict) descending 5. Pre = before; carious in an adjective describing decayed bones or teeth Victor Appleton was the pen name used collectively by a number of different writers of the various adventures of Tom Swift, adventurer and inventor. In the books, almost all of Tom's remarks were written with an adverb or adverbial phrase. From this style, the term ""Tom Swifty"" has come to be used for this form of word play.",Language,10/06/12 #484,A Son,2.2,0.84,Spikejw1,"A father`s child, a mother`s child, yet no one`s son. Who am I?",No hint available.,A daughter.,Trick,05/20/01 #50216,Not a Typo,2.14,2.97,BadBunnee02,"Who or what is: Etaoin Shrdlu",Seen daily by over a thousand people - sitting at a machine - in the United States in the 1980's. Title is also a hint.,"These are the twelve most frequently-used written characters - in sequential order - in the American-English alphabet (according to the inventor - Ottmar Mergenthaler - of the linotype machine). They appeared in sequence (top-to-bottom) on linotype keyboards. A linotype machine was used to set newspaper type by entering the text on a keyboard which triggered the machine to create the ""line"" of text (""line-of-type"") in hot metal (lead alloy). Enter ""linotype"" in Wiki (or other search-engine) to see a pic of the keyboard and to read how the machine operates. In 1980 there were over 1000 daily newspapers in the United States using such a machine.",Other,04/08/14 #9097,More is Hidden,2.61,1.78,lesternoronha1,"Lighter than what I am made of, More of me is hidden Than is seen. What am I ?",No hint available.,Iceberg,Riddle,12/12/02 #42690,Phonopia 10,2.24,2.71,mik512,"In the wacky land of Phonopia, everybody has their name as their phone number. The phones are the same way as the phones in the real world, so can you figure out what well-known person you are calling? 2=A, B, C 3=D, E, F 4=G, H, I 5=J, K, L 6=M, N, O 7=P, Q, R, S 8=T, U, V 9=W, X, Y, Z 1) 43546 22787663837 2) 5953 2874 3) 5826 72256 6668692 4) 33437746 52637","1) IndyCar racer that won a popular tv show in 2007. 2) NASCAR driver nicknamed ""shrub"". 3) Racer from IndyCar, Champ Car, and NASCAR 4) Former Indianapolis Colt, nicknamed ""the edge"".","1) Helio Castroneves 2) Kyle Bush 3) Juan Pablo Montoya 4) Edgerrin James",Cryptography,08/03/08 #45193,Red to Black,2.07,1.85,Omaha345,What goes into the water red and comes out black?,No hint available.,A red-hot poker,Logic,08/31/09 #4367,1990,2.14,2.67,arij,"Insert +, -, x or / in suitable places on the left hand side of = so as to make the equation true: 999999999999999 = 1990",No hint available.,99 / 99 + 999 + 999 - 9 + 99 - 99 = 1990,Math,05/31/02 #715,The Cork and the Coin,2.29,1.48,GarnetGurl,"If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?",No hint available.,Push the cork into the bottle and shake the coin out.,Logic,07/25/01 #40189,"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...",2.7600000000000002,2.16,jazzmusician46,"What expression does the 4th ugly sister represent in this rebus? 1st ugly sister to me: ""Am I beautiful and irresistible to men?"" My answer: ""Oh yes, so exquisitely beautiful and men find you very attractive."" 2nd ugly sister to me: ""Am I beautiful and irresistible to men?"" My answer: ""Oh yes, so exquisitely beautiful and men find you very attractive."" 3rd ugly sister to me: ""Am I beautiful and irresistible to men?"" My answer: ""Oh yes, so exquisitely beautiful and men find you very attractive."" 4th ugly sister: *remains silent* My answer: *complete silence*",No hint available.,"""Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies."" Explanation: Each ugly sister asks the same number of questions from me and for an answer receives the same lies from me. The exception is the 4th sister who remains silent and does not ask me any questions and therefore, receives no answers (or lies) from me. Hence the expression.",Rebus,01/24/08 #5935,87 = Y in the G A.,2.29,2.2,dewtell,87 = Y in the G A.,American History,"87 = Years in the Gettysburg Address (""Four score and seven years ago..."")",Letter-Equations,07/28/02 #10701,Half a Hole,2.59,2.21,jimbo,"While digging a hole his back he did bend. When asked how deep it would be in the end, He replied ""I'm halfway, and this I will vow, You can see how far above the top my head is now"". ""But when it is finished, as sure as my name is Ken,"" ""My head will be twice as far below the top then."" ""Pray tell me dear Kenneth, what is your height?"" ""I'm one metre sixty!"" Can you get the depth right?",No hint available.,"The final depth will be 2.4 metres. Let x = the hole's final depth, and y = the height above ground level that Ken's head is now. From the first statement you can set up the equation: x/2 + y = 1.6 (Half the final hole depth + the height Ken's head is above ground level = Ken's height) From the second statement you can set up the equation: x - 2y = 1.6 (The final depth of the hole - twice the height that Ken's head is currently above ground level = Ken's height). Solve these for x to get the answer of 2.4 metres.",Math,02/28/03 #48925,A Fishing Trip,1.65,0.6900000000000001,weatherandgaame,"There were three customers and each wanted a different item. Each of these customers wanted to go fishing at a different time of the day. Customers: John, Brian, and Max Time of Day: 6:15am, 6:00 pm, and 8:00 pm Items: Fishing Pole, Worms, and Cut Shad 1. John went fishing in the morning. 2. One person who didn't go at 6 o'clock got the Cut Shad. 3. Max likes to fish at night. 4. The person who bought the worms went at 8 o'clock. 5. Brian left everything but his tackle box at home.",No hint available.,"John went at 6:15 am and bought Cut Shad. Brian went at 6:00 pm and bought a Fishing Pole. Max went at 8:00 pm and bought Worms.",Logic-Grid,08/10/11 #14401,Tune,2.43,2.08,Smithy,"What is represented by this? 1. Tune 2. Tune 3. Tune 4. Chune",No hint available.,Change of fortune (4 tune).,Rebus,08/18/03 #36676,A Common Theme #7,2.81,2.29,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to change one letter in each of the following words, in order to find five (5) words with a common theme. ANGLE GRAIN RAVEL RIVER SWINE",No hint available.,"ANKLE BRAIN NAVEL LIVER SPINE These words are all parts of the body.",Language,05/20/07 #36577,Glasses,2.62,1.12,spookyb,"Can you decipher the following? I aye eye I",No hint available.,Four eyes!,Rebus,05/09/07 #34632,Bushisms II,2.46,1.77,DaleGriffin,"The following are funny quotes spoken by George Bush, but what do they say? 1) YLLUFECAEP TSIXEOC NAC HSIF DNA GNIEB NAMUH EHT WONK I 2) TSET YCARETIL A SSAP OT ELBA EB LLIW REH RO EH DNA, DAER OT DLIHC A HCAET UOY",No hint available.,"The sentences are reversed. If you read them backwards, you will get the correct answer. 1) ""I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."" ~Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000 2) ""You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.'' ~Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001",Cryptography,12/29/06 #11082,5 = V in the E L (E Y),2.24,1.87,tissue,5 = V in the E L (E Y),No hint available.,5 = Vowels in the English Language (Except Y),Letter-Equations,03/11/03 #39423,What Is Expected,2.62,2.02,aresII,"My 9, 12, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2 is a title of respect. My 6, 2, 12, 11 can take the place of a musical note. My 1, 5, 8 is the top of a cup. My 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 is worth nine points on a chess board. My whole is what is expected.",No hint available.,"REQUIREMENTS Clue 1 = Esquire Clue 2 = rest Clue 3 = rim Clue 4 = Queen",Riddle,12/01/07 #13852,A 50c Gust,2.19,2.12,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? Paid $1.00 - Price 50c = Gust Paid $2.00 - Price $1.95 = Gale Paid $1.50 - Price $1.00 = Hurricane Paid $3.00 - Price $2.80 = Cyclone",No hint available.,Winds of change,Rebus,07/16/03 #30828,Harry Potter and the Jobs,2.45,0.86,GoHarryPotterCS,"Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley all graduated from their School: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and were heading out to get a job. One person became an Auror, one trained and later became a teacher at Hogwarts, and one got a job at the Ministry of Magic. Find out who got which job, and what age they got it at. (19, 20, or 21.) Note that Harry Potter fans will know more about these things BUT the knowledge of the books will NOT help you in any way to solve this. In fact, you may be surprised at the answers..... Clues: 1. Hermione was not interested in becoming an Auror. 2. Harry and the person who is in the Ministry both loved the color blue. 3. The teaching job came at the latest age. 4. The boys got the jobs at the youngest and oldest age. 5. Hermione wanted a place of power and Ron did not wish to return to Hogwarts.",No hint available.,"Ron: Auror, 19 Hermione: Ministry, 20 Harry: Teacher, 21",Logic-Grid,06/02/06 #51878,Horizontal Shift,2.46,1.69,ThinksForFun,"On me, bars are laid between front and rear They create division to keep things clear If you feel the process is taking long Despite your boredom, I move things along My motion is unidirectional For consumables, meat or vegetable What am I?",No hint available.,the conveyor belt of a supermarket checkout counter,Riddle,05/25/18 #36767,Endure,2.6,0.9,majd,"What is this saying? TEETH the bullet TEETH",No hint available.,"Biting the bullet. (The words ""the bullet"" are compressed (small letters) in between two sets of teeth (bitten).)",Rebus,05/29/07 #25647,Sink A Needle,2.75,1.82,haldir,"How can you sink a needle that is floating in a bowl of water without touching it, dropping anything on it, or shaking the bowl?",No hint available.,"Dish soap! The molecules in dish soap separate the water molecules from each other, and since the surface tension of the water is no longer as great, the needle sinks! This experiment actually works, the trick is using some sewing thread to lower the needle onto the water.",Science,08/29/05 #3254,Theoutoutninth,2.19,1.25,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase? theoutoutninth",No hint available.,Two outs in the ninth.,Rebus,04/05/02 #46559,Card Quandary,2.78,2.11,dalfamnest,"Mavis the 'mathemagician' held ten cards (face down) in her hand - Ace (1) to 10 of Hearts. She moved the top card to the bottom of the pack, counting '1', and turned up the next card, placing it on the table. It was the Ace. She counted two more cards to the bottom of the pack, showed the next card - the '2' - and placed it on the table. Counting, 'One, two, three' more to the bottom, she then showed the next card - '3' of Hearts. This continued for four to nine, and the final card was - ta-daah! - the '10' of Hearts. Question: What was the original order of cards, from the top to bottom?","Try it with pieces of paper, real cards, or a diagram on paper ... ... or scroll down to a hint that might make it too easy ... The cards, from the top of the pack, must have been: * A * * 2 * * * 3 *","9 A 8 5 2 4 7 6 3 10 You might like to try this as a challenging 'trick' for younger people to work out (or your parents!!) A further challenge is to 'spell' the number as you move the cards, one by one, to the bottom: ""O, N, E, '1', T, W, O, '2', etc.",Logic,03/17/10 #12732,Different Folks,2.56,2.95,griphook,"Greep Hooke was never so nervous about performing before an audience. His patron invited five of his friends to watch him do his much acclaimed juggling act. Of the five, two were mathematicians from MIT where his patron is a benefactor, one is a famous movie actress, another is a Nobel Prize winner for Physics, and the last is a World Champion athlete. Greep did his best and afterwards thought he did the performance of his life. After the guests had left, his patron showed him a piece of paper which contained the ratings. It read: Mr. A= 28 Ms. B= 10 Mr. C= 300 Mr. D= 6 Mrs. E= O Greep asked his patron whether a common rating scale was used by the guests. His patron just smiled. QUESTION: How did the guests rate Greep's juggling act?","Mr. A and Mr. D are the mathematicians. Ms. B is the actress. Mr. C is the athlete. Mrs. E is the Nobel Prize winner.","They all found it PERFECT. Mr. A, a mathematician, gave it a 28, a PERFECT NUMBER. Ms. B, the actress, gave it a 10, a PERFECT BEAUTY in the movie 10. Mr. C, the World Champion Bowler, gave it a 300, a PERFECT GAME in his sport. Mr. D, the other professor, gave it a 6, another PERFECT NUMBER. Mrs. E, the Nobel Prize Winner, gave it a O, a PERFECT CIRCLE.",Other,05/27/03 #6820,Wrong Price,2.13,1.9000000000000001,dumbell,"If you purchased some games (costing a total of £27.80) plus 32 cans of cola, 88 postcards and a large amount of 12p sweets, why would your suspicions be justified if the total cost was £64.78?",No hint available.,"£64.78 is not divisible by four, but all the parts of the total (2780, 32, 88, 12) are.",Math,08/24/02 #34695,Letter Duos,3.08,1.61,fishmed,"Following are 6 words that have the same two letters repeated at some point. Those two letters have been removed, replaced by two sets of asterisks. Can you figure out which two letters to use in each word? You use the same two letters within each word, but use a different set of letters for each word. 1. **chorm** 2. **joym**t 3. **iqu**te 4. **ip**ape 5. **s**cere 6. **p**zard",No hint available.,"1. an = anchorman 2. en = enjoyment 3. et = etiquette 4. sh = shipshape 5. in = insincere 6. ha = haphazard",Language,01/03/07 #36390,Seek what you Lack,2.36,2.24,Trumalia,"This is an old European riddle from 1300-1900 AD. He who lacks it seeks it He who has it mistreats it.",No hint available.,Health,Riddle,03/17/07 #35847,Sweeps Mania,2.83,2.72,goatroper605,"Mr. Slickdeals, from sEprize Inc, is a sweepstakes sponsor and he has noticed over the years that there's one particular group of 15 who are very diligent about entering his sweepstakes. So, he decides to hold a sweepstakes just for these 15 people, divided into groups of three, who will split various sums of money. This sweepstakes should be entered daily over the course of seven months. However, the prize won is not dependent upon the number of entries for each team. At the end of the seven months, Mr. Slickdeals, using his special computer program, has entered all of the information needed to determine the winners & will be making the announcement the following Monday. On that Monday morning, he turns on his computer & realizes that it has crashed sometime over the weekend & he never made a backup of the sweepstakes information! Can you determine, from his notes, who's on what team, how many entries they submitted, & who won which prize? 1. VoidinHi (VIH), who wasn't on a team with RMGM, didn't win $10,000. Happy2Win (H2W) wasn't on a team with Shamoo. St. Patty's (SP) team entered 391 times. 2. JavaFlower (JF) and her teammate, CrazeyPoet (CP), didn't win $5,000. The team who won $25,000 had two more entries than RedFuzzyCow's (RFC) team. 3. The team that RMGM & Shamoo were on didn't win $10,000. MK1234, who wasn't on the same team as WTrash (WT), didn't win $5,000. 4. The team that won $5,000 entered the contest 393 times. DealsRUs' (DRU) team entered 388 times, but they didn't win $2,500. DimDig (DD), who wasn't on a team with Happy2Win (H2W), submitted two more entries than the team that won $1,000. 5. The five teams, in no particular order, were Eilsenrenrag (EILS), WTrash (WT), the team that won $10,000, JavaFlower (JF), and the team that had 389 submissions. 6. FreebiesRGreat (FRG) had one more submission than the team that won $2,500 but one less than the team that WTrash (WT) & Implode (IMP) were on.","Remember that the team with the most entries does not necessarily win the most money! VoidinHi = VIH RMGM = RMGM Happy2Win = H2W St. Patty = SP Shamoo = Shamoo JavaFlower = JF CrazeyPoet = CP RedFuzzyCow = RFC WTrash = WT MK1234 = MK1234 DealsRUs = DRU DimDig = DD Eilsenrenrag = EILS FreebiesRGreat = FRG Implode = IMP","VIH, DD, EILS 393 $5,000 SP, WT, IMP 391 $1,000 JF, CP, FRG 390 $25,000 MK1234, RMGM, SHAMOO 389 $2,500 H2W, RFC, DRU 388 $10,000",Logic-Grid,03/24/07 #12326,Equationale,2.39,2.66,Codammanus,"Instructions: In the problem below, 'X' represents a letter, and each letter represents a member of the same group of things. For Example: If I was using the letters T, B, S they might refer to Trout, Bass, and Salmon, which are all fish. But remember, we are dealing with things that can be 'Added' and 'Subtracted'. The following are true statements: (P) - (R) + (Y) = 'X' ('X') - (Y) = B However, No letter added to it will give you two of that letter. That is, 'X' + 'X' = 2X would NEVER be true. Question: What is the only letter 'X' can represent?","""Adding"" and ""Subtracting"" these things as equations is feasible. Even adding them in 3D. However, ""Subtracting"" them in 3-D is like finding a pot of gold....","Solution: 'X' can only represent the letter G, [GREEN] Basis: The letters represent COLORS, which can be 'ADDED' and 'SUBTRACTED' from (or to) each other, producing a new result. Example: Purple (P) is a color that consists of both Red (R) and Blue (B). Thus, R+B=P. Also, 'SUBTRACTION' works: Purple (P), consisting of two colors added together (Red [R] and Blue [B]), can have one of those colors subtracted to leave the remaining color (in an equation this works, but don't try it with real paint): (P) - (R) = (B) [Purple minus Red Equals Blue] Therefore, I can get 'G' (Green) by doing this: (P) - (R) + (Y) = G Hint Explained: ""Adding"" and ""Subtracting"" these things as equations is feasible. (as demonstrated). Even adding them in 3D. (Mixing paint, for example). However, ""Subtracting"" them in 3-D is like finding a pot of gold.... on the other side of the RAINBOW. (BIG HINT).",Other,05/13/03 #22947,What Is This?,2.08,1.11,JazzyJas,It is something everybody has. You had it since birth. When you are about to do something wrong it gives you a stab in the heart or a bad feeling. When you are about to do something good it gives you a good feeling.,It helps you make good or bad decisions.,It's your conscience,Riddle,05/16/05 #6463,BROTHER,2.18,1.24,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? BROTHER",No hint available.,Big brother!,Rebus,08/11/02 #18413,Math Relation,2.2,1.78,Rashad,IIII C > 2,Think math.,"Four Eyes See More Than Two IIII ----> Four I's (eyes) C -------> See > --------> More than 2 ------> Two",Rebus,08/03/04 #14204,3 = S on O B,2.3,2.26,funkey-monkey,3 = S on O B,No hint available.,"3 = Stars on Orion's Belt The constellation of Orion (or Bootes the Hunter) has 3 diagonal stars that represent the hunter's belt.",Letter-Equations,08/07/03 #18332,100 Oz Hand,1.99,2.59,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Come 100 lb Hand R.I.P 100 oz Hand",No hint available.,"Come over heavy handed or the word COME over the dead heavy hand",Rebus,07/24/04 #4664,Strength 2,2.42,1.85,emmyluzam,"Ten men's length, Ten men's strength, Yet ten men cannot stand me on end. What am I?",No hint available.,A piece of rope,Riddle,06/12/02 #27292,Breakfast III,2.65,1.95,Tiggr,"I get soggy quickly losing all of my appeal, I come in different flavors. My name sounds like something that you can spend, but it is spelled differently. What cereal am I?",No hint available.,Chex,Riddle,12/04/05 #27291,Breakfast II,2.63,0.96,Tiggr,"If you've got a sweet tooth I'm sure that you love me. If you're superstitious you might wear these on a necklace or a bracelet. What cereal am I?",No hint available.,Lucky Charms,Riddle,12/04/05 #49890,Quality Time,2.42,1.95,ThinksForFun,"What does the following represent? Russia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand ---------Dinner--And--A--Movie-------- Canada, United States, Mexico, Chile",No hint available.,The International Date Line,Rebus,07/25/13 #37816,Unkidnapped,2.71,2.18,say_aah,"A man reported his daughter kidnapped, though he knew his daughter was safe. He did not do this to affect or influence his daughter or her mother. The police responded quickly and investigated the kidnapping. The police were not pleased to find the girl had not been kidnapped. Why did he report her kidnapped?",The man told the police that his car had been taken with his baby daughter inside.,"In this true story, the man's car was stolen, and he wanted the police to treat its recovery as a high priority so he said that his little daughter was in the car at the time. A major police operation was launched, and his car was quickly recovered. He was subsequently charged with crimes related to misleading the police.",Situation,08/17/07 #6420,OHOLENE,2.28,0.92,michelle,"What does this mean? OHOLENE",No hint available.,Hole in one,Rebus,08/10/02 #4392,Live Camera,2.42,1.42,Mogmatt16,"Assume you have hooked up a video camera to a TV so that if you aim the camera at something, it will show up on the TV. Assume you aim the camera right at the TV What will appear in the TV?",The message from the camera to TV is not instant.,"You will see whatever was on the TV before you aimed the camera at it, surrounded by an image of the TV's border. There will be several of them inside each other.",Science,05/31/02 #18068,More Cryptograms,2.53,2.79,ansh93,"Don't be discouraged by these strings of seemingly meaningless letters. You don't have to be a CIA agent to decode them. In case you are new to this puzzle type, here is a crash course in cryptography. Each sentence is a coded message. The letters of the original message are replaced by their codes to form the new and confusing sentences. A big clue is that smaller words can help you solve the whole puzzle with ease. Most 1 or 2 letter words mean I, A, AN, IS, etc. I can't give you too many hints, but watch out for small words, as they help! 1. OVH OTJYRBH SPOV GJUUPIU PN OVWO, RX OVH OPEH XJY THWBPQH XJY'TH IJO PI NVWMH DJT PO, PO'N OJJ DWT OJ SWBF RWLF. -DTWIFBPI M. GJIHN 2. RMEVPGJP VD DHNPEAVGW UHT MONVZP VG EAP OZVKPZ CPAVGO UHT, MGO DJHZG VG EAP HGP MAPMO. -NMJ NJJFPMZU","1. The writer's name is Franklin P. Jones. 2. The writer's name is Mac McCleary.","1. The trouble with jogging is that, by the time you realize you're not in shape for it, it's too far to walk back. -Franklin P. Jones 2. Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, and scorn in the one ahead. -Mac McCleary",Cryptography,06/29/04 #28600,By George!,2.49,2.28,ACHILLES,"The following bits of wisdom are from George Washington. Can you decipher them? ""YU TUL PUTPCRKC LBML QRTC PSULBCF VMAC QRTC VCT, MTZ VUNC LBML QRTC QCMLBCNF VMAC QRTC DRNYF."" ""QCJ VCT BMKC KRNLIC LU JRLBFLMTY LBC BRXBCFL DRYYCN.""","P=C R=I M=A","A=K B=H C=E D=B F=S I=U J=W K=V L=T M=A N=R P=C Q=F R=I S=L T=N U=O V=M X=G Y=D Z=Y ""DO NOT CONCEIVE THAT FINE CLOTHES MAKE FINE MEN, ANY MORE THAT FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS."" ""FEW MEN HAVE VIRTUE TO WITHSTAND THE HIGHEST BIDDER.""",Cryptography,02/13/06 #6487,Candle Light Kebab,2.33,1.98,mad-ade,"Mad Ade was studying for his Kebabology examinations at the University of MADADIA. He was doing some final revision before his morning exam, but alas there was a power cut. This was around 1:00 AM. Mad Ade managed to find two candles in the dark and lit them. The two candles were of equal length but one was much thicker than the other. According to the box the candles were in the thick candle is supposed to last six hours and the thin one two hours less. When Mad Ade finally went to sleep, dreaming of kebabs, the thick candle was twice as long as the thin one. For how long did Mad Ade study by candle light?",No hint available.,"3hrs. Say the length of the candle is 1 unit. After 1 hr the thick candle will be 5/6 of one unit, the thin candle 3/4. After two hrs the thick candle will be 2/3 (4/6) the size and then thin 1/2 (2/4). After 3hrs the thick candle will be 1/2 (3/6) and the thin 1/4. As 2* 1/4 = 1/2. The answer is 3hrs.",Math,08/12/02 #48609,Stately Words 4,1.93,2.33,HABS2933,"Each state and province has a two letter postal abbreviation. In this teaser, the answer will be an anagram of two abbreviations. 1) Anagram two state abbreviations to get a word that means immediately following. 2) Anagram the abbreviations of a US state and a US territory to get a word for pig. 3) Anagram the abbreviation of a Canadian province and a US state to create a word for a celestial body. 4) Anagram two state abbreviations to get the name of a brand of soap. 5) Anagram the abbreviations of two Canadian provinces to get a wicker basket.","1) Corn, Longhorn 2) Sooners, San Juan's island 3) The national capital's province, Huckleberry Finn 4) Montgomery, Potatoes 5) Anne of Green Gables, Moose Jaw.","1) Nebraska and Texas NE+TX= Next 2) Oklahoma and Puerto Rico OK+PR = Pork 3) Ontario and Missouri ON+MO=Moon 4) Alabama and Idaho AL+ID = Dial 5) Prince Edward Island and Saskatchewan PE+SK = Skep",Language,04/05/11 #29007,Sheep,2.06,1.93,sauce,"A farmer had 26 sick sheep, but one of them died. How many sheep are left?",No hint available.,26 sheep are left. The farmer died.,Trick,03/10/06 #42527,Book Series II,1.79,2.9,wannamarryharry,10 B in the B-T S,No hint available.,Ten books in the Betsy-Tacy Series,Letter-Equations,07/17/08 #2131,The Cats,2.17,1.17,Joelfelix21,"In a normal square room there are 2 cats in each corner. Opposite each cat are 2 cats and next to each cat is 1 cat. How many cats are there?",No hint available.,8 Cats,Math,01/22/02 #3656,Multiply 12345678987654321,2.17,1.62,sparkle,What number can be multiplied against itself to give 12345678987654321?,No hint available.,111111111,Math,04/20/02 #35891,George Carlin Said,2.61,2.42,aresII,"This is a quote from George Carlin, one of America's most popular wise guys. Can you decode it? F=C ""WFDTGPDWPW RGGISGFTZ PIZRA PBRP PBTA ZDWFIETKTZ R FSKT NIK RMRPBA. BICTETK, PBTA FORDV GI IGT BRW WBICG PBT WODHBPTWP LDP IN DGPTKTWP DG DP.""","E=V Y=K Z=D","""Scientists announced today that they discovered a cure for apathy. However, they claim no one has shown the slightest bit of interest in it."" Key: A=Y B=H C=W D=I E=V F=C G=N H=G I=O K=R L=B M=P N=F O=L P=T R=A S=U T=E V=M W=S X=J Y=K Z=D",Cryptography,03/26/07 #2873,Tsihnegrianign,2.28,2.27,PeaceJo,"Decipher this phrase: Tsihnegrianign",No hint available.,Singing in the rain.,Rebus,03/25/02 #35770,Five Letters Only,2.7,2.56,jazzmusician46,"What same sequence of 5 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? Fore_ _ _ _ _ Re_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ers _ _ _ _ _ ingly Be_ _ _ _ _ Free_ _ _ _ _ ing",No hint available.,"The sequence is: THINK Forethink Rethink Thinkers Thinkingly Bethink Freethinking",Language,03/19/07 #34478,Anagrams and Antonyms 3,2.73,2.57,jazzmusician46,"Below are four (4) anagrams. You have two tasks to perform. First, you must solve the anagram. Each phrase below is the anagram of a word. Second, you must then find the correct antonym of each word you just solved. I have given you the first letter of each antonym as well as the number of letters in the antonym. Good luck! Mad age - R _ _ _ _ _ (6) Star dies - S _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) Fine or smut - L _ _ _ (4) Grr! Sad die - R _ _ _ _ _ (6)",No hint available.,"Mad age - Damage - REPAIR Star dies - Disaster - SUCCESS Fine or smut - Misfortune - LUCK Grr! Sad die - Disregard - REGARD",Language,12/20/06 #16139,The Mega-Rebus!,2.11,3.02,dsquared,"Combine each of the situations/parts below to come up with a common expression. Each part basically resolves to a part of the solution and combined will give you the answer/phrase you are looking for. ======== PART A. ======== Step 1.) You *Step 2.) Sir You* ======== PART B. ======== Step 1. below) You and I Seat Step 2. below) Y o u a n d I ground ======== PART C. ======== Step 1. below) w/e ground --------------- Step 2. below) w/e ground --------------- Step 3. below) w/e ground","Hint: In here I am going to resolve or hint at the resolution to some of the parts of the rebus for you which is a step towards solving each part. PART A. - When someone becomes a Sir, they have been 'knighted' PART B. - ""You and I"" = We. What has happened in the two steps. We was on a seat and is now? PART C. - This is motion based and what does '/' stand for in the 'we'?","United we stand, divided we fall PART A. - When someone becomes a Sir, they have been 'knighted' therefore in Step 2.) as indicated by the *'s it is 'You, knighted' or United. PART B. - ""You and I"" = We. What has happened in the two steps. ""We"" was on a seat and is now? ""We"" is now standing, therefore with the steps it is saying 'We stand' PART C. - This is motion based and what does '/' stand for in the 'we'? The '/' is a division symbol therefore it is 'We divided' and it in each step it is close to the ground therefore it is falling, therefore it is ""Divided we fall""",Rebus,01/12/04 #29474,Whether Tis Nobler...,2.25,0.97,TehIgnored,T B or N T B,This phrase precedes the title.,To be or not to be.,Letter-Equations,04/01/06 #44735,Can You Find It? VII,2.07,2.15,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word RESERVATIONS, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. Confidently aggressive or self-assured. 2. To restore to good condition, as in a house. 3. A strong feeling of dislike or antipathy. 4. A strong resinated white or red wine. 5. Exerts oneself vigorously; tries hard. 6. A narrow steep-sided valley, usually caused by erosion. 7. To keep possession of; to remember. 8. Strings of beads used to count prayers of the same name. 9. Member of a senate. 10. A short account of a person's life. 11. Overwhelmed or exceeded a boundary. 12. A spiritual awakening sought in Zen Buddhism.",No hint available.,"1. ASSERTIVE 2. RENOVATE 3. AVERSION 4. RETSINA 5. STRIVES 6. RAVINE 7. RETAIN 8. ROSARIES 9. SENATOR 10. VITAE 11. OVERRAN 12. SATORIS",Language,06/25/09 #3240,Forever Food,2.3,1.91,Drunky,What food never goes bad by natural means?,It only goes bad if it's wet.,Sugar,Trivia,04/04/02 #19377,Mad Ade's Simple Math,2.27,2.73,Mad-Ade,"Mad Ade noticed that he could arrange the five odd digits (1,3,5,7,9) into a five-digit number, such that the first two digits (as a 2-digit number) times the last two digits (as a 2-digit number) minus the center digit results in a number composed of repetitions of one digit. Mad Ade noted there were two possible answers. What are they?",No hint available.,"Answers are 39157 and 57139 39*57= 2223-1= 2222 57*39= 2223-1= 2222",Math,11/11/04 #18568,Get a Clue,2.39,2.21,Poker,"In Clue (called Cluedo in some countries, including its origin, England), you attempt to solve a murder mystery. There are six possible suspects, six possible weapons that the murderer could have used, and nine possible locations for the murder to have occurred. If you guess a random suspect, a random weapon, and a random room, what is the probability of getting at least one right?",No hint available.,"31/81. The total number of possibilities is 324 (6*6*9). The number of completely wrong guesses is 200 (5*5*8). So the number of partially or fully correct guesses is 124 (324-200). The probability is 124 out of 324, which can be reduced to 31 out of 81.",Probability,08/15/04 #3556,5 R on the O F,2.5,1.82,Bobbrt,5 R on the O F,"They are colored blue, black, red, yellow, and green.",5 rings on the Olympic Flag.,Letter-Equations,04/17/02 #29046,The Name Seems Familiar,2.79,2.59,norcekri,"For each of the groups of actors below, can you identify the movie / TV character they have in common? For instance, given Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan The answer would be ""James Bond"". 1. Charlton Heston, Mel Brooks, Val Kilmer 2. David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Bob Anderson, Sebastian Shaw, Jake Lloyd, Hayden Christensen 3. Bette Davis, Annette Bening, Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench 4. Patty Duke, Melissa Gilbert, Hallie Kate Eisenberg 5. Mary Martin, Sandy Duncan, Robin Williams",Each group is listed in the order in which they played the character.,"1. ""Moses"" - Charlton Heston (The Ten Commandments, 1956), Mel Brooks (History of the World: Part I, 1981), Val Kilmer (The Prince of Egypt, 1998) 2. Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader - David Prowse / James Earl Jones (Parts IV-VI), Bob Anderson (Parts V-VI, lightsabre duels), Sebastian Shaw (Part VI finale), Jake Lloyd (Part I), Hayden Christensen (Parts II - III). Fencing master Bob Anderson performed all the lightsaber duels in parts V & VI: in Part IV, David Prowse broke too many of the prop sabres. Sebastian Shaw played the unmasked Anakin Skywalker at the end of Part VI (although the 2004 DVD release replaces him with Hayden Christensen). This is supposedly the only time that a multi-movie character has been portrayed by three people in one film, let alone four (counting Jones as the voice). 3. Queen Elizabeth I - Bette Davis (The Virgin Queen, 1955), Annette Bening (Richard III, 1995), Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love, 1998), Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth, 1998). Dench won the 1998 ""Best Supporting Actress"" Oscar over Blanchett, the only time two people have been nominated for playing the same character. 4. Helen Keller, in various productions of ""The Miracle Worker"" - Patty Duke (1962), Melissa Gilbert (TV, 1979), Hallie Kate Eisenberg (TV, 2000). Patty Duke won an Oscar for her 1962 movie role, and then got the ""Best Actress"" Emmy over Melissa Gilbert (and 3 others) in 1979. Eisenberg was nominated for the Young Artist Award. 5. Peter Pan - Mary Martin (""Peter Pan"", 1954), Sandy Duncan (""Peter Pan"", TV-1980), Robin Williams (""Hook"", 1991)",Trivia,03/11/06 #3853,PN BP KT RK,2.21,2.49,missie,"What comes next in this sequence: PN BP KT RK ==?==",No hint available.,"QN It is the first and last letter of the pieces of chess going up in value: PawN, BishoP, KnighT, RooK, QueeN.",Series,05/02/02 #45539,Missing Word...3,2.0,0.56,cutegagangel,"Figure out the missing word based on the clues below. _____time _____ vision goggles _____life _____ at the Museum _____mare",Day and...,"The missing word is night. Nighttime Night vision goggles Nightlife Night at the Museum Nightmare",Language,10/25/09 #4267,Bull and Bomb,2.91,0.65,chickenpuff7,"If a bull swallows a bomb, which word is the most appropriate? Shocking, abominable, terrifying, or scandalous?",No hint available.,Abominable (a bomb in a bull) would be most appropriate.,Language,05/25/02 #40024,American Presidents 7,2.2,2.63,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: George Washington, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Woodrow Wilson Group B: Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Pierce, Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren Harding, Herbert Hoover",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A were born in the state of Virginia. Therefore, Thomas Jefferson can be added to Group A. Franklin Pierce was born in New Hampshire. Chester Arthur was born in Vermont. Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York. Warren Harding was born in Ohio. Herbert Hoover was born in Iowa.",Group,01/12/08 #15210,Anyone For...,2.57,1.05,siameseifuplz,"A tennis player is ranked number 200. He moved up 87, went down 28, and went up 117 places. What is he ranked?",Trick not Math!!,He is ranked 200. I said so in the first sentence that that is where he is. The moving all happened in the past.,Trick,10/23/03 #34808,So Many Options,2.61,1.24,TheRiddler1024,"Which 4-letter word can be placed among these 3 words to form new ones? ____long ____guard ____time","It's actually pretty simple, think hard","The word is ""Life"" Lifelong Lifeguard Lifetime",Language,01/10/07 #6322,At first,2.06,2.56,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? isctiarledly",No hint available.,"Initially scared (in itially, scared) iSCtiARlEDly IscTIArLedLY",Rebus,08/08/02 #26870,Publications Part II,2.97,1.83,buttons03,"Below you will find uncommon titles to five award winning, or popular children's books. How many can you decipher? 1. Where the Crimson Foliage Propagates. 2. Obscure Oasis 3. The Sunny Season of the Cygnus. 4. Feline in the Bonnet. 5. A Crumple in Chronology.","1. Made into a motion picture in 1974 and 2003. The writer is Wilson Rawls. 2. Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett 3. 1971 Newberry Award winner written by Betsy Byars. 4. Written by Theodor Seuss Geisel 5. 1963 Newberry Award winner written by Madeleine L'Engle","1. Where the Red Fern Grows 2. Secret Garden 3. The Summer of the Swans 4. Cat in the Hat 5. A Wrinkle in Time",Language,11/11/05 #19142,1. Brooke,2.17,2.49,snaps,"Can you figure out what the rebus below means? 1. Brooke 2. Lee + 8kg 3. Hannah 4. Leigh + 5kg 5. Erin 6. Li + 9kg",No hint available.,"Evenly weighted. Each of the even numbers are followed by a Lee (even Lee), and each of those Lee's have been weighed down (weighted).",Rebus,10/12/04 #49600,Seek A Phrase 5,2.7,1.78,dalfamnest,"Each phrase we seek is the title of a play by William Shakespeare. Its letters have been jumbled and rearranged into a nonsense phrase. You have to piece together the original title. e.g. ""Melt, ha!"" = Hamlet The Hint gives the number of words and the genre of the play. 1. Casual Juries 2. Weathermen Fight Hots 3. Met The Pest [... and have you figured the significance of the title of the teaser?]","1. Tragedy (2 words) 2. Comedy (5 words) 3. Comedy (2 words)","1. Julius Caesar 2. The Taming Of The Shrew 3. The Tempest",Language,09/23/12 #506,Five 5`s,2.43,1.6,Squidgy,How can five 5`s equal 31?,No hint available.,5x5+5+5/5 (or five times five plus five plus five-fifths)=31,Math,05/28/01 #8451,You Too,2.46,2.28,glennyboy02,"What do these words have in common? it, were, you, too, put, yet, wit",No hint available.,They can all be spelled using only the first line of the QWERTY keyboard (using only the letters: QWERTYUIOP).,Group,11/09/02 #39357,Punctuation Pandemonium,2.46,2.55,aresII,"This is a little exercise in the art of punctuation. A man wrote this sentence just as it appears, without any stops whatsoever: If is is not is and is not is is what is it is not is and what is it is is not if is not is is. Without punctuation, this sentence is meaningless. Can you make sense of it?",No hint available.,"If ""is"" is not ""is"", and ""is not"" is ""is"", what is it ""is not"" is, and what is it ""is"" is not, if ""is not"" is ""is"".",Language,11/25/07 #36782,Shuffle #7,2.85,2.27,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to start with the letter 'M', and then each time, add a letter and shuffle it to make a new word. You need to continue this process until you reach the word 'MIRACLE'. Not including 'M', you must do this in six (6) turns. Good luck. M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M I R A C L E",No hint available.,"M MA ARM MARE AIMER MAILER MIRACLE",Language,05/30/07 #14142,0 = L in T,2.23,1.96,LandoComando,0 = L in T,Sport,0 = Love in Tennis,Letter-Equations,08/03/03 #41192,Justice,2.54,1.98,bookwrmKP,"A woman has incontrovertible proof in court that her husband was murdered by her sister. The judge declares, ""This is the strangest case I've ever seen. Though it's clear the woman is guilty, this murderess cannot be punished."" Why?",How could her death hurt someone else?,The sisters were Siamese twins.,Situation,03/24/08 #34519,Another Class Assignment,2.8,1.96,froggygg,"As the class settled in for another day filled with various lessons, Ms. Frogster told everyone to put their books away as they were going to do something a bit different again today. She then handed a stack of papers to Frogella and instructed her to hand one to each student. Once this had been done, Ms. Frogster explained to the class what they were to do with the strange looking list they were given. ""Class, you will see that you have a list of several different words that seem to be missing letters. At the top of the list, you will find a clue for each word. Once you have filled in the missing letters, you will then see what these words have in common besides having a pair of double letters in each word. This will complete today's assignment. If everyone is ready, let's get set and begin!"" Clues: 1. I cover and disguise things 2. I'm usually tied as a decoration 3. I'm mostly a sweet treat 4. I get decorated with a variety of things 5. I'm also called Mexican flame leaf or Christmas star 6. I have red berries 7. I'm strong and am famous for a certain sleigh 8. I'm written 9. Last minute of me is crowded 10. I rhyme with clue #6 11. I have different metallic sounds 12. I'm made with milk Words: 1. _ _ _ pp _ _ _ 2. _ _ bb _ _ _ 3. _ oo _ _ _ _ 4. _ _ ee 5. _ _ _ _ _ _ tt _ _ 6. _ _ ll _ 7. _ _ _ _ _ ee _ 8. _ _ tt _ _ _ 9. _ _ _ pp _ _ _ 10. _ _ ll _ 11. _ _ ll _ 12. _ gg _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. Wrapping (as in wrapping paper) 2. Ribbons 3. Cookies 4. Tree (Christmas trees are decorated) 5. Poinsettia 6. Holly 7. Reindeer 8. Letters (letters to Santa) 9. Shopping (last minute Christmas shopping is really crowded) 10. Jolly (as in jolly old St. Nick and rhymes with holly) 11. Bells 12. Eggnog Although we can relate to other things, we are all associated with Christmas.",Language,12/21/06 #4651,Potatoes,2.38,1.18,librashorty,"Using five potatoes, how can you feed six children an equal amount of potatoes, without resorting to fractions?",No hint available.,"Make mash potatoes, french fries, or anything else!!!",Logic,06/11/02 #41158,Radiant Light,2.81,2.02,aresII,"My 1, 11, 9, 4 is an ancient tribe of South America. My 5, 10, 8, 12 can be an aerie. My 4, 11, 6 is a conjunction. My 6, 7, 2 is a lion's lair. My 4, 3, 10 is a King topper. My whole is a radiant light.",No hint available.,"INCANDESCENT. Clue 1 = Inca. Clue 2 = nest. Clue 3 = and. Clue 4 = den. Clue 5 = ace.",Riddle,03/21/08 #5093,Common Cents,2.36,2.27,peppermintwist,"Eric, Rebecca, Jenny, and Mitch each have $1.00 in coins. Nobody has pennies Everyone has at least one quarter Each person has a different number of quarters Mitch has six times as many nickels as Rebecca Rebecca has twice as many dimes as Eric Eric has fewer nickels than Rebecca How many, and which, coins do each have?",No hint available.,"Jenny- four quarters Eric- three quarters, two dimes, one nickel Rebecca- two quarters, four dimes, two nickels Mitch- one quarter, eleven nickels, two dimes",Logic,06/30/02 #1115,5=O on E,2.35,1.79,BigMan,5=O on E,No hint available.,5=Oceans on Earth,Letter-Equations,10/12/01 #36966,On the Road to Modernity,2.2,2.26,4demo,1093 = P I by T A E,The Wizard of Menlo Park,"1093 = Patented Inventions by Thomas Alva Edison Edison was known as the Wizard of Menlo Park. Several of Edison's most famous inventions are the phonograph, incandescent light bulb (he actually improved the light bulb, not invented it), and kinetoscopes (for watching motion pictures).",Letter-Equations,06/17/07 #36115,Upward Roots,2.36,2.32,Trumalia,"This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD. What doth with his root upwards grow, and downward with his head doth show?",No hint available.,Icicle,Riddle,03/02/07 #46159,Words With FR,2.17,2.25,cnmne,"Five words that contain FR as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? FR***, FR****, *FR***, ***FR*, ***FR** Pool: A, A, A, B, D, E, E, I, I, L, L, M, N, O, T, U, W, Y, Y, Z",No hint available.,"FRUIT, FRENZY, AFRAID, BELFRY, WOLFRAM",Language,01/06/10 #50773,Enjoy It,2.22,1.69,ThinksForFun,"Without me you can't hear records Or listen to an mp3 You need me for entertainment That from which springs an MVP Next to dead, I aim to deceive So as to live another day The stage is set for me, to a Story world I take you away","Should you be having a hard time With the final word do I rhyme","play lines 1-2: One needs to play records or an mp3 in order to hear/listen to their music. lines 3-4: Sports are a form of entertainment that wouldn't exist unless they were played. They produce MVPs (MVP = Most Valuable Player). lines 5-6: These lines refer to the phrase ""play dead"" (i.e. ""play"" is next to ""dead""). In an attempt to avoid a confrontation with a threatening party, one may decide to ""play dead"" i.e. feign death. lines 7-8: A stage performance is another meaning of the word ""play"". For the hint, ""play"" rhymes with ""away"".",Riddle,03/23/16 #34367,Five Lines,2.46,1.58,maingle-_-,"I am made up of these five lines two and three are together, you'll find Read me and see What I can be You'll know the answer in time","I am what you find me to be This hint is also, you'll see So don't feel bad If you think you've been had The answer you'll find in me","A Limerick. A limerick is a small poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme, the third and fourth lines have fewer syllables. Both the riddle and the hint are themselves limericks.",Riddle,12/13/06 #11152,Cook Off,2.34,1.4,MrIxolite,"What proverb is cunningly hidden in this Rebus? Chef The Broth Chef Chef The Broth Chef Chef Chef The Throb",No hint available.,Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth,Rebus,03/14/03 #36449,The Giggling Pixies,2.22,1.24,coolblue,"There were two giggling pixies, the old one and the young one. The old one is 120 years old, and the young one is 32 years old. How old will the old pixie be when he is exactly twice as old as the young one?",No hint available.,"The old pixie is 88 years older than the young pixie. This means that the old pixie would be 176 years old when the young pixie would be 88 years old. However, do not worry because neither of these creatures will be able to age that much.",Math,04/28/07 #35849,Head Underground,2.34,2.03,Trumalia,"This is an old Italian riddle from 1300-1900 AD. In the ground my head lies buried, Yet with care I'm never harried. In my early youth and fresh, White and tender is my flesh, Green my tail; of lowly plight, The rich man's scorn, the boor's delight. The peasant on me sets good store, The noble casts me from his door.",No hint available.,Leek.,Riddle,02/18/07 #16282,Mad Ade's Word Changer #7,2.31,2.57,mad-ade,"This is a letter teaser where the two words to be found differ by only one letter in each word, so the words are of equal length but each has one letter that differs from the other. For example ""Light Beers"" could be ""Pale Ales"" these two word differ only by the P on pale and the S on ales. The altered letter can appear anywhere with in the word, so ""This teaser's submitter"" would be ""Mad Ade"" the difference being the M from Mad becomes the E of Ade. 1, Wooden Facial hair ? 2, Curt ogles ? 3, Sampled being drowsy ? 4, Dirty and unclear ? 5, Evil Father ?",No hint available.,"1, Board Beard 2, Terse Leers 3, Tried Tired 4, Mucky Murky 5, Baddy Daddy or Bad Dad",Language,01/21/04 #49250,Friday the 13th,2.5,1.42,babyjuice,When's the next year when there won't be a Friday the 13th?,No hint available.,"Never. The 13th of each month will fall on different days, according to a complex pattern which takes several years to repeat, because of Leap Years. However, each day of the week comes up as the 13th within the first 9 or 10 months every year. Assign A, B, C, D, E, F, & G randomly to Sun, Mon ... Sat. If we assume, in a non leap year, that: * 13 Jan is Day A, then * 13 Feb is Day D, * 13 Mar is Day D, * 13 Apr is Day G, * 13 May is Day B, * 13 Jun is Day E, * 13 Jly is Day G, * 13 Aug is Day C, * 13 Sep is Day F Thus all seven possible days of the week have been used, within a 9-month period. Similarly, in a leap year: * 13 Jan is Day A, then * 13 Feb is Day D, * 13 Mar is Day E, * 13 Apr is Day A, * 13 May is Day C, * 13 Jun is Day F, * 13 Jly is Day A, * 13 Aug is Day D, * 13 Sep is Day G, * 13 Oct is Day B, Thus all seven possible days of the week have been used, within a 10-month period.",Other,01/14/12 #1154,54 S on a R C,2.52,2.21,Ichabod Clay,54 S on a R C,No hint available.,54 Stickers on a Rubik's Cube,Letter-Equations,10/17/01 #37791,Incomplete Words III,2.64,1.12,tedger,"Below are ten words each missing the same two letter combination. Can you figure out what those two letters are? C_ _ek Fa_ _ Inte_ _st _ _late B_ _ak Sno_ _ _ _fe_ _nce Ta_ _ Mo_ _l _ _ti_ _",No hint available.,"The letters are RE Creek Fare Interest Relate Break Snore Reference Tare Morel Retire",Language,08/16/07 #25797,507734,2.77,1.81,bigSWAFF_69_,"What is this rebus represented in the representation below? Cal----------Cu",No hint available.,"Calculator (Cal, Cu later) The title (when written on a calculator, and flipped upside-down) reads ""Hellos""",Rebus,09/05/05 #26215,Harthwood Football,2.28,1.59,Master_Yoda,"Some kids from Harthwood Elementary were playing a nice game of football one afternoon. The rules for this game were normal, except for no tackling and no kicking the ball off. Well, after one scored touchdown, one team kicked the ball out of bounds, and a commotion broke out as to where the ball would be. Everyone started calling for a rekick, but that just angered them all the more. In the end, the school recess bell rang and everybody had to go inside. What is wrong with this story?",No hint available.,"According to their rules, you can't kick the ball, yet the kids were calling for a rekick!",Language,10/05/05 #44304,Murder at Clue Mansion,2.84,1.24,whsprec,"One rainy evening, Mr. Body killed 5 people at Clue Mansion. The people killed were Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Colonel Mustard, and Ms. Scarlet. The murders took place in the kitchen, billiards room, conservatory, hall, and library. No two people were murdered with the same weapon. The weapons were candlestick, rope, revolver, knife, and lead pipe. From the clues given, try to determine the room in which each person was killed and the weapon used. 1. The murder with the lead pipe was not done in the hall or the library. 2. Mr. Green was not murdered in the kitchen. 3. The rope was not the murder weapon used in the library. 4. Neither Mrs. White nor Ms. Scarlet were murdered with the candlestick, the revolver, or the lead pipe. 5. The person who was murdered in the billiards room had just finished having dinner with Ms. Scarlet, Mr. Green, the person done in with the candlestick, and the victim of the rope. 6. Neither Mr. Green nor Professor Plum were killed with the lead pipe, in the hall, or in the library.",No hint available.,"Mrs. White in the hall with the rope Mr. Green in the conservatory with the revolver Professor Plum in the kitchen with the candlestick Colonel Mustard in the billiards room with the lead pipe Ms. Scarlet in the library with the knife",Logic-Grid,03/30/09 #50674,What's In A Name II,2.72,2.08,HABS2933,"Some multi syllable first names sound like words or phrases. Using the clues provided can you figure out what first name fits? e.g. Ernie's uncooked friend would be Robert (Raw Bert). The hint gives the gender most often associated with the name. 1) Da daughter of da brother is ____. 2) What the studio does after Mr. Majors finishes filming for them. 3) A group of adult males interested in automobiles. 4) The male child of pro golfer Mr. Nicklaus 5) What the other kids called the quiet intervened girl from Green Gables.","1) Female 2) Unisex 3) Unisex 4) Male 5) Female","1) Denise (Da niece) 2) Paisley (Pays Lee) 3) Carmen (Car men) 4) Jackson (Jack's son) 5) Cheyenne (Shy Anne)",Language,08/13/15 #1960,Shooting Practice,2.02,1.25,missie,"Will and Jim were practicing target shooting, and they each scored 75 out of 100. They took a break and then Will tried again and hit 35 out of 50. Jim did not shoot anymore. Who had the best average for the day?",No hint available.,Jim's average is higher.,Math,01/06/02 #4175,Little Little,2.26,1.07,DRUNKY,"Can you decipher this phrase? Little Little Late Late",No hint available.,"Too little, Too late.",Rebus,05/20/02 #1668,Dead on the Field,2.99,2.02,gokaran,"Dead on the field lie ten soldiers in white, felled by three eyes, black as night. What's going on here?",No hint available.,A strike was thrown in 10 pin bowling.,Riddle,12/11/01 #12746,What do You do?,2.27,2.91,Codammanus,"Can you decipher this common expression? Just at the moment that a deadlock of score and 1 approaches jostle",There's something on the cards here if you look closely.,"The expression is: When push comes to shove Just at the moment that = When A deadlock of score and 1= Push (A tie of 21 in BlackJack with Dealer and Player). approaches= Comes to jostle = Shove When push comes to shove",Language,05/27/03 #42691,Singing Stars,2.22,0.85,eggface,"It's the Grand Final for the Choir Festival, and the judges have lost their list telling them which choirs are competing, the order in which the choirs will perform, and the colours of each choir. The choirs are: Music Notes, Chord Singer, Pop 'n Rock and Sing-a-Song. The choir colours are: red, blue, pink and green. 1) Both Pop 'n Rock and Chord Singer have primary colours. 2) The pink choir performed first. 3) The last choir to perform was Sing-a-Song. 4) Pop 'n Rock didn't perform second. 5) The blue choir didn't perform third. Can you determine the information before the Grand Final begins?",No hint available.,"Music Notes was pink and performed first. Chord Singer was blue and performed second. Pop 'n Rock was red and performed third. Sing-a-Song was green and performed last.",Logic-Grid,08/04/08 #12457,I Am All that I Am,2.62,2.07,snoopdogg,"I am all that I am and all that you see, Yet I'm nothing at all and from you I flee. Formed of distortion, perceptions awry, I play the horizon where often I lie. What am I?",No hint available.,A Mirage,Riddle,05/18/03 #1662,31 62 ? 25 56 ? 19,2.3,2.81,Nishoo,"What are the missing numbers in the following series ? 31 62 ? 25 56 ? 19",No hint available.,"93 and 87. When the digits in each number of the series are reversed, the sequence is the multiples of 13, i.e, 13, 26, 39, 52, 65, 78, and 91.",Series,12/10/01 #265,A Money Matter,2.41,2.08,Mr. G,"What is the fewest number of American coins you need to have the exact change for every situation, in one cent increments, between one cent and one dollar?",No hint available.,"A total of nine coins. Four pennies, one nickel, two dimes, one quarter, and one half-dollar.",Math,02/05/01 #42081,Add a Letter 17,2.57,2.27,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) an expression of pity or concern & an assumed name (4 letters) 2) to form by heating and hammering & to wander in search of provisions (5 letters) 3) an itchy skin disease & to hack with repeated blows (5 letters) 4) sensitive mental or aesthetic perception & expressed without words or speech (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) alas & alias 2) forge & forage 3) mange & mangle 4) tact & tacit",Language,05/29/08 #1242,I Stand on Four Legs....,2.31,1.54,Phyllis,"I stand on four legs, My arms turned toward people. High and low bow for me, But I never bow for anyone. What am I?",No hint available.,A chair,Riddle,10/30/01 #32796,Three Word Rhyme,3.19,1.73,Hana_Kimi,"Find a rhyme for each word below so you end up with a familiar three-word phrase in the form ""__, __, and __"" Example: Clue = ""Took, Sign, Blinker"" Answer = ""Hook, Line, and Sinker"" 1. Flop, Crook, Glisten 2. Pin, Brace, Though 3. Versed, Beckoned, Heard 4. Leg, Sorrow, Wheel 5. Bawl, Park, Ransom 6. Sprawl, Tedium, Barge 7. Trap, Shackle, Top",No hint available.,"1. Stop, Look, and Listen 2. Win, Place, and Show 3. First, Second, and Third 4. Beg, Borrow, and Steal 5. Tall, Dark, and Handsome 6. Small, Medium, and Large 7. Snap, Crackle, and Pop",Language,09/02/06 #24890,Odd Swimmer,2.4,1.76,spookyb,"""Swimmers, take your mark. Beeep!"" yelled the announcer. Samantha jumped into the water and took off, she dog-paddled, swam a little butterfly, swam a little breaststroke, and even swam some backstroke. When she got out the timer told her she was supposed to be doing a specific stroke, but the DQ judge didn't disqualify her. Why?",Think about each individual stroke and their rules.,"Samantha was supposed to be doing freestyle. The coaches show you one way to do this stroke because it is the fastest way, but you can do whatever you like on freestyle except touch the bottom of the pool, so Samantha didn't get disqualified.",Logic,07/26/05 #48221,Eye Rhymes 5,3.1,1.05,MarcM1098,"In each sentence below, two words are incomplete. The two words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each sentence. Example: One symptom of bronchitis is a ro___ co___. (The two words are: rough & cough.) 1. When you g___ up, I will let you climb the ship's p___. 2. Do you want to be a ri___ swimmer or an ocean di___? 3. The strongest oarsman in the boat is a po___ ro___. 4. The cheap tickets didn't al___ them to go be___ deck.","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. gr__ pr__ 2. riv__ div__ 3. pow__ row__ 4. all__ bel__","1. grow prow 2. river diver 3. power rower 4. allow below",Language,11/19/10 #13842,Four Score and Four Minutes Ago,2.44,2.32,mathemagician,"Four score and four minutes ago, the time was precisely half past four plus forty and four minutes more. Now, in order to score, you must work your way through these fours galore and tell me more: What is the angle between the hour hand and minute hand of a clock at the present time?","The time is presently 6:38 . The minute hand moves 6 degrees per minute; the hour hand moves 30 degrees each hour or 0.5 degree per minute.","29 degrees. From the ""12 O'Clock"" position: in 38 minutes, the minute hand has moved 228 degrees; in 6 hours, 38 min., the hour hand has moved 199 degrees. 228-199 = 29 degrees .",Math,07/16/03 #11208,On a Cake,2.29,1.19,horse_luver,"The first letter in Whale but not in Hole, The second letter in Night but not in Toll, The third in Bless, oh yes, really, The fourth in Hello and in He. The whole is something that you make Before you eat a birthday cake. What is the word?",No hint available.,WISH,Riddle,03/16/03 #26399,Whatever Way the Wind Blows,2.64,2.37,HogwartsGirl05,"I have five very strange neighbors. Each has a favorite type of weather forecast and a different favorite color. I can never keep them straight on my own so I have a little system. I joined our neighborhood beautification society. On everyone's door my society members and I placed a flag that corresponded to that person's favorites whatever they were. The heavy winds that struck yesterday blew the flags into other yards. Can you figure out who the flags belong to using the facts that I remember? 1. No one has a name that corresponds to their weather, starts with the same letter as their weather forecast or starts with the same letter as their last name. 2. My five neighbors are: The one who likes rain, the one who likes gray, Mr. Cumulus, the neighbor who likes orange, and Danny. 3. Miss Martinez hates rain. The person who likes orange has an ""o"" in their last name. 4. Reynolds has fond memories from the US Air Force so that's where he gets his favorite color and because he was a pilot he knows the importance of strong tails. 5. The person who loves snow (who isn't Wendy), hates its color. The person who loves white (which isn't Cumulus) is fond of precipitation which helps her gardens. Both Wendy and Cumulus hate the color orange. 6. J.C. hates sunshine and in between colors whereas Jones prefers the pleasant, overcast days. 7. When the guys on either side of me play football they play in their favorite colors which are orange and blue.","Already? Well if you're sure you want me to give it all away, Sunny is female, and the US Air Force wear blue uniforms.","Sunny Zephyr, Rain, White Wendy Martinez, Sunshine, Grey Jackson Cumulus, Snow, Black Danny Reynolds, Wind, Blue Mitch Jones, Clouds, Orange",Logic-Grid,10/16/05 #15741,That's Sweet,2.57,2.64,Gloo,"Which ""letter"" has been removed from these words? be_d c_r g_s pul_r s_nly","The ""letter"" is four letters long","Love as in ""love letter"" beLOVEd cLOVEr gLOVEs pulLOVEr sLOVEnly",Trick,12/09/03 #8821,Heads or Tails,2.86,2.7,lesternoronha1,"You are blindfolded before a table. On the table are a very large number of pennies. You are told 128 of the pennies are heads up and the rest are tails up. How can you create two subgroups of pennies, each with the same number of heads facing up, while remaining blindfolded?",No hint available.,"Create a subgroup of any 128 pennies. Then flip over all 128. That group of 128 and the group of all the remaining pennies will have the same number of heads facing up. This works because the ""tails"" that you grab while making your subset of 128 will equal the ""heads"" that are left in the original pile. Once you flip your 128 coins over, these ""tails"" will turn into ""heads"" and the two groups will have a matching number of heads-up coins.",Logic,11/30/02 #11299,"Tenderloin, Glitch, Blemish...",2.19,2.34,horse_luver,"Which word from group 2 belongs in group 1 and why? GROUP 1 Tenderloin Glitch Blemish Maxim GROUP 2 Pike Extinct Juvenile Finished",It has nothing to do with the meaning of the words.,"Extinct. The words in Group 1 have ""I"" as the last vowel. The words in Group 2 have ""E"" as the last vowel.",Group,03/19/03 #12872,Weird Menu,2.48,1.52,MrIxolite,"What is represented by The Weird Menu below? Menu, Tomato Soup Followed by Fillet steak au poivre Followed by Revenge Ice cream",No hint available.,"Revenge is Sweet (dessert) or Revenge is a dish best served Cold",Rebus,06/02/03 #45519,Words With IK,2.0,2.25,cnmne,"Five words that contain IK as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *IK**, **IK*, ***IK, ***IK**, *****IK* Pool: A, A, A, E, E, E, H, H, M, N, O, P, R, R, S, S, S, T, U, W",No hint available.,"PIKER, HAIKU, SHEIK, MONIKER, SWASTIKA",Language,10/21/09 #44743,Find The Author III,2.33,2.0,zigthepig,"In each of these three quotes, the missing letters make up the author's name. There are more letters missing than there are for each name. The first quote is missing letters from the first name, the second quote is missing letters from the middle name and the third quote is missing letters from the surname. Can you decipher the author? A day's w--k is a day's w--k, n-ith-- m--- n-- l-ss, and th- man wh- d--s it n--ds a day's sust-nanc-, a ni-ht's --p-s- and du- l-isu--, wh-th-- h- b- paint-- -- pl-ughman. - fool's ---i- -ig-sts philosophy into folly, sci--c- i-to sup--stitio-, --- --t i-to p----t-y. H--c- U-iv--sity --uc-tio-. M-rtyrdom i- t-e only --y in --ic- - m-n c-n become f-mou- -it-out -bility.",No hint available.,"George Bernard Shaw. A day's work is a day's work, neither more nor less, and the man who does it needs a day's sustenance, a night's repose and due leisure, whether he be painter or ploughman. A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.",Language,06/28/09 #4854,Prisoner on Plane,2.94,1.83,isayo,"A man boarded a flight from England to L.A. Once on the plane, he sees a small acquaintance at the back of the plane, he shouted a greeting to this person by name and a few seconds later he was arrested. Why?",No hint available.,"The man's name was Jack, when the man got on the plane he shouted Hi, Jack (hijack) and a few seconds later got arrested.",Situation,06/20/02 #4840,Area of a Square,2.85,1.67,andy1608,"You have a piece of paper, 10cm by 10cm. Area = 100cm^2. For some reason, you need a square piece of paper with an area of 50cm^2. Using the paper you have, what's an easy way of getting the new square?","Try it with a piece of paper, doesn't matter the size of the square, try to find a square half its size inside it.","Fold the four corners of the square into the centre. This doubles the thickness of the paper, and so halves the area.",Math,06/19/02 #4435,MILK Numbers,2.34,2.22,Mogmatt16,"What number could be represented here? MILK",Many early civilizations drank milk,"1,049,000 If M, I, and L all are Roman numerals, then that is 1,049. Then, any number put before a K usually means that many thousand. Thus, 1,049 thousand OR 1,049,000",Language,06/02/02 #27931,Complete Garbage,2.27,1.11,exterminator,The garbage was emptied out of the dumpster and a man died. How?,"The man was poor and tired. Unfortunately, the man died a violent death.",The man was sleeping in a dumpster that was picked up and emptied by a garbage truck and was then compacted inside.,Situation,01/06/06 #40028,Synonyms = Antonyms,2.5,2.42,ArmyAndy,"Which two English words are synonyms when used as verbs but antonyms when used as adjectives, adverbs or nouns?",Think first place and last place.,BEST and WORST,Language,01/12/08 #545,Cannot be Seen,2.42,1.81,snoopdogg,"It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, and empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, ends life, kills laughter.",No hint available.,Darkness or Silence,Riddle,05/31/01 #8194,"Dog, Level...",2.44,1.79,supershlop,"What do the following words have in common? Dog Level Tap",No hint available.,"They all spell a word backwards. Dog=God Level=Level Tap=Pat",Group,10/24/02 #42311,What Breed?,2.0,0.74,eggface,"Mr. Blake is always losing things, and now he has lost the list containing the information about a new range of species. See if you can work out which animal has which qualities. The animals are: Doggus, Cattus, Deerus, and Mousus. Each of them has spots, stripes, and/or humps. Each animal also is a different colour. Doggus is the only one with spots. Deerus only has humps, while the Mousus only has stripes. Mousus dislikes primary colours, unlike the rest of the animals. The animal with two features is blue. Deerus dislikes the colour red.",No hint available.,"Doggus Sleepus has spots and is red. Cattus Spoiledus has stripes and humps and is blue. Deerus Shyus has humps and is yellow. Mousus Cheesus has stripes and is green.",Logic-Grid,06/22/08 #31452,Incredible India - I,2.72,2.74,brainster,"Here are some quotes by famous international personalities about India. Can you decipher them? Jr bjr n ybg gb gur vaqvnaf, jub gnhtug hf ubj gb pbhag, jvgubhg juvpu ab jbegujuvyr fpvragvsvp qvfpbirel pbhyq unir orra znqr! - Nyoreg Rvafgrva Vs gurer vf bar cynpr ba gur snpr bs rnegu jurer nyy gur qernzf bs yvivat zra unir sbhaq n ubzr sebz gur irel rneyvrfg qnlf jura zna ortna gur qernz bs rkvfgrapr, vg vf vaqvn! - Ebznvar Ebyynaq Vaqvn vf gur penqyr bs gur uhzna enpr, gur ovegucynpr bs uhzna fcrrpu, gur zbgure bs uvfgbel, gur tenaqzbgure bs yrtraq, naq gur terng tenaq zbgure bs genqvgvba. Bhe zbfg inyhnoyr naq zbfg nfgevpgvir zngrevnyf va gur uvfgbel bs zna ner gernfherq hc va vaqvn bayl! - Znex Gjnva Vaqvn pbadhrerq naq qbzvangrq puvan phyghenyyl sbe 20 praghevrf jvgubhg rire univat gb fraq n fvatyr fbyqvre npebff ure obeqre! - Uh Fuvu Vs v jrer nfxrq haqre jung fxl gur uhzna zvaq unf zbfg shyyl qrirybcrq fbzr bs vgf pubvprfg tvsgf, unf zbfg qrrcyl cbaqrerq ba gur terngrfg ceboyrzf bs yvsr, naq unf sbhaq fbyhgvbaf, v fubhyq cbvag gb vaqvn. - Znk Zhryyre","A N E R I V O B U H","We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made! - Albert Einstein If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India! - Romaine Rolland India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only! - Mark Twain India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border! - Hu Shih If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India.- Max Mueller A N B O C P D Q E R F S G T H U I V J W K X L Y M Z N A O B P C Q D R E S F T G U H V I W J X K Y L Z M",Cryptography,06/30/06 #4968,Eve,2.61,1.24,im_para_noid,"Eve, Rob, Hannah, and Otto were walking down a dusty road. Otto told Rob, ""You don't belong with us."" Why did Otto make such a statement?",No hint available.,Rob was the only one in the group whose name was not a palindrome,Group,06/26/02 #4302,Disable the Bomb,2.57,2.16,RayneeDay,There is a box with a highly explosive bomb inside it. The lid of the box is made of glass and attached to this lid is a bowl of mercury with a dozen exposed wire leads just out of reach of the mercury. You know that any attempt to remove the lid or cut through it would move the mercury enough to trip the bomb. How do you safely disarm this booby trap to disengage the bomb?,No hint available.,"By heating the steel box and raising the temperature inside, the mercury, which has a relatively low evaporation point, will disappear making it safe to lift the lid. Just be careful not to inhale any of the fumes.",Science,05/28/02 #13264,Find the Word,2.28,2.71,andrewcs,"Use the clues below to figure out the common English word: 1. I only have one vowel, but it shows up four times. 2. One consonant is repeated once every fourth letter. 3. The other two consonants are next to each other in the alphabet (eg. a,b).",No hint available.,"Cookbook 1. There are four o's, 2. Two k's, 3. And c, b are next to each other.",Language,06/18/03 #42429,Computer Shipments,2.13,1.39,Abstain,"Nell Computers wants to hire Overnite Delivery Service to truck computers from the warehouse to stores. Overnite has 2 trucks - 1 large and 1 small. The large truck is twice as high, twice as wide, and twice as long as the small one. Overnite has decided to charge $500 per shipment for each delivery made with a fully loaded small truck. Assuming that charges are based on each truck's volume, what should Overnite charge for each delivery made with a fully loaded large truck?","It's not $1,000!","Overnite Delivery Service should charge $4,000 for a large truckload. Since each dimension of the large truck (height, width, and length) is twice that of the small truck, the volume of the large truck is 8 times that of the small truck. So, for a large truckload, Overnite should charge 8 times the price of a small truckload. That's 8 * $500, or $4,000.",Math,07/06/08 #50079,Dropboxes XVI,2.81,2.31,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Brightly-colored fish [_] 2. Curse [_] 3. Greek god of war 4. Strong; healthy [_] 5. Break, as a balloon [_] 6. Injure a toe 7. Pertaining to heat [_] 8. Shut-in [_] 9. Amusement 10. Be undesirable, informally [_] 11. Metal containers [_] 12. Use a chair 13. Bleep [_] 14. Hatred; contempt [_] 15. Howard and Artest 16. Parent [_] 17. ""Odyssey"" author [_] 18. Italy's capital",No hint available.,"1. wrasse [S] 2. swear [W] 3. Ares 4. robust [O] 5. burst [R] 6. stub 7. thermic [C] 8. hermit [E] 9. mirth 10. stink [K] 11. tins [N] 12. sit 13. censor [E] 14. scorn [C] 15. Rons 16. mother [T] 17. Homer [H] 18. Rome ""Socket wrench""",Language,01/12/14 #34389,Words With RA,2.26,2.19,cnmne,"Five words that contain RA as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ---RA, RA----, -RA---, --RA--, ---RA-- Pool: E, E, H, I, I, N, N, N, O, O, P, S, T, T, T, T, V, W, X, Y",No hint available.,"EXTRA, RAVINE, WRAITH, TYRANT, SOPRANO",Language,12/14/06 #8558,Pressure Cooker,2.68,2.2,Bobbrt,"Most people know that it takes longer to boil an egg at higher altitudes. If instead of boiling an egg in the traditional manner, however, you used a pressure cooker at the higher and lower altitudes, would it: a) still take longer to cook the egg at higher altitudes, b) take the same amount of time no matter what the altitude is, c) take longer to cook the egg at lower altitudes, or d) the question can't be answered without knowing what the pressure setting on the cooker is. Ignore the fact that the egg might be crushed by the pressure inside the cooker. If you're not sure why it takes longer for an egg to boil at higher altitudes, see the hint.","The lower the pressure over a liquid is, the lower the boiling temperature of the liquid is. In other words, at sea level water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. At high elevations, where there is less air pressure, water might boil at 90 degrees Celsius. Since at higher altitudes you're cooking an egg at a lower temperature, the egg will take longer to cook.","The answer is a) it would still take longer to cook the egg at higher altitudes. This is because a pressure cooker doesn't control the absolute pressure inside the pot. It controls the pressure DIFFERENCE between the inside of the pot and the outside. In other words, if the atmospheric pressure is 15 psi and a pressure cooker is set to run at 15 psi, then the absolute pressure inside the pot will be 15 + 15 = 30 psi. At higher altitudes where the atmospheric pressure is say, 13 psi, the pressure cooker will run at 13 + 15 = 28 psi. Since the pressure inside the cooker is lower (28 is less than 30), the water will boil at a lower temperature and therefore it will take longer to cook the egg.",Science,11/17/02 #26116,Letter Blocks,2.67,2.92,peanut,"A child has 4 blocks with a different letter on each side (no letter is repeated on different blocks either). If the list of words below can all be formed using these blocks, figure out which letters belong on which blocks... skid hoax joey glum rand grit monk fair vane wide cafe dupe joke bail shop",No hint available.,"Block 1: S, E, M, B, R, X Block 2: K, W, Y, A, G, P Block 3: I, U, N, H, J, C Block 4: D, L, O, V, T, F",Logic,09/29/05 #8345,Deck,2.37,0.86,tissue,"Three playing cards are laying face up, side by side. A King is just to the right of a Queen. A King is directly to the left of a King. A Diamond is to the left of a Heart, and a Diamond is just to the right of a Diamond. What are the three cards?",No hint available.,"Queen of Diamonds, King of Diamonds, King of Hearts.",Logic,11/03/02 #20585,"E/2, E/5...",2.62,2.61,fishmed,"Can you figure out what letter replaces the question mark in the series below? E/2, E/5, N/6, S/1, U/4, ?/8, Q/3, C/7",Try another order,"The missing letter is E. The number in each pair shows the real order that these should be placed in. Once in order they spell out the word SEQUENCE, with the last letter missing, being the letter E.",Series,01/25/05 #1341,How Far to Manchester,2.12,2.52,Gokaran,"Last night, I was looking at a road sign and could see that Leeds was 13 miles away, Stoke was 13 miles away and Leek was 10 miles away. Unfortunately it was too dark to see how far it was to Manchester. Can you help me?",You do not need a map to figure this out.,27 miles. Vowels are worth 2 miles and consonants are worth 3 miles.,Language,11/09/01 #18276,House Rules,2.3,2.59,MrIxolite,"What old saying is represented below? Casino Table rules: Stand on 17 or above Aces are High House+House is dealt King and 8 House-House is dealt Queen and Queen House/House is dealt Jack and 6 HousexHouse is dealt Ace and King",Biblical in origin,A house divided against itself cannot stand.,Rebus,07/20/04 #3822,Pot O O O O...,2.31,1.43,missie,"Can you decipher this: Pot O O O O O O O O",No hint available.,potatoes,Rebus,04/30/02 #3345,Whatdodo,2.13,1.46,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this? whatdodo whatdodo",No hint available.,"What to do, What to do?",Rebus,04/08/02 #35842,Abracadabra,2.28,0.96,shdwhawk,"Rearrange the words into new words. 1) Change POTS into spinning toys. 2) Change HOSE into footwear. 3) Change KEEP into a quick look. 4) Change EMIT into what a clock keeps. 5) Change STAN into picnic pests. 6) Change SORE into a fragrant flower.",No hint available.,"1) TOPS 2) SHOE 3) PEEK 4) TIME 5) ANTS 6) ROSE",Language,03/24/07 #28494,Respectfully Yours,2.8,1.96,kimberlykay,"I am a word of distinction; describing society, system, and roll. I am sometimes seen with guard when death takes a toll. I will often accompany a student, or am a title of recognition. I can even give you credit in a competition. What am I?",No hint available.,"HONOR ie: honor society; honor system; honor roll; honor guard; honor student; Your Honor (such as a judge in a court of law); finish with honor",Riddle,02/07/06 #12962,12 = D D,2.13,2.03,rscgal87,12 = D D,"Maybe you would prefer: 5 = G R 4 = C B 3 = F H etc...",12 = Drummers Drumming,Letter-Equations,06/05/03 #21550,Chemistry 101,2.21,1.36,katl07,274 K= 1 D C,Temperature,274 Kelvin = 1 Degree Celsius,Letter-Equations,03/14/05 #36781,Shuffle #6,2.59,2.25,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to start with the letter 'B', and then each time, add a letter and shuffle it to make a new word. You need to continue this process until you reach the word 'BRIBERY'. Not including 'B', you must do this in six (6) turns. Good luck. B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ B R I B E R Y",No hint available.,"B BE BYE BYRE BERRY BRIERY BRIBERY",Language,05/30/07 #20437,How Many Fish?,2.27,0.56,2fast4u,"There are five fish in an aquarium. One night, two of the five fish die. The morning after the incident, the owner can still count five fish. How is this possible?",No hint available.,The answer is five because the two dead fish are still counted as fish.,Trick,01/17/05 #13609,The Dwarvish Feast,2.33,2.89,bobdole,"In a forest somewhere in Scotland lives a group of 100 dwarves. Each night they meet in the middle of the forest for a grand feast. When morning comes, they all go home. Each dwarf is wearing either a red hat or a blue hat. Curiously, there are no mirrors in the forest, so no dwarf knows the color of his own hat. A dwarf would never take off his hat to see its color, and a major dwarf faux pas is to comment on the color of another dwarf's hat. The dwarves know, however, that there is at least one red hatted dwarf and one blue hatted dwarf. One day, the master dwarf announces that the nightly feast will only be intended for blue hatted dwarves, and as soon as a dwarf knows that he is wearing a red hat, he should not come back the next day, and he should never return. How many days does it take before there are no dwarves left with red hats at the party? (Assume all the dwarves are equally capable of figuring it out, in other words, there are no smart dwarves, and no stupid dwarves...)",The number of days depends on the number of red hats.,"It will take one more day than the number of dwarves with red hats. How this works is: assume that there is only one red-hatted dwarf. He would go to the party only to see 99 blue hats. He knows that there is at least one red hat. Since all he sees is blue, he knows it must be him, so he knows not to come back the next day. Meanwhile, the blue hatted dwarves can only see one red hat, so they think that if he comes back tomorrow, then he must have seen another red hat. Since each blue hatted dwarf only sees one red hat, he would assume that if the red hatted dwarf came back tomorrow, then he must be the other red hat that the first red hatted dwarf saw. So the second day, all the blue hatted dwarves would come expecting to see if the red hatted dwarf came back. Which he wouldn't, because he knows he has a red hat. So the first day there are no dwarves with red hats is day 2, or one day more than the number of dwarves with red hats. If there were two dwarves with red hats, each red hatted dwarf would realize on the second day that he was wearing a red hat, because he would see that the other red hat had come back, and that means that he must have seen another red hat. Since the red hats would see 98 blue hats, they would know on the second day, and the third day would be the first day that no red hatted dwarves came to the feast. This same system works for any number of red hats, because each time a blue hatted dwarf is thinking that if the red hats come back tomorrow, then he must have a red hat, the red hatted dwarves already know, and so they don't come the next day.",Logic,07/03/03 #40069,Words With TZ,2.16,2.54,cnmne,"Five words that contain TZ as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***TZ, **TZ*, ****TZ, ***TZ**, ***TZ** Pool: A, A, B, C, D, E, E, E, H, I, I, L, L, P, P, R, R, S, U, Y",No hint available.,"BLITZ, DITZY, ERSATZ, PRETZEL, CHUTZPA",Language,01/15/08 #23985,Ballroom Dancing,3.21,2.5,tjm531,"Once a year, a ballroom dancing extravaganza at the local country club is the social event of the season. Each of five distinguished pairs stole the spotlight in a different dance, earning them not only the admiration of all those present but also a romantic dinner for two at the club on an evening of their choice. From the information provided, determine the husband and wife who comprise each couple and their shared surname, as well as the type of dance in which each couple excelled. Husbands: Andrew, Bradley, Logan, Nathan, Stewart Wives: Audrey, Lorraine, Margaret, Phyllis, Vanessa Surname: Kavanaugh, Levy, Moylan, Northrop, Powell Dance: Fox Trot, Jitterbug, Mambo, Tango, Waltz 1. Bradley (who didn't do the jitterbug) isn't Mr. Northrop. 2. Phyllis's surname is Moylan 3. Neither Margaret (who isn't Ms. Northrop) nor Audrey is either the woman who danced the jitterbug with Mr. Levy (who isn't Nathan) or the one who danced the tango with her companion. 4. Stewart (who isn't surnamed Levy) isn't the man who danced the fox trot and Vanessa wasn't his partner. 5. Neither Audrey nor the woman who danced a stunning waltz is married to Mr. Powell (who isn't Bradley). 6. Lorraine didn't dance the tango. 7. Audrey isn't Ms. Northrop and Margaret isn't the woman who danced the mambo with her husband. 8. Andrew's last name is Kavanaugh.","The statement ""Neither Audrey nor the woman who danced a stunning waltz is married to Mr. Powell..."" means more than just that.","Andrew & Audrey Kavanaugh; mambo Bradley & Phyllis Moylan; tango Logan & Vanessa Levy; jitterbug Nathan & Margaret Powell; fox trot Stewart & Lorraine Northrop; waltz",Logic-Grid,06/27/05 #39497,Which number doesn't belong?,2.25,1.21,AndrewWalker,"Which number doesn't belong? 3 19 17 23 29 51 11 7 13 5 97",Remember your math.,"51 does not belong because it is the only number that is not prime. A prime number has only itself and 1 as factors. 51 has 4 factors: 1, 3, 17, and 51.",Group,12/07/07 #9256,Reggaj Kcim,2.74,2.06,MrIxolite,"What is this phrase? Reggaj Kcim Namyw Llib Sttaw Eilrahc Sdrahcir Htiek Doow Einnor",No hint available.,"No stone left unturned (Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood. All turned around.)",Rebus,12/20/02 #50256,Po Folk,1.85,1.14,BadBunnee02,"What common phrase is suggested by the two words below? do out","When two things are together we usually add a ""connective"" word. What is that word?","do without ""do"" is with the word ""out"" If you wish to get a definition and an example of usage enter the notation below in any computer search engine: idiom:do without",Rebus,04/16/14 #20024,Blue Moon,2.58,1.31,Deskjet2187,How many days in a year is there a full moon?,No hint available.,"Every day, it is always there even when you can't see all of it.",Trick,12/21/04 #11083,Substitutional,2.26,1.65,tissue,"What is the following phrase a redundant version of? If you do not receive displeasure, then you shall not receive anything.",No hint available.,"No pain, no gain.",Language,03/11/03 #5062,Woods,2.73,2.66,mistress,"He went in the woods and got it, He couldn't get it so he left it, When he went home he took it with him. What is it?","It has to do with trees, kind of.",A splinter.,Riddle,07/01/02 #42999,Couch Potato 4,2.33,2.36,cnmne,"You know that you're a couch potato if ... you can name the television series in Group B that can be added to Group A, and give the reason. Group A: 12 O'Clock High, M*A*S*H, Stargate SG-1, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Group B: Baywatch, Highway to Heaven, Hogan's Heroes, Married with Children, Peyton Place, Star Trek",No hint available.,"Each series in Group A was spawned from a movie of the same or similar name. Thus, ""Peyton Place"" can be added to Group A.",Group,09/06/08 #39560,It Will Happen,2.19,1.09,AndrewWalker,"I will happen to you. I may come in the night. I am feared among many. Yet to some I may bring peace. I am inevitable. I haunt you. I make others sad. You can't always see me coming. What am I?",No hint available.,Death.,Riddle,12/12/07 #41571,The Wisdom of Andrew Carnegie,2.3,2.26,aresII,"The following quote is from Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919). His life was a true ""rags to riches"" story. Born to a poor Scottish family that immigrated to the United States, Carnegie became a powerful businessman and a leading force in the American steel industry. Can you decode it? Q=H ""QI EQXE PXLLRE NIXARL FA X ORRK. QI EQXE JFKK LRE FA X TFWRE. QI EQXE ZXNI LRE FA X AKXSI.""","T=B K=L S=V","""HE THAT CANNOT REASON IS A FOOL. HE THAT WILL NOT IS A BIGOT. HE THAT DARE NOT IS A SLAVE."" KEY: A=S E=T F=I I=E J=W K=L L=N N=R O=F P=C Q=H R=O S=V T=B W=G X=A Z=D",Cryptography,04/17/08 #49522,Colorful Quintet,2.8,2.26,Rhythmic,"Aaron, Chester, Leon, Mark, and Randy all play in a saxophone quintet together. They all play different colors of instruments. They all have nicknames they use when they're on stage. Can you figure out who has what nickname and which instrument each of them plays? First Names: Aaron, Chester, Leon, Mark, Randy Nicknames: Heatwave, Nighttime, Polar Bear, Rainbow, Spectrum Instruments: Soprano Sax, Alto Sax, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone (or Bari) Sax Instrument Colors: Black, Blue, Gold, Red, Silver 1) One person has a nickname that starts with the same letter as the color of his sax. Another has a nickname that starts with the same letter as the type of sax he has. 2) Heatwave, the tenor sax player, often plays duets with Aaron. 3) Randy's sax and the blue sax are both altos. 4) The gold sax is smaller (or higher) than Leon's and bigger (or lower) than the red one. 5) Polar Bear got his nickname because his sax color and his white beard remind the others of the arctic ice and snow. 6) One time Nighttime lost his neck strap. The gold sax player could not help him. Luckily, Chester had a spare.","Of the four sax types in this puzzle, the soprano is the smallest (or highest), followed by the alto and the tenor. The baritone is the biggest (or lowest) or them. Silver is the color closest to ice.","Aaron's nickname is Nighttime and he plays an alto sax that is blue. Chester's nickname is Spectrum and he plays a soprano sax that is black. Leon's nickname is Polar Bear and he plays a baritone sax that is silver. Mark's nickname is Heatwave and he plays a tenor sax that is gold. Randy's nickname is Rainbow and he plays an alto sax that is red.",Logic-Grid,06/26/12 #33103,Animal,2.54,1.77,shoulder_angel,"I'm an animal that makes no sound. Songs have been made about me. Vegetarians will eat me. I'm neither dead, nor alive. Kids often play with me. I may even taste sugary. What am I?",No hint available.,"I'm an animal cracker. The song is Shirley Temple's ""Animal Crackers in my Soup"". Animal Crackers are also made with sugar.",Riddle,09/21/06 #4859,Blocuse,2.6,1.58,pinkie,"Can you decipher this: Blo c use",No hint available.,See-through blouse,Rebus,06/20/02 #27877,Complete-A-Word IX,2.79,2.12,phrebh,"Use the 26 letters of the alphabet to complete the ten words below, replacing each underscore with a letter. Each letter can only be used once. 1. _HE_ _ 2. A_ _A_T 3. _EA_O_ 4. _O_EN 5. _UER_ 6. _OC_EY 7. E_C_ _PT 8. H_ _A_ 9. _ _UN_ 10. _R_BE",It helps if you write down the alphabet and then cross out the ones you've used.,"1. CHEAP 2. AGHAST 3. ZEALOT 4. WOVEN 5. QUERY 6. JOCKEY 7. EXCERPT 8. HUMAN 9. FOUND 10. BRIBE",Language,01/04/06 #4223,Stand In,2.17,1.72,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase: BODY BODY",No hint available.,BODY DOUBLE,Rebus,05/23/02 #29683,Berry Berry Good!,2.93,0.92,brainster,"In each sentence below, the name of a fruit is hidden. Each of these fruits end with the word 'berry'. You won't find the word 'berry' itself hidden there of course, but try to find the missing part of each fruit to give it its full name. 1. He looked blue in the face from too much exposure to the freezing cold outside. 2. Boys, enter at your own risk! 3. We have a beautiful farm out in the countryside and we own a few goats, duck and one goose. 4. She got cranky when people pointed out her mistake. 5. The children are scared of his raspy voice, and stay well away from his house. 6. After a hard day's work at the farm, the horse gratefully collapsed on the straw heap. 7. Too late! The cake had turned into a black charred mass because everyone forgot about it!",No hint available.,"1. He looked BLUE in the face from too much exposure to the freezing cold outside. - Blueberry 2. BOYS, ENter at your own risk! - Boysenberry 3. We have a beautiful farm out in the countryside and we own a few goats, duck and one GOOSE. - Gooseberry 4. She got CRANky when people pointed out her mistake. - Cranberry 5. The children are scared of his RASPy voice, and stay well away from his house. - Raspberry 6. After a hard day's work at the farm, the horse gratefully collapsed on the STRAW heap. - Strawberry 7. Too late! The cake had turned into a BLACK charred mass because everyone forgot about it! - Blackberry Enjoy your berry feast!",Language,04/11/06 #14067,Close Encounters,2.81,2.07,MrIxolite,"I was visited each night by an alien from outer space. He couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak his language either. We managed to develop a form of language that we both understood. The Alien, who I called Eric, was gathering examples of Earth's fauna and flora to take back to his own world for freaky experiments. On Monday Eric held up 16 fingers and I knew that he wanted an Earth Vegetable to take back the following evening. On Tuesday Eric held up 10 fingers and I knew that he wanted an Earth Bird to take back the following evening. On Wednesday Eric held up 20 fingers and I knew that he wanted an Earth Plant to take back the following evening. On Thursday Eric held up 2 fingers and I knew that he wanted an Earth Insect to take back the following evening. I didn't turn up on Saturday evening because on Friday Eric held up 21 fingers. Why didn't I turn up?",No hint available.,"The primitive language was as follows: The number of fingers equated to the number of the letter of the alphabet. So 16 = P = Pea (a vegetable) 10 = J = Jay (a bird) 20 = T = Tea (a plant) 2 = B = Bee (an insect) 21 = U = You!",Other,07/29/03 #35887,Letting the Marbles Into the Bag,2.68,2.24,t4mt,"T4 wants to put his 231 marbles in bags. However, he decides to put them in such a way that he uses the greatest number of bags possible, with at least one marble per bag, and no two bags containing the same number of marbles. What is the number of bags?","1) This might seem like math, but it's more like tricky logic. 2) T4 put them in such a way that you cannot reach in and grab all of the marbles of the bag containing the most number of marbles. 3) The wordiness and technicalities in the body and the hint have a purpose.","231. At first you might think it's one in the first bag, two in the second bag... and you will have used all 231 marbles by the 21st bag. However, you can put one marble in each bag. Then, put the first bag into the second bag, so now the second bag really contains two marbles. The second hint refers to the fact that you will have to reach in 231 bags to get all the marbles of the bag containing the most number of marbles.",Trick,03/26/07 #21420,Rearrange,2.66,1.33,something,"Can you use these letters in any order to make a ten letter word? R, E, L, M",No hint available.,"No, you can not.",Trick,03/07/05 #2881,SPRUSHIES,2.55,1.43,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this big fear during the 60's 70's and 80's SPRUSHIES",spRUSHies,"Russian Spies RUSH in Spies",Rebus,03/25/02 #27887,I Must Not Fear...,3.12,1.8800000000000001,irishthistle,"A phobia is an irrational fear or hatred of a specific thing or situation which compels one to avoid it despite awareness and reassurance that the object or situation is not dangerous. Listed below are the names and definitions of six phobias. Five are real phobias documented in psychology journals, while one is an imposter. Can you determine which one from the list below is not a real phobia? Trichopathophobia - Fear of hair Pentheraphobia - Fear of mother-in-law Aibohphobia - Fear of Palindromes Doraphobia - Fear of fur or skins of animals Logizomechanophobia - Fear of computers. Onomatophobia- Fear of hearing a certain word or of certain names.",Look at the words carefully.,"Aibohphobia is not a real, documented phobia; it is actually a joke started on the Internet. It has not appeared in any documented psychology journal. The joke, of course, is that the word Aibohphobia is a palindrome. The title is part of a quote on fear from the book Dune, by Frank Herbert.",Trivia,01/04/06 #7130,Ascending Order,2.07,2.4,neo1,"Arrange the following numbers in ascending order without using a calculator. 2^6666 , 3^3333 , 6^2222",No hint available.,3^3333<6^2222<2^6666,Math,09/02/02 #37354,Pick-A-Pizza,2.79,3.35,camrae27,"There is a new pizza place in town called Pick-A-Pizza. They have five wheels that, for just a few dollars, you can spin to decide the pizza chef, crust, cheese, meat topping, and veggie topping. When the wheels stop spinning, you have your pizza order! There have only been five customers so far, and each time, a different chef, a different crust (crisp, Greek, Sicilian, thin, or whole wheat), a different cheese (Gorgonzola, mozzarella, Parmesan, provolone, or Romano), a different meat topping (bacon, chicken, meatball, pepperoni, or sausage), and a different veggie topping (broccoli, mushrooms, olives, onions, or peppers) have been chosen. From the information provided, can you determine the crust, cheese, meat and veggie toppings on the pizza made by each chef? 1. The pizza topped with onions (which wasn't made by Nunzio) didn't have a Greek crust. Alfredo's pizza didn't have a whole wheat crust and wasn't topped with pepperoni. No pizza had both olives and mozzarella. 2. Mario didn't make the bacon pizza (whose crust was neither crisp nor thin). The sausage-topped pizza (which didn't have a whole wheat crust) didn't include peppers. Luigi's pizza (which didn't have a crisp crust) wasn't topped with broccoli. 3. Alfredo's pizza (which didn't include chicken) didn't have a Sicilian crust. Neither the pizza with a whole wheat crust (which wasn't topped with onions) nor Nunzio's pizza was topped with provolone cheese. Neither the pie topped with broccoli nor the pepperoni pizza was the one that had a crisp crust. 4. Neither Giuseppe's pizza nor the sausage pizza was the one topped with onions. The Sicilian pizza (which wasn't Luigi's) wasn't topped with peppers. Alfredo's pizza (which didn't include olives) wasn't topped with provolone cheese. 5. Mario didn't make the pepperoni pizza. The sausage pizza (which wasn't made by Nunzio) wasn't topped with mushrooms. The broccoli pizza was neither the one with a thin crust nor the one topped with mozzarella. 6. The meatball pizza (which wasn't topped with onions) didn't have a crisp crust. The olive pizza wasn't topped with Romano. Luigi's pizza (which didn't have a thin crust) wasn't topped with provolone. 7. The pizza with a Greek crust wasn't topped with broccoli. The bacon pizza had neither Parmesan nor Romano cheeses. There were no peppers on the thin crust pizza.",Mario topped his pie with onions. Alfredo topped his with mushrooms.,"Alfredo, Thin, Romano, Meatball, Mushrooms Giuseppe, Whole Wheat, Mozzarella, Pepperoni, Peppers Luigi, Greek, Parmesan, Sausage, Olives Mario, Crisp, Provolone, Chicken, Onions Nunzio, Sicilian, Gorgonzola, Bacon, Broccoli The hints are not necessary to solve the puzzle. Here is an explanation of the first hint: Luigi's crust is not crisp (clue 2), Sicilian (clue 4), or thin (clue 6), so it must be Greek or whole wheat. However, onions are not on the pizza with a Greek crust (clue 1) or a whole wheat crust (clue 3), so Luigi cannot have onions on his pizza. That leaves only Mario or Alfredo who can have onions. Assuming Alfredo has onions leads to a contradiction: Alfredo did not use chicken (clue 3) or pepperoni (clue 1), and onions are not with meatballs (clue 6) or sausage (clue 4), so if Alfredo has onions, he must also have bacon. Alfredo does not have a Sicilian crust (clue 3) or a whole wheat crust (clue 1), and onions are not on the pizza with a Greek crust (clue 1), so he must have a crisp crust or a thin crust. However, bacon is not on the pizza with a crisp crust or a thin crust (clue 2), so Alfredo cannot have bacon. This is a contradiction, so the assumption that Alfredo has onions is false. Thus Mario has onions.",Logic-Grid,07/12/07 #20096,Walk By the Railroad,2.91,2.02,rose_rox,What phrase is represented below?,Re-read the title.,You're on the right track.,Rebus,12/25/04 #24738,Rubber Band Walking,2.53,2.77,phrebh,"There is a rubber band that is looped around an immovable steel rod. It is three inches long. At the fixed end is a spider. He starts walking along the rubber band at the rate of one inch per minute. A minute after he started, the rubber band is stretched by three inches. The spider continues walking on it at the same rate. In another minute, the rubber band is stretched another three inches. This keeps going on until the spider reaches the end of the rubber band. How long did it take the spider to reach the end?","The spider's position is not changed when the rubber band is stretched, but the total distance of travel does change.","10.781355 minutes. The following shows the lengths of the rubber band, the time in minutes, and the distance traveled by the spider. 3, 0, 0 6, 1, 2 9, 2, 4.5 12, 3, 7.333333 15, 4, 10.41667 18, 5, 13.7 21, 6, 17.15 24, 7, 20.74286 27, 8, 24.46071 30, 9, 28.28968 33, 10, 32.21865 36, 10.781355, 36",Math,07/21/05 #31264,Yes and No,2.44,1.79,boodler,2 = S to an A,No hint available.,2 = Sides to an Argument,Letter-Equations,06/22/06 #25478,Compounded Puzzler,2.85,1.8900000000000001,colhollywood,"This was inspired by a series of puzzles here on the site. Below are 5 sets of compound words that are missing the part that's common to both. Fill in the missing part of the compound words. Example: student work If you add the word body to student and work to body, you get student body and body work. News Clip Eye Beat Lady Print Pig End Bed Piece",No hint available.,"News Paper Clip Eye Brow Beat Lady Finger Print Pig Tail End Bed Time Piece",Language,08/23/05 #1103,Until I am measured,2.47,1.45,vivek,"Until I am measured I am not known, Yet how you miss me When I have flown. What am I?",No hint available.,Time,Riddle,10/11/01 #8038,Numbers and Countries,2.79,2.34,stargirl,"If 8 is Canada, 2 is Mexico, 4 is the Pacific Ocean and 6 is the Atlantic, what # is the U.S.A.?",No hint available.,"The United States would be 5. Use the number pad on a keyboard as a reference, and the United States in the centre as 5: 8 has an arrow pointing up, so it would be Canada, because it is north. 2 has a down arrow, so it's south which is Mexico. 4 points west, which is the Pacific. 6 points east, so its the Atlantic. In the middle of all these is 5.",Other,10/13/02 #36613,Mime and Mime Again,2.71,2.15,camrae27,"I have always loved pantomime and whenever a show comes to town, I'm there! Over the past month, I have attended five different mime performances in five different theaters (one was the Palace). I also purchased a T-shirt, each of a different size, to give to my family. From the info provided, determine the theater, the mime group, as well as the size of shirt and for whom it was intended. 1. I bought an extra-small T-shirt at the performance by Pin Drop (who didn't perform at the Strand Theater). The T-shirt I bought at the Century Theater is exactly one size smaller than the one I bought at the Mime Time show. 2. The Eimac Theater is neither the theater where I saw Quiet Please nor the location where I bought a T-shirt for my niece. 3. The medium T-shirt isn't the one I bought for my cousin (which I didn't get at the Strand Theater), it is the one I bought for my son. The shirt I bought at the Strand Theater is exactly one size smaller than the one I bought at the Quiet Please show. 4. The large shirt (which I bought for my nephew) isn't the one I purchased at the Wind Walkers performance. The extra-large shirt isn't the one I bought at the Clancy Theater for my daughter. 5. The T-shirt I bought at the Silent Knight performance is larger than the one I bought at the Eimac Theater (which is neither the shirt I purchased for my cousin nor the one I got for my son).",My niece wears a small.,"Mime Time, Eimac, nephew, large Pin Drop, Clancy, daughter, extra small Quiet Please, Century, son, medium Wind Walkers, Strand, niece, small Silent Knight, Palace, cousin, extra large",Logic-Grid,05/13/07 #10099,Solution Problem,2.12,2.22,ka-boom,A truck had a 14-quart coolant system that contained a 45% antifreeze solution. How many quarts of this solution would have to be drained and replaced with pure antifreeze to achieve a 75% antifreeze solution in the truck?,No hint available.,"Set up the problem as an equation. Antifreeze left after draining = 45% *(14 - x) Antifreeze replaced = x Final amount of antifreeze = .75 * 14 = 10.5 So the balance is: Antifreeze left after draining + Antifreeze replaced = Final amount of antifreeze .45(14 - x) + 1x = 10.5 6.3 - .45x + x= 10.5 .55x = 4.2 x = 7.64 quarts",Math,02/01/03 #3321,City Spelling,2.84,2.06,im_para_noid,What is the only city with three dotted letters all in a row?,No hint available.,Beijing,Language,04/07/02 #33953,Fruit and Medicine?,2.56,1.07,DaleGriffin,An A a D K the D A,No hint available.,"An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away. The 'fruit' is the apple and 'medicine' refers to the doctor.",Letter-Equations,11/14/06 #764,I can tear down mountains,2.54,2.18,beans,"I can tear down mountains, or build them up. I can blind a man, or enable him to see. What am I?",No hint available.,Sand.,Riddle,08/13/01 #18280,Translated Proverbs,2.59,1.62,bintot,"Translated proverbs---or should we say ""paraphrase pithy popular sayings embodying some familiar truth?""---should convince us to ""never say in ten words what you can say in one."" Can you uncover these fancy verbal wrappings? 1. Never subject a presented quadruped of the Equus Caballus family to detailed inspection of its oral cavity 2. Garner the centimes and the larger monetary units will supervise their own welfare 3. A culinary utensil under constant visual supervision never reaches a temperature of 212 degree F.",No hint available.,"1. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth 2. Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves. 3. A watched pot never boils.",Language,07/20/04 #37815,Not a Bad Cough,2.82,1.42,say_aah,"A woman took her pet bird, which had a bad cough, to see the vet. The vet listened to the bird's cough and agreed that it sounded bad but told the woman that the bird was not sick. Why not?",No hint available.,"The woman bought this parrot from a pet shop. When she got it home, it developed a bad cough. When the vet said there was nothing wrong, she investigated its history and found that the parrot had previously been the pet in a home for the elderly. There, it had learned to copy the heavy coughs of some of the patients.",Situation,08/17/07 #8060,Catch a Train,2.36,2.39,george1978,"When do you have the better chance at catching a train? 12:45 or 12:30",Think odds.,12:45 because it is fifteen to one (15:1). At 12:30 its (30:1) which is worse odds.,Trick,10/21/02 #19786,The Toy Store,2.5,1.25,horse_luver,"Abby, Bob, Cindy and Don went to the toy store to get a new toy. They each bought a different toy. They paid a different price for their items. Work out who bought what toy for what price. Kids: Abby, Bob, Cindy, Don Toys: Ball, Skipping rope, Paper doll, Book Prices: $1, $1.50, $2, $2.50 1) A boy bought the ball. 2) Cindy paid with a bill and got less than $3 back. 3) The $1 item was made from paper. 4) The boys only brought $1.75 each. 5) The skipping rope was exactly $1 more than the ball. 6) The book was not $2. 7) Someone with an ""n"" in their name bought the ball.","If (not that) Abby bought something for $1, and Abby bought the rope, then we know the $1 item is the rope. (Note: These facts may or may not be true.)","Abby bought the $2 paper doll. Bob bought the $1 book. Cindy bought the $2.50 skipping rope. Don bought the $1.50 ball.",Logic-Grid,12/08/04 #36195,The Train 2,2.58,2.18,solarsistim321,"A man is walking leisurely on the local train tracks. All of a sudden, he hears the whistle of an approaching train and sees a train speeding at him. Without any hesitation, the man then begins to run towards the speeding train. Why would he run towards the approaching train?",The man is alone and has no wish to die.,"The man was walking on a bridge trestle with steep drop-offs on both sides and was only a short distance from the end. He realized the train was quickly approaching, and he did not have time to turn around and go back. Therefore, he ran toward the train in order to reach the end of the trestle and the safety of solid ground to avoid being hit by the train.",Situation,04/12/07 #15415,Collins Market,2.21,1.94,rckergrl87,"Cassidy, Gabriella, Keinan, Ross, and Shaun all plan to meet in front of the Collins Market at 11 a.m. They will each be coming from a different direction. Except for Shaun, they each will go directly to the market. Cassidy lives 2.5 miles from the market. She can walk one mile in 20 minutes. Gabriella will ride her bike. She lives twice as far from the store as Cassidy. She rides at 10 mph. Though Keinan lives 1 mile closer to the store than Cassidy, he must walk up a hill, so he walks at a rate of about 2 mph. Ross also rides his bike, but it will take him 1.5 times as long to get to the store as Gabriella. Shaun will ride his bike the 10 miles from his home. He rides 5 mph faster than Gabriella, but plans to stop at the library on the way for 15 minutes. If no one allows any extra time, what time must each person leave home to get to the market at 11 a.m.?","Make a chart. Use the formula distance = rate x time. Be sure you are using the same units for everyone, and for all parts of the formula.","Cassidy must leave at 10:10. Gabriella must leave at 10:30. Keinan must leave at 10:15. Ross must leave at 10:15. Shaun must leave at 10:05. Explanation: Cassidy needs 50 minutes to go 2.5 miles, so she must leave at 10:10. Gabriella needs 30 minutes to go 5 miles, so she must leave at 10:30. Keinan needs 45 minutes to go 1.5 miles, so he must leave at 10:15. Ross will take one and a half times as long to get to the store as Gabriella. Since it will take her 30 minutes, it will take him one and a half times as long, or 45 minutes. He must leave at 10:15. (Enough information is given so that it is not necessary to know the distance.) Shaun needs a total of 55 minutes. (This includes 40 minutes to bike, plus 15 minutes for the stop at the library.) He must leave at 10:05.",Math,11/12/03 #33417,A Piece of Cake,2.54,2.04,naeem_ng,"A woman goes grocery shopping for a party, comes home and puts all her groceries on the dining table. While she isn't looking, her four year old son sees a cake that his mother bought on the table, opens the wrapper and promptly eats some of the cake just when his mother notices what he is doing. Instead of getting angry at her son for eating a cake meant for a party, she panics and rushes him off to a hospital. Fortunately, the doctors inform her that her son will be fine. Why did she panic when there was nothing wrong with the cake, and she meant it to be for her party guests?",No hint available.,The boy ate a cake of soap.,Situation,10/10/06 #8089,Too Unusual,2.79,2.57,dsquared,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The _____ of the group was extremely _____, not just physically, for he was also particularly _____"", you would fill in HEAD, STRONG, and HEADSTRONG. It was just too unusual to _____ that he _____ everything there, given just how _____ he normally is.",He was obviously just particularly hungry.,"CONSIDER, ATE, CONSIDERATE.",Language,10/15/02 #36602,Stranger,2.57,1.36,batatis,"A woman was watching TV in her room when she noticed a stranger standing in her doorway. The woman was frightened but did not speak or call the police. She knew that her visitor was hungry, so she put down some food for him. As he reached for the food, he realized he couldn't reach it because an iron bar was pinning his back. He died, and the woman was pleased. Can you explain this scenario?",A stranger does not have to be a person...,The stranger was a mouse. The woman put food in the mouse trap and it got caught.,Situation,05/11/07 #5370,Must Get Here,2.9,1.96,Cascas,"What does this mean? Must get here Must get here Must get here",No hint available.,Three Musketeers,Rebus,07/09/02 #20329,Back and Forth 2,2.88,1.26,dumbell,"Fill in the blank below with a word that means the same as the word on the left when read normally and fits the definition on the right when read backwards. Wicked __________ Exist Make a picture ________ Municipal sector",No hint available.,"Evil, live. Draw, ward.",Language,01/11/05 #41321,Mummy!,1.86,0.43,Jessrox97,One morning I woke up to find a mummy standing right next to my bed. Why wasn't I scared?,No hint available.,'Mummy' is the Australian/British spelling of mommy.,Trick,04/02/08 #2343,Emptiness,2.16,1.79,Raven,"I am everywhere and nowhere You can see me wherever you look I am both in the sky and on the ground I have no mass or elemental structure What am I?",Look at the sky,Space,Riddle,02/16/02 #38190,Three Letters 2,2.75,1.6400000000000001,preppygirl,"What is enjoyed all over the world, has three letters in it, and will sound the same if you take away the last two letters?",It can be iced.,Tea.,Riddle,09/08/07 #51714,Mining,1.83,0.6900000000000001,brandonfave,"The following list of words contains gold, iron, and silver. Three of each (as indicated by their chemical symbol) can be found. August, Female, Fragile, Giraffe, Magic, Sauce, Life, Lagoon, Cause.",No hint available.,"AUgust, FEmale, frAGile, girafFE, mAGic, sAUce, liFE, lAGoon, cAUse.",Language,02/18/18 #6853,Title,2.63,2.5100000000000002,majd,"What is this title? GHOSTS+DARKNESS+MONSTERS+DEATH+...",No hint available.,"The Sum of All Fears (a blockbuster movie)",Rebus,08/25/02 #32427,Political Issue,2.24,2.05,calmsavior,"What political issue is being represented here? YES verb",No hint available.,"Affirmative action. YES = affirmative verb = action",Rebus,08/12/06 #33082,Related Items,2.42,2.86,Gizzer,"Nine of these ten letter equations are related. However, they are not in the correct order. Can you determine what each equation represents, restore the correct order of the related items, and determine which equation doesn't belong? B C K and W W M B P P T up with S C C P and C A S D and S B and S with N G in W D with B S S R on R and W on K S and W C and B S that S on my N and E S W W that M into S W G that F with the M on T W","How do you solve a problem like (this), Maria?","The nine related equations are all items listed in the song ""My Favorite Things"", from the movie/musical ""The Sound of Music"": Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens Bright Copper Kettles and Warm Woolen Mittens Brown Paper Packages Tied up with Strings Cream Colored Ponies and Crisp Apple Streudels Doorbells and Sleigh Bells and Schnitzel with Noodles Wild Geese that Fly with the Moon on Their Wings Girls in White Dresses with Blue Satin Sashes Snowflakes that Stay on my Nose and Eyelashes Silver White Winters that Melt into Springs The unrelated line comes from the song ""Edelweiss"": Small and White, Clean and Bright The hint refers to another song from ""The Sound of Music"".",Letter-Equations,09/19/06 #10068,Many Young Women,2.96,1.96,kiwioz9,"The following clues refer to the names of several young women, in the form of Miss Suchandsuch. These names then actually form a new word (although there will be a spelling difference with one s missing) For example, ""This young woman obeys all the rules"" would be misbehave (Miss Behave) Can you figure out the rest of the words? 1. This young woman is in great shape. 2. This young woman is very generous at Christmas. 3. This young woman showed me where to go. 4. You could tell this young woman all your secrets. 5. This young woman knew exactly what I meant. 6. This young woman is exactly the right choice. 7. This young woman could lead the orchestra.",No hint available.,"1. Misfit 2. Misgiving 3. Misguided 4. Mistrust 5. Misunderstood 6. Misappropriate 7. Misconduct",Language,01/27/03 #50661,Triangulum,2.75,1.08,duhya,"The following words create a triangle. To get to the next word, you delete a letter, and in most cases rearrange them. Luckily, some hints are given to help you figure out what the words are. 7 letters - Acetylsalicylic Acid 6 letters - Injury 5 letters - Where the Arc de Triomphe is 4 letters - Tears 3 letters - Small Taste of a Drink 2 letters - Homophone of a Delicious Pastry 1 letter - Not ""You and Me"", but Rather ""You and _""","The first letter of the words (except for the last) are: 7. A 6. S 5. P 4. R 3. S 2. P","ASPIRIN SPRAIN PARIS RIPS SIP PI I",Language,07/19/15 #10935,Hair Raising Duffus,2.7,2.08,OD-1,"Duffus Mcklutski was not the most suave debonair guy. He was a cross between Grizzly Adams and the local garbage collector. So when the girl next door remarked that he was kind of cute in a bushman sanitation worker kind of way, but would look better with curly hair and a bath, Duffus wasted no time in arranging his makeover. Not sure how he would curl his hair he started with his yearly bath. But since it had been so long since last he bathed, he had no towels in the bathroom to dry himself off. So Duffus, in a pair of shorts dripping wet, wandered out to his tool shed to see if he could do anything about his straight hair dilemma. ""Hmmm, weedwacker"" he muttered as he turned on the 15000v neon transformers which power the neon lights in his shed. But not watching what he was doing, he touched an open end of the transformer and still being more than damp, he was zapped with 15000 volts of electricity. Duffus was unharmed however and achieved a slight curl to his hair. But why was Duffus almost unaffected by the 15000v shock?",It has to do with electrical properties and neon specifically.,"Neon transformers have very high voltage, but almost no amperage. In fact, they rated in milliamps or thousandths of an amp. Like a cattle prod, it gives a jolt but won't kill. Where as if the amperage were high and voltage lower as in some welding equipment, Duffus would most surely not have been so lucky. Neon sign installers are often zapped yet rarely injured. The other reason is that the frequency of the transformers is different from household power allowing the electricity to travel over the skin, especially wet skin, rather than through the body.",Science,03/06/03 #27922,8 N in an O,2.6,1.42,morning_rain08,8 N in an O,Think music.,8 Notes in an Octave,Letter-Equations,01/06/06 #19987,Not Fluent,2.16,2.34,MrIxolite,"What term is this? Results Mouth 2 4 Nose Eyes 1 0 Ears Tongue 2 2 Teeth",No hint available.,Tongue Tied,Rebus,12/20/04 #185,Up so high...,2.03,2.44,trojan5x,"Who is always clean and touches the sky, but rarely is seen by the naked eye?",No hint available.,A window-washer.,Riddle,02/01/01 #4612,icans,2.08,2.45,bobbrt,"Can you decipher this phrase? icans",No hint available.,Last of the Mohicans,Rebus,06/10/02 #2336,I'm in Rock,2.19,1.49,nat_ekim,"I'm in rock, but not in stone I'm in mattress, but not in bed I'm in shirt, but not in pants I'm not dead or alive What am I?",No hint available.,"The letter ""r""",Riddle,02/15/02 #30644,Riders On A Storm.,2.77,1.85,dodger,"They rode in from Revelation, Like ""Riders On A Storm"". And if you happen to meet these Souls, You will wish you were never born. One is an Epidemic, Another one is Thin. The third dresses as the Reaper, And the Fourth battles to Win. They roam the Earth forever, Plucking life from every land. Now put these clues together, And I'm sure you'll understand. Who are they?",Chapter Six of Revelation.,The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.,Riddle,05/23/06 #32455,Fantasy or Reality?,2.66,2.5,Sunrose,"It is not mortal nor yet immortal; rather, it has a nature so mixed that its life is neither in man's estate nor in a god's, but its substance ever grows fresh and then dies again; it may not be seen by the eye, yet it is known of all.",No hint available.,Dream,Riddle,08/15/06 #23538,The 5 Friends,2.42,0.84,Hatedsgurl,"There are 5 friends going to a movie (Chris, Joey, Andy, Kelsey, & Tina). How are they standing in line for a ticket? Chris is in front of Andy. Kelsey is behind Andy. Tina is behind Joey. Joey is in front of Chris. Tina is in front of Andy. Tina is behind Chris.",No hint available.,"Joey, Chris, Tina, Andy, Kelsey",Logic,06/09/05 #3579,Tricky Maths Symbols,2.44,2.85,cathalmccabe,"Each symbol represents one and only one of the numbers from 1-9 inclusive. All the terms are added except the last one, which is a multiplication # * $ = &$. &$ is a double digit number. Solve : \ + > = &$ ^ + % = &$ ? + > + @ =&$ \ + ^ + & = &$ # + ? + ^ = &$ # MULTIPLIED by $ = &$","Need to use a lot of logical thinking and deduction: For a start: if \ + > are the biggest numbers possible, 9 and 8, the &$ = 17 & is non zero so it must be 1 & = 1","To check your answer: 1 = & 2 = @ 3 = # 4 = ? 5 = $ 6 = \ 7 = % 8= ^ 9 = > 6 + 9 = 15 8 + 7 = 15 4 + 9 + 2 = 15 6 + 8 + 1 = 15 3 + 4 + 8 = 15 3*5 = 15 For a complete solution: \ + > = &$ ^ + % = &$ Starting with the sums with only two terms; because two terms added together can only have a maximum of (9+8)= 17 and the first digit of &$ is non-zero, so the minimum is 12 Therefore & is 1 # MULTIPLIED by $ = &$ something multiplied by something else must be between 17 and 11 (from above) There are only a few combinations, but only one possibility here 2 * 6 = 12 2 * 7 = 14 2 * 8 = 16 3 * 4 = 12 3 * 5 = 15 The second multiplying term is equal to the second digit of the answer = 5 Therefore # is 3 and $ is 5 Filling in what's known: \ + > = 15 ^ + % = 15 ? + > + @ = 15 \ + ^ + 1 = 15 3 + ? + ^ = 15 \ + > = 15 ^ + % = 15 These symbols must be 6, 7, 8, 9 because otherwise a result of 15 can't be got. They must be either 9 + 6 or 7 + 8 in some order. \ + ^ + 1 = 15 \ + ^ = 14 they can't be 9 (because 5 is already known.) So they must be 8 and 6 in some order. That also means > and % must be 7 and 9 in some order. ? and @ must be 2 and 4 in some order (They are the only symbols left for the only two numbers), and ? + @ = 6 ? + > + @ = 15 That means > must be 9 \ + > = 15 That means \ = 6 \ + ^ = 14 ^ is equal to 8 and % = 7 Filling in what's known again: 6+ 9 = 15 8 + 7 = 15 ? + 9 + @ = 15 6 + 8 + 1 = 15 3 + ? + 8 = 15 ? must be 4 and therfore @ = 2 1 = & 2 = @ 3 = # 4 = ? 5 = $ 6 = \ 7 = % 8= ^ 9 = > 6 + 9 = 15 8 + 7 = 15 4 + 9 + 2 = 15 6 + 8 + 1 = 15 3 + 4 + 8 = 15 3*5 = 15",Math,04/17/02 #15328,Eye Eye,2.79,1.68,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Eye.Eye TeaxTea",Contract checking,Dotting the I's and Crossing the T's,Rebus,11/05/03 #44465,Missing Word #4,2.12,2.1,StewieGriffin,"Can you figure out what four-letter word, when used to fill the blanks below, will create five new words? _ _ _ _meters _ _ _ _stones Out_ _ _ _ In_ _ _ _ Re_ _ _ _",No hint available.,"Flow. Flowmeters Flowstones Outflow Inflow Reflow",Language,05/15/09 #23251,Sports Fest,2.54,2.27,Panther91,"What do these 3 cities have in common? 1. Cincinnati 2. St. Louis 3. Cleveland",No hint available.,"They are cities who have pro teams named completely after colors. Cincinnati Reds (MLB) St. Louis Blues (NHL) Cleveland Browns (NFL)",Trivia,05/28/05 #8786,Zeros and Ones,2.28,2.61,lesternoronha1,What is the smallest integer greater than 0 that can be written entirely with zeros and ones and is evenly divisible by 225?,No hint available.,"The prime factorization of 225 is 5*5*3*3. So the answer will be both a factor of 25 and of 9. All multiples of 25 end in either 00, 25, 50, or 75. The only one of these composed of 0's and 1's is obviously 00, so the answer must end in 00. The hard part is finding a series of 0's and 1's preceding the 00 that will make the entire number divisible by 9. If you didn't already know the following trick then this problem would be very hard. If you did know it then the problem was likely very easy. The trick is that if the sum of digits of a number is divisible by 9 then the number itself is also divisible by 9. Note that this is true for 3 also. For example the number 17685 is divisible by 9 because 1+7+6+8+5=27, and 27 is divisible by 9. To prove this let's consider any five digit number, abcde. This number can be expressed as follows. a*10000 + b*1000 + c*100 + d*10 + e = a*(9999+1) + b*(999+1) + c*(99+1) + d*(9+1) + e*1 = a*9999 + b*999 + c*99 + d*9 + a + b + c + d + e = 9*(a*1111 + b*111 + c*11 + d*1) + a + b + c + d + e . 9*(a*1111 + b*111 + c*11 + d*1) must be divisible by 9 because it is a factor of 9. So if a+b+c+d+e is also a factor of 9 then the entire number must be a factor of 9. Note also that the remainder of abcde/9 is the same as the remainder of (a+b+c+d+e)/9. The smallest number consisting of all 1's and divisible by 9 is thus 111,111,111. Adding the two zeros at the end results in the answer to the problem: 11,111,111,100.",Math,11/28/02 #41669,My Lucky World Series,2.53,2.33,mathemagician,"Before the beginning of the baseball season, a certain Las Vegas casino listed the odds for my favorite National League team making it to the World Series as 11:1. The same casino listed odds that made my favorite American League twice as likely as my favorite National League team of making it to the World Series. Additionally, if either one of my favorite teams makes it to the World Series, it has even odds of winning the Series. Assuming the chance of an NL team making it to the World Series is independent of the chance of an AL making it to the World Series, what are the odds, as given by the casino, that one of my favorite teams becomes World Champions?","The odds given by a casino are called house odds, which give the odds AGAINST an event occurring. For example, the casino's odds of 5:2 means the odds against that event occurring is 5 to 2, giving the event a 2/7 probability of occurring.","7:1 (1/8 probability). Since my National League team is listed at 11:1, then the probability of them making the World Series is 1/12. My American League team, being twice as likely of making it to the Series, would have a probability of 1/6 (5:1). Let A = probability of AL team winning and N= probability of NL team winning. Then P(A or N) = P(A) + P(N). P(A) = 1/6 x 1/2 = 1/12; P(N) = 1/12 x 1/2 = 1/24 . Thus, P(A or N) = 1/12 + 1/24 = 1/8. Hence, the odds of one of my favorite teams winning the World Series would be listed at 7:1.",Probability,04/24/08 #43093,From Wise Churchill,2.24,1.8800000000000001,TRILLIONAIRE,"Can you decipher the following quotes by Winston Churchill? Both use the same cipher. D srolwlfldq qhhgv wkh delolwb wr iruhwhoo zkdw lv jrlqj wr kdsshq wrpruurz, qhaw zhhn, qhaw prqwk, dqg qhaw bhdu. Dqg wr kdyh wkh delolwb diwhuzdugv wr hasodlq zkb lw glgq'w kdsshq. D sulvrqhu ri zdu lv d pdq zkr wulhv wr nloo brx dqg idlov, dqg wkhq dvnv brx qrw wr nloo klp.",No hint available.,"A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. (Quotes by Winston Churchill) A = D B = E C = F D = G E = H F = I G = J H = K I = L J = M K = N L = O M = P N = Q O = R P = S Q = T R = U S = V T = W U = X V = Y W = Z X = A Y = B Z = C",Cryptography,09/14/08 #5160,Half Truthful,2.92,2.83,bobbrt,"Three Paley brothers and three Thomson brothers operate a company that manufactures lie detectors. Three of these six men always tell the truth, and three always tell lies; neither set of brothers consists exclusively of liars. Some recent statements from the six men are recorded below. Can you find the six men's full names, and tell which men tell the truth and which tell lies? 1. Alan: ""Both my brothers tell lies."" 2. Boris: ""Both my brothers tell the truth."" 3: Chuck: ""Alan and Boris are both liars."" 4. Dalman: ""Chuck and I are brothers."" 5. Edwin: ""Boris and I are brothers."" 6. Finney: ""Edwin tells the truth."" 7. Finney: ""Boris is one of the Paleys.""",No hint available.,"Alan Thompson, Liar Boris Paley, liar Chuck Thomson, truthteller Dalman Paley, liar Edwin Paley, truthteller Finney Thomson, truthteller Neither set of brothers consists entirely of liars (introduction), so neither consists entirely of truthtellers, either. Boris, then, can't be telling the truth (clue 2); Boris is a liar. If Alan lies, then Chuck tells the truth (clue 3), and vice versa, so between Alan and Chuck, one is a liar and one a truthteller. By elimination, Dalman, Edwin, and Finney are, in some order, one liar and two truthtellers. If Finney is a liar, so is Edwin (clue 6), which is impossible; so Finney tells the truth and so does Edwin (Clue 6); Dalman, then, is a liar. Boris is a Paley (clue 7). Edwin is a Paley (clue 5). Chuck and Dalman are not brothers (clue 4), so one is a Paley and the other a Thomson; by elimination, Alan and Finney are both Thomsons. Finney Thomson tells the truth, so Alan Thomson is a liar (clue 1) and Chuck is a truthteller (clue 3). Boris Paley lied when he said both of his brothers tell the truth (clue 2); one of his brothers is Edwin Paley, a truthteller, so the other must be a liar - and therefore the third Paley can't be Chuck, a truthteller, so must be Dalman, a liar. By elimination, Chuck is a Thompson. ...got it?",Logic,07/03/02 #20512,Retro-Breakthrough 1,3.19,1.49,The_best,"A magazine competition invited people to come up with ""invented"" inventions of the cyber-age. For example, a solar powered clothes drier (a rope) and a hand-held word processor (a pencil). Can you guess what this is? It is a portable arcade. A hand-held amusement resource with no cartridges or batteries. Access games of speed, dexterity, memory, cunning. Produce magical effects or construct lofty towers. Some games can increase your income.",No hint available.,A deck of cards.,Other,01/21/05 #34160,Recipe,2.78,2.55,cnmne,"Rebus Philgin, international chef and former joke writer for Senator John Kerry, has created a sensational new recipe. What do the ingredients in the following rebus recipe make? Ingredients: 64 teaspoons of L 5 teaspoons of A 123 teaspoons of W",No hint available.,"Court of Law (There are 6 teaspoons per ounce; there is a total of 192 teaspoons in the recipe, or 32 ounces, which equals 1 quart; the letters spell ""LAW""; therefore, a ""quart of law"".)",Rebus,11/29/06 #8184,Rise Like the Sun,2.27,1.87,wechawinn,"I rise like the sun on a hot summer day. I come in many different kinds, For I am yours to devour. I'm to most people's likes, To others I'm not. What am I?",No hint available.,Bread or cake.,Riddle,10/23/02 #27303,Swaffergies: Alphabet,2.94,2.29,bigSWAFF_69_,"A Swaffergy is a word that can be broken up into two parts: a different word and a letter of the English Alphabet. The word defense is a common Swaffergy. It can be broken up into the letter D , and the word Fence . As a Swaffergy, it would be written like this: D + A structure serving as an enclosure, a barrier, or a boundary, usually made of posts or stakes joined together by boards, wire, or rails. Which will give you D-Fence , or defense . Can you find the following Swaffergies? They all use a different letter of the alphabet, excluding the letters W, and H. 1. A + Maize 2. B + an open receptacle with a flat bottom and a low rim for holding, carrying, or exhibiting articles 3. C + A male descendant 4. D + A clamping device 5. E + Large body of water 6. F + A fortified place or position stationed with troops 7. G + The joint between the thigh and the lower leg 8. I + The solid ground of the earth 9. J + To go or travel on foot 10. K + the starting place for each hole on a golf course 11. L + A bent, curved, or arched object 12. M + Outer covering of a tree 13. N + A small dent or nick 14. O + A bent, curved, or arched object 15. P + To tug at; jerk or tweak 16. Q + the starting place for each hole on a golf course 17. R + Past participle of ""go"" 18. S + To utter aloud 19. T + Polite address for a man 20. U + A base or cowardly person 21. V + A cape or headland 22. X + Past tense of ""peck"" 23. Y + A sharp, high-pitched sound 24. Z + To propel a boat with oars",No hint available.,"1. Acorn (A-Corn) 2. Betray (B-Tray) 3. Season (C-Son) 4. Device (D-Vise) 5. Easy (E-Sea) 6. Effort (F-Fort) 7. Genie (G-Knee) 8. Island (I-Land) 9. Jaywalk (J-Walk) 10. Katie (K-Tee) 11. Elbow (L-Bow) 12. Embark (M-Bark) 13. Ending (N-Ding) 14. Oboe (O-Bow) 15. People (P-Pull) 16. Cutie (Q-Tee) 17. Argon (R-Gone) 18. Essay (S-Say) 19. Teaser (T-Sir) 20. Euchre (U-Cur) 21. Venus (V-Ness) 22. Expect (X-Pecked) 23. Wiping (Y-Ping) 24. Zero (Z-Row)",Language,12/10/05 #42616,Phonopia 6,2.27,2.55,mik512,"In the wacky land of Phonopia, everybody has their name as their phone number. The phones are the same way as the phones in the real world, so can you figure out what well-known person you are calling? 2=A, B, C 3=D, E, F 4=G, H, I 5=J, K, L 6=M, N, O 7=P, Q, R, S 8=T, U, V 9=W, X, Y, Z 1) 32839 42865 2) 5277 857424 3) 3646 265337 4) 5.5. 7695464","1) Lead singer 2) Drummer for Metal Pioneers 3) Author of Fantasy series 4) Author of Fantasy series","1) Davey Havok 2) Lars Ulrich 3) Eoin Colfer 4) J.K. Rowling",Cryptography,07/27/08 #12725,Lost Traveller?,2.6,2.47,wxscooter,"I search for birds, but not for bees, I make people yell when in the trees, Sometimes I swim or hit the beach, My home is often just out of reach. What am I?","I start out above ground and finish below, What round object am I, you still don't know?","A golf ball! 'search for birds' - eagles or birdies are when you get the ball in the hole in 'under par' for that hole. 'swim or hit the beach' - hit a water hazard or a bunker",Riddle,05/27/03 #38178,Broken #3,2.77,2.79,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given a series of letters in groups of three. These letters have been taken from a quotation, with the spaces and punctuation between the words removed. Your job is to rearrange the pieces to reconstruct the message. The dashes indicate the number of letters in each word. (Unfortunately, each word must be set out vertically due to spacing problems) you lif sgo ing tok ill any att eit way ack _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",Quote from Steve Coallier,"Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway. Steven Coallier",Language,09/08/07 #31319,Presidential Scrambler 4,2.8,2.2,bigSWAFF_69_,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a former U.S. President. ehoseasr (take the 4th and 5th letters) nkoyem (take the 3rd and 5th letters) figreaf (take the 2nd and 7th letters) murle (take the 2nd and 5th letters) larsuw (take the 1st and 6th letters)",No hint available.,"The unscrambled words are: seahorse monkey giraffe lemur walrus h, o, n, e, i, e, e, r, w, s Unscramble the letters to get: Eisenhower Dwight David ""Ike"" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969) was an American soldier and politician. As a Republican he was elected the 34th President of the United States (1953 - 1961). During World War II he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe with the rank of General of the Army, and in 1949 he became the first Supreme Commander of NATO.",Language,06/25/06 #41492,Great Significance,2.48,2.36,chocolatecake,"My 2,7,3 is a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth. My 3,7,1,8,6 is a substance composed of solid coloring matter in a liquid medium. My 3,4,5,9 is a place where ships load and unload. My 7,8,6 is a small creature. They have also made a movie about them. My 2,4,7,9 is a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle. My whole is great significance.",No hint available.,"IMPORTANT Clue 1: map. Clue 2: paint. Clue 3: port. Clue 4: ant. Clue 5: moat.",Riddle,04/13/08 #3744,Swimming Pool,2.16,0.8300000000000001,Christopher,"There is a public swimming pool whose dimensions are 1,020 feet by 980 feet by 7 feet. This pool will hold 3,890 gallons of water. Someone goes into the swimming pool and goes all the way to the bottom of it. He/She comes back to the top of the pool not wet. There is no special equipment used to keep the person dry in any way or to dry the person in any way, other than the sun and wind of course.",Is there a detail left out that most swimming pools would have?,The pool was not filled with water.,Logic,04/25/02 #1216,1024 B in a K,2.28,1.54,mmkeebler,1024 B in a K,No hint available.,1024 Bytes in a Kilobyte,Letter-Equations,10/29/01 #47561,"What's In A Name, Charles?",2.49,2.66,dalfamnest,"Continue the series of names with one chosen from the list below. CHARLES DION STUART KEVIN JOSHUA SERGIO ______ Choose from: Jeremy, Shaun, Thomas, Duane, Rupert, Ulysses",The title might help you.,"DUANE The series of names contains vowels in order - chArlEs, dIOn, stUArt, After ""sErgIO"", ""dUAnE"" continues the pattern.",Series,07/22/10 #36557,More Anagrams,2.62,2.79,jazzmusician46,"Below are sentences that have two missing words. These words are anagrams of each other. To make life a little easier for you, I have included the first letter and number of letters needed for each word. 1. When my brother was a little younger, people thought him to be very (H______ 6) because he fought in the war. Since returning home, it seems he is destined to become the (C ______ 6) of my father's estate. 2. I opened the door of my (W______ 8) and found my grandfather's antique pistol wrapped in cloth. I examined it carefully and discovered the bore of the gun needed a (D______ 8) to remove the rust deposits. 3. We were all sitting around the campfire in Vietnam wondering whether we had any (S______5) for our tea, when suddenly we saw a herd of (G______5) heading in our direction.",No hint available.,"1. Heroic; Coheir 2. Wardrobe; Drawbore 3. Sugar; Gaurs Coheir: a person who is a joint heir to an estate. Drawbore: The method of enlarging the bore of a gun barrel. Rather than thrusting, a revolving tool is drawn through the barrel. Gaurs: a large wild ox from S.E. Asia.",Language,05/08/07 #2696,Not Living or Dead,2.17,2.54,Vanz,"I am not living or dead I cause much grief Young and old die by my coming I am a tool used to compete",No hint available.,War,Riddle,03/14/02 #32101,Complete-A-Word XIII,2.45,2.36,phrebh,"Use the 26 letters of the alphabet to complete the ten words below, replacing each underscore with a letter. Each letter can only be used once. 1. _UM_E_ 2. _ _N_N 3. S_I_ _ 4. HA_ _IN_ 5. _ _PS 6. LI_ _ 7. S_A_T 8. _A_NS 9. S_L_E_ 10. _UA_ _ARY",It helps if you write down the alphabet and then cross out the ones you've used.,"1. JUMPER 2. XENON 3. STICK 4. HAULING 5. ZIPS 6. LIMB 7. SHAFT 8. YAWNS 9. SALVES 10. QUANDARY",Language,07/27/06 #31350,S / U = B,2.62,2.45,Victor,"What does the following represent? S / U = B",No hint available.,Subdivision.,Rebus,06/26/06 #19645,Captive Audience,2.37,2.56,MrIxolite,"What's this? Captives: Mr.Throbbing - Released for £5 Million Mr.Aching - Released for £3 Million Mr.Stinging - Released for £2 Million £3 Million = ?",No hint available.,"A King's Ransom. lit. Aching's ransom.",Rebus,12/01/04 #5745,One Eye,2.23,0.98,Daxter,What has 1 eye but can't see?,It's hard to find it in a haystack.,A needle,Riddle,07/20/02 #35642,Heads,2.55,0.6000000000000001,sokrchic,You and five of your friends are sitting in the backseat of a car. Two kittens crawl in with you. Then seven crows come to rest on the top of your car. How many heads do you have now?,No hint available.,"Just one head. The sentences about your friends, the kittens, and the crows are just to throw you off.",Trick,03/10/07 #28781,Randy's Church Adventure,2.81,1.92,metallicman,"Randy liked to give his children challenging games instead of television and video games. He incorporated the use of rebus puzzles into everyday life for his kids. One day he made a rebus for them to try and decode. It was set up like this: Some items were lying all over a church. The church was burning down, and this is the fate of the items. Item one: Found near the front row pews. It was in the fire, and was lost. Item two: Found near the front door. It was also in the fire, and was lost. Item three: Found by the bell in the bell tower. Was away from the fire, and was saved. Item four: Found in the bathroom. Was surrounded by fire, and was lost. It took a while, but his children finally decoded the rebus. What is the answer?",No hint available.,"Saved by the bell. The third item was saved, and it was by the bell.",Rebus,02/24/06 #7579,Majestic Traveller,2.92,2.58,majd,"I am not a king, I am not a queen But most of you will bow when I'm seen Currently I am resting on my side But soon I will continue my stride I can't walk, run, fly or crawl Yet I am the greatest traveller of all",No hint available.,"A coin on the floor. (bow when I am seen=to pick me up, resting on my side=on the floor, continue my stride and greatest traveller of all=moving between people as I am exchanged).",Riddle,09/20/02 #33076,Word Swap #11,2.87,1.96,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. Marcus had to take his telescope to a __________ location so he could watch the __________ showers back in June. 2. The jazz fest was made up __________ of adults over 30. On the other side of the fairgrounds, the art __________ had people from 8 to 88. 3. The anxious patient in the doctor's office was __________ that so little time had __________ between his appointment time and the time he was actually seen.",No hint available.,"1. Remote, Meteor 2. Largely, Gallery 3. Pleased, Elapsed",Language,09/19/06 #17752,What Movie? #5,2.33,2.43,spookboy0,"Below, you see a group of mixed letters. Rearrange the letters in the COLUMNS they are in (i.e. each letter must stay in the column it is in, but can be moved to a new row), and the correct rearrangement will result in a movie title. |F|T|Y|'|A| |A|A|I|F|K| |B|N|E|A|F| |T|R|S|T|S|","The apostrophe ( ' ) goes between the ""Y"" and the ""S"".","Correct Arrangement: |B|R|E|A|K| |F|A|S|T|A| |T|T|I|F|F| |A|N|Y|'|S| Movie Title: Breakfast At Tiffany's",Other,05/26/04 #6761,Hopes,2.21,1.36,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? ->HOPES-< HOPES HOPES HOPES HOPES",No hint available.,High Hopes!,Rebus,08/22/02 #3811,uplatm,2.2,1.31,missie,"Can you decipher this word: uplatm",No hint available.,platinum,Rebus,04/29/02 #9353,"Time, Line, Time of Your, Half",2.47,1.08,something,"Complete each of these word or phrases with the same word each time. time line time of your half",No hint available.,"life. lifetime, lifeline, time of your life, half-life",Language,12/23/02 #41474,The Three Als,2.17,2.75,Smithy,"This teaser contains three rebuses in one. What phrase does each question mark represent? 1.Alex Ferguson (calm)--2mph--IQ 100 2.Al Pacino (angry)--150mph--IQ 100 3.Alec Stewart (calm)--80mph--IQ 150 4.Alexander Alekhine (outraged)--150mph--IQ 100 Alex Ferguson = ? Alec Stewart = ? Al Pacino & Alexander Alekhine = ?","Alex Ferguson is the coach of Manchester United. Al Pacino is an actor. Alec Stewart is a cricketer. Alexander Alekhine is a chess player.","Alex Ferguson = Slow Coach Alex Ferguson is the slow one, and he is a coach, so he's a slow coach. Alec Stewart = Smart Alec Alec Stewart has the highest IQ, therefore the smart Alec. Al Pacino & Alexander Alekhine = The Fast and the Furious Al Pacino & Alexander Alekhine are the fast ones, and the furious ones (from ""angry"" and ""outraged"").",Rebus,04/16/08 #46933,Our Common Sentences,2.45,2.21,cnmne,"The four sentences in Group A share a special feature. If you correctly identify that common feature, you will find that one of the sentences in Group B also has that same feature. What is the feature? What sentence in Group B can be added to Group A? Group A: Martians travel in space wearing green capes. The Dutch girl made a sandwich of edam cheese. The government keeps a file of every thing that you do in your life. The hunter slept on a bed of rabbit pelts. Group B: A quart of condensed milk has a volume of one pint. It takes a bun to make a hamburger. The bear climbed a ladder to get in the tree. The desert was a rainbow of colors. The parrot bit the pirate on the nose. The queen hornet sat on a throne of honey.",No hint available.,"Each of the sentences in Group A contain two words that are anagrams of each other (space & capes, made & edam, file & life, slept & pelts). The sixth sentence in Group B has that characteristic (hornet & throne).",Group,05/06/10 #5677,Stuck,2.21,0.76,Cascas,"What does this mean? k c u t s",No hint available.,Stuck up,Rebus,07/18/02 #37913,Freezing!,2.36,1.94,merrimackxc2010,A Z=0K,(-273.15 C),"Absolute Zero=0 Kelvin HINT: -273.15 Centigrade",Letter-Equations,08/22/07 #35714,Where's the Gold 2,2.87,1.82,t4mt,"Bob Senior, had recently died. His will plainly expressed that his 5 million dollars worth of gold was to go to Bob Junior, but it seemed that Bob Senior (we'll call him Bob from now on and Bob Junior, Bobby) had hidden his gold and had given him a riddle within the will. Bobby pondered for a long while before figuring out where the gold was. Can you figure it out? Here is the will: Great son, I have hidden the money. Outstanding though you are, can you find my precious jewelry? Let yourself explore your 120 arboresque friends to find the gold. Do read on to save your time, son. Uncovering 120 trees, though, takes forever and a day, so is it worth it? No, so read on as you please & will. Do not hire a professional detective. Earn your right to the sybaritic gold. Right side of arbor field it is. Plot five plus six plus root of 7 or: Instead take the 9th tree from left. At noon the shadow will show you the difficult, unlikely solution. Never forget the proverb: the pot will not boil by itself. Outstanding you are, only by finding the gold do you, my son, have the right to claim it.","The fourth from the bottom line contradicts the whole teaser, or does it? The will has two riddles, or is it three or four? Should you really trust what is said in the will?","The gold was hidden under the piano. The first letters of the sentences spell: GOLDUNDERPIANO. Put spaces in to get ""Gold Under Piano""! The actual text in the will is only to confuse you.",Mystery,03/16/07 #46577,Word Grid 3,1.68,3.08,cnmne,"Arrange 25 five-letter words in a 5-by-5 grid. The five words in each row share a common letter. The five words in each column share a common letter. The five words in each diagonal share a common letter. There are 12 different common letters. The words are: agent, azure, bloat, chump, cling, crazy, dozen, exist, flour, glaze, grope, pearl, prune, quest, scarf, scorn, shawl, skirt, spark, sugar, swarm, value, watch, whirl, zebra. The grid cells are identified by row (1 to 5, top to bottom) and column (1 to 5, left to right). Example: Cell 3.2 identifies Row 3 Column 2. One letter of each word is provided in the grid. Row 1: z n a r u Row 2: p e u h k Row 3: e s g f m Row 4: a l i c w Row 5: s b r t n",No hint available.,"glaze dozen zebra crazy azure pearl grope prune chump spark exist scorn sugar scarf swarm value flour whirl cling shawl quest bloat skirt watch agent Common Letters Rows 1 to 5: z, p, s, l, t Columns 1 to 5: e, o, r, c, a Diagonals 1 and 2: g, u 1) A letter must be used five time in order to be a common letter. There are 13 letters that are used at least five times. However, ""n"" appears in Cell 1.2 and Cell 5.5, so ""n"" can not be a common letter. 2) Cell 2.1 contains ""p"". The words in Column 1 do not have the proper letters for ""p"" to be the common letter. Therefore, the words in Row 2 must share ""p"". 3) Cell 2.5 contains ""k"", so it is ""spark"". Cell 2.4 contains ""h"", so it is ""chump"". Cell 2.3 contains ""u"", so it is ""prune"". 4) Cell 3.5 contains ""m"", so it is ""swarm"". 5) Five words contain ""g"", so it is a common letter. Cell 3.3 contains ""g"". Since ""grope"" must be in Row 2, then the words in Diagonal 1 must share ""g"". Cell 2.2 is ""grope"". Cell 2.1 is ""pearl"". 6) Cell 1.1 contains ""z"", so it is ""glaze"". Cell 4.4 contains ""c"", so it is ""cling"". Cell 5.5 contains ""n"", so it is ""agent"". Cell 3.3 is ""sugar"". 7) The words in Row 1 must share ""z"". Cell 1.2 contains ""n"", so it is ""dozen"". Cell 1.5 contains ""u"", so it is ""azure"". 8) The words in Column 4 must share ""c"". The words in Column 5 must share ""a"". The words in Diagonal 2 must share ""u"". 9) Cell 5.1 contains ""u"" and ""s"", so it is ""quest"". 10) The words in Column 1 must share ""e"". The words in Column 2 must share ""o"". The words in Column 3 must share ""r"". 11) Cell 1.4 is ""crazy"". Cell 1.3 is ""zebra"". 12) Cell 5.2 is ""bloat"". Cell 4.2 is ""flour"". Cell 3.2 is ""scorn"". 13) Cell 3.4 is ""scarf"". Cell 5.4 is ""watch"". 14) Cell 4.5 is ""shawl"". 15) The words in Row 5 share ""t"". The words in Row 4 share ""l"". The words in Row 3 share ""s"". 16) Cell 5.3 is ""skirt"". Cell 4.3 is ""whirl"". 17) Cell 4.1 is ""value"". Cell 3.1 is ""exist"".",Other,03/20/10 #12827,Music Biz,2.4,2.32,thegametrv,"1,000,000 = R S to go P",No hint available.,"1,000,000 = Records Sold to go Platinum",Letter-Equations,05/30/03 #41549,Vulture Up To,2.55,2.17,Scubee,"""Time"" magazine introduced a wordplay game it called ""Vulture Up To"" in 1970. The idea is to provide an animal name with the resultant combination being reminiscent of some familiar word or phrase. An example follows. Q: A black and white bamboo eater fond of wild uproars. A: panda monium 1. A woolly-haired South American ruminant known for spitting that has a fondness for Barbie. 2. An Australian arboreal marsupial who loves soda pop. 3. A tufted-eared wildcat known for his stylish shirt-sleeve fasteners. 4. A bovine who won't stand up to anyone. 5. A hornless African water mammal notorious for acting in contradiction to his stated belief.",No hint available.,"1. dolly llama 2. coca koala 3. cuff lynx 4. cow ard 5. hippo crite",Language,04/17/08 #39936,Parallel Sides,2.18,2.53,shenqiang,"A square with sides of length 1 is divided into two congruent trapezoids and a pentagon, which have equal areas, by joining the center of the square with points on three of the sides. What is the length of the longer parallel side of each trapezoid?",No hint available.,"The area of a trapezoid is 1/3, with height 1/2 and shorter parallel side 1/2. Since the area equals 1/2*height*(sum of parallel sides), the length of the longer parallel side will equal 5/6.",Math,01/06/08 #548,Alive Without Breath,2.36,1.8800000000000001,snoopdogg,"Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking.",No hint available.,A fish.,Riddle,05/31/01 #1638,Convict and Death,2.65,0.86,UnknownJellyfish,A murderer has been condemned to death. He has a choice of 3 rooms to die in. One is full of a raging fire. Another is full of assassins with loaded guns and another has lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. He chooses his room and lives. Which room did he choose?,No hint available.,The lions because if they haven't eaten in three years they are dead!,Situation,12/07/01 #13790,Not Long Now,2.05,2.08,MrIxolite,"What seasonal event is represented below? Panic ing",No hint available.,Panic Buying (by ing),Rebus,07/14/03 #42245,One Letter of Separation 12,2.46,2.13,cnmne,"Each group of definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) sensible & to dry by rubbing & broad (4 letters) 2) to talk foolishly & something lacking firmness & to fumble (6 letters) 3) to trade & lifeless & precious (4 letters) 4) a violation of public law & accumulated dirtiness & the best part of something (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) wise, wipe, wide 2) babble, bubble, bobble 3) deal, dead, dear 4) crime, grime, prime",Language,06/14/08 #3071,Revilo,2.67,1.66,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: REVILO",It's a famous book.,Oliver Twist,Rebus,03/31/02 #21369,Coming Through,2.53,1.17,killalady05,"I come through with strength, Some can hold me back, Some let it all out, I arrive for many reasons, for pain, for joy, for sadness, for madness What am I?",I'm natural,Tears,Riddle,03/05/05 #45060,Can You Find It? XI,1.84,1.94,fishmed,"There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word NOTIFICATIONS, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made? 1. A group within a larger group, party, or government usually of like mind or ideas. 2. A round-bottomed glass bottle for wine, fitted with a basket for protection and to allow it to stand upright. 3. A crystalline acid that is a component of the vitamin B complex; nicotinic acid. 4. Idleness or inertia. 5. A quotation showing a word or phrase in context. 6. Being of enormous size, gigantic; A British luxury liner sunk by an iceberg. 7. A large building or room used especially for gambling, but can contain food and/or entertainment. 8. To control or limit expansion, success, or advance of something or someone. 9. A plant of the amaryllis family, having an edible bulb. 10. Part of a house, directly under the roof. 11. A cap similar to a skullcap. 12. A bell used to sound an alarm.",No hint available.,"1. FACTION 2. FIASCO 3. NIACIN 4. INACTION 5. CITATION 6. TITANIC 7. CASINO 8. CONTAIN 9. ONION 10. ATTIC 11. COIF 12. TOCSIN",Language,08/13/09 #1386,DDPVCCD,2.55,2.58,starman,"What is the last letter in this group? DDPVCCD_",There are a total of eight letters and it's a list of names.,"B for Blitzen. They are the first letters of names of Santa's reindeer from the children poem, ""Twas the Night Before Christmas.""",Group,11/13/01 #22630,Greek to Me,2.69,1.95,Panther91,"Which of these words does not belong? 1. etidorhpa 2. susynoid 3. sram 4. anehta",Read the title carefully.,"The answer is number 3. All the words are names of mythological gods spelled backwards. However, 1, 2, and 4 are the Greek names for Aphrodite, Dionysus, and Athena, respectively. Number 3 is the Roman name for the god of war, Mars (Ares).",Group,05/02/05 #1134,Fore to Aft,2.23,1.94,Michelle,"What runs fore to aft on one side of the ship, and aft to fore on the other side?",No hint available.,The name of the ship.,Logic,10/15/01 #21153,What Words #5,2.79,1.39,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that would fit in the middle of pair that would create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER ______ HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN TEAM ______ SHOP SLING ______ GUN HENCE ______ RIGHT",No hint available.,"TEAM - WORK - SHOP SLING - SHOT - GUN HENCE - FORTH - RIGHT",Language,02/22/05 #25547,World Record?,2.74,2.5,dolphingurl12,"A woman swam a world record time. But it wasn't counted, although she swam the stroke correctly. Why?",No hint available.,She swam naked to reduce drag. This is a true story.,Situation,08/24/05 #46381,Behead N,3.05,1.2,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Pleasant -> Frozen water 2. More recent -> Pitcher for water 3. Noble gas -> Indefinitely long period of time 4. Almost -> Ahead of time; at the beginning of a period of time 5. Not at any time -> At any time 6. None of two choices -> One of two choices 7. Limited width or scope -> Projectile shot from a bow 8. One, for example -> Brown, earthy colour","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. I 2. E 3. E 4. E 5. E 6. E 7. A 8. U","1. Nice -> Ice 2. Newer -> Ewer 3. Neon -> Eon 4. Nearly -> Early 5. Never -> Ever 6. Neither -> Either 7. Narrow -> Arrow 8. Number -> Umber",Language,02/15/10 #26725,I'm Booming,2.53,2.22,redraptor50,"Pushing toward the limit of time and space, I made this really boom. I was the first, but not the last to rattle a window, and at times a room. To your delight, and to others fright, it is now rarely ever heard, if at all. Who am I? What did I do? Can any of you recall?",Kaboom!,"Chuck Yeager, breaking the sound barrier",Riddle,11/04/05 #21574,The Drink,2.14,1.46,indian_dude,"There are two men walking in the desert, but neither knows each other. One of them is dying of thirst and the other has a full jug of water. The man with the jug offers the man a drink, but only if he follows three simple rules. Rule 1: He cannot have the jug, because it is his only one. Rule 2: He cannot remove the cork from the spout and drink this way. Rule 3: He cannot poke a hole into the cork or the jug. So, the thirsty man accepted his rules and then, he finished his drink and left. How did he do it?",No hint available.,"Since the man with the jug offered the other a drink and put forth the rules, he himself opened the jug and gave him a drink. You would think that the thirsty one would have the jug, but it was the one with the jug who opened it and gave him a drink.",Logic,03/16/05 #9224,Seasonal Movies,2.9,1.08,MrIxolite,"Use the missing words or word fragments in the film titles below to make a festive phrase. The ____maker ___ Golden Pond Battlefield _____ Thelma ___ Louise _____ _____ Hunting The Road ___ Perdition The Sum of ____ Fears _____ in Black",No hint available.,"The PEACEmaker ON Golden Pond Battlefield EARTH Thelma AND Louise GOOD WILL Hunting The Road TO Perdition The Sum of ALL Fears MEN in Black And the phrase is: PEACE ON EARTH AND GOOD WILL TO ALL MEN. (Merry Christmas everyone)",Other,12/18/02 #27422,Captain John's Journey (part 3),2.5,2.28,cdrock,"After finding a lost map, escaping a city, and navigating around rocks, Captain John has ended up on the distant island that holds a sacred treasure. Noticing there are mountains in certain places of the island, Captain John is once again in a situation. He must find a path to the X that marks the spot where the treasure is without passing over a mountain, as he can't get over one. With what Captain John knows about the island, can you figure out where the nine things in a 3-by-3 grid go,(Crew, X (treasure), 3 mountains, and 4 trails) and go in the right path to the X without passing over a mountain? 1. The second column is the only column or row in which two mountains are next to each other. 2. The crew only walks diagonally one time on the trail. 3. The X does not have any part of the trail in its row. 4. The crew is above the mountain in their column. 5. At least one of the mountains are only next to a path immediately vertical and horizontal to it.",No hint available.,"The items on the island go as followed: Crew l Moun. l X Trail l Moun. l Trail Moun. l Trail l Trail The trail that Captain John and his crew should follow, is as followed starting at 1 and ending at 6. 1 l X l 6 2 l X l 5 X l 3 l 4",Logic,12/11/05 #31176,Accountants and Lawyers,2.84,1.36,maxvu,"You are attending a business meeting which consists of only accountants and lawyers. From your previous dealings with these two professions, you know that accountants always tell the truth about everything, and lawyers always lie about something. Two gentlemen, Sam and Adam, approach you. Sam introduces himself and says, ""I am a lawyer, but Adam is an accountant."" Based on what you know from your previous dealings, what are each of the men's actual professions?",No hint available.,"Both Sam and Adam are lawyers. Since an accountant ALWAYS tells the truth about everything, he would never say that he is a lawyer. Therefore, Sam must be a lawyer. Since he is telling the truth about being a lawyer, and you know that he always lies about something, he must be lying about the second part of his statement. Therefore, Adam is not an accountant but also a lawyer.",Logic,06/17/06 #11991,Method of Survival,2.21,3.02,Codammanus,"Given the following number groups: {5,1}{5,3}{7,3} And that: A= {3, 4, 5} B= 2 C= ('AMEND' -1000+""N"") What commonly used expression would 'A B C' make?",No hint available.,"With above given conditions, 'A B C' would make the expression: 'Means to an End.' How so? Given the number groups {5,1}{5,3}{7,3} *The ""MEANS"" of these groups are (3) (4) and (5) respectively, which is provided in group A. Therefore, A = MEANS. *B=2, or 'TO' * 'AN END' can be deduced from ('AMEND' -1000 + N) because 'M' is the equivalent of 1000 in Roman Numerals. Thus, subtracting 1000, or the 'M' would leave 'A_END' Adding 'N' to that would give you 'ANEND' or 'AN END' Therefore, C= AN END Collectively, 'A B C' made into a commonly used expression would be 'MEANS TO AN END'",Other,04/23/03 #41843,Technology,2.09,1.12,TRILLIONAIRE,"What is represented by the last line of this rebus? 30 mph - Speakers 5 mph - Monitor 25 mph - Mouse 85 mph - Internet",No hint available.,High-Speed Internet,Rebus,05/07/08 #5061,When I'm gone,2.21,1.53,Master123,"When I'm gone, I never come back, I can go slow, Or fast What am I?",No hint available.,Time,Riddle,06/29/02 #42218,World Almanac,2.28,2.32,GrayPanther,I am compiling the new world almanac and it now contains lots more pages. I know that it takes 333 digits to print the page numbers in sequence. How many numbered pages does the book have and how many times does the number 3 appear?,No hint available.,"1-9: 9 digits, number 3 appears once; 10-99: 180 digits, number 3 appears 19 times; 333-9-180=144, 144/3=48. In 100-147, number 3 appears 15 times. Therefore, there are 147 pages and the number 3 appears 35 times.",Math,06/13/08 #37403,Name That: 70's TV Show,3.06,1.7,drussel3,"Each of the clues below describe a 70's American TV show. Can you name each show? 1. Ruffles, Pringles, Frito-Lays 2. 911 ! 3. The aeronautically capable, habit wearing female (3) 4. A four wheeled vehicle, driven by a person whose job it is to take passengers and their luggage where they want to go in exchange for a fee 5. More than seven, nine is too much (3) 6. Small abode on the treeless tract of land (5) 7. Mixture of the sodium salts of various fatty acids of natural oils and fats","Watch TV Land, Nick at Night, or consult someone born in the 1960's.","1. CHiPs 2. Emergency! 3. The Flying Nun 4. Taxi 5. Eight is Enough 6. Little House on the Prairie 7. Soap",Language,07/15/07 #9220,Candle,2.58,1.3,Phily,"What is this common phrase? ~CANDLE ~ANDLE~ ~NDL~ ~D~ ~",No hint available.,Burning the candle at both ends.,Rebus,12/18/02 #28265,Dog Dads,3.05,1.73,Winner4600,"Jeff, Carl, Tom, Ben, and Alan are five loving dads. Their children, in no specific order, are Jenna, Harry, David, Patrick, and Mary. On five different days of the week, these dads decided to get their children different breeds of dogs. Your job is to figure out which child received which dog, on which day, from which dad, and what each dog was named. 1. The five dads are Carl, David's father, the owner of the beagle, the owner of Lassie, and Ben. 2. All the dogs' names have a relationship to the dog...For example, David named his dalmatian Spot, although it obviously has many more. Also, Harry named his poodle Curly. 3. Ben gave a poodle to his son right after Sunday Mass. 4. None of the dad's names start with the same letter as the name of their child, dog, or dog breed. 5. Lassie was bought by Jeff on Friday. The beagle was bought for Patrick. 6. Tom bought a dog for his son David on Thursday, but Carl went shopping on Monday.",No hint available.,"Jeff-Mary-Collie-Lassie-Fri Carl-Jenna-Golden Retriever-Goldie-Mon Tom-David-Dalmatian-Spot-Thurs Ben-Harry-Poodle-Curly-Sun Alan-Patrick-Beagle-Snoopy-Wed",Logic-Grid,01/25/06 #110,The Extra Dollar in the Hotel,2.75,2.05,giraffe,"Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return. On the way to the room, the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people, so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now, each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totalling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29. Where is the remaining dollar?",Count how much money each person started with and how much each person ends up with.,"Each person paid $9, totalling $27. The manager has $25 and the bellboy has $2. The bellboy's $2 should be added to the manager's $25 or subtracted from the tenants' $27, not added to the tenants' $27.",Logic,01/03/01 #51925,Story Time!,2.88,0.32,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,Once upon a time,Rebus,06/14/18 #444,"I Like Oranges, But Not Peanuts....",2.49,1.39,Phyllis,"I like oranges, but I do not like peanuts. I like apples, but I do not like pineapples. I like pears, but I do not like grapes. Will I like cherries or strawberries?",Consider where each of the foods grow.,"I only like foods that are grown in trees, so I will like cherries and not strawberries.",Logic,05/06/01 #31761,Original Number,2.47,2.75,kiss,"Take a five-digit number and reverse it. Subtract the original number from the reversed number and you are left with 33957. How many different possibilities does the original number have?",Work from the first and last digits.,"Suppose that the original number is abcde. Then edcba-abcde=33957. Since e>a, we must have e=a+3 and therefore d=b+4, and c can be any digit. a can be 1 to 6 and e 4 to 9, b can be 0 to 5 and d 4 to 9, each pair has 6 possibilities, and c has 10 possibilities. Therefore, the original number has 6*6*10=360 different possibilities.",Math,07/13/06 #21062,Girls and Their Dates,2.58,1.92,sftbaltwty,"It was girls' night out and 6 friends decided to have a little fun by double dating with each other. Each couple spent the night at a different type of shopping store, a different type of restaurant, and a different type of movie, respectively. Using the following clues, try to piece together which girl went out with whom and where they went. Good luck! 1. Reed and Rebecca are sisters; they did not date or go to the electronics store. 2. The girls who went to the Mexican restaurant and Tawny did not see a romantic comedy. 3. Rebecca wasn't in the mood for horror after buying her new dress, and neither was Jackie or Jade. 4. Alix, a girl who went to the books & art store, and a girl who went to the steakhouse all live on the same street. 5. There was no action that took place at the clothing store or the place where Tawny was. 6. Jackie, a girl who ate Italian, and a girl who saw the romantic comedy are all 17 years old.",No hint available.,"-Jackie, Alix, electronics, Mexican, action -Reed, Tawny, books & art, Italian, horror -Jade, Rebecca, clothing, steakhouse, romantic comedy",Logic-Grid,02/16/05 #1087,House Limit,2.46,1.83,Michelle,"Even though the odds are always in favor of the gambling house, why does the establishment insist on a house limit on stakes?",No hint available.,"Every casino in the world would go bankrupt without a house limit on stakes. Without it, gamblers would keep doubling their stakes until they won. No matter how bad a losing streak they were on, they would eventually win.",Trivia,10/10/01 #1927,Don't Lose It,2.64,2.15,gokaran,"You do not want to have it, But when you do have it, You do not want to lose it? What is it?",No hint available.,A Lawsuit.,Riddle,01/03/02 #2983,Movie Murder,2.69,1.74,missie,"A married couple goes to a movie. During the movie, the husband strangles his wife. He is able to get her body home without attracting attention. How?",No hint available.,The movie was at a drive-in theatre.,Situation,03/28/02 #44824,More Missing Letter,2.79,1.42,GreenApples27,"What same three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words? V I _ _ _ _ _ _ M A C O _ _ _ T E A _ _ _ Y W A _ _ _ B Y",No hint available.,"LLA. VILLA LLAMA COLLATE ALLAY WALLABY",Language,07/10/09 #6503,Keys In The Car,2.41,1.43,NuttyPrince,"A guy drove to a local store. He got out, and accidentally locked his keys in the car. He went in the store, and bought some milk. He came back out and unlocked the door without touching ""anything"" on the outside of the car. How did he do it?",No hint available.,The car was a convertible and he reached inside to open the door. Or he could have left the window open and done the same thing.,Other,08/13/02 #27632,Arrogant Arnold and Witty Will,2.53,2.81,Swordoffury1392,"Arrogant Arnold and Witty Will are brothers. One day, they were going from New Jersey to Florida. Bored, they decided to ask each other brain teasers. After a while, they got bored with this, so Arnold decided to place a bet. He would ask Will one teaser, which he thought was very hard. If Will got it right, Arnold would clean his room for the rest of the year. However, if Will got it WRONG, he would have to clean Arnold's room for a year and do his dishes for a month. After thinking for a while, Will agreed to this. This was Arnold's teaser: Use each digit 1-9 only once each, so that one number multiplied by another equals the third. One example is 12*483=5796. Name at least one more!!! Being witty as his name suggests, Will easily answered this. The question is, can you find one?","1) They can't be -12*483=-5796, 1.2*48.3=57.96, etc. 2) The third number in another possibility is also 5796.","The other possibilities are [drum roll please :)]... 18 , 297 , 5346 27 , 198 , 5346 28 , 157 , 4396 39 , 186 , 7254 42 , 138 , 5796 48 , 159 , 7632",Math,12/22/05 #41340,Snebs Ligs,2.17,2.11,Editor,"Can you decipher this phrase? Snebs Ligs",No hint available.,Mixed blessings!,Rebus,04/03/08 #570,How Many Houses,2.3,0.59,Squidgy,"If you count 20 houses on your right going to school and 20 houses on your left coming home from school, how many houses have you counted?",No hint available.,"20. Same houses, different sides because you are walking in different directions.",Trick,06/01/01 #49893,The Black Pawn,2.48,1.32,kitty-cat,"A chessboard is set up, and all the pieces are in their starting place except a black pawn, which has moved forward two spaces. Is this position possible while still following all the rules of chess?",No hint available.,"Yes. Although white moves first, the knight is able to jump over other pieces. The white player may have moved the knight and put it back after the black player moved the pawn.",Other,07/28/13 #52838,Two-Faced,2.75,1.41,Vanonymous,Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?,No hint available.,"The number 8. If you turn it on its side, it looks like an infinity symbol. If you cut it in half, it becomes the number 0.",Riddle,01/19/23 #51098,Final Analysis,2.29,1.05,BadBunnee02,all said done,"Title is a hint. and .... Think sequence!","""after all is said and done""",Rebus,05/22/17 #44882,One Single Letter,2.41,1.98,Loofre,"This is a true statement: _ is 1,000 times _ _ The same letter goes in all three spaces. What is the letter?","If you're thinking Roman numerals, you're way off track.","The letter is m. m is 1,000 times mm. One metre (m) is, in fact, 1,000 millimetres (mm).",Other,07/18/09 #18290,Odds Oddities,2.1,1.31,wizecracker55,"You roll a die 24 times, and the results are as follows: [1] 6 times [2] 4 times [3] 5 times [4] 3 times [5] 6 times [6] 0 times What are the odds of the twenty fifth die being a six?",No hint available.,"1:5 (probability 1/6) Dice have no memory, so previous rolls have no bearing on future rolls.",Probability,07/20/04 #19733,Special Offer,2.13,2.75,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Stock list 3 x Mile (Expires 25/11/04) 2 x Tile (Expires 4/4/05) 2 x While (No Expiration Date)",No hint available.,While Stocks Last,Rebus,12/06/04 #3309,Train Crash 2,2.02,1.99,bighippo4,"A train crashed in California, and there were no injuries, but two Dead. Why?",No hint available.,"The two ""Dead"" were going by the names of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Dead.",Trick,04/06/02 #12998,No Summer School for me!,2.48,3.15,Codammanus,"A student about to graduate High School just finds out that his Math teacher gave him a failing grade. He does not want to go to summer school, and thinks he deserves a passing grade. His teacher gives him one last chance to earn the passing grade. He gives him some words, fractions, definitions, a question, a group of whole numbers, and two phrases. They are: Square, Ellipse, Four-sided Polygon, One-sided, Ellipse, How many people inhabit the Moon?(Zero is not acceptable), Trapezoid, Isosceles, 1/26, 12/26 And the group: 5.8, 1, 3, 4, 2.5 He also says: ""What A is to the Alphabet becomes greater."" The teacher tells the student that the things he has given him, when understood properly, will lead him to do something with the number group. The student is allowed 1 minute to figure out what to do with this group. What is it? Does he eliminate the decimals? Does he eliminate the whole numbers? Or perhaps he has to isolate the numbers that are related in some other way? Well, this student REALLY doesn't want to spend his summer making up math class. He is able to solve the problem with 5 seconds left on the clock. What did the student do with the number group based on the information provided by his teacher to get that passing grade?",No hint available.,"The student placed the number group in order from least to greatest. Why did he do that? Well looking at all of the clues the teacher gave him he knew they should be in SEQUENTIAL order from Least to Greatest. He noticed the words, when spelled out had a strange commonality, the words defined fit this commonality, and the fractions were associated as well. The quote from the teacher gave him the edge. S(quare)= S E(llipse)= E Four-sided polygon is Q(uadralateral)= Q One-sided is U(nilateral)= U (Not referring to any shape, just the concept) E(llipse)= E How many people inhabit the Moon (if Zero is not acceptable) = N(one) = N T(rapezoid)= T I(soceles)= I 1/26 (1st of 26 letters in the English Alphabet) = A 12/26 (12th of 26 letters in the English Alphabet) =L 'What A is to the Alphabet becomes greater' meant A is FIRST (Look for FIRST LETTERS), and also the First NUMBER should BECOME GREATER with the next, and the next....",Other,06/07/03 #30685,Calendar Fun,2.53,1.44,fairelamour,"Jason said: ""Pick any three dates that are next to each other in a week on the calendar. Give me only the sum and I'll tell you your dates."" Noriko secretly chose 14, 15, and 16, and gave the sum 45 to Jason. In a couple of seconds Jason said, ""The dates are 14, 15, and 16."" David secretly chose 22, 23, and 24, and gave the sum 69. Again, in a couple of seconds, Jason said, ""The dates are 22, 23, and 24."" Can you figure out Jason's trick?","Try some easier numbers, such as 1, 2, and 3 or 3, 4, and 5, to see if you can find a pattern. How is the sum related to the dates?","Jason's trick is to divide the sum by 3, in order to find the middle number of the three dates. If you have a sum of 6, the middle date is 6/3, or 2, and the dates are 1, 2, and 3. If you have a sum of 45, the middle date is 45/3, or 15, and the dates are 14, 15, and 16. If you have a sum of 69, the middle date is 69/3, or 23, and the dates are 22, 23, and 24.",Logic,05/25/06 #22333,"Who, Where, and When?",2.9,1.54,Ronancello,"4 people went to 4 different places at 4 different times on 4 different days. People- Harry, Bonnie, John, Irma Places-Hotel, Barber shop, Mall, Post Office Times-8:30AM, 12:00PM, 4:30PM, 7:00PM Days-Sunday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday A woman visited the hotel on a weekday. The post office was visited in the morning. Bonnie hates malls and hotels. The local post office is closed on Tuesdays and Sundays. Someone went to the mall at noon on Tuesday. Irma will always be at home at 7:00PM. Nobody will go somewhere that starts with the first letter of their first name. John is very busy on weekdays. Bonnie goes bowling all day on Wednesdays.",A man went to the barber shop.,"John-Barber shop-7:PM-Sunday Harry-Mall-12:00PM-Tuesday Bonnie-Post Office-8:30AM-Friday Irma-Hotel-4:30PM-Wednesday",Logic-Grid,04/20/05 #3997,Iran,2.14,2.3,missie,"Can you figure this out: Iran divided by hymn",No hint available.,I ran over him,Rebus,05/10/02 #4891,Backwards Clock,2.25,2.77,mad-ade,"With the death of Arthur Minit, the legendary country of MADADIA's only clock maker, no one else had much experience yet with making clocks. The new church of MADADIA had just been completed and a new clock was needed to fit into the bell tower. A clock was made by the locals, using the books of Arthur Minit as a guide.The newly made clock was officially put into use when it showed 6 o'clock. But soon it was noticed that the hour-hand and minute-hand had been interchanged and attached to the wrong spindles. The result was that the hour-hand moved with a speed twelve times higher than the minute-hand. When a clock maker arrived from another area, a remarkable thing happened: on the moment he inspected the clock, it showed exactly the right time. The Question: If the clock started in the 6 o'clock position, then what was the first moment that it showed the correct time again?",No hint available.,"Suppose that a second pair of hands turns together with the wrong pair of hands, but then in the correct way. When the wrong pair is in the same position as the correct pair, this means that the time is shown in the right way. First look at the hour-hands that are at the twelve. One turns with the correct speed, the other with a speed that is twelve times as small. These two hands are in the same position again when the 'slow' hand has progressed x minutes. The fast hand then has progressed 60+x minutes. For the time x that passed, then holds: (60+x)/12 = x. This means that x = 5 5/11 minutes. For the minutes-hands that start at six holds the same. The confused clock therefore shows the correct time again at 5 5/11 minutes past 7.",Logic,06/22/02 #5877,Three Letter Ends,2.26,2.18,mad-ade,"Below you will find 7 well-known six letter words, with only their endings remaining. Can you determine the words? ...few ...ryo ...yme ...rak ...urd ...ynx ...mpi",No hint available.,"curfew, embryo, enzyme, anorak, absurd, larynx, scampi",Language,07/25/02 #29327,5 L of the L in the H B,2.35,2.54,ALW007,5 L of the L in the H B,Take a deep breath and think...,5 Lobes of the Lungs in the Human Body,Letter-Equations,03/25/06 #49796,Character and Star Anagrams,2.58,2.29,celtichero,"For the following clues, you will relieve a jumbled set of letters, which when unscrambled, will lead to a famous movie character and the actor/actress who played them. The hint will give the number of letters for the character and the initials for the star. 1. Screen jab annoys demon 2. Leo drowns in weak tastes 3. Fedora raids no Johns in Iran 4. Info man hunts drama fin 5. For rank, cop is a nice pal","1. Character (5,4) Star (S C) 2. Character (4,6) Star (K W) 3. Character (7,5) Star (H F) 4. Character (4,3) Star (D H) 5. Character (5,7) Star (A P)","1. James Bond- Sean Connery (James Bond series) 2. Rose Dawson- Kate Winslet (Titanic) 3. Indiana Jones- Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones series) 4. Rain Man- Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) 5. Frank Serpico- Al Pacino (Serpico)",Language,03/16/13 #36177,Belligerent Brackets,2.36,2.39,calmsavior,"Choose the correct letters from each bracketed group to replace the numbers and complete the words. The letters you choose should all be from different positions within their respective bracketed group. (In other words, there are five different positions a letter can have within the bracket. For example, make sure that the letter Z from bracket 1 and the letter U from bracket 2 are not used in the formulation of the same words.) 1. 1 A 2 E 3 2. A 1 E 2 3 3. 1 E 2 3 A 4. 1 2 A 3 E 5. E 1 2 A 3 1 = [ B Z H Q G ] 2 = [ N U R B Z ] 3 = [ L K L T R ]",No hint available.,"1. HAZEL 2. AGENT 3. ZEBRA 4. BRAKE 5. EQUAL",Language,04/12/07 #10779,Enamel I+T,2.28,2.66,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented here? Enamel I+T",In the nick of time.,"Made it by the skin of your teeth Made IT (I+T) next to enamel which is the covering or skin of your teeth.",Rebus,02/28/03 #30797,Dear Watson #1,2.85,2.72,Jimbo,"If you like your Physics and you like your Chemistry, You will find this puzzle, as easy as can be. Firstly, from a glass of milk, take what is good for bones. Second take the metal used to glaze pottery with pretty tones. Thirdly you might eat me to get your innards on a slide; Last I am a diode in a ""crystal-set"" just look inside. Now put us all together, and thus what can be seen? A great big head? ; A large white moth? ; A vegetable that's green? What am I?","The rest of the quote in the title is from Sherlock Holmes ""Elementary my dear Watson.""","Here are the elements with their symbols. Calcium in milk is good for bones (Ca) Boron in Borax is used to glaze pottery (B) A ""Barium Meal"" is eaten to facilitate an X-Ray of the intestines (Ba) A diode used in crystal sets was often made from Germanium (Ge) Ca B Ba Ge A head of cabbage. A cabbage moth. I am a Cabbage!",Riddle,05/31/06 #50556,Secure Break-In,2.88,2.0,ultimatecub,"Detective Ultimatecub knocked on the door. A woman answered. ""Thanks for coming. I am Hannah Brown and my husband Sam is dead. I was woken by a loud scream at around 5am. I was sleeping upstairs and he was sleeping downstairs. I can't sleep in the same room as him because he snores. When I heard the scream I went down and entered Sam's room. I wasn't quick enough to catch the killer before they escaped somehow. He had been stabbed in the chest and still had a knife sticking out of him. I was devastated. I called you immediately."" ""Can we go and investigate the crime scene?"" Hannah led Ultimatecub and the chief to a bedroom in a room adjacent to the main entry hall. Sam's bedroom was very close to the front door. Sam Brown was lying on his back, dead, and had a knife sticking out of his chest. There was a lot of blood on the bed. On the floor were his T-shirt and trousers which he had been wearing before he went to bed. In the trouser pocket were a mobile phone, a wallet containing a credit card, a £10 note and a few coins, and a small notepad. Nothing else was in the room except a few books on a shelf. ""Can we have some information on what Sam did recently?"" asked the chief. ""Sam and I were having a late night out at the pub. There was a drunk man in the pub that got into an argument with Sam. We walked home and got back at around 4:30 in the morning. We were very tired. We went straight to bed, and I was only woken by his scream at around five. Sam was always very careful, always attempting to make sure he never got locked out of his house, or others breaking into the house. I suggested leaving keys under the doormat, but he wouldn't hear of it."" Ultimatecub and the chief examined the house. There did not seem to be anything out of place except for Sam's body with the knife. Ultimatecub suggested a way that the murderer could have made their way into the house. Later, the drunk which Sam had argued with was found guilty. How had the killer broken in?",Remember what Sam was like.,"The killer had pickpocketed the house keys from Sam while he was in the pub. The clue was in the items Sam had in his pocket. Nowhere in his room were the keys. Since Sam would always keep keys with him (based on his wife's statement) they would have had to be stolen somewhere. Because Sam's room was very close to the front door, the killer would have had time to escape the house before the wife could catch him. You may ask how the couple entered the house if Sam didn't have his keys? Hannah had used her keys to open the door. Sam had been so tired, he had forgotten to check his keys.",Mystery,04/16/15 #44237,Words With IX,1.9000000000000001,1.84,cnmne,"Five words that contain IX as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *IX**, ***IX, *IX***, *IX****, *****IX Pool: A, E, E, E, E, E, F, H, H, L, M, N, N, O, P, R, T, T, U, V",No hint available.,"VIXEN, HELIX, FIXATE, MIXTURE, PHOENIX",Language,03/10/09 #5655,Bsfl vlr,2.45,2.36,missie,"Figure out the following cryptogram: ""Bsfl vlr fkd prmd uppmf cjfa sr, hjo S xkr'o almy ukmmsrq sr mpgl bsoa dpj,"" Lmgsf Yclfmld, Xkr'o Almy Ukmmsrq Sr Mpgl",No hint available.,"""Wise men say only fools rush in, but I can't help falling in love with you,"" Elvis Presley, Can't help Falling In Love",Cryptography,07/17/02 #51977,Stay On Top of It,2.95,1.72,ThinksForFun,"Without my first, one would have nothing at all My second may be worn in the spring or fall My whole ensures water mishaps don't befall What am I?",No hint available.,"life jacket/vest The ""It"" in the title refers to the surface of the water.",Riddle,08/05/18 #4031,selbuod ininin monopoly,2.17,2.4,arij,"Here's one for you to decipher: selbuod ininin monopoly",No hint available.,Roll doubles three times in Monopoly.,Rebus,05/11/02 #5627,Short Changes,2.88,2.01,Bobbrt,"Add one letter to each word below - anywhere in the word - so that each numbered pair becomes two words of opposite meaning. For example, adding P and L to PLUM and SENDER would result in PLUMP and SLENDER. 1. BUGLER EXERT 2. KID MAN 3. STALE SHAY 4. RAID SOW 5. FLAT SIN",No hint available.,"1. BUNGLER, EXPERT 2. KIND, MEAN 3. STABLE, SHAKY 4. RAPID, SLOW 6. FLOAT, SINK",Language,07/16/02 #47861,Tom Swifties,2.88,1.85,dalfamnest,"A Tom Swifty is a play on words. Tom speaks, and the way he is said to speak has two meanings. Both meanings could be true. e.g. ""I love hot dogs"", Tom said frankly. The ""frank"" describes how he spoke and relates to the hot dog! [Frankfurter!] The Tom Swifty can also use a phrase or homophone. e.g. ""You didn't order enough carpet"", said Tom with a cold stare. ""Cold stare"" expresses his annoyance and suggests uncarpeted stairs! Choose one of the listed words or phrases to fill each gap. 1. ""I really don't need that injection"", said Tom _____. 2. ""Russian Roulette? Yeah, it's my favourite game!"" said Tom _____. 3. ""Nay"", argued Tom _____. 4. ""We just got back from a Mediterranean holiday"", said Tom _____. 5. ""Oh...she must have fallen off the back of my motorcycle"", said Tom _____. ** WORD LIST ** nicely, hoarsely, in vain, ruthlessly, mysteriously, blankly, winsomely, happily, ** CREATIVITY BONUS ** Complete this and maybe write your answer as a ""Comment"". ""I can't carry this"", said Tom _____.","Look for possible puns, double entendre, and remember the sound-alike possibilities. Expect to groan a few times.","1. in vain 2. blankly 3. hoarsely 4. nicely 5. ruthlessly If you really need an explanation, scroll down... Tom Swift was an adventure hero created by American writer Victor Appleton. In the books, almost all of Tom's remarks were written with an adverb or adverbial phrase. From this style, the term ""Tom Swifty"" has come to be used for this form of word play. *EXPLANATIONS* 1. Injection in his vein; his protest was in vain 2. Hopefully, its a blank cartridge that he fires; his statement shows a rather blank mind! 3. Nay...neigh! 4. Nice is a Mediterranean resort city. 5. Ruth is no longer with him! I thought of ""heavily"" for the bonus question. Any better ideas?",Language,08/28/10 #41299,Ten X Ten,3.1,1.5,Scubee,"Each of the following clues refers to a word that begins with ""ten"". Can you guess all ten of them? 1. Inclination 2. Delicate or gentle 3. A sinew 4. A racket game 5. Capable of being stretched 6. Between the bass and alto 7. Stretched tight 8. Unsubstantial 9. A dwelling 10. An opinion held to be true.",No hint available.,"1. Tendency 2. Tender 3. Tendon 4. Tennis 5. Tensile 6. Tenor 7. Tense 8. Tenuous 9. Tenement or Tent 10. Tenet",Language,03/31/08 #4890,Hands,2.23,1.06,QtistLilShorTy,"Can you decipher this phrase: H A N D S",No hint available.,Hands down!,Rebus,06/22/02 #34495,Middle Word 3,2.53,1.56,grungy49,"In each of the following insert a word in the bracket which when tacked onto the first word forms a new word and when placed in front of the second word makes a new word. For example: ARC (---) RING would be HER - to form archer and herring. The number of dashes indicate the number of letters in the word to be inserted. 1. ARM (---) STOP 2. BASE (----) ROOM 3. UNDER (---) FISH 4. WORM (----) CHUCK 5. HEAD (----) JAW",No hint available.,"1. PIT (armpit, pitstop) 2. BALL (baseball, ballroom) 3. DOG (underdog, dogfish) 4. WOOD (wormwood, woodchuck) 5. LOCK (headlock, lockjaw)",Language,12/20/06 #50210,As Expected,1.56,1.69,BadBunnee02,"What common phrase is suggested by the following single figure? n","What else are alphabetical letters known as? Title is also a hint.","in character (""n"" character) Alphabetical letters are also known as ""characters"". ""In character"" means; as usual, typical, in the way that a person usually behaves. Example of usage: ""It was quite in character for Sally to walk away angry."" (definition and usage from internet Free Dictionary - also shown as an idiom)",Rebus,03/29/14 #50980,Extraction Procedure,2.33,1.08,ThinksForFun,"One by one my occupants are forced out They all go quietly, without a shout They may vary in terms of shape and size Once they're taken, they soon meet their demise When the last one's gone, I am discarded With much less sugar than when I started What am I?",No hint available.,a box of chocolates,Riddle,01/26/17 #7122,How Old,2.17,1.36,master123,Kevin is 5 years old; James is also 5 years old and Rebecca is 7 years old. How old is Bernadette?,No hint available.,"10 years old, the length of the name in years.",Logic,09/01/02 #14953,Hey No Smoking,2.86,1.62,od-1,"Duffus walked through the back door of a toy factory where the paint thinners were stored. He noticed two men working on an aluminium racking system. One man pulled out a cigarette and was about to light it when Duffus pointed at the large ""No smoking"" signs near the paint thinners. The man scowled and put the cigarette away as Duffus walked off into the plant. Moments later the fire alarm rang as the paint thinners went up in flames. The fire inspector questioned the two workmen who were by the thinners and was about to release them when Duffus interrupted, ""You're not letting them go, are you?"" ""Yes. There are no eyewitnesses and no evidence they were smoking as the whole area was burnt to a crisp. Besides, they claim that while grinding the edges off the racking a spark set off the blaze,"" replied the inspector. ""I can't prove they were smoking but I can prove they are lying,"" exclaimed Duffus. How did Duffus know they were lying?",It has to do with the properties of the material they were working on.,"Aluminium doesn't produce sparks when grinding, so it could not have set off the fire.",Science,10/01/03 #9161,How Much Money?,2.41,1.46,cooperdude,"Jeff has a bunch of coins. Figure out how many coins he has using only these facts: He puts an equal amount in each of 9 bags and has none left over. He puts an equal amount in each of 6 bags and has none left over. He puts an equal amount in each of 5 bags and has 2 left over. What is the least amount of coins Jeff could have?",Think about the multiples.,"72. It's the lowest multiple of 6 and 9 that when divided by 5 will give a remainder of 2.",Math,12/14/02 #3252,Wether,2.69,2.16,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: WETHER",No hint available.,A bad spell of weather.,Rebus,04/05/02 #34440,Red Light,2.54,1.93,Dontrelle,Dontrelle completely failed to stop at a red light. A police officer was sitting only feet away and he did not pull him over. Why?,No hint available.,"Dontrelle was playing ""Red-light Green-light"" with his Dad, who is a police officer.",Situation,12/17/06 #15520,Five-Letter Word,2.81,1.11,apr2001,"Give me a 5 letter word from which if you remove 2 letters out, 6 will remain.",No hint available.,"Sixty, Sixth, Sixes, or Sixte",Language,11/24/03 #15632,A Turning Force,1.93,2.11,dsquared,"What expression is hidden below? A turning force = 1 cent","A turning force = torque (which is a homonym of? - a homonym is a word that sounds like another but is spelt differently). Oh, and I'll be quiet now because ____ ____ ____","Talk (torque) is cheap A turning force = torque 1 cent is about as cheap as you can get HINT: Oh, and I'll be quiet now because ""talk is cheap"".",Rebus,12/01/03 #11957,No Sleeping on the Job,2.68,2.27,od-1,"In a small metal fabricating shop two men were welding aluminum brackets when both men felt dizzy and collapsed before they could get out of the shop. A foreman bringing his truck in to be fixed at that moment opened a bay door and drove in. Seeing the men on the floor he jumped out and called for help. By the time paramedics got there the men were fine again. The foreman thinking the men were just fooling around ordered them back to work. He was considering firing them until he saw them weld after the incident. The welds were all black and uneven looking (proper aluminum welds never look this way). Then he realized what had happened and apologized to the men. What happened?","When welding aluminum an inert, colorless, odorless gas called Argon is used to keep air (oxygen) from oxidizing the welds.",The welders had a leaky valve on one tank and passed out when the Argon displaced all the oxygen in the small room they were welding in. The foreman opened the large bay door letting oxygen back in the room and revived the men. The foreman didn't realize the tank had leaked until after he saw the bad welds and realized the tank was empty. Then he knew what had happened.,Science,04/22/03 #36117,6 R in A B S,2.18,2.34,MMSMustang,6 R in A B S,On my Honor...,"6 Ranks in American Boy Scouts Tenderfoot Second Class First Class Star Life Eagle",Letter-Equations,04/08/07 #6423,Sick Eagle,2.32,1.37,michelle,"What is this word? sick eagle",No hint available.,ill eagle = illegal,Rebus,08/10/02 #37949,Which One? #2,2.71,2.46,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word are a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue. Example: Statuette: fro evi gse rpu lor nai ngd rep Answer: Fgo evI Gse rpU loR naI Ngd rEp = FIGURINE 1. Computer: apg rty oki dca wqe syu spi fdo drr 2. Icon: idr swm afa ghu elo 3. Picture tube: tjh fde hlj ghe lkv ioi pos igw qwo zxn 4. Teacher: asi cnv sbn tmh drg utt ckl tto odf frk",No hint available.,"1. Computer: p r o c e s s o r 2. Icon: i m a g e 3. Picture tube: t e l e v i s i o n 4. Teacher: i n s t r u c t o r",Language,08/25/07 #24732,Bubbly,2.19,2.91,dutchymonster,12 = B of C in a S,Title,12 Bottles of Champagne in a Salmanazar,Letter-Equations,07/21/05 #32762,10 P,2.12,2.46,grungy49,"10 P on each T in a G of L (3 D, 3 M, 3 A and 1 G)",No hint available.,"10 Players on each Team in a Game of Lacrosse (3 Defenders, 3 Midfielders, 3 Attackers and 1 Goalie)",Letter-Equations,08/31/06 #31366,Eat Your Vegetables!,2.81,1.52,bhssoccer23,"What are you, as represented by this rebus? (All temperatures are Fahrenheit) You: 49 degrees Carrot: 87 degrees Broccoli: 31 degrees Cucumber: 49 degrees Cauliflower: 20 degrees Lettuce: 56 degrees","Remember, all temperatures are in Fahrenheit.",Cool as a cucumber.,Rebus,06/27/06 #20306,Darwin's Brood,2.81,1.8900000000000001,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Monk A) I am his mother's cousin. Monk B) I am his father's nephew Monk C) I am his mother's father Monk D) I am his brother's friend Monk E) I shall become his father's brother",No hint available.,"I'll be a monkey's uncle lit. I will be Monk E's father's brother",Rebus,01/11/05 #34298,"So Be It, You Neon Teaser",2.3,2.7600000000000002,cnmne,"What word from Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: Farmer, Foxhound, Fresco, Fulcrum Group B: Fagot, Fantail, Fiddler, Flagon, Freestyle, Frosty",No hint available.,"The words in Group A are code names used by NATO for Soviet/Russian MiG (Mikoyan-Gurevich) fighter aircraft: Farmer (MiG-19), Foxhound (MiG-31), Fresco (MiG-17), Fulcrum (MiG-29). Thus, Fagot (MiG-15) can be added to Group A. The remaining words in Group B are code names for Soviet/Russian fighters built by other manufacturers: Fantail (Lavochkin La-15), Fiddler (Tupolev Tu-128), Flagon (Sukhoi Su-15), Freestyle (Yakovlev Yak-141), Frosty (Tupolev Tu-10). ""So be it you neon"" sounds similar to Soviet Union.",Group,12/08/06 #8881,Physician Wrong,2.33,1.61,speedyg1000,"This famous movie character has had its words replaced by synonyms... Physician Negative",James Bond...,Dr. No! (James Bond),Language,12/12/02 #1624,P T B an A,2.2,2.11,abrakadabra_12,P T B an A,No hint available.,Proud To Be an American!,Letter-Equations,12/05/01 #9821,Jimmy on the Street,2.31,1.76,something,"When the blanks are properly filled in below, the first two words will combine to make the last word. Jimmy would never say he ran on the ______ of the street. He always said he would ______ on the ______.",No hint available.,"Side, Walk, Sidewalk.",Language,01/15/03 #8605,9 D in a S S N,2.23,1.8800000000000001,Mach3,9 D in a S S N,This only works for those in the USA.,9 Digits in a Social Security Number,Letter-Equations,11/19/02 #21553,Growing Soccer League,2.18,2.5100000000000002,tsimkin,"Participation in the local soccer league is 10 percent greater than it was last year. The number of boys increased by 5 percent, and the number of girls increased by 20 percent. What fraction of the soccer league is now girls?",No hint available.,"4/11. If b and g are the current number of boys and girls, respectively, we have: (b/1.05) + (g/1.20) = [(b+g)/1.10] or (b/g)*(1/1.05 - 1/1.10) = (1/1.10) - (1/1.20) Then b/g = 7/4 so that (b+g)/g = 11/4 and g/(b+g) = 4/11",Math,03/14/05 #51828,The Dishonest Grocer,2.94,1.94,wimpykidfan37,"Quinn, Ralph, and Steve work at a grocery store that sells apples, bananas, and oranges. Quinn says, ""Seven apples and five bananas cost the same as six oranges."" Ralph says, ""Four apples and nine oranges cost the same as five bananas."" Steve says, ""Six oranges and three bananas cost the same as four apples."" Only one is lying...but who?","The three values equivalents must be considered in pairs. The one false equivalent leads to two impossible situations, while the pair of true equivalents is a possible situation.","Quinn is lying. Let a equal the price of apples, b equal the price of bananas, and o equal the price of oranges. Quinn is saying that 7a + 5b = 6o. Ralph is saying that 4a + 9o = 5b. Steve is saying that 6o + 3b = 4a. Combining Quinn's and Ralph's statements, we get 11a = -3o. This is impossible. Combining Ralph's and Steve's statements, we get 15o = 2b. This is possible. Combining Quinn's and Steve's statements, we get 8b = -3a. This is impossible. This means that either Quinn is lying, or Ralph and Steve are both lying. But there only can be one liar: obviously Quinn.",Math,04/20/18 #389,660 F in a F,2.21,2.22,Mr. G,660 F in a F,No hint available.,660 Feet in a Furlong.,Letter-Equations,04/17/01 #36328,Two For the Price of One,2.85,2.83,cnmne,"Which word from Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: bear, fall, grind, lie Group B: drop, measure, play, see, tape, walk",No hint available.,"see Each word in Group A is an irregular verb whose past tense is also the present tense of a regular verb. For a regular verb, the past tense is simply the present tense with a ""D"" or ""ED"" or ""_ED"" added on its end (drop, dropped; measure, measured; play, played; tape, taped; walk, walked). With an irregular verb, the past tense is not achieved in those ways. The past tense of BEAR is BORE; the past tense of BORE is BORED. The past tense of FALL is FELL; the past tense of FELL is FELLED. The past tense of GRIND is GROUND; the past tense of GROUND is GROUNDED. The past tense of LIE is LAY; the past tense of LAY is LAID. The past tense of SEE is SAW; the past tense of SAW is SAWED.",Group,04/20/07 #39890,Running Racers,2.47,1.16,icestar12,"Mandy, Yasheika, Nikki, Deanna, and Katrina were in a 100-yard race. When the newspaper photographer took photos of the race, Mandy had just passed the midway mark, Yasheika was 15 yards away from the finish, and Deanna had run 40 yards. Katrina had run twice as far as Deanna. Nikki was at the 70-yard mark. Help the photographer identify the runners. List the runners in order, starting with the runner closest to the finish line.",No hint available.,"Yasheika is closest to the finish, followed by Katrina, Nikki, Mandy, and Deanna.",Logic,01/02/08 #22613,The Fly and the Flea,2.6,1.02,filetmerlot,"A fly and a flea are trapped in a flue said the fly to the flea 'to flee is some number times 3' Said the flea to the fly 'but 3 squared is too high' responds the fly 'but it'll also do to have some number times 2' 'Agreed' said the flea 'Then so it shall be' So now it is up to you. How far must the fly and the flea fly to flee the flue?",No hint available.,"6 units (pick your own) 3 squared is too high, so we know it is less than nine. Since 3 and 2 are factors there is only one number less than 9 with that property.",Math,05/02/05 #11805,Coloured Cube,2.65,1.61,abhijitkadam,A 3 inch cube is painted on all sides with RED. The cube is then cut into small cubes of dimension 1 inch. All the so cut cubes are collected and thrown on a flat surface. What is the probability that all the top facing surfaces have RED paint on them?,Visualize the core of the cube.,"ZERO. The core of the 3 inch cube when cut, has all faces that are not painted. Hence at least one cube with no painted face always occurs.",Probability,04/17/03 #10097,Table Table,2.68,1.42,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? TABLE TABLE ELBAT ELBAT","Hmmmm, things aren't what they were.","The tables have turned. The two tables were spelt normally 'forward' and are both now spelt 'backwards' therefore they have 'turned'.",Rebus,01/28/03 #36026,Heavy Burdens,2.39,2.58,Trumalia,"This is an old European riddle from 1300-1900 AD. I tremble at each breath of air, And yet can heaviest burdens bear.",No hint available.,Water,Riddle,02/28/07 #5634,A Creature,2.27,2.47,NotSoLilGeorge,"One likes to jump, when another can fish. A kind is a triangle, and the next can make a dish. What I am talking about, give some a fright, But when others see them, they fill with delight.",No hint available.,"Spiders. Jumping Spider, Fisher Spider, Triangle Spider, and the Bowl-And-Doily-Spider (its web is in the shape of a bowl).",Riddle,07/16/02 #30038,Ones and Zero's,2.24,2.52,cms271828,"What's so special about this number? 11.00100100001111110110101...",Use binary.,"The number is pi in binary. With standard binary, 4 is 100, 2 is 10, 1 is 1. Continuing this process... 1/2=0.1, 1/4=0.01, 1/8=0.001 and so on.",Math,04/25/06 #31287,What are We? 2,2.8,1.55,Princeford93,"The following language refers to three different types of trees. Try and figure them out. type of syrup type of pizza topping residue from fire",No hint available.,"Maple trees Olive trees Ash trees",Language,06/23/06 #48396,Words With VA,2.0,2.32,cnmne,"Five words that contain VA as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *VA**, **VA*, VA****, VA*****, ***VA** Pool: C, E, H, I, I, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, R, R, R, S, T, U, U, Y",No hint available.,"OVARY, RIVAL, VACUUM, VARNISH, PRIVATE",Language,01/16/11 #19318,Final Score,2.22,2.26,MrIxolite,"What saying? Final Score Mr.Ix 0 You 1 (scuffle) Mr.Ix 1 You 0",No hint available.,I take your point,Rebus,11/04/04 #21762,Decimal Places?,2.49,1.93,something,"What does this rebus represent? 1.615: ""I live in Bucharest"" 7.071: ""My country's leader used to be a Czar"" 3.141: ""My country was established in 1776""",No hint available.,American Pie (literally American Pi),Rebus,03/25/05 #27696,Ball Game Snacks,2.11,0.89,EnderofGames,"A man took his two sons to a baseball game. Each of the three wore a different kind of shoes and clothing. They were hungry, so each either had icecream, a hotdog, or peanuts, and no one had the same thing to eat. A) The father was not wearing loafers. B) The younger brother was wearing sandals, but did not have ice cream or peanuts. C) The older brother was wearing a jacket and had ice cream. D) The person wearing the sweater had a hot dog.",Bro. = Brother.,"Father: Sneakers, Sweatshirt, and Peanuts. Older Brother: Loafers, Jacket, and Ice Cream. Younger Brother: Sandals, Sweater, and a Hot Dog",Logic-Grid,12/26/05 #42900,Echo Canyon,2.23,2.4,cnmne,"What is the meaning of this rebus? Mike: HELLO ..... Echo: HELLO Mike: HELLO ..... Echo: HELLo Mike: HELLO ..... Echo: HELlo Mike: HELLO ..... Echo: HEllo Mike: HELLO ..... Echo: Hello Mike: HELLO ..... Echo: hello",No hint available.,"Diminishing returns (Each time Mike says ""Hello"", the echo's return gets smaller; the returns are diminishing.)",Rebus,08/25/08 #50896,Circle the World,2.62,0.62,kzmonopoly,"I show all the world In just one swirl I show the desert I show the land. Where there are mountains And where there is sand. I show the oceans I show each sea Now answer the question: What can I be?",No hint available.,A globe,Riddle,09/13/16 #28863,Parking,2.14,0.89,Hana_Kimi,"Parked Parked",Another word for 2.,Double parked.,Rebus,03/02/06 #50734,Delete a Letter 30,3.08,1.71,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) to dislike greatly (6 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) a wood shaping machine 2) to try very hard to do something (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a discolored spot 3) public violence or disorder (4 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) to decompose 4) the head of foliage of a tree or shrub (5 letters) & (delete 5th letter) to brag loudly or blatantly",No hint available.,"1) loathe & lathe 2) strain & stain 3) riot & rot 4) crown & crow",Language,11/13/15 #31905,7 = W to D a C G,2.52,2.71,Draw,7 = W to D a C G,"The D stands for ""draw"" - i.e. neither win nor lose.","7 = Ways to Draw a Chess Game Draw by agreement, insufficient mating material, draw by stalemate, identical position three times, 50 moves no capture, insufficient losing chances, and the sudden death flag fall (this occurs only during sudden death).",Letter-Equations,07/20/06 #37814,Cube Root,2.69,2.27,say_aah,Why did a man put two cubes in a glass of water? The cubes are not ice cubes or sugar cubes and no drink or refreshment is involved.,Dropping the cubes in the water could save him a lot of money.,"The cubes are a pair of dice to be used in a craps game. If they are loaded, they will always sink to the bottom of the glass with their heaviest side down. This is a way of checking that the dice are fair.",Situation,08/17/07 #36708,I Am Hidden in Here #8,2.54,1.8800000000000001,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this famous religious leader. 1. I am a biblical prophet who was thrown overboard into the sea during a storm and was swallowed by a fish. 2. In the 1970s, I became a virtual cult superstar playing the role of Harry Callahan in a series of detective movies. 3. I was the creator of the ""finger lickin' good"" meal, which became a fast-food sensation in the 1960s. 4. I was the hero of The Odyssey: a classic tale by the ancient bard Homer. 5. I was one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the 20th century, and I am arguably synonymous with existentialism.",No hint available.,"1. Jonah 2. Eastwood (Clint) 3. Sanders (Colonel Harland) 4. Ulysses 5. Sartre (Jean-Paul) The famous religious leader: JESUS",Trivia,05/22/07 #5227,Bear Attack,2.72,1.16,Bobbrt,"Bill and Ted are hiking through the woods when they spot an angry grizzly bear charging at them from a hundred yards away. Bill immediately opened up his pack, took off his hiking boots and put on some running shoes. ""You fool,"" said Ted, ""you can't outrun a grizzly bear! We have to think of something else!"" What was Bill's reply to this (and subsequently what was his plan)?",No hint available.,"""I don't have to outrun the bear, I only have to outrun you.""",Other,07/05/02 #37330,What Words #35,2.16,2.28,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. STOCK - __________ - MASTER 2. WATER - __________ - HOUSE 3. JACK - __________ - BERRY",No hint available.,"1. STOCK - YARD - MASTER 2. WATER - WHEEL - HOUSE 3. JACK - STRAW - BERRY",Language,07/11/07 #20313,Never Happens,2.74,1.86,MrIxolite,"What are these? 1st January 2003 800 x 600 pixels 1st January 2004 1280 x1024 pixels 1st January 2005 1600 x 1200 pixels",VGA?,"New Years Resolutions The pixel measurements refer to settings of computer monitor resolutions.",Rebus,01/10/05 #4058,Complex Relations,3.0,1.83,arij,"Many many years ago when I was twenty three, I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be. This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red. My father fell in love with her, and soon the two were wed. This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life. My daughter was my mother, for she was my father's wife. To complicate the matters worse, although it brought me joy, I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy. My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad. And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad. For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother To the widow's grown-up daughter who, of course, was my step-mother. Father's wife then had a son, who kept them on the run. And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son. Who is my grandma?",No hint available.,"My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue. Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandma too. If my wife is my grandmother, then I am her grandchild.",Riddle,05/13/02 #34521,Bushisms I,2.63,2.04,DaleGriffin,"The following are funny quotes spoken by George Bush, but what do they say? 1) ZPV OFWFS LOPX XIBU ZPVS IJTUPSZ JT HPJOH UP CF MJLF VOUJM MPOH BGUFS ZPV'SF HPOF 2) UIF JMMJUFSBDZ MFWFM PG PVS DIJMESFO BSF BQQBMMJOH","In the teaser, a letter B=A","a=/ b=a c=b d=c e=d f=e g=f h=g i=h j=i k=/ l=k m=l n=/ o=n p=o q=p r=/ s=r t=s u=t v=u w=v x=w y=/ z=y 1) ""You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you're gone."" ~Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006 2) ""The illiteracy level of our children are appalling."" ~Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004",Cryptography,12/21/06 #3883,Sphynx,2.75,1.69,comet16,"Can you decipher this oldies cartoon? SPHYNX <---- BURMESE PERSIAN SIAMESE",No hint available.,Top Cat,Rebus,05/04/02 #29601,"""Oh, No!""",3.06,2.14,Winner4600,"Oh, no! Chris, Dan, Jorge, Karl, and Eric have forgotten about Valentine's Day! And, it's February 13th! Each has bought a last-minute gift for his girlfriend, fiancee, or wife, wrapped in a different color. Figure out which gift each bought, the wrapping color, who he bought for, and what the relationships are. The five men are Dan, the guy who sent roses, the man who sent chocolate, Eric, and Zoe's fiance. The roses were wrapped in green. The chocolate was not wrapped in pink and white. The teddy bear was given to the 4 month girlfriend, who is not Tina. A delighted wife received a gift wrapped in purple. An equally happy girlfriend, not Tina, had a red-covered present. Carla has been dating for only 4 months, and Zoe was the most recently engaged. No man has the same first initial as his girlfriend, fiancee, or wife. Eric wasn't proposing to Tina, but gave her a ring, anyway. They are not married. Chris knows Zoe hates mushy stuff, so he got her an electronic device, wrapped in a color not normally associated with Valentine's Day. Jorge gave his fiancee a gift in emerald wrapping paper that matched the color of her eyes.",No hint available.,"Chris, Zoe, 2 months engaged, Laptop, Blue Dan, Carla, 4 months dating, Teddy Bear, Red Jorge, Ellen, 3 months engaged, Roses, Green Karl, Joann, Married, Chocolate, Purple Eric, Tina, 6 months dating, Ring, Pink and White",Logic-Grid,04/07/06 #31961,Larry Curly and Moh,3.04,2.05,medster99,"Four men met in a bar, and they soon found that all four of them had been to the Amazon Jungle. After a few more beers, they also realized that they had all been captured at least once, by fierce natives who ruled amazing fortresses. They soon got around to talking about their experiences, and their escapes. The first man said, ""Well, I was once caught by natives who ruled a diamond palace. They caught me and took me to their king. He decreed that I was to die in one month. They threw me into a cell. Thank God that they didn't take my equipment. I had stolen a quartz file from one of the natives. I filed away the bars (it had curtains so they couldn't see) and escaped mere hours before I was to die."" The second man said, ""I was also captured, but they took me to a simple copper structure. I did not have any such luxury of a month to escape, instead, a single day. Luckily they did not count on my desperation, and I was able to claw my way out of there using only my fingernails and pure adrenaline."" The third man said, ""I was taken to the most amazing fortress of all. It was made out of black topaz. I was also the smartest of all of you,"" he bragged, ""for I had brought with me a steel file. I was out in a jiff, and I was able to steal some of the topaz as well,"" he said as he showed everyone a piece of topaz hanging from a string around his neck. The fourth man had been looking amused at the first and second men's stories, but as the third man finished he threw up his head and laughed. The other three men were looking slightly peeved, and asked him what he found so funny. He declared that they were all liars, and he could prove it. How could he prove it, and when did each of the three men lie?",The title is a fine hint.,"The first man couldn't have filed away the bars, because if it actually was a diamond palace as he said, quartz wouldn't even leave a scratch. The second man was closest of all, but still lying. Fingernails are very close to, but not as hard as, copper, so he couldn't get out, no matter how desperate he was. The third man had lied most of all. First of all there is no such thing as natural black topaz (it was probably obsidian). Also he made the same mistake as all the others, for a steel file is not as hard as topaz, and would not do anything to the topaz. In the Mohs scale of mineral hardness: 2.5- Fingernail 3- Copper 6.5- Steel File 7- Quartz 8- Topaz 10- Diamond",Mystery,07/22/06 #9180,"A, D, G, J, ...",2.25,1.44,owieswheels,"What is the next letter in this series? A, D, G, J, M, P, T, ?",Look at your phone!,"W Look at the numbers on your phone. They are all the first letter in every number on your phone. #2-ABC #3-DEF #4-GHI #5-JKL #6-MNO #7-PQRS #8-TUV #9-WXYZ",Series,12/17/02 #14929,It Counts,2.82,1.55,rose_rox,"What is this common phrase? Thought: ""One, two, three, four...""",No hint available.,It's the thought that counts.,Rebus,09/28/03 #16412,Change a Letter,2.69,2.26,dieblondboff,"By changing the third letter of each of the words below, can you make another valid word. You have to change each word such that the third letters will reveal a ten letter word when read downwards. Therefore, what now reads KRZSAPROKD will be a real word. What ten letter word is formed? BAKE CURE MAZE PEST NEAT ROPE PORT FOOD POKE SODA",No hint available.,"Strawberry: base, cute, mare, peat, newt, robe, poet, ford, pore, soya.",Language,02/02/04 #38873,Automatically Innocent,2.64,2.47,drickanderson,"Detective Jones arrived to find the murder scene taped off, and the police questioning two suspects. The library of the old mansion was large, and the body of George Henderson was laying face down in front of the fireplace. Jones asked the police officers to brief him on the case. ""John Henderson over there, says that he heard 3 gunshots come from the library, and ran in here with his own firearm to find his brother George dead on the floor,"" the officer said. ""Henry Henderson says that he heard 3 gunshots come from the library, and ran into the library to find his uncle lying dead on the floor, and John standing over him with a gun,"" continued the officer as Detective Jones looked at the scene. Lying on the floor, in the middle of the library, were 3 shell casings. The detective picked one up with his pencil to see that they had been .44 magnum rounds. George Henderson had been shot in the back, 3 times. ""Let me question the suspects,"" Detective Jones told the officer. ""I was just sitting in my bedroom, listening to music, when I heard 3 gunshots come from the library,"" stammered Henry, the 22-year-old nephew of George Henderson. ""I ran into the library and found Uncle John standing over him with his gun. He shot Uncle George!"" ""Do you own any firearms, Henry?"" Detective Jones asked the young man. ""Just one. I have a Desert Eagle in my bedroom."" Detective Jones took a few notes, then continued on to talk to John. ""I was getting ready to go shooting, out in the wash, when I heard 3 gunshots come from the library. I already had my revolver in hand, so I ran into the library to see what was going on. I found my brother George, dead on the floor. Right after I got there, Henry came running into the room, and started yelling that I had killed him,"" said John, sounding rather upset. ""I didn't, I really didn't! I don't know what happened!"" Detective Jones asked to look at the firearm that John had been holding. The officers on the scene showed him a Ruger Redhawk, .44 magnum revolver. ""Grab Henry, and search his room for a weapon. We're going to take him in for questioning,"" Detective Jones told the officers. Why Henry?",Read the title.,"A revolver, like the Redhawk that John had been carrying, would not have ejected its brass onto the floor. A Desert Eagle, which can be purchased in .44 mag caliber, is a semiautomatic, and would have ejected the shells as they were fired.",Mystery,10/21/07 #19740,Oh Bless,2.44,1.25,MrIxolite,"What is shown here? H20ly",No hint available.,Holy water,Rebus,12/06/04